The History of Will County, Illinois : containing a history of the county a directory of its real estate owners; portraits of early settlers and prominent men; general and local statistics.history of Illinois history of the Northwest, Part 85

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Publication date: 1878
Publisher: Chicago : Wm. Le Baron, jr. & co.
Number of Pages: 980

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W. C. WILSON, farmer and carpen- ter ; P. O. Spencer ; one of our early set- tlers ; was born in Cortland Co., N. Y .; came to this State in 1835, and settled in Joliet; he removed from there to New Lenox in 1837, where he has since resided ; his farm consists of eighty-five acres, val- ued at $4,500. He was married to Miss Eliza Ann Gougar, who was born in Indi- ana ; they have had eight children, six of whom arc living-Charles L., Catharine J., William W., John F., Lewis F. and Mary L .; deceased, George W. and Eliza A.

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SCHUYLER ACKERMAN, farmer ; P. O. Wilmington ; was born in Passaic Co., N. J., May 4, 1834, and is the son of John V. W. and Helen Ackerman, of New Jersey ; his father was a farmer, died in 1859, 56 years old ; his mother died in 1878, 74 years old; Mr. Ackerman was

raised on liis father's farm ; in 1857, with his brother Henry, they emigrated West to Illinois, and settled in Wesley Tp .; here. he has remained ever since, en - gaged in farming His brother, James E., was in the late war ; participated in some of the prominent battles. Mr Ackerman is

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a Republican in polities. Held several offices of trust in Wesley Tp .; is Township Treasurer, which office he has filled for the last three years. Married in January, 1867, to Miss Abbie C. Carpenter ; born Feb. 26, 1840 ; daughter of Charles Carpenter of New York ; born March 4, 1808. Was an early settler of Will Co .; have one child -Annie Elizabeth. Mr. Aekerman is a member of the M. E. Church.

GUY M. BECKWITH, farmer ; P. O. Kankakee ; was born in Wesley Tp., Will Co., Ill, Sept. 12, 1840, and is the son of Geo. M. and Phoebe S. (Barden) Beck with; his father was born in Bedford Co., Penn., about the year 1816; when he was 21 years old, his parents moved to Newark, Wayne Co., N. Y .; he and his brother left New York together for the Far West, first stopping on the Wabash River near Terre Haute, Ind., thenee to North Ann Prairie, four miles northeast of Paris, Ill., which is thirty-six miles south of Danville, Ill., where they broke land; in 1818 or 1819, they eame to the salt-works, four miles west of Danville, where they worked hard for several years. June 22, 1827, George M. Beekwith married Charlotte Gilbert, by whom he had one child- Luey E .; the wife died Feb. 10, 1831, 26 years old. He was a Captain, and his brother was a Major in the Black Hawk war. He came to Wesley Tp., Will Co., at an early day, being about the first settler here ; he engaged in farming ; he died respected and honored. Guy M. Beek with enlisted as private in Co. A,100th Ill. V. I., in August, 1862 ; participated in all the battles of this regiment; was mustered out in June, 1865. In 1873, was Supervisor of Wesley Tp. Owns 228 aeres of fine im- proved land. Married in 1868, to Miss ·Orcelia E. Pain, of Michigan, by whom he has three children.

· HIRAM GOULD, farmer ; P. O. Wil- mington ; was born in New York, Dec. 25, 1827 ; son of James and Lydia (Goodwin) Gould. James Gould, with wife and five ·children, came west, and settled in Ohio ; here they remained about seven years en- gaged in farming ; they then moved to Illi- nois, and settled in Wesley.Tp., in 1844 ; "here he first purchased 120 acres of land ; -

he died Aug. 29, 1876, at 76 years of age, leaving wife and eleven children ; his wife (Lydia Gould) died in 1878, at 71 or 72

years of age. Mr. Hiram Gould was married in 1855 to Miss Elizabeth Binney, daugh- ter of Richard Binncy, who was among the early settlers of Wesley Tp .; came herc about 1841 or 1842. Mr. Gould, in 1849, went to California ; engaged in gold-min- ing ; was very successful ; returned home in 1851 ; three children-two boys and one girl ; he was a resident of Wilmington, but principally has been engaged in farming throughout life.

