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John Gay, a prominent attorney of Tolono, this state; and Flora, who re- sides at home. Mr. and Mrs. Kelly are devout members of the St. Colum- ba's Catholic church.
Henry M. Kelly graduated at the Ottawa high school when he was but eighteen years old, and at once entered the employ of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company. He remained with them two years and resigned at the expiration of that time to accept a better office in the service of the Chicago & Rock Island road. He was here, also, two years, and during that period spent all his leisure time in the study of law, in an earnest endeavor to fit himself for the ranks of that profession. He entered the office of John W. Black, where he studied until he was admitted to the bar of the supreme court at Ottawa in 1891. He continued with Mr. Black for some time and later formed a partnership with that gentle- man, under the style of Black & Kelly, and continued in that relation three years. Since dissolving his partnership with Mr. Black, Mr. Kelly has practiced alone, and is meeting with the success his merits deserve. Keen, logical and quick at repartee, he has prospered from the start.
In 1894 he was married to Miss Mary Morrisy, a daughter of Laurence Morrisy, ex-sheriff of LaSalle county. Mr. and Mrs. Kelly live in a beautiful home which he erected in 1895, and have three interesting children: Harry and Marie, born in April, 1895; and Emmett, born August 19, 1897.
MARTIN H. CRIDER.
Among the residents of Otter Creek township, LaSalle county, who take pleasure in promoting local institutions and building up the commu- nity, may be mentioned M. H. Crider, a prominent and influential farmer of this section. He first opened his eyes to the light of day November 17, 1836, in Franklin county, Pennsylvania, which was the home of his par- ents, Martin and Christine (Kniler) Crider. They were kindly, charitable, hard-working people, devout members of the German Reformed church and supporters of the Republican party. The mother died in 1847, but the father reached the age of seventy-five years. Six children were born to them, namely: Elizabeth Weingart, of Cumberland county, Pennsyl- vania; Martin H., our subject; Christine, a resident of Canton, Ohio; Solo- mon, who died at the age of fifty-four years, in Franklin county, Pennsyl- vania, where the family still reside; John, who resides in Tampa, Texas; and Rebecca, who is living in the state of Pennsylvania.
Martin H. Crider attended the public schools of his native district and there grew to man's estate, occupying his time with such work as usually
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falls to the lot of the farmer boy. In 1858 he came west to LaSalle county and engaged in teaching school for several years. At the breaking out of the Rebellion he enlisted in Company F, One Hundred and Fourth Illinois Regiment, in the month of August, 1862, and started for the seat of trouble, leaving a young bride of five months at home to await his return. He saw fifteen months' active service and took part in the battles of Mis- sionary Ridge, Chattanooga, and Lookout Mountain. In November, 1863, he was promoted to the second lieutenancy in Company B, and the follow- ing year was raised to the rank of first lieutenant. In July, 1865, he was mus- tered out with his company at Nashville, Tennessee, and retired to private life.
Returning to his home, he occupied his farm in Otter Creek township and has since applied himself to its cultivation and improvement. This property contains five hundred and sixty acres of fertile farming land, and everything connected with it is kept in first-class condition. The improve- ments are such as should be found on every farm, the residence commodi- ous and substantial and the outbuildings suited to the purpose for which they were intended.
In March, 1862, was consummated the marriage of Martin Crider and Miss Susan Kinner, a daughter of Jeremiah and Sarah (Hopple) Kinner. She is a native of Clay county, Kansas, and is a most estimable lady, who has been an invaluable helpmeet to her husband. They have two children, both of whom are living at home. Emma is a young lady of ability, highly ac- complished and one of the most successful teachers of this county. Edwin has just reached his majority and is an exemplary young man. Mr. Crider was appointed the postmaster of Otter in 1871 and has since held that position. He is an active and honored member of the Grand Army of the Republic at Ransom, is a member of the school board, and for five years has served as the supervisor of this township.
EZRA HAWLEY.
