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1 The LaSalle County Genealogy Guild W. Glover St. - Ottawa, IL Tel. (815) SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2011 GUILD HOURS Mondays & Saturdays 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Meetings 3rd Saturday of month At 1:00 p.m. 115 W. Glover St., Ottawa INTERNET CORNER The LSCGG s Home Page address On the World Wide Web is: Lscgg.org LSCGG s new address: lscgg@sbcglobal.net OFFICERS President: Jenan Jobst (815) Vice President: Margaret Clemens (815) Co-Secretaries: Barb Halsey & Sandy Vahl Carole Nagle, Editor SEPTEMBER MEETING 17 September 2011 DAVID G. CLARK will be our speaker. David was born and raised in northwestern Indiana. He moved to Chicago and was working as a parking garage manager on Adams Street (westbound 66). He met his future wife there. When they fell on hard times in the early 1990's and could not afford to travel for vacation they decided to start exploring Chicago as if they were tourists. Thanks to their love of the Chicago Historical Society, the Chicago Architecture Foundation, and the Art Institute, they became well versed in area history. The title of his presentation is Bring Family History to Life; The stories We Could Tell. This presentation is designed to help motivate those who have an interest in their genealogy to take the next step and create a written record of their unique family stories. We see how organizing our historic objects can be accomplished through simple handwritten methods or through the use of computers, scanners and digital cameras. OCTOBER MEETING 15 October 2011 DONALD and CAROLINE WINSLOW will be our featured speakers. The Winslows are going to be in Germany for an extended time will take lots of pictures. They would like you to sit back-relax- and enjoy the Finest of "Munich" and more. PRESIDENT S LETTER Happy Fall, It finally feels a little bit cooler this week. We have been in the high 90 s all of July with high humidity, so it is too hot to do many outside things. Chicago received a lot of rain in July but we didn t receive much here so we had to water the flowers often. We have had many visitors to the Guild lately so that is a good thing. We also have had a lot of e -mail queries. My cast came off my wrist 3 weeks ago so I am finally able to type again. It feels pretty good, but I can t make a complete fist or get the top off of a bottle of pop. I have to go to hand therapy twice a week. Then 2 weeks ago my back started to spasm on Sunday and I could hardly walk. So I went to the chiropractor 4 times. It is a lot better. I m tired of appointments. We lost 3 people in the Guild in the last month. Don Christianson was our first computer chairman. He set up our computers and even built the first one. His wife Ronda did our newsletter for awhile and kept track of the membership for us and made our mailing labels. He was only 50. He was a great guy and will be missed. Dorothy Clemens our vice-president and former president lost her daughter Carole to cancer. Carole was only 50 also. When we got our building Carole helped us paint it. Aileen Johnson lost her husband Howard in a farm accident. Aileen did many of the cemeteries in the Seneca area for us. Condolences go to these 3 families. Hope you have a great fall. Jenan Jobst President

2 THE GENIE S VIEW Page 2 JUNE MEETING Meeting of the LaSalle county Genealogy Guild June 16, 2011 Guest Speaker: Mr. Steve Szabados Meeting was opened by President Jenan Jobst Jenan provided the current treasurers report. Barb Halsey was out at DAR Memorial Celebration in Mount Vernon. Carol Wheeler from Illinois State Genealogical Society said consider going to the Springfield Convention on Sept She talked about the new website: Members only Section membership is only $30.00 right now and they will be giving 15 months for the $ % of death records available. Our speaker, Steve Szabados, topic