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Walrod Morris, 1837, farmer, one of the first Sheriffs, now in Cali- fornia.
Walker Ora A. 1837, miller, dec.
Wells Solomon, 1838, farmer, re- moved to Wisconsin.
Wells Timothy, 1838, merchant, re- moved to California.
Wilcox Nathan, 1840, Bapt. minis- ter and farmer, living.
Young E. P. 1840, merchant, dec.
POPULATION OF DEKALB COUNTY.
1870.
1860.
1850.
TOWNSHIPS.
Total.
Native. For'ign.
White.
Color'd.
White.
Color'd.
White. Color'd.
Afton
873
6.49
224
873
516
Clinton
1004
863
141
1003
I
1006
350
Cortland*
I293
1108
185
I292
I
DeKalb
2164
1653
5II
2145
19
1708
486
Franklin
1004
813
191
100.4
Genoa
993
859
134
992
I
985
605
Kingston
975
848
I27
975
Malta
1157
840
317
1153
4
620
Mayfield
94 1
786
155
941
998
564
Milan
857
573
281
855
2
262
1038
Paw-Paw
978
849
129
977
I
1107
653
Pierce
1003
744
259
1003
945
Shabbona
I205
909
296 .
I205
963
360
Somonauk
3359
2845
514
3339
20
2227
704
Sandwich
1844
1615
229
1829
15
952
Squaw Grove
886
706
180
886
795
I
341
Sycamore.
2852
2328
524
2848
4
2253
5
974
I
Sycamore
1967
1624
343
1967
I266
5
337
I
Ist Ward
292
254
38
292
2d Ward
364
298
66
364
3d Ward
723
597
I26
723
4th Ward .
588
475
II3
588
Victor
926
696
230
926
746
I
1
1
I
1
Pampas*
1298
936
716
1052
I
601
South Grove
795
602
193
795
662
147
* In 1865 name changed from Pampas to Cortland.
TOWNSHIP OFFICERS, 1876.
Paw Paw Township-Henry M. Boardman, Supervisor ; Jesse Corney, Town Clerk ; Lineman E. Hyde, Assessor ; Robert Borton, Collector, James Marsden, Commissioner of Highways.
Shabbona Township-Giles M. Alexander, Supervisor; W. H. Ray, Town Clerk ; Peter V. Quillot, Assessor ; Ebon Stolp, Collector ; James Cameron, Commissioner of Highways.
Milan Township - Edwin R. Colby, Supervisor ; Wm. E. Chandler, Town Clerk: Nathan Applebee, Assessor ; John Conlin, Collector ; Andrew Arent, Commissioner of Highways.
Malta Township-Martin C. Dedrick, Supervisor ; Alfred Ball, Cor- poration Supervisor ; R. F. Lintleman. Town Clerk ; George Chapel, As- sessor ; George Spickerman, Collector ; Albert Banfield, James Welch, and Smith Morey, Commissioners of Highways.
Sycamore Township-Nathan Lattin, Supervisor ; S. Halcomb, Town Clerk ; George Walker, Assessor; Edwin Waite, Collector, Thomas Marshall, Commissioner of Highways.
Genoa Township - John Heath, Supervisor : J. B. Stephens, Tow !! Clerk ; Isaac Q. Burrough, Assessor; E. N. Burrington, Collector; Thos. St. John, Commissioner of Highways.
Afton Township - Henry Kingsley, Supervisor; Charles F. Pearle, Town Clerk; William D. Earle, Assessor ; John A. Ryan, Collector ; William Potter, Commissioner of Highways.
De Kalb Township-Joseph F. Glidden, Supervisor; L. O. Vaughn, Town Clerk ; Hiram Eddy, Assessor; F. M. Blackman, Collector ; Robt. Duffey, Commissioner of Highways.
Mayfield Township - Edwin P. Safford, Supervisor ; B. F. Bacon, Town Clerk; James Sivwright, Assessor; D. W. Carpenter, Collector ; Samuel Knight, Commissioner of Highways.
