Crawford County IL Archives Biographies.....Westner, James 1818 - 
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Author: William Henry Perrin (1883)

  JAMES WESTNER, farmer, P. O. Palestine. This gentleman, who is known to all
the old settlers in this county, was born in La Motte Township July 17, 1818. He
is a son of George Westner, born May 7, 1765, in Chester County, Penn. His
brothers were in the Revolutionary war; he himself was in the war of 1812,
participating in the battle of New Orleans. He was married, in Kentucky, to Miss
Nancy Eaton, who was the mother of fourteen children. It is generally supposed
that he came to this county at a very early date, probably with the Eatons, of
Indian fighting fame. Our subject, James Westner, was joined in matrimony,
October 6, 1840, to Miss Margaret Kent, who was born August 12, 1819, in North
Carolina. She is a daughter of Thomas and Ellen (Connerly) Kent, and is the
mother of eight children. Three are now living; their names are Elizabeth, born
August 17, 1846, she married John Gano; George L., born January 23, 1849; Rose
L., born December 1, 1856, she married George Hawkins, and is the mother of the
following children: Pearl B., born August 1, 1875, Myrtle G., born May 16, 1878,
and Altha E., born December 13, 1882. Mr. and Mrs. Westner are members of the
Christian Church; he is a Republican, and living on the old place that his
father bought at $3 per acre from McCall, who was the old Government Surveyor,
and who was killed by the Indians.



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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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