THE UNIVERSITY 
 
 OF ILLINOIS 
 
 LIBRARY 
 
 I 
 
 X II i oo ws> H t-ertbr* -Su*-
 
 HISTORY 
 
 OF THE 
 
 EARLY SETTLERS 
 
 OF 
 
 SANGAMON COUNTY, ILLINOIS. 
 
 CENTENNIAL RECORD. 
 
 ASSISTED BY HIS WIFE, 
 
 MRS. S. A. POWER. 
 
 UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE OLD SETTLERS' SOCIETY. 
 
 SPRINGFIELD, ILL.: 
 
 EDWIN A. WILSON & CO- 
 
 1876.
 
 Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1876, by 
 
 JOHN CARROLL POWER 
 In the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington, D. C. 
 
 SPRINGFIELD, ILL.: 
 E. L. MERRITT & BRO., PRINTERS, 
 
 1876.
 
 LIBRARY 
 
 OF THE 
 
 UNivcn:;:v cr !LL:;:O;S
 
 OUR OWN PRELUDE. 
 
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 OUR OWN PRELUDE. 
 
 It is with unfeigned satisfaction that I write these closing words, for that is what" 
 they are, although placed at the opening of the volume. 
 
 It. will be found, by consulting the book, that in settling Sangamon county every 
 one of the original thirteen States are represented, also every State organized before 
 Illinois; and that the descendents of the early settlers of this county may be found in 
 every State organized since Illinois; also in the District of Columbia, and in every 
 Territory belonging to the United States government. Remarkable as it may appear, 
 there is not a State or Territory in our whole nation but has some chord that centers 
 in Sangamon county. Many European countries might be included also. Thus it 
 will be seen that the homogeneous character of our whole people could not be more 
 forcibly illustrated than by this volume. 
 
 It is my hope that it will be an educator, in suggesting the idea of how to arrange 
 
 o | and continue a family history. There are family histories presented here that will be 
 
 '.' prized for many generations, and yet but few of them would ever have been written 
 
 11 up by the families themselves. ' It is surprising that there are not more families who write 
 
 up their own histories. Family pride is commendable, and, viewed properly, should 
 
 ^ be a powerful stimulant to right living, but it can have no reliable foundation without 
 
 written history. Let a man rise to eminence and all'are eager to learn something of 
 
 >- his origin and history. I could not cite a more remarkable instance of this than has 
 
 already been developed in this county, in the history of Abraham Lincoln. There are 
 
 I.P hundreds of families in the county from whom, to all human appearance, a great man 
 
 } is as likely to spring as in the case mentioned, and yet they have no family records, or 
 
 ; if they do keep them, they only give dates without locating events. Look at your 
 
 y family Bibles and see if you can learn from them where any event connected with 
 
 your ancestors took place. You must remember, however, that this all requires labor. 
 
 If you wish to test it, go to work and prepare a sketch of a numerous family such as 
 
 you find here. 
 
 I expected to complete this in one year, but when the magnitude of the work 
 
 dawned on me I thought it might take two vt-ais. Nearly that time was >>pent in 
 
 collecting the materials. The two years has doubk-d, and with four months added, 1 
 find myself putting on the finishing touches. Thus you have the result of more than 
 four years labor on my part, and about two years by Mrs. Power. She has, during 
 that time, written nearly two thousand letters of inquiry to the descendents of early 
 settlers, and has incorporated the information obtained by their replies, in the family 
 
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 OUR O WN PREL UDE. 
 
 sketches to which they properly belong, besides rendering me much other valuable 
 assistance, in all parts of the book. 
 
 To Edwin A, Wilson, not only thanks, but much more substantial tokens of ap- 
 proval are due. He has done that which none of the early settlers seemed disposed to 
 do. Without his co-operation, in furnishing the sinews of war, I should not have 
 undertaken the work. 
 
 To Messrs. Preston Breckenridge, N. W. Matheny and N. M. Broadwell, the com- 
 mittee of the Old Settlers' Society, who have so heartily entered into the spirit of the 
 work, I not only tender my thanks, but venture to express the hope and belief that 
 every family represented in the book will feel under lasting obligations to them for the 
 impartial manner in which they have discharged the duties devolving upon them. 
 
 To the families of the early settlers, who so kindly and courteously responded to 
 my inquiries, and extended to me the hospitalities of their homes, I cannot find words 
 to express the thanks I feel; but ardently hope that the perusal of the book will 
 return to you some of the pleasure I enjoyed in visiting your families. In the book we 
 lay before you, we think all will admit that every pledge has been more than redeemed. 
 What I say about myself and rny associates will be seen the first time by them, as it is 
 by you here in print. 
 
 And last, though not least, I reverently bow with thanksgiving and praise to 
 Almighty God, that He granted to me uninterupted health from the beginning to the 
 end of this work. J- ^" P- 
 
 SPRINGFIELD, ILL., December, 1876.
 
 SKETCH OF THE AUTHOR. 
 
 FROM THE 
 
 UNITED STATES BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY. 
 
 ILLINOIS VOLUME, PAGE 86 1876. 
 
 TOHN C ^RROLL POWER was born September 19, 1819, in Fleming county, Kentucky, 
 between Flemmgsburg and Mount Carmel. His grandfather Joseph Power, with 
 six brothers older than himself, were all living near Leesburg, Loudon county, Vir- 
 ginia at the beginning of the American Revolution, and all became soldiers m the cause 
 of freedom Some of the elder brothers served through the whole seven years strug- 
 <rle for Independence, the younger ones entering the army as soon as they arrived at a 
 suitable age. Joseph was but sixteen years old when he enlisted, and that was during 
 last year of the war. He was married a few years later, and, in 1793, started with 
 his wJfe, children and household goods, on pack-horses, and in company with several 
 other families crossed- the Allegheny mountains to Pittsburgh They descended he 
 Ohio river in boats, landing at Limestone, now Maysville, and afterwards settled 
 what became Fleming county, Kentucky. 
 
 John Power, the second son of Joseph, born November, 1787,, in London county, 
 Virginia, was the father of the subject of this sketch. He was a farmer in comfortable 
 circumstances and the owner of a few slaves; but with his numerous fam.lv he could 
 not send his children from home to acquire that education wh.ch ,s now to be obtained 
 in district schools, within the reach of all; consequently this son of whom we wr 
 grew to manhood without having mastered more than the simplest rudiment, of the 
 English language. 
 
 Like many other men who have struggled against adverse circumstances, he com- 
 nftnced his education a, a period of life when he should have been ,n possess,. 
 He takes pleasure in attributing to a great extent the measure .of success he 1 as attain- 
 ed both morallv and mentally, to his selection ot a wife. He was marned May ,4, 
 SS Miss S-arah A. Harris. The marriage was solemnized about ,wenty.s,x miles 
 betw Cincinnati, in Aurora, Indiana. Miss Harris was born there Octobe, ,, 
 1824, of English parentage. 
 
 Her ^ndfathcr, on the maternal side, was the Rev. John Wadsworth, who was 
 Rector off single parish of the Protestant Episcopal church near Manchester, England, 
 more than a Ihiri of a century. His daughter Catalina was the mother ol Mrs. 
 Power. 
 
 On her father's side the history reaches back to her great-grandfather, William 
 Fox, who was a wholesale merchant in London. He was also deacon of a Bapti 
 church in that city. By his business travels he became conversant with the i
 
 SKETCH OF THE AUTHOR. 
 
 and destitute condition of the poor people of the kingdom, and made an effort to in- 
 duce Parliament to establish a system of free schools; but failing in that, he next un- 
 dertook to persuade his friends to unite with him in organizing and supporting a sys- 
 tem of week-day instruction so extensive that "every person in the kingdom might be 
 taught to read the Bible." When he had gone far enough to realize that the magni- 
 tude of the work was almost appalling, his attention was providentially drawn to the 
 consideration of Sunday schools, in order to determine whether or not thev would an- 
 swer the same pnrpose. Becoming convinced that they would, he zealously adopted 
 the latter plan, and on the yth ot September, 1785, he organized in the city of London 
 the first society in the world for the dissemination of Sunday schools. That society 
 stood for eignteen years without a rival, and during that time it was instrumental in 
 establishing Sunday schools ..wherever Christian, missions had unfurled the banner of 
 the cross. 
 
 William Fox had two sons and three daughters- The eldest daughter, Sarah, be- 
 came the wife of Samuel Harris, a druggist of London. They had a son and daughter. 
 The son, William Tell Harris, was married April 24, 1821, in England, to Catalina 
 Wadsworth, daughter of Rev. John Wadsworth, as already stated. They came to 
 America soon after their marriage, and settled in Aurora, Indiana. They have both 
 been dead many years. Their only living child, -Sarah A., was educated at private 
 schools, and a four years' course in Granville Female Seminary, an institution under 
 the auspices of the Protestant Episcopal church, at Granville, Ohio, from which she 
 graduated in 1842. After her marriage to Mr. Power, in 1845, a * his request she 
 directed his studies, and when he began to write for publication she became his critic; 
 in that way rendering the best possible assistance, which she continues to the present 
 time. 
 
 Mr. Power was brought up a farmer, but engaged in other pursuits a number of 
 years, always cultivating habits of study and occasional writing, but without any 
 thought of becoming an author until well advanced in life. He met with serious 
 reverses about the beginning of the great rebellion; and at its close, finding himself in 
 possession of a few thousand dollars, determined to return to agricultural pursuits. He 
 accordingly removed to Kansas, purchased a farm and prosecuted the tilling of it for 
 three years. The grasshoppers destroyed the crops of 1866 and 1867, and the drought 
 of 1868 made almost a total loss of those three years, with all the expense of farming. 
 In April, 1869, he accepted the first and only offer he ever received for his farm, 
 returned to Illinois, and since that time has devoted himself almost exclusively to 
 literary pursuits. 
 
 His prize essay on Self-Education, for which the Illinois State Agricultural Society 
 awarded him a premium in 1858, was revised and published in "Harkness' Magazine;" 
 the editor expressing the opinion that those who read it would find it "one of the most 
 
 profitable, instructive and mentally and morally invigorating essays they ever read." 
 
 
 
 His "History of the Rise and Progress of Sunday Schools," published in 1864, by 
 Sheldon & Co., New York, was his first publication in book form. It is the only con- 
 nected history of that noble branch of Christian work ever attempted, and appears by 
 common consent to be accepted as the standard authority on that subject. Mr. Power 
 has written several books and pamphlets on various local subjects; also magazine 
 articles on a great variety of topics.
 
 SKETCH OP THE AUTHOR. 
 
 An open letter by him to the Postmaster-General, on the subject of addressing mail 
 matter, is a brief and interesting magazine article. Some of his ideas are quite novel, 
 and will bear investigation. The main point he aims to enforce is, that all mail matter 
 should be addressed by first writing the name of the state in full, next the county, then 
 the postoffice, and end with the name of the person or firm expected to receive it; thus 
 reversing the order practiced from time immemorial. He considers that essay his con- 
 tribution to the great American Centennial. 
 
 Perhaps his most finished work is the latest his monumental edition of the "Life 
 of Lincoln." It is a fitting tribute to the nation's martyred dead. His style is pecu- 
 liarly clear, concise and original. He treats every subject most thoroughly and com- 
 prehensively, yet with an ease and grace of manner that charms the reader. A gen- 
 tleman of the highest literary attainments, connected with Madison University, 
 Hamilton, New York, in a note to the publishers, says: "I have read your 'Life of 
 Lincoln' by Power. It has the charm of a novel." 
 
 Mr. Power is now engaged on a history of the early settlers of Sangamon county, 
 Illinois, which, of course, includes the city of Springfield, his place of residence. This 
 work, upon which he has spent more than four years' constant labor, will be issued in 
 1876. It is awaited with expectant interest by his numerous friends. He has other 
 literary work laid out, sufficient to keep him employed for years to come, and will 
 doubtless continue in that pursuit the remainder of his days.
 
 EARL1 SETTLERS OF 
 
 CONTENTS. 
 
 PAGE. 
 
 Additions, Omissions and Corrections ................................ 16 
 
 Letter A .................................................... 73- 
 
 B .......................................................... 87 
 
 C .......... ..." ............................................. 165 
 
 D .................................... ..................... 242 
 
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 H ....................................................... 346 
 
 .......................................................... 397 
 
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 K ......................................................... 42 1 
 
 L ......................................................... 435 
 
 M ................ ................................... ...... 47i 
 
 J? ............................................... : ....... '537 
 
 ......................................................... 54P 
 
 p ..... ............................ ' ....................... 552 
 
 *'. .................. . ................................... 59< 
 
 o ....................... .............................. . ... 633 
 
 T ........................................... ............. 6 99 
 
 u .............................. .......................... 733 
 
 V- ........................................................ 735 
 
 W ........................................................ 745 
 
 Y ....................................................... --789 
 
 z ......................................................... 79 6 
 
 Deep Snow ........ ............................................... 62 
 
 Extract from 111. Vol. United States Biographical Dictionary ........... 5 
 
 Historical Prelude ................................................. 25 
 
 Long Nine ........................................................ 494 
 
 Miscellaneous ..................................................... 62 
 
 Note of 101 citizens ....... ............................. ............ 48 
 
 Old Settlers Society ................................................ 9 
 
 Ordinance of 1787 .............................. . ................. 27 
 
 Our own Prelude ...... . .......................... ........... ' ...... 3 
 
 Railroads ......................................................... 43 
 
 Sangamon County ................................ ................. 31 
 
 Springfield. .... ................. . ................................. 44 
 
 State Capitals ..................................................... 45 
 
 Sudden Change ................................................... 6=5 
 
 Trayler Brothers ......................................... . ........ 720 
 
 Wars Black Hawk ............................................... 54 
 
 " Winnebago ................................................ 53
 
 OLD SETTLERS'* SOCIETY. 
 
 ORGANIZATION 
 
 OF THE 
 
 OLD SETTLERS' SOCIETY OF SANGAMON COUNTY. 
 
 ITS MEETINGS AND MOVEMENTS TO HAVE A 
 
 HISTORY OF THE EARLY SETTLERS 
 
 WRITTEN AND PUBLISHED. 
 
 A call for a meeting of the early settlers of Sangamon county, Illinois, was drawn 
 up May 25, 1859, by Pascal P. Enos, and circulated by him until sixty-one signatures 
 were obtained, proposing a meeting of all those who were citizens of the county pre- 
 vious to the winter of the "deep snow," 1830-31; for the purpose of organizing a 
 society to preserve the history of Springfield and Sangamon county. The call was 
 published in the Jotirnal and Register of May 27th, and the meeting was held June 
 1st, and adjourned to June 15, 1859. 
 
 The OLD SETTLERS' SOCIETY OF SANGAMON COUNTY was then organized by 
 adopting a constitution, in which it was declared that all persons were old settlers who 
 came to the co.untv previous to the "deep snow." Thomas Moffitt was chairman, and 
 Pascal P. Enos secretary of the meeting. It was declared that October 2oth of each 
 year should he celebrated as Old Settlers' Day, in honor of the first cabin in the county 
 having been raised by Robert Pulliam, October 20, 181 7. It was also declared that 
 until the first Monday in June, 1860, the officers of the society should be Thomas 
 Moffitt, President, and Pascal P. Enos, Secretary. 
 
 The old settlers and their descendents assembled on the morning of Oct. 20, 1859, 
 in the vicinity, formed in procession, and, headed by a hand of music, marched to 
 where the first cabin stood. Two wagons had been drawn together on the spot to 
 serve as a platform. The President, Judge Moffitt, called the meeting to order, and 
 the exercises were opened with prayer by Rev. Wm. S. Prentice, the presiding elder of 
 the Springfield district of the M. E. church. The hand then played the red, white and 
 blue, after which the Hon. James H. Matheny was introduced and delivered an oration, 
 suitable to the occasion. Several other brief speeches were made after which they 
 held a festival in picnic style, and thus passed the day, to the general satisfaction 
 of all who assembled there. 
 
 It was fully expected that those meetings would he held annually, but nine long and 
 eventful years passed before the e arly settlers of the county held another reunion. The 
 2
 
 io OLD SETTLERS^ S 
 
 next year, at the proper time for holding the meeting, the whole country was abla/e 
 with the political excitement of the campaign that terminated in the election of 
 Abraham Lincoln one of the least pretentious of the early settlers of Sangainon 
 county to the office of President of the United States. .Then followed war, that 
 terminated in the abolition of slavery and the death of President Lincoln. 
 
 RE-ORGANIZATION OF THE SOCIETY. 
 
 July 28, 1868, a call appeared in the Jotirnal and the Register, proposing to hold 
 a meeting at Clear Lake, seven miles east of Springfield, on the 2oth day of August. 
 The call was signed by thirty-two of the early settlers. 
 
 CLEAR LAKE, August 20, 1868. 
 
 The meeting was called to order by the chairman of the committee of arrange- 
 ments, Strother G. Jones, Esq. Exercises were opened with prayer by Rev. C. B. 
 Stafford. Speeches were made by Munson Carter, Rev. John England, Gen. M. K. 
 Anderson, and Samuel Williams, when they adjourned for dinner, which was taken in 
 pic-nic style. After dinner Preston Breckenridge gave an account of his three first years 
 in the county, 1834-5-6. The year 1835, ' ias always been remembered as a time of great 
 suffering. Other speeches were made and the meeting adjourned. 
 
 CLEAR LAKE, Aug. 20, 1869. 
 
 The annual meeting of the Early Settlers' of Sangamon County was called to 
 order at 12 o'clock by S. G. Jones, the President. After prayer by Rev. Mr. Holton, 
 of Springfield, speeches were made by Rev. Dr. Bergen, Revs. C. B. Stafford and 
 David England, and adjourned for dinner. After that, more speeches by J. Wickliffe 
 Taylor, P. Breckenridge and J. H. Matheny. The meeting was then closed for the 
 purpose of effecting a more permanent organization, which was done by enrolling 
 eighty-six names of early settlers, of both sexes. They provided for future business by 
 the election of P. Breckenridge, President; Samuel Preston and Strother G. Tones, 
 Vice Presidents; John F. King, Secretary. 
 
 CLEAR LAKE, Aug. 31, 1870. 
 
 Mr. Breckenridge not being present, Vice President S. G.Jones called the meeting 
 to order. Prayer was offered by Rev. Francis Springer, who followed that with an 
 address. Brief speeches were made by Elisha Primm, David England and Samuel 
 A. Grubb, and after dinner, Samuel Williams read a paper full of historical reminis- 
 cences. Speeches were made by Cg>\. Thomas Bond of Taylorville, Joab Wilkinson 
 of Macon county, and John Fletcher of Sangamon, and adjourned. 
 
 IRWJNS GROVE, Sept. 23, 1871. 
 
 Mr. Breckenridge called the meeting to order, and the exercises were opened with 
 prayer by the venerable Daniel Wadsworth of Auburn. Thomas S. Parks, the 
 secretary, read the minutes, followed by a brief 'speech from Samuel Williams. 
 Governor Palmer was then introduced and made a speech depicting many scenes
 
 OLD SETTLERS'* SOCIETY. ir 
 
 and incidents in the lives of the early settlers, not forgetting his own experience in 
 courting, by taking his girl behind him on horseback to camp meetings, picnics, etc. It 
 was regarded as the most mirth 'provoking speech ever delivered at an old settlers' 
 meeting. After that came dinner, followed by a letter from General McClernand and 
 speeches from J. H. Matheny and Hon. John T. Stuart. Then came the election of 
 
 officers, as follows: 
 
 P. BRECKENRIDGE, President. 
 
 NOAH MASON, Vice President. 
 THOMAS S. SPARKS, Secretary, 
 
 Oak Ridge Park, adjoining Springfield on the north, SEPTEMBER 29, 1872. 
 The meeting of the Old Settlers was called to order at eleven o'clock. As a change 
 in the usual programme, the Society proceeded at once to the election of officers for 
 the ensuing year. Job Fletcher was elected President, with seventy Vice Presidents, 
 and Noah W. Matheny, Secretary. After dinner, General John A. McClernand was 
 introduced and spoke about three-fourths of an hour in a chaste' and eloquent style. 
 The next speech was by Rev. William J. Rutledge. He said that thirty-three years 
 betore he had run a saw mill on Spring creek and sawed stringers used in laying the 
 track of the first railroad ever built in the State of Illinois. The latter part of his 
 speech was exceedingly humorous and closed amid a roar of laughter. Major Elijah 
 lies then took the stand and in a conversational way related many interesting incidents 
 of his experience among the early settlers. He was followed by Revs. J. D. Randall, 
 of Edwardsville, and William S. Prentice and F. H. Wines, of Springfield. George 
 R. Weber made the closing speech, and the meeting adjourned. 
 
 PLEASANT PLAINS, August 29, 1873. 
 
 The Old Settlers assembled in full force. A long train of cars well filled, came from 
 Springfield, bringing the old settlers from all other parts of the county. The Presi- 
 dent, Captain Job Fletcher, called the meeting to order, and an address of welcome 
 ws delivered by Rev. John Slater, of Pleasant Plains. The exercises were formally 
 opened with prayer by Rev. Mr. Lyon of the M. E. church. Governor Palmer \v;is 
 then introd\ ced and made an excellent old settlers' speech in his usual mirth provoking 
 style. Next came dinner, after which several more speeches, and then the following 
 officers were elected for the ensuing year: Rev. Samuel M. Wilson, of Pleasant 
 Plains, President; James Parkinson, Vice President; and N. W. Matheny, Secretary. 
 
 Crow's Mill, or Cotton Hill, SEPTEMBER 10, 1874. 
 
 The Old Settlers assembled in large numbers to-day, in Stout's Grove, to find that 
 the most ample provision had been made for their comfort by the local committee, 
 William Burtle, Philemon Stout, Davis Meredith and Job Fletcher. The President, 
 Mr. Wilson, not having arrived, the meeting was called to order by Captain Fletcher. 
 After a few short speeches, dinner was announced and partaken of with H keen relish 
 by all. More speeches were then made, and a vote of thanks was tendered the retiring 
 President, Rev. S. M. Wilson. The following officers were then elected: William
 
 12 OLD SETTLERS* SOCIETY. 
 
 Burtle, President; Alexander B. Irwin and Dayis Meredith, Vice Presidents; Noah 
 W. Mathenv, Secretary. 
 
 CANTRALL, ILL., Aug. 21, 1875. 
 
 The Old Settlers' of Sangamon and Menard counties held a union meeting here to- 
 day. William Burtle, President of the Old Settlers' Society of Sangamon county as- 
 sumed the chair, and the meeting was opened with prayer by Elder Vawter of Cant- 
 rail. Speeches and feasting occupied the time until just previous to adjournment, 
 when the following were elected as officers for the ensuing year: Alexander B. Irwin, 
 President, E. C. Matheny, Secretary. 
 
 Fair grounds, near SPRINGFIELD, ILLS., Aug. 31,' 1876. 
 
 The Old Settlers' of Sangamon county, assembled here to-day by thousands. They 
 came by the Chicago & Alton Railroad, in wagons and carriages, on horseback and on 
 foot. Alexander B. Irwin, the President, being detained by sickness, the assembly was 
 called to order by Gen. M. K. Anderson. Brief speeches were made, but the princi- 
 pal one was by Hon. William H. Herndon. It was rich in incidents and anecdotes, 
 and flashed with brilliant thoughts throughout. After this speech one hour was de- 
 voted to dinner in pic-nic style. A few more short speeches were made and then the 
 following were elected as officers' of the society for the next year: Alexander B. Irwin, 
 President; Gen. M. K. Anderson, Vice President; E. C. Matheny, Secretary. 
 
 OLD SETTLERS HISTORY. 
 
 In June, 1872, I was called upon by Hon. Preston Breckenridge, who was then 
 serving his third term as President of the Old Settlers' Society of Sangamon County. 
 He stated, in substance, that the early settlers of the county had for some years been 
 talking of having something written and published that would serve as a history of 
 the county and biographical sketches of themselves; that thus far they had not found 
 any person qualified for the work who was willing to undertake it. He further stated 
 that a copy of the small pamphlet history of Springfield, prepared and published by 
 myself, under the auspices of the Springfield Board of Trade, had fallen into his hands, 
 and that after perusing it, and conversing with some of his friends who knew me, he 
 determined to form my acquaintance, and see if I could be induced to engage in the 
 enterprise. He very frankly told me there was no fund to defray the expense, that the 
 only inducement they could offer would be their co-operation in collecting information 
 and giving their subscriptions for the book. The following communication was the 
 result of that interview : 
 
 Hon. P. Breckenridge, President of the Society of Old Settlers of Sangamon 
 
 Cozmty : 
 
 SIR: You, as the representative of your society, having expressed to me a desire 
 to have a book written and published, to preserve, as far as possible, the biographical, 
 historical and other reminiscences of the early settlers of Sangamon county, and having 
 requested me to suggest a plan upon which I would be willing to undertake such a 
 work, I offer the following as my views upon the subject: The materials are so 
 abundant, that I would not be willing to engage in it if I were required to compress 
 all in a very small, cheap volume. I propose to undertake to write and publish a book
 
 OLD SB / TL ERS^ S O CIE 7 T. 13 
 
 upon that subject, to contain not less than five hundred octavo pages, with a small map, 
 showing all the townships, villages, towns and cities, with other objects of interest, in 
 the county all to he printed on the best quality of book paper, and bound in the finest 
 of English cloth, provided I can obtain subscriptions for one thousand copies at five 
 dollars per copy. 
 
 If this plan should meet the views of your society, I should expect old settleas to 
 co-operate with me, by furnishing all the information they may respectively possess. 
 It would be more satisfactory for those interested, if you would appoint a committee of 
 three a majority of whom shall reside in Springfield to whom I can submit all copy 
 for their approval, before publication. 
 
 J. C. POWER. 
 Springfield, Aug. 14, 1872. 
 
 At a meeting of a committee of the Society of Old Settlers, on the fifteenth of 
 August, the above communication was laid before them, whereupon the following reso- 
 lutions were adopted: 
 
 Resolved, That this society heartily endorses the proposition of Mr. Power, and 
 we hereby pledge ourselves, as a society and as individuals, to co-operate with him in 
 obtaining the requisite number of subscribers and in collecting information and com- 
 piling the book. 
 
 Resolved, That the President of this society, Hon. P. Breckenridge, is hereby re- 
 quested to appoint two old settlers of this count)-, who reside' in Springfield, to act 
 with himself, the three to form the committee to point out sources of information to 
 Mr. Power, and examine his manuscript, for the purpose of correcting all errors before 
 publication. 
 
 Resolved, That for the purposes of this book, all persons are considered old 
 settlers, who were citizens of Sangamon county previous to December 31, 1840. 
 
 Mr. Breckenridge appointed Noah W. Matheny and Judge N. M. Broadwell as 
 his colleagues so that the committee is composed of Hon. P. Breckenridge, Hon. N. 
 W. Matheny, and Hon. N. W. Broadwell. 
 
 The Old Settlers' Society by this action did all that was necessary to place the sub- 
 ject in its true light before the public, but the undertaking was one involving so much 
 time, labor and money, that nearly two months elapsed before I decided to go on with 
 the work, when the following was added, and the canvassing commenced: 
 
 With the view of rendering' the book of general interest to all the citizens, I shall 
 make the history of the county as full as possible, to the date given in the third resolu- 
 tion. In this history all old settlers will be incidentally mentioned, but for those who 
 take sufficient interest in it to subscribe for one or more copies of the book, a concisely 
 written biographical sketch will be given of themselves and families. The order of 
 arrangement will be, first, the history, then the biographical sketches. 
 
 At a meeting of the Old Settlers' Society in Springfield, August 22, 1874, for the 
 purpose of agreeing on the time and place of holding the next annual festival, and for 
 the transaction of any other business that might come before it, the following report of 
 special committee was read, and on motion ordered to be included as part of the pro- 
 ceedings of the meeting:
 
 14 OLDISETTLERS^ SOCIETT. 
 
 GENTLNMEN: We, the undersigned, committee appointed by your honorable body 
 two years ago this day, to co-operate with Mr. J. C. Power, and so far as necessary, 
 direct his movements in preparing a history of the old settlers of Sangamon county, 
 beg leave to report that we have examined his work, and find that he has canvassed 
 the whole county outside of Springfield, and that we are highly pleased with the pro- 
 gress made. Mr. Power has collected a much greater quantity of material than we 
 had expected; and the work, when completed, we believe will be a source of much 
 pleasure to the surviving Old Settlers, and of increasing interest to their descendents 
 in all coming time. He is more than redeeming every promise made at the commence- 
 ment, and it will amply repay all the patrons of the work to wait with patience the 
 few months longer that will" be necessary to complete it. 
 
 In view of the fact that there is such a vast fund of interesting information, we 
 have advised Mr. Power that if there be any families of old settlers who do not take 
 sufficient interest in the subject to aid by their subscription in carrying forward the 
 work, that he omit any extended sketches of them, in order to devote more space to 
 historical matters of general interest. 
 
 PRESTON BRECKENRIDGE, 
 N. W. MATHENY, 
 N. M. BROADWELL. 
 
 My time was fully occupied for nearly two years in writing up and arrangino- the 
 materials in my hands, and incorporating additional matter constantlv coming in. 
 This brought us to our "Centennial" year, and the following Joint Resolution was 
 passed by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States, and approved 
 by the President, U. S. Grant, March 13, 1876: 
 
 Be it resolved by the Senate "and House of Reprvsentatives of the United States of 
 America, in Congress assembled, That it be, and is hereby recommended by the Sen- 
 ate and House of Representatives to the people of the several States that thev assemble 
 in their several counties or towns on the approaching centennial anniversary of our 
 national independence, and that they cans* to have delivered on such a day an histori- 
 cal sketch of said county or town from its formation, and that a copy of said sketch 
 may be filed, in print or manuscript, in the Clerk's office of said county, and an addi- 
 tional copy, in print or manuscript, be filed in the office of the Librarian of Congress, 
 to the intent that a complete record may thus be obtained of the progress of our insti- 
 tutions during the first centennial of their existence. 
 
 Hon.J. L. Beveridge, Governor of Illinois, issued a proclamation April 25, 1876, 
 recommending to the people in every county and town in the State, that they take 
 measures to carry out the recommendations of the Joint Resolution of Congress. The 
 following correspondence was in compliance with the recommendations: 
 
 MR. J. C. POWER: 
 
 Sir: As Congress has, by joint resolution, recommended to the people of the 
 several States, that they cause to be prepared and preserved in a certain manner, histo- 
 ries of the different places, "to the intent that a complete record may thus be obtained 
 of the progress of our institutions during the first centennial of our existence;" and as 
 the Governor of Illinois has by proclamation, called upon the people of this State to 
 prepare such record, we, as Advisory Committee of the "Old Settlers' Society," of San-
 
 OLD SETTLERS' SOC1ETT. 
 
 gam on county, in the absence of any action on this subject by the city or county 
 authorities, suggest that your "History of Sangamon County" be supplied by you in 
 compliance with the requirements of the resolution of Congress, as the Centennial 
 record. 
 
 Having examined two hundred and fifty pages of the advance sheets of your work, 
 it appears to fill the requirements both as to Sangamon county and the city of Spring- 
 field, and is more complete and full than any similar work could be, if gotten up and 
 prepared in the brief time yet remaining for such business. 
 
 NOAH W. MATHENY, 
 N. M. BROADWELL, 
 PRESTON BRECKENRIDGE. 
 Springfield, 111., May 8, 1876. 
 
 On behalf of the officers of Sangamon county we heartily concur in the foregoing 
 suggestions, believing that the object desired will be completely attained thereby. 
 
 JAMES H. MATHENY, County Judge. 
 JOHN J. HARDIN, County Clerk. 
 
 Messrs. Matheny, Broadvcell, Breckenridge^ Matheny and Hardin : 
 
 Your note of the 8th instant is before me. In reply, I would say that my work of 
 nearly four years' incessant toil on the history of the Early Settlers of Sangamon 
 County is drawing to a close. I very willingly acquiesce in your suggestion that it be 
 adopted as the "Centennial record." It is passing through the press as rapidly as pos- 
 sible: two hundred and fifty of the six or seven hundred pages are already printed. It 
 may not be entirely finished by the arrival of the Centennial anniversary, but when com- 
 pleted I will have copies bound in the most durable manner, and deposited at the places 
 designated in the joint resolution of Congress, with special reference to the pleasure it 
 may afford your descendents in perusing its pages at our second Centennial anniversarv. 
 
 Respectfully yours, 
 
 J. C. POWER. 
 Springfield, Ills., May 9, 1876. 
 
 SPRINGFIELD, ILL., Dec. 21, 1876. 
 1. C. POWER, ESQ.: 
 
 Sir : Having given your book entitled, "History of the Early Settlers of Sanga- 
 mon County, Illinois," a somewhat careful examination, we are free to say that it more 
 than fulfills the promises made by you in undertaking the execution of the work. 
 
 X. M. BROADWELL, J 
 
 X. W. MATHKNY, / Committee. 
 
 PRESTON BRECKENRIDGK, \
 
 ADDITIONS, OMISSIONS AND COEEECTIONS. 
 
 ABEL, ROSWELL, Sen., 
 His wife, Mrs. Elizabeth Abel, died Aug. 
 9, 1876, in Rochester, 111. 
 
 ALEXANDER, JOHN S., 
 See his name, page 77. His son WIL- 
 LIAM, died Aug. 21, 1876, at Williams- 
 , ville, 111., and was buried at Oak Ridge 
 vCemetery, Springfield. 
 N AMOS, Mrs. SARAH Seeker 
 name, page Si. The name of her son, 
 Judge Samuel K. Swingley, is there erro- 
 neous 1 '// spelled Swinley. 
 
 ANBERSON/Gen. MOSES 
 K.. See iii.3 name, page 82. His son, 
 WILLIAM WILKES, was married 
 Aug. 14, 1876, near Hillsboro, Fleming 
 county, Ky., to Emma L. Jones, a native 
 of that county. He continues his studies 
 at Transylvania University, Lexington, 
 Kentucky. 
 
 BEAM, JACOB H. See his name, 
 page 105. He died Dec. i, 1876. 
 
 BENNETT, Rev. WIL- 
 LIAM T. See page in. His daugh- 
 . ter, REBIE //., was married June 6, 
 1876, to Geo. W. Freto, and resides in 
 Mechanicsburg, Illinois. 
 
 BRADLEY, WILLIAM, was 
 born in 1786, in Gieen county, Kv., and 
 was married there Sept. 20, 1810, to Eliz- 
 abeth Crowder. They moved to Sanga- 
 rnon county, arriving September, 1831, in 
 what is now Ball township, bringing 
 eight children, and had three born there. 
 Of their children, the eldest 
 
 MART, born Aug. 4, 1810, in' Green 
 county, Ky., was married there to Jacob 
 Greenawalt. See his name, page JJQ. 
 He died and she was married Oct. 29, 1863, 
 to Michael Fay, as his third wife. He 
 was born July 18, 1824, i n Baden, Ger- 
 many, and was brought by his parents to 
 Sangamon county, in 1831. Mr. and Mrs. 
 Fay reside in Cotton Hill township, south- 
 west of New City, Sangamon county, 111. 
 Mrs. Fay is the only one of her father's 
 family living in the county. 
 
 William Bradley died Dec. 20, 1849, in 
 
 Sangamon county. His widow lives with 
 her son, Thomas, near Owaneco, Chris- 
 tian countv, Illinois 1874. 
 
 BROWN, ROBERT T., See his 
 name, page 150. His daughter, MAR- 
 GERY I., was married Sept. 6, 1876, to 
 Thomas S. Sawyer, and lives near Can- 
 trail, Illinois. 
 
 BULLARD, WESLEY. See his 
 name, page 158. His son, JAMES R., 
 born Oct. 10, 1846, died July" 16, 1876, in 
 Mechanicsburg, Illinois. His son, JOHN 
 N., was married May 10, 1876, in Spring- 
 field, to Lillie May Pinckard, daughter of 
 Thomas Pinckard, of the State journal 
 office. . 
 
 CALLERMAN, E VAN H., page 
 169. He died September, 1876, in Wil- 
 liamsville, Illinois. 
 
 CANTRALL, JULIA, was married 
 June 17, 1876, in Buffalo, 111., to William 
 Campbell. 
 
 CANTRALL, ZEBULON P., died 
 April 24, 1876, at Chesnut, Illinois. 
 
 CLAYTON, JOHN C., was 
 born March 10, 1810, in Caldwell county, 
 Ky. He came to Sangamon county in 
 1829, with his cousin and brother-in-law, 
 John S. Clayton. See his nume, page 
 205. John C. Clayton was married Jan. 
 24, 1^30, in Beardstown, Illinois, to Gin- 
 sev (jane) Clack, who was born March 17, 
 18*15, in Caldwell county, Ky., also. They 
 had four children who lived to maturity. 
 Mr. Clayton was a soldier in a company 
 from Saugamon county, in the Black 
 Hawk War of 1832. Early in 1856, he 
 moved his family to the vicinity of Urbana, 
 Champaign county, Illinois. Of their 
 four children 
 
 HUMBERT, born August 17,' 1839, 
 in Alton, Madison county, 111., brought 
 up in Sangamon county, married April 
 14, 1867, in Decatur, Illinois, to Marietta 
 Fry. They reside near Chatham, Sanga- 
 mon county, Illinois. 
 
 ELI AS W., born Oct. 6, 1843, in San- 
 gamon county. In the war to suppress
 
 SANGAMON COUNTY. 
 
 the rebellion, he became first lieutenant of 
 Co. 13, 3d Alo. Cav., and was killed in 
 battle at Little Rock, Arkansas, in 1864. 
 
 JO1L\ HARD1N, born June 16, 
 18-17, in Sangamon county, brought up in 
 Champaign county, Illinois, and married 
 at Neosho, Newton county, Missouri, 
 May 7, 1875, to Justie E. W b'ster, who 
 was born Nov. 19, 1854, at Pleasant .Hill, 
 Cass county, Missouri. She is a graduate 
 of Central Female College, Lexington, 
 Missouri. Since 1874, J. H. Clayton has 
 been a. member of the mercantile firm of 
 Whitsitt & Clayton, and resides at Nevada, 
 Missouri. 
 
 ANNA E., born May 26, 1851,111 San- 
 gamon county, brought up in Cham- 
 paign county, Illinois, arid in 1868 went to 
 make her home with an uncle in Missouri. 
 She was married Sept. 21, 1871, to C. E. 
 Whitsitt. They have one child, LENA 
 A. He is a member of the mercantile 
 firm of Whitsitt & Clayton, and resides at 
 Nevada, Vernon county, Missouri. 
 
 John C. Clayton died April 7, 1856, 
 near Urbana, Illinois. Mrs. Clayton was 
 married June 2, 1859, to William Craig. 
 She died Dec. 18, 1868. 
 
 CONSTANT, JONATHAN. His 
 son, LEWIS A., was married Dec. 17, 
 1875,10 Augusta J. Elder, and lives in 
 Springfield, Illinois. 
 
 CONSTANT, THOMAS, was 
 horn August 14, 1776, erroneously printed 
 i 796, on page 219. 
 
 DARNEILLE, JAMES W. See 
 page 2-1.2. He moved from Chicago to 
 l>clvidere, Illinois, where his wife, Mrs. 
 Belle Moulton Darneille, died in Novem- 
 ber, .1876. 
 
 CULLOM, SHELBY M. Sec his 
 name, page 298. He was elected Gov- 
 ernor of the State of Illinois Nov. 7, 1876, 
 and will be inaugurated Jan. 3, 1877. 
 
 D 1 XO N , J A M.E S M . See page 
 252. His daughter 
 
 HBS TER D., married Thomas Sto- 
 ker. They moved from Buffalo to the 
 vicinity of Illiopolis, Illinois. His son 
 
 RlCHAj.ll) Dixon, was married May 
 6, 1874, to Elizabeth E. Logan. They 
 have one son, and reside near Mechanics- 
 burg, Sangamon county, Illinois. 
 
 'DODDS, F. EW1NG. See page 
 22j. His daughter, Virginia E., was 
 married Nov. 15, 1876, to Ninian E. Ken- 
 ney. 
 
 DRENNAN, WILLIAM. 
 Sec his name, page 264. He ditd Sept. 
 28, 1876. He had been for several years, 
 and was at the time of his death, the oldest 1 
 citi/en of Sangamon county. His funeral 
 sermon was preached by Rev. J. C. Van 
 Patten, from Psalms 23-4: "Yea though 
 I walk through the valley of the shadow 
 ot death, I will fear no evil; for Thou art 
 with me; Thy rod and Thy staff they 
 comfort me." 
 
 ELK1N, GARRETT. See page 
 282. His son, CHARLES N., born 
 April 12, 1846, near Springfield, Illinois, 
 enlisted May, 1864, for one hundred days, 
 in Co. K, I33d 111. inf., ai.<l suved full 
 term. In June, 1865, he enlisted for one 
 year in Co. E, I54th 111. Inf., and served full 
 ttrm. He was married May 16, 1867, to 
 Harriet Regin, who died Jan. 16, 1873. 
 He was married Sept. i, 1874, to Ella 
 Welsh. He is conductor on the Spring- 
 field City Railway, and lives in Spring- 
 field, Illinois. EDWARD S. was with 
 his brother, Charles N., in the three 
 months service, and after that served two 
 years in Co. A, loth 111. Cav. He mar- 
 ried Mary A. Brown, has one child, LKK, 
 and lives in Springfield, Illinois. 
 
 ELLIOTT, TEMPLE, was elected 
 Nov. 7, 1876, sheriff of Sangamon county 
 for two years. See page 285. 
 
 FERGUSON, Mrs. LUCY. 
 See her name, page 293. Her son, 
 WILLIAM //., left four children, J. H., 
 ELLEN, WILLIAM and MARTHA, 
 now living near Decatur, Illinois. Her 
 daughter, LUCY C., born in 1809, in 
 Culpepper county, Virginia, married there 
 in 1831 to Rev. Isaac Haines, of the M. 
 E. Church, who was born in 1806, in 
 Rappahannock county, Virginia. They 
 lived a short time in North Carolina, re- 
 turned to Virginia, and from there to 
 Sangamon county in 1836. They had 
 two children, WILLIAM C., born Sept. 
 21, 1832, in Wilmington, North Carolina, 
 brought up in Sangamon county, married 
 Dec. 14, 1859, in Christian county, Illinois, 
 to Lucy E. Young, who was born Jan. 12, 
 1840. She died Dec. 16, 1865, leaving 
 one child, DORA E. William C. Haines 
 was married Jan. i, 1866, in Missouri, to 
 Margaret Hancock, who was born in 
 1846, in Henderson county, Kentucky. 
 They have two children, LUCY i:. and 
 WILLIAM c.. jun., and reside near Taylor-
 
 i8 
 
 EAR LI SETTLERS OF 
 
 ville, Illinois. LUCY A. Haines, born in 
 1835, in Albemarle county, Virginia, 
 married in 1854 in Taylorville, Illinois, to 
 J. V. Clark. They have one child, MAKY 
 .\. In 1859 they moved to Charleston, 
 Missouri, and now reside in Mississippi 
 county, opposite Cairo, Illinois. Rev. 
 Isaac Haines died in 1838, near Rochester, 
 Sangamon county, Illinois, and Mrs. Lucy 
 C. Haines died August, 1850, near Tay- 
 lorville, Illinois. PHILIP C. Ferguson's 
 son, EZEKIEL, horn August 5, 1839, in 
 Sangamon county, married January, 1869, 
 to Htster Kelly. They have two chil- 
 dren, iVTLip c. and HIRAM K., and live 
 near Tavlor\ ille, Illinois, Dr. Philip C. 
 Ferguson died Feb. 28, 1864. His widow 
 and four children, the eldest of whom is 
 THOMAS J., reside near Wathena, 
 Doniphan countv, Kansas. 
 
 FORTU'N E, THOMAS E. 
 S-ee his name, page 306. His daughter, 
 ELIZABETH, J. B., married Samuel 
 Odor Butts, who was born in February, 
 1809, and died August 26, 1840* leaving 
 three children. JULIA F. was married 
 in 1852 to Isaac Allen, have four children, 
 
 JESSIE, BEXJA.MIX, CHARLES and HKR- 
 
 MAN, and live in Jacksonville, Illinois. 
 ANNA E. married Josiah Burrows, have 
 three living children, ALBERT s., E. LEE, 
 and HELEN G., and live near Jacksonville, 
 Illinois. THOMAS S. lives in Colorado,. 
 Mrs. E. J. B. Butts married Barnabas Bar- 
 rows. They had one child, CHARLES, 
 born Jan. 3, 1854, near Jacksonville. Bar- 
 nabas Burrows died May 18, 1876, and his 
 widow and son reside near Jacksonville, 
 Illinois. 
 
 POSTER, JOHN S. See page 
 His wife's maiden name is erro- 
 neously spelled. It should be Eliza A. 
 Corson. 
 
 FOSTER, THOS. VEATCH, 
 was born Sept. 25, 1788, in Harrison coun- 
 tv, Kentucky. He was a brother to Ivins 
 Foster. See pzg'e jog. Thomas V. Fos^ 
 ter was twice married and had four chil- 
 dren who lived to maturity bv each 
 marriage. He moved to Sangamon 
 county, Illinois, in 1826, and settled 
 seven miles southvyest of Springfield, 
 where he died of cholera November 15, 
 1832. His youngest child by the first 
 marriage, THOMAS VEA TCH FOS- 
 TER, Jnn., was born July 29, 1821, in 
 Harrison county, Kentucky, was married 
 
 June 24, 1847, in Sangamon county, to 
 Polly E., daughter of Augustine E. Fos- 
 ter, a younger brother of Ivins Foster. 
 Two years later Thomas V. Foster, Jun., 
 and wife moved to the vicinity of Elkhart, 
 Logan county, Illinois. They had five 
 children. Their second child, WILLIAM 
 A. Foster, born June 27, 1849, in Sangamon 
 county, Illinois, five miles west of 
 Chatham, and brought up in Logan coun- 
 ty. He took a three years literary course 
 in the Illinois Weslevan University at 
 Bloomington, and graduated Feb. 10, 1876, 
 at the, Hahnemann Medical College, 
 Chicago. He is now December, 1876 
 a druggist in Springfield, Illinois. 
 
 FOUTCH, JOHN, was elected Nov. 
 7, 1876, to represent Sangamon county 
 for two years in the Legislature of Illinois. 
 He resides at New Berlin. Page JTO. 
 
 GALT, THOMAS, was born 
 Sept. 12, 1805, in Lancaster county, Penn- 
 sylvania. He received his literary educa- 
 tion at Jefferson college, Canonsburg, 
 Penn., and his theological education at the 
 Presbyterian Theological Seminary at 
 Allegheny City, Penn. He was licensed 
 to preach June 18, 1834, by the Presbytery 
 of Ohio. He was married Oct. 6, 1834, in 
 Washington county, Penn., to Sarah 
 Happer, who was born in that county 
 Sept. n, 1809. They moved west in the 
 spring of 1835, anf ^ a ' ter spending a few 
 months in Peoria, came to Springfield in 
 the autumn of that year. Rev. Dr. John 
 G. Bergen introduced Rev. Mr. Gait to 
 the Farmington Presbyterian church, of 
 which he soon after became pastor. Mr. 
 and Mrs. Gait had four living children, 
 namely 
 
 JAMES J., born Sept. 28, 1835, in 
 Sangamon county, was married October, 
 1857, to Mary A. Brown. They have 
 eight children, and live near Palmyra, 
 Nebraska. 
 
 JOHN, born Nov. 30, 1838, in Sanga- 
 mon county, married Feb. i:, 1862, to 
 Margaret A. Epler, who was born July 
 30, 1841, in Morgan countv, Illinois. They 
 had six children, MARTIN E. died 
 young, WILLIAM A., CHARLES E., 
 ANNABEL, CARRIE and LILLIE 
 live with their parents. John Gait and 
 family resides at the family homestead 
 where his parents settled in 1835, and 
 where he wes born. It is one mile east of 
 Farmingdale, Sangamon county, Illinois. 

 
 SANGAMON COUNTY. 
 
 MARTIN H., born Sept. 9, 1841,111 
 Sangamon county, married Nov. 19, 1865, 
 to Clara Spillman. They have three 
 living children, and live near Manti, Fre- 
 mont county, Iowa. 
 
 THOMAS, Jun., born July 10, 1844, 
 in Sangamon county. He was married 
 August, 1869, at Otisville, New York, to 
 Jennie McFarlane. They have three 
 children. Rev. Thomas Gait, Jun., is 
 pastor of the First Prcsbvterian church of 
 Aurora, Illinois, and resides there. 
 
 Mrs. Sarah Gait died Jan. 25, 1849, near 
 Farmingdale, and Rev. Thomas Gait, 
 Sen,, married Margaret S. Moore. They 
 had one living child. 
 
 ELIHU L., born Feb. 13, 1850, in 
 Sangamon county, married April 9, 1872, 
 in Petersburg, Illinois, to Lou Bergen. 
 They have one child, and reside in Peters- 
 burg. 
 
 Rev. Thomas Gait, Sen., died Sept. 12, 
 1857, near Farmingdale, Sangamon coun- 
 ty, Illinois. Mrs. Margaret S. Gait re- 
 sides in Petersburg, Menard county, 111. 
 
 GARRETSON, THOMAS P. 
 See his name, page 324. He was born 
 Sept. 18, 1818, in Anne Arundel county, 
 Maryland, came in 1839 to Sangamon 
 countv, was married July 2, 1845, ' n 
 Menard county, Illinois, to Martha M. 
 Harrison, a native of Kentucky. They 
 had two children, both of whom died in 
 infancy, and Mrs. Garretson died April 
 26, 1848, in Springfield. He was married 
 Feb. 22, 1854, in Menard county to Phebe 
 Campbell, who was born April 26, 1831, 
 in Butler county, Ohio. They had ten 
 children. The three eldest, VINCENT, 
 AMANDA and ALBERT died of scar- 
 let fever from the 241)1 to the 28th of 
 September, 1858. The other seven, 
 COR Ni. LI US, BEAUREGARD, 
 L O U R E N A M A Y, J A M E S T., 
 SARAH J., WILLIAM L. and AN- 
 N ETTA, live with their parents. 
 Thomas P. Garretson is a carpenter by 
 trade, and was working within six feet of 
 Winchester House, on the steeple of the 
 First Presbyterian church in Springfield, 
 in 1842, when Mr. House was thrown 
 from the steeple by lightning and killed. 
 Mr. Garretson and family reside ten miles 
 west of Lincoln, Logan county, Illinois. 
 
 GREENING, ZACHAR? T. 
 See page Jjp. His wife, Mrs. Marv 
 Greening, died in February, 1876. 
 
 HAINES, CHRISTOPHER. 
 His son, FRANCIS A., was born March 
 22, 1832, in Sangamon county. In 1852 
 he went overland to the Pacific coast, and 
 in 1856 and '7 was a volunteer soldier 
 against the Indians in the north of Oregon. 
 In November, 1858, he started for Illinois, 
 arriving in Springfield Januarv ist, and 
 was married in Ihireau county Jan. 17, 
 18:59, to Zerelda'G. Britt. They had two 
 children, ELLA BELLE and MINNIE, 
 both died young. Mr. Haines enlisted 
 Jan. 13, 1864, in Co. C, 2cl 111. Artillery, 
 served to the end of the rebellion, and 
 was mustered out with the regiment Aug. 
 3, 1865. He and his wife reside at New 
 City, Sangamon county, Illinois. 
 
 HAND, ELI AS, was born about 
 1770,111 Cape May county, New Jersey. 
 He was married there to Miss Say re. 
 They had four children in New Jersey, 
 and moved to Sangamon county,, arriving 
 May 30, 1838, in what is now Gardner 
 township. Of their children 
 
 DANIEL died, aged thirty years. 
 
 MARIA married John Robinson, and 
 lives in Minnesota. 
 
 JESSE married Mary Hagin, and 
 lives in New Jersey. 
 
 ELIZABETH,\>Q\n in New Jersey, 
 married in Sangamon county to Franklin 
 Bradley. They had one son, FRANK, 
 who is a minister in the M. E. Church, 
 and in 1873 lived in Davisville, Michigan. 
 Franklin Bradley died Sept. 14, 1845, an< ^ 
 his widow married John G. Ransom. See 
 his name. 
 
 Elias Hand died November, 1856, and 
 his widow died in 1869, aged eighty-seven 
 years. 
 
 HARBUR, LEV I. See page 
 354. He died Nov. 27, 1876. 
 
 HARDIN, JAMES T. Page 
 J56. His son, Benjamin, was married 
 August 2, 1876. 
 
 HARROWER, WILLIAM. 
 Page j6o. His daughter, A GA'S //., 
 widow of Dr. James B. Smith, died Xov. 
 5, 1876, in Springfield, Illinois. 
 
 HEDRICK, ALFRED, was 
 born near Greenville, Tennessee, came 
 with his father, Charles Hedrick, to San- 
 gamon county among the early settlers. 
 Alfred Hedrick lives in Taylorville, 111., 
 Of his two sons 
 
 \\~1I.LIAM, born Jan. 25, 1844, in 
 Sangamon county, married April 8, 1865,
 
 20 
 
 EARLY SETTLERS 
 
 o Martha M. Kimball, who was born . 
 Jan. 1 8, 1844, in Vermont. They now 
 ^874 have four children, MARION C., 
 NATHAN K., ALFRED C., and 
 ROBERT A., and live four miles south 
 of Rochester, Illinois. 
 
 HENRT R., born Feb. 25, 1848, in 
 Sangamon county, married Dec. 30, 1869, 
 to Laura J. Johnson, has two children 
 and lives four miles south of Rochester, 
 Illinois. 
 
 HEDRICK, JONATHAN, 
 born in Kentucky, and married there to 
 Julian Holland, a native of Maryland. 
 They had two children in Fleming 
 county, Ky., and moved to Sangamon 
 county, Illinois, arriving in the fall of 
 1830, at Buffalo Hart grove, thence to 
 what is now Clear Lake township, where 
 they had four children. Of their six chil- 
 dren 
 
 REBECCA, born Oct. 8, 1828 in 
 Fleming county, Ky., was married Oct. 
 16, 1847, to Joshua Cantrall. See his 
 name. 
 
 ROSETTA, born in Fleming county, 
 Kv., married in Sangamon county to Ab- 
 ner Clark. She died, leaving a son, 
 WILLIAM Clark. 
 
 BARTON, died, aged twenty-five 
 years. 
 
 NARCISSA, married McDonald Can- 
 trail. See his name. 
 FLEMING, died aged fifteen years. 
 MUNSON, iiorn in Sangamon county, 
 enlisted in 1862, for three years in Co. C, 
 h 111. Inf., and died at Vicksburg, a 
 short time after it was captured in 1863. 
 
 Jonathan Hedrick and wife reside in 
 Athens, Illinois. 
 
 HI C KM AN, GEORGE T. His 
 son, WILLIAM H., enlisted Aug. 5, 
 1862, in Co. B, i3Oth 111. Inf., and died 
 Jan. 19, 1863. Another son, JAMES 
 F., married Sophia C. Burns, and lives 
 near Buffalo Hart, Sangamon county, Illi- 
 nois 1876. 
 
 HOUGH.TON, ALVIN, born 
 June 12, 1810, in Madison, Somerset 
 county, Maine, was married Sept. 6, 1835, 
 at Skowhegan Falls, Maine, to Betsy 
 Hilton, who was born June 17, 1815, at 
 Anson, Maine. Alvin Houghton came 
 to S ringfielcl, Illinois., in June, 1837, and 
 brought his wife in the spring of 1840. 
 He was a carpenter by trade, and worked 
 at that business for about twelve years, 
 
 after which he kept a dairy until 1851, 
 when he moved twenty miles east of 
 Springfield, on a farm, and remained there 
 until the fall of 1869, and then moved to 
 Washington county, Kansas. 
 
 Alvin Houghton and wife had five chil- 
 dren 
 
 AMEL1 A, died in her second year. 
 
 ERVIN, O., born Dec. 14, 1841, in 
 Springfield, 111., was married Sept. 13, 
 1866, in Sangamon county to Sarah Jane 
 Wall, who was born Feb. 6, 1842, in 
 Allegany. county, Pennsylvania. They 
 have two children, LAURA E. and 
 LILLIAN, and live four and a half miles 
 northeast of Illiopolis, Illinois. 
 
 AUSTIN E\, born May 29, 1844, in 
 Illinois. Lives with his parents. 
 > CLIMENA B., died in her second 
 year. 
 
 A VILLIA B., born Jan. i, 1853, lives 
 with her parents, near Butler, Washing- 
 ton county, Kansas. 
 
 HUDSON, JOHN. See his 
 name, page 385. His son, JOHN M., 
 died Oct. 12, 1876. His son, ANDRE W 
 J., having been married fourteen years, 
 has -an only child, MARGARET MA- 
 RIA, born Feb. :i, 1876. 
 
 ILES, ELIJAH, Sen. His wife, 
 Mrs. Melinda lies, died in May, 1866. 
 
 INSLEE, JOSEPH. His son 
 
 NEWTON JASPER, born Dec. 
 31, 1832, in Sangamon county, married 
 May 16, 1852, to Eliza A. Keys. They 
 had five children. ANN E., died in her 
 second year. EMMA J., MARY L., 
 MELISSA and JOSEPH W.; the four 
 latter live with their parents near Cotton 
 Hill postoffice, Sangamon county, 111. 
 
 JAYNE, Dr. GERSHOM, 
 page 406. His daughter, JULIA M., 
 married Hon. Lyman Trumbull. Their 
 son, Walter Trumbull, was married Sept. 
 27, 1876, in Chicago, to Hannah M. Sla- 
 ter. 
 
 JOHNSTON, ADAM, was 
 born April 14, 1816, in Glasgow, Scotland. 
 Wh 'n he was four days old his parents 
 embarked on bo rd a vessel, and after a 
 short stay at Belfast, Ireland, sail-, d for 
 America. Ian ling during the summ r of 
 that year in Philad Iphia, Prim. I e was 
 brought up in that city and learned the 
 busin ss of a marble mason. During that 
 time he assist' d in building Girard Col- 
 lege. He went in 1837, to Jefferson city,
 
 SAN GAM ON COUNT*. 
 
 21 
 
 Missouri, and after filling a contract on 
 the State House, then in course of con- 
 struction there, he came to Springfield, in 
 the spring of 1839, and worked as a jour- 
 neyman on the State House of Illinois. 
 Mr. Johnson was married July 3, 1846 to 
 Barbara A. Wolgamot. He has been 
 continuously and successfully in business 
 in Springfield, nearly thirty-eight years. 
 Adam Johnson and wife now Decem- 
 ber, 1876 reside in Springfield, Illinois. 
 
