The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1895-03-21

prayed for the freedom of the Slave
was one of the fathers of the free school
system of Wisconsin, and asked that
his epitaph be chiseled in the marble.
that marked his last resting place
{" He was a friend of free schools. "
This legend may be seen in the rooms
of the Wisconsin Historical society now.
as applied to him. He was a liberal
man in mind and means, and prominent
in Kenosha in his time, holding several
positions of honor and trust. He was
man of most excellent habits: honest.
industrious and reliable: his descend
ants have been substantial and upright.
This is true Of the son in Chicago, of
whom am writing-Beniamm Frank
lin Deming. He was educated there i'm
Kenosha and later engaged in the
warehouse and lumber business until he
came to Chicago in 1866, since which
time he has been engaged in the lum-
Der commission business, and is now.
He is a man held in high estimate.
among lumbermen in Chicago because
of his uprightness in his dealings. He.
married Irene Yates, daughter of j. L.
V. Yates, a prominent man of Kenosha.
They have three children. Reuben III.
Deming raised large family. and ak
of the children have become conspicu-
Gus in one way and another.
Henry F. Comstock.
He is the manager of the Keen ana
DeLang's printing establishment, and is
a man known in Chicago among the
fraternity of printers, and that guild, as
genius and expert in his line of bust
ness. He is a son of Samuel F. Com
stock, merchant tailor; was born in
1910, and went to KenOsha with his
parents in 1916. He was educated
there and graduated from the high
school, and is known among printers in
Kenosha as one we'll versed in his
trade He came to Chicago and took a
course in q commercial college. He
was with John w. Dean, the printer
and publisher, and later fourteen years
with Rand, McNally & Co., in which
concern he had an interest as a stock
holder. He sold out his interest there
and went to Grand Rapids, Mich, and
engaged in the printing business five
years, when he returned to Rand, Nc
Nally q Co. two years, and has since
been manager of Keen & DeLang's es-
lishment, and is now.
In the great fire" he was burned
out of house and home, but has, by his
energy and we'll directed efforts, recOy-
cred AID I" is himself again" He has
some souvenirs of his handiWork as u
designer and printer. During the war
he designed and printed military de-
vices on envelopes and letter heads,
samples of which he succeeded in saw
ing from the fire of 1871, and they are
now interesting relics. He ranks
among the most accomplished manag-
ing printers in this city.
He IS bachelor; a member of the
order of Elks; Knights Templar and
warden of Apollo CommaEdery, in the
Masonic order
Hiram L. Wi1tse.
Hiram l.. WiltSe was born in Pal
myra, Wis, in 1856, and four years
subsequent his father, Lorenzo, moved
to a farm near KenOsha and later lost
his life on a railroad. Hiram l.. was
educated in the high school until 20
years of age, when he entered the en-
ploy of an Express company In 1876
he came to Chicago and entered rail
road employ in different capacities He
was a conductor on the Illinois Central
railroad for eight years, after he had
been in the employ of the G. q. N. W.
Ry. He is now engaged in other bust
ness. He is prominent member of the
Masonic fraternity, having taken the
thirty third degree in that order, and
is one of the most efficient and accom-
plished presenters of the Scottish Right
ritual in the order in Chicago. He
evidences great versatility and a mas
ter memory in conducting the intricate
work of the order He has been Thrice
Potent Grand Master of Van Rensseal-
loer Lodge of Perfection, and held high
positions in the consistory and other
advanced grades of the order He is
regarded us one of the brightest and
most advanced members of masonry.
He married Julia E. Lyman, of Chi
cago. They have one child-a boy
seven years old.
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