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The Thompson and Guilford Mutual Fire and Lightning Insurance Com- pany was chartered and organized in April, 1877, to endure twenty-five years, its object being to protect its members against loss by fire and lightning. Officers and Directors are : Philip Parkins, President ; Jeremiah Leavitt, Sec- retary ; Charles Cable, Treasurer, and Edwin Rogers, E. T. Isbell, Anton Shap, J. G. Dittmar, G. A. Page, and Edward Sweeney, Directors.
The first post-office was established, with Peter Scofield as postmaster, in 1855, but it was kept by Mrs. Thompson, at the Mills, as deputy, until 1858, when C. C. Thompson became postmaster. In 1869 Philip Parkins took the office, moved it to his residence, in section 29, and it was changed to " Hough- ton," the former name having been " Thompson's Mills."
At the time of township organization in 1853, Thompson Township extend- ed to the state line. At a meeting held to decide upon a name, James McAl- lister made a motion to call it after the oldest resident, which was carried, and the name of " Thompson " decided upon in honor of C. C. Thompson, although Mr. Hodgins is now known to be the older resident.
Mr. Thompson was elected the first Supervisor, an office which he con- tinued to hold for five successive years. The first Township Clerk was Gilbert Soule.
The present officers are :
, Supervisor-Philip Parkins; Town Clerk-Edward Sweeney ; Assessor- Conrad Winter ; Collector-Gottleib Stadel; Commissioner of Highway-Geo. Bell; Justices of the Peace-James N. Gallagher and Philip Parkins; Consta- bles-Francis Keenan and A. P. Ketterer.
In 1860 the population of the township was 647, and in 1870 it num- bered 800.
BIOGRAPHICAL DIRECTORY OF
JO DAVIESS COUNTY.
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WM. HENRY BRADLEY (now of Chicago), was born in Ridgefield, Fair- field Co., Connecticut, Nov. 29, 1816. His grandfather, Philip Burr Bradley, was also a native of Ridgefield, a lawyer by profession and a graduate of Yale. Dur- ing the War of the Revolution he was a Coloncl in active service, and his Com- mission is still preserved. He was a warm and trusted personal friend of Washing- ton, and was appointed by him, when President, Marshal for the District of Connecticut, an appointment renewed in Washington's second term, and also under President Adams. His son, and the father of the subject of this sketch, Jesse Smith Bradley, was also a graduate of Yale, and highly esteemed as a classical scholar. He was elected by the legislature one of the Judges of Fairfield Co., an office which he retained until his death in May, 1833. His wife, Elizabeth Baker, was also a na- tive of Ridgefield, the daughter of a phy- sician of note, Dr. Amos Bakcr.
The fifth son of these parents, William Henry Bradley, pursued his studies at home in Ridgefield Academy, and at the time of his father's death, was prepared to enter Yale College. Soon after that event, he went to New Haven and was employed as teller in the City Bank. At the end of four years, in the Fall of 1837, he removed, at the suggestion of an elder brother, to Galena, Ill., then the most con- siderable town of the Northwest.
There he was offered the position of Clerk of the County Court. He accepted the appointment and thus decided his future, for since that time he has been al- most constantly connected with courts in a clerical capacity. In 1840, while dis- charging the duties of his position, and studying law in the office of Hon. Thom- as Drummond, then a prominent lawyer in Galena, hc was appointed Clerk of the Circuit Court of Jo Daviess Co. On the adoption of the new Constitution of Ill., in 1848, he was elected to the same office, and again rc-clected in 1852. The large majorities by which he was successively elected, notwithstanding the intensity of partisan fecling occasioned by a Presiden- tial campaign, and the nearly equal politi- cal division of the County between the two parties, and his active identification with one of them, sufficiently attest the public appreciation of him as a man, and a faith- ful and efficient officer. When Congress created a Second Judicial District in Ill., the Hon. Thomas Drummond, then Judge of the United States District Court for Ill., having been assigned to the Northern Dis- trict, with the concurrence of Justice Mc- Lean, called Mr. Bradley to be Clerk of the
new Courts. He accepted, and resigning his clerkship at Galena, removed to Chi- cago, and entered upon his duties March 22, 1855. He was, upon the usual exam- ination, admitted to the bar, but has never been actively engaged in the practice of his profession.
For about twenty-three years he has per- formed the duties of his position, as clerk, with quiet and unfailing industry and exemplary fidelity, winning in this, as in other previous connections with the Courts, a rare and honorable measure of respect and trust, for rcadiness and accuracy as well as efficiency and skill in dis- charging the large and increasing business that has employed his energies and occu- picd his time. Still he has never bcen indifferent to other public interests, hav- ing taken an active part in the Young Men's Association of Chicago, and being elected its president in 1860.
