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Methodist Episcopal Church .- This society was organized in 1833 with William Thornberg and wife, George Linebarger and wife, John Grant and wife, Charles Pinneo and wife and Mrs.
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Michael Rogers. In 1835 services were held in the Watkins school house, where Rev. Jesse Walker, Stephen R. Beggs, Mr. Stocking and others were accustomed to preach. In 1852 a building was erected west of the location of Elwood at a cost of $1,800. This house was moved to Elwood in 1866, enlarged and dedicated in October of that year. The pastors of the church from 1852 to 1884 are named as follows: Revs. J. Reeder, F. P. Cleveland, William Kegan, William Morse, Sanford Wash- burn, R. K. Bibbins, J. Richardson, S. R. Beggs, William Gray, G. J. Kinney, Joseph Wardell, M. C. Smith, S. Stover, John Roads, Marcus N. Plumb, Wm. Clark, Howard R. Antes, Joseph Caldwell, the present pastor. The membership is 100 with property valued at $3,700. During the winter of 1883-4 one of the most successful religious revivals ever held at Elwood took place under Mrs. Jennie H. Caldwell, wife of the pastor. The revival meetings were carried on for two months.
Baptist Church .- This society erected a neat church building in 1859 at a cost of over $2,000 during the administration of Rev. Mr. Renfrew, its first minister.
Reformed German Evangelical Lutheran Church, was organized in 1862-3, and a house of worship built in 1863 on south-west quarter of section 15 under the administration of Rev. Rufus Smith. C. Lichtenwalter, Henry Lichtenwalter S. Bosley, Ed. Loomis, C. Faut were among the original members. In later years this church was opened to the use of all denominations.
United Brethren Church .- In 1853 a number of United Brethren formed a society and assembled regularly at their services, which were held in private and school houses. Among the original members were Mrs. Boyer, Solomon Boyer, Joseph Landis and wife, and Anstin McCollum. In 1865 their church, on the north-east quarter of section 11, was erected at a cost of over $1,700, together with the cost of furniture. The pastors' names are Revs. Clark Adams, - Dills, D. Heningar, Elias Vin- cent, -- Walker, C. Bender, E. D. Palmer,.J. Dodd, G. Snyder, A. F. Loomis, H. Young, W. S. Hayes, J. J. Margilleth, J. Johnston, S. S. Healey and C. J. Stark.
German Evangelical Church (Methodist), was established in Jackson township in 1863 and a house of worship built in 1865. Among the original members of the society the names of William Kriemier, Jacob Wible, John Gise, Isaac Moyer, M. Moyer and and William Poleman are given.
Elwood Village .- The pretty prairie village, on the C. & A. railroad, was founded in 1854 by Messrs. Spencer, Gardner and Myers. In 1869 it was incorporated, with Wm. Muhlig, president, Robert Spafford, John Linebarger, T. A. Mappes and William Eversoll trustees, and W. F. Keith police justice. In 1873 it was reorganized under the general incorporating act of 1873, but within twelve months after one store, the school house and
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the hotel were left to represent the village of former times. The fire of May 28, 1874, destroyed $30,000 worth of property, and brought financial ruin to a few citizens. The village has grown above all this loss and now makes a steady progress. Elwood Lodge No. 410, I. O. O. F., was established October 11, 1870. The charter members were William Muhlig, Sidney M. Stevens, Thomas C. Pennington, C. H. Eddy and J. S. Hughes.
The Tax-payers of Jackson Township .- In the following list El. is used as an abbreviation of Elwood post-office; J. rep- resents Joliet post-office ; M., Manhattan, and C., Chicago.
Ashton, Myron, El Brown, Mary, 14 J Brown, Elias, 22 El
Coldwater, F., 21 El
Attaway, Edw., 6 J
Coldwater, Mrs. L., 28 El
Allaway, Samuel, 9, El
Brown, Sarah, El
Crafts, E. B., 13 EI
Aultz, Mike, El
Brown, Wm., El
Crellin, Alex., 29 El
Barnes, Matthew, J
Breen, Susan, El
Curran, D. B., El
Barnhart, Caspar, 1 J
Bridge, John; El Brown, May M., 22 El
Davidson, John, 6 J Davis, Philip, 8 El
Barnes, Nathaniel, 17 J
Bridge, Henry, El
Davis, Mrs. Martha, El
Bailey, Daniel, El
Bridge, Chas., El
Derham, John, El
Bailey, Daniel, 7 El
Brown, Nancy, 14 El .
