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

Robert WHITLEY, Foreman Norton & Co.'s mills, Lockport; born in the town of Wakefield, 
Yorkshire, Eng., in November, 1831; he immigrated to America in 1854, and first settled 
in Oswego, on Fox River, where he engaged in milling nine and a half years; in 1864, he 
went to Chicago and remained a short time; in the latter part of the same year, went to 
Plainfield, Will Co., where he remained until the summer of 1866, when he came to 
Lockport and entered the employ of Norton & Co.; in 1871, went to Chicago and remained 
until after the great fire, when he returned to Lockport, his present home. Owns 120 
acres of land in Lockport Twp., known as the Frasier Farm. Mr. WHITLEY is thoroughly 
posted in everything pertaining to first-class milling, and is an important factor in 
the directing and working force of Norton & Co.


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