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84,880
Riley
18,216
681,576
142,250
207,778
76,982
Seneca ..
17,846
819,108
135,498.
185,198
66,693
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LOCAL STATISTICS.
LOCAL STATISTICS.
1855.
Assessed value of real estate
$2,821,508 00
personal property
1,106,955 00
66
railroads.
197,566 00
Total
$6,947,537 00
PERSONAL PROPERTY.
NO.
AMOUNT.
Horses
5,324
$207,386 00
Neat cattle
25,824
313,561 00
Mules and asses
36
1,450 00
Sheep
24,049
32,025 00
Hogs
12,500
16,626 00
Carriages and wagons
2,422
62,560 00
Clocks and watches.
2,110
7,285 00
Pianos
18
2,160 00
Goods and merchandise
92,280 00
Bankers' stock.
300 00
Manufactured articles.
6,500 00
Moneys and credits,
256,449 00
Bonds, stocks, etc ...
4,151 00
Unenumerated property.
88,028 00
Total.
...
$1,106,955 00
1860.
Assessed value of real estate.
$2.672,665 00
66
personal property.
752,666 00
railroads.
307,708 17
Total
$3,733,039 17
PERSONAL PROPERTY.
NO.
AMOUNT.
Horses ..
6,147
$218,354 00
Neat cattle.
25,951
185,398 00
Mules and asses
60
1,761 00
Sheep.
19,357
19,789 00
Hogs.
9,847
10,013 00
Carriages and wagons.
3,195
49,105 00
Clocks and watches.
3,105
7,299 00
Pianos.
69
5,610 00
Goods and merchandise
57,233 00
Bankers' and brokers' stock.
5,000 00
Manufactured articles
6,022 00
Moneys and credits
118,360 00
Unenumerated articles
73,369 00
Total.
$752,666 00
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LOCAL STATISTICS.
1865.
Assessed value of real estate.
$2,245,705 00
railroads
406,620 00
66
66 personal property
959,408 00
Total
$3,592,581 00
PERSONAL PROPERTY.
NO.
AMOUNT.
Horses
9,897
$281,750 00
Cattle
23,935
165,553 00
Mules and asses
114
3,163 00
Sheep
60,914
84,773 00
Hogs
11,946
19,607 00
Carriages and wagons.
3,489
56,625 00
Clocks and watches
3,618
7,025 00
Pianos.
106
7,108 00
Goods and merchandise
64,277 00
Manufactured articles
1,850 00
Moneys and credits.
155,423 00
Value of moneys in bonds, bank shares, etc.
18,722 00
Unenumerated property
94,208 00
Total
$959,409 00
1870.
Assessed value of real estate
$2,026,548 00
66
railroads
391,663 00
66
personal property
%
849,709 00
66 town lots
348,279 00
Total
$3,616,169 00
PERSONAL PROPERTY.
NO.
AMOUNT.
Horses
10,666
$250,045 00
Cattle
28,289
210,123 00
Mules and asses
188
4,611 00
Sheep
50,650
124,165 00
Hogs
17,198
28,784 00
Carriages and wagons.
3,614
43,454 00
Clock and watches.
3,231
4,711 00
Pianos.
101
5,415 00
Total.
$876,397 00
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LOCAL STATISTICS.
1875.
Assessed value of real estate.
$7,540,926 00
66 personal property
2,821,031 00
66
66 railroads
507,590 00
Total
$10,869,547 00
PERSONAL PROPERTY.
NO.
AMOUNT.
Horses.
10,733
$502,368 00
Cattle
34,961
593,954 00
Mules
211
10,267 00
Sheep
45,523
86,207 00
Hogs
17,578
58,626 00
Steam engines and boilers
13
7,010 00
Fire and burglar proof safes
36
2,940 00
Billiard and bagatelle tables
30
2,175 00
Carriages and wagons
4,669
128,334 00
Watches and clocks.
3,721
11,929 00
Sewing and knitting machines
1,856
39,784 00
Piano fortes
156
16,060 00
Melodeons and organs
409
19,842 00
Franchises
500 00
Steamboats and water craft.
2
25 00
Merchandise
272,830 00
Manufactured articles.
40,450 00
Manufactured tools and machinery
9,433 00
Agricultural implements and machinery.
64,377 00
Plated ware.
1,101 00
Diamonds and jewelry.
45 00
Bankers' and brokers' money, etc.
2,000 00
Credits.
850 00
Money other than bankers'
266,856 00
Credits.
454,572 00
Bonds and stocks.
