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The marriage of Mr. Low to Lydia Christy oc- curred Nov. 9, 1852, at Mariposa, Victoria Co., Ont., and to them five children have been born, all of whom survive but one-Charles H. Low-an . ac- count of whose short but busy and useful life may be found elsewhere in this volume. Emma A. Low, oldest daughter, born Sept. 28, 1853, is the wife of Loren Brown, of Girard, Kan., where he is engaged in traffic in lumber. The deceased son was next in order of birth. He was born Oct. 4, 1855, and died Jan. 10, 1884. Cora was born March 14, 1858. George J., born Jan. 31, 1862, resides at Odebolt, Iowa, where he is engaged in banking. He was married Sept. 12, 1883, to Rachel Bateman. Wol- fred W. was born June 28, 1870.
Mr. Low entered the Army of the Union during the Civil War, enlisting Sept. 2, 1862, at Shabbona, De Kalb County, in Co. E, 105th Reg. Ill. Vol. Inf. as a private. He accompanied the command to the seat of war, and was discharged early in the spring of 1863, without having seen active service, on ac- count of ill health.
As a citizen, business man, and in his domestic relations Mr. Low is among the most respected resi- dents of Sandwich. Born to a life of effort, reared in the prosecution of the duties of an agricultural career, and taught the value of self-respect by pre- cept and circumstances, his accession to affluence proved no disturbing element in the course of his tranquil, honorable career. He has devoted his means and interest to giving his children solid, sub- stantial education, and although by birth belonging to another nationality, he recognizes no sovereignty but manhood, and acknowledges no human suprem- acy save that acquired by culture and education.
enry N. Parker, farmer, Kingston Town- ship, section 34, was born Oct. 26, 1814, in Ontario Co., N. Y., and is the third in order of birth of a family of seven children included in the family of his parents, James and Sarah
- (Hubbs) Parker. The former was a native of Connecticut, the latter of New York. They removed about 1815 to Kentucky, where the son was brought
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up to manhood and followed the calling of a farmer. When he was 24 years of age he decided on fixing his residence in the North, and he bought a farm in Spencer Co., Ind., on which he resided 14 years. At the end of that time he sold out and came in 1854 to De Kalb County. He purchased 80 acres of land in Kingston Township and there commenced his career as an Illinois farmer. He has since doubled his possessions and is the proprietor of 160 acres, all under excellent improvement.
The marriage of Mr. Parker to Mary A. Stillwell occurred July 22, 1834, in Campbell Co., Ky. She is a native of that county and is the daughter of Joseph and Martha (Barrickman) Stillwell, who were also born in that State. She was born Nov. 23, 1812. Mr. and Mrs. Parker have had eight children,- Martha, Sarah A., Louisa, Joseph E., John R., Martha J., Mary A. and Fanny B. All are living but the oldest. Mr. Parker is a Republican in political belief and relations.
B enjamin Scurr Estabrook, farmer, sec- tion 36, De Kalb Township, was born in Sackville, Westmoreland Co., New Bruns- wick, Aug. 10, 1835. His parents, James and Isabella (Bulmer) Estabrook, were born in the same province and remained there during their entire lives. Their family comprised nine chil- dren.
Mr. Estabrook is the second son born to his par- ents and remained a resident of his native province until he was 17 years of age. In 1852 he went thence to Lowell, Mass., and passed about two years in a machine shop. In the spring of 1855 he de- cided on trying his chances in the opening West and came to Illinois, locating in Kane County, and con- tinued a resident there three years. In 1858 he transferred his interests to De Kalb County, and in 1861 settled on a farm of 80 acres in Pierce Town- ship, of which he became proprietor by purchase. After an ownership of. 12 years he sold out and came to De Kalb Township, where he bought 160 acres of land, now constituting a model farm, such as have founded the [unparalleled repute of the "Sucker " State. He resided on the property until the fall of 1884, when he removed to the village of De Kalb.
