Illinois Iron And Bolt Company
The Illinois Iron and Bolt Company was an industrial business located in Dundee, IL, a Fox River community in Kane County, Illinois. It stands as one of the notable commercial enterprises associated with the town during the Gilded Age and Progressive Era, and is mentioned in connection with several prominent local figures of the period. (Source: Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois and History of Kane County (1904))
History
The precise founding date of the Illinois Iron and Bolt Company is not documented in currently available sources. By the early twentieth century, however, the company was established as a significant presence in the Dundee community. Its operations were of sufficient scale and standing to attract civic-minded residents of considerable reputation to its board of directors.
According to the Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois and History of Kane County (1904), Rev. E. F. Cleveland, M.D. served as both a director and Vice-President of the company. Cleveland was a physician and Episcopal clergyman who had settled in Dundee following his graduation from the University of Michigan Medical Department in March 1868, and his association with the firm suggests the company held a respected place in the local economy during this period. (Source: Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois and History of Kane County (1904))
Charles E. Griffith became connected with the Illinois Iron and Bolt Company in 1873, having come to Kane County from Ontario County, New York in 1865 and been educated in the public schools of Dundee Township. He served as Secretary of the company from 1888 onward. (Source: Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois and History of Kane County (1904))
No further details regarding the company's products, workforce, physical location within Dundee, or ultimate fate are recoverable from sources currently available to this wiki.
Notable Associations
- Rev. E. F. Cleveland, M.D. — Served as Vice-President and director of the company. Cleveland was simultaneously a practicing physician in Dundee and an ordained Episcopal priest serving St. James parish. His dual roles in medicine, ministry, and commerce reflect the overlapping civic commitments common among prominent residents of small Fox River towns in this era. (Source: Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois and History of Kane County (1904))
- Charles E. Griffith — Served as Secretary of the company from 1888. Born December 7, 1853 in Ontario County, New York, Griffith came to Kane County in 1865 and grew to manhood on a farm in Dundee Township, where he received his education in the local public schools. He first became connected with the company in 1873. In 1879 he married Anna Evans of Dundee. (Source: Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois and History of Kane County (1904))
Sources
- Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois and History of Kane County, 1904. Available at archive.org.
- Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois and History of Kane County, 1904. Available at archive.org.