Sylvester Tripp

Sylvester L. Tripp was a Lumber executive who served as the first Mayor of Mundelein (then called Rockefeller and Area) from 1909 to 1911¹. He was born in 1865 in Half Day, Illinois, and died from a "heart ailment" 1933 in San Diego, California⁴. He was married to his wife Harriet². He was born in Half Day, Illinois, and was buried in Lincolnshire, Illinois. Find a Grave claims his middle name was "Louis", but so far I have not found any corroborating evidence. According to a Libertyville ballot, Tripp was a Republican.³ He opeated the defunct S. L. Tripp Lumber Company. Initially a farmer, Tripp got into the lumber business by purchasing the J. H. Cronkheit Lumber company in Mundelein in 1900.⁴

Tripp Court is named after him.

References

1. Karen, V. (2008). Tripp Gravestone. In Find a Grave. https://images.findagrave.com/photos/2008/77/25353712_120584878406.jpg
2. Killackey, S. (2008). Images of America (p. 12). Arcadia Publishing.
3. Decker, W. (1914). Specimen Ballot. Lake County Independent and Waukegan Weekly Sun. https://newspapers.com/article/lake-county-independent-and-waukegan-wee/144191086/
4. Waukegan News Sun (1933). Veteran Lumber Dealer is Dead. Waukegan News Sun. https://newspapers.com/article/waukegan-news-sun-obituary-for-s-l-tripp/116545821/