Will County IL Archives Biographies.....Kiep, Philip Jacob 
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Author: Genealogical and Biographical Record of Will County

PHILIP JACOB KIEP, a pioneer of Joliet, was born in Prussia, Germany, and was 
orphaned when quite young, his mother dying when he was two years of age and 
his father six years later. In youth he learned the shoemaker's trade, which 
he followed in his native land and also for a time after coming to America. 
When he was twenty-four years of age, in 1854, he crossed the ocean to the 
United States, proceeding direct to Joliet, where he was engaged in the shoe 
business for some time. During the early days of his residence in this city he 
was a volunteer member of the fire department. For a time he carried on a 
liquor business and later conducted a boarding house at No. 308 South Chicago 
street, where he bought a substantial two-story building. He was a member of 
the Sharpshooters' Association and St. John's Society, and he and his wife 
were among the first members of St. John's Catholic Church. Politically, after 
becoming a naturalized citizen, he always voted with the Democratic party. He 
bought residence property at No. 407 North Hickory street and built the house 
in which his widow now resides. Here his death occurred June 15, 1894. The 
marriage of Mr. Kiep took place in Joliet on the last day of 1857 and united 
him with Miss Helena St. Julian, who was born in Alsace, a daughter of Anton 
and Elizabeth (Graff) St. Julian, natives of the same province. Her father, 
who was a descendant of an old French family, brought the family to America in 
1847 and died in Joliet seven years later. His wife died in this city in 1872. 
They were the parents of five daughters and one son, the latter now deceased. 
Mrs. Kiep is the only member of the family living in Joliet, and has made this 
city her home since 1847, when thirteen years of age. Since her husband's 
death she has lived quietly at the homestead, caring for the interests of her 
family and overseeing the affairs of the home. Of her children, the three 
oldest, John, Joseph and Frank, are proprietors of a meat market in Joliet; 
Robert is engaged in the jewelry business on Chicago street; Philip is with 
his brothers in the meat business; Josephine, Mary and Theresa reside with 
their mother.

Additional Comments:
Genealogical and Biographical Record of Will County Illinois Containing 
Biographies of Well Known Citizens of the Past and Present, Biographical 
Publishing Company, Chicago, 1900

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