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team to Iowa, and in the following spring, ow- ing to his father's illness, he returned home, and has lived here since. By the marriage there have been four children, of whom three are living. Mr. Curtis became a member of the M. E. Church when he was eighteen years of age, and in 1856 was licensed as an exhorter, and as a minister in 1865.
A. T. CHILDS, carpenter, Wheaton, is a na- tive of Windham County, Vt., born in the year 1817. His father, Jairus, was a carpenter, and also owned a fine farm, which though he lived on he followed his trade-builling nearly the entire village of Wilmington, in his native county. A. T. early began working with his father, and continued with him until his death, in 1837. A. T. and his brother, L. J., finished an uncompleted contract of their father's. In 1839, A. T. and L. J. engaged in general mer- cantile business in Whitingham, and two years later they dissolved, A. T. moving to Wilming- ton, where he continued for twelve years, when he sold out and eame West, and bought a farm in Elk Grove Township, Cook County, where he lived until 1856, when he sold out and came to Wheaton, where he has followed his trade since. In 1844, he married Miss Sarah N., danghter of Judge Roberts, of Windham County, Vt. They have three children-Terza, Jessie and Harriet. Mr. Childs has always been a Democrat.
MARK DAVIS, farmer, P. O. Lisle, is a native of Oneida County, N. Y., born September 19, 1827, and is the fifth child of ten children born to Samuel and Rheumilla (Tilden) Davis, who were natives of Oneida County, N. Y., and Poultney, Vt. Her father was a farmer and settled in Vermont with Ethan Allen, and moved to New York when she was young. She married Mr. Davis in Oneida County, and in 1834 they moved to Canada, where he fol- lowed his trade of millwright for three years and in 1838 they came to Illinois, and first stopped in Lockport, and in August of same
year came to the present place. He followed his trade of millwright, and his sons carried on the farm. Samuel Davis died June 3, 1861, and Mrs. Davis died here on the old homestead in 1872. Our subject made his home with his parents until their death. He received a lim- ited common school education ; he was raised on the farm, and after becoming of age he as- sisted his father at millwrighting, and also worked some at carpentering, and about 1857 he took the management of his father's farm, and has farmed the place ever since, and after his father's death he bought out the heirs. During Pearee's administration, Mr. Davis was Postmaster at Danby, now Prospect Park. Mr. Davis owns 118 acres located two and one-half miles north of Lisle.
G. B. DURLAND, of Durland & Congleton, livery stable, is a native of Luzerne County, Penn., born in the year 1836; he was raised on the farm. At the age of twenty-two, he married Miss K. J. Congleton, a native of Lu- zerne County, Penn. After the marriage, he rented a farm, and farmed on his own account until 1860, when he moved West, locating on a farm in Bloomingdale Townshlp, Du Page County. In September, 1861, he enlisted in the Eighth Illinois Cavalry, and served until the close of the war; re-enlisted at the end of about thirty months as veteran. Mr. Durland entered Company D as a private, and was fin- ally discharged as Quartermaster Sergeant of the company ; was with the command at the capture of Yorktown, Fort Magruder, Gettys- burg, Antietam, and all the engagements of the regiment. He returned home from the army, and in 1866 was elected Constable of Bloom- ingdale, an office he held eight years. In 1871, he was elected Collector. By the mar- riage there has been one child, viz., Sarah E.
A. J. EHLE, farming and stock-raising, P. O. Wheaton, Ill., is a native of Oswego County, N. Y., born in the year 1833, and is the second in a family of eight children born to John H.
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and Lucinda (Pierce) Elle. They were natives of New York, married there and came West in 1849, and settled in Du Page County, Ill. They bought a farm near where Itaska now stands, and farmed there about ten years. They then sold their place and bought a place in Bloom- ingdale Township, where they farmed until 1861, when he entered the army, where he died. Our subject lived on the farm until the fall of 1861, when he enlisted in the Eighth Illinois Cav- alry, Company D, and served three years. He took part in the seven days' fight before Richmond, Antietam, Spottsylvania Court House, etc. During the latter part of his term of service he served at the headquarters of Gen. Wilson, having charge of his wagon train. From the army he returned home and resumed farming, buying a place in Bloomingdale Town- ship, in which township he farmed until he came to his present place, which consists of 200 acres located one and one-half miles north of Wheaton. In the fall of 1865, he married Miss Martha J. Knowles, a native of Du Page County, Ill. They have two children-Freder- iek and Avis. Ile is Republican in politics, and a member of the Baptist Church.
