John S. Kiddoo, deceased, emigrated from his native state. Pennsylvania, to Illinois, in 1847. and located in Millersburg township, where he resided till his death in 1866. in the thirty-seventh year of his age. His parents were James and Mary Kiddoo, who emigrated to Mercer county at the same time as their son John S. Their remains repose in the cemetery of the old brick church.

John S. Kiddoo, was married in 1830 to Eliza Day, of Pennsylvania, born in 1821, and emigrated with her parents, John and Mary Day, to Iowa, in 1836, and then to Mercer county in 1846, where they still reside. Her father, John Day, in early life was a boatman on the Mississippi river. He is a member of the United Brethren church, his wife of the Methodist Episcopal church.

John S. Kiddoo had by this marriage six children: John, Robert (deceased), Mary (deceased), Alonzo, William (deceased), and Lizzie. John S. Kiddoo .and wife were members of the Free Presbyterian church, but both united with the Methodist Episcopal church a few years before his death. His wife still remains a member of the church. He began in this county with small means ; when he died left his family a property worth $8,000. Alonzo, son of John S. and Eliza Kiddoo, was born in 1860, near where he now resides, in Millersburg township.

His early educational training was that of the common school of the neighborhood. He is by occupation a farmer. He was married in 1881, to Florence Shingledecker, born in 1858, and daughter of James and Caroline Shingledecker, both of Pennsylvania. They came to Mercer county in 1858, and located near Joy, where they have since resided. Both are members of the Methodist Episcopal church at Joy. Alonzo Kiddoo and wife are members of the same church. They have a farm of 140 acres well stocked. In politics he votes the republican ticket.

 

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