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

Henry C. KNOWLTON, Cashier of the Will County National Bank, Joliet; is a son of Calvin 
KNOWLTON, President of the above-named bank; he was born in Spencer, Worcester Co., Mass., 
April 29,1842; he lived in the city of Worcester until he was 12 years of age, his father 
being engaged in business in that city; at the age of 12 years, he accompanied his parents 
to New Albany, Ind.; thence to Michigan City, and in 1856, to Joliet; he received an English 
education in the public schools, and in 1861, entered the office of his father, then 
Assistant Superintendent of the Michigan Central Railroad; he remained there until the 
organization of the Will County National Bank, which he entered as Assistant Cashier; in 
1877 he was elected Cashier. He was married on the 20th of November 1870, to Miss Sophie 
LIPPENCOTT, of Wilkes-Barre, Penn., and has one child - Joseph L.