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

G. MUNROE & Son, wholesale and retail grocers, Joliet; this is the largest grocery 
house in Will Co., doing a business of at least a quarter of a million dollars per 
annum; it was established in 1865; George MUNROE, the senior member, was born in 
Jefferson Co., N. Y., April 4, 1821; he came to Will Co. in 1849, and spent thirteen 
years in farming in Florence Twp.; previously to this, he bad been engaged in the 
foundry business. He was elected Sheriff of Will Co., in 1862, and served two years; 
has also served one term as School Trustee, and one term on the Board of Aldermen. 
George H. MUNROE, son of George MUNROE, is also a native of Jefferson Co., N. Y., 
where he was born Sept. 24, 1844, and accompanied his parents to Will Co. in 1849. 
On the election of his father as Sheriff, in 1862, he entered the office as Deputy 
Sheriff, remaining two years. In 1865, he became a partner in the firm of G. Munroe 
& Son. He was married in May 1869, to Miss Eva WEEKS, of Joliet. In 1875, the Joliet 
Stone Company was organized and Mr. MUNROE, being one of the three equal stockholders, 
was made President, which position he still holds; he is also Treasurer of the Joliet 
Opera House Company.