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 90

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Publication date: 1878
Publisher: Chicago : Wm. Le Baron, jr. & co.
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JOHN LANTZ, farmer ; P. O. Naper- ville; was born in Lancaster Co., Penn., Nov. 26, 1815, and is the son of Peter and Cath-

erine (Schelly) Lantz, of Pennsylvania ; father a farmer ; Mr. Lantz was raised on his father's farm, and, in 1850, came West to Illinois, and settled in Will Co., Wheat- land Tp .; here he has been engaged in farming ; they first purchased eighty acres of land, and Mr. Lantz, by hard work and good management, at one time owned 480 acres of land. He married Annie M. Schott; have six children-Isaac V., born 1840 (married Lena Staedle, of Germany, who died April, 1876; four children ; he is now farming the old homestead of 200 acres); Jacob, born 1842 (married Isa- bella Fendeman, of Illinois; five chil- dren); Betsey Ann, born 1843 (married Christian Schaal; seven children) ; Sarah L. (married Israel Stark ; seven children) ; Peter, born 1846 (married Amelia Minnich, of Pennsylvania; two children) ; Susan born 1850 (married John Stoner; four children). Mr. Lantz has had forty grand- children. Is a member of the Evangel- ical Church.

JOHN LEPPERT, JR., farmer ; P. O. Naperville; was born in Baden, Ger- many, Sept. 26, 1833, and is the son of John and Magdalene (Baum) Leppert, of Ger- many ; they started for America with six children, and landed in New York City in January, 1854; they came to Will Co., Ill., and arrived in Wheatland March 20, 1854; here they set out in farming ; first purchased the 160 acres now owned by Mr. George Leppert, at $10 per acre ; here they have remained ever since. Mr. John Leppert, Sr., was born in Baden, Germany, Dec. 15, 1804. Mrs. Magda- lene (Baum) Leppert was born March 12, 1803; she died June 11, 1878. John Leppert, Jr., was married, Jan. 24, 1861, to Miss Elizabeth Studle, of Germany ; have three children ; own 160 acres of fine, improved land, which improvement was made principally by his father.

GEORGE LEPPERT, farmer ; P. O. Aurora; was born in Baden, Germany, in . 1838, and is the son of John and Magda- lene (Baum) Leppert; father a farmer ; was born in Baden, Germany, Dec. 15, 1804; mother born March 12, 1803; with six children emigrated to America, and in January, 1854, landed in New York City; they first went to Ross Co., Ohio; here they remained about two months, then went to Illinois and settled in Wheat-

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land Tp., Will Co., on the farm that is now owned by Mr. George Leppert .; here they set out in farming ; being poor, they worked very hard, and to-day they rank among the successful farmers of Will Co. Mr. John Leppert, Sr., is one of the first members of the German Lutheran Church of Wheatland Tp .; he and Mr. Jacob Fry were the first Trustees ; these gentlemen took a very active part in crocting the present Lutheran Church of Wheatland Tp. Mrs. Magdalene Leppert died a Christian lady, June 11, 1878. Mr. George Leppert has been married twice ; first wife was Miss Wilmina Schaefer, of Germany; died in 1868; second wife, Miss Elizabeth Westphal, of Germany ; two children-one by first wife and one by second wife. Owns 160 acres of land.

JACOB MATTER, farmer; P. O. Naperville; was born in Dauphin Co., Penn., Feb. 1, 1818, and is a son of Chris- tian Matter (was a soldier of the war of 1812), was a shocmaker by trade and was engaged in farming the latter years of his lifc. Mr. Matter learned the shoemaker trade, but, on account of his health, turned his attention to farming; moved to Jeffer- son Co., Penn., with his parents; here his father died, leaving a wife and five chil- dren. In 1844, he came West to Illinois ; first settled in Naperville; his first pur- chase was eighty acres of Government land, at $1.25 per acre, the present farm now farmed by his son Abraham; Mr. Matter was a resident of Aurora eight years. Married Miss Nancy Milliren, of Jefferson Co., Penn., by whom he has had ten children-five boys and five girls. Abraham was a soldier in the late war; was taken sick at Vicksburg, Miss .; was honorably discharged.

