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and containing 3,400 acres of land. He also owns 400,000 acres of Texas land.
In his political affiliations, Isaac L. Ellwood was always a Republican, and took a keen and intelligent interest in affairs of a public nature. On June 5, 1902. he was made a member of the railroad and warehouse commission of Illinois, serving thereon for four years, and was also on the staffs of Governors Tanner and Yates, thus being entitled to the rank of colonel. In addi- tion to the handsome DeKalb residence of the family, where Mrs. Ellwood has established a museum for the housing of the many interesting
articles collected in her extensive travels, Col. and Mrs. Ellwood had a winter home at Palatka, Florida. Whatever success Mr. Ellwood accom- plished was due to his own efforts. From small beginnings he built up his business to colossal dimensions by his native ability, his knowledge of men, his courage and foresight and his strict attention to business. His generosity was un- bounded and he had an army of pensioners almost as large as his army of employes, while in a publie way the labors he performed in the cause of education cannot be overestimated. They will stand as his monument.
EDWARD L. MAYO.
Edward L. Mayo, M. D., so lived that his mem- ory deserves to be perpetuated by his contempo- raries and his usefulness in his day and gen- eration recalled as an inspiration to those who come after. He was an ideal physician, irradi- ating the sick room with the light of a cheerful presence, his word and smile frequently banish- ing the clouds that had gathered around dis- couraged sufferers. He was enthusiastic in the following of his profession, was an eager stu- dent as long as he lived, and possessed the well poised understanding that enabled him to weigh fairly and make a settled derision concerning every scientific discovery. Edward L. Mayo was born June 10, 1843, at Sycamore, Ill., and was the son of Hon. E. L. Mayo, who early came to this section and later served on the bench with distinction. Passing creditably through the public schools, an interested although never a brilliant student, Edward L. Mayo secured an excellent working education. Having decided upon his chosen career by the time he reached his majority, he became a medical student under Dr. Bryant at Sycamore and continued his studies with Dr. Garvin, both men of medical authority, until prepared for special training and necessary experiment, when he entered Rush Medical College at Chicago. He was one of the large class that was graduated from that noted medical school in ISCS and almost immediately entered upon professional work, selecting Malta, Ill., as his initial field of practice. Dr. Mayo made lifelong friends during his seven years of practice there and there were many to protest when, in 1875, he felt it incumbent on him to seek a still wider circle of usefulness. Then he located at De Kalb and that city remained bis home during the remainder of his life, his death occurring there on March 2. 1905, in his sixty-
second year. Although other fields of activity were open to him he remained ever loyal to his chosen one and ceaselessly followed the healing art until near the close of his own life, when retirement became necessary on account of his own failing health. It was only then that he consented to give care to himself, he who had for so many years watched and battled with dis- ease for others, but the genial climate of Flor- ida and of California possessed no lasting cure and it was his own choice to spend his closing days in bis homo where a wealth of tender af- fection surrounded him to the end.
In 1872 Dr. Mayo married Miss Alice Ballou, a daughter of W. P. Ballou, and two children were born to them, a son and daughter, Ross E. and Alice L. Mrs. Mayo passed away Septem- ber 28, 1880. In 1897 Dr. Mayo was married (second) to Miss Harriet MI. Ellwood, a daugh- ter of Col. I. L. Ellwood, and one son was born to them, Edward Mayo. For many years the Mayo home on the corner of Main and First streets, De Kalb, was the scene of gracious hos- pitality, a meeting place for the city's most cul- tured and refined, and the center of this home, its inspiration, was Dr. Mayo. No resident of the city was better known, not because of any self-exploitation, but rather for those useful qualities of citizenship and true manhood that caused him to interest himself in everything concerning the public welfare and to give help in every direction where responsibilities and burdens were heaviest. It is a generally ac- cepted truism that no man of genius or acknowl- edged ability can be justly or adequately judged on the morrow of his death. Time is needed to ripen the estimate upon work which can only be viewed on all sides in the calm atmosphere of a more or less remote period from the time
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of Its completion. This remark is in no sense hoppropriate to the case of Dr. Mayo. His life etided, his work completed, he still holds a se- cure place in the memory of those who were his associates, for his labors were of the quality that will continue to live for many years. His charities were many, but the full extent of his philanthropy was known only to himself, for he
was no blatant, ostentatious giver-bis charities took the form of quiet help, freely given, the true philanthropy which asked for no return or expected it. Probably no man in his pro- fession in De Kalb county was more widely known, and certainly none had spore friends. He honored his profession and was honored by it.
