Grundy County IL Archives Biographies.....Culley, Anthony Joseph 
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Author: History of Grundy County, 1914

Culley, Anthony Joseph – In these days of specialized endeavor a man has to 
know thoroughly some particular line in order to achieve any measure of 
success.  One of those who has perfected himself as a mason until he has 
developed into a contractor of masonry, is Anthony Joseph Culley, of South 
Wilmington, Ill., one of the substantial men of Grundy County.  Mr. Culley was 
born in Belgium, in 1866, a son of Nicholas and Mary (Doyen) Culley.  These 
parents came to the United States in 1869, locating at Braidwood, where the 
father carried on mining as he had previously done in his native land.  There 
he died in 1893, being buried in the place of his adoption, but his widow 
survives, still making her home at Braidwood.  There were eight children born 
to Nicholas Culley and wife:  Seymour, Catherine, Anthony Joseph, Lydia, 
Charles, John, Abel and Anna, several being deceased.

Anthony Joseph Culley was two and one-half years old when he was brought to 
Braidwood where he grew up and attended the public schools until eleven years 
old when he began working for coal companies.  In 1889, having learned to 
largely depend upon himself, he came to South Wilmington, when the town was in 
its infancy, and has lived here ever since, growing up with it as it were.  He 
found opportunity for mason work, and has been engaged in all kinds of this 
class of construction work, and has labored to some purpose as he now owns his 
residence, and 120 acres in the vicinity of South Wilmington.

In 1893 Mr. Culley was married to Elizabeth M. White of Braidwood, Ill., and 
they have three children:  Charles N., William C. and Agnes.  They belong to 
the Baptist Church.  Fraternally he is a Mason and a Knight of Pythias.  A 
Republican in politics, he served three years on the school board from 
Greenfield Township, five years as assessor and for the past two years he has 
been supervisor, which office he still holds.  In every way he has proven 
himself a worthy, efficient man, and his standing in his community is 
undisputed, as is his reputation for honest dealing and faithfulness in 
carrying out his contracts.

page 797

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

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