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Janes Pliny S. news depot, post-office.
Janes Robert L. 68 N. 8th.
Janner M. stone mason, 808 Kentucky.
Janning Herman, laborer, 717 Adams.
Janning Joseph, laborer, 816 Kentucky.
Jansen Mrs. F. W. widow, 517 Jersey.
Jansen Fred G. cor. 12th and Jersey.
Jansen H. E. clerk, 272 S. 7th.
Jansen Henry H. attorney at law, cor. 6th and Elm.
Jansen Henry, cooper, 314 Ohio.
Jansen Herman, laborer, 1244 Vermont.
Jansen Matthew, tobacco, 241 S. 9th.
Jansen Richard, secy. German Ins. Co. cor. 3d and Kentucky.
Jansen & Simon, blacksmiths, 27 N. 10th.
JANSSEN REV. JOHN, pastor of St. Boniface (German) Catholic Church in Quincy, and Vicar General of the Diocese of Alton.
JARAND FRITZ CHRIS- TIAN, saloon, northwest corner 6th and Hampshire; residence, State bet. 12th and 14th. He was born in Gandersheim, Herzog- thum Braunschweig, Europe, March 19th, 1825; came to the United States, landing at New Orleans Jan. 1st, 1848, from thence to St. Louis, Mo., and came to Madison, Ill., in 1853, and to Quincy Aug. 9th, 1856; married Anna Amalia Louisa Bergfeld in St. Louis, Mo. March 17th, 1850. She was born in Burgsteinfurt, Westphalia, Europe, Dec. 26th, 1831, and died at Quincy, Ill., Jan. 22d, 1870. Seven children: Scharlotte Virginia Henriette, born Oct. 6th, 1852; Amalia Chris- tina Friederika, born March 25th, 1854; Alexander Jacob, born Nov. 17th, 1856; Elisabet, born March 27th, 1858; Elisabet Maria, born Oct. 9th, 1861; Klara Emilie, born April 23d, 1863; and Katharina Doris, born Dec. 10th, 1864. Religion, Lutheran.
Is a member of the A. F. & A. M., U. A. O. D., Haragari, and Widows and Orphans' Aid Society. Has been in business since he came to Quincy.
JARRETT JAMES, ice and wood merchant; office, 7 Front; residence, 219 Jersey; is the son of James and Mary T. (Towert) Jarrett; was born in Dumbarton- shire, Scotland, Nov. 14th, 1837; was bap- tised in the Old School Presbyterian Church; came to the United States and settled in St. Louis in 1843, where he learned the ma- chinist's trade; came to Quincy in April, 1857, and engaged in his present business with a very limited capital. Persevering in- dustry and business integrity have yielded their legitimate fruits in a steady, substantial growth, until he sold, in 1878, 13,000 tons of ice and 1,200 cords of wood. His ice-houses are furnished with the most approved ma_ chinery, and have a capacity of 24,000 tons. He married Anna M. Bywater, youngest daughter of W. B. Bywater, of Ellington township, June 30, 1863. She was born in Wales in 1839. They have had eight child- ren, six living: Jessie L. (deceased), James, Anna S., Mary T., Henry W. (deceased) Agnes and Susan (twins), and Tillie Jarrett. Mr. and Mrs. J. are connected with the Epis- copal Church. He filled the position of Harbor Master six years ; is a member of the I. O. O. F., Lodge No. 12, and of Allen En- campment, Quincy. His estate is estimated at $75,000:
Jasper George, teller 1st Nat. Bank. 325 Vermont.
JASPER THOMAS, retired; resi- dence, corner 6th and Broadway; was born in Pulaski county, Ky., in 1812; located in this city in 1837; went clerking in a grocery store; was soon appointed constable, served five years ; was elected sheriff and served two years. He then embarked in the mercantile business in 1845; married Mary A. Frazer in 1843. She was born in Bourbon county, Ky., in 1821. Four children : George F., Mary L., Henry, and John. Mrs. Jasper died Dec. 15, 1869. He is a Democrat. He has been Alderman several terms, and Mayor of Quincy one year. He holds a large amount of stock in the Q., M. & P. R. R. Co., and is a director. He also held stock in the 1st Na- tional Bank of Quincy.
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Jochem Nicholas, harness maker, 1127 Broadway. Jochem Peter, cor. 22d and Broadway.
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Johannes Anton, farmer, 214 N. 12th.
