History of Alexander, Union and Pulaski Counties, Illinois, Part 76

Author: Perrin, William Henry, d. 1892?
Publication date: 1883
Publisher: Chicago, Ill. ; O.L. Baskin & Co.
Number of Pages: 948

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ber 19. 1882. Mildred E. Harrell was born on the 31st of December, 1828, and is now a resi- dent of Cairo, Ill. Edgar C. succeeds his father in the furniture business, and is located on Tenth street, between Commercial avenue and Poplar street, where he has six rooms well stored with stock of the most modern pattern. They own a family residence on Twelfth street, between Walnut and Cedar streets.

GEORGE W. HENRICKS, carpenter and contractor at Cairo, Ill., is a native of Spring- field, Ohio, and was born November 1, 1825. His father, William Henricks, was one of the first settlers of Springfield, Ohio, and assisted in its organization. He was born in Kentucky in 1797, and was of German parentage. He went to the Territory of Ohio, and there mar- ried to Miss Mary Darnell, also a native of Kentucky, born in 1799, and descends from Irish ancestry on the mother's side. To these parents were born six children, George W. be- ing the fifth of the family ; three are now de- ceased, one living in Missouri, and one in Washington Territory. When G. W. was four- teen years old, the family removed to Illinois and settled in Hancock County (1839), the father having died in 1827 at Natchez, Miss. The moth- er died in Illinois in 1858. In 1849, George W. crossed the plains to California, where he spent two years in mining. Returned to Warsaw, Hancock Co., Ill., and in 1852, February 15, there married Miss Martha A. Elliott, a na- tive of Pennsylvania. She was born August 10, 1832, and is still living. Soon after mar- riage, Mr. Henricks removed to Hannibal, Mo., where they resided until 1860, when they went to Memphis, expecting to make their home South, but owing to the breaking-out of the war, returned North, and in 1862 settled in Cairo, Ill., which has since been his home. He learned the carpenter's trade when a young man, and has spent most of his life in that de- partment of labor. He has had a family of ten children, four of whom died in infancy, and one

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died at the age of twelve years. Those living are William and George, both lawyers in Cairo, Laura, Clara E. and Beatrice Henricks Will- iam is present City Attorney of Cairo, Ill. Mr. Henricks is a member of the American Le- gion of Honor. Family residence on Twelfth street.

JESSE HINKLE, senior partner of the firm of Hinkle & Co., pork-packers and dealers in leaf tobacco, Cairo, Ill., is a native of Shelby County, Ky., where he was born September 28, 1829. His father, for several years an exten- sive farmer and stock-grower of Kentucky, was born in Shelby County in 1802, and died in same county in 1842. His mother, Jessie Oglesby, first cousin to Richard J. Oglesby, ex- Governor of Illinois and United States Sena- tor, was born in Kentucky in 1797 and died in same State in 1881. They reared a family of six children, all of whom are now living, viz. : George Hinkle, a farmer of Ballard County, Ky .; Jesse, the subject of these lines ; Susan, wife of William J. Scott, of Hinkleville, Ky. ; Elizabeth, wife of Benjamin Seary, of Shelby County, Ky .; Charles, a practicing physician at Hinkleville, Ky., and Rachel, wife of J. W. Rollings, of Ballard County, Ky. Jesse grew to maturity in his native county, and in Decem- ber, 1854, married Susan S. Hinkle. She was born in Shelby County, Ky., in October, 1835, and died in Cairo, Ill., January 14, 1878, leav- ing two children: Robert Hinkle, born Septem- ber 7, 1855. He is the junior partner in the firm of Hinkle & Co., and was married April 21, 1881, to Miss Jessie Phillis, of Cairo, who was born in Pennsylvania September 4, 1857. They have one child, Mildred D., born Febru- ary 3, 1883. Jessie F. Hinkle was born Octo- ber 14, 1861, is the wife of Phil C. Barclay. [See biography.] Jesse Hinkle removed from Simpsonville, Ballard Co., Ky. (where he had previously engaged in mercantile pursuits), in 1856, and located at the present site of Hinkle- ville, in Ballard County, where he again en-