JOHN MARTIN LITTLEJOUN.
Scientifle investigation has brought the differ- ent schools of medicine into closer and more helpful relations. It is against the ethics of the profession for any individual to maintain secrecy concerning the method of practice or a remedy used in the restoration of life, and the practitioner, therefore, who desires to advance, has every opportunity to broaden his knowledge and base it upon the most thorough and scien- title investigation. Moreover it is a self-evident fact that the followers of one school are quickly and effectively taking up methods introduced by other schools and that principles of practice formerly condemned are now being generally adopted as time has tested the value of their worth. One is led to this train of reflection in reviewing the history of Dr. John Martin Little- John, who, since 1900, has been president and professor of theory and practice of osteopathic therapeutics in the Littlejohn College and Hos- pital of Chicago. He has also occupied profess- orships in other medical colleges and his studies have covered a wide range. He has not sought to confine his knowledge to those branches taught by a single institution, and the result is that he is able to choose from the vari- ous schools and methods of practice that which he deems most essential and valuable for spe- citie cases. Dr. Littlejohn has had the benefit of instruction both in the old world and in the new.
John M. Littlejohn was born in the city of Glasgow, Scotland, February 15, 1867, and is a son of the Rev. James and Elizabeth Walker (Scott) Littlejohn. He is numbered among the alumni of the University of Glasgow and bav- ing studied for the ministry was ordained in 1806. He afterward engaged in teaching the- ology for a year and then resumed his studies, winning in time the degrees of A. M. B. D and LL. B. Attracted by the opportunities offered. Dr. Littlejohn came to the United States, and in the year 1802-3 was a fellow at Columbia
College in New York City. He won the degree of Ph. D. in 1804. and since has been the re- cipient of the honorary degrees of D. D. and LL. D. On the completion of a course in Dun- ham Medical College he received the M. D. degree, which has also been conferred upon him by Hering College.
From early manhood Dr. Littlejohn has been connected with educational work, first as teacher in Glasgow University, and later as president of Rosemount College, Glasgow, to which position he was elected in 1800. Ile sev- 'ered his connection with that institution on com- ing to America and in 1894 he was elected to the presidency of Amity College, at College Springs, Iowa. Carrying his investigation into the field of osteopathy, he became associated with the American School of Osteopathy at Kirksville, Mo., in 1898, as professor of physiology and psychology, and was also dean of the faculty from that year until 1900. During the period of his residence in Chicago he has occupied the pro- fessorship of physiology at the Hahnemann Medical College and also in the Hering Medical College. Becoming the founder of the Little- john College and Hospital in 1900, he has since been its presslent and is professor of theory and practice of osteopathie therapeutics. In the school he has surrounded himself with an able corps of lecturers and teachers and has done much to advance and promulgate the theory, scientific principles and methods of practice for which the school stands. He is today one of the foremost exponents of osteopathy, not only of this country but of the old workdl. He is a member of the Chicago Osteopathic Association. Illinois Osteopathie Society, the American Os- teopathie Association and the regular Homeo- pathic Society, and is a life member of the council of the University of Glasgow. Besides being a fellow and a gold medalist of the So- ciety of Science. London ( 1898), he was elected a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature of
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Great Britain in 1899. He was editor of the Journal of Science of Osteopathy. 1900-1903, of the Osteopathic World, from 1903 to 1905, is now editor of the Bulletin Journal of Health, Chicago. Dr. Littlejohn is also a member of the United Editors' Association of the United States. His scientific and literary articles have covered a wide range and on various subjects he has been heard on the lecture platform. He is author of, "Christian Sabbatism" (1592) ; "The Polit- ical Theory of the Schoolmen and Grotius" (three parts) (1894) ; "The Evolution of the State" (1895) ; "Lecture Notes on Physiology" (1898) ; "Text-Book on Physiology" (1398) ; "Lectures on Psycho-Physiology" (1899) ; "Lec- tures on Psycho-Pathology" (1900) ; "Journal of the Science of Osteopathy" ( 1900-3) ; "Science "of Osteopathy" (1899) ; a "Treatise on . Oste- opathy" (1902) ; "Principles of Osteopathy and Theory and Practice of Osteopathic Therapeu- tics" (1907), and "Psychiatry" (1908). His latest contribution is the result of laboratory experiments conducted for some years in rela- tion to "toxicosis and mechanical obstruction as the causes of the so-called malignant dis- eases," published in the Journal of the Osteo-
pathic Association and in the annual bulletin of the Research Institute for 1910. He is a con- tributor ou osteopathy in the Encyclopedia Americana and the International Congress of the Arts and Sciences.
