Grundy County IL Archives Biographies.....Foli, Max 
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Author: History of Grundy County, 1914

Foli, Max – A resident of South Wilmington, Ill., since 1902, in which year he 
established himself in the liquor business at this place.  Max Foli has played 
a prominent part in the civic affairs of the community, and since the spring 
of 1912 has served as a member of the village board of trustees.  He is a 
native of Northern Italy, and was born in 1870.  His father, who was a stone 
mason by trade, passed his entire life in Italy, where he died in 1882, and 
his mother is still a resident of that country.  There were seven children in 
the family:  Evistice, Max, Cardo, Telespo, Dominic, Mida and Antonio, of whom 
Cardo, Mida and Antonio are deceased.

Max Foli secured his only educational advantages in the public schools of his 
native land, but when twelve years of age gave up his studies on account of 
the death of his father, and commenced working at the trade of stone mason.  
Seeing no future for himself in his native land, he decided to try his fortune 
in America, and accordingly, in January, 1890, emigrated to this country and 
settled at Clark City, Ill.  There he soon secured employment in the mines, 
and after ten years made removal to Gardner, Ill., where he was similarly 
engaged for two years.  In the meantime, being thrifty and industrious, he 
carefully saved his earnings with the idea of becoming the owner of an 
establishment of his own, an ambition which was realized in 1902 when he came 
to South Wilmington and opened his present place of business.  Through good 
management, energetic effort and enterprise, he has built up a paying trade, 
and is now considered one of the substantial men of the village, being the 
owner of his own property and wielding a distinct influence among his 
countrymen.  In the spring of 1912 he became a candidate on the Republican 
ticket for the office of village trustee, and was elected to this office by a 
handsome majority.  He has served his fellow-citizens faithfully and well, and 
deserves the respect in which he is held.  His religious connection is with 
the Catholic Church, and he belongs fraternally to the Foresters and the 
Italian order of the White Necktie, South Wilmington.

Mr. Foli was married in 1896 to Miss Rosa Corsinne, who died January 26, 1909, 
and is buried in Italy.  Six children were born to this union:  Linda, Mida, 
Clama, deceased, Cardi, Melinda, deceased, and Frank.

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

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