Danner, Jesse 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 946-947, Woodland Township
Jesse Danner, agriculturist, is a native of Pennsylvania, where he was born in 1812; received a liberal education; brought up a farmer, then followed the occupation of carpenter; while residing there he was united in marriage to Miss Sarah Lipe, by whom he had 5 children, - John, Martha, Jacob, Barbara and Henry. In 1834 Mr. D. removed to Ohio where he became employed in a distillery for a period of 3 years; then he returned to Pennsylvania, where he followed farming until 1850, when he settled in this township, purchasing 160 acres of land; to-day he owns over 400 acres and a handsome residence. Mrs. D. died July 24, 1844. In 1845 Mr. D. united his fortunes to Miss Elizabeth Hohf, who whom he had 7 children: 4 of them are living.