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GEORGE DEARLOVE, farmer, P. O. West Northfield. was born near Ilarrugate, Yorkshire, England, in 1824, from which place, accompanied by his father, mother, fire brothers and two sisters, he immigrated to the United States in 1836. and settled in Northfield Township. In 1872 he married Miss Mary Aun Dwyer, of Newport, Herkimer t'o., N. Y. They have three children-George Matterson, Richard Thomas and Ilunnah Mabel. Two of his brothers, William and Richard, and his sister llaunah, are still living. Mr. Dearlove hus, hy honest tudustry and perseverance, accumulated considerable property, owning, in company with his brother Richard, 360 acres in Northfield, In addition to which they have five acres of Iniul in South Chleago and thirty acres neur Bowmanville, In the township of Jefferson, besides property in Chicago.
FREDERICK F. FRENCH, real estate agent and farmer, P. t), East Northfield, was born at Fall River, Maxs. Ile received a good education in the common and high schools of that city, after which he took a course In a good business col- lege. He came to Chleago In 1863, and obtained a position fu the wholesale dry goods house of Davis, Sawyer & Co., with which firm he stayed until its dissolution two years later. The next two years he spent with the firm of Bowen Bros .. after which for five years he was engaged in the steam elevator business. Returning to Bowen Brus., he remained with them until 1875. During this time he transacted important real estate business both for himself and Bowen Bros. In 1875 le lenght out the old established firm of J. B. Shuy & Co., and In company with his son carried on the business under the name of Shav. French & Co., until 1877. Ile was one of the founders of Highland Park as a place for suburban residences, building one of the finest mansions there, In which he resided for seven years; but his business interests requiring his pres- ence on his large farm in Northfield, he sold this to his half- brother, tieneral Flint, of the I'nited States Army, who still resides there. Ilis farm in Northfield, which he purchased in 1877. is handsomely located, and is called " Highland Farm." It is situated on very high Innl, and protected] on all sides by heavy timber. Very large barns were erected last year, at an expense of over $20,000, and will accommodate about 250 hend of cattle and horses. Mr. French pays great attention to dairying, and shine large quantities of milk to Chicago. He was married in 1866 to Agues P. Wond, of Taunton, Mass. They have four sous living. Mr. French was one of the found- ers of the Episcopal t'hurch at Highland Park.
JOIN W. HOFFMANN, of Oak Glen, was born at a place about five miles northeast of Coblentz on the Rhine, Prussin, in 1827. He came to America In 1842, and settled at Niles. Cook County, Was married to Mary Ann Engels, of Meltenry t'ounty, and has eleven children. Ils oldest son, F. N., is Postmaster at the present time. The second son, J. A., Is stu- tion agent at Morton, and telegraph operator ; and the fourth ,son, Edward, is telegraph operator in Wadsworth, all on the St. Paul railroad. In 1848 Mr. Hoffmann went to Muskegon. Mich., where he spent the greater part of three years. In 1852, during the gold excitement, went to C'alifurnia by the overland route, returning by way of Panama in 1857. On his return he built a store in Niles, but in 1867 moved to North- field, where he put up n large building and carried on a store and saloon. Mr. Hoffmann has been permanently Identified with public affairs, and has held many official positions. Hle was for four years Supervisor, and two years Collector, of the township of 'Niles. Has been Justice of the Peace for Northfield fifteen years, and notary public for ten years; has also been secretary of the Northfield" Mutual Insurance Com- pauy for nine years, and Postmaster for thirteen years. Mr. Hoffmann is a member of the Rou.an t'atholic Church.
