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to the "land beyond the seas." Arriving in this country in 1878, with a small pocket book, but a heart full of strength and a mind capable of directing his energies, young Lotz lost no time in finding employment in a grocery store. On account of his genial disposition and his social temperament, his failure to thoroughly under- stand the new language was no particular hin- drance to his success. All persons with whom he came in contact were his friends, and it was but a short time before he could converse and transact business very successfully in Eng- lish. In 1889, after successfully conducting the business of others, he decided to strike out for himself and started a general grocery, hardware store and meat market, at the cor- ner of Baugh Avenue and Second Street. The place was small, yet Mr. Lotz, on account of his fair dealings and his jovial disposition, trans- acted a fair business. His trade grew to such an extent that he was compelled to seek new quarters. After looking about for some time, Mr. Lotz concluded to select the site at the corner of Second Street and St. Clair Avenue, to which place he removed in October, 1905. The building is 70 by 50 feet, and is one of the largest store rooms in the city. To successfully conduct the business of the establishment, Mr. Lotz employs ten clerks and salesmen.
George Lotz is not a politician in the strict sense of the word, yet he takes a very active interest in all measures affecting the welfare of East St. Louis. In the spring of 1898 he was importuned to become the aldermanic candidate for the Seventh Ward, and consented to make the race. He was elected by a handsome ma- jority and served in the City Council for six years. Mr. Lotz always advocated the recon- struction of the streets of the city, an econom- ical administration and a close adherence to the principles of the Citizen's party platform. He stands high in the councils of that party, and is strongly urged to become its candidate for City Treasurer, in the spring of 1907. Mr. Lotz, who was one of the founders of the Re- tail Merchants Association, acted as President of that organization for three terms.
In 1900 Mr. Lotz married Mary Murphy, a pretty and accomplished young woman of this city. One child, George J., has blessed their union.
LOUIS, Nicholas, farmer, St. Clair Township, this county, was born in Belleville, Ill., Febru-
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ary 22, 1846, the son of Nicholas and Marian Louis, natives of Lorraine (then France), who came to America when about nine years old, and located in St. Clair County with their par- ents. Mr. Louis secured his education in the parochial and public schools of his native county, and remained with his parents on the home place until he reached the age of twenty- five.
On October 18, 1869, Nicholas Louis was married to Elizabeth Damrich, of Millstadt, St. Clair County, and a daughter of Jacob and Eva Damrich, natives of Germany and early settlers in St. Clair County, and of this union six chil- dren were born: Eva, Mary Ann, Caroline, Lena, Jerome, Freda and Julius. After his marriage, for about nine years, Mr. Louis rent- ed a farm, but in 1877 he moved to Section 3, of St. Clair Township. He now owns 145 acres on the Lebanon road three miles northeast of Belleville, beside three other farms in the township, where farm, garden and dairy prod- uce are raised. In his political views Mr. Louis is a Democrat and is a member of the Catholic Church. He is well known and has a host of friends in St. Clair County.
LOVINGSTON, (Hon.) John B., was born in Sulzburg, Bavaria, Germany, February 17, 1840, and died in East St. Louis, July 31, 1897. He was a son of Franciscus Lovingston and his wife Crescencia (Maurer) Lovingston. He was educated in the common schools of his native village, studying Latin and Greek after school hours at the Gymnasium. His father died while he was in college, and when he had completed his education he came, with his mother and other members of the family, to the United States. They located in Wisconsin, where, for three months, young Lovingston attended a subscription school. Later he worked in a country store at a salary of fifty dollars a year. June 1, 1857, he entered the employ of Howe & Rablin, lumbermen, at Dunleith, Ill., later was promoted to general manager, and in 1864 became a member of the firm, which, in 1859, had established a branch at East St. Louis. In 1869, after the death of Lyman Howe, one of his partners, he purchased the interest of the other partner, Mr. Rablin, and from that time until his death was a leader in the lumber trade in East St. Louis. In 1867 he was elected Mayor of the city, and for a con-
siderable time was Treasurer of East St. Louis Township. He was also a Director and Vice- President of the East St. Louis Elevator Ware- house Company, a Director of the East St. Louis Bank (now the First National), the Work- ingmen's Banking Company (now the Southern Illinois National), the Franklin Housebuilding Association, the East St. Louis Railway Com- pany, the East St. Louis and Carondelet Rail- road Company, and the East St. Louis Rail Mill Company, and President of the East St. Louis Gas Light and Coke Company. He was a "Democrat of Democrats." In the Civil War period, he sided with the Union, and, when the Home Guards were organized at St. Louis, he became a member and, under Generals Lyons and Blair, helped to save St. Louis and Missouri to the Federal cause. He was born and reared a Roman Catholic, but sympathized with the liberal element of the church. He was identified with his partner, Mr. Howe, in the attempt to establish the Howe Literary Insti- tute. Mr. Lovingston married, February 10, 1868, Miss Mary Chartrand, daughter of Joseph Chartrand, Esq., a descendant of one of the first French settlers at Cahokia.
