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On the 15th of June, 1881, Mr. Frazier was wedded to Miss Belle Woodruff, a daughter of Freeman and Frances ( Harrison) Woodruff, of Ursa. Mrs. Frazier was born February 3, 1859, and by her marriage has become the mother of three children: Mabel E., born December 10. 1882: Ida ML .. born August 27. 1885; and Grover L., born December 16, 1890. The second daugh- ter has attended the Quincy high school, and the others have been educated in the public schools near home.
Mr. Frazier votes with the democratic party. keeping well informed on the questions and is- sues of the day, and is able to support his posi- tion by intelligent argument, but has never sought or desired office, save that he has served as school director for several years. He is an active member of Marcelline lodge, No. 114, A. F. and A. M., and his family are members of the Christian church of Ursa. He may well be called a self-made man. for he started out in life with little capital. As the years have advanced he has overcome all the difficulties and obstacles in his path, and by diligence and good management has worked his way upward to a position of affluence.
HENRY P. BEHRENSMEYER.
Henry Philip Behrensmeyer, in charge of the penmanship department of the Gem City Busi- ness College, was born in Quiney, February 18. 1868, his parents being Henry Charles and Fred- erieka ( Diekmann) Behrensmeyer. The parents were married in Prussia, Germany, and eame
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from that country to America. In 1881 the fa- ther became the senior partner of the firm of Behrensmeyer & Company, pork packers. Sev- eral changes in the ownership of the business occurred and in 1890 the firm style of Behrens- meyer, Achelpohl & Tuffli was assumed. For a number of years before becoming connected with the pork-packing business the father had lived in this city, the year of his arrival being 1863. lle worked for the firm of Moss & Wild for a number of years and later became connected with A. II. Achelpohl in the pork-packing business under the firm style of Behrensmeyer & Com- pany. The old Curtis distillery plant was pur- chased and transformed for the purposes of their business and Mr. Behrensmeyer continued an active factor in the management of the enterprise until 1892. Ile died in the spring of that year. In polities he was a republican. His widow still survives. In their family were nine children, but six have departed this life. Those still liv- ing are Fredericka, widow of A. H. Achelpohl; Edward T. and Henry. The younger brother married Miss Ida Ebert and is living in Denver, Colorado. Ile travels for J. B. Clow & Com- pany, a plumbing supply house, and for a num- ber of years was connected with the Gardner Plumbing and Heating Company as manager. He has one child.
Henry P. Behrensmeyer was a student in the public schools and in the Salem German school, and after putting aside his text-books he was employed as a clerk in the Achelpohl grocery store for a year. At the age of fifteen years he entered the Gem City Business College and was graduated in 1885. During the winter he was employed in the packing house, having charge of the retail store. and after completing his course in penmanship he entered the office of the college as office hoy. acting in that capacity until 1887. Ile then took charge of the classes in business penmanship and in 1890 was given full charge of the penmanship work in the normal department and has since continued to act in that eapacity. He is also secretary of the Lahan Stove & Manufacturing Company of Quiney and is interested, as a stockholder, in several other enterprises of the city.
On the 11th of .Inne. 1890. Mr. Behrensmeyer was married to Miss Minna Bitter. a daughter of T. II. Bitter, formerly connected with the Menke Stone & Lime Company. He was also influential in community affairs and served as alderman from the fourth ward in the '80s. He died in 1892. Mr. and Mrs. Behrensmeyer have one daughter, Helen, who was born June 3, 1891. and is a student in the public schools. Mr. Behrensmeyer is a member of Lambert lodge, No. 657. A. F. & A. M .: Quincey chapter. R. A. MI .: El Aksa commandery, No. 55, K. T .; and
Medinah Temple of the Mystie Shrine of Chi- cago. He is also connected with the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and in polities is a staunch republican. The development of his latent powers and energies through proper train- ing and the continued use of his talents have won for him an excellent position in the busi- nes life and educational circles of Quincy and have brought to him a wide acquaintance.
WILLIAM F. SELBY.
