Editor of Chicago's first newspaper, the Chicago Democrat.
CALHOUN-- In this city, on Sunday morning, the 20th inst., at five o'clock, of a severe and lingering illness, of nine weeks' duration, which he bore with Christian fortitude and resignation, John Calhoun, Esq., one of the oldest residents of this city, and the first editor of a Chicago paper, in the 51st year of his age.
Mr. Calhoun was born in Watertown, Jefferson county, New York, on the 14th day of April, 1808. His father, Chauncey Calhoun, was an old resident of Watertown, who removed to that place from Litchfield, Conn., at a very early day, and who died but two years since at Watertown, at the advanced age of 80 years. Mr. Calhoun's mother is yet living, and is in her 76th year. Mr. Calhoun served an apprenticeship to the printing business in his native town, and subsequently united with his employer in the publication of the Watertown Freeman. He afterwards, himself, published a paper called the Watertown Eagle, also in his native town. Hearing much of the desirableness of the West as a place of residence for a young man of enterprise, he visited Chicago, in September, 1833, bringing with him a printing press and materials for a newspaper and job office. The trip occupied two weeks. On Tuesday, the 26th day of November, 1833, he published the first newspaper that ever made its appearance in this city, the Chicago Democrat, now issued by Hon. John Wentworth. Mr. Calhoun edited and published the Democrat until November 16, 1836, and then disposed of his interest in it to Horatio Hill, Esq., brother of Hon. Isaac Hill, late govenor of New Hampshire. Mr. Hill failing to pay for the paper, as per agreement, Mr. Calhoun disposed of it to Mr. Wentworth.
Mr. Calhoun held several important and responsible offices in this city and county, such as assessor, treasurer, collector, alderman, for several years, &c., &c. The duties of all these offices he discharged with promptness and fidelity, and no man can ever say that he wronged either his native State or city, or one of his fellow-citizens, to the amount of one penny. Mr. Calhoun's politics were those of the Jeffersonian Democracy; but in 1848 he left the Democratic party and united himself to the Free Soilers, and continued faithful to the politics of the Republican party to the day of his death.
In this hasty sketch it would be impossible to enumerate the various public and private virtues of Mr. Calhoun. Suffice it to say, that he was always forward in the various public and private benevolent enterprises of the day, to the extent of his means, and in private was a man universally respected and admired for his honesty, truthfulness and open-hearted frankness, which almost amounted to the simplicity and guilelessness of a child. As a husband, a relative, and a friend, he was one of the best of men, possessing a most affectionate and mild and equable temper.
Mr. Calhoun leaves an affectionate and devoted wife to mourn his loss; a woman who clung to him with a devotion rarely equaled and never excelled; and who, during his long and painful illness, tended him with a most tender solicitude, that anticipated every want, and shrunk from no fatigue. Indeed, so much was this the case, that Mrs. C. was also prostrated by sickness, and was compelled to be taken by friends to the bedside of her husband to receive his last embrace, ere his spirit sought that higher and happier land, "where the weary are at rest."
The funeral of Mr. Calhoun will take place from the Unitarian Church, Washington Street, at ten o'clock Wednesday morning. The friends and acquaintances of the family are respectfully invited to attend. ---Chicago "Press and Tribune," reprinted in Genealogy of the Calhoun Family, 1885, Chicago: Barnard & Gunthorp.
[Death was due to consumption].
CALHOUN-- In this city, on Sunday morning, the 20th inst., at five o'clock, of a severe and lingering illness, of nine weeks' duration, which he bore with Christian fortitude and resignation, John Calhoun, Esq., one of the oldest residents of this city, and the first editor of a Chicago paper, in the 51st year of his age.
Mr. Calhoun was born in Watertown, Jefferson county, New York, on the 14th day of April, 1808. His father, Chauncey Calhoun, was an old resident of Watertown, who removed to that place from Litchfield, Conn., at a very early day, and who died but two years since at Watertown, at the advanced age of 80 years. Mr. Calhoun's mother is yet living, and is in her 76th year. Mr. Calhoun served an apprenticeship to the printing business in his native town, and subsequently united with his employer in the publication of the Watertown Freeman. He afterwards, himself, published a paper called the Watertown Eagle, also in his native town. Hearing much of the desirableness of the West as a place of residence for a young man of enterprise, he visited Chicago, in September, 1833, bringing with him a printing press and materials for a newspaper and job office. The trip occupied two weeks. On Tuesday, the 26th day of November, 1833, he published the first newspaper that ever made its appearance in this city, the Chicago Democrat, now issued by Hon. John Wentworth. Mr. Calhoun edited and published the Democrat until November 16, 1836, and then disposed of his interest in it to Horatio Hill, Esq., brother of Hon. Isaac Hill, late govenor of New Hampshire. Mr. Hill failing to pay for the paper, as per agreement, Mr. Calhoun disposed of it to Mr. Wentworth.
