Will County IL Archives Biographies.....Blood, Charles F 1844 - 
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Author: Portrait & Bio Album, 1890

CHARLES F. BLOOD. This gentleman needs little introduction to the people of 
Will County, as he has long been recognized as one of the leading men of 
Joliet. He is universally popular in both social and business circles and is 
possessed of more than ordinary ability, together with the energy and 
enterprise which seldom fails to win. After filling many positions of trust 
and responsibility in connection with the city fire department, he was 
promoted to the rank of Chief of Police, which office he held until June, 
1890. A native of the Empire State, Mr. Blood was born in Aurora, Erie County, 
February 14, 1844, and is a son of Horace and Nancy (Fairbanks) Blood, who 
were natives of Putnam, Vt., and were of Scotch extraction, the father born in 
1804 and the mother in 1808. They spent their childhood and youth in the place 
of their birth and there, also, in 1828, they were married. Horace Blood was a 
harness-maker by trade but, in 1834, upon leaving the Green Mountain State, 
emigrated to New York and engaged in farming. He served with distinction in 
the Patriot War and was prominent in local affairs, serving as School 
Treasurer and Commissioner and occupying other positions of trust. Sojourning 
in New York State until 1869 the father of our subject then deciding to push 
on further westward, emigrated to Jasper County, Ind., where he followed 
farming until his death, in September, 1889. He was a good man in the broadest 
sense of the term and made for himself an honorable record for integrity and 
usefulness. The mother departed this life at the old homestead in Indiana, in 
1887. Eleven children comprised the parental family, embracing four sons and 
seven daughters. Mr. Blood was the second son of his parents, and at the 
breaking out of the Civil War enlisted when only a youth of seventeen years in 
the Tenth New York Cavalry. He gave a faithful service of three years to his 
country, serving under Gens. Stoneman, Pleasanton and Sheridan, in 
Kilpatrick's Brigade. He was with the latter at the capture of Pickett's 
Division and fought at Gettysburg and Antietam, following the array of the 
Potomac in all of its great movements and when it covered itself with glory. 
At Trevilian Station, Va., he was wounded in the foot, but not so seriously as 
to prevent his continuance with his regiment. He endured with fortitude the 
various hardships and privations of army life, and at the expiration of his 
term of service received an honorable discharge. Returning now to his old home 
in New York State, Mr. Blood resumed his studies in the academy, where he 
remained one year. He then came to this county, locating in Plainfield in 1868 
and engaged in butchering. Later he went to his father's home in Indiana where 
he sojourned two years. In the meantime he was married, June 29, 1871, to Miss 
Caroline Foncannon. This lady was born in Montezuma, Ind., in 1848, and was 
the daughter of an old soldier of the late war who gave up his life for his 
country. Immediately after marriage the young couple came to Joliet and Mr. 
Blood became the employe of J. D. Paige in the bottling works,where he 
continued until 1879. Being called upon now to discharge the duties of 
Assistant Township Assessor of Joliet Township, Mr. Blood entered upon the 
duties of this position which he held three years. Next he was made engineer 
of the City Fire Department and was thus occupied until the spring of 1888. 
Still advancing, he was next appointed Chief of Police, and introduced many 
reforms in connection with the force, which under his supervision increased in 
numbers and efficiency. At the close of his police duties, in June, 1890, he 
formed a partnership with T. P. Houghton, and commenced dealing in coal, coke, 
etc. His business headquarters are at No. 731, Washington Street, and his 
patrons are numbered among the leading residents of the city. To Mr. and Mrs. 
Blood there has been born a family of six interesting children, the eldest of 
whom, a son, Harry, died when four years old. The survivors are Otto, Ernest, 
Christine, Horace and Myra. They occupy a snug home on Bluff Street and enjoy 
the association of many friends. Mr. Blood belongs to Lodge No. 23, I. O. O. 
F. at Lockport, and Bartleson Post, No. 6, G. A. R. at Joliet, also Lodge No. 
2, U. V. U. at Joliet.

Additional Comments:
Portrait and Biographical Album of Will County, Illinois, Containing Full Page 
Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens 
of the County; Chicago: Chapman Bros., 1890

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