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. Mr. McCasland accompanied General Sher- man on the memorable march to the sea as
hospital steward, and experienced the thrill- ing events of those days. He returned with Sherman to Washington, took part in the Grand Review, and then went with the troops to Camp Butler, Springfield, Illinois, where he received honorable discharge.
The following spring Mr. McCasland went to work on his father's farm and on October II, 1866, he laid the foundations of a happy home by his marriage to Elizabeth Todd, who was born in Hancock county, Illinois, Feb- ruary II, 1844, the daughter of Martin and (Funk) Todd. Martin Todd was a farmer, and his children were as follows: William, Wylie, Newton, James, Louisa, and two step-sons, Smith and William Barckley. The subject and his wife began their wedded life near Chillicothe, Missouri, and on De- cember 20, 1867, they became the parents of their only child, Arretia. After seven years in Missouri they came back to Illinois and lo- cated in Springfield, where Mr. McCasland engaged in buying and shipping stock. He remained in this occupation for fourteen years and for five years was buyer in the East St. Louis stock yards. He then went into the real estate business in East St. Louis. In the panic of Cleveland's administration he lost everything. In 1889 he came to Granite City to rebuild his fortunes, and again went into the real estate business, in partnership with Dr. Youree and T. F. Leyden, and bought a tract of one hundred and fifty-four acres for forty thousand dollars, on credit. In two years he had sold it. He was then employed by the Niedringhaus Company of Granite City to take charge of their real estate busi- ness, and here he has since maintained his home, meeting with well-deserved success.
Mr. McCasland is a member of the Nied- ringhaus Memorial Methodist Episcopal church and in his political allegiance supports the Republican party. He and his worthy wife have a pleasant home at 1919 C street, and enjoy the possession of hosts of friends. In 1888 their daughter Arretia, who had al- ways been delicate, passed away at the age of thirty-two years, and her remains are interred in Mt. Hope cemetery in St. Clair county, Illinois.
Among the pleasantest memories which Mr. McCasland cherishes from his long and interesting life is that of shaking hands with President Lincoln at Springfield, Illinois.
He and his wife are estimable, public-spir- ited citizens and much esteemed by all who know them.
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EDWIN ROSEVEAR, assistant cashier of the First National Bank of Collinsville, is a man of great force of character. He has the abil- ity to use a good round "no" and the discrim- ination to choose the time necessary to use it. We often judge of people by their negative qualities. A person is rich by what he does not spend, wise by what he does not know, good by what he does not do, and is kept alive by the things he does not eat. Mr. Rosevear has excellent negative qualities, but he is by no means a negative quality himself. He is active, right up to date and wide awake.
Born in England, August 28, 1862, he was a son of William H. and Grace A. (Woon) Rosevear. William H. came to the United States in 1867, in order that he might make a home for his family before they came across. The following year, in 1868, he sent for his family and they all located in Youngstown, Ohio, where William H. was working as a miner. They lived at Youngstown until Au- gust 22, 1876, when they came to Collinsville, Illinois, and Mr. Rosevear worked in the mines here. He died July 29, 1896, and his widow is still living here, at her home at 223 West Clay street, with her son and daughter.
Edwin was educated in the public school of Youngstown, Ohio, whither he went when he was six years old. He also went to the public school in Collinsville, after which he attended the Jones Commercial College in St. Louis, Missouri, from which he graduated about 1888. After he left the business college he se- cured a position as book-keeper for a wholesale commercial house of St. Louis, Missouri. He occupied this position for twelve years, at the end of which time he was offered the position of book-keeper at the First National Bank of Collinsville, Illinois. He accepted the offer, as he felt there was more chance for promo- tion in the bank than in the wholesale house and then, too, he was glad to live at home with his mother and sister and in the midst of the friends and acquaintances he had made during his school years. In February, 1903, he be- came assistant cashier of the bank. He is a stockholder in the bank and has an interest in the home estate. Mr. Rosevear is unmarried and lives with his mother and sister. He was at one time city treasurer in Collinsville and filled the office in a very satisfactory manner. He is a Republican in politics and very much interested in all matters pertaining to the wel- fare of the state and the country at large. He is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, holding membership in Madison
lodge, No. 43, he is a past noble grand and in the Encampment he is a past chief patriarch. Mr. Rosevear has a very high standing with the members of this organization. His busi- ness associates have found him to be univer- sally faithful in the performance of his duties and upright in his dealings. His pleasing per- sonality has won him many friends in Collins- ville, who respect as much as they like him.
