The History of Will County, Illinois : containing a history of the county a directory of its real estate owners; portraits of early settlers and prominent men; general and local statistics.history of Illinois history of the Northwest, Part 71

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Publication date: 1878
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C. W. MUNN, of Munn & Munn, at- torneys at law, Joliet ; was born in Water- loo, Wis., Dec. 30, 1848; he is the son of Col. S. W. Munn, the senior member of the firm ; in early childhood, he accompa- nied his parents to Columbus, Wis .; thence to Madison, Lake Co., Ohio, where the family resided until March, 1854, and then removed to Wilmington, Will Co., Ill., coming to Joliet in March, 1864; after receiving an English education, Mr. Munn entered the law department of the Michi- gan University, at Ann Arbor, Mich., where he graduated March 29, 1871; he had previously read law in his father's office, and was admitted to the bar Aug. 13, 1870 ; he began practice in Joliet in April, 1871, and Deo. 1, 1872, formed a partner- ship with his father, which still continues. He was married in December, 1871, to Miss Helen C. Matthews, of Joliet ; she died Sept. 26, 1872, leaving one child ---- Helen I .; he was married again Jan. 19, 1876, to Miss Lida M. Squier, of Livings- ton, Essex Co., N. Y .; they have one child-Lulu L.


T. A. MASON, dealer in lumber, man- ufacturer of sash, doors and blinds, pro- prietor of the Stone City Planing-Mill, Joliet; was born in New Hartford, Oncida Co., N. Y., March 14, 1846; he is a son of Daniel C. Mason, an extensive railroad contractor ; his grandfather, Arnold Ma- son, was one of the original contractors of the Croton Water Works in New York City ; Mr. Mason first came to Illinois in the spring of 1867 ; after spending a few months in Chicago, he returned East, and engaged in the blank-book and stationery business in Utica ; in 1870, he came to Joliet, and, with F. W. and H. B. Plant, erected the Stone City Planing-Mill, and engaged in the lumber business ; he was educated at the Utica High School and at Whitestown Seminary, N. Y. He was mar- ried Sept. 25, 1872, to Miss Elizabeth E. Caton, of Joliet, and has three children ---- Cornelia Louise, William Caton and Kit- tie Marie. Mr. Mason is at present a member of the Board of Aldermen from the Fourth Ward, being clected in April, 1877.


E. B. MASON, real estate and loans, Juliet ; was born in Ontario Co., N. Y., Nov. 20, 1826 ; in 1834, his father, Hale S. Mason, came with his family to Will


Co., and settled in Gooding's Grove, in what is now Homer Tp .: he was for a good many years Canal Collector of Lock- port; for a number of years Justice of tlic Peacc, and is now an honorcd resident of the town of Lockport. Mr. Mason con- tinued farming until the spring of 1854 ; in the fall of that year, he came to Joliet and spent the winter, removing the follow- ing spring to La Salle, Ill., where he resided for fourteen years, during eight of which he served as Postmaster of that city; returning to Joliet in 1870, he entered the abstract office of George H. Ward, and, in 1875, engaged in his present business ; he is Secretary of the Peoples' Loan and Homestead Association of Joliet, which was organized in 1874, having a capital stock of 5,000 shares of $100 each. He was married in the spring of 1850 to Miss Elizabeth C. Olney, daughter of Hiram Olncy, an early settler of Homer Tp .; she died in 1858, leaving two children, one of whom, Ella B., wife of Leonard G. Wilson, is now living. Mr. Mason was married again in 1864 to Miss Lizzie L. Miner, of Aurora, Ill.


