Historical encyclopedia of Illinois and History of Kane County, Part 148

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ANSON J. BUCK, Carpentersville, Postmaster and noted veteran of the Civil War, was born in Hannibal, N. Y., Feb. 17, 1832, and his pa- rents moved to Bloomingdale, DuPage County, III., in 1838. From there they moved to St. Charles, and later to Burlington Township. coming in 1857 to Dundee. Mr. Buck attended the common schools of the county, and as a boy worked on a farm. In 1862 he enlisted in the Union Army, and after serving nearly three years in the Fifty-second Illinois Volunteer In- fantry, was mustered out at Washington, D. C., May 1, 1865. He returned to Carpentersville after the war, and has made that place his home to the present time. For some years he was a

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traveling salesman for the Atlantic Flour Mills, and for four years was Deputy Sheriff of Kane County under Sheriff Kelcey, serving a like period in the same position under Sheriff Robert Burke. For four years he was Post- master at Carpentersville by appointment from President Harrison, and in 1897 was appointed to the same position by President Mckinley, and is meeting its responsibilities and duties to the eminent satisfaction of the office patrons.

A. C. BUCKLIN (deceased ), farmer, Dundee, Ill., born in North Adams, Mass., Oct. 20, 1823; came to Illinois when fourteen years of age with his mother and sisters and located at Dundee. His mother purchased 200 acres of government land east of Dundee, which came into his possession at the time of her death. Mr. Bucklin was married to Miss Julia S. Jencks, of Dundee, Ill., and two of their chil- dren are now living, viz .: Henry I. and Mrs. Francis Burks. Mr. Bucklin died July 9, 1900.

ROBERT BURKE.

ROBERT BURKE, Aurora, Sheriff of Kane County, was born Oct. 28, 1859, in Paterson, N. J., son of William and Ellen ( Donnelly) Burke, natives of County Wexford, Ireland. who came to this country in 1848. In 1869 the family removed to Illinois, and Robert fin-

ished his education in the city schools of Aurora, beginning his apprenticeship at the machinist's trade when only thirteen years of age. In 1888 he was one of the charter mem- bers of the "Creamer Lodge of Machinists.' In 1889 and 1890 he was a member of the Aurora Board of Aldermen, and in 1891 was elected Assistant Supervisor in the County Board, filling that office for four years. In 1894 he was chosen Sheriff of Kane County, and during his four years' term inaugurated various reforms of a character that contrib- uted materially to the resources of the county. In 1900 he was appointed State Food Inspector, and filled that office until the end of 1902, when he again assumed the Sheriff's position, to which he had been elected by a flattering vote. He is a Republican, and is one of the influential younger members of the party in Kane County.

JAMES E. BUMSTEAD, physician, Dundee, 111., born in Dundee Township, Kane County, in 1848; educated in the public schools of Dundee, Elgin Academy and University of Illi- nois, graduating from the latter institution in 1877, and from the medical department, North- western University (Chicago), in the class of 1880; has conducted a successful medical prac- tice at Dundee since the latter year. The Doctor is a member of the American Medical Association and the Fox River Valley Associa- tion. He was married in 1881 to Miss Justina A. Pingree, of Evanston, Ill.

D. E. BURLINGAME, physician and surgeon, Elgin, Ill., born at Adams, Mass., June 8, 1844 . educated in his native city, and came west in 1865. locating first in LaSalle County, Ill., but removed to Elgin a few months later; gradu- ated from the Chicago Medical College in 1869, and immediately afterwards began practicing his profession in Elgin, which he has continued to the present time (1903). Doctor Burlingame was married in 1870 to Miss Sarah A. Win- chester, of Elgin.

ATWELL BURR (deceased), pioneer farmer, Campton Township, Kane County, Ill., born Oct. 6, 1796; came to Illinois in May, 1836, locating on a farm in Campton Township, where he died April 17, 1852. Mrs. Burr died at La Fox, Ill., Dec. 13, 1881.

