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

William TONNER, City Clerk, Joliet; was born in Centre Co., Penn., June 24, 1816; he 
was raised on a farm, received a thorough English education, and, at the age of 16 
years, engaged in teaching; he taught about twelve years, six of which he taught in 
one school; in 1846, he came to Will Co., and engaged in farming, in Plainfield; in 
1850, he made the overland trip to California, where he spent two years in mining, 
returning in 1852; in 1857, he was elected County Clerk, and removed to Joliet; he 
held the office for eight years; from 1865 until 1877, he was engaged in investing 
money, buying and selling property, etc., also having considerable interests in the 
oil regions of Pennsylvania; he was elected City Clerk in December, 1877. He was 
married Feb. 5, 1839, to Miss Catherine J. SHREFFER, of Centre Co., Pa., and has 
one daughter living - Mary Alice (now Mrs. Henry A. SANGER, of Florence, Ala.); one 
daughter, Myra J., wife of R. H. WILLIS, died in Omaha, Neb., Oct. 31, 1867.


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