4,808 00
Shares in National banks.
80),000 00
Property of corporations not enumerated.
2,450 00
Household and office property
1,010 00
Investments in real estate and improvements.
117,818 00
Shares, stocks, State and National banks.
4,365 00
All other property
23,017 00
Total assessed value unenumerated property.
135,974 00
The population of the county in 1840.
2,578
1850.
14,975
66
66
1860 22,085
66
60
1870
23,688
26,000
And estimated at present time 1876
It will be seen that the population has increased from 200, in 1837, to 26,000 in 1876, and that this county stands among the most populous counties in the State, while the increase in the assessment of taxable property has run up from $370, in 1837, to $10,869,547, in 1875-in thirty-eight years.
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POPULATION OF McHENRY COUNTY.
POPULATION OF McHENRY COUNTY-BY TOWNSHIPS. UNITED STATES CENSUS, 1870.
1870.
1860.
1850.
Total.
Native. Foreign.
White.
Colored.
White.
Colored.
White.
Col'd.
Alden
722
609
113
722
945
780
Algonquin
2157
1573
584
2156
1
1987
1455
Brooklyn (g).
281
201
80
281
329
333
Byron (h).
763
Center (¿)
1139
Chemung
2222
1845
377
2198
24
1633
928
Harvard.
1120
920
200
1102
18
Coral.
1345
1170
175
1339
6
1266
2
977
3
Dorr (¿)
2681
2179
502
2670
11
2386
1
Woodstock
1574
1255
319
1563
11
1327
Dunham (h)
999
754
245
999
981
Grafton ..
1361
1020
341
1359
2
1073
446
Greenwood.
925
759
166
924
1
1048
884
Hartland.
1037
678
359
1036
1
978
968
Hebron.
930
841
89
929
1
900
731
Marengo.
2253
1991
262
2242
11
2008
1030
Marengo ...
1327
1209
118
1317
10
1119
McHenry .
1988
1531
457
1983
5
2042
1176
Nunda (g)
1548
1248
300
1548
1321
Richmond
1404
1115
289
1403
1
1377
1
1078
Riley
882
746
136
882
801
445
Seneca.
1027
874
153
1027
1010
836
(g) In 1860, name changed from Brooklyn to Nunda.
(h) In 1860, “
Byron to Dunham.
(¿) In 1860, «
66
Center to Dorr.
NATIVITY AND FOREIGN PARENTAGE.
1870.
1860.
Native.
19,134
17,828
Foreign born.
4,628
4,261
Both parents foreign.
10,427
Having foreign father.
9,995
Having foreign mother
9,677
Having foreign father and mother
9,245
SELECTED NATIVITY.
NATIVE.
FOREIGN.
Born in the State.
10,214
British America.
382
Ohio ...
448
England and Wales
713
New York.
4,790
Ireland ..
1,661
Pennsylvania.
560
Scotland
207
Indiana
96
Germany
1,187
France.
160
Sweden and Norway
172
Switzerland.
11
Bohemia
90
Holland.
11
Denmark
23
4,617
.
16,132
..
Burton .
1006
..
Kentucky
24
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COUNTY OFFICERS.
McHENRY COUNTY.
T. D. MURPHY, Circuit Court Judge.
First Term .- Second Monday in January.
Second Term .- Second Monday in May.
Third Term .- Fourth Monday in September.
B. N. SMITH,
County Court Judge.
Probate Matters .- Third Monday of every month.
COUNTY OFFICERS.
P. WHITNEY,
County Clerk.
JAMES NISH,
Treasurer.
J. P. CHEEVER,
. Attorney.
E. E. RICHARDS, .
Circuit Clerk.
WILLIAM NICKLE, .
Supt. of Schools.
JOHN BRINK, Surveyor.
D. A STEDMAN,
Sheriff.
JOHN S. CUMMINGS,
Coroner.
COUNTY SUPERVISORS.
IRA E. SEARLS,
. Riley.
Z. E. GOODRICH,
Marengo.
R. M. PATRICK,
Village of Marengo.
O. C. DIGGINS, . . Dunham.
JAMES THOMPSON, Chemung.
HENRY BAKER,
Village of Harvard.
R. O. SOUTHMAYD,
. Alden.
R. D. COONEY,
Hartland.
CHARLES O. PARSONS,
. Seneca.
CALVIN GILBERT, .
Coral.
D. E. WOOD, .
Grafton.
M. L. JOSLYN, .
Dorr.
GEO. H. GARRISON,
Greenwood.
