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needing a Mate, the position was offered to Mr. A., who gladly accepted it at $60 per month. He was in Capt. Py- bus' employ as Mate for two years, when he was appointed Captain of the clipper barque " Sir Edward Ryan," with a crew of 125 men, and sailed her for five or six years. He made three voyages to the Cannibal Islands, and on two occasions narrowly escaped death. He has now in his possession a case of screw-barrel pistols (English make) to which he owes the preservation of his life on more than one occasion. He came to the United States, arriving in Boston, Mass., July 17, 1856, and came to Ogle County in October of the same year. He was married Aug. 14, 1856, to Elizabeth F., daughter of Augustus A. Roundy, of Woburn, Mass .; she was born Nov. 14, 1830. They have one child-Charles F., born Jan. 17, 1869; they lost one child-Henry A., born May 25, 1857; died Aug. 14, 1858. Capt. Anderson is a Republican, and is now serving his fourth term as Justice of the Peace; he is Town Au- ditor, and was School Director for two or three terms; he is a member of the Baptist Church of Dixon, of which de- nomination Mrs. Anderson is also a member.
Angle David M. retired farmer, Polo.
Angle Jacob M. farmer, S. 5; P. O. Polo. Annon John G. farmer, Sec. 7; P. O. Woosung.
Antrim E. G. dealer in horses, Polo.
APLINGTON JOSHUA C. Farmer, Sec. 4; P. O. Polo; owns 124 acres of land; born in Sandford, Broome Co., N. Y., March 6, 1824; came to Mt. Morris Township, Ogle Co., in 1857 ; moved to his present lo- cation in 1861; he has served ten years as Township Highway Commissioner ; is now serving for the third term; he has been School Director many years; married Mary Nichols May 28, 1855 ; she was born in Andes, Delaware Co., N. Y., June 29, 1829. She is a mem- ber of the Presbyterian Church ; Mr. A. is a Baptist. Mrs. Aplington's pa- rents, Wm. and Jane (Look ) Nichols, came to Buffalo Township, Ogle Co., in Oct., 1836; they both died here. Apple Andrew B. farmer, Sec. 32, Polo.
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APPLE WILLIAM H. Farmer, Sec. 4, Polo ; owns 75 acres of land ; probable valuation, $5,000. Mr. Ap- ple was born Aug. 14, 1832, in Luzerne Co., Pa., where he followed a general mercantile business for several years. In 1861, he came West to Ogle Co., and settled in this township, where he has since resided. Ile was married Oct. 19, 1870, to Miss Alpha L. Spencer, daughter of John J. and Mary A. Spencer, of Luzerne Co., Pa .; she was born July 8, 1846. Mr. Apple is Re- publican in politics, and was Road Mas- ter for one term and School Director for three years. He is a member of the Society of Patrons of Husbandry, and is a member of the Lutheran Church.
APPLEFORD ISAAC D. Dealer in Agricultural Implements, Pumps, Wind Mills, Seeds, Wagons, Carriages, etc., cor. Mason and Division streets ; resides on Franklin street, Polo; born in Canada West, Jan. I, 1839; came to Ogle County in IS56; engaged in farming and teaching until he engaged in present business in 1873. Mr. A. was Commissioner of Highways in Lin- coln Township; he is Alderman of North Ward, Polo; has served in that capacity since 1875 ; married Maria L. Lawrence, Jan. I, 1862; she was born in this township; they have one child -William E .; lost one, daughter, Katie, who died Oct. 11, 1867, aged one and a half years. Mrs. Appleford is a member of the M. E. Church. Atkins W. G. Constable, Polo. Atley John, lumber salesman, Polo.
AVEY LEVI, City Marshal, Polo, Ogle Co .; was born Feb. 15, 1841, in Bucklestown, Va., and came with his parents (George and Nancy Avey) to this county, and settled in Maryland Township in 1846; when old enough to work, he assisted his father on the farm, and went to school between times until he was 22 years old, when he went to Montana in 1864, in search of gold ; he worked there in the mines for eigh- teen months, when he came back to his home in Maryland Township, and after a short stay started West to Colorado, and was engaged in various pursuits in the gold mines for two years, when he again returned to his home in Maryland
Township in August, 1868. He was married Nov. 22, 1865, to Mary J .. daughter of Thomas Rummonds, of Pine Creek Township; she was born Aug. 24, 1848; they have one child- Mary, born Aug. 9, 1866. Mr. Avey is Independent in politics, and was elected City Marshal March 12, 1875, for one year, and was re-elected March 12, 1877, which term he is now serving. Ile runs a cider-mill and vinegar factory and does quite an extensive business in this line; his cider press is the "Syra- cuse press," the only one of the kind in the county. He is also an Auctioneer and General Trader.
