Will County IL Archives Biographies.....Eib, Amos 1823 - 
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Author: Portrait & Bio Album, 1890

AMOS EIB is the owner and occupant of a pleasant and fertile estate on section 
7, Jackson Township, the same comprising one hundred and eighty-five acres. 
Upon it are to be seen the usual farm buildings, but of better construction 
than many, while the appearance of fields, fences and stock give the 
impression that Mr. Eib understands tilling the soil and caring for the 
produce of his fields and the increase of his herds. The birthplace of Mr. Eib 
was Harrison County, Va., and his natal day July 29, 1823. He was a child of 
four years when his parents removed to Columbus, Ohio, two years later, the 
location of the family being changed to Fountain County, Ind. There they 
remained until 1833, when they came to this county and the youth of our 
subject was spent amid pioneer surroundings in the township of which he is an 
honored resident. The mother had died in Columbus, Ohio, and the father 
breathed his last in this county at the home of his son. The marriage of our 
subject and Miss Catherine Gonter took place in Jackson Township, March 28, 
1851. The bride was born in the province of Alsace, at that time a part of 
France, but now belonging to the German Empire, in April, 1831. Her parents, 
Michael and Catherine (Arnholt) Gonter, made a settlement in Will County in 
1840, and the father died in Jackson Township. The mother survives, now 
residing with her daughter, Mrs. William Brown. The children born to Mr. and 
Mrs. Eib are, Levi H. a resident of Minden, Neb.; George W. a farmer in 
California; Albert N. a farmer of Jackson Township; Clara E. wife of Albert 
Cotton, and Susan B. wife of Alvin Spangler of Jackson Township. Mr. Eib has 
been School Director. In politics he is a good Democrat. He is held in good 
repute by his fellow-man as a reliable citizen, an industrious farmer and a 
man of kindly nature and upright life.

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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