Grundy County IL Archives Biographies.....Peck, John F 1836 - 
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Author: History Grundy County 1882

John F. Peck, builder, Gardner. Mr. John F. Peck was born in Addison County, 
Vt., September 24, 1836; raised and educated in Vermont; learned the trade of 
carpenter and joiner, at which he has worked for many years as contractor, 
working in his native State, in Troy, N. Y., and in Grundy County, Ill. 
Besides, he has combined a thorough knowledge of moving buildings, which 
occupies most of his time of late years, moving more buildings, perhaps, than 
any other man in the State. Was in the Government employ during the war as a 
foreman of a wrecking train. December 23, 1858, he was married to Miss Sarah 
E. Kellogg, of Ferrisburg, Vt.; she was born September 23, 1838, daughter of 
Reubenand Elizabeth Kellogg; they came to Grundy County in 1865; they have a 
family of four children - Fred C. Peck, accountant in Chicago; Flora E. Peck; 
Edward J. Peck, jeweler by trade, and Walter F. Peck. He worked about two 
years as traveling agent for the Ruttan Heating and Ventilation Company. He is 
a member of the Masonic fraternity, Knights Templar. Residence on the corner 
of Dwight and Jackson streets, Gardner.

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

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