WILLIAM GOODWIN, deceased ; this gentleman was one among the first settlers of Will Co., Ill .; was born in Watertown, N. Y., June 8, 1815, on his father's farm; was a millwright by trade. In 1832, he emigrated West to Illinois, and settled in Jolict ; here he helped build the first house ; also helped build a distillery; here he worked, and having saved sufficient money, he came to Wesley Tp., and pur- ehased a farm, and commenced farming; this was about 1844; here he remained until 1850; that ycar he went to California, and remained there until 1852, engaged in gold mining with very good success; he then returned to his farin in Wesley Tp. He first married Rebecea Althouse, deceased ; he then married Mrs. Sarah Budlong in 1870, wife of the late Hamil- ton Budlong, who died in 1868, daughter of Benjamin and Betscy (Lawton) Butter- field, who emigrated West to Will Co. in 1844 ; father died in 1864, at 66 years of age ; mother died in 1877, at 79 years of age. Mr. Goodwin eame West financially a poor boy, but, with hard labor and good management, before his death he ranked as one of the successful farmers of Will Co .; he was entirely blind five years be- fore his death; he died June 18, 1877. Thus passed away one of the old settlers of Will Co., honored and respected by all, leaving a wife and seven ehildren to mourn his loss-Elizabeth, wife of Hazard Jones; Hiram, in Colorado ; Dolly, wife of Will- iam Cramer, of Missouri; Irwin, in Idaho; John, William and Phillip ; farm contains about 670 acres of land with fine improve- ments.

GEORGE GOODING, farmer; P. O .. Wilmington ; was born in Ontario Co., N. Y., Oct. 18, 1802, and is the son of George and N. (Wilder) Gooding; father was a farmer, and was a soldier of the war of 1812. Mr. Gooding was raised on his

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father's farm, and remained East until 1856; he had obtained while in his native State a fortune, but going the securities of others he failed ; he then, in 1856, came West with a borrowed capital invested in the present farm ; first purchased 280 acres of land, at $20 per acre ; here he set out farming and stock-raising; has been very successful ; to-day owns 900 acres of fine improved land. He married Jan. 25, 1826, to Miss Achsah Reed, born in Hartland, Conn., July 31, 1801 ; six children.

CHARLES R. HAZELTON, farmer ; P. O. Wilmington ; was born in Benning- ton Co., Vt., Dec. 31, 1809; son of Elisha and Mary (Kent) Hazelton ; father was a cloth-dresser by trade. Mr. Hazel- ton was brought up on a farm; in 1833, he moved to Sandusky Co., Ohio, and there engaged in farming about eighteen years ; in 1854, he came to Will Co., Ill., and settled in Wesley Tp .; he first purchased 160 acres of land; to-day he ranks as one of the successful farmers of Will Co. ; owns 516 acres of fine improved land. Mr. Hazelton has been married twice ; his first wife was Mary Wolcott of Sandusky Co., Ohio; second wife Ann Ball ; have seven children, two by first wife, and five by the second.

HENRY H. JONES, farmer ; P. O. Wilmington ; was born in Ross Co., Ohio, July 7, 1832, and is the son of John T. and Salome Joncs ; his father was a farm- er, and in 1850, came to Illinois and settled in Will Co., Wesley Tp .; he is now living in Chicago, Ill .; his mother died in 1876, at the age of 68 years ; Mr. Jones was brought up on his father's farm, and has farmed principally through life ; with his parents, in 1850, came to Will Co., and settled in Wesley Tp .; here he has remained ever since ; he made all the improvements on his farm. Mr. Jones, in his political opin- ions, is a Republican, and a Methodist in religion. Married Miss Linda V. Packard, of New York, daughter of Ansen Packard of Plymouth, Mass., who with his wife and three children, emigrated West, and settled in Will Co., in about 1844 or 1845 ; both parents are dead ; have seven children.

