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Mr. Wheeler was for eighteen years a Deacon in the Second Baptist Church of Chicago. In every relation of life, he strove to do his whole duty, and entered into every undertaking with his full strength. During the Civil War he at- tempted to give his services in defense of the Union, but was rejected on account of an injury which he sustained in earlier years. By precept and example, he sought to lead others in the way of duty and right.
In July, 1849, Mr. Wheeler took for a help- mate Miss Eliza Ann Tremaine, who was born in East Greene, and was three months and eleven
days his junior. She is the fifth of the eight chil- dren of Erastus and Lucretia Tremaine, the lat ter's maiden name having been Race. Her grand- father, Daniel Tremaine, was among the pioneers of East Greene, and was a member of the Bap- tist Church organized there in 1795. It is prob able that he was a descendant of a Huguenot refugee in America, as the name is of undoubted French origin. Daniel Tremaine served in the Revolutionary army, and was present at the sur render of Burgoyne at Saratoga in 1777. He reached the ripe old age of ninety-four years, passing his latter years with his son Erastus, the father of Mrs. Wheeler, near East Greene.
Three children were given to Mr. and Mrs. Wheeler, namely: George A., Luella and Ida. The daughters were married on the same day, in October, 1873, the elder becoming the wife of John W. Midgley, Chairman of the Western Freight Association, and the other wedding En- field D. Moore, Manager of the Chicago Car Service Association. Mrs. Midgley is the mother of four children, Stanley, Arthur, Ethel and Edith.
DR. LEONARD PRATT.
12 R. LEONARD PRATT, for many years a leading physician of Wheaton, and now a resident of San Jose, Cal., is a native of Towanda, Pa. His parents, Russell and Olive (Towner) Pratt, whose names indicate English ancestry, passed their lives in that place, where Russell Pratt carried on a cooperage business. Leonard Pratt was born December 23, 1819, and is therefore now in his seventy-fourth year, but is still vigorous in mind and body and actively en- gaged in the practice of his profession. He re- ceived his primary education in the Pennsylvania common schools, and his medical training at
Jefferson and Hahnemann Medical Colleges in Philadelphia. For more than fifty years his time has been employed in the healing art, the first years of his practice being passed in his native town. In 1852 he removed to Carroll County, Ill., settling on a farm in Rock Creek Township, one of the finest farms in that county. He re- moved in 1865 to Wheaton, Ill., for the purpose of educating his son, a biography of whom will be found elsewhere in this volume. He built a fine brick mansion on Main Street (now occupied by Dr. E. C. Guild), where his home remained until 1889, when he removed to his present residence.
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Dr. Pratt is a member of the American Insti- tute of Homeopathy and of the Illinois and Cali- fornia State Associations of tliat school, and is a man of fine attainments and progressive ideas. He has always given his political allegiance to the Republican party since its organization. His religious faith is represented by the New Church, commonly known as the Swedenborgian. His time has been given to the demands of a large medical practice, and he has been able to devote but little personal attention to public affairs, although he always took a deep interest in any effort to pro- mote and secure good government. The original charter of the town of Wheaton, which has since become a city, was the work of his mind and pen.
Dr. Pratt was for seven years a member of the faculty of Hahnemann Medical College, of Chi- cago, filling the chair of Special Pathology and Diagnosis, and was an extensive contributor to
medical literature, being the first Western physi- cian to call the attention of the profession to the clinical thermometer. At the same time he was constantly employed in attending patients in and about Wheaton and Chicago.
Dr. Pratt's wife, Betsy, is a daughter of Lemuel Belding, of Le Raysville, Bradford County, Pa., a widely known Swedenborgian clergyman and physician, who was eminently successful in both capacities. He was a calm, logical speaker, and achieved considerable reputation as an orator. The Belding family is of English lineage. Two sons and two daughters were born to Dr. and Mrs. Pratt, one son dying in infancy, and a daughter, Hattie, at the age of thirteen years, the latter being carried off by the first case of diphtheria known in Rock Creek, Carroll County, Ill. One daughter, Nettie L., is a successful teacher of music at San Jose, Cal.
FRANKLIN DWIGHT COSSITT, JR.
RANKLIN DWIGHT COSSITT, JR., only surviving son of F. D. and Martha L. (Moore) Cossitt, was born in La Grange, Tenn., December 4, 1861, and during his infancy was taken by his parents to Chicago. About a year later his mother died, and he was taken back by her sister to Tennessee, where he continued to make his home until 1869. In his eighth year he returned to Chicago, and attended its public schools and pursued a course in one of its busi- ness colleges. At the age of eighteen he opened a general store in La Grange, which he conducted for three years. At the end of this period he sold out, and again took up study at a business college. He next became associated with his fa- ther in the real-estate business, a connection which has continued until the present time.
