CHARLES YORK

He emigrated with his father to Illinois, in the fall of 1843, and located in Keithsburg township, where they remained a short time when: they bought a farm in Abington township, which they sold and then went to Henderson county, where his mother died. His father died in October, 1874, aged eighty-two years. Charles York was born in Kentucky, in 1825, and. is the eldest of a family of six children. His early educational training was limited.

For eighteen years after he came to Illinois he broke prairie. He was married in 1855 to Mary J. Landreth, native of Mercer county, and daughter of Zacharia and Elenor Landreth, both natives of Virginia and among the early settlers of Mercer county. By this union he has seven children living: Nancy E., Nettie, Alice, Olive, Eva, William L., and Linie. Mr. York and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal church, at Millersburg. He has given his entire attention to farminc, and stock raising, both of which he has made successful. He now owns three farms in Mercer county, containing 432 acres. He brought with him and still retains the appreciation of a good horse, for which Kentucky is so noted. He was assessor of Perryton township two years. Few men have been more successful than Mr. York.

 

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