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

John W. MERRILL, attorney, Wilmington; is the son of Moses MERRILL, and was born at 
Rumney, N. H., Aug. 30, 1829; he received his education chiefly at Brooklyn Academy, 
Ohio, pursuing his classical studies, however, under his father's private tuition; 
concluding to make law his profession, he entered Judge NORTON's office at Joliet in 
1856, and after reading the usual length of time he was admitted to practice; his 
diploma, signed by Sidney BREESE, Chief Justice of the State, is dated April 19, 
1859; after spending a year or more in a real estate office in Chicago as an 
examiner of titles, etc., he returned to Wilmington, in this county, and opened 
an office, where he has continued to practice as an attorney up to the present time.