1 10 35 https://archives.deerfieldlibrary.org/files/original/538d141710f5947fb4805cb7a4d2f01f.pdf 6f4a52374d4be6ef1b534d40399139ae PDF Text Text � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Lyman Wilmot House Description An account of the resource This collection consists of records related to the Deerfield Public Library's research into whether or not the Wilmot house could be proved to have been a stop on the Underground Railroad. 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Title A name given to the resource Buxton Historic Site and Museum: Index of Surnames Description An account of the resource Printout from webpage of an index of surnames from the Buston Historic Site and Museum. Handwritten notes. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Buxton National Historic Site Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Accessed 02/06/2002 Language A language of the resource English Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context DPL.0013.037 Adams Alexander Allen Alycnthia Amealyte Anderson Annie Arlie Baker Balck Banks Bannister Bass Baylis Bayliss Bazey Beatrice Beckwith Beddoes Bennet Benton Bessie Bias Bissel Black Blackshear Blainey Bogess Boswell Bowles Boyd Bridget Brooks Brown Bruce Butler Buxton Historic Site and Museum Carey Caroline Carrie Casey Cerise Chandler Chapman Charlotte Chase Cheatam Clark Colley Cratchfield Crawford Crawley Crosby Crowley Cuazy Curtis Cynthia Daphine Davis Defreitas Denise Dennis Dolman Drye Duckett Dudley Duncan Dungy Dyke Edith Edward Edwards Elisha Eliza Elizabeth Ellen Ellory Ernie Evans Families Fanny Fern Fields Fisher Foster Frances Fred Freeman French Garel Garrel George Gields Girley Givens Glendora Graham Grasty Gregory Griffith Grinage Gross Hallums Hancock Handsor Handwritten Notes Harding Hardy Harris Hatter Helm Henson Highgate Hoffman Hooper Hutchison Jackson James Jane Janebissel Jillian John Johnson Jones Jr. Kersey King Knight Ladd Lambkin Land Levia Lewis Lily Madley Margaret Margo Marilyn Marion Marshall Martha Mary Matilda May McCarthur McClendon McKeithen McPherson Melancy Melvin Meman Michelle Millben Moore Morgan Motley Newby Nina Not Found Pat Patterson Pierce Poindexter Poole Prince Rann Rayburn Redmond Renmond Richardson Richarsdon Riddle Robbins Robert Robinson Roby Roller Roper Ruffin Salters Samuel Sarah Saroea Saundra Scott Segee Selcage Shadd Shepley Shreve Sidney Simmons Simms Simpson Smith Snead Soloman Solomon Starks Starr Stockton Surname Index Talbot Taylor Thomas Thompson Thomson Timbers Travis Tudor Tyler Unknown Vaden Venice Vincent Violet Virginia Wade Walker Wallace Walter Watts Webb White Wiggins William Williams Willie Wilson Wright Yates Yolanda Yott Zebbs https://archives.deerfieldlibrary.org/files/original/1c0b98f877e9c7d53ca8fb7e0bdc4230.pdf bc5a48fea582c83bebdbe503512bec3c PDF Text Text Black Kcm's History' http.7Avwvv.ciacccss.com/~jdncwby/black 1 .htm * ~ '. national historic site & museum The Buxton (El8in) Settlement. A Cultural Landscape ~::rrr;^ Black History of Southwestern Ontario -•IsSUS Rev, Kino Black Power Town liannv Fai-ros JloL’iiij OimUi James Rapier Maple Leaf Band Threshing Time Women of Buxton Marv Anne Shadd Buxton Bell Abraham Shadd Black Kent's History' Better from Buxton This information is taken from a Black History project completed by students and Staff from Chatham Collegiate Institute in Chatham, Ontario. Material was compiled from the collections of the Chatham - Kent sites of the African Canadian Heritage Tour. Introduction To Elgin The Elgin settlement, also known as Buxton, was Uie last of four organized black settlements to come into existence in Canada. Hie black population of Canada West and Chatham was already high because of the area’s proximity to the United States of America. The land was purchased by the Elgin Association through the Presbyterian Synod for the purpose of creating a settlement. The land lay 12 miles south of Chatham. When news of the Elgin settlement spread, white settlers became worried, and attempted to block its development with a petition. Regardless of sentiment, plans for the settlement went ahead and many of Buxton's settlers feared for the life of William King due to the resistance of whites. Search this site! L _ emmhvj Heritage Tchip ! Rules for the Elgin Settlemc People of Elgin The First Six Graduates of f Resistance to the Elgin Seftl. Chatham The 1850*3 Resettlement of Africa The Chatham Convenl .r William King believed that blacks could function \:; r1 successfully in a working society if given the same ! The Death of John Br<i ..... educational opportunities as white children. "Blacks - ■'' are intellectually capable of absorbing classical and ‘ ............aiiers." Being a reverend and teacher, the building of a school and church in jb:: /.%■■ rtr-'accessary by him. The settlement also was home to the logging industry'. George Brow rFathers of Confederation was a supporter of William King and helped build the scttlen Search : Found on this pag< mlmm-M i«49 ! '~ ____ ■ 1 Send Mail to Buxton - Website by JDXEWHY Rev. William King Founder of the Elgin Settlement, Rev. William King established a community that still exists today. This community is considered by many as one of the only settlements began as a haven for Blacks escaping slavery to have been a success. Much of the credit for the success of the settlement mast be given to Rev. William King and his thoughtful development of this community. Vilisam King and his fifteen former slaves arrived at the land, which was bough already waiting and others began to arrive soon afterwards. The first settler, Isaac Rile seU*emcnl before King even arrived. Mostly all adults living in the settlement had beer was ma<k °f 9 000 acres of land, 6 miles in lengtli, 3 in width situated between the Gr< Erie. The land was divided into farms of 50 acres each. Certain standards had to be ma >ro(>cny conditions. I -and had to be purchased by the settlers at the price of! .......tn ten equal installments with 6% interest Ten years was allowed for the settlsettlers would have had a deed in possession by then. The settlers were given no monej tools; the only thing given was protection and advice. !i>p Rules for the Elgin Settlement: 1. No liquor allowed on the settlement 2. Land could only be sold to blacks and had to remain in their hands for ten years 3. I-ind had to be purchased not leased 4 Each house had to be built at least 24x18x12 feet with a porch across the front 5. Each house had to be built 33 feet from the road, with a picket fence and flower garden in front; prizes were given for the most attractive home (made from Uie logs cut down from the thick bush surrounding the area) Gravesion* Reasons for the strict rules: William King wanted a stable settlement for the black settlers. By requiring the inhabitants to pay for their own property and possessions he hoped to instill a sense of pride in the community. The settlers also had to live on the land for ten years, which made many stay a reasonable length of time in Buxton. The rules paid off as Buxton has been hailed the only successful black settlement in Canada. Ii>U Found in South of one of the oi Settlement. Th what was the E located in what Buxton sites ar 1850 Reverend William King and a young assistant, John Rennie, took young black children (and two white children who attended the: school level and on to the secondary level. Those with the ability were encouraged to attend college or post secondary education. 1 many white settlers asked to close their school and attend the King school, this made one of the first integrated schools in North Ar were studied there. Mary Ann Shadd's parents and a number of her brothers and sisters moved just outside of the Buxton limits. 1851 A new course, Greek, was added to school classes. 1 of 5 2/6/02 3:24 PM �■ -"‘v-rv PvCn‘s History http://www.ciacccss.com/~jdnewby/black 1 .htm & 1852 The day school had 78 on the roll, 26 were children of white parents. King was chiefly paid by the Home Mission Committee of tl Canada, which always bore testimony against the evils of slavery. By August 1st, 1852 there were 400 settlers. Twenty-five Tamil: together, furthering the community atmosphere. Within the district there were about 100 families. Of the 350 acres of land cleared under crop. The land had been adapted to grow com, tobacco and hemp. 'The rule of no alcohol was working well as there are no c court of arbitration was set up to encourage peace among the settlers. 1853 130 families had settled on Elgin Association land. There were a total of 520. 500 acres had been cleared and were under fence; 1: acres were planted with com, 60 acres with wheat, 29 with oats and 90 with various others. There were 112 students now enrolled 1854 More houses were built in the settlement, one person even constructed a brick home. There were approximately 150 families settle acres were cleared and under fence, 174 were cut down and ready for clearing. 334 acres were planted with com, 95 with wheat, 4 assorted crops. The day school had 147 students registered. 1855 827 acres were under fence, 216 have been chopped down. There is a considerable amount of tobacco being farmed. The school n< mill and market are completed on July 4th, 1855. 1856 By 1856 there were close to 800 people living in the Elgin Settlement. The settlement now had a school and mission's church. The after the Earl of Buxton (British Parliament) who passed the Emancipation Act of 1833. During 1856 the Elgin settlement had a p hotel, a blacksmith, a carpenter, shoe shops, factories and a savings bank. Six men had finished their education at King's school. 1857 Two schools had been doing well, one male and one female, bringing the total student population to 140. - 1860's The population comes to a height with 2000 people. m .... People i Reverend William King William King was bom on November 11th, 1812 in Ireland. He attended the Glascow University where he was influenced by social reforms and the work of the famous British abolitionist, Sir Thomas Foxwell Buxton, hi 1834 William King emigrated with his parents to North America. The family settled on a land. Ohio farm and then moved to South Jackson Louisiana. Here he became Rector of Matthew's Academy which was a private school for children of wealthy plantation owners. Eventually William King married Mary Pharos and she brought four slaves. King was totally opposed to any such idea and publicly protested slavery. S.S.# 13 Raleigh Tc Education was a focal point i Buxton schools were sought education that included the c siu-'h a-s medicine and law. T segregated and taught both b This is the second school ant stands today and is used as ai From the very beginning King was against slavery. After his wife, son and museum's ambitions for the 1 daughter all died, King returned to Scotland where he continued his school hoase to its original si schooling to become a minister and missionary. The Presbyterian Church of Scotland posted him to do missionary work in Canada. In 1846 King arrived in Canada when he le. King immediately returned to Louisiana where he inherited his wife's property and retrieved his slaves back in Canada in 1848 with 14 black slaves and 4 year old Solomon, the son of one of the slaves. Th King's black community in November of 1849. King did marry again while he lived on the Elgin Setll (who was white) was known to be a bit eccentric. She supposedly was unable to have children of her c on the street away from their parents. However she was a musician and taught music at the settlement, character based on Reverend William King is portrayed in Harriet Beacher Stowe's book - Dred, A Tt Isaac Riley Rev. William King jB&L. r I 1 Jij ^ *3 J3 Isaac Riley was raised in Perry County, Missour escaped to Canada with his wife and their child. Windsor he was able to earn small wages. He me he found belter pay. Riley then moved back to St he was paid 50 cents a day. Eventually he movee his children to have a good education. Henry Johnson Henry Johnson was originally from Pennsylvanit 2 of 5 2/6/02 3:24 PM �i http://www.ciaccess.com/~jdncwby/black 1 .htm Bla<* Kent's History 4r . coming to Canada. Henry lived in various parts ( moving to the Buxton Settlement. "I came to Car liberty. But most of all I came to Buxton so my c education." One of his daughters had been doing Ohio. She had been advancing quickly through tire levels and was receiving her education with ladies. Her mother went through a was well dressed and groomed when she went to school also. The school trustees, however, passed a rule that did not allow black < Her father became upset and visited the trustees but there was nothing he could do about the rule. The teacher contacted Henry Jol his daughter and that the students had voted in class that she should stay but the vote had already been passed. Johnson was very ii Settlement. He told historian Benjamin Drew in 1856 that the people were prosperous and admired tire fact that they didn't accept E. A. Richardson BATE. Church North Buxton Clarissa Bristow Johnston Clarissa Bristow Johnston worked for a master and mistress in Louisiana, At age 12 she escaped. She went to the Elgin Settlement Abraham Johnston of the Christiana Riots fame. She and her husband had 11 children, 9 of which died. Her husband also died yoi how she would go out to bury one child and by the time she returned, another would have passed away. Through all of this she wa farm. Hie farm is still on the same property with the same family today in Buxton. Top The First Six GTiIrS ataTregrt a i+Ava reimicBCra min —hhbh Dr. Anderson Abbott Dr. Abbott was educated in the Elgin settlement as one of William King's first 6 graduates. He studied medicine at the University < of the Medical Board of Upper Canada in 1861. In 1863 he served as a surgeon in the United States Army under Dr. Augusta. Lai at the Washington Hospital until he resigned in April 1866. He returned to Canada and married Mary Ann Casey. They set up residence on Park St. in Chatham. Dr. Abbott began to practice medicine from the Hunton Block on William Street In Chatham, Dr. Abbott was president of Wilberlorce Educational Institute from 1873-1880. He was the associate editor of the Missionary' Messenger, published by the British Methodist Episcopal Church and president of the Chatham Literary and Debating Society. During the year of 1878 he was President of Chatham's Medical Society. He was also one of the first Coroners for Kent County. Doctor Abbott died in December, 1913. James Rapier James Rapier was one of William King’s first 6 graduates. He attended Knox College in Toronto and later came back to Buxton to teach at the SS #13. After the American Civil War he returned to Alabama where he became a slate representative. , fy: riv H Alfred Laffcrty Alfred Lafferty was one of the first 6 graduates from the Elgin School, SS #13. Alfred Laffcrty graduated from the University of Toronto's mathematics program. In Chatham Laffcrty held the post of principal of the Wilberforcc Educational Institute from 1875-1882. He was an active member of tlie Literary Society and a lodge. In 1886 he became a lawyer in Chatham. Thomas Stringer Thomas was one of the first six graduates of Rev. King's school in Buxton. He graduated as an adult student. Some of his accomplishments included founding the BME (British Methodist Episcopal) Churches in Chatham and Buxton. He returned to Mississippi and became an orator there after the Civil War in the USA. The Most Worshipful Stringer Grand Lodge in Mississippi was named after him. Richard Johnson Richard Jolinson was one of Rev. King’s first six graduates who became a medical doctor and a missionary in Africa. Dr. And< One of thi Buxton M prominent informalic link that a blip wiv Jerome Riley Jerome Riley was another of Rev. King's first six grads who became a medical doctor and worked in Washington. Top 3 of 5 2/6/02 3:26 PM � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Lyman Wilmot House Description An account of the resource This collection consists of records related to the Deerfield Public Library's research into whether or not the Wilmot house could be proved to have been a stop on the Underground Railroad. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Deerfield Public Library Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Deerfield Public Library Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Deerfield Public Library Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2002 Language A language of the resource English Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context DPL.0013 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Buxton National Historic Site and Museum: Introduction to Elgin Description An account of the resource Printout from webpage of an introdcution to Elgin (also known as Buxtin), which was the last of four organized black settlements to come into existence in Canada. Some highlighting. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Buxton National Historic Site Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Accessed 02/06/2002 Language A language of the resource English Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context DPL.0013.038 Abraham Johnston Africa Alabama Alfred Lafferty American Civil War Anderson Abbott Benjamin Drew Blacksmith British Methodist Episcopal Church British Parliament Buxton National Historic Site and Museum Buxton Settlement Canada Canada Canada Home Mission Committee Canada West Canadian Organized Black Settlements Carpenter Chatham Literary and Debating Society Chatham Medical Society Chatham Ontario Canada Christiana Riots Clarissa Bristow Johnston Dr. Augusta Earl of Buxton Elgin Association Elgin School Elgin Settlement Canada Emancipation Act of 1833 Factories Fathers of Confederation George Brow Glasgow University Greek Harriet Beecher Stoew Henry Johnson Hotel Ireland Isaac Riley James Rapier Jerome Riley John Rennie Kent County Coroner King's School Knox College Lake Erie Louisiana Mary Ann Casey Mary Ann Shadd Mary Phares Matthew's Academy Missionary Messenger Mississippi Mississippi Most Worshipful Stringer Grand Lodge North America North Buxton Ontario Canada Ohio Pennsylvania Perry Counti Missouri Presbyterian Church of Scotland Presbyterian Church Synod Printout Raleigh E.A. Richardson BME Church Richard Johnson Savings Bank Shoe Shops Slavery South Jackson Louisiana Southwestern Ontario Southwestern Ontario Black History Thomas Foxwell Buxton Thomas Stringer Toronto Ontario Canada United States Army United States of America University of Toronto Upper Canada Medical Board Washington Washington Hospital Webpage Wilberforce Educational Institute William King https://archives.deerfieldlibrary.org/files/original/8689095b855ad7485efcaf882983fbe0.pdf eff3937cec1b11a1adfb4cc81b8240ec PDF Text Text � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Lyman Wilmot House Description An account of the resource This collection consists of records related to the Deerfield Public Library's research into whether or not the Wilmot house could be proved to have been a stop on the Underground Railroad. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Deerfield Public Library Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Deerfield Public Library Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Deerfield Public Library Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2002 Language A language of the resource English Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context DPL.0013 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Letter from Olivia Chen to Cindy Wargo Description An account of the resource Letter to Cindy Wargo of the Deerfield Public Library Reference Department regarding sources checked to locate information about Lyman Wilmot. