LAUFLIN, J. M., P. O. Wayne, Du Page Co.; farmer and dairyman; Rep.; Free Meth.; has 520 acres of land, on Sec. 19, in Wayne; was born in West Virginia, May 20, 1807, and came to this State May 8, 1834, and settled in South Elgin, and made his first claim; afterward sold it and came to this place in the Fall of 1836; he married Emily Garton in January, 1835; she was born in Kentucky, Nov. 14, 1812; they have had six children; three died in infancy; Eddie T., Riley, adopted grandson, Evaline M., Alister G., Albert B.; Evaline died in 1862; Alister G. died Oct. 15, 1874; Mr. L. came here poor, but has made a large property by hard work and good management; he was a hearty supporter of Dr. Redfield, and was the leading man with the Doctor in forming the first Free Methodist Church in the West; the first conference of the new church was formed in his front yard in 1861. Lee, O., laborer; P. O. St. Charles. Lewis, J. K., P. O. St. Charles. Lenhart, J. P., laborer; P. O. St. Charles. LaDue, W. I., laborer; P. O. St. Charles. Lake, C. A., mason; P. O. St. Charles. Lake, W. A., mason; P. O. St. Charles. Linsey, E. E., butcher; P. O. St. Charles. Long, John, mason; P. O. St. Charles. Lawler, Michael, P. O. St. Charles. Lungreen, Chas., clerk; P. O. St. Charles. Lloyd, W. B., mer.; P. O. St. Charles. Loker, J. E., artist; P. O. St. Charles. Lord, E. W., laborer; P. O. St. Charles. Lloyd, J. N., lumber; P. O. St. Charles. Lungreen, P. A., far.; P. O. St. Charles. Lungreen, August, far.; P. O. St. Charles. Lord, Mrs. R. P., P. O. St. Charles. Linstrum, S. P., P. O. St. Charles. Lloyd, Emma, P. O. St. Charles. MURPHY, DANIEL, P. O. St. Charles. Murphy, C. O. D., carp.; P. O. St. Charles. Morrison, W. W., far.; P. O. St. Charles. MATTESON, WM. M., farmer and dairyman; P. O. St. Charles; Rep.; Ind.; was born in Jefferson Co., N. Y., Nov. 18, 1832, and came to St. Charles with his father, in 1842, and bought. 127 acres on Secs. 25 and 26, now valued at $10,700. He married Nancy Wheeler March 18, 1854, who died in 1867, leaving three children-Elizabeth J., Wm. H. and Frank L.; he married Hannah M. Wheeler, for his second wife, Aug. 8, 1869; she was born in Schenectady, N. Y., Nov. 5, 1849; they have two children-Harris J. and Lewis M. Jonathan Matteson, father of the above, was born in R. I. Sept. 1, 1791; married Elizabeth Simmons in 1814, and came to St. Charles in 1842, and died Dec. 23, 1863; he settled on the farm his son now owns; they had ten children (two died young)-Phoebe M., Harry C., Mary, Sally Ann, Olive M., Wm. M., Ruth and Charity A.; Sally A. died July 1, 1853; Wm. M. has, by his industry and management, made the old home a pleasent one. Mead, Jno., carp; P. O. St. Charles. McWilliams, David, Sr., far.; P. O. St. Charles. Murphy, T., lab; P. O. St Charles.. Murphy, M., lab; P. O. St. Charles. Miller, Michael, far; P. O. St. Charles. MCWILLIAMS, WILLIAM, P; O. St. Charles, farmer and stock raiser. has 112 acres of land on Sec. 30, worth $50.00 per acre. He was born near Belfast, Ireland, Dec. 21, 1836, and came to St. Charles with his father's family Sept. 4, 1851; his father, James Me Williams, settled on the Lincoln Bros'. farm, and remained on it for seven years, when he sold it and bought the farm where his son William now lives. He was born in Belfast in 1798, and married Elizabeth Patterson in that place in 1826; she was born in 1803; they have six children-David, born April, 1831; Ellen E., born in 1833; Margaret (wife of Dr. Crawford), born 1834; James, born 1836; Elizabeth, in 1839. Mr. J. McWilliams died Jan. 18, 1859. Since his death Mrs. McWilliams has kept house for her son William, and is unusually smart for one of her age. McGowan, Harrison, far.; P. O. Gray Willow. McWilliams, David, Jr., harness maker; P. O. St. Charles. Marsden, Thos., mach.; P. O. St. Charles. Murphy, Thos., saloon; P. O. St. Charles. Millington, Mrs. M. A., P. O. St. Charles. Merritt, T. H. S., P. O. St. Charles. MILLER, CHARLES, P. O. St. Charles; paper