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He was married Dec. 29, 1859, in Genoa Town- ship to Rebecca J. Eiklor, and they have been the parents of three children,-Cora M., born June 6, 1866; Ada M., Sept. 13, 1869; and Effie R., Jan. 15, 1879. The latter died when two years and four. months old. Mrs. Olmstead was born Aug. 30, 1844, in Erie Co., Ohio. She is the daughter of Frederick and Jeannette Eiklor, both of whom were natives of Ohio. Mr. Olmstead is a Republican by principle and inheritance and has held several local offices.
ells G. Chamberlain, of the firm of Whit- temore, Chamberlain & Co, at Sycamore, was born July 27, 1837, in Williamstown, Mass. Emery Chamberlain, his father, was a farmer and was born in Connecticut, Dec. 28, 1791. His death occurred Feb. 11, 1876. The mother of the subject of this sketch, Mary (Brownell) Chamberlain, was born in May, 1794, in Vermont, and died Feb. 13, 1871. Their marriage took place in 1810, and the period of their lives to- gether embraced 60 years and 10 months. Eight of their 13 children are now living (1884). Mary, the
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wife of R. Starkus Buckley, died in Little Rock, Ark. Betsey died in youth. Laura married Charles Gard- ner, and they went to the Indian Territory, where Mr. Gardner was a teacher among the Choctaw In- dians, in the employment of the United States Gov- ernment. William Gardner, their son, was the first white child born in the Territory. Mr. Gardner is now teacher in the city of New York, where his wife died. Porter E. is a retired farmer, resident at Rockford, Ill. Emmeline is the widow of Dr. Sherwood, of Chicago. Thomas M. is a retired farmer living at Belvidere, Ill. Lucy is the wife of F. Sanderson, a merchant tailor of Beloit, Wis. Henry M. entered the Union army and returned thence to Madison, Wis., where he died. Warner E. is a farmer in Ash- land, Minn. Jane S. married L. M. Van Buren, M. D., of Spirit Lake, Iowa. Kate died at Williams- town, Mass., when she was 19 years old.
Mr. Chamberlain is the next in order of birth. When he was 16 years of age his father's family re- moved to Beloit, Wis., and he was placed at the Mills Boarding School for boys at South Williams- town, where he was a student two years. He went to Beloit and became a clerk in the hardware store of A. P. Waterman and continued in that employment two years, after which he was occupied as an as- sistant on his father's farm until he reached his majority.
Mr. Chamberlain celebrated his attaining to man's estate by his marriage Aug. 19, 1858, to Emily A., · daughter of Clark and Sally Giles. She was born Nov. 16, 1841, in Farmersville, Cattaraugus Co., N. Y. Six children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Cham- berlain, five of whom are still living. Mark was born Oct. 29, 1861, and is a carpenter and machinist, resident at Sycamore. Clark was born Aug. 30, 1864, and died April 5, 1865. Myrtie was born Dec. 25, 1865; Mary, Aug. 23, 1870; Grace, Nov. 17, '1874: Fenton, Dec. 7, 1877.
In the fall of 1866 Mr. Chamberlain bought a farm in the township of South Grove, De Kalb County, consisting of 80 acres situated on section 16, where the family resided six years, the proprietor being oc- cupied in the improvement and cultivation of his property. In 1872 he rented the farm and removed to Sycamore. In 1875 he sold the place and entered the hardware store of Warren & Ellwood as a sales- man. A year later the proprietors sold their inter- ests to Harkness & Whittemore, who conducted the
establishment until 1878, when Mr. Chamberlain became a partner by the purchase of an interest, and the firm style became Whittemore, Chamberlain & Co. Their establishment is one of the largest in the line of hardware, and all branches commonly connected therewith, in the county, and they also have a jobbing department. Their business requires one general assistant and two tinners.
