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

Michael STEPHEN, farming, Sec. 19; P. O. Joliet; was born in Alsace, France (now Germany), 
May 22, 1835, He married Miss Mary M. BLATTNER Jan. 15, 1857; she was born same place in 
1836; they had seven children, six living, viz., Mary J., John A., Mary A., Frank M., George 
S. and Annie M. He lived in Alsace about ten years when his parents came to the United 
States, and, in 1846, they came to Will Co. and settled in Joliet, and engaged in farming; 
in 1857, he came to his present place; he has been School Director and Road Commissioner; 
he started in poor circumstances and now owns 140 acres here and 240 in Kendall Co., which 
he has earned by his own labor. His parents, John STEPHEN and Mrs. Otillia (HOUT) STEPHEN, 
are living in Joliet.