Will County, Illinois - The whole text, 1878 (part 21 of 29)

F. W. SCHROEDEE,, grocery mer- -chant, Joliet ; was born in Hesse Cassel, Germany, April 30, 1848 ; when but 3 or 4 years of age, he came, with his family, to America, his father first settling in New York, where he engaged in the tannery business ; about the year 1854, the family came West to Cincinnati, Ohio ; here Mr. Schroeder attended school a number of years ; at the age of 14, he went to Toledo, and engaged in learning the drug business ; at the age of 20 or 21, he went to Kalamazoo, Mich., and took a course in Parsons' Business College ; he next located in Lemont, Cook Co., and entered the employ of B. Van Buren, having general charge of the drug store, post office, etc. ; in 1872, he opened a drug establishment in JoKet ; in the fall of 1873, he bought his present place of business, and, in the fall of 1874, formed a copartnership with John Keyes for three years ; in 1877, he bought out his partner, and, since that time, has conducted the grocery trade alone. He was married June 1, 1872, to Mrs. Alice M. Ireson, a native of England ; she has one child by her former husband. Mr. Schroeder, though comparatively a young man, has gained for himself a fine reputation as a thorough business man, and his trade is almost double that of any other business house on the East Side ; the stock is full and complete at all times.

HENRY SCHOETTES, wines and li(luors, Joliet; born in Westphalia, Germany, July 11, 1842, where he lived until 26 years of age, when, after receiving a common-school education, he learned and worked at the cigar trade, until he emigrated to America, landing in New York in 1868; coming directly West, he located in St. Louis for three years, being engaged in manufacturing of cigars ; from there he removed to Streator, 111., and engaged in in the manufacture and sale of cigars, when he came to Joliet in 1871, and was employed as foreman in J. Beohenberger's cigar-factory for one year; in 1872, he engaged in the saloon business, on Bluff St., for one year, when, in 1873, he purchased his present place of business and residence, at No. 159 South Chicago st. Mr. Schoettes was elected Alderman of the ward in which he lives, at, the last municij)al election of Joliet. He was married in 1873, to EKzabeth Moder ; they were the

BENJAMIN STEVENS, butcher. Sec. 21 ; P. 0. Joliet; born in Winslow, Buckinghamshire, England, Oct. 16, 1824, where he learned and followed the slaughtering busines until he came to America, in 1 854, and settled in Joliet the same year and engaged in the slaughtering business, which business he has since followed ; Mr. Stevens has slaughtered nearly all the meat used in Joliet for nearly twenty years. He married, July 18, 1857, Miss Elizabeth Bossom ; she was born in Oxford, England, June 23, 1831 ; she came, with her parents, to America in 1854. Mr. Stevens has about thirty acres of land one mile south of Joliet. They have one child living - Ann, born Oct. 3, 1858.

WILLIAM SYMINGTON, farmer, Sec. 19; P. 0. Joliet ; born in Lancaster Co., Penn., in January, 1811, where he lived until 14 years of age, when he rehe moved to Erie County, living there until came to Will Co., 111., in November, 1837 ; on April 2, 1850, he started overland for California, arriving at Sacramento Aug. 10; he went directly to the mines and followed mining for six months, meeting with good success ; on Feb. 22, 1851, he sailed from San Francisco and arrived home the 15th of May; he settled upon his present place in 1852 ; he has 150 acres of well-improved land, which he has accumulated by his own energy and industry. He married, June 12, 1837, Dorothy Haarer ; she was born in Wurtemberg, Germany, Oct. 8, 1815, and came to this country when 16 years of age ;. they are the parents of seven children - Sophia, Charles W., William H., Dolly, Rosa E. A., Alice A. Warren A.; two deceased were Margaret and Catharine. Mr. S. has been School Director for more than twenty years.

DANIEL C. SLEEPER, Assistant Deputy Warden Illinois State Penitentiary, Joliet; born in Sandown, Rockingham Co., N. H., July 5, 1832, where he lived until 13 years of age, when he went to Methuen, Mass., learning the trade of hatter ; which trade he followed until 1854, when he emigrated West and settled in Joliet as clerk for Hayden Bros., in the grocery business, for two years ; then one year in tli6 same business with S. 0. Simonds ; in 1858, he was appointed, by- Warden S. K. Casey, as keeper and assistent book-keeper of the Illinois State Penitentiary ; in the spring of 1864, he visited Montana for his health and engaged in mining for three and a half years, when he returned to Joliet and was again appointed keeper until 1 869, when he was appointed Assistant Deputy Warden, which office he has since held, with the exception of nine months, from July, 1871 to April, 1872, when he was Assistant Superintendent of the Reform School, at Pontiac, 111. Married, June 20, 1861, to Alice M. Richardson ; she was born in Joliet April 11, 1839 ; they are the parents of three children - Kate F., born May 1, 1862 ; G-eorge B., born May 29, 1864; Daniel C, Jr., born May 19, 1874.

MRS. NANCY STEVENS, farmer ; P. 0. Joliet ; the widow of Robert Stevens, re - sides just ease of the limits of the city of Joliet ; she was the daughter of Lewis Kercheval and was born in Ohio, and came to Illinois when 16 years old, with her father's family, in the fall of 1830 ; she remembers vividly the winter of the "deep snow'' and its accompaniment of severity. In 1835, she was married to Robert Stevens, whose portrait is found on another page of this work ; Mr. Stevens was born in Kentucky, but reared mostly "^ in Ohio, and at an early age immigrated to ^ Indiana, where he remained several years, S coming to Illinois, and to Joliet Tp., in 1831, and settled upon the place where his :^ widow still lives; Mr. S. was Captain of a military company in Bartholomew Co., Ind., until he removed to Illinois, in 1831, '-y and retained his sword and uniform until the time of his death, which occurred Jan. 6, 1864; he was elected the first Sheriff of Will County, but, not desiring office, refused to qualify ; during the fright occasioned by the Sac war of 1832, Mr. S. took his family to Danville, 111., and sent them, under safe escort to the Indiana settlements, while he returned and raised a crop on his claim. Mr. S. was twice married, his first wife was Lydia Ann Pence, and three children were the fruit of this marriage - all dead ; by his last wife, who survives him, he had six children - Lewis K., Thomas J., James, Sarah Ann, Mary A. and Albert.

M. W. SHURTS, railroad contractor, Joliet ; was born in Hunterdon Co., N J Aug. 29, 1820 ; in 1846, he left New York for California, being a member of the 1st N. Y. Regt. I. V., raised for the Mexican war, Col. J. D. Stevens commanding ; they were five months and eight days making the voyage, and on reaching San Francisco, theirs was the only vessel in the harbor ; at that date, there were just six houses in the now prosperous city of San Francisco, and these were unworthy the name ; the regiment was not actively engaged in the war, though it made several excursions after the Indians ; in 1849, he returned to New York, occupying seven months on the eastern passage ; in 1850, he came West, and located in Pulton Co., 111., where he engaged in various pursuits ; in 1859, he returned East, and subsequently went to Virginia ; here he contracted on the Richmond & York River R. R.; afterward, he contracted work on Long Island and on the south side of Long Island ; in 1870, he again came West, and subsequently went to Texas and engaged two years in railroading ; he built 240 miles of the Houston & Texas Central R. R.; in 1875, he made a trip to Europe, and since then has spent much time in pleasure-seeking. His first wife was Agnes Hageman, a native of Ne^w" Jersey ; his second marriage was to Maria Simonds, a native of New York State. For the past few years Mr. Shurts has led a retired life, and is now devoting himself to the improvement of his farm, near the limits of the city, on which he hopes to lead a quiet and happy life during hia declining years.

CONRAD TATGE, Joliet; the subject of this sketch was born in Hesse- Cassel, Germany, May 26, 1827 ; he was raised to farming pursuits, and, in 1848, came to this country, remaining in Chicago until 1851, when he came to Will Co. and settled in the town of Crete; he purchased land from the Government and opened a farm ; he was the first German, to settle upon the open prairie ; those who had come previously had located in the timber along the creek ; he remained on his farm until 1865, when he rented it out, and purchased another adjoining the village of Crete, to which place he removed; he was elected Commissioner of Highway* in 1853, and Township Collector in 1854 ; in 1858, he was chosen Justice of the Peace, and held that office ten years, resigning in 1868, upon being elected Clerk of the Circuit Court of Will Co.; he then removed to Joliet, and, in 1872, was re-elected to the same office, serving until 1876 ; he joined the Republican party on its organization, in 1856, and has been a member ever since ; he was married Nov. 11, 1851, to Miss Sophia Wassmann, of Hanover, Germany; they have had twelve children, eight of whom are living, viz., Caroline, Sophia, William H., EmmUia, Gustavus, Emma, Amanda and Juliana.

WILLIAM TONNER, City Clerk, Joliet ; was born in Centre Co., Penn., June 21, 1816; he was raised on a farm, received a thorough English education, and, at the age of 16 years, engaged in teaching ; he taught about twelve years, six of which he taught in one school ; in 1846, he came to Will Co., and engaged in farming, in Plainfield ; in 1850, he made the overland trip to California, where he spent two years in mining, returning in 1852 ; in 1857, he was elected County Clerk, and removed to Joliet ; he held the office for eight years; from 1865 until 1877, he was engaged in investing money, buying and selling property, etc. , also having considerable interests in the oil regions of Pennsylvania ; he was elected City Clerk in December, 1877. He was married Feb. 5, 1839, to Miss Catherine J. Shreffler, of Centre Co. Pa., and has one daughter living - Mary Alice (now Mrs. Henry A. Sanger, of Florence, Ala.); one daushter, Myra J., wife of R. H. Willis, died in Omaha, Neb., Oct. 31, 1867.

