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

J. J. LICHTENWALTER, dealer in grain, lumber, etc.; P. O. Elwood, the subject of this sketch 
was born in Stark Co, Ohio, Aug. 27, 1829. He married Miss Mary SHULL Feb. 24, 1853; she was 
born in Lebanon Co, Penn. He lived in Ohio until 1860, and was engaged in farming and 
carpentering; he then moved to Whitley Co, Ind., where he followed farming and also oporated 
a lumber-mill, and remained about five years; he then went to Springfield, Ind., and engaged 
in the grocery business, continuing four years; in 1868, he came to Illinois and settled in 
Elwood; he carried on the grocery and drug business for three years; he then took agency of 
the Canton Iron Bridge Co, and furnished the trade in several States; he then engaged in the 
lumber business, and has continued in same since; in November, 1877, he added the grain business.