was Polish Research. It is very important to find as many documents as possible and cluster them. Study the history of the area as there are border changes over the years. Libraries and Historical societies have much family information do not forget to visit them when in the area of research. Always Google town and county. Study pictures and click on translation in English. FamilySearch and Wiki have information on specific towns. Many web address for electronic records are free. Gazetteers are good sources for towns where records are. Shtetlseeker (town search) Slownik.geograficzny Newberry Library and Polish Societies for research assistance Wikipedia Books Following the Paper Trail by Jonathan Shea and William Hoffman Pozen area is indexed by first names German Empire No Poland in 1800s Polish after WWI There was ill will after WWII 1920 census is most accurate. Sandy Vahl, Co-Recording Secretary Kenneth Fredrick Holley of Palm Springs, California recently donated his family history The Jacob Hoelle Family History and Genealogy The Jesse W.Hoelle Branch JULY MEETING Meeting of the LaSalle County Genealogy Guild July 16, 2011 Guest Speaker: MS. Grace DuMelle Meeting was opened by: Jenan Jobst She welcomed everyone on this hot day. Jenan provided the current treasurers report. Barb Halsey Provided the minutes from May. Jenan reported we now have 3 new computers, one laptop and 2 desk models. We only got the death records from St. Francis Church. Grace DuMelle s Topic of Discussion Going Straight to the Source Pointers on Oral History Reel-to-Reel records and stories of family history. Definition of Oral History- *Unique blend of sound and text. The stories are usually told with emotion *Transcribe what was said. The story is the biggest part of history. Everyone loves a story. Use connections. Audio and video are great products that are available today. Focus on content of the audio-written transcripts is also important. Audio is easier to learn and less obtrusive to the person being interviewed. Collect sketches or photos of the family or subject. Make a list of questions and have them ready before the interview. Make arrangements ahead of time for the interview. Provide an outline of the questions ahead of time as well. Bring notebook for notes. Keep it very simple when interviewing. Media will be changing in about 10 years. Be ready for change. Reel-to-reel has been transitioned to digital. Audiocassette recorders are still the easiest way to record. Radio shack has the best supplies for digital recorders. Digital Camera s do have audio available and should hold up to minutes of audio. Cell phone will also capture the audio. IPOD can be used as recording device. Get familiar with your equipment before the interview. Make sure everything is working to make it easier on the interview. Go to the source and go now! Upon completion, preserve your work. Make multiple copies and give them to libraries, etc. Sandy Vahl & Barb Halsey Co-Recording Secretaries

3 THE GENIE S VIEW Page 3 MEMBERSHIPS NEW MEMBERS Privatized Information For LSCGG Members Only PROBATE RECORD FINDINGS The LaSalle County Genealogy Guild is in possession of most of the original probate records of LaSalle County from1831 to the 1980s. Probate records are those records and files kept by a probate court. The word probate comes from Latin and means to prove, in this case to prove in court the authenticity of a last will and testament of someone who has died. In the absence of a will, inheritance laws have provided for the passing on of property, belongings, and assets. The documents found in a probate file will vary radically. They may range from a single letter to a whole file of court and family documents. We recently found several probates that listed the birth place of IRISH immigrants and the residence of siblings or parents that did not come to the United States. Other documents you might