Historical encyclopedia of Illinois and History of Kane County, Part 166

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EMERY T. MOORE.

ber of prizes in contests involving matters of interest and importance to agriculturists. Sev- eral years ago he discovered upon his lands a deposit of molding sand, for which he has since found a large market and which has proved a source of considerable profit. Extensive quar- ries of fine building stone also exist upon his lands, and, as a result of his familiarity with the stone and the sand trade, he has engaged in contracting and building on a large scale, and it is claimed has made more improvements on his own account than any other citizen of Geneva. Being the owner of much of the land on both sides of the beautiful Fox River be- tween Geneva and St. Charles, he has erected many cottages and other buildings which prac- tically connect the two cities, and which he has sold to home-seekers on the easy-payment plan, thus attracting many new-comers and pro- moting the increase of business and population in that portion of Kane County, He still re- tains a number of these buildings, to which he

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continues to make additions as the demands for country homes seem to require. He has thus done much to beautity and promote the development and prosperity of the city of Geneva and vicinity. Mr. Moore is also exten- sively interested in western farm-lands and owns a handsome winter home at Los Angeles. Cal.

JAMES MOORE, farmer and stock-raiser, Kaneville Township, Kane County, was born in County Cork, Ireland, Aug. 15, 1848. He came to this country from Ireland in 1860, and, locating in Kane County, began farming. In 1876 he bought a farm in the Township oť Blackberry, which he soon sold to his brother, only to purchase for himself a place two and three-fourths miles east of Maple Park. He has attained a very creditable local standing, and has served two years as Collector of Black- berry Township, and was Road Commissioner ot Kaneville fifteen years. He is a member of the Catholic church, and was married Jan. 2, 1880, to Miss Elizabeth Conway, and they be- came the parents of ten children-tour sons and six daughters-two of the latter now being deceased.

JOHN. B. MOORE (deceased), was born at College Hill, Oneida County, N. Y., July 26, 1815, son of Shubel and Betsy ( Watson) Moore, who were natives of New England and pioneer settlers of New York State. The mother was a daughter of Alexander Watson, who was a patriot soldier in the Revolutionary War, en- tering the service in July, 1776, when a lad of sixteen years. John B. Moore was but five years of age when his father died. He remained on the parental homestead until seventeen years of age, and assisted in the cultivation of the home farm. He learned the carpenter's trade in early manhood, and on March 12, 1839, was married to Miss Sophia Todd, who died Nov. 25. 1851, leaving one son and one daughter- Albert B. and Adelaide. On April 25, 1852, he married his second wife, Miss Lucy Sterling, and to them nine children were born, viz .: Ster- ling, who died in infancy; George, died aged twelve years; Shubel, of Jackson County, Kans .; Arabella (Mrs. Heiko Felkamp), of Great Bend, Kans .; Frederick, of Great Bend, Kans .; Mrs. Maria Fellows, of Jackson County, Kans .; Della (Mrs. John Strader), of Geneva, Ill .: Emery T., of St. Charles Township, Kane

County; and John, who resides on the old home- stead. Mr. Moore came to Illinois in 1844, lo- cating first in Grundy County, but removed to Geneva Township, Kane County, where for sev- eral years he was engaged in the management of his three farms comprising about 700 acres. He was one of the prime factors in the estab- lishment of the Geneva-Rock Springs Cream- ery, also of one located at St. Charles, and every enterprise calculated to advance the ma- terial interest of his community received his support. Politically he was a life-long Demo- crat, casting his first vote for Martin Van Bu- ren. While not a member, he and his wife at- tended the Baptist church and contributed lib. erally to its support. Mr. Moore died Oct. 9, 1900; his wife surviving until Dec. 29, 1902.