On the jith of Angust, 1900, in Ipswich, Dr. Littlejohn was married to Miss Mable Alice Thompson, and unto them have been born six children : Mary Elizabeth Helen, Mabel Emma, James, Edgar, Martin, John Martin and Eliza- beth Alice. The family reside at Lake Bluff, Illinois. Such in brief is the history of Dr. John M. Littlejohn, who is continuously carry- ing his research far and wide into the realms of science and who day by day learns from ac- tual practice and experience lessons that have not only been used for the benefit of his pupils but have also formed the basis of writings that, widely read in this and foreign lands, have . made his service of unmeasured value to human- ity. Ile is actuated by high ideals-to know something higher, to do something better, than he bas known and done the day before, and thus he is constantly reaching out along far- reachjug lines of usefulness for the benefit of his fellowmen.
CHARLES HENROTIN.
For more than a half century the late Charles Henrotin was a resident of Chicago, during all of which period he had been prominently identified with her commercial and material progress and her financial interests, and in no less a degree had he been an influencing factor in the social life and diplomatic circles of the city. He was of distinguished ancestry, inherit- ing, with an honorable name, physical strength, a fine mental organization and grace of body, and these, improved by broad culture, resolute purpose and a life of probity and rectitude, carried him to an enviable place in the regard and affection of men, and enabled him to achieve much for his own reputation, for the welfare of his country and his adopted city, and for the benefit of his contemporaries, those who have worked for the advancement of the best interests of the Illinois metropolis.
Charles Henrotin was born at Brussels, Bel- gium, April 15, 1843, and was a son of Dr. Joseph F. and Adele (Kinson) Henrotin, also natives of that country. The family emigrated to the United States in 1845, the father en- gaging in medical practice in Chicago, shortly afterward gaining recognition by his valuable
and self-sacrificing services during the cholera epidemie that swept the city from 1850 until 1854, and subsequently became widely known as an able physician and surgeon. He continued in active practice in Chicago until his death, which occurred in 1876. Further distinction in the field of medicine and surgery is attached to the name through the scientific achievements of the late Dr. Ferdinand Henrotin, in whose honor was named the Henrotin Memorial Hos- pital on North La Salle Street, Chicago.
Brought to Chicago in his fifth year, Charles HIenrotin pursued his education in the schools of this city until 1856, when he was matricu- lated in the College of Tournai, in Belgium, therein pursuing a four years' course, which he completed by graduation with the class of 1860. Ilis tastes from earliest boyhood were extremely literary and this strain in his nature was an influencing force throughout his entire life, leading him into close and pleasant asso- ciation with the distinguished men of this and other countries. Mr. Henrotin returned from Belgium in 1860 to become a member of the staff of General Fremont, with the rank of lieutenant, at Cape Girardeau, Mo. After re-
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signing that position, he entered the financial field, with the Merchants' Loan & Trust Com- pany, Chicago, of which he became cashier in 1866, succeeding Lyman J. Gage, former secre- tary of the United States Treasury. Broad and varied experience in connection with that Institution well qualified him to engage in busl- ness on his own account, and in 1877 he turned his attention to the conduct of a private bank- ing and brokerage business. His word came to be largely accepted as authority upon ques- tions of finance, for the character of his busi- ness placed him prominently in the front rank among Chicago's financiers. Mr. Henrotin pro- moted numerous large enterprises. As a broker he represented the English syndicates for the sale of the breweries of Chicago and the Union Stock Yards. He dealt extensively in the bonds and scrip of Chicago during the period of the city's financial embarrassment, from 1878 until 1880, and paid the city interest on bonds for the year 1877, advancing the money for a year to prevent default. In 1SS1 he established the first telephone company of Paris, France, and afterward financed many important business projects not only in this city but elsewhere. He was the principal organizer and promoter of the Chicago Stock Exchange, was chosen its first president, and served for two other terms ; was also a member of the New York Stock Exchange for many years, and was connected with the Chicago Board of Trade. High honors were conferred upon Mr. Henrotin in public and semi-public connections. He was chosen a director of the World's Columbian Exposition, in 1892, and was a member of several of the most important committees connected with the management of that great exhibiton. In 1876 he was appointed the successor of his father, Dr. Joseph F. Henrotin, at the time of the latter's death, in the office of Belgian consul in this city, and in the same year he was fur- ther honored by appointment to the office of Consul General of the Ottoman Empire, and held both offices continuously until his death, which occurred July 25, 1914.
