Buffalo Township (part 1 of 2)

Buffalo Township

ADAMS JACOB, Farmer; Sec. 23; P. 0. Polo; son of Jacob and Polly Lane; born April 10, 1818, in Washington Co., Md.; came to Pine Creek Township in the Fall of 1 843 ; the following Spring he moved to Rowland's Grove, and lived there about ten years ; sold and moved to Pine Creek ; lived there about seventeen years; in 1870, he moved to present farm of 140 acres, valued at $70 per acre ; owns 220 acres in Pine Creek Tp.; in 1836, he married Miss Elizabeth Furry, daughter of John and Barbara Cunnagan Furry; born Jan. 10, 1814, in Washington Co., Md.; have had twelve children, eight living - Adam, born March 21,1838; Eli, March 20, 1840 ; Jacob, Jr., June 4, 1843 ; John, Sept. 5, 1845 ; Daniel, May 8, 1848 ; Zachariah, May 10, 1850; elegit, March 21, 1856; Menzellia, Jan. 1, 1858. Adam lives in Montgomery Co., Iowa ; Eli in Hardin Co., Iowa ; Jacob and John in Pine Creek ; Daniel, at home ; Zachariah, in Ringgold Co., Iowa ; Clegit, in Cass Co., Iowa; and Menzellia, at home.

ADAMS PJETER IV. Farmer ; Sec. 25 ; P. 0. Polo ; owns 100 acres of land ; he was born in Washington Co., Md., June 15, 1837; and in 1842, came to Ogle Co., with his parents (Adam and Susan Adams, who were born in Washington Co., Md.); when he was old enough to work, he labored on his father's farm until he was married, in 1860, to Mary C. Yeakle, who bore him two children - Ella, deceased, April 16, 1864; and Emma, born Feb. 17, 1862 , his w^ife died April 18, 1864 ; on the 25th of Jan., 1866, he was married to his present- wife, Ann E., daughter of Jacob Brubaker, of Polo; she was born June 6, 1841, in Iluntiogton Co., Pa.; there were four children born to Mr. Adams by this marriage, viz.: Charles B., born March 19, 1867; Holly, Feb. 26, 1870; George W.,

Sept. 1, 1872 ; Walter, May 29, 1877, died March 15, 1878 ; Mr. Adams is a Democrat ; and was School Director two years ; Mrs. Adams is a member of the Church of the Disciples.

AI.DRICII TILSON, Druggist and dealer in Paints, Oils, Fancy Goods, etc.. Mason st. near Railroad ; residence, corner Division and Dixon sts.; born in Douglass, Worcester Co., Mass., June 6, 1816 ; came to Elkhorn Grove, Carroll Co., in the Spring of 1839 ; during his residence there, he was for twenty years Postmaster, Supervisor three terms, Township School Treasurer, etc.; came to Polo in 1868; engaged in the drug business ever since he came here ; a portion of the time dealing in leather also ; he was one of the incorporators of the Polo Harvester Co., and is President of the Company now ; Mr. A. married Hepsibah Morgan in 1837 ; she was born in Canton, Hartford Co., Conn.; i they have one child living ; one son, Myron, died at the age of three years ; Mr. and Mrs. A. are Congregationalists.

AXDERSOX AROIiD T. Farmer and Stock Raiser ; Polo ; son of George A., of Virginia, and Elizabeth Freeman, of New Jersey ; was born in Crawford Co., Pa., in 1825 ; came to Buffalo Grove in the Spring of 1848 ; commenced farming on forty acres, on Sec. 22 ; at the present time, he has the following real estate : 320 acres on Sec. 27, 160 acres on Sec. 3, 320 acres on Sec. 20, 280 acres on Sec. 26, besides 1,120 acres in Lee Co., 111.; has dealt in stock extensively; commenced the

Winter with seven hundred hogs and two hundred and fifty head of cattle. Has been School Director for six, years ; in politics, Republican ; and is a member of the Methodist Church ; married, Sept. 28, 1847, Miss Lurinda Clark, daughter of J. B. and Charity C. Clark, of Ontario Co., N. Y.; have had eleven children ; seven are now living, as follows - Mattie L., Lot E., Ellen E., George A., L. Emmagine, Howard A., and Laura F. AlVDERSOl!^ CAPT. JOHX H. Station Agent 1. C. R. R., and Justice of the Peace, Woosung; owns 300 acres, probable value $12,000. He was born Sept. 22, 1818, in Dublin, Ireland ; in 1832 he went to sea with his father (Capt. John Anderson, who was born in England), who sailed his own vessel to the United States, West Indies, and other countries ; he was with his father for about three years, and made his first voyage to Charleston, S. C. ; altogether he served an apprenticeship of about seven years, and afterward went as his father's 2d Mate on a voyage to Trinidad of the West Indies, where he came very near dying from yellow fever, having been bled five times in one night. In the course of time he returned to Liverpool, where he shipped as 2d Mate on a voyage to Singapore, East Indies, and returned to London, where he heard of his father having taken a cargo to Trinidad, but neither his father nor the vessel was ever after heard of. From London he went to Liverpool, where he shipped as 1st Mate on a voyage to Singapore and China. In consequence of a disagreement with the 2d Mate (who was a nephew of the Captain of the vessel), he was deserted by the Master of the vessel on arriving at Singapore. Fortunately an opium clipper happened to be in port at the time, and Mr. Anderson made his case known to the Master, whose name was Pybus. Capt. Pybus kindly told him that he would give him a passage to China ; and on their way up the China sea, a typhoon struck them, which came very near destroying the ship and all on board. They put in on the coast of China, where there were three or four vessels belonging to Capt. Pybus, and one of them needing a Mate, the position was offered to Mr. A., who gladly accepted it at $60 per month. He was in Capt. Pybus' employ as Mate for two years, wnen he was appointed Captain of the clipper barque " Sir Edward Ryan," with a crew of 125 men, and sailed her for five or six years. He made three voyages to the Cannibal Islands, and on two occasions narrowly escaped death. He has now in his possession a case of screw-barrel pistols (English make) to which he owes the preservation of his life on more than one occasion. He came to the United States, arriving in Boston, Mass., July 17, 1856, and came to Ogle County in October of the same year. He was married Aug. 14, 1856, to Elizabeth F., daughter of Augustus A. Roundy, of Woburn, Mass. ; she was born Nov. 14, 1830. They have one child - Charles F., born Jan. 17, 1869 ; they lost one child - Henry A., born May 25, 1857; died Aug. 14,, 1858. Capt. Anderson is a Republican, and is now serving his fourth term as Justice of the Peace ; he is Town Auditor, and was School Director for two or three terms ; he is a member of the Baptist Church of Dixon, of which denomination Mrs. Anderson is also a member.

APIill^GTON JOSHUA C. Farmer, Sec. 4 ; P. Or Polo ; owns 1 24 acres of land ; born in Sandford, Broome Co., N. Y., March 6, 1824; came to Mt. Morris Township, Ogle Co., in 1857 ; moved to his present location in 1861 ; he has served ten years as Township Highway Commissioner; is now serving for the third term ; he has been School Director many years ; married Mary Nichols May 28, 1855 ; she was born in Andes, Delaware Co., N. Y., June 29, 1829. She is a member of the Presbyterian Church ; Mr. A. is a Baptist. Mrs. Aplington's parents, Wm. and Jane (Look) Nichols, came to Bufiklo Township, Ogle Co., in Oct., 1836 ; they both died here.

APPI^E WIIiLIAM H. Farmer, Sec. 4, Polo ; owns 75 acres of land ; | probable valuation, $5,000. Mr. Ap- [ pie was born Aug. 14, 1832, in Luzerne I Cp., Pa.,- where he followed a general mercantile business for several years. In 1861, he came West to Ogle Co., and settled in this township, where he has since resided. He was married Oct. 19, 1870, to Miss Alpha L. Spencer, daughter of John J. and Mary A. Spencer, of Luzerne Co., Pa. ; she was born July 8, 1846. Mr. Apple is Republican in politics, and was Road Master for one terra and School Director for three years. He is a member of the Society of Patrons of Husbandry, and is a member of the Lutheran Church.

APPI^EFORI> ISAAC D. Dealer in Agricultural Implements, Pumps, Wind Mills, Seeds, Wagons, Carriages, etc., cor. Mason and Division streets ; resides on Franklin street, Polo ; born in Canada West, Jan. 1, 1889; came to Ogle County in 1856 ; engaged in farming and teaching until he engaged in present business in 1873. Mr. A. was Commissioner of Highways in Lincoln Township ; he is Alderman of North Ward, Polo ; has served in that capacity since 1875 ; married Maria L. Lawrence, Jan. 1, 1862; she was born in this township ; they have one child - William E. ; lost one, daughter, Katie, who died Oct. 11, 1867, aged one and a half years. Mrs. Appleford is a member of the M. E. Church.

AVEY JLEVI, City Marshal, Polo, Ogle Co. ; was born Feb. 15, 1841, in Bucklestown, Va., and came with his parents (George and Nancy Avey) to this county, and settled in Maryland Township in 1846 ; when old enough to work, he assisted his father on the farm, and went to school between times until he was 22 years old, when he went to Montana in 1864, in search of gold ; he worked there in the mines for eighteen months, when he came back to his home in Maryland Township, and after a short stay started West to Colorado, and was engaged in various pursuits in the gold mines for two years, when he again returned to his home in Maryland

Township in August, 1868. He was married Nov. 22, 1865, to Mary J.. daughter of Thomas Rummonds, of Pine Creek Township ; she was born Aug. 24, 1848 ; they have one child - Mary, born Aug. 9, 1866. Mr. Avey is Independent in politics, and was elected City Marshal March 12, 1875, for one year, and was re-elected March 12, 1877, which term he is now serving. He runs a cider-mill and vinegar factory and does quite an extensive business in this line ; his cider press is the " Syracuse press," the only one of the kind in the county. He is also an Auctioneer and Greneral Trader.

T3 Aer Mathew Barber Chaxceford

BARBER CHAXCEFORD R. Banker ; res. cor. Mason and Fulton sts. ; Mr. Barber was born in Wardsboro, Windham Co., Yt., Oct. 2, 1818; he came to Buffalo, Ogle Co., 111. in 1843 ; he was engaged in mercantile business there with his brother, Lemuel F. Barber, until the Autumn of 1856, when he came to Polo ; since his removal to this place he has been engaged in banking, and largely interested in real estate, being the owner of a large amount of property in Buffalo and adjoining townships ; Sept. 6, 1849, he married Lucie H. Eager, of Newfane, Windham Co., Vt. ; they have had three children - Gertrude T., died Feb. 8, 1867, aged 15 years ; two sons now living - Bryant H., bore Jan. 12, 1853, and Henry D., March 3. 1855 ; both of whom are associated with him in business.

