Etnier, Samuel 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 914, Vermont Township
Samuel Etnier, farmer, was born in Huntingdon Co., Pa., June 24, 1804. Martin Etnier, his father, was born near Boonesborough, Md., was a soldier under George Washington, afterward married Elizabeth Proctonia and had 10 children, Samuel being the youngest. In the 21st year of his age, the latter married Elizabeth Harker, a daughter of Joseph Harker, of Penn.; spent 4 years in Ohio running a saw-mill, then 8 or 9 years in Penn., then near Macomb, Ill., and finally settled on a 1/4 sec. of raw prairie near Ipava. Mrs. E. died July 19, 1878. Mr. E.’s present wife was Miss Mary Good, a native of Ohio.