JOHN McMICKEN, farmer; P. O. Aurora; the subject of this sketch was born in Ayrshire, Scotland, January, 1815, and is the son of William McMicken, a shoemaker by trade; he, with wife and four children, emigrated to America in 1843; came West same year to Milwaukee, Wis., then to Chicago, thence to Aurora, Ill .; he purchased 160 acres of Govern- ment land, at $1.25 per acre, situated on Sec. 6, Wheatland Tp., Will Co., in 1843 ; this is supposed to be the first entry of Government land in that part of Wheat-

land Tp. William McMicken married Grace McCracken, of Ayrshire, Scotland ; both were members of the Union Presby- terian Church of Scotland, he being an Elder of the Church for a number of years ; he died August, 1848, aged 65 years; she died in 1857, aged 73 years. Mr. John McMicken is, perhaps, one of the best known farmers of Wheaton Tp .; has held several offices of public trust ; in 1857, he was elected Assessor of Wheat- land Tp .; this office he filled until 1877; this year he was elected Supervisor of Wheat- land Tp., which office he still holds ; also, has been Justice of the Peace for the last twelve years ; in all of these offices he has given entire satisfaction, having proved himself a gentleman of acknowledged abil- ity, whose duties have been performed in a faithful manner. He is a Republican in politics. Mr. McMicken was married in 1852 to Miss J. Harvey, of Scotland, daughter of James Harvey. Owns 130 acres of fine, improved land.

JAMES PATTERSON, farmer; P. O. East Wheatland ; was born in Dum- friesshire, Scotland, January, 1832, and is the brother of D. Patterson, who was born in Dumfriesshire, Scotland, Oct. 8, 1829, who came to Will Co., Ill., and set- tled in Wheatland Tp. in 1849; came here very poor, but, with industry, to-day they own 440 acres of land, with improve- ments that rank with the best of Will Co; in 1853, they purchased the present farm from John H. Hall, who had erected a house 12x14, two stories high, the first floor used for a horse-stable, and the sec- ond story used to sleep in; this house was also the home of Messrs. D. and J. Patterson for several years, and is now standing on the farm. Mr. D. Patterson marricd in 1859 Miss Jane Williamson, of Scot- land, daughter of John Williamson, a farmer of Lake Co., Ill.

THOMAS PATTERSON, farmer ; P. (). East Wheatland ; was born in Scotland Jan. 14, 1822, and is the son of John and Janc (Howell) Patterson, of Scotland ; father was a farmer ; Mr. Patterson emi- grated to America in 1858, and, same year, came to Will Co., Ill .; here he has remained ever since. He married Miss Agnes Palmer, of England; have three children, two daughters and one son. Owns 120 acres of improved land.

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MUNGO PATTERSON, farmer; P. O. East Wheatland; was born in Dum- friesshire, Scotland, and is the son of John and Jane (Howell) Patterson ; his father was a farmer; Mr. Patterson was raised on his father's farm; in 1841, he emi- grated to America, and landed in New York City ; he then went to Wayne Co., N. Y .; here he was engaged in farming, and remained there until 1844. While in New York, he was married in 1842 to Miss Agnes Clow, of Scotland. In 1844, they emigrated West to Illinois, and set- tled in Wheatland Tp., Will Co .; here he has remained ever since, engaged in farm- ing. Mr. Patterson is a Presbyterian in religion. Have six children ; John was in the late war; enlisted in the 52d I. V. I., served full time and at the close of the war was honorably discharged, and is now living in Indiana.

SAMUEL E. RANCK, farmer; P. O. East Wheatland; was born in Lancaster Co., Penn., Jan. 9, 1834 ; his ancestry came, in an early day, from "der Faderland," and settled in the State, purchasing their land directly from William Penn ; Mr. Ranck is able to trace his descent in a di- rect line through six generations, extend- ing through a period of 200 years; his early life was that of a farmer's son ; he enjoyed the advantages of the public schools, and acquired a good common- school education ; having lost his father when he was 14 years of age, his older brother and himself conducted the home farm till he grew to manhood ; in March, 1859, he came West to Illinois, and pur- chased eighty acres in Du Page Tp., Will Co., built a residence thereon, and farmed it six years; he then sold out, and pur- chascd where he now lives. He was mar- ried in 1856, to Catherine M. Emery, a native of Pennsylvania ; she died in 1867 ; his second marriage, to Mrs. Barbara Mus- selman, occurred in 1868; from first wed- lock, six children were born-Maggie A., Carric E., Ida F., Mary C., Effie C., Min- nie A .; of these, Mary C. is deccased. Owns 165 acres, valued at $12,000. Has held the office of School Director for the past twelve years. He also owns 160 acres in Texas.