In 1869 Mr. Henrotin was united in marriage with Miss Ellen Martin, of Chicago, and of their family, three sons are living, namely : Edward C., who is engaged in agricultural pur- suits in the state of New York; Charles M., a consulting mining engineer of Chicago, who for several years was manager of the De Beers
Diamond Mine Company, at Kimberley, South Africa ; and Norris B., of Chicago, who is the representative of the banking and bond house of Harvey Fisk & Company, of New York City. Mrs. Henrotin was born at Portland, Me., July 6, 1847, a daughter of Edward Byam and Sarah Ellen (Norris) Martin, the former of whom was born at Camden, Me., in 1812, and the latter at Portland, that state, in 1824. They were married at Portland in 1S4C, and subse- quently moved to New Haven, Conn., where they resided until 1500, then removed to Eng- land, settling in the Isle of Wight, where they resided until J868, when, on account of Mr. Martin's extensive investments in Chicago, the family removed to this city at that time. He did not live long thereafter, however, dying suddenly in 1869. Mrs. Martin survived her husband a number of years, dying about 1897.
Mrs. Henrotin is well known in social and club circles, both in Chicago and abroad. She was vice president of the auxiliary of the World's Fair Congresses; was twice president of the Federation of Women's Clubs of the United States ; is president of the Illinois Indus- trial School for Girls, a trustee of the Uniter- sity of Illinois, and a member of the Juvenile Protective Association. She is a valued mem- ber of a number of important social clubs, of which the more prominent are the Fortnightly, the Chicago Woman's and the Friday clubs. She has been honored with the decoration of the Chefackat of Turkey, the Palmes Academic of France, and others of French and Belgian distinction. She has long taken a most active and helpful part in social and charitable work everywhere, her kind heart and sympathetic nature having caused her to respond to the call of benevolence.
Among the decorations conferred upon Mr. Henrotin were: The Order of Commander of the Medijidec and Commander of the Osmanic of Turkey ; officer of the Legion of Honor of Belgium; Chevalier of the Crown of Belgium; the highest decoration of the Civic Cross of Belgium, presented in recognition of his thirty- five years of consular service; and Chevalier of the Legion of Honor of France. His club relations were with the most prominent social organizations of the city, including the Ger- mania, Banker's, Chicago, and other clubs. He was recognized as a leader not alone in the field of finance, where his operations were so
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extensive, but also iu municipal and govern- mental affairs, in the social life of the city and in the discussion of themes of broad and vital
significance. Personally, his appearance was prepossessing, his manner genial and his com- panionship charming.
ALBON ELDRED WILSON.