GEORGE KNOCHENMUSS, storekeeper, East Northfield. Was born in Prussia in 1832, and came to the United States in October, 1856. He followed the tailoring business In Chicago till 1862, when he jolued Company C, 82d Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and remained in the army until mustered out In June, 1865. lle saw much hard fighting, was wounded at tiettysburg, and taken prisoner, being held as such at Bell Island for six months. He was promoted to the office of Ser- geant for gallantry and faithful discharge of duty. lle served in the Knoxville, Tenn., empalgu, and the Georgin and North and South Carolina campaigns. "His regiment saw hard service in the battles of Chanceilorsville, tirttysinirg. Mission Ridge, Resaca, Dallas, Pine Hill, Lost and Kenesaw Moun- tains, Peach Tree Creek, Atlanta, Savannah, and the actions near Averysboro and Bentonville. After the war he took nps the needle again and followed tailoring until 1869, when he opened a grocery store in Northfield. Returning, in 1871, to Chicago, he kept a grocery there till 1883, when he came again to Shermer, Northfield Township, and started a gro- cery and saloon, in which business he still remains. He is a
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member of the Lutheran Church, and was married to Emmeline Rein, of Prussia, by whom he has two sous and eight daugh- ters, three of whom are married.
J. S. SHERMAN, farmer, P. O. Shermer, is one of the old residents of Cook County. He came to Chicago in 1838. Was born at New Town, Conn., in 1818, and is a nephew of the founder of the Sherman House. In company with his father and brother he went to Northfield, iu 1839, where they bought of the government about 1,000 acres of land, a part of which Mr. Sherman still owns and farms. The snine year ho married Miss Harriet R. Botsford, of Connecticut. He and
his father built the first school-house in the township, and be has always been prominently identified with educational and other matters of public interest. He has live children, three boys and two girls. One son, Cyrus H., was in the army, being enrolled in 1864 and mustered out in 1865. Another son, Clarence, has distinguished himself as a mechanic. con- structing. during his leisure hours while station ag nt at Sher- mer, a perfect working model of a locomotive, which was exhibited at the Chicago Exposition, and is now on exhibition at n museum in Milwaukee. Mr. Sherman is a member of the Episcopal Church, and also of the Calumet Club.
HISTORY OF HANOVER.
This town lies in the northwestern part of the county. It is bounded on the north by Kane County and Bar- rington Township in Cook County, on the east by Schaumburg, on the south by Wayne Township in Du Page County, and on the west by Kane County. It comprises all of fractional Township 41, Range 9 cast. Topographically this town is rolling prairie, with a general slope toward the west. The ouly stream of water worthy of mention is the East Brauch of Poplar Creek, which has its origin in the southeast corner of Barrington, and after flowing sonth through Sections 1 and 12 of Hanover, turns westerly and flows into the Fox River south of Elgin. The highest point of land in this township is abont fifty feet above the Fox River. Originally there were about twelve sections of timber in the town, in a belt about two miles wide, which, commencing near the middle of the southern line, extended northward and then northwestward until it reached the Fox River. The largest trees in this grove were, when white meu first settleit here, about three feet in diameter. Most of the timber now con- sista of second growth, and the largest of the trees scarcely exceed eighteen inches in diameter, and the area has been diminished abont one fifth. The name of this grove was originally Independence Grove, but later it became known as Hoosier Grove, on account of the first settlers in the township having come from Indiana, and settled in or near the edge of the timber. The soil of the timberel portion is heavy clay, and that of the open prairie black loam upon a clay sub. soil ; an indication, probably, that had there been no timber, the soil of what is now timbered land would have been the same as that of the prairie, black loam, which varies in depth from one to five feet.