On the Ioth of February, 1886, Mr. Cossitt married Miss Margaret A., daughter of Dr. George M. Fox, a prominent citizen of La Grange, whose
biography appears elsewhere in this work. Four children have been born to them, namely: Frank- lin D., named for his paternal grandfather; George M., named for his maternal grandfather; Jean, who bears the name of her maternal grandmother; and Margaret, her mother's namesake.
In 1889 Mr. Cossitt was elected Trustee of the village of La Grange, and has twice been re- lected, now serving his third term. In 1892 he was elected Highway Commissioner of Lyons Township, and is now Treasurer of that town- ship. In political sentiment, he is a Democrat, and is now serving his second term as a member of the County Democratic Central Committee. The prominent part which he has taken in public affairs, and especially in the upbuilding of this community, entitles him to representation among the public-spirited and progressive citizens of Cook County.
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HENRY W. KRUGER.
ENRY WILLIAM KRUGER. Among those of the old settlers of the city of Chicago who did much for the furthering of the best interests of the welfare of the citizens, who are now mourned as dead, was Henry William Kruger. He was born February 24, 1834, in Ham- burg, Germany, and died February 19, 1892, and his remains were interred in Oakwoods Cemetery.
At the age of thirteen years he left his father's home and determined to try the life of a seaman. He was fireman in the United States ships "Western," "Potomac" and "Manhattan." Jan- uary 6, 1866, he was honorably discharged from the navy. In personal appearance he was a man of fine physique, with blue eyes and brown hair, and was five feet and nine inches in height. He took out his naturalization papers October 31, 1868. After the War of the Rebellion he was very prominent in the affairs of the order of the Grand Army of the Republic.
Mr. Kruger learned the trade of a brick mason in his native land and continued at the same after he settled in Chicago. For a number of years he was foreman for Mortimer & Tepper and sub- sequently took contracts upon his own account. He erected a lighthouse in the lake and also the brick part of the postoffice. Seven years before his death he retired from active life and enjoyed a well-earned rest from business cares and labor. He erected a house at No. 3646 Dearborn Street in 1881, and his wife built the present family residence, on the same lot, in 1894.
Mr. Kruger was married August 16, 1869, to Miss Wilhelmina, daughter of William and Wil- helmina (Priebe) Reich. Mrs. Kruger was born December 29, 1847, in the village of Eschenri- gen, in the Province of Pommern. She came to America by herself in 1867. Her father died in 1850, aged about thirty years. Her mother mar- ried a second time and died in 1873, aged about fifty-three years. Her children by her first hus- band were: William, Mrs. Kruger, Ammalja and Laura. Her only child by her second hus- band was Gottlieb. William and Mrs. Kruger are the only ones of the children who are still in the land of the living.
Mrs. Kruger's paternal grandfather was the father of Charlotta, William, Gottlieb, and others of whom record cannot now be obtained. Her ma- ternal grandfather was the father of the follow- ing children: Traugott, Leberecht, Karl, Chris- tian, Edward, Wilhelmina, Ammalja, Henrietta and Carolina. None of the family of the ina- ternal grandfather ever immigrated to America. The family of Priebe and also of Reich were made up of tillers of the soil.
The children of Mr. and Mrs. Kruger were five in number. Henry William, junior, was born February 6, 1870, in a house on Sedgwick Street, near Chicago Avenue. Hilda Wilhel- mina was born February 21, 1872, on Plum Street, near Jefferson Street. Minnie Charlotte was born July 2, 1874. John, who was born June 24, 1877, at No. 128 Ashland Avenue, died
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October 1, 1881. Mabel Janet was born May 27, 1882.
Mr. Kruger was a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and also the Bricklayers'
Union. He was a sympathizer in the interests of the Republican party. He was a pleasant man, of fine ideas and noble mind, and was mourned by many friends at the tinie of his death.
AUGUST H. N. WILLE.
UGUST HENRY NICHOLAS WILLE. Among the well-known and prosperous of the German-American citizens of the city of Chicago, and one of the most highly respected and honored business men in the city to-day, is August Henry Nicholas Wille. He comes of a very old German family, whose an- cestry is traced back to the time of the sixteenth century, one of the oldest in Wurtemberg. He was born July 12, 1853, in the city of Geeste- muende, Hanover, Germany, his parents being Frederick and Sophie (Schomaker) Wille.