Mr. Estabrook is, in political bias and connection, a Republican, and has been active in school and local matters in his township. He was married in Whitewater, Wis., April 5, 1865, to Orissa, daughter of Isaiah and Olive (Tyler) Hall. Her parents were born in the State of New York, of which she was also a native, and was born May 24, 1845. Mr. and Mrs. Estabrook have two children. Walter G. was born Oct. 24, 1866, in Pierce Township; Cora B. was born June 5, 1868, in De Kalb Township, De Kalb County.
enry Kingsley, deceased, was a farmer, owning 80 acres on section 29 and 80 acres on section 30, Afton Township. He was born June 22, 1831, in Crawford Co., Pa., and was a son of Ransom and Eliza A. (Cornell) Kingsley. His father was born Feb. 1I, 1799, and died Sept. 23, 1877, in Du Page Co., Ill. His mother was born at Fort Ann, Washington Co., N. Y., Dec. 12, 1802, and is yet living. His parents were both of English extraction, and his father was a farmer by occupation.
Henry Kingsley was raised on his father's farm, alternating his labors thereon by attendance at the common schools. Soon after attaining his majority he came to this State and located with a sister in Du Page County. He worked "around " in Du Page and Kane Counties until March, 1863, when he pur- chased the present farm and in October following moved upon it. This is left to his family, and on it his widow at present resides. There were a small frame house and straw stable on the place, but he went to work with a firm determination to make a home for his family which would be a haven of rest in the days to come. He died Aug. 19, 1884, from the effect of paralysis. He received his first paralytic stroke some five years ago, which, though not prov- ing fatal at the time, gradually worked to his brain and caused his death at the time stated.
He was married March 5, 1863, to Miss Mary, daughter of Rodney and Abigail (Lounsberry) Mc- Dole. Her father was born Jan. 31, 1809, in New Hampshire, is of Scotch extraction and a farmer by occupation. Her mother was born July 31, 1813, in Chemung Co., N. Y., and died Jan. 14, 1876, while
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on a visit to her relatives in Menard Co., Ill., of heart disease. Mrs. Kingsley was born Feb. 4, 1838, in Kane Co., Ill.
Mr. and Mrs. Kingsley were the parents of four children. Nellie was born Dec. 7, 1863, married Fred H. Rollins, Oct. 15, 1884, and resides in Cal- houn Co., Iowa. Addie was born Feb. 25, 1866. Jeddie J., Nov. 1, 1869. Walter D., May 16, 1878. Mr. Kingsley, politically, was a Republican. He held the office of Justice of the Peace for many years, and was also Supervisor and Road Commissioner. After his first stroke of paralysis he was unable to do any work, and passed from this world mourned and beloved by a large circle of relatives and friends.
on. Luther Lowell, Judge of De Kalb County, resident at Sycamore, was born May 14, 1827, at Brookfield, Orange Co., Vt. Martin L. Lowell, his father, was born Dec. 14, 1792, at Lempster, N. H., and was the son of Peter and Ruth (Frink) Lowell, the for- mer of whom was a native of Massachusetts and was a soldier of the Colonial war for independence. The senior Lowell married Melinda C. Laporte, who was born June 6, 1798, in New Jersey. Ten of their children reached mature life. One daughter is de- ceased.
Judge Lowell is of mixed English and Irish ex- traction in the paternal line of descent. His mother was French in her paternal line, her grandfather having been born in France. He was reared in the manner common to the place and period in the train- g ing of farmers' sons. This method comprised after earliest boyhood three months of school during the winter season and nine months of active life on the farm, in which routine young Lowell passed the years of his life from eight to eighteen years of age. He "began to teach in the winter of 1845-6, and passed a portion of every year in that occupation until he completed his educational course. He prepared for college at the academies at Hinesburg and Bakers- field, entering the college at Middlebury two years in advance. He graduated in 1851 with the degree of A. B., and in 1854 received that of A. M. He taught a school in the village of Rutland, Vt., in the winter of 1850-1, and during the year following pur-
sued the same occupation at Ellicottville, N. Y. On the establishment of an academy at Rutland he was invited to take charge of it and was its Principal from 1852 to 1854. He went thence to Flushing Institute, Long Island, where he was teacher of Rhet- oric and Ancient Languages.