H. S. EHLE, livery, sale and feed, is a native of Oswego County, N. Y., born in the year 1840, and raised on the farm, receiving a common school education. His parents, John H. and Lucinda (Pierce) Ehle, were natives of New York ; married there, and in 1848 came West to Illinois, and settled in Du Page County; bought a farm in Addison Township, and some eight or ten years later moved to Bloomingdale Township, where they lived until the war, when John H. Ehle enlisted in the Eighth Illi- nois Cavalry as bugler, and served with the regiment until his death, from sickness, in 1863. Our subjeet, H. S., enlisted in the One Hundred and Fifth Illinois Infantry, and served until the close of the war. He was a Corporal in Company F. He was in the battle of Resaca (where he was wounded and was laid
np in the hospital several months), also in the other engagements of the regiment. From the army he came to Bloomingdale, and soon after married Miss Mary A. Patrick, a native of New York. After the marriage, he located on the farm, where he remained until 1879, when he came to Wheaton and engaged in his present business. By the marriage there has been one child-Alma. Mrs. Lucinda Ehle is living in Bloomingdale Village.
F. N. ENGELHARD, M. D., is a native of Copenhagen, Denmark, born November 24. 1847. He received a collegiate education, graduating from the Copenhagen University of Art in 1868, and in 1869 he graduated as Bachelor of Philosophy, and in 1870, as Bachelor of Medicine, when he entered the Commune Hospital, of Copenhagen, as an as- sistant, and remained three years, passing through the five divisions of the hospital serv- ice. He then, in March, 1873, entered the Royal Danish Navy as an Assistant Surgeon, and made a cruise on the North Sea, until the fall following, when he attended the lectures and experiments in the laboratory with the study of the natural sciences in the university until 1876, when he came to America, and first stopped in Chicago, then to Franklin Grove and Ashton, Lee Co., Ill., and in 1877 he en- tered the Chicago Homoeopathic College and graduated the year following, and in August of the latter year he began as assistant with Dr. Leonard Pratt, with whom he now continues. In 1881, he married Miss Johanne Marion Jul- iane Ertberg, a native of Denmark. They have one child-Alefi Muriel Anna Elisa.
PROF. II. A. FISCHER, A. M., is a native of Du Page County, Ill., born in the year 1846, and is the fifth in a family of ten children born to Henry D. and Maria E. Franzen, they were natives of Germany. Our subject was reared on his father's farm in Addison Township; he received a common school education, and also studied in private, and at the age of nineteen
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entered the Wheaton College, graduating from same at the age of twenty-three. At the age of seventeen, he began teaching in the public schools. During the winter after graduating, he was appointed Principal of the preparatory department of the college, and after two years he was appointed Professor of mathematics and natural philosophy. In 1875, he received a one year's leave of absence, and attended the Leipzig and Heidelberg Universities, Ger- many, returning in 1876, and, resuming his former position in the college, continues since. In 1875, he married Miss Julia W., daughter of President J. Blanehard, of Wheaton College. They have four children, viz., Faith A., Paul B. Frederick L. and Herman. While in Addison Township, Mr. Fischer held the office of Town- ship Treasurer a number of years and also the secretaryship of the Addison Farmers' Mutual Insurance Company. In December, 1881, he was appointed County Superintendent of Schools for Du Page County. Republican. Is a member of the College Church of Christ. Since graduating, he has held the position of College Treasurer.
ERASTUS GARY, retired, Wheaton, is a native of Pomfret, Windham Co., Conn. He was born April 5, 1806, and is the fourth of seven children born to William and Lucy (Per- rin) Gary, who were also natives of Pomfret. Erastus was raised on the farm, and in addition to the common schools he attended the Wilbra- ham Academy, of Massachusetts, a short term. At the age of eighteen, he began teaching school during the winters, working on the farm in the summers. In 1831, he came West, and made a claim four miles north of Warrenville, and began at once to cut and split rails, put up a small cabin, and " bached " it until about May, when he was advised to leave for Chicago, ow- ing to the Indians. He abandoned everything, and footed it to Chicago, where he remained six weeks, during which time all were drilled for defense. After Gen. Scott came, Erastus
went to Michigan and taught school, and in the spring of 1833 he returned to his old claim, in company with his brother Jude and sister Orinda, who joined him in 1832, and spent the winter with him in Michigan ; they put in a crop and continued improving the claim. In 1847, Erastus moved to a farm near Wheaton, and since 1864 he has lived in the village. He was married in 1841 to Miss Susan A. Vallette, a native of Massachusetts ; she died in 1874, in Wheaton. Of their seven children, but four are living. Mr. Gary has served as Justice for twenty-one years ; he has also been Supervisor and President of the village. He was Demo- cratie in politics until the repeal of the Missouri Compromise, since which time he has been Re- publican. He has been a member of the Meth- odist Episcopal Church since he was fifteen years of age.