MAJ. ROBERT W. McCLAUGHRY, Warden of the Illinois State Penitentiary, Joliet ; was born in Fountain Green, Han- cock Co., Ill., July 22, 1839 ; he remained at home on the fanın until 1856, when he entercd Monmouth College, graduating in 1860, after which he remained in the col- lege one year as Professor of Latin; rc- turning to Hancock Co. in 1861, he settled at Carthage, and engaged in editing the Carthage Republican. In response to President Lincoln's call for 300,000 men, he enlisted in August, 1862, as a private in the 118th Ill. V. I .; was chosen Cap- tain of Co. B, and in November following, was elected Major of the regiment; he participated in all the campaigns which resulted in the capture of Vicksburg in the Gulf Department in the fall of 1863, and in all the campaigns in Western Lou- isiana until June, 1864, when he was transferred to the Pay Department as Pay- master, and assigned to duty at Springfield, Ill .; he remained there until Oct. 13, 1865, when he was mustered out to accept the office of County Clerk of Hancock Co., to which he had been elected ; he lield this office until 1869; the next two years he was engaged in the stone-quarry busi-


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ness in Sonora, Hancock Co., and fur- nished the stone for the railroad bridge over the Mississippi River at Keokuk, and for the foundations of the new State Capi- tol at Springfield ; in 1871, he went to St. Louis in charge of the St. Genevieve quarries, but the following year, his health failing, he returned to Monmouth, Ill., and entered the office of Judge Glenn to attend to a portion of his business, where he remained till Aug. 1, 1874, when he was appointed to his present important and responsible position. He was married in 1862 to Miss Elizabeth C. Madden, of Monmouth, Ill., and has five children living.


THOMAS F. MORAN, assistant su- perintendent of the Joliet Gas Works ; born in the county of Roscommon, Ire- land, in 1832, where he lived until 18 years of age, when he emigrated to America, landing in New York Jan. 9, 1851, going directly to Frostburg, Md .; he was en- gaged in the mining business for two years ; from there he went to Philadelphia, where he was engaged in the Northern Liberty Gas Works for eight years, when, in 1861, he was called to fill the office of Assistant Superintendent of the Joliet Gas Works, which position he has since held during a period of seventeen years. He married in Philadelphia in 1853 to Mary Brannan ; she was born in Philadel- phia ; they have six children now living, viz .: Edward V., Mary, Michael J., Agnes, Catharine and Joseph L. Mr. Moran has held the office of Alderman in the ward in which he lives in Joliet.


JAMES H. McFARLIN, butcher and general stock dealer, Joliet ; born in Troy, Will Co., Ill., July 25, 1854, living there seven years, when he removed with his parents to Manhattan Tp., where, after ob- . taining a common-school education, he en- gaged in farming until he removed to Jol- iet, in May, 1869, when he commenced work with J. Adler at butchering, remain- ing in his employ until October, 1878, a period of nine years ; at the above date he engaged in the above business upon his own account on Chicago st., corner of Wallace st .; he is also engaged in the stock business, buying and selling largely ; having had an experience of upward of ten years in the business, his judgment in stock is considered sound and reliable.


PETER MACKIN, groceries and pro- visions, flour and feed, Joliet ; born in Armagh Co., Ireland, June 24, 1849, where he lived until 22 years of age, at- tending school in his youth ; then engaged in farming until the above age, when he emigrated to America, landing in New York March 17, 1871; coming directly West, he visited his brother at Peoria, Ill., for a short time, when he came to Will Co. and engaged with Patrick Fitzpatrick in Lockport Tp. for one year, when he came to Joliet and engaged in business with Thomas Delaney, purchasing the lot and erecting a store at No. 33 South Chicago st., where they engaged in the groceries. and provisions, flour and feed business for three years, when their store was destroyed by fire; Mr. Mackin then purchased his partner's interest and rebuilt his present store in 1876, since which time he has been doing a very successful and profitable business, which may be attributed to his strict integrity and honest dealing.


BENJAMIN L. MAYHEW, Deputy Warden of Illinois State Prison, Joliet ; born in Dennysville, Wash. Co., Me., June 16, 1822 ; his ancestors came from England in 1642, landing at Martha's Vineyard, Mass .; Mr. M. came to Boston in 1842, where he lived and worked at the trade of machinist until 1845, making one voyage at sea during this period, when he went to Cambridge, Mass, and was connected with the Cambridge Prison as guard for two years ; in 1847, he was appointed Deputy Keeper, which position he held for eleven years. On Dec. 15, 1856, Deputy Warden Galen C. Walker, of the Charlestown State Prison, was murdered in the chapel by con- vict James Magee, and upon the 29th inst. of the same month, Warden Solon H. Tenny was murdered by convict Charles D. Decatur ; the two chief officers having been murdered, Mr. Mayhew was selected to take full charge of the Charlestown State Prison, which he did with great credit for twenty-one days, till new officers were appointed, Mr. Mayhew meanwhile re- taining his old position at Cambridge; in 1858, he was appointed Deputy Warden of the Charlestown, Mass., State Prison, which office he held for ten years ; he then emigrated to Illinois, and in the year 1870, was appointed Deputy Warden of the Illi- nois State Penitentiary at Joliet, which