Prominent among the early settlers of
and Braces, who came from New York to Illi- pois in 1820, where they entered land and encountered all the privations of pioneer life. A considerable portion of the land they entered, which is now very valuable, is still held by descendants of the families, One of these and a man who really led, in recent years, in all movements looking toward the improve- ment of agricultural conditions in the locality, and set the example of advanced farming, was the late Albon Eldred Wilson, an extensive owner of Greene County farm land, as well as a prominent citizen of Carrollton for many years prior to liis regretted demise. He was born near Quincy, Adams County, Ill., August 1, 1842, son of James Hervey and Clara Eldred Wilson, the former a native of Kentucky, born near Marion, in Crittendon County, December 29, 1814. When fifteen years of age James H. Wilson came with his parents to Illinois, and settled east of St. Louis. Ile attended the Shurtleff College at Alton, and the Illinois College at Jacksonville. On November 4, 1841, he was united in marriage with Miss Clara Eldred at the home of her parents, William and Ruth Brace Eldred, two and one-half miles west of Carrollton, and went to live on their farm near Quincy. To this union was born one son, Albon Eldred. Clara E. Wilson died at Chesterfield, Il., October 18, 1851, when only twenty-nine years of age. James H. Wilson died at Sandoval, Ill., January 25, 1890.
After the death of his mother, Albon Eldred Wilson made his home with his grandparents, William and Ruth Brace Eldred. In this his- toric home, whose descendants have done much to secure the development of Greene County, many of whom are prominent in agriculture, banking and mercantile pursuits, as well as other occupations and professions in the county, Mr. Wilson grew to manhood in close com- panionship with the youngest member of the family, Elon A. Eldred. Together they attended the Centerville district school. Mr. Wilson later became a student at the Illinois College, Jack- sonville, and the State Normal. at Normal, afterwards becoming one of the popular educa-
tors of Greene County. From 1850 until 1853 Greene County were the families of Eldreds. he was engaged in the grocery business in Carrollton. On April 15, 1883, he was united in marriage with Miss Cassie Robertson, at the home of her parents, the late John Robertson and wife of Jacksonville, Ill. Mr. Robertson's parents were early settlers in Morgan County. Mr. and Mrs. Wilson resided on their beautiful farm at the Bluffs until November, 1898, when they purchased the old Alexander Lynn resi- dence property in Carrollton, and built thereon the handsome home where they resided at the time of his death. Believing in the future of Greene County lands, Mr. Wilson invested heavily, owning at the time of his death a large tract, including much rich bottom land, which he improved, leveled and installed thereon a pumping plant, thus reclaiming land that is as fertile as any in the state, but which was, previous to that time, considered worthless. Mr. Wilson aided in lasing out and naming the town of Eldred and in developing a valu- able stone quarry in that locality, and, largely through his efforts and generosity, the organi- zation of the Baptist church at Eldred was made possible. He served on the building com- mittee for the erection of this church, and also for a time as one of its trustees, although he was a member of the Carrollton Presbyterian Church, which body he served as elder the last twelve years of his life. He was also a faith- ful teacher in the Sunday school, and a regu- lar attendant at the services of the church so long as he was able. Active and generous. he is greatly missed. A diligent student of God's word. he stored up rich truths and precious promises, which, during the final days of his life, came to him with renewed force. Mr. Wilson was a man of high ideals in life, con- scientious and honest in all his dealings, his word his bond, a lover of home where his loss is most keenly felt, kind to those in need, and in his every-day life exemplifying the prin- ciples which he professed. Interested in every good work, he did much to aid in driving the liquor interests from Greene County. Frater- nally he was a Mason, having been a member of the Carrollton lodge. During the Civil war Mr. Wilson served for a time in the Commissary
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Department, his youth preventing his accept- anice as soldier. Throughout his life he adhered to the principles of the men he esteemed so highly during the stirring times that tried men's souls as by fire. He voted the Re- publican ticket. At personal sacrifice he ac- cepted some of the public offices, serving the city of Carrollton two terms as alderman, and the town of Bluffdale as supervisor. The new Court House, which reflects much to the credit and honor of the county, was built during his term of office, he serving on the building com- mittee. Naturally energetic, Mr. Wilson never spared himself or failed if duty or business called. After the Chicago and Alton bought the Litchfield, Carrollton and Western Rail- road, the line running from the Illinois River to Litchfield, work was begun early one Sunday morning, employes commencing at the river, to take up the track. In company with Mr. T. C. Hussey, of Carrollton, Mr. Wilson immediately took steps to save the road, and had an injune- tion served whereby the line to Eldred, the principal shipping point for the western part of the county, was retained.
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