Samuel Valentine was born November 30, 1816, in Washington Township, Pickaway County, Ohio, the son of John and Margaret Zieger Valentine, natives of Maryland and Pennsylvania, respectively. On January 5, 1843, he married Sophia Young, in Pickaway County, Ohio, the daughter of David Young and Elizabeth Myers. They were the parents of 10 children: Mary Elizabeth, Wesley Sylvester, Cordelia, Ruah Ellen, Sophia, Israel Young, Evelyn, Samuel H., India Isabel and Clara Emma Rosetta Valentine.
From the Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois and History of Sangamon County, Volume II - Biographical Sketch of David Dunkel:
"....He (Samuel Valentine) and his wife, Sophia (Young) Valentine, were born near Circleville, Ohio, and reared on farms there. He was a son of John Valentine, a Pennsylvanian by birth, who located in Pickaway County, Ohio, as a young man. The grandparents came to Sangamon County with Mrs. Dunkel's parents, making the journey with wagons. Samuel Valentine's parents both died in the year 1853. He bought 160 acres of land in Cartwright Township, where John H. Campbell now lives, which he later sold and purchased the farm above mentioned as the home of Mrs. Martin, where he and his wife both passed away. He died in 1885 and his wife in 1880. They were reared in the Lutheran faith and were devout and earnest Christians. He was one of Nature's true noblemen, and while he and his wife did not unite with any church after coming to Sangamon County, they attended the Presbyterian Church and gave freely of their time and money towards building up both the church and school in their neighborhood. He was kind and charitable in spirit and manner and always ready to help anyone in trouble or need. He paid good wages for the people he employed and always treated them well, being very tender hearted and sympathetic toward all his fellows. No one had more warm friends in Cartwright Township than he and he was known as a man of public spirit in all ways. He was a Democrat in politics. He and his wife were parents of three sons and seven daughters, of whom four daughters and two sons are now surviving: Sylvester, a farmer of Schuyler County; Ella W., wife of Phillip A. Williams, of Cumberland Furnace, Tenn.; Sophia, widow of Samuel Campbell, residing at St. Joseph, Mo.; Mrs. Dunkel; Idia Isabel, wife of John Kirby, when last heard from was living near St. Louis, Mo.; Samuel, a blacksmith of Pleasant Plains. Those deceased are: Mary, wife of W. V. Campbell, a sketch of whom appears in this work; Cordelia, who married James E. Campbell, and both are now deceased; Clara Emma Rosetta died at the age of twenty three years, a lady of beautiful Christian character, loved by all; Israel, deceased. Mrs. Dunkel was reared in a good Christian home."
From the Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois and History of Sangamon County, Volume II - Biographical Sketch of David Dunkel:
"....He (Samuel Valentine) and his wife, Sophia (Young) Valentine, were born near Circleville, Ohio, and reared on farms there. He was a son of John Valentine, a Pennsylvanian by birth, who located in Pickaway County, Ohio, as a young man. The grandparents came to Sangamon County with Mrs. Dunkel's parents, making the journey with wagons. Samuel Valentine's parents both died in the year 1853. He bought 160 acres of land in Cartwright Township, where John H. Campbell now lives, which he later sold and purchased the farm above mentioned as the home of Mrs. Martin, where he and his wife both passed away. He died in 1885 and his wife in 1880. They were reared in the Lutheran faith and were devout and earnest Christians. He was one of Nature's true noblemen, and while he and his wife did not unite with any church after coming to Sangamon County, they attended the Presbyterian Church and gave freely of their time and money towards building up both the church and school in their neighborhood. He was kind and charitable in spirit and manner and always ready to help anyone in trouble or need. He paid good wages for the people he employed and always treated them well, being very tender hearted and sympathetic toward all his fellows. No one had more warm friends in Cartwright Township than he and he was known as a man of public spirit in all ways. He was a Democrat in politics. He and his wife were parents of three sons and seven daughters, of whom four daughters and two sons are now surviving: Sylvester, a farmer of Schuyler County; Ella W., wife of Phillip A. Williams, of Cumberland Furnace, Tenn.; Sophia, widow of Samuel Campbell, residing at St. Joseph, Mo.; Mrs. Dunkel; Idia Isabel, wife of John Kirby, when last heard from was living near St. Louis, Mo.; Samuel, a blacksmith of Pleasant Plains. Those deceased are: Mary, wife of W. V. Campbell, a sketch of whom appears in this work; Cordelia, who married James E. Campbell, and both are now deceased; Clara Emma Rosetta died at the age of twenty three years, a lady of beautiful Christian character, loved by all; Israel, deceased. Mrs. Dunkel was reared in a good Christian home."
