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 89

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JOHN D. SMALL, general stock of merchandise, Wilmington ; born in Find - lay, Hancock Co., Ohio, July 10, 1846 ; removed to Illinois in the spring of 1852, locating in Wilmington; in 1864, he attended school at Notre Dame, Ind., and four years later commenced business on his own account in this city, purchasing the stock of groceries owned by M. F. Blish. Married in 1868 to Lura Phelps, who was born in Lawrence, Mich .; three children by this union. Mr. Small is extensively engaged in the butter trade, having shipped over 100,000 pounds during the past year.

ROBERT C. THOMPSON (Ray & Thompson, dealers in grain, coal, live and dressed hogs), Wilmington ; born in Gallo- wayshirc, Scotland, Nov. 28, 1828; re- moved to this country in childhood with his father's family in 1833, stopping in New York City until the following spring, when they removed to Oneida Co., N. Y .; in 1853, he removed to Illinois, locating in Wilmington, his present home, and soon after engaged in boating on the Illinois and Mississippi Rivers, which he followed some five years, and then took the position of foreman for Taylor & Co, of Joliet, stone contractors; a few years later, he engaged in the grocery and provision busi- ness at Wilmington, and, in 1868, in the grain trade under the firm name of Ray & Thompson. Has served as Deputy Sheriff of Will Co. four years, Supervisor of Wilmington Tp. three years, and mcm-

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ber of the City Council six years. Mar- ried in 1856 to Miss Christie Zuell, who was born in Johnston, Fulton Co., N. Y .; one child-Sarah L. Mr. Thompson served as foreman on the mason work in the construction of Rush and Madison Strect Bridges, Chicago, using the debris of old Fort Dearborn for the abutment of the former.

DAVID C. THOMPSON, manufact- urer of carriages and farm-wagons, Wil- mington ; born in Wigtonshire, Scotland, Oct. 20, 1820 ; came to this country with his father's family in 1834, settling in Oneida Co., N. Y .; in 1850, he removed to Illinois, locating in Wilmington, his present home, and four years later engaged in his present business, in which he has continued since. Owns eighty acres of land in this county, valued at $1,500; eighty acres in Minnesota, valued at $1,000, and city property valued at $10,000. Mar- ried in 1847 to Miss Ellen Wright, who was born in England; she died in 1853; three children by this union, one living- James W. John C. died in 1849; Samuel in 1853. Was again married in 1856 to Miss Helen, daughter of H. D. Risley ; she was born in Salina, Onondaga Co., N. Y .; five children by this union, four living -Ellen E., Jesse D., Frederick W., Helen J. Minerva J. died Nov. 24, 1871.

STINSON E. TROTT (Trott & Stin- son), homeopathic physician, Wilmington ; born in Whitefield, Lincoln Co., Me., Oct. 26, 1842; he received his early education at the Maine Wesleyan Seminary, located at Readfield, Me .; in the winter of 1864 and 1865, he attended lectures at the Com- mercial Hospital and Eclectic Medical In- stitute at Cincinnati, Ohio, graduating at the Hahnemann Medical College at Chi- cago in 1867; he commenced the practice of medicine in Iroquois Co., this State, in 1866, and two years later removed to Wil- mington, his present home, where he has been in the constant practice of his profes- sion since, having also taken an active part in the business interests of the city, espe- cially in connection with the water-power, being instrumental in securing the location of the paper-mill and the adoption by the City Council of the Holly system for pro- tecting the city from fire ; elected Mayor of the city of Wilmington in March,

1877, and is the present incumbent. Mar- ried in 1873 to Miss Augusta J. Swart- hout, who was born in Romulus, Seneca Co., N. Y .; one child by this union-Jo- sephine.

