Album of genealogy and biograghy, Cook County, Illinois, 10th ed., Part 9

Author: Calumet Book & Engraving Company, Chicago, pub
Publication date: 1898
Publisher: Chicago, Calumet book & engraving co
Number of Pages: 916

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On May 2, 1889, Mr. Symons was married to Helen R. Winles, a daughter of Edward Winles, the latter being a native of New York state. Mr. Symons is not an active politician, but upholds the Republican party at every favorable op- portunity.

JACOB GROSS.

(From Photo by W. J. ROOT).

JACOB GROSS.

ACOB GROSS, who lives in retirement, in his pleasant and luxurious home at No. 1730 Deming Place, has resided in Chicago since 1855. He was at one time connected with one of the largest banking and real-estate firms in the city of Chicago, and in the faithful per- formance of all duties or trusts imposed upon him and the life of industry which he has led, has justly earned all his honors. Whether as a brave soldier or an able, ambitious, public servant, he has ever shown himself a gentleman and that fact has thor- oughly established him in the hearts of the people.

Jacob Gross was born February II, 1840, in Jacobsweiler, Rhenish Bavaria, Germany, and is a son of Henry and Barbara (Lotz) Gross. Henry Gross was a tiller of the soil, and died when Jacob was but thirteen years old. He and his good wife had four children, namely: Kath- arine (now deceased); Gertrude, now Mrs. Adam Miller, Henry and Jacob, of this article. The mother died in Richton, Cook County, Illinois, in 1860. In May, 1855, Mrs. Gross with her four children sailed from Havre, in the sailing ship "Elizabeth," and twenty-eight days later landed in New York. They came directly to Chicago, arriving July 1.

Jacob Gross was well educated in the parislı school of his native place and after coming to Chicago attended Brown's School, on the West Side, and passed a credible examination for the high school, but did not enter. He learned the trade of tin-smith, at which he served a reg- ular apprenticeship, and afterwards worked six

months as journeyman. He then went to Rich- land and was clerk in the store of his brother-in- law until the Civil War broke out. In August, 1862, he enlisted for service in the Union Army, joining Company B, Eighty-second Illinois Volun- teer Infantry. He served continuously, partici- pating in many of the hardest-fought battles of the war, until May 25, 1864, when he was severely wounded, at the battle of New Hope Church, Georgia, by a rifle ball, which so shat- tered the bones of his right leg that amputation became necessary. He lay in a hospital in Chat- tanooga until February, 1865, when he was honorably discharged in Chicago, February 14, 1865. In 1866 he was appointed deputy police clerk and served two years, and was elected West Town collector for three terms. He was then elected in 1872 clerk of the circuit court, and was twice re-elected and served until 1884, when he was elected state treasurer and served one term of two years. He has always been a Republican and has attended state conventions and other gatherings since he became a citizen.

In 1883 he becanie a inember of the banking firm of Felsenthal, Gross & Miller, which was inade a state bank in 1891. After serving as state treasurer he became actively engaged in the bank and was vice-president until 1896, when, owing to failing health, he resigned and has since lived in retirement. Mr. Gross is a mem- ber of Lessig Lodge No. 557, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, also Columbia Post No. 708, Grand Army of the Republic.

SARGENT FIELD.

October 20, 1870, he married Miss Emma Schade, a native of New York, but of German parentage. They became the parents of three children, namely: Mamie, now Mrs. William

Falk, William H. and Flora. The family is con- nected with St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church, among the congregation of which each one is highly honored.

SARGENT FIELD.

ARGENT FIELD. Among the foremost of the citizens of our United States are those men who can relate a history reaching back to the time that their ancestors were among the early settlers of the colonies. They inherit stur- diness, ambition and love of country in almost every case. In removing westward in the early days of the western part of the country, they fur- ther proved their interest in the welfare and growth of the nation. Sargent Field could boast a lineage of which any man might be proud. From the fact that his father was born in the town of Sur- rey, New Hampshire, in 1765, is shown that his people were among the early pioneers of the col- onies.

