Album of genealogy and biography, Cook County, Illinois, 8th ed., Part 87

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

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Mr. Kennedy has always been a Democrat in political principles, but takes little interest in practical politics. He was one of the first judges of election under the Australian ballot system, in his precinct, and has since been several times appointed in the same capacity. In the campaign of 1896, believing that the business interests of the nation could be best promoted by that course, he supported Major Mckinley for the office of President.

HIRAM I. HOWLAND.

IRAM ISBUN HOWLAND, a retired citi- zen of Chicago, who has borne no incon- siderable part in promoting the growth and development of that great western metropolis, is a native of Erie County, New York, born February 3, 1818. He is a descendant of an old New Eng- land family, being a son of Isbun and Sylvia (Smith) Howland. His mother was a native of the same state as himself, and the father was born in New Bedford, Massachusetts.

The Howland family was founded in America by John Howland, one of the little band who left their native land in the quest of religious freedom, and came on the good ship Mayflower, to Ply- mouth, Massachusetts, in 1620. Isbun Howland was a soldier in the War of 1812. He had three sons and four daughters, all of whom are now de- ceased except Hiram I. and James Howland. In 1845, the family removed from New York to Ing- ham County, Michigan, where all but the two sons above named passed away.

Hiram I. Howland was educated in the com-

mon schools of Erie County, New York, and passed the intervals of his youth, when not in school, upon his father's farm. He became a resi- dent of Illinois in 1845, and located on a farm near Wheaton, Du Page County. He remained there but a short time and was employed for two years in a distillery at Batavia, Kane County. Thence he went to Elgin and continued in the same business.

In 1850 he came to Chicago, and was twelve years employed by Crosby & Company, distillers. In 1862 he established a distillery business of his own on Indiana Street, where for nine years he conducted a prosperous business. This was ter- minated by the great fire of 1871, which swept away nearly his entire possessions. He was en- abled to collect from the Aetna Insurance Com- pany the sum of twelve hundred dollars, which was all that he saved from total loss. He now en- tered the service of George Burrows & Company, who conducted a distillery, and for ten years was numbered among their faithful and efficient assist-

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ants. For the past fifteen years he has been re- tired, and enjoys in quiet contentment the savings accumulated by many years of industry and pru- dent management.

In 1850 he was married to Miss Diana M. Levens, who bore him two children, who, with the mother, are now deceased. Mr. Howland was identified with the Whig party in early life,

and joined the ranks of the Republican party when that organization was first formed, and of which he has ever since been a faithful adherent. He was made a Mason in Lincoln Park Lodge No. 611, many years ago, and has endeavored to practice the benevolent principles inculcated by that order in all his intercourse with his fellow- men.

THOMAS A. FOLEY.

HOMAS AMBROSE FOLEY, police jus- tice at the Seventh District Police Court, South Chicago, was born May 2, 1857, near Maple Grove, Wisconsin, and is a son of Thomas and Bridget (Keeley) Foley. His grandfather, Dennis Foley, was a farmer in Ireland, and was the father of eight children, only one of whom, Thomas, emigrated to America.

Thomas Foley was born in Tipperary County, Ireland, and reared in County Clare, and emi- grated to America at the age of eighteen years. While in Ireland he was employed at farm labor, and when he came to America he first located in Philadelphia, where he found employment in a grocery store. Later he lived in Morristown, and in 1855 removed to Wisconsin and took up land in Brown County, for which he paid the Government fifty cents per acre. This land was in Morrison township, where he was one of the earliest settlers. After a few years he engaged in buying and selling live stock. He removed to Chicago in 1889, and has remained here since, now living with his son. He is now (1897) eighty years old. His wife was born in County Clare, Ireland, and emigrated in the same year as her husband. She died in 1883, at the age of fifty- eight years. They were the parents of the fol- lowing-named children: Dennis, Thomas A. (subject of this article), John, Michael, Martin and Margaret.

Thomas Ambrose Foley attended school in

Wisconsin until he was twelve years old, and then left home to become a porter on the steamer Muskegon, of the Goodrich line. He came to Chicago soon after, where he was for a time. engaged in cleaning brick on the marine hospital. He then returned to Wisconsin, where he worked at farm labor in the summer time, and at luniber- ing in the winter. In 1879 he returned to Chicago and found employment in shoveling grain. In 1880 he began work for the Michigan Central Railroad Company, where he spent a short time as a repair man, and then became inspector in the stock yards .- In September, 1880, he took the position of foreman of car repairs at Kensington, for the Michigan Central Railroad Company, which position he held ten years.

