History of Cook County, Illinois From the Earliest Period to the Present Time, Part 138

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

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is vested in three directors. The paper is a twelve- page issue, and is devoted to the local news of Hyde Park, which is ably edited and presented in a piquant manner.

THE METROPOLITAN PRESS BUREAU had its office in the publishing office of the Herald, and their subsidence from Hyde Park dated at the discontinuance of that paper.

THE SOUTH SIDE NEWS was published by I. L. Vansant & Co .. for circulation in Hyde Park, from 130 La Salle Street, Chicago. Daniel H. Horne furnished articles from his trenchant pen for the paper, and had to bring suit to recover the amount dite him therefor. Upon judgment oblained, and execution, for 893.35, the South Side News collapsed. It sus- pended June 1, 1875. and the office from whence it had been published was empty on the third instant.

THE HYDE PARK WEEKLY SUN was one of the links in the catenary system of Suns published by H. L. Goodall & Co., of the town of Lake. Its issuance commenced on April 24, 1875. Daniel H. Horne was the editor. It was discontinued in about four years.

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EDWIN FISHIER BASI.EV was born June 11, 1845, in Manlius, Onondago Co., N. V., being the second son of C'alvin Chapin and Ann Sophia fFisherì Hayley. The father is a native of Vermont, and ní early New England origin, nn the paternal amil ma- ternal (\'hapin) side. The mother is alsn a Vermonter. The family came West in 1943, ansl seltled near Waupun. Wis, The father followed at intervals his okl profession of teacher in aradlemies anıl the higher grades of schools, among others tilling the position nf principal of Brockway College (nuw Ripon College) frum 1559 to 1862. In 1564 E. F. lasley enlisted in the 4ist Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, serving mostly in Tennessee. In the spring of 1865 he entered Ripan College, taking the first two state of the

B.wley marmed Vana kalori cdsgler 4 R P' olur. I ... have two children, and har restil at Kenwood sitter Celular, Church of Hub Bank, and Mr Heves t & Kijel die in in je tas.

Worcester Mass, of Pertin and Peris S & Beller Miss I've family ramme to l'hoage of 1.54. hast ing [mun perceded lis the father in 1852. 11 engaged in bridge and nabeul lunbling, aml die in 1879. being to Jemed by Mr. Bles in pyo, In the song les Irarneil telegraphy, and w.as emphoved by the Il nor & Mississippi Telegraph Compmy. af Union Ill. in i$sq. amil at Mitvaline. lowa, in 180o. Ile was statiuncil ant Aurora, 11 , rt 180 as opiera. tur for the same company and ticket agent for the flicage , Bus- lington & #Jamey Railroad In 1962 he returne Itu Chicago, mil served six months in the main office, and some months in the white of the superintendent of the 'luego& North Western, where he Is- came chief njutatur in 15b3. Shurt'y afterward he was appointed superintendent of telegraph fur that company ; in which position be continued until the spring of 1993 Meanwhile, in compinition with 1 .. G. Tillotson & Co., of New York City, he established in 1467 the first important manufactory of electrical girls in Chicago, continuing until the hire, after which it was resumed for one year, when Mr. Illiss bought out his partners and merged the business in the stock company, George II. Bliss & Co., capital Squono. The new enterprise requiring all his lime, he resigned his position with The Chicago & North-Western in 1b73 , and in 1975 his company was embodied in the Western Electric Company, of which he lie- came general agent In 1877 he dispumed of his interest therein, and engaged In the sale of some of Edison's earlier inventams. llis health hecanilng impaire" he was largely occupied in a suc- 't Nful endeavor to restor the same by nurneving> 10 and fun Viih and nther seel' zha of the Northwest, In 1-> and 15M, In Iss he because general western agent for the Own de tri - light, be nye the first to Introduce hat system in the West In 18 a the

Western Ellison 1 oght t'ompany was organized, with a capital { 8500,000, a id he was appanted il- general superintendent Mr Bliss was married December 19, 1865, 10 Miss Mary M Gilbert of Worcester Muss, by whom he has had four children-Citace Ethel in 1-6> luhan Perrin in 1872. Gilbert Ames in 1575 and George Fallen in 1982. Mr and Mrs. Hliss are members of the Plymouth & engregational Church, of which Mr. Bliss is a dearon. He has been a Museet for about twenty years, and is a Republican in politics. Ile has been a resident ol Hlyde l'ark since September. 1871.