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Chen, Olivia Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Chicago Historical Society Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Deerfield Public Library Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 02/23/2002 Language A language of the resource English Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context DPL.0013.004 Against Wind and Tide Andreas Benjamin Quarles Bessie Louise Pierce Black Abolitionists Black Freedom Carleton Mabee Chicago Historical Society Chicago Historical Society Card Catalog Chicago Historical Society Database Catalog Chicago Historical Society Newspaper Clipping Collection Chicago Illinois Cindy Wargo Deerfield Illinois Deerfield Public Library History of Chicago Lyman Wilmot Martin Duberman Olivia Chen Still's Underground Rail Road Records The Slavery Vanguard The Underground Railroad from Slavery to Freedom Walter M. Merrill Wilbur H. Siebert William Still https://archives.deerfieldlibrary.org/files/original/44740ddfbad5d1f39994d525542102a5.pdf ed43ffb366ca66a2b57484cd2419b120 PDF Text Text Mwtxvdc Sh&ipeid Cemetmu -V s. #• \ Kb 7 i kV / ff y v/ i I 4 S? ifv':# ».U# A ) \ /? ryu l <r \ "'U ni >■ fl. V■. ii if m \ F:< x;:; \ iif TvV / : : m •. -TS (■■# 2--V.-T- r w Ill ft- b I^d|fc5 i rv £ *•T35 * §&'&:.C >w£>YTv k- R: • 7 •’jj* T T^1*'-* m vksd l^SgiS I 1 H .*. tfJ£3i - a: J Uss fr % ■I* 5S KS r-*j f ii-—__ . brtSSs “i_i u ti ■ttf-jr feffer •5) js! *"■ fcf.y ml I 1* • Br* j*M *& 5? ,-JP M"1 i*& >55 4y, ?r /■ ■ '^v Ik* :I3 -. s&Se?^*-' sT iUgss ..•■t ^lES Slits tcsS* t «**■ iMZ;' i>/ *- ;• IS S^£rTTrz? iV'On^llra^V mn .. ^s? '-; _.islz-.-. .■ I -. 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The information in this guide was taken from the monuments and headstones in the cemetery - as well as from the book History Of Deerfield Illinois by Marie Ward Reichelt, published in 1928. We would very much like to have our cemetery records accurate to preserve the history that is represented here. If you should discover any errors, please let us know! Please keep in mind that a lot without a marker does not necessarily mean that no one is buried there. Many head stones have not withstood the tests of time. We hope you find this piece of Deerfield History as interesting as we have found it. �Appendix A Page Last Name Willman First Name Alexander M. Date Of Birth 1894 Date Of Death 1974 Willman Annie M. 1867 1931 Catherine Ott Nov 24, 1839 Aug 1, 1897 Clarence Feb, 1884? May 2, 1886? Edwin H. 1863 1925 Loretta S. 1895 1987 John C. 1861 1929 Willman Willman Willman Willman Willmann Willmann Willmann Luella Information Division Lot South 28 Grave# 2 South 28 6 Mother South 28 1 Age 2 yr, 3 month South 28 8 South 28 7 South 28 3 Husband of Minnie, Father South 37 2-3 Dec 29, 1982 No Stone South 37 Wife of John C., Mother South 37 i Minnie 1866 1940 Willmann S. J. Sep 24, 1894 Jan 8, 1898 Wilmot Clarissa June 18, 1812 Apr 10, 1899 Mother North 27 4 Harriet Jun 28,1845 Aug, 1846 Died 131/2 months North 27 2 Lyman July 22, 1806 Nov 12, 1896 Father North 27 3 North 27 1 Wife of W.N. Wilmot, Age 30 yrs North 27 6 Stone Unreadable North 27 8 South 38 6-7 South 38 6-7 Wilmot Wilmot Wilmot Wilmot Wilmot? South Mamma Minnie E. Feb 1858 Dec 19, 1888 William? Winter A. W. Winter Gottlieb Apr 24,1891 May 18, 1891 2-3 2 28 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Lyman Wilmot House Description An account of the resource This collection consists of records related to the Deerfield Public Library's research into whether or not the Wilmot house could be proved to have been a stop on the Underground Railroad. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Deerfield Public Library Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Deerfield Public Library Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Deerfield Public Library Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2002 Language A language of the resource English Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context DPL.0013 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Historic Deerfield Cemetery Excerpt Description An account of the resource Photocopy of burial information from the Deerfield Historic Cemetery including information about members of the Wilmot family who are buried there. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Deerfield Area Historical Society Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Deerfield Area Historical Society Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Deerfield Area Historical Society Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1996 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Dondonville, Larry Kempf, Laura Spagnoli, Jean Thomas, Barbara Willman, John Kress Zobus, Andrea Language A language of the resource English Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context DPL.0013.024 A.W. Winter Alexander M. Willman Annie M. Willman Audra Zobus Barbara Thomas Catherine Ott Willman Clarence Willman Clarissa Dwight Wilmot Deerfield Area Historical Society Deerfield Historical Cemetery Deerfield Historical Cemetery Guide Deerfield Illinois Deerfield Veterans Edwin H. Willman Gottlieb Winter Harriet Wilmot History of Deerfield Jean Spagnoli John C. Wilmann John Kress Willman Larry Dondonville Laura Kempf Loretta S. Willman Luella Willmann Lyman Wilmot Mamma Wilmot Marie Ward Reichelt Minnie E. Wilmot Minnie Willmann S.J. Willmann W.N. Wilmot William Wilmot https://archives.deerfieldlibrary.org/files/original/b45ed7911af2b7a51caa61bae887fc6e.pdf f1b3316d98ad27da3d3200d57ab72a22 PDF Text Text Source, tut'UJU) DEERFIELD “Underground Railroad" Activities Fugitive Slaves Identified *43 3 > jri vO o tei z VJ 3 ■\J 3 M 3 <o vj 3 > X> ■o 30 >- OH CO t-l o 3 <c c~> JO JO rx: O 2 ■"V The first real information of Andrew Jackson, the runaway slave, Samuel Ott. imparts to this generation. In the winter of 1858 a mulatto, about 28 years of age, came to the home of Lyman Wiimot, the Abolitionist, at night, via the "Underground Railway," from Mississippi. The lake was frozen, so the black man could not be sent across to Canada, therefore he had been taken to Deerfield. Mr. Wiimot brought the stave to the Lorenz Ott home to do the chores, so that the children could go to school. Andrew Jackson's father was a white man, and he worked on his father’s plantation where he saw liis white sisters. The plantation owner was more lenient to his son than to his other slaves, arid Andrew learned more than his companions, therefore the desire to be free so overcame the bd that it led him to attempt to escape but bloodhounds tracked him, and he was brought back. In his second attempt at freedom he was successful, and he crossed the Ohio River, where he was sent on fits journey north. The man was a good worker, kept the horses clean (he had been a yardman on the plantation) and "made a nice gate of stout wood" which he said would last till the slaves were freed. When that occurred he requested Mr. Ott to destroy the gate, which sentimental request was not heeded by the thrifty fanner. After reaching the slaves' haven, Andrew wrote to his benefactors who had taught him to read and write, of his safe arrival, and that was the last that they ever heard of him. Samuel Ott was fourteen years of age at that time, and he recalls much that the Negro did while here. From another source it is learned that die slave, Andrew Jackson's escape was planned because he had been sold. "My kind master found it necessary to sell me. None of the slaves were given any education as our masters thought that we would rebel or outwit them. But a friend told me tliat the sun rises in the east and sets in the west and that as one goes further south it gets warmer, and going north it gets colder. With this information only, l decided to run away. I was soon captured for my master had discovered my absence soon after 1 left, and had sent blood­ hounds after me. When taking me back to the plantation my captor tied my arms with a rope, which was fastened to the horse, and made me walk in front of him, while he rode. I loosened the rope and walked along as if I were not trying to escape. Soon 1 noticed that mv master was sleeping, so J dropped the rope, and jumped into the woods. Most of the time I hid during the day, and often pursuers were so close to my hiding place tiiat I could hear my master giving directions to them. U - YIul tLruCc r cun^i fads'f-j-J!; d/Jx/ws y £6U%SU~J0&V+* LAJlSCenS/n (c.,3.000) "Several times I was without food for a number of days. Many times I ate raw com taken from a field when I passed through it. One time I fell in a barrel when I was looking for food, and even thought I hurt my hip severely, I managed to limp back into the woods. One day 1 came to a hut and asked a girl, who was alone, for some bread, which I could see was freshly baked. The child refused to give it to me so 1 grabbed a few loaves and ran, and when safely hidden, ate them. These are but a few of my hardships, but I am glad to be with friends now. "A group of Abolitionists lived in Highland Park, and would often come to Deerfield if they knew that the farmers were bringing their crops to town. Often many hot debates took place on what is now known as Autes' comer. Slaves were also seen in Deerfield, but it is not known in which direction they went. (Source: Marie Ward Reichelt for Deerfield Post 738, American Legion H33. 081 Glermew Press, August 1928, p. 107-8.) DEERFIELD In 1860 a runaway slave, called "Andrew Jackson," came through Deerfield, where he stayed with Mr. Lorenz Ott, who lived where Mr. Orman Rockenhach now lives. Later he lived with Mr. Lyman Wiimot until the Civil War was over. He had many hardships to endure while he was with cruel masters, but later he was taught to read and write, and in return he showed the white people how to tie com with a stalk of corn and many other methods of farming. This is one incident of the anti­ slavery activities. (Source: Marie Ward Reichelt for Deerfield Post 738. American I.egion #33, 081 Glenview Press, August 1928, p. 83.) Andrew Jackson This is a depiction of the fugitive sla\e. Lorenz Ott (1803-1863) Dvara ccurtesy oj The (jto Cnumy Musourn. VVa-jCooOu, fllmoc 3f �o o The VVilmot homestead is located at 60J Wilmot Road. Hie original house consisted of n kitchen and living room with a "ladder" stairway to the space above them—the sleeping loft. One of the stories perpetu­ ated about the home is that it once was an underground station for runaway slaves during the Civil War. Lyman VVilmot was known to have been an abolitionist. vO N- Caspar Ott Cabin O cm Caspar Ott was the brotiier ofJasper Ott, who hid Andrew Jackson in a cabin iike this one. o C\J O CM O ro CM O LAKE FOREST o o CO o N-sjoo >- or. CD O Ci> <C o JO Garrison and McKim especially faced the problem of slavery head-on in the manner of New England Puritan preachers of old, something the more moderate Lake Forest founders—concerned at the prospect of dis­ ruptive social upheaval—tended to avoid. Indeed, the Lake Foresters' moderate position on slavery against it in Cite western territories where they wanted to expand Chicago business interests, but willing to wait for it to die out in the south may have contributed to their seeking such an enclosed, maze-like street plan with entry to the town confined for all practical purposes to the streets around the depot. Several dues suggest that African-Americans and perhaps fugitive slaves were on hand here in the late 1850s and early 1860s—before Emancipation. Covertly too. Sylvester Lind and the Lake Forest founders took risks—Danforth reports Lind himself traveled down the lakes with Underground Railroad "pas­ sengers” to cue them when, literally, the "the coast was clear" -and worked hard, short of John Brown- like revolutionary acts, to gain free­ dom for African-Americans and to work toward the election of Lincoln in 1660. JO or O tit SYLVESTER LIND, THE NORTON'S GRANDFATHER, AND THE ANTISLAVERY MOVEMENT John J Halsey's 1912 History of 1-ake County, Illinois provides a biogra­ phical sketch of Sylvester Lind, a censor figure in the founding of lake forest. Lind was bom in Scotland in 1808, arriving in Chicago in 1837 tc work as a carpenter, in 1842 he entered the lumber business and in 1S4S organized the Lind & Dunlap firm with mills at Cedar River, Michigan on the western shore directly west of Door County's Washington Island. Arpee reports that he was also in the banking and insurance businesses making and losing at least three fortunes as the economic health of earl) Chicago came and went. Before the railroad wen! through, his banking business in Milwaukee and Chicago led him up and down the old Greer Bay Trail by Lake Forest. An article on "The Under-Ground Railway" in the May 1890 Stentor the College newspaper (pp. 165-88), highlighted Lind's importance tr the anti-slavery movement of the days when Lake Forest was founded The article was written by an enterprising member of the class of 1891 William E. Danforth, who also conducted interviews with explorers George Konnan and Sir Henry Stanley who visited the town and a bed­ side February 1890 interview with the legendary ex-slave and local driver Samuel Dent, who died in June of 1890, and is buried in the Lake Forest Cemetery'. Lind was an active "conductor” on the Underground Railroad and a leader in the Chicago movement, with his Chicago river lumber yard there a staging point for smuggling fugitive slaves down the lakes. The Fugitive Slave Act was harsh, and a captain risked losing his ship iJ caught. Danforth s article, though, details how Ltnd and others would arrange for the captain to look the other way for "deniabilitv" while ex­ slaves scrambled on board and stowed away. They then jumped off at the Island-refueling stop at Death's Door between the Door County mainland and the Washington Island to wait for another ship heading for Detroit. This ship, in turn, would drift dose enough to the Ontario shore in the narrow St. Clair River to permit the African-Americans to leap to freedom. Lind's concern for the plight of the African-Americans, some of whom probably were present in I ake Forest before the Civil War, was shared by others in town and carried over into the close, warm ties between the races fhoco rcorresv ct through the rest of the nineteenth century. tjfcC Foryi* It s interesting that the next owners of Historical Socuiy the property after Mrs. (Eliza O.) find, who lived & �http://nsls-iol2.auto-grapliics.com/wp2000/Fulldsp.asp7niyses 9291 &cr 4 Deerfield Public Library / Full Display > V CLICK HERE 0©] impact -0 5ssa1 ON LIME j^ISON . "ism i P.oC’fl un-'V Library! ffi >T« Full Display - North Suburban Library Database <All Headings> "underground railroad illinois" -- Title 4 of 12 Use Card Format E . l\il Bottom Iz. 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Pomona, California. © 1995 - 2001 All rights reserved. 1 of 1 1/22/02 7:22 PM �LOCATIONS AND ADDRESSES LAKE COUNTY, ILLINOIS UNDERGROUND RAILROAD STOPS T?>w «?re among the t.ake County sites bciieveil to have played a role in the Underground Railroad. Distances Between Underground Railroad Stops Ivanhoe Congressional Church Rt. 176, West of Routes 60/83 Ivanhoe, Illinois Ivanhoe Congregational Church to Bonner Farm 12.3 miles Bonner Farm to Millbum Congregational Church 2.0 miles Millbum Congregational Church to James Cory House James Cory House to Mother Rudd Horae Millbum Congregational Church Grass lake Road & Route 4S Millbum. Illinois (Historical landmarks-churcK store and houses) IS.6 miles S.3 miles Millbum Church o iifnbmn Road Bonner Farm Mother Rudd Home 4690 Old Grand Avenue Gurnee. Illinois (Comer of Old Grand Avenue and Kilboume) m Sand ljnk* Rood QnmdArttmt Mother Rudd Cory House St. *s H’asfrinrron Sr. Bonner Farm 1842 Homestead Lake County Forest Preserve Country' Place & Sand Lake Road Millbum, Illinois © ML 120 I i St S3 James Cory Home 321 N. Uticri Street Waukegan. Illinois (Historical landmark) ML 1/6 Ivanhoe Church r � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Lyman Wilmot House Description An account of the resource This collection consists of records related to the Deerfield Public Library's research into whether or not the Wilmot house could be proved to have been a stop on the Underground Railroad. 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Title A name given to the resource Deerfield "Underground Railroad" Activities; The Underground Railroad: Northeastern Illinois and Southwestern Wisconsin Description An account of the resource Photocopy of section of the book The Underground Railroad: Northeastern Illinois and Southwestern Wisconsin by James Dorsey related to escaped slaves who may have passed through the Deerfield area. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Dorsey, James Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived The Underground Railroad: Northeastern Illinois and Southwestern Wisconsin North Chicago Public Library Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Sons of Thunder Ministry Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2000 Language A language of the resource English Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context DPL.0013.011 Abolitionism Abraham Lincoln African Americans American Civil War American Legion American Legion Deerfield Post 738 Andrew Jackson Anti-Slavery Activities Autes' Corner Auto-Graphics Incorporated Bonner Farm Canada Carpenter Caspar Ott Caspar Ott Cabin Cedar River Michigan Chicago Illinois Chicago River Chicago River Lumber Yard Death's Door Deerfield American Legion Deerfield Illinois Deerfield Public Library Deerfield Underground Railroad Activities Detroit Michigan Door County Wisconsin Eliza O. Lind Fox River Grove Public Library Fugitive Slave Acts Fugitive Slaves Gail Borden Public Library George Konnan Glenview Press Green Bay Trail Gurnee Illinois Henry Stanley Highland Park Illinois History of Lake County Illinois Ivanhoe Congressional Church Ivanhoe Illinois James Cory James Dorsey Jasper Ott John Brown John J. Halsey Lake County Discovery Museum Lake County Forest Preserve Lake County Illinois Lake Forest Cemtery Lake Forest College Lake Forest College Stentor Lake Forest Illinois Lake Forest Lake Bluff Historical Society Lind and Dunlap Firm Lorenz Ott Lumber Business Lyman Wilmot Marie Ward Reichelt Millburn Congregational Church Millburn Illinois Milwaukee Wisconsin Mississippi Mother Rudd Home North Chicago Public Library North Suburban Library System Database Ohio River Ontario Canada Orman Rockenbach Pomona California Samuel Dent Samuel Ott Scotland Sons of Thunder Ministry St. Clair River Stentor Sylvester Lind The Underground Railroad: Northeastern Illinois and Southeastern Wisconsin The Underground Railway Underground Railroad Washington Island Wisconsin Wauconda Illinois Waukegan Illinois Waukegan Public Library William E. Danforth https://archives.deerfieldlibrary.org/files/original/259fc40b43c39f62dac13bd13bf2449b.pdf eb130ef1888eeb33af187b3ca4445726 PDF Text Text 5iHAj\CJI ; L nkc C&tt > > A? i i mas 7, jU'flh.n J’g/?/2TOWNSHIP OF DEERFIELD. 