The history of Ogle County, Illinois, containing a history of the county, its cities, towns, etc., a biographical directory of its citizens, war record of its volunteers in the late rebellion, general and local statistics history of the Northwest, history of Illinois etc, Part 73

Author: Kett, H. F., & Co., Chicago, pub
Publication date: 1878
Publisher: Chicago, H. F. Kett
Number of Pages: 880

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dren: Cora M., born Jan. 31, 1859; Sarah L., Feb. 22, 1869, and Mary A., May 13, 1871; Mrs. Dwight is a member of the Presbyterian Church.

Dwight H. H., R. R. agent.

E LBRIGHT GEO. W. laborer.

Elliot A. J. blacksmith.

EMERSON CHAS. F., SR., Dealer in Fruits, Vegetables, etc., Fourth St., basement of Union Block; res. on Fifth St .; was born in Keene, N. H., May 14, 1817; came to Daysville, Ogle Co., March 2. 1837; came with Jehiel Day, and clerked for him until he came to Oregon, in the Spring of 1840; in 1840 he was elected town constable, and served in that capacity eight years; was deputy sheriff two years; has been in hotel and mercan- tile business most of the time since he came to Oregon; his first wife was Henri- etta Franklin, she died in 1848; his present wife was Sarah A. Norton, of Ohio; they have had six children; lost two sons, who died in infancy : those living are: Charles F., Jr., Frank, Harry and Blanche P .; Mr. and Mrs. E. are members of the M. E. Church.

Emerson French.

ESHBACH SOLOMON J. Farmer; Sec. 1; was born in Northumberland Co., Penn., 1819; located in Niagara Co., N. Y., 1846; and in this Co. in 1850; married Sarah A. Lilly in 1846; she was born in Northumberland Co., Penn., 1827; are members of the M. E. Church ; have eleven children (one deceased) living: George L., born in 1847; Emma C., 1849; Alfred W., 1851; Walter S., 1856; Aaron S., 1859; Willis N., 1861; Frank C., 1863; Cora Ellen. 1865; Martin Luther, 1867; John P., 1870; Mr. Eshbach has been commis- sioner of highways one term, school trustee six years, supervisor four years, assessor one year; he is commissioner now; he owns 127 acres of land, worth $8,000, and another farm worth $7,000.

ETNYRE DANIEL, Farmer; Sec. 4; was born near Smithsburg, Washington Co., Md., March 29, 1817; came to Oregon May 17, 1839: he has been engaged in farming ever since he came here, living on the same land where he first settled; Mr. E. has been county treasurer, township road commissioner, and for a great many years was school director; married Mary Rice (daughter of Jacob Rice, who came to Mt. Morris in 1837) Jan. 12, 1843; her father died in April. 1870, at the age of 84 vears; Mrs. E. was born near Hagerstown, Md., Sept. 5, 1823; they have had twelve children; the living are: Lauretta, now Mrs. Henry Kauffmann; Sarah C., now Mrs. J. B. Mix; William A., John J., Lydia, Daniel E., Elizabeth, Emma, Samuel and George; lost two daughters:

Mary died in infancy, and Augusta died May 5, 1860, aged 14 years; Mr. Etnyre's father died Oct. 6, 1839, the same year he came to this place, aged 56 years.

ETNYRE ELIAS, Retired; res. cor. Fourth and Madison Sts .; born in Wash- ington Co., Md. March 15, 1815; came to Oregon May 16, 1839; engaged as carpen- ter and joiner, and farmer; his first wife was Sarah Gantz; she was born in Wash- ington Co., Md .; died in 1863; they had three children; one son living, and now attending school at Evanston; his present wife was Cecelia Hildebrand; was mar. ried Dec. 24, 1872; she was born in Wash- ington Co., Md .; had one child by this marriage: Frank, who died March 8, 1874, aged 16 months.

Etnyre John, farmer.

ETNYRE JOSIAH W. Proprietor of Bilhard Hall, Washington St., east of Third; was born in Washington Co., Md., Dec. 25, 1843; came to Rockvale, Ogle Co., in the Spring of 1864; he was engaged in farming until his removal to Oregon in 1867; engaged in present business ten years ; married Rachel Petty Oct. 17, 1873 ; she was born in Ogle Co., March 8, 1854; they have two children: Florence May, born Oct. 20, 1864, and Wm. Lawson, born Sept. 6, 1876.

Etnyre Wm. ice dealer.

Eychaner George, laborer.

Eyster Cyrus, grocery.

