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 923-924, Vermont Township
Isaac Mendenhall, farmer, sec. 26; P. O., Vermont. Mr. M. was
born in Chester Co., Pa., in 1815. His father, Aaron, also a native of
Penn., married Deborah Brown and had 10 children, Isaac being the
eldest son. The latter married Jane Kinsey, daughter of John Kinsey,
and they had 4 children, - Mary E., Wm., John and Esther J. Mrs. M.
died in 1849, and the same year Mr. M. married Hannah J. Thompson, and
they had 8 children. In 1864 Mr. M. emigrated with his family to this
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