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

Charles CLEMENT, retired, Joliet; has been a permanent resident of Joliet since 1834, 
and is the oldest living inhabitant of the city; he was born in Windsor, Vt., Jan. 13, 
1810; after receiving a common-school education, he spent some time in an academy at 
Atkinson, N. H.; in 1833, he came West, and passed through Joliet (then containing but 
two log cabins), on his way to Peoria; the following spring, he returned and made his 
home here, where he has continued to reside ever since; he soon afterward engaged in 
mercantile business, which he continued most of the time until his retirement from 
active business, about 1865; in the spring of 1839, he, with others, established the 
first newspaper in Will Co., the Joliet Courier, which afterward became the Joliet 
Signal; he has served three years as a member of the Board of Supervisors, being the 
first Supervisor upon the organization of the township; he has held the offices of 
Alderman, School Inspector, etc. He was married Aug. 5, 1844 to Miss Cordelia WILCOX, 
of Elbridge, N. Y., and has two children.


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