Barlow in the Early Chicago

The following 2 entries are from: History of Early Chicago:  Modern Chicago and its settlement early Chicago, and the Northwest
By Albert D. Hager

Good Samaritan Lodge, No. 90, Sons of St. George, was instituted on March 18, 1882, and the following officers were then made:

Samuel Adams
Charles Bush
John Wrathall
George Cotton
ROBERT BARLOW
Enoch Ward
Frederick Raftree

The present officers are John Wrathall, John L. Thomas, William Rundle, James Raftree, Thomas Stirling. Peter Stirling, John Lampier and Enoch Ward.

The meetings are held in the basement of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

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Englewood Lodge, Ancient Order United Workmen, No. 174, was organized September 25, 1880.
The charter members were:

C. H. Lovewell
George Middendorf
Edwin Bally
S. C. Marston
L. C. Hogan
W. H. Whalen
J. H. BARLOW
C. H. Thompson
G. L. Berry - now deceased
John A. Cook
John B. Lanyon
Ishi Smith
Charles A. Frank
George Willets
Charles S. Tewksbury
D. L. Loud
W. A. Sutherland
A. B. Haddon
Philip Bertmes
Myron Imas
Waiter De La Matter
Scott Stevens
F. L. Sherman
H. B. Morxon
C. H. Lanyon
H. W. Thompson
W. H. Underdown
P. C. Huntington

The first officers were:

C. H. Lovewell P. M. W.
George Middendorf M. W.
Edwin Bally, F.
S. C. Marston O.
W. H. Whaien F.
J. H. BARLOW R.
L. C. Hogan R.

This organization, which, as has already been seen, started out with a large membership, has enjoyed a steady and uninterrupted growth from the date of its institution to the present. It now has nearly one hundred and fifty members, and is constantly receiving additions to its ranks from among the very best classes. A prominent feature of this Order, aside from its social and benevolent attractions, is its system of mutual insurance, by which its members can, at a nominal cost, secure for themselves the advantages to be derived from a safe and adequate life policy.

The present officers of the Lodge are:

George Willets, M. W.
W. H. Whalen, P. M. W.
J. A. Cook, F.
A. B. Hadden, O.
J. B. Lanyon, R.
M. Imas, F.
L. C. Hogan, R.

Men of 1913, page 486

Frank Orton Wetmore, a banker of Chicago, Illinois; was born in Kalamazoo, Michigan, November 12, 1867, the son of Charles I. and Jennie "Orton" Wetmore.
He attended schools of Adrian, Michigan.

He married, in Chicago, Illinois, April 22, 1890, MARIE LOUISE BARLOW.

Their children are Orville C. and Horace O. Wetmore.

Frank was employed in father's hardware store from 1883 to 1886; at which time he removed to Chicago and entered the employ of the First National Bank, where he became an auditor in 1897, a cashier in 1904, and is now vice-president and a director of that bank. He is also the director of First Trust and Savings Bank of Chicago National Safe Deposit Company; Chicago, Terre Haute & South Eastern Railway; Chicago City Railway and the Allis-Chalmers Company.  He is a member of Bankers', Mid-Day, Chicago Golf, and South Shore Country.

The following 3 entries are from:  Clark J. Herringshaw's City Blue-Book of Biography, Chicagoans of 1914,  An Alphabetical Record of Citizens Prominent in Their Chosen Vocations in Chicago's Educational, Social, Civil, Industrial and Commercial Affairs:

HENRY CLAY BARLOW       Cook Co Illinois

Traffic Director of 10 South LaSalle St, was born Aug 15, 1850 in Niles, Michigan
He was formerly Traffic Manager of the Wisconsin Central Lines.
He is now Traffic Director of the Chicago Association of Commerce.

[John Fisher tells me that Henry Clay Barlow is the son of Lemuel S. Barlow and Hannah of Lee Co Illinois and Berrien Co Michigan.]   

LOUIS N. BARLOW

Physician of 3035 Indiana Avenue, was born July 30, 1861, in Tiskilwa, Illinois.
He is Secretary of the Peoples Hospital Staff.

MASON BARLOW

Mason Barlow of 205 West Monroe St. was born June 22, 1879, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
He is Superintendent of Service for The Credit Clearing House.