gaged in mercantile business. During the late war, he championed the cause of the South. and in 1861 was mustered into service as First Lieutenant of Company C, of the Seventh Ken- tucky Regiment, and was mustered out at the close of the war as Major of that regiment. He is now serving his second term as member of the City Council, is a member of the order of Masons, and both he and sons are members of the Knights of Honor. They came to Cairo in 1872, since which time they have been engaged in the tobacco trade and pork-packing, in addi- tion to which they conduct two meat-markets, one at No. 79 on Ohio Levee, and at No. 14 on Eighth street. In this latter business they have been very successful, their sales amount- ing to over $100,000 annually. On the 5th of July, 1882, their tobacco warehouse burned, incurring them a loss of about $10,000, part- ly covered by insurance. He was married to his late wife, Katie C. Moylan, of Memphis, in December, 1879. She died in Cairo March 15, 1883.

JOHN HODGES, Sheriff of Alexander County, Ill., and a resident of Cairo, was born at the old town of Unity, in Alexander County, August 19, 1836. His father, John Hodges, was born in the State of Tennessee in 1810, and came in an carly day to Southern Illinois, first locating in Union County, and there mar- ried Miss Margaret Hunsucker, in 1833, soon after which event he removed to Unity, Alex- ander County, where the family of twelve chil- dren were born. He was by trade a hatter, but engaged mostly in mercantile pursuits, indeed, with the exception of the few closing years, his entire life was spent in merchandising. He was a man of strong physical development and, while of limited education, was possessed of a strong will power and brilliant intellect, some- what slow to decide, but whose judgment when formed was seldom at fault. He was a Jack- son Democrat, and represented Alexander County two years in the General Assembly-

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probably in 1848-19. Shortly after the close of his Legislative office, he purchased a farm a few miles from Unity, upon which he lived until his death, which occurred in the fall of 1862. Mrs. Margaret Hodges is a member of one of the oldest families of Union County, and is still living on the old homestead near Unity. John Hodges, the subject of these lines, is the oldest of their family of twelve children, and received the benefit of a common school education, and obtained a practical knowl- edge of business while with his father. He was married in Mississippi County. Mo., on the 25th of July, 1858, to Miss Isophine I. Wicker, daughter of Charles and Margaret Wicker. She was born August 20, 1837. Mr. Hodges was elected to the office of County Treasurer and Assessor in 1859, but resigned to become a candidate for Sheriff, in 1860, and was elected to that office, which he filled for two years. From 1862 to 1864, he was Deputy Sheriff un- der O. Greenly, and, until 1866, in the same office under C. D. Arter. In 1876, he was again appointed to the office of Deputy Sheriff under Peter Saup, serving until elected to the Sheriff's office in 1878. He still holds the office, having been re-elected in 1880 and again in 1882. He is a Democrat, and a member of the Knights of Honor. They have a family of six children- Charles E., born May 30, 1859; John S., born March 17, 1866; Loraine, born June 17, 1868; Margaret, born September 26, 1870; Mary E., born August 19, 1873, and Fredoline B. Hodges, born March 13, 1875. Family res- idence on Ninth street, between Washington and Walnut streets.

JOHN HOWLEY, merchant, Cairo. Among the pioneers of the city of Cairo may be mentioned the name of John Howley, a man who has witnessed the erection of every build- ing now in the city. He was born in the County of Mayo, Ireland, on the 27th of June, 1819, and is the eighth of a family of ten children of Patrick and Eleanor (Hughes) How-