find in Probate Files: * a will, is there is one * codicils (amendments) to the will * a petition for an executor or administrator * probate of the will * a list of heirs or divisees with addresses * a proof of heirship (statements regarding relationships) * an inventory of the deceased s estate at time of death * a report of the committee for partition when heirs cannot agree amongst themselves about how to divide the estate * receipts from heirs and divisees (family signatures) * a closing statement by the court * an inventory of real estate and stocks and bonds held in joint tenancy, even though not part of the probate proceedings CONDOLENCES We wish to extend our sympathy to the family of Don Christensen, who passed away suddenly in July. Also to Dorothy Clemens who lost her daughter, Carol, to cancer and the Howard Johnson family. Howard was fatally injured in an accident on his farm. May they rest in peace. APOLOGY Marie does not live in Mesa, Arizona, she lives in La Mesa, California. Sorry, my mistake. A special Thank You to Marie B. Schmitz, for her generous donation to the Guild in memory of LOREN L. SCHMITZ

4 THE GENIE S VIEW Page 4 PLACES TO GO THINGS TO DO SEPTEMBER 7-10 THE FEDRATION OF GENEALOGICAL SOCIETIES (FGS) CONFERENCE Pathways to the Heartland. Conference for the Nation s Genealogists with local host The Illinois State Genealogical Society. The conference will be held at the Prairie Capital Convention Center, Springfield, IL (downtown Springfield) 18th Annual Fall Conference of the Fox Valley Genealogical Society, 24 September 2011 Naperville, IL. Building a Better Pedigree Featuring noted genealogist, author, and lecturer CHRISTINE ROSE Topics: Genealogical Proof Standard: Building a Solid Case Local Land Records in Depth Avoid the Crooked Path! Genealogical Problem Solving Solving the Problem Onsite in 25 Hours or Less For more information see Davenport, Iowa Celebrating 175 Years of Life on the Mississippi River Built to Last JEWELS OF THE GOLD COAST The 2011 Hamburg Historic District Home Tour September 24-25, 2011 More information: IOWA GENEALGICAL SOCIETY Fall Conference October 14 & 15, 2011 At Faith Lutheran Church University Avenue, Clive, Iowa Featured speaker: BILLIE STONE FOGARTY A professional genealogist and former history teacher with Bachelor s and Master s Degrees, Billie now devotes her time to infecting others with her love for history up close and personal family history! She is author of Guidebook to Researching My Family Tree. PLACES TO STAY Listed below are places to stay while in Ottawa. Additional information on the facilities can be obtained at the Ottawa Visitors Center, at 100 W. Lafayette Street in the Old Reddick Mansion. Phone: (815) or(888) or website: Ottawa Motel Properties and B & Bs Econo Lodge: 510 Etna Road, phone (815) or (800) Fairfield Inn: 3000 Fairfield Land, phone Hampton Inn: 4115 Holiday Lane, phone (815) or fax (815) Holiday Inn Express: 120 W. Stevenson Road, phone (815) or (800) HOLIDAY Sand s Motel: 1215 LaSalle St., phone (815) Super 8: 500 Etna Road, phone (815) or (800) Surrey Motel: Route 23, phone (815) Marcia s Bed & Breakfast: 3003 N. Route 71, phone (815) CENSUS RELEASE DATE The 1940 U.S. Federal Census was conducted based on a census date of April 1, Given the seventytwo year privacy restriction, family historians will need to wait until April 2, 2012 before they can inspect schedules from the sixteenth census of the United States. The census counted a total of nearly million people living in 48 states. Since April 1st falls on a Sunday in 2012, we'll have to wait an additional day to access the 1940 census schedules, but recent announcements from officials at the National Archives have indicated the schedules are already scanned and being prepped for digital release through the NARA website, rather than microfilm as has been done in previous y e a r s. U.S. Federal Census online

