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

Thomas CULBERTSON, retired miller, Joliet; the subject of this sketch was born in New 
Castle Co., Del., Aug. 23, 1814, where he learned the trade of milling; he removed to 
Joliet in 1836, and engaged at his trade for two years, when the dam was destroyed for 
the benefit of the Canal; afterward worked at Norman's Island and Wilmington; returned 
to Joliet in 1839, and settled where he now resides, purchasing what is known, as the 
Red Mill in 1849, which he continued to run until 1867. He married Miss Martha M. 
KERCHEVAL in Joliet Nov. 19, 1856: her parents settled in Will Co., in 1829; they are 
parents of three children -Thomas Edwin, born July 16, 1858; May Evelyn, born Oct. 23, 
1861; Emma Elizabeth, born Jan. 13, 1864, died Aug. 28, 1865. Mr. C. has filled the 
offices of School Trustee and Director in the town where he lives for several terms.


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