William F. Selby, who has farming interests well represented by an excellent tract of land of one hundred and fifty aeres on section 24, Lima township, is a native son of Adams county, his birth having occurred March 7. 1850. His fa- ther, Lewis Selby, was born in Bourbon county. Kentucky, and came to Adams county, Illinois, about 1837, locating in Lima township, where he carried on general farming. Ile became the owner of land on section 13, where he died lan- mary 10, 1905. Ile was one of the pioneer set- tlers of this part of the state, having for sixty- eight years resided within the borders of Adams county. during which time he witnessed almost its entire development. His mind formed a con- necting link between the primitive past and the progressive present, and he could relate many interesting incidents concerning the county when it was a frontier locality. His first wife died in 1853: his second wife died in 1876. and his third wife survives him.
William F. Selby, reared upon the old home farm, assisted in the labors of the fields through the summer months and in the winter seasons was a student in district school No. 13. After putting aside his text-books he continued to assist his father for two or three years and then began farming on his own aceonnt. buying land on section 13. This he afterwards sold and bought a farm on section 24. Lima township. He has now one hundred and fifty acres of good land on section 24, where he carries on general farm- ng.
As a companion and helpmate for life's jour- ney Mr. Selby chose Miss Lizzie Spencer, to whom he was married October 9, 1872. She was born December 25, 1853, a daughter of William and Elizabeth (Baker) Spencer, the former a farmer by occupation. Her parents are now deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Selby had four chil- dren, namely : Finney, who was born July 24. 1873, and died February 7, 1878; Nellie, who was born December 8. 1876, and was the wife of Henry Ippenson of Mendon township, but died September 30. 1904, leaving two small sons. Carl and Curtis, who are now living with their grand-
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father. Mr. Selby . Lon, who was born February 21, 1880, and is the wife of Joseph C. White- field of Marcelline: and James, who was born August 6, 1893, and is at home. Mr. Selby is a member of the Court of Honor at Marcelline and is a member of the Methodist Protestant church, while his wife belongs to the Methodist Episcopal church. His political support is given to the prohibition party, and he has served as school director for several years and as school trustee. Ilis life is honorable and upright, as is indicated by his support of temperance prin- ciples and by his adherence to his church. At all times he has been aetnated by straightfor- ward motives and in his relations with his fel- lowinen has ever been just and many times generous.
RUDOLPHI C. BOGER.
Rudolph C. Boger, who was very successfully engaged in the wholesale confertionery busi- ness in Quiney and in Cincinnati, Ohio, for many years, represented one of the early families of this city. He was born here June 26, 1863. his parents being Christoph and Stephania (Lacherman) Boger, who were natives of Ger- many, whence they came to America in early life, settling in Quincy. The father was a baker by trade and followed that pursuit in Quiney until his death, November 30, 1869. His widow afterward married Gustave W. Hutmacher, and they now reside in Riverside township.
Rudolph C. Boger attended St. Boniface Catholic school in Quiney and afterward was a student in the Gem City Business College, where he pursued a thorough course and was graduated. thus becoming well equipped for life's practical and responsible duties. He then began as a bookkeeper in a pork packing house of Quiney and later he accepted a position as bookkeeper with John JJ. Wessels, who was engaged in the wholesale confectionery business in Quiney. Mr. Boger was bookkeeper there for three years. In 1883 he and Messrs. Miller and Pfeiffer, of Quiney, purchased the business of Mr. Wessels and the Miller, Boger Cracker and Confectionery Company was organized, with Mr. Boger as manager. That firm continued in the wholesale confectionery business until December, 1889, when their store was destroyed by fire. Mr. Boger then accepted a position with a Milwaukee wholesale confectionery house as traveling sales- man and after a few months he received an offer from O. Il. Peckham, one of the largest wholesale confectionery houses of St. Louis. Accepting a position with him as traveling salesman, he went
upon the road in the east and accordingly moved his family to Cincinnati, Ohio, residing at No. 938 MeMillin street. Hle traveled for the St. Louis house for ten years and in the spring of 1900 he again embarked in business on his own account, in Cincinnati, entering into partnership with Adolph Goelitz under the firm name of Boger & Goelitz, proprietors of a wholesale specialty confectionery house at No. 220 Main street, Cincinnati. Mr. Boger continued in the business there until his death, building up an excellent trade.
Mr. Boger was married in Quiney, February 6, 1583, to Miss Mary J. Wessels, a native of this city and a daughter of John J. and Margaret (Selonidt ) Wessels, natives of Germany, who died in Quiney. Mr. and Mrs. Boger became the parents of two children : Edgar S., who died at the age of six years: and Eva May, who is with her mother in Quincy.