 JOHNSON, LUE. See ^ his 
 name, page 413. His son, ORSON D., 
 born April 23, 1827, in Vermont, was 
 married in Rochester, Sangamon county, 
 111., to Lydia Eggleston. They have four 
 living children, ELLEN, born Sept. 16, 
 1848, in Rochester, was married in Mount 
 Pulaski, April 16, 1865 to Aaron G. 
 Given, and have four children, FLORA, 
 i.i K, GEORGE, and MIXDRED, and live in 
 Mt. Pulaski, Illinois. OLLIE, born 
 Aug. 6, 1851, in Rochester, 111., was mar- 
 ried in Mt. Pulaski, Jan. 6, 1868, to Walter 
 McGraw, and died April 30, 1874, leaving 
 one child, RALPH. BET TIE, born July 
 6, 1858,. and WILLIAM, born Dec. 11, 
 1861, both in Mt. Pulaski. Orson, D. 
 Johnson and family, live in Mt. Pulaski, 
 Logan county, Illinois. 
 
 JONES, HASK1NS, was born 
 in Maryland, and married in JtfFerson 
 county, Term., to Lucy Tolley, and came 
 to Sangamon county, in 1835, settling in 
 Sand Prairie, five miks east of Roches- 
 ter. Th< y had thirteen children 
 
 JOHN F., married Lucinda Pike 
 and died, leaving one child, CHARLES 
 T. 
 
 ELIZABETH, married John L. 
 Firey. See his name. 
 
 DA VI D C , married Ann Griffith and 
 liv s mar Breckenridge, 111. 
 
 NANCY, married James Campbell, 
 and lives in Edinburg, 111. 
 
 MART P., married John B. Eaton. 
 See his name. 
 
 CARTER T., born Aug. 17, 1834, in 
 Jefferson county, Tenn., married in San- 
 gamon county, April 23, 1863, to Theiv- 
 saTalb.rr, has four childr n, FANNY, 
 LUCY, BETTY and CARTER T., 
 Jun., and lives four milts south of Roches- 
 ter, Illinois. 
 
 HASK1NS, Jun., married Lettie 
 Swe< t, who died, and he married Again, 
 and lives near Breckenridge, Illinois! 
 
 LUCY J., married John H. Martin, 
 and lives near Taylorville, Illinois. 
 
 PR ISC ILL A, married Thomas 
 Stokes. See his name. He died and she 
 married James Lay, and lives in Kansas. 
 
 Haskins Jones died in 1842, and his 
 widow died April, 1873, he in Sangamon, 
 and she in Christian county, Illinois. 
 
 KENNET, NINIAN E. See page 
 
 425. He was married Nov. 15, 1876,10 
 Virginia E. Dodds, daughter of F. Evving 
 Dodds. See his name, page 255. 
 
 KEYS, ISAAC, Jim.. See puge 
 
 426. His son, EDWARD D., was mar- 
 ried Oct. 10, 1876, to Lulie Todd, in 
 Springfield, Illinois. His daughter, AN- 
 NIE E., was married Dec. 7, 1876, in 
 Springfield, to Alvin B. Hoblet, of Pekin, 
 111. Mr. Hoblet is cashier of the Farmers' 
 National Bank of that city. 
 
 KEYES, CHARLES A. See page 
 
 427. His infant daughter, ELIZABETH M., 
 died July 18, 1876. 
 
 LAMB, SUSAN M. See page 435: 
 Her daughter, Hannah M. Slater, was 
 married Sept. 27, 1876, in Chicago, to 
 Walter Trumbull. 
 
 LANTERMAN, PEJ^ER. Page 
 443. He died Oct. 9, 1876, near Elkhart, 
 Illinois. 
 
 LINCOLN, ABRAHAM. Page 
 456. An attempt was made on the night 
 alter the Presidential election, Nov. 7, 
 1876^0 steal his body from the sarcophagus, 
 in the National Lincoln Monument. The 
 thieves were detected in the act but 
 escaped. Two nit n are under arrest. 
 charged with the crime, and are now 
 December, 1876 in jail at Springfield, 
 awaiting trial. Their reputed object was 
 to secure a large reward in money, and the 
 release of an engraver, who is serving a 
 ten y<ars term in. the Illinois Penitentiary, 
 .for engraving and issuing counterfeit 
 money. 
 
 LINDSAY, JOHN, was born in 
 1773 at Fort Pitt, now Pittsburgh, Penn. 
 He was taken by his parents to Fleming 
 county, Kentucky. He was married there 
 in the year 1800 to Mary Glass. She died 
 January, 1811, leaving five children, and 
 Mr. Lindsay was married there in Sep- 
 tember, 1811. They had one child in 
 Kentucky, and moved in 181710 St. Clair 
 county, Illinois, where they had one child, 
 and moved to what is now Sangamon 
 county in 1819, settling in what is now the
 
 EARL? SE'lTLBRS OF 
 
 vvestern part of Springfield. Of his chil- 
 li-en 
 
 REBECCA, born September, 1802, 
 in Kentucky, marriecl in Sangamon coun- 
 ty to Andrew Orr, and died within one 
 year. 
 
 POLLY, born September, 1804, in 
 Kentucky, married James Smith, and died 
 there, leaving one child, AMANDA. 
 
 DA VID H., born February, 1807, in 
 Fleming county, Kentucky, married in 
 1832, in Sangamon county to Mary A. 
 Dorrance. They had four children, 
 MAR\ S., born March, 1833, died Jan. 
 6, 1869, in Shelby county, Illinois. MAR- 
 GARET A., born March, 1836, married 
 B. F. Sinard. She died, leaving a son, 
 MILTON siiVARD, wholives in Mt. Auburn, 
 Illinois. fMARQUIS D., born March 
 23, 1839, enlisted August 9, 1861, for three 
 years, in Co. B, 3Oth 111. Inf., served full 
 term, and was honorably discharged Aug. 
 27, 1864. He was married in Sangamon 
 county Oct. 31, 1866, to Margaret Kinney, 
 who was born April 6, 1839, in Cazenovia, 
 New York. They had two children. 
 LOGAN L. lives with his parents. IDA 
 MAY died in her fourth year. M. D, 
 Lindsay lives near Loami, Illinois. 
 MARTHA, born March, 1842, married 
 Daniel Young. Mrs. Mary A. Lindsay 
 died in 1846, while her husband was in 
 Mexico. David H. Lindsay was a soldiei 
 in the 4th 111. Inf., under Colonel E. D. 
 Baker. He served one year from June, 
 1846, returned home and died in 1847, * 
 
 : in the army. 
 
 ORGE G., born November, 1808, 
 in Kentucky, married in Sangamon county 
 to Margaret Ward, and died there, leaving 
 one child, JAMES. 
 
 AMANDA L., born December, 1810, 
 in Kentucky, married in Sangamon coun- 
 ty to John Morgan, and died, leaving four 
 children, ELIZABETH, SALLY ANN, 
 JOHN W. and SOPHIA S. 
 
 Bv the second wife: 
 
 JOHN P., born July, 1814, in Flem- 
 ing county, Kentucky, married in Sanga- 
 mon county in 1839,10 Virginia B. Young. 
 They had six children in Sangamon coun- 
 ty. MARY J., bom July 22, 1840, mar- 
 ried Seth Moore, and lives in Lawndale, 
 Illinois. MELISSA G., born. Dec. 23, 
 1841, married Charlie E. Morton, and 
 lives near Centerville, Iowa. James N., 
 born July 30, 1842, is unmarried, and lives 
 
 in Centerville, Iowa. ELIZABETH, 
 born Feb. i ^, 1846, died aged seven years. 
 ELIZA ANN, born Sept. 15, 1848," mar- 
 ried William A. Smith, and lives in Col- 
 fax county, Nebraska. JOHN W., born 
 March 22, 1850, is unmarried, and lives in 
 Russell county, Kansas. Mrs. Virginia 
 B. Lindsay died May 2, 1850, in Sanga- 
 mon county, and J. P. Lindsay married 
 Eliza A. McCandless, and in 1853 moved 
 to Logan county, where they had five 
 living children, SOPHIA BELLE, FLO- 
 RENCE P., ALMA M., CHARLES 
 E. and WINNIE M. John P.Lindsay 
 resides near Lincoln, Logan county, 111. 
 
 ABRAHAM L., born April to, 1819, 
 in St. Clair county, Illinois, was married 
 in Sangamon county to Ann Wise. They 
 have seven living children. JOHN D. is 
 married and lives in Ottawa, Kansas. 
 NANCY J. married B. H. Lake and 
 and lives in Mount Pulaski, Illinois. 
 SOPHIA MAY, marrried N. Elkin, and 
 lives near Elkhart, Illinois. WILLIAM 
 H., EVA E., GEORGE B. and HAR- 
 RIET C. live near Elkhart, Logan coun- 
 ty, Illinois. Mrs. Ann Lindsav died Jan- 
 uary, 1865, near Elkhart, Illinois, and 
 Abram L. Lindsay now 1876 lives in 
 Russell county, Kansas. 
 
 LORD, JOSEPH T., was an 
 earlv settler of Sangamon county. His 
 son," WILLIAM N. Lord, lives near 
 Breckenridge, Sangamon county, Illinois. 
 
 MCCLELLAND, JOHN. His son, 
 
 Dr. Robert McClelland, was married 
 Sept. 8, 1874, to Susan Turley, near Wil- 
 liamsville, Illinois. 
 
 McGINNIS, JOHN J, See his 
 name, page 499. His widow, Mrs. Eliza- 
 beth McGinnis, was married in December, 
 1874, to Y. B. Clark, and lives at Clarks- 
 dale, Christian county, Illinois. 
 
 McGRAW, ABSOLOM D., 
 See his name, page 501. He died in the 
 autumn of 1876 near Springfield, Illinois. 
 
 MeKINNIE, WILLIAM A. 
 'Page 504. His wife, Mrs. Emma Mc- 
 Kinnie, died Nov. 22, 1876. 
 
 McMURltT, ARTHUR B. His 
 daughter, MARTHA J., marriecl Robert 
 Elder, and live near Girard, Crawford 
 county, Kansas. His son, LEWIS S., 
 lives near Girard, Crawford county, Kan. 
 
 McMURR T, L O GAN. His daughter, 
 Mary E., married Hiram F. Robhins, who 
 was born in Warren county, Pennsylvania,
 
 EARLY SETTLERS OF 
 
 came to Ogle county, Illinois, enlisted 
 M-irch, 1862, in Co. A, I2th 111. Cav., for 
 three years, and was honorably discharged 
 March. 186^, went to Maple Grove, Kan- 
 sas, in May, 1866, and was married there 
 [uly 26. 1868. 
 
 NUCKOLLS, JOHN. See his 
 name, page 548. His widow, Mrs. Ann 
 Nuckolls, died Sept. 30, 1876, aged nearly 
 ninety years. 
 
 ORR, ROBERT, was born in 
 Wythe county, Virginia, and was there 
 married to Sarah Messersmith. They 
 moved to Ohio in 1817, to Connersville, 
 Indiana, in 1818, and to Springfield, Illi- 
 nois, in 1826. They had ten children 
 
 AX DREW, M'E LINDA; ALEX- 
 AX HER S. married Eliza J. Wallace, 
 and lives near Auburn, Illinois. ELIZ.A- 
 BETH, NANCY J.; HIRAM mar- 
 ried Savilla Ranch, and both died. 
 ROBERT, MARGARET; SA)[- 
 UEL married Jane Laswell, and lives 
 near Auburn, Illinois. 
 
 Robert Orr and his wife both died near 
 Auburn, Sangamon county, Illinois. 
 
 POWER, GEORGE. See his 
 name, page 578. He was awarded the 
 premium of a gold headed cane for the 
 most skillful feat of horseback riding, by 
 an elderly gentleman, at thp fair of the 
 Sangamon county Agricultural Society, 
 in September, 1876. He was in his' 
 seventy-ninth year, and the eldest of five 
 competitors. The cane was presented in 
 presence of the largest number of visitors 
 during the fair, by the president of the 
 society, ex-Governor John M. Palmer. 
 
 PRICKETT, Mrs. CHAR- 
 LOTTE G. See page 581. She died 
 Nov. 2, 1876, in Springfield. 
 
 PURSELL, WILLIAM. See 
 Jiis name, page jpo. His daughter, 
 ALICE BELLE, was married Nov. 2, 
 1876, to William T. Kincaid, near Farm- 
 ingdale, Sangamon county, Illinois. 
 
 RIDGELY, CHARLES, was born 
 Jan. 17, 1836, in Springfield, Illinois. He 
 is the eldest son of N. H. Ridgely page 
 616 by his second witV, who was the 
 daughter of Jonathan Huntington, and 
 was born in Boston, Mass. Her brother, 
 Hon. George L. Huntington, deceased, 
 was mayor of Springfield in 1 86 1-2. 
 Charles Ridgely entered the preparatory 
 department of Illinois College at Jack- 
 sonville, in October, 
 
 March, 1852, withdrew from the col- 
 lege to accept a position in Clark's Ex- 
 change Bank, which was organized at that 
 time in Springfield by his father in con- 
 nection with some eastern capitalists. 
 June 22, 1853, he became cashier of the 
 bank, which position he occupied until it 
 was wound up, March 29, 1855. His 
 father, N. H. Ridgely, succeeded to the 
 business of Clark's bank, as a private 
 banker. Charles took the place of cashier 
 with him, where he continued until April 
 i, 1859, when he was admitted into part- 
 nership with his father in the banking bus- 
 iness; the new firm name being N. II. 
 Ridgelf & Co. Charles' brother, William 
 was admitted as a member of the firm 
 April i, 1864, and its business continued 
 until Oct. i, 1866, when it was^ merged 
 into theRidgtly National Bank. Chas. 
 Ridgely became vice president at the 
 organization, and now December, 1876 
 continues to hold that position. In 
 1871, he was mainly instrumental in or- 
 ganizing the Springfield Iron Company, 
 and building the Rolling Mill at Spring- 
 field. He bee 'me, and continues to be the 
 President of that company. As a compli- 
 ment to the President of the company, the 
 new postofrice at the mills bears the name 
 of Ridgely. Charles Ridgely is also a 
 member of the firm of Beard, Hickox & 
 Co., proprietors of the North Coal Shaft. 
 In 1870 he was honored with the nomina- 
 tion of the Democratic party as candidate 
 for the office t>f state treasurer of Illi- 
 nois, but the party being in the minor- 
 ity, he, in common with the entire ticket, 
 was defeated. He has served two terms 
 as a member of the Board of Education of 
 the city of Springfield. He was married 
 June 10, 1857, to Jane M., youngest 
 daughter of James W. Barret. She 
 was born in Island Grove, Sangamon 
 county. They have four children ; WIL- 
 LIAM BARRET, E DWARD, 
 FRANKLIN and MARY LEE. Chas. 
 Ridgely, wife and children reside in 
 Springfield, 111. 
 
 SHORT, CALEB. His grandson, 
 JOHN* K., died Feb. 24, 1876, in Nodaway 
 county, Missouri. 
 
 SMITH, DEWITT C., was elected 
 Nov. 7, 1876, to represent Sangamon 
 county two years in the Legislature of Illi- 
 nois. He resides at Bates.
 
 SANGAMON COUNT?. 
 
 SMITH,, GEROGE M. See 
 his name, page 666. His son, JACOB 
 H., was marrit d, not in Hennepin, but in 
 Washington, Tazewell county, Illinois, to 
 Joanna Higgins, who was born Oct. 26, 
 1819, in Cumberland county, Ken ucky. 
 They have eight children, namely, 
 GEORGE D., was married Sept. 3, 1874, 
 in Missouri, to Mattie Force, and now 
 lives in Hope, Hempstead county, Ark. 
 MARY J. was married June 21, 1866, in 
 Saline county, Missouri, to Dr. Robert S. 
 McNutt. They have four children, 
 
 SAMUEL, JOANNA, MARY and ROBERT, and 
 
 live in Rocheport, Boone county, Missouri. 
 WILLIAM T., born April 28, ^850, in 
 Saline county, Missouri, and now 1876 
 lives in Berlin, Sangamon county, Illinois. 
 MATILDA J. was married Dec. 2, 1871, 
 to John H. Herring, have one child, WIL- 
 LIAM s., and reside near Herndon, Saline 
 county, Missouri. ANNA E., ALICE 
 W. and MATTIE F. live with their 
 father, near Marshal, Saline county, Mo. 
 FREDERICK N. lives with his brother, 
 George D., in Arkansas. George M. 
 Smith's son, JOHN W., left five chil- 
 dren, namely, AMANDA, married 
 George W. Parrish, and has one child, 
 DAISEY MAY. MARY M. and CARRIE 
 live with their sister, Mrs. Parrish, in 
 Oshkosh, Wisconsin. JOSEPH B. and 
 WILL A. live with their uncle, Fox, in 
 Quincy,. Illinois. George M. Smith's 
 daughter, ELSIE A., born Dec. 20, 
 1830, in Jennings county, Indiana, married 
 in Sangamon county, Illinois, July 4,1842, 
 to Stephen Butler, who was born Nov. 
 13, 1815, in Adair county, Kentucky. 
 They have ten children, namely, JOHN, 
 born May 5, 1843, MARY C., born Oct. 
 8, 1844, in Sangamon county, was married 
 May 7, 1864, to D. A. Russell, and live in 
 Harrrison county, Iowa. H. G., born 
 Sept. 20, 1846, married March 11, 1876, to 
 Ida Willes.. MARTHA M., born Feb. 
 19, 1848, married Dec. 2, 1868, to Alfred 
 H. Fairchilds, and lives in Jefferson coun- 
 ty, Iowa. SOPHRONIA, born F^b. 23, 
 1850; ELIZABETH, born July 1,1852, 
 in Sangamon county, Illinois. HAR- 
 RIET, born Sept. 7/1855; OWEN, born 
 Sept. 16, 1857; BASSETT, bora July 
 16, 1859, and SAMANTHA, born July 
 7, 1863, the four latter in Jefferson county, 
 
 Iowa. Stephen Butler and family now 
 November, 1876 reside near Missouri 
 Valley postoffice, Harrison county, Iowa. 
 Smith, Lawson H. See his name, page 
 108. He died Dec. 12, 1876, near Roches- 
 ter, Illinois. 
 
 STEPH E N SON, JAMES. 
 See his name, page 684. He was born 
 July 3, 1872. His son, WILLIAM C., 
 born Oct. 10, 1812. HANNAH A., born 
 Oct. 12, 1814, married Jacob Zwingle. 
 He died Feb. 8, 1876. Their son, WIL- 
 LIAM M. Zwingle, was married May 
 25, 1876, to Eliza Graham. JAMES 
 W., born May 20, 1816, moved from 
 Audrain county, Missouri, to Pike county, 
 Illinois. FINIS E., born Sept. 29, 1818. 
 He moved from Chandlerville, Illinois, to 
 Wichita, Kansas. HARRIET married 
 William N. Spears. She moved from 
 Lincoln, in 1876, to Tallula, Menard 
 county, Illinois. 
 
 THAYER, WILLJAM P. See 
 his name, page 710. His daugh'er, 
 BERTIE, was married Nov. 30, 1876, 
 to Lee Hickox, in Springfield, Illinois. 
 
 WALLACE, WILLIAM. See his 
 name, page 747. His son, BENJAMIN 
 F., moved from Keokuk, Iowa, to Macon, 
 Macon county, Illinois. His daughter, 
 JANE ELIZABETH, married Dr. John 
 F. Sanders. See his name, page 637. 
 
 WEBSTER, BE LA C., was 
 one of the early merchants of Springfield. 
 A sketch of him was expected but had 
 not arrived when this record closed, Dec. 
 15, 1876. 
 
 WHITESIDES, NICHOLAS B. 
 Page 764. His daughter, EMILY C., 
 was married Nov. 21, 1876, to James F. 
 Demmit, of Logan county, Illinois. 
 
 W ILK I SON, GARY, was born 
 in Kentucky, and married there to Nancy 
 Moon. They came to Sangamon county, 
 Illinois, among the early settlers. They 
 had four children. Their son,jREUBEJV, 
 resides in Taylorville, Illinois. 
 
 Cary Wilkison died in 1834, and his 
 widow married James Snodgrass, Jun. 
 See his name, page 671. 
 
 TOCOM, SAMUEL. Page 792. 
 His daughter, REBECCA, married John 
 W. Ham, not Horn. See his name, page 
 352-
 
 LIST OF POST OFFICES'* SANGAMQH COUNTY ILLINOIS 
 
 Cross Plains 
 Cyrran 
 Daw son 
 
 Berlin 
 
 Berry at 
 
 Bradforton(not orfan/t. edj 
 
 Brekinridge 
 
 Buffalo 
 
 Buffalo Heart 
 
 CanLntt 
 
 Chatham 
 
 Cotton Hill 
 
 lies Junction 
 III i op olis 
 Loami 
 Lowder 
 
 Salisbury 
 
 Sherman 
 
 $f""i$fielc/ 
 
 New Berlin 
 New City 
 Pawnee
 
 SANGAMON OUNTY 
 
 JOHN CARROLL POWER 
 SPFVNGflELO /LLINO/S 
 
 Ji. Wilson & Co. 
 
 >
 
 HISTORICAL PRELUDE. 
 
 THE first white men who explored the upper Mississippi valley were Jesuit mission- 
 aries from New France now Canada. They visited the southern shores of the 
 great northern lakes, for the purpose of communicating a knowledge of Christianity 
 to the ahoriginal natives. 
 
 Jacques Marquette, a Roman Catholic priest, and Louis Joliet, a merchant from 
 Quebec, with two canoes and five men, left Green Bay and went down the Wisconsin 
 river to the Mississippi, entering the latter stream June 17, 1673. They floated down 
 the "father of waters," making frequent stoppages among the Indians, and passed be- 
 low the mouth of the Ohio river. Here they found the savages disposed to be hostile, 
 which caused them to return. On approaching the mouth of the Illinois river, on their 
 way up, they were told by the aborigines, that if they would follow the course of that 
 stream their route to the lakes w r ould be much shorter. Accepting this advice, the 
 party reached Lake Michigan, at a point where Chicago now stands. Other French- 
 men came by the way of Canada and the lakes, and in a few years all this region of 
 country was considered a part of New France. The French being entitled to it by 
 right of discovery, their possession was undisputed for about ninety years. 
 
 Difficulties arising between France and England, at home, the British government sent 
 an army of one thousand regular soldiers under Gen. Edward Braddock, to make war 
 against the French and their native allies in the new world. General Braddock landed 
 at Alexandria, Virginia, and after increasing his army to twenty-two hundred men, by 
 the addition of provincials, or citizens of the country, he marched to attack Fort Du- 
 Quesne, where Pittsburgh now stands. Colonel George Washington, who was well 
 acquainted with the Indian character, accompanied the expedition as a volunteer aid. 
 General Braddock refused the counsels of Colonel Washington, and the result was the 
 surprise and defeat of his whole army by the French and Indians. The commander 
 was slain in the engagement, which took place July 9, 1755- 
 
 In 1758 the English government sent another army, which was more successful. It 
 took Fort Duquesne, and the war raged until 1763, when the fall of Quebec left the 
 English victorious; and by the treaty which followed, the whole of New France was 
 ceded to Great Britain. 
 
 Previous to the year 1673 the upper Mississippi valley was known only to the abori- 
 gines or Indians. From the year of its discovery by the explorations of Marquette 
 
 4
 
 26 HISTORICAL PRELUDE. 
 
 and Joliet, for more than half a century there was no attempt at organized government. 
 The first effort was made in 1718, when the "Company of the West" was formed in 
 Paris for the government of- the New World. In that year the building of Fort De- 
 Chartres was commenced, and when completed was occupied as the military headquar- 
 ters of the French. It was about sixteen miles above Kaskaskia, in the American bot- 
 tom, three miles from the bluft and three-fourths of a mile from the river. At the 
 time New France was ceded to England, in 1763, Fort DeChartres was occupied by 
 M. St. Ange de Bellerive, as commandant and Governor of the Illinois country. He 
 continued in possession of the fort until 1765, when Captain Sterling, of the forty- 
 second Royal Highlanders, was sent out and took possession of the fort and country, in 
 the name of the British government. He died about three months after his arrival. 
 Fort Chartres continued to be the headquarters of the British until 1772, when part of 
 the fort was destroyed by a great rise of water in the Mississippi river. The English 
 garrison was then removed to Kaskaskia. 
 
 In 1763 the population of what is now the State of Illinois, did not exceed three 
 thousand. About one-third left the country upon its change of masters ; so that when 
 the English took possession, the entire population, including French, English and 
 negroes, was about two thousand. Speaking of their new seat of government, Rev. 
 John M. Peck says: "In olden time, Kaskaskia was to Illinois what Paris is at this 
 day to France. Both were, at their respective days, the great emporiums of fashion, 
 gayety, and I must say, happiness also. In the year 1721 the Jesuits erected a monas- 
 tery and college in the village of Kaskaskia, and a few years afterwards it was char- 
 tered by the French government. Kaskaskia for many years was the largest town 
 west of the Alleghaney mountains. It was a tolerable place before the existence of Pitts- 
 burgh, Cincinnati or New Orleans." 
 
 The English government became fairly settled in their occupation of the country 
 wrested from France, and then commenced that series of parliamentary enactments for 
 the taxation of the American colonies, without permitting them to have any voice in 
 her national councils, which led to the revolutionary struggle. Open hostilities com- 
 menced at Lexington, Massachusetts, April 19, 1775. Couriers were despatched, on 
 the most fleet-footed horses, and in a very few days the infant colonies were ablaze with 
 excitement, and the call to arms was responded to from Maine to Georgia. The first 
 Congress met in Philadelphia, Sept. 5, 1774, and continued its meetings by successive 
 adjournments, until July 4, 1776, when the American colonies were declared to be free 
 and independent States. The familiar events of the war for independence, followed 
 each other in quick succession, until all parties were engaged in the conflict along the 
 Atlantic coast; but there were British outposts in the west which had until 1778 r - 
 mained undisturbed. It was known that these posts were depots for supplying the 
 Indians with arms and ammunition, that they might practice deeds of cruelty and mur- 
 der against the frontier settlers. The general government had not power to command 
 without consent of the States, even the limited resources of the country ; but what there 
 was, in the way of soldiers, seemed imperatively demanded on the seaboard. Under 
 these circumstances, Colonel George Rogers Clarke, of Virginia, volunteered to lead 
 an expedition against the British garrison west of the Alleghanies; and the Governor 
 and Council of Virginia took the responsibility of sending him out. Two sets of 
 instructions were given him : One, which was public, was for Col. Clarke to raise
 
 HIS TORI CA L PRE L ( 'D /: . 
 
 2 7 
 
 se\en companies, and proceed west. The secret and real instructions were for him to 
 raise seven companies, of fifty men each, proceed to Kaskaskia, and take and destroy 
 the garrison of Fort Gates at that place; and that the object of the expedition must be 
 kept a profound secret. The instructions were given January 2, 1778, by the Governor 
 at \Villiamsburg, then the Capital of Virginia. Col. Clarke left Virginia on the fourth 
 of February for Pittsburgh. He took with him twelve hundred pounds in depreciated 
 currency to defray the expenses of the expedition, and raised three companies in Pitts- 
 burgh. He procured boats, and with his supplies, arms and ammunition, descended the 
 Ohio river to "Corn Island," opposite the present city of Louisville, Kentucky, where 
 he was met by Captain Bowman, who had gone down through Kentucky to raise a 
 companv of men. When all were assembled on the island, Col. Clarke first declared 
 to them that his point of destination was Kaskaskia, in the Illinois country. From 
 Corn Island he descended with his forces to Fort Massac, at the west side of the Ohio 
 river, about forty miles above its junction with the Mississippi. The party left their 
 boats at this point, and marched across the country to Kaskaskia, a distance of one hun- 
 dred and twenty miles, through an unbroken wilderness. 
 
 Thev arrived within sight of the village on the morning of July 4, 1778. He con- 
 cealed the main body of his men, and sent out spies to reconnoitre. At night the men 
 were divided into two bodies, one to take the village and the other, Fort Gage. After 
 all was in readiness, with the soldiers drawn up in line on the banks of the Kaskaskia, 
 Col. Clarke delivered a short address to his troops, in which he reminded them that it 
 was the anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, and that they must take the 
 fort and village at all hazards. Fort Gage was a work of considerable strength, 
 mounted with cannon and defended by regular soldiers. So secret had been the move- 
 ments of the attacking party, and so little were they expected, that they reached the 
 very gates of the fortifications unperceived. In addition to this, they were so fortu- 
 nate as to get into communication with an American belonging to the fort, who led a 
 detachment of soldiers, under the celebrated Simon Kenton, inside, through a back 
 gate. The first intimation the Governor had of their presence, was by Kenton giving 
 him a shake to arouse him from his slumbers. The conquest was achieved without the 
 shedding of a drop of blood. The rhortification of Governor Rocheblave was so great 
 when he found himself a prisoner in the hands of so small a body of raw malitia, with- 
 out having an opportunity to fire a gun, that he refused to acknowledge any of the 
 courtesies extended to him on account of his official position. The only alternative for 
 Colonel Clarke, was to send him in irons to the Capital of Virginia. 
 
 Soon after the capture of Kaskaskia Colonel Clarke communicated the result of his 
 expedition to the Governor, and expressed a desire to have civil government extended 
 over the conquered territory. An act was passed by the law-making powers of Vir- 
 ginia, in October, 1778, to establish the county of Illinois. " It embraced all that part of 
 Virginia west of the Ohio river, and was probably the largest county in the world, 
 exceeding in its dimensions the whole of Great Britain and Ireland." To speak more 
 definitely, the county of Virginia, called Illinois, embraced the territory now included 
 in the States of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin and Michigan. 
 
 After capturing Fort Gates, the next point to be reduced was Fort St. Vincent, now 
 Vincennes, Indiana. This fortification, with Governor Hamilton and seventy-nine men, 
 fell into his hands February 24, 1779.
 
 28 HISTORICAL PRELUDE. 
 
 Until this stage of its history, the Illinois country had been successively under savage, 
 military, and monarchial rulers; but the time for another change was at hand. The 
 first republican Governor of Illinois was no less a personage than the renowned Patrick 
 Henry, the great orator of the American Revolution. He became the Governor of 
 Virginia in 1776, and by re-election continued to hold the office until 1799. The law 
 of Virginia establishing the county of Illinois having been enacted in October, 1788, it 
 was in this way that he became the first republican or democratic Governor of Illinois. 
 
 On the twelfth of December, 1788, Governor Henry appointed John Todd civil com- 
 mandant and Lieutenant Colonel of the new county. He wrote Commandant Todd a 
 lengthy letter of instructions, in which he says : " The grand objects which are disclosed 
 to your countrymen, will prove beneficial or otherwise, according to the nature and 
 abilities of those who are called to direct the affairs of that remote country. * * * 
 One great good expected from holding the Illinois is to overawe the Indians from war- 
 ring against the settlers on this side of the Ohio." Near the close of his letter, Gov- 
 ernor Henry says : " I think it proper for you to send me an express once in the month 
 with a general account of affairs with you, and any particulars you may wish to com- 
 municate." 
 
 The headquarters of Commandant Todd, or the seat of government for the county, 
 was at Kaskaskia. The stay of Colonel Todd in Illinois was not of long duration. 
 Being under orders to return to Virginia, he made it convenient to visit his family at 
 Lexington, Kentucky, on the way. While at Lexington, news came that the Indians 
 west of the Ohio were crossing over into Kentucky. He returned at the head of his 
 command, to assist in repelling the savages, and was killed at the battle of Blue Licks. 
 See sketch of the Todd family in this volume. 
 
 In 1 780 Congress recommended to the several States having waste or unappropriated 
 lands, in the western country, to cede it to the United States government for the com- 
 mon benefit of the Union. In January, 1781, Virginia responded to the overture of 
 Congress, by yielding her claims to the territory northwest of the Ohio river, with cer- 
 tain conditions annexed. By an act of Sept. 13, 1783, Congress proposed to comply in 
 the main with the wishes of Virginia, but suggested some modification of the terms. 
 On the 2oth of Dec. following, the General Assembly of Virginia passed an act accept- 
 ing the modified terms proposed by the United States Congress. By this settlement 
 the United States was to refund to Virginia all the money that had been expended by 
 that State in her military operations in conquering and holding the territory. It was 
 also stipulated that a quantity of land, not exceeding one hundred and fifty thousand 
 acres, promised by the State of Virginia, should be allowed and granted by the United 
 States to General George Rogers Clarke, and to the officers and soldiers of his regi- 
 ment who inarched with him when the forts, Gates, at Kaskaskia, and St. Vincent, 
 now Vincennes, were reduced; and to the officers and soldiers who were afterwards 
 incorporated into that regiment. By this act the representatives of that State, in Con- 
 gress, were instructed and empowered to transfer the territory, by deed, to the United 
 States. The deed was executed March i, 1784, and signed by Thomas Jefferson, 
 Samuel Hardy, Arthur Lee, and James Monroe. By Virginia protecting the frontier 
 settlers from the cruelties of Indian warfare, she very justly goes down to posterity with 
 the honor of having donated to the general government, territory from which has grown 
 five of the very best States of the American Union. But while she was generous to
 
 ORDINANCE OF 1787. 39 
 
 the public, she failed to be just to the man who was instrumental in bringing so much 
 honor upon herself. In Butler's history of Kentucky it is said of George Rogers 
 Clarke: " The government of Virginia failed to settle his accounts. Private suits were 
 brought against him for public supplies, which ultimately swept away his fortune, and 
 with this injustice the spirit of the hero fell, and the General never recovered his ener- 
 gies, which had stamped him as one of nature's noblemen. At the same time it is feared 
 that a too extensive conviviality contributed its mischievous effects." The latter was, 
 most likely, the real cause of his misfortunes. 
 
 THE ORDINANCE OF 1787. 
 
 July 13, 1787, an ordinance for the government of the Northwestern Territory, ceded 
 by Virginia to the United States, was enacted by Congress, and General Arthur St. 
 Clair appeared at Marietta, on the Ohio river, and put the new government in opera- 
 tion. Washington county was the first organized, and included a considerable portion 
 of the present State of Ohio. In February, 1790, Governor St. Clair and his Secre- 
 tary, Winthrop Sargeant, arrived at Kaskaskia and organized the county of St. Clair, 
 which embraced more than half the present State of Illinois. The first legislative body 
 for the Northwestern Territory assembled at what is now Cincinnati, September 16, 
 1789. On the third of October, General William H. Harrison was elected the first del- 
 egate to represent the Northwestern Territory in the Congress of the United States, 
 and for more than ten years its government continued without change. 
 
 May 7, 1800, an act of Congress provided for the organization of a territorial gov- 
 ernment to be called Ohio. November 29, 1802, it was admitted to the Union as a 
 .State, with its seat of government at Chillicothe. 
 
 From the time the territorial government of Ohio was organized, the remainder con- 
 tinued to be governed as the Northwestern Territory. The same year Ohio was 
 admitted as a State 1802 the Territory of Indiana was organized, with William 
 Ilenrv Harrison as Governor. In 1803 the first legislature of Indiana Territory assem- 
 bled at Vincennes. Illinois being then a part of Indiana Territory, St. Clair county 
 sent three representatives. Indiana was not admitted as a State into the Union until 
 1816, but seven years previous to that time had lost more than half its area. 
 
 By an act of Congress, approved February 3, i 809, Illinois was separated from In- 
 diana, and provision made for organizing a Territorial Government. Hon. Ninian 
 Edwards, Chief Justice of Kentucky, was appointed by President Madison, to be the 
 first Governor of the Territory of Illinois. The government was organized, in the 
 absence of Governor Edwards, by Nathaniel Pope, Territorial Secretary, April 28, 1809. 
 Governor Edwards arrived at Kaskaskia early in June, and on the eleventh of that 
 month took the oath of office. He was Governor during the whole territorial existence 
 of Illinois. His first commission was dated March 7, 1809; re-appointed November
 
 3 o HISTORICAL PRELUDE. 
 
 12, 1812; again re-appointed Jan. 16, 1816. From 1809 to 1812 all the legislation was 
 done " By authority of the Governor and Judges." They did not enact laws, hut selec- 
 ted from the territorial laws of Indiana, and from the State of Kentucky such as were 
 suitable to the situation, and declared them to be the laws of the Territory of Illinois. 
 During those three years the Territory was without a voice in Congress. 
 
 The first election in Illinois was held by order of Governor Edwards, March 14, 
 1812, for the purpose of ascertaining if the people generally desired to take part in the 
 government and relieve the Governor and Judges of so much responsibility. The re- 
 sult of the election was favorable to the change. That involved the necessity for 
 another election, which was ordered for October ninth, tenth and eleventh, for the pur- 
 pose of choosing a delegate to Congress and members of the Territorial Legislature. 
 The members thus elected assembled at Kaskaskia November 25, 1812, being the first 
 legislative body in the territory. From that time to 1818, all business was done in the 
 name of the "Legislative Council and House of Representatives." That body asseni- 
 bled annually in December. 
 
 By an act of Congress, approved April 18, 1818, the people of Illinois were authori- 
 zed to advance from a Territorial to a State Government. In August an election was 
 held for State officers and a representative in Congress. The State was admitted into 
 the Union Dec. 3, 1818. Shaclrach Bond, who had been a delegate in Congress from 
 1812 to 1815, and receiver in the land office from that time until the State was admitted 
 to the Union, was elected the first Governor under the State organization. Ex-Gov- 
 ernor Edwards and Jesse B. Thomas were chosen by the legislature to be the first 
 United States Senators. 
 
 SANGAMON COUNTY. 
 
 When Illinois was admitted to the Union it was composed of thirty-three counties, 
 but Sangamon county and Springfield were unknown. The county was created, by a 
 law of the State, entitled : 
 
 "An act establishing the County of Sangamon" Approved January 30, 1821. 
 
 SECTION i. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in 
 the General Assembly, That all that tract of country within the following boundaries, 
 to-wit: Beginning at the northeast corner of township twelve north, on the third 
 principal meridian, thence north with said meridian to the Illinois river, thence down 
 the middle of said river to the mouth of Balance or Negro creek, thence up said creek 
 to its head, thence through the middle of the prairie which divides the waters of the 
 Sangamon and Mauves Terre, to the northwest corner of township twelve north, range 
 seven west, of the third principal meridian, thence east along the north boundary of 
 township twelve to the place of beginning, shall constitute a separate county to be called 
 Sansramon.
 
 SANGAMON COUNTY. 31 
 
 SECTION 2. Be it further enacted, That so soon as the county commissioners of 
 said county shall be elected and duly qualified into office, they shall meet at some con- 
 venient place in said county, and determine on some place as near the centre of the pop- 
 ulation of said county as circumstances will admit, and such place, when selected by 
 said county commissioners, shall be the temporary seat of justice for said county, until 
 otherwise provided by law: Provided, however, that if any settler or settlers, owner or 
 owners, of the place so selected as aforesaid, shall refuse to ,have the temporary seat of 
 justice fixed on his, or her or their improvements, then the said commissioners may de- 
 termine on such other place contiguous thereto as they may deem proper. 
 
 SECTION 3. Be it further enacted, That said county commissioners shall be allowed 
 the same compensation for the time necessarily employed in fixing the temporary seat 
 of justice as in other cases. 
 
 SECTION 4. Be it further enacted, That the citizens of Sangamon county arc here- 
 by declared in all respects entitled to the same rights and privileges as are allowed in 
 general to other counties in thus State; Provided, always, that in all cases where free 
 holders only are capable of performing any duty, or are entitled to any privilege; house- 
 keepers shall, for all such purposes, be considered as free holders in the said Sangamon 
 county, and shall and may do and perform all duties appertaining to the different offices 
 in the county. 
 
 SECTION 5. Be it further enacted, That the county of Sangamon shall compose a 
 part of the first judicial circuit of the State. 
 
 That all may understand the difference between the boundaries of the county when 
 organized, and the present bouadaries, it is only necessary to spread before you any late 
 township map of the State and trace the following boundaries: Commencing at the 
 northeast corner of Locust township, in Christian county, thence north to a point on the 
 Illinois river, about two miles west of the city of Peru, thence down the middle of said 
 river to what is now the boundary line between Cass and Morgan counties, thence east 
 to the northeast corner of Morgan county, thence south on the line between Morgan 
 and Sangamon counties, to the northwest corner of Otter township, in Macoupin county, 
 thence east to the place of beginning. It will be seen that the boundaries between this 
 county and Morgan, Macoupin and Montgomery, are unchanged. The original metes 
 and bounds of Sangamon county, as given, embraced the following counties and parts 
 of counties, as at present constituted : Part of Christian, a small part of Macon, all of 
 Logan, part of McLean, all of Tazewell, part of Woodford, part of Marshall, part of 
 Putnam, all of Mason, all of Menard, and all of Cass. 
 
 The territory constituting the county was thus set apart by law, but it was without 
 officers. For the purpose of supplying them an election was held Monday, April 2, 
 1821, at the house of John Kelly. At this election William Drennan, Zachariah Peter, 
 and Rivers Cormack were elected county commissioners. They met the next day, 
 each took the oath of office, and at once entered upon the discharge of their duties. 
 The following is a transcript from the original records of their first term of court: 
 
 APRIL 3, 1821 : 
 
 At a Special Term of the County Commissioners' Court for the County of Sanga- 
 mon, begun and held at the house of John Kelly, on Spring creek, on the third day of
 
 3 2 HISTORICAL PRELUDE. 
 
 April, 1821: Present, Zachariah Peter, Rivers Cormack, and William Drennan, com- 
 missioners. Ordered by the Court that Charles R. Matheney be appointed Clerk of 
 the County Commissioners Court for the county of Sangamon; who thereupon took 
 the oath prescribed by law, also the oath of office, and entered into bond, as the law 
 directs, with James Latham his security. Ordered that court adjourn. 
 
 ZACHARIAH PETER, 
 WM. DRENNAN, 
 RIVERS CORMACK. 
 
 The Commissioners met again in Special Session, April 10, 1821, at the same place. 
 Present: Z. Peter and Wm. Drennan. John Spillers was allowed ten dollars for con- 
 veying election returns to Vandalia. James Sims was appointed County Treasurer. 
 John Lindsay, Stephen Stillman, and John Robinson, were appointed to the office of 
 Justice of the Peace. The following report was made with reference to the location 
 of the county seat : 
 
 WHEREAS, the Act of the General Assembly, entitled An Act, establishing the 
 county of Sangamo, required of the County Commissioners when elected and qualified 
 into office, to fix a temporary seat of justice for said county: Therefore, we, the under- 
 signed, County Commissioners for said county, do certify that we, after full examina- 
 tion of the situation of the population of said county, have fixed and designated a certain 
 point in the prairie near John Kelley's field, on the waters of Spring creek, at a stake 
 marked Z. & D., as the temporary seat of justice for said county; and do further agree 
 that the said county seat be called and known by the name of Springfield. 
 
 Given under our hands this loth day of April, 1821. 
 
 ZACHARIAH PETER. 
 
 WM. DRENNAN. 
 
 There is no explanation of letters used in marking the stake, but it is probable that 
 the onlv two commissioners present agreed to use one initial from each of their names. 
 
 The point chosen was near what is now the northwest corner of Second and Jeffer- 
 son streets. The first court house in the county was built on the same spot. 
 
 We find the county of Sangamo organized, and the county seat temporarily located 
 and named. It may be interesting to note some of the incidents that influenced the 
 selection of that pai'ticular spot. Towns and cities are born, live, and die, subject to the 
 contingencies of birth, life, and death, analagous to that of human beings. About the 
 year 1818, an old bachelor by the name of Elisha Kelly emigrated from North Carolina 
 to this State, stopping first in Macoupin county. Mr. Kelly was exceedingly fond of the 
 chase, and in prospecting for good hunting grounds, wandered in between two ravines, 
 a couple of miles apart, running in a northwesterly direction, and emptying into Spring 
 creek, a tributary of the Sangamon river. The deer with which this country abounded 
 before the advent of civilization, made their homes in the timber along the larger water 
 courses. In the morning they would leave the heavy timber, follow up the ravines, 
 along which the trees became smaller, and finally ran out on the open prairie, They 
 would pass the day amid the tall and luxuriant grass, roaming about and grazing at 
 pleasure, and as nightfall approached, return down- the ravines, to the places they had 
 left in the morning, each to seek its lair for repose. The deer in passing down these 
 ravines, gave Mr. Kelly an opportunity for the full gratification of his ambition for
 
 . \G.\MO.\ cor.vrr. 33 
 
 game. It seemed to him so much like a hunter's paradise, that he returned to his old home 
 and induced his father, Henry Kelly, and his four brothers, John, older than himself, 
 and Elijah, William and George, younger, to emigrate with him, those who had fam- 
 ilies bringing them. He induced other families among his acquaintances to emigrate 
 also. More families continued to move into the country, and generally settled at long 
 distances from each other, but the principal settlement clustered around the Kellvs. 
 NVhen the commissioners came to locate the county seat, it was discovered that the 
 Kellev settlement was the only place in all the county, large as it was, where enough 
 families could be found in the vicinity of each other to board and lodge the members 
 of the court and those who would be likely to attend its sessions. 
 
 The records do not show that anything more than locating the countv seat was done 
 that day, but in another part of the book we find a copy of a contract that was evi- 
 dently entered into after adjournment, and before they separated. There is no evidence 
 of any advertising for proposals to build a court house, but here is the contract: 
 
 Article of agreement entered into the loth day of April, 1821, between John Kelly, 
 of the county of Sangamo, and the undersigned, county commissioners of said countv. 
 Tin said Kelly agrees with said commissioners to build, for the use of the said countv, 
 a court house of the following description, to-wit: The logs to be twenty feet long, 
 the house one story high, plank floor, a good cabin roof, a door and window cut out, 
 the work to be completed by the first day of May, next, for which the said commis- 
 sioners promise, on the part of the county, to pay the said Kelly forty-two dollars and 
 fifty cents. Witness our hands the day and date above. 
 
 JOHN KELLY, 
 ZACHARIAH PETER, 
 WM. DRENNAN. 
 
 As the temple of justice approached completion the commissioners found that it 
 would be a very nice summer building, but they evidently had some doubts about it 
 for winter. So we find another contract, of which the following is a copy : 
 
 Jesse Brevard agrees with the county commissioners to finish the court house in the 
 following manner, to-wit: To be chinked outside and daubed inside. Boards sawed 
 and nailed on the inside cracks, a good, sufficient door shutter, to be made with good 
 plank and hung with good iron hinges, with a latch. A window to be cut out, faced 
 and cased, to contain nine lights, with a good, suificient shutter hung on the outside. 
 A fire place to be cut out seven feet wide, and a good, sufficient wooden chimney, 
 built with a good, sufficient back and hearth. To be finished by the first of September, 
 next. 
 
 JESSE BREVARD. 
 
 June I, 1821. 
 
 June 4, 1821, the court assembled in the court house for which they had signed the 
 contract twenty-four days previous. A contract was entered into that day to build a 
 jail, first drawing up the specifications and then writing the contract on the back, of 
 which the following is a copy: 
 
 Robert Hamilton agrees to build the within named jail for the county of Sangamo, 
 and to have the same completed by the first Monday in September, next, for the sum 
 of eighty four dollars and seventy-five cents, for which the commissioners agree, on 
 ~ 5
 
 34 HISTORICAL PRELUDE. 
 
 the part of the county, that the said Hamilton shall be entitled to a warrant on the 
 county treasury for the sum of eighty-four dollars and seventy-five cents, as aforesaid. 
 
 ROBERT HAMILTON. 
 
 June 4, 1821. 
 
 The following is a "description of a jail for Sangamo county," to-wit: The timber 
 to be cut twelve feet long, hewed twelve inches square, raised seven feet between the 
 floors, the upper and also the under floor to be of the same kinds of timber, hewed 
 and fit on the sill with a shoulder of at least three inches. The under sill to be let in 
 the ground so as to let the floor rest on the surface of the earth. The logs to be 
 matched with a half dove-tail, and made to close. The building to be covered with a 
 good cabin roof, a window cut eight inches square, half cut out of the timber above 
 and half below. A bar of iron let into the log above and one below, one-half inch 
 thick and two inches wide; three bars of iron standing upright one inch square, let in 
 through the top and bottom bar and into the timber. One door cut three feet in width 
 and five feet high, to be faced, or cheeked, with good timber, three inches thick, put on 
 with good spikes; a strong door shutter, made of good oak plank, put together cross- 
 ing and angling, with rivets, at least four in each cross of the plank, and fourpenny 
 nails, drove from each side of the door, not more than one-half inch apart. To be 
 hung with three good, strong, iron hinges, so turned as not to admit of the door com- 
 ing off, and a good, strong bolt lock. The building to be completed by the first Mon- 
 day in September, next. 
 
 June 4, 1821 : 
 
 At the meeting of June 4th John Hamblin and David Black were appointed con- 
 stables. To this time the records show that the name of the county had been written 
 Sangamo, but without any apparent reason, we find a letter added, making it Sanga- 
 mon. 
 
 June 5, 1821 : 
 
 At a meeting of the commissioners under this date, we find that John Kellv was 
 allowed $42.50 due him on contract for building the court house, and he was allowed 
 $5.00 for extra work. At a meeting September I, 1821, Jacob Ellis was allowed $4.50 
 for Judge's seat and bar in the court house. The meeting of December 4, 1821, shows 
 that Jesse Brevard was allowed $20.50 for finishing the court house, making a total of 
 $72.50 as the total cost of the first court house of Sangamon county, but even here we 
 see that the cost nearly doubled the original contract of $42.50. 
 
 Continuing the business done on June 5th, we find that the county was divided into 
 four election districts, or townships, called, respectively, Sangamon, Springfield, Rich- 
 land and Union. Overseers of the poor were appointed, two for each township. 
 and a board of three trustees to look after the overseers of the poor. It does not 
 appear that any one was appointed to look after the trustees. At that meeting James 
 C. Stephenson was appointed county surveyor, and George Hay worth county treasurer, 
 in place of James Sims, who refused to qualify. Provision was made for levying a 
 tax on houses, neat cattle, wheel carnages, stock in trade and distilleries. 
 
 July 1 6, 1821. Ordered, that one-half of one per cent, be levied on all property for 
 the purpose of paying for the public buildings, and for other purposes.
 
 SANGAMON COUNTT. 35 
 
 December 4, 1821. John Taylor came into court and entered his protest against the 
 sufficiency of the jail. At the same term it was ordered that Robert Pulliam be allowed 
 to keep a tavern, or public house of entertainment, upon his executing a bond and pay- 
 ing to the county the sum of three dollars, and that he be allowed to charge the follow- 
 ing ratc-s, to-wit: Meal of victuals, 25 cents; bed for night, 121^ cents; feed for horse, 
 121^ cents; keeping horse all night, 37^ cents; whisky, for half pint, 12^. 
 
 March term, 1822. Erastus Wright was authorized to keep a ferry across the Illinois 
 river, opposite Fort Clark, now Peoria. Rates of charges were fixed in the license. 
 We learn that he never kept the ferry. 
 
 Elijah Slater, on filing his bond, with Dr. Gershom Jayne as security, was granted 
 license to keep a tavern, or public house of entertainment, in the town of Springfield, 
 and a schedule of charges fixed similar to that annexed to Mr. Pulliam's license. 
 
 George Havworth, the county treasurer, made what was probably intended as his 
 annual report, although the county had been organized only about eleven months. The 
 amount of taxes collected for 1821 was $407.44; fines collected, $40.00, making the 
 total receipts $447.44. The amount paid out was $420.183^. This included the pay- 
 ment of all the officers, and of all bills connected with the building of the court house 
 and jail, leaving $27.261^ cents in the treasury, and no public debt. From the official 
 papers it appears that the entire salary of the county treasurer for that year was 
 $22.26^. 
 
 July 29, 1823, the amount of taxable property returned to the court was $129,112.50. 
 After reducing the territory of the county to about one-seventh of the original area, 
 we find that the taxable property now 1876 amounts to about thirty-five millions of 
 dollars. 
 
 Adam Hamilton, county treasurer, reported at the May term, 1824, total amount of 
 collections was $875. 87^, and the disbursements $753.90, leaving a balance of $121.97 
 
 in the treasury. 
 
 
 
 After the temporary location of the county seat, a contest sprang up, looking to the 
 permanent location of the same. At an election of members of the legislature, two 
 opposing candidates went before the people on the merits of two localities. I. S. Pugh 
 was the candidate for Springfield, and William S. Hamilton, a son of the distinguished 
 statesman, Alexander Hamilton, represented Sangamo, a beautiful site for a town on 
 the banks of the Sangamon river, about seven miles west, bearing a little north from 
 Springfield. Hamilton was elected, but Pugh went to Vandalia, the capital, as a 
 lobby member, and succeeded in having commissioners named in the next paragraph 
 appointed, who proved to be favorable to Springfield. 
 
 An act of the General Assembly, approved December 23, 1824, provided for reduc- 
 ing the boundaries of the county, and named James Mason, Rowland P.Allen, Charles 
 Gear and John R. Sloo, as a board of commissioners who should permanently locate the 
 county seat. A proviso in the law forbade its being located unless thirty-five acres of 
 land was donated on the spot. The commissioners assembled March 18, 1825, and 
 confirmed the former location. More than the requisite donation was made, forty-two 
 acres being conveyed for that purpose by Elijah lies and Pascal Enos. The land con- 
 veyed was parts of sections thirty-four and twenty-seven, in town sixteen north, range
 
 M7S TOR 1 CA L PREL UDE. 
 
 hve west, of the third principal meridian. The work of the special commission wa 
 consummated when the county commissioners accepted the deeds. They soon afte 
 ordered all the land to be laid out into town lots, and, after reserving one square to 
 county buildings, had the remainder sold. Wm. S. Hamilton was appointed to lay oi 
 and map the town lots. At the same meeting it was ordered that the sale of lots shoulc 
 begin on the first Monday in May, 1825, and that it should be so advertised in th 
 Edwardsville Spectator, and in the Intelligencer, at Vandalia. Mr. Hamilton failed to 
 lay out the lots, and Tom M. Neale did the work. At a meeting of the commis- 
 sioners, May 2, 1825, Mr. Neale was appointed crier to sell the lots, and Erastus Wright 
 to clerk at the sale. The following report of two days' sales will show the contrast 
 between the value of Springfield real estate then and now : 
 
 FIRST DAY. 
 
 Lots. 
 
 Block. 
 
 Amount. 
 
 Garret Elkin. bought 
 
 i 
 
 22 
 
 $25 75 
 
 James C. McNabb " 
 
 -} 
 
 
 ] 2 OO 
 
 fames Adams . " .... 
 
 5 
 
 22 
 
 17 . 7; 
 
 Robert Hamilton ". " .... 
 
 7 
 
 22 
 
 lf>. 5p 
 
 SECOND DAY. 
 Garrett Elkin bought 
 
 2 
 
 22 
 
 71 OO 
 
 Elijah lies. ' 
 
 A 
 
 22 
 
 20 oo 
 
 
 4 
 
 27 
 
 40.00 
 
 
 r 
 
 27 
 
 H.oo 
 
 James Adams 
 
 6 
 
 22 
 
 17.25 
 
 Garrett Elkin 
 
 8 
 
 
 17 5614 
 
 T M Neale 
 
 
 21 
 
 21 OO 
 
 
 2 
 
 ' 2 3 
 
 17.25 
 
 Thomas Cox. . 
 
 I 
 
 
 H.OO 
 
 C. R. Matheny .... 
 
 8 
 
 27 
 
 IO. 25 
 
 
 
 
 
 At the June term, 182=5, of the county; commissioners' court, John Taylor, sheriff, 
 made the following return or report : 
 
 Taxes collected for 1824 $600.00 
 
 Fines collected same year 23.00 
 
 Total $623.00 
 
 Amount paid out 549.97 
 
 Balance in favor of the county $73.03 
 
 July term, 1825. The county commissioners began to think the time had arrived for 
 building a larger and better court house. They passed an order that the county pro- 
 ceed to build a court house, not to exceed three thousand dollars, provided one-half the 
 expense be made up bv subscription. It was to be of brick, two stories high. The 
 failure to raise the money bv subscription defeated the whole project. 
 
 It will be remembered that the court house built in 1821 cost, on the original contract, 
 $41.50; for extra work, $5.00; for a seat for the Judge, $4.50; and for finishing the 
 building, so as to make it habitable for winter, $20.50, making a total of $72.50.
 
 SAN GAM ON COUNTY. 37 
 
 Coming down from their project to build a $3,000 court house, we next find a con- 
 tract in the office of the county clerk, made September, 1825. Log buildings could no 
 longer be tolerated, and this was to be a frame. The contract price was $449.00, 
 which did not include the flues. That was let to another party for $70.00, making a 
 total of $519.00. The old log court house was sold at auction to John Taylor for 
 $32.00, nearly half the original cost. The new frame court house was built at the 
 north-east corner of Adams and Sixth streets. It must have been a magnificent struc- 
 ture, judging from the fact that at the term of the court in June, 1826, Robert Thomp- 
 son was allowed two dollars and twenty-five cents for the plan of the court house. 
 
 It may be a matter of some interest to say a few words here about the method of 
 
 raising revenue to keep the machinery of government moving. At a term of com- 
 
 ; missioners' court, March 23, 1827, a schedule was made of the kinds of property to be 
 
 taxed, beginning: "On slaves and indentured or registered negro or mulatto servants, 
 
 on pleasure carriages, on distilleries," etc., etc. 
 
 Only a few years elapsed until the frame court house was thought to be inadequate 
 i to the growing wants of the people. It is recorded in the county archives that in Feb- 
 ruary, 1830, the county court appointed three agents or commissioners to superintend 
 the erection of a brick court house. On the third of March the commissioners reported 
 to the court that thev had entered into contracts with two parties. One for the brick 
 work, at $4,641, the other for the wood work, at $2,200, making a total of $6,841. 
 This edifice was completed early in 1831, and stood in the centre of the public square, 
 bounded by Washington and Adams, Fifth and Sixth streets. It was a square build- 
 ing, two. stories high, hip roof, with a cupola rising in the centre. From the time that 
 court house was erected, all the business of the town collected around the square. 
 
