History of Lee County, Illinois - Bushnell Historical Society

HISTORY OF LEE COUNTY 409
and coal, and iu 1889 became manager uf the coucern operated by
this firm. Iu 1907 he was admitted into partnership, the old name
being, however, retained. His work has been a helpful factor in
the success of the firm, which now operates establishments in
Compton and Paw Paw. He is known as a resourcefid, farsighted
and able busiuess man and has been carried forward into impor-
tant relations with the general business life of the locality.
In Dixon, on the 23d of January, 1895, Mr. Banks married Miss
Elizabeth McBride, a daughter of J. S. and Abbey (Carnahan)
McBride, the latter the daughter of one of the oldest settlers in Lee
county. Her father now resides with his family in Bloomsburg,
Pennsylvania. Mr. and Mrs. Banks have two sons: Stanley M.,
who was graduated from Paw Paw high school in 1912 ; and Smith
M., attending school.
Mr. Banks is a member of the Methodist Episcopal chiu'ch and
is connected fraternally with the Masonic lodge; Anchor Lodge,
No. 510, I. O. 0. P.; the Modern Woodmen of America, and the
Order of the Eastern Star. He gives his political allegiance to the
republican party and is very active in commrmity affairs. He was
for six years chairman of the republican county central committee
and was president of the village board for a similar period of time.
In 1911 lie was appointed supervisor of Brooklyn township and
elected in 1913 to the same position, which he still holds and the
duties of which he discharges with credit and ability. In what-
ever relation of life he is found he is honorable and straightforward,
being recognized as a capable man of business and a
public-spirited and progressive citizen.
FRANK J. CAHILL.
An enterprise like that of the Borden Condensed Millc Company
must needs have as the heads of its several departments men
of marked ability, of indefatigable enterprise and of sound judgment.
Such a one is found in Frank J. Cahill, now office manager
at Dixon for the corporation. He is a young man. ambitious,
energetic and determined, and brings to the discharge of the im-
portant and onerous duties that devolve upon him keen insight
and a ready appreciation of business situations and possibilities.
He was born in Dixon, September 30, 1880, and is a son of Edward
F. and Mary (Donelly) Cahill. The parents came to Lee