October 5, 1888 issue of Bloomington Pantagraph: "John Pollock, of Athens, died on the 20th inst., aged 82 years. He was born in Pennsylvania and came to Menard county in 1851."
John may have been born in or near Pittsburgh or in Fayette Co., PA. There are records for him in Harrison, Jefferson and Morgan counties in Ohio.
John was married first to Elizabeth Wilson but not much is know about her. No record of their marriage has been found. They were the parents of:
Thomas
Simon
John
Isaiah (born 1836; died by 1850 census; no burial found)
John was married second to Druzilla Barkhurst/Barcus Budd and were the parents of:
William (born 1839; died in Battle of Jackson)
Martha
James
Catherine (born 1845; died by 1850 census; no burial found)
Mary Ann
Henry
Excerpts from "Pollock and Derry Family History" published 1928 by Henry B. Pollock:
"John Pollock was a weaver by trade, but lived on a farm, and he and his sons farmed and weaved for a living. He was a Methodist Class Leader of the old type. He was a Republican and a wonderful admirer of Abraham Lincoln. He has sat on many a jury where Lincoln was lawyer in the case. He with Lincoln was a praiseworthy man, and has heard Lincoln make many a speech. John Pollock lived for forty years five miles east of Old Salem, Lincoln's old home."
"He had traded a house and lot in Unionville, Ohio for forty acres of land two and one half miles west of Athens, Illinois in Menard County. An old log cabin stood on the place and the sheep had occupied it, so the sheep were driven out and his family moved in. He took rails and struck them in the cracks of the logs and on them put the bedding, and the family slept while the parents watched off the snakes"
John may have been born in or near Pittsburgh or in Fayette Co., PA. There are records for him in Harrison, Jefferson and Morgan counties in Ohio.
John was married first to Elizabeth Wilson but not much is know about her. No record of their marriage has been found. They were the parents of:
Thomas
Simon
John
Isaiah (born 1836; died by 1850 census; no burial found)
John was married second to Druzilla Barkhurst/Barcus Budd and were the parents of:
William (born 1839; died in Battle of Jackson)
Martha
James
Catherine (born 1845; died by 1850 census; no burial found)
Mary Ann
Henry
Excerpts from "Pollock and Derry Family History" published 1928 by Henry B. Pollock:
"John Pollock was a weaver by trade, but lived on a farm, and he and his sons farmed and weaved for a living. He was a Methodist Class Leader of the old type. He was a Republican and a wonderful admirer of Abraham Lincoln. He has sat on many a jury where Lincoln was lawyer in the case. He with Lincoln was a praiseworthy man, and has heard Lincoln make many a speech. John Pollock lived for forty years five miles east of Old Salem, Lincoln's old home."
"He had traded a house and lot in Unionville, Ohio for forty acres of land two and one half miles west of Athens, Illinois in Menard County. An old log cabin stood on the place and the sheep had occupied it, so the sheep were driven out and his family moved in. He took rails and struck them in the cracks of the logs and on them put the bedding, and the family slept while the parents watched off the snakes"
October 5, 1888 issue of Bloomington Pantagraph: "John Pollock, of Athens, died on the 20th inst., aged 82 years. He was born in Pennsylvania and came to Menard county in 1851."
John may have been born in or near Pittsburgh or in Fayette Co., PA. There are records for him in Harrison, Jefferson and Morgan counties in Ohio.
John was married first to Elizabeth Wilson but not much is know about her. No record of their marriage has been found. They were the parents of:
Thomas
Simon
John
Isaiah (born 1836; died by 1850 census; no burial found)
John was married second to Druzilla Barkhurst/Barcus Budd and were the parents of:
William (born 1839; died in Battle of Jackson)
Martha
James
Catherine (born 1845; died by 1850 census; no burial found)
Mary Ann
Henry
Excerpts from "Pollock and Derry Family History" published 1928 by Henry B. Pollock:
"John Pollock was a weaver by trade, but lived on a farm, and he and his sons farmed and weaved for a living. He was a Methodist Class Leader of the old type. He was a Republican and a wonderful admirer of Abraham Lincoln. He has sat on many a jury where Lincoln was lawyer in the case. He with Lincoln was a praiseworthy man, and has heard Lincoln make many a speech. John Pollock lived for forty years five miles east of Old Salem, Lincoln's old home."
"He had traded a house and lot in Unionville, Ohio for forty acres of land two and one half miles west of Athens, Illinois in Menard County. An old log cabin stood on the place and the sheep had occupied it, so the sheep were driven out and his family moved in. He took rails and struck them in the cracks of the logs and on them put the bedding, and the family slept while the parents watched off the snakes"
John may have been born in or near Pittsburgh or in Fayette Co., PA. There are records for him in Harrison, Jefferson and Morgan counties in Ohio.
John was married first to Elizabeth Wilson but not much is know about her. No record of their marriage has been found. They were the parents of:
Thomas
Simon
John
Isaiah (born 1836; died by 1850 census; no burial found)
John was married second to Druzilla Barkhurst/Barcus Budd and were the parents of:
William (born 1839; died in Battle of Jackson)
Martha
James
Catherine (born 1845; died by 1850 census; no burial found)
Mary Ann
Henry
Excerpts from "Pollock and Derry Family History" published 1928 by Henry B. Pollock:
"John Pollock was a weaver by trade, but lived on a farm, and he and his sons farmed and weaved for a living. He was a Methodist Class Leader of the old type. He was a Republican and a wonderful admirer of Abraham Lincoln. He has sat on many a jury where Lincoln was lawyer in the case. He with Lincoln was a praiseworthy man, and has heard Lincoln make many a speech. John Pollock lived for forty years five miles east of Old Salem, Lincoln's old home."
"He had traded a house and lot in Unionville, Ohio for forty acres of land two and one half miles west of Athens, Illinois in Menard County. An old log cabin stood on the place and the sheep had occupied it, so the sheep were driven out and his family moved in. He took rails and struck them in the cracks of the logs and on them put the bedding, and the family slept while the parents watched off the snakes"
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