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

Jacob F. LOTZ, receiver and shipper for Norton & Co., Lockport; born in Blair Co., Penn., 
May 18, 1824; at the age of 17, he worked in the Arch Spring Mills; in 1846, be worked in 
the Logan's Valley  Mills one year; in 1847, in the Scotch Valley Mills; in 1848, he came 
West, and settled in West Creek, Lake Co., Ind.; thence to Dixon, Lee Co., IL.; in 1858, 
he came to Lockport; entered the employ of Norton & Co., for whom he has labored ever 
since; he was Foreman in their mills for fifteen years; for the past five years he has 
occupied the position of receiver and shipper. He has been married twice. In July, 1848, 
he was married to Elizabeth RAMSAY, a native of Pennsylvania; she died Jan. 24, 1866; his 
second marriage occurred Nov. 13, 1868, to Lucinda RAMSAY, also a native of Pennsylvania; 
three children were born to him from first wedlock, and four from second. He has been 
City Alderman two or three terms, and is at present School Trustee.