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Source: Herald Weekly Dated: Nov. 7, 1896 CHICAGO, Nov. __ - Gen. Joseph T. Torrence died at his home in this city of Bright's disease, with which he has been ailing some time. His estate is worth several million dollars. Joseph T. Torrence was born in Pennsylvania 53 years ago. His career is an example of what is a self-made man can become. Apprenticed to a blacksmith at an early age, he was an assistant foreman when 17. The civil war breaking out he enlisted in an Ohio volunteer regiment, was wounded at Perryville and led the party that captured Morgan, the guerrilla. His title he owned to a subsequent period, when he was appointed by Senator (then governor) Cullom, to command an Illinois militia regiment, and distinguished himself in quelling riots in 1877. After the war Gen. Torrence took charge of the Chicago iron works and later became connected with the Joliet Iron & Steel Co. It would be useless to enumerate the enterprises in which he was interested, but his organization of the Chicago Elevated Terminal railway in 1891 cannot be overlooked. He conceived the basic idea of the elevated roads now in operation in this city. Among his gentler attributes may be mentioned a love for children. |
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Source: Erie Times-News, Erie, Pennsylvania - Page 18 Dated: Friday, March 13, 1914 Chicago - Police are searching for relatives of Mrs. Albert Winslow, aged 75, who was found sitting in the street surrounded by her furniture. She said she had been ousted from the little home she rented when she failed to get money from her sons to pay the rent. |