ley, of whom but two survive- John and James Howley, the latter of Pennsylvania. John Howley was reared and married in his native country, and came to the United States in 1840, and from that date until 1853 spent much of the time traveling in the Eastern States. In 1853, at a time when Kansas was being peopled so rapidly with Eastern and Southern people. Mr. Howley started to find for himself a home in the West, but being impressed with the beautiful location of the then infant city of Cairo, he determined to make it his future home; he therefore invested in property and the year following (1854) came and made a per- manent residence at that place, which, with slight exceptions, has been his home since. He has been engaged in business of a mer- cantile nature through all these years, and in 1859, during the fire known as the " Taylor house fire " he sustained a loss of $2,500, partly covered by insurance. Mrs. Catherine Howley, whose maiden name was Connelly, was born in Ireland. They have traveled together along life's pathway for a period of forty-five years. Though they have never had any children born to them, they have reared several children who were left orphans and in need of homes. Family residence on corner of Third street and Com- mercial avenue. Members of Catholic Church.

CICERO N. HUGHES, insurance agent, Cairo, Ill., is the oldest of a family of four children, born to David B. and Mariah (Griffith) Hughes. His father was a native of Delaware, and the mother of Mary- land. They were married in Missouri, where, in Knox County, Cicero N. was born on the 7th of August, 1838. The family, in 1846, removed to Keokuk, Iowa, where, ten years later, the mother died, the father surviving her until No- vember, 1881, when he died in California. Cic- ero N., being possessed of robust form and abundant mental endowment, to which he added a liberal education, early found fields of use- fulness opening before him whereon to bestow

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his energy. His early life, after concluding his school studies, was spent in the position of book-keeper for the firm of R. B. Hughes & Co., of Keokuk, for whom he worked four years, re- signing that place to accept the position of teller in the bank of Charles Parsons & Co., of Keokuk, which he filled for three years, when he became Teller in the Keokuk State National Bank. This position he filled with credit to himself for seven years, and in the meantime served that city in the capacity of Treasurer, and also as a member of the City Finance Committee ; and while a member of that body, as the city records show, performed a very prominent part in successfully grappling with a city bonded debt of $1,750,000, which was adjusted in the brief term of ten years. He was also a member of the City Council of Keo- kuk two terms. In 1865, at the close of the war, he came to Cairo, Ill., to accept the posi- tion of Teller in the First National Bank at that place, but at the expiration of one year, was made its cashier, which duties he performed with ability and entire acceptance until 1873. Since the latter date, his business has been general insurance. In politics, he wields a very potent influence, the benefits of which are enjoyed by the Republican party. For the past six years, he has been Chairman of the Republican Central Committee, and is now serving his fourth year as Chairman of the Re- publican Congressional Committee of the Twentieth Congressional District. For several years he has been a member of the Board of Aldermen, and is also a Trustee of the South- ern Normal Institute. Being a man of broad and charitable views, during his residence in Cairo he has surrounded himself with an exten- sive circle of ardent friends. At the beginning of the civil war, Mr. Hughes organized a com- pany of cavalry troops, known as the Keokuk Cavalry, for the protection of the border. He was commissioned Captain of the company, which commission he held until he was regu-

larly mustered out. He was married in Cairo, Ill., in 1868, to Miss Ella C. Miller, daughter of John C. and Annis Miller. She was born on the 2d of March, 1848, in Carrolton, Green Co., Ill.

JACOB KLEIN, brick-maker, Cairo. Ill., a native of Bavaria, Germany, is the only living representative of a family of five children of Peter and Margaret Klein, who were born, married and died in the old country. Jacob was born on the 29th of May, 1825, and received a common German education, and was married to Agnes Zeller, in 1852, and two years later came to the United States, landing at New York on the 15th of July, 1854. He first located at Louisville, Ky., where he lived for about ten years, and where his wife died on the 18th of June, 1864, leaving two children-Annie, wife of Charles Rode, and Elizabeth, wife of Valentine Resch, of Cairo. He was married in Cairo in 1865, to the widow of Peter Kleiner, his deceased brother, with whom, in 1868, he visited the scenes of his boyhood in the old country. His second wife died in March, 1875, and he afterward married his present wife, Caroline Haller. She was born in Ham- ilton County, Ill., May 21, 1844. They have been blest with three children, viz .: Louisa, born August 15, 1876 ; Jacob A., born in Oc- tober, 1878, and Emma C., born in January, 1881, died in September, 1882. Since coming to Cairo Mr. Klein has been engaged in brick manufacture, in which he has been very suc- cessful. He owns a quantity of city real estate, including four lots and buildings adjoining the court house, and about eight acres of land, in- cluding the family residence on the western side of the city, also a farm of eighty acres near Goose Island, in Alexander County. He is a member of the Fire Department, and the family are members of the Catholic Church.