DANIEL DAUDERMANN is a retired farmer and stockman in Alhambra township, Madison county, Illinois. The most important business in the world is that of farming. Many years ago the farmer was more or less of a joke; now the farmer is a man of influence and power, and to this great class of workers of the world Mr. Daudermann has for many years belonged.
On the 10th day of August, 1829, in one of little farms which abound in Germany, Mr. Daudermann made his first appearance into the world. His parents, Henry and Philippine Daudermann, were both natives of the same old Fatherland, but they were possessed of the spirit which leads to progress; they were dis- satisfied with their lives in their old home and determined to try their fortunes in America. In 1843 they, with their five children, Charlie, Jacob, Philippine, Philip and Daniel, disposed of their little farm, embarked on a vessel bound for New Orleans, and after a long, stormy passage, they landed in that southern metropolis. Without tarrying any length of time they made their way to St. Louis, up the Mississippi . river, and thence to Madison county, where they settled in Alhambra town- ship. At that date there were very few houses in the neighborhood, and the family became prominent in the upbuilding of that part of the country. Feeling the need of religious training, Father Daudermann was one of that devout body of men who assisted to build the German Evangelical church in the township.
The first fourteen years of the life of Dan- iel Daudermann were passed in his native land, and he there learned to do all kinds of farm work, according to the German meth- ods; he also received a fair educational train- ing in the schools of his locality. When he had attained the age of fourteen years he ac- companied his parents and brothers and sisters to the United States, where he soon gained an insight into the agricultural conditions which prevailed in his new home, proved him- self an efficient helper on his father's farm and later took full charge of its management. On the 22nd day of October, 1853, Mr.
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Daudermann was united in marriage to Miss Fredericka Hilander, born November II, 1836. She is a daughter of William and Catherine Hilander, natives of Germany and she had eight brothers and sisters, whose names are as follows: William, Fred, Ru- dolph, Henry, Katie, Sophia, Mary and Diana. Mr. and Mrs. Daudermann became the par- ents of seven children, but Lizzie died at the age of two years, while Mary, Louise, Wil- helm, Fred, Henry and Sophia all grew to ma- turity and received their education, in both German and English, at the Big Rock district school. The eldest daughter, Mary, married Rheinart Kients, a blacksmith of Alhambra, and to this union five children were born, ---- Louis, William, Fred, Walter and Lillie. Mrs. Kients has been a widow since 1896 and she maintains her residence in Alhambra, where she is rearing her children. Louise Dauder- mann became the wife of Mathias Doeblin, of Madison, where Mr. and Mrs. Doeblin reside with their four children,-William, Bertha Dora and Rose. Fred Daudermann married Sadie Gehrig, and he became the father of five children, --- Katie, Robert, Leo, Irwin and Ly- dia. After completing his education, Fred Daudermann became the proprietor of a hard- ware store in Alhambra and later he was for six years a liveryman in the town. In 1908 he was summoned to the life eternal. Sophia Daudermann became the wife of J. A. Frey, who for a period of twenty years has been the section foreman of Alhambra; Mr. and Mrs. Frey have one child, Helen. Henry Dauder- mann, on the 19th of September, 1902, was united in marriage to Miss Laura Fisher, daughter of Joseph Fisher, of Alhambra. Mrs, Henry Daudermann has one child, Raymond D., and two sisters, Dora and Sophia. While the three girls were all young, and Laura was but four years of age, the mother died and the family was broken up. Father and Mother Daudermann took Laura into their home and raised her as one of their own children; thus Mr. and Mrs. Henry Daudermann grew up to- gether and between the two, as they became man and woman, the affection which they had always felt for each other ripened into warmer feelings, resulting in their marriage. Their wedded life was brief, only lasting three years, during which time they lived on the old Dau- dermann place, consisting of two hundred and forty acres of land, and Henry Daudermann assumed full charge of the management of the farm, as his parents had retired and moved to the town of Alhambra. On the IIth day of
August,' 1908, Mr. Henry Daudermann was driving to a neighboring farm, in order to as- sist in threshing; his horse ran away and he was thrown from his buggy and killed ; his one child, Raymond, a bright, energetic, wide- awake, six-year old boy, accompanied his mother to the home of his grandparents, and with that worthy couple the widow and orphan now live; Mrs. Henry Daudermann tenderly cares for the two who are to her a father and mother in a double sense, and she showers on them that affectionate attention which she her- self received at their hands when she was a little, helpless child.
