Will County IL Archives Biographies.....Brisbane, Joseph C  
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Author: Genealogical and Biographical Record of Will County

JOSEPH C. BRISBANE, who is engaged in dairying and farming on section 14, New 
Lenox Township, was born in Cook County, Ill., in 1863, a son of James W. and 
Dorothy (Caldwell) Brisbane, natives respectively of Scotland and the north of 
Canada. His father came to the United States in 1858 and settled in Cook 
County, Ill., where he followed the trades of blacksmith, wagon-maker, 
carpenter and cabinet-maker. About 1873 he removed to this county and later 
settled on a farm near New Lenox. Since 1880 he has made his home on his 
present farm near the village and here he has carried on general agricultural 
pursuits. His wife died March 17, 1897, leaving five children, namely: Joseph 
C.; Jeannette W., who has been a successful teacher for twelve years and is 
now connected with the schools at South Englewood; Dorothy, wife of Charles 
Cooper; Martha, wife of William Patrick; and Mary, still at home. At the time 
the family settled in this county our subject was ten years of age. He grew to 
manhood in the township of Crete, one and one-half miles from the village of 
that name. His education was received in common schools, under the supervision 
mainly of William H. Evans. For some years he carried on farming in connection 
with his father, but in 1885 he settled on his present farm, which he 
purchased in 1889. He is now the owner of one hundred and eight acres, devoted 
principally to the pasturage of milch cows, and carries on a large and 
profitable dairy business. Thoroughly familiar with practical dairying, in all 
of its phases, he is qualified to carry on a business satisfactory to others 
and remunerative to himself. On the Republican ticket Mr. Brisbane was elected 
township collector, which office he filled for one year. The office of school 
director he filled for ten years, during a part of which time he was clerk of 
the board. In the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which he is a member, he has 
served as trustee and steward for some time, and is also secretary of the 
building committee now in course of erection. His marriage, in 1885, united 
him with Emma J., daughter of John J. Willis, of New Lenox Township; and they 
have one child, Vernice E.

Additional Comments:
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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