SAMUEL W. BROWN,
Hebron.
MARCUS FOOTE, . Richmond.
JOSEPH COOLEY, Burton.
JOHN M. SMITH,
McHenry.
B. F. PECK,
Nunda.
C. F. DIKE,
Algonquin.
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TOWN GOVERNMENT.
TOWN GOVERNMENT.
McHENRY COUNTY-CITY OF WOODSTOCK.
NEILL DONNELLY, Mayor; D. C. GREEN, A. K. BUNKER, CHARLES SCHRYVER, Aldermen, South Ward ; A. DICKERSON, FREDERICK REN- . ICH, HENRY WAITE, Aldermen, North Ward; T. L. MAHER, City Clerk ; J. J. MURPHY, Treasurer.
.
BOARDS OF TRUSTEES-VILLAGE CORPORATIONS.
MARENGO.
R. M. PATRICK, President ; J. W. GREEN, M. D., A. J. SHURTLIFF, S. . H. CUSSEY, ALFRED CORSON; G. V. WELLS, Clerk; A. P. ABBOTT, Treasurer.
HARVARD.
HENRY BAKER, President ; JOHN W. GROESBECK, W. WELLINGTON, G. H. SMITH, JAMES THOMPSON; J. B. LYON, Clerk ; B. A. WADE, Treasurer.
HUNTLEY.
JACKSON WOOD, President ; JOSEPH HANCOCK, DAVID WILLIAMS, A. BLANCHARD, J. F. SPALDING, JOHN WELTZINE; B. F. ELLIS, Clerk.
RICHMOND.
G. P. WODELL, President; DR. S. F. BENNETT, J. C. SMITH, JOHN HOLIAN, GEO. PURDY, J. V. ALDRICH ; J. W. HAYTHORN, Clerk; A. R. ALEXANDER, Treasurer.
MCHENRY.
RICHARD BISHOP, President ; S. SEARLES, JACOB STOREY, AN- THONY WEBER, EDWARD HANLEY, WM. WELCH; HENRY COLBY, Treasurer ; MICHAEL KELTER, Clerk.
NUNDA. (Incorporated Jan. 26, 1874.)
J. P. VERMYLIA, President; O. MANSFIELD, E. BECKLEY, C. H. STONE, N. BEARDSLEY, J. DARBY ; R. G. BENTON, Clerk ; D. C. MALLORY, Treasurer.
CRYSTAL LAKE.
W. BUTLER, President; L. D. LOWELL, JOHN BUCKHOLZ, THOMAS LEONARD, WM. MILLER, S. S. ROLLINS; WM. H. BEARDSLEY, Clerk ; W. B. FITCH, Treasurer.
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TOWNSHIP OFFICERS.
TOWNSHIP OFFICERS OF McHENRY COUNTY, 1876. · RILEY TOWNSHIP.
THOMAS DIMON, T. J. EDKIN, Justices of the Peace ; IRA E. SEARLS, Su- pervisor ; T. H. GRAVES, Town Clerk ; P. S. GRIFFITH, Assessor ; JOHN DE YARMOND, Collector.
MARENGO TOWNSHIP.
GUSTAVUS V. WELLS, ALDEN JEWETT, Justices of the Peace ; Z. E. GOODRICH, Supervisor ; G. V. WELLS, Town Clerk ; GEORGE D. BELDIN, Assessor ; W. W. NORRIS, Collector.
DUNHAM TOWNSHIP.
O. H. THOMPSON, WM. G. BILLINGS, Justices of the Peace; O. C. DIG- GINS, Supervisor ; L. M. LILLIBRIDGE, Town Clerk; W. G. BILLINGS, As- sessor ; F. C. WELLS, Collector.
CHEMUNG TOWNSHIP.
CHARLES ARMSTRONG, J. G. CALLENDER, Justices of the Peace; JAMES THOMPSON, Supervisor ; JOHN B. LYON, Town Clerk ; CHARLES ARM- STRONG, Assessor ; LOT P. SMITH, Collector.
ALDEN TOWNSHIP.
WM. H. NOYES, WM. H. CONKLIN, Justices of the Peace ; R. O. SOUTH- MAYD, Supervisor ; W. H. NOYES, Town Clerk ; SAMUEL CUTTER, Assessor ; HENRY WETLAUFER, Collector.
HARTLAND TOWNSHIP.
WM. G. CONKLIN, NICHOLAS GRADY, Justices of the Peace ; R. D. COO- NEY, Supervisor ; P. J. NOLAN, Town Clerk ; TIMOTHY MURPHY, Assessor ; JOSEPH O'LEARY, Collector.
