The History of Peoria County, Illinois. Containing a history of the Northwest-history of Illinois-history of the county, its early settlement, growth, development, resources, etc., etc., Part 104

Author: Johnson & co., Chicago, pub
Publication date: 1880
Publisher: Chicago : Johnson & Company
Number of Pages: 932

USA > Illinois > Peoria County > The History of Peoria County, Illinois. Containing a history of the Northwest-history of Illinois-history of the county, its early settlement, growth, development, resources, etc., etc. > Part 104

Note: The text from this book was generated using artificial intelligence so there may be some errors. The full pages can be found on Archive.org (link on the Part 1 page).

635

HISTORY OF PEORIA COUNTY

yellow metal. Ile planted a garden and fed the men who labored in the mines. During the four years in Califor- nia he accumulated five or six thousand dollars, and in 1554 returned to Peoria and entered into business. In 1855 he undertook a hotel in springfield, Ill., and lost every cent he had made in the seven preceding years. Penniles, he found his way back to Peoria, turning his hands to what offered a living. In the beginning of he war he enlisted in the 11th Illinois Cavalry, and was in continual service until 1863, when he resigned. Married Miss Eliza Ilibben, February 7. 1871, at Ililsborough, Ohio, whom he left with two children. Mr. C. died at his residence in Peoria, January 25, 1578. in the 54th year of his age.

Cutter R. A. res. 400 N. Madison street.

CUNNINGHAM DANIEL, blacksmith, cor. Washington and Hamilton streets, was born in the county Dublin, Ireland, 1839. Came to the U.S. in 1850 and located in Westchester county, N. Y., and in Peoria, 1857, where he engaged in his present business. Hle married Miss Ann Henneberry, Nov. 22, 1861. She is a native of the county Kilkenny, Ireland. They hive seven children : Lizzie, Daniel, Annie, John, Nicholas, Nathan and Edward. They are members of the Catholic Church. Mr. Cunningham was elected school director in 1570, and supervisor. 1875. Ile is an accomplished musician. Hle organized the Cecelian Band of Peoria, 1860, which he disbanded in 1861-the mem- bers going into the army. At close of the war, the band was reorganized under the leadership of Mr. Cun- ningham. Ile is a whole-souled. good-hearted gentle- man, a good citizen and successful business man.

CUNNINGHAM J. M. res. 109 Second street.

l'urlia JJ W. 719 l'arpenter street.

Curtain John, blacksmith T., [' && W. res. 510 Elllott street. Cuttertan James, laborer, 406 St. James street.

CUTRIGHT THOMAS V. attorney at law. 112 N. Adams street, was born in Chillicothe. O .. Janu- ary 20, 1815, and is the son of Nat. and Margaret (Veail) Cutright. His father was a native of Fayette county, Ky., and his mother of Botetourt county, Va. lle was raised in his native town till nineteen years of age, then removed to Fayette county. O., with his parents and four brothers. While in Chillicothe, he learned the trade of cabinet-maker, and after his removal to Fay- ette county, read law with Judge .A. S. Dickie for one year. Kemoving to Detroit, Mich., he worked at his trade for one winter, then went to Brownsville. Tex .: read law for four months, and was admitted to the bat in the Fall of 1837. lle came to Illinois in 1547, and settled in Chillicothe, Peoria county, and for a year or two practiced law and worked at his trade at the same time, but in later years devoted his whole attention to his profession. He was admitted to the bar of Illinois a. Pevria, in the year 1865. His residence in Chilli-

cothe extended over a period of twenty-seven years, and he removed to Peoria in :574. He was city attorney for some years in the former place, and has filled the office of justice of the peace in l'eoria. lle married (Ist) in Mt. Sterling, III., Sept. 1542, Miss Maria Ow. ens, a native of Ohio, by whom he had one child, Le- Grand B. Cutright, who was killed at the battle of l'ea Ridge. His wife died in August, 1843, and he married (2d) in Richmond Dale, Ross county. O., .April, 184 ), Mrs. Mary Ann Moffitt, a native of Ireland, by whom he had three children, all living : Nathaniel S., James M. and John W. She died in Chillicothe. 111., in March. 1859. and he married (3d) in the same place, April. 1561. Miss Annie T. Collins, a native of Wicklow, Ireland. by whom he has had four children, two now alive : The- odore V. and Alice T. Mr. Cutright is in politics a Jackson Democrat.

