. The history of Will County, Illinois, containing a history of the county .. . BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF PYTHONS JOLIET TOWNSHIP. E. H. AKIN, dealer in real estate,Joliet; was born in Johnstown, Fulton Co.,N. Y., July 3, 1815 ; at the age of 17, hewent to Onondaga Co., and in 1847, toBerrien Co., Mich.; followed the mercan-tile there one year; removingthence to Chicago; in 1849, he came to^Lockport, and shortly afterward went toCalifornia, where he followed mining until1851 ; returning, he engaged in farmingnear Lockport, and, in 1854, removed toJoliet ; liere he followed his trade o
. The history of Will County, Illinois, containing a history of the county .. . BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF PYTHONS JOLIET TOWNSHIP. E. H. AKIN, dealer in real estate,Joliet; was born in Johnstown, Fulton Co.,N. Y., July 3, 1815 ; at the age of 17, hewent to Onondaga Co., and in 1847, toBerrien Co., Mich.; followed the mercan-tile there one year; removingthence to Chicago; in 1849, he came to^Lockport, and shortly afterward went toCalifornia, where he followed mining until1851 ; returning, he engaged in farmingnear Lockport, and, in 1854, removed toJoliet ; liere he followed his trade of acooper, for a short time, and then engaged inmanufacturing staves, which he continueduntil 1800; in 1861, he removed toHennepin, Putnam Co., 111., where he en-gaged in flour manufacturing and dealingin grain, which he shipped to Chicago andSt. Louis. He did a very busi-ness during the war, and, in 1807, returnedto Joliet, since which time he has been en-gaged in the grain trade, woolen manufact-uring and real estate transactions. In 187^he laid out Akins Addit
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