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 JANSSEN, farmer and stock-raiser; P. O. Monee; one of our early settlers; was born in Germany May 21, 1821; came to the United States in 1853, and to this State and settled in Will Co. in 1858; his farm consists of eighty-three acres, valued at $3,500. He was married to Miss Anna JACOBS, who was born in Germany June 23, 1842; they have had six children, four of whom are living - Mary, Henry, John and Gerhard; deceased - Anna and John.