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

Frank DEVINE, contractor and builder, Joliet; is a native of Dutchess Co., N. Y.; 
he was born at Fishkill Landing, on the Hudson River, July 3, 1849; when he was about 
18 years old be went to New York City and worked at his trade of a carpenter until 
after the great fire in Chicago in 1871; he then went to that city and took part in 
its rebuilding during the next two years; in 1873, he came to Joliet and began business 
as a contractor and builder; he is acknowledged to be one of the most skillful and 
reliable workmen in his line of business; he has built some of the best residences 
in the city, besides other buildings, among which may be mentioned St. Mary's Church, 
on which he did the carpenter work. He was married June 5, 1876, to Miss Nellie O'REILY, 
daughter of James O'REILY, of Joliet; they have one child - James.


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