The subject of this sketch was born February 3. 1811, and reared on his father's farm in West Arlington, Bennington county, Vermont. His father. Elisha Hawley, was, in the seventh generation, a descendant of Joseph Hawley, one of three brothers who emigrated from England about 1629 or 1630 and settled in Connecticut and Massachusetts, and from whom the several branches of the Hawley family have sprung. As given in a "Record," published by Elias S. Hawley, Buffalo, New York, it will be seen that
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the Hawleys are of English descent and that the family was represented in New England at an early day.
Elisha Hawley, the father of our subject, was born in Vermont and there passed his life, being in middle age at the time of his death. He was the father of four sons. His son Ezra was a farmer and stock-raiser, who came west to Illinois and settled in LaSalle county in 1835, bringing with him his family and making their long and tedious journey in a covered wagon. They were from April until July making the trip. His family then consisted of a wife and two little children, Anson and Truman. Arriving at their destination, they found the country full of malaria and the people shaking with ague, and the outlook in many respects not the most favorable. He, however, was imbued with the true pioneer spirit and was not to be discour- aged. He pre-empted eighty acres of prairie land, namely, the east half of the southwest quarter of section 20, township 32 north, range 2 east, to which he subsequently added until he owned about four hundred acres. He lived on this farm until about two years before his death, when he removed to Tonica, Illinois, where he died, in 1884, in his seventy-third year.
Of Ezra Hawley's politics we record that he was a Democrat until the fugitive-slave law was passed in Illinois, after which he declared if that was Democracy he was not a Democrat and gave his support to the Whig and afterward the Republican party. He was a member of the state militia in Vermont, and was an energetic, active man up to the time of his last illness, which was pleuro-pneumonia. His sons living are: Anson, who was born April 12. 1833, and was married to Cyntha Buck, December II, 1875; she died September 20, 1876, and he has never married again; Myron E., who was born June 16, 1837, was married February 18, 1861, to Emo- line Hall. She died January 20, 1882, and he was married a second time, December 23, 1885, to Miss Anna C. Ross, a daughter of Andrew and Anna (Bertram) Ross, and to them have been born two sons and two daughters, namely, Laura May, Andrew Ezra, Myron Arthur and Nelle Ross Hawley. Mrs. Hawley's parents were born in Scotland-her father in Dumfrees county and her mother in Midlothian county, now known as Edinboro. The Ross family is composed of five daughters and one son, viz .: Elizabeth B., the wife of Warren Tooley, of Toronto, Canada; Mary, the wife of Everett Angell, of Vermilion township, LaSalle county; Anna C., the wife of M. E. Hawley; Miss Jessie, of Ottawa, Illinois; James R., of Utah; and Miss Mable, also of Ottawa. Mr. Ross is a horticulturist. He came to this country in 1845 and located in Ottawa, where he has lived ever since. His wife died in 1871, at the age of forty-seven years.
Hiram Hawley was born February 7, 1844, and married October 17,
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1871, to Miss Mary Goodwin, a daughter of Clement and Eliza (Seely) Goodwin. Their children who are living are Minne, Mable, Maud and Ralph. He is in the livery business in Tonica. Anson and Myron are on and near the old homestead, and have been more or less prominent in affairs of their locality.
JOSEPH F. KILDUFF.
Joseph F. Kilduff represents a class of citizens to whom we point with pride as being the backbone and sinews of progress. Alert and watch- ful in business and in whatever tends to upbuild the community, their self- reliance and energy foretell the success of whatever plan they advocate. Working his way from boyhood as a clerk in a dry-goods store, he is now one of our most successful grain merchants and stands at the head of the LaSalle National Bank, as president. He is, moreover, a product of LaSalle county, having been born in Peru, Illinois, August 13, 1855, to Patrick M. and Theresa R. (Kent) Kilduff.