HAZARD JONES, farmer ; P. O. Wilmington ; the subject of this sketch Is one of the prominent farmers of Wesley Tp .; was born in Chenango Co., N. Y., April 1, 1826, and is the son of Samuel

and Annie (Hazard) Jones, who emigrated West and settled in Will Co., Wesley Tp., on the present farm, in 1851; here Mr. Jones has been engaged in farming ever since ; when the family first came here, the surrounding country was comparatively new ; built all the improvements on the farm ; Mr. and Mrs. Jones have retired. from the farm, and are now living in Wil- mington, Will Co., Ill. Mr. Hazard Jones married Elizabeth Goodwin ; have seven. children, and is the daughter of William Goodwin, who was born in Watertown, N. Y., in 1815 ; raised on a farm, and emi- grated West to Illinois, and settled in. Joliet, Will Co., in 1832; one of the first settlers of the county ; he helped build the first house in Joliet ; he died respected and honored by his fellow-men, June 18, 1877,. Mr. Jones is a Republican in politics. The farm contains some 600 acres.

ELNATHAN W. JONES, farmer ; P .. O. Wilmington ; the subject of this sketch is one of the prominent farmers of Wes- ley Tp .; was born in Ontario Co., N. Y., May 11, 1808, and is the son of Seth and Betsey (Simmons) Jones ; mother was born, in Rhode Island; father was a native of Massachusetts, having moved to New York at an early day ; here Mr. Jones re- mained on his father's farm until he was. 25 years of age. He was married Jan. 28, 1834, to Laura M. Briggs ; born in 1814, wife of Nathaniel Briggs, who was a soldier of war of 1812; he then moved on a farm, and in 1848, he returned to his father's farm ; here his father died Oct. 8, 1848, at 78 years of age, leaving wife and eleven: children ; nine children still living. In. 1849, he came West to Illinois, and pur- chased 131 acres of land of John Will- iams of the present farm ; he then in 1851, moved his wife and five children west to the present farm ; here hc has been engaged in farming ever since ; the street he lives on is. known as Virginia street, on the account at one time of a great many Virginians living on this street; Mr. Jones lost his wife, who died Sept. 8, 1870.

BENJAMIN F. MORGAN, farmer ; P. O. Wilmington ; this gentleman is one of the old settlers of Wesley Tp .; was born! in Herkimer Co., N. Y., April 2, 1811, and is the son of Ebenezer and Hannah (Chapman) Morgan; father, from Massachu- setts ; was engaged in farming and stock -- -

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raising ; mother, from New York, who died when Mr. Morgan was very young ; his father remarried ; he moved to Chautau- qua Co., N. Y .; here Mr. Morgan remained until 1840 ; Aug. 12, 1840, he married Miss Elizabeth J. Sternburg, of New York; started West to Illinois ; arrived and settled in Wesley Tp., Nov. 12, 1840; when he first came here, the country was very wild; set out and made all the improvements on his farm, which to day is one of the finest improved farms of Wesley Tp. ; he owns 200 acres of land that were made by hard labor and good management ; Mr. Morgan's first wife died; he then married Miss Betsey E. Gould in Oet., 1861, who was born in Ohio about 1841, and is the daugh- ter of James and Lydia Gould. Mr. Mor- gan has held several offices of publie trust. Republican in politics. Five children ; Erie F. was in the war, 100th I. V. I., but on the account of disability, was honorably discharged; Philip C., Irwin C. (Sidney S., deceased), and Mary E.

A. RICHARDSON, farmer; P. O. Wilmington ; was born in Vermont, June 23, 1805, and is the son of William and Mary (Starks) Richardson ; father was a shoemaker ; with his parents he moved to New York ; here he remained until 1856, and with his wife and nine ehildren emi- grated to Illinois, and settled on the pres- sent homestead ; here he has remained ever since. He holds the offiec of Justice of the Peace ; this office he has held for the last twelve years. Married Miss Mar- tha Goodwin, of New York. Mr. Rich- ardson is a Republican in politics ; owns 170 aeres of improved land; one son, Joseph W., enlisted in the late war, in 39th I. V. I., First Lieutenant ; died of sickness in the war.

DAVID M. REDMAN, farmer ; P. O. Wilmington ; was born in Upper Canada, Nov. 20, 1806, and is the son of Charles and Susanna (Marr) Redman ; father was a school teacher, and a native of Ireland ; was in the war of 1812; was taken pris- oner at Queenstown Heights, was slightly wounded in the leg; his mother, a native of Pennsylvania ; with his parents eame to America when he was very young ; at 17 years old he started to learn his trade as carpenter and joiner in Stroudsburg, Penn .; in 1856, he came to Illinois and settled in Kankakee, and remained there

about seven years engaged at his trade ; in 1863, he came to Will Co., and settled on the present farm. Married twice ; first wife Miss Sallie Ann Yctter, of Pennsylvania ; married second time to Miss Rachel King, of Indiana ; fourteen children ; owns 184 aeres of fine improved land. His son John F., was in the late war, 113th I. V. I. ; served until the end of the war, and was honorably discharged ; Thomas M., born Oct. 29, 1855 ; has taught in the District School, is now with his brother Eugene engaged in farming on the farm.

