Will County IL Archives Biographies.....Herbert, John F 
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Author: Past & Present, 1907

John F. Herbert, who is the owner of one hundred and fifteen acres of rich and 
productive land in Channahon township, was born in that township, February 26, 
1855, and is the only surviving member of a family of three children whose 
parents were Patrick and Mary (Lonergan) Herbert, both of whom were natives of 
County Limerick, Ireland. The father, who was born in 1826, died in the year 
1858, while the mother, whose birth occurred in 1833, passed away in 1892. On 
coming to America they landed at Boston, Massachusetts, where the father 
worked for a time in a nail factory and then went to Weymouth, that state. He 
came to Channahon township, Will county, Illinois, in the early '40s, and 
began farming on section 15, where he remained until his death. In 1864 his 
widow became the wife of Joseph Geary, who was also connected with 
agricultural pursuits until his life's labors were ended in death in 1895. 
There was one child by that marriage, Joseph C., who is now living in Chicago. 
John F. Herbert was reared upon the home-stead farm, early becoming familiar 
with the duties and labors that fall to the lot of the agriculturist, and 
since attaining his majority, he has made farming his life work. He was 
married January 17, 1881, to Miss Mary King, who was born September 26, 1851, 
in Wilmington township, and died April 19, 1903. She was the second of the 
three children of Henry and Mary (Gleney) King, both of whom were natives of 
Ireland and came to Will county at an early day. They were connected with 
farming interests here. One daughter, Mrs. Thomas McCormick, is now living in 
Parsons, Kansas. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Herbert were born six children, all of whom 
are living: Mary M., Gertrude E., Catherine, Thomas W., and Alice A. and Agnes 
H., twins. Mr. Herbert of this review remained upon the home farm in Channahon 
township until 1880, when he removed to Kansas, where he carried on 
agricultural pursuits until 1895, when he returned to the old homestead, upon 
which he now resides. He owns one hundred and twenty-five acres of arable 
land, well improved, and bringing forth rich crops annually. He has served as 
school director for the past nine years and at the present writing is 
assessor, to which office he has been elected four times successively. He has 
always been a democrat and is a man well liked throughout the community in 
which he has so long made his home.

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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