HISTORY OF KANE COUNTY.
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JACOB GUSLER, farmer, Kaneville, Ill., born in York County, Penn., Sept. 2, 1842. In his boyhood he attended the public schools and in 1853 came with his parents to Kane County, Ill., where, having finished his education in the schools of that locality, he began his life career as a farmer, though for twenty years he was engaged largely in business as a carpenter, and did much contract work. He bought a farm three miles northwest of Kaneville, on which he now resides. For five years he has been Assessor of the Township. In Masonic circles Mr. Gusler stands high. He was married Dec. 25, 1872, to Miss Sarah Kuter, who bore him three sons, October 8, 1891, Mr. Gusler was married to Miss Susan M, Laschinger, as his second wife, and they are the parents of two sons.
GEORGE G. GUY, mechanical engineer and inventor, Batavia, Kane County, Ill., born at Mt. Morris, Ogle County, Ill., May 7, 1858, son of Robert and Jane (Riggs) Guy, natives of the Isle of Wight; educated in the public schools of Ashton, Ill.; in 1875 accepted a position in the wood-working department of the United States Wind-Engine & Pump Company of Batavia, and through various promotions was advanced to the position of foreman of this department in 1887. During the years of his connection with this enterprise, he spent much of his time superintending the construction of village and railway water-works, covering territory extending from the Missouri River eastward to the Atlantic coast. In 1897 Mr. Guy was made mechanical superintendent of the entire plant of the United States Wind-Engine & Pump Company, and has since filled that position. He is an inventor and patentee of various mechanical devices used on the lines with which he has been connected, and has introduced many improvements into the great industrial plant under his mechanical supervision. He is President of the Batavia Mutual Aid Association; has served four years as a member of the Batavia Board of Aldermen, and three years as a member of the West Side School Board. Fraternally he is a Knight Templar, and a member of the order of Odd Fellows, Knights of Pythias and Elks. In 1880 he married Miss Jessie M. Brown, of Batavia.
DAVID C. HAEGER, managing executor of the estate of D. H. Haeger, Dundee, was born in Dundee, Ill., June 5, 1879, and was educated in the public schools and Purdue University. Owing to ill-health of his father he took charge of the business Aug. 1, 1899, and since the death of that very notable man, has managed the extensive interests of the estate. Mr. Haeger is a member of the Century and Country Clubs of Elgin, and of the Congregational church, of Dundee.
DAVID H. HAEGER (deceased), Dundee, Ill., manufacturer, born in Mecklenburg, Germany, Aug. 7, 1839, died June 9, 1900. Mr Haeger came in company with his parents to the United States in 1854, and in 1859 established himself in McHenry County, where he sold farm machinery, bought grain and erected an elevator at Barrington. Removing to Dundee in 1871, he engaged in brick-making and opened a yard at Elgin in 1879. In 1885 he opened 'a second yard at Gilbert's. He owned 1,700 acres of land, and was very extensively engaged in farming and dairying. In politics he was a Republican, and in religion was principally identified with the Congregational church. In March, 1864, he married Miss Caroline Reese, and one child born of this union is now living, Mrs. Frederick Estergreen. In 1870 he was again married, Miss Mary Weltzien, who is still living, becoming his second
