Will County ILGenWeb Biographies..... 
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Author: History of Will County IL, 1878

F. F. STOWE, merchant, Lockport; was born in Jamestown, N. Y., July 11, 1834; his 
early life was such as is common to most farmer's sons; beginning in 1850, he 
attended the High School at Jamestown for three years completing, the course in 
1854; soon after finishing his studies, he came West and settled, purchasing 240 
acres in Clayton Co., Iowa, which he improved; having sold out his farm, in 1856, 
he went to Erie Co., Penn., and purchasing 100 acres, engaged in farming, and the 
dairy business; in 1869, he came to Lockport and engaged in his present business, 
that of the retail grocery trade. He was married Oct. 27, 1855, to Sophia F. 
BARNARD, a native of New York State; has three children - Fred W., Grace E. and 
Wayne B. Much of his early life was spent in teaching, thus acquiring means to 
complete his education. While a citizen of Erie Co., Penn., he served the county 
as Auditor for a term of three years; he is at present a Justice of the Peace; 
has held the office six years; is Master of Lockport Lodge, A., F. & A. M., No. 
538. His son, Fred W., conducts the news office of the city.


Additional Comments:
HISTORY OF WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS; Chicago: Wm LeBaron Jr & Co, 186 Dearborn Street, 1878.