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. Wesley D. JONES, farmer and stock-raiser, P. O. Mokena; one of our first settlers; was born in Vermont Sept. 29, 1824; came to this State with his father's family in 1844. His farm, which is located on Secs. 5 and 16 in Frankfort Twp., and on Sec. 32 in Orland, Cook Co., consists of 220 acres, and is valued at $11,000. He was married to Miss Helen GRANGER Dec. 11, 1854; they have had seven children, six of whom are living, viz., Wright, Albert L., Mary, Nellie, Allanson G. and Lottie; deceased, Lloid.