Grundy County IL Archives Biographies.....Demelchiorre, Michele 
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Author: History of Grundy County, 1914

Demelchiorre, Michele – There is no truer saying than that to the effect that 
those of foreign birth who come to the United States succeed where native 
Americans fail.  The men and women who come here from lands across the seas, 
bring with them a determination to win at any cost and they go about their 
work earnestly and thriftly with the result that some of the most prosperous 
residents of almost any community are numbered among this class.  One of the 
men of Grundy County who belongs among these successful foreign born citizens, 
is Michele Demelchiorre, manager of a thriving mercantile business at South 
Wilmington, Ill.  Mr. Demelchiorre was born in Northern Italy adjacent to the 
French frontier, March 3, 1857, a son of Joseph and Margaret Demelchiorre, who 
died in their native land.  They had twelve children, all of whom are deceased 
with the exception of four.

Michele Demelchiorre worked on the farm with his father until he was twenty 
years old, and then traveled in Europe, working as a laborer.  In 1882 he came 
to the United States, and lived for a time at Coal City, Grundy County, where 
he had employment as a coal digger, but in 1884, he began working for 
different railroads.  Following that he was a delivery-man for Mrs. Piagnor of 
Coal City, and in 1901 took charge of her store in South Wilmington, where he 
has since remained, building it up to its present proportions.  This 
establishment is one of the largest in the city, and he is one of the popular 
business men of the county.  In addition to his other interests, he is a 
stockholder in the Illinois Aero Construction Company of Coal City.  He has 
never married.  He belongs to the Catholic Church and has voted the Republican 
ticket since taking out his naturalization papers.

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

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