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

Emanuel S. Landis is a farmer of Sterling Township, and is the son od Daniel 
and Margaret (Shaffer) Landis, natives of Pennsylvania, and parents of five 
children, —Eliza, Emanuel S., Maria, Henry S. and Anna. The subject of this 
personal narration was born Dec. 27, 1816, and came to Illinois in 1852. He 
settled in Sterling Township, where he has since resided. He is the proprietor 
of 88 acres of land, which is nearly all under cultivation. He was first 
married in Lancaster Co., Pa., Feb. 24, 1857, to Mary Linginfield, who was a 
native of that State. Their two children were named A. May and Benjamin F.; 
the latter is deceased. The mother died in July, 1866, in Sterling Township. 
Mr. Landis was again married, in Sterling Township, Dec. 29, 1867, to Susan, 
daughter of John and Mary (Herr) Hoover, and widow of John Landis. Her first 
husband died July 8, 1855, in Sterling Township, and by this marriage there 
were nine children,—David H., Mary A., Phares H., Abraham H., Ann M., Lizzie 
E., Emma, Martha E. and John. Three of these are living-Anna M., Phares H. and 
Martha E. Mrs. Landis was born June 9, 1820, in Lancaster Co., Pa. With her 
husband, she is a member of 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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