History of Cook County, Illinois From the Earliest Period to the Present Time, Part 108

Author: Andreas, A. T. (Alfred Theodore), 1839-1900
Publication date: 1884
Publisher: Chicago : A.T. Andreas
Number of Pages: 875

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O. FRENCH was born in Barre, Washington Co., V't .. JJanuary 31, 1822. He was engaged in mercantile business in Barre, from 1843 to 1857: from 1857 to 1867, in the jobbing dry goorls traile in Milwaukee. In 1867, he settled in Evans- ton amdf carried on the dry goods and jobbing husiness in Chicago, on Ramlolph Street, from 1867 to 1871. In the year 1871 he opened the French House In Evanston, which he has kept ever since.

EMI GAFFIELD was born in Waltham, Mass., January 15. 1816. He engaged in farming with his parents until he was seventeen years of age, when he went to Pontiac, Mich., and for seven years engaged in farming. In 1810 he settled near Evanston on a farm. In 1849 he went to Denver and Pike's Penk. prospecting and mining. and in 1850 returned and set- tled on his present farin near Evanston, originally containing 300 neres, Having suld off a goodly portion, he now farms sixty arres adjoining the town. He married Miss Alnym A. W'eller, of New York State. She died June 1, 1876. He then married Mrs. Charlotte A. Johnson, of New York State, who died June 5. 1880, leaving a son, John Riche, who is new fir- ing in Evanston. His present wife was Mrs. Barbara Deversey. of Chicago, who bore him one son, Eli, Jr.

CHARLES A. P. GARNSEY, dentist, was born in Rock Island, Il., in November, 1842. His grandfather, Daniel G. Garnsey, was a prominent attorney of Rock Island for many years, and State Senator from that district .. Ilis father. Charles A., was a homeopathie physician in Chicago for many veurs, and is now practicing in Batavia, IN. The subject of this sketch commenced the study of dentistry at the age of seventeen, with Dr. E. flousinger, of Chicago, for four years, until the breaking out of the late Civil War in 1861, when he enlisted in the Board of Trade Battery of Chicago, being a nun-commissioned officer of the same, and serveil until the close of the war. Returning to Chicago, he commenced the practice of dentistry with Dr. William Alhangh, in Chicago, continuing the same up to 1871, when he continued practice alone one year, and in 1812 moved to Evanston, where he has practiced ever since, being the oldest dentist now in that place. He Was a member for several years of the Chicago Dental Society; is a member of the G. A. R .. and also of Chicago Veteran ('Inb: is also manager of the Evanston Telephone Exchange. having introduceil the same in Evanston. He married Miss Ellen A Bradley, of Evanston, a graduate of the Northwest- ern Female College. They have five children-Ellen M .. Lillie B., Charley E .. Laura J. and Mahel B.

W. C. GARWOOD, druggist, was born in Logan County. Ohio, January 24, 1852. He was first engaged in the drug store of Dr. M. W. Edmonds, In Delphi. Carl Co., Ind., in 1869, and in 1872 went to Bloomington, Ill., and was In the emplay of Ira Lackey & Bro. In 1876, he came to Evanston and clerked for Dr. W. S. Scott, who afterward sold out to

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C. R. Switzer, with whom he continued. Mr. Switzer then sold out to James A. Greaves, with whom also Mr. Garwood continued for one year. In 1880 he organized his present busi- nes.

LOUIS K. GILLSON, pension attorney. settled in Chicago In May, 1879, and in Evanston in May, 1881. From the year 1869 he was engaged in proseenting soldiers' claims in Cleve- land, Ohio, until ista, and in Detroit from that time until the year 1879. Ile enme to Chicago and established a branch office of the house of Milo B. Stevens & Co., of which he was u member. Since April 1. 1882, Mr. Gillson has been carrying on the same business, that of pension attorney, under his own name, and has Intely started an agency for Western lands and for the transaction of business before the land-office at Wash- ington under the name of tillson, Benjamin & Co. Mr. tiillson is a member of the First Baptist Church of Evanston. lle mar- riedl Miss Ida A. Bartholomew, of Warren, Ohio, June 10. 1874. They have three children -Cornelia, Burton C. and Milo B.

