History of Cook County, Illinois From the Earliest Period to the Present Time, Part 219

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

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B. L. DODGE, Superintendent of Schools at Oak Park, is a native of Windsir County, Vt. He came to Oak Park in the summer of 1876, and has since had emire charge of the public schools at this place. Mr. Dodge is a very efficient superintend- ent, having had fifteen years' practical experience as a teacher, and previous to coming to this place was for iwn years Superintendent of the Public Schools of Kenosha County, Wis.

SAMUEL DUNLOP. deceased, was born az Belfast, Ireland, June 2, 1824. In 1530 his parents came to America, residled in New York for some seven years, then at Indianapolis, Ind., where the subject of this sketch learned the trade of prioter. In 1849 he took the overland rooie to California, making most of the journey on foot, acting as guide for the party. lu California he was employed as composiit for a time, and afterward formed a partnership in the printing business. Reing very successful he returned to Indianap- blis for a visit On going back to California he found his partners working on Sundays, which Mr. Dunlop would not sanction, and the firm was therefore dissolved. In 1852 he came to Chicago, and with Alfred L Sewell, npened a printing office at 138 lake Street. In 1957 J. J Spalthing was adminied to the firm, the style heing Dunlop, Sewell & Spalding. After several years of prosperous

business this firm was dissolved, when Mr. Dunlop entered into copartnership with his brother, under the firm style of Dunlop Bros., in the wholesale notion and dry goods business. At the ume of the fire Mr. Dunlop was a member of the trin of Duolop. Reade & Brewster, which concern was burned uut. In 1855 Mr. Dunlop married Ilannah F. Kettlestrings, oldest daughter of the late Joseph Kettlestrings. Five children were born to them, all of whom survive him, In May, 1362, be moved his family to Oak Park, where he Innit the house which be occupied until he died, August 11, 1883. Mr. Dunlop's death was most sudden. When in apparently good health he dropped dead in his yard, just after returning from Chi- cago. Apoplexy was the cause. His wife survived him three months, having saffered about twelve days with typhoid pneumo- nia. Her aged parents had lived with her for several years, and

two weeks after her death her father, Joseph Kettlestrings, died of heart disease. Samuel and Haonah F. Dunlop were leading and influential members in the Methodist Episcopal Church since its organization, and were the first signeis to the old Union Church established at Oak Park, Mr. Dunlop beng its first deacon.

AUGUST EINFELDT. contractor and builder, was born at 1lolstein. Germany, February 22, 1849. and there learned the trade of carpenter. In January. 1868, he came to America, located at Chicago, and lor several years worked as a journeyman carpenter. then carried on the business as a contractor. In July. 1872, he removed to Oak Park. and has sioce done quite an extensive busi. ness in building residences, etc., in this locality.

F. I'. ELLIOTT, of F. I'. Elliott & Co., manufacturers and dealers in Millbury paper, is a native of Worcester County, Mass .. where he was, after leaving school, for several years employed in cotton and woolen manufactories. At the age of twenty-one he came to Illinois, locating, in March, 1857, in Chicago, where he entered the employ of Bradner, Smith & Co., paper dealers, as book-keeper. In 1863 he engaged in the same business as the firm of Cornwells & Elliott. In 1870 he ceased his connection with that firm, and became associated with Bradner, Smith & Co. as a partner. About five years later he disposed of his interest in that concern, and in 1875 established the firm of F. P. Elliott & Co. Among the many mills this firm represent are the Ypsilanti, Ann Arbor, Jackson, Superior, Geddes and Birkett. Mr. Elliott has made his home at Oak Park since the spring of 1876.

FRANK M. EL.LIS, manufacturer of mouldings, sashes, doors and building material, was born in Genesee County, N. Y .. in 1845, and learned the trade of carpenter there. In August. 1862. he enlisted, and in October was mustered into the 19th New York Light Artillery, was wounded before Petersburg, Va., July 4. 1864. and discharged March 5. 1865. alter which he returned to New York and was employed at his trade. In 1867 he moved to Delsvan, Was , where he was employed in the same capacity. Mr. Ellis came to Oak Park in July, 1871. For Two years he worked as a journeyman carpenter, and then engaged in businc,s as a contractor and builder. He has erected quite a number of prominent buildings at this locality, among v.kich are the Baptist Church at Oak Park, and the school-hoose al Ridgeland. Early in 1830, to facilitate his contracting business, he engaged in the man. afacturing of building material, etc. lle gives employment to some 1wenty men.