THOMAS C. MOORE ( deceased ), pioneer law- yer; born near Shelbyville, Bedford County, Tenn., Nov. 26, 1817; came with his parents to Clark County, Ill., in 1821; later the family removed to Coles County, where Thomas C. grew to manhood; admitted to the bar in 1843, and located in Batavia in 1848, practicing his profession continuously in that city until 1892, in the meantime being identified with many famous cases and much important Kane County litigation. He married in Kane County in 1843, Miss Delia A. Vanderveer, and their children are William A., Joseph R., and Mrs. Cassie Hickox. Mr. Moore died in Washington, D. C., July 11. 1895. His widow survives and is now living in Springfield, Ill.

EDWARD M. MORGAN, lawyer, Aurora, Ill., born in Aurora, Aug. 15, 1868, son of Morris and Ellen ( McQueery ) Morgan; was reared and educated in Aurora; in boyhood mastered the machinist's trade, which he followed tor fifteen years in the Burlington car shops, and while working at his trade studied law. In 1898 he was elected Police Justice in Aurora; later com- pleted his law studies under the preceptorship of Hon. S. Alschuler and John C. Murphy, graduated from the law department of Aurora College in 1900, and was admitted to the bar in June of that year. In 1901 he resigned the Police Justiceship to accept the position of City Attorney of Aurora; was re-elected in 1903, and has rendered the city much valuable service on questions connected with local affairs. In 1902 Mr. Morgan was married to Miss Lillian Thorne, of Aurora.

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C. E. MORRILL, retired cashier of the Bank of Elburn, Elburn, Ill .; born at Kaneville, Ill., May 18, 1850; was variously employed until 1879, when he entered the Bank of Elburn as cashier, holding that position until 1900, when the bank was purchased by the Kane County Bank, and Mr. Morrill has since lived retired. He was married March 7. 1883, to Anna S. Hughes.

JED S. MORRILL, milk inspector, Elburn, Ill .; born in the village where he now resides, Oct. 5, 1864; educated in the public schools of his native village; commenced work in a cream- ery at Elburn when sixteen years of age, follow- ing that occupation eight years; conducted a meat market for twelve years, and for the past two years has been milk inspector for the El- burn Bottling Works; politically a Republican and has served in several local offices; married Nov. 5, 1887, to Etta O. Fifield.

EDGAR T. MORRIS, farmer and stock- raiser, Elburn, Ill .; born March 17, 1854, in Monmouth County, N. J .; came to Kane County, Ill., in 1864, and here made his home until 1887, when he bought a farm in Iowa, on which he made his home for five years. He then came back to Kane County, and bought the old home- stead on which he lived until 1900. That year he moved to Elburn, but continued to conduct the farm until 1903. He was elected Road Com- missioner, a position he filled for six years, was Assessor four years, and Judge of Elections three years. He has been a Mason for twenty- five years. He was married Feb. 9, 1882, to Miss Augusta Weynt, daughter of Solomon and Caroline (Adams) Weynt, both natives of Ohio. The parents of Mr. Morris were John W. and Rebecca (Youmans) Morris, natives of New Jersey. Edgar T. Morris gave the address at the Farmers' Institute in 1892 on the subject, "The Past, Present and Future," which was well received.

JOSEPH M. MORRIS, dealer in coal and lumber, Elburn, 111 .; born in Monmouth County, N. J., March 23, 1857; engaged in farm- ing in early manhood in Kane County, con- tinuing until 1887, and has since been in busi- ness at Elburn, the firm of which he is a mem- ber being known as the Elburn Coal & Lumber Co He was married No. 6, 1885, to Emma Guant.

JAMES W. MORSE, merchant, Dundee, III .; born in Madison County, N. Y., Oct. 5, 1838; came west in 1863 and taught school in the vicinity of Dundee for two winters; purchased a farm east of Dundee in 1872, where he re- mained until 1883, when he removed to the vil- lage, where he has since been identified with the hardware business. He was married in March, 1864, to Miss Anna Salisbury, of Elgin.

FREDERICK J. MOSEDALE, manufacturer, St. Charles, Ill .; born at Coventry, England, in 1859; educated in his native country, and came to America in 1877, locating first at Elgin, Ill., where he was engaged in the Elgin Watch fac- tory. In 1892 he founded the Crown Electrical Company, at St. Charles, of which he is now Secretary and Treasurer. He was married in 1883 to Anna Mitchell, of Elgin.

