Biography - J. L. Cashman
J. L. CASHMAN. A farmer, he is the son of George and Rebecca J. (Murphy)
Cashman, and was born in Clinton County, Ohio, on Jan. 6, 1836. He had such
education as the common schools afforded until he was 14 years of age, when his
parents came and settled in Tazewell County, IL. He removed to Knox County in
1856, where he has since lived. He has held the offices of School Director and
Road Commissioner in Indian Point Township. He married Martha E. Bond on Dec.
31, 1858 [the Illinois Statewide Marriage Index lists a James L. Cashman
marrying a Matilda E. Bond in Knox County on December 27,, 1857], by whom he has
had one son and one daughter. He is a Deacon in the Hermon Christian Church, and
has been a member since 1852. He is Democratic in politics. Post office,
Abingdon.
Contributed by Joan Achille, extracted from the 1878 History of Knox County,
Illinois published by Charles C. Chapman.