5 THE GENIE S VIEW Page 5 REMINISCENCES By Elijah Dimmick My parents, Daniel and Rachel (Leonard) Dimmick, in 1828 (the year I was fourteen years of age), left Richland County, Ohio, for the prairie country of Illinois with their family and household goods, making the trip with one ox-team and one horse-team, coming via Springfield and Dayton, Ohio, to Indianapolis, crossing the Wabash at Clinton, Ind., crossing the Illinois River at Peoria; thence to Bureau County, settling, in May of that year, six miles southeast of the present city of Princeton, on Blue River. We were unable to raise any crop for subsistence the following winter, and I will relate my trip to mill, including the trip made to get something to to mill with: My father and myself, in the fall of 1828, started out to exchange our labor for corn to subsist upon the coming winter. To find corn fields was the first object. Proceeding to Peoria, thence to Fort Clark, camping by permission of Captains Bogardus, Eads and Stillman inside the inclosure (Stillman was the hero of battle of Stillman s Run with Black Hawk in 1832); from Fort Clark we went to Thomas Hartwell s trading post, between Fort Horn (now LaSalle) and Fort Hennepin. There we procured an Indian canoe, rigging the same with sails and paddles. Laying in provisions, we proceeded to Peoria Lake. Securing our canoe and going two miles west of the lake, we worked the season of husking for a Mr. Powell, receiving for wages what was more necessary to us than money-corn. Loading our craft with the golden harvest, we poled and paddled and sailed back to Hartwell s trading post (making in the canoe a trip of 160 miles). The next day we returned home and, with our ox -team, together went to Hartwell s for the corn. Sacking the same and placing it on poles laid over the top of the wagon, we forded the river and returned home. Shelling our corn, we thence started for the mill. Crossing the river again at Hartwell s, we proceeded to Thomas Gallaher s horse-mill, fifteen miles southeast of Hennepin. Of course we could not take our meal home with us, but returning for it at the time agreed upon, making another trip of fifty-four miles, it may well be believed that when we did get the corn-meal and my good Pennsylvania mother baked it, with perhaps some pumpkin in it, it made a dish fit for a prince, especially as we had plenty of milk from our Ohio cows and had only to go into the woods to gather wild-honey. With us, even in the pioneer days, the land flowed with milk and honey. Corn I have since seen so cheap as to be used for fuel and it hardly paid day wages for hauling, but in those times a man who had corn was a capitalist; corn would have been king had we had the corn. But to show the necessity of what since has been so cheap, I will state that in procuring that corn and converting the same into meal, 364 miles were made by land and river, going and returning, and if any two men in the United States ever made a longer trip for bread, I would be glad to take off my hat to them. For the information of many of the people of today, I will say that Fort Horn was situated about forty rods above where the canal has its junction with the Illinois River. Government supplies reached there from St. Louis. Several small frame buildings sheltered the few inhabitants of those days. Fort Horn was named from Horn, of the firm of Horn & Wilburn, Government supply contractors, who operated a steamboat from St. Louis to the fort. I worked a part of the year of1830 for Mr. Wilburn, near Shullsburg, Wis. In 1829 my father changed his residence, moving to King Grove, afterward called Dimmick Grove, near where Lamoille now stands. In the spring of 1830 my father was elected Justice of the Peace; his commission was signed by Governor Reynolds. In the spring of 1832 the Sacs and Foxes, under Black Hawk made war on the white settlements. At that time about five families