WILLIAM H. EMERY, of H. C. Tillinghast & Co., dealers in wool, hides, etc., is a native of Waterville, Me., where he was, after reaching age. engaged in the wool business, and also for sev. cial years at Augusta. He came West at the age of twenty-seren years, February. 186g, and at once engaged in business with 11. C. Tillinghast, and has made his residence at Oak l'ark. Ile has been a member of the district school bosrd since 1579. and has been president of the board for the past twelve years.

WARREN F. FURBECK, with C, T. Yerkes, Jr., & Co., bankers and brokers, was born at Duanesburg, N. Y., in 1843. and in 1961 came with his father, John H., to Chicago, in 1866 moving to Oak Park. The subject of this skeich entered the employ of the First National Bank, Chicago. in July, 1863. Ile occupied various positions, and was for five years teller in the bond depart- ment. In July, 1881. he entered the employ of C. T. Yerkes, Jr .. & Co . of Chicago, Ill., as cashier. In January, 1584. becoming a member of the Cleveland firm of C. T. Yerkes, Jr., & Co, be removeil his residence to that place. Mr. Furheck was treasurer of the Oak l'ark Ecclesiastical Society for several years, and sbo treasurer and clerk of the Congregational Church for ten years.

ABRAM GALE, of Oak Park, was horn August 24, 1796. The family is a very ancient one, amil by its members the name is sometimes spelled Gall, and sometimes Gael. The latter form of the name is believed by English writers to be the name of some Scotch Highlander, who settled at a very remote period in England. atal that the name was given him by his English neighbors, the English orthography of the name being Gale. During the last two hun- dreil and sixty years the form Gale has been generally adopted. Besides the two forms already given. Galle, Giail, and, in French,

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De Galles, have been employed by various writers. The ancestor of the family in the United States was Richard Gale, who is be- lieved to have emigrated from England, and to have been a mem- ber of the Church of England. He first appears in the United States as the purehaser of a " homestall " of six acres in Water- toun. Mass., in 1640, Richard Gale's oldest child, Sarah, mar- ried Joseph Garfield. April 3. 1663. Abraham Gale, Richard's second child, was born in 1643. and was marned to Sarah Fi.ke. September 3. 1673 By hus lashlul wile Sarah, he had sixteen chil- dren, the oldest of whom. Abraham, Jr .. was born in 1674. Abra- ham, Jr., was married December b, song. 10 Rachel Garfield. Their eldest son, also named Abraham, was born November 28. 1700, and was married to Esther Cunningham in 1720. Daniel. their eldest child, born June 17. 1721, was the grandfather of the subject of this sketch. Daniel and his five brothers were all dis- tinguished for their patriotism. The eighth child of Daniel Gale was John Gale, born January 27. 1759. Ile was married to l'atty Marble February 22. 1787. They had seven children, the sixth of whom was Abram Gale, born August 24. 1796. Ile was brought up on a farm, and when old enough attendrd school three months in the year. When eighteen years old he was drafted into the anny, and served fifty five days in the War of 1512. On the 23d of August his mother died. The next spring he went to Boston, and, after having saved a little money, renteil a sture with his brother and went into the meat business. On the 7th of Novem- ber. 1824 he was married to Miss Sarah Silloway, by whom he had two children, born in Boston. In 1829 he removed to the city of New York, where he remained until April 20. 1835. when he left for Chicago, arriving in that city on the 22d of May. Mrs. Gale brought a small stuck of mill nety goods to Chicago and opened the first millinery store there. continuing in business eighteen years. The first public land sale in Chicago occurred June 15, 1835, when every alternate section of land of a strip ten miles wide, and ex- tending from Chicago to Ottawa, was offered for sale. Mr. Gale having come to the West with a determination of possessing laim- sell of some of Uncle Sam's land, entered three hundred and iwenty acres in the south part of Jefferson, bounded on the south by North Avenue, on the west by Oak l'ark Avenue, on the north by Armitage Avenue and the Chicago & l'acitic Railroad, and on the cast by Peck's Addition to C'heago, This tract of land he laid out some years later and subdivided into a town, and gave it the name of Galewond. He built the first two linck stores on Randolph Street. finishing them in 1847. Each store was 20:50 feet in size and four stones high, the three upper storirs in cach being used for Iesitlences. The first story of one of these was rented to a Ger- man named George Bormann, in which he carried on the drug business, and with whom Mr. Gale's youngest son, William 11., served his time as an apprentice. In 1855 Mr. Bormann sold out to E. O. and W. 11. Gale, who continued the business under the name of Gale Brothers until 1866 when William F. Blocki suc- eceded William H. Gale, and the business has since been contin- ued under the firm name ol Gale & Illocki. On the 5th of Sep- tember, 1891, his wife died, at the age of eighty-two years and ten months. He now lives at Oak Park, with his son, E .. O, Gale. Besides the two sons already mentionedl. E. O. and W. 11. Gale. there have been six children-Georgiana, Martha Corinna, Corne- ha, Corinna Louise, Sarah and Frank.