In 1881, realizing the advantages he would have if he possessed a more liberal education, he attended night school at Pullman. He continued this three years, and took, among other studies, lessons in elocution and oratory. In this he was encouraged and assisted by his wife and by Mr. J. H. Suyder, now Superintendent of the Western Division of the Michigan Central. His tastes had always inclined toward law, and while in Chapin's book-store one day, he met Judge Bailey, who was about to establish the Chicago School of Law. As a result of this meeting, he entered the school in 1889 and in 1891 received the certificate which admitted him to the bar.

At the time of his graduation he was made

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Justice of the Peace, with an office at Kensington. He took a post-graduate course at the Chicago College of Law, and in June, 1895, received the degree of Bachelor of Law. He practiced at Ken- sington until February, 1894, and then removed to South Chicago where he continued as a justice, and had an office in the Commercial Block.

In June, 1895, Mr. Foley, in company with Frank Foster, began a partnership under the firm name of Foley & Foster, with offices at No. 9249 South Chicago Avenue. On the fol- lowing June this partnership was dissolved, and Mr. Foley has continued to practice under his own name since, with offices as before.

Mr. Foley was formerly a supporter of the Re- publican party, and his first presidential vote was cast for James A. Garfield. His political views and career were changed by a series of articles which appeared in the Chicago Times, advocating free trade and attacking protection. Since that time he has agreed with the views held by the Demo- cratic party. He gave his support to Carter Harrison, Senior, when he was candidate for

Mayor, and has been quite active in political campaigns, and began "stumping" for his party in 1890. He was requested by the State coni- mittee to make a tour of the State, but lie declined the invitation. He has never received any com- pensation for political work, and during the hard- fought campaign of 1896 he made nearly as inany speeches as Mr. Bryan. He was given his present position April 27, 1897.

In November, 1884, Mr. Foley married Miss Julia Sullivan, daughter of Owen Sullivan, of Kensington, formerly of Kankakee, and now in the employ of the Illinois Central Railroad Con- pany. Mr. and Mrs. Foley have four children, namely: Anna, Mary, Lenore, and Zoe. Mr. Foley is a member of Tribe No. 102, Improved Order of Red Men. The tribe has lapsed, but Mr. Foley is still in good standing. He belongs to Division No. 9, Ancient Order of Hibernians; to the Catholic Mutual Benefit Association, to the Catholic Order of Foresters, and is connected with Council No. 335, National Union. He is a man of social habits and has many firm friends.

THOMAS A. TURNER.

HOMAS ANDREW TURNER, the third son of John and Sarah ( Patterson) Turner, was born September 23, 1853, in Chicago. His early education was received in the public schools of Chicago, and he remained at home until he had attained his majority, assisting his father in the duties attending his business from the time when he was old enough. In 1876 and 1877 he was employed in the office of the Chicago Gas Light and Coke Company as a clerk.

Mr. Turner decided to try his fortune in the West, and in 1883 removed to South Dakota and took a Government claim of one hundred sixty

acres of land, to which he added by purchase a second quarter-section. He engaged in farming, which he continued six years, with good success.

November 18, 1883, Mr. Turner married Fannie Bell, daughter of John L. and Frances B. (Ken- dall) Wilkins, of Chicago. This marriage cere- mony was the first ever performed in Edmonds County, South Dakota, taking place at Ipswich. The parents of Mrs. Turner were natives of Pike County, New York, and their families were early settlers of Waukegan, Lake County, Illinois, where Mrs. Turner was born. Her maternal grandfather built the first farmhouse in that

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county, and kept the first hotel. She had been formerly married to Mr. D. H. Hard, and has one son named Merril Wilkins Hard. Mr. and Mrs. Turner are the parents of two sons, namely: William Patterson, and Chester Kendall.

In 1889 the family returned from Dakota, and located in Ravenswood, where, in 1894, Mr. Turner built a beautiful residence at No. 518 Ad- dison Street, which they have occupied since that

time. Since his return from Dakota, Mr. Turner has served three years as a member of the Chicago Fire Department. He now enjoys a life of re- tirement from business cares and worries. The family is connected with the Methodist Episcopal Church of which Mrs. Turner is a member. In politics Mr. Turner is a Republican. and though he has never held any public office, he is a stanch supporter of the principles of his party.

NICHOLAS OLSON.

