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Samuels, of Elgin. Frank W. was married, December 1, 1867, to Mary Ericson, born in Wisconsin July 6, 1849, who has borne him two children-Jennie and Nelson. Since his marriage, Mr. Pierce has had charge of the farm, which contains 130 acres of land. He is a Republican, and a supporter of the tem- perance cause.
JOHN T. PIERCE, farmer, P. O. Mea- cham, was born May 8, 1850, third son and fourth child of Thomas Pierce. He was raised on the farm, and, on attaining his ma- jority, rented land of his father in this town- ship. He married, January 22, 1874, Hattie A. Baxter, born in Winfield Township, this county, March 1, 1854, second daughter of John and Sarah (Sharp) Baxter, residents of this county, who came here from England about the year 1848. After his marriage, he located on his father's farm, known as the Daniel McGraw place, where he remained until March 25, 1881, locating on the George Meacham farm, containing now 193 acres, 160 acres of the Meacham farm. the remain- ing thirty-three acres of the Trewin farm, on which he has good improvements. He car- ries on a dairy in ad ition to farming. By their marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Pierce have been blessed with two children-Eddie Til- ton, born June 30, 1876; and Clarence Ray- mond, born April 11, 1880. Mr. Pierce is a Republican.
CHARLES PIERCE, farmer, P. O. Mea- cham, was born in this township February 24. 1857, and has always resided here. He is the youngest child and son of Thomas Pierce. Thomas Pierce was born in 1807; came with his family to this county in July, 1841, and bought land of the Government. He died July 11, 1880. His wife, a native of Cornwall, England, was born February 20. 1818, daughter of John Sandercock. The subject of this sketch, when he attained his
majority, rented the homestead for one year, and his father gave him eighty acres of land. In April, 1881, Mr. Pierce married Jennie Batten, a native of Devonshire, England, born October 10, 1862, daughter of John and Tamzer (Rundle). From this union they have one son, born August 17, 1882. Mr. Pierce has a farm of 170 acres of land.
W. KIRK PATRICK, deceased, was born February 16, 1824, in Truxton. Cortland Co., N. Y., son of Nathaniel and Penelope (Pot- ter) Patrick, he born February 10, 1785, in Stillwater, Saratoga Co., N. Y .; she born in 1793, daughter of Nathaniel Potter. To Nathaniel and Penelope Patrick were born fourteen children, twelve of whom grew to maturity-Stephen, Elias, Fannie E., H. B., Albert, Charles, William K., Lydia. Mary, Rachel, Alfred, Elizabeth. Stephen resides in Cortland County, N. Y., and has repre- sented his county in the Legislature of his State; Lydia married Alanson P. Benson, of Onondaga County, N. Y. Those who settled in this county were William K., H. B., Fan- nie (Mrs. J. B. Hull); Elizabeth, wife of Robert Patrick ; Charles, Richard, Alfred and Eliza settled in McHenry County; Alfred is a farmer; Mary married Charles Angle, and removed to Topeka, Kan. W. K. Pat. rick came West in 1850. He was raised on a farm, and his father died in 1844. Our subject, being the eldest son at home, took charge of the farm until he came West in 1850. The paternal ancestors of Mr. Patrick emigrated from Scotland to the North of Ire- land during the reign of James I, and the Patricks landed in New York in 1763. Our subject married, February 16, 1847, Mary L. Knowles, born in Chenango County, N. Y., June 17, 1827, daughter of Daniel and Lo- vina (Reynolds) Knowles, he born in 1785, in Rhode Island, she born in 1797, daughter of Benjamin and Sarab (Briggs) Reynolds, who
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removed to Chenango County about 1802. To Benjamin and wife were born nine chil- dren, who grew up. Daniel Reynolds and wife removed to Cortland County in 1837, and died there. To Daniel and wife were born three children-Mary, Darius D. and Sarah, the last two deceased. Prior to Mr. Patrick's coming West, he bought 160 acres of land, and afterward added more, and made several changes, but finally settled where he lived until his death, May 8, 1882. He was a Republican; served as Assessor and Super- visor several terms. About 1858, he engaged in sheep-raising, and, later, was a large breeder of the same. He was a liberal sup- porter of the Gospel, although not a member of any church, and always a helper of the poor and needy. To Mr. Patrick and wife were born nine children. Those who grew to maturity were Delia, wife of C. B. Field, of Freeport, Ill .; Ellen, wife of A. E. Hills, of Lombard ; Florence, Wilbur K., Jr., Frances, Charles. Abraham L. and Jesse. Mrs. Patrick is a member of the Congrega- tional Church.
