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The first celebration of Independence Day was in
1838, when Mr. Perkins provided entertainment for hundreds who assembled. Geo. H. Hill delivered the oration. There were people present from Aurora, St. Charles, Rockford and other places.
A postoffice was established here in the fall of 1837, with Horatio N. Perkins as postmaster. Mr. Madison had been endeavoring to get an office before Mr. Perkins' arrival, and had secured the promise of one. On selling, he recommended Mr. Perkins for the position. With the exception of a few months, Mr. Perkins held the office 47 years, resigning No- vember 11, 1884, when his grandson, H. A. Perkins, received the appointment.
Balls were quite common in the early days, and Perkins' Hotel, at Genoa, was a popular place for them to be held. The young men and young ladies would come for miles around, and dance till the " wee sma' hours o' morn." Mr. Perkins has taken in as much as $225 in one night.
Some of the early settlers of Genoa were no credit to the community in which they lived, and brought upon it an unsavory name. Whittemore had the reputation of being a leading member of the gang of horse-thieves, counterfeiters and burglars who infested the country. In 1838 Mr. Perkins had his house broken open, and was robbed of $300. While he felt morally certain as to who were the guilty parties, he could not prove it, and never recovered his money or had the satisfaction of seeing the robbers punished.
Gleason was thought to be one of the gang of coun- terfeiters. He was known to have counterfeit money in his possession, but never used it in the commu- nity in which he lived. He was arrested once, his case called in court, but no witnesses could be had to testify against him, and he was set at liberty. He was again arrested, but made his escape from the officers. Returning, after the evidence of his guilt was thought unattainable, he started in business again. He married here. A few years after, he be- came ill, and a traveling doctor, who was said to be attached to his wife, attended him, but he soon died. Soon after, the doctor and Mrs. Gleason were arrested for causing his death, but no evidence was directly obtainable, and they were discharged. Not long af- ter, they were married and moved to La Salle County, where the doctor died under circumstances that led people to believe that he, too, was poisoned. His wife soon after died very suddenly.
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. Genoa furnished 109 men to aid in suppressing the Rebellion.
On its organization, in 1850, Henry Durham was elected to represent the township as a member of the Board of Supervisors. He was succeeded by G. F. King in 1851 ; Isaac W. Garvin, 1852; A. N. Hol- lembeak 1853-4; Isaac W. Garvin, 1855; Jesse Doud, 1856; D. Buck, 1857; John Heath, 1858-9 ; J. L. Brown, 1860; John Heath, 1861-2; J. L. Brown, 1863; D. Buck, 1864-5; H. N. Perkins, 1866-9; A. H. Pond, 1870-3 ; John Heath, 1874; Jeremiah L. Brown, 1875 ; John Heath, 1876; Henry N. Perkins, 1877-80; A. H. Pond, 1881-3 ; Kendall Jackman, 1884.
Genoa Township, according to the report of the local assessor, in 1884, had 22.862 acres of improved land, valued at $336,998. The town lots were valued at $48,516 ; personal property, $115,451. A total of $500,965. The State Board of Equalization reduced this amount to $444,080. Among the items of per- sonal property assessed were the following: Horses, 899; cattle, 3,121; sheep, 75; hogs, 2,107 ; steam engines, 3; safes, 2; carriages and wagons, 324; watches and clocks, 311 ; sewing and knitting ma- chines, 176; pianos, 6; melodeons and organs, 59. With the exception of Paw Paw, Genoa had a larger number of cattle than any township in the county.