In 1856 he came to Sycamore, and entered the law office of Mayo & James. He was admitted to practice in all the State Courts in April, 1857, and Aug. 27, that year, entered into partnership with his precep- tors. Their dissolution occurred Jan. 1, 1858, and each proffered to Mr. Lowell a copartnership. He accepted the overtures of Mr. James, and in 1858 the firm became James, Lowell & Ellwood, for two years, when Mr. Ellwood withdrew. The firm of James & Lowell continued business until May 1, 1864 when it was dissolved, and Mr. Lowell associated with himself J. Frank Meeker, now a man of wealth and prominence at Marshalltown, Iowa. Mr. Meeker's connection with the business of Mr. Lowell ceased after. one year's duration. In 1867 he admitted James H. Sedgwick to a partnership, which was terminated in 1869 by the election of Mr. Lowell to the position of County Judge, to which he was re- elected in 1873. His second official term expired in 1877, and Jan. 1, 1878, he formed a partnership with D. J. Carnes, which existed five years and three months, or until April 3, 1883, when Judge Lowell was elected to fill a vacancy in the position he had formerly held, made by the resignation of Hon, S. B. Stinson, of Sandwich.
Judge Lowell's marriage to Ann P. James occurred at Sycamore, Feb. 20, 1859. She was born May I, 1833, and is the daughter of Levi and Cyrene (Batchelder) James. Judge Lowell and his wife are childless, but have reared to mature years two chil- dren, of whom they assumed charge in their tender years, Lavina S. and Gilbert H. Denton, who bear the relation of brother and sister. The latter is a young gentleman of fine natural mental gifts, and under the care and instructions of Judge Lowell and Mr. Carnes he lias become a lawyer of unusual promise, and is associated in legal practice with D. J. Carnes at Sycamore.
Judge Lowell is prominent in his character and abilities. In his official position his natural traits and disciplined mind render him peculiarly fit for the duties incumbent upon him. Cool, sagacious, methodical, upright, of sound judgment, and devoid
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of ulterior purpose and motives, to no safer hands could the interests with which he is intrusted by virtue of his office be committed. As a counselor, and chancery, probate and real-estate lawyer, Judge Lowell has no superior in De Kalb County. His knowledge of law is broad and comprehensive, and in the branches of jurisprudence to which he has given especial attention he has always controlled a large practice. His capacious memory and clear perception of the essential elements of the legal system, seconded by the quality of his judgment, inake him a useful member of the legal fraternity of De Kalb County.
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ohn D. Jones, fariner, owning the east half of the southwest quarter and the west half of the southeast quarter of sec- tion 29, Afton Township, was born in Brack- nockshire, South Wales, Aug. 8, 1818, and is a son of John and Margaret (Davis) Jones. His parents are both deceased, his father dying in South Wales in 1850, aged 60 years, and his mother in Pennsylvania, in 1872, aged about 88 years.
John D. Jones, subject of this notice, lived in his native country until 1848, when he emigrated to the United States. His early years were spent in a machine shop and attending school. No free-school system existing in his native country, he was com- pelled to pay for every month's instruction he re- ceived. At 14 years he entered a machine shop to learn the trade, and mastered the same only after seven years of laborious toil. At 21 years he com- menced running an engine for a blast furnace, and continued in that work until he emigrated to this country.
On arrival in the " States," he went to Carbondale, Lackawanna Co., Pa., and engaged in a machine shop. He was soon selected by the same company to take charge of a stationary engine engaged in pull- ing cars up an inclined plane, and held the position for 14 years.