CARY THORNTON, retired, Joliet, whose portrait appears in this work, was born in Bucks Co., Penn., Oct. 3, 1800; his ancestors were Quakers, and came to Pennsylvania with Wm. Penn in 1681 ; the subject of this sketch lived with his parents until he was 23 years of age, assisting upon the farm ; in 1823 he moved to Michigan, and, after remaining one year, moved to Rochester, N. Y. ; engaged in trade of carpenter and joiner up to 1836, when he came to Will Co., andsettled in Troy Tp., on Sec. 34, farming up to the time of his removal to Joliet, in 1866, where he still resides, at the good old age of 79. He has been Commissioner of Highways, and although repeatedly solicited, he would never accept of any other office in the gift of his neighbors. He married Miss Lucy Ware (the daughter of Benjamin and Betsy Ware), at Rochester, N. Y., Oct. 21, 1832 ; she was born in Putnam Co., Vt., July 18, 1810; they had three children, two living - Rutledge, born Aug. 1, 1834, and Beulah, born Oct. 15, 1839, and married to John Keyes, of Joliet, Oct. 21, 1872; and one deceased, Sidney, born June 22, 1846, and died April 4, 1848. Mr. Thornton is the oldest living settler of Troy Tp.

CORNELIUS C. VAN HORNE, deceased, formerly of Joliet Tp., was born in Hunterdon Co., N. J., April 13, 1794; shortly afterward, his parents removed to Amsterdam, N. Y., where his father, a widely-known clergyman of the Dutch Reformed Church, lived many years. In the spring of 1832, Mr. Van Home came to Illinois and located in Will (then Cook) Co. He died in Joliet July 7, 1854. In 1813, he married Elizabeth Veeder, who died, in Will Co., in 1838 ; in 1842, he married Mary M. Richards, who is still living ; by his first marriage he had seven children - Abraham C, born in 1815 ; Simon V., born in 1818 ; Anne, born in 1822 ; Cornelius P., born in 1824; Margaret C, born in 1826 ; Barney W., born in 1829, and Andrew J., born in 1832 ; by his second marriage he had five children - William C., born in 1843; Augustus, born in 1844 ; Elizabeth, born in 1846 ; Theodore C, born in 1849, and Mary, born in 1852 - all now living. He was a man of great force of character, and of liberal education, and had much to do with the shaping of events in the early days of Will Co., in the history of which his name occurs often and very prominently ; he gave his name to the locality known as Van Home's Point. He was successively a Postmaster and a Justice of the Peace', and, upon the incorporation of Joliet as a city, he was chosen its first Mayor ; after a long, active and useful life, he died in 1854, one of the victims of cholera.

F. E. VOIGT, foreman Motive-Power Joliet Cut-off R. R., Joliet ; was born in Leipsic, Saxony, Germany, Aug. 23, 1841 ; the family emigrated to America in 1846, and stopped in Chicago a short time ; thence to Michigan City, Ind., and was the first German family settling in the village and vicinity ; here, F. B. gTew to manhood, and learned his trade; in 1858, he started to California on foot, taking the overland route and the life of a pioneer and adventurer ; in the latter part of 1859, he reached his destination, having spent almost two years with the Indians, making his way from tribe to tribe ; the winter of 1858, he spent in Salt Lake City ; after reaching California, he engaged in mining, and was very successful, making some S4,000 ; leaving the mines, he went to San Francisco, and, on account of a rheumatic affection, he sailed to Honolulu, in the Sandwich Islands; here, after a sojourn of some months, having effected a cure, he visited the West India Isles. During the late war, he was in the employ of the Government, in the locomotive department of the Nashville & Chattanooga R. R. He was afterward engaged in constructing and rebuilding locomotives at Nashville, Tenn. ; subsequently, he was engaged as roundhouse foreman on the A. & M. R. R., at Vincennes, Ind. ; here he remained four years; thence to Seymour, Ind., where he had charge of the shops as master machinist two years; he then went to Europe, and remained one year; in the fall of 1872, he returned, and took the position of roundhouse foreman at Michigan City, on the M. C. R. R. ; in 1877, he came to his present position. He was married July 16, 1872, to Emma Theme, a native of Germany. Owns real estate in Michigan City and Vincennes, valued at $5,000.

GEORGE L. VANCE, manufacturer and dealer in furniture, Joliet ; was born in Caledonia Co., Vt., March 13, 1840 ; he received an academic education at the Newbury Seminary, teaching school during the winter vacations ; on becoming of age, he engaged in the boot and shoe business in Rutland, Vt. ; in 1864, he went to Washington, as corresponding clerk in the Internal Revenue Bureau, remaining until 1870 ; in the mean time, he pursued a course of law studies in the law department of Columbia College, in Washington, graduating, and receiving his degree of Bachelor of Laws, in 1867. The same year, he was married to Miss Lizzie K. Fowler, of Brooklyn, L. I., who died in

1873, leaving two children - George A, and Gracie F. In 1870, he removed to> Houston Co., Minn., and engaged in business. He held the office of Postmaster three years and Justice of the Peace twa years; in 1873, he resigned these offices, disposed of his business and removed to Joliet, and entered upon his present business. He is an active Sunday-school worker, has been Superintendent of the Baptist Sunday school for the past five years and President of the Will Co. Sunday School Association for the past two years.

CHARLES WERNER, proprietor of Werner's Hall and Werner's stone quarry, Joliet; has been a resident of this city for the past twenty-seven years, having come direct from Germany in 1851 ; he was born at Frankfort-on-the-Main,in Hesse-Darmstadt Sept. 14, 1828 ; when about 15years old, he was apprenticed to the mason's trade, which he continued until 1851, when he came to this country, landing in New York in July, and coming direct to Joliet ; he soon afterward engaged in working at his trade, and, in 1865, engaged in the stonequarrying business, which he still continues; he, with his brother, built the Will County Jail and Sheriff's house, the Joliet Union Sehoolhouse, St. Mary's Catholic Church, besides a large number of prominent buildings in different parts of the city; in 1868, Mr. Werner purchased Young's Hall, on Chicago street, which burned down in 1874, and the following year he erected Werner's Hall on the same site, at a cost of $20,000 ; he served as Town Collector in 1877. He was married July 17, 1853, to Miss Mary A. Goeble, of Joliet, a native of Prussia ; they have one child - Bertha.

0. R. WESTMANN, photograph artist, Joliet ; was born in Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany, Feb. 18, 1833 ; his father, 0. B. Westmann, Sr., was the Russian Envoy to the Court of Hesse-Darmstadt, and died when Orloff R. was but two years of age ; the family remained in Darmstadt ; he was educated in the Gymnasium of Darmstadt, graduating when about 15 years of age; he then entered the German army as a cadet, and, after the revolution of 1849, was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant in the 1st Infantry ; he served until 1853, when he came to this country ; he first engaged in clerking in Chicago ; in 1855, he purchased a farm in Du Page Co., and engaged in farming for two years ; in 1 857, he went West, and spent fifteen years in Iowa, Nebraska, Colorado and New Mexico, engaged in merchandising and mining, and, during the last few years, in photographing, making views for the Smithsonian Institution at Washington ; returning in 1872, he spent two years in Ottawa, and, in 1874, came to Joliet, and purchased the gallery of Mr. John Edgworth, the oldest gallery in the city, where he does as fine work as can be found in this country or Europe ; he makes all kinds of pictures, large and small, and guarantees satisfaction to his customers.

S. H. WHITED, retired, Joliet ; was born in Albany Co., iS[. Y., May 24, 1808 ; when he was 19 years old, he went to Herkimer Co.. and there learned the painter's trade ; he worked for three years for $30 a year, and clothed himself, and at the end of that time had $50 laid by, principally the result of extra work ; this illustrates the habits of industry and economy which have been characteristic of his whole life; in 1852, he came to Chicago, settling in Joliet the following year ; he worked at his trade till 1855, when he purchased a farm at Twelve-Mile Grove, and followed farming two years, at the end of which time he returned to Joliet. In October, 1861, he volunteered in Col. Wilson's Mechanics' Fusileers in Chicago, and remained until the disbanding of the regiment in February following ; about three months later, he again enlisted in Capt. Ford's cavalry company, attached to Cushman's regiment, serving three years, principally engaged in scouting service ; in 1865, he returned to Joliet. It should be mentioned that while living in Herkimer Co., he held successively the offices of Corporal, Sergeant, First Lieutenant and * Captain in the New York State Militia, holding a commission five years. He was married in 1832 to Miss Sarah Hinchman, of Little Falls, N. Y.; they have five children living - Blias H., ticket agent of the Michigan Southern and C, R. I. & P. Railroad Companies in Chicago; Harriet A., Charles W., Jessie 0., also in the office with his brother in Chicago; and Jerry H., train dispatcher and division operator on the Central Pacific Railroad at Carlin, Nevada.

CHARLES W. WHITED, Joliet; son of S. H. Whited ; was born in Little Falls, N. Y., March 17, 1842, and came to Joliet with his father's family, and, at the age of 15, entered the office of the Joliet Republican to learn the printer's trade. In June, 1861, he enlisted in Capt. Danforth's company, which was first a portion of the 4th Mo. Cav., then was attached to the 53d 111. I. V., and finally became Co. F, 13th 111. Cav. ; he served two years, and was discharged by reason of ill health. He then entered the employ of the C, R. I. & P. R. R. Co. as fireman, and afterward on the Chicago & Galena Railroad; he then went south as a bridge carpenter with Sherman's army, r'feturning at the close of the war ; since then he has had charge of the telegraph repairs on the C. & A. R. R. three years; on the C, C. & I. C. R. R. two years ; five years on the U. P. R. R. from Omaha to Ogden ; since 1873, he has been in the employ of the Western Union Telegraph Co. He was married June 12, 1871, to Miss E. W. Putnam, of Little Falls, N. Y., and has one child - - Samuel C.

