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

John J. OHLHUES, farmer, Sec., 14; P. O. Wilmington; owns ninety-three acres, valued at $50 
per acre; born, in Holstein, Germany, Oct. 19, 1837; emigrated to the United States in 1859, 
with his father's family, which consisted of parents, Jacob OHLHUES and Margaret GRAF 
(OHLHUES) and their three sons John, Peter and Henry, besides their daughter and son-in-law 
Mrs. and Mr. REILS. John married Mary SCHULTZ, at Joliet, in Sept. 1867; she was born in 
Hanover, Germany, July 24, 1843, and came to this country with her parents in 1857; have 
five children - Magdalena, Henry, Edward, Emma and Mary. His brother Henry enlisted in 
February 1864, in Co. E, ___ IL V. I., and was killed while pursuing the enemy at Fort 
Gregg, Va., on April 8, 1865. He was married to Ellen NEIMAN, here, in November 1864; 
left no children. Peter OHLHUES resides with his brother-in-law Mr. J. REILS.