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

Gallus MULLER, chief clerk of the Illinois State Penitentiary, Joliet; born in Switzerland, 
Canton of St. Gall (Wyl), June 12, 1841; after a collegiate education in St. Gall and, Lucerne, 
he entered the University of Munich, Bavaria, in 1860, and attended here one year; the next two 
years were passed in Turin, Italy, when he emigrated to America in 1863, landing in New York 
upon the 20th of December; coming directly to Chicago, he soon thereafter engaged in the music 
business, which he followed until 1870, when he came to Joliet as book-keeper for the Illinois 
State Penitentiary; after working a short time in this capacity, he was appointed chief clerk, 
and has held this office since that date, during a period of eight years, and under five 
different administrations. He was married in Chicago, in 1866, to Miss Marie De HEZ; they 
are the parents of four children, viz., Alice, M, Pia, Walter and Ida.