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HISTORY OF KANE COUNTY.
C. E. MORRILL, retired cashier of the Bank of Elburn, Elburn, Ill.; born at Kaneville, Ill., May 18, 1850; was variously employed until 1879, when he entered the Bank of Elburn as cashier, holding that position until 1900, when the bank was purchased by the Kane County Bank, and Mr. Morrill has since lived retired. He was married March 7, 1883, to Anna S. Hughes.
JED S. MORRILL, milk inspector, Elburn, Ill.; born in the village where he now resides, Oct. 5, 1864; educated in the public schools of his native village; commenced work in a creamery at Elburn when sixteen years of age, following that occupation eight years; conducted a meat market for twelve years, and for the past two years has been milk inspector for the Elburn Bottling Works; politically a Republican and has served in several local offices; married Nov. 5, 1887, to Etta O. Fifield.
EDGAR T. MORRIS, farmer and stock-raiser, Elburn, Ill.; born March 17, 1854, in Monmouth County, N. J.; came to Kane County, Ill., in 1864, and here made his home until 1887, when he bought a farm in Iowa, on which he made his home for five years. He then came back to Kane County, and bought the old homestead on which he lived until 1900. That year he moved to Elburn, but continued to conduct the farm until 1903. He was elected Road Commissioner, a position he filled for six years, was Assessor four years, and Judge of Elections three years. He has been a Mason for twenty-five years. He was married Feb. 9, 1882, to Miss Augusta Weynt, daughter of Solomon and Caroline (Adams) Weynt, both natives of Ohio. The parents of Mr. Morris were John W. and Rebecca (Youmans) Morris, natives of New Jersey. Edgar T. Morris gave the address at the Farmers' Institute in 1892 on the subject, "The Past, Present and Future," which was well received.
JOSEPH M. MORRIS, dealer in coal and lumber, Elburn, Ill.; born in Monmouth County, N. .T., March 23, 1857; engaged in farming in early manhood in Kane County, continuing until 1887, and has since been in business at Elburu, the firm of which he is a member being known as the Elburn Coal & Lumber Co He was married No. 6, 1885, to Emma Guant.
JAMES W. MORSE, merchant, Dundee, Ill.; born in Madison County, N. Y., Oct. 5, 1838; came west in 1863 and taught school in the vicinity of Dundee for two winters; purchased a farm east of Dundee in 1872, where he remained until 1883, when he removed to the village, where he has since been identified with the hardware business. He was .married in March, 1864, to Miss Anna Salisbury, of Elgin.
FREDERICK J. MOSEDALE, manufacturer, St. Charles, Ill.; born at Coventry, England, in 1859; educated in his native country, and came to America in 1877, locating first at Elgin, Ill., where he was engaged in the Elgin Watch factory. In 1892 he founded the Crown Electrical Company, at St. Charles, of which he is now Secretary and Treasurer. He was married in 1883 to Anna Mitchell, of Elgin.
WILLIAM B. MUELLER, merchant, Dundee. Ill.; born in Chicago, March 8, 1868; came with his parents to Dundee in 1875; began his mercantile career in 1884 as a clerk in the store of Schroeder & Ruse, where he remained four years; became a partner in the firm of E. C. Hawley Company, Dundee, in 1891, which is at the present time (1903) Schultz, Mueller & Co. Mr. Mueller was married Aug. 4, 1890, to Miss Emma Lemke, of Dundee, Ill.
DANIEL H. MURPHY, farmer, St. Charles Township, Kane County, Ill.; born in Winfield Township, DuPage County, Ill., Sept. 13, 1855, son of Thomas and Mary (Heffernan) Murphy, and educated in the local schools. The father arrived in St. Charles in 1850, having come direct from Ireland, and for about three years was engaged in teaming. In 1854 he removed to Campton Township. Kane County, where he remained until the spring of 1855, when he went to Winfield, DuPage County. Daniel H. Murphy was reared in DuPage County, and came to St. Charles Township with his father, when the latter bought the farm on which the son is now living. This farm is located in Section 18, St. Charles Township, four miles northwest of the City of St. Charles. It was worked by father and son together until the death of the father in 1886, when it fell to the latter as the only son. Here he has since lived, and has been chiefly engaged in dairy farming. The widow of Thomas Murphy lives with her son Daniel. Thomas Murphy left
