Will County IL Archives Biographies.....Willman, Dr Jerome Edward 
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Author: Past and Present of Will County, IL; 1907

Dr. Jerome Edward Willman, successfully engaged in the practice of dentistry 
in Peotone, was born in Kankakee, Illinois, in 1879. His father, Jacob 
Willman, also a native of Kankakee, is now living at the age of fifty-one 
years, and has devoted his business life to merchandising. The family is of 
German lineage and was established in America by Carl Willman, the grandfather 
of our subject, who came from Germany in 1854 and settled in Kankakee, 
becoming one of the pioneer residents of the county. He was a brick-mason by 
trade and thus provided for the support of his family. It was in Kankakee 
county that his son Jacob was reared and there he has spent his entire life. 
He is a member of the Evangelical Association and in his political views is an 
earnest republican. He has served as coroner of Kankakee county and is 
recognized as an enterprising business man, who stands well among his friends 
and neighbors. His wife bore the maiden name of Mary McLean and was born in 
Millersburg, Pennsylvania. She has now reached the age of fifty-two years and 
she is also a member of the Evangelical church. In the family are five 
children: Arthur, who is engaged in the practice of dentistry in Kankakee; 
Jerome E.; Herman P. who follows merchandising in Kankakee; and Clarence and 
Frank, both in school. Dr. Willman, of Peotone, acquired his early education 
in the schools of his native city and prepared for his profession by a course 
in the Chicago College of Dental Surgery, which he entered in 1897, and from 
which he was graduated in 1900. He entered upon the practice of his profession 
in Peotone and has been very successful. During his senior college year he 
also pursued a course in aural surgery. He is conversant with the most modern 
methods of practice and keeps in touch with the advanced thought and 
investigation of the profession through his membership in the Northern 
Illinois Dental Society and the Illinois State Dental Society. Dr. Willman was 
married, in 1904, to Miss Lillie Erzinger, who was born in Kankakee in 1883, a 
daughter of Ulrich and Amelia Erzinger, the former a merchant of Kankakee. Dr. 
and Mrs. Willman hold membership in the United German Evangelical church and 
his political allegiance is given to the republican party but he has neither 
desire nor ambition for office, preferring to concentrate his time and 
energies upon his business affairs and in his profession he is making 
consecutive advancement, demonstrating his ability in the excellent work which 
he does for his patrons. 

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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