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

Adolphus YOUKER, dealer in agricultural implements, Lockport; was born near Ogdensburg, 
Can., Oct. 20, 1832; May 24, 1857, he left Canada, going to St. Paul, Minn., where he 
stopped a short time; thence to Rockford, where he engaged in carpentering a short time; 
in the fall of the same year, came to Stony Creek, Mich., taking charge of a saw-mill for 
one year; July 17, 1858, he came to Lockport, IL, and entered the employ of Norton & Co.; 
in 1859, he engaged in the business of underground ditching, and followed it two years; in 
1861, came again into the employ of Norton & Co.; in 1871, was employed in carpentering for 
the State in the yards at Lockport; in 1875, went to Chicago and run a meat market and 
vegetable store one year; in 1876, he, in company with Ira WILIAMS, began the sale of 
agricultural implements. He was married Sept. 12, 1859, to Mary M. Reinhart, a native of 
New York State; has had two children - Eliza Elnora and George Edward, both deceased. Owns 
160 acres of land in Kansas.


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