History of Cook County, Illinois From the Earliest Period to the Present Time, Part 139

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

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retirement from the Bench he formed the firm of Illggins & Swent, which was dissolved upon his election to the presidency of the lhb- cock Manafacturing Company, In 1872. Ile was appointed the Western financial agent of the Charter Oak Life Insurance Com. panv [anuary t. 1876, holding the position until July, 1883, and acting as the Western attorney for the company some months longer. In 197) he formed the firm of Higgins, Furber & Cothran, which January t. 1832, became Higgins & Furber. In 1566 Judge Iliggins went to reside in Hyde Park, Judge Illegins has been twice married-first, In 1847. 10 Elizabeth S., a daughter of Amos C'. Morse, originally of Massachusetts, but then a resident of Mor- gan County, Ill. She died September 7. 1882. A year later he married Lena M More,

CHARLES HITCHCOCK was born April 4, 1527. in Ilan- son, l'lymouth Co., Mass , and died at his home in Kenwood, Cook Co., III., Alny 6. 1951 ; he was descended from Luke Hitch- cock, who came over from England and settled in New Haven in 1644, the Intermediate members of the line being Luke, Jr., Eben- ezer, Rev. Gad, Gad, Jr., M. D., and Charles, Sr. The father died November 9, t>49, and the mother, by birth Abigail I .. Ilall, also of early New England origin, died May 2, tSSt. The public- schord education of young Ilitchcock having been supplemented by a partial course at Phillips' Academy, in Andover, he entered Dart- mouth College In 1847, and graduated in the class of IS5t. Having studied law one year under Daniel Blaisdell, treasurer of the col. lege, he went to Washington, D. C., to fill the position of professor in an academy, which he held one year. Hle used his leisure time to continue the study of law, under the guidance of the llan. Jeneph Bradley. In the fall of t853 he entered the senior class of the Dana Law School, of Harvard College. After further initia. Ilon in the practice of law under flatvey Jewell, of Boston, he was adınitted to the Bar in 1554. Coming to Chicago, he entered the office of Williams & Woodbridge, and was enrolled a member of the liar of fllinois October to, 1854. In 1856 he was of the law firm of Hitchcock & Goudwin for about a year, and later on of Gallup & Hitchcock, which terminated in 1962. Hitchcock & Du- ' pee, 1962 to 1866, by the accession of Mr. Kvarts, became Ilitch- cock, Dupce & Evarts, 1966 to 1872, and by his withdrawal became again Ihitchcock & Dnpee. In 1575 it was changed to flitchcock, Dupre & Judah, continuing until the death of the senior member. Mr. Hitchcock was president of the State Constitutional Conven- tion of 1870-"the best yet adopted of American State constitu- tions"-and besides his well-known services as presiding officer, was author of some of its more important new provisions, Ile was elected one of the County Commissioners after the fire, and was largely instrumental in securing the remission by the State of the city's debt, and the appropriation of the amount to build its bridges. July 10, 196o, Mr. Hitchcock married Miss Annie Mc- Clure, of Chicago, a daughter of James and Julla (Rodgers! Mc- L'lure, the mother being a native of Staten Island, and both parents of Scotch-Irish descent, L'oming West in 1836, they were among the early settlers of Lake County, III., where Mr. Hitchcock was buen. At the meeting of the Bar, fehl in memory of Mr. Hitchcock soon after his decease, one member did not hesitate to characterize him as "first among his peers; " another said: "Ilis great reputation never exceeded his merits,"and a third added: "I learned to esteem him for his high culture, his eminent legal talent and his sterling integrity." The general estimate of the Rar ranked him as an ac- curate and able lawyer in commercial and corporation cases, if in- deed he had an equal in argument before the court, while his per- sonal worth was recognized by a still wider circle.