obert Holland, farmer on the southeast quarter of section 32, and north half of the northeast quarter of section 33, Cortland Township, was born in Fermanagh, Ireland, March 26, 1815. His parents, Thomas and Ellen (Graham) Holland, passed all their life in their native land, Ireland. At the age of 23 or 24 Mr. Robert Holland left his native land, where, he was brought up on a farm and obtained a limited education in a boys' school, and came to the "land of opportunity," in a sail vessel, landing at New York in May, 1839. He first labored for three months in a brick-yard at Poughkeepsie, N. Y., then a year for a hotel-keeper in the country near by (Dutchess County); next, he followed manual labor for five years, farming and gardening, in the town of Rich- field, Fairfield Co., Conn .; then for nine years more he worked by the day and followed ox-teaming, in the same town; and finally, in 1854, he came to Kaneville, this State, purchased 80 acres of land, and began to make a home. Finding a few tempor- ary improvements on the place, he extended them and rendered the place more valuable for ten years, when he sold it and bought his present farm of 240 acres. It also was partly improved when he took possession of it, and he has raised its value from $30 to $65 per acre. He has enlarged the dwelling, and now has a good frame house; also a good grain and stock barn and all the necessary out-buildings.
Mr. Holland was married June 28, 1843, in Ridge- field, Conn., to Miss Grace, daughter of Thomas S. and Emily (Gilbert) Keeler. Mrs. H.'s parents died in Connecticut, her father a little over 40 years of age and her mother at the age of 62. One of her grandfathers was a Revolutionary soldier. Five chil- dren have been born in the family of Mr. Holland viz .: Thomas, April 28, 1846; George, May 31, 1848;
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Nathan G., Aug. 8, 1852; Elizabeth J., April 22, 1859; and Ellen, July 28, 1844, who died Oct. 24, 1867, on the homestead. Elizabeth was born in Kaneville, Ill., the rest in Ridgefield, Conn.
Mr. H. is a Republican and has been Road Over- seer, and Mrs. H. is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
eorge O. Warren, of the firm of Warren & Pond, jewelers, at Sycamore, was born July 2, 1853, in Allegany Co., N. Y., and is the son of Luke A. and Ursula (Foster) Warren. He is one of a family of eight children, seven of whom are living. William H. is a gauger by profession, and resides in Dakota. Mary L. is the wife of J. E. Southworth and lives at Santa Clara, Cal. Sarah E. married Arthur E. Wilbur, of Clinton, Iowa. Alta R. is the wife of William Campbell, a farmer near Mason, Michigan. 'Michael F. is a jeweler in De Kalb. John F. is a dealer in fruits and vegetables at Galveston, Texas. George O. was born next in order. Abi died Feb. 2, 1858, aged 21 months. In 1864 the family settled in Ful- ton, Whiteside Co., Ill., and resided there about two years, going thence to Ogle Co., Ill., where they lived until the spring of 1871. At that date the father bought 50 acres of land in Cortland Township, De Kalb County, of which he retained possession 10 years. In 1882 he sold the farm and the parents removed to Sycamore.
Mr. Warren began the acquisition of the details of his profession when he was 18 years of age, at Buda, Ill., continuing there about a year, when he came to Sycamore and entered the jewelry establishment of his brother, Michael F., and operated under his su- pervision until the fall of 1874, when, associated with his brother-in-law, J. E. Southworth, he opened a jewelry store in a part of the building now occupied by Ellwood & Sivwright. Mr. Southworth became sole proprietor of the business nearly two years later, and Mr. Warren purchased another stock of goods and founded a business in the same line, which he conducted about eight years. March 20, 1884, he and his present partner, C. C. Pond, consolidated their stocks and have since conducted a joint busi-
ness, which they are managing with success and sat- isfaction to the public. They trade in watches, clocks jewelry, table and pocket cutlery, optical goods and musical instruments. Mr. Warren is a member of the order of Modern Woodmen of America.