WILLIAM B. MUELLER, merchant, Dundee. Ill .; born in Chicago, March 8, 1868; came with his parents to Dundee in 1875; began his mer- cantile career in 1884 as a clerk in the store of Schroeder & Ruse, where he remained four years; became a partner in the firm of E. C. Hawley Company, Dundee, in 1891, which is at the present time (1903) Schultz, Mueller & Co. Mr. Mueller was married Aug. 4, 1890, to Miss Emma Lemke, of Dundee, Ill.

DANIEL H. MURPHY, farmer, St. Charles Township, Kane County, Ill .; born in Winfield Township, Du Page County. Ill., Sept. 13, 1855, son of Thomas and Mary ( Heffernan ) Murphy, and educated in the local schools. The father arrived in St. Charles in 1850, having come direct from Ireland, and for about three years was engaged in teaming. In 1854 he re- moved to Campton Township. Kane County, where he remained until the spring of 1855, when he went to Winfield, Du Page County. Daniel H. Murphy was reared in Du Page County, and came to St. Charles Township with his father, when the latter bought the farm on which the son is now living. This farm is located in Section 18, St. Charles Township. four miles northwest of the City of St. Charles It was worked by father and son together until the death of the father in 1886, when it fell to the latter as the only son. Here he has since lived, and has been chiefly engaged in dairy farming. The widow of Thomas Murphy lives with her son Daniel. Thomas Murphy left

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one daughter, who is the wife of Philip Ke- hoe, of St. Charles. In politics Daniel H. Mur- phy is a Democrat.

JAMES MURPHY, carpenter and Police Magistrate, Aurora, Ill .; born near Belfast, Ire- land, May 14, 1824; came to America in 1835; located in Aurora in 1864, where he was actively engaged in contracting and building until 1878, when he was elected Police Magistrate and served in that capacity for twenty years. He was married in 1848 to Ann Corlett. Mr. Mur phy died May 30, 1900; his wife dying Aug. 20, 1890. Two of their children still survive, viz .: John C. and Mary E.

JOHN C. MURPHY, attorney, Aurora, Ill .; born in Grundy County, Ill., Feb. 27, 1858; came to Aurora with his parents when six years of age; obtained his preliminary education in the public schools of Aurora and later studied law with Judge Southworth; admitted to the bar in 1882; was United States Attorney for Da- kota Territory several years. but since 1890 has practiced his profession in Aurora; served as Mayor of Aurora one term; married in 1891 to Miss Jessie MacArthur, of Ottawa, Ill.

DANIEL, J. MYERS, pioneer farmer, Big Rock, Kane County, was born in Chenango County, N. Y., April 26, 1823, and was there reared on a farm and educated in the public schools. In 1845 he came west and purchased a tract of Government land in Blackberry Town- ship, Kane County. Ill., about a mile southwest of the present village of LaFox, on which he made his home for two years. At the end of that period he sold this farm, and bought a second tract of land in Sugar Grove Town- ship, where he resided three years, then mov- ing to a third farm in Big Rock Township, which became his residence until 1896. In the latter year he moved into the village of Big Rock, where he has lived to the present timc. A practical farmer and prominent man in ag- ricultural circles, he has been long recognized as a leading citizen of the community. His investments in real estate have been fortunate in the main, and he has become one of the ex- tensive land-owners of Kane County. In later years he has dealt extensively in South Da- kota lands. He is also identified with the bank- ing interests of Kane County as a stock-holder in the First National Bank of Aurora. Mr.

Myers was first married in 1846 to Miss Sarah West, who was born in Chenango County, N. Y., Sept. 18, 1824, and died in Big Rock, in 1884. In 1895 he married Mrs. Ellen Crousc, of Big Rock. Mr. Myers' children are three sons, Williams W., Lucian P. and Charles D., all successful farmers of Sugar Grove Town- ship, Kane County.