Kingston Township-Leroy Benson, Supervisor; A. H. Clark, Town Clerk ; John W. Foster, Assessor; Marcus M. Cole, Collector ; H. H. Little, Commissioner of Highways.
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TOWNSHIP OFFICERS.
Somonauk Township - W. W. Sedgwick, Supervisor ; John Clark, Assistant Supervisor ; E. S. Johnson, Town Clerk; Amos Shepherd, As- sessor ; Solon Woodward, Collector; William Frazer, Commissioner of Highways.
Squaw Grove Township-John M. Curry, Supervisor ; C. T. Slater, Town Clerk ; James T. Glann, Assessor ; Alvin Cheney, Collector ; A. Cone, Jr., Commissioner of Highways.
Pierce Township-Charles A. Hubbard, Supervisor; Leonard Wehr, Town Clerk; James Gormly, Assessor ; Henry Butler, Collector ; M. Ziegler, Commissioner of Highways.
Cortland Township - William Raymond, Supervisor ; John King, Corporation Supervisor ; C. A. Talbot, Town Clerk ; Reuben O. Joselyn, Assessor'; John T. Woodley, Collector ; Harlan Crossett, Commissioner of High ways.
South Grove Township-James Gibson, Supervisor ; Thomas Adee, Town Clerk; Richard Beeker, Assessor; Walter Barnes, Collector ; Robt. Hutcheson, Commissioner of Highways.
Franklin Township - Banfield Dean, Supervisor ; Frank L. Bowen, Town Clerk; Isaac R. Drake, Assessor ; Nelson Delevargne, Collector ; Chas. H. Gilchrist, Commissioner of Highways.
Victor Township-Hiram Loucks, Supervisor ; C. A. Dewey, Town Clerk ; Alvin P. Burnam, Assessor; J. W. Dale, Collector; Matthew Parker, Commissioner of Highways.
Clinton Township - Edwin Fraser, Supervisor; J. W. Giles, Town Clerk ; George Greenwood, Assessor; George G. Congdon, Collector ; C. F. Greenwood, Commissioner of Highways.
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TOWN GOVERNMENT.
CITY OF SYCAMORE CORPORATION.
Officers-R. L. Divine, Mayor ; P. K. Jones, Clerk ; Hosea Atwood, Marshal.
Aldermen - John S. Brown, Milo Dayton, First Ward; Norman C. Warren, William C. Black, Second Ward ; Moses Dean, James Fulkerson, Third Ward.
Council meetings first Tuesday evening of each month.
SANDWICH.
Mayor, R. M. Brigham ; Clerk, I. A. Tolman ; Treasurer, F. S. Mosher ; Attorney, S. B. Stinson.
Aldermen - E. Doane, H. F. Winchester, H. Packer, I. H. Culver, I. A. Armstrong, I. A. Woodward.
VILLAGE CORPORATION.
BOARD OF TRUSTEES FOR 1876.
DE KALB.
Lewis M. McEwin, Pres .; Jabez Cheesebro, Alex. Ray, P. G. Young, Hiram Eddy, Clark Carter ; Clerk, S. O. Vaughan ; Harrison Whitmore, Police Magistrate.
Town Officers -J. F. Glidden, Sup .; S. O. Vaughan, Town Clerk ; Justices of the Peace, E. B. Gilbert, C. C. Hinman, W. H. Day ; Asses- sor, Hiram Eddy ; Collector, F. M. Blackman ; Commissioners of High- ways, Clark Carter, Thomas Wright, Robert Duffey.
MALTA.
A. Ball. Pres. ; R. F. Lintleman, E. A. Watkins, J. C. Pierce, S. S. Wright; C. W. Haish, Treas. ; A. S. Kinsloe, Clerk.
SHABBONA.
John Palm, Stephen Branscomb, Danforth Hinkston, Hiram D. Morey, Walter Spears, Thos. Padgett, Trustees ; Chas. Stevens, Clerk ; C. W. Hubbell, Police Justice ; Capt. T. B. Lucas, Police Constable ; Henry Husk, Constable.
AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS .- DEKALB COUNTY.
[U. S. CENSUS, 1870.]
Acres of Improved Land
334,502
Bushels of Spring Wheat
398,059
Acres of Woodland
17,722
Bushels of Winter Wheat
190
Other Unimproved Land
6,551
Bushels of Rye
21,018
Value of Farms
$13,988,325
Bushels of Indian Corn
1,023,849
Bushels of Oats
1,087,074
Value of Farming Implements and Machinery
$547,052
Bushels of Barley
289,447
Total amount of wages paid during
Bushels of Buckwheat
6,902
the year, including board
$392,889
Pounds of Wool.
104,974
Value of Farm Productions, includ-
Bushels of Peas and Beans
705
ing betterments and additions to stock
$2,903,726
Bushels of Sweet Potatoes
16
Value of Orchard Products
10,352
Gallons of Wine.
152
Value of Garden Products
2,293
Pounds of Butter
915,804
Value of Forest Products
S,056
Pounds of Cheese
199,532
Value of Home Manufactures
6,376
Gallons of Milk sold
131,322
Value of Animals Slaughtered or
Tons of Hay
68,665
sold for slaughter
817,497
Bushels of Clover Seed
73
Value of all Live Stock
2,230,356
Bushels of Grass Seed
13,367
Number of Horses
13,044
Pounds of Hops
15,580
Number of Mules and Asses
302
Pounds of Flax.
304,342
Number of Milch Cows
14,619
Bushels of Flax Seed.
14,036
Number of Working Oxen
22
Pounds of Maple Sugar
62
Number of Other Cattle
18,560
Gallons of Sorghum
I, IJ3
Number of Sheep.
24,993
Pounds of Wax
468
Number of Swine
26,795
Pounds of Honey
16,054
AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS .- BY TOWNSHIPS. .
TOWNSHIPS.
Improved Lands.
Value of Farms and Farming Implements.
Value of . Live Stock.
Value of all Productions.
Indian Corn.
Afton
20,685
725,514
107,014
168,251
58,555
Clinton
21.780
891,785
148,093
201,865
74,130
Courtland
18,237
883,086
128,734
141,993
148,890
De Kalb
17,004
778,626
115,816
169,934
53,075
Franklin
17,618
709,345
134,534
169,68I
49,250
Genoa
19.541
861,358
125,988
186,404
54,367
Kingston
14,837
678,035
114,745
152,146
42,185
Malta
17,516
645,952
98,602
145,187
50,301
Mayfield
15,260
648,31I
117,231
155,237
43,930
Milan
18,672
657,455
98,032
111,774
57,080
Paw-Paw
21,669
1,016,990
163,211
149.539
59,580
Pierce
20,955
789,794
119.820
170,372
55,790
Shabbona
20,522
839,100
137,633
136,840
59,050
Somonauk
17,176
1,091,212
122,693
182,785
74,175
South Grove
20,390
794,713
129,315
208,549
69,895
Squaw Grove
19.265
871,491
123.733
138,125
65,236
Sycamore
15.337
839,670
130,727
173,996
44,130
Victor
18,038
812,940
114,435
141,084
64,230
Acres.
Dollars.
Dollars.
Dollars.
Bushels.
Bushels of Irish Potatoes
199,478
LODGES AND ASSOCIATIONS.
Sycamore Chapter, No. 49, R. A. M .- Officers : George S. Robinson, H. P .; John Syme, King ; A. N. Wheeler, Scribe ; A. M. Stark, C. H. ; Daniel Dustin, P. S .; A. J. Driver, R. A. C. ; John Shuld, Treas. ; Frank Smith, Secy .; J. M. Bourcy, M. 3d V. ; M. J. Johnson, M. 2d V. ; E. W. Robinson, M. 1st V. ; A. S. Babcock, Chaplain ; G. B. Wiseman, Charles Miller, K. Wallum, Stewards ; Hiram Buel, Tyler. Meets second and fourth Monday evenings of each month.