Johannes Clements, laborer, 1124 Maine. John Mrs. Susanna, widow, 414 N. 5th.
JOHNSON C. H., billiard parlor, northwest corner 6th and Maine; residence, 92 S. Sth; born in Sweden in 1843; came to the United States with his mother and brothers in 1852, and located on a farm in Payson ; went to Galesburg in 1866; was in the grocery business, and located in Quincy in 1876. He has the largest and most thor- oughly equipped billiard hall in the West,not excepting Chicago. IIe has thirteeen elegant tables, floor carpeted, walls decorated with fine engravings and paintings, with all the other requisite accompaniments. It is really the "Gem of the West."
Johnson Mrs. Ellen, 160 N. 10th.
Johnson Mrs. Francis, Elm e of 8th.
Johnson Fred. blacksmith, 11th s of Jersey.
Johnson John, laborer, 1023 Jersey.
Johnson Mrs. Victoria, 1004 Maine.
Jones Frank, carpenter, 9th bet. Vine and Elm.
Jones Frank W., Vermont, bet. 15th and 16th.
Jones Mrs. Ophelia, widow, cor. 9th and Chestnut. Jones Wm. C., stoves, etc., 1000 Maine.
Joseph A. C., miller. 426 Spring.
Joseph Caspar, 222 Spring.
Joseph Martin, 628 Spring.
JOSEPH THOMAS J., foreman in W. T. & E. A. Rogers' wagon factory ; residence, 213 North 6th street; born in Muskingum county, Ohio, May 1, 1831; located in Van Buren county, Ia., in 1852, and in Quincy, June, 1854, and worked at his trade of wagon maker; married Miss Mary A. McAllister in 1866. She was born in Tennessee in 1830; attends the M. E. Church. Republican. He is a member of the Mason and Odd Fellows' Orders. Hc enlisted in the 151st Regt. Ill. Inf., Co. H, Feb. 16, 1865, as Orderly Sergeant; was mustered out Jan. 24, 1866, at Columbus, Ga. He has had mechanical control of the Rogers Manufactory since 1872.
JOSEPH & NELKE, wholesale and retail dry goods, etc., northwest corner of 4th and Hampshire streets.
Judd Henry B. bakery, 1103 Broadway. Julfs John HI. salesman, Ohio bet. 10th and 11th.
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Kaempen E. C. carpenter. Payson ave. e of 11th. Kaesser Gustav, jeweler, 928 Jersey.
Kaiser Adams, tobacconist, Van. Buren, e of 5th. Kaiser Florian, watchman, 512 Jackson.
KAISER HEINRICH, butcher, Ohio street, between 9th and 10th ; residence, same; born in Eisennach, Grosz-Herzagthum, Saxen Wimar, Europe, Jan. 10, 1834, and emi- grated to America, reaching New York City in 1864, going from there to Morris, Grundy county, Ill .; from thence to Quincy, in 1865. He married Miss Emelia Ehler at Quincy, in 1866. She was born in New York City in 1847. Three children : Lizzie, born Oct. 25, 1867; Francisca, born Oct. 22, 1869, and Heinrich, born May 4, 1876. Religion, Luth- eran. Was in the 8th Co., 2d Regt. of Inf., stationed at Eisennach, Europe, from 1855 till 1857. Real and personal property estimated at $2,000.
Kaiser Jacob, farmer, 133 Vermont. Kaiser Joseph, teamster, cor Sth and Harrison.
KAISER LAMBERT. wine berg und landwirth, corner of 8th and Har- rison streets. He was born in Mingolsheim, Baden, Europe, Sept. 15, 1824, and emigrated to. America via New Orleans, March 19, 1851, coming to Quincy, Ill., June 1851; married Miss Elizabeth Greulích, in Min- golsheim, Europe, Feb. 22, 1851; adopted three orphan children: Anton Settlemeyer, now aged thirty-one years; Theresa Set- tlemeyer, aged twenty-eight years, and Joseph Frey, aged nineteen years. Religion Catholic. Is a member of Herman Lodge No. 39, A. F. & A. M., of Quincy, Ill., Quincy Lodge No. 12, I. O. O. F., the Leid- erantz Society, and is a member of the Brewers' and Distillers Association. Real and personal property valued at $18,000.
