Grundy County IL Archives Biographies.....Munson, Joel S 
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Author: History of Grundy County, 1914

Munson, Joel S. (deceased), It is but fitting that a lasting tribute be paid 
the memory of so good a man as the late Joel S. Munson, formerly of Saratoga 
Township and later of Morris, Ill. He was born in Manchester, Vt., August 26, 
1838, a son of Benjamin and Maritta (Pratt) Munson, both natives of 
Manchester, Vt., where they were farming people. Mr. Munson remained at home 
with his parents until his marriage, December 28, 1865, with Alida Ellen 
Walker, born at Ft. Edward, N. Y., September 21, 1846, daughter of Daniel P. 
and Flora Sophia (Bandall) Walker, natives of Manchester and of Sandgate, Vt. 
The Walkers came in 1871 to Saratoga Township, Grundy County, and located on a 
farm that Mr. Walker had previously bought and until 1887 he lived on this 
farm, and then moved to Morris, where he lived retired until his death in 
1901, his wife having passed away in 1900.

In 1878 Joel S. Munson moved to Saratoga Township from Manchester, Vt., and 
lived on Mr. Walker’s farm until January, 1905, when he came to Morris, and 
here he died February 11, 1911, his remains being laid to rest in beautiful 
Evergreen Cemetery. Since his demise, his widow has lived in her modern 
residence on Vine street. Mr. and Mrs. Munson were the parents of the 
following children:  Herbert A., who married Myrtle Pettet, lives at Tacoma, 
Wash.; Bertha, who married William M. Hoge, lives at Morris; Murray R., who 
married Grace L. Sprunt, lives at Morris; Tracy, who married Mrs. Anna Arnold, 
resides in Joplin, Mo.; Flora M., who lives with her mother; Loveland C., who 
married Nina Sleazer, lives at Deerfield, Ill.; Grace C., who lives with her 
mother; and Chester W., who lives at Granite City, Ill. Mrs. Munson is a 
highly educated lady, being a graduate of the Manchester seminary, which 
institution also graduated her husband. Both of them early attended the 
Congregational Church. Mr. Munson was a Republican and served as justice of 
the peace during his residence in Saratoga Township.  He was a man of sterling 
character, because of which he won and retained friends, and in his death, 
Morris lost one of its substantial citizens and his family a kind and loving 
husband and father.

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

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