EDWIN RUTHVEN WILLARD, physician and surgeon, Wilmington ; born in Aurora, Erie Co., N. Y., Aug. 29, 1829 ; his father, Samuel Willard, was the son of Nathaniel Willard, of Lancas- ter, Mass. ; he received his education at Fowler's and McElvane's seminaries, in the States of New York and Michigan, and commenced the study of medicine in the office of Samuel Niles, M. D., in 1848 ; attended Rush Medical College, Chicago, graduating at that institution in 1852, lo- cating at Wilmington, his present homc, the same year. Served as Vice President of Will Co. Medical Society in 1861, Sec- retary in 1865, President in 1876 and member of the Board of Censors of the same; he is also a member of the Illinois State Medical Society and the American Medical Association ; his contributions to medical literature consist of papers on " Puerperal Fever," "Inversion of the Uterus," " Extraordinary Surgical Cases," " Perineal Section," " Placenta Prævia,"

" Diphtheria," etc .; he has also furnished the press with frequent contributions. During the war of the rebellion he was Surgeon of the 13th I. V. C .; held also the different positions of brigade, division. and post surgeon ; he continued in active service in the medical department until after the close of the war, and during his. term of service was at the following bat- tles : Shiloh, siege of Vicksburg, Bayou Metre, Austin, Little Rock, Benton, Batesville. Pine Bluff, Arkadelphia, Oko- lona, Little Missouri River, Prairie de Ann, Camden, Jenkins' Ferry, Cross Roads, Mount Elba, Douglas Landing and Monticello. Served as Supervisor in 1866 -67, School Inspector several terms and member of the City Council in 1866-67. In 1868, he engaged in the drug business, under the firm name of Willard & Fox, and, the following year, purchased his part- ner's interest; owns 315 acres of land, valued at $15,750, and city property val- ued at $10,000. Married Sept. 27, 1853, to Miss Ann McIntosh, who was born in New York ; five children by this union- George E., now practicing medicine in the

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city of Chicago ; Eugene S., Marcia G. | May, 1863; served as Chief Hospital A., Samuel and Daniel McI. The Doctor has been in the constant practice of his profession in this vicinity since 1852.

ANDREW D. WRIGHT, dry goods, Wilmington ; born near Edinburgh, Scot- land, Aug. 6, 1833, but removed to Can- ' ada in early childhood, with his parents ; in 1858, he came to Illinois, locating at Chicago, where for a time he was employed as clerk in the wholesale and retail establish- ment of Potter Palmer; in 1861, he removed to Elgin, Kane Co., and engaged in the dry goods business, under the firm name of Wright & Martin ; some two years later, he sold his interest in the store to his partner, and afterward was engaged in business at Seneca, La Salle Co., under the firm name of Wright & Duck; rc- moved to Wilmington in 1868, and en- gaged in his present business. Married in 1863 to Miss Susanna B. H. Duck, who was born near Naperville, Ill .; four chil- dren by this union-Archibald D., Mabel J., Lottie L. and Georgie L.

CHARLES M. WILLARD, Wilming- ton ; born in Friendship, Allegany Co., N. Y., Aug. 25, 1820, where he resided until 1859, then removing to Steuben Co., Ind. ; while a resident of the State of New York, he followed teaching for many years ; in March, 1869, he came to this State, locating at Wilmington, engaging as clerk in the drug store of E. W. Willard for several years. Mr. W. is a member of Will Lodge, No. 301, I. O. O. F.

ERASTUS W. WILLARD, druggist, books and stationery, Wilmington ; born in Allegany Co., N. Y., Oct. 22, 1838; re- moved to Illinois in January, 1856, locat- ing at Wilmington, where he engaged as clerk in thé drug store of Dr. Matthew J. Johnson ; this was the first store of its kind established in the city ; Mr. Willard's. present store contains a part of the furni- ture and fixtures of the former establish- ment, and, as a relic of former days, has in his possession a druggist's show-bottle, first owned by Dr. Bowen, and then by Henderson & Stewart, from whom he pur- chased it and its contents, the latter said to have been manufactured at Alden's dis- tillery, and the age now not less than 30 years. In 1860, he returned to his native State, and enlisted in the 23d N. Y. V. I., in April, 1861, remaining in the army till

Steward at Falls Church, Va., and after the army moved to other points, he was commissioned First Lieutenant in the 78th N. Y. V. I., but did not muster; in May, 1863, he was appointed Enrolling Officer, and during the following months enrolled the township of Friendship, Allegany Co .; returned to Illinois in September, 1863, and enlisted in the 138th Ill. V. I. the following April; commissioned First Lieutenant June 21, 1864. Engaged in his present business in 1865, and, two years. later, built the store he now occupies. Married in 1871 to Miss Jessie R., daughter of Dr. Daniel and Jessie Duck; she was born near London, England ; two children. -Francis D. and Erastus J. Mr. Willard is a member of the following Masonic- bodies : Wilmington Lodge, No. 208, Wilmington Chapter, No. 142, and Joliet Commandery No. 4.