JOHN O. MYERS, Elgin, Ill .; born in Read- ing, Penn., Jan. 5, 1864; came to Chicago in 1880, where he was engaged in the dry goods business for four years; removed to Elgin in 1884 and was employed in the Elgin Watch Fac- tory for fifteen years; conducted a news and stationery business on Grove Avenue for a short time, and July 1, 1900, was appointed to the position he now holds-Secretary and Cash- ier of the Elgin Watch Supply Company. Mr. Myers was married in October, 1888, to Miss Lizzie B. Moch, of Fredonia, N. Y.

LUCIAN P. MYERS, farmer, stock-raiser and dairyman, Sugar Grove, Kane County, was born in Big Rock, Kane County, Ill., July 24, 1853, son of Daniel J. Myers, one of the old and much respected early settlers of this part of the county. He was reared on the farm and edu- cated in the public schools and the Sugar Grove Normal and Industrial Institute. In the spring of 1877 he engaged in farming and stock-rais- ing on his own account, following the business with enthusiasm and success. His farm near the village of Sugar Grove was brought to a high state of cultivation by the most approved methods, and is regarded as one of the model tarms of the county. About 1880 he turned his attention largely to dairying, in which he has been equally successful. Mr. Myers is now serving his second term as a Director of Sugar Grove Normal and Industrial Institute, in the success of which he has taken a deep inter- est. He belongs to the Sugar Grove Board of Road Commissioners, and from the early days of the Order has been affiliated with the Mod- ern Woodmen of America. In 1877 he married Miss Melissa Crosser, of Hardin County, Iowa, and their children are Daniel C., Alonzo W. and Earl L. Another member of their family is Ida Thomas, whom they are rearing and educating as an adopted daughter.

F. WYLIE NASH, physician and surgeon, Big Rock, Ill .; born in Genesee County, N. Y., Aug. 31, 1851; came with his father's family to Mich-

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igan in 1856, and later removed to Rockford, Ill .; studied medicine in New York City, and received his degree of medicine from the med- ical department of the University of New York City in 1886; began practice at Big Rock, Ill., in 1890, and has since been a leading practi- tioner in this portion of Kane County. Doctor Nash was married in 1891 to Miss Mary Wat- son, of Rockford, Ill.

JOHN K. NEWHALL, attorney, Aurora, Kane County, Ill., was born at Crab Orchard, Neb., Aug. 13, 1874, obtained his elementary educa- tion in the public schools of Aurora, Ill., and afterwards attended the University of Iowa, Iowa City; read law under the preceptorship of Hon. Samuel Alschuler and John C. Murphy, of Aurora,. and was admitted to the bar by the Supreme Court of Illinois in 1899, when he began practicing his profession in Aurora. In 1901 he became a member of the firm of Mur- phy, Alschuler & Newhall, and in December. 1902, became junior member of the firm of Ray- mond & Newhall, one of the leading law firms of Kane County, with which he is still associated.

JOHN NEW MAN.

JOHN NEWMAN, banker and manufacturer. Elgin, Ill., born at Bishop Stortford, Here- fordshire. Eng., March 11, 1842, received his education in the public schools, and removed

to Chicago in October, 1859, where he was em- ployed by Potter Palmer, and Ross & Foster as a clerk. In 1864 he purchased the dry- goods business of M. & J. McNeil, of Elgin. and in 1877 established the Spring Brook Creamery, which in 1893 passed into the hands of the John Newman Company. Mr. Newman is President of the Elgin Board of Trade, the Elgin City Banking Company, and a Director in the First National Bank of Elgin, is Presi- dent of the Century Club, and Vice-President of the W. S. Moore Company. In political mat- ters he is a Democrat, and has been a member of the Board of Education for twelve years, one-half this time being President of the Board. Mr. Newman has also served as a Trustee of the Northern Illinois Hospital for the Insane.