Deutchman, H., 34 El
Barnhardt, Casper, J
Brown, Martha M., El
Barnett, D. D., 32
Bray, E. M., 9 J
Deline, Rebecca, El Deline, S. & A. Dooley, P. F., 10 J
Baker, W. P., El
Burson, Andrew, El
Doyle, Michael, 26 El
Bergin, Martha, El
Bush, Joshua, 31 El Bush, Wm., El
Drisler, Milton, 28 EI
Berry, J., El
Bargent, Peter, El
Ducan, R. L., 6 J
Bensinger, N. C., El Bell, James
Bush, Mrs. E., El
Eaton, Joseph, El
Beatie, J. C., El
Burns, R., El
Eaton, Robert, J
Bergiel, John, J
Cagwin, M. O., El Carman, Emma B. Carr, Burgess, El Cavanaugh, John, El
Eib, Amos, 7 J
Benedict, Hemphill, El
Blatt, Nelson, El
Eib, August, 16 El
Block, Wm., J
Cavanaugh, M., El
Eib, James, 16 J
Blatchley, O. B., El Bliss, Edward
Chaloupka, Chas., El
Eib, Adelbert, 17 El
Blair, Geo. R., 30 El
Christiansen, Peter, El Christiansen, Chris., J Clark, E. M., EI
Eib, William, El Eich, Peter. 3 J
Boxens, L. B., El Boyer, Elizabeth
Cliffman, Mrs. M., 27 El Eungard, James, El Cooney, Charles, 17 El Cotton, Wm., J Eversoll, W. T., El Faut, Chris., 33 El
Bovee, Nicholas, 30 El
Bovee, Herman
Cowell, Geo. E., 22 El
Faut, C. Jr., El
Bower, Dan., El
Cooney, Charles, 20 El Corbin. Peter, 20 El
Ferguson, George, El Fey, Eliza J., 29 Fitzpatrick, John, 17 EI
Brown, George, 13 J
Colman, John, 20 El
Fishburn, Jemima, 7 J
Brown, Emma, El
Collins, Geo., El
Brown, Frank, 14 El
Cotton, Albert. El
Fitzpatrick, Katie, El Fritze, Fred., El Frank, Lewis, 12 El
Breen, Wm., 7 El Brown, Ira, El
Coldwater, John, 28 El
Gay, Freeman, 14 J,-El
Brown, Ara, El Coldwater, Wm., 21 El Gebbler, Seth, 10 J
Breen, Kevin, 17 El
Coldwater, Anna, 21 El Gefford, E., El
Brown, Martha, 15 El
Coldwater, Jos., 21 El
Geiss, J., El
Barker, Jas. M., El
Bridge, James, 31
Dolan, Michael, J
Benza, Fred., 30, El
Beelso, Edward, El
Eaton, Daniel, Jr., 9 J
Beckwith, A., El
Chapman, R. W., El
Eib, Peter, El
Eib, George, 6 J
Block, Wm., 10 J
Block, Gott., 2 J
Bower, Dan.