CUTTER WM, 117 S. Washington street. of the firm of Wrigley & Cutter. Is the son of Isaac and Sarah (Metcalf ) Cutter. Father was a native of Ver- mont ; mother. of Ohio. They came to Illinois at an early day, where the subject of this sketch was born on the 11th day of February, 1844. Received his educa- tion in Delphos, O., where he was sent to live with an uncle. When twenty-seven years of age, he enlisted in the 32d Ohio Infantry. Co. (", mustered at (Camp Deni- son.) O. Was in the engagement at Cheat Mountain, and in the Shenandoah Valley. Va. Was taken prisoner, with 1.500 others, at Winchester, in the Spring of 1862. Was in libby l'rison five and one-hall months, was paroled, took the small pov, and was sent to Annapolis. Was a mere skeleton, weighing only 110 pounds, when he got into Federal rank .. Thence sent to Ohio, until he wasexchanged and joined his regiment at Chattanooga, and was appointed orderly sergeant. (Before being taken prisoner, was appointed division postmaster, which he held at that time. Was suspected of being an officer. and for that reason was kept in solitary confinement for forty-eight hour -. )

Was at Atlanta, where he helped to build the breast- works ; and at its surrender, which was the last of his soldiering. Returned to French Grove, in this county. where he taught school for one winter and then came to Peoria, where he attended Cole's tommercial Col- lege. In 1565 or 66, engaged for Geo, Mcclellan, Quer & White, as clerk, where he remained four years. Then engaged in the grocery business in company with Auer, firm Auer & Cutter. Mr. Wrigley having bought Mr. Auer's interest, the firm is known as Wrigley & Cutter. Carry a stock of $5.000, and do a business of $50,000 per year. Married Miss Jennie Wrigley Oct. 20, 1869. She was born in l'eoria county The fruit of this marriage is three children. Anna, Charlie and May.

talley John, cooper, 1610 % Madison siteel.

PEORIA.

639

PEORIA CITY DIRECTORY.

DAILEY JJOHN, shoemaker, res. 31712 N. Adams street. Son of Joseph and Mary Dailey. Was born in Hampshire county, Mass., May 25, 1828. Emi- grated with his parents, when he was five years old, to Vork State. In 1847, enlisted in Co. E, Third Dragoons, Capt. Wm. H. Duff. Mustered in at New York, and received a bounty of $12 and got $8 per month. Land- ed at Vera Cruz in June. Thence, under command of Gen. Perco, to Pueblo, where they joined Gen. Scott. Thence, to the Valley of Mexico, where they partici- pated in the battle of Contreras, and acted as Gen. Scott's body guard. Thence, to Cherubusco, where they were led by Gen. Harney. Thence, to the City of Mexico, where they took quarters in the halls of Mon- tezuma. Was on the raid with Gen. Joseph Lane, in pursuit of the guerrilla Garonta. In the Spring of 1848, thirty men were taken out of his command, and the same number of Capt. Porter's mounted riflemen, who escorted Seward and Clifford to Vurretero on their commission to ratify a treaty. Thence, back to Mexico City. Rode from Mexico to Vera Cruz, three hundred miles, in three days, escorting Maj. Polk, who took the report to Washington. Thence, back to New Orleans and St. Louis, where he was mustered out, Aug., 1848. Thence, to New York State, and in 1849 came to Peo- ria county. Married Miss Ann Wright. She was born in Ireland. Mr. Dailey moved to Kansas, where he lost his wife in 1860. From there, went via New Or- leans to Boston, on boat, the first transport leaving New Orleans after Butler arrived there. Enlisted in the 28th Regiment, Mass. Vols., Co. K. Joined the regiment at Frederick City, Md., participating in the hattles of South Mountain, Antietam, and Fredericksburg, where he was wounded through the thighs and was taken to Emery Hospital, Washington, D. C., where he was discharged.

Daily John M. res. 712 Hale street.