ETTINGER ALONZO L. of the firm of Ettinger & Artz, General Mer- chants; Washington St. corner Third; born in York Co., Pa., Sept. 23, 1840; came to Oregon in Oct., 1864; engaged in present business since 1867; served one year as Capt. Co. A., 166th Regt. Pa. V. I .; Capt. Ettinger was Mayor of Oregon in 1875 and 1876; married E. Blanche Potter, daughter of Dr. E. S. Potter, one of the old settlers of Oregon, Jan. 20, 1874; she was born in Oregon; they have one child, Alice Ida, born Feb. 10, 1876; Capt. E. and wife are members of the M. E. Church.

F AHRNEY H. B. furniture dealer.

FARREL DANIEL, Carpenter and Town Constable; res. ou Fifth St. cor. Franklin; born in Greene Co., Indiana, Dec. 16, 1837; came to Rockvale, Ogle Co., in Nov., 1841; engaged in farming until 1874; enlisted Aug. 8, 1862, in Co. G., 74th Regt. I. V. I .; mustered out June 29, 1865, having been in the service three years; Dec. 24, 1865, he married Mary A. Patrick ; she was born in Marion Tp., this Co .; they have four children: Ehzabeth J., Clark A., George W. and John J .; Mr. Farrell was Collector of Rockvale Tp. in 1867; in 1869 he removed to Iowa, where he resided until he came to Oregon in the

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Spring of 1874; he has been City Marshal here; was elected Constable in April, 1877; Mr. and Mrs. F. are Methodists.

FISH ISAAC I. Farmer and Stone Mason; Sec. 30; P. O. Grand de Tonr; owns 146 acres, probable valuation $2,000; Mr. F. was born April 2, 1833, in N. Y., and came to Ogle Co. in Feb., 1853; he lived four years in Pine Creek Tp., and then went to Missouri, where he lived three years and returned to Ogle Co .; he was married March 22, 1855, to Helen M., daughter of Mrs. Eunice Paul, of Pine Creek Tp., this Co .; Mrs. Fish was born June 12, 1831; they have three children living : Katie E., Rene I. and Annes G .; they lost one child, George W., who died Oct. 22, 1868; Mr. Fish is a Republican ; and during the War of the Rebellion en- listed in the 34th Regt. I. V. I. Sept. 7, 1861; he was engaged in the battles of Shiloh, Siege of Corinth, Liberty Gap, Kepesaw Mountain, Peach Tree Creek, Jonesboro and Savannah, Ga .; he was wounded at Kenesaw Mountain by a piece of shell and at Black River he was struck by a ball, and again at Bentonville, N. C., he received a scalp wound ; he participated in all of the engagements that his regiment took part in, and was mustered out as Sergeant July 17, 1865, at Chicago, and returned to Ogle Co., and settled in Oregon Tp. in 1867.

Flint C. P. butcher. Fluburg John, lahorer.

Foote A. C. laborer.

FORREST ALEXANDER, of the firm of A. Forrest & Co., Oat Meal Manu- facturers; mills established in Oregon in 1873; capacity of mills 150 barrels per day; employ 30 men; their shipments are made to Europe principally; Mr. Forrest was born in Scotland in June, 1846; moved to Canada in 1866; came to Rock- ford in 1872, and to Oregon in 1873; he married Martha Montgomery of Canada; they have one child, Margaret H.

Fouch Daniel, farmer. Fox F. W. painter. Fry E. H. carpenter. Fuller Abram B. laborer.

FULLER WILLIAM W. (deceased), whose portrait appears in this work, was born at Princeton, Mass., Aug. 14, 1792. and was one of five sons, all of whom were educated at home and fitted for col- lege; William graduated at Harvard in 1813, and became a member of the legal profession in 1817, where he gained con- siderable prominence; in 1838 he visited Baltimore, Washington,

and several western cities with a view to hettering his condition, and at the earnest solicitation of Judge Thomas Ford (since Governor) he came to Oregon, Ogle Co., where he took the government law practice in 1839;

his fine- mental endowments and genial manners soon gained for him fame and friends; Ang. 16, 1840, he married Miss Mary Fletcher, a lady of rare worth and loveliness; but she was spared to him only few short months, departing this life Dec. 5, 1841, and leaving a tiny helpless a babe, who soon joined her angelic mother; March 3, 1847, Mr. Fuller was again mar- ried to Miss Almira M. Robertson, .pre- ceptress of Rock River Seminary; Aug. 17, 1849, after many months of extreme suffering, he died in the faith of bis fathers, rejoicing to join his loved ones gone before.

