Crawford County IL Archives Biographies.....Highsmith, Amos M. 1839 - 
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Author: William Henry Perrin (1883)

  AMOS M. HIGHSMITH, farmer, P. O. Bird Station, was born February 27, 1839, in
this county. He is a son of William Highsmith, born March 19, 1798, in Henry
County, Ky., where he was married, 1817, to Maria F. Ford, born in same place,
who was the mother of eleven children. William Highsmith was self-educated, a
man of marked ability and integrity; he has been Justice of the Peace about
twenty years, also County Assessor and Township Assessor; he was also a member
of the Legislature and has been Associate Judge. In politics, he was an
anti-slavery man. His son, Amos M., was married here to Sarah E. Fisher, 1861,
daughter of George and Elizabeth (Hiskey) Fisher, and the mother of five
children now living -Cora E., Maria L., Margaret E., Oliver M. and John F. Mr.
and Mrs. Highsmith are members of the United Brethren in Christ. Mr. Highsmith
has a farm of 158 acres of good land. He is identified with the Republican
party. His father came here 1820, and was a Captain of a company in the Black
Hawk war.

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HISTORY OF CRAWFORD AND CLARK COUNTIES, ILLINOIS.
EDITED BY WILLIAM HENRY PERRIN.

ILLUSTRATED

CHICAGO: O. L. BASKIN & CO., HISTORICAL PUBLISHERS,
LAKESIDE BUILDING.
1883.


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