ALBERT WOLFE GILES, cashier with Field, Benedict & Co., 244 Monroe Street, Chicago, was born in London, England, in 1838. In 1845 his parents immigrated to St. Catharines, On- lario, where he studied engineering, and was employed as an engi- neer up 10 1864, when he came to Illinois. ile was employed in the United States mustering office at Springfield. In 1866 he settled in Chicago, and has since been employed as an acenuntant, entering the employ of Field, Bened.et & Co. in 1968. Mr Giles has resided at Oak Park since 1876, and is an active member of the Episcopal Church there

JOEL. GURLEV, of M. W. Powell & Co., roofers, was born at Albany, N. Y., January 1, 1833. In :846 he came to Chicago, and was for a time employed in the Tremont Ilou-e with his uncle, who was then conducting the same ; then, for three years, at Cincinnati, Ohio, where he was employed in the office of the Star in the West. In 1852 he settled again in Chicago and was engaged in the real estate business, carrying it on until, in 1861. he went to Washington, D. C , and for five years was employed in the Sixth Auditor's office. United States Treasury Department. In 1866 he returned to Chi- cago, and gave his attention to different pursuits until in 1870, when he became associated with M. W. l'owell in his present busi- ness. This roofing firm is the oldest in this line in Chicago, the business having been established in 1853. Mr Gurley has resided at Oak Park sinee 1866, is a member of the A. F. & A. M., and is connected with the Cicero Chapter. R. A. M., and Siloam Com manderv. K. T., Oak Park.

HENRY C. HANSEN, merchant, was born in Germany Oc. tober 8, 1840, where his father was engaged in mercantile pursuits.

In 1866 he immigrated to America, and in that year came to Illi- nois, locating in Chicago. The subject of this sketch was employed as a clerk in mercantile business until May, 1873, when he came to Oak l'aik and engaged in general merchandise business on his own account. fle carries an extensive stock of hardware, groceries, etc., ts also agent for insurance and ocean steamship lines, and does considerable of a real estate business. Mr. Hansen was a member of the board of Trustees of the town of Cicero for four years, and also served one year as Collector of Taxes.

JOSEI'NI HARVEY, proprietor of dining-room in the C. & N. W. R. R. depot, Chicago, is a native of Cincinnatus, Cortland Co., N Y., and came West in 1857, breating at Marengo, Ill. In 1858 he entered the employ of the Galena & Chicago Railroad Company. engaged in various capacities. In August, 1862, he enlisted in Company K. 89th Illinois Infantry. and served until mustered out in May. 1865 On bis return he was appointed yard-master at Chicago for the C. & N. W. R. R. Co .; a year later he was made conductor of a freight train, and was also for some years conductor on passenger trains. Since May 23, 1881, he has conducted the dining room in the depot of the company on Wells Street. Chicago. Mr. Ilarvey has made his residence at Oak l'ark since 1869.

