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They also lost one ebild. Hulda. who died at the
age of six years.

Mr. Schroeder is identified with the Demo-
ci.itif party, lie cast his first Presidential vote
(•■v Ahraiiam Lincoln, and supported the Repuhli-
(.111 i)arty until 18f<4, when he joined the Denioc-
1 acy. He takes quite an active part in local poli-
tii s. has served as Road Comraissioner, Drainage
( I mimissioner, and in other official positions of
li'iiior and trust. He has been a member of the
>rhooi Board, and is a warm friend to the puhlic-
srhdol system. Himself and wife were both
nnrcd in the Lutheran Church, but of later years
tluy have adhered to the faith of the Spiritual-
i-t>. Mr. Sclirocder has long been a resident of
this county, and is widely and favorabh- known.
J His duties of citizenship are always faithfully per-
' formed, and he is a man of sterling character.



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' ULIUS C. ROSE was born in Oswego County,
N. Y., Maj- 14, 1828, and was a son of Syl-
vester M. Rose, a native of Massachusetts,
born in 1794. When a young man of
twenty-one, his father removed to New York, and
there engaged in farming and school teaching
until thirty-two years of age. He was a great
reader, a life-long student, and after he had
reached the age of three-score yeai-s and ten he
made a study of chemistry. He was married in
New Y(>rk to Marj^ Earle, a native of the Empire
State, and they made their home in Oswego
County. His wife died at the age of forty-one
years. Five sons were born of that union who
grew to mature years, but all are now deceased.
Carolan and Carlton both died in early manhood;
Courtland dieii in Michigan; Julius died in this
county; and Lyman M. spent his last days in Illi-
nois. The father outlive<l all his family and died
in Iroquois County in 1881, at the age of eighty-
seven years.

The subject of this sketch was educated in the
public schools. At the age of sixteen, he broke
his leg, and as this prevented his working on the
farm, he began teaching at the age of seveuteeu,



and continued that occupation at intervals until
twenty-five years of age. On attaining his ma-
jority, lie went to L\-ons, N. Y., and with a part-
ner ran a book-store for some two years. AVhen
about twent_v-four years of age, he came to Indi-
ana, locating m LaFa\-ette, Tippecanoe County,
in 1852. He there engaged in teaching school for
two terms, and among his students was Miss
Rhoda K. Justice, born February 1), 1835, in Chilli-
cothe, Ohio, whom he made his wife July 3, 1853.
She had emigrated to Indiana when five years of
age with her parents, who settled near La Fa3ette.
They resided in La Fayette until March, 1860,
when they stxirted with teams to Iroquois County.
During this journey the wagon stuck fast in a
slough between this place and Loda, and had to
be pulled out by ox-teams. For three \ears he
rented land and then purchased a farm near
Cissna Park, where he resided for two years. He
then [)urchased the old farm on which his family
yet resides, buying thirteen hundred acres of
land, the greater part of which was stiU in its
primitive condition. _ Only sixty acres had been
placed under the plow and a log cabin constituted
almost the entire improvements.^gjThe county was
full of wild deer, ducks and geese. He gave his
entire attention to farming and stock-raising, and
did an extensive business in shipping stock.

Mr. Rose held a number of public offices and
was Township Treasurer at the time of his death.
He took a great interest in educational matters
and the schools found in him a great friend. He
was a man of excellent business ability, and by
his fair dealing and well-directed efforts acquired
a handsome property, leaving to his family a good
home. He was a faithful member of the Chris-
tian Church, and his wife holds membership with
the Methodist Episcopal Church. His death oc-
curred February. 23, 1877, when the community
mourned the loss of one of its best citizens.

Mrs. Rose still resides on the home farm, and
in her management of affairs display's excellent
business and executive ability. In the family
were the following children: Sarah, who was
born in Indiana and died in that State in infancy;
Sylvester, a prominent resident of Cissna Park,
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her third 3"ear; Martha J., who was educated at
Lebanon, Ohio, and in Onarga Seminary, and suc-
cessfully engaged in teaching; Elizabeth, who was
educated at Greer College, of Hoopeston, and has
followed teaching for two years, is in the South-
ern Normal College at Bloomfield, Iowa; Bertha,
who died at the age of four years; William, at
home; Liiella, who has engaged in teaching for
four years; and Arthur, who is still with his
mother.



