History of Cook County, Illinois From the Earliest Period to the Present Time, Part 136

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

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HENRY HUGH HUBBARD, druggist, was born June 3, 1848, in Whitley, Canada, of Eli Plater and Mary (Scott) Hlub- bard. The parents were natives of New England, and came to the United States in 1861. settling in Springfield, III. In 1964 young 11 ubbard was apprenticed to a druggist in Joliet, with whom he remained until 1870. In 1872 3Ir. Ilubbard came to Hlyde Park, becoming a clerk with G. Q. Dow, by whom he was admitted ioto partnership in the two more northern stores in 1876; and to whom he told his interest in the same June 13, 1882. Since then he has been of the firm of Iluhbard & Gore, druggists Mr. Hub- bard was married February 22. 1882, to Miss Anna Woods, of Morris, III. They are attendants at Langley-avenue M. K .. Church, of which Mrs. Hubbard is a member. Mr. Hubbard is a Republican in politics

WILLIAM CRANE KINNEY was born February 3, 1838, in the town of Cambridge, Lenawee Co., Mich. Remotely, he is of English, Irish and Scotch descent, but of American ancestry for several generations, Ilis parents were Sylvanus and Hannah (Cranel Kinney, He resideil on the farm where he was burn aod received such educational advantages as are afforded by the com- mon school, until eighteen years of age, when he entered the high school at Adrian, Mich., where he continued, except at intervals while teaching, until the spring of 1860, when he commenced the study of law in the office of Beccher & Howell, at Adrian. In the fall of that year he entered the law school of the University of Michigan, spending one term there, and then came to Chicago and graduated from the Union College of Law in 1561. After being admitted to the Bar, he removed to l'rinceton, 111., and became a partner of J. Q. Taylor of that place. In June, 1862, with others, he busied himself in raising and organizing the o3d Illinois Volun- teer Infantry, of which he became the Second Lieutenant in Com- pany E. He served until July 7, 1865, being on staff duty the last two years. At the close of the war he settled in Nashville, Tenn., where he engaged in the collection of Government claims, remain- ing until 1870, lle was for two years a member of the Board of Aldermen, and its president the second year. Removing to Kan- sas City, he there went into the real estate business, and continued in the same line after his return to Chicago in 1872. In August, 1881, he formed a partnership with Josiah E. Kimball, under the style of Kinney & Kimball, which still exists. In 1969 Mr. Kin- ney married Mary C., a daughter of Kev. Edward Troy, of the Methodist Church, and niece of Kev, William J. Rutledge, of Jack- sonville, Ill., in whose family she was brought up, having lost her parents in Infancy. They have one chill, Truy Sylvanus, born December 1, 1871. They have resided in llyde Park since 1876.

CHRISTOPHER McLENNAN was born in 1837 in Lancas. ter, Glengarry Co., Canada, youngest son of John and Catharine McLennan. Ilis mother died when he was five years old, and his father, by birth a Scotchman, but a resident of Canada from the age of ten, died on his farm in Glengarry County, in 1866. C. Mclennan was brought up to the business of surveyor and civil engineer, aod is a graduate of McGill College, Montreal, of the class of 1859. llc came to the United States in 1864, and has fol- lowed his profession in Chleago and Hyde Park since the spring of 1869, In 1875 he took np his residence in llyde l'ark, and has been appointed to his present position of village engineer and superintendent of public works for five years, out of seven from 1877 to 1883. He was professionally connected with the surveys ol South Chicago and Irondale, preparatory to their being laid out and subdivided into village sites.