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PETER BURRITT (deceased ), formerly a resident of Hanover, Cook County, Ill., was born at Amsterdam, N. Y., Jan. 17, 1816. the oldest son of Benjamin and Kate (Noonan) Burritt, and a relative of the celebrated lin. guist, Elihu Burritt. Before attaining his majority he had learned the blacksmith's trade, but in early life, having caught the Western fever, in 1836 came to Illinois by way of the Erie Canal to Buffalo, and by the lakes to Chicago, taking passage on the "Constitution," one of the first vessels to make the hazardous

PETER BURRITT.

voyage to the Western metropolis. From Chi- cago he journeyed westward on foot to the beautiful Fox River valley. The following year (1837) his father, Benjamin Burritt, came to Illinois with his family, making the trip overland with team and wagon. After their arrival here Mr. Burritt and his father bought considerable land from the Government, lo- cated about two miles east of Elgin on the banks of Poplar Creek, and here the son built a shop and worked at his trade as a blacksmith while improving his farm. The Burritt place was widely known among the pioneers. About 1848 the father with his family moved to Elgin, where he long filled the office of Justice of the Peace and other public positions. Peter Burritt continued to reside upon his farm during his

life, but carly began to acquire property in the city. He was a business man rather than a farmer, and possessed a keen sense of values which seldom deceived him. He was a man of industry, economy and conservative judgment ; his integrity was unquestioned, and his word was as good as a bond. He was a stockholder of the Elgin National Watch Company, as well as interested in other industrial enterprises, and was for many years a director of the Elgin Packing Company and the Home National Bank. In 1847 he married Miss Henrietta

HENRIETTA BURRITT.

Hackerodt, daughter of a pioneer hotel-keeper whose hostelry stood by the State road, near Salt Creek, southeast of Meacham's Grove. For many years before her death, in 1884, Mrs. Burritt was a helpless invalid. During the fifteen years of her illness Mr. Burritt was ab- sent from home but one night, and the nurse who attended her for three years declared him the kindest husband in Illinois. It can be truly said that those who knew him best loved him most. He married for his second wife Miss Rebecca McBride, daughter of Thomas Mc- Bride, of Elgin. Mr. Burritt was an extensive traveler, and with his wife acquired an un- usual fund of information regarding many parts of the world. He died at San Francisco. Cal., June 2, 1892.

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GEORGE H. BURNETT, merchant and City Clerk, Batavia, Ill., born in Batavia March 7, 1870, son of John and Frances ( Ballard) Bur- nett, her father being a native of England, and the mother of Batavia. Educated in the Bata- via schools and trained to mercantile life. George H. has taken an active part in city and county affairs, and up to the present time (1903) has served ten years as City Clerk of Batavia. He is owner and manager of the undertaking establishment of George H. Bur- nett & Co. In Masonry he is an advanced member, belonging to Aurora Temple, Fox

GEORGE H. BURNETT.

River Chapter, Royal Arch, and is Senior War- den of Batavia Lodge, No. 404, A. F. & A. M. He belongs also to Rowena Lodge, No. 535, K. P., and to the M. W. A. He was married, Feb. 5. 1896, to Miss Charlotte Maud Spencer, of Watervliet, Mich.

JOHN BURROWS, farmer, Batavia, III., born in Lincolnshire, England, in 1849, was brought to the United States by his parents in 1853, and grew to manhood in Kane County, Ill., where he was given a public school education. He began farming while yet a boy, and continued that occupation until 1902, when he removed

to Batavia, where his home is still located. In 1877 he married Miss Jane E., daughter of Asa B. and Amanda (McKee) Knapp, of Maple Park.

LESTER M. HURROUGHS.