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Daudermann attend the German Evangelical church which Grandfa- ther Daudermann assisted to establish. Mr. Daudermann's political sympathies are with the Democratic party, who appreciate to the full his loyal allegiance to their cause; he was elected to the office of school trustee and for six years he was highway commissioner; he has also held the position of school director. He is deeply interested in the county which he honors by his residence and ever aims to assist in every good work for the benefit of the com- munity. Beginning life in humble circum- stances, his present position of ease and the respect which he enjoys are due to his efforts and to his moral integrity. As he sits in his comfortable home he can look back over the happenings of the years which have elapsed since he, a boy of fourteen years, came to America, and he has reason to congratulate himself in that he has been enabled to earn a competency for himself; he has launched all his children into the world, endowing them with those high principles which have made them all good citizens ; and he has aided in the betterment of the county in which he lives, honored and esteemed by all who come within the circle of his genial nature.
RALPH EDGAR NIEDRINGHAUS, M. D., was born in St. Louis, October 9, 1877. He is the son of Henry F. and Lydia (Boeshenz) Nied- ringhaus. The Niedringhaus family were the founders of Granite City, Illinois, more ex- tended mention of the family being made on other pages of this history.
The early schooling of Dr. Niedringhaus was secured at Smith's Academy, and following his graduation therefrom he entered Washington University in St. Louis, from which he was graduated with the degree of M. D. He ob- tained some valuable practical experience while engaged as an interne in the City Dispensary and Hospital of St. Louis for some time after
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receiving his degree, and subsequently located in Granite City, where he has remained for seven years in the successful practice of his profession.
Dr. Niedringhaus has traveled extensively, and has visited the clinics of the largest cities in the United States. He is a member of var- ious societies in connection with his profession, among them being the American Medical Society, Marion County Medical Society, Illinois State Medical Association and the Southern Illinois Medical Association. He is also a member of the Alumni As- sociation of Washington University, and pos- sesses the distinction of being the young- est member to be appointed to the State Board of Health, he having been named for that appointment by Governor Yates, and is at present an active member of the board. In addition to his private practice he is employed variously by the companies named below in the capacity of surgeon : Chicago & Alton Railway, "Big Four," Chicago & Eastern Illinois, Chi- cago, Peoria & St. Louis, Wabash, Merchants Terminal Railway Company, East St. Louis & Terminal Railway, Merchants Bridge & Term- inal Company, and the Commonwealth Steel Company. Dr. Niedringhaus is making a spe- cialty of emergency surgery in corporation and railroad work, and is often called as expert evidence in liability cases. In addition to the official positions previously mentioned, the Doctor has just received from President Taft a commission as first lieutenant in the U. S. Army Medical Reserve Corps. Fraternally he is a member of the A. F. & A. M. He is a thirty-second degree Mason and a member of the Mystic Shrine, also a member of the Medinah Temple and Chicago Consistory. In his religious connections he is a member of the Methodist church.
On October 9, 1901, Dr. Niedringhaus mar- ried Miss Frances Higgins, of Louisville, Kentucky, a descendant of a pioneer Ken- tucky family. They have two children: Ralph E. and Mary Elizabeth.
ROGER B. STUDEBAKER. Occupying a good position among the younger generation of men who have attained success in business is Roger B. Studebaker, of Madison, who is connected with one of the popular financial institutions of Madison county, being cashier of the Tri- City State Bank. This bank was organized in 1904, with a paid up capital of twenty-five thousand dollars, and has since carried on a general banking business, its officers at the
present time, in 1911, being as follows: Dr. Charles R. Kiser, president ; Henry Meinecke, vice-president ; Roger B. Studebaker, cashier ; and H. M. Shoch, assistant cashier. A son of Daniel B. and Sarah J. (Carpenter) Stude- baker, now of Saint Charles, Arkansas, Roger B. Studebaker was born in Springfield, Illi- nois, November 1, 1884.
Spending his youthful days in Montgomery county, Illinois, Roger B. Studebaker was graduated from the Litchfield High School in 1903. On July 6, 1908, he was appointed cashier of the Tri-City State Bank, and has since filled the position with credit to himself and to the entire satisfaction of all concerned.
Fraternally he is a member of Triple Lodge, No. 835, A. F. & A. M .; of New Hope Chap- ter, No. 432, O. E. S .; and of Venice Lodge, No. 719, I. O. O. F.