JOHN GOEBEL, druggist, was born in Verona Oneida Co., N. Y., April 12, 1836. Ile came with his parents when quite a child to L'tica. N. Y. Al the age of fourteen he became apprenticed to the house of Warren & Ray. of l'tlen. N. Y., up to the age of twenty-one, when he came to Chicago and was connected with the house of J. H. Reed & Co. lle ruinained with them for five years, and then went into the Hal- sey Homeopathie Pharmacy up to the year 1865, when he enme to Evanston and started a drug store. combining with it groceries, as the firm of Rerse & Goebel, which continued for Three or four years He then bought out Mr. Reese and took as a partner G. R. Webster, the firm becoming Goebel & Webster. In 1875 he sold out the grocery business and opened and carried on his present drug store. under his own name. Hle was one of The constituent members of The Y. M. C. A .; is a member of Evans Lodge, A. F. & A. M .: also of Evans- ton Lodge, I. 0. 1). F. He married Sarah Michaels, of l'ties. N. Y., Angust 20, 1862. Their children are Mand M., Sadie S. and Grace M.

W. W. GRAVES, professor of piano und organ, North- western University, was born at Salisbury, N. H., May x, 1847. llis father, Arthur 1., liraves, was a native of Meredith, X H., and was known as an active politician in that State. lle held the position of Assistant United States Assessor for seven and one-half years, and for four years was also County Treasurer of Merrimar County, At the time of his death, which occurred Angust 8, IN74, he was a partner in a large sush. door and blind factory at Franklin, N. H. His mother was Miss Lucy B. Parsons, of Salisbury N. H., who is still living. The subject of this sketch was the second child and only son He commenced the study of the rudiments of music at the ugr of seven, the study of the piano at the age of nine, ami of the organ at twelve years of age. At the age of nineteen he taught minsie in the Tilden Seminary, at West Leban m. N. II .. and at Glenwood Seminary, at West Brattleboro, Vt., which continued until he was twenty-four years of age, when he went to Boston and studied with Carlyle Petersilea and taught for a short time in his conservatory of music. In September. 1823. he went to Fond du Lac, Wis .. and was organist in the Presby- terian Church for two years. the remainder of the time as organist of the Methodist Episcopal t'hurch, and also pianist for Ilandel and Hadyn Society, at the same time giving private lastruction. In 1881, he emine lo Evanston as profes- wur of Music in Northwestern I'niversity-his present position lle is organist of the Presbyterian Church and also of Evans Lodge, A. F. & A. M. Ile married Miss Marion t'orbett, of Evanston, 111., June 27. 1883

JAMES A. GREAVES, druggist was born in Anglesin, North Wales, February 11. 1847. In 1860 he opened a drug store in Cardiff, Wales, and carried on the same up to 1865. when he came to Mellenry County, Ill, He then returned to London, England, and gruluated at the Pharmaceutical Col. lege, Bloomsbury Square, In 1873 he came to Chicago and was employed for five years in the drug store of George Me- Pherson, and afterward was with Dr. E. A. Todd, who bought out Mr. McPherson, with whom he remained until 1879, when he came to Evanston and purchased the drug store of C. R. Switzer, the oldest druggist there. He isn charter member of Evauston Boat Club, and also Treasurer of Evanston Chapter. A. F. & A. M., and also member of Apollo Commandery, Chi- engo. lle married Miss Sarah Wood, of Wakefield. England. They have three children-Joseph A., Walter W. and Lone C.

J. L. HABBLETHWAITE, furniture dealer, was born in London. Canada, October 2. INGA, lle came to Evanston in 1874 with his parents, John and Mary. His father carried on the undertaking business up to the time of his death, May 19, 1883. The subject of this sketch first worked for George Ire- lale, of Evanston, for four years. In November, 1882, he

started his present business in connection with the undertaking business. Hle is a member of Evanston Lodge, 1. 0. 0. F .. and also associate member of the Chicago Undertakers' Assu- cintion. He was married to Miss Anna M. Prior, of Evanston. September 4, IN83.