lived at our grove. We were warned of our danger by that faithful old friend of the whites, the Chief Shabbona. We all went to Fort Hennepin. The excitement that followed the murder of Mr. Hall and his wife and others, and the carrying off of the Hall girls at the Indian Creek settlement, can be imagined by none. March 31, 1853, I was united in marriage with Caroline Foote, of Eden Township, by Rev. R.C. Bristol. The Reverend in a published notice of the event said: Mr. Dimmick once got his Foote in Eden. In concluding I will say, that if any man should have predicted that I, who had made a trip of 364 miles for corn-meal and fled with our family to avoid massacre by Indians, should ever live to see the county the home of 80,000 prosperous people, churches, schoolhouses, railroads and civilization all around us, I would have pronounced him a lunatic. History of LaSalle County, Illinois, 1886, Volume I Pages Books are the treasured wealth of the world and the fit inheritance of generations and nations. Henry David Thoreau

6 THE GENIE S VIEW Page 6 ORGANIZATION OF LASALLE COUNTY At the time settlements commenced in LaSalle County, the territory was a part of Peoria County. Previous to the organization of Peoria County the territory was a part of Sangamon County. Thus, each new county, formed on the northern frontier of the settled portion of the State, embraced all the territory north of it to the State line, as the settlement of the State commenced at the south, and progressed north. The first election in what is now LaSalle County was held at the house of John Green, in August, It was the Fox River Precinct of Peoria County. In the winter of the legislature organized the county of LaSalle, and an election was held the following spring at Ottawa, for county officers. The boundaries of the county included Ranges 1,2,3,4,5, and 6, from the south line of Township 29, now the south line of the town of Groveland, to the north line of the State, being thirtysix miles wide, and over one hundred miles long about the size of some of the smaller States. At the first election held at Ottawa, March 7th, 1831, George E. Walker was chosen Sheriff; John Green, Abraham Trumbo and James B. Campbell, County Commissioners; and David Walker, County Clerk. The county was divided into three precincts, Ranges 1 and 2 constituted Vermillion Precinct; Ranges 3 and 4 Ottawa Precinct; and Ranges 5 and 6 Eastern Precinct. Each precinct ran north to the State line. A court was held the following summer on the south side of the river, as that was then the town, Judge Young presided. The grand jury held a session, a petit jury were summoned, but no presentments were made, nor trials had. It is said the court was held under a large tree, on the bottoms south of the river. The grand jury met in a room of David Walker s house, and the petit jury, not being impanneled, were not confined to any locality. Judge Young complimented the county upon its moral character, in having no indictments presented. It seems that the first indictments ever presented by the grand jury in LaSalle County, were for selling whisky without a license, and if the past may be regarded as the truthful index of the future, and human nature remains as now, the last indictments which precede the final consummation of all earthly things, may be for the same offense. After the fright from the Winnebago outbreak had subsided, emigrants came in quite freely. The first settlements were made along the edge of the best timber. The impression was, that only the timber belts could ever be inhabited; the prairies were thought to be too cold in winter, and uninhabitable for want of timber. Thus the main attraction was the best groves, and farms with timber and prairie adjoining were first selected, and none other as long as such could be found. After Ottawa, the first settlements were at Bailey s Grove, (now Tonica) in 1825 to1828; at Dayton