The paternal grandfather of A. H. N. Wille was Christian Wille and he died in 1867, at the age of ninety-six years. His children were: Charles, Henry, Frederick, Louis, Amalie and Louise. Henry and Amalie, of this family, im- migrated to America. Louise married John Corde- lier and they also emigrated from their native land with their son, Louis. Christian Wille had a very eventful life, being originally a lawyer be- fore the higher courts, also an instructor and an officer in the Napoleonic wars. At one time he was taken prisoner and confined at Moscow. He escaped and went to Hanover, and accompanied Napoleon to St. Helena, when the latter was banished to that island.
The maternal grandfather of A. H. N. Wille was a tiller of the soil. Frederick Wille, father of the man whose name heads this article, was born December 25, 1824, in the city of Clausthal,
Germany. He was a carpenter and contractor, and died May 6, 1876. His wife was born May 7, 1826, in the city of Bremer Voerde. She came to America and died here a year subsequently, April 26, 1887. August H. N. Wille was the only child of this worthy couple.
A. H. N. Wille received his primary education in the public schools of his native place. He spent the time from his tenth to his fifteenth year in the gymnasium at the same place. He spent one year with his father in learning the house- builder's trade, and three years with William Speckmann in Leehe, learning millwrighting. His diploma from the Nienburg architect's school shows that he spent three years there and highly pleased his teachers by his indus- try and proficiency. Following this he served two years in the Schleswig-Holstein Foot Artil- lery, Battalion No. 9, doing garrison duty at Bremerhaven.
August H. N. Wille reached Chicago Novem- ber 23, 1879. He was occupied at contracting and journeyman work in his native land, and after his arrival in Chicago was employed four years with Michael Smith, being his foreman two years of that time. Five years he was in the serv- ice of Charles Blair, of which time he was fore- man three years. He superintended the construc- tion of some of the Diamond Match Company's buildings at Ontonagon, Michigan, and later was employed by Frank Agnew, on the Manu-
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factures Building at the World's Fair. He has since taken contracts for work, and his employers are always satisfied with his efforts, as he ainis to please those in whose service lie places himself.
Mr. Wille was married March 5, 1875, to Metta Helena Louise, daughter of Bernhardt and Lucia (Haase) Norden. Mrs. Wille was born January 13, 1849, in the same section of Ger- many as her husband. They were married in their native land. Their only child is Bernhardt Voss, an adopted child, who still retains the sur- name, Voss. He was born August 5, 1870, and is a bricklayer. He lives at the corner of Forty-
second Street and North Avenue, and is married but has no children. His wife is Margaret and he was married in 1886.
Mr. Wille is a member of the Masonic order, being connected with Golden Rule Lodge No. 726. He is a prominent Democrat and served his party as judge of election in the Twelfth Precinct of the Twenty-second Ward five years. He is a highly respected and refined gentleman and is beloved alike by family and friends, being a just and kind man in all things. His dealings are all of the most unquestionable kind and he is straightforward to the smallest degree.
DANIEL MALLOY.
la ANIEL MALLOY. There are but few men in America who have wealth and good stand- ing in the business circles of our great com- mercial country that have gained their present riches by other than merits of their own and ad- herence to principles of the highest. Those who have striven with obstacles and environment of difficulties and have succeeded morally, as well as financially, stand as living examples and causes for encouragement to future generations, as well as the youth of to-day. Of those born in foreign parts who emigrated from the land of their nativ- ity, leaving friends and relatives to work for a competence in a foreign land, who have proven their true worth and ability, is the man whose name heads this article, Daniel Malloy.
He was born April 11, 1845, in the village of Frankford, Kings County, Ireland, a son of Will- iam and Mary (Guinan) Malloy. William Mal- loy came to America in 1859, and six months after his arrival was killed by a train of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, on the line at New Rochelle, New York.
Daniel Malloy landed in New York September 15, 1861, and his first employment was at work on a sewer. After a few weeks he was taken with a fever, and on his recovery went to New Rochelle, where he was employed as coachman five years. He came to Chicago March 21, 1866. He lost his purse in the Union Depot at New York, but having his ticket to Chicago, came on, determined to reach his destination at any cost He was fortunate in securing an immediate situ- ation as coachman for Edwin H. Sheldon, with whom he remained until 1870. He subse- quently drove a wagon for Spear & Crawfoot, at Nos. 84-86 State Street, dealers in carpets. He was thus employed until the great fire in October, 1871. October 12 of that year lie se- cured a position with N. K. Fairbank in his soap factory, being foreman twenty-seven years or un- til April 4, 1898, and proving himself worthy of emulation by his integrity and stability of purpose in being able to hold one position so long a time.