ERASTUS P. MARSII was born in 1836 lu Niagara County. N. V., son of Isaac, Jr., and Esther (Rawsont Marsh, The Marshes arc of Montpeller, Vt., whence Isaac Marsh Sr., removed to Ontario County, N. V., which he represented in the State Leg- islature. The Rawsons are old settlers of Massachusetts, and later of Ontario, N. V .. where Samuel Rawson, the grandfather of Mr. Marsh, was County Judge for several years. "An uncle. Erastus Kawson, was an early settler of Chicago, for whom Kawson Street was named, where he built what was then known as the Chicago

Distillery. From 1557 to 1859. E. P. Marsh served as a clerk of F. Newhall & Co., fruit dealers ; and in 1860 went into business on his own account as a jobber in provisions. After the close of the war, he retired for a time to his farm in Iroquois County, but spent the winters in Chicago, packing hogs. In t86y he became the partner of F. Newhall & Co., and in the fire of 19;1 they were burned out, losing heavily, but paying dollar for dollar. In 1872 Mr. Marsh invested over 840,000 in the building on the northeast corner of Clark and Monroe streets, which he held a few years. In 1875 he went into the grain trade, buying and cribbing corn through lowa and Missouri. in ISSt be built the Englewood L'orn-house, and is still engaged in buying and selling grain. In 1661 Mr. Marsh married Frances, a daughter of Judge Allred Holmes, of 1.ockport, N. Y. They are the parents of four living childreo-Mary R., born in t862 ; Fred H., in 1863 ; Fannie, in 1866, and Clara L., in 18;2. They went to reside in Hyde Park in 1874.

JAMES KIRON MURPHY was born in Ireland in 1825, and lost his father in 1830, When in his tenth year he was brought to America by his maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. James Fen- nerty who, after a short stay in New York, came West and settled in Chicago in 1835. Ilcre one of their sons, John, opened a gen- eral store, and in it young Murphy began to serve as a clerk at an carly age. In 1643 he became a member of the volunteer fire com- pany. No. 4. and has never entirely lost his connection or Interest in that department, being now a member of the Fireman's Becer- olent Association. About 1846 he formed a partnership with another uncle, being the junior member of the firm of I'. A. Fca- nerty & C'o, auctioneers, About this time he was rejoined by his mother and her other children. Upon the completion of the Illi- nois & Michigan C'anal, in 1847, he became captain of the passenger boat "Mazeppa." About 1851 he was in partnership with a brother, B. A., in a general store at St. Charles, with branches at Aurora and Rockford, under the style of Murphy Bros. Selling his interest in all three in the hrother in 1853. he opened a similar store in Helvidere, which he disposed of in 1855. lle then removed to l'eoria and engaged in journalism, becoming the chief owner of the Peoria Transcript. About 1858 he sold out to his partners, and afterward (they being unable to meet their engagements), to other parties. Since 1858 Mr. Murphy has been continuously is the insurance business, returning to Chicago in 1860 as manager of the Peoria Fire Insurance Company, which he had charge of until 1868. In 1869 he organized the Chicago Fire Insurance Company, which went up in the great fire of 187t. Since then he has been agent for New York fire companies, repre- senting in 1884 the American Exchange and Guardian, of that city, and the lafayette, of Brooklyn. In 1951 Mr. Murphy married Miss Felleia F., a daughter of William Rounseville, editor and literateur, then residing at St. Charles; she died in 1864. la 186g he married Miss Jane Peyton, of Chicago. About 1853 he joined the Slasonic Order and has taken all the degrees attainable, being a member of Corinthian Chapter, Chevalier Bayard Com- mandery and Oriental Consistory. In politics he is a Republican, and in religion a Universalist.

CHARLES IRVING PARKER was born March to, 1838, in Manchester, N'. 11., son of John and Eliza (Goffe) Parker. The father was a lawyer and farmer, The son is on both sides of early New England ancestry, the maternal line tracing descent from the historic regicide, William Goffe, more than one member of which was distinguished in the military annals of New England. The dore, a son of "Major" Goffe, and three previous ancestors, are buried in the old graveyard at Bedford N. 11. Young Parker entered Dartmouth in 1859, and was afterward voted the honors of the class of 1863 by that institution, receiving the degrees of A. B. and A. M .. though he did not complete the regular course, for, in 1862, as one of the Dartmonth Cavalry company, he entered the volunteer service, and on leaving the army in 1863, settled at Vir- clen, III., where he was engaged in mercaotile pursuits four years, and in 1867 taught school. in 1868 he was superintendent of Schools in Carlinville ; in Joliet from 1869 to 1874, and in Danville until 1876. From 1876 to 1881 he was principal of the Oakland high school, of Ilydc Park, and superintendent from t881 to the present time. He came to reside In Ilyde l'ark in 1876. May 27. 1862. Mr. Parker was married to Miss Frances E. ,Wery, of Car- rollton, El., by whom he has had three children-Adele F., born February 26, 1864. now a teacher in the Springer school, Hyde Park ; John E., born April 15, 1865, and Mabel, July to, 1876.

