History of Cook County, Illinois From the Earliest Period to the Present Time, Part 204

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

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JACOB SCHERER, dealer in coal and wood, was born in Niles, Cook Co., Ill., August 26, 1857. His parents, Jacob and Catherine, settled in Evanston, Cook County, in 1848 In 1858 they removed to the town of Niles, where they are engaged in farming. Mr. Scherer remained with his parents up to the age of twenty-two. He then worked In Keppler's warehouse in Chi- cago for eighteen months. Octoher 21, 1881. he came to Lake View Township and started his present coal and wood yard. He married Miss Lizzie Hammertram, of Chicago, November 1, 1879. They have one child, Kate. Mrs. Scherer's parents settled in Chi- cago in 1855, where her father has a liquor store.

J. C. SCHIESSWOHL, proprietor of meat market, was born in Wurtemberg, Germany, November 29, 1835. Serving an appren. ticeship at the butcher business, he came to Americs in August, 1852, and settled in Chicago. For eleven years he worked in the furniture and brewing business, In March, 1860, he opened a meat market, and three years later came to Lake View Township and opened a brewery and garden, In 1870 he commenced his prexat

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business, it being the first meat market in Lake View Township. He was elected Justice of the Peace two terms, from 1865 to 1869 and from 1870 to 1874. He was also for three terms a member of the Board ot Trostees of Lake View Township from 1873. He married Miss Mary A. Phillips, of l'russia, November 29, 1860. They have seven children-I'hilip. Elizabeth, John, Albertina, Jacob, Orelia and Mary. Mrs. Schiesswohl's parents settled in Evanston Town- ship, Cook County, in 1842. and engaged in gardening. They are still living in that township, having retired from business some years since.

JOHN SCHMIDT isa nativeof Worms, Germany, born May 15, 1829, and there learned the trade of machinist. Ile came to America in 1848 and settled in New York City, where he worked as a machinist and practical engineer. In 1852 he went to Wash- ington City as a machinist, where be remained until 1854. Ile then was employed in the Incomotive works at Alexandria, Va., and assisted in the boilding of the chain bridge over the l'otomac. He then went to Baltimore as engineer of the Thompson Rifle Works, then to New York City to take charge of the copper and brass tube works at Port Morris for five years : then to Ilartford, Conn., in the employ of Woodruff & Beach, steam engine manu- factorers, At the breaking out of the war he was erecting engineer on war vessels for Woodruff & Beach. and was then appointed erecting engineer hy the United States Government at Portsmouth navy yard, and then foreman at the New York navy yard on ships afloat. At the close of the war he was made master mechanic in the building of the Union Pacific railroad bridge over the Missouri River at Omaha, under T. E. Sickles, superintendent. In 1870 Mr. Schmidt settled in Chicago and established himself in con- tracting engine, boiler and jobbing works. In 1875 he was appointed inspector of the Lake View water works, in 1876 engi- neer of the North Side water works, and in 1879 engineer of Cook Coonty Insane Asylum, and also of the poor-house in Jefferson Township. Mr. Schmidt married Miss Albertine Kerks, of Ger- many, June 9. 1855, They have one child, Henry F.

G. W. SCHNABEL, saloon, was born in Wurtemberg, Ger- many, November 26, 1832. Hle learned the trade of baker and work. ed at it in Vienna, Baden and other cities of Germany. He came to America in 1852 and first settled in Philadelphia, working at his trade. In Chicago he carried on a draying and teaming business, 1857-60, when he started a bakery and saloon, which he ran eigh. teen months. Having sold that out he started a bakery, which he carried on up to 1867, when he continued in a new building he had constructed for the business. In 188t he disposed of this and came to Lake view Township and carried on a sample-room until May. 1882, he started his present saloon. He married Miss Katrina Schnabel, of Wurtemberg, Germany. August 7. 1853. They have five children-William. Kate (now Mrs. F. W. Steigle of La Porte, Ind.), Annie, Ilenry and Robert.

