Will County IL Archives Biographies.....Luther, Frederick A 1855 - 
************************************************
Copyright.  All rights reserved.
http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm
http://www.usgwarchives.net/il/ilfiles.htm
************************************************

File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by:
Deb Haines ddhaines@gmail.com May 4, 2007, 9:58 pm

Author: Portrait & Biographical Album, 1890

FREDERICK A. LUTHER, Probably a majority of the farmers of Wilmington Township 
are men well-to-do, and of that class who have been the architects of their 
own fortunes. Among them may be properly mentioned the subject of this notice, 
who is comparatively young in years, and who is a native of this State, born 
in Kankakee County, March 28, 1855. He is the representative of a substantial 
old family of New England ancestry, the son of Charles and Lucy (Holland) 
Luther, who were natives of Vermont. The paternal grandparents of our subject 
were Jabez and Elizabeth (Parkman) Luther, the former of whom was a son of 
Caleb and Rebecca (Brown) Luther. Caleb was the son of Jabez and Alse Luther, 
who were natives of Massachusetts, and Jabez was a son of Caleb and Mary Luther, 
natives of the New England States. Caleb was a son of Samuel and Sarah, 
likewise natives of New England, and Samuel was the son of Samuel, Sr., and 
Mary Luther. Samuel, Sr., was the son of Capt. John S. Luther, a seafaring man
and commander of a merchant vessel. The latter was killed by the Indians on 
the Delaware River, in 1645; he was of German descent, but born in Ireland. 
Some of the early members of the Luther family were men of note in New England, 
and exercised no unimportant influence in their communities. Grandfather Jabez 
Luther was a merchant in Cornish, N. H., for many years. He lost both his arms 
by the premature discharge of a cannon, on the 4th of July, 1805. Charles Luther, 
the father of our subject, was born in Pittsford, Rutland County, Vt., June 30, 
1819, and spent the first twelve years of his life there. He was married there, 
in 1844, and in 1849 set his face westward, coming to Illinois and settling on 
a farm in Kankakee County. He lived there until 1865, then removed to Wilmington 
Township, this county, where he still lives. The mother of our subject, also a 
native of the Green Mountain State, was born in Stockbridge, Windsor County, to 
Jonathan and Mary (Ranney) Holland. The latter were also natives of Vermont, 
where they spent their entire lives. To Charles and Lucy Luther there were born 
three children only, viz.: Julius J., Charles W.; and Frederick A., of this sketch. 
The latter is the only surviving member of the family. Julius J. was in Chicago 
several years prior to his death. He was a man of fine business qualifications 
and considerable means, and for several years was the owner and superintendent 
of the Brink Express Company. Frederick A. Luther has been a resident of this 
county since 1865. He has followed farming all his life, and owns one hundred 
and sixty acres of land, comprising a well-improved farm lying about one and 
one-half miles northwest of Wilmington. He has a fine residence, with substantial 
outbuildings, an ample supply of farm machinery, and all the other appliances for 
prosecuting his calling in a profitable and successful manner. In addition to 
general agriculture he is considerably interested in blooded horses, of which 
he is enabled to exhibit some fine specimens. He makes of farming and stock-
raising an art and a science, and by reading and observation keeps himself 
thoroughly posted as to the best methods employed in connection therewith. One 
of the most important events in the life of Mr. Luther was the occasion of his 
marriage, September 7, 1877, with Miss Mary E. Thomas, the wedding taking 
place at the bride's home in Wilmington. Mrs. Luther was born January 10, 
1856, in England, to Henry and Mary (Lester) Thomas, who were likewise natives 
of England, and with whom she came to America when a child nine years of age. 
They settled in this county; the father is deceased, and the mother is still 
living. Mr. and Mrs. Luther are the parents of two sons—Charles J. and John H. 
Both parents and sons belong to the New Jerusalem Church, and our subject, 
politically, affiliates with the Democratic party. 

Additional Comments:
Portrait and Biographical Album of Will County, Illinois, Containing Full Page 
Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens 
of the County; Chicago: Chapman Bros., 1890

File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/il/will/bios/luther1303nbs.txt

This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/ilfiles/

File size: 2.5 Kb