History of Cook County, Illinois From the Earliest Period to the Present Time, Part 121

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

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it seems, had in view those ever-important features in structures of this character, namely. Identy of sunlight and thorough ventilation. They consist of nine sepa- rate and distinct buildings, connected by corridors, und arranged in a semi-circular form, with a frontuge generally to the south. In front of the are of the circle nre the administration and the four dormitory buildings; immediately in the rear is the central buikl- ing, and on either side of this are the hospitals and dining rooms, while in the rear of these are the kitchens and laundry-honses, all connected by corridors. The size of the administration building is 48x52 feet, with a corridor, 46x10 feet, connecting it with the central building, which in size is 73x48 feet. The four dormi- tory buildings are cach 38x120 feet, while in their rear. and striking the central bnikling, is a corridor. 120x12 fect. The two dining-rooms and hospital buildings are each 38x67 feet. At the rear corner of each is a tower, 15 fect square, and in the rear of them is the fuel room, 29x40 feet. Between the kitchen and one of the hospitals is the engine room, 22x28 feet, and between the hospitals and the corridors already mentioned are two natatoriums, triangular in shape, and 18 feet on each side. The entire length of the front measurement is 440 feet, while the depth of the structure is but u little over half this distance. In the basement of the wlministration building are located the wanlen's general office. waiting room, examination room, warden's kitchen, pantries, vege- table cellar, and toilet room. There is also a hall way running through the center, and commected by cor- ridors with every portion of this lower part of the house. In the principal story are warden's office, reception-room, the physician's office, drug store, warden's dining room, closets, pantries, etc. "In the second story are fine, commodiens chambers, and a parlor. In the central building, in the basement, are two work rooms, and in the principal story ure the reading-rooms, spacious and well lighted, two in number-one for males, the other for the females, The second story contains nine private dormitories, also the " lying-in " hospital, off from which are two retiring rooms. The four dormitory buildings have, in the basement of each, one large work room, and a super- intendent's room : while the principal and second stories contain the dormitories, or sleeping aparl- ments, for the inmates. The west hospital building contains besides the wards for patients, a large dining- room, and, in the basement, boiler and fuel rooms. In the basement of the east hospital are the ironing rooms, wash rooms, and domestics' bath rooms; while in the principal story are separate dining-rooms for the men and women. On the second and third floors are the hospitals. The architecture of the buildings is of the modern Gothic style, the arches being built of pressed brick, with belts of the same umterial run- ning between the doors and windows. The roofs are at an angle of forty-five degrees, and, terminating in sharp rilges, give the structures a lofty and pictur- esque appearance. Verandas adorn the front walls of the buildings, and, while adding to the beauty of their appearance, afford, during. the summer months, a pleasant retreat for invalids to enjoy the pure air and sanshine, which otherwise they could scarcely obtain. 'The interior finish of the buildings is of a character corresponding perfectly with what would seem most snitable, and the best adapted for both use and beauty. The walls are of sand.finished plastering, and the floors of all dining rooms and kitchens of hard maple. The floors of otlier rooms, excepting the basements,

which are laid in Portland cement, are of soft pine. "The stairs are all of oak, with natural wood orna- ments the grand stairense in the central builling being one of the attractive features in that structure. The Imildings of the Infirmary cover over two acres of ground. In their construction were used 3,500,000 Drick, and over 500 cords of foundation stone. The cost of the institution was as follows: Buildings, *145,860.45; steam works, $25,970; cooking ntensils, including tinware, $2,965 ; paid for architect's salary, services of foreman, and for grading.$8,145.80, making a total of $182,940,25. It is due to the men who, as public officers, had charge of affairs during the erection of the buildings, to say that the final cost fell short of the original estimate, and that the total allowances for extras were only $492.20. The Infirmary, as it now stands, has accommodations for one thousand patients, mud in the event greater facilities should be required, the architect, in the original plan of the buildings, has left ground and room for the erection of additions, as they may be needed. The institution now has something over 200 inmates, while the total nulul- ber wlmitted during the fiscal year ending Angust 31, 1853, was 1,679. The warden is C'ha:les Frey ; medi- cal examiner, Dr. A. W. Hagenbach. The following men composed the Committee on Public Charities during the period the institution was being built: C. E Coburn, John O'Niel, J. Rheinwald, L. Hutt, J. W. Stewart, H. C. Senne, W. II. Wood, and A. C. Knopf. In conclusion, it remains only to say that in this Infirmary everything has been done to provide for the substantial comfort of its inmates. They are decently elad ; cleanliness reigns everywhere; their food is wholesome and clean ; and being so unfortunate as to have come at last to an institution of this char- acter, they are made to feel as lightly as possible the restraints that are necessarily put ahont them