The earliest settlers were, as has been stated, from Indiana. Among them were John and George Ham- mer, who settled with their families on Section 23, in 1833, and Abraham Leatherman, who settled on Section 28. A. D. Gifford settled in 1835 on Section 30; Guy Adams on Section 31, Samnel N. Campbell on Section 17. and Daniel Guptail on Section 20, Mr. Merryfield in 1836 on Seetion 33, Byrem Smith in 1836 on Section 20, and John Guptail in 1837 on Section 29. Pre- vions to 1840 the following also settled in Hanover : Benjamin Burritt on Section 19, Inther Herrick and John Ilill on Section 20, Joseph Oatman on Section
15, and Mr. Primrose on Section 34. After these came D. S. Hammond in 1840 on Section 28, Woodworth Butterfield on Section 35, John Hubbard ou Section 9. Edwin Bartlett on Section 36, Samuel Gould on Section 14: David C. White in 1843 on Section 26, Lyman Williams on Section 14, Jarvis Smith ou Sec- tion 20. John Jeune and John F. Cook on Section 30, David Sharp in 1843 on Section 26, David Longley in 1844 on Section 10, Joseph Hollowell on Section 9, Nathaniel Ballard on Section 31, Andrew Spitzer in 1845 on Section 35, John Bower ou Section 3, Mr. Rosecrans on Section 5, F. Pendleton on Section 27, Benjamin Morgan on Section 14. At the first election held 7April 2, 1850, there were eighty-five votes cast, indicating a population of from 350 to 400. The election was held at Leatherman's tavern which stood on the Chicago and Elgin rond where now stands the house of Peter Sharp on Section 28. This tavern was a log house, and was frequently full of people, who conld find no other place to remain through the night. It thus served the traveler from the time of the settle- ment of the town to about 1852. A second tavern was erected in 1848 by D. S. Hammond about one mile cast of Leatherman's tavern, and likewise on the Chi- cago and Elgin road which passes through Ontarioville. Hammond's tavern was burued down in 1831, the fire having been kindled as is believed by an incendiary. Yonng's tavern stood cast of the present location of Bartlett on Section 35. The first school-house in Han- over stood on Section 20, near John Hill's house. The first church-building was erected in the northeastern part of the town by the German Lutherans. A Bap- tist church was erected in 1854 on the Chicago and Elgin road near David C. White's house. It remained here until 1874 when it was moved into the Grove nud converted into a dwelling. In this part of the country previous to 1854 farmers depended mainly on agri- culture for the support of their families and for the aug. mentation of their wealth, but in that year a departure from accustomed methods was made, by Phineas H. Smith, who commencer shipping milk to Chicago drawing it from Hanover to Elgin with an ox team. Since then the enltivation of crops of cereals has g:ad- ually diminished while the attention given to dairying has gralnally increased. After abont ten years devo- tion to the selling of milk another change was made in
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the establishment of a cheese factory in 1865, by C. W. Gould and I. Il Winzer. After this C. W. Gould built a second ; 1. HI. Wanzer at different times built three others, and Mr. Waterman built thesixth. Thore are now three cheese factories in the town. There are now also three creameries in the town, the proprietors of which are C. W. Gonkl, A. Nolting, and Carr & Willson respectively. Two of these ereaneries use the De Laval Cream Separator-C. W. Gonkl, mul Carr & Willson ; C. W. Goukl being the first to introduce the separator into his creamery. Carr & Willson, whose creamery is sitnatel nt Bartlett, have intro.lucol a system of paying dairymen for their milk which is attracting considerable attention, and bids fair to re- volutionize the milk business. This system is to pay the dairymen for each one hundred pounds of milk four tinies the price of one pomi of butter, the price of butter to be the same ns the average price for the month on the Board of Trale at Elgin. The average price for the month is determined by adding together the Monday prices on the Elgin Board, and dividing tho sum by the number of Mondays in the month. Fonr cents per pound is charged for making the butter.
The organization of the town of Hanover was effected April 2, 1850, at Abraham Leatherman's tavern. The election hebl that day resulted in the selection of the following officers: Supervisor, Luther Herrick, by 63 votes : Clerk, John Hubbard, by 85 votes; Asses- sor, Abel D. Gifford, by 83 votes ; Commissioners of Highways, Woodworth Butterfield, 48 votes, George E. Smith, 47 votes, and Josiah Horn, 46 votes; Justices of the Peace, Jolin Hill, 81 votes, and Samuel Gould, 45 votes ; Constables, Samuel S. Hammer, 69 votes, and Lyman Williams, 51 votes; Collector, Jarvis Smith, 47 votes; Overseer of tho Poor, Joseph Oat- man, 39 votes. At this meeting five resolutions were passed, four of them pertaining to animals running at large, and the fifth was that 850 be raised for town expenses. Ou tho 17th of April the Commissioners of Highways met and divided the town into twelvo road districts, and the Gifford and Whipple road was dis- continued, leading from the south boundary line of the town to the quarter section line dividing Section 31 into north and south halves.