JOHN ROBINS, farmer ; P. O. East Wheatland; was born in the Isle of Wight, England, Feb. 7, 1824, and is the

son of James and Sarah Robins; his father was a pilot; he, with wife and fam- ily in 1843, emigrated to America ; came direct to Illinois, and settled in Wheatland Tp .; here they purchased forty acres of land, and built a small house and commenced farming; father died the second winter after they came here; mother died Oct. 6, 1870, aged 78 years.

DANIEL SLICK, farmer ; P. O. Na- perville ; was born in Lancaster Co., Penn., Aug. 7, 1823, and is the son of John and Annie (Stoner) Slick, of Lancaster Co., Penn. ; father was a carpenter by trade ; Mr. Slick at 18 commenced to learn his trade, shoemaking, and followed this prin- cipally while in Pennsylvania ; in 1844, he emigrated West to Illinois, and first set- tled in Du Page Co. While here, he married Margaret Swilly, of Lancaster Co., Penn. ; he then came to Will Co .; returned to Du Page; thence to the present farm here; he has been engaged in farming ever since ; Mr. Slick first made a purchase of forty acres of Government land, at $1.25 per acre ; owns to-day 120 acres of fine, improved land ; when he came West he was very poor ; to-day is one of the suc- cessful farmers of Wheatland Tp. Mem- ber of the Evangelical Church.

CHRISTIAN SCHAAL, farmer ; P. O. Naperville ; was born in Germany Aug. 7, 1832, and is the son of Christian and Annie Mary (Leib) Schaal, of Germany ; emigrated to America in 1856; came to Illinois, and was very poor ; he first was working on a farm by the month near Naperville ; then to Will Co .; here he worked very hard; hc saved his money, invested in land, and to-day owns a farm of 120 acres, with good improvements. He married Miss Elizabeth Lantz, of Lancas- ter Co., Penn., daughter of John and Annie Mary Lantz, who were among the carly settlers of Wheatland Tp .; have seven children.

JACOB STARK, farmer ; P. O. Na- perville; the subject of this sketch was born in Lancaster Co., Penn., and is the son of William and Elizabetlı (Coller) Stark, of Pennsylvania, who emigrated West in 1844, with nine children, and settled on the present farm that Mr. Stark now owns; here they set out in farming and made all the improvements on the farm, as the country was comparatively new ;

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Mr. William Stark has retired from farm- ing, being in his 78th year; now living in Du Page County ; Jacob Stark married Miss Mary Hartman, daughter of Adam and Susan (Buget) Hartman, of Lancaster Co., Penn., who emigrated West to Illinois, in 1842; liave ten children. Is a member of the Evangelical Church. Owns 220 acres of fine, improved land.

ISRAEL STARK, farmer; P. O. Naperville; was born in Lancaster Co., Penn., Dec. 11, 1842, and is the son of William and Elizabeth (Coller) Stark ; his father was born in Lancaster Co., Penn .; his mother was born near Philadelphia, Penn; in 1844, with nine children, emigrated West to Illinois, and settled in Wheatland Tp., Will Co., on the farm where his son Jacob now lives ; here they sct out in farm- ing ; Mr. Wm. Stark having retired from farming, he moved to Plainfield, then to Naperville; at present, he is living in Du Page Co., at the good old age of 78 years. Mr. Stark married Miss Sarah Lantz, of Erie Co., Penn., by whom he has seven children. He is a member of the Evangel- ical Church. His brother Martin was in the late war ; enlisted in the 33d Ill. V. I .; · served until the end of the war and was honorably discharged.