The lusne Asylum .- Until 1868 the pauper insane of Cook County were sent to the County Infirmary, a part of that institution being devoted to that class of inmates. flere they received no special attention in the way of pathological treatment, the prominent idea prevailing that if food, clothing and shelter were afforded them, that was sufficient, and all that the laws of human sympathy required. The constantly increasing number of insane cases in the wards of the Poor House, embracing almost every known form of this terrible malady, soon made manifest the necessity of providing separate and snitable quarters for this class of county charges. Accordingly, in 1870, a brick building, some 400 feet in length, with a wing ut the south end having a depth of 200 feet, was built, the whole structuro having wecommodations for, perhaps, 300 patients. In 1873 the building was enlarged, and as it now is can comfortably care for abont 400 inmates. In 1878 Dr. J. C. Spray, so long connected with the County Infirmary, was made medical superintendent, a position he still holds. llis medical assistants at the present time are, Dr. Alex- ander Themmler, assistant superintendent, and Dr. S. V. Clevenger, special pathologist. Since Dr. Spray assumed charge of the Asyhun it has been conducted on the latest approved nicthods for the treatment of the insane, and with a conscientious fidelity in the discharge of every duty pertaining to the care and comfort of this truly unfortunate class. Dr. Cley- enger-a man already noted in the scientific world, and who, like Dr. Spray, has given the best years of his life to the study of insanity in its various forms -- is especially well fitted for the position he holds in this

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institution. In the treatment of cases sent here, the strictest attention is paid to their pathology, So far as is possible a full and complete record is kept of cach subject ; all precedent information possible con- cerning it is obtained, as pointing to causes indneing the disorder ; and, when practicable, a history of the case until the death of the patient is preserved. The value and importance of work of this character cannot be over estimated ; they are best attested, however, in the results obtained, and in the number of cases discharged as cured ont of the total number of cases received. There is one serious drawback to the proper handling of the cases now in charge, and that is lack of sufficient room. The asylum, as already stated, has accom- modations for 400 inmates; but in the month of March of the present year there were within its walls over 600 patients-a state of affairs tu he regretied, as it seriously interferes with the proper care and treatment of the entire unmber. Nothing, however, that within the circumstances can be done has been neglected to insure the best possible results. Light, sunshine (when it can be obtained), nir, fresh and pure, and plenty of it, together with a serupulons cleanliness, are among the noticeable features in the arrangement of the entire institution. The quarters of the patients are made as comfortalile as possible, and their surroundings in the way of books, flowers, music and amusements are such as are best calculated to induce peace and happiness to minds many of which have only given away under prolonged trouble or owing to sickness induced largely by poverty and privations of the most deplorable kind. Kindness, too, is the law which governs in the discipline necessarily enforced, where so many are congregated together, and none better understand the merits of this plun of treatment than do the gentlemen who are now in charge. It is only nttering the truth when it is asserted that the manner in which this asylum is conducted. is as much a eredit to Doctors Spray, Clevenger and Thuemmler, as it is to the county by whose mnill- cence it is kept and sustained. It should also be stated that the Commissioners of the county are now delih- erating ou plans for a new institution, which shall embody the latest and best approved designs for the treatment of the insane, and which, when completed, will be far superior in its advantages in this respect over those afforded at present. Of the inmates at present under treatment here, there are 285 males and 325 females ; it is a curious fact that out of this mum- her only seventy-two are native born Americans, the remainder, 538, not being native hut of other nation- nlities. It has also been determined that of the cases at this institution, in forty-eight per cent the insan- ity has been due to inherited defects, and fifty-two per cent to nequired defects, such as injuries received or as the result of disease contracted in later years. Concerning the ages of the patients now in the asy- Inm there are, 3 under 14 years; 14 are between the itges of 15 and 20: 198 between 20 und 30; 183 hetween 30 and 40; 130 between 40 and 50; 64 between 50 and Go; 14 between 60 and 70, and 4 of 70 years and over.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF NORWOOD PARK.

CHARLES R. BALL was born in Hampden County, Mass .. in 1810, son of Charles and Sarah Ball. Ile eume to Cook County In 1837. and offer a short time spent in Chicago, located in Cedar Lake. Ind., where he remained about six years, Hle then moved on a farm of 140 arres in Jefferson Township, where he now resides, engaged in farming and

gardening. On his farm he has four tenants. He was mar- ried in 1841 to Miss Lonisa M. Punham, daughter of Jeremiah Dunham. They have had eight children, six now living- Charles J., Dunham B., Daniel L., Juhn W., David M. and Marsellus A. They are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He has been Commissioner of Ilighways and a nem- ber of the school board for a number of years. Mr. Ball had three sons in the late war. David M. is now practicing how in Chiengu.