ICHOLAS OLSON, whose life abounds in adventure by sea, is now a resident of South Chicago and is held in the highest respect and esteem by the residents of that former sub- urb. He was born October 30, 1843, on the Island of Oroust, Sweden, and is a son of Olof and . Johanna (Nelson) Johnson. His parents lived out their days in Sweden, the mother dying in 1876 and the father in 1883. One of their sons and three daughters live in Sweden, and three sons came to America. One of these, Martin Olson, arrived in December, 1869, and died in Chicago in September, 1872. Adolph Olson came here in April, 1871, and now resides on Wallace Street.

Nicholas Olson began the life of a sailor at the age of eighteen years, going before the mast on the Swedish schooner "William," which sailed between Guttenberg and England. He followed the ocean many years, visiting various parts of the globe, and sailing on many ships. Among these and their voyages may be mentioned: The brig "Brilliant," which sailed between England and Sweden; a Scotch schooner which sailed from Hamburg to Dantzig, Prussia, and to Hull, Eng- land; an American ship to Shields, England; the Norweigan ship "Brederne," which went to Genoa, Italy, and to Sicily, where it took on a

cargo of salt for Stavanger, Norway; a Swedish schooner, in which he reached London, England; here he shipped on an American vessel, ou which he sailed to Melbourne, Australia, and Callao, Peru, and back to London, whence he went by rail to Cardiff, Wales, and shipped on an English ship which visited Barcelona, Spain, and Con- stantinople, Turkey; next he took service on a steamer which carried him back to London, then to Malta, and Alexandria, Egypt, and again to London; thence he sailed to Guttenberg, Sweden, and paid a visit of three months to his parents at Oroust; he then went with a Norwegian brig to Antwerp, Belgium, from there to Sundvald, Sweden, and once more to London.

On the fourteenth of December, 1868, Mr. Olson set out from London for America, ou a sail- ing-vessel, and this voyage ended his career on the ocean. It was a long one, and the supply of water and provisions became so low before it was ended as to cause severe suffering to passengers and crew. Arriving in Philadelphia March 24, 1869, Mr. Olson reached Chicago May 3, of the same year. He was still fond of a life on the water, and spent the sailing seasons of that year and the next on the schooner "Mary Ann," ply- ing between Chicago, Cleveland and Detroit.

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In 1871 he was engaged as night watchman at the planing-mill of Palmer & Fuller, where he remained three and one-half years. His love of a sailor's life led him to resign this position and again go on the lakes, but he retired permanently from the water in 1882. His record for faithfulness and attention to every detail of his work is of the best, and the citizens of Chicago are proud to reckon among their number one who has served so long and faithfully, and traversed the paths of the sea around the world. His presence on a vessel always seemed an omen of good luck, as no life was ever lost on any ship with which he was at the time connected. Accidents often hap- pened just before or just after his association with a vessel, but never while he was a member of its crew.

In 1882 Mr. Olson began contracting for hand- ling lumber cargoes in Chicago, and was thus en- gaged two years. April 18, 1884, he settled in Sonth Chicago, and at once proceeded to organ- ize a union of lumber unloaders, by which he was authorized to make contracts. He subsequently entered the service of the Hedstrom Coal Com- pany, and has acted as its foreman during the last two years.

Mr. Olson resides at No. 9650 Avenne L, and has been twenty-four years an agent for the sale

of steamship and railroad tickets. He is prepared to furnish transportation to Europe to any one who may desire, and conducts an honorable and straightforward business. The esteem in which he is held is shown by the following testimonial from the management of the International Navi- gation Company which operates the "Red Star Line" of steamers on the Atlantic:

"To whom it may concern :-

"This is to certify that Mr. Nick Olson, of South Chicago, has acted as agent for the sale of steamship tickets for us during the past twenty- four years, and that we have always known him to be straightforward, honest, and an upright man, and cheerfully recommend him to whoever de- sires to employ him."

May 29, 1878, Mr. Olson was married to Miss Wilhelmina Johnson, a native of Sweden. They have the following children living: Oscar Albert, Gustav, Maurits Leonard, Johanna, Laura Eliza- beth, Herbert Jonas and David Emanuel. One child, Albert Emanuel, died in 1884, when only three weeks old. Mr. Olson has been four years a deacon in the Swedish Lutheran Bethesda Church, of South Chicago, with which his family is identified. In politics he is a Repub- lican, and has served two terms as judge of elec- tion.

TIMOTHY COUGHLIN.