DAILY M. C. Chief of Police, City Hall, was born in county Kerry. Ireland, Dec. 10, 1842, and is the son of Martin Daily and Catharine Horgan, natives of that county. When about eight years of age he came to America with his parents, landing at New York. They settled at Middletown, Conn., and re- sidled there for eight years, where he received his edu- cation. In 1858 he came to Peoria. Ile enlisted in April. 1861, in Co. A, 17th Ill. Vol. Inf. under Captain Norton, and served with his regiment till June 2, 1864, on which date he was mustered out at Springfield, Ill. Ile took part in the battles of Frederickstown, Mo., Ft. Henry, Ft. Donelson, Pittsburgh Landing, Corinth, Vicksburgh and many others. He married, June 22, 1867, in Peoria, Miss Mary A. Ilanlon, a native of this county, and daughter of Timothy Ilanlon, by whom he ha» had three children -two now alive: Maggie E., Katie, and Martin C. (deceased). Ile worked at vari-

ous occupations for some time ; kept a saloon for many years. Ife received the appointment of Cluef of Police Jannary I, 1874, and has since filled that office, except during the years 1876 and 1877, proving himself one of the most vigilant and efficient officers the city has ever had. He owns his residence and lot on Caroline street, and himself and wife are members of the Catholic Church.

Daily Peter, bont and shoe maker, 16291% S. Adams street. Dairsmon G. toys, etc. 413 Main street. Daley J. laborer, res. 602 Hurlbut street.

Dalton Jas. fireman, 137 [rving street,

Dalton Jobn, potter. Cross street.

Daly C. S. solicitor, National Democrat.

Daniels D. N. finisher, 116 Main street.

Daniels H. M. painter, 802 S. Washington street.

Daniels Thos, saloon, 204 S. Washington street.

Daniels Wm. grocer. cor. Main and Hale streets.

Darmody T. res. Newgate avenue.

DARST JACOB, real estate dealer and cap- italist, res. cor. Monroe and Fayette streets ; is one of Peoria's early settlers and most successful business men. He was born in Meigs county, Ohio, on September 16, 1815. At the age of seventeen his father gave him his time, and he started out in life with fifty cents of cash capital; wo: ked on the Ohio canal until he earned $50, then labored several months in the iron works at Ports- mouth, O .; was then employed a year for the Kenawha salt works in West Virginia, boating salt down the Ohio river. Mr. D. enjoyed very meager school ad- vantages; but acute observing powers and retentive memory have rendered him well informed. He early imbibed the maxim that " time is money," and acted accordingly. In June, 1835, Mr. Darst came to Pe- oria ; quarried stone on the Kickapoo for a time; then clerked in a general store for Aquilla Wren, in Peoria. six months ; afterwards engaged in coal mining and breaking prairie with ox teams, in the mean time trad- ing and speculating, and in 1839 had accumulated $1,- 500; engaged in shipping pork and produce down the Mississippi, and lost his entire capital by a devastating storm; returned to Peoria with $13 in his pocket ; hired again to Mr. Wren, remaining in his employ shipping produce three years, when failing health com- pelled him to seek the country, where he spent two years hunting. Being much improved, he began oper- ating in coal and speculating in land, in which business he made $15,000 in five years ; and at the end of that time embarked in the dry goods trade in company with Mr. Dougherty. Not being pleased with the re-ults, he again engaged in real estate business ; and by 1860 had made $100,000 above a living. Mr. D. has amassed a fortune of $250,000, chiefly mn Peoria city property, valuable coal mining lands and Western lands. Mr. Darst married Catharine M. Dougherty December 16, 1839, by whom he had eleven children, three living. Mrs. D. died March 12, 1861. He married his present wife, formerly Ellen R. Leonard, of Auburn, N. Y., in 1863, who has borne him one child.

640

HISTORY OF PEORIA COUNTY.

Daugherty James M. pollee inagistrate.

Daom Jos. peddler. res. 213 Third street. Davilson John, carpenter, 1216 N. Monroe street. Davis Jas. F. engineer, Water street, Ft. Gay.