HAMILTON BISHOP BOGUE was born September 29. 1834. in lunia, Michigan, being the fourth child of Warren Steuben and Sally t Underwood) Bogue The father, who was born in 1800, in Georgia, Vermont, was desceniled from a Iluguenot family of that name, Inng resident in Scotland, and which costnb- uted Nume eminent personages to the ecclesiastical and educa- fiunal institutions of Great Britain-among others, the Rev. David Binque (1750-1825) fuunder of the London Missionary Society. When a young man, W. S. Bogue removed from his home in Ver. muut to St. Lawrence County, N. Y., and at Louisville, in that county, on October 21, 1829, married Sallie U'nderwood, a nathe of New York, of New England descent. Early in 1834 the family removed to lonia, Michigan, whence they returned toM. Lawrence County, N. V., in 1839. In January, 1853. Hamilton came ues; as far as Cleveland, Ohio, where he remained until March 21, 1854. when he came fu Chicago, arriving the following day, where during the next succeeding eight years he was occupied in steamboat and railway freight service, and since May, 1664, has been continuously engaged in real estate business. Ilis brother, $, Corliss P., joined him early in 1945, and George M. in the spring of 1856, being followed by the father and mother, his sister Harriet and brother Elias, in October of that year. The two elder brothers, Oswell .A. and Dr. Kuswell G., jnined the others the same autumn and the ensning spring. respectively. The family resided In the Nunh Division until May. 1858, when they, except the two elder brothers, remanved to Hyde Park, Since December of that year the parent family has remained in the home provided that Christmas eve. There llarriet was married in 1859: there Curtiss died, January 13, 1362, of injuries received in the railroad accident of five days previous, (while hame on sick leave, from the artillery service in Vieneral Grant's Division of the Uninn .Army, ) at theage of twenty- live seats and two days, and there, also, the father died in August. 1 4/y , there, the beloved and honored mother at the age of seventy- two, in good health and cheerfulness, with Elias, her youngest and onh unin itried elund, still controls the home-a glad visiting place to het tive married children, their consorts and their numerous off- spring. June 25. 1967. Hamilton was married to Emily Augusta, n daughter of William H1, and Mary ( Betteley) Hovt, of Hyde Par's. Mr. Howy: is of the well-known Hloyt family al Neu Eng. Jand And New York, Mrs. Hoyt was a native of England-boen at Newcastle-under-I.yitic.

To Han lion and Emily Rogue have been born four children, all yet living .Hamilton. December 26, 1865: Esther, Nar J. 1473 . Arthur Hlavi, November 29, 1874. and Wayne ( 'harpelc. March 4. 15;h. Their home is 4519 Greenwood Avenue, where They have resided since November, 1871. Mr. and Mrs. Bregne Are members of the First Presbyterian Church, of Ilyde l'ark, if which Mr. lungque was chosen on elder in February, 1862, and by sercessive elections was continued in that service until Jangan. 15%2. Ile is Republican in politics.

WALTER BROWN was born in ISat. in Massachusetts ud (alem 1. and Aurelia A. ICutler) Hrown, both parents being descendants of early settlers of Hampden County, Mass 11ts grandfather. Issachar Brown, was a soldier of the Kevolit ao. Receiving his ear'ier education in Brimfield, and academic in Man- son, Mr. Brown went into business with his father in a gecetal store for about three years, Ile came West in 1962 and was in the Wooden manufacturing business for three years in Charleston. L. In IM he came to Chicago, and hecame a member of the tarm il Hlas & Brown, in the hardware, sinve and furnace linv. In March, isso, after being out of business about two years, le wen! int the Rock River Company, of which he has since been the secre lary and Chicago manager. In 1962 Mr. Brown was carried to Marion M., a daughter of Aaron Mies, of Brimfield, Mas, or whom he has harl three children-Herbert <"., in July, 15hs, mu.w a stalent in llelnit College; Fannie V., in 1571 . and Wallet Marion, in 1542. They are members of the 1 agregathe Church, and have been residents of Ilyde l'art since 1972. Mr Brown is a Repuldican,

