Album of genealogy and biography, Cook County, Illinois, 8th ed., Part 58

Author: Calumet Book & Engraving Company, Chicago
Publication date: 1897
Publisher: Chicago : Calumet Book and Engraving Co.
Number of Pages: 930

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In the fall of 1867, Mr. Haynes received the ap- pointment of principal of the public schools of Kan- sas, Edgar County, Illinois, and for a year filled that position in a creditable and acceptable man- ner. In May, 1868, he determined to enter the ministry, feeling that his services were needed in the cause of Christianity, and in June of that year he was ordained to the ministry by the churchies of Kansas and Eureka. In July he became the regular pastor of the churches of Kansas and Dud- ley, and did good work in both. During that time he also organized the church in Newman. In the fall of 1869, he entered the Bible College of Lex- ington, Kentucky, where he remained during the school year, and then returned to his former field in Edgar County. In July, 1872, he went to Prince Edward Island, where he spent one hun- dred and two days, during which time he delivered one hundred and five sermons and held a two-days public discussion with Rev. Mr. Melville, a min- ister of the Kirk and a graduate of Edinburgh Uni- versity. As a result several prominent members of the Kirk were converted and a strong and influ- ential church was organized at Montague Bridge, where the debate was held.

After his return from abroad, Mr. Haynes, in August, 1873, became pastor of the church in De- catur, Illinois, where he remained almost uninter- ruptedly until January, 1881. He found there a church of small membership, with little influence, and the services were held in a very dilapidated house. Undaunted by the obstacles in his path, with zeal and energy he began his labors there, and during his pastorate a commodious chapel was erected at a cost of over $7,000, the inemibership of both the Sunday-school and congregation was more than doubled, and the churchi was placed ou

a good working basis, becoming one of the lead- ing religious organizations in the city.

Soon after his removal to Decatur, Mr. Haynes was married. On the 20th of November, 1873, he was joined in wedlock with Miss Rose Frazier, the ceremony being performed near Paris, Illinois. Three children have been born to them, but Ruth, the eldest, died at the age of eighteen months. Rose, aged fifteen, and Ethel, ten years of age, are still at home.

On resigning the pastorate of tlie Decatur Church, Mr. Haynes entered upon his duties as State Evangelist, to which position he was elected by the Illinois Christian Missionary Convention on the Ist of January, 1881. He thus served un- til September 1, 1886, during which time the Permanent Fund of the society grew from less than $2,000 to $20,000, and it is now a source of constant income for the evangelistic work in the State. He traveled extensively all over Illinois, laboring untiringly, aiding missions, preaching the gospel, locating pastors, and performing all the labors that came to his hand which were calculated to ad- vance the cause of Christianity.

On the Ist of September, 1886, Mr. Haynes be- came pastor of the First Christian Church in Pe- oria, Illinois, where lie continued until the Ist of March, 1892. There again his labors were very successful and he left the church in a flourishing condition, its work being carried on systematically, while everything was in a harmonious condition. On the Ist of March, 1892, he accepted a call from the church of Englewood, where he has since con- tinned, winning the love and respect of his con- gregation and the esteem of all with whom he has been brought in contact, of whatever denomina- tion. He is an able writer and has long been a valued contributor to the Christian Evangelist, one of the leading papers of the denomination. His writings are clear, logical and to the point, and in every department of church work he has proven almost equally successful. As a teacher, evangelist, pastor, writer and superintendent of missionary operations, he has indeed shown him- self to be "a workman that needeth not to be ashamed."

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JOHN CHIPP

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JOHN CHIPP.

OHN CHIPP was born June 24, 1828, in Worcestershire, England, and was the son of Isaac and Martha (Lanning) Chipp. Isaac Chipp and his wife lived to the unusual age of more than eighty years; he died in 1868, at the age of eighty-six years, and his wife in 1872, at the age eighty-three years. Their children were: Elizabeth, Hannah, Richard, Obadiah, John, Isaac and Samuel. Samuel and Richard came. to America, where Samuel died, and Richard is still living on a farm in Du Page County, Illinois.