BARBER CHARI.es FIXCH. Dry Goods. Clothing, Boots, Shoes, etc. ; Polo ; ancestors on maternal side named Finch, emigrated from England in 1630 with Gov. John Winthrop, and were prominent in the early history of Massa chusetts and Connecticut; ancestors, paternal side among the earliest settlers of Massachusetts and Vermont ; son of Dr. Luther H. Barber and Julia Finch ; born Nov. 8, 1836 atPoestenkill, Rensselaer Co., N. Y. ; came to Buffalo Grove, Ogle Co., 111. Oct. 16, 1854; engaged as clerk in the store of C. & L. N. Barber; removed to Polo in the Fall of 1855, with L. N. Barber; on the event of his death in July, 1859, became his successor in business with Walter W. Peirce as partner, under firm name of Peirce & Barber ; at the opening of war with the South, enlisted as private in Co. H, Capt. Morton D. Swift, 15th 111. Vol. Inf; in April, 1861, promoted to Adjutant; participated in Freemont compaign in Missouri in 1861 ; Grant's campaign up the Cumberland and Tennessee Rivers in Feb. and March, 1862, to Fort Donelson, Fort Henry, Pittsburg Landing or. Shiloh, Siege of Corinth, Holly Springs, Tallahatchie River, Grand Gulf, Haines' Bluff, Siege of Vicksburg ; resigned army position after surrender of Vicksburg, July, 1863 ; resumed mercantile life with his partner, who had continued business during his absence ; associated with them Wayland S. Goodhue; in 1867, Reed M. Pearson purchased the interest of Mr. Pierce, when the firm became C. F. Barber & Co. ; in 1873, Mr. Barber purchased the interest of Messrs. Pearson & Goodhue, and continues the business at the present time ; married Oct. 23, 1866, to Mary Louise Coons, of Brunswick, Rensselaer Co., N. Y. ; has one son - Henri Newton Barber, born Aug. 4, 1871.

HAM, Dealers in Groceries, Flour, Provisions, etc., cor. Mason and Franklin streets. John Bingaman, res. on Franklin street, was born in Northumberland Co.. Pa., Feb. 16, 1826; he came to Buffalo Township, Ogle Co., 111., in 1841 ; engaged in farming and carpenters' work until 1859 ; was for four years Assessor of this township; in 1873, he was Alderman of the North Ward ; he is a Director in the Exchange National Bank; in 1861, engaged in present business ; married Elizabeth Schore, Feb. 2-4:, 1856 ; she was born Schuylkill Co., Pa. W. H. Cunningham, res. on Franklin street, he was born in Washington Co., Md., May 21, 1841 ; came to Polo in 1858 ; has been engaged in present business nineteen years ; married Delia Sandford, June 14, 1868 ; she was born in Old Buffalo, Ogle Co. ; they have four children - Cora, Frank, Fannie and Carrie.

Professor of Instrumental and Vocal Music; Polo; was born July 27, 1840, in Bradford Co., Pa. ; at a very early age he developed a talent for music, and nearly all of his spare time was devoted the cultivation of those talents, having taken several courses of instruction from several musical professors, among whom, most notably, was George F. Root, now of Chicago ; during the term he spenc with Mr. Root, he had for a class-mate, Mr. P. P. Bliss, who was killed in the dreadful railroad accident that occurred at the breaking of the railroad bridge at Ashtabula, Ohio, in 1876; Mr. Blakslee commenced instruction in music when only 19 years old ; he enlisted in the 75th I. V. I., Aug. 22, 1862, for three years, but was honorably discharged (by reason of disability), July 27, 1863, at Winchester, Tenn. ; he returned to Carroll Co., 111., where he was married March 27, 1864, to Sarah C, daughter of Samuel Saylor, of Washington Co., Md. ; she was born Feb. 24, 1841 ; they have one child - Guy 0., born June 15, 1875 ; they lost one child - Nellie M., born May 15, 1869 ; died May 5, 1871. Mr. B. is a Republican, and was Township Collector, in Carroll Co. ; he is a member of the Christian Church, of which denomination Mrs. Blakslee is also a member.

BROWN JOHN W. Manufacturer of Carriages, Buggies, Platform and Democrat Wagons, Cutters and Sleighs ; all kinds of repairing done ; manufactory on Franklin street near Mason ; residence on Congress street; born in Berkley Co., Va., May 9, 1838 ; came to Polo in Sept., 1875 ; he has worked at present occupation since 16 years of age ; married Mary E. Myers, March 29, 1871 ; she was born at Clear Spring, Washington Co., Ind.; they have had four children ; one died in infancy ; the living are - Lena V., Sarah Daisey, and Ralph Martin ; Mr. Brown is a member of the M. E. Church.

Sept. 6, 1834, in Huntington Co., Pa.; came with parents in the spring of 1847 to Pine Creek Township, where, they located on a farm of 1 GO acres; in 1864 he came to Buffalo Township and purchased a farm of 80 acres, valued at about $60 per acre; in 1860 he married Miss Ann A. Adams, daughter of Adam and Susan Adams ; born Jan. 23, 1839 ; have two children - Ida May, born Dec. 1860; Charles H., Feb., 1862.

BUCK CHRISTIAN L.. Hedge Dealer ; Polo ; born in Old Buffalo, this township, Sept. 11, 1852; his parents came to this county in 1847 or 1848; his father, John S. Buck, died here in 1863, aged 42 years; he was a native of Huntingdon Co., Pa.; his wife was Elizabeth Lutz ; she was a native of the same county ; she died in the same year, 1868, at the age of 40 years.

BURNS WM. W. Physician and Surgeon ; Polo ; whose portrait appears in this work, was born in Mercersburg, Franklin Co., Pa., May 10, 1821 ; in 1838 he went to Chambersburg, Pa., and was engaged in teaching school, and pursued the study of medicine up to the year 1841, when he removed to Cincinnati, 0.; in 1842 he entered the University at Louisville, Ky., from which institution he graduated in 1843 ; in 1848 he came to Buflfalo Grove, Ogle Co., and engaged in the practice of medicine ; upon the opening of the Illinois Central B. R. he transferred his residence to Polo, and has been and is at the present time actively engaged in the practice of his profession, which is both large and lucrative ; he has always been actively engaged and prominently identified with the educational interests of Polo, having been for the last fifteen years President of the Board of Educadon, being reelected to this position five times, and the last having but one dissenting vote ; notwithstanding great opposition, he has made, by his untiring efforts, the citizens of Polo mainly indebted to him for their Public- School Building, one of the finest edifices in Northern Illinois ; one of the first houses in Polo was built by him; he has filled the ofiice of Mayor three years, and served two years as President of the Board of Town Trustees, previous to city incorporation ; married Harriet M. Moffatt at Bufi"alo Grove, Dec. 2, 1852 ; they had four children ; two died in infancy ; two living - Mary E. and Elbert L.; Mrs. Burns is a member of the Congregational Church. i^AIRNS JAMES, carpenter, Polo.

CAMPBEIili JOHN D. P 0. Polo, was born July 21, 1830, in Ulster Co., N. Y. In 1831 his parents moved to Delaware Co., N. Y., and settled in Middletown. In 1840 his father, Henry Campbell, died, and John D. left home to make his own way in the world, and from that time until he was seventeen years of age he worked during the Summers and attended school Winters. In 1847, he taught the Public School at Margarettville, Delaware Co., N. Y., during the Winter term, and the following year entered Hanford's Seminary at Hobart, in the same county, where he remained as a student one year. He was then made Principal of the Hobart Public School, and was connected with the educational institutions of this place until his appointment to represent the county in the State Normal School at Albany, where he graduated April 4, 1850. He then became Principal of the Public School of Verplank, Westchester Co., N. Y., and two years later Superintendent of the West Lake Farms Union School in the same county, where he remained two years. Having devoted his spare moments since graduating from the Normal School to reading law, he next entered the law office of Hon. Edward Wells, at Peekskill, N. Y., where he remained until July 3, 1855, when being examined before the Supreme Court was admitted to practice in all the courts of New York as attorney and counselor at law. In the Autumn of 1855, Mr. Campbell settled in Polo, and engaged in the practice of his profession, where he has remained to the present time. Dec. 22, 1859, he married Mary Elizabeth, daughter of the late Capt. Hiram Cutts, and has now two daughters - Jui lata and Mignonette, aged sixteen and eleven years respectively. Mr. Campbell has filled many local offices, including that of Supervisor, Town Clerk, Mayor of the city, and City Attorney, and for nine successive years was a member of the Board of ICducation. In 1862, he was appointed Enrolling Commissioner of Ogle County by Gov. Yates. From 1861 to 1865, he conducted The Polo Press, as its Editor and Proprietor. In 1872, he was elected States Attorney for Ogle County, and was re-elected in 1876. For the past six years he has been continuously re-elected by the Board of Supervisors as Attorney for the county, and his practice has been both a successful and lucrative one.

CARL.L. JOEL. K. Retired; Polo ; son of Tread well and Hannah Carl), Suffolk Co., L. I. ; was born Oct. 22, 1822 ; came West in the Fall of 1847, and to Mti. Morris in the Winter of 1848, and settled on 160 acres. Sec. 26, of the same township ; in 1870, moved to Polo, where he now resides, having retired from active labor. During his residence in Mt. Morris Township, he was Supervisor and Commissioner of Highways for ten to twelve years, and laid out most of the roads of the western portion of the township ; was School Trustee and Township Treasurer. In 1846, he married Miss Esther H. Mack, daughter of Nathaniel and Nancy Mack, of Tompkins Co., N. Y. They had five children (three deceased), two living, namely, Emma M. and Annie L. ; wife died in 1871 ; married a second time. Miss Elizabeth Newcomer, daughter of Jacob and Susan Keedy, of Mt. Morris, in 1872 ; no children. During the late war, Mr. C. was one of the most active of its citizens in filling the township quota of soldiers.

CARPENTER I>. D. Farmer ; Sec. 28 ; P. 0. Polo ; owns 90 acres, probable valuation $6,750 ; Mr. Carpenter was born Nov. 4, 1808 in Montgomery Co., N. Y., where he followed the business of blacksmithing for several years, and also ran a grist-mill in Delaware

Co., N. Y., for seven years ; he was married March 12, 1829, to Olive, daughter of John Veghte of Montgomery Co., N. Y. ; she was born May 15, .1809; they have five children - Ann C. ; Edwin J., Jane E., Mary and Francis R. ; they lost one child, Adeline, who died Feb. 21, 1850; Mr. Carpenter was Town Constable for seven years, and Town Collector three years in Montgomery Co., N. Y. ; in 1854 he came to Ogle Co. and settled in this township ; he is Rep. in politics, and was Poormaster for three years; Assistant Postmaster three years; Road Commissioner one year, and School Director for about fifteen years ; he is a member of the M. E. Church, of which denomination Mrs. Carpenter is also a member.

