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Horatio O. Stone, one of the pioneers of Chicago and a leading citizen, merchant and real estate dealer of the city for upwards of HORATIO O. STONE forty years, was born on Boughton Hill, in the town of Victor. Ontario (now Monroe) county, New York, January 2, 18II, and died at his home in Chicago, on July 20, 1877. Mr. Stone was descended from a line of sturdy farmers in the eastern states. His father, Ebenezer Stone, born at Stonington, Connecticut, was one of the early settlers of western New York and, with his compeers in the advance of civiliza- tion, was engaged in many of the Indian battles then frequent on the frontier. He likewise served in the war of 1812. He died in 1843. at the residence of his son in Chicago. He was a widower at the time, his wife, whose maiden name was Clarissa Odell, having died six weeks after the birth of the subject of this sketch. Horatio was brought up on his father's farm and obtained his education in the comnion schools of the district. At the age of fourteen years he ap- prenticed himself to the trade of shoe-making and incidentally ac- quiring the trade of tanner and currier, with which the first-named craft was generally combined in those early days. Not finding these occupations congenial, he quit them after serving out his time, and, at the age of eighteen, struck out into a new field. The Lackawanna canal was then being constructed and he secured a position in con- nection with it on the canal, and later as overseer of a force of labor-
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ers. A year later he was boating on the Erie canal. Perhaps of all his occupations this was least to his taste and it was not long before he gave it up. Uncertain what to do, and no opening presenting it- self that sufficiently appealed to his energetic nature, he paid a visit to his brother in Wayne county, Michigan. Being favorably im- pressed with the possibilities of farming in that state. he took up eighty acres of government land near Clinton, Washtenaw county, and established himself thereon as a farmer. During the Black Hawk war, being drafted. he served twenty-two days under General Jacob Brown. At the expiration of two years he sold his farm and, sending his family to Erie, Pennsylvania, started still farther west to seek his fortune. On the IIth of January, 1834, after a long and toilsome journey, he arrived in Chicago. Developed from a village of a dozen houses in 1831, Chicago at the time he reached it, was. to all appear- ances, anything but an inviting place in which to settle. Situated on "a bleak, uninviting lake-coast of sand-hills, morasses and swamps," and containing but a few hundred inhabitants, including traders and Indian half-breeds, it was a veritable outpost of civilization-nothing more. That its location was in its favor was at once apparent to the discerning eye of the young pioneer ; and believing that with advancing years the place would rise to a position of prominence and impor- tance, if not real greatness, he decided to make a trial of its possi- bilities. He lived at first at the hotel kept by Mark Beaubien, on the corner of Lake and South Water streets. As a spectator in Judge John D. Caton's court, one morning, he met a Mr. Blanchard, from whom he bought a lot on Clinton street. after paying $90 for which he had only about fifty dollars left. Immediate work was found in chopping timber on the north branch of the Chicago river, to be used in building the piers for the Chicago harbor. For this labor the gov- ernment paid $16 a month and board. This work ended, he went, in the following spring, to Wisconsin, and upon reaching Sheboygan, entered a claim near the mouth of the river. After working several months in a sawmill there, he returned to Chicago in time to attend the first government land sale, held June 16th and 17th, 1835. Here. he sold his Clinton street lot for $358 cash. With his capital he start- ed a general store and later a hardware store at Lake and State streets, and also dealt in grain to a considerable extent. Mr. Stone re- mained in trade twenty-seven years. He invested largely in real es-
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tate, buying several extensive tracts of land in and near Chicago, of which, in later years, subdivisions to the city were created. His judg- ment in buying and selling property was almost unerring, and during the last twenty-five years of his life he stood in the very front rank as an operator in Chicago real estate. In business pursuits he found his chief pleasure. He was active and energetic to a remarkable de- gree, and after retiring from trade, continued in the real estate busi- ness. He was an earnest Republican in politics, and being widely known and highly respected, he might, had he cared for office, have been elected to very responsible positions. He was still active in business at the time of his death. Through his energy and foresight he accumulated a large fortune. He was of genial disposition, gave cheerfully of his means to forward public measures for the good of all, and by an honorable and extremely useful life earned universal respect. He was married three times-first to Miss Jane A. Lowry, of Erie, Pennsylvania ; second, to Miss Frances M. Pearce, of Chica- go, and, third, to Miss Elizabeth Yager, daughter of David H. Yager, of Clifton Springs, New York. By the last wife, who survives him he was the father of eight children, five of whom are deceased. Those living are: Horatio O., Robert E., and Althea I. Mrs. Stone is a recognized social leader, and is one of the most popular and respect- ed women in Chicago. She possesses literary, musical and ar- tistic tastes, and has always taken a sincere pleasure in fostering art and encouraging American artists. Her liberal support of every good and charitable work undertaken in Chicago for many years has given her a warm place in the hearts of all.
