History of Cook County, Illinois From the Earliest Period to the Present Time, Part 143

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

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GEORGE N. PIE1.I'S, grain inspector. is a native of Halion. Berkshire Co., Mass. After leaving school he learneil the trade of practical finner, and followed that preupation some years. In November, 1872, he came to Chicago and in June following moved to the town of Lake. Ile was foremun nf the tin department, at the shops of the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad for nine years, after which he was appointed grain inspector, and located for ility nt these shops. Mr. Phelps has maile his home at Hyde Park since November, 1379. Ile is a member of Koval Arcanum, Inter-Ocean Council, No. 6og, and was elected Regent of that council in December, 1882.

WILLIAM L .. PIERCE was born in t543 in Albany. N. V., the oldest son of William B. and Elizabeth F. (Peck) Pierce. The father, now a retired lawyer, came West in 1850 amt settled in Cin- cinnati, whence he removed to Chicago in 1857. The grandfather. Rev. Dr. Julin Fierce, a \'nitarian clergyman of Budon, was for some years the State Historian of Massachusetts and secretary of Harvard College. The mother, a member of an old Albany family, was a daughter of Captain Henry Peck, of the firm af leck & Newinn ( 1snae), celebrated ship-owners of the first half of this century, and the first to run a regular line of steamers on the Hud-

Lucy, the sister of Benjamin Frank n In the branstad in the 1341h 1Finois Volunteer Infantry, surving absent tien years and un his return resumed his studies in the Chicago U'niversity, grabiat. ing in the class uf 1864. He was honored with the presidency of the alumni association of his alma mater, in 1-90 and 1351, After gmailuating he purchased a half-interest in the mercantile ageney of Tappan, Mckillop & Co., in Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Washing- ton and Baltimore, taking up his residence in the first named city In 1870 he sull ont bis interest in the four branches, and returnel

to Chicago going into the real estate business, in which he has since rentunid. Ile was elected vice-president of the Chicago Real Estate Association for 1554. hubie years ago Mr. Pierre joined the Massitis Ouler, Init the social organizations, in which be takes must interest ite th ise that are devoted to aquatic and field sports. . la ische id The futureof the C'edar Istanil fislung and hunting: ' ih In i .:- I married Carrie 14, a daughter of C. 11. P. Lynn | New York Uns, and Formerly a well-known resident W les hate three children-L'izabeth I.yman. born in 1999. 30 fram Make anl f urence Dennis, swiss, born in 18$2. They have resided in Hyde l'ark since t882,

JOSEFII PULLMAN, assistant engineer Ilyde l'ark water works, was born in Yorkshire, England, in t822. Hle learned the trade of machinist as a hoy, and followed it there until stigh. when he came to the United States, In 1857 he located In Chicago a short time, then moved to Aurora, where he entered the employ of the C .. B. & Q. R. k., with whom he remained twenty-four years the last years being foreman of his department. In 1852 he took a positum as engineer in the water works of the town of Lake. Cook County, where he remained until he received liis present ap- pointment.

SAMUEL. PULL.MAN, general foremnn of the car-building department of the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad Com. pany, was born in England in 1830, where he learned the trade of winal-worker and was employed in car-building shops. Ju Murch, 1856, he came to New York L'ity, subsequently going to Brantford, Ontario, where for three and a half years he had charge of the shops of the It, & I .. 11. k. R. From there he moved to Aurora, III , and entered the employ of the C., B, & Q, R. R. ns foreman in the car-building shops, where he remained about eight years, While residing there hte was elected a member of the Aurora Boanl of Allermen in 1867. Hle resigned his position with the C'., D. & 1). R. R. to accept that of foreman of the shops of the fireas Fast ern Railroad Company, and left their empluy tu accept his present . position September. 196), Mr. Pullman has been a resident of Hyde Park for the past fourteen years. In April. 18;6, he vai elected a member of the Board of Education of Ilistritt No. 2. touns of Ilyde Park and Lake, and re-elected in 1879, serving in all six years, and as a compliment for his services the l'ullman was named after him. Ile wax, in April, 188t, elected a member of the Board of Trustees of Hvile Park, and served two years, and during his membership the present water works were constructed, of which enterprise he was an active supporter. Ile is a charter member of the Mystic Star Lodge. A. F. & A. M.