MILO GIFFORD KELLOGG was born in 1849, in Rodman, Jefferson Co., N. Y., son af James G. and Sarah (Gifford! Kellogg, both of English ancestry. The father was a member of the New York Legislature about 1865. Milo G. Kellogg graduated at the University of Rochester in 1870, when he came to Chicago and en- tered the employ of Gray & Barton, manufacturers of telegraph instruments, with whom and their successors, the Western Electric Company, he has since remained, now filling the position of super- intendent of the manufacturing department; he is also a director and stockholder. For the last few years-since about 1879-he has been largely interested in telephone developments, being a di- rector and stockhulder in the C'entral U'nion Telephone Company. with headquarters in Chicago; also in the Cumberland Telephone & Telegraph Company, with headquarters in Nashville, Tenn .. and in the Great Southern Telephone & Telegraph Company, with headquarters in New Orleans, In 1873 Mr. Kellogg married Mary Frances, a daughter of Calvin DeWolf, a well-known bu- yer, Justice of the Peace, and early seltler of Chicago, They are the parents of three children-Annie P., born in 1874: Le Roy DeWolf, born in 1877, and James Gifford, born in t851. Mr and Mrs. Kellogg are attendants at the First Presbyterian Church, of Hyde Park, where they have resided since 1876.

JONATHAN ASA KENNICOTT was born February 20, 1924. in Albion, N. Y., of Jonathan and Jane (Me Millin) Kronicon, The mother was born in Kenwood, near Edinburgh, scotland, which gave occasion to the naming of Kenwood, now in Hyde Park, by

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Mr. Kennicott, when he built his home there in 1856. The family is descended from Robert Kennicott, D. D. of London, a celebrated Lireek scholar, and from Benjamin Kennicott, 11, 1)., (1718-1783). the eminent English Hebraist. In 1832 young Kennicott came to Chicago, and in iSan began to study medicine under his eldest brother, John A. In 1843 he obtained the degree of M. D., of Kush Medical College, Chicago, but instead of practicing his pro- fession, he became the partner of another brother, William 11., in dentistry, and so remained for three years. In 1945 he removed to Milwaukee, where he continued to practice dentistry, uniting thereto the art of engraving, which he had learned without a master In 1850 he commenced the manufacture of dental instrit- ments, and at the Ohio State Fair, in test, obtained the first pre- mium from his exhibit of a complete set of dental instruments, which he sold for $350. Upun his recovery from severe illness in 1852, he left Milwaukee, and after an interval ol rest and recrea- tion settled permanently in Chicago in 1853. In that year he received from the Ohio Dental College the degree of D. It. S., " for valuable contributions to dental science." Among these were the application of the principle of atmospheric pressure to retain artificial teeth in the mouth, and the process of capping the exposed nerves of teeth instead of the barbarous method of killing them, before in use, In 1854, he married Miss Marie Antoinette, a daughter of the late Allen Fiske, and sister of Robert A., and William A. Fiske, both elergymen of the Episcopal Church. Mrs. Kennicott has been almost a life-long and an eminently success- ful educator, her latest enterprise being the Kenwood Female Seminary. Mr Kennicott is distinguished not alone for his scientific attainments in the line of his profession, but in almost every branch of modern research, and especially for his success in the cultivation of flowers anil fruits. Mr. and Mrs. Kennicott have three children, all daughters, the eldest, Mlaud, being the wife of 1)r. T. J. Keid, of Toncha Springs, Col. She is the mother of one son, William Kennicott, bora at Kenwood, the home of his grandparents. April 26, 1883. Dr. Keil is the grand- son of Colonel John Keid, who was a commander of Virginia troops in the war of the Revolution, and his maternal grand- mother, Mary Campbell, was the niece and want of l'atrick Henry.