Sargent Field was born June 25, 1802, in Peacham, Vermont, a son of Nathan and Hepzi- bah Field. His father removed to Peacham in 1788, and in 1794 became an active and valuable member of the Congregational Church in that section, with which body he was connected until his death. Nathan Field was a sincere Christian and endeavored to rear his children in the paths of right. His children were: Sargent; Ann Eliza, who married Milo Lodgett; Charles and Nathan, who lived in Neponset, Illinois. His wife died August 16, 1857, aged eighty years, and was buried in Hardwick. November 10, 1859,'his own death followed, after he had reached the remark- able age of ninety-four years and three months.

In 1856 Sargent Field, with his family, moved westward, remaining a short time in Chicago, but settling in Ashkum, Illinois. He conducted

a hotel in this town for one year, and subsequent- ly became a tiller of the soil near that town, and continued in this occupation until 1862, when he removed to Grand Crossing. He traded his farm to Paul Cornell for an acre and one-half of land lying between Cottage Grove and Drexel Ave- nues and making the southeast corner of Cottage Grove Avenue and Seventy-third Street. Mr. Cornell had removed a house from the corner of Sixtieth Street to this location, and a part of the house is still standing. This was the first resi- dence in this section.

Mr. Field was married May 14, 1829, in Hard- wick, Vermont, to Sarah Bailey, daughter of John and Abigail (Bailey) Cobb. She was born February 4, 1809, in Hardwick, and died Octo- ber 28, 1863, and was buried in Rosehill Cem- etery. The children of John Cobb were as fol- lows: Florilla, who married Paris Coates; Sarah, Mrs. Field; and Abigail, who married Charles Field. Florilla removed westward and lived in Chicago, and her son, Calvin Coates, is still in the city.

Mr. and Mrs. Sargent Field were the parents of five children: Charles Porter, the eldest, born April 21, 1831, married Miss Charity Elizabeth Hudson, and removed west three years before his father. He located in Chicago, but returned east and settled in Brooklyn in 1864. He had no children and died September 12, 1879, and was buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York. Orville Jenson Field, the second child of the man whose name heads this article,

CAPT. J. MACAULEY.

was born May 21, 1834, and married Cecelia Em- eline Orcutt. He settled in Chicago in 1863, died March 29, 1889, and his remains were interred in Oakwood Cemetery. His children are as fol- lows: William, who is in Chicago; Sarah Elvi- rah, Mabel and Louisa.

John Cobb Field, born May 26, 1839, married Sarah McCombie and came to Chicago with his father, Sargent Field. He removed to Kansas in 1871, returned to Chicago in 1893, and died March 2, 1894. His children are: Frederick, William and Minnie Estelle. Sarah Aurora Field was born January 7, 1842, in Peacham, Vermont, and was married November 3, 1864, to Charles Augustus Boughton. He was a son of William Boughton, of New Jersey, and was born July 13, 1841. The children of Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Boughton were named as follows: Anna Luella, Charles Herbert, Eugene, Helen Eliza,

Edna Aurora, who died at the age of four months; and Clifford LeRoy. Alvah Eugene Field was born November 6, 1849, and January 13, 1873, was married to Isabella Storms. The children of Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Field were: Arthur Sar- gent, Esther Aurora, Isabella Irene and Lily. Of these, the son, Arthur, is the only one living. A. E. Field is the proprietor of a grocery store at the corner of Seventy-third Street and Cottage Grove Avenue.

Sargent Field was a man of noble and refined character and was an influential and valued mem- ber of the Presbyterian Church. He was a strict upholder of the principles and interests of the Republican party and for eight years held the office of sheriff of Caledonia County, Vermont. He died July 11, 1863, and was buried in Rose- hill Cemetery. His loss was mourned by his many friends and relatives.

CAPT. JOHN MACAULEY.