JAMES 11. 11EALD, of William Beye & Co., commission mer- chants, was born in Chicago, September 20, 1850. Ilis father, Alex 11., came to Chicago in :838, and is one of the oldest builders and contractors in the city. The subject of this sketch entered, in 1870, the office of the Treasurer ol Cook County, and was employed in that office as a clerk, book-keeper, etc., until May, 1883, when he em- barked in the commission business in company with William Beye. Mr. Ileald has residlerl at Oak l'ark since July. 1872.

O. W. HIERRICK, real estate agent, 88 Lasalle Street, Chi- cago, is a native of Onondaga County, N. Y., and came West to Illinois in the suminer of 1859. In December of that year he located at Oak Park, where he was principal of schools for five years, after which he traveled about five years for a publishing hou.e. Mr. llerrick then engaged in mercantile business in Oak Park, was appointed Postmaster of the place April 18, 1871, and held it until the summer ol 1973, when he disposed of his business. Ile was appointed land agent of the U. P. R. R. Co. at Chicago, occupying that position some little time. lle again embarked in business at Oak l'aik in company with E. W. Phelps. Selling out his interest to him some months later, he once more engaged in traveling for a publishing house. In July, 1881. he embarked in his present business. Mr. Herrick was for two years a member of the Board of Trusteces of Cicero, and has been for many years actively Identified with the Congregational Church of this place. Ile was married in December, 1860, to Dora E., second daughter ol Joseph Kettlestrings.

HENRY J. HITTOR FF, watch-maker and jeweler, was born in Prussia, Germany, February 10, 1836, where he learned the trade when only ten years of age of a watch-maker. His family for four generations back have been watch-makers. In 1856 he immigrated 10 New York City, and there followed his trade for one year as a journeyman. In 1857 he came to Chicago, and lor two years eal- nied'on business as a watch-maker and jeweler, and then as a jour- neyman. In 1860 he married his present wife, and the same year opened business on Randolph Street, where he remained until one year after the great fire of Chicago. In April, 1873. he moved to Oak Park, and July 23. 1874. opened his present place of business. Mr. Hinorft hasbeen a memberof Cleveland Lodge. A. F. & A. M., since 1861, and has been a member of Occidental Consistory of Chicago since 1565.

ELIJAII W. HOARD, real estate agent, was born at Middle- borough, Plymouth Co., Mass., September 9. 1812. His parents removed when he was very young to Broome County, N. Y., where he was reared on a farm, and also assisted his father in conducting a saw mill. Returning to Massachusetts at the age of twenty-one. he gave his attention to agricultural pursuits. In 1843 he moved to Dayton, Ohio, and engaged a short time in agriculture. In October, 1843, he came to Chicago, and in April. 1847, moved to Cincinnati, Ohio, and embarked in real estate business, In De cember, 1659, he came to Chicago, and shortly afterward settled in Oak Park. Mr. Iloard owns considerable property in this place, and devotes himself to the improvement of the same. He was for several years Trustee of the town of Cicero, and for four years Justice of the Peace.

NATHAN T. HOLLEY. real estate agent, was born at Ellis- burg. Jefferson Co., N. Y., January 2, 1812, where he wasreared on a farm, and for many years followed agricultural pursuits in that county. carrying on an extensive stock and dairy farm. Mr. Holley came to Illinois in 1869. located in Chicago, and .a year later moved to Oak Park. Ile devotes his time to the management of his real estate at this place. He is a member of Oak Park M. E. Church, and assisted in building the present edifice

HENRY B. HORTON, assistant secretary Millers' National Insurance Company, was born at Skaneateles, N. Y., in 1827, where

