Notes for Joseph KITCHELL

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Notes for Joseph KITCHELL

They had eleven children.
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Birth: Jul. 31, 1780
Hanover
Morris County
New Jersey, USA
Death: Apr. 7, 1843
Crawford County
Illinois, USA
Known as Judge Joseph Kitchell
Son of Asa Kitchell and Rhoda Baldwin
Husband of Rachel Looker (1788-1867) married 1803
Born in New Jersey, emigrated west and stopped for a while in Hamilton Co., Ohio, then to Jackson Co., Indiana, and came to Crawford County, Illinois in 1817. First judge in Jackson Co., IN in 1816. Delegate to the first Illinois Constitutional
Convention. First Registrar at the Land Office at Palestine from 1820-1841. Senator in Illinois State Legislature 1820-1822. Judge in 1818 in last term of court under the territorial system of Illinois. Donated land for west half of Village of
Palestine, IL and laid out the original town plat with Edward N. Cullom.

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