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position he has since held, with the excep- tion of four years' absence. Mr. Mayhew married Oct. 31, 1847, to Miss Frances J. Nickerson ; she was born in Westminster, Vt., May 23, 1821 ; they are the parents of two children now living, viz .: William B., born in Cambridge, Mass., Nov. 1, 1848, now serving his fifth year as Engi- neer in the U. S. Navy; Maria F., born in Cambridge, Mass., Jan. 11, 1857; Ed- mund L., born in Charlestown, Mass., Nov. 8, 1860, deceased.


GALLUS MULLER, chief clerk of the Illinois State Penitentiary, Joliet ; born in Switzerland, Canton of St. Gall (Wyl), June 12, 1841 ; after a collegiate education in St. Gall and Lucerne, he entered the University of Munich, Bavaria, in 1860, and attended herc one year; the next two years werc passed in Turin, Italy, when he emigrated to America in 1863, landing in New York upon the 20th of De- cember; coming directly to Chicago, he soon thereafter engaged in the music busi- ness, which he followed until 1870, when he came to Joliet as book-keeper for the Illinois State Penitentiary ; after working a short time in this capacity, he was ap- pointed chief clerk, and has held thiis office since that date, during a period of eight years, and under five different administra- tions. He was married in Chicago, in 1866, to Miss Marie De Hez ; they are the parents of four children, viz., Alice, M. Pia, Walter and Ida.


CAPT. JAMES MILLER, chief en- gineer of Illinois State Penitentiary, Joliet; born in Glasgow, Scotland, March 11, 1826, where he learned and worked at the trade .of machinist until 25 years of age, when he emigrated to America, landing in Quebec in 1852, coming directly to Morris, Grundy Co., Ill., where he engaged in the foundry and machinist business during a period of ten years ; in 1862, he raised a full com- pany of 102 men for the war, which he took to Chicago, and after remaining in Camp Douglas three months, the regiment was mustered out of service, the several companies joining other regiments ; Mr. Miller then enlisted in the U. S. navy as fireman, which position he held for three days, when he was promoted to Asst. En- ginecr, which office he held seven months, when he received his commission as Chief Engineer, and held this position for


three years until the close of the war ; Mr. M. then returned to Morris, and again engaged in the foundry and machinist busi- ness for a period of two years, when he was appointed, in 1867, as chief engineer of the Illinois State Penitentiary at Joliet, which office he still holds. Hc married in Scotland in 1852, to Miss Elizabeth A. Miller ; she was born in Scotland in 1825; they are the parents of five children- James W., John Edwin, Frank, Margaret and Lillie.


D. McCANN, deceased, farmer ; P. O. Joliet ; born in Fayette Co., Ind., Nov. 3, 1823, where he lived and followed farm- ing until 1864, when he removed to Will Co., and purchased the farm where the family now live, consisting of 250 acres of land, now valued at upward of $50 per acre; he died here Oct. 2, 1873. He married Miss Elizabeth Honnymon, of Union Co., Ind., Sept. 13,1850 ; they were the parents of six children-William W., Lycurgus C., Charlie W., Irene (died Feb. 28, 1862), Ada and Lillie B.


R. H. MAPPS, farmer and auctioneer, Sec. 24; P. O. Joliet; born in Cumber- land Co., Penn., July 12, 1819, where he worked at the cooper's trade for several ycars, when he moved to Ohio, and worked at his trade until he moved to Joliet in 1846, where he followed his trade until he purchased the farm where he now resides ; owns 136 acres of land, valued at $55 to $60 per acre. He married Miss Susanna Shoffner, a native of Ohio; they havs six children-Albert, born March 1, 1849; Levi, June 16, 1852 ; Jesse, Sept. 9, 1856, died Nov. 5, 1857 ; John W., born March 16, 1859 : Armina, Oct. 2, 1863; Lillie A., Feb. 11, 1867. Mr. Mapps has filled the offices of School Director and Trustee in his township several terms.


