Cook County IL Archives Biographies.....Barmore, Nathaniel L 1845 - 
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Author: Goodspeed, W.A., & Healy, D.D. (Eds.)

Nathaniel L. Barmore was born March 7, 1845, in New York City, and is a son of 
Garrett and Hester (Lawrence) Barmore. The father was a manufacturer of pianos 
and the owner of a large factory and did an extensive business throughout the 
United States. He was an old line Whig and later a Republican. He died in 1874 
and his wife in 1901.

Nathaniel L. was educated in the public schools of New York City and in the 
Free Academy, graduating therefrom at an early age. While yet a boy he was 
employed in a wholesale cloth house in New York City. In 1862 when only 
seventeen years old he enlisted in the Twenty-second Regiment, New York 
Volunteers, as drummer boy, and soon afterward took the field with his 
companions. He was mustered for four months only and participated in the 
engagements at Harper's Ferry and Winchester. After his discharge he went West 
to Omaha and accepted a position as brakeman on the Union Pacific railroad and 
a little later was made conductor. In 1870 he removed to South Bend, Ind., and 
engaged in the drug business, continuing until 1876 when he sold out and 
became a traveling salesman for the Cleveland Burial Case company, continuing 
that line of business until 1882. He then came to Chicago in the capacity of 
manager of the local branch of the same company. In 1886, when this company 
consolidated with the F. H. Hill company, Mr. Barmore became secretary of the 
new organization which was duly incorporated. Upon the death of Mr. Hill in 
December, 1907, Mr. Barmore was elected president and general manager. He is a 
member of the Masonic order and is a Republican. In 1871 he married Anna M. 
Coonley, of South Bend. The family lives at 4837 Kimbark avenue.

Additional Comments:
Goodspeed, W.A., & Healy, D.D. (Eds.). (1909). History of Cook County, 
Illinois. Chicago: The Goodspeed Historical Association.

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