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HISTORY OF KANE COUNT
tion in the Massachusetts schools, and for several years after coming west in 1870, taught in Wisconsin. In 1881 he graduated from Lawrence University at Appleton, Wis., and the same year helped organize the Shawana County Bank, being cashier of this hank until June, 1884, when he came to Batavia to connect himself with the private banking house of Gammon & Newton. In 1891 when the First National Bank of Batavia was organized as successor to Gammon & Newton, Mr. Andrus became its cashier, which position he has since held continuously. In 1901 this bank absorbed the banking house of Mallory, James & Co. For nineteen years he has been associated with various banking interests of Batavia, and during all this time has been in close touch with the business affairs of Batavia, as well as with the entire commercial and financial interests of the Fox River valley. He was married, first to Miss Abigail F. Grout, of Omro, Wis., who died in 1879. Mr. Andrus was again married, in 1882, to Miss Martha M. Smith of Chicago.
ROBERT F. ANGELL, merchant, St. Charles, Ill., born Sept. 20, 1864, came to St. Charles, in March, 1882, and for ten months gave attention to farming, and during the next ten years was engaged in business as a painter. For a few years he was engaged in a meat market, finally becoming President and manager of the St. Charles Mercantile Company, a position which he retained until he sold out in 1899. For a short period following this he resumed his trade as a painter, and was then in the meat business until March, 1903. He was married Dec. 2, 1888., to Miss Laverne Baker, daughter of Edward Baker, of St. Charles. He belongs to the St. Charles Lodge, Knights of Pythias, Camp of Modern Woodmen, and Unity Lodge, A. F. & A. M.
DAVID WHEELER ANNIS, born in Orange County, Vt., in 1812, and died in 1877; settled in Blackberry Township, in 1836, and became one of the most prominent and successful of the sturdy pioneers of Kane County.
CHARLES W. ANTHONY, clergyman. Aurora, Ill., is a native of Union Springs, Cayuga, N. Y., where he was born May 29, 1843. In 1854 he accompanied his parents to Santa Cruz, Cal., where he grew to manhood. His education was secured in the public schools and at the University of California, the latter at that time located at Oakland, and from which he graduated in 1870. He prepared for the ministry in the Presbyterian Theological Seminary at San Francisco, and in 1873 was ordained and installed pastor of the Presbyterian church in Livermore, Cal., where he remained until 1880. That year he was called to Aurora, where some years prior he had married Miss Fannie H. Janes, daughter of Nelson L. Janes, an old-time resident of that city. Mr. Anthony has since held pastorates at Spring Valley church, Whiteside County, and at Kewanee. He was pastor of the Second Presbyterian church in Duluth, Minn., for about three years, and was in charge of the Presbyterian church at Franklin Grove, Lee County, for eleven years. In 18S9 he again removed to Aurora, ana has since devoted only a portion of his time to the ministry, the care of the extensive estate of his father-in-law occupying much of his time. In 1877, and again in 1890, he sat as a representative in the Presbyterian General Assembly. The only child of Mr. and Mrs. Anthony is Maud H., who graduated from Lake Forest University in 1901, and who is now engaged in educational work at Wabash, Ind.
ALSON H. ARNOLD (deceased), merchant, Batavia, Ill., born in Benson, Vt., April 23, 1836, son of Artemas and Clara (Wilson) Arnold, was reared in his Vermont home, where he was educated and trained to mercantile pursuits. In 1854 he came west and entered the employ of Moor & Buck, pioneer merchants at Batavia, Ill., and was later a traveling salesman. In 1865 he embarked in the clothing trade, a business which he followed until his death, Jan. 26, 1898. He was Mayor of Batavia two years, served as Alderman several terms, and was long a member of the Board of Supervisors. He was a Mason of high standing, and took a leading part in the affairs of that fraternity in Batavia. In 1864 he married Miss Mary, daughter of Milo and Julia (Root) Kemp of Batavia.
JOHN B. ARNOLD, manufacturer. Aurora, Ill., born in Northampton, Mass., Jan. 27, 1835; received his education at Williston Seminary, East Hampton, and in the high school at Northampton, and was trained as a druggist under Theodore Metcalf, of Boston, and the B. A.
