Herren, Oscar F.

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Oscar F. Herren Soundex Code H650

Oscar F. Herren was a Trustee on the Rogers Park Village Board, 1884.

History of Cook County, Illinois; The Earliest Period to the Present Time; Complete in One Volume, 1884, Page 462.

Biographical Sketches of Rogers Park

Oscar F. Herren was born in Ashtabula County, Ohio, Monday, February 19, 1844. He came with his parents to Boone County, Illinois, in 1848, remaining with them up to 1862, when he enlisted in Company D, 95th Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and served until the close of the war.

In 1868 he went to Nashua, Iowa, where be engaged in his drug business up to 1870, when he came to Chicago and was first employed by Van Schaack, Stevenson & Reed for two years. He then engaged in the commission business after which he worked for Chase & Pond up 1874, at which time he became a member of the present firm of H.H. Pond & Co., commission merchants, Chicago.

He has resided in Rogers Park since the spring of 1880. Mr. Herren is treasurer of St. Mark's Episcopal Church «f Rogers Park.

He was married to Clara V. Herren, nee: Clara V. Griffin of Bristol, England, Sunday, November 14, 1869.

They have one child, Clara I. Herren.

Chicago Blue Book

Mr. & Mrs. Oscar F. Herren were listed in the 1890 Chicago Blue Book, page 617. This issue does not list the address of anyone living in Rogers Park.

Mr. & Mrs. Oscar F. Herren were listed in the 1891 Chicago Blue Book, page 709. This issue does not list the addresses of Rogers Park residents. Receiving day Tuesday

Mr. & Mrs. Oscar F. Herren were listed in the 1892 Chicago Blue Book, page 758. This issue does not list the address of anyone living in Rogers Park. Receiving day Tuesday

Mr. & Mrs. Oscar F. Herren were listed in the 1893 Chicago Blue Book, page 779. This issue does not list the address of anyone living in Rogers Park.

Mr. & Mrs. Oscar F. Herren were listed in the 1894 Chicago Blue Book, page 773. This issue does not list the address of anyone living in Rogers Park.

Mr. & Mrs. Oscar F. Herren lived at 770 Lunt Avenue, in the 1895 Chicago Blue Book, page 278. This was the first issue to provide addresses of Rogers Park residents.

Mr. & Mrs. Oscar F. Herren lived at 770 Lunt Avenue, in the 1897 Chicago Blue Book, page 281.

Mr. & Mrs. Oscar F. Herren lived at 770 Lunt Avenue, in the 1898 Chicago Blue Book, page 273.

Rogers Park Directory, 1919, page 36.

Oscar F. Herren, 1700 W. Lunt Avenue