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Genz John, cigar maker. Gibson Wm. saddler. Ginn James, farmer. Ginn Johnson, retired. Ginn Wm. smelter.
GIRDON CAPT. GEO. W. Chair- man of the Local Board of U. S. Inspectors of Steam Vessels, office in Custom House; residence on Bench Street; born in Phila- delphia (of Prussian parentage) May 31, 1814; educated in Philadelphia as a physician; came to Galena in April, 1835; clerked for Col. A. G. S. Wight a few months; then became Captain of the steamboat Heroine, running between Galena and St. Louis; was commander of various steamboats for many years; he is the oldest living steamboat man on the Upper Mississippi, having been in that service forty-three years; he has been fourteen years in government service at this point; was for many years consider- ably interested in mining business in this vicinity ; married Charlotte Maria Gear, daughter of H. H. Gear, June 14, 1838, at house of Hon. Edward Langworthy, in Dubuque; ceremony performed by Chief Justice Dunn of Wisconsin; they have five children : Mary Catherine (now Mrs. Edward Tomlin), Charlotte Augusta (now Mrs. J. Q. Gilbert of Sioux City, Iowa), Maria Therese, Erzsie and Ann Elizabeth; Capt. Girdon and family are members of the Episcopal Church.
Gladden Douglas, fruit and groceries.
Gloeckner Constantine, tailor.
Godat G. A. miner.
Gorman John.
Gorman Thomas, grocer's clerk.
GORMAN THOMAS W. (of the firm of Isaac Kelly & Co.), Dealer in Gro- ceries, Provisions, Flour and Feed, 190 Main St .; res. Bench St., cor. Morrison's Alley ; born in Galena Sept. 12, 1841; is a member of the Catholic Church.
Grace James, laborer.
Graham William, cabinet maker.
GRATIOT HENRY (deceased) . Among the earliest and most prominent and enterprising early settlers of the Up- per Mississippi Lead Mines was Colonel Henry Gratiot. Though born in St. Louis, he was of Huguenot descent, his ancestors having been driven out of France at the time of the Revocation of the Edict of Nan- tes. His father, Col. Chas. Gratiot, was born
in Neuchatel, Switzerland, and emigrated to the United States before the revolution. Early espousing the cause of the colonists, he embarked his services, influence and large fortune in their cause. After the close of the war the American Govern- ment granted to him a large tract of coun- try in the State of Ky., but to which he never made any claim. Settling subse- quently in the little French Village of St. Louis, he became one of the band of en- terprising Frenchmen who laid the found- ations of that wonderful city, now number- ing a half a million of people. His son, the subject of this notice, Col. Henry Gratiot, arriving at manhood, and revolt- ing at the institution of human slavery which had been fastened upon the State of Missouri, determined to seek a home for himself and family in a state where that baleful institution did not exist. The dis- covery of lead ore which had been made at Fever River, had brought the Upper Mississippi country into notice, and, in 1826, he determined to move thither. He commenced smelting in the ravine, a short distance from Galena, through which the Savanna road now runs. Interesting him- self afterwards in the mineral lands in the region of where Shullsburg, Wis., now stands, and purchasing from the Indians the right to mine for lead ore in their country, in company with his brother, John P. B. Gratiot, he established himself in smelting at what soon became known as "Gratiot's Grove," Wis. Territory, and some fifteen miles northeast of Galena. Here, for several years, the two brothers did an immense business in mining, smelting and merchandizing. At one time they had no less than nine log furnaces in operation, and did nearly all the smelting for the whole mining country. No men in the Upper Mississippi Lead Mines were ever more respected than the Gratiots, and their names were everywhere the synonym of probity, honor and business integrity. Uniting to the frankness and generosity of Western men the intelli- gence, suavity and polish of the highest type of the French gentleman, their names and their careers will ever be associated with all that is most agreeable in the early settlement of the Galena mines. Col. Henry Gratiot died suddenly at Baltimore in 1835. Two of his sons, Col. Charles H. Gratiot and Lieut. Col. Edward H. Gratiot, late paymaster in the volunteer service of the United States Army, live in Wis. Another son, Henry Gratiot, resides in Cal. His only surviving daughter is the wife of Mr. E. B. Washburne, ex-Member of Con- gress for eighteen years from the Galena district, ex-Secretary of State and ex- Minister to France. John P. B. Gratiot emigrated from Galena to the Richwood lead mines in Missouri in 1842, and died a few years since, when a member of the
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lower house of the Missouri State Legis- lature.