Coleman, Joseph, El
Baylan, R. J., 16 El Brown, William, 3-10 El Cook, Miles, El
Fitzpatrick, John, El
Corbin, Peter W., El
Eaton, Daniel, Sr., 4 J
Eib, Albert, 7 J
Baer, David, J
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Gifford, W. W., El Gifford & Son, El
Gockley, Levi, 13 M
Gockley, Abram, 13 M
Gockley, A., 16 M
Goodwin, H., 13 J
Gockley, Mary Mrs., M Keith, W. F., El
Grove, Willis, J
Grove, Sol., J
Grant, J. M., 29 El
Grimpie, John, 17 El
Grant, Bridge & Co., El Kinney, Geo. J., El
Grempe, M., 17 El
Kirkhamp, Wm., 25 J Miller, Casper, 9 El
Kirkpatrick, Nancy, 7 J Miller. Wm. F., 12 J
Kirkhamp, H., 33 El Miller, David, 31 El
Kirk, Mary Mrs., 16 El Miller, Phebe, El
Grant, R. B
Kirk, Denis, 9 El Miller, Charles, J
Grant, Mrs. A., 31 El
Kirkhamp & Kreimer, 16 Miller, John, 9 J J Morgan, Wm., 31 El
Gurney, G. F., 34 El
Korst, Nicholas, 21 J
Morgan, Moses, 31 El
Korst, John, J
Moyer, Sarah, 13 J
Korst, Simon
Morse, Wm., 17 El
Halleck, Joshua, El
Korst, Michael, J
Moore, Wm. F., 34 El Moyer, Isaac, El
Harley, James E., El
Harley, James L., El Hewey, Palmer, J
Kyrke, Edw., 9 J
Moran, Owen, 6 J Morenous, P. J., El
Hemphill, Wm., J Hess, Ch., El
Leopold, Anna, ? J Lengle, Henry, 28 El., J Morgan, W., 31 El
Hemphill, A., El
Lengle, Michael, El
Muhlig, W. F., El Myers, Jacob, El Myers, A. S., J
Hemphill, Cyrus, 16 El
Lendel, John, El
Nelson, Samuel, El
Lengle, Sol., El
Nelson, Nils, 16 El
Hemmer, Henry, El
Linebarger, George
Nicholson, Wm., El
Linebarger, George, El Noel, Gabriel, 9 J Linebarger, Thomas, El Noel, Albert, J
and Liehlenwater, J. J., El Noel, Erwin, El Linebarger, A. J., 17 El Oshen, C. J., J
Hess, Jacob, El
Hibner, John, Jr., 5
Hibner, J. W., J
Higgins, Dan, 14 J
Long, Benj., M
Palmer, Ephraim, J
Hibner, James, J
Lone, Leonard, El
Palmer, John, 11 El
Hibner, F. A., 6 J
Lowe, Stewart, El
Palmer, Valentine, J
Hibner, John W., J Hibner, James C., J Hougham, J., El
Lutz, John, 24 El
Palmer, Henry, 16 J
Lyle, Peter, J
Palmer, Eliza, 11 J
Hoist, Nicholas, J
Lyons, Michael, 35 El
Palmer, Marion, El
Honkey, Chas., J
Mapps, Thomas, El Manton, Pat., 20 El
Pensenger, Thomas, El
Hutchins, Wm. H., Est Manton, Mary, Mrs., El Pennes, John, El of, El Maddson, Louis, 4 J Mupp, Mary A., El Maesser, Michael, El
Hurlburt, M., 34 El Ingram, Chas.
Jackson, Delaney, El
Johnson, Henry, 16 El
McClure, D, 25 El
Pinner, Charles, El
McFarland, Luke, 14 - Pierce, Eliza, El
Johnson, Julius, El Johnson, Andrew, El
Johnson, H. M., 16 El McQueen, Thos., 33 El Kassabaum, Henry, 16 J McGourty, Charles, El Kavanaugh, John H., El McFarland, Wm., 23 J 14 Kavanaugh, Mat, 32 El McAllister, Herain, 23 J Keir, James, 3 J McArthur, A. L., J
Keeler, Christian, 16 J McDonald, Thomas, J Metheny, John, El
Keir, Thos., El
Messenger, Ed., M
Kirkpatrick, Geo., 6 J
Metz, Martin, 26 El
Kinney, John, 6 J
Mead, Marcy, El
Kirk, W. F., J
Miller, Aug., J Miller, Henry C., El
Grant, John A., 31 El Grant, Margaret, 31 El Grant, Wm. C., El
Gurney, George, 25 El
Harley, Jacob, 33 El
Harley, Mary A., 33 El
Harley, B. T., El
Kreimer, Wm., 24 El
Kurtz, Eliza Mrs., 6 J
Kurtz Est., J
Moyer, Michael, 22 El Morenous, Jane, El
Herbert, Thos., 32 El
Hemphill, Jas. H., J
Hemphill, John, 5 J
Hemphill, J. P., 17 El Henner, Henry, El Hemphill, Nancy Sarah, 5 J
Linebarger, George, El
Overhulser, Isaac, 11 J Palmer, W. D., El Palmer, Jacob, 11 El
Long, Eph., J
Lock, Frank, El
Loyd, Bateman, El
Palmer, Henry, J
Pensenger, Joseph, 22 El
Hoy, Chas., El
Peterson, A. J., J
Peterson, Andrew, M Perry, James A.
