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

J. D. HAHN, farmer, Sec. 1; P. O. Plainfield. The subject of this sketch was born in Columbiana, 
now Mahoning, Co., Ohio, July 3, 1826. He married Miss Rebecca SHREFFLER June 7, 1849; she was 
born in Pennsylvania April 4, 1829; they have six children - William T., Helen R., Kate J., Alice 
M., John D. S. and Nettie M. He lived in Ohio twenty-one years, when he came to Will Co., IL, and 
settled in Plainfield Twp.; he engaged in farming, and, in 1857, he came to his present place and 
has lived here ever since; he is no office-seeker, his only offices being connected with the 
school and road. He owns 207 acres of land in this county, which has been principally earned 
by his own labor and management.