HON. JESSE O. NORTON, deceased, whose portrait appears in this work, was born at Bennington, Vt., Dec. 25, 1812; he entered Williams College in 1831, and graduated with honor in 1835 ; he came West after graduating, and first taught school at Whecling, Va., and afterward in Missouri ; in 1839, he came to Joliet and opened a law office ; he was first elected City Attorney ; his genial manners made him popular, and the people of his county gave him all the honors and distinction in their power; in 1846, he was elected


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County Judge, and re-elected in 1848 ; he was also elected to the State Constitutional Convention in 1848; in 1850, he was elected to the State Legislature, and in 1852, he was elected to represent this dis- trict in the Congress of the United States; during that session, he took an active part in the repeal of the Missouri Compromise, resisting that measure with all his eloquence and power; his course was approved by the people of his district, and he was re-elected in 1854; in 1857, he was elected Judge of the Circuit Court ; he was again elected to Congress in 1862, and served with honor until March 5, 1865 ; in 1866, he was ap- pointed by President Johnson District Attorney for the Northern District of Illi- nois, and removed to Chicago. He subse- quently resumed the practice of law in company with Judge J. R. Doolittle. He died Aug. 3, 1875, and his remains were interred in Oakwood. He married Miss Phobe Ann Sheldon Dec. 25, 1837, at the residence of Gov. Dunklin, Potosi, Mo .; they had seven children, four living-Mar- tin, Libbie (now Mrs. Gen. J. T. Tor- rence), Annie and Jessie (now Mrs. Wal- lace C. Barker), and three who died in infancy. Mr. Norton in youth was sober, industrious, studious and ambitious, and when he came to man's estate, in every office he was called to fill by his fellow- citizens, he performed its duties with in- dustry, promptness, ability and courtesy. There was in him a genial, affectionate and loving nature, refined, high-toned and ex- alted by a true Christian life, which those who knew him can fully appreciate. It was in his home that these virtues of the soul shone forth and made a beauty of character which no wealth can purchase and no intellectual greatness can supply.


ROBERT W. NELSON, Joliet ; born in Granville, Washington Co., N. Y., Sept. 20, 1851; at the age of 15, he moved to Schenectady, N. Y., and entered the Union School, where he remained for two years ; he then entered the dry goods store of H. Ostrom & Co., and, after a few months' stay there, obtained a situation in the drug store of A. Truax & Co., where he remained for two years ; by that time he was taken with the Western fever, and followed the advice of that astute philosopher, Horace Greeley, went West, and located in Chicago in the spring of 1871 ; here, in conjunction


with his brother, he started in the coal trade, and afterward added that of clothing; the clothing store was moved to Braid- wood in 1875 ; in 1876, he withdrew from the firm of Nelson Brothers & Barhgdt, they continuing in the coal trade in Chicago, while he continued the clothing business at Braidwood until the fall of 1877, when he closed up that business, and commenced the publication of the Joliet News.


M. B. OGDEN, M. D., homeopathic physician and surgeon, Joliet; has practiced medicine in Joliet for the past thirteen years; he is a son of Dr. S. G. Ogden, late of Cherry Valley, Ill., and who died in 1874, at the age of 75 years ; he be- longs to a family of physicians, his great- grandfather, grandfather, father, two broth- ers and some ten cousins being members of the medical profession. Dr. Ogden was born in Toronto, Province of Ontario, Oct. 24, 1834 ; he received his general educa- tion at the University of Toronto, and then pursued a medical course of three years at Ralph's Medical School in that city. In 1858, he went to Wisconsin and practiced nearly five years in Fond du Lac, where he was largely interested in flour manufact- uring; thence he removed to Rockford, Ill., and during the winter of 1863-64, attended the Hahnemann (Homeopathic) Medical College in Chicago; in 1865, he located in Joliet, where he still remains; in the winter of 1867-8, he pursued his second course of lectures at the Hahnemann Med- ical College, graduating in February, 1868. Associated with him in practice is his brother, E. J. Ogden, of Chicago, who visits Joliet once a week. Dr. Ogden was married in August, 1859, to Miss S. M. Pitcher, of Fond du Lac, Wis., and has one son-Edward C., now a student in the Hahnemann Medical College, in Chicago.