L. P. Kellogg contributes the following as his ex- perience of pioneer life : He came to Illinois in the fall of 1844 and spent the first winter in the town of Harmony, McHenry County, moving on his farm in Genoa Township in the spring of 1845, where he broke enough land for temporary use, spending the remainder of his time in teaming. He used to make the trip to Chicago with anything he could procure, returning with merchandise and immigrants. His hotel was where night overtook him on the way. He generally did his teaming with horses, but at times drove from three to five yoke of oxen. He was mar- ried Jan. 20, 1847. The week after his marriage he went to move a family from near Belvidere to Ottawa and came near losing his life. He started with four horses but only got home with two. After reaching Ottawa, he concluded to take back with him a load of coal. There was no well-defined wagon road, but only an Indian trail to follow. In crossing a slough on his return, the wagon broke through the ice and settled in the water and earth up to the hub. He could not get out without unloading, and had to carry
the entire load by hand a distance of ten rods. His fingers were all bleeding and he suffered intensely from the cold, but there was no help for it : the work had to be done, and there was no house within twenty miles. He left the coal and drove hard to make some house to shelter himself and team, but too late. One of those winter blizzards came on, with hail and rain. His team could not follow the trail and it was soon so dark that it was impossible to see any- thing. There was no cover on his wagon to shelter himself, nothing for his team to eat, the winds howl- ing like demons and he lost in the wilderness. He concluded his best course was to unhitch his team, tie each horse to a wagon-wheel and wait till the com- ing of the morn. His team was tired out, the trail was lost, and it would have been folly to attempt traveling any more that night. Covering the horses as best he could, he then took the end gate out of his wagon, and holding it before him to break the force of the wind he walked around the wagon the entire night. The night was a long and hard one, but hope was kept alive within him by thinking of his newly- wedded wife at home. Two of his horses died be- fore morning, chilled to death.
On this trip he passed near the old log house on Indian Creek where 21 white women and children were massacred by the Indians. This trip was only one out of many hard ones that he experienced while following teaming. He lost five horses in the first four years. Once, when the thermometer registered 40 degrees below zero, he lay out, wandering on the open prairie the entire night, having lost his way in one of those blizzards. He did not dare to stop walking, nor give way to the desire for sleep, for he well knew that death would follow.
Thinking a good dog would be some comfort to his wife when he was away, he bought a young pup, took him home; but one night the wolves came up to his house, carried him off and killed him.
Mr. Kellogg took up his claim on section 3, Genoa Township, in 1845, where he still lives. He says that although he has had a hard time in life, he has the satisfaction of knowing that he was never sued nor ever sued a man in his life. He has tried to live in peace with his neighbors, enjoying their respect and esteem. In 1855 he experienced religion, since which time he has tried to live a consistent Christian life, although . connected with no religious society.
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The Bible is his daily study, and daily he gathers his household around him and offers up prayer and praise to God.
Village of Genoa.
OTWITHSTANDING a small village had sprung up at this point many years before, it was not until 1853 that a plat was made and filed. In March, 1853, E. P. Gleason, who had purchased the interest of Whittemore & Corey in the claim made by Madison, platted the east half of the southwest quarter of section 19. For a time the village flourished, but the building of railroads in proximity to it cut off its trade, and, for a time, it seemed that one more vil- lage was to be a thing of the past. The building of the railroad through the county, in 1875, revived the place. At that time there were here one hotel; a general store, by Henry N. Perkins ; a grocery store, by R. S. V. Burrington; a postoffice; two blacksmith shops, owned by J. A. Risden and William H. Laird; shoe shop, by L. Williams. There were about 20 dwelling-houses within the present village limits.
The railroad reached this place Jan. 2, 1875, and in honor of the event the ladies of the village pro- vided the railroad employees with a grand free din- ner. During the year 1875 but little improvement was made, though a building was erected by J. E. Stott, who, in connection with a brother, opened a general merchandise store, and one by Walter Dick- erman, for a grocery store. The three following years many improvements were made, more than at any other like period of time.
In 1880 a destructive fire occurred in which several buildings were burned, involving a loss of $10,000.
The Genoa Creamery is owned by Crawford & Hill. In 1884 a business of $40,000 was transacted.
The following comprises the business firms in Genoa in the spring of 1885 :
General merchants-H. H. Slater, Alex. Crawford, Charles Stott, Mann Brothers.
Groceries-H. A. Perkins.
Drugs-W. P. Van Alstine, H. H. Slater. Hardware-William Sayer, S. M. Davies.
Furniture-A. Tyler, Charles Stott.
Boot and shoe dealer -- John Lembka.
Harness-D. W. Schwartz.