Graves J. laborer.
Gray Charles, farmer. Green John E. painter. Green William, carpenter. Griffith Geo. G. engineer.
Griffith James G. retired.
Grimm Chas. wagon maker.
GRIMM LOUIS, of the firm of L & C. Grimm, Manufacturers of Wagons, Car- riages, Buggies, Sleiglis, Cutters, etc., Franklin Street corner High; resides on Dodge Street near Meeker; born in Prus- sia July 11, 1844; came to Galena in 1853; he has worked at wagon maker's trade since he was fourteen years of age; mar- ried Louisa C. Judd Sept. 22, 1870; she was born in Germany; they have two children; Frederick M. and Bertha C .; they have lost one son; Mr. G. was in Quartermaster's Department, Army of the Cumberland, about ten months; he is a member of Wildey Lodge I. O. O. F., No. 5., and of Galena Encampment No. 5. Gross Chas. carpenter. Gross Richard, laborer. Gross Richard, Jr., butcher. Gronner Fred, farmer. Grunner Louis, farmer. Grumme Chas. saddler.
GRUMME JULIUS, Harness Maker, 246 and 248 Main Street, corner Franklin; residence same numbers; born in Ger- many April 6, 1826; came to Philadelphia in 1847; went to Pittsburg the same year; lived there about one year and a half; went to Virginia then, and came to Galena in 1850; he has been in harness business since 1852; he married Olive Stebbins March 23, 1852; she was born in Mantua Tp., Portage Co)., Ohio, April 28, 1833; they have six children: Almira Inez, Charles J., Wm. Fred, Frank, Arthur and Harry; they have lost two daughters; Mr. and Mrs. G. are members of the M. E. Church.
Guitter Christian, tailor.
Gundry Wm. retired miner.
JTAASE JOHN, stone mason.
HAASE EDWARD, Dealer in Dry Goods, Boots and Shoes, etc., 172 Main Street, corner Hill; residence on High Street between Washington and Warren; born in Germany Jan. 29, 1835; came to Galena in the Spring of 1850; he has been engaged in his present business for the last ten years; married May A. Schaefer in Aug., 1857; she was born in Germany; they have four children: Gilbert E., Henry C., John Wesley and Eva M .; they have lost two sons; Mr. H. is a member
of the German Methodist Church, Har- monia Benevolent Society, Steuben Lodge I. O. O.F. No. 321, and Lead Mine En- campment No. 5.
Habich Aug. grain buyer.
Hagus Jos. tailor.
Haele A. C. brick layer.
HAINES ANDREW M. Fourth son of Joseph and Martha G. (Dwinnell) Haines; was born in Canterbury, N. H., Jan. 1, 1820, and is the sixth in lineal de- seent from Deacon Samuel Haines the em- igrant ancestor of the " New Hampshire family of Haines," who came from Eng- land in 1635, and settled at Portsmouth, N. H .; he received his education first in the District Schools and Gilmanton Academy, N. H., and lastly at the Salem, Mass., High School; in the year 1832, at the age of twelve years, he entered as a clerk the counting room of Charles C. Currier, Esq., a Salem merchant and ship owner, engaged in the trade of the West Indies, where he received the rudiments of mercantile life; on Aug. 13, 1839, he arrived from Lynn, Mass., at Galena where his elder brother, Sylvester Henry, had preceded him, and on the 11th of May, 1840, commenced business and was in ac- tive mercantile business for over twenty years, the last eight of which were engaged in the up-river wholesale trade, and dur- ing the past thirteen years has been con- nected with the Lead Smelting House of Hughlett & Co .; was Treasurer of the city for three years, 1846-'9; in Religion is a Presbyterian, and a member of the First Presbyterian Church since 1844; in 1866 was elected a corresponding member of the "New England Historical Genealog- ical Society," at Boston, Mass., and in 1869 a member of the "State Historical Society of Wisconsin;" was married at Lynn, Mass., Aug. 17, 1842, to Angeline Elizabeth, daughter of John and Sarah (Allen) Woodbury of Lynn, Mass., who was born at Ludlow, Vt., May 15, 1822, and by whom he has had seven children, of whom four survive: Flora A., born Aug. 18, 1852, and married Nov. 4, 1874, to Geo. E. Woodbury of Cambridge, Mass .; Sam'l A., Jan. 16, 1854, now of Boston, Mass .; Andrew M., March 9, 1861; Mar- tha D., July 26, 1864.
