† Source #1: History of
Pike County, Illinois. - 1880
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JOHN M. KELSEY, was
born in this county in 1852, son of Samuel and Annie
E. Kelsey, the former born Nov. 18, 1827, and the
latter April 26, 1834. In 1875 he married
Matilda Smith, who was born in this county in 1859,
and they had 3 children. Mr. K. is a farmer
and also follows grain threshing with the Spence
machine. He is a member of the Christian Church.
His father was in the late war, belonging to Co. B.,
99th Reg. Ill. Inft., and died at Memphis, Tenn., while
in service. |
ANDREW KLEINLEIN
was born in Germany in 1820, and is a son of Peter
and Martha Kleinlein. At the age of 33 he
crossed the ocean and landed in Baltimore, Md., and
followed butchering for 10 months, then worked in an
engine house 2 years for the Great Western R. R. Co.,
and in 1858 came to this county and commenced farming.
In 1856 he married Miss Caroline Berceka, who was
born in 1833 in Hamburg and came across the ocean in
1855. Of their 9 children 7 are living, 2 of whom
are married. Mr. and Mrs. K. have been
members of the German Lutheran Church, and he owns 140
acres of good land. |
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