425 Academy and as a Lieutenant he served through the two years war with Mexico. From 1849 to I^55 was on duty *n Texas and on the new boundary line be­ tween Mexico and the United States, and was then transferred to the general staff in the Quartermaster’s Department. From 1857 to 1861 he was on duty during the Utah troubles and served in the Civil War until failing health caused him to be placed on the retired list by President Lincoln in 1863. For five years he was Vice-President of the Trader’s National Bank of Chicago. After the great fire in Chicago in 1871, he spent two years in traveling with his family and in 1880 settled in Highland Park where he now lives. He has been Mayor and Alderman of that city. He was a member of the Aztec Club which was formed in the City of Mexico by the officers of the army at the close of that war; also a member of the Loyal Legion, Sons of the American Revolution, and other so­ cieties. He was the author of “Turnley’s Narrative from Diaries, The Turnleys,” and several other books and many speeches, lectures and poems. He died » U in 1911. HENRY S. VAIL was born near Janesville, Wis., April 23, 1847, and was educated at Ripon College. He served in the Civil War in Company D, 38th Wisconsin Infantry, from April 19, 1864, to August, 1865. Pie came to Chicago in 1872, and entered the life insurance business. He is a well known actuary. He was married, March 3, 1880, to Miss Jennie C. McCulloch, after making his home in Highland Park in 1878. He was one of the organizers of the Law and Order League. LYMAN WILMOT was born in Colesville, N. Y., July 22, 1806, the son of Jesse and Hannah Wilmot. He was married March 17, 1831, in his native town to Miss Clarissa Dwight, who was born June 18, 1812. There were nine children: Virgil, born June 9, 1834; Adelia H., bom December 20, 1836, wife of P. Gutzler; Levi D., bom January 4, 1839; Lyman H., born April 25, 1841; Mary, born July 2, 1843; Roswell O., born July 12, 1847; Dwight Porter, born August 16, 1849; Ellen Eliza, born January 9, 1852; Warren Henry, bom October 6, 1855. Mr. Wilmot came to Lake County in 1840, locating in the Town of Deerfield. He died November 12, 1896. WARREN HENRY WILMOT was bom in Deerfield, Lake County, 111., October 6, 1855, the son of Lyman and Clarissa (Dwight) Wilmot. He received his education in the district schools and Northwestern College at Naperville, 111. He has been twice married: to Miss Minnie E. Vining in 1880, and ten years later to Miss Eva P. Vant. He has served as Township Treasurer, Trustee of Schools and as Supervisor of West Deerfield from 1904 to 1909. He was ap­ pointed Deputy U. S. Marshal for the Northern District of Illinois, October 22, 1906. He is a Protestant, votes the Republican ticket, and is a member of Wau­ kegan Council Y. of A., Nq. 157, (A. F. & A. M.), A. O. Fay Lodge, No. 676, Lake Camp, No. 178, M. W. A. 0 yisVJ-' ? / �..-:s fi iy m i! i 714 HISTORY OF LAKE COUNTY. ij t i •'! •5 ‘ < The Rev. G. L. Wrenn took the pastorate May i, 1872,and continued in this service eight years. The Rev. C. B. Allen, Jr., succeeded him in September, 1880, and continued until March, 1882. The Rev. H. C. Leland came in Novem­ ber, 1882. He was succeeded in May, 1884, by the Rev. E. G. Cheverson and he by the Rev. G. B. Simons in November, 1885, the Rev. J. W. Weddell in May, 1887, the Rev. L. A. Gould, June, 1894, the Rev. W. M. Vines in December, 1897, the Rev. Robert Morris Rabb in December, 1898, the Rev. James P. Whyte in May, 1900, the Rev. Edwin Seldon in January, 1902, the Rev. G. D. Rogers in December, 1903, the Rev. M. F. Sanborn in April, 1907, the Rev. E. LeRoy Dakin in May, 1908. His pastorate ended in January, 1911. A number 01 the ministers of this church have been student pastors from the Divinity School of the University of Chicago, and occasional service has been rendered by the professors of the school. The effort is now being made to find a permanent pastor. October 2, 1908, the first pastor, the Rev. G. L. Wrenn, who had continued to serve the church as a deacon, died. In his memory his children gave the beginning of a fund for a pipe organ, which was added to by Mrs. C. N. Kimball and other friends. On October 20, 1909, a fine memorial oragn was dedicated. The church has had four hundred members, but with the losses by death and the fluctuating membership of a suburban church, the present membership is 141, of whom 53 are non-resident.43 There are to-day five Baptist Churches in Lake County—those of Wau­ kegan, Highland Park, Barrington, Russell and Wauconda. THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHES. As has been shown in the sketch of the Ivanhoe Congregational Church. The Presbyterians came to the county when it was still a part of McHenry County, and organized the Mechanics’ Grove Church in 1838. It was really a Union Church of Presbyterians and Congregationalists. In two years, however, the Presbyterians lost control and the church passed from them to become the Congregational Church, now of Ivanhoe. THE CHURCH OF HALF DAY. mi On the other hand a Congregational Church was organized at Half Day, November 20, 1841. The Rev. Elbridge G. Howe was the first pastor, but remained only for a brief period. The Rev. Joseph H. Payne came in January, 1842. The^first members were Mr. and Mrs. Joshua Pelton, Mr. and Mrs. 4SHighland Park Church Records; Gazette, May 23, 1896. i; i �n TEE PROTESTANT CEUROEES OF LAKE COTJNTY. 715 Joshua Pelton, Jr., Thomas Pelton, Sarah Hawkes, Levi Walker, Jane B. Walker, Lyman, Jesse and Clarissa Wilmot, Luther Farnham, Mary Cook, Silas and ^£Tm!a^tevens. A house otwoSmp was begun, in the village, in 1844. In the process of the years, although the date cannot now be ascertained, this church passed from the Congregational to the Presbyterian form of organization. The church was too feeble to maintain a pastor and it was served from Libertyville on alternate Sundays from 1869 to 1881. In that year the two churches were separated, and the Rev. Hannibal S. Stanley served the Half Day Church until 1884, driving over from Lake Forest. In 1885-86 the service was abandoned. In 1887 Prof. LeRoy F. Griffin came from Lake Forest. In 1889 and 1891 a supply came from McCormick Seminary. In 1890, 1892 and 1893 the church was vacant. The church disappears on the “General Assembly Annual Minutes” of 1894, and the organization, as such, was probably abandoned in that year. A new population had come in and a remnant of the old time worshippers have from time to time, ever since, fitfully resumed the service. Student “supply” from Lake Forest or McCormick Seminary has carried on this work, and the writer of this sketch conducted a service in the old historic church as late as 1908. But the place is now closed and silent.44 I i 5 1 1 : : a ! : THE CHURCH OF WAUKEGAN. The Presbyterian Church of Waukegan was organized November 11, 1859, by a colony from the Congregational Church of that town. In those days in the sparsely settled West, “Union” churches were frequently formed by the fraternization of Congregationalists and Presbyterians under a single organiza­ tion, and one pastor of either denomination. Forty-five Presbyterians, who had previously worshipped in the Congregational flock formed the new church. They were: William Ladd, Mary A. Ladd, Mrs. N. Cleaveland, Mrs. J. S. Frazer, H. A. Rew, Matilda A. Rew, John M. Hartnett, Margaret I. Hartnett, Dr. W. C. Barker, Sarah A. Barker, Mrs. McCrone, D. O. Dickinson, Mercy Dickinson, Leonard Dickinson, R. W. Clarkson, Susan Clarkson, W. C. New­ man, Letitia Newman, Thomas Hartzell, L. D. Hartzell, Prudence Ingalls, Hilda Ingalls, Sarah Barker, Elvira A. Baker, Mrs. C. W. Upton, Sarah Ferry, Mrs. John Cloes, Sophia Bacon, Matilda Dorcey, Sarah Barker, Emily C. Poutt, Sarah Hinckley, Jane Belshaw, Margaret McKay, Mary Douglass, Lydia Thomp­ son, Julia S. Geer, C. Ii. Millen, Mrs. Ann Millen, Mary A. Millen, H. H. Hawks, Sarah Hawks, Phoebe Landon, Susan A.-Look and Amanda Deacon. From other churches came J. W. Kelly, Mary J. Kelly, Horace Hurlburt, Eliza­ beth Hurlburt and Eliza Bates. The Rev. George L. Little took charge of this ;• i 44 Past and Present, 315; Minutes of Assembly, anno cit. !!: ! n. 1 ; t. J �TOWNSHIP OF DEERFIELD. By A. W. Fletcher. !: 1 ij A majority of four votes gave the name Deerfield instead of Erin to this township, there being seventeen votes for the former and thirteen for the latter, as expressed at a public meeting called for the purpose at the house of Michael Meehan, and the name Deerfield was given to the township by the commissioners. It is not clear as to who the first settler in this section was. It is claimed and disputed, that Jacob Caldwell and sons settled here in the spring of 1836, near the town of Deerfield. On the other hand it is asserted that Horace Lamb was the first settler, building a house for himself at least a year prior to the first date. We quote from Haines’ History: "When we take into account the fact that the Indians remained in possession of the lands lying in Lake County until 1836, and that occupa­ tion by the settlers was not permitted before that time, except by consent of the Indians, we can not expect to find settlers attempting to occupy the land much before that year. It is well understood that Capt. Daniel Wright was the only settler in what is now Lake County in 1834, except perhaps, Amos Flint, who is claimed to have settled on Fox River the latter part of this year. In 1835, ^e time in which the Indians were to leave the country being near at hand, which they seemed to realize, they became more indifferent as to the en­ croachment of the whites, whereby during this year some progress was made by settlers. It is possible that settlers may have entered the town of Deerfield in j835, but it is certainly not probable that any came before that time.” Among the early settlers may be mentioned Jacob Caldwell and five sons, Horace Lamb, John Mathews, Jesse Wilmot, Lyman Wilmot, B. Marks, R. Dygert, John Cochran, Michael Meehan, Magnus Tait, Anthony Sullivan, John King and Francis McGovern. The first school in Deerfield was taught by Rosilla Caldwell in 1848, and the first school house was built near the county line on Section 33. In the early forties a town site was laid out east of Highwood called St. Johns, but owing to litigation concerning title to the land, it was abandoned and in 1850, Jacob C. Bloom, Andrew Steele and others laid out a town site just south of St. Johns, called Port Clinton, and a postoffice was established here the same year. After the Chicago Parallel Railway (now the Chicago and Northwestern 416 'r .: �m i; ii : / ' 5 s ' 1 . i i ii • ii i 730 HISTORY OF LAKE COUNTY. feasibility of building a new church which should meet the requirements of the Church and Sabbath School, and it was finally decided that a new church must be built and should cost not less than $65,000.00, and that work should be commenced early in the spring of 1910. A Building Committee was appoint­ ed and authorized to secure plans and specifications and this has been done, and ground is to be broken very soon, and it is to be hoped that the new building will supply all the needs of the society for many years to come. The writer of this article has been connected with this church for thirtythree years and has seen it pass through seasons of depression and rejoicing and has come to love the old building and will be sorry to see it pass away, but all things must pass away and old things become new. Many and many are the pleasant hours that have been spent in the old church with friends that have passed away and many tender memories come back while sitting in the church and looking at familiar places and thinking of those who have gone, never to return. There are two of the charter members still in the church, Miss Sarah Patchen, who still continues to be an active worker, and Mrs. Lucy C. T. Allen, who has passed her 91st birthday, and can still remember the time when the church was organized and can remember the various persons who took part therein. Her son’s wife was the first person to join the church by profession and her granddaughter was the first person to be baptized. When the new church is completed the writer will rejoice with the rest of the congregation, but with regard to the old church his feelings and sentiments are expressed by the old hymn which has been often sung in the old church and doubtless will be in the new: “I love Thy church, O God! Her walls before Thee stand, Dear as the apple of Thine eye, And graven on Thy hand.” Since Mr. Godrich wrote the preceding narrative Mr. Goodson succeeded in the church by the Rev. Roy Calvin Dodson, who took up in the fall of 1910. Mr. Dodson came from Bloomington, Illinois, and offered the Highland Park pulpit in 1908, but could not then be drawn Bloomington church. has been the work had been from the THE DEERFIELD CHURCH. The Presbyterian Church at Deerfield Corners was organized in May, 1876, by the Rev. E. S. Hurd, D.D. The first members were Lyman and Clarissa Wilmot, Lyman Wilmot, Jr., Philip and Adelia Gutzler, Louis and Caroline Todd, 'MrsTLizzie Hall and Mrs. Mary S. Muhlke. The church edifice was built the same year. Dr. Hurd continued only for a year and for a number of years the church was "supplied” from Chicago or Lake Forest by Students. The “Min- . �m ' ill! ! A1 I 3* L I I . ii l! 38 Ii; i ,i ( It ji !! | . I i !: : I !l 1 ■ I Hi a !; !iI Ia ij Ii! ■? :!i! ; II •s ! ! ! ■f ii ,11 a i.< i ii I?1: 1? 4:ji 1I j :'111i! 3 f) :• :*l ,! <• ■! iS ;• i ; . I ■ !:i ?! U | li i !h? 1 . 'Ji ■ HISTORY OF LAKE COUNTY. on the Green Bay Road where the Atteridge home now is, Michael Maguire, who was Coroner in 1837-39, and Comity Commissioner in 1846-49, just north of him, James Cole and his four sons just south of Swanton, Michael Dulanty at the south end of the town on the same road In Deerfield Township Michael Meehan was the only settler in 1835. He made the beginnings of “Meehan’s Settlement” in Section 18. He was soon followed by Jacob Caldwell at Deerfield Corners, with his five sons—Madison Philemon, Caleb, Hiram and Edwin; also by Plorace Lamb, a mile south of Caldwell’s, John Mathews, Lyman Wilmot at Deerfield Corners, Benjamin Marks up m the northeast corner, Robert Daggett in the southeast corner, where he lies buried in the little cemetery beside the new Golf Station at Braeside; John Cochran, Magnus Tait, Anthony Sullivan, Francis McGovern on 22, John Mc­ Govern on 25, John King a half mile west of Fort Sheridan; Michael Yore and James Fagan on 7; Michael Vaugh n on 18; James Mooney on 27. 3 1 { ii 1 IN THE FOX VALLEY. In Ela Township in 1835 were George Ela, who went to the Legislature m 1846, on Section 33; Abraham Vanderwerker was on Section 34 • A. Russell gave name to Russell’s Grove on Section 10. Other early settlers were John Robertson iu -Section n •„ south of Lake Zurich, S. A. Shepard on 28, John E. Ueill on 34, George Cook, Leonard Loomis, Richard Archer on 2,5. Erastus Houghton built in .1836 the Yankee Tavern at ... u cross roads in Section 3. Waher M°rse, m 1835, settled at the later Gilmer, where he died September 26 i88a His brothers, Abiel, Henry and Martin settled near him. Martin tlr°'kTy CT a h‘tle later to Section 29. Lake Zurich and Ela were on the fraveIIedgrWhyn°w g° *° McHenry’ and the thither was already la rLf % Hurntlngt°n Came t0 Section 4 in l84a and died there October St If ill! 7 Tr £ I ' 3 *4I: ”6.ref he bu,’lt a saw Seth PainC b°Ught a Claira on the south and C3me WitH WS Wife’ Frances- t0 live on in in 1843. Thomas Haggerty was on Section 4; Noah Webster, unknown to fame, was on Section 31. In Fremont Township in 1835 were Daniel Marsh at "Marsh’s Settlement” l6’.south °f Fremont Center; Paschal P. Houghton on Section 30; W.ll.am Fenwick at the south end of Diamond Lake; Charles Fletcher on Sec­ tion 32. Fletcher, who was born in 1806 in Woodstock, Vermont, and died in Fremont, February 16, 1882, walked from Buffalo to Lake County. I.. In December, 1839, he was married to his neighbor, Elizabeth F. Houghton, Later comers were Uz Hendee on Section 1; A. Marble on 5; Hurlbut Swan on 11; Thomas H Payne on 7; Samuel L. Wood on 8; John G. Ragan who came in August, 1836, and was County Commissioner in 1844-46, on 34- Nelson and I;t ii � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Lyman Wilmot House Description An account of the resource This collection consists of records related to the Deerfield Public Library's research into whether or not the Wilmot house could be proved to have been a stop on the Underground Railroad. 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Title A name given to the resource A History of Lake County Illinois Description An account of the resource Photocopy of pages from A History of Lake County Illinois by John J. Halsey related to Deerfield and to Lyman Wilmot. Includes highlighting and handwritten notes. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Halsey, John J. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1912 Language A language of the resource English Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context DPL.0013.021 A History of Lake County Illinois A.W. Fletcher Adelia H. Wilmot Gutzler AF and AM Amos Flint Andrew Steele Anthony Sullivan Benjamin Marks Caroline Todd Chicago and Northwestern Train Chicago Illinois Chicago Parallel Railway Clarissa Dwight Wilmot Colesville New York Daniel Wright Deerfield Corners Deerfield Illinois Deerfield School District #109 Board of Trustees Deerfield Township Deerfield Township Commissioners Deerfield Township Treasurer Deputy United States Marshall Dwight Porter Wilmot E.S. Hurd Edwin Cadwell Elbridge G. Howe Ellen Eliza Wilmot Kittell Eva K. Vant Wilmot First Presbyterian Church Fort Sheridan Illinois Fox River Francis McGovern General Assembly Annual Minutes Haine's History Half Day Congregational Church Half Day Illinois Hannah Bunnel Wilmot Hannibal S. Stanley Highwood Illinois Hiram Cadwell Horace Lamb Jacob C. Bloom Jacob Cadwell James Cole James Fagan James Mooney Jane B. Walker Jesse Wilmot John Cochran John J. Halsey John King John Mathews John McGovern Joseph H. Payne Joshua Pelton Joshua Pelton Jr. Lake County Commissioners Lake County Coroner Lake County Illinois Lake Forest Illinois LeRoy F. Griffin Levi Davis Wilmot Levi Walker Libertyville Illinois Lizzie Hall Louis Todd Luther Farnham Lyman H. Wilmot Lyman Wilmot Madison Cadwell Magnus Tait Mary Cook Mary S. Muhlke Mary Wilmot Bennett Masonic Order A O Fay Lodge No. 676 McCormick Seminary Michael Maguire Michael Meehan Michael Vaughn Michael Yore Minnie E. Vining Wilmot Mrs. Joshua Pelton Mrs. Joshua Pelton Jr. Naperville Illinois Native Americans Northwestern College Philemon Cadwell Philip Gutzler Port Clinton Illinois Port Clinton Post Office Presbyterianism Protestantism R. Dygert Republican Party Rosilla Caldwell Roswell O. Wilmot Sarah Hawkes Selina Stevens Silas Stevens St. Johns Illinois Thomas Pelton United States Marshall United States Marshall Service Northern Illinois District Virgil Wilmot Warren Henry Wilmot West Deerfield Township Supervisor Y of A Waukegan Council https://archives.deerfieldlibrary.org/files/original/54ca5e51a91a8d4f6bd5a8e809f597c0.pdf e51a167bd762b948ca41f19d785b01aa PDF Text Text FEB o 2 REC’D DEERFIELD PURLIC LIBRARY 9?p '' ••!!