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

John MACKIE, miller, Lockport; was born in Perthshire, Scotland, March 7, 1842; he immigrated 
to America in May, 1865, and first settled in Gallipolis, Ohio; here be entered the employ of 
W. H. LANGLEY, remaining about fifteen months, at which time LANGLEY failed for a large amount; 
he next came to Chicago, and worked for a short time in the City Mills; in the latter part of 
1867, he came to Lockport, and entered the employ of Norton & Co.; he next located in 
Pittsburgh, Penn., and worked in the City Mills; in 1871, he returned to Lockport, and 
again entered the employ of Norton & Co., until the great fire in Chicago; a portion of 
his time was spent in their mills here and the remainder in their mills at Chicago. He was 
married in November 1868, to Elizabeth DORAN, of Canada; has three children - Ella, Rachel 
and Thomas.