E. H. WEBB, dealer in dry goods and notions (firm of Chittenden, Northrup & Co.), Joliet; was born in Columbia Co., N. Y., May 20, 1844; when he was but 2 years old his parents removed to Columbia Co., Wis. ; he received his education in a select school at Poynette, Wis., and at the State University at Madison ; in February, 1 863, he enlisted as a private in Co. H, 36th Wis. V. I., and served eight months in the army of the Potomac, participating in the battles of the Wilderness, Spottsylvania Court House, North Anna and Cold Harbor, besides smaller battles and skirmishes ; at Cold Harbor he was disabled, and while lying in the hospital he received a commission as Second Lieutenant of Co. A, 51st Wis. V. I., and was transferred to the Western army in Missouri ; returning from the war, he entered the dry goods business at Portage City, Wis. ; he afterward spent three years in business in Dakota Territory, and, in 1871, came to Joliet and engaged in his present business. He was married May 20, 1874, to Miss Mary Chittenden, of Plainfield, 111., daughter of George N. Chittenden, one of the early settlers of Will Co. ; they have two children - Elizabeth W. and Winnifred.

EDMUND WILCOX, Justice of the Peace, Joliet ; is one of the early settlers of Will Co. ; he came here in 1836 from Onondaga Co., N. Y., where be was born Sept. 18, 1816. After receiving a preparatory education at Schenectady, N. Y., he entered Hamilton College, Clinton, N. Y., when 15 years of age, gradua,ting in 1835 ; the following year, he came to Joliet, and was employed as a clerk one year, until he became of age, when he engaged in the mercantile business in company with Charles Clement, and two years later purchased the interest of Mr. Clement, and afterward changed to an exclusively dry goods business; in 1858, he sold out and became one of the originators of the Joliet Gas-Light Company ; was its first President, and superintended the erection of the works ; he personally superintended the gas works for five years, at the end of which time he resumed merchandising, which he continued until 1870 ; he was one of the gentlemen designated by the act of the Legislature incorporating the city of Joliet in 1852, to lay off the wards and organize the city government ; he was chosen the first Alderman from the Third Ward (now the Fourth) ; served four years, and was again elected in 1870, serving two years ; in 1854, the year of the cholera, he served the city as Mayor pro tem. in the absence of the Mayor ; he lias been repeatedly solicited to become a candidate for Mayor, but has as often declined ; he was a member of the Board of Supervisors in 1856, 1857 and 1859 ; he was prominent in obtaining the charter of the C,, R. I. & P. R. R., and was one of the committee appointed to confer with Eastern capitalists, their efforts resulting in the building of the road by the owner of the Michigan Southern Railroad. Mr. Wilcox was elected Justice of the Peace in 1877. He was married March 23, 1845, to Miss Sarah M. Green, of Washington Co., N. Y., and has three children living - William G., Fred C. and Charles C.

GEORGE H. WOODRUFF, dealer in drugs, medicines, books, stationery, etc., Johet; was born in Clinton, Oneida Co., N. Y., Aug. 16, 1814, and resided there until 1834 ; he entered Hamilton College, Clinton, N. Y., in 1829, at the age of 15 years and graduated four years later ; he then entered the law office of Hon. Daniel Gott, in Pompey Hill, Onondaga Co., N. Y., and remained one year, at the end of which time he came West, as the clerk of M. H. Demmond, Esq., the original proprietor of the western portion of the city of Joliet ; he remained with him until the organiza tionof the county in 1836, when he was elected County Recorder, and re-elected in 1839; on leaving the Recorder's office, in 1843, he entered upon his present business ; in 1838, he was elected County Judge, but resigned the office at the end of one year ; he served one term as a member of the Board of Trustees under the village organization ; Mr. Woodruff is the author of "Fifteen Years Ago ; or. The 'Patriotism of Will County," and of two very admirable lectures, entitled " Forty Years Ago," and consisting of reminiscences of early times in Joliet ; he is the author of the " General History of Will County" in this work, besides which he has been an occasional lecturer and contributor to newspapers and periodicals for many years.

GEORGE WOODRUFF, President of the First Mational Bank, Joliet ; was born in Watertown, Jefferson Co., N. Y., Dec. 7, 1812, and lived there until his removal to Will Co. in 1836 ; on his arrival in Joliet, he engaged in the grocery and provision trade, which he continued until 1841 ; he the spent two years in farming in Plainfield Tp.; at the end of which time he returned to Joliet and resumed trade ; in 1852, he built an elevator and engaged in the grain business, in which he continued until 1864; some time after engaging in the grain business, he sold out his store, and about 1857 or 1858, associated himself with P. L. Cagwin and others in establishing the JoUet Bank ; he afterward purchased the interest of his partners, and in 1864, the First National Bank was organ-* ized with Mr. Woodruff as President and his son, Frederick W. Woodruff, as Cashier ; he was a partner with others in building and operating the Joliet Woolen-Mill, which was burned down dfter running several years ; he is one of the original stockholders of the Joliet Gas-Light Co., of which he has been Treasurer for a number of years ; he has served one term on the Board of Supervisors and one or two terms as Alderman. He was married May 9, 1838, to Miss Dorothy Smith, a native of Rutland, Jefferson Co., N. Y., and has two children living - Frederick W. and Mary C. (now Mrs. J. F. Wilcox, of /oliet) ; one daughter - Cornelia M., wife of J. E. Bu3h, of Joliet, died in January, 1876.

J. F. WILSON, Cashier Joliet Iron and Steel Works, Joliet ; was born in the town of- Canda, N. H., in 1846 ; in 1850, his father, G-eorge Wilson, came West to Illinois, and settled on a farm near the present -village of Monee ; in 1857, the family moved to Joliet ; here, at the age of 14 years, J. F. began the work of life for himself in the capacity of clerk; he enjoyed the advantages of the city schools, and his early training in business life gave him those necessary qualifications which come to one only through the channels of personal experience, and which have so well qualified him for his position of trust and responsibility; in 1874, at the re-opening and re-organization of the Iron and Steel Works, he was chosen to the position he now occupies.

HORACE WEEKS, attorney at law, Joliet ; was born in Homer Tp., Will Co., 111., Sept. 20, 1837 ; he is the fifth son of Dr. Nathaniel Weeks, one of the pioneers of Will Co., who came West in 1833 and located in what was called Yankee Settlement ; his father moved to Lockport when Horace was quite a small boy ; here he received his education and grew to manhood ; at the age of 13, he was employed in the office of the Lockport Telegraph, edited and published by Dr. J. F. Daggett and C. D. Holcomb, and played the " devil " for about two years ; in the summer of 1854, he learned the art of telegraphy and had charge of the office at Sheffield, on the C. & R. I. R. R.; here he continued about six months, and then returned to Lockport, and was engaged in the drug business in connection with his father two years ; he was next employed as book-keeper in the banking house of J. S. McDonald till 1859, when he entered upon a course of . legal study under the direction of E. C. Fellows ; this he prosecuted two years ; subsequently, he was clerk in the post office at La Salle one year, was clerk in the Canal office at Chicago one year and held the same position in the Provost Marshal's office at Joliet two years ; in 1865, he was employed as ticket agent and operator on the C. & R. I. R. R. at Joliet three years ; in 1868, he was admitted to the bar, and the same year was employed as Deputy Circuit Clerk, a position he held until 1872 ; in February, 1872, he was appointed Collector of Internal Revenue for the Sixth District, and occupied the office till January, 1876 ; in 1877, he was appointed Master in Chancery, and still occupies the office. He was married in 1862 to Mary Munson, a native of Illinois ; has five children - ^Fannie E., Fred B., Kittie, Curtis M. and Henry S. WILLIAM WERNER, contractor and stone quarryman, Joliet ; was born in Frankfort-on-the-Main, in Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany, Feb. 5, 1831 ; at the age of 16, he was apprenticed to the mason's trade, and, at the age of 20, came to the United States ; he spent three months in Stroutsburg, Penn. ; when, his brother Charles having come to Chicago, he came West and joined in the Hickory Creek Settlement, in the town of Frankibrt, in October, 1851 ; the Rock Island Railroad had just begun building and Mr. Werner began work on it as a mason, continuing during the winter as a laborer ; in the spring of 1852, he settled in Joliet and began business as a contractor, the first building he built being for the late Deacon John Beaumont ; he engaged in the quarry business about twenty years ago, and has built nearly all the prominent stone buildings in Joliet, among which may be named the Will County Jail, Union Sohoolhouse, West Side Presbyterian and St. Mary's Catholic Churches, etc.; in 1856, he was elected Commissioner of Highways and Treasurer, serving three years; in 1861, he was elected a member of the Board of Aldermen, and served four years ; he was chosen one of the Draft Commissioners in 1863, to fill the quota of the town ; he served ou the Board of Supervisors seven years, from 1867 to 1874. He was married Dec. 7, 1853, to Miss Barbara Goeble, a native of Prussia ; they have four sons living - Frederick Wilhelm, now a medical student at the University of Michigan ; Frederick Carl, George Washington and Bdwart. Mr. Werner is a leading member of the German Lutherain Church in Joliet, of which he has been President for the past fifteen years.

Biographic 4L Sketches

GEORGE WHITTIER, manufacturer of lime, Joliet ; born in Sommersworth, N. H., Nov. 27, 1830, where he lived until 6 years of age, when he removed with his parents to Philadelphia, living there one year, then to Penobscot Co., Me., where he lived until 1861, being engaged in milling, lumbering and farming ; at the above date, he came to Illinois and settled in Will Co., where he has since resided ; he owns one-half interest in the limekiln, which is operated under the firm name of J. Whittier & Co.; the above firm manufacture and ship large quantities of lime to points further south. He married, Feb. 10, 1854, Sarah M. Lindsay ; she was born in Chester, Penobscot Co., Me., Jan. 16, 1832; they are the parents of three children now living, viz., Angeline, Lucy M. and Clare.

DR. FRANCIS WOERNDLE, druggist and chemist, Joliet ; born in Austria, April 14, 1817 ; he is a graduate of pharmacy and chemistry of the University of Vienna, Austria, known as one of the first in Europe, and has had many years' experience as a practical apothecary and chemist in different cities in Europe and America; he emigrated to America, landing in New York in 1849 ; after spending seven years in the East, a portion of which time he was engaged in business and the balance in traveling and visiting difierent cities, he came West, and, in 1857, he engaged in Joliet in the drug business, in he has been very successful for a period of twenty-one years ; his success may be attributed to his thorough practical knowledge of his business and the close personal attention he has always given to the same.

