Biography - Samuel Caulkins
SAMUEL CAULKINS. A farmer, he was born in Washington County, Indian on 21 Oct
1821, and married Sarah Ann Stewart on 8 Dec 1842. They have a family consisting
of eight children living, 2 having died, making ten in all. He united with the
United Brethren faith in 1840, in which he served as Steward, and in 1843 as
Class Leader. He was Justice of the Peach in Henderson Twp., in 1868. He came to
Knox County in 1855 and has never desired to remove. P.O.Gibson.
Contributed by Joan Achille, extracted from the 1878 History of Knox County,
Illinois published by Charles C. Chapman.
