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

R. W. CROSSEN, carriage manufacturer, New Lenox; was born in Coburg, Ont., Feb. 25, 1855; 
came to the United States in 1865, and settled in Joliet, Will Co., IL; he obtained a 
liberal education by close and early attendance at school until he was 18 years of age; 
he engaged as an apprentice in carriage-making, and served three years, at the expiration 
of which time he went into business on his own account, and in which he continued for two 
years; finally disposing of his stock and other collaterals, he removed to New Lenox: and 
purchased the right he now owns. His parents and relations are still residents of Joliet.


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