Halbig C. wagon maker.
Hale Chas. E. bookkeeper.
Hanbery Thos. laborer.
Hand Cyrus, shoemaker.
Hanft Andrew, retired.
Hanft Casper, miner. Hanlon John, laborer.
Hanneman Chris, farmer.
Hansen M. W. farmer.
Hart Alex. plow maker.
Harney Daniel, drayman.
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Harney Patrick, Sr., farmer. Harney Thomas, grocer and saloon. Harrington Patrick, laborer.
HARRIS CAPT. DANIEL SMITH, Capitalist; son of James Harris, who was born in Conn., Oct. 14, 1777, and died in Galena, Ill., Oct. 10, 1829; his mother, Abigail Bathrick, was born in Delaware Co., N. Y., March 24, 1782, and died at Galena, Ill., July 9, 1844; these two were married in Delaware Co., N. Y., Nov. 9, 1797; he was born in Court- right, Delaware Co., N. Y., July 24, 1808; parents moved to Cincinnati in 1816; the Capt. and his father, James Harris, left Cincinnati April 20, 1823, on a keel-boat, (the " Col. Bumford ") and came to Galena, the entire distance with that boat, which was loaded with provisions and mining outfits to the extent of 75 or 80 tons; they arrived here June 20, 1823; the Capt. married Sarah Maria Langworthy in Galena, May 22, 1833; she was born in the State of N. Y. Feb. 17, 1811, and died on the Island of Cuba Jan. 25, 1850; she was a daughter of the late Dr. Stephen Langworthy, of Dubuque, Iowa; they had five children, all now living: Lorinda Maria, born in Galena Jan. 9, 1835, and married Jonathan Dodge Feb. 22, 1855; Amelia, born in Galena Aug. 10, 1837, and married I. Francis O'Farrell, in Galena, Dec. 8, 1857; Mary Ann, born in Galena Sept. 20, 1839, and married Thomas J. Maupine, in Galena, March 7, 1861; Me- dora, born in Galena, Sept. 3, 1841, and married, in the same place, Charles T. Trego, of Chicago, May 14, 1863; Daniel Smith Harris, Jr., born in Galena, Sept. 13, 1843, and married Miss Kittie Ott, Eureka, Nev., April 19, 1874. Capt. Har- ris' present wife was Sarah Coates, daugh- of Samuel and Margaret Cherington Coates; she was born in Calu Tp., Ches- ter Co., Pa., March 7, 1824; they were married Aug. 25, 1851; have had seven children, two of whom died in infancy; those now living are: Wenona, born Nov. 5, 1853, and married in Galena to John V. Hellman, Sept. 12, 1872; Ernestine, born in Galena Jan. 22, 1857; Irene, born same place Jan. 15, 1860; Anna, born same place Dec. 20, 1865, and Paul. Cher- ington, born same place Aug. 11, 1868; Capt. Harris was a Lieut. in the U. S. A. at the time of the Black Hawk War, and commanded a company at the battle of Wisconsin Heights ; is the oldest living set- tler in this section of the western country. Harris Ed. miner.