LAWRENCE, Farmer ; Sec. 4 ; P. 0. Woosung ; owns 100 acres land; probable value $6,000; Mr. Cavanagh was born March 23, 1838, in Dublin, Ireland ; he came to the United States (arriving in N. Y. City) in 1850; and came to Ogle Co. in 1852 ; he worked by the month at farming for three years ; in 1867 he purchased the farm he now lives on, and was married June 17, 1872, to Mary A., daughter of Owen Graham of Buffalo Township ; she was born June 10, 1850 ; they have three children - Maggie M., born May 10, 1873 ; Jane G., August ' 6, 1875 > Nellie A., March 19, 1877; Mr. Cavanagh is Independent in politics, and was Road Master for one term ; the family are members of the Catholic Church.

CHAFFEE GUS. Dealer in Confectioneries, Fruit and Oysters, 48 Mason st,. cor. Divison ; Mr. Chaffee manufactures choice home-made candies, and keeps a full supply of " French and ximeiican Candies of best Manufacturers ;" he also has a store in Exchange Bank Block, Franklin St., next door to the post office, where he keeps a fine stock of Confectionery and Fruits ; parties and families supplied with Ice Cream of the finest quality.

CL.ARK SAMUEIi C. Agent I. C. R. R. and American Express Co. ; Polo, Ogle Co., 111. ; Mr. Clark was bom May 27, 1847 in Busti, Chautauqua Co., N. Y., where he went to school and clerked for his father, Valentine C. Clark, who carried on the dry goods business ; when he was 19 years old he went to Hastings, Minn., and lived there for about eight months, and then came to Buffalo Tp., and settled in Polo, where he went to work for the I. C. R. R. Co., and by a faithful discharge of his duties was promoted from one position to another, and now represents the I. C. R. R. and American Express Cos., as their Agent ; in politics, Mr. Clark is a good Democrat.

CMl^TON J. W. Polo ; whose protrait appears in this work, is a native of Delaware Co., N. Y., where he received an academic education ; in the Autumn of 1857, he removed to Polo ; his first occupation was teaching the old town school during the Winter of 1857- 58 ; the next Summer he taught a select school in the " old seminary " at the old town ; the greater part of the next eight years, he spent in teaching in the schools of Buffalo, Polo and Forreston ; on the 1st of August, 1865, he became editor of the Offle Co. Press, which position he has occupied to the present time ; under his management the Press has attained a circulation about five times as great as when it passed into his hands, making it one of the strongest papers in the county ; it was the first local newspaper in Northern Illinois which advocated prohibition of the liquor traffic. For some years he was also connected as publisher with the Forreston Journal, and the Poultry Argus ; has occupied various town offices, and is at present Postmaster, under whose management the receipts of this office have been considerably increased ; he is also and has been for several years Treasurer " Illinois Press Association." In 1861, married Miss Carrie A. Perkins, youngest daughter of Timothy Perkins ; their children are Georgianna, Evangeline, George P., John D., Bertie F., and

CUSHMAIV CHARIiES F. Re tired Farmer ; P. 0. Polo ; son of Salmon and Phila Cushman ; was born Oct. 24, 1811, in Georgia, Franklin Co., Vt.; came West May, 1836 ; and in the Spring of 1837, located on a farm of 160 acres, in Sec. 1, Tp. 23, Range 7, in Buffalo Grove, Ogle County ; here Mr. C. lived for thirty years, until 1870, he disposed of his farm and moved to Polo, where he now resides, having retired from active labor. In Nov. 2, 1837, he married Miss Mary Waterbury, daughter of John and Phoebe Waterbury, who became residents of Buffalo Grove in the Autumn of 1836 ; they have four children - Harriet W. (now Mrs. Cram, of Webster Co., Iowa); Edwin S., John W. and Phila S., of Polo. The sons enlisted in the 92d I. V. r., which became a mounted regiment, carrying Spencer's rifles, and was attached to Col. Wilder's Brigade, and served with him about one year, afterward was attached to the Cavalry Divi-

EISEXBII^E PETER J. Minister of the German Baptist Church ; Sec. 28; P. 0. Polo; owns 120 acres probable value $6,000 ; Mr. Eisenbise was born Aug. 30, 1840, in Miami Co., Ohio ; he came to IlHnois in 1855 and settled in Carroll Co., where he followed farming; in 1872, he came to Ogle Co., and settled in Buffalo Township ; he was married Sept. 3, 1863, to Martha, daughter of Joshua Slifer, of Ogle Co. ; she was born Aug. 18,1845 ; they have four children - Clinton S., born Jan. 9, 1865; Newton A., Feb. 9, 1867; Warner, Nov. 3. 1868, and Lulu, April 4, 1877; they lost three children - Oscar C, Sarah M., and one child not named ; Mr. E. was Road Master for one term ; in October, 1874, he was forwarded to the preaching of the Word by the members of his church.

FAGI.EY HARRY W. Dealer in Dry Goods, Boots, Shoes, Hats, Caps, Groceries, etc., Exchange National Bank Block ; Polo ; born in Tyrone, Blair Co., Pa., April 4, 1850 ; enlisted in Co. B, 149th Pa. V. I., in Sept. 1863, being only 13 years of age at the time of enlistment ; was in battles from Brandy Station, Rappahannock, Warrenton June ion, etc., to Rapidan ; married Martha A. Gemmel, July 26, 1870 ; she was born in Buffalo Township, Ogle Co. 111.; she died in Feb. 12, 1878; Mr. Fagley came to Polo in March, 1867 ; he has been engaged in present business since that time.

FAIiKIiER WIIiLrlAM, Surveyor; Polo ; Mr.Falker was born Januaryl, 1811, in Washington Co., Md., where he followed the business of clerk in a dry goods store, and afterwards was engaged in mercantile pursuits on his own account; he was Deputy Surveyor of Washington Co., Md., for about six years, and came to Illinois and settled in Haldane Tp., July 5, 1845, where he lived until March 13, 1871, when he came to Buffalo Tp. and settled in Polo; he was married April 25, 1839, to Susan, daughter of Capt. George Shryock of Hagerstown, Washington Co., Md.; she was born April 11, 1817 ; they have four children - Edward L.,i3orn August 25, 1845 ; Frisby, Nov. 25, 1851 ; Nettie, March 25, 1854, and Laura, May

11, 1865; Mr. Falker is Republican in politics, and was School Trustee in Haldane Tp. for about seventeen years ; School Director two terms, and Township Assessor for two terms in Mount Morris Township ; Mrs. Falker is a member of the Lutheran Church.

FEARER WM. L.. Farmer ; Sec. 12 ; P. 0. Polo ; owns 200 acres in Sec. 12, 10 acres in Pine Creek Township ; born in Alleghany Co , Md., Nov. 18, 1829; came to Bureau Co., Ill, near Princeton, in Fall of 1837; lived there until Spring of 1843, when he removed to Pine Creek Township, Ogle Co.; lived there till 1866; came to present location, where he resided till Spring of 1871, when he removed to Polo, where he resided two years; then returned to his farm,where he has resided ever since; was Township School Trustee in Pine Creek ; Supervisor in 1871, of Buffalo Tp.; Assistant Supervisor from 1873 to date ; just elected to fill same position ; School Director for many years in Pine Creek and Buffalo Townships ; married Mary Coflfman, Nov. 18, 1852 ; she was born in Washington Co., Md., May 9, 1836 ; they have had ten children ; two died in infancy ; the living are - Sarah E., born Oct. 21, 1858 ; Minnie, Aug. 2, 1860; John A., Nov. 3, 1862 ; Lewis D., July 9, 1862; William C, Sept. 12, 1868; Charles S., May 25, 1870; Emma, Sept. 11, 1871, and Parker H., Jan. 2, 1873.

FIIVFROCK SAMUEIi, of the firm of Finfrock & Baker, Dealers in Groceries, Flour, Provisions, Boots and Shoes, Gloves, Mittens, Bags, Crockery, Glassware, etc.; Gordon's Building, Mason St.; res. on Congress st.; born near Sharpsburg, Washington Co., Md., May 2, 1832; came to Grand Detour, Ogle Co., in April, 1855; came to Polo same year ; he worked at his trade of boot and shoemaker until 1857; in 1857 he opened a store at what was known as the '' Pennsylvania settlement," in Pine Creek Township ; was there about two years ; during that time he was Postmaster at that place ; in 1859, he returned to Polo ; from 1859 to 1860, he was engaged in buying grain, etc., for Polo dealers ; in the Spring of 1860 he removed to Woosung and was employed there, buying grain for Mr. Botsford, until the Spring of 1861, when he again returned to Polo, and was in the employ of Mr. Preston, lumber and grain dealer, until he enlisted in the 7th III. Cavalry, Sept. 8, 1861, he was in the service as Musician until July, 1862 ; he tUen engaged in the grocery business here, and has carried on that business here all the time to date, except a part of 1865 and 1866, when he was out of business entirely ; he married Cornelia J. Hills, May 27, 1868; she was born in Decatur, III., January 26, 1841 ; they have had two children - one daughter, Nellie, is now living ; she was born March 10, 1869 ; one son, Frank, died April 29, 1876, aged 5 years and 8 months.

FRAZIER JAMES, Farmer; Sec. 2; P. 0. Polo; born in Scotland, March 15, 1826 ; came to Canada in 1840 ; moved to Genesee Co., N. Y., in 1843 ; lived there until 1 846, when he removed to Winnebago Co., Wis.; resided in Wisconsin until he came to Buffalo, Ogle

Co., in 1856 ; has resided in Carroll and Ogle Counties ever since ; he was Township Highway Commissioner when he resided in Lima, Carroll Co.; he married Julia Boothe, Sept. 26, 1846; she was born in Wyoming, Wyoming Co., N. Y., Dec. 25, 1825 ; they have four children - Mary Eliza, born July 7, 1847; Chas. E., born Nov. 6, 1849 ; James A., born Oct. 18, 1851, and Ella M., born Nov. 16,1862; Mr. and Mrs. Frazier are members of the Presbyterian Church.

FREEMAN PROF. J. H. Principal of Polo Public School ; residence | on Division st., two doors north of Lutheran Church ; born in Poland, Androscoggin Co., Vt., May 13, 1841 ; educated at Bates College, Lewiston, Maine ; taught school in Maine several years; came to Leland, 111., in 1866, taught there three years, then went to Aurora, where he was for two terms Principal of the Brady School ; in 1870, he became Principal of the Polo School ; in consequence of ill health, he resigned his position here, in 1874, and went to Denver, Colorado, where he became first Principal of the Denver High School ; the climate not proving beneficial to his health, he returned to Illinois in 1876 ; taught Summer term of that I year at Streator, 111., and in Aug., 1876, I resumed Principalship of Polo School ; he enlisted in Aug., 1862, in Co. G, 23d Maine Vol. Regt.; was discharged July 15, 1863 ; served as Second Lieut, of that Co.; re-enlisted, in Feb. 1865, in Co. H, 14th Maine Regt., and was commissioned Capt. of that Co.; mustered out Sept. 15, 1865 ; the Professor married Mary AUetta Stone Aug. 25, 1867 ; she was born at Unity, Waldo Co., Maine; they have had four children, two now living - Gracie, born March 9, 1872, and Joseph Edwin, born Feb. 14, 1876 ; one child died in infancy, the other, Charles C, died Jan. 22, 1878, aged four years and three months.