McAllister, H., Jr., 14 J Phillips, James, 16 J
McGowan, J 16 -
Pierce, Abraham, J
Lendel, Chas.
Ley, Peter, 4 J
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Pohlman, Wm., 16 El
Shearan, Mary A.
Swedler, John, 23 J
Prosser, P. A., 11 El
Sheran, Francis, Sr., El Tait, Thomas, J
Prosser, Abijah, 17 El
Shearan, Francis, 17 El Tel Co., B. of T.,
Pritz, A. A., El
Sheeran, F. J., El
Pritz, A. A.
Shaffer, William, El
Ralph, Edmond, 3 J Reezer, Fred., El
Sing, Adam, 4 J
Smith, Hiram, 23 El
Reeves, P., 16 El
Smith, W., 4 El 34
Richards, Erastus, J
Smillie, J. J.
Richards, David, 16 J
Smith, George W., El Snoad, Henry, El
Richards, Daniel, 1 J
Ridge, Mary, Mrs., El
Snoad & Co., El
Riddin, Peter, 17 El
Spraul, Janes, 6 J
Rich, William, El
Spangler, Elery, J
Thompson, F. A., El Tohlman, William, El
Richmond, Anna, 28 El Spoor, H. H., El
Riley, Barney,
Spencer & Gardner, vill Traver, John, J
Rich, Elmer, El
Spafford, R., El Spoor, H. H., El
Trabing, Mrs. Louise, J Troy, Elizabeth J, El Traby, Jacob, 6 .J
Rogers, Saphronia, 30 El Spafford, Charles, 30 El Traby, Samuel, El
Rogers, Emily, J
Roderick, H., El
Rose, H., 17 L
Rockfellow, Mrs.,
Rockwell, W., El
Rogers, S., Mrs., 19 El
Stoner, William, El Staffer, Jacob, J
Russell, John, 30 El
Stone, Wilton, J
Russell, Mary A.
St. Francis Order, 4 J
Sanborn, Elizabeth, El Scanlan, Mary F., 29 El Streeter, Henry, J
Shaffner, Levi, J
Switzer, Conrad, 3 J
Shutts, John, J
Swedler, August, 23 J
Shoemaker, John, El
Swedler, Henry, J
Yake, Thomas, 17 El Yergersen, Peter, El
Shoemaker, Ves., El
Swedler, Edward, J
Young, Shelden, 8 El
Shearer, Robert, J
Swanson, Charles, J
The school report for 1883 gives the following figures: 730 persons under twenty-one years; 428 pupils enrolled; thirteen teachers; ten school buildings, etc., valued at $9,000; total expenditures for year, $4.564.65.
Mrs. Martha Brown has two hundred and nineteen acres of land on sections 14, 15, 21, and 22, about one hundred and forty acres of which is under cultivation. The balance is pasture and timber land. She is the widow of Ara Brown, who died in September, 1865. Mr. B. came to Will county in 1835, at the age of fourteen, with his father, Peter Brown, from Syracuse, N. Y. Mrs. Brown's maiden name was Miss Martha Hougham, daughter of Jonathan Hougham, of Indiana, now deceased. There are six children now living, two sons and four daughters. Frank Brown superintends the present homestead farm, and the other son, Elias, now Supervisor of Jackson township, resides on his own farm on section 22. Two of the daughters reside at home, and the other two are Mrs. Daniel Higgins, of Joliet, and Mrs. George W. Sharpe, of Nebraska.