JOHN YOUNG, retired; P. 0. Joliet; was born in Ulster Co., N. Y., July 18, 1798 ; he remained at home on his father's farm until he was 15 years of age, when he went to work at the milling business under his father, who was also a mill proprietor ; he followed this business until the age of 22, and then engaged in general merchandising in the village of Esopus, Ulster Co., and afterward removed to Greene Co., N. Y., where he was married, in 1825, to Miss Caroline Thompson, daughter of Rev. James Thompson, an Episcopal clergyman of Greene Co. He continued in the mercantile business eight years, and then' moved to Brooklyn and established the Brooklyn Collegiate Institute, which he continued till 1844, when he removed to New York City and opened a private select school. In 1849, he came to Will Co. and entered 560 acres of land from the Government in the present township of Manhattan, to which he added by purchase, from time to time, until at one time he owned over nineteen hundred acres, being one of the largest land owners in the township ; on the organization of the township in 1850, there were but ten voters hving in the township, the most of whom were from New York; Mr. Young proposed Manhattan as the name of the new township, and it was immediately adopted. He was chosen the first Supervisor, and held the office eight years ; in 1851, he became President of the Will Co. Agricultural Society, serving until 1859 ; he has also held several subordinate offices, among wrhich may be mentioned School Trustee Commissioner of Highways, etc. His wife died in 1858, leaving a very promising family of three sons and one daughter - - James T., now President of the New York Printing and Dyeing Company; Mansfield and Edward, now among the substantial business men of Joliet, and Caroline E., wife of Francis L. Cagwin, of Joliet. Mr. Young continued to reside in- Manhattan until May, 1876, when he removed to Joliet, and now resides with his son Mansfield.

HENRY YOUNG, dealer in cigars and tobacco, Joliet ; was born in the Province of Lorraine, France, Nov. 17, 1825 ; he came to this country in 1847, landing in New York August 2 ; he resided eleven years in Buffalo and vicinity, coming to Joliet in 1858 ; he engaged in keeping a public house, which he continued until the fall of 1874, when he engaged in his present business. . He held the office of Constable for eight years, first being elected about 1860 ; in 1863, he was elected Street Commissioner, and, in 1873, Alderman from the Fourth Ward (.now the Second), serving two years. He was married Qct.^ 13, 1849, to Miss Mary Brack ; she was born in Luxemburg, Germany, May 5, 1832 ; they have had ten children, eight of whom are now living - Margarita (Mrs. Julius Krause, of Joliet), Catherine, Henry

J., Charles J., Emma, Kosa, Elizabeth and Joseph; one son, Nicholas, lost his life, with several others, by lightning while attending worship in St. John the Baptist's Church, July 31, 1864; another son, Henry, died in Buffalo, N. Y., in 1854.

MANSFIELD YOUNG, tea merchant, Joliet ; was born in the city of New York, Dec. 26_, 1830; at the age of 18, he came West with his parents, who settled in Manhattan Tp., in this county, in 1849, where he assisted his parents in farming up to 1854, when he came to Joliet and engaged in the grain trade for a year, when he returned to New York, remaining there until 1864, engaged in the manufacture and sale of hats ; in January of the same year, he went to California by way of the Isthmus, and was engaged in the hat business in San Francisco up to September, 1865, when he returned to New York ; in June, 1868, he came to Joliet, where he has since resided ; he is at present engaged in the tea business. Was Town Clerk and Eoad Commissioner at different times during his residence in Manhattan Tp., and also one of the Supervisors. He married Miss Sarah Walker, daughter of Joseph Walker, of New York City, May 6, 1863 ; she died in Joliet on Ascension Day, May 25, 1876, and now sleeps in Oakwood Cemetery ; she was a lady universally beloved, and her early death was greatly deplored by a large circle of friends and acquaintances. Mr. Young was a member of the famous 7th Regiment N. Y. N. G., and, in 1861, went with that regiment to the seat of war, being the first regiment to march.

CALNEH ZARLEY, of the firm of Zarley & Co., publishers of the Joliet Signal, Joliet ; ftmong the very earliest settlers of Will Co., was the family of Reason Zarley, who emigrated from Pike Co., Ohio, in 1829, and, after spending two years in Vermilion Co., 111., settled in Joliet Tp., Will Co., in 1831, where he resided until his death, in 1859; his widow still lives on the original farm, being the oldest living inhabitant of the township ; of the eight children living at the time of their father's decease, three have since died, and the remaining five are all residents of Will Co.; the subject of this sketch was born in Pike Co., Ohio, April 21, 1825, and came to Illinois with the family, as above stated ; he remained at home on the farm until he attained his majority, in 1846; he then entered upon his editorial career as one of the editors and proprietors of the Joliet Signal, in which capacity he has continued for the past thirty-two years, during which time the Signal has continued to increase in circulation, popularity and influence : in politics, it has always been Democratic ; it now has a bona-fide circulation of 1,200 copies weekly ; Mr. Zarley held the ofl&ce of Postmaster of Joliet during the administration of Presidents Pierce and Buchanan, and has served for the past nine years on the Board of School Inspectors. He was married in 1862, to Miss Annie Keegan, of Joliet, and has five children - Katie, Edwin C, Sarah, Frank W. and Thomas K.

W. H. ZARLEY, Clerk of the County Court, Joliet; a son of Reason and Sarah Zarley ; was born on the Zarley homestead, in the town of Joliet, on the 21st of February, 1837 ; he remained at home until he was 17 years old, when he entered the Joliet Postoffice as Deputy Postmaster, under his brother, Calneh Zarley, serving under him seven years, and, on the appointment of J. L. Braden as Postidaster, in 1861, he was retained as deputy for two years, until his election as City Clerk, in 1863 ; he held that ofiice for fourteen years, until 1877, when he was elected County Clerk. He was married Jan. 30, 1860, to Miss Helen M. Patrick, daughter of Jacob Patrick, of Joliet, and has three children - Charles H., George P. and Ida.

SARAH ZARLEY, Joliet. The subject of this memoir, Sarah Zarley, was born in Pike Co., Ohio, Oct. 25, 1794 ; her maiden name was Sarah Mustard, being the daughter of Rev. William Mustard, one of- the pioneer Methodists of that State, and is of the same faith still ; in 1814, she was married to Reason Zarley, and in 1828, with her husband and family, she came to Illinois and settled near Danville, where she resided until 1831, when the family moved to JoUet and settled on what is known as the Zarley farm, two miles south of the city, where she is residing at present, and has resided for the last forty-seven years. Mrs. Zarley is the oldest resident of Joliet, as well as the oldest living resident of Will Co ; when she came here, Northern Illinois was a wilderness, inhabited only by Indians and wild beasts ; with her husband, she bravely withstood the dangers and hardships of frontier life, and aided in rearing a large family of children ; though 84 years of age, she is yet in the full possession of her mental faculties, and has a vivid remembrance of the past ; her husband died in

1859, leaving her in charge of the farm and property, which she yet possesses ; she is the mother of twelve children, to wit W. M., Lydia, John W., Susan, Calneh! Calvin, Linton, Sarah, Elizabeth D , James C. and William H.; of whom Susan, Calneh, Elizabeth, James C. and William H. are living, and reside in Will Co. Indeed, few live to so ripe an age and have filled all the duties of life so well.

JAMES L. ALEXANDER, farmer, P. 0. Lockport; was born in New Marlboro, Mass., Aug. 22, 1805. He was married to Betsy Healy, of Elbridge, Onondaga Co., N. Y., May 17, 1834; after marriage, he lived three years in Sodus, Wayne Co., N. Y., where he engaged in farming; in 1837, he came West and settled near Lockport, taking contracts on the I. & M. Canal on the section at Kankakee, and subsequently on Sees. 62 and 45 ; after the completion of the canal, he purchased a farm in the present limits of Dupage Tp., and occupied it in 1841; in i860, he moved to the farm now owned and operated by his widow and son, James H. ; he died Deo. 29, 1876; has two children living - James H. and Sarah E. (now wife of C. W. Rathburn, of Joliet). The home farm contains 382 .acres, worth $70 per acre. Never having sought political preferment, he held no offices higher than those of School Trustee and School Director. He was a well-read, thorough-going business man ; perhaps no man in the communities in which he lived enjoyed the respect and confidence of his neighbors to a fuller extent than did Mr. Alexander; starting in life a poor boy, he, by manly exertions, accumulated a competency for his family, and, at his death, no man could truthfully say that he had accumulated one cent in a dishonest manner.

MORGAN ASHLEY, farmer; P. 0. Lockport; was born in Lewis Co., N. Y., Jan. 29, 1818 ; at the age of 17, he left the East and came West to Illinois, settling in Plainfield; here he remained two years, and then moved north of the village one raile, to a farm, remaining six years ; he next moved to Dupage Tp., purchased a farm and remained there seven years ; he next moved to Lockport Tp., and located where he at present resides. He was married Jan. 21, 1843, to Emily R. Norton, a native of Ithaca, N. Y. ; has seven children - Lourina, Eli, Annie (now wife of Alva Culver), Harvey L., Gilbert M., Riley T., Preston D. Owns 200 acres, worth $12,-

000. Held the offices of Constable and Collector in Plainfield ; was Justice of the Peace ten years in Dupage; he was appointed Postmaster at Dupage under the administration of Andy Johnson ; this position he held about two years ; is at present School Trustee. In addition to his common school education, he attended for a time a select school at Martinsburg, Lewis Co., N. Y. Poor when he came West, he has accumulated his property through his own personal exertions, seconded by the aid of his faithful companion.

