Grundy County IL Archives Biographies.....Wees, E N 1843 - 
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Author: History of Grundy Co 1882

E. N. Wees, blacksmith, Minook. Among the representative business men of the 
town of Minooka, and who were among the first to become established in 
business here, is E. N. Wees, who came here in February, 1862, and immediately 
began the completion of his trade, which he had begun prior to his coming 
here. He was born May 9, 1843, in Upper Canada, son of John M. and Laura M. 
(Howell) Wees, both natives of Canada. His paternal grandsire was William 
Wees, who was of German stock; at the age of nineteen, Mr. Wees left Canada 
for the United States; he had been reared upon a farm, but had commenced 
learning the blacksmith trade prior to his leaving Canada; he arrived at 
Minooka February, 1862, and worked in Wilmington and Plattville until the 
final completion of his trade, and, in the fall of 1865, he came to this town 
and set up in business on his own account, and has since continued, removing 
to his present place of business in 1868. In connection with his shop, he 
carries on the wagon making business; and also a paint shop, and, being a 
thorough mechanic, he has been well patronized and has been successful in 
business. His inclinations toward stock raising, farming and its attendant 
minutae, and he contemplates in the near future to give his attention to this 
enterprise. In April, 1864, he married Eliza Andrews, a native of Kendall 
County, Ill., daughter of Ambrose and Sarah A. (Wire) Andrews; they have had 
four children - Charles, Fred, Lottie and Allie. He is a member of the several 
Masonic organizations from the Blue Lodge to the Commandery, Minooka Lodge No. 
528, Orient Chapter and Blaney Commandery.

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

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