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he received his early education, and graduated st Williams Col. lege in the class of 1847. The same year he moved to Mansfeld, Ohio. and engaged in the Inrwarding and commission business. To 1854 he entered the employ of the Richmond Fire Insurance Company as secretary of the company, filing that position two years, after which he moved to Clinton, luwa, where for two years he carried on a real estate and insurance business. Hle was sub. sequently editor of the Clinton Herald for five years. Mr. Horton was the first City Treasurer of Clinton, and also served one term as Mayor of that city. He was for some years associated with C. E. Leonard in the printing business, and in 1863 the firin muved 10 Chicago, where they continued the business under the style of Horton & Leonard up to 1873, when Mr. Ilorton sold out his in- terest to Mr. Knight. In 1875 Mr. Horton became connected with the Millers' National Insurance Company. lle moved to Oak Park in the spring of 1873. where he is connected with the A. F. & A. M. and Siloam Commandery, K T.

JOSEPH KETTLESTRINGS was born in Newton, York- shire, England, November 7. 1808. Ilis father's name was Will- iam, and his mother's maiden name llannah Cundall. Joseph Icained the carpenter's trade in England, and was married there in 1828 to Miss Hetty Willis, a native of Linton, Yorkshire, a village distant from Newton about one mile. In England two children were horn to Mr. and Mrs. Kettlestrings. In 1832 they moved to America, landing in Baltimore, and going thence 10 Cincinnati by wagons. In Cincinnati their third child was born. In the spring of 1833 they moved to the present site of Oak Park, that being the first dry land they found after passing through Chicago, where they remained only two days. At Oak Park he selected a claim, which when surveyed became the northwest quarter of Section 7. Town- ship 39. Range 13 east, of the third principal meridian, Mr. Ket- tlestrings in looking for a place to make his home had it in mind to locate near George Bickerdike, who had come from England in 1831, and whn in company with Mark Noble, Sr .. had purchased a saw mill on the Desplaines River about one mile west of Oak Pask. He moved into a log house near the mill, became a mem- ber of the firm of Bickerdike & Noble, and boarded the hands who worked lo the mill. In 1835 he moved back to Oak Park and erected a small frame house on the south side of what is now Lake Street, opposite the present location of William Steiner's store. This was the first house built in Oak l'ark, It was of oak boards, which warped and let in the winter's winds with great freedom. In this house, by force of circumstances, not from choice, he kept a lavern, the first tavern in Oak Park. When he left it he rented it In Geurge Scofield with the design of its being used for a tavern, On the 28th of April, 1835, he made entry of his land from the Government, for which he received his patent Alarch 30, 1537, which was recorded November 24 1849. From him the grove on this ridge was originslly named " Kenlestrings's Grove." in 1843 Mr. Ketilestrings moved to Chicago, where he lived until Decem- ber. 1855. While in Chicago he was engaged in grading a great . many new streets, making in one year fourteen miles. Afterward he was engaged in the lime business in company with Noah Stur- tevant. After returning to Oak Park he was engaged in the man- agement of his own real estate, dividing it up loto lots and selling lo such as desired to buy. Many lots were purchased hy poor men, with whom Mr. Kettlestrings dea't in a very considerate and liberal manner, accommodating them by waiting when it was impossible or inconvenient to meet their payments. and since his death none, aside from his family, more mneerely mourn his loss, Ile was a prominent member of the Oak Park Methodist Church, to which he was always a liberal contributor. Mr. Kettlestrings died very suddenly November 17, 1883. and is survived by Mrs. Kettle- strings, who is eighty-one years old. They were the parents of eleven children, five of whom are living-Joseph Willis Kettle- strings, Mrs. Dora E. Ilerrick, Mrs. E. J. Worswick, Mrs. Mary A. York and Walter N. Kettlestrings. Of those who have died Will. iam, the eldest, was drowned in 1850, and the eldest daughter. who was born in England, died at the age of fourteen of scarlet fever, together with two others, during the residence of the family in Chicago, Mrs. Ilannah Dunlop, their third child and second daughter, died suddenly November 3. 1883.

