History of Cook County, Illinois From the Earliest Period to the Present Time, Part 175

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

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The schools of Englewood will he found mentioned in the chapter devoted to that locality. Those in the Stock Yards district are the Fallon school, a handsome twelve-room brick structure, situated at the corner of Wallace and Forty-second streets; the Graham school, a similar building, at the corner of Winter and Forty- fifth streets; the Colman school, on Dearborn Street between Forty-sixth and Forty-seventh streets; the Forest Hill school, at Western Avenue and Seventy- ninth Street. West and south of the Stock Yards there are the Buckley school, corner of Forty-third Street and Evarts Avenue; the O'Toole school, at the corner of Forty-eighth and Bishop strects, and the Pullman, near the Rock Island shops at Forty-first Street, The Drexel Park school is at South Lynn, and the Auburn school at Eighty-first and Wallace streets, in the vicinity called by the same name. The present schoot Iward is made up of the following named persons; William Fallon, president; W. H. Christian, secretary; A. H. Champlin. M. D .. John W. Clark, John Farren, James Lawless, MI.

D., Michael McInerny, M. J. McCarthy and Charles Olschner; superintendent, O. S. Cook.

According to the school census taken in July, 1883. for District No. 2, which includes a small portion of the town of Hyde Park, the total population is shown to be 29.381; of which number 10,082 are between the ages of six and twenty-one years, and 4,384 are less than six years old. The amount of tax levied for school pur- poses in 1882 was $125.000; amount levied in June, 1883, 8200,000. Of this sum Hyde Park pays a pro- portion, as compared to the amount paid by Lake as one is to twelve.

CHURCHES .- The Winter-street Methodist Episco- pal church, a handsome brick structure, on the corner of Winter and Forty-fifth streets, was built during the summer of 1877. Its first regular pastor was Kev. George Chase, from 1877 to 1879. He was succeeded the two years following by Rev. William Craven, and in October, 1882, he in turn gave place to Rev. J. W. Phelps, who is still the pastor in charge. The Churchi as an organization is in a flourishing condition, having over two hundred members, among which are counted some of the wealthiest and foremost citizens of the town of Lake. It has also an excellent Salibath-school, with nearly four hundred scholars in attendance. Rev. J. W. Phelps is the superintendent. Mrs. Maria Com- well, one of the earliest and most earnest workers in this Church, has given in a paper read in 1877, at a re-union of its members, some very interesting reminiscenses as to its origin, growth and progress to the present time. She says :

" The first Methodist meeting at the Stock Yards of which I have any knowledge, was held February 2, 1873. in the Town Hall. It was a bitter cold day. An old gentleman, a stranger to us all, had announced his inten- tion to preach, by sending a printed notice to every house ; probably there were seven or eight famdies, out- side the Hough Ilouse (now 'Transit House) that might attend. We all went, just eighteen of us. The minis- ter took for his text the eleventh verse of the eighty- fourth Psalm. I well remember with what interest we listened to that eloquent discourse ; the next Sabbath we were ready and on time to listen to him again ; he remained with us for several weeks. Saturday, March I. Mr. and Mrs. Hendrickson, Mrs. Harvey Bentley, Mrs. F. T. Croxon and Mrs. G. T. Williams went to the city to purchase a library for the Sunday-school, for which they paid $151.87. Saturday, March 8, we met at Mrs. Hendrickson's to elect officers for the Sunday-school. Mr. Badeau was chosen superintendent, Charles Lott secretary, Mrs. G. T. Williams librarian, Bennie E. Sherman assistant, and Mrs. Cornwell treasurer. Jan- uary 8, 1874, Rev. Mr. Terwillergar preached his first sermon ; he remained with us until in April. January 11, 1877. Rev. Mr. Chase preached his first sermon, but not in this church [referring to the new church], but in the basement of the brick school-house on the corner of Winter and Forty-fifth streets, June 5 we had a straw- berry festival at the same place, and on the 18th of No- vember of the same year we heard the first sermon in the new church building. Mr. Chase preached morning and evening, in the basement, as the upper portion of the church was not yet completed."

