Aged 55 Yrs, 8 Mo
Suggested birthdate from contributor #47291128: 24 Dec 1799. No source was provided.
Son of James and Sophie Catlin Lankton
Husband of Sarah H. Evans and Phoebe Clayton.
(Married Mrs. Phoebe Clayton Woods on May 10, 1841 in Morgan County, Illinois
Sons mentioned in his will: George H. Lankton, John Lankton, Joel C. Lankton, Chancy W. Lankton, and Andrew J. Lankton.
Daughters: Sophia, Rhoda, Polly, and Matilda Ann.
Step-son: Marquis Woods
His last will and testament can be found at:
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939K-YM3F-PV?i=120&wc=SF23-92S%3A162589301%2C162628601&cc=1834344
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sent by FAG contributor: Jim OBrien on 5 Oct 2019
(also suggested his full name as Rev. Joel Catlin Lankton, Sr. No source given for the middle name)
CHAUNCY W. LANKTON
The subject of this review is a self-made man who without any extra-ordinary family or pecuniary advantages at the commencement of life has battled earnestly and energetically, and by indomitable courage and integrity has achieved both character and fortune. By sheer force of will and untiring effort he has worked his way upward and is numbered among the practical farmers of Everett township, Woodson County.
Mr. (Chauncy) Lankton was born in Allegany County, New York, April 27, 1834, his parents being Joel and Sarah (Evans) Lankton Sr.. The father was born in the Empire state in 1799 and became a local minister in the Methodist
WOODSON COUNTIES, KANSAS. 787
Episcopal church, preaching for many years. He was also a carpenter by trade and while not in the pulpit worked at the bench. In 1839 he removed to Morgan County, Illinois, where he spent his remaining days, his death occurring in 1855, when he was fifty-five years of age. His wife passed away many years before, being called to her final rest in 1841, when thirty-six years of age.
Pages 786-787, transcribed by Carolyn Ward from History of Allen and Woodson Counties, Kansas: embellished with portraits of well known people of these counties, with biographies of our representative citizens, cuts of public buildings and a map of each county / Edited and Compiled by L. Wallace Duncan and Chas. F. Scott. Iola Registers, Printers and Binders, Iola, Kan.: 1901; 894 p., [36] leaves of plates: ill., ports.; includes index.
Suggested birthdate from contributor #47291128: 24 Dec 1799. No source was provided.
Son of James and Sophie Catlin Lankton
Husband of Sarah H. Evans and Phoebe Clayton.
(Married Mrs. Phoebe Clayton Woods on May 10, 1841 in Morgan County, Illinois
Sons mentioned in his will: George H. Lankton, John Lankton, Joel C. Lankton, Chancy W. Lankton, and Andrew J. Lankton.
Daughters: Sophia, Rhoda, Polly, and Matilda Ann.
Step-son: Marquis Woods
His last will and testament can be found at:
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939K-YM3F-PV?i=120&wc=SF23-92S%3A162589301%2C162628601&cc=1834344
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sent by FAG contributor: Jim OBrien on 5 Oct 2019
(also suggested his full name as Rev. Joel Catlin Lankton, Sr. No source given for the middle name)
CHAUNCY W. LANKTON
The subject of this review is a self-made man who without any extra-ordinary family or pecuniary advantages at the commencement of life has battled earnestly and energetically, and by indomitable courage and integrity has achieved both character and fortune. By sheer force of will and untiring effort he has worked his way upward and is numbered among the practical farmers of Everett township, Woodson County.
Mr. (Chauncy) Lankton was born in Allegany County, New York, April 27, 1834, his parents being Joel and Sarah (Evans) Lankton Sr.. The father was born in the Empire state in 1799 and became a local minister in the Methodist
WOODSON COUNTIES, KANSAS. 787
Episcopal church, preaching for many years. He was also a carpenter by trade and while not in the pulpit worked at the bench. In 1839 he removed to Morgan County, Illinois, where he spent his remaining days, his death occurring in 1855, when he was fifty-five years of age. His wife passed away many years before, being called to her final rest in 1841, when thirty-six years of age.
Pages 786-787, transcribed by Carolyn Ward from History of Allen and Woodson Counties, Kansas: embellished with portraits of well known people of these counties, with biographies of our representative citizens, cuts of public buildings and a map of each county / Edited and Compiled by L. Wallace Duncan and Chas. F. Scott. Iola Registers, Printers and Binders, Iola, Kan.: 1901; 894 p., [36] leaves of plates: ill., ports.; includes index.
