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H. W. DUERINGER, M. D.
Dr. H. W. Dueringer, engaged in the practice of medicine and surgery in Elgin, was born in Gibson City, Ford county, Illinois. November 6, 1868. His father. the Rev. John H. Dueringer. was a native of the city of Hanau, Germany, and in early manhood was married to Miss Minnie Morsch, who was born in Karlsruhe, Germany. They came to America, however, when quite young and were married in the new world. The Rev. Dueringer served as a soldier in the Civil war, acting as bugler for a time. He was connected for a time with Company A. of the Sixty-fourth Illinois Regiment -- the Sharpshooters-under command of General Rosecrans, and partici- pated in all of the principal engagements with his regiment. making a most creditable military record in defense of the Union. He was a notary public and assessor and filled other offices in his county and was also prominent in the Grand Army of the Republic.
Dr. Dueringer's preparation for the profession was preceded by a course of study in Chicago public schools. His preliminary reading in medical lines was supplemented by study in Hahnemann Medical College of Chicago, from which he was graduated in April. 1896. Immediately afterward he began practice at Champaign, Illinois, where he remained for two years, when he came to Elgin and opened the office he now occupies. Here he has built up a very large and lucrative practice, being recognized as one of the strong- ost representatives of the school of homeopathy in this part of the state. He is a member of the Illinois Homeopathic Association and also of the Amer- ican Institute of Homeopathy. He belongs to the Yeomen of America, of which for the past two years he has been their national medical director, also medical examiner of the Columbian Knights and medical examiner of the Swiss Society. His membership relations include the German Gilde the Krieger Verein and the Soldiers' Society, of which he is also medical exam- iner. He holds similar professional relations with the Union Life Insurance Company, the Daughters of Columbia and the German Life Insurance . Asso- ciation of Chicago.
On the 7th of September. 1803. Dr. Dueringer was married to Miss Elizabeth Sippel, of Chicago, and they have four children, Stella, Esther, Walter and Orylin. The parents are members of the German Methodist Episcopal church and Dr. Dueringer belongs to the Elks' lodge. He has
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always held to high ideals in his profession, is neglectful of no duty that can possibly promote the interests of his patients and in his continued study and investigation has gained broad and comprehensive knowledge whereby his many patrons have profited. As a latter feature of his more active practice he is giving more and more time to the study of surgery.
JEREMIAH D. LUTZ.
Jeremiah D. Lutz, who is successfully engaged in farming and stock- raising in Kaneville township, was born in Center county, Pennsylvania, March 23, 1855, his parents being Jacob and Catherine ( Zeigler) Lutz, the former also a native of Center county, Pennsylvania, where his birth occurred in 1819. Jacob Lutz, who was a blacksmith by trade. was drafted for service in the Civil war but sent a substitute. His marriage was celebrated in 1849. and he continued to reside in the Keystone state until the time of his demise in July, 1890. He was a devoted member of the German Reformed church. His wife, who survived him for only six weeks, passed away in Center county, Pennsylvania, in September, 1890. Unto this worthy couple were born seven children: Sarah, born in Center county. Pennsylvania, in 1850, became the wife of Stephen Transue, who served as a soldier in the Civil war throughout the period of hostilities. He is now engaged in farming in Pennsylvania. Chestie, whose birth occurred in Center county, Pennsylvania, in 1852, be- came the wife of Ira Segner, an undertaker and finisher. She made her home in Pennsylvania until the time of her demise in 1889. Maggie, born in Center county. Pennsylvania, in 1853, married Charles Beck, a farmer by occupation. She resided in the Keystone state until called to her final rest in 1894. Julia, who was born in Center county, Pennsylvania, in 1854, married Benjamin Vonada, a retired agriculturist, and resides in Pennsylvania. Jeremiah D., of this review, was the next in order of birth. Harvey Newton, born in Center county, Pennsylvania, married Miss Anna Fisher in 1880. He is a blacksmith by trade and makes his home in the state of his nativity. Clement C., born in Center county, Pennsylvania, January 14, 1861, married Miss Mary Clontz in 1882 and resides in the county of his nativity.
