The man who by industry and perseverance provides liberally for his
family and in addition lays by a sufficient store upon which to subsist when
the frost of age shall have whitened his brow, is considered to be a person
entitled to our admiration, and the public hasten to do him honor. This is
perfectly right, as it is refreshing to see a man who is not discouraged by
every ill wind, who stands bravely to the front in the many battles with
fortune, and is ever ready with his cry of ''Onward" when others falter and
fall back. Such a man is Claude Disier, whom we are proud to call a citizen
of our commonwealth.
Like his ancestors for generations, he is a farmer and has made of the
vocation something more than the mere drudgery that characterizes so many of
the so-called farmers who appear to have no ambition beyond a mere
hand-to-mouth existence. Mr. Disier was born in the agricultural districts
of sunny France in November, 1827, was there educated and trained to farm
work, his father and grandfather both being farmers in that country. He was
a son of Francis and Catherine (Euteria) Disier. In 1856 he took passage at
Havre on a sailing vessel bound for New York. Six weeks was consumed by the
voyage across, the ship being the American vessel, Happin. He spent a year
in the city of New York and the following summer farmed at Cape Vincent. In
November, 1857, he came to Ottawa, where he worked in the machine shops for
a time and then purchased eighty acres of land in Waltham township. It was
his endeavor to make this farm first-class in every respect, and so to
cultivate it that it would yield him the greatest possible returns. Having
started without means, he understood the value of good management and well
directed energy and applied both to the work before him. He now owns two
good farms, containing two hundred and eighty acres, within two miles of
Ottawa. These farms are well improved and furnished with good houses, barns,
and other necessary buildings, while the fertility of the soil has been so
carefully looked after that they are among the most productive in the state.
Mr. Disier has been twice married, his first wife being Miss Georgiana,
daughter of George Sulzerberger. Four children were born to them, — Fanny,
Emma, Sophia and George Ganiere. His second marriage was contracted February
27, 1865, and by this there was one son, Edouard, who died in 1895, leaving
one child, Claude Disier. Mr. Disier has been an upright, honorable citizen,
and is highly esteemed by his neighbors.
Extracted 17 Jul 2017 by Norma Hass from Biographical and Genealogical Record of LaSalle County, Illinois, published in 1900, volume 2, pages 497-498.
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