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Agnes, of Harvard; Hugh, of Elk County, Kas .; Lizzie, wife of James Hineman, of Boone County, Ill. ; Thomas P .; Robert, of the firm of Marshall, Saunders, & Marshall. Thomas P. Marshall spent the earlier part of his life on the home farm. In 1877 he formed his present partnership with his brother Robert and P. E. Saunders. He is a member of Harvard Lodge, No. 309, F. & A. M., and Harvard Chapter, No. 91, R. A. M. His brother Robert was born on the old homestead in Chemung Township, Jan. 17, 1855. Sept. 10, 1880, he married Rosa Carpenter, daughter of Orrin Carpenter, an old settler of Boone County, Ill. They have had two children; but one is living-Thomas A. He is a member of Harvard Lodge, No. 309, F. & A. M .; Harvard Chapter, No. 91, R. A. M., and Calvary Commandery, No. 25, K. T.
John J. Martin, deceased, one of the old settlers of McHenry County, settled on the farm now owned by P. D. Hawver, section 3, Chemung Township, Sept. 22, 1838. In 1870 he moved to Big Foot Prairie where he died Aug. 17, 1872. He first came to Mc- Henry County, May 13, 1838, and remained in Woodstock three days; then returned to Chicago with the intention of going back East, but the boat had just gone. He then rented Myrick's Hotel, on the site of the present Northwestern car shops, and remained there till September, then came again to McHenry County. There were very few white settlers in McHenry County when he and his wife came here. The country was a bare prairie, with very few trees or shrubs. Mr. Martin brought the third span of horses to the county. They went to Chicago once in six weeks for mail and to Belvidere to mill and trade. Mr. Martin was born in Wood- bury, Conn., Jan. 1, 1810, a son of Samuel and Mary (DeForest) Martin, natives of Connecticut. He was the youngest of two sons, his brother's name being Frederick. When twenty-three years of age he went to Chemung County, N. Y., and remained there till his removal West. He was married May 16, 1834, to Mahala Creamer, a native of Washington County, N. J., born July 25, 1818, daughter of Daniel and Ann (Randall) Creamer. Mrs. Mar- tin's great-grandfather, John Hart, was one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. She still owns a pleasant farm of forty-two and a half acres in Big Foot. She was appointed Post- mistress in 1877, and resigned in 1884. She is a member of the Presbyterian church and one of the most esteemed citizens of the township.
Patrick McDonnell, farmer, section 24, Chemung Township, was
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born in Roscommon, Ireland, Aug. 22, 1832, a son of Thomas and Mary (Lambert) McDonnell. When fourteen years of age he came with his parents to America and for two years was butler for Hon. Charles T. Gould, Senator at Albany, N. Y .; then joined his parents at Providence R. I., but they soon after came West, and he went to East Greenwich, R. I., and learned the cotton weav- er's trade. In 1856 he came West and settled on a farm on section 19, Chemung Township. In 1858 he returned to East Greenwich and worked in the factory five years. He then went to Allenville and worked in Philip Allen's factory eighteen months. In 1869 he returned to McHenry County, and bought the farm where he now lives. He was married July 4, 1857, to Elizabeth Carroll, a native of Bayle, Ireland, daughter of Patrick and Mary (Lynch) Carroll. They have had nine children; eight are living-Mary, Thomas, Elizabeth, Catherine, Lena, Michael, Agnes and William. Thomas and Elizabeth are with an uncle in Endicotte, Neb. Mr. McDonnell has a fine farm of 100 acres and is one of the leading farmers of the township. He and his family are members of the Catholic church.