FRANCIS KLINE, butcher, Cairo, Ill., was born in Bavaria, Germany, January 30, 1831. His parents, Ferdinand and Catherine (Greg)

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Kline, with three children, Catherine, Elizabeth and Francis, emigrated to the United States in 1840, and that year settled in Cincinnati, Ohio. Catherine Kline was married to Jacob Stricker of Cincinnati, and is now deceased. Elizabeth is the wife of George Smith and is a resident of Cincinnati, Ohio. Francis, at an early age, went to the trade of butchering, and later to that of carpentering. He continued a resident of Cincinnati until coming to Cairo, Ill., in 1864, which time was occupied variously at his trades and in the capacity of cook on steam- boats. In 1847, he enlisted in the United States military service, and participated in the closing campaign of the Mexican war, serving as musician. Since 1864, he has been a resi- dent of Cairo, and constantly employed in the management of a meat market. His wife, Anna B. (Collet) Kline, to whom he was mar- ried in Cincinnati, was born December 11, 1831, in Prussia. She came to this country in 1847, in company with a brother, her parents having died while she was quite young. Mrs. Cathe- rine Kline, mother of Francis, was born in 1808 and died in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1856. His father was born in 1800 and died in 1863 in Cincinnati. Annie Kline, who was married to John Kent, is a daughter of Francis and Cath- erine Kline, and was born on the 9th of July, 1858. He has one son, John Kent, born Octo- ber 1, 1874. Lena Kline was born October 4, 1863, in Cincinnati ; Theresa Kline, born in Cairo, Ill., April 6, 1867.

WILLIAM KLUGE, wholesale and retail grocer, and one of the most successful of Cairo's business men, is a native of Prussia, and was the third of a family of six children of John Kluge and Wilhelmine Loedige. The parents were each natives of Prussia, the father born in 1800 and died in his native country in 1849, his wife surviving him until 1871, when she, too, died. The names of their children were Augusta, Hermine, William, Amelia, John (who died in infancy) and Mary Kluge. William

received a practical education in the country of his nativity, which, combined with his na- tive ability, has placed him among the foremost of the business men of Southern Illinois. He came to the United States when seventeen years old, and for a period of about three years was engaged as a salesman in a Chicago busi- ness house. He then went to New Orleans, where he established a small business in the way of a market stand. Being impressed with the commercial facilities of Cairo, he came to that city in 1860, and soon after opened a pro- vision and produce store on a very limited scale. Having business energy and a high ap- preciation of honorable dealing, he soon found his trade rapidly increasing until a removal to more commodious rooms became necessary. He therefore obtained a room on Commercial avenue, opposite his present place, where he added a line of groceries to his stock. In 1874, he erected the substantial brick store building on the corner of Sixth street and Commercial avenue, where he is now located. Since 1878, he has done considerable wholesale trade. Mr. Kluge's success in Cairo has not been procured without meeting loss, as he sustained serious loss by fire, and, during the war, was repeated- ly relieved of quantities of goods at the hands of those who appeared to have a Government license to steal. He was married in Cairo, Ill., to Miss Anna Feith, daughter of Nicholas and Susanna (Feller) Feith. She was born in Ger- many June 23, 1847, and died in Cairo, Ill., on the 28th of April, 1873, leaving one child, Ida Kluge, who was born October 28, 1871. His present wife, Katie Feith, to whom he was mar- ried in November, 1874, is a younger sister to his former wife, and was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, August 10, 1853. They have had one child, a son-Willie Kluge-born November 8, 1875, and died September 16, 1879. The fam- ily are members of the Catholic Church of Cairo. Besides his business property, Mr. Kluge owns considerable city real estate. Fam-

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ily residence on Seventh street, between Wash- ington and Commercial avenues.