Of the West Side City Railway Co., he has been a Director since its organization ; was Vice President several ycars, and President for six years, which last position he resigned in 1875, owing to the laborious and exacting duties incident to the posi- tion.
In June, A. D., 1871, he was appointed, under the will of the late Walter L. New- berry (deceased), one of the Trustees of said estate, to fill the vacancy occasioned by the resignation of the Hon. Mark Skinner, and with his associate, E. W. Blatchford, Esq., continues to discharge the duties of that trust.
In his religious relations, he is a Con- gregational Christian, having united with a church of that order at Ridgefield, in 1831, and with another in New Haven, in 1833. In 1839, there being no Congrega- tional Church in Galena, he transferred his connection to a Presbyterian Church in which, for eleven years, he served as Ruling Elder, then, removing to Chicago, he united with the New England Church, of which he is now a Deacon:
He married, in May, 1842, Miss Idea Sophronia Strong, of Roxbury, Litchfield Co., Connecticut.
RICHARD BROWN (now of New York), was born in London, Eng., May 10, 1825, the eighth of twelve children. When young Richard was seven years of age, in 1832, his father immigrated to America, settled in Brooklyn, N. Y., and engaged in business as Superintendent of Raymond's fur factory in that city, but in 1836 removed to Mobile, Ala., and engaged in the manufacture of brick; here the family remained until 1840, when they re- moved to Fort Madison, Iowa. Richard's educational advantages were very limited.
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He attended public school during the resi- dence of his father in Brooklyn (four
years) only, for at Mobile and at Fort
Madison he assisted his father in his busi- ness, and had no opportunity to attend school. By his own efforts, however, at leisure moments, he has acquired a good business education. It is worthy of note that, twenty-five years after he attended school in Brooklyn, he visited the same school to secure the admission of his son, and found his old teacher, Mr. White, still in charge. In 1842, his father died at Fort Madison. The death of his mother oc-
curred in the following year, and Richard
found himself, at the age of eighteen years, an orphan, dependent upon his own exertions for success in life. On the 6th day of November, 1844, he married Miss Hannah Aiken Bailey, of Boston, Mass .; settled in St. Louis, and engaged in brick making. Here he remained until June, 1846, when, becoming dissatisfied with his location, he visited Galena, Elizabeth, and otlier town- ships in Jo Daviess Co., with a view of changing his residence and establishing himself in a new country. The future prosperous merchant had then a capital of $100 in gold, and after a careful survey of the field, decided to locate at a little settle- ment near Elizabeth, called Georgetown, and bought of William Henry a little shop built of logs, which is still standing, or was two years ago, near Apple River Bridge. Here our young merchant re- moved with his wife, arriving at their new home about the 1st of July, 1846, and
commenced business in a small way, selling provisions to the miners. The
young man's strict integrity and attention to the business soon attracted the favor of his neighbors. His trade steadily in-
creased, and he was soon able to add a few
dry goods, groceries, etc., to his little stock, until 1848, when his little log store
no longer sufficed, and he built a brick
store near the old place. During these two years, in addition to his store he had start- ed a brickyard, finding a ready market for his bricks at Elizabeth. In 1849, when gold was discovered on the Pacific Coast,
he fitted out his brother-in-law, Joshua
Bailey, and sent him to California, and the venture proved partially successful. In 1849 he was elected an Associate Justice of the County Court, and held the office four years, discharging his official duties with marked fidelity to the interests of the people. Prudent and economical in his own business, he carried the same charac- teristics into his official life, and it was a saying of his associates that "any bill tliat Brown would approve ought to be paid."