 In 1837, wr en Springfield was selected as the future capital of the state, with a 
 pledge to raise fifty thousand dollars to assist in building the state house; also to furnish 
 the site upon which it should stand, it was not an easy matter to agree upon a location. 
 If land was selected far enough from the existing business to be cheap, the fifty thousand 
 dollars could not be raised. Those already in business around the square refused to 
 contribute, because the state house, being so much larger and more attractive, would 
 draw the business after it, thus depreciating the value of their property. After dis- 
 cussing the question in all its bearings, it was found that the only practicable way to settle 
 the matter was to demolish the court house and use the site for the state house. Under 
 that arrangement the business men around the square pledged themselves to contribute 
 to the fifty thousand dollar fund to the extent of their ability. The court house was 
 accordingly removed, early in 1837, anc ^ wol "k on tne state house commenced. This 
 square, with the court house and other buildings on it, were valued at sixteen thousand 
 dollars, about one-third of which was lost in the destruction, of the buildings. 
 
 Having thus summarily disposed of their court house, and having engaged to do so 
 much towards building the state house, the people of Sangamon countv were unable 
 to undertake the building of another. In order to supply the deficiency, the county 
 authorities rented a building that had been erected for a store house by the Hon. Nin- 
 ian \V. Edwards. It is at the west side of Fifth street, five doors north of Washington, 
 and was used as a court house for about ten years. Mr. Edwards still owns it, and it 
 is yet used as a business house. After the state house was built, the fifty thousand
 
 38 HISTORICAL PRELUDE. 
 
 dollars paid, and the county emerged from the general wreck caused by the financu 
 crash of 1837-8, Sangamon county hegan to take measures for erecting another coin 
 house. In the month of February, 1845, a lot of ground was purchased at the south 
 east corner of Washington and Sixth streets, as the site for the building. On tht 
 twenty-second of April a contract was made by the county commissioners for the built 
 ing, according to plans and specifications previously adopted. The edifice was to cc 
 $9,680, to be paid in county orders. It was completed according to contract, and w; 
 used as the court house of Sangamon county nearly thirty-one years, until Januan 
 1876. 
 
 When the movement for building a new state house was made, early in 1867, it w 
 deemed politic on the part of the friends of Springfield that Sangamon county shoul 
 purchase the old state house, erected from 1837 to 1840, and make it the court house c 
 the county. The law providing for the building of a new state house, which was 
 proved by Gov. R. J. Oglesby, February 25, 1867, with a supplementary act two da} 
 later, contained a clause for the transfer of the state house to Sangamon county and th 
 city of Springfield, which was afterwards changed, making the county alone the pui 
 chaser. It was" stipulated that the Governor should convey the public square, cor 
 taining two and a halt acres of land, with the state house upon it, to Sangamon count} 
 in consideration of two hundred thousand dollars, to be paid to the state of Illinoi 
 and for the further consideration that the city of Springfield and the county cause t 
 be conveyed to the State a certain piece of land, described by metes and bounds in th 
 bill, and containing between eight and nine acres, upon which to erect the new stat 
 house. The law also provided that the state should have the use of the old state hou 
 until the new one was completed. The land was secured at a cost to the city of sevent 
 thousand dollars, and conveyed to the state; the two hundred thousand dollars was 
 paid by the county, and the property conveyed by the state to the county. That was 
 done in 1867, but the countv did not come into possession of the property for seven 
 years. During that time the simple interest, at ten per cent., on the two hundred thousand 
 dollars purchase money, would have amounted to one hundred and forty thousand dol- 
 lars, making the cost of the old state house to Sangamon county three hundred and 
 forty thousand dollars. The state vacated the house in January, 1876, and the 
 county authorities at once took possession. It will thus be seen that in fifty-five years 
 the county has had five court houses, and been ten years without any. The first one 
 cost forty-two dollars and fifty cents, and the last three hundred and forty thousand 
 dollars. 
 
 CIRCUIT COURT. 
 
 While the commissioners were busy putting the machinery of the county in working 
 order, we find that the Circuit Court for the county was organized also. The follow- 
 ing is the complete record for the first term : 
 
 Sangamon Circuit, May Term, 1821: 
 
 At a Circuit Court for the county of Sangamon, and State of Illinois, begun and 
 held at the house of John Kelly, on the first Monday of May, (7th day), in the year c 
 our Lord, one thousand, eight hundred and twenty-one.
 
 SANGAMON COUNTT. 39 
 
 Present: JOHN REYNOLDS, Judge. 
 
 CHARLES R. MATHENY, Clerk. 
 
 JOHN TAYLOR, Sheriff. 
 
 HENRY STARR, Prosecuting Attorney, pro tern. 
 
 The following list of Grand Jurors were empanneled and sworn: 
 
 Daniel Parkinson, foreman. George Hay worth, 
 
 Claybourn James, William Eads, 
 
 Henry Brown, Thomas Knotts, 
 
 John Darneille, James McCoy, 
 
 Archibald Turner, James Tweddell, 
 
 William Davis, Aaron Hawley, 
 
 Abraham Richey, Field James, 
 
 Abraham Carlock, Mason Fowler, 
 
 Levi Harbour, Isaac Keys, 
 
 Elias Williams. 
 
 Charles R. Matheny presented his bond and security as clerk, which was approved 
 y the court. 
 
 John Taylor presented his bond as sheriff, with security, which was approved by 
 the court. 
 
 Suit was commenced by Samuel L. Irwin against Roland Shepherd, for trespass, 
 and dismissed at plaintiff's cost. 
 
 The Grand Jury came into court and returned two indictments for assault and bat- 
 ten and one for riot. Trial deferred until next term, and court adjourned. 
 
 The next term was October 8, 1821; held but one day, and proceedings covered 
 two pages of the record. 
 
 Next term commenced May 6, 1822; lasted three days, and proceedings covered 
 nine pages of the record. Now, in 1876, with the county reduced to about one-seventh 
 of the territory it then occupied, the Circuit Court continues about eighteen weeks, 
 annually, or three terms of about six weeks each, and the proceedings of each term 
 cover from three to five hundred pages of the record. 
 
 In those days, when the electric telegraph was unknown, and it required from 
 twenty days to one month for a letter or newspaper to be brought from the Atlantic 
 coast, the early settlers were under the necessity of giving an amusing turn to passing 
 events when it was at all practicable. An incident illustrating this is related by men 
 who witnessed the facts. When the court was held in the first log court house, an 
 attorney by the name of Mendel violated the rules of decorum as understood by his 
 Honor, Judge John York Sawyer, who ordered Mendel to be arrested and sent to 
 jail for a few hours. On repairing to the court house next morning, the Judge, lawyers 
 and others were surprised to find the court in session before the hour to which it had 
 adjourned. A large calf was on the platform usually occupied by the Judge, and a 
 flock of geese cooped up in the jury box. Mendel, having been released from jail, was 
 inside the bar; bowing first to the calf and then to the geese, he commenced his plead- 
 ing: "May it please the Court, and you gentlemen of the jury."
 
 40 HISTORICAL PRELUDE. 
 
 The first three or four years of the records of the Circuit Court reveals nothing. 
 more than the ordinary routine in such tribunals. The most startling event in the 
 community occurred August 27, 1826. A murder was committed that day near the 
 Sangamon river, in what is now Menard county, ahout five miles above where Peters- 
 burg now stands. A blacksmith named Nathaniel VanNoy had, in a fit of drunken ] 
 frenzy, killed his wife. He was arrested and lodged in jail the same day. The sheriff, 
 Col. John Taylor, notified Judge Sawyer, who at once called a special session of the 
 Circuit Court. A grand jury was empanneled and sworn, consisting of the following \ 
 citizens: 
 
 Gershom Jayne, foreman, Jesse M. Harrison, 
 
 Stephen Stillman, Robert Cownover, 
 
 John Morris, James Turley, 
 
 John Stephenson, Jr., Aaron Houton, 
 
 James White, John Young, 
 
 Thomas Morgan, John Lindsay, 
 
 James Stewart, Charles Boyd, 
 
 Jacob Boyer, Win. O. Chilton, 
 
 Robert White, Job Burdan, 
 
 John N. Moore, Hugh Sportsman, 
 
 Wm. Carpenter, Abram Lanterman. 
 
 Upon hearing the evidence a true bill was found against the accused, and a petit 
 jury called, consisting of the following persons : 
 
 Boling Green, foreman, Wm. Vincent, 
 
 Samuel Lee, Philip I. Fowler, 
 
 Jesse Armstrong, John L. Stephenson, 
 
 Levi W. Gordon, Levi Parish, 
 
 Thomas I. Parish, James Collins, 
 
 Erastus Wright, Geo. Davenport, 
 
 A foreman was appointed, the jury sworn, and the trial commenced on the 28th. 
 Attorney-General James Turney acted for the people; James Adams and I. H. Pugh, 
 for the defendant. A verdict of guilty was rendered on the 29th, and sentence was 
 pronounced the same day, that the condemned man be hung November 26, 1826. Thus, 
 in less than three days was the murder committed, the murderer tried and condemned 
 to be hung. The sentence was carried out at the time appointed, in the presence of 
 almost the entire community. Many are yet living who witnessed the execution. 
 Having already sold his body, it was delivered to the surgeons, who immediately com- 
 menced dissecting it in an old open house. The spectacle was so revolting that they 
 were compelled to desist and remove it to a more private place. In a country so new, 
 the settlers so widely separated, and so little that was interesting or exciting to furnish 
 topics for conversation, the excitement caused by that event cannot be imagined by the 
 people at the present time. The writer has, time and again, had the dates of events, 
 such as the advent of families in the community, marriages, births, deaths, and incidents 
 too numerous to mention, all settled beyond a doubt by its having occurred "the fall 
 VanNov was hunfif!"
 
 SANGAMOX COr.\ V)-. 41 
 
 PROBATE COURT. 
 
 Having given an account of the organization of the Commissioners' Court and of 
 the Circuit Court, the department of justice would not be complete without a Probate 
 Court. The following from its records will show when and by whom that court was 
 organized : 
 
 SPRINGFIELD, SANGAMON COUNTY, 
 
 STATE OF ILLINOIS, June 21, 1821. 
 
 Agreeable to an act of Assembly establishing Courts of Probate, approved February 
 10, 1821, the court was opened at Springfield, Sangamon county, an the 4 th day of 
 June, 1821. Present, James Latham, Judge. 
 
 The court proceeded to issue letters of administration to Randolph Wills on the 
 estate of Daniel Martin, deceased. After which the court adjourned until court in 
 course. 
 
 JAS. LATHAM, Judge. 
 
 After which court met and adjourned three times without transacting any business, 
 until August 26, 1821, when the filing and recording the will of Peter Lanterman 
 occupied the attention of the court one entire term. 
 
 October, 1821, we find the following will recorded: 
 
 Before the witnesses now present, Louis Bennett, in perfect memory, does give to 
 the daughters of Kakanoqui, Josett Kakanoqui and Lizett Kakanoqui, two thousand 
 livres each, and six hundred livres for praies for his father; also, six hundred livres for 
 him, if for prayes, and thirty dollars for prayes promised, and one hundred dollars for 
 Kakanoqui, the rest of his money to be given to his brothers and sisters of Louis 
 Bennett. After duly hearing read over before the witnesses now present, and signing 
 the same will, he does voluntarily appoint Joseph D. Portecheron and Louis Pencon- 
 
 neau, Senr., as exacquators of his will. 
 
 His 
 
 LOUIS -f BENNETT. 
 
 mark. 
 
 JOSEPH D. PORTECHERON, 1 
 
 JOSEPH DUTTLE, I ..... 
 
 nlg ^ Witnesses. 
 
 FRANCOIS -h BARBONAIS, 
 
 mark. J 
 
 NEWSPAPERS. 
 
 During the winter of 1826-7 tne "Sangamo Spectator' 1 '' was established in Spring- 
 field by Hooper Warren. He says, in a letter to tne old settlers' meeting, October 20, 
 1859: " It was but a small affair, a medium sheet, worked by myself alone most of the 
 time, until I made a transfer of it, in the fall of 1828, to Mr. S. Meredith." Mr. War- 
 ren is yet residing at Henry, Illinois. 
 
 The Sangamo Journal was, established by Simeon and Josiah Francis. See their 
 names. The first number of the paper was issued November 10, 1831, and has con- 
 6
 
 42 HISTORICAL PRELUDE. 
 
 tinned to the present time, and is now known as the Illinois State Journal, and has 
 been published weekly and daily since June 13, 1838. Its present proprietors are 
 the "Illinois Journal Company," composed of D. L. Phillips, Prest.; E. L. Baker, 
 Sec.; J. D. Roper, Treasurer; and Charles Edwards and A. J. Phillips. 
 
 The Illinois State Register, first established at Vandalia, was removed to Spring- 
 field in 1836, by Walters & Weber. It has been published as a weekly and daily since 
 January 2, 1849. Its present proprietors are E. L. & J. D. Merritt. 
 
 SANGAMON RIVER NAVIGATION. 
 
 The transportation question will always be a leading one in civilixed communities, 
 and especially so in their early settlement. To the first settlers of Illinois it was of un- 
 usual importance, on account of the vast extent of undrained soil, so rich and soft as to 
 be almost impassible, in its natural state, for half of every year. For the transporta- 
 tion of heavy articles long distances, no other mode was thought of except by water. 
 They could be conveyed three or four times the distance in that way, much cheaper 
 than on a straight line by any known method. Consequently, efforts were made to 
 navigate every stream to the highest point possible. In the Sangamo Journal of 
 January 26, 1832, there appears a letter from Vincent A. Bogue, written in Cincinnati 
 and addressed to Edward Mitchell, Esq., of Springfield. Mr. Bogue says he will at- 
 tempt the navigation of the Sangamon river if he can find a suitable boat, and expresses 
 the opinion that if he succeeds it will revolutionize the freight business. This is an 
 editorial paragraph from the Springfield Journal of February 16, 1832: 
 
 "NAVIGATION OF THE SANGAMO. We find the following advertisement in the 
 Cincinnati Gazette of the I9th ult. We hope such notices will soon cease to be novel- 
 ties. We seriously believe that the Sangamon river, with some little improvement, 
 can be made navigable for steamboats for several months in the year." Here is the 
 advertisement : \ 
 
 " FOR SANGAMO RIVER, ILLINOIS. The splendid upper cabin steamer, Talisman, 
 J. M. Pollock, Master, will leave for Portland, Springfield, on the Sangamon river, 
 and all the intermediate ports and landings, say Beardstown, Naples, St. Louis, Louis- 
 ville, on Thursday, February 2. For freight or passage, apply to Capt. Vincent A. 
 Bogue, at the Broadway Hotel, or to Allison Owen." The same boat was advertised 
 in the St. Louis papers. 
 
 After the above notices appeared in the Journal, the citizens of Springfield and 
 surrounding country held a public meeting, February 14, 1832, and appointed a com- 
 mittee to meet Mr. Bogue with a suitable number of hands to assist in clearing the 
 river of obstructions. Another committee was appointed to collect subscriptions to 
 defray the expense. The Journal of March 8 announces the arrival of the steamer at 
 Meredosia, where its further progress was obstructed by ice. The Sangamo Journal 
 of March 29, 1832, says: "On Saturday last the citizens of this place (Springfield) 
 were gratified by the arrival of the steamboat Talisman, J. W. Pollock, Master, of 
 i 50 tons burthen, at the Portland landing, opposite this town. (Portland was at the 
 south side of the Sangamon river, between where the bridges of the Chicago & Alton 
 and the Oilman, Clinton & Springfield railroads now stand.) The safe arrival of a 
 boat of the size of the Talisman, on a river never before navigated by steam, had 

 
 SANGAMON COUNTT. 43 
 
 created much solicitude, and the shores for miles were crowded by our citizens. Her 
 arrival at her destined port was hailed with loud acclamations and full demonstrations 
 of pleasure. When Capt. Bogue located his steam mill on Sangamon river, twelve 
 months ago, and asserted his determination to land a steam boat there within a year, 
 the idea was considered chimerical by some, and utterly impracticable by others. The 
 experiment has been made, and the result has been as successful as the most enthusiastic 
 could expect; and this county owes a deep debt of gratitude to Captain Bogue for getting 
 up the expedition, and his never tiring and unceasing efforts until the end was accom- 
 plished. Capt. Pollock, who is naturally warm and enthusiastic, entered fully into the 
 feeling of our citizens, who visited the mouth of the river to render any and every 
 assistance in their power; and much credit is due him for his perseverance and success. 
 The boat experienced some difficulty from drifts, and leaning timber on shore, which made 
 her trip somewhat tedious. The result has clearly demonstrated the practicability of navi- 
 gating the river by steamboats of a proper size; and by the expenditure of $2,000 in re- 
 moving logs and drifts and standing timber, a steamboat of 80 tons burthen will make 
 the trip in two days from Beardstown to this place. The citizens of Beardstown man- 
 ifested great interest for the success of the enterprise, and some of them accompanied 
 the boat until the result was no longer doubtful. They proposed the cutting of a 
 communication or canal from the bluffs to their landing about five miles whereby 
 seventy-five miles of navigation may be saved, and offered one thousand dollars to 
 assist in completing it. It is to be hoped that the next Legislature will afford some aid 
 in making the river safe and pleasant in its navigation. Springfield can no longer be 
 considered an inland town. We have no doubt but within a few months a boat will 
 be constructed for the special purpose of navigating the Sangamo river. The result 
 which must follow the successful termination of this enterprise to our county, and to 
 those counties lying in its neighborhood, it would be impossible to calculate. Here is 
 now open a most promising field for the exercise of every branch of honest industry. 
 We congratulate our farmers, our mechanics, our merchants and professional men for 
 the rich harvest in prospect, and we cordially invite emigrating citizens from other 
 states, whether rich or poor, if so be they are industrious and honest, to come hither 
 and partake of the good things of Sangamo." 
 
 A ball was gotten up in honor of the arrival, and several yards of machine poetry 
 appeared in the next number of the Journal, detailing the various incidents connected 
 with the wondrous event. The boat was unloaded, and immediately started on its re- 
 turn, but the river had so fallen and brought the water within so narrow a channel, 
 that it was impossible to turn it around, and they were compelled to back it out the 
 entire distance. The only mention ever made of her afterwards was a newspaper re- 
 port that the Talisman was burned at the wharf in St. Louis in the latter part of the 
 next April. No attempt was ever made after that to bring a boat up the river. Thus 
 ended the dream of navigating the Sangamo, across which a man may walk almost 
 dry shod for nearly half of every year. 
 
 RAILROADS. 
 
 The navigation of the Sangamon river being a failure, left the problem of transporta- 
 tion still unsolved. Brains and hands were at work in another land, that were destined to
 
 44 HISTORICAL PRELUDE. 
 
 revolutionize all former ideas on the subject in this, but their labors had never been 
 heard of by the people, with the exception, probably, of an occasional extensive reader 
 of the news. The railroad was then in its very infancy in England. The steam loco- 
 motive, about that time, found its way to this side of the Atlantic, but it required a 
 few yeai's more for it to reach Illinois. The first rail laid in the state was at Mcredosia, 
 on the Illinois river, May 9, 1838, on what was called the Northern Cross Railroad. 
 The first locomotive arrived at the same place September 6, 1838, on the steamboat 
 Chariton, and was put on the track and first turned its wheels on the 8th of November 
 following. It required more than three years to complete the road to Springfield. The 
 first locomotive was run into Springfield, February 15, 1842, on what is now the 
 Toledo, Wabash and Western Railroad. George Gregory see his name was the 
 engineer, and Thomas M. Averitt see his name was the fireman, both of whom are 
 yet living in this county. The State of Illinois has now over six thousand miles of 
 railroad, and Springfield has railroads by which travelers may enter and leave the city 
 in eight different directions. 
 
 SPRINGFIELD. 
 
 We have already said that a temporary county seat was chosen for Sangamon count}-, 
 April 10, 1821, and called Springfield. The first survey of public land in the county 
 took place that year. The Rev. John M. Peck, in his Pioneer History of Illinois, says 
 that Springfield was laid out in February, 1822, referring, no doubt, to Calhoun, which 
 was the name given to the first plat of what is now a part of Springfield. It is in the 
 northwestern part of the city. The first sale of public lands in Sangamon county took 
 place November 7, 1823. At that sale the lands were purchased upon which Calhoun 
 had been laid out. Four different parties entered each a quarter of as many sections 
 cornering together. The town plat of Calhoun was recorded December 5, 1823. It 
 was under a law approved December 23, 1824, that the county seat was permanently 
 located by the commissioners, who assembled March 18, 1825, and confirmed the 
 former location at Springfield. The land donated by Elijah lies and Pascal Enos was 
 laid out into lots, making the streets correspond with those of Calhoun. There was 
 great prejudice against the name of Calhoun, (afterwards the great millifier of South 
 Carolina,) many refusing to recognize it, and it soon ceased to be used except in the 
 conveyance of lots. 
 
 The first legislation on the part of the state, with reference to Springfield, was ap- 
 pi-oved February 9, 1827. By this act the court of county commissioners was required 
 to appoint street commissioners for the town, and levy a tax for improving the same. 
 A general law for the incorporation of towns was enacted and approved February 12, 
 1831. April 2, 1832, Springfield was incorporated under that law. October 18, 1832, 
 the county court ordered a re-survey of the town, in order to adjust the discrepancies 
 between the plats of Calhoun and Springfield. The survey was made and acknowl- 
 edged June 1 8, 1833, and recorded November 9, 1836. 
 
 The first board of trustees after the town was incorporated, April 2, 1832: 
 C. R. Matheny, President, Elisha Tabor, 
 
 Cyrus Anderson, Mordecai Mobley, 
 
 John Taylor, Wm. Carpenter.
 
 SANGAMON COUNTY. 45 
 
 1833: John R- Gray, President. 
 
 1834-5-6-7-8: C. R. Matheny, President. 
 
 1839: Peleg C. Canedy, President, and Abraham Lincoln a member of the 
 town board. 
 
 By an act of the General Assembly, approved February 3, 1840, a city charter was 
 granted to Springfield. This law provided for an election to be held the first Monday 
 in April, being the sixth day, to adopt or reject the proposed charter. It was adopted, 
 and the first election for city officers was held April 20, 1840. 
 
 Benjamin S. Clements was elected Mayor, and James R. Gray, Washington lies, 
 Joseph Klein and William Prentiss, Aldermen. The following were the successive 
 Mayors from that to the present' time: For 1841, Wm. L. May; 1842, David B. 
 Campbell; 1843, Daniel B. Hill, who resigned and Andrew McCormick was elected 
 to fill the vacancy; 1844, Andrew McCormick; 1845, J ames C. Conkling; 1846-47 
 and '48, Eli Cook; 1849-50 and '51, John Calhoun; 1852, William Lavely; 1853, 
 Josiah Francis. In 1854 the number of Aldermen was increased from four to twelve, 
 and William H. Herndon was elected Mayor; 1855, John Cook; 1856-57 and '58, John 
 W. Priest; 1859, William Jayne; 1860, Goyn Sutton; 1861-62, Geo. L. Huntington; 
 1863, John W. Smith; 1864, John S. Vredenburgh; 1865, Thomas J. Dennis; 1866, 
 John S.Bradford; 1867, Norman M. Broadwell; 1868, William E. Shutt; 1869, N. 
 M. Broadwell; 1870, John W. Priest; 1871 and '72, John W. Smith; 1873, Charles 
 E. Hay; 1874, the wards were increased from four to six, and Obed Lewis elected 
 Mayor; 1875, Charles E. Hay; 1876, this is printed in February, and the election takes 
 place in April. 
 
 SPRINGFIELD, THE^STATE CAPITAL. 
 
 t 
 From the discovery of the country by the French in 1673, there was no attempt at 
 
 organized government in the territory now composing the State of Illinois, until 1718, 
 when the " Company of the West" was formed in Paris, for the new w r orld. Kaskaskia 
 had been settled between 1680-90, and is regarded as the oldest permanent settlement 
 in the Mississippi Valley. 
 
 Judge Caton, in his oration at the laying of the corner stone of the new state house, 
 October 5, 1868, described the building which was used as the capitol when the terri- 
 torial government was organized, in the following language: "It was a rough build- 
 ing in the centre of a square in the village of Kaskaskia, the ancient seat of the western 
 empire for more than one hundred and fifty years. The body of this building was of 
 uncut limestone, the gables and roof of the gambrel style of unpainted boards and 
 shingles, with dormer windows. The lower floor, a long, cheerless room, was fitted 
 up for the House, whilst the council sat in the small chamber above. This venerable 
 building was, during the French occupancy of the country, prior to 1763? the head- 
 quarters of the military commandant. Thirty years ago the house was a mass of ruins, 
 and to-day, probably, there is not a stone left to designate the spot where it stood." 
 That building was the capitol during the territorial existence of Illinois, and the state 
 government was organized in it also. 
 
 The state constitution of 1818 required the General Assembly to petition Congress 
 for a grant of land upon which to locate the seat of government for the state. In the
 
 46 HISTORICAL PRELUDE. 
 
 event of the prayer of the petitioners being granted, a town was to be laid out on said 
 land, which town should be the seat of government of the state for twenty years. The 
 land was granted. "At the session of 1819, m Kaskaskia, five commissioners were 
 appointed to select the land appropriated by Congress for the state capital." The 
 commissioners made their selections further up the Kaskaskia river. Having selected 
 the site, the commissioners were sorely puzzled in their efforts to select a name that 
 should be so euphonious as to attract the attention of the whole world. Governor 
 Ford, in his history of Illinois, gives the following humorous account of the way it 
 was done : " Tradition says that a wag, who was present, suggested to the commis- 
 sioners that the ' Vandals ' were a powerful nation of Indians, who once inhabited the 
 banks of the Kaskaskia river, and that ' Vandalia,' derived from the name, would per- 
 petuate the memory of that extinct but renowned people. The suggestion pleased the 
 commissioners, the name was adopted, and they thus proved that the cognomen of 
 their new city if they were fit representatives of their constituents would better 
 illustrate the character of the modern, than the ancient inhabitants of the country." 
 
 Having located and named their town, it was at once laid out, and the dense growth 
 of timber cut away and a two story frame building erected on the square set apart for 
 the State capitol. The building was placed on a rough stone foundation in the centre 
 of the square, and was of very rude workmanship. The lower floor was for the House 
 of Representatives, and the upper divided into two rooms, the largest one for the 
 Senate and the smaller one for the office of Secretary of State. The State Auditor 
 and Treasurer occupied detached buildings. The archives of the State were removed 
 from Kaskaskia to Vandalia in December, 1820. That wooden State house was burned 
 a few years later, and a much larger one built of brick on the same ground. The 
 rapidity with which emigration filled up the northern portion of the State made it ap- 
 parent, long before the twenty yeai's it was to remain at Vandalia expired,, that it would 
 be necessary to remove the capital further north, and as early as 1833 the question be- 
 gan to be agitated in the General Assembly. 
 
 In the Legislature of 1836-7 Sangamon county had two Senators and seven Repre- 
 sentatives. They were the most remarkable delegation from any one county to the 
 General Assembly, being much taller than the average of human stature. Some of 
 them were less and some more than six feet, but their combined height was exactly 
 fifty-four feet. They were then and are yet spoken of as the " Long Nine." The 
 names of those in the Senate were Archer G. Herndon and Job Fletcher; in the 
 House, Abraham Lincoln, Ninian W. Edwards, John Dawson, Andrew McCormick, 
 Dan Stone, Wm. F. Elkin and Robert L. Wilson. One or two were as tall, but none 
 taller, than Abraham Lincoln, who, quoting his own language, was " six feet, four 
 inches, nearly." It was known that a movement would be made to re-locate the State 
 capital. The "Long Nine" were united for securing it, and nothing could 
 turn one of them from their purpose. They were ready to yield anything else, 
 but when any other point was yielded, it secured votes for Springfield as the capital. 
 Their opportunities were great. The people of Illinois were, at that time, almost in- 
 sane on the subject of internal improvements. Not one in ten thousand of them had 
 ever seen a railroad, but they had heard of them, and thought the prairies of Illinois 
 the best place in the world to build them. The first movements began in the General 
 Assembly in 1833, but the first charter was: "An act to incorporate the Chicago and
 
 SANGAMOA COUNTT. 
 
 47 
 
 Yincennes railroad company with an authorized capital of $3,000,003," and was approved 
 January 17, 1835. Within one year and four days from that time, charters were 
 granted for building railroads in the State, of which the combined capital authorized was 
 $18,200,000. In this legislation the State did not propose to furnish any capital, only 
 authorized capitalists to invest their money. Not a mile of railroad was ever built 
 under any of those charters. Before the next session, the Legislature realized that 
 there were no capitalists to build railroads, and a new system was inaugurated. The 
 most remarkable act ever passed by a legislative body in the State was approved Feb- 
 ruarv 27, 1837, and was entitled "An act to establish and maintain a general svstem of 
 internal improvements." Two supplementary acts were approved March 4, 1837. 
 The three acts fill thirty-two octavo pages. The object was to construct public works 
 at the expense of the State, in all parts of the same. Under this law appropriations 
 were made for canals, and the improvement of rivers, to the amount of $650,000; also, 
 for the building of railroads, $9,550,000, making a total of $10,200,000. During the 
 month of February and March, 1837, bills were passed chartering twenty-two railroad 
 companies with authorized capital stock to the amount of nearly $8,000,000, making 
 an aggregate of about $30,000,000 involved in the vain endeavor to legislate railroads 
 into existence in the State of Illinois before their time. 
 
 While the internal improvement bill was pending, the "Long Nine" were busy. 
 Thev said little or nothing in locating proposed railroads, but would assist other localities, 
 where votes could be secured for locating the capital at Springfield. The result was 
 the passage of "An act permanently to locate the seat of government for the State of 
 Illinois," which was approved at Vandalia, February 25, 1837. This law provided for 
 a joint session of the two houses, on the twenty-eighth of the same month, to select a 
 situation. An appropriation of fifty thousand dollars was made, to commence building 
 the State house. The law also declared that no place should be chosen unless its citi- 
 zens contributed at least $50,000 to aid in the work, and not less than two acres of land, 
 as a site for the capitol. W'hen the two houses assembled on the twenty-eighth, the 
 question was decided by the following 
 
 BALLOTINGS. 
 
 Springfield 35 
 
 Jacksonville 
 
 Vandalia 
 
 Peoria 
 
 Alton j 15 
 
 Scattering 
 
 Illiopolis 
 
 (St. 
 
 2nd. 
 
 3rd. 
 
 4 th. 
 
 35 
 
 43 
 
 53 
 
 73 
 
 14 
 
 i.S 
 
 9 
 
 i 
 
 1 6 
 
 15 
 
 16 
 
 15 
 
 16 
 
 12 
 
 ii 
 
 6 
 
 i.S 
 
 1 6 
 
 '4 
 
 
 > - 
 
 7 
 10 
 
 15 
 } 
 
 7 
 
 
 
 
 
 That settled the question, and Springfield was declared to be the future capital of the 
 State. 
 
 A supplemental act was passed on the third of March, authorizing the commissioners 
 of Sangamon county to convey the land, as a site for the new edifice, to the State. It 
 also named Dr. A. G. Henry, of Sangamon; Archibald Job, of Cass, Wm. Herndon, 
 of Sangamon, as commissioners, who were authorized and instructed to superintend the 
 work of erection. It was expected that the new capital would be completed in time for
 
 48 HISTORICAL PRELUDE. 
 
 * 
 
 the first meeting of the Legislature in Springfield, which was fixed for the special ses- 
 sion of 1839-40. Finding that the building could not be sufficiently advanced, the Second 
 Presbyterian church, on Fourth street, was secured as Representatives' Hall. The build- 
 ing was then quite new, and was, by far, the largest church edifice in the central and 
 whole northern part of the State. It was built of brick, stood a few feet north of the 
 site of the present magnificent Second Presbyterian church, until the latter was erected. 
 The old building was torn down in the summer of 1875. The Methodist church was 
 used for the Senate chamber, and the Episcopal church for the Supreme Court, both 
 wooden buildings. The Legislature first convened in special session December 9, 1839. 
 
 It was thought by many to be unreasonable to require a little town of eleven 
 hundred inhabitants, struggling with the disadvantages of a new country, to pay the 
 $50,000 pledged. During that special session, Hon. Stephen A. Douglas, then a mem- 
 ber from Morgan county, proposed to bring in a bill, releasing Springfield from the 
 payment of the same. The sterling honesty of Abraham Lincoln manifested itself on 
 this, as on all other proper occasions. He interposed his objections, although he fully 
 appreciated the kindly feelings that prompted the proposal, but he insisted that the 
 money should be paid. Arrangements were entered into for paying it in three instal- 
 ments. The two first payments were made without any great difficulty ; but the third 
 pressed more heavily, as the financial crash that swept over the whole United States, 
 while the new State house was in course of construction, impoverished many. Under 
 these circumstances, it became necessary to borrow the money to make the last pay- 
 ment, from the State Bank of Illinois. A note for the amount was signed by one 
 hundred and one citizens, and deposited with the bank, the money drawn, with which 
 internal improvement scrip or stock was purchased and paid into the State treasury, 
 thus paying the last instalment in the State's own evidence of indebtedness. From 
 that time it was a matter between the State Bank and the citizens who signed the note. 
 Soon after the note was given, the State Bank failed, and some of the payments were 
 made in the depreciated paper of the bank, for which it had received par value when 
 it was paid out. The original note is preserved in the Ridgely National Bank, but 
 the following is a copy of the same: 
 
 $16,666.67. SPRINGFIELD, March 22, 1838. 
 
 One year after date, we, the undersigned, or either of us, promise to pay to the Pres- 
 ident, Directors and Company of the State Bank of Illinois, sixteen thousand, six. hun- 
 dred and sixty-six dollars and sixty-seven cents, for value received, negotiable and pay- 
 able at the bank, in Springfield, with interest until paid, at the rate of six per centum 
 per annum, payable semi-annually. 
 
 John Hay, Thomas Mather, C. R. Matheny, 
 
 L. Higby, Tho. Houghan, William Butler, 
 
 Joseph Thayer, D. Prickett, P. C. Canedy, 
 
 William Thornton, J. Calhoun, Jos. Klein. 
 
 M. O. Reeves, Josiah Francis, P. C. Latham, 
 
 W. P. Grimsley, Washington lies, A. G. Henry, 
 
 William Wallace, Joel Johnson, Ninian W. Edwards, 
 
 John B. Watson, C. B. Francis, J onn T. Stuart, 
 
 C. H. Ormsby, Wm. S. Burch, Jonas Whitney,
 
 SANGAMON COUNTT. 
 
 49 
 
 Mosrs ColVman, 
 Gco. Pasfield, 
 
 B. C. Wclister, 
 S. M. Tinsley, 
 Ephriam Darling, 
 Jon:i. Merriam, 
 Ira Sanford, 
 Charles Arnold, 
 John L. Turner, 
 
 Joshua F. Amos, 
 Sullivan Conant, 
 And. McClellan, 
 Alexander Shields, 
 A. Trailor, 
 
 C. C. P helps, 
 
 R. B. Zimmennan, 
 William Hall, . 
 James L. Lamb, 
 M. L. Knapp, 
 
 J. M. Shacklcford, 
 B. Ferguson, 
 Benjamin Talhott, 
 Jesse Cormack, 
 B. C. [ohnson, 
 Thomas Moffatt, 
 John F. Rague, 
 Simeon Francis, 
 Nathaniel Hiv, 
 Robert Irwin, 
 Virgil Hickox, 
 George Trotter, 
 Stephen T. Logan, 
 Robert Allen, 
 James R. Gray, 
 J. Adams, 
 J. S. Britton, 
 W. B. Powell, 
 F. C. Thompson, 
 E. M. Henkle, 
 James W. Keyes, 
 Wm. Porter, 
 Wm. H. Marsh, 
 W. Ransdell, 
 [oshua S. Hobbs, 
 John G. Bergen, 
 B. S. Clement, 
 
 Erastus \\' right, 
 John Todd, 
 E. D. Baker, 
 A. Lincoln, 
 Garrett Elkin, 
 John Capps, 
 Alexr. Garrett, 
 ( lershom Javne, 
 T. M. Xeafe, 
 \\'illiam G. Abrams, 
 Devvey Whitney, 
 M. Mobley, 
 Foley Vaughn, 
 Abncr Y. Ellis, 
 X. A. Rankin, 
 S. H. Treat, 
 Elijah lies, 
 Henry F. Luckett, 
 James P. Langford, 
 Henry Cassequin, 
 J. M. Cabaniss, 
 James Maxcy, 
 Z. P. Cabaniss, 
 E. G. Johns, 
 Amos Camp, 
 Thos. J. Goforth, 
 Benj. F. Jewett, 
 W. M. CoweUl. 
 
 From a tooting up of the principal and interest on one side of the note, the final 
 settlement appears to have been made February 19, 1846. The principal and interest 
 to that time was $17,918. 
 
 Soon after the Legislature adjourned at Vandalia, in March, 1837, and the members 
 returned to their homes, a public festival was given in Springfield in honor of the new 
 legislation for the removal of the capital. Among the toasts and speeches that followed 
 the dinner, were the two following: 
 
 By Abraham Lincoln, Esq: "All our friends they are too numerous to mention 
 now, individually, while there is no one of them who is not too dear to be forgotten or 
 neglected/' 1 
 
 By S. A.Douglas, Esq.: "The last winter's legislation May its results prove no 
 less beneficial to the whole State than they have to our town." 
 
 A tradition still lingers here that something stronger than water was used in drinking 
 the toasts on that occasion, as there was not a man to be found after the festival that 
 could tell who made the last speech, and that important fact is lost to history. 
 
 The commissioners appointed to superintend the building at once entered upon the 
 discharge of their duties, and on the fourth of July, 1837, the corner stone of the State 
 
 7
 
 50 HISTORICAL PRELUDE, 
 
 house was laid with grand civic and military demonstrations. After it had been lowered 
 to its place in the wall, it 'was mounted by E. D. Baker, afterwards United States Sen- 
 ator from Oregon, and the lamented Colonel of Balls Bluff memory, who delivered 
 one of those thrilling and eloquent speeches, for which he was so famous. It was 
 estimated that the building would cost $130,000, but $240,000 was expended before it 
 was completed according to the original design. When the State house was completed 
 it was looked upon with wonder and admiration by the people. It was thought to be 
 so enormous in size that it would answer all the purposes of the State for all time to 
 come; but from the time it was built until the breaking out of the great rebellion the 
 growth of Illinois was beyond anything that could have been imagined by the early 
 settlers. 
 
 When the rebellion came to an end, and what was left of the tivo hundred and fifty- 
 six thousand men from Illinois, who assisted in carrying the stars and stripes until 
 there was no armed foe to conquer, returned to their homes, furled their banners, and 
 assumed their accustomed places in the peaceful avocations of life, it soon became ap- 
 parent to all who had occasion to visit Springfield, that the building of another State 
 house could not be delayed for any great length of time. The State had so far out- 
 grown the edifice, which had been regarded as a wonder of magnificence and archi- 
 tectural beauty only a brief quarter of a century before, that its records were unsafe, 
 and many branches of its official business had to be transacted in rented buildings, 
 where much of its valuable property was exposed at all times to the danger of being 
 destroyed by fire. The question had been very generally discussed in a quiet way, 
 and soon after the Legislature assembled in January, 1867, Hon. James C. Conkling 
 presented a bill providing for the erection of a new State Capitol at Springfield, and 
 laid it before the House of Representatives. It passed both houses, and was approved 
 by Governor Oglesby February 25, 1867, with a supplementary act two days later. 
 That law provided for the conveyance by the Governor of the square containing two 
 and a half acres of land, with the State house upon it, to Sangamon county, for a 
 court house, in consideration of $200,000, to be paid to the State of Illinois, and for the 
 further consideration that the city of Springfield, and Sangamon county, cause to be 
 conveyed to the State a certain piece of land, described by metes and bounds in the 
 bill, and containing between eight and nine acres, upon which to erect the new State 
 house. The law also provided that the State should have the use of the old State 
 house until the new one should be ready for occupancy. The land was secured at a cost 
 to the city of $70,000, and conveyed to the state; the $200,000 was paid by the county, 
 and that amount, with $2^0,000, to be drawn from the State treasury, making $450,000, 
 was appropriated to commence the work. The total cost of the building was limited 
 to $3,000,000. The design by J. C. Cochrane was adopted July 15, 1867, and Jan. 14, 
 1868, he was appointed architect and superintendent. Excavation commenced early in 
 the spring, and the first stone was laid June n. On the fifth of October the corner 
 stone was laid by the Grand Master of Free Masons of the State of Illinois, with the 
 imposing ceremonies of the order, and surrounded by members of the craft from all 
 parts of the State. 
 
 The ground plan is in the form of a great cross. The grand outlines are, total 
 length from north to south, 359 feet, exclusive of porticos; and from east to west, 266 
 feet, with twentv feet additional in the grand portico at the east end, which is the prin-
 
 SANGAMON COUNTY. 
 
 cipal front. The body of the edifice above ground consists of the, FIRST STORY, PRIN- 
 cii'Ai. STORY, SECOND PRINCIPAL STORY and GALLERY STORY. 
 
 July 2, 1870, the people of Illinois voted on the question of adopting or rejecting 
 a new constitution, that had been prepared by a convention legally called for that pur- 
 pose. It was adopted by a large majority. A clause in the new constitution prohibited 
 the legislature making appropriations for the State house, then in course of construc- 
 tion, beyond a total amount of three and a half millions of dollars, unless the question 
 of additional appropriations was first submitted to a vote of the people. The money 
 within the constitutional limit has all been appropriated. The dates of approval by 
 the Governor, and amounts, are given below. The fourth appropriation was to be ex- 
 pended equally in the years 1873-4: 
 
 February 25, 27, 1867 $450,000 
 
 March 1 1, 27, 1869 650,000 
 
 June 14, 1871 600,000 
 
 March 19, 1873 ' 1,000,000 
 
 March 24, 1 87 =5 800,000 
 
 Total $3,500,000 
 
 There is much work yet to be done, but whether an additional appropriation, re- 
 quiring a vote of the people, w^ll be necessary to complete the grand edifice, is a 
 question for a future legislature to determine. The building was so far advanced that 
 the State archives were removed thereto, and the State officers took possession of it in 
 January 1876, and in that way the State of Illinois inaugurated the great American 
 Centennial. 
 
 GOVERNORS OF ILLINOIS. 
 
 TERRITORIAL. 
 
 Ninian Edwards from 1809 to 1818 
 
 STATE. 
 
 Shadrach Bond 18181822 
 
 Edward Coles 18221826 
 
 Ninian Edwards 18261830 
 
 John Reynolds 18301834 
 
 Lieutenant-Governor Casey, elected with Gov. Reynolds in 1830, was elected to 
 Congress in 1832. Wm. L. D. Ewing, a member of the Senate, was chosen President 
 of the Senate. Gov. Reynolds was elected to Congress in August, 1834, and left the 
 State for the national capital about the middle of November. Wm. L. D. Ewing, as 
 President of the Senate, was Governor fifteen days, until the assembling of the Legis- 
 lature in December, and the inauguration of the governor elect. 
 
 Joseph Duncan from 1834 to 1838 
 
 Thomas Carlin . . / from 1838 to 1842 
 
 Thomas Ford from 1842 to 1846 
 
 The constitution of 1848 changed the time of the assembling of the Legislature 
 from December to January, and ordered a new election in November, 1848, for four 
 years. Consequently
 
 52 HISTORICAL PRELUDE. 
 
 Augustus C. French was Governor from 1846 to 1853 
 
 Joel A. Matteson from 1853 to 1857 
 
 Wm. H. Bissell from 1857 to 1860 
 
 He died March 18, 1860, and 
 
 Lieutenant-Governor John Wood from 1860 to 1861 
 
 Richard Yates from 1861 to 1865 
 
 Richard J. Oglesby from 1865 to 1869 
 
 John M. Palmer from 1869 to 1873 
 
 Richard J. Oglesby, inaugurated in 1873, but immediately elected to the U. S. Senate, 
 
 when the Lieutenant-Governor 
 
 John L. Beveridge from 1873 to 1877 
 
 TOWNSHIP ORGANIZATION. 
 
 A law was enacted by the General Assembly of Illinois, and approved by the Gov- 
 ernor, February 10, 1849, providing for township organization, but leaving it optional 
 with counties to adopt it or not. Sangamon county never took any action under that 
 law. 
 
 Another law was enacted and approved February 17, 1851, providing for township 
 organization, and differing from the law of 1849 in some of its provisions. Under that 
 law a petition was laid before the commissioners' court, June 5, 1860, praying the court 
 to cause to be submitted to the voters of the county the question of township organiza- 
 tion. The court, having heard the petition, ordered that the prayer of the petitioners 
 be granted, and the subject be submitted at the next general election, which was held 
 Tuesday, November 6, 1860. The vote was canvassed by the court on the tenth of 
 December following, when it was ascertained that there was a majority of 859 votes in 
 favor of township organization, on a total vote of 7,241. The following action was 
 then taken : " Ordered by the Court, that John S. Bradford, John Gardner, Sen., and 
 Joseph Campbell be appointed commissioners to divide Sangamon county into towns or 
 townships, in accordance with the fifth and sixth sections of the General Law of the 
 State of Illinois, in relation to township organization." March i, 1861, the commis- 
 sioners submitted their report, and the following are the names of the townships: 
 
 Auburn, Island Grove, 
 
 Ball, Loami, 
 
 Buffalo Heart, Mechanicsburg, 
 
 Campbell, now Chatham, Power, now Fancy Creek, 
 
 Cartwright, Pawnee, 
 
 Clear Lake, Rochester, 
 
 Cooper, Sackett, now Salisbury, 
 
 Cotton Hill, Springfield, 
 
 Curran, Talkington, 
 
 Gardner, Williams, 
 
 Illiopolis, Woodside. 
 
 New Berlin has since been formed from part of Island Grove, and Wheatfield from 
 part of Illiopolis, making a total of 24 townships.
 
 SANGAMON COUNTY. 
 
 An election was held for choosyig supervisors, Tuesday, April 2, 1861. The first meet- 
 ing of the Board of Supervisors was held April 29, 1861, on a call of eight members, 
 which was the method pointed out in the law. From that to the present time the bus- 
 iness of Sangamon county has been transacted by a Board of Supervisors, elected 
 annually. 
 
 POST OFFICES IN SANGAMON COUNTY. 
 
 Auburn, Illiopolis, 
 
 Barclay, Loami, 
 
 Bates,' Lowder, 
 
 Berlin, Mechanicsburg, 
 
 Berry, New Berlin, 
 
 * Bradfordton, f New Harmony, 
 f Breckenridge, Pawnee, 
 
 Buffalo, Pleasant Plains, 
 
 Buffalo Heart, Richland, 
 
 Cantrall, Riverton, 
 
 Chatham, Rochester, 
 
 Cotton Hill, Salisbury, 
 
 Cross Plains, Sherman, 
 
 Curran, Springfield, 
 
 Dawson, Wheatfield, 
 
 Farmingdale, Williamsville, 
 
 lies Junction, Woodside. 
 
 * This is a new office authorized by the post office department, but not yet organized. Feb., 1876. 
 
 t The original name of this office was New Harmony, but is aboiu being changed to Breckenridge. 
 
 SANGAMON COUNTY IN THE INDIAN WARS. 
 
 I shall have occasion, all through the biographical part of the work, to make frequent 
 mention of the part taken in the Winnebago and Black Hawk wars by the early set- 
 tlers of the county; for that reason I deem it best to give a brief account of them here-. 
 
 THE WINNEBAGO WAR: When the war of 1812-14, w ' tn England, drew to a 
 close, there were many Indians in the territory of Illinois. They generally gave way 
 as civilization advanced, yielding the ground, sometimes reluctantly, but peaceably, 
 until the summer of 1827. It was known to the white settlers that the different tribes 
 of Indians along the northern and western frontier were at war among themselves. 
 After the discovery of lead around what is now Galena, the white people flocked to 
 that region in great numbers. In their search for minerals they encroached upon the 
 lands of the Winnebago tribe. Being thus irritated, a small party of their tribe sur- 
 prised a party of twenty-four Chippeways and killed eight of them. The United 
 States Commander, at Fort Snelling, on the upper Mississippi, caused four of the offend- 
 ing Winnebagoes to be arrested and delivered to the Chippeways, by whom they were 
 shot for murder. Red Bird, the chief of the Sioux, though acting with the Winneba- 
 goes in an attempt to obtain revenge for the killing of the four members of their 
 tribe, was defeated by the Chippeways. He then determined to wreak his vengeance 
 on the white people who had assisted his enemies and invaded his country. June 2yth
 
 54 HISTORICAL PRELUDE. 
 
 two white men were killed near Prairie DuChien, and on the thirtieth of July two 
 keel boats, carrying supplies to Fort Snelling, were attacked and two of the crew 
 killed. The news soon spread among the settlers, and upon a call from Gov. Edwards, 
 four companies of infantry and one of cavalry were made up in Sangamon county. 
 The cavalry company was commanded by Edward Mitchell, and the four infantry 
 companies by Captains Thomas Constant, Reuben Brown, Achilles Morris and Bowlin 
 Green. The whole under command of Col. Tom. M. Neale, with James D. Henry as 
 adjutant, (the latter was at that time sheriff of Sangamon county,) marched to Peoria, 
 where the regiment was more fully organized, and continued to Galena. Before their 
 arrival in the Indian country, Red Bird with six of his warriors, voluntarily gave them- 
 selves up to the U. S. forces under Gen. Atkinson, to save their tribe from the miseries 
 of war. Thus ended the campaign, and the Sangamon county soldiers returned to 
 their homes. 
 
 Of the six Indians held as prisoners, some were acquitted and others convicted and 
 hung, more than a year after they were captured. Red Bird, whose proud spirit could 
 not endure the humiliation and confinement, sickened and died in prison. His fate was 
 much deplored by the whites, for he had been a true friend to them until the United 
 States Government compelled his Winnebago friends to give up the four men to the 
 Chippeways to be shot. 
 
 THE BLACK HAWK WAR: The Sac and Fox Indians were first recognized by the 
 United States Government in 1787, in a treaty at Fort Harmer, negotiated by Gov. 
 St. Clair, in which the Indians were guaranteed protection. In 1804, in a treaty con- 
 ducted by Wm. H. Harrison afterwards President of the United States their title to 
 a large scope of country on Rock river was extinguished, but they were permitted to 
 occupy the country as a hunting ground, their principal village being at the north of 
 Rock river, near where the city of Rock Island now stands. A third treaty was en- 
 tered into in 1830, by the terms of which they were to remove from the lands they 
 had sold, east of the Mississippi, and peaceably retire to the west side of the river. 
 
 The two principal chiefs of the nation were Keokuk and Black Hawk, the latter of 
 whom was born in 1767, at the largest village of their tribe, at the mouth of Rock 
 river. He had fought on the side of the British in the war of 1812, at the head of 200 
 savages, for which he annually received payment to the time of their removal west of 
 the Mississippi. Consequently, their band was always called the British Band. Black 
 Hawk moved reluctantly, claiming that his tribe had been injured by the people of the 
 United States. Keokuk determined to abide by the treaty, and drew the larger part of 
 the tribe after him, but Black Hawk declared all the treaties void, and in the spring of 
 1831, at the head of 300 warriors, crossed to the east side of the river and engaged in a 
 series of acts exceedingly annoying to the few settlers who had purchased the sites of 
 the former homes of the Indians, from the government. The Indians would throw 
 down fences, destroy grain, throw the roofs from their houses, and declared that if the 
 settlers did not leave they would kill them. Governor John Reynolds, on being in- 
 formed of the state of affairs on Rock river, determined to expel the Indians. He 
 issued a proclamation, May 27, 1831, calling for volunteers, and named June loth as the 
 time, and Beardstown as the place of rendezvous. More than twice the 700 men called 
 for volunteered. Finding so many willing to go, it was decided to accept the services
 
 SANGAMON COUNTT, 
 
 55 
 
 of the whole 1,600 men. They were organized into two regiments, one spy and one 
 odd battalion. James D. Henry, of Springfield, who had been the adjutant in the 
 Winnebago Avar, was appointed to command the first regiment. I will now confine 
 myself to the part Sangamon county took in the campaign. James Campbell, Adam 
 Smith, and Jonathan R. Saunders each commanded a company. When the Indian 
 town was reached at the mouth of Rock river, it was found to be deserted. The In- 
 dians had taken advantage of the darkness and fled to the west side of the Mississippi 
 river, near where the cities of Davenport and Rock Island now stand. The savages 
 having escaped, the soldiers took vengeance by burning the village. Gen. Gaines, who 
 commanded the United States soldiers, sent an order to Black Hawk, requiring him 
 and his band to return and enter into a treaty of peace. He failed to come, when a 
 more peremptory order, with the threat of following them with all the troops at his 
 command, brought in about thirty chiefs, including Black Hawk, and a treaty- 
 was signed on the 3Oth of June, 1831. By that treaty the Indians agreed to remain 
 west of the river, and never to cross it without permission from the President of the 
 I nited States. After distributing the food intended for sustaining the soldiers, among 
 the Indians, the volunteer army disbanded and returned to their homes, without the 
 loss of a single person by disease, accident, or otherwise. 
 
 Before the Indians were forced to leave their village and return to the west side of 
 the river, Xaopope, a chief of the British band, and next to Black Hawk in authority, 
 had started on a visit to Maiden, Canada, to consult his English father some com- 
 mander there, probably concerning the right of the Indians to retake possession of 
 their lands on Rock river. On his return he also visited White Cloud, the prophet of 
 the Winnebagoes, at Prophetstown, 3:5 miles from the mouth of Rock river. White 
 Cloud assured his visitor that not only the British but the Ottawas, Chippewas, Pota- 
 \\attomies and Winnebagoes yvould assist his tribe in regaining their village and the 
 lands around it. When Xaopope returned, in the summer, he found his tribe west of 
 the river, and bound, bv a new treaty, not to interfere \vith the whites in possession of 
 their former homes. Notwithstanding this, he communicated to Black Hawk the en- 
 couragement he had received. Black Hawk immediately commenced recruiting to in- 
 crease the number of his braves, and sent a messenger to Keokuk, requesting his co- 
 operation. The latter refused, and counseled Black Hawk to abstain from any hostile 
 movement, assuring him that the promises of support could not be relied on. Black 
 Hawk rejected such good advice, and resolved to bid defiance to the .whites. He spent 
 the winter of 1831-2 in recruiting, and raised about ^oo warriors. His headquarters 
 were at what is now the city of Fort Madison, Iowa. In the spring he started, with 
 his warriors, on horseback, while the squaws, papooses and baggage were loaded in 
 canoes, and all moved up the river. April 6, 1832, the whole party crossed the Missis- 
 sippi, opposite the mouth of Rock river, and commenced ascending that stream, osten- 
 sibly for the purpose of entering the territory of the Winnebagoes and raising a crop 
 \vith them, but the real object was to secure them as allies. 
 
 Gen. Atkinson, in command of Fort Armstrong, on Rock Island, sent messengers 
 ordering them to return west of the Mississippi river. Black Hawk positively re- 
 fused to go. When this became known in the settlement the greatest consternation 
 prevailed, and the settlers fled from their homes in search of safety. Messengers were 
 dispatched to Yandalia, and Gov. Reynolds issued a call, on the i6th, for volunteers to
 
 HISTORICAL PRELUDE. 
 
 assemble at Bearclstown on the 22(1 of the month. Gen. Atkinson at the same time 
 called for volunteers to aid the regular soldiers at Rock Island. Gov. Reynolds, at the 
 time of issuing the call for volunteer soldiers, addressed an open letter to the citizens 
 in the northwestern counties, and sent influential messengers among the people, and in 
 every wav endeavored to encourage enlistments. Eighteen hundred men rallied under 
 this call at Beardstown, on the 22d of April. Among them were three regularly or- 
 ganized companies from Sangamon county. One was commanded by Thomas Moffitt, 
 one by Jesse Clay well, of which Rezin H. Constant afterwards became Captain, and 
 one by Abraham Lincoln. They were divided into four regiments and a spy battalion. 
 The First regiment was commanded by Col. DeWitt, the Second bv Col. Fry, the 
 Third by Col. Thomas, the Fourth by Col. Samuel M. Thompson. In the latter 
 Abraham Lincoln commanded a company. Col. James D. Henry commanded the spy 
 battalion. The whole brigade was put under the command of Brigadier-Gen. Samuel 
 Whitesides r of the State militia, who had commanded the spy battalion in the first 
 campaign. 
 
 On the 2yth of April Gen. Whitesides began his forward movement, accompanied 
 by Gov. Reynolds. The army proceeded by way of Oquawka to the mouth of Rock 
 river, where it was agreed between Generals Whiteside and Atkinson, in command 
 of the regulars, that the volunteers should march up Rock river to Prophetstown, 
 and there feed and rest their horses. On arriving there the volunteers burned the town, 
 and Gen. Whiteside continued the march in the direction of Dixon, arriving at the lat- 
 ter place, the General ordered a halt, and sent out parties to reconnoitre. Here he 
 found two battalions, consisting of 275 mounted men, from the counties of McLean, 
 Tazewell, Peoria and Fulton, under the command of Majors Stillman and Bailey. 
 Major Stillman was from Sangamon county. (See his name.} The officers of this 
 force had previously been ordered in advance of the main body to protect the settlers, 
 and now they asked to be put forward on some dangerous service, in which they could 
 have an opportunity to distinguish themselves. They were accordingly ordered further 
 up Rock river, to spy out the Indians. The forward movement began on the I2th of 
 May, Major Stillman being chief in command. He moved up Rock river, on the 
 southeast side until they came to a small stream that rises in Ogle county and empties 
 into Rock river. This stream was then called Old Man's creek, but from that date has 
 borne the name of Stillman's run. There he encamped for the night, and in a short 
 time a party of Indians were seen on horseback about a mile from the camp. A party 
 of Major Stillman's men mounted their horses, without orders or commander, and were 
 soon followed by others, and in this belter skelter manner pursued the Indians, who, 
 after displaying a red flag, endeavored to make their escape, but were overtaken and 
 three of them slain. This brought on an attack from the main body of Black Hawk's 
 army, numbering about 700 warriors. Those who, by their insubordination, brought 
 on the fight, retreated, and, with their horses on a full run, dashed through the camp 
 of Major Stillman, who did all that was possible by ordering his men to retreat in 
 order and form on higher ground, but they never found a rallying point until they 
 reached Dixon, thirty miles distant. Both Ford, and Davidson & Stuve, in their his- 
 tories of Illinois, exonerate Major Stillman and his men from all blame, and rightly 
 attribute the disaster to want of discipline and that experience which is necessary to 
 "five soldiers confidence in their officers and in each other.
 
 SANGAMOX COUNTY. 
 