In 1857 Mr. Jones came to this county, and, in company with another gentleman, purchased the land on which he at present resides. His partner moved on the land, which was in its natural con- dition, and Mr. Jones returned to Pennsylvania. In -
1859 he again returned to this county and purchased his partner's interest in the property, together with the improvements thereon, and again returned to Pennsylvania. In the spring of 1863 he moved to this county with his family, and settled on his land, and has resided thereon ever since.
Mr. Jones was married in November, 1850, to Miss Mary Ann, daughter of Samuel and Hannah (Wil- cox) Kenyon, natives of New York. Her father was a shoemaker by trade, and also owned a farm and followed that vocation. Both parents are deceased, her father dying in 1870, and her mother in 1863. Mrs. Jones was born March 16, 1829, in Roxbury, Delaware Co., N. Y.
. Mr. and Mrs. Jones are the parents of seven chil -. dren living and two deceased. They were born as follows : John F., in June, 1851, died in August of the same year ; Mary E., Aug. 16, 1854, died Sept. 8, 1877; George M., Aug. 15, 1856;' Anna M., Dec. 21, 1859; Addie B., March 5, 1863; Edward J., May 22, 1864 ; Burt D., Sept. 16, 1866; Lillie M., May 13, 1871; and Minnie L., Dec. 31, 1872.
Politically Mr. Jones is a Republican. He has served as School Director for several years.
oseph M. Buckingham, farmer, section 15, Somonauk Township, was born on the farm on which he is a resident, June 2, 1842, and where his parents located in the autumn of 1841. Nathan Buckingham, his father, was a farmer and was born July 3, 1799, in Essex, Middlesex Co., Conn. He married Mary Pratt. Following is the record of their children : Frederick E., born Oct. 19, 1830, died in 1864, in Nashville, Tenn .; William F., twin brother, was killed in 1857, in a gold mine in California; Almus W., born May 8, 1832, married Zelina Cheever; Mary J., born Aug. 24, 1835, married Levi Disbrow.
On removal to Illinois he bought 180 acres of land on section 15, Somonauk Township, this county, and was a resident thereon 31 years, dying Jan. 23, 1873. The mother was a native of Connecticut and died on the homestead in Somonauk, Nov. 14, 1855. Nathan Buckingham was again married in 1856, to Ann W. Stevens, of Piermont N. H. In the same year he cut
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the trees from the lumber of which his house was built, and which he drew to Plano to be sawed.
On setting out independently in life, Mr. Bucking- ham bought 90 acres adjoining his father's farm, and on the death of the latter he became the owner of the homestead where he was born, by purchase from the other heirs, and now owns a fine tract of land 180 acres in extent.
His marriage to Luella Evans occurred March 5, 1877. One daughter, Bertha, was born to them on the farm, April 4, 1878. Mrs. Buckingham was born Sept. 15, 1857, in Plainview, Wabasha Co., Minn., and she is the daughter of Herford and Catherine Evans.
lark Glidden, deceased, formerly a far- mer occupying the southwest quarter of section 4, Afton Township, was born, in Clarendon, Orleans Co., N. Y., Feb. 8, 1823. His parents, Simeon and Lucy (Knowles) Glidden, were of New England stock, being front Vermont and New Hampshire. His father died in June, 1865, aged 81 years ; and his mother died in 1880.
Mr. Glidden was reared to manhood on his father's farın, having much of the labor and responsibility devolving upon him, as his father was for 25 years preceding his death afflicted with inflammatory rheu- matism. His education was received in the district school and at Brockford Acadeiny. In February, 1854, he emigrated with his family to the West in search of a suitable locality for a home, determining finally to settle in this county, where Jos. F. Glidden a distant relative, had already located. He bought 160 acres, and he increased his estate until he at one time owned 420 acres, in this and De Kalb Town- ships ; he sold 100 acres before his death. He was a Republican, and was honored by his fellow citizens with the offices of Collector, Assessor, School Direc- tor, Road Commissioner and Justice of the Peace. He died Feb. 1, 187.1, in Afton Township, this county.