His wife was formerly Jennie C. Smith, to whom he was married Jan. 13, 1875. She was born March 6, 1854, near Detroit, and is the adopted daughter of Spafford and Eliza Smith, of Sycamore. One son, Spafford S., has been born to Mr. and Mrs. Warren. They are members of the Baptist Church.
emuel C. Harris, farmer, section 27, Genoa Township, was born May 26, 1832, in Genesee Co., N. Y. His father, John Harris, was also born in the same State, Jan. 13, 1784, and married Irena Curtis, a native of Vermont. After their marriage they settled in the Empire State, coming West later in life and set- tling in Oakland Co., Mich. The father died there Dec. 29, 1839. The mother died in Genoa Town- ship in the fall of 1865. They had four children,- Paulina, Philo, Sina and Lemuel C.
Mr. Harris came to Michigan with his parents when he was but two years of age. In 1844 he came to Boone Co., Ill., and lived with his uncle, Philo Curtis, under whose charge he remained four years. He then opened an independent career for himself, engaging as a farm assistant and working by the month seven years. He came to De Kalb County in 1851 and bought a farm in Genoa Township, where he settled and resided two years. He then exchanged his estate for a farm of 120 acres in 'the same Township, where he established his homestead. The place is wholly under improvements. Mr. Harris is a Republican in political bias and supports the issues of the party. He is a member of the Order of Odd Fellows.
The first marriage of Mr. Harris occurred at Syca- more, Jan. 1, 1855, when Caroline C. Durham be- came his wife, and of their union three children were born: Edgar D., May 14, 1857; Edna C., Dec. 31, 1860; and Caroline, Oct. 28, 1864. The latter died when six weeks old. The decease of the mother
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occurred Nov. 21, 1864. Nov. 24, 1868, Mr. Harris was a second time married, to Mary E. Stark, at Belvidere. She was born in the township of Syca- more, Jan. 1, 1845. Her parents, Marshall and Louisa (Tyler) Stark, were natives of Pennsylvania and in 1835 settled in the township of Sycamore, where her father died Dec. 26, 1882. Their ten chil- dren were named Herman, Martha, Mary, Jefferson, Henry, Theron, Ada, Ella, Emma and Hattie. Mr. and Mrs. Harris have one child, Jefferson S., born March 3, 1870.
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aniel T. Lane, farmer on the southwest quarter of section 21, Cortland Township, where he has 40 acres, was born in San- bornton, Belknap Co., N. H., June 6, 1825. His father, Simeon Lane, was a farmer, and died in New Hampshire, aged 75 years. His mother, Huldah, nee Robinson, died also in that State, at the age of 59 years.
The latter lived in his native State until 25 years of age, on a farm, working by the month the several years of this period. In 1850 he came West and lo- cated in St. Charles, Kane Co., Ill.,. where he en- gaged in manual labor by the day for seven years or more. He then went to Warrenville, Du Page Co., Ill., and rented a farm two or three years; then rented a farm near St. Charles for a year. By this time the need of the nation for soldiers became so great that Mr. Lane concluded to risk his life in the Union cause.' In August, 1862, therefore, he en- listed, in Co. E, 127th Ill. Vol. Inf., Captain Gillett, Colonel Van Arman, in the 15th Ariny Corps, under Gen. John A. Logan. He took part in five battles, -two at Vicksburg, and one each at Little Rock, Resaca and Dallas (Ga.),-in which last he was wounded, May 7, 1864, by a minie ball that grazed the top of his head. He then went into the conva- lescent camp at Nashville, Tenn., where he did duty until he was discharged.
Returning to Warrenville, he was on a farm for three years, when he sold the place and took posses- sion of his present farm. Here he first had 80 acres, but has since sold half the place. He is a Republi- can in his political views, but neither he nor Mrs. L. is a member of any Church.