SENECA TOWNSHIP.
J. G. CHASE, U. T. HYDE, Justices of the Peace ; CHAS. O. PARSONS, Super- visor ; WM. M. TURNER, Town Clerk ; LYMAN W. SHELDON, Assessor ; JOHN McBROOM, Collector.
CORAL TOWNSHIP.
J. A. READ, VOLNEY OWEN, Justices of the Peace ; CALVIN GILBERT, Supervisor ; CHARLES N. STODDARD, Town Clerk ; C. HASTINGS, Assessor ; ALONZO S. PEAK, Collector.
GRAFTON TOWNSHIP.
GEORGE VAN VALKENBURG, JOHN COSTIGAN, Justices of the Peace ; D. E. WOOD, Supervisor ; J. P. SKEELS, Town Clerk ; G. D. TORRANCE, Assessor ; B. F. ELLIS, Collector.
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TOWNSHIP OFFICERS.
DORR TOWNSHIP.
EDMUND BALDWIN, MINOR LOCKWOOD, Justices of the Peace; M. L. JOSLYN, Supervisor; EDMUND BALDWIN, Town Clerk ; JOHN D. SHORT, Assessor ; WM. H. COWLIN, Collector.
GREENWOOD TOWNSHIP.
A. C. THOMPSON, Justice of the Peace; GEO. H. GARRISON. Supervisor; ADAM WESTERMAN, Town Clerk; W. N. WILLIS, Assessor; SEBREAN BALDWIN, Collector.
HEBRON TOWNSHIP.
HENRY W. MEAD, S. W. BROWN, Justices of the Peace; SAM'L W. BROWN, Supervisor; HENRY W. MEAD, Town Clerk; HAMLIN FENNER, Assessor; HIRAM ROWE, Collector.
RICHMOND TOWNSHIP.
WM. A. McCONNELL, HENRY HORNBY, Justices of the Peace; MARCUS FOOTE, Supervisor; A. R. ALEXANDER, Town Clerk; WM. L. TURNER, Assessor; JAMES BACON, Collector.
BURTON TOWNSHIP.
CHAS. MEAD, Justice of the Peace; JOSEPH COOLEY, Supervisor; WM. SLATER, Town Clerk ; WM. PIERCE, Assessor; ROB'T THOMPSON, Collector.
MCHENRY TOWNSHIP.
J. B. PERRY, HOMER WATTLES, Justices of the Peace; JOHN M. SMITH, Supervisor; HENRY COLBY, Town Clerk; JOHN HUEMANN, Assessor; PETER ROTHERMEL, Collector.
NUNDA TOWNSHIP.
D. C. MALLORY, CHESTER SHALES, Justices of the Peace; B. F. PECK, Supervisor ; JOHN MORTON, Town Clerk; JOHN DORAN, Assessor; R. J. SUTTON, Collector.
ALGONQUIN TOWNSHIP.
JAS. PHILP, BENJAMIN CARPENTER, Justices of the Peace; C. F. DIKE, Supervisor; HENRY KEYES, Town Clerk; JOHN BRINK, Assessor ; GEORGE DODD, Collector.
JUSTICES OF THE PEACE.
E. DAYTON, village of Marengo; JABEZ R. WELLS, JOHN B. LYON, village of Harvard; JAS. G. TEMPLETON, village of Huntley; JAS. B. CHURCH, city of Woodstock ; D. A. POTTER, village of Richmond; JOHN M. SMITH, village of McHenry; A. A. PETTIBONE, village of Nunda.
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LODGES AND ASSOCIATIONS.
LODGES AND ASSOCIATIONS.
McHENRY COUNTY.
St. Mark's Lodge, No. 63, A., F. and A. M., organized Sept. 20, 1847. First Officers : John F. Gray, W. M .; Luke Coon, S. W .; Calvin Searles, J. W .; Jonathan Kimball, Treasurer ; Henry Petrie, Secretary ; Jonathan Bliss, S. D .; George W. Dana, J. D .; Silas Chatfield, Tyler ; Cornelius Lansing and Nicholas Terrell, Stewards. Officers, 1876 : Edwin E. Thomas, W. M. ; Geo. L. Sherwood, S. W .; Edwin Whit- son, J. W .; A. L. Salisbury, Treasurer; S. Brink, Secretary ; A. F. McGhee, S. D .; F. M. Buell, J. D .; J. Petrie, Tyler. Meets on 1st and 3d Tuesdays in each month, at Masonic Hall, Woodstock.
