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

A. E. CONANT, farming, Sec. 25; P.O. Plainfield; the subject of this sketch was born 
in York Co., Me., Dec. 9, 1818. He married Miss Elizabeth PHILBROOK June 8, 1853; she 
was born in Kennebec Co., Me., July 22, 1827; they have had five children, four living, 
viz., Addie E., Joe E., Lewis P. and Otis K. He lived in Maine until 1854: was engaged 
in farming and manufacturing woolen cloths in Dexter; in 1854, he came West and settled 
on his present place; he owns 285 acres in this township, which he has earned principally 
by his own labor and management.


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