1, 1817 ; he immigrated to America in August, 1846, and settTed in Lockport, Will Co., 111., where he has resided ever since, excepting a temporary absence of about six months on the Au Sable ; he was a stone cutter . by trade, and has erected a number of fine buildings in Lockport, and now owns some of the best and most eligibly situated business houses in town ; this he followed about twenty years and then bought and operated the tannery located in the south part of the village ; Jan. 11, 1878, he sold out his business and has since lived a retired life on his farm; own forty acres adjoining the corporation, adorned with a fine stone res- idence. He was married in March, 1847, . to Mary Koumeyer, a native of Germany ; has six children - Peter, Mary, Charlie, Francis, China, Georgia.

JAMBS BAKER, farmer; P.O. Lockport was born in Nottinghamshire, Eng., Nov. 2,1830; May29,1858,heimmigrated to America and first settled in Lockport, Will Co., 111., where he engaged in laboring for John Fiddyment ; here he remained one year and then moved to Wilmington ; after a residence of two years, he returned to Lockport and entered again the employment of Mr. Fiddyment ; after three or four years service, he next entered the employ of Norton & Co., for whom he labored five or six years ; in 1867, he moved to the farm of S. Wilson, which he cultivated two years ; next, to that of James Baker, and remained five years; in 1874, he moved to his present place of residence, three miles south of Lockport. He was married Dec. 27, 1853, to Eliza Baker, a native of England ; has eight children - Thomas, Joseph, Mary A., Emeline, Elizabeth, James J., William and George. Possessed of a goodly amount of property, which he has gained by industry and hard toil, and largely deprived, through want of means, of an education himself, he provides as best he can the means for educating his children, and fitting them for useful citizens.

J. A. BOYER, proprietor Lemont stone quarries, Lockport ; was born in Lockport, Will Co., III., Oct. 30, 1850 ; on leaving the schools of his native village at the age of 12, he attended a select school at Chicago for some time, and also was a member of Bryant & Stratton's Business College two winters ; the last school he attended was kept by Dr. Parks, of Chicago, located near Graceland Cemetery ; at the age of 16, he left off attending school, and his father having a contract on the deepening of the I. & M. Canal, young J. A. acted in the capacity of clerk for him ; his father having died in 1868, he finished his contract and then engaged in opening up a stone quarry ; in the spring of 1869, he opened a quarry just north of Lockport, but finding it would not pay, he abandoned it; in the spring of 1871, he began operations at Lemont ; he operates three quarries with a large force, and finds ready sale for all his material. He was married Nov.

25, 1874, to Helen C. Cook, a native of Chicago, 111.; has two children - Julius A. and Charles E. The Catholic Church, the finest and most costly of any in the town, is constructed out of material fiom his quarries.

A. S. BROWN, salesman, with Norton & Co., Lockport ; was born in Lancaster, Lancaster Co., Penn., May 18, 1831 ; when 6 years of age, he came with the family to Ohio, his father settling near Canton, in Stark Co.; here he engaged in the coopering business, and his son under his tuition also learned the cooper's trade ; after abandoning the trade, they engaged in farming; in 1849, the family came West, and settled in Wheatland Tp., Will Co., 111.; at the age of 22, the subject of this sketch left home and began farming for himself ; this he followed about twelve^ years ; he then sold his farm and came to Lockport and opened a grocery store ; this he operated four years; July 13, 1868, he entered the employ of Norton & Co. as salesman, which position he still occupies. He was married Oct. 27, 1853, to Susan Snyder, a native of Ohio ; has four children living - Franklin, Eda, William and Carrie ; six deceased. Mr. Brown is courteous and accommodating, and is justly popular as a business man.

JAMES BRUCE, quarryman; P. 0. Joliet; born in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, Oct. 11, 1823, wherehe lived until 20 years of age, and followed the millwright business until he emigrated to America, in 1844, and settled in Will Co., 111., and engaged as foreman on the Illinois & Michigan Canal until its completion, when he engaged with Norton & Co., at Lockport, as millwright, following this business two years, when he engaged in the quarry business, which he has since followed. He owns one-half of what is known as Bruce & Co.'s quarry, situated just east of the Illinois Penitentiary in Joliet. He was married July 12, 1852, to Jane Stephen ; she was born in Scotland, Oct. 8, 1833 ; they are the parents of nine children ; the living are Bella G., William, Margaret, Ebenezer, James and Harry ; the deceased are Georgiana, Frank and Jennie.

WILLIAM BRADLEY, M. D., physician and surgeon, Lockport ; was born in West Greece, Monroe Co., N. Y., Sept. 17, 1837 ; in 1860, he matriculated in the

Geneva Medical College, from which he graduated in 1864, having completed a full course of study ; he then returned home, and, in connection with his father, practiced his profession one year ; in 1865, he came West and located in Lockport, his present place of residence, entering the employ of W. H. Kezler as clerk in his drug store ; he also served Probert and Dr. Daggett, successive owners of the store, in the same capacity ; in 1868, he opened a drug store for himself Was married May 11, 1876, to Julia Parker, a native of New York ; has <wo children - Grertrude and ^\'illiam. Republican ; Congregationalist. He has practiced ever since he located in the town, but much of his practice has beeu confined to the office. He is a gentleman of fine social qualities, of a genial disposition, such as is calculated to draw about him a host of friends, and is deservedly popular.

C. H. BACON, M. D., physician and surgeon ; Lockport, was born in Albion, Orleans Co., N. Y., Nov. 12, 1834 ; in 1849, entered the High School at Rochester ; he remained three years, completing the full course ; at the age of 18, he began the study of medicine with Dr. Moore at Lockport, N. Y. ; a year later, entered the New York Medical University and remained two years ; at the age of 22, came West and located in Mokena; Will Co., and entered upon the practice of his profession ; here he remained two years and then came to Lockport ; in the winter of 1860-61, he attended the Chicago Medical College, from which he gTaduated March 4, 1862 ; he then returned to Lockport, his present place of residence ; in the summer of 1862, he raised a company of volunteers and enlisted in the U. S. army as Captain of Co. C, 100th Regiment 111. V. I. ; resigned his position at the end of three months' service, and was appointed Assistant Surgeon of the U. S. Vol. Corps ; he was promoted to full Surgeon August, 1863, and served until Nov. 21, 1865; during this period he served most of the time as Post Surgeon at Johnsonville, Tenn. ; he was appointed Physician and Surgeon of the State Prison at Joliet, July 1, 1869, which position he he held till July 15, 1874. He was married Feb 14, 1854, to Mary L. Moore, a native of New York ; has one daughter - Clara. Owns a fruit farm of eighty acres in New York. In 1876, he erected a fine three-story brick business house at a cost of $7,000. Dec. 15, 1876, opened his drug store, the finest in the city. Republican ; Methodist. Lockport Lodge, No. 538, of A.,'F. & A. M., occupies the third story of his building. Dr. Bacon was the first Master of the Lodge, and held the position a number of years in succession. He and Dr. Daggett do the leading practice of the city and srrounding country.

CHARLES E, BOYER, contractor; Lockport. Mr. Boyer was born June 5, 1813, in Reading, Penn.; in 1837, he came West, and located in Chicago, engaging at once in mercantile life ; in 1839, he came to Lockport and commenced business in connection with Messrs. Ayers & Ilifi', under the firm name of Ayers, Iliff & Co.; he soon withdrew from the firm, and took a contract on the L & M. Canal; in the Fall of 1844, he went to Galva, and engaged in a similar work ; in 1850, he went to California and remained two years ; during his stay, he took a contract on the Bear River Canal, and later, on the levee at Sacramento City ; returning to Lockport in the summer of 1852, he was appointed Assistant Superintendent of the I. & M. Canal, and had charge of the Eastern Division ; this position he held some ten or twelve years ; the last years of his life were devoted mostly to dealing in real estate ; the Jacksonville Division of the A. & St. Louis R. R., extending from Bloomington to Jacksonville, was built under his immediate supervision. He was married April 14, 1840, to Elizabeth Runyon, a native of Ohio ; has had five children, three living - Erurna B., Julius A. and Florence Gr. Owns 263 acres. Mr. Boyer was a stanch Democrat, though he took but little active interest in politics. He was chosen a member of the Legislature in 1863, and at the time of his decease, which occurred Sept. 21, 1868, he was a candidate for a seat in the State Senate. His accomplished wife and family reside in one of the most eligible properties in the city.

WILLIAM CAMERON, Superintendent State Machine Shops, Lockport ; was born in Aberdeen, Scotland, Jan. 20, 1836 ; he came with the family in 1848 or 1849 to Hamilton, Canada ; here his father remained about twelve years, and then moved to London, Canada, where he died ; about the age of 16, William left home, and engaged in learning his trade at Kingston ; was an apprentice four years ; after ac;quiring his trade, he worked in the shops of the Great Western R. R. at Hamilton three or four years ; he then went to the State of New York, and worked in various places ; In 1861, he came West, locating in Ottawa, where he labored for Henry Foy in his machine shops; from there, in 1866, he came to work on the I. & M. Canal, when the work of deepening the canal was begun : in 18Y5, he came to Lockport, having been appointed to his present position. He was married in March, 1856, to Ann Beattie, a native of Canada; has two children - Andrew and Jane. Owns property in Lockport and some near London, Canada.

Harvey W. Chamberlain

HARVEY W. CHAMBERLAIN, blacksmith, Lockport; was born in Essex, Essex Co., N. Y., Feb. 22, 1843 ; in the latter part of the same year, the family came West and settled in Dupage Township, Will Co. In 1853, his father, a carpenter by trade, moved to Lockport and worked for Norton Co., in erecting their mill. At the age of 14, H. W. went to work at his trade, serving an apprenticeship of three years ; he followed his trade until 1862, when he enlisted in Co. C, 100th Regiment I. V. I. ; he participated in the battles of Stone Hiver, Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, Resaca, Dalton, Lookout Mountain, New Hope Church, Franklin, Nashville and others ; in the battle of Peach Tree Creek, fought July 22, 1864, he was wounded in the left shoulder and disabled for six jnonths ; on returning from the army he again went to his trade in Lockport. He was married May 7, 1868, to Asenath Johnson, of Lockport ; has four children - Fred, Willie, Flora and Jessie.

