THOMAS AINSWORTH
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History of Menard and Mason Counties, Illinois, 1879, by Miller & Ruggles
Lynchburg Township
Page  858

THOMAS AINSWORTH, retired farmer and residence Chandlerville, Cass Co. (formerly resident of Lynchburg Township); was born in Blackburn, Lancashire, England, in January, 1814; he came to America in 1842 and located in Lynchburg, this county, in the fall of the same year, where he engaged in farming. He was married, Jan. 20, 1837, to Miss Maria Abbott, who was born in Blackburn, Lancashire, England; ten children by this union, seven of whom are living:  Nancy (wife of A. Wait; resides in Decatur, Ill.), Alice (wife of William Casey, resides in Centralia, Ill.), Sarah E. (wife of George Hanson, resides in Kilbourne Township, this county), William H. (resides in Carrolton, Ill.), Thomas T. (resides in Kilbourne Township), Joseph (resides in Lynchburg Township), Mary A. (lives at home), Martha J. (deceased). Mr. Ainsworth owns 480 acres of farm land and 120 acres of timber land in Lynchburg Township, this county, and 1,857 acres in Iroquois Co., Ill. His father's family came to America in 1846 and settled in Lynchburg Township; his father, Thomas Ainsworth, died in 1855, and his mother, Sarah (Townley) Ainsworth, died in October of the same year. Mr. Ainsworth removed a few years since to Chandlerville, Cass Co., Ill., where he still resides. .



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