Whiteside County IL Archives Biographies.....Hiner, Leonard 
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Author: Portrait & Bio Album, 1885

Leonard Hiner, farmer, resident on section 19, Clyde Township, has been a 
citizen of Whiteside County since 1855. He was born Aug. 30, 1813, in 
Lancaster Co., Pa. Leonard Hiner, senior, his father, was a farmer and was 
also a native of the Keystone State. Late in life he became a resident of 
Wabash Co., Ind., where he died in August, 1854. He married Catherine 
Bitterman, who was born in Lancaster County, and was of German parentage and 
descent. She died about 1860, in Wabash Co., Ind. Their children were 12 in 
number. Mr. Hiner was third in order of birth. He was reared on the farm of 
his father, and operated as a farm assistant until he was of age, with the 
exception of two years, when he was employed in a woolen mill. He was married 
in February, 1833, in Chester Co., Pa., to Mary Sparr, who was born in that 
county. Her parents, Frederick and Elizabeth (Criley) Sparr, were farmers and 
were born of German parentage, in Chester County. They lived in the same place 
throughout their lives. The record of the children of Mr. and Mrs. Hiner is as 
follows: Martin L. married Lizzie McFadden and is superintending the homestead 
of his parents. They have three children,—Delia M., Anna M. and Albertus B. 
Catherine M. married Eugene Griffith, and resides in Iowa. Elizabeth is the 
wife of Jacob Wengert, a farmer in Benton County, Iowa. Julia A. married 
William Alldritt, a farmer in Clyde Township. Rachel J. married Lewis 
Griffith, and they live in Knox County, Ohio. Harriet is the wife of Mr. 
Little, and they are residents of California. After they had been married two 
years, during which time they had resided in Chester Co., Mr. and Mrs. Hiner 
went to Lancaster Co., Pa., and, a year later, went to Wayne County, and 
thence to Mercer County, Ohio. They passed seven years in the county last 
named on a farm of which they became the owners by purchase. The place was 
sold in 1854, and a year later the family came to Whiteside County. They made 
their first location on Elkhorn Creek, where their stay was brief, Mr. Hiner 
soon after deciding to fix his permanent residence in Clyde Township, where he 
purchased 80 acres of unimproved prairie. The place is now in an attractive 
and valuable condition. Mr. Hiner is a Democrat in political faith and has 
held several offices. Mrs. Hiner died in the fall of 1878, at the age of 71 
years.

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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