Millinery-Mrs. Carrie Wilson.
Restaurant-James Allen.
Blacksmith-Risdon & Downing, A. Tyler, Tichler & Smith, G. W. Baldwin.
Meat market-W. Hix.
Merchant tailor-F. O. Holtgren.
Jeweler-W. H. Matthews.
Bank-Brown & Brown.
Lumber-K. Jackman & Son, also dealer in agri- cultural implements and coal.
Grain-M. G. Leonard & Co.
Stock dealers-Frank Jackman, H. H. Yonken, Charles Whipple.
Physicians-A. M. Hill, C. H. Mordoff.
Veterinary surgeons-G. J. Mordoff, D. S. Brown.
Hotels-L. V. Corson, Mrs. C. S. Bailey.
Creamery-Crawford & Hill.
Attorney-A. S. Hollenibeak.
The village was incorporated under the general law in 1876, and the first meeting of the Board of Trustees was held April 24. The following named comprises the Trustees and Clerks since that date :
1876-Henry N. Perkins, President; James Mer- riman, George H. Ide, L. P. Whitney, A. M. Hill, Henry H. Slater, Trustees; J. B. Stephens, Clerk.
1877-Henry N. Perkins, President ; Alex. Craw- ford, J. B. Stephens, C. S. Bailey, James Stott, Henry Patterson, Trustees ; Oscar Jones, Clerk.
1878-Henry N. Perkins, President ; Alex. Craw- ford, William H. Matthews, E. Sumner, George E. Wood, John Patterson, Trustees; Oscar Jones, Clerk.
1879-Horatio N. Perkins, A. M. Hill, W. H. Mathews, Alex. Crawford, Daniel Stephens, John Patterson, Trustees; A. D. Blagden, Clerk.
. 1880-Alex. Crawford, President ; E. S. Wilcox, Charles Stott, D. W. Schwartz, John Flint, Samuel Slater, Trustees ; J. B. Lee, Clerk.
1881-Alex. Crawford, President; A. M. Hill, John McLean, George H. Ide, E. S. Wilcox, Charles Stott, Trustees ; M. E. Sandall, Clerk.
1882-A. M. Hill, President ; John McLean, Geo. H. Ide, John Patterson, A. C. Senska, Gurdin Rowen, Trustees; F. M. Worcester, Clerk.
1883-A. C. Senska, President ; John Patterson, Gurdin Rowen, D. S. Brown, James E. Stott, William E. Hill, Trustees ; H. A. Perkins, Clerk.
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1884-D. S. Brown, President; James E. Stott, William E. Hill, R. Blanchard, Samuel Slater, John Lembka, Trustees; H. A. Perkins, Clerk.
Saloons have been licensed but one year since the village was incorporated, in 1880.
Genoa is in School District No. 1, which was or- ganized at an early day. The present large and convenient school-house was erected in 1877, at which time the school was thoroughly graded and placed in charge of Professor D. M. Gibbs. The building was erected at a cost of $4,000, and has four rooms, in addition to cloak rooms and halls. Since 1877 Professor Gibbs has been in charge of the schools, with Mrs. J. A. Gibbs, his wife, as first assistant. Under his administration the school has taken rank with the best in the county. One class of seven were graduated in 1881. The graduates were M. E. Sanvall, Herman Patterson, Charles Brown, W. L. Pond, M. Harned, Allie Cole, Mary Gwinup. Of these graduates, M. E. Sanvall is now book-keeper in a large establishment in Chicago; Herman Patterson is an engineer in Humboldt, Iowa, and married to Mary Gwinup; Charles Brown is a banker in Genoa; William L. Pond is a lawyer in De Kalb; M. Harned is a dentist in Oregon, Ill .; Allie Cole is a teacher at Kingston. A second class graduated in 1883. The graduates were Mary Pat- terson and Belle Holroyd, both of whom have been teaching since graduation. The teachers in the school here since 1877, in addition to Mr. and Mrs. Gibbs, are Lottie Brown, Allie Cole, Addie White, Myra Smith, Lydia Richardson and Mary Silvious. In the past year there were enrolled 142 pupils, 42 of whom were from outside the district.
