Whiteside County IL Archives Biographies.....Landis, Henry S 
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Author: Portrait/Bio Album, Whiteside County IL 1885

Henry S. Landis, farmer, section 23, Sterling Township, was born March 27, 
1820, in Lancaster Co., Pa. David and Margaret (Shaffer) Landis, his parents, 
were born in Pennsylvania, where they also died. They had five children, named 
Eliza, Emanuel, Maria, Henry S. and Anna. Mr. Landis has been a resident of 
Whiteside County since 1851, when he removed hither from his native State. He 
still lives on the property he first bought, which comprised 144 acres of 
land. The estate is all under improved cultivation. Mr. Landis is a 
Republican, and is interested in school matters. He was married Nov. 18, 1841, 
in Lancaster Co., Pa., to Fanny Stauffer, and they have 13 children, as 
follows: Anna, Barbara, Margaret, Susanna, Amos, Maria, John, Henry F. and 
Emma F. (twins), Emanuel, Benjamin F., Jonas R. and Daniel. Mrs. Landis is the 
daughter of John and Barbara (Eby) Stauffer, and is one of nine children born 
to her parents: Benjamin, Fanny, Peter, Christian, John, Margaret, Anna, 
Bertram and Henry. Mrs. Landis belongs to the Mennonite Church.

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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