Amos Robertson
Source: Biographical & Genealogical Record of LaSalle Co., Ill - 1900
[Page 28] AMOS ROBERTSON - Living retired in Sheridan. Born on father’s farm in Cass County, Illinois, March 7, 1845. His parents being Rev. Wm. H. and Nancy (STOCKTON) ROBERTSON. The father was born at Greencastle, Indiana, in 1820, and was a son of Amos ROBERTSON, who for several years represented Putnam County in the state legislature of Indiana. The great-grandfather of our subject, Robert ROBERTSON, was born in Bourbon Co., Kentucky, and served under Gen. Anthony WAYNE in the Indian War of 1794. In an early day he moved to Clark County, Indiana. Amos ROBERTSON became a resident of Putnam County, Indian in 1820 and in 1831 became a resident of Illinois. His death occurring in Morgan County in January 1832. In fall of that year, his widow settled on what is now the site of Camp Point, Illinois. The maternal ancestry of our subject was Irish and the great-grandfather, WARNOCK, served for seven years in the Revolutionary War. Two of his sons, Joseph and James, served in War of 1812, and the former was killed at Tippecanoe. W. H. ROBERTSON, father of our subject, was married in 1840 to Nancy STOCKTON, and they had five children, two of whom died in infancy, while George, Sarah, and Amos grew to maturity; but George died at twenty years old. The sister became the wife of George SPRAGUE, who died in 1871. His wife died in March 1874. In spring of 1874, Mrs. ROBERTSON died and in September 1848, Mr. ROBERTSON married Martha A. LINDSEY of Hancock Co., where they lived till 1855. He then became minister of the Methodist Church. He came to Sheridan in 1875. Amos ROBERTSON, our subject, was in the Civil War. After the war he lived in Cass and Morgan counties and in 1870 came to Sheridan. He is a painter and paperhanger. In 1867 he married Miss Lucy OSBORNE, who died in 1878 leaving three children: Clinton, now deceased; William H.; and Frank. In 1880, Mr. ROBERTSON married a second time, Eliza WIDMAN, by whom he had a daughter, Genevieve.
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