Dunleith Township (part 2 of 2)

CL.ISE JOHX D. Postmaster and Hotel keeper; Dunleith; born in Virginia, 1833; came to Jo Daviess Co., 1836 ; settled in Dunleith in 1852; Married Amanda Williams, of Pike Co., Mo.; had three children: Josephine, Lucy and Cora; held the office of Postmaster 17 years ; hotel keeper the past 8 years ; held office of City Marshal 6 years and City Treasurer 2 years.

COXSAL.UJS JOSEPH E. Freight Conductor I. C. R. R. ; Dunleith ; born in New York, Feb. 22, 1841 ; came to Nora, this Co., in 1856; to Galena in 1858; settled in Dunleith in 1867 ; married Lettie Beall, Galena, Dec. 5, 1866 ; had four children: Stella M., Wm. A., Celena B., and Joseph (deceased) ; enlisted in Co. A, 96th Regt. I. V. I., Aug., 1862; mustered out June, 1865; engaged in twenty-one hardfought battles.

DISCH THEODORE, Mechanic; Dunleith; born in Germany, Sept. 9, 1849; came to this country in 1853 ; settled in Duuleith in 1856; married Elizabeth Pegel, in Dubuque, Iowa, in 1871 ; had two children, Emma and George ; Emma died Oct. 16, 1873; have been in employ Dubuque Novelty Iron Works six years.

FOX CAL.VIX P. Foreman in Factory of C. S. & S. Burt & Co., Dunleith; born in New York Sept. 4, 1817 ; moved to 111. in 1834; resided ii; Galena until 1843; settled in Dunleith in 1860 ; married Asenath Tyler in Pa. ; had twelve children, five living ; has held the position of foreman in this shop for ten years ; Superintendent Public Schools three years.

FREXTRESS HEXRY tf. Farmer; Sees. 3, 32, 33, and 34; P. O. Dunleith; has charge of the Frentress Estate; was born on said estate Sept. 22, 1842; married to Mary J. Bidlock, Carroll Co., 111., in 1868 ; had one child, Lois M. ; he is the patentee of the Freutress Barbed Wire now being manufactured at Dunleith.

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FREXTRESS MRS. D. Farmer; Sees. 3. 32, 33 and 34; P. O. Dunleith; born in Vermont, Oct. 22, 1807 ; owns an estate of 1,100 acres of land ; married to E. Frentress, Dec. 25, 1823; Mr. Frentress was born in North Carolina in 1800 ; they came to this Co. in 1827 and pre-empted portions of Sections 3, 32, 33 and 34; had thirteen, children, six living; Mr. Frentress died in Dec., 1853 ; during the Black Hawk War he enlisted and went to guard Galena ; he built the first house between Galena and Dunleith, and drove the first team from Galena to Dunleith.

KEEPJLXGS CHARGES, Brakeman on I. C. R. R. ; Dunleith; born in Gloucestershire, England, April 2, 1836; came to this country in 1849 ; moved to Dubuque, Iowa, same year; settled in Dunleith in 1855; he was engaged with the Transfer Company nine years ; spent 1861 and 1862 in mining in Idaho ; was married to Miss Mary H. Whatmore in 1863 ; she died in 1874; was married to Miss Maria Burrows in 1874.

MAGITIRE T. & J. Merchants; Dunleith, 111. ; members of firm are Thomas and John Maguire ; they keep a general store and deal in all kinds of farmers' pro- duce; commenced business in 1868; Joseph Leithner has been their faithful clerk for eight years; Thomas Maguire was born Aug. 22, 1839, in the Parish of Mullanghdun, Co. Fermanagh, Ireland, near Enniskillen; came to this country, and to this Co. in 1852 ; followed farming 5 years, taught school 11 years; graduated at Bryant & Stratton's College, Chicago, in 1866; held the office Town Clerk, Menominee Tp., 1 year, School Trustee 3 years, School Treasurer since 1863; served as Supervisor of Dunleith Tp. 6 years, and Mayor of Dunleith 3 years, in 1872-'73-'77 ; married, Nov. 4, 1868, to Miss Ellen J. Groff, of Dunleith, born Feb. 24, 1852, at Racine, Wis. ; have four children: John E., born June 1, 1870; Thomas F., May 19, 1872; James O., March 23, 1874, and Henry C., Sept. 29, 1876. John Maguire was born Oct. 22, 1841, in Parish of Mullanghdun, Ireland ; came to this j country and to this Co. in 1850 ; pursued farming 15 years ; spent the year 1863 in Pike's Peak, Col. ; held the office of School Director 3 years, in Elizabeth Tp., School Trustee 3 years, in Dunleith, and Alderman in 1875-'70; is unmarried. Their parents' names are John Maguire and Elizabeth Cassidy, whose children are Mary, Thomas, John, Francis, James, - Philip, and Henry, living, and Hugh, Margaret, Andrew, and Daniel, dead. In religion the brothers are Catholic; in politics, Democratic; they own 521 acres of land, besides their store, lots and other buildings in Dunleith ; they are successful in business, and are closely identified with the interests of the city and county.