and Rutland by Green s party, in1829, and others in At that time the only white man between there and Galena was John Dixon, the first and then the only settler where Dixon now is. There was only one white man between there and Peoria, on the river that was Mr. Hartsell, an Indian trader, at Hennepin. John Hays settled at Peru; Lapsley, at LaSalle; Myers, Letts, and Richey, on the bluff south of Peru-all 1n James Galloway had settled opposite Marseilles in Troy Grove received its first settler in 1830, but only three families till 1833; Indian Creek, in 1830; and the first on the Vermillion, was in Martin Reynolds came to Deer Park in 1829, and Elsa Armstrong in Charles Brown and the Hogabooms came in These, with a few others, were the whole population of LaSalle County in , when the Black Hawk war broke over the defenseless colony. The settlements in the county were located at Ottawa and vicinity, nearly all south of the river, extending to Covell creek, and to Brown s Point below. At Dayton and Rutland, on both sides of the Fox, and on the Illinois at or near the Grand Rapids, there might have been fifty persons; four or five families on Indian creek; four or five at LaSalle and Peru and the bluff opposite; a like number at Bailey s grove, and two or three each on the Upper Vermillion, and in what is now the town of Deer Park a feeble and scattered people, on the extreme borders of civilization, but illy prepared to meet the shock of savage warfare. The outbreak in the spring of 1831, when Black Hawk crossed the Mississippi, near Rock Island, and drove the settlers from their claims, alarmed the whole frontier. The timid left the country, and immigration ceased. The difficulty was temporarily settled, but there was a feverish anxiety among the people; and when, in the spring of 1832, the Sauks, under Black Hawk, took the war-path in earnest, many precipitately left, decreasing the means of defense, and weakening the already feeble colony. The winter of was a very severe one; the snow was of unusual depth, and traveling across the country almost impossible. The water of the Illinois river, at the time of the spring floods, was from two to three feet higher than it has been since. History of LaSalle County Illinois By Elmer Baldwin, 1877 Pages 85-89

7 THE GENIE S VIEW Page 7 COUNTY COMMISSIONERS Of LaSalle County From 1831 to 1849, when a county Judge and two Associates transacted the County business for one year, to 1850, when the first Board of Supervisors were elected John Green, James B. Campbell, Abram Trumbo Dec., 1832 Martin Reynolds, vice Jas. B. Camp- Bell 1832 Daniel Kellogg, Simon Crosiar, Martin Reynolds 1834 Isaac Dimmick, Geo. Havenhill, Robert P.Woodworth 1835 Benjamin Thurston, vice R.P. Wood worth 1836 David Reader, Thomas Burnham, Wm. Barbour 1838 Isaac Dimmick, Ralph Woodruff, Wm. Barbour Mar., 1839 Henry Green, vice Wm. Barbour, re signed Aug., 1839 Hiram P. Woodworth, vice Ralph Woodruff 1840 Alson Woodruff, vice Henry Green 1841 Patrick Hanley, vice Isaac Dimmick 1842 Harvey Leonard, vice Hiram P. Wood worth 1843 Samuel Mackey, vice Alson Woodruff 1844 Robert Rowe, vice P.Hanley 1845 Chas. H. Gilman,vice Harvey Leonard 1846 Chas. C. Elliot.vice Samuel Mackey 1847 John Kennedy, vice Robert Rowe 1848 Chas. H. Gilman, vice C.H. Gilman 1849 HenryG. Cotton, County Judge; Chas. H. Gilman and Patrick M. Kilduff, Associates County divided into Townships by Champlin R. Potter, Levi Kelsey and Israel G. Cooper. Report filed February 28th, First Board of Supervisors met May 27th, 1850 LIST OF COUNTY OFFICERS 1831 & 1832 Wm. Richey, Assessor/Treasurer David Walker, County Clerk Geo. E. Walker, Sheriff 1833 Anthony Bilzer, Assessor/Treasurer David Walker, County Clerk Geo. E. Walker, Sheriff 1834 Anthony Bilzer, Assessor/Treasurer Joseph Cloud, County Clerk (June 3d) W. Stadden, Sheriff (Oct) 1835 James M. Sawtell, Assessor/Treasurer Joseph Cloud, County