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JOSEPH FRYE HAZZARD.
Joseph Frye Hazzard is a native son of Peoria and as an important, able and highly conscientious government official, as a progressive, loyal and public- spirited citizen, has won the respect and esteem of many friends and has reflected credit upon the community in which he was born. He has held an appoint- ment in the United States revenue service since 1877 and during the thirty- five years of his connection with this line of activity has made a record that is above suspicion and beyond reproach. Mr. Hazzard was born in Peoria on May 15, 1843, and is a son of James and Margaret ( Brestel) Hazzard. The family is of English origin but was founded in America about 1635. The grandparents of our subject were Stephen and Mary (Russell) Hazzard, natives of Milford, Delaware, where his father was born. The latter was a builder by trade and followed this line of occupation in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for some time. His residence in Peoria dates from 1840 and he lived in this city from that time until his death which occurred while he was visiting his brother, William H. Hazzard, who was at that time president of the Fulton National Bank of Brook- lyn, New York. James Hazzard passed away in 1888. His wife was a native of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and came to Peoria with her parents in 1835. She was a daughter of Daniel and Elizabeth ( Miller) Brestel, and made Peo- ria her home for forty-eight years. She died in 1883.
Joseph F. Hazzard was reared at home and attended the district schools. In 1854 he was enrolled as a student in the old Peoria Academy, which is not now in existence. In 1855 the city public schools were organized and Mr. Haz- zard entered the first high school of the city, being a member of the same class in which Robert J. Burdette was a student. When he laid aside his books he learned the brick mason's trade, beginning active life for himself when he was fourteen years of age. After he had served his apprenticeship he joined his father in the contracting and building business and for twelve years was success- ful and prosperous in this line of activity. His business standards were always high and his methods of operation honest and straightforward. He was imme- diately and rapidly successful and his business flourished until 1877 when he was appointed by John Sherman, then secretary of the treasury, to the United States internal revenue service, where for thirty-five years he has been active and prominent. He was first a storekeeper, then a gauger, and afterward a special gauger, and his activities were eventually broadened to include those of an internal revenue agent. He is now one of the most thoroughly efficient members of the government service in Peoria and the details of his activities are carried on carefully and conservatively but, nevertheless, along progressive lines. He is capable, alert and enterprising and has founded a distinct and sub- stantial success upon long experience and personal efficiency. Of all the phases of his business he has a comprehensive knowledge and has met with the meas- ure of success which always rewards earnest, persistent and well directed labor.
On October 24, 1866, Mr. Hazzard was united in marriage in Peoria, to Miss Louisa Adelaide Phenix, who was born at Saratoga Springs, New York, a daughter of Leander and Mary E. (Pearsons) Phenix, and to their union were born four children: Florence, now Mrs. John Lloyd of Los Angeles, Cal-
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ifornia ; William, who is the cashier of the Commercial German National Bank of Peoria ; Dr. Charles Hazzard, a practicing physician of New York city; and Mary, who also makes her home in New York city.
Mr. Hazzard is prominent in the Masonic order and has held membership in Peoria Lodge, No. 15, F. & A. M., since_1865. He was master of this or- ganization from 1873 to 1874 and was initiated according to the Scottish Rite in 1875. He has gone through several of the chairs of that organization. He belongs to the Methodist Episcopal church and holds membership in the Hale Memorial church. He is one of the most prominent figures in the affairs of that organization and when the original church was erected he prepared the plans and constructed the building. He has been a trustee since 1868 and his ad- ministrative business ability has been an important factor in the material growth of the organization. In his political views Mr. Hazzard is a stanch and consistent republican and has voted the ticket since the organization of the party in the time of Abraham Lincoln. He is numbered among the early settlers in Peoria and has seen the wonderful growth and progress of that city and its development into its present metropolitan condition. Mr. Hazzard has been an interested witness and in some ways an active participant in this change and his loyalty to his native city is beyond question. He is well known in the community where his entire life has been spent and has a wide acquaintance here. He has won uniform trust and good-will by reason of a life which in all its phases is straightforward and honorable and actuated by unusual ideals of personal service.
JOHN B. KING.