Horatio Odell Stone, who has been a progressive dealer in Chicago real estate for the past twenty years, is the son of the pioneer settler
H. O. of '34. H. O. Stone, Jr., is a Chicago man in birth
STONE, JR. and spirit, his natal day being July 15, 1860. Pri- marily, his education was received in the public schools of his native city, and he afterward pursued higher courses at Lake Forest (Ill. ) Academy and Yale University, graduating from the latter with the class of 1883. The succeeding four years were spent as a civil engineer in New Mexico, Arizona and Colorado, after which he returned to Chicago to enter the business field in which his father had become so prominent.
Mr. Stone's connection with the real estate business dates from
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1887, his well patronized office being at No. 125 Monroe street. In the midst of his business activities the pleasant and profitable years which he passed at old Yale are kept green by his membership in Scroll and Key and the Psi Upsilon fraternity, and he also belongs to the Chicago Automobile and South Shore Country clubs and Yale Club, while his Republican proclivities are indicated by his long iden- tification with the broad scope of the Union League Club.
On June 29, 1893, Mr. Stone was united in marriage to Miss Sara Latimer Clarke, of Baltimore county, Maryland, and in his elegant home he finds the rest and recuperation which are such neces- sities to the business man of today.
Dr. Carl Donner Stone, whose death occurred July 18, 1907, was a son of Horatio Odell and Elizabeth (Yager) Stone, and although
CARL D. he was a graduate in medicine, did not engage actively in practice. He preferred the activities of
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business and was for several years connected with the large real estate, renting and insurance business of which his brother is the head. He was born at No. 2035 Prairie avenue, Chi- cago, on the 12th of February, 1872, and was of English-Dutch ancestry.
Prior to the pursuit of his medical studies, Dr. Stone received a thorough education in private schools of Chicago, as well as at Ken- yon College, Gambier, Ohio. In 1897 he graduated from the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Chicago, but as stated, devoted himself more to business than professional affairs. He was a cultured, bright and popular young man, and a valued addition to any circle within which he moved. At different times he was a member of the Wash- ington Park, Calumet, Onwentsia, South Shore Country and Illinois Athletic clubs. On February 24. 1893, Dr. Stone was united in marriage with Miss Madeline Masters, of Lewistown, Illinois, and they became the parents of three children, as follows: Elizabeth, Emma Louise and Horatio Odell Stone III.
It is extremely difficult to describe Chicago's ultimate obligations to such men as Daniel Francis Crilly, to those who for forty or fifty years have shown by their investments in real estate
DANIEL F.
CRILLY. and their continuons development of business and residence property that their faith in the city has never wavered. The bedrock confidence of such men is infectious and
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indirectly inspires the people with a firm faith in the moral stability of Chicago, so that all classes come to know that, all in all, there is no better place in which to live and rear a family than this much maligned city. Such energetic and practical men as Mr. Crilly build even better than they know.
Daniel F. Crilly, known especially as the father of McKinley Park, is a native of Mercersburg, Pennsylvania, where he was born on the 14th of October, 1838. His is an ancient and honorable Irish family. his paternal grandfather being a native of the Emerald Isle, and a descendant of the Crillys has been of late years a member of the British Parliament. John D. Crilly, his father, was editor of the Perry County Standard, published at Bloomfield, Pennsylvania. Dan- iel F. was educated in the common schools of Pennsylvania, and at the age of seventeen entered the employ of John Wilson, a mason and contractor of Mercersburg; on the removal of the latter to Iowa City, Iowa, in 1856, the youth accompanied his employer. After remaining with him about two years he went to Louisiana and ventured on his own account, his special work being the erection of large buildings on the plantation of the Hon. Richard Pugh. In 1859-61 he engaged in the contracting business at St. Louis, but at the outbreak of the Civil war decided to locate in the North, and fortunately chose Chi- cago as his home.
