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

WILLIAM NISBET, farmer; P. O. Virginia, was born in Ohio, 
May 24, 1807; son of Thomas and Elizabeth, (Denny) Nisbet, 
natives of Pennsylvania; he, a merchant and farmer, born 
Dec. 25, 1772, died in Ohio, Aug. 28, 1819; she, born May 
26, 1782, died May 9, 1864. Of their nine children but two 
are living. Subject received a fair education in Ohio, and 
engaged in farming, which pursuit he still follows.  Mr. 
Nisbet has been married three times: first, in this county, 
Aug. 12, 1841, to Patience Clark, daughter of William and 
Margaret Clark. She was born April 27, 1818, and died June 
23, 1842. His second wife, whom he married in McDonough 
Co., Ill., Sept. 18,1843, was Jane Rice, daughter of 
Benjamin Rice. She was born in Green Co., Ky., Nov. 11, 
1817, and died Aug. 4, 1848.  His third wife, whom he 
married in this county, Jan. 25, 1860, is Eliza Massey, 
born in Brown Co., Ill., Jan. 13, 1836, daughter of 
Henderson and Martha Massey. There were no children by the 
first two marriages, but by the third marriage eight 
children have been born, of whom seven are living, viz.: 
Chalmers, Walter, John, Newell, Bethune, George and Mary.  
Mr. Nisbet is a member of the Presbyterian Church.

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