Owen McGee, deceased, is deserving of more than a passing notice in the "History of McHenry County." He was born in County Armagh, Ireland, Jan. 25, 1828, a son of William and Mary (McClune) McGee. When thirteen years of age his parents came to America, and located in Montreal, Canada, where they died when he was about seventeen years of age. He then came to Illinois and lived with a sister in Woodstock till 1850, when he went to California. His mining adventures proved successful, and on his return to McHenry County he located in Harvard, being impressed that it was to be a town of some importance. He en- gaged in buying and shipping grain, and afterward opened what was called the people's grocery store. He purchased a large farm which he also superintended. He was a very active man, ener- getic, and diligent in business, and won the esteem of all who knew him. In politics he was a strong supporter of the Democratic party, but his well-known honesty of convictions commanded the respect of his opponents, and he was honored by the election to the Presidency of the City Council, when his party was largely in the minority. All things pertaining to the welfare of the city and its inhabitants were carefully looked after, and any enterprise that promised to increase the trade and business of the place always had his hearty co-operation and support. He was a man of strong
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will power, and although a poor boy when he started in life for himself, became, by his hard work and close application, one of the most successful business men of Harvard. He was killed by the accidental discharge of a revolver in his own hand, while attempt- ing to shoot a dog that was worrying his sheep. In climbing a rail fence the top rail broke, and in his fall he discharged lis revolver. Mr. McGee was married to Kate Clark, a native of Boston, Mass., daughter of Frank and Kate (Nolan) Clark. She died in February, 1863, leaving two children-William F., born May 16, 1858, mar- ried, July 11, 1882, to Mrs. Ada Whitton; Katie A., born Jan. 21, 1859, died Marclı 26, 1881. Oct. 19, 1865, Mr. McGee married Hannah O'Conner, a native of Walworth County, Wis., born May 22, 1844, a daughter of Patrick and Mary (Gallivan) O'Conner, natives of Ireland, who came to America soon after their marriage and settled in Newport, N. H., and the spring of 183> removed to Walworth County, Wis., where they now reside. Mr. and Mrs. McGee had seven children -- Mary E., born Ang. 5, 1866, died Oct. 1, 1866; Helena, born Nov. 21, 1867; Winnie E, born March 18, 1869; Mary, born Aug. 27, 1872, died Oct. 5, 1872; Dominic N., born Oct. 8, 1874; Susie G., born Dec. 2, 1876, and Owen A., born Feb. 28, 1882. Mr. McGee was a member of the Catholic church. ·
William F. McGee, a son of Owen and Kate (Clark) McGee, was born in Alden Township, McHenry Co., Ill., May 16, 1858. When he was an infant his parents moved to Harvard, and here he was reared and received his early education. He subsequently entered Bryant & Strattan's Commercial College, Chicago, and after his graduation returnd to Harvard, and clerked for Joseph Stoller and Gilbert Brainard till 1878, when he entered the employ of the American Express Company. In 1879 lie went into the grocery with his father, and in 1880 opened a billiard hall, which he ran till 1883. He then opened a furniture store, but sold out in Oc- tober, 1884, and entered the employ of Sweeney, Cunningham & Dunn. Mr. McGee was married July 11, 1882, to Mrs. Ada E. Whitton, daughter of Dr. John and Ann (Baker) Reece. They have one child-Kate A., born April 30, 1883. Mr. and Mrs. McGee are members of the Catholic church. Mr. McGee is a member of Harvard Lodge. No. 147, A. O. U. W., and Harvard Legion Select Knights, No. 24.
Ferdinand Miller, of the firm Hagamnan & Miller, black- smiths, Big Foot Prairie, was born in Jefferson County, N. Y.,
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April 9, 1833, the youngest of seven children of Pardon and Eliza (Beebe) Miller, his father a native of Vermont, and his mother of New York. When he was a year old his father died, and his mother subsequently married Daniel Puffer. He remained with his mother till eighteen years of age, and then went to Buffalo, N. Y., and worked at the carpenter and joiner's trade till 1857, mak- ing his home with an uncle. He then returned home, and about 1860 came West, and lived at Sheboygan Falls, Wis., eighteen months. Subsequently he went to St. Paul, Minn., and from there was employed to go to Mississippi and oversee the carpenter and joiner work on a steam mill, on the plantation of a widow lady. He remained there eighteen months, and after starting for the North was forced into the rebel service. He refused to serve, and was therefore allowed to be wagon-repairer. He did not escape till after the battle of Nashville, in December, 1864, when he crossed into the Union lines and gave himself up. He was given a pass from Nashville to Louisville, and from there went to Buf- falo, and soon after to Delavan, Wis .; thence to Allen's Grove, Wis., where in 1870 he formed his present partnership and re- moved to Big Foot. Mr. Miller was married Dec. 31, 1874, to Arvilla, daughter of Cyrus E. and Nancy (Butler) Hagaman. They have one daughter-Maud, born Feb. 20, 1877.
