Album of genealogy and biography, Cook County, Illinois, 8th ed., Part 93

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

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At the close of his service he visited home, and then spent some time in traveling, stopping wherever he found employment. He spent four years in Kansas, and then returned home, after

which he spent two years at a blast furnace at Moselle, Missouri. He came to Cummings (now the city of Chicago) in August, 1883, and found employment in mills, part of the time as engineer. He then worked in the shops of the Nickel Plate Railroad. In 1890 he found employment in the Morden Frog Works, South Chicago, as machin- ist, and two years later was installed as engineer, and since that time has filled that position without losing a single day's time, except one week 011 account of illness. His industry and integrity are recognized by all who know him, and he is regarded as a patriotic and valuable citizen. He · is connected with A. E. Burnside Post, No. 109, Grand Army of the Republic, and is held in higlı esteem by the members of this organization. He gives his political support to the Republican party. The family attends the Methodist Church.

November 30, 1875, Mr. Stewart married Susan Frances Witt, daughter of William Witt, of Missouri. They became the parents of the fol- lowing children: Arthur Wesley, Frank Elmer, Annie Loretta, Jessie, Adda May and Claude Henry. Mrs. Stewart died January 29, 1890, at the age of thirty-one years.

JOHN WINSTON.

OHN WINSTON, a citizen of South Chi- cago, was born January 13, 1841, in Brecken- shire, England, and is a son of John and Elizabeth` (Harris) Winston. His education was very limited, as he was able to attend school only until he reached the age of fourteen years. He was then employed as a stone cutter, and for twenty-two years he followed this occupation. He remained in his native country until he was forty years of age, and then determined to emi- grate to the United States. He sailed to New York in 1883, reaching that city in April, and

came direct to Chicago. He spent ten and one-half years at caging in a furnace of the Illinois Steel Company, and then became a fireman in the boiler house of the same establishment. At present he is employed in the same department, where crude petroleum is used for fuel, his duties involving the care of the boiler flues.

I11 1886 he bought a lot at No. 8924 Superior Avenue, and has since built himself a comfort- able residence there, which is now occupied by tlie family.

March 10, 1874, he married Mrs. Elizabeth

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Jones, widow of John Jones, and a daughter of John and Elizabeth (Hardwick) Williams. She was born in Herefordshire, South England, Jan- uary 28, 1835. Mr. and Mrs. Winston have the following-named children: Alfred John and Ronwyn Elizabeth (twins), Breeza Annie and William. Mrs. Winston has two sons and a daughter by her first marriage. George Jones, the eldest of these, is assistant superintendent of the furnace department of the Illinois Steel Con-

pany. Evan, the second, resides on Eighty-ninth Street; and Sarah is the wife of Walter Ander- son, also a resident of South Chicago. Mr. Winston is an energetic and progressive citizen, and enjoys the confidence and esteem of his many friends and acquaintances. He is a member of the Sons of St. George. He began life in a hum- ble position, but has steadily improved his oppor- tunities, and has used every means of progress open to him.

CLAUS H. SAUER.

LAUS HENRY SAUER was born on the 20th of October, 1842, in Winkeldorf, Hanover, Germany, and is a son of John Adam and Mary (Detels) Sauer, natives of that country. John A. Sauer was married twice. He and his first wife had four children, namely: Peter, John, Jacob and John Henry. He had six children by his second marriage, namely: Katrina, Herman, Gersche, Claus Henry (the subject of this sketch), Heinrich and Frederich Wilhelm. Peter and Jacob were the first of the family to emigrate to the new world. They landed in New York, living there for a time, and then Peter removed to Wabasha County, Min- nesota, where he still lives, at the age of eighty years. Jacob lives at Reed's Landing, in the same county. John came next, and is now living in the State of Washington. John Henry also came to this country, and is residing in Minnesota. Katrina is a resident of Hamburg; Herman is in New Zealand, and Heinrich is now postmaster in Gibbon, Minnesota.

Claus Henry Sauer came to America a year after his brother Heinrich. He removed first to

London, England, where he met Heinrich, and both found employment in sugar factories, gas houses, and at the trade of blacksmith, which Claus had learned in his native country. They next came to Canada, reaching Quebec in May, 1870. Claus proceeded to Chicago, and located first on Huron Street, where he lived a year and a-half. He lived next on Chicago Avenue, and later on Milwaukee Avenue. Mr. Sauer was engaged in working at his trade on his arrival in Chicago, following it most of the time since.

