| |
| | Chicago, Illinois Biographies (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22) |
 | | Pullman was born in the village of Brockton, Chautauqua County, New York, on the 3rd of March, 1831, son of James Lewis and Emily (Minton) Pullman. |
 | | He was elected president of the Cook County Board in 1904 and reelected in 1906, and it was during his term in that office that the new County Building was erected. |
 | | JOHN M. who rose to the rank of major-general in the United States Army, was born in Chautauqua County, New York, September 29, 1831, was brought to Illinois at the age of twelve, and in 1853 graduated from the West Point Military Academy. |
| www.iltrails.org /cook/chicagobios2.html (13059 words) |
|