1 .. F. RICE, dealer in drugs, jewelry, chemicals, etc., was born in Oswego, N. V., in 1849, and when very young moved lo Minnesota with his people. After leaving school he began at about the age of fourteen to study and learn the drug busines at Mantunville, Mina., and followed it some seven years. Then he went to Kasson and was engaged in the grain business there and in Chicago, buying milling grain in all parts of the Northwest and shipping to Chicago and mills east of there: was also on the linard of Trade in Chiengo. In 1876 he went to Fairmont, Neb., and opened a ilrug and jewelry establishment. A year Inter he removed to l'eabody, Kan,, and in December, 1878, came to Cook County, locating in Hyde Park and opened there a small drug store. Ile has built up a large and extensive business, and has now two estab. lishments, ilrugs, jewelry and stationery. Mr. Rice is a member of the \. F & A. M., Mystic Star Lodge, Chicago Chapter, R. A. M., amil t'hevalier Bayard Commandlery of K. T.

WILLIAM HENRY RICHARDSON was bom June ta. isto, in Wyoming County, N. V., son of Charles and .Ann (Mttal- lont Richardson. Ile is of the Massachusetts family of that name, his father having been born in l.owell, Mass. Ile settled in Buf- falo about 1810, and afterward removed to Wyoming County, where he died in 1867. Having received a preparatory education at Andover, young Richardson entered Harvard, where he gradu- ated in the class of ISOI. Ile enlisted in the 44th New Vork Volunteer Infantry, but was refused the privilege of fighting fur the I'nion because uf cufeebled health. He came to Chicago the same year and entered the law office of Knox, Eustace & Reed. and was admitted to the Bar in 1863. He still remained with the hirm, and when Mr. Reed was elected State's Atturner in 1864 he became his assistant, and served in that capacity for several years. Hle was elected Alderman of the First Ward in 1873, and held the shee fost suifs, He was married in 1972 to Miss Iluttie 11. Birninl, and on his retirement from the Common Council they took up their residence in Hyde Park. They are the parents of une chili, Hattie \., born February 20, 1877, and are members il the Episcopal Church. Mr. Richardson is a Republican.

GEORGE. RINGE was born in Germany in 1944, and ifaring his youth assisted his father, who was a gardener In isto, he cante to l'horage, and for several years was employed in the I'n' Fuundry. Mr. Kinge embarked in business in (obj as a leal wines mul leurs. In 1872 he purchased property in Ilv B

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and added to his purchase in 1860, Some two years later he built a large building on the land, fitted it up handsomely, and moved his business to this place. He has a large garden attached to his business establishment, and is the proprietor of Broadway Hall. Mr. Ringe while residing in the city was widely knowo in the Third Ward, and took an active Interest in politics. Ile is a mem- ber of A. F. & A. M., Waldick Lodge, No. 764, Wiley M. Egan Chapter, R. A. M., and the Oriental Consistory; and is also connected with the A. O. U. W. and the A. O. F.

COLIN ROBINSON was born in 1822 in Argyleshire, Scot- land, and immigrated to Dryden, Tompkins Co., N. Y., in 1837, where he remained twenty-five years, engaged mainly, after arriv. ing at man's estate, in buying grain as well as transporting it, on his own and others' account, to the New York market by canal and river. In 1862 he came West, and in 1863 settled in Bloomington, as a member of the firm of Krum & Robinson, dealers in coal, luni- ber and grain. In 1874 he sold out to his partner, and came to Ilyde Park, where he bought improved real estate, and where he has since resided, occupying himself mainly with the care of his property. In 1865 Mr. Robinson was married to Aun F. Eggles- ton, of Wyoming County, N. Y., by whom he has had two living children-William C., March 27. 1863, and Argyle E., May 15. 1872. Mr. and Mrs. Robinson are members of the First Presby. terian Church of Hyde Park, of which Mr. Robinson is the treas- urer and one of the trustees, Ile is a Republican in politics, and an advocate of " high license."

