Kane County IL Archives News.....William Grote, Former Mayor of Elgin, Dies 1921
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Journal Of IL State Historical Society, Vol 14 1921
William Grote former Mayor of Elgin, Illinois, died May 15, 1921. He was born 
in Hanover, Germany, November 22, 1849, and came to America a poor boy in 
1866. At his death he was rated the richest man in Kane County. He was 
president of the Home National Bank and Vice President of the Home Trust and 
Savings Bank of Elgin. Mr. Grote was prominently identified with the 
Republican politics of the State, having been a close friend and adviser to 
former Governors Yates and Deneen. He was twice a delegate to Republican 
National Conventions. He was an officer in thirty religious, educational and 
charitable institutions, and a lay member of the Illinois Conference of the 
Evangelical Association. For the last twenty-four years he has been a member 
of the board of trustees of the Northwestern College of Naperville, Illinois.

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Source: Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society, Published Quarterly 
by the Illinois State Historical Society, Springfield, Illinois. Vol. 14 April-
July, 1921 No. 1-2.

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