Jeremiah D. Lutz attended school in Pennsylvania until eighteen years of age, and in the year 1878 made his way westward to Illinois, securing em- ployment as a farm hand. For ten years he farmed on shares land which belonged to his father-in-law, B. F. Gramley, and in 1893 purchased his pres- ent tract of one hundred and twenty acres situated three and a half miles west of Kaneville. It is all tillable land and he has tiled and otherwise greatly im- proved the property, equipping his place with all the conveniences and accessories which go to make up a model farming property of the twentieth century. His buildings are modern and substantial and he is an enterprising and up-to-date farmer, keeping abreast with the most progressive methods of agriculture. He raises shorthorn cattle, having some splendid specimens of that breed, and also feeds Duroc Jersey red hogs. He keeps ten cows, deliver-
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ing milk to the County Line Creamery, and also has one hundred hens of the Plymouth Rock variety. His life has been one of continuous activity, in which has been accorded due recognition of labor, and today he is numbered among the prosperous citizens of his community.
In Kane county, Ilinois, in 1883, occurred the marriage of Mr. Lutz and Miss Diana M. Gramley, of Pennsylvania. Mr. Lutz is independent in politics, supporting men and measures rather than party. He attends the Methodist Episcopal church and is an upright citizen, having won the warm regard and esteem of all with whom he has come in contact.
CHARLES L. SPRIET.
Charles L. Spriet, operating two hundred and twenty-three acres of valuable land in St. Charles township, was born in Eerneghem, Belgium. April 29, 1857, his parents being Eugene and Francisca ( Biebuyck) Spriet, both natives of that country, the former born April 3, 1823. and the latter in 1825. They were married in 1852, and the father passed away in Belgium, February 27. 1908, but the mother still resides in her native land. The brothers and sisters of our subject are as follows: Camel Henry, born in Belgium in 1859, was married in that country to Marthilda Van De Capelle, and now carries on farming east of St. Charles in Kane county, Illinois. Leona has passed away. Sidonie, born in Belgium in 1864, became the wife of August Coryn. a farmer. They came to America in 1887 and now reside four and a half miles west of St. Charles. Celest, born in Belgium in 1867, is a farmer by occupation and lives with his wife in the land of his birth. Frank, whose birth occurred in Belgium in 1869, attended high school in that country and subsequently wedded Miss Farilda Gatse. He is a laborer, now residing in Moline, Illinois.
On the 29th of March, 1887, Charles L. Spriet emigrated to America and throughout the following summer was engaged in agricultural pursuits in Michigan. Subsequently he worked in the pineries of Kalkaska county, Michigan, for two years and on the expiration of that period removed to Moline in 1890, there continuing until 1893. During the succeeding two years he was employed in the malleable iron foundry at St. Charles and afterward returned to Moline, where he continued to reside until 1900, when he once more came to St. Charles. Here he went into partnership with his brother Henry in the conduct of a farm, but for the past seven years has carried on agricultural pursuits alone west of St. Charles, and in addition to the work of general farming he also conducts an extensive dairy, owning fifty-seven cows and averaging eighty gallons of milk daily. About one-third of the cows are of the Holstein breed, while the remainder are Durhams. He is also interested in the raising of poultry, having one hundred and fifty hens, and likewise owns seven horses. He uses the latest improved machinery to facilitate the work of the fields.
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On the 24th of April, 1889, at Detroit, Michigan, occurred the marriage of Mr. Spriet and Miss Leonia Van De Capelle, a daughter of John and Bar- bara (Van Den Brande) Van De Capelle, both natives of Belgium. The father was a baker by trade, and both he and his wife passed away in the land of their birth. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Spriet have been born six children, all of whom are still under the parental roof. The record of the family is as follows : Manda, born in Moline, Illinois, January 5, 1890; Henry, whose birth occurred in Moline, Illinois, May 8, 1892; Frank, born in St. Charles, February 3. 1894; Charley, born in Moline, January 11, 1896; Edwin Albert, whose birth occurred in Moline, January 12, 1898; and Martha, who was born in Moline, May 27, 1900.
Mr. Spriet gives his political allegiance to the men and measures of the republican party, while in religious faith he is a Catholic, being a member of St. Patrick's church at St. Charles. The hope that led him to leave his native land and seek a home in America has been more than realized. He found the opportunities he sought-which, by the way, are always open to the ambitious, energetic man-and making the best of these he has steadily worked his way upward.
BERT EUGENE SHERWIN.
Bert Eugene Sherwin, successfully engaged in farming in Aurora town- ship, was born in Kaneville, Illinois, June 18, 1877, his parents being Daniel C. and Mary E. (Barnes) Sherwin, the former born in Massachusetts, April 8, 1842, and the latter in New York state, June 15, 1842. They removed to Sugar Grove township when our subject was quite young and there carried on agricultural pursuits for several years. In 1885 they took up their abode in Aurora, where the father passed away in 1891. Mrs. Sherwin survived her husband until January 12, 1900, when she, too, was called to her final rest. She was a sister of Crowell and Ethelbert Barnes, prominent farmers of Sugar Grove township, who are mentioned on another page of this volume. Our subject has but one sister, namely : Cora A., who was born June 24, 1867, and is the wife of Charles A. Hilderbrand, an agriculturist of Sugar Grove township.