ROBINSON & MINOR, contractors on Ilyde l'ark tunnel. This partnership was formed in May. ISSO, and they have since been engaged in general contracting in Chicago and vicinity. Anderson Minor, of the above firm, was born in Cleveland, Ohio, January 31. 1840. Ile was partially educated in his native city. his finishing studies being taken at Iliram College, Ohio, under the tuition of the late l'resident Garfield. At the age of sixteen he began the mason's trade, and afterward moved to Toledo, Ohio. where he engaged in contracting and buildlug. During his resi- dence in this city of some thirteen years, he put up all the most prominent buildings in the city. In 187t he removed to Chicago, where he organized the firm of Minor & Trimble, this firm existing about two years, and bulking during that tiene the Hlamlin & Ilale building and many others. In 1973 he entered into partner- ship with I'. J. Sexton. The firm of Sexton & Minor existed about two years, engaged in general builling: it was then dissolved. Mr. Minor afterward acted as superintendent for l'. J. Sexton. receiving a salary and interest in the business. In this position he had entire charge of the crection of the Cook County Hospital and the Cook County Court-Hlouse. Mr. Minor is a member of the I. O. (). F., of Toledo, Lailge and Encampment, and also a member of the Master Masons and Builders' Association of Chi- cago.

EBENEZER TOWNER ROOT was born in Sheffield, Mass , August 5. 1SB2, being the second of the three sons anıl eight children of Frederick Ferdinand and Sarah (Flint) Kont, Ile is descended in the seventh generation from John Kont of Farming- too, born in England in toos, one of the first and most prominent settlers of Farmington, Conn., in 1640. The intermediate names in the direct line from him to E. T. Root are-Thomas Roote, of Farmington, Conn., and afterward of Westfield, Mass .; Ensign Joseph Root, of Westfield; Colocel Azariah, of Westtielil, and after- ward of l'oontoosick, now Sheffield, Mass. : Major Azariah, of Shef- field; Frederick Ferdinand, of Sheffield until 1826, and of North Read- ing. Mass., until his death in 1866. E. T. Root left home in 1936, and spent three years in Buenos Ayres. Returning home In 1839 he joined his older brother, the well-known American composer. George Fred. Root, in Boston, and devoted himself to the study of music. From 1846 to 1849 he taught music in New York City. and from 1549 to 1851 In Alabama, whither he moved for the ben- chit of his health Returning to New York he took the position of salesman in the music store of Hall & Sons. Leaving that firm in tR58 he came to Chicago and established the firm of Root & Cady, in the same line. In 1862 the firm which had from the first taken a lemling position in its line in Chicago, was re-enforced hy the accession of George F. Root, and was soon recognized as one of the chief music houses in the country The great hre of 1871 swept away their place of business, with stock and plates, and their ambition to pay dollar for dollar took most of what remaincil, leaving the consciousness and reputation of integrity as the basis of new enterprise. Mr. E. T. Root formed the firm of Koot & Lewis, music dealers, in 1873, and January t, 1875, the Root & Sons Music Company was established, embracing Root & Lewis, George F. Root & Sons, and Chandler & Curtiss. In 1880, Mr. E. T. Root dissolved his connection with the company, and with his sons, Frank K. and Walter R., aged respectively, twenty-eight and twenty-four years, formed the new firm of Koot & Sons, general music dealers. April 30, 1855, Mr. Root married Almira R. Kimball, of Jersey City, N. J., and they are the parents uf

three sons and three daughters. The family are members of the Swedenborgian, or New Jerusalem, Church, and have resided in llyde l'ark since July. 1867.