G ALE CHARLES M. deputy circuit clerk.

GALE JAMES V. Retired Merchant; born in Concord, N. H., Nov. 2, 1806, and is a son of Benjamin and Prudence (Var- num) Gale; his father was a man of con- siderable prominence in his state and closely identified with its early history ; he lived to the ripe age of eighty.seven years; James V. Gale received his prelim- inary education in the schools of his native town, and in 1824 entered the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he remained about a year; in 1827 he went to Boston, where he was engaged as clerk in a store on Rowes' Wharf, Bos- ton; in 1831 he commenced business for himself and was engaged in the mercantile business until 1835, when he disposed of his interest ; then removed to Illinois, and in the mouth of May, 1835, located in Ogle Co. and erected the first log cabin near what is now the City of Oregon; he fol- lowed the occupation of farming until 1848, when, the town having increased considerably, he embarked in mercantile business with a partner, which they car- ried on very successfully about four years, then sold out the establishment and erected a saw mill, retiring from active mercantile pursuits; he is the oldest living resident of Oregon, and has held many responsible positions; he was first Recorder of Ogle Co. and held the office eleven years; he was also the first Justice ot the Peace (elected in 1836), and the first Public Ad- ministrator; he was Supervisor for 1853 and 1854, and also from 1858 to 1868; he was the second Postmaster of Oregon, be- ing appointed by President Harrison in 1841; held the office two years, when he was removed on account of politics, not being a "Tyler" man: in 1863 he was elected by the Republican party of his district to represent them in the State Leg. islature and acquitted himself in a credit- able manner; in 1870 Oregon became an incorporated city and he was elected its first Mayor, and served in that capacity two years ; in the same year he was elected a Director of the Chicago and Iowa Rail- way Co .; was subsequently elected Vice

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President of the Co .; he is a Director of the First National Bank of Oregon and Vice President of the same; it will be per- ceived that his has been a life of continual effort and toil, and although he is now the age of three score and ten years, he is still hale, hearty and energetic as many men who are a score of years his junior; he is fully posted in the history of Oregon and Ogle Co., having for many years kept a journal wherein he has noted the impor- tant events transpiring during that time; he was married in April, 1832, to Caroline Gibson, of N. H., and has two daughters living, the only survivors of several chil- dren : Mary Jane and Frances.

GALE JOHN V. Farmer; Sec. 4; P. O. Oregon; born in Concord, N. H., April 5, 1814; came to Oregon in March, 1836; helped to raise the first house in Ore- gon Village in the Spring of 1836; sold to Jonathan W. Jenkins the logs to build the first public house in this place; in 1849 Mr. Gale went to California with two ox teams; was accompanied by a party of five Ogle Co. meo; he was engaged in mining one year and in stock business two years; returned to Oregon in the Fall of 1851; he has been Supervisor of this Tp. the last three years; was Township Highway Com- missioner three years; married Phila U., daughter of Caleb Marshall, who came to Mt. Morris in 1836; the ceremony was per- formed at Mt. Morris May 16, 1842; she was born in Plattsburg, N. Y., July 21, 1824; they have had seven children; one son, Russell V., enlisted in Co. B, 55th I. V. I., in Nov., 1861; died at Camp Dong- las, Chicago, Dec. 12, 1861 ; the living are: Scott, Charles M., Frank B., James V., Albert S. and Frederick.

Gantz John T. furniture dealer.

GIGOUS GEORGE B. Farmer ; Sec. 6; owns 192 acres, probabie valuation $7,680; Mr. Gigous was born Nov. 4, 1845, in the place where he now resides, his father, George Gigous, having settled here in 1841 and died May 17, 1877, aged 69 years and 7 months; the subject of this sketch, however (George B. Gigous), was married Jan. 15, 1866, to Mary E., daugh- ter of William Newcomer, of Oregon Tp .; she was born Dec. 2, 1848, in Washington Co., Md .; they have two children: Alice May, born Dec. 15, 1868, and George E., born Aug. 31, 1877; Mr. Gigous is a Re- publican, and is School Director, having been elected to that office in the Spring of 1877, to serve three years.

Gilbert F. M. tinner. Goings Thomas, drayman.