In May, 1875, Mr. Sauer moved to South Chi- cago, which has been his place of residence till the present time. In the fall of 1883 he bought a lot at No. 8804 Buffalo Avenue, and built a house the following spring, which he now occu- pies. For seven years he was engaged at his trade in a mill, and then he worked for black- smiths. At present he is in the employ of the Standard Oil Company at his trade, in Whiting, Indiana.

February 14, 1872, Mr. Sauer married Miss Susanna Haab, daughter of William and Susanna (Baer) Haab. She was born September 20,

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1842, in Zurich, Switzerland, and emigrated to America in 1866 with her brother Wilhelm, who is living in New York City. Her brother Henry came to the United States later, and he, too, resides in New York. Mrs. Sauer removed to Racine, Wisconsin, where she lived until her marriage, coming to Chicago on her wedding day. Mr. and Mrs. Sauer had five children,

namely: William, George, Frederick (deceased), Clara and Lydia.

Mr. Sauer is a deacon in the First German Baptist Church of South Chicago, with which the family is connected. In politics he supports the Republican party and its principles. He is an intelligent and useful citizen, and is an upright and highly respected member of society.

WILLIAM G. WRIGHT.

ILLIAM GEORGE WRIGHT was born June 23, 1839, in Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, England, and is a son of George and Mary (Barsley) Wright. His great- · grandfather was Francis Wright, whose son, William Wright, married Elizabeth Benson, and became the father of one child, George. William Wright was a captain on a canal boat for many years, and died at the age of eighty-six years.

George Wright, father of William G. Wright, was born in 1818, in Ratcliffe, England, and was employed on a canal boat. He lived in his native country until his death, which occurred in 1891. He married Mary Barsley, and their children, besides the subject of this sketch, were: Anne Elizabeth, who married Robert Wood, and is deceased; Mary, who married John Davidson, and is deceased; and John, who resides in Columbus, Ohio. Mary Barsley's father was a native of England, where the members of his family were cottagers. He had the following children: Will- iam, Frank, Samuel, Richard, John, Jane and Mary. The Wright family has always been con- nected with the Methodist Church.

William G. Wright received a very limited education, being obliged to leave his studies and engage in the business of life at a very early age. When he was three years old his parents re- moved to Grantham, England, where he remained

until he reached the age of eighteen years. He served as an apprentice to a blacksmith until 1857, and continued to work as a journeyman at his trade until 1888. On leaving Grantham he spent two years in Boston, England, returned to Grantham and spent a short time, and then emi- grated to America in 1871.

He spent a short time in Belvidere, Illinois, and removed thence to Berlin, Minnesota, and remained a short time. He was engaged at his trade during this time, and after spending a year in Winona, Minnesota, a short time in Cleveland and Delaware, Ohio, and a year at Columbus, in the same state, he removed to South Chicago, which has been his place of residence ever since that time. He reached this city in 1874 and for six years was employed in the service of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company at its shops.

In 1880 he moved to Saline County, Nebraska, where he conducted a farm two years, and then returned to South Chicago. He found employ- ment with the Illinois Steel Company, remaining in its service until 1885, and for three and one- half years did blacksmith work for the Illinois Central Railroad Company. He has been faith- fil and earnest in his work, and has always proved a useful and reliable employe. After leaving the employ of the Illinois Central Rail-

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road Company he spent three and one-half years in the service of the New York, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad Company.

Mr. Wright is a firm supporter of the Re- publican party. He served as sewer inspector two years when Mr. Washburne was mayor, and held the same position two years during the administration of Mayor Swift.

May 29, 1859, be married Martha Robinson, and they have the following children: Robinson William, John Henry, Mary Elizabeth, George Francis, Martha Ann, Frederich Harris and Nettie Pearl. One daughter, Rebecca, died when four and one-half years old, and another, Delia

Agnes, when eleven months old. Mr. Wright is a member of the Masonic order, being connected with Harbor Lodge, No. 731, and Sinai Chapter, No. 185. He joined Calumet Commandery, No. 62, and was knighted in 1892. He was one of the charter members, and is now a standard bearer, and expects to become a member of the Shrine, and take the Scottish rite degrees. He is connected with the First Congregational Church, and is a trustee of same. He has improved his opportunities for gaining knowledge, and is well informed on matters of public interest, and has a social disposition, and his many friends recognize his ability and good judgment.

JOHN H. WRIGHT.