HARRIS JAMES M. Wholesale and Retail Grocer, No. 177 Main St., Galena; born in Xenia, O., Jan. 4, 1823; came to this Co. in 1824; has been a permanent resident of this Co. since; his education was commenced at the age of six in a select school, where he spent ten years;
he was then sent to Kemper College, St. Louis, Mo., where he finished his educa- tion; returned to Galena and entered the wholesale grocery and boat store business with the firm of D. S. & R. S. Harris; re- mained one year, when the firm dissolved, and he entered into a partnership with the junior member of the old firm, under the name of R. S. Harris & Co .; was the old- est house of the kind in Galena; was in the business from 1845 to 1864; had the credit of having the finest boat store on the Mississippi River, from New Orleans to St. Paul; the firm dissolved in 1864, and he retired to his farm, where he resided till 1872; returned to his residence in Galena, living in the retirement of his home in the city till 1877, when he re- sumed the wholesale and retail grocery business at his present location; was mar- ried in 1847 to Miss Louisa F. Stouffer ; have two children living: Lyndley I. and Belle; lost two children in infancy, and a daughter at the age of 16; Mr. H. has always been a practical business man, enjoying the confidence and respect of all with whom he has been associated; is no aspirant to office, but was brought out and elected Alderman in the place of a very worthy and popular gentleman who had not been defeated for 29 years; was ap- pointed by the City Council to go to Washington in the interests of the Galena River improvement, and succeeded in get- ting a survey by the government; was in- terested in the first line of boats that made regular trips up the Wisconsin River; also the first that ascended the Minnesota as far as Mankato, and the first that car- ried the mail to St. Paul.
Harris Lynn I. book-keeper.
Harris Sam.
Harris Stephen, photographer.
Harris William, laborer.
HART JOHN, Dealer in Wines and Liquors, 213 Main St., resides at same No .; born in Toronto, C. W., March 20, 1838; came to Galena in May, 1865; married Mary A. Harrington, Jan. 31, 1872; she was born in Galena; they have three chil- dren : Alice A., Ellen and James P .; Mr. H. and family are members of the Catholic Church.
Hartig John, chair maker. Hartwig August, shoe maker.
Hartwig Charles, laborer. Hartwig William F. farmer. Haser Jacob, retired. Haser Joseph, brewer. Haslin Jo. farmer.
HASSIG JOHN J. Proprietor Law- rence House, cor. Commerce St. and Mar- ket Square; born in Germany Nov. 26, 1838; came to Galena in 1845; has been Alderman of the 4th Ward; married Mary
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Hewey, March 18, 1869; she was born in Galena; they have two children living: George and William; lost one child.
Hatherell Solomon, insurance agent. Hawkings William, farm laborer.
Hayes Samuel, principal high school.
HEID FRANK, Superintendent Gas Works; resides at the Works; born in Bavaria, Germany, Feb. 24, 1824; came to America in 1852; lived in Louisville, Ky., until 1856; then moved to Rock Island, and lived there until 1862, when he came to Galena; married Louisa Schrader, Jan. 1, 1855; she was born in Hanover, Ger- many; they have seven children living: John, Mary, Frank, Joseph, August, Cleary and Francis; lost one daughter; Mr. H. and wife are members of the Ger- man Catholic Church.
Heit Leopold, city sexton.
Heider John, wood boatman.
Heller Chas. cigar maker.
Heller Richard, cigar manufacturer.
HELLER & BIESMAN, Whole- sale and Retail Dealers in Cigars and Tobacco, Main Street.
Hellman August, conductor G. & S. W. R. R. HELLMAN JOHN H. Wholesale Grocer, 130 Main Street; residence on Prospect Street, between Hill and Perry Streets; born in Hanover, Germany, Sept. 23, 1823; parents came to Lee Co., Iowa in 1835; Mr. H. removed to Galena in April, 1842; he has been in the grocery business since the Spring of 1844; married Chris- tina Repohl April 23, 1845; she was born in Prussia; they have six children: Mary F., now Mrs. Wm. Stoltebehn, of Dubuque; John B., August J., Lena, now Mrs. J. H. Swartz, of Fort Madison, Iowa; Henry B. and Frank.