JOHN NEWMAN, Jr., manufacturer, Elgin, Ill., born in Elgin, Nov. 1, 1870, son of John and Harriet ( Beaty) Newman, educated in the Elgin public schools and the University of Notre Dame, and graduated from the Law Depart- ment of the University of Michigan, at Ann Arbor, in 1894, with the degree of LL. B. He was immediately admitted to the bar in Illinois, but has never practiced law. Between his courses at Notre Dame and the University of Michigan he began his business career as a clerk in his father's store and creameries, and after completing his law studies he spent three years in the First National Bank of Elgin. In 1897 he was made inspector of creameries for the John Newman Company, and in May. 1900, he became Secretary of the W. S. Moore Company, of Chicago, of which his father was Vice-President. He is Superintendent and In- spector of creameries for the Moore Company, representing the Newman interests in this cor- poration. Mr. Newman is Secretary of the Elgin Opera House, and fraternally belongs to the M. W. of A. He was married, Jan. 31, 1900, to Jennie M., daughter of Franklin and Helen J. Shepherd, and one child, Harriet Virginia, has blessed their union.

JOSEPH NEWMAN, President State Dairy- men's Association, Elgin, 111., born at Bishop Stortford, Herefordshire, England, May, 10, 1854. educated in the public schools, and re- moved to Chicago in 1869, where he was em- ployed by Morton & Company. In 1872 he came to Elgin, and entered the employ of the First National Bank as a bookkeeper. In 1880 he

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engaged in the creamery business, and in 1893 became junior member of the John Newman Company. Two years later he was elected Treasurer of the State Dairymen's Association, and in 1900 was chosen its President, in which position he is still serving. He is a member of the Century Club, and a trustee of the Univer- salist church. The John Newman Company be- canie the firm of Newman & Hawkins, and still later is known as Nolting & Newman.

CAPT. DON CARLOS NEWTON (deceased ), manufacturer, Batavia, Kane County, Ill., born at Alexander, N. Y., August 26, 1832, and died in Batavia, Oct. 8, 1893; reared in his native State and obtained his education at Allegheny College, Meadville, Pa. His father, Levi New- ton, was a manufacturer of wagons at Attica, N. Y., and before attaining his majority, the son was engaged in this business in partnership with the former. In 1853 the subject of this

DON CARLOS NEWTON.

sketch was married to Miss Mary Prindle, daughter of Abijah and Caroline ( McPearl) Prindle, natives of New York. Capt. Newton lo- cated in Batavia Ill., in 1854, and in company with his brother, established the widely-known wagon manufactory in Batavia, which has since been operated by the Newton Wagon Company, and with which he was identified until his

death, being meanwhile interested in various other business enterprises. In 1861 he was commissioned Captain of Company D, Fifty- second Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and served over three years in the war for the preservation of the Union.

EARL C. NEWTON.

EARL C. NEWTON (deceased ), manufac- turer, was born in Wyoming County, N. Y., Oct. 24, 1838, son of Levi and Rachel (Cooley) Newton, and there was reared and educated, gaining a practical knowledge of the wagon- making business in his father's factory. In 1854 he came with his parents and family to Batavia, Ill., where he was made a partner in the business established by his father and brother in 1865, and contributed his full share in building up the great manufactory, now known as the Newton Wagon Company. He was Vice-President of the corporation many years and held that position at the time of his death, which occurred Jan. 31, 1891. He was also interested in banking and other enterprises in Batavia. He was married in 1864 to Miss Mary E., daughter of Samuel and Lydia (Shaw) Wil- son, pioneers of Batavia.

LEVI NEWTON (deceased), pioneer manu- facturer, born in Darien, N. Y., April 12, 1810,

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son of Lemuel and Nancy (Taggart) Newton, and was reared on a farm. He received a com- mon school education and learned the trade of cabinet-maker, first engaging in that business in New York, but later establishing a wagon- factory at Attica, N. Y. In 1854 he came to Batavia and laid the foundation of one of the largest wagon factories in the United States, of which he was the head until his death, June 29, 1879. In 1831 he married Rachel Cooley, daughter of Thomas and Rachel ( Hubbard) Cooley, of Attica, N. Y., and a sister of Judge Thomas M. Cooley, of Michigan.

