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

ROBERT FIELDEN, farmer; P.O. Chandlerville, is a native of 
Lancashire, England; born Feb. 23, 1819; for parents, see 
sketch of James Fielden. He received his education in his 
native country, and in 1842, in company with his parents 
and his grandfather, emigrated to America, and settled on 
the Sangamon Bottoms, in this county. When thirty-one years 
of age, he began farming on his own account, on a part of 
his father's farm, and now owns three hundred acres of 
land, part of which is well improved. He has been twice 
married; in this county, in January, 1850, he married 
Matilda Cook, a native of Ireland who died in 1858, aged 
thirty-seven years, leaving four children: Samuel, in 
Chandlerville; Elizabeth J., at home; James E., a farmer, 
in Kansas, and John J., at home. In 1863, he married Sarah 
L. McKinnell, a native of Lancashire, England, who died in 
March, 1873, aged thirty-seven years; from this marriage 
four children were born: Henry, Benjaman, David and 
Jonathan, twins. Fielden is a Republican; he has been 
County Commissioner two years; has been Township Treasurer 
about ten years, and now holds that office; he is a member 
of the Baptist Church.

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