REV. PETER KAENDERS, pastor of St. Mark's church, at Venice, Illinois, has been an influ- ential factor in the many-sided life of Madison county for thirty-one years. Among his con- gregation his character and personality have made him a beloved pastor and friend, and citizens of all creeds esteem him for his zeal- ous work and public-spirited attitude towards all movements for the general good.
Father Kaenders was born at Veert, near Geldern, Rhine province, Germany, on Sep- tember 28, 1856, the youngest of seven chil- dren, five of whom were girls and two boys, born to Peter John Kaenders and his good wife, Mary Josepha ( Hansen) Kaenders. The subject's brother, Hubert, who owns a farm in his native place, and a sister, now Mrs. Eliza- home place. are with Father Kaenders, the only survivors of the family. The home where beth Enssen, who owns and resides on the old Father Kaenders was born is situated in an idyllic spot about one mile from the city of Geldern, on a highway built by the ancient Romans on the river Niers in the shadow of the Castle Haag, which is more than a thou- sand years old. The highway leads from Gel- dern to Capellen, Soensbeck and Xanten on the Rhine River. Father Kaenders and the older children of the family received their early edu- cation in the schools at Veert. He then at- tended the college at Geldern until 1873, when, on account of the German Kulturkampf. this school was closed. The call to enter the serv- ice of the Landrath and to pursue a military or political course he declined, and desirous to become a priest. he left for America when he was but sixteen years of age and arrived in
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Hoboken July 5, 1873. He continued his studies in St. Joseph's College, Teutopolis, Il- linois, where he graduated on June 24, 1875.
In the fall of 1875 he began his philosoph- ical studies in Ruma, Randolph county, Illi- nois, where he studied philosophy one year. He followed that with another year's course in philosophy in St. Francis, Milwaukee county, Wisconsin, and finished his theological studies in St. Francis Seminary of the same place in the year 1880. He was ordained priest by the late Bishop P. J. Baltes in the cathedral at Alton on June 29, 1880. After celebrating his first mass at Kaukauna, Wis- consin, he was appointed assistant at the Cathedral at Alton, after declining to accept the professorship in Philosophy at the sem- inary where he had completed his studies.
On November 20, 1880, he was appointed by Bishop Baltes rector of Bethalto and Mitchell, with instructions to organize a congregation in Venice. After acquainting himself with con- ditions, he built the present parsonage at Mitchell. The bishop relieved him of his charge at Bethalto, in order that he might be able the better to look after the interests of Venice, and Father Kaenders moved to Mit- chell. While in Mitchell he began to organize the congregation at Venice and on August 19, 1881, it was resolved at, a meeting of the trus- tees at Venice to proceed at once with the erec- tion of a new church. The corner stone of this church, which was called St. Mark's church, was laid October 25, 1881. On April 16, 1882, the first service was held in the new St. Mark's church by Rev. P. Kaenders. Subsequently a parochial school building was erected and af- terwards a priest's house. In June, 1885, Fa- ther Kaenders moved from Mitchell to Venice and finally it was so arranged that he could devote his entire attention to the Venice church, Mitchell having been provided with another priest. The church, school and par- sonage were situated on Granville street, be- tween Second and Third streets.
When about the year 1890 the building of the Merchants' Terminal Bridge induced the population to move away from old Venice, Fa- ther Kaenders purchased a new site in Block 22, of Knox and Smith's second addition to Venice, where he built a substantial brick building for a parochial school, which served at the same time for a church and which cost about twelve thousand dollars. In 1903 he moved into his new residence, which was erected at a cost of about six thousand dollars, and in which he still resides. In connection
with St. Mark's, he erected the well-known Marquette Hall, which has the best equipped amateur stage in this section. The teachers' residence adjoins Marquette Hall. The first parsonage and school building on Granville street were sold, the church building wrecked and the ground sold. When in the spring of IgII the Evangelical Lutheran Hospital of Granite City failed, Father Kaenders pur- chased it for about fifty-five thousand dollars, and the institution is now managed by Sisters of St. Francis under the name of St. Eliza- beth's hospital.