OHN HENRY WRIGHT was born March 15, 1862, in Grantham, Lincolnshire, England, and is a son of William George and Martha (Robinson) Wright (see biography else- where). He emigrated to the United States at the age of nine years, and received the greater part of his education here. He attended school until he was fourteen years old, and then entered the employ of Willard Sons & Bell Company, where he was first engaged as a hammer boy, and then spent two and one-half years learning and working at shingling. He subsequently removed to Fort Kearney, Nebraska, and became a cattle- drover. After remaining two years he entered the service of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company, working seven months in its blacksmith shop in Plattsmouth, Nebraska.

In 1883, being attracted by the active business methods of Chicago, le removed to this city, and in May began to work for the Illinois Steel Com- pany, remaining in the blacksmith shops one year. He was for six months fireman on the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, and for one year,

beginning April 1, 1884, was rail inspector in the mill of the Illinois Steel Company. For. the same period of time he was steel charger, for three years he operated a buggy, and subse- quently became the day foreman of the rail mill, where he remained until 1895. In that year he became the night superintendent, and retained this position until August 1, 1897. He has steadily advanced in position since entering the employ of this company, and has done this through his energetic and systematic exercise of ability and skill.

Mr. Wright was united in matrimony October 16, 1884, to Miss Harriet Eliza Wilder, daughter of Ebenezer and Mary Elizabeth (French) Wilder, of English extraction. Her father was born July 21, 1813, in Middleboro, Massachusetts, and died November 7, 1890, in Chicago. He re- ceived his education in Middleboro, and removed to Baltimore, Maryland, when a young man. He was a member of the Red River Iron Works Company, and was a builder of bridges. He subsequently lived for short periods in Kentucky,

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CARL MEWES

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near Lexington; in Dover, Delaware; and in Newcastle, Pennsylvania (in which latter place he was a nailer); and removed to Chicago in 1868.

He located in Englewood, bought land at Fifty-ninth Street and Princeton Avenue, and built a house. He was then engaged in putting in filter wells in which force pumps were used, and later became Brink's City Express agent, locating at Wentworth Avenue and Sixty-second Street. Mrs. Mary Elizabeth (French) Wilder was born September 9, 1830, in Baltimore, Mary- land, and died March 20, 1891, in Chicago. She was a daughter of Judge John French, of Mary- land.

Mr. and Mrs. Wilder were parents of the fol- lowing children: Sylvanus, deceased; John F., deceased; Anna A., who married Dr. O. J. Price, and resides at No. 538 West Adams Street, Chi- cago; Sylvanus, who lives at Seattle, Washington; Carrie L., deceased; Mrs. Wright, wife of the subject of this sketch; and Nettie F., who married L. P. Brown, a dealer in hardware, and lives at

Cheltenham Place, Chicago. Mrs. Wright's grandfather, Eben Wilder, was born in Middle- boro, Massachusetts, and was a Methodist minister. He married Mary Bump, sister of the father of Lavina Stratton Bump, the midget who married Tom Thumb.

Mr. and Mrs. John H. Wright had four chil- dren, as follows: Earl Davis; Athlene Mary, who died when four years old; Bernice, who died in infancy; and Elva Eunice.

Mr. Wright was made a Master Mason in 1886, becoming a member of Englewood Lodge, No. 690, with which he is still connected. He took the degree of Royal Arch Mason in 1887, and is connected with Englewood Chapter, No. 176. His wife is a member of the Lady Garfield Chap- ter, No. 91, Order of the Eastern Star. He is also a member of the Royal Arcanum and of the Royal League. He is a genial and sociable gentleman, and has the happy faculty of making friends and also of retaining them. Those who are favored with his friendship give him their full confidence, and regard him with great respect.

CARL MEWES.

ARL MEWES was born Febuary 26, 1843, in Pommern, Germany, and is a son of John and Marie (Huthe) Mewes. His paternal grandfather was a carpenter in Germany, and his children, beside John, consisted of three daugh- ters, one of whom married Fred Wilt. She died in Germany and her husband removed to Amer- ica with their children. John Mewes spent his life in Germany. One of his daughters, Marie, was married in Germany to John Flack, and emigrat- ed to America with her husband, settling in Cleveland, Ohio, where they and their four chil- dren now live.

A son of John Mewes, Henry, was the first of

the family to come to America. He arrived in 1868, and took up his residence in Syracuse, New York, where he remained until 1872, and then removed to Chicago, with his brother Carl, the subject of this article. In 1873 he moved to Cleveland, Ohio, and was employed at general labor until his death, in 1881. The maternal grandfather of Carl Mewes, Mr. Huthe, was a native of Germany, where he resided and fol- lowed the trade of miller.

