Jonah Marchant

location; Farmington, Illinois

Jonah Merchant (or Marchant)
Birth 23 SEP 1794 in Berkeley, West Virginia, United States
Death 24 FEB 1872 in Fulton County, Illinois, USA


"One of the early settlers of Fulton County, Illinois. He and his family were the first to winter over in Farmington Township, in the year 1827Jonah Marchant, with his wife and four children, was the first that lived through a winter in {Farmington} township. Mr. Marchant came in October 1827, and passed the following winter in a small 12 x 14 feet in size. He knew this was a fair land and concluded to remain here. Accordingly he set about in the spring to build a more pretentious dwelling. He erected a hewn-log cabin. In this he lived for seven years." p. 678 History of Fulton County, Illinois