FUNK H. M. Vice President of the Polo Mfg. Co.; manufactory on the R. R., south of Oregon st.; residence on Mason, corner Congress st.; he was born in Frederick Co., Md., Nov. 26, 1827 ; came to Pine Creek Tp., Ogle Co., in 1843 ; he was engaged in farming until his removal to Polo, in 1863 ; since he came here he has been engaged in mercantile business, he built the " City Hall Building " in 1865 ; he now owns onehalf of said building; he is serving second term as Alderman of the South Ward; Jan. 1, 1860, he married Mrs. Mary C. Phelps ; she was born in Washington Co., Md.; they have three children - Lillian M., Robert L., and Lina; Mrs. Funk is a daughter of Joseph Thomas. r^ AFFNEY JAMES, laborer; Polo.

GRAYBIIili JOSEPH C. Farm er ; Sec. 32 ; P. 0. Polo ; owns 80 acres in Sec 32 and 40 acres in Sec. 29 ; he was born in Penn Township, Lancaster County, Penn., but was brought up in East Hempfield, same county ; date of birth was Oct. 8, 1832; came to his present location in 1869 ; he married Mary Ann Hottenstein Nov. 20, 1855 ; she was born in East Hempfield, Lancaster Co., Penn., May 31, 1833; they have two children - Hiram H., born Feb. 3, 1857, and Philip, H., born Aug. 26, 1859.

GRIFFIN liE AXDER, proprietor of Livery, Feed and Sale Stables, cor. Franklin and Dixon Sts. (residence op posite) ; Polo ; born in Royalton, Niagara Co., N. Y., April 18, 1838; came to Polo April 28, 1861 ; enlisted in Co. A, 53d I. V. I., Dec. 30, 1861 ; was at siege of Corinth, his company being Gen. Halleck's body guard ; discharged on account of disability June 24, 1862 ; married Mary C. Hawks Dec. 19, 1866 ; she was born in Lockport, Niagara Co., N. Y.; they have had three children ; one died in infancy; those livings are Hugh L. and an infant son.

HA3III.TON THOMAS, Farmer; Sec. 3 ; P. 0. Polo ; owns 200 acres of land, valued at $12,000; he was born in Lanarkshire, Scotland, June 8, 1841 ; came to Ogle Co. in July, 1866 ; he married Lilias Struthers, of Lanarkshire, Scotland ; she was born there in March, 1844 ; they have six children - Jeanette, born July 22, 1866 ; Marion, born Sept. 14,1867; Ellen, born Jan. 18, 1870; Elizabeth, born Jan, 6, 1872; John, born Feb. 28, 1874; James, born Feb. 27, 1876 ; Mrs. Hamilton is a member of the Presbyterian Church.

HAYNES WIIiLrlAM, Proprietor of Haynes House ; Franklin street, between Locust and Dixon streets ; Polo ; born in Genesee, Livingston Co., N. Y., April 27, 1806 ; moved to Erie Co., Pa., in the Fall of 1836 ; lived there 15 years, then went to Cleveland, Ohio, where he resided over one year ; then came to Buffalo Township, Ogle Co., arriving here in Nov., 1852 ; came to Polo Nov. 1, 1 854 ; built the first house on present site of city of Polo ; he was engaged for many years in the business of carpenter and builder ; was Constable three years. Town Collector two years ; he was for ten years one of the Trustees of the Independent Presbyterian Church ; Deacon of same church 18 years; he was one of the building committee that constructed the present church edifice ; Feb. 18, 1829, he married Mary Ann Coller; she was born in Scottsburg, Livingston Co., N. Y.; they have three children - Aurelia, now Mrs. Anthony

Wilbur ; Martha A., now Mrs. M. E. Sammis, and Elizabeth C, now Mrs. Edgar Welch; "Mr. and Mrs. Haynes are members of the Presbyterian Church.

HAWKS NORMAl^, Farmer; Sec. 27 ; P. 0. Polo ; son of Zeeb and Rebecca Saxton Hawks, Franklin Co., Mass.; was born June 26, 1802 in the Spring of 1844 he came West resided in Chicago one year and a half in Dixon, 111., two years and a half thence moved to Buffalo Township ; Mr

Hawks and Mr. Moore, his son-in law, own about 500 acres in Buffalo Township; married, in 1829, Miss Sarah Smith, daughter of Eleazer and Mehitable Bartlett ; she was born in 1812; have had three children - Stata Maria, now Mrs. J. L. Moore ; Emma C. (deceased) ; Mary C, now Mrs. Leander Grifl&n, of Polo.

Hitt Mrs. Barbara A.

HITT MRS. BARBARA A. Polo ; daughter of Andrew and Catharine Hershey ; born in Virginia Dec. 25, 1805, and widow of Samuel M. Hitt, who was born Jan. 22, 1799, in Bourbon County., Ky. ; was married April 3, 1823 ; they had six children - Margaret C, now Mrs. Daniel J. Pinckney, of Mt. Morris; Andrew M., Chicago; Robert S., Chicago; John W., Mt. Morris; Joseph E., Mt. Morris; Susan E., Polo. Mr. Hitt was one of the early settlers of the county ; was a large real estate dealer ; encouraged and promoted immigration ; died Nov. 16, 1859.

HOL.BROOK CHRIST. G. Re tired Farmer ; Polo ; son of Simon and Catherine H., of Bellingham, Mass., was born March 6, 1809 ; came to Buffalo Grove in May, 1837, and entered Government land ; still engaged in farming ; has held the various offices of Justice of the Peace, Supervisor, (chairman of the Board of Supervisors, School Director and Trustee of Schools ; married Caroline March Lazelle, in July 4, 1841; have one son - Charles Lazelle, born, Sept. 28, 1842, who is a farmer on Sec. 10 ; has 120 acres valued at $60 per acre ; Mr. H. owns 80 acres in city of Polo, valued $75, and 120 acres in Brookville Township, valued at $40 per acre.

JEXKf^ AUSTIl^, Dealer in Cigars and Tobacco ; Mason street, near the railroad; residence on Jackson street; born in Caroline, Tompkins Co., N. Y., July 22, 1834 ; came to Polo March 15, 1862 ; engaged in farming and dealing in agricultural imprements for several years ; married Adalaide C. Reed, Oct. 18, 18 - ; she was born in N. Y. State; they have two children - Zada Winona and Cornelia.

JOHNSTON SAMUEIi S. Photographer ; Mason St., Polo ; born in Springfield Township, Richland Co., Ohio, Dec. 13, 1825 ; came to Ogle Co., in 1837 ; engaged in farming, principally, until 22 years of age; from 1845 to 1853 he was in Cincinnati, Ohio ; married Sarah J. Norton ; she was born in Knox Co., Ohio ; they had ten children, seven have died, the living are - Elva E., now Mrs Osterhout ; Charles N. and Harry ; Mr. Johnston was Collector of B)ron Township one year.

Kauffman Benjamin

Farmer ; Sec. 24 ; P. 0. Polo ; son of John and Martha Kauffman ; born in Huntingdon Co., Pa., March 14, 1840 ; in Sept., 1861, he enlisted in Co. H. 87th Pa. Y. I. ; served three years ; wounded and taken prisoner at the battle of Bunker Hill, Va., June 13. 1863; was prisoner 108 days at Belle Isle, Richmond ; when he was paroled he went to Annapolis, and rejoined his regiment at Brandy Station ; was in the battles of the Wilderness, Cold Harbor and all the principal engagements of the Army of the Potomac under General Grant, until July 6, 1864 ; from Petersburg he then went to Baltimore and Frederick City; was at the battle of Monocacy Junction, July 9, 1864; after being stationed at various places, was in the battles under Gen. Sheridan, from Winchester to Woodstock, when he was mustered out of the service ; came to Polo, in Dec. 1865, and engaged in farming ; married, in the Spring of 1872, Miss Sarah A., daughter of John and Lydia Winders, of Pine Creek Township; she was born June 26, 1852; have one child - Ida K., born July 13, 1875.

KAUFFMAN TOBIAS S. Farmer ; Sec. 8 ; P. 0. Woosung ; owns farm of 52 acres ; he was born in East Hempfield, Lancaster Co., Pa., Jan. 12, 1818; came to Whiteside Co., 111., twenty-three years ago ; came to present location in March, 1877 ; married Elizabeth Myers Nov. 9, 1848 ; she was born in Maryland, May 6, 1829 ; they have four children - Mary Elizabeth, now Mrs Jacob H. Hoofstitler, born Oct. 27, 1849; Jacob, July 1, 1851; Anna, now Mrs. A. M. Kreider, May 11, -1853; John, Feb. 11, 1865; the children were all born in Lancaster Co., Pa. ; The eldest son, Jacob, married Phebe Mannahan, Jan. 15, 1877; she was born in Lancaster Co., Pa., Nov. 19, 1856.

KRAUSE ERNEST W. Photographer and Artist, over Treat's Hardware Store, Mason street ; born in Germany, March 27, 1851 ; came to Milwaukee, Wis., with his parents when he was two years of age ; resided in Milwaukee until Oct. 21, 1871, then went to Whitewater, Wis.; was engaged in photographic business there for five years ; he commenced working at this business when only fourteen years of age, and is thoroughly acquainted with the art which he represents, and has ample facilities for making the most finished pictures.

liAXDO]^ JOHN P. Physician and Surgeon, ofiice over Barber & Trumbauer's Bank ; residence on Mason street. Polo ; born at Elkhorn Grove, Carroll Co., 111., Jan. 1, 1850 ; the Doctor is a graduate of Bellevue Hospital College, N. Y., class of 1874 and 1875 ; married Carrie S. Woodruff May 26, 1875 ; she was born in Eagle Point Township, this county. They have one child - Fred Court, born Dec. 15, 1876.

liAWSON JAMES, General Insurance Agent, office rear of Barber & Trumbauer's Bank ; resides in Webster's Addition, Polo ; born in Paisley, Scotland, Dec. 29, 1815; moved to Canada in 1832 ; lived there until 1836, then moved to Massachusetts; came to Polo in 1855 ; was engaged in the lumber and coal business several years; was Constable from 1862 to 1866 ; Town Assessor for the years 1867-68-69, 1873-74-75; married Mary Holden, of Paisley, Scotland, Dec. 25, 1839. They have had eight children - two died in infancy, one son, James J., died Oct. 7, 1866, aged 13 years ; those who are now living are John, Janet, Henry, Emeline S. and Mary Ann.

liOWER HEXRY H. Blacksmith; Polo ; son of Daniel and Elizabeth Lower; was born March, 1837, in Dauphin Co., Pa.; came in the Spring of 1845, to Brookville Tp., with his parents, who purchased a farm, which is still owned by Mrs. Daniel Lower, Mr. L. having died in 1865; in the Autumn of 1862, Henry H. enlisted in the 14th I. V. C; was in the Kentucky and Tennessee Dept., under Gen. Burnside, where he remained about one year and a half; was then assigned to the Dept. of Gen. Sherman ; wa.s taken prisoner in Aug., 18()+, was m the different prisons of Andersonville, Macon and Millen for eighteen months, and was released by the closing of the war ; is a blacksmith by trade ; in 1868, he was married to Miss Amelia Myeakle, and removed to Polo ; they have one child - William E., born in 1869.