ALFRED S. PATRICK. farmer, P. O. Wheaton, was born on the homestead farm, where he now lives, September 8, 1841, and is the third and youngest child of H. B. and Clarissa (Frisby) Patrick. Mr. Patrick was raised on the farm, and has always followed farming. He also devotes his attention to feeding cattle. January 1, 1875, he married Ida W. McClester, born in Long Meadow, Mass., February 13, 1849, youngest daughter of Robert and Mary (Field) McClester, he a native of Massachusetts, of Irish descent, she a relative of Cyrus W. Field. The McClester family came West to Plainfield, Will Co., Ill., in 1853. Robert McClester, who was a master mechanic in Government employ, died in Chattanooga, Tenn., in the second year of the late war. His widow is still living.
Mrs. Patrick has one brother and one sister, George and Elizabeth (Mrs. Charles Hoag, of Plainfield). Her parents were members of the Congregational Church.
ROWLAND RATHBURN, Prospect Park, was born near Rome, Oneida Co., N. Y., Au- gust 18, 1817, and is a son of Acors and Sarah (Peckham) Rathburn, natives of Rhode Island. Acors Rathburn was one of a fam- ily of six, born to Burden Rathburn, of Rhode Island. Acors Rathburn learned the hatter's trade, and, after his marriage to Sarah Peck- ham, danghter of Judge W. Peckham, he re- moved to Oneida County, N. Y., where he was one of the early settlers. He followed farming there till his death. He had a fam- ily of twelve children, all of whom grew to maturity-William, Solomon; Sarah, resid- ing at Oak Park, Ill., wife of Daniel Mory; Wells, Joshua, Peckham and Mercy, all three in New York; Dorcas, wife of Henry Thomas, of Lone Rock, Wis .; Perry, in Atlantic, Iowa; Benjamin, also in Iowa; May A., Row- land and James. The latter went to Califor- nia, and has not been heard from for several years. The subject of this sketch remained with his parents on the farm till he was twenty-two years of age. In the spring of 1844, he came to Illinois, and in September of that year, purchased, at $1.50 an acre, a claim of eighty acres of unimproved land, where be still resides, having now, however, 160 acres of well-improved land. He has been thrice married. In January, IS-10, lie married Elisa Mosely, a native of Rensselaer County, N. Y., daughter of Charles Mosely. She died leaving four children-Joshua, Cor- nelia. Emma and George. His second wife, Harriet Mosely, sister of his first wife, died leaving one child, Eliza. His third wife was Josephine Smith, a native of Vermont, and daughter of Alvin Smith, one of the early settlers in this county. By this last marriage
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he has six childlen-Acors, Sarah, Carrie, John, Richard and Warren. He is a mem- ber of the Society of Friends. Of his chil- dren, Joshua served four years during the late war, in the Thirty-sixth Illinois Cavalry, and died after leaving the service; Cornelia resides in Chicago, wife of George Meacham, lumber merchant; Emma is the wife of Henry Pierce, of this township; George is a farmer in Ellsworth County, Kan. ; and the remain- der of the family are at home.