Ayres Charles H. farmer and Agt. Stover's Wind Mills; S. 8 ; P. O. Woosung.
Ayers Dwight B. farm. ; S. 29; P. O. Polo. Ayres Samuel R. farm .; Sec. 8; P. O. Woosung.
AYRES SILAS, Farmer ; Sec. 29; P. O. Polo; owns farm of 60 acres ; he was born in Amherst, Mass., Jan. 24, 1820 ; in Nov. 1856, he came to Byron, Ogle Co., Ill .; Mr. Ayres' first wife was Eliza Hawley ; she was born in Hadley, Mass., Oct. 22, 1822 ; they were married Feb. 25, 1840 ; she died Sept. 11, 1854; they had six children, one son-Dwight B., now living ; he was born at Amherst, Mass., March 3, 1841; Mary F. was born Nov. 7, 1844, and died Dec. 9, '1858; Ilenry M. was born Feb. 3, 1847, and died Nov. 11, 1866; Francis N. was born March 13, 1849, and died Nov. 4, 1858 ; two children died in in- fancy ; Mr. Ayres' present wife was Lois Hawley; date of marriage Nov. 27, 1856 ; she was born in Hadley, Mass., Sept. 1, 1809 ; Mr. and Mrs. Ayres are members of the Lutheran Church ; Dwight B. Ayres came to Ogle Co., with his father in 1856 ; he enlisted in Co. E, 92 Ill. Mounted Inf., August 15, 1862; mustered into service Sept. 4, 1862; he was in all the engagements his regiment participated in until after the battle of Atlanta ; he was mustered out June 21, 1865 ; he married Emily P. Schryver, Sept. 26, 1865, she was born at Tioga Center, Tioga Co., N. Y. April 30, 1844; they have three chil- dren-Francis N., born Nov. 19, 1868; Minnie E., May 27, 1871, and Arthur, Oct. 5, 1873.
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BAER HENRY H. Farmer ; Sec. 5; P. O. Polo ; owns 120 acres in Sec. 5 and 60 acres in Sec. 8; Mr. Baer was born in Manor Township, Lancaster Co., Pa., Oct. 2, 1851 ; came to Ill. in 1857; came to Ogle Co. in April, 1875. Baker Daniel E. carpenter ; Polo. BAKER ELIAS, P. O Polo.
Baker Jacob, tenant farmer ; S. 15 ; P. O. Polo.
Bamborough Jerry, restaurant ; Polo.
BAMBOROUGH WM. J. Far- mer; Sec. 28; P. O. Polo ; born in Lancaster, Pa., June 19, 1849 ; came to this county in 1866; married Emily Jennie Wilder, Sept. 28, 1869 ; she was born in Onondaga Co., N. Y., Feb. 19, 1849 ; they have three children- Claude, born April 2, 1873; Jerry, Oct. 8, 1874, and Maud, Jan. 28, 1877.
Bane William, laborer; Polo.
Barber Bryant H. Polo. Barber Henry D. banker ; Polo.
BARBER CHANCEFORD R.
Banker; res. cor. Mason and Fulton sts .; Mr. Barber was born in Wards- boro, Windham Co., Vt., Oct. 2, 1818; he came to Buffalo, Ogle Co., Ill. in . 1843; he was engaged in mercantile business there with his brother, Lemuel F. Barber, until the Autumn of 1856, when he came to Polo ; since his removal to this place he has been engaged in banking, and largely interested in real estate, being the owner of a large amount of property in Buffalo and adjoining townships ; Sept. 6, 1849, he married Lucie H. Eager, of Newfane, Windham Co., Vt. ; they have had three children- Gertrude T., died Feb. 8, 1867, aged 15 years ; two sons now living-Bryant H., bore Jan. 12, 1853, and Henry D., March 3. 1855 ; both of whom are asso- ciated with him in business.
BARBER CHARLES FINCH.
