Wild, Thomas S.
Thomas S. Wild Soundex Code W430
History of Cook County, Illinois; The Earliest Period to the Present Time; Complete in One Volume, 1884, Page 464.
Biographical Sketches of Rogers Park
Thomas S. Wild, of Wild & Hills, brass founders, Chicago, was born in Sheffield, England, March 6, 1832. Learning the trade of surgical instrument maker, in Sheffield, England, he worked for Hutchinson Bros., of the same place, up to the age of 21. From that time up to 1856, he engaged in the optical instrument business. When he came to New York and for eight years worked, first in a surgical instrument manufactory, then in a sewing machine manufactory. After while he learned the trade of brass founder.
In 1864, he came to Chicago and took charge of the business of D.C. Smith & Co., manufacturers of organs. In 1872, he started the present business, as firm of Luce, Wild, Fawcett & Co., which one year afterward was changed to the present firm of Wild & Hills.
Mr. Wild has resided in Rogers Park since l882.
He married Georgiana H. Wild, nee: Georgiana H. Major, of Bath, England, April 8, 1860.
They have three children:
Chicago Blue Book
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas S. Wild were listed in the 1890 Chicago Blue Book, page 618. This issue does not list the address of anyone living in Rogers Park.
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas S. Wild were listed in the 1891 Chicago Blue Book, page 710. This issue does not list the addresses of Rogers Park residents.
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas S. Wild were listed in the 1892 Chicago Blue Book, page 759. This issue does not list the address of anyone living in Rogers Park.
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas S. Wild were listed in the 1893 Chicago Blue Book, page 780. This issue does not list the address of anyone living in Rogers Park.
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas S. Wild were listed in the 1894 Chicago Blue Book, page 774. This issue does not list the address of anyone living in Rogers Park.
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas S. Wild lived at 813 Morse Avenue, in the 1895 Chicago Blue Book, page 280. This was the first issue to provide addresses of Rogers Park residents.
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas S. Wild lived at 1038 Greenleaf Avenue, in the 1897 Chicago Blue Book, page 270.
