by GrundyILGW | May 8, 2018 | Biographies
Bartlett, William F. – A number of Grundy county men, after engaging in various lines of endeavor, come to the conclusion that there is more profit in tilling the soil in this vicinity, and so devote their attention to several kinds of agricultural activity. One...
by GrundyILGW | May 8, 2018 | Biographies
Bartlett, Jonas (deceased) – With the passing of some of the representative men of Grundy County comes the realization that there are but few of its early settlers left, the majority having been gathered to their fathers in the land which needs no pioneers. The...
by GrundyILGW | May 8, 2018 | Biographies
Bartlett, Herman S. – Grundy County is admirably suited for farming and stock raising, not only on account of climatic conditions and the fertility of the soil, but also because of its location with regard to the second largest city in the country. Farmers can...
by GrundyILGW | May 8, 2018 | Biographies
Bartlett, George W. – It is an observable fact that many of those who are native sons of “Little Grundy,” as Grundy County is affectionately called, retain their old love for it even after leaving for larger communities. George W. Bartlett, who is...
by GrundyILGW | May 8, 2018 | Biographies
E. L. BARTLETT, musician, Morris, was born in New York September 19, 1821. When he was twelve years old, his father moved to Western New York, where he worked on a farm three years. Our subject entered Hamilton College in 1839, from where he graduated in 1843. He was...
by GrundyILGW | May 8, 2018 | Biographies
Barschdorf, Charles – Maine Township is fortunate in numbering so many native born Germans among its population, for there are no better citizens to be found anywhere that those who come from the Fatherland. Chas. Barschdorf, native of Schlesien, Germany, born...
by GrundyILGW | May 8, 2018 | Biographies
Barrows, Lewis S. (deceased) – No man can live out his life without having a strong influence over his associates, and fortunate indeed for the community is it when this power over the destinies of others is a good one. The late Lewis S. Barrows was a man who...
by GrundyILGW | May 8, 2018 | Biographies
Charles V. Barr. To those in the least familiar with Plainfield’s industries the name of Mr. Barr is well known. He is junior member of the firm of Whipple & Barr, and has the personal oversight of the firm’s business at this point, Mr. Whipple having charge of...
by GrundyILGW | May 8, 2018 | Biographies
Charles W. Barker, hardware and implements, Minooka, senior member of the firm of Barker & Stauffer, hardware merchants and dealers in agricultural implements, the leading interest of the kind in the town. He was born in Lisbon, Kendall Co., Ill., in March, 1851,...
by GrundyILGW | May 8, 2018 | Biographies
Abbott Barker, farmer, P. O. Mazon, is a native of Washington County, N. Y., born January 12, 1823, son of Leonard and Hannah Barker, of New Hampshire. He was raised and educated in the common schools of his native State, then came to Illinois and settled in Putnam...
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