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- Algonquin The Beautiful - by H. Peryce Millar (pgs.10-11)
(written for 1935 Centennial Celebration
Now in Algonquin, IL Library)
PIONEER KLINCK ATE FROZEN BREAD
Joseph Smith Klinck, one of Algonquin's earliest settlers, was born in Caledonia, Genesee County, New York, on December 22, 1806, one of ten children of David and Ruth Smith Klinck and was of Dutch and Welsh descent.
When a small boy he and his family fled from Indian attacks,
taking refuge in Ohio, finally settling in Shelby County, Indiana. Mr. Klinck often related the horrors and hardships of this journey and how delicious some frozen bread discovered in a deserted cabin tasted to members of the family. It was on this memorable journey that a sister of Mr.Klinck, Eunice, about 13 years old, fell into a spring and was drowned.
Mr. Klinck was married in Indiana to Elvira Huntingdon,
who, with three children, is buried in Shelby County, Indiana.
In 1835, Mr. Klinck, who in the meantime had espoused Abigail Ferris, came to Algonquin and settled near Spring Lake. His brother, Thorton, remained Indiana; another brother, John settled in Wisconsin. One sister, Emmeline, traveled across the continent to California, no mean feat for those days. Two sisters and their husbands settled
near Algonquin and another sister, Mrs. Phoebe Smith, took up a claim at Crystal Lake. Mr. and Mrs. Klinck had three children born to them on their farm here. One daughter, Martha, married William Carr. Two sons also were born to Mr. Klinck and his second wife-Justus Ferns and Isaac Smith Klinck, both of whom after their father moved to town, assisted him in running the corner store in the old building
subsequently demolished to make room for the present store operated by Duesnsing Brothers.
In 1844, Mr. Klinck married his third wife, Mary Curtiss, known as "Aunt Polly" to Algonquinites. There were no children of this marriage. Following her death he, in 1875, took unto himself a fourth wife, marrying Martha Magee, daughter of James and Elizabeth McVitty Magee.
To this union was born two daughters still living-Mary Elizabeth, who married Samuel Galvin and is in San Antonio, Texas, and Leona Klinck, who married Carl Zange and still resides in Algonquin. Before Mr, Klinck left his farm he gave land for a school house and cemetery. In 1841, Mr. Klinck, Thomas Chunn and D. Carey are recorded as constituting the first recognized school board. In 1860 Mr. Klinck served as supervisor from Algonquin. Parts of his farm were sold to E, S. Jayne, R. Haeger and Joseph Ebel. When he came to Algonquin to reside, Mr.Klinck lived on the east side
in the house which is now almost under the bridge. Mr. Klinck was justice of the peace for many years. He died March 15, 1890, aged 83 years.
GILLILANS VISIT BARRINGTON CENTRE
When the Gillilans came to Algonquin they stopped over night
at the log cabin of Jesse Miller and his wife, Ruth Klinck Miller
at Barrington Centre, on the east side of the river. When the
Gillilans reached Algonquin they forded the river and settled
on the western bank, where no white man had ever been before, The Millers subsequently moved to the Miller, later known as the Lowe District. It is noteworthy that Mr. Miller served as supervisor for Algonquin during the years 1856,1857 and 1858. Seth Miller, one of his sons, went on West and was never again heard from, John Miller, another son, and a Civil War veteran, rests in the Algonquin cemetery. His widow, Sarah Miller, and daughters, Mrs. Pease and Mrs. Laura Conover, live in Elgin.
Alvira Miller, a daughter, married Edwin Benson, a farmer, who, with his brother Wallace, came to this township in 1856.
Edwin Benson was active in community life, serving as
school trustee and as supervisor, Wallace Benson served
in the Civil War and upon his return married Emma Hill,
daughter of Ben Hill. After leaving the the farm,
Mr.and Mrs. Benson came to town and lived in the house
now occupied by Mr. William Dehmlow. Both Mr. and Mrs. Benson are dead.
Jesse Miller remarried, and Cora Ottoway Gifford of Elgin
became his stepdaughter. At about this time William Kelley
and his wife, Mary Klinck Kelley, came to Algonquin and
had a beautiful farm home on the east side, but moved away
many years ago, making the West Coast their home.
They left behind them the grave of their son, John, who was a Civil War veteran.
H. P. D Dygert was an early settler in the Algonquin community, residing in what was known as the Ford District. His son, Charles, who is thought to have been the first white boy born in McHenry County, married Lucina Lucas, and after leaving the farm lived on North Main street. He also was one of Algonquin's Civil War veterans. The elder Dygert helped to build the first bridge over the Fox River, was one of the first commissioners, and was a school director for many years.