BENJAMIN D. RITCHEY, farmer ; P. O. Wilmington ; was born in Ross Co., Ohio, Oet. 24, 1815, and is the son of Matthew and Rachel (Davis) Ritchey ; father was a native of Scotland, having emigrated to America when he was very young ; was a soldier during the Indian war, also a soldier of the war of 1812; died in 1822, at 65 years of age ; mother dicd in June, 1862, at 88 years of age. In 1855, Mr. Ritchey came to Illinois and settled in Wesley Tp .; first purchased 560 aeres of land at $15.50 and $8 per aere ; has been engaged in farming and stock-raising ever sinee ; owns to-day, 367} aeres of fine improved land. Republican in politics.

HARVEY WARNER, farmer; the subject of this sketeh is one of the best known and highly respected farmers of Wesley Tp .; was born in Lima, Liv- ingston Co., N. Y., May 9, 1807, and is the son of Asahel and Sarah (Ketchum) Warner, of Columbia Co., N. Y .; his father was a farmer. Mr. Warner was brought up on his father's farm; in 1830, he married Miss Elvira Aurther, of New York, by whom he has two children ; in 1849, emigrated West to Illinois and settled in Wesley Tp .; here he has lived ever since. In 1851, he was elected Supervisor of Wesley Tp., and held this office for four years; in 1874, he was elected to same office, and holds same office to-day ; this office he has filled with honor to himself and to the people of Wesley Tp. His political opinions are Democratie. When he first came here he purchased 250 aeres of land for $2,700.

UNCLE JOHN WILLIAMS, farmer ; P. O. Wilmington ; the subject of this sketeh is the oldest of the living settlers that first settled in Wesley Tp .; was born

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in Greenbrier Co., near the White Sulphur Springs, Va., April 5, 1801, and is the son of Richard and Thankful (Morrison) Will- iams, of Virginia ; his father was a farmer ; here he was raised on his father's farm. When he was about 21 years of age, he married Elizabeth Burr, daughter of Aaron Burr. His father then placed him on a farm, and he farmed in Virginia until 1831; he then, with his wife and three children, emigrated West to Illinois, and settled in Vermilion Co., and remained there until 1834; he then moved with his family to Will Co., and settled in Wesley Tp. May 5, 1834 ; here he has remained ever since. To tell of his reminiscences of when he settled in here, would make a history in itself; he came here when the country was wild ; plenty of Indians, deer and wolves ; was here in 1832 during the Black Hawk war; attended the great (powwow) Indian treaty in Chicago in 1833; has met the great Indian chiefs, Robinson and Billey Caldwell, and remembers when John Went- worth first came to Chicago. He lost his first wife, who died in April, 1845. Mar- ried second time to Miss Susan Graff, of Butler Co., Ohio, who died Aug. 27, 1860. Married his third wife, Mary Cownover, of Butler Co., Ohio. He attended Govern- ment land sale in Chicago in 1838, and purchased 420 acres of land at $1.25 per acre ; states that the first sermon preached in Wesley Tp. was in 1835, by David Black- well. Mr. Williams is a member of the Methodist Church, which church he has belonged to for the last sixty years. Had two sons in the late war-Leroy S. and John R .- in the 100th Ill. V. I .; both did good service and were honorably dis- ·charged.

