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William S. Kellogg received his early educational training in the public schools of Pekin, later entered the Jubilee College and still later, in 1858, became a stu- dent in the Wesleyan Seminary at Lima, New York, where he prepared himself to enter the University at Rochester, New York, from which he was graduated in 1865, receiving his degree of A. B. When the Civil war broke out he enlisted, in April, 1861, in Company F, of the Eighth Illinois Infantry, serving as a sol- dier in the defense of his country. After that he again took up the study of law, entering Harvard Law School, where he studied for one year, after which he returned to Pekin to read law with a local attorney and was admitted to the bar in 1869. He at once entered upon the practice of his profession and with the exception of the period while he was deputy circuit clerk at Pekin, from 1876 until 1881, has pursued the practice of his profession in this city continuously since. As a member of the legal profession Mr. Kellogg has been successful but his distinguishing service has been that of an organizer of drainage districts, a serv- ice which has benefited the community in a most material way. His first un- dertaking of this kind was when he organized the Spring Lake drainage district which contains fifteen thousand acres. He next organized the Hallock and Medinah district in Peoria county, comprising three thousand, five hundred acres. After that he organized the East Peoria drainage and levee district in Tazewell county which comprises about eight hundred acres. To the organiza- tion of these drainage districts and the prosecution of the work of reclaiming these vast tracts of rich agricultural lands he devoted ten years of his life, mak-
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ing during that time a specialty of that business. He has become widely known through his activity in drainage, work and at the same time possesses a most creditable standing among his brethren of the legal profession in the county and city. He has kept pace with legal matters and is a member of the Peoria Bar Association.
Mr. Kellogg was married in Rochester, New York, October 18. 1866, to Miss Jennie Allen, of that city, a sister of Dr. William H. Allen, of Pekin, Illinois. Six children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Kellogg but the eldest, Benjamin, died on the 4th of July, 1905, at the age of thirty-eight years, his remains being interred at Mount Hope cemetery, Rochester, New York. The surviving mem- bers of the family are as follows : Richard Allen, who is serving as circuit clerk of Peoria county ; Frances E., who married Richard H. Reilly, corporation counsel of Peoria ; William S., Jr., an inventor and mechanic; Anna A., who is graduate of the Chicago University and is now teaching German and English literature in the Peoria high school; and Susan A., now residing in Los Angeles, California for her health.
The political allegiance of Mr. Kellogg is given to the democratic party and to the promotion of the principles of the democracy he has given a liberal share of his time and attention. In his fraternal connections he has long been a mem- ber of the Knights of Maccabees. During the long professional career of Mr. Kellogg in Peoria, in which time he has not only been actively engaged as a prac- ticing attorney at law but also distinguishing himself as the prime factor in the reclaiming of many thousands of acres of fine alluvial soil, he has become widely and favorably known. There may be those who have to a greater degree dis- tinguished themselves as members of the bar but the peculiar and valuable serv- ices which he has rendered to his county and state will serve to make him long remembered after his life's work is done.
C. D. HARTMAN, D. V. S.
Dr. C. D. Hartman is one of the leading veterinary surgeons of Peoria, where he has been successfully engaged in practice for twenty-two years. He was born in Bird-in-Hand, Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, on July 3, 1860, and is a son of Christian and Anna (Dipple) Hartman. The father, whose energies were always devoted to agricultural pursuits, was a native of Ger- many, but the mother was born in the state of New York.
The boyhood and youth of Dr. Hartman were passed on his father's farm, in the cultivation of which he began to assist while still a very young lad. He at- tended the district schools in the acquirement of an education and while en- gaged in the mastery of his studies, was laying the foundation for his present career by assisting his father with the care of the stock, thus assimilating a large amount of practical knowledge that has since been of inestimable assistance to him. After attaining maturity he decided to adopt his present profession, and therefore matriculated in the American Veterinary College at New York city, remaining a student in that institution for three years, during which period he covered both the regular and post-graduate courses. He established an office in Peoria on the 19th of March, 1890, and here he has ever since been located. Dr. Hartman early became recognized as a most efficient and worthy represen- tative of his profession, and has met with most gratifying success, his prac- tice having increased until he now has all that he can do. Both his office and residence are located at 712 Franklin street, where he has a fine brick building and also a barn, that is thoroughly and fully equipped with everything needed in his practice.
