Historical encyclopedia of Illinois and history of Winnebago County, Volume II, Part 102

Author: Bateman, Newton, 1822-1897. cn; Rogers, Thomas H; Moffet, Hugh R; Selby, Paul, 1825-1913. cn
Publication date: 1903
Publisher: Chicago : Muncell Pub. Co.
Number of Pages: 972

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In 1911 Mr. Lotz was married to Miss Iva E. Tousey, a daughter of Orville and Flora A. Tousey of Buffalo, N. Y. Mr. and Mrs. Lotz have a daughter, Flora Elberta. The family residence is at No. 527 N. Main street. Mr. Lotz is a live, progressive business man who thor- oughly understands his branch of commercial life, and through long and varied experience has been fitted for the position he now so capably fills.

LOVEJOY, A. J, Among the prominent repre- sentatives of the agricultural and livestock interests of Winnebago County is found A. J. Lovejoy, whose fine property is located in Har- lem Township. He was born on his present farm, December 5, 1845, and is a son of Nathan J. and Harriet Eliza (Platt) Lovejoy. His parents were married at Tremont, Tazewell County, Ill., in 1844, the father having come from Sanbornton, N. H., in 1836, while the mother came from New York City.

A. J. Lovejoy received his education in the district schools of Harlem Township, and passed his boyhood on the home farm, on which he re- sided until he was twenty-one years of age. He then took a position with a wholesale house and sold goods for about twenty-five years, but finally returned to agricultural pursuits, buying the farm on which he was born. Here he has developed an excellent property, with fine im- provements of the most modern character. Always a Republican, Mr. Lovejoy has at va- rions times held important posts in public life. IIe was elected supervisor of Harlem Township

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and served nine years and was then elected a member of the State Board of Agriculture of Illinois and served in various capacities for twelve years. He was general superintendent of the State Fair for ten years of this time, and was then elected to the Forty-eighth Gen- eral Assembly on the Republican ticket. He has been a director of the International Live- stock Exposition, at Chicago, for fifteen years and still holds his place on that board, and has served as president thereof. He is president of the Rockford Old Line Life Insurance Company, a position which he has held since the formation of the company. Mr. Lovejoy has held many minor offices. He was president of the Winne- bago County Fair Association at one time, was secretary of that organization for a period, and president of the South Beloit Fair for five years, having always been connected more or less with work of this nature. His principal business, however, is the breeding of pure-bred livestock, a line in which he now has an international trade. He has been connected with many pub- lic enterprises. His fraternal affiliation is with the Masons and the Elks, and he is an attendant of the Methodist Episcopal church, although not a member. He has always been an advocate of temperance.

Mr. Lovejoy was married August 27, 1867, to Miss Eliza J. Wyman, of Roscoe, Ill., whose parents came to this state from New York in the '40s. They have one son, Wyman Nathan, born October 8, 1871.

LUNDAHL, Arthur, junior member of the well known and thoroughly reliable firm of Lager- strom & Lundahl, owners of a billiard parlor and bowling alley at No. 326 Seventh street, Rockford, is one of the substantial men of the city. He was born at Rockford, January 30, 1888, a son of August and Sophia (Johnson) Lundahl, the former of whom, a native of Swe- den, brought his wife to the United States in 1880, and located in DeKalb County, Ill. There he was associated with a Mr. Haish in a barb wire business for four years. Mr. Lundahl then came to Rockford where he embarked in a meat business, continuing it for two years when he went into a milk business and operated it for fourteen years. He then connected himself with the Chicago, Milwaukee & Gary Railroad at Rockford, and is still with this corporation, al- though he is sixty years old. His wife survives and they reside at No. 311 Longwood street. Fraternally he is a Modern Woodman. In poli- tics he is a Republican, and he belongs to the Lutheran Church.