A. S. THOMAS, farmer; P. O., East Wheatland ; the subject of this sketch is one of the old settlers of Wheatland Tp., Will Co .; was born in Franklin Co., N. Y., June 26, : 1809, and is the son of E. and Lepha (Smith) Thomas, who both died in New York ; his father was a shoemaker, tanner and currier, by trade ; Mr. Thomas learned the shoemaking trade, and followed this and farming, while in New York; in 1837, he and Mr. Orland Royce started in a wagon drawn by two horses, for Illinois, then the Far West, taking them the whole of November to make the trip ; they arrived in 1837; Mr. Thomas pur- chased 160 acres of the present farm at a Government land sale in Chicago, in 1839, at $1.25 per acre; he states there was not a house between his farm and Plainfield when he first came here, only a shanty standing on what is now known as Jacob Fry's farm, and also says the first frame house built in this vicinity was on the farm now owned by Wm. King. Mr. Thomas mar- ried in 1872.

ADAM THOMSON, farmer ; P. O., East Wheatland; was born in Dumfriesshire, Scotland, Sept. 6, 1822, and is the son of Benjamin Thomson, of Scotland ; when Mr. Thomson was but 17 years of age, he commenced to learn the carpenter trade ; this business he followed for over twenty- three years, working in Scotland, England and America; in 1854, he emigrated to America, and landed in New York City, and, on June 29, 1854, arrived in Will Co., Ill .; hcre he has lived ever since. Mr. Thomson has held several offices of public trust ; at present, holds office as Township Assessor, which office he was elected to in 1877. Is a Republican in. politics, and a Presbyterian in religion. He married Miss Mary Patterson, of Scotland.

THOMAS VARLEY, far .; P. O., Au- rora ; the subject of this sketch was born in Yorkshire, England, June 25, 1824,. and is the son of William and Mary (Newsam) Varley, of England; Mr. Varley was a laborer ; in 1850, he emigrated to Ameri- ca, and came West to Will Co., Ill .; here he worked by the day, farming; he saved a little money by hard labor, and, in 1854, sent for his wife and three children, who arrived the same year ; he then settled on a small piece of land ; to-day he ranks as one of the successful farmers of Wheatland Tp .; owns 280 acres of fine, improved land. He married Martha Craven, of En- gland, who died with dropsy, May, 1878.

HENRY WESTPHAL, farmer; P. O., Aurora; was born in Germany, Feb. 15, 1824, and is the son of Henry and Doris, (Leapstolf ) Westphal, of Germany; his father was a farmer ; here Mr. Westphal was raised on his father's farm, and, in 1857, with his parents, emigrated to America; he came direct to Illinois, and settled in Du Page Co .; then to Will Co., and settled in Wheatland Tp .; his father and mother both died in Wheatland Tp .; when they came to this country they were very poor, but, with hard labor and good management, Mr. Westphal ranks to-day as one of the successful farmers of Will Co .; owns 245 acres of fine, improved land. He married Miss Sophia Wornkey, of Germany, by whom he has had six children-four living. He is a member of the German Lutheran Church, and was one of the first members of this Church in Wheatland Tp.

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ARA BROWN deceased ; was born in New York, near Syracuse, Feb. 19, 1820. He married Miss Martha Hougham Oct. 11, 1846; she was born in Butler Co .; Ohio, April 6, 1824; they had thirteen children, seven living, viz., Sarah, Elias, Ara, Nancy Jane, Mary, Frank and Mar- tha May. He lived in New York four- teen years, when, with his parents, he came to Will Co., Ill. (then Cook) ; this was in 1835 ; he settled in this township; his father, Peter Brown, was from New York ; he died March 7, 1841, aged 59 years 10 months and 4 days ; his mother was Miss Mary Teeple ; she died Sept. 17, 1840, aged 55 years 9 months and 2 days; he lived with his parents until their death ; he died on the old homestead Sept. 8, 1865.

