Whitlock, John A.

Born: 1836-12-31 Illinois

Died: 1883-06-06 Clark County, Illinois

John A. Whitlock was a printer and newspaper owner, editor, and publisher. He spent at least part of his childhood in Marshall, Illinois, where his father worked as a saddler. He remained in Marshall until at least 1865, working in a printing establishment and in the newspaper business. In 1858, in partnership with N. O. McKeen, he started the pro-Republican Marshall Journal. In October 1863, he married Susie W. Jones.

Franklin William Scott, Newspapers and Periodicals of Illinois, 1814-1879, vol. 6 of Collections of the Illinois State Historical Library (Springfield: Illinois State Historical Library, 1910), 236; William Henry Perrin, ed., History of Crawford and Clark Counties, Illinois (Chicago: O. L. Baskin, 1882), 323; U.S. Census Office, Seventh Census of the United States (1850), Marshall, Clark County, IL, 166; Illinois, U.S., State Census Collection, 1825-1865, 3 July 1855, Marshall, Clark County, IL (Lehi, UT: Ancestry.com Operations, 2008); Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, Du Page County, 7 October 1863, Illinois State Archives, Springfield, IL; Illinois, U.S., State Census Collection, 1825-1865, 3 July 1865, Marshall, Clark County, IL, 38 (Lehi, UT: Ancestry.com Operations, 2008); Gravestone, Wheaton Cemetery, Wheaton, IL.