JAMES WHITTEN, Cashier of the. First National Bank, Wilmington; born in Canada May 2, 1829, and is a son of Andrew and Janet (McPhee) Whitten, both natives of Scotland, the former born Jan. 12, 1801, and the latter Dec. 13, 1803; they left Scotland May 21, 1821, and located to Canada the same year ; the removal of the family to Illinois was in 1838, locating first in Dresden, Grundy Co., thence to Wilmington in 1841 ; the subject of this sketch, together with his brother, John Whitten, J. W. Stewart, and others- from this place, made the overland trip to California; they were afterward joined by a company from Joliet, but became sepa- rated from both the Wilmington and Jolict companies, making the last four to six weeks of the journey alone, reaching the Pacific Slope in 1850; he spent about two years in the mining districts of California before his return; for several years he was. engaged in · merchandising and farming prior to the opening of the First National Bank of Wilmington, which was organized in 1863, and commenced business the fol- lowing year, at which time he became Cashier, and has since held the position. Owns 680 acres of coal lands, valued at $68,000 ; 500 acres of farm lands, valued at $30,000, and city property valued at $20,000.

ABNER WRIGHT, stone and brick mason, Wilmington ; born in Steuben Co.,

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N. Y., Dec. 27, 1812, afterward residing in Livingston Co., that State, for several years prior to his coming West; in 1836, he came to Illinois, Wilmington being his first location, which he reached in Deeem- ber of that year. Mr. Wright has been engaged in his present business for the

most part since his residence here, a period of forty-two years, and in a greater portion of the buildings in this city he can see his handiwork. Owns forty acres of land in Custer Tp., this county, valued at $1,000; also city property in Wilmington.

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THOMAS BURNET, farmer ; P. O. Tamarack ; was born in Scotland in 1811, and is the son of James Burnet, a wcaver by trade ; Mr. Burnet, at the age of 12, commenced to learn his trade-weaver ; this business he followed while in Scot- land ; in 1834, he emigrated to America ; he first stopped in Saratoga Co., N. Y .; here he remained about one and a half years, then West to Michigan and thence to Connecticut; from Connecticut he re- turned to New York, and, in 1852, he came West and settled in Will Co., Ill. ; here he has remained ever since. Mr. Burnet is one of the deacons in the Union Scotch Church in Wheatland. Married Miss M. Willie, of Ayrshire, Scotland, by whom they have three children. Mr. Burnet owns 105 acres of improved land. He was the cause of naming Tamarack, as, when he came West, he brought some tamarack trees. with him; these were planted, and the present post office Tama- raek derived its name from these'trees.

WARREN W.BOUGHTON,deceased, Wheatland Tp .; the subject of this sketeh was among the first settlers of Wheatland Tp .; was born in Genesee Co., N. Y., Feb. 10, 1817, and was the son of Orris and Sibyl Ann (Newel) Boughton, who emigrated West, with six children, to Illi- nois, and settled in Wheatland Tp., Will Co., May, 1842; here they set out in farming. Orris Boughton died in August, 1843, at 61 years of age; his wife, Sibyl Ann, died in February, 1860. Mr. War- ren W. Boughton married Mary Scott, born in Geauga Co., Ohio, Jan. 9, 1822. Mr. Boughton, in 1850, started for the gold-field of California, and died on his way, leaving a wife and two children- Newel J., who was a soldier in the late war; enlisted (1861) in Co. L, Boulton's

Battery, and served until the close of the war; was honorably discharged ; he died in 1876. William D. is working on the old homestead, engaged in farming; was born in Wheatland Tp., Will Co., Ill., Fcb. 28, 1846. Married Miss Emma J. Boardman, daughter of Franklin and Mina (Bates) Boardman, who settled in Will Co. in 1844.