LESTER M. BURROUGHS, physician, Bata- via, Ill., born in Portage County, Ohio, Sept. 25, 1820, son of Daniel Burroughs, Jr., and grand- son of Daniel Burroughs, Sr., the latter a sol- dier in the War of the Revolution. Lester M. obtained his early education in the Ohio schools, finishing in the Kane County schools, whither his parents removed in 1836. He read medicine under the preceptorship of Dr. Waldo at Kenosha. Wis., and later with Dr. Gardner at Blackberry, Kane County, in 1846. A prominent position among the pioneer phy- sicians of Kane County was assured him, and his practice covered a wide territory. In 1861 he established his home in Batavia, where he continuously practiced medicine until 1903, his practice being very large, not only in the city but throughout the adjacent country. His ac- tive professional life covered a period of fifty- four years, and he is the dean of the medical profession in the Fox River valley. In 1849 he married Miss Elmira, daughter of David and Judith Wheeler. pioneers of Kane County.

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AMOS BURTON, retired merchant, Batavia, Ill., born in Manchester, England, Aug. 7, 1849, and came with his parents to Batavia, Ill., when about three years of age; engaged in merchan- dising in Batavia in early manhood, being thus engaged until about 1888, having since devoted his attention principally to farming, making a specialty of dairy farming and stock-raising; is also interested in manufacturing enterprises at Batavia. Mr. Buton has been twice mar- ried, first to Miss Mary E. Van Nortwick, and after her death to Miss Maud S. Sloan, of Nebraska City, Neb. His children are John Van Nortwick, Amy L. and Don S.

BENJAMIN BURTON, Geneva, Ill., born in Kendall County, Ill., in 1840; went to Chicago in 1842, and removed to Geneva after the Chicago fire in 1871, and has since resided in that city: was connected with the "Charles Pope Glucose Company" up to the time of its purchase by the Corn Products Company in 1902.

CHARLES P. BURTON, journalist and State Printer Expert, Aurora, Ill., born in Ander- son, Ind., March 7, 1862; came to Aurora in 1874; began his business career in the office of the "Aurora Herald," a weekly paper pub- lished by his father, and was interested in newspaper work in Aurora until February, 1903; was appointed by Governor Yates, in June, 1901, State Printer Expert: was married in 1887 to Miss Cora Vreeland, of Michigan.

JOHN BURTON, manufacturer and inventor, Chicago, Ill., born in Kendall County, Ill., in 1838; reared and educated in Chicago. In 1880, with other gentlemen, he founded the "Geneva Grape Sugar Company," which later became the "Charles Pope Glucose Company." This corporation developed one of the largest industries of its kind in the West, operating plants both at Geneva and Venice, Ill. Later Mr. Burton became interested in other lines of manufacture, making his home in Chicago.

J. W. BUTLER, wholesale merchant, 216 Mon- roe street, Chicago, was born in Essex. Vt .. May 7. 1828, son of Zebediah and Esther (Morris) Butler, was reared in his native State and given a good education in its schools. In the fall of 1848 he came to St. Charles, Ill., whither his father had preceded him, and en-

tered the store of Butler & Hunt, the former being his brother. About a year later, in com- pany with George Ferson, he bought out the business and became the head of the mercantile firm of Butler & Ferson, which continued until

J. W. BUTLER.

1854, when Mr. Butler removed to Chicago to take charge of the salesrooms of the St. Charles Paper Company. In 1858 he became the head of the J. W. Butler Paper Company, wholesale paper dealers. This firm was incorporated as the J. W. Butler Paper Company in 1875, with Mr. Butler as Vice-President and Treasurer. In 1877 he was made President of the company, a position which he still retains. Mr. Butler was married in May, 1858, to Miss Julia Ann Osgood, of St. Charles.

CHAMBERS D. CALHOUN, physician and surgeon, Elburn, Ill., born in Armstrong County, Penn., Aug. 17, 1858; educated in the public schools and Glade Run Academy, and obtained his medical training in Jefferson Medical College ( Philadelphia), later taking a post-graduate course in the Chicago Post- Graduate School; began practice in Elburn in 1889, and has since been one of the leading physicians and surgeons of that locality. He was married June 2, 1886, to Sophia Martin, daughter of John and Sarah ( Evelyth) Martin.