Father Kaenders has marvellous linguistic gifts, being well versed in the ancient lang- uages of Latin, Greek and Hebrew; speaking fluently the German, English, French and Dutch and being sufficiently acquainted with the Polish and Slavish languages to be able to attend to the religious wants of these people. He is also a musician, having been director of an orchestra and juvenile brass band, which he himself instructed. In connection with his parochial school, attended by over two hundred pupils, he personally conducts a commercial class in stenography, typewriting, book-keeping and commercial law. In his leisure hours, for even a busy man has some, he has written dramas, one of which, entitled "The Easter Fire on the Hill of Slane," was given in the Century Theatre in St. Louis with great suc- cess in 1906. An appreciation of the same given by the Censor of St. Louis on May 31, 1906, follows: " 'The Easter Fire on the Hill of Slane,' is in three acts and is the work of Rev. P. Kaenders. There is much that is praiseworthy in the new piece. The story of the play is told with sweet simplicity ; its senti- ment is lofty; its dialogue excellent; its ac- tion undemonstrative; and its heart appeal unusually strong." The following dramas from the pen of Father Kaenders have been printed : The Prince of Fez, The Easter Fire on the Hill of Slane, Lucius Flavus, Lorna Doone, a dramatization of Blackmore's novel, and the Maid of Desenzano. Two are still in manuscript, the Wizard of Antioch and Mary O'Murrough, a dramatization of Rosa Mulhol- land's story.
Father Kaenders is a great traveler and has made extensive trips in this country and also in Europe. In 1901 he visited the present Pope Pius X, when he was still Patriarch of Ven- ice. The impressions received by him on his tours through Italy, Switzerland, Austria, Ba- varia, Baden, France, Germany, Belgium, Hol- land, England and Ireland appeared in a series
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of articles in the Edwardsville Intelligencer and other papers of Madison county. He has given lectures on the masterpieces of painting and sculpture seen by himself in the various galleries of Europe and has been frequently called upon to give illustrated lectures on places of interest visited by him. It would be indeed a difficult task to find a man of greater culture and versatility.
He has given to the parish a wondrous suc- cess, but it has by no means been an easy task. He has overcome many obstacles and had many unusual experiences, some of them un- pleasant, for instance going through several high-waters, when he was compelled to confine himself to the second story of his residence for several months each time, surrounded by water ten feet deep. He has served all his time in the priesthood, from 1880 to the pres- ent (thirty-one years), in Madison county and nothing could be deeper than his interest and affection for it and its people.
GEORGE REINEMANN. A man of broad ca- pabilities and unquestioned business acumen, George Reinemann, treasurer of the town of Madison, Madison county, Illinois, has been a conspicuous factor in advancing the financial status of his community, and by persevering industry and persistency of purpose has ac- cumulated a sufficient share of this world's goods to be classed among the leading capital- ists of this part of the state. He was born March 8, 1874, in Saint Louis, Missouri, a son of Henry and Christina Reinemann, who are now living in Granite City, Illinois.
Receiving his preliminary education in one of the parochial schools of Saint Louis, George Reinemann afterwards took a correspondence course at the Gem City Business College, in Quincy, Illinois. When ready to start in life on his own account, he came to Madison, Illi- nois, and here, in 1899, opened a mercantile establishment on State street, and as a dealer in hardware and furniture built up a very large and highly lucrative trade, which he con- ducted successfully until 1907, when he sold out. In 1909 Mr. Reinemann was elected vil- lage treasurer for a term of two years, and is filling the office most acceptably.
Mr. Reinemann is held in high esteem as a citizen, and his influence as a man of honor and integrity is felt throughout the community, whose interests he has at heart, and towards the advancement of whose welfare he is ever laboring.
HERMAN H. WULFEMEYER. The modern pharmacist, is a man of a number of callings,
for he is expected to bear upon his shoulders the burdens of many. Not only must he un- derstand his own profession thoroughly, but he must be able to detect and rectify the occa- sional blunders of the medical fraternity, to give kindly advice to those unwilling to call in a physician, and to and at all times place his establishment and his time at the disposal of the general public. The present course of training is long and arduous, and the fitting up of a store expensive. No other line of human endeavor demands such prolonged hours of service, nor does any other ask so much ex- penditure of nervous and physical strength. Among those who have proven worthy of the confidence reposed in them and shown them- selves able to handle cheerfully and capably the demands made upon them is Herman H. Wulfemeyer, who for more than thirty years has been engaged in business at Venice, Illi- nois, a man who has done much in assisting the growth and development of this city. He was born in 1858, in St. Louis, Missouri, and is a son of Gerhardt W. and Margaret ( Witte) Wulfemeyer, natives of Weter Kappel, West- phalia, Prussia.
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