Resaca Post, No. 478, G. A. R., was organized Aug. 22, 1884, with the following named charter mem- bers: Almon M. Hill, Com .; Alex. B. Ross, S. V. C .; George W. Johnson, J. V. C .; A. S. Hollem- beak, Adj .; James M. Allen, Chap .; W. E. Hill, Serg .; George H. Ide, O. D .; Henry W. Slater, Q .; George G. DeWolf, O. G .; John F. Craver, S. M .; Frank McQuarie, G .; Geo. W. Baldwin, Q. S .;. Ezra G. Pike, Francis D. Bridge, Wm. R. White. The first officers continue. The present membership is 24.
Genoa Lodge, No. 288, A. F. & A. M., received its charter Oct. 16, 1858. The charter members were Thurston Carr, W. M .; M. D. Reyman, S. W .;
A. B. Green, J. W .; M. Carr, Wm. Peters, P. Carr, A. E. Carr, J. Chase. The P. W. M.'s are Thurston Carr, Thomas E. Lawrence, L. P. Wood, A. C. Senska, Geo. E. Wood, A. N. Hollembeak, E. S. Wilcox, Dr. John McLean. The lodge is in a flour- ishing condition.
KINGSTON TOWNSHIP.
ITH the exception of Franklin Township, Kingston has the largest body of timber land in the county. The southern por- tion is prairie, and also the northeastern. The township is well watered by the Kish- waukee River and its tributaries. Kingston comprises township 42, range 4 east, and lies upon the north border of the county, adjoining Boone County, with Genoa Township upon the east, Mayfield upon the south, and Franklin upon the west.
The first settlement in Kingston was made in 1835. Thomas Robb is thought to have been the first to make a claim. Among those who came in that year were John Judd, Isaiah Fairclo, Lyman Judd, Joseph Collier, Nathan Billings, John Friel, Louis Driggs, George H. Hill, James Green, Benja- min Schoonover, Harmon and Wm. Miller, George Hill and Levi Lee.
Thomas Robb was from Indiana. He located on section 22. Mr. Robb was about 65 years old when he came to this county. He died on the homestead that he claimed in 1835.
John Judd, Isaiah Fairclo, Lyman Judd, Nathan Billings, John Friel and Louis Driggs were also from Indiana. John Judd lived in the township about 12 years and died here; Isaiah Fairclo died here also; Lyman Judd moved away and has since died; Joseph Collier was one of the first Justices of the Peace; was elected while the county was attached to La Salle; he died here. Nathan Billings and John Friel returned to Indiana. Louis Driggs, after a few years' residence, moved to Iowa.
. Harmon and Wm. Miller were from New York. Harmon subsequently moved to Prairie du Chien, where he since died. William, in 1873, moved into De Kalb, where he now resides.
Levi Lee was from New York. He was a man of
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good natural and acquired ability, a Methodist Episcopal minister, for some years a Justice of the Peace, and one of the first County Commissioners. Before the war he removed to Elkhorn, Wis. He is now dead.
Other settlers came in soon after, and it was but a few years before all the valuable land in the town- ship was claimed.
Zalmon Young and Sarah Brown were united in marriage Oct. 5, 1837, by Geo. H. Hill, J. P. The license granted to these persons was the second obtained in De Kalb County .:
A child was born to Mr. and Mrs. Louis Driggs early in 1836. This child was probably the first born in the township. Wm. W. Hill, son of George H. Hill, was born Oct. 23, 1836, and was probably the second born.
The first death was that of the wife of Peyton Russell, in 1837. Her body was buried on section 23, in what is now the Kingston Cemetery.
The Kingston postoffice was established about 1838, with Levi Lee as postmaster. In 1841 the receipts of the office were $4.31. Jonas Haight suc- ceeded Lee and was in turn succeeded by George H. Hill, who had charge of the office for many years. The following named have since served as postmasters : Charles O'Connor, Dr. James Mc- Allister, L. J. Bliss and James Stuart. The office was removed to the village of Kingston on' the ad- vent of the railroad.