One of the successful attorneys at law of Peoria, conducting a general prac- tice, is Jolin B. King, with offices at No. 321 Main street. Mr. King has prac- ticed his profession in this city since 1904. He was born in Athensville, Illinois. August 7, 1877, the son of Judge David F. and Nancy E. King. The father was born in Texas and was brought to Illinois by his parents by wagon when less than one year old. He early acquired a taste and inclination for the law and. studying industriously, he was enabled to pass the required examination and was admitted to practice, later becoming judge of the county court of Greene county, Illinois.
John B. King attended the public schools of Roodhouse, Illinois, graduating with honors from the high school in 1895. He then engaged in teaching school in Roodhouse and while thus employed gave all the time he could possibly spare to reading law under his father's tuition, with the result that on April 18, 1900, upon passing the required examination, he was admitted to the bar. Immedi- ately thereafter he formed a copartnership with Judge J. C. Bowman of Car- rollton, Illinois, with whom he was associated in practice for two years, when the partnership was dissolved. He then practiced alone for two years at Rood- house, Illinois, after which he formed a partnership with Leaton Boggess, with offices at Peoria, Illinois, a relationship which was continued until 1910, when Thomas B. Lewis of Fairbury, Illinois, was admitted to the firm, the name be- coming that of King, Boggess & Lewis. Later Mr. Boggess withdrew and the firm became King & Lewis, a relationship which still continues. This firm has practiced with uniform success and is known as one of the able and reliable law firms of the city. Mr. King is an active and honored member of the Peoria Bar Association. He has become affluent in circumstances, owning several fine farming properties in the county. He has also built extensively in the city of Peoria, where he owns a number of good properties and the residence in which he now lives, at No. 178 North Institute place, which he purchased before its completion and finished under his personal supervision.
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At Roodhouse, Illinois, on October 3, 1901, Mr. King was married to Miss Celia Sawyer, a daughter of W. H. Sawyer, a merchant of Liberty, Kansas. Mr. and Mrs. King have two children, a daughter, Ardelia E., aged six years, and a son, John Bradshaw, Jr., whose birth occurred on June 16, 1912. In his political views Mr. King is a democrat and has served on the democratic state central committee. He is a member of the Knights of Pythias lodge and of the Modern Woodmen camp. He and his wife are members of the First Congrega- tional church at Peoria. He has long been well known in legal and business circles in Peoria county and city and is also well and favorably known in Greene county, where he practiced for four years previous to his coming to Peoria. He enjoys a lucrative practice and ranks among the first lawyers of the city.
CLYDE R. BIRKETT.
Clyde R. Birkett, with offices at 127 North Jefferson avenue, has since 1909 been a general practitioner of law in Peoria, Illinois. He was born at Washing- ton, Tazewell county, this state, January 10, 1886, the son of William and Ellen Birkett. The father, formerly a successful farmer, is now living retired. The early education of the son was received in the district school near his father's farm and between times of study -he lent assistance to his father and thus grew to manhood. After leaving the district school he attended high school in Wash- ington and Peoria, being graduated from the latter with the class of 1904, after which he took a course at Brown's Business College in this city. He then entered the Illinois Wesleyan College of Law, from which he was graduated in June, with the class of 1908, receiving the degree of LL. B. He immediately entered upon the practice of his profession in the city of Chicago, returning after one year to this city, and from his earliest experience as a lawyer he has met with gratifying success.
In his political affiliation he is an adherent to the principles and policy of the republican party. He is a member of the national legal fraternity, the Phi Delta Phi and Peoria Lodge, B. P. O. E. This rising young attorney exhibits in the success with which he handles cases entrusted to him a distinctive ability which augurs well for the larger successes he is destined to attain. He gives close attention to the details of business entrusted to him and by the loyal and able manner in which he looks after his clients' interests is building up a most satisfactory practice.
JOHN B. HARDAWAY.
Jolin B. Hardaway, who is attorney for the Illinois Traction System with offices on the third floor of the Mayer building, has been connected in a profes- sional way in Peoria since October, 1910. He was born at Jeffersontown, Ken- tucky, August 16, 1884, a son of the Rev. R. M. and Emma C. (Cox) Hard- away. The father has for a long time been a well known minister of the Meth- odist Episcopal church, South.