ALFRED WARNER, farmer ; P. O. Wilmington ; was born in Lima, Livings- ton Co., N. Y., May 19, 1814, and is the son of Asahel and Sarah (Ketchum) War- ner of New York ; Mr. Warner was brought up on his father's farm, and when 19 years of age, he was farming it by the month ; in 1844, he came West and settled in Ohio ; engaged in farming and mercantile business ; in 1849, came to Will Co., Ill., and settled in Wesley Tp .; the country was very new at that time; but few houses between him and Joliet; in 1853, he made a trip to Australia, prospecting ; returned in 1875. Married in 1839 to Miss Rachel

L. Curtis, born in New York May 24, 1818. Mr. Warner's political opinions are Democratic .. Owns 217 acres of fine improved land. His son, Norman C., was born in New York Nov. 26, 1839; came West with his parents ; received a good common-school education, and taught district school before the war. At the breaking-out of the late war, he enlisted in the 39th Ill. V. I., as 2d Lieutenant ; he took a very active part in recruiting for the regiment ; participated in some of the hard-fought battles; Aug. 16, 1864, was wounded in the leg at the battle of Deep Bottom on the James River ; this wound caused his leg to be amputated; for his gallant service at this battle, he was bre- vetted as Major ; he then received a clerk - ship in the War Department at Washing- ton, D. C. Here he studied law and graduated at the Columbia College in 1867; came West and is now practicing law in Rockford, Ill .; ranks as one of the prominent attorneys of that vicinity. He has taken a very active part in politics in Will County.

A. H. WARNER, farmer ; P. O. Rock- ville ; was born in Lima, Livingston Co., N. Y., Dec. 5, 1804, and is the son of Asahel and Sarah (Ketchum) Warner ; father was a farmer; here Mr. Warner was brought up on his father's farm; in 1846 or 1847, he came West and was looking for location in Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio and Illinois ; in 1848, with his wife and three children, came to Illinois and set- tled on a farm in the southern part of Illinois, near Shawneetown; here he rented, and in 1850, started for Will Co., with 150 head of cattle, and three head of horses ; drove through, and arrived in 1850, and first settled in Wesley Tp., on what is known as the Beckwith farm; the first year he was here, he put up 150 tons of hay ; here he set out in farming, and has farmed it ever since; in about 1853 or 1854, he built the present home- stead. He is a Democrat in politics. Married Sophia Merrill of New York ; have had eight children ; six living ; owns 425 acres of fine improved land, which improvements were made principally by Mr. Warner. Had two sons in the late war-Frank and Charles ; participated in some of the hard-fought battles ; was hon- orably discharged.

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JUDGE DAVID WILLARD, farmer ; P. O. Wilmington ; the above-named gen- tleman is one of the best known men of Will Co .; was born in Allegany Co., N. Y., June 13, 1818, and is the son of Daniel and Elizabeth (Sanders) Willard ; father a native of Massachusetts, engaged in farm- ing ; mother, of Fort Edwards, Washington Co., N. Y. His father was a volunteer in the war of 1812; was one of the first set- tlers of Allegany Co., N.Y., he died in 1877, at 90 years of age ; Judge Willard was raised on his father's farm ; he received a high- school education, and at the age of 21, he was engaged in the winter months in teach- ing the district schools. In 1844, he married Miss Hodah Axtell, of Allegany Co., N. Y .; he then with his wife started for Illinois, then the Far West, in a wagon drawn by horses, taking them eighteen days in making the trip ; came via Jamestown, N. Y., Eric, Penn., then following the lake- shore to Cleveland, Ohio, thence through La Porte ; arrived in Illinois, and settled in Wesley Tp., Will Co., on the farm he now lives on, which was purchased before he left New York State ; the country was new,

but few settlers, and no improvements on his farm ; he set out in farmning ; here he has lived ever since, with the exception of a few years he lived in Joliet ; he has made all the improvements on his farm, which ranks among the many fine improved farms of Wesley Tp. Judge Wilson has held vari- ous offices of public trust ; was Township Treasurer of Schools about 1846, Justice of the Peace about 1848 ; this office he held for several years; was Supervisor of township for many years ; was Chairman of the Board of Supervisors of Will Co .; hc was Supervisor of township during the war, and took a very active part in the enlist- ment of men for the army, from Wesley Tp .; in 1865, he was elected County Judge for four years, and in 1869, he was re- elected to same office, term expiring in 1873, during all of his offices in township and county, he has proven himself a gentle- man of acknowledged ability, whose duties have been performed in a faithful manner ; his political opinions are Republican, which party he has taken a very active part in ever since its organization. Have two children.

FLORENCE TOWNSHIP.