PHILANDER PICKERING was born in 1851 in Sakm. llenry Co., lowa, being the younger of two sous and the third of six children of Aquilla H. and Ruth (Dorland) l'ickering. The father, now a retired merchant, has been a resident of Chicago for twenty years, From 1864 to 1982. under the style of Biker- ing & Co., he was engaged In the commission, gralo and provis- ion business, being among the earliest members of the Hoanl of Tradc. lie is of New England birth and ancestry, and a nephew

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of Colonel Timothy Pickering, of Revolutionary fame. The mother, a native of New York, of an ancestry originally German, but settled on Long Island for some generations, died in 1978. In 1870 Philander l'ickering was admitted into partnership by his father, and succeeded to the business January 1, 1882, Since January 1, 1883, his brother, A. D., has been associated with him. In 1576 Mr, l'ickering married Miss Ida, a daughter of C. R. Overman. a nurseryman, of Bloomington, III , where he died in 1865. Like his forefathers, he Is a Quaker in religion, and, like all the Friends, a Republican in politics. Ile took up his residence in Oakland in t876,

FREDERICK T. PITNEY was born In August, 1844. in New York City, the oldest child of Franklin V. and Lucinda k. (D)gden] Pitney. The family came to Chicago in October, 1846, and the father went into the shoe business, in which he remained until burneil out in the great fire. From 1872 until his death, in May, 1579. he was occupied chiefly with the care of his property. The mother stili survives. In 1500 young l'itney entered the office of G. P. Randall, architect, to learn the business. In 1462 he en- listed in the United States Navy, being detailed as captain's clerk on the monitor "Catskill," of the South Atlantic blockading squad- ron, and served over two years. Returning to Chicago, he resumed the study of his profession of architect, and was in the employ of W. W. Hoyington for about seven years. After working at his pro. fession in connection with different firms until 1882, he formed with F R. Wolfinger the present firm of F. K. Wollinger & Co., man- ufacturers of superior furniture and interior fittings, from original designs furnished by themselves or others. In 1866 Mr. l'itney married Carrie A. Kent, of Niles, Mich., and they are the parents of one child, William T., born in 1867. Mr. Pitney is a Republi- can in politics, and has been a resident of Oakland since 1874.

GEORGE HENRY RANDELL, physician, was born in 1852 in Jersey Island, England, whence his widowed mother im- migrated to the United States in 1854, settling for a time in Chi- cago. At an early age he completed a high-school enurse. when a period was put to his school days by his family moving on a farm. Ilere he remained occupied with the usual duties of a farm hoy until his eighteenth year, when be left home and engaged In mer- cantile business. During all this time he was eager for knowledge, and by applying his leisure hours to study, with the help of such private instructors as he could command, he added very materially to his school acquirements. The study of anatomy and physiology turned his mind in the direction of the inedical profession. Accord- ingly, he placed himself in a physician's office as a student, and when pruperly prepared entered the department of medicine and surgery of the University of Michigan, whence he graduated in 1875. llaving become asssistant to the professor of surgery, he remained at the university several months, and then settled in the practice of his profession in Leavenworth County, Kan., remaining three years, and being while there an active member of the Kansas State Medical Society, In tást Dr. Randell removed to Chicago, where he soon became well known amung the profession, who acconled him a prominent place in their ranks. In 1883 he was sent to Cleveland as a delegate from the Chicago Medical Society to the annual meeting of the American Medical Association. Ile is physician to Conk County Hospital, department of obstetrics and diseases of women, and has laid the foundation of an extensive private practice. In 1850 Dr. Randell was married to Emma, daughter of the late Elias Jones, M. D., of Indiana, by whom he has had two children -- Emma Maud, in 188t, and George Cecil, in 1883. Dr. and Mrs. Randell are members of the Methodist Epis- copal Church.