Samuel G. W. Mills, the only merchant of Big Foot Prairie, Ill., was born at South Williamstown, Berkshire Co., Mass., Feb. 22, 1814, a son of John and Mary (Demming) Mills, natives of Massachusetts. He was the youngest son and third child of a family of three sons and two daughters. His mother died when he was four years old, and his father afterward married Abbie Rus- sell. Samuel remained on his father's farm, attending school in the winter till twenty-one years of age. He then started out to make his own way in the world, and came West to Chicago; thence to Half Day, McHenry, now Lake, County, Ill. This town was named for the Indian Chief Half Day, who was buried near by. Here, Jan. 12, 1840, Mr. Mills was married to Miss Chloe L. Hub- bard, a native of Middletown, Rutland Co., Vt., born July 14, 1821, a daughter of Moses and Lucy M. (Walton) Hubbard. In 1843 Mr. Mills moved to Chicago and engaged in the ice business three years, and in teaming two years, when he returned to. Lake County and followed farming till 1860. He then again moved to Chicago and carried on a meat market and provision store till 1869, when he moved to Lawrence, McHenry County, and opened a
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grocery store. Two years later he moved to Big Foot postoffice, and opened a general store. He carries a complete stock of gro- ceries, dry-goods, notions, etc., and commands a good trade from the surrounding country. Mr. and Mrs. Mills have six children- Ellen A., wife of O. T. Cross, of Rutland, Vt. Lucy M., widow of Levi Wurts, assists her father in the store. She has one daughter- Mary C. Wurts. Flora C. is the wife of Theodore Burr, a druggist of Irwin, Iowa. Ida I. is the wife of Fred Barnes, a farmer of Alden Township. Edith E. married Sumner Hawver, a farmer of Chemung Township. Burtis A. married Cora Larrabee. He is a fine ma- chinist and resides in Rutland, Vt. Mr. Mills is one of the oldest settlers of Illinois, having been identified with the State since 1837. Chicago was then in its infancy, but he has lived to see the country undergo all the changes that have brought that city to its present position, as the metropolis of the West. Mrs. Mills came with her mother to Half Day in 1835. Indians and wild animals roamed the country at will. They are of the few old pioneers of the county now living. Mr. Mills has been a Republican since the organization of the party. He and his wife are members of the Free-Will Baptist church.
H. B. Minier, proprietor of Ayer's Hotel, Harvard, Ill., was born in Big Flats, Chemung Co., N. Y., June 27, 1833, a son of John and Emily (Baird) Minier, natives of New York and Con- necticut, who still live on their farm in Chemung County, N. Y. H. B. is the eldest of seven children. When sixteen years of age he was employed as clerk in a store in Big Flats, and a year later took charge of the business. In 1858 he came West, and, in company with C. R. Brown, started a general store. In 1861 he sold his interest and returned East, but six months later came again to Harvard and was manager of Ayer's Hotel two years. He then, in company with Mr. Ayer, bought ont C. R. Brown and engaged in the mercantile business till the fall of 1866, when he went to Boone, Iowa, and opened an eating-house on the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad. In 1875 he returned to Har- vard and engaged in the grocery business till Jan. 1, 1883, when he bought the Ayer's Hotel of M. M. Towne. All the trains on the Northwestern Railroad stop for ineals, and it is now one of the best railroad hotels in the West. In the spring of 1884 Mr. Minier completed his hotel at Geneva Lake. The main building is 50 x 75 feet in size, and there are eight cottages, thus making accommodations for 200 people. It is now the principal hotel at 31
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Geneva Lake, and is under the management of Mrs. Minier. Mr. Minier was married Aug. 8, 1860, to Julia Ayer, a native of Ke- nosha, Wis., born Sept. 29, 1843, a daughter of Judge E. G. and Mary D. (Titcomb) Ayer. They have one daughter-Mamie. Mr. Minier is a member of Hartford Lodge, No. 309, F. & A. M .; Harvard Chapter, No. 91, R. A. M .; Calvary Commandery, No. 25, K. T., and Harvard Lodge, No. 147, A. O. U. W., and has held offices in each of the orders.
