History of Greene County, Pennsylvania

 

ASBURY ANTILL, farmer and stock-grower, son of John and Isabella (Chenith) Antill, was born in this county March 24, 1836.  His mother was born in Ohio.  His father, who was a farmer and miller, was born and died in Greene County, Penn.  The subject of this sketch was the fourth in a family of nine children, all of whom grew to be men and women.  He was reared on the farm and has been an industrious farmer all his life.  He is the owner of 243 acres of well-improved land where he resides in Aleppo Township.  In 1857 Mr. Antill married Sarah, daughter of Moses and Hannah (Whipkey) King.  Mrs. Antill is of Dutch extraction, and a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.  Their children are—William, Harvey, Maggie, wife of Benjamin Chambers, Jr., Louis, John and Asbury K.  Mr. Antill is a Democrat in politics.

 

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History of Greene County, Pennsylvania
Samuel P. Bates
Nelson, Rishforth & Co., Chicago. 1888

Transcribed by Annette Bame Peebles
The Greene County, Pennsylvania Biographies Project – http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~arkbios/Greene/index.html.
Date of Transcription: 5 June 2007
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