North Kingston postoffice was established about 1852. Charles W. Branch was postmaster for some years.
Dr. James McAllister was the first physician, locating here about 1848.
The first religious services were held in private houses in 1836. Revs. Woolsey, Arnold and Lee were the first to preach the word in this region of the country. A house of worship was some years after erected on the south line of the township, but has since been removed.
The first school now remembered by some of the old settlers was in in a log house on section 22, and was held in 1840. Harriet Russell was the first teacher. It was a subscription school. Public schools were introduced some years afterwards. From the report of George I. Talbott, County Superintendent of Public Schools, for the year end-
ing June 30, 1884, the following items are gleaned : There were 526 persons under 21 years of age, of whom 342 were of school age. Each of the 10 districts had a frame school-house, the total value being $9,800. School was held in each of the dis- tricts, and there was a total enrollment of 311. Dur- ing the year 18 teachers were employed, receiving as wages an average salary of $29.48 per month, the highest receiving $75 and the lowest $25. The tax levied for school purposes amounted to $4,575.
The first store in the township was owned by Levi Lee, who, in 1836, commenced the mercantile busi- ness at his house.
George H. Hill had his dwelling-house and its con- tents burned in 1836, the first destruction of a dwelling by fire in the township.
In 1853, and also in 1860, a fearful tornado swept through the township, destroying everything in its path. In 1860 Isaac McCoy had his house destroyed, not a single piece of timber being left to mark its lo- cation.
The first dwelling-house was erected by Lyman Stuart, who rented the same for a hotel.
John Uplinger started a hardware store in the fall of 1875.
In the spring of 1876, Mr. Uplinger erected an- other building, which he rented to Dunbar Bros., who opened a stock of general merchandise. They are still in the trade.
A. H. Clark commenced in the drug business in 1876, moving a building into the village for the pur- pose.
Among others who began business during the first two or three years of the village's existence were : William Straub, who commenced the hardware busi- ness, now continued by Heckman & Cole; Orson Rogers, who opened a stock of general merchandise; S. P. Hancock and Mr. Gritzbaugh, in shoe-making ; I. C. Sherman, blacksmith; Louis Lyon, harness- maker.
Kingston Township, in 1884, had 22,053 acres of land, which was assessed at $331,503. The lots were listed at $23,941; personal property, $83,995 ; total, $448,419. The State Board of Equalization reduced this to $395,967. In the list of personal property as- sessed may be found the following items: Horses, 875; cattle, 2,394 ; mules and asses, 20; sheep, gr;
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hogs, 1,978; steam engines, 4; safes, 4; billiard tables, I; carriages and wagons, 397; watches and clocks, 214; sewing and knitting machines, 144; pianos, 3; organs and melodeons, 37.
The following named have served the township as members of the Board of Supervisors :
John Sheeley .. .1850
George H. Hill .. . 1863
C. W. Branch 1851
Charles W. Branch. . I864-70
William A. Miller .. 1852
John L. Hoag . .1871-73
George H. Hill .1853-57
Sylvester Mead. .1874-75
George L. Wood. .1858
Leroy E. Benson. .1876-77
James McAllister. .1859-60
Aaron H. Clark . I878-81
P. Heckman.
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Henry H. Little .. 1882-84
Kingston.
This village is located on the line of the C., M. & St. P. Railroad, in this township. It is a pleasant little village; was platted in May, 1876, by Lyman and James Stuart. In November, 1875, the first house was erected by James Stuart, who opened up a stock of groceries.
The village comprises a part of School District, No. 6. A school-house which stood about a half mile east of the village, was used until 1881, when the present two-story frame building was erected, at a cost of $3,304. J. G. Lucas was the first principal in the new house and yet occupies the position. Mrs. H. Hatch was his assistant in 1881; Maggie Lucas in the spring and Grace Harris in the fall of 1882; Allie Cole in 1883 and 1884-5.
There is one church edifice in the village, the property of the Methodist Episcopals. The building was erected in 1860, on the south line of the town- ship and moved here in 1876. Rev. J. B. G. Shad- ford is the present pastor.
