Henry Killian Bollinger Co
Mo Biography
- Henry Killian, a farmer of Liberty
Township,
Bollinger Co., MO., was born in Tennessee in
1830.
He is the son of Andrew Killian, who was
born in North Carolina.
The latter removed from
his native State to Tennessee, where he married
Pennina Lashater, a native of Tennessee.
After
his marriage Mr Killian settled in a farm in
Tennessee, residing there until his death in
1834.
He and his wife were the parents of ten
children. After her husband's death, Mrs Killian
removed with her children to Graves County, Ky.,
and located on a farm, but in 1838 removed to a
farm in Cape Girardeau County, MO, on which she
died in 1842.
The subject of this sketch is the
only surviving member of that large family.
Having to assist his mother on the farm, he
received but a limited education.
In 1850 hr
married Margaret J Sweezy, a native of St
Francois Co, MO, born in 1831, but at the time of
her marriage, a resident of Bollinger Co.
After
his marriage Mr Killian settled on a farm in
Bollinger County.
In 1855 he entered forty acres
of land, to which he has added other land until
he owned 900 acres of improved land.
He has given
each of his children a good farm, and has left
400 acres upon which are good improvements.
To
him and wife have been born ten children, viz:
John M, Emanuel, Lucretia (Mrs. Henry Bidwell),
Catherine (Mrs Jacob Eldridge), Adaline (Mrs
Madison Crites), William H, Minerva J (wife of
Richard Rowe), Clara B (wife of Henry Schell),
Thomas B and James A. Politically Mr Killian is a
Republician, and was a Union man during the Civil
War.
_pg 834, Goodspeeds History of Southeast
Missouri
_pg 834,
Goodspeeds History of Southeast Missouri
Contributed by
Kay McGregor
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