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

William W. PRINDLE, manufacturer of wagons and buggies, Lockport; was born in Prince Edward 
District, Canada, Sept. 30, 1823, in the town of Hollowell (now Picton); at the age of 3 
years, he went with the family to Oswego, N. Y.; here he spent his boyhood days; in the 
spring of 1837, he went to sea and remained till 21 years of age; coming home again, he 
found the family located at Logansport, Ind., and here he remained one year; he next moved 
to La Fayette, Ind., and in connection with his father engaged in the hotel business; this 
they carried one year, and in the fall of 1846, came to Joliet. Mr. PRINDLE laid the cut 
stone in the courthouse, working for the contractors, Shepard & Brown. In the spring of 
1847, he came to Lockport, where he has since resided. He was married July 25, 1847, to 
Mary A. HUTTON, a native of Oxford, England; has two children Louisa and Ada. He opened 
up his present shop about 1873, and has met with good success. He is a first class 
workman. Uses nothing but the best material, and gives his personal supervision to all 
the work going out from his establishment.