Sycamore Lodge, No. 134, A. F. and A. M. - Officers : J. L. Pratt, W. M. ; A. N. Wheeler, S. W. ; W. E. Sivwright, J. W. ; Daniel Dustin, Treas. ; H. T. Lawrence, Secy. ; G. B. Wiseman, S. D. ; J. M. Bourcy, J. D .; Hiram Buel, Tyler; Levi Winn, O. S. Holcomb, Stewards. Meets monthly, at Sycamore.
Sycamore Commandery, No. 15, K. T. - Officers: A. W. Sawyer, E. C .; A. S. Babcock, G .; H. M. Stevens, C. G .; D. Dustin, P .; G. B. Wiseman, S. W. ; F. H. Smith, J. W .; C. T. Stewart, Treas. ; C. W. Miller, Rec. Meets second Wednesday in each month.
Genoa Lodge, No. 288, A. F. and A. M .- Officers : A. L. Hollembeak, W. M. ; Thos. Force, S. W. ; Clark Baley, J. W. ; S. Mead, Treas. ; M. Cole, Secy. ; John McClean, S. D. ; S. S. Russell, J. D. Meets Wednes- day evening on or before the full of the moon, each month.
De Kalb Lodge, No. 144, chartered Oct. 2, 1854, with T. C. Wet- more, W. M. ; E. B. Gilbert, S. W. ; J. H. Burghardt, J. W. Present officers for 1876: Daniel D. Hunt, W. M .; Martin V. Wilder, S. W .; Thomas Corkings, J. W. ; P. M. Vaughan, S. D. ; William Toop, J. D. ; John A. White, Treas. ; E. B. Gilbert, Secy. ; S. O. Vaughan, Tyler. Meets first and third Wednesday of each and every month, in Jacob Haish Block.
De Kalb Chapter, No. 52, was organized Oct. 3, 1859. Present officers for 1876 : S. O. Vaughan, H. P. ; D. D. Hunt, E. King ; J. E. Atwood, . E. Scribe ; Jacob Fowler, Chaplain ; P. W. T. Vaughan, Captain of the Host ; W. Pierce, Principal Sojourner ; T. Corking, R. A. Captain ; Wm. H. Allen, Master 3d Vail; P. J. Rickard, Master 2d Vail ; W. B. Barber, Master 1st Vail ; E. B. Gilbert, Secy. ; Wm. Toop, Treas. ; J. A.
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LODGES AND ASSOCIATIONS.
White, P. G. Young, Stewards ; G. N. Wadsworth, Tyler. Meets the first and third Fridays of each and every month, in Haish's Block.
Kishwaukee Lodge, No. 402. A. F. and A. M .- Officers : A. D. Gibbs, W. M. ; B. F. Wilber, S. W .; A. N. Willis, J. W. ; Robt Shannon, Treas. ; H. L. Fuller, Secy. ; O. Perry, S. D. ; H. F. Raymond, J. D .; Parker Shannon, Tyler. Mcets at Kingston.
Waterman Lodge, No. 728, A. F. and A. M., located at Waterman, DeKalb Co. Ill. Dispensation granted Oct. 9, 1874, charter granted Oct. 10, 1875. Officers: I. W. Pichard, S. W .; R. P. Rowley, J. W .; E. P. Rowley, S. D .; C. F. Greenwood, J. D. ; Geo. Greenwood, Secy. ; O. F. Mattison, Treas. ; Robt. Telford, Tyler. N. S. Greenwood, W. M., died Oct. 11, 1876. Meets first and third Saturdays of each month. Lodge numbers about forty members.
Malta Lodge, No. 320, A. F. and A. M .- Officers : Caleb Peters, W. M. ; George Chapel, S. W. ; R. M. Hevenor, J. W. ; C. W. Haish, Treas. ; J. C. Pierce, Secy. ; H. Claxton, S. D .; D. Claxton, J. D .; R. F. Lintle- man, Tyler. Meets first Thursday in each month.
