Severns, Jacob 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 755-756, Kerton Township
Jacob Severns ranks among the first settlers of the county. He is a native of Coshocton, O., where he was born in March, in 1832. His father was Daniel Severns, of Pennsylvania, who came West settling in Ohio and from there to Fulton Co. in 1842, settling in Kerton tp. In subsequent years he lived in Astoria township, but passed the remainder of his life in Woodland. Mrs. Severns died in February, 1871. Jacob was married in 1854 to Miss Mary M. Williams. They had a family of 6 children: Mrs. S. died May 11, 1868. Mr. S. was again married April 22, 1869, this time to Miss Mahala Wallace. They have one child. Mr. S. is Town Clerk, which office he held for 3 years previously.