NOAH E. GARY, a son of Erastus Gary, was born near Warrenville, in Du Page County, on the 8th day of September, 1844. In the spring of 1848, he removed with his parents to Wheaton, where he has lived ever since. He was educated mainly in the public schools, at- tending but two terms at Wheaton College. He followed farming until August, 1862, when he enlisted in Company D, One Hundred and Fifth Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and three months later was appointed Corporal, and at the expiration of a year was made Sergeant. May 15, 1865, he was severely wounded at the battle of Resaca, in Georgia, having been struck by four bullets in that action. He was dis- charged in November, but could not dispense with crutches until the following March. In November, 1865, he married Ella M. Guild, of Downer's Grove, who died in 1870. In 1868, he entered the office of the Clerk of the Supe- rior Court, and remained there until October, 1872. While in the Superior Court, he read law, and resigned his position as Chief Deputy to enter into the practice of the law with his brother, E. H. Gary. The rule of the Supreme
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Court not allowing an examination for admis- sion to the bar until the applicant had read law two years with an attorney in general practice, Mr. Gary was not examined and admitted until January, 1875. In 1873, he married Carrie H. Wheat, who for several years had been Prinei- pal of the Wheaton Publie Schools. For two years he was President of the Wheaton Town Council, and in 1879 he was appointed Master in Chancery of Du Page County, which office he now holds. In 1879, Judge Cody joined the firm of E. H. & N. E. Gary, and the firm is now styled Gary. Cody & Gary. Mr. Gary had three children by first marriage, two living ; three children by present marriage, two living. He is Republican, voting first for U. S. Grant. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in which he takes an active interest, and has been Superintendent of Sabbath school for some five years.
WILLIAM L. GARY, Cashier banking house of G. & W., is a native of Pomfret, Windham County, Conn., born in the year 1828, and is the second in a family of seven children born to Charles and Melinda M. (Morse) Gary. They were natives of Connecticut and Massachusetts. They married in Connecticut. He was the oldest son of William L. Gary, and followed farming. In 1837, the family came West to Illinois by the water route to Chicago, and stopped with his brother, Erastus Gary, who had settled near Warrenville, in Du Page County, and during the summer they erected a saw-mill two miles south of Turner Junction, and occupied a house which they erected at the mill, which they conducted until about 1864, and he lived on his farm thereafter until his death in 1871. Mrs. Gary died on the old homestead in about 1858. During his resi- (lence in this county, Mr. Gary held the offices of Postmaster at Gary's Mill and Justice of the Peace, both of which offices he held a long term of years. He was also Supervisor of his Township, and Associate Justice. He was a
member of the M. E. Church, and a licensed minister in that faith, preaching in his vicinity, and at one time on the regular circuit. He was widely known and respected by all. Our sub- ject lived at home until he was twenty four years of age. He received a limited common school course of study, assisting on the farm and at the mill. In 1852, he married Miss Elizabeth White, a native of the State of Maine, who was stopping with a married sister and teaching school in this county. After the marriage, he began the mercantile business, opening a general store at the mill, which he continued about two years, when he diseontin- ued the store and engaged in farming. He was also interested in the mill. He continued the latter interest until the closing up of the mill, and the farming interest until 1874. when came to Wheaton and became Cashier in the banking firm of Miner Gary & Webster, which position he held through several changes in the firm to the present time, finally becoming interested as a member of the firm During his residence in Winfield Township, Mr. Gary held the offices of Town Clerk and School Treasurer a number of years, also Assessor and Collector several terms. He has been a Re- publiean since the organization of the party. By the marriage there are two children-John E. and William E. His father was a licensed minister of the M. E. Church, and held the position of Associate Justice.