Mr. Boger died in Cincinnati, August 1, 1900, at the early age of thirty-seven years. After his death Mrs. Boger sold her interest in the business there to Mr. Goolitz and returned to Quiney, where she has since made her home. She has some valuable residence property on Vermont street and she and her danghter reside at No. 516 South Twelfth street.
Mr. Boger was a member of Quincy council, No. 195. Royal Areanum. Politically he was a republican. Hle and his wife attended the Pres- byterian church. lle had many friends in Quiney, where he was well known and held in the highest respect. Perhaps Mr. Boger's most marked characteristic was his devotion to his family, from whom he never was long separated, returning from all of his travels as often as his business would in any degree permit. lle counted no personal sacrifice on his part too great if it would enhance the welfare and happi- ness of his wife and children.
WILLIAM BOWLES.
William Bowles, now deceased, was for many years a respected, prominent and influential farmer of Adams county. He was born in Bour- bon county, Kentucky, September 29, 1829, and in 1830 was brought to Adams county by his parents, who settled upon the farm where his widow now resides. It was then a pioneer dis- trict in which few settlements had been made. Large tracts of land were still in possession of the government and on these not a furrow had been turned nor an improvement made.
William Bowles attended the frontier schools of his locality. pursuing his studies in an old log schoolhouse. with its slab seats and big fire-place.
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The methods of instruction were also very primi- tive. Tle was one of five children, of whom four are still living. Like the others of the house- hold he became familiar with the hardships and trials of frontier life and with the arduous task of developing a new farm. The machinery used at that time was very crude in comparison with the improved farming implements of the present day and much hard manual labor was required in the tilling of the soil. At the time of the dis- covery of gold in California, Mr. Bowles, then a young man of twenty years, crossed the plains to the Pacific coast, four months being spent in making the trip. He was quite fortunate in his ventures, there making considerable money in the mines. Ile remained there for two years, while his brother Jesse, who went to California in 1850, is still there. Ile resides in town but is the owner of a large ranch which he conduets. Anne Bowles, a sister of William Bowles, became the wife of Alford Urton and lives in Dunlap, Missouri. She has five children. Mary, another sister, is the wife of William Metz, a farmer, re- siding near Guthrie, Oklahoma, and they have five children. Warren, another brother, lives north of Quiney, his home being near Mendon. Ile married Jane Carr, a daughter of L. G. Carr. and has four sons and two daughters.
Following his return from the far west Wil- liam Bowles was married in 1851 to Miss Aman- da Beehe, a daughter of Silas and Imeinda (Dupee) Beebe. Her father came from New York to Adams county, Ilinois, at a time when the settlers in this part of the state often lived twenty miles apart. He purchased land for one dollar and a half per acre, buying from the gov- ernment and eventually he became the owner of seven hundred aeres, which in the course of time was very valuable, owing to the improvements made upon it and the rapid settlement of the county. The family home was upon the farm now occupied by Fred Keasel and Mr. Beebe built there a brick residence which is yet a very fine country home. There were three children in his family. The eldest, Albert, who was born in 1832, died at the age of forty-eight years, leaving a son, Frank, who is now living in Quincy. Mary, the youngest, became the wife of George Morris and both are deceased. They left one child. A. A. Morris, who is a lawyer, living in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania.
Mrs. Bowles, the second member of her fa- ther's family, obtained her early education in the district schools. She was married when six- teen years of age and has lived upon the farm which is now her home for fifty-four years. She became the mother of the following children : Jesse lived in Missouri at the time of his death. llis remains were brought back for burial in Craigtown, Ilinois. He had four sons and his
widow is now living in Quiney. Luey is the wife of Milo MeCormick, a street-ear employe in St. Louis, Missouri, and they have three children. Annie died in infancy. Charley is living on the old homestead. Augustus died at the age of twenty-one years. Mary died when ten years of age. Olive passed away at the age of three years. Lucinda died at the age of one year, and one child died unnamed.
Mr. Bowles was a very successful farmer, was active and enterprising in his business affairs and was thoroughly reliable at all times. He had one hundred and sixty acres of valuable land which he left his family. In his fraternal rela- tions he was a Mason and was buried by the lodge in Craigtown cemetery. He voted with the democracy and was a member of the Chris- tian church, to which Mrs. Bowles also belongs. Ile enjoyed the respect and good will of all and his death was deeply mourned by many friends as well as by his family. Mrs. Bowles, a most estimable lady, representing one of the worthy pioneer families of Adams county, yet resides on the old homestead to which she was taken by her husband when a bride of sixteen years.
