Will County IL Archives Biographies.....Fredrick, Joseph 1820 - 
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Author: Portrait & Bios Album, 1890

JOSEPH FREDRICK. The enterprising sons of the Fatherland have permeated 
through all parts of the United States, and left their ineffaceable mark as 
the sign-manual of industry, energy and a perseverance which has never 
admitted the existence of any such word as "fail." They have brought to their 
adopted country the steady habits which were transmitted to them from a 
substantial ancestry, and by which they have arisen to prominent positions in 
the industrial as well as the political world. They came to the Territory of 
Illinois when it was first opened for settlement, and have built up some of 
its most fertile farms and valuable homesteads. The subject of this notice—one 
of the most substantial farmers of Joliet Township—is a native of the province 
of Alsace, then a province of France, but now of Germany, and was born April 
20, 1820. He was the eldest in a family of seven children, the offspring of 
Mothen and Kathrina (Steck) Fredrick, who were natives of the same province as 
their son, and where they spent their entire lives. In 1840, when a young man 
of twenty years, the subject of this notice emigrated to America, landing in 
New York City. Thence he made his way to Buffalo, and from there emigrated to 
Chicago, Ill., and a short time afterward we find him in Joliet, this county, 
occupied at whatever honest labor he could find to do. For a time he was 
employed on a canal, but later worked for a farmer in DuPage County, remaining 
with him three years. In the meantime he made the acquaintance of Miss Sarah 
Wise, to whom he was married at Naperville, in 1844. After the birth of one 
child, Mr. Fredrick, in 1848, removed to Joliet where he lived one year. His 
next removal was to the farm which he now owns and occupies, and which lies a 
short distance west of the city limits. Since his removal to this place Mr. 
Fredrick has given his entire attention to agricultural pursuits. His fine 
farm with eighty acres is embellished with good buildings, while he has made 
fences, planted fruit and shade trees, and gathered together all the comforts 
and conveniences of modern farm life. To him and his estimable wife there has 
been born a family of twelve children, eight of whom are living. Joseph 
married Sarah Smith and lives in Joliet; Frank E. married Miss Margaret Parks 
and is a resident of Joliet; Sarah is the wife of Thomas Bossom, and they live 
in Joliet; Josephine, Charles A., Oswald J., William W. and Anna A. are at 
home with their parents. The deceased children were taken from the household 
circle at a tender age. Mr. Fredrick politically, affiliates with the 
Democratic party. He was reared in the faith of the Catholic Church, to which 
he still loyally adheres. Mrs. Fredrick is the daughter of Jacob and Sarah 
(Martin) Wise, who were natives of the kingdom of Bavaria and of German 
parentage and ancestry. They emigrated to America in 1831, settling first in 
Pennsylvania, where they lived seven years. In 1837 they came to Illinois, 
settling in DuPage County, where they spent the closing years of their lives. 
There was born to them a family of seven children, four of whom are living. 
Mrs. Fredrick is the third child and likewise is a native of Bavaria, her 
birth taking place August 4, 1827. She was a child of three or four years when 
coming to America, and remained under the parental roof until her marriage.

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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