Woodstock, Chapter, No. 36, R. A. M., chartered October 3, 1857. First Officers : John D. Pierce, M. E. H. P. ; Elzapahan I. Smith, K .; Benj. Carter, S. Officers, 1876 : E. E. Thomas, M. E. H. P .; A. L. Salisbury, K .; W. H. Stewart, S .; A. F. McGhee, C. H .; B. N. Smith, P. S .; F. Renich, R. A. C .; J. A. Parrish, 3d V .; J. P. Zimpleman, 2d V .; C. N. Kendall, 1st V. ; J. Petrie, Tyler. Meets on 2d and 4th Mondays of each month, at Masonic Hall, Woodstock.
Calvary Commandery, No. 25, organized October 22d, 1867. First Officers : E. W. Smith, Eminent Commander; J. J. Murphy, Generalissimo; Holbert Nick- erson, Captain General ; John S. Wheat, Prelate; Benj. F. Church, S. W .; Edwin E. Thomas, J. W .; James Northrup, Treasurer ; John S. Medlar, Recorder ; Alex. L. Salisbury, Standard Bearer ; Leander Church, Sword Bearer. Officers, 1876: E. E. Thomas, E. C .; G. B. Southworth, G .; E. E. Richards, Captain General; R. K. Todd, Prelate ; W. H. Sanford, S. W .; G. L. Sherwood, J. W .; Alex McNaughton, S. K. B; R. Diesel, S. W. ; M. Church, W. ; C. A. Given, Capt. of G. Meets at Masonic Hall, on 2d and 4th Thursdays of each month, at Woodstock.
Harvard Lodge No. 309, A., F. and A. M., organized March 15, 1859. First Officers, elected December 19, 1859: T. B. Wakeman, W. M .; A. E. Axtel, S. W .; Joseph E. Crumb, J. W. ; Benj. Lowell, Treasurer ; A. J. Burbank, Secretary; H. B. Minier, S. D. ; Hiram Jackson, J. D .; Geo. F. Crawford and Holland Norton, Stew- ards ; G. H. Sherwood, Tyler. Officers, 1876: L. P. Smith, W. M .; Aremus Cov- entry, S. W .; J. W. Groesbeck, J. W .; Wm. B. Walker, Treasurer; P. Wilkinson, Secretary ; P. L. Russell, S. D .; A. M. Leeland, J. D .; J. B. Rosecrantz, Chaplain ; Wm. N. Merritt and Abijah F. Barrett, Stewards; Wm. N. Grovesteen, Tyler. Meets on the 1st and 3d Mondays of each month, at Masonic Hall, Harvard.
Harvard Chapter No. 91, R. A. M., was organized October 5, 1866. First Officers : J. G. Callender, H. P. ; H. B. Minier, K. ; Holland Norton, S. Officers, 1876: J. B. Rosecrantz, H. P .; B. A. Wade, K .; J. W. Groesbeck, S .; J. C. Crumb, Treasurer ; H. C. Crumb, Secretary ; D. W. Downs, C. H .; L. P. Smith, P. S .; R.
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LODGES AND ASSOCIATIONS.
Coventry, R. A. C .; E. Smith, M. 3d V .; P. L. Russell, M. 2d V .; W. H. Williams, M. 1st V .; W. H. Grobenstein, Tyler. Meets on 2d and 4th Tuesdays of each month, at Masonie Hall, Harvard.
Richmond Lodge, No. 143, A., F. and A. M., organized October 2, 1854. First Officers : C. G. Cotting, W. M. ; Dr. R. F. Bennett, S. W .; George M. Leach, J. W .; Wm. A. MeConnell, Treasurer ; Asa F. Bennett, Secretary. Officers, 1876 : Geo. B. Carpenter, W. M .; J. McConnell, S. W .; A. R. Alexander, J. W .; Wm. A. McConnell, Treasurer ; C. G. Cotting, Secretary ; G. P. Wodell, S. D .; J. A. Ratnour, J. D .; Wm. Parsons, Tyler. Meets on Monday on or before full moon and second Monday thereafter at Richmond.
Hebron Lodge, No. 604, A., F. and A. M., organized July 15, 1868. First Officers : H. W. Mead, W. M .; James Erckenbrack, S. W .; M. S. Goodsell, J. W .; David Rowe, Treasurer ; George Colburn, Secretary ; D. A. Clarey, S. D .; Henry Rowe, J. D .; W. S. Erekenbrack, Tyler. Officers, 1876 : D. A. Clarey, W. M .; Henry Housholder, S. W .; W. H. Noyes, J. W .; David Rowe, Treasurer ; D. S. Blodgett, Secretary ; Frank Rowe, S. D .; John Woodberry, J. D .; Wm. Chapman, S. S .; H. W. Noyes, J. S .; D. K. Smith, Tyler.