Before leaving the Winter-street church it should perhaps be stated that in the incipiency of its organiza. tton it was made up largely of persons of various faiths and creeds, but who, having no churches of their own to attend, allied themselves with and formed the major portion of its congregation. Owing to tlus fact the

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Church has always been very catholic in its discipline and policy, and the utmost good feeling and harmony have at all times prevailed. To this liberal spirit of tol- eration, which is a marked feature of the M. E. Church as a whole, is due the prosperity of this organization, and by which it has become a recognized power for good in the community.

There is also a society of Methodists in New City, that portion of Lake lying southwest of the Stock Yards, which is an offshoot of the Winter-street Church-mis- sion. Services are held here in a hall rented for the purpose, a Sunday-school has also been organized, and in the near future, it is thought, a Church organization can be effected. As yet, however, the congregation has not attained sufficient strength to build an edifice for themselves or to support a regular pastor.

First Presbyterian Church. - This organization, though scarcely three years in existence, is in a flourish- ing condition, having now over one hundred members and a new church edifice just completed, at a cost of nearly ten thousand dollars. Its history is as follows : Early in 1881, Mrs. Ruth McDonald, a lady then living in the town of Lake, was convinced of the necessity of having more churches in a place which was so rapidly increasing in population. She accordingly wrote a brief note to this effect, to Rev. Dr. Hitchcock in the city, calling his attention to the needs of the community for missionary laborers. The good Doctor laid the matter before the Presbytery of Chicago, which body took immediate action, and commissioned Rev. Henry M. l'aynter to labor in this fiekl as a missionary, for six months from the ist of April, 1881. The meetings were held in the Fallon school building until in Sep- tember, when Temperance Hall, 4247 Halsted Street, was secured, and where meetings were held until the dedication of the new building in November of 1883. Mr. Paynter's engagement closed in October, 1881. The pulpit was supplied on the first Sabbath of the month by Rev. E. R. Davis; on the second by Rev. W. A. McAtee, and on the third, October 16, 1881, these two ministers organized the Church consisting of twenty- one members. R. G. Hall, Daniel Mcintyre and David Ayers were, by ballot, chosen ruling ellers for the term of one year from December 1, 1881. The original members of the Church were David Ayers, Charles Caldwell, M. D., Mrs. Amanda Caldwell, Mrs. Flora Gordon, J. I. S. Hall, George Lunham, Mrs. Isabella Lunham, George S. 1.vttle, William Martin, Mrs. Ruth MeDonakl, Daniel McIntyre, Miss Jennie Mcintyre, Miss Catharine Mcintyre, Henry T. Norris, Robert Sturgeon, Solon White, Mrs. Emeline White, Thomas Wright and Mrs. Elizabeth Wright. The deacons for the first year were Thomas Wright, William Martin and Solon White ; trustees, Charles Caldwell, M. D., David Ayers, William Martin, George Lunham and Archibald Campbell.

"The First Presbyterian Church of Lake" was chosen as the corporate name of the congregation; and the chairman, Rev. E. R. Davis, was requested to file his affidavit according to law with the County Clerk, or the Recorder of Cook County, in order to secure its incorporation, Rev. E. R. Davis had charge of the pul- pit, and by order of the Presbytery acted as moderator of the session, until a pastor or stated supply could be secured. In May, 1882, a call was extended by the congregation to Rev. R. D. Scott, of Cleveland, Ohio, which was accepted, and on the 21st of the month he entered upon his labors as the first pastor of this Church. Since that time the growth of the organization has been as steady and rapid as could be desired, 'The newly

completed church building, on the corner of Winter and Forty-third streets, is an ornament to the vicinity in which it stands, as well as a credit to the persevering energy of its builders The Church has a flourishing and well attended Sabbath-school of nearly three hun- dred members, also a young people's association, both institutions being a power for good among the young of the community. The officers of the Sunday-school are: Rev. R. D. Scott, superintendent; D. Ayers and R. Corbett, assistants; Miss Martha Wilson, secretary; J. Y. Thompson, treasurer; David Edwards, George Hendrie and Eli Cruse, librarians; and Miss Mary Bar- ret, organist. The primary department is taught by Mrs. Dr. Caldwell. The school is supplied with an excellent library and with the following Sunday-school papers: The Sabbath School Visitor, the Morning Star, the Sunbeam and the Forward.

