Crawford County IL Archives Biographies.....Kitchell, R. H. 1854 - 
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Author: William Henry Perrin (1883)

  R. H. KITCHELL, merchant, Palestine, was born September 21, 1854, in
Palestine. His father, J. A. Kitchell, was born in Palestine, 1824, he died in
January, 1860. He was a son of J. H. Kitchell, who was a pioneer in Crawford
County, living at one time at Fort La Motte, and whose father was a soldier in
the Revloutionary war. The mother of our subject was born May 30, 1832, in
Palestine. Her father was Dr. B. H. Mauzy, who was also an officer in the Black
Hawk war. Mr. R. H. Kitchell went to school in Paestine, and in early life
clerked for the Haskett Bros., till they dissolved parnership, when he commenced
a grocery business in Palestine, and through his honesty and square dealing, he
has built up a good business. He was married in La Motte Township, October 20,
1875, to Miss Amanda Lackey, born June 16, 1854, in La Motte Township. She is
the mother of two children-Lena, born September 19, 1876, and Olna, born
December 5, 1877. Her father is Thomas Lackey, a farmer by occupation, who was
born January 3, 1822, in Kentucky. Her mother was Ann Eliza Boatright, who was
born in Crawford County, Ill., where she died. She was the mother of three
children. Mr. Kitchell is identified with the Republican party.

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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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