Will County ILGenWeb Biographies..... 
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Author: History of Will County, Illinois; Chicago: Wm LeBaron Jr & Co, 186 Dearborn Street, 1878.

John GEDDES, City Meat Market, Lockport; was born in Watervliet, N. Y., April 18, 1831; at 
the age of 12 or 13, he came West to Illinois with the family; his father settled in Homer 
Twp., Will Co., and engaged in farming; he remained at home till 18 years of age, when he 
commenced the trade of carpenter and joiner; this he followed between two and three years; 
at the age of 21, he commenced boating on the I. & M. Canal, and was thus engaged three 
seasons; a portion of the time in the employ of a Mr. FISH, of Joliet, and afterward in the 
employ of D. C. NORTON, of Lockport; about 1854, he opened his meat market in Lockport, and 
has been thus engaged ever since. He was married Dec. 24, 1850, to Martha R. BURDICK, a 
native of New York; has three daughters - Maria, Ada and Mary E. Owns twenty-two acres, 
adjoining the town, and a block of lots, together with a fine residence; his is the oldest 
established meat market in the town; his social qualities are excellent, and be has a host 
of friends.