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. Samuel SILLIMAN, boots, shoes, hats and caps, Wilmington, born in Williams Co., Ohio, June 3, 1848, where he resided until his removal to Wilmington, his present home, in 1870; engaged in his present business in the spring of 1874. Married, in 1877, to Miss Lettie, daughter of John THOMSON; she was born in the city of Wilmington; they have one child - Chauncy L.