. Portrait and biographical record of Winnebago and Boone counties, Illinois, containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens, together with biographies of all the governors of the state, and of the presidents of the United States. a hamlet. Forming a partnership with Dudley Rcdfield,Mr. Carney was engaged in the livery business forfourteen months, then, disposing of his interest,engaged in teaming from Rockford to Elgin, Chi-cago, Milwaukee, and points in Wisconsin twohundred miles distant. He engaged in thiskind of work for two years and then estalilisheda dray
. Portrait and biographical record of Winnebago and Boone counties, Illinois, containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens, together with biographies of all the governors of the state, and of the presidents of the United States. a hamlet. Forming a partnership with Dudley Rcdfield,Mr. Carney was engaged in the livery business forfourteen months, then, disposing of his interest,engaged in teaming from Rockford to Elgin, Chi-cago, Milwaukee, and points in Wisconsin twohundred miles distant. He engaged in thiskind of work for two years and then estalilisheda dray line, which was the first of the kind inRockford, and after two years in that busin(\ssliccame the first expressman in the city. He wasvery successful in that undertaking, and continviedthus for fifteen years. Mr. Carney has always been a great lover of finehorses and his experience in training them hasled him to be a good judge of horseflesh. Heowned and drove the first horse in Rockfordwhose record was 2:30, and also had in his jios-session the first stallion to make that record. Heowns and now has under training several fine ani-mals, and is thoroughly in love with his work. In 18411, our subject married to Jane Ann ^^t^-^&fsA i^yi,^ ^.
Size: 2296px × 1089px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1890, bookpublisherchica, bookyear1892