HON. BENJAMIN OLIN, attorney at law, Joliet; was born in Allegany Co., N. Y., Aug. 12, 1838; when he was quite young, his parents came West, and settled in La Salle Co., afterward removing into Kendall Co .; after receiving an English education, he spent awhile in Beloit Col- lege, and then entered the law office of Messrs. Gray & Bushnell in Ottawa, Ill., afterward continuing his studies with John Cruthers, Esq., of Oswego, Kendall Co. On the breaking-out of the war in April, 1861, he assisted in enrolling Co. K, 20th


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I. V. I. ; was clected First Lieutenant, and served about a year, when he was obliged to resign owing to ill health ; returning, he spent some time in Colorado recruiting his health, after which he reviewed his law studies in the office of Mather, Taft & Bates in Chicago. He was admitted to the bar in the winter of 1862-63, and began the active practice of his profession in Morris, Ill .; he afterward formed a partnership with Hon. Perry A. Armstrong, of that place, which continued until the removal of Judge Olin to Joliet in 1870. While in Morris, he served as Alderman and School Inspector. About a year after coming to Joliet, he entered into copartnership with Capt. Egbert Phelps, which lasted until 1873, when he was elected County Judge, and in 1877, was re-elected for another term of four years. He has held the office of School Inspector in this city, and has been a member of the Board of Directors of the Joliet Public Library since its organiza- tion in 1875. He was married in Septem- ber, 1865, to Miss Julia A. Schauber, of Schenectady, N. Y.


C. C. OLNEY, manufacturer and dealer in marble and granite monuments, tomb- stones, etc., Joliet ; was born in Perry, Genesee Co., N. Y., June 15, 1833 ; he is a son of Hiram Olney, who came to Will Co. in the fall of 1835, and settled in what is now Homer Tp., and who afterward re- moved to Manhattan Tp., where he now resides at the age of 78 years. Mr. Olney remained at home until he was 19 years of age, and then came to Joliet and began working at the marble-cutter's trade, which has been his business ever since ; he is there- fore, the oldest marble dealer now in Joliet, having followed the business either for himself or in the employ of others for the past twenty-six years. His business is not confined to Will Co., but extends into Cook, Iroquois, Livingston, Grundy, Ken- dall, Kankakee and Du Page Cos., Ill., and Lake Co., Ind. He was married in Jan- uary, 1868.


J. L. O'DONNELL. of the firm of Haley & Donnell, attorneys at law, Joliet ; is a native of the State of Illinois ; he was born in La Salle Co. Aug. 10, 1849,; hc was educated in St. Mary's College, Niagara Falls, N. Y .; after which he rcad law in the office of Glover, Cook & Campbell, of Ottawa, Ill., and with Mayo & Widmer, of


the same place. Hc was admitted to the bar in Springfield, Ill., in January, 1874, and the 1st of August following, formed a law partnership with P. C. Haley, Esq., which still continues. He was married on the 19th of September, 1877, to Miss M. C. Edgerly, of Putnam Co., Ill.


