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On the 14th of November, 1895, Mr. Anthony was united in marriage to Miss Flora Thomas, a daughter of Dr. D. E. Thomas, of Lacon, Illinois, and they have one son, Emerson T., who was born July 9, 1898, and attends school. Mr. Anthony is a prominent Mason, having attained the thirty-second degree of the Scottish Rite. He also belongs to the Creve Coeur Club and other lead- ing clubs and social organizations of Peoria and the Union League Club of Chicago. His political allegiance has ever been given to the republican party since age conferred upon him the right of franchise and his religious faith has
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long been manifest in his membership in the Presbyterian church. He has a wide acquaintance among business and moneyed men throughout the state and enjoys in unusual degree the respect and confidence of colleagues and contem- poraries. His ability, his straightforward methods and his genuine personal worth have united to win for him high standing in business and social circles. He looks at life from the broad standpoint of an enterprising business man who keeps in touch with the world's thought and work and each year that has passed lias chronicled his achievements, finding him in a position far in advance of that which he had reached the previous year.
EDWARD HINE.
Edward Hine, president of the Edward Hine & Company printing establish- ment, which is located at 307 South Washington avenue, was born in St. Louis, Missouri, January 21, 1851. His parents were John M. and Mary Hine, who in 1853 came to Peoria, where the father followed his trade of carpentering and cabinetmaking. John M. Hine passed away in 1858 and his wife, surviving him for a number of years, died in 1883. Both are buried in the old city cemetery.
Edward Hine, being only two years of age when brought by his parents to this city, received his education in the public schools here, but at the age of cleven he left school and began learning the printer's trade. Subsequently he was con- nected with various printing establishments until he entered in business for him- self, buying out the M. C. Nason plant. From the very beginning of his work he met with success and his business gradually increased until in 1907 it was in- corporated into the present company, of which Mr. Hine became president. It is now one of the leading and prosperous printing establishments of the city.
In Peoria, on the 3d of February, 1873, Mr. Hine was married to Miss Pau- line Buechner, a daughter of William and Fredericka Buechner. The parents are now both deceased and are buried in Springdale cemetery. To Mr. and Mrs. Hine have been born three sons and one daughter, as follows: Edward WV., who is connected with the Peoria Journal; Robert E .; Caroline D., who is the wife of George O. Kroeger, a grocer of Pekin, Illinois; and Allen T., who is attending school. The family reside at 922 East Nebraska avenue, and its different members are highly esteemed here by all who know them. In his political views Mr. Hine is a democrat and he has twice served as assessor of Peoria township, first from 1881 to 1882 and again from 1885 to 1887. From 1877 to 1802 he was a member of the school board, serving as president from 1878 to 1890 and as treasurer for the rest of the time. He is a member of the Crystal Club and has many friends and acquaintances in the social and business world.
CHARLES D. BRAINARD.
The insurance interests of Peoria are a growing factor in its commercial life. The number of agencies is becoming more numerous every year and the city is now recognized as a good field for this line of activity. Prominent among the men who have contributed their share toward making these statements true, is Charles D. Brainard, who for the past twenty years has been identified with the insurance business in Peoria. He was born June 27, 1843, in Cedarville, Her- kimer county, New York, the son of Sardis and Pamela (Day) Brainard. The family removed to Delavan, Wisconsin, when Charles D. Brainard was still very young, and the public schools of that city afforded him his educational op- portunities. He was graduated from the Delavan high school in 1859, and for a
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number of years engaged in the mercantile business. Mr. Brainard came to Peoria, Illinois, from Beloit, Wisconsin, in March, 1863, and engaged in the dry- goods business with the firm of Johnston & Coskery in the location now occupied by Clarke & Co., at 102 South Adams street. Later he was in the notion business with John A. Bush on Main street, and then in the employ of the grain firm, Hancock, Beals & Company, and with Clarke & Easton in the distillery business. He subsequently entered the insurance line, with which he has been connected for the past twenty years.
Politically Mr. Brainard is a stanch republican believing firmly in the princi- ples and ideas for which that party stands, and he has held public office in this city for a number of years. From 1896 to 1898 he was city assessor of Peoria and in 1900 he was elected township collector. In both of these capacities he proved himself an able, resourceful and practical business man, honest in all his dealings, and thoroughly worthy of the trust imposed in him.
