Will County IL Archives Biographies.....Eib, George 
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Author: Past and Present of Will County, IL; 1907

GEORGE EIB. Among the old and honored residents of Jackson township is 
numbered George Eib, who is now in his ninety-second year. He was born on the 
17th of March, 1810, in Clarksburg, Harrison county, West Virginia, and is the 
third in order of birth in a family of eight children, whose parents were 
Peter and Madelena (Gilbert) Eib, but is the only one of the number now 
living. The first ten years of his life were spent in the state of his 
nativity, and he then accompanied his parents on their removal to Columbus, 
Ohio. Two years later the family removed to Covington, Indiana, where Mr. Eib 
spent the following six years, and in 1833 came to Will county, Illinois, with 
parents, locating on section 7, Jackson township, upon a tract of eighty acres 
of raw prairie land. His early life was one of hardship and toil, such as 
pioneer settlers are forced to endure, and he remained with his parents until 
he attained his majority. On starting out in life for himself he worked by the 
month for one year, and then he and a brother bought one hundred and sixty 
acres of land, which they operated in partnership for two years. At the end of 
that time the brother was married and the property divided, each taking eighty 
acres as his share. Throughout his active business life our subject continued 
to engage in agricultural pursuits and as he prospered in his labors he added 
to his property from time to time and is today the owner of two hundred and 
sixty-three and a half acres of fine farming land, which is under a high state 
of cultivation and well improved. Mr. Eib was married May 2, 1844, to Miss 
Mary Ann Zumwault, of Will county, who was born January 31, 1824, a daughter 
of Joseph and Mary (Ogle) Zumwault, of Ohio, in whose family were fourteen 
children, she being the second in order of birth. She has three brothers 
living: Jacob, a resident of Anderson, California; James, of Williams, that 
state; and Daniel, also of Anderson. Nine children were born to Mr. and Mrs. 
Eib, six of whom still survive, namely: Peter B. and Mrs. Louisa Ash, both 
living in California; Mrs. Almeda Hibner, of Gardner, Illinois; Mrs. Mary 
Orlinda Shelly, of Nebraska; George J. W., who is now operating the old home 
farm; and Jacob L., a resident of Joliet. Mr. Eib is a self-made man, his 
success being due entirely to his own efforts, as he had not even the aid of 
an education, never having attended school a day in his life. He continued to 
actively engage in agricultural pursuits until 1892, when he erected a small 
house across the road from his old home and here he and his wife now reside, 
while his son occupies their former residence and carries on the work of the 
farm. The prosperity that has come to Mr. Eib is well deserved and now in the 
evening of life he is enjoying the competence gained by persistent and honest 
labor. Although in his ninety-second year he is still hale and hearty and is a 
well informed man on general topics of the day. Politically he has always been 
a supporter of the democratic party. 

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

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