Illinois: History of Cass County, Illinois, ed. William Henry Perrin. O. L. Baskin & Co. Historical Publishers, Chicago, 1882. Cass County. WILLIAM KIRCHNER, farmer; P.O. Chandlerville; was born Jan. 19,1834, in Germany; his parents were Gottlieb and Elizabeth (Aarps) Kirchner, natives of Germany. His father died in 1845, aged 48 years. He was a farmer. The mother of our subject died in 1842, aged 52 years. They were the parents of three children, William being the youngest. He remained with his parents until he was twenty-one years old, and then sailed for America, landing in New York in July, 1854; for fifteen months his time was chiefly spent in Wisconsin and Michigan, engaged in the lumber business. In 1859, he came to Cass County, where he has since remained, engaged in agricultural pursuits. He is now the owner of 480 acres of good land. In Cass County, Dec. 26, 1858, he married Miss Elizabeth Yeck, who has borne him eight children, viz.: Mary, William, Louis, Matilda, Lizzie, Emma, Anna and Frank. Mr. and Mrs. Kirchner are members of the German Lutheran Church. Mr. Kirchner, as a farmer, is practical and prosperous; as a citizen he is enterprising and progressive, and together with his estimable wife, are intelligent and esteemed citizens. He is a Democrat. Kirchner Aarps Yeck = Germany NY WI MI