He was married Feb. 14, 1847, in Clarendon Township, Orleans Co., N. Y., to Miss Harriet, daughter of I. B. and Clarissa (Foley) Keeler. Her father was born May 18, 1799, in Saratoga Co. N. Y.,
and died Jan. 16, 1851 ; and her mother was born Sept. 14, 1797, in the same county, and died Dec. 31, 1879. Mr. and Mrs. Glidden had six children, four of whom are now living. The record stands : Willis C., born July 23, 1848, in Clarendon, N. Y., was married June 1, 1881, to Mabel Seager, a suc- cessful physician in Beloit, Kan., who graduated in April, 1880, at the Homoeopathic Medical College of Chicago; Burtis R., born June 24, 1850, in Claren- don, N. Y., married Miss Emma Green, Dec. 15, 1880, and is now living in Scottville, Kan., where, in company with his uncle, he is a merchant ; Ira B., born Jan. 23, 1852, in Clarendon, N. Y., married Allie T. Rathbun, Sept. 22, 1880, and now has two children,-Vernon C., born April 15, 1882, in Afton Township, and Jessie P., Dec. 22, 1883, in Afton Township; Arthur J., born Dec. 25, 1855, in Afton Township, married Miss Elva Lyon, March 10, 1880, *and now resides in Altoona, Beadle Co., Dak.
Neither Mr. Glidden nor any of his sons has ever used tobacco.
It may be mentioned here that during the first summer of their residence in this county, one mile south of De Kalb, Mrs. Glidden was bitten by a rattlesnake, but, apparently with the aid of the ap- plication of saleratus dissolved in whisky and the as- sistance of a physician, she fully recovered.
atthias Ault, farmer, section 5, Mayfield Township, was born April 26, 1827, in Lycoming Co., Pa. His parents, Samuel and Catherine (Page) Ault, were born, reared and married in the same State and were there resident until 1850, when they came to Kane Co., Ill. In the spring of 1854 they came to Kings- ton Township, where the mother died, March 28, 1866, and where also the decease of the father oc- curred, Nov. 17, 1868. They had 14 children and 13 of them reached mature life.
Mr. Ault is the third son and seventh child, and he obtained only the limited common-school educa- tion of the place and period. He was 23 years of age when he came to Kane Co., Ill., and he con- tinued a resident of that county until 1854, coming with his parents to De Kalb County and operating as his father's assistant three years longer. In 1857
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he became a land-holder by the purchase of 40 acres of land in Kingston Township and 61 acres ad- ditional in the township of Mayfield. The latter has since been his homestead. He is now the pro- prietor of 329 acres of land in De Kalb County, which is chiefly under cultivation.
Mr. Ault has acted in the capacities of School Di- rector and Overseer of Highways. In political mat- ters he is independent.
He was married in Rock Co., Wis., Sept. 20, 1858, to Sarah, daughter of George and Mary (Keithline) Gross, natives respectively of Lehigh Co., Pa., and New Jersey. Her father died in Lycoming Co., Pa., and the mother died after her removal to Mayfield Township, Feb. 15, 1880. Mrs. Ault is the oldest of six children, and was born Jan. 2, 1831, in Lu- zerne Co., Pa. Mr. and Mrs. Ault have had five children,-William I., Amelia M., Mary C., Frank S. and George W. The second child died when two years old.
acob Haish, an extensive barbed-wire man- ufacturer of De Kalb, was born March 9, 1827, in Germany, and is a son of Christian and Christena Haish, natives of that country. The family emigrated to this country when the subject of this notice was nine years of age, and settled in Crawford Co., Ohio. He purchased a farm in the woods and entered on the task of clearing and improving it. On this farm the son lived, alternating his labors thereon by attending the common schools, until he attained the age of 20 years. Arriving at this age in life, he came West and located at Naper- ville, Du Page Co., this State, where he engaged as a farm laborer, which vocation he followed for several seasons.
