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Born 1806
From Souvenir of settlement and progress of Will County, Ill. A review of the lives of our presidents, political, military and commercial history of the United States and of the state of Illinois ... Busin (1884), The history of Will County, Illinois, containing a history of the county .. (1878)
CHARLES H. SUTPHEN, retired; P. 0. Joliet; was born in Cherry Valley, Otsego Co., N. Y., Feb. 15, 1806; his father, Gilbert.Sutphen, was a native of New Jersey, and was of Dutch and Irish descent, his father, John Sutphen, having come from Holland some time before the Revolutionary war, and his mother being of one of the first fiimilies of Dublin, and came with her parents to America and settled in New Jersey about the same time. Shortly after the Revolutionary war the family removed to Cherry Valley, N. Y., and settled on a i'arm about four miles south of the village; on this farm Gilbert Sutphen, the father of Charles H., grew to manhood, and married Mary Higinbotham in Worcester, Otsego Co.; she was of English descent, born in Rhode Island, and removed to Worcester, N. Y. with her parents when quite young. After their marriage, Mr. Sutphen's parents continued to reside in Cherry Valley until the breaking-out of the war of 1812; his father was called upon to help defend his country, and joining the army, fell at the battle of Lundy's Lane; his family consisted of five children — Julia Ann, Mary Ann, Charles H., Sarah and Jane, of whom the subject of this sketch is the only one now living. After his father's death, Charles H., then 8 years of age, was sent to live with his grandfather, Higinbotham, in Cazenovia, Madison Co., N. Y., and remained two years, attending school a portion of the time; he afterward lived three; years with one James Cagwin in the same county; his mother then marrying Thomas Southworth, of Sherburne, Chenango Co.,
As printed in The history of Will County, Illinois, containing a history of the county .. (1878). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
Charles H. Sutphen, born in Cherry Valley, New York,
February 15, 1806, is the son of Gilbert Sutphen, who was slain in 1812 by the British and Indians at Lundy's Lane. Mr, 8utpheu located lands at the head of Indian creek, now Earlville, LaSalle county, in 1834. In September, 1834, he returned, resigned his position in the Paymaster's Department, U. S, A., and, with his wife, settled in his new home, October, 1834. In 1839 he purchased 1,000 acres, which he devoted to stock-raising, until 1859. Miss Eliza H. Dow, of Boston, to whom he was married in 1831, died April 6, 1870, leaving six sons and three daughters. In 1871 Mr. Sutphen moved to Joliet, where he married Mrs. H. D. Higinbotham, nee Miss Eebecca Wheeler, of Westford, New York. Mr. Sutphen's grandfather came from Holland, and his grandmother from Ireland, prior to the Kevolutionary War.
William Symington (deceased), born at Lancaster, Pennsylvania, in January, 1811, settled in Will county in 1387. In 1850-51, he was engaged in the California mines; returning, he located his 150-acre farm on section 19, and took up his residence there in 1852, Mr. S. was married June 12, 1837, to Miss Dorothea Haarer, born in Wurtemburg, Germany, October 8, 1815, whose parents were also old settlers. This lady resides on her farm, section 19, Joliet.
George Tliompmn, associated in the proprietorship of the Press; has been connected with the newspapers of this State for some years. He was one of the publishers of the Braidicood Siftings, previous to his coming to Joliet, Here he was in charge of the advertising department of the Press for some months, when he acquired an interest in that paper, and is now cashier vice Mr. McDonald resigned,
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T. H. Tiernexy, a native of Kendall county, Illinois, established his meat market at 321 North Chicago street some years ago. He keeps in stock a full supply of fresh meats, fish and poultry,
Cornelius C. Van Home, whose history is told in that of the Hickory Creek Settlement, in the Political Chapter, and in the Official History of Joliet, was born in Huntington county. New Jersey, April 13, 1794, came to Hickory Creek early in 1832, and died at Joliet, of cholera, July 7, 1854. Miss Elizabeth
Veeder, to whom he was married in 1813, died at Joliet in 1838. In 1843 he was married to Miss Mary M. Eichards.
George L. Vance, born in Coledonia, Vermont, March 13, 1840, first engaged in business at Rutland, Vt., from 1864 to 1870; corresponding clerk in International Eevenue Bureau, Washington, D. C.; studied law in the meantime and received the degree of B. L. in 1867 from the Columbia College at Washington. He moved to Houston county, Minn., in 1870, came to Joliet in 1873, where he established his extensive furniture trade. A reference to society, religious and municipal history will point out Mr. Vance's official record since 1873.
Walher Medicine Comjjmiy. — See Directory.
Barton Smith Walters, son of William and Mrs. (Smith) Walters, was born at Joliet in 1840 or 1841, entered the 39th Illinois Infantry in 1861, was captured with David Hanson and Andrew Sybert in May, 1863, by the Eebels, interned in Andersonville, where his two comrades died and was himself released on the point of death in March, 1865. En route home he died at Annapolis, April 1, 1865. His father settled in Joliet in 1836, built a home on Bluff street, and for many years previous to his removal to Channahon carried on the grocery business there.
As printed in Souvenir of settlement and progress of Will County, Ill. A review of the lives of our presidents, political, military and commercial history of the United States and of the state of Illinois ... Busin (1884). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
Named in this biography: George L. Vance (b. 1839) H. D. Higinbotham (b. 1806)
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