■ soa?j ROAD DEER. p'L 60015-3098 ( LYMAN WILMOT HOUSE 1840 Deerfield,Illinois -I * S' 1995 Richard Hart 2735 Forest Glen Trail Riverwoods, Illinois yicOd f-iO'U M t ( S€ w to- I) is ca/ey �LYMAN WILMOT I-JOUSE 601 WilmoL Road Deerfield, Illinois The origi^31 pioneer house, probably a cabin, was built ca. 1840, with additions and revisions over the years. It is, I believe, the oldest occupied building in Lake County, an opinion confirmed by the Director of Archives of Lake County Museum, Wauconda, Illinois. The only older standing structure being a log cabin erected, three years earlier which has been moved and is a part of a historical village in a Deerfield,park. At a later date, but still early, a coach house was added to the property and used for the Wilmots' wagons, carriages, and horses. The structures still show early detail, especially hand-hewn beams and a stone'foundation in the house cellar. A unique feature of the coach house is a tower section which once contained an inside water tank. And in the house, still to be seen after more than a hundred years, are the initials scratched in a windowpane of Roswell Wilmot, one of Lyman Wilmot's sons. After the deaths of Lyman and Clarissa Wilmot in the 1890s (they are buried m Deerfield Cemetery), the property passed into the hands of various members of the family and others to the present day. Although changes have been made m the.property - to be expected in 155 years - it still retains integrity as a pioneer home. Much of Wilmot1s original acreage has been sold off over the years, but the remaining property, the size of three normal house lots, is very impressive and is unique in the community on a street bearing the historic Wilmot name. Lyman Wilmot was.a seventh generation descendant of immigrants from England who came to America m 1637 and were among the earliest settlers of Connecticut. He was born in Boone County, New York, in 1806. In 1834 Lyman's brother Jesse Wilmot journeyed to what is now the Deerfield another on the western edge of the present village. near one SSS’S4 -.55 SSi'i’ia SE,^* “■» sa sktjs.. �-2its superintendent and his wife taught. The school bears their name to this day. My children attended this school at one time and my grandchildren do now, where they are "celebrities" to their friends because they live in "Mr. Wilmot's house." The Wilmot family were ardent supporters of the North's cause during the Civil War. They were dedicated abolitionists and their home became a stop on the Underground Railroad where slaves were harbored on their way to Canada. One escaped slave was sheltered by them throughout the war. The Lyman Wilmot family was significant in the founding and early develop­ ment of the community of Deerfield, and their still-standing historic residence - evolved as it may be - is probably the oldest occupied building in Lake County. This record of the pioneer Lyman Wilmot family was presented to the Deerfield Historical Society by Richard Hart of Riverwoods, Illinois, an owner of the property in June, 1995 ( �The Wilmot homestead is located at 601 Wilmot Road. The original house consisted of a kitchen and living room with a "ladder" stairway to the space above them - the sleeping loft. One of the stories perpetuated about the home is that it once was an underground station for runaway slaves during the Civil War. Lyman Wilmot was known to have been an abolitionist. Several additions have been made through the years. In the 1920's the sun porch shown below was added. This became the main entry to the house. The other structure on the property is the coach house, built to house the coaches, or horse-drawn carriages, owned by the Wilmots. Three garages are now on the ground level. The second floor was originally a hay loft; it is now an apartment. Attached to the coach house is a shop, and an office that was formerly a greenhouse. �SETTLING IN The title of "disputed" first settler in Deerfield is held by Jesse Wilmot. He came by flatboat up the north branch of the Chicago River (that's the trickle under the bridge on Deerfield Road by the Garden Apartments) and spent the winter of 1834 here alone, As he was just scouting the area, he was not considered a settler. Meehans and Lambs are listed as early settlers, but one historian gives credit for first permanent residency to the Cadwells. Jacob Cadwe11 and his family came from Vermont and settled here in 1835. As they settled around what is now the corner of Waukegan and Deerfield Roads, the town became known as Cadwell Corners, That name, remained until 1849-50 when there was a vote to rename the town. Many German and Irish settlers had arrived by then. Irish people wanted another Erin. John Millen (who was from Deerfield, Massachusetts) suggested Deerfield as it seemed to fit the area with its abundance of wild deer. When the vote was taken, Deerfield won by four votes. Meanwhile Jesse Wilmot returned with his family and settled on land that is now around Greenwood Avenue. He convinced his brother to investigate the area, and Lyman did just that in 1837. He then returned to New York for his family and finally settled in the fall of 1840 on 240 acres of wild land around what is now Wilmot School. Here Lyman and Clarissa Wilmot raised six sons and three daughters. -6- �f • - ;-vTr \ •••v.v ■■ -•V ’ ■ ' :> ■' ■v I . 0:.Y" <’-'i vf •.-> Please satisfy-my .curiosity: Is It true that the. house at 601 ! Wilmot, Deerfield, was,a station on the Underground Rah- f . road, the pre-Civil War route by which slaves rumujig away from the Sou.a v^ispirited to Canada?-^ Deerf{?ld . • , Partly .true — partly; because only part of, the hpuse,Va I • jj small part, was a station. The'rest : of thO : house •^ 'V.'hlch • actually was the h6'me;of abolitionist Lymafl Wilmot. .one'of the founders of- DeerfieldIppg since has been replacedhy. «•;. 1. | -Wi A tag tvvv™ Imp A-Xv.v.vi'w;-; hHH^! '?!■ ■ !jg i 'x ■ K&yii 1 , c': fl m & LI m m ,. - \ _ ^Lvli % i1:: m? y> m l yj . “1 ■■ y-< • House wing (arrow) that once was Underground Rallroiid ^ station: Stopping place, on.Freedom Road, a new main section, with attached porch; , the garage arid its attached greenhouse .also have been added;,.One value f of; the onetime ‘‘station’Viriightbd'tjiat it'string a?: a lessoilte Deerfleldians’not to be impatient when- they are‘'waitmg''at the Milwaukee Road station for a commuter traih that Is 5 minutes late. In Wilmot’s day, ^riders” ori the'Underground . Railrodd;Sometimes had to wait days or evert'1weeks in-his house’ until’the moment.seemed;favorable to■' hide'-’therii^under a load of hay, in a' wagon, "and move to the next % station on the Freedom. Road. * ',.•••••• ...... ' . i. ‘,%'it * V. '• ■■N :• .; . i ..... r » t’ • o �\ r" V_ 'l;J’.vy!5'v's" - "'■■ ;.v • • ;■•* A1. V f'!' <“ !*: The weatherbeaten sign .reads, "This is the original site of the home of the Wilmots, who settled here botween 1839-40." The orig­ inal home served as an underground/station for run-away slaves. Ly;; man ;y/ilmpt was one-of the most successful farmers in Lake County. : *. • r v. *• �\ Vu -ri • •••!■ m-• mm ■ i m ■ I | | Sheldon Sullens, great grandson of Lyman and Clarissc Wilmot, visits the original Wilmot home, on Wilmot Road, during a visit to Deerfield last week. Welcoming him is present owner of the house, Robert Young. Constructed in the late 1830’s it is one of the oldest |: homes in Deerfield. Staff photo by Peggy Pollard. *Z?22■'A*i’V- ,* ‘-*»yV - wf-qy < 233 �House (left) ancl Coach House House (real'1) i i �< y.tvs-i V \ Coach House showing old farm buildings ♦ �( \ t mm hi jj * m±ff4 c "j ij V I® VM V mmsm m Stone foundation in house cellar •!' •i i ' s ?!< WKMMMM il » IlSttll? -- » liitfliiHand hewn beam in house cellar �( OO isiffflg oo .. K'T (2ZA 0 ( ifc-r'I__ ' □ *J*rt : v 0> i<& ; l f 5 iS * i 601 Wilmot Road Main House - First Floor RlC:?^D H.\RT 2735 ntvfh;v\>o,js3. km trati.. n.L. woi5 �' \ . ^ t P A/^Oj I I [ 7 <r* up ^^7 vl f" \ cu (Z1 ¥ RA Cuo -- ^ I V( ^ ^ .V ^ \Y* i t- >0 * s I + \\ CQ i ; 601 Wilmot Road Main House - Upstairs fe' N RICHARD HART ^33 FOREST GLEN TRAIL TtfVJ- V.\V:>OiVS-. [j |.. r,u(MS �«•. ! n ii 5 \ &s N: o ('' ; b t=> D �St ( PAPCFL Oll-I hel 1 (-xc^pt tk+.^ori 300 feot «h*rH*«) It* HASM'.-C', &U?LZVX?.ZW« ««r part, of t bn South 1/2 of th* Kor»hw.*» 1/4 ?h< Korrhu».n 1/4 of Stoirlon 02, ’"ovnrhlp 43 Kcrlb, Ponf^r 12 Sort- of the Third Principal F.-rldlan, lr. VoV* County, Jlllr.ul* PAPCSL rVOi "'ho ICO f<*?t cf LM 1 lr. HAtfZKG'S SUBDIVISION of part of ihv ?ou;h 1/2 «f t.hr Kcr»h*vrl lA of the J’orthwrol 1/4 of Section j2, •"ownrhlp 43 North, F.ang4 12 F.nrt of th* Ihlt-d Prlnclpol >.-rldler.# In Lak" County,1 Illlurlr 1 Hi n i 1 □ < in* 119.° I o 100. 0! ! ? I I y\ I : faff X% * ! • i j.\ 1 ef ■> 1 ! ( 1 n.^ • ; . : ;r ■> / -----r*Tp -... i\ CM O \* :; o CM ✓ // . * /• //■ : I / «•<*<<■/* o^f / I V.i a/^Jy i /\4./ . ylVi 1/tA-A 1 1 •■ ii 5! - K V \ \ •Silo .......... 11 > i ■?; : i I / » / rrr ' >.* / 2 ? . " ✓ %V » *» O cu : <r • II / m 2 *t > - /V /S.+* / I ■»! I 1 : 1 \ S } U I l ! 1» \i I ; 1 \ • ! 1 r~ o • ! 2 • I ~*rrfi N Lot nji. MI ‘ ¥ 2Jb_ \ 1 / j y N 1 19.0 _J : 3>I vv. 1 : 10 .¥ < lrtr-r, iiu...«nv.K'«*w '•*T - h .. - . ». n* "rr> �-3- ; �i ,v Hi ■ ’••• ’ V LEGEND 12 StSK^elery 3’. O'Plain Cemetery f8. Louis Gastfield Home (7542; 9. 10. 11. 13. 14. 15. 16. !*T John Millen home (1839) Philip Brand home (1844) & 12. Cadwell homes Cadwell School (1848) Alfred Parsons home (1843) Philip Vedder home (1844) Job Galloway home (1840) . r • VitzxMffiia I 19. Andrew Meier home 20. Fred Fritsch home (1842) 21. Jasper Ott 22. Jacob Ott 23. John Jacob Ott Sr. 24. Lorenz Ott 25. Jacob Luther 26. Martin Luther (1835) 27. Jennings’ homestead 28. Stewart family 29. Dose home . 30. Vincent's Grist Mill 31. Wilmot School (1847) 32. Jame Duffy (1844) 33. Patrick Carotan (A841) 34. Ludlow home ...... 35. Michael Meehan home (1835) 36. James O’Connor home 37. Dorsey home 38. Dawson home 39. Bartholamew Boylan 40. Michael Dawson 41. Michael Fagan 42. Dennis Lancaster 43. Michael Vore 44. McIntyres & Tullys 45. James Mooney 46. Philip Ott home (1836) 47. Roderbusch home 48. St. Mary's of the Woods Cemetery. Here, in 1674, Father Marquette erected a cross, preaching to the Indians. {':■?.. MfiT* MG XT T �V • i • ;.< TOWN op CUDA. TOWN or DXERFIEID. 81 Hollister nnd Robert Bennett,- Constable* John Bennett and R. P. Buck. This Town* shi|) bos n school fund of $3,839 43. The only ' Post office in this Town is Flint Creek— J. J. Bullock, Postmaster. . '-n1® vuluation of property iu this Town for was thereon waSC/a kT""* °f C°mpUted iir peculiar location, has nevor, hithorto iclod them the benefits of q pul)lic thorhfure through their midst; in consequence vhicli, they have been kept somewhat in back ground in u'business point of view, ceping their lands at a low value, whilst completion of this'Rail Road cannot fail oubliug the'vahic ofihp.ir'rcill estite. 'he population of this Town, like that of other Towns of the County, is made up n various poVtions of the civilized world ; as a community, the inhahitauts arc ■keel lor their temperate and indu'utrioui • it t well as for their perseverance and S4?75o oo frh°th re'11 nnd personaI TOWN OF DEERFIELD. . 1-J“«r(ield is n fractional Township and lies in the south-east corner of the County, nnd is north by Shields, on the east >y Bake Michigan, on the south by Cook Cpunty, and on the west by Vernon. J he.first settlement of this Town was comme. cod "i tho spring of 1836, by Jacob CadCaleb '3 E°nS,l S,1?di*on °-. Philemon, Uieh.Hirum,. and Edwin, who emigrated from Norfolk, in the State of New York, in the spring ofIS35. Among the balance oI the early settlers of this Town, were Horace inuTng the curly settlers of thisTown, v/cro toll A.Whitfr,'JoshuaA.llarudon,JohnElls•t; . II. Freeman, Amos Flint, I,. H. e, ..ohert CtuUncc, Robert Bonnet, Jnred nstock unci FrceU'iun Martin. ’hevfirst Town meeting in this Town was 1 ot the Ifouse ofNoble R. Haves. John hillock Nvas chosen moderator, and Noblo lays, clerk. The first set of Town ofti; wdVe ns follows : Supervisor, Philctus erly ; Town clerk, Noble R. Hays ; AssesJacob McGilvra; Collector, Rob. Conmee; :rseer of the Poor Francii Kelsey ; Coni* sioners of Highways, James Jones, Lewis 3ute, Harvey Lambert ; Constables, ChesBehnett aqu Wallace Bennett; Justices of Peace/ Innis Hollister and Robert Bcn*he present Town oftlcors are us follows : ler-visor, Lewis II. 'Bute ; Town Clerk, ri Sears; Assessor, Joshua lluindon’; lector; John Juckson ; Overseer of 'thu ■r, "Robert 'Bennett ;• ComihisAftnc'rD 'of hwHys, Ilaryey Lambert, Jumea Jones and r "Wheeler; Justices of tho'Peace, Ittuis l ! Dll3 lownship is mostly timbered .land having no P-rairies, except a small skirt of he Grand Prairie extending up a short distance •into the south-rrost- portion of it. There nro some two or three sWish •streams passing through tins Town, flbwim. ^ ^>. PZ • ••—.IT--- • 1 �■. • i! ( \ \i HISTORY OF LAKE COUNTY. Bartlett, followed him west in 1836, locating near Libcrtyvillc. Richard and Ransom Steele came to the county in 1S34, made claims and erected a house about two and one-half miles south of Libcr­ tyvillc. Returning cast for their families in the early winter, they occupied the new home in February, 1835. In this house, June 20, 1835, Albert B. Steele was born. He was the son of •Mr. and Mrs. Richard Steele, and was the first white child born within the limits of what is Sclllcrs Increase—River Claims Preferred—First Census Taken—Partial List of Pioneers— Trappers Who Departed When Permanent Settlers Came—Stories of the Early Residents —How They Came and Where They Located —Wynkoop's Deer Park. Richard and Ransom Steele, came to Lake o ~ . , County in 1835. Moses Putney also made a .... , claim in the same neighborhood in 183.1, as did Andrew S. Wells. Jacob Miller came out from Chicago in 1834 and built a sawmill near the mouth of Mill Creek, not far from the town line now separating Warren from Newport; went back to the city for the winter, and returned to the mill early in 1835. He also erected a flouring mill, the first in the county, as far as can be ascertained. William Green prospected on the east side of the river, in Libcrtyvillc, in 1834, but did not permanently locate there until 1837. Jesse Wilmot built a home in Deerfield in 1834, and) “bached" it for a year. Lyman, his brother, spent the summer with him, then re­ turning cast, where he remained until 1840, after which, until his death,_ he resided in this county. Joseph Flint located a claim in Cuba town­ ship, probably in 1834, which was occupied by his bachelor son, Amos Flint, who died in 1837 or 1838. The log house, whioh was jointly oc­ cupied by an aunt, Mrs. Grace Flint, and V. H. Freeman and family, burned during their first winter,' leaving them in a pitiable condition. Timber was plenty, however, and but little time elapsed before a temporary shelter replaced the burned structure. Flint Creek, in Cuba, still bears the name of the pioneer of .that township. Joseph Flint is understood to have returned cast immediacy after locating the claim. Thomas Ballard, who came to Vernon in 1835, also lost a house by fire, but before his family or furniture had been moved in. It is probably true that Captain Wright’s was the only family to spend the entire winter of 1834-5 in Lake County, although it is claimed by William E. Sundcrlin that his uncle, Pclcg Sunderhn, and family spent that season in their log home tin the York House neighborhood north­ west of Waukegan. , . , , ...... claims taken up were almost entirely along the ? , Dcs Plaines River. The early settlers signed agreements that when the land was surveyed and sold they would deed to each other any that might be within the lines staked out as "claims." These agreements were usually carried out, al­ though some litigation resulted, The river claims were quickly taken and those bordering the lakes or small streams, especially when it happened that there was a grove located near, were usually the next ones to be secured. Those living along the river suffered most with chills and fever—those banes of pioneer life— and the . prairie settlers found some compensation for being compelled to at once dig wells because of at least partial exemption from the ague. The agreements to deed back and forth any land embraced in a claim, regardless of section lines, accounts for the irregular shape of many farms in various parts of the county, and explains the long, narrow subdivisions so common along the Des Plaines. • * It is not easy at this late day to make a complete and accurate list of all who came in 1835. to separate them from those who came a year or two later, or to state just the locali­ ties where they settled. A few remained but a short time, although a majority made this their permanent home. The following list prob­ ably embraces most of those who came in 1835: In Vernon there were James Chambers, Clark Knights, Alonzo Cook, Moody Rowd, Henry Walton. Jonathan Rice. William Easton. B. F. Washburn. J. M. Washburn*, Mathias Mason. Asahcl Talcott, Roswell Rose, Andrew S. Wells, Henry Wells, William Whigam. John Gridlcy and his sons. Elisha. George and John T. Gridley. William Easton and his sons. Robert and John Easton. John A. Mills. Erastus Bailey, Matthew Hoffman and Moses Putney. In Libcrtyvillc there were Richard Steele. Ransom Steele. Davis C. Steele. Henry B. Steele, r; Lf crr Dn*c,Stcc,c-a cot ,to I 1 1 i \ 5 % t % Ift a I IK' l & • 627 1 vs CHAPTER IV. 1 9 1 f iI Si-! IIii The spring of 1835 brought many land hun- Hi I 1SIJ H >3 I 3 , 1ii: &•; I 1 (a 3 ■u i JB • I « $ I£ 1! I 1 III ?! n V': & t . !! I!I ■a!i �TOWNSHIP OF DEERFIELD.- { 425 Hi„ • .• staff m the Quartermaster’s Department. From 1837 to 1861 he was on dutv ' during the Utah troubles and served in the Civil War until failing health caused - ■ J -<0$ him to be placed on the retired list by President Lincoln in 1863. For five years \ V.‘cc-^«Icnt of .the Trader’s National Bank of Chicago. After the “’: g fire in Chicago in 1871, he spent two years in traveling with his family and ^ m 1880 settled in Highland Park where he now lives, tie has been Mayor and • ■A Alderman of that city. He was a member of the Aztec Club which was formed in 0 the City of Mexico by the officers of the army at the close of that war; also a member of the Loyal Legion, Sons of the American Revolution, and other so­ cieties. He was the author of "Turnley’s Narrative from Diaries, it u The Turnleys,” and several other books and many speeches, lectures and poems He died in 1911. m SSfiSliSS ■. HENRY S. VAIL i: He was married, March 3, 1880, to Miss Jennie C. McCulloch, after making his home in Highland. Park in 1878. He was one of the organizers of the Law and Ureter'League. LYMAN WILMOT ' son S'V • ;iv: • V;|" •. . ,r“r, • Sr?sjs • October 6 1S55 Mr. Wilmot came to Lake County in 1840, locating in the own of Deerfield. He died November 12, 1896. l• •j f- ' i >■ v WARREN HENRY WILMOT was bom in Deerfield, Lake County, 111., October 6, 1855, the son of Lyman and Clarissa (Dwight) Wilmot. He received is education in the district schools and Northwestern College at Naperville 111 He has been twice married: to Miss Minnie E. Vining in 18S0 and ten ’ later to Miss Eva P. Vant. He has served * and ten years as Supervisor of West Dccrfield'fmmTgoJ Schools and ^ • ' 10S HeeHlty-P tS>MrSliy f°,r thE NortI,ern DistrIct of IlSis, October 22, kegan Council v » ’r Republican ticket, and is a member of WauW A157’ (A‘ K * A‘ “'>* A‘ °- ** L°^’ No- 676/ i- • . $ t •• V a:. . : �RICHARD HART 2735 FOR FIST GI.HN TRAIT. KIVFKWOODS. ILL. 60015 THE WILMOT FAMILY some mention or Ri!'1 ?0,r,I<1 1,0 coinploto without a. prominent part in** thi "1?fam ly wl,,ul‘ Played. such yet or this lanraVimn ° affa,rs ,°r the community, and Portrait and ninJA1”! «y *1° «je>«ber-remains here. The "Lyman Wilmot Vho'fJlinf bum °f Lalt0 Couuty says: dent and leading ) f fifty-one years has been a rcslNew York nadthe r°» ,the to,wn °r Decrfiekl, claims birth Is i , (hi Lb C,°i1l,s nativity. The place or his the data s J«.y O22niOSf0?O,OfrVIme> *ro,om* County' and Hnnnni. /n. ,r 1S0G. His parents were Jesse and His lithe?::."0,0 WlAl,not* boLh Motives or Connecticut. • vine N Y Ai.b?rn 3' 177°- and died In Colcs177R rt'iJ”. 