MARTIN JAMES RUSSELL, was born December 20, 1845. in Chicago, of Martin and Jane (Mulligan) Russell. Ilaving re- ceived his education in the common schools, supplemented by a short period of study at the I'niversity of the lake, he enlisted in the regiment of his uncle, Colonel Mulligan, the 23d Illinois Vol- unteers, In 1961, and was soon made a Lieutenant of his company. and Adjutant of the regiment. He afterward acted as Assistant Adjutant-General ol his uncle's division, and was mustered out in September, 1864. Ile went into journalism in 1870, as city editor of the Evening Post, and in 1873 became one of the editorial writers on the Times, continuing in that relation until August. 1883, when he look charge of the Chicago Herald, . In February. 1873. Mr. Kusseli was married to Miss Cella Walsh, and weot to reside in Ilydle l'ark. In 1876, and for four successive years, he was elected Clerk of the village: and in 1880 he was appointed a South Park Commissioner. Mr. and Mrs. Russell are the parents of five children-James t'layton, born December 28, 1873; Martin C'ecil, March 30, 1878; Lewis, September, 1880; Kitty, in 1876; and Jane, in 1882.

HENRY SCHUENEMANN. of Schuenemaon & Ilelmkamp. grocers, was born in Germany July 15, 1858, and immigrated to Illinois in 1874, locating at Elmhurst, In Page County, where he followed agricultural pursuits, and was also for a while employed in mercantile business. In 1578 he came to Chicago and was em- ployed in the grocery business, and in the spring of 1992 opened a grocery establishment in Hyde Park In company with Il. Ilan- nauer, who did not, however, remain in the business long, and in the fall of 1882 Mr. Schuenemann became associated with his present partner, John Ilelmkamp. Both are active young men, and are buikling up a good trade; they have a nice store and carry a good stock. Mr. Schuenemann was married May 1, 1883, to Lizzie, daughter of Anton Ilannauer, who came to Chicago some thirty-five years ago.

COLIN SHANKS was born at Aberdeen, Scotland, January 13. 1$39, and received his education at the Robert Gordon Ilos- pital Ile came to America in 1854, and was employed with Gen- eral l'rice, contractor on the M. 1'. R. R., and located at Jefferson City, Mo., for sixteen months, after which, at St. Louis, Mo., he served an apprenticeship of four years to the trade of locomotive machinist in the shops of that company. Subsequently he entered the employ of the O. & M. K. K., and remained with that road some five years, first as machinist, then as gang foreman. After this he was foreman in the shops of the Iron Mountain Kailroad. at Carondelet, Mo., for several years. Mr. Shanks has filled many prominent positions with various railroad companies. For two and a half years with the Illinois & St. Louis Railroad he had charge of the machinery department in their shops at East St. Louis; then with the K. P. R. R. Co., in the locomotive depart- ment, three months, after which he went to llolden, Mo., and took charge of the machinery department in the shops of M. P. R. K. for three years, when he was removed to Sedalia, Mo., where he held the position of general foreman in the shops of the same com. pany for eighteen months In 1974 he became connected with the Wabash, St. Louis & l'acitic Railroad, at Decatur, Ill. For five years he filled the position of general foreman in the company's shops, and for two years was assistant master mechanic of the St. Louis & Chicago Division. Mr. Shanks came to Chicago in Octo- ber, 1881, and had charge of the Chicago Division of the W., St. 1- & P. R. K. up to February 1, 1882, when he was appointed to his present position, that of general foreman of the company's shops in the town of Lake. He is a thorough mechanic, and has had a long experience in the building and repairing of locontotives, cars, etc. Hle has been a resident of Ilyde Park for over a year.

OWEN SHERIDAN, first sergeant Kensington police force. was born In Ireland December 17. 1849. Ile came alone to America In 1868, and has resided in Hyde Park ever since. lle first worked for E. G. Asay, attorney, and was night watchman for a year, until he became a member of the police force in 1872, being promoted first sergeant in 1883. lle is a member of the Ancient Order of Ilibernians. In April, 1875, he married Miss Mary Jane C'arrigg, of New York State, They have four children-James, Bessie, Mamie and Margaret.