NEWELL F. NICHOLS, lawyer, Aurora, Ill., born at Rome, N. Y., March 5, 1831, educated at Wesleyan College, graduating from that insti- tution in the class of 1857, came west in the latter year and engaged in teaching school, later serving as County Superintendent, read law under the preceptorship of Major Mayborne, of Geneva, and was admitted to the bar in 1865; began practicing at Aurora in the latter year and rapidly gained prominence in his profes- sion. Mr. Nichols was first married in 1861 to Miss Emma L. Jenks, who died in 1865. In 1869 he married Miss Olinda M. Johnson, and the surviving members of the family are: Mrs. Nichols: one son, Allen J., and two daughters, Edith and Helen H.

LEON D. NISH, merchant, Elgin, Ill., born at Cary, McHenry County, Ill., Oct. 11, 1865, son of John and Electa ( Weaver) Nish; came to Elgin in early boyhood, where he obtained his edu- cation in the public schools; began his busi- ness career as a hardware merchant in Elgin, which he has continued to the present time. He was married in 1884 to Miss Mabel L. Barnes of Elgin.

AUGUST NOLTING, manufacturer, Elgin, 111., born in Germany, Oct. 11, 1834; educated in the public schools of the Fatherland and trained to a mercantile life in the city of Hamburg; came to the United States in 1865, locating first in Chicago; removed to Hanover, Kane County, in 1868, where he was engaged in the manufacture of dairy products until 1884, when he removed to Elgin where he continued in the same line of business. He has become known as one of the leading butter manufacturers of the Elgin District, and his products are shipped to all parts of the United States. He was mar-

ried in 1870 to Miss Sophia Volberding, of Bensonville, Ill.

GARRETT A. NORTON, physician and sur- geon, Aurora, Ill., born in Campton Township, Kane County, Sept. 19, 1859; reared on his father's farm and graduated from the West St. Charles high school in the class of 1880; attended the University of Michigan ( Medical Department) two years, and graduated from the Rush Medical College (Chicago) in the class of '84; practiced medicine first at St. Charles, Ill., but since 1890 has resided in Aurora, where he has occupied a prominent place in the pro- fession. He was married in 1885 to Miss Cora F. Orr, of Junction City, Kansas, and their chil- dren are: Edith and Florence Norton.

WILLIAM W. NORTON, machinist and inven- tor, Dundee, Kane County, Ill., born in Herkimer County, N. Y., Dec. 31, 1826; obtained a common school education in his native State, and re- moved to Illinois in 1861, establishing his home at Carpentersville, where he took charge of a machine shop which afterwards developed into the Illinois Iron & Bolt Works, remaining with this enterprise as foreman until 1881, when he engaged in farming to which he has since de- voted his attention. Mr. Norton was married in 1849, to Miss Catherine Hendricks of Wheeling. W. Va.

GEORGE L. OATMAN, merchant and manufac- turer, Dundee, Kane County, Ill., born in the township where he now resides, June 15, 1851, son of Jesse and Lucy Curtis ( Mowrey ) Oat- man; educated in the public schools and trained to merchandising. He and his brother established one of the pioneer creameries at Dundee, Ill., and later became the owners and operators of a large number of creameries in Northern Illinois and Southern Wisconsin. The partnership between Mr. Oatman and his brother was dissolved in 1903, Mr. Oatman be- coming sole owner of the enterprise at that time. He was married in 1874 to Miss Louisa J. Torrence, and their children are: Erle, Wil- liam Frank and Mary Belle.

JESSE OATMAN (deceased), pioneer mer- chant, Dundee, Ill., born at New Albany, Ind., Nov. 24, 1811, and died Oct. 1, 1883; came to Kane County, Ill., in 1836, and in 1838 platted the town of Dundee; served in the Black Hawk

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Historical encyclopedia of Illinois and History of Kane County, Part 166

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