Will County IL Archives Biographies.....Buehler, Jacob ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/il/ilfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Deb Haines http://www.rootsweb.com/~archreg/vols/00003.html#0000719 February 6, 2008, 5:23 am Author: Past and Present of Will County, IL; 1907 Jacob Buehler, whose business life might be summed up in the one word "industry," is the owner of an excellent farm in Joliet township. A self- made man, whatever success he has achieved is due solely to his own earnest labor and indefatigable perseverance. He was born in Switzerland in 1850. His father, Ulrich Buehler, was also a native of the land of the Alps, born in the year 1819. He was a farmer by occupation and came to America in 1867, settling in the state of New York. He was there employed as a day laborer and died from a sunstroke in 1871. His wife, Mrs. Margaret Schoh Buehler, was born in Switzerland in 1831 and her last days were passed in Chicago, where she died in 1902, having long survived her husband. They were the parents of five sons and four daughters. Jacob Buehler spent the first nineteen years of his life in the land of his birth and attended school there as opportunity offered. He then crossed the Atlantic to the new world and lived with his father until the latters death, after which he came to Joliet in IS72. He had heard that better business opportunities could be enjoyed in the middle west and accordingly he came to Illinois, entering the employ of Adam Warner, for whom he drove a team at a rock quarry. He afterward worked by the month as a farm hand. He lived frugally and economically, worked hard and persistently and as the years passed made steady financial progress. When he first came to America he worked at ten dollars per month and later he received fifteen dollars per month. When he had saved enough from his earnings he purchased land and has since added to his property until he now owns a valuable tract of one hundred and ten acres adjoining Joliet on the south. In connection with the cultivation of his fields he conducts a dairy and has an excellent milk route. He also owns two houses in Joliet, and his own residence is a fine home, bordering what is known as the Orphans' Home car line. Mr. Buehler was married in 1875, the lady of his choice being Miss Elizabeth Engimann, who was born in Switzerland in 1853 and is a daughter of John and Eliza Engimann. Her father is now deceased and the mother is still living, her home being in Joliet. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Buehler have been born a son and two daughters: Albert, who is living in Joliet and has a milk route there; Frieda, who is at home with her parents; and Mary Elizabeth, who died at fourteen years of age. The life record of Mr. Buehler should serve as a source of inspiration and encouragement to others who have to start out as he did. He had no money to assist him when he began earning his own living but depended entirely on his labor, and as the years passed by he gradually advanced until he is today one of the substantial and prosperous farmers of his community, owning a valuable property adjoining Joliet. Additional Comments: PAST AND PRESENT OF WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS By W. W. Stevens President of the Will County Pioneers Association; Chicago: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1907 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/il/will/bios/buehler2581nbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/ilfiles/ File size: 3.7 Kb