Grundy County IL Archives Biographies.....Condon, James 
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Author: History of Grundy County, 1914

Condon, James, dealer in and manufacturer of drain tile and brick, at Mazon, 
Ill., has been in this line of business for some time, operating under the 
name of James Condon, and has proven his ability and business reliability, as 
well as his worth as a citizen. His plant comprises three kilns and employment 
is given to fourteen men. Mr. Condon was born in Ireland in 1873, and is a son 
of Patrick and Nellie (O'Neil) Condon, who came to the United States in 1881, 
locating at Morris, Ill., near where the father farmed until he went to 
Joliet, Ill., in 1904, where he is now living in retirement. He and wife were 
the parents of nine children, of whom the following are living:  Mrs. Johanna 
Mahoney, Mrs. Lizzie Worrell, James, Patrick of Morris, and John and Thomas, 
of Joliet.

Growing up in Grundy county, James Condon was given the advantages of the 
schools here, and from the time he was ten years old was self-supporting, 
working by the month. In 1898 he proved his patriotism by enlisting for 
service in the Spanish-American War, and was honorably discharged in 1899.  
Coming back to Grundy County, he resumed his agricultural operations which his 
career as a soldier had interrupted, and in 1900 he began farming for himself, 
thus continuing until 1905, when he moved to Kansas. Two years later, however, 
he traded his farm there for the tile factory, and has seen no reason to be 
sorry for such action. In 1900 Mr. Condon married Bell Jacobson of Lisbon, 
Ill. Mr. Condon belongs to the Masonic fraternity and is a Knight Templar, 
being connected with the Commandery at Morris, and is also a member of the 
Eastern Star. In politics he is a Republican. A young man of exceptional 
business ability he has steadily advanced and is rightly numbered among the 
leading manufacturers of Mazon.

page 793

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Source:  History of Grundy County, Illinois, Chicago: Munsell Publishing Co. 
Publishers; 1914

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