GOLDSCHMIT MICHAEL,

Farmer; Sec. 17; owns 160 acres, probable valuation $3,000; Mr. Goldschmit was born Nov. 28, 1831, in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg; he was married April 11, 1858, to Margaret, daughter of John Post,

of Oregon Tp .; Mrs. G. was born May 12, 1840, in Luxembourg; they have seven children : Edward T., boru May 27, 1862; Katie L., Oct. 21, 1864; Theresa M., April 15, 1866; John M., April 20, 1868; George P., Feb. 9, 1871; Margaret A., Oct. 14, 1875, and Mary A., March 16, 1877; Mr. Goldschmit came to Ogle Co. May 1, 1863; he is a Democrat, and was School Director for three years; Mr. and Mrs. G. are mem- bers of the Catholic Church.

Gram David, stock dealer.

Graves J. H. book agent. Grim S. C. laborer. Gronewald W. J. carpenter.

Guilford W. H. merchant.

H TAGERTY J. laborer.

Hall Robert, barber. Harleman Joshua D. retired farmer. Hawthorne Joseph, deputy sheriff.

HAWTHORNE JOSEPH F. Farmer; Sec. 1; born in Washington Co., N. Y., in 1834; located in this Co. in 1840; married Fanny Rutledge Dec. 25, 1860; she was born in Waterloo Co., Upper Can- ada, in 1837; they are members of the M. E. Church; have three children : Willard F., born in 1861; Florence, 1862; Mabel, 1877; owns 30 acres of land well improved, worth $2,500.

Heck Philip, tenant farmer. Helm William, cook.

HERBERT ARTHUR F. of the firm of Herbert & Welty, Props. of Res- taurant aud dealers in Confectionery, Ci- gars, etc., Washington St., opp. Sinnissippi House; born in Oregon, Ogle Co., April 16, 1854.

Herbert John C. stone mason.

Hills Rev. B. F. Lutheran clergyman. Hills Frank, farmer.

HILL GEO. W. Capitalist; born in Charlotte, Chittenden Co., Vt., Oct. 23, 1815; came to Oregon in 1837; lived here two years, then returned to Vt., where he remained two years, then went to Cleve- land, O., where he was engaged in hotel business; was in Cleveland eleven years, then came to Oregon again; he was in grain business five years, grain and lum- ber two years; he has a large amount of valuable land in Oregon; he owns the grain elevator at the depot; is extensively interested in stock raising; he married Mary E. Merwin, of Westfield, Mass., Feb. 13, 1845; she was born in Brookfield, Conn .; they have had four children; Fred- erick Judd, died Sept. 27, 1855, aged six months; Georgianna, died April 15, 1857, aged eleven years; the names of the living are: Wm. Chittenden, born in Westfield, Mass., Nov. 27, 1856, and George Merwin, born here Jan: 20, 1859.

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Hinkle John, farmer; Sec. 1.

HINKLE MRS. REBECCA, nee

Miller, was born in Cumberland Co., Pa., in 1831 ; came to Pike Co. in 1840, and to Ogle Co. in 1850; married Edwin A. Hinkle in 1852, who was a farmer; was a Republican ; a member and Trustee of the Methodist Church, and for a number of years was School Director; he died May 1, 1875, leaving a family of nine children : John M., born Oct. 13, 1853; Walter A., Feb. 10, 1855; Sarah E., Oct. 14, 1856; Marv E., Dec. 10, 1860; Susan R., March 14, 1864; Charles W., March 16, 1866; Ed- win W., July 18, 1868; Frances, Oct. 24, 1870, and Hattie Bell, May 21, 1873; Mrs. H. was a member of the Lutheran Church, but with her husband attended the Meth- odist ; her tarm contains 187 acres, in Sec. 6, valued at $50 per acre.

Hinkle Walter, farmer; Sec. 1.

Hitchcock Charles, teamster.

Hoar James, farmer ; Sec. 1. Hoffman Fred. E., laborer. Hoffman H. P.laborer.

Hoetman Charles, laborer. Hormell C. H. carpenter.

Hormell Geo. W. county clerk.

Hormell Lewis, retired merchant. Howard Oscar, teamster.

Hunter Charles, stock buyer. Hutchinson Joseph, laborer.

TRVINE C. D. machinist.

Ites Jacob, teamster.

TACOBS PYANN, retired merchant.

JACOBS GEORGE P. Attorney-at- Law; was born in Fall River, Mass .; he first resided in Galena, and moved from there with his parents to Oregon in 1852; he graduated at Beloit College in 1857; studied law in the office of the late Henry A. Mix, and was admitted to the bar in 1860; on Feb. 23, 1863 was commissioned Commissary of Subsistence of Volunteers, with the rank of Captain, and was after- wards made a Major by hrevet, and con- tinued in the service until the close of the war: was a member of the State Senate during the Twenty-eighth and Twenty -. ninth General Assemblies ; upon expiration of his term of office he resumed the practice of the law at Oregon.