JAMES BARCLAY, farmer ; P. O. East Wheatland ; was born in Ayrshire, Scotland, July 16, 1820, and is the son of Andrew Barclay, a weaver by trade; Mr. Barclay learned the trade of weaver, and was foreman in a weaving department ; in 1856, he emigrated to America, and came direct to Will Co., Ill. ; here he has re- sided ever since, engaged in farming. He married Miss Rachel McMicken, of Scot- land. Member of the United Presbyterian Church.

FRANKLIN BOARDMAN, farmer ; P. O. East Wheatland; this gentleman is one of the best known farmers in Wheat- land Tp .; was born in Colchester, Vt., March 15, 1818, and is the son of Amos and Harriett (Ames) Boardman ; father was born in Burlington, Vt., October, 1789 ; was a farmer, and also engaged in the lumber business ; was a soldier of the war of 1812 ; he died March 17, 1877 ; mother was born in Vermont July 22, 1791; dicd July 29, 1846. Mr. Board- man was raised on his father's farm; in 1844, he emigrated West, via canal and lake, to Chicago; thence by wagon and team to Will Co .; he first lived with his uncle two years; then to the present homestead ; here he has remained ever since, engaged in farming. Mr. Board- man has held several offices of publie trust ; was Supervisor in 1854, 1855 and 1856; has held office as Township School Treas-

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urer since 1852; was appointed Postmas- ter at East Wheatland in about 1870. Mr. Boardman is a Republican in politics, and a member of the Baptist Church of Plain- field. He was married Sept. 2, 1842, to Mina Bates, of Colchester, Vt., daughter of George Bates, who was born in Thom- son, Conn., 1786, died about 1875, and Mary (Hine) Bates, born in Colchester, Vt., March 1, 1788; dicd in the fall of 1874. Mr. Boardman came West and landcd in Chicago, having but $33 in money; he came to Will Co .; with hard labor and good management, to-day owns a fine improved farm.

JAMES CLOW, farmer; P. O. East Wheatland; came to Will Co., in 1844; was born in Dumfriesshire, Scotland.

AUGUSTUS B. COTTON, farmer ; P. O. East Wheatland; Justice of the Peacc; was born in Isle of Wight, Eng., Sept. 14, 1828, and is the son of William and Jane (Brett) Cotton, who emigrated to America in 1841, with four children ; came direct to Will Co., Ill., and settled in Plainfield; here they remained until 1843; then to Wheatland Tp. William Cotton was born in Fresh Water, Isle of Wight, Sept. 28, 1790; his wife, Jane Cotton, was born May 15, 1798; they returned to England, and father died at Plymouth, Eng., October, 1870; mother died at Leamington, Eng., May, 1870. The children are Caroline (married E. Clark), born Jan. 12, 1818, died in the fall of 1853; John, born April 16, 1824, died in February, 1842; Cornelius, born Jan. 21, 1838, died in September, 1854; Will- iam, born July 6, 1840, and Augustus B., who married Georgianna Robins, of En- gland, daughter of James and Sarah Rob- ins ; came to Will Co. in September, 1843; parents both dead.

DETMAR DELIUS, farmer; P. O. Aurora; was born in Germany May 12, 1812, and is the son of William Delius. Mr. Delius emigrated to America, and landed in New York City in 1852; he came West and settled near Naperville, Ill .; then to the present farm; he owns eighty acres here; he and his brother William have been engaged in farming; his brother William is now dead, having died in August, 1878.

GEORGE W. DAVIS, farmer; P. O. Aurora. The subject of this sketch was

born in Rutland Co., Vt., and is the son of Jonathan and Jerusha (Lochlin) Davis, who, in 1842, emigrated West and settled in Wheatland Tp., Will Co., Ill .; herc they lived until their death. Jona- than Davis was a soldier in the war of 1812, died Jan. 10, 1850, aged 64 years and 6 months ; Jerusha Davis died Fcb. 9, 1850, aged 61 years ; they came to this country very poor ; they first settled near what is now known as the Vermont School- house, which was erected by the settlers from Vermont, in about 1847. Mr. Davis is the only male that is left in the neigh- borhood out of a large settlement that set- tled in here from Vermont; he has been engaged in farming and at his trade, wag- on-making, in Will and Grundy Counties. To-day owns a fine improved farm of 160 acres of land. Married in 1847, to Miss Harriet Curtis, of Vermont, daughter of Thaddeus and Charlotte (Kimble) Curtis, of New Hampshire; have ten children.