IMOTHY COUGHLIN was born August 15, 1834, in County Cork, Ireland, and is a son of John and Hannah ( Burke) Coughlin, natives of that country. John Coughlin and his wife were parents of the following children: Michael, John, Timothy (the subject of this 110- tice), Cornelius and Jeremiah. All save Timothy and Cornelius are now deceased. John Coughlin died in 1847, and his widow, with five children, emigrated to America. They landed in Montreal,

where they spent three weeks, and then removed to Burlington, Vermont, where they remained five months, going thence to Boston. Cornelius Coughlin was a soldier in the Civil War, and is now an inmate of the Soldiers' Home at Washing- ton.

Timothy Coughlin remained in Boston until 1858, being engaged in general labor. In that year he went to Valparaiso, Indiana, and entered the service of the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne &

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Chicago Railroad Company, being part of the time foreman of a section. July. 15, 1872, he- came to South Chicago, and in 1874 entered the employ of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Com- pany, taking charge of the transportation as watchman. He has been in this service since that time, being employed in various depart- ments. Mr. Coughlin bought land at No. 8839 Superior Avenue, and built a residence there, which he has occupied since. He also owns a lot adjoining this.

In 1852 Mr. Coughlin married Miss Hannah Donahoe, and they had seven children, namely: Hannah, Mamie, Julia, Nellie, Maggie, John and Elizabeth. The second, third and fourth are deceased, and Mrs. Coughlin died in 1889. Mr. Coughlin is a man of great ability in his line of work, and has always given his employers good satisfaction. He won his way in a strange coun- try, and did this by his own efforts and persever- ance. He is recognized as a man of good habits and a valuable citizen.

DR. MARTHA A. BOWERMAN.

12 R. MARTHA ALMINA BOWERMAN was born March 27, 1841, in Bergen, Gen- esee County, New York. Her parents, Porter and Sarah Ann (Knapp) Brink, removed to Churchville, New York, when she was an in- fant, and resided there a number of years. When she was six years old they removed to Wisconsin, settling first in Lake Mills, where they lived a few years; then located in Neenah, where they spent three years, and subsequently made their home in Ripon, Wisconsin. Porter Brink was named after Commodore Porter, famous in the War of 1812, and he was an active and enter- prising citizen. His ability as a builder was rec- ognized by the Government during the war, and he was put in charge of General Sherman's Con- struction Corps of the Army of the Tennessee, in which position he rendered valuable services. He stood beside General Sherman, when the latter gave the command to burn Atlanta, before his famous March to the Sea. He built many build- ings in Ripon, Wisconsin, the college buildings being among them. Mr. Brink died December 20, 1876, in Los Angeles, California, at the age of sixty-two years. His widow, now in her eightieth year, is living with her only remain-

ing daughter, Mrs. Sarah D. Oaks, on North Horseman Street, Rockford, Illinois.

Martha A. Brink received most of her education in the schools of Ripon, and attended the college, then known as the Brockway College. She was the oldest of five children, and much of the care of the younger ones fell to her lot. She was a . bright student and made rapid progress in her studies at Ripon College, and would have gradu- ated in 1861 had not the war closed the school. In the spring of 1861 she became the wife of Nelson Bowerman, editor of the Ripon Times, now Commonwealth. Four years after their mar- riage Mr. Bowerman made his residence at Madi- son, Wisconsin, where for a period of twelve years he was connected with the Wisconsin State Journal.

In the fall of 1878 Mrs. Bowerman determined to carry out a long-cherished ambition, and re- moved to Chicago. Upon her arrival she began at once the study of medicine. Since her girl- hood she had wished to do this, and had secretly resolved to carry her plan into execution some day. Though she had but limited means at her command, she entered into her work with great energy under the preceptorship of President A.

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E. Small, and three years later she graduated in the class of 1882 from Hahnemann Homeopathic Medical College. After receiving her diploma, she began to practice her profession, on Oakwood Boulevard, in which she won the admiration, trust and affection of her patients and fellow- practitioners. She became identified with the American Institute of Homeopathy, the Illinois Homeopathic Medical Association, the Woman's Homeopathic Medical Society, of Chicago, and the Clinical Society of Hahnemann Hospital. She said, "Whatever success I have attained has been achieved by a stubbornly contested fight against adverse circumstances." July 31, 1897, she passed away at her home, 3948 Cottage Grove Avenue, and her remains repose in a beautiful lot in Oakwood Cemetery.

