Will County IL Archives Biographies.....Danby, William 1822 - 
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Author: Portrait & Bio Album, 1890

WILLIAM DANBY has for thirty years been a resident of this county, and since 
coming here has attained an honorable place among its farmers and stock-
growers, who are sustaining and advancing its magnificent agricultural 
resources. He is a well known resident of Will Township, in which his farming 
operations are centered. Our subject is of English birth and breeding, born 
May 9, 1822, in West-Riding, of Yorkshire, a son of Robert and Rebecca 
(Latham) Danby, who were born in the same shire as himself. His father was a 
farmer. He and his wife reared a family of six children, namely: Caroline, 
George, Jarvers, Charles, William and Richard, of whom George, Richard and 
William became citizens of this country. George came to the United States in 
1853, settled in Will Township, and was connected with the Illinois Central 
Railroad. Richard came in 1853 and settled in Croton, N. Y. The subject of 
this biographical review came to this country with his wife in the year 1858. 
He spent the following two years in Matteson, Ill., being employed on the 
Central Railroad. Desiring to give his attention to farming pursuits and 
having heard of the wonderful fertility of the soil of Will County, and of the 
success that followed the labors of its enterprising farmers and stock-
raisers, he selected this region as the most desirable location, and in 1860 
took up his residence here. For six years he rented land until he accumulated 
sufficient money to place him on an independent basis, and in 1865 he 
purchased eighty acres of land in Will Township. In November, 1870, he located 
on the one hundred and sixty acres of land in the same township, which he 
still occupies. He has added one hundred and sixty acres to it and now has a 
choice farm of two hundred and forty acres, which he has under admirable 
cultivation and is constantly improving. He is much interested in the cattle 
business, and for eight years has been a breeder of Hereford cattle. When Mr. 
Danby first set foot on these shores he had a capital of $200 with which to 
make his new start in life. By superior management and excellent business tact 
he has greatly increased this and may now be considered one of the moneyed men 
of the township. March 24, 1850, Mr. Danby and Miss Ann Killingbeck united 
their lives and fortunes, and in her he has found a prudent helpmate and a 
true wife. She was born November 4, 1826, in the town of Snaith, Yorkshire, 
England, a daughter of William and Hannah (Ellison) Killingbeck, likewise 
natives of Yorkshire. They were the parents of four children—John, Thomas, Ann 
and Harriet. John came to this county and first settled here and then took up 
his residence in Kansas. He married and had one son—Wilson. Thomas remained in 
England; two of his sons are living. Harriet, now Mrs. Horner, lives in 
England; she has three sons—Fred, William and Herbert. The marriage of our 
subject and his wife has been blessed to them by the birth of six children: 
Caroline; Annie E., wife of Thomas Stewart; Blanche, wife of Joseph Jackson, 
of White County, Ind.; Arthur W., Charles A. and William A. A man of sound 
intellect and of unswerving integrity, our subject has made his life record an 
example of worth to others, and he is greatly respected for what he is and for 
what he has accomplished. He is a good worker, his labors being directed by 
admirable judgment and far-reaching forethought. He is a man of sincere 
religious principles, as is shown by his every-day conduct, and in his wife 
the Methodist Episcopal Church finds one of its most valuable and 
conscientious members. He takes a deep interest in the affairs of his adopted 
country, of which he is a loyal citizen, and identifies himself with the 
Republican party.

Additional Comments:
Portrait and Biographical Album of Will County, Illinois, Containing Full Page 
Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens 
of the County; Chicago: Chapman Bros., 1890

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