Clerk W. Stadden, Sheriff 1836 Henry Madden, Assessor/Treasurer (resigned July 26) Joseph Cloud, County Clerk Alson Woodruff, Sheriff 1836 Lorenzo Leland (July Conrad Debaugh, Assessor/Treasurer Joseph Cloud, County Clerk Alson Woodruff, Sheriff 1838 Conrad Debaugh, Assessor/Treasurer Joseph Cloud, County Clerk Wm. Reddick, Sheriff 1839, 1840 & 1841 Jabez Fitch, Assessor/Treasurer Joseph Cloud, County Clerk Wm. Reddick, Sheriff 1842 Jabez Fitch, Assessor/Treasurer Maurice Murphy (May 2) (vice Cloud deceased) Wm. R. McClay (Aug) Wm. Reddick, Sheriff 1843, 1844 & 1845 Jabez Fitch, Assessor/Treasurer Maurice Murphy, County Clerk (Aug) Wm. Reddick, Sheriff 1846 Jebez Fitch, Assessor/Treasurer Maurice Murphy, County Clerk Henry Hurlburt, Sheriff 1847 & 1848 Rees Morgan, Assessor/Treasurer Maurice Murphy, County Clerk Henry Hurlburt, Sheriff 1849 Wagner, Assessor/Treasurer S.W. Raymond, County Clerk Henry Hurlburt, Sheriff History of LaSalle County Illinois By Elmer Baldwin, 1877 Page

8 THE GENIE S VIEW Page 8 INDUSTRIES CLARENCE C. GLOVER -ICE Clarence Champlin Glover is a representative of two of Ottawa s oldest families. His paternal grandfather, James Glover, a retired lawyer and ship-owner of New York, came to South Ottawa when there were but two houses on the north side of the river in what is now the city of Ottawa. His maternal grandfather, Christopher Champlin, one of the old line abolitionists, came nearly as early. His father, William J. Glover, who died when Clarence was a small boy, was a well known pioneer and a brother of the late Joseph O. Glover. His mother, Bertha Champlin Glover, sister of the late John C. Champlin, is still living. Mr. Glover owns and operates the most extensive ice plant in LaSalle county. He purchased the business of the late A.A. Colley in 1894, and has improved and enlarged it to its present dimensions. He employs during the ice harvest in winter from 100 o 125 men and 10 or 15 horses, and puts up for his own use from 8,000 to 9,000 tons and 1,000 to 2,000 tons for others, Steam machinery is used for elevating and storing ice in winter, and everything else about the plant is up-to-date. A private switch connects the houses with the C., B. & Q and Rock Island railroads, and the shipping in car lots is an important part of the business. Mr. Glover is a native of Ottawa and has spent most of his life here. He took a position in the Ottawa post office at 16 years of age and has been doing for himself ever since. He has always taken an active interest in public affairs. He is not an office-seeker, but has occupied some public positions, everyone of them coming to him unsought. He was one of the clerks of the Illinois State Senate in , and subsequently served several years in the employ of the Illinois & Michigan Canal Commission at Ottawa and Chicago. He is now serving his third term as alderman from the second ward. In 1880 he married Miss Anna Cushman, daughter of the late W.H.W. Cushman. Mrs. Glover died in Mr. Glover lives, with his children, in a large, old fashioned place, on the banks of the Fox river, in East Ottawa. OTHER OTTAWA INDUSTRIES IN 1900 The Seiberling Plate Glass Company founded by Monroe Seiberling Ottawa Silver Company Silver Novelties, Daniel J. Toothill, President E. de La Chapelle & Co. Lamp Chimneys founded by E. de La Chapelle The Novelty Glass Co. Opalescent Glass, Mr. Victor Peltier, president Pioneer Fire-Proof Construction Company Fire- C.C. Glover s Ice Houses Fire-Proofing, Col. George M. Moulton, president The Standard Fire Brick Company Fire Brick and Fire Clay Articles 1895 organized by Thomas D. Catlin, John W. Channel, M.W. Bach and E.W. Bach Celadon Roofing Tile Company, Mr. Alvord B. Clarke, general superintendent Illinois Valley Clay Co, - fire Clay, Terra Cotta, Fire Proofing, owners A.T. Griffin, of Utica & E.V. Johnson of Chicago M.W. Bach & Co. Horse Collars and Fly Nets owned by