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

JONATHAN D. SPRINGER, farmer; P.O. Arenzville; was born in 
Monroe, this county, Nov. 29, 1854; son of Job and 
Elizabeth (Boyle) Springer; he, a farmer by occupation, 
died April 14, 1882; she, still living, is the mother of 
eight children, two by her first husband, Jacob Springer, 
and six by her second husband. Mr.Springer received his 
education in the Old Springer school-house, in Monroe 
Precinct, and has always been a farmer. In Arenzville  
Precinct, this county, Dec. 20, 1877, he married Mary F. 
Beard, a native of Virginia, daughter of John and Mary 
Beard; and by this union two children have been born. He 
has been School Director; is a member of the I.O.O. F., and 
a Republican.

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