Mr. Malloy married August 9, 1870, Miss Ma- tilda Hendrickson, who is a daughter of Samuel
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and Christina (Suglund) Hendrickson. The maiden name of Mrs. Malloy's mother means, in English, forest home. Mrs. Malloy is a na- tive of the land of fair maids-Sweden. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Malloy are as follows: Katy, Ellen, William John, Matilda A., Daniel James, Samuel Michael, Agnes Josephine and Rose Irene. Katy married John Connell and be- came the mother of one child, William Timothy. She died at the age of twenty-one years. The others are at home with their parents and form a very interesting family of more than ordinarily bright ideas and clear brains.
Mr. Malloy is a member of the Independent Order of Foresters, having been connected with
Court Centennial No. 6 since 1888. Since 1890 he has been a member of the Catholic Order of Foresters. He is a valuable and influential mein- ber of Holy Cross Catholic Church, which he aids in a practical as well as moral way. Though never seeking public favor in the form of office, Mr. Malloy upholds by his vote the Democratic party and at all favorable opportunities argues in favor of its principles. He is one of Chicago's most substantial citizens and sanctions all moves tended to uplift the minds and principles of his fellow-men. For the past eight years he has re- sided, with his family, at his present location, No. 7158 Langley Avenue, where he built a handsome home.
JOHN REIN.
OHN REIN, who was at one time one of Chicago's most valued and influential citi- zens, spent many years of his life to the de- votion of the business interests of the great city. He was born December 24, 1826, in Niedereisen- hausen, Hessen-Darmsdat, Germany, and, though of foreign birth, was loyal to the people and in- terests of his adopted country. He died February 10, 1895, and his remains were interred at Oak- woods Cemetery. He was mourned by his rel- atives and many friends.
John Rein located in Chicago in 1852, and his first employment in this city was in a brick yard. He was subsequently for a period of eighteen years employed in a lumber yard, which length of time spent in the one line of work proves the energy and steady purpose of the man. He was also employed in packing houses in later years, and retired from active life nine years previous to his demise. Mr. Rein erected a residence at the corner of Thirty-fifth Street and Union Ave-
nue, and lived at this location twenty-five years. He subsequently sold this and built a dwelling at No. 5022 Aberdeen Street, and was residing at this number at the time of his death.
Mr. Rein married, on February 15, 1854, Miss Anna Mary, daughter of Nicholas and Anna Elizabeth (Kargen) Mauren. Mrs. Rein was born September 8, 1835, in Brueck-Kressdann, Prussia, and emigrated with her step-father, her mother, and her brothers, Nicholas, Joseph and Jacob, arriving in Chicago in the year 1853. Nicholas Mauren, father of Mrs. Rein, died in 1841, at the age of thirty years. His only child, beside Mrs. Rein, was Nicholas. The latter was born July 23, 1841, and lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota, where he is a sergeant of the police force. The children of Mrs. Rein's mother by her second husband were Joseph and Jacob. The former is a tiller of the soil on a farm near Min- neapolis, and is fifty-two years of age at the present writing. Jacob died in Minneapolis, at
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the age of twenty-one years. Nicholas Mauren, father of Mrs. Rein, was the only child of his parents and was a dealer in cattle in Germany. His wife had one sister, Anna Mary, who married Mr. Miller, and lived her entire life in her native land.
The children born to Mr. and Mrs. Rein were thirteen in number. John, born December 18, 1854, died when eleven days of age; Jolin, the second child, was born April 27, 1856, and died when sixteen months of age; Peter, born De- cember 18, 1858, died March 12, 1872; Barbara, October 6, 1860, died March 30, 1872; Katharine, January 22, 1864, died March 30, 1872; Johanna, born February 17, 1866, was married March 21, 1885, to George Musselman. He is a son of Jo- seph and Elizabeth (Weitzel) Musselman. He was born March II, 1862, in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, and came to Chicago in 1880. He is a butcher by trade and for the past nine years has been serving the interests of Libby, McNeill & Libby. In 1891 he built a residence at No. 5027 May Street, and has since resided at this location. His sons are: William, born January 18, 1886; Peter, October 14, 1888,
and Joseph, November 28, 1891. Mr. Mussel- man is a member of Court Fortschritt, Independ- ent Order of Foresters.
