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

Peter MACKIN, groceries and provisions, flour and feed, Joliet; born in Armagh Co., Ireland, 
June 24, 1849, where he lived until 22 years of age, attending school in his youth; then 
engaged in faming until the above age, when he emigrated to America, landing in New York 
March 17, 1871; coming directly West, he visited his brother at Peoria, IL, for a short time, 
when he came to Will Co. and engaged with Patrick FITZPATRICK in Lockport Twp. for one year, 
when he came to Joliet and engaged in business with Thomas DELANEY, purchasing the lot and 
erecting a store at No. 33 South Chicago St., where they engaged in the groceries and 
provisions, flour and feed business for three years, when their store was destroyed by fire; 
Mr. MACKIN then purchased his partner's interest and rebuilt his present store in 1876, since 
which time he has been doing a very successful and profitable business, which may be 
attributed to his strict integrity and honest dealing.