When he was thirteen years of age, John Chipp was apprenticed to a butcher, with whom he re- mained five years, and then, not liking his work, ran away to the Isle of Guernsey, where he con- ducted a business for himself six years, and there he was married in 1853. In 1854 he decided to come to America, and emigrated to Chicago, locating at what is now Blue Island Avenue and . Morgan Street, and he opened a meat market in stall No. 7, in the old West Side Market. He remained here doing business until the building was condemned, when he started a market on West Polk Street, near Blue Island Avenue, and later had a market on Jefferson Street, near Har- rison. His next venture was packing and ship- ping meat for the pinery trade. After some time spent in this way, he moved to Pike's Peak, at whichi place he started in business, buying about seven thousand dollars' worth of stock and opening a store in California Gulch. His busi- ness here was unprofitable, so he returned to Chi- cago at the end of eleven months, but did not remain long.

In the latter part of 1863 he again went to

California Gulch and opened a store with ten thousand dollars' worth of stock, and this venture was a success. In a year and a-half, however, he returned to Chicago, where he built three houses, one of which he occupied himself five years in the dry-goods business. He lived a re- tired life the next six years, and then built two stores at the corner of Sixteenth Street and Blue Island Avenue. He exchanged this property for two hundred and fifty-two acres of improved land in section 11, Virgil Township, Kane County, Illinois. The object of this was that he might live a retired life, having the farm culti- vated by a tenant.

Mr. Chipp was married February 20, 1853, to Miss Jane, daughter of Abraham and Jane (Wales) Crossland. She was born December 29, 1832, in the Isle of Guernsey. Her father, Abraham Crossland, was born in Leeds, and her mother, Jane Wales, was born in Kendall, Wales. John, the father of Abraham Crossland, was a silk weaver, and lived in Wales all his life. He married Elizabeth Wincupp, and their only chil- dren were Abraham and John. Mrs. Jane Cross- land's father, Williamn Wales, was a tanner, who came to America and located in Philadelphia, where he was accidentally killed by falling from a buggy. His wife was Jennie Riggs, and their children were John, William and Jane. Abra- ham Crossland died in 1862, at the age of seventy- seven years, and his wife, Jane, died in 1853, at the age of sixty-eight years. Their children were: John, Mary, Elizabeth, Louisa, Annie and Jane, Mrs. Chipp.

Mr. and Mrs. John Chipp became the parents

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of the following children: Martha Jane, born No- vember 20, 1854, in Guernsey; she married John Keating, living in Aurora until her death, January 11, 1897. (Her children are Lena, born July 20, 1886; Roy, June 17, 1887; and Edward, February 3, 1890.) James Harris, who was born in this city November 17, 1856, and died August 12, 1872; Vincent, born September 12, 1857, and died in December, 1867; Wales Lanning, born April 8, 1873, in Kane County, and is in busi- ness in the city.

Mr. Chipp died at his comfortable home on his farm in Kane County, February 9, 1888, and he was laid to rest in Rosehill Cemetery, Chicago. He united with the Masonic order in 1859, by becoming a member of Old Bigelow Lodge in Chicago. Subsequently he became a member of Ashland Lodge, and was buried under the

auspices of the Masons. In politics he was an ardent Republican. He was nominated for alder- man on the West Side, but did not accept the nomination. He was a worthy member of the English Church. Mr. Chipp's wife survives him, and she is a valuable citizen of Southi Chicago. She is a member of Lady Garfield Lodge, Order of the Eastern Star; of Charity Lodge, Daughters of Rebekah, and a valued member of Burnside Relief Corps. Since her husband's death she has very ably managed the business of his estate. Her son, Wales Lanning Chipp, and her nephew, George Dobin, have a large grocery business in South Chicago, which is conducted at tliree different stores. She has been an active business woman, showing great ability in the conduct of all her affairs, and she has won the admiration and esteem of the community.