WALTER N. KETTLESTRINGS. real estate agent, was born at Chicago, Ill., January 24, 1849. His father, Joseph Kettlestrings, an old settler of this place, returned here when the subject ol this sketch was abnut seven years of age. Walter N received his edu- eation at the schools of Oak Park, and partially learned the trade of carpenter. Ile owne a fine farm of one hundred and sixty acres in Buone County, III., ard is quite extensively engaged in breeding blomiled stock. Ile also has considerable property here. and dernles a large portion of his time to building and the im- provement of his real estate.

EDWARD KING, of King & Lamh, manufacturers of self- raising fons, etc .. office 14 Fifth Avenue, Chicago, Il., is a native of Hartford, Conn., and came West to Illinois at the age of nine-

teen years. Locating in Chicago in 1855, he was for a time employed as a clerk in dry goods business; then embarked in retail drug busi- ness, and was for three years a member of the firm nf Ilshey & King. Six months later he engaged in grocery business in the him of King & Owens, which concern continued business for some two and a half years in that line. in 1664 they engaged in the mang- facture of self-raising flour, ete. liis partner, W. 11. Owens, sold out some years later, and in May. 1879. Mr. King admitted his present partner to an interest in the concern. The subject of this brief skeich has since 1866 made his home at Oak Park.

FRED J. KNOTT, born at Leicester, England, came to lili- nois with his father in 1849. and for a year resided in Chicago; then removed to Elgin, this State, where he was engaged for a num- ber of years in the grocery trade (his father being a leading mer- chant in this branch of business), and acted as local agent for vari- ous insurance companies. In 1867 he removed 10 Oak Park, since which time he has been identified with insurance interests, holding responsible positions with prominent companies. For a great por- tion of the time he has been in the employ of William E. Rollo, manager of the Girard Insurance Company, nf Philadelphia, in the western department, 147 LaSalle Street, Chicago. Ile is a mem- ber of the l'. E. Church.

JOHIN KOIN (retired) was. born in Hesse-Darmstadt, Ger. many, March 22, 1935. where he was seared on a farm. In March, 1857, he immigrated to Illinois, locating at Oak Park. He was for nine months in the employ of what is known as the C. & N. W. R. R. Co., after which he was for two years employed at general farm work. Early in 1860 he moved to Elgin, Ill., where for nine months he worked in a hotel, and afterward learned the irsde of cooper. In 186t be enlisted in Company A. 7th Illinois Volunteer Infantry, serving three months. Returning he again worked as s cooper in Clintonville for two years. In 1863 he settled prima- nenily at Oak Park, opening the Farmers' Ilome Hotel, which he conducted up to 1872. Mr. Kohn owns a fine farm in Du Page County, Il1., and considerable real estate in this locality.

R. M. LACKEY, M. D., was born in Harrison County, Ohio, December 1, 1835, and educated at Franklin College, New Athens, Ohio. Ile went to Kansas Territory in 1855, and after passing s year there during that stormy political period, came to Illinois in 1856, locating at Freeport, where he studied medieinc with Drs. DePuy & Martin. Afterward he attended lectures at Cincinnati and Chicago, graduating at Rush Medical College in February. 1861, Ile entered the army as acting assistant surgeon of the 42d Illinois Volunteer Infantry in August, 1561, and was transferred to the 46th Illinois Volunteer Infantry at Pittsburg Landing, Tenn .. April 1, 1862. In December of the same year he was promoted surgeon of the 99:h Illinois Volonteer Infantry, which was nac of the regiments composing General Wilder's ismous brigsde of mounted infantry. In 1864, he was appointed by President Lin- coln as one of the corps of staffsurgeons, and assigned to duty in the department of Arkansas as chief medical officeron the staff ol General Salomon. Later he was placed in charge of the geocral hospitsi at Little Rock, Ark., where he served until mustered nut. November 26. 1865, and brevetted Captain "for faithful and meritorious serv. ices," Since then he has practiced medicine in Chicago and its suburbs. He was demonstrator of anatomy in Rush Medical Col. lege during the lecture enurses of 1866 and 1867. The Doctor is a member of the Union Veteran Club of Chicago, and George H. Thomas Post, of the G. A. R.

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History of Cook County, Illinois From the Earliest Period to the Present Time, Part 219

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