ILTON M. MEACHAM, dealer in drugs,
medicines, paints, oils, etc, of Buckle\-, has
carried on business in this line for twenty
years. He was born in Franklin Count3%
Ohio, on the 11th of February, 1827, and is the
third in order of birth in a family of four children
whose parents were Riley and Hannah (Baldwin)
Meacham. The father was a native of Massachu-
setts and the mother of New York. In an early
day they emigrated Westward, locating in the
midst of the wilderness of Ohio, and amidst the
wild scenes of frontier life their children were
reared. The two eldest, Aurelia A. and Lawrence
L., are both now deceased, but our subject has one
sister yet living, Roxanna R. The parents have
both been deceased for man}' years.

Upon his father's farm in the Buckeye State,
the subject of this sketch was reared to manhood.
His education was acquired in the public schools,
which he attended through the winter season,
while in the summer months he worked in the
fields. On the 6th of September, 1853, he led to
the marriage altar Miss Emma A. Benton, daughter
of Eliacum and Betsy (Meacham) Benton. Four
children were born to their union, as follows:
Frank B., born July 11, 1854, was married to
Miss Lenora AVhite, and with his family resides in
Sioux Falls, S. Dak. They have three children:
Charles M., Lulu and Grigsby. Riley, born Decem-
ber 8, 1856, died at the age of eight months. An-
geline A., born August 30, 1858, is the wife of W.
A. Haney, a resident of Buckley. Edwin M., born
March 26, 1866, completes the family.



It was in April, 1864, that Mr. Meacham left
Ohio, and came with his family to Illinois. He
made bis first location in Ash Grove Township,
Iroquois County, where he resided for about two
3'ears. He then came to*Buckley and was engaged
in carpentering for two years, but afterward fol-
lowed farming for a time. In 1872, he opened a
drug store, and has continued in this line of busi-
ness since. His stock consists of drugs, medicines,
paints, oils, books, stationery and druggist's sund-
ries. He has enjo}'ed a good trade from the be-
ginning, and has a liberal patronage, which yields
him a good income.

Mr. Meacham has frequently been called upon
to serve in public positions of honor and trust.
He filled the office of Justice of the Peace for
eight years, was also Town Clerk, and for four
years served as Supervisor. At this writing, in the
fall of 1892, he is President of the Village Board
of Trustees. The prompt and faithful manner in
which he has ever discharged his official duties has
led to his fretpient re-election, and has won him
the high commendation of all, whether opposed
to him politically or not. Mr. Meacham exercises
his right of franchise in support of the Democratic
party. He is a man of sterling worth, a straight-
forward business man, and during the twenty-
eight 3'ears of his residence in the county he has
formed a wide circle of friends and acquaintances.



ARM SCHAUMBURG is the owner of an
excellent farm of one hundred and sixty
acres, pleasantly located in Milford Town-
ship, about four miles from the village of
Milford, on section 6. There he carries on general
farming and stock-raising. He grows the cereals
best adapted to this climate, and devotes much
attention to the breeding of horses. He is a lover
of the noble steed, and an excellent judge of stock.
The greater part of his land is under a high state
of cultivation, and many good improvements have
been made thereon, so that the place is now one of
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Mr. Scbaunibiirg is a native of Prussia, Geniiany,
born on the 19th of February, 1846. His parents,
AVilhelni and Engcl (Lencrts) Schaumburo;, had a
family of seven children, but two died in infancy.
Of the remaining five, Leonard and Ludwig spent
tlieir entire lives in Germany, and are now de-
i .>:ised. The motiier and the three remaining sons,
Frantz, Harm and John, came to America about
tlie year 1858. Crossing the Atlantic, they be-
came residents of Peoria, III., and the brothers
worked on a farm in that vicinity for a few years.
Harm afterwards removed to Adams County', 111.,
and a few months later, in 1864, enlisted in the
service of his adopted country as a member of the
One Hundred and Thirty-seventh Illinois Infantry.
He was assigned to Company B, and was with his
commander for about four months, when he was
mustered out. Frantz was also in the war. He
became a member of the Eleventii Illinois Cavalr3',
and served for more than three 3'ears. After being
discharged, he returned to his home near Peoria,
and married Miss Rosene, daughter of Ralph Damm.
They have a family of six living children. Joiin
was married in Minouk, and has a family of five
children.