Upon locating in Chicago in 1861, Mr. Crilly obtained a position as superintendent of the tank department in the packing plant of Robert Law, passing his first three winters in this capacity and devot- ing his summers to building. In 1864 he concentrated all his atten- tion upon the business of building and contracting. He erected the First Methodist Church Block, and many prominent business struc- tures, both before and after the fire of 1871, his transactions even ex- tending to other cities. His last contract, completed in 1880, was the Windsor Hotel, Denver, Colorado. He also built all the residences in Crilly Place, north side, and although he lost heavily in the great fire, he regained it all, and much more, by his energy, strong will and unimpeachable integrity. During all his building operations Mr. Cril- ly had been steadily acquiring real estate holdings, and since 1880 he has solely devoted himself to the latter field. He is, however, a di- rector of the Metropolitan Trust and Savings Bank.
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The Crilly subdivisions, near the south end of Lincoln Park, are among Mr. Crilly's personal holdings, the property including 141 flats, twelve residences and ten business buildings. He also owns the old Stock Exchange building. It was at the suggestion of Mr. Crilly that McKinley Park was named after the martyr president, and the handsome Mckinley monument which was unveiled July 4. 1905, was erected largely as a result of his efforts and donations.
Mr. Crilly's official public service is confined to the commissioner- ship of the South Park system, to which he was appointed by the cir- cuit court in 1900, to fill the unexpired term of Commissioner Ells- worth, who had taken up his residence in New York. At the end of this term he was re-elected to the regular period of five years.
Married in Loudon, Pennsylvania, March 3. 1863, to Miss Eliza- beth Snyder, daughter of Jacob Snyder, an old citizen of that place, Mr. Crilly is the father of the following six children: Erminie, George S., Frank L., Edgar, Isabelle and Oliver D. The family resi- dence is at 3820 Michigan avenue.
Mr. Crilly is one of the early members of the Hamilton Club, and one of its founders as an organiaztion of wide political and civic influence. It was formerly but a south side social club, but he was the means of transferring its house to a convenient downtown loca- tion, financed the organization twice, was its treasurer for several terms, and proved one of the strongest factors in so broadening the scope of its activities that it is now recognized by the Republicans as a power within the party, and by the public of Chicago as an orig- inal and effective influence for good in the cause of social, civic and moral progress. Mr. Crilly also joined the Union League Club in its first year and has always been a leader in its work; is identified with the Sheridan Club, and has given much of his time and means to the Masonic cause. He is the oldest charter member of the Home Lodge No. 508. A. F. & A. M., for years was treasurer of Apollo Command- ery No. I, and is still a trustee of the latter. With the exception of one term, he has also been treasurer of the Knights Templar Charity ball since its organization.
An old-time Republican, Mr. Crilly has always been active both in local and national politics, and he was a member of the famous executive committee of the Mckinley Club, which was organized by the leading Republicans of Chicago. So he is especially identi-
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fied with the perpetuation, in this city, of the great and beloved presi- dent's name.
Henry Waller, father of Edward C. Waller, founder of the famous Rookery building of Chicago, was a prominent man of public
HENRY affairs in Kentucky and, after he came to Chicago was long a leader among the local legal fraternity.
WALLER.
He was born at Frankfort, Kentucky, on the 9th of November, 1810, being a son of Henry S. and Catharine (Breck- inridge) Waller. In 1829 he entered the United States Military Academy at West Point, from which he graduated with high honors in 1833. Resigning his position as lieutenant in the army, he began the study of law under Hon. C. S. Moorehead, afterward governor of Kentucky, and continued his legal course at Transylvania Univer- sity, Kentucky, being admitted to the bar in 1835. He at once com- menced the practice of law with Thomas V. Payne, at Maysville, Kentucky, their partnership continuing for six years. In the mean- time he liad become an enthusiastic supporter of Henry Clay, the idol of the south, and was soon well advanced in the favor of the Whig party. In 1845-7 he served in the state legislature as a repre- sentative of that organization, but, although he served on important committees and acquitted himself creditably and earnestly, he never again became a candidate for a political position. In 1852 he asso- ciated himself in partnership practice with John G. Hickman, and in the same year was unanimously elected president of the Maysville & Lexington Railroad Company.
