Flanders, Jonathan L.

Flourished: Lawrence County, Illinois

Flanders was a physician who lived in Lawrence County, Illinois, as early as July 1838. In 1847, he married Elizabeth Crain. In 1850, he was practicing medicine in Lawrence County, and he owned $500 worth of real estate.

Illinois Public Domain Land Tract Sales, Lawrence County, 291:198, Illinois State Archives, Springfield, IL; Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, Lawrence County, 14 March 1847, Illinois State Archives, Springfield, IL; Combined History of Edwards, Lawrence and Wabash Counties, Illinois (Philadelphia: J. L. McDonough, 1883), 305; U.S. Census Office, Seventh Census of the United States (1850), Lawrence County, IL, 25.