Fackler, J. T. bio

History of Fulton County, Illinois; together with Sketches of its Cities, Villages and Townships, Educational, Religious, Civil, Military, and Political History; Portraits of Prominent Persons and Biographies of Representative Citizens. Chas. C. Chapman & Co., Peoria, Illinois, 1879, page 434, Astoria Township
J. T. Fackler, of the firm of Fackler Bros., carriage and wagon-makers, is a native of Astoria, and was born Oct. 23, 1840, a son of Franklin Fackler, whose sketch is given just above. Thomas, in speaking of his earliest recollections, says he remembers when Astoria contained but few inhabitants, and that Charles Gilbert and other pioneer merchants transacted but a small business. He passed his life thus far in Astoria and vicinity, where, in early life, he became apprenticed to the trade of wagon and carriage-making and blacksmithing, and for many years has been prominently identified with the business interests of the place. In 1861 he was married to Miss Harriet C. Tracy, by whom he has 7 children, - -5 boys and 2 girls.
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