Will County ILGenWeb Biographies..... ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. ************************************************ File contributed for use by: Dori Leekly & Margie Glenn Author: History of Will County, Illinois; Chicago: Wm LeBaron Jr & Co, 186 Dearborn Street, 1878. John HACK, merchant, Eagle Lake; was born at Hohen Vicheln, State of Mecklenburg, Germany, Sept. 1, 1825; came to America in 1864, and located in Washington Twp., four miles south of Beecher, on a farm of 160 acres, which he still owns. Was appointed Postmaster of Eagle Lake Postoffice in May 1878. Married Miss Sophia LUT in March 1852; the names of their children are as follows; Herman, Henry, Carl or Charles, Frank and Emma.