He was first married June 1, 1853, to Sarah Per- vere. Her parents, George and Hannah Pervere, both died in the Old Granite State. She was born Sept. 24, 1830, and died April 12, 1856, leaving one child, Luella, who was born July 31, 1854, in St. Charles, Ill. Mr. Lane was married a second time Sept. 19, 1858, in Warrenville, Ill., to Miss Helen Pelham, daughter of George and Louisa (Hovenden) Pelham, natives of England. Her father was born March 19, 1809, and died Jan. 27, 1884; her mother, born Dec. 28, 1809, is still living, in Warrenville, with a son. They, with a family of six children, emigrated to Huron Co., Ohio, in the winter of 1841, just after the death of one of their children. After residing in the latter place three years they came to Warrenville, locating upon a farm he purchased in the vicinity. Mrs. Lane was born July 29, 1833, in England, and was eight years old when the family emigrated to this country. Her parents came here poor, but by frugality they in time accumulated a handsome amount of property. Mr. Pelham, by his death, left a large circle of mourning friends. He had led a noble Christian life.
Mr. and Mrs. Lane's children are the following : George S., born Jan. 7, 1860; Albert M., Aug. 26, 1861 ; Huldah L., Feb. 14, 1863, died March 21, following, and was buried in her grandfather's door- yard in Warrenville; Lillian B., Sept. 4, 1866; and Henry I., Aug. 28, 1870. The first two and the fourth were born in Warrenville; Huldah L. was born in Wheaton, Ill., and the last in Cortland Town- ship, at the present place of residence.
larry Ewing, photographer at Sycamore, was born Jan. 31, 1858, in New Brighton, Beaver Co., Pa., and is the son of Ebenezer and Sarah C. (Bechtel) Ewing. His parents were natives of Pennsylvania, and later in life removed to
- Galesburg, Ill., where his father died, in 1880. His (Harry's) mother is still living there. Their four children are living: Ella married Leon Simon, a druggist of Chicago; Frances and Mattie are the two youngest.
Mr. Ewing is the eldest. He passed his youth in the common schools, and in 1876 began to fit himself
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for his business at Galesburg, with Z. P. McMillen, under whose instructions he operated two years, and afterward was connected two years with C. A. Winsor of the same place. Going thence to Marshalltown, he operated two years and came thence to Sycamore in May, 1881. He became an employee of G. W. Taylor, photographer, and after six months purchased the establishment where he had been employed and is still engaged in its management. Many of the portraits in this ALBUM are reproduced from photo- graphs taken by him.
He was married at Sycamore, March 15, 1883, to Nellie, daughter of Azel and Mary (Shurtleff) Stone. She was born June 22, 1859, at Kenosha, Wis. They have one child, Arthur Stone, born Dec. 18, 1884, at Sycamore.
illiam King, farmer, section 34, Genoa Township, was born June 5, 1817, in Essex Co., N. Y., and is the son of Reuben and Roxana (De Wolf) King. His parents were natives of Massachusetts, where they resided some years after their marriage, and subsequently removed to the State of New York. On their emigration to De Kalb County they located in Genoa Township, going later to pass the last years of their lives with a daughter in Kane Co., Ill., and there died.
Mr. King is next the youngest in order of birth of II children born to his parents. He lived in his native county until he was 19 years of age, when he went to Trumbull Co., Ohio, and there he maintained a residence until 1849, the date of his removal to the State of Illinois. He settled in Genoa Township, where he has been a citizen since, with the exception of two years which he passed in Nebraska. He is a Republican in political connection and accepts the tenets of the party. He has held several of the minor local official positions.
