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

Samuel Landis, farmer, section 10, Sterling Township, has been a citizen of 
Whiteside County since 1866. In that year he purchased 60 acres of land in the 
township where he is now a resident. He was born June 25, 1824, in Lebanon 
Co., Pa., and is the son of Benjamin and Eve (Segor) Landis. His parents were 
born and passed their entire lives in Pennsylvania. Their 11 children were 
named Elizabeth, Sarah, John, Mary, Susan, Henry, Benjamin, Samuel, Abraham, 
Rebecca and Catherine. Mr. Landis passed his minority under the authority of 
his parents and obtained a common-school education. He learned the business of 
chair-making, which he followed some years and was afterwards variously 
employed, until his removal to Whiteside County. Mr. Landis is a Republican in 
politics and has officiated as School Director. He was first married in 
Lebanon Co., Pa., in 1848, to Lavina Martock, and they became the parents of 
two children—Mary A. and Rebecca. The mother died in 1851. Mr. Landis was a 
second time united in marriage Oct. 29, 1864, to Susan Nagle, and of their 
marriage nine children were born, as follows: George T., Alvin, Sarah, Agnes, 
Samuel, John, Ida, Emma and Amanda. Mrs. Landis was born March 3, 1842, in 
Pennsylvania. She is a member of the German Lutheran Church, and her husband 
belongs to the Presbyterian denomination.

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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