Fraternally, Charles D. Brainard is a member of Illinois Lodge, No. 263, A. F. & A. M. ; of Peoria Consistory, A. A. S. R .; and of Mohammed Temple, Oasis of Peoria. He is past officer of Columbia Lodge, No. 21, and Peoria Encampment, No. 15, I. O. O. F., past brigade commander of the Patriarchs Militant, I. O. O. F. and past chancellor and past commander, Knights of Pythias.
On January 26, 1865, Mr. Brainard was married in Peoria to Miss Jennie Bush, daughter of George and Maria Bush, natives of Pennsylvania, who came to Peoria when their daughter Jennie was a child. Mr. and Mrs. Brainard have one daughter, Ella, who is the wife of Louis B. Van Nuys of this city. Mr. Brainard is well known in fraternal and insurance circles of Peoria as an upright, honorable and worthy citizen.
JAMES CLARK.
In a history of Peoria county's development mention should be made of James Clark, who was one of the early residents of this part of the state, com- ing here when much of the land was still uncultivated prairie and when the now thriving towns and cities were small villages or had not yet come into ex- istence. He was then a young man, arriving here about the time he attained his majority, and from that period until his death he was closely associated with the agricultural interests and the substantial upbuilding of the county.
A native of England, Mr. Clark was born February 22, 1819, his father be- ing James Clark, Sr., who came of a good old English family and acquired an excellent education while spending his youthful days in his native land. James Clark, Sr., entered business life in a clerical position in a counting house and bank, but afterward turned his attention to agricultural pursuits and became manager of fifteen hundred acres in England. The stories which reached him concerning the advantages and opportunities of the new world, however, proved very attractive and, hoping to better his financial condition in the new world, he sailed for the United States in 1837 in company with his son James. They did not tarry on the Atlantic coast but made their way into the interior, travel- ing most of the way on foot that they might see the country. Realizing the value of the open prairie, Mr. Clark, Sr., secured a quarter section of land, which in time he converted into a good farm, continuing its cultivation until death ended his labors in 1841. When he first located on his farm he had to have a plow to break the prairie sod and ingeniously contrived one which was a great improvement on any which was then in use. He secured the cooperation of a blacksmith, who made the share and an upright piece, which Mr. Clark attached to the beam, and to this he added a frame mould, fastening the pieces together with iron rods, and with this implement he could throw the sod in any direction
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he wished. His device attracted the attention of Toby & Anderson, who after- ward became famous as plow manufacturers, and they invited Mr. Clark to Peoria to discuss with them the plan upon which a plow should be built. They realized the practicability of his idea and followed his directions in every respect in the manufacture of breaking plows. About 1839 Mr. Clark imported from England the first grain drill that was ever used in Peoria county. He was a progressive agriculturist, using methods far in advance of those employed by many of his neighbors, and, although he lived in Peoria county but a short period, he left the imprint of his individuality upon its development and progress.
James Clark, whose name introduces this review, was about twenty-two years of age at the time of his father's death. The same year he took charge of the household and in March, 1842, his mother, whose maiden name was Isabella Walker, died. In October of that year Mr. Clark was united in mar- riage to Miss Susan Benson, a sister of the Rev. John Benson, who for many years was the honored rector of Christ Episcopal church of Limestone Prairie. Mr. and Mrs. Clark became the parents of five children : Susan H., who is now deceased : Ella G., a resident of Peoria : James Benson, who died leaving two children, Ruth Lois and James Benson Clark, Jr .: John W. W. Clark, who is living in Louisville, Kentucky, and has four children, Douglas C., Lucia L., Lois M. and Susan B. ; and Cyril B., of Peoria, who has six children, Grace C., Cyril B., Jr., Margaret, Mary C., John Benson and Catherine P. Douglas C. Clark is married and has two children, Dudley K. and Burton L.