JESSE BALI,, farmer, P. O. Norwood Park, was born in llerkimer County, N. Y., In 1819, sun of Zebina and Anna Ball. Ile came lo Cook County in 1842, but subsequently removed 10 Michigan, where he spent eight years. In 1850 he returned and located in Leyden Township. In 18ili he went to Kansas for the purpose of assisting in making that a free Slate. He was the first Collector of Taxes in Jefferson Precinct. Jefferson County, Kansas, under the free State law, and voted for the Wymdotte Constitution. In 1860 he returned to bis home in Leyden, in 1886 purchasing the farm where he now resides. In 1842 he was married to Miss Drusilla Tanner, daughter of Willard and Waity Tanner. They have had five children, two are now living. Caroline and Margaret. They lost two sons in the War of the Rebellion. Mr. Ball has been Assessor of Norwood Park Township for eleven successive years; also Constable und a member of the school board for a number of years.

S. 11. BURHANS. farmer, P. O. Norwood Park, was born in Schoharie County, New York, in 1826, son of Daniel and Margaret Burhans. Ile came to Chicago in 1850 and engaged in making county maps, following that business for about nine years, during which time he mapped eighty-two counties. In 1812 he sold his business and purchased the farm on which he now resides, it containing 117 acres, all in the village cor- poration, twenty-five acres being laid out in lots. Ile makes a specialty of raising blooded horses-Normans and Hamble- tonian breeds. lle is also extensively engaged in fruit raising, his orchard containing 500 cherry, 700 crab apple, 200 apple Trees and 1,900 grape vines. His residence is half a mile from the railroad depot, surrounded hy fruit and shade trees and ornamental shrubbery. making if one of the most attractive mad desirable residences in the town. He was married in 1862 to Miss Sarah E. Chase, daughter of Harvey and Charlott. Mr. Burhans is a member of the Masonic fraternity, A. F. & A. M., n Royal Arch Mason and a member of Commamiery No. 19 of Chicago. For four years he was Supervisor of Norwood Park, Traster of the village four years, and member of the School Board for a number of years. In 1863 he nalsted in raising a company for the war, but was himself rejected on account of physical disability.

A. ST. JOHN CAMPBELL, Deputy United States Col- lector, was born in Schenectady, N. Y., in 1838, son of George and Mary Campbell. le came to Cook County in 1854; Jorated in Chicago, engaged as salesman for the paper house of W. F. Olin & C'o, for about three years, and then engaged as hook-keeper for C. T. Alkin's notion house for two years, and then with his brother, J. P. Campbell, in exchange and brokerage business for one year. In 1860 he went to Pike's l'eak, where he spent one year. On his return he engaged in the commission Imsiness until 1865, at which time he entered the employ of 1. W. Fox, dealer in pains, oils and glass, ils salesman. In July. 1869, he received a commission ns Assistant Assessor of Internal Revenue. which position he held until the office was changed to that of Deputy Collertor of Internal Revenue. Mr. Campbell was married In 1861 to Miss Celia E. Hill, daughter of llenry L. and Elizabeth K. Ilill: they have luul seven children, two are now living-Mary E. and Belle. They are members of the Amerienn Reformed Church al Norwood Park.

JOIN CHAPMAN, farmer. P. O. Jefferson, was born in Cambridgeshire, England, in 1833. Mr. Chapman's jurents. Jaines and Elizabeth Chapman, are living, his father at the age of seventy-seven, and his mother at the age of seventy- five. Their family consists of eight children -John, Mary, Ann, Lydia. Phebe, Covel, Lizzie and William. Mr. Chapman came to Cook County in INGO, and located in Jefferson Township, and engaged in farming, which pur- suit he has since followed. In 1860 he was married to Miss Sarah Shinn, daughter of Edward Shinn; they have two children, Joseph and Elizabeth. He and wife are members of the Presbyterian Church.

