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H. R. Burlingame was born in Vermont, and settled in Lockport, 1855. He moved to Joliet in 1872, and is a con- tractor and builder, with place of business corner of Cass and Joliet streets. His residence is 308 Eastern avenne. Mr. B. gives special attention to the erection of fine residences.
J. E. Bush, born in Washington county, N. Y., November 5, 1835, came with his father, Stephen N. Bush, to Joliet in 1861. Mr. Bush was educated at Whitehall Academy, and at Williams College, from which he graduated in 1860. After a term of about four years devoted to mercantile and banking business at Joliet, he purchased the pioneer grain elevator of Will county from Abijah Cagwin, in 1864. In 1872 he erected the elevator near the Michigan Central railroad depot, and en- tered the grain trade on a most extensive scale. In 1863 he married Miss Marian C. Woodruff, daughter of George Wood- ruff. This lady died in 1876, leaving two children. In 1877, his marriage with Miss Bella G. Kenyon, of Wheatland, was solemnized.
T. Burke, born at Lowell, Mass., May 11, 1840, became a resident of Joliet a few years later. He established the local express business here at an early day, and afterwards opened the livery, feed and sale stables. His marriage with Miss Mary Hennessy, a native of Ireland, was solemnized July 11, 1856.
Christopher Byrne emigrated from Ireland in 1873, and is now engaged in the general grocery business at 518 South Chi- cago street. Mr. Byrne keeps in stock a full line of goods at all times.
Abijah Cagwin, born in Oneida county, N. Y., May 19, 1807, came to Will county in 1835, located within two miles of Joliet settlement, built a saw-mill there, and made the place his home until 1839, when he moved into Joliet village. In 1839 he was elected County Judge. Four years later he, with his brother, Francis L., opened a general store; in 1856 he or- ganized the banking house of Cagwin & Higginbotham, and
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subsequently established his grain-trade. His marriage with Miss Hannah Seriber, a native of Rutland county, Vermont, took place in 1827. Mr. Cagwin's official and commercial con- nection with Will county is noticed both in the general and township history.
M. Calmar .- See Directory.
Joseph Campbell (deceased), born in Scotland, September 30, 1807, came to Joliet in 1839. He was a partner of Joel Matteson in quarrying and canal construction almost up to the period of his death, June 23, 1858. Miss Barbara Kelly, to whom he was married in July, 1833, was born in Scotland, December 13, 1807, and came to the United States with her husband. The homestead farm on section 28, Joliet township, contains about 200 acres.
M. B. Campbell, M. D., born at Williston, Vermont, No- vember 29, 1843, was educated there; studied medicine at Rut- land, Vermont, under Dr. E. A. Pond, and graduated from the medical school of Harvard University, March 7, 1866. Previ- ous to this date he served one year as medical cadet in the United States Army; after graduating, practiced with Dr. Bond for one year, and coming West, practiced at Wilmington, Illin- ois, until 1874, when he located at Joliet. In 1872, he adopted homeopathy and surrendered allopathy, believing in the greater efficacy of homeopathie treatment. In 1874 he was elected a member of the American Institute of Homeopathy.
George M. Campbell, born at Unity, Waldo county, Maine, January 5, 1848, moved to Iowa with parents in 1857, and with them to Joliet in 1862. In May, 1875, he with two others organized the Joliet Stone Company and when this company was incorporated, December 1, 1877, he was elected secretary and treasurer. Miss Libbie R. Snapp, to whom he was married December 25, 1873, is daughter of Henry Snapp, a pioneer of 1833.
Oscar E. Cary, son of Horace Cary of this county, owns 160 acres in section 8, Joliet township, was born in Buran county, Illinois in 1857, and came to Will county in 1874. Was married in Joliet in 1880 to Miss Catherine Bush, daugh- ter of Steven N. Bush of Joliet. Has a family of one son and one daughter living.
Herbert O. Cary, son of Horace Cary, of this county, was born in Connecticut in March, 1850 and came to Will county in 1875. Is at present bookkeeper of the oil house of A. B. Sharp & Co. of Joliet. Was married in Buran county, Illinois, in 1871 to Miss Anna Knight, danghter of Clayton Knight of that county. Has a family of three sons, all living.
