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

Hon. Amos SAVAGE, farmer, Sec. 28; P. O. Lockport; was born in Homer Twp. June 18, 1836, on 
the homestead where his parents had settled in 1833; his educational advantages were limited 
as was the case among the early settlers in the wilds of the West; the subject of this sketch 
taught district school from the age of 19 to 24 during the winter months, working upon the 
farm during the summer; he was first elected Supervisor in 1861, and resigned shortly 
afterward to enter the army as Second Lieutenant of the 39th I. V. I., being afterward 
promoted to First  Lieutenant, and then as Captain, serving three years and three mouths, 
until discharged on account of disability; upon his return to the county he was again 
elected Supervisor, serving continuously until his election to the Legislature of Illinois 
in the fall of 1872, serving one term of two years, upon which he was again elected 
Supervisor, serving up to 1876, when he was elected to the State Board of Equalization 
for the Seventh Congressional District for the term of four years. Mr. SAVAGE has always 
been active in politics, and has worked faithfully in whatever position he has been 
elected to fill to the best interests of the county. He married Miss Mary L. SLATE 
(daughter of Asahel SLATE, of Georgetown, S. C.), in Lemont, Cook Co., Feb. 25, 1864; 
she was born in Georgetown, S. C., June 22, 1837; has five children - Helen E., born 
Dec. 8, 1864; Frank M., born July 19, 1867; John H., born June 25, 1870; Willard .A., 
born Sept. 14, 1872, and Mary A., born May 13, 1874.