LESTER ASMIEL. TALCOTT was born in 1828 in Verona, Oneida Co., N. Y., of Jonathan 11, and Sophia (Dewey) Talcott. John Talentt, the founder of the family in this country, arrived in Boston September 16, 1632. with the Rev. Mir. Hooker's company. and settled at Newtown, now Cambridge, whence they removed to the number of about one hundred to Connecticut in 1636, and founded Hartford. "'T'he Worshipfnl " John Talcott was one of the committee of May 1. 1637, who advised that war should be declared against the l'equods, and was for many years a member of the general court, as well as one of the chief magistrates of the

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colony. Lester Asahel is in the sixth generation from John Tal- colt, through Samuel, Nathaniel, Joseph, Jonathan, and Jonathan 11. His father and grandfather removeil from Connecticut b> Rome, N. Y., in 1803; and the father, with his Immediate family. tu Kenosha, Wis., in 1837. On his mother s side, also, Mr. Tal- con is of early New England stock, and his grandfather Dewey was a native of New Hampshire. After some brief preliminary ventures in Kenosha and Milwaukee, 1 .. .. Talenti began business in Chicago in IS51, where he has since continued in the same line, foreign and domestic fruit and fancy groceries, without other change than growth in volume, corresponding in that of the city. He has been a Mason since 1565, being a member of Garden City Lodge, of Lafayette Chapter aml Apollo Commandery, and is a Republican in politics, Ile has resileil in Ilyde l'ark since 1972. Ilis only son, Charles Lester, was born in Chicago in 1852; and Julia Vice, the daughter of Charles Lester, was born in Chicago in 1870.

WARTOW ADOLPIR'S P'I.RICH was born in 1840 at Glenham, near Fishkill, N. V., being the youngest nf four sons. and eight children, of Augustus Louis and Henrietta (Von Riesen. kampff) U'lrich. The father, born in Jena, Saxe-Weimar, Ger- many, in 1786, was a son of Private Counselor and I'rofessor John Augustus Ilenry U'Irich, ol that city, amil the grandson of Magis- ter Frederick Nicholas Ulrich, director of the Prince's college in Jena. A. L. Ulrich, who had been for some years a successful merchant of St. Petersburg, came to the United States in is1 ;. with his wife, and established at tilenham, near Fishkill Lanthing. on the Hudson, a rhuith factory, in which John Jacob Astor, Peter 11. Schenck aml himself were the principal stockholders. There he died in 1841. llis widow, now living with one of her children in Illinois, and the mother of BI, A. Ulrich, is a daughter of Coun. selor Justus John Von Riesenkampff, cullertor of the port of Revel, in Russia, where she was born in 1707. Having previously studied for two years in the U'niversity of Heidelberg. in Germany, I. .. Ulrich graduated from the law department of the University nf Michigan in 1804. The same year he married Ilelen Amelia, a daughter of William S. Russell, of Livingston County, near Inn Arbor, Mich .; located in Chicago, and took up his residence in Ilyde l'ark. He was admitted to the Bar of Blinuis, and practicedl five years, but since 18fm) has turned his attention chiefly tu real estate interests amil investments. In 1883 he kwated the town of Cheltenham Beach, on the lake shore, about two miles south of the South Park, on the South Chicago Branch of the Illinois Central Railroadl. Mr. U'lrich has been for many years a contributor to the Press on literary and political topics, Of the latter class the most conspicuous were his campaign documents in 1864 and 1880. which received the indursement, respectively. of Governors Vates and Cullom. With their eldest child, Victoria, born in 1866, Alr. and Mrs. Ulrich are members of the Presbyterian Church, Their nther living children were born as follows : Russell, in 1868 : Augustus Louis, in 1870: B. A .. Jr .. in 1872 ; llelen Russell, in 1874 : anıl Gertrude, in 1876, Mr. L'Irich has now only one sur- viving brother, Edward Vun Reisenkampff Ulrich, a well-known grain merchant uf Springfield, Il., horn October 10, 1820, al Glenham, N. V. Ile has two sisters having in t'arthage, III., Mrs. Ezra Wendel, and Mrs. David Muck, wife of an attorney. Mrs. B. A. U'Irich has two brothers, Frank G. Russell, an attorney in Detroit, and W. 11. 11. Russell, an attorney in New York : one Sister, Mrs. M. Brunks, Grand Rapids, Mich. Her father was from Worcester, Mass. her mother from Bennington, Vi .; her maiden name, Jane A. Knox, Iler parents located in Michigan at an carly day : were independent farmers ; owned a large farm ; were well known and respected citizens, and educated their chil- dren, Je Witt Clinton, their second son, died in the service of his country in 1863.

