Will County IL Archives Biographies.....Westphal, Martin 1837 - 
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Author: Portrait & Biographical Album, 1890

MARTIN WESTPHAL was born at Bramstadt, Holstein, October 27, 1837, when that 
section of the country was under Danish rule. In 1856 he came to America, and 
in the fall of the same year located in Crete, this county; here he remained 
until 1863, when coming to Joliet, he was employed as Deputy Recorder until 
the autumn of 1869. Having been admitted to the bar, he now began the practice 
of law, and in 1875, opened the German Loan & Savings Bank, which he continues 
at present with the assistance of his two sons as clerks. 

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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