Chetlain, Augustus Louis
Augustus Louis Chetlain Soundex Code C345
Wikipedia page about Augustus Louis Chetlain, soldier, Banker, author; (Sunday, December 26, 1824 – Sunday, March 15, 1914)
born in: St. Louis, Sunday, December 26, 1824;
Son of: Louis Chetlain and Julia Chetlain, nee: Julia Droz.
education: common schools.
Married: Emily Chetlain, nee: Emily Tenney of Elyria, Ohio, 1847;
Son: Arthur Henry Chetlain, 1849.
Second Wife: Melancthon Chetlain, nee: Mrs. Melancthon Smith on Thursday, April 6, 1865.
Became merchant at Galena, Illinois
Assisted in raising a company of volunteers from Galena, Illinois.
entered Union Army, 1861. Elected as Captain, Thursday, April 18, 1861; Lieutenant Colonel 12th Illinois Infantry, Thursday, May 2, 1861; Colonel Wednesday, April 2, 1862; served with distinction, becoming Brigadier General Friday, December 18, 1863; and Brevet Major General, Sunday, June 18, 1865.
Mustered out of the Union Army on Monday, February 5, 1866;
Assessor Internal Revenue Service, Utah, 1867-1869;
U.S. Consul-General, Brussels, 1869-72:
Member of the Board of Education, Chicago, 1876-7:
Organized Home National Bank, Chicago. 1872, and was its president.
Organized Industrial Bank of Chicago, 1891. and elected its president.
Director: Chicago Stock Exchange
Now (1905) retired.
Author: The Red River (Selkirk) Colony (pamphlet) in 1821; Recollections of 70 Years, 1898.
Address: 1137 W. Birchwood Avenue, (1905), 7414 N. Sheridan Road (1911), Rogers Park
Source: Book of Chicagoans, 1905.
Find a Grave Listing
On Sunday, March 15, 1914, Augustus Louis Chetlain died in Chicago.
Burial: Greenwood Cemetery
Galena, Jo Daviess County, Illinois
Record Maintained by: Find A Grave.com
Record added: Oct 26, 2001
Find A Grave Memorial# 5894273