L.UCKEY JAMES C. Attorney and Counselor at Law ; Polo ; born in New York City, Feb. 15, 1824; married June 1, 1844, to Miss Gertrude Rogers ; they have three children living ; two boys having died during their residence in Illinois ; Mr. L. was educated as a teacher, having been connected with the public schools of New York City in the several relations of pupil, teacher and Superintendent until the age of thirty ; in 1854, owing partly to the necessity of a change of climate, he visited the West, and actuated in a measure by that " longing for the West " that has resulted in a building up of this beautiful section, was so pleased with the surroundings of what is now Polo, that he purchased a home in Buffalo Township, and returned to New York for his family ; they arrived in Polo, then a cornfield, Nov. 1, 1854, and eight days after buried Willie, their youngest child ; like all who have come " thus far to aid in the great work of building up," they were heartily welcomed; Jan. 1, 1855, Mr. L. engaged in the mercantile business in the village of Buffalo, then known as Old Buffalo, or St. Marion's, and was eminently successful ; recognizing the importance of the young village of Polo as a business point, in the Spring of 1 855, he erected one of the first store buildings, and in the following Winter a second and larger building, into which he removed his stock in March, 1856; on the 5th of April, 1856, he was burned out, and, his insurance failing, he embarked in his present profession, with only his brains as a capital, a fire debt of $7,000, and a large family to support, with results patent to the community ; Mr. L. has always been identified with the best interests of Polo, and every enterprise calculated to advance its interests has received his hearty support ; few men in Illinois can trace their origin from nobler- stock in manhood's or God's cause ; his ancestor, Hugo Freer, was one of the refugees from France into Holland, in 1650, owing to religious persecutions; leaving Holland, with twelve others, in 1662, they settled in New York, about eighty miles up the Hudson River; here they purchased land of the Indians, and in 1677, obtained a patent therefor from Governor Andros, of Connecticut, under the title of the " Patent of the Paltz ; " his ancestor, James Luckey, was one of survivors of the siege of Derry, nearly destroyed in the religious wars of Ireland. The family genealogy is very complete and very interesting in its relations with many prominent men in the old French and Indian wars ; as his ancestors have always been of the Reformed faith, so is he, and the Sunday school cause is not the least interesting of his hobbies ; no longer engaged in teaching, his interest in education is not abated, and we find him a prominent school officer for the past seventeen years ; and, while he is " one of the oldest inhabitants" of the beautiful little city of Polo, his energy and zeal in "every good word and work" for the public weal continues as ardent as that of the youngest and most progressive.

McNAFH WHililAM W. Far mer; Sec. 28; P. 0. Polo; owns 116 acres ; probable valuation, $5,800 ; was born March 7, 1837, in Franklin Co., Pa., where he worked at the trade of carpenter for four years ; in 1858 ho came West to Ogle Co. and settled in Bufialo Township, and purchased the farm he now lives on in the Autumn of 1859 ; he was married Dec. 11, 1873 to Frances A., daughter of Joseph Rogers of Ogle Co. ; she was born Dec. 14, 1850 ; they have one child - Lizzie M., born July 9, 1875; Mr. McNair is a Republican, and was Road Master for three terms ; he is now serving his second term as School Director; Mr. and Mrs. McNair are members of the Baptist Church.

MASON EDWARD, Farmer; Sec. 22 ; P. 0. Polo ; son of James and Hannah (Slade) Mason, of Warren, R. I. ; was born Nov. 12, 1810, in Bristol Co., R. I., and moved with parents at the age of eleven years to Cayuga Co., N. Y. , in 1 832 moved to Norwalk, Huron Co. Ohio ; lived there two years, and moved to Clinton, Lenawee Co., Mich. ; in 1837 moved to Buffalo Grove, and in 1854 moved to his present farm of 310 acres, valued at $60 per acre ; Oct. 12, 1842, married Miss Deborah Van Wormer, daughter of Isaac and Agnes Knoll Van

Loan Agent Polo

, ware, etc.. Mason st., residence cor. Division and Dixon sts. ; born in Washington Co., Md., Oct. 5, 1841 ; visited Ogle Co., in 1860 and 1863 ; came here and located in business in 1867; first two years in grain business, since then in present trade ; married Elizabeth Talley Feb. 6, 1868 ; she was born in Philadelphia.

MOORE AMOS F. Stock Breeder and Farmer ; Sec. 34 ; P. 0. Polo ; owns 560 acres ; probable value, $36,400 ; Mr. Moore was born March 11, 1832, in Ackworth, Sullivan Co., N. H.; in the the Spring of 1847 he came west to Chicago, and resided there with his uncle. Dr. J. H. Foster, who was one of the originators and directors of the old Galena R.R. ; Dr. Foster was one of Chicago's wealthiest and most influential men ; the first rails that were used for the Galena railroad were what was known as the flat rails, and when the first cargo of those rails arrived in the port of Chicago, Mr. Moore stepped on board the vessel and asked the privilege of throwing the first rail on to the dock (which privilege was cheerfully accorded him), and one of the sailors who had to help to unload made the remark that he "wished to God Mr. Moore would throw them all ofi";" Mr. Moore came to this county in 1856, and settled in Buffalo Township, where he now resides ; he was married Oct. 6, 1856, to Marcia A., daughter of Capt. Hiram Cutts, of Byron Township, Ogle Co. ; she was born Nov. 13, 1838, in Kittery, Maine ; they have five children - Albert C, born Dec. 12, 1864 ; Amos F., Feb. 10, 1867 ; George H., June 19, 1871 ; Fred L., Jan. 11, 1874; and Stata M., Nov. 25, 1876 ; they lost one child, John, born Dec. 29, 1860, died May 1, 1861; Mr. Moore is a Republican, and was Township Supervisor one term, and Commissioner of Highways for eight years ; the family attend the Lutheran Church ; Mr. Moore is one of the most extensive breeders of thorough-bred short-horned cattle in this county ; he has some of the most beautifully graded stock that can be found in the country - a branch of business which is assuming vast proportions, and which redounds very much to the credit of Ogle County.

MOTHER ORRII^, Attorney at Law ; ofl&ce on Franklin street, rear of Barber & Trumbauer's Bank ; born in Buffalo Township, Ogle Co., 111., in Feb., 1848 ; educated in Polo at Mount Morris Seminary, and Cornell College, N. Y.; admitted to the bar in Dec , 1875 ; was Justice of the Peace in this town in 1874 and 1875 ; for three years he was engaged in practice at Dallas Center, la.; married Emma L. Kridler, Oct. 30, 1873; she was born in Pennsylvania ; they have two children - Jane E., born Jan. 25, 1876, and Herbert, born Aug.

IWEWCOIIER liE WIS A. Dealer in G-roceries, Crockery, Glassware, Boots and Shoes, etc.; Mason street; residence on Franklin St.; born in Washington Co., Md., June 28, 1846; came to Polo in 1867 ; was engaged in furniture business in Nov. 1877; married Jennie M. Eichholtz, Dec. 24, 1874 ; she was born near Altoona, Pa.; they have two children - Henry L.,born March 15, 1876, and Mary Angeline, born August 20, 1877 ; Mr. and Mrs. Newcomer are members of the Lutheran Church.

XEWEIili WII.I.IAM, Farmer; Sec. 31 ; P. 0. Polo ; son of Andrew and Margaret (Dorris) N.,was born April 1819, in Huntingdon Co., Pa.; came west in the Autumn of 1848,by canal to Pittsburgh, thence down the Ohio, up the Mississippi to St. Louis, and to the mouth of the Illinois River, and up to La Salle ; thence by team to Pine Creek settlement. Ogle Co., making the entire trip in three or four weeks ; located on a farm of 80 acres. Sec. 31, T. 23, R. 9; moved to Polo in the Winter of 1875, where he now resides ; in the Autumn of 1845 married Miss Martha J. Corbin, daughter of William and Mary (Hagey) C; born Aug. 11, 1827, in Huntingdon Co., Pa.; have six children - H. Louisa, Benj. F., Harriet L., Dorris A., Fannie E., Wm. A., who is telegraph operator at Lena, 111., who married Eliza GriflBn; B. F., who occupied the old farm, married Miss Elnora Newcomer; and Harriet L.,

NOBIiE CHARIiES B. Farmer ; Sec. 8 ; P. 0. Polo ; born in Winnebago Co., 111., Dec. 5, 1838; came to this township with his parents the year of his bii*th ; he married Phoebe J., daughter of Orrin Roberts, one of the early settlers of Ogle Co. ; they were married Nov. 8, 1865 ; she was born in Whiteside Co., 111., Feb. 15, 1842 ; she is a member of the United Brethern Church ; they have six children - Jessie D., born August 1866 ; Addie J., Jan. 19, 1868 ; Ellen S., Feb. 1, 1870 ; Harriet W., Dec. 13, 1872 ; Esther, June 30, 1874, Evelina, April 3, 1876. Mr. Noble enlisted in Co. B, 7th 111. Cavalry Regt., Sept. 5, 1861 ; served in that regiment about two years, and in Veteran Reserve Corps nine months ; mustered out Sept. 5, 1864 ; Mr. Noble owns 236 acres of land valued at $16,520 ; he has been School Director several terms.

O'KAXE DAXIEIi, Retired Farmer ; Polo; son of John and Susanna; born Oct. 29, 1811, in Tyrone Co., Ireland; came to America 1826, andsettled in Franklin Co., Ind. ; in 1836 came to Buffalo Grove on a tour of inspection, and in 1837 moved with his family, and commenced farming, having acquired a squatter's title to 360 acres ; Mr. O'Kane, Samuel Jurney and Robert Smith were constituted a committee to bid off the lands at Government sale at Dixon for the settlers of Buffalo Township ; was Commissioner of Highways for several years, and assisted in laying out most of the roads in the town ; for more than twenty years was School Director, and was one of three to build the first school house. In 1833, Dec. 23, married Miss Lucinda Johnson of Kentucky, daughter of John Johnson; born 1815 ; they had fifteen children, nine sons and six daughters, ten are now living, namely - James, Joseph, Mary A., now Mrs. Kingsey of Buffalo Township ; John W., Caroline, now Mrs. Chas. Hatchel of Nebraska; William W., Daviel, Solomon B., Lucindia, Florence and Aaron A ; James, Solomon B. and John W. are residents of Nebraska ; Mr. O'Kane in the last five years has invested seven to eight thousand dollars for himself and children in that State ; the other children reside in Buffalo Township, and of his large farm of 700 acres, which Mr. O'Kane entered, but a quarter section remains, having disposed of most of it among his children and others ; Mr. O'Kane was at one time partner of Dr. Graham in the practice of medicine, which was very extensive ; in 1869, married a second time to Miss Anna P. Lint of Pa. ; his [first wife having died in 1867.