Carl Mewes was educated in Germany, and learned the trade of stone mason, which he fol- lowed in his native country until about thirty years of age. He emigrated to America in 1872,

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reaching New York in November. He came to Chicago, locating on the North Side, and found employment at his trade. He entered the em- ploy of J. H. Jones, who removed his business to South Chicago, whither Mr. Mewes went to re- tain his position. April 7, 1880, he was engaged by the Illinois Steel Company at mason work on its mill, and when the mills were completed he did general mason work.

In 1882 Mr. Mewes bought a lot at No. 8835 Commercial Avenue, and immediately built a res- idence, which he has since occupied. He was married February 7, 1872, to Miss Augusta Luedtke, a daughter of John and Louisa (Keller- man) Luedtke. She was born July 24, 1844, in Pommern, Germany, and in emigrating to Amer- ica took the same vessel as her future husband.

Mr. and Mrs. Mewes are the parents of the fol- lowing children: Charles Frank Louis, Martha, Enuna, Albert, Annie Matilda, Johannah, Au- gust William, Emil and Walter Christopher Louis. Charles F. Louis is a hard-wood painting finisher, and is also a musician; making a specialty of vio- lins and mandolins. He is a pupil of Prof. Will- iam Keuhner, of Chicago, and is a teacher of music himself. Martha died when fifteen months old, Emma when nine months old, and Albert is also deceased. Johannah is employed as a clerk by Charles Fink.

Mr. Mewes is a thorough master of his trade, and has been favored with prosperity. He is a inember of Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church, and is a friend to movements of public reform tending to the general welfare.

PETER RINGGENBERG.

2 ETER RINGGENBERG, a fisherman of South Chicago, was born August 12, 1845, in Canton Berne, Switzerland, and is a son of Charles and Mary (Ringgenberg) Ringgen- ·berg. He decided to come to America when about twenty years of age, and accordingly sailed for New York, from which city he proceeded di- rect to Chicago, reaching the latter place in May, 1866. He went from here to Quincy, Illinois, and after remaining two months, he returned to the city and located in South Chicago. He found employment with three brothers, Henry, Theo- dore and Alexander Oehmich, who were engaged in fishing. He had been with them several years, when an accident occurred which will never be forgotten by those who escaped with their lives.

At three o'clock on the morning of April 8, 1874, nine men went to Whiting, Indiana, to drive piles for fishing, taking a scow and a sail-

boat with them. It was a calm day, and they worked until four o'clock in the afternoon, driv- ing one set of piles in that time. Suddenly a storm came up, which Mr. Ringgenberg describes as the hardest storm and the quickest to gather of any he has witnessed in his experience, one which has been quite extensive. At the time he was on the scow, and the remaining eight, includ- ing the three brothers who owned the boats, were on the sail-boat. Each man tried to save his own life, the boat being turned over instantly. Mr. Ringgenberg held to the scow, and was drifted ashore at Whiting, and the only one of the others saved was Alexander Oehmich. Mr. Ringgenberg remained in the employ of Alexander Oelimich until 1875. The latter died in 1888.

For a year Mr. Ringgenberg was engaged at general labor, and in 1876 he formed a partner- ship with John Stengel for the purpose of fishing. After two years the partnership was dissolved,

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and he found various employments, much of the time doing general work for Hausler & Lutz. In January, 1897, he resumed his partnership with John Stengel, and they continue to carry on a fishing business. In 1874 Mr. Ringgenberg bought property at No. 9807 Avenue M, where he now makes his home, having improved the house and added to it. From 1884 to 1894, he was employed on bridges, serving successively on those at Ninety-second, Ninety-fifth and One Hundred and Sixth Streets.

He was married December 21, 1873, to Matilda Hubner, daughter of William and Henrietta (Post) Hubner. They became the parents of ten children, three of whom died in infancy. The others are: Matilda, Henry, Edith, Rudolph, Martha, Frederick and William. Mr. Ringgen- berg is connected with the Order of Harugari, being a charter member of Melomania Lodge, No. 330, which was organized in 1874. He is a patriotic and law-abiding citizen, and is a friend to progress and improvement.

CARSTEN ANTHONISEN.

ARSTEN ANTHONISEN was born July 23, 1859, in Sueder Luegem, Schleswig, Germany, and is a son of Martin and Chris- tina Anthonisen. Martin Anthonisen was born January 28, 1812, in Germany, where he spent his entire life. He was superintendent of a large farm, and held this position for a term of fifty years. His children were: Nicholas, Helena, Katrina, Carsten, Theodore and Mathias.