Orion Lodge, No. 358, A., F. and A. M., organized November 23, 1859. First Officers : P. M. Frisbie, W. M .; H. Wayne, S. W .; S. A. Randall, J. W .; N. C. Gardner, Treasurer ; P. B. Smith, Secretary ; Wm. Tompkins, S. D .; H. W. Belden, J. D. ; N. C. Gardner, S. S. ; E. W. Fillmore, J. S .; Cyrus Ladd, Tyler. Officers, 1876 : N. C. Gardner, W. M .; H. W. Belden, S. W .; J.F. Prowse, J. W .; Amos Capron, Treasurer ; F. S. Sheldon, Secretary ; J. D. Bliss, S. D .; A. Andrew, J. D. ; Wm. J. Fillmore, S. S. ; H. J. Bright, J. S. ; Orson Petingale, Tyler. Meets Wednes- day evening on or before full moon in each month at Union.
Lansing Chapter, No. 73, R. A. M., organized October 27, 1864. First Officers : H. P. Stockton, H. P .; G. V. Wells, K .; A. G. Simons, S .; M. L. Utter, C. H .; Van Arman, R. A. C .; H. A. Buek, G. M. 3d V .; A. Lewis, G. M. 2d V .; Willliam Tompkins, G. M. 1st V .; M. White, Tyler. Officers, 1876 : Ira R. Curtiss, H. P .; W. Avery, K .; J. W. Green, S .; G. V. Wells, Treasurer; I. L. James, Secretary ; P. T. Parkhurst, C. H .; J. B. Babeoek, P. S .; W. J. Casely, R. A. C .; G. Crego, G. M. 3d V .; P. L. Wells, G. M. 2d V .; H. M. Fillmore, G. M. 1st V .; T. Demon, Tyler. Meets second Wednesday evening in each montlı, at Masonic Hall, Marengo.
Marengo Lodge, No. 138, A., F. and A. M., organized March 3, 1853. First Officers : J. W. Green, W. M .; C. D. Cannon, S. W .; R. B. Simpkins, J. W. pro tem .; E. A. Guilbert, Secretary pro tem .; N. Terrill, S. D. pro tem .; D. Hammer, J. . D. pro tem .; D. Barron, Tyler, pro tem. Officers, 1876: J. W. Green, W. M .; Ira R. Curtiss, S. W .; P. T. Parkhurst, J. W .; G. V. Wells, Treasurer; S. J. James, See- retary ; L. A. Hovey, S. D .; O. I. Searles, J; D .; W. H. Sanders, Tyler. Meets 1st. and 3d Wednesdays in each month in Masonic Hall, Marengo.
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McHenry Lodge, No. 158, A., F. and A. M., organized 1854. First Officers : Z. W. Burnham, W. M .; J. R. Mack, S. W .; H. N. Owen, J. W .; George Gage, Treas- urer; Horace Burton, Secretary; A. H. Nixon, S. D .; G. W. Burnham, J. D .; Wm. R. Willard, S. S .; A. McCulley, J. S .; Abner Mack, Tyler. Officers, 1876: Smith Searles, W. M .; J. M. Smith, S. W .; Philo D. Smith, J. W .; Albert Hibbard, Treasurer ; Chas. Morey, Secretary; Rollin Wait, S. D .; Pulaski Allen, J. D .; H. Colby, Tyler. Meets every two weeks, on Saturday evening before the full moon, at Mc- Henry.
Algonquin Lodge, No. 256, A., F. and A. M., chartered October 6, 1858. First Officers : Sam'l A. French, W. M .; Wm. Henry, S. W .; Thos. Plumleigh, J. W .; A. S. Thomas, Treasurer; S. D. Pease, Secretary ; James Philp, S. D .; J. J. Sears, J. D .; R. R. Sherwood, Tyler. Officers, 1876 : Wm. A. Nason, W. M .; J. C. Bennett, S. W .; Wm. H. Earlie, J. W .; C. C. Chunn, Treasurer; J. Peter, Secretary; J. D. Terenson, Jr., S. D .; Wm. Stewart, J. D .; J. Adamek, Tyler. Meets 1st and 3d Wednesdays of each month in Masonic Hall, Algonquin.
