Will County ILGenWeb Biographies..... ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. ************************************************ File contributed for use by: Dori Leekly & Margie Glenn Author: History of Will County IL, 1878 Adam VATTER, Jr., insurance and lightning-rod agent, and partner in the firm of VATTER & MERZ, pop manufacturers, Monee; one of the early settlers; was born in Germany March 11, 1852; came to the United States in 1855, and to this State, and settled in Monee with his father's family in the same year. He was married to Miss Bertha KETTERING, who was born in Chicago April 9, 1853; they have had two children, one of whom is living, viz., Julia; deceased, an infant. Additional Comments: HISTORY OF WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS; Chicago: Wm LeBaron Jr & Co, 186 Dearborn Street, 1878.