FOSS CRIST C. Farmer; Sec. 36; P. O. Creston; born in Urendall, Norway, April, 1825; came to Ogle Co., in 1868, and engaged in farming; owns 80 acres of land; married Maleander Johnson in 1859; she was born March, 1815; thy have four children living --- Rebecca Maleander, born Jan. 8, 1862; John Cornelius, Nov. 29, 1864; Martha, May 14, 1868; Charley, Feb. 13, '76; both are members of the Lutheran Church; in politics Mr. F. is a Republican.
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* The History of Ogle County, Illinois, Containing A History of the County---Its Cities, Towns, Etc., A Biographical Directory of Its Citizens, War Records of Its Volunteers in the Late Rebellion, General and Local Statistics, PORTRAITS OF EARLY SETTLERS AND PROMINENT MEN, History of the Northwest, History of Illinois, Map of Ogle County, Constitution of the United States, Miscellaneous Matters, Etc., ILLUSTRATED, Chicago, H. F. Kett & Co., Times Building, 1878, p. 732.
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