0?loobcr 1J* isi°- HIs wire, born June 10, and AnJCn in,1S53- They were the parents or five sons and one daughter. The sons made tho remarkable record or having all lived to celebrate their golden, weddings, brn.prt while„1?ne' the subject of this sketch, has cele- ' h s ml1 llby wedding or the sixtieth anniversary of vaV m. P Stopben B- the eldest of the five brothers, ■uni diVrt m rU,aryi, mrUTied Mlss Clauson, years- I niv* m- ' M' 1,S77,1 :l1 1,10 !l80 °r sovonty-nlno 1799 am ?" y dil”elUc''- wns l,0''“ November 2.7. 1803' \vPfidoJCn July 14, iSO4; Amos, born March 3, 1 1 d. Bc,tSy Crawford, and died in 1S78, at the ago °f seventy-six years; Asahcl was born March 24, ?n'!i0 ve Smith, and died in-St. Paul, Minn., " Millch' 18S?* at ,the aeo of eighty-four, having long been a practicing physician; Lyman ia now cighty-fivo i^nS °r,agc: : css' 1,10 youngest, was born September 13, IIvh?A m n* ' afw‘fe Blftabeth Luther, and Is now Missouri’ th° ag° °C cighty"one years in Carroll County, hair months old. Roswell 0., born July 12, 1847, wa married November 20, 1S70. to Miss Miranda C. Adams and resides in Hodgldss, Delta County,' Colo. Dwigh JunoC,n ml AandUSr n’ 1849' marrled L,zzIe Scholes S intn SS ’ and i os Ides In Evergreen Colo. Ho wa E Cn PII7n rSC,;lallV° l° the Colorado Legislature Sr ifiE mr ln ia,nuary 19’ 1852« was married Decern. hiCqm?M,1pi7|C' t0 E?,\v n ICIttell» and their homo is nov ” Eb,??g0; W^ren Henry, born October 6, 185 5 Is now a resident ot Deerneld. The children 'ofder thai pSeli!* Wer° b0rn ,n Ncw York aad those younger h "Mr. Wilmot was engaged In farming In the town o Greenwood, Steuben County. N. Y.. until 1837. when leav ‘ag b,s (am,,y» ho first came to Lake County on a pros pcctlng tour, arriving at his destination on the 20th da\ °f fjay‘ JefQ* his younger brother, had preceded hin this county in 1835, and had located In-what Is now the town of Deerfield. Mr. Wilmot visited his brothei and traveled over Northern Illinois Cor several monthand In November following returned to New York. h the fall of 1840, ho emigrated from that state to Lain hnUM.nr TUl !SJanV,y' com,ng ])y Loan» to Buffalo when J.1® ansTei-red the teams to a steamboat and took pa* Doornoi.1 (i!,lc«agr0,i Ari’lv,ng at that Port they drove t{ Dcoi field, their future homo. In February, 1S41 he pu r wi,aiM,di°neJlUndreid aVd sIxLy acres of wild land, t< which he afterwards added until he now has two hun J red and forty acres., HIs farm is largely prairie am for tlhft n^f°#i«eCtl0n 32, Where he has madQ his home *®r J he past fifty-one years. It is considered one of tin of thoam^ ° rarm3 Jn_ Dcorfleld. and tho owner is on. t m°st successful and leading agriculturists' oLal o County. In polItlc'araentimonUheils an earnest Re publlcap. In early life he was an anti-slavery Whig ant ins? Mo ™ accord with the original Abolitionists H( lost his vote at the presidential election of 184 0 by rea n°«! °, „1S removal t0 West that year. When the Republican party was organized he was one of thos. who took part in its formation In Northern Illinois H( lias-never been a seeker Tor public ofilce and has server only in minor local positions. lie was Moderator at the lust town meeting held in Deerfield, and has served aAssessor for that town. During the draft he accepted inwn'° / ?V?°iPl,.lar po?,tion of enrolling officer for hi* IhrcateiietL * ° * 16 mad° enem,es and even had his life "Lyman Wilmot. whoso name heads this record hav­ ing lost his father when a child of four years, and his mother being in poor circumstances, was obliged to leave home at the early ago of ten and make his own way in the world. He began as a farm hand. Ho was obliged to work hard, enjoyed few comforts and no luxuries. Ills educational advantages were limited to a few months' attendance at tho district schools In tho winter season. When ho arrived at tho ago of twentyfive he found that he had accumulated enough of this world s goods to set up a home Tor himself and was marvied March 17, 1831. in his native town to Miss Clarissa Dwight, a daughter of Israel and Sarah (Porter) _ . , m&w.-iaaasiwiiiii K,.Us, “ “ »• New Mr. and Mrs. Wilmot have been blessed with a large family, numbering six sons and live daughters- Vlrlrii the eldest was born June 9, 1834. in Greenwood/Steuben County, N. Y., murticd Surah Esther Hunter and resides in Humcslon, Iowa. He served in tho ;Unlon Army In tho lato war as a mumbor oT the Fifty-fifth Illinois Reir! rnent, ci,listing October 5.18C1. He was under Shcrmln In his march to the sea. and was mustered out in Dccom bor. 1SG4. Adelia. born November 1. 1835. died Novem­ ber S. of the same year. Adelia, the second or that name, was born December 20. 1S3G, and became the wife of Philip Glitzier July 29. 1857. He is numbered among the early settlers of Deerfield Township and Is now de­ ceased. Ills widow resides In Denver. Colo. Levi Davis born January 4. 1839, married Sarah A. Hodgkins and’ resides at Ilodgklss. Delta County, Colo. Ho was also a soldier of the lute war. enlisting on the lGth of Julv 1SG1. In the Forty-seventh Illinois Infantry, was wounded at the battle of Old Lake, La., being crippled for life and was mustered out at Springfield, 111., ]„ October* •.S G 4. Lyman II.. born in Deerfield, III., April ’5 ls4 l ’ ^_.,s single and resides on the old homestead. Mary horn . hv»?vio’«Wn!m0ti andm!lls w,r® aro members of the Presbytej Ian Church. They celebrated • their ruby or sixl' w®d(llng annivorsary in March of the present year Doth aro well preserved and enjoy, as they deserve7 th* high, regard of all who know them. They have reared J family of children, of whom nine are livln" and .usc ul and r®epected members of society -• The Wilmot school and Wilmot road were named fnr Lyman Wilmot. who was a leader in and example to 1 —"”y*, HIs name should ever be honored In Deer' field by letalnlng it on school and road. No such fanev .SIS S^!lll°son-WnUe'-- »?• y/J j J)//tu# ot tuX: ^ *«//1 / *7 �> he vn 0n‘‘ ^ Yopk1S35' W01° G'° «r.t HUbr. an ‘imiu,?° I?liern<!,d' The Cadwell homestead,'' on ? n 1 trail which Is now the Waukegan Road," Is at present occupied by Miss Loretta Heman. Jesse Wilmot, who married Elizabeth came up the north branch of the Chicago River inLuther, 1 S3*1 and spent the winter alone brother I vnn„' Whoro U\c vII,a6e »ow is. In 1837, his wife pi cnme and ^ 1840 Lyman brought his in n C,a,,slsa Dwight, to the 240 acres of "wild land * In the vicinity or the Wilmol school. ’ ' and the Vemi 1'1?racc Lamb's la'ld to the south. u c Person, r fa,'m' ”ow Georeo Truitt's home, and comb's (n^w Hoed's?,sI„'deU'6 'n,U' CXtentlC(’ west t0 HoU east to Lewis Gastficld's, south • to the Lamb farms. ' ’ j. f’ Ly,nai; W»mot, thc elder, was a practical nurse y ber ministrations were also those of a country r Physician. All who remember her recall her "water j cure treatments in the years from 1S4 0 to 1880. She £ always wore a black lace cap, and used a large doc\°ls for diagnosis. I-Icr tall, slender figure appear?ta home meant comfort to the stricken, and ease of t0 y°rried Parent- Mrs- Lange, and Mrs. Lewis v Todd, and Mrs. Wilmot were the women who assisted vat the arrival of infants, when physicians, graduate -V' *<iCS’ ^nd anaesthetics were not considered necessities. Miss Josephine Woodman has had a maternity home f m her home for over twenty years, and it is now i;*«5KCnfCt* as, ^iC J°sePbinc Woodman Maternity Home ; ?.he bas a bed *or but one patient. . Mrs. Albert Hagi Sfjrs* Tl^odore Taylor, and Mrs. Fred Bleimehl (who was iAlrs CntchJey), and Mrs. Carolyn Becker, have been rpractlcal nurses. ss iw*?.f:^U-s,rvery0uct?v,tlesmlne- Th" ‘3 Mrs.. Wessljng's recollection of the early history of this locality are vivid ones. She was sixteen when Abraham • Lincoln was assassinated, and she saw his body lying in state in the courthouse in Chicago. She and her brother. Silas, were In the Wilmot school when Lyman Wilmot brought the sad news of Lincoln's death. . The second day of the Chicago Are Mrs. Wessling was on her way to Chicago, with her father and mother, to visit her husbands cousin, Henry Wessling, and to see her broth­ ers, Silas and George Brand, who lived in the Martin btangcr tavern, when they met a man whose horse was so covered with foam as to make the color or the animal In­ distinguishable. I-Ic had ridden as far as Niles to tell the people that Chicago was burning. Philip Ott and Alfred Parsons wero In land buying business. From the letters of the former to the latter/one from Hoopole Grove dated July 8. 1853, says: '‘You have boi^U °tf bl\t U 13 aU wet land, except G acres, but [vr\l n Good grass land, and will by and by sell ncll. Mi. Gloss, whom wo mot on the road to Prophets nUn lp«f«W*trdiil0 !®t# ,b°UKht thc Dailey place for $350, and '..r bmicht Vnlnri 3 P(on Sender's »-oad In Deerfield. <5200 fm- n,f°P 0fC Jci3*?e w,lmot’ very good land for . ?2°0 foj the Company, and Intend to buy SO acres more off the I-Icnry Place which will corner with the 40 acres that you entered, and I think will bo of good valued us look very good. Corn is eight Tcct high." • 1 In comparison of land values, in 1917 the Wilmot school board paid ?G02 an acre for Wilmot land. To the south nm-olC M1}101’ sold a 120-acre farm for $200 an f", wna -it WOO an acre tor the flrst ten S a^s.^blfe same WlfmSTanc] R°°° n" :E many of the On his way to the dedication of the Calvanlstlc or Refoi med Lutheran Church on Dundee Road about 184S he went through the Frey farm, and remembers a little snow bird s nest full of eggs in tho snow. The congrega­ tion and visitors at the dedication ceremony were "packed.In like herrings." Samuel Ott was the first Sunday School teacher in the Wilmot School, assisting Lyman Wilmot who was superintendent. ■7ft /,/ ty D-fc,-yu f,/' ,*)// / /92-J? l0‘' Un aC1'03 °£ tho �p T!1^ GUTZLER FAMILY October*?ia^Qn©Gutz,ier was born ,n Sundhausen, Alsace, was born rno h,s w,f0* Margaret Elizabeth Hetzcl, Germans n?,Crsthclm’ A,sacc* April 1G. 1S0U. They were fntl sky that Phi'iip°k'! Gu“# -U,0m W#“U,y ,,0°"|C’ had riding horses and other u^l.rIes ln his home country. when5 ,'LrVV?S, an,only daughter of wealthy parents, and broi.rhV\ famlly came t0 Deerfield, Mrs. Guttler She S oil USCi°U ,,ncns 5l,Hl silks, and a short time before these shriii?;? ,Dece,nbuJ’ 7* 1351. she directed that some of Lcrs 1 Ul be saved for eaeli of her four surviving daugharrJval ,n Deerfield, Mr. and Mrs. P. J. Gutzif,* r1ronJ Je5jse Wilmot (brother of Lyman Wilmot) of aUv^r'money aU< s,xly’acrc farm. paying for It two pecks WnVl? mother of Philip Jacob Gutzlcr came with them. iVsn \m.C, 3 not known t0 kcr descendants. She died about Nnrih M or elghtjr-eight. and was buried in tho first ivoitli Northficld Cemetery. Another member of the Gutzler household was old Grctel. V. i huousekceper, who came to America with them. Grctel cued about March. 18G0. She had some money "out," und oy the will of Philip Gutzler (who died January 7. 185G) as to be given a home with his.son, or have another found .r her. A small house was built for Gretel across the road, and after she died It became the property of Mr. Hess. The will also provided that the eldest son (or one of the two elder sons) should care for the younger Gutzlcr chil­ dren, and pay to each one thousand dollars, when lie or she became of age. Philip Gutzler, the eldest son, fulfilled these requirements and acquired the homestead, eighty acres of woodland, also sonic money invested. Philip Jacob Gutzler, his wife, who was Margaret Eliza­ beth Hetzcl, and their daughter, Salome (born in Gertshelm, July 9, 1837, and died In Deerfield in December, 1S50), were burled in the old Evangelical Association Churchyard In North Northficld. 111. About, fifty years later (about ’.905) under the supervision of Philip Jacob Gutzler’s daughter, Mrs. Lydia Himmel, the three caskets wero disinterred intact and removed to the newer cemetery half a milcT'east of the church. Philip Gutzler was born In Gcrsthcim, April 2, 1830. and camo to Deerfield with his parents In 1841. He attended the Wilmot School, and lived the usual life of a boy on the .farm. When he was nineteen the whole United States was electrified by the rumor of astounding gold discoveries In our newly acquired territory of California. It was almost without inhabitants, and the field was open to all who could get there. The wildest excitement and activity prevailed throughout the country, and every city and village throbbed with feverish Impulse to rush to the "diggings." The boys on the farm "out west," as Illinois was then called, did not escape-the contagion. Tho maps then published showed all of the territory west of the state of Missouri as a blank across which was printed the words "Great American Desert." The difilculty of reaching this unknown country restrained thousands from the attempt, so that those only who possessed natural courage or adventurous proclivities actually made the great plunge. In 1851, Philip Gutzler could no longer resist the golden lure, and being then or age, felt that he was free to go, and, in company with several other young men or the neigh­ borhood (among whom were Jacob Ott and Ills nephew. Jacob Ott. Philip Ott. Andrew Meier, George Arnold, Philip Lehman and one of the Luther boys), started bn the Jour­ ney. The "Argonauts” had several routes from which to choose: A tedious sea journey around Cape Horn, a partly ' sea and partly land route across the Isthmus of Panama, or Nicaragua, or Mexico, or following westward the buf­ falo trails which were already outlined by the bleaching bones of beasts and men who had succumbed to the hard­ ships of the desert, or had been killed by tho Indians. Tho • Dcorflcld party choso the routo across the Isthmus of Pan­ ama. i /-//'/ /ftsl/ eg M'S. /gy.cM, (gl// '92- The ocean voyages, with the poor accommodations of tho uotnrlnuiily lundoqunln vnminln. worn a much drnadod part *»f llio JournXsy; but ail ho ulwayu wau n good a uullor, Philip Gutzlcr was In better health and spirits than tho majority or the paaoengoro when they came to anchor In tho Harbor of Chagreo. Travel ucroiiii the liilhimm wan by cniiouu, or buugon, up tho Chagres River, following about tlio samo lino as the Panama Canal, was dug- sixty years later. Part of the distance tho men walked and over some of the way they wero carried In chairs strapped on the backs of the natives. These natives, who beforo the "Gold Rush" were exception­ ally honest people, by two years' contact with American radians, had been changed to thieves and murderers, and the whole route across tho Isthmus was Infested with Amer. lean, English and Spanish highwaymen, who pounced upon defenseless travellers at every opportunity. After crossing the Isthmus there was another sea journey (which some­ times took three months) beforo they passed through the Golden Gate, and stepped ashore upon the "Promised Land.” Philip Gutzler’s next five years were spent In the vicinity of San Francisco, Sacramento, Monterey, and Santa Cruz. For five years tho "rush" continued. Some of the dis­ coveries were wonderful, but the greater number of people, wrought to a pitch of nervous frenzy by the myriad reports flying about, were too easily Influenced to leave a locality of moderate wealth to plunge into the unknown beyond the mountains. After months of fruitless searching for the proclaimed ‘Inexhaustible focus of gold," they would return those who had not succumbed to privation—poverty stricken and rag­ ged, to find the claims they had left already occupied.by fresh arrivals. This sort of work was too uncertain to suit Philip Gutzler, so after two years of Indifferent success at placer mining, lie started-to grow wheat. Some of the time that he was In. California flour was as high as one dollar a pound, and many a man mined half a day to pay the price of a loaf of bread. Sugar cost a dollar a pound, and butter two dollars and a half. The producer’s profits were certain and though not large compared to that of the most fortunate gold seeker’s, at any rnto Inrgo onougli to prove tho wisdom of his choice. Philip Gutzler prospered until ho had a severe attack of typhoid fever. With .this, and its attendant ills, he was sick for a year. A man nurse was employed when the most ordinary labor cost ten dollars a day. Eggs >vere ono dollar each, and milk seventy-five cents a quart. This year’s sickness cost Philip Gutzler a small fortune, but, even with such* great expense, the years spent in Californfa pyi>—l profitable. The first letter to reach him from his Illinois home told of his mother’s death, and after being away five years, he was called home by the death of Ills father. By that time a railroad had been built so the Journey was not attended with so many hardships. ? On his return It was arranged that Philip should tako his father’s farm, care for the younger children of the family, and as his six brothers and sisters became of age, to pay each one thousand dollars. On July 29, 1857, Philip Gutzler married Adclla Wilmot daughter of Lyman and Clarissa Dwight Wilmot. The re­ mainder of his life was spent on the old homestead where ho led tho active life of a successful farmer. Plls last six years were marred by falling health, and on. June 30, 18S2, he died at the age of fifty-two, respected as a man of the highest honor. After his death the farm was sold to George Stryker. Michael was tlje second son or Philip Jacob Gutzler and his wire, Margaret Elizabeth I-Ictzcl. Michael was born June 15, 1833,, In Gcrsthcim. Alsace. He married Mary I weed, November, 1855, In Waukegan, III. They made their home In Mount Vernon, Iowa. Mary Elizabeth (always called by her second name) was Vjri1 1®; 184*; married John Stryker on March 27, iSGO. 1 hey lived ln Northficld. then in Ravenswood, III whero Mrs. Stryker died December 27. 1914. She was burled In Grnccland Ccmotcry. , *r.ayy’ b0Trn October 30. 1842, In Deerfield, III,, married 111 StorHngJI?|UCt ° CbIctlE:o' January 5, 1859. She died Anna Lydia (always known as Lydia), who was born S°“il0r,7n-,,,o*.<"-J,,llDoonrfioMl Chl«eo. EviuigoUca, ‘-ha auperfect w !iv cs^lh rtii °t 1 Tosc whTch°K �m Clil«:n(r0 Novci!*’i** 1 rc?!;r 'vo,mi,,» a,,d “Nor her death In managed ably to ^^rand s,“u" .„ wont to a place In ,„e tl"** when the toucher "bourdo 1 uro iid'u„!i AT wwro fho mio of Adel la's pupils asked ir Ji o ,u?lU ono morning house next week. 1 “Next week?* c?mo to tIle,r better do. Ma says she wants vo„ fflYe>i m£*m’ and *a and tho flour aro all gone ’’ 1 7 1 0 befor0 tho ^ gTSM? Sho attended ^ifso^ooli1 ^Iattl0)! b°™ “ay 24. S' western Uni versify <?]?«?; afwr)vard &0'ne to the Northa»d Cook Counties’ ? 1,1 various places ImLalco Eanlzed the 0 A O Snfl,1Ci; frIand-’ E*nma Hall. or: °‘ln llm hshd a l0ne’ °*<sten1e In Deerfldd!'' 1 “t,rar* eQ' ■ where she married Elmer'E "hllMc? CoIoradoHattlo Gutzlcr Miller dfnd rLM . ’ November 14. 1888. after she heeame°adIjWdCemb0r 1888' 'C33 lbaa a tended schoSserit„GLaker^3 Vor» >avcU 23. 1802. Ho at■■led Anna L. Hodman or hI^ aild c,llcaEo. Ho mareast 31, 1SS-1. They movedTn ?