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

John NIELAND, farmer and stock-raiser; P. O. Monee; one of our early settlers; was born in 
Germany March 6, 1824; came to the United States in 1854, and to this State and settled in 
Will Co. in the same year; his farm consists of 165 acres, valued at $50 per acre. He was 
married to Dora BOBSIEN, who was born in Germany Jan. 29, 1829; they have had ten children, 
five of whom are living, viz., John, Minnie, Dora, Charley and Frederick; deceased, Sophia, 
Mary, Louisa, Heinrich and Ricka. Since Mr. NIELAND's residence in the township, he has 
held the office of School Director and Road Commissioner several years.