Arthur Lundahl spent his boyhood at Rock- ford where he was fitted for his after life by a course in the public schools. He then engaged in a meat business for a short time, when he and a Mr. Ryden started a billiard and pool room at No. 423 Seventh street, this association continuing for five years. A Mr. Lindholm buy- ing out Mr. Ryden, Mr. Lundahl continued with the former until November 1, 1914, when, with Mr. Lagerstrom, he opened the finest billiard and

bowling establishment in Rockford, at No. 226 Seventh street. The firm carry a full line of cigars and have a soda fountain for the accom- modation of patrons. When Mr. Lundahl started in business he had no capital, but as his honesty and ability were proverbial, he had no difficulty in borrowing sufficient money to make his start, and his success has justified his backers in their judgment.

On July 16, 1912, Mr. Lundahl was married to Miss Florence Bloomquist, a daughter of Frank and Hulda Bloomquist of Rockford.

LUNDBERG, David V., foreman of the Nels J. Bellstrom Machine Works, with residence at No. 1603 Fifteenth avenue, Rockford, is one of the capable, public-spirited and reliable citizens of the city. He was born near Rockford, August 20, 1891, but was educated in the public schools ot Bremer County, Iowa. Until he was seven- teen years old he worked at agricultural labor, and then was in a store at Frederick, Iowa, for a short time. In 1909 he came to Rockford to engage for a period with the Co-operative Furniture Company as a glazier. For two years he was with the Free Sewing Machine Company, but left on August 22, 1912, to enter the employ of his present company as an assembler, and in January, 1914, was made foreman of his present department.

On June 21, 1913, Mr. Lundberg was married to Gunhild H. Pillstrom, a daughter of his employer. One son, David J. A., was born to Mr. and Mrs. Lundberg, on June 7, 1914. Mr. Lundberg is a member of Camp No. 51, M. W. A. He attends the Mission Church. An expert machinist, Mr. Lundberg has given his work careful study and is worthy of the trust placed in him, and capable of discharging effectively and well the duties pertaining to his position.

LUNDGREN, P. A., who has recognized the de- mand for wholesome foodstuffs and is engaged in meeting it at No. 1017 Seventh street, Rock- ford, is one of the leading grocers in his neigh- borhood. He was born in Smolan, Sweden, Au- gust 8, 1841, a son of Peter Lundgren. His parents were also born at Smolan, Sweden, and there married, and the father continued to farm until in 1853 they came to the United States, first stopping at St. Charles, Ill. The father began farming in this neighborhood and after twenty-seven years bought another farm in the vicinity of St. Charles, and lived on it for twelve years; then retired and went to live with his daughter at Geneva, Ill., where he died. His wife died with the same daughter later on. ter later on.

P. A. Lundgren was twelve years old when the family came to this country, and he re- mained with his parents in their new home, at his father's death buying the homestead from the other heirs, adding to its acreage to some extent. Later he sold this property and came to Rockford where he bought his present gro- cery business, and a handsome residence. At

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present Mr. Lundgren has his two sons, L. D. and Robert in business with him.

In 1875 Mr. Lundgren was married to Miss Wilhelmina Bochlund, of St. Charles, Ill., whose parents were of Swedish descent. She died in 1909, and is buried in the Scandinavian ceme- tery. Her father followed farming in his native land where he and her mother passed away. Mr. and Mrs. Lundgren became the parents of the following children; Emily Augusta ; Law- rence D. who married Anna Johnson, and has two children, Clifford La Verne and Howard Lawrence; Rosa May, who married Rev. Berg- man, who are living at Cadillac, Mich., and they have two children, Evelyn and Stanley ; Minnie E .; Robert F .; and Maynard B., at home. Mr. Lundgren is a Republican in politics. Zion Lutheran Church of Rockford holds his mem- bership and benefits from his liberal contribu- tions. He is a steady, hardworking man, and his advancement has come through his own efforts.