John B. Hardaway received his preliminary education at the St. Charles Mil- itary College, of St. Charles, Missouri, from which he was graduated in the spring of 1905. After his graduation he entered the Washington University of St. Louis, Missouri, taking the law course in that institution. Diligently pursu- ing his studies he was graduated with the class of 1909, winning his degree of LL. B. Subsequent to his graduation from the law school he began practicing in St. Louis, where after one year's experience he received his present appoint- ment as attorney for the Illinois Traction System.
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Mr. Hardaway was married at Carrolton, Missouri, June 28, 1911, to Miss Kathreen Graham, a daughter of James F. and Fannie Graham. In his political views Mr. Hardaway is an adherent to the tenets of the democartic party. Ilis fraternal relations are limited to membership in the Delta Chi, a college frater- nity. He resides at No. 207 West McCune avenue, in a comfortable, well ap- pointed home. The exclusive practice to which Mr. Hardaway gives practically his entire attention is, from the attorney's viewpoint, a very satisfactory one. By his skill as a practitioner before court and jury as well as his ability and in- clination to settle cases out of court he has made his services valuable to the Illi- nois Traction Company in whose employ he has been, since coming to Peoria in October, 1910. His professional standing is recognized as being most creditable and he has formed a large circle of friends and acquaintances not only in Peoria but throughout the county.
HERBERT EDMUND HEWITT.
Herbert Edmund Hewitt, senior partner of the firm of Hewitt & Emerson, architects. with offices located at No. 321 Main street, is one of the highly successful representatives of his profession in the city. He was born in Bloom- ington, this state, on the 20th of July, 1871, and is a son of C. E. and Helen ( Thomson ) Hewitt. The father was pastor of the First Baptist church of this city from 1880 to 1890, and was secretary of the divinity school of the Uni- versity of Chicago from that time until his death in November, 1911. Both parents are of English extraction and are representatives of old colonial families, our subject's great-great-grandfather, Edmund Hewitt, having participated in the Revolutionary war. The mother is connected with the Gillette family, which is of French and English origin, and is a first cousin of William Gillette, the actor.
The greater part of the preliminary education of Herbert E. Hewitt was obtained in the public schools of this city. He was graduated from the high school in 1889 and the following autumn he continued his studies in the Uni- versity of Illinois, at Urbana. He subsequently matriculated in the Massachu- setts Institute of Technology, at Boston, being graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Science. in 1894. Feeling the need of further work along some special lines he then pursued a post-graduate course at the University of Chicago. In the spring of 1895 he entered upon the duties of his profession as a draughts- man in the office of a Chicago architect, continuing in that service for two years. In April, 1897. he resigned his position and returning to Peoria formed a part- nership with Joseph Wechselberger, with whom he was associated in business for a year. At the expiration of that time he bought out his partner's interest, continuing alone, with the exception of one year, until May, 1909, when he took Frank N. Emerson into partnership. Mr. Hewitt has a thorough knowledge and fine appreciation of the practical and artistic value of his work and unites the two in a highly satisfactory and efficient manner. Ile possesses rare me- chanical ability and this united with his excellent technical training, practical ideas and sound judgment results in the production of designs well calculated to meet the requirements for which they are intended, being at the same time artis- tically consistent therewith. Since locating here he has been asked to design many of the public and business buildings, including the Jefferson hotel. the Shriners' Temple, the Orpheum Theatre, the G. A. R. Memorial Hall, the Creve Coeur Club and the Country Club. He has also designed and superintended the erection of some of the finest residences in the city, his efforts in this direction having been especially satisfactory. That his reputation is more than a local one is indicated by the fact that he has planned and erected a number of buildings in the south, including the Hotel Goldman at Fort Smith, Arkansas; the Illinois State Building at the South Carolina exposition, at Charleston, South Carolina ;
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and the Monmouth College buildings at Monmouth, Illinois; as well as a large number of school buildings.