After his return from the war, Mr. Scliaumburg
continued to engage in farm labor for some time.
On tiie 27th of January, 1871, he was joined in
wedlock with Miss Anna Lucht, daughter of Frank
and Peterke (Myer) Lucht. Her father ^is an old
sea-captain. Her mother, a native of Germany, is
now deceased. By the union of our subject and
his wife have been born twelve children, eight
sons and four daughters, and with one exception
all are yet living. William, born April 12, 1871;
Peterke Emma, July 12, 1872: Engel, January
;iO, 1874; Frederick, (Jctober 17, 1875; Wirtje,
December 31, 1876; Harm, March 26, 1878; Jonas,
Oecember 9. 1880; Frantz, June 26, 1882; Anna,
August 17. 1884; Almrtii Johanna, December 12,
1886, died on the 30th of April, 1888; Ludwig,
born September 29, 1888; and Johannus (Jerhard,
November 29, 1891.

In the spring of 1874, Mr. .'>ch.Tuml)urg came to
Iroquois County from Livingston County, 111.,
and settled on an eigiity-acre farm in Milford
Township, about five and a-lialf miles west of the



village. He there resided for nine j-ears, on the
expiration of wiiich period he sold that tract, and
bought his present farm of one hundred and sixty
acres oil section 6, Milford Township, about a mile
and a-half south of the old home. It has since
been their place of residence. Our suliject and
his wife are both members of the Lutheran Church,
and are people of sterling worth, known and
honored throughout the community. In his social
relations, he is a member of Vennum Post No.
471, G. A. R., and in hi.> political afliliations he is
a Democrat.

jp^ YLVESTER M. ROSE, the eldest son of
^^^ Julius Rose, was born on his father's
Ilil/_ji) farm near La Fayette, Ind., February 15,
1856, but at an early age came to this
county with the family'. He acquired a good edu-
cation and is a well-informed man. He experi-
enced all the hardships and trials of pioneer life,
and was earl^- inured to the hard labor of develop-
ing a new farm. At the age of twenty-six he
left home. When eighteen j'ears of age, his fa-
ther had given him his time, but he continued to
work on the old homestead. In 1881, he came to
Cissna Park, and in February of that year began
dealing in hardware and lumber as one of the
pioneer merchants of this place. In 1885, be sold
out his hardware and began dealing in grain and
coal. Two years later he sold his lumber yavd,
but reiiurchased it in 1889, and now carries on
business as a lumber, grain and coal dealer. He
built the Rose elevator, one of the largest in the
county, which has a capacity of one hundred
thousand bushels, and does an extensive business,
amounting in 1891 to $100,000. He spends part
of his time in Chicago and is connected with Will-
iam H. Cowles, a commission merchant on the
Board of Trade. He started in business with
§2,000, and has made the greater part of his posses-
sions through his own efforts.

On the 13th of February, 1889, Mr. Rose was
joined in wedlock with Miss Mary, daughter of
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Township, this county. They have a pleasant
home in Cissna Park and are numbered among its
best citizens. Mr. Rose is a stalwart advocate of
Republican principles and has served as a mem-
ber of the Council since the organization of the
town. In business circles he ranks high, and by
his own industry' and perseverance he has worked
his way upward to a position of wealth. His life
has been one of signal success, and he is now en-
joying a well-deserved prosperity.



fOHN FERNALDjOneof tiie prominent man-
ufacturers of Lovejoy Township, is the pro-
prietor of a large tile factory, and a leading
business man, who has a wide acquaintance
throughout Iroquois County. His life record is
as follows: He w.as born in Carlisle, Cumberland
County, Pa., January 18, 1837, and is descended
from good old Revolutionarj' stock on the ma-
ternal side. His parents were Benjamin and Sarah
B. (Wright) Fernald. His father, a native of
Cape Cod, Mass., born May 28, 1792, was a boot
and shoemaker by trade, and followed that busi-
ness for sixty years. He was a soldier in the War
of 1812, and aided in the defense of Baltimore
when the British undertook to burn that city.
He died January 1, 1884. His wife, who was
born in Pennsylvania, October 28, 1799, was the
daughter of a Revolutionary soldier. Her father,
Robert Wright, lived to the advanced age of
eighty-nine years and six months, and died in
Indiana. Mrs. Fernald died in Indiana, April 4,
1869. The parents of our subject were both mem-
bers of the Presbyterian Church. Their family
numbered ten children, seven sons and three
daughters, of whom three arc yet living.