MADDUX, William, was born in St. Clair County in 1863, son of John and Louisa (Tate) Maddux, the former a native of Cincinnati, Ohio, and the latter of St. Clair County. His education was obtained in the district schools and he subsequently followed farming for twenty years in St. Clair County, to which his father had come at an early day, being one of the well-known pioneer agriculturists. In 1886 Mr. Maddux became interested in coal mining and has since followed that vocation with every degree of success. In 1886 he was united in marriage to Harriet Carr, a native of St. Clair County, and to them have been born the following six children: Lee, Earl, Hazel, Rex, Flossie and Grace.
MANK, Nick, Treasurer and Manager of the Richland Foundry Company, Belleville, Ill., was born in St. Clair County in March, 1869, and has followed the trade of a molder since his early youth. He is a stockholder in the concern which he manages. Mr. Mank was married in 1895 to Lena Spaeth, who was born and schooled in Trenton, Ill. They are the parents of four children, namely: Oscar, Alvena, Lena and Adala.
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MANN, Jacob G., a coal-mine operator at Mas- coutah, this county, was born in that town, De- cember 3, 1872. He is a son of Jacob and Louisa (Huebsch) Mann, natives of Bavaria, Germany. His paternal grandparents were Philip and Phil- ipena (Murster) Mann, also born in that King- dom, and his grandfather and grandmother on the maternal side were David and Lena Huebsch, of whom the former was a native of Bavaria. Jacob G. Mann completed his rudi- mentary studies in the Mascoutah public schools when he was fifteen years old, and then at- tended the University of Illinois for two and a half years. After this (in 1894) he entered into partnership with Messrs. Hucke, Hagist and Kolb, and sunk a shaft just outside of the Mas- coutah limits, where they struck an eight-foot vein of coal. This mine employs 150 men, and produces 800 tons per day. The company owns also two mines on the Illinois Central Rail- road, at New Athens, each of which has a ca- pacity of 1,000 tons daily.
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On December 8, 1895, Mr. Mann was mar- ried to Laura Kannann, who was born and educated in Mascoutah. They have two chil- dren-Hugo, born August 8, 1897, and Homer, born July 1, 1900. Politically, Mr. Mann is a Republican. He was elected Mayor of Mas- coutah when twenty-four years old, and has served as President of the School Board since 1900. His religious views are Evangelical. Fraternally, he belongs to the M. W. A. and K. of P.
MANTLE, David J. (deceased), was born in Bloomington, Pa., September 1, 1854, the son of George and Harriet (Perry) Mantle, natives of England, who came to Pennsylvania at an early day and moved to Illinois when David J. was a small lad. Mr. Mantle received his education in the public schools of Illinois, and when still very young began to work in the coal mines of St. Clair County. Indeed, all his life he was identified with the development of the coal fields. The last interest he purchased was in the western part of the county and was known as the Oakland Mine, Messrs. Angell and John Siddel being associated with him in this venture.
Mr. Mantle's wife was formerly Ellen An- gell, a native of England, and of their union eight children were born-Albert, Charles, George, Arthur, Mary, Alice, Eleanor and Flor-
ence. Mrs. Mantle died September 13, 1892. Mr. Mantle's second wife was Mary (Webster) Hermann, daughter of James and Delia (En- right) Webster and widow of Frank Hermann, of Belleville-a molder by occupation, whose de- cease occurred February 14, 1899. In his po- litical views Mr. Mantle was a Democrat. He was a charter member of the Knights of Pythias, and belonged also to the K. and L. of H. and I. O. R. M. fraternities.
Mr. Mantle died May 5, 1903, and his re- mains were buried in Walnut Hill Cemetery. His widow is connected with nine fraternal organizations, and organized or assisted in the organization of most of the number, including the Maccabees, Royal Circle, Knights and Ladies of Honor, etc. She received her education in the young ladies' seminary at St. Charles, Mo., and, with her late husband, took an active in- terest in matters connected with the public library, contributing numerous volumes and in every way aiding this institution. Mrs. Man- tle belongs to the Catholic Church. Mr. Man- tle was identified with the Church of the Lat- ter-Day Saints.