H. S. Carpenter, born in Orleans county, New York, November 25, 1826, was educated at Albion and Rochester, New York, and came to Joliet in 1846. He conducted school
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in Troy township for about three years, next engaged in buying and selling real estate and entered the grain trade in 1853-4. Early in 1874 he formed a partnership with F. E. Marsh, and the same year had the Union Transfer Elevator mill and dock erected at a cost of over $15,000. Mr. Carpenter's marriage with Miss Henrietta Spencer, of Troy township, took place Jan- uary 22, 1850.
Hugh H. Carson, born in Rhode Island, January 1, 1852. Came with his parents to Joliet in August, 1862; when his father, James Carson, purchased W. B. Caswell's grocery and provision business. Robert Carson, born in Rhode Island, Sep- tember, 18, 1855, also came with parents to Joliet, and when Mr. Carson, Sr., retired in 1875, the two brothers succeeded to his interests in the grocery business.
John R. Casey, M. D., born in Jefferson county, Illinois, January 28, 1835; studied at McKendree college from 1851 to 1854; studied medicine under Dr. Charles A. Pope, and grad- uated at the St. Louis medical college in 1857. He at once entered on the duties of his profession in Richland county, Ill- inois, and in May, 1858, was appointed physician in charge of the State penitentiary hospital at Joliet, a position he held for ten years. He has held the office of city and county physician; president of the medical society, alderman, etc. Dr. Casey was married to Miss Ada Vanderpool, a native of New York city, in June, 1863.
George W. Casseday, born in Bedford county, Virginia, December 1, 1803; moved with his mother to Kentucky, thence in 1817 to Troy, Ohio. In 1825 he located in this State, was engaged as carpenter at various places until 1851 when he settled at Joliet. His important work here was the establish- ment of Casseday's Addition. His marriage with Miss Delilah Murphy took place January 13, 1824, a year before his settle- ment in Illinois. His death occurred July 23, 1863.
Wallace B. Caswell, born in Orleans county, near Albion, N. Y., in 1831, settled with his father at Plainfield, in 1844, where he assisted on the farm and in operating the grist mill which his father purchased that year. From 1845 to 1855, at intervals, he was in the employ of Mr. Goddard, a merchant of Plainfield. In 1849 he was clerk in the store of H. W. Bigelow, of Chicago. In ante-war days he conducted a grocery store at Joliet; again, was suttler with the Illinois troops in Tennessee, which position cost him his supplies and horses at the hands of Morgan's raiders. This experience was repeated and Mr. Cas -. well returned to Joliet. In 1864 he became lessee of the old National hotel; in 1873 he furnished the Robertson (later the Collins, now Shurts) hotel, at a cost of $20,000; lost a large amount of money in this enterprise; next took a half interest in the Gault House, Chicago, where, also, he lost a considerable
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amount of ready cash, and again, June 17, 1875, opened the St. Nicholas, at Joliet. The record of this house since that time is a partial reward for the owners' former losses. His marriage with Miss Esther J. Eurn, of Plainfield, took place in 1854.
William P. Caton, born in Orange county, New York, March 28, 1815, moved to Ann Arbor, Michigan, in 1833; came to Chicago, in 1836, purchased two thousand acres of public lands sixteen miles northwest of Chicago some time after, and there resided until 1848, when he engaged in commercial business at Chicago. From 1856 to 1871, he resided on his farm in Plain- field township, and since that time has made Joliet his home. His marriage with Miss Elizabeth Steele, took place November 28, 1844. -
George N. Chamberlain, son of S. S. Chamberlain referred to in the history of Lockport, was born at Lockport, December 20, 1851. From 1871 to 1873, he served in the telegraph depart- ment of the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad, at Chicago; from 1873 to 1876, in the office of Norton & Co., at Lockport, and in 1876 entered his father's furniture store at Joliet. He is now a member of the firm of S. S. Chamberlain & Son, undertakers and furniture dealers. His marriage with Miss Ella E. daughter of Chas. E. Munger, of Chicago-an old resident of Joliet-took place December 5, 1876.
