Will County ILGenWeb Biographies..... 
************************************************
Copyright.  All rights reserved.

************************************************

File contributed for use by:
Dori Leekly & Margie Glenn

Author: History of Will County IL, 1878

John FELTEN, farmer and stock-raiser; P. O. Frankfort Station; one of our first German 
settlers; was born in Germany July 14, 1827; came to the United States in 1848, and to 
this State and settled in Will Co. in the same year; his farm consists of 240 acres, 
valued at $12,000. He was married March 5, 1852, to Miss Mary FEIL, who was born in 
Germany Nov. 14, 1830; they have had thirteen children, ten of whom are living, viz., 
John, Caroline, Minnie, Amellia, Christian, Margaret, Mary, Charlotte, Lizzie and Charles; 
deceased, Dory and two infants. Since Mr. FELTEN's residence in the township, he has 
held the office of School Director several years, Street Commissioner, two years, and 
was the first German official in the township.


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