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Author: History of Will County IL, 1878

S. H. WHITED, retired, Joliet; was born in Albany Co., N. Y., May 24, 1808; when he 
was 19 years old, he went to Herkimer Co. and there learned the painter's trade; he 
worked for three years for $30 a year, and clothed himself, and at the end of that 
time had $50 laid by, principally the result of extra work; this illustrates the 
habits of industry and economy which have been characteristic of his  whole life; 
in 1852, he came to Chicago, settling in Joliet the following year; he worked at 
his trade till 1855, when he purchased a farm at Twelve-Mile Grove, and followed 
farming two years, at the end of which time he returned to Joliet. In October, 
1861, he volunteered in Col. Wilson's Mechanics' Fusileers in Chicago, and remained 
until the disbanding of the regiment in February following; about three months 
later, he again enlisted in Capt. Ford's cavalry company, attached to Cushman's 
regiment, serving three years, principally engaged in scouting service; in 1865, 
he returned to Joliet. It should be mentioned that while living in Herkimer Co., 
he held successively the offices of Corporal, Sergeant, First Lieutenant and 
Captain in the New York State Militia, holding a commission five years. He was 
married in 1832 to Miss Sarah HINCHMAN, of Little Falls, N. Y.; they have five 
children living - Elias H., ticket agent of the Michigan Southern and C., R. I. 
& P. Railroad Companies in Chicago; Harriet A., Charles W., Jessie O., also in 
the office with his brother in Chicago; and Jerry H., train dispatcher and 
division operator on the Central Pacific Railroad at Carlin, Nevada.


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