Will County ILGenWeb Biographies..... Boyer, J A
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Author: History of Will County IL, 1878

J. A. BOYER, proprietor Lemont stone quarries, Lockport; was born in Lockport, Will Co., IL., 
Oct. 30, 1850; on leaving the schools of his native village at the age of 12, he attended 
a select school at Chicago for some time, and also was a member of Bryant & Stratton's 
Business College two winters; the last school he attended was kept by Dr. PARKS, of Chicago; 
located near Graceland Cemetery; at the age of 16, he left off attending school, and his 
father having a contract on the deepening of the I. & M. Canal, young J. A. acted in the 
capacity of clerk for him; his father having died in 1868, he finished his contract and 
then engaged in opening up a stone quarry; in the spring of 1869, he opened a quarry just 
north of Lockport, but finding it would not pay, be abandoned it; in the spring of 1871, 
he began operations at Lemont; to operates three quarries with a large force, and finds 
ready sale for all his material. He was married Nov. 25, 1874, to Helela C. COOK, a native 
of Chicago, IL.; has two children - Julius. A. and Charles E. The Catholic Church, the 
finest and most costly of any in the town, is constructed out of material from his quarries.


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

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