According to the 1880 US Census for Flagg, Ogle, Illinois, forty-six-year-old John Sullivan was a single, white, male farmer of the Flagg area. He was born about 1834 in Ireland. John was married to forty-eight-year-old Betcy/Betsy Sullivan, who was born about 1832 in Pennsylvania. In 1880, the Sullivan household included Eugene, 14, Horrace, 12 and Nella, 9, all born in Illinois.
Sources
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. 672.
1880 United States Census, Flagg, Ogle, Illinois, Family History Film 1254239, NA Film Number T9-0239, page 83C.
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