Mr. Mack spent several years in school at Brooklyn, Pa., and later acquired the trade of a cabinet maker at Montrose in that State. In 1855 he returned to Sterling and was engaged in the furniture business and working at his trade.
In August, 1862, he threw his down his tools and enlisted as a private soldier in Company D, 75th Illinois Regiment. He remained with his regiment about one year when he was discharged for physical disability.
In the spring of 1868, he, in connection with his brother, C. M. Mack, started a newspaper in Sterling and named it The Whiteside Chronicle. He afterwards purchased his brother’s interest, and in 1870
The name of the paper was changed to the Standard. The leading feature of the Standard is its advocacy of temperance and no licensing of saloons.
Chas.M. Mack, brother of Theo. H. Mack, also came to Whiteside with his father’s family in 1839, and was married to Etta Coleman of Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, in 1867. Their children are: Persis Mary, Ada Stella, Mabel and Maud—twins,
and Annie Etta. Mr Mack was a soldier during the war in Cornpany B, 13th Illinois Regiment, and was severely wounded at Chickasaw Bayou. He learned the pinters trade with Wm. Caffrey of the Sterling Republican, and has been in the business constantly except during his term of service in the army. He is now a resident of Wisconsin.
Interesting News Article -
"50 Years Ago" by Theodore H. Mack
Theodore H. Mack has grown up with the county, having when a mere boy come to this county with his father
Horace Mack in 1839. He was married to Harriet M. Emmons December 8, 1859. Their children have been : Myra, Charles T., Harriet and Elizabeth. Elizabeth died February 3, 1869.
For the History of Whiteside Co. Bent-Wilson