Aged 55 Yrs, 8 Mo
Suggested birthdate from contributor #47291128: 24 Dec 1799. No source was provided.
Son of James and Sophie Catlin Lankton
Husband of Sarah H. Evans and Phoebe Clayton.
(Married Mrs. Phoebe Clayton Woods on May 10, 1841 in Morgan County, Illinois
Sons mentioned in his will: George H. Lankton, John Lankton, Joel C. Lankton, Chancy W. Lankton, and Andrew J. Lankton.
Daughters: Sophia, Rhoda, Polly, and Matilda Ann.
Step-son: Marquis Woods
His last will and testament can be found at:
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939K-YM3F-PV?i=120&wc=SF23-92S%3A162589301%2C162628601&cc=1834344
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sent by FAG contributor: Jim OBrien on 5 Oct 2019
(also suggested his full name as Rev. Joel Catlin Lankton, Sr. No source given for the middle name)
CHAUNCY W. LANKTON
The subject of this review is a self-made man who without any extra-ordinary family or pecuniary advantages at the commencement of life has battled earnestly and energetically, and by indomitable courage and integrity has achieved both character and fortune. By sheer force of will and untiring effort he has worked his way upward and is numbered among the practical farmers of Everett township, Woodson County.
Mr. (Chauncy) Lankton was born in Allegany County, New York, April 27, 1834, his parents being Joel and Sarah (Evans) Lankton Sr.. The father was born in the Empire state in 1799 and became a local minister in the Methodist
WOODSON COUNTIES, KANSAS. 787
Episcopal church, preaching for many years. He was also a carpenter by trade and while not in the pulpit worked at the bench. In 1839 he removed to Morgan County, Illinois, where he spent his remaining days, his death occurring in 1855, when he was fifty-five years of age. His wife passed away many years before, being called to her final rest in 1841, when thirty-six years of age.
Pages 786-787, transcribed by Carolyn Ward from History of Allen and Woodson Counties, Kansas: embellished with portraits of well known people of these counties, with biographies of our representative citizens, cuts of public buildings and a map of each county / Edited and Compiled by L. Wallace Duncan and Chas. F. Scott. Iola Registers, Printers and Binders, Iola, Kan.: 1901; 894 p., [36] leaves of plates: ill., ports.; includes index.
Suggested birthdate from contributor #47291128: 24 Dec 1799. No source was provided.
Son of James and Sophie Catlin Lankton
Husband of Sarah H. Evans and Phoebe Clayton.
(Married Mrs. Phoebe Clayton Woods on May 10, 1841 in Morgan County, Illinois
Sons mentioned in his will: George H. Lankton, John Lankton, Joel C. Lankton, Chancy W. Lankton, and Andrew J. Lankton.
Daughters: Sophia, Rhoda, Polly, and Matilda Ann.
Step-son: Marquis Woods
His last will and testament can be found at:
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939K-YM3F-PV?i=120&wc=SF23-92S%3A162589301%2C162628601&cc=1834344
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sent by FAG contributor: Jim OBrien on 5 Oct 2019
(also suggested his full name as Rev. Joel Catlin Lankton, Sr. No source given for the middle name)
CHAUNCY W. LANKTON
The subject of this review is a self-made man who without any extra-ordinary family or pecuniary advantages at the commencement of life has battled earnestly and energetically, and by indomitable courage and integrity has achieved both character and fortune. By sheer force of will and untiring effort he has worked his way upward and is numbered among the practical farmers of Everett township, Woodson County.
Mr. (Chauncy) Lankton was born in Allegany County, New York, April 27, 1834, his parents being Joel and Sarah (Evans) Lankton Sr.. The father was born in the Empire state in 1799 and became a local minister in the Methodist
WOODSON COUNTIES, KANSAS. 787
Episcopal church, preaching for many years. He was also a carpenter by trade and while not in the pulpit worked at the bench. In 1839 he removed to Morgan County, Illinois, where he spent his remaining days, his death occurring in 1855, when he was fifty-five years of age. His wife passed away many years before, being called to her final rest in 1841, when thirty-six years of age.
Pages 786-787, transcribed by Carolyn Ward from History of Allen and Woodson Counties, Kansas: embellished with portraits of well known people of these counties, with biographies of our representative citizens, cuts of public buildings and a map of each county / Edited and Compiled by L. Wallace Duncan and Chas. F. Scott. Iola Registers, Printers and Binders, Iola, Kan.: 1901; 894 p., [36] leaves of plates: ill., ports.; includes index.
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