The Masons have a lodge, and the G. A. R. a post in this place.
Kishwaukee Lodge, No. 402, A. F. & A. M., was organized Oct. 5, 1864, about three-fourths of a mile west of the present village. In 1877 the place of meeting was removed here. The officers for 1885 were: J. H. Fellows, W. M .; A. N. Wyllys, S. W .; A. H. Clark, J. W .; Sylvester Mead, Treas .; J. H. G. Lucas, Sec. The present membership is 35.
Gilbert Barnes Post, No. 395, G. A. R., was or- ganized Jan. 19, 1884, with 12 charter members. For the first year meetings were held every two weeks,
but now are held once a month. The present officers are : J. W. Foster, Com .; S. S. Russell, S. V. C .; J. Mackey, J. V. C .; S. D. Whitney, Q .; B. P. Penney, Chap .; H. M. Bacon, Surg .; O. H. Taplin, O. G .; A. J. Miller, S .; A. H. Clark, Adj. The post is in good working condition, with a membership of 20.
The first grain-buyer was Lyman Stuart, in 1876. He erected a warehouse that year. J. H. Uplinger erected a warehouse in 1877 and also engaged in the trade.
Among the present industries, the creamery of Julius Chapman should be mentioned. It stands one-half mile east of the village, and does a good business. He has also a steam grist-mill, with four run of buhrs. James Stuart has a good steam saw-mill, erected in 1876. A planing-mill and a feed mill have since been added.
The business of the place is now represented as follows :
General merchants-Dunbar Bros., O. Rogers.
Groceries-J. Russell & Co., James Stuart & Co.
Hardware-Heckman & Cole, J. H. Uplinger. Shoe-shop -- C. A. Arison.
Millinery-Mrs. Jennings, Mrs. Thurston.
Restaurant-Isaac McCollum.
Meat market-C. Uplinger.
Stock-buyers-Mead and Witt Bros.
Drugs-A. H. Clark.
MALTA TOWNSHIP.
ALTA Township is bounded on the north by South Grove, on the east by De Kalb, on the south by Milan and on the west by Ogle County. The Chicago & North- western Railroad enters the township on sec- tion 24, and running almost due west enters Ogle County from section 19. There is no natural timber in the township, and it was not therefore set- tled until a late day, the first settlement being made in 1851 by Ezekiel Whitehead. But little of the land had been taken up at the time, but was soon after- wards entered by various persons more for specula- tive purposes than with a design of making for
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themselves homes upon its broad but beautiful prairies.
Previous to 1856 the township had been a part of De Kalb. At this time there was a sufficient popu- lation to entitle it to a separate government, and the Board of Supervisors accordingly organized it under the name of Milton. When organized it embraced the north half of the present township of Milan. Subsequently its name was changed to Etna, and soon after to Malta, the name of the village that had sprung up on the line of the railroad.
Since its first settlement the town has increased materially in wealth and general prosperity, and is now considered one of the best in the county.
During the war of the Rebellion it sent out 94 of the best men to help sustain the general Govern- ment.
The schools in the township are in good condition. From the County Superintendent's report for the year ending June 30, 1884, the following facts are gleaned: There were in the township eight school districts, each having a good frame school-house, the total value of which was estimated at $10,700. One of the districts had a graded school, the remain- der being ungraded. There were 496 persons under 21, of whom 364 were over six. Of this number 303 were enrolled in the public schools. During the year 15 teachers had been employed, receiving an average of $34.43 per month,-the highest being $66.67 and the lowest $25. The tax levy for school purposes was $33.88.
Malta Township reported a total of 21,967 acres of improved land in 1884, on which the local asses- sor placed a valuation of $309,410. On lots there Was an assessment of $39,143 ; on personal property, $77,318. Among the items of personal property listed were the following: Horses, 763; cattle, 2,119; mules and asses, 12 ; sheep, 448; hogs, 2,390; carriages and wagons, 276; watches and clocks, 261 ; sewing and knitting machines, 114; pianos, 11; melodeons and organs, 38.
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