Will County IL Archives Biographies.....Eib, George 1816 - 
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Author: Portrait & Bio Album, 1890

GEORGE EIB. The name of this gentleman is conspicuous among the old settlers 
of this county, in which he began his residence while it was still a part of 
Cook County and he but a lad. From the time when he accompanied his father 
here he has been a continuous resident, and has borne a share in the 
agricultural development which has made the wilderness blossom like the rose, 
and which makes of this broad State one of the most prosperous commonwealths 
of the nation. His beautiful farm is located on section 7, Jackson Township, 
and comprises two hundred and seventy-two and a half acres, on which good 
improvements have been made by the present owner. The parents of our subject 
were Peter and Madalina (Gilbert) Eib, the former of whom was born in 
Lancaster County, Pa. The early years of their wedded life were spent in 
Harrison County, W. Va., whence they removed to Columbus, Ohio, Mrs. Eib dying 
in the Buckeye State. The family afterward removed to Fountain County, Ind., 
and in 1833, made settlement where George Eib now lives. The father died in 
this township in 1858. His first marriage resulted in the birth of eight 
children, of whom our subject is the third in order of birth. The gentleman of 
whom we write was born in Clarksburg, Harrison County, W. Va., March 17, 1816. 
He was ten years old when his parents removed to Ohio, and seven years later 
he accompanied his father to Illinois. Farming has been his life work, and 
success has attended his labors. He has not sought for office, but has 
preferred the quiet of his home and the association of his many friends to the 
rivalries and excitements of public life. He is a Democrat, always ready to 
cast his vote when occasion demands. Mr. Eib possesses a genial, social 
nature, and the hospitable spirit which makes his society sought, and by his 
quiet pursuance of duty and honorable character he retains the friendship of 
those who are predisposed toward him by his social qualities. At the home of 
the bride, in Joliet Township, May 18, 1844, the rites of wedlock were 
celebrated between George Eib and Mary Ann Zumwalt. This lady was born in 
Adams County, Ohio, January 31, 1824, being the second in a family of fourteen 
brothers and sisters. Her parents were Joseph Zumwalt, a native of Kentucky, 
and Mary (Ogle) Zumwalt, who was born in Adams County, Ohio. Their wedded life 
began in the Buckeye State, whence they removed to Hancock County, Ind., and 
in 1834 to this section, which was then included in Cook County. They settled 
in what is now Joliet Township, continuing to reside there until 1849, when 
they removed to California. They made their home in the Pacific Slope from 
that time, the mother dying there in 1885. Mr. Zumwalt still survives at a 
very advanced age, having been born in 1800. It will be hard to find a woman 
who possesses a greater number of the qualities of ideal womanhood than Mrs. 
Eib, of whom her husband can truly say "her price is far above rubies." She is 
the mother of nine children, two of whom died when young, the survivors being 
Peter B., Louisa, Almeda, Mary O., Catherine A., George J. W. and Jacob L. 
Peter and Louisa live in California, the latter being the wife of William Ash; 
Almeda is the wife of George Hibner, of Grundy County; Mary is the wife of 
Andrew Shelly, of Nebraska; Catherine and George are yet at home, and Jacob is 
farming in this county.

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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