Lind, Michael 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 443-444, Astoria Township
Michael Lind, deceased, was a native of Pennsylvania, where he passed his childhood. He followed farming there, and was united in marriage with Miss Mary --------- who has borne him 10 children, of whom 9 are living, - David, Lizzie, Mary, Abe, Susan, -----------, Michael, Carl, Diana and Mendelia. Eleven years after his marriage Mr. L. settled in Fulton Co. Having some means he purchased 80 acres of land in Astoria township, where he resided up to the time of his demise, which occurred Sept. 14, 1872. Mr. L. is described as an industrious, honest farmer, and in his death the county lost a most valuable citizen.
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