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

C. H. GILKERSON, dealer in grain, lumber, lime, coal, cement, stone and drain tile, of the firm 
of WARDEN & GILKERSON, Peotone; born in Caledonia Co., Vt., Sept. 20, 1848; emigrating West with 
his parents in 1854, they settled in Cass Co., IL, then to Huykes' Grove, Will Co., where they 
lived and followed farming for a period of eleven years; in 1865, he removed to Peotone, and 
then, after attending the Monmouth Academy two years, he attended Bryant & Stratton's Commercial 
College in Chicago; then returning to Peotone, in 1871, he purchased his father's interest in 
the above business, which he has since followed. The firm of WARDEN & GILKERSON, of which he is 
a member, do a large business, buying and shipping grain to Chicago and Eastern markets; they 
also supply all the lumber for Peotone and the surrounding country. He married June 18, 1872, 
Julia SULTZBAUGH; oldest daughter of Phillip SULTZBAUGH; she was born in Pennsylvania Dec. 3, 
1854. They are the parents of three children, viz., Eda A., Susan M. and Phillip H.