Joseph F. Kilduff grew to manhood in his native town and was educated in her common schools until he reached the age of fourteen. He then secured employment as a clerk in a dry goods store in Peru, where he remained until 1881, when he opened a dry goods store of his own. He was a member of the firm of Kilduff Brothers, of LaSalle, for many years and did a very profitable business. This firm was originally Breuning, Kilduff & Company until September 8, 1883, when the style was changed to Breuning & Kilduff. This was continued until the Ist of March, 1886, when Mr. Breuning retired from the company and it was afterward known as Kilduff Brothers. In March, 1898, he embarked in the grain business and with his usual shrewdness has proved himself master of the business. He has an elevator in LaSalle and another in Dimmick, affording the best facilities to the farmers throughout the surrounding country to dispose of their products at market price.
In 1885 Mr. Kilduff led to the marriage altar Miss Margaret T. Finkler, a native of LaSalle, and they have two sons and one daughter. Mr. Kilduff is a member of the Modern Woodmen of America, the Ancient Order of United Workmen, and the Royal Arcanum. He has always been an ardent advocate of liberal education and has held a place on the board of directors of the township high school since its organization, advancing its interests in every way in his power. He was elected to his present office as president of the National Bank of LaSalle on January 1, 1897, and makes a most acceptable officer. Although he is just touching the meridian
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of life he occupies a place in the business and social world that might well be envied by older men, and is equaled only by the general esteem in which he is held as the result of his uprightness and sterling worth.
DANIEL ARENTSEN.
Daniel Arentsen is a native of the town of Freedom, LaSalle county, born at the Arentsen homestead, which he now owns and occupies, the date of his birth being July 31, 1854. His father, one of the early pioneers of this vicinity, was Thorbjoren Arentsen, whose first residence here was a log cabin by the roadside, north of the present homestead; the mound on which it stood is still to be seen. It was during the first year of his parents' residence here that Daniel was born; and as he is the youngest he is there- fore the only one of the family born in the house in which he now lives.
During those early days deer, wolves and other wild game were plentiful. Often when the first of the family to sally forth in the morning came out, a herd of deer would be witnessed within five or six rods of the house, some standing and some lying down, chewing their cud as con- tentedly as a flock of sheep! They were not afraid, for they seemed to know that no harm was intended. Although a good shot Mr. Arentsen, the father, took but little interest in hunting. On one occasion he picked up a pair of deer's horns about half a mile distant from the house and gave it to Daniel, our subject, as a memento of the by-gone days, and these horns are still in the possession of our subject.
On the day that Daniel was twenty-one years old his good old father and mother asked him to stay with them as long as they lived and be their support in their old age, adding that when they had passed away to the silent land the homestead should be his. As he loved his old parents and thought more of them than everything else in this world, he promised to stay with them throughout the remainder of their lives if he indeed should live so long; and that promise was never broken. On the 13th of January, 1888, his mother died, and on the 14th of August, 1889, Daniel bought the farm, and also a timber lot, of his father-one hundred and five acres in all-at forty-five dollars an acre, amounting to four thousand seven hundred and twenty-five dollars-on the condition that when his father died he was to pay each of his brothers and sisters an equal share of the amount and also have an equal share himself; and his brothers and sisters were then to give him (Daniel) a good warranty deed of the same. Including Daniel there were still five brothers and sisters living; and when each had an equal share
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of the amount above stated said share was nine hundred and forty-five dollars. Daniel was therefore to pay the other four three thousand seven hundred and eighty dollars. On the 14th of September, 1889, the father died, and as our subject had no deed of the land his two brothers charged him each twelve hundred and fifty dollars, and his two sisters each one thou- sand and twenty-five dollars, making a total of four thousand five hundred and fifty dollars!
Mr. Arentsen is living alone, having never married. Politically he is a strong Republican and an earnest believer in the application of the golden rule to all the details of practical life.
WILLIAM T. MASON.
The Mason family has been intimately connected with the growth and progress of LaSalle county and northern Illinois for about three-score years, and no better, more patriotic citizens have been numbered among the inhabitants of this region.
