Will County IL Archives Biographies.....PEDERSEN, J. A. 
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J. A. PEDERSEN came to Joliet in 1889 and has since been identified with the 

business interests of the city, first as an employe and later as an employer of 

others.  For four years he was employed in the old Red mill and in that time 

gained a thorough knowledge of the business.  Afterward he conducted a rented 

mill on Desplaines street for two and one-half years, remaining there until the 

property was condemned by the drainage board, when he rented his present mill 

at No. 211 Collins street.  This mill is operated by an engine with twenty 

horse-power and has a capacity of twenty tons a day, or ten tons in  twelve 

hours.  It is one of the largest feed and grist mills in the city, and the 

products are sold to the wholesale trade.  The owner, being a man of energy and 

determination, has won the confidence of the business element of the city and 

the esteem of his associates.

A son of Nels and Ella Pedersen, natives respectively of Denmark and Sweden, 

our subject was born in Jutland, Denmark, December 19, 1864, and was one of a 

family of three sons and four daughters, all of whom are in America.  When 

advanced in years the father joined his children in the United States and is 

now living retired in Joliet.  During his boyhood our subject had the advantage 

of travel with a gentleman in different European countries, and meantime he 

gained a good knowledge of German, French and English.  In 1884 he came to this 

country, and, after spending six months in Chicago, proceeded to Will County, 

where he was employed on a farm in Greengarden Township. From there he came to 

Joliet in 1889.  He began in business without any means, but his integrity and 

enterprise have given him a good position among the business men of his town.   

Politically he is a Democrat, but does not take an active part in politics or 

local affairs.  In religion he adheres to the Lutheran faith, in which he was 

reared.  He was married in Joliet to Miss Dorris Johnson, who was born in 

Denmark.  They have three children, William, Anne and Ellen.


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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