Jaynes L. R. proprietor American House. Jayne R. L. Jenkins A. teamster. Jenkins Chester, teamster. Jewett Harvey, druggist.

JEWETT THOMAS A. Druggist and Dealer in Stationery, Books, Wall

Paper, etc .: Washingtou St .; res. on Jack- son St. cor. Fifth; born in Mt. Vernon, Iowa, July 7, 1847; came to Oregon when about three years of age; he served seven months in Co. I, 140th Regt. I. V. I .; he is at present time Town Clerk; married Nancy Petty March 31, 1870; she was born in Henry Co., Ill., and is a member of the Presbyterian Church.

Johnson Charles, laborer. Johnston James W. painter.

JOHNSTON TIMOLEON OSCAR, son of Wesley and Sarah Johnston, was born at Franklin, Ionia Co., Wis., June 30, 1849, where he resided with his parents until 1851, when they removed to Peru, Ill., remaining there about seven years; in 1858 the family went to Austin, Texas, making this their abiding place for about twenty months, when they set out on their return to Ogle Co., and taking the overland route by team, cia the Indian Territory, Kansas and Missouri, and reached Polo after a tiresome journey of six weeks; the Johnston family lived in Polo about eight or nine years, where the subject of this sketch attended district and select schools a portion of the time, but, in 1861 and 1862, went to school at Sin- sinnawa, Mound College, Grant Co., Wis., a Roman Catholic institution, under the auspices of priests of the Order of St. Dominic; while there, was awarded first premium in English orthography, and second premium in English reading; for three years later he was a student at Rock River Seminary, at Mt. Morris, where he completed his studies and received a diploma, in the commercial course, and advanced to a high grade in the scientific and classical curriculum of the institu- tion ; at the age of seventeen he prevailed on his father to give him his time, as, like most youths of that age, he believed him- self fully capable of taking care of him- self, and after a six weeks' trial with, to say the least, very indifferent success, he returned to his paternal roof, a wiser man; through the good offices of his uncle, G. W. Phelps, he secured a position in the printing office of the Oregon National Guard for one year at the enormous salary of $100, he to board him- self and to draw no salary until expiration of the year. At the end of three months he quit, but was finally persuaded by his mother to return, and at the end of the year had become a first-class compositor. He then worked about three months in the office of the Ogle County Reporter for M. W. Smith, after which he attended school another term at Mt. Morris, when he went' to Iowa and found employment in the; office of The Vinton Eagle, Benton Co. Was married Dec. 30, 1869, to Miss Mary E. Shockley, of Vinton, by whom he has two children : May, aged seven years, and! Johnny, aged five years. Feb. 16, 1872, he

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returned to Oregon and bought a half in- terest in the Ogle County Reporter of W. H. Gardner, and formed a copartnership with that gentleman, and in the November following boughtout Gardner and assumed entire control of the paper, which he still retains. In 1874 he built a residence at a cost of $2,000, which, together with his printing office and building, is without incumbrance. In the Spring of 1877 was elected Alderman in the First Ward of Oregon ; is Chairman of the Committee on Police and Public Health, and is member of the Finance Committee of the city gov- ernment. Is member of the Masonic and Odd Fellows lodges, having passed the chairs in the latter, and now being Repre- sentative and Deputy to the Grand Lodge of I. O. O. F. of Illinois.

JOHNSTON WESLEY, Capitalist; res. cor. Third and Jackson Sts. born in New York City April 1, 1817; went to St. Louis in 1837; was clerk on Mississippi River Steamboat a year and a half; book- keeper at Sulphur Springs, near St .Louis, one year and a half: came to Oregon in 1841; from 1844 to 1860 was engaged in mercantile business extensively in partner- ship with James C. T. Phelps, they having stores at Elizabeth, Jo Daviess Co., Ill., Franklin, Iowa Co., Wis., Beetown, Grant Co., Wis., from 1845 to 1850; they also had a store at Weston, Mo .. in 1849; in 1850 went to Peru, Ill., carried on mercantile business there and at La Salle until 1857; had a store at Polo from 1855 to 1860; one at Milledgeville in 1857, and also one at Brookville same year; from 1857 to 1860 had three stores in Texas; from 1860 to 1865 Mr. Johnston did business in Polo without a partner ; he was City Treasurer when he resided at Peru; since 1865 he has devoted his time to real estate operations and money loan- ing for himself exclusively; June 8, 1848; he married Sarah L., daughter of John Phelps, who came to Galena in 1827 with a stock of goods for the lead mines; was in business there two or three years; then went to farming on Gov. Carlin's farm near Alton, Ill .; he was Second Lieut. of 2d Co. during the Black Hawk War in 1832; he was also in the war of 1812; he . located land in what is Mt. Morris and Rockvale in the Fall of 1833; died April 1, 1874; Mrs. Johnston was born in Lebanon, Wilson Co., Tenn., March 27, 1817; she named the Town of Oregon; her father having laid it out in 1835; Mr. Johnston's family consists of four chil- dren: T. Oscar, S. Alice (now Mrs. S. G. Jones), Eva E. and James W.