Shabbona Lodge, No. 374-Dispensation in Spring of 1862, charter granted Oct. 1862. Officers : M. V. Allen, W. M. ; J. W. Middleton, S. W. ; I. H. Branscombe, J. W. ; P. V. Quilhot, Treas. ; Wm. V. Husk, Secy .; F. Ball, S. D., F. A. Frost, J. D .; I. E. Stevens, Tyler. Meets Tuesday on or before full moon in each month, and two weeks thereafter.
Cortland Lodge No. 301, A. F. and A. M .- Officers : S. Crossett, W. M .; G. L. C. Wheadon, S. W .; A. Cone, J. W .; James Jackson, S. D. ; C. W. West, J. D .; H. D. Wagner, Secy .; Geo. Hobbs, Treas. ; Christ Baie, Tyler. Meets at Hinckley, first and third Saturdays of each month.
Sandwich Chapter, No. 107 .- Officers: G. W. Culver, H. P .; W. S. Simmons, K. ; J. Poplin, S. ; E. S. Johnson, C. H., G. Devoll, P. S. ; M. Carpenter, T .; W. Marks, S. Meets first and third Tuesdays of each month.
L. H. Carr Post, No. 39, G. A. R., Sandwich - Officers : Fred S. Mosher, P. C .; J. N. Culver, S. V. C .; Geo. A. Frizzell, Jr. V. C .; Frank E. Mills, Adjt. ; Fred. W. Sly, Qr. mr. ; L. M. Shrewsbury, Sur- geon ; J. Tramblie, O. D. ; A. H. Hill, O. G .; I. Cannan, Chap. ; H. M. Barnett, Qr. Sergt. ; George Leonard, Sergt. Major.
Somonauk Lodge, No. 646, A. F. and A. M .- Officers: C. E. Wright, W. M. ; H. W. Burchin, S. W. ; R. C. Thompson, J. W .. T. J. Wright, " T .; P. H. Evans, Secy. ; L. S. Seaman, S. D .; Charles Banzet, J. D. ; E. J. Carr, Tyler. Meets first and third Mondays of each month at Somonauk.
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LODGES AND ASSOCIATIONS.
Meteor Lodge, No. 283, Sandwich-Officers : Washington L. Simmons, W. M .; Myrlin Carpenter, S. W .; Geo. H. Frizzell, J. W .; George W. Culver, Treas. ; A. E. Bourne, Secy. ; Van R. David, S. D .; Gustave Goodman, J. D .; Jacob Burkhart, Jr., S. S .; Wm. T. Shiland, J. S, ; Wm. Delano, Tyler. Meets second and fourth Fridays of each month.
Siddons Literary Association, Sycamore, Ill, - Organized June 1, 1876, for the purpose of giving popular entertainments. Officers : Dr. Frank Allport, Pres. ; George H. Francis, Treas. ; A. S. Barrows, Secy. ; John B. Whalen, Manager.
Ellwood Encampment, No. 173. - Officers : Alonzo Ellwood, C. P. ; Geo. M. Bell, S. W. : G. M. Sivwright, H. P .; S. Buchholz, Scribe ; S. Robinson, Treas. ; W. W. Sivwright, J. W. Meets at Sycamore first and third Wednesdays of each month.
Sycamore Lodge, No. 105, I. O. O. F .- Officers : Geo. M. Sivwright, N. G. J. C. Boyle, V. G. ; H. Bucholz, Secy .; H. H. Fogg, Per. Secy .; A. P. Stone, Treas. ; Willis Case, Warden ; S. T. Armstrong, P. G.
Cortland Lodge, No. 209, I. O. O. F. - Officers : D. W. Rathbun, N. G .; Wm. Raymond, V. G .; T. R. Ricker, Secy .; L. Holdridge, Treas. Meets at Cortland every Thursday evening.