WILLIAM RATHJE, farmer, P. O. Bloomingdale, has been a resident of this county since October 23, 1846, and of this township since the spring of 1847. He was born October 13, 1833, in Rodenwald, Amt Nuestadt, in province of Hanover. His par- ents were Frederick Rathje and Sophia Frol- ich. His father was born December 26, 1799, and had eight children born to him, whose names, in order of their birth, are Louisa, Frederick, Henry, Mary, William, Louis, Henry and Sophia. Henry died in the old country; Mary resides in Addison Township. wife of Henry Buchholz; Louisa married Fred Wakenhauer, of same township; Fred- erick resides in Peotone, Will County, this State; Sophia resides in Corvallis, Benton Co., Ore., wife of Fred H. Fisher. William, when he came to this county, resided the first year with his sister, Mrs. Wakenhauer, in Addison Township. The following year, he came to this township. He hired out for six months to Horace Benjamin, at $3 per month. The year following (in 1848), his father came, and bought 120 acres of land, which William now owns, which was obtained of Cyrus Kellogg, at a cost of $10 per acre, there being but little improvements on the place at the time. Since that time, Mr. Rathje has been a constant resident at the place. His mother died in 1843. His fa- ther resides with him on the farm. William
has given his attention to farming pursuits. In 1856, he had the misfortune to lose his right arm while working with a threshing machine. He has always been a stanch and reliable Republican; has served as Justice of the Peace for twelve years, and, since 1873, has been Supervisor of the township, except 1877, and in all his official relations he has maintained the dignity and uprightness which characterize the true man. He has 258 acres of land in the township, and 480 acres in Kossuth County, Iowa. March 20, 1863, he married Louisa Ehlers, who was born in the same place as himself, February, 1841, daughter of Fred Ehlers and Maria Meyer; has eight children -three sons and five daugh - ters -- Emma, Mena, Bertha, Annie, Sophia, Fred, Louis and Willie. Member of the Evangelical Church.
JOSIAH STEVENS, Bloomingdale, is now the oldest living male resident of Blooming- dale Township, having come here with his parents in the spring of 1835. He was born July 10, 1832, in Lenox, Madison Co., N. Y., third son and seventh child of Noah and Lois (Walker) Stevens. The Stevens family came originally from England, four brothers of the family coming out in the Mayflower. Noah Stevens, a farmer by occupation, son of Thomas Stevens, was born in Sangerfield, Oneida Co., N. Y .. November 16, 1797; was married, November 9, 1818, to Lois Walker, a native of Hinesburg, Vt., born Jan. 21, 1801, daughter of Asa Walker. By this union were born the following children: Sibylla, born February, 11, 1820, wife of D. D. Noble, of Nebraska; Thomas R., born March 25, 1822, a farmer, died at Wheaton, Ill., in March, 1882; Leonora, born April 3, 1824, married C. W. Kellogg, of this township, and died September 24, 1875; Lois, born May 19, 1826, wife of Henry Hatch, of Iowa; Lavina, born June 20, 1828, wife of
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E. A. Herrick, of Winnebago, Ill. ; Ethel H., born March 25. 1831; Josiah; Alvira L., born December 31, 1835, lives with Josiah; Adeline D., born June 28, 1838, wife of Ed- ward Herrick, of Iowa; and Mary A .. born November 25, 1840, wife of Asa W. Farr, of Iowa. All grew to maturity save Ethel H. Noah Stevens came West with his family and settled on a claim of 175 acres, on which Jo- siah now resides, and remained there till his death. which occurred September 5, 1862. He was a Deacon in the Baptist Church, and one of the organizers of that church here. their meetings being held in his house, which was the home of the ministers. In politics. he was a Whig, and later a Republican. His wife died February 4, 1863. Our subject married, March 5, 1855. Caroline E. Barber, born in Castleton, Rutland Co., Vt., October 5. 1829. daughter of Simeon and Lorain H. (King) Barber, natives of Benson, Vt., he a
son of Levi and Rebecca (Hinman) Barber. The Barber family came West in 1853 and settled in Bloomingdale Township, this county. Simeon Barber now lives with his son Henry; his wife died in July, 1875. They had three children-Caroline E., Mrs. Stevens; Henry F., residing in Wayne Town- ship. this county ; and Mary L., wife of I. B. Kinney, of Henry County, Mo. Mr. Stevens has had charge of the farm since 1853. He now rents the place. Since 1867, he has kept a public house. the Farmers' Home, and, since the spring of 1875, he has been en- gaged in the construction of tubular wells, keeping four teams constantly on the road. Mr. and Mrs. Stevens have been blessed with three children --- Hattie L., Addie L. (wife of E. W. Lester, of Addison Township) and Myrta A. Mr. Stevens has been Constable since 1865, and has served for nine or ten years as Township Trustee.