B. B. CLARK, merchant, Lockport ; Mr. Clark, who is one among the earliest settlers of Will County, was born in Trumbull Co., Ohio, Feb. 9, 1814; in 1 820, his father moved to Illinois and settled about midway between Vincennes, Ind., and Mt. Carmel, 111. ; a sketch of the family's removals and locations will be found in detail in the body of the work ; in 1835, B. B. purchased a portion of the home place, northeast of Plainfield, and Went to work for himself ; that land he owns to-day ; in

1850, he went to California ; five months were occupied in crossing the plains ; during the trip they ran short of provisions, and lived on bran-bread three days ; on arriving at Sacramento City he engaged to furnish and superintend teams on the levee ; this employment gave him the handsome income of $55 per day ; afterward, purchasing a stock of provisions, he went ,back into the mining districts and engaged in trade ; in 1852. he returned to Illinois, being considerably ahead in a pecuniary point of view ; he continued actively engaged in farming until 1868, when he moved into Lockport and engaged in the dry goods and clothing business early in 1869. He was married Dec. 16, 1848, to Harriet M. Bartlett, a native of Massachusetts ; has had six children, three living and three dead. Owns 315 acres in Dupage Township, valued at $75 per acre.

S. S. CHAMBERLAIN, furniture and undertaker, Lockport; was born in Monroe Co., N. Y., Aug. 19, 1817; his father was among the earliest settlers in what is now Will Co. ; he left New York in January, 1833, and on the 27th of February, arrived at the head of Hickory Creek, now in New Lenox Tp., Will Co.; Mr. S. S. Chamberlain, a boy of 15 Summers, rode the entire distance on an Indian pony; a detailed account of their journey will be found in the body of the history ; in 1837, his father sold his farm and moved to Peoria Co., not far from the present site of Peoria City; in 1844, S. S. returned to Lockport and engaged in house carpentering ; in 1857, he opened his furniture store and undertaker's business. He was married in 1841 to Elizabeth Gray, a native of New York, sister of Charles M. and Capt. George M. Gray, the latter connected with the Pullman Palace Car Line, and the former for many years general freight agent of the M. S. R. R. ; has two sons - George M., Charles G. In connection with his son George M., has the only undertaker's establishment in Joliet, operated by an American or Protestant.

GEORGE B. COOK, salesman for Gaylord & Co., Lockport; was born in Jefferson Co., N. Y., July 13, 1838 ; in 1845, the family left New York State and settled near London, Can. ; his father was traveling salesman for the wholesale firm of Murray & Anderson ; ia

July, 1851, his father came to Illinois and settled near Morris, on the Au Sable ; in March, 1852, he moved to Chicaf!;o and took charge of the lock at the head of the I. & M. Canal; on the 9th of June following he died of cholera ; George B. remained with the family, and ia the Spring of 1854, they moved to Lockport ; here, in connection with an older brother, he attended the lock and provided for the family; in 1861, he went to Channahon and followed various pursuits ; in August, 1869, he took charge of a force of men engaged in the improvement of the Kankakee River, and afterward was engaged in the construction of the feeder to the I. & M. Canal on the same river; in 1871, in connection with C. E. Fowler, he opened a general merchandise store at the village of Shermanville, on the Kankakee River ; at the end of eight months, they closed out their stock, and he returned to Lockport ; his family remained here, and he went to Chicago as foreman in the packinghouse of Col. Hancock ; here he remained until May, 1873, when he entered the employ of J. A. Boyer as foreman in his quarries at Lemont ; in the Pall of 1873, he was employed as salesman by James E. Casey, of Lockport ; then in the grocery trade; December, 1875, he took the position he now occupies. He was married March 3, 1859, to Eliza Killeen, a native of Ireland; has two children - James R., born Dec. 3, 1859 ; George B., born Dec. 9, 1864.

JOHN F. DAGGETT, M. D., physician and surgeon, Lockport. The subject of this sketch was born in Charlotte, Chittenden Co., Vt., Feb. 19, 1815; with a good common school education, he began teaching at the age of 1 6 ; he entered upon his professional studies at the age of 19, attending the medical college at Woodstock, Vt., in the Spring, and that of Pittsfield, Mass., during the Fall; he graduated from Woodstock in 1836, and commenced the practice of medicine in 1838, at Lockport, his present home ; for forty years he has had the leading practice of the town and vicinity. He was married in 1842, to Angeline Talcott, a native of New York ; she came to Illinois in 1834; was sister of the late Manoel Talcott, of Chicago ; her brother, Edward B. Talcott, assisted in surveying and laying out the [llinois &

Michigan Canal ; subsequently, he was- Superintendent 'of the St. Jo & Hannibal R. R., and at a later period, held the same position on the Chicago & Galena R. R. ; Mrs. Daggett died in 1844, without issue; his second marriage, to Cleora M. Parsons, of Marcellus, N*. Y., occurred in 1846 ; has had five children, three dead, two living - Belle P., wife of HugoVonBoehme, of Joliet (City Surveyor and Architect), and Clara P. Owns 500 acres in Lockport Tp. ; also a mill on the Des Plaines River, just below the town of Lockport ; this mill was built in 1836 or '37, and operates four run of stone. For many years Dr. Daggett did all the practical operative surgery of the surrounding country. In 1871, he was chosen to the Senate to represent the district composed of Will, Kankakee, Grundy and Kendall Counties. Republican ; Episcopalian. Though 63 years of age, the Doctor bids fair to lead an active busy life for many years to. come,

Rev. Father M. J. Dorney

REV. FATHER M. J. DORNEY, Pastor of St. Dennis' Catholic Church, Lockport ; was born in Springfield, Mass,, March 11, 1851 ; at the age of 9 years, he entered the University of St. Mary's of the Lake, situated in Chicago, in which he remained a student seven years ; leaving there, he entered the college at Suspension! Bridge, N. Y. ; here he remained three years, completing his literary course, and received the degree of A. B. ; one year after, that of A. M. ; he next entered upon his theological course in St. Mary's Seminary, located in Baltimore ; this institution is one among the oldest in our land,, the grant of land on which it is situated having been made by Chas. Carroll, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence ; he finished the course in December,, ber, 1873, and Jan. 27, 1874, was ordained a priest in the Holy Catholic Church. By appointment from the Bishop, he was sent to St. John's Catholic Church, in Chicago, to assist Father Waldron in the ministrations of the Church ; here he remained two and one-half years. Aug. 29, 1876, he came to his charge in Lockport ; under his direct supervision, a splendid stone church is now being erected, at a cost of J30,000, and which when completed will far surpass in size and beauty all other churches in Lockport.

ARTHUR R. DEEMING, foreman grocery store, Lockport ; was born in Liecestershire, England, May 31 , ] 843 ; in 1855, he emigrated to America, and settled in Lockport, 111. ; he entered the employ of Stephen Dowse as clerk in his grocery store, and remained in hfs employ about nine years ; leaving Lockport, he next located in Ottawa, La Salle Co., remaining, however, but a few months ; he next engaged in carpentering for a short time ; in 1865, he engaged with Norton & Co., and at the end of six months took charge of their large grocery and boat stores, which position he now holds. He was married Dec. 26, 1868, to Annie M. Smith, a native of Illinois ; has one child - Leonora M., born Oct. 21, 1869. Mr. Deeming is at present Superintendent of the M. E. Church Sabbath school.

H. G. EDDY, foreman I. & M. Canal yards, Lockport ; was born in Oxford, Chenango Co., N. Y., March 19, 1829 ; at the age of 9, he came with the family to Lockport, his father having come the year before. His father was a mason by trade, and during the construction of the canal, worked upon it. At the age of 16, H. G. went to his trade, serving an apprenticeship of five years ; in 1850, he went to California ; engaged in mining a short time ; in the winter of 1850-51, aided in putting up a mill on the North Fork of the Yuba River; he returned to Lockport about the 1st of July, 1851 ; here his home has been ever since. April 19, 1861, he enlisted in the three months service, and on the 22d was in Cairo, where he superintended the mounting of all the guns of the battery, under Gen. Wagner, Chief of Artillery. This was the first battery that blockaded the Mississippi and brought to the first rebel boat. Capt. Eddy was most of the time in command of the fort. November 22, 1864, he re-enlisted in Coggswell's 1st 111. Indp. Battery, and served during the war ; was actively engaged in the battles of Jackson, seige of Vicksburg, Missionary Ridge, Cold Water, and went with Sherman through the Atlanta campaign. Since 1865, he has been in the employ of the canal company most of the time. Beginning in 1868, he spent some time in contracting and building bridges on various railroads in the State ; in 1873, he came to the position he now occupies. He superintended the laying of the foundation of the Copperas Creek Lock on the Illinois River, a work of no small moment. He was married Sept. 12, 1852, to Mary J. Eyer, a native of Pennsylvania ; has two children - Lizzie J. (now wife of H. R. Osgood, of Chicago), and Marcia E. M.

H. W. EMERY, lumber merchant, Lockport; the subject of this sketch was born in Ellsworth, Hancock Co., Maine, Dec. 18, 1821 ; at the age of 21, he left home and went to Boston, Mass., where he engaged in the trade of house carpentering; in 1846, returned to Maine,

I house building ; in 1854, returned to Boston, and in 1855, came West to Illinois, and settled in Lockport; in 1860, he opened a lumber yard, and has continued the business ever since. He was married in 1860 to Sarah F. Bartlett, a native of Maine ; she died without issue. Republican ; Congregationalist. Mr. Emery is a member of the City Council ; he is highly esteemed as a man for his many good qualities, and is strictly upright and honest in all his business transactions.