Kishwaukee Encampment, No. 30, I. O. O. F .- Officers: T. W. Rath- bun, C. P. ; N. H. Peck, H. P. ; T. R. Ricker, Scribe ; L. Holdridge, Treas. ; C. S. Staarks, S. W. ; H. N. Rose, J. W. Meets at Cortland second and fourth Wednesdays.
Malta Lodge, No. 606, I. O. O. F .- Officers: R. Pendergrass, N. G .; J. V. Cornish, V. G .; C. M. Babcock, Secy. ; Phineas Barnes, Treas. ; Joseph Lamb, Conductor ; D. Holderness, W .; J. V. Willett, Dep. G. M. Meets evening Tuesday evenig. Hall over J. C. Pierce's Dry Goods Store.
De Kalb Lodge, I. O. O. F. organized in 1854. Charter members were as follows : C. L. Barber, S. D. Baldwin, P. W. Vaughan, John A. White, Wm. R. Thompson, G. E. Wolcott. Present officers for 1876 are: W. R. Thompson. N. G. ; P. I. Cromwell, V. G. ; Charles Hiland, R. S .; W. Cheney, T .; John Dunn, P. S.
Sandwich Lodge, No. 212, I. O. O. F .- Officers : J. A. Tolman, N. G .; Wm. Jones, V. G. ; H. F. Bloodgood, R. S .; Chas. Schnider, F. S. ; Paul W. Wallace, Treasurer.
South Somonauk Lodge, No. 181, I. O. O. F .- Officers : Wm. Miller, N. G. ; J. Rief, V. G. ; T. Boos, Secy .; Ph. Thomas, Treas .; T. Boos, D. G. M. Meets every Saturday evening.
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LODGES AND ASSOCIATIONS.
Good Templar Lodge. No. 320 .- Officers: E. J. Rathbun, W. C. ; Mrs. A. C. Smith. W. V. ; Francis Riddle, G. D. : G. W. Savery, P. W. ; C. Joselyn. W. C. ; E. Ford, Secy. ; Mrs. Eliza Fowler, Treas. ; Daniel Rathbun. W. M. ; Miss Allie Rathbun, A. W. M. Meets at Cortland every Saturday evening.
Sons of Temperance-organized April, 1875. Present officers are : Cass Davis, W. P. ; Sarah Salisbury, W. A .; Fred. Phillips, R. S. ; Lon Anthony, A. R. S. ; Frank Wright, F. S .; Oliver Helmer, T .; Mrs. E. A. Porter, Chap. ; Clara Atwood, P. W. P .; John Mead, C .; Allie Boardman, A. C .; Sarah Combs, I. S .; John Cheesebro, O. S.
Ellwood Manufacturing Company, Sycamore .- Organized Sep. 7, 1875. Capital Stock $25,000 ; 250 shares, $100 each. ยท Officers : Jas Waterman, Pres. ; Alonzo Ellwood, Vice-Pres .; R. Ellwood, Treas and Manager ; George S. Robinson, Secy.
Beers Gang Plow Manufacturing Co .- Capital Stock at organization, March 10, 1875, was $26,000, divided into 100 shares, at $100 per share. Not in operation.
Sycamore Driving Park Association - Organized March, 24, 1874. Capital Stock $10,000, number of shares 100. Officers : Charles Kellum, Pres .; G. W. Nesbit, M.D., Secy .; H. M. Stephens, Treas. Meetings for speed trials are held annually, are most liberally patronized, and most successfully conducted. The Driving Park is immediately south of Syca- more.
Sycamore and Cortland R.R. Co .- Capital Stock $100,000. Officers : James S. Waterman, Pres. ; Chauncey Ellwood, Vice-Pres. and Gen. Manager; R. Ellwood, Treas. ; R. L. Divine, Secy. ; R. E. Hunt, Agent.
Sycamore Marsh Harvester Manufacturing Co. - Incorporated March 31, 1869. Capital Stock $90,000. Capacity, 6,000 machines annually. Officers : C. W.Marsh, Pres. ; W. W. Marsh, Supt. ; A. M. Stark, Secy.