DR. C. D. HARTMAN
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On the 19th of March, 1882, Dr. Hartman was united in marriage to Miss Mary Lichtenberger, and to them were born three children, as follows: Ivan and Webster, both of whom are living in Peoria; and Anna, who married Al- bert Edwards, also of this city.
In matters of citizenship Dr. Hartman is public-spirited and progressive and most loyal to Peoria and its institutions. He votes the republican ticket but has never been an aspirant for official honors, although his services are always at the command of the municipality in the progress and development of which he takes an active and helpful interest. He is a member of the Masonic order, belonging to Temple Lodge of Peoria and also of the Modern Wodmen of America, belonging to Charter Oak Lodge. He takes a lively interest in military affairs and organized Troop G, of the First Illinois Cavalry and was its second lieutenant. Dr. Hartman is held in high esteem by those who have come in contact with him in a professional, social or business way and during the twenty- two years of his residence in the city he has won and retained the friendship of many of its foremost and representative citizens.
LESLIE DON PUTERBAUGH.
It has often been made to redound to the credit and honor of the individual when he starts out in life empty-handed or without special family or pecuniary connections and wins his advancement through personal and persistent effort. Such a task is indeed worthy of commendation and yet, perhaps the most dif- ficult position in which one can find himself is that which places him in compar- ison with the records of an illustrious and honored ancestry. The son of one of the distinguished lawyers and jurists of Illinois, Leslie Don Puterbaugh, now judge of the circuit court, chose for his life work a profession in which indi- vidual effort and ability constitute the only ladder on which one may climb to success. His inheritance of strong mentality has been used wisely and well in that close application and earnestness of purpose without which advancement at the bar is never secured.
He was born in Pekin in 1858, the son of Judge Sabin D. Puterbaugh, jurist and author, who removed with his family to Peoria in 1862, so that the son pur- sued his education in the public schools of this city. In his youth he determined to follow in his father's professional footsteps and after careful preparation for the bar, was admitted to practice in 1879. He then joined his father as a member of the firm of Puterbaugh & Puterbaugh, a connection that was con- tinued until the death of the senior partner, in 1892. They engaged in general practice, their clientage connecting them with the most important litigation heard in the courts of the district. Following the demise of his father, Judge Puter- baugh became a member of the firm of Page & Puterbaugh, which was event- ually Page, Wead & Puterbaugh. This connection was continued until his elec- tion to the position of circuit judge. In the meantime he had been elected judge of the probate court in 1890 and reelected in 1894, and his record in that con- nection recommended him for further judicial honors, so that in 1897 he was called to the bench of the circuit court, whereon he is now serving a third term. His decisions indicate strong mentality, careful analysis, a thorough knowledge of the law and an unbiased judgment. The judge of the bench fails more fre- quently perhaps from a deficiency in that broadmindedness which not only com- prehends the details of the situation quickly but ensures a complete self-control un- der even the most exasperating conditions, than from any other cause; and the judge who makes a success in the discharge of his multitudinous delicate duties is a man of well rounded character, finely balanced mind and of splendid in- tellectual attainments. That Judge Puterbaugh is regarded as such as jurist is a uniformly accepted fact.
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In addition to his work on the bench and as a representative of the bar Judge Puterbaugh has been well known in banking circles as a director of the Commer- cial German National Bank since its organization and also of the Dime Savings & Trust Company. He is likewise vice president of the board of trustees of the Bradley Polytechnic Institute. Mr. Puterbaugh edited Puterbaugh's Illinois Common Law and Chancery Pleading and Practice and also Puterbaugh's Michi- gan Chancery Pleading and Practice. In other ways his activities touch the gen- eral interests of society and constitute a factor in the general progress and im- provement.