Among those who settled m Algonquin in the early Forties was Eba Goodrich, whose sister married Charles Chunn. His daughter, Ellen, married John Sears and they became the parents of John and Walter Sears, whose music is famous throughout this section. Prof. Walter Sears conducts the Dundee School orchestra. A daughter married David Magee and has many descendants in Iowa. Another son, Spencer, married Lena Beck, and they had one daughter,
now Mrs. Lizzie Tarnow, who lives on a farm near Algonquin.
The Goodrich homestead in Algonquin was the house owned on Washington street by Henry Geister, and in which the Natz family now resides. Still another early settler in Algonquin was the late William Estergren.
In 1841 several young men left their ancestral homes in Sweden to try their fortunes in America. Among these were Peter Arvedson and William Estergren. Mr. Arvedson abandoned his school teaching in Sweden, while Mr. Estergren, who had been prepared for the ministry
in the Lutheran Church in which several of his ancestors had been ordained, likewise sustained a change of heart and decided to seek his fortune in the new world. Mr. Estergren first resided in Cincinnati. In 1844 he came west to Algonquin, his friend, Peter Arvedson, having preceded him by two years. These two old and tried friends again joined hands in Algonquin and took up government land on the east side of the village: They erected a log cabin in which they lived bachelor lives for four years. Mr. Estergren continued to live there and after fifteen years, put up a new brick house and then went back to Sweden to claim his promised bride. On their arrival in Algonquin they settled in their new home, which they enjoyed to a ripe old age. The Estergrens had three children--Matilda, Frederick and Emilie. Following the death of his wife in 1904 the elder Mr. Estergren, with his daughter, Emilie, moved to Carpentersville. After making
his home there for six years Mr. Estergren died, aged 93 years. Fred Estergren, his son, moved into Algonquin in 1908, and in the fall of that year bought the home on Main street in which his widow still lives.
In 1843, James Magee and his wife, Elizabeth McVitty Magee, settled on the east side of Algonquin, coming here from Franklin County, Pennsylvania. They were of Scotch-Irish ancestry. Two sons of this family, David Porter and James Franklin, served in the Civil War. James Franklin subsequently moved West after acquiring his degree as a doctor of medicine in Chicago. Earlier he had taught school in the Klinck School District and had married Miss Almeda Hayes, who also was a teacher. Miss Mary Magee taught in the country schools also, became the wife of Charles Jayne, and was buried in the cemetery at Oak Glen. Edward Magee married Jane Davis, an aunt of Mrs. John Nixbauer, and moved to Iowa. One sister, Loretta, married Sidney Stickles, and is still living in Oregon. David Porter Magee mar-
REFERENCE BOOK CAN BE FOUND IN ALGONQUIN (IL)LIBRARY.
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A Sketch of Phoebe Klinck's Life
Updated September 30, 2004
About Our Family Research
Mrs. Phoebe Klinck Smith was born in Orange Co., New York on the 10th of March 1800 and moved with her parents David and Ruth Klinck to Gennesee Co., NY until the War of 1812 when driven from their home by the British Solders; her father being absent on some Military Duty for the Federal Army at the time, Phoebe Klinck being 12 years old helped her Mother with the younger children, one only three weeks old. They traveled on foot from their little cottage into the dark wilderness at night, not knowing where they went.
The next morning her father came to the place where his cottage had been only to find it shouldering in ashes. Being informed by a neighbor of his family’s flight, he also struck out through the wilderness not knowing where to find them. After three days and nights, he saw at night a light as from a campfire. So he made his way to it though he was tired and worn out. There he saw a man of the company who had learned from Mrs. Ruth Klinck the name of her husband. The young man stepped up and looking inquiringly at him and said, “Is your name David Klinck?� His eyes answered first, then he said, “That is my name, but how did you know?� The young man replied, “Thank heaven, then I can tell you that your family is safe and in that cabin you see yonder.�
He hurried to the cabin and his little daughter Phoebe saw him first and cried out as she sprang on his neck. “Oh Papa, we never expected to see you again.� The joy was too much for Ruth, his exhausted wife, and she fainted. When she somewhat recovered he asked, “Ruthie, dear, how could you endure such a journey through the lonely woods?� Her reply was, “The God in Whom I trust gave me strength to endure all that was laid upon me and gave you wisdom to find your family. I managed to take the little babe in my arms and Phoebe took little Ruthie and carried her while Joseph and Gideon and John brought up the rear as fast as their little legs could carry them.