ORTH JACOB H. Farmer ; Sec. 35 ; P. 0. Woosung ; was born July 10, 1846 in Prussia, Germany ; he came with his parents. Christian and Cath arine Orth, to this country, arriving in N. Y. City in 1853; came direct to Chicago, and lived there 18 months ; moved thence to Sterling, Whiteside Co., 111. ; lived there two years, and then moved to this county, and settled in the place he now resides ; his father was born in Prussia in 1798 and his mother was born in 1808 ; they own 60 acres of land. His sister, Belinda Orth, was born in Prussia, March 10, 1856; Mr. Orth is a Democrat, and was Road Master for two terms ; all the members of the family are Catholics.

OSTERHOUDT ElilAS, Far mer; Sec. 31 ; P. 0. Polo; owns 157 acres in Sec. 31 and 5 acres in Whiteside Co.; born in Middletown, Delaware Co., N. Y., March 12, 1831 ; his father.

Zachariah Osterhoudt, was born in Ulster Co., N. Y., Nov. 24, 1781; he moved to Buffalo Tp., Ogle Co., 111., with his family, in 1839 ; he died here Nov. 30, 1857 ; his wife was Jane Smith ; she was born at Seneca Lake, N. Y., March 31, 1793; they were married Nov. 18, 1809 ; she died in Sept., 1871 : they had eight sons and five daughters, only nine living at present time ; Mr. Elias Osterhaudt went to California in 1850 ; for about two years and a half he was engaged in mining in that part of the country ; he returned to Ogle Co. in the Fall of 1853, and has since been engaged in farming ; he married Susannah Sweet (daughter of Thomas Sweet, deceased), March 7, 1855 ; she was born in Middletown, Delaware Co., N. Y;, Sept. 6, 1835 ; they have had six children ; lost two sons - Orrin R., born Oct. 5, 1864 ; he died April 23, 1865 ; one died in infancy; the living are - Garner, born Dec. 16, 1855 ; Lorenzo, born Aug. 8, 1860 ; Elmer, born July 15, 1866, and Lizzie M., born Sept. 6, 1870. Overholtzer Daniel, stage driver ; Polo.

PARKS HENRY A. Farmer; Sec. 36 ; P. 0. Woosung ; owns 120 acres ; probable value, $6,600 ; Mr. Parks was born Jan. 15, 1848, in Lee Co., 111.; his parents, Hiram P. and Martha Parks, emigrated from Malone, N. Y., to Lee Co., 111., about fortyfive years ago, and have resided there ever since ; however, Henry A. Parks came to Ogle Co. in December, 1865, and settled in Buffalo Tp., where he now resides ; he was married July 24,

1872, to Marcia I., daughter of Stephen E. Hathaway, of Grand De Tour Tp., Ogle Co.; she was born Sept. 5, 1849 ; they had one child, Lola, born x\ug. 16,

1873, and died Oct. 25, 1873; Mr. Parks is a Republican and a member of the Baptist Church ; Mrs. Parks is a member of the Episcopal Church.

PEEK d^EORGE ]¥. Farmer; Sec. 2 ; P. 0. Polo; owns 127 acres; probable value, $5,765 ; Mr. ,Peek was born April 7, 1829, in Addison Co., Vt.; in company with his parents, John and Lucretia Peek, he came West, via Buffalo, N. Y., by steamboat, on the lakes, to Detroit, Mich.; thence, by wagon, to Chicago, and on to Grand De Tour Tp., Ogle Co., where he arrived in June, 1838, and lived there until November of same year, when he moved to this township and settled on what is known as "the old Peck place," helping his father to work the farm, until 1852, when he went to California and lived there until the Autumn of 1869; he carried on the livery business there, and was also Jailer and Deputy Sheriff of Calaveras Co. for two years ; in the Fall of 1869, he returned to Ogle Co., and up to the present time has lived in this township, where he has followed farming ; in politics he is Republican, and was Road Overseer for one term.

PERKE^S GEORGE W. Dealer in Lumber, Sash, Doors and Blinds; yard on Mason street, east of railroad ; residence corner Franklin and North streets ; Polo ; born in this township Nov. 11, 1851; engaged in lumber business seven years ; married Mary L. Buck Nov. 10, 1875 ; she was born in Americus, Ind.; they have one child - Bryant L., born July 31, 1876 ; Mrs. Perkins is a member of the M. E. Church.

POWEI.E JACOB M. Proprietor of Restaurant and Dealer in Confectionery, Cigars, Tobacco, Toys, Fancy Goods, etc., 36 Mason street; resides at 32 Mason street ; owns the two brick buildings at those numbers ; also owns building and lot No. 8 Mason street ; all valued at $11,800. Mr. Powell was born at Clear Spring, Washington Co., Md., April 1, 1841 ; moved to Pine Creek, Ogle Co., 111., May 2, 1854 ; engaged in farming until 1868, then went to Woosung, where he carried on mercantile business until 1870, then came to Polo ; for one year he was in the produce business ; from January, 1871, to January, 1876, was with Finfrock & Brubaker and Finfrock & Baker, and from January, 1876, to August of same year with David L. Miller. In March, 1877, he engaged in present business. He married Marcy C. Cosley March 19. 1868 ; she was born in Washington Co., Md. They have three children - Chas. U., Lellia M. and Martin Luther. Mr. Powell was Town Clerk of Pine Creek from 1866 to 1868. Mrs. P. is a member of the Lutheran Church.

PRATHER WIEEIAM, Farmer, Sec. 28, P. 0. Polo; owns 11 If acres of land, probable valuation $6,705. Mr. Prather was born Sept. 15, 1835, in Washington Co., Md., where he followed the business of farming. He came to Ogle County, and settled in Buffalo Township in 1871. He has had two children - Lemuel E. and Elizabeth J. He was married March 17, 1876, to Miss Barbara, daughter of Jacob Rhodes, of Washington Co., Md.; she was born Jan. 2, 1837. Mr. Prather is Independent in politics, and is School Director. Mrs. Prather is a member of the Lutheran Church.

PERKIl^S DEA. TIMOTHY, was born Jan. 20, 1795, in town of Buckland, Hampshire Co., Mass. (Son of Rufus and grandson of Timothy Perkins, of Ashfield, Mass. ; mother's name was Nancy Brackett.) From his 4th to his 14th year attended school three months a year; in 1809 followed his father's family to Delhi, Delaware Co., N. Y., where, in 1814, he enlisted as a substitute in Captain Amasa Parker's Company of Light Infantry, under Col. Farrington's regiment, N. Y. State Militia ; was ordered to New York, where, for three months, they were stationed near Fort Gansworth for duty ; married to Sarah Veghtee, of Kingsboro, Fulton Co., in Sept., 1827 ; on account of his Abolition principles and adhesion to the " Moral Reform Society," he became a conspicuous mark for the worst elements in that frontier town, who showed their appreciation of his stand for liberty and morality, made him and the little band with whom he acted the butt of their ridicule; in the Fall of 1840, together with his family, his brother, Rufus, and wife, and his brother-in-law, Jno. Broadwell, and family, he started in wagons for Buffalo Grove, Illinois, where they all landed in safety Oct. 22, ^ having been six weeks and two days on the road ;* among his effects he had some 250 to 350 yards of broad and " fulled " cloth, which was eagerly bought by the almost naked settlers, who gladly gave in exchange anything but money, which commodity was almost unknown in the new settlement ; he bought four acres of land adjoining Buffalo village on the southeast, and bought a claim of 20 acres, now a part of the farm of Jordan Lawrence ; he was identified with the early church and educational movements of Buffalo Grove, and became a Deacon in the First Congregational Church of Buffalo Grove, which was subsequently re-organized and became the nucleus of the present Independent Presbyterian Church of Polo ; his home, with that of Judge Bogue, became the early preachers' and Abolition lecturers' home, and a few years later one of the depots of the underground railroad was was established at his house ; in the Fall of 1871, he removed to Polo, where he has since resided with the family of his youngest daughter ; here, on March 27,

READ GEORC^E D. ESQ. Polo ; was born in the county of Dutchess, State of New York, in the year 1812 ; moved to the city of Rochester, N. Y., when he was 19 years of age ; left therein 1837 ; came to the State of Illinois in the Spring of 1838 ; was engaged in the removal of the Pottawatomie Indians in the Fall of 1838 ; settled in Buffalo Grove, Ogle Co., in 1840 ; was appointed Postmaster in 1841 ; was elected Justice of the Peace in 1842 ; resigned the offices in 1 847 and went to Mexican war ; was connected with the commissary department ; stationed at the city of Monterey ; was one of Gen. Wool's special scouts or spies ; returned to Buffalo in 1848 ; was again appointed Postmaster and Special Postal Agent for the Northwestern District of Illinois, and elected again Justice of the Peace, which offices he held until Abraham Lincoln was inaugurated President, in the year 1860 ; he moved the post office from the old town of Buffalo to Polo io 1855; was elected Police Magistrate of the city of Polo, which office he held most of the time until 1870; he married Miss Mary H. Wamsley in 1850 ; they have two children - Julia E. and George E., now living.

gyleshire, Scotland, July 1, 1837 ; came to Winnebago Co., 111., in 1850 ; came to Buffalo Township, Ogle Co., in the Fall of the same year ; married Maria H.Andrews May 21, 1863; she was born in Argyleshire, Scotland, April 21, 1840 ; they have had five children ; four now living ; they are Jeannette E., born Nov. 5, 1865; Eva M., born May 2, 1869 ; James A., born Oct. 12, 1873 ; Catherine J., born May 24, 1876 ; one daughter, Martha E., was born April 30, 1864; she died July 16, 1872. Mr. Read was Road Master two years ; Mr. and Mrs. R. are members of the Independent Presbyterian Church.

REED- JAMES li. Farmer ; Sec. 7 ; P. 0. Polo; owns 1071 acres of land, valued at $7,000 ; born in Scotland, Jan 8, 1844 ; came to Buffalo Township, Ogle Co., w'th his father in 1850 ; married Elvina Snyder June 1, 1876 ; she was born in Lehigh Co. Pa. ; they have one child - Martha Lydia, born March 22, 1877 ; Mr. Reed was a private in Co. D, 92d I. V. I. ; his father, James Reed, was born May 3, 1803, and died Nov. 16, 1869 ; Martha, mother of James L., lives with him ; Mr. Reed is a member of the Presbyterian Church, Mrs. Reed is a Lutheran.