DR. S. V. CLEVENGER, Special Pathologist of Cook County Hospital for the Insane, was born in Florence, Italy, in 1813, son of S. V. and Elizabeth ('levenger. lle was educated at St. louis, Mo. ; New Orleans, La., and the Chicago Medical College, from which he graduated in 1878. In 1961 he enlisted in Company 14, Bissel's Engineer Corps,

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and participated In the battle of Nashville. In 1N63 he was commissioned First Lieutenant. At Nashville he was placed on detached service in command of the Cumberland Barracks, where he had charge of from 1,200 to 5,000 men. lle was mustered out at the close of the war. Afterward be engaged in surveying. In 1807 he went to Dakota, where he built a telegraph line from Sioux City to Fort Sully, in which he owned one-third interest, and published the Press and bako- tian, a paper consolidated from four other papers he had previously bought. He made surveys of about 6,000 miles for the Government, mostly in Dakota. He was Chief Engineer of the Dakota Southern Railroad, and published a treatise on tioverninent surveying, which reached its third edition in 1N73. In 1874 he had the Meteorologienl appointment at Fort Sully in the United States Signal Service, and during that time engaged In the study of medicine. In 1879 he established practice in Chicago, which he followed until 1883, when he accepted his present position in the Cook County Hospital for the Insane. In 18,9 he was made a member of the American Electrical Society, and Vice President of the Chicago Electrical Society; also a member of the Chicago Medieal Society, Chicago Biologieal Society, Ilinois Micro- scopical Society Assistant Physicinn of the South Side Dis- pensary, Collaborator of the Journal of Nervous and Mental Diseases, and Member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. In 1890 he was made a member of the American Neurological Sericty, und in 1982 Professor of Anatomy at the Art Institute of Chicago, and Collaborator of the Journal of Neurology and Psychiatry, and received the degree of A. M. from the University of Pennsylvania, und in 1843 he was made a member of the American Microscopical Society. He is a contributor to the Chicago Medical Journal and Examiner, American Journal of Microscopy, and the American Naturalist, and was assistant erlitor of the Chicago Medical Review and the Chicago Druggist. Ile was married in INIS to Miss Mary Knapp, daughter of John and Martha Knapp. They have three children-Albert, Shobal, and Martha. His father, who was born in Ohio in 1812 and died in 1843, was a sculptor of note. Among his works were the busta of Webster, Clay, Everett, Van Buren and Chief Justice Shaw.

LORIN C. COLLINS, JR., attorney at law, the son of Lorin C. and Mary B. Collins, was born in Windsor, Conn., in 1848. He received his preparatory education in Ohio, and graduated from the Northwestern l'uiversity In the class of 1872. The same year he commeneed the study of the law, and was admitted to the Bar by the Supreme Court at Ottawa, Ill., in 1874. lle immediately established his practice in Chicago, where he has since remained, and is now doing business under the firm name of Collius & Adair. He has been actively engaged in political affairs. In 1878 he was elected Represent- alive of the Seventh Distriet in the Hlinols Legislature, and re-elected in 1880 and 1842. Hle was chosen Speaker of the Thirty-third General Assembly. In 1973, he was married to Miss Nellie Robb, daughter of theorge A. and Martha Robb. They have had four children, three are now living-Currie May. Lorin C. and Grace. Mr. C'ollins is a member of the American Reformed Church, all of the Masonic fraternity. A. F. & A. M.

REV, LORIN C. COLLINS was born in Hampden County, Mass., In 1813, son of Lora B. and Persis Collins, Ile was ed- ucated at Wilbraham and at the Wesleyan University, at Mid- dletown, Conn., where he took an English and scientific course. In 1838 he was admitted into the New England Conference, in 1840 ordained deacon, and in 1842 elder. His first charge was at Greenfield, Mass., after which he occupied the following stations: Stafford Springs, South Glastonbury, Hartford, Wal- lingford, Marlboro, Stafford Springs, Windsor, Mystic Bridge, Stafford Springs. In 1878 he went to St. Paul, Minn., where he was located as local preacher for fourteen years, during which time he was also engaged in secular business, He then united with the Minnesota Conference, and occupied the charge at Monticello for two years, lle then separated from the Meth- odist Episcopal Conference on account of a difference of opin- ion on the doctrines of endless misery. and from that time he has been an independent preacher. Ilis last pastoral work was with the Advent Church at Monticello, where he preached for four years. Ir 1873 he came to Norwood Park. In 1839 he married Miss Mary Bemis. They have had seven children, two are now living-Lorin C. and Carrie (Reed).

SOLON S. DODGE, tencher, was born in Jefferson County. N. Y., in 1857, son of James and Electa Dodge. Ile was edu- cated at the Cook County Normal School, from which he grad- unted in the class of 1875, and has since devotel himself to teaching. Sluee that time his first school was in Jefferson Township, where he taught for two years; then one year in

Lake County, Mich. ; afterward at Glenwood two years, and one year at Bloom School, in Cook County. In 1882 he accepted the position of principal of the public school of Norwned Park. lle has been a resident of Cook County from 18;3. In 1880 he married Miss Kate A., daughter of Nalium and C'in- rison Holbrook. They have one child, Arthur G. He is a member of the American Reformed Church. Mrs. Dodge's parents were residents of Glenwood. Her father was born in Cook County, and died in 1875, at the age of thirty-five years. Her mother Is still living, at the age of forty.