David Klinck took his family the next day to Susquehanna River where he constructed a raft of logs on which he placed his little store of goods and family. They floated down the river to a point where they landed and started across country and camped near Buffalo, NY only to see the city in flames. Taking up the march across country for the Ohio River again floated down the river landing in Kentucky: not liking it, they crossed the river to Cincinnati, then but a small village.
In 1815 they moved to Fayetteville Co. Indiana and settled on or near White River near Miller’s Mill. In 1816 Phoebe was converted to God and joined the Free Will Baptist Church and in 1818 became acquainted with Isaac S. Smith, a graduate of the clothier trade. Isaac S. Smith was a Quaker born in Frederick Co., Virginia in November 19, 1795. He came to Ohio where he met Phoebe Klinck who was teaching school at the time, and the Reverend Sylvia, Pastor of the Freewill Baptist Church in Fayetteville Co. Indiana, married them in May 1820.
In 1833 they moved to Franklin Co. Indiana and in 1843 they moved to Shelby Co. Indiana where they joined the Methodist Church. In 1847 they moved to McHenry, Illinois. In 1857 Phoebe was left a widow; her husband being so badly injured by a runaway horse that he died.
In 1861 she moved in with her son Isaac Jacob Smith in Crystal Lake, Illinois until her death December 19, 1886. In 1878 she joined the Disciples of Christ Church in Nunda, Illinois. She presented her son, Isaac Jacob with a large, old and valuable Testament which came to her in 1834. She buried her husband at what was then known as the Klinck Schoolhouse Cemetery.
Phoebe Klinck Smith died at the home of her son Isaac Jacob Smith at Crystal Lake, Illinois in her 87th year on December 19, 1886. Funeral services were conducted by Rev. S.S. Spaulding at the house of Isaac Jacob Smith on the Sabbath morning by the Pastor of of the Free Methodist Church in Crystal Lake, IL. A splendid funeral sermon from Acts 22:34 was used.
Family Photos
Isaac J. Smith Obit Crystal Lake Herald 9-24-1925 (9507 KB)
Son of Phoebe Klinck of NY (1800) and Isaac S. Smith of Frederick Co., Virginia (1795), who were married 5-25-1820 in Fayetteville Indiana. Phoebe b.3-10-1800 d.12-17-1886. Isaac S. Smith b.1795 d.5-6-1857, are now both in McHenry Klinck-Ebel-Haeger-Welch Cemetery behind old schoolhouse, now private property (74 Meadow Hill Rd.) located at intersection of Meadow Hill Road and Spring Creek Rds. in Barrington Hills. http://www.barringtonarealibrary.org/local_information/Cemeteries/haeger.htm. Son Isaac J. is buried in Union Cemetery in Crystal Lake, IL as Civil War Veteran notably of Vicksburg campaign. He was married to Sarah C. Brown, had 4 daughters (obit incorrect) and one son.
Klinck Schoolhouse today (Private Property) (588 KB)
74 Meadow Hill Rd (& Spring Creek Rd.) Converted into home, was once a one room schoolhouse with a cemetery in back. Cemetery still there, but closed. Approx. 50 people buried there of pioneer families: Haeger, Ebel, Klinck, Welch. Name of schoolhouse and cemetery changed over the years from Ebel, Klinck, Haeger... Plaque in front calls it WELCH Cemetery today.
Graves Phoebe Klinck Smith and Isaac S. Smith (771 KB)
Welch, aka Ebel-Haeger-Klinck Schoolhouse Cemetery located at corners Meadow Hill Rd and Spring Creek Rds in Barrington Hills. Graves and other info posted online at http://www.barringtonarealibrary.org/local_information/Cemeteries/haeger.htm
Related Files
"Algonquin the Beautiful" 1935 Centenniel Excerpt (7 KB)
Pages 10-11 from Centenniel Celebration Book by H. Peyrce Millar. -Mentions prominent pioneer family members Joseph Smith Klinck and Phoebe Klinck Smith. -Validates their written story from "A Sketch of Phoebe Klinck's Life," paper handed down thru family. -Confirms existance of Klinck Schoolhouse and Cemetery where buried.
In 1850 Algonquin Township, McHenry Co., Illinois census Joseph was shown living with his family near his "presumed" sister Mary (Klinck) Kelly. In the same census he stated he was been born in New York.
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Nunda Herald 3/21/1890
Mr. J. S. Klinck died on the 15th, age 83 years. Born in Caledonia, Genesee Co, N. Y., in 1806 were driven away by Indians in the War of 1812. After living in Indiana moved to McHenry County in 1836 and lived 4 miles east of Algonquin and later moved to the village. Married 4 times.
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Davis Uriah I | Born 1707
1806 - 1890 (83 years)