LUNDSTROM, Anton, mill room foreman of the Haddorff Piano Company, with residence at No. 728 South Third street, is one of the reliable mechanics of Rockford as well as one of the city's representative men. He was born in De- Kalb County, Ill., September 26, 1876. He was educated in his native place and after complet- ing his school days for the ensuing year worked on a farm, and then came to Rockford, arriving in this city in 1890. Immediately upon coming here he began working for the Forest City Furni- ture Company, but after seven months with that concern he went with the Union Furniture Com- pany as a machine helper, but in 1893 was en- gaged by the Rockford Chair and Furniture Com- pany, with which concern he remained eight years and there learned the trade of band sew- ing. Mr. Lundstrom then entered the Haddorff Piano Company factory and remained with it for two years, when his services were secured by the Forest City Furniture Company, which he left in 1912, to return to the Haddorff Piano Company as band sewer, and his skill was recog- nized in July of that year when he was made foreman of the mill room, and has since con-" tinued to hold that position capably and satis- factorily.

Mr. Lundstrom was married to Mary Larson, born in Sweden, and they have one son, Clifford R., born July 25, 1901. Mr. and Mrs. Lundstrom belong to the Mystic Workers. They are Swedish Lutherans. He is an expert in his trade and has forty men in his department.

LYFORD, Joseph G., one of the substantial agri- culturists of section 11, Guilford Township, was born at Canterbury, N. H., December 2, 1839, a son of Thomas and Eliza (Greeley) Lyford, natives of Canterbury, N. H. The father was born February 14, 1807, and the mother in July, 1809.

Thomas Lyford was reared on a farm. He learned the stonecutting trade, followed it until his marriage, at which time he bought a small farm and lived on it until 1842. In that year

he sold it and with his family started for the West. They drove to Buffalo, N. Y., where the party took a lake boat to Chicago, and upon their arrival they drove from that village to Roscoe, Winnebago County, Ill., ariving there in October, 1842. Joseph G. Lyford was three years old. His father had bought a claim from his brother-in-law, Dudley Greeley, who had located at Roscoe in 1836, and on it the family settled down, the first farm ownership being afterward increased until the father had 650 acres of land. He took an interst in the settle- ment and development of the county, and was a man of importance in his day. In religious faith he was a Universalist. His death was oc- casioned by accident, on December 13, 1858, while he was operating a threshing machine. The mother died in June, 1874. They were the parents of six children, namely : Dudley, who was born in 1835, lived on the homestead until his death, May 21, 1914; Elizabeth, who is the widow ot John Bradley, resides at Milwaukee, Wis .; Joseph A .; Alice H., who is the widow of Josiah Richardson, l'esides at Rockford; Thomas, who died at the age of fourteen years; A. Augusta, who lives at Rockford ; and Charles C., who lives at Minneapolis, Minn.

Joseph G. Lyford attended the district schools in Roscoe Township, the high school at Roscoe, and spent two years at Beloit (Wis.) College. He then matriculated at the Albany (N. Y.) Law School, from which he was graduated, and was later aumitted to the bar of his native state, and practiced his profession for three years at Rockford. He was sergeant in the sixty- third Illinois Infantry during the War of the Rebellion. He is a Repubican, and has held several political offices in Guilford Township.

On January 1, 1868, Mr. Lyford was married to Miss Emily M. Brown, a resident of Rock- ford, Ill. Mrs. Lyford was born at Shirley, Mass, June 30, 1843, and was graduated from Rockford Seminary in 1863; she is a daughter ot the Rev. Hope Brown, who was born at Concord, Mass., February 16, 1798. He was educated at Amherst College, from which he was graduated in 1828, and then entered Princeton University where he took the theological course, and was ordained in the orthodox church at Shirley, Mass., in 1830. Following that he served as pastor there for fitteen years. In 1845, with his wife and five children, he moved to Naper- ville, Ill. In 1831 Rev. Brown married Mary I'. Fuller, of Fitchburg, Mass. Mr. and Mrs. Lyford have two children, namely : Starr, who was born February 5, 1872, married Margaret J. McFarland, and they reside on section 14, 'Guilford Township, and have the following children : Annetta M., Joseph H., Walter D., Franklin S., Russell A., Emily M., and Stanley J .; and May, who was born September 25, 1873, married Elmo M. Davis, on January 1, 1901, born in Guilford Township, and they reside on a farm on section 11. They have no children.