 57 
 
 That opened the war, and there could be no cessation of hostilities until one side or 
 the other yielded the ground. It is not my purpose to attempt following out all the 
 details of the war, but will hasten to a close. For a time the Indians scattered them- 
 selves over the country. They would lay in ambush and shoot down detached bodies 
 of armed men, or murder and scalp unprotected women and children. Men were gen- 
 erally enlisted for short terms, and sometimes, when the main body of the Indians were 
 almost in their grasp, the term of enlistment would expire, and they would insist on 
 being discharged. To fill their places with new recruits required time. At the time of the 
 repulse of Major Still man and his men, there were about twenty-four hundred men under 
 arms, including the volunteers from Illinois and the regular soldiers from Fort Arm- 
 strong, under Gen. Atkinson. They could have killed, or driven every Indian across 
 the Mississippi river in one month, but the term for which they had enlisted had nearly 
 expired, and they were anxious to be discharged. The Governor had previously issued 
 orders for raising two thousand men. He then called for a volunteer regiment from 
 among those whose time had expired, to hold the Indians in check until the new re- 
 cruits could be brought to the scene of conflict. It was soon raised and put under 
 command of Col. Fry and Lieutenant-Col. James D. Henry. Gen. Whiteside volun- 
 teered as a private. This body of men had a number of encounters with the savages 
 before the new recruits were brought into the field. The new levy assembled at 
 Beardstown, and were at once ordered to Fort Wilburn, on the south bank of the Illi- 
 nois river, about one mile above the town of Peru. There the volunteer forces were 
 organized into three brigades. The first and second were organized June 16, 1832, 
 with 1,000 men each. Alexander Posey was elected General of the first and Milton 
 K. Alexander, General of the second brigade. The third brigade was organized June 
 1 8th, with 1,200 men, and Col. James D. Henry was elected General. This made the 
 volunteer force consist of 3,200 men, exclusive of the regular soldiers under Gen. At- 
 kinson. Many weeks were spent in trying to find the main body of Black Hawk's 
 warriors. They were all the time working their way further north, hoping to elude 
 their pursuers. The army was continually undergoing changes. July 15, 1832, 
 found Gen. Henry, Gen. Alexander and Major Dodge far up in Wisconsin, at a place 
 called Fort Winnebago. Some Winnebago chiefs came in and reported that Black 
 Hawk was encamped on Rock river. The three officers above named held a council 
 and, although it was in violation of orders, they decided to march directly for the Indian 
 camp, hoping to take them by surprise. General Alexander soon announced that his 
 men refused to go, and Major Dodge that his horses were too much disabled to go, but 
 a body of men soon after arrived from Galena to join Major Dodge's battalion, which 
 made his effective force 120 men. Gen. Henry's brigade was by this time reduced to 
 between five and six hundred men, but only about four hundred and fifty had horses. 
 While making arrangements to start, Gen. Henry discovered that his own men, in- 
 fluenced by association with those of Gen. Alexander, were on the point of open 
 mutiny. Lieutenant-Col. Jeremiah Smith, of one of his regiments, presented to the 
 General a written protest, signed by all the officers of his regiment except Col. Fry, 
 against the expedition. Gen. Henry quietly but firmly ordered the men under arrest 
 for mutiny, assigning a body of soldiers to escort them back to Gen. Atkinson. Col. 
 Smith begged permission to consult a few moments with the officers before anything 
 further was done. In less than ten minutes they were all at the General's quarters, 
 pleading for pardon and pledging themselves to return to duty. Gen. Henry replied 
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 in a few dignified and kindly remarks, and all returned to their duty. Gen. Alexanders 
 men marched back, and the others started in pursuit of the enemy, under the direction 
 of competent guides. Three days' hard marching brought them to Rock river. Here 
 three Winnebagoes gave intelligence that Black Hawk was further up the river. Pre- 
 parations were made for a forced march the next morning, and Dr. Elms Merriman, 
 of Springfield, in company with W. \V. Woodbridge, of Wisconsin, and a chief called 
 Little Thunder, for a guide, were started about dark that evening to convey dispatches 
 down the river to Gen. Atkinson. They had gone but a few miles to the southwest 
 when they fell into a fresh broad trail of the enemy endeavoring to escape. Little 
 Thunder hastened back in terror to the camp to warn the Indians that their efforts to 
 deceive the commanding General were detected. They were all arrested by Major 
 Murrey McConnell, of Jacksonville, and taken to the tent of Gen. Henry, and confessed 
 that they had come into camp and given false information to aid the Indians in their 
 retreat. On the next morning, July 19, a forced march commenced in pursuit of the 
 Indians. On the third day, about four o'clock in the afternoon, the advance guard was 
 fired upon by the savages secreted in the grass. The fight continued until dark, and 
 the men lay on their arms until morning, when it was discovered that the Indians had 
 all crossed the Wisconsin river during the night. Sixty-eight Indians were left dead 
 on the field, and twenty-five more were found dead along the line of march. Only one 
 white man was killed and eight wounded. This has always been known as the battle 
 of the Wisconsin. 
 
 The next dav Gen. Henry found his men too much worn down by fatigue and want of 
 food to pursue the retreating Indians. After two days march he joined Gen. Atkinson 
 at Blue Mounds, with the regulars, and Alexander's and Posey's brigades. It was soon 
 apparent to General Henry and his officers that General Atkinson and all the regular 
 officers were deeply mortified at the success of the militia, who they did not intend 
 should have any credit in the war. After two days' preparation, the whole force, under 
 direction of General Atkinson, took up their line of march, July 25th, in pursuit of the 
 Indians. Crossing the Wisconsin river, and striking the trail of the Indians, the regu- 
 lars were put in front, Dodge's battalion and Posey's and Alexander's brigades came 
 next, and Gen. Henry, with his command, was placed in the rear, in charge of the 
 baggage. All parties clearly understood this to be an insult to Gen. Henry and his 
 brave volunteers for having found, pursued and defeated Black Hawk and his warriors, 
 while the regulars, and Alexander's brigade, who had refused to accompany Henry, 
 were taking their ease at a long distance from the scene of danger. Gen. Henry's 
 brigade keenly felt the insult, and claimed the right to be placed in front, but the Gen- 
 eral never uttered a word of complaint, and his men, following his noble example, 
 quietly trudged on in the rear. After a full week of weary marching, at ten o'clock on 
 the morning of August 2cl, the army reached the bluffs of the Mississippi river, which, 
 at that point, was some distance from the margin of the stream. Black Hawk had ar- 
 rived at the stream a day or two before, and the Indians were crossing as fast as they 
 could. On the first day of August the steamboat Warrior, which had been employed 
 to convey supplies up the river for the army, was coming down, and notwithstanding 
 the Indians displayed a white flag, the captain affected to believe it was only a decoy, gave 
 them fifteen minutes to remove their women and children, when he fired a six-pound can- 
 non, loaded with cannister, into their midst, followed by a severe fire of musketrv. In less
 
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 than an hour twenty-three Indians were murdered, it might almost be said, in cold 
 blood. Black Hawk now turned all his energies to reach the opposite bank of the 
 river. With that object in view he sent twenty warriors to the high bluff. When 
 Gen. Atkinson reached the bluffs on the morning of August 2d, his men were greeted 
 by firing from behind trees. The tall grass made it impossible to learn anything of 
 the force they had to contend with. According to instructions from Black Hawk, 
 when all became engaged they were to retreat to a point three miles up the river. 
 Dodge's battalion led in the chase after the twenty Indians, followed by the regulars 
 and Alexander's and Posey's brigades, all under the immediate direction of Gen. At- 
 kinson. In the hurried pursuit Gen. Henry was called on for a single regiment to 
 cover the rear of the pursuing forces. Otherwise his whole brigade was left without 
 orders. 
 
 Despite the intention to disgrace Gen. Henry and his men, fortune now seemed to 
 favor them. The men under Major Ewing, of the latter brigade, discovered that the 
 trail by which the main body of Black Hawk's forces had reached the river was lower 
 down, and that they were much nearer than the point to which the twenty decoy In- 
 dians were leading the main forces. He who had been placed in the rear as a mark of 
 special disfavor, by the strategy of a few savages, who had thus far triumphed over the 
 veteran General, was now thrown again to the front, and well did he make use of this 
 favorable circumstance. Gen. Henry, being notified of the discovery of the main trail, 
 descending to the foot of the bluff, and there leaving his horses, prepared for an attack. 
 The trail from there to the river was through drift wood, brush and weeds. Eight men 
 were ordered forward to the perilous duty of drawing the fire of the Indians, to ascer- 
 tain where they were. Fully aware of their dangerous mission, they moved boldly 
 forward until they were in sight of the river, when they were fired upon by about fifty 
 Indians. Five of the eight fell, either killed or wounded. Gen. Henry immediately 
 ordered the bugle sounded for a charge. The fiftv Indians fell back to the main body, 
 amounting in all to about three hundred warriors. This made the force about equal on 
 both sides. The fight became general along the whole line; the inspiring strains of the 
 bugle cheering on the volunteers; the Indians were driven from tree to tree until they 
 reached the bank of the river, fighting with the most sublime Courage, and contesting 
 every inch of ground. At the brink the struggle was desperate, but of short duration. 
 The bloody bayonet in the hands of the excited soldiers drove them into the surging 
 waters, where some tried to swim to the opposite shore, others only aimed to reach a 
 small willow island. 
 
 All this was done before the commanding General was aware that the volunteer 
 General and men, whom he intended to punish for having found and defeated the In- 
 dians at the battle of the Wisconsin river, had again found and almost exterminated the 
 main body of the enemy, while he was leading the largest portion of his army after 
 twenty straggling Indians, whom he had not been shrewd enough to detect in their 
 false movements. After the Indians had been driven into the river, Gen. Henry de- 
 spatched Major McConnell to give intelligence to Gen. Atkinson of his movements; 
 but while pursuing the twenty Indians he had heard the firing of Gen. Henry's brigade, 
 and hastening to share in the engagement, met the messenger near the scene of action. 
 Some of the newly arrived forces chai'ged through the water to the island and kept up 
 the fight until all were killed, drowned, captured, or made their escape to the opposite
 
 60 HISTORICAL PRELUDE. 
 
 shore of the river. It was estimated that the Indian loss amounted to one hundred and 
 fifty killed, and as many more drowned, including women and children. But fifty 
 prisoners were taken, mostly squaws and papooses. The largest portion of the Indians es- 
 caped across the river before the battle commenced. The American loss was seventeen 
 killed and twelve wounded. This was called the battle of the Bad Axe, because it 
 was fought in Wisconsin, a short distance below the mouth of the river Bad Axe. It 
 was above Prairie DuChien. 
 
 That Black Hawk brought that great calamity on his people there can be no question, 
 but that he was devoted to their interests his last move testifies beyond a doubt. Find- 
 ing himself and followers almost in a starving condition, pursued by a foe well fed, and 
 otherwise stronger than his own forces, he approached the brink of the river, hoping 
 to reach the opposite bank before his pursuers could overtake him, His means of 
 transportation being inadequate, he finds it impossible to escape. Knowing that his 
 fate is sealed, he doubtless gives hasty orders that the canoes be plied as fast as possible, 
 and looking for the last time upon many who had trusted their all to his guidance, he 
 places himself at the head of a handful of faithful followers, and boldly sallies out to 
 meet the foe one hundred and fifty times stronger than himself, his only hope being to 
 turn them aside until his own people should escape. How his heart must have sunk 
 when he heard the firing and knew there was but one way for it to terminate. When 
 Gen. Atkinson, discovering the ruse, ceased the pursuit of the few and marched to 
 where the battle was raging, Black Hawk, with his twenty followers, made their es- 
 cape up the Mississippi and passed over to the Wisconsin river. They were finally 
 captured, far up that stream, by a party of Sioux and Winnebago Indians, who pro- 
 fessed to sympathize with Black Hawk and his followers, but were ready, like blood 
 hounds, to hunt them down when they most needed friendship, and when there was a 
 seeming opportunity to gain favor with the strong and victorious party. Black Hawk 
 and his friends were delivered to Gen. Street, the United States Indian agent at Prairie 
 
 
 
 DuChien, and sent by Col. Zachary Taylor down to Rock Island. Upon arriving 
 there the cholera was raging, and they were sent down to Jefferson Barracks, Mo., 
 where a treaty was made. Black Hawk and his party were held as hostages for the 
 good behavior of their tribe. They were taken to Washington City, and from there 
 to Fortress Monroe, where they remained uutil July 4, 1833. They were then released, 
 by order of President Jackson, and escorted to Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York, 
 and other cities, and returned by way of the New York canal and northern lakes, 
 thence to their own people, west of the Mississippi river. Black Hawk died, October 3, 
 1840, on the Des Moines river, in Iowa. 
 
 Many of the men engaged in that campaign acquired state and some of them national 
 reputation. Among them may be mentioned Joseph Duncan and Thomas Ford, who 
 became Governors of Illinois, Henry Dodge, who became Governor of Wisconsin, 
 and Zachary Taylor and Abraham Lincoln, who became Presidents of the United 
 States. 
 
 The most remarkable man of all engaged in that campaign was Gen. James D. 
 Henry, and if that had been an age of newspapers and reporters, he would have ac- 
 quired a national reputation at once. That he was the hero of the two principal bat- 
 tles fought in expelling the Indians in that campaign, was known beyond a doubt, and
 
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 so well understood by the Illinois soldiers from all parts of the State, that the opinion 
 was freely expressed that if he had lived he would have been elected Governor by an 
 overwhelming majority, against any other man. Strange as it may seem, he was 
 scarcely heard of outside of the State. This was all owing to the fact that there was 
 but one paper in the State north of Springfield, and that was edited and published by 
 the kind of man that brings odium on the press whenever he touches it. 
 
 Dr. Addison Philleo was one of the men who almost publicly commenced dissecting 
 the body of VayNoy, who was hung in Springfield in November, 1826. He was 
 compelled by the citizens to desist from the disgusting spectacle tmtil the body, was re- 
 moved to a more private place. Dr. Philleo had removed to Galena, and at the time 
 of the Black Hawk war was publishing a paper there, called the Galenian. He at- 
 tached himself to the battalion of Major Henry Dodge, of Wisconsin. Major Dodge's 
 battalion was a part of Gen. Henry's brigade when Black Hawk and his forces were 
 discovered by Gen. Henry. Gov. Ford, in his history, describing the chase of Gen. 
 Henry after Black Hawk, says: "On the third day, about noon, also, the scouts ahead 
 came suddenly upon two Indians, and as they were attempting to escape, one of them 
 ( was killed and left dead on the field. Dr. Addison Philleo, coming along shortly 
 after, scalped this Indian, and for a long time afterwards exhibited the scalp as an 
 evidence of his valor." 
 
 That was the kind of man the world was dependent upon for a history of the Black 
 Hawk campaign. He was the only newspaper man with the army. After the battle 
 of the Wisconsin, Dr. Philleo wrote an account of it for his paper, and that being the 
 first paper it was published in, was copied all over the United States. He chronicled 
 the doings of Major Dodge only, and always spoke of him as General Dodge. Gen. 
 Henry, the real commander, was never mentioned except as a subordinate. By this 
 deception many histories now assert that Dodge was the commander in that war. Gen- 
 eral Henry never made a report of any part of the campaign, and those errors were 
 never officially contradicted. In that campaign he contracted disease of the lungs, and 
 afterwards went south, hoping that the climate and medical treatment would restore 
 his health, but he gradually sank until March 4, 1834, when he died in New Orleans. 
 See his name in the biographical department. 
 
 I have been thus minute in this sketch of the Indian wars, because almost even* 
 family among the early settlers of Sangamon county were represented in the army; 
 and, although they were at a comparatively safe distance from the scene of conflict, 
 yet their sympathies were naturally drawn out towards those who were in danger. 
 Another reason why I have given the subject such prominence is that there is no recent 
 history of those wars accessible to the public. 
 
 The mention I shall make of the part taken by the descendents of the early settlers 
 of Sangamon county in suppressing the great rebellion will partake of a much wider 
 range, but the comparatively recent date of that event, and the publications in almost 
 every house concerning it, precludes the necessity of my attempting any extended ac- 
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 62 HISTORICAL PRELUDE. 
 
 MISCELLANEOUS. 
 
 Under this head I shall record some events that will occasionally he referred to in | 
 the biographical part of the work. By describing them fully here, a bare reference to 
 them hereafter will be understood. The two most important were the " deep snow " 
 and the " sudden change." 
 
 THE DEEP SNOW : What is here spoken of as the " deep snow " must be taken 
 relatively. Snows fall almost every winter much deeper in New York, the New 
 England States, Canada and in the northern latitudes generally. This, however, is 
 distinguished from all others as the "deep snow," because, in this latitude, the like of 
 it was not known before, and has not been known since. A description of it by Rev. 
 J. M. Sturtevant, President of Illinois College, in an address before the Old Settler's 
 Society of Morgan county, at Jacksonville, a few years ago, is the best authority I can 
 find. Having been brought up where such snows were nothing unusual, he would be 
 less likely to be deceived in his judgment than one who had never witnessed the like 
 before. President Sturtevant says: 
 
 "In the interval between Christmas, 1830, and January, 1831, Snow fell all over cen- 
 tral Illinois to a depth of fully three feet on a level. Then came a rain, with weather 
 so cold that it froze as it fell, forming a crust of ice over this three feet of snow, nearlv, 
 if not quite, strong enough to bear a man, and finally, over this crust of ice, there was 
 a few inches of very light snow. The clouds passed away, and the wind came down 
 upon us from the northwest with extraordinary ferocity. For weeks, certainly not less 
 than two weeks, the mercury in the thermometer tube was not, on any one morning, 
 higher than twelve degrees below zero. This snow fall produced constant sleighing 
 for nine weeks." 
 
 The recollection of some of the early settlers is that rain fell for some days, until the 
 earth was saturated with water, and the day before Christmas the rain turned to snow, 
 and the flakes were so large that in a few hours it attained a depth of six inches. I 
 have, time and again, heard this snow described as much more than three feet deep, 
 and no doubt the experience of those making the statements justified them in it. The 
 situation was rather alarming, even to a New England man. There, a few hours of 
 wind blows all the snow from exposed places, and deposits it in valleys and behind hills, 
 where the wind cannot reach it. It is only where the roads cross these receptacles that 
 it is necessary to break a track. It is made the occasion for a frolic with New England 
 people to turn out with ox teams and sleds to break a road, and then thei'e is no more 
 trouble until the next snow storm. Such work here would have been useless. In this 
 level countrv the drifting never ceases as long as the snow lasts. Any number of teams 
 might break a track, but it would fill behind them in a few moments. The only way 
 they finally made roads here was by wallowing through it, and going as near the same 
 place as they could, until the snow was trodden hard and rounded up like a turnpike 
 road. Many instances have been related where teams, attempting to pass each other 
 on these raised roads, found it too narrow, and the result was that one if not both the 
 vehicles would be upset, leaving the occupants and teams floundering in the snow. To
 
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 regain the proper position on the road was not always an easy task. Long after the 
 great body of the snow melted off, these roads remained. One man, describing them, 
 said they looked like silver threads, stretching over the prairies as far as the eye could 
 reach. 
 
 Railroads were not then dreamed of, but they would have been, for several weeks, as 
 utterly useless as though they were sunk out of sight in the earth. Snow plows would 
 be of no avail in such a storm as that, for the track would fill, in less than an hour, 
 behind any train that might force its way though. Quoting again from President 
 Sturtevant, he says: "It is a consolation that such a winter has never occurred but 
 once in the memory of man. But what has happened once may happen again. If it 
 docs we shall get a very definite idea how important our railroads are to us, and we 
 shall be very glad that the snow is not over the telegraph wires." In the latter clause 
 he no doubt had reference to the fact that in those days, when everything was right, 
 they did not have or expect a mail more than once a week, but even that was inter- 
 rupted for several weeks during the " deep snow." 
 
 That snow come so early in the season that it caught nearly all their corn in the 
 fields, and it was very difficult to obtain enough of it to keep stock from perishing. 
 Few had any milling done, and the devices were numerous to reduce the grain to a 
 condition fine enough to be baked into something resembling bread. Some of them 
 will be described. I will here give a few incidents illustrating some of the straits the 
 people were put to in order to preserve life and property. 
 
 Among the earliest settlers on Sugar creek was a man by the name of Stout no re- 
 lation to any of that name now in the county. He had raised a family, but his wife 
 
 had died, and his children had married and left him alone. He built a small cabin in 
 
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 the woods, and in that he did his own cooking, slept, and worked at making bread 
 trays, wooden bowls, rolling pins, wooden ladles, and such other implements as every 
 household was in need of. He traded the products of his labor for something to eat or 
 wear, seldom receiving or expecting any money. He lived very comfortably until the 
 " deep snow " come. Then his open cabin and scant supply, of bedding was not suffi- 
 cient to keep him warm. He went around among his neighbors and tried to obtain 
 some addition to his bedding, but found them all deficient in that respect themselves. 
 He finally solved the difficulty by felling a large tree near his cabin, took a cut from it 
 of suitable length, and made a trough inside, the full length of his body, and hewed it 
 oft" on the outside until it was light and thin enough for him to handle easily. He 
 would then make his bed on some chips or shavings, as he had done before, first bring- 
 ing his trough along side, and when snugly covered up, he would take the trough and 
 turn it over himself for covering. As soon as the warmth of his body filled the space 
 he would be comfortable, and could lay snug and warm until morning. There was 
 neither floor nor chimney to his cabin, so he made the fire on the ground. When the 
 weather was extremely cold he would move his fire just before retiring, scraping the 
 coals and ashes carefully away, and then make his bed where the fire had been during 
 the day. This is a new proof of the oft repeated adage, that " Necessity is the mother 
 of invention." 
 
 DEATHS ix THK SNOW: Very many cases occurred of persons being lost in the 
 snow, ending in death. I will mention a few here, but others will be referred to in the 
 succeeding parts of the work.
 
 64 HISTORICAL PRELUDE. 
 
 A man named William Saxton lived, on Lick creek, above Loami. He went hunt- 
 ing, and failing to return, his friends and neighbors went in search of him, and found 
 his body about one mile from his home, where he had sunk down, and appeared as if 
 asleep. 
 
 Samuel Legg started from Sugar creek, not far above where the C. and A. railroad 
 now crosses, intending to go to Richland timber, near where Pleasant Plains now 
 stands. He was not heard of until the next April, when the remains of himself and 
 horse were found, nearly consumed by wolves. He had gone but a few miles, as the 
 body was found on what is now the farm of John B. Fowler, a few miles west of 
 Chatham. A bottle with a small quantity of whiskey was found near his remains. 
 
 A man started from the timber on Horse creek to chase a wolf while the snow was 
 falling. He was not seen nor heard of until the next spring, when his body was found 
 at a place called Willow grove, in Shelby county. His horse and dog were found with 
 him, and all had perished together. The distance was about forty miles from where 
 he started. It was thought that he became bewildered by the falling snow, and con- 
 tinued his efforts until his horse, dog and himself sank down to die. 
 
 William Workman w>ent hunting in the Lick creek timber, south of Loami. He 
 walked on the crust of the snow, and was approaching a deer for the purpose of shoot- 
 ing it. Without being aware of it, he was over a ravine of considerable depth. The 
 crust broke and he went down. Raising his rifle gun he could barely reach the crust 
 with it. By tramping the snow under his feet until it became solid, he found himself 
 gradually rising with the slope of the ground, and by reaching up with his gun and 
 breaking the crust, he finally escaped, but he says it was a long and laborious operation. 
 Simeon Vancil relates an experience very similar. 
 
 So completely did the snow cover everything that wild game was accustomed to 
 feed upon, that the deer, turkey, and some other kinds of game, were almost extermi- 
 nated. There was another reason why it was destructive to the deer. That animal 
 runs by a succession of leaps, and, as a natural consequence, the faster they ran the 
 greater would be the force with which they struck the snow. When pursued by dogs, 
 a few vigorous leaps would stop them short, their small, sharp hoofs breaking through 
 the crust, would leave them helpless, with their bodies resting on the snow. At the 
 same time a dog or wolf of equal weight would pass safely over, because, by their 
 manner of running, they did not strike the snow with such force, and even if they had, 
 their soft, pad-like feet would be less likely to break the crust. 
 
 It required but a short time, thus shut off from food, for the deer to become too lean 
 for venison. All thoughtful people then abstained from killing them, but there were 
 others who thought only of the sport, and destroyed them where and when they could. 
 Dogs and wolves, learning that they could be made to break through the crust and be- 
 come disabled, chased down and destroyed great numbers of them. From all these 
 causes the deer were almost exterminated, and they never become plentiful afterwards. 
 
 Mr. Simeon Vancil, who came to the county in the fall of 1818, says that it was 
 very common to see large quantities of buffalo bones on the highest points of land. In 
 explanation of that there was a tradition among the Indians who remained in the 
 country to hunt, after the white settlers come in, that there had been a " deep snow " 
 about thirty years before, say about 1800, and that the buffalo, herding together on the
 
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 highest ground, because the snow was thinnest, remained there and perished with cold 
 , and hunger. Of course this was only given as a tradition, coming from the Indians. 
 There could be no corroborative testimony from civilized men, for the simple reason 
 that there were none in the country. 
 
 THE SUDDEN CHANGE: Soon after commencing the collection of materials for 
 this work, I was frequently asked the question, " Has any person told you about the 
 sudden change?" My answers at first would, for obvious reasons, be in the negative. 
 The interrogator would then undertake to give me an account of it, but I was never 
 able to learn that any person in the county had kept a record of the indications of a 
 thermometer at that time, or that there was a thermometer in the county; and fora 
 long time I could not ascertain the year in which it took place. 
 
 In an interview with Mr. Washington Crowder, the date was settled in his own 
 peculiar method. Mr. Crowder remembers that on the morning of December 20, 1836, 
 he started from a point on Sugar creek about eight miles south of Springfield, to the 
 latter place, for the purpose of obtaining a license for the marriage of himself and Miss 
 Isabel Laughlin. He had finished his courting on the nineteenth, with the understand- 
 ing that the marriage was to take place on the twenty-first, leaving the twentieth for 
 obtaining the license. There were several inches of snow on the ground, but rain was 
 then falling slowly, and had been, long enough to turn the snow to slush. Every time 
 the horse put his foot down it went through the slush, splashing it out on all sides. 
 Mr. Crowder was carrying an umbrella to protect himself from the rain, and wore an 
 overcoat reaching nearly to his feet. When he had traveled something like half the 
 distance, and had reached a point about four miles south of Springfield, he had a fair 
 view of the landscape, ten or twelve miles west and north. He saw a very dark cloud, 
 a little north of west, and it appeared to be approaching him very rapidly, accompanied 
 by a terrific, deep, bellowing sound. He thought it prudent to close his umbrella, lest 
 the wind should snatch it from his hands, and dropped the bridle reins on the neck of 
 his horse for that purpose. Having closed the umbrella and put it under his arm, he 
 was in the act of taking hold of the bridle rein, when the cold wave struck him. At 
 that instant water was dripping from every thing about him, but \vhen he drew the 
 reins taut, ice rattled from them. The water and slush was almost instantly turned to 
 ice, and running water on sloping ground was congealed as suddenly as molten lead 
 would harden and form in ridges if poured on the ground. Mr. Crowder expressed 
 himself quite sure that within fifteen minutes from the time the cold blast reached him 
 his horse walked on top of the snow and water, so suddenly did it freeze. 
 
 When he arrived in Springfield he rode up to a store at the west side of Fifth street, 
 between Adams and Monroe, a few doors south of where Bunn's bank now stands. 
 He there attempted to dismount, but was unable to move, his overcoat holding him as 
 firmly as though it had been made of sheet iron. He then called for help, and two 
 men come out, who tried to lift him off, but his clothes were frozen to the saddle, which 
 they ungirthed, and then carried man and saddle to the fire and thawed them asunder. 
 After becoming sufficiently warm to do so, Mr. Crowder went to the county clerk's 
 office, obtained his license, and by driving his horse before him, returned to where he 
 had started in the morning. The next day he started on horseback, but found the 
 traveling so difficult on the ice that he dismounted, tied up the bridle, left his horse to 
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 66 HISTORICAL PRELUDE. 
 
 find the way back home, and went on foot to the house of his affianced, where he was 
 married at the time appointed. Mr. Crowder admits that it was a very thorough test 
 of his devotion, but it must be conceded that he proved himself equal to the emer- 
 gency. 
 
 Other evidences of the suddenness and intensity of the cold are numerous. Rev. 
 Josiah Porter, of Chatham see his name remembers that the cold wave reached 
 Chatham about half past twelve o'clock, noon; that he consulted his watch at the time, 
 and knows he is correct. His recollection of the suddenness and intensity of the cold 
 corroborates the account given by Mr. Crowder. Although Mr. Porter was in Chat- 
 ham at the time of the sudden change, and resides there now, he was then doing the 
 work of an evangelist, which led to his traveling over a large portion of Illinois and 
 Indiana. In the discharge of his duties he became acquainted with a remarkable cir- 
 cumstance that occurred in what is now the west part of Douglas county, near the cor- 
 ner of Piatt and Moultrie counties. Two brothers by the name of Deeds had gone 
 out to cut a bee tree, and were overtaken by the cold and frozen to death. Their bodies 
 were found ten days later, about three miles from home. 
 
 The extent of that cold wave may not be generally known. That it first touched 
 the earth west or north-west of here is highly probable, from the fact that it reached 
 here at half past twelve, noon, according to the time noted by Mr. Porter. He also 
 learned that it was nearly sundown when the cold reached the point in Douglas county 
 where the two brothers perished. I also learned from a gentlemen in this county that 
 at the fime, his father kept a hotel at Labanon, Ohio, and although his account would 
 indicate that the cold wave had spent some of its force, yet when it arrived there it froze 
 some wagons fast in the mud in an incredibly short time, while some travelers were 
 discussing the terms for staying all night. It reached there at nine o'clock. Putting 
 the statements as to time and place together, it would appear that the cold wave trav- 
 eled something near three hundred miles in eight and a half hours, or about thirtv-five 
 miles an hour. These statements have been given to me altogether from memory, 
 more than thirty-five years after the event, and no doubt vary greatly from what a 
 scientific report at the time would have presented. 
 
 A great many instances have been related to me, in all parts of the county, of the 
 suffering by men and animals. It has been told me time and again that chickens and 
 geese, also hogs and cows, were frozen in the slush as they stood, and unless they were 
 extricated by cutting the ice from about their feet, remained there to perish. 
 
 Andrew Heredith was a merchant miller and pork packer in Cincinnati, Ohio. 
 Through misfortunes incident to business he failed. Among other misfortunes, he had 
 a pork house burn there. Preston Breckenridge, of this county, happened to be in 
 Cincinnati, and remembers being an eye witness to the burning. After his failure, 
 Mr. Heredith was aided by friends to commence business in Sangamon county. He 
 built a flouring mill about three miles west of Loami, near what is called Lick creek, 
 and called the place Millville. He bought wheat and made flour; also bought and 
 drove fat hogs to St. Louis. In the fall of 1836 he bought and drove two lots to St. 
 Louis, and made some money each time. He used all the capital at his command, and 
 all the credit his successes gave him, and collected a third drove of between 1,000 and 
 1,^00 hogs, and was driving them to St. Louis. The country was so sparsely settled
 
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 that he found it expedient to start with three or four wagons, loaded with corn to feed 
 the hogs. When a load was fed out there were generally a sufficient number of hogs 
 exhausted by traveling to load the wagon. Mr. Heredith had reached a point on the 
 open prairie eight miles south of Scottville, Macoupin county, when the cold wave 
 overtook him. Finding that men and animals were likely to perish, he called the men 
 together, upset all except one of the wagons, in order to leave the corn and hogs 
 together, righted up the wagons, and with all the men in them, drove to the nearest 
 house, and before they could reach there all became more or less frozen, but none lost 
 their lives. 
 
 The hogs, thus abandoned, piled on each other. Those on the inside smothered, and 
 those on the outside froze. A pyramid of about 500 dead hogs was thus built. The 
 others wandered about and were reduced to skeletons by their sufferings from the cold, 
 the whole proving a total loss. Mr. Heredith was a man of good business qualifications, 
 and of great energy. He was making superhuman efforts to retrieve his fortunes, but 
 that blow crushed him; he never rose again, but sank down and in a short time died. 
 In the biographical part, see his name. 
 
 JAMES HARVEY HILDRETH: At the time Rev. Mr. Porter gave me his recollec- 
 tions connected with the " sudden change," he told me that some years later he met a 
 man in DeWitt county, by the name of Hildreth, who was crippled in his hands and 
 feet. He said Mr. Hildreth informed him that it had been caused by his being caught 
 away from shelter at the time of the " sudden change." Mr. Hildreth then gave him 
 a detailed account of his sufferings and experience, which Mr. Porter gave to me from 
 memory. This made such an impression on my mind that I was anxious to know 
 more of the incident. In the course of my travels over the county, I was at the house 
 of Mrs. Thomas J. Turley. See the Turley and Trotter names. How the subject 
 came up I do not remember, but I learned from Mrs. Turley that Mr. Hildreth was 
 her cousin. She gave me additional information, and referred me to another cousin 
 of herself and Mr. Hildreth Mr. Moses Kenny, of Kenny, Logan county. I deferred 
 writing to that gentleman until I was drawing my work to a close, and when I did so, 
 was answered by Mr. John Kenny, of the same place, who informed me that his 
 brother Moses was dead. Mr. John Kenny answered all my inquiries, and referred 
 me to Mr. A. L. Barnett, of Clinton, DeWitt county. He, also, kindly responded. All 
 the parties consulted bear the very highest character for truthfulness. It is from this 
 mass of information that I give the following account of the case. Although the par- 
 ticular event I am about to relate did not occur in this county, it illustrates an atmos- 
 pheric phenomena that affected this entire region of country j and was so remakable 
 that the like of it is not on record, nor known by any person now living, and it is to be 
 hoped that it may never be known again. It is to be regretted that there is no scien- 
 tific knowledge on record of the event. The country was so new, and the settlers of a 
 class generally of limited education, so much so that I have been unable to learn of a 
 family in the county who owned a thermometer at the time. But now to the subject. 
 
 James H. Hildreth was born about 1812, in Bourbon county, Ky. He came to Illi- 
 nois about 1833 or '4, and settled on Vermilion river, near Georgetown, Vermilion 
 county, and engaged in cattle trading. Mr. Hildreth, then twenty-four or twenty-five 
 years of age, was a very stout and rugged young man. He left home on the nineteenth
 
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 of December, 1836, in company with another young man by the name of Frame, in- 
 tending to go to Chicago, both on horseback. On the second day out, December 2oth, 
 they entered the border of a large prairie, and the next timber was many miles distant, 
 on Hickory creek, a tributary of Iroquois river, and now in Iroquois county. It 
 rained all the forenoon, and the earth was covered with water. They encountered a 
 slough containing so much water they did not like to attempt passing through it. In 
 order to head the slough they rode some miles in a northeast direction, and having 
 crossed it, turned northwest to regain their course. That was about the middle of the 
 afternoon. It suddenly ceased raining and the cold wave came in all its fury from the 
 northwest, striking them square in the face. They were then out of sight of any 
 human habitation, and their horses became absolutely unmanageable, and drifted with 
 the wind, or across it, until dark closed in upon them. How long they were discussing 
 what to do is not stated, but they finally agi'eed to kill each the others horse. They 
 dismounted and Hildreth killed Frame's horse. They took out the entrails, and both 
 crawled into the carcass as far as they could, and lay there, as near as Hildreth could 
 judge, until about midnight. The animal heat from the carcass having become ex- 
 hausted, they crawled out, intending that Frame should kill Hildreth's horse, and both 
 crawl into it. Just then the one having the knife dropped it, and it being dark, they 
 were unable to find it. Being thus foiled in their purpose, they both huddled about 
 the living horse as best they could, until about four o'clock in the morning. Frame 
 by that time was so benumbed with the cold that he became sleepy, and notwithstand- 
 ing Hildreth used every exertion to keep him up, he sank down in a sleep from which 
 he never awakened. 
 
 The feelings of Hildreth at this juncture can only be left to the imagination. He 
 managed, by jumping about, to keep from freezing until daylight, when he got on his 
 horse and started in search of shelter. In mounting he dropped his hat, and was afraid 
 to get off, fearing he would never be able to mount again. Thus, bare headed, he 
 wandered about for some time, until he reached the bank of a stream, supposed to be 
 Vermilion river. Seeing a house on the opposite shore, he hallooed as best he could 
 until he attracted the attention of the man, who, after learning what he wanted, said 
 he could not assist him. A canoe was lying at the opposite shore, but he affected to be 
 afraid of the running ice. Hildreth then offered him a large price if he would cut a 
 tree and let it fall over the stream so that he could cross. The man still refused, and 
 directed Hildreth to a grove which he said was a mile distant, where he would find a 
 house. He went, but it was five miles, and the house proved to be a deserted cabin. 
 He returned to the river opposite the house, called again for help, and was refused. He 
 then dismounted, crawled to the bank, and found that the ice had closed and was suffi- 
 ciently strong to bear him, and he crawled over. Arriving at the fence, the brutal 
 owner of the place refused to help him, and he tumbled over it, and crawling in the 
 house, laid down near the fire. Hildreth lay and begged for assistance, and when the 
 man would have relented and done something, his wife restrained him. The 
 frozen man lay there until four o'clock that afternoon, when some hog drovers came 
 along and moved him to another house, where he was properly cared for. The name 
 of the inhuman wretch was Benjamin Russ. After learning of his inhumanity, a move- 
 ment was made to punish him, but he fled. Mr. Hildreth always expressed the belief 
 that his offering to pay liberally for cutting a tree across the river, led them to think
 
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 that he had a large amount of money, and that if, by their neglect, he perished, they 
 could obtain it. Such a being was very rare among the early settlers of central Illinois, 
 who were remarkable for their readiness to divide their comforts with all new comers, 
 and especially those who were in affliction. 
 
 Mr. Hildreth met with a heavy loss, financially, by his failure to go to Chicago. He 
 was conveyed back to the house of his brother in Vermilion county, where all the toes 
 were taken from both feet, and the bones of all his fingers, except one joint of the 
 thumb on his right hand, which enabled him to hold a pen or a drover's whip. Soon 
 after recovering sufficiently to enable him to travel, he removed to DeWitt county, where 
 he continued trading in cattle. He was married, April 7, 1847, in DeWitt county, to 
 Adaline Hall. His left foot never healed entirely, and nearly twenty-two years after 
 his misfortune, it became alarming, and he had the leg amputated below the knee. It 
 soon healed, but his lungs, already diseased, caused his death about the middle of June, 
 1858, near Mt. Pulaski, Illinois. 
 
 He has three children now living. Henry resides near Chesnut, Logan county. 
 John lives in Logan county, near Kenny, DeWitt county. His daughter Sarah mar- 
 ried William Weedman, and resides near Farmer City. Mrs. Adaline Hijdreth mar- 
 ried Harrison Meacham, and resides near Clinton, DeWitt county, Illinois. 
 
 Notwithstanding his great calamity, James H. Hildreth was a useful man in the 
 community where he lived. Most men would have given up in despair, and become a 
 charge upon their friends; but he was active and energetic, and continued in the busi- 
 ness of a farmer and stock dealer until he was physically unable to do more. 
 
 Mr. Preston Breckenridge expresses the opinion that the velocity of the cold wave, 
 given in another part of this sketch, is too slow. He thinks it must have moved at 
 least seventy miles an hour, judging from his present knowledge on the subject. He 
 had just taken his dinner, and was sitting near a window, between one and two o'clock 
 in the afternoon, in view of a pool of water, ten or twelve inches deep. He heard a 
 terrific roaring sound. Suddenly the rain ceased, and it became quite dark. The first 
 touch of the blast scooped all the water out of the pool. Some of it returned, but in 
 a moment it was blown out again, and scattered in frost and ice, leaving the pool empty, 
 and the bottom frozen dry. He says it had been raining slowly all the fore part of the 
 day, and so warm that he thinks a thermometer would have stood as high as forty de- 
 grees above zero, possibly higher, and that the first touch of the tempest would have 
 brought it down to zero in a second of time. Mr. Breckenridge is well acquainted 
 with many incidents illustrating the unparalleled suddenness and severity of the cold. 
 He relates a case of two young men who lost their lives near Paris, Edgar county, 
 Illinois, after efforts to save themselves similar to those made by Hildreth and his friend. 
 I might cite any number of incidents illustrating the intense suffering caused by the 
 : cold in Sangamon county, but the number of those who perished was comparatively 
 small, for the reason that jt was more thickly settled than the county north and east. 
 There must have been about ten thousand inhabitants in the county at the time. 
 
 A REMARKABLE INCIDENT: The following incident was related to me by Benj. 
 F. Irwin, who received the statement from Rev. John M. Berry, a Cumberland Pres- 
 byterian Minister, who resided a short distance northeast of Pleasant Plains. Families 
 coming into the new settlements were many times put to great inconvenience to pro
 
 70 HISTORICAL PRELUDE. 
 
 cure food, and especially breadstuff. Stealing was seldom resorted to, as there was a 
 general desire to divide with new comers. A man who owned a mill, occasionally 
 missed meal and flour, and concluded to lay in wait and see what would be the result. 
 Soon after dark one evening, he placed himself under the bolting chest, and had not 
 long to wait. A man entered the mill, and the first thing he did was to kneel down 
 and pray fervently for pardon for what he was about to do. He laid his whole case 
 before the Lord; told him of his willingness to work, his inability to obtain employ- 
 ment by which he could earn bread, and asked the Lord to open the way for him, and 
 as though he fully expected his prayer to be answered, he took only a sufficient quan- 
 tity of flour to supply his immediate necessities, and was about to depart. The owner 
 of the mill recognized the man as one for whom he had formed a feeling of great re- 
 spect, and would have been willing to help if he had known that he was destitute. He 
 called out from his place of concealment for the man to stop. A real thief would have 
 run, but the man with the flour halted without hesitation, when he was told to fill his 
 sack, and when that was gone to come and get more. They were friends before, but 
 were much warmer friends after, to the end of their lives. The facts were kept quiet, 
 and the names of the parties were never known except to a small number of persons; 
 but the miller ever after asserted that he had more confidence in that man than any 
 other he ever saw. The sequel proved that the miller must have been a man of sterling 
 principle, for if he had been like ordinary mortals, the other would have been ruined. 
 
 PANTHERS: -John Harlan was among the earliest settlers. He heard a coon making 
 a piteous noise, went out with his gun and found a panther trying to catch it. He shot 
 that and two other panthers in succession, and that gave the name to Panther creek, or 
 Painter creek, as it was generally spoken. 
 
 A boy by the name of Jordan, at the age of 14 years, shot a panther in the Lick 
 creek timber, in what is now Loami township. When dead it was found to measure 
 eleven feet from the tip of its nose to the tip of its tail. 
 
 A Mrs. Brown, wife of Henry Brown, who was an early settler on Lick creek, in 
 what is now Chatham township, had been to one of her neighbors, and was returning, 
 late in the afternoon, on foot, accompanied by two large dogs. The dogs ran to her, 
 one on each side, which caused her to look, when she saw a huge panther on each side 
 of the road. She walked quietly forward, the dogs keeping close to her side, and so 
 passed the danger. She regarded her escape as almost miraculous, and never could 
 speak of it without a shudder. 
 
 MILLS AND MILLING: Before mills were built here the settlers had to go to 
 Eclvvardsville for grinding; but sixty or seventy miles was too far to take a grist every 
 day, and it was necessary that something should be more readily obtained. A piece of 
 tin that can now be had anywhere for a few cents, was then an object of great interest. 
 Every old tin vessel was saved, torn in pieces, cut to a suitable size, punched full of 
 holes, and nailed to a board for a grater. While the corn was. soft, meal could be grated 
 in a very short time, sufficient to make bread for a whole family, by rubbing an ear of 
 corn back and forth on the grater. That implement is always pronounced by the old 
 settlers "gritter" 
 
 Mr. William Drennan remembers that the first mill in Sangamon county was built 
 by Daniel Liles on the farm where Daniel G. Jones now resides, near Horse creek, and
 
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 on the line between Ball and Cotton Hill townships. It was erected in the fall of 1819, 
 and was made on the plan known as a band mill. That was a horizontal wheel, with 
 arms fifteen feet or more in length, and of sufficient height for the horses to pass under 
 the arms. Several holes would be bored near the outer end of these arms. One wooden 
 pin was placed in each one of the arms. A band of rawhide stretched around those 
 pins and the trunnel head would communicate the power to the burrs, which were 
 usually made of any loose stone picked up on the prairies. A mill of that kind would 
 grind eight or ten bushels a day. Liles' mill never had any roof, and when it rained 
 the track became very muddy. If his customers complained, he would assume an air 
 of injured innocence and ask if they expected him to work in the rain. If they said 
 no, but that he should do it when the weather was fair, his invariable reply was, that 
 they did not need it then. The people came to this mill thirty or forty miles, and 
 although it was kept running day and night, sometimes they would have to wait sev- 
 eral days for a turn at the mill. One man told me that when he was a boy his parents 
 started him to mill, supplied with an extra quantity of feed for his horses and some 
 meat for himself, with the understanding that he was to parch corn as a substitute for 
 bread. He had to wait so long for his turn that when it came he had nothing to grind, 
 himself and horses having consumed all the corn, and he would have been compelled 
 to lose his turn, but the miller kindly loaned him a grist, which he repaid the next time 
 he went to mill. 
 
 The earliest mills were only intended for grinding corn, and at first no effort was 
 made for bolting flour, but those who raised the first wheat would cut it with the old 
 fashioned reap hooks, called sickles, thresh it on the ground with a flail, separate the 
 chaff and wheat by a man taking a measure of wheat, standing on an elevated place, 
 and pouring it out slowly, with a shaking motion, while two others stood below with a 
 common bed sheet, folded double, and taking hold of each end and giving it a quick 
 motion toward the failing wheat, would thus blow the chaff away, while the wheat, 
 being heavier, would fall perpendicular. The wheat thus cleaned would be taken to 
 the corn mill and ground, of course very imperfectly. The next point was to separate 
 the bran from the flour. At first this was done by making a light frame, three or four 
 feet long, and one and a half by two feet wide, and stretching a piece of the thinnest 
 cloth that could be obtained, over it. Some of the wheat meal would be put on this 
 cloth and the frame shaken from right to left, after the manner of a seive or meal sifter, 
 and the finest part of the wheat meal would go through. That was made into bread, 
 usually biscuit. That implement was called a search, usually pronounced sarch. Some 
 of the earliest settlers will tell you that the sweetest morsel they ever tasted in 
 their whole lives was the first piece of wheat bread thus made, after having been a 
 whole year, and sometimes longer, living on the coarsest of corn bread. 
 
 HONESTY OF THE EARLY SETTLERS: John Sims remembers that a few years after 
 they came to the settlement their corn was all frost bitten, and he went to Madison 
 county to obtain corn for seed and bread. He had to pay $1.00 per bushel for it, and 
 wishing to haul all he could, he filled some sacks and laid them across the corn in the 
 wagon bed. He stalled in the mud, in Macoupin county, and left his wagon there, 
 several miles from any house, and where people traveling hundreds of miles had to 
 pass it. When he went home for more teams, some unexpected obstacles presented 
 themselves, and it was two weeks or more before he returned. When he did so, some
 
 72 HISTORICAL PRELUDE. 
 
 of his corn was gone, but closer examination revealed the fact that money was tied in 
 the sacks from which the corn was taken. Some was tied with horse hairs and some 
 with strings, in small bunches, in all between eight and ten dollars; sufficient to fully 
 compensate for the corn taken. He has hauled dry goods and groceries, in large and 
 small packages, has stalled and left his wagon for days and weeks, and never knew 
 anything to be stolen. 
 
 When the land office was opened, in 1823, in Springfield, the receiver was ordered to 
 send the coin to Louisville, Ky. The route was so difficult to travel and so long, that he 
 was permitted, after one effort, to send.it to St. Louis for safe keeping. Mr. Sims had a 
 good team, and was called on to do the hauling. On more than one occasion he has 
 loaded his wagon with boxes of gold and silver, amounting to from thirty to fifty thousand 
 dollars. He has gone without any guard, been two or three nights on the road, would 
 feed his horses tied to the wagon, sleep on some straw thrown over the boxes, and was 
 never molested, and never thought there was danger. 
 
 A SNAKE STORY: Gen. James Adams was bitten by a rattlesnake in 1821, and 
 wishing to obtain some rattlesnake oil, he advertised that he would pay fifty cents for 
 the first one brought to him, and in order to make sure of getting one, he offered 
 twenty-five cents for each additional one. A man by the name of Barnes found a den 
 near the mouth of Spring creek, killed all he could, loaded them in a wagon, drove to 
 Springfield, and left his wagon in an out-of-the-way place. He first took one snake 
 and received fifty cents, then two, and received twenty-five cents each. He then took 
 Gen. Adams to the wagon and showed him the whole load. Adams refused to pay for 
 them. Barnes then called his attention to the advertisement, but he still refused. 
 Barnes then called on two men, Reuben Burden and John White, who counted the 
 load, and there were 122 snakes. He then demanded his money, $30.75. This brought 
 the General 'to a compromise, and the matter was settled by his paying $5.00 extra. 
 Joseph E. McCoy is my authority. 
 
 Albion Knotts says that when they come to the country, in 1819, his father soon 
 learned that the next supply of shoes for his family would have to be manufactured by 
 himself, although he- had never made a shoe. This discovery was barely made when 
 he found that he must produce the leather also, as there were no tanners in the country. 
 He first cut down a large oak tree, peeled off the bark and laid it up to dry. He 
 dug a trough in the log, as large as it would make, for a tan vat. He then gathered 
 up all the hides he could obtain. The next question was how to remove the hair. It 
 was known that it could not be done by regular tanners' process, both for want of the 
 proper materials, and the knowledge in using them. Some person suggested that it 
 might be done with water and ashes, but great caution would be necessary, lest the 
 solution be made too strong. In that event it would ruin the hides. In his extreme 
 caution he did not make it strong enough, and so removed but a little more than half 
 the hair. In place of grinding the bark he beat it up on a stump with the poll of an 
 axe. He then put the hides in the trough, covered them with the pulverized bark, put 
 on weights to keep the mass down, and filled the trough with water, changing the 
 bark several times during the summer. As winter approached he took the hides out, 
 though not more than half tanned, and made them into shoes. He made them on what 
 was called the stick dou<n plan. That is, in place of turning the upper leather under 
 the last, it was turned outward and sewed with a straight awl through the upper and
 
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 sole. This would make a walk all around the shoe that a mouse might travel on. It 
 was frequently the case that awls could not be obtained. Then they would take a 
 common table fork, break off one of the tines, and sharpen the other for the awl. 
 Shoes made as I have described, with the upper leather hair side out, not more than 
 half of it removed, and without any blacking, would certainly look very odd. There 
 can be little doubt that the above is a fair description of the first tanning and shoe 
 making ever done in Sangamon county. 
 
 When the first settlers came there were no stores filled with dry goods, as there are 
 now, and if the goods had been in the country there was no money to buy them. The 
 onlv way families could supply themselves with clothing was to produce the materials 
 and manufacture their own goods. Those who first came from the Southern States 
 as most of them did brought their cotton, flax and hemp seed, raised the fibre and did 
 all the work. They at first picked the seed by hand, carded it on hand cards, spun it 
 on wheels designed for 'spinning wool or flax, wove it into cloth, and made it into gar- 
 ments for men and women's wear. That which was designed for underclothing was 
 
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 prepared without coloring, as a matter of course, but for outer garments, and particu- 
 larly ladies' dresses, something better was required. Some among the earliest brought 
 a little indigo, madder, and same other drugs, but for greater variety and economy, a 
 large number of barks were used, such as black walnut, butternut, several varieties of 
 oak, hickory, etc. When peach trees grew the leaves were used for making one of the 
 brightest colors. Some of the cotton yarn, dyed with each of those colors, skilfully 
 arranged in weaving, and made into dresses, looked remarkablv well. Some of the 
 old boys now living say that the young ladies of their time, thus attired, looked equally 
 as charming in their eyes as those of the present era, with their flounces made of goods 
 from the looms -of Lyons and the shops of Paris, do to our young men. Flax and tow 
 was never colored, and was mostly used for men and boys' wear in the summer. A 
 tow shirt, with a draw string around the neck, and reaching below the knees, was a full 
 dress in summer for boys up to ten or twelve years of age. Some of our most sub- 
 stantial farmers were thus attired in their boyhood days. 
 
 Elisha Primm says that his father built a cotton gin in 1822. He says that from the 
 time the first settlers came into the county until .the winter of the "deep snow," 1830 
 and '31, this was as good a cotton country as Georgia. He says that this was attested 
 by men familiar with cotton growing in the Southern States. Elisha attended the gin 
 built by his father, which was run by horse power. The people brought cotton to be 
 ginned, from all distances up to twenty miles. Sometimes it would accumulate on his 
 hands until he would have as much as 3,000 pounds. The price for ginning was a toll 
 of one pound in every eight, after the cotton was ginned. It sold from 12 to i6^i cents 
 per pound, and occasionally higher. After the "deep snow" the seasons appeared to 
 shorten, and cotton was generally bitten by the frost before it had time to mature, and 
 cotton raising was finally abandoned. It seemed as though the seasons were overruled 
 so as to be adapted to the wants of the pioneer settlers, when there was no other wav 
 for them to be supplied with clothing, but when roads were opened and capital came 
 in, bringing merchandise, the seasons gravitated back to their normal condition. 
 
 FIRST PRODUCE MARKETED: Mr. William Drennen believes that the first pro- 
 duce marketed in the county was on Sugar creek, in the Summer of 1818. George 
 Cox sold half a dozen small green pumpkins to an Indian for twelve and a half cents. 
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 74 HISTORICAL PRELUDE. 
 
 i 
 This note was written while 1 was standing on the spot, a few yards north of the 
 
 Sulphur Springs, south of Loami, where once stood a sycamore tree in which A. E. 
 Meacham took a ten foot rail, held it in a horizontal position against his waist, and 
 turned entirely around inside the tree. It was about eighteen feet in diameter outside, 
 and was long used as a wigwam by the Indians. The entrance was at the east side. 
 It was safe when there were only Indians 'in the country, but some vandal, claiming to 
 be civilized, set fire to it and burned it down. 
 
 The Sulphur Spring spoken of above, bubbles up at the foot of a hill near Lick creek, 
 and in its natural state, when animals approached it to drink the water, was a quag- 
 mire, but the early settlers made an excavation, eight or nine feet deep, and walled it 
 up, so that the water flows out over the top of the wall, clear and pure. Soon after it 
 was thus improved two old topers, on a very hot day, visited the spring, taking with 
 them a jug of whisky, intending to have a good time laying in the shade near by, 
 drinking their whisky, and for variety, taking an occasional sip at the sulphur water. 
 One of them undertook to cool the whisky by holding the jug in the water, and while 
 doing so let it slip from his grasp. To cut a forked limb from a tree and make a hook 
 of it would be too much work. In order to rescue the jug, the one who let it slip con- 
 sented that the other should take him by the heels and let him down head foremost. 
 The whiskv was secured in that way, at the imminent risk of drowning one or both of 
 the men. It must have been liberally watered or it would not have sunk. 
 
 There are at least one hundred and fifty grave yards and burial places in Sangamon 
 county, and nine-tenths of them are so much neglected that, so far as marking any par- 
 ticular locality or grave, the following lines, taken from a Scottish grave yard, are 
 peculiarly applicable: 
 
 " In this church yard lies Eppie Coutts, 
 Either here or hereabouts; 
 But whaur it is none can tell, 
 Till Eppie rise and tell hersel." 
 
 The first death of a white man in Sangamon county was that of an Indian ranger. 
 The Sulphur Spring near Loami was known to the Indians, and was very early a camp- 
 ing ground for the whites. When the settlements had not extended farther north than 
 the vicinity of Alton, Indians, according to their custom, killed some of the frontier 
 settlers, and were pursued by some Rangers. While camped at the sulphur spring 
 one of them died, and was buried by his comrades on a beautiful knoll near the spring. 
 It was known to the very earliest settlers as the grave of the Indian Ranger, and was 
 the nucleus of the present Sulphur Springs Cemetery. The land was entered by 
 Jonathan Jarrett, who intended a small part of it for a cemetery and church purposes, 
 but died without making a deed. A regular company has been organized, according 
 to law, and it is now handsomely fitted up and well cared for. There ought to be a 
 monument over the grave of the Indian Ranger, to show that it was the first burial of 
 a white man in the county.
 
 EXPLANATION. 
 
 The names of early settlers, or heads of families, in LARGE LETTER ; 
 Names of the second generation in ITALIC CAPITALS; third, in CAPITALS; 
 fourth, in SMALL CAPITALS; fifth, in Italics. 
 
 A., 
 
 ABEL, ROSWELL, was horn 
 July 23, 1785, on Sharon Mountain, Litch- 
 field county, Conn. Three brothers by 
 the name of Abel came from England 
 about 1750. One of them settled in Con- 
 necticut, one in Virginia, and what became 
 of the other is unknown. Jonathan, who 
 settled in Conn., brought up a family of 
 five sons and two daughters. His son 
 David was the father of the subject of 
 this sketch. David Abel, and two of his 
 brothers, William and Andrew, were 
 Revolutionary soldiers. William settled 
 in Canada after the Revolution, and 
 brought up a family there. This branch 
 of the family has lost sight of Andrew. 
 David was born on Sharon mountain, 
 married and lived on the same farm until 
 four children were born, and then moved 
 to Washington county, N. Y., where six 
 children were born. Each brought up 
 families. David Abel presented the gun 
 which he carried through the Revolution, 
 to his son Roswell, with instructions to 
 present it to his son, if he had one, but if 
 not, to a brother's son. He has it yet in 
 his possession, at the home of his son 
 Roswell P., to whom he bequeaths it. 
 The brass breech bears the inscription 
 " Liberty or Death," every letter of which 
 is yet distinct. 
 
 Roswell Abel, whose name heads this 
 sketch, was married Oct. 22, 1807, to Betsy 
 Mason. She was born Oct. 22, 1790, at 
 Fort Ann, Washington county, X. Y. 
 