EUGENE CONANT LONG was born October 31, 1937, in Brandon, Kutland Co., Vt. . Ilis father, the Hon. James Long, came West in the same year with his brother-in-law, Judge Samuel Hoard, together with their families. A short time before Messrs, Long and lloard had edited a newspaper at Fort Covington, N. Y., but hearing of the wonderful fertility of the soil in Illinois, concluled to try farming, and after a fair trial, gave it up to those of more experience. They moved into Chicago about the year 1834), where young Long, the subject of the biography, received his education, hrst at the public schools and later in Beardsley's Academy. In 1853 he entered the Marine Bank, remaining until February, 1874, first as a clerk and subsequently an officer of that institution. In March, 1874, he went into Intsiness with his brother, John C. Long, under the style of Eugene C. Long & Bro., money brokers. In 1879 he entered the office of his father-in-law, Judge Van H. Higgins, He was married to Miss Hattie E. Ilig- gins in October, 1858, by whom he has had tive children, two living. agrend respectively nine and thirteen years, Mr. and Mrs. Long are members of St. Paul's Episcopal Church of Ilyde l'ark, where they have resided since tiog. Mr. Long's paternal ancestors were Marylanders, and through his mother's father, John Conant, of Brandon, V't., and her grandfather, Chauncey Conant a soldier of the Revolution, he traces ales.ent from Koger Conant, (born in England in 1003, settled in Plymouth Colony in 1623, diedl in 16791. the first Governor of an early settlement on Cape Ann. founder of Salem, Maw., in 1626, and afterward a " justice of the uarterly court."

JOIIN J. MCCLELLAN was born September 5. 1933, in Livingston, Columbia Co., N. V., son of Dr. Samuel K. ami Catharine (Liarner) MeClellan. The father is of Scotch, and the mother of mixed German and Dutch origin, Grandfather tiarner settled in Columbia Connty toward the close of the last century. In 1845 Dr. Mlet'lellan removed to Wisconsin, settling near Kenosha, lle was a member of the first constitutional convention of that State, and afterward of its Senate. The early education of young Mel'lellan in the district school was supplemented by a two-years course at a higher school in Kenosha; and in 1853 he began the study of law in the office of E. W. Evans, then of Kenosha, and late of the Chicago Bar. In t855 Mr. McClellan entered the law department of Albany University, graduating in 1856. Returning to Wisconsin, he was admitted to the llar, and commenced practice in Oconto. In 1857 he was elected District Attorney, and successively re-elected until January, 1862, when he was appointed Assistant Attorney-tieneral of the State. Kesign- ing in March, 1863, he resumed practice at Racine, but in May, 1864 was appointed by the President to the office of Assistant Quartermaster of Volunteers, with the rank of Captain, and placed

in charge of Johnson's Island, in Sandusky Bay, and afterward at Tallahassee, Fla. 'Quitting the service in 1366, he settled in Chi- cago and resumed the practice of his profession, with a growing preference for commercial law. Associated from time to time with different partners, in 1983 he organized the present firm of Mlc. Clellan & Cummins, the junior member being his son-in-law. In 16ft Mr. McClellan married Julia G. Wheldon, of Racine, Wis. They are members of the Presbyterian Church, and have resided in Kenwood since the spring of 188t. They are the parents of two children-llelen 11., married January 17, 1830, to Itenjamin F. Cummins, now the law partner of her father; and of Edward W., born in Chicago in November, 1967. Mr. MeClellan is a Kepub- lican in politics.

11. S. & F. S. OSBORNE are law partners and brothers, being the sons of Milo and l'herbe A. (Sayre) {}borne. Their grand. father. David Oshorne, married a Miss Curtis, whose mother was a Standish, and a lineal descendant of the historie Miles. Three brothers Osborne came out from England in 1629, and the C'ur. tises also were of early New England origin. Mrs. Osborne be- longed on the father's side to an old historic family of New Jersey. and on the mother's side to one no less distinguished in the recordis of the same State. Her grandfather, Aaron Kitchel, won national renown as a sohlier of the Revolution, and the hatred of tories as commissioner of forfeited estates. After the organization of the Government he was a member of Congress for eight terms, and in 1807 was chosen Senator. Henry Sayre Oshorne was born November 24, 1840, and Frank Sayre Osborne July 24, 1844. in New York City, where the father was engaged in the business of a steel engraver. In 1852 he came West, and settled in Kock County. Wis. Both sons successively graduated at Beloit College, the elder in the class of 1802, and the younger in that of 1866, On leaving college 11. S. enlisted in the 8th Illinois Cavalry, and was not mustered out until February. 1866, when he settled in Chicago, studied law, and was admitted to the Har in t86g. Meanwhile F. S. had spent three years as a teacher in Long Island, and had studied law during his leisure hours. In 1870 he devoted his time more exclusively to the study of law, was admitted to the Bar, and returned to the West to go into partnership with his brother in Chicago. October 20, 1874, he married I.nuise N., a daughter nf Judge J. Lawrence Smith, of Smithtown, 1 .. 1., and they are the parents of four children -- Sarah N., born in 1875; Cornelia S., in 1877; lawrence W., in 1979: and llarold S .. in 1881. Mr. and Mrs. Osborne are members of the Episcopal Church. 11. S. Os- borne is a bachelor and a Presbyterian. Hoth brothers are Repub- licans in politics and have resided together in Hyde Park since 1873.