MICHAEL KOBLER, merchant tailor, Cairo, Ill., was born in Alsace, France (now Germany) August 18, 1831. His father, George J. Kobler, who was an agriculturist, was born in France in 1783, and died in the same place in 1844. His mother, Eva Friedley, was born in France in 1791, and died in 1840. To these parents there were born nine children, of whom Michael is the eighth, and besides whom there are but two living-Peter Kobler, a tailor, of Cairo, Ill., and Phillip Kobler, a shoe-maker, in New York. Michael was reared to the age of twenty-one years in his native country, during which time he took the trade of tailor. Coming to the United States in 1853, he first located in New York City, for several months engaging at his trade in that place. From New York he came to Cairo, Ill., in 1854. Since the latter date he has been a perma- nent resident of Cairo, where for many years he worked as journeyman tailor, first for Peter Neff, and afterward for John Antrim. In 1871, in connection with Phillip Lehnning, he opened a shop on Eighth street, and continued as part- ner with Mr. Lehnning until August, 1878, when the partnership was, by mutual consent, dissolved. Since 1878, Mr. Kobler has con- ducted business alone, and in 1879 removed to his present site, on Commercial avenue. He employs three skilled workmen, and is enjoy- ing a successful trade, which is wholly due to his enterprise and skill in conducting his busı- ness. Mr. Kobler was first married in Cairo, Ill., on the 26th of September, 1856, to Miss Wilhelmina Oexle, who died in the summer of 1860. His second wife, to whom he was mar- ried in Cairo, was Elizabeth Rees. She died in the Insane Asylum at Anna, Ill., leaving two daughters-Elizabeth Kobler, born in Cairo December 13, 1866, and Katie Kobler, born in Cairo January 28, 1869. The family residence is on Ninth street, besides which Mr. Kobler

owns a quantity of city real estate. He is a Republican, and a director in the Women's and Orphans' Mutual Aid Society.

CHRISTIAN KOCH, manufacturer of and dealer in fashionable boots and shoes, at No. 90 Commercial avenue. Cairo, Ill., was born in Germany August 21, 1835. He is the youngest of a family of five children of Christian Koch and Margaretta Hubochneider, of Germany. His father died in 1846, while in the prime of life, and the mother in 1853, at the age of six- ty-three years. Mr. Koch was educated in Germany, where he also served an apprentice- ship of four years to the trade of shoe-maker. In 1854, he came to the United States, landing at New York, and first located at Louisville, Ky., where for some time he worked at his trade, receiving a weekly wage of $1.50. From Louisville he went to New Albany, Ind., where he worked about two years, thence to St. Louis, where he remained until coming to Cairo, Ill., in 1861. In that year, he opened a shop for the manufacture of boots and shoes at Cairo, to which he added a small stock of ready-made goods. He returned to St. Louis after the war, where he did business during the year 1866, coming to Cairo a second time at the close of that year, and in the fall of the year following sustained a loss by fire of $3,500. He now has a two-story brick building comprising two store rooms, Nos. 88 and 90 Commercial avenue, which he erected in 1875, at a cost of $8,500, in one of which he is carrying a $7,000 stock of boots and shoes. Mr. Koch was married in St. Louis, Mo., on the 19th of August, 1860, to Miss Frances Gerst, a daughter of Wentel and Cath- erine Gerst, the former deceased, and the mother a resident of St. Louis. His wife was born in Bavaria, Germany, on the 6th of August, 1841, and came to America with the parents when a child. She died in Cairo, Ill., March 14, 1880, leaving a family of five children living, two having died previous to the death of their mother-Christian Koch was born August 13,

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1861 ; Louisa, born March 25, 1863, and died April 28, 1865 ; John G. was born February 15, 1865, and died on the 1st of June, 1865; William F. was born February 21, 1867; Henry P., born June 4, 1869 ; Matilda R., born in May, 1871, and Augusta L., was born July 30, 1878.