HENRY CLAY SMITHI was burn In 1848 In Hagerstown, Md., of George Washington and Mary (Norris) Smith, The father was a lawyer and a member of the Legislature of Maryland, anul the mother was a native of Alexandria, Va. In 1566 young Smith enlisted in the regular army in the zd Cavalry, and served three years " on the plains." In 1867, with his company, detailed as an escort, he visited Salt Lake City. In 1869 he went to clerk for his brother, in bouk and stationery, wholesale and retall, at St. Joseph, Mo. In 1874 he came to Chicago, and was employed for five years in the boot and shue trade, in 1879 going Into business on his own account in Ilyde l'ark, where he still remains, Ile was married in 1813 ta Miss Maen, n daughter of Rev. Mr. Cnit, a l'resbyterian clergyman of Collinsville, III. Mr. and Mrs. Smith are members of the Presbyterian Church,

GEORGE ALEXANDER STANNARD was born In 1836 in Westbrook, Conn., of Reuben and Nancy (Stokes) Stannard. The father was a farmer and a leader in the management of town- ship affairs. The Stannards and Stokeses are both of early New England stock. The early education of young Stannard was sup- plemented by an academic course, and at the age of seventeen he became assistant hook-keeper in the office nf the Boston & Albany Railroad. In 1855 he received the appointment of cashier in the New York State Treasury, which position he held seven years. In

1962 he entered the service of Franklin, Edson & Co., a large grain commission house in Albany, N. Y., with whom he remained until 1967. In 1868 he came to Chicago and became a member of the Board of Trade. In 1869 he took the position of book-keeper in the Kansom stove house, where he remained six years. Since 1876 he has been in the employ of the Fairbanks Scale Company in Chi- cago. In 1856 Mr. Stannard married Anna Elizabeth Chirritree, of Albany, N. Y. They are the parents of five children, three of whom are now living, namely, George Perry, born in 1862: James Mason, born in 1864. and Ella Amelia, born in 1872. Mr. Stan- nard first went to reside in Ilyde l'ark in 1873, and with the excep- tion of two years, has permanently resiled there since.

ROBERT GARDINER STEVENS was born in 1828 In Fay- ette, Kennebec Co., Me., the second son of Jol and Priscilla (Lane) Stevens, The Lane and Stevens families are both of carly New England origin, the latter being of the New Hampshire branch. The father, one of ten children of whom eight lived to be over eighty years of age, was a farmer, and a soldier in the Madawaska war, or conflict about the boundary line between New Brunswick and Maine, He filled the offices of Selectman, Collector and Treasurer of his town, and, having come West permanently in 1876, he died at the house of his son, R. G., in 1881, aged eighty- three. The mother had died eighteen years before, at their home in Maine. R. G. Stevens came West in 1853, and settled in C'hi- cago, becoming early identihed with Its grain trade, and has been a member of its Board of Trade for the last twenty years. In 1861 he formed a partnership with J. S. Barker, under the style of Stevens & Barker. which lasted over twenty years. In 1868 Stevens & Barker built the elevator and feed-mill which he still owns and runs. besides his transactions in grain, as huyer and seller. In April, 1882, he bought his partner's Interest and has since carried on the business alone. In 1856 he married Catharine SI., a daughter of William True, of Wayne, Me. They are the parents of four children, born as follows : Ella 1 .. , In 1859 : Kate M., in 1962 ; Arthur John and Anna Priscilla, twins, born Decem- ber 14. 1865. They have resided in Ilyde l'ark since 1870.