DEXTER GRAVES BROWN was born in 1524 in Munson, Mass., son of Joseph and Hannah Itiraves) Brown, The was a manufacturer of colton gundls, and built the list t'hicopre Falls, and afterward al Palmer. Ildidn t age ol serenty-six. 11. L. Brown 't school a une ffe . .. teen, and lerked in the in | Mures of h's Leber at years, after which he was engaged with him

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to California in 1849, he remained ten years, when he came to Chiengo, where he has since remained, uninterruptedly engaged in provision brokerage on the lloard of Trade. He went to reside in Ilyde Park in 1876. In 1863 Mr. Brown was married to Miss Lucy Shorpenberg, of Boston, Maxs. Ile is a Republican in politics and an advocate of " high license."

WILLIAM HENRY CHAPPELL was born In Baltimore, Md. Ilis father, Dr. P. S. Chappell, was a manufacturing chemist of Baltimore, and his mother, Mary ( Furlong: Chappel, a native of that city, resides there at the age of eighty. Since 1849, W. 11. Chappell has been the owner of chemical works in St. Louis, and first came to Ilyde l'ark in 1959, where he purchased twenty acres In Hubbard's subdivision with a view to the establishment of simi- lar works near the growing city of Chicago. But the factory which he then bullt was destroyed by fire the same year, occasioning the temporary withdrawal of his northern venture. In 1866 he resumed in Chicago at his present location, the firm being Mahla & Chappell. They turn out annually large quantities of staple chemicals, both proprietors having long experience as scientific and practical chemists. Eleven acres of his original llyde l'ark par- chase were sold by Mr. Chappell to the Government for a marioc hospital in 1867, for $22,000 (the twenty having cost him $10,000 in 1859), and this sale not having been perfected on account of some trifliog circumstance, the same were sold in 1883 for $1 25,000. One of Mr. Chappell's sons, H. W., has charge of the Chicago works as superintendent ; another. W. II., of the St. Louis works, in the same capacity, both educated at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, A third son, Howard F., is a special student of I'rofessor Ihoffman, at the University of Berlin, having graduated at the Sheffield Scientific School of Yale. A daughter, Mary, was married in 1877 to Richard C. Perkins, of Bradford, England, while Miss Jnila Chappell remains at home Mrs. Chappell, before marriage, was Miss Eliza Whitehill, a daughter of Eider Joho Whitehill, who moved from Alton to SI. Louis in 1826. They have resided in Ilyde Park since 1867, and spent the summer there since 1859.

LEANDER DEVINE CONDEE was born September 26, 1847, in Athens County, Ohio, of Henty M. and Jane (kickey) L'ondee. The family removed to Coles County. lil., in 1854. Young Condee received an academic eduration at Kankakee, and graduated in the Law Department of the University of Michigan, in the class of 1868. Admitted to the Har In Michigan and Illinois, he began the practice of his profesion in Butler. Bates Co ... Mo. where he held the office of City Attorney fo three years. In 1573 he came to Chicago, and from 1874 10 1876 was of the firm of Richmond & Condee. Ile afterwards practiced alone until 1881, when he formed a partoership with E. R. Bliss. In 1574 Mr. Condee went to reside in Ilyde Park, of which he was chosen Attorney in 1879, holding the office until his resignation in March, 1883. Ile is Republican in politics. Ile was elected State Sena. tor for the Second Senatorial District, for the term of four years, from January 14, 1881-84. Hle was chairman of the important committee on incorporations. In March, 1871, he married Miss Margaretta I., Stobie, who died in March, 1981, leaving three children-Ilenry S., born in April, 1872, in Butler, Mo. ; Florence 1.ouise, March, 1874, in Chicago: and Jessie S., February, ISSI. in Hyde Park. August 24. 1882, Mr. Condee married Mrs. Martha J. waterbury, of Cleveland. MIr. Condee is a Knight Templar and an Odd Fellow.