APT. JOHN MACAULEY was born July 13, 1829, at Rathfriland, County Down, Ire- land, and was the second son of John Mac- auley, a carpenter and resident of [that town. His mother was Elizabeth, daughter of Patrick Brigham, a resident of Rathfriland, of Scottish ancestry.

John Macauley, senior, became convinced that the Western Hemisphere offered better induce- ments to industry than his native land, and in 1847 he came with his family to the United States, landing in New York May 22. He re- mained in that city until 1853, when he removed to Chicago, where both he and his wife died in 1860, the former surviving the latter only one day. One funeral served for both, and both were interred in the same grave at Graceland Ceme- tery. Each had attained the age of seventy-six

years. They were the parents of three sons and three daughters, namely: Mary Ann, Susannah, Margaret, George, John and William.

John Macauley, in common with his brothers and sisters, was educated in private schools in his native town, and he acquired the trade pursued by his father. This trade afforded him occupa- tion and a livelihood until the year 1858, when he was appointed a detective on the police force of the city of Chicago. He continued in this serv- ice twenty years, with the exception of a short period during the Civil War, when he was em- ployed in the secret service of the United States government in the south. In this arduous serv- ice he had many narrow escapes. On one occa- sion, while in pursuit of his duty in Kentucky, he was pursued by several mounted men and was shot at seven times, one bullet tearing a hole

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through his saddle. In 1878 he resigned from the police force and lived a life of quiet retire- ment until his demise, which occurred February 10, 1898. His body was deposited in Graceland Cemetery with Masonic honors. Rev. J. A. Rond- thaler, assisted by Rev. Dr. John Rusk, officiated at the funeral.

Mr. Macauley was made a Mason in 1863, in Kilwinnig Lodge No. 311, Chicago, and sub- sequently became a life member of that body. He was among the faithful members of the Ful- lerton Avenue Presbyterian Church and acted in political matters with the Republican party. He was a great lover of rifle shooting and was cap- tain of the Englewood and Lake View Rifle Clubs. Among his trophies were three gold medals, won in contests in marksmanship. In disposition, Mr. Macauley was very generous and he died as did the father of the Scottish bard, "owing no man a penny."

He was married on Wednesday, June 22, 1859, to Miss Emily A. Shrigley, in Chicago. Mrs. Macauley is a daughter of John and Emily (Knight) Shrigley. John Shrigley was an Eng-

lishman by birth, and came to America in his youth, locating in Chicago in 1832. One year later he was followed by his wife and five chil- dren, whom he had left in Vermont, where he was married. In the early history of Cook County he served as its sheriff and was keeper of the county jail. He died August 15, 1853, and his remains were buried in Graceland Ceme- tery. He was born November 22, 1802, in the parish of Saddleworth, Yorkshire, England. His wife, Emily Adaline Knight, was born May 7, 1801, in Dummerston, Windham County, Ver- mont, and was a daughter of Jonathan Knight, a paper and woolen manufacturer of Dummerston. Her mother, Emma Perry, was a relative of the famous commodore, whose exploits on the inland lakes won a proud portion of American history.

Mr. and Mrs. Macauley were the parents of three children: Rollin Parker, Emily Adaline and Harriet Mae. The son married Miss May Bullard, of Sterling, Illinois. They have three beautiful boys, John Chester, Julian Mannington and Kenneth Rich. Emily A. Macauley became the wife of Elmer Hill, of Chicago.

AUGUSTUS BAUER.

A UGUSTUS BAUER, an early resident of Chicago who was many years conspicuous in the business and social life of the city, was a native of Germany and received the thorough business training which is vouchsafed to every artisan in that country. He was born June 16, 1827, in Offenbach, near the capital city of Frankfort, and was a son of Jacob Bauer.

The father being a teacher, young Bauer had especially advantageous opportunities for obtain- ing an education, opportunities which he im- proved to the utmost, being industrious and apt as a student. After completing his school course,

he took up the study of architecture under a skillful tutor at Darmstadt, Germany, and became an adept in planning and conducting building operations.