His political allegiance is given to the republican party, and fraternally he is connected with the Masons, having taken the Knight Templar degree in the commandery. Energy, determination and ambition have with him spelled suc- cess. At the outset of his career he recognized the fact that industry is just as essential in the professions as in the fields or in the counting room, and his thoroughness in the preparation of every case and his ability in its presentation brought him to a position which eventually recommended him for judicial hon- ors, in which connection he is, like his honored father, making a record that places the name of Puterbaugh high on the roll of. Peoria's eminent citizens.
ISAAC J. LEVINSON.
Isaac J. Levinson, whose offices are located in the Woolner building, has been a prominent representative of the legal fraternity in Peoria for almost a third of a century and has taken an active and leading part in the work of Jewish charitable organizations here. His birth occurred in Cincinnati, Ohio, on the 30th of November, 1857, his parents being Jacob and Deborah Levinson. The father was one of the pioneer Jewish merchants of Cincinnati, settling there about 1827. He passed away on the 18th of October, IS98, having for a num- ber of years survived his wife, who was called to her final rest in April, 1879.
In the acquirement of an education Isaac J. Levinson attended the public schools of Cincinnati. When a youth of thirteen he left high school to enter the employ of Dr. Isaac M. Wise, with whom he remained for about three years, studying bookkeeping in the evenings. Subsequently he taught bookkeeping in a Cincinnati night school and acted as an instructor in a night high school at Proctor, Kentucky, in the meantime being employed as bookkeeper by a lum- ber company of that place. After returning to Cincinnati he kept books for A. and J. Schredski, a wholesale clothing firm, devoting his evenings to the study of law together with Alfred M. Cohn and Charles Spritz. In 1877 he entered the law office of Jacob Newman as office boy and won steady promotion until he became chief law clerk. On the 17th of March, 1880, he was admitted to the bar by the supreme court of Illinois and in the following August opened an office in Peoria, where he has remained continuously since. The zeal with which he has devoted his energies to his profession, the careful regard evinced for the interests of his clients and assiduous and unrelaxing attention to all details of his cases, have brought him a large business and made him very successful in its conduct. Being a man of splendid executive ability and sound judgment, his cooperation has been sought in the management of important business enter- prises and he is now a director of the Peoria Commission Company and secre- tary and director of the Imperial Cotton Milling Company and of the Union Brewing Company of this city. He is likewise one of the trustees of the estate of Samuel Woolner, deceased, which is one of the largest estates in Peoria. He is at the head of the legal department of the Municipal Engineering Company and has long enjoyed an enviable reputation as an able representative of his profession.
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On the 24th of June, 1885, in Peoria, Mr. Levinson was united in marriage to Miss Belle Woolner, a daughter of Abraham Woolner and a representative of one of the distinguished Jewish families of this city. Our subject and his wife have one son, Jerome, who is general agent of the Central Union Life Insurance Company. The family residence is at No. 910 North Madison street-one of the Woolner houses.
Mr. Levinson is a democrat in politics and has served as secretary of the Peoria board of improvements for two and a half terms. In fraternal circles he is well known as a Master Mason and has been for thirty-two years the Peoria representative of the Independent Order of B'Nai B'rith. He is at the head of all the Jewish charitable societies of Peoria and under his able direction for thirty-two years splendid results have been attained. At this point it would be almost tautological to enter into any series of statements as showing Mr. Levin- son to be a man of broad intelligence and genuine public spirit, for these have been shadowed forth between the lines of this review. Strong in his individuality, he never lacks the courage of his convictions but there are as dominating elements in this individuality a lively human sympathy and an abiding charity, which, as taken in connection with the sterling integrity and honor of his character, have naturally gained him the respect and confidence of inen.
ANDREW LINDSAY McCOY.
