Will County IL Archives Biographies.....Sweedler, John 1819 - 
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Author: Portrait & Bio Album, 1890

JOHN SWEEDLER. Whatever may be truthfully said of the evils of emigration, and 
whatever effort the citizens of America may make to prevent the landing upon 
our shores of the masses who have been flooding our ports of entry, it is 
nevertheless beyond dispute that to foreign countries we are indebted for many 
of our best citizens. These are the men who have come, not from the haunts of 
vice or pauper homes, but who have been reared in honorable and frugal habits, 
and who, while seeking a broader field for their energies, do so with the 
intention of assisting in the best development of the country to which they 
come. In the Empire of Germany, John Sweedler was born November 26, 1819. He 
received the excellent education which the Fatherland bestows upon all. After 
remaining in his native land until the spring of 1857, with his wife and young 
son he crossed the Atlantic, to make a home in America. They landed in New 
York, whence they went direct to Blue Island, Cook County, and there they 
sojourned several years. Then selecting a location in this county, Mr. 
Sweedler bought eighty acres of land on section 23, Jackson Township, where he 
has since resided. He has added to his original purchase, his estate now 
amounting to one hundred and thirty acres, on which he has erected excellent 
buildings and made other improvements. His labors are characterized by zeal, 
prudence and thrift, and it needs but a glance at his home to assure the 
visitor that the family enjoy their worldly possessions. The wife who 
accompanied Mr. Sweedler from the Fatherland was born there October 13, 1821, 
and bore the maiden name of Mary Hammond. She shared her husband's cares and 
successes until the fall of 1870, when after about twenty years of wedded 
life, she closed her eyes to earthly things, the date of her decease being 
September 21. She had borne her husband two children: Edward, whose natal day 
was March 23, 1855, and Augustus, who was born November 25, 1858. The oldest 
son is now living in Manhattan Township, having on February 15, 1883, married 
Miss Amelia Klingler; they have two children, John Edward, born May 9, 1883; 
and Lloyd Elias, November 21, 1884. A second matrimonial alliance was 
contracted by Mr. Sweedler, March 31, 1872. His companion was Fredericka 
Deutschmann, a native of Germany, who was born May 18, 1839. She was about 
eighteen years old when she came to America, and in this township her marriage 
to our subject took place. This union has been blessed by the birth of four 
children. Alvin was born August 7, 1873, and died April 15, 1877; Clarence E. 
was born April 29, 1876; George, March 1, 1878; Willis R., May 11, 1881. Mrs. 
Sweedler is a consistent member of the German Baptist Church and endeavors to 
rule her household in such a manner as to fit her offspring for useful and 
honorable careers. The brotherly kindness, which is so prominently kept before 
the minds of the members of the religious body to which she belongs, wins for 
her the good will of all her neighbors. Mr. Sweedler is a stanch Republican. 
Although not identified with any religious body, his life has been an upright 
one and he receives from his fellow-citizens a due measure of respect and 
approbation. On another page the reader will observe a view of Mr. Sweedler's 
pleasant and commodious residence, with the rural surroundings.

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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