Mr. Clark gave his political allegiance to the republican party from the time of its organization and kept well informed on the question and issues of the day but never sought nor desired public office. He held to the religious faith of his ancestors, both he and his wife being members of the Episcopal church. His death occurred October 24, 1900, and in his passing the community lost a representative and honored citizen, one who from early pioneer times had taken an active and helpful part in the work of general progress and improvement. He lived to see this section of the state converted from a wild and undeveloped region into one of rich fertility. while the little town of Peoria grew into one of the great metropolitan cities of the Mississippi valley. He ever rejoiced in what was accomplished and his labors were an element in the general growth and improvement, especially along agricultural lines. His life was honorable and upright and those who knew him respected him for his sterling worth.
OTTO TRIEBEL.
As a representative man of industry as applied to art, we select him whose name heads this sketch, Otto Triebel, sculptor, monument builder and marble worker, who has attained notable distinction along these lines, has been identified with the marble and monument trade of Peoria for over fifty years. He was born in Roemhild, Germany, in 1830, of a family of some local importance, his parents being Henry and Friedericke Triebel. Henry Triebel was at that time burgomaster of Roemhild, Bavaria, a city in the northern part of that kingdom, near the Saxon border. When about fourteen years of age, Otto Triebel began to study sculpture and devoted his entire life to that art and to the art of work- ing in marble. He was nineteen years of age when he left his native district and went to Hungary, where he had a brother at Buda Pesth who was a silversmith. The revolution in that country compelled him to leave and he took passage on a sailing vessel, and after a two months' trip on the ocean, landed in America. He located first near Belleville, Illinois, in what was called the Latin settlement, which was made up of men who had escaped from Germany in 1848, during the revolution. Later, he went to St. Louis, and he became a permanent resi-
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dent of Peoria in 1853. Here he entered the employ of Mr. Jewell, who was engaged in the marble business, and at length his capability and careful expendi- ture brought him sufficient capital to enable him to engage in business on his own account in the establishment of monument and marble works in the spring of 1872, and this business has been a leading feature in commercial circles of Peo- ria since that time. For years he continued actively in business and succeeded in winning an extensive patronage, for his work was neat and artistic, his orders were promptly executed and delivered, and his dealings were always of a most reliable and trustworthy character. About twenty years prior to his demise he practically retired and enjoyed a well earned rest, the fruit of his former toil supplying him with all the necessities and comforts of life.
During his life, Otto Triebel was one of Peoria's most prominent citizens and his talents brought him much in demand for work on boards of public insti- tutions. He served two terms as city treasurer and several terms as county supervisor and school inspector. He was a charter member of the German Free school on Second street, and was actively interested in it all during his life. He was prominent in the Schiller lodge of the Masonic order.
In September, 1854, Otto Triebel married Elise Schearer, a native of Switzer- land, who was brought to America when but seven years of age by her father, Henry Schearer, who became a cigar merchant of Peoria, where he took up his abode in 1846. The death of Otto Triebel occurred in May, 1910.
Mr. and Mrs. Otto Triebel were the parents of ten children, three of whom became members of the firm of Triebel & Sons. In order of birth the children were as follows: Henry G. ; William H. ; Albert, who is now a wholesale grocer of Stillwater, Minnesota; Bertha, the wife of John Schlatter of Peoria; Fred, who is a sculptor of considerable reputation, now studying in Rome, Italy, his famous study in bronze of Robert G. Ingersoll being now on exhibit in the show rooms of the firm of Triebel & Sons; Louis, deceased; Frieda, who has also passed away; Charles, a contractor of Cedar Rapids, Iowa: Louisa, who is the wife of Henry Bartlett of San Diego, California; and Otto, who is in business with his brother Henry.
Winning as he did, large success as a clear-headed, straightforward man, a leader in enterprises requiring combinations of men and money to carry to a successful issue, he fully deserved the recognition he received as a worthy, ener- getic citizen, a business man of fine judgment and of rare probity. To such men is due in a great degree the remarkable development and growth of the city of Peoria and the state of Illinois.
KASJENS & ENTWISTLE.
