Will County IL Archives Biographies.....BEDFORD, JOHN 
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Author: GENEALOGICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD

JOHN BEDFORD, an early settler of Plainfield Township, was born in 

Lincolnshire, England, September 28, 1828.  In March, 1852, he set sail from 

Liverpool for New York on the sailing vessel, "Lady Ashburton," and after 

landing in this country proceeded to Illinois, finding work on a farm in Will 

County.  In 1855 he returned to England and married Miss Ann Foulston, a 

native of Lincolnshire.  With his wife he crossed the ocean in March, 1856, on 

the "Neptune," and settled in Lockport, Ill., where he was employed as a 

stationary engineer for a few years.  Later he resumed farming.  In 1876 he 

bought a farm of ninety-two acres four miles from Plainfield and eight miles 

from Joliet.  There he remained until his death, which occurred March 28, 

1880.  He left, besides his wife, a family of four children: Albert F., Walter 

S., Lizzie J. and Sarah J.  He was a man of irreproachable character and 

upright life, and was highly esteemed by the people of his township. 


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Genealogical and Biographical Record of Will County Illinois Containing 
Biographies of Well Known Citizens of the Past and Present, Biographical 
Publishing Company, Chicago, 1900


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