manufacturer; Rep., and Cong; was born in Scotland, Jan. 3, 1842. Married May E. Tuck, Nov. 8, 1870; she was born in Brentwood, N. H., May 16, 1850; they had four children-May, Charlie, Jessie and Fred. He is the present Supervisor, and is one of the capable men of the town; his father, James Miller, came here from Scotland in 1842 with his wife and six children, and settled on the west side of the river, where his son Charles now lives; Mr. Miller had a blacksmith shop over the east side; his honesty in dealing and work was proverbial, Honest Old Uncle Miller being the title he was everywhere known by. One son died the first Summer he came; two children were born to them in this country: James Miller, born in 1796; Isabella, his wife, born in 1802. The children are Alexander, Margaret, James, George, Helen, Charles, Jennie L., Leslie H. Muth, Henry, bl'ksmith; P. O. St. Charles. Marsden, Jas., tinner; P. O. St. Charles. Marsden, Mrs. E., P. O. St. Charles. Melville, David, baker; P. O. St. Charles. Mallory, D. B., hotel; P. O. St. Charles. Morgan, H. A., P. O. St. Charles. McMaster, Byron, P. O. St. Charles. MINARD, HON. IRA, deceased; was born in Rockingham, Windham Co., Vt., Nov. 11, 1809, where he lived until 19 years of age; he then spent five years in Bellows Falls and Proctorsville; he left the latter place Aug. 19, 1833, in company with his brother George, Dean and Reed Ferson, for Illinois, and arrived in Chicago Sept 3; they remained there for some two weeks, and bought the southeast corner lot of Lake and Clark streets for $400, and three of the party returned to Vermont, leaving Dean Ferson here; the next Summer, Mr. Minard married, and, in company with his wife and Reed Ferson, they came to Chicago. Mr. M. and John Murphy rented a hotel and at once set up in business; thirteen months after the purchase of the lot by the four, Mr. Minard bought out the three shares, and paid $1,276, and in a few months after he sold the lot for $7,500; this gave him his first start. In Dec. following (1834), Mr. and Mrs. Minard left Chicago and came to St. Charles and remained through the Winter in a log house with Dean Ferson, and in early Spring, 1835, he located a claim in Elgin, near where the Asylum now stands, and worked very hard for a year improving it. Early in the Spring of 1836, Mr. Reed Ferson and Ira Minard purchased the land where East St. Charles now stands, built the dam, bridge, store and mill, and, by their energy, at once made improvements which at once stamped the place as being the foremost town on Fox River. In Aug., 1842, Mr. Minard was elected to the State Senate for four years; he gained the reputation then of being a clear thinker and one of the ablest financiers in the State. His own immense business prevented him from longer serving the State in that capacity; while in the Legislature, he was one of the foremost supporters of the Michigan canal through the State, and perhaps no one did more to advance its interests than he. He married Sarah P. Wheeler in Cavendish, Vt., in 1834; they have three children-Helen, Geo. W. and Charles I.; Mr. Minard died Jan. 22, 1876, leaving his large estate to his three children. Marvin, J. M., P. O. St. Charles. McWayne, A. R., P. O. St. Charles. McConkey, David, P. O. St. Charles. Miller, Alburtis, P. O. St. Charles. Mattison, H. W., far.; P. O. St. Charles. Mungerson, John, far.; P. O. St. Charles. MINARD, GEORGE W., P. O. St. Charles; he is the oldest son of the late Ira Minard; was born in St. Charles May 2, 1845; Dem.; he married Lizzie A. Ward Jan. 22, 1873; she was born in this county Oct. 3, 1851; they have two children-Ira, born Feb. 14, 1874; Nora, born Oct. 26, 1875; has been for several years largely engaged in the lumber trade in Chicago; he has recently returned to this city, and is engaged in improving his large farm and city property by building and repairing. Metcalf, Richard, boots and shoes; P. O. St. Charles. Munn, William, carp.; P. O. St. Charles. McFarlan, Felix, lab.; P. O. St. Charles. McCauley, Dennis, stone