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 754, Kerton Township
J. W. Linebaugh, farmer, and stock-raiser, sec. 18, P. O.,
Marbletown ; is one of the most successful agriculturists in this
county. He is a native of Rockingham Co., Va., where he was born in
1820, and is the son of Junius and Susan (Wilds) Linebaugh. They moved
to Coshocton Co., O., in an early day, where they passed the remainder
of their days. They had a family of 10 children. In 1843, J. W. secured
employment with Johnson Bros.’, prominent farmers, and whose
superintendent he soon became. The first money he earned was at work on
a dock. When a boy he bought calves and raised them, which he did at a
profit. He set foot in Chicago as early as 1846 on one of his trips
West. In 1854 he settled in Kerton, where he married during the year,
Miss Rebecca Butler, who owned 120 acres of land. They soon began to
prosper, and now own 1,100 acres of land.