DAVID DAGUE, farmer and stock- raiser ; P. O. East Wheatland; was born in Washington Co., Penn., Feb. 9, 1826 ; son of Jacob and Catharine (Belman) Dague; father was a farmer, now living in Wayne Co., Ohio, having emigrated therc when Mr. Dague was but 6 years old ; here Mr. Dague remained until he came to Will Co., Ill., April 15, 1854; here he has remained ever since, engaged in farm- ing and stock-raising, having brought to Wheatland Tp., the first Jersey stock ; this he is engaged in breeding for dairy stock; owns 140 acres of fine, im- proved land, and ranks as one of the lead- ing farmers of Will County. Married Miss C. Grill, of Pennsylvania, by whom he has had five children, three living.

JOHN EICHELBERGER, farmer ; P. O. Naperville; this gentleman was born in Lancaster Co., Penn., Dec. 21, 1814, and is the son of George Eichelberger, of Lancaster Co., Penn., who was a farmer here; Mr. Eichelberger was brought up on a farm and farmed it through life ; in 1848, he came West to Illinois and pur- chascd fifty-four acres of land, paying $200 for the same ; he returned East, and, in 1852, with his wife and two children, came to Will Co., Ill., and settled in Wheatland Tp .; here he has remained ever since ; been engaged in farming, and, with hard labor and good management, to-day

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owns a fine, improved farm, 276 acres. He married Susan Hembright, of Lancas- ter Co., Penn.

S. B. FRASER, farmer ; P. O. Plain- field'; this gentleman was born in Sullivan County, N. Y., Sept. 24, 1832, and is the son of Robert and Elizabeth (Brown) Fraser, natives of Ireland, having emi- grated to America when they were young ; Mr. Fraser was brought up on his father's farm, and has been engaged in farming ever since; in 1847, he started West with his father and mother, but on the way his mother took sick on the lake and died in Chicago ; came to Will Co. and first settled near Plainfield, then near Lock- port, thence to Wheatland Tp. here he has remained ever since; owns to-day 160 acres of fine, improved land. Mr. Fraser married Miss Ann Brown, daughter of James Brown.

DAVID FRY, farmer; P. O. Plain- field ; was born in Wayne Co., Ohio, Dec. 7, 1850, and is the son of Jacob and Catherine (Grill) Fry, who emigrated from Pennsylvania to Ohio in 1841, then, in 1854, to Wheatland Tp., Will Co., Ill .; Mr. Fry was brought up on his father's farm, and has farmed it through life. He was married, Dec. 19, 1872, to Miss Mariah Bopp ; she was born in York Co., Penn., June 27, 1857, and is the daugh- ter of William Bopp, who was born in Saxony, Germany, in July, 1821, and Catherine (Ganserd) Bopp, born in Baden, Germany, in 1828; they emigrated to America in 1852; came to Illinois in 1864. Mr. Fry is a member of the Ger- man Lutheran Church, of which Church his father, Jacob, is one of the first members. Have three children.

JACOB FRY, farmer; P. O. Plain- field; the subject of this sketch is one of the successful farmers of Wheatland Tp .; was born in Lancaster Co., Penn., March 9, 1816, and is the son of Henry Fry, a farmer ; Mr. Fry, when he was 12 years of age, was sent out and brought up among strangers, and remained in his native State until 1841; he then emigrated West to Ohio, and settled in Wayne Co .; here he was engaged at his trade, blacksmith- ing, and remained until 1854; then came to Will Co. and settled in Wheatland Tp .; here he has remained ever since, engaged in farming. He was married to Miss

Catherine Grill, of Berks Co., Penn .; had four children; when he married, he was worth about $150 cash ; he went to work at his trade, blacksmithing, saved a little money, and invested in land, the present farm, and, with hard labor, good manage- ment and industry, to-day owns 871 acres of fine, improved land, with improvements that rank among the first of Will Co .; Mr. Fry is one of the first members of the German Lutheran Church of Wheatland Township.

