. The history of Will County, Illinois, containing a history of the county .. . ne. There are various theories ; take your choice. The name was changedafterward, at the suggestion of S. W. Bowen and others, by an act of the Leg-islature introduced by D. L. Gregg, Esq. And here we wish to notify all peo-ple, both in America and Europe, that the proper way to spell it is— do not waste so many Is and ts and es when you write it, and althoughwe are a jolly people, please do not pronounce it Jolly-ett, but Zho-liet; accenton first syllable. If you wish to go to the root of the subject,
. The history of Will County, Illinois, containing a history of the county .. . ne. There are various theories ; take your choice. The name was changedafterward, at the suggestion of S. W. Bowen and others, by an act of the Leg-islature introduced by D. L. Gregg, Esq. And here we wish to notify all peo-ple, both in America and Europe, that the proper way to spell it is— do not waste so many Is and ts and es when you write it, and althoughwe are a jolly people, please do not pronounce it Jolly-ett, but Zho-liet; accenton first syllable. If you wish to go to the root of the subject, the primarymeaning of the word is pretty, which makes it all the more appropriate for ourcity. Early in March, 1834, Albert W. Bowen, a physician in pursuit of a loca-tion, came to this vicinity and boarded a while with Lewis Kerchival. He hadthe sagacity to foresee that a town would grow up in this locality, and made aclaim on Section 2, in this township. He also built a small frame house on Section10, near where the Union School House now stands, in which he lived after.
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