MAX HAIIN, Township Supervisor, was born in Bavaria. Germany, December 18, 1834. "He learned the trade of shor- making with his father. hu 1837 he enme to Evanston und carried un that business for fifteen years, for two years of the time living two stores, one of which he sold out to J. (. Fusey. He closed ont his Imsiness and since 1876 has been Township Supervisor. Since June 3. 1882, he has been con- nerted with Chicago Post-Office. He was married to Miss Anna Schneider, of New Trier Township, Cook County, Feb- ruary 1. 1864. They have seven children-Anthony, John, Frank, Max. Evn, Joseph and William.

JAMES HALIA grocer, was born in Willington. Somerset- shire Co., Enghind, February 25, 1844. From the age of four- teen he went "before the mast " on sailing vessels, from 1864 to 1876 sailing between Chicago and Buffalo, upon the lakes. In 1870 he emne to North Evanston and opened his present grocery. He was married to Miss Virginia Ellebrand, of Buf- falo, N. Y .. December 20. 1864.

JOHN HENRY HAMLINE. attorney, was born in Sche- nectady, N. Y., March 23, 1856. llis grainl Inther was Bishop Hauline, of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and prominently identified with the separation of the Churches North and South in 1844. Ico P. Hamline, father of the subject of the sketch, was a physician. Young Jolin received his primary eduration in the public schools of Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, where his parents had movedl shortly after his birth, where they remained until 1865. when they removed to Evanston, Ill. He entered the preparatory school of Northwestern University in 1868 and graduated from the University in 1875 with the degree of A. B. He then commeneed the study of luw in Columbia College Law School, New York, receiving the degree of L.l .. B .. in 1877. He was immediately admitted to the Bar by the Supreme Court of Illinois. In the spring of 1880 he was elected Attorney by the village of Evanston and now holds that position, having been re-elected four times. In 1882 he revised and compiled the village ordinances Although enjoying a large commercial practice, Mr. Hamline's predilections lead him to make a specialty of real estate and corporation law, with the prac- tier of which he is very familiar. His latest achievement in this line was the winning of an ejertment suit brought by the vil- Inge of Evauston against the Northwestern University, by which the village obtained control of its entire Inke froni, for many years claimed und occupied by the I'niversity. Mr. llaniline probably knows more about the history of Evanston and the titles to lund thus situated thau any one in that vil- lage. He was married May 19, 1880, to Miss Josephine Meade, a daughter of Henry Meade, of Norwich, N. Y.

JOHN HARGREAVES, enbinet-unker, was born in C'he- shire, England, October 3, 18, and learned his trade in Macclesfield, England. He came to Evanston in 1873, and first worked for George Iredale up to 1879, since which time he hus enrried on his own business. He was married to Miss Martha Hall, of Cheshire, Englund, December 25, 1853. They have six children-Lutter J. Richard T., Alfred W., Ilarriet A., George A. and Frances G.

JOSEPH HARRIS, JR , principal keeper of tiross Point Light. Ilonse, was born in London, England, June 7, 1840. He rume to New York in 181 with his parents, who moved to Rochester. N. Y., where his father was engaged in the hook- store of D. M. Dewey. In 1857, they moved to Door Connty. Wis., where his father now resides. The subject of this sketch engaged in farming. from 1857 to 186t, in Door County, where heenlisted in Company 11, 12th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry. served two years, and was then dischargeil for promotion. und appointed Serond Lieutenant Company K. 361h Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, und on account of wounds received while in commaml of the company on the 18th of June, before Petersburg, was discharged September, 1804. He then returned to Door County, Wis., and was Deputy Treasurer under his father. then County Treasurer. lle then worked at carpentering and boat-building, and in the fall of 1875 became connected with the U'nited States Light-House Department mi Balley's flurbor, Wis., then with Green Island Light-House. and in February. 1882, was placed in charge of Gross Point Light-House. fle was married to Miss Rosalie M. Rice, of New York State, on January 23, 1865. They have four chil- dren-Edward, Lottie, Mabel and Raymond.