quarry; P. O. St. Charles. Mahon, Michael, far.; P. O. St. Charles. Matteson, W. P., far.; P. O. St. Charles. Moore, D. B., blksmth.; P. O. St. Charles. Murphy, Michael, lab.; P. O. St. Charles. McCabe, Thomas, lab.; P. O. St. Charles. Moore, W. J., farmer; P. O. St. Charles. Minkler, Jacob, lab.; P. O. St. Charles. Mitchell, Geo., P. O. St. Charles. MARSHALL, WILLIAM, far.; Sec. 19; P. O. St. Charles; Rep.; Free Meth.; has 200 acres of land, valued at $12,000; he was born in England, April 21, 1821, and came to St. Charles in 1848; he engaged in the blacksmith business, a trade he had thoroughly learned in England; he continued in the business for four years, when his health failed; he left it, and rented a farm for two years, then bought where he now lives; everything about his buildings and farm indicate that he has learned his trade well; he married Sarah Harpham in England, March, 1843; she was born March 21, 1820; they have had eight children (three of them having died in their infancy)-Jane, Mary Ann, Elizabeth, Adaliza and William Henry; the daughters have all married farmers, and live near their father's; Mr. M.'s prosperity and love of our country induced his father's large family to come to America; they all have settled near by, and are prospering finely. Morgan, A. D., mer.; P. O. St. Charles. MINARD, CHARLES I., lumber yard and far.; Sec. 12; is a Democrat and Liberal; he is the second son of the late Ira Minard; was born May 5, 1850, in St. Charles; he married Abbie M. Ward, March 29, 1876; she was born in this Co., Oct. 31, 1853; he is largely engaged in the lumber trade, and has a very fine farm of 363 acres, on which he is now building one of the best barns in the State, and otherwise improving the farm; he is one of the principal stockholders in the Kane Co. Nat. Bank, and also interested in some of the best property in the city. Michael, I. P., P. O. St. Charles. Moore, Mrs. W. F.; P. O. St. Charles. Millington, D., farmer; P. O. St. Charles. Miller, James, farmer; P. O. St. Charles. MARCH, GEORGE B., far. and dairyman; Sec. 17; P. O. St. Charles; Ind.; Meth.; has 173 acres of land, with first class buildings and improvements; value, $12,000; he was born in Walpole, N. H., Aug. 2, 1835, and came to this State, Aug, 1857, and settled on the farm where he now lives. He married Marian L. Minard, June 1, 1859; she was born Feb. 10, 1841, on farm where she now lives; they have three children -George Leslie, born Oct. 23, 1860; John Hubert, born Jan. 14, 1866; William Elmore, born Dec. 29, 1869. Morgan, H. A., farmer; P. O. St. Charles. McPartlin, Kate, P. O. St. Charles. Muehall, John, lab.; P. O. St. Charles. McGuire, Thomas, shoemaker; P. O. St. Charles. Moore, W. F., P. O. St. Charles. EWMAN, ADOLPH, P. O. St. Nicholson, John, P. O. St. Charles. Ponsonby, David, far.; P. O. St. Charles. Peterson, Godfrey, P. O. St. Charles. Parquett, Mrs. J., P. O. St. Charles. Pemberton, S. S., P. O. Wayne. PRESCOTT, R. S., was formerly in the lumber trade here and in Chicago, also has been a woolen manufacturer; P. O. St. Charles; Rep.; Bapt.; was born in Washington Co., Vt., June 5, 1802, and came to Genesee Co., N. Y., in 1818, and engaged in the wool carding business until 1845, when he came to this place in 1848, stopping a while in De Kalb Co.; he has been a hard working Whig and Republican ever since. He married Mary Baker in 1821, in Middlebury, N. Y.; she was born in Pa. Nov. 18, 1803; they have had eleven children, five now livingUrbin B., Rezine E., Loduskia J., Luana M. and Viletta M.; he has held offices of trust, and discharged their duties well. Pruden, Laura, P. O. St. Charles. Palmer, C. S., P. O. St. Charles. PLUMMER, GEORGE, far., Sec. 29; P. O. St. Charles; Dem.; has 116 acres of fine land, valued at $70 per acre; he was born in Yates Co., N. Y., March 28, 1816, and came to this county in 1844. He married Fanny Bartholomew in 1849; she was born in