GEORGE DUNLAP, real estate dealer, was born in Jeffer- son County, N. Y., In 1825, son of William I. and Margaret Dun- lap. Hle came to Illinois with his parents in 1830, locating at Troy Grove, LaSalle County, In 1840 they removed to Mon- roe Precinct, Cook County, which was subsequently the town- ship of Leyden. The family owned 640 acres, and the locality was known as Dunlap Prairie. Mr. Dunlap resided in Leyden Township until 1864, when he moved to Jefferson. Hle beld the office of Supervisor for four years, Justice of the l'eace for five years, and Postmaster for six years, all of which he re- signed on leaving Leyden. After moving to Jefferson he was appointed Assistant Revenue Assessor, which office he held for five years. The office was then changed to Deputy Collector, which position he held for six years. In 1874 be resigned that office to represent the Seventh District in the Twenty-ninth General Assembly. Mr. Dunlap was instrumental in the or- gaulzation of Norwood Park Township. Ile went to Spring- field and secured a special act of the Legislature in setting ht off from Jefferson. Hle built the first house in Norwood Park Village. Ile was married In 1851 to Miss Almeda Pierce, daughter of John and Hannah Pierce. They have had seven children, six are now living-DeClermont, Hettie, Clifton, Alice, Jessie and Mira. In 1875 he established his present business under the firm name of Dunlap & Swift, Chicago,

F. H. DUNNING, farmer and nurseryman, P. O. Nor- wood Park, was born in Du Page County in 1848, son of D. S. and Hannah Dunning. In 1865 he came with his parents to Cook County, and located in Jefferson Township. Un attain- ing his majority he entered the employ of his father and broth- ers in the nursery business, in 1873 becoming a partner in the business under the finn name of D. S. Dunning & Sons. They have a large nursery, in which they make a specialty of shade, ornamental and fruit trees, He was married in 1872 to Mise Ella Field, daughter of Oliver and Narssissu Field; they have three children-Frank O., Flora and Herbert.

JOHN FIRLEKE, farmer, P. (). Norwood Park, was born in tiermany in 1928, son of Albert and Margaret Firleke. lle came to Cook County in 1834, and located in Park Ridge. where he followed farming. In 1862 he bought the farm of forty acres where he now resides, to which he has addled im- provements to the amount of $2,000. Hle was married in 1859 to Miss Mena Meyer, daughter of Charles and Reka Meyer; they have one child-Albert. Mr. Firleke has been Commis- sioner of Highways of Norwood Park for six years, and school director for three years. His son Albert is Collector of Nor- wood Park Township, elected in the fall of 1883.

JOHN B. FOOT, farmer, P. O. Norwood Park, was born in Chicago in 1840, son of John and Elizabeth Foot. His father came to Chiengo in 1833, his mother with her parents, Phinnehns and Elizabeth Sherman, in 1832. His parents were married in 1834. They resided in Chicago until 1840, when they removed to Ley len Township, where his father followed his trade, that of a blacksmith, until his death, which orcur- red in 1865, at the age of fifty-nine. Ilis mother was Post- mistress of Mouros Post-Office for many years during those carly days, when the mail was carried by stage; she is living. at the age of seventy-one. Mr. Foot "has been engaged in farming, and owns seventy-one ucres of land located in the towns of Leyden aul Maine. Ile is also engaged in raising thoroughbred fowls of the Light Brahma, Partridge Cochin, Buff Cochin and Plymouth Rock breeds, having about 350 in all. The proceeds from his fowls during the year ending De- cember, 1883, amounted to $1,825. Ile was married in 1865 to Miss Adaline Brown, daughter of Andrew and Charlott Brown. They have four children-Gertrude, Alice C., Perey E. and Jeunic. Mr. Foot is a member of the Masonic frater- nity. A. F. & A. M., and has been Justice of the Peace in the townships of Leyden and Norwood Park, In 1861 he enlisted in Company B, MeC'lellan Dragoons, and participated in the battles of Hanover Court-House, and in the seven days' fight at the White Oak Swamp before Richmond. He was injured at the last-named action, and was subsequently discharged for disability. Star Foot, an uncle of the subject of this sketch, came to Chicago in 1833, and was the proprietor of the first Tremont House of that city, and also Superintendent of Cook County Poor for several years.

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History of Cook County, Illinois From the Earliest Period to the Present Time, Part 121

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