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

Mrs. N. GOUGAR, farming and dairy; P. O. New Lenox; was born in Knox Co., Ohio, Jan. 3, 1823, and 
is the widow of the late Nicholas GOUGAR, who was born in Montour Co., Penn., Oct. 30, 1813, and 
who died Jan. 12, 1878; they were married April 9, 1851; have two adopted children, viz.: Lydia 
and Eugene Mrs. G. came to this State from Ohio in 1850, and settled with her parents in New 

Lenox. Her farm contains 135 acres, valued at $10,000.