THOMAS GOULD OTIS was born in 1831 in Montville, New London Co., Conn., being the second of seven children of Asahel and Mary Ann (Allent Otis. In carly manhood the father was a clergyman of the M. E. Church, but afterward went into mercantile pursuits, and came to Chicago in 1845. For over ten years he was engaged in the dairy business, keeping about one hundred cows, and with another dealer in that line supplied nearly all the milk then sold in Chicago. Ile died in April, 1571, leaving one som, three daughters, and their mother, who stal survives at the age of eighty-two. Mr. Ous worked with his father until about 1$57, when he and his elder brother succeeded to the busi- ness, under the style of 11. & T. Otis. Since 1564 he has been mainly occupied as a capitalist, building and caring for his prop- erty interests. In tabs he married Carrie Arnolil, of North King. ston, K. 1., who died June 26, 1880, leaving five children-George A .. born May 25, 1866; W. Irving. February 22, 1871: Jennie E .. November 24, 1872; Thomas K., November t, 1874. and Mary Margaret, September 26, 1876, July 15, 1862, Mr. Otis married Ella, a daughter of Isaac Freeborn, also of North Kingston, R. I. Mr. Otis is a Methodist, and in politics a Republican.

W.AL.TER PROBY was born in 1846 near Perth, Canada, the only son of James and Jane (Stewart) l'roby. The family removed to Itoston, Mass,, in 1545. At about the age of eighteen young l'roby engaged in mercantile pursuits, entering a dry goods house of that city as clerk. In i87t he began business on his own account in the same line as the senior member of I'roby & Vinal, who dissolved partnership in 1877, the business being continued by Mr. I'roby alone. In 1878 he cune to Chicago and established the l'arisian Suit Company in the l'almer Ilouse block, corner of Mon- rue and State, where he still remains, Since 1882 J. W. Tuttle, for many years in the dry goods line in Boston, has been a partner in the Parisian Suit Company. In February, 1867, Mr. Proby mar. riedl Amelia, a daughter of William Robinson, mill-owner, of last- ings County, Ontario, Canada. They are the parents of three boys and three girls, the former being born as follows. James William. in Boston, November 18, 1947: Walter Stewart, in Chicago. in February, 1979, and Arthur in Ilyde l'ark. in July, 188t, Mr. and Mrs. I'roby are attendants of St. Paul's Episcopal Church of Hyde Park. They have resided at Kenwood since 1852.

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PENNOVER LEVI SHERMAN was born in tS3t in Pom- pey. now Lafayette, Onondago Co., N. Y., son of Bezaleel art Olive ( Johnson) Sherman. His grandfather, Jannes Sherman, an off shoot of the historic Sherman family, and near relative of Roger Sherman of Revolutionary fame, removed with his wife and chil. dren fron Stamfont, Conn., to Pompey, N. V. Having receivel a preparatory education in the academies of Homer and Pompes Hill, 1. 1., Sherman entered Hamilton College in 1947, and graduated in the class of 1551. Ile then studied law under Danie; Gott, of Pompey, and in 1953 came to Chicago, where he entered the law office uf Collins & Williams, He was admitted to the Bar of Illinois, Actuber 27, 1854 and has ever since practiced his pro. fewsiun in Chicago. In 3757 he married Louise A., daughter of Iton. John K. Dickin-on, of Binghamton, N. Y., and a niece it Hun. Daniel S. fuckinsun. I'mited Mates Senator from New York nian was horn in isgg in Chicago, and his parents removed tu Ken. would a few months later in the same year. . Receiving his early eluration in the district and high « hounds of Hyde Park, he entered Hamilton Loltege, graduating in the class of isit. He has since titled the position of reporter on the Chicago Tribune, was editor of the month Chicago Lily Pond from June to November, thaj. and is nuw managing editor of the Hyde Park Herahl. Luru lunch Sherman was born in 1963 in Kenwood. Receiving his early education in the Hyde Park schools, he toutk a partial course at the University of Chicago, and in isz became a member of the local staff of the thiago Times. In February, 1513, he maile a Inp Through Mexico as traveling correspondent for Eastern jour. mal -: and in January, 1884. breame assistant ethtor of the Chicago Eye. The rcher children of Mr. and Mrs. P. L .. Sherman are I'. 1 .. , Jr., born in 1867; Samuel, in tsf, and Roger in ISy1.

