Illinois:  History of Cass County, Illinois, ed. William Henry 
Perrin. O. L. Baskin & Co. Historical Publishers, Chicago, 1882.  
Cass County

SAMUEL L. CALIF, farmer; P. O., Beardstown; was born in Sullivan 
County, N.H., June 25, 1820; son of Nathaniel and SarahPettingill, 
both of whom had been married before and had children.  His 
father, who was a farmer, was born in Salisbury, N.H., Oct. 26, 
1768.  Samuel L. attended school in Plainfield, formerly Grantham, 
N.H., then at Canaan, N.H., and afterward at Lebanon, N.H.  He 
hired out and worked on a farm for a while, near Plainfield, N.H., 
and in September, 1844, came to this county, where he taught 
school for a time, and afterward engaged in his present 
occupation, farming.  He married in this county, April 22, 1854, 
Lucy A. Main, a native of Ohio; born Oct. 15, 1828; daughter of 
Loderick L. and Sarah Main; he, born in Connecticut, March 24, 
1796; she, a native of New Hampshire.  Mrs. Calif is a member of 
the M.E. Church; Mr. Calif was Township Trustee for some time, and 
School Director for many years.  He met with an accident shortly 
after he came to this county.  He was out on the Sangamon Bottom, 
hunting deer, when the horse he was riding became scared at some 
object; he threw his gun from him, which exploded, the shot 
striking him in the face, inflicting a bad wound.

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