Will County IL Archives News.....Death of Jonathan Muncey July 29, 1888 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.org/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.org/il/ilfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Deb Haines http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00003.html#0000719 July 10, 2008, 2:14 am The Daily Inter-Ocean [Chicago] July 29, 1888 Mr. Jonathan Muncey, who came to this place from Kent County, Delaware, in 1836, died Tuesday at his residence on Herkimer street, aged 88 years. He first settled on a farm, two and one-half miles east of Joliet, now owned by George Davidson. Near the road in front of the farm house there is now standing a large elm tree, grown from a small sapling set out by Mrs. Muncey in 1838. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.org/il/will/newspapers/deathofj151gnw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ilfiles/ File size: 1.0 Kb