The present officers of the Church are Rev. R. D). Scott, pastor; Mathew Mayne and William Purdy, elders; Thomas Wright, William Martin and George Lunham, deacons; David Ayers,. A. Campbell, Charles Caldwell, William Martin and Thomas Wright, trustees; J. Y. Thompson, treasurer, and William Purdy, secre- tary.

St. Gabriel's Catholic Church was organized April, 11, 1880, Rev. M. J. Dorney pastor. Father Dorney is a talented and popular young priest, possessing great vigor of both body and mind, and has succeeded in buikling up a strong and flourishing Church and school, both day and Sabbath, where three years ago no organ- ization existed. Prior to the date given, the Catholics now comprising his parishioners worshiped at the Church of the Nativity at Thirty-seventh Street. When Father Dorney entered on his mission in the new field assigned him, he found himself without a church edifice in which to hold services; no school building, no parsonage, no residence ; in fact, nothing but an earnest and willing congregation to aid him in his efforts to build up a Church, where, evidently, one was so much needed. He took board at the 'Transit House, rented an old hall at the corner of Forty-fourth and Halsted streets, and began work. Ground was purchased, some twenty lots, on Sherman Street between Forty-fifth and Forty-sixth street, and by October of the following year a commodious and substantial brick building, two stories in height, was completed and ready for occupancy. This building, though intended ultimately as an educa- tional institution, is now occupied for both school and church purposes, the upper or second story being devoted to the latter. The school, which has near five hundred pupils, is under the charge of the Sisters of Mercy, who also occupy a neat and pretty little convent building adjoining, which was erected and completed in October of 1883. A handsome brick residence for the priest was also built and finished by May of the same year. From this it will be seen that in a compar- atively short time Father Dorney has succeeded in building up a Church which is doubtless destined to rank in wealth and numbers second to none of its kind in the State. The property owned to-day is estimated to be worth not less than 850,000 ; while the congrega- tion will next year negin the erection of a church edifice on the corner of Forty-fifth and Sherman streets, the cost of which is already estimated to be not less than 850,000.

Rev. Morris J. Dorney, who has done so much among his people in providing for their educational and religious needs, is a man whom many of his parish- ioners have known from his infancy. He was born in Springfield, Mass., in 1851, and while he was yet

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a child his parents removed to Chicago. Here the son grew up and was educated for the ministry, finishing his theological course at St. Mary's Theological Semi- nary in Baltimore. In January, 1874, he was ordained into the priesthood by Bishop Thomas Foley, at St. James Church, Chicago, and in the following February was appointed assistant to Father Wakiron of the same Church. He remained here until, in 1877, he was given charge of a parish at Lockport, Ill., where he continued to labor until his final removal to his present field' of labor, What he has accomplished during his pastorship of St. Gabriel's Church has already been fully told in the sketch of that organization. Suffice it to say that his labors have been crowned with that signal success which attends an earnest, honest effort in any honorable calling.

St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church is a handsome frame edifice situated on the corner of Forty-eighth Street and Ashland Avenue. It was built in 1883, under the pastorate of Rev. Father Gallagher, who was the first priest in this parish, which was set off from Father Dorney's parish in 1882. Its boundaries are Aberdeen Street on the east, and extending west to Western Avenue, from Thirty-ninth Street on the north to the town line on the south. When Father Gallagher was first assigned to this field, in the absence of any house of worship, meetings were held in the Buckley school building ; the new church building was begun in the fall of 1882 and was completed and dedicated in April of the following year. The first services were held in the house, and while it was yet in an unfinished condition, on Easter Sunday. The first marriage in this parish was that of John Egan and Maggie Driscoll, in the summer of 1882 ; and the first marriage celebrated in the new church, and which occurred on Easter Sun- day 1883, was that of Michael McCarty and Jennie Price.

