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Continued: History of Cook County Illinois; page 465
One of Mr Patterson's assistants in raising the house was AlexanderMcDaniel, wo was also seeking a homestead. This land had not beensurveyed by the Government, and those who built upon their claimacquired many advantages in obtaining their choise of real estate.When completed, Mr Patterson's house, then located on the militaryroad from Chicago to Green Bay, was opened as a "way-side inn". InOctober, of this year, Mr McDaniel bought a Government claim upon the present site of thevillage of Wimmtka, and now known as the "peck Place". In the springof 1837 he purchased land and built himself a house where John Garlandnow lives, south of the railroad depot. Here he resided for fiveyears, keeping "bachelor's hall", and accommodating all his Chicagofriends and others who could not "put up" at the "Paterson House". MrMcDaniel afterwards removed to Evanston and to Wilmette.
Alexander McDaniel moved to Wilmette in the spring of 1869.
The village of Wilmette was incorporated in October, 1872, and thefollowing officers elected: Board of Trustes, A. McDaniel (President),C.F. Boggs, A.T. Sherman, B.M. Munn, Amos Shantz and John G.Westerfield.
In connection with Messrs. McDaniel and Latham he has made large andvaluable additions to Wilmette, now known as Hillville.
Up to the age of twenty-one he remained with his parents, and for thelast two years of his stay was on a farm. On May 12, 1836, he startedfor the West, reaching Chicago May 27 of the same year. He remainedin Chicago that summer, and August 14 came to what is now Winnetka,Cook County, and in October, 1836, bought a Government claim wherethat village is now located, known as the Peek Place. In the springof 1837 he bought and cleared ground and built a small shanty whereJohn Garland now lives, south of the railroad depot. He afterwardbuilt a good house on Peck Place, and lived there until September 27,1842. He removed to Evanston, where he built a house west of therailroad depot, in which he lived until April 1853, when he moved toNew Trier Township, about one mile and a quarter east of what is nowWilmette Station. He remained there up to the spring of 1869, thenmoved to where he now resides in Wilmette. In connection with H.A.Dingee, of New York, he laid out the village of Wilmette, and mademany of its improvements. Mr McDaniel is the oldest settler nowliving in New Trier Township. He was school director and Trustee ofthe village to assist in its start, and although repeatedly solicited,has always been adverse to holding public offices. He was married toMiss Eracline Hunteen, of Champlain, St Lawrence Co, New YOurk onNovember 27, 1842. They had five children: Elten (now Mrs A.B.Baleam,of Minnesota), Charles, Henry, George and Grant. The parents of MrsMcDaniel settled in South Evanston in 1839.
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