ALBERT GOODWILL. SEM. DING was born septemter 2. tag, in Byron, Cigle Co., Ill., of James 1. and Harriet I. Hindwill) Spalding The father died in 1550, and the mother with her children removed to Kuchford in 1sb3. Four years later, A. G. Spalding left school and went to clerk for a grocery store in Kuckford, but soon came to Chicago, going into the store of Mecker & Harker, until the spring of 1364, when he returned to Rockford, and went into the counting room of the Rockford Register as bank-keeper. Iliving taken an active interest in the then new game of base halt since 1566, und been a successful player of the Forest City Club, he was invited to join the Boston ('lub in 15;1, with whom he remained until ti;f. In the winter of 18;3- 1554 he vinted Europe tu make arrangements for the contemplated tour of that continent by his chil and their competitors, the Athletics, of Philadelphia ; aml in 11;4 acronymnied both on that famous base ball tournament. He returned to Chicago in 1876 to take charge of the Chicagu C'lub as captain and manager, of which organization he is now the president. In 1876 he formed with his brother, James Walter. the firm of A. G. Spakling & Bro., dealers in base-ball supplies of late years their business has taken a much wider range, being the general headquarters in the West for all lines of Mpwirting gonul -. hunting and fishing equipments, and the like. In 1995, Mr. Spalding was married to Miss Josephine Keith, of Campelo, Mas., boy when he has had one child, Keith Spalding, born in 1877. With lus wife, who is a member, he is a Ireipuent attendant at the services of the P'resty terian Church, Hle has just huilt himself a home in Kenwood, on Woodlawn Avenue, neur Fiftieth Street.

GEORGE STEWART was born in 1824, in t'uunty Armagh, freland, and came to the United States in 1843. Remaining in New York two years as a clerk in an importing dry goods house, lie removed to Baltimure in tsgo, where he engaged in mercantile business on his own account. fn 1555 he removed to Columbus, Ohio, and went Into the business of pork-packing for a season. November 1. 1856, he came to Chicago, and for about four years was engaged in pork-packing. and for the last twenty-three years has been in the provision trade as broker. In tsb3 Mr. Stewart married Sarah J. Fleming, a native of Alabama, resident in Chi- cago, who died in isso, leaving three children-Bessie S., born in tabu ; Jennie S., in 1965 ; and Harvey F., in 1973. Mr. Stewart is a member of the First I'reshyterian Church of Ilyde Park, where he has resisted since 1878. He is a Republican In politics.

JOHN PARKER TAYLER, of Kenwood, Hyde Park, Cook C'u., was born in the city of Cork, Ireland, in 1835, the nhilest son of the late John Tayler, paymaster of 11. B. M. Ship " Wolverine." The earliest date which Mr. Tayler has knowledge of as to his an- cestry is the year thos, in which year his great-great-great-grand- father, Michael Parker, came to Dublin from Bevonshire, En- gland, and married there llis only son, Harding Parker, was fligh Sheriff of Cork in 1725, and Mayur in 1740. and from that year down to the present time the family have held important .Niices and uecupatiens in the city and county Mr. Tayler was engaged in the corn trade in Cork previous to his coming In Chi- cago in 1864. In the fall of this year he formed a partnership in