 Her father, Coomer Mason, was a Revo- 
 lutionary soldier, also. He had two 
 brothers, Shubal and Hail, who fought at 
 the battle of Benington. Roswell and 
 Betsy Abel had three children, born at 
 Granville, Washington County, N. Y. 
 They moved to Springfield, 111., arriving 
 July 15, 1836. Of their children 
 
 LIZETTE, was born December 4, 
 1809, married Oct., 1829, in Essex county, 
 N. Y., to Calvin Peabody. They 'came 
 to Springfield in 1838. They had five 
 living children, namely: CHARLES 
 P., born Feb. 25, 1837, married April 5 
 1866, to Jane Cheeseman. They have 
 three children, HARRY, IDELLA L., and 
 MARY. HELEN, born Jan. 28, 1835, 
 married Oct. 24, 1865, to Amos Atwood. 
 They have two children, HELEN M., born 
 Jan. 18,1867, and EMM AC., born August 14, 
 1869, and reside near Farmington, Daco- 
 tah county, Minnesota. JOHN C., born 
 March 13, 1843, married Feb. 4, 1868, in 
 Enterprise, Mo., to Emily Kinsman. 
 Thev have four children, BURTON, FRANK- 
 LIN, WILLIAM and HARRY, and reside in 
 Brookfield, Mo. SARAH E., born in 
 Sangamon county, married July 11, 1857, 
 to Dr. Orlando Lent. They had one 
 child, CHARLES j. He died Nov. 4, 
 1874, in his 1 7th year, and Dr. Lent died 
 while on duty at Paducah, Ky., Military 
 Hospital, in 1863. His widow married 
 T. M. Elliott, and resides near Grantsville, 
 Linn county, Mo. EDWIN R., born 
 Dec. 12, 1844, enlisted Dec. 14, 1863, in 
 Vaughn's Battery 3d 111. Art. He was 
 married Jan. 24, 1867, in Missouri, to
 
 7 6 
 
 EARLT SETTLERS OF 
 
 Clara Sockman. They have three child- 
 ren, ORLEY, FRANCIS and TRUDELLA, 
 
 and reside near Browning, Linn county, 
 Missouri. Calvin Peahody moved from 
 Sangamon county, Illinois, to Linn county, 
 Missouri, in 1865, and died there, Sept. 
 7, 1870. His widow resides near Brown- 
 ing. 
 
 CHLOE E., born April 19, 1812, in 
 New York. Married Nov., 1839, in 
 Springfield, to John Armstrong. See his 
 names. 
 
 R OS WELL P., born June 30, 1815, 
 in Washington county, New York ; came 
 to Sangamon county, Illinois, with his 
 parents in 1836. Married September 30, 
 1846, at Greencastle, Pa., to Margaret J. 
 Loose. She was born there, Jan. 22, 1820. 
 They reside at Rochester, 111. 
 
 Roswell Abell and wife have been 
 married more than 69 years. They re- 
 side with their son, Roswell P., at Roches- 
 ter, Sangamon county, Illinois. 
 
 ABELL, JEREMIAH, was 
 born in 1770, in Rockingham county, Va. 
 He was there married to Hannah Aiken, 
 who was born in 1771. They emigrated 
 to Adair county, Ky. Mr. Abell was the 
 owner of some slaves, but he liberated 
 them "in Kentucky, and moved with his 
 family to Sangamon county, 111., arriving 
 hi 1829, in what is now Auburn township. 
 Their daughter 
 
 PENELOPE, married in Adair 
 county, Ky., to Samuel McElvain. See 
 his name. They come to Sangamon 
 county with her parents. 
 
 Their son, Dr. J. R. Abell, resides at 
 Taylorville. 
 
 Rev. Jeremiah Abell was regularly ed- 
 ircated for the ministry, preached many 
 years in connection with the Presbyterian 
 church, and received the title of Doctor 
 of Divinity. After coming to Illinois he 
 severed his connection with the Presbyte- 
 rian church and united with the Methodists. 
 He moved, about 1846, to McDonough 
 county, and died there in 1852. 
 
 ADAMS, JAMES, was born Jan. 
 24, 1783, in Hartford, Conn. Harriet 
 Denton was born Jan. 31, 1787, in 
 Hartford, also. They were there mar- 
 ried about 1809, and moved to Os- 
 wego, N. Y., where they had five child- 
 ren. They moved to Springfield, Illinois, 
 arriving in the spring of 1821, soon after 
 the place was declared to be the county 
 
 seat of Sangamon county. Of their four 
 living children, 
 
 LOVENIA E., born May 3, 1813, at 
 Oswego, N. Y., married, in Springfield, 
 to Peter Weber. See his name. They 
 both died in the north part of the State. 
 She died Sept. 5, 1 838. 
 
 CHARLOTTE B., born May 2, 
 1815, in Oswego, N. Y., and died Jan. 10, 
 1832. 
 
 LUC I AN B., born Dec. 10, 1816, in 
 Oswego, N. Y.; married in Springfield, 
 March 14, 1847, to Margery A. Reed, 
 who was born July 9, 1824, in Williams- 
 port, Penn. They have four children. 
 JAMES L., born Jan. 22, 1848, in Spring- 
 field, graduated in a commercial college in 
 Chicago, and is employed in a railroad 
 office in Vallejo, California. ELDORA 
 J., ENOLA A. and HARRIET L., re- 
 side with their parents in Springfield. 
 Lucian B. Adams studied law arid ob- 
 tained license to practice in 1840. For 
 twenty years he discharged the duties of a 
 justice of the peace, and the greater part 
 of that time acted as police magistrate, 
 U. S. commissioner and notary public. 
 He is now U. S. commissioner. 
 
 VIENNA M., born July 10, 1818, in 
 Oswego, N. Y. ; married in Springfield, 
 to Charles G. McGraw. See his name. 
 
 James Adams was a lawyer, and en- 
 gaged in practice when became to Spring- 
 field, in 1821. He was elected justice of 
 the peace in 1823 or '4 and was elected 
 successively for many years. He took 
 part in the Winnebago and Black Hawk 
 Indian wars of 1827, and 1831 and '2. He 
 was elected Probate Judge of Sangamon 
 county, and died in office, August n, 
 1843. His widow r , Mrs. Harriet Adams, 
 died August 21, 1844, both in Springfield. 
 
 ALEXANDER, THOMAS, 
 was born about 1768, in Ireland, and his 
 parents came to America when he was 
 about four years old, landing at Charles- 
 ton, S. C. Lynna Goodlett was born Oct. 
 11, 1780, in Greenville District, S. C. 
 They were there married, and had three 
 children, all of whom died under eight 
 years. In 1806 they moved to Christian 
 county, near Hopkinsville, Ky., where 
 they had two children, and moved to San- 
 gamon county, 111., arriving in Oct., 1828, 
 three miles east of Auburn. In 1829 they 
 moved to what is now Chatham township, 
 south of Lick creek. Of their two children,
 
 SANG AM ON COUNTT. 
 
 77 
 
 MART ANN, born in 1810, in Ken- 
 tucky; married in Sangamon county to 
 John L. Drcnnan. (See his name.} 
 
 n.\ VID, born Oct. 3, 1814, in Chris- 
 tian county, Ky. ; came to Sangamon 
 county in 1828; married March 13, 1833, 
 to Catharine Darnielle; had 14 children, 
 all born in Sangamon county, six of whom 
 died in infancy, and LYNNA died at 13 
 years. Of the other seven, JOHN T.,born 
 Dec. 25, 1835, enlisted on the first call for 
 75,000 men, April, 1861, for three months, 
 in Co. A., 2nd Kansas Cavalry, served 
 full term, and enlisted Nov., 1861, in Co. 
 D., 2nd Mo. Art., for three years. Re- 
 enlisted as a veteran Jan., 1864. He lost 
 his right hand April 13, 1865, at St. 
 Charles, Ark., by the premature discharge 
 of a cannon, while firing a salute on hear- 
 ing of the surrender of the rebel forces 
 under Gen. Lee. He now (1873) resides 
 with his parents. DAVID S.,born Nov. 
 20, 1842, enlisted August 13, 1861, in Co. 
 B., 3oth 111. Inf., for three years; served 
 until August 9, 1862, when he was dis- 
 charged on account of physical disability, 
 at Memphis, Tenn. He was brought 
 home, and, after a lingering illness, died, 
 March 10, 1866. CATHARINE, born 
 Dec. 20, 1844; married May 29, 1862, to 
 Lafayette Beach. (See his name.} Had 
 one child, CHARLES D. HIRAM, born 
 March 30, 1847; enlisted March 14, 1864, 
 in Co. C., iith Mo. Inf., for three years. 
 Served until July 14, 1865, when he was 
 discharged on account of physical disabil- 
 ity. He was married March 9, 1873, to 
 Mary M. VanDoren. They reside five 
 miles southwest of Chatham. WILLIAM, 
 born Oct. i, 1849; married March 14, 
 1872,10 Emma Price, and reside in Chat- 
 ham township. MARY BELIZE and 
 CYRUS reside with their parents, six 
 miles southwest of Chatham, on the farm 
 where the family settled in 1829. 
 
 Thomas Alexander died Dec. 18, 183=5, 
 and his widow died August 12, 1844, both 
 in Sangamon county. 
 
 ALEXANDER, HENRY, 
 was born June 10, 1802, in Fleming coun- 
 ty, Ky. His father moved to the adjoin- 
 ing county of Bath when he was a child. 
 He was married June 24, 1827, to Polly 
 Gragg, of Nicholas county, and lived in 
 Bath county until 1833, wnen ne rnoved 
 to Montgomery county. They had four 
 children in Kentucky, and moved to San- 
 
 gamon county, 111., arriving Oct. 22, 1835, 
 in what is now Rochester township, where 
 four children were born. Of their child- 
 ren, 
 
 JESSE F., bor.n Dec. 10, 1828, in 
 Bath county, Ky., married in Sangamon 
 county, 111., March 4, 1852, to Nancy A. 
 Hendrix, who was born April 22, 1829, in 
 Fleming county, Ky. They had five 
 children; one died young. LUCRETIA, 
 their second child, born June 26, 1855, 
 married March 12, 1874, to Jame^ A. 
 Walker. The other three, LAURA, 
 GEORGE and REBECCA reside with 
 their parents, near Appleton City, St. 
 Clair county, Mo. 
 
 HIRAM, born in Kentucky; married 
 in Sangamon county to Eliza Hendrix. 
 They have seven children, and reside in 
 Jefferson county, Iowa. 
 
 LUC1NDA A., born in Kentucky; 
 married in Sangamon county to Isaac 
 Groves. (See his name.} Their daugh- 
 ter Susan married John W. McClelland. 
 (See his name.} 
 
 WILLIAM G., born in Kentucky; 
 married in Sangamon county to Julia 
 Mclntyre. They have four children, and 
 reside near Illiopolis. 
 
 JAMES O., born in Sangamon 
 county; married Sarah Ham. They have 
 three children, and reside in Champaign 
 county. 
 
 RE BE C CA and HENR T H., (twins) 
 born in Sangamon county. 
 
 REBECCA married' John W. Smith, 
 had four children, and she died in 1870. 
 Two of the children died also, near Wil- 
 liamsville. 
 
 HENRT H. married Emily Sargent, 
 and resides in Illiopolis. 
 
 POLLY S., born in Sangamon coun- 
 ty; married Benjamin Keck; have three 
 children, and reside in Illiopolis. 
 
 Mrs. Polly Alexander died August 2=;, 
 1868, and her husband, Henry Alexander, 
 resides with his children. 
 
 ALEXANDER, JOHN S., 
 was born Sept. 24, 1793, near Lexington, 
 Ky.; married Mary Simpson, who was 
 born April 16, 1799, in Fayette county, 
 Ky. They were there married, and had 
 four children. The family moved to San- 
 gamon county, 111., arriving in the fall of 
 1826, in what is now Fancy creek town- 
 ship, where six children were born. Of 
 their children,
 
 EARLT SETTLERS OF 
 
 SARAH S., born Nov. 7, 1820, in 
 Kentucky; married March 6, 1837, to 
 Samuel D. Cantrall. (See his name.} 
 
 JAMES H., born March 19, 1822, in 
 Kentucky; married in Sangamon county 
 to Ann E. Hardin. They live in Wash- 
 ington Territory. 
 
 HANNAH //., born June i, 1824, in 
 Kentucky; married James Kilgour, and 
 died. (See his name.} ' 
 
 WILLIAM, born June 12, 1826, in 
 Fayette county, Ky.; married in Sanga- 
 mon county to Eveline Lacey; had three 
 children, and she and all the children died, 
 He married Catharine Hill. They have 
 three children, FREDIE, FRANKIE 
 and a babe, and reside at Williamsville. 
 
 ASA C. and MARGARET C., 
 (twins), born March 15, 1829, in Sanga- 
 mon county. 
 
 ASA C. married Mary J. Tabor, and 
 resides in Ford county. 
 
 MARGARET C. married Harrison 
 Blue ; had two children, and he died, April, 
 1852, and she married George Martin, and 
 resides in Iroquois county. 
 
 GEORGE, born Feb. 13, 1831, in 
 Sangamon county; enlisted in a Kansas 
 regiment in 1861 or '2, and died in mili- 
 tary hospital at Springfield, Mo. 
 
 JOHN S., Jun., married Dorcus A. 
 Mills. 
 
 SAMUEL C., born Jan. 31, 1838; 
 married Amanda Hall, and lives in Ford 
 county. 
 
 MART J., born April 15, 1840, in 
 Sangamon county; married August 7, 
 1856, to Andrew J. Hedrick, who was 
 born August 23, 1834. They had three 
 children, HARRISON H., RUTH A. 
 and ALICE V. Mr. Hedrick enlisted 
 August 15, 1862, in Co. I., 34 Iowa Inf., 
 for three years. He was discharged on 
 account of physical disability, March 13, 
 and died Mav 8, 1863, in Menard county. 
 Mrs. Hedrick married, Oct. 12, 1864, to 
 William Reesburg. They have one child, 
 WILLIAM H., and reside near Illiopolis. 
 
 Mrs. Mary Alexander died Nov. i, 
 
 1852, and John S. Alexander died July 15, 
 
 1853, both in Sangamon county. 
 ALKIRE, HARM ON AS, was 
 
 born in 1804, in Bourbon county, Ky. 
 His parents moved, when he was quite 
 young, to Pickaway county, O. In 1826 
 he visited Sangamon county on business 
 for other parties. Returning to Ohio, he 
 
 went to -Lafayette, Ind. The next year 
 he came to Sangamon county again, on 
 business, and was married in Springfield, 
 Dec. 31, 1829, to Martha McLemore. She 
 was born July 10, 1810, in Burke county, 
 N. C. Her parents moved, in 1811, to 
 Knoxville, Tenn., and moved from there 
 to Sangamon coimty, 111., arriving, Dec. 
 23, 1828, at Springfield. Soon after mar- 
 riage Mr. Alkire returned to Lafayette 
 with his wife. They had two children 
 born there, and then moved to Sangamon 
 county, arriving, August, 1832, in what is 
 now Fancy Creek township, where they 
 had eight living children. Of the other 
 ten children, 
 
 MART ANN, bom at Lafayette, Ind., 
 is unmarried, and resides with her parents. 
 
 JAMES T., born Feb. 3, 1832, at 
 Lafayette, Ind.; married, Oct. 4, 1866, to 
 Addie H. Ross, who was born March 6, 
 1838, in Miami county, O. They have 
 two living children, ANNIE ' M. and 
 MARGARET" A. J. Y. Alkire is farm- 
 ing and practicing medicine. Resides 
 three miles west of Sherman. 
 
 MARGARET y.,born Dec. 17, 1833, 
 in Sangamon county ; married Isaac Mull, 
 who was born March 2, 1820, in Mason 
 county, Ky. They have five children, 
 IDA M., HENRY E.JENNIE, MAT- 
 TIE E. and CHARLES C., and reside 
 four miles north of Springfield. 
 
 CAROLINE M., born Jan. 24, 1835, 
 in Sangamon county; married April 6, 
 1865, to Conrad Shamel. They have 
 three children, CHARLES H., CLAR- 
 ENCE A. and JOHN Y., and reside 
 near Springfield. 
 
 WILLIAM W., born July 26, 1837, 
 in Sangamon county; married Judith S. 
 Lightfoftt. They have three children, 
 HERBERT, EMMETT and AR- 
 THUR, and reside four miles southwest 
 of Troy, Doniphan county, Kan. 
 
 DANIEL, born in Sangamon countv, 
 is a traveling preacher in the M. E. church, 
 at present, 1873, resides with his parents, 
 recruiting his health. 
 
 ALBERT II., born in Sangamon 
 county, is a traveling preacher in Illinois 
 Conference, M. E. church, 1873. 
 
 PRISCILLA E., married George 
 W. Neer, and resides near Taylorville. 
 
 MATTIE E., married Edward J. 
 Myers. They have two children, MARY
 
 SANGAMON COUNTY, 
 
 79 
 
 A. and EDWARD L., and reside in 
 Fancy Creek township. 
 
 LEANDER died June 5, 1871, in his 
 i8th year. 
 
 Harmonas Alkire and his wife are liv- 
 ing on the farm where they settled in 
 
 1832. It is three miles west of Sherman, 
 lie confirms the statement of Washington 
 Crowder that the sudden change took 
 place December 20, 1836, because he en- 
 tered a piece of land that day, and the 
 papers bear the above date. 
 
 ALLEN, ROBERT, was born 
 in the year 1800, in Greensburg, Green 
 county, Ky. He was married there to a 
 Miss Anderson, and came to Springfield, 
 111., in 1831. Col. Allen engaged in the 
 mercantile business as a member of the 
 firm of Allen & Blankenship, soon after 
 coining to Springfield. He also became a 
 mail contractor on a very extensive scale, 
 and brought a large number of fine stage 
 coaches from Nashville, Tenn., being the 
 first ever introduced into the State. He 
 made Springfield his headquarters, and on 
 some occasions had as many as five hun- 
 dred horses on hand at one time. Col. 
 Allen was one of the directors of the old 
 State Bank. He was connected with the 
 army in the Mormon war in 1845, an< ^ U1 
 the Mexican war of 1846-7. Not long 
 after coming to Springfield, Airs. Allen 
 died, and Mr. Allen was married in April, 
 
 1833, to J ane Eliza Bergen. They had 
 two children, one of whom died young. 
 Their son, 
 
 ROBERT, Jun., born Feb. 28, 1837, 
 in .Springfield, and brought up in the city. 
 When the rebellion broke out he was 
 commissioned, August 28, i86i,as Captain 
 of Co. , 30 111. Inf., and served as such un- 
 til May 25, 1863, when he was promoted, 
 to Major of the regiment, in front of 
 Vicksburg. He served part of the time 
 in the Quartermaster's department; also 
 acted as Assistant Inspector-General of 
 the 3d Div. 1 7th Army Corps, and re- 
 signed August 8, 1864. Major Robert 
 Allen was married Dec. 5, 1865,111 Spring- 
 field, to Anna M. Purely, who was born 
 May 12, 1838, in Trenton, N. ]. They 
 had" three children. GEORGE B., the 
 youngest, died August 12, 1872, in his 
 second year. HENRY T. and FAN- 
 N 1 10 M. reside with their parents in 
 Springfield. Major Allen is a practicing 
 attorney. 
 
 Col. Robert Allen died Dec. i, 1854, 
 and his widow, Mrs. Jane Eliza Allen, 
 died March 18, 1857, both one mile north 
 of the old State house in Springfield. 
 
 ALLEN, WILLIAM S., was 
 born June 16, 1774, in Bourbon county, 
 Ky. He was married to Abigail Snede- 
 gar. They had five children in Kentucky. 
 Mr. Allen came to Sangamon county in 
 1835, purchased land and prepared a 
 house. He returned to Kentucky and 
 brought his family, arriving Nov. i, 1836, 
 in what is now Ball township. Of their 
 children, 
 
 MARIA L,., born in Bourbon county, 
 Ky., was married there to Shelton Watts. 
 They had three children there, and moved 
 to Sangamon county in 1839. Of their 
 children, NANCY J. married John Dren- 
 nan, and resides near Tolono, Champaign 
 county, 111. WILLIAM S. married 
 Sarah Knotts, and resides near Tolono, 111. 
 BENJ. FRANKLIN married Isabel F. 
 Thompson. See R. B. Thompson sketch. 
 Shelton Watts died July 16, 1843, and his 
 
 widow married John Brownwell. See 
 
 j . J 
 
 tits name. 
 
 MART E., born Feb. 28, 1819, in 
 Bourbon county, Ky., was married in 
 Sangamon county, 111., June 16, 1841, to 
 James W. Stephenson. They had nine 
 children. MARGARET A., born July 
 1 6, 1842, was married Sept. 2, 1875, to 
 Andrew Little. They reside near New 
 Canton, 111. JAMES A., born June 30, 
 1843, WILLIAM E., born July 24, 
 1845, FINIS E., born Oct. 18, 1849, and 
 PRESLEY B., born March 14, 1851, 
 reside with their parents. MARY E., 
 born Nov. 7, 1854, was married June 6, 
 1872, and resides in Mexico, Mo., and 
 ELLEN, born Sept. 9, 1856, resides with 
 her parents. Two children died in in- 
 fancy. James W. Stephenson and family 
 reside near New Canton, 111. 
 
 NANCY died in Kentucky, aged 19 
 years. 
 
 WA TERM AN P., born Jan. 8, 1820, 
 in Bourbon county, Ky., was married in 
 Sangamon county, Feb., 1849, to Louisa 
 Watts. Thev have four children. 
 MARIA L. and WILLIAM S. reside 
 with their father. MARY E. was mar- 
 ried Oct. 29, 1873, to John L. Clay ton, and 
 resides in Ball township. JULIA A. re- 
 sides with her father. Mrs. Louisa Allen 
 died Nov. 26, 1857, and W. P. Allen was
 
 So 
 
 EARLY SETTLERS OF 
 
 married Oct. 18, 1858, to Catharine 
 Vaughn. They have six children, MAR- 
 GARET E., HARRIET R., LOUISA 
 J., JOHN, JOSEPH F. and ALPH. R., 
 and reside in Ball township, on the farm 
 settled by Mr. Allen's father, in 1836. 
 
 JOHNW.,\)orn in Kentucky, brought 
 up in Sangamon county, was married in 
 Menard county, Illinois, to Jane Watkins. 
 they reside near Atlantic, Cass county, 
 Iowa. 
 
 Mrs. Abigail Allen died Sept. 10, 1843, 
 and William S. Allen died Dec. n, 1848, 
 both in Sangamon county, 111. 
 
 ALLISON, ISAAC F., was 
 born July 2, 1801, in Virginia, and his 
 parents moved to Mason county, Ky. He 
 was married about 1827,10 Deborah Caller- 
 man. They lived in Fleming county, Ky., 
 a short time, and moved to Sangamon coun- 
 ty, arriving in the fall of 1829, on Spring 
 creek, where seven children were born. 
 
 JOHN, born in 1828, in Fleming 
 county, Ky., raised in Sangamon county, 
 enlisted in the 4th 111. Inf., under Col. 
 E. D. Baker, in 1846, and died the same 
 year at Matamoras, Texas. 
 
 J OSEPH,\)ov\\ in Sangamon county; 
 married Hannah Knudson and died, leav- 
 ing a widow and three children. 
 
 SUSANNAH, died, aged twelve 
 years. 
 
 ELIZABETH is unmarried, and re- 
 sides in Kansas. 
 
 JAMES M., born April 13, 1840, in 
 Sangamon county ; enlisted August 5, 
 1861, in Co. A., 38th 111. Inf.; discharged 
 on account of physical disability, March 
 29, 1862. He re-enlisted, in Sept., 1862, 
 for three years, in Co. K, 115 111. Inf.; 
 was transferred, in 1864, to Co. A., First 
 U. S. Engineers, and was honorably dis- 
 charged with the regiment, Sept. 19, 1865. 
 He was married Nov. 18, 1866, in Sanga- 
 mon county, to Julia A. Dunham. They 
 have two "children, MARTHA D.- and 
 ALICE M., and reside five miles north- 
 cast of Springfield. 
 
 ELI J API and MINERVA reside 
 near Jacksonville, Neosho county, Kan. 
 
 JOHN Jf^born in Sangamon county, 
 died June 29, 1868; aged 21 years. 
 
 Mrs. Deborah Allison died May 29, 
 1860, in Sangamon county, and Isaac F. 
 Allison died December 22, 1869, in Craw- 
 ford county, near Jacksonville, Neosho 
 county, Kan. 
 
 ALLISON, MARGARET, 
 came to Sangamon county as one of the 
 family of Thomas Black. See his name. 
 She arrived in 1819. Her parents lived 
 in Philadelphia. She died within one 
 year after arrival, in the 29th year of her 
 
 *ALSBURY, REV.CHAS. D., 
 was born Oct. 25, 1817, in Indiana. He 
 came to Sangamon county, 111., and was 
 married March 14, 1839, to Ann Cordelia 
 Cloyd. They had five living children, 
 namely : 
 
 THOMAS, born Feb. 12, 1840, and 
 died Nov. 6, 1860. 
 
 ANN, born in 1841 or '2; married 
 April 4, 1 86 1, to John W. Anderson. 
 They have four children. CHARLES 
 W., "MINNIE A., JOHN C. and ME- 
 LISSA J., and reside in Woodside town- 
 ship. 
 
 CAROLINE, married, Dec., 1870, to 
 Leander L. Little; have one child, and re- 
 side in Montgomery county. 
 
 MARTHA, married, j'an. 3, 1867,10 
 John D. Smith. -See his name. 
 
 JOHN C. resides with his mother. 
 
 Rev. Charles D. Alsbury was a preach- 
 er of the gospel in connection with the 
 Baptist church. He died, and his widow 
 resides one and a half miles northwest of 
 Woodside. 
 
 AYLESBURY, CHARLES, 
 was born in North Carolina and married 
 in Virginia, to Mrs. Jan,e Huggins. They 
 moved to Kentucky, and from there to 
 Springfield, 111., in 1823. Mr. Aylesbury 
 entered the land south of the public square. 
 They brought some children with them. 
 Mrs. Aylesbury's daughter, by her first 
 marriage, 
 
 JANE HUG GINS, born in Virginia, 
 married William B. Jarrett. Sec his 
 name. 
 
 Of the Aylesbury children, 
 
 CHARLES, born in Greenbrier coun- 
 ty, Virginia, and married there to Mary 
 Reav. They had two children, and came 
 to Sangamon county in 1823, and settled 
 on Spring creek, where they had nine 
 children. JOHN, born in Virginia; mar- 
 ried in Sangamon county to Sarah West, 
 and reside in Piatt county. ELIZA- 
 BETH, born Jan. 8, 1822, in Greenbrier 
 county, Va. ; married in Sangamou county, 
 August 9, 1849, to George W. Buchanan, 
 who was born Nov. 27, 1823, in Morgan
 
 SA NGA MON C O UNTT. 
 
 Si 
 
 county, 111. Mr. and Mrs. Buchanan had 
 six children. MARY j. married B. F. 
 Nurbonn, and resides with her father. 
 JAMES F. died in 1871, aged 19 years. 
 SUSANNA, ELIZABETH, ALBERT and 
 ISAAC, reside with their father. Mrs. 
 Elizabeth B. died, and G. W. Buchanan 
 resides west of Loami. BRICE died in 
 Sangamon county, aged 20 years. ED- 
 WARD and NANCY are married, and 
 live in Missouri. Charles Aylesbury, wife 
 and three children reside in Piatt county. 
 
 ALEXANDER, born in Virginia; 
 married in Sangamon county, to Ginsey 
 Jordan, raised a family, and moved to 
 Decatur. He enlisted in an Illinois regi- 
 ment, served three years, re-enlisted as a 
 veteran, was furloughed home, and died 
 in Springfield. 
 
 LE VI, the youngest son, is married, 
 and resides in Macon county. 
 
 Charles Aylesbury, Sen., died in 1861, 
 in Loami township. His widow resides 
 with her son Levi, in Macon county. She 
 is now 1873 more than 96 vears old. 
 
 ALVEY. WILLIAM, was born 
 Sept. 1 6, 1799, in Washington county, 
 Ky. He came to the southern part of 
 Illinois in 1824, and to Springfield in May, 
 1825. He was married Nov. 6, 1825, 
 near Springfield, to Madaline Watson. 
 They had six children, all born in Spring- 
 field. 
 
 MEL VINA, born July 22, 1826, in 
 Springfield; married there to Samuel B. 
 Fisher. See his name. 
 
 SIMON B., born Oct. 16, 1827, in 
 Springfield, went to Oregon in 1849, was 
 married in Yamhill county, Oregon, 
 August 30, -1853, to Dollie V. Elder, 
 daughter of A. R. Elder, formerly of 
 Springfield, 111. They have five children, 
 vi/: ALICE M., born Oct. 10, 1854, in 
 Yamhill countv; married, August 30, 
 1873, to James H. Downey, of Steilacoom 
 City, W. T. WILLIAM A., born June 
 25, 1864, in Oregon. EDITH S., born 
 Sept. 17, 1867. EDWARD B., born 
 Feb. 28, 1873, and JUNIA AFTON, 
 born June 24, 1874, reside with their 
 parents in Steilacoom City, Pierce county, 
 Washington Territory. 
 
 Ef.IZA A., born Oct. 17, 1829, in 
 Springfield; married at Marengo, Iowa, 
 to Dr. George W. Wallace, who was born 
 in Columbiana county, Ohio. ' Studied 
 medicine with Dr. McCook, one of the 
 ir 
 
 celebrated McCook family. Moved to 
 Iowa in the spring of 1848. They had 
 seven children, namely: GEORG.E W., 
 MARY E., FLORENCE, WILLIAM 
 A., CLARA, ALFRED F. and LIN- 
 COLN. Dr. W. died April 4, 1865, at 
 Salisbury, Sangamon county. Airs. 
 Wallace and family reside in Springfield. 
 ^ MART E., born July 12, 1831, in 
 Springfield, married, about 1859, to J" 
 siah Hickel. Thev reside in Kansas. 
 
 J. WILLJAM,\)orn March 12, 1834, 
 in Springfield, was married there, May 
 20, 1860, to Alzina A. Brown, (daughter 
 of Ira A. Brown.) They have six child- 
 ren, viz: MEL VINA; HELEN B., 
 JAMES W., HENRY P., HOMER W. 
 
 and , . Mr. J. Wm. Alvey is a 
 
 merchant in Mechanicsburg, Sangamon 
 county, 111. 
 
 ALFRED resides in Springfield. 
 
 William Alvey moved to Marengo, 
 Iowa, in 1848, and Mrs. Madeline Alvey 
 died there, May 12, 1849. He was mar- 
 ried April, 1850, to Eleanor Penny. He 
 died May, 1855, at Marengo, Iowa. 
 
 AMOS, MRS. SARAH, was 
 born June 13, 1793, in Washington countv, 
 Md. Her maiden name was Friend. She 
 first married Phillip Swinley; had two 
 children, and Mr. Swinley died. Mrs. 
 Swinley was married the second time, 
 August 2, 1810, to James Amos. They 
 had two children, and James Amos died 
 Feb. 6, 1823, in Maryland, also. Mrs. 
 Amos came with her children to Sanga- 
 mon county, arriving March i, 1838, in 
 Springfield. Of her children, 
 
 BARBARA E. SWINLET mar- 
 ried in Virginia to Thomas Lemon, who 
 died, and Mrs. Lemon came with her 
 child to Sangamon county in 1839, an< ^ 
 died in Decatur, April, 1865. Her daugh- 
 ter VIRGINIA married Joseph Strong, 
 in Decatur, moved to Hannibal, Mo., and 
 died there, June, 1872, leaving three child- 
 ren. 
 
 SAMUEL K. SWINLET, born 
 April 21, 1802, in Washington county, 
 Md.; married there to Maria Rice, and 
 came to Springfield with his half brother, 
 Joshua F. Amos. Mr. Swinley settled 
 near where Woodside station now stands. 
 While there he served as one of the coun- 
 ty judges with J. Wickliffe Taylor and 
 Armstrong. His wife died there in the 
 fall of 1852. Judge Swinley moved to
 
 82 
 
 EARLY SETTLERS OF 
 
 Decatur in 1857 or '8, was there married 
 to Ruth P rather, of Washington county, 
 Md. He died early in 1872, and his 
 widow resides in Decatur. 
 
 JOSHUA F. AMOS, was horn Jan. 
 
 28, 1812, in Washington county, Md., and 
 came to Springfield, 111., June 10, 1835. 
 He was married March i, 1838,111 Spring- 
 field, to Julia A. Hay, daughter of John 
 Hay, Esq. They had three children born 
 in Springfield. SARAH E., born Oct. 
 30, 1839, married Oct. 30, 1861, to Levin 
 W. Shepherd, who was born in London 
 county, Va., Sept. 3, 1836. He served 
 one year each, 1860 and 1861, as clerk and 
 comptroller of the city of Springfield; 
 was a member of the Board of Supervisors 
 of Sangamon county in 1868 and 1869. In 
 1862 he was appointed by President Lin- 
 coln Assistant Quartermaster in the U. S. 
 Army, and stationed at Fort Ridgely, 
 Minn. Transferred to Keokuk, Iowa, 
 where he commanded that Fort for six 
 months. Thence to Columbus, Ky., as 
 Depot Quartermaster; thence to Chicago, 
 as Disbursing Quartermaster; thence to 
 Tennessee, thence to Fort Kearney, Ne- 
 braska, at which place he resigned, Oct., 
 1865, and became a lumber merchant in 
 Springfield, 111. Afterwards removed to 
 Kansas; was first President of Peoples 
 National Bank of Ottawa. Resides now 
 in Denison, Texas, which place he laid 
 out in 1872, and sold the first lot there. 
 Col. Shepherd was twice brevetted for 
 faithful services during the war. GEO. 
 A., born Sept. 4, 1841, married, Oct. 
 30, 1866, to Josephine A. Andrews, 
 eldest daughter of Col. George W. An- 
 drews, at Wapakonetta, Auglaixe coun- 
 ty, Ohio. She was born there, May 
 
 29, 1844. They have two children, 
 GEORGIA and ROBERTA, and reside in 
 Humboldt, Kansas. Mr. George A. 
 Amos is engaged in the practice of law. 
 JOHN M., born August 18, 1844. He 
 enlisted in Col. Phillips' three months 
 regiment. Stationed at Rock Island, 111., 
 in 1864. He was married Oct. 30, 1867, 
 to Caroline J., youngest daughter of Ora- 
 mel Clark, Esq. They have four child- 
 ren, JOHN J., GEORGE O., JULIA R., and 
 
 CURTIS H., and reside near Springfield. 
 Mr. Joshua F. Amos and wife reside 
 adjoining Springfield, on the west. Mr. 
 Amos spent six years, from 1845 * 
 1851, in Lagrange, Mo. In 1852 he, with 
 
 Nathaniel Hay, established the well 
 known firm of Amos & Hay, which con- 
 tinued until the decease of Mr. Hay. Mr. 
 Amos has retired from active business. 
 
 ROBERT J. AMOS, was born 
 March 2, 1815, in Washington county, 
 Md. Came to Springfield June, 183=5, 
 and settled in Woodside township. He- 
 went to Decatur in 1850, and was there 
 married, in 1856, to Mrs. Mary Packard. 
 They have two children, ANNIE and 
 ROBERT, born in Decatur. They 
 moved, in 1869, to Humboldt, Kansas, 
 where they now reside. 
 
 Mrs. vSarah Amos died Feb. 15, 1847. 
 at the residence of her son, Robert J. 
 Amos, in Woodside township, Sangamon 
 county. 
 
 ANDERSON, JAMES, was 
 born in 1784 in Botetourt county, Va. 
 Nancy Fletcher was born in 1786, in Rock- 
 bridge county, Va. They were there 
 married, in 1802, and had two children in 
 Virginia. They moved, in 1808, to Ken- 
 tucky, where they had three children, 
 and in 1813 moved to Indiana, where one 
 child was born. They moved to Sanga- 
 mon county, 111., in 1820, and settled in 
 what is now Ball township. Of their six 
 children 
 
 ROBERT A 7 ;, born in Virginia, mar- 
 ried, in Sangamon county, to Rebecca 
 Wilson, who died, and he married Clarissa 
 Woods, moved to Wisconsin, and both 
 died there. 
 
 MARGARET L., born March 28, 
 1806, in Virginia, married in Sangamon 
 county to William Drennan. (See his 
 name.} 
 
 JOB F., born in Kentucky, died un- 
 married, at 55 years of age. 
 
 JOHN N., born in Kentucky, raised 
 in Sangamon county, married in Arkan- 
 sas, and died there. 
 
 NANCY, born in Kentucky, married 
 in Sangamon county to John Caldwell, 
 and died in Texas. 
 
 REBECCA, born in Indiana, raised 
 in Sangamon county, went to Arkansas, 
 married and died there. 
 
 James Anderson died in 1828 and his 
 widow died in 1845, both in Sangamon 
 countv. 
 
 ANDERSON. MOSES K.. 
 was born Nov. u, 1803, in Butler county, 
 Ky. His parents died when he was ten 
 or twelve vears of age, and he was taken
 
 SANGAMON COUNTT. 
 
 by a relative to that part of Davidson 
 which is now Cheatham county, on Han- 
 peth river, Tenn. Cassariller Stroude 
 was born Nov. 2^, 1812, in Dickson coun- 
 ty, Tenn. M. K. Anderson and Cassa- 
 riller Stroude were married in her native 
 countv, Sept. 13, 1827, and moved to San- 
 gamon countv. 111., arriving March 2, 
 1829, in what is now Cartwright town- 
 ship, four miles east of Pleasant Plains, 
 and south of Richland creek, where they 
 had nine children. Of their children 
 
 THOMAS p\, born Sept. n, 1829, in 
 Sangamon countv, married Dec. 25, 1852, 
 to Martha L. Child. They had five 
 children. LAURA died, aged two years. 
 CHARLES, EDWARD, HENRY and 
 TAVXER reside with their parents, one 
 mile north of Richland Station. 
 
 WILLIE ANN, born Sept. 17, 1831, 
 in Sangamon county, married Francis 
 Corson, who died, leaving one child, 
 MOSES E, and she married George 
 Springer. They have five children, 
 MARY, CLARA, ANNA, REUBEN 
 and CHARLES, and reside in Parsons, 
 Kan. 
 
 SARAH J., born March 14, 1834, in 
 Sangamon county, married John D. Mc- 
 Cullough. They have four children, 
 LAURA, WILLARD, EDWARD and 
 LILLIE, and reside at Franklin, Morgan 
 county. 
 
 MART E., born April 17, 1836, mar- 
 ried John L. Child. See his name. 
 
 ME LINDA E., born Nov. 4, 1838, 
 married Joseph Potter. They have five 
 children, CHARLES, EUGENE, NEL- 
 LIE, HATTIE and LULU, and reside 
 at Palmer 111. 
 
 CYNTHIA A., born Dec. 10, 1840, 
 married Edward D. Ballard. They have 
 three children, HARRIET, JAMES A. 
 and CLIFTON D., and reside one and a 
 half miles north of Richland station. 
 
 GEORGE W., born April 3, 1843, in 
 Sangamon county, married near Athens, 
 June 12, 1862, to Melinda F. Moran, 
 who was born May 16, 1845. They have 
 five children, FRANK, MOSES W., 
 JAMES W., JENNIE and GEORGE, 
 and reside two and a half miles north of 
 Richland station. 
 
 M ARENA A., born July 26, 1845, 
 married William P. Mitchell. They have 
 four living children, MINNIE, WILEY, 
 
 JOHN, and a boy babe, and reside near 
 Humboldt, Richardson county, Neb. 
 
 WILLARD WICKLIFFE, born 
 April 28, 1848, married April 8, 1869, to 
 Susan Moran, who was born Dec. 14, 
 1848, in Menard county. They have two 
 children, HARRY and CASSARILLA, 
 and reside two miles north of Richland 
 station. 
 
 Mrs. Cassarilla Anderson died August 
 17, 1850, and M. K. Anderson was mar- 
 ried Dec. 31, 1850, to Mrs. Marena T. 
 Hall, whose maiden name was Stroude. 
 They had three children. JOHN T. and 
 ELIZA F. died between seven and nine 
 years. 
 
 WILLIAM WILKES, born Sept. 
 
 8, 1857, resides with his parents in Spring- 
 field, but is now a theological student at 
 Lexington, Ky. 
 
 Moses K. Anderson taught a military 
 school in Dickson county, Tenn., and the 
 old system of military training being in 
 vogue when he came to Illinois, he was 
 very soon elected captain of a company, 
 and in a short time was promoted to Col- 
 onel and Brigadier-General. He was ap- 
 pointed, about 1838, by Gov. Carlin, Ad- 
 jutant-General of the State, and continued 
 to hold the office by successive appoint- 
 ments, until 1856. During the time, Gen. 
 Anderson was called upon to discharge 
 the duties of his office in connection with 
 the Mormon war, at Nauvoo, and the 
 Mexican war. 
 
 W r hen Gen. Anderson came to Sanga- 
 mon county he borrowed of Eli Blank- 
 enship the money to enter his first So acres 
 of land, and paid fifty per cent, for the 
 use of the money. He has since given 
 each of his children a good farm, and has 
 500 acres left. He has been four years 
 county judge, six years alderman in 
 Springfield, and 20 years justice of the 
 peace. He is of the opinion that the 
 "deep snow" of 1830-31 was five feet 
 deep on a level in the timber. 
 
 ANDERSON, TAVNERB., 
 born Nov. 30, 1809, in Butler countv, K\ ., 
 went with his brother Moses K., to 'lYn 
 nessee, and from there to Sangamon coun- 
 ty, 111., arriving March 2, 1829, in what is 
 now Cartwright township. He was in 
 the Black Hawk war, was married Dec. 
 
 9, 1834, to Polly Pirkins. They had six 
 children, in Sangamon countv.
 
 8 4 
 
 EARLY SETTLERS OF 
 
 AMERICUS, born Dec. 29, 1835, 
 was married Oct. 5, 1856, to Emily 
 Thompson. They had two children, and 
 one died. Mr. A. died Oct. 2, 1860. 
 
 FRANCIS J., born Sept. 28, 1837, 
 died young. 
 
 JOSEPH O., born April 23, 1840, 
 died April 15, 1847. 
 
 RUFUS B., born Oct. i, 1841, in 
 Sangamon county, married Martha Young. 
 They have two children, and reside near 
 Palmer, Christian county. 
 
 ME LINDA J/., born May 23, 1844, 
 married Y. B. Clark. They had seven 
 children; all died but one. Mrs. Clark 
 died Sept. 3, 1872. Their child is in 
 Texas. Mr. C. resides at Clarksdale, 
 Christian county, 111. 
 
 HARRIET F., born Jan. 7, 1846, in 
 Sangamon county, was married Dec. 5, 
 1868, to William' H. McDonald. They 
 had four children, two died. They reside 
 near Clarksdale. 
 
 GEORGE E., born Dec. 24, 1849, in 
 Sangamon county, was married Sept. 33, 
 1874, to Mollie Boyd. They have one 
 child, and reside near Clarksdale, 111. 
 
 CHARLES T., born August 4, 1852, 
 and resides at Williamsville, Sangamon 
 county. 
 
 Tavner B. Anderson and wife reside 
 five miles southwest of Taylorville, and 
 near Palmer City, Christian county, 111. 
 
 ANTLE, REV. JOHN, was 
 
 born April 15, 1789, in Cumberland coun- 
 ty, Ky. Elizabeth Buchanan was born in 
 Cumberland county, Pa. Her parents 
 moved to Lincoln county, Ky., when she 
 was seven years old. Her father died in 
 that county, and she went to live with a 
 married sister in Cumberland county. John 
 Antle and Elizabeth Buchanan were there 
 married. They had five children. The 
 family them moved to Morgan county, 
 111., in 1829, and from there to Sangamon 
 county, arriving Jan. 9, 1830, in what is 
 now Salisbury township. Of their child- 
 ren 
 
 POLLY, born in 1810, in Kentucky, 
 married in Sangamon county to Henry 
 Hadley, and she died. 
 
 SALL Y, born Jan., 181 1, in Kentucky, 
 married in Sangamon county, Sept., 1833, 
 to Marshall Bragg. Mr. Bragg died, 
 and his widow and three children re- 
 side in Keokuk county, Iowa. A mar- 
 
 ried daughter resides in Logan county, 
 Illinois. 
 
 HENRY, born Sept. 12, 1813, in Cum- 
 berland county, Ky., married in Sanga- 
 mon county, Jan. 18, 1837, to Nancy Dun- 
 can. They have eight living children. 
 SARAH A. married Charles Bottroff, 
 and resides in Cartwright township. 
 SIDNEY D., ELY ANN, JAMES S., 
 NATHAN McC., LURANA, MAR- 
 THA F. and MARSHAL B., reside 
 with their parents, adjoining Salisbury on 
 the west. 
 
 ANDRE W 7., born in 1815, in Cum- 
 berland county, Kentucky, married in 
 Sangamon county to Ann Dardon, Oct., 
 1840. They have one child; and reside 
 near Scio, Linn county, Oregon. 
 
 MARTHA, born August 8, 1818, in 
 Kentucky, married in Sangamon county, 
 March, 1839, to Simon Stevens. Thev 
 had five children, one died young. JOHN 
 enlisted August, 1862, in Co. H., 114 111. 
 Inf., for three years, and died in the armv 
 in 1863. MARSHALL A., GEO. S. 
 and WILLARD T., reside with their 
 mother. Mr. Stephens died in 1863, and 
 his widow resides in Salisbury township. 
 
 Mrs. Elizabeth Antle died Sept., 1844, 
 and John Antle died August 30, 1864, 
 she in Menard county and he in Salisbury. 
 
 Rev. John Antle preached to five 
 churches, called Separate Baptists. One 
 each at Salisbury and McKinnie Settle- 
 ment, in Sangamon county, Baker's 
 Prairie and Sand Ridge, in Menard coun- 
 ty, and one in Morgan county. The only 
 pay he received or expected was the hope 
 of reward in a better world. 
 
 ARCHER, WILLIAM, was 
 born July 30, 1793, in North Carolina, and 
 in 1807 his parents moved to Tennessee, 
 where he was married to Elizabeth Jack- 
 son. They had one child, and moved to 
 Madison county, Illinois, where they had 
 one child, and Mrs. A. died, and he mar- 
 ried Elizabeth Holt, Dec. 20, 1818. She 
 was born Dec. 3, 1793? in Oglethrope 
 county, Ga., and, losing her parents when 
 quite young, she was taken by an uncle, 
 Robert White, to Madison county, 111., in 
 1811. Wm. and Elizabeth Archer had 
 twins in Madison county, and moved to 
 Sangamon county,, arriving April 30, 1820, 
 in what is now Curran township, where 
 they had nine children. Of all his child- 
 ren
 
 SANGAMON COUNTY. 
 
 WINSTON, born Sept. 12, 1814, in 
 Tennessee, raised in Sangamon county, 
 married Mary Robinson, moved to Cali- 
 fornia, and died in 1866, leaving a widow 
 and six children, near Petaluma, Sonoma 
 county, California. 
 
 MARTHA, born Sept. 24, 1817, in 
 Madison county, 111., married in Sanga- 
 mon county to John Riddle. See his 
 name. 
 
 Bv the second wife 
 
 JA CKSON and CARROLL, twins, 
 born Sept. 30, 1819, in Madison county, 
 111. 
 
 JACKSON, married Oct. 7, 1844,10 
 Elcy F. Meacham. They had three 
 children. ELIZABETH J. was killed 
 in her eighth year by a fall from a wagon. 
 MARY A. born May 14, 1848, married 
 Feb. 1 6, 1865, to Andrew Alson, who 
 was born March 6, 1838, in Sweden, and 
 came to America in 1855. They had 
 three children. The second, CHARLES, 
 died in his fourth year. ANNA E. and 
 CLARA A. reside with their parents, six 
 miles west of Springfield. GEORGE 
 R. born r\.ugust 13, 1851, resides with his 
 mother. Jackson Archer died April 7, 
 1852, in southwest Missouri, while on a 
 journey for his health. His widow mar- 
 ried Wm. Duff. See his name. 
 
 CARROLL married Nov. 24, 1842, to 
 Delilah Renshaw. They had three child- 
 ren. MARTHA T., born May 27, 1847, 
 married to Lorenzo Stillman, have three 
 children, and reside near Curran. ANN 
 E., born August 5, 1849, married Sept., 
 1870, to Edward Robison, and reside in 
 Linden, Kan. SARAH C., born Feb. 8, 
 1851, married November 21, 1872, to 
 Henry Gaines, and resides near Odell, 111. 
 Mrs. Delilah Archer died May 31, 1865, 
 and Carroll Archer was married Sept. 4, 
 1866, to Elizabeth Houghton, who was 
 born Oct. 25, 1830,, in Menard county. 
 They have two children, EDWIN and 
 MARIA BELLE, and reside three miles 
 northwest of Curran. 
 
 M'ARY, born May 24, 1822, in Sanga- 
 mon county, married Nov. n, 1840, to 
 Alexander Penny; had one child, WIL- 
 LIAM, born Nov. 3, 1844, enlisted August 
 14, 1862, for three years, in Co. F., 14410 
 111. Inf., was captured at the battle of Gun- 
 town, Miss., June, 1864, and died in An- 
 dersonville prison, Feb. 24, 1865. Alex. 
 Penny died in 1868, and his widow mar- 
 
 ried Mathew Redman, who was born 
 May i, 1828, in county Wexford, Ireland. 
 They reside five miles west of Spring- 
 field" 
 
 SARAH, born Dec. 24, 1823, resides 
 with her mother. 
 
 NANCY,\>Qm. Nov. 13, 1825, in San- 
 gamon county, married Samuel O. Maxcy. 
 See his name. 
 
 JOHN, born Oct. 3, 1826, married 
 Susan Taylor. They have one child, 
 AMERICA, and reside in McDonough 
 county, near Fandon. He was^a soldier 
 in a cavalry regiment from that county in 
 suppressing the rebellion. 
 
 MADISON, born August 27, 1828, 
 married Margaret Dixon, who died Dec. 
 29, 1863, leaving three children, WIL- 
 LIAM B., MARY J. and SARAH E. 
 
 THOMAS J., born August 3, 1830, 
 and resides near Rossville, Kan. 
 
 WASHINGTON J., born July 19, 
 1832, married Dec. 29, 1861, to Mrs. Me- 
 linda Hammond, whose maiden name was 
 Cox. They have five children, GEORGE 
 W., THOMAS C., MINNIE L., MARY 
 A. and WILLIAM, and reside three 
 miles north of Curran. 
 
 ELIZABETH, born Nov. i, 1838, 
 married Jan. 18, 1865, to Peter VanOr- 
 man. * Mrs. VanOrman and her child, 
 LIZZIE, reside with her mother. 
 
 William Archer died August 31, 1867, 
 from the effects of being thrown from a 
 horse, and his widow resides at the farm 
 where they settled in 1820. 
 
 In the fall of 1873 Mrs. Elizabeth Ar- 
 cher, then eighty years of age, gave to the 
 writer a piece of a dress made with her 
 own hands more than sixty years before. 
 The family of her uncle, with whom she 
 moved from Georgia to St. Clair county, 
 111., in 18 1 1, brought some cotton in the 
 bolls, for the purpose of using the seed in 
 growing cotton in their new home. Miss 
 Holt, as her name then was, obtained the 
 consent of her uncle to apply the cotton 
 to her own use. She picked it from the 
 bolls and separated the cotton from the 
 seed with her fingers, and spun it on a 
 wheel, borrowed from a neighbor more 
 than thirty miles distant. She had a rude 
 loom constructed for the purpose, and had 
 just commenced weaving, when the first 
 assassination among the white settlers by 
 Indians took place, as the beginning there 
 of the war with England. That occurred
 
 86 
 
 EARLY SETTLERS OF 
 
 in June, 1812. She, with her uncle's 
 family, fled to Fort Bradsby, a rude wood- 
 en fortification near by. Appealing- to the 
 Lieutenant in command for protection, 
 he reported the case to Governor Edwards, 
 who authorized him to grant her request. 
 A guard was accordingly placed around 
 the cabin,"and kept"there until the weav- 
 ing was completed. The design was 
 unique and beautiful. The cloth was care- 
 fully preserved, some of it bleached to 
 snowy whiteness, and made into a dress. 
 She wore it the first time to a quarterly 
 meeting in 1815, just after the close of the 
 war, and attracted universal attention as 
 the finest dressed lady in all that region of 
 country. 
 
 ARCHER, MOSES, came to 
 Sangamon county with his brother Wil- 
 liam. He was four times married, and 
 died at Galena before the rebellion. His 
 son 
 
 ROBERT, died in 1870 or '71, leaving 
 a widow and three daughters in Christian 
 county. 
 
 ARCHER, MICHAEL, came 
 to Sangamon county two years later than 
 his brother William, and married EfFy 
 Duff, moved to Missouri, raised a large 
 family, returned to Sangamon' county 
 during the rebellion, and Mrs. Archer 
 died in Sangamon county. He returned 
 to Jasper county, Mo., and died there in 
 1871. 
 
 ARCHER, ROBERT, was 
 born Sept. 17, 1801, in Tennessee, and 
 came with his brothers, Moses, Michael, 
 Obadiah, their sister Jemima, and their 
 mother, in 1821, to Sangamon county, 
 where their brother William had settled 
 the year before. Robert Archer and 
 Matilda DufF were married Feb. 6, 1825, 
 and had three children in Sangamon 
 county. 
 
 ELIZABETH J., born August i, 
 
 1827, married Nov. 15, 1850, to Reuben 
 Brown. See his name. 
 
 BENNETT, C. D., born July 13, 
 
 1828, died Sept. 28, 1846. 
 
 MARTHA T., born April 15, 1830, 
 in Sangamon county, married Leadbetter 
 Bradley. See his name. 
 
 Robert Archer died*{October 17, 1859, 
 and Matilda, his wife, died July 20, 1863, 
 both in Sangamon county. 
 
 . 
 
 ARCHER, JEMIMA, came 
 to Sangamon county in 1821 and marrie 
 George DufF. See his name. 
 
 ARCHER, OBADIAH, came 
 with his mother, sister and brothers to 
 Sangamon county in 1821. He has been 
 twice married, and resides at Galena, 111. 
 
 Mrs. Martha Archer, mother of William 
 Moses, Michael, Obadiah and ^e 
 came with her children to Sangamo 
 county, in 1821, and died at the house o 
 her son Moses, several years later. 
 
 ARMSTRONG, HUGH M., 
 born Feb. 13, 1839, in Warren county 
 Ky., and moved with his* father and fam 
 ily to Madison county, 111., in 1816. Hug 
 came to Springfield Nov. 8, 1829. H 
 was married in Springfield June 3, 
 to Lavina M. Dryer, daughter of Joh 
 Dryer. See his name. They had te 
 children, in Springfield ; five died young 
 Of the others 
 
 CATHARINE L., born July 20, 
 1830, was married in Springfield, July i 
 1853, to Samuel M. Culver, who w 
 born in New York. They had five chil 
 ren. CARRIE M. died aged seven year 
 CHARLES A., HUGH M., WILLIA 
 H. and GILBERT R., reside with the 
 parents in Springfield. 
 
 CYNTHIA y., born Nov. i, 183 
 was married in Springfield, July u, 186 
 to H. F. Hollingsworth, a native of Ca 
 roll county, 111. They have one chil 
 MAHLON F., and reside near Freepo 
 Stephenson county, 111. 
 
 ALBERT H., born July 22, 1845, l 
 Springfield, was married Dec. 19, 1868, t 
 Jennie Merriweather, who was born Jul 
 19, 1845,111 Green county, 111. They hav 
 four children, KATE M., AXNI" 
 HARRIS HALE and ALBERT D 
 and reside in Springfield. Mr. A. 
 machinist. 
 
 JOHN D., born August 7, 1852, an 
 
 JULIA M., born August 8, 185 
 both in Springfield, reside with thei 
 parents. 
 
 Hugh M. Armstrong was brought u 
 a hatter and engaged in that business wit 
 his brother Hosea in Springfield, in ] 82 
 He was afterwards interested in wo 
 carding, and, in connection with Josep 
 and E. R. Thayer, originated, and f< 
 some years conducted, the Springfiel 
 Woolen Mills. He now resides on a far 
 near Batavia, Kane county, 111.
 
 SANGAMON COUNTY. 
 
 ARMSTRONG, JOHN, was 
 born Nov. 14, 1814, in Chester county, Pa., 
 came to Springfield, 111., August i, 1837, 
 and was married Nov. 14, 1839, to Chloe 
 E. Abel. They had eight children, two 
 of whom died young. 
 
 WILLIAM P., born Sept. 7, 1840, 
 married Frances E. Maxon. He died 
 I-\-l). i% 1874, and she died in June of the 
 same year, both in Springfield. 
 
 ROBERT R., born Feb. 20, 1844, 
 died Jan. i, 1860. 
 
 /. rCTE.,}wrn Jan. 5, 1846, in Spring- 
 field, married Jan. 5, 1870, to C. H. Fos- 
 ter. They have two children, GER- 
 TRUDE E. and FREDRICK F., and 
 reside in Pawnee. Mr. Foster is a mer- 
 chant there. 
 
 HENRT JR., born March 27, 1848, 
 
 CHARLES A., born Feb. 10, 1850, 
 and 
 
 EDWARD R., born Feb. 20, 1852; 
 the three latter reside with their parents. 
 
 Mr. Armstrong has been a contractor 
 and builder for many years. He was ap- 
 pointed by President Lincoln, in 1861, 
 to the office of Post Master in Springfield, 
 and' held the office until August 5, 1865. 
 He now resides in Springfield. 
 
 ARMSTRONG, THOMAS, 
 was born Jan. 27, 1785, in Augusta 
 county, Va. He was there married, iSov., 
 1815, to Jane Burgess, who was born 
 [une 3, 1796, in Greenbrier county. They 
 had seven children in Augusta county, and 
 moved, in 1827, to Logan county, Ohio, 
 where they had two children, and moved 
 to Sangamon county, 111., arriving Oct. 21, 
 1840, in what is now Cotton Hill township. 
 Of their children 
 
 MART W., born March 24, 1816, in 
 Virginia, married in Sangamon county to 
 James I. Dozier. See his name. 
 
 SARAH J., born May n, 1817, in 
 Virginia, married Daniel Keys; had one 
 child, SARAH. She married Robert 
 Jones, and resides in Kansas. Mrs. Keys 
 died Sept. 28, 1844. See his name. 
 
 ABEL, born Oct. 30, 1818, in Virginia, 
 came to Sangamon county in 1840. Is 
 living with his third wife, near Newton, 
 Jasper county, 111. 
 
 ELIZA, born August 8, 1820, in Vir- 
 ginia, married in Sangamon county, March 
 i; 1849, to George Brunk. See his name. 
 She died Oct. 4, 1860. 
 
 THOMAS D., born April 4, 1822, in 
 Virginia, married in Sangamon county, 
 January, 1849, to Jane Woozley. They 
 reside in Christian county. 
 
 NANCY, born Feb. 13, 1824, in Vir- 
 ginia, married in Sangamon county, in 
 1846, to Moses A.Jones. See his name. 
 