Carsten Anthonisen and his sister Helena emi- grated to America, coming to Chicago by way of Quebec, and arriving here June 30, 1882. Carsten was a miller in Germany, but he never worked at his trade in this country. He located in South Chicago, and has lived there ever since, with the exception of about two months spent in Decatur, Illinois. He worked a short time in a stone quarry, and then found employment with the Illinois Steel Company, and he was engaged seven years firing in the boiler house. For one and one-half years he was selling milk, and then he obtained the position he now holds, as roll- hand in a mill. In 1887 he bought land at No. 8932 Buffalo Avenue, built a house in 1888, and has made his residence there ever since.

Soon after he came to this country, Mr. An-

thonisen had an experience which he will always remember with horror. He and a very dear friend, Christ Johnson, were traveling south from Chicago, and looking for work. They tried to obtain a ticket for a ride on a freight train which was about to leave, and when the agent refused to sell it to them they tried to get on the train after it began to move. Mr. Johnson's foot was caught between a brake and a wheel, and he was instantly killed. Thus Mr. Anthonisen was left alone with his dead friend, and was unable to ex- plain the circumstances, because he could not speak English.

His brother, Boyd Theodore Anthonisen, fol- lowed him to America a few months after he emigrated, and came to South Chicago. He learned the trade of blacksmith, but he never worked at this trade in the United States. He found employment with the Illinois Steel Com- pany, as a straightener, and has been with this company ever since. He resides at No. 167 Ninety-third Street, between Superior and On- tario Avenues. October 6, 1887, Carsten Anthoni- sen married Miss Bertha Struebing, daughter of Peter Struebing.

Peter Struebing was born January 15, 1835, in

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Pommern, Germany, and is a son of Peter and Mary (Westfall) Struebing. He emigrated to America with his wife and five children, land- ing in New York, and reached Chicago May 30, 1869. He located in South Chicago immediately, and has made it his residence ever since. He leased land from the Calumet & Chicago Canal & Dock Company, on the northeast corner of Ninety-second Street and Buffalo Avenue, where he built a small house, fourteen by twenty-two feet in dimension, and having only two rooms on the ground floor. He paid for it with German money, which he brought with him, and it cost about one hundred and fifty dollars. The house is still standing, and is used as a stable by Mrs. Clark. He lived there three years, and then moved to his present place, No. 9024 Green Bay Avenue, and leased land from the same company until he was able to buy it, in 1875. The house lie first lived in was bouglit from a Frenchman who had lived at this place. When Mr. Strueb- ing came to South Chicago, he found employment in a factory, and then for two years he was a fisherman. Next he worked in a lumber yard, where he remained until 1887, since which time he has been retired. November 5, 1858, Mr. Struebing married Albertina Ulrech, daughter of William and Wilhelmina (Krum) Ulrech. She studied for a midwife when a young woman, and

has been engaged in her profession in South Chi- cago. They had the following children: Caro- lina; Minnie; William; Frederick, who died at the age of one year; Annie, who died when five years old; Herman, who died at the age of three months; Bertha, now Mrs. Carsten Anthonisen; Emma, who died at the age of eighteen years; Louis, who died when eighteen months old; and Matilda, who died at the age of two and one-half years. Mr. Struebing and his wife are members of the Zion German Lutheran Church, Mr. Struebing being one of the organizers and first members of the church, and having served many years as a trustee.

Mrs Bertha Anthonisen was born September 10, 1867, in Charles Hagen, Germany, and was eighteen months old when she came with her parents to the United States.

Mr. and Mrs. Carsten Anthonisen have three children, namely: Martin William, Elmer Peter and Ruth Jacobina. The family has been con- nected with the German Lutheran Church twelve years. Mr. Anthonisen is a member of the Amalgamated Association, and of other societies. He has been a trustee of the church and also of the school connected with it, and his wife is a member of the Ladies' Society. Mr. Anthonisen takes an active interest in the progress of his adopted country. In politics he is independent.

THOMAS F. DOYLE.

HOMAS FRANKLIN DOYLE, a promi- nent business man of South Chicago, was born February 22, 1850, in Westchester, New York, and is a son of Michael and Cathe- rine (Cullen) Doyle. Michael Doyle was born in Wicklow, Ireland, and emigrated to America in 1848, settling in Westchester, New York.

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Album of genealogy and biography, Cook County, Illinois, 8th ed., Part 93

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