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 423, Astoria Township
Jesse Carnahan, Farmer, living upon sec. 18; P. O.,
Vermont. He settled in Fulton county in 1846, and very little
improvement was manifest in his neighborhood. Mr. C. is a native
of Virginia, where he was born March 19, 1814; his father, Jesse
Carnahan, was a farmer by occupation, and while in the war of 1812
perished at the hands of the red men. Jesse, jr., passed his early days
in Virginia, where he was united in marriage with Miss Melinda
Wilcoxen, daughter of Fielder Wilcoxen, a native of Maryland, who also
perished near Sandusky in the war of 1812. Mrs. C. died in Nov.,
1877, and was laid at rest in the Vermont cemetery. Five children
blessed their union, - William, James, Margaret, Mary and
Fielder. Mr. C. has held many of the local offices.