LYMAN, Dr. Charles Burt. Recognized as an authority in the field of psychological thera-

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peutics, Dr. Charles Burt Lyman, of Rockford, has won his position through merit, combined with persistent, energetic work. He is a native of Rockford, and was born February 8, 1873, being a son of Edward Hill Lyman, taxidermist. His father was born at Schenectady, N. Y., in 1848, and died at Rockford, Ill., October 10, 1887. He was married April 23, 1872, to Miss Elizabeth Ethel Rhoades, who was born April 2, 1856, daughter of David and Caroline Christina (Carter) Rhoades, of Rockford, Ill.

Dr. William Lyman, B. A., the grandfather of Doctor Lyman, was born at Goshen, Mass., August 3, 1810, and died at Rockford, Ill., De- cember 19, 1865. He was a member of the Illinois legislature in 1854-55, and during the years 1862 and 1863 was surgeon of the Forty- fifth Illinois Volunteer Infantry, seeing active service at the front during the Civil war. He was married March 28, 1844, to Miss Julia Ann Hill, who was born September 25, 1816, and died in 1876, she being a daughter of Col. Joseph Briggs and Harriet ( Hempstead) Hill, of West Stockbridge, Mass.

Dr. Charles B. Lyman comes of a stock noted for brilliant achievements, liberal culture, strong personality and unbending integrity. The family is one of great antiquity, and the blood of many royal families runs in its veins. In authentic history the lineage of the family has been distinctly traced to Sir Rudulphus Lambert, Kn't, grandson of Lambert, Count of Lorraine, a kinsman of William the Conqueror ; Alfred the Great, Charlemagne, Henry I, of France, Sir Thomas Umfreville, St. Arnolf, Bishop of Metz, Donald-Bane, King of Scots, Louis IV, D'Outremer, King of France, Robert the Strong, Duke of France, and Saier Baron de Quincey, one of the twenty-five barons who forced King John to sign the Magna Charta. In America the line of descent is traced to Richard and his wife Sarah (Osborne) Lyman who came to New England in 1631, Elder William Brew- ster, Col. George Denison, Dr. Comfort Starr, Rev. William Thompson, Capt. John Stanton, Sir Robert Hempstead, and many other persons prominent in Colonial and Revolutionary days.

Dr. Charles B. Lyman, psychologist, received his professional training in the following ac- credited educational institutions : Chicago School of Psychology, National Medical Uni- versity, International Metaphysical University and Chicago School of Psycho-Physiology. He is a member of many scientific societies, and his work as a psychotherapist has been so success- ful that he has come to be recognized as an authority in his field. He is a member of the Illinois Society Sons of the American Revolu- tion, American Legion, Society of the War of 1812, United Military Order of America, Kent Lodge No. 689, I. O. O. F., and at present (1916) is patriotic instructor of John A. Logan Camp No. 26, Sons of Veterans, U. S. A.

Mrs. Edward Hill Lyman, the mother of Dr. Lyman, is well known as an expert taxidermist, which profession she has followed since the death of her husband in 1887. Her work has

an inter-state reputation for trueness to Nature. She is one of only a few real daughters of the Illinois Society, United States Daughters of 1812, having been admitted a member of that society on March 30, 1916.

MACK, Stephen, page 637.

