Will County IL Archives Biographies.....BROSSMAN, JACOB 
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Author: GENEALOGICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD

JACOB BROSSMAN, a farmer, stock-raiser and dairyman of Dupage Township, has 

made his home in Will County since 1854. He was born in Lancaster County, Pa., 

July 16, 1837, a son of Jacob Brossman, Sr., and grandson of John Brossman, 

natives of Pennsylvania and farmers by occupation.  In 1854 his father removed 

from Pennsylvania to Iowa, but, not liking the surroundings, came to Illinois 

and settled in the northern part of Dupage Township, Will County, where he 

bought two hundred acres at $35 per acre.  The land was partly in good timber 

and partly under cultivation, and was therefore more valuable than much of the 

surrounding property.  As he prospered he added to his possessions until he 

acquired four hundred acres.  In politics he was a Democrat and in religion a 

Lutheran.  He died at the age of ninety-four years.  During his residence in 

Pennsylvania he was married.  In his family there were twelve children, Jacob 

being the oldest of those now living.  He was educated in Pennsylvania, first 

acquiring an excellent knowledge of the German language and afterward studying 

English.  At the time of settling in Illinois he was seventeen years of age.  

He remained with his father until he was twenty-one, when he began farming on 

his own account. When he was about thirty-one years old he bought one hundred 

acres where he now lives.  To this he added until he now owns two hundred and 

seventy-five acres, all in one body.  His house burned, and afterward he built 

the residence he now occupies.  He also erected other needed buildings.  In 

1892 he built a substantial barn, 36x86 feet in dimensions, and 22 feet high, 

with a stone basement.  At one time he was a very extensive raiser of and 

dealer in cattle and hogs, and he still makes a specialty of Durham cattle, 

also raises Norman horses.  In national politics he supports Democratic 

principles; in local matters he is independent.  He has served as road 

commissioner.  In 1850 he married Lydia Setzer, by whom he has seven children: 

James, a farmer at East Wheatland, Will County; Jeremiah, who is engaged in 

the coal business in Englewood, Cook County; John, who assists on the home 

farm; William, also on the home farm; Jacob, a farmer in Dupage Township; 

Hannah, who is married and lives in Wheatland Township; and Mary. 


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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