The following is a list of the officers elected since 1850:
Supervisors .- Elwin Bartlett, 1851-53; George E. Smith, 1854-56; D. S. Hammond, 1857-61; Eli Whitney, 1862-63; D. S. Hammond, 1864-68 ; William Schween, 1869-73; I. II. Wanzer, 1874-76; Edwin Gonld, 1877; Charles F. Schibz. 1878-80; George Struckman, 1881 ; Charles F. Schultz, 1882-83.
Clerks,-John Hubbard, 1851-55; Jarvis Smith, 1858; Peter Sharp, 1857; O. B. Jenne, 1838-63; II. P. Hatch, 1864; O. B. Jenne, 1863; Peter Sharp, 1866-81; Seth Lobdell, 1882 ; Peter Sharp, 1883.
Assessore .- George E. Smith, 1851 ; David S. Ham- mond, 1852-33; Abel D. Giffon, 1854-57; David Longley, 1858-69; Georgo Struckman, 1870-71; David Longley, 1873; Charles F. Schultz, 1814-75; George Struckman, 1826-80; Henry Schramm, 1881; George Struckman, 1882-83.
Collectors,-Joseph Hollowell, 1851 ; Chester Bab- cock, 1852-53: David Longley. 1854-57; Charles Gold, 1858 ; George E. Smith, 1859-60; Jay Roundy, 1861 : George E. Smith, 1862-63 : David Sharp, 1864 ; BARTLETT. William H. Longley, 1863; J. Struckmann, 1806; Val- entine Crue, 1867; George Busche, 1868; George E. Bartlett is located on the northeast quarter, of the sontheast quarter of Section 34. The plat was made Smith, 1869: Charles Schultze. 1840-71; Henry Schramm, 1813; R. A. Davis, 1874; Frank Cook, in 1873 by Luther Burtlett and the railroad company.
1875; George Stnmff, 1826-77; Henry F. Runge, 1858; 1 .. Struckmeier, 1869; Henry F. Runge, 1880; L Strackmeier, 1881; Henry Ackman, 1882 ; L. Struck- meier, 1883.
Commissioners of Highway&-Abel D. Gifford, Wood- worth Butterfield and James M. Howard, 1851 ; George E. Smith, Joseph Hollowell and Nathaniel Bal- lard, 1832 : George E. Smith, Joseph Ilollowell and Sammel N. Campbell, 1853; Samuel N. Campbell, Christopher Salar and Andrew Spitzer, 1854; Sam- uel N. Campbell, Andrew Spitzer and Daniel Guptail, 1855; Daniel Guptill, Samuel Gould and John Bowen, 1836; F. Pendleton, William Schween and John Mink, 185 ;; F. Pendleton, George Skinner and Peter Burritt, 1858; W. Pendleton, Jarvis Smith and William Schween, 1359; F. Pendleton, William Schween and Jarvis Smith, 1860; F. Pendleton, Eli Whitney and William Walbain, 1861; Gny Adams, 1862 : John Waller, 1864 ; Guy Adams, 1865; William Walbaum, 1866; L. Rught, 1867; Georgo White, 1868; Carl Struckmann, 1869; Henry Ackman, 1810; l'eter Sharp, 1821; D). Oltendorf for one year and A. D. Gifford for two years. 1823; William Walbaum, 18:4; A. D. Gifford, 1873; L. Oltendorf, 1876; Henry Selmunsmmm, 1842; A. D. Gifford, 18;8; L .. Oltendorf, 1879; HI. P. Schween, 1880; Louis Hambruck, 1881 ; Fred Hecht, 1882; H. P Schween, 1883.
Constable :- Lyman Williams and Chester Babcock, 1851 ; Daniel Leatherman, 1853; William P'robert aud Nicholas C. Myers, 1854; Charles Brockman and Charles Gould, 1856; Robert Mink, 1857; Charles Gonld and Angustns Hambruck, 1858; I. Lessender and Fred Runge, 1860; Albert P. Woodworth and John Lesseuder, 1861; John Lessender and Luther Longley, 1862; William Walbanm, 1863; David Sharp and William Bearns, 1864; William HI. Longley, 1863; Valentino Crne, 1866 ; George Busche, 1867; George E. Smith and Charles Schultz, 1869; Henry Schween, 1870; Henry Schramm and George Stumff, 1821; P. A. Davis, 1874; Ernest Heideman, 1866; George Stumff and Henry Pennys, 1877; L. Struck- meier, 1878; 1. Struckmeier aud Henry Ackman, 1881.