W. K. GUILD, dealer in lumber, doors, saslı, blinds, etc., Wheaton, is a native of Brookfield, Washington Co., Vt .. born July 4, 1819, and is the third child in a family of seven children born to Israel and Rachel (Ketlogg) Guild, who were natives of Vermont. He was a carpenter by trade. W. K. was raised on the farm, and received a common school education. At the age of sixteen he began making brooms, and in 1839 the family came West, taking the canal to Buffalo and steamer thence to Chicago. thenee to Wayne Township, Du Page Co., Ill.,
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where they settled on a farm, and also engaged in manufacturing brooms, which were probably the first brooms made in the West. W. K. lived at home until about 1842, when, with his older brother, he made a claim on some land, and later, at land sale. purchased the same, and upon his marriage, in 1844, sold his interest in the claim. In 1844, he married Miss Lydia A. Ford, a native of New York, who came to Illi- nois with her parents and settled in Wayne Township. After marriage, he settled on a farm and lived there until 1868 or 1869, when he came to Wheaton, and has lived here since. About one year after coming to Wheaton, he engaged in the present business and continued since. During a short period he had a partner, but principally conducted the business alone. While in Wayne he served as Highway Com- missioner, and in Wheaton as a member of the Town Council. He has been a member of the Congregational Church for forty years, and a Deacon in same for the past thirty years. By his marriage he has five children, four boys and one daughter-Sarah L., at home ; William B., merchant, Wheaton; Edwin L., Inmber mer- chant. Dakota ; Carroll W., with bis father in the Ininber business ; Everett A., at home.
Mr. Guild's parents died in Wayne Township on the old homestead. Mr. Guild was Presi- dent of the Board of School Directors, in 1874, at building the schoolhouse in Wheaton. Mr. Guild cast his first vote in 1840 for Gen. Har- rison, and has been a Republican since the or- ganization of the party.
T. M. HULL. Circuit Clerk, Wheaton, is a native of Madison County, N. Y., and was born in the year 1840. He received a common school and academic course of study, and at the age of sixteen he began as a clerk in a general store in De Ruyter, Madison Co., N. Y., where he remained one year. He then removed to Montgomery County, Ill., and clerked one year in a store in Litchfield, where his brother lived, and the following year returned home and at-
tended the academy for about eiglit months; he then came to Du Page County, Ill., his parents having come hitler the year previous, and set- tled in York Township-Babcock's Grove, now Lombard-where Mr. E. A. Hull practiced his profession-law. T. N. engaged in clerking in the Grove some three years ; he then clerked for Potter Palmer in Chicago, and then engaged with his brother, G. H. Hull, in the market business ; they continued about five years. He then traveled in Iowa one year, when he re- turned to Lombard and bought the general store business of Reuben Link, and conducted the business about four years. He then en- gaged with the Weed Sewing Machine Com- pany in Chicago, filling the position of assis- tant book-keeper, correspondent, then city agent and finally as traveling agent, remaining with the company, in all, about six years. He then, in 1876, became Deputy Circuit Clerk under his brother, Frank Hull, and in 1880 was elected Cirenit Clerk, which office he now holds. In 1868, he married Miss Caroline C. Whipples, of Oak Park, Cook Co., Ill. They have two chil- dren. He is a Republican.
HON. P. G. HUBBARD, Prospect Park, III., is a native of Hampden County, Mass., born in the year 1811. He was raised on his father's farm, and received an academic course of study. At the age of seventeen, he began teaching in the public schools, and taught during the win- ters thereafter for about seven years. . He was married, in 1834, to Miss Elizabeth Le Baron, a native of Plymouth County, Mass., and re- resided in his native State until 1855, during which time he served in his township as As- sessor and as a member of the Boards of Selectmen and of Examiners. During the term of 1847-48, he was elected by the Whigs a member of the State Legislature. In 1855, he came West to De Kalb County, Ill., and the next year moved to Knox County, where he engaged in farming. In 1864, he engaged in the commission business in Chicago, firm,
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Hubbard & Bird. He came to Du Page County in 1870, and to Prospect Park in 1873. By the marriage there has been three children, of whom but one is living-William Le Baron Hubbard, of Chicago. Mr. Hubbard has been a member of the Congregational Church since he was eighteen, and has officiated as Deacon for upward of twenty-five years of the time.