ALBERT SCHULZ, wagon-maker and general blacksmith. was born in Purner, Germany. April 10, 1850, and there learned his trade. In 1870 he came to America, settling in Chicago, where he worked at his trade with different carriage-makers. In 1882 he took up his residence in Lake View Township and established his present shop. lle was married to Miss Caroline Boltz, of Purner, Germany, 1871. They have five children-Frank, Martha, Caro- line, Amanda and Albert, Jr.

FREDERICK SEEMANN, wagon manufacturer, Chicago, was born in llanover, Germany, April 11, 1834, and learned the trade of blacksmith in 1857. Hle came to America and settled in Rich Township, Cook County, and engaged in farming with his uncle ; afterward he worked for eight years at blacksmithing. In 1858 he settled in Chicago, and in 1865 he started his present busi n-ss, removing his place of residence to lake View Township in 1872, He married Miss Sophia Jurgens, of Hanover, Germany. They have four children-Sophia, Mary, Emil and Minnie.

THOMAS SHIRLEY, attorney at law, Chicago, is a native of Charlotte County, Va., born October 22, 1827. lle received his early education at Washington College, Lexington, Va., and after- ward took a course of study in the law and modern languages at the University of Virginia. In 1848 he graduated from that insti. totion, and was at once admitted to practice law in the State of Virginia. In October, 1849. Mr. Shirley came to Chicago, and was at once admitted to practice law in the State of Illinois, under certificate from the courts of Virginia, and has since heen engaged in the general practice of the law in Chicago, llc took up his residence in Lake View Township in 157t. In April. 1882, he was appointed Attorney for the corporation uf Lake View, serving onc term. He was elected the first president of the Board of Edu. cation of District No. t of Lake View Township upon the organi- zation of the board, and is now holding that position, it being his fifth term. Mr. Shirley is serving his second term as president of the School Board Cooncil-an organization composed of the school officers of the township, including the principal of the high school and the Township Treasurer. He is also an active member of

the Iroquois Club of Chicago, Mr. Shirley's home is one of the finest residences in Lake View. Ile married, September 3, 1859. Miss Carric Rasbon, of Maine. They have seven children-Thom- as, Jr., Peyton, Allan, Zach, Virginia, Sarah and Charlotic.

D. R. SHIVELY, of the firm of Shively & Smith, commission merchants, Chicago, is a native of Perry County, l'enn., born April 27, 1845. Ilia early life was spent upon a farm and in teaching school during the winter months. At the breaking out of the Civil War he enlisted in Company A, 91h Pennsylvania Volunteer Cavalry, and served until the close of the war. He then returned to Pennsylvania, and in 1866 went to Ohio. In 1868 hc settled in Chicago, and was first engaged as a cleik in the commission house of S. C. Rob. tt%. In 1870 he established himself in the produce business, as the firm of T. Morehouse & Co., which continued for one year, fle then carried on the business onder his own name nntil 1875, when the style of firm became D. R. Shively & Co. After several changes in the firm, in 1876, the firm became, as at the present time, Shively & Smith. Mr. Shively has resided in Lake View Township since 1875. He married Miss Annie Hipple, of Perry County, Penn.

FRANCIS A. P. SIEBER, M. D., is a native of Silesia, Ger- many, born March 28, 1841. He received his medical education in the universities of Breslau, Berhn and Bonn, and, served through the wars in the German Army, 1864-66. le came to New York City in 1866 and practiced his profession for two years, and in Leavenworth. Kan., practiced for another two years. In 1870 he settled in Ell-worth. Kan., and practiced medicine for ten years, and while residing there was surgeon for the Kansas Pacific. now Union Pacific Railroad. Ile was also United States Examin- ing Surgeon for six years, 1874-80; also County Physician for seven years, 1873-80. In the years 1877-78 he was acting assistant surgeon at Fort llarker, Kan. In 1880 on account of lung troubles, Dr. Sicher went to Santa Fe, New Mexico, for two and one-half years, and doring his stay there was manager and surgeon of the Woman's Hospital. In September, 1882, he came to Chicago and attended lectures at Rush Medical College, gradu- ating from there in the spring of 1863, and in May. 1883, located in Lake View Township, where he is now engaged in the practice of medicine. Dr. Sieber is a member of the State Medical Society of Kansas ; also of the Alumni Association of Rush College.

