Will County ILGenWeb Biographies..... Allen, Edmund
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Author: History of Will County IL, 1878

Edmund ALLEN, proprietor of the Wilmington Butter and Cheese Factory, Wilmington; born 
in Broome Co., N. Y., May 21, 1814; removed to Illinois in the summer of 1835, locating 
at Joliet, where he engaged in mercantile business; Mr. ALLEN put up the first barrel of 
beef that was sent from Chicago to the New York market; the packing was done at the 
packing-house of G. W. DOLL, and the beef shipped by the old favorite steamer Illinois to 
Ralph Mead, New York City. Jan. 1, 1844, he removed to Wilmington, engaged in merchandising 
and milling, at the same time making the butter trade a specialty, being instrumental in 
establishing a trade in the latter commodity which has placed Wilmington foremost as a market 
for a good grade of butter; since 1856, he has given his entire attention to this line of 
business, buying and shipping to the St. Louis market, until 1875, when he erected one of the 
best butter and cheese factories of the Northwest. Married in 1842 to Miss. Elizabeth 
SHOEMAKER, who was born in Herkimer Co., N.Y.; four children by this union - Robert L., 
Edmund A., John J. and Mary E.

Additional Comments:
HISTORY OF WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS; Chicago: Wm LeBaron Jr & Co, 186 Dearborn Street, 1878.

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