JOSEPH A. SIMPIER.

OSEPH ASDRASE SIMPIER was born in Montreal, Canada, August 1, 1846. He is of French descent, and is the son of Amos and Sophia (Brothers) Simpier, natives of France. His grandfather, Amhern Simpier, was born in Paris, France, and was a watchmaker by trade. He traveled from place to place, making and re- pairing watches and clocks. In 1812 he emigra- ted to Canada and located at Montreal, where he died in 1862. His wife was Mary Robscheo, and they had three children, among them Amos Sim- pier, father of the subject of this notice.

Amos Simpier was born in Montreal and came to the United States in 1852, settling in Olean, New York. Here he remained one year and then returned to Canada, and lived there until 1867, when he again came to this country, and located at Chicago. He brought his family this time, and worked at his trade, shoemaking, in South

Chicago. He married Miss Sophia Brothers in Point de Tremble, Canada, and they had fourteen children, of whom Joseph A. is the eldest. Amos Simpier died in 1885, in South Chicago, at the age of sixty-four years, and his wife survives him and lives in this city.

Joseph Simpier was born in Montreal and learned the shoemaker's trade there when a youth. When he was twenty-one years of age, he went to Olean, New York. This country has always offered to young men of courage and ambition, a field for study or labor, where they can make good prog- ress in whatever line of work they follow. Wheth- er rich or poor, whether born of the aristocracy or of the common people, only those are able to rise who are fitted by intellect, energy, and firm- ness of character. Mr. Simpier remained at Olean nine years and was there engaged in business. In 1873, attracted by the wider field of opportuni-

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ties in the Great West, he came to Chicago. He Simpier died when they had been married only a bought a triangular lot in South Chicago, at the few years, and in 1883 Mr. Simpier married Mary O'Marro, daughter of Timothy O'Marro, and a native of Watertown, Wisconsin. They have two children living-Amos, aged twelve, and Laura, aged ten years. One child, Lulu, died at the age of two years. corner of Harbor and Mackinaw Avenues, and there built the liouse in which he lived until 1887. that year he bought a lot at No. 9142 Mackinaw Avenue, and built his present comfort- able home, where he still carries on the boot and shoe business. When Mr. Simpier first came to Chicago, he engaged successfully in the dry-goods business, and owned one of the largest stores in the city, which he sold out in 1891.

When he was only twenty years old, he married Mary Butcher, but they had no children. Mrs.

Mr. Simpier was reared in the Catholic faith, but never has been active in church matters. He is an upright, law-abiding citizen, and is inter- ested in all that concerns the welfare of his adopt- ed country. In politics he favors the Republican party, but has never cared for any office.

JOHN H. JONES, SR.

OHN HUGH JONES, Senior. This is a name that will readily be recognized in Chi- cago building circles as that of one of the most honorable and reliable contractors with which large building interests in the city have ever had occasion to deal. He was killed while superintending the construction of the plant of the North Chicago Rolling Mill Company in South Chicago, the circumstances attending his death being peculiarly sad and tragic.

His father, Hugh Jones, died October 19, 1893, in Llangfui, County Anglesea, North Wales, at the advanced age of eighty-four years. He was a farmer, and had a life lease of twenty acres of land, which he held, without rent, from his brother, Harry Jones.