Chemung Lodge, No. 326, A. F. and A. M., chartered Oct. 5, 1859. First Officers : Alpheus March, W. M .; W. G. Billings, S. W .; J. A. Woods, J. W. Consolidated with Bonus Lodge, No. 258, Boone County, Dec. 30, 1861, and newly chartered as Chemung Lodge, No. 258 : W. G. Billings, W. M .; J. G. Callender, S. W .; J. A. Woods, J. W. Officers, 1876: W. G. Billings, W. M .; A. J. Alderman, S. W. ; Jacob Barth, J. W.
Nunda Lodge, No. 169, A. F. and A. M., organized Oct. 2, 1855. First Officers : J. R. Mack, W. M .; W. R. Willard, S. W .; H. Green, J. W .; G. A. Palmer, Treasurer ;" N. Buck, Secretary ; O. Mansfield, S. D .; M. H. Buck, J. D .; S. A. French, S. S .; J. Barthell, J. S .; W. H. Huffman, Tyler. Officers, 1876: J. H. Palmer, W. M .; Orrin Mansfield, S. W .; Charles H. Stone, J. W .; William Hill, Treasurer; John . Morton, Secretary; Walter B. Fitch, S. D .; Cecil C. Pettibone, J. D .; Charles H. Lanning, S. S .; Joseph H. Wilbur, J. S .; Ole Arnesen, Tyler. Meets 2d and 4th Saturdays in each month at Masonic Hall, Nunda.
Guardian Lodge, No. 60, I. O. O. F. Officers for 1876 : George Bachman, N. G .; Jacob Kuhn, V. G .; Richard Roessler, Secretary ; Jacob Schwamb, Treasurer ; Richard Roessler, Representative. Appointed Officers : Jacob Kropp, Ward. ; Chris. Hausauer, Cond. ; H. Schneider, Jun. Guard. ; Ole Blome, R. S. N. G .; Henry Munzer, L. S. N. G .; Michael Eckert, R. S. V. G .; Daniel Plocher, L. S. V. G .; Michael Schneider, R. S. I .; Alois Dreyer, L. S. S .; Chas. Retterer, P. G .; R. J. Osman, D. G. M. Meets every Monday, at Odd Fellows' Hall, Choate's Block, Woodstock.
Woodstock Division, No. 998, Sons of Temperance, organized December, 1874. · Officers, 1876 : L. H. S. Barrows, W. P .; J. E. Jones, P. W. P .; Mrs. A. B. Sheets, W. A .; A. B. Sheets, R. S .; Jennie Lemmers, Asst. R. S .; C. Barrows, F. S .; H. T. Nettleton, Chaplain ; Chas. Haas, Cond .; Maggie McLain, Asst. Cond .; Aggie Mc- Lain, I. S .; George Skinner, O. S. Meets every Friday evening, at Thomas' Hall, Woodstock.
BIOGRAPHICAL DIRECTORY OF McHENRY COUNTY.
ALGONQUIN TOWNSHIP.
ABBOTT, A. C., Farmer and Mechanic, n. w. Sec. 17; Cary P. O .; born in Chautauqua Co., N. Y. 1826; owns 66 acres of land ; value $2,300 ; been Justice of Peace ; was one year in Union Army, One Hundred and Forty-Seventh Ill. Vol. Inf. Married Melissa Wheeler, of Cortland Co., N. Y., in 1847, who was born 1826 ; had eight children, five boys and three girls ; lost two boys and one girl.
ABBOTT, SANDY, Carpenter, Sec. 17; Cary P. O.
ADAMS, JOHN, Laborer ; Algonquin.
ADAMEK, FRANK, Farmer, Sec. 31 ; Algonquin P. O.
ADAMEK, JOSEPH, Carriage Maker ; Algonquin ; born in Bohemia, 1834 ; came to America, 1852, and to McHenry Co., 1871. Married Bartha Dvorak, of Barrington, 1860; Mrs. Adamek is a native of Bohemia; has six children, three boys and three girls.
AHRENS, FRED., Laborer ; Algonquin.
ALLASON, ISAAC, Laborer ; Algonquin.
ALLEN, CHAS., Laborer ; Crystal Lake.
ALLEN, JOHN, Farmer, Sec. 12; Cary P. O.