A. A. OSGOOD, real estate and loans, Joliet ; is a native of Joliet; he was born. Sept. 29, 1839. His father, Hon. Uri Osgood, came to Joliet in 1836, from Oxford, Chenango Co., N. Y., where he was born Dec. 22, 1809; he studied law with Hon. Henry R. Mygatt, of his native town, taking a seven-years course, and at once came West, stopping in Chicago long enough to obtain his license to practice in this State, and then settled in Joliet, where he was a prominent and wealthy citizen and a leading attorney for thirty-five years. He at one time purchased all of Jefferson st., from Ottawa st. to the river for two black horses and $50 in money. He es- tablished the first bank in Joliet about 1850, which he continued until 1861; in 1852, he was elected to the State Senate, serving two years, and in 1856, was a can- didate for Congress against the Hon. Owen Lovejoy. He also held various offices of trust and responsibility in this city and county, among them that of District At- torney. He died in 1871, leaving a wifc and five children, of whom Augustus A. is the oldest. He was educated at Russell's Military Institute, and at Yale College. In 1861, he enlisted in the 100th Ill. V. I., and was elected First Lieutenant of Co. B .; served as Aide-de-camp on Gen. Has- kell's staff, and after the battle of Stone River, he resigned owing to ill health. After spending a few weeks at home he entered the Quartermaster's Department under Capt J. M. Huntington, and three months later was made Chief Clerk under Capt. G. M. Smith, Chief Quartermaster of the Cavalry Corps of East Tennessee ; he afterward held the same position with Capt. Thos. D. Fitch, Chief Quartermas- ter of the Department of Kentucky, re- maining till the close of the war. He afterward read law in his father's officc; was admitted to the bar Oct. 29, 1868, and practiced with his father until the death of the latter in 1871. In 1873, he purchased the insurance business of W. W. Stevens, which he continued till September, 1877,


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since which time he has been engaged in the real estate and loan business. .


F. W. PLANT, of the firm of Mason & Plant, lumber dealers, manufacurers of sash, doors and blinds, and proprietors of the Stone City Planing-Mill, Joliet ; was born in Utica, N. Y., Sept. 13, 1843. His father, James Plant, was one of the earliest settlers of that city, and, at his death, in 1859, left but two older settlers than himself; he was from Brandford, Conn .; he left two children-one daughter, now living in Ottawa, Ill., and one son, Francis W. He prepared for college in the Utica Academy, and, in 1860, entered Hamilton College, Clinton, N. Y., gradu- ating in 1864 ; he then entered the em- ploy of the Oneida Bank, in his native town, and shortly afterward engaged in the book and stationery business; in 1871, he came to Joliet, and with F. A. Mason and H. B. Plant, established the lumber firm of Mason & Plant; they erected their storehouse on Des Plaines street, and the Stone City Planing-Mill, a two- story building, on Joliet street, and are undoubtedly the heaviest lumber deal- ers in the city ; Mr. Plant is a Director and Treasurer of the Peo- ple's Loan and Homestead Association of Joliet. He was married Oct. 16, 1867, to Miss Lizzie Mcrle, of Brooklyn, L. I., and has four children-Helen M., Laura M., Grace M. and James. M.


JOHN PETTIGREW, forcman of the molding department, Joliet ; was born in New Lanark, Scotland, March 2, 1842 ; at the age of 17 years, he went to his trade, in Glasgow, working under in- structions seven years ; Sept. 12, 1866, he emigrated to America, first settling in Chicago, where he labored for Carlisle, Mason & Co., for a period of five years ; in May, 1871, he came to Joliet, and en- tered the employ of the Joliet Iron and Steel Co .; during the latter part of 1873 and the first part of 1874, he worked at Marseilles and Rockford, and, on the re- opening of the Joliet works, in October, 1874, he returned, and was employed as forcman in the molding department-his present position. He was married in 1864 to Agnes Robertson, a native of New Lanark, Scotland ; has six children-John, Jane, Thomas, Charles, Agnes and William.


CHARLES PETTIGREW, master mechanic, Joliet ; was born in New Lan- ark, Scotland, Feb. 4, 1844; in 1862, he went to his trade, in the Scotland Strect Iron Works, at Glasgow ; here he served an apprenticeship of five years ; in May, 1867, he emigrated to America, first set- tling in Chicago, where he was employed as machinist in the Excelsior Iron Works ; in 1870, he came to Joliet, and was em- ployed as machinist two years; next, he was foreman in the machine-shops eighteen months; in August, 1873, he took his present position, that of master mechanic in the Joliet Steel and Iron Works. He was married in 1868, to Agnes Cameron, a native of New Lanark, Scotland ; they have three daughters-Edith S., Agnes M., and Clara B.




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