Mr. Calhoun held several important and responsible offices in this city and county, such as assessor, treasurer, collector, alderman, for several years, &c., &c. The duties of all these offices he discharged with promptness and fidelity, and no man can ever say that he wronged either his native State or city, or one of his fellow-citizens, to the amount of one penny. Mr. Calhoun's politics were those of the Jeffersonian Democracy; but in 1848 he left the Democratic party and united himself to the Free Soilers, and continued faithful to the politics of the Republican party to the day of his death.
In this hasty sketch it would be impossible to enumerate the various public and private virtues of Mr. Calhoun. Suffice it to say, that he was always forward in the various public and private benevolent enterprises of the day, to the extent of his means, and in private was a man universally respected and admired for his honesty, truthfulness and open-hearted frankness, which almost amounted to the simplicity and guilelessness of a child. As a husband, a relative, and a friend, he was one of the best of men, possessing a most affectionate and mild and equable temper.
Mr. Calhoun leaves an affectionate and devoted wife to mourn his loss; a woman who clung to him with a devotion rarely equaled and never excelled; and who, during his long and painful illness, tended him with a most tender solicitude, that anticipated every want, and shrunk from no fatigue. Indeed, so much was this the case, that Mrs. C. was also prostrated by sickness, and was compelled to be taken by friends to the bedside of her husband to receive his last embrace, ere his spirit sought that higher and happier land, "where the weary are at rest."
The funeral of Mr. Calhoun will take place from the Unitarian Church, Washington Street, at ten o'clock Wednesday morning. The friends and acquaintances of the family are respectfully invited to attend. ---Chicago "Press and Tribune," reprinted in Genealogy of the Calhoun Family, 1885, Chicago: Barnard & Gunthorp.
[Death was due to consumption].
Editor of Chicago's first newspaper, the Chicago Democrat.
CALHOUN-- In this city, on Sunday morning, the 20th inst., at five o'clock, of a severe and lingering illness, of nine weeks' duration, which he bore with Christian fortitude and resignation, John Calhoun, Esq., one of the oldest residents of this city, and the first editor of a Chicago paper, in the 51st year of his age.
Mr. Calhoun was born in Watertown, Jefferson county, New York, on the 14th day of April, 1808. His father, Chauncey Calhoun, was an old resident of Watertown, who removed to that place from Litchfield, Conn., at a very early day, and who died but two years since at Watertown, at the advanced age of 80 years. Mr. Calhoun's mother is yet living, and is in her 76th year. Mr. Calhoun served an apprenticeship to the printing business in his native town, and subsequently united with his employer in the publication of the Watertown Freeman. He afterwards, himself, published a paper called the Watertown Eagle, also in his native town. Hearing much of the desirableness of the West as a place of residence for a young man of enterprise, he visited Chicago, in September, 1833, bringing with him a printing press and materials for a newspaper and job office. The trip occupied two weeks. On Tuesday, the 26th day of November, 1833, he published the first newspaper that ever made its appearance in this city, the Chicago Democrat, now issued by Hon. John Wentworth. Mr. Calhoun edited and published the Democrat until November 16, 1836, and then disposed of his interest in it to Horatio Hill, Esq., brother of Hon. Isaac Hill, late govenor of New Hampshire. Mr. Hill failing to pay for the paper, as per agreement, Mr. Calhoun disposed of it to Mr. Wentworth.
Mr. Calhoun held several important and responsible offices in this city and county, such as assessor, treasurer, collector, alderman, for several years, &c., &c. The duties of all these offices he discharged with promptness and fidelity, and no man can ever say that he wronged either his native State or city, or one of his fellow-citizens, to the amount of one penny. Mr. Calhoun's politics were those of the Jeffersonian Democracy; but in 1848 he left the Democratic party and united himself to the Free Soilers, and continued faithful to the politics of the Republican party to the day of his death.
