Carlock, W. J. bio

History of Fulton County, Illinois; together with Sketches of its Cities, Villages and Townships, Educational, Religious, Civil, Military, and Political History; Portraits of Prominent Persons and Biographies of Representative Citizens. Chas. C. Chapman & Co., Peoria, Illinois, 1879, page 751, Kerton Township
W. J. Carlock, farmer, was born near Springfield, Ill., one of the first white children born in this State. His father, Abraham Carlock, was a native of Virginia and a farmer; married his first wife, Abigail Osborne, in that State, and had 8 children. She died, and Mr. C. moved to Tenn., and married Mary Ann Lee, by whom he had 10 children. W. J., the youngest was one of the earliest pioneers of Fulton county, went to school and diligently worked his way along. In 1844, he married Hannah, daughter of Edward Pass, an Englishman, who came to America in 1842 and eventually settled in Fulton Co., where he died. His wife was a Miss Alice Andrew, who died in England. Mr. Carlock has been Constable and Road Commissioner. He owns a 120-acre farm, in Kerton tp., on Sec. 22. P. O. Marbletown. Democrat.
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