Lynn, Massachusetts, was the scene of Mr. Hewitt's marriage on the 10th of October, 1906, to Miss Helen Carter, a daughter of Ruel W. and Clara (Powers) Carter, both representatives of old Boston families, where for many years the father was engaged in business. He passed away in 1909, and is buried in the cemetery at Lynn, in which city the mother still resides. Two children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Hewitt, as follows: Carter Edmund, born October 6, 1907; and Gillette, born May 3, 1910. The family home is located at 727 Moss avenue, where in 1910, Mr. Hewitt erected a residence that is a most worthy example of his work.
Mr. and Mrs. Hewitt are members of the First Baptist church, of which he is a former trustee, and fraternally he is a Mason, having taken the degrees of the blue lodge. He is also a member of the Creve Coeur and Country Clubs, while in politics he is a republican. Mr. Hewitt has achieved an enviable repu- tation, which far exceeds local limits and the worth of his work is evidenced by his extensive business in this state.
FREDERIC ROBERT AVERY.
Who can say what Peoria would be if the Avery interests had not featured as a factor in its upbuilding. The name has ever stood as a synonym for activity and progressiveness here and the record of Frederic R. Avery has been in keeping with the untarnished name ever borne by the family. Deep regret on the part of his many friends was felt when, at the early age of thirty-six years, he was called from this life, being thus forced to relinquish a work in which he was giving every evidence of ability and progressiveness. He was born in Galesburg, Illinois, November 5, 1869, and passed away on the 15th of Febru- ary, 1906. He was a son of Robert H. Avery, who was also a native of Gales- burg, born on the 21st of January, 1840. While spending his youthful days upon the old home farm he was also acquiring his education in the public schools and in the academy of his home town. He had barely attained his majority when the Civil war broke out and he joined the boys in blue, serving for almost four years in defense of the Union, during which he spent eight months as a prisoner of war. It was while he was incarcerated at Anderson- ville that his mind evolved the plan for the first farm implement which he manu- factured-a cultivator-and he afterward put his ideas to the practical test in the building of a machine which constituted the first step in the development of the great industry that is now conducted under the name of the Avery Com- pany of Peoria. When the war was over he returned to Galesburg and de- voted four years thereafter to farm work and to invention. In 1869 he was joined by his brother Cyrus M. Avery in the establishment of a business for the manufacture of the Avery cultivator. From that period to the present the scope of the business has been continuously increased and, although the original promoters have passed away, their work still lives on in the great Avery plant at Peoria. Success attended their efforts at Galesburg and in 1882 they re- moved to Peoria, where the following year the partnership of R. H. and C. M. Avery was organized into a stock company and chartered under the name of the Avery Planter Company, of which Robert H. Avery continued to be the pres- ident during the remainder of his life. Around the plant grew the suburban town of Averyville, housing the many employes in the factory. The business lias continuously grown since that day, Robert H. Avery remaining an active factor in its successful conduct to the time of his death, which occurred when he was on a trip to California, September 13, 1892, when he was but little more
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than fifty-two years of age. His activity, indeed, constituted a valued con- tribution to the world's work and especially to the commercial and industrial progress of Peoria.
His son Frederic Robert Avery pursued his education in the public schools of Galesburg, in Knox College of that city of which he was a graduate and in Amherst College, devoting several years to the mastery of such branches of learning as would qualify him for life's practical and responsible duties. Dur- ing that period he became a member of the Beta Theta Pi. He left school at the age of twenty-three years and entered at once upon active relations with the Avery Manufacturing Company, mastering the business both in principle and detail. Following the death of his father he became treasurer of the company in 1892 and his recognized ability as an organizer constituted a power in the upbuilding and development of the concern. Ilis labor. indeed, proved a valuable force in the growth of the business and in addition to his service as treasurer he was also at the head of the purchasing department. His thorough study of the business in every branch and his study of the trade at large made his opinions of value in shaping the policy of this mammoth concern, which stands at the head of the productive industries of the city. He never faltered when a task was to be accomplished but, calling forth all the resources of his nature, con- tinued at the task until it was performed and success resulted.