SAMUEL HARRISON, proprietor of meat market, was born in Burslem, England, March 24, 1853. He came to New York City in February, 1871, and shortly afterward went to Red Oak. Iowa, farming for two years. He came to Evanston in August,

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1873, and worked four years in Simpson Bros', meat market, and in 1877 opened his present business. He is a member of Evans- ton Lodge, 1. O. O. F., and is now chief of the Fire Depart- ment of Evanston. Hle was married to Miss Nana Krautter, of Evanston, August 23, 1875. They have three children -- Samuel K., Mny E. and Rubyetta.

L. A. HARTMAN, Inmberman, was born near llagarstown, Mil., November, 27, 1837. During the years 1855 and 1856, he was engaged in the general commission bustress in Quincy, Ill., aud, from 1857 to 1871, in the lumber business In St. Louis, In 1871 he enme to Chicago, and has ever since been engaged hr lumber trade on the West Side. He took up his residence it Evanston in 1879. Mr Hartman is a member of the Social ('lub, and also a member of the Tuscan Lodge, A. F. & A. M., of St. Louis, lle was married to Miss Mary F. Burk, of St. Louis. They have two children, Mary G. and Joseph I.

EDWIN HASKIN was born in Onondaga County, N. Y .. February 20, 1817. He was employed by his brother, the lute James P. Haskin, of Syracuse, S. Y., for several years as fore- man of Iris extensive ilairy salt mills, at Sallua. In the spring of 1855, Ire removed with Iris famlly to Buffalo, N. Y., As agent in connection with' C'harles Morse, of the latter city, for the Salt Dealers' Company. of Syrupuse. After remaining at Buf- falo for two years, he eume to Chicago in the same capacity. residing ut Evanston. Ahout 1870, he engaged in the salt business on Iris own account. About 1862, he neceptell the ageney for the malt company of Onondaga, and at the end of one year sent in his resignation, and again resmed business on his own accont. Shortly afterward he associated in business with Mr. E. I. Wheeler, and continued in trade until 1873. After this, he engaged In the dry goods trade in Evans- ton, which he is still carrying on at the above named place. He was the first President of the Board of Trustees of the vil- inge of Evanston; was Town Supervisor for several terms; was president of the Chicago & Evanston Railroad Company at the time said company obtained their ordinance from the Colamon Council of Chicago for right of way hurto the city. Mr. Ilaskin was married to Miss Mary F. Geer, of Onondaga County, N. Y., January 13, 1849. They have now living five children-Charles G., Walter F., Franklin A., Lewis G. and Ellen I .. , new Mrs. Eugene Valentine, of Chicago. They have lost one daughter. Imey Fannie, in 1871, aged ten years.

0. E. HAVEN, M. D., eldest son of the late Bishop E. O. Haven, of the Methodist Episcopal Church, was born in New York City July 27, 1849, and was a graduate of the Michigan State University in the year 1870. From the year 1871 to 1823 he was principal of the public school of MeGregor, lowa; from 1873 to 1881 Superintendent of Schools of Evanston. During Iris time of teaching Dr. Haven took up the study of medicine under Moses Gnnn, M. D., of Chicago and gradusted from Rush Medical College, Chicago, in the year 1893. He nmarried Miss Alice I. Sutherland, of Ann Arbor. Mich., August 2, 1871. They have one childl. Grace F.

THOMAS HAYES. blacksmith and horse-shoer. was born in County Limerick Ireland, May 13, 18366. He worked at his trade with his father and unele, and then came to New York in 1863 and worked there for five years. In 1868 he came to Chicago, remaining np to October. 1872, when he came to Evanston and started his present business. He married Mar- garet Iinneane in Ireland, in 1862. They have four elrildrett- Annie Mary, Margaret and Cornelins.

H. D. HEDDEN, grocer, was born in Sussex County, N. J .. in 1835. Ile went to Newark, N. J. und engaged in the grocery business up to 1x50, when Ite moved to Lake County, III., und opened a grocery store at Waukegan. In 1870 he came to Evanston and pureised the grocery store of John Nute, which he has greatiy enlarged to one of the largest in Evanston. He is a member of Evans Lodge, A. F. & A. M. He married Mis Deborah A. Harvey, of New Jersey. They have three children-Willinan G., John II (connected with his father in business in Evanston) and Mary E.