ARVEDSON, REV. PETER, Pastor of Episcopal Church, Sec. 22 ; Algon- quin P. O .; born in Sweden, 1822; came to America, 1841, and to Algonquin, 1842 ; owns 50 acres land ; valued $3,750. Married Hannah Adelia Cornish, grand- daughter of Andrew Cornish, M. D .; one of the first settlers of McHenry Co., Sept. 4th, 1848; had twelve children, five boys and seven girls ; eleven now living. ALMERDER, -, Wood Carver ; Crystal Lake.
ASHTON, L. C., Lives with father ; Crystal Lake.
ASHTON, T. H., Proprietor Crystal Lake House, Crystal Lake; born in Orleans Co., N. Y., 1815 ; came West, 1855 ; settled in Cuba, Lake Co. Ill ; lived there ten years ; came to this county, 1866; owns Blocks 1 and 9, Crystal Lake. Married Hulda Chase, 1839; born in Monroe Co. N. Y., 1819 ; had nine children, four boys and five girls ; two boys and one girl dead.
AYELSWORTH, J., Laborer; Crystal Lake. BALDWIN, JAMES, Retired ; Crystal Lake. BALDWIN, J. A., School Teacher ; Crystal Lake. BALESTY, CHARLES, Laborer ; Algonquin. BALESTY, PAT., Farmer, Sec. 31 ; Algonquin P. O. BANNISTER, J., Farmer, Sec. 5; Nunda P. O.
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BEARDSLEY, A. W., Farmer, Sec. 5; Crystal Lake P. O.
BENTHUSEN, HENRY, Blacksmith ; Algonquin.
BEDFORD, JOHN, Laborer ; Crystal Lake. BEARDSLEY, W. H., Engineer ; Crystal Lake.
BENNETT, J. C., Laborer ; Algonquin.
BEARDSLEY, Z., Retired; Crystal Lake.
BENSON, E. H., Farmer, n. w. Sec. 21, Algonquin P. O .; born in Chautauqua Co., N. Y., 1832 ; came to this county. 1855 ; owns 380 acres land ; value $15,200 ; been Town Supervisor two years; is School Trustee at present. Married Alvira Miller, daughter of Jessie F. Miller, of Algonquin, in 1861; had five children, three boys and two girls ; one boy dead.
BENSON, W. P., Farmer, Sec. 22 ; Algonquin P. O.
BENTLEY, B. B., Physician ; Algonquin.
BERGIN, JOHN, Farmer, Sec. 8, R. 9; Cary Station P. O.
BERKLEY, CHARLES, Farmer, Sec. 25 ; Algonquin P. O.
BINK, CHARLES, Laborer ; Algonquin.
BIRKLE, CHARLES, Farmer, n. w. Scc. 36; Algonquin P. O .; born in Baden, Germany, 1839; came to America 1862, and to this Co. the same year ; owns 98 acres land ; value $45 per acre. Married Meno Crouse, 1862 ; she was born in Germany, 1838 ; has five children, three boys and two girls. Republican Lutheran.
BLONNER, A., Farmer, Sec. 17, R. 9; Barrington P. O .; born in Germany, 1823 ; came to this Co. 1864; owns 100 acres land; value $3,000. Marricd Cathrina Blony, a native of Germany, 1846; had four children, three boys and one girl.
BOOK, CHARLES, Laborer ; Algonquin.
BOBEIN, J. F., Farmer, Sec. 7, R. 9 ; Cary P. O.
BOND, G. W. S., Laborer ; Algonquin. BOWERS, C. A., Laborer; Algonquin. BOURK, JAMES, Farmer, Sec. 28; Algonquin P. O.
BOHL, JOHN, Laborer ; Crystal Lake.
BOHL, THEODORE, Laborer ; Crystal Lake. BOHARSHET, FRANK, Farmer, Sec. 24 ; Algonquin P. O. BOWERS, A. L., Laborcr ; Algonquin. BOLAN, CHARLES, Laborer ; Crystal Lake. BOHARSHET, JOHN, Farmer, Sec. 24; Algonquin P. O. BOORS, F., Laborer, Nunda.
BRANNON, JOHN, Farmer, Sec. 8, R. 9; Cary P. O. BRINK, H. J., Laborer, Algonquin.
BRATZLER, CHARLES, Farmer, n. e. Sec. 36; Algonquin P. O .; born in Baden, Germany, 1828 ; came to America, 1851, and to this county, 1853; is School Director at the present time. Married Christina Deuchler, 1853; she was born in Germany, 1831 .; has six children, five boys and one girl. Republican ; Methodist. BRATZLER, JACOB, Farmer, Sec. 31, R. 9 ; Algonquin P. O. BRINK, ABRAM, Carpenter; Algonquin.
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