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CHARLES A. CALKINS, farmer and stock- raiser, was born in Sugar Grove, Kane County, Ill., Nov. 2, 1853; brought up on his father's farm and educated in the public schools; began farming near his early home and ten years later purchased the old homestead, where he has lived ever since. He was married in 1874 to Miss Clara Keck, daughter of William Keck, of Sugar Grove.

ELDAD L. CALKINS (deceased), pioneer, was born at Corning, N. Y., in 1805, and grew to manhood in the Empire State. He was a wagon-maker by trade, and followed that occu- pation and farming in New York State until about 1849, when he came to Illinois. In the latter year he established his home in Sugar Grove Township, Kane County, and was one of the successful and prominent farmers of that part of the county thereafter until his death, which occurred in 1879. His wife, whose maiden name was Abisha Allen, was a native of Massachusetts, and died in 1889. The chil- dren of Mr. and Mrs. Calkins now living are Charles A. and Mrs. Mercelia (Calkins) Rutt. both of Sugar Grove.

CYRUS CALKINS (deceased), pioneer, was born in Corning, N. Y., in 1815, and was trained to the milling business and farming. He came to Illinois in 1853 and settled in Sugar Grove Township, Kane County, and was engaged in farming there until his death, which occurred in 1903. Mr. Calkins was the oldest of the early settlers of Sugar Grove Township at the time of his death. For many years he was Postmaster at Jericho, Ill. He never married.

JOHN P. CALLAN, lawyer, Aurora, 111., born at Swanton Center, Franklin County, Vt., Sept. 4, 1844, was reared in his native State, attend- ing the public school and the high schools a: Franklin and St. Albans; came west in 1868 and located in Aurora, Ill .; since then has been in the real-estate and insurance business chiefly to the present time (1903); read law with the Hon. Charles Wheaton, of Aurora, and attended the Illinois College of Law three years, graduating in 1902; had already been admitted to the bar of the Illinois Supreme Court, and has since practiced in Aurora. He lias served two terms as a member of the Board of Aldermen of Aurora. In 1869 Mr. Callan married Miss Ellen Miles, a native of Sheldon, Vt.

JAMES CAMPBELL, physician and surgeon, Elgin, Ill., born in the Province of Ontario. Canada, June 8, 1863; reared in his native country and educated in the Canadian schools; graduated from Detroit Medical College in the class of 1890; began the practice of medicine in East Plato, Kane County, Ill., the same year; removed to Elgin in 1893, and has since built up a large general practice in that city. He was married in 1897 to Miss Minnie E. Mc- Gregor, of Toronto, Canada.

JAMES CANNON.

JAMES CANNON, railway station agent, Geneva, Ill., was born in Fulton, Ill., Aug. 15. 1865, and was reared to manhood in Geneva, where he received his education in the local schools, entering into the employment of the Chicago & Northwestern Railway in 1880. In 1888 he was appointed station agent at Geneva. In 1902 he was one of the organizers of the Cannon Box Company, of Geneva, of which he became President, and is still acting in that capacity (1903), meanwhile retaining his con- nection with the Northwestern Railway. He is also a stockholder and Secretary of the Cannon Printing Company, of Milwaukee, which em- ploys about seventy-five persons. The Cannon Box Company is one of the leading industries of Geneva, employing over one hundred hands.

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ALFRED L. CARLISLE, live-stock dealer, Geneva, Kane County, Ill., was born at Hamp- shire, Kane County, Ill., May 7, 1865, son of Mr. and Mrs. Nathan S. Carlisle, and was edu- cated in the public schools of his native county. From 1880 to 1886 Mr. Carlisle was Deputy in the office of the Sheriff of Kane County, and during the latter year established himself in the grocery business at Geneva, in which he continued nine years. In 1895 he became in- terested in the live-stock trade, with which he has since been prominently identified. Mr. Carlisle was married in 1886 to Miss Isabella M. Goiver, of Aurora.