JOHN SHMITT, was born in Ilesse-Darmstadt, Germany. June 24, 1841. He learned the trade of painter, and February 3. 1866, came to America, locating in Chicago, where he worked five years in the furniture store of Jacob Biersdorff. In 187t hc was employed in the grocery store of George Kleinhaus. After the great fire he engaged for one year in the painting business, and for six and one-half years was employed as carrier for the Staats. Zeitung. In 1879 he started a saloon, and in February, 1882, came to Lake View Township and opened his present one. lle married Miss Lina Gries of Prentenburg, Germany, January 14. 1875. They have three children-Louis, William and Charles.

BENJAMIN SHURTLEFF, retired, was born in Camden Canada East, July 19, 1815. His father, Gideon, was a native of New York State, and his mother, Polly. a native of Vermont. They both died in Canada. Mr. Shurtleff's carly life was spent opon a farm in Canada. In 1837 hc went to Pittsburgh, Penn .. and engaged in building and contracting and in running a steam saw-mill, carrying on business for himself for twelve years. In April, 1 851, he came to Chicago and purchased a large amount of real estate in city of Chicago and Lake View Township. to which he has given his entire attention ever since. Mr. Shurtleff touk up his residence in Lake View Township in 1870. Ile manied Miss Lucinda Sewell, a daughter of Samuel Sewell, of Pittsburgh. l'enn., who was a native of Baltimore, Md. She died in January, 1856, leaving a daughter, Lucy J. (now Mas. B. M. Myers, of Fostoria, Ohio). MIr. Shurtleff's second wife was Mrs. Margaret A. Buker, nde Margaret A. Forlong. She was the daughter of Isaac P. Furlong, a native of Greenwood, Oxford Co., Me., who is now living in Dayton, Waupaca ('o., Wis. His parents were of English descent. His father, having settled in Greenwood, Me .. when a young men, took up the first claim and cleared and im- proved the first farm in that township, Hle also was a Captain in the War of 1812. Mrs (Buker) Shurtleff had two sons, William F. (born in Greenwood, Me., his profession being that of an actor, and a resident of New York City), and Harry I .. Buker (real estate dealer, Chicago), was born in Lewiston. Me., and married Miss Florence A. Oakford, daughter of William and Agnes Oakford, of Teoria, Ill. They have one child, Edna A.

11. SILVERMAN, dealer in dry goods, was born in Poland, Russia, in 1848, He learned the trade of carpenter, Ile came to Americain 1865, and settled in New York City for three years .. In 1868 he came to Chicago, and worked at glazing and carpent- ering. In 1877 hc started a dry goods store, which he conducted for one year, and then opened a dry goods, and boot and shoe store. In April, 1883, he came to Lake View Township and

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opened his present dry goods store. Ile married in 1866 Miss Jane Barhowsky, of l'oland. They have eight children-Louis, Richard, Lizzie, Fannie, Nellie, llerman, Davis and Sarah.

GRANGER SMITH, of the firm of Granger Smith & Co., in- suranee agents, Chicago, was boro al Ituffalo, N. Y., March 19. 1849. Ilis parents settled in Buffalo at a very early day, and these the subject of this sketch was first employed in the house of Fish & Brown, grain dealers, In 1873 he came to Chicago, and at once established bimself in the general fire insurance business, in 1881 forming the present firm of Granger Smith & Cn., who do a general fire Insurance business. Mr. Smith Is one of the carly members of the Union League Club of Chicago. lle took up his residence in Lake View Township in 1877. Ile is now also a member of the Lake Shore Club. Mr. Smith married Mrs. John B. Pitts, nde Miss Mary Perrin, of Springfield, Ohio. They have two children, John B. and Belle B.

GERHARD SOEFFKER. Jr., mason, is a native of Kurhessen, Germany, and was born December 1.4. 1845. He came with his par- ents, Gerhard and Charlote Soeffker, to America in 1863, who settled in Chicago. In 188t they moved to Northfield, where they now reside. Mr. Soeffker learned the trade nf a mason with A. Wallbaum, and in 1872 started in bosiness for himself in Chi- cagn. In t874 be took np his residence in Lake View Township. where he is engaged in his business of boss mason. Ile married Miss Mary Reifschneider, of Chicago, in 1870.