Nathaniel B. Morton, deceased, was born in Haddam, Mass., Dec. 16, 1797, a son of Elijah and Eunice (Bartlett) Morton: When he was nine years old his parents moved to Chenango County, N. Y., and there he grew to manhood. He worked on the farm and learned the carriage-maker's trade in his early life, and subsequently engaged in the mercantile business at French Creek, N. Y. His health failing, in 1832 he came West to Chicago, and from there to Du Page County, Ill., where he loaned money and speculated in land. Subsequently moved to Wankegan, and in the fall of 1865 to Rockford. In 1868 he moved to Harvard, where he died July 16, 1883. He was married March 7, 1855, to Olive E. Harris, a native of Otsego County, N. Y., daughter of Samuel and Lucretia M. (Spafford) Harris. They had one daugh- ter-Lily J., born April 14, 1856, died Aug. 24, 1864. Mr. Mor- ton was a man of noble principles and was strictly honorable in all business deals. He was respected by all who knew him for his manly attributes and business integrity. He was a member of the Universalist church. Mrs. Morton has a pleasant residence in Harvard.
Milo Munger, proprietor of the Chemung cheese factory and creamery; Island factory, Dunham Township; Cold Spring fac- tory in Hartland Township; Maplewood factory, Alden Town- ship, and Stewart factory, Hebron Township, was born in Herkimer County, N. Y., Oct. 7, 1841, a son of Ichabod and Eliza- beth (Ransom) Munger, natives of Connecticut and New York. Of a family of ten children, seven are living-Phoebe J., wife of Dennis Barrigan, of Salisbury, N. Y .; Sophia, wife of Rufus Rice, of Salisbury; Milo, our subject; Henry, of Dunham Town- hip, married Harriet Dewain; Esther, wife of John O. Pickert, of Salisbury; Elvira, wife of John Carroll, of Hartland Township, and Willard, of Chemung Township, married Eugenia Kibbey. Milo Munger remained at home till twenty-two years of age and then enlisted in Company H, One Hundred and Twenty-first New
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York Infantry, Army of the Potomac. At the battle of Spottsyl- vania Court-House he was wounded and lay in the hospital two months. After the close of the war he returned home and re- mained in New York till April, 1870, when he came to Illinois and lived in Winnebago County five years. Then moved to Dun- ham Township, McHenry County, and built a cheese factory. His business has increased till he now has over $18,000 invested and gives regular employment to seventeen men. In November, 1883, Mr. Munger moved to Harvard, where he has a pleasant home. He was married Dec. 31, 1869, to Alemeth A., daughter of Peter and Sarah A. (Freel) Springsteen, of Canada, They have four children-Charles L., born Oct. 14, 1871; Eldridge C., born Jan. 24, 1874; Hallie M., June 22, 1876, and Henry E., May 22, 1881. Mr. Munger is a member of J. B. Manzer Post, No. 215, G. A. R. He and his wife are members of the Universalist church.
Willard M. Munger, manager of the Chemung creamery, was born in Herkimer County, N. Y., March 1, 1854, a son of Ichabod and Betsy (Ransom) Munger. He was reared and educated in his native county and worked for his father till twenty-one years of age, and then bought the farm and lived there till 1883, when he sold it and came West and worked in the Dunham cheese factory till May, 1884, when he took charge of the Chemung factory. Mr. Munger was inarried Feb. 21, 1884, to Eugenia A. Kibbey, a na- tive of Herkimer County, N. Y., daughter of Irwin and Hattie (Ingram) Kibbey. Mr. Munger is a member of the Universalist church.