JOHN ELLIOTT COWI.ES was born July 20, 1842, in Rome, N. Y., of Stephen 11, and Angelina (Sears) Cowles, Ilis maternal grandfather, Isaac Sears, was a soldier in the War of 1812. The mother died in 1850 and the father in 1857. Mr. Cowles received an academic education, and at the age of nineteen enlisted in the Tenth New York Volunteer Cavalry, at Syracuse, September 10. 1361. Ile went in as a private and came out with the rank of captain. Ile was wounded June 24. 1864, and is in receipt of a pension from a grateful country. lle came to Chicago in 1865. and soon embarked in the business of publishing daily market re- ports, and is now of the firm of Cowles & Dunkley, in that line. Since 1876 he has been secretary of the Chicago Produce Exchange. May 20. 1868, Mr. Cowles was married to Miss Florence, a daugh- ter of T. W. Thompson, a merchant of Cortland, N. Y., by whom he has had two children-Frances Il. In 1871, and John T. in 1873. Mr. and Mrs. Cowles are members of the Presbyterian Church and have resided in Hlyde l'ark since their marriage. He is a Repub- Jican in politics

JOSEPHI A. DWOL was born May 6, 1835, In Fall River, Mass., son of Benjamin D. and Almira (Warren) Davol. Nearly a hundred years before his birth there settled io Rhode Island two French brothers of the name which, through some variations in spelling, has crystallized into Davol in the North and Duval in the South. Joseph A. is the grandson of Abner and great-grandson of l'ardon Davol, one of those brothers. On the mother's side he is descended in the ninth generation from Richard Warren, one of the original pilgrims of the "Mayflower," through Nathaniel, Rich-

ard, Samuel, James, Gamaliel, Joseph and Almira, At the age of cighteen J. A. Davol began to learn the trade of jeweler, at War- ren. R. I., and in 1856 came to Chicago and went into the jewelry business. The panic of 1857 and the subsequent depression were ant favorable to his trade, and in 1864 he became a member of the firm of Phillips & Davol, wholesale dealers in druggists' sundries. In 1866, selling out to his partner, Mr Davol became interested in a cotton plantation in South Carolina, and in 1869. returning to Chicago, purchased a membership in the Board of Trade. Since 1878 he has been chiefly interested in real estate, and more espe- cially as treasurer and secretary of the Blue Island Land & Building Company. In 1863 he married Annie, a daughter of William Morris, of Philadelphia, and a member of the historic family of that oame. To them have been born three children-Joseph B .. In 1864, George K , in 1869 and Elizabeth M., in 1874. They have resided in Ilyde l'ark since 1870.

JAMES SHEPHARD DICKINSON was born June 30, 1838, in Utica, N. Y., son of William P. and Sarah ( Watkins) Dickin- son. The father was an expert accountant and an ardent Whig ; he died in 1874. The Dickinsons are of early New England and Old England stock. The maternal grandmother was of Dutch or Knick- erbocker descent, Haviog graduated at the high school of Chicopee, Mass., young Dickinson first served a four years' apprenticeship to the drug business in Springfield, Mass, Ile then became a salesman for a drughouse in Worcester for three years, In 1862 he enlisted in the gtst Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, and was appointed hospital steward, and served until the fall of 1863. Ile then came West, and went into the drug business on his own account in Toledo, Ohio, where he remained three years. After two years in the same line at Cedar Rapids, Iowa, he caose to Chicago in 1860 to take the position of chiet clerk in the supply department of the Western Union Telegraph Company, of which he is now the sup- ply agent. In 1862 Mr. Dickinson married Estella, a daughter of J'rofessor Gilbert, of the Worcester Academy, at Worcester. Mass. They are the parents of two children-Edwin Ames, born in Wor- cester in August, 1864, and Estelle Blaoche, born in Cedar Rapids in 1868. The son is now chief clerk in the construction depart- ment of the Western L'nion Telegraph Company. Mr. Dickinson has resided in llyde Park since 1872, where he has taken a lively interest in educational and political matters, always voting the Re- publican ticket.