Tyler, S. S., El Voight, Nellie, 33 J Walshe, John, 12 M Welkins, Charles, El Williams, Jacob, 3 J Wieble, Jacob, 35 El Williams, H. G., El Wilkins, C. H., El Wicks, George C., El Wicks, Charles D., El
Rudd, Ernest, 6 J
Spotts, Hiram, 25 El Spencer, William, El Spencer, Merit, 32 El Stone, Henry, 2 J Staffer, Matthias, 3 J
Rodgers, Joseph, 6 J
Rowland, Edward, 16 El Spangler, Henry, 12, J
Tel Co., M. U., Pierce, J Tea, Mrs. Jane, J Tea, Mark B., 5 J Thele, Joseph, 16 El Thele, August Thornberg, Robert, El
C Tel Co., W. U., Pierce, J
Stine, Mary, 19 El
Winters, W. R, 17 - Winters, Robert, 17 -
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Elias Brown, farmer, section 22, was born in Will county, 1851, and is the son of Ara Brown, one of the early settlers of the county. His mother's maiden name was Miss Martha Hougham, of Indiana. Mr. Brown owns one hundred and six acres of land on section 22, eighty-three acres being under culti- vation, and also owns seventy acres of pasture and timber land on section 17. In February, 1878, he married Miss Retta Mapps, daughter of T. A. Mapps, of Elwood, Illinois. In 1883: Mr. Brown was elected Supervisor of Jackson township on the Democratic ticket, and re-elected in 1884.
William Z. Brown, of the town of Jackson, has one hundred and sixty acres of land on section 15, where he resides with his family, and eighty acres on section 10. He is the son of John Brown, who came to Will county in 1834 from Onondaga, New York, and who married Miss Susan Zarley. William Z. Brown was born in Will county, May 11, 1843, and married Miss Susan Gonter, March 13, 1867. His family consists of five children.
Joshua Bush, born in Chenango county, New York, Septem- ber 12, 1845, came to Will county with his parents in 1847, and located on section 31, in 1869. He was married January 1, 1867, to Miss Margaret M., daughter of John Grant, born in Jackson township, October 30, 1847. Mr. Bush served in the One Hundredth Illinois Infantry during the war, as shown in the Military Chapter.
Kyran Breen, born in Ireland in 1830, settled in Will county in 1850, and was married here in 1858 to Miss Catherine Miney, daughter of Thomas Miney, an old settler of the county. His farm on section 18 consists of three hundred acres, one hundred and fifty acres of which are under cultivation.
Merritt O. Cagwin, born in Monroe county, N. Y., May 14, 1828, came with his parents to this county early in 1836. From 1844 until 1853 he was engaged in various enterprises. In May, 1853, he visited California; returned in 1854; commenced deal- ing in grain; built the Masonic block at Joliet in 1855, and in 1858 purchased 1,000 acres of land in Wilton township, where he engaged in agriculture and stock-raising. In November, 1864, he sold his Wilton estate and established his grain trade at Joliet; in 1866 he founded the regular grain market of Wil- mington; in 1869, that of Elwood, and in January, 1872, that of Braidwood. His official history with the districts where he has resided is given in the record of officers. He was married September 6, 1849, to Miss M. J. Wheeler, of Monroe county, N. Y., who died July 19, 1850. His marriage with Miss Maria Higginbotham took place January 9, 1852.
G. E. Cowell, M. D., born in Bradford county, Pa., April 27, 1843; enlisted in the 141st Pa. Inft. in 1862; received five wounds at Chancellorsville, and was discharged for disability at the close of 1863. He was married November 8, 1868, to Miss Catherine
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M. Ferryman, born in Guernsey county, Ohio, August 16, 1843. In 1871 he graduated from Hahnemann Medical College, Chi- cago, and entered on the practice of his profession at Elwood the same year.
Peter W. Corbin, born in Vermont, August 29, 1831, resided in California from 1851 to 1858, when he settled on his farm in section 30, Jackson. His marriage with Miss Sarah Hill, born in Vermont, January 12, 1834, took place February 19, 1861.
Edward B. Crafts, born at Derby, Conn., January 13, 1814, settled on section 13, Jackson, in 1850-1. For many years he was engaged in the Merchant Marine service; was appointed captain in 1835; retired from service in 1846, and the same year (Oct. 9) was married to Miss Sarah N. Thompson, born in Green county, N. Y., November 21, 1813.
