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

C. Hill DUCK, editor and publisher of the Wilmington Phoenix, Wilmington; born in Du 
Page Co., IL, May 15,1842, but moved to Chicago in early childhood, where he resided 
until 1854, when he moved to Lockport, this county, and entered the drug store of Dr. 
HANLEY, with whom he remained four years; then returned to Chicago and continued in 
the same business. In 1862, he enlisted in Co. I, 127th IL V. I., and the same year 
he was appointed Hospital Steward, Acting Assistant Surgeon; mustered out in the 
latter part of 1863. Soon after his return from the army, he located at Seneca, La 
Salle Co., and engaged in mercantile business under the firm name of WRIGHT & DUCK; 
in April 1877, he took charge of the Wilmington Phoenix, as editor and publisher; 
Mr. DUCK is now a member of Wilmington Lodge, No. 208, A., F. & A. M.; also Past 
Master and charter member of Seneca Lodge, No. 532.


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