William T. Mason, the subject of this article, for years a leading busi- ness man of LaSalle, was born August 29, 1829, in New York state. When a child of four years, he came to Illinois in company with his parents, Hale S. and Sabrina (Codding) Mason. His mother was a sister of Ichabod Codding, who took a leading and influential part in the early anti-slavery agitation in Illinois. William T. was reared to manhood in the town of Lockport, and in 1855 was married, in this state, to Miss Mary R. Shead, whose birth had occurred in Bristol, New York, November 27, 1831. Six children were born to this worthy couple, namely: Frank S., a resident of Chicago; Mary Elizabeth; Emma F .; Jennie A .; William S., a resident of LaSalle; and Cornelia.
In 1854 Mr. Mason became canal inspector and manager of the West- ern Union Telegraph office at LaSalle, where he thenceforth made his home with the exception of the few years during the civil war when he was in the service of the government at Cairo, where he occupied the im- portant position of manager of the military telegraph office at that point. He became successively agent of the Rock Island Railroad Company, canal collector, and manager of the Great Western and Atlantic and Pacific Tele- graph Companies. In 1879 he was elected justice of the peace, which office, together with his real estate and insurance business, comprised the scope of his business up to the time of his death.
A man of broad and liberal education, Mr. Mason was progressive
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and in sympathy with the spirit of the times. In the Masonic order he stood deservedly high, being a Master Mason, a representative of the Royal Arch chapter and for a number of years a district deputy grand master. Politically he was liberal in the largest sense. His belief was in accord with the spirit of the Declaration of Independence "that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights," and hence in his early manhood he sympathized with those great agitators, William Lloyd Garrison, Wendell Phillips, Gerrit Smith, Elijalı and Owen Lovejoy and all that class of pure patriots and philanthropists- called by their opponents Abolitionists-who boldly resolved that the en- croachments of the slave power should be checked and the institution put "in the course of ultimate extinction." Upon the organization of the Republican party he became one of its foremost members. He was one of the hardest workers in its ranks, and no caucus or private election was allowed to go by default, for he rallied the masses to attend to their im- portant political duties. There were many warm controversies and exciting scenes in those days, and Mr. Mason was always the champion of fair-dealing and honest politics, and always won. He was often selected as a delegate to the Republican county and state conventions and wielded great influence therein. He was a natural-born orator and wherever his voice was heard in such assemblages he was listened to with profound respect. He did not labor with the expectation of personal profit or advancement, but be- cause he loved his country and desired truth, honor and purity to control in politics, and believed their highest development was to be found in the Republican party at that time. He was never an office-seeker or sought any reward for his services. He was eminently qualified to fill any position within the gift of the people with honor to himself and credit to his country- men, but he sought them not for himself, preferring to help his friends to grasp such favors.
In religion Mr. Mason was a philosopher. He was in favor of the largest liberty-the liberty of every man doing as he pleased so long as he interferes not with the rights and privileges of other men. He squared his conduct by the Golden Rule. Nothing was too hard or difficult for him to do to help or oblige a friend; no one ever applied to him in vain for assistance if it were within his power to grant it. He did not believe in the possibility of the finite mind comprehending the infinite and therefore did not speculate or theorize on the mysteries of the universe-of their be- ginning or the ending thereof. The book of nature spread out before him was a revelation sufficient to convince him of the wisdom, power and good- ness of the Most High as exhibited in the sublimity of creation, and at the mention of the Creator's name he most reverently bowed. Beloved and
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mourned by a large circle of friends, whom he had attached to himself by his sterling traits of character, he passed to his reward April 6, 1886, and is survived by his devoted wife.
CHARLES E. SOULE, M. D.
The true western spirit of progress and advancement finds exemplifica- tion in Charles E. Soule, who is one of the leading physicians of Morris. In his profession he keeps thoroughly abreast of the times and is familiar with all the discoveries made in connection with the medical science and the theories advanced as to its use in administering to the needs of suffering humanity. He is a very able practitioner and has a large patronage, which indicates his position in the front rank of the medical fraternity.