S. S. Chamberlain, was born in Western New York, and located with his parents in 1833, in Lockport. Mr. Chamber- lain conducted a furniture store and undertaking establishment in Lockport, for nearly forty years. He built some of the first dwellings in Lockport and also built the first Catholic church at that place, of which the venerable Father Ryan was pastor. Mr. Chamberlain is now engaged in the undertaking business on North Chicago street, Joliet.
Charles Clement, born at Windsor, Vt., January 13, 1810, settled at Peoria, Ills., in 1833, and at Joliet one year later. As shown in the general history this pioneer of the city took an active part in building up local industries and introducing new means of advancing the interests of Joliet. In 1839 he was one of the originators of the Joliet Courier, first supervisor of the town in 1850, and subsequently Alderman, Inspector of Schools, etc., etc., of Joliet city.
John Clarkson, born October 25, 1809, came to America in 1837, and to Will county in May, 1840. He built Jones' steam flouring mill, the first in Joliet; again he and Thomas Keegan erected the first flouring mill at Marseilles, and subsequently built the first elevator ever erected at Chicago. He was married to Miss Alice Hodson, a native of Lancashire, England, April 12, 1837. His mother made the journey from Lancashire, Eng-
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land, to Joliet in 1844, at the age of eighty years, and here she died in 1848.
Charles W. Cleghorn, son of Rev. Thomas Cleghorn, a native of New York, was born in Canada (W.), August 16, 1823, came to Joliet in 1870, and entered the employ of Mack, Cleghorn & Co. In July, 1876, he inaugurated the soap manufacture at Joliet.
William E. Clinton, book binder and manufacturer of all kinds of blank books. Established his present business in Au- gust, 1883. A thorough knowledge of the business and strict attention to the wants of his customers, have enabled him to rapidly increase his business until now. He does an annual business of nearly $3,000.
Robert Clow, was born in Scotland, in 1819, and came to the United States, in 1837. In 1844 he located in the town of Wheatland, Will county, Illinois. Mr. Clow was elected Treas- urer of this county in 1876, on the Republican ticket, for a term of four years, and was re-elected in 1880.
John Clyde, deceased, is a native of Ireland, where he was born in 1821. In 1850 he came to Will county, and settled on Section 34, Town of Joliet. In 1852 he married Miss E. Boyd, by whom he had a family of six children. On June 1, 1881, Mr. Clyde died and was soon followed by Mrs. Clyde, who died July 1st, of the same year. The farm consisting of eighty acres, is now managed by his son Thomas Clyde, assisted by the latter's brother Isaac.
H. W. Cope, born at Newark, New Jersey, December 13, 1843; came with parents to Joliet, in 1857 visited Cincinnatti in 1859; learned the harness trade there, and in 1868 purchased his father's interest in the horse-collar manufactury and ware- room. Miss Lottie V. Clark, to whom he was married July 6, 1865, was born in New York, November 23, 1843.
Alexander Comstock, M. D., born in Saratoga county, New York, September 9, 1788, settled at Joliet in 1836, where he practiced medicine until his death, from cholera, July 9, 1854. Miss Esther Saltman, to whom he was married February 10, 1823. died August 7, 1874.
Thomas Culbertson, born in New Castle county, Delaware, August 23, 1814, came to Joliet in 1836, and worked as miller here until the mill-dam was destroyed in 1838. In 1849 he pur- chased the Red Mill, and operated it until 1867. His marriage with Miss Martha M. Kircheval, daughter of the pioneer, took place at Joliet, November 19, 1856.
John Curry, born in 1801, one of the builders of the National Hotel, came to Joliet in 1836, from Oneida county, N. Y .. , became a partner of J. J. Garland, subsequently of M. H. Dem- mond, died in March, 1872.
