. Past and present of Will County, Illinois . assachusetts, served in the war of 1812. Late inlife he moved west to Illinois and established alumber and nursery business in Aurora, fromwhich city he came to Joliet, and died here atthe age of ninety-two. His father, BenjaminWheeler, was a soldier in the Revolutionary warand a member of the Massachusetts lattcrs wife bore the maiden name of AchsahJohnson. The mother of Mrs. Woodruff wasClarissa, daughter of Elisha and Alice (Freeman)Harman, the former of whom was a native ofBerkshire county, Massachusetts, and a life-longresident
. Past and present of Will County, Illinois . assachusetts, served in the war of 1812. Late inlife he moved west to Illinois and established alumber and nursery business in Aurora, fromwhich city he came to Joliet, and died here atthe age of ninety-two. His father, BenjaminWheeler, was a soldier in the Revolutionary warand a member of the Massachusetts lattcrs wife bore the maiden name of AchsahJohnson. The mother of Mrs. Woodruff wasClarissa, daughter of Elisha and Alice (Freeman)Harman, the former of whom was a native ofBerkshire county, Massachusetts, and a life-longresident there. Mrs. Woodruff is one of threechildren, having two brothers: Henry, who diedin Aurora; and Mark H., who served in a Con-necticut regiment during the Civil war until hewas killed in the storming of Port Hudson. Whena girl Mrs. Woodruff was a student at MountHolyoke Seminary, graduating in 1848. Soonafterward she became the wife of Dr. John , a graduate of the Albany Medical Col-lege. Thev came to Joliel in 1856, and the Doctor. GEORGE H. WOODRUFF. PAST AND PRESENT OF WILL COUNTY. 477 died in this city while still a young man. After-ward Mrs. Perkins was married to Mr. Woodruff,by whom she had two sons, namely: George F.,who is associated in business with his brother; andHarry Wheeler, whose sketch follows this. We can not more appropriately close this me-moir than with the presentation of IsraelsPrayer, by Mr. Woodruff, as it appears in Bit-ter Sweet: Our fathers God! To Thee we come once more, With united voice and heart, to offer Thanks and prayer. Thanks for the past, whether Of good, or seeming ill. Thanks that we weet Once more beneath the old roof ! Our Father! Forgive our sin, for sin is ours, we dare Not lay it at Thy door! Our Father, give Us humility! May we not presume To comprehend Thee or Thy way so full Of mystery! We only ask light enough To guide us to Thee! We ask strength that May overcome our weakness and resist Temptation, and strong grow in v
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