Kost, Solomon 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 856, Pleasant Township
Solomon Kost, proprietor of the Kost House, Ipava. Mr. K. is one of the most genial of landlords and for many years the Kost House has borne a good reputation. He was born in Pennsylvania Nov. 30, '27. At the age of 22 he learned the harness-making trade and continued to follow it at intervals until a few years ago. He came to the State in '47 and settled in this county. In July, '59, he married to Martha M. Cheny, a native of Virginia, and born in 1832. They have a family of 3 children: William, Horace C. and Ora.