° “• I_ ,cnry Col"u>'- I"-. An- wGo°rf Henry''^ut’m^ 'S ^ f3°Utb dale Mich EanV°°HnA?ad0my and ^Ulsdale College, H'Us USs! He mm rled MarJ"Si a aa“la™" ia Colorado In Stryker) of Doorfinid n oStijlcci (daughter of George make hla l1i8?°i. ?? returncd ^ G. 1920. en,c,d ,n lsy3- and died hero January tended locaKsc lio»|“ ! ml NmLl ", " 3‘ 1SG'k Ho at' In l.artncrshl,, h' " ,."°Sor" Ulli/«‘sUy. llo was when George rotui-nclto iim, * 2?0,'?c- l" CoIoiad°. and et the ranches and’stock L°Vl Look « vlllc^Coforado, GOctobo;n28r‘lsS7NOD thou'- y- n 'n Lcad-- Franco. In tho Argonno Forest! °n the batt,c,1<:Id3 •«* citizens. ?lol*d*id'V?n h'ls tomn c0m>n>nilty’s most useful March 31, 1927. Ho was nadlum' Colorado, llenver, „„ Ulu (Iay l.ororo hm'ii xt^thl'"? n"!, 9°mcloryversary. M,xly-thhd birthday annl- neafl'relg'ueen.qa,!fLru3nu!uair0V0'’1'le,r 27> 18CG' When Northwestern University ho u\°}£slng atudcnt In January 2S. lSSd llc is buwl^ d,pbLhci^ ^ Evanston. Frances Willard, the noted tomnl..in Dcc.rn°ld Cemetery. Sunday School tiacher tcmpcrance advocate, was his is a g^dua?eCofC 7' 1875- She vcrslty: graduate of ScotL S^io^ 'n" ^ l> Pcnvcr Un«* She was married on I<>br^ °C E,O0utIon. SkInker of Denver. Colorado ^vh'ero 9<.h«t0 Gco,’e(' M«>->’ay furnished the details of tills* most iniorno^ rf3,dc3lory, also some new material iov thl iS fJStI"er tamlly '"*• Adella Wlhnot (who married^hnin rutlrtfv'i Bi?ryyears of age when she came fro v01 p was but four wltli her parents In 1840. Her colon hi York ,to Dcc,’dcld tho Bradley. Dwight Porte. PvS ancestry Includes and Bancroft fnml ies^ whiio M,/1„e7l-xNe'vbcrry. Willis, berry library In Chicago a ul in l" thc New! genaloglcal records. other libraries containing In her old age many were the storied i ... her grandchildren of the singing / i l?}a lo ing bees" that were held in thp\rh«ni \ ‘l 110 sPc11’ ‘‘apple parings,” and the "eon.1 hikings "h°US°* , Qnd of the In the neighborhood of the Wlhnot *’ ’ and tho quiltings and Doarfleld Scliools. nnd of one hostess who reached 111 o acme of clocaiico hv providing little dishes ,U saucers/° SCt l!,0,p cups ^hllj they drank tea from their S ch ool°h c fat ho i^Took °h c r *t If.lj her ty vl Uodte ° the WiImot in tho Academy. This was such n Ion 1° pur.BU0 a courso It was necessary for them to rcinal i Sn!'0,,F .J®l,Pncy that in Half Day (a distance reached In / n,g U at an In an automobllo today). After-sunnof. M,nu half nn hour, about tho fireplace and talked, while Two nli®,”10*1 ^athorcd. i n rni'iim* . Old WOHlAn pIioMa.i corner. Hnn One old ________ woman ... told that whr»n 'T°men chatted'. - sno was was na hn'"' baby • wns so small that she could Ho 10o Wns father's hand and rest”lic!• “)»oad 'on1 h°l,,Ul^ falm of her.' Tho other old c-ono. Intently i, to°ostod Cor a ishinent, Inquired. "And did you i|VQS-* r (l ,n eroat aston-. ness came thc reply. "They .said I did n,w!‘ 1>e,rcct serious- ....... ....... . -t^^ AS5:^ns„t■ M jmsSHSiwH?s“- pissn Piiilll SSdW, toeot!.lorramois m ne . They ‘stt uck" l' rich-0' AUlerson'broth'Tld's 111031 IlllisSIsli Aldersou were very religious More* ri,nI „m0t a?d John century later when Lyman mido^ils last visit to"^^? 1.“ i'X*., 10y °nce.1,ad held- Then John Aldorson said? "iS toi tune was not meant for us for if «#« i.n,i ’ That never could have served my Lord and &«.«??■ .SCCUTrcd it I satisfaction that they haS°noTwhlwd\heath!n0ghf0ra ^hV0* S’ :SS'C Ss avSF - “■ *■»=,ts,:; He never tease l.rm'about''l,olHga" old mamiT" Sl?le,\ 1Slla’ llked ‘® loads and slow traveflnc U ^vnl r ' ,In tho days of bad many of tho household suinlfM rS!,,,d ^J^enient to buy Jew happened to stoo at nli wn ^,0»nl l,eddlei's. One day a Ste.t£"vf‘“ looting sheath/ It was obvIo s M,^^ U,,der the ^ woiild bo useful for many things * new ,nvent,on nearly stranded by''im^'efforts tT'kn ,nl?"<led and was ^ t^o„m us: at “vr *50 Dcei-nold of tho "Safety first" Wen.^ •l'-. Introduet,on ‘"to �.d;Mon's Club with u membership of 17. Like the J. O. Tt. Club ibis organ!-/.alion has for its purpose Christian P% T sorvlco nml fellowship. Two inonihoru of the club uro l OHO The president of Iho . oMcom la tbo Sunday School, •allduh In a mmulior of the church council Tbo uidwrlng *'or :BMiJt *1 tho divine niwvlr.im In In charge of the Young Mon h 2- ui ?W.j Club. Two inciuliui'H iiorvu uu mauagum of U»o ill. 1’nul it Honihl. The club was organized In Iho spring of 1!)G. >' v.i tM Tbo present olllcors of Iho organization arc: l'Toyd Bock, -9vjS President; Alfred Schwab, Treasurer; Alfred Johnson, set-'Mjft g®. Socrctary. As •■•lloth clubs meet every Sunday morning for religious Instruction, and one evening a month, for business, soiemand fellowship. Pod ood was |f ffc'THE. EVANGELICAL ASSOCIATION CHURCH • iftffi& Tlio Evangelical Association Church in Amorica was ;ory, v,g£ &$$■<founded by Jacob Albright among the Pennsylvania Gcrd Inm gSS'mani In Novoinlier, 1803, in Lebanon, County, Pcnnsyltl\e '.S gS'Yftnla. "These people have a dialect, customs, and traits nlon SgSpH'ot.character peculiarly their own," according to tho hiseacli m pElorlon of The Annals of the Evangelical Association of v'ii M.Norlh America and • History of. ti»o United Evangelical tho I|f; Church, ltcv. A. Stapleton. The first; church and printheld lug olllcc of tbo Evangelical Association was erected In i guy l |llE 1816 In Now Uorlln. Union County. Pennsylvania. This church Is really a Cerman Methodist Church, but Is an $ &Tentirely Independent one. The original members wore culled "Albrights." , . servWhJ stify- % f-vis■ 'lyTlio first Evangelical Church in Illinois was organized the Stnngcr Grove, the home of Martin Stangcr, father m on;..y* of George Stangcr of Deerfield. Iho other families who s and 'ifc, Jolnod the Stangers were the Luther, Jacob Ott, Jacob serv-'i^ ed to % fctiXKichor, and Countryman families. The first minister s say, *■# Kwas ilcv.. lloess, who came on horseback fromlonnsylLlon? vanla to preach. Three churches in succession were come built-near the Nurlhllelcl Cometory. The first church i con-;i??fe^.vna a crudo log one built In 18*17 on a hill west of the nation ^ cemetery on tbo land of Mike Schoelle. Iho second memwuh on the Nicholas Miller farm, where the parsonage in re- tMlftnow Blands, and was later sold lo John Forko, who loro It down and moved it to his farm in Wheeling. ®$*“orly-flvo years ago the third one was built on the souLliber. :®®VC8l corncr of JoIlu Slreicher's land given for the pur^gwjl^Tho Philip Brand family walked from their farm a mm „ DLL iBsSfinllo north of Deerfield to the North field corncr to nlMr. ' ' ■'I'E^’vlond church services, a distance of four miles. harcU-$ KjJroml helped hew Lhe logs for the first church. * Sfe . Whon more settlers came to West Deerfield township. (%.iorYiccB wero held In the homo oT Philip Glitzier. MiuTl,iors who preached In the Gutzlcrhomo wero Devs. ^yfilooffort. Gocsslo, Laeglcr and Hlmmcl. The children . 7. gffiof tlio German families attended Sunday School In tho nations •’P*lS\Vllmot School, whero Lyman Wllmot was Supcrlnlcnd1800.r ' /®f«nt, and tho services were In English. Children caino itor of t Sfoffrom long distances to attempt to speak English and ircssed ••Miouru Tho Bible In tho language of their adopted romote + a?i?counlry. Samuel Ott helped Lyman Wllmot as trams2h and Iflutor' aml assistant superintendent. These Immigrants 2>Voro Lutherans in the mother country, hut as they so) the or- vgjfclourncd in Warren, Pouu., for about two years, they W. T. :J ^idoplcd this new sect which had conceived a more strict r, Min- i j§3doctrlno of personal conduct, particularly on the lluuor ’• Anna v ■■l^nupslloii. , . izabeth \Tho' last Northllold Evangelical Association Church. T^callod tho O’Plaiu Church, on the southwest corncr of and at .y tg&DunUoo and Saunders Hoads, was built in 1880. The c inter- T wfunilud Evangelical Church across tho road was built propor-' ^®iuT8!)0. urch in 7: Noto from the Conrcrenco Book; ■fi&vlu 1842 salaries of ministers wcr.o fixed at ?Gu per t; Mrs. .'i iSyVoo.r for an unmarried man. ?105 Tor married men, and olinson,"*j additional for each child under fourteen years of •••vMv/J • an extra amount for traveling expenses.' "This ll’S «»UB08 considerable rejoicing. There was a surplus in • i iSibo Conference Treasury that was also divided." Young ju 1843 the Illinois district had a Des Plaines circuit, Club, a -i iho. presiding elder was C. Kopp. In 184*1, Clirls•«ce and V SwtJau Llnlner was elder for Lilia district. On June 11. , some MO. John Jacob Escher was "newly received" in tho • y comullies Conference. In 18*1(1 lwo oldors were ap• ra aro-;j Pointed'for tho Des Plaines distrief. C. Kopp and Samuel ized in • [Sjjlckovcr. In 18*17, on the ».)es Plaines circuit. C. Anthe of- ;• ’^jronsloin and George Messu*- -{wurn appointed. In 1848, oorolary ®G00rgo EhcIioi* was rocolvco i the conference. ry. ^ v, i Telephone Dccrlickl 220 .*• R. A. Nelson Qrocery and Market Where ( i : Quality Courtesy Service Rules .. r DEERFIELD, ILL ; VT & s 3 z A Sp a° Telephone Deerfield 6 W PI a2s m BS Deerfield Filling Station ALVIN W. KNAAK, Prop. Qasoline—Oils—Qreases CAR GREASING A SPECIALTY v! ! Y<,U"B‘ *■' {' 8r l*. 0 Cor. Deerfield Avc. and Waukegan Road /-7)j/wy ; . c �•r. trict have more letters daily than all the rest oi: the county, yet are left dependent on post station called Otsego, five miles out of town on the nearest route from Chicago to Milwaukee.” i The first post office in Deerfield Township was in the Median settlement, under the name of Emmett, in 1846. The second was established on January 13, 1849, in St.Johns, A’hich name was changed to Port Clinton on March 19, 1850. Both were forerunners of the ; first post office in Highland Park, on December 14, 1861. St. Johns was located on a r' bluff on both sides of the first ravine to be crossed on entering Fort Sheridan reservaat the main south gate. It was named by John Peterman and John'Hettinger, of German extraction, who laid out the town, and incorporated it under their Christian names. Ii £ V j‘ ■ • ^ •Iv £ * i l' !>* The ----- first post office in the village of Deerfield was established May 4, 1850. Deerfield was a settlement of buildings at the crossing of Waukegan Road and Deerfield Road, but in those days, the roads were muddy except where planks were laid for wagon wheels, and there were farms on both sides of the rutty road west thru the Wilmot farm to the Des Plaines River. Caleb Cadwell was appointed post master, and the first office was in his home. He owned buildings on both sides of Waukegan Road. Assisted by his daughter, Rosclla, Cadwell served until 1854. A list of the postmasters in Deerfield since Cadwell: Appointed August 19, 1886 Walter II. Mi lien Lewis Beecher February 14, 1854 December 8, 1890 Jacob C. Antes Eliab Gifford October 28, 1854 Mathias Horenberger October 29, 1894 Hobart J. Milien June 8, 1859 December 9, 1898 James H. Fritsch Madeson 0. Cadwell August 27, 1861 Samuel P. Hutchison November 21, 1906 Lyman Wilmot March 26, 1864 August 15, 1914 Arthur J. Ender Nelson C. Hall August 31, 1866 July 31, 1922 Mrs. Fred H. Meyer Mrs. Jane McCartney May 29, 1867 June 8, 1926 Fred H. Meyer Christian Antes January 15, 1869 March 1, 1934 John J. Welch Christian M. Willman November 14, 1958 and presently Deerfield Postmaster V i If*-, 'f Q ' 5 O -4 VO SM ^ * Q O Sy § 1S5, ~ ai P : i ! For seventeen years there was a post office serving the area north of §£■ Deerfield, including Lake Forest. It was established in 1887 in Lancasterville, in the area later called Everett. This postal service was discontinued in 1909, however, when ^4 Rural Free Delivery started out of the Deerfield post office, when Samuel P. Hutchison was postmaster in an office in his general store on Deerfield Road near Waukegan Road. & RFD was authorized by Congress in 1904 but did not start in this region until five years later. Using a horse drawn mail wagon, the carrier was William Carl "Billy” Ott, less * than four feet tall, but devoted to his daily tasks over dirt roads in much adverse weaA) thcr and road conditions. % U. § �i m i ■yilM h • •. . :V\y •; "i • •! /• !j I| Ml 3. Civil War and After t : Freedom j;*"':- •./. •;0| :yW$- m-. ills 1 W' r% ’ »*.? i ; m Si! St Mil m SI! ■m ml §»; •: A. • Abolition Tho abolitionist sentiment existed in Deerfield and Its adjacent areas. A “station" on the Underground Railroad was operated by Lyman Wilmot, and a runaway slave was received here and given quarters for the v/lnter of 1058 at the home of Lorenz OIL’ Abolitionists from Highland Park would come to Deerfield to debate the Issuo at the corner of Deerfield and Waukegan Roads.1 The runaway slave, Andrew Jackson, was 20 years old and came from a Mississippi plantation. His father was the plantation owner, a white man, and because of this, the slavo received greater liberty than other slaves, providing /him with an opportunity to escape. His flight from Mississippi was an ordeal which included temporary capture by his pursuers.* i Jackson lived with the Ott family, and did chores while there. He built a while picket fence and gale, but asked that it be taken down when tho slaves were freed-German thrift could not ac­ cede to this request. In the spring, Jackson was taken to Chicago from where ho sailed to Canada. He corresponded with the Ott family from there.4 The abolitionist sentiment was not universally embraced, however, and many men were unable to acknowledge a personal involvement in the abolition Issuc-parlicuiarly In the resulting war.* Antiv/ar sentiment was so strong that a bounty was required to induce enlistments. The bounty was $40 per man at tho beginning of the war, but It was 51 COO by the end.* There were a few “copperhead” and "a lodge or two ol Knights of the Golden Circle,"* which wore southern sympalhiziers, but “never constituted an effective fifth column."' A strong Union League existed to counteract any disloyalty that may have disgraced the County.* V : CIVIL WAR Doorflold Grand Army of tho Republic Captain McCaul’s Shield Guards were ap­ parently the first volunteers. Their formation was announced on April 20, 1061, and Ihcy Joined an I Irish regiment In Chicago.'* On April 29, 1061, nlnoly volunteers from southern Lake County art rived at Waukegan." On May 4,1061, the Union RIv fie Guards were formed. On June 6, the County Board of Supervisors appropriated 55,000 for bounties to encourage enlistments." During the summer of 1061, Companies C and F of the 37lh Illinois Infantry were organized. Cap­ tain Eugcno B. Payne and Captain Erwin B. Messer were tho officers of these Companies. During the winter of 1061-1062, half of Company I, 45th Illinois Infantry, and half of Company F of the C5th Infantry were organized; Company G of the 51st Illinois Infantry was organized, and all went to Camp Douglas.w it Is not certain whether Virgil Wilmot, the son of Lyman Wllmot who operated the underground railroad, served In the 45th" or the 55lh" Illinois Infantry. Thomas Mooney of Deerfield had the unique service record of serving on both sides. He was In­ ducted Into the Confederate Army while working as an engineer on a Mississippi River steamboat, but escaped after two years and Joined the Union Army." ,, , .. Several Deerfield men died as a result of the Civil War, cither from Illness, Injuries received In battle or from the hardships of the prison camps. Several more were crlpplod. Those who served In- . elude the following: 1. Mario Word Flolcholt, Tho History of DoorNoId, Glonvlow Pross, 1928, p. 107. 2. Ibid. 3. Ibid. 4. Ibid. 5. Ibid., p. 49. 0. Ibid. o! Richard Holsladlor, Tho American Ropubllc Vol. I: to 1865, Prontlss Hall, 19G4, p. G14. 9. nolchclt, loc. ell. 10. Ibid. 11. Ibid. 12. Ibid. 13. Ibid. 14. Ibid. 15. Ibid., p. 115. 10. Ibid., p. 50. 13 RICHARD HART *735 FOREST GLEN TRAIL KjVBIlWOODS. ILL. 60015 •• . • <’ * h .. ■. ••• ' ■ r , ■v L. �MwmNMimivinBQBHRXWIllRIIBiVR —■■———^Mw^wMowmnvH—pwpwpp afagBgaaflMgsg: During lhal Mrs! year in Lake Counly, his young son n Daniel, Jr. died on September 7, 1034, and his wife. Ruth, died on Seplember 10” Another son died a year later. No cause of death Is suggested in the materials available, but the prevalence of epidemic diseases in late summer has been documented. i A prairie lire destroyed Wright’s winter hay sup­ ply and the Indians helped him to survive the first winter.” ‘ § ! K \ i: li •i • •*>/■ • O;' • i ’ :• • .v-V'M Hi *8 isSp \ wm I Pit $%%%’&. ISIS n§ • *. Wright’s daughter, Caroline, married William Whlgham in 1036. It was the first marriage In Lake Counly, and Hiram Kennlcott, first Justice of the Peace, performed the ceremony at the •'Mill" on the Dos Plaines River.” The Wright farm spanned the Des Plaines River, and port ol it is now the Rycrson Conservation Area in Rivorwoods. Wright died December 30. 1073 at the age of 95. His farm was In the name of' William Whlgham on the 191G Plat Map. Ho had married Rachel Millard in 1045.” The first soltler In Deerfield Township was Michael Meehan. Ho arrived in a covered wagon drawn by two oxen and settled on Section 10 on Telegraph Road in 1035, between Half Day Road and Wilmol Road.” Meehan was born In 1000 at Meath, Ireland. He married Drldgel Monahan In 1032, and emigrated to the United Slates that same year. Ho went first to Salina, New York, and later to Michigan, but in tho aulumn of 1035 he came finally to Deerfield. The Indians hod not loft the area yet, and the township was still in its natural state. Meehan plowed the first furrow in the township.” Ho was relatively well slocked with provisions when he arrived in Deerfield, for he had several barrels of flour and a barrel of beef and pork. He also had the cash to purchase seed, oats and potatoes in the following spring, and he bought the first piglet and first pair of kittens as well. He erected a log cabin on the 225 acres that pre­ empted, and the land hod not yet been surveyed (therefore it was still government land obtained from the Indian Treaty). Ho loft the farm for a brief attempt at gold mining in California in 1052 but realized the futility and quickly returned. ” Meehan continued to work his farm until 1076 when, at the age of 60. he retired, sold his farm to James O’Connor, a neighbor and rclatlvo and moved to Highland Park.” The first settler In what Is now the Village of Deerfield was Jacob Cadwcll (or perhaps Horace 103*" »• Cadwcl1 ond Laml) arrived |n Deerfield in Jacob Cadwcll and his wife, Ruble Rich Cadwcll, had five sons and' two daughters: . Madison, Philemon. Caleb, Hiram, Edwin, Rubio Roseth and Jcrusha Rosina.” They all settled on what is now Waukegan Road near Deerfield Road For a time this was called ’’Cadwell Corners” but later it was changed to ’’Deerfield Corners ” The approximate locations of their homos Is given In the History ol Dccrliold. by Roichelt. but those locations are no longer contemporary. The • 7 Cadwell lands were pre-empted under one of the pro-emptlonblllspassedafter1030(butboforolhe Distribution Pre-emption act).” Caleb Cadwell was appointed the first postmaster In Deerfield In 1050.” The Cadwells built tho first school — Cadwell School — and Rosella was tho first teacher. The Cadv/ell School was opened In 1840, but the Wilmol School - tho first In the township — was opened In 1847.” Horace Lamb came to Deerfield In 1835, tho same year as the Cadwells. It Is not clear, actual* ly. who was tho first to settle here. Tho Lamb property was located between what Is now Waukegan road and tho east slough north from the county lino Into what 13 presently tho country club. These were later the Vetter and Parsons proparties.” K The Wllmols, too, wero among the first settlers Josso Wllrinot came up tho North Branch In 1034 and landed at what Is now Greenwood Avenue ” Having stayed In Deerfield through tho winter, ho returned In 1837 to tho east to bring his own fami* ly and his brother, Lyman, and his family. Both families settled west of the village along Wilmol Road In the Deerfield Road area (none of which existed at tho time, of course). Tho farm tho Wilmols built was considered one of tho best and ' most productive In tho area.” Lyman Wilmol had cloven children, six sons and five daughters. Ho built the first school In tho township; tho Wilmots were patrons of education. They were also abolitionists, and operated a sta­ tion on the "underground railroad” which aided runaway slaves to escape Into Canada.” Mrs. Clarissa Wilmol, Lyman's v/Ife, was a practical nurse and midwife who administered to the Infirm In the absence of the physician, and performed some diagnostics with tho aid of a medical manual.” / & Jvv E 1' I I I , f • '' I ’ l . I * 1 • •' f ’ * [ 1 ■* 1 t: $ K: I 9 i- ;l •- £ 1 ' V* Jr * I I ' I’ * $ R V I. i ;■ ;v r1 '| ml ?