W. Z. BROWN, farmer, Sec. 15; P. O. Elwood ; was born on his present placc May 11, 1843. He married Miss Susan Gonter March 13, 1867; she was born near Joliet April 18, 1845 ; they had four children, three living, viz., Daniel N., George R. and Willis G. He began farm- ing on his own account when 17 year's old. and has always lived on his present place. His father, John Brown (deceased), was born in Onondaga Co., N. Y., Nov. 14, 1814, and died Dec. 15, 1848. He mar- ried Miss Susan Zarley ; she was born in Scioto Co., Ohio, Jan. 2, 1820 ; but three of their children are living, viz., Sarah M., Mary E. and W. Z .; he was among the first settlers of this township, having set- tled here in 1834. Mr. W. Z. Brown's wife's father, Michael Gonter, was born in France Aug. 2, 1812, and died Nov. 11, 1873 ; he married Miss Catheron Arnholt Aug. 28, 1833; she was born in France May 3, 1808; they had four children, thrce living, viz., Catheron, Michael and Susan ; they came to the United States in 1839, and settled near Jolict; in 1851, they came to this township. Mrs. Gonter lives here with her daughter.

JOSHUA BUSH, farmer, Sec. 31 ; P. O. Elwood ; the subject of this sketch was born in Chenango Co., N. Y., Sept. 12, 1845. He married Miss Margaret R. Grant Jan. 1, 1867 ; she was born in this township Oct. 30, 1847 ; her father, John

Grant, was born in Scotland March 12' 1816. He married Miss Rosanna Lam- ping March 10, 1839; she was born in New York Feb. 18, 1821, and died April 16, 1843 ; one child living-William C .; he married his second wife, Mrs. Kelly, formerly Miss Adaline Frazer, March 13, 1844 ; she was born in Virginia Dec. 18, 1815 ; they have three children living- Margarette R., John A. and James M. He settled on this farm about 1839, and died Sept. 12, 1854. Mrs. Grant came to this county in 1834, and settled in Wesley Tp. Mr. Bush had a family of five children, three living-Mary Ella, Eva May and Harry E. He came to this county with his parents when 2 years old ; in 1869, he came to his present place. In 1862, he enlisted in the 100th Ill. Inf .; was in the service till the close of the war ; was in the battles of Chickamauga, Stone River, Chattanooga, Atlanta, etc .; he was wounded at Franklin.

G. E. COWELL, M. D., physician, Elwood ; the subject of this sketch was born in . Bradford Co., Penn., April 27, 1843. He married Miss Catheron M. Fer- ryman Nov. 8, 1868; she was born in Guernsey Co., Ohio, Aug. 16, 1843 ; they have one child living, viz., Nellie G. He lived in Pennsylvania twenty-two years, when he came West to Illinois, and settled in Grundy Co., at Minooka, where he read niedicine; in 1871, he graduated at the Hahnemann Medical College, of Chicago, then settled at Elwood, where he has fol- lowed his profession since. In 1862, he cn- isted in 141st Penn. Vol. Inf., and was in the service about eighteen months ; at the bat- tle of Chancellorsville he received five sep- arate wounds, which disabled him from further service. He has held the office of Alderman and was President of the Tem- perance Society.

MERRITT O. CAGWIN, grain dealer, Elwood; the subject of this sketch was born in Brockport, Monroe Co., N. Y., May 14, 1828; in 1836, he came West with his parents, who settled in Cook Co. (now Will), two and a half miles east of the present city of Joliet, where his father built a saw-mill near the site of the present grist-mill, located on Hickory

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Creek, known as the Red Mill. The first board sawed at this mill was the occasion of a grand ball. In Joliet, on Sept. 6, 1849, "he was married to Miss Mary Jane Wheeler ; she was born in Monroe Co., N. Y., March 22, 1829, and dicd July19, 1850 ; his present wife was Miss Ambrosia R. Higin- botham, a cousin of his first wife, and the second wedding was performed in the same house as the first, Jan. 8, 1852 ; she was born in Joliet, Cook Co. (now Will) Oct. 1, 1834. He remained at home with his parents until 1844, when he was employed in a dry goods store in Joliet, owned and managed by Messrs. J. T. McDougal and F. L. Cagwin, where he remained until October, 1848, when he went to Chicago, and was engaged as an auctioneer until his return to Joliet in May, 1849, when he again entered the employ of Messrs. McD. & C .; but this time he was engaged in selling goods form a wagon on the road ; his route was an extensive onc, reaching into the Wabash country in Indiana, and his average sales were $2,000 per month; in April, 1850, he again severed his con- nection with the Messrs. Mc. D. & C., and purchased a stock of dry goods from Geo. H. Woodruff, Esq., which he was then closing out, and disposed of them on the road, mostly in exchange for stock-sheep and horses; the following year he abandoned his wagon, and bought and drove sheep from Southern and Central Illinois and Indiana to Chicago this he continued until May, 1853, when he was taken with the gold fever, and embarked for California, where he remained but one year, engaged in transporting goods by mule pack over the mountains to furnish traders' posts and mining camps ; on his return to Joliet, he entered the grain business, and, in the following year, built the Masonic Block, which was destroyed in 1864 by fire; in 1858, he exchanged his Joliet property for a tract of 1,000 acres of land in. Wilton Township at the head of the Twelve-Mile Grove, situated about twelve miles southeast of Joliet, and therc removed and engaged in farming and stock-raising. He was Supervisor from Wilton for five successive years, and introduced before the Board the resolution creating a fund for the protection of soldiers wives and children. He disposed of his land in Wilton and returned to Joliet in November, 1864, and there again