Kasjens & Entwistle are successfully engaged in the operation of a plumb- ing and heating plant at 421 Hamilton boulevard, Peoria, where they have been located since establishing their business on the Ist of January, 1909. They are both skilled mechanics and practical business men, whose general experience and thorough training in their line well qualifies them to undertake the development of an enterprise of this nature. They make a specialty of installing steam and hot water heat and pneumatic water supply in country and suburban residences and are being favored with as many orders as they are able to fill with their pres- ent force. Although they have only been engaged in this business for three years, it has been their fortune to be awarded some very good contracts, which they have filled so satisfactorily that one order resulted in the next. Their work has been satisfactory and they have every reason to feel encouraged.
. Theodore Kasjens, senior partner of the firm, was born in Peoria, on July 27, 1879, and is a son of Jacob U. Kasjens, a car carpenter, for many years em-
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ployed at the corner of Pekin and Union streets. In the acquirement of his education he attended the old Douglas school until he was fourteen years of age, when he entered the blacksmith department of the carriage shop of William Hupe to learn the trade. Three years later he withdrew from this position and found employment in the Hoklas box factory, remaining there until 1898. In the latter year he became identified with the plumbing and heating departments of the Brass Foundry & Heating Company, continuing in their employ until 1909. Here he was given the advantages of a very thorough training and excellent ex- perience, the value of which was greatly increased by his previous connections. On the Ist of January, 1909, he withdrew from the service of the latter company and became associated with William H. Entwistle in purchasing the plumbing department of his employers, which they have ever since conducted with con- stantly increasing success.
Mr. Kasjens is not married and makes his home with a brother. Fraternally he is identified with Baker Camp, No. 843, M. W. A., and in politics he is a republican. He is well known here, being connected with some of the city's early pioneers, among them Theodore Garlings, who is his uncle and one of the oldest residents of Peoria. Mr. Kasjens is a man of sound principles and the highest integrity, who from day to day strives to discharge his duties to the best of his ability and his efforts are being crowned with corresponding success.
William II. Entwistle, the other member of the firm of Kasjens & Entwistle, was born in Peoria on the 12th of April, 1882, and is a son of William Entwistle, an old resident of the city and for many years a locomotive engineer in the serv- ice of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company.
Reared at home, in the acquirement of his education William H. Entwistle attended the public schools until he was thirteen years of age, when he became a wage earner. Until 1897 he was employed in the store of Schipper & Block. Leaving their service he worked for a year in a bicycle manufacturing shop and at the end of that time became identified with the Brass Foundry & Heating Company. He first entered their plumbing department, going from there into the machine shop while he was later transferred to the brass department. Hav- ing mastered the details of each of these departments he was put in the office, remaining there until the Ist of January, 1900, when he and Mr. Kasjens pur- chased the plumbing department of this company. Mr. Entwistle, like his part- ner, is a skilled mechanic of much experience and is in every way well qualified to successfully operate the business he has acquired.
In this city on the 10th of September. 1904, Mr. Entwistle was united in marriage to Miss Margaret Dillon, a daughter of Mathew Dillon, and they have become the parents of two sons, of five and three years respectively.
Fraternally Mr. Entwistle is identified with the Knights of Pythias and the Modern Woodmen of America and he votes with the republican party. He is an ambitious and enterprising man of progressive ideas and sound judgment who is making a creditable record in his business and is justified in taking pride in his achievements, both as a workman and as a representative of the local in- dustrial interests.
J. H. ULRICH, M. D.
Dr. J. H. Ulrich, who for the past eleven years has been successfully engaged in the practice of medicine and surgery at Peoria, maintains his offices at No. 510 Main street. His birth occurred in this city on the 9th of April, 1876, his parents being Charles and Amelia Ulrich. The father, who worked as a book- keeper, crossed the Atlantic from Germany to the United States in or about 1860. He passed away in September, 1910, and was buried in the Springdale cemetery at Peoria. His widow makes her home in this city.
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J. H. Ulrich left school at the age of fourteen and obtained employment in a drug store, working thus for several years. In 1895 he was graduated from the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and subsequently spent two more years in the service of Peoria druggists, Desiring to make the practice of medicine his life work he entered the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Chicago in 1898 and in May, 1901, won the degree of M. D. From that time to the present he has followed his profession in Peoria, his practice steadily growing as he has demonstrated his ability to cope with the intricate problems that continually con- front the physician in his efforts to restore health and prolong life. He is the vice president of the Peoria Medical Society and holds membership in the Illi- nois State Medical Society and the American Medical Association.