John Fernald, whose name heads this record,
spent the first nine 3'ears of his life in Carlisle,
Pa., and then, in 1846, accompanied his parents to
Clinton County, Ind., when, at the age of seven-
teen, he started out in life for himself, following
.agricultural pursuits. In 1870, he began the man-
ufacture of tile in Indiana, continuing in that line
of business for eleven years. In the meantime, he



had erected a factory in Hoopeston, investing a
capital of $6,000, and there remained for three
years, doing a successful business. On the expira-
tion of that time, he disposed of his factory and,
in company with his brother-in-law, Frank Jenkins,
built a factory in Templeton, Beiiton County, Ind.
While there the brother-in-law died. Mr. Fernald
was appointed administrator of his estate, and sold
out the business. He then located his present large
factor3' in Wellington, with a capital of §8,000. The
factory is supplied with the most modern im-
provements, and he does an excellent business.
Lately, he has given over the general manage-
ment of the large interest to his son, George
Cliester, a practical and enterprising business man,
and Mr. Fernald devotes his entire attention to
a new invention, the Columbia Tile and Brick
Machine, which is now in the hands of the proper
officers, and in a short time he expects to have a
patent thereon. For twenty-two j'ears, Mr. Fer-
nald has studied along this line, and his thought
and Labor have at length resulted in this invention
which will no doubt prove of the utmost impor-
tance and benefit to those engaged in the manu-
facture of tile. His large factory at Wellington
has a capacity of five hundred thousand tile an-
nually, and he has a large and constantly-increas-
ing trade.

On the 9th of April, 1863, Mr. Fernald mar-
ried Miss Martha Jenkins, daughter of William
and Eliza (Lock) Jenkins. The lad}' is a native
of Clinton County, Ind., born December 5, 1843.
Her father was a farmer, but followed steamboat-
ing on the Ohio River. He died at about the
age of seventy-four years. Her mother, who was
born and reared in the Buckeye State, was called
to her final rest at the early age of twenty -six
J'ears. Both were members of the Presbyterian
Church. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Fernald have been
born seven children, and the family circle j'et re-
mains unbroken by the hand of Death. In order
of birth they are as follows: William J., who was
graduated from the Rush Medical College, of Chi-
cago, in 1890, in a class of ninety, is now a prac-
ticing physician and surgeon of Rantoul, 111,;
Allen B., who was graduated from the Chicago
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tice of dentistry at Galesburg, 111.; George Chester
is manager of the Wellington Tile Factor}-; Harr_v
AV. IS attending a dental school in Chicago; Asa
C. Mary B. and Mattie F. are all at home.

In his political alHliations, Mr. Fernald was a
stanch Kepublic.Tn from the time when he east his
first Presidential vote for Abraham Lincoln nntil
1 888, when he joined the ranks of the Prohibi-
tion party. He ha.? long been a warm advocate
of temperance principles, and, believing prohibi-
tion to be the most important issue now before
the people, he joined the party which embodies
his principles. He is a member of the Good Tem-
plars' Society, and the cause of education finds in
him a warm friend. Himself, wife and children
are all members of the Presbyterian Church of
Wellington, and take an active interest in all
church and .Sunday-school work. The family are
classed among tlie best citizens of Iroquois County
and in social circles rank liigh.

Mr. Fernald is a man of excellent business abil-
ity, sagacious and far-sighted, and his inventive
genius is of a high order. Hand and brain have
brought him the success which has crowned his
efforts and made him one of the substantial citizens
of the communitv.



'^ASPP:R PKUTSMAN, who is engaged in
the manufacture of brick and tile, is one of
the successful and progressive business men

of Milford, and the business to which he

devotes his attention is one of its leading indus-
tries.

As Mr. Prutsman is well and favorably known
throughout Iroquois County, we feel assured that
this record of his life will prove of interest to
many of our readers. He was born near Attica, in
Fountain County, Ind., on the 12th of February,
1836, and is one of twelve children. The parents
were David and Maxej- M. (McMuUin) Prutsman,
the former a native of Pennsylv.ania and the latter
of Kentucky. Only two of the children arc now
living. The members of the family were Daniel,
,Iohn. Elizahetli, Ellen, David, Mary, Jasper, Car-
lo



oline and four who died in infancy. The father
of this family died in Indiana in 1837, when our
subject was little more than a year old. His mo-
ther continued to reside in that State until 1852,
and there reared her family. She then came to
Illinois and made her home with her son Jasper.