HENRY CHARLES MUELLER. D. M. D.
Dr. Henry Charles Mueller, successfully en- gaged in the practice of dentistry in Quincy, his native city, was born March 23, 1877, a son of Stephen and Fredericka ( Pfeiffer) Mueller. The father came from the city of Suhl, in Thuringen, Germany, to America about 1872, making his way to St. Louis, Missouri, and thence to Peoria. Illinois, Ile afterward came to Quincy. In early life he learned the trade of a gunsmith. but in Quiney turned his attention to pattern- fitting at which he is still engaged, being now connected with the Channon-Emery Stove Com- pany, at No. 5 Ohio street. Unto him and his wife were born five children, all of whom are living: Emma, who is married and resides in Montana, the wife of J. C. Feisel: Henry C .: Minnie, Lonis and Anna, all three living at home.
Dr. Mueller, at the usual age, entered the pub- He schools wherein he continued his studies until he had completed the high school course, and later he was a student in Chaddock College, com- pleting a business course. In 1896 he matrien- lated in Washington University, at St. Louis. where he took up the study of dentistry and com- pleted his course by graduation with the class of 1899. Returning to Quiney he at once opened an office for practice and was not long in seeur- ing a fair patronage, which has steadily in- creased. He is thoroughly familiar with the
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latest improved methods and devices of dentistry and his work is of a character that has given entire satisfaction to his patrons, who find him careful, courteous and obliging, as well as skill- ful.
On the 5th of October, 1904, Dr. Mueller was married Miss Tester Helen Nanmann, a daughter of the Rev. Philip Naumann and a sis- ter of Dr. Naumann of this city. They are mem- bers of the Bethel German Methodist Episcopal church and Dr. Mueller is a member of the board of the Young Men's Christian Association. In his political views he is a republican, but has no political aspirations for himself. He belongs to the Mutual Protective League and in the line of his profession he is connected with the Ilinois State Dental Society and the District Dental So- ciety, wherein he keeps in touch with the progress that is continually being made in the line of his profession. as invention perfects the instruments of dentistry and knowledge broadens concerning the best methods of the care and treatment of the teeth. He has displayed a landable ambition that promises well for still further success and already he is known as one of the more capable practitioners of Quincy.
LEO J. KADESKI.
Leo J. Kadeski, who as president of the Defi- ance Garment Manufacturing Company of Quincy, is prominently connected with indus- trial interests in this city and who has an exten- sive acquaintance throughout the country as commander-in-chief of the Catholic Knights of America and the founder of its uniform rank, was born in Budsin, Germany, January 16, 1867. His father, Stephen Kadeski, was born in Sie- bensch Loeschen, Germany, and was a prominent. and influential citizen of his locality. He served as a soldier, was also in the vivie depart- ment of the government service and was a large landowner. To this day many members of Mr. Kadeski's family on his father's and mother's side are holding positions of trust in the father- land. In 1882 Stephen Kadeski came to the United States, locating at Chester, Illinois, but a few weeks after his arrival he was killed in a railroad accident, his death occurring when he was fifty-five years of age. His family contin- vedl to reside in Chester for four years and then removed to Marshall, THinois, where they re- mained until 1902, when the mother, Mrs. Anna Kadeski, came to Quiney to live with her son Leo and here she died in 1903. at the age of sixty-five years. In the family were eleven chil- dren, but only three are now living, the brother of our subject being Frank J. Kadeski, who is
engaged in the dry-goods business at Marshall. Illinois, while the sister is Martha, the wife of Martin Stepszynski, who is engaged in the coop- ering business in Peoria, Illinois. After the death of his father the subject of this sketch be- came the provider and care-taker of the family.