J.J. FOWSER, farmer; P.O.Plainfleld; was born in Stark Co., Ohio, Aug. 13, 1827 ; he remained with his parents till his majority, attending school winters, and farming summers ; in the spring of 1854, he came'West, and settled on the north end of his present farm. He was married April 11, 1848, to Esther Ream, a native

[ of Summit Co., Ohio ; she was born Oct. 16, 1827; nine children have been born to them, of which five are living, and four are deceased - Elmira (now wife of G. W. Waisner, of South Bend, Ind.), Daniel F., Edwin T., Emma, Clara, living; Solomon, Newton, Diana and an infant son deceased ; his present residence on the southern extremity of his farm was erected in 1856, and occupied in 1857; he owns 186 acres in Sec. 6, Lockport Tp., valued at $70 per acre. Has held the offices of School Director and Pathmaster. He deals largely in horses, cattle, hogs and mules. Mr. Powser is the heaviest, if not the largest farmer in his section, and is socially as jolly as he is large, and his presence is

JOHN A. FRASER, farmer; P. 0. Plainfield ; was born in Sullivan Co., N. Y., July 30, 1823 ; he remained with his parents until his majority, working on the farm summers, and attending school during the Winter months ; in the Fall of ISiO, he came West, and settled in Plainfield Tp., and engaged in farming ; he erected his present desirable residence in 1854, and in the spring of 1855, occupied the same ; here he has lived ever since. He was married March 27, 1855, to Mary A. Van Horn, a native of New Jersey, Orange Co., N. Y.; has four children - Alice J., Edsel H., Clara B., Wilbur J. Owiis 120 acres of land, valued at $8,400. Has held the office of School Director. Mr. Fraser is Republican in politics and a member of the Congregational Church. His well-cultivated farm, adorned with his and comfortable residence and outbuildings, breathes a spirit of thrift and enterprise. As an upright, square-dealing, honest and enterprising farmer, Mr. Fraser stands without a peer in his vicinity.

EDWARD P. FARLEY, retired farmer; P. 0. Lockport; the subject of this sketch was born in Cortland Co., N. Y., Aug: 21, 1816; in 1836, he left New York, stopping a short time in Ohio, and in February, 1837, came to Illinois and settled in Lockport ; soon after coming to Lockport, he bought claims in Lake Co., Ind., and after improving them settled there and, and at the Government land sale, at La Porte, bought a quarter-section. He was married in 1845, to Mary A. Letts, a native of Pennsylvania ; he last his wife by death in the early part of 1873, and November of the same year, contra,cted his second marriage with Elizabeth Bartlett, a native of Maine ; had one child by first marriage - Henry ; he died at the age of 9. Owned at one time 240 acres. Was Postmaster at West Creek, Lake Co., Ind., twenty years ; Justice of the Peace twelve years, and County Assessor two years. Republican ; Congregationalist. He has retired from active business life to enjoy the honest rewards of a well-spent early life.

JOHN FIDDYMENT, farmer; P. 0. Lockport ; was born in Ashwellthorp, Norfolk Co., Eng., Jujy 11, 1809 ; he immigrated to America in 1837, and settled some three miles south of Joliet ; here he engaged in farming the first year for Esquire Half; the following year, he rented the farm and managed for himself; in the latter part of 1839, he moved to Joliet and engaged in brewing for Wade & Woodruff, remaining in their employ three years ; he then went into the distillery and was thus engaged until 1849, being a part of the time in company with Woodruff; in 1849, he came to Lockport, bought a distillery and operated it until the spring of 1865. In the fall of 1839, his wife and only son eame over and joined the husband and father at Joliet. In 1843, he purchased a farm on Flag Creek which he operated for some years. He was married in January, 1836, to Sophia Blogg, a native of England. The last years of his life were devoted to superintending his farm. At the time of his decease, Jan. 17, 1874, he owned 280 acres of fine farming land just outside the corporate limits of the city of Lockport. He held the office of Supervisor three terms.

WALTER J. FIDDYMENT, farmer; P. 0. Lockport ; only son of John and Sophia (Blogg) Fiddyment, was born in the parish of Great Milton, England, April 3, 1837 ; he was but 2 years of age when his mother crossed the ocean for America, his father having come the same year in which he was born ; he has always lived with his parents ; since his majority has done business in company with his father. He was married July 3, 1862, to Ellen J. Clarkson, a native of Joliet, Will Co. ; has had nine children, eight living, one deceased. At present he is engaged in farming and stock raising. Has held the offices of Justice of the Peace, Town Clerk, School Director, etc.

J. E. GIFFIN, farmer ; P. 0. Lockport ; was born in Cumberland Co., Penn., near Carlisle, Aug. 7, 1814 ; in 1833, he came to Montgomery Co., Ohio, and remained two or three years ; he next stopped at Oxford, Ohio, a short time ; he spent the winter of 1842, at the rapids of Rock River, in Whiteside Co., 111., engaged in feeding sheep ; in the spring of 1843, he purchased a large drove of sheep and brought them to Oswego, and there laid a claim of eighty acres, which he afterward entered and improved. He was married March 11, 1847, to Cynthia C. Rodgers, a native of Ashtabula, Ohio; she was born Feb. 2, 1828, and came West with the family in 1832. In the Fall of 1850, he settled where he now lives, and opened up his farm. They have had six children born to them - Almira E., Martha I., Elliott R., Mary H., John E. and Cynthia A.; of these John E., died March 17, 1862. Owns eighty acres, valued at $5,600. Mrs. Giffin remembers the days of the small beginnings of Joliet, Lockport, Plainfield and other surrounding villages ; she has lived to see the wild, unbroken prairie converted into fertile farms, and thickly studded with fine residences ; vast areas, which, in her girlhood days, yielded naught but wild grass and countless flowers of sweetest perfume, now teeming with the rich golden harvest.

JOHN G-EDDES, City Meat Market, Lockport ; was born in Watervliet, N. Y., April 18, 1831 ; at the age of 12 or 13, he came West to Illinois with the family ; his father settled in Homer Tp., Will Co., and engaged in farming ; he remained at home till 18 years of age, when he commenced the trade of carpenter and joiner ; this he followed between two and three years ; at the age of 21, he commenced boating on the I. & M. Canal, and was thus engaged three seasons ; a portion of the time in the employ of a Mr. Fish, of Joliet, and afterward in the employ of D. C. Norton, of Lockport ; about 1854:, he opened his meat market in Lockport, and has been thus engaged ever since. He was married Dec. 24, 1850, to Martha R. Burdick,a native of New York; has three daughters - Maria, Ada and Mary E. Owns twenty-two acres, adjoining the town, and a block of lots, together with a fine residence ; his is the oldest established meat market in the town ; his social qualities are excellent, and he has a host of friends.

A. L. GAINES, Foreman George B. Norton's dry goods store, Lockport ; was born in Castleton, Rutland Co., Vt., Sept. ilth, 1843 ; his boyhood days were passed -in attendance upon the schools, and his early manhood years either as a student or teacher; about the age of 19, he entered Commercial College at New Haven, Conn., in which he completed a business course ; in 1866, he came West and located in Morris, Grundy Co., 111., where he engaged in the sale of dry goods ; in February, 1873, he came to Lockport and entered the employ of George B. Norton as foreman in his dry goods establishment; a position he still holds. He was married Oct. 21, 1871, to Mary E. Allen, a native of Troy, N. Y.; has two children - Hallie H., born Deo. 11, 1872, and Lula M., born Feb. 4, 1876.

GEORGE GAYLORD, merchant and grain dealer, Lockport ; was born Feb. 24, 1820, in Washington Co., N. Y.: he remained at home on the farm until 1839; when he went to Illinois, and stopped at Warrenville, Du Page Co., where he engaged in farm work ; during the Winter of 1843-4, he taught school; in 1845 he commenced blacksmithing in Warrenville, and continued the business two years ; in 1847, he came to Lockport, and engaged in the sale of dry goods, forming a copartnership with Dennis Smith, under the firm name of Gaylord & Smith ; in the Fall of 1849, the firm was dissolved, Mr. Smith retiring ; Mr. Gaylord conducted the business alone until 1853, when the present firm of Geo. Gaylord & Co, was formed. A. J. Ewen becoming a partner ; in 1863, they built their large and commodious elevators, and commenced the handling of grain. He was married in May, 1846, to Ann A, Lull, a native of Vermont ; has eight children - Henry G., Prankie A., Albin P., Willard, Edward L., Clarissa J., Laura E. and Robert. In 1868, he was chosen a member of the Legislature from the 43d District, and was made Chairman of the Committee on Canals ; the law authorizing. the erection of a lock and dam across the Illinois River at Henry, and one establishing the rolling mills at Joliet, was passed during the session of which he was a member. Republican ; Baptist.

P. N. HARTWELL, architect and builder, Lockport ; born in Westport, Essex Co., N. Y., Oct. 1, 1825; his education is quite complete, comprising a full academic course in the County Acad emy; his father was a mechanic, and into the profession the son naturally grew up, spending his vacation at ^ork in the shop so that by the time his education was completed, he was also well advanced in his trade ; in 1855, he came West, and settled in Lock-' port, remaining about six months, he then moved to Marion, Linn Co., Iowa, where he remained until 1864, when he returned to Lockport, since which time he has been doing business in Lockport and Chicago, his home remaining at Lockport. He was married May 29, 1849, to Elmina Jackson, a native of Vergennes, Vt.: has three sons - John J., Harold W. and Fred W. Held the of&ce of County Superintendent of Schools in Essex Co., N. Y., and seived five years as Assessor in Marion, Iowa ; was a member of the Board of Education eleven years in Lockport.