JOHN KOEHLER, liquor-dealer, on the corner of Twentieth street and Commercial avenue, and one of Cairo's pioneers, was born on the 23d of June, 1831, in Germany. Fred Koehler and Mary Statler were both natives of Germany, where they grew to maturity and married, and to these parents were born five children, John Koehler being the third of this family. In 1836, the mother died and the fol- lowing year the father also died, leaving the children dependent almost entirely upon their own exertions for their sustenance. John was reared in the family of a friend and sent to school until he was fourteen years old. From that time until he was of age, he was engaged as a farm laborer, and in 1852 he came to this country, and for two years made his residence in Cincinnati, Ohio, where he learned the baker business. About 1854, he came to Cairo, Ill., in the capacity of cook for the Taylor House, and has made this his home ever since. On the 25th of April, 1857, he was married to Miss Louisa Ritter, daughter of Abraham Ritter. She was born June 11, 1838, in Ohio. For nearly twenty years Mr. Koehler has engaged in the produce trade, in which he was very successful. He is a Democrat in politics, and a member of the Fire Department. He has a family consisting of William, born February 13, 1857; George G., born December 17, 1858; Kittie, born July 10, 1860; John B., born Feb- ruary 8, 1862; Mary, born June 15, 1864; and Annie Koehler, born on the 8th of August, 1867. The family are members of the Lutheran Church. Mr. Koehler owns a quantity of val- uable city real estate.

JOHN A. KOEHLER, manufacturer of guns and pistols, and dealer in general hardware, at

No. 160 on Commercial avenue, was born in Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany, on the 3d day of September, 1830. His father, John Koehler, was born in Germany in 1790, married Elizabeth Luly, who was born in same country in 1800. The father died in 1850, and the mother in 1849, having had a family of nine children- George Koehler (deceased), Matthew Koehler (also deceased), Lena, wife of Lewis Pfeffer, of Buffalo, N. Y .; Balthser Koehler, of Chicago; John A. Koehler, subject of this sketch ; Catherine, wife of - Caston, of Blue Island, Ill .; Elizabeth, wife of William Kleber, of Chicago; Frank Koehler, of Chicago; and Eve, deceased wife of ---- Mishler, of Germany. John A. was reared in his native country, where he served four years' apprenticeship to the trade of gunsmith. He came to the United States in 1851, and for ten years worked at his trade at various points, principally in Chicago, from where he came to Cairo in 1861. He came here to engage at his trade in the interest of the Government, and has been a resident of the city of Cairo ever since. In 1872, he erected a two-story brick business house at a cost of $5,000, located on Commercial avenue between Ninth and Tenth streets, where, since 1880, in addition to his regular trade stock he has kept a full line of general hardware goods. He was married in Ottawa, La Salle Co., Ill., on the 24th of May, 1863, to Miss Hen- rietta Purucker, who was born in Bavaria, Ger- many, in October, 1844. She was the second of a family of four children of Adam and Elizabeth (Weis) Purucker, the latter deceased. The names of this family were John, Hen- rietta, Margaret and Johanna Purucker. Mrs. Henrietta Koehler and the youngest sister are deceased; the former died in Cairo, on the 15th of January, 1876, leaving two children-Louisa, born July 18, 1866; and Charles Koehler, born August 13, 1868. The family are members of the Lutheran Church. Mr. Koehler is a mem- ber of the I. O. O. F., and in politics, Repub-

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History of Alexander, Union and Pulaski Counties, Illinois, Part 76

Author: Perrin, William Henry, d. 1892? Publication date: 1883 Publisher: Chicago, Ill. ; O.L. Baskin & Co. Number of Pages: 948

Author: Perrin, William Henry, d. 1892?
Publication date: 1883
Publisher: Chicago, Ill. ; O.L. Baskin & Co.
Number of Pages: 948