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

F. W. PLANT, of the firm of Mason & Plant, lumber dealers, manufacurers of sash, doors and 
blinds, and proprietors of the Stone City Planing-Mill, Joliet; was born in Utica, N. Y., 
Sept. 13, 1843. His father, James PLANT, was one of the earliest settlers of that city, and, 
at his death, in 1859, left but two older settlers than himself; he was from Brandford, 
Conn.; he left two children - one daughter, now living in Ottawa, Ill., and one son, 
Francis W. He prepared for college in the Utica Academy, and, in 1860, entered Hamilton 
College, Clinton, N. Y., graduating in 1864; he then entered the employ of the Oneida 
Bank, in his native town, and shortly afterward engaged in the book and stationery 
business; in 1871, he came to Joliet, and with F. A. MASON and H. B. PLANT, established 
the lumber firm of Mason & Plant ; they erected their storehouse on Des Plaines street, and 
the Stone City Planing-Mill, a twostory building, on Joliet street, and are undoubtedly the 
heaviest lumber dealers in the city; Mr. PLANT is a Director and Treasurer of the People's 
Loan and Homestead Association of Jpliet.   He was married Oct. 16, 1867, to Miss Lizzie 
MERLE, of Brooklyn, L. I., and has four children - Helen M., Laura M., Grace M. and James M.