On the 30th of June, 1903, in Peoria, Dr. Ulrich was united in marriage to Miss Minnie Zimmerman, a daughter of Charles and Minna Zimmerman. Mr. Zimmer- man, who is now deceased, was one of the pioneer druggists of Peoria. His wife survives him. Dr. Ulrich has attained the thirty-second degree of the Scottish Rite in Masonry and also belongs to the Mystic Shrine. He makes his home at No. IIO Armstrong avenue. , He maintains the strictest conformity to the high- est professional ethics and enjoys in full measure the confidence and respect of his professional brethren as well as of the general public.
JOSEPH ELDER.
On the pages of Peoria's history the name of Joseph Elder is honorably inscribed. As a business man and citizen his record is above reproach, and his sterling qualities were familiar to all who knew him. He was a man of action rather than of theory, and his labors constituted resultant forces in the attainment of individual success and in the promotion of public progress and prosperity. For some years he was connected with the lumber business and afterward with the grain trade of Peoria, but the later years of his life he . spent in honorable retirement. He was born in Titusville, Pennsylvania, March 15, 1820, and acquired his education in the schools of the east, after which he entered business life as a merchant. He continued in active connection with trade circles in Pennsylvania until 1857, when he disposed of his interests in the Key- stone state and removed westward, settling in Peoria, where for thirty-five years he made his home. Here he became general traveling agent for Bissell & Willard, wholesale dealers in dry goods and notions, making his trips by team, for at that time there were no railroads in this part of the state. He spent two years in that manner and then severed his connection with the business in order that he might embark in commercial pursuits on his own account. His frugality and careful expenditure made this course possible, and in 1859 he entered into part- nership with William A. Herron in the lumber business. Success attended the new undertaking, and they were together in business for about ten years, at the end of which time Mr. Elder retired from the lumber trade and in 1869 engaged in the grain business as a partner of David McKinney. This relationship was maintained until 1891, and through the intervening years the firm occupied a prominent place as representatives of the grain trade in Peoria. The volume of business constantly grew and the extent and importance of their operations brought them substantial and gratifying success. Ill health, however, forced Mr. Elder's retirement in 1891, and his remaining days were spent in the enjoyment of rest which he had truly earned and richly deserved. As a business man his course was above reproach, and his word was recognized to be as good as any bond ever solemnized by signature or seal.
On the 22d of June, 1865, Mr. Elder was united in marriage to Miss Louisa C. Dinwiddie, a daughter of Hugh and Mary (Williams) Dinwiddie, who were
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natives of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. The father was descended from one of the old Scotch families of America, two brothers of the name having come to the new world in 1640 in order to escape religious persecution in their native land. Hugh Dinwiddie, the great-great-grandfather of Mrs. Eller, was a general under George Washington in the Revolutionary war. The ances- tral history of the family is one of which Mrs. Elder has every reason to be proud. By her marriage she became the mother of five children: Mary D., the wife of R. B. Ketchum of Billings, Montana; Anna Louise, who died in 1882; Joseph E., who is engaged in the lumber business in Omaha, Nebraska : Emma M., who is married to C. S. Jones, of Peoria : and Herbert D., who passed away in 1907. There is also one grandchild. Florence Louise, who is the daughter of Joseph E. and Ella ( Hall ) Elder, of Omaha.
Mr. Elder stood at all times for that which is progressive in citizenship. When the Civil war broke out he was drafted for service, but a physical defect prevented him from taking part in active duty. lle was, however, a strong sympathizer of the Union cause and sent a substitute to the army. He always voted with the republican party, and did everything in his power to promote its growth and further its success. For eight years he served as a member of the city council from the third ward, and during that period labored effect- ively and earnestly for the welfare of the city, opposing useless expenditures, yet never advocating retrenchment to the extent of blocking progress. He was a director and at one time the president of the Peoria Board of Trade and was also a member of the Chicago Board of Trade. He was a man of strong purpose, high principles and of lofty ambition. His religious belief was manifest in his membership in the First Presbyterian church, in which he served as a trustee, and its teachings proved the guiding principles of his life. He was never content to choose the second best but always made choice of that which is most worth while.
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