JOHN DUNN was born April 24, t840, in Barnstaple Ein- gland, and came to the United States in April, 1870. Ile was mimitted as attorney and solicitor in England, and practiced his profession in New York City about three years, In 1853 he came lo C'hicago to enter the service of the Illinois Central, In which he has since remained, now tilling the positon of assistant to the president of the corporation. Ile is also vice-consul of Great Britain, at Chicago, WIr. and Mrs. Dunn are attendants at St. Paul's Episcopal Church of Hyde l'ark, where they have resided since 18;h.

MARTIN HENRY FOSS was born in Thornton, N. H., April 2, 1832, and died at his residence in Hyde Park, near Ken. wol, February 4. 1881. Ile was the eldest son of Jacob HI. and Lavinia (Elliott) Foss, being of early New England origin on both sides. The ordinary district school opportunities of education in the winter months were supplemented in the case of M. 11, Foss by one term at Plymouth Academy. In 1853 he came West, pass- ing through Chicago, and spent a short time In Batavia, Ill., and two winters in the lumber-camp of Wisconsin. Returning to Thornton, he again came West, In 1863. and settled in Chicago, where his only brother, S. D., had already found permanent lodg- ment, and was instrumental in securing for him a Board of Trade inspectorship. In 1865 he formed a partnership with Dana Slade, under the style of Slade & Foss, produce merchants. In 1968 he sold out his interest to join his brother, under the style of S. D. Fors & Co .. which, upon the accession of two other partners, in 1878, became Foss, Strong & Co. Meanwhile the business had been changed from produce to grain commission, and the old and new firm alike commanded the confidence of the public, and always paid dollar for dollar, their annual sales having sometimes exceeded six million dollars. May 23, 1857, Mr. Foss married Elizabeth 11., a daughter of Milton and Eliza Elliott of Exeter. N. H., and a member of the Elliott family already mentioned. She died Novem- ber 25. 1560, leaving one child, Henry Augustus, pgeil eighteen months. December 21, 1871, Alr. Foss married Miss Agnes E ... a daughter of Robert and Mary (Acklandl Mel.can, of Chicago. To them were born Lizzie L., May 23, 1873, and Martin Howard, February 18. 1577. These, with their mother, and the oldest son of Mr. Foss, survive him. Mrs. Agnes E. Foss is of Scotch descent on both sides, but American for some generations, In July, 1883. llenry A. Foss was married in Meriam Rumbangh, a native of Ohio, of German descent. The late Mr. Foxs was a member of the Board of Trustees of Hyde Park al the time of his death, having filled that office since April 7. 1879, and was charac- terized as "eminently the financial member, with a remarkable

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ability to keep down expenses." By the Board of Trade and the C'all Board, of both of which he was a member, resolutions of regret, condolence and culugy, freighted with ample evidence of the respect in which he was held by his colleagues, were adopted and put on record. He was buried with religious honors, having been a member of the Congregational Church, and an obituary notice of the contemporary P'ress voiced the public opinion in these words : " Martin II. Foss was truly a 'model' citizen. a kind husband and lather, charitable without ostentation ; warm in his friendships ; as a business man thoroughly upright ; as a publle servant thoroughly honest."

