Church, Alexander

Born: 1803-04-03 Virginia

Died: 1893-02-07 Vermilion County, Illinois

Flourished: Vermilion County, Illinois

Alexander Church was a farmer and pioneer settler of Vermilion County, Illinois. While still a native of Virginia, Church married Ruth Caraway, with whom he would have ten children. In 1830, Church and his wife left Virginia for Illinois, settling in Vermilion County on a farm three quarters of a mile west of Catlin. In 1850, he owned real estate valued at $1,600. By 1860, the value of Church's real property had increased to $2,500, and he had a personal estate of $900.

Lottie E. Jones, History of Vermilion County Illinois (Chicago: Pioneer, 1911), 1:241; U.S. Census Office, Seventh Census of the United States (1850), Vermilion County, IL, 265; U.S. Census Office, Eighth Census of the United States (1860), Catlin, Vermilion County, IL, 107; Gravestone, Oakridge Cemetery, Catlin, IL.