DAVIS ROBERT S. druggist, 125 Main street, was born in Selbyville, Tenn., April 21, 1844. and is the son of Thomas L. and Eliza Davis. Ilis father was a native of Virginia and his mother of Ire- land. In 1849 his parents removed to Peoria, where he grew up and was educated, and at fifteen years of age commenced to learn the drug business with his brother, with whom he remained till 1872, when he be- gan business for himself at his present location. lle married, in 1870, Miss Camilla A. Luther, a native of Peoria, whose parents were very old residents of the city, by whom he has three children - Nellie, born March 1, 1872, Howard, born November, 1875. and Vida, born November, 1877. Ile has a good business, and carries a stock of about $2.500. Makes a rat poison (phosphorus paste) which is remarkably effective in its results, and of which he has quite a large sale. He owns his residence and lot in the city.

Dals Thos. J. carpenter, 802 S. Washington street.

Davis T. W. machinist T., P. & W. res. 310 St. James street, Davis W. II. res. 714 Jackson street.

DAWS LOUISA Mrs. res. 1601 N. Jefferson street, was born in London, England, July 25, 1831. Came to this country in 1836 with her parents, who settled in Tazewell county, Ill., where her father is still living on the same place where he located, at the age of eighty-four. Mrs. Daws was married to Frederick W. Aubury, of London, Eng., on the 17th day of February. 1854. Remained in Tazewell county until 1867 (Mr. Aubury being deceased). She married Edward Daws, of Kent, Eng., January 8, 1867, when they came to Peoria and located. Mr. Dawes was a cabinet maker by trade and soon built up a lucrative business. By industry and close attention to business accumulated a fine property and home. Was a member of the Episco. pal Church and a consistent Christian, and loved and respected by all who knew him. Mr. Dawes came to l'eoria in 1834; stayed a short time, when he removed to Tazewell county, and in 1854 returned to Peoria, where he remained until his death.

DAY BROTHERS, butchers, 1020 First street, are natives nf New Koss, county Wexford, Ireland, and came to America and Peoria in 1872. Their mother died December 22, 1876, and their father March 24. 1880. Their parents had six children, two daughers, now deceased, and four sons - Nicholas, Richard. Wil. liam A. and Patrick F. The brothers' store is on the corner of First and Elliott streets. They also trade largely in cattle. All are members of the Catholic Church.

Day Bros & Co. dry goods, 119 / 115 8. Adama street.

Day l'has. Il. dry goods, res. 209 l'erry street.

lay F.z. res. 408 N Jefferson street.

Day larkin 11. ( D. 13. & ('n. ) rea. 304 N. Madison street.

Day 1. 1. wholesale dry gints, 113 & 115 8. Adains street. Deal Adam, painter, res. 1008 N. Washington street.

DEANE CHAS, II. hotel keeper, " The In- gersoll," co ner Hamilton and N. Jefferson streets, was born in Taunton, Mass., August 24. 1827, and is the son of Jesse Deane, whose ancestry reaches back to the old Plymouth Colony in 1626, and thence to Somerset- shire, England. His life, to the age of ten years, was spent in his native town and there he received the ad- vantages of the common schools. In 1837 he removed with his family to Peoria, and has resided there ever since, with the exception of about ten months, during the Mexican war and the time spent in the army during the rebellion. On the first occasion he went to New Orleans with recruits for the 3d Ill. Regt., but as the war terminated about the time he reached New Orleans he went no further than that city. Shortly after huis re- turn he ran a year or two as steward on a river steam- boat and made several trips to New Orleans of flat hoats, afterwards engaging as clerk and book- keeper for various firms, until November. 1857. when he went into business for himself, dealing in clothing. furnishing. regalia and secret society goods, which he continued until 1861, when he sold out and went into the army, entering the service as Ist Lieut. in the 86 Regt. I. V. I. under command of Col. D. D. Irons of Peoria ; served with the army in Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia and Alabama, and was mustered out April 20, 1866 with the rank of Brevet. Lieut .- Colonel. On his return he opened the Metropolitan Hotel, then just completed, and ran it till March 1, 1867, when he sold out and bought the interest of A. Freeman in the l'eoria Ilouse. Ile began to make improvements and alterations in it, and by his intense energy and application brought it to a high position among the hotels of the West.

Debars 11. res. 1308 N. Monroe street. Dre P'at, res. 1008 Third street.

DEGAL JOHN, blacksmith and wagon maker, 601 N. Adams street, was born in Germany July 11, 1825, emigrated to America in 1557, and settled in Chicago and was there about three years. Thence to St. Louis and remained there six years. In 1566 he came to l'eoria and engaged in his present business. Was married in St. Louis and by this union there were four children, two boys and two girls. His brother, Edward, came to this country with him, and they have been in partnership since.