Nelson Bowerman was born June 12, 1838, in Bloomfield, Prince Edward County, Ontario, and is a son of Josiah and Sarah ( Brewer) Bowerman, the former a native of Massachusetts and the latter of the State of New York. The family can trace its ancestry back to the early Massachusetts colonies shortly after the coming of the Pilgrims in 1620. The Brewer family is of Holland origin. Nelson Bowerman was educated in the schools of Canada, and later at Brockway College, Ripon, · Wisconsin. In 1860 he entered the field of liter- ature, by securing an interest in the Ripon Times, of which he became publisher and editor. He lived in that city until May, 1864, when he en-

tered the army as First Sergeant of Company B, Forty-first Wisconsin Volunteers, Army of the Tennessee.

Mr. Bowerman remained with the army until his regiment was mustered out, in October, 1864. He returned to Wisconsin after the war, and served one year on the Milwaukee Sentinel, after which he was employed on the Madison State Jour- nal twelve years. He has shown great ability in his work, and for nearly twenty years has been employed on the Chicago Tribune. He is an ar- dent supporter of the Republican party, his first presidential vote having been cast for Abraham Lincoln, in 1860.

Mr. Bowerman has always been a popular man socially, and is a member of many societies. He was made a Master Mason in 1873, in Madison Lodge No. 5, Madison, Wisconsin, and is now a member of Landmark Lodge No. 422, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons. He belonged to Hope Lodge No. 17, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and was an active worker in Capital Lodge No. 1, Independent Order of Good Tem- plars. He is a comrade of U. S. Grant Post No. 28, Grand Army of the Republic; is a member of Press Council No. 71, National Union, and an ac- tive member of No. 16, Chicago Typographical Union. He has a genial manner, and is a good conversationalist, a man whom it is a pleasure to know, and his acquaintance and friendship are highly valued by those who know him.

ISAAC D. KINNE.

SAAC DUDLEY KINNE was born August 10, 1820, in Hannibal, Oswego County, New York, and is a son of Isaac and Lydia (Dud -. ₹ ley) Kinne, the former from Dutchess County, New York, and the latter a native of Shaftsbury,

Vermont. The Kinne family was founded in Rhode Island some time during the seventeenth century, and is of Scoth-Irish origin. Elijah Kinne, the great-grandfather of the subject of this article, served in the War for Independence,

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as did also liis son, Elijah, who crossed the Dela- ware River with General Washington, at Trenton. A pair of moccasins which he wore on that memorable occasion is still carefully preserved by the family. Elijah Kinne was a captain, and he died in Ovid, Seneca County, New York, about 1830.

Isaac Kinne was a soldier in the War of 1812. He was married twice, his first wife being Lois Seely, who bore him one daughter, Orpha, who died in 1850. For his second wife he married Lydia Dudley, of English origin, and a member of one of the oldest New England families. She was a descendant of Lord Dudley and a daughter of John Dudley, her mother's maiden name being Miner. She was one of a large family of children, all of whom lived to old age. Isaac Kinne and his second wife became the parents of five daughters and two sons.

In 1832, with his family, he removed from New York to Ohio, settling in Lucas County, where they spent two years on a farm, and then came farther west and settled at what was then known as Meecham's Grove, in Cook County. After the division of the county it became a part of Du Page County, and is now situated in Addi- son Township. On his arrival Mr. Kinne took a claim of one hundred acres, which he bought from the Government when it was placed upon the market, and he continued the cultivation of this farm until his death, in 1849. His wife died in 1876, at the venerable age of nearly ninety-six years. Their children were: Elijah, who con- ducted the farm at Bloomingdale, Du Page County, several years, and now resides at Kansas City, Missouri; Lois, who married Alanson Watson, and lives in Kansas with her daughter; Lydia, who married James Vint, and died in Iowa; Clarissa, who is dead; Mariette, deceased; Isaac Dudley, whose name lieads this biography; and Miranda, the widow of James Shaw, who resides at No. 1449 Fulton Street, Chicago.

Isaac Dudley Kinne was reared on the frontier and had but a limited chance for education, hav- ing attended the public school only three months after coming to Cook County, and while in New York he was able to attend school only a few

days. He is almost entirely self-educated, and has made the most of his opportunities. In his boyhood he studied reading and writing at home in the evening, by the light of a hickory bark fire. He formed habits of reading, which he has cultivated until he is a well-informed man on all subjects of general interest. He was reared to farming and stock raising and has made this his life-work. Since the age of fifteen years he has been self-supporting. At the age of sixteen he made a claim to one hundred sixty acres of prairie land in Addison Township, which he afterward bought. He improved it and for many years cultivated it. He also bought twenty-two acres of timber.

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Album of genealogy and biography, Cook County, Illinois, 8th ed., Part 87

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