On the Ist of June, 1897, Mr. Avery was united in marriage to Miss Clara 1 .. Mercer, a daughter of Joseph A. and Elizabeth ( Kinsman) Mercer. They became the parents of two children, Elizabeth and Frederic M., both of whom are yet attending school. In his political views Mr. Avery was a republican and, while he did not seek nor desire public office, he was active in behalf of the welfare of the city, giving ready cooperation to various projects which stood for the city's development and upbuilding. When leisure permitted he in- dulged in travel, which was to him a principal source of rest and recreation. He loved art, was loyal in his friendships and devoted to his home. He stood as a high type of the enterprising, honorable, progressive young business man and yet he did not allow the mammoth business of the industry with which he was connected to monopolize his time and attention to the exclusion of other activities. His was a well balanced character and in his passing Peoria lost one of her most worthy and honored young business men. Few men within the short span of life of thirty-six years leave so indelible an impress upon the his- tory of the community with which they are connected.
CLIFFORD MASON ANTHONY.
Substantial expansion of his business interests placed Clifford Mason An- thony in control of extensive banking and investment affairs, and investigation into his record shows that the business policy which he has followed has ever commended him to the generous support of the public and to the confidence of those with whom he has had dealings. He is preeminently a man of energy, but of energy well directed and wisely applied. He has never wasted his strength in attempting to overcome insurmountable obstacles nor in occupying an untena- ble position, for when he sees such before him he seeks out another course, knowing that there is more than one road to success and that the essential re- quirements are unfaltering energy and ready adaptability. After long connec- tion with banking and investment activities he is now living retired. He was born in Washington, Tazewell county, Illinois, a son of Charles S. N. and Eliza- beth (Bulkeley) Anthony, who were pioneers of this state. The son pursued his education in the public and private schools of his native town and in the
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military school at Stamford, Connecticut. He started out in the business world as a clerk in the employ of his elder brother, Charles E. Anthony, who in com- pany with Henry Denhart conducted a general mercantile and private banking business in Washington. After a short preliminary training Clifford M. Anthony was appointed to a clerical position in the banking department and thus became identified with a field of business in which he was destined to win prominence and success. As the months passed by his experience developed his latent powers and subsequently he joined Charles E. Anthony, Henry Denhart, Dr. R. B. M. Wil- son and Charles A. Wilson in organizing the Bank of Chatsworth at Chatsworth, Illinois, of which he was made general manager. In addition to the conduct of a general banking business he established a loan department, giving special at- tention to loaning money on farm mortgages, and this soon became an important and profitable feature of the business. Three years later the firm disposed of the bank at Chatsworth and transferred the mortgage loan department to Wash- ington, Mr. Anthony entering into partnership with the previously organized firm of Anthony & Denhart, accepting the position of cashier in the bank and mana- ger of the loan department. He continued with that business until 1885, when he disposed of his interest but retained for himself the farm loan branch of the business, which under his personal supervision grew largely and became a very profitable enterprise.
Seeking a broader field of labor, Mr. Anthony came to Peoria and, finding conditions here favorable for the successful conduct of a business, he was joined a few months later by his brother Charles, at which time was organized the firm of C. E. and C. M. Anthony, investment bankers, at No. 424 Main street. There the business was conducted for many years and their clientage steadily grew. The field of their operations continually broadened and in 1889 they opened a branch office in Omaha. Two years later the business was reor- ganized and incorporated under the name of the Anthony Loan & Trust Com- pany, with the subject of this review as vice president and general manager. In 1898 he was chosen to the presidency of the company and so continued until his retirement from active busines's life in 1905. In 1885 a branch organization had been established under the name of the Peoria Safe Deposit Company, of which C. M. Anthony was also the president. He is a man of determined pur- pose and his carefully formulated plans constituted the basis of success which brought him to a prominent position in financial circles. He saw and utilized opportunities which others passed heedlessly by and at all times he kept in close touch with every phase of the business situation of the country bearing upon his individual interests. In his vocabulary there is no such word as fail. When one avenue of opportunity has seemed closed he has sought out another path whereby he might reach the desired goal. At the same time, too, his methods have ever been such as would bear the closest investigation and scrutiny. He ranked with the best known and most successful bankers in this part of the state and although the loan department placed millions of dollars in circulation, while the securities were sold to all classes of investors, never in all his dealings did one of his clients foreclose a mortgage placed by him nor lose a dollar upon any of their securities. These results have been obtained through strict conservative management and close personal attention to the nature and character of all se- curities and investments.
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