JONES FRED. G. of the firm of Petrie & Jones, General Merchants, Washington St .; res. cor. Third and Madison; was born in Canada West, March 19, 1846; came to this Co. in 1865; has been engaged in mercantile business ever since he came

here; he was alderman of the third ward from 1873 to 1876; married Chloe A. Brockway Nov. 3, 1872; she was born in N. Y. State; they have two children : Edith Blanche, born Oct. 3, 1873, and George Henry, Oct. 1, 1875.

Jones S. H. tailor.

Jones John H. laborer. Jones S. A. carpenter. Jones Stanley G. clothing dealer.

K AILOR DAVID, laborer.

KAILER EZRA J. Salesman for B. F. Sheets; res. on Fourth St., near Mad- ison; was born in Bellsville, Frederick Co., Md., June 1, 1843; has been with B. F. Sheets since he came to Oregon, in 1869; married Emma, daughter of John Buel, Nov. 11, 1875; they have one child : Glenn Clinton, born Jan. 18, 1877.

Keys B. F. laborer. Keys Wm. B. laborer.

Killeen Richard, farmer; Sec. 1.

KILMER DANIEL, Tenant Farmer ; Sec. 10; was born Jan. 11, 1845, in Berke- ley Co., Va .; when the war broke out he enlisted in the First Virginia Cavalry, of the C. S. A., in April, 1861, and was en- gaged in the battles of the 2d Bulls Run, Chancellorsville, Fredericksburg, Antie- tam, Seven Pines, Petersburg, and all of the battles his regiment took part in until the surrender of Richmond, when he re- turned to his home in Berkeley Co., Va .; he came to Ogle Co. Dec. 1, 1866, and was married March 13, 1873, to Rose A., daughter of Thomas Clark, of Pine Rock Tp., Ogle Co .; Mrs. K. was born in 1851, and died June 10, 1875; by this marriage he had one child: Charles, born May 23, 1875, and died Aug. 10, 1875; on the 31st of Aug., 1876, he married his second wife, Ann E., daughter of Wm. Clark, of Pine Rock Tp .; she was born in Oct., 1854, in England; Mr. Kilmer is a Democrat, and was road master for two terms; Mrs. Kil- mer is a member of the Adventist's Church.

Kiser D. M. broom maker.

Kiser Ed. farmer; Sec. 7.

Kiser A. B. sewing machine agent.

Knodle J. N. painter.

KNORNSCHILD ADAM, Propri- etor of the Union Market, Washington St., opposite First National Bank; res. on Third St., cor. Madison; was born in Ger- many Oct. 7, 1843; came to Milwaukee, Wis. in 1857; lived there two years, and then went to Madison; resided there four years, when he returned to Milwaukee and remained two years more; he then went to Rockford, Ill., where he remained three years, and then came to Oregon in June, 1868; Mr. K. has been engaged in butch-

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ering eighteen years; Nov. 21, 1867, he married Margaret Hasenfuss; she was born in New York City, Feb. 8, 1844; they have had four children; Willie died in Aug., 1870, aged two years; Annie died in May, 1876, aged four years; Mr. and Mrs. K. are members of the Catholic Church. Kroll G. W. clerk.

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The history of Ogle County, Illinois, containing a history of the county, its cities, towns, etc., a biographical directory of its citizens, war record of its volunteers in the late rebellion, general and local statistics history of the Northwest, history of Illinois etc, Part 73

Author: Kett, H. F., & Co., Chicago, pub Publication date: 1878 Publisher: Chicago, H. F. Kett Number of Pages: 880

Author: Kett, H. F., & Co., Chicago, pub
Publication date: 1878
Publisher: Chicago, H. F. Kett
Number of Pages: 880