MAGNUSON, Gust H., foreman of the finishing department of the Rockford Standard Furniture Company, with residence at No. 1130 Fifteenth avenue, is a man in whom his company has im- plicit trust, and who stands unusually well with his associates and in his neighborhood. He was born in Sweden May 5, 187S, but was brought to Rockford from his native land when he was ten years old, and here given the advantages of the city's excellent public schools. His first work was done for the Nelson Knitting Company, and he left that concern to spend a short time with the Rockford Mantel Company. Following this for a short period he worked for the Palace Fold- ing Bed Company, when in 1894 he became con- nected with the Rockford Standard Furniture Company as finisher, and about 1910, was made foreman of his department, since which time he has justified the trust reposed in him.

On May 5, 1903, Mr. Magnuson was married to Manny E. Liden, and their children are as fol- lows : Leslie H., Evelyn M., Ina C. and Carl W. He belongs to Zion Lutheran Church, which bell- efits from his interest and generosity. In poli- tics Mr. Magnuson is a Republican. He owns stock in the Workers Grocery Company and is a man of means, and an expert in his line of work. He is one of the leading examples of the prosperous, thrifty men of Swedish birth, who have risen at Rockford through their own industry and excellent business judgment.

MAHER, Edward, senior member of the well established and reliable plumbing firm of Maher & Smith, at No. 125 North Court street, is a care- fully trained and experienced man and one who is an expert in his line. He was born at Middle- ton, N. Y., February 22, 1871, a son of Patrick and Sarah (Cannon) Maher. The father was born in Tipperary, Ireland, and the mother at Goshen, N. Y. Leaving Ireland in young man- hood, the father located at Middleton, N. Y., where he worked as a mason, later went to New Jersey and was there engaged in mining, but in 1884 moved to Rockford, where he resumed work at his trade, so continuing until his retirement.

Edward Maher attended school in New Jer- scy until he was nine years of age. Although just a lad, he was employed as a water-boy for the New Jersey Zinc Company. After coming to Rockford he worked for the S. B. Wilkins Knit- ting Company, and a year later went with the Rockford Watch Case Company. After five years with this concern, during which time le ren- dered faithful service, he began learning the plumbing trade with W. H. Derham. In a year he went with J. Z. Royer, but in a short time made another change and engaged with J. S. Bassett of the Nelson Hotel. Subsequently lie went to Chicago and spent four years. Return-

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ing to Rockford at the expiration of this period, he was with E. S. Gregory, the plumber, for five years, when, in 1904, he and Mr. Smith formed their present firm, and opened up for business at their present stand, where they control a large and constantly increasing trade. The firm do plumbing contracting, and carry a full line of heating apparatus, gas pipes and similar goods required in their line of business. Mr. Maher's long and varied experience fits him for his work, and his knowledge and thoroughness commend him to those who have had business dealings with him. He is a member of the Eagles and Knights of Columbus. His residence is at No. 413 Oakley avenue.

MAHON, Thomas. Faithful performance of the everyday duties of life, upright living, and honorable action entitle a man to a place in the records of any community, for it is such men that make a place worth while, rather than those who come into the limelight through some spectacular achievement. Such a man was Thomas Mahon who for years was one of the substantial men of Rockford. His energies were employed in the business of teaming. He was born in County Meade, Ireland, a son of Thomas and Bridget (Clarke) Mahon, who came to Rockford when Thomas, Jr., was four- teen years old. The father was a farmer.

Thomas Mahon's educational advantages were confined to those offered by the common schools, but he was an honest, God-fearing man, and a consistent member of St. Mary's Catholic Church. After his marriage, Mr. Mahon con- tinued to reside at Rockford, engaging in teaming, until his death in September, 1881. He had built a residence on S. Church street, in which Mrs. Mahon has since lived, and has recently remodeled it.

In September, 1864, Mr. Mahon married Ellen Meskell, born in County Cork, Ireland, a daugh- ter of James and Ellen (Cahall) Meskell who came to the United States in 1850, and located at Boston, Mass. Later the father returned to Ireland, and there died. The mother came to Rockford in 1860. Mr. and Mrs. Mahon had the following children: Mary, who died at the age of sixteen years; John, who lives at Chicago; Catherine, - who is Mrs. Charles Sharky of Superior, Wis .; Thomas Francis, who also lives at Superior, Wis., and William, who died in 1907, aged twenty-nine years.