Romaine J. Curtiss, M.D., born in Richland county, Ohio,
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October 1, 1840, was educated at Hillsdale College, Mich., attended lectures at the Buffalo Medical College, entered the 123d Ohio Infantry as hospital steward in 1862; in April, 1863, was appointed Medical Cadet, U. S. A., and served in Floating Hospital, between Vicksburg, Memphis, and St. Louis, and also in the General Hospital in Cincinnati. He graduated from the Ohio Medical College, was at once appointed Assistant Surgeon in the United States Navy, and served until 1865, when he located at Erie county, N. Y. In March, 1868, he graduated from the Belleview Medical College, and continued his practice in Erie county until 1873, when he came to Joliet. Dr. Curtiss is a member of the Will and Erie Counties Medical Societies and of the Boston Gynecological Society. His marriage with Miss Sarah A. Beal, of Erie county, N. Y., was celebrated November 29, 1870.
N. H. Cutter, born in Jeffrey, Cheshire county, N. H., March 12, 1805, came to Joliet in 1834. He learned the join- er's and carpenter's trade in 1826, and the machinist's trade at Lowell, Mass., in 1828-9; but since his settlement in Will county he has devoted his attention to agriculture. Miss Rebecca R. Bailey, to whom he was married February 15, 1838, was born at East Hampton, Mass., April 14, 1805.
Eugene Daly, born at Longford, Ireland, May 13, 1826, came to the United States in 1844, learned the cabinet trade at Sag Harbor, Long Island, settled in Joliet in 1850, and estab- lished the pioneer furniture store and undertaker's establishment. His official record is given in the political chapter and history of Joliet township and city. In 1852 Mr. Daly was married to Miss Bridget Thompson, of Longford county, Ireland.
William Davidson, proprietor of the West Side Stone Quarry, employs about one hundred and fifty men throughout the quar- rying season, and does an annual business of about one hundred thousand dollars. Mrs. Melissa Davidson, who came to Joliet in 1861, died Angust 29, 1884.
Martin H. Demmond, born in Massachusetts, March 4, 1803, moved with parents to Sangerfield, New York, where he learned the tanner's trade; subsequently entered commercial life there; married Miss Adelia Woodruff (sister of George II. Woodruff, the senior old settler of Will county), about 1825. This lady died the year of her marriage. His second marriage with Miss Sophia Murray, daughter of John Murray, of Bennington. Ver- mont, was celebrated at Franklin, Herkimer county, New York, April 10, 1831. In 1833, Mr. Demmond and G. R. Makepeace, visited Joliet Mound, and in September, 1834, he, accompanied by George H. Woodruff, Miss Catherine Murray (Mrs. Foltz), and a hired man named Jenney, settled at Joliet. From this period until his death from cholera, July 18, 1854, his mercantile and real estate enterprises were carried on on a large scale.
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Frank Devine, born at Fishkill Landing on the Hudson, July 3, 1849, came to Chicago in 1871, and to Joliet in 1873. As a building contractor he has erected some of the finest build- ings in Joliet, and to him is credited the wood-work of St. Mary's church. He was married to Miss Nellie, daughter of James O'Rielly, of Joliet, June 5, 1876.
Dorrance Dibell, of the law firm of Hill & Dibell, was born at Wooster, Ohio, February 16, 1884, came with his parents to Homer township in 1850, was educated at the Chicago Universi- ty, 1863 to 1867, was admitted to the Bar in 1870, and the same year formed his present partnership with C. A. Hill. His official connection with the city is given in the history of Joliet. As Chairman of the Republican County Committee he had charge of the Garfield Campaign of 1880. From 1876 to the present time he has been almost continuously connected with the Public Library as member of the Board of Directors.
J. C. Dillman, born in Summit county, O., September 7, 1824, came to Will county in 1849 and settled in Plainfield, where his father, Michael Dillman, had located early that year. Mr. Dillman, Sr., died in 1861. Ten years later J. C. Dillman moved into Joliet city, and in 1875 became proprietor of the Mansion House hotel. He was married to Miss Sarah A. Steese, of Summit county, O., February 19, 1846.
