Cook County IL Archives Biographies.....Blegen, John 1842 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/il/ilfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com November 18, 2007, 10:40 pm Author: Mae Felts Herringshaw (1916) Blegen, John, Broker of 160 West Jackson Boulevard, was born May 23, 1842, in Tonsberg, Norway. For twelve years he was General Western Agent of the State Steamship Company of Glasgow. Since 1898 he has been Secretary of the Mutual Building and Loan Association. He is one of the founders of the Norwegian Old Peoples Home at Norwood Park. Additional Comments: Extracted from: HERRINGSHAW'S CITY BLUE BOOK OF BIOGRAPHY CHICAGOANS OF 1916. TEN THOUSAND BIOGRAPHIES EDITED BY MAE FELTS HERRINGSHAW CHICAGO CLARK J. HERRINGSHAW PUBLISHER Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1916, by Mae Felts Herringshaw in the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington, D. C. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/il/cook/bios/blegen1222gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ilfiles/ File size: 1.3 Kb