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

Charles R. HAZELTON, farmer; P. O. Wilmington; was born in Bennington Co., Vt. Dec. 31, 1809; 
son of Elisha and Mary (KENT) HAZELTON; father was a cloth-dresser by trade. Mr. HAZELTON, 
was brought up on a farm; in 1833, he moved to Sandusky Co., Ohio, and there engaged in 
farming about eighteen years; in 1854, he came to Will Co., IL, and settled in Wesley Twp.; 
he first purchased 160 acres of land; today he ranks as one of the successful farmers of 
Will Co.; owns 516 acres of fine improved land. Mr. HAZELTON has been married twice; his 
first wife was Mary WOLCOTT of Sandusky Co., Ohio; second wife Ann BALL; have seven children, 
two by first wife, and five by the second.