HEZEKIAH HOLT, hardware, tin, etc., Wheaton, Ill., is a native of Pomfret, Wind- ham Co., Conn., born in the year 1835, and is the second child in a family of six children, born to Hezekiah and Harriet Gary Holt. They were natives of Windham County, Conn. They married there and came West in 1837, coming through by wagon. It being in the winter time, part of the trip was made on run- ners put under the wagon. They arrived in the vicinity of the present village of Warren- ville, where Mrs. Holt's brother, Erastus Gary, lived, and soon after Mr. Holt bought a claim located about one mile southwest of Wheaton. The claim was occupied and improved, and bought of the Government when the land came into market. Mr. Holt lived on his place until his death in 1850. He was well known among the old pioneers, and was a life-long member of the Methodist Church, and took an active in- terest in its affairs. He was anti-slavery in politics. The family continued on the old homestead until 1877, when they retired to Turner Junction, where they lived until May, 1881, when they moved to Wheaton. Our subject was raised a farmer, and was edn- cated at Wheaton College. On becoming of age, he began doing business on his own account in partnership with his brother, con- ducting the farm. In 1877, Mr. Holt engaged in the hardware business in Turner Junction, in partnership with Mr. C. W. Gary. and in 1880 he sold his interest to Mr. Gary, and soon after served as Government Enumerator in taking the census of Winfield Township, after which he kept books a short period in Chicago,
and in March, 1882, he bought out the present business, and formed a partnership with his nephew, Mr. E. B. Holt. While in Turner Junction, Mr. Holt was elected Supervisor of Winfield Township, but was ineligible for the reason he had not lived one year in the town- ship. He was afterward elected Police Magis- trate and President of the Board of Trustees. The former position he held until he came to Wheaton.
A. H. HIATT, physican, is a native of Indi- ana, born in Fayette County in 1823; was reared on the farm ; received a common school and academic course of study. At the age of seventeen, began reading medicine, and in 1846 graduated from the Ohio Medical College in Cincinnati, Ohio, and began practice at New Castle, Ind., where he remained until 1854 ; thence to Westfield, Ind .; remained there four years. He then came to Wheaton, and has practiced here since. In 1870, he opened an office in Chicago, and was burned out in 1871, and in 1872 opened another office in Chicago, which he attends daily. From 1877 to 1880, the Doctor was Professor of Surgery in the Bennett Medical College of Chicago, and has been Professor in Wheaton College of Anatomy, Physology and Hygiene, and gives a course of lectures every winter. In 1844, he married Miss Mary Ann J. Bowman a native of Ten- nessee, and moved with parents to Indiana when she was a child ; eleven children. eight living.
LUTHER L. HIATT, druggist, is a native of Henry County, Ind., born in the year 1844; he received a common school course of study, and had entered the college course at the Wheaton College (having with his parents moved to Wheaton in 1859), when-in 1862, October, he enlisted in the One Hundred and Fifth Illinois Infantry, Company F, and served until the close of the war. After the war he returned to Wheaton, and engaged as clerk in his father's drug store, and after became a part-
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ner with his father, and later became the sole proprietor of the business, which he continues at the present time. Mr. Hiatt is Republican in politics ; he has held the office of Town Clerk of Milton Township, also of the corpora- tion of Wheaton, holding the latter office in all some ten years ; he also held the office of Po- lice Magistrate, being elected three times. In July, 1882, Mr. Hiatt was nominated by the Republican Convention candidate for Represen- tative of the Fourteenth Senatorial District, comprising Kane and Du Page Counties. Oc- tober 4, 1865, he married Miss Statira E. Jewett, a native of New York. They have three chil- dren living. three sons.
IIIRAM H. HADLEY, farmer, P. O. Wheaton, Ill., is a native of Bethel Township, Windsor Co., Vt., born on his father's farm in the year 1824, and is the eldest of three chil- dren born to Abial and Elmina (Chadwick) Hadley. They were natives of Vermont, mar- ried there and followed farming ; he was also a carpenter, and principally followed his trade. In 1841, the family came West by the water route to Chicago, thence by team to Du Page County, and settled in Milton Township, one and a half miles southwest of Wheaton, where he bought 160 acres of the Government at $1.25 per acre. They occupied the place and farmed there some eighteen or twenty years; then moved to Wheaton, where he has lived since. Mrs. H. died in Wheaton in the fall of 1873. Our subject lived at home until he be- came of age ; he received a very limited course of study in the common schools of his district, and was brought up to farming. In 1845, he married Miss Charity S. Lewis, a native of New York. She came to Du Page County, Ill., with her parents, who were farmers, when she was young. After the marriage they located on their present place, which adjoins the old homestead, and they have lived there since. By the marriage there have been three children, of whom two are living-Philip L., married
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