Bert Eugene Sherwin attended school until fourteen years of age in the old brick schoolhouse on the Galena road, two miles west of Aurora. Subse- quently he attended the Oak street school in Aurora for three years, and after putting aside his text-books was for a time employed as clerk in a grocery store. Various other occupations claimed his attention until 1900, when he rented the Hoyt farm, now owned by Mrs. Harbour, comprising eighty acres. For eight years he has now successfully managed the place, being a man of untiring perseverance and good business ability.
On the 4th of December, 1900, Mr. Sherwin was united in marriage to Miss Ruby Parker, who was born in Sugar Grove township, April 17, 1881. a daughter of Perry and Mary (Russell) Parker. They have become the parents of five children: Parker Russell, whose birth occurred August 31,
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1902; Donald Sidney, born August 25, 1903; Norman B., whose natal day was August 8, 1905; Kenneth, born December 20, 1906; and Beatrice. May 27, 1908.
Politically a stanch republican, Mr. Sherwin gives stalwart allegiance to the men and measures of that party. Fraternally he is connected with the Modern Woodmen and is also a member of the West Aurora Farmers' Club. He is of a very retiring nature, unassuming and modest, but is nevertheless highly respected throughout the community, being widely known as a man of excellent character and upright life.
FAYETTE D. WINSLOW.
Fayette D. Winslow is a representative of one of the old and prominent pioneer families of Kane county. He has always made his home here. He has won many friends through the possession of qualities which ever com- mand respect and regard and is valued as a citizen as well as a member of the legal profession. He was born in Sugar Grove township, Kane county, Illinois. August 26, 1857.
During the period of early colonial history the Winslow family was estab- lished in America by Kenelm Winslow, who came to the new world on the second trip of the Mayflower, accompanied by his brother Josiah. They set- tled at Plymouth, Massachusetts, and Kenelm Winslow became one of the first settlers of Marshfield, Massachusetts, in 1641, he and his brother being granted a large tract of land there. He was one of the twenty-six original proprietors of Assonet (Freetown), Massachusetts, the site of which they purchased in 1651. Kenelm Winslow was a brother of Edward Winslow, governor of the Plymouth colony, and also of John Winslow, who came there in the Mayflower on its first voyage and wedded Mary Chilton, the first woman to set foot on Plymouth rock.
Dr. George Winslow, grandfather of Fayette D. Winslow, was a phy- sician and surgeon who, born in Massachusetts, lived for many years at Colerain and Charlemont. He studied medicine with Dr. Long, of Shelburne. Massachusetts, and for many years was an able and well known representative of the profession in the old Bay state. His children all came to the west, how- ever, and eventually he followed in 1846, settling at Big Rock, Illinois, where he died two years later when about sixty-six years of age. His son, Lawson A. Winslow, born at Colerain, Massachusetts, also qualified for the practice of medicine, turning his attention to that work when a young man. He attended the Medical School of Pittsfield, Massachusetts, and in 1846 came west with his father, settling at Big Rock, Kane county. He afterward pursued a post- graduate course in the Iowa Medical College at Keokuk, and for about six years practiced at Sugar Grove, Illinois. In 1857 he sought a broader field of labor by a removal to Aurora, where he continued in the practice of medi- cine for over thirty years, or within a few years of his death. Aside from his profession he was interested in various business enterprises, wherein the com- munity was a large indirect beneficiary. For a number of years he served as a
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director in the Second National Bank and was one of the founders of the Silver Plate Manufacturing Company. He served at one time as city phy- sician. He was also secretary of the first republican meeting held in Kane county, of which his father-in-law. Jethro Hatch, was the president. Dr. Winslow was most public spirited, intensely, actively and helpfully interested in the welfare of Aurora, his labors in its behalf being exerted in many direc- tions. As he prospered in his undertakings he made judicious investments in property, becoming the owner of several farms in Kane county.