Dry Goods. Clothing, Boots, Shoes, etc. ; Polo ; ancestors on maternal side named Finch, emigrated from England in 1630 with Gov. John Winthrop, and were prominent in the early history of Massa chusetts and Connecticut ; ancestors, paternal side among the earliest settlers of Massachusetts and Vermont ; son of Dr. Luther H. Barber and Julia Finch ;
born Nov. 8, 1836 at Poestenkill, Rensse- laer Co., N. Y .; came to Buffalo Grove, Ogle Co., Ill. Oct. 16, 1854 ; engaged as clerk in the store of C. & L. N. Bar- ber; removed to Polo in the Fall of 1855, with L. N. Barber; on the event of his death in July, 1859, became his successor in business with Walter W. Peirce as partner, under firm name of Peirce & Barber ; at the opening of war with the South, enlisted as private in Co. H, Capt. Morton D. Swift, 15th Ill. Vol. Inf .; in April, 1861, promoted to Adjutant; participated in Freemont compaign in Missouri in 1861; Grant's campaign up the Cumberland and Ten- nessee Rivers in Feb. and March, 1862, to Fort Donelson, Fort Henry, Pitts- burg Landing or Shiloh, Siege of Corinth, Holly Springs, Tallahatchie River, Grand Gulf, Haines' Bluff, Siege of Vicksburg ; resigned army position after surrender of Vicksburg, July, d 1863; resumed mercantile life with his partner, who had continued 1 business during his absence ; associated with them Wayland S. Goodhue; in 1867, Recd M. Pearson purchased the interest of Mr. Pierce, when the firm be- came C. F. Barber & Co .; in 1873, Mr. Barber purchased the interest of Messrs. Pearson & Goodhue, and continues the business at the present time; married Oct. 23, 1866, to Mary Louise Coons, of Brunswick, Rensselaer Co., N. Y .; has one son-Henri Newton Barber, born Aug. 4, 1871.
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Barkman William H. blacksmith ; Polo. Barnes Cyrus, laborer ; Polo.
Barnes Oscar, laborer ; Polo.
Barnes Russell, teamster ; Polo.
Barnhizer David, farmer; Sec. 13; P. O. Polo.
Brown Jacob, laborer ; Woosung. Barrett William J.
Bassett Mortin F. Town Assessor and City Treasurer ; Polo.
Bassett Peter, farmer ; Sec. 22 ; P. O. Polo. Beach Matthew, lab. ; Polo.
Beamee Edwin E. billiard hall ; Polo.
Beam Samuel, farmer ; P. O. Polo.
Beard Daniel W. grocer ; Polo.
Beard Solomon, auctioneer and grocer ; Polo.
Beck John, farmer ; Sec. 33; P. O. Polo. Becker Henry, harness maker ; Polo.
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Bennett George, harness maker ; Polo. Bennett Nathan C. farmer : P. O. Polo. Bentley Gilbert, farm. ; S. 13 ; P. O. Polo. Berger Nelson, Polo.
Berger Samuel, Polo.
Betebener Samuel, retired farmer ; Polo. Betebener Samuel G. plasterer ; Polo.
Bingaman Joseph, butcher ; Polo.
BINGAMAN & CUNNING- HAM, Dealers in Groceries, Flour, Provisions, etc., cor. Mason and Frank- lin streets. John Bingaman, res. on Franklin street, was born in Northum- berland Co .. Pa., Feb. 16, 1826; he came to Buffalo Township, Ogle Co., Ill., in 1841; engaged in farming and car- peuters' work until 1859; was for four years Assessor of this township; in 1873, he was Alderman of the North Ward ; he is a Director in the Exchange National Bank ; in 1861, engaged in present business; married Elizabeth Sehore, Feb. 24, 1856 ; she was born Schuylkill Co., Pa. W. H. Cunning- ham, res. on Franklin street, he was born in Washington Co., Md, May 21, 1841 ; came to Polo in 1858; has been engaged in present business nineteen years ; married Delia Sandford, June 14, 1868 ; she was born in Old Buffalo, Ogle Co. ; they have four children- Cora, Frank, Fannie and Carrie.
Bisbee Austin, farmer ; P. O. Polo. Black Cochran S. miller ; Polo.
BLAKSLEE CHARLES G.
Professor of Instrumental and Vocal Musie ; Polo ; was born July 27, 1840, in Bradford Co., Pa .; at a very early age he developed a talent for music, and nearly all of his spare time was devoted the cultivation of those talents, having taken several courses of instruction from several musical professors, among whom, most notably, was George F. Root, now of Chicago ; during the term he spent with Mr. Root, he had for a class-mate, Mr. P. P. Bliss, who was killed in the dreadful railroad accident that occurred at the breaking of the railroad bridge at Ashtabula, Ohio, in 1876; Mr. Blaks- lee commenced instruction in music when only 19 years old ; he enlisted in the 75th I. V. I., Aug. 22, 1862, for three years, but was honorably dis- charged (by reason of disability), July 27, 1863, at Winchester, Tenn. ; he re-
turned to Carroll Co., Ill., where he was married March 27, 1864, to Sarah C., daughter of Samuel Saylor, of Wash- ington Co., Md. ; she was born Feb. 24, 1841 ; they have one child-Guy O., born June 15, 1875 ; they lost one child -Nellie M., born May 15, 1869; died May 5, 1871. Mr. B. is a Republican, and was Township Collector, in Carroll Co .; he is a member of the Christian Church, of which denomination Mrs. Blakslee is also a member.