He was first married to Hannah (Dowd) Miller, widow of William Miller, in Trumbull Co., Ohio. She bore him five children,-Nelson, Alva D., Alfred, Melvin and Emma. The mother was a native of New York, and died in the township of Sycamore, Feb. 12, 1877. Mr. King was married the second
time June 3, 1877, in Genoa Township, to Harriet L., daughter of Joseph and Julia A. (Haskins) Dano. Herbert, Reuben and Justin are the names of the children born of the second marriage. Mrs. King was born Jan. 3, 1856, in Leeds Co., Ont. Her par- ents were born in the State of New York, and after their marriage settled in the Dominion of Canada, where her father died. Her motlier lives at Syca- more.
eorge M. Sivwright, of the firm of Ell- wood & Sivwright, grocers, etc., at Syca- more, was born Dec. 2, 1837, in Cornwallis, Kings Co., N. S., and is the son of James M. and Prudence (Eaton) Sivwright. His father was born in Windsor, N. S., Feb. 20, 1804, and began his business life as a tanner and boot and shoe manufacturer at Cornwallis, where he operated until he removed his family to Sycamore in 1844. He became a landholder in the township of Mayfield, De Kalb County, and died on the homestead, Dec. 24, 1878. George's mother was born in 1807, in Comwallis, N. S., and died at the home of her youngest son in Sycamore, Nov. 25, 1881. Five of their seven children are living. David L. resides in Hutchinson, Mc Leod Co., Minn., is a farmer and farrier and ex-Sheriff of the county where he resides, is a man of wealth and position and a decided Re- publican. Susan H. married E. B. Harned, a farmer in the township of Sycamore and owning an extensive tract of land. Eunice died in the 17th year of her life. George M. is the next in order of birth. Alex- ander is a traveling salesman in the interests of the Marsh-Whitney Binder Company. Wentworth E. is a clerk 'in a hardware store at Sycamore. James L. resides on the homestead in Mayfield Township. William Wells is deceased.
Mr. Sivwright was seven years of age when his parents located in De Kalb County, and he was brought up on the farm. On arriving at man's estate he became the proprietor of 120 acres of land in the township of Mayfield, and was actively engaged in agricultural pursuits until 1872. In that year he accepted a position as conductor on the Sycamore & Cortland Railroad and officiated six years. On the termination of that engagement he traveled some
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months as collector of the R. Ellwood Manufacturing Company. He acceded to a half interest in the business in which he is engaged in March, 1881, purchasing luis claim of the senior member of the firm. The business is extensive and popular, and represents an estimated investment of $10,000. Their stock includes full lines of groceries, drugs, oils, paints, crockery, etc., and they utilize nearly the entire space of the three-story building which they occupy.
Mr. Sivwright is a prominent member of the Order of Odd Fellows, and has filled successively all the chairs of the Subordinate Lodge and Encampment.
He was married Dec. 26, 1860, in Kingston, De Kalb County, to Maria L., daughter of Thomas and Temperance Fairclo. Mrs. Sivwright was born Dec. 22, 1840, at Morristown, N. J.
Guy T. Sivwright, only child, was born Aug. 30, 1861, in Mayfield Township. He grew to manhood the idol of his parents, his succeeding years develop- ing the fulfillment of the promises of his childhood and youth. He was carefully educated, and finished his studies at Valparaiso, Ind., College, where he was graduated and afterwards was an assistant in his father's business about one year. He possessed an admirable character and won the esteem of young and old. He was fitted for a life of usefulness, but all he might have been on earth and the hopes of those who loved him were blotted out by the dark- winged destroyer. In the fall of 1883, he sustained an injury from a fall in the skating-rink, which re- sulted in spinal abscess, and from which he died June 15, 1884.
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Korace Haskins, farmer, section 34, Genoa Township, is the son of John and Mary (Talnian) Haskins, both of whom were natives of the State of New York, where the father was born Feb. 13, 1781, and died March 17, 1856. The mother of Horace was born Aug. 28, 1783, and died March 22, 1825. Her ancestors came over in the Mayflower. Mr. Haskins was again married Nov. 3, 1825, to Mrs. Mary Winters. She had five children by her first husband.
