Grundy County IL Archives Biographies.....Peart, Jeremiah 
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Author: History of Grundy County, 1914

Peart, Jeremiah. - One of the substantial general farmers and constable of 
Goose Lake Township, who stands high among the leading agriculturalists of 
Grundy County, was born in Ohio, October 11, 1864, a son of Cuthbert and Mary 
Ann (Walker) Peart, natives of England. The father was taken to Ohio by his 
parents, but the mother came there alone. The parents met and married in Ohio, 
where they resided until 1866, but in that year moved to Felix Township, 
Grundy County, Ill., where the father bought 160 acres of land, on which he 
died October 13, 1910, having retired from active work in 1903. His widow 
lives at Carbon Hill, Ill.

Jeremiah Peart grew up on the homestead and attended the schools of his 
neighborhood. In 1894 he rented land in Goose Lake Township, and continued to 
do so for three years, but then bought eighty acres in the same township. This 
property is still his home, and he has developed it into a valuable farm, 
erecting all the buildings and making other important improvements. Mr. Peart 
devotes his land to general farming, and his results justify his course. On 
November 29, 1894, Mr. Peart was married to Anna Swenson, born, reared and 
educated in Denmark, which she left when twenty years of age to come to the 
United States. Mr. and Mrs. Peart are the parents of the following children: 
Mabel, Ethel and Cuthbert. The family are Methodists in religious faith. In 
1905 Mr. Peart was elected Constable of his township and still holds that 
office, while for twelve years he was Judge of Elections and for eighteen 
years was a School Director. Some years ago he joined the Mohawk Harbor of A. 
O. O. Gleaners, and is interested in the work of that organization.  A man of 
action, steadfast in his allegiance to church and party, he is one of the 
reliable men of his locality, and is properly esteemed by those who know him.

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

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