KAISER PHILIP. flour and feed store, 730 South 8th street, cor. Ohio; residence, same. He was born in Mackebach, Bairen, Europe, June 15, 1832, and came to America, arriving at New York with his pa- rents in 1849; then went to Marion City, Mo., where his mother died in Sept. 1849, and came to Quincy in 1850, working for Mr. Rogers seven years, at the blacksmith trade. He married Miss Maria Hartung, at Quincy, June 2, 1856. She was born in Saxony, Europe, Sept. 22, 1830, and came to the United States with her parents in 1849. Five children : Freddie, born June 16, 1862; Leon- ard, born March 12, 1866; Albert, born Aug. 7, 1869; Walter, born Jan. 29, 1872, and Emma, born Sept. 23, 1874. Religion, Lutheran. Politics, Republican. Was elected
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Alderman of the 14th ward in 1879. Is a mem- ber of the Protestant Widows and Orphans' Society of Quincy. Property, real and per- sonal estimated at $3,000.
Kaiser Wendelin, groceries, etc., 723 State. Kalb Dr. A. J. patent medicines, 1214 Broadway. Kalmer Henry, chair maker, 22, N. 10th.
KALMER HERMAN, groceries and liquors; Broadway between 12th and 14th streets; born in Hanover, Germany, in 1836; came to the United States in 1864, and located in Quincy ; married Mary Lucering in 1866. They have two children: Mary and Francis. They are members of the Catholic Church. He is a Democrat. He has been in business since 1876, and has erected a substantial store and dwelling, in which he lives and carries on business. He is one of our most enterprising German- American citizens, possessed of energy, per- severance, good business ability, and gen- erous liberality. .
Kaltonbach Martin, cooper, 717 State.
KALTZ ADOLPH, grocery, corner of 5th and Kentucky; residence, same; born in Warsaw, Poland, in 1809; came to the United States in 1832, and located in Baltimore, Md .; went to York county, Pa., same year, and came to Quincy in 1834. He married Julien Delabar in 1840. She was born in Baden in 1816. Their children are: Amelia, Louisa, Andrew and Julian. Are Catholics. He is a Democrat; was in busi- ness in 1850; sold out in 1861; commenced again in 1865; sold out again in 1868, and built his present house (store and residence), where he commenced business again in 1873, which he has continued successfully since. He is an old resident and an honest dealer- the only first-class store in that neighbor- hood.
Kamp Thomas, laborer, 1006 Elm.
Kampling Herman, laborer, 1128;Adams. Karfine Mrs. Catharina, 30 S. 7th.
Kastner Mrs. Katrina, widow, 937 Hampshire.
KASTNER LOUIS, grocer, 934 Maine street; residence, same; born in Baden in 1817, and came to the United States in 1858; married Frances Bachler in 1845. She was born in same place in 1823. They had four children, one of whom died in Europe and three died in this country. They are members of the Catholic Church. He is a Democrat in politics.
Kathe Henry, tailor, 68 N. 12th.
Kathe Wm. cabinet maker, 62 N. 12th.
Kathmann Clement, pork packer, cor. 20th and Spring.
Kathmann George, general store, cor. 12th and Ver- mont.
Kauder Conrad, butcher, 609 Washington. Kauder Valentine, butcher, 708 Maine.
KEATH URIAH H., Attorney at Law, corner 5th and Maine streets, was born in Morgan county, Ill., in 1831; located in Columbus, this county, in 1832, with his par- ents, and in Bear Creek settlement (now Marcelline) in 1834, and then to Keokuk coun- ty, Iowa, in 1855, where he practiced law; enlisted in the 5th Iowa Inf., Co. F, of which he was 1st Lieutenant; was mustered out, Nov. 1, 1864, as Captain of his company. He returned to this county in 1865, and re- sumed the practice of law. He married Miss Carrie Turner in 1855. She was born in this county in 1836. Their children are Clarence R. and Katie. Are members of the Unitarian Church. He is a Republican. He studied law with the Hons. Archibald Williams and C. B. Lawrence, of the Supreme Court, and was admitted to the bar by the Supreme Court, February, 1855.
Keck Adam, stone cutter, 1106 Monroe. Keck Gerhard, stone cutter, Ohio bet. 3d and 4th. Keck John, express driver, Adams e of 6th. Kegel Wm. mustard peddler, 1003 Maine. Kehlenbrink Joseph, laborer, 605 Jackson.