About the year 1720 two Scotch brothers, Robert and Alexander, went from the northernmost part of Scotland, then occupied by their clan, Mckay, to Ulster county, Ireland, where they remained for a few years. There their surname took on the Irish sound of "o," instead of "a," being afterward called McCay and then McCoy. The elder of the two brothers, Robert, settled in Peters township, Cum- berland county, afterward Franklin county, Pennsylvania, where he took up large grants of land. He was one of the earliest settlers in Pennsylvania, dy- ing in that state in 1740 and leaving a son of the same name, Robert. This son married his cousin, Sally McCoy, daughter of the first Alexander McCoy, and left a large family on his death. Ile was a captain in the Revolutionary war, raising and equipping a company of his own, and was killed in the battle of Crooked Bullet. Andrew Lindsay McCoy, now president of the James McCoy Company, wholesale grocers of Peoria, is the great-grandson of Alexander. He was born in this city December 1, 1839, and is a son of John A. and Eliza McCoy. The father was the first of the name to come to Peoria, settling here in 1836. His business was that of general merchandising and he was prominent in local affairs, occupying the position of county treasurer and justice of the peace for many years. He died in this city in 1885, and was survived by his wife until 1901, when she died and was buried beside him in Springdale cemetery. The sturdy Scotch virtues, of shrewd business ability, caution in the expenditure of money and keen commercial insight, which distinguished the business transac- tions of the father are daily reflected in the action of the son.
Andrew Lindsay McCoy's early education was received in a private school in Peoria and upon his graduation he went immediately into the wholesale gro- cery business with the firm of P. O. Loucks. He continued in this line of busi- ness for several years, occupying various positions with the different firms in this city, until 1862, when his brother, in partnership with Mr. Hibben, started in the wholesale business on their own account and employed him as salesman for the firm. Later the organization of the firm was changed and it became known as McCoy & Straut. Mr. Straut died in 1887 and Andrew McCoy was admitted to a partnership and the firm name was changed to its present title, James Mc- Coy & Company. During the entire period of his connection with the firm the
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business has increased and its success at the present time is unquestioned. Andrew McCoy has been in full charge of the firm and in control and direction of its policy since 1887. His business success is founded upon his qualities of steady application to business, power of organization and ready adaptability to different conditions. He attributes much of his progress to his ability to choose the right associates in his business life.
On October 8, 1874, Andrew Lindsay McCoy was married, in Hagerstown, Maryland, to Miss Ida Weis, a daughter of Dr. Ezra Weis, a prominent physician of that city. Mr. and Mrs. McCoy have three children: Helen Ida, a graduate of the Peoria high school; Charles Lester, director and buyer for his father's company and a graduate from Princeton University with the class of 1895; and Lynn S., who is connected with the Remington Arms Company of New York city. Andrew Lindsay McCoy resides at 413 Monroe street, in a beautiful home which he erected in 1895. The wholesale grocery company, of which he is the dominant figure, at the present time is one of the largest institutions of its kind in the city. It owes much of its success to the energy, ability and common sense of Andrew Lindsay McCoy.
CARL KOECHLIN.
Carl Koechlin, a well known architect of Peoria with an office at 700 Obser- vatory building, where he has been located since 1907, was born in Vienna, Austria. on the 29th of September, 1858, and is a son of Carl and Johanna Koechlin. Both parents are now deceased. the mother having passed away on the 21st of December, 1892, at the age of sixty, while the father's death occurred at Josefs- thal, Bohemia, on June 10, 1908. They are buried in the cemetery at Josefsthal.
