A. S. Churchill came to this county in 1833, when but 19 years of age. He traveled the entire distance from Batavia in a one-horse buggy in one mouth and 15 days. Arrived in this tp. the 15th of Oct., and joined his father and brother, who had preceded him. In the spring of 1834 he returned to New York and, Oct. 20, 1835, married Mary A. Hunn, daughter of Samuel Hunn, deceased. Mr. C. is a native of Hartford, Conn., and was born March 8,1814. They have had 7 children, 4 of whom are living,— James A., Wm. E., Hiram S. and Nancy M. They removed hero in 1836, and Mr. C. kept hotel until the railroads were built. When he arrived in this tp. he had $250, a team, a wife aud one child. Now he is comfortably situated and has given his children each a large farm. The tirst land he bought here he secured by giving a cloth coat for his claim on the land. He went to Whipple's mill for flour, a distance of 23 miles.

History of Pike County, Illinois By Chapman, Chas. C., & Co, Chas. C. Chapman & Co.. 1880