NATHAN S. CARLISLE, ex-Sheriff of Kane County, St. Charles, Ill., was born in Berkshire County, Mass., Oct. 22, 1841. His father, Den- nison Carlisle, removed to Illinois with his family in 1855, and settled in Hampshire Kane County, where young Nathan S. finished his schooling. In early life he was engaged in farming and manufacturing, but was later in the live-stock trade. He was a member of the Kane County Board of Supervisors in 1875, and served on the Board until 1880. During the latter year he was elected Sheriff of the county, a position he held for six years. Mr. Carlisle was married Feb. 22, 1861, to Miss Martha M. Keyes, of Hampshire, Kane County.

FRANCIS J. CARR, farmer, Batavia, Ill., born in Batavia Township, Kane County, in 1849, son of Capt. Leonard J. and Laura (Snow) Carr; educated in the public schools and Ba- tavia Seminary; engaged in farming and has been identified with this interest all his life; established his home in Batavia in 1890, but has retained his farm interests; is also inter- ested in manufacturing and banking in Bata- via; married, in 1877, Miss Kate A. Doty.

JAY W. CARR, manufacturer, Aurora, born in Hanover Township, Cook County, Ill., Dec. 9, 1857, son of John C. and Julia (Smith) Carr, was educated in the home schools and reared to farming life. The father was one of the pioneer butter-makers of the region, and was the first to base the price of milk on the amount of butter-fat it contained. He was also among the first to use the separator system in the extracting of the cream from the milk. The son became thoroughly familiar with the butter- making business, and joined the father in the

home factory at Bartlett Station, Cook County, in 1885, being a member of the firm of J. C. Carr & Sons from 1885 to 1891, when the busi- ness was incorporated as the Palace Car Cream- ery Company, which opened a number of creameries in Cook, DeKalb and LaSalle Coun- ties. Jay W. Carr succeeded his father as President of the Company in 1899. In 1893 the company sold out its plant in Bartlett and removed its office to Aurora, and has since operated factories in Kendall, DeKalb and La. Salle Counties, and also two factories in Iowa. Mr. Carr has made his home in Aurora since 1898. He married Miss Allie Lobdell, daughter of Seth Lobdell, of Bartlett, Ill.

GEORGE S. CARR, brother of Jay W., was also born in Hanover Township, Cook County. his birthday being Sept. 9, 1859. His education was secured in the public schools, and in Elgin Academy under Professor and Mrs. Sears. In 1885 he went to Iowa, where he followed farm- ing for the next five years. In 1890 he returned home to join his father and brothers in the butter-making business at Bartlett Station. In 1898 he was made General Manager and Treas- urer of the concern, and has since had charge of the office and business in Aurora and else- where. He was married in 1882 to Miss Mary Luella Blank, daughter of Jonas G. Blank, a pioneer settler of' Wayne Township, DuPage County.

FRED A. CARR, another brother, was born in Hanover Township in 1863, and received his education in the public schools, Elgin Academy and a Chicago business college. He became a member of the firm with his father and brothers in 1884, and is now Secretary of the corporation. Mr. Carr married Miss Etta Pelsue, of Sand- wich, Ill .;

ARTHUR W. CARR, a fourth brother, was born in Hanover Township, Cook County, in 1861, and was educated in the public schools and at Elgin Academy. He was trained to the butter-making business, and has been associated in that line with his father and brothers since 1883. He is now a Director of the Palace Car Creamery Company, and is the active manager of its factories in LaSalle and DeKalb Counties, his home being at Somonauk, Ill. He married Miss Hannah Nichols, whose home was at Fairbank, Iowa.

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CAPT. LEONARD J. CARR (deceased ), pio- neer settler, Batavia, Ill., born in Bangor, Maine, June 10, 1807; followed a seafaring life in early manhood, and in 1839 came to Illinois, locating at what was known as Nelson's Grove, about two and a half miles west of Batavia, where he was engaged in farming and stock- raising until 1858; removed to the edge of the city of Batavia in the latter year, and in 1872 established his home in the city, where he resided until his death, which occurred Jan. 30, 1892. He had various investments in manu- facturing and other enterprises, and was one of the first stockholders in the Chicago, Bur- lington & Quincy Railway. He was married in 1841 to Miss Laura Snow, of Bucksport, Maine.