 CAROLINE A., born Dec. 14, 1826, 
 in Virginia, married in Sangamon county, 
 March i, 1849,10 Rape Funderburk. Sec 
 his name. 
 
 ANGELINE, born Nov. 15, 1833, in 
 Logan county, Ohio, married in Sanga- 
 mon county, to David Hall. They have 
 three children, and reside near Nevvtonia, 
 Newton county, Mo. 
 
 JOHN B., born June 9, 1839, in Logan 
 county, Ohio, raised in Sangamon county, 
 married near Pana, to Sarah King, and 
 resides in Christian county. 
 
 Mrs. Jane Armstrong died Feb. 13, 
 1843, and Thomas Armstrong died Feb. 
 i ^, 18^9, both in Sangamon county. 
 
 AVERITT, THOMAS M. 
 See his name in connection with George 
 Gregory and the first railroad locomotive 
 ever run into Springfield. 
 
 IB, 
 
 BAKER, EDWARD DICK- 
 INSON, was born Feb. 24, 1811, in 
 London, England. His father, Edward 
 Baker, was an educated gentleman, and his 
 mother a sister of Capt. Thomas Dicken- 
 son, of the British navy, who distinguished 
 himself at the battle of Trafalger. Ed- 
 ward D. was the eldest of five children. 
 About the close of the war with England, 
 in 1815, his father and family emigrated 
 to America, landing at Philadelphia, 
 Penn. Here Mr. Edward Baker engaged 
 in teaching. On account of the financial 
 embarassments of the family, as soon as 
 Edward D. was old enough, he was ap- 
 prenticed to a weaver. In 1826 his father 
 moved to Belleville, 111., where he opened 
 a select school, and young Edward D. 
 Baker evinced such a taste' for literature 
 that the late Gov. Edwards, then a resi- 
 dent of Belleville, gave him free access to 
 his library. From Belleville young Baker 
 went to St. Louis, and to procure funds 
 for necessary expenses, drove a dray for at 
 least one season. From St. Louis he went 
 to Carrolton, 111., and began the study of
 
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 EARLY SETTLERS OF 
 
 law and at the same time acting as deputy 
 in the county clerk's office. He was mar- 
 ried April 27, 1831, to Mrs. Mary A. Lee, 
 a widow with two children. In the spring 
 of 1832 Mr. Baker enlisted in the Black 
 Hawk war, and in 1835 moved to Spring- 
 Held, and soon after became a law partner 
 of Stephen T. Logan. He delivered the 
 oration at the laying of the corner stone of 
 the- old State house, July 4, 1837. ^ n t ^ ie 
 latter year he was elected to the General 
 Assembly to fill the vacancy caused by 
 the resignation of Hon. Dan Stone, and 
 was re-elected the following year. In 
 1840 E. D. Baker was elected State Sena- 
 tor for four years, and elected to Congress 
 in 1845. When the war broke out with 
 Mexico, Mr. B. hastened home, raised a 
 regiment, which was accepted by the 
 government as the 4th III. Inf., Col. E. D. 
 Baker, commanding. Arriving on the 
 Rio Grand, he discovered that the troops 
 were in need of additional tent equipage, 
 munitions of war, etc., and for a few 
 months accepted the position of bearer of 
 dispatches to the war department, and re- 
 paired to Washington. Congress was in 
 session, and not having resigned his seat 
 in the House, availed himself of his priv- 
 ilege as a member, and made a speech of 
 great and almost magical power in favor 
 of a vigorous prosecution of the war, and 
 in behalf of the volunteers then in the 
 field, and rejoined his regiment. After 
 the battle of Cerro Gordo, the term of 
 Col. Baker's enlistment expired, and his 
 men not wishing to re-enlist, he reluctant- 
 ly left the field, and, returning home, re- 
 sumed the practice of his profession. In 
 the spring of 1848 he moved to Galena, 
 111. As one of the Whig electors for the 
 State at large, he took an active part in 
 the Presidential campaign of 1848. He 
 took his seat as Representative in Congress, 
 the second time, in Dec., 1849. In 1851 
 he entered into an agreement with the 
 Panama Railroad Company to grade a 
 portion of that road, but after several 
 months exposure to a tropical sun, he and 
 his men fell sick and abandoned the coun- 
 try. In 1852 he emigrated with his fam- 
 ily to California, establishing himself in 
 practice in San Francisco. There he de- 
 livered the funeral oration of two of his 
 early friends, fallen bv the fatal bullet 
 of the duelist, Ferguson and Broderick. 
 The latter stands alone as the most bril- 
 
 brilliant funeral oration ever delivered on 
 the continent of America. After the 
 death of Boderick, Col. Baker moved to 
 Oregon, and was elected U. S. Senator 
 from there in 1860. For the first time in 
 his life he was placed in a position con- 
 genial to him. The decorum and courtesy 
 that usually marks the intercourse of Sen- 
 ators, was most grateful to his habits ot 
 thought and feeling. 
 
 Col. Baker was a man of action as well 
 as of words, and soon after the fall of Fort 
 Sumter he recruited a regiment in Phil- 
 adelphia and vicinity, which was called 
 the California regiment, and soon after, 
 President Lincoln tendered him a Briga- 
 dier-General's commission, but he declined 
 it, probably because it would have vacated 
 his seat in the Senate. At the first ses- 
 sion of the 37th Congress, convoked by 
 President Lincoln, July 4, 1861, Col. 
 Baker was in his seat, and participated 
 prominently in the passage of those im- 
 portant measures which became necessary 
 to place the nation on a war footing. On 
 the adjournment of this special session, 
 Col. Baker rejoined his regiment, which 
 was attached to and formed a part of the 
 army of observation on the Potomac. He, 
 however, was restless in camp, and a vague 
 presentiment of his approaching fate 
 seemed to haunt him wherever he went, 
 and he said to a friend that since his cam- 
 paign in Mexico he could never afford to 
 turn his back on an enemy. He returned 
 to Washington, settled his affairs, and 
 called to bid the President and family fare- 
 well, when the lady of the Executive 
 Mansion, who, in her, then, high position, 
 was gracefully mindful of early friendship, 
 gave him a boquet of late flowers. As 
 though partially soliloquizing, he said : 
 " Very beautiful ; these flowers and my 
 memory will wither together." He pressed 
 with quiet earnestness on his friend, Col. 
 Webb, the measures which might become 
 necessary in regard to the resting place of 
 his mortal remains, then mounted his 
 horse and rode gaily awav to his death. 
 He was leading his men at Ball's Bluff, 
 and, when ten feet in advance of them, 
 fell, pierced by eight bullets, Oct. 21, 1861. 
 His body was borne tenderly away, em- 
 balmed, and removed to Washington City, 
 where appropriate funeral honors were 
 paid to his remains; then sent to New 
 York City, and from there by steamer to
 
 SANGAMON COUNT)'. 
 
 San Francisco, where he was buried in 
 Lone Mountain Cemetery, of that city. 
 Of the two children of Mrs. Baker by 
 her first marriage 
 
 A f ARIA L. LEE, born in 1827, was 
 married Feb. n, 1845, * J ames H. 
 Matheny. See his name. 
 
 FRANK LEE went to California, 
 and died there. 
 
 Hon. Edward D. Baker and wife had 
 four children, namely : 
 
 LUCT S., born about 1832 in Carrol- 
 ton, 111., brought up in Springfield, was 
 married in San Francisco to Charles 
 Hopkins. They have four children, 
 CHARLES, CAROLINE, ROBERT 
 and RALPH, and reside at Olympia, 
 Washington Territory. Mr. Hopkins is 
 U. S. Marshall for that Territory. 
 
 CAROLINE C, born in Carrolton, 
 111., brought up in Springfield, was married 
 in San Francisco to Robert J. Stevens. 
 They have two children, ROBERT and 
 CARRIE, and reside in Washington 
 City. 
 
 ALFRED W., born in Springfield, 
 resides in San Francisco. 
 
 ED WARD D., Jun., born in Spring- 
 field, married Saccha Alma Bradshaw. 
 He is a Captain in the U. S. Army, and 
 is on duty at some western military post. 
 
 Mrs. Mary A. Baker died in San Fran- 
 cisco. 
 
 The great and fatal mistake of Col. 
 Baker was one that did honor to his noble 
 and chivalrous spirit. He had fairly and 
 honorably reached the highest position in 
 our government that any adopted citizen 
 could attain. In the Senate of the United 
 States he was the peer of any man in the 
 nation, and his counsels there were worth 
 a hundred fold more than it could have 
 been in the field. When he volunteered 
 to lead a regiment, he was liable to be- 
 come subordinate to men far, very far, in- 
 ferior to himself, and that proved to be 
 his destruction ; but he had, no doubt, 
 weighed well the step he was about to 
 take, and thereby laid the most costly sac- 
 rifice on the altar of his adopted country 
 that it was possible for any citizen to make, 
 even though he were to the manor born. 
 
 BAKER, JOHN L., was born 
 June 20, 1805, in Campbell county, Ky. 
 He is a brother of Thomas, and was mar- 
 ried in 1828, in Butler county, Ohio, to 
 Rachel Biggs, who was born in that State, 
 12 
 
 Oct. 6, 1 804. They had three children there 
 and moved to Shelby county, Ind., where 
 they had two children, and from there to 
 Sangamon county, 111., arriving in 1835, 
 in what is now Loami township, where 
 they had two children. Of their eight 
 children two died young. 
 
 MARGARET, born April 27, 1829, 
 in Ohio, was married in Sangamon coun- 
 ty, 111., to Henry Westfall. They have 
 seven children, SMITH M., ANN E., 
 HELEN, INA, LEONA, GEORGE and 
 CHARLES, and reside near Elkhart 
 Logan county, 111. 
 
 THOMAS N., born Jan. 28, 1831, in 
 Ohio, was married in Sangamon county 
 to Frances Freddy. They have six child- 
 ren, all born in Sangamon county, namely: 
 SIBYL,. JOHN L., ALICE, MARY, 
 DON CARLOS and ETTA, and reside 
 near Ottawa, Kansas. 
 
 SARAH J., born April 25, 1832, in 
 Ohio, was married in Sangamon county 
 to Jonathan Jarrett. See his name. 
 
 REUBEN F., born Jan. 24, 1834, in 
 Shelby county, Ind., was married in San- 
 gamon county to Elizabeth Mahard. They 
 have seven children, JOHN, GEORGE, 
 JAMES, ORTHELLO, HORATIO, 
 ALICE and ARMINDA, and reside 
 near Nebraska City, Neb. 
 
 EPHRIAM, born March 31, 1835, in 
 Indiana, was married in Sangamon coun- 
 ty to Anna Mahard. He died in Sanga- 
 mon county, leaving a widow and two 
 children, EBEN and CHARLES. The 
 widow and children reside in Missouri. 
 
 JOHN W., born Dec. 13, 1837, in 
 Sangamon county, 111., was married there 
 to Sarah Mahard. They have four child- 
 ren,J AMES E., ELIZABETH, THOM- 
 AS *and M. ALICE, who reside with 
 their parents, near Ottawa, Kansas. 
 
 PAULINE L., born Sept. 22, 1844, 
 in Sangamon countv, married James S. 
 Cloud. They have four children, M. 
 ALICE, DORA, MINNIE E. and 
 JESSE M., and reside in Ottawa, Kansas. 
 John L. Baker and wife reside in Otta- 
 wa, Kansas. 
 
 BAKER, THOMAS, was born 
 March 3, 1794, in Campbell county, Ky.; 
 brother to John L. Nancy Robertson 
 was born Oct. 9, 1806, in Harrison county, 
 Va. They were married Dec. 29, 1823, 
 in Kanawha county, West Va., at the 
 house of Jonathan Jarrett. Sen. Mr. and
 
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 EARLY SETTLERS OF 
 
 Mrs. Baker had two children in West Vir- 
 ginia, and moved to Sangamon county, 
 111., arriving Nov. 1826, in what is now 
 Loami township, where they had eight 
 children. Of their ten chilldren 
 
 JOHN, born March 16, 1825, in West 
 Virginia, died in Sangamon county, Aug. 
 
 2 9> l8 35- 
 
 CHARLES, born April 12, 1826, in 
 
 West Virginia, married in Sangamon 
 county, August n, 1844, to Lucretia 
 Minter. They moved in the fall of that 
 year to Tarrant county, Texas. He died 
 there in 1871, leaving a widow and ten 
 children. 
 
 WILLIAM, born Feb. n, 1829, in 
 Sangamon county, married Jan. 10, 1850, 
 to Margaret Morris. They have ten 
 children, and reside near Bancroft, Daviess 
 county, Mo. 
 
 MART A., born Dec. 27, 1831, in 
 Sangamon county, married Nov. 8, 18^3, 
 to Barnard A. VanDeren. See his name. 
 They had two children, THOMAS N. 
 and MAGGIE L. Mr. VanD. died, and 
 she married, Nov. 2, 1868, to John Low- 
 ery, who was born Sept. 15, 1837,111 coun- 
 ty Down, Ireland. They had two child- 
 ren, MARY A. and BARNARD A.; 
 the latter died in infancy. Mr. and Mrs. 
 Lowery reside four miles south of Loami. 
 
 MARGARET, born Oct. 27, 1834, in 
 Sangamon county, married Dec. 18, 1857, 
 to James W. Greenwood. See his name. 
 
 THOMAS,]\\\\., born Oct. i, 1836, in 
 Sangamon county, married April 23, 
 1861, to Mary J. Hall. She died August 
 21, 1866, leaving one child, GEORGE 
 W. Mr. Baker was married March 19, 
 1867, to Mrs. Harriet Cosser, whose maiden 
 name was Hall. They have two children, 
 JOSEPH F. and HATTIE, and reside 
 three and a half miles southwest of Loami. 
 
 NANCY, born March 28, 1839, in San- 
 gamon county, married William G. Mil- 
 ler. See his name. She died, leaving 
 two children with their father, who is 
 married and resides in Loami township. 
 
 CYRUS W., born May 19, 1842, in 
 Sangamon county, married April 13, 1862, 
 to Sarah A. Jarrett. They have three 
 children, HENRY, BARNARD A. and 
 JO. C., and reside one and a half miles 
 southwest of Loami. 
 
 SARAH J., born Dec. 7, 1846, in 
 Sangamon county, married Nov. 2, 1865, 
 to Joseph O. Joy. They have three child- 
 
 dren, CHARLES W., WILLIE A. and 
 JOHN W., and reside three miles south- 
 west of Loami. Mr. Joy was a soldier in 
 suppressing the rebellion. 
 
 ISAAC N., born Dec. 11, 1849, in 
 Sangamon county, married April 21, 1870, 
 to Sarah E. Post. They have one child, 
 HARRY O., and reside at the homestead 
 settled by his parents. 
 
 Thomas Baker, Sen., died Jan. 5, 1852, 
 and his widow resides at the homestead 
 settled by herself and husband in 1826. 
 It is one and a half miles southwest ot 
 Loami. 
 
 BAKER, ISAAC, was born near 
 Fredericktown, Md. He served as a fifer 
 in the Revolution, the last two years of 
 the war. Phoebe Waddell was born near 
 Baltimore, Md. They were married there 
 in 1787, and moved to what became Bour- 
 bon county, Ky., where twelve children 
 were born, eight of whom married there. 
 The parents and four youngest children 
 came to Sangamon county in the fall of 
 1829, in what is now Rochester township. 
 Of their children 
 
 JAMES, born July, 1788,111 Bourbon 
 county, Ky. It is believed he was the first 
 white child born in the county. He was 
 married Sept. 17, 1813, in Nicholas coun- 
 ty, Ky., to Nancy Squires, who was born 
 Oct. 22, 1794, in Fauquier county, Va. 
 They had eight children in Nicholas coun- 
 ty, and moved to Sangamon county, 111., 
 arriving Nov., 1828, at Springfield, and a 
 week later left for what is now Logan 
 county. In Jan., 1831, he moved to 
 Rochester, Sangamon county. They 
 were five days moving twenty miles, 
 through what is known as the " deep 
 snow." Mr. B. was a soldier in the Black 
 Hawk war. Two of his children were 
 born in Illinois. Of his ten children, 
 S. WILLIS, born Oct. 10, 1814, in Ken- 
 tucky, died unmarried, in Illinois, June 25, 
 1850. THOMAS J., born March i, 
 1816, in Kentucky, died in Sangamon 
 county, Oct. 17, 183*2. MARGARET J., 
 born Dec. 20, 1817, in Kentucky, married 
 in Sangamon county, Nov. 15, 1838, to 
 Daniel S. Stafford. She died in less than 
 a year. MARTIN E., born Jan. 27, 
 1820, in Nicholas county, Ky., married 
 March 4, 1852, in Springfield, to Mary 
 C. S. Williams, who was born Feb. 3, 
 1826, in Montgomery county, Md., and 
 came to Springfield in 1839. They have
 
 SANGAMON COUNTT. 
 
 9 1 
 
 eight children, JAMES w., CORNELIA A., 
 
 MARGARET E., MARTIN E., JUH., NANCY 
 E., HORACE W., MARY F. and CHARLES O., 
 
 and reside four miles southwest of Illiopo- 
 lis. ELIZA E., born Nov. 7, 1822, in 
 Kentucky, died July 3, 1835, in Sangamon 
 county. KITTY *A., born Jan. 22, 1824, 
 in Kentucky, married in Sangamon coun- 
 ty, in 1848, to Oliver Stafford; have seven 
 children, and reside in Mt. Pulaski. JOHN 
 S., born Nov. 7, 1826, in Kentucky, taught 
 school in Sangamon county many years; 
 went to California in 1854, and died July 
 30, 1873, in San Francisco. WILLIAM 
 F., born June 29, 1828, in Kentucky, 
 brought up in Sangamon county, married, 
 Feb. 7, 1860, in Christian county, to Eliza- 
 beth Green ; have four children, and reside 
 near Grove City. MARY E., born Oct. 
 22, 1830, in Logan county, married, Nov. 
 4, 1852, to Leander Green. (See his name.] 
 MARTHA A., born August 1 1, 1833, in 
 Sangamon county, married Dec. 29, 1859, 
 to William Crenshaw; have two children, 
 and reside in Georgetown, Ky. James 
 Baker died Feb. 14, 1869, and Mrs. Nancy 
 Baker died Oct. 3, 1872, both in Christian 
 county. 
 
 JACOB, born August 9, 1790, in 
 Bourbon county, Ky., was a soldier from 
 that county in the war of 1812. He was 
 married in Nicholas county, Ky., to Jane 
 Branch, sister of Edward Branch. See 
 his name. Four of their children were 
 born in Kentucky, and he came to Sanga- 
 inon county with his father, arriving in 
 1829, near Rochester, where five children 
 were born. Of his seven children, JULI- 
 AN, married first to Alfred Waddell,who 
 died, and she married Willis Runnels, and 
 both died. Her sons, ALFRED Waddell, 
 resides in Greenfield, Mo., JESSE and WIL- 
 LIS reside near Nashville, Mo. SUSAN, 
 born in Kentucky, married in Sangamon 
 county to James Virden, who died, and 
 his widow resides seven miles east of 
 Springfield. They had five children. 
 PLEASANT, born April 25, 1819, in 
 Nicholas county, Ky., married in Sanga- 
 mon county, June 24, 1846, to Lavina W ad- 
 dell, who was born in Kentucky. They had 
 five children ; two died in infancy. JULIAN 
 and WILLIAM n. reside in Clear Lake 
 township. ALVIN resides with his father. 
 Mrs. Lavina Baker died April 20, 1857, and 
 Mr. B. married Mary E, Cook, a native of 
 Scinto county, Ohio. They have five 
 
 children, MARY, SUSAN j., ELIZA A., 
 PLEASANT and LAURA E., and reside in 
 Clear Lake township. ISAAC, born Oct. 
 6, 1821, in Kentucky, married in Sanga- 
 mon county to Almyra Pike. He died, 
 leaving one child, ISAAC, who resides 
 south of Rochester. POLLY A., born 
 in Kentucky, married in Sangamon coun- 
 ty to Daniel Barr. JANE, born July 15, 
 1827, in Kentucky, married in Sangamon 
 county to John M. McCune. See his 
 name. ALVIN, born in Sangamon 
 county, married Hester Hornbaker. He 
 died in iS56,leavingtwochildren,En\VAKi> 
 and ALONZO. Mrs. Jane Baker died, and 
 Jacob Baker afterward married twice, and 
 died May 18, 1872. 
 
 THOMAS, born about 1792, in Ken- 
 tucky, married there to Sarah Delav. 
 They had four children, and came to San- 
 gamon county in 1828, with his brother, 
 James, and settled near Rochester, where 
 one child was born. Of his children, 
 ISAAC resides near Medoc, Mo., ELIZA- 
 BETH, born in Kentucky, married in 
 Sangamon county to Jabez Capps. See 
 his name. JOHN resides near Medoc, 
 Mo. WILLIAM resides in Virginia City, 
 Montana. JEMIMA married and died in 
 Mt. Pulaski. Thomas Baker died March, 
 1874, and his widow resides near Medoc, 
 Mo. 
 
 yOSEPH,\)OYn in 1796, in Kentucky, 
 came to Sangamon county in 1828, and 
 died in Medoc, Mo. 
 
 SUSAN, born March 15, 1799, in- 
 Bourbon county, Ky., married Robert 
 Bell. See his name. 
 
 IS A A C, born in Kentucky, never came 
 to Sangamon county. He resides near 
 Medoc, Mo. 
 
 SQUIRE, born Jan. 8, 1803, in Ken- 
 tucky, came to Sangamon county in 1829, 
 and resides near Mapleton, Kansas. 
 
 WILLIAM, born in 1805, in Ken- 
 tucky, and resides near Mapleton, Kan. 
 
 GREE^Bl^RT, born in Kentucky, 
 married in Sangamon county to Ann;i 
 Payne, who died, and he married Mrs. 
 Mary Johnson, formerly Mrs. Marker, 
 and whose maiden name was Williams. 
 They had four children. MOSES was a 
 Union soldier in the :ith Mo. Inf., and 
 was killed while aiding in the arrest of a 
 deserter. THOMAS J. was a member 
 of the i6th 111. Cavalrv, and died in An- 
 dersonville prison. S. \YILL1S served
 
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 EARLY SETTLERS OF 
 
 three years in the nth Mo. Inf.; was 
 honorably discharged, and married in San- 
 gamon county to Matilda Mear. He died 
 early in 1874, leaving a widow and two 
 children, near Medoc, Mo. EFFIE 
 was married in Sangamon county, to 
 Joseph Brunk, and resides near Medoc, 
 Mo. Mrs. Mary Baker died May 22, 
 1842, in Sangamon county. Greenhury 
 Baker died March 4, 1873, in Sangamon 
 county. 
 
 HARRISQN,\K>V* in Kentucky, mar- 
 ried in Sangamon county, to Nellie Bowles. 
 They had eight children, born in Sanga- 
 mon county, and moved to the vicinity of 
 Medoc, Mo. Mr. and Mrs. Baker died 
 there in 1872, and were buried in one 
 grave. 
 
 POLLY, born in Kentucky, married 
 in Sangamon county to Elias Williams. 
 See his name. 
 
 PH(EBE,\>m\\ April 5, i8i6,in Ken- 
 tucky, married in Sangamon county to 
 Josiah B. Williams. See his name. 
 
 Mrs. Phoebe Baker died July 3, 1845, 
 and Isaac Baker died in Sept. 1848, both 
 in Sangamon county, south of Rochester. 
 He was about 100 years of age. 
 
 BAKER, WILLIAM, was born 
 about 1798, in Sevier county, Tenn. He 
 came to St. Clair county, 111., when a 
 young man. Phebe Neeley was born 
 Dec. 14, 1799, near Nashville, Tenn., and 
 was taken to St. Clair county, 111., when 
 she was a young woman. Wm. Baker 
 and Phebe Neeley were married about 
 1818, near Belleville. They had one child 
 born there, and the family moved to Horse 
 creek, in what became Sangamon county, in 
 the spring of 1819, in what is now Cotton 
 Hill township, where seven children were 
 born. They then moved to a mill on San- 
 gamon river, three miles north of Roches- 
 ter, where one child was born. Four of 
 the children died under two years. Of 
 the other five 
 
 JAMES, born Jan., 1819, in St. Clair 
 county, and raised on Horse creek, on the 
 farm now owned by Samuel ^Galloway. 
 William Enyert, who went to school with 
 him, remembers having heard him say 
 frequently, in their boyhood days, that he 
 would join some Indian tribe at 18 years 
 of age. Between 1837 and '40 he went 
 west, and came back in 1844, to see his 
 mother, who then lived in Rochester. He 
 said he had joined the Snake tribe of In- 
 
 dians, and after a stay of about six months, 
 he returned to that tribe. But little was 
 known of him until 1849, when a party of 
 eight persons left Springfield for the gold 
 regions of California. William Enyert 
 says they found him at the crossing of 
 Green river, keeping a ferry. He recog- 
 nized Mr. Enyert readily, and treated him 
 kindly. Mr. Enyert learned from him 
 that he was a chief in the Snake tribe; 
 had two wives, one with him and one at 
 Foil Bridger, and two children by each. 
 His daily receipts were from $500 
 to $600 at the ferry. He is yet living 
 among the Indians, and is occasionally 
 heard from by his friends. Mr. Enyert 
 says that when he saw him he was full 
 six feet tall, wore his hair long and straight, 
 stood erect as any Indian, wore buckskin 
 clothes, and in his general appearance 
 looked very much like an Indian. Mr. 
 Enyert had been a school-mate of his in 
 this county. E. C. Matheny saw him 
 under similar circumstances. 
 
 \DELIA, born in Sangamon county 
 in 1821, died at 15 years of age. 
 
 JOHN, born in Sangamon county, re- 
 sides among the Indians, near Fort Bridger, 
 Wyoming territory. Went there a few 
 years later than his brother James. 
 
 ELIZABETH, born in Sangamon 
 county, Cotton Hill township, is unmar- 
 ried and resides in Rochester; is the only 
 member of the family residing in Sanga- 
 mon county. 
 
 ELIZA, born in Sangamon county, 
 died at 15 years of age. 
 
 William Baker went to Texas previous 
 to 1844, started from there to California 
 about 1852, and died on the road. Mrs. 
 Phebe Baker died, August, 1861, in 
 Rochester. 
 
 BALDWIN, JOH IXfSON, was 
 born March 25, 1797, in Scott county, Ky. ; 
 was married in Gallatin county, Oct. 24, 
 1822, to Betsy Kendall. They had one 
 child born in Kentucky, and moved to 
 Sangamon county, 111., in company with 
 her father, William Kendall, arriving Oct. 
 17, 1824, in what is now Curran town- 
 ship, where eleven children were born; 
 one died in infancy. Of their children 
 
 MARY A., born Sept. 19, 1823, in 
 Kentucky, married in Sangamon county 
 to Richard Bradlev. Sec his name.
 
 SANG AM ON COUNTT. 
 
 93 
 
 ALISSA, or ALICE, born Nov. 17, 
 1824, in Sangamon county, married John 
 Wesley Elliott. See his name. 
 
 HARRIET, horn March 4, 1827, in 
 Sangamon county, married John M. 
 Smith. See his name. Resides near 
 Curran. 
 
 ELIZA, bora Nov. 6, 1828, in San- 
 gamon county, married Edward D. Camp- 
 bell, and resides near Lancaster, or Mans- 
 field, Texas. 
 
 WILLIAM, born Jan. 23, 1831, in 
 Sangamon county, married Dec. 22, 1853, 
 to Mary J. Parkinson. They had seven 
 children. ADDIE C. died 'August 22, 
 1871, in her seventh year. LIZZIE died 
 in infancy. ELLA M., EUNICE P., 
 JAMES O. and OTIS J., (twins), and 
 WILLIE O., reside with their parents, 
 six miles west of Springfield. 
 
 NANCY, born May 4, 1833, in Sanga- 
 mon county, married August 20, 1872, to 
 John Mull, who was born Dec. 5, 1821, 
 in Kentucky. They reside six miles 
 southwest of Springfield. 
 
 EDITH, born Feb. 26, 1837, in San- 
 gamon county, married Feb. 13, 1873, to 
 Win. Dyer, and resides four miles north- 
 west of Curran. 
 
 AGNES,\x>?n Dec. 18, 1838, died Oct. 
 5, 1864. 
 
 E MIL T, born August 15, 1841, resides 
 with her sister, Mrs. Dyer. 
 
 SUSAN, born Sept. 15, 1843, married 
 Wm. B. Gilbert. They have two children 
 and reside three miles north of Spring- 
 field, on Athens road. 
 
 ELIZABETHAN August 29, 1856, 
 in her eleventh year. 
 
 Mrs. Betsey Baldwin died August 13, 
 1847, and Johnson Baldwin died Dec. 4, 
 1871, both in Sangamon county. 
 
 BALL, JOHN S., born about 
 1795, in Madison county, Ky. Went to 
 Clarksville, Tenn., and from thei'e to 
 Eddyville, Ky., from there to Sangamon 
 county, and after spending several years, 
 returned to Kentucky ; back to Sangamon 
 county, then to JoDaviess county ; from 
 there to Missouri, where he left his family, 
 went to California, and at the end of three 
 years returned to his family in Missouri. 
 Now resides with his sons in Morgan 
 county. His son 
 
 THOMAS H.., married in Morgan 
 county to Eliza A. Hodgson, has two 
 
 children, COLUMBUS A. and IDA 
 BELL, and reside in Ball township. 
 
 BALL, JAPHET A, was born 
 July 5, 1800, in Madison county, Ky. 
 When a young man he went to Clarkes- 
 ville, Tenn., where he learned the trade of 
 a blacksmith with his brother John S. 
 From there he went with his brother to 
 Eddyville, Caldwell county, Ky., and 
 from there to Sangamon county, arriving 
 late in Dec., 1825, in what is now Wood- 
 side township. He was married Dec. 2, 
 1828, to Sarah Henderson. They had two 
 children 
 
 CLARISSA J., born in Sangamon 
 county, married Jeremiah Penicks. They 
 had four children, and Mr. Penicks died. 
 Mrs. Penicks and her children reside at 
 Palmer, Christian county. 
 
 JAMES H., died in his fourteenth 
 year. 
 
 Mrs. Sarah Ball died March 12, 1832. 
 Japhet A. Ball was married May, 1834,10 
 Marinda Davis, who died April 12, 1855. 
 Mr. Ball was married Sept. 30, 1863, to 
 Melissa Morison. They have two child- 
 ren 
 
 JOHN M. and 
 
 'f ANNIE M., and reside east of Sugar 
 creek, in Ball township, four miles south- 
 east of Chatham. x 
 
 Japhet A. Ball enlisted July, 1827, in 
 Col. Tom M. Neal's Battalion of mounted 
 volunteers, to fight the Indians in the 
 north part of the State. This was known 
 as the Winnebago war. He again enlisted, 
 and was commissioned by Gov. Reynolds 
 as First Lieutenant, June 18, 1831. A 
 treaty with Black Hawk, the chief, ter- 
 minated hostilities. The Indians com- 
 menced depredations again, in the spring 
 of 1832. J. A. Ball was commissioned by 
 Gov. Reynolds, April 28, 1832, as Capt. 
 of a Company in Long's Odd Battalion of 
 Inf. It was mustered out in June, 1832, 
 for the purpose of changing to a mounted 
 organization, but that ended his military 
 career. Mr. Ball served from 1843 to 
 1856 as Justice of the Peace. He was 
 elected and commissioned by Gov. Bissell, 
 Nov. 14, 1857, as Associate Judge of San- 
 gamon county, for four years. The town- 
 ship organization being adopted in 1860, 
 terminated his official career. The town- 
 ship of Ball was named for him. 
 
 Judge Ball says that on the first day of 
 Jan., 1831, while the- "deep snow " was
 
 94 
 
 EARLY SETTLERS OF 
 
 falling, he killed fourteen deer. They 
 would founder in the snow, and were 
 easily taken. He built a saw mill on 
 Sugar creek, and sold a large quantity of 
 lumber at the mill, and at times kept 
 teams running to Springfield. The scarci- 
 ty of money for a few years after the 
 financial crash of 1837, was ver y severe 
 on the new settlements. The Judge says 
 that during one of those years he did an 
 extensive business in the lumber trade, 
 and his total receipts in cash was exactly 
 seventy-five cents. 
 
 BALL, SMITH, was born July 
 10, 1810, in Madison county, Ky., came to 
 Sangamon county, 111., arriving at the 
 house of his brother, Japhet A., in 1829. 
 He was married June 13, 1837, * Rebecca 
 Moffatt. They had one child in Sanga- 
 mon county, and in the fall of 1839 moved 
 to Mt. Pleasant, Iowa. In the spring of 
 1840 he moved to Jefferson county, where 
 they had six children. Of their seven 
 children 
 
 EMILY A., born March 27, 1838, in 
 Sangamon county, was married in Iowa 
 to William Case. They have six children, 
 and reside in Marshall county, Iowa. 
 
 MARY M., born March 25, 1840, in 
 Iowa, was married there to George B. 
 Phillips. They have six children, and 
 reside near Wooster, Iowa. 
 
 NANCY y., born August 30, 1842, 
 died aged 22 years. 
 
 GEORGE W., born June 7, 1847, in 
 Jefferson county, Iowa, is a practicing 
 lawyer, unmarried, and resides at ' Iowa 
 City. 
 
 MARGARET C., born Dec. 10, 1847, 
 in Iowa, was married there to Richard 
 Fisher. They have two children, and 
 reside near Wooster. 
 
 LE WIS C., born Jan. 18, 1852, and 
 
 FRANK P., born Feb. 25, 1854, re- 
 side with their parents, near Wooster, 
 Jefferson county, Iowa. 
 
 BALL, WILLIAM, born in 
 Madison county, Ky., came to Sangamon 
 county about 1835, and moved to Jo 
 Daviess county. 
 
 BALL, JANE born in Madison 
 county, Ky., married William Richardson, 
 came to Sangamon county in 1829, and 
 died in this county. Lewis B. Richard- 
 son, of Auburn township, is her son. 
 
 BALL, BETHANY, born Aug. 
 13, 1796, in Madison county, Ky., mar- 
 ried John Brawner. See his name. 
 
 BALL, POLLY, born in Ken- 
 tucky, married in Sangamon county to 
 John Rames, moved to Missouri, and both 
 died there. 
 
 BALL, ELIZABETH, born 
 in Madison county, Ky., married William 
 Brawner. See his name. 
 
 BALL, LUCY, born in Kentucky, 
 married in Sangamon county to Daniel 
 Morris, moved to Texas, and after resid- 
 ing there ten years, returned to Sangamon 
 county, and both died, leaving several 
 children. 
 
 Mrs. Nancy Ball, mother of John S., 
 Japhet A., Smith, William, Jane, Bethany, 
 Polly, Elizabeth and Lucy, came with 
 the last of her children to Sangamon 
 county in 1829, and died at the house 'of 
 her son, Japhet A., in 1846. 
 
 BANCROFT, ISAAC, was 
 born April 29, 1776, near Boston, Mass. 
 Mercy Coburn was born March 12, 1781, 
 in Massachusetts, also. They were mar- 
 ried March 5, 1799, and had two children 
 in Massachusetts. They moved to St. 
 Lawrence county, N. Y., where they had 
 ten children, and moved to Springfield, 
 III., arriving August 10, 1839. Of their 
 children 
 
 BE TS Y married and raised families. 
 One of them died in Massachusetts. The 
 other resides in Hainesville, Lake county, 
 Illinois. 
 
 PRUDENCE, born in New York, 
 died May 3, 1824, aged twenty-four years. 
 
 JQNATHANC., born Feb. 2, 1809, 
 in New York, married Frances Stone. 
 Mr. Bancroft died June 2, 1845, leaving a 
 widow and three children in Springfield. 
 His son, Coburn, died in 1870, in Spring- 
 field. 
 
 ALMA S., born August 20, 1811, and 
 died aged 23 years. 
 
 ISAAC, Jun., born May 6, 1815, in 
 New York, married Mary Blackman. He 
 is now e Congregational minister, and re- 
 sides in Green county, Wis. 
 
 JOSEPH, born April 5, 1817, died 
 Oct. 16, 1851. 
 
 TIMOTHY^ born Feb. 26, 1819, in 
 St. Lawrence county, N. Y.,is unmarried, 
 and resides in Springfield.
 
 SANGAMON COUNTT. 
 
 95 
 
 c* March 3, 1821, in 
 St. Lawrence county, N. Y., married 
 September 19, 1854,10 Elizabeth C. Cass, 
 who was born March 13, 1836, in Mont- 
 gomery county, 111. They had five child- 
 ren, three of whom died young. ED- 
 WARD T. and LUCINDA A. reside 
 with their father. Mrs. E. C. Bancroft 
 died Feb. 3, 1871, and Benj. Bancroft re- 
 sides in Fancy Creek township. 
 
 HARM AN H., born Feb. i, 1823, 
 died in Springfield in his 23d year. 
 
 Isaac Bancraft died Oct. 8, 1844, and his 
 widow died Feb. 10, 1868, both in Spring- 
 field. 
 
 BARBRE, ELI, was born July 
 25, 1 798, in Kentucky. He was married 
 about 1819, in Posey county, Ind., to 
 Nancy Wilkinson, a native of Kentucky, 
 also. They had four children in Indiana, 
 and Mrs. Barbre died there, in 1828. Mr. 
 Barbre moved to Edgar county, 111., and 
 was married there Jan. 17, 1829, to Anna 
 Wilson. They had two children in Ed- 
 gar county, and moved to Sangamon 
 county, 111., arriving in the fall of 1835, in 
 what is now Island Grove township, 
 where they had two children. Of their 
 nine children 
 
 ISAA C, born August 10, 1820, in Ind., 
 came to Sangamon county with his parents, 
 returned to Indiana, married Nancy Ben- 
 nett. He served three years in an Indiana 
 regiment, for the suppression of the re- 
 bellion, and resides in Posey county, Ind. 
 
 WILLIAM, born Nov. 10, 1822, in 
 I'nsev county, Ind., married in Sangamon 
 county, Jan. 15", 1845,10 Rebecca Smith, 
 and had two children. She died, Oct. 18, 
 1847, leaving one child. He was married, 
 Feb. 6, 1849, to Lucy M. Smith. They 
 had nine children. Of all his children, 
 NANCY J., by the first wife, married 
 James McKee, has two children, LUCY A. 
 and MARY H., and reside in Nodaway 
 county, Mo. MARY A., married James 
 A.Trimble. See his name. MARTHA, 
 the twin mate to Mary, died in infancy. 
 JOHN E., JAMES W., THOMAS F., 
 GEORGE I., RICHARD S., SAMUEL 
 M. and MARTHA C., reside with their 
 parents, two miles east of Curran. Wil- 
 liam Barbre enlisted Sept., 1861, in Co. 
 B., loth 111. Cav., for three years. He 
 was wagon master and Veterinary Sur- 
 geon, and was honorably discharged in 
 June, 1863. 
 
 CHARLOTTE, born 1824, in Indi- 
 ana, married Wright Miller, has several 
 children, and resides in Lynn county, 
 Oregon. 
 
 CELIA Z>., born in 1826, in Indiana, 
 married, successively, Edward Bennett, 
 Charles Wiggins and James Cleveland, all 
 of whom died, and she married Henry 
 Atkinson, and resides in Clark county, 111. 
 
 SARAH E., born July 5, 1831, in 
 Edgar county, married in Sangamon 
 county, to Harvey Withrow. See his 
 name. 
 
 JAMES L., born March 4, 1834, in 
 Edgar county, 111., married, Dec. 28, 18=54, 
 to Lucinda Dixon. They had nine child- 
 ren, four of whom died under four years. 
 The latter five, WILLIAM E., AL- 
 BERT F., MARY E., HARRIET C. 
 W. and GEORGETTA, reside with 
 their parents in Cooper township, three 
 miles southwest of Mechanicsburg. 
 
 JOHN A., born Dec. 19, 1835, mar- 
 % ried March 5, 1857, to Margaret R. Mc- 
 Kee, had six children, JAMES A., WM. 
 E., EDWIN H., ANNAH L., JENNIE 
 and GEORGE, reside with their parents, 
 two and a half miles south west of Mechan- 
 icsburg. John A. Barbre enlisted Dec. 
 23, 1863, in Co. B, loth 111. Cav., for three 
 years, served until Nov. 22, 1865, and was 
 honorably discharged at San Antonio, 
 Texas. 
 
 MART C., born in 1837, in Sangamon 
 county, married Rev. Geo. Keller. 
 
 Eli Barbre died in the fall of 1846, and 
 his widow married Wm. Withrow. (Sec 
 his natne.) She died in the fall of 1871. 
 
 BARGER, ADAM, was born 
 April 8, 1784, in Botetourt county, Va. 
 He went, when a young man, to Kanawha 
 county, West Va., and was there married, 
 August 12, 1810, to Lucinda Nolan. 
 They had ten children in Virginia, and 
 moved in a family boat to Shawneetown, 
 111. He took a farm wagon and two yoke 
 of oxen, and hired another team at Shaw- 
 neetown, and thus brought his family and 
 two loads of household goods, arriving 
 Oct., 1826, in what is now Loami town- 
 ship, but then called Yankee Settlement, 
 where they had three children. Of their 
 children 
 
 AL&ARTE.S, born May 26, 1811, in 
 Kanawha county, West Ya., married, Dec. 
 23, 1829, in Sangamon county, to Marga- 
 ret F. Patrick. They had 13 children,
 
 9 6 
 
 EARLY SETTLERS OF 
 
 JOHN A., born July 21, 1831, died in his 
 2 ist year. MAJOR E., enlisted, May 
 25, 1861, in Co. I., i4th 111. Inf., for three 
 years, served full term, and was honorably 
 discharged, June, 1864, at Springfield. 
 He is a lawyer, and resides at Loami. 
 JANETTA, born June 2, 1834, married 
 James J. Henton. (See his name.) 
 SOPHIA, born Feb. 10, 1836, married 
 Robert E. Berry. (See his name?) WIL- 
 LIAM F., born Dec. 19, 1838, enlisted, 
 May, 1 86 1, in Co. I, I4th 111. Inf., for 
 three years, re-enlisted as a veteran in an- 
 other regiment, served to the end of the 
 rebellion, was honorably discharged, and 
 resides near Loami. JULIA A., born 
 Dec. 18, 1840, married Morrison Brown, 
 have four children, and reside in Loami 
 township. JAMES N., born March 20, 
 1842, enlisted, in i86i,in Co. C, nth Mo. 
 Inf., for three years, was discharged on 
 account of physical disability, acted as 
 deputy provost-marshal at Springfield for 
 a time, and enlisted in I52d 111. Inf. Served 
 to the end of the rebellion, married Mar- 
 garet Hunter, has three children, and re- 
 sides one mile southwest of Loami. 
 CHARLES H., born Nov. 18, 1845, en-' 
 listed in Co. , i6th 111. Cav., in 1862, for 
 three years. Served full term, and was 
 honorably discharged. LEROY, born 
 Feb. 20, 1847, res ides with his father. 
 GEORGE W., born June 10, 1849, mar- 
 ried Mollie McKinney, have one child, 
 and reside near Berry Station, Sangamon 
 county. ALBERT, LUCINDA J. and 
 HARRIET E. reside with their father. 
 Mrs. M. F. Barger died Feb. 25, 1876, 
 and Albartes Barger resides where he 
 settled in 1831, near Loami. 
 
 JULIA A., born Oct. 18, 1812, in 
 West Virginia, married in Sangamon 
 county to Dr. J. R. Abel. (See his name?) 
 Have three children, and reside in Taylor- 
 ville. 
 
 THERESA, born May 13, 1814, in 
 Virginia, married Thomas Sowell. (Sec 
 his name?) 
 
 ZEBULON, M. P., born Dec. 14, 
 181^, died in his 29th year. 
 
 6" OP HI A, born April 12, 1817, married, 
 her husband died, and the family reside in 
 Cass county. 
 
 JOHN, born Oct. 31, 1818, married 
 Elizabeth Eustace, had four children, and 
 he died. His widow married and lives in 
 Wisconsin. 
 
 OLIVIA, born Oct. 28, 1820, married 
 Morris Sweet. (See his name?) 
 
 MART A., born July 23, 1822, mar- 
 ried Wm. Weir. Had five children. She 
 was killed by a runaway team, in Nebraska 
 City. Family reside there. 
 
 HARRIET, born Feb. 26, 1824, mar- 
 ried John McClure, who died, leaving a 
 widow and eight children in Cass county. 
 
 JAMES M,, born Jan. 9, 1826, in 
 West Virginia, unmarried, and resides in 
 Loami. 
 
 LETHE, born March 29, 1831, mar- 
 ried, March 24, 1856, to Daniel Cuppy, 
 have two children, MARY E. and HAR- 
 RIET V., and reside at Loami. Mr. C. 
 served three years in nth Mo. Inf. 
 
 WILLIAM P., born Feb. 12, 1833, 
 in Sangamon county, went to California, 
 in 1856, resides in Nevada City, Cal. 
 
 Mrs. Lucinda Barger died August 11, 
 1853, and Adam Barger married Mrs. 
 Deborah Colburn, whose maiden name 
 was Phelps. He died August n, 1864, in 
 Loami township. His widow resides 
 with her children. 
 
 BARNETT, THOMPSON, 
 was born Dec. 15, 1795, in Kentucky. 
 Ann Pattei'son was bom Sept. 29, 1803, 
 in Holston county, Va. When she was 
 two years old her parents moved to Adair 
 county, Ky. Thompson Barnett and 
 Ann Patterson were married there, Jan. 
 19, 1822. They had three children born 
 in Kentucky, and moved to Illinois, ar- 
 riving in the fall of 1829, at Irish Grove, 
 Menard county, where one child was born. 
 Thompson Barnett died Dec. 12, 1830, at 
 Irish Grove. Mrs. Ann Barnett was mar- 
 ried May 26, 1836, to Levi Cantrall, and 
 brought her four children to his home in 
 Fancy Creek township. Of her children 
 by the first marriage 
 
 NANCT J., born Nov. 25, 1822, in 
 Aclair county, Ky., married in Sangamon 
 county to William D. Power. (Sec his 
 name?) 
 
 A Rl TINT A M., born March 27, 1825, 
 in Kentucky, married in Sangamon coun- 
 ty, to Jefferson Vandergrift. They had 
 four children, and she died. Mr. V. and 
 his children reside in , Wis. 
 
 MART E., born August 29, 1829,111 
 Kentucky, married in Sangamon county 
 to James Hibbs. Mrs. Hibbs died, leaving 
 one child, NANCY J., who married Dor- 
 rell Primm, and resides in Menard county.
 
 SANGAMON COUNTY. 
 
 97 
 
 J. THOMPSON, born April 20, 
 1830, at Irish Grove. He married and 
 has five children, JAMES, EDDIE, 
 NATHAN, ANN and MARY, and re- 
 sides in Fancy Creek township. 
 
 For Mrs. Ann Barnett's further history, 
 sec Levi Cantrall. 
 
 BARNES, EZRA, was horn 
 Sept. 6, 1806, at Groton, New London 
 county, Ct. He started from Hartford 
 with a team, and, in thirty-one days' driv- 
 ing, reached St. Louis, Nov. 13, and five 
 days later came into Sangamon county, 
 arriving Nov. 18, 1833. For 21 months 
 he peddled clocks, after which he com- 
 menced farming, raising his first crop in 
 1836. He again peddled dry goods, and 
 came near being drowned while crossing 
 the Sangamon river north of Springfield. 
 He was married, Dec. 6, 1838, to Eliza- 
 beth Mason. She was born Feb. 4, 1818. 
 They had five children, all born in San- 
 gamon county, namely : 
 
 EZRA, Jun., born April 30, 1842, in 
 Sangamon county, married in 1872 at 
 Preston City, Conn., to Prudence A. 
 Browning. They reside five miles south- 
 west of Chatham. 
 
 SETH A., born in Sangamon county, 
 is a member of the firm of Barnes & 
 Simpson, druggists, in Taylorville. 
 
 OLIVE F., born in Sangamon county, 
 married Feb. 10, 1876, to George Bremer. 
 
 CHARLEY KK\ 
 
 A.YGELINE, reside with their par- 
 ents in Ball township, two and a half miles 
 south of Chatham. 
 
 BARNES, DANIEL, was born 
 Feb., 1807, in Bucks county, Pa. He was 
 married in 1832, in Lancaster county, to 
 Margaret A. Richardson, who was born 
 Jan., 1810, in that county. Mr. Barnes 
 kept a book store and bindery in Harris- 
 burg, and was the State binder for Penn- 
 svlvania for five years. They had three 
 children in Harrisburg. Mr. Barnes 
 closed up his engagement as State binder 
 in the spring of 1840, sold out his book 
 store, and came west on horseback, look- 
 ing for a location. He selected Spring- 
 field as his future home, and was soon 
 followed by his family. They had four 
 children in Springfield, two of whom died 
 voung. Of the other five children 
 
 ALBERT G., born Sept. 4, 1835, in 
 Harrisburg, Pa., was with his father in 
 Springfield from 1840 to 1855, when he 
 
 engaged in business in Taylorville. Ik- 
 was married August 27, 1861, near Mo 
 chanicsburg, 111., to Henrietta Branson. 
 They have five living children, BENJ. 
 LINCOLN, ALBERT G., Jim., MARY 
 H., CLARA MAY and HARRY R., 
 and reside in Taylorville, 111. Mr. Barnes 
 is engaged in the mercantile business and 
 banking. 
 
 ALMOND F., born in 1837, in Har " 
 risburg, Pa, raised in Springfield and Tay- 
 lorville, married in 1863, in Quincy, 111., 
 to Nellie Harvey. They reside in Quincy. 
 HARRIET A., born in Harrisburg 
 and died in 1859. 
 
 CHARLES E., born Dec. 19, 1842, 
 in Springfield, married in Taylorville, Jan. 
 25, 1871, to Jeanette Overand, who was 
 born August 24, 1855, in Hartford, Conn. 
 They have one child, RALPH, and re- 
 side in Taylorville. Mr. Barnes was in 
 business with his father until the death of 
 the latter, and is now a hardware mer- 
 chant. 
 
 ANNA, born about 1844 or '5, in 
 Springfield, married in St. Louis, Mo., to 
 J. H. Pierson, and resides in Hearne, 
 Robertson county, Texas. 
 
 Daniel Barnes sold dry goods in Spring- 
 field, from 1842 to 1849' He was in busi- 
 ness with his son, Charles E., until Jan. 10, 
 1868, when he died, in Taylorville. His 
 widow resides there. 
 
 Gilbert Barnes, the father of Daniel, 
 was born in 1780, in Bucks county, Pa. 
 He was a soldier from that county in the 
 war of 1812. He married and had seven 
 children in the same county. Gilbert 
 Barnes, and other members of his family, 
 came to Springfield with the familv of his 
 son, Daniel, in 1840, but I have not been 
 able to obtain a full history of the family. 
 BARRETT, DR. R. F,, moved 
 from Green county, Ky., to Sangamon 
 county about the time of the "deep snow" 
 of 1830 and '31, and settled on Spring 
 creek, in what is now Island Grove town- 
 ship. He had a son born there, and in 
 1839 Dr. Barrett accepted the position of 
 Professor of Materia Medica, in the Med- 
 ical College of Missouri, and moved to 
 St. Louis. His son 
 
 ARTHUR B., born August 22, 1835, 
 on Spring creek, Sangamon county, mar- 
 ried in St. Louis to a Miss Sweringen. 
 He was for seven years President of the 
 company managing the St. Louis Fair, and
 
 9 S 
 
 EARLY SETTLERS OF 
 
 it was largely through his influence that 
 it acquired a reputation unsurpassed by 
 any other institution of the kind in Amer- 
 ica. He was also President of the Mis- 
 souri Life Ins. Co. He was elected Mayor 
 of St. Louis, was inuagurated April 13, 
 and died April 24, 1875. 
 
 BARROW, ABRAHAM, was 
 born Oct. 15, 1803, in Frederick county, 
 Va. Mahala Larrick was born Nov. 14, 
 1809, in the same county. They were 
 married there, Oct. 20, 1831. Two of 
 their children were born in Berkley coun- 
 ty, Va. They moved to Sangamon coun- 
 ty, 111., arriving Sept. 19, 1835, in what is 
 now Cotton Hill township, where they 
 had four children. Of their children 
 
 JOHN T., born Feb. 27, 1833, in 
 Berkley county, Va., was married, Dec. 
 12, 1861, in Christian county, 111., to Eliza 
 J. Ducker, who was born July 24, 1842, 
 in Ohio. They had two children in San- 
 gamon county. They moved to Sarpy 
 county, Neb., Nov. 6, 1865. Three child- 
 ren were born in Nebraska. They moved 
 to Texas in 1870, and settled in Dallas 
 county, where one child was born. Thence 
 to Fort Worth, in Tarrant county, where 
 two children were born. Of their eight 
 children, six died in infancy. FLORA 
 A. and CHARLES H., reside with their 
 parents, at Fort Worth, Tarrant county, 
 Texas. 
 
 ORANGE P., born in Virginia, died 
 in Sangamon county in infancy. 
 
 JOSEPH W., born March 11,1837, 
 in Sangamon county, was married April 
 12, 1860, to Susan E. Hardin. They have 
 four children, MARY V., SARAH E., 
 PRESLEY L. and MAHALA D., and 
 reside near Taylorville. 
 
 MART y., born March 16, 1840, in 
 Sangamon county, married May 3, 1859, 
 to Thomas W. Fleming. They had two 
 children. MARY A. died July 27, 1874, 
 and EMMA L. resides with her mother. 
 Mr. Fleming died July 26, 1866. Mrs. 
 Fleming was married Sept., 1871, to John 
 L. Morgan, who was born in Sanduskv, 
 Ohio, and served three years in Co. E., 
 1 3th U. S. Inf. He was honorably dis- 
 charged August 6, 1868. They reside 
 near Zion Chapel, three miles north of 
 Pawnee. 
 
 ANN E., born Feb. 13, 1842,111 San- 
 gamon county, married John Q. A. Hus- 
 band. Sec his name. 
 
 ELIZA V., born March 30, 1851, in 
 Sangamon countv, married Feb. 9, 1870, 
 to Nimrod Vickers. One child, FRANK, 
 died in infancy. They reside in Christian 
 county, four miles east of Pawnee. 
 
 Abraham Barrows died April 9, 1862, 
 and Mrs. Mahala Barrows died Oct. 18, 
 1874, both at the family homestead, six 
 miles south of Springfield. 
 
 BARROWS, JOSIAH, was 
 born Sept. 17, 1793, in Thompson, Wind 
 ham county, Conn. In 1798, his parents 
 moved to Bridport, Vt., where Josiah 
 was married Feb. 25, 1825, in Lebanon, 
 New Hampshire, to Joanna Allen. She 
 died Sept., 1826, in Vermont, and Mr. 
 Barrows was married Jan., 1829, in Le- 
 banon, N. H,, to Emily Young. She 
 died Nov., 1831, in Vermont, and he was 
 married, July, 1836, in New Haven, Vt., 
 to Mrs. T. M. Case, whose maiden name 
 was Mills. They had two children in 
 Vermont, and came to Illinois, arriving in 
 Chatham, Sangamon county, Oct., 1839, 
 where they had two children, and moved 
 to Springfield about 1846. Of their child- 
 ren 
 
 MART P., was born in Vermont in 
 1837, anc ^ was niarried Jan. i, 1861, in 
 Springfield, to John H. Morse. They have 
 three children, JOHN, GEORGE and 
 HORACE, and reside at Morse's Mills, 
 Jefferson county, Mo. Mr. Morse was 
 an avowed abolitionist, and during the 
 war to suppress the rebellion, was much 
 annoyed by the rebels. His store was 
 robbed, but being warned, he had time to 
 remove some of the lighter goods. Amid 
 all his troubles he continued to flourish, 
 and has several times represented his dis- 
 trict in the State Senate of Missouri. He 
 is always engaged in some public enter- 
 prise. 
 
 SAMUEL M., born about 1838, in 
 Vermont, raised in Sangamon county, 111., 
 married Sept. 1867, in Vineland, Jefferson 
 county, Mo., to Ellen Morse. They have 
 four children, JULIA, KATIE, ELLEN 
 and ARTHUR. S. M. Barrows was a 
 Union man, and subjected, like his brother- 
 in-law, to annoyance during the war. He 
 is Post Master, and resides at Morse's 
 Mills, Mo. 
 
 LUCT, died in Springfield, aged about 
 sixteen years. 
 
 ANNA, born in Springfield, resides 
 with her sister, Mrs. Morse.
 
 SANGAMON COUNTT. 
 
 99 
 
 LOUISA CASE, daughter of Mrs. 
 Barrows by a former marriage, resides 
 with her half-sister, Mrs. Morse. 
 
 Mrs. T. M. Barrows left Springfield to 
 visit her daughter, Mrs. Morse, in Mis- 
 souri, and died there, Nov. 1865. 
 
 Josiah Barrows, after the death of his 
 wife, spent his winters in Missouri, and 
 summers in Springfield, 111., until 1875. 
 lie now resides with his children in Mis- 
 souri. 
 
 BARROWS, LUCY, sister of 
 Josiah and Franklin, was born March 14, 
 1 797, in Woodstock, Conn. Came west 
 in 1838. She resided in Sangamon and 
 Morgan counties until Jan., 1841, when 
 she was married to Erastus Wright. See 
 his name. 
 
 BARROWS, FRANKLIN, 
 brother to Lucy and Josiah, came to Spring- 
 field Nov., 1855. They came too late to 
 be classed as early settlers, Mr. Franklin 
 Barrows and family continue to reside in 
 Springfield. 
 
 Prentiss Barrows, the father of Josiah, 
 Lucy and Franklin, was a soldier of the 
 Revolution, under command of Benedict 
 Arnold, and occupied the same building 
 used as Gen. Arnold's headquarters. 
 Prentiss Barrows was standing in the yard 
 when Arnold left the Americans to join 
 the British, and as he passed, something 
 heavy in his pockets struck Barrows, and 
 it was always believed that it was gold, a 
 part of the price of his treason. Prentiss 
 Barrows died in 1812, at Bridport, Vt., 
 from disease contracted in the army of the 
 Revolution. 
 
