Will County IL Archives Biographies.....Pinneo, John B 1836 - 
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Author: Portrait & Bio Album, 1890

JOHN B. PINNEO takes a prominent place among the farmers and stock-raisers of 
Troy Township and is no unimportant factor in advancing those interests in 
this county. He is a Nova Scotian by birth, born October 26, 1836, to Charles 
and Mary E. (Baxter) Pinneo. The Baxters were a prominent family in Nova 
Scotia, of English origin, and Baxter's Harbor was named for them. John 
Baxter, the maternal grandfather of our subject, was a son of Dr. Baxter, a 
prominent physician of England and later of Nova Scotia. The father of our 
subject was born in the United States, his mother going from Nova Scotia after 
the death of her husband. The parents of our subject came to this State in 
1844 with him and located in the town of Jackson, which at that time was 
called Reed's Grove, they coming to this county, with six children, in a wagon 
from Chicago, and here they made their home until called to a higher by death, 
the father dying in 1879 and the mother surviving until 1888, when she, too, 
passed away. The son of whom we write was reared to manhood in Jackson and, 
displaying a taste for mechanics, he was set to learn the trades of a 
carpenter and wagon-maker, which he followed for a number of years in Elwood, 
this county, and then turned his attention to farming. His farm in Troy 
Township comprises three hundred acres of valuable land, one hundred and sixty 
of which he uses for pasturage, as he pays much attention to the raising of 
stock of good grades. Mr. Pinneo has been twice married, the maiden name of 
his first wife being Kate Conklin, and to them were born four children: John 
B., who is married and lives on a farm in this county; Florence, wife of Duane 
Dibble, a farmer in Troy Township; George L., who died at the age of twenty-
two in March, 1888; Rush, who died March 4, 1890, of typhoid fever, a young 
man of eighteen years. The present wife of our subject was formerly Mrs. O. T. 
Fargo, and they were married in 1876 and in 1884 moved onto the farm. Mrs. 
Pinneo's parents, Horace and Diana (Brown) Haff, were of German and English 
descent and came from near Albany, N. Y., making the entire journey to Will 
County in a covered wagon. Mr. Haff was the youngest son of Joshua Haff. There 
is a romantic incident related concerning the matrimonial venture of his 
grandfather. He was Captain on board a vessel sailing along the coast of 
France, and during an earthquake a young schoolmistress and her scholars took 
refuge on his boat. The result was she and the Captain were mutually 
attracted, married and came to America to found a family in this country. They 
settled near Albany, N. Y., while there were many Indians there and two of 
their children were stolen from them, taken to the West and were never heard 
from afterward. Mrs. Haff, Mrs. Pinneo's mother, was a daughter of Peter and 
Thedocia (Green) Brown, the father of English descent. They lived near Albany 
where he was engaged as a merchant for many years, coming from there to 
Aurora, this State, in 1855. After marriage Mr. Haff settled on a farm near 
Albany and lived there until Mrs. Pinneo was three years of age, and then sold 
it and in 1836 came to this county, as before mentioned. He took considerable 
land here, including the farm on which his daughter and our subject now make 
their home. About four years before his death he took up his residence in 
Joliet and there departed this life November 11, 1865. His wife had died many 
years previously, when Mrs. Pinneo was eight years of age, she being their 
only child. He married again and had two children, daughter and son; Edwin G. 
Haff, the son is still living. Mrs. Pinneo has four children: Hiram DeWitt is 
now in New Mexico; Ella, wife of Erastus Whittlesey, who has a farm in 
Pocahontas County; Edwin Guy was married and has one son, Chester DeWitt. Mr. 
Pinneo is a man of strong common sense, of excellent business tact and of 
honorable character, and exerts a good influence in the community of which he 
is one of the best and most trusted citizens. Possessing a good degree of 
public spirit our subject interests himself in all schemes to promote the 
advancement of township or county and is active in local politics, identifying 
himself with the Republican party. A man of enlightened views, well 
understanding the value of a good education in any walk in life, he has always 
taken a marked interest local educational matters, and as School Director is 
exerting his influence for the good of the town.

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

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