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

LOUIS, Joseph - No man is promoted to a responsible position in which he has 
to take charge of a large body of men, unless he possesses more than ordinary 
ability along many lines, including the power to control others through his 
personality.  The superintendent of the Chicago, Wilmington and Vermillion 
mines, Joseph LOUIS, is one of the most efficient, practical miners of Grundy 
County, and has held his present important position since July, 1906, having 
been assistant superintendent for the two preceding years, his promotion being 
due entirely to merit.  Prior to 1904, he held the position of weightmaster 
and top foreman, for fourteen years.  His connection with this company, 
however, dates further back than that, for it was in 1885 when he first became 
associated with it at Braidwood, as a laborer.

Joseph LOUIS was born in Germany, in 1864, a son of Joseph and Victoria 
(DUFFNER) LOUIS, the latter of whom died in 1877, and the former in 1883, both 
passing away in Germany, where the father was a successful merchant.  When 
thirteen years old, Joseph LOUIS was placed at college, from which he was 
graduated, and began teaching school.  In 1881 he left his native land for the 
United States, and came to Chicago, Ill., where, in spite of his educational 
advantages, he had to work as a gardener, six months afterward coming to 
Wilmington, Ill., where, for three years he was variously engaged.  He then 
entered the employ of his present company at Braidwood, since which time his 
progress has been steady, and always well deserved.

In 1886 Mr. LOUIS married Anna JELINEK, born in Germany, who came to this 
country at the age of thirteen years.  Nine children have been born of this 
marriage, six of whom survive:  Susie J., who is the wife of Peter BORELLA; 
and Maggie, Emma A., Victoria, and Carrie and Lilly.  The other three all died 
in infancy.  Mr. LOUIS belongs to the Modern Woodmen of America, No. 648 of 
Braidwood, and the Knights of Pythias No. 85, of Braidwood, while he is also a 
member of Braidwood Lodge, A. F. & A. M. No. 704, Wilmington Chapter, R. A. 
M., No. 42, and the Blaney Commandery, K. T., No. 5, Morris.  Politically he 
is a Republican and has been president and clerk of the school board of r nine 
years at South Wilmington.  In addition to other interests, Mr. LOUIS owns his 
home at South Wilmington.  He is an efficient man and good citizen and stands 
high in pubic favor.

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

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