Hancock County ILGenweb

William Sullivan
Biography

Transcribed by Marcia Siegfried Redding

      William Sullivan, farmer, sec. 9: P. O., Augusta; was born in New Jersey in 1817, and is a son of Benjamin and Rachel Sullivan, both of Irish descent. He was raised on a farm, and he has followed farming through life. He was married in Schuyler county, this State, in 1842, to Jane Mahuran, who was born in Vermont in 1820, and died in 1857. They had 3 children—Sallie, wife of John Stewart, of this tp.; Sophronia, wife of James R. Stark; and Mary, wife of William McClure. In 1859 he married Mary Tucker, born in Virginia in 1827, and they have one child, George F., born in 1861. Mr. S. owns 170 acres of fine farm land. He was in Carthage the day Joe Smith was killed. He is a Republican.

Page: 525 & 526

Title: 1880 History of Hancock County, Illinois

Author: By TH. Gregg

Published by: Chas. C. Chapman & Co.

  

 

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