Mary Blair, widow of George K. Blair, owns 59 acres in section 30, Jackson township, nearly all cultivated; was married to Mr. Blair in Wilmington, Will county in 1858; has a family of five daughters, all living. George K. Blair was born in Lancaster county, Pa., in 1831, and came to Will county in 1856. He enlisted in the 100thi Illinois Volunteers in 1862, and served till the close of the war.
Matthew Cavenaugh owns 160 acres in section 33, Jackson township, about 70 acres under cultivation. Mr. Cavenaugh was born in Ireland and came to Will county in 1849. He was married in New York city in 1856 to Miss Mary Mahr, of New York; has a family of twelve children, seven sons and five. daughters, all living in this county.
P. F. Dooley, born at Troy, N. Y., August 3, 1835, came to Chicago with his parents in 1838, and settled in Channahon town- ship the same year. In 1852 he went to California, where he was engaged in mining until 1861 when he returned. In 1864 he visited Montana, mined at Alder Gulch and Last Chance until 1867 when he returned and settled on his farm in section 10. Miss Sarah M. Brown, to whom he was married, March 21, 1864, was born here May 27, 1839.
Joseph Eaton, farmer, controls 120 acres of land on section 17, having under cultivation about 70 acres, the remainder being used as pasture and meadow land. His father is Daniel Eaton, of the same town, who came to the United States from County Antrim, Ireland, in 1853, lived in Kendall county a number of years, and settled in the town of Jackson in 1862. His mother was Mary McClintock Eaton, also a native of Ireland. Joseph Eaton was born in Ireland in 1849, and in 1875 was married to. Miss Emma Bell Crawford, daughter of Thomas Crawford and Alice Bell Crawford, of Kankakee county, Ill. They have two children, one boy and one girl.
Daniel Eaton, born in Antrim county, Ireland, September 26, 1827, came to the United States in 1855, and settled on sec-
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tion 10, Jackson, in 1862. Miss Mary McClintock, to whom he was married August 15, 1848, was born in the same county November 8, 1829.
Robert Eaton, farmer and stock raiser, controls one-hundred acres, of which eighty acres are on section 9, twenty acres on section 4; forty-five acres are under cultivation, the remainder is pasture and meadow land; he lives on section 9. He was born in Kendall county, Illinois, November 2, 1857, and is the son of Daniel Eaton, who came to this country from county Antrim, Ireland, in 1853, and Mary McClintock Eaton, also a native of Ireland. Robert Eaton married February 8, 1883, Miss Julia Young, daughter of Sheldon Young, who came to Will county in 1838, and Eliza Hougham Young. They have one child, John. Mrs. Eaton was born in Jackson.
Adalbert Eib, farmer and stock raiser, section 17, town of Jackson, is a son of Augustus Eib, who came to Will county in 1833, and his mother was Jane Evans Eib. He controls about forty acres on section 17, and twenty acres on section 19. Fifty- five and one-half acres are cultivated. He lives on section 17. On October 10, 1877, he married Miss Rebecca Grimpe, daughter of Henry Grimpe, a native of Hanover, Germany, born in 1826, who came to the United States in 1852. Her mother's maiden name was Mahaley Hougham, daughter of Jonathan Hougham of Indiana. Mrs. Adalbert Eib was born in Kankakee county in 1854. They have three children, Lottie, Herbert, and Jennie.
Peter Eib, farmer, was born in Will county October 5, 1855. His father, Augustus Eib, came to Will county in 1833. His mother's maiden name was Jane Evans. Both father and mother are still living in Jackson. Peter Eib controls forty acres on section 19, having twenty acres under cultivation. He was married February 27, 1879, to Miss Emma Hougham, daughter of Jonathan Hougham, of Joliet, born in Ohio Jan- uary 26, 1818. Her mother's maiden name was Martha Will- iams, born in Virginia February 18, 1825. Mrs. Eib was born in Iowa December 6, 1857. They have one child living, Jessie. Two sons, Jonathan and Orville, are dead.
George Eib, born in Harrison county, West Virginia, March 17, 1816, settled with his father on section 7, Jackson township, in 1833. He married Miss Mary A. Zumalt of Adams county, Indiana. Peter Eib, his father, died in this township; his mother died in Ohio.
