Heath, 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 438-439, Astoria Township
Samuel Heath, farmer and stock-raiser, sec. 21; P. O., Astoria. The above-named gentleman ranks among the good farmers of this township. He was born in Alleghany Co., Pa., Dec. 19, 1832. At an early day his parents emigrated to Ohio, where our subject grew to manhood. In 1855 he ventured further west, locating in Astoria township, where he has since followed agricultural pursuits. He joined hands in holy wedlock with Miss Mary Landis in 1862. Five of the 8 children she has borne are living. Their names are, Alta M., Mary F., Wm. H., Frank E. and Ralph A.