JAMES BASKERVILLE, farmer, Sec. 22; P. O. Wilmington; owns 290 acres, valued at $40 per acre ; born Oct. 12, 1833, in Tipperary, Ireland; emigrated to the United States in 1847, with two sisters and six brothers-nine in all-their parents having died in Ireland in 1845 ; the whole family located in Oneida Co., N. Y., where James remained three years ; thence to this township in 1850. Married Jane Fogarty in February, 1860; she was horn in November, 1836, in Tipperary Co., Ireland, and emigrated to this country with her parents in 1846 ; have seven children- Mary A., Andrew J., Charlotte J., Anna M., George, John and Ella R. His brother Andrew enlisted in 1862, in the Chicago Board of Trade Battery, and died in the service, of typhoid fever, at Louisville, Ky., in 1863.

RUFUS CORBETT, farmer, Sec. 29; P. O. Wilmington ; owns 101 acres, valued at $50 per acre; held the offices of Highway

Commissioner and School Director eleven years ; born Feb. 26, 1811, in Kenne- bec Co., Me. Married Mary A. Currier Nov. 13, 1844 ; they emigrated to Illinois that fall, locating near Joliet, this county ; there Mr. Corbett rented what is known as the Kinsey Farm, in partnership with Dr. Hoffman, for one year ; thence to the farm where he now resides in 1846, his family staying at the residence of A. Hill until he built the house in which he resides at pres- ent, which residence they had covered and occupied as soon as Aug. 31, 1846 ; have three children living-Frank M., Helen A. and Emily C .; one died in infancy. Frank M. enlisted in the war of the rebell- ion, in Co. E, 39th Ill. V. I., Feb. 24, 1864, to serve three years, or during the war; was discharged Dec. 6, 1865. He married El- laer Mcede Aug. 24, 1875 ; she was born in Louisville, Ky., in 1858. Helen A. mar- ried Thomas McQueen and Emily C. mar- ried Archibald McQueen, both of Scotland.

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JOHN FRIDLEY, farmer, Sec. 10; P. O. Wilmington ; owns 160 acres, valued at $50 per acre; born in Switzerland March 26, 1838 ; emigrated to the United States in 1857, and came direct to this township. Married Mrs. Meria Dellen- bach, of this township, in 1866; she was born in Wurtemberg, Germany, in 1827, and came to this country in 1852; Mrs. Fridley's children by her first husband are John and Frank Dellenbach ; onc child by second marriage-E. Franklin Fridley. Mr. Fridley enlisted in the 100th Ill. V. I. Aug. 21, 1862; was wounded in the knec, near Kenesaw Mountain, June 18, 1864, from the effects of which he was helpless for two months ; he remained in the hospital nearly cight months before he rejoined the regiment ; was mustered out June 12, 1865, at Nashville, Tenn. When Mr. Fridley proposed leaving his native country, like many others,

" Chill penury repressed his noble rage,

And froze the genial courage of his soul."

However, he was encouraged by a friend, who lent him money to pay his fare ; so when he arrived here he was not only with- out moncy, but actually in debt for his passage to this country ; now he enjoys a comfortable home.

CHARLES HAZARD, farmer, Sec. 33 ; P. O. Wilmington ; owns 120 acres, valued at $50 per acre ; held the office of Supervisor four years, Highway Commis- sioner and Justice of the Peace one term; born Aug. 13, 1813, in Sidway, R. I .; em- igrated to New York in 1822; remained there until 1852; thence to Will Co., Ill. Married Fannie Broadrick in 1834, in Chenango Co., N. Y .; she was born at Conway, Mass., Oct. 31, 1815 ; have five children-Enos E., Sarah F., Charles D., George B. and Ellen M., all born in Sulli- van, N. Y., except Enos E., who was born in New Berlin, N. Y. Mr. Hazard and his family located on the farm he now owns on his arrival (November, 1852) in Will Co., which was then unimproved prairie.

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The History of Will County, Illinois : containing a history of the county a directory of its real estate owners; portraits of early settlers and prominent men; general and local statistics.history of Illinois history of the Northwest, Part 85

Author: Publication date: 1878 Publisher: Chicago : Wm. Le Baron, jr. & co. Number of Pages: 980

Author:
Publication date: 1878
Publisher: Chicago : Wm. Le Baron, jr. & co.
Number of Pages: 980