Whiteside County IL Archives Biographies.....Church, Adelbert A 
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Author: Portrait/Bio Album, Whiteside County IL 1885

Adelbert A. Church, farmer, section 22, Montmorency Township, was born April 
22, 1844, in Oswego Co., N. Y. His parents, Artemus and Elizabeth (Peck) 
Church, were natives of the same State and came in 1858 to Whiteside County, 
locating soon after in Montmorency Township. The father died Feb. 19, 1875, in 
Coloma Township. Their children, three in number, are named Helen A., Adelbert 
A. and Morris C. The oldest is the wife of J. M. Golder. (See sketch.) Mr. 
Church was educated in the common schools and also attended an academy in his 
native State for a considerable period. He was a lad of 14 when his parents 
came to the township, where he has since been interested in agricultural 
pursuits. He owns 400 acres of land, of which one-half has been placed in 
cultivation. Mr. Church is in sympathy with the principles of the Democratic 
party. On first coming to Whiteside County he was employed in the office of 
General Kilgour at Sterling, where he was occupied about three years, and 
during a part of the time attended school. He has officiated as Supervisor of 
Montmorency Township two years and about 10 years as Clerk. From 1876 to 1880 
he was Township Treasurer, and in the spring of 1884 he was again elected; at 
present he is filling the unexpired term. The marriage of Mr. Church to Alida 
Van Allen took place. Aug. 30, 1870, at Rock Falls. Mrs. Church is the adopted 
daughter of Col. A. Woodford, formerly a resident of that place. She was born 
July 20, 1847, in Greene Co., N. Y. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Church are 
named Earl F., Lawrence A. and Howard L.

Additional Comments:
Portrait and Biographical Album of Whiteside County, Illinois, Containing Full-
page Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative 
Citizens of the County. Chicago: Chapman Brothers, 1885.

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