Carl Koechlin was reared in his native land, obtaining his preliminary edu- cation in the schools of Prague, Bohemia. He subsequently pursued a technical course in both Vienna and Prague, being graduated from the university in the latter place in 1881. Immediately thereafter he went to Russia as the represen- tative of a company engaged in the manufacture of brewing machinery, retaining this position for eighteen months. At the expiration of that time he returned home to make preparations to come to America, having decided to become a citizen of the United States. He took passage for this country in December, 1882, landing in New York. He remained in that city for two and a half years, being engaged during that time in the photo engraving business. Being de- sirous of seeing more of the country he then traveled through the east and south, continuing to follow the same line of work in the various cities throughout that section. In 1885 he located at Columbus, Georgia, engaging in the photo en- graving business there until 1890. In the latter year he entered the employ of the Chattahoochee Brewing Company, as traveling representative and assistant manager. He resigned his position in 1891 and became associated with W. A. Willauer, a brewmaster, and together they opened a brewery at Sheffield, Ala- bama, at that time an enterprising and thriving city. They were caught in the financial stringency of 1892 and 1893, however, and were compelled to close down their plant, after a loss of about fourteen thousand dollars. Mr. Koechlin next went to Louisville, Kentucky, as foreman of construction for the firm of H. H. Symms & Company. In the fall of 1894, the company transferred him to Indianapolis, where he continued in their service until 1897. He then accepted a position as draftsman in the office of Kingan & Company, remaining in their service until 1899 when he came to this city and took a similar position with A. B. Nesbit. After the death of Mr. Nesbit in December, 1899, Mr. Koechlin obtained a position with the Peoria Stone & Marble Works, being identified with them until 1905. In the latter year he resigned his position and opened an
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office with Albert Kiefer, with whom he was associated for two years. They dissolved partnership in 1907 and Mr. Koechlin has ever since been in business alone. He is a very able man, and through his general competence and efficiency has won recognition that has brought him some excellent contracts. He does not specialize but does general work and was the designer of Princess Theatre in the Luthy building and he also designed and is superintending the construction of the new reinforced concrete factory of Thomas & Clarke and he is likewise engaged in the construction of a large printing establishment for Henniges & Company. There are many examples of his work throughout the city and all manifest an appreciation of artistic values as applied to the practical needs and requirements for which they are designed. He has a thorough technical knowl- edge of his business and is very practical in his ideas, while in his methods he is enterprising and progressive.
Indianapolis was the scene of Mr. Koechlin's marriage on the 9th of Febru- ary, 1898, to Miss Emma Gierke, a daughter of William and Mary Gierke, the father owning and operating a bookbindery in that city. Two children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Koechlin: Margaret, who is attending the public school ; and Carl, Jr., who is about two years of age. The family reside at 3015 North Madison street.
Mr. Koechlin is a member of The Workmen's Death & Sick Benefit Asso- ciation and the German Beneficial Union and he also belongs to the Free Order of Rangers. He is a socialist in his political views and always gives his support to the men and measures of that party, believing that their policy is best adapted to subserve the highest interests of the majority.
GUSTAV R. SWANSON.
Gustav R. Swanson, general agent of the Security Life Insurance Company of America for the state of Illinois, is recognized as one of Peoria's most promising young business men. He was born in Linkoping, Sweden, on the 16th of July, 1883, and is a son of Solomon and Sarah ( Johnson) Swanson, natives of the same place. His parents remained in the old country, where the father engaged in the clothing business until his death on the 17th of September, 1909. The mother, however, survives and makes her home in Linkoping.
The first sixteen years in the life of Gustav R. Swanson were passed in his native land, where he was given the advantages of a good education and also of a thorough musical training. From early childhood the lad had been strongly attracted to America, and at last winning the consent of his parents to leave home, in 1899 he took passage for the United States. His destination was Peoria, where he arrived on the 13th of March. As it was necessary for him to be self-sup- porting, during the early years of his residence here he became connected with various local orchestras, making his living in this way until 1904. It was not his intention to follow this kind of work permanently, however, so during this time he took a commercial course in Brown's Business College, thus acquiring the theoretical knowledge essential to entering upon a business career. Upon attain- ing his majority he gave up his orchestra work and engaged in the insurance business. During the first few months he worked as a local agent, manifesting such unusual capabilities that he was soon appointed district agent for the Secu- rity Life Insurance Company of America. He is an ambitious, enterprising man, who applies himself intelligently to anything he undertakes, concentrating his entire powers upon his business, his efforts being correspondingly rewarded. In 1906, two years after he first became identified with the company, he was awarded the general agency for the state of Illinois, and during the period of his service in this connection has proven himself fully worthy of the confidence
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