Like many other ambitious citizens of his country, he turned his eyes toward the setting sun, in the hope of finding better opportunities for advancement than were afforded by the crowded condition of all lines of effort in the Old World. About 1852 he arrived in America, and spent two years in New York City. Here he shortly found employment in his profession, and was occupied in planning and directing the

W. H. CARMAN.

erection of the dome upon the famous Crystal Palace of that city, in which the first World's Fair was lield.

Again he moved westward, and arrived at Chicago in 1854, and here the balance of his life was spent. Shortly after his arrival he formed a partnership with Thomas B. Carter, a connection which continued for a period of twelve years. From 1867 to 1874 he was associated with Mr. Loebnitz. He was a heavy loser by the great fire of 1871, being extensively interested in local insurance companies, which were ruined by that catastrophe. He continued the industry which characterized his youth throughout his life, and executed many important labors in the city which was honored in being his home, ceasing only when his life terminated, February 8, 1894. The vault in the old Fidelity Building, which was constructed under his direction, withstood the terrible ordeal of the great fire and preserved the valuable papers it contained, a remarkable circumstance amidst the universal ruin of that time.

Mr. Bauer was a public-spirited citizen, and

nobly performed any duty to his fellow-citizens which devolved upon him. He was a consistent member of the Evangelical Lutheran Church, and exemplified the true Christian in his daily walks of life. Being actuated by high moral principles, he was universally respected and be- loved. He took an intelligent interest in the affairs of his adopted country and city but never sought public place for himself. He continued to support the political principles of the Republi- can party from the time he became a citizen of the United States, about the time that this party came into existence.

March 24, 1860, Mr. Bauer was married to Miss Anna Apel, a native of Berlin, Germany, and a daughter of John and Augusta Apel, who came to Chicago in 1849. Mr. Apel passed away in California, and his widow still resides in Chi- cago. Mr. and Mrs. Bauer became the parents of five children, namely: Max F., Herinan A., Robert A., Clara and Hertha, all of whom are now living, to be an aid and comfort to their widowed mother. The entire family is held in high esteem in the circles in which they move.

WILLIAM H. CARMAN.

been a resident of Chicago for nearly four decades, celebrated, with his faithful wife, the golden anniversary of their wedding, at their liome on Lincoln Avenue, April 19, 1898. Mr. Carman was born December 9, 1828, in New Brunswick, New Jersey, where his grandparents -Lewis and Catherine Carman-were highly re- spected residents. Lewis Carman was a slave- holder and was many years cashier of the Far- mers' and Mechanics' Bank of New Brunswick.

Abraham Voorhees Carman, father of the sub- ject of this sketch, was born November 18, 1805,

ILLIAM HENRY CARMAN, who has in New Brunswick, New Jersey, and was a school teacher in New York City from 1830 to 1845. During his leisure moments he pursued the study of dentistry, which profession he prac- ticed in the same city until his death, which oc- curred November 3, 1858, just before completing the fifty-third year of liis age. He was a men- ber of the Universalist Church and was buried in the Dutch Reformed Churchyard at New Bruns- wick. His wife, Ellen Oppie, mother of William H. Carman, was born May 14, 1806, in Borden1- town, New Jersey, was married to A. V. Carman September 7, 1826, and died February 7, 1864,

W. H. CARMAN.

while on a visit to her son in Chicago. Her re- mains were deposited in Graceland Cemetery.

The subject of this sketch attended the public school in his native town, in which his father was a teacher. In 1845 he took up the study of den- tistry with his father and subsequently practiced with him two years. He came to Chicago in 1860 and entered mercantile life as a clerk with John Ellis, commission merchant, located at No. 14 State Street, in whose service he continued three years.

