Whiteside County IL Archives Biographies.....Storer, Richard ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/il/ilfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Deb Haines ddhaines@gmail.com December 2, 2007, 11:08 pm Author: Portrait & Bio Album, 1885 Richard Storer, deceased, formerly a farmer on section 11, Garden Plain Township, was born Feb. 23, 1816, in Washington Co., Pa. He was the son of John and Elizabeth (Holecraft) Storer, and was brought up on his father's farm. He married Margaret Curry, a native of Pennsylvania, born Dec. 29, 1818. They resided in Allegheny Co , Pa., after their marriage, until their removal in 1853 to Whiteside County, where they settled on the southeast quarter of section 11, in Garden Plain Township. Mr. Storer was a skillful and industrious farmer, and pushed his agricultural operations with success. He died in June, 1881. Mrs. Storer lives on the homestead. She is the mother of two daughters,—Elizabeth, wife of J. B. Kearns; and Adeline, who married A. J. Stowell, of whom a sketch appears elsewhere. 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. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/il/whiteside/bios/storer1841nbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/ilfiles/ File size: 1.6 Kb