John Hugh Jones, senior, was born March 28, 1831, in North Wales, and came to this country in 1849, in company with his brother Hugh. He settled at Rome, New York, where he remained one year, and then found work in Milwaukee, where he lived until 1862. He moved that year to Winona, Minnesota, where he followed the builders' trade for ten years. The year of the

big fire brought him to Chicago to engage in re- building the ruined city. He took up his resi- dence at No.227 Fulton Street, and devoted his last years to the gigantic work of reconstruction that the rapid growth of Chicago made necessary. He was a practical mason, and served as foreman in Milwaukee. In Winona he did independent contracting on an extensive scale, and was the principal partner of the building firm of Jones & Butler. In Chicago he built some of the most imposing buildings that were completed in the seventies, among them being the Hale-Ayer building, Orrin W. Potter's residence, as super- intendent of mason work for Carter Brothers, and Adolph Loeb's fine house on the North Side. He built the mill work for the Joseph H. Brown Com- pany at Irondale, and the D. K. Pierson block on North Clark and Schiller Streets. He put up the blast furnace at Irondale, and laid the first track for the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Rail- road that was put across Halsted Street. In a contracted sketch like this it is impossible to re- count all his varied activities and labors. But this is enough to show the manner of the mail

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and the bent of his disposition. He was capable and energetic, and not afraid of the largest un- dertakings.

Mr. Jones wedded Jane Thomas, in Waukesha, Wisconsin, December 18, 1856. She was a daughter of John William and Elizabeth (Jones) Thomas. Her father died April 13, 1894, at Waukesha, when over eighty-three. He was a farmer, and came from Wales to Wisconsin in 1849. He bought Government land, which he cultivated with much profit, and was a successful man. Elizabeth (Jones) Thomas died May 10, 1884, at the age of seventy-two. Her children are: Owen, who died at the age of eighteen; William, who is at Waterville, Wisconsin; Jane, who was born October 16, 1837; Ellen, Mrs. Howell Will- iams, of Delta, Pennsylvania; and Mary, who married William C. Jones, and lives in Waukesha.

To Mr. and Mrs. John Hugh Jones were born five children, of whom John Hugh was the eldest. His sketch appears elsewhere. William Owen was born July 15, 1860, and lives at No. 175 Seventy-third Place. He is doing a good commis- sion business. David Richard, whose sketch is in this work, was born June 12, 1863, and is deputy sheriff. Abraham Lincoln was born De- cember 3, 1865, and died January 1, 1870. Eliz- abeth Jane was born August 7, 1870, and married Martin Weightman, whose sketch forms a part of this work. Mr. Jones united with the Indepen- dent Order of Odd Fellows in Winona, and throughout his life was much interested in its welfare. He filled all its chairs and reflected credit upon the institution. He was a Presbyte- rian, and a Republican, but never held a public office.

CHARLES W. TRAVIS.

a HARLES WINFIELD TRAVIS, a promi- nent man among railroaders, was born April 25, 1849, in Fishkill Village, Dutchess County, New York. He is the son of Jeremiah Banker and Catharine (Bogardus) Travis, both of whom are native-born Americans. Richard, father of Jeremiah Travis, was a native of New York. His children were: John, Susan, Jere- miah and Nathaniel. Susan married Henry Slau- son, and is living at Dwight, Illinois. Jeremiah Travis was a stone mason and plasterer. He was foreman of repairs on the Chicago & Alton Rail- road fourteen years, and during the fifteen years preceding his deatlı he lived a retired life at his home, No. 134 Forty-third Place, Chicago. He died May 25, 1897, at the age of seventy-nine years. His wife, Catharine Bogardus, was born October 15, 1817, at Fishkill, and died June 8, 1884. She was the daughter of Abraham

Bogardus, whose children were: Catharine, John, Oliver, Frederick, Jeanette and Phœbe. Jere- miah Travis and his wife were the parents of the following children: Daniel, George, Martha, William, Alonzo, Richard, Mary, Charles, Jere- miah and Annie, the first five of whom are now dead.