Dr. Soule is a native of Wisconsin, his birth having occurred in Roches- ter, Racine county, June 11, 1863. His parents were Elvirus and Mary J. (Thomas) Soule, the former a native of Schoharie county, New York, the latter born in Wales. The paternal grandfather, George Soule, was a native of the Empire state, and was descended from French ancestry. When four years of age Mrs. Soule came to the United States with her parents, who located in Racine county, Wisconsin, where they resided until 1871, at which time they removed to Kansas, where their last days were spent. Elvirus Soule accompanied his parents to Racine county in 1845, and after attaining his majority, was married. He was born in 1830, and died in that county in 1898. However, he spent considerable time in the west, crossing the plains to California in 1849 and remained upon the Pacific slope until 1861, when he returned to the Badger state. In 1864 he responded to his country's call for troops, enlisting in the Thirty-ninth Wisconsin Infantry, with which he served one year. Upon his return from the south he resumed farming, devoting his energies to that occupation until his death. His widow still resides on the old homestead in Wisconsin. There were three children in their family, Edith A., Stella A. and Charles E.
Under the paternal roof Dr. Soule was reared to manhood. He carly became familiar with the duties and labors that fall to the lot of the agricul- turist, and having acquired his preliminary education in the district schools he attended the Rochester Seminary, where he was graduated in 1884. Subsequently he engaged in teaching for three years and then devoted three years to the study of medicine, being graduated at the College of Physicians and Surgeons in Chicago on the 26th of February, 1889. He then located in Mount Vernon, Wisconsin, where he practiced until 1892, when he opened an office in Sheridan, Illinois. In May, 1899, he came to Morris, where he
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has already secured a liberal patronage. He is a member of the LaSalle County Medical Society, the North Central Illinois Medical Association, the Illinois State Medical Society and the American Medical Association.
In 1885 Dr. Soule was united in marriage to Miss Mary E. Hollister, a native of Wisconsin, and their union has been blessed with two children- Eula E. and Edgar M. In politics Dr. Soule is a Republican, and socially a Master Mason. He seeks no public office, preferring to devote his energies to his profession, in which he has attained a position of distinction.
JOHN F. NOONAN.
John F. Noonan, contractor and builder, is one of the reliable, reputable citizens who assist in making LaSalle, Illinois, a prosperous, thriving city. He was born to John and Mary (Shea) Noonan, in this city, on June 21, 1866. Both parents were natives of Ireland, who came to America in early youth. The father landed in Brooklyn, New York, and drifted west until he reached this state, where he enlisted in the Nintieth Illinois Regiment, Company K, serving four years and being discharged with the rank of sergeant. Returning to LaSalle he was joined in wedlock with Miss Mary Shea, who had also come to this country a short time before the war, accom- panied by her mother and two brothers. The young couple located in this city, where the young husband followed his trade, that of whip-maker, conducting the business alone, until his death, October 2, 1880. His family comprised eight children : John F., David, Matthew, Edward, James, Mary, Vincent and Julia. The family were members of St. Patrick's Catholic church, of LaSalle, where the mother is still an attendant.
Mr. Noonan was reared and educated in this city, receiving his educa- tion in the public and parochial schools. He was the oldest of the family, and his struggle with life really began at the age of fourteen, when he was deprived of his father's sheltering arm. He was industrious and quick and a great aid to his mother, but thought it advisable to learn some trade, and thus augment his chances of success. At the age of eighteen he began learning the carpenter's trade, and as he was handy with his tools soon be- came a fine mechanic. In 1891 he began for himself as a contractor and builder and has prospered beyond his expectations. Many of the buildings in this vicinity were constructed by him, and the Seventh ward school and the township high school buildings are both lasting monuments of his handiwork-silent but eloquent witnesses to his skill.