Rev. Father Hayes is the present pastor of the Church, which is in the most prosperous condition, having nearly four hundred members; while already arrangements are being made for the erection of a build- ing adjoining the church, to be devoted to educational purposes.

St. Elisabeth's Church (Catholic), on Dearborn Street near Fortieth, is a young parish under the charge of Rev. Daniel Riordan, brother of the Coadjutor Arch- bishops of San Francisco, with Father Dunn as assist- ant. As Father Riordan is an able and earnest worker, it is only a matter of a little time when his parish will boast of a new and handsome church building, in place of the plain and unpretending temple in which they now worship.

St. Augustine German Church (Catholic) is situated at the corner of Forty-ninth and Laflin streets, and was first started as a mission in October, 1878, and so con- ducted until May of the following year. During this period it was served by various ministers, but in May, 1882, Rev. Dennis M. Thiele, the present pastor, took charge. The Church now numbers over seven hundred members, and has a school which was organized in 1879, and which is under the control and management of the Sisters, of over one hundred pupils. Father Thiele, under whose pastorate this Church has made such rapid progress, is a native of Prussia, being born in the Rhein- ish provinces of that country. In 1874 he emigrated to America and located in Milwaukee, where four years later he was ordained as a priest. His first assignment was as assistant pastor at the Church of the Nativity, in Chicago; he remained here one year, when he was placed in charge of the German Catholic Church at

Niles Centre, in this county. At the end of three years service there he was called to his present field of labor, and where he has since accomplished and is still per- forming much good and effective work for the religious and intellectual advancement of his people. The pres- ent church edifice was built in the fall of 1879, but was enlarged and somewhat remodeled in the spring of 1882. The total cost of building and repairs was $5,000.

Swedish Lutheran .- This society, though organized some years ago, had not, until in December, 1883, any fixed place of worship; its meetings, however, were generally held in the Baptist Church on Forty-seventh Street and in the school-house situated in the vicinity of their present new building. Early in the autumn of 1883 the society began the erection of a church edifice on Butterfield Street, near Fifty-fifth, which was com- pleted and formally dedicated on Sunday, December 16, 1883. Rev. E. R. Skoysburghs, the pastor of the congregation, preached the dedicatory sermon; Rev. A. F. Westergren, of Bethania Church, also assisted in the services, which were all conducted in the Swedish language. The building is a neat and handsome struct- ure, and including the ground on which it stands cost nearly $3,000. The auditorium has a scating capacity for five hundred persons; while at the rear end is a school-room, over which is the gallery, which can be thrown into the main room by means of folding doors. The day school which is under the charge of the pastor has over fifty pupils; while the Church as an organiz. ation is steadily increasing in strength and numbers.

German Evangelical .- This organization, known as the German Emanuel Evangelical Church, was insti- tuted in September, 1883, at which time the erection of a church edifice on the corner of Dearborn and Forty- sixth streets, was begun. The building, which is a plain but neat wooden structure, was completed and dedicated on the 16th of December, 1883; Rev. Will- iam Hallendorf, pastor of the Church, officiating, assisted by Rev. Mr. Kling, of the Salem Church, and Rev. Stamer, of Jefferson, Ill., who preached the dedicatory sermon, The society, though yet in its infancy, is already in a most prosperous condition, har- ing a large and growing congregation, also a day school connected with the Church, with an attendance of over fifty pupils. The church building, just completed, is thirty-four feet wide by seventy-five feet long, the main auditorium occupying the width and fifty feet of the length of the entire structure. Across the front is the gallery for the choir, while in the rear of the auditorium is the school-room with a seating capacity for one hun- dred pupils. 'T'he edifice and grounds cost $6,000, one- half of which has already been paid.