Hellman John V. Hellstern Thos. saloon. Hellstern Val, tinner.
HEMPSTEAD CHARLES S.,
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Born Sept. 10, 1794; died Dec. 10, 1874. For the leading events in the life of Charles S. Hempstead, liberal extracts have been made from an " historical and biographical sketch," prepared by Mr. E. B. Washburn, dated Jan. 15, 1875, and addressed to the President of the Early Settlers' Associa- tion of Jo Daviess Co. Mr. Washburn had known Mr. H. for a period of about 35 years, and during all that time, some- what more than a gencration, the relations existing between them werc of marked personal esteem, respect, and steadfast confidence in each other's integrity and ability. During eight of those years they were associated as partners in the practice of the law, and in professional business as well as social relations, no one was more intimately acquainted with Mr. H., and
no one so well qualified to pay the tribute of respect and estcem whichi Mr. Wash- burn has so ably and faithfully placed on record in the historical annals of Jo Daviess County.
Chas. S. Hempstead was born at Hebron, Tolland Co., Conn., Sept. 10, 1794. He was the son of Steplien Hempstead, whose life deserves to be noticed as a worthy preface to that of his son. The ancestors of Stephen were among the first settlers of New London, Conn. On the breaking out of the Revolutionary War, Steplien, then only 22 years of age, joined the Patriot Army, and was with the first troops assembled at Boston, after the battle of Lexington. He served with arduous zeal, until, being incapacitated by the numer- ous wounds received in battle, he retired to private life shortly before the surrender of Cornwallis. Long ere he was restored to the robust health with which lie entered the service, a new era had opened. His country was free; his blood had contrib- uted to make her so; and now his care was to provide for a young family, with the only means within his power, viz .: the labor of a body enfeebled and broken by a multitude of wounds. An ordinary man would have called to his aid each successive son, as he became old enough, to the labor of the farm. But a noble resolution had been formed in the mind of him who had fought for liberty. In the successful issue of the struggle he saw the field of honor and of preferment thrown open under that banner. Talent, industry, and integrity, and not hereditary right were now to claim the highest prizes in the Republic. To acquire any of the great gifts which were within the grasp of all who labored and souglit for them, Knowledge must be the lever, the power, to clevate, and Education the fulcrum on which the lever was to be placed. Witlı this object in view, he determined that each nerve should be strained, economy practiced, and every force brought to bear that his children should accumulate all the advantage which carefully directed study would bring to them, and nobly he carried out liis idea by giving to eacli of his children the very best educational advantages that New England afforded. Charles S. Hempstead attended the New London Academy until his 16th ycar, re- ceiving all the advantages it could bestow. Then feeling that there was a larger sphere of usefulness for him beyond the limits of his native state, he resolved to seek a new field of labor-to go to that great West to which his elder brother, Edward, had emigrated in years before-to the new land that the Louisiana purchase had brouglit in, with so much of future prom- ise. His brother had been successful, was honorcd, appreciated and rewarded with every gift within the bestowal of the peo-
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ple. He invited Charles to join fortunes with him. Accordingly, with his brother Thomas, he left New London in a schooner bound for Alexandria, Va., and reached there in the latter part of August, 1809. From this point they traveled by wagon through Winchester and Romney to Clarksburg, W. Va., thence to Marietta, Ohio. This was before the day of the steamboat or the railroad car-then, the Ohio was navigated by keel, flat-boat, or canoe. The river was too shallow in this season for either of the two former, so the latter was the only alternative. The brothers bought a canoe at Marietta, laid in the necessary supply of provisions, and started for Shawneetown, Ill., which was the landing point for foot passengers bound for St. Louis. Here they arrived in October, and being unable to obtain conveyance of any kind, they walked by way of Kaskaskia to their point of desti- nation, over 150 miles, and reached their brother's residence, tired, weary, and foot- sore. Mr. H. at once entered his brother Edward's office, as a law student. At that time St. Louis had a population of only about 1,500 souls, of whom not more than sixty families were English speaking. There was not a house or chimney of brick in the