Grundy County IL Archives Biographies.....Delbridge, Robert J 
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Author: History of Grundy County, 1914

Delbridge, Robert J. – While many of the agriculturalists of Grundy County 
find it profitable to carry on general farming, there are others who prefer to 
specialize, particularly on stock raising.  One of the men who has attained to 
more than usual success in raising horse, cattle and hogs upon an extensive 
scale is Robert J. Delbridge of Saratoga Township, one of the leading men of 
the county.  He was born at Ottawa, Ill., March 18, 1875, a son of John and 
Nancy (Diehl) Delbridge, natives of England and of Dayton, Ohio, 
respectively.  The father came with his parents to New York where he lived 
from 1850 to 1856.  In the latter year he moved to Ottawa, Ill., where he 
bought land, owning at one time 800 acres.  The maternal grandparents, Jacob 
and Nancy Diehl, came from Pennsylvania to Ohio, where Mr. Diehl was a brewer, 
but later moved to Illinois.  John and Nancy (Diehl) Delbridge were married at 
Ottawa, and he engaged in farming for some years.  At present they are living 
with their son, Robert J.  The father was born in 1844, and the mother in 
1845.  Mr. and Mrs. Delbridge have had the following children:  George, who is 
of Traer, Iowa; Jennie, who is Mrs. C. M. Ames of Glenn, Mich.; Nana, who is 
Mrs. James Bogle of Marseilles, Ill.; Robert J., and May Bell, who is the 
widow of Joseph Bell of Glenn, Mich.

Robert J. Delbridge attended the schools of his neighborhood, and a commercial 
college of Valparaiso, Ind., and is a well qualified young business man.  He 
handles from 200 to 250 heard of horses annually, the same amount of cattle 
and raises and feeds 300 head of hogs.  Politically he is Republican, but 
aside from casting his vote for the candidates of his party, has not taken any 
part of public life.  His mother is a Methodist, but he is not connected with 
any religious organization.  A young man of ability and force of character, he 
is fast becoming a leader in the stock business of his county and richly 
deserves all the success which has come to him.

page 803

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

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