MARTIN, William .- For the past sixteen years, or since July, 1890, William Martin has been connected with the Heine Brewing Com- pany's plant at East St. Louis, and for four- teen years (since 1892), has been Superintend- ent of the bottling department, having full charge of everything connected therewith. A native of the town which has always been his home, and where he has followed various occu- pations, Mr. Martin was born in 1868, his par- ents, Charles and Christina (DeMarse) Mar- tin, being also natives of Illinois. The elder Martin was a house mover and raiser, and to this work his son applied himself as assistant for several years, eventually apprenticing him- self to a cigar maker, a trade which he found less profitable than he had anticipated. His first connection with the brewery was in a minor capacity, but his faithfulness and adapt- ability won the approval of his superiors, with the result that he assumed his present respon- sibility under the most favorable circumstances, and after the best possible training. Mr. Mar- tin renounced bachelorhood in 1892, marrying Louise Robbins, also born in East St. Louis, and he has two children-Lillian and Agnes. He is an energetic and painstaking workman, thought-
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ful and considerate of his subordinates, and up- right and honorable in all of his dealings.
MARTIN, William Frederick, foreman in the mounting department of the Snyder & Baker Stove Works, Belleville, was born June 17, 1869, in St. Louis, Mo., where he received his educa- tion in the public schools. His parents are Wil- liam F. and Frances (Niechirck) Martin, the former born in Switzerland, in 1842, and the lat- ter in St. Clair County, in 1849. When about thirteen years of age the subject of this sketch started to work in a stove foundry, later going to Bush & Wright's Stove Works, where he re- mained seven years. Making another change, he entered the employ of the Charter Oak Stove ' Works, staying with that company until 1890, when he removed to Belleville. He there se- cured a position with the Belleville Stove Com- pany, which he held for eight years, when, in July, 1899, he accepted his present position as
foreman in the stove mounting department of the Snyder & Baker Stove Works, where he has an average of 110 men under his charge during the entire year. His many years of experience have made him a capable and trustworthy work- man, with the ability to fill his position to the entire satisfaction of his employers. In his church affiliations Mr. Martin is a Protes- tant, in politics he supports the Republican party, and socially, is a member of the Knights of Pythias. He is also a member of the Stove Mounters' Union. On July 15, 1890, he was married to Louisa Schnella, a native of Water- loo, Ill., where she was educated in the public schools. Four children have been born of this union, namely: Charles W., Fannie L., Wil- liam H. and Archibald.
MATTINGLY, Preston J., Manager of the Belle- ville (Ill.) Distillery Company, was born in Mar- ion County, Ky., in 1856, and received his educa- tion in the public schools of his native county and Louisville. After completing his schooling he engaged in the distilling business, which he has since continued to follow. In December, 1902, he came to Belleville, and accepted a po- sition as Manager of the Belleville Distillery Company, in which he is also a stockholder. He is a man of energy and keen business ability, and has advanced from the ranks to his present responsible position. In 1880 he married Mary Weyd, a native of Louisville, Ky., and to them
were born the following three children: Louis J., Mary W., and Alma J.
MAUER, Charles .- A resident of East St. Louis since 1871, Charles Mauer has employed his thirty-three years to good advantage, advan- cing from the position of an humble follower of the tinner's trade to the ownership of a small hardware business in 1878, and subse- quently taking his place as one of the foremost dealers in hardware and paints in the city. Though but fifty-one years of age (having been born in Freeport, Stephenson County, Ill., March 28, 1853), Mr. Mauer has been a wage earner for forty-two years, having commenced at the age of eleven to learn the tinner's trade in Pe- kin, Ill. Turning his attention to milling in 1867, he was thus employed until moving to St. Louis, Mo., in 1870-the following year be- coming identified with the town which has since come to regard him as one of its substantial and reliable citizens.