Detong U. C. express, division sapt. 100% \. Jefferson street Delwig Mrs. M. 714 \ Monroe street. Denrke Mrs. M. res. 211 Elm street

Denges Anton, res. 200 % Madison street.

DENNEHY DANIEL, hoot and shoe maker and dealer, 329 S. Adams street, was born in county Cork, Ireland, in 1837, and is the son of Daniel and Bridget (McCarthy) Dennehy, natives of county Cork. Hle came alone to America when fourteen years of age, and landed at New York. Remained in Boston for one year and then removed to Randolph, Mass., where he learned his trade, and worked at it for five or

Henry Helytalles

PEORIA .

641

PEORIA CITY DIRECTORY

six years. Removed to Quincy, Mass., and after rambling around a good deal finally came to Peoria in · the Summer of 1874, and started for himself at custom work. He came to his present location in June, 1877, and at that time laid in a stock of ready made goods. He married July 8, 1860, in Randolph, Mass., Miss Mary Murphy, a native of county Limerick, Ireland, by whom he has had seven children, four now living, Ellen T .. Mary A., Annie M., and Daniel. Mr. Dennehy and wife are members of the Catholic Church.

Dennis C. J., dentist 413 Main street.

Desmond Margaret, res. 200 Cedar street.

Detmers George, teamster, 206 MeReynolds street.

Detwiler A., ice, res. 405 N. Monroestreet.

DETWEILER HENRY, wholesale and re- tail ice dealer, 108 S. Adams street, was born in Lorraine, France, on the 19th of June, 1825 ; is the son of Christian and Catherine Detweiler nee Schertz, the former a native of Bavaria, the latter of France. Mr. Detweiler, sr., was engaged in farming and milling, and also the transfer business, in which he amassed quite a large fortune, but meeting with reverses during the war of 1812 and IS13, from which he never recovered, he died in 1832, in straightened circumstances. In the Spring of 1837, Mr. D. immigrated to the United States with his mother and three sisters, landing at New York after a voyage of sixty-eight days on the ocean. Through the instigation of an older brother, John, who had located in Peoria three years previously, only they came on to this city, consuming forty-two days on the route. The mother and one sister died the following year. The two first years after his arrival Mr. D. worked for his brother, and attended school at intervals ; then clerked in a shoe store for Charles McLellen on Main street ; also in a clothing store a year ; and on April 15, 1841, went on the steamboat " Frontier," to learn piloting, under Milton Hasbrock, where he remained until she collided with the Panama, at 3 A. M., on September 2, 1842. The following Spring the company built the new steamer, Chicago, on which he shipped as second pilot, under Mr. Hasbrock, till the Spring of 1844, when, that boat being drawn off the river, he went on to the Raritan in the same capacity ; and the next year took the position of first pilot on the new boat, Gov- ernor Briggs ; and after June, 1846, ran her from Ga- lena to New Albany, on the upper Mississippi, as a mail and passenger boat. In the Spring of 1847 took her through a course of repairs at St. Louis, and put her into the trade between that city and Alton. For several years following Mr. D. officiated as pilot or captain on a number of steamboats ; became joint owner of the " Movaster " in 1856; in 1857 sold her, and in 1858, the sole proprietor of the Minnesota. In the Spring of 1862 he went into the government service as master of the "Jenny Lind"; and in July, 1863, changed to the " Yankee," which he had charge of till

the close of the war. While running these government transports he performed a very important and often hazardous service. The Yankee sailed from St. Louis for New Orleans the latter part of October, 1863, with a cargo valued at more than $250,000, and landed her freight safely in the Crescent City in due time. So great was the danger to which his vessel was exposed during those perilous years, that Capt. D. practiced various schemes to evade the enemy. It was disguised as a gunboat, on some occasions, and run under the strict regime of one; and while the other transport ves- sels were fired into frequently, and greatly damaged or destroyed, the Yankee never received but one shot. After the close of the war, Capt. Detweiler ran the Beaver until he abandoned the river, in 1874. In the Fall of 1870, he had embarked in the ice business in company with N. L. Woodruff, in which relation he continued until December, 1876, when the partnership was dissolved, since which time Mr. D. has carried on a large wholesale and retail ice trade in his own name. The traffic has steadily grown, until the present capac- ity of his houses is 10,500 tons. On November 5, 1848, Mr. D. married Magdalen Bachmann, also a native of France, who has borne him seven children ; five living, Amelia, Matilda, Thomas H., William H., and Mattic H. Henry, the oldest, died at the age of twenty-seven, and Emma at the age of three years. Besides the capi- tal invested in his business, Mr. D. owns several pieces of property in the city.