Working Men's Benevolent Association of Sycamore-Organized Jan. 22, 1875. Managed by a board of seven directors, elected annually. Di- rectors : J. M. Bourcey, Wm. Graham, A. E. Sivwright, A. E. Hicks, D. J. Denmark, W. H. Allen, W. Crosby. The object of the Association is, mutual aid in case of sickness, disability or death.
Sons of Temperance, Sycamore Division-Officers : H. P. Hall, W. P .; H. H. Rowe, P. W. P. ; G. W. Mack, R. S .; John Conyer, F. S .; S. P. Kinyon, C .; Miss Goldburg, T. ; D. J. Carnes, O. S. ; Mrs. H. P. Hall, I. S. Meets at Sycamore every Tuesday evening.
Woman's Christian Temperance Union - Officers : Mrs. E. M. Hall, Pres. ; Mrs. V. N. Ells, Vice-Pres .; Miss Pauline Lloyd, Secy .; Miss Mary Dowe, Treas. Meets at Sycamore every Wednesday afternoon.
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LODGES AND ASSOCIATIONS.
Excelsior Lodge Good Templars, No. 589 - Officers : S. O. Pike, L. D. ; Mrs. S. M. Bell, W. C .; Miss Mary Spring, W. V .; Edward Colton, P. W .; G. L. Saywer, Chaplain ; Charles Mack, F. S. ; Miss Kittie Hason, Treas. ; S. O. Lundgren, R. S. ; Miss Helena Burdett, I. G. ; Perry Watkins, O. S .; N. J. Johnson, R. H. S .; Winfield Divine, L. H. S. Meets at Sycamore every Saturday evening.
Starlight Chapter, No. 93, O. E. S. - A. E. Bourne, W. P .; Mrs. J. H. Fonda, W. M .; Miss Dora David, A. M. ; Mrs. Helen Delano, Treas. ; Mrs. Mattie G. Pratt, Secy.
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BIOGRAPHIES.
REUBEN ELLWOOD.
The subject of this sketch was born in Montgomery County, N. Y., Town of Winden, February 17, 1821. His parents were Abraham and Sarah Ellwood. His father followed the trade of a cooper.
Reuben. after receiving his education at an Academy in Cherry Valley, Otsego County, N. Y., engaged extensively in raising broom-corn, and in the manufacture of brooms, at Glenville, Schenectady County, N. Y., where he remained some eight years.
In 1857 Mr. Ellwood removed to Sycamore, DeKalb County, Ill. He opened a hardware store, and joined with that business dealing in real estate. Belonging to that class of citizens who believe thoroughly in developing the resources of the country, and who are ready to invest their capital to this end - a class to whom this country owes largely its prosperity and independence of other nations - he has always retained his inclination for manufacturing, and for the past five years has been engaged in the making of Agricultural Implements. In 1875 he began the erection of a new manufactory, in which he proposed to invest fifty thousand dollars.
Notwithstanding his business engagements, Mr. Ellwood has found time to serve the public when it has been demanded of him. He became a Republican at the inception of that party ; while a resident of Glen- ville was a member of the Board of Supervisors ; in 1850 was sent to the State Legislature at Albany, N. Y. ; in 1856, was one of the Fremont Presidential Electors in New York ; in 1868, he was the unanimous choice of DeKalb County, for Representative in Congress ; was subse- quently chosen the first Mayor of Sycamore ; and served as United States Assessor till that office was abolished.
Mr. Ellwood is a man of great enterprise, of positive traits of character, indomitable energy, strict integrity, and liberal views, thoroughly identi- fied in feelings and acts with the growth and prosperity of the town, county, and state in which he resides.
He was married August 8, 1850, to Miss Eleanor Vedder, of Sche- nectady Co. N. Y., by whom he has had three sons and three daughters.
