Will County IL Archives Biographies.....Eib, Augustus 
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Author: Genealogical and Biographical Record of Will County

AUGUSTUS EIB. As a resident of this county since 1833, Mr. Eib well deserves 
mention. He was a boy of thirteen when the family settled in the neighborhood 
of his present home, and he has since been a witness of the remarkable growth 
of this section. In Harrison County, W.Va., he was born June 19, 1820. He was 
one of nine children, of whom five sons survive. His father, Peter Eib, was 
born in Little York, Pa., March 12, 1779, and removed to Harrison County, W. 
Va., but in an early day settled in Ohio, where he spent two years. In the 
spring of 1832 he removed to Illinois and selected a claim in Will County, 
then returned to Fountain County, Ind., where he had been living for six 
years. May 10, 1833, he arrived with his family on the place he had selected 
for their home. He died here August 4, 1858. Remaining with his parents until 
1845, our subject then bought eighty acres of canal land, apart of his present 
farm. He has been prosperous in his undertakings, and now owns one hundred and 
sixty-seven acres, forming one of the valuable farms of Jackson Township. His 
marriage, March 20, 1851, united him with Miss Jane Evans, who was born in 
Franklin County, Ohio, July 2, 1828, a daughter of Lovead and Mahala (Kyrk) 
Evans. Her father, a native of Vermont, settled in Franklin County, Ohio; 
thence, in 1837, removed to Fountain City, Ind., but one year later settled in 
Iroquois County, Ill., and continued there until two years prior to his death, 
when he went to Miami County, Kans. Eight children were born to the union of 
Mr. and Mrs. Eib, four of whom are now living, namely: Adelbert, a farmer of 
Jasper County, Ind.; Peter and Alonzo, who operate farms in Will County; and 
Willard, who cultivates the home farm. 

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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