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WILLIAM ASCHE, farmer, P. O. Elm- hurst. is one of the young settlers of Addison Township; his father, William Asche, was a native of Hanover, where he was born Febru- ary 26, 1809, and emigrated to America short- ly after the Fischer family came. He worked on the canal in Chicago for some time, finally locating in Addison Township, where his son William now resides, making his purchase July 10, 1844. May 12, 1842, he married Mena Fischer, a native of Hanover, born ()c- toher 7, 1823, daughter of H. F. Fischer, who for several years operated the wind-mill in the southeast part of the township. William Asche, Sr., died March 18, 1876; his wife in November, 1858; six children were born to them. five coming to the years of maturity, Dora, Fred, Emma and William are now liv-
ing. Dora resides in Chicago, wife of Fred Wassaman; Fred resides at Lemont, this State: Emma is the wife of Henry Kay, and resides at Blue Island near Chicago. Will- iam, our subject, who now resides on the homestead farm, was born Jannary 7, 1854, and, being the youngest, he has always been on the home farm. April 16, 1874, he mar- ried Louisa, eldest daughter of August Graue: He has five children-Angust, Edward, Ma- tilda, Albert and Ada.
WILLIAM HENRY BOSKE, farmer, P. O. Bensenville, resides at Kaler's Grove, which took its name from Barney Kaler, who married Mrs. Boske, the mother of William Henry: her maiden name was Mary Ulhorn, whose first husband was Henry Boske, and by him had two children-Sophia and Will-
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iam Henry, who was born January 4, 1823, in Ehrenburg, in the Kingdom of Hanover; his father died in 1827. William Henry emigrated to this State with his mother and stepfather in 1834. William Henry left home after his stepfather's settlement here, and went to Chicago, remaining there until he was about eighteen years of age, when he returned to this township, where he has since remained. June 2, 1848, he married Mary Charlotte Schmidt, who was born February 19, 1829, in Londesbergen, in the Kingdom of Hanover, daughter of Henry Schmidt. Nine children have been born to him, eight of whom are living. Sophia was born August 16,1849, and resides in Bloomingdale Town- ship, wife of Marquardt; Louisa W., born November 20, 1851, and resides in this town- ship, wife of Fred Bucholz; Anne L. E., born January 12, 1854, wife of William Stuenkel, of Lombard; Maria D. R., born January 19, 1859, wife of George C. Johnson, of Chicago; Henrietta L. E., born May 24, 1861, wife of August Webber, of this township; Elsie L. M., Fred H. and William W., at home. Mr. Boske has over 300 acres with excellent im- provements thereon. Is a member of the Lutheran Church.
WILLIAM BARUTH, general store, Itasca; located in this town in the spring of 1882. He purchased the interests and store of L. F. Magers, and keeps a general store, dry goods, groceries, boots and shoes, hard- ware and notions; he also keeps a saloon and sample room adjoining. He was born Au- gust 3, 1839, in Amt Otterndorf, in the Prov- ince of Hanover, son of William and Rebecca Baruth. Mr. Baruth came to America in 1856, and lived in New York about two years, work- ing for what he could get. In March, 1858, he came to Long Grove, in Cook County, Ill., where he hired out among the farmers. In June, 1862, he enlisted in Company C, One
Hundred and Thirteenth Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and served until the close of the war, and was never absent from his command except when home on furlough one month, by reason of a wound received at Guntown. At the close of the war, he went to Chicago and engaged as clerk in the gro- cery store of J. H. Haake, remaining in his employ until May, 1868, when he purchased his employer's interest and run the store until the great fire, in 1871. Two weeks later, he set up in business on Milwaukee avenue, near Noble, where he remained about ten months; then sold out and opened a flour and feed store, and continued in that business until 1880. In May, 1868, he married Mary Hu- ell, born in Cook County, Ill., daughter of John Huell; they have three children-Will- iam, Carrie and Emma. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity.