Mr. Bach The J.E. Porter Company Haying Tools, Pumps, Hardware Specialties owned by Joseph E. Porter King & Hamilton Co. Corn Shellers, Cultivators, Wagons started by William Gilman in 1859 and in 1866 he was joined by S.E. King and H.M. Hamilton S.G.Gay Carriages, Surreys, Phaetons, &c. started in 1848 by J.G. Gay H.G. Kruse Carriages and Buggies originally worked for Gay and later started his own business Hill & Formhals Wagons, one of the oldest manufactures of wagons in LaSalle County Western Cottage Piano & Organ Company- President L.B. Merrifield Sanders Bros. Mfg. Co. Contractors, Manufacturers of Sash, Doors, blinds, Interior Finish, &c. Thomas & Hugh Colwell-Contractors & Manufacturers W.A. Jeffery Contractor & Builder The Ballard Burner Co. Lamps, Oil Stoves, S. R. Blanchard, president (Businesses to be continued next issue) NATTINGER S SOUVENIR OF OTTAWA, ILLINOIS IN NINETEEN HUNDRED COMPLETE REVIEW By E.E. Nattinger Pages 11-33

9 THE Page GENIE S 9 VIEW THE GENIE S Page VIEW 9 ORDER FORM LASALLE COUNTY GENEALOGY GUILD 115 WEST GLOVER STREET OTTAWA, IL Detach and mail with your check or money order to the above address. Thank you. NAME PHONE: ADDRESS CITY STATE ZIP PUBLICATION OR PUBLICATIONS AMOUNT + P & H = TOTAL MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION / RENEWAL Please print or type name as you wish it to appear on YOUR card. NAME SPOUSE PHONE ADDRESS CITY STATE ZIP ADDRESS: Your Guild card is valid till December 31st of the year in which you join. MEMBERSHIPS: Individual: $15.00 Family: $18.00 New Renewal Rejoining SURNAME INTERESTS: (Limit of 10 LaSalle County Surnames Please) The Surname Index is now on the Internet. If someone is interested in your Surname can the Guild give out your name and address? YES NO LASALLE COUNTY GENEALOGY GUILD, 115 W. Glover St., Ottawa, IL Tel. (815)

10 THE Page GENIE S 10 VIEW THE GENIE S Page VIEW 10 THE GENIES VIEW LaSalle County Genealogy Guild 115 W. Glover Street Ottawa, IL Tel. (815) Non-Profit Org. U.S. Postage Paid Permit No. 594 Ottawa, IL DATED MATERIAL PLEASE EXPEDITE ADDRESS SERVICE REQUESTED Inside September/October 2011 President s Letter Places to Go Things to Do Memberships 1900 Businesses LaSalle County Genealogy Guild Publications for Sale 1892 PLAT BOOK OF LaSALLE CO., IL $ $4.00 P&H. 92 pages of original text plus 33 pages every name index. Hard bound, acid free paper LaSALLE COUNTY FEDERAL CENSUS $ $5.00 P&H. 425 pages includes index. Hard bound on acid free paper LaSALLE COUNTY FEDERAL CENSUS VOLUMES I & II. Price: Vol I $ $5.00 P&H; Vol. II $ $5.00 P&H. Books are hard bound on acid free paper with index LaSALLE COUNTY FEDERAL CENSUS, VOLUMES I & II Each volume $ $5.00 P&H. Hard bound on acid free paper OTTAWA, IL CENSUS (Done by the Board of Education), heads of household, address, where employed. $ $ th ANNIVERSARY COMMEMORATIVE ISSUE LaSALLE TRIBUNE 1996 reprint. $ $4.00 P&H L a S A L L E C O U N T Y PATRIOTIC ROSTER Price $ $2.00 P&H 1906 HISTORY OF LaSALLE COUNTY Index Only Price $ $3.00 P & H 1914 OTTAWA: OLD AND NEW (reprint) plus every name index, hard bound, acid free paper. $ $ LaSALLE COUNTY HISTORY Index Only Price $ $3.00 P&H 1876 ATLAS & 1870 MAP of LaSALLE COUNTY Price $ $4.00 P&H Hard bound, 245 pages, indexed and 115 etchings of farms and buildings. CANAL TOWN Ottawa $ $4.00 P&H ILLINOIS & MICHIGAN CANAL IN OTTAWA, 1920/1930, by Hilliard, hard bound $40.00 & $3.00 P&H OLD OTTAWA, s, by Hilliard, hard bound, $ $3.00 P&H OLD SCENES OF OTTAWA BY Bob Jordan & Jim Ridings, hard bound, $ $3.00 P & H CITADEL OF SIN the John Looney Story by Richard Hamer & Roger Ruthhart $ $4.00 P & H Cemeteries St. Joseph s Cemetery (Bureau Co., IL) Price $ $2.50 P&H Vermillionville Cemetery (Deer Park Twp.) Price $ $2.50 P&H St. Valentine s Cemetery (Bureau Co.,) $ $2.50 P&H Calvary Cemetery (Ottawa Twp) $ $2.50 P&H O a k wo o d / R o c k we l l C e m e t e r y (LaSalle) $ $4.00 P&H