WILLIAM SOEFFKER, builder and contractor, was born in Kurhessen, Germany, February 24. 1841, lle came to America in 1957, direct to Chicago, and learned his trade with A. Wall- baum, with whom he formed a partnership which continued for four years. In 1871 he started in business for himself in Chicago. In May, 1881, he came to Lake View Township. Ile married Miss Fredrika Hagemann, of Germany, October 13, 1367. They have five children-Emma, William, Edward, Julius and Edelia.

JOSEPH E, SPECHT, florist, was born in Switzerland March 18, 1848. He worked with his father, who was a farmer and gar- dener in Switzerland. Coming to America he settled in l'aterson, N. J., where he was employed in green-houses. In 1874 he came to Cook County and engaged in gardening at Oak Park and Washington Heights, and in t876 came to Lake View Township and established his present green-bouse. He married Miss Caro- line llom, of Germany, May 6, 1873. They have three children- Carrie, Amelia and Julia.

JOHN SPEL.Z. grocer, was born in Luxemburg, Germany. Octo. ber 20, 1833. His parents came to America in 1848, first settling in Tiffin, Ohio, where his father was a farmer. In 1862 they came to Chicago, where their son, John Spelz, married Miss May Nesser, of Loxemburg, Germany, December 15, 1860. She was born Sep- tember 19. 1840. After his marriage John Spelz was cook in the Sherman House, three years after which, in 1863, he started a gro- cery store on Rush Street. This being destroyed in the great Chi- eago fire, he started a saloon, and the same year came to Lake View Township, which was in 1872. This saloon he closed out in 1873 and started his present grocery store, lle also built in 1882 the large hall known as Spelz Hall. They have four children-Mary Agnes, born October 15, 1865; Emma Carrie, born December 25. 1867; Josephine, born October 30, 1867; Frederick William, born July 14. 1871.

WILLIAM L. SPRINGER, JR., of Sanders & Springer, was born in Wheeling, Cook Co., Ill., September 17, 1858. Ilis parents, Ernest William and Elizabeth, settled in Wheeling, Conk County, in t849, where they engagedjin farming. His father is now deceased. Mr. Springer remained with his parents up to the age of twenty-four. At the age of fourteen he learned the trade of machinist, and worked at it for eight years, five years of that time with the American steam engine works of E. J. Good & Co., as apprentice for three years, and journeyman two years, In 1980 he opened a grocery store In Chicago. Io October, 1892, he moved it to Its present location in Lake View Township. Ile married Miss Catherine Emrath, of Chicago, November 23. 1882. They have one child, Adeline E. Mrs. Springer's parents, Philip and Marga- ret, settled in Chicago in 185t, and are both living.

JOSEPII STOCKTON, general agent of the Empire Trans- portation Company, Chicago, is a native of Pittsburgh, Penn., born August 10, 1833. Ile came to Chicago In 1851, and was first con- nected with the forwarding and commission house of G. A. Gibbs & Co., then with the American Transportation Company, and was also a clerk in the freight department of the Pittsburgh, Ft. Wayne & Chicago Railroad. In 1862, doring the progress of the Civil War. he enlisted in the 72d Illinol' Volunteer Infantry, Ist Board of Trade Regiment, and was made First Lieutenant of Company A, then Captain of the same company, after which he was successively promoted Major, Lieutenant Colonel, and mustered out of service as Brevet Brigadier-General. Mr. Stockton then returned to Chi- csgo and was appointed general agent of the Empire Transporta- tion Company. which position he now fills, He has resided in

Lake View Township since 1870. He has been one of the com. missioners of Lincoln Park, Chicago, since the organization of thst board.