SECRET SOCIETIES .- Inter-Ocean Council, No. 604, Royal Arcanum, was instituted July 15, 1881, with the following charter members : N. N. Hurst, A. Schnei- der, G. G. Gerrish, A. J. Dunn, J. T. Evans, J. I. Snyder, F. A. Bradley, Peter Begg, Robert Neil, J. W. Thompson, J. B. Morgan, J. Purcell, G. N. Phelps, C. H. R. Beister, J. G. Strong, L. F. Martin, E. A. Payton, W. S. Follman, E. Gardner, G. W. Macbeth and E. Morse. The first officers of the society were A. J. Dann, regent; L. F. Martin, collector; A. Schneider, treasurer; Peter Begg, chaplain, and G. G. Garrish, secretary. From the first this has been a flourishing body: starting out with twenty-five members, it now has over sixty, and is continually receiving new accessions to its ranks. Its meetings are held in Walther's Hall, No. 3932 State Street, on the second and fourth Fridays of each month, The present officers are L, F, Martin

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regent; D. J. Mann, secretary: F. H. Goddard, col- lector; Dr. N. N. Hurst, medical examiner.

Mystic Star Lodge, U. D., F. & A M., was insti- tuted January 21, 1878, by D. D. Grand Master Wal- ter A. Stevens, under a dispensation issued by Joseph Robbins, Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of the State of Illinois. The following were the officers installed : J. W. May, W. M .; George Marshbank, S. W .; A. I .. Cory, J. W .; J. C. Zealand, treasurer; George Revett, secretary; M. B. Reed, S. D .; W. C. Logan, J. D .; C. E. Gardiner, S. S .; Joseph M. Crosby, J. S., and Joseph H. Leech, tyler. On October 21, of the same year, the lodge was constituted as Mystic Star Lodge, No. 758, with the following char- ter members : W. J. Adams, C. H. R. Beister, A. L. Cory, M. D., U. P. Cory, J. M. Crosby, Elias Crabb, Joseph Fourniest, C. E. Gardiner, J. H. Howe, C. E. Hart, J. H. Leech, W. C. Logan, George Marshbank, O. B. Moore, J. W. May, Samuel Pullman, George Revett, M. B. Reed, W. W. Smith, Henry Sharp, John H. Stocks, Thomas Saunders, W.W.Sprague, William Townsend, Edward Venn, and Thomas C. Zealand. The first officers were John W. May, W. M .; George Marshbank, S. W .; A. L. Cory, J. W .; J. C. Zealand, treasurer ; John H. Stocks, secretary ; Milo B. Reed, chaplain; John H. Howe, S. D .; William C. Logan, J. D .; Charles E. Gardiner, S. S .; James M. Crosby, J. S., and Joseph H. Leech, tyler. The present officers of the lodge, which now num- bers nearly one hundred members, are as follows: Charles E. Brown, W. M .; B. R. Chamberlain, S. W .; L. H. Arms, J. W .; J. C. Zealand, treasurer; J. W. May, secretary ; William Spivey, chaplain ; S. W. McCready, S. D .; George H. Scheyerling, J. D .; W. H. Brayton, S. S .; J. D. Fenner, J. S .; Elias Crabb, tyler. The meetings of this lodge are held in Brown's Hall, at the corner of State and Forty-seventh Street.

