JOHN J.AND ADRIENNE BOOK FAMILY

John J. Book was born on the Book farm on Book Road, the son of Johann Peter and Catherine Book and attended the Book School. He was an organizer of the Naperville Farm Fire Protection District, a director of the Granger School, a highway road Commissioner of Naperville Township. John was very active in township affairs and help chart Naperville’s early days. Most of all he was a very successful farmer and cattle feeder. Many loads of cattle were brought to the Book farm for fattening to be shipped to the Union StockYard in Chicago. His main delight was raising big yields of corn. He started raising sweet clover as a plow under for fertilizer, to raise better corn. Mr. Book always said “if I can’t make it on my own, I’ll quit.” John’s farm was one of the firsts in lighting the farm with electricity. John J. married Adrienne Rickert at the turn of the century. They were the parent of seven children; Glen, Vernon, Homer, Grace john D., Allan and Audrey. Mrs. Book was a member of the Home Bureau, and Rural Life Progress Club.