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Biographies SAMUEL LANDIS Of
Samuel Landis was born in VA in 1792. He married Elizabeth Stretch in IN. Came to Genesee Grove in the spring of 1836. Children: Nathaniel, Susan, Sarah, Enoch, Mary, William, Nancy, John, Elizabeth and Margaret Ann. Elizabeth, Nancy and Margaret are living in MO. Enoch, Sarah and John are in Iowa. The rest are in IL. Mr. Landis was troubled with a tumor which grew so rapidly that a surgical operation became necessary; chloroform was administrated and it was skillfully removed, but he did not rally, and soon died. Mr. Landis was a cabinet maker by trade, and occasionally worked at it in connection with farming. Mrs. Landis is still living in MO.
Bent & Wilson History of Whiteside County Page 230
Samuel Landis, farmer, section 10, Sterling Township, has been a citizen of Whiteside County since 1866. In that year he purchased 60 acres of land in the township where he is now a resident. He was born June 25, 1824, in Lebanon Co., Pa., and is the son of Benjamin and Eve (Segor) Landis. His parents were born and passed their entire lives in Pennsylvania. Their 11 children were named Elizabeth, Sarah, John, Mary, Susan, Henry, Benjamin, Samuel, Abraham, Rebecca and Catherine.
Mr. Landis passed his minority under the authority of his parents and obtained a common-school education. He learned the business of chair-making, which he followed some years and was afterward variously employed, until his removal to Whiteside County. Mr. Landis is a Republican in politics and has officiated as School Director.
He was first married in Lebanon Co., Pa., in 1848, to Lavina Martock, and they became the parents of two children - Mary A. and Rebecca. The mother died in 1851. Mr. Landis was a second time united in marriage Oct. 29, 1864, to Susan Nagle, and of their marriage nine children were born, as follows: George T., Alvin, Sarah, Agnes, Samuel, John, Ida, Emma and Amanda. Mrs. Landis was born March 3, 1842, in Pennsylvania. She is a member of the German Lutheran Church, and her husband belongs to the Presbyterian denomination.
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