Charles W. Onthank, dealer in books, stationery, queen's-ware and fancy goods, Harvard. His father, Lowell Onthank, was born in Worcester County, Mass., June 15, 1792, and was married in Westfield, N. Y., June 12, 1824, to Almira Parker, who was born in Litchfield, Conn., April 17, 1793. He was a soldier in the war of 1812, and in politics was a Whig, and subsequently a Re- publican. He died in Portland, N. Y., March 23, 1860. His wife died Feb. 25, 1854. They had a family of five children- William D., born Jan. 19, 1826, was married May 18, 1851, to Roscena Brown, and still lives in Portland; George H., born Sept. 15, 1829, was married in September, 1851, to Belle Woods and lives in Iowa; Merab B., born Aug. 22, 1832, was married in May, 1851, to Chandler Colt and lives in Portland; Harriet, born April 9, 1836, was married to Joel Russell in November,
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1854, and dicd Feb. 24, 1858; Charles W., the youngest, was bern Aug. 27, 1839. When nineteen years of age he began clerk- ing in a general store at Brocton, N. Y., and when twenty-one came to McHenry County, Ill., and worked for Mr. Safford, o Marengo, till April, 1861, when he enlisted in Company D, Fif- teenth Illinois Infantry. He participated in the Missouri cam- paign with Fremont; was with Grant at Shiloh, Hatchie River, Corinth, Vicksburg and Jackson; was promoted to Sergeant and acted as Orderly a portion of the time. At the battle of Shiloh his company was reduced to sixteen and Mr. Onthank was the highest in command until they were consolidated with another company. In November, 1863, he was detailed on special service and sent to Marengo to recruit volunteers for the army, and made several trips to Springfield with recruits. June 16, 1864, he was mustered out and returned to Marengo, but soon after went to Vicksburg and was employed in the Commissary Department a few months and tlicn engaged in the grocery business till the spring of 1867, when he was appointed by General Ord, Register under the Reconstruction Act, with headquarters at Enterprise, Clark Co., Miss. In November, 1867, he came North and worked in a glove factory at Belvidere, Ill., three and a half years. Then went to Rockford and was employed as cutter and superintendent of Henry W. Price's factory eight years, and worked in the watch factory a little over a year. May 1, 1880, he moved to Harvard and became established in his present business. Mr. Onthank was married in March, 1866, to Miss Helen McDonald, of Ma- rengo, a native of Schenectady, N. Y., born April 29, 1843, a daughter of John and Maria (Oliver) McDonald. They have two children-Nellie M., born July 21, 1869, and Alice M., born Jan. 4, 1874. Mr. and Mrs. Onthank are members of the Methodist Episcopal churchi. He is a demitted member of Star in the East Lodge, No. 166, F. & A. M., at Rockford, and a member of J. B. Manzer Post, No. 215, G. A. R. Politically he is a Republican.
Rev. Samuel Paul, section 31, Chemung Township, was born in County Armagh, Ireland, in 1824, a son of Samuel and Jean (Quay) Paul. When sixteen years of age he entered Belfast college and graduated in 1844. In 1844 he entered the Free Church ( Prebyterian) College at Edinburg, Scotland, and took a two years' course. He was then licensed to preach in the Presby- terian church, and in June, 1848, came to America, and soon after landing joined the Associate Presbyterian church and was ap-
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pointed pastor of the Charlestown, Pa., Presbyterian church. Eighteen months later he was transferred to Norristown, Pa., and remained there two years. He then went to Ireland and after a visit of two months returned to the United States and served the church at Bel Air, Md., two years, when his voice failed and he was obliged to retire from the ministry. His brother Thomas was living in McHenry County, Ill., and after resigning his charge in Bel Air he came to this county, and in 1854 was appointed col- portenr by the Presbyterian Board of Publication, and was thus engaged six months. Hc then went to California and was em- ployed by his cousin, Thomas Quay, five years. In 1861 he returned to McHenry County and bought a portion of his present farm, and has since devoted his time to general farming, stock-raising and dairying. At the breaking out of the Rebellion he enlisted but was rejected by the examining surgeon. Mr. Paul was married July 4, 1864, to Sarah Hawthorne, a native of County Armagh, Ireland, daughter of James and Hannah Boyd) Hawthorne. She came to America with her sister in 1851. Mr. and Mrs. Paul are members of the Presbyterian church at Harvard.