Bogheldt Michael, Sr. laborer ; Polo.
Bogardus John, carpenter ; Polo.
Bogne Virgil II. farmer ; Sec. 21 ; Polo.
Bohner Abraham, speculator ; Polo.
Bomberger John M. Postmaster; Woo- sung.
Boon Ilezekiah, farmer ; Polo.
Borgheldt Michael, laborer ; Polo.
Bopp David, laborer ; Polo.
Bovey John, Sr., retired farmer; Woo- sung.
Bovey Samuel B, Woosung.
Boward Jacob, laborer ; Polo.
Bowers Philip W. telegraph operator ; Polo.
Bracken Robert T. engineer ; Polo.
Brand George, farmer; S. 4; P. O. Polo.
Brand Isaac, retired farmer ; Polo.
Brand L. A. farmer ; Sec. 4 ; P. O. Polo. Brimblecom Fred, farmer; Woosung.
Brimblecom Henry, farmer ; Woosung. Brooks John, drayman ; Polo.
Brown Chas. laborer ; Woosung.
Brown H. C. railway mail agent ; Polo. BROWN JOHN W. Manufacturer of Carriages, Buggies, Platform and Democrat Wagons, Cutters and Sleighs ; all kinds of repairing done; manufac- tory on Franklin street near Mason ; residence on Congress street; born in Berkley Co., Va., May 9, 1838; came to Polo in Sept., 1875 ; he has worked at present occupation since 16 years of age ; married Mary E. Myers, March 29, 1871 ; she was born at Clear Spring, Washington Co., Ind .; they have had four children; one died in infancy ; the living are-Lena V., Sarah Daisey, and Ralph Martin ; Mr. Brown is a member of the M. E. Church.
Brubaker John H. merchant ; Woosing. BRUBAKER JACOB K. Farm- er ; Sec. 25 ; P. O. Polo ; son of Ben- jamin and Elizabeth Kauffman B .; born
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Sept. 6, 1834, in Huntington Co., Pa .; came with parents in the spring of 1847 to Pine Creek Township, where they located on a farm of 160 acres; in 1864 he came to Buffalo Township and pur- chased a farm of 80 acres, valued at about $60 per acre; in 1860 he married Miss Ann A. Adams, daughter of Adam and Susan Adams; born Jan. 23, 1839; have two children-Ida May, born Dec. 1860; Charles H., Feb., 1862.
BUCK CHRISTIAN L. Hedge Dealer ; Polo ; born in Old Buffalo, this township, Sept. 11, 1852; his parents came to this county in 1847 or 1848; his father, John S. Buck, died here in 1863, aged 42 years; he was a native of Huntingdon Co., Pa .; his wife was Elizabeth Lutz ; she was a native of the same county ; she died in the same year, 1863, at the age of 40 years.
Buck Henry, farmer; S. 24 ; P. O. Polo. Burbank H. C. agent Polo nursery ; Polo. Buck D. farm laborer ; P. O. Polo.
BURNS WM. W. Physician and Surgeon ; Polo ; whose portrait appears in this work, was born in Mercersburg, Franklin Co., Pa., May 10, 1821; in 1838 he went to Chambersburg, Pa., and was engaged in teaching school, and pursued the study of medicine up to the year 1841, when he removed to Cincin- nati, O .; in 1842 he entered the Univer- sity at Louisville, Ky., from which insti- tution he graduated in 1843; in 1848 he came to Buffalo Grove, Ogle Co., and engaged in the practice of medicine ; upon the opening of the Illinois Central R. R. he transferred his residence to Polo, and has been and is at the present time actively engaged in the practice of his profession, which is both large and lucrative ; he has always been actively engaged and prominently identified with the educational interests of Polo, having been for the last fifteen years President of the Board of Education, being re- elected to this position five times, and the last having but one dissenting vote ; notwithstanding great opposition, he has made, by his untiring efforts, the citizens of Polo mainly indebted to him for their Public School Building, one of the fin- est edifices in Northern Illinois; one of the first houses in Polo was built by him; he has filled the office of Mayor three
years, and served two years as President of the Board of Town Trustees, previous to city incorporation ; married Harriet M. Moffatt at Buffalo Grove, Dec. 2, 1852; they had four children; two died in infancy ; two living-Mary E. and Elbert L .; Mrs. Burns is a member of the Congregational Church.