In this hasty sketch it would be impossible to enumerate the various public and private virtues of Mr. Calhoun. Suffice it to say, that he was always forward in the various public and private benevolent enterprises of the day, to the extent of his means, and in private was a man universally respected and admired for his honesty, truthfulness and open-hearted frankness, which almost amounted to the simplicity and guilelessness of a child. As a husband, a relative, and a friend, he was one of the best of men, possessing a most affectionate and mild and equable temper.
Mr. Calhoun leaves an affectionate and devoted wife to mourn his loss; a woman who clung to him with a devotion rarely equaled and never excelled; and who, during his long and painful illness, tended him with a most tender solicitude, that anticipated every want, and shrunk from no fatigue. Indeed, so much was this the case, that Mrs. C. was also prostrated by sickness, and was compelled to be taken by friends to the bedside of her husband to receive his last embrace, ere his spirit sought that higher and happier land, "where the weary are at rest."
The funeral of Mr. Calhoun will take place from the Unitarian Church, Washington Street, at ten o'clock Wednesday morning. The friends and acquaintances of the family are respectfully invited to attend. ---Chicago "Press and Tribune," reprinted in Genealogy of the Calhoun Family, 1885, Chicago: Barnard & Gunthorp.
[Death was due to consumption].
CALHOUN-- In this city, on Sunday morning, the 20th inst., at five o'clock, of a severe and lingering illness, of nine weeks' duration, which he bore with Christian fortitude and resignation, John Calhoun, Esq., one of the oldest residents of this city, and the first editor of a Chicago paper, in the 51st year of his age.
Mr. Calhoun was born in Watertown, Jefferson county, New York, on the 14th day of April, 1808. His father, Chauncey Calhoun, was an old resident of Watertown, who removed to that place from Litchfield, Conn., at a very early day, and who died but two years since at Watertown, at the advanced age of 80 years. Mr. Calhoun's mother is yet living, and is in her 76th year. Mr. Calhoun served an apprenticeship to the printing business in his native town, and subsequently united with his employer in the publication of the Watertown Freeman. He afterwards, himself, published a paper called the Watertown Eagle, also in his native town. Hearing much of the desirableness of the West as a place of residence for a young man of enterprise, he visited Chicago, in September, 1833, bringing with him a printing press and materials for a newspaper and job office. The trip occupied two weeks. On Tuesday, the 26th day of November, 1833, he published the first newspaper that ever made its appearance in this city, the Chicago Democrat, now issued by Hon. John Wentworth. Mr. Calhoun edited and published the Democrat until November 16, 1836, and then disposed of his interest in it to Horatio Hill, Esq., brother of Hon. Isaac Hill, late govenor of New Hampshire. Mr. Hill failing to pay for the paper, as per agreement, Mr. Calhoun disposed of it to Mr. Wentworth.
Mr. Calhoun held several important and responsible offices in this city and county, such as assessor, treasurer, collector, alderman, for several years, &c., &c. The duties of all these offices he discharged with promptness and fidelity, and no man can ever say that he wronged either his native State or city, or one of his fellow-citizens, to the amount of one penny. Mr. Calhoun's politics were those of the Jeffersonian Democracy; but in 1848 he left the Democratic party and united himself to the Free Soilers, and continued faithful to the politics of the Republican party to the day of his death.
In this hasty sketch it would be impossible to enumerate the various public and private virtues of Mr. Calhoun. Suffice it to say, that he was always forward in the various public and private benevolent enterprises of the day, to the extent of his means, and in private was a man universally respected and admired for his honesty, truthfulness and open-hearted frankness, which almost amounted to the simplicity and guilelessness of a child. As a husband, a relative, and a friend, he was one of the best of men, possessing a most affectionate and mild and equable temper.
Mr. Calhoun leaves an affectionate and devoted wife to mourn his loss; a woman who clung to him with a devotion rarely equaled and never excelled; and who, during his long and painful illness, tended him with a most tender solicitude, that anticipated every want, and shrunk from no fatigue. Indeed, so much was this the case, that Mrs. C. was also prostrated by sickness, and was compelled to be taken by friends to the bedside of her husband to receive his last embrace, ere his spirit sought that higher and happier land, "where the weary are at rest."
The funeral of Mr. Calhoun will take place from the Unitarian Church, Washington Street, at ten o'clock Wednesday morning. The friends and acquaintances of the family are respectfully invited to attend. ---Chicago "Press and Tribune," reprinted in Genealogy of the Calhoun Family, 1885, Chicago: Barnard & Gunthorp.
[Death was due to consumption].
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