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WILLIAM A. MILLER,
one of the pioneers of this county, was born in Trenton, Oneida County, N. Y., May 4, 1810. When two years old his father moved to Schagticoke, Rensselaer County, N. Y., where he was brought up till six- teen years old, when he entered as an apprentice to the plow and foundry business, at Lansingburg, N. Y. In 1830 he removed to Penn Yan, N. Y., where he remained, together with one year spent at Bath, Steuben County, till 1835, being in the meantime married. And in 1835, came with his wife to DeKalb County, and settled on a farm in Section 36, Town of Kingston. This location was then in LaSalle County, neither the Counties of Kane nor DeKalb being then laid out. Mr. Miller settled here among the Indians prior to their removal in the Fall of 1835, and was on friendly terms with those whom he knew. He has passed through all the vicis- situdes of pioneer life. He has been twice over land with horses to California. His appearance on his return is well shown in the likeness on another page.
He has followed farming chiefly for a living, and has served his county several times on the Board of Supervisors. He has always been in politics an unswerving Democrat, and cast his first Presidential vote for General Jackson.
Mr. Miller was married at Penn Yan, N. Y., May 14, 1835, to Patience Allen, and has two children living. In 1873 he sold his land and retired from business. He resides in DeKalb.
JOSEPH F. GLIDDEN,
DeKalb, farmer and capitalist, son of David and Polly (Hurd) Glid- den; born in Charleston, Cheshire County, New Hampshire. He is descended from the Welsh stock. There were three brothers and three sisters in the family, of whom Joseph F. was the oldest, the other brothers being Josiah W. and Stephen H. Glidden.
Joseph was brought up on a farm and educated at the common schools.
In November, 1842, he came to DeKalb County, and the following Spring purchased the claim of Russell Huntly, where he now resides, having in one body 400 acres of land.
The land came into market in January, 1843, at which time Mr. Glid- den began to purchase of the government, and continued to add to it from time to time. For several years he and his brothers were in company working their farms together. Josiah W. still resides here. Stephen H. died in Minneapolis in 1875.
Mr. Glidden served on the Board of Supervisors of the County in
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1851. 1861, 1862, 1866, 1869, 1870, 1871. 1872 and 1876. He is at present a Democratic nominee for State Senator, with good prospect of election. In 1852-54, he was Sheriff of the County.
He has been a great friend and benefactor of the public schools. He aided in the erection of the first log school house in the county, and was also active in planning and building the present fine public school building in the City of DeKalb, which cost $25,000. He has paid for twenty years the largest school tax of any citizen of the county, served as a member of the Board of School Directors from 1861 till 1874, during which time he was President of the Board.
Mr. Glidden has been twice married. First, he married in New York, in 1839, Miss Clarissa Foster, by whom he had three children. both deceased. Mrs. G. died in June, 1844. In October, 1851, he married his present wife. Miss Lucy Warne, by whom he has one daughter, Miss Elva F. Glidden.
Chiefly as the inventor of the " Glidden Patent" for Barb Fence Wire, has Mr. Glidden become a benefactor of the farming community of the West generally, and made himself extensively known throughout the country. We refer the reader for a particular description of this useful invention to the subject of " Barbed Wire Manufacture," in the proper history of DeKalb, on another page of this work.
DR. C. WINNE-
was born at Leesville, Schoharie County, New York, February 22d, 1832. At the age of two years, with his father's family, moved to Town of . Root. Montgomery County. N. Y., where he lived till eleven years of age, when his father died, and he struck out upon the sea of life for himself. For four years after the death of his father, he worked out by the month upon farms during the summer, and worked for his board and attended district school during the winter ; remaining during these four years in the neighborhood of the old homestead. When in his fifteenth year he went to live with a brother-in-law in Chautauqua County, N. Y., and commenced to learn the wagon-making trade ; after two years and a half in the shop, he came to the conclusion to do something better than make wagons, and started for school at Westfield Academy, remained only one term, then taught a term of district school, and for the next five years went to school and taught alternately. In 1854, he went to the State of Mississippi, impelled mainly by a desire to see the practical working of slavery, and while there taught school, and pursned the study of medicine, graduating at the University of Michigan, Medical Department, in the Spring of 1856. Practiced one year at Williamston, Michigan, when he
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