Kane, Andrew J.

Born: 1817-02-11 Guilford County, North Carolina

Died: 1896-11-14 Springfield, Illinois

Flourished: Springfield, Illinois

In 1830, Kane's family moved to Indiana, and he grew up there. As a young man, he moved to Indianapolis, where he learned carpentry. In July 1839, he moved to Springfield, Illinois. In 1842, he was ordained a minister in the Christian Church, and at that point preaching became his primary occupation for the remainder of his life. In 1847, he married Caroline M. Beers, with whom he had ten children. Kane was a Whig and later a Republican.

John Carroll Power and S. A. Power, History of the Early Settlers of Sangamon County, Illinois (Springfield, IL: Edwin A. Wilson, 1876), 421-22; Springfield Sunday Journal (IL), 15 November 1896, 6:4.