REED WII.I.1AM S. Fanner; Sec. 19; P. 0. Polo; owns 195 acres of land ; born near Chillicothe, Ohio, Aug. 24, 1828 ; came, with his parents, to Fort Clark (now Peoria), 111., in the Fall of 1830 ; April 1, 1831, they came to Buffalo Grove; his father, Samuel Reed, was a native of Delaware Co., N. Y., he died here, in 1852 ; his mother, Phebe Reed, was born in Conn., and died 1857 ; Mr. Reed owns and lives on the place where his father first commenced farming here ; he has held various district offices ; was School Director twelve years ; married Elvira Mallery, Jan. 11, 1854 ; she was born in Sullivan Co., N. ,Y., Aug. 19, 1833; they have five children - Flora E., Stella, Alfred, Osborn and Julia E. ; Mr. and Mrs. Reed are members of the United Brethren Church.

RICE W. T. Farmer; Sec. 15 ; P. 0. Polo ; son of Wauton and Mary Garner Rice, of Providence, R. I. ; was born March 22, 1807, in Athens, Bradford Co., Pa. ; at the age of 22 moved to Livingston Co., N. Y.; rented a mill on the outlet of the Genesee River and carried on the business for four years, then moved to the head waters of the Alleghany River, bought 300 acres of pine timber, and continued the business of milling and rafting to Pittsburgh and Cincinnati for ten years ; came West in 1857 ; stopped in McHenry Co., one year, thence moved to Elkhorn Grove, Carroll Co., thence to Buffalo Grove and, in 1860, moved to Polo; married Oct. 31, 1840, to Augusta C. Berdine, daughter of Nicholas and Sarah Waterman Berdine, of Cattaraugus Co., N. Y. ; have had six children, three now living - Miriam A., born in 1843, now Mrs Charles A. Wilson, of Tama Co.,' Iowa ; Harriet, now Mrs John Bernett, of Tama Co., Iowa, born in 1846, and Charles D., born in 1853, in Tama Co., Iowa; William (deceased),"* enlisted in the 34tli I. V. I. and died at Louisville, Ky.

ROCi^ERI^ JOSEPH W. Farmer; Sec. 21 ; P. 0. Polo ; owns farm of seventy acres, fifty acres in Sec. 21, and twenty acres in Sec. 20 ; born in Lime, Jefferson Co., N. Y., Sept. 18,1824; moved to Ward's Grove, Jo Daviess Co., 111., in 1841 ; lived there until he came here in 1869 ; he married Juliette Baird July 16, 1847 ; she was born in Middlebury, Wyoming Co., N. Y., July 3, 1826 ; they have had four children, lost one daughter - Jennie, born Dec. 22, 1862, she died when only six months old ; the living are Frances A., now Mrs. Wm. McNair, Dec' 14, 1850 ; Merritt L., May 17, 1855; and Julia Augusta, Sept. 17,1865; Merritt L. married Nellie M. Waterbury May 17, 1875 ; they have one daughter - Ruth M., born March 16, 1877; Mr. and Mrs. Joseph W. Rogers are members of the Baptist Church ; Mr. R. enlisted in Co. C, 7th 111. Cavalry March 21, 1865 ; was mustered out Nov. 4, 1865.

SALTZMAN JEREMIAH C. Blacksmith; Polo. SAMMIS CHAItI.ES W. Farmer; Sec. 9; P. 0. Polo; owns 154 acres; born in Jamestown, Chautauqua Co., N. Y.; came to Buffalo Grrove with his parents, in March, 1838; his father was Charles W. S.; he was born in New York City, Jan. 21, 1801; he died in Lee Co., Feb. 20, 1848; Polly Bentley, daughter of Uriah Bentley, who was one of the first settlers at Chautauqua Lake, N. Y.; she was born in Rensselaer Co., N. Y., Oct. 10, 1803 ; she is still living in Ogle Co. C. W. S. married Emily A. Helm May 25, 1852 ; she was born in Oneida Co., N. Y., Jan. 9, 1834 ; they have had seven children, one died in infancy; the living are, Fred. H., born May 12, 1853 ; - Inez, March 2, 1855; Grace, Aug. 12, 1861; Uriah B., Sept. 13, 1863; E. Payson, Nov. 5, 1865 ; Stata, Nov. 9, 1868. Mr. Sammis has been Supervisor several terms, is now holding

SCHOL.L. JOHX C. Farmer, Sec. 9 ; P. 0. Woosung ; owns 200 acres ; probable value, $12,000. Mr. Scholl was born Sept. 20, 1832, in Wittenberg, Germany. He came to the United States, arriving in New York city Aug. 17, 1856, and came directly West to Carroll Co., 111., where lived for fifteen months; moved thence to Lee Co. ,111., where he lived for six years ; he then moved to Ogle County, and settled in Bufialo Township in March, 1864. He was married June 16, 1861, to Mina, daughter of Ernest Lelemeier ; she was born July 26, 1841 ; they have seven children - John F., born May 13, 1863 ; George C, Oct. 12, 1864; Rosa L., May 25, 1867; Charles W., Jan. 6, 1870; De Merritt, June 17, 1872; Frank, Dec. 3, 1874 ; and Louis F., Feb. 9, 1878. Mr. and Mrs. Scholl are members of the Lutheran Church.

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SCHRYVEK MARTIN E. Manager for Illinois of the Union Central Life Insurance Co. of Cincinnati ; Loan and General Insurance business transacted ; he is prepared at all times to loan money on real estate security at lowest rates ; office corner Mason and Division streets ; resides on Division street, Polo ; born in Tioga, Tioga Co., N. Y., Jan. 28, 1838 ; moved to Green

Bay, Wis., in 1859 ; resided there until 1861, when he came to Polo; was Township Assessor here in 1869, and Town Clerk in 1870 ; married' Ellen L. Wood Oct. 31, 1864 ; she was born in East Bridge water, Susquehanna Co., Pa. They have had six children ; two died in infancy. The names of the living are - Louie, Jessie. Curtis A. and Nettie. Mrs. S. is a member of the Baptist Church.

SCOTT JOSIAH P. Dealer in Real Estate ; resides on Congress street ; born in Cadiz, Harrison Co., Ohio, Oct. 29, 1843; came to Polo in 1868. He has been engaged in the Agricultural Implement business and farming since he came here. In 1863, he enlisted in Co. C, 88th Ohio Vol. Infantry Regiment; re-enlisted in Co. I, 157th Ohio Vol. Infantry. Married Sophie Aplington March 15, 1870 ; she was born in Buffalo Township. They have three children - Lawson, Henry A. and Hattie.

SHAVER liYMAX S. Farmer, Sec. 2 ; P. 0. Polo ; owns 160 acres of land, valued at $9,600 ; born in Andes, Delaware Co., N. Y., March 11, 1829 : came to Buffalo Township, Ogle Co., in 1860; married Permelia J. Shaver, Nov. 22, 1857 ; she was born in Colchester, Delaware Co., N. Y., June 2, 1837. They have five children - George W., Samuel D., P]dward, Byron, and Mary Jane. Mr. Shaver has been Road Master and School Director of District No. 8.

SHUMAKERPEARSOl^, Prop. Orient House, Polo ; son of Michael and Elizabeth Shumaker of New Jersey; was born Jan. 16, 1809 in Butler Co., Ohio ; moved with parents to Indiana at the age of ten, and when about twenty years old, went to Sullivan Co., and remained there about two years; in 1831 went to Pekin, 111., and lived there until 1834 ; was married 1833 to Miss Elizabeth Parker, daughter of Lemuel and Sarah Parker of Sullivan, Ind., formerly of Graceland Co., Virginia, where she was born, Feb. 18, 1809 ; they came to Elkhorn Grove, this county, in May, 1834 and took up Government land ; Mr. Shumaker remained on this farm until 1864, when he moved to Polo and has since been proprietor of the Orient House ; ten children were born to them and seven are now living, (Elmore and Joseph deceased) - Mary L. now wife of Dr. McPherson of Eagle Point; Harvey M., Jasper N., Laura, now Mrs. Joel Buswell of Carroll Township ; Sarah, Lemuel P. and Elizabeth V. ; Mr. and Mrs. Shumaker have been for about 28 years members of the United Brethren in Christ ; Mr, Shumaker is still one of the Trustees of this church. SHUMWAY R. G. Vice President of the Exchange National Bank ; Polo; was born Feb. 12, 1832, in Oberlin, Ohio ; came to this State in the Spring of 1836, and located in Winnebago Co., where he resided about seventeen years; in 1855 engaged in the drug business in Milledgeville, Carroll Co., HI. ; during his residence there, held the offices of School Treasurer and Supervisor, and for fourteen years was Postmaster of the town ; he assisted in the organization of the First National Bank of Lanark, and became its first President, and is still one of its Directors; in Nov. 1871 came to Polo this county and took an interest in the Exchange National Bank, and became its Vice President and one of its Directors ; is also Director of the First National Bank of Fergus Falls, Minn. ; Oct. 17, 1855, married Miss Eugene M., daugh- tea of Dr. W. K. Palmer ; was born in Aurora, March, 1839 ; have three children - Clara, born Sept. 11, 1856 ; Anna, June 21, 1864 ; Lucia, March 7, 1875. SliATER BEDFORD, Farmer ; Sec. 3 ; P. 0. Polo ; owns 188 acres of and, valued at $11,000 ; he was born in, Markham Township, Upper Canada, Aug. 3, 1830 ; came to Buffalo Township, Ogle Co. in 1849 ; this town has been his place of residence since then ; he has been Road Master and School Director several years ; his first wife was Emily Carpenter ; she died June 11, 1868; they had three children - Frank H., now resides in Iowa ; he was born Feb. 27, 1860 ; the other two were twins, they were born June 1, 1868 one named Emery died July 31, 1868 the other, Emert, died Sept. 6, 1868 Mr. Slater's present wife was Ruth Appleford ; they were married April 10 she was born in Townsend Township, Upper Canada, Nov. 18, 18441 they have three children - Lewis Wm., born June 27, 1873; George Albert, March 17, 1875, and Arthur Belford, Feb. 12, 1877; Mr. and Mrs. Slater are members of the M. B. Church.

SMITH EDWARD O. Retired merchant; residence on Franklin st. ; born in Germany, March 30, 1818; came to Chicago in 1854; resided there one year ; moved to Freeport, where he lived three years, then came to Polo ; married Elizabeth A. Thornton, Sept. 17, 1857; she was born in Vermont, Sept. 1, 1823 ; they have three children - Edward H., Alca, now Mrs. Lewis F. Thomas, and Gilbert C. ; Mr. and Mrs. Smith are members of the Presbyterian Church.

SMITH EDWARD H. Of the firm of Smith & Thomas, Dealers in Paints, Oils, Glass, Wall Paper, Fancy Goods, etc.; Smith's Building, Mason st!^; residence over store ; born in Germany, Sept. 17,1846; came to Polo in 1857; married Delia A. McCoy, March 23, 1876 ; Mr. Smith enlisted in Co. D, 92d 111. Vol. Inf in August, 1862 ; served about ten months, then discharged on account of disability.