ALEX. HESLER, artist, Chiengo, was born in Montreal, Canada, July 12, 1823. At twelve years of age, he went to Vermont, and attended school until twenty years of age. He then came to Racine, in 1843, and engaged in the Hardware business for four years. In 1847, going to Buffalo, N. Y., he commenced his career as an artist, and In 1848-49 worked at Madison, Wis. In the spring of 1849, he went to Galena, III., and in 1853 came to Chicago and opened an art gallery in the Metropolitan Block. in 1858 moving it to No. 118 Lake Street, where he remained until burned out by the great fire of 1871. Ilis residence was in Chicago until 1865, when he moved to Evanston. After 1871, he opened a gallery in Erauston, wirich he continued nurtil 1879, when he moved it back to Chieago, to No. 96 State Street, where he Iras since been actively engaged in the practice of his profession. Mr. Hesler is a member of

the Philosophical Society of Evanston, Historical Society of Chicago, and a member of the First Presbyterian Church. Ile married Miss Helen E. Dorchester, a daughter of C'aplain Dor- chester, of Racine, Wis. They have five children-Frank E., Fred A., Helen J., Arthur J. and Harold R.

G. E. HIBBARD, carpenter, was born in St. Lawrence Courty, N. Y., March 25, 1845 He learned his trade with Seth G. Pope, of Ogilensburg, N. Y., came to Chicago in 1864. and worked for F. P. Thayer, furniture manufacturer. Ile enlisted in the Pioneer Corps, and was afterward assigned to tire Quartermaster's Department in the Army of the Cumber- Innd, under General George H Thomas, and served in that department up to the close of the Civil War. Then he enme to Iroquois County, Ili., for a year, then went to Fond du Lac, Wis., and renrained there up to 1881, when he came to Evans. ton and first worked for J. Clapp und J. L. Bray, and at pres- ent is engaged in contractingund carving inside finish. Jle was married to Miss Murlette Chiesebro, of New York State. Octo- ber 27. 1825. They have two children-William E. and Arthur G.

II. W. HINSDALE, merchandise broker, t'hicago, is a uative of Vermont, und settled in Chicago in 1847. His first business was that of wholesale grocer on Water Street, as firm of J. H. Durham & Co., afterward Hinxlale & Bab- cock, then II. W. Hinsdale & Co., and Hinsdale, Sybley & Endicott. After the dissolution of the firm, he retired from thre netive business and remained as a special partner. In 1871 he went to Michigan and engaged ut Grand Rapids in the loan business for ten years, and in 1880 returned to Chicago and engaged Iu tire business of corn broker, us Hinsdale & Yor. Since 1882, tire style of the firm has been Hinsdale & Colberg. lle has resided permanently in Evanston since 1880, having resided there during the years 1870-71, before going to Mich- igan, during which year he was Town Trustee. He has a family of three children-Henry K. (in the employ of MeNeil. Higgins & Co.). Charlotte A. und Benjamin S.