YAIRNS JAMES, carpenter, Polo.
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Calahan Patrick, saloon keeper, Polo. Callahan John, laborer, Polo.
CAMPBELL JOHN D. P.O. Polo, was born July 21, 1830, in Ulster Co., N. Y. In 1831 his parents moved to Delaware Co., N. Y., and settled in Middletown. In 1840 his father, Henry Campbell, died, and John D. left home to make his own way in the world, and from that time until he was seventeen years of age he worked during the Sum- mers and attended school Winters. In 1847, he taught the Public School at Margarettville, Delaware Co., N. Y., during the Winter term, and the follow- ing year entered Hanford's Seminary at Hobart, in the same county, where he remained as a student one year. He was then made Principal of the Hobart Public School, and was connected with the educational institutions of this place nntil his appointment to represent . the county in the State Normal School at Albany, where he graduated April 4, 1850. He then became Principal of the Public School of Verplank, West- chester Co., N. Y., and two years later Superintendent of the West Lake Farms Union School in the same county. where he remained two years. Having devoted his spare moments since gradu- ating from the Normal School to read- ing law, he next entered the law office of Hon. Edward Wells, at Peekskill, N. Y., where he remained until July 3, 1855, when being examined before the Supreme Court was admitted to practice in all the courts of New York as attor- ney and counselor at law. In the Au- tumn of 1855, Mr. Campbell settled in Polo, and engaged in the practice of his profession, where he has remained to the present time. Dec. 22, 1859, he married Mary Elizabeth, daughter of the late Capt. Hiram Cutts, and has now two daughters-Jul.iata and Mignonette,
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aged sixteen and eleven years respect- ively. Mr. Campbell has filled many local offices, including that of Super- visor, Town Clerk, Mayor of the city, and City Attorney, and for nine success- ive years was a member of the Board of Education. In 1862, he was ap- pointed Enrolling Commissioner of Ogle County by Gov. Yates. From 1861 to 1865, he conducted The Polo Press, as its Editor and Proprietor. In 1872, he was elected States Attor- ney for Ogle County, and was re-elected in 1876. For the past six years he has been continuously re-elected by the Board of Supervisors as Attorney for the county, and his practice has been both a successful and lucrative one. Campbell Mark, farmer; Woosung.
CARLL JOEL R. Retired; Polo ; son of Treadwell and Hannah Carll, Suffolk Co., L. I. ; was born Oct. 22, 1822; came West in the Fall of 1847, and to Mt. Morris in the Winter of 1848, and settled on 160 acres, Sec. 26, of the same township ; in 1870, moved to Polo, where he now resides, having retired from active labor. During his residence in Mt. Morris Township, he was Supervisor and Commissioner of Highways for ten to twelve years, and laid out most of the roads of the west- ern portion of the township; was School Trustee and Township Treasurer. In 1846, he married Miss Esther II. Mack, daughter of Nathaniel and Nancy Mack, of Tompkins Co., N. Y. They had five children (three deceased), two living, namely, Emma M. and An- nie L .; wife died in 1871; married a second time, Miss Elizabeth New- comer, daughter of Jacob and Susan Kecdy, of Mt. Morris, in 1872; no children. During the late war, Mr. C. was one of the most active of its citi- zens in filling the township quota of soldiers.
Carll Lyman S. grain dealer ; Polo. Carley Wm. G. carriage maker ; Polo.
CARPENTER D. D. Farmer ; Sec. 28; P. O. Polo ; owns 90 acres, proba- ble valuation $6,750 ; Mr. Carpenter was born Nov. 4, 1808 in Montgomery Co., N. Y., where he followed the busi- ness of blacksmithing for several years, and also ran a grist-mill in Delaware |
Co., N. Y., for seven years ; he was mar- ried March 12, 1829, to Olive, daughter of John Veghte of Montgomery Co., N. Y .; she was born May 15,.1809; they have five children-Ann C. ; Edwin J., Jane E., Mary and Francis R. ; they lost one child, Adeline, who died Feb. 21, 1850; Mr. Carpenter was Town Constable for seven years, and Town Col- lector three years in Montgomery Co., N. Y. ; in 1854 he came to Ogle Co. and settled in this township ; he is Rep. in politics, and was Poormaster for three years; Assistant Postmasterthree years ; Road Commissioner one year, and School Director for about fifteen years ; he is a member of the M. E. Church, of which denomination Mrs. Carpenter is also a member.