FREDERICK H. BATES, M. D., Ben- senville, was born in the village of Elmhurst, Ill., October 8, 1856; he was the son of Gerry and Georgia Bates (a sketch of whom will be found elsewhere in this work). After receiv- ing a liberal education, he commenced the study of medicine, in 1875, and on the 26th day of February, 1878, he graduated with honors at the Rush Medical College of Chi- cago. After the death of his father, Gerry Bates, which occurred July 29, 1878, he was appointed Postmaster at Elmhurst, an office which his father had held for thirty years previous to his death. He continued to act as Postmaster and in the practice of medicine at Elmhurst until 1881, when he resigned both and entered into a partnership in the practice of medicine with Dr. John Zahn, at Elgin, Ill. In January, 1882, this partner- ship was dissolved, and Dr. Bates has since been practicing his profession at Bensenville, in this county, where, owing to his profi- ciency as a physician and his extended knowl-
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edge of the German language, he has a large practice. The Doctor has for some time been a member in good standing of the Ancient Order of Free and Accepted Masons, Harlem Lodge, No. 540.
WILLIAM BUCHHOLZ, farmer, P. O. Addison; is a native of Hanover, Germany, born February 8, 1826, son of Henry and Mary (Knage) Buchholz. Henry Buchholz came with his family to Illinois, in Novem- ber. 1844, and located in this township, where he lived until his death, which occurred July 12, 1853; his wife died two years later; they had five children - Mary, Louisa, Henry, William and Fred. Our subject was about eighteen years of age when he came to this county; when a little over twenty-three years of age, he began the business of life on his own account. He married, May 4, 1859, So- phia Fiene, also a native of Hanover, born in September, 1829, daughter of David Fiene. By this union, they have been blessed with eleven children, six of whom are living- August, Fred, Sophia, Louis, Anna, Louisa, William (died May 6, 1877, aged seventeen); Emma, wife of Henry Deirson, died August 9, 1877; Bertie died March 11, 1877, aged five years; Henry died March 19, 1877, aged two years; Matilda, the eldest child, died November 11, 1861. After his marriage, Mr. Buchholz located on his present place, where he has since resided; his son August lives on the adjoining farm; he has 253 acres of good land and a good farm-house, erected in 1874. They are members of the Lutheran Church.
Christian came to America in the spring of 1867; he spent one year in Chicago, and came here the following year, and has since been engaged at his trade, being both stone and brick mason and plasterer, and an excel- lent workman withal. He was married. March 3, 1872, to Lesetta, daughter of John Brettmann, one of the old settlers in the town- ship; he has three children-Herman, Julius and Malinda. He has, by honest labor and attention to his business, obtained a home here in Bensenville and valuable property.
GEORGE COGSWELL, farmer, P. O. Bensenville, was born December 15, 1847, in Bensenville, eldest son living of William F. Cogswell, a native of Concord, N. H., who came to this township in 1842, and purchased a claim on Section 13, of M. L. Dunlap, and here the family have since lived. Angust 26, 1843, he married Annie A. Franzen, who was born August 30, 1826, in Prussia; her parents were Garrett Franzen and Anna Krimpleman, who came here in 1843. The father died June 23, 1869, having been for twenty years a member of the Evangelical Church. Ten children were born to him. Of this number, William, George, Caroline, Henry, Louis and Clara grew up. George has now the posses- sion of the homestead, where he grew up. In November, 1870, he married Maggie Brust, who was born in Ohio, near Chillicothe, daughter of Adam and Barbara Brust. He located after his marriage in Cook County, where he lived seven years. Since that time, he has been an occupant of the homestead. He has four children, viz., William F., Ar- thur, Nellie and Alice. Is a member of the Evangelical Church.