Devar E. M. grocer, 712 Main street.

DE WEERTH R. saloon and res. SoI S. Jeffer- son street.

Dewine J. H. 106 N. Orange street.

DICKINSON EDWARD Dr. (deceased), res. of widow, 600 Knoxville road. Dr. Dickinson was born in Hadley, Mass., Feb. 15, 1801, and after re- ceiving his primary education in his native town, entered Yale College, hut on account of ill-health, oid not comple e his classical education. He afterwards entered Pennsylvania Medical University, where he graduated with honor in the class of 1830. He studied his profession with Dr. Twitchell of Keene, N. 11., and entered into partnership with Dr. Flint, of North- ampton, Mass., where he practiced until ill-health drove him to a warmer climate. He married in 1831 Miss Catherine Jones, daughter of the late Edward Jones of the Treasury Department of Washington, D. C. They came to Peoria in 1835, where he practiced his profession until his death, which occurred in his sixty-fifth year, fle was president of the Peoria Medi- cal Association, a year previous to his death. Dr. Dickinson was a true gentleman of the old school ; a man of sterling integrity and strong mind. No man was ever more strictly honest, or had a higher sense of

642

HISTORY OF PEORIA COUNTY.

honor These qualities, with his urbane manners, his dignity, hiseminently acute sense of propriety under all circumstances, the conscientious discharge of all his duties, and his devotion to his profession, made him a typical physician, and won lor him the confidence and esteem of all who knew him.

Dlekson W. D. rrs. 713 Jackson street. Dilger fferman carpenter, res. 319 Smulth street. Dillon Christopher freman, res. Newgate avenue. Dimork W. C. notions, 121 N. Adams streel.

DIRKSON FRANK, fresco and scenic artist, res. 305 Evans street, was born in Germany in 1842, and reared on a farm until thirteen years of age, when, determining to devote his life to decorative art, and being strongly opposed by his father he left home and began the business. A year later he hired on board of a ship, to earn means to prosecute his studies, and made a tour of the world. He entered the Academy of De- sign in Dusseldorf, Germany, and spent three seasons, working at intervals to pay expenses. Went thence to Hanover and studied scenic painting in the Theater Royal; from there went to London, and continued that branch of the art in Covent Garden, with Talbin, one of the most noted scenic painters of his time. Came to Canada on an engagement to the Theatre Royal, Montreal, in 1859 ; returned to Europe in 1860, spent a season in Paris in study, came to New York in 1862, remaining there until he entered the army in 1863 ; served until the close of the war, on board the sloop of war " Dale," as acting gunner. Returned to New York, spent a season painting, went to Buffalo, engag- ed three years on decorative work ; was one of the original designers of Black Crook, and helped to paint the scenery while there, went to Canada and produced Black Crook one season, realizing $6,000. In 1867 Mr. D. married Mary Brandon, in Buffalo, In 1871 they crossed the lakes intending to locate in Chicago, but the great fire changed their purpose, and they set- tled down in Peoria. Mr. Dirkson did the decorative work on the Peoria county court-house ; has gained a celebrity in his art, winning twenty-five medals and numerous other prizes in public contests. Ile receives extensive orders from other States. Their family con- sists of two children, Katie and Frank.

Need help finding more records? Try our genealogical records directory which has more than 1 million sources to help you more easily locate the available records.

The History of Peoria County, Illinois. Containing a history of the Northwest-history of Illinois-history of the county, its early settlement, growth, development, resources, etc., etc., Part 104

Author: Johnson & co., Chicago, pub Publication date: 1880 Publisher: Chicago : Johnson & Company Number of Pages: 932

Author: Johnson & co., Chicago, pub
Publication date: 1880
Publisher: Chicago : Johnson & Company
Number of Pages: 932