James C Darnell (1835 - 1912)

Born 7 Sep 1835 in Fox Twp, Kendall, Illinois, USA [uncertain]

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Died 4 Sep 1912 at age 76 in Plano, Kendall, Illinois, USA

Biography

James C. Darnell was born on 7 Sep 1835 in Little Rock, Kendall, Illinois, as the sixth of ten children of John Darnell and Leah Jones.^[1][1]

James lived in section 6, Squaw Grove Township in 1859 (except for 3 years in which he lived in Sandwich, IL.). He purchased 106 acres of land in 1859 and later purchsed an additional 80 acres for a total of 186 acres while living in DeKalb County.^[2]

He was a Republican in his political views and a member of the Congregational church. For 7 years he officiated as school director.^[2]

James married Susannah (Taylor) Darnell (1840-1912) (also seen as Susanna), the eldest daughter of William L Taylor (1818-1907) and Catherine Ann (Roberts) Taylor (1814-1864), on 3 Apr 1862 in Sycamore, DeKalb County, Illinois.^[2][3][4][1]

On 1 Jul 1863, at the age of 27, he registered for the Civil War Draft.^[5]

Four of his children were: Jessie B Darnell (1869-1910), Mary Elizabeth Darnell (1864-1889), Anna (Darnell) Hall (1867-1963) and Elizabeth D (Darnell) Davis (1864-1935).^[1]

In 1910 James (74) and Susanna (68) were living alone at their home on 9th street in Plano, Kendall, IL.^[6]

He passed away on 4 Sep 1912 in Plano, Kendall, Illinois and was buried there at the Little Rock Township Cemetery. ^[1]

Research Notes

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} Find a Grave, database and images (www.findagrave.com/memorial/40212884/james-darnell : accessed 27 June 2021), memorial page for James Darnell (7 Sep 1835–4 Sep 1912), Find a Grave Memorial ID 40212884, citing Little Rock Township Cemetery, Plano, Kendall County, Illinois, USA ; Maintained by Anne Sears (contributor 47022078)
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Portrait and Biographical Album of DeKalb County, Illinois; names of DeKalb County pioneers who lived in the county before 1841
3. ↑ Illinois, Marriage Index, 1851-1900
4. ↑ Illinois, U.S., Marriage Index, 1860-1920
5. ↑ U.S., Civil War Draft Registrations Records, 1863-1865
6. ↑ 1910 United States Federal Census

• Kendall County Database - Pioneers before 1841 compiled by Elmer Dickson; Kendall County Historical Society; http://kendallkin.org/databases/1390/A.D/1.html; database provided names of those pioneers who arrived in Kendall County prior to 1841 [21 with surname of Darnell were listed as having lived in Kendall County in those early times: Aaron, Abram, Alfred, Rev. Benjamin A, Benjamin, Jr., Benjamin, Sr., Charlotte, Daniel Jones, Eli, Eliza Ann, Elizabeth, Enoch, Enoch B, Enos, Fanny, James, James.