Yates Co., N. Y., in 1821; they have one daughter-Mary Ann, born Aug. 5, 1856; Mr. P. has one of the best improved farms in this section. Parquett, Mitchell, mason; P. O. St. Charles. Patty, Mrs. Sarah, P. O. St. Charles. PHILLIP, E. P., dealer in all kinds. of agricultural implements; P. O. St. Charles; Rep.; Meth.; was born in Wales Nov. 27, 1846, and came to this place in 1852, and was adopted by Wm. Madison, who has ever been a kind guardian to him; he enlisted in the 17th Cavalry in 1864; remained until the close of the war; in 1872, he engaged in the agricultural implement business, being a successor of J. D. Stone. He married Hannah Belgra Jan. 29, 1870; she was born in Canada July 12, 1847; they have an adopted child-Jennie. Pierce, C. E., marble dealer; P. O. St. Peterson, C. G., far.; P. O. St. Charles. QUINN, JOHN, harness mkr.; P. O. Quackenbush, A., P. O. St. Charles. RIARDON, MARY, P. O. St. Charles. Roach, N. T., dry goods; P. O. St. Charles. Russell, J. H., cheese factory; P. O. St. Charles. Ralph, Hiram, P. O. St. Charles. ROCKWELL, H. T., P. O. St. Charles; Rep.; Cong.; was born in Orleans Co., N. Y.. Sept. 13, 1835, and came to this State in 1855, and engaged in farming and teaching for ten years; he then went into the insurance business, which he has followed ever since; in 1872 he was elected Clerk and Recorder of Kane Co., and held it for four years; he has held the office of Alderman, Assessor, and other important positions in the city and tp., always discharging these duties with ability and satisfaction to all. He married Mary A. Stone April, 1860; she was born in St. Charles Nov., 1843, and died April 2, 1871; he married Emma E. Osgood, Jan., 1872. for his second wife; she was born in Bellows Falls, Vt., July, 1846; they have two children-Frank, born Nov. 30, 1861, and Hattie, born Nov. 1866. Richmond, Stephen, carp.; P. O. St. Charles. Rix, Robert, lab.; P. O. Charles. Reichmann, Fred., P. O. St. Charles. ROWLAND, SAMUEL, P. O. Elgin; far., dairyman and general stock raiser; Ind.; Unitar.; he was born in Middletown, by Youlgreave, Eng., June 3, 1823; he came to this country and State in August, 1868; John Henry, his son, owns the farm of 183 acres, on Sec. 4, and one of the best in town, and well improved, valued at $75 per acre; they live and work the farm together. Samuel R. married Annie Wilson, of Enthorpe, near Market Wighton, Yorkshire, Eng., in 1851; she died in 1854, leaving one son, John Henry, who was born Dec. 30, 1853; he married for present wife Mary Ann Pacey, in Nottingham, Eng., in September, 1864; they have one child, Lelinz Pacey, born at Sterling, Ill., Aug. 19, 1870. Richmond, Ellen M., P. O. St. Charles. Roach, Mary E., P. O. St. Charles. MITH, MYRON, P. O. St. Charles. SMITH, States, Henry, P. O. St. Charles. Scott, Eleanor, P. O. St. Charles. Sill, Hattie H., P. O. St. Charles. SILL, A. V., P. O. St. Charles; Postmaster; Rep.; Ind.; was born in Tioga Co., N. Y., April 29, 1808, and came to St. Charles in 1842, and engaged in the gunsmith business, and continued in it until 1852; in 1843 hewas elected Justice of the Peace, and held the office (except five years) until 1873, when he resigned; in 1845 he was elected Probate Justice, and held it until it was abandoned; he was in California from 1852 to 1857; in 1861 he was appointed Postmaster by President Lincoln, and has held it ever since; he was appointed Notary Public in 1860, and still acts as such; he has also held various town offices; he took a very active part in raising recruits for the army, and sent three sons; he married Angeline Vanvoert in December, 1828; they have six children-George, Robert, Henry, Julian, Elida and Sarah. Sinclair, S. G., P. O. St. Charles. Sill, H. M., dentist; P. O. St. Charles. Scott, Geo. W., far.; P. O. St. Charles. Stowell, Hamilton, far.; St. Charles. Stader, M., far., P. O. St. Charles. Steger, E. S., far., P. P. St. Charles. Stryker, C. H., P. O. St. Charles. Smith, L. M., P. O. St. Charles. |