Grundy County IL Archives Biographies.....Dresser, John 1813 - 
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Author: History Grundy County 1882

John Dresser, farmer, P. O. Mazon, was born in Stockbridge, Mass., December 
12, 1813. While he was quite young, his parents, Samuel and Nancy Dresser, 
removed to Portage County, Ohio, where John was raised and received a common 
school education. At an early age he learned the trade of carpenter and 
joiner, at which he worked for several years. He was married in February, 
1841, to Miss Betsey Morse; she was born in Massachusetts March 16, 1816, and 
died in Mazon Township September 28, 1854. Soon after they were married, Mr. 
and Mrs. Dresser moved to Miller County, Mo., where they lived till 1851, when 
they came to Illinois, and located in Mazon Township, Grundy Co.; there in 
Section 4, Mr. Dresser owns eighty acres of improved land valued at $50 an 
acre. Mr. Dresser's second marriage occurred May 6, 1855, when he married Mrs. 
Betsey Jones, of Missouri, formerly of Ohio. She was born March 13, 1829. Mr. 
Dresser had by his first wife two children - Jacob, born in October, 1843, 
died in September, 1848; Mary, born May 7, 1849, died in October, 1871. By his 
second wife Mr. Dresser had the following children - Isaac M., born May 13, 
1857; Martha E., born August 20, 1860 (married in November, 1877, to William 
Holmes); John E., born April 20, 1865, and Alma B., born September 5, 1867, 
died March 10, 1882. John Dresser cast his first vote for Andrew Jackson and 
has adherred to the same principles since.

Additional Comments:
Source: History of Grundy County, Illinois. (1882) Chicago: O.L. Baskin & Co. 
Historical Publishers.

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