HISTORY OF KANE COUNTY.
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April 17, 1836; came west with his parents in early childhood and grew to manhood on a farm in Sugar Grove Township, Kane County, obtaining his education in the public schools. In 1863 he enlisted for service in the war of the Rebellion, and was mustered into the Band of the First Brigade, Third Division of the Seventeenth Army Corps, serving in this capacity until July 9, 1865. Returning to Sugar Grove Township after the close of the war, he there engaged in farming until 1872, when he removed to Aurora, where he was connected with the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad shops until 1876, when he removed to Sugar Grove Township and has since resided on the old homestead. He was married in 1861 to Miss Mary Harkison.
RAY R. PHILLIPS, lawyer, Elgin, III., born in McHenry County, Ill., April 12, 1878, son of S. K. and Ellen (Baldwin) Phillips; educated in the public schools of Elgin, graduating from the high school in the class of 1897; read law with John A. Russell and C. L. Abbott of Elgin; admitted to the bar in the Supreme Court of Illinois in December, 1900; has since practiced in Elgin, being now associated with his former preceptor, C. L. Abbott; was elected City Attorney of Elgin in 1901.
WILLIAM PICKERING (deseased), pioneer farmer, Plato Township, Kane County, Ill., born in the County of Durham, England, May 24, 1803; came with his family to America in 1854, and located on a farm one and a half miles west of Elgin, Ill., in 1855, where he lived twelve years; removed to Plato Center in 1867 and purchased the farm which has since been known as the Pickering homestead. He was married to Miss Sarah Pattinson, born in 1809, and their only living child is Mrs. E. C. Parry, of Elgin. Mr. Pickering met his death by accident in 1872; his wife surviving him until 1878.
DANIEL J. PIKE (deceased), Aurora, Ill., born at New Marlborough, Mass., Oct. 15, 1834; established his home in Aurora in 1866, although his business headquarters had been at that city for several years prior; dealt in nursery stock until 1876, when on account of failing health he retired from active business and devoted his attention to the care of his estate; was one of the most active members of the Y. M. C. A. in Illinois and served as President of the Aurora Association for many years, in the meantime being largely instrumental in erecting its building; was deacon of the New England Congregational church, Aurora, for twenty-five years; married in 1868 Miss Mary J. Porter, of Lenox, Mass., and their children are: Mrs. Lillian Harkinson and Florence E. Pike.
REV. ANDREW PINGREE (deceased), minister Universalist church, Pingree Grove, Ill., born at Ware, N, H., July 16, 1803, and died at Pingree Grove, Ill., August 18, 1879; came to Kane County, Ill., in 1838, and in 1846, located on a farm near Pingree Grove, where he passed the remainder of his life; served as Postmaster at Pingree several years, and was County Surveyor for Kane County eighteen years; married Jan. 1, 1844, Hannah M. Curtis, of Massachusetts.
DANIEL PINGREE (deceased), physician and farmer, Pingree Grove, Ill., born at Springfield, N. H., Jan. 26, 1819; came to Kane County in 1838; graduated from the Indiana Medical College in 1849; resided at different times in Memphis, Tenn.; Placerville, Gal.; Pingree Grove, Ill., and Hico, Texas. He died at the place last mentioned, Dec. 25, 1900. He was married Nov. 10, 1859, to Jane Havenhill, of Newark, Ill.
COLUMBUS PINNEY (deceased), pioneer, was born in Springfield, Vt., in 1797, where his early life was passed. He was of an old New England family, and closely related to that from which Admiral Dewey descends. In his young manhood he went to Watertown, N. Y., where he was engaged in manufacturing until he came to Illinois in 1835. Among the noted pioneers who came in his company or about the same time were Judge John Dean Caton, afterward Chief Justice of Illinois; John Calhoun, who became founder of the first newspaper in Chicago-the "Chicago Democrat;" Gov. Joel A. Matteson, and Charles Follansbee. Mr. Pinney was at first a resident of Ottawa, but soon removed to Marseilles, and in 1838, settled in Aurora. He was a man of means and made many investments. Much of his time and attention were given to the care of his property in his later years, and almost exclusively so at the time of his death, March 17, 1874. For many years he was Collector of