Carpenter J. W. farmer; P. O. Polo. Carp nter Martin L. lab. ; S. 3; P. O. Polo. CAVANAGH LAWRENCE, Farmer ; Sec. 4 ; P. O. Woosung ; owns 100 acres land; probabie value $6,000 ; Mr. Cavanagh was born March 23, 1838, in Dublin, Ireland; he came to the United States (arriving in N. Y. City) in 1850; and came to Ogle Co. in 1852; he worked by the month at farm- ing for three years; in 1867 he pur- chased the farm he now lives on, and was married June 17, 1872, to Mary A., daughter of Owen Graham of Buffalo Township ; she was born June 10, 1850; they have three children-Maggie M., born May 10, 1873; Jane G., August 6, 1875; Nellie A., March 19, 1877; Mr. Cavanagh is Independent in politics, and was Road Master for one term; the family are members of the Catholic Church.
Cavanaugh Wm. farm. ; S. 4; P. O. Woo- sung.
Castle Samuel, butcher ; Woosung ; CHAFFEE GUS. Dealer in Confec- tioneries, Fruit and Oysters, 48 Mason st,. cor. Divison ; Mr. Chaffee manufactures choice home-made candies, and keeps a full supply of " French and American Candies of best Manufacturers ;" he also has a store in Exchange Bank Block, Franklin st., next door to the post office, where he keeps a fine stock of Confec- tionery and Fruits ; parties and families supplied with Ice Cream of the finest quality.
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Chapman G. L. physician ; Polo. Chase Arza B. retired ; Polo.
CLARK SAMUEL C. Agent I. C. R. R. and American Express Co. ; Polo, Ogle Co., Ill .; Mr. Clark was born May 27, 1847 in Busti, Chautauqua Co., N. Y., where he went to school and clerked for his father, Valentine C. Clark, who carried on the dry goods business ; when he was 19 years old he went to Hastings, Minn., and lived there for about eight months, and then came to Buffalo Tp., and settled in Polo, where he went to work for the I. C. R. R. Co., and by a faithful discharge of his duties was pro- moted from one position to another, and now represents the I. C. R. R. and American Express Cos., as their Agent ; in politics, Mr. Clark is a good Demo- crat.
Clark Samuel W. City Clerk ; Polo.
CLINTON J. W. Polo; whose protrait appears in this work, is a native of Delaware Co., N. Y., where he re- ceived an academic education ; in the Autumn of 1857, he removed to Polo ; his first occupation was teaching the old town school during the Winter of 1857- 58; the next Summer he taught a select school in the " old seminary " at the old town; the greater part of the next eight years, he spent in teaching in the schools of Buffalo, Polo and Forreston ; on the 1st of August, 1865. he became editor of the Ogle Co. Press, which position he has occupied to the present time; under his management the Press has attained a circulation about five times as great as when it passed into his hands, making it one of the strongest papers in the county ; it was the first local news- paper in Northern Illinois which advo- cated prohibition of the liquor traffic. For some years he was also connected as publisher with the Forreston Journal, and the Poultry Argus ; has occupied various town offices, and is at present Postmaster, under whose management the receipts of this office have been eon- siderably increased ; he is also and has been for several years Treasurer " Illi- nois Press Association." In 1861, mar- ried Miss Carrie A. Perkins, youngest daughter of Timothy Perkins; their children are Georgianna, Evangeline, George P., John D., Bertie F., and
Edgar M .; two of them, Georgianna and Bertie, died in infancy.
Clopper Harry M. clerk ; Polo.
Clopper Joseph, elerk ; Polo.
Clopper J. G. A. cooper and Town Col- lector ; Polo.
Coe Clinton D. farmer; Sec. 1; Town- ship 22 ; P. O. Polo.
Coffin Hiram, laborer ; S. 17 ; P. O. Polo. Coleman Christopher, farmer ; Sec. 35 ; P. O. Woosung.
Coleman Frank, farmer; Sec. 35; P. O. W. osung.
Coleman Francis, farmer ; Sec. 35; P. O. Woosung.
Connor Michael, laborer ; Woosung.
Connor Thomas, Section Boss I. C. R. R .; Woosung.
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