HENRY STOFFREGEN, tailor, was born In Brunswick, Ger- many, July 16, 1834. Ile learned the trade of tailoring and worked at it in Hamburg lor twelve years, five years of the time on his own account. He came in America in 1864 and settled in Plano, IIL, and for a short tinie worked as cutter, and then opened a shop nf his own. In 1870 he went to Yorkville, Kendall County, and kept hotel for seventeen months, when he returned to Plano, Ill., sad engaged at tailoring up to 1877. He then went to DeKalb, Ill., and carried on tailoring up to March, 1883. then moved to Lake View Township and established his present business. On account of his eyesight being affected, his bosiness is now carried on by his sun William. Ile married Miss Fredrika Tiede, of Hamburg, Germany, May. 1859. They have six children-I.nuisa (now Mrs. S. Severson, of Grand Crossing), Henry, Jr., William, Matilda, Ernst and Ilerman.

CHARLES J. STROMBERG, manager of the J. M. W. Jones Printing & Stationery Company, Chicago, is a native of Sweden, born February 12. 1838, Ileeame to America in 1854 and settled In eastern l'ennsylvania, and for two years engaged in the printing business. In 1856 he came to Chicago and for eight years was con. nected with W. Keen & Co., booksellers. He became connected with the present firm as shipping clerk In 1864. He was also traveling salesman for one year, and în 1868 became manager of the firm's manufacturing busloess. He has resided in Lake View Township since January, 1883, Mr. Stromberg married, Decem- ber 29. tSh3. Miss Augosta J. Anderson, of Sweden, They have two children, Elba A. and Charles J., Jr. Mrs. Stromberg's parents, Charles W. and Johanna, senled in Chicago in 1551. Her father died in Lake View Township in February, 1883; her mother is still living. Mr. Stromberg's mother died in Missouri in 1855 and his father in Chattanooga, Tenn., in 1876.

CONRAD SUNDMACHER, briek manufacturer, is a nstive of llanover, Germany, born Nay 13, 1533, He learned the trade of cabinet-maker with his father, and worked at it in Hanover. In 1854 he enme to America locating in Chicago, and worked st cabinet-making up to 1865, thirteen years of the time in the car shops of the Illinois Central Railroad. In 1869 he settled in I.ske View Township and started a brick yard with Henry Brauckmann, and in March, t883, with his son, F. W. 11., and his son-in-law, 11. J. C. Glade. established his present brick yard ss the fum of Conrad Sundmacher & Co. Ile married Miss Elizabeth Appel, nf Bavssia, Germany, June 29. 1856. They have three children-Frederick W. IF. Elizabeth (now Mrs. H. J. C. Glades) and Charles G. F.

FREDERICK AV. I. SUNDMACHER, briek manufacturer, was born in Chicago April 1. t859. He attended school up to the age of filteen, and was then coiployed In the hard-wood lomber yard of Hatch, Holbrook & Co. up to March, 1883. He then purchased llenry Branekmann's interest in the brick business of Sundmacher, Brouckmann & Co., in Lake View Township, snd in connection with his father, Conrad, and brother-in-law, Henry J. C. S. Glade, carried it on as the firm of Conrad, Sandmseher & Co. He married Miss Augusta 11. Hahn March 29. 1883.

O. D. SWAIN, dentist, Chicago, was born in Essex, Chittenden Co., Vt .. November 18, 1853. le came to Chicago in 1870, and commeneed the study of dentistry with Dr. E. D. Swsin, his brother, after which he commenced the practice nf dentistry. la . February, 1880, he opened his present dental ronms. lle is a member of Chicago Dental Society, and is also attending the Chieago Dental Infirmary. Dr. Swain took up his residence ia Lake View Township May 1, 1882. He married Miss Anna M. Cromwell, of New York, December 20, 1877, In Chicago. They have two children-Edgar C. and Olive W.

CHARLES TEUCHERT, dealer in marble, Graceland, P. O. Wright's Grove, is a native of Chicago, born March 20, 18:9. Ilis parents were early settlers of Chicago, and settled at Graceland. Lake View Township, Cook Conny, in 1866. His father was s marble cntter. The subject of this sketch learned his trade with John F. Gall, marble eatter, Graceland, and worked for him ap tt March. 1881, when he started in the business for himself.