entered the grain trade in copartnership with his father, where he remained until October, 1866, when he removed to Wil- mington, Ill., and engaged in same busi- ness, and he was the first regular buyer on the railroad at that station. While there he was a member of City Common Council, and was one of the original " Building Com- mittee," who accepted the plans and speci- fications for the present magnificent pub- lic school-building. He also was a char- ter member with Messrs. Whitten Bros., and to whom he sold his interest, of the firm who built the White Cloud Flouring- Mills, in August, 1869, he came to Elwood, Ill., where he has since resided, and engaged in the grain, lumber and coal business ; three months later, in November, his eleva- tor filled with grain, was burned to the ground ; he continued his lumber and coal business, although somewhat enlarged, and in copartnership with D. B. Curran, Esq. until January, 1872, when he built a ware- house at Braidwood, and commenced busi- ness as the first grain buyer of the city ; he purchased and cribbed that winter 45,000 bushels of ear-corn ; he continued the business until December, handling over 200,000 bushels of grain, when he sold to Wm. H. Odell, Esq .; in May, 1874, he purchased of Ed. H. Aiken the West Side Elevator in Joliet, which he still operates in copartnership with his father.

PETER W. CORBIN, farmer, Scc. 30; P. O. Elwood; the subject of this sketch was born in Vermont Aug. 29, 1831. He married Miss Sarah Hill Feb. 19, 1861 : she was born in Vermont Jan. 12, 1834; they had six children, five living, viz., Hellen I., Julia M., Carrie E., Warren H. and Aug. E. He lived lived in Vermont until he was 21 years of age; he then went to California, his object being mining ; but not meeting with much luck, he engaged in farming, and remaincd there seven years ; he then came to Illinois and settled on his present placc ; he started in poor circumstances, and now owns 185 acres in this township. His father settled in Will Co. while he was in California, and now lives in Wilmington Township.

CAPT. EDWARD B. CRAFTS, farmer, Sec. 13; P. O. Joliet ; the subject of this sketch was born in Derby, Conn., Jan. 13,

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1814, where his ancestors have lived ever since the settlement of New Haven in 1640, and one of whom (Maj. Moses Mans- field) destroyed the power of the Pequods in a battle, on the site of which was after- ward located the village of Mansfield, named in honor of the victory. He married Miss Sarah Ann Thompson Oct. 9, 1846 ; she was born in Durham, Greene Co., N. Y., Nov. 21, 1813; her parents were from Connecticut; they have two children, viz., Edward Thompson and Elizabeth Mansfield. His son is a physician, and resides in Florida; his daughter is married, and lives in Joliet. He lived at his birthplace until he was 15 years old, training himself for college with the intention of becoming a physician, but failing in health he took passage on a brig bound for Barbadoes ; this was in 1829; he then engaged as a sailor, being promot- cd until, in 1835, he was made Captain; during one of his voyages he was ship- wrecked on Long Island ; he then shipped as mate, but was soon again made Captain. He quit the sea in 1846, and engaged in general merchandise in Connecticut; in 1850, he bought his present place, and built and occupied same in 1851. He has been Supervisor three years, also School Trustee and Road Commissioner. He owns 160 acres in this township.

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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 90

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