GEORGE OLIVER TAYLOR, physician, was horn in 1848 In Adair County, Ky., of Dr. James G. and Sally (Elliott) Taylor. In 1863 young Taylor, inheriting strong Union sentiments, enlisted in the 13th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry, in which he served two years and two months In 1965, he began to study for his profession, attending lectures in Louisville, Ky., and afterward in Kush Medical College, Chicago, where he graduated in the class of t868. Since 1873 he has been at his present location on the contines of the great city and the big village, 1339 Oakland Boule- vard. Besides his large general practice, Dr. Taylor Is medical director of the Northwestern Masonie Ald Association. Hle has been a member of the Masonie Order some fifteen years, and as a member of the Apollo Commandery made the memorable tour of Enrope with many of his associates in 1883. Ile was married in 1471 to Augusta flarpole, of Sangamon County, Ili, Mrs. Tay- lor is a member of the Presbyterian Church,

WOODBURY MANNING TAYLOR was born January 3. 1831, in Weathersfield, V't. of Rev. Philender and Thankful (Woodbury Manning) Taylor. In 1933 the family removed to Tioga County, N. Y., and in 1844 came to Chicago, afterward settling in Warrenville, Dupage County. The father, a Baptist minister for about fifty years, died at Ottawa, Ill., In ISSI. aged eighty. In 1852 the son left home at Habcock Grove and entered upon the battle of life, successively trying Chicago, Milwaukee and Elgin, where he located as a painter, becoming associated in business with MI. Morrison, In 1853 he commenced the study of law in the office of l'an! R. Wright, and in t855 removed to Amboy, Lee C'o., Ill. {having been married a year before to Miss Sarah E. Harvey, of Elgin), where he entered the law office of William E. Ivis. Soon thereafter he entered into the real estate business, hut the panic of 1856-57 induced a return to law, and the law firm of Kinyon & Taylor resulted. In 1959 he removed to Geneva, Kane County, taking the position of Deputy Clerk of the Circuit Court under his first law instructor, Mr. Wright. * In 1861 he enlisted in the 8th Illinois Cavalry and was elected by his com- pany Second Lieutenant. Ile remained with the regiment till August, 1862, when he was detached upon the staff of General Pleasanton, with whom he remained till mustered out of the sery- ice at Milwaukee in 1866. A few months later found him in Chicago as a member of the law and real estate firm of Jones, Bundy & Taylor. Early in 1867 he was, without his solicitation, commissioned as Captain of the toth Cavalry (Regular Army), which position he resigned upon being nominated for Clerk of the Supreme Court of Illinois, to which position he was elected the fol- lowing June. Resigning this position also a few months before his term expired, in 1873. he returned to Chicago, where he bought an Interest in the Chicago Evening Mail, which paper was afterward consolidated with the Post, becoming the Post and Mail. lle was its editor and manager, until its demise. During this period he

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was appointed as Commissioner of the Illinois State Penitentiary. and was elected president of the board hy his colleagues. lle is now a resident of the village of Ilyde l'ark, and is engaged in the law and real estate business in Chicago,

FRANK It. ULLERY was born in Miami County, Ohio, in 1$43 : son of Henry G, and Elizabeth I'llery. His grandfather, Jacob U'llery, immigrated from Pennsylvania in the early part of this century, and was one of the pioneer, of Miami L'ouniy, sentling near the present site of Covington, of which he was one of the fixanders. In 1800, young l'Itery. hitherto brought up on a farm. began the study of medicine ; but the war breaking out, he enliste.l at the first call, and served through the war. In 1965 he resumed his studies, but turned his attention to the specialty of dentistry. Guishing in 1867. He began practice in Ohio, but a few months later he removed 10 Illinois, locating in Kankaker, where he prar- ticed his profession tintil April. 15;1, when he removed to Mu- mence, east part of same county, where he continued practice until LN24, when he came to Chicago, locating at jyn6 Cottage firme Avenue, where he is still to he found in practice,