Justices of the Pence .- Jarvis Smith and Warren Woodworth, 1851; Azariah K. Hubbard and Jarvsi Smith, 1853: Jarvis Smith and Warren Woodworth, 1854 ; Azariah K. Hubbard and David Longley, 1858 and 1862 ; David Longley and George Struckman, 1865 and 1869; Charles F. Schultz and Frank Gnptill, 1871 ; George Struckman and Henry Schramm, 1877; Henry Schramm und Charles F. Schultz.
Orerseers of the Poor .- M. P. Rowland, 1851 : Aza- rial K. Hubbard, 1852-53; Luther Herrick, 1854-56; Azariah K. Hubbard. 1857-60; W. M. Bevens, 1861-62. School Trustees .- C. W. Gonld, 1869; George Struck- man, 18:0: O. B. Jenne, 1871; C. W. Gould, three years, and George Struckman, two years. 1823; 0. 13. Jenno, 1874 ; George Strnekman, 1875; C. W. Gould, 187G ; O. B. Jeune, three years, and L. Gould, two years, 1877; George Struckman, 1878; L. J. Gould, 1879; O. B. Jeune, 1880; H. P. Schween, three years, and L. Oltendorf. one year, 1881; Fred Hecht, 1882; Seth Lobdell, 1883.
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Mr. Bartlett had here forty acres of land, and gave and present one Rev. H. H. Monroe, who came in 1878. the railroad company an undivided half of this land At the time of organization this Church had seven- teen members, from all denominations, though maiuly Congregationalist, At present there are sixty mem- bers. There has been a Sunday-school ever since the organization of the Church. The population of the village of Bartlett is now about 250. It is situated on the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway, thirty miles from Chicago. in consideration of the location of the station upon it. 'The entire forty acres were platted." Jacob's addition consisting of twenty acres was made in 1875. The first house on the original plut was built by a Mr. Tamms, in the spring of 1843. About this time the railroad was constructed through the place and Mr. Tamms's house was on the south side. The second house built in Bartlett was by John Carr, on the north side of the track, and on the same spot upon which his present house stands. This was in the fall of 1873. SPAULDING. The third was by James Cornish about the same time. The fourth was built by Cyrus W. Metcalf in the spring of 1874. The Bartlett Manufacturing Com- This is merely a station on this Railway thirty-twe und eight-tenths miles from Chicago, and Hammond is another station thirty-four and two-tenths miles from Chicago, The station at Ontarioville is in Han- over, but the post office and village are in Wayne Township. Du Page County. According to the census of 1880, Hanover Township had 1,300 inhabitants. pany was organized about this time, and erected a building 24x40 feet for their works. The business of the company was the making of patent neck yokes. Its factory was enlarged from time to time, until it was nearly one hundred feet long. This company maintained itself until 1838 when it filed. During the four years of its existence the town grew to its present size. A store-building was erected in the spring of 1844 by II. V. Sayre, which was occupied by HANOVER BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. Hayne & Gower as a general store. They continued in business abont a year when they sold out to the Dunbar Bros., who failed when the Bartlett Manufact- uring Company failed. For some time after this there was no store, but in the latter part of 1818, Waterman Bros., erected their large store-building which stands south of the depot. Dr. E. C. Guild erected his drug store iu 1874. In 187; Mr. Hemenway built his store northeast of the depot, the money being raised by the farmers in the vicinity for its construction. The post- ollice was established in 1874 and Enther Bartlett made Postmaster. Ile retained the position until 1880, when he was succeeded by Benning Maun who kept it until January, 1883. At that time the present Post- muster, Dr. E. C. Guild, was appointed. A blacksmith shop was established in 18:3 by Thornton Russell. After the failure of the Bartlett Manufacturing Com- pany, the Home Manufacturing Company was organ- ized, and ran a feed till for abunt two years, when John Carr took hold of it and has run it ever since, with Mr. Lobdell ns his partner. A Inmber yard was started here in the summer of 1873 by Bartlett & Shields. This lumber yard is still in existence, und