KEHLENBRINK FRANK H.
wine-grower, corner 15th and Adams streets ; was born in Germany Dec. 3, 1811, and re- ceived his early education in the schools of his native country. In 1829 he was married to Miss Mary Wittbrot. She was born in Germany Nov. 17, 1806. They have four children, all daughters. In 1846 he emi- grated to this country, and landed in St. Louis Jan. 1, 1847, where he lived up to 1849 and came to this city. In 1866 he pur- chased and began improving the beautiful suburban place on which he now resides. He has fifteen acres of grapes, the culture and manufacture of which occupies his en- tire time. The average production of his vineyard is about 200 barrels of wine, yearly. Democratic in politics. Member of Salem Evangelical Church.
KEIL JOHN B., Superintendent of the Atna Iron Works; residence, 438 North 5th street; born in Hesse-Darmstadt, Ger- many, in 1833; came to the United States in
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1852. He married Lena M. Gosser in 1856. She was born in Baden in 1832. They have five children : Caroline C., John G., Edward, Leona A. and John H. B. Are members of the Lutheran Church. Independent in poli- tics. Member of the I. O. O. F. He located in Quincy in 1855; learned his trade in Europe; worked eleven years in the shop of the C., B. & Q. R. R. Co., and seven years for Brown & Dimick, at steam and gas fit- ting business. He has been in his present employment since 1866. He is a man of good sense and large experience in the busi- ness.
Keim Geo. stone cutter, 4th n of Washington. Keirnan Pat. M. teamster, 176 N. 10th. Keis Jacob, carriage printer, 625 Vermont. Keis Mrs. Mary A. widow, 625 Vermont.
KELLER ANDREW,_dry goods, groceries, queensware, liquors, notions, etc., northeast corner 8th and State streets. He was born in Adams county Nov. 13, 1846. In 1865 he enlisted in Co. D, 148th Regt. Ill. Inf., serving nine months in the West- ern Department, when he was honorably discharged by reason of the war being ended. He married Miss Dora Schnellbecher May 13, 1877, at Quincy, Ill. She was born in Adams county in December 1846. One child, Lida Sophia Elizabeth Mary, born; May 21, 1878. Religion, Lutheran. Politics, Demo- crat. Property, reai and personal, not esti- mated.
Keller Mrs. Anna, 824 Kentucky. Keller George, saloon-keeper, 822 State. Keller Mrs. Julia, widow. 822 State.
Keller Levi W. ins. agt. 12th n of Locust. Keller Silas S. Farmers' Home, 900 Hampshire.
KELLER F. W., bakery and con- fectionery, 701 Washington street; residence same; was born in Oberbergen, am Kaiser's Stuhl, Baden, Europe, May 13, 1848; emi- grated to America, landing at New York July 16, 1871 ; remained there one year, then went to Central City, Col .; from there to Caribon, Boulder county, Col .; opened a boarding house, remaining one year; then went to Boulder, same county, and opened a saloon, remaining two years and three months, . On Nev. 3, 1876, himself and fam- ily came to Quincy, and shortly afterward opened a grocery store on 5th between Oak and Vine streets. He started his present store July 16, 1877; married Miss Katherina Frederica Lachenmeyer in New York City,
Feb. 8, 1872. She was born in Marbach, am Necker, Wurtemberg, Oct. 24, 1842; emi- grated to the United States, landing at New York City, November, 1871. Three children : Frederick William, born Dec. 30, 1872; Lou- isa Carolina, born Dec. 11, 1874, and Ursula Paulina, born June 19, 1876. Himself and children are Roman Catholics. His wife is Lutheran.
KELLER WILLIAM, grocery, corner 5th and State; residence, same; born in this county in 1846; married Mary Ruft in 1872. She was born in Quincy. They have one child, named William. He has been in business twelve years. His father was one of the oldest residents of Quincy.
Kellermeyer Mrs. Amanda, 716 Jackson. Kellogg F. H. dairy, 6th s of Ohio. Kelly Thomas, candy maker, 97 N. 4th
Kemmann Frank, carpenter, cor. 7th and Jackson. Kemner Theodore, Spring e of 14th.
Kemper Henry, laborer, 818 Hampshire.
KEMPF MICHAEL. saloon and restaurant, 133 Hampshire; born in Ger- many in 1832; came to the United States and located in Morris county, N. J., in 1853, and in Quincy in 1867. He married Mary A. Eberly (Garbel) in 1866. She was born in Germany in 1832. She was married before to Isaac Eberly, who enlisted in the 93d Regt. Ill. Inf. Served his time out, hut died in hospital of chronic disease contracted in the service. She has one son living by that mar- riage, David L. Eberly. Mr. Kempf was also married before to a Mrs. Egidi, who died and left two children, Mary M. and Annie E. The children of the present wife by him are William and Lula A. Mrs. Kempf lived in Princeton 14 years. They are doing a good business in their present location.
