Will County IL Archives Biographies.....Haywood, Abraham A 
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Author: Past and Present Will County IL; 1907

Abraham A. Haywood has throughout his entire life been connected with the 
agricultural interests of Will county, for he is one of its native sons, his 
birth having occurred in Lockport township, February 14, 1849, on the old 
homestead farm, which has been his place of residence to the present time, 
with the exception of eleven years spent in Chicago. He is now the owner of 
this property, which comprises two hundred acres of valuable and well improved 
land, on which are found many improvements, including a nice country home and 
substantial outbuildings for the shelter of grain and stock. His parents, 
Samuel and Elizabeth (Akin) Haywood, were natives of the east, the former born 
in Maine in 1814, and the latter in New York, November 2, 1825. The father 
followed farming in the Pine Tree state until 1838, when he made his way 
westward, locating in the city of Lockport, Illinois, where he made his home 
for two years. He then removed to a farm in Lockport township, this property 
having been in possession of the family since that time. Both the father and 
mother are now deceased, the latter having passed away June 29, 1863, at the 
comparatively early age of forty-two years. The father was a republican in his 
political views and affiliations, and his family numbered eight children: 
Charles, Abraham, Lora, Ella, Turiel, Mary, William and Irwin. Mr. Haywood 
acquired his education in the district schools and the Joliet high school, 
while during the summer seasons he received practical lessons in the work of 
carrying on the home farm, and he is today continuing the work of development 
and improvement which was instituted by his father. Upon the death of the 
latter he purchased the interest of the other heirs in the property, which has 
made him owner of two hundred acres. He is here engaged in general farming and 
stock-raising and is meeting with very desirable success. On the 28th of 
August, 1887, occurred the marriage of Mr. Haywood and Miss Lillie Brown, who 
was born in Lockport. At her death, which occurred in 1892, she left one son, 
Howard, who is now a high-school student. Mr. Haywood has followed in the 
political steps of his father, thus giving his support to the republican 
party. He is a highly respected citizen of his home locality, where he is 
known for his reliability and trustworthiness in all trade transactions. His 
home has become endeared to him through the associations of his early boyhood 
and youth as well as the events of later manhood, and he finds in the 
agricultural resources of Will county ample opportunity for the acquirement of 
a goodly competence. 

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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