MORGAN EDWARD, Engineer on Dubuque & Dunleith R. R. Bridge; Dunleith; born in Toronto, Can., Aug. 8, 1827 ; married to Harriet Welsh, Rochester, N. Y., 1859; employed on the Mississippi River until 1863; enlisted in Co. F, First Illinois Battery, in 1864; he took his present position Dec. 22, 1868.

ODEIX RICHARD E. Manufacturer shingle machines and agricultural implements ; Dunleith ; born in Conway, N. H., Dec. 24, 1817 ; came to Jo. Daviess Co. in 1855 ; married Mary E. Marshall, of Ross Co., Ohio, 1856 ; had four children : Lucie M., Carrie A., Arthur M., Elsie May; i Elsie May died in 1868.

OM \4. Lit JOHX, Merchant, Wis. ave. ; Dunleith; born in Luxembourg, Prussia ; emigrated to this country in 185H ; settled in Jo Daviess Co. in 1854 ; has been in business since 1861 ; held the office of alderman one term, city treasurer one term; elected mayor three years.

Ol lltli JOHN, Freight Conductor I. C. R. R., la. Div.; P.O. Dunleith; born in Ireland Feb. 1, 1835 ; came to this country June, 1850 ; came to Galena in 1852 ; settled in Dunleith 1855; married May 5, 1868, to Bridget Boyce, of Galena; had six children : Dennis, James W., John T., William F., and Lizzie, and one not named ; three dead ; has been in the employ of I. C. R. R. twenty-five years.

SMITH <- rm:<- 1! B. Master Mechanic, Car Dept., I. C. R. R. ; Dunleith; born in Fail-field, Conn., April 11, 1814; came to 111. in 1854; settled in Dunleith in 1855; married to Sarah Sherman, from Conn., July 2, 1835; had four children; Abbie J., Julius M., Mary F., and Ada S. ; he built the first house on the Bluff in 1855 ; have been in the employ of the I. C. R. R. 22 years.

born in Germany May 2, 1826 ; came to Jo Daviess Co. in 1854 ; settled in Galena until 1856; moved to Dunleith May 20, 1856; married to Louisa Raisser, from Germany, in 1848 ; had six children, two dead ; enlisted in the 2d Regt. 111. Art. Co. A, Dec. 22, 1862; mustered out July 27, 1865; elected Alderman in 1866 ; elected Justice of the Peace in 1868 ; is a member of the Grand Army of the Republic.

STEVENSON ALBERT B. Proprietor Livery and Boarding Stable, opposite I. C. R. R. depot; Dunleith; born in Delaware Co., N. Y., Oct. 20, 1850; came to Dubuque, Iowa, in 1860; settled in Dunleith in 1875 ; married in 1870 to Miss Amelia C. McCormic, Grant Co., Wis.;

SWITZEB A. Dunleith; was born Feb. 16, 1821, near Hesse Cassel, in Germany, and came with his parents to the United States in 1832, landing at Baltimore Oct. 23, where the family remained one year, when they removed to Harrisburg, Penn., thence a year later to St. Louis; was here engaged in the Dry Goods business until 1842 ; was married Feb. 17, 1842, and the same year his store and entire personal property were destroyed by fire ; he then went to Galena, where he arrived Nov. 13, and again started in business, continuing till 1854, when, with the proceeds of his successful business, he purchased a farm in Menominee Tp., whence he moved on account of the poor health of his wife ; in 1860 he went to Dunleith and once more opened a general merchandise store ; his wife died in 1872, aged 72 years, and in 1873 he was married again; was School Director in Galena one year ; was the first Mayor of . Dunleith, and has been re-elected many times since, besides filling many other offices both in Dunleith and Menoniinee ; was very active in the enrollment of soldiers during the war, raising and disbursing bounties, etc., etc. ; was instrumental in causing the government to make a new quota assignment, as the original was entirely disproportionate; has been identified with most of the interests of a public nature in Dunleith and Menominee, and has always exhibited a zeal in carrying out their details which has placed him in the front rank among the public spirited citizens of those places.

V V Conductor I. C. R. R. ; P. O. Dunleith ; born in England, April 3, 1843 ; came to this country in 1850 ; came to this Co. in 1854 ; married Elsie Consolus, of Galena, in 1865 ; had five children . Bessie, Sarah H., Herbert A., Una M., Will H. ; Bessie died ; have been in the employ of the I. CR. R. 16 years ; his father is one of the oldest employes of the I. C. R. R. Co. Waggoner J. farm ; Sec. 21 ; P.O. Dunleith.

WILSOtf DAVID B. Freight Conductor I. C. R. R. ; Dunleith; born in Potter's Mills, Centre Co., Pa., Nov. 7, 1836; came to Galena in 1846; settled in Dunleith in 1862; married to Margaret McKnight, of Galena, in 1866; had two children, Jessie May and Homer M. ; enlisted in Co. K, llth Regt. I. V. I., 1864; mustered out in 1865 ; have been in employ I. C. R. R. 17 years.