As his name indicates, Mr. Mauer is of Ger- man ancestry, his parents, Christian F. and Eliza (Ledermann) Mauer, having been born in Saxony, Germany. He was educated in the public schools of Illinois, in which State the family was established at an early day, and in February, 1889, married a native daughter of St. Louis, whose girlhood name was Anna H. Lueg. Two children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Mauer-Charles C. and Edward C. Mr. Mauer has taken a keen interest in the upbuilding of East St. Louis, has aided it by his moderate and industrious career, and by his skill and application has reflected credit upon an ancient and honorable trade. Eminently so- cial in his inclinations, and of a genial and agreeable manner, Mr. Mauer is connected with some of the foremost fraternal organizations in Illinois, being a charter member of the Eu- reka Lodge, No. 81, K. of P., and a member of the Benevolent Order of Elks and the Modern Woodmen of America. In politics, he is a Dem- ocrat, and in religion, a Protestant.
MAULE, Alexander, Superintendent of Mines, and a partner in the John Maule Coal Company, of this county, is one of the most successful of the younger generation of men who are aiding in the development of this great State indus- try. Born in St. Clair County in 1870, he in- herits Scotch thrift and enterprise from his pa-
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ternal ancestry; and from his parents, John and Sarah (Wandles) Maule, of Scotland, received an invaluable early training. John Maule be- came interested in the coal mines of Illinois soon after arriving from his native land, and in 1879 he opened what has since been known as the Lenz Mine, which hoists 400 tons of coal per day, and employs 100 men. On June 4, 1903, he started a new mine south of Shiloh on the Southern Railroad, which is fitted with electric machinery throughout, and which is unquestionably one of the best equipped and most promising pieces of mining property in Illinois. The daily output of this mine is 1,800 tons, and its operation required the services of 300 men. As Superintendent of these mines, Alexander Maule has a large responsibility, which he discharges with credit and profound understanding. He is a man of family, having a wife, who was formerly Julia Sullivan, of St. Clair County, and a son, John.
MAULE, Frank, a son of John Maule, was born in Caseyville, Ill., February 28, 1865, and was educated in the public schools of Belle- ville. Later he became engaged in mining and was interested in that line of industry in St. Clair County, and in Indiana. In 1899 he came to East St. Louis and engaged in the ice and coal business, handling all grades of coal, which required the employment of four teams to do the hauling. Fraternally, Mr. Maule is a mem- ber of the Modern Woodmen of America, the Red Men and the Eagles.
The marriage of Mr. Maule occurred in 1883, when he was united to Elizabeth Taylor, a na- tive of Belleville. The following children have been born to them: Sadie, Elizabeth, Beatrice, John, Marguerite, Robert, Jennie, Lucille, Doro- thy, and Frank, Jr.
MAULE, John, a mine owner and operator in the vicinity of Belleville, St. Clair County, was born in Clackmannanshire, Scotland, January 5, 1836. His father and mother, Alexander and Marguerite (Hall) Maule, were also natives of that country. At the age of fourteen years, after completing his schooling, John Maule came from Scotland to the United States, landing at New Orleans and proceeding thence to St. Louis, where he arrived a penniless and friendless or- phan. In that vicinity he secured employment in the coal mines, where he worked twelve
years. He then went to Caseyville, Ill., and sinking a shaft, began mining as a proprietor. Six years afterward he sold out his interest there and sunk another shaft on the Vandalia Rail- road, between Caseyville and Collinsville, Ill. This he operated five years, and then disposed of his holding to the railroad company. In 1872, Mr. Maule came to Belleville and became inter- ested in several mines. He now owns the Lenz Coal and Mining Company, five miles west of Belleville, and the John Maule Coal and Min- ing Company, five miles east of that town, and is preparing to open the largest mine in Illi- nois. All of his mining properties are on the Southern Railroad.
John Maule was married April 13, 1855, to Marguerite Archibald, who was born and edu- cated in Scotland. From this union six chil- dren resulted, namely: Frank, Janette, Mar- guerite, Alexander, Robert and John. Their mother died August 13, 1870. Mr. Maule was again married November 29, 1870, his second wife being Sarah Wandless, a daughter of Rob- ert and Elizabeth (Lawson) Wandless, who was born in County Durham, England, March 7, 1850. Eight children are the offspring of this union, namely: Elizabeth, William, Alexander, James, Eugene, Edward, Arthur and Mildred. In politics, Mr. Maule is a Republican. Fra- ternally, he belongs to the A. O. U. W. His religious creed is that of the Presbyterian Church.
MAYER, Frederick, one of the pioneer farm- ers of St. Clair County, is a native of Germany, where his birth took place May 27, 1841. His father was Frederick Mayer, also a native of the Fatherland, who emigrated to the United States with his family and located in St. Clair County, where he purchased 127 acres of land in Section 17, Smithton Township. Frederick was educated in the public schools of Germany and America, and subsequently devoted his time and attention to agriculture on the old home place, where he still lives with his son Louis.
