Son of Amos Efron Locke & Polly Saunders.
Amos first ventured west to Kane County, Illinois for a visit in 1834 when the county first opened for settlerment. Few had yet taken up claims then and though he returned east he came back in 1836 & settled in the vicinity of (now) St Charles and is counted as one of that city’s first settlers. In 1842 he built a one room house where the Moss-Norris Funeral Home is now located- some of the original rough hewn beams from the house were used in the construction of that business & are still visible in the basement.
Amos owned & operated a woolen mill on the East side of the Fox River for over 30 years and belonged to the Kane County Anti-Slavery Society.
He and his wife Roxana née McMaster had six (known) children- several moved west to Kansas while three removed to Michigan. Father of Charles W Locke, Mary (William) Langston, Marion (Frederick) Smith, Mariah C (Thomas) Driver, Anna D née Locke (William W) Breese (Lewis C) Alger, and Amos E Locke. See his wife’s listing for more details.
Note: there is an inscription on the north side of the Locke monument for Anna Youngman (1788-1881) of Germany (no relation) who boarded with the Lockes in her final years.
Amos first ventured west to Kane County, Illinois for a visit in 1834 when the county first opened for settlerment. Few had yet taken up claims then and though he returned east he came back in 1836 & settled in the vicinity of (now) St Charles and is counted as one of that city’s first settlers. In 1842 he built a one room house where the Moss-Norris Funeral Home is now located- some of the original rough hewn beams from the house were used in the construction of that business & are still visible in the basement.
Amos owned & operated a woolen mill on the East side of the Fox River for over 30 years and belonged to the Kane County Anti-Slavery Society.
He and his wife Roxana née McMaster had six (known) children- several moved west to Kansas while three removed to Michigan. Father of Charles W Locke, Mary (William) Langston, Marion (Frederick) Smith, Mariah C (Thomas) Driver, Anna D née Locke (William W) Breese (Lewis C) Alger, and Amos E Locke. See his wife’s listing for more details.
Note: there is an inscription on the north side of the Locke monument for Anna Youngman (1788-1881) of Germany (no relation) who boarded with the Lockes in her final years.
Son of Amos Efron Locke & Polly Saunders.
Amos first ventured west to Kane County, Illinois for a visit in 1834 when the county first opened for settlerment. Few had yet taken up claims then and though he returned east he came back in 1836 & settled in the vicinity of (now) St Charles and is counted as one of that city’s first settlers. In 1842 he built a one room house where the Moss-Norris Funeral Home is now located- some of the original rough hewn beams from the house were used in the construction of that business & are still visible in the basement.
Amos owned & operated a woolen mill on the East side of the Fox River for over 30 years and belonged to the Kane County Anti-Slavery Society.
He and his wife Roxana née McMaster had six (known) children- several moved west to Kansas while three removed to Michigan. Father of Charles W Locke, Mary (William) Langston, Marion (Frederick) Smith, Mariah C (Thomas) Driver, Anna D née Locke (William W) Breese (Lewis C) Alger, and Amos E Locke. See his wife’s listing for more details.
Note: there is an inscription on the north side of the Locke monument for Anna Youngman (1788-1881) of Germany (no relation) who boarded with the Lockes in her final years.
Amos first ventured west to Kane County, Illinois for a visit in 1834 when the county first opened for settlerment. Few had yet taken up claims then and though he returned east he came back in 1836 & settled in the vicinity of (now) St Charles and is counted as one of that city’s first settlers. In 1842 he built a one room house where the Moss-Norris Funeral Home is now located- some of the original rough hewn beams from the house were used in the construction of that business & are still visible in the basement.
Amos owned & operated a woolen mill on the East side of the Fox River for over 30 years and belonged to the Kane County Anti-Slavery Society.
He and his wife Roxana née McMaster had six (known) children- several moved west to Kansas while three removed to Michigan. Father of Charles W Locke, Mary (William) Langston, Marion (Frederick) Smith, Mariah C (Thomas) Driver, Anna D née Locke (William W) Breese (Lewis C) Alger, and Amos E Locke. See his wife’s listing for more details.
Note: there is an inscription on the north side of the Locke monument for Anna Youngman (1788-1881) of Germany (no relation) who boarded with the Lockes in her final years.
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