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

P. S. HARTWELL, architect and builder, Lockport; born in Westport, Essex Co., N. Y., Oct. 1, 
1825; his education is quite complete, comprising a full academic course in the County Academy; 
his father was a mechanic, and into the profession the son naturally grew up, spending his 
vacation at work in the shop so that by the time his education was completed, he was also well 
advanced in his trade; in 1855, he came West, and settled in Lockport, remaining about six months, 
he then moved to Marion, Linn Co., Iowa, where he remained until 1864, when he returned to 
Lockport, since which time he has been doing business in Lockport and Chicago, his home remaining 
at Lockport. He was married May 29, 1849, to Elmina JACKSON, a native of Vergennes, Vt.; has three 
sons - John J., Harold W. and Fred W. Held the office of County Superintendent of Schools in Essex 
Co., N. Y., and served five years as Assessor in Marion, Iowa; was a member of the Board of 
Education eleven years in Lockport.