In 1855 Mr. Waller became a resident of Chicago, and estab- lished the law firm of Waller, Caulfield and Bradley, afterward Wal- ler and Caulfield, which continued for nine years. In 1864 he be- came senior partner of Waller, Sterns and Copeland, which remained intact until the death of Mr. Sterns in 1867. He then withdrew from active practice for a time, his health having been impaired by constant and intense application to his professional work. In his efforts to re- gain it he traveled quite extensively in this country and Europe, his most extensive journey in the old world was during portions of 1869 and 1870. In July. 1876, Mr. Waller was appointed master in chan- cery, and in that office he obtained a broad reputation for the im- partiality and strength of his decisions, his intimate acquaintance with adjudicated cases making him particularly qualified for the position.
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He was also popular, personally, and had a wide reputation as an orator even on subjects which were outside the field of his profession. His death occurred in Chicago. Judge Waller's wife was Miss Sarah B. Langhorne, to whom he was married on May 3, 1837.
As a substantial real estate dealer of more than forty years in Chicago, Edward C. Waller is certainly entitled to notice in a history
EDWARD C. WALLER. of this character. He is a Kentucky gentleman and a good business man, born on the 21st of No- vember, 1845, being the son of Henry and Sarah B. (Langhorne) Waller. His father, also a native of Kentucky, was a lawyer and a prominent Whig of that state, but after he came to Chicago, in 1855, devoted himself closely to the practice of his profession. He maintained a high position at the Chicago bar, served for some years as master in chancery, and was a highly honored citizen at the time of his death. In view of his eminence, a biography of the elder Waller is given preceding this.
Edward C. Waller received his early education in the schools of his native county of Mason, but when a child of ten years of age came to Chicago with his parents and completed his education in the institutions of this city. In 1866, when he had barely attained his majority, he commenced to deal in real estate, and has continued to be thus engaged, without interruption.
Among the Chicago enterprises with which Mr. Waller has been prominently connected is the Rookery building, which was conceived by him and which has long been one of the most conspicuous ex- amples of modern American office buildings. He is now one of the oldest members of the Chicago Real Estate Board, and has a prom- inent connection with a number of institutions outside of his regular business, being president of the North American Accident Insurance Company, and secretary and treasurer of the Central Safety Deposit Company. Mr. Waller's office is in the Rookery, and his residence at River Forest, Illinois.
In October, 1884, the same year in which the Chicago Real Estate Board was established, of which he is now a prominent member,
BRUCE B. Bruce Burleigh Barney came to Chicago and be-
BARNEY. came identified with real estate circles. A success-
ful business man and influential citizen, he has had a broad and rather eventful career both before and since coming to
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Chicago. Born at Findlay, Hancock county, Ohio, June 15, 1859, a son of Burleigh B. and Elizabeth ( Westenhaver) Barney, he sup- plemented his public school education with a course in Phillips Exeter Academy, and after leaving school began his business career in the dry goods store of Fred E. Eaton & Co., of Toledo, Ohio. Four years later he began operating on the Toledo Board of Trade, first as a representative of E. R. Williams and Brothers, and later of Welles Brothers. In 1880 he went to California, thence to China and Japan, spending about three years in the west and the Orient before returning to Toledo and entering the employ of the Toledo Linseed Oil Company.
On coming to Chicago at the time above mentioned, Mr. Barney became connected with the well known real estate firm of E. F. Getchell & Co. In 1887 his name was incorporated into the firm, as Getchell, Barney & Co., and since December, 1891, when the part- nership expired, he has engaged in business alone.
Mr. Barney is a member of the Veteran Corps, First Infantry Regiment, I. N. G. He joined the regiment in August, 1895, as private of Company C, and on Octber 21, 1896, was made second lieutenant, by Order No. 10, issued by Governor Altgeld, by which his rank was to date from July 11, 1896. At the time of the Spanish- American war, Lieutenant Barney was found, on examination by Major Charles Adams, incapacitated for service. In order that the regiment might be complete when it left for the front, he determined to surrender his commission, and accordingly handed his resignation to Brigadier General Reese, which was accepted April 28, 1898.
