. Past and present of Will County, Illinois . er of Virginia. After thedeath of her father she, together with her motherand family, in 1844 came to Illinois and settledin Kendall county, where two of her uncles,(icorge and Clarke Hollenback, had settled in1829, and who were pioneers of that county. Shewas twice married and by her first union threechildren were born, of whom a daughter, C. Keltner of Mazon, alone survives. Of thesecond union, three sons were born, namely: Ma-iinii. of Moorhead, Minnesota; John B.; and El-mer E., who graduated from the Illinois Wes-levan University and is
. Past and present of Will County, Illinois . er of Virginia. After thedeath of her father she, together with her motherand family, in 1844 came to Illinois and settledin Kendall county, where two of her uncles,(icorge and Clarke Hollenback, had settled in1829, and who were pioneers of that county. Shewas twice married and by her first union threechildren were born, of whom a daughter, C. Keltner of Mazon, alone survives. Of thesecond union, three sons were born, namely: Ma-iinii. of Moorhead, Minnesota; John B.; and El-mer E., who graduated from the Illinois Wes-levan University and is now a minister of theMethodist Episcopal church of Central Illinoisconference. In Mazon, on the old homestead, in Grundycounty, Illinois, the subject of this sketch washorn. As is the common lot of American youthshorn on a farm, lie was early taught to from the district school, he prepared forcollege at the Morris Xornial and ScientificSchool, and afterward taught for a year prior toentering the Illinois Wcslcviin University at. PAST AXD PRESENT OF WILL COUNTY. Bloomington. After completing his universitycourse he again took up the profession of teach-ing. For one year he was principal of theMazon high school and for a similar period heldthe principalship of the Ash ton (Iowa) 1888 he graduated from the law departmentof the University of Michigan. While in thatschool he also pursued a course in political sci-ence. He was one of the charter members ofMichigan Alpha fraternity of Phi Delta Thetaand has always been a loyal f rat. A constant student of his profession and im-bued with the firm belief that to be learned inthe law one must know the history of the real civi-lization of nations, he pursued a thorough coursein the civil law and the German classics and com-pleted a course of graduate work in jurisprudenceat the Chicago Law School, from which he re-ceived the degree of Doctor of Civil Law. is classed as a student of the School ofPhilosoph
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