In the Spring of 1850 he removed to
Elizabeth, and opened a store in the old
hotel building known as the "Marshall House," which he purchased the next
year. Here he became deeply interested in the common schools, and for several years served as School Director. A new school was needed; the old one had be- come so dilapidated that it was a reproach. The County School Commissioner con- demned it strongly in a newspaper article, but there was a strong opposition to the levy of a tax to build a new one. Mr. Brown was very active in liis efforts to se- cure a respectable and comfortable school- house, and it was largely due to his energy and perseverance that the Directors finally decided to levy the necessary tax. Mr. Brown advanced ten thousand dollars from his own pocket, and the house was built. After considerable delay the tax was collected, and he was reimbursed. He had effected his purpose, and a creditable school building took the place of the tum- ble-down concern dignified by that nanie. Mr. Brown was, and is, a man of great energy of character. He was popular with the people, and while he paid strict atten- tion to his business, he took an active part in the politics of the Co., originally as a Whig, and afterward as a Republican ; was active and influential in conventions, and some years was a member of the Co. Committee of his party. In 1855 he was nominated for Co. School Commissioner, and while the rest of his ticket was de- feated by a majority of 400 to 500 votes, he came within 55 votes of an election. He was also a prominent member of the I. O. O. F. of Elizabeth ; was a member of the Grand Lodge for several years, serving as Grand Marshal in 1850. In April, 1860, his wife died, leaving one child, Orville Alonzo, now residing in Brooklyn, N. Y. Later in the same year he sold his busi- ness and property in Elizabeth to his clerk, James H. Frazer, and Davis Robin- son, and removed to New York, where, in the Spring of 1862, he purchased the scale factory of John L. Brown & Co., prosecuting this new business with his ac- customed energy and success for six years.
November 16, 1864, he married Miss Emma West, a very superior and amiable young lady, daughter of Samuel C. West, Esq., a highly respectable citizen of Phila- delphia. Five children are the fruits of t':e marriage, viz .: Charles West, Mary Hazzard, Laura, Samuel Coffin, and AI- bert Oldfield, of whom Charles W. and Laura are no longer living. In 1868 he disposed of his scale manufactory, and early in 1870 Mr. John A. Packard, for- merly of Galena, but then of Chicago, and President of the Frazer Lubricator Com- pany, tendered to him the position of Man- ager of the affairs of the Company in New York, which he accepted, and was soon
after elected Vice President of the Com-
pany, which position he still holds accept- ably to his associates. Mr. Brown now resides in Elizabeth, N. J., honored and
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respected by all who are acquainted with his sterling worth. He is a devoted Epis- copalian, and is a vestryman in Christ Church, Elizabethı.
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BENJAMIN H. CAMPBELL was born in King William Co., Va., in 1816. He came to Galena in the Fall of 1835, being at that time 19 years of age. The steamer "Winnebago " (Capt. Laferty), upon which he arrived, was 13 days mak- ing the passage from St. Louis. He was first employed in the house of Campbell & Morehouse (George W. Campbell and D. B. Morehouse composing the firm). This store was situated in a log house on the lot which Wm. Hempstead and Edward H. Beebe afterwards occupied as a commis- sion house, and which now stands empty on the levee. Mr. Campbell was married in July, 1837, at Sinsinawa Mound, Wis., at the then residence of Gen. Geo. W. Jones, by the venerable Father Mazzu- chelli, to Miss Eliza H. Scott, niece of Gen. Jones, and daughter of Judge An- drew Scott, the first U. S. Judge of Ark., with whom he lived for more than 47 years. Mrs. C. died in Chicago, March 19, 1874, leaving eight children : Annie E., now wife of Gen. O. E. Babcock; Augus- tus S., Benjamin H., Jr., Mary L., Emily I., A. Courteney, Russella and Jessie. In 1839, Mr. C. purchased an interest in the 'house of Campbell & Morehouse, with Le Grand Morehouse, and the firm was then changed to Campbell, Morehouse & Co., and consisted of Geo. W. Campbell, D. B. Morehouse, B. H. Campbell and Le Grand Morehouse. In 1841, this firin sold out their entire stock of goods, and closed business, Le Grand Morehouse going on the river as Captain of the steamer " Iowa," running between St. Louis and Galena, and Mr. C. entered into the commission business. Soon after he took in as a part- ner Myers F. Truett, when the firm took the name of Campbell & Truett. This firm lasted but a short time. Mr. C. changed his business and commenced the whole- sale grocery trade, witlı Capt. Orrin Smith as a partner, under the firm name of Campbell & Smith. This firm was in existence about two years, and after its dissolution Mr. C. carried on the business for a short time on his own account, when he entered into co-partnership with his brother-in-law, J. Russell Jones, who was then his chief clerk and book-keeper. This partnership continued until the busi- ness was finally closed up, the trade hav- ing been directed to Chicago.
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About the year 1850 the old Minnesota Packet Co. was organized by Mr. C., the steamer " Argo," Capt. Wm. Ludwick, being its first boat. The running of the boats of this company proved to be a suc- cess financially, not only to the company, but it opened up a large and profitable trade with the river and interior towns of
Iowa and Wis. above Galena, and the en- tire State of Minn. The company also contributed very largely to the develop- ment of these states, and was a source of wealth to the merchants of Galena. It was afterwards called the Galena, Dubuque, Dunleith & Minn. Packet Co; then the Northwestern Packet Co., and, a few years later, was merged into the Keokuk and Northern Line Packet Companies, now styled the Keokuk Northern Line Packet Co., running between St. Louis, Keokuk and St. Paul.