Charles W. Travis removed with his parents to Dwight, Illinois, in 1855. In 1864 he left home to earn his own living, though then only fifteen years of age. At first he was a brakeman for the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne & Chicago Railroad, and was later employed in switching, and after some time was promoted to be a conductor. He was in the service of the Fort Wayne Road until 1870, and subsequently worked for the Chicago & Alton as a brakeman. Then he went back to the Fort Wayne Railroad, and continued with it until the strike of 1894, in the positions of brakeman

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and switchman, and finally as a conductor. In 1895 he engaged with the Calumet & Blue Island Railway, and is at present in the same serv- ice. Altogether he has worked about twenty years as a conductor, and he has iu that time made a good record for himself.

October 27, 1870, Mr. Travis married Frances Jane, daughter of Martin and Lejah (Graham) Berry. Mrs. Travis was born April 1, 1852, 01)

Polk Street, in Chicago. She is the mother of one child, Charles Edward Travis, born at Washing- ton, Illinois, June 20, 1872. Mr. Travis is a member of Renfrew Lodge No. 144, Inde- pendent Order of Odd Fellows, of Washington, Illinois. In political matters he supports the principles upheld by the Democratic party. He is a man who is esteemed by his fellow-workmen as an honest and reliable friend.

FRANK HENNEBOHLE.

RANK HENNEBOHLE, one of the most successful inventors of this country, and an expert mechanic, was born September 30, 1856, in the city of Ruethen, Westphalia, Ger- many. He is the son of Casper and Theresa (Tillman) Hennebohle, natives of Germany, and the first one of his family to come to America. He landed in New York, April 2, 1880, and went to Pittsburgh, where he worked a year for the Pittsburgh Locomotive Works, and afterward a year for the Mckinney Hinge Factory.

In 1882 he came to Chicago and worked in the Allen Paper Car-Wheel Works, at Pullman, six months. He worked four months in the city, and theu went to South Chicago, where he was employed by Fieldhouse, Dutcher & Belden, manufacturers of wrought-iron pipe, for a period of eight months. . From August, 1883, till 1889, he worked for the Illinois Steel Company, as head machinist. He then began business for himself, with his factory on Ontario Avenue near Ninety- first Street. He moved to his present location,. South Chicago and Erie Avenues, in July, 1894, and has since done business under his individual name.

He had been working at the machinist's trade since he was twelve years old, having then begun his apprenticeship of three and a-half years. This

was at the time of the Franco-Prussian War, when this business was very lucrative. From 1875 to 1878 he served as foreman for the Bochu- mer-Verein (manufacturers of steel rails and all kinds of railroad equipments, as well as cannon and other implements of war, such as steel pro- jectiles, etc.), located at Bochumer, Germany. Mr. Hennebolile has perfected and patented more than twenty-four inventions, including useful articles that are now in use throughout the world, and are manufactured exclusively by him at his plant in South Chicago. Among his later inventions may be mentioned the Air and Hy- draulic Compressor, in which not over five per cent. of the power in operating other similar ina- chines is used; and he has applied for a patent on this. The Hennebohle Rotary Engine is another late invention, and promises to be the only really successful engine of its kind ever placed on the market. He is the inventor and manufacturer of steam and hydraulic specialties, which include many steam and gas regulators.

His patents on the Automatic Stop Safety Valve and the Boiler Steam Check Valve, as well as the F. Hennebohle Noiseless Automatic New Relief Valve, cover the United States, England, Ger- many, Belgium, Austria and France, and he is destined to be made wealthy by the universal use

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of these valuable appliances. Many lives which have been lost in steam boiler explosions might have been saved, had the invention of Mr. Henne- bohle been in use on those boilers.

At the World's Columbian Exposition he re- ceived medals and diplomas, and he supplied many buildings at the Great Fair with machinery. He purchased from the German inventor, Custo- dis, the chimney exhibited by the latter at the Fair, and has it now in use on his factory at South Chicago. It is made of hollow bricks, in octagonal form, each brick being in dimension identical with the dimension of the chimney.

