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JOHN HENNINGER
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History of Menard and Mason Counties, Illinois, 1879, by Miller and Ruggles
Havana Township
Page 761

JOHN HENNINGER, farmer, Sec. 1; P. O. Havana; he is a son of Reuben and Susanna (Boyer) Henninger; was born in Berks Co., Penn., May 28, 1829; in the fall of 1842, he came with his father's family to Illinois, locating ia Havana Township, this county; Mr. Henninger worked on his father's farm till 23 years of age, when he began farming on his own account. He was married, Oct. 16, 1851, to Miss Altha J. Faulkner, who was born in Madison Co., Ind., Feb. 25, 1835; six children by this union, five now living:  Charles A., born Dec. 18, 1852; James S., May 18, 1856; Ora A., Feb. 24, 1866; Ada J., May 21, 1871, and John M., April 19, 1875; William P. was born Nov. 1, 1860, and died March 30, 1861. Mr. Henninger owns 820 acres of farm land in Sec. 1, and eighty acres of timber in Sec. 12, Havana Township.



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