Will County IL Archives Biographies.....Shutts, Peter 
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Author: Past and Present of Will County, IL; 1907

Peter Shutts, for almost a quarter of a century a member of the Joliet bar, 
his law business continually increasing until the extent of his clientele 
indicates the enviable position which he occupies in connection with his 
profession, was born in Kingston, Ulster county, New York, October 7, 1849. Hs 
parents were John and Catherine Shutts, who removed with their family from the 
Empire state to Will county, Illinois, in 1855, locating on the Shutts farm, 
two miles southeast of Joliet, now held by the Country Club for golf and other 
outdoor sports. The family consisted of six sons and two daughters: Catherine, 
the widow of Thomas Tait and a resident of Joliet; Henry, who died December 9, 
1902, Samuel, living in Joliet; John, who died February 11, 1902; Cassius, who 
makes his home in St. Joseph, Missouri; Peter of this review; Frank, living at 
Woodston, Kansas; and Mary, who died unmarried February 11, 1890. The mother 
died on the old home farm, December 21, 1878, and the father continued to 
reside thereon until about the time of his death, which occurred September 7, 
1899. Peter Shutts was reared to manhood on his father's farm and attended 
school only at the old stone schoolhouse, known as the Babylon school, located 
on the farm. In 1872 he learned the printing trade in the office of the Joliet 
Signal and shortly afterward formed a partnership with Calneh Zarley and R. S. 
Brown, as publishers of that newspaper, which connection continued until 1882. 
In May of that year, having studied law in his leisure hours, Mr. Shutts was 
admitted to the bar and formed a law partnership at Joliet with James R. 
Flanders, which continued for about ten years, since which time he has 
conducted his law business alone. He is an industrious lawyer, giving most 
careful attention to the interests entrusted to his care, is a thorough and 
discriminating student and has secured a large clientage which connects him 
with much important litigation tried in the courts of the district. On the 
29th of June, 1886, Mr. Shutts was united in marriage to Miss Harriet S. Bush, 
daughter of Frank and Harriet Bush, of Joliet, and resides on Grover street 
with his wife and family of five children: Gladys, Marjorie, Irving, Glenn and 
Janet. 

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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