Kendall H. W. physician. 1270 Maine. Kennedy C. H. Vermont e of 14th. Kenner Mrs. A. widow, cor. 3d and Kentucky. Kents J. F. depot policeman, 622 Oak. Keogh Thos. F. boots and shoes, 134 S. 5th. Kepley Thos. L. biacksmith, 210 Spring.
KERKERING JOSEPH, cooper, 172 N. 5th; residence, 184 N. 5th; born in Prussia in 1829; came to the United States in 1845 and located in Cincinnati, Ohio; moved to Milwaukee, thence to Quincy in 1851; married Elizabeth Klumper in 1855. She was born in Prussia. They have four children : Joseph W., Elizabeth, John B.,
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and Caroline. They are members of the Catholic Church. He went into business with his father-in-law, Bernard H. Klumper, in 1859, and has continued in business since. He manufactures all kinds of slack and tight barrels. His son, Joseph William, learned the tinner's trade in Hon. L. D. White's store, and is now employed at his trade.
Kerkhoff Anton, tailor, Chestnut bet. 22d and 24th. Kerkseick Mrs. Justine, 11th s of Ohio.
. Kerns Daniel, Jaborer, cor. 2d and Chestnut.
Kersting Bernard, cooper, cor. 6th and Cherry. Kespohl Henry A. 331 Vine.
Kespohl Julius, 419 Jersey.
Kessels Bernard, brick mason, Spring e of 18th. Kessels Mrs. Mary, widow, Elm e of 6th.
Kettler Wm. boots and shoes, 1036 Broadway.
KEYES CHARLES W. Presi- dent of the Whitney & Holmes Organ Co .; office, southeast corner 5th and Maine; resi- dence, 145 N. Sth; born in this city in 1841. He is the only son of Williard Keyes (de- ceased), who located in this city in 1823. He married Mary Louisa Collins in 1866. She was born in this county in 1842. They have five children : Mary, Edward C., Charles F., Willard C., and Allen C. Members 1st Union Congregational Church. He is a Republican. He graduated in 1864, then spent a year traveling in Europe; returned and went into the wholesale drug business in 1866. He is a stockholder in the Whitney & Holmes Or- gan Co., and was elected president in 1875, having disconnected himself from the drug business in 1874.
KEYES WILLARD, one of the earliest settlers and one of the three origin- al County Commissioners of Adams county ; first came to the county in 1819, though not as a permanent resident until 1834; born Oct. 28th 1792, at Newfane, Wind- ham county, Vermont. The years of his life until manhood were passed in the hard labor of farm life, interspersed as op- portunity favored, with a few months of at- tendance at school, during each winter. These opportunities, because rare and difficult of attainment, were all the more highly appre- ciated, and resulted in the formation of tastes and habits of study that had an im- portant influence on his whole after life. In the spring of 1817, his attention was at- tracted to the advantages offered to such as were disposed to enter with energy and de- termination upon the development of the
resources of the Western country, and in June of that year, without means, and unaccom- panied save by a brave heart and a resolute de- termination to work out a future for himself, he turned his back upon his mountain home in Vermont, and began his journey toward the great West. The hardships and self-denials encountered during this journey were so great, that many another would have aban- doned the project and returned disheartened to pass an aimless life in toil upon the rug- ged Vermont hills. But his purpose once formed, his determination never wavered, and he pressed courageously forward. His course lay through the then sparsely settled regions of New York and Canada, until after many weary weeks, he reached the government frontier post at Mackinac; thence across the desolate country which now forms the great state of Wisconsin, until in the fall of the year he reached the Missis- sippi river at the Indian trading post called Prairie du Chien.
Here he passed something more than a year engaged in various pursuits, and in the fall of 1818 he joined a party formed for the purpose of passing the winter in the pineries. The early spring found him the owner of a raft of considerable proportions-the result of a hard winter's toil-and in the month of March, with one hired hand to assist in navigating his craft, he started for St. Louis. On the 10th of May, 1819, he had arrived as far south as the spot where now is situated the city of Quincy, and the natural attractions of the situation were by no means unheeded, as is proved by after events. This, the only point for many miles either above or below where the bluffs skirted the river, seemed by nature intended for a settlement of more or less importance, and when, in the following year, circumstances brought him again to this place, his first impressions were most thoroughly established.
