Will County IL Archives Biographies.....McIntyre, James W 
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Author: Past and Present Will County IL; 1907

JAMES W. McINTYRE. Among the leading citizens of Florence township the name of 
Mr. McIntyre is one deserving of mention in the history of Will county. He is 
an active and enterprising farmer, owning and operating the old homestead 
farm, comprising one hundred and sixty acres, which constitutes a valuable and 
well improved tract of land. Mr. McIntyre was born in Fulton county, at Perth 
Center, New York, October 11, 1853, a son of Duncan and Lucinda (Hadsell) 
McIntyre, both natives of the Empire state, the former born at Perth, December 
13, 1807, and the latter in Orleans county, November 2, 1827. The father came 
to Will county at a very early date in the history of its development, finally 
locating in Florence township in 1837, where he purchased a farm on section 
28. He further made arrangements for having a home of his own by his marriage 
in Wesley township, in 1840, to Miss Hadsell, the daughter of J. Hadsell. He 
took his bride to his home in Florence township, where they remained until 
after the birth of two of their children, when, in 1844, he and his family 
went to his native state, where he bought a farm, situated in Fulton county, 
and there he followed farming until 1855, when he once more came to Will 
county, settling in Florence township, but his residence here covered a brief 
period, for his death occurred November 3, 1858. Of their family of seven 
children, three still survive, the two brothers of our subject being John D., 
a resident of New York, and Archibald, who resides in Wilmington, Illinois. 
James W. Mclntyre was but two years of age when he was brought by his parents 
to Illinois, and in Will county he was reared to the age of eleven years, 
when, in 1867, he returned to the Empire state, where he was for seven years a 
student in Fairfield Seminary. Returning home he engaged in farming on his own 
account and is now operating the old homestead farm of one hundred and sixty 
acres in Florence township, owned by his brother Archibald, this place having 
become endeared to him through the associations of his boyhood and youth as 
well as those of his later manhood. He was formerly engaged quite extensively 
in feeding and shipping cattle and hogs, but is now renting a portion of his 
land and is not carrying on business interests to any great extent, although 
he still farms a part of his land. He owns two tracts, comprising three 
hundred and twenty acres, in Wilmington township, and also owns two residences 
on Benton street, Joliet. On the 4th of December, 1885, occurred the marriage 
of Mr. McIntyre and Miss Ida Wayne, an estimable lady, who has indeed proved 
to her husband a faithful companion and helpmate. They have five children, 
namely: John Wayne, who was born March 18, 1887, and is now attending the 
Metropolitan Business College; Lucinda Hadsell, who was born January 23, 1889, 
and is attending high school; George Filmore, born November 12, 1893. James 
Brower, born February 1, 1896; and Margaret L., born November 9, 1897. While 
Mr. McIntyre keeps abreast of the times through reading and observation in 
regard to matters concerning the republican party, which he has always 
supported, he has never been active as an office seeker, preferring to 
concentrate his energies upon his private business affairs. He is identified 
by membership relations with the Presbyterian church, at Elwood, while he 
affiliates with the Modern Woodmen of America, belonging to Jackson camp, of 
that city. He has been identified with the agricultural development of Will 
county through a period of almost four decades, so that he is widely and 
favorably known, being classed among the most prominent and prosperous 
residents of his section of the state. 

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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