SAMUEL GRILL, farmer ; P. O. Plainfield; was born in Berks Co., Penn., 1820, and is the son of Samuel and Han- nah Grill, of Pennsylvania ; his father was a farmer; Mr. Grill was brought up on his father's farm ; in 1841, he moved to Wayne Co., Ohio; here he was engaged in farming, and remained there until he came to Will Co., Ill., in 1854, and settled on the farm he now owns; when he first came here, he was worth about $3,000 ; he invested in land, and to-day is one of the successful farmers of Will Co .; owns 404 acres of fine, improved land. Married Miss L. Dague, by whom he has had eleven children, eight living.

GEORGE HERZOG, farmer; P. O. Plainfield ; was born in Baden, Germany, July 9, 1836, and is the son of George and Razan (Swenty) Herzog ; father was a farmer ; Mr. Herzog was raised on farm, and, in 1852, emigrated to America, with his parents ; they first settled in York Co., Penn .; here they were engaged in farm- ing, and, in 1858, he came to Illinois and settled in Will Co .; here he has remained ever since ; Mr. Herzog came to this county very poor, but, with hard labor and good management, owns 204 acres of land, with improvements that rank with the best in Will Co. He married in 1860 Miss Sarah Grill, of Lancaster Co., Penn., by whom he has had five children, four living. His father is now living, at the good old age of 69 years ; mother died at 52 years of age.

LEONARD HAAG, farmer; P. O. Aurora; was born in Germany Dec. 7, 1826, and is the son of Peter Haag, of Germany, a weaver by trade; in 1842, with his father, mother and family, emi- grated to America; first settled in New York State; remained there about one- and a half years, then went West to Illi-

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nois, and settled in Kendall Co .; thence to | Kane Co .; here four years ; he then, in 1869, settled on the present farm. Mr. Haag married Miss Mary Bruner, of Germany, by whom he has eight chil- dren. Mr. Haag came to the State very poor, but, with industry, he is one of the successful farmers of Wheatland Tp .; owns 280 acres of improved land.

CHARLES KINLEY, deceased ; was born in Nova Scotia, 1821, and the son of William Kinley, who was a farmer; Mr. Kinley was brought up on his father's farm, and engaged in farming through life ; he came to Will Co. about 1843, and settled on the present homestead with his father and mother and eight children; his father, William Kinley, died in Oswego, Ill., aged 84 years and 7 months; Mr. Charles Kinley was a man who was loved and honored by his fellow-men ; he died June, 1861, leaving an estate of 200 acres of land, which had been made by hard labor and good management, to his wife and five children. He married in 1849 Miss Mary Vinson, born in Prince Ed- ward Island, in 1831, daughter of Will- iam and Mary (Cory) Vinson, of En- gland, who emigrated to America 1845; now residents of Plainfield, Will Co., Ill.

DANIEL LANTZ, farmer ; P. O. Au- rora ; this gentleman was born in Erie Co., Penn., Nov. 23, 1831, and is the son of Peter and Catherine (Schelly) Lantz, of Lancaster Co., Penn. ; father was a farmer, and died in Pennsylvania, at about 53 years of age; his mother came West to Will Co., and died in 1870, at 73 years of age; Mr. Lantz was raised on a farm; he came West with inother and family, and settled in Wheatland Tp .; here they first purchased eighty acres of land, set out and commenced farming, and has been engaged in farming in Wheatland Tp. ever since ; to-day, owns a fine, improved farm of 120 acres. He married Miss Elizabeth Holdi- man, of Pennsylvania, by whom he has had ten children ; seven children living. Mr. Lantz has held several offices of public trust; was Constable some ten years ; also School Trustee. Is a member of the Evangelical Church, and is one of the Trustees of this Church.

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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 89

Author: Publication date: 1878 Publisher: Chicago : Wm. Le Baron, jr. & co. Number of Pages: 980

Author:
Publication date: 1878
Publisher: Chicago : Wm. Le Baron, jr. & co.
Number of Pages: 980