PETER TODTMANN, earpenter and builder, was born acar Hamburg, Germany, April 14, 1844. He serv d an apprenticeship of three years in Altona, near Ilamburg, and worked at the carpen- ter trade for four years. In 1866 he came to Ameriea, direct to Chicago, and worked at his trade with different firms up in ts6g. when he started his own carpenter shop on Townsend Street, which he carried on for seven years. In 1862 he came tn Lake View Township and established his present shop. He married Miss Wilhelmina Ortmann, of Yarmen, in Pomern, Germany, who died in Angusı, 1877. leaving one child, Louisa H. fle married agaia, Miss Paulina Kuttruff. of Wurtemberg, Germany, December 23, 1680. They have one child, Bertha Paulina.

FERDINAND TRUTE, grocer, was born in Prussia, Get,

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many, October 15, 1853. He came to America in August, 1871, and settled in Fond du Lac, Wis, where he remained two years. He then went to Lake Superior, engaged in copper mining, and from there to Missouri. In 1876 he hrst came to Chicago and first worked in a grocery store. In June, 1853, he came to Lake View Township and opened his present store. ffe married Mary Ifanshild, of Germany, December 1, 1883.

A. I .. TUCKER, commission merchant, Chicago, is a native of Erie County, N. Y., born in February, 1845. In 1866 he came to Illinois and settled in Chebanse, and was engaged as a clerk in a general merchandise store. In 1871 he came to Chicago, and in 1872 established himself in the commission business as the firm of McClay & Tucker, which continued for four years. Since 1876 Mr. Tucker has carried on the business under lus own name. fle tork up his residence in Lake View Township in t880. fle mar- ried Miss Malinda Walden, of Cataraugus Coumy. N. Y. They have four children-Maud, Walden, Arthur and Ethel.

THOMAS VAUX, manufacturer of window shades, Chicago. is a native of England, born in 1825. He came to America in 1848. In 1850 he went to Milwaukee, Wis., and engaged in the manufacture of window shades. In 1865 he moved to Chicago, and at once engaged in the manufacture of window shades, which he has followed up to the present time. He took up his residence in Lake View Township in 1872. Mr. Vaux married Miss Mary Hlaw. kins, of England, in July. 1855. They have one child, Fred. T.

PETER II. VICTOR, salesman with Marshall Field & Co., was born in Christianstad, Scandinavia, May 7, 1854. In 1862 his parents, Peter and Carrie Victor, came to America and settled near Chicago. At the breaking out of the Civil War his father enlisted in Company B. 124th Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and was killed at the battle of Vicksburg. Ilis another is now living in Lake View Township. Mr Victor at the age of thirteen entered the Illinois Soldiers' College, at Fulton, Ill., where he remained for four years, In 1871 he went into the employ of Field, Leiter & Co., wholesale dry goods, of Chicago, and has remained with that house du ing its several changes for thirteen years, and is at present salesman. "lle has resided in Lake View Township since 1874, and is a member of the Lake View Rifle Club and Lake Shore Club. ffe married, October 24. 1892, Miss Jessie Sanders, danghter of Edgar Sanders, of Lake View Township.

BERNARD F. WEBER, of the firm of Weber & Schmid, real estate dealers, Chicago, was born in Lake View Township Jannary 6, 1853. Ifis parents, Michael and Ann M. Weber, settled in Lake View Township in 1852, where they now reside, Voung Weber attended the Dyhienfurth high school in Chicago, and in 1 869 became engaged av a clerk with Knauer Bros., real estate dealers, and remained with them for four years. In the fall of 1873 Mr. Weber engaged in the real estate business under the firm name of Blumenthal, Miller & Co. Mr. Blumenthal retiring, the style of the firm became Miller & Weber. In April. 1880, Mr. Miller withdrew, and Mr. Godfrey Schmid became a partner, the firm being up to the present time Weber & Schmid. In 1679 and 188t Mr. Weber was a member of the Legislature of the State of Illinois. In 1882 he was also Assessor for the town of Lake View,

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History of Cook County, Illinois From the Earliest Period to the Present Time, Part 204

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