L. E. Dillman is a native of Ohio, where he was born in 1828. In 1847 he came to Will county and invested in property, and permanently located in the county in 1848. Mr. Dillman is now treasurer of the Lock Stitch Fence Company, manufacturers of barb wire, and is also treasurer of the Joliet Manufacturing Company, manufacturers of barb wire, corn shellers, etc.
Simon Donnelly, born in Tyrone county, Ireland, came to the United States 1846, and subsequently settled on his farm-sec- tion 30, Joliet township. He was married to Miss Isabella Cowen, daughter of Edward Cowen, in 1850.
John T. Donohue, born at Joliet, October 16, 1855, engaged in mercantile business in 1868 at Braidwood and continued in trade there until his election as county treasurer in 1877. He is a member of the firm of Donohue & Bischmann.
Timothy Donohue, born in Ireland, settled at Joliet in 1853.
Richard Doolittle, born at Watertown, Jefferson county, N. Y., June 15, 1809, came to Joliet early in 1837, where he established a grocery store. In 1838 he was elected probate judge by a majority vote of 237, but declining to qualify, at a special election held in November the position was won by George H. Woodruff. He was elected justice of the peace in 1839 and appointed assignee under the old bankrupt law. In 1852 he, in partnership with Mr. Stone, erected the brick block on Jefferson, 2 west of Ottawa on south side, and carried on an extensive grocery business there until 1862, when he disposed
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of his interest to Mr. Stone. His official record is given in the political chapter and history of Joliet. His marriage with Miss Sarah A. Boss, a native of Canada, took place April 5, 1838.
J. H. Dorr, born in Schleswig-Holstein, came to the United States in 1856 and settled at Joliet the same year, where he is now engaged in the paper-hanging and house-decorating trade .- See Directory.
William Dougall, M. D., born at Paisley, Scotland, March 1, 1842, came to the United States with his father in 1858. Dr. Dougall was educated at the Glasgow High School, after the War of 1861-65 attended the medical department of the Michigan University, and graduated from the Chicago Medi- cal College, March 4, 1868. He enlisted in the Fifteenth In- diana Infantry June 1, 1861; served with that command until October 1, 1863. He was severely wounded at Stone river. In October, 1863, he was commissioned Captain of the Thir- teenth United States Colored Infantry, served to the close of the War, and resigned in April, 1865. He entered on medical practice at Lemont, in 1868, and moved to Joliet in 1872. He was married October 1, 1872, to Miss Cassie, daughter of Edwin Walker, of Lemont. John Dougall, the Doctor's fa- ther, died at New Haven, Indiana, where he settled in 1858, in 1874.
Dunning S. Miller .- See Directory.
Duerselen Bros .- See Directory.
Nicholas D. Dyer, dry goods merchant, served in the Twen- ty-ninth Mississippi Infantry from 1862 to 1863, was promoted to captaincy in 1863 and served until 1864. See Business Di- rectory and History of Joliet.
George R. Dyer, born in Rutland county, Vermont, June 13, 1813, is the son of Daniel Dyer, a major in the Massachusetts Militia during the Revolutionary War, and brother of Dr. C. V. Dyer, of Chicago. In 1834 he drove the entire distance from his home in Vermont to Chicago. From that period until 1841 he was interested in Chicago and Milwaukee, aided in the organ- ization of Wisconsin in 1838; was engaged in the survey of Fox river the same year. In 1841 he settled on his Will county farm; was elected Sheriff in 1856 (Vide Political Chapter), ent- ered the Union Army with his two sons in 1861 (Vide Military Chapter), and in every particular acted a first citizen's part. His marriage with Miss Elizabeth H. Kimball, of Elgin, took place Jannary 8, 1841.
James Egan, born in Ireland, came to the United States in 1859. In 1873 he engaged in the grocery trade, which he still carries on at 301 South Chicago street. Mr. Egan was elected Alderman of the Sixth Ward in April, 1884.