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S. D. VEAZEV, retired, was born in New Hampton, N. 11 .. October 18, 1929. At the age of hfteen he commenced railroad- ing, which he continued during the war, at the outbreak of which he was employed on the Cincinnati & Marietta Railroad, and ran Ituups to different points along that quail aml Sonth with but one m.in tu assist him in the management of the train, At the close of the war he located in Chicago, where he began the wholesale nnd retail commission business. Being burnt out in the fire of 1971, he turned his attention tu building, which he followed until 18Kt, when he retired from all active business. 11is wife was a Miss Mary Davis, born and raised in Hiram, Ohio, the home of the late I'resident Garfield, and was a schoolmate of both Garfield and his wife. They have one son holding a responsible position with the Western Indiana Railroad Company.

JOHN 1. VOL.K. monumental artist and ilesigner, Chicago, is a native of the State of New York, though most of bis carly life was spent In Massachusetts, where, in his father's studio, he received his first instruction in sculpture and monumental art. In 1865

he he amr connected with the Chicago Marble Granite Man factar- ing I'mpons, having the management of the monumental de Bet af it He established hintself in business immediately alle: tin cseatio, hre of 1571, and has become the acknowledged had of her wriental att in this country. In nearly all the prominent sentire los work may be seen, and whether in elaborate un par's 1. n, a marked difference in style and proportion, as well as finish, Bien sorrounding work may be seen in his favor. Mr Volk Lo, tur med in his present place of business corner of 1. len ast kandidpy streets about eight years. In 18;4 be married Miss Hanic E. Town, of Elgin, Ill., their union being blessed by four children.

JAMES WADSWORTH was born In 1828 in New llartford, Conn., son of Daniel and Martha (Williams Moore) Wadsworth, and is descended in the seventh generation from William Wade worth, who arrived at Boston, in the "Lion," in 1632 ; and on his mother's side descended direct from Roger Williams, founder of Khode Island, and General Seth Pomeroy, of Revo utionary fame. Mr. Wadsworth received an academic education in Mexico N. V .. whither his parents removed in 1831. In 1845 they came to Chi- cago where the father died of cholera in 1851. in 1853, James, who had been a clerk since 1843, engaged in the wholesale grocery trade with George W. Flanders, firm of Flanders & Wadsworth lle sold out in February. 1837. having a handsome competency. He engaged In banking in May of that year, and suffered severely by the panie in September and October. He dealt largely and successfully in cotton in the Southern States in 1862 and 1863; invested largely in llyde Park property in 1867, 1868 and 156g. and made lirge profits : engaged in the hide trade in the summer of 1866, which he continued until 1873. His productive property was all destroyed in the great fire of 1871, as also his store and stock of hides. In 1873 he withdrew from all active pursuits but the care of his property, which was both extensive and productive. In December. 1856, he married Emily Wadsworth Whittlesey, of Farmington, Conn., also a descendant on the mother's side of the Wadsworths of Connecticut. They have had six children-Robert Strong, 1557 : Grace I.ucretia, 1859; Ellen Ruth, 1865 ; an infant ; James Robert, 1863, and Alice Emily. 1870, of whom only the two last survive. They are members of the First Presbyterian Chorch of Hyde Park, where they have resided since 185g. Wir. Wady worth was made one of the first Trustees at the incorporation of the village in 1861. He carries on an extensive dairy and breed- ing farm in Cook County, and is a broker in real estate and loans on the same.

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History of Cook County, Illinois From the Earliest Period to the Present Time, Part 143

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