Will County IL Archives Biographies.....Klint, John 
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Author: Genealogical & Biographical Record

JOHN KLINT, who is engaged in the merchant tailoring business at No. 604 
Collins street, Joliet, was born in Klinta, Upsala Preslijeld, Westeras,  
Sweden, May 5, 1851, being a son of Erik and Brigitta (Bjorsel) Klint, natives 
of the same province. His father, who was born in 1821, grew to manhood on a 
farm owned by the grandfather, Erik Anderson, and, in accordance with the 
usual national custom, entered the Swedish army in early manhood. However, his 
service was not limited to the usual two years, but continued from the time he 
was nineteen until he was fifty, when he received an honorable discharge. On 
account of the fact that his life as a soldier was spent in Klinta, he took 
the family name of Klint. He continued to make his home in Westmanland until 
his death, which occurred in 1895. His wife, who was a daughter of Andres 
Bjorsel, a soldier in the Swedish army, died in the same iaen in 1898. Both 
were supporters of the Lutheran religion. They were the parents of eight 
children, all but one of whom are living, John being the next to the oldest, 
and the only member of the family in the United States. He grew to manhood in 
Klinta, wherein early boyhood he studied in the public school. When he was 
eleven years of age he was bound to the tailor's trade, and in the ensuing 
years gained a thorough knowledge of the occupation in all of its details. 
After his apprenticeship ended he worked as a journeyman in Upsala. After a 
time he started in business for himself in Heby, continuing in the same place 
until his departure for America, where he believed greater success was 
possible than his native country offered.

In 1882 Mr. Klint went to Liverpool, England, and from there came across the 
ocean in the steamer "City of Paris." Landing in New York, he proceeded to 
Chicago, where he worked at his trade for two years. In December, 1884, he 
arrived in Joliet, which has since been his home. For three years he worked at 
his trade in the employ of others, when, having gained a knowledge of the city 
and a familiarity with American institutions, he determined to engage in 
business for himself.  Accordingly, in 1887, he bought the property at No. 604 
Collins street, and embarked in business independently. Having already made a 
number of friends, as well as a reputation as an expert cutter, from the first 
he had a fair trade, and this he has since increased. He is known as a first-
class tailor, whose attention to business and efforts to do satisfactory work, 
combined with his thorough knowledge of the trade, have brought him a 
profitable patronage. Though not active in politics he is a stanch Republican. 
He is a charter member of the Swedish Free Mission Church, which he has 
assisted in building, and in which he has served efficiently as president of 
the board of trustees. At this writing he is superintendent of four Sunday-
schools of the Swedish Free Mission Church in this city. While still living in 
Sweden he married Miss Maria Tilman, who was born in Uplaen. They have four 
sons, John, in Chicago; Peter and Henry, and Joseph, in Joliet.

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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