Leo J. Kadeski acquired his education in pub- lie and private schools in his native country. He also received military instruction there and on leaving school he came to the United States. ITis first employment in this country was as a clerk at Chester, Illinois. He afterward worked for a short time upon a farm in Missouri in order that his health might be benefited by out- door exercise and later he returned to the store. Subsequently he went upon the road as travel- ing salesman, representing New York, Terre llante, Indiana, and Chicago houses for over nine years. Tle was resident agent at St. Louis for three and a half years, and in 1900 he came to Quiney, where he embarked in the manufac- ture of skirts and petticoats under the name of the Defiance Garment Manufacturing Com- pany, controlled by the firm of L. J. Kadeski & Company. This business has steadily grown and the output of the house is now large, an excel- lent business having been developed, Mr. A. Doerr being the senior member of this firm.
In 1899 Mr. Kadeski was married to Miss Dorothea M. Doerr, a daughter of Andrew Doerr, proprietor of Doerr's large department store of Quincy. She was born in this city in 1879 and both Mr. and Mrs. Kadeski are mem- bers of the Catholic church. He is also identi- fied with the Modern Woodmen of America, the Knights of Columbus, the lowa State Travelers AAssociation and the Catholic Knights of Amer- ica. In the last named he has attained high rank, being re-elected and now commander-in- chief with headquarters at Quiney. He is also the founder of the uniform rank of the Catho- lie Knights of America and is serving with rank of major-general since its establishment in 1895. lle was instrumental in establishing its ladies auxiliary in 1895 and as the supreme delegate From Hinois he had adequate rates adopted in 1904 at a special session of the supreme council. thus being instrumental in putting the society upon a sound financial basis. He has always been a strong gold demoerat and he received his party's nnanimons endorsement for secretary of state in 1896, but refused to become a candidate. althongh taking part in that memorable cam- paign. In political questions, however, he is deeply interested and is a speaker of ability. having command of several languages, address- ing his audiences with ease and in his oratorical power displaying a frankness that indicates a ready mastery of the subject. His arguments
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are strong and convineing and he is recognized as one of the capable leaders in party ranks in Illinois. The extent of his business interests and his activity in fraternal and politieal cir- eles make him one of the distinguished citizens of Quincy.
ISAAC M. LARIMORE.
Isaac MI. Larimore, the owner of a valuable fruit and grain farm on section 23, Payson town- ship, was born in Macon county, Missouri, Feb- rnary 25, 1844, a son of John W. and Elizabeth ( Fahs) Larimore. Ilis paternal grandparents were James and Naomi (Wolverton) Lari- more, natives of Hampshire county, West Virgina, born about 1785 or 1790. The parents of our subject removed to the west in 1842, settling first in Macon county, Missouri, where they remained until 1844, when they took up their abode on a farm in Payson township, Adams connty, Illinois. llere the father pur- chased a farm, on which they remained until 1874, and then removed to Plainville, where their remaining days were passed. The father was an enterprising, practical farmer, who prospered in his undertakings and was thus enabled to spend his last days in well earned rest. In the family were six children : Albert W., born De- eember 11. 1838, resides east of Payson : William, born December 20, 1840, was a soldier of the Union Army and died April 13, 1862, of a wound received at the battle of Shiloh on the 6th of that month: Isaac M. is the third of the family ; Rebecca, horn June 9, 1848. is now Mrs. Price : James A. was born September 13, 1850, and Naomi was born March 25, 1856.
Isaac M. Larimore was educated in the pub- lie schools of Payson township and worked on the home farm when not busy with his books. He contiuned to assist his father up to the time of his marriage, which was celebrated March 25, 1866, the lady of his choice being Lydia M. Ren- ner. a daughter of Peter and Jane (Pond) Ren- ner, and a native of Crawford county. Pennsyl- vania, January 25. 1845, heing her natal day. The year following their marriage they located on the farm where they now reside but in 1870 they removed to Fulton county. Illinois, where they remained until the fall of 1874, when they returned to their old home in Payson township, where they have since lived. Here Mr. Larimore owns two hundred and fifty acres of land, which joins the village of Plainville and is well im- proved, everything about the place being kept in good repair so that its neat and thrifty appear- ance indicates the careful supervision of a prae- tical and progressive owner.
Unto Mr. and Mrs. Larimore have been born four children : John P., living in Kinderhook, Illinois, married Anna Peniek and has two chil- dren. Nellie is the wife of T. O. Behymer, who for eleven years has been engaged in the real estate business in Chicago; Clarence (. lives at home and drives the hack to Quincy. Freddie was shot and killed at age of twenty-five years near his home by an unknown person.
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