JACOB W. VELIE, secretary and curator of the Chicago Academy of Science, was born in 1829 in Montgomery t'ounty, New York ; son of Phihp J. and Betsey (Willmr) Velie. Grand. father Velie was born in Holland, and, after his arrival in the U'nited States, married Catharine lloyd, a native of the State of New York, and of Gaclic ancestry. The Wilbur, are of New En- gland destem, the later ancestors of Dr. Velie, on the maternal saule, being natives of Vermont. The early education of Dir. Velie was received almost exclusively at the local select schools of the various places where his youth was passed. At the age of twenty. one he began the study of medicine under Dr. C. S. Vonuglove, of Hammondsport. N. V., with whom he remained three and a half years, attending meanwhile a course of lectures at the tieneva Medical College, arl participating in the practice of his preceptor. Dr. Velie early manifested unusual aptitude for merbeal scietice and practice, and on the removal of Ie. Younglove to Illinois, he tonk his practire at Hammond-port, at the cartest solicitation of Dr. Younglove's patients. In 1556 he came Wes and settled at Rock Island, where he studied for. aml became, a dentist. The manual dexterity that made him proficient in this science, has been greatly utilized in his position at the Acolemy of Miences, not in odontol- ogy, however. During the year ish he spent five months in the Rocky Mountains, and at the time assisted in taking the height of several peaks, one of which, 13.1;3 feet in height, he named Mount Atulubon, in honor of John James Andulum, the naturalist. Ile had the honor of having a peak, 13,457 feet in helghi, given his name-Vele's Peak. In ting he returned Fast, and went into business at Bath, Steuben Co., N. V., as a druggist ; he having married Adelia, a daughter of Lay Nuble, of that town, in IS&S. This lady died, leaving no children, December 14, 1883, at their temporary residence at Ilyde l'ark. In 1971 he removed to t'hi- cago and became the assistant of Dr. William Stimpson, secretary of the Aculemy of Sciences, After the destruction of that society's collection by the fire of 15;1, which included the results of thirteen years of bis labur in collecting aml his scientific library, he accom- panied Dr. Stimpson on a scientific expeilition to Florida, Cuba, and Yucatan, bringing back what formed the nucleus of a new collection for the Academy. Dr. Stimpson died on his return trip, at Illchester, Md., May 27, 1872, and Dir. Velie, on his arrival with the collection, was placed in charge thereof and the new Academy building, In July. 1877. for faithful services rendered, he was presenteil by the trustees with a paid-up life membership. lle has, since 1872, maile hve expeditions to Florida in the scien. tific interests uf the Academy, Ile is an ornithologist of wide rep- utation, and of late year- has given special attention to conhol. ogy and archeology. Ile is a careful student, of comprehensive research, and no branch of practical science is foreign in his under- standing. He is a corresponding member of the Davenport ( Iowa) Academy of Sciences, of the Itiological Society of Washington. D. C., of the National Ornithological Congress: contributor to the Smithsonian Institute, and president of the Ridgeway Orni- thological Club of Chicago.

GEORGE WASHINGTON WAITE was born July 2. 1919. in Wolcott, Wayne Ca., N. V .. son of Ul. Daniel D, and Lucy IClapp) Waite. At the age of nineteen Mr. Waite came West, and laught school, with huile intermission, for seven years, first in Ma- rengo, Mich .. then in Norway, III, when I was pined by Ins father and the rest of the tom' un po' Best in ares, III. whither they mosel in 1942. an , last ut at ; Warrenen'e, III . where he was principal of the high school ler one year He was appointed Surveyor of Dul'age County by the Legislature about 1847, vice Kimball, deceased, and Hepaty Surveyor of Kane County, In 1345 he was employed as assistant engineer on the Galena & Chica go Railroad, the first railroad out of Chicago, and helped to lay the first Lie on that road, as well as ronvey the first lenmotive, the " Pioneer,'exhibited in Chicago in 18$3, from a vessel to the head

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History of Cook County, Illinois From the Earliest Period to the Present Time, Part 136

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