France, John 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 854, Pleasant Township
John France, farmer, sec. 29; born in Ohio May 10, 1807; has always been a farmer; came to this county in 1831, with no means, but has acquired a competence. He first married in Ohio, in 1825, choosing Malina Cogan, also a native of Ohio, born in 1816; they had 9 children; 7 are living. In 1869 he married Lucy Brown. Mr. F. was in the Black Hawk war.
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