Crawford-Clark County IL Archives Biographies.....Mount, John L. 1838 - 
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Author: William Henry Perrin (1883)

  JOHN L. MOUNT, farmer, P. O. West York, is a native of Clark County, Ill.,
born February 26, 1838, to John L. and Tamar (Megeath) Mount. His father was a
farmer, born in Jefferson County. Ind., in 1807, and died in his native county
in October, 1837. His mother was born in Loudoun County, Va., in September,
1812. She was brought to Clark County by her parents, in 1818, and is now
residing in Marshall, Ill. Of the three children born to them John L. Mount was
the youngest child. His early life was spent at home, assisting in tilling the
soil of the home farm, and receiving such an education as could be obtained from
the common schools. Arriving at his majority he began farming for himself. In
1862, he bought his first land, a farm of 160 acres, located in York Township,
Clark County. He remained on this farm for five years, and in 1867 married, and
removed to Hutsonville Township, Crawford County, on a farm he had bought of his
father-in-law. In 1872, he sold this farm and bought the farm now owned by R. W.
Kennedy, three miles northwest of Hutsonville. In November, 1881, he sold his
farm, and removed to West York, where he has since been engaged in managing and
improving a 500-acre farm for his nephew, John R Fitch, Mr. Mount being his
guardian. In Crawford County, July 16, 1867, Mr. Mount married Miss Percilla
Bishop, a native of the same county. She is a daughter of Ezekiel and Rebecca
(Musgrave) Bishop. Mr. and Mrs. Mount have the following children: Edward,
Jonathan, Tamar and Martha. Mr. Mount is a practical farmer, and well worthy of
the high esteem of the community in which he lives. Politically, he is a
Repubcan, and cast his first vote for Abraham Lincoln.

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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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