town. The habits, manners, and language were all as thoroughly French as those of any provincial village in France. After pursuing his studies until Sept. 13, 1814, he was admitted to the practice of law in the Territory of Missouri, by a license dated at St. Charles, Mo., signed by Alex. Stewart and John D. Lucas, Judges of the Supreme Court of Mo. Ter. About the same time he received his license to practice law in the Territory of Illinois, signed by J. B. Thomas and Stanley Griswold, Judges of the District Court of said territory. One year after his admission to the Bar he was appointed Attorney for the Southern Circuit Court of Missouri by the then Governor of Missouri Territory, and removed to St. Genevieve, and en- tered there upon the practice of his pro- fession. St. Genevieve was as completely a French settlement as St. Louis, with all its characteristics as to inhabitants and social life. Here he remained until 1817, when, in consequence of the death of his brother Edward, he returned to St. Louis to take charge of his legal business and the settlement of his estate. In 1818 he was elected to fill a vacancy in the Mis- souri Legislature, which was the only legislative position he ever held-not from want of opportunity, but from a decided aversion to political life. He could not and would not stoop to the means which make political preferment easy, but preferred to hold his honest opinions unbiased and untrammeled, rather than sacrifice his dignity, independ-
ence and honesty of character for the temporary success which a short hour of office would bring.
During his residence in Missouri he was the associate of many of the most dis- tinguished men of his time, all of whom respected and esteemed him in the highest degree. In the year 1829 he was induced to remove to Galena. Large discoveries of lead ore had been made, and the tales of the fabulous mineral wealth in that vicinity were attracting thousands of emigrants. To a man of his ability, character and business habits it offered a splendid op- portunity. From that time until his decease he was a resident of Galena.
In the Summer and Fall of 1829 he was secretary of the commission composed of Gen. John McNeill, U. S. A., Caleb Atwater and Col. Pierre Menard, which treated with the Pottawattomie and Win- nebago Indians at Prairie du Chien, then in the Territory of Michigan. In the same year he was appointed by Gov. Cass of Michigan Territory District Attorney for the Eleventh District of said territory. He was re-appointed to the same office in 1834 by Gov. T. Mason, but he declined the appointment. The courts he then at- tended were held at Prairie du Chien and Mineral Point. The journey over the circuit was made on horseback, the hotel accommodations meagre and uncomfort- able; hardships many; fees few and not at all commensurate with the labor and dangers of the journey.
In 1833 he was present at Chicago when the treaty was made by Gov. Porter of Michigan with the Pottawattomies; an occasion long to be remembered for the thousands of Indians there assembled at the treaty grounds on the north side of the river, near what is now Rush and Illinois Streets.
In 1841 Galena was incorporated as a city, and Mr. H. was honored by being elected the first mayor. Desiring to be useful to his country in its hour of peril, at the outbreak of the Rebellion he ac- cepted the office of Paymaster in the army, voluntarily tendered by his old- time friend Mr. Lincoln, who knew and appreciated his sterling merit. No officer ever served more faithfully or more satisfac- torily than he did up to the close of the war. He was one of the most public-spirited of men, always first and foremost in every enterprise which affected the general in- terest, and ever ready to contribute time and money to advance public prosperity. He was one of the most prominent in that great pioneer enterprise, tlie Galena & Chicago Union R. R., of which he was Director in the first board, and served in that capacity for many years.
At the Bar Mr. H. was regarded as an able lawyer; a man of sound legal judgment and the highest professional
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honor. He was not a fluent speaker, but his addresses to the jury were always effective, for his high and dignified char- aeter added to his forcible presentation of the case. His intercourse with the Bar and Bench was always marked by the utmost dignity and courtesy ; and no man ever saw him betrayed into any wrangle with the opposing counsel or the court when trying a case. He was never a pro- moter of litigation, never made the court of justice an engine of oppression, or used it as a weapon to further his own ambition and gratify personal malice or spite; but on the other hand he endeavored, when- ever it was possible to harmonize disputes without resorting to the courts.
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