b: Dayton OH; d: Lawrence Co; m1: 11 Dec 1843 Lawrence Co Jane Swango (1825-1856 bur Bunker Hill Cem; m2: 19 Sep 1858 Lawrence Co Mary Elizabeth King*; Jane's ch: Jane (ca 1845 IL-d: as infant) & John (ca 1847 IL-1 Feb 1864) & Jacob (1848 IL-1915 IL bur Pleasant Hill/White House Cem) & Joseph (ca 1848 IL) & Susan (ca 1849 IL) & William (1854 IL-1938 IL bur Lawrenceville City Cem; m: Melissa Jane Martin); Mary's ch: Sarah Jane & John L (1864 OH-1914 IL bur Pleasant Hill/White House Cem; m: Della V Dunlap) & Franklin & Mariah G (1873-1941 bur Pleasant Hill/White House Cem; m: Samuel Lewis Gowin) & Singleton (1877 IL-1945 IL bur Pleasant Hill/WhiteHouse Cem; m: Eva K Helpingstine)