ISAAC R. IIITT, real estate dealer. Chicago, was horn at Boonsboro, Md., June 2, 1828. He is the oldest of the ebil. dren of Dr. Willis W. Ilitt, a graduate of the University of Maryland, und a medical practitioner. llis mother was # duurghter of Isnar Reynolds, one of the oldest and most snc- cessful merchants of Baltimore. The subject of this sketch, from his earliest recollections mrtil he reached his twenty-first year. constantly attended school. In 1845. Mr. Ilitt was a freshman in Asbury University, At the end of his second collegiate year, he took the first prize as essayist In a contest between representatives of the junior, sophomore and fresh- wan classes. He was a hard studeut, and for tire sake of recreation and in order to earn a little pocket money, he gen- erally employed himself in cutting cord-wood. Ile graduated in the summer of 1849. When mounting his horse, given him by his father, and with his diploma und $16 of money in his pocket, he rode alone over 200 miles of an almest nninhabited region to Ottawa. la Salle Co .. Ill. His health being poor, in order to recuperate, he determined to settle oc a Inrm, and for three years worked hard as a farmer. In 1851. he went to La Salle, where he formed a partnership with George M. How, in the forwarding and cominission brisiness. hur 1832, wiren La Salle was incorporated as a city, he wa- elected a member of the Board of Aldermen. Soon afterward, hie devoted himself to the study of law with reference lo the real estate practice, and in 1853 engaged hur buying and selling real estate. During this time and up to 1857, he was also engaged in furnring quite extensively, and was one of the most active of those who opened the coal mines of tirat region and developed publie improvements in that part of the county. In 1834, Mr. Hitt was a delegate to the State Educational Convention, which met at Springfield, und was also a dele- gate to the Bloomington Convention, whiel originally orgun- ized tire Republican party of Illinois. He became a resident of Chicago in 1860, since which time he has been actively engaged in the real estate business. In 1862, when our late Civil War was in progress, Mr. Hitt was one of a committee of twenty citizens appointed at a public meeting in Chicago to go ilown to Fort Donelson, to look after and care for the many siek and wounded Illinois soldiers. General Grant dispatched hint at that time from Fort Donelson to Nashville en a special mission, entering that city on the very morning of its capture by General Nelson. He visited and ascertalned the wants of the hospitals at Nashville, Fort Henry, Paducah, Cairo and Evansville, and made his report to Governor Yates. On his return, he connected himself with the real estate business, that of prosecuting and collecting soldiers' and sailors' claims against the Government for services In the army and navy. Mr. Hitt is 'a member of the Chicago Academy of Sciences. to which he was elected in 1868, and also a member of the

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National Academy of Sciences, to which he was elected in 1868. Ile has a very large private library. In 1868, after the passage by the Legislature of the act for the establishment of parks in West t'hicago, Governor Palmer selected Mr. Ilitt as one of the Board of Commission- ers whoer business it was to lay out and estaldish these important publie improvements. Early in the autumn of 1871; Mr. Hitt removed to Evanston. The next year he was selected by the ladies composing the Board of Trustees for the Woman's College, to assist in the erection of their building in connection with the Northwestern University. lle devoted an entire summer to this work. In connection with Obadiah Hughes, he purchased and presented to the ladies a building (a branch of the Woman's College) for the education of poor girls. In all matter relating tu public improvements, Mr. Hitt has taken a prominent part. He was one of the first to urge the establishinent of the water works nt Evanston. As chairman of the committee, he visited the principal water works of the country in order to gain # knowledge of the system best adapted to their location. The plan suggested by frim was adopted, and lins proved very suc- cessful. Mr. litt in 1876 was appointed by the tiovernor of Illinois as General Agent of the State, to adjust Itx claims against the United States, under several acts of Congres relating to swamp lands. Mr. Ilitt was married in November. 1857. to Mury Ilyde Brown, the only child of Rev. Arzn Brown, of t'incinnati, Ohio. He has had six children, two now surviving, viz .; Arza Brown litt and Isaac Reynolds Ilitt.

THOMAS C. HOAG, banker and merchant, of the firm of T. C. Hoag & Co., was born in Concord. N. H., September, ?. 1823. Ile settled in Chicago in the fall of 1840, and from that time until 1816 was an employe of different firms, In 1846, he commenced business as a grocer in Chicago, under the firm name of Goss & lloag, which business contimed up to October 9, 1871. Having taken up his residence in Evanston in 1857, in the year 1821 he opened up his present [business in Evanston of hanker and grocer. lle has held the position of Treasurer and business agent of the Northwestern University for many years, and its sule treasurer since 1876. Ile has also been Treasurer of the city of Evanston. Mr. Hloag is a mem- ber of the First Methodist Church: also a member of Evans Lodge, A. F. & A. M., and Evanston Lodge. 1. 0. 0. F. Ile married Miss Maria L. Bryant, of Canterbury N. I1., in 1851. Their children are-Junins C., William G, and Ernest.

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History of Cook County, Illinois From the Earliest Period to the Present Time, Part 108

Author: Andreas, A. T. (Alfred Theodore), 1839-1900 Publication date: 1884 Publisher: Chicago : A.T. Andreas Number of Pages: 875

Author: Andreas, A. T. (Alfred Theodore), 1839-1900
Publication date: 1884
Publisher: Chicago : A.T. Andreas
Number of Pages: 875