In 1863 he was appointed on the city police force and continued in the police department suc- cessively as patrolman, custodian of stolen prop- erty, clerk and desk sergeant, until his retire- ment, October 26, 1897. He served under all chiefs of police from Cyrus Bradley to Joseph Kipley, during a period of thirty-four years, and participated in all the rougli experiences of the department in that time, including the great holocaust of 1871, and the anarchist riot of 1886. During the Civil War he was on duty under Isaac Milliken in the provost marshal's office, with Chief-of-Police C. P. Bradley, Mr. Carman's duty being the charge of permits granted to per- sons leaving the city.

He was on duty one month as inside guard over Confederate prisoners at Camp Douglas. After the war he was stationed at the armory, corner of Adams and Franklin Streets, taking care of returning soldiers. He assisted in the capture of Colonel Marmaduke and others concerned in the great Northwestern conspiracy, to liberate Confederate prisoners from Camp Douglas.

Mr. Carman was made a Mason in 1854, in Hope Lodge, New York City, was demitted in 1863, and affiliated with Kilwinnig Lodge No. 3II, of Chicago, in which he was elected a life member December 24, 1894.

April 19, 1848, Mr. Carman was married to Miss Sarah Elizabeth Jennings, the ceremony being conducted in New York City by Rev. W. S. Balslı. Mrs. Carman was born November 19, 1832, in Poughkeepsie, New York. Her father, Eli Jennings, was born January 22, 1805, near Bridgeport, Connecticut. He was a carpenter by trade and came to Chicago in 1857 from New

York City. He died liere November 8, 1876, and his remains were taken to Danbury, Con- necticut, and laid away in Wooster Cemetery. He was married May 23, 1826, at Danbury, Con- necticut, to Miss Almira Mallory, who was born February 2, 1808, and is still living, in August, 1898. She is a daughter of Ezra Mallory and Eliza Andrews-Mallory. May 23, 1876, her fif- tieth wedding anniversary was celebrated at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Carman, No. 191 Lincoln Avenue. On that occasion were present two of her children, ten grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Mr. Jennings survived this event a little less than six months.

Mr. and Mrs. Carman are the parents of three children. The eldest, Harriett Elizabeth, born in New York City, June 10, 1849, inarried Levi M. Peck, of Danbury, Connecticut, January 1, 1866. They have eight children: Lillian Starr, Will- iam Carman, Sarah, Eli, Edward Clayton, Charles Arthur, Walter Stanley and Mamie Alice. The eldest of these is now the wife of Miles Desbrow, of Danbury, Connecticut. The third married his brother, David Desbrow, and is the mother of one child, Phoebe.

Elmira Ellen Carman, born in Chicago No- vember 25, 1861, is the wife of James Thomson, of Rogers Park, Chicago. They have a son named Harry Carman. Frank, third child of William H. and Elizabeth Carman, born Decem- ber 8, 1866, inarried Mary Charlotte Austgen and has two children, William Austgen and Esther Catherine.

The golden wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Carman was a notable event in Chicago society. There were living on this occasion all of their children, eleven grandchildren and one great-grandchild. About two hundred of their friends and neighbors were present and the occa- sion was rendered especially notable by the pres- ence of Mrs. Carman's mother, whose golden wedding anniversary had been celebrated in the same house twenty-two years before. The prin- cipals in this joyful event bore every evidence of sound health, and it was difficult for those pres- ent to believe that the bride of fifty years ago is already a great-grandmother. When her eldest

E. D. SPOONER.

child was born there were living four of its grandfathers and six grandmothers-these, in- cluding two each of paternal ancestors, preceding the father and mother and three maternal ances- tors on each side. The day was celebrated after the fashion of an old "New England calling day" and visitors paid their respects in a steady stream from noon until midnight. Refreshments and

music aided in giving pleasure to the occasion, and all joined in the wish that many future anni- versaries might be thus celebrated. Numerous letters of regret were received from distant friends. Mr. and Mrs. Carman may well feel proud of the evidences of friendship and esteem vouchsafed to them in many ways at this notable festival.

EDMUND D. SPOONER.

