Crawford County IL Archives Biographies.....Voorheis, Henry A. 1823 - 
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Author: William Henry Perrin (1883)

  HENRY A. VOORHEIS, farmer and stock-raiser, P. O. Hutsonville, is a native of
Crawford County, Ill., born November 14, 1826, on the same farm he is now
residing on. His father, Mahlon Voorheis, was a farmer, born March 29, 1797, in
New Jersey. He was married May 12, 1824, and the same year removed to Crawford
County, Ill., locating on the same farm now occupied by our subject. He died
February 6, 1848. His mother, Eliza (Tuttle) Voorheis, was born in New Jersey
July 29, 1804, and died in Crawford County, Ill., October 19, 1843. They had
eleven children, of whom three are now living, Henry A. Voorheis being the
oldest child His early life was spent at home, assisting in tilling the soil of
his father's farm and receiving such an education as could be obtained from the
subscription schools. He left his home at twenty-one years of age and engaged to
Nathan Musgrave to work on the farm by the month. The following year, he rented
the farm of Mr. M. and remained upon the same for five years. During this time,
he had been fortunate enough to make enough money to enable him to buy the old
homestead farm, which had changed hands since his father's death. In 1865, he
removed to the old farm, and has since remained upon it actively engaged in
farming and stock-raising. He is now the owner of 274 acres of good land. Upon
his farm he has a beautiful residence, and the surroundings in general bespeak
for him enterprise and industry. In Crawford County, May 8, 1856, he married
Miss Eliza N. Cox, a daughter of Thomas and Debora (Lindley) Cox, natives of
North Carolina. Mr. and Mrs. Voorheis have had six children, of whom five are
now living, viz.: Emma, wife of F. J. Cooper, of Robinson; John, Charley H,
William and Mary. Mr. Voorheis is a member of the Friends' Church, and his wife
of the Baptist. He has held the office of School Trustee for twenty years. In
politics, is a Republican.

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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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