On the 31st of July, 1851, Dr. Winslow was married to Miss Marcelia Prudence Hatch, who was born in Otselic, Chenango county, New York, in 1830. Her father, Jethro Hatch, was a native of New York and followed Merchandising in Chenango county prior to his removal westward to Kane county at an early date, at which time he took up his abode in Sugar Grove township, where he engaged in farming. About 1872 he removed to Aurora, where he died at the age of eighty-two years. His wife was Minerva ( Pierce) Hatch, who was born in Chelsea, Vermont, and died in 1882, at the age of seventy-nine years. The great-grandfather of Fayette D. Winslow in the maternal line was Timothy Hatch, who served as a soldier of the Revolutionary war, acting as drummer boy during that strife. He married Ruth Welles, a direct descendant of Governor Welles, the first colonial governor of Connecti- cut. He was a son of Thomas Hatch, who was a lieutenant of the American army in the Revolutionary war and was one of the early graduates of Yale College. The founder of the Hatch family in America came to the new world in 1630 and settled in Connecticut. The father of Mrs. Jethro Hatch was Gurdon Pierce, a soldier of the war of 1812, and his wife bore the maiden name of Thirza Smalley. They were married December 1, 1790, when he was twenty years of age, and he died at the very venerable age of ninety-one years.
For thirty-eight years Dr. Lawson A. Winslow and Marcelia Hatch trav- eled life's journey together as man and wife, but in the later years of his life he went to Albuquerque, New Mexico, for the benefit of his health and there passed away in 1889, at the age of sixty-eight years, his birth having occurred December 23, 1831. Mrs. Winslow was a native of New York and by her marriage became the mother of seven children, of whom three reached adult age, namely: Dr. Charles E. Winslow, of Monrovia, California; Fayette D., of Aurora ; and Martha M., who is a teacher in the high school at Pasadena, California. The elder son was born in Sugar Grove, Illinois, August 19. 1855, attended Oberlin College at Oberlin, Ohio, and was graduated from Rush Medical College of the class of 1881. He was afterward assistant phy- sician and surgeon at the Marine Hospital in Chicago and subsequently practiced for several years in Aurora, Illinois, but is now located in California. In 1883 he married Miss Louise M. Tracy, of Mansfield, Ohio. The sister. Martha M. Winslow, a graduate of Oberlin College of the class of 1879, after- ward pursued a special course in biology in Chicago University and also in Leland Stanford University at Palo Alto, California, which institution con- ferred upon her the degree of Master of Arts. She is now teaching biology in Pasadena.
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Fayette D. Winslow was only six months old when his parents removed to Aurora and in this city he was reared, passing through consecutive grades in the public schools until his graduation from the West Aurora high school. Later he entered Beloit College, from which he was graduated in the class of 1879. He was graduated from the law department of Columbia University in New York city in 1883 and was admitted to the bar of Illinois in 1885. He then began practice in Aurora, where he has remained continuously since.
In 1891 Mr. Winslow was married to Miss Jennie Waldo Tracy, of Mansfield, Ohio, a daughter of Frederick and Anna L. (Lord) Tracy. Her father was born at Painesville, Ohio, May 6, 1831. The founder of the Tracy family in this country was Lieutenant Thomas Tracy, who settled at Salem, Massachusetts. in 1636. He was of Norman French stock, and his son, Captain Thomas Tracy, married Mary Winslow, the daughter of Josiah Winslow. who was a brother of Governor Edward and Kenelm Winslow of the Plymouth colony. The ancestors of Lieutenant Thomas Tracy in the paternal line were knights and sheriffs from the time of le sire Tracy, who crossed the channel with the conqueror in 1066. He was a Norman baron and an officer in the army with which William, duke of Normandy, invaded England. October 14. 1066. His name appears on the list of noblemen who took part in the battle of Hastings under William the Conqueror and won supremacy over England. Judge Josiah Tracy, grandfather of Mrs. Winslow, was born in Franklin, Connecticut. and wedded Mary Berchard. a daughter of Jesse and Lydia (Waterman) Berchard. Judge Tracy removed westward to Ohio and for many years was a resident of Painesville. Frederick E. Tracy, father of Mrs. Winslow, was married May 10, 1855, to Anna Tracy Lord, of Honesville, Pennsylvania. They had a family of five children.
Unto Mr. and Mrs. Winslow four children were born, Lawson Tracy, Anna Lord, Martha Hatch and Kenelm Tracy. The parents are members of the Congregational church and occupy a pleasant home at No. 282 Downer place. Politically Mr. Winslow is a republican.
OSCAR GUSTASON.
Oscar Gustason, a well known citizen of Elgin, was born in this city on the 16th of August, 1857, his parents being Charles and Hannah Gustason. The father was of Swedish birth and was one of the first of that nationality to locate in Elgin, where he continued to make his home until called to his final rest in 1901, at the advanced age of ninety-three years. By trade he was a tailor.
