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 473-474, Banner Township
Samuel B. Schenck, farmer, Monterey; P. O., Canton. His father
Wm., was born in Penn. in 1786 and died in 1862; his mother, Sarah
(Garrison), was born in N. J. in 1792 and died in 1876. Emigration: to
McLean Co. in 1854, to Buckheart tp., this county, in 1858, and to the
present farm in 1876. Samuel B. was born June 5, 1829, in Warren Co.,
N. J., married Eleanor D. Ketchum, Jan. 1, 1850, born in the same
county Aug. 20, 1829, and have had these children: Alice, born in 1852;
George, 1854; Estella, 1857; Olive, 1859; Miror, 1861; Minnie, 1863,
died 1866; Josiah, 1865; twins, 1867, died in infancy; and Augustus,
1869. Mr. S. has 66 acres, all in good condition. Republican. Has been
School Director.