On the opening of the Milwaukee & Prairie du Chien R. R., the wholesale business of Galena rapidly changed to Chicago, and several of Galena's heaviest dealers retired from and changed their business. In 1861 the firm of B. H. Camp- bell & Co. closed out, Mr. Jones having been appointed Marshal of the U. S. for the Northern Dist. of Ill.
On retiring from the grocery trade, Mr. C. purchased the "Jennie Whipple," " Ke- okuk " and "Kate Cassell," and estab- lished a daily line between Davenport and Keokuk, carrying the U. S. mails. He afterwards built the steamers "Keiths- burg " and "New Boston," and added them to the line. After operating this line for several years, he sold out to the Northern Line and Keokuk Packet Co., for the sum of $95,000. Mr. Campbell also built in 1859 the first and only steamer ever built in Dubuque. She was called the " Dexter." He also built two barges, the " Annie " and the "Jessie."
Mr. C. was appointed by President Grant, in 1869, U. S. Marshal for the Northern Dist. of Ill., which position he held for eight years. After receiving the appointment Mr. C. moved with his family to Chicago, where he now resides. At present he is one of the largest stockhold- ers in the West Division Horse Railroad Co., of which he is Vice President. He is also a Director of the National Bank of Illinois at Chicago, and of the Union Hide and Leather Co.
Mr. C. was very successful in business in Galena, is a genial, pleasant gentleman, and while he resided in Galena was fore- most in all plans tending to advance the interests of the city.
GEN. AUG. L. CHETLAIN (now of Chicago). The subject of this sketch was born in St. Louis, Mo., Dec. 26, 1824, of Franco-Swiss parents, who, three years previous to his birth, had emigrated from Neuchatel, Switzerland, the place of their nativity to St. Louis, via the Red River of the North. In 1826 his father moved to the lead mines in the vicinity of Galena, where he engaged in mining and smelting lead ore, following at the same time, to some extent, farming. He received from his parents a common school education. In 1851 he engaged in mercantile business
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in Galena; sold out in 1859 and went to Europe, where he remained one year. Upon his return he entered actively into the exciting political campaign of 1860, supporting with earnestness the claims of Mr. Lincoln for the Presidency. He was a ready debater, with the rare ability of presenting the grave issues involved in that canvass in a clear and intelligent manner. On the breaking out of the war, and but a few days after the bombardment of Fort Sumter, he enlisted for the war, being one of the first to do so in the Northwest. He assisted in raising a com- pany of volunteers, of which he was elected Captain, and when the 12th Regt. I. V. I. was organized at Springfield, he was commissioned by Gov. Yates its Lieutenant Colonel. In Sept., 1861, he was placed by Gen. C. F. Smith in com- mand of Smithland, Ky., where he re- mained till Jan., 1862, when he rejoined his regiment and accompanied it as its commander, with Gen. Smith's Division, in the expedition up the Tennessee River. He led the 12th at Fort Donelson, where it acquitted itself with great valor, and sus- tained a heavy loss in dead and wounded in that battle. For gallantry displayed in this action, Lieut. Col. Chetlain was pro- moted to the Colonelcy of the regiment, and commanded it at Shiloh, where it was in the thickest of the fight, and lost nearly one fourth of its men in killed and wounded, including several officers. At Corinth his command made a brilliant assault on a much superior force of the enemy, and received very honorable men- tion from its brigade commander, Gen. Oglesby. In October, 1862, Col. Chetlain was placed in command of the post at Corinth, and remained there until May, 1863, and upon being relieved, was com- plimented by Gen. G. M. Dodge, District Commander, in general orders, for his faithfulness and efficiency. While there he assisted in raising the first regiment of colored troops organized in the West, north of New Orleans. He was early convinced that the black man could fight, and of necessity must fight before the re- bellion was crushed. In Dec., 1863, he received his well-earned promotion to the position of Brigadier General, and at the suggestion of Gen. Grant, the War De- partment placed him in charge of the movement for the organization of colored volunteers in Tennessee. In 1864 lıis labors in the fulfillment of this responsible duty extended over the State of Kentucky, and in Jan., 1865, he had in his command 17,000 colored troops. Of this force, one brigade did heroic fighting at Nashville, clearly proving the bravery and efficiency of the black man as a soldier. For his success in this service Gen. Chetlain re- ceived the rank of Major General by bre- vet. Gen. Lorenzo Thomas, Adjutant
