DAVID C. ESTEP, farmer; P. O. Kilbourne; was born in Menard Co., Ill., Nov. 7, 1838; went to Jasper Co., Mo., with his parents in the spring of 1839; in 1844, to Davis Co., Iowa, and to McDonough Co., Ill., in 1846, and to Crane Creek Township in 1848; his father, James Estep, died Feb. 5, 1857, and his mother, Feb. 9, 1855; his father and his grandfather were the first owners of land that Petersburg; Menard Co., is built on. In 1857, the subject of this sketch left home and worked here and there farming; he marned Mary F. Baker, of Menard Co., Nov. 12, 1863; she was born May 10, 1846. They have four children living:  Etta M., Miles E , Misty May, David F. Mr. Estep commenced farming his own land in the spring of 1865, and moved on to the farm he now owns (160 acres) in the spring of 1868.



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