Some two years were passed in explora- tions throughout the "military tract " in the interest of various owners of bounty lands, in which occupation a good knowledge of the government system of surveys and the principles of land surveying, made his ser- vices of peculiar value.
At this time Mr. Keyes met and formed a friendship for John Wood (since then a Governor of the state) which lasted through
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the remainder of his life. The two men had much in common-youth, energy, and am- bition-common aims and sympathies, that rendered their friendship congenial, and for half a century they watched with jealous in- terest the growth and gradual development of the settlement their hands had planted. In the spring of 1824 Mr. Keyes erected a house near the place where now stands the railroad passenger depot, and in the only room of this unpretentious struct- ure, sixteen by twenty-four feet in di- mensions, was held the first term of court and the first election held in Adams county. Here he lived and labored for almost fifty years, honored and respected as one of the founders and fathers of a large and prosperous city. With what anxious solicitude he watched the gradual growth and development of this infant settlement from a desolate wilderness to a populous city, there are now but few left to testify.
His life was marked throughout its entire course by a rare spirit of enterprise and progress, coupled with an unyielding integ- rity that won for him respect and friends from all classes with whom he came in con- tact. He possessed a quiet, unobtrusive dis- position which prompted him toshun, rather than seek for, public life and position, for which otherwise he would have been well fitted. Self-assertion was not a part of his nature. His sphere of usefulness (and it was not a restricted one) was in the walks of private life. He loved a generous and philanthropic act for its own sake and for the sake of the inward consciousness it brought of a duty fulfilled.
He was always ready to extend a helping hand to suffering and needy humanity, and the hearty " God bless you," received in re- turn for a kindly act or word, was for him a more than ample reward. This quality of heart and mind led him to feel and express a large measure of sympathy for the negro in slavery, and he was an active and out. spoken abolitionist at a time when to be such was unpopular with a large proportion of the community. A deeply religious tone pervaded his whole life, and he was for many years, and up to the close of his life, a deacon in the Congregational Church, in the establishment of which he was instru- mental at an early day. Feeling keenly his own lack of early educational advantages, it
was always his carnest wish to give to his children every facility for acquiring a lib- eral education, and he was ever found ready to give of his means and influence for the establishment and encouragement of educational institutions, both at home and abroad. He lived to see his children, one son and three daughters, all attain manhood and womanhood, and died Feb. 7, 1872, leaving behind a memory cherished and revered by all who knew him.
Kiefer Mrs. Annie M. widow, 171 N. 7th.
Kiefer Mrs. Johanna, groceries and saloon, 232 N.5th. Kiefer John, groceries, etc. 147 S. 7th.
Kiely John C. steward, 913 Jersey.
Kiely Mrs. Margaret, widow. 61 S 7th. Kientzle Anton, grocer, 907 and 909 Maine.
Killiger Edward, laborer, 630 Spring.
Killiger John. carpenter, 639 Walnut alley.
Kimes Wm. laborer, cor. 3d and Lind. Kimmel P. B. harness maker, cor. 2d and Kentucky. Kinaman Adam, engineer, 414 Spring. King Fred, molder, 5th, n of Jefferson. King Michael, teamster, 917 Payson ave. King Nelson, teamster, 257 N. 11th.
King Mrs. Susan, widow, 419 Vermont.
King Thos. laborer at gas works, 106 S. 8th.
KINGMAN LUCIUS, real estate dealer, 4th and Maine; residence, 1801 Maine; born in Plymouth county, Mass., in 1803; moved to Montgomery county, Ill., in 1835, and to Quincy in 1836, when he went into the real estate office of Robert Tillson as manager. He married Miss Letitia Holmes in 1835. She was born in Kingston, Mass., in 1806. Their children were: Lucius, Jr., born in 1841, Eugene, born in 1844, and Lucia Maria, born in 1847, the latter marry- ing John W. Rowland in 1877. Mrs. King- man died in 1845. He married Mrs, Lucy M. Starr in 1847. She was born in Connecticut. One child, Letitia M., was the fruit of this mar- riage. Mrs. Kingman is a member of the Union Congregational Church. He is a Re- publican. He has been in the real estate business on his own account since 1860. His family is of the sixth generation from the Mayflower, and the cradle that came over in that celebrated ship is an heirloom in his family now, and was exhibited at Philadel phia, at the World's Fair, in 1876.
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