WAKREN HAWLEY, farmer ; P. 0. Lockport ; was born in Monroe Co., N. Y., July 8, 1812 ; his father, Lyman Hawley, was born in what is now the State of Vermont, Aug. 4, 1782 ; his mother, Althea H. Moore, was born in West Hartford, Conn., Sept. 3, 1787. Lyman Hawley was among the early pioneers of Will Co., having come with his family in the Fall of 1835; he settled just south of where his son Warren now resides ; here he led a quiet, useful life until April 29, 1844, when he rested from his labors. Warren Hawley was married in Elgin, 111., Feb. 14, 1839, to Louisa S. Heath, a native of Connecticut; she came West in 1836; May 13, 1871, she passed peacefully away, leaving a devoted husband, two daughters and a son to mourn her loss - Mary L. (wife of Selah P. North), Harriet L. (wife of Horace Cadwallader, of Dwight, Livingston Co.), and Edward W. (now shipping clerk for Ingraham, Corbin & May, of Chicago ; Edward married Katie French, of Madison, Wis. Warren, like his father, Lyman, has never changed bis residence since he came to Illinois ; the land he owns to-day, 130 acres, passed from the Government into the hands of his father, and from his father to himself; here he has lived to see the '' Star of Empire " westward take its way, and the wave of emigration spread over the fair prairies beyond him, converting them into rich, productive farms, and where now an hundred fine residences adorn as many farms, when he first settled the eye could rest on no habitation of man; from his home west to Plainfield, a distance of eight or nine miles, not a house was to be seen, 'but all was a vast stretch of unbroken prairie. He held the ofiice of Assessor one year. He owns 130 acres, valued at $8,000. Though past his

HENRY HOPKINS, farmer; P, 0. Lockport ; was born in Wayne Co., N. Y., May 3, 1826 ; he remained at home till he was 18 years of age; his early life was that of a farmer's son ; in February, 1~65, he came West to Illinois and settled near his present residence ; in December, 1874, he purchased his house, and occupied it the following February. He was married April 12, 1853, to Caroline M. Sly, a native of New York ; has had ihree children - Irving W., Eugene S., Lillian D.; of these, Irving W. died in November, 1875. Mr. Hopkins has been very successful in his business transactions ; what he possesses to-day, he has accumulated through honest toil and well-directed energy. In the death of his eldest son he lost a most valuable factor from his working and his accumulating force ; he was a young man of more than ordinary promise. Mr. Hopkins owns 160 acres, with fine improvements, valued at $15,000. In early life, he worked on the farm during the summer, and engaged in teaching school during the winter for six terms ; in this way, he saved about $600, a sum which, when he came West, started him on the road to success and competency.

FRED. H. JACOBUS, Lockport Meat Market, Lockport; wasborn Aug. 18, 1848, in Koenigsburg, East Prussia ; he immigrated to America April 1, 1871, stopping a short time in Boston, and from thence came to Chicago, where he remained two years, engaged in working in the meat market ; subseqi;iently, he was engaged in the same business in Joliet, Wilmington and Mokena, in Will Co., in the latter place starting for himself; Sept. 15, 1877, he opened his present place of business in Lockport. He was married Nov. 23, 1873, to Julia Scheer, a nati^^e of Will Co., 111. ; have two children - Ida and Frank. By giving strict personal attention to business, and furnishing at all times the best the market afibrds, his is fast becoming the leading market of the town.

M. P. JOHNSON, meat market; Lockport ; was born in Lockport, Will Co., 111., July 14, 1851 ; until 15 years of age, he attended upon the public schools ; afterleaving school he was employed as clerk in the office of the I. & M. Canal at Lockport,.

lor two years; in 1869, he went to the office at Bridgeport and remained about five years; he was next employed in the office of J. J. S. Wilson, General Superintendent of the Western Union Telegraph Company, and remained about eight months; he next engaged as ticket agent at Lockport, on the Chicago, Alton & St. Louis Railroad ; during the winter of 18Y1-Y2, he was agent at Dwight, Livingston Co.; Sept. 20, 1873, he opened the City Meat Market in Lockport. He was married July 20, 1873, to Emma Parks, a native of New York State; has two children - Mabel, born Aug. 9, 1874, and Bertie, born July 31, 1876.

OTTO JOHNSON, boot and shoe shop, Lockport ; was born in Farnabo Co., Sweden, May 8, 1838 ; he immigrated to America in 1868, and settled in Lockport, 111., where he has resided ever since; Mr. Johnson has resided in the same house ever since he came to Lockport, first entering it as a boarder, and, later, purchasing it for himself. He was married Nov. 2, 1871, to Lizzie Matthews, a native of England; has two children - Louie C, John H. Republican ; member of the Swede Lutheran Church. Besides work of his own manufacture, he keeps on hand a fine assortment of ladies' and children's ready-made wear ; he uses nothing but the best of stock in the manufacture of his boots and shoes, and warrants entire satisfaction.

GEORGE LYNN, mnfr. of boots and shoes, Lockport ; was born in Leicestershire, Eng., in the early part of February, 1822 ; in 1832, he came with his family to America, his father settling first at Poughkeepsie, N. Y. ; in the fall of 1 836, the family moved to Schuylkill Co., Penn., whither George followed in the spring of 1837 ; in the Fall of 1844, he returned to Poughkeepsie, and in the summer of 1852, came West and located in Lockport, where he has since lived. At tlie age of 14, he went to Pottsville, Penn., to learn the ironmolder's trade ; followed it one year, when he met with an accident that disabled him from prosecuting the work further ; he next engaged in boating for two or three summers and finally began the trade of shoemaking, though he never served an apprenticeship. He was married Dec. 28, 1843, to Ann Allison, a native of

England; has eight children - EHzabeth A., Louisa F., Kate A., Emma L., Elmira E., William H., Loyd G. and George H. While Mr. Lynn is not a man of finished education, yet from a course of extensive reading and research he has accumulated a vast amount of valuable information, and writes many and very acceptable articles for the county papers.

GEORGE M. LYND, merchant. Lockport ; born in Cincinnati, Ohio, March 8, 1833 ; his father. Rev. S. W. Lynd, was a distinguished Baptist minister and held leading positions in the Church in the West, being at one time President of the Western Baptist Theological Seminary, located in Covington, Ky. ; afteward removed to Georgetown, Ky., Dr. Lynd still retaining the Presidency; he was Pastor of the Church in Cincinnati nineteen years ; subsequently of the Church in St. Louis, and later in Chicago. In 1852, George M. became a student in Georgetown College and remained three years, not, however, completing a full course; in 1856, he came West with his family to Illinois, and settled at Gooding's Grove, Will Co., and engaged in farming ; this he pursued for two years, when he took the position of preceptor in the family of George Barnett, of Lockport, and was thus engaged for two years; in 1860, he entered the employ of S. W. Lull, as clerk in his grocery store. In 1862, he enlisted in Co. C, 100th Regiment I. V. I., and remained in the service till the close of the war ; he was mustered in as Orderly Sergeant, but by successive promotions arose to the highest position in his company, that of Captain ; on his return home, he formed a copartnership with S. W. Lull for the purchase and sale of groceries ; this he continued until June, 1877, when the firm was dissolved, Mr. Lull taking the dry goods department, added in 1872, and Mr. Lynd the grocery department. He was married May 4, 1874, to Mary Blount, a native of Illinois ; one child - Carrie. Republican ; Baptist. During his term of service as a soldier, he participated in the important battles of Stone River, Chickamauga, Lookout Mountain, and in all the engagements in Sherman's march to Atlanta ; was at the battle of Nashville, Tenn., and many minor engagements ; was present in every battle in which the regiment was engaged

JACOB F. LOTZ, receiver and shipper for Norton & Co., Lockport ; born in Blair Co., Penn., May 18, 1824; at the age of 17, he worked in the Arch Spripg Mills; in 1846, he worked in the Logan's "Valley Mills one year; in 1847, in the Scotch Valley Mills ; in 1848, he came West, and settled in West Creek, Lake Co., Ind.; thence to Dixon, Lee Co., 111.; in 1858, he came to Lockport ; entered the employ of Norton & Co., for whom he has labored ever since ; he was Foreman in their mills for fifteen years ; for the past five years he has occupied the position of receiver and shipper. He has been married twice. In July, 1848, he was married to Elizabeth Ramsay, a native of Pennsylvania ; she died Jan. 24, 1866 ; his second marriage occurred Nov. 13, 1868, to Lucinda Ramsay, also a native of Pennsylvania ; three children were born to him from first wedlock, and four from second. He has been City Alderman two or three terms, and is at present School Trustee.

JOHN H. MILLER, tonsorial artist, Lockport ; was born in Norderdeich, Germany, Nov. 1, 1854 ; till he was 14 years of ago he attended school most of the time in his native country ; about the first of June, 1868, he immigrated with the family to America, his father settling in Lockport, Will Co., 111.; immediately after coming, John entered the employ of Louis Braum to learn the trade of barbering; he remained with him between three and four years . he next worked for Henry Falkenhagen, of Lockport, and subsequently followed-his trade in Joliet for some months; in February. 1 874, he formed a copartnership with Louis Braum, and carried on the business in Lockport until the following September or October, when he ^bought out his partner's interest, and has since conducted the business alone ; his shop is well located in the business part of the town, complete in all its appointments; he is polite and obliging, always at his post, and for an easy shave or anything in his line of business, we commend you to John.

FRED. MULLER, miller, Lockport; was born in Prussia, Germany, Aug. 16, 1827 ; he immigrated to America in 1854, and stopped first in Chicago, but soon came to Lockport, and was employed at general work one year; in 1855, he engaged in work for Norton & Co.; in 1859, he went to St. Louis, where he worked at gardening. When the first call was made for troops he enlisted May 8, 1861, in Co. H, 5th Regt. Mo. V. I., and served three and a half months; participated in the battle of Wilson's Creek, Mo., in which Gen. Lyon was killed ; returning, he remained a short time in St. Louis, and then, came again to Lockport ; he worked for Norton & Co. a second time until June 1874, when he leased the old mill, now owned by Dr. J. F. Daggett, which he is now operating. In the fall of 1863, he was drafted, but employed a substitute. He was married Nov. 10, 1865, to Elizabeth Brinkey, a native of Bohemia; has five children - Elizabeth, William, Mary, John, August. He is familiarly known as Honest Fred, the miller on the Des Plaines.