Chicago with the well- known firm of Henry Mihrant & Co, prin Vispent dealers and packers, under the style odf Tavler. 1 (, in 1 in isbu withdrew from the hrm tu take un muleres; candle manufacturing firm of F. Schneider & Co., then ergani eg it v inage, continuing his interest and building up a large trade [. t las hirm, unetly with the wholesale grovers, unul Jul liTr Mr Liske believing that there was an opportunity to star un 17jel mo make the experiment and taking with him the on int . Für den on Line of the wholesale grocers, officially injured in Y avoir flat, wiel having a.on the recommendation 14 all the & hi- Hogy lune presents, packers and manufacturers, he prixcrede d'un 11: ... After remaining fue a few months with luv fam y. I won 12that More money was to be made in Chicago. he. Pro this native uits of Cork, he spent a year there al 11:02. 17, return to hago and purchased sock in Nicky Ticking Vompans, then orgamning becoming ils Imaster up , which they In hokls at the present sime. Ile Lerch> ilkDOFTER the Interests of bis brewing business, which ranks Erc IL Estert in the city, and is yearly increasing. 3Ir. Tay- ka ili notin heawiunl since 1992

1141111M AUSTIN IIIKALL. was born in 1235 in sharon, Schoharic Co., N. Y., son of William and Eleanor (Iluddle- stime) 'Thrall. Receiving his education in the common schools and academies of the country, Mr T'hr.all came to Chicago in 1554 and entered the service of the Galena & Chicagu U'nion Kaihund, of which corporation he obtained, in 1856, the position of general ticket agent. In 1855 he left them to fill the place of assistant general passenger agent on the Illinois C'entral, where he remained until January 1. 1873. He then received the appointment of gen- cral ticket agent for the Chicago & North. Western, which posnica he still ludik. Mr. Thrall was married in 1859 to Miss Almira Boyce, uf Belvidere, by whom he has had two children-Samuel E., in tabo, and William A., Jr., in t$$2. The family are attendants at St. Paul's Episcopal Church of Hyde Park, where they have 1e. sideil since 1976. Air. Thrall has been a member of Oriental Lodge . since 1548, is a member of Lafayette Chapter, Apollo Conman- dery and of I riental L'onsistory.

HORATIO LOUMIS WAIT was born August 8, 1536, in New York City, of Joseph and Harriet . Heileman ( Whitney) Wait. The father was a merchant of New York and died some years since in Jersey City, He was a son of Marmaluke, a soldier of tôt ?. and grandson of Joseph, a Colonel in the Revolutionary War. The mother, a native of Boston, still survives. Receiving his earlier education at Trinity School, young Wait prosecuteit bis more ad. vanced studies in the grammar school of Columbia College lor ser- eral years, In 1858 he came to Chicago, and entered the office of J. Y. Scammon, which he left on the breaking out of the Rebell- ion to enter the navy as a paymaster. He served in the blockading squadron, under Admiral Dupont, in 1862; in the gulf squadron, under Admiral Farragut, in 1963, and on the flag-ship of Admiral Dahlgren in ast and 1565, and participated in the siege of Charleston. After the clone of the war he made a cruise with the European squadron. Quitting the service in 1869, he returned to Chicago, resuming his law studies in the office of Joseph N. Barker. Ahnitted tu the Bar in 1370, he became a member of the firm of Harker & Wait, which partnership, on his appointment in tsph as m.INIET in chancery of the Circuit Court, was dissolved, since which lame he has given his attention almost exclusively tu chanocry prac- lire, In his official relations he has given general satisfaction to bench, Bar and suitors, being a well-read lawyer of judicial im par. tiality and unimpeachable integrity, In 1500 Mr. Wait was mar- ried to Clara Conant Long, a daughter of James Long, of Chicago, They have two sons -- James Joseph, born in 1801, and Henry Ileileman, hurn In 1467, Mr. Wait is a vestryman of the st. Paul's Episcopal Church of Ilyde l'ark, where he has resided since 15;1.

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History of Cook County, Illinois From the Earliest Period to the Present Time, Part 139

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