Mr. Hennebohle employs about thirty-five men, and gives to every part of the work his personal attention and supervision, understanding all that takes place within his factory. The building is at the corner of Erie and South Chicago Avenues, and is a two-story and basement building, sixty by one hundred feet in dimension. Mr. Henne- bohle is honorable in all his dealings, and is in- terested in any project for the improvement of the city.

November* 16, 1877, Mr. Hennebohle married

Miss Anna, daughter of Johann and Margaret Schildges. They have the following children: Martha, who was born December 24, 1878, and died when one year and nine months old; Henry, who was born March 28, 1880, and died at the age of one year and ten months; Frank, who was born April 4, 1882, and died when five months old; Theresa, wlio was born July 12, 1883; Elizabeth, who was born March 10, 1885; and Anna, who was born September 6, 1886; Mary, who was born July 13, 1888; and Katharina, who was born November 4, 1890. Besides these children he is rearing five children of his brother, who are or- phans. Their names are: William, who was born January 13, 1879; Frank, born February 19, 1885; Emil, born December 9, 1887; Mar- garita, born July 10, 1891 ; and John, born Sep- tember 15, 1892. Mr. Hennebohle is a member of Branch No. 317, Catholic Knights of America, and also of the German Catholic Central Society of America, under the Catholic Church. In poli- tics he is a Democrat. He is prominent among the citizens of South Chicago, among whom he has many friends and admirers.

EDWARD NOMMENSEN.

DWARD NOMMENSEN was born August 6, 1832, in the village of Klickspiel, Thun- den, Germany, and died Marclı 27, 1893, at his family residence in Chicago. . His parents were John and Margareta (Marcelon) Nommen- sen, and in their home he remained untif he reached the estate of manhood. He was united in marriage in the old country to Mary An- derson, a daughter of John and Christina (Broder- son) Anderson. She was born November 20, 1835, in Teck, Germany, and before the fainily came to America was the mother of several chil- dren. They reachied South Chicago in May, 1870,

bringing with them their children, Christina, Laura, Mary, Jolin and Edward. The husband and father was a horse dealer in Germany, but on coming to this country did whatever came to his hand until he was wonted to the ways and ac- quainted with the language of the country. In1 1892 he bought property at No. 603 Ninety- seventh Street, and built a house there. He was very active in helping to rebuild the city after the great fire.

Mr. and Mrs. Nommensen were the parents of eight children, whose history is here briefly given: Christina was born July 25, 1859, married

JOSEPH PECHER.

Andrew Hansen, an engineer in the employment of the Illinois Steel Company, and lives on Hous- ton Avenue. Laura, born April 25, 1861, married William Martz, an engineer for the Illinois Steel Company, and lives at No. 8723 Exchange Ave- nue. Mary, born November 29, 1863, married Marcus Hansen, and is a widow, with a home on Exchange Avenue, just north of her sister Laura. John, born October 28, 1866, an engineer, in the employ of the Illinois Steel Company, wedded Mary Tiege, and lives at No. 8906 Superior Avenue. Ed- ward, born August 25, 1869, married Lena Schim- kie, and has his home at No. 8729 Houston Avenue. All these children are of German na- tivity. Anthony, born September 23, 1872, is an engineer and a skilled workman in the Illinois Steel Company's works. He served under Will- iam Gillice, master mechanic in the bessemer de- partinent, eight years. He attended the South Chicago schools, and is a man of much character and genuine worth. Andrew, born December 19, 1874, a native of South Chicago, is a house paint- er, lives at home and works by the day. August was born June 20, 1877, at the family liomestead, and is employed by the Illinois Steel Company as fireman, a position that he has held three years.

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Album of genealogy and biography, Cook County, Illinois, 8th ed., Part 58

Author: Calumet Book & Engraving Company, Chicago Publication date: 1897 Publisher: Chicago : Calumet Book and Engraving Co. Number of Pages: 930

Author: Calumet Book & Engraving Company, Chicago
Publication date: 1897
Publisher: Chicago : Calumet Book and Engraving Co.
Number of Pages: 930