Oscar Gustason is indebted to the public schools of Elgin for the educa- tional advantages he enjoyed during his boyhood and youth, and he has always made his home in this city with the exception of five years spent in Aurora. He began his busmess career as an employe in the factory of the Elgin Na- tional Watch Company, and it was there he learned the art of making jewels for watches. In 1888 he commenced business for himself in that line under
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the style of the Gustason Jewel Company, which was in existence until June, 1908, when he sold out. He is a wide-awake, energetic business man of known reliability and he met with well deserved success in his undertakings.
On the 5th of November, 1890, Mr. Gustason was united in marriage to Miss Nellie E. Wade, a daughter of Alfred F. and Elizabeth ( Postle ) Wade, whose sketch appears elsewhere in this volume. Fraternally Mr. Gustason is a member of the Modern Woodmen of America.
CHARLES P. DAHLSTROM.
For twenty-two years Charles P. Dalilstrom, one of the progressive farm- ers of Plato township, has been a resident of the United States, and during the greater part of the time has been actively engaged in farming and con- ducting a thriving dairy business. He was born May 22, 1862, in Sweden, where his parents also were born and reared, and where their ancestors lived for generations, industrious tillers of the soil.
Mr. Dahlstrom is the son of Daniel S. and Johanna ( Peterson) Dahl- strom, who were the parents of eight children, Mr. Dahlstrom's brothers and sisters being : Amelia M., the wife of Carl Peterson, a farmer living in Sweden ; Stephen Gustaff, also a farmer in Sweden; Clara A., the wife of J. E. Johnson, one of the leading farmers of Plato township; Frank Gustaf, who is employed in a glass factory in Chicago; Otto, who is foreman in a show case factory in Chicago; Tilda E., the wife of Frank Johnson, also a resident of Chicago, where Mr. Johnson is foreman in a sash and door factory; and Hilma C., the wife of Axtel Pearson, foreman of bricklayers in Chicago.
Mr. Dahlstrom attended the public schools in his native land until he reached the age of fourteen. He then went to work for his father on the farm and continued to be so occupied until he was twenty-one. During the next two years and a half he was employed by another man on a farm near his home and at the end of that period came to the United States. He passed a short time at Lockport, Illinois, then moved to Chicago. In that city he was first employed in a cracker house and later in cabinet shops, where he worked seven years. During this time he lived economically and saved his earnings, so that when he desired another change of occupation he was able to buy the farm of one hundred and seventy-five acres in Plato township on which he now lives. This farm is a good one in every way. It is well improved, well watered and well cultivated. It contains good orchards and is given up to a profitable variety and succession of crops. It is advantageously located, too, being on the St. Charles and Green stage road.
On January 11, 1890, Mr. Dahlstrom was married in Chicago to Miss Matilda C. Nelson, who is, like himself, a native of Sweden, where she was born July 21, 1862. She came to this country and took up her residence in Illinois in 1882. They have eight children: C. Emil, Florence T., Mabel C., Harry Walter, Myrtle A., John D., Esther Matilda and Clarence O., all of whom are still living with their parents.
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In political alliance the father is a republican and in religious connection he is a member of the Swedish Mission church. He and his wife are faithful in the performance of their duties as neighbors, friends and progressive citi- zens. They stand well in the community and the whole family enjoy in a high degree the respect of the people around them.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN FRIDLEY.
Benjamin Franklin Fridley, one of the most kindly of men. possessing also business ability of a high order, combined with a conscientious sense of obligation in the performance of all public and private duties, was born on a farm near Elmira. New York, on the 10th of May, 1810. No event of spe- cial importance occurred to vary the routine of farm life for him at that carly period in the existence of the republic. He read law in New York city. When but seventeen years of age he walked from Corning, New York, to Philadelphia to purchase a copy of Chitty's Pleadings and carried the volume back with him in order to thus acquaint himself with the principles of law. In 1835 he came to the west, being then a young man of twenty-five years. and settled on the east bank of the river below Aurora, where he built a log cabin. He was a young man of much native sagacity and great force of character and these substantial qualities enabled him to forge to the front. In 1836, at the age of twenty-six years, he was elected sheriff of Kane county and removed his residence to Geneva, where he lived until the conclusion of his official term, when he removed to Aurora. He was the first sheriff of Nane county to serve a legal process. After his retirement from the office he filled the position of states attorney for the ninth judicial district for nine years and his official record was characterized by the utmost fidelity to duty as well as by comprehensive knowledge of the principles of law and correct application thereof to the points in issue.
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