SMITH ISAIAH, res. on Franklin St.; born in Frederick Co. Md., July 31, 1841 ; came to Polo in March, 1865 ; he was Alderman of the South Ward in 1875, '77 and '78; married Louisa Poffenberger January 29, 1860; she was born in Frederick Co., Md.; they have five children - Emma M., MaryE., Chas. W., Reno B. and Daisy B.; Mrs. S. is a member of Lutheran Church. Smith Jacob L. farm.; S. 32 ; P. 0. Polo. Smith James, well digger ; Polo. Smith J. Henry, butcher ; Polo. Smith John V. farm.; S. 32 ; P. 0. Polo. Smith Leonard, teamster; Polo. Smith Leonard, farmer ; P. 0. Polo. Smith Robert D. capitalist ; Polo. SMITH ROBERT, Retired Farmer ; residence on Congress street, first house south of M. E. Church ; born in Scotland, June 10, 1796; came to Delhi, Delaware Co., N. Y., July 3, 1827; lived there until the 12th of September, when he started for Buffalo Grove, with two teams (five horses), accompanied by his family and wife's mother, Sarah Broadwell ; she died on the way. at a point near Chicago ; they slept in their wagons every night ; arrived here Nov. 12th, being just two months making the journey. Mr. Smith's first wife was Deborah J. Broadwell ; they were married at Delhi Jan. 7, 1830 ; she was born March 2, 1798, and died Jan. 8, 1843 ; they had three children - James, born May 15, 1833, died Dec. 8, 1837 ; Henry, born June 21, 1835, died in hospital at Nashville, Tenn., Feb. 13, 1863 ; he was a volunteer in Co. D, 92d I. V. L; Mary Jane, now Mrs. Wm. Joiner, is now living here ; she was born Oct. 29, 1831. Mr. Smith married for second wife Jane Broadwell (a sister of his first wife), date of marriage, March 14, 1844; she died Aug. 10, 1855; she was born July 8, 1795 ; Mr. Smith's father was James Smith ; his mother's maiden name was Elizabeth Gilmour ; the first named died April 4, 1822 ; mother died July 24, 1826. Smith S. dealer in butter and eggs. SMITH WILLIAM T. Carriage Dealer ; Polo ; residence corner Webster and Prairie streets : born in Frederick

Co., Maryland, March 5, 1 839 ; moved to Washington Co., Md., in March, 1860; lived there until 1864, when he came to Polo ; engaged in farming in this vicinity until the^Spring of 1866 ; he then engaged in the planing mill business, in Polo, which he carried on until the Spring of 1869 ; in the Fall of 1869, he engaged in the butchering business, and conducted a meat market, until Feb., 1876, when he entered into partnership with J. W. Brown, in the manufacture of carriages; they dissolved partnership in Jan., 1878. Mr. Smith was Alderman of East Ward three years, 1871, 1872 and 1874; he married Vandelia Bomberger March 3, 1868; she was born in Washington Co., Md., Jan. 14, 1845 ; they have two children - Herman B., born Oct. 11, 1868, and Flora I., born Dec. 11, 1875 ; Mr. and Mrs. Smith are members of the Lutheran Church.

SIVYDER ElilAS li. Farmer; Sec. 8; P. O. Polo; born in Upper Milford Tp., Lehigh Co., Pa., July 25, 1851 ; came to this township in 1869 ; married Sarah J. Richardson Jan. 15, 1874 ; she was born in Ohio ; they have two children - Goldie May, born Nov. 27, 1874, and Sarah J., born in Oct., 1876 ; Mrs. Snyder is a member of the Church of Christ; Mr. S. belongs to the Lutheran Church.

SXYDER JEROME B. Physician and Surgeon ; ofl&ce over Newcomer's Store, Mason street ; resides on Division street; Polo ; born in Pittstown, N. Y., Feb. 28, 1842 ; came to Earlville, La Salle Co., in 1857 ; in the Fall of 1862, he enlisted in Fourth Regiment I. V. Cavalry ; he was in the service about one year ; was educated at Chicago Medical College; practiced at Grand Detour from 1865 to 1870 ; at Woosung from 1870 to 1872, then came to Polo ; has been Assistant Supervisor and School Director in Buffalo Tp.; he married Maria M. Brown Aug. 17, 1864; she was born in Earlville, La Salle Co., 111.; they have two children - Frank B. and Gerald ; Mrs. Snyder is a member of the Lutheran Church.

STEVEXSOX JOHX D. Polo ; was born May 5, 1805 ; is the son of Charles and Ann Stevenson, of New York City ; moved to Kentucky ; thence to Adams Co., Ohio ; afterward to Cincinnati and New Orleans ; in the Summer of 1835, came to Buffalo Grove, which, at that time, was a stage station, consisting of a double log cabin and other out buildings ; up to this date he had been engaged at the several localities mentioned in mercantile pursuits ; commenced business at the latter point and sold the first dry goods and groceries ever sold in the county ; in 1839, he engaged in farming. The first settlers of Buffalo Grove were John Ankeny, Oliver W. Kellogg, Samuel Reed, Isaac Chambers and Elisha Doty ; these early pioneers and neighbors of Mr. S. have all departed, " leaving their footprints on the sands of time." Mr. Doty alone survives, living in the State of Iowa ; in 1833, Mr. S. married Miss Sarah Haekett, of Philadelphia ; they have nine children - Virginia H., now Mrs. Shoop, of Polo ; Sarah Hackett, of Chicago ; John H., of New Orleans ; Chas. E., of Baltimore ; Simon H., of Montana ; Richard F., West Point, Iowa; Celso F., of Dead wood City.

STOWEIiL. JOHN D. Farmer; Sec. 20 ; Polo ; owns 97 acres ; born in Broome Co., N. Y., Nov. 3, 1827; came to Quincy, 111., when he was about 7 years of age ; went to Iowa two years later; lived there about eleven years, then returned to Illinois and lived in Henry Co. until March, 1864; came to present location in Nov., 1865 ; he married Sarah P. Gove Oct. 23, 1853; she was born in North Enfield Township, N. H., Feb. 22, 1833 ; they have had four children ; lost one sod, Adelbert J.; died in infancy Aug. 23, 1854 ; the living are - Albert D., born Oct. 3, 1855 ; Sarah Elvira, born Aug. 15, 1858 ; Frances E., born Oct. 1, 1869 ; Mr. and Mrs. Stowell are members of the United Brethren Church.

STRICKIiER WILLIAM, Man ufacturer of and Dealer in Furniture and Undertaker, cor. Mason and Division Sts.; residence on Oregon street ; Polo ; born near Mount Joy, Lancaster Co., Penn.,

' March 9, 1846; moved to Chicago in 1866 ; came to Polo in 1867 ; he was Alderman of the South Ward in 1875 ; married Mary A. Niman Dec. 24, 1868 ; she was born in Bellefont, Center Co., Penn.; they have had five children ; lost one ; the living are - Fannie and Annie (twins), Harry and George ; Mrs. Strickler is a member of the Lutheran Church.

torney and Counselor at Law ; Polo ; was born in Warren, Herkimer Co., N. Y., June 24, 1833 ; he received his education at Fairfield Academy, in the same county, and for some years afterward was engaged in teaching school in in his native State ; in October, 1856, Col. Swift settled in Polo, and soon afterward commenced the study of law with Campbell & Carpenter, and was admitted to the bar iu 1860 ; in the Fall of 1860, he purchased the PololAdvertiser of Henry R. Boss, and from that time to 1865, when the present publisher of the Press purchased Col. Swift's interest in the paper, he was more or less interested in the publication of a newspaper at Polo. Col. Swift was commissioned Captain of Co. H, Fifteenth Regiment Illinois Infantry, on the 24th day of May, 1861, this regiment being the first volunteer regiment mustered into the service for three years in the late war ; he served in the Fifteenth Illinois until in 1863 ; was afterward commissioned Lieutenant Colonel of the One Hundred and Fortysecond Illinois Volunteers, and served with that regiment until it was mustered out of the service, in September, 1864, having been most of the time in command of the regiment ; he participated in all the hardships, skirmishes and battles in which these regiments were engaged during the time he was with them, respectively. In 1863, Col. Swift was married to Hattie C. Aplington, daughter of the late Maj. Zenas Aplington ; this estimable lady died in 1872 ; her early decease was deeply deplored by a large circle of relatives and friends, who knew and appreciated her sterling worth. After the war, Col. Swift entered actively into the practice of law, and is now in the successful practice of his profes.

Mason St.; born in Rockvale, Ogle Co., 111., Sept. 25, 1846 (his father, Joshua, Thomas, came from Washington Co., Md., to Rockvale in 1840, where he DOW resides) ; Mr. W. married Alca Smith, daughter of Edward G. Smith, Sept. 29, 1869 ; she was born in Germany, Feb. 5, 1847 ; she is a. member of the Baptist Church ; they have two children - Lulu, born April 19, 1872, and Mabel, born April 6, 1874.

WAJLKER JOHN A. residence on Division street ; born in Addison Co., Vt., Nov. 24, 1835 ; came to Rockford, 111., in 1857; came to Buffalo Township in 1862 ; engaged in farming here until t he came to Polo and engaged in present business in 1868 ; he married Anna McClafferty April 3, 1858; she was born in Nova Scotia ; she is a member of the M. E. Church ; they have five children - John A., Jr., Chas. A., Lizzie A., Frank A., and Eva A.

WALES HORATIO, Polo; was born Jan. 22, 1810, in South Brimfield, now the town of Wales, Mass.; moved to Coventry, Conn., 1815; after livin there about fifteen years, returned to Wales ; thence removed to Brimfield ; came to Bufi"alo Grove in the Autumn of 1836 ; brought a general stock of mer-

-^ chandise with him and opened the second store in the place ; continued ihe business for two years ; then purchased a farm, obtaining title from the Government ; in the Fall of 1837 was elected Sheriff - second Sheriff of Ogle Co.; was re-elected a second time but did not qualify ; he is Republican in politics, and in religion is a Congregationalist ; married Miss Mary E.Williams, daughter of Ebenezer Williams in 1833; have had nine children, eigh' living, namely - Charles E., R. Porter? Henry W., James L. (deceased), Geo. M., Sarah E., Mary E., Horatio, Jr., and Ida.

WAMSL.EY CHARLES Farmer and Proprietor of Polo Nursery; Sec. 6 ; P. O. Polo ; he has a large variety of choice Fruit, Ornamental and Evergreen Trees; owns 310 acres of land, valued at $18,600; born in Andes, Delaware County, N.Y., Dec. 6, 1819; came to Buffalo Township, vicinity of present residence, with his parents Wm. and Mary (Bassett) Wamsley, in the Fall of 1836 ; married Rachel Hull June 15, 1842; she was born in Andes, Delaware Co., N. Y., Sept. 25, 1825; they have had four children ; one died in infancy; the living are - Wm. M., born Nov. 22, 1843 ; Chas. Henry, born Dec. 25, 1849 ; and Frank J., born May 22, 1855; Mr. and Mrs. W. are members of the Baptist Church ; Mr. W.'s father was born in N. Y. State in Aug., 1794; he died Sept. 6, 1870 ; his mother was born in Massachusetts, and died Aug.