Photo 50-JWI-8

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Contos Brothers Vegetable Farm on Breen Road, Jackson Township, Will County, Illinois.

I grew up on this farm along with my brothers and sister. We owned the property unti 1997. This photo was taken the summer my father passed away. After that the land portion was rented out to Steffis Brothers. We sold the property in 1997 and moved my mother into town.
All that remains of the buildings is the corn crib, the windmill next to it and the house which has been extensively changed structurally.
Current address is 17805 w. Breen Rd Elwood, IL

I believe my great-grandparents owned this property in the 20's-30's. There names were Michael and Caroline Nickel

Hi Julie,
I would suggest going to the local county auditors website, sometime they can tell you who owned a property and when. If they have all the way back to 20-30's, I am unsure.

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