Will County ILGenWeb Biographies..... ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. ************************************************ File contributed for use by: Dori Leekly & Margie Glenn Author: History of Will County, Illinois; Chicago: Wm LeBaron Jr & Co, 186 Dearborn Street, 1878. Charles PRAGST, general hardware merchant, Monee; one of our early settlers; was born in Germany Jan. 19, 1834; came to the United States in 1853, and to this State and settled in Will Co. in the same year; his present business has been his pursuit for the past nine years. He is now Clerk of the incorporated village of Monee.