Albert Wilbur (1811 - 1882)

Born 4 Aug 1811 in Oneida County, New York, USA

Ancestors

Died 1 Dec 1882 at age 71 in Illinois, United States

Biography

WILBUR ALBERT, Farmer; Sec. 19; P. O. Stillman Valley; born in Oneida Co., N. Y.; Aug. 4, 1811; married Lucretia Broadwell in 1840; she was born in Oneida Co., N, Y,, Feb. 3 , 1816, and died Oct. 10, 1872; has three children living: Charles H., Francis E. and Hattie J.; has lost three children: Felia, died Feb. 16, 1844; Caroline, July 20, 1852; William, Dec. 31, 1846; Mr. W. came to this state in 1835, traveling by canal to Buffalo, to Detroit by steamer, and from that point to Chicago by stage, the journey occupying eleven days; driving near the hotel the stage sank deep in the mud, and planks were laid for the passengers to walk to sound bottom; this hotel was located where the Tremont House now stands [1878], being a two story log house, sleeping arrangements being straw spread upon the floor; did most of his marketing at Chicago, and milling at Grand de Tour, twenty miles distant; a daughter of Campbell of the Driscoll affair was living with Mr. W. at the time of her father's death; Mr. W. first settled in Joliet, where he remained four years, moving to Byron, in this Co., where he was appointed Postmaster, which position he filled ten years, the entire time of his residence in that place; has been Justice of the Peace for the past thirty-nine years, and Public Administrator for twenty years, and otherwise identified with the interests of the Co.; has farm of 460 acres.

Sources

• The History of Ogle County, Illinois, Containing A History of the County---Its Cities, Towns, Etc., A Biographical Directory of Its Citizens, War Records of Its Volunteers in the Late Rebellion, General and Local Statistics, PORTRAITS OF EARLY SETTLERS AND PROMINENT MEN, History of the Northwest, History of Illinois, Map of Ogle County, Constitution of the United States, Miscellaneous Matters, Etc., ILLUSTRATED, Chicago, H. F. Kett & Co., Times Building, 1878, p. 838.

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 04 July 2020), memorial page for Albert Wilbur (unknown–1 Dec 1882), Find a Grave Memorial no. 63146613, citing Stillman Valley Cemetery, Stillman Valley, Ogle County, Illinois, USA ; Maintained by Ben Jacobson (contributor 47010365) .