Our subject had no special advantages in his
3'outh, in fact, from an early age he was dependent
upon his own resources. Whatever success he has
achieved in life is due to his own efforts and
stands as a monunient to his enterprise. On com-
ing to Illinois, he entered eighty acres of land in
Prairie Green Township .and began the develop-
ment of a farm, transforming the wild tr.act into
rich and fertile fields. After nine 3'eais, he re-
moved to IMilford Township and engaged in
furnishing timber for corporations and firms, who
used great quantities of it. It was in 1872 that
he embarked in his present line of business. He es-
tablished a brick and tile factory, and is yet cann-
ing on operations in that line. From the begin-
ning success has attended his efforts and his trade
has constantly incroa,<ed. He furnished nearly all
of the brick used in building in Milford and has
had large sales elsewhere.

In 1856, Mr. Prutsman was united in inarri.age
with jMiss Lucinda Crow, daughter of David and
Mary Crow. They had a family of eight children,
six of whom are yet living: Alfred, born February
12, 1858; Mary M., April 29, 1860; Smilinda K,
February 9, 1862; Orea, March 8, 1864; Martha E.,
April 26, 1865; Frank, July 6. 1867; Arata, April 1 1,
1870, and one who died in infancy*. On the loth
of March, 1884, Mary became the wife of George
Gihbs, whose death occurred about 1888, leaving
three children, Walter G., George and Leila. By
a second marriage she has one daughter, Angle.

Socially, IMr. Prutsman is a member of IMilford
Lodge No. 168, A. F. <fe A.M., and both he and his
wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal
Church. Politically, he is a Republican, having
cast his first vote for President Lincoln. In con-
nection with his other property, he owns a desirable
farm of one hundred .and twelve acres, a half-mile
west of Milford, on which he makes his home. His
business li.as grown from a small beginning to one
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yard is the largest in the county. The material
which he uses is of a superior quality and no better
tile is manufactured in this part of the countrj'.
Mr. Prutsman has now an excellent trade, which is
well deserved. He is a self-made man who started
out in life empty-handed, but bj' industry' and en-
ter|)rise overcame the obstacles in his path and
worked his way upward to success. He has ever
taken an active interest in the welfare of the com-
munity and is classed among its best citizens. Dur-
ing the late war, when many husbands and fathers
were at the front, he aided in looking after their
families and often gave then substantial assistance.



(I],— ^^ERMAN SALMON, an enterprising farmer
|lfjV and valued citizen of Ash Grove Town-
ii^^ ship, residing on section 9, claims Germany
(^) as the land of his birtli. He was born in
Westphalia, near the town of Enger, on the 4th of
August, 1860. His father emigrated with his fam-
ily to America and removed from Will County,
111., to this count}' in 1875. Within a year he was
called to his final rest, and his remains were inter-
red in St. Paul's Churchyard, in AVood worth.

Mr. Salmon, whose name heads this sketch, was
brought to America when six years of age. His
education was acquired in the public and parochial
schools, he stud\-ing both in German and English.
With the family he came to Iroquois County in
187.5, and after his father's death operated the
home farm for a number of years, except for about
one year, when, at the age of sixteen, he was em-
ployed as salesman in the store of Fred W. Meyer.
About 1880. he purchased his present farm of
eighty acres and in connection with it continued
to operate the home farm until about six j-ears
ago.

The lady who is now Mrs. Salmon was in her
maidenhood Miss Lizzie Munstermann, a daugh-
ter of Henry Munstermann, who came to this
county about nineteen 3'ears ago. She was boin
in Hanover, Germany, on the 24th of April, I860)
and in the year 1873 caiqe to America, sailing



from Hamburg to New York. On the 4th of
March, 1886, she gave her hand in marriage to our
subject. By their union have been born three chil-
dren: Herman H., born .Tuly 7, 1887; Delia, March
11, 1889; and Lyd'ia, December 2, 1890. All were
born on the home farm.

Mr. Salmon now owns eight}- acres of land and
operates fort}' acres in addition. His home, newly
built, is a comfortable residence, surrounded with
good improvements, including good barns and out-
buildings, and these in turn are situated in the
midst of waving fields of grain, whose rich fertility
tells of abundant harvests. Mr. Salmon is engaged
in general farming and success has attended his
efforts. He is a sagacious and far-sighted business
man, enterprising and progressive, and his labors
have received their reward in a well-deserved pros-
perity. Religiously, he is a member of the Luth-
eran Church and has been President of the con-
gregation for three years. He served as School
Director for six yeai's and has been Collector of
the township. By his first Presidential vote, he
supported James G. Blaine in 1884, and has since