CHRISTIAN BAUCKE, mechanic, Ben- senville, is the leading mechanic in his line in Addison Township; he is a native of the "Fatherland," Province of Hanover, where HENRY A. COGSWELL, retired, Bensen- ville, was born on the homestead farm in this township March 21, 1852; was the fourth son and fifth child of William F. and Anna (Fran- he was born April 3, 1847; his father was Christian Baucke, a farmer, who died when his son was eighteen years of age. His mother's maiden name was Dorathy Fogt. zen) Cogswell, who came to Du Page County
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soon after its organization. Henry A. was educated at the common schools; afterward, attended the commercial school of Bryant & Stratton, at Chicago, completing his studies at Plainfield College. At the age of seven- teen. he engaged in selling farm machinery, and canvassed the greater part of the county and was a very successful salesman; he subse- quently built a large storeroom and engaged in the hardware trade, but continued in the ma- chine business. He was the first one who carried on the business in the town; he con- tinued in the trade for thirteen years. He sold out. in the fall of 18S1, to H. H. Kort- hauer, who has since succeeded him, De- cember 2, 1874, he married Matilda Graue, who was born in this township, and who has borne him two children-Ada M., living, and Walter F., who died at the age of two years.
A. G. CHESSMAN, farmer and general business, Itasca, one of the leading business men of Itasca, was born March 4, 1832, in Cumberland County, N. J., son of William W. and Lydia (Griffith) Chessman, a dangh- ter of Abel Griffith, a Revolutionary soldier and participated in the war of 1812. At the age of seventeen, Abel G. began learning the carpenter's trade, and came to Chicago when twenty years of age. About the year 185S, he purchased land in this township, and lo- cated on the same, and from that time he has been closely allied to the interests of the township and Du Page County. He has in the meantime been engaged in building and contracting to some extent, and, since the existence of Itasca, has been prominently as- sociated with it as a business man. He was the first Postmaster in Itasca, receiving his appointment under Abraham Lincoln, in 1863. He was for some time engaged in buying and shipping grain. After abandon- ing the grain trade, he put up a mill, and is now doing effective work for the farmers. In
1878, he built an addition to his mill, and has since been engaged in manufacturing cheese boxes, wooden ware, fruit crates, etc .. which gives employment to several men. In December, 1857, he married Eliza Brooklyn, of Ogdensburg, N. Y., by whom he has eleven children - Carrie, William, Annie, Grant, Leonard, Philo, Joseph, Walter, Eliza. Abel and Robert. His farm of 114 acres is situ- ated about one mile and a half from Itasca, where he resides, and carries on his business in Itasca at the same time.
DANIEL CLARK (deceased) was born in Connecticut August 15, 1820, and came West with his father, Daniel Clark, when Chicago was a mere town. Daniel, Sr., was for many years engaged in the hotel business, in Cook County, Ill., just outside of what is now the limits of the city, and he was widely known by the people at that time, far and near, as "Unele Dan." He subsequently located in Bloomingdale Township, and there carried on the same business up to the time of his death. His son who bore his name located in this township, on Section S, in the year 1851, purchasing his land at $10 per acre. March 23, 1852, he married Mary Jane Fos- ter, a native of Upper Canada, born April 1, 1832, daughter of Asher and Hannah (Rose) Foster, who came here prior to 1840. Mr. Clark engaged actively in farming, and, for several years in his early life, ran a threshing machine, working excessively hard several months each year for many years, and while in this business doubtless sowed the seeds of consumption, which caused his death, January 5, 1877. He was a generous-hearted man, a kind husband and indulgent father, and, with- al, an excellent neighbor. His wife and three sons-James, Burlon and Allen-survive him and reside on the homestead. James, who was born December 18, 1856, has charge of the farm, assisted by his brothers. July 14,
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