While living in that county, Mr. Haish was united in marriage (in 1848) to Miss Sophie Brown. A year after that event he came to this county and lo- cated on a farm in Pierce Township. A few years later, he moved into the village of De Kalb, and for a time followed the carpenter's trade, which he had previously learned. He next engaged in the lumber trade, at the same time taking building contracts. In 187 3 Mr. Haish made his first attempt to attach a
barb to a wire. He was successful, and in the fol- lowing December made application for a patent. He received his patent Jan. 20, 1874. Since that time he has made some improvements and received other patents.
ames Edmund Ellwood, Treasurer of the R. Ellwood Manufacturing Company at Sycamore, was born April 25, 1831, in the town of Canajoharie, Montgomery Co., N. Y. He grew to manhood under the care of his parents, Abraham and Sarah (Delong) Ell- wood (see biography of Chauncey Ellwood, page 241 of this book, for sketch of parents), and cele- brated his approaching majority by his marriage, Jan. 7, 1852, a little more than three months previous to its advent; when Lodeska H. Fellows became his wife. She is the daughter of Newton and Sarah Fel- lows, and was born in Middleville, Herkimer Co., N. Y. Five children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Ell- wood, three of whoin died in infancy. A daughter, Sarah A. (Mrs. B. W. Paine), and a son, James B., survive.
The earliest business venture of any importance in which Mr. Ellwood was interested was in raising 100 acres of broom-corn in the Mohawk Valley in the Empire State, which occupied his attention one year, after which, associated with his brother Hiram, he engaged in the sale of groceries and provisions in Frankfort, Herkimer Co., N. Y., which relation and business was in existence one year.
In 1855 he came to Sycamore and again entered upon the culture of broom-corn, in company with his brother Reuben. They had about 1,000 acres planted with that annual, and were engaged three years in the various avenues of business arising from their ex- tensive operations. In 1858 the drug and grocery store of J. E. and Chauncey Ellwood was established at Sycamore, under the firm style of J. E. Ellwood & Bro. At the end of one year the former, in com- pany with Daniel Dustin, purchased the interest of Chauncey. In 1861 the firm of Ellwood & Dustin terminated their relations, Mr. Dustin selling his interest to his partner, who prosecuted the business singly about 13 years. In 1874 he associated with
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himself his brother Alonzo, and they erected a mag- nificent building, comprising part of the Central Block, for the accommodation of their business re- lations, and the style of the firm name became J. E. Ellwood & Bro. The brothers continued their joint operations seven years. The single and associated operations of Mr. Ellwood in the sale of drugs and groceries covered a period of 23 years, and ceased altogether in 1881. On the 16th of March of that year he was succeeded by George M. Sivwright, the latter becoming a member of the present firm of Ell- wood & Sivwright by purchase. Mr. Ellwood be- came a stockholder in the R. Ellwood Manufacturing Company at Sycamore in 1881, and has since officiated as Treasurer of that corporation. He is a member of the Order of Masonry and belongs to the Lodge at Sycamore.
The portrait of Mr. Ellwood is given on the page opposite this sketch, and is the fourth in order of presentation of the Ellwood brotherhood, all of whom are represented on the pages of this volume.
ilbert H. Robertson, editor and proprie- tor of the Gazette at Sandwich, was born in South Argyle, Washington Co., N. Y., Nov. 28, 1831. His father's name was Archi- bald Robertson. His grandfather, William Robertson, came from Ireland, but was himself of Scotch descent. His mother's maiden name was Anna Robinson, who came from the Highlands of Scotland when six years old. The subject of this sketch was reared on a farm, attending the common school quite steadily, until the age of 14 years, when he went to the Arygle Academy. He entered Union College, Schenectady, N. Y., in 1848, and graduated in 1849. The college at this time was still under the presidency of the celebrated Dr. Nott. He was therefore several months in college with Chester A. Arthur, who was of the class of 1848.
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