Marcellus C. Pease, junior member of the firm L. Van Wie & Co., was born in Cleveland, Ohio, Feb. 3, 1842, a son of Asa and Miranda (Lowell) Pease. When he was an infant his parents moved to Big Foot, McHenry Co., Ill., and settled on the farmn now owned by Fletcher Moore, residing there about twenty years. The father died in 1880; the mother is still living, in the eighty-fifth year of her age. Five of a family of ten children are living-Asa, of Woodstock; Chester A., of Independence, Iowa; Cornelia, widow of Alonzo Fuller, of Harvard; Marcella, wife of W. I. Wooster, of Harvard, and Marcellus. In April, 1864, Marcellus C. Pease, was appointed assistant under D. R. Lamreau, in the Commis- sary department, Army of the Cumberland, headquarters at Nash- ville, Tenn. The first six months he had charge of droves of cattle, which were sent to Chattanooga, and then was Steward of the Soldiers Exchange Barracks, at Nashville. Since the war he has been identified with the business interests of Harvard, the firin of L. Van Wie & Co., one of the leading firms of Harvard. Mr. Pease was married Oct. 13, 1871, to Hattie A., daughter of Lorenzo and Sarah (Ryland) Van Wie. Mr. Pease is a member of Harvard Lodge, No. 147, A. O. U. W., and Harvard Select Knights. Politically he is a Republican.
Henry L. Puffer, Deputy Internal Revenue Collector of the
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Second District of Illinois, appointed Jan. 1, 1883, was born in Chemung Township, McHenry Co., Ill., Nov. 25, 1858, a son of Samuel L. and Lydia M. (Graves) Puffer. He attended school, and during his vacations assisted his father in the postoffice and store till 1879, when he went to Hebron and was manager and bookkeeper of the lumber yard, feed store and creamery of H. W. Mead two years, then returned to the homestead and remained till his appointment to his present position. He was married March 17, 1880, to Grace E. Billings, a native of Chemung Township, daughtergof William G. and Fannie R. (Everest) Billings. They have one son-Hal E., born Jan. 3, 1882. Mr. Puffer is one of the most enterprising young men of Chemung Township.
Samuel L. Puffer, Postmaster, druggist and general merchant, Chemung, was born in Sunderland, Franklin Co., Mass., Apri 8, 1827, a son of Lewis and Emily (Graves) Puffer, natives of Massachusetts. In 1857 his parents moved to Putnam County, Ill., and still reside in Mount Palatine. Samuel L. is the eldest of six children. He worked on the farm and in his father's shoe- maker's shop till twenty-two years of age. In 1849 he came West and worked at his trade in Walworth County, Wis., a year; then returned to Massachusetts and remained a year; then came West and lived in Kenosha, Wis., about seven months, and then came to Chemung and worked at his trade six months. He then opened a general store, and has since been identified with the business inter- ests of Chemung. He has been Postmaster of Chemung since 1863 with the exception of one year, when he was in the drug business in Harvard. Dec. 21, 1854, he married Lydia M. Graves, a native of Deerfield, Mass., a daughter of Newcomb and Almira P. (Phil- lips) Graves. They have four children-Frank M., a merchant and druggist of Rockford, Ill., married Sarah Beck, and has one child-Bessie. Emma M., wife of R. J. Beck, has two children -Frank and Grace. Henry L., Deputy Internal Revenue Col- lector and druggist, married Grace Billings and has one son-Hal E. Edward C. is a druggist with Dr. J. W. Groesbeck, Harvard. Mr. Puffer is a member of Chemung Lodge, No. 258, F. & A. M.
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