Will County ILGenWeb

These pages are a part of the ILGenWeb Project. They provide a resource for genealogists searching in Will County, Illinois. You can post queries about surnames you are researching, see who else might be researching the same names as yourself, ask volunteers to do reference look-ups, volunteer to do reference look-ups, and get information on searching in Will County. My name is Dennis Partridge, and I am currently the host of Will County, you can contact me here, if you have any questions. I do not live in Will County, nor Illinois, but I will attempt to answer your research questions or point you in the direction of somebody who can.

Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery, Jackson

Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery Arsenal Road, Elwood, Jackson Township View Large Map Last Name First Name Middle Name Suffix Birth Date Death Date Branch Rank Sec Row Site Date Interred AARNIO DAVID LYNN 02/15/1955 09/15/2005 US NAVY EMFA C3-47 D 5 10/14/2005 ABAIR RICHARD JOSEPH SR 10/31/1925 01/12/1996 US AIR FORCE SSGT C1-1 D 4 10/15/1999 ABBOTT JAMES AARON JR 01/17/1930 05/26/2005 US AIR FORCE SSGT 10 0 1287 06/06/2005 ABBOTT JOHN W 02/18/1927 12/02/2004 US ARMY PVT 3 0 538 12/15/2004 ABBOTT WARDELL GEORGE 12/12/1930 11/21/2004 US ARMY PV1 3 0 572 12/02/2004 ABBRUSCATO JOSEPH VITO 05/28/1925 03/06/2005 US … Read more

Shreffler Biographies

Submitted by: Norman Shreffler Daniel Shreffler (1793-1860) Daniel was born in Centra Co., Penn. The 5th child of Henry Shreffler. He was a “Weaver of Cloth” by trade, but also a preacher and an inventer. He married Catharine Dauberman in 1814, moved to Will County in 1842. Daniel and Catherine’s children were Leah (1815-1861), John D. (1817-?), Catherine J. (1819-?), Andrew Hefner (1826-1896), and Rebecca (1829-?). Samuel Shreffler (1805-1890) Samuel was born in Penn., the 3rd oldest of 13 children of John Henry and Mary Shreffler. Samuel purchased Government Land in Lawrence Co., IL in 1840. He moved to Will … Read more

Biography of William Henry Harrison Reed

submitted by Wayne Reed William H. H., that’s how my father [also William] always referred to him. My dad didn’t know his grandfather who died when dad had just turned 2 years old. The rest of the family simply called him William. He was born in 1840, the year Harrison was elected president. I suppose that would have been enough reason for the name in many families, but the truth is that William’s grand father, Charles Reed served in the 2 nd Revolutionary War [1812-1814] with General Harrison and that seems a more likely reason for the name. William’s father … Read more

Biography of Charles Reed 1784-1863

Pioneer – Patriot Veteran – Father Citizen: VA, OH, IN, IL submitted by Wayne Reed DEDICATION Our ancestors deserve more than a line in a musty book, or a yellowed letter, long forgotten. We have the resources to locate these tidbits and the ability to publish with an ease not known a generation ago, and so, I have put some of these bits together for the enlightenment of those who would not otherwise find them all. If this story prompts you to go a looking, I wish you well, I pray your success will far outshine my meager efforts. -Wayne … Read more

Family of Pauling and Ridder

Johann Diedrich Heinrich Friedrich Pauling and Dorothea Marie Ridder submitted by Linda Pauling They immigrated in 1850 from Gilten, Hannover, Germany. I have direct line information from the Gilten Evangelical Church going back to 1545. This family had 3 sons and 3 daughters. Just Heinrich Friedrich PAULING was married to Marie Christine Bruns. He died in Monee, Will County in 1893 and is buried in St. Paul’s Cemetery, Monee. I find him in the 1860 census for Monee. His oldest son was baptized in Zion Lutheran, Duncklee’s Grove, Addison, IL. Jurgen Heinrich Friedrich PAULING was married to Katharina Sophia Dorothea … Read more

Biography of Samuel G. Nelson

Submitted by: Kathryn E. Young Source: Portrait and Biography Album of Will County, Illinois, 1890 Page 200 and 201 Samuel G. NELSON, Supervisor and Justice of the Peace of Milton (Wilton) Township, is a native of Randolph County, Ind., and a son of John and Elizabeth (GRAY) NELSON. His father was of Scotch-Irish descent, and was reared in Huntingdon County, PA., he later removing to Kentucky and from there to Ohio. His next removal was to Randolph County, Ind., whence he went to Montgomery County, making his home on a farm four miles west of Crawfordsville. He represented his county … Read more

Biography of Elias Myers

Submitted by Stephenie Todd Source: Genealogical and Biographical Record of Kendall and Will Counties Illinois, Biographical Publishing Co., Chicago, 1901; pp. 586-587. Elias MYERS, a pioneer farmer of Wheatland Township, was born in Lancaster County, Pa., May 25, 1828, a son of Jacob and Elizabeth (AMON) MYERS. His father, who was born and reared in Pennsylvania, engaged in teaming and also cultivated a small farm of eight acres. In the spring of 1844, accompanied by his family and fourteen other families, he came via the canal and great lakes to Chicago, thence direct to Wheatland Township, where he bought ninety … Read more