In 1870 Mr. Mayer was united in marriage to Mary Chuse, who was born in Belleville, Ill., and received her education in the parochial schools of that place. They have one son, Louis, who was born January 13, 1874, and educated in the parochial and public schools of Smith- ton Township. On October 26, 1897, he mar-
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ried Louisa, daughter of Philip and Mary (Hein- rick) Quirin. Her birth occurred in St. Clair County, where her education was acquired in the public schools. They are the parents of three children, namely: Verner, born Decem- ber 11, 1900; Clarence, born December 12, 1902, and Lawrence, born August 26, 1905. Fred- erick Mayer is an adherent of the Catholic Church, and fraternally, is a member of the C. K. of I.
McBRIDE, William Erastus .- One of the most cultured and public-spirited of the men to en- gage in agricultural pursuits in St. Clair County, William Erastus McBride, was born in Millstadt Township, this county, August 1, 1849, and died on the farm from which he had never wandered save to secure his education, on Jan- uary 3, 1893. On the paternal side he came from a family long established in Loudoun County, Va., where his grandparents, John and Sarah (Watkins) McBride, were born and spent their entire lives, and where his father, W. J. McBride, was born March 15, 1808. On the ma- ternal side he is descended from an equally well-known and honored family of York County, S. C., the birthplace of his maternal grandpar- ents, Rev. Thomas and Margaret (Gilbraith) Harrison, and the temporary home of his great- grandfather Harrison, who was born in Geor- gia, December 13, 1779, and who came to the Territory of Illinois in 1804. His mother, Do- vey Harrison, was born on the old Harrison homestead in St. Clair County, receiving her education in the early subscription schools, and developing into a strong and self-reliant young woman. Into her neighborhood came W. J. McBride in 1831, settling on the farm in Mill- stadt where he died March 15, 1873, and where she herself passed away at an advanced age in May, 1895.
William Erastus McBride was educated in the public schools, at a neighborhood private school, and at McKendree College, from which last named institution he was graduated with high honors. Returning to the home place in Millstadt Township, which he had inherited, he superintended its cultivation for the balance of his life, giving to it the benefit of his prac- tical methods, his scientific research, and his conscientious labor. He was a life-long mem- ber of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and the little society which grew up in his neighbor-
hood, largely inspired by his zeal and activity, used to worship in the neighboring school- house. A Methodist Episcopal church has since been built on a portion of the McBride farm, and its building was largely inspired by him. In politics he was a Democrat, but office seek- ing or holding never appealed to his quiet mind, or seemed to offer the kind of opportu- nity which he sought.
The married life of Mr. McBride was a par- ticularly happy one, for in his wife he found a true helpmate and earnest sympathizer. Mrs. McBride (in her girlhood Jennie L. Thatcher) was educated at McKendree College, of which she is a graduate. Her birth occurred in Ma- rion, Williamson County, Ill., and her marriage September 1, 1875. Her parents, Rev. John and Virginia Boles (Wells) Thatcher, were na- tives respectively of Connecticut and St. Louis County, Mo., and her grandparents were Rich- ard and Mary (Sappington) Thatcher. The Sappingtons are an old and honored St. Louis family. Mrs. McBride is the mother of four children: Dovey M., now Mrs. O. C. Church; Jennie Olive; William Thomas; and Sadie Mc- Bride. The children also received their educa- tion in McKendree College, to which the family has ever been loyal.
McCONAUGHY, Franklin A .- A successful at- torney and active Republican politician, Frank- lin A. McConaughy has been a resident of Belle- ville since 1865, coming here with his father, John B. McConaughy, from Lancaster, Pa., where he was born December 25, 1849, and where he was educated in the public schools and McKendree College. After an arduous serv- ice as Medical Director and Army Surgeon during the Civil War, Dr. John B. McConaughy wisely concluded to change his field of effort when peace settled over the land, a decision which resulted in the establishment of his family in Belleville, then a small but promis- ing village. Franklin A. improved this oppor- tunity by entering the law office of Judge Un- derwood, was admitted to the bar in 1871, and since has engaged in a general practice of law, taking part in the majority of important cases which have marked the progress of the com- munity. He was City Attorney from 1877 to 1879, and has held other offices within the gift of the people of Belleville. In 1876 he was Re- publican candidate for State's Attorney, but
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