General of the United States army, in the Summer of 1865, when making his general report to the War Department, speaks of Gen. Chetlain as follows: "Brig. Gen. Chetlain reported to me, and I assigned him as Superintendent of the Recruiting Service in Tennessee and West Kentucky. He proved a most valuable officer, for I found him to possess both intelligence and zeal, with a rare qualification for the or- ganization of troops. He never failed in any duty he was assigned, either as Super- intendent or as Inspector, to which latter duty I assigned him, and I am gratified that he was subsequently rewarded by a Brevet Major General." From Feb. to Oct., 1865, Gen. Chetlain commanded the post and defenses of Memphis. From Oct., 1865, to Feb., 1866, he commanded the District of Talladega, Ala., and closed here an honorable and highly meritorious service under the national flag. In the Spring of 1867 he was appointed Assessor of Internal Revenue for the District of Utah, with headquarters at Salt Lake City. After filling this office for two years, he was appointed by President Grant as United States Consul to Brussels, Bel- gium, repairing thither in June, 1869. He remained in Brussels three years, and re- signed the Consulate. Returning home, he took up his residence in Chicago. In the Autumn of 1872 the " Home National Bank " of Chicago was organized, and commenced business with Gen. Chetlain as its President. His career has been a remarkably varied and honorable one. His soldierly qualities, his ability as a tac- tician, his valor in action, his excellence as a disciplinarian and an administrator, could not fail to achieve for him a high distinction in the profession of arms. He is a gentleman of culture and of most pleasing address.
PHILIP A. HOYNE (now of Chi- cago), was born in New York City Nov. 20, 1824. He attended public and private schools until 1838, when at the age of fourteen he was apprenticed to the book- binding business with Colton & Jenkins, 144 Nassau Street-in the neighborhood of the newspaper publishing houses at that time. His apprenticeship lasted only about three years. In addition to his book-binding, he gained some knowledge of printing. In May, 1841, he emigrated to Chicago and commenced the study of law with his brother, Thomas Hoyne, who was practicing in that city, and who was City Clerk at that time. [Chicago at that time had only a population of 4,500- smaller than Galena.] Business was so dull in Chicago that on the 19th day of July, 1842, Mr. Hoyne went to Galena and put up at the old Illinois House on Franklin Street. He immediately obtained a situation as book-keeper for Wm. Montgomery, Auction and, Commission
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Merchant. At the time of the high water in the Mississippi, in 1844, Alexander Montgomery, a brother of William, in- duced Mr. Hoyne to go with him to St. Louis and take charge of the Wholesale Tea Business, where he remained only six weeks, he having been confined to his bed " with sickness soon after his arrival, and which continued all the time he was there. He returned to Galena and again resumed his situation with Montgomery, which he filled until 1845, when lie went into the Auction and Commission house of Wright & Sleeper and was afterward and until 1852 a partner of Nathaniel Sleeper, wliom all the old citizens of Galena will recollect. Mr. Hoyne returned to Chi- cago in the early part of 1852, and entered into the real estate business with J. B. F. Russell, in which vocation he continued until March, 1853, when the Recorder's Court was created and he was elected its first clerk. Before the expiration of his clerkship he was appointed by Judge Drummond, in January, 1855, United States Commissioner for Illinois. At that time the whole state was embraced in one district. Mr. Hoyne has continued to hold this position ever since. He was married at Sinsinawa Mound, April 29, 1849, to Teresa C., daughter of the late D. A. French (and sister of John B. French and Mrs. George B. Melville, of Galena). His father-in-law, D'Arcy A. French, will be recollected by our old settlers as a finely educated and pleasant gentleman. Mr. Hoyne has two children living-Wm. A., with Culver, Page, Hoyne & Co., and John T., with J. V. Farwell & Co., and two grand children, Philip A. Hoyne and William M. Hoyne.
Mr. H. was admitted to the practice of law in 1855, but his other duties as United States Commissioner, Member of the Board of Trade, Member of the Board of Educa- tion of Chicago, Commissioner of Deeds for all the states in the Union, has been as much as he could well attend to and faithfully, which he has always done. Mr. Hoyne is one of the most genial and popular men in Chicago. He has been for four years and is now member of the Republican State Central Committee, belongs to the Masonic fraternity, is an Odd Fellow, and what is better than either, is regarded by all who know him as a kind-hearted, noble gentleman, and always remarks to Galenians whom he may chance to meet, that he entertains a deep love for the Galena Lead Mine City, where he lived about ten years-the most pleasant period of his life. He weighs about 225 pounds. "May his shadow never grow less."
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