■ ■ V.; ; Indian Clark John Klnzlc Clark was among tho first whites In kh i r; •.1 «it. fv 20. Ibid. 21. Ibid. 22. nolclioll, op. ell., p. 0-9. 23. 1910 Plat Map of lako Counly. 24. Rolcholl, op. ell., p. 109. 25. Ibid. 26. Halsoy, op. ell., p. 422. 27. nolclioll. op. ell., p. 109. 2U. I lalnos. op. ell., p. 01. 29. Ibid. 30. nolclioll, op. cll„ p. 110. 31. Ibid., p. 19. 32. Ibid., p. 30. 33. Ibid., p. 10. 34. "It was a navlgablo river at Iho time," according to Mrs. Rulh Potlla. 35. Halsey, op. cl!., p. 425. 30. Rolcholl, op. clI., p. 107-108. 37. Ibid., p. 78-79. !v <; ft, \ ;• ft k; k II & S i ' i RICHARD HART 2735 FOREST GLEN TRAIL RIVFP. WOODS. ILL. 60015 • ! �SH ! ! i lilt a ■I HiA Ihe Deerfield area. He was the classic bucksklnn* ed frontiersman. His mother, a Virginian, had been captured and raised by the Shawnee and married an English officer at Fort Wayne, Indiana. Clark's uncle, John Klnzle, was a noted Chicago pioneer, and his stepfather, Jonas Clybourn, was also numbered among Chicago’s first settlers. John Klnzie Clark was raised with the Indians. He had acquired their ways and was called "In­ dian" Clark by settlers, but the Indians named him "Nannlmoa," the prairie wolf. He was a skilled hunter and a man of great endurance. He was an express rider between Fort Wayne, Chicago and Milwaukee, and brought supplies to Deerfield by pack saddle. For two years, 1031-33, ho oven serv­ ed as the Chicago coroner. Clark had an Indian wife and a number of children In Wisconsin, but lator In life married a whllo woman. Pormclla Scott of DcKalb, and settl­ ed In Deerfield. This marriage produced two daughters, Elizabeth and Haddassah, who marrled Hobart and Walter Millen respectively. His attempts to farm In Northflcld met with failure. Clark was a hunter, not a farmer, and his friends, the Indians, came to hunt and camp with him on his farm. After he served In the Civil War, he bought a home In Deerfield In 10G5. Ho is buried in the Deerfield Cemetery. Clark was the true frontiersman, apparently not very adaptable to the agrarian transition that took place during his lifetime. Those frontier skills were best suited for survival In the hostile pre­ settlement environment which so devastated those lirst settlors, but they proved to have little value In post settlement Deerfield.5' library to read this book and find out about the past. Sho lists among tho first settlors—given . v here with the dale they arrived—the following: .' v>: \r Captain Wright Jonathan Kcnnlcott Jcsso Wllmot Horace Lamb Tho Cadwells Martin Luther Michael Meehan Oil Mooney Muhlko Lyman Wllmot John Millen Job Galloway Carolan Lancaster Rockcnbock James O'Connor Fred Frltsch Alfred Parsons t i-V.lv A • li ML i (1846) m ■ V % V: (1848) (1055) (1043) (1844) (1043) j f *’ . \v £•! Deerfield Town Named In 1040 the township was called "Lo Clair.”” The Selection of a permanent name for tho township — as distinguished from the vlllago which was not Incorporated or named until 1903—occurred In 1849. A township meeting was held at the home of Michael Meehan on Tc-legraph Road. The Irish Immigrants suggested the name"Erin" for Ireland, but John Millen from Deerfield, Massachusetts, suggested the namo "Deer­ field"—noting, a3 the Indians had.observed, that deer In abundance was a characteristic of tho area. Tho voto was 17 lo 13 In favor of Doorflold.” Trannportallon Sytlom Tho early trillion* entered Lake County and Oeerfietd via several lyr.tornn of Ingress, Tho rivers and Lake Michigan were major elements of the transportation system. (Tho waterways had not been "Improved" yet by tho dredging and channelization they later received.). Overland transportation wa3 limited to Improved roads, and tho railroad was not available until 1855 when track was laid through Highland Park. Transportation v/as Important to tho ooltlor, not only as a means of Ingreoa but os a moans for shipping farm products to market and for com­ munication v/ith other places, primarily Chicago. In addition, seed grain, livestock, implements, food, clothes, medicines and supplies had to be .brought into tho community. Tho pioneer made the trip to Chicago, 26 mltos Irorn Deerlield, v/ith regularity and sometimes on loot.."One neighbor v/ould be selected to go to Chicago to make purchases for the entire com­ munity. Ox teams were used sometimes, and at The First Families Many settlers arrived in Oeerfietd during the period from 1835 to 1845. In The History ol Deerticld Mrs. Reichelt has gone into the history ol a number ol them and it is worth the trip to the Vi. tUi'3., p. 107. */». tuvj.. p. i io. 40. lUicJ., P. to. 9 y,.i t5 (18U)-:-y (1836):, i The Ott Family The Ott Family came to Deerlield Irorn Y/arren, Pennsylvania, but their birthplace v/as Baidenhcirn, Alsace. The Oil’s were related to the Wessling and Rockenbach families. These set­ tlors of German descent who migrated from Alsace lo Deerfield obtained their land from speculators who v/ere profiteering in the v/ake of pre-emption, but the land was good, a "Garden of Eden," and its value v/as certain. They built homes along v/hal is now Sanders Road, and their roll includes: Casper Ott, Samuel Ott, John Jacob Ott, and John Jacob Ott, Jr., Marlin Luther, Jacob Luther, and families named Duffy, Dose, Ste/rar*. and Jennings. They worked their farms and became steadfast members ol the Deerfield com­ munity. lr» 1930 the On family reunion at the Deer­ field Centennial celebration v/as the largest. 1 (1834) James Duffy " Lewis Gasltleld (1834) Androw Meier (1835) Sloward (1835) Ludlow (1836) Dawson (1835) Dorsey (1836) Boylan (1836) Fagan (1837) Yoro (1837) Mclntyro (1039) Tull/ (1840) Roderbusch (1041) Doyle (1041) McCraror (1041) Hoyt (1042) John Jacob Ott (1042) Philip Brand (1043) Philip Vetter i 1 & v ii & ; 2 1 3 JW ill® ■tmmm ’ ■ V •v c $ | r.: V •i^ V e v /. L\ S-■ % g: V �,r‘l,l>l»g about nriiJn/j • . . ........*"»»io <uu i;u;u>rs in vr°a. Tho c() , S, !’mS t0 11,0 "Noi'Ul K>,0»° Wo«l" Gc^(l to brlj, 1 bntVn, ,?/« >0 mY UmImu Station was oxMll- »st ar*on ui° c,,,cr'- '°i*cst, and to Yi™!.^001 ,0 IriK,lIju,<I Bark and Luka >o»\ la Ki'oiillv h. r U wIUl ,,a K»’:uid opera in ilio suiurado coinmunll! f?tJ,Wr .Vr U,° <*«>I of a hlgli 'Highland Sr vl °‘ L !° WomoM 1,10 nee-eon to M proBrinii f J n °xr'5lU,S C,ub' 'v,u‘ excellent cuiAmorleuu n£vni\?»i*ol*HVSlu,ro C,lai>,cr Daughters ol* ith its film i^?,i .!U0U (f,,r 11,030 w,,° aro eligible) Gerfield's doslVabllNv0 *U,<1 °l,lllcal,onal work, adds to ecsii ability as a residence place. DEERFIELE) athletic association yers iaCthf,n«tl^thIcti,c ARSOciation» of which Jack cn of tho Viii tl°n jUld •sl)0n30l'» composed of young ‘H Players7 ^ who aro chaml»°» baseball and footuong suburbaii"SM?i^S. School I« second to uono bool Is far qinJ'i E l»SC ,?<, »8, Tbo Deurfiel<l Grammar uuerous V-niV ? 1 -L? w iaL il was lon years ago.. The eiiAc^s [0?,“bB3 the vicinity, such as Briergate, irnon RldVo u' ^ 1 hfim, lOxmoor. Oiiwontsla, JiscL ’ i'nMS ,Ij°f;;oh- r-alco Siioro, Bob O' Link. iliev Nonhinoo? in?01/ 1,llIn1ois' Mlss,0» ^idgo,,.Sunset n Coimtrv Pln°i ' ? uo f* Columbian, Hunters', and Big 'it congestion UlL,iyc beautiful open spaces lliat preTiicro aro. four churches, ono Catholic, and* three olostanl in Deortiold ami a public library. ho shopping facilities aro good for a village. Two goods stores, Schells' and Oloudorf's; three grocery anfi-a'AV' Nb,w,‘,»- M««ry (!a.in“ld1,. 8,i mil Jh, , l,Cl\cr ?h01’- °r Wm. SLeinluius: tho Kuv •shoni 1,cic,*,i,J,(l h‘,;MiL.v parlor; tlireu bar2>«ioi)s. Matt Hoffman a. Chris Sifferl's ami Scavu/./.o'.i; ec restaurants, Bcrtolini and Lcncioni's, the Bluebird, i “la »*">****: two confectionery stores, the Brier ect Shoppe and tho Bluebird; two drug si ores, T. J ^!C’o„anAd aml I[ouL’s; Coleman’s Variety ic. an A. and 1. store; fruit store; two tailors and ™Svf\ Ylln1C0,lt Silveri ami North Shore Cleaners: the n/iCTu«n-a iC1;Vr' t1.W0 1.,lun,ljh,kr and heating establishn .s, william H, Us'Toil's and Milton kraut/.; two elecshops, William Seiler’s, and William Desmond’s; one varo store, thill of .lack Not/.; one riminco ami tin ./ohn .1. McMahon's; two garages, Knaak'n and Bote rcn<l s; four real cslato and liisurauce oMlccs. Charles iscliull's, Frank Russo’s, Foxworlhy's, and Vnnt and gs; one delicatessen and confectionery or FdwarU tmolil: three nurseries, lvottrascli Bros., Franlcon s. and F. D. Clavoy; two lumber and coal companies. Deerfield Lumber Company. Tho Mercer Lumber Co tlie Lake County Coal and Material Company- tho 0 oil station; tho Standard Oil Company plant; the rAcid Interior Finish Company; Tho DcorlleliU Slate k; Tho Deerfield Chevrolet Sales Company; Tlio BuCoiislrucllou Co»‘»mny (water mains and sowors); Kapscliul Da'-lo Construction Company (roads and ng); Tho Po-ry Konst Battery Shop: a number of tors and decorators. Ross Sherman. MeCIarvio. WilKrcli, Builders, Kd. Sogert, John Huhn. It. 10. and . Bettis, A. I. Johnson, Alex Taylor. Cashmoro. Tliilo , Frank .labohs. C. B. Foxworthy. W. Altkcu; tivo drillers. L/neoln Pettis, and Alvin Moyer; two hricks. the Illinois and tho National; Lliroo piano teachers, ices Bledcrsladt. Mrs. C. C. Bettis, Bertha Weiss;' •'s Music Shop, for radios and piano tuning; ik's Music Store, for pianos, radios and victrolas; Hotel Deerfield; Tlio Herman Frost Newspaper icy and pool room; ono sowing machlno agency, that . I-I. MuMko; two sowor contractors, Howard Stryker Gcovatf Burnett: Arcliio Antes, sign painlor; • Ira , edan’it contractor; Kurl Frost, concrete blocks; x -l. He's Deerfield Filling Station; Ira Hole's Dcerl raised 1 Company; Tho PaxlorcL (.'onstrnelion Com1 and lining contractors aro Ccorgo Botlls, Fred o mon or Wolf. August Huolil; a shoo ropalrlag ark con Tnnlnlon): a Deerfield bakery; a millioncage) tint (Call llDlt); two band leaders, H. 10. known'rank Russo. Among the dairy companies r in CXisorvIco In Deerfield arc tho Bowman Hoh- rnim following Horn: ^4 a uiig ao, x j t (, jiad tho board will redistrict township A ... <■« «ot Now lVoalnct at Supervisor,. Moat According to .Schedule—Action on Waukegan Delayed Ita.lroad traded ,l°ad a,,d tho St. Paul orVl!«tn^r217A,,,,U,a.t 1>art oC Wcat Doorfieid lyliig south it SV A. na and west of tho railroad tracks? «.r 11.0 Viit uay"iK.,,arl ot WosL Duol'"l!,d ly"'s ,lorl" ‘‘UNDERGROUND RAILROAD” ACTIVITIES The first real Information of Andrew Jackson, the run. away slave. Samuel Ott Imparts to tills generation In tho winter of 1858 a mulatto, about 28 years of age. came to he home of Lyman Wilmot, tlio Abolitionist, at night Yla the IJiidergrbund Hallway,’* from Mississippi. Tho lake was r »/0M. so the black man could not bo scut across to Canada therefore ho had been taken to Deerfield. Mr 'Wilmot brought tho slave to tho Lorenz Ott homo 0t so that tho children could go to school. to do tho chores, keeping a runaway slave was against llin law imt *i,A Abolitionists felt Unit they wero In tho right by disobeying an unjust law Andrew Jackson's father was u whlto man* II i “mi'o1 tCt mm 1 H. fnthcr'u plantation where ho saw his uliito sis lei s. the plantation owner was more lenient to ns son than to his other slaves, and Andrew learned more than hill companions, therefore Hie desire to be free so uvarcjuiin the lad Unit it led him to attempt to escape, but bloodhounds (rucked him, and ho was brought back. In Ids second attempt at freedom he was successful, and lie crossed the Ohio River, where lie was sent on his journey north. ! by tlio tliiirty farmer. WIioii spring came, and tlio roads w' Alu,l'uw Ja°k«on prepared to leave. Lorenz Ht made him a now suit, and gavo him money for boat fare, and Lyman Wilmot took him to Chicngo, wlicro he .. . escaped to... Canada. After . roachlng tlio slaves’ liaycn. Ail•iIuMvrlto °or° hiS ,,crneracl.oraf wh0 fiad taught him to read and wi ito, of his safe arrival, and that was tho last that they over heard of him. Samuel Ott was fourteen years of ago at the time, and he recalls much that the negro did wnile here. From another source it is learned that the slave, An' !i! «i!? <Si°rn'*! cacapo wna Ifianncd bccauso ho had been My Id ml master round It necessary to sell me. None sold •C the siaves were given any education as our masters thought that we would rebel or outwit thorn, But a friend told mo that the sun rises In tho east and sets in the west and that as ono goes further south It gets warmer, and going norlli It gets colder, Willi tills information only. I decided to run away. I was soon captured for my inaster , , had discovered my absenco soon artcr I left, and had sent “r,,S ?rtcr„nur Whcn taking mo hack to tlio planta- lion my captor (led my arms with a rope, which was u.'miC,T l° iU,° JlfJrSL‘- and made mo walk In front of. him. I d 1 W0S0^t•,(, 11,0 roi,° and talked along as If I Nvcio not trying to escape. Soon I noticed that my master was sleeping, so I dropped the rope, and Jumped Into the woods. Most of the tlmo I hid during tho day. and often “y wore so close to my hiding place that I could hear my master giving directions to them. Several times I was without rood for a number of days. Many limes f ale raw ii . taken from a field wlion I nassed .0no lIn,° 1 r°II in a barrel when I was looking foi food, and oven though I hurt my. hip sovoroly I maif safely hidden, ale I hem. These ran,- and when - :• t �*• '• i \ i WsIMlamto^ •'S/‘ / mm, mm LQIftlQIfllfllttlftlftjfirrfifl ly [j]in rrrj w- T : i. WMMt-UIjirrtg Grave of Lyman and Clarissa Wllmot in Deerfield Cemetery V. r, > I .V �WILMOT SCHOOL HISTORY f On March 3, 1845 Lyman and Clarissa Wilmot deeded one quarter acre of land at the northwest corner (corner of Wilmot and Deerfield Roads today) of their farm for .a school, first Wilmot School The (a township, not a village school) opened in 1847 with Rosella Cadwell as the firs.t teacher. According to the deed (which, by the way, tg is still in the possession of the district, ^ kept in a bank vault), the land for Wilmot School reverts back ■SIP asisfltsi to the heirs if it is used for any purpose other than a school or if the land remains vacant for three years. The first schoolhouse was built by Lyman Wilmot of logs. It is said that tHe school had to face south so that Mrs. Wilmot could see the children enter the building. Does the door that the fourth graders use today face south? A second schoolhouse was made of rough boards and had a dirt floor. 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From die beginning I was intrigued with the unique property because of its age and the historic importance of the Wilmot family, who were very prominent in the early development of Deerfield. It was my hope to gain acceptance of the house and coach house on the National Register of Historic Places. To that end I researched the history of the property and the Wilmot family. Unfortunately, there was little about the house available except numerous references to the fact that the original structure—still inside the present house somewheredated from 1840, making it, I believe, the oldest occupied building in Lake County. I hoped some old photos of die buildings might become available, but none did. I had much more success in developing information about the Wilmot family. Because of my interest and experience in genealogy I was able to trace die Wilmot family back seven generations to the year 1637 when the first Wilmot came to America from England. I also located and corresponded with a number of Wilmots around the country, several closely connected to die Deerfield family, who sent me interesting information and encouraged my National Register quest. But, alas, it is not to be! I was done in by siding—that and two extensions added to the house at unknown times in the past. These revisions, it was judged, changed the character of the structure too much to meet the National Register criteria (despite some early touches to be seen—a field stone foundation, several hand-hewn beams in the cellar, and the initials of one of Lyman Wilmot’s sons scratched in on an old window pane over a hundred years ago). The later siding was the biggest problem. The National Register, it seems, takes a dim view of modem siding. One of die criteria taken into account in assessing a property’s qualifications for listing in the National Register is the historic importance of the occupants. Lyman Wilmot and his wife were significant in the early development of Deerfield. He was a community leader and an office holder. They were ardent supporters of the Union and opened their home as a station on the Underground Railway, harboring escaped slaves. In addition, they donated the land at Wilmot Road and Deerfield Road for Deerfield’s first school, which bears their name and where they both served, he as superintendent and she as a teacher. It was my hope that the historic importance of the Wilmots would be enough to overcome whatever problems the house presented, and I believe I would have been successful had not previous owners of the property “modernized” so much. But in 155 years what else could one reasonable expect? I have given the Society a copy of the information I developed on the property. Richard Hart Riverwoods, Illinois � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Lyman Wilmot House Description An account of the resource This collection consists of records related to the Deerfield Public Library's research into whether or not the Wilmot house could be proved to have been a stop on the Underground Railroad. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Deerfield Public Library Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Deerfield Public Library Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Deerfield Public Library Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2002 Language A language of the resource English Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context DPL.0013 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Lyman Wilmot House Description An account of the resource Photocopy of book by a resident of the Wilmot House with historical information about the house and the owner's attempt to get the house registered as a National Historic Place. Handwritten note indicates that this copy was received from the Lake County Discovery Museum on 5 Feb 2002. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Hart, Richard Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Hart, Richard Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 06/1995 Language A language of the resource English Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context DPL.0013.026 A. Stapleton Abolition Abolitionism Abolitionists Abraham Lincoln Adelia H. Wilmot Gutzler Adelia Wilmot Adelia Wilmot Gutzler Agriculturalists Ague Albert B. Steele Albrights Alderson Brothers Alfred Parsons Alonzo Cook Alsace Alvin W. Knaak American Civil War American Civil War Battle of Old Lake Louisiana American Civil War Union Army Enrolling Officer Amos Flint Amos Wilmot Andrew Jackson Andrew Meier Andrew Meler Andrew S. Wells Anesthetics Anna L. Hoffman Anna L. Hoffman Gutzler Anna Lydia Gutzler Anna Lydia Gutzler Himmel Anthony Sullivan Anti-Slavery Anti-Slavery Activities Antiwar Sentiment Apple Parings Argonne Forest France Arthur J. Ender Asahel Talcott Asahel Wilmot Auburn Hair Aztec Club b.F. Washburn Baldenheirn Alsace Germany Bancroft Bartholomew Boylan Bartlett Benjamin Marks Betsy Clauson Betsy Clauson Wilmot Betsy Crawford Betsy Crawford Wilmot Bible Bicentennial History of Deerfield Billy Ott Boone County New York Boylan Bradley Breastpin Bridget Monahan Meehan Broome County New York Buffalo New York Buffalo Trails Business Woman Butter C. Augenstein C. Kopp Cadwell Cadwell Corners Cadwell School Caleb Cadwell California California Gold Rush Calvinist Church Camp Douglas Canada Canoes Cape Horn Captain McCaul's Shield Guards Captain Wright Carolan Caroline Wright Whigham Carolyn Becker Carriages Carroll County Missouri Casper Ott Cattleman Chagres River Chargres Harbor Charles Gutzler Charles Levi Gutzler Chicago Coroner Chicago Courthouses Chicago Illinois Chicago River North Branch Christian Antes Christian Jaquet Christian Lintner Christian M. Willman Clarissa Dwight Clarissa Dwight Wilmot Clarissa Wilmot Clark Knights Coach House Colesville New York Colorado Colorado State Legislature Confederate Army Connecticut Cook County Illinois Copperheads Corn Huskings Country Physician Countryman Cow Crown Hill Cemetery Cuba Township Illinois Dailey Daniel Wright Jr. Davis C. Steele Dawson Dedham Massachusetts Deerfield Area Historical Society Deerfield Argonauts Deerfield Assessor Deerfield Centennial Celebration Deerfield Corners Deerfield Filling Station Deerfield Garden Apartments Deerfield Historic Village Deerfield Historical Cemetery Deerfield Historical Map Deerfield Illinois Deerfield Massachusetts Deerfield Our Athenian Club (OAC) Deerfield Postmaster Deerfield Public Library Deerfield School Deerfield Town Hall Meetings Deerfield Township Deerfield Township Post Office Deerfield Village Store DeKalb Illinois Delta County Colorado Dennis Lancaster Denver Colorado Denver University Denver University Preparatory Department Deputy United States Marshall Des Plaines River Diphtheria District Schools Dorsey Dose Doyle Duffy Dwight Dwight Porter Wilmot E.J. Ginter Edwin Cadwell Edwin Kittell Eggs Eglon Washington Electa Hoyt Electa Hoyt Bennett Eliab Gifford Elijah M. Haines Elisha Gridley Elizabeth Clark Millen Elizabeth Gutzler Elizabeth Gutzler Stryker Elizabeth Luther Elizabeth Luther Wilmot Ella Wilmot Ellen Eliza Wilmot Ellen Eliza Wilmot Kittell Elmer E. Miller Emma Hall Emmett Post Office England Epidemic Diseases Erastus Bailey Erin Erwin B. Messer Eugene B. Payne Eva P. Vant Wilmot Evangelical Association Church Evangelical Association Church Des Plaines Conference District Evangelical Association Church of North America Evangelical Association Churchyard Evangelical Church Evanston Illinois Evergreen Colorado Fagan Farm Hand Father Marquette First Presbyterian Church Flatboat Fleet as a Deer: History of the Deerfield Post Office Flint Creek Flour Flour Prices Flouring Mill Fort Sheridan Army Station Fort Wayne Indiana France Frances Willard Francis McGovern Frank Herbert Gutzler Fred Fritsch Fred H. Meyer Frederick Muhlke Frey Farm Frontiersman Genealogical Records Geneva Illinois George Arnold George Brand George Escher George Gridley George Henry Gutzler George Messner George Murray Skinker George Stanger George Stryker George Truitt German German Methodist Church Gerstheim Alsace Germany Gersthelm Germany Glenview Press Gold Golden Gate Golden Wedding Anniversaries Grace Flint Graceland Cemetery Graduate Nurses Grand Army of the Republic Grand Prairie Grandchildren Great Chicago Fire Greenhouse Greenwood New York Gretel Gutzler Haddassah Clark Millen Hand-Hewn Beams Handwritten Notes Hannah Bunnel Wilmot Hannah Wilmot Harriet Emma Gutzler Harriet Emma Gutzler Miller Harriet Wilmot Hastings Subdivision Hattie Gutzler Hattie Gutzler Miller Hay Loft Heavy Timberland Henry B. Steele Henry County Illinois Henry Gutzler Henry Place Henry S. Vail Henry Walton Henry Wells Henry Wessling Highland Park Alderman Highland Park Illinois Highland Park Mayor Highland Park Post Office Highwaymen Highwood Academy Hillsdale College Hillsdale Michigan Hiram Cadwell Hiram Kennicott Hiram R. Bennett Historical and Statistical Sketches of Lake County Historical Encylopedia of Illinois and History of Lake County History of Deerfield History of Lake County History of the United Evangelical Church Hobart J. Millen Hobart Millen Hodgkiss Colorado Holcomb Hood Hoopole Grove Illinois Hooppole Illinois Horace Lamb horses Hoyt Humeston Iowa Hunter Illinois Illinois Republican Party Iowa Irish Israel Dwight J. Wesley Speelman J.M. Washburn Jacob Albright Jacob C. Antes Jacob Cadwell Jacob Himmel Jacob J. Escher Jacob Luther Jacob Miller Jacob Ott Jacques Marquette James Chambers James Duffy James H. Fritsch James Hamilton James Mooney James O'Connor Jane McCartney Janesville Wisconsin Jasper Ott Jennie C. McCulloch Jennie C. McCulloch Vail Jennings Jerusha Rosina Cadwell Jess Wilmot Jesse Wilmot Job Galloway John A. Mills John Alderson John Cochran John Dwight John Easton John Forke John Gridley John Halsey John Hettinger John J. Welch John Jacob Escher John Jacob Ott John Jacob Ott Jr. John Jacob Ott Sr. John King John Kinzie John Kinzie Clark John Matthews John Millen John Peterman John Streicher John Stryker John T. Gridley Joliet Illinois Jonas Clybourn Jonathan Kennicott Jonathan Rice Joseph Flint Josephine Woodman Josephine Woodman Maternity Home Justice of the Peace Knights of the Golden Circle Lake County Board of Supervisors Lake County Discovery Museum Lake County Historical Archives Lake County Illinois Lake County Museum Lake County Museum Archives Lake County Transportation Systems Lake Forest Illinois Lake Michigan Lamb Lambs' Farm Lancaster Lancasterville Illinois Land Buying Business Land Surveys Law and Order League Le Clair Township Illinois Leadville Colorado Lebanon County Pennsylvania Levi Davis Wilmot Lewis Beecher Lewis Gastfield Libertyville Illinois Life Insurance Business Linens Literary Society Little Alice Mine Little Jonny Mine Lizzie Scholes Lizzie Scholes Wilmot Log Cabin Loly Wilmot Lorenz Ott Loretta Heman Louis Gastfield Loyal Legion Ludlow Luther Lutheran Church Lydia Gutzler Lydia Gutzler Himmel Lyman H. Wilmot Lyman Willis Gutzler Lyman Wilmot Madeson O. Cadwell Madison Cadwell Madison O. Cadwell Magnus Tait Margaret Elizabeth Hetzel Margaret Elizabeth Hetzel Gutzler Marie Ward Reichelt Martin Luther Martin Stanger Mary Elizabeth Gutzler Mary Elizabeth Gutzler Stryker Mary Gutzler Mary Gutzler Jaquet Mary Louise Stryker Mary Louise Stryker Gutzler Mary Tweed Mary Tweed Gutzler Mary Wilmot Mary Wilmot Bennett Masonic Order A O Fay Lodge No. 676 Maternity Home Mathias Horenberger Mathias Mason Matthew Hoffman McCrarer McIntyre McIntyres and Tullys Meath Ireland Meehan Meehan Settlement Mexican American War Mexico Mexico City Mexico Michael Dawson Michael Fagan Michael Gutzler Michael Meehan Michael Mehan Michael Yore Michigan Midwife Mike Schoelle Milk Mill Creek Milwaukee Wisconsin Minnie E. Vining Wilmot Miranda C. Adams Miranda C. Adams Wilmot Mississippi Mississippi River Missouri Moderator Monterey California Moody Rowd Mooney Moses Putney Mount Vernon Iowa Mr. Alderson Mr. Brand Mr. Gross Mr. Hess Mrs. Albert Hagi Mrs. C.L. Rockenback Mrs. Critchley Mrs. Fred Bleimehl Mrs. Fred H. Meyer Mrs. Fute Mrs. Gutzler Mrs. Lange Mrs. Lewis Todd Mrs. Lyman Wilmot Mrs. P.J. Gutzler Mrs. Richard Steele Mrs. Stryker Mrs. Theodore Taylor Mrs. Wessling Mrs. Wilmot Muhlke Myrtle Estelle Gutzler Myrtle Estelle Gutzler Skinker Nanimoa Naperville Illinois National Register of Historic Places Native Americans Nelson C. Hall New Berlin Pennsylvania New York Newberry Newberry Library Newport Illinois Newspaper Clippings Newton Bateman Nicaragua Nicholas Miller Niles Illinois Nora May Fuller Nora May Fuller Gutzler Norfolk New York North Northfield Cemetery Northern Illinois Northern Illinois Republican Party Northfield Cemetery Northfield Evangelical Association Church Northfield Illinois Northwestern College Northwestern University O'Plain Cemetery O'Plain Church Ocean Voyages Offensive Language Office Ohio River Olive Smith Olive Smith Wilmot Orman Rockenbach Otsego Post Office Ott Our Athenian Club (OAC) P. Gutzler P.J. 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Be was bom April 8, %i$6 s® staflp and had been a rest4ml la the ©asamaaity for 4peam w hroBterT TbnyT Ch^go. Services were held la the Segaato chapel to Bighwood, Aug. 14 and tads! was te • Memorial Ps&K SkoMe. Lyman J. Wihnot /? Lyman J. Wllmoi, It, Wanke"^n, Tti&s Aiif-11 to Waukegan. He bom to Deesfleld, 1G» 1$@$ and belonged to one at Deer­ field's earliest families. Tbs • pres«^>0mot School was Mined te Mr. Wilmot's giwmMaiber, who gave th® jpropertf item Ms ffcna, the present P. G. Bastings farm, to the school to 184?. Mr. Wilmot’s grand­ father and grandmother were char(Conto»®d ©a page 8®) r I i ILUNOIS «" ("t&i£tfg>JSBSu leeding the bWk for tit* *i, not only for *» foOowteg twp&swjn ive “tender, wa M mm COAT. .*riH 20/30 * d 130 * °N 2i7: 3 T 30,70 qsj ta the :13i Isni B**4? * �• v* % • ,■ > ;.■•*- vV'T"" * V*v ___ ■•* {‘*V /# : -# mm a) i ? 3i ?,; ter *• X ,, 1 • • :. —>- obituaries *} 'le^reo fCeottmiabom-------- Sf: & ,, CtaBPBhjf OMrtteU. Mr.- Wnot rilk-w. ------ tod &®» & .’r v « *. v i . •* For Servi A Aft Assgwt fe plamMlI tm v ^• ------- ^ • o h gf^faukegan Marten Dsser-, |3g»/W»rtfcr after M* ^disattoi20®^ *toad grammas? aehoot . LuI®i^’Mr* was ®fe^ j Th# p®rtyt l Court Cteii ftid «w«i ^Its to*te held 5 / /r * ^Jweat.^wag the only Orcott trwti&g Mtmft * a T^tsarm a-— . UfM 32634 - rs % AF MA.ASfe.M0M. iLaSPS < . ’v-’r,". .No' ™- « **»•» iwta Tfe* ; A* rj*- Chamber <of f• wm member of the Library Board and % i,, feS? ‘•sssfis sets. 'x -X 6. - «oas» Lyman, Jr., and Marshall of Kathesri&e p* *k^£? «* Robert. of Gonme; Mrs. .m three deters, Mm Bdaa Beszaett. Bo^dee Jung, \ PawiU, Ca3£, Mm Maude Ktbker end Mites Clam Keye*. both Jacksonville, Fla., nine children and ^Servkwjw* held Am#. 14 inf Park. Waukegan and burial was in Mil bum Cemetery, Mflbura. mJSSS£ - «—SS 2*1^ ImsimL n 20/20 * d 130 * °N t7l7: 31 30,170 qsj Row Mort A______ ii : 13i � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Lyman Wilmot House Description An account of the resource This collection consists of records related to the Deerfield Public Library's research into whether or not the Wilmot house could be proved to have been a stop on the Underground Railroad. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Deerfield Public Library Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Deerfield Public Library Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Deerfield Public Library Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2002 Language A language of the resource English Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context DPL.0013 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Lyman J. Wilmot Obituary Description An account of the resource Photocopy of obituary for the grandson of the original Lyman Wilmot from the Highland Park News. Handwritten notes. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Highland Park News Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Highland Park News Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Highland Park News Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 08/16/1962 Language A language of the resource English Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context DPL.0013.010 AF and AM Clara Wilmot Keyes Deerfield Illinois Edna Wilmot Bennett Elks F.G. Hastings First Presbyterian Church Gurnee Illinois Highland Park News Jacksonville Florida Lake County Circuit Court Lake County Circuit Court Clerk Lyman J. Wilmot Lyman J. Wilmot Jr. Lyman Wilmot Marshall Wilmot Masonic Lodge Masonic Lodge No. 78 Maude Wilmot Kebker Milburn Cemetery Milburn Illinois Moose Club Mrs. Charles Meador Navy League Obituary Paonia Colorado Robert Wilmot Rotary Clubs International Swedish Glee Club Waukegan Illinois Waukegan North Chicago Chambero f Commerce Waukegan Park Board of Trustees Waukegan Public Library Board of Directors Wilmot School https://archives.deerfieldlibrary.org/files/original/bf26cb02120635f35f2c059628bd933f.pdf 6d32dd329910b686b9c0e2fe9b297b3f PDF Text Text � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Lyman Wilmot House Description An account of the resource This collection consists of records related to the Deerfield Public Library's research into whether or not the Wilmot house could be proved to have been a stop on the Underground Railroad. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Deerfield Public Library Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Deerfield Public Library Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Deerfield Public Library Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2002 Language A language of the resource English Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context DPL.0013 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource A. Wilmot Passes: Pioneer of Deerfield Description An account of the resource Photocopy of obituary for Dwight Porter Wilmot, one of the children of Lyman Wilmot and Clarissa Dwight. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Highland Park News Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Highland Park News Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 12/12/1935 Language A language of the resource English Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context DPL.0013.022 Brown County New York Carl Herbman Clarissa Dwight Wilmot Colorado Colorado State House of Representatives Colorado State Legislature Deerfield Illinois Dwight Porter Wilmot Evergreen Colorado First Presbyterian Church Heart Trouble Highland Park Press Israel Dwight Lizzie Scholes Wilmot Lyman J. Wilmot Lyman Wilmot Mrs. Herzman Sarah Porter Dwight https://archives.deerfieldlibrary.org/files/original/b1c649e37b561fe1d7fa700e66867220.pdf 832449ddd8ff7c0ead5f26aecf2eb920 PDF Text Text flop 16’02 17:22 No .017 P.04/05 Artingh#Ili Peter ArttaghelU, 66, of 22 Wash­ ington, Highwood, died Aug. 11 in Ms borne. He wu born April 8, 1896 in lUdy Mid bad been a resi­ dent in the community for 4 years. Survivors are his wife, Mary and a brother, Tony, Chicago. Services were held in the Seguin chapel in Highwood, Aug. 14 and burial was in Memorial Park, Skokie. 1 land i4rK dleujs Lymcsi J„ WUmot A (arkiOlon iz> driymAV tOIhn^Jj Am ib, ma o Jf> Lynmn J, Wilmot, 77, of Wauke­ gan, died Aug. 11 in Waukegan. Be was born in Deerfield, July 18, 1885 and belonged to cme of Deer­ field’s earliest families. The pres­ ent Wilmot School was named for Mr. Wilmot” s grandfather, who gave the property from his farm, the present F. G. Hastings farm, to the school in 1847. Mr. Wilmot's grandfather and grandmother were char(Coolinued on page 52) CITY OF HIGHLAND PARK, ILLINOIS worses ro inxiifei needing the est, not only ? r ' «■* Public notice k heater firm that the City CamacU of the Cfejr of Hishla&d Park, Lake Cewrty. ffikfcoia vffl receive bi<t» for the nvflisbmf and construction. of concrete townrtallooi for the foUovioi bu£ldin®i in plam md spociffcaticx*: I On® 79 ft wide s S2 ft. S ip. \on* �Apr 16 ’ 02 TEL: *V 17:23 No .017 P.05/05 ’ • * 1 OBITUARIES 'Continued from page a) i1 i-2m <4 'Ice-Breake For Service ter members oTTirst Presbyterian An August **ic Church of Deerfield. Mr. Wilmot hod been & reddest Is planndd for to* of Waukegan dace leaving Deer, Werthamer Send ><> field shortly after his graduation looking ahead to ten showing in m grammar school The party, beg a la 184S Mr. Wihfiot was elected is to be held In t mft Circuit Court Clerk sad pastil his Irving Miseil in G retirement wm the only Circuit Court clerk Lake Cteuaty ever i»»d of arrangements He was a member of the ffike. Rot' Nushaum of Deer ary Club and Swedish Glee Club. The "tee-break* Alto tfae Muaole Lodge No. 78. • social prelude 1 £*"*. K<w» BWBM9- The lire Lengns and Wiakagaa-Rartii C&ie- fan &<wr, wfll be ago Chamber of Commerce. He day, Sept 19. was secreUry of the Park Board, member of the Library Board sod active (a many civic organizations John W. and The in Waukegan. and James of C Surviving are a daughter, Mr*. Calif., and fou Charles Meador, Waukegan; three Therese Kirkman aons, Lyman, Jr., and Marshall of Katherine Panki Waukegan and Robert of Gurnee- Park, Mrs. Ann three sister*. Mrs. Edna Bennett,’ Bernice Jung, botJ Paonia, Colo., Mr* Maude Kebker Requiem Mass and Miss Clara Keyes, both of in Immaculate Co Jacksonville, Fla,, nine grand­ Highland Park ar children and one greatgrandchild. St. Mary's Cern Services were held Aug. 14 in Waukegan and burial was in Milburn Cemetery, Milbura. Roto Morttti f AVAPtk II J,, % - � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Lyman Wilmot House Description An account of the resource This collection consists of records related to the Deerfield Public Library's research into whether or not the Wilmot house could be proved to have been a stop on the Underground Railroad. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Deerfield Public Library Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Deerfield Public Library Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Deerfield Public Library Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2002 Language A language of the resource English Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context DPL.0013 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Lyman J. Wilmot Obituary Description An account of the resource Photocopy of obituary for the grandson of the original Lyman Wilmot from the Highland Park News. Handwritten notes indicate that it was on page 48. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Highland Park News Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Highland Park News Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 08/16/1962 Language A language of the resource English Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context DPL.0013.023 AF and AM Clara Wilmot Keyes Deerfield Grammar School Deerfield Illinois Edna Wilmot Bennett Elks F.G. Hastings First Presbyterian Church Highland Park News Jacksonville Florida Lake County Circuit Court Clerk Lake County Illinois Lyman J. Wilmot Lyman J. Wilmot Jr. Lyman Wilmot Marshall Wilmot Masonic Lodge No. 78 Maude Wilmot Kebker Milburn Cemetery Milburn Illinois Moose Club Mrs. Charles Meador Navy League Obituary Paonia Colorado Robert Wilmot Rotary Clubs International Swedish Glee Club Waukegan Chamber of Commerce Waukegan Illinois Waukegan Park Board of Trustees Waukegan Public Library Board of Directors Wilmot School