Will County ILGenWeb Biographies..... ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. ************************************************ File contributed for use by: Dori Leekly & Margie Glenn Author: History of Will County IL, 1878 Sereno CULVER, farming, Sec. 14; P. O. Plainfield; the subject of this sketch was born in Montpelier, Washington Co., Vt., June 22, 1818. He married Miss Polly MILLER Oct. 30, 1842, she was born in same place June 16, 1826; they have had six children, five living, viz., Harvey, Emiline B., Erwin, Ella and Frank; Lucy B. died Jan. 18, 1864. He lived in Vermont until 1834, when he moved to Chicago, IL, with his parents, where they remained a few months; then came to Plainfield in Cook (now Will) Co., where they engaged in farming, where he remained until 1840, when he came to his present place. He has been a member of the M. E. Church for the past twenty-eight years. His parents, Daniel and Mrs. Betsey LYMAN CULVER, were natives of Connecticut; they died Aug. 15, 1834, and May 9, 1854, respectively; his wife's parents were Horace and Mrs. Lucy BRYANT MILLER; they were natives of Massachusetts and Canada; they settled in Plainfield in 1834, and died Sept. 14, 1872, and Oct. 15, 1876, respectively. Additional Comments: HISTORY OF WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS; Chicago: Wm LeBaron Jr & Co, 186 Dearborn Street, 1878.