Court Enterprise, No. 36, 1. O. F., was instituted on the night of November 1, 1880, at 3932 State Street, Walther's Hall, with the following charter members : George Thayne, J. J. McGill, I. Toklman, H. Molke, F. Wolford, M. H. Ephrian, J. J. Flinn, William Mehl, Joseph W. Cary, F. Gillette, W. R Sterry, John Ritchie, M. Crocker, Jacob Mayer, George Taft, J. J. Connolly, James Schnitt, C. P. Nissen, A. Ucker, James O'Dono- hue, J. W. Driscoll, John Ryan, John Mayer, N. Rass- mussen, M. G. Enmarks, H. Ehlers, E. (. Caldwell, William Groggins, George Cobb, H. C. 1 .. Rossman, L. Marks, J. P. Connolly, Jacob Chistenson, H. G. Bocs- ser, A. Schneider, B. G. Robinson, A. J. Burbridge, George Wise, F. Roeder and F. A. Edmunds. The following were also admitted on the same night by withdrawal cards from another court : H. J. Blainey, Thomas Maloney and Albert Baker. The first officers were H. J. Blainey, C. R .; Thomas Maloney, V. C. R .; George Thayne, secretary; J. J. McGill, treasurer , James O'Donahue, S. W .; Henry Ehlers, J. W .; George Taft, S. B .; Albert Baker, J. B .; A. J. Burhridge, chap- lain ; E. C. Caldwell, court physician and A. Schneider, court druggist.

This lodge, which from its organization has been numbered among the strongest in the town of fake, has now over one hundred and fifty members ; its meet- ings are held on the first and third Mondays of each month at Walther's fall. The present officers are H. J. Blainey, C. R .; P. Cummings, V. C. R .; Frank Wol- ford, F. S .; W. R. Sterry, R. S .; Frand Rohder, treas- urer : E. H. Deery, S. W .; H. Garrison, J. W .; George Cobb, S. B .; Albert Baker, J. B .; E. C, Caldwell, court physician,

The other lodges meeting at Walther's Hall, No. 3932 State Street, and of which only the information here given could be obtained, are :

Schiller Lodge, D. (). Harugari, No. 347, organized May 14, 1874, is now a flourishing institution with over a hundred members. C. W. Walthers, president, and C. Arrand, secretary.

Douglas Grove Lodge, United Ancient Order of Druids, No. 51, organized September 16, 1876, has a membership of sixty-five; William Hopp, president, and William Kowalsky, secretary,

Sons of Hermann, No. 17, organized June 6, 1874, has seventy-nine members ; C. W. Walthers, president, and Charles Kumler, secretary.

l'here is also a lodge of the Ancient Order Hiber- nians which meets here, known as Division No. 10. It has a membership of over one hundred ; the names of its officers could not be obtained. "This makes, how- ever, a total of six lodges meeting in this hall, which its proprietor, Mr Walthers has fitted up in an elegant and tasteful manner, and which was originally designed for the purpose for which it is now used.

Court Union, No. 41, I. O. F., and which meets the first and third Fridays of each month in Temperance Hall, at Halsted and Forty-third streets, was organ- ized November 17, 1882, with the following named per- sons as chartered members : Michael Markey, Norman N. Holt, John B. Thomas, William Rosencranz, Frank Becker, Austin J. Kilkenny, Thomas F. Gahan, John E. Hart, William P. Clancy, Mathew Fleming, John Bourke, W. H. Elliott, Edward Wellen, Michael Mc Inerney, George Fischer and John R. Cook. The first officers were William Rosencranz, C. R .; Michael Mar- key, V. C. R .; Frank Becker, treasurer ; Austin J. Kil- kenny, R. S .; John B. Thomas, F. S .; Thomas Cum- mings, S. W .; John Bourke, J. W .; Adam Ruessler, S. B .; Lewis Sutler, J. B .; Thomas F. Gahan, chaplain ; Dr. Joseph Reilly, court physician.

The society has now a membership of sixty-four, and is in a growing and prosperous condition. The present officers are : Thomas F. Gahan, C. R .; John B. Thomas, V. C. R .; Wm. Rosecranz, P. C. R .; Antoni Cella, Treas .; J. J. Hennessy, R. S .; E. M. Cummings, F. S .; M. L. McMahon, S. W .; J. H. Harris, J. W .; A. F. Bradfish, S. B .; A. McKillop, J. B .; F. D. Cum- mings, chaplain; Dr. Joseph Reilly, court physician.

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History of Cook County, Illinois From the Earliest Period to the Present Time, Part 175

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