HENRY JEWETT FERBER was born July 17. 1840, In Rochester, Strafford Co., N. II., son of Benjamin and thlive ( Hussey) Furber, both natives ol that State. Ile is of the ninth generation from William Furber, who settled near Portsmouth, in 1630. Prepared for college at the high school of Great Falls, he enteral Bowdoin College in 1857. Ile withdrew In 1960, to take charge of the public schools of Green Bay, Wis. While thus en. gaged he studied law, and on examination was admitted to the Har in Wisconsin, in 1862, before the chse of his second school year. In August he formed a law partnership with E. II. Ellis, of that chy, which lasted until his removal to Chicago, in July. 1865. Meanwhile he had been appointed special agent for Wisconsin of the Metropolitan Fire Insurance Company of New York, and in January, 1865. ils general agent for several Western States. In April of the same year he became general manager for the West, and made Chicago his headquarters in July; but being elected vice- president of the L'aiversal Life Insurance Company in October, he removed lo New York City, where he resided three and a half years. In May, 1879, he returned to Chleago, and became a member of the law firm of Iliggins, Furber & Cothran, taking up his residence at Hyde Park. Mr Furber was married January 7. [$62. to Aliss Elvira, a daughter of Cokmel Wexander Irwin one of the first settlers of Wisconsin, a member of Its territorial Legis- lature and a receiver of the land-offre in Green Bay at his death In 1847. Mlr. and Mrs. Furber have three sons-William Flbert, born March 17, 1863; Henry Jewett, Jr. born May 12. 1865: Frank Irwin, born September 15. 1868. The family are attendants at St. Paul's Episcopal Church of Hyde Park

ALEXANDER GEDDES was born May 3, 1843, In tilass, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The name Is not unknown in the history of Great Britain. In 1960 youttg tieddes came to Montreal, Canada, and soon became engaged in the grain and provision trade. From frequent commercial visits in Chicago, he concluded to make it his place of business, and removed thither in 1867. Through fire and panic he held the even tenor of his way, with a continued growth to the present time. In 1377 he married Frances R., a daughter of Dr. Sharp, of Cullen, Scotland. They have three children- Joha, born November 6, 1878; Rachel Margaret, born January 23. 1980; and Eleanor Mary, burn August 3. 1883. Mir. and Mrs. Lieddes are members of the Second I'resbyterian Church of Chicago, and have reshled in Hyde Park ever since Isso,

JOHN MORRIS GWINN was born in 1837 in Medina, Orleans Co., N. Y. Ilis parents were William R. and Ann (Elli- cott-Evans) tiwinn. The father was a miller, of Welsh ancestry; the mother was of English ancestry, but more recently of Maryland origin. In addition to his public-school education, young (iwinn re- ceived the advantage of an academic course at Bloomfield, N. J., and at the age of eighteen became a bank clerk. Since 1875 he has been occupied with railroad interests, now filling the position ol cashier of the Western passenger ageney of the New York, Lake Erie & Western Railroad, with which company he has been connected from 1876. In 1863 Mr. Gwinn married Mary, a daughter of Frastus B. Seymour, grain merchant, of Buffalo, N. Y. They are the parents of three children-William Kea, born April 15. 1565: Rus- sell Seymour. September 4. 1875; aml Marian Seymour, October 4. 1879. Mr and Mrs. tiwinn are members of St. Pauls Epis- cupal Church of Hyde Park, where they have resided since 1875.

VAN HOLLIS HIGGINS, lawyer and ex-Judge, was born February 20, 1821; in Genesec County, N. Y., being a son of David and Eunice (Sackett) Iliggins. The father was named for his uncle. the Kev. David Higgins, a well-known Presbyterian elergyman of western New York. The mother was a sister of the Hon. William A. Sackett, a member of Congress from the district embracing Seneca County, N. Y. In 1837 Van II. Iliggins first came to Chicagu, remaining until 1839, when he went to St. Louis. In 1843 he removed to Iroquis County, III .. and after studying law for some time was admitted to the Har February 23. 1844. In 1846 he went to Galena, where he formed a partnership with Judge Pratt, which lasted until 1548. In t849 he became a partner of Bolton F. Strother, under the style of Higgins & Strother. In 1852 they removed to Chicago, where by the accession of Cory- don Beckwith, January 1. 1855. the firm became Higgins, Beckwith & Strother, who dissolved partnership September t. 1856. In the fall of 1958 he was elected to the Legislature, and on his return home in the spring of 1859 was elected Judge of the Superior Court of Chicago, and held the office until June, 1865. On his

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History of Cook County, Illinois From the Earliest Period to the Present Time, Part 138

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