ROBINSON L. CARTER, born in Worcester, Mass .; came to Illinois in June, 1840, locating in Blackberry Township, Kane County; crossed the plains to California in 1854, returning to Aurora in '57; spent several years in Clinton, Ky., but has resided in Aurora since 1901. On March 25, 1843, he was married to Eliza Ann Hooker, and they have two children-Mary C. and Arvilla A. In political views Mr. Carter is a Republican, and has served in several im- portant offices, including Supervisor of Aurora Township, Mayor of Aurora City, and was a member of the Kansas Legislature from Barber County District.

ELZY C. CAVINS, educator, Batavia, Ill., was born in Coles County, Ill., July 2, 1869, where he was reared and educated in the local schools, graduating from the State Normal School at Normal, Ill., in 1896. He had pre- viously taught school three years, and atter his graduation was elected principal of the schools at Neoga, Ill. In the fall of 1900 he became Superintendent of the West Side schools of Batavia, which position he now holds (1903). In 1899 he received a State certificate, and in 1902 matriculated at the University of Chicago and entered upon a special course of study at that institution. In 1899 he married Miss Mildred Maxon, and they have one child, Har- old, born in 1901.

SIMON E. CHAFFEE, milk and dairy agent Chicago Great Western Railroad, Lily Lake, Kane County, was born in Campton Township

Nov. 21, 1845, son of Eber and Anna E. ( Davis) Chaffee. His education was secured in the Jennings Seminary, Aurora, and the Elgin Academy, and when the Civil War broke out he was engaged in teaching. In the last year of the war Mr. Chaffee enlisted in Company F, One Hundred and Forty-seventh Illinois Volun- teer Infantry, and served one year. After his return from the army he spent a year in a store in Chicago, and then bought a farm two miles east of Lily Lake, which he conducted until December, 1901. In 1889 he secured the position of milk and dairy agent for the Chicago Great Western Railroad. Mr. Chaffee served as Town Clerk several years, since 1883 has been a member of the Board of Supervisors, and for some twenty years Treasurer of the School Board. Fraternally he belongs to the Modern Woodmen of America, the Grand Army of the Republic, and Knights of the Maccabees. His marriage to Miss Sarah Woodman, daughter ot Joseph and Eleanor ( Barnard ) Woodman, occurred March 26, 1867, and they have four sons and three daughters living, one daughter being deceased.

REV. ANDREW CHALLMAN (deceased ), clergyman, Batavia, Ill., was born in Boralanda, Province of Dahlaland, Sweden, Jan. 1, 1841, receiving a university education in his native land. In 1861 he came to the United States and settled in Chicago. His preparations for the ministry were made at Augustana College, then at Paxton, Ill., and now at Rock Island. He began his labors as a minister of the Swed- ish Lutheran Church in Chicago, and from there went to Porter, Ind., where he held pas toral charge for eleven years. In 1886 he was called to the Bethany Swedish Lutheran church of Bethany, and filled this important pastorate until 1897, in the meantime taking an active part in public movements to improve the city. For twelve years he was a member of the Board of Education, and in 1897 was ap- pointed Postmaster of Batavia by President McKinley, holding this office until his death, May 15, 1900. For several years he was Chairman for the Rockford District of the Illinois Conference of the Swedish Lutheran Church. In 1865 he was married to Miss Al- bertina Simonson, also born in Sweden. and their two sons, David O. and Robert E., are still connected with the postoffice at Batavia.

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DANIEL J. CHAMBERLAIN (deceased ), merchant, Elgin, Ill., born in Madison, N. H., Aug. 14, 1844, was educated in the public schools, and early employed as clerk in a cloth- ing store. From 1863 to 1876 he was employed

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Historical encyclopedia of Illinois and History of Kane County, Part 148

Author: Publication date: 1904 Publisher: Chicago: Munsell Publishing Co. Number of Pages: 950

Author:
Publication date: 1904
Publisher: Chicago: Munsell Publishing Co.
Number of Pages: 950