 BASHAW, MRS. ELLEN, 
 whose maiden name was Reed, was born 
 about 1 774. Her parents were from Penn- 
 sylvania. Ellen Reed was married in 
 Bourbon county, Ky., to William Bashaw. 
 He was a native of Virginia. They had 
 three children, and Mr. Bashaw died in 
 Bourbon county. Mrs. Bashaw, with 
 her three sons, moved to Sangamon coun- 
 tv, 111., arriving in the fall of 1830, and 
 settled three miles north of Rochester. Of 
 her three children 
 
 JAMES, born Jan. 18, 1800, in Ken- 
 tucky, married in Sangamon county, Jan. 
 17, 1832, to Mary McCune. They had 
 seven children in Sangamon county, 
 CINCINNATUS, ELEANOR, EMI- 
 LY, HIRAM, CORDIANN, JAMES 
 R. and WILLIAM M. James* Bashaw 
 
 died in 1850, and his widow resides two 
 miles north of Rochester. 
 
 WI J.LI AM S., born Nov., 1805, in 
 Bourbon county, Ky., married in Sanga- 
 mon county, in 1834, to Isabel McCune. 
 They had nine children; four died young. 
 AMANDA, born April 6, 1835, married 
 James A. James. See his name. JAMES, 
 born Jan. 27, 1838, married Feb. 20, 1862, 
 to Mary Bailey, who was born Jan. 26, 
 1844, m Hawkins county, Tenn. They 
 have three children, LAURA i., GEORGE A. 
 and DOKLV, and reside in Clear Lake 
 township, eight miles due east of Spring- 
 field. HANNAH, married William 
 Thomas, and resides one mile west of 
 Dawson. CHARLES SPENCER and 
 ALEXANDER reside in Clear Lake 
 township. Mrs. Isabel Bashaw died July 
 27, 1861, and William S. Bashaw died Jan. 
 3, 1874, within one and a half miles of 
 where he settled with his mother in 1830. 
 Wm. S. Bashaw had been five years a 
 Justice of the Peace, and was in office at 
 the time of his death. 
 
 JA^UELIN, born Nov. 24, 1808, in 
 Kentucky, married in Sangamon county to 
 Eleanor Poor, had nine children, and he 
 died in 1868. His widow married James 
 McQuinn, and resides near Rochester. 
 
 Mrs. Ellen Bashaw died Sept., 1852, on 
 the farm where she settle in 1830. 
 
 BATES, ISAAC, was born Oct. 
 14, 1796, in the town of JafFrey, Cheshire 
 county, New Hampshire, and when a 
 young man, went to St. Lawrence count v, 
 N. Y. CHARLOTTE BRY- 
 ANT was born Dec. u. 1805, at Shore- 
 ham, near White Hall, Vt., and taken by 
 her parents to St. Lawrence county, N. Y. 
 Isaac Bates and Charlotte Bryant were 
 married and had six children in St. Law- 
 rence county. The family moved to San- 
 gamon county, 111., in wagons, arriving 
 June 30, 1837, at Springfield, and the next 
 week (July 4), witnessed the laying of the 
 corner stone of the State house, the work 
 on which had just commenced. In 1839 
 he entered land north of the Sangamon 
 river, moved there, and made a home in 
 what is now Fancy creek township. Two 
 children were born in Sangamon county. 
 Of their children 
 
 JOSEPH, born June 16, 1822, in St. 
 Lawrence county, N. Y., married in San- 
 gamon count}- to Mrs. Rebecca Power, 
 whose maiden name was Hrown. Mrs.
 
 100 
 
 EARLY SETTLERS OF 
 
 Bates had one child by her first marriage, 
 MARY J. POWER. She married John 
 B. Brown, and lives in Jefferson county, 
 Kan. Mr. and Mrs. Bates have six child- 
 ren. FIDELIA E. married Winfield S. 
 Hay, and lives in Fancv creek township. 
 ISAAC D., JAMES \V., JOSEPH F., 
 ZIMRI E., and JOHN CARROLL re- 
 side with their parents in Fancy Creek 
 township, 12 miles due north of Spring- 
 field. 
 
 ORLANDO,\x>rn March 20, 1824, in 
 St. Lawrence county, N. Y., married in 
 Sangamon county to Sarah Brown. They 
 have three living children, JANE and 
 CHARLOTTE, (twins.) JANE mar- 
 ried William Stienberger, and lives near 
 Mt. Pulaski. CHARLOTTE married 
 Abram Larue, and lives near Williams- 
 ville. EMMA lives with her parents in 
 Williamsville. 
 
 NELSON, born April 13, 1826, in 
 New York. He lost one arm by the ex- 
 plosion of a gun when he was 14 years 
 old. He married Melinda Ferguson, has 
 three children, MINNIE J., WILLIAM, 
 and FREDERICK, and lives in Peters- 
 burg, 111. 
 
 ALBER T, died, 1829, in infancy. 
 
 FIDELIA,&\z<\. August 31, 1845, a g ed 
 15 years. 
 
 ZIMRI B., born Feb. 28, 1833, in St. 
 Lawrence county, N. Y., enlisted, Nov. 
 25, 1861, in Co. G., loth 111. Cav., and was 
 commissioned as 1st Lieutenant. He was 
 promoted to Captain, Oct. 20, 1862. He 
 served about four years, and resigned in 
 Feb., 1865. He was married Sept. 23, 
 1866, in Sangamon county, to Hattie 
 Stockdale, who was born April 2, 1846, 
 in Pennsylvania. They have two child- 
 ren, NORA M. and HOWARD R., and 
 reside in Fancy Creek township, at the 
 home settled by his parents in 1839. 
 
 IRA, died in Sangamon county, Oct., 
 1858, in his twelfth year. 
 
 PARTHEN1A, born March 12, 1842, 
 in Sangamon county, married William S. 
 Constant. See his name. 
 
 JAMES J/., born June 19, 1844, in 
 Sangamon county, married Julia Constant. 
 They have one child, ETHEL, and re- 
 side in Williamsville. 
 
 Isaac Bates died April 23, 1855, in 
 Fancy creek township. His widow re- 
 sides with her daughter, Mrs. Constant. 
 Mrs. Bates is a cousin to William Cullen 
 
 Bryant, the poet, and editor of the NC-JC 
 Tork Post. 
 
 BATES, JAMES, was born 
 March 2, 1803, in Cheshire county, N. II., 
 raised at Potsdam, N. Y., and came with 
 his brother Oliver to Sangamon county in 
 1833. He was married in the fall of 1842, 
 to Eunice Watts who died in June, 1846. 
 Mr. Bates was married in May, 1852, to 
 Mrs. Irena Holmes, whose maiden name 
 was Watts. She died in April, 1865. 
 James Bates resides one mile northwest of 
 Farmingdale. He never had any children. 
 
 BATES, OLIVER, was born in 
 1796, in Cheshire county, N. H. Moved, 
 about 1806, to Potsdam, St. Lawrence 
 county, N. Y., where he was married to 
 Charity Buckman, Sept. S, 1824. She is 
 a sister of Joel Buckman, and was born in 
 Bethel, Vermont. They had three child- 
 ren in New York, two of whom died 
 young. They moved in a colony of 52 
 persons to Sangamon county, 111., arriving 
 in 1833, and early in 1834 settled adjoin- 
 ing the present Farmingdale Station, on 
 the south, where three children were born. 
 Of the four children 
 
 ROXANA, born Oct. 23, 1832, in 
 Potsdam, N. Y., was married in Sanga- 
 mon county, 111., April 6, 1853, to Jacob 
 Foster. See his name. 
 
 ZURA, born Jan. 12, 1836, in Sanga- 
 mon county, was married to Mrs. Josephine 
 Ellis. They have three children, CHAS. 
 B., ELIZABETH A. and ROXANA 
 L., and reside in Tavlorville, 111. 
 
 BUCKMAN, born Nov. 6, 1840, in 
 Sangamon county, was partially educated 
 at Jacksonville, 111., and graduated at the 
 .State University, Bloomington, Indiana. 
 He began the study of law in Pekin, 111., 
 where he died July 13, 1864. 
 
 ELIZABETH, born Feb. 25, 1839, 
 in Sangamon county, died at the residence 
 of her sister, Mrs. Foster. Oliver Bates 
 died in 1865, where he settled in 1834. 
 His widow died in March 1869, at the 
 residence of her daughter, Mrs. Foster. 
 
 BATTERTpN, AMOR, was 
 born May 3, 1772, in Loudon county, Va. 
 Nancy Guthrie was born about 1776, in 
 North Carolina, and her parents moved, 
 when she was a child, to Madison county, 
 Ky. They were there married and had 
 one child, who was drowned in Kentucky 
 river. They moved to Aclair county, 
 where they had nine children, and moved
 
 SANGAMON COUNT*. 
 
 101 
 
 to Madison county, 111., in 1818, and from 
 there to Rock creek, in what is now 
 Menard county, in 1820, thence to what is 
 now Salisbury township, Sangamon coun- 
 ty, in the spring of 1822, and settled one 
 and a quarter miles northwest of where 
 Salisbury now stands. Of their nine 
 children 
 
 DA VID, born Nov. 5, 1796, in Ken- 
 tucky, married Nancy Yoakum. They 
 had eight children, and Mr. B. died in 
 Menard county. His family moved to 
 Cass county, and his widow died there. 
 Their children reside in Menard and Cass 
 counties, and in Kansas. Mr. B. was 1st 
 Lieutenant in a Company in the Winne- 
 bago war. 
 
 NELSON, born July 27, 1798, in Ken- 
 tucky, married Betsv Davenport, had four 
 children, and Mr. B. died in DeWitt coun- 
 ty. Their son WILLIAM was a soldier 
 in an Illinois regiment, and died in 1863, 
 in the army. MARY and NANCY are 
 married, and reside in Minnesota. JAMES 
 W. and his mother live in Missouri. 
 
 ANDERSON, born May 3, 1800, in 
 Kentucky, married Polly Robinson, who 
 died, and he married again and went to 
 Arkansas; 
 
 WILLIAM, born Dec. 14, 1801, in 
 Adair county, Ky., married Jan. i, 1833, 
 in Sangamon county, to Eliza Gaines. 
 They had twelve children ; two died young. 
 MADISON, born Oct. 20, 1833, enlisted, 
 August 13, 1862, for three years, in Co. 
 B., i I4th 111. Inf., was captured at Gun- 
 town, Miss., June n, 1864, was taken to 
 Ander^onville prison and escaped by falling 
 in with Gen. Stoneman's men when they 
 were about to be exchanged Sept. 14, 
 
 1864, and was mistaken for one of them. 
 He left them at Atlanta, was furloughed 
 home from Memphis, joined his regiment 
 in Jan., 1865, served to the end of his term, 
 and was honorably discharged, August 3, 
 
 1865. He was married April 24, 1864, in 
 Sangamon county, to Cynthia S. Lemmon. 
 They have three living children, MINNIE 
 M., JENNIE, and a boy babe, and reside 
 four and a half miles north of Salisbury. 
 RICHARD, born July 19, 1836, married 
 Permelia Miller, have three children, 
 ADAM F., MURRAY, and ELIJAH, and re- 
 side in Menard county. AMY C., born 
 Feb. 19, 1838, married John R. Wells, 
 have seven children, and reside in Macon 
 county, Mo. ROBERT, born August 4, 
 
 1839, enlisted for three years, August 13, 
 1862, in Co. B, i I4th 111. Inf., served full 
 term, and was honorably discharged at 
 Springfield, June 29, 1865. He died at 
 home, August 16, 1868, from the effects of 
 camp diarrhea and sun stroke. HENRY 
 CLAY, born Nov. 12, 1843, niarried Jan. 
 20, 1870, to Maria Maltby, who was born 
 May 27, 1850, at Petersburg, 111. They 
 have one child, IDA MAY, and reside one 
 mile west of Salisbury. MILDRED P., 
 born May 4, 1846, married Daniel C. Pel- 
 ham. See his name. MARIA, SARAH 
 E., CHARLOTTE and GEORGE W., 
 reside with their parents, one and a quar- 
 ter miles west of Salisbury. 
 
 LE TV, born August 20, 1804, in Ken- 
 tucky, married in Sangamon county, 
 March 3, 1831, to Dorcas Sackett. They 
 had six children. MARY A. married 
 Wm. Hines, have ten children, and reside 
 two miles north of Salisbury. THOMAS 
 S. married Lucy Duncan, have five child- 
 ren, JASPER N., ALLIE J., FRANCIS M., 
 
 GEORGE w. and ANDERSON D., and reside 
 one and a half miles north of Salisbury. 
 ELIAS married Ellen Duncan; have two 
 children, HARVEY and ANNIE, and reside 
 five miles north of Salisbury. AMAN- 
 DA J. married Ira Brown, and resides two 
 and a half miles north of Salisbury. 
 WILLIAM H. married Mary E. Dun- 
 can, has one child, NORA, and resides with 
 his parents, two miles north of Salisbury. 
 Levi Batterton served in a Sangamon 
 county Company in the Winnebago war, 
 and drew as a pension, twice, forty acres 
 of land. 
 
 MART, born*Dec. 14, 1804, in Ken- 
 tucky, married Willoughby Randolph. 
 They had four children. Their youngest 
 son, LEVI, was a soldier in an Iowa reg- 
 iment, was wounded and died at the bat- 
 tle of Pittsburg landing. The family re- 
 side at Knoxville, Iowa. 
 
 P RISC ILL A,\>vvi\ Feb. 9, 1809, in 
 Kentucky, married June 16, 1836, to Wil- 
 liam Yoakum, who was born July 28, 
 1812, in Claiborne county, Tenn. They 
 have one son, WILLIAM F., who mar- 
 ried Mary Adams, and resides with his 
 parents in Menard count}', two miles 
 north of Salisbury. 
 
 SUSANNAH T., born June 7, 1811, 
 married Coleman Gaines. See his name. 
 
 E. GEORGE, born June 26, 1814, in 
 Adair county, Ky., married Jan. 19, 1843,
 
 102 
 
 EARLY SETTLERS OF 
 
 in Menard county, to Huberty Clark. 
 They had ten children; one died young. 
 JOHN C. resides with his parents. 
 ELISHA C. married Farinda Duncan. 
 They have three children, EMMA j., ED- 
 WARD L. and SYLVA v., and reside one 
 mile southeast of Salisbury. PRISCIL- 
 LA J. married Wm. Tozer, have three 
 children, and reside five miles northwest 
 of Salisbury. MARY A., MARTHA 
 A., MORRIS M., LAURA A., GEO. 
 M. and CHARLES L., reside with their 
 parents, two miles north of Salisbury. 
 
 Mrs. Nancy Batterton died July 31, 
 1835, an d Amor Batterton died August 4, 
 1835, both near Salisbury. 
 
 BEACH, J A RED, was born Nov. 
 24, 1770, in Essex county, N. J., and was 
 married there, Feb. 13, 1794, to Mary 
 Harrison, who was born Sept. 18, 1775, in 
 the same county. They moved to New 
 York City, where they had five living 
 children, and in 1835 moved to Spring- 
 field, 111. Of their children 
 
 ELECT A, married in New York 
 City to Henry Howell, moved west, and 
 died, Feb., 1859, in Centreville, Iowa. 
 
 CATHARINE, born Sept. 12, 1805, 
 in New York city, married there, August 
 3, 1830, to Edmund R. Wiley. See his 
 name. 
 
 RICHARD H., born March n, 1808, 
 in New York City, married there, in 
 1832, to Eliza H. Baldwin, who was 
 born in 1814, in 'Cranberry, Middlesex 
 county N. J. They had one child, and 
 moved to Morgan county, 111., where he 
 taught school one year, and came to 
 Springfield in 1834, au< ^ ni x ^35 un ited 
 with E. R. Wiley in the mercantile busi- 
 ness, as Wiley, Beach & Co. They es- 
 tablished the first clothing store in Spring- 
 field, which they continued many years. 
 Mr. and Mrs. Beach had four children in 
 Springfield. Of their five children, 
 SARAH, born in 1833, in New York 
 City, married in Springfield to George 
 H. Nolte. They had three children, 
 
 GEORGE E., RICRARD B. and MINNIE G. 
 
 Mrs. Nolte died in 1862, in Beardstown. 
 CATHARINE E., born in 1835, in 
 Springfield, died in 1848 in Beardstown. 
 MARY B., born in Springfield, resides 
 with her father. MATILDA B., born 
 Feb. 28, 1839, in Springfield, married, 
 April 14, 1868, to Rev. William E. Cald- 
 well, of Lodi, Michigan. They have three 
 
 children, JENNIE, MINNIE and EDWARD, 
 and reside at Clio, Geneseo county, Mich- 
 igan. Mr. Caldwell is pastor of the Con- 
 gregational church of that place. ED- 
 WARD P., born May 27, 1841, in Spring- 
 field, married Mayji, 1865,10 Julia E. 
 Cone, and resides in Springfield. Mrs. 
 Eliza H. Beach died Oct. 31, 1865, and 
 Richard H. Beach was married, June 27, 
 1867, to Sarah Lavinia Pearson. They 
 reside in Springfield. 
 
 ELIZA H., died April 14, 1865, in 
 Centreville, Iowa. 
 
 AMELIA, born Sept. 21, 1816, mar- 
 ried in 1843, in Springfield, to John Har- 
 ris. She died May 22, 1845. 
 
 Mrs.. Mary Beach died Dec. 17, 1836, 
 and Jared Beach died March 4, 1852, both 
 in Springfield. 
 
 BEACH, JOB A., was born April 
 5, 1780, in Morris county, N. J. Susan 
 Hathaway was born Oct. 12, 1782, in the 
 same county. They were married and 
 had eight children in New Jersey, and in 
 1817 moved to Butler county, Ohio, and the 
 next year to Dearborn county, Ind. Of 
 three children born in the latter county, 
 one died in infancy. Mrs. Susan Beach 
 died there in Oct., 1822, and Job A. Beach 
 was married, August 26, 1824, to Judith 
 Connelly, who was born Dec. 2, 1805, in 
 Washington county, Pa. They had five 
 children in Indiana, and the family moved 
 to Sangamon county, 111., in the fall of 
 1835, and settled south of Spring creek, 
 in what is now Gardner township, where 
 five children were born. Of the twenty 
 children of Job A. Beach 
 
 CHARLES, born Dec. 16, 1801, in 
 New Jersey, married in Ohio to Elizabeth 
 McGilvey. She died, leaving one child, 
 and, when last heard from, he lived in 
 Rockville, Ind. 
 
 E UNICE, born April 7, 1803, in Nc-\\ 
 Jersey, married in Indiana to Enoch Con- 
 ger. They had six children, and moved 
 to Oquawka, 111., where the parents died. 
 
 y. MUNSON, born May i, 1806, in 
 Morris county, N. J., married near Carth- 
 age, Hamilton county, Ohio, August 27, 
 1835, to Christiana M. Robinson. They 
 came to Sangamon county, 111., arriving 
 Sept. 19, 1836, in what is now Gardner 
 township, where they had eleven children ; 
 two died young. CAROLINE, born 
 Tune 3, 1837, married Jan, 15, 1857, to 
 George Carr. She died April 5, 1860,
 
 SANGAMON COUNTY. 
 
 103 
 
 leaving one child, BENJAMIN, who resides 
 with his father, in Wisconsin. MARY 
 A., born Jan. 23, 1839, married August 
 20, 1862, to Henry P. Hart. They have 
 six children, HENRY E., WILLIAM M., 
 
 MAKY C., BENJAMIN S., JULIA P. and WAI.- 
 
 TKR A., and reside five miles northwest of 
 Springfield. Henry P. Hart enlisted 
 August 9, 1862, for three years, in Co. H., 
 95th 111. Inf., was corporal and postmas- 
 ter in the Company, served until June 6, 
 1863, when he was promoted to Captain 
 of a Company of U. S. colored troops. 
 CORNELIA, born Jan. 15, 1841, mar- 
 ried April 3, 1860, to Samuel Cook. They 
 have four children, JAMES E., WILLIAM M., 
 IOHN and JENNIE, and reside in Chandler-" 
 ville, 111. EDWARD M., born Oct. 6, 
 1843, enlisted August 20, 1862, for three 
 years, in Co. B., I3oth 111. Inf. He was 
 corporal and fifer the greater part of the 
 time, served full term, and was honorably 
 discharged August 15, 1865. He was 
 married June 3, 1869, to Maggie Frazee. 
 They have one child, LIIIRIE G., and reside 
 eight miles west of Springfield. VIR- 
 GINIA, born July 8, 1846, married Oct. 
 
 3, 1872, to Charles W. King. See his 
 name. JULIA D., born April 6, 1848, 
 married Oct. 24, 1870, to Hiram McC. 
 Reed. Who was born Aug. 26, 1846, in 
 Butler county, Ohio. They have one 
 child, MAGGIE c., and reside near Berlin. 
 JOSHUA M., born Oct. 4, 1852, died in 
 his seventh year. JOSEPH W., born 
 Dec. 14, 1855, and ALICE J., 'born Jan. 
 
 4, 1859, reside with their parents, eight 
 miles west of Springfield. 
 
 MILTON, born April 25, 1808, in 
 New Jersey, married, raised a family, and 
 resides in Lawrenceburg, Ind. 
 
 P2.\fELlXE, born May 8, 1810, in 
 New Jersey, married in Dearborn county, 
 Ind., to Ezekiel Pettigrew, and both died 
 in Park county, leaving seven children. 
 
 NANCY, born June 26, 1813, in New 
 Jersey, married in Indiana to Jacob Daisy, 
 moved to Arkansas, where he died, and 
 she married again. 
 
 JANE, born August 24, 1814, in New 
 Jersey, married Ephraim Lawler. She 
 died in Clay county, 111., leaving four 
 children near Louisville. 
 
 1> RUDE NCE, \MV\\ Sept. 25, 1816, in 
 New Jersey, married Wm. Bullion, in 
 Park county, Ind., and died there. 
 
 22, 1818, in 
 Indiana, died unmarried in 1869, at the 
 house of her sister, Lavina, near Yan- 
 dalia. 
 
 LA VINA, born Nov. 30, 1820, in 
 Dearborn county, Ind., married in Spring- 
 field, 111., to Stephen D. Perry. They 
 have nine children, and reside near Shabo- 
 nier, Fayefte county. Of the second 
 marriage 
 
 ELIZA, born August 4, 1825, in In- 
 diana, died, aged two years. 
 
 JOB ALLEN, Jun., born March i, 
 1827, in Dearborn county, Ind., came 
 with his parents to Sangamon county in 
 1835. He enlisted August, 1862, for three 
 years, in Co. I, 130111 111. Inf. He was 
 under Gen. Banks in his expedition up 
 Red River, was captured and taken to 
 Camp Ford, at Tyler, Texas, and after 
 six weeks imprisonment, news came that 
 they were to be exchanged, and the rebel 
 guards becoming less vigilant, he escaped 
 and wandered 26 days before reaching the 
 Union lines. His comrades remained 
 fourteen months in the rebel prisons. Mr. 
 Beach served to the end of the rebellion, 
 and was honorably discharged in August, 
 1865. He is unmarried, and resides with 
 his mother, eight miles west of Spring- 
 field. 
 
 MARY A., born June 25, 1829, in In- 
 diana, raised in Sangamon county, mar- 
 ried in Knox county, 111., to Jonathan 
 Cacebeer, have one child, and reside at 
 Wilton Junction, Iowa. 
 
 LUCY, born April 29, 1831, in Indiana, 
 died in Sangamon county, aged sixteen 
 years. 
 
 BENJAMIN P., born May 31, 1833, 
 in Indiana, raised in Sangamon count}, 
 married in Knox county, 111., enlisted at 
 Moline, served three years, re-enlisted as 
 veteran, served to the end of the rebellion, 
 and was honorably discharged. He moved 
 to Springfield, Mo., and died there, May 
 1 8, 1869, leaving a widow and four child- 
 ren. 
 
 SUSAN, born March 17, 1836, in San- 
 gamon countv, resides with her mother. 
 
 HARLAN P., born Nov. 20, 1838, in 
 Sangamon county, married in Fayelte 
 county, to Ellen J. Tharp. He served as 
 First Sargeant three years in the iiith 
 111. Inf., was with Sherman in his march 
 to the sea, served to the end of the rebel- 
 lion, was honorably discharged, and died
 
 104 
 
 EARLY SETTLERS OF 
 
 March 13, 1870, leaving a widow and one 
 child in Fayette county. 
 
 MARTIN L., born Feb. n, 1841, in 
 Sangamon county, enlisted May, 1862, for 
 three months, in Co. G., 68th 111. Inf., and 
 died of disease, Sept. 10, 1862, in Wash- 
 ington City. 
 
 FRANCIS, born Oct. i, 1843, died in 
 infancy. 
 
 LOUISA R., born May 10, 1846, in 
 Sangamon county, married Thomas D. 
 Barnhart, had one child, and Mrs. B. died, 
 Nov. 28, 1871, in Kansas. 
 
 Job A. Beach died April n, 1849,511 
 Sangamon county, and his widow resides 
 eight miles west of Springfield, with her 
 unmarried children. 
 
 BEARDON, SAMUEL L,, 
 was born Feb. 27, 1827, in Christian coun- 
 ty, Ky. His father moved to Christian 
 countv, 111., in 1828. His mother dying 
 soon after, his father gave him to John 
 French, a friend of the family, who had 
 moved to Chatham township, in Sanga- 
 mon county. He was brought up by Mr. 
 French. Samuel L. Beardon was married 
 April 10, 1852, in Sangamon county, to 
 Susan Gofor. Thev have four children 
 
 GEORGE 7\," ISAAC N., SAM- 
 UEL E., and IRA, and reside two and 
 a half miles northeast of Auburn. 
 
 John French died in 1854, in Chatham 
 township. 
 
 BEAUCHAMP, JpSHUA, 
 was born about 1782, in Washington coun- 
 ty, Ky. He was married there to Catha- 
 rine Payne. They had seven children in 
 Kentucky, and moved to Sangamon coun- 
 ty, 111., arriving in what is now Woodside 
 township, in the fall of 1827, where two 
 children were born. Of the children 
 
 MARIA R., born in Kentucky, mar- 
 ried James H. Withrow. See his name, 
 
 The other children 
 
 HENRT N., ED WARD, ELIZA, 
 WILLIAM, JOSEPH and AMAN- 
 DA, ail married, some died, and the living 
 are in Kansas and Missouri. 
 
 Joshua Beaucharnp moved to Missouri, 
 and died April i, 1842, in the Platt pur- 
 chase. His widow resides in Doniphan 
 county, Kansas. 
 
 BEAM JACOB, was born about 
 1762, in N. J., and when he was a youth, 
 went to Lexington, Ky., which he found 
 to be a very small village. Rachel Mc- 
 Clure was born in Huntington county, Pa., 
 
 in 1775* an d taken by her parents to Fay" 
 ette county, Ky., when she was quite 
 young. Jacob Beam and Rachel McClure 
 were married at Lexington, and had two 
 children there. They moved to Manches- 
 ter, Ohio, where they had eleven children, 
 and from there to Clarke county, Ind., 
 where one child was born, and from there 
 to what is now Lincoln, Logan county, 111., 
 arriving the day before the election which 
 made Andrew Jackson President, in 1828. 
 Finding it impossible to obtain food and 
 shelter for his family through the winter, 
 after a stay of two weeks, Mr. Beam 
 moved to Rochester, Sangamon county, 
 in the latter part of Nov., 1828. Of their 
 children 
 
 JA MES, born near Lexington, Ky., 
 married in Sangamon county to Susan 
 Hyner, who was born Oct. 15, 1810. 
 They had nine children, all of whom are 
 dead, except RACHEL, born May 15, 
 1831, married Jacob Rape. See his name. 
 James Beam died in 1855, in Sangamon 
 county, and his widow died in 1858, at 
 Mt. Auburn, Christian county. 
 
 J OHN, born in Kentucky, married in 
 Sangamon county, to Ellen Williams. 
 They have three children, and reside at 
 Boscobel, Grant county, Wis. 
 
 ELIZABETH,^ at Manchester, 
 O., married in Sangamon county to Har- 
 vey Summers. They had six children. 
 SIMON P. was accidentally shot in 
 Marysville, California, about 1860. JOHN 
 WESLEY, was a member of a California 
 Cavalry regiment, and was killed by his 
 horse running away with him on the march 
 to the field of conflict, in 1862. GEORGE 
 W. was a soldier in an Illinois regiment, 
 captured and died in a rebel prison in 
 South Carolina. MARY E. married a 
 Baptist minister, and resides in Iowa. 
 WILLIAM resides near Rockbridge, 
 Green county. SARAH E., resides with 
 her father. Mrs. E. Summers died, and 
 Harvey Summers resides in Alton. 
 
 MART, born in Ohio, is unmarried, 
 and resides with her brother, Joseph 
 Beam. 
 
 DA VID, born in Manchester, Adams 
 county, Ohio, married in Sangamon coun- 
 ty, to Rosanna Ebey, who was born near 
 Columbus, Ohio. They had eleven child- 
 ren in Sangamon county, five of whom 
 died young. GEORGE W. went to 
 Washington Territory in 1854, married
 
 SANGAMON COUNTT. 
 
 there to Sarah Wright, a native of Mis- 
 souri. They went over the plains to- 
 gether. Mr. Beam died March, 1865, on 
 Vancouver's Island, leaving a widow and 
 three children. She is again married, 
 and resides in San Francisco. JACOB 
 H., born April 28, 1834, married Jan. 19, 
 1865, to Amanda Cummings, and resides 
 in Springfield. LOUISA J. married 
 Emery Raymond, and died March i 7, 1863, 
 leaving two children. NANCY A. mar- 
 ried Lewis Williams, who died, and she 
 married Geo. W. Dugger, and resides in 
 Virden. WILLIAM T., born Sept. 22, 
 1844, married Sept. 25, 1872, to Margaret 
 A. Sanders. They have one child, COR- 
 DELIA A., and reside in Rochester town- 
 ship, near where his grandfather Beam 
 settled in 1828. JAMES HARVEY, 
 born July 24, 1849, married Oct. 23, 1873, 
 to Eliza J. Sanders, and resides on part of 
 the farm near where his grandfather set- 
 tled in 1828. It is in Cotton Hill town- 
 ship. David Beam died Feb. 28, 1853. 
 His widow died April 16, 1860. Mr. 
 Beam acted as Justice of the Peace for 
 many years; was a farmer and miller. 
 
 SARAH, born in Ohio, married in 
 Sangamon county, to John A. Maxcy. 
 They have two children, and reside in 
 Alton. 
 
 NANC Y, born in Ohio, married in 
 Sangamon county, to Jacob Miller, and 
 both died. They left six children in De- 
 Witt county. 
 
 THOMAS, born at Manchester, O., 
 and came to Sangamon county with his 
 parents. Some of his friends here relate 
 an incident in his life that illustrates real 
 life among the early settlers. He raised 
 a good crop of corn in the summer of 
 1830, and in the fall determined to sell it 
 and go to the Galena lead mines. After 
 making it known in all the settlement, 
 he was unable to get an offer for his crop 
 at any price in money, but he traded it for 
 a barrel of whisky, traded that for a 
 three year old steer, and finally sold that 
 for $10.00. He took a vow to use that 
 for paying his expenses .out of the county, 
 and never to live in it again. He went to 
 the lead mines, was married in Wisconsin 
 to Catharine Reed. They had six child- 
 ren In Wisconsin, and moved to California 
 in 1863. He is now a wealthy man, and 
 resides at Crescent City, Del Norte coun- 
 ty, California. 
 14 
 
 JANE A., born in Ohio, married in 
 Sangamon county to William Cable, moved 
 to Wisconsin, and after spending twenty- 
 four years there, moved to Iowa, and died 
 there in 1872, leaving several children. 
 
 WESLE Y, born in Ohio, married in 
 Sangamon county, Dec. 25, 1840, to 
 Amelia Rape. They had five children in 
 Cotton Hill township; one died in infancy. 
 NANCY J. married W.T. Williams; had 
 two children, ALBERT L. and THEODORE L. 
 Mrs. W. died and they live with their 
 father, who married and resides in Cotton 
 Hill township. MARY A. married 
 James M. Sankey, have three children, 
 and reside near Fairbanks, Ind. AMAN- 
 DA E. married Wm. Z. Williams, have 
 one child, and reside near Shelbourn, Ind. 
 JOHN L. is unmarried, and resides in 
 Cotton Hill township. Wesley Beam 
 died in 1852, in Cotton Hill township, and 
 his widow married Mr. Hewlett. See 
 Rape family name. 
 
 CORDELIA, born in Ohio, married 
 in Sangamon county, to Daniel Fetters. 
 They had four children, and she died in 
 Cotton Hill township. 
 
 JOSEPH, born July 27, 1820, in 
 Clarke county, Ind., married in Sangamon 
 county to Mary P. Spicer. They had 
 two children. NANCY J. A., married 
 Henry Hertel, have one child, ADA LIL- 
 LIAN, and reside three miles north of Paw- 
 nee, in Cotton Hill township. SARAH E. 
 married Isaac Porter, who was born Dec. 
 29, 1836, in Monroe county, Ohio. They 
 moved to Kansas City, Mo., and she died 
 there, May 21, 1869, one month after mar- 
 riage. Mr. Porter brought her remains 
 back to the family cemetery for interment. 
 He has since married Maggie Caldwell, 
 and resides in Pawnee. Mrs. Mary P. 
 Beam died Oct. 16, 1850, and Joseph Beam 
 was married April 25, 1854, to Barbara 
 Deardorff. Thev had four children. 
 THOMAS W. and LINDSAY C., the 
 eldest and youngest, died under three 
 years. JOSEPH L. and WALDO P. 
 i-esitle with their parents in Ball township, 
 ten miles southeast of Springfield. He 
 has acted as Justice of the Peace for sev- 
 eral years. 
 
 Jacob Beam died March 24, 1838, and 
 his widow died April 21, 1851, both 
 near where they settled in 1828. 
 
 BEDINGER, CHRISTIAN, 
 was born Dec. 24, 1774, in Bcrklev conn-
 
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 EARLY SETTLERS OF 
 
 ty, Va. Sophia Taylor was born Sept. 
 24, 1776? i n Maryland, they were mar- 
 ried about 1798, in Maryland or Virginia, 
 and made their home in Berkley county 
 for a short time, then moved to Harrison 
 eounty, near Cadiz, Ohio, where nine 
 children were born. The parents and 
 three of the children came to Sangamon 
 county, 111., arriving in the fall of 1836, in 
 Island Grove. Of all their children 
 
 PHILIP, born Nov. 8, 1799, in Ohio 
 married in Cadiz to Sarah Hartman 
 raised a large family, and resides near 
 Nova, Ashland county, O. 
 
 JOSEPH, born June 16, i8oi,in Ohio, 
 married there to Deborah Metcalfe, had 
 four children, and Mrs. B. died. Their 
 daughter SOPHIA came to Sangamon 
 county with her grandparents, and mar- 
 ried James N. Eckler. JENNIE resides 
 with her uncle, Wm. Bedinger. Joseph 
 Bedinger has not been heard from for 
 many years. 
 
 ISAAC, born June 18, 1807, married 
 in Ohio, to Sarah Brown, came to Sanga- 
 mon county, and died near Berlin, in 1851, 
 leaving a widow and four children. 
 
 GEOR GE, born Feb. n, 1810, came 
 to Sangamon county with his parents, re- 
 mained four or five years, went to Mis- 
 souri, married there to Eliza Carver. 
 Both parents died, leaving four children 
 near Lockridge, Jefferson county, Iowa. 
 WILLIAM, born June n, 1812, near 
 Cadiz, Ohio, came to Sangamon county in 
 the spring of 1837, man ~ied Nov. i, 1839, 
 to Martha Carver, and had three children 
 in Sangamon county. ELIZA J., born 
 March 3, 1843, married in 1860 to George 
 Wolfe, have four children, and reside near 
 German Prairie Station. SARAH E., 
 born Feb. 25, 1846, married in 1860 to 
 John C. Robinson. They have one child, 
 MARTHA A., and reside half a mile south 
 of Camp Butler. ALBERT, born April 
 25, 1849, resides with his father. Mrs. 
 Martha Bedingfer died Nov., 18^2, and 
 Mr. B. was married Feb. 9, 1863, to Mrs. 
 Sarah M. Greenslate, whose maiden name 
 was Oliver. They reside half a mile south 
 of Camp Butler. 
 
 HENRY, born June 5, 1814, in Ohio, 
 married in Sangamon county to Sophia 
 Carver, had one child, and he died. She 
 married Job Dickenson. 
 
 MARY, born Jan. 6, 1818, in Ohio, 
 arried in Sangamon county to Joseph 
 
 Bumgardner. They had six children, 
 four of whom died young. ADDISON 
 and MATILDA F. reside with their par- 
 ents, five miles east of Springfield. 
 
 Mrs. Sophia Bedinger died in 1840, and 
 Christian Bedinger died Oct., 1851, both 
 in Sangamon county. 
 
 BELL, ZEBULON, was born 
 Nov. 1 8, 1799? m Gerrardstown, Berkley 
 county, West Virginia. His grandfather, 
 James Bell, was born and educated in 
 Scotland. The exact date of his coming 
 to America is unknown to his descendents. 
 . He landed in Philadelphia, and being a mill- 
 wright, built a snuff mill in that city, said 
 to have been the first machine of the kind 
 in America. He went from Philadelphia 
 to Frederick county, Va. According to 
 traditions in the family, he must have been 
 almost a Hercules in physical strength. 
 In connection with his business as a mill- 
 wright and miller, he is said to have car- 
 ried nine bushels of wheat up three flights 
 of stairs at a single load. James Bell was 
 married in Scotland to Ellen Nelson. 
 They brought two children with them to 
 America, John and James. The latter, born 
 March 18, 1770, in Scotland, was too young 
 to remember crossing the Atlantic ocean. 
 This would imply that they came before 
 or during the Revolution. He married 
 Margaret Fulton, a native of Chester 
 county, Penn. She was of Irish descent. 
 They settled in Gerrardstown, Berkley 
 county, West Va., where they had nine 
 children, three, only, of whom are living. 
 John, born March 23, 1798, resides in 
 Quincy, Logan county, Ohio. Launcelot, 
 born Dec. 5, 1801, resides near Taylorville, 
 Christian county, Illinois, and Zebulon, in 
 age between the two latter, is the one 
 whose name heads this sketch. 
 
 Zebulon Bell was married Sept. 20, 
 1821, in Gerrardstown, Berkley county, 
 West Va., to Rachel Swingle, who was 
 born Dec. 20, 1801, in the same county. 
 They had five children there, and moved 
 to Sangamon county, 111., arriving May 6, 
 1834, in what is now Woodside township, 
 west of Sugar creek, and six miles south- 
 east of Springfield, where five children 
 were born. Of their ten children- 
 
 BENONI, born July 24, 1822, in 
 Berkley county, West Va., married in 
 Sangamon county, March 21, 1847, * 
 Eliza J. Wills. They had two living 
 children. MARGARET C., born March
 
 SANGAMON COUNT*. 
 
 107 
 
 15, 1848, married, Nov. 25, 1868, to John 
 M. Doake, who was born Oct. 3, 1844. 
 They have three children, IVA, BENONI M. 
 and MARY A., and reside six and a half 
 miles southeast of Springfield. WIL- 
 LIAM S. resides with his father. Mrs. 
 Eliza J. Bell died Jan. 22, 1857, and Mr. 
 Bell was married Oct. 12, 1859, in Madi- 
 son, Ind., to Mrs. Anna Settle, whose 
 maiden name was Taylor. She was born 
 Dec. 17, 1833, m Lancaster county, Penn. 
 They had five children, three died in in- 
 fancy. CHARLES E. was killed by the 
 kick of a horse, July 31, 1873, in his fifth 
 year. ADA H. resides with her parents. 
 Benoni Bell and wife reside within half a 
 mile of where his parents settled in 1834. 
 It is six and a half miles southeast or 
 Springfield. 
 
 JAMBS T., born Dec. 15, 1823, in 
 Berkley county, West Va., enlisted in 
 Sangamon county, Aug. 27, 1862, for 
 three years, in Co. E., 114 111. Inf., served 
 his full term, was honorably discharged, 
 and now resides near Fountain, Colorado. 
 
 MARIA C., born June 29, 1825, in 
 Berkley county, Va., married in Sanga- 
 mon county, July i, 1847, to John Bell, 
 who was born Jan. 28, 1813, in. Pittsburg, 
 Penn. They have one child, RACHEL 
 A., born April 9, 1848, married John H. 
 Shoup. See his name. John Bell and 
 wife reside with their daughter, Mrs. 
 Shoup, in Cotton Hill township. 
 
 JOH^V W., born May 2, 1828, in 
 Berkley county, Va., married in Sanga- 
 mon county, to Sarah E. Gatton. They 
 have seven children, viz: MARY C., 
 SAMUEL L., JOHN W., ALICE J., 
 RACHEL E., EMILY E. and CARY 
 L., and reside near Fountain, Colorado. 
 
 ZEBULON N., born April 19, 1830, 
 in West Virginia, brought up in Sanga- 
 mon county, is unmarried, and resides in 
 Christian county, near Old Rienzi, San- 
 gamon county. 
 
 MARGARE 7^., born May 31, 1834, 
 in Sangamon county, was married Feb. 
 23, 1857, to Andrew Anderson, who was 
 born in Garrard county, Ky., April 29, 
 1832. They have seven children, ARA- 
 BEL, AGNES M., RICHARD Y., 
 ZEBULON J., MARY S., JAMES and 
 RACHEL, and reside in Cotton Hill 
 township. 
 
 LAUNCELOT,\)ovn March 17, 1837, 
 in Sangamon county, went to Pike's Peak 
 
 in 1860, married there, March 21, 1865, to 
 Lydia E. Roberts, who was born in Bour- 
 bon county, Ky., Dec. 26, 1846. Of their 
 children, MARY M., CLARINDA M., 
 IVY FORREST, GEORGE S. and 
 FLORA E. The two latter died young. 
 Launcelot Bell and wife reside near Foun- 
 tain, El Paso county, Colorado. 
 
 STEPHEN, born April 19, 1839, in 
 Sangamon county, enlisted August 27, 
 1862, for three years, in Co. E., i i4th 111. 
 Inf., was taken prisoner June 10, 1864, 
 at the battle of Guntown, Miss. He 
 spent four months in Andersonville prison 
 pen, two weeks at Savannah, Ga., one 
 month at Millen, Ga., and was exchanged 
 at Savannah, Nov. 24, 1864. He rejoined 
 his regiment, served full time, and was 
 honorably discharged with the regiment. 
 He was married in Sangamon county, 
 Jan. 20, 1869, to Louisa L. Womack. 
 They have three children, CORA G., 
 MAY S. and JAMES E., and reside 
 five miles south of Springfield. 
 
 An incident, said to have taken place in 
 Andersonville prison, went the rounds of 
 the papers at the time, but its truthfulness 
 was doubted. It had almost passed from my 
 mind, until it was revived by Stephen 
 Bell, who says that he was an eye-witness 
 to the breaking out of a spring of pure 
 water, und.er circumstances that seemed 
 almost miraculous. It is not necessary to 
 repeat the description of the prison, as 
 that has been so often done. It is well 
 known that inside the stockade there was 
 a line, sometimes imaginary, called the 
 "dead-line." If a prisoner crossed that 
 line approaching the stockade, he was 
 almost sure to be shot dead. A stream of 
 water ran through the stockade from north 
 to south. All the offal and filth from the 
 camp of the rebel guards entered the 
 stream above the stockade, and that was 
 the only supply of water for the prisoners. 
 About i oo yards east of and on ground 15 
 or 20 feet above that dirty slough, and four 
 or five feet inside the dead-line, or between 
 that and the stockade, a stream of water 
 spouted up ten or fifteen feet, where there 
 was not the least appearance of water be- 
 fore. Troughs were put up, and it was 
 conducted inside the prison bounds. It 
 took place about two o'clock in the after- 
 noon, on a bright day in August, 1864. 
 There had been a heavy rain the day be- 
 fore, ttccompanied by a terrific thunder-
 
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 EARLY SETTLERS OF 
 
 storm. The torrents of water broke 
 down the stockade where it crossed the 
 slough. The opening was so wide that 
 the rebel authorities feared the prisoners 
 would attempt to escape. They caused 
 cannon to be fired and their soldiers to 
 shout and halloo, and make all the noise 
 they could, and in every way present as 
 great an appearance of force as possible. 
 No effort was made to escape, the breach 
 was mended, the waters subsided, the 
 clouds passed away, and it was the next 
 day, when all was bright and clear, that 
 the stream of pure water spouted up from 
 the earth. Stephen Bell says he was as 
 near it at the time as any other person. 
 He thinks that of the 28,000 prisoners con- 
 fined there at the time, the larger portion 
 of them regarded it as a direct interposi- 
 tion of Providence in their behalf. Each 
 one had his own way of expressing his 
 feelings, some of them neither refined nor 
 reverential, but none the less heart-felt and 
 sincere. 
 
 James H. Pulliam and Benj. F. Fletcher, 
 whose histories may be found in this book, 
 were in the prison at the time, and testify 
 to the truthfulness of the above statement. 
 Mr. Samuel Lewis, of Auburn, was not 
 there at the time, but saw the spring after- 
 wards. 
 
 MART L., born March 30, 1842, in 
 Sangamon county, married Samuel Rea- 
 ton. They have three children, IDA, 
 JAMES E. and FRANK, and reside 
 near Fountain, Colorado. 
 
 ARTHALINDA, bom Sept. 2, 1844, 
 in Sangamon county, married Jan. 7, 1859, 
 to Alexander Shoup. See his name. 
 
 Mrs. Rachel Bell died Dec. 15, 1852, 
 in Sangamon county, and Zebulon Bell 
 moved west in 1859, and resides with his 
 children, near Fountain, El Paso county, 
 Colorado. 
 
 BELL,, ROBERT, was born 
 March 8, 1795, in Bourbon county, Ky. 
 His father was born in Ireland, and had 
 but four children, Robert, and three sisters. 
 After his sisters were married, he had no 
 knowledge of any relative in America, 
 bearing his family name. He was a sol- 
 dier from "Bourbon county in the war of 
 1812. Robert Bell and Susannah Baker 
 were married Feb. 12, 1818, in that coun- 
 ty, and moved to Nicholas county, and 
 from there they moved with their three 
 children to Sangamon county, 111., arriv- 
 
 ing in the fall of 1830, and settled four 
 miles south of the present town of Roch- 
 ester, where they had six children. Of 
 their nine children 
 
 ISAAC B., born June 25, 1820, near 
 Carlisle, Nicholas county, Ky., married in 
 Sangamon county, March 28, 1840, to 
 Susan Stokes. They had six daughters 
 in Sangamon county. CAROLINE M., 
 born April 18, 1842, married March 29, 
 1868, to Lawson H. Smith, who was 
 born Feb. 20, 1831, in Carlisle, Ky. They 
 have three children, CORDELIA A., \VM. 
 RILEY and ANNA BELLE, and reside three 
 miles southeast of Rochester. LOUISA 
 J. resides with her parents. MARGA- 
 RET A., born Sept. 30, 1846, married 
 Jonathan G. Crouch. See his name. 
 MARY E., EMILY T. and DEBORAH 
 S. reside with their parents, one and a 
 quarter miles west of Clarkesville. 
 
 JAAfES H., born Nov. 30, 1822, in 
 Nicholas county, Ky., married in Sanga- 
 mon county, May 7, 1843, to Milla Dot- 
 son, who was born Nov., 1822, in Loudon 
 county, Va. They had four children. 
 JOHN W., the second child, died under 
 two years. ELIZA A., born Feb. 25, 
 1844, married Sept. 4, 1864, to Benj. C. 
 Gray, who was born August 12, 1832, 
 near Hopkinsville, Ky. Mr. Gray has one 
 child, CHARLES Y., by a former marriage. 
 Mrs. Gray died Dec., 1874, and B. C. 
 Gray resides near Clarkesville. HIRAM 
 F., born Dec. 17, 1852, resides in Califor- 
 nia. JAMES M., born August 6, 1836, 
 lives with his father. Mrs. Milla Bell died 
 March 16, 1870, and James H. Bell resides 
 in Springfield. 
 
 MART y., born June 6, 1828, in 
 Nicholas county, Ky., married in Sanga- 
 mon county, August 31, 1847, to John S. 
 Dickerson, who was born April 2, 1824, 
 in Nicholas county, Ky., and came to San- 
 gamon county in 1851. They have six 
 children. JAMES H., born June 24, 
 1848, in Daviess county, Ind., raised in 
 Sangamon county, graduated at the Eclec- 
 tic Medical College of Philadelphia, and 
 is a practicing physician near Taylorville. 
 Dr. Dickerson was married in 1875 to 
 Miss Humphreys. See Humphreys' fatu- 
 ity sketch. ISAAC S., born August 28, 
 1850, in Daviess county, Ind., married 
 March 11,1873,111 Sangamon county, to 
 Mary E. Bomhoff, who was born Sept. 
 20, 1848, in Sangamon county. They
 
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 109 
 
 have one child, SINAI, and reside one mile 
 west of Clarksville. ROBERT P., born 
 Dec. 4, 1852, SARAH E., born Nov. 14, 
 1854, MARY S., born Nov. 2, 1856, and 
 ALMARINDA, born Jan. 29, 1859, the 
 four latter in Sangamon county, reside 
 with their parents, one and a quarter miles 
 west of Clarksville. 
 
 PHCEBE E., born Nov. i, 1830, in San- 
 gamon county, married March, 1849, to 
 John Johnson. See his name. 
 
 ALMARINDA, born Sept. 25, 1832, 
 in Sangamon county, married March 28, 
 1 850, to James S. Galloway, who was born 
 May 7, 1819, in Bath county, Ky. They 
 had four children, two of whom died 
 young. WILLIAM N. resides near 
 Taylorville, and LIZZIE A. resides in 
 Cotton Hill township. J. S. Galloway 
 died Sept. 14, 1861, and his widow mar- 
 ried, Nov. 7, 1865, to Benj. L. Auxier, 
 and resides four miles south of Rochester. 
 
 SQUIRE J., born August 10, 1834, 
 died July 17, 1847. 
 
 PRESTON B., born Feb. 26, 1837, 
 in Sangamon county, married, August 9, 
 1863, to Mary Bond, and resides in Roch- 
 ester township. 
 
 AUSTIN, born Feb. 13, 1839, was 
 killed by the kick of a horse, March 10, 
 1850. , 
 
 MEL VIN, born Feb. 9, 1843, in San- 
 gamon county, married, Oct. 12, 1865, to 
 Rachel Martin, have two children, WIL- 
 LIAM J. and ALICE, and reside at the 
 Bell family homestead. He is a cripple 
 for life, caused by a runaway team. 
 
 Robert Bell died June 25, 1872, near 
 IHiopolis, from injuries caused by a runa- 
 way team four days previous. Mrs. Sus- 
 annah Bell was made a cripple for life by 
 the same accident. They Jiad lived more 
 than 54 years as man and wife. She re- 
 sides on the farm where they settled in 
 1830, four miles south of Rochester. 
 
 BELL, BAILEY, was born Nov. 
 2, 1776, in Fauquier county, Va., and was 
 there married to Nancy Foxworthy, who 
 was born April 3, 1785. They had three 
 children, and moved to Clarke county, 
 Ky., in 1818, where two children were 
 born, and thence to Sangamon county, 111., 
 arriving in Nov., 1834, at Buffalo Hart 
 Grove. Of their five children 
 
 BAILEY F., born Dec. 30, 1807, in 
 Fauquier county, Va., was married in 
 Clarke county, Ky., Nov. 27, 1827, to 
 
 Mahala Burns. They had one child in 
 Kentucky, and the family moved to San- 
 gamon county, 111., arriving in the fall of 
 1831, in Buffalo Hart Grove, where they 
 had six children, and reside near Knox- 
 ville, Marion county, Iowa. 
 
 ARIE,\)om Oct. n, i8n,in Fauquier 
 county, Va., was married in Clarke coun- 
 ty, Ky., Sept., 1834, to Thomas McGowan. 
 They had five children, and reside near 
 Buffalo Hart station. 
 
 JAMES, born Sept. 13, 1814, in Vir- 
 ginia, was married in Logan county, 111., 
 to Nancy Brown. They have seven 
 children, and reside in Rosemont, Jasper 
 county, Iowa. 
 
 BENJAMIN, born May 1 6, 1818, in 
 Clarke county, Ky., was married in San- 
 gamon county, Sept. 26, 1840, to Amanda 
 Starr. They had six children. MARY 
 E., born April 9, 1843, married Hugh 
 McGorey, and died Oct. 14, 1865. EMI- 
 LY, born Dec. 7, 1845, died Sept. n, 
 1862. THOMAS J., born Sept. 28, 1848, 
 died in his third year. WILLIAM, born 
 Nov. 29, 1851, BENJAMIN, Jun., born 
 March 29, 1856, and FLORENCE, born 
 August 20, 1860, reside with their parents, 
 in Logan county, three miles east of Buf- 
 falo Hart station. 
 
 THOMAS J., born June 1 8, 1821, in 
 Clarke county, Ky., was married in Illi- 
 nois to Ann Allen. They have six child- 
 ren, CHARLES, ALBERT, CLARA, 
 EMMA, ARTHUR, died in his tenth 
 year, and LESLIE. Thomas J. Bell and 
 family reside at Cornland, 111. 
 
 Mrs. Nancy Bell died August 6, 1843, 
 in Logan county, and Bailey Bell died 
 Feb. 6, 1846, in Sangamon county, at 
 Buffalo Hart Grove. 
 
 BENHAM, JOHN T., born 
 August 21, 1789, in Cheshire, New Haven 
 county, Conn. In 1805 or 1806 his par- 
 ents moved to Ferrisburg, Addison coun- 
 ty, Vt. He was a soldier in the war of 
 1812, and was in the battle at Vergennes, 
 early in 1814. John T. Benham was mar- 
 ried Jan., 1818, at Ferrisburg, to Catharine 
 Porter. They had six children ; two died 
 in Vermont. Mr. Benham moved with 
 his family to Sangamon county, 111., in 
 wagons, arriving in the fall of 1830. He 
 entered land, and settled two and a half 
 miles northeast of Rochester, where seven 
 children were born. All except five died 
 unmarried. Of those five
 
 no 
 
 EARLY SETTLERS OF 
 
 POLLT A., born Jan. 15, 1819, in 
 Vermont, married Jonathan S. Rogers, 
 and she died in Sangamon county. 
 
 JOHN W., born Oct. 10, 1824, in 
 Vermont, married Mrs. Melissa E. Porter, 
 and resides in Pontiac, 111. 
 
 CATHARINE, born July 23, 1826, 
 in Vermont, married in Sangamon coun- 
 ty, Oct. 3, 1843, to John Robinson. They 
 had four children ; three died young. 
 JOHN, Jun., accidentally shot and killed 
 himself. John Robinson went to Cali- 
 fornia in 1849, and was never heard of 
 after 1851. His widow married Amos C. 
 Derry. They have two children, and re- 
 side in Illiopolis. 
 
 HENRY W., born Oct. 30, 1830, in 
 Sangamon county, married A-lmena Staf- 
 ford. She died, and he married Mrs. 
 Frances Austin, whose maiden name was 
 Wood, and resides in Charlotte, 111. 
 
 NOAH P., born April 14, 1836, in 
 Sangamon county, was married March 9, 
 1861, to Elizabeth Stevens, who was born 
 Feb. 4, 1847, near Sandusky, Ohio. They 
 have four children, MARY C., ERMIN- 
 NIE W., GERTRUDE J. and JOHN 
 O., and reside two and a half miles east of 
 Rochester. 
 
 Mrs. Catharine Benham died June, 1852, 
 in Sangamon county, and Mr. Benham 
 was married Sept. 7, 18^2, to Mrs. Mary 
 Rakestraw, formerly Mrs. Seavers, and 
 whose maiden name was Wallin. She 
 was born July n, 1816, in Columbiana 
 county, Ohio, and came to Illinois in 1837. 
 Mr. Benham was in the Black Hawk war. 
 Mr. and Mrs. B. reside two and a half 
 miles northeast of Rochester. 
 
 BENNETT, WILLIAM A,, 
 was born Nov. 5, 1803, near Shepherds- 
 town, Va. His father, Van Bennett, died 
 in Virginia, and his two sons, William A. 
 and Thomas L., with their three sisters, 
 Luranah M., Ann Elizabeth and Mary, 
 with their widowed mother, Mrs. Phoebe 
 Bennett, all left Virginia, Oct. 2, 1833, for 
 Illinois, arriving at Paris on the second of 
 November. The two brothers came on 
 to Springfield, bought land three miles 
 east of the city, and returned to Paris just 
 in time to be present at their mother's 
 death, Dec. 12, 1833. The two brothers 
 and three sisters moved to their farms in 
 Sangamon county in March, 1834. The 
 youngest sister, Mary, who was born 
 Nov. 12, 1815, in Virginia, died April 17, 
 
 1834, near Springfield. William A. Ben- 
 nett was married August 19, 1843, in 
 Morgan county, to Sarah A. Stevenson. 
 She was born Oct. 2, 1819, in Scott coun- 
 ty, Ky., and was taken bv her parents in 
 1829, to that part of Morgan county which 
 is now Cass county. Mr. and Mrs. Ben- 
 nett had three children, namely 
 
 MARY E., born March i, 1844, in 
 Sangamon county, married May 26, 1869, 
 to Charles F. Mills, who was born May 
 29, 1843, at Montrose, Pa. They have 
 two children, MINNIE and WILLIAM 
 HENRY, and reside with Mrs. Mills' 
 parents, three miles east of Springfield. 
 Charles F. Mills was attending Shurtleff 
 College, at Alton, 111., when the rebellion 
 commenced. He enlisted August, 1862, 
 for three years, in Co. C., H4th 111. Inf. 
 He was soon after appointed by President 
 Lincoln, hospital steward at Camp Butler, 
 and remained there nearly three years, 
 when, at his own request, in the fall of 
 1864, he was ordered to Nashville, Tenn. 
 Being in the regular service, his term did 
 not expire with the suppression of the re- 
 bellion, but he continued until the fall of 
 1866, when he resigned, and was mustered 
 out at Nashville, Tenn. 
 
 WILLIAM A., Jun., and 
 
 CHARLES S. died in infancy, 
 
 William A. Bennett and his wife reside 
 on the farm where he settled in 1834, 
 three miles east of Springfield. 
 
 BENNETT, LURANAH 
 M., born March 7, 1807, in Jefferson 
 county, Va., came with her brothers and 
 sisters to Sangamon county, in 1834, re- 
 mained several years, and returned on a 
 visit, in 1842, to her native place, where 
 she was married to Rev. Thomas P. W. 
 Magruder, "of fche Presbyterian church, 
 who moved with his family to Illinois in 
 the spring of 1844. They have three 
 children 
 
 ALFRED W., resides at Central City, 
 Colorado Territory. 
 
 CHARLES V. resides with his par- 
 ents. 
 