In 1891 he married Miss Annie Wilson, a daughter of William Wilson, of LaSalle. They own a pleasant, cosy home, which is brightened by the
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presence of two children-Charlotte and Willie. Mr. and Mrs. Noonan are members of St. Patrick's church, and are quiet, unassuming people of worth. He is a member of the Royal Arcanum, The Court of Honor and Modern Woodmen of America. As to politics he is a Republican, but has never dabbled in public affairs, as he has given his best efforts to his business and has reason to feel proud of his record.
JOHN L. MARSHALL.
John Louie Marshall, of Serena township, LaSalle county, Illinois, is a member of one of the earliest French families of this township and is prominently identified with the farming interests of the county.
Mr. Marshall was born in the town of Neviler, province of Alsace, France, November 18, 1830, son of John David Marchal-as it was in the French-and grandson of Fritz Marchal. The last named had four sons, John David, Mitchell, Henry and Theophilus. John David learned the turner's trade in his native land, was there married and there his six sons were born. In 1844 he came to America with his family and brought with him a small sum of money with which he purchased an eighty-acre tract of land in LaSalle county, Illinois. Here he at once engaged in farming, was successful to a marked degree, and accumulated land to the amount of five hundred acres, among the best the township affords. He died in 1865, leaving his widow and seven children. She survived him some five years. The children of this union were John Louie. Theophilus, Charles, Constant, Edward, Adolph and Mary, wife of Henry K. Parr, of Serena township.
John Louie Marshall in his youth had limited educational advantages, but met the realities of life with the same determined disposition to over- come all obstacles that characterizes the best equipped man upon arriving at his majority. The scenes of his embarkation from the city of Havre on the old sailing vessel Monument and of the trip to New York had not begun to fade from his memory when he reached his majority and began that career that is now ending so full of years and so replete with successes. He has made the cultivation of the soil his life work, and the harvest he has reaped is best shown by the fact that he is now the owner of seven hundred acres of fine land near the village of Serena.
Mr. Marshall was married November 18, 1854, and he has had two children. The first Mrs. Marshall having died, Mr. Marshall married for his second wife Angeline Oulmann.
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Politically Mr. Marshall has divided his support between the two great parties, voting always for the man he believes best fitted for the office. His last presidential vote was given to William McKinley.
SAMUEL G. MENGLE, M. D.
Dr. Samuel G. Mengle represents the type of man who have worked their way through adverse circumstances to the pinnacle of success. He was born in Tuckertown, Berks county, Pennsylvania, April 19, 1850, and is a son of Samuel and Henrietta (Gerhart) Mengle. Both of his parents were natives of Pennsylvania, whose ancestors were Hessians, coming from Germany to escape religious persecution and settling in Pennsylvania before the Revolution. The father of our subject was the proprietor of the Cross Keys hotel in that state, now owned by one of the sons, and it was here our subject spent his early years.
The latter attended the Oakdale Seminary at Pughtown, that state, and then entered upon the study of medicine in the office of Dr. Stephen Mendenhall Meridith. He remained with him four years, attending the University of Pennsylvania during the winter months and graduating in its medical department in 1869, before he had reached his twenty-first year. He remained with Dr. Meridith at Pughtown for a short time after this and then went to Kutztown for three months to take charge of the patients of another physician during the latter's temporary absence. He located first at Shillington, Pennsylvania, remaining there four years; was in Friedensburg two years more; moved to Ohio and was for a short time in Findlay, when he returned to his native state and opened an office in Gowan City, Northumberland county. Here he took charge of the Benjamin Franklin Colliery and was there seven years in practice. From there he moved to Shamokin, remaining four years, and then started on a trip west, stopping six weeks at Butte, Montana. Continuing his journey he at last reached Sprague, Washington, and practiced his profession there for six years, when he once more turned his steps toward the east, stopping eight months in Davenport, Iowa. In March, 1893, he came to LaSalle and has since been actively engaged in the practice of his profession. Here he has a wide and lucrative practice, and has won hosts of friends since coming here, friends who appreciate his many noble qualities and estimate him at his true worth. In politics he is a Democrat and an ardent advocate of silver currency.
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