History of Lee County, Illinois - Bushnell Historical Society

HISTORY OF LEE COUNTY 61
never weighed a question of civic or personal honor in the scale
of policy.
Mr. Shaw was united in marriage to Aiiss Annie E. Eustace, a
sister of Judge John V. Eustace and a daughter of the Kev.
Thomas Eustace, a Presbyterian clergyman, who was a native of
Dublin, Ireland, and who married Fannie Ohustead. Mr. and
Mi's. Shaw had three sons: Ered, of Denver, Colorado; Eustace,
deceased, who for some years was his father's associate in business;
and Dr. Lloyd L. Shaw. Mrs. Shaw passed away February
6, 1905, and four and one-half years later Benjamin P. Shaw
departed this life. He was a member of the Elks lodge and of
the Dixon Club. There was, perhaps, in Dixon no man more
widely known and none who had labored more loyally for the
interests of the city and state.
A. J. LAUER.
A. J. Lauer has for the past two decades been successfully
identified with business interests of Sublette as an implement
dealer and also as the proprietor of a plumbing establishment. Lee
county numbers him among her native sous, his birth having occurred
in Sublette township in 1857. His parents, Andrew and
Katherine (Strubel) Lai;er, are lioth deceased and lie buried at
Sublette, Illinois. The father passed away in 1898, while the
mother died September 15, 1876.
Hi the acquirement of an education A. J. Lauer attended school
in Sublette until twelve years of age and subsequently assisted his
father in the operation of the home farm for eleven years. On the
expiration of that period he purchased a tract of land and devoted
his attention to its cultivation until 1893, when he embarked in the
plumbing and implement business at Sulilette. He has successfully
conducted this establishment throughout the intervening
twenty years and is widely recognized as one of the prosperous,
enterprising and representative citizens of the community.
On the 30tli of October, 1883, in Sublette, Mr. Lauer was united
in marriage to Miss Katherine Hildmann, a daughter of Conrad
and Anna (Neis) Hildmann, who are deceased and lie buried in
Sublette. Mr. and Mrs. Lauer have one child. Amor, who assists
his father in the conduct of his biTsiness. The family residence was
erected by our subject.