 LIZZIE C. married Samuel S. Smith. 
 They have two children, a son and a 
 daughter, and reside near Rushville, 111. 
 
 Rev. Thomas P. W. Magruder and 
 wife reside near Rushville, Schuyler coun- 
 ty, Illinois. 
 
 "BENNETT, THOMAS L., 
 
 was born July 6, 1809, in Jefferson county,
 
 SANGAMON COUNTT. 
 
 i ii 
 
 Va. For family history, see the sketch of 
 his brother, William A. Thomas L. Ben- 
 nett arrived in Sangamon county first in 
 the fall of 1833. He was married Nov. 6, 
 1842, at Jubilee College, Robins' Nest, 
 Peoria county, 111., to Jeanetta S. Ingra- 
 ham, a native of New York City. They 
 had four children in Sangamon county 
 
 AGNES, the youngest, died at ten 
 years of age. 
 
 HENRT, V. S., visited Greenwood 
 county, Kansas, in the autumn of 1868, 
 where his father and family joined him in 
 the spring of 1869. 
 
 SUSAN C. and 
 
 SOPHIA went with their parents. 
 The latter was married Oct. 12, 1871, 
 in Kansas, to Alexander F. Crowe. 
 They have one child, THOMAS B., and 
 reside in Kansas, also. 
 
 Thomas L. Bennett and family reside 
 near Line Postoffice, Lyon county, Kan- 
 sas. 
 
 BENNETT, ANN F., born 
 Dec. 10, 1813, in Jefferson county, Va., 
 came to Sangamon county with her bro- 
 thers and sisters, in 1834, was married in 
 the Episcopal church, at Jacksonville, 111., 
 to Samuel H. Treat, now Judge of the 
 United States District Court, and resides 
 in Springfield. 
 
 BENNETT., REV. WM. T., 
 was born Nov. 30, 1805, in or near Shep- 
 herdstown, Jefferson county, Va. He 
 united with the M. E. church in Shepherds- 
 town, in 1828, was soon after licensed to 
 exhort, came to Springfield, 111., in com- 
 pany with his brother, Van S. Bennett, in 
 Dec., 1834. He was married June 6, 
 1836, in Ottawa, 111., to Rebecca J. Rob- 
 erts, who was born Oct. 5, 1811, in Vir- 
 ginia. When she was an infant her father 
 liberated his slaves and moved to Wash- 
 ington county, Pa. She came with the 
 family of her uncle, Dr. James Roberts, 
 to Jacksonville, 111., in 1833, and from 
 there to Ottawa in 1834. Mr. and Mrs. 
 Bennett made their home in Springfield. 
 He was licensed as a local preacher, and 
 in 1849 was appointed to take charge of 
 the M. E. church in Springfield, to fill a 
 vacancy. In 1850 he entered the travel- 
 ing connection. They had seven children, 
 all born in Sangamon county, namely 
 
 ED WARD If'., born August 5, 1837, 
 in Springfield, enlisted at Danville, in 
 April, 1 86 1, on the first call for 75,000 
 
 men, in Co. E., I2th 111. Inf., and served 
 nearly six months. He enlisted June 24, 
 1862, at Mechanicsburg, for three years, in 
 Co. A., 73d 111. Inf.; was commissioned as 
 ist Lieutenant. After the battle of Stone's 
 river he was transferred, Jan. 8, 1863, and 
 promoted to Capt. of Co. F, same regi- 
 ment. He served as such to the end of 
 the rebellion, and was mustered out with 
 the regiment at Springfield, June 15, 1865. 
 He was married at Mechanicsburg, Dec. 
 23, 1869, to Harriet N. Fullinwider. They 
 have two children, ANNA N. and 
 JACOB H., and reside near Mechanics- 
 burg. 
 
 EMMA R., born Dec. 18, 1838, in 
 Springfield, married August 14, 1861, to 
 Stephen A. Short, who was born Oct. 7, 
 1836, in Pickaway county, Ohio. He en- 
 listed a few days before his marriage, for 
 three years, in Co. A, 73d 111. Inf.; was 
 appointed Sergeant, and was wounded 
 July 20, 1864, at the battle of Peach Tree 
 Creek, Ga., which terminated in the am- 
 putation of his right leg, above the knee. 
 Mr. and Mrs. Short have two children, 
 LULU and EDITH L., and reside in 
 Mechanicsburg. 
 
 ANN T., born Dec. 1 6, -1841, died in 
 her second year. 
 
 ANNA L., born Nov. 13, 1842, in 
 Springfield, died suddenly, Oct. 28, 1866, 
 in Mechanicsburg. 
 
 JOHN A., born Dec. 28, 1844, in 
 Springfield, enlisted Dec., 1863, in Co. F, 
 73d 111. Inf., for three years. He was 
 killed June 24, 1864, at Kennesaw moun- 
 tain, Ga., by a stray shot, while sitting in 
 his tent writing a letter. His remains 
 were brought home in 1866, and interred 
 at Mechanicsburg. 
 
 JULIA A. died Feb. 5, 1849, in her 
 second year. 
 
 REBIE H., born in Sangamon coun- 
 ty, June 30, 1850, resides with her parents. 
 
 Rev. Wm. T. Bennett continued in the 
 effective work of the ministry until 1867, 
 when he assumed the superannuated re- 
 lation to 111. Conf., and in 1871 was super- 
 annuated, and now resides in Mechanics- 
 burg. 
 
 Edward Bennett, the father of Rev. 
 Wm. T. Bennett, liberated his slaves and 
 sold his land, with the intention of mov- 
 ing west, but died in Virginia in 1833. 
 Edward was brother to Van S., who was 
 the father of Win. A. Bennett. See his
 
 112 
 
 EARLY SETTLERS OF 
 
 name. It will thus be seen that Rev. 
 Wm. T. Bennett and Mr. Win. A. Ben- 
 nett are cousins. 
 
 BENNETT, VAN S., was born 
 Dec. 9, 1802, near Shepherdstown, Va., 
 came to Springfield in 1834, with his bro- 
 ther, Rev. Wm. T. He never married, 
 and died in Sangamon county, Aug., 1873. 
 
 BENNETT, MARGARET 
 E., sister to Rev. Wm. T. Bennett, was 
 born Dec. 24, 1800, near Sheperdstown, 
 Va., came to Springfield, 111., in 1836, re- 
 mained five years, returned to Virginia, 
 and came back to Sangamon county in 
 1841. She never married, and resides 
 with her sister, Mrs. Kalb. 
 
 BENNETT, ELIZA, (sister of 
 Rev. Wm. T. Bennett,) was born Dec. 27, 
 1810, near Hagerstown, Md. Her par- 
 ents moved, when she was five years old, 
 to Shepherdstown, Va., where they had 
 previously resided. She was there mar- 
 ried, May 20, 1832, to George W. Shutt. 
 They had one child born in Shepherds- 
 town, and Mr. Shutt died there in 1835. 
 Mrs. Shutt, with her child, moved to 
 Springfield, 111., arriving in May, 1836. 
 After a residence of five years in Spring- 
 field, she returned to Shepherdstown, Va., 
 and was there married, Jan. 17, 1841, to 
 Daniel G. Kalb, who was born Dec. 4, 
 1815, in Frederick City, Md. They had 
 two children in Shepherdstown, and 
 moved to Washington count}-, Md., where 
 they had one child; thence to Loudon 
 county, Va., where they had one child, 
 and from there to Springfield, 111., arriv- 
 ing in October, 1849, where one child was 
 born, and in 1856 moved to Round Prairie, 
 four miles east by south of Springfield. 
 Of her children by her first marriage 
 
 GEORGETTA, born July 18, 1835, 
 in Shepherdstown, Va., was married Jan. 
 i, 1853, in Springfield, 111., to Philip L. 
 Shutt, who was born Nov. 18, 1829, in 
 Loudon county, Va. They had eleven 
 children, five of whom died young. The 
 other six, FRANKLIN, MAGGIE, 
 CHARLES, PAUL, HARRY and 
 LAURA, reside with their parents in 
 Paris, Edgar county, 111. 
 
 Children of her second marriage 
 
 MARTABNER,\>oi-n Dec. 12,1841, 
 in Shepherdstown, Va., resides with her 
 parents. 
 
 ETHELBERT, born Sept. 18, 1843, 
 in Shepherdstown, Va., brought up in 
 
 Sangamon county, and enlisted at Spring- 
 field, August 20, 1 86 1, for three years, in 
 Co. B., 33d 111. Inf. He served more than 
 his full time, and was honorably dis- 
 charged, Oct. u, 1864. He is now in 
 business in St. Louis. 
 
 WILLJAM E. B., born August 2, 
 1846, in Washington county, Md., brought 
 up in Sangamon county, 111., enlisted at 
 Springfield, March 26, 1864, for three 
 years, in Co. G., H4th 111. Vol. Inf., and 
 was killed in battle of Guntown, Miss., 
 June 10, 1864. 
 
 GEO. BROOK, born Dec. 4, 1848, in 
 Loudon county, Va., is a dealer in musical 
 instruments in Springfield. 
 
 JULIA M., born Nov. 16, 1854, in 
 Springfield, died June 10, 1859. 
 
 Daniel G. Kalb and wife reside at Wil- 
 low Dale, one mile northeast of Sanga- 
 mon Station. Mr. Kalb was a local 
 preacher in the M. E. church from Feb. 
 6, 1847, until 1864. His license was signed 
 at eight annual renewals by Rev. Peter 
 Cartwright, but when it expired in 1864, 
 he declined to have it renewed. He was 
 engaged in teaching from 1837 to 1854. 
 Mr. Kalb enlisted August n, 1862, in Co. 
 G., ii4th 111. Vol. Inf., for three years. 
 Finding it quite oppressive to march with 
 his knapsack and haversack, he obtained 
 a wheelbarrow, and not meeting with op- 
 position from officers, ran it hundreds of 
 miles, and often carried the baggage of 
 sick and disabled comrades. He has the 
 wheelbarrow yet, and it will doubtless be 
 handed down as a memorial of the war to 
 suppress the rebellion, and the part he 
 acted in it. 
 
 BENNETT, JOHN A., (bro- 
 ther to Rev. Wm. T. Bennett,) was born 
 near Shepherdstown, Va., came to Spring- 
 field in 1835, with George R. Weber, and 
 died Dec. 23, 1841. 
 
 BENNINGTON, JAS. M., 
 was born May 20, 1826, in Owen county, 
 Ind. His father died in 1838, and in his 
 1 3th year, he came to Sangamon county 
 with his half brother, John Hartsock. 
 They arrived Feb. 22, 1839, in what is 
 now Ball township. James M. Benning- 
 ton was married Sept. 30, 1869, to Mrs. 
 Nancy Nuckolls, whose maiden name was 
 Drennan. They have one son, JOHN, 
 and reside four miles west of Pawnee. 
 
 John Hartsock, half brother to Mr. 
 Bennington, married Susan demons, who
 
 SANGAMON COUNT?. 
 
 died, and he married Mrs. Mary A. Pul- 
 liam, whose maiden name was Levi. They 
 reside in Christian county. 
 
 Two brothers of Mr. Bennington, Sam- 
 uel and Harrison, came to Sangamon coun- 
 ty with their mother in 1841, and were 
 consequently too late to be included as 
 early settlers. 
 
 B E E RS, PHI LO, was born July 
 1 6, 1793, in Woodbury, Conn. When he 
 was about fifteen years old he was put 
 to live with an elder brother, probably 
 on account of the death of his parents. 
 They could not agree, and he ran 
 away, and was gone twelve or thirteen 
 years, without his relatives hearing from 
 him. During his ramblings he become 
 acquainted with Doctor Joseph Bennett 
 Stillman, who introduced him to his 
 mother and sisters, at Morganfield, Ky. 
 Mr. Beers always said that he made 
 up his mind, on their first acquaintance, to 
 have Miss Martha Stillman for a wife. 
 The Stillman family moved to Sangamon 
 county, 111., and Mr. Beers went to Car- 
 lyle, Clinton county, same State. He was 
 first elected a justice of the peace, and 
 after serving for a time, was elected to 
 represent Clinton county in the Legisla- 
 ture of Illinois, when it assembled in Van- 
 dalia. While residing at Carlyle he was 
 married in what is now Williams town- 
 ship, Sangamon county, on the farm of 
 John Poorman. In response to a letter of 
 inquiry, the author of this book received 
 from the clerk of Madison county, 111., a 
 reply, dated April 29, 1874, in which it is 
 stated that a license was issued at Ed- 
 wardsville, Oct. 27, 1820, for the marriage 
 of Philo Beers and Martha Stillman; that 
 it was returned, endorsed by Elder 
 Stephen England, with the statement that 
 he had solemnized the marriage Nov. 2, 
 1820. The clerk also stated that it was 
 the 279th license issued from that office. 
 They are believed to have been the first 
 couple ever married north of the .Sanga- 
 mon river in the State of Illinois; certainly 
 the first in what is now Sangamon county. 
 The first marriage under a license from 
 Sangamon county was between Wm. 
 Moss and Margaret Sims, April 20, 1821. 
 Mr. Beers took his bride to Carlyle, where 
 they had two children. They moved to 
 Sangamon county, and settled three miles 
 southwest of Williamsville, where one 
 child was born. Of their three children 
 
 JOSEPH B., born and died at Car- 
 lyle in infancy. 
 
 HENRY CLAT, born in 1824, at 
 Carlyle. Philo Beers was the only man 
 living in Carlyle who voted for Henry 
 Clay for President of the United States 
 that year, and the citizens insisted that the 
 babe should be named for his father's can- 
 didate. Henry Clay Beers was married 
 in 1848, in Sangamon county, to Adelaide 
 C. McNabb. They had one child, WM. 
 PHILO, who died, aged two years. H. C. 
 Beers died in 1851, in Springfield. His 
 widow married Adolphus Rogers, and 
 resides near Cincinnati. He is a merchant 
 there. 
 
 CAROLINE M., born Feb. 20, 1827, 
 in Sangamon county, married in Spring- 
 field, May 13, 1847, to Elder Andrew J. 
 Kane. See his name. 
 
 Mrs. Martha Beers died in 1845, an( ^ 
 Philo Beers died March, 1858, both in 
 Springfield. Mr. Beers moved into Spring- 
 field and built a brick dwelling house at 
 the northwest corner of Madison and 
 Fifth streets, about 1830. It was among 
 the first, if not the first, brick dwelling 
 erected in Springfield. 
 
 BEERUP, ANDREW, born 
 Dec. 12, 1812, in Canandagua county, N. 
 Y., and raised in Canada, came to Spring- 
 field, 111., in 1837 or '8. He was married 
 July 2, 1840, in Sangamon county, to Mary 
 A. Maltby, who was born Nov. 27, 1819. 
 They had nine children in Sangamon 
 county, five of whom died young. Of 
 the other four 
 
 CHARLES A., born April 27, 1841, 
 married Jan. 14, 1864, to Mary Babcock, 
 who was born Jan. 22, 1844, in Musking- 
 um county, Ohio. They have three 
 children, John R., ALICE J. and LEE 
 C., and reside six miles west of Spring- 
 field. 
 
 THOMAS A., born June 27, 1843, 
 
 GEORGE E., born Oct. 10, 1854, and 
 
 WILLIA I/ //., born June 10, 1858, 
 all reside with their brother, Charles A. 
 
 Andrew Beerup died Nov. 26, 1872, and 
 his widow died Sept. 27, 1873, both in 
 Gardner township. 
 
 BEERUP, THOMAS, brother 
 of Margaret, Andrew and William, was 
 born Sept. 17, 1819, in Canandagua coun- 
 ty, N. Y. Came to Springfield June 3, 
 1840, and witnessed a grand log cabin 
 demonstration of the political campaign of
 
 114 
 
 EARLT SETTLERS OF 
 
 that year to elect a President of the United 
 States, as his introduction to the city. 
 He was married July 26, 1843, to Sinai A. 
 Neale. They had seven children born in 
 Sangamon county, namely 
 
 THOMAS N., born Oct. 12, 1844, in 
 Sangamon county, enlisted Aug. 9, 1862, 
 in Co. B, 114 111. Inf., at Springfield. He 
 was wounded at the battle of Jackson, 
 Miss., May 14, 1863. A rebel musket 
 ball broke his arm (being the first man in 
 the regiment to receive a wound). He 
 was captured in hospital two days later, 
 paroled at Richmond, Va., a month later, 
 and was honorably discharged at St. Louis, 
 Nov. 17, 1863. He now draws a pension, 
 and resides with his parents. 
 
 HALL IE E., born April 15, 1846, in 
 New Castle, Henry county, Ky., married 
 Nov. 30, 1865, to Edward B. Winslow. 
 They have two children, BDWIN M. 
 and PRESTON A., 'and reside in Girard, 
 III. 
 
 GEO. N., born June 20, 1848, in New 
 Castle, Henry county, Ky., died Sept. 15, 
 1850. 
 
 PRESTON J., born Jan. 21, 1851, in 
 Springfield, Sangamon county, 111., died 
 March i, 1872. 
 
 ED WIN M., born in Waverly, Mor- 
 gan county, Sept. 13, 1855, died Jan. 8, 
 1864. 
 
 MERRIAN E., born Jan. 1 1, 1858, in 
 Waverly, 111., died Oct. 8, 1869. 
 
 NE VILLE B., born Nov. 3, 1859, in 
 Waverly, 111., resides with his parents. 
 
 Thomas Beerup and wife reside one- 
 half mile south of Chatham. 
 
 BEERUP, WILLIAM W., 
 
 was born Sept. 6, 1822, at Sidney, Cana- 
 da, and came to Sangamon county in 1843 
 to join his brothers, Andrew and Thomas. 
 He married Catharine E. Tolley, See 
 the Tolley name. 
 
 BEERUP MARGARET, sis- 
 ter of Andrew, Thomas and William W., 
 was born June 18, 1829, at Beamsville, Can- 
 ada, came to Sangamon county, 111., June, 
 1844, and was married at Havana, 111., 
 June 18, 1849,10 Levi Harpham, who was 
 born Dec., 1821, at Hartford, Ohio coun- 
 ty, Indiana. They have five children, 
 namely 
 
 GEO. E., ALICE J., CHARLES 
 F., LEE W. and SILAS ELMER, 
 and reside near Havana, 111. 
 
 BEERUP, JANE, sister to An- 
 drew, Thomas and William W. Beerup, 
 and to Mrs. Margaret Harpham. She 
 married Marvin Pond. See his name. 
 
 BERGEN, REV. JOHN G., 
 D. D.,was born Nov. 27, 1 790, at Hights- 
 town, Middlesex county, N. J., ten miles 
 east of Princeton, N. J. Of his ancestors 
 the history is preserved for seven genera- 
 tions, which will be found designated by 
 numbers, ist. Hans Hansen Bergen was 
 born in Bergen, Norway. He was a ship car- 
 penter, and went to Holland; from there 
 he emigrated to New Amsterdam, now 
 New York city, arriving in 1633. In 
 1639 he was married to Sarah Rapalje 
 (now Rapalye). She was born June 9, 
 1622, about where Albany, N. Y., now 
 stands, and is believed to have been the 
 first child of European parentage born in 
 in the colony of New Netherlands, which 
 then included the present States of New 
 York, New Jersey and part of Connecti- 
 cut. Hans Hansen Bergen and Sarah 
 Rapalje, his wife, had four sons and four 
 daughters. 2nd. Joris, Jores, or George, 
 their fifth child, was baptized in New 
 Amsterdam, July 18, 1649, and married 
 Aug. n, 1678, to Sara Stryker. They 
 had nine children, and their fourth child. 
 3rd. Hans Jorise Bergen was baptized 
 Aug. 31, 1684, and married Aug. 16, 1711, 
 to Sytje Evert Van Wicklen. They had 
 five children. Their eldest son (4th), Jores, 
 or George Bergen, married Miss Hoag- 
 land. She had three children, and died. 
 He married a second time, and had nine 
 children. His eldest son (5th), John B. 
 Bergen, born March 27, 1739, married 
 June 8, 1763, to Sarah Stryker, who was 
 born August 25, 1745. They had eight 
 children. Their eldest son (6th), George I. 
 Bergen, born June 16, 1 764, married in 1 789 
 to Rebecca Combs. They had ten child- 
 ren, all born in New Jersey. Their eldest 
 son was (7th) John G., whose name heads 
 this sketch. Both his parents being con- 
 sistent Christians, he, under their training 
 and example, became a member of the 
 Presbyterian church, at thirteen years of 
 age. He attended Baskingridge Acade- 
 my, and when properly prepared entered 
 the junior class at Princeton College, and 
 graduated at seventeen years of age. 
 Having chosen the ministry, he com- 
 menced a theological course of study un- 
 der Rev. Dr. John Woodhull, who had
 
 SANG AM ON COUNTY. 
 
 been appointed by the Synod of New 
 York and New Jersey, Professor of The- 
 ology, in the absence of a seminary for 
 that purpose. At 20 years of age he was 
 licensed to preach the gospel. It was his 
 desire to mount his horse, go to the west 
 and commence preaching, but he was in- 
 duced to accept the position of tutor in 
 Princeton College in 1810. In Sept., 
 1812, he resigned that position, and in Oct., 
 1812, accepted a call as pastor of the Pres- 
 byterian Church at Madison, N. J. Rev. 
 John G. Bergen was married Nov. 10, 
 1812, at Freehold, N. J., to Margaretta 
 M. Henderson, vyho was born in 1793 in 
 that city. Her father, Dr. Thomas Hen- 
 derson, was a Judge, member of Con- 
 gress, and a ruling Elder in the old Ten- 
 nent church at Freehold. The pastor of 
 that church, Rev. William Tennent, to all 
 human appearance died, and after laying 
 three days in what proved to be a trance, 
 he opened his eyes just as they were clos- 
 ing the coffin for the last time. 
 
 Rev. J. G. Bergen was pastor of the 
 church at Madison for about 16 years, 
 during which time his labors were greatly 
 blessed. They had five children born at 
 Madison. George I. Bergen, the father 
 of Rev. J, G. Bergen, was a merchant, 
 and sustained such losses during the war 
 with England, beginning in 1812, that he 
 closed hig business, and in the summer of 
 1818 emigrated to Woodford county, Ky. 
 In 1824 Mr. G. I. Bergen, in company 
 with a married son and daughter and their 
 father-in-law, Major Conover, six persons 
 in all, set out to explore Indiana, and 
 camped near where Indianapolis now 
 stands. They made up their minds to 
 remain there, and one night while they 
 were around their camp-fire, they were 
 startled with the cry of "Who's here!" 
 coming out of the darkness. The words 
 were run together, and seemed like a sin- 
 gle word, " Hoosier, " and this circum- 
 stance is believed to have been the origin 
 of that appellation for citizens of that 
 State. The traveler who had thus uncer- 
 emoniously approached them remained all 
 night, and before he left next morning 
 had convinced them that it was better to 
 go and see the .prairies of Illinois. The 
 result was that they settled in Jersey 
 prairie, twelve miles north of Jacksonville, 
 in Morgan, now Cass, county, 111. George 
 I. Bergen died in 1625, and his widow 
 
 married Rev. Mr. Kenner, in 1827, and 
 they visited Mrs. Kenner's old home in 
 New Jersey. While there her son, Rev. 
 J. G. Bergen, resigned his pastorate of the 
 church at Madison, Sept. 10, 1828, for the 
 purpose of accompanying his mother to 
 Illinois. The party started Sept. 22, 1828, 
 going b) 1 the way of Lexington and 
 Frankfort, Ky., to visit friends. After a 
 journey of nearly 1,500 miles, they arrived 
 at Springfield, Nov., 1828, bringing their 
 five children, namely 
 
 JANE ELIZA, born 1813, in Madi- 
 son, N. J., came with her parents to 
 Springfield. Soon after their arrival, her 
 father built a house on his own lot at the 
 south side of Washington street, between 
 Fourth and Fifth streets, and in that she 
 taught school in 1829. That was believed 
 to have been the first school taught by a 
 lady in Springfield. She was married in 
 April, 1833 to Col. Robert Allen. See his 
 name. 
 
 CATHARINE H., born Sept. 21, 
 1816, in New Jersey, married in Spring- 
 field to Edward Jones. See his name. 
 
 AMELIA M., born July, 1818, in 
 New Jersey, married in Springfield, May, 
 1840, to Joshua G. Lamb, a cousin of 
 James L. Lamb. They are without fam- 
 ily, and reside in Alton. 
 
 THOMAS H., born Dec. 15, 1820, at 
 Madison, Morris county, N. J., brought 
 up in Springfield, married March 29, 1849, 
 at Trenton, N. J., to Mary G. Cooley. 
 She was born in that city, July 20, 1823. 
 Soon after they were married they left for 
 Springfield, and while on board a small 
 steamboat on the Ohio river, near Wheel- 
 ing, West Va., it blew up, killing 17 per- 
 sons. They escaped with their lives, but 
 lost their entire baggage. They are with- 
 out family, and reside one mile east of 
 Springfield. 
 
 GEORGE, born April 5, 1824, at 
 Madison, Morris county, X. J., brought 
 up in Springfield, 111., is unmarried, and 
 resides one mile east of Springfield. 
 
 Mrs. Margaretta M. Bergen died Oct. 
 1 8, 1853, near Springfield, 111. Dr. Ber- 
 gen was married at the latter place, Nov. 
 9, 1857, to Mrs. Susan A. Vunhoff. Rev. 
 Dr. J. G. Bergen died Jan. 17, 1872, and 
 his widow resides in Springfield. 
 
 Dr. Bergen, describing Springfield as 
 he first saw it, said it was composed of 
 about thirty-five log cabins, two or three
 
 u6 
 
 small frame houses, without a place of 
 divine worship other than a log school 
 house just built. That school house stood 
 in the street at the crossing of Adams and 
 Second streets, in a thicket of hazel and 
 brier bushes, and a few tall oaks. It was 
 built in the street because (he says) the 
 town authorities and owners of the lots 
 were too penurious to donate the land. 
 Rev. J. G. Bergen found a Presbyterian 
 Church that had been organized Jan. 30, 
 1828, by Rev. John M. Ellis, a missionary 
 from the southern part of the State. It 
 was without a house of worship. He 
 took charge of the church, and on the 
 second Sabbath after his arrival he gave 
 notice to the little church and the people 
 generally, that he came to Springfield, 
 not to make an experiment, but to live, 
 labor and die on the field with his armor 
 on, and then said: " Come, let us rise up 
 and build a house for God. " A brick 
 house was accordingly built at the east 
 side of Third street, between Washington 
 and Adams. He says that was the first 
 church built in the central part of the 
 State for any Protestant denomination. 
 The Methodists of Springfield were build- 
 ing a frame house of worship at the same 
 time, but they were a few weeks later in 
 finishing it. The original members of the 
 First Presbyterian Church were Mrs. 
 Elizabeth Smith, widow of Rev. John 
 Blair Smith, D. D., mother of Mrs. Dr. 
 John Todd. The Presbyterian Church of 
 Springfield was organized in her house. 
 The other members were John Moore, 
 John N. Moore, Andrew Moore, Mary 
 Moore, Elizabeth Moore, Margaret 
 Moore, Catharine Moore, Phoebe Moore, 
 James White, Elijah Scott, Jane Scott, 
 Samuel Reed, Jane Reed, William Proc- 
 tor, Sarah Stillman, Nancy R. Hum- 
 phreys, Ann lies and Olive Slater, nine- 
 teen in all ; five only lived in Springfield. 
 Some lived forty miles distant. The 
 Ruling Elders were John Moore, John 
 N. Moore, Samuel Reed and Isaiah Still- 
 man. Rev. J. G. Bergen preached, as 
 stated supply, until 1835, when he received 
 a formal call to become Pastor of the 
 church, and was installed Nov. 15 of that 
 year. That was the only Presbyterian 
 Church in the country at that time. Six 
 churches have been organized by colonies 
 from that church (two of them in the 
 city). During the ministry of Rev. Mr. 
 
 Bergen, from 1828 to 1848, when he re- 
 signed the pastorate, five hundred were 
 added to the church. When he came to 
 Springfield he was the eighth Presbyte- 
 rian minister in the State, and the farthest 
 north of any of them. There were 
 twenty-five churches under the care of 
 these eight ministers. He lived to see, 
 including both branches of the Presbyte- 
 rian and the Congregational churches, 600 
 ministers and 800 churches in the State. 
 He assisted in forming the first Presbytery 
 and first Synod in the State; was the first 
 Moderator of each. When the Old and 
 New school churches were reunited in 
 1869, he was the first Moderator of the 
 United Synod. 
 
 In 1854, without any previous intima- 
 tion of their intentions, Center College, at 
 Danville, Ky., conferred on the Rev..John 
 G. Bergen the Degree of D. D. 
 
 After his resignation as pastor of the 
 First Church, he devoted much of his 
 time to writing for the religious press, 
 over the signature of " Old Man of the 
 Prairies." He has left two large scrap 
 books full of these writings. 
 
 BERRY, ROBERT E., was 
 born Dec. 3, 1823, in Davidson county, 
 near Nashville, Tenn. When a child his 
 parents moved, first into Madison, and 
 then into Gibson county,- in the same 
 State. From there they moved to Wil- 
 liamson county, 111., and from there to 
 Christian county, in 1844. Robert E. left 
 his parents in Williamson county, and 
 come to Sangamon county, in what is 
 now Cooper township, in Dec., 1840. He 
 was married Sept. 8, 1850, to Elizabeth 
 Stokes, who was born Aug. 6, 1832. 
 They had one child 
 
 AMANDA M., who died at the age of 
 seven years. Mrs. Berry died Sept. 25, 
 1853, and Mr. Berry was married Oct. 8, 
 1856, to Sophia Barger. They have seven 
 children, namely 
 
 WILLIAM, FRANCIS M. and 
 BENJAMIN F., twins F. M. died in 
 his sixth year LA URA E., EMMA D., 
 LIZZIE and CHARLES-, the six liv- 
 ing, reside with their parents. 
 
 Robert E. Berry resides at Berry post- 
 office, Clarksville, Sangamon county. 
 
 BETTIS, JAMESH., was born 
 Oct. 18, 1811, in Lincoln county, Ky. 
 His parents moved to Hamilton county, 
 O., in 1818. James H. came to Sangamon
 
 SANGAMON COUNTT. 
 
 county in 1839. He was married July 28, 
 1844, in what is now Auburn township, to 
 Elizabeth Fletcher. They had six children 
 in Sangamon county, and in 1855 moved 
 to Missouri. In 1864 they moved back to 
 Sangamon county. Of their children 
 
 OLIVER F., born in Sangamon 
 county, married June 20, 1866, to Jane 
 Patterson. They reside in Auburn town- 
 ship. 
 
 REBECCA J., born in Sangamon 
 county, married Franklin Nicholson, and 
 reside near Virden. 
 
 JAMES W., MARTHA E., NAN- 
 CY A. and JOHN JR., the four latter 
 reside with their parents in Auburn town- 
 ship. 
 
 The parents of J. H. Bettis moved 
 from Ohio to DeWitt county, 111., before 
 he came to the State. After his father's 
 death, his mother came to Sangamon 
 county, in 1842, and died in 1850. She 
 was born in Garrard county, Ky., in 1780, 
 and is believed to have been the first 
 white child born in that county. 
 
 BEVANS, JpHN, was born in 
 Maryland, and married, near Snow Hill, 
 to Mary Rounds. They had six children, 
 and she died. He married Margaret 
 Jones, and had one child in Maryland. 
 The family moved to Woodford county, 
 Ky., and from there to Sangamon county, 
 111., arriving, in 1828, in Island Grove, 
 south of Spring creek. Of his seven 
 children 
 
 MARl^HA, born in Maryland, mar- 
 ried in Kentucky to Alexander Mont- 
 gomery, came to Sangamon county in 
 1828. They had six children, and the 
 parents died in Berlin. Their only child 
 living in Sangamon county, MARTiN, 
 resides in Springfield. 
 
 WILLIAM, born in Maryland, mar- 
 ried, had two children, and died near 
 Chillicothe, O. 
 
 DRUZILLA, born in Maryland, mar- 
 ried at Island Grove to Fielding Jones, 
 have six children, and reside near As- 
 sumption, Christian county 111. 
 
 BARSHEBA, born" in Maryland, 
 married in Kentucky to Hiram Bailey, 
 and died in Indiana. 
 
 JOHN D., born Oct. 5, 1813 in Wor- 
 cester county, near Snow Hill, Md., came 
 to Sangamon county in 1828. married at 
 Island Grove, Jan" 2, 1842, to Nancy 
 Foutch. They had eight children: 
 
 THOMAS F., born in Sangamon county 
 June 19, 1843, married March 27, 1870, at 
 Carbondale, to Carrie L. Collins, who 
 was born Oct. 3, 1850, at Wheeling, Va. 
 They have one child, EDDIE F., and reside 
 in Berlin. The other seven were born in 
 Wapello county, Iowa, two of whom 
 died young. MARY R., born Sept. 
 24, 1847, in Iowa, married Hawes 
 Yates. See his name. JOHN D., Jun., 
 born Nov. 10, 1850, and HENRY K., 
 reside with their mother. MARTHA 
 resides with her sister, Mrs. Yates. 
 RACHEL lives with her mother. John 
 D. Bevans died Jan. 13, 1858, in W'apello 
 county, Iowa. His widow resides in Ber- 
 lin. 
 
 NANCY, born in Maryland, was mar- 
 ried at Island Grove to Amon Blaney. 
 Both died in St. Clair county. 
 
 By the second marriage 
 
 SARAH, born in 1824, in Maryland, 
 married near Berlin to Thomas G. Men- 
 denhall, and reside at Berlin. 
 
 John Bevans died in March, 1837, an< ^ 
 Mrs. Margaret Bevans died April, 1859, 
 both in Island Grove township. 
 
 BICE, JOHN, born Nov. 4, 1808, 
 in Henry county, Ky. He came to San- 
 gamon county in 1834, and was married 
 May 5, 1835, near Mechanicsburg, to 
 Mary A. Pickrell. They settled in what 
 is now Williams township, one and a half 
 miles north of the present town of Bar- 
 clay. They had six children there 
 
 SARAH E., born Feb. 8, 1836, mar- 
 ried James F. Hickman. See his name. 
 
 JESSE W., born Oct. 21, 1837, en ' 
 listed in Co. A. 3rd 111. Cavalry, Aug. 14, 
 1 86 1. He was promoted for meritorious 
 conduct at Pea Ridge, to Lieutenant, 
 afterwards to Captain, and the last ten 
 months he served with the rank of Major. 
 He was honorably discharged in Nov., 
 1865. In Dec. following he was appointed 
 assistant assessor of internal revenue, until 
 the office was abolished by Congress, May 
 20, 1873. J. W. Bice was married Sept. 
 19, 1872, to Belle W r arinner, daughter of 
 the late Dr. Warinner, of Bloomington. 
 They have one child, JESSIE BELLE. 
 Major Bice is now Deputy Sheriff of 
 Sangamon county, and resides in Spring- 
 field. 
 
 BENJAMIN F. born June 28, 1840, 
 enlisted in Co. B, i3Oth 111. Vol. Inf., and 
 was mustered in at Camp Butler, Aug. i,
 
 n8 
 
 EARLY SETTLERS OF 
 
 1862. He was appointed 2nd Sergeant 
 of same company, at Memphis, Tenn., 
 Nov. 26, 1862, and served until Aug. n, 
 1865, when he was mustered out by spe- 
 cial order at New Orleans, La., for the pur- 
 pose of accepting a commission from Gov. 
 R. J. Oglesby, dated July 26, 1865, as 
 2nd Lieut. Co. D, 3Oth 111. Vol. Inf. He 
 was honorably discharged Aug. 12, 1865. 
 B. F. Bice was married in Dec., 1867, to 
 Bertha Owen. They have three children, 
 MARY, EMMA G. and EVA, and re- 
 side near Elkhart, Logan county, Illinois. 
 
 ABEL P., born Dec. 3, 1842. He was 
 married in 1863 to Melissa C. Blue. They 
 have three children, JOHN H., AR- 
 THUR L. and NETTIE B., and reside 
 two miles north of Barclay. 
 
 SUE E. resides with her sister, Mrs. 
 J. F. Hickman, at the homestead where 
 her parents settled in 1835. 
 
 JOHN H., born Feb. 1 1, 1848, enlisted 
 in 1863 in i6th United States Inf. Served 
 three years, and was honorably discharged 
 in 1866. He was afterwards employed on 
 the Toledo, Wabash & Western railroad, 
 and was killed by an accident Jan. 31, 
 1871. 
 
 John Bice, died March 14, 1848, at the 
 family homestead, and his widow resides 
 with her sister, Mrs. Hall, at Buffalo. 
 
 BICE, SUSAN, born in Henry 
 county, Ky., married there to Elijah 
 Utterbach. See his name. 
 
 BILLINGS, ROBERT, was 
 born Jan., 1801, in Dorchester county, 
 Md. Mary Dean was born April 6, 1810, 
 in Somerset county, Md. They were 
 married Oct., 1829, in Sussex county, Del- 
 aware, and had two children born in Sum- 
 mit county, Md. They moved into 
 Baltimore county, where one child was 
 born and died, and then moved to Sanga- 
 mon county, 111., arriving Oct. 1840, in 
 what is now Rochester township, and had 
 nine children in Sangamon county. Of 
 their children 
 
 NANCT E., born July 15, 1830, in 
 Maryland, married in Sangamon county 
 to John Short, had one child, and Mrs. 
 Short died. 
 
 MART E., born Feb. 15, 1833, in 
 Maryland, married in Sangamon county 
 to James Wilson, have two children, and 
 reside in Cotton Hill township. 
 
 WILLIAM EDWARD, born in 
 Sangamon county, died in his 23d year. 
 
 GEORGIANN, born in Sangamon 
 county, married Samuel Long, had one 
 child, and Mr. Long died, and she married 
 Win. Thompson. They have three 
 children, and reside near Lincoln. 
 
 SUSAN JANE,\)o\:n in Sangamon 
 county, married John Popp, have three 
 children, and reside in Cotton Hill town- 
 ship. 
 
 CHARLES //"., born in Sangamon 
 county, married Mrs. Martha Mortar. 
 He died July 31, 1871. 
 
 JOANNA, born in Sangamon county, 
 resides with her parents. 
 
 CHARLOTTE married John Miller, 
 have two children, and reside two and a 
 half miles south of Rochester. 
 
 CAROLINE married William Glenn. 
 They have two children, and reside three 
 miles south of Rochester. 
 
 JENNIE, born in Sangamon county, 
 Oct. 29, 1853, resides with her parents. 
 
 Robert Billings and his wife reside two 
 and a half miles south of Rochester. 
 
 BILLINGTON, JOHN, was 
 born Sept. 29, 1819, in the town of 
 Shrewsbury, Shrophshire, England. He 
 came to the United States, landing in New 
 York in June, and arrived early in Aug., 
 1840, at Springfield. He lived several 
 years in the family of Willard Tinney, on 
 Richland creek, to learn farming. He 
 had learned the business of baker and 
 confectioner in England, and established 
 himself in that business in Springfield. 
 He was married, in Springfield, to Eliza- 
 beth A. Cannon. She died Nov., 1851, 
 not leaving any children. He was married 
 March 24, 1853, at Buffalo Hart grove, to 
 Rachel Constant. They have one child 
 
 MART J., and reside at Dawson. 
 
 Mr. Billington erected a residence for 
 hirnself, where Dawson now stands, in 
 1854, before there was any station or town 
 laid out. When the postofHce was estab- 
 lished in that year, he was appointed Post- 
 master, which he held about seven years. 
 He was also the first station and express 
 agent at that place, and is yet (1874) acting 
 in that capacity. Mr. Billington's parents, 
 four brothers and one sister, came later. 
 These were William, the civil engineer, 
 now deceased. Thomas resides at 
 Mt. Pulaska, Henry at Waynesville, 
 James and Mary A. 
 
 BILYEU, PETER, was born 
 in 1777, in Alleghany county, Md., and
 
 SAN GAM ON COUNTY. 
 
 119 
 
 was taken by his parents to Green river, 
 Ky. He was there married to Diana 
 Blackwill. They had two children in 
 Kentucky, and moved to Overton county, 
 Tenn., where twelve children were born; 
 two died young. The family moved to 
 Sangamon county, 111., arriving Oct. i, 
 1829, in what is now Loami township, 
 where one child was born. Of their 
 children 
 
 SARAH, born Nov. 26, 1801, in Ken- 
 tucky, married March 23, 1819, to William 
 Workman. See his name. 
 
 JOHN, born in 1803, in Kentucky, 
 married Elizabeth Workman in Tennes- 
 see, came to Sangamon county, raised a 
 large family, moved to Christian county, 
 and died there in 1867. 
 
 L YDIA, born in Tennessee, married 
 David Workman. See his name. 
 
 NANCY, born in Tennessee, married 
 Jacob Teeple, moved to Missouri, raised 
 a family, and he died there. She died in 
 Christian county, 111. 
 
 IS A A C, born in Tennessee, married 
 Polly Bilyeu, raised a family, and resides 
 in Missouri. 
 
 GEORGE, born in Tennessee, mar- 
 ried Elizabeth Workman, raised a family, 
 and resides in Christian county. 
 
 E LIZ ABE 777 married Richard Bil- 
 yeu. He was killed in time of the rebel- 
 lion, in Miller county, Mo., leaving a 
 widow and several children there. 
 
 POLLY married James McMullen, 
 have children, and reside in Missouri. 
 
 DIANA married Thomas Greening, 
 who died, and she married Stephen Work- 
 man, Jun. He died, leaving a widow and 
 four children in Christian county. 
 
 HANNAH married John WyckofT. 
 He died in Christian county. His family 
 reside in Missouri. 
 
 CYNTHIA, born Aug. 29, 1827, in 
 Tennessee, married in Sangamon county 
 to Levi Harbour, Jun. See his name. 
 
 MINER VA married Robert Fowler, 
 and resides in Kansas. 
 
 Peter Bilyeu died July 7, 1863, and his 
 widow died Sept., 1865, both in Christian 
 county, 111. , 
 
 BIRD FAMILY, John Bird was 
 born Jan. i, 1767, in Essex countv, N. J., 
 and when a young man, went to Wash- 
 ington, Mason county, Ky. Abigail Au- 
 ter was born May 26, 1780, in Essex 
 county, N. J., also, and in 1798 went with 
 
 her widowed mother and two sisters to 
 Washington, Ky. John Bird and Abigail 
 Auter were married there in 1801. They 
 had ten children in Mason county, Ky., 
 and the entire family moved, in 1825, to 
 Harrison county. John Bird died there, 
 of cholera, July 15,1833. Their daughter, 
 Sarah, who was married to Jesse Folks, 
 died six days before her father, and their 
 son John, in his thirteenth year, died seven 
 days after his father, all of the same 
 disease. Mrs. Bird, with some of her 
 children, came to Sangamon county, 111., 
 arriving Sept. 6, 1835, ' n wnat ' s n w 
 Mechanicsburg township. Her other 
 children came the next vear. Mrs. Abi- 
 gail Bird died in Sangamon county. Of 
 her eight children who came to the 
 county 
 
 BIRD, MORRIS, was born Feb. 
 19, 1803, in Mason county, Ky., married, 
 March 29, 1827, in Harrison county, to 
 Sarah Brannock, who was born July 24, 
 1808, in Bourbon county, Ky. They had 
 four children in Harrison county; one died 
 in infancy, and they moved to Sangamon 
 county, 111., in 1835, an< ^ settled near Me- 
 chanicsburg, where they had twelve child- 
 ren, eleven of whom died in infancy, and 
 Margaret died, aged nine years. Of the 
 other three 
 
 MARY A. C., born Nov. 5, 1828, in 
 Harrison county, Ky., married in Sanga- 
 mon county, Feb. 21, 1856, to Miles H. 
 Wilmot, who was born Jan. 5, 1825, in 
 Caswell county, N. C., and came to San- 
 gamon county in 1854. He has three 
 children by a former wife; two daughters, 
 married, and a son. All reside near Shel- 
 by, Iowa. M. H. Wilmot and wife have 
 no children except an adopted daughter, 
 ELLA WILMOT. They reside half a 
 mile east of Illiopolis. Mr. Wilmot has 
 been elected five years in succession, to 
 represent Illiopolis township in the Board 
 of Supervisors of Sangamon county, be- 
 ginning with the election of April, 1870. 
 He was chairman of the board for 1872 
 and '3. He also served five years as Justice 
 of the Peace and Police Magistrate in 
 Mechanicsburg and Illiopolis. 
 
 JOHN M., born April 23, 1834, in 
 Harrison county, Ky., raised in Sangamon 
 county, married in Griggsville, Pike coun- 
 ty, 111., Oct. 6, 1859, to Frances E. Green- 
 leaf, daughter of Rev. Calvin Greenleaf, 
 of the Baptist church. She was born in
 
 120 
 
 EARLY SETTLERS OF 
 
 Pike county, June 15, 1841. Mr. and 
 Mrs. Bird had three children, CLAR- 
 ENCE I. died in his third year. NEL- 
 LIE M. and CALVIN MORRIS reside 
 with their parents, in Mechanicsburg. 
 
 GEORGE W., horn Nov. 16, 1849, 
 in Sangamon county, resides with his par- 
 ents. 
 
 Morris Bird and wife reside at Mechan- 
 icsburg. He was commissioned as Post- 
 master at Mechanicsburg, March 28, 1848, 
 during the administration of President 
 Taylor, and has held the office under all 
 administrations to the present time. 
 
 BIRD, RICHARD, was born 
 Nov. 19, 1804, in Mason county, Ky. He 
 united with the M. E. church, in 1824, and 
 commenced preaching in 1827. His first 
 circuit was in the southern part of the 
 State, and extended into Tennessee. By 
 a singular coincidence, his colleagues bore 
 such names as to indicate that the trio be- 
 long to the feathered species of animated 
 nature, Crow, Martin and Bird. Rev. 
 Richard Bird was married, March 8, 1832, 
 in Shelby county, Ky., to Lucinda N. 
 Fullinwider. They had two children in 
 Kentucky, and came to Sangamon county, 
 111., settling near Mechanicsburg, and at 
 once united with the 111. Conf. M. E. 
 church, and commenced the work of a 
 traveling preacher. They had seven 
 children in Illinois, three of whom died 
 under seven years. The two born in Ken- 
 tucky died in Illinois, one at five and the 
 other at two years of age. Of the other 
 four 
 
 FRANCES M., born Aug. 23, 1836, 
 in Sangamon county, married Thomas 
 Scott, and had four children ; two died in 
 infancy. CHARLES W. and HAR- 
 RIET B. reside with their mother. She 
 was married Jan. 10, 1867, to Rev. Reuben 
 Gregg, of the M. E. Church. They have 
 three living children, ARTHUR B., EDA F., 
 ALLEN c. and LURA R. They reside at 
 Augusta, 111. 
 
 RICHARD C, born August 8, 1838, 
 in Tazewell county, 111., married, Sept. 26, 
 1860, at Chatham, Sangamon county, to 
 Addie Hesser. He enlisted in 1862, for 
 three years, in Co. A., 730! 111. Inf. He 
 was injured, Sept. 26, 1862, in Louisville, 
 Ky., by a drunken driver upsetting an 
 army wagon, which fell upon him and 
 came near causing his death. He was dis- 
 charged on account of physical disability, 
 
 Feb. 23, 1863. He lost his right hand by 
 firing a salute at Mechanicsburg, July 4, 
 1864. Mr. and Mrs Bird had three child- 
 ren in Sangamon county, and in the fall of 
 1866 moved to Kansas, where they had 
 four. Their names are EDWARD T., 
 ALLISON E., HENRY E., RICH- 
 ARD N., JOHN M., LUCINDA A. 
 and HARRIET F., and reside near 
 Ottawa, Kansas. 
 
 JACOB F., born August 5, 1846, in 
 Sangamon county, married Sept. 16, 1873, 
 at Payson, 111., to Mrs. Anna E. Vickers, 
 whose maiden name was Hughes. She 
 was born Dec. 31, 1849, in Butler county, 
 Ohio. They reside at the family home- 
 stead, adjoining Mechanicsburg on the 
 south. 
 
 THOMAS J/., born Sept. 10, 1848, 
 in Sangamon county, married, Oct. 19, 
 1871, at Decatur, to Florence M. Wood, 
 who was born Sept. 10, 1851, at Clarence- 
 ville, Lower Canada. They have two child- 
 ren, JOHN RICHARD and ETHEL 
 LUCINDA, and reside one and a half 
 miles southwest of Mechanicsburg. 
 
 Rev. Richard Bird considers the vicinity 
 of Mechanicsburg his home, but continues 
 to travel as a preacher in the M. E. church, 
 in the Illinois Conference. His residence 
 for the conference year of 1875-6 is 
 Easton, Mason county, 111. 
 
 BIRD, JOANNA, was born 
 Nov. 20, 1807, in Mason county, Ky., 
 married to James M. Dixon. See his 
 name. He died and she married John C. 
 Eckel. See his name. 
 
 B I R D, T H O M AS, was born Dec. 
 25, 1809, in Mason county, Ky., came to 
 Sangamon county in 1835. He never 
 married, and died Sept. u, 1858, near 
 Mechanicsburg. 
 
 BIRD, A BRA HAM, born Aug. 
 30, 1813, in Mason county, Ky., came to 
 Sangamon county in 1836, married, May 
 9, 1839, to Nancy Riddle. Thev had one 
 child 
 
 DA VII) /?., born April 26, 1841, in 
 Sangamon county. He enlisted; was 
 with his cousin, Dr. Riddle, all through 
 the war to suppress the rebellion. Present 
 residence not known. 
 
 Mrs. Nancy Bird died April 26, 1841, 
 and Abraham Bird died Feb. 19, 1853, 
 both in Sangamon countv. 
 
 BIRD, HENRY, was born Dec. 
 15, 1815, in Mason county, Ky., came to
 
 SANGAMON COUNT?. 
 
 121 
 
 Sangamon county in 1836, was married 
 Sept. 30, 1841,10 Margaret J. Hussey,who 
 was born April 5, 1821, in Sangamon 
 county, 111. Two children were born 
 there, and in 1845 they moved overland in 
 wagons, to Yamhill county, Oregon. Five 
 children were born there, and they moved 
 to Portland, Multnomah county, Oregon, 
 where one child was born. Of their nine 
 children 
 
 CLARISSA, born August 30, 1842, 
 in Sangamon county, 111., married in Or- 
 egon, July 30, 1861, to Hiram Ransom, 
 and resides in California. 
 
 MART E., born June 23, 1844, in 
 Sangamon county, married in Oregon, 
 Dec. 29, 1869, to W. S.James. She died 
 Feb. 19, 1874, in Portland, Oregon, leaving 
 two children, viz: ELLA and MARY, 
 the latter died August 9, 1874. Mr. James 
 resides in Portland. 
 
 NATHAN H., born Dec. 12, 1846, in 
 Yamhill county, was married March 15, 
 1870, to Alice Talbot. They have two 
 children, WALTER and VIOLA, and 
 reside near Bellvue, Yamhill county, Ore- 
 gon. 
 
 RICHARD, born April 5, 1848, in 
 Yamhill county, is unmarried, and resides 
 in Portland. 
 
 JOHN, born Sept. 20, 1851, in Yam- 
 hill county, is unmarried, and resides in 
 Portland. 
 
 CORXELIA E., born Nov. 20, 
 1853, in Yamhill county, resides with her 
 mother. 
 
 STEPHEN, born Oct. 9, 1855, in 
 Yamhill county, resides near Sheridan, 
 Yamhill county, on a farm. 
 
 BENJAMIN M., born April i, 1858, 
 in Yamhill county, resides with his mother. 
 WILLIAM ^born Dec. n, 1862, in 
 Portland, resides with his mother. 
 
 Henry Bird died August 20, 1873, in 
 Portland, and his widow resides there. 
 
 BIRD, HETTY E., was born 
 July 9, 1818, in Mason county, Ky., came 
 with her mother to Sangamon county in 
 1835. She was married near Mechanics- 
 burg, Feb. 25, 1845, to Samuel Powers, 
 who was born April 28, 1797, in Hamp- 
 shire county, Va. They had one child, 
 and Mrs. Powers died, March 16, 1851, in 
 Sangamon county. Mr. Powers moved 
 to Iowa with his daughter 
 
 RHODA A., born Sept. 19, 1848, in 
 Sangamon county, and married in Iowa, 
 16 
 
 July 22, 1865, to Barzilla Reeves, who 
 was born April 5, 1841. They had five 
 children in Iowa. Their second child, 
 ISAAC N., died in his fourth year. AN- 
 DREW J., DAVID M., GARRISON 
 B. and HESTER A., reside with their 
 parents, near Sidney, Fremont county, 
 Iowa. 
 
 Samuel Powers resides in Atchison 
 county, Mo. 
 
 BIRD, ABIGAIL, was born 
 Sept. 27, 1824, in Mason county, Ky., 
 came with her mother to Sangamon coun- 
 ty, 111., in 1835, married, Oct. 12, 1843, to 
 Hugh Sutherland. He was born May 4, 
 1816, in Edinburgh, Scotland, came to 
 America in 1827, remained in the Atlantic 
 States until 1841, when he came to San- 
 gamon county. Mr. and Mrs. S. had nine 
 children, Charles W., next to the young- 
 est, died in his third year. Of the other 
 eight 
 
 HESTER J., born Dec. 21, 1844, in 
 Sangamon county, married March 17, 
 
 1869, to Joseph N. Burcham, have two 
 children, REUBEN and JOHN L., and 
 reside three and a quarter miles east of 
 Mechaniscburg. 
 
 BETST J., born Sept. 17, 1846, died 
 Sept. 2, 1858. 
 
 JOHN G., born April 28, 1848, in 
 Sangamon county, married, August 31, 
 
 1870, in his native county, to Mary J. 
 Peak. They had two children, AR- 
 THUR CLARK and CARLOS B. 
 The latter died in his second year. Mrs. 
 S. died March 12, 1875, in the twenty- 
 seventh year of her age. John G. Suther- 
 land resides at Warrensburg, 111. 
 
 ELLEN R. born Jan. 30, 1850, in 
 Sangamon county, married Feb. 14, 1875, 
 to William Upton, and resides three and 
 a half miles east of Mechanicsburg. 
 
 ABIGAIL ANN, born Dec. 23, 1851, 
 in Sangamon county, married Feb. 7, 
 1875, to Charles Mussenden, and resides 
 four miles east of Mechanicsburg. 
 
 THOMAS M., born Sept. 8, 1854, 
 
 J IIJGH A., born Dec, 12, 1856, and 
 
 CHAR LET B., born Dec. 29, 1861. 
 
 The three latter reside with their par- 
 ents, adjoining Illiopolis on the east. 
 
 BLACK, SAMUEL, was born 
 July 2, 1798, in Augusta county, Va. 
 Mildred Gaines, a niece of Mrs. Peter Cart- 
 wright, was born Oct. 4, 1802, in Char- 
 lotte county, Va. They were married,
 
 122 
 
 EARLY SETTLERS OF 
 
 Feb. 20, 1822, near Hopkinsville, Ky.. 
 where their parents had emigrated when 
 they were quite young. They had one 
 child in Kentucky, and moved to Sanga- 
 mon county, 111., arriving Nov. 19, 1825, 
 in what is now Cartwright township, 
 where they had two children, and in 1828 
 moved to Morgan county, where seven 
 children were born. Of their children 
 
 ELIZA, horn Dec. 31, 1824, in Ken- 
 tucky, married George Ragen, have seven 
 children, and reside in Cass countv, Iowa. 
 
 JAMES R., born July 5, 1826, in 
 Sangamon county, married Dec. 13, 1863, 
 to Arvilla M. McMurphy, who was born 
 Nov. 25, 1833, in St. Lawrence countv, 
 N. Y. They have four children, VIC- 
 TOR C., JENNIE M., IONA C. and 
 ALBERT C., and reside one and a quar- 
 ter miles north of Pleasant Plains, with- 
 in half a mile of where he was born, on 
 the farm of his grandfather, Rev. Richard 
 Gaines. 
 
 WILLIAM, born April 5, 1828, in 
 Sangamon county, married Jane Short, 
 and died in three months after marriage. 
 
 SARAH B., born May i, 1833, m Mor- 
 gan county, married Til man Sharp, has 
 one child, and resides in Morgan county. 
 
 JOHN, born Dec. 3, 1830, just before 
 the "deep snow," married Sarah Vaughn, 
 have three children, LOU ELLA, J. W. 
 and J. R., and reside in Morgan county. 
 
 AMY, born Feb. 5, 1839, died Sept. 8, 
 1869. 
 
 MARTHA G., born Feb. 4, 1835, is 
 unmarried, and resides with her parents. 
 
 SAMUEL, Jim., born June 27, 1837, 
 married, Dec. 2, 1860, to Mary Self, have 
 two children, W. E. and C. S., and reside 
 in Morgan county. 
 
 MARY J,, born March 9, 1842, mar- 
 ried, Sept. 20, 1 86 1, to James Phillips, 
 who died, and she married Wm. Self, and 
 resides in Cass county. 
 
 MILDRED, born Jan. 7, 1845, mar- 
 ried Samuel T. Mattix, has one child, and 
 resides in Morgan county. 
 
 Samuel Black and his wife reside six 
 miles north of Jacksonville, surrounded 
 by most of their children. Mr. Black 
 made his first trip to Sangamon county to 
 move the mother of Rev. Peter Cart- 
 wright. He made, altogether, seven 
 round trips with a six horse team, when 
 there were no roads,' in moving the Cart- 
 wright, Gaines and Black families. 
 
 BLACK, WILLIAM, born 
 about 1793, in Edinburgh, Scotland. lie 
 came to America when young, landing at 
 Philadelphia. A stone cutter by trade, he 
 was employed on some of the banks and 
 other public buildings in that city, finish- 
 ing with a contract on Girard College. 
 Anna Young was born April 6, 1 798, in 
 the city of Philadelphia. William Black 
 and Anna Young were there married, 
 Dec. 7, 1820. Their nine children were 
 born in Philadelphia, one of whom died 
 young. Mr. Black came to Springfield 
 in the fall of 1839, and April, 1840, his 
 family arrived and moved to a farm he 
 had purchased, six miles northeast of 
 Springfield. Of their eight children 
 
 JOHA r , born April 12, 1822, is unmar- 
 ried. He went to California in 1849, and 
 now resides in San Francisco. 
 
 WILLIAM,]m\., born April 21, 1824, 
 in Philadelphia, was drowned, April 9, 
 1849, in a slough near where the Gilman 
 and Clinton railroad crosses the Sangamon 
 river. 
 
 HENRY,\>orn July 23, 1826, in Phil- 
 adelphia, married, May 