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    • McElhose, James Andrew

    • McElhose, James Andrew

    • Civil War, U.S. 1861-1865; Harness making and trade; Battlefield; Battles; Civil War; United States--History--Civil War; Army, Infantry

    • James McElhose was born on October 3, 1838, in Patterson, New Jersey, to James and Rachael McElhose. Here they lived until James was seven years old. Then, in the company of several other pioneer families, they journeyed westward and settled in Elk...
    • Arlington Heights People and Places
    • McElhose Family Portrait

    • McElhose Family Portrait

    • Saddlery; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865; Civil War

    • This is a formal portrait of the James Andrew McElhose family taken about 1915. James and his wife Alma are seated on chairs on the left hand side of the photo. James McElhose was born on October 3, 1838, in Patterson, New Jersey to James and...
    • Arlington Heights People and Places
    • McElhose Family

    • McElhose Family

    • Saddlery; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865; Civil War

    • This photo of the James Andrew McElhose family was taken outside their home at 507 North Evergreen Avenue. In the top row are James McElhose, his wife Alma with little Laura, Hattie and Emma. In the front row are Edward (?), James (?), Henry and...
    • Arlington Heights People and Places
    • McElhose, James

    • McElhose, James

    • Saddlery; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865; Civil War

    • James McElhose was born on October 3, 1838, in Patterson, New Jersey to James and Rachael McElhose. They lived there until James was seven years old and then moved west to Elk Grove, Illinois. When James was old enough, he moved to Dunton,...
    • Arlington Heights People and Places
    • Kennicott, Mary

    • Kennicott, Mary
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    • Mary Nason was born in New Hampshire in August 2, 1821, the daughter of Rev. John Nason. Rev. Nason was a native of Maine and settled in Elk Grove Township, Illinois, in 1837. Mary Nason met Joseph E. Kennicott, a farmer at Half Day, Illinois. They...
    • Arlington Heights People and Places
    • McElhose, James Almar

    • McElhose, James Almar

    • Saddlery; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865; Civil War

    • James A. McElhose was the son of James Andrew and Alma (Thusius) McElhose. He was born May 23, 1889, in Arlington Heights. This photo is of James in his army uniform; he served in World War I and was gassed on one of the French battle fields in...
    • Arlington Heights People and Places
    • McElhose Family Portrait

    • McElhose Family Portrait

    • Families

    • This portrait was taken of Alma and James McElhose and their children without their spouses about 1915. Left to right standing are: Edward McElhose, Henry McElhose, Laura McElhose, Charles McElhose, James Almar McElhose, Arthur McElhose, Henrietta...
    • Arlington Heights People and Places
    • Kennicott, Joseph E.

    • Kennicott, Joseph E.
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    • Joseph E. Kennicott was born in Broadalbin, New York, the son of Jonathan and Jane Kennicott. The family settled near the village of Half Day in Lake County, Illinois, in 1835. His father had a lumber business at “The Mill.” Joseph E. Kennicott...
    • Arlington Heights People and Places
    • Olmsted, Joseph N. and Ennis G.

    • Olmsted, Joseph N. and Ennis G.

    • General stores; Stores, Retail; Postmasters; Elders (Church officials); Families

    • Joseph N. Olmsted was born on May 2, 1836, in Windsor, Connecticut. He attended Harvard University and came to Dunton (now Arlington Heights), Illinois while in his early 20s in the employ of the A. G. Downs Co. of Chicago. Downs General Store,...
    • Arlington Heights People and Places
    • Klehm, John Adam

    • Klehm, John Adam

    • Greenhouses; Nurseries

    • John Klehm, son of Paul and Catherine Klehm, was born in Hessen-Darmstadt, Germany, on July 14, 1834. John’s father died in 1840. His mother, along with her two sons, came to America in June 1851. They lived in Buffalo, New York, for several...
    • Arlington Heights People and Places
    • Klehm Family

    • Klehm Family

    • Nurseries; Greenhouses; Government officials

    • In this 1908 family photo are: front row, left to right: George Klehm, Louise Kolling Klehm, Elizabeth Stitz Klehm, and John A. Klehm (George was the son of Elizabeth and John and Louise was George’s wife). The individuals in the top row are...
    • Arlington Heights People and Places
    • Militzer, Fredrick and Family

    • Militzer, Fredrick and Family

    • Teaching; Religious education

    • This photograph, taken about 1885, is of Fredrick and Augusta Militzer and five of their seven children. Fredrick Militzer (Fred) was born Christian Gottlieb Friederich Militzer in Schwand, Germany, August 3, 1852 (d. 3/28/1933), to Christoph and...
    • Arlington Heights People and Places
    • Volz, Christian Jr.

    • Volz, Christian Jr.

    • Carpenters; Cabinetmakers; Undertakers and Undertaking

    • Christian Volz Jr. was born in Germany on June 13, 1834. He came with his parents to the United States in 1854, and settled with them near Deerfield, Illinois. While in Germany, he studied cabinetmaking. In 1866, he married Catherine Barbara Kuhn...
    • Arlington Heights People and Places
    • Shirra, James

    • Shirra, James

    • Grain industry;

    • James Shirra was born May 10, 1833, in Glasgow, Scotland. He and his parents arrived in Chicago in 1841 and lived for a short time on a farm near Dundee. He married Mary Catherine McFarland in Ft. Howard, Wisconsin, and they had four children: ...
    • Arlington Heights People and Places

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