Marchant, Joel

1794 - 1872

• Born	23 Sep 1794	Virginia, United States
  Gender	Male
  _UID	420F387529FF46AB90E7C8512D5096631DEB
  Died	25 Feb 1872	Farmington, Fulton, Illinois
  Buried	Oak Ridge Cemetery, Farmington, Fulton, Illinois
  Notes	He was the first permanent white settler (Autumn 1827) of what is now known as Farmington, Illinois. It was first referred to as "The Marchant Settlement". [1]
  Person ID	I2461	Keith and Kay's
  Last Modified	23 Aug 2004

  
  

  _UID	E1F7551E3C534BBBAF325F536A608A33FA55
  Children	> 1. Marchant, Sarah
  Family ID	F1159	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 2	Brown, Sarah Lydia
  Married	Note: The Farmington City Hall nor the Farmington Sesquicentennial book has any additional information Sarah Lydia Brown. Nobody appears to know what happened to her. She may have left the area after Jonah's death.
  _UID	FC3F3F37E3FF4A14ABD625195503FAC8CA85
  Family ID	F1160	Group Sheet

  
  

• Sources

  [S130] Portrait and Biographical Album of Fulton County, Illinois containing full page portraits of Prominent and Representative citizens of the county., (Biographical Publishing Co, Chicago, Illinois, 1890), page 832, [Q:2].