Will County IL Archives Biographies.....Kobliska, John D 
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Author: Genealogical and Biographical Record of Will County 

JOHN D. KOBLISKA, deceased, formerly of Homer Township, was born in Lockport, 
of this county, June 8, 1856, and was a son of Francis and Mary E. Kobliska, 
natives of Bohemia. His parents came to America in 1853 and settled in Homer 
Township, where his father commenced to farm on a small scale, but in time he 
was prospered, and when he died, in 1879, he left considerable property to his 
children. His wife survived him twenty years, dying in 1899. On the home farm 
our subject grew to manhood, receiving his education in district schools. In 
1870 he bought the eighty-acre farm where his family still lives, and here he 
engaged in truck gardening, finding a market for his produce in Joliet and 
along the canal. He was an honest, hard-working, persevering man, who toiled 
tirelessly in order to surround his family with the comforts of life. Had his 
life been prolonged he would undoubtedly have enjoyed an increasing success, 
as he had established his business on a substantial basis and had built up an 
excellent trade; but, while still in the prime of his usefulness, he passed 
from earth. With the thoughtfulness of one who is  devoted to his family he 
had carried a life insurance, and this, together with his farm, left his 
family comfortably provided for. He had erected a number of buildings on the 
place; in 1890 fire entailed a heavy loss, but he rebuilt the same year. In 
his political relations he was a Democrat. However, he was not active in 
politics and never aspired to office, finding sufficient to occupy his time in 
the management of his farm and the discharge of his duties toward his family 
and his friends. His death occurred September 3, 1896, when he was forty years 
of age.

Mr. Kobliska is survived by his wife, whom he married December 3, 1881, and 
who was Mary E. Mende, daughter of Anton Mende, of Chicago. Their five 
children are: Charles A., Ella, George W., Paul F. and Ruth Marie, all of whom 
are students in the Lockport school. The eldest son, who is a bright and 
intelligent youth of sixteen years, carries on the home place with the 
assistance of his 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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