Henry Rein, the next son of John Rein, was born January 5, 1868, and died March 29, 1872; Jacob, July 23, 1871, died August 10, 1873; Michael, November 14, 1873, died September 13, 1874; John, December 25, 1875, died December 14, 1878; Amanda, born February 28, 1878, married June 5, 1897, Anton Fritz. Mr. Fritz was born February 14, 1872, in the village of Eschbach, Germany, and is a son of John and Lena (Dausch) Fritz. He emigrated from his native land in February, 1891. The only child of Mr. and Mrs. Anton Fritz is Clara, born March 13, 1898. William Rein, the youngest of the children of Mr. and Mrs. John Rein, was born April 25, 1881, and lives at home. Of the chil- dren, Peter, Barbara, Katy and Henry died with smallpox, Barbara and Katy dying on the same day.
John Rein was a Republican in political views and was a stanch upholder of the principles of his party. He was reared a German Lutheran, and remained true to the teachings of his fathers.
HENRY J. LEON.
ENRY JULIUS LEON. Among the de- ceased of the most prominent citizens in the history of Chicago, and one wlio helped to further the interests of the people of that vicin- ity, was Henry Julius Leon. He was born July 6, 1847, in Germany, and died March 30, 1891. He resided in Chicago at the time of his death and his remains were interred in Waldheim Ceme- tery.
Mr. Leon was a hardware dealer in his native land, making rocker springs. He was one of the
firmi of Leon, Kade & Company in Chicago, lo- cated at the corner of Canal and Randolph Streets. He also dealt in hardware at No. 827 Milwaukee Avenue about twenty-two years. He previously dealt in fish. Mr. Leon was married February 1, 1874, to Wilhelmina Welker. Mrs. Leon was born June 1, 1855, at the corner of Canal and Madison Streets, Chicago. The chil- dren of Mr. and Mrs. Leon are as follows: Amelia, born October 14, 1874, died October 29, 1874; Charles Rudolph, born July 30, 1876, is
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engaged in the teaming business; Frederick Wil- helm, born December 30, 1877, died May 1, 1878; Henry Julius was born January 26, 1879; Paul Otto was born March 28, 1880; Robert, born Oc- tober 30, 1881, died July 26, 1882; Edith, born January 28, 1883, died in July, 1883; Emma, born October 8, 1884, died July 20, 1885; Walter, born February 17, 1886; Ella, born June 19, 1887; and Frank, born January 23, 1889, died June 12, 1889. As will be seen, but five of the eleven children are still in the land of the living.
Mr. Leon was reared in the belief of the Luth-
eran Church and was true to the teachings of his fathers. He was a Democrat in political views and at one time ran for alderman of the Six- teenth Ward against John Horn. He was an enthusiastic and public-spirited citizen and was at all times a sanctioner of all moves which might serve to further the benefits derived by the pub- lic and mankind in general. He was a pleasant, genial gentleman of the true type, at every op- portunity doing good to others and helping to promote all religious organizations, practically and through his influence with men in public favor.
HENRY R. ORRINY.
ENRY RANSON ORRINY. Among the thoroughly worthy and public-spirited citi- zens of Chicago who have made a name for themselves by their own efforts to succeed, is the man whose name heads this article. He was born May 19, 1856, in New Orleans, and his parents were Pascal and Mary (Lutjenmeyer) Orriny.
Henry R. Orriny came to Chicago in the spring of the year 1865, and attended the Dearborn, Haven, Cottage Grove and Douglas public schools. At the age of fifteen years he entered the employ of Frank Person, who was located at No. 902 Wabash Avenue, as errand boy. After one year spent in this manner he spent seven years in the florist store of John S. Haskins. He then removed to Colorado and speculated seven montlis in the vicinity of Clear Creek, Boulder and Gilpin Counties, but his time spent in Sun- shine was the most profitable to him. For six years subsequent to his return to Chicago he oc- cupied a position with Ogden, Abel, Whirle & Company, retail clothiers.
January 1, 1888, Mr. Orriny became interested in a store whichi lic established at No. 144 Twenty-
second Street. He dealt in ice-cream, confections of all kinds and flowers. After eighteen months he sold out this business and found employment with the Shipman White Lead Works, now operated by the National White Lead Company, located at No. 1510 State Street. He started as shipping-clerk, and after serving as assistant superintendent two years, has been for the past four years superintendent. He has proven him- self a valuable employe.
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