MALOTT, Nathan W. One of the substantial and representative agriculturalists who, when living, bore his part in the development of Win- nebago County, was the late Nathan W. Malott, of Harlem Township. He was a native son of this township, born August 27, 1856, a son of Theodore and Mary (Hutchins) Malott.

Theodore Malott was born in Ontario, Canada, near Windsor, where he was educated and lived until he attained his majority, at which time he came to the United States, and located in Har- lem Township, this county. Here he obtained employment with George Hutchins as a farm

hand. He later bought the farm that passed into the possession of his son Nathan, and im- proving it, lived upon it until he retired from active life. He then moved to Roscoe, this county, purchased a comfortable home and spent eighteen years in it. He then returned to the farm and lived with his son for a period, when he returned to Roscoe, and there died, in 1907, aged seventy-five years. His wife sur- vived him, passing away at the home of her son Nathan, aged seventy-five years.

Nathan W. Malott spent his boyhood upon his father's farm in Harlem Township, and was educated in the public schools of that neighborhood. In 1881 he began operating this homestead, but in four years moved to Merri- inac, Wis., where for two years Mr. Malott was engaged in railroad work. He then returned to the farm and resumed his agricultural opera- tions, continuing them until his death, which was caused by an accident, on December 14, 1913. He was filling an old well with boulders, and one slipping, killed him, ending a useful career and depriving his neighborhood of a most estimable citizen. Mr. Malott was a member of the Modern Woodmen, and held the office of treasurer at the time of his death. In politics he was a Republican, while his religious con- nections were with the Methodist Church. His burial was in Roscoe cemetery.

Mr. Malott was married in the Methodist Church at Beloit, Wis., to Elizabeth Burden, a daughter of John and Elizabeth (Hawkey) Bur- den. Mrs. Malott was born in Ontario, Can- ada, in 1861, but was taken in childhood by her parents to Michigan, and two years later to Roscoe Township, Winnebago County, Ill. Mr. and Mrs. Malott had two children, namely : Harry T., born April 9, 1882, who married Alice Mathews, a daughter of William and Ella (Stockwell) Mathews of Owen Township this county, issue : Everett L. and Harry W .; and Evelyn May, born September 1, 1885, who is living with her widowed mother.

John Burden and his wife, parents of Mrs. Malott, were both born in Canada, but spent twenty years in Roscoe Township, after coming to Winnebago County, Ill., and here died.

MANLOVE, James G., page 720.

MANNON, Hall. There are some men who are entitled to a place in a record of this nature, although not at any time a resident of the coun- ty, because of the fact that members of their family have become important factors in this locality. One of these men was the late Hall Mannon. He was born in Indiana, in January, 1867, a son of Samuel Mannon of Indiana. When he was but a lad he began farming, although his father was superintendent of instruction for Fayette County, Ind., for many years. Later the father moved to Litchfield, Ill., where he became an express agent. Hall Mannon came with his father to Litchfield, and he became a meat cut- ter, so continuing until his death, in October,

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1900. Fraternally he was an Odd Fellow, while in religious faith he was a Methodist

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Historical encyclopedia of Illinois and history of Winnebago County, Volume II, Part 102

Author: Bateman, Newton, 1822-1897. cn; Rogers, Thomas H; Moffet, Hugh R; Selby, Paul, 1825-1913. cn Publication date: 1903 Publisher: Chicago : Muncell Pub. Co. Number of Pages: 972

Author: Bateman, Newton, 1822-1897. cn; Rogers, Thomas H; Moffet, Hugh R; Selby, Paul, 1825-1913. cn
Publication date: 1903
Publisher: Chicago : Muncell Pub. Co.
Number of Pages: 972