The subject of this sketch is the tenth in order of birth of a family of 13 children, and was born Nov. 17, 1820, in Jefferson Co., N. Y. When he was 23
years of age, he canie to Illinois by the lake route, making his way to Chicago on board a sail-boat, which he assisted in building. He came from the Garden City directly to St. Charles, in Kane County, where he made a brief stay, and later proceeded to Genoa Township and engaged in the cultivation and improvement of 80 acres of land, of which he became the proprietor by purchase. To this he has added until he now owns 262 acres in De Kalb County, besides valuable farming tracts in the States of Ne- braska, Michigan and Iowa. His stock on his home farm comprises about 50 head of cattle, seven horses and a quantity of stock of other varieties.
Mr. Haskins is one of the solid and influential citizens of De Kalb County. He was the possessor of $5-37 1/2 when he arrived in Chicago, and is now the proprietor of an estate worth $50,000. He brought the first scouring plow into De Kalb County. In character he is justly rated as a generous, liberal and public-spirited man, enlisting warmly in all en- terprises which promise general benefit to the com- munity.
The marriage of Mr. Haskins to Mariah Bebee occurred March Ir, 1841, in Lorraine, Jefferson Co., N. Y. She was born in that place June 19, 1820, and is the daughter of John and Sarah (Clark) Bebee, who had a family of 10 children. The family of Mr. and Mrs. Haskins has included seven children, two of whom are living: Mary E., born May 19, 1846, is the wife of John Haines and resides in Syca- more Township; Martha M., born Nov. 22, 1852, and married to a farmer of Cortland Township, of the name of Daniel Beebe (not Bebee). Four chil- dren died in infancy, and one, the oldest, died on the lakes while the family were en route for Illinois, and was buried at Milwaukee. The adopted son of Mr. and Mrs. Haskins was received into the family July 27, 1870, and named Horace Clarence Haskins.
The portrait of Mr. Haskins, accompanying this sketch, presents the features of a physiognomy indi- cating a solid man, a substantial citizen and a reliable support of all enterprises and principles that com- mend themselves to his intuition of right. He has ever distinguished himself for his energy in pushing forward every enterprise inaugurated for the good of his community. None are more generous in aiding every such undertaking, and none more unselfish in in their devotion to the general welfare and progress
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of his people than is Mr. Haskins. While he has de- voted much time and money for the good of others, · he has by rare good business sagacity been able to accumulate a goodly fortune since he came to this county. The portrait of Mr. Haskins is engraved from a photograph taken in 1884.
ames S. Russell, Police Magistrate, Vesident at De Kalb, was born Sept. 25, 1834, in Warren Co., Ind. His parents, John and Mary A. (Fleming) Russell, were natives of Ohio and settled in De Kalb County . in the spring of 1848. They located on a farm in Kingston Township, where the mother died Dec. 28, 1879. Their seven children were named James S., Westly D., Robert W., Sylvester S., David F., Milton D., Reuben A. and Sarah J.
At the date of the removal of the family to De Kalb County, Mr. Russell was 14 years old. The first 19 years of his life were devoted to labor on his father's farm and in securing his education at the common schools. From that period until he was 22 he attended Mount Morris Seminary, in Ogle County. On completing his studies he went to Wyoming, Iowa, and was occupied through the following year as a book-keeper. Returning to Kingston, he engaged in the management of a part of the homestead farm, which he worked on shares for nine years.
In August, 1867, he came to De Kalb and .pur- chased a half interest in the livery establishment of S. Duffy, succeeding to the sole proprietorship in the spring of 1868. In 1881 he sold the livery with its equipments to Orlando Carter. He next engaged as traveling salesman in the interests of the Superior Barb Wire Company and occupied that position six months. In the fall of 1881 he became an owner by purchase of an interest in a hardware house, the property of a body of stockholders, of whom Mr. Russell was President. At the end of four months he terminated his connection with the company. In the spring of 1884 he was elected to the office of Police Magistrate of De Kalb, which position has since monopolized his time and attention.
Mr. Russell is prominent as an agriculturist and owns 160 acres of improved land in Afton Township. He has officiated as President, Secretary and Treas-
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