• Age: 82
• Interview Date: 5/15/2008
• Interviewer: Richard D. Hull, Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum
• Interview Length: 51 minutes Sit Down Interview
• County: Tazewell
• Russ Jeckel was born in Delavan, Illinois in 1926 and was raised on a farm. Russ is a pioneer swine producer, he was the first to use the corn-soybean diet on swine in Illinois and he implemented the use of hog confinement buildings.

Russ Jeckel with Father, John, in 1944   Russ and Mary Jeckel in 2008