Samuel Valentine was born November 30, 1816, in Washington Township, Pickaway County, Ohio, the son of John and Margaret Zieger Valentine, natives of Maryland and Pennsylvania, respectively. On January 5, 1843, he married Sophia Young, in Pickaway County, Ohio, the daughter of David Young and Elizabeth Myers. They were the parents of 10 children: Mary Elizabeth, Wesley Sylvester, Cordelia, Ruah Ellen, Sophia, Israel Young, Evelyn, Samuel H., India Isabel and Clara Emma Rosetta Valentine.
From the Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois and History of Sangamon County, Volume II - Biographical Sketch of David Dunkel:
"....He (Samuel Valentine) and his wife, Sophia (Young) Valentine, were born near Circleville, Ohio, and reared on farms there. He was a son of John Valentine, a Pennsylvanian by birth, who located in Pickaway County, Ohio, as a young man. The grandparents came to Sangamon County with Mrs. Dunkel's parents, making the journey with wagons. Samuel Valentine's parents both died in the year 1853. He bought 160 acres of land in Cartwright Township, where John H. Campbell now lives, which he later sold and purchased the farm above mentioned as the home of Mrs. Martin, where he and his wife both passed away. He died in 1885 and his wife in 1880. They were reared in the Lutheran faith and were devout and earnest Christians. He was one of Nature's true noblemen, and while he and his wife did not unite with any church after coming to Sangamon County, they attended the Presbyterian Church and gave freely of their time and money towards building up both the church and school in their neighborhood. He was kind and charitable in spirit and manner and always ready to help anyone in trouble or need. He paid good wages for the people he employed and always treated them well, being very tender hearted and sympathetic toward all his fellows. No one had more warm friends in Cartwright Township than he and he was known as a man of public spirit in all ways. He was a Democrat in politics. He and his wife were parents of three sons and seven daughters, of whom four daughters and two sons are now surviving: Sylvester, a farmer of Schuyler County; Ella W., wife of Phillip A. Williams, of Cumberland Furnace, Tenn.; Sophia, widow of Samuel Campbell, residing at St. Joseph, Mo.; Mrs. Dunkel; Idia Isabel, wife of John Kirby, when last heard from was living near St. Louis, Mo.; Samuel, a blacksmith of Pleasant Plains. Those deceased are: Mary, wife of W. V. Campbell, a sketch of whom appears in this work; Cordelia, who married James E. Campbell, and both are now deceased; Clara Emma Rosetta died at the age of twenty three years, a lady of beautiful Christian character, loved by all; Israel, deceased. Mrs. Dunkel was reared in a good Christian home."
From the Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois and History of Sangamon County, Volume II - Biographical Sketch of David Dunkel:
"....He (Samuel Valentine) and his wife, Sophia (Young) Valentine, were born near Circleville, Ohio, and reared on farms there. He was a son of John Valentine, a Pennsylvanian by birth, who located in Pickaway County, Ohio, as a young man. The grandparents came to Sangamon County with Mrs. Dunkel's parents, making the journey with wagons. Samuel Valentine's parents both died in the year 1853. He bought 160 acres of land in Cartwright Township, where John H. Campbell now lives, which he later sold and purchased the farm above mentioned as the home of Mrs. Martin, where he and his wife both passed away. He died in 1885 and his wife in 1880. They were reared in the Lutheran faith and were devout and earnest Christians. He was one of Nature's true noblemen, and while he and his wife did not unite with any church after coming to Sangamon County, they attended the Presbyterian Church and gave freely of their time and money towards building up both the church and school in their neighborhood. He was kind and charitable in spirit and manner and always ready to help anyone in trouble or need. He paid good wages for the people he employed and always treated them well, being very tender hearted and sympathetic toward all his fellows. No one had more warm friends in Cartwright Township than he and he was known as a man of public spirit in all ways. He was a Democrat in politics. He and his wife were parents of three sons and seven daughters, of whom four daughters and two sons are now surviving: Sylvester, a farmer of Schuyler County; Ella W., wife of Phillip A. Williams, of Cumberland Furnace, Tenn.; Sophia, widow of Samuel Campbell, residing at St. Joseph, Mo.; Mrs. Dunkel; Idia Isabel, wife of John Kirby, when last heard from was living near St. Louis, Mo.; Samuel, a blacksmith of Pleasant Plains. Those deceased are: Mary, wife of W. V. Campbell, a sketch of whom appears in this work; Cordelia, who married James E. Campbell, and both are now deceased; Clara Emma Rosetta died at the age of twenty three years, a lady of beautiful Christian character, loved by all; Israel, deceased. Mrs. Dunkel was reared in a good Christian home."
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