Nelson D. Elwood settled at Lockport in 1837, was elected County Clerk in 1843, which office he held until 1849. He was ad-
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mitted to the Bar in 1847, and in 1850 formed a partnership with Judge Parks, which was continued until the close of 1860. He was one of the Charter Directors of the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific railroad, Secretary of the board until 1855-6, and one of their best counsellors. He, with Governor Matteson, built the Cut-off, or Joliet & Northern Illinois Railroad, of which road he was President until its sale to the Michigan Central Railroad Company. In the official history of the city and in the Political Chapter his public record is given. His death oc- curred February 24, 1861.
James G. Elwood .- See Directory.
George Erhard, born at Middlestray, Bavaria, May 7, 1807, came to Detroit, Michigan, in June, 1832, to Chicago, in Octo- ber, 1833, and to Joliet, April 26, 1836. He, with his brother- in-law, John Belz, were the earliest German settlers of Will county. Mr. Erhard married Miss Louise Periolat, of Chi- cago (a native of Alsace), early in 1838. On returning to Joliet he, with Mr. Belz, erected the Bluff Street Brewery. Gerge C. Erhard, born November 22, 1838, is the first German-American male native of Joliet.
William Erwin, Lieutenant-Colonel Twentieth Illinois In- fantry, came from Ireland with his parents to Chicago, served with the First Illinois Infantry in the Mexican War, was pro- moted captain after the affair at Beuna Vista, settled at Ot- tawa about 1849, came to Joliet in 1858 as an employe of the Chicago & Alton Railroad Company, aided in organizing the Twentieth Infantry in 1861, and with that command served throughout the War until killed at Fort Donelson, February 15, 1862. His military record, in every department of the army service stood especially high.
. Valentine Fahrner, M.D., born in Bohemia, December 9, 1803, was educated at Egra and at the Prague University, from which he graduated in 1833. From 1833 to 1854, he was phy- sician at Marienbad. In 1854 he came to Chicago; revisited Bohemia in 1868; located at Mokena, in 1869, and settled at Joliet, in 1871. He married Miss M. A. Tanber, of Teschan, Bohemia, in 1842. The death of this lady occurred May 28, 1873.
John Fahrner, M.D., son of Dr. V. Fahrner, born in Bo- hemia, in 1854; came to the United States with his parents, and was educated in the school of the Benedictines, at Chicago; re- ceived his medical instruction at the University of Prague, and under his father at Joliet.
W. D. Fay, born in Northampton county, Pennsylvania, May 23, 1827, adopted the photographic profession in 1847; came to Joliet in 1860, since which time he has carried on busi- ness here. His official record, given in other pages, extends to the township as well as to the city. Mr. Fay was married in
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1858, to Miss Catherine Waldron, of Harford, Pennsylvania. He may be classed among the pioneer photographers of Illinois, if he is not actually the senior.
John B. Fithian, son of Dr. William E. Fithian, United States army, was born in Genessee county, New York, October 26, 1849. In 1862-3 he was chief clerk in the sanitary depart- ment and medical department of Arkansas, of which his father had charge; subsequently he had charge at Vicksburg. From 1873 to 1876, he filled various positions in the State Peniten- tiary; was admitted to the bar in 1876, and in September, 1877, entered partnership with E. D. Avery. His promotions in the Illinois National Guards were rapid. In February, 1878, he was commanding lieutenant-colonel of Twelfth Batallion Illinois National Guards. His marriage with Miss Edna E. Whittaker, of Carlonville, Illinois, took place January 18, 1878.
James H. Ferris, editor of the Joliet Daily News, was born near Oswego, Kendall county, Illinois, November 18, 1849, of which county his parents, William H. and Elizabeth (Brown) Ferris, were old settlers. Mr. Ferris was educated there. Be- tween the years 1869-71, he resided in Kansas, holding lands there by squatter and preemption titles. In 1872, he kept a trading-post in the Cherokee nation. On his return to Illinois, in 1874, he took the position of reporter on the Joliet Sun; in 1876, he, with F. H. Hall and John Brydon, published the Yorkville News in the interest of the Greenback party; shortly after was connected with the Joliet Phoenix, and in 1877, joined with others in publishing the News. He was married June 30, 1880, at Falls Village, Connecticut, to Miss Olive E. Hunt, formerly of Bristol, Illinois .- See also Press History.
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