Carlin, Stephen bio

History of Fulton County, Illinois; together with Sketches of its Cities, Villages and Townships, Educational, Religious, Civil, Military, and Political History; Portraits of Prominent Persons and Biographies of Representative Citizens. Chas. C. Chapman & Co., Peoria, Illinois, 1879, page 654, Farmers' Township
Stephen Carlin; P. O., Table Grove; resides on sec. 20; was born in Ireland May 3, 1814; came to America in 1834, and remained in Pennsylvania until 1837, when he went to Virginia, and there remained until 1842 ; is a stone mason, and as such has worked while in the East. He came to Fulton Co. in 1842, bought a farm, and improved it, laboring hard, until he at one time owned over 700 acres. He gave his children each a farm as they were married. He now owns 210 acres of valuable land. No man in Farmers' tp. has worked harder or accumulated more land than Mr. Carlin, with the same amount of capital, in the same length of time. He was married Feb. 8, 1852, to Jane S. Dolan, by whom he had 6 children. Mrs. Carlin died in November, 1871. Mr. Carlin again married in July, 1874, this time to Catharine Rigner, by whom he has 3 children. He has 7 children living, namely: John A., Thomas O., Sophia J., Stephen D., Catharine A., Sarah and Carrie B. Mrs. Carlin, being a widow, had 4 children when Mr. Carlin married her. They are members of the Catholic Church. Mr. C. is regarded as a very charitable man, lending his aid for the support of the Church and other benevolent institutions. John married Rosa Sipples, and resides in McDonough Co. Sophia is the wife of Jeff. Crail, of Vermont.