Will County IL Archives Biographies.....Mottinger, A E 
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Author: Past and Present of Will County, IL; 1907

A. E. Mottinger, acceptably filling the position of county clerk of Will 
county since 1902, his ability and fidelity being indicated by his re-election 
in the fall of 1906, resides in Plainfield, in which place his birth occurred 
on the 4th of  March, 1853. His parents were George and Caroline (Keim) 
Mottinger, who came to Will county about 1845. The father was born in 
Pennsylvania and as a child removed to Ohio. His wife was a native of Germany 
and was a young lady of eighteen years when she arrived in Will county, a 
sister having preceded her to the new world. George Mottinger was a minister 
of the Evangelical church in Ohio, but following his removal to Illinois he 
purchased land in Plainfield township and engaged in the operation of his farm 
until his death, which occurred in 1873, when he was sixty-eight years of age. 
His wife died several years later, passing away about 1881, when fifty-four 
years of age. The members of their family, in addition to A. E. Mottinger, 
are: L. H. Mottinger, formerly sheriff of Will county and now proprietor of 
the St. Nicholas hotel at Joliet; M. O., a retired farmer living in 
Plainfield; and Mrs. Minnie O. Simmons, of Kansas City, Missouri. A. E. 
Mottinger was reared in Plainfield township, where he has always resided. He 
remained upon the home farm until 1881, when, at the age of twenty-eight 
years, he took up his abode in the village, where he engaged in merchandising 
until 1898. He then came to Joliet and served as chief deputy sheriff under 
his brother, L. H. Mottinger, acting in that capacity until 1902, when he was 
elected county clerk. He discharged his duties with such promptness and 
fidelity that in the fall of 1906 he was re-elected and is the present 
incumbent of the office. Mr. Mottinger was married in 1873 to Miss Mary E. 
Wraith, the eldest daughter of James and Sophia Wraith, of Plainfield, who 
were old settlers. Mr. Wraith was for years engaged in the wagon manufacturing 
business and was closely associated with the industrial life of the community. 
Unto Mr. and Mrs. Mottinger have been born three daughters, Maud, the wife of 
Dr. Brown, of Plainfield; Irene and Grace, both at home. In his social 
connections Mr. Mottinger is a Mason, holding membership in Plainfield lodge, 
A. F. & A. M. Joliet chapter, No. 27, R. A. M., and Joliet commandery, No. 4, 
K. T. He is likewise, connected with the Benevolent and Protective Order of 
Elks in Joliet and is a charter member of Plainfield camp, No 938, M. W. A. He 
also has membership relations in the Commercial club of Joliet and is widely 
and favorably known in the county seat as well as in Plainfield, where he has 
always lived. 

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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