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

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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 … Read more

Shreffler Biographies

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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 … Read more

Biography of William Henry Harrison Reed

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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 … Read more

Biography of Charles Reed 1784-1863

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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 … Read more

Family of Pauling and Ridder

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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 … Read more

Biography of Samuel G. Nelson

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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 … Read more

Biography of Elias Myers

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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 … Read more