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

Stephen CALHOON, farmer; P. O. Custer; was born in Wood Co., Ohio, Jan. 23, 1824, and 
is the son of Abner and Mary (HOYT) CALHOON; father, from New York; engaged in farming; 
came to Ohio about 1812; served as teamster in the war of 1812. When Mr. CALHOON was 
about 3 years old, with his parents, moved to Kalankazoo Co., Mich.; here he remained 
until he was about 24 years old; in 1848, came to Illinois and settled in Will Co., on 
the farm he now lives on; he first purchased 120 acres of Government land; when he first 
came here the country was very wild; plenty of game he states that he has stood in his 
door and counted as high as seventy-five deer in sight of his house; Mr. CALHOON, with 
his family, moved to Benton Co., Ind., in 1875, and remained there three years engaged in 
farming and schooling his children; returned on the old homestead in 1877. Married in 1848 
to Miss Weltha WELLER, of New York; four children. Mr. C. has held several offices of public 
trust. Is a Republican in politics, and United Brethren in religion. His parents both are 
dead; father died in 1855; mother in 1878.


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