after changing hands several times, it is now managed by Carr & Lolxlell. The factory of the Home Mann- facturing Company, was bought by Henry Waterman and converted into a cheese factory, and a cheese-box and butter-tub factory. In 1883 this building was burned down, and Mr. Waterman early ju 1883 built the present cheese factory ou the okl site. This has been run as a ercamiery since November, 1883, by Carr & Willson, who use one of the De Laval Cream Sepa- rators, which takes out of the new milk, as delivered by dairymen at the factory, all the eream. The schools of Bartlett had their origin in 1874, the first teacher being Miss Celestia Bailey, who taught in the seconil story of the store. A school-house was erectedl in 1876, a frame one-story building which is now too small for the seventy-five scholars in the district. The Church, which is Congregational, was organized in May, 1874, and erected their church edifice in 1878, after moving it from Wayne Center, the Church there having presented it to the Bartlett Church. Services had been previously held over the store. The first tuin- ister was Rev. Henry Jacobs, the second Rev, George A. Coleman, third Rev. J. A. Chamberlain, and the fourth
GUY ADAMS, former, P. O. Elgin. Mr. Adams was born in Salina, Ouondagn Co., N. Y., in 1815, and spent his carly life in Canandaigua, N. Y., whence he came to Cook County, I11., in the spring of 1836. Chicago was a pitiful collection of "mud-stalled huts." or at best a forlorn specimen of a new. hare, starting frontier town. About his claim (now his valu- able farm) was nothing but bare prairie, with an occasional "stake and rider" roofed log cabin in sight. All farm produce was hauled with ox teams to ('hiengo. During 1830 he helped to raise the Spring Bronk Mill, Dundee. In October. 1840, he married Miss Julia A. Guptill, who was born in Waterbury, Washington Co., Vt. They have two chikiren-Martha E., wife of Eugene Hammond, a prominent young farmer of Han- over, and Merton J., now manager of the ancestral acres. The substantial barns, shady lines of trees, the sleek cattle and whirling windmills on the Admins form give mute, but elo- quent, testimony that Guy Adams "came West" in an early duy with a set purpose that he has determinedly carried out. Ilis large and substantial brick house was bullt in 1873. Mr. Adams is a Democrat. His health is not at all satisfactory at this writing, as he is afflicted with a serious heart trouble. Hle has buried five children-Mark W., a soldier in the 127th Illinois Volunteer Infantry, who died at La Grange, Tenn .; Mary E., Herbert, Willie nud Millard.
ELWIN BARTLETT, farmer, of Ontarioville, was born in 1812, in Conway, Franklin Co., Mass, He Is a son of Luther and Annie (NImo) Bartlett. In the fall of 1841 Eilwin Bart- lett went West, traveling over Illinois, Missouri, Ohio, Indi- ana and Arkansas, for about three years. In 1844 he located on a farm in Du Page County, 111., and two years later bought his present farm. To Edwin Bartlett, more than all others, should credit be given for the establishment of Ontarioville, a thriving station on the Chiengo, Milwaukee & St. Paul Rail- roul, as most of the village was built on his lund and through his efforts. Hle was the first Postmaster (1874), and owns a enal house, Imber yard, elevator, etc., in the burg. Mr. Bartlett married. In Rockford. Il., Louisa Hamilton, who died leaving three children, now living. The present Mrs. Bartlett was Miss Mary, daughter of Byrem Swith, an early and respected settler in Ilanover. By this union there are eight children.
WILLIAM BRIDGE, farmer, P. O. Ontarioville, was born in 1831. in Connty Kent, England, and came to America in 1852, and located, a pour hoy, in Cook County. By working for his brother. George Bridge, as a farm hand, he saved enough to buy a team; then, by renting land and working in a Woolen factory, etc., he gradually secured means to purchase the valuable farm on which we now find him enjoying the com- forts earned by a life of uprightness and labor. 'Ile now has 176 acres, well improved and provided with all needed build- ings. Itis wife was Elizabeth Pierce, of Devonshire, England, by whom he has five children, all born on the Cook County farm. The family are Methodists.
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