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

J. J. CULVER, Joliet; dealer in live stock, and proprietor of Bluff Street Market; was 
born in Montgomery County, N. Y., Dec. 5, 1828; at the age of 14 years, he entered a 
store as clerk, and at the age of 20, engaged in general merchandising for himself, which 
he continued till 1857; when, being in poor health he came West, bringing with him a stock 
of goods, which he traded off for a farm in Channahon Twp.; he followed farming there seven 
years, and then removed to Joliet and engaged in his present business, which is quite 
extensive, as he retails an average of forty cattle per month. During the war he did a 
large and successful business in buying and shipping stock. He has a farm of nearly 200 
acres south of the city and also rents some 300 acres more on which he usually feeds 100 
head of cattle, or 1,000 sheep. For the past four years, has confined his attention mainly 
to sheep raising, shipping stock, and attending to his business in town. He was married 
Oct. 21, 1853, to Miss Lydia A. KNOX, of Montgomery Co., N. Y., and has four children - 
Willie K., Aggie C., Edward E. and Charles S.


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