Fred Fritz controls 160 acres in section 28, Jackson town- ship, 125 acres under cultivation. Was born in Germany in 1834 and came to Will county in 1865; was married in Joliet in 1869 to Miss Lina Hackey, daughter of John Hackey. Has a family of four sons and one daughter living. Mr. Fritz en- listed in the 29th Wisconsin Volunteers in 1862 and served three years.
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Freeman Gay, born in Franklin county, Maine, August 9, 1817, settled on Hickory creek in 1845: joined in the California stampede in 1850, and returning in 1854, located his farm in this township. He was married to Miss Augusta Gay, born in Kennebec county, August 3, 1820.
Seth Gibler, born in Scioto county, Ohio, April 2, 1839; settled here in 1853. In 1860, he and W. Z. Brown, engaged in farming; early in 1863 he located his farm on section 10; he was married February 11, 1862 to Miss Mary Brown, born here February 11, 1842.
W. W. Gifford, born in Chautauqua county, New York, March 4, 1844, settled with his parents in Grundy county in 1846; in Kendall county in 1855, and in Will county in 1872, when he and his father engaged in merchandising at Elwood. Miss Lydia Bryan, to whom he was married September 24, 1867, was born in Stark county, Ohio, May 12, 1845. Mr. Gifford enlisted in the 36th Illinois Infantry in 1861, was wounded at Chickamauga and discharged for disability.
Edson Gifford, born in Washington county, New York, Feb- ruary 10, 1820; settled in Grundy county in 1846; opened his store at Morris in 1855 which he conducted until 1872, when he established his general store at Elwood. His first wife, Miss Lydia Whipple of New York, died in Grundy county; his present wife, Mrs. Harriet Kendall is a daughter of one of the pioneers of Kendall county.
G. F. Gurney, born in Gloscestershire, England, July 2, 1832; settled at Joliet in 1844, in Channahon in 1845, afterwards resided in Grundy county and in other townships of Will county until 1867 when he located his farm in section 36. He was married to Miss Elizabeth Brighton of Liverpool, England, February 26, 1857.
John Grant, born in Scotland, March 12, 1816; settled on section 31, Jackson county, in 1839, a few years after his arrival in this country; died September 12, 1854. His first wife, Miss Rosanna Lamping, born in New York, February 18, 1821; died April 16, 1843. In March, 1844 he married Miss Adeline (Frazer) Kelley, who settled in Wesley township. in 1834.
The J. M. Grant & Co. Tile and Brick Manufactory, located at Elwood, was established in March, 1883, under the firm name of Grant, Bridge & Co. The present firm succeeded to the business in September, 1883, by the withdrawal of Mr. Bridge. The annual output of this company amounts to over one half million tile, giving employment to eighteen or twenty men the year round. Messrs. Grant & Co. have superior facili- ties for the manufacture of the best grade of tile and brick, having an almost inexhaustible supply of the best quality of blue clay on their premises, new and improved machinery, etc.
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They are at present unable to meet the constantly increasing demand made upon them for their goods, and contemplate enlarging their facilities in the near future.
Mrs. Mahala Grimpe owns thirty-five acres in section 19, Jackson township, about twenty-four acres under cultivation; was born in Fayette county, Indiana, in 1843; has two children living in this county, Mr. John H. Grimpe and Miss Nancy L. Grimpe.
J. L. Harley, born in Washington county, Virginia, March 20, 1830, settled in Jackson township in 1856. In 1852 he went to California (from Carroll county, Indiana), where he was engaged in the mines until 1856. Miss Ellen Turpie, to whom he was married October 28, 1859, was born at Cincinnati, Ohio, October 11, 1833. They are the parents of nine children.
Bruce Harley controls eighty acres in section 33, all under cultivation. Mr. Harley was born in this county, near his present homestead, in 1858. He was married in Jackson town- ship, in 1879, to Miss Maria Meyers, daughter of Jacob Meyers, of this county.
John Hibner owns five hundred acres in sections 5, 6, 8, and 10, nearly all under cultivation; was born in Guernsey county, Ohio, in 1804, and came to Will county in 1848; was married in Richland county, Ohio, in 1837, to Miss Nancy Kurtz, daughter of Christopher Kurtz, of York county, Pennsylvania; has a family of seven sons and five daughters living.
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