. Past and present of Will County, Illinois . iness qualifications and thor-ough understanding of the best methods of carry-ing on agricultural interests. Mrs. Offermann bore the maiden name of SusanKorst. She was born in Germany in 1825, cameto the United States with her brother, was mar-ried in Joliet in 1864 and died in 1896 in thefaith of the German Catholic church, of whichshe was a devoted communicant. Unto Mr. andMrs. Offermann were born two sons. Joseph isemployed in the Spot Cash store in Joliet, havingbeen with the firm for a number of years, and isregarded as a splendid young busine
. Past and present of Will County, Illinois . iness qualifications and thor-ough understanding of the best methods of carry-ing on agricultural interests. Mrs. Offermann bore the maiden name of SusanKorst. She was born in Germany in 1825, cameto the United States with her brother, was mar-ried in Joliet in 1864 and died in 1896 in thefaith of the German Catholic church, of whichshe was a devoted communicant. Unto Mr. andMrs. Offermann were born two sons. Joseph isemployed in the Spot Cash store in Joliet, havingbeen with the firm for a number of years, and isregarded as a splendid young business man, hav-ing the entire confidence of the house which herepresents. Nicholas, the younger son, lives withhis father. In 1892 he married Matilda Schweizer,who was horn in Joliet in 1873, and acquired agood common-school education here. Unto thismarriage there have been born six children: , Frederick, Alfred, Margaret and Henri-etta. Mr. Offermann gives his political allegiance totin1 republican party and is a member of the Ger-. ME. AND MBS. FRANZ OFFKRMANN. PAST AND PRESENT OF WILL COUNTY. 519 man Catholic church. He was a faithful soldierof his adopted country at the time of the Civilwar and has always been loyal to its interests andits welfare, while in this locality, where thegreater part of his life has been passed, he isknown as a public-spirited man as well as a suc-cessful farmer. JOHN McCLELLAN. John McClellan, who died December 12, 1906,in Plainfield township, was born at Colerain,Franklin county, Massachusetts, November 16,1826, a son of Michael and Jane (Patterson) Mc-Clellan, both of whom were natives of the old Baystate, and there lived and died. Mr. McClellan was the last surviving memberof a family of eight children, and was the onlyone of the family who ever came to Illinois. Hewas reared and educated in his native state andthere engaged in farming to the age of twenty-nine years, when he located in Will county, ar-riving there in February, 1856.
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