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HISTORY OF KANE COUNTY.
State she has taken a prominent part in the work of the Rathbone Sisters, and in 1889 was elected Grand Chief of the Order for Illinois, being twice re-elected, and serving in all three years. At the present time she is Supreme Representative from Illinois in the Supreme Session of the Order for the United States.
B. B. MIX, banker, Aurora, Ill.; born in Aurora, June 27, 1845; educated in the Aurora public schools; began working in the bank of Mix & Miller in boyhood; has been connected with the First National Bank of Aurora in various capacities since 1875, being President of that institution at the present time (1903), a position he has held since 1899. Mr. Mix was married July 7, 1881, to Miss Fanny B. Wood-worth, of Aurora.
ALEXANDER B. MOORE (deceased), Geneva., pioneer and banker, born in Clinton, N. Y., Aug. 8, 1818, was reared in his native State, and completed his education in Hamilton College. When about twenty years of age he was sent by his older brother to Michigan to sell out a stock of goods, making the journey thither by wagon. After he had sold the goods and secured the money, which he carried in a belt around him, he took the steamer "Brie" for the East. The steamer burned to the water's edge, and Mr. Moore was rescued after being four hours in the water, sustaining himself on wreckage. About 1843 he came to Kane County, Ill., there taking an interest in the milling business, which he made his occupation for many years. Still later he was a member of the ship-building firm of Ballentine, Lawrence & Co., at Bay City, Mich. He was largely interested, and this business required much of his attention in later years. His home was continued at Geneva, where he died, March 6, 1878. His widow, who was born March 30, 1821, in Batavia, N. Y., is still living in Geneva, which has been her home since 1846, with the exception of a brief residence in Bay City, Mich. She is an intelligent, refined and highly respected pioneer lady of Kane County.
EMERY" T. MOORE, prominent real-estate operator, farmer and man of general affairs, Geneva, Ill., was born in Lisbon, Grundy County, Ill., May 18, 1870, the son of John B. and Lucy (Sterling) Moore, and was educated in the public schools of Geneva, where his parents located in 1878. Mr. Moore was trained to the life of a farmer, meanwhile preparing for a larger business career, so that when, in early manhood, he came into possession of the Bliss and Parkins farms, the improvements which he introduced in the management of these estates resulted in the winning of a number of prizes in contests involving matters of interest and importance to agriculturists. Several years ago he discovered upon his lands a deposit of molding sand, for which he has since found a large market and which has proved a source of considerable profit. Extensive quarries of fine building stone also exist upon his lands, and, as a result of his familiarity with the stone and the sand trade, he has engaged in contracting and building on a large scale, and it is claimed has made more improvements on his own account than any other citizen of Geneva. Being the owner of much of the land on both sides of the beautiful Fox River between Geneva and St. Charles, he has erected many cottages and other buildings which practically connect the two cities, and which he has sold to home-seekers on the easy-payment plan, thus attracting many new-comers and promoting the increase of business and population in that portion of Kane County. He still retains a number of these buildings, to which he