In politics Mr. Barney is firmly Republican, voting faithfully and intelligently, but without participating in practical politics. Fra- ternally he is a Mason, a member of Apollo Commandery, K. T., Oriental Consistory (thirty-second degree), and Park Lodge No. 843. By his marriage in December, 1903, at Waukegan, to Miss Ida M. Macfarlane, Mr. Barney has two children, Bruce B., Jr., and Elizabeth W.
Henry S. Dietrich, a real estate dealer of forty years' standing in Chicago, is a native of Michigan, born March 4, 1844. When
HENRY S. he was fourteen years of age he came to Chicago and completed his education in the city schools. At the breaking out of the Civil war he had just
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passed his seventeenth birthday, and was one of the first in Chicago to go to the front. On April 15, 1861, he joined Company A of the famous Chicago Zouaves for a three months' enlistment. He par- ticipated in what is known as the Cairo expedition, leaving Chicago on the 21st of April, and at the expiration of his three months' service returned to Chicago and became a member of Company A, Nine- teenth Illinois Volunteer Infantry, with Col. J. B. Turchin in com- mand. He served with that regiment during the following three years, and was honorably discharged in July, 1864. He then joined the military service as a civilian, being identified with the quarter- master's division of the army until 1866.
In November, 1868, Mr. Dietrich entered the field of real estate in which he has been a progressive and leading figure ever since. He has been a regular and active member of the Chicago Real Estate Board since January, 1897; was president of the board in 1901, and since May, 1907, has served as president of the board of local improvements of the city of Chicago. He has been prominently identified with the Grand Army of the Republic since its organiza- tion, was commander of U. S. Grant Post, and has held high posi- tions in both the state and national organizations of the order. Colonel Dietrich has evinced his continuous interest in military affairs by his long connection with the Illinois National Guard. Since January, 1897, he has held the rank of colonel and general inspector of rifle practice, being a member of the governor's staff. In politics he has always been a firm Republican, and in Masonry has reached the thirty-second degree.
In May, 1868, Mr. Dietrich was united in marriage with Miss Sarah J. Clark, a native of Vermont, and their children are: Harry WV. and Grace B. Dietrich. The family residence is at 4449 Oaken- wald avenue.
William Lewis Pierce, real estate operator, and a member of the firm of William L. Pierce & Co., was born in Albany, New York,
WILLIAM L. October 13, 1843, son of William B. and Elizabeth PIERCE. Frances (Peck) Pierce, the former of whom was
a descendant of Mary, the sister of Benjamin Franklin. Her father was Captain Henry Peck, who operated the first line of steamers on the Hudson.
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Mr. Pierce was educated at the Brooks School, Cincinnati, having William B. Taft and William R. McLean as classmates; and at the Chicago University, from which he was graduated with the class of 1865.
During the Civil war he enlisted in the One Hundred and Thirty- fourth United States Volunteers and served to the close of the war. Subsequent to the war he became interested in the real estate busi- ness. He was a member of the firms of William H. Sampson & Co., Pierce & Ware, and is now the head of the firm of William L. Pierce & Co. He was for a time half owner of the commercial agencies of Tappan, McKillop & Co., at Philadelphia, Washington, Pittsburg and Baltimore. Mr. Pierce was one of the organizers of the Chicago Real Estate Board, and served one term as vice president and chair- man of the executive committee and one term on the appraisement and membership committee.
He was married, in Chicago, in 1876, to Carrie L. Lyman. They are the parents of four children: Bessie Lyman (Mrs. Ira R. Hutchinson) of Fresno, California; Florence Dennis, now Mrs. Howard Le Valley, of Kenwood; William Blake, and John Green. Mr. Pierce belongs to the Royal Arcanum, of which he was grand regent and supreme representative; to Thomas Post No. 305 of the G. A. R., and Zeta Psi Fraternity, of which he was the presiding officer of the United States and Canada in 1884. He was one of the early members of the Union League Club, and the Calumet Heights Shooting and Fishing Club, and was president two terms. He is a Republican. He resides at Kenwood and belongs to the Unitarian church.
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