3 DMUND D. SPOONER, who is senior vice national commander of the Union Veteran Legion, of Chicago, Illinois, is a native of Connersville, Indiana, where he was born Au- gust 9, 1843. He is a son of Judge William L. and Catherine (Smith) Spooner, natives of Cin- cinnati, Ohio. William L. Spooner was a son of Reed Spooner, born in Cincinnati, who came of a colonial family of New Bedford, Massachusetts. Judge W. L. Spooner was a pioneer in Cincinnati, and was a merchant in that city in the days of its early history. He was very successful in this venture. He studied law and was admitted to the bar, and for a period of thirty-five years practiced in the courts of Ohio and Indiana. He was elected judge of the court of common pleas of Hamilton County, and served one term. He was prominent in political affairs, a fine orator and a man of strong character and natural abilities.

He was deputy collector of internal revenue under President Lincoln's administration in Cin- cinnati, serving under his brother, Thomas Spooner, who was the first collector under this administration in the first district of Ohio. During the Morgan raid he raised a regiment, of which he became colonel, and served in Ken- tucky till after the scare was over. He support- ed Lincoln and after the organization of the Re- publican party upheld its principles and interests by his voice and vote. He married Catherine

Smith, daughter of John L. Smith, of Cincinnati, Ohio. She was a niece of Caleb B. Smith, Lincoln's secretary of the interior, and afterward judge of the United States court in the Indian- apolis district, who died suddenly, of hemorrhage, in his consultation rooms.

Judge Spooner was the father of seven children, of whom three daughters and two sons are still living. Mr. and Mrs. Spooner are both deceased. Edmund D. Spooner is the second of his father's family, and he was but two years old when his father removed from Connersville. He grew to manhood in Cincinnati and there received the preliminaries of his education. He subsequently entered a college near the city and had just en- tered the junior year when the war broke out, in 1861. He enlisted in the seventy-five thousand three-month call, April 19, 1861, in Company G, Fifth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and went in- to camp at Camp Denison. June 19 of the same year the regiment re-enlisted as a body in the call for three hundred thousand men for three years. He was sworn in as sergeant, but on July 5, 1861, received an appointment from President Lincoln as second lieutenant, to date from May 14, 1861, in the Fifth United States Artillery. He was discharged from the volunteer service at Camp Denison, to accept a position offered him by President Lincoln, and reported to his regiment at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. For two months

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he was located at that place and at Williamsport and New York City, in recruiting and organizing the regiment. He then reported to General Wood, at Baltimore, with his command, and un- til the fall of 1862 was, with his regiment, on duty guarding the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad from Baltimore to Monocacy Bridge, Maryland. This was an arduous and important duty and involved hardships and dangers. In the fall of 1862 he was ordered to report to Maj .- Gen. Robert H. Milroy, at Winchester, Virginia, with his com- mand. From this time until January, 1863, he was actively engaged in raiding the enemy's country, as far south as New Market, Virginia, in the Shenandoah Valley, taking part in many small engagements. June 13-14-15, 1863, they fought under General Milroy, witli a force of ten thousand men, against the rebel General Ewell's thirty thousand men. The Union troops were forced to retreat to Harper's Ferry, but on the night of June 15, 1863, they fought Ewell the second time and had a wild night's fight of it. At Harper's Ferry the company joined the Third Army Corps, commanded by Major-General French, and arrived in Gettysburg in time to partake in the excitement and bloodshed of the last days of this great battle. Lieutenant Spoon- er's company lost heavily in this battle and he had two horses killed under him. He was on detached duty for some time after this in the vicinity of Washington, District of Columbia.

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Album of genealogy and biograghy, Cook County, Illinois, 10th ed., Part 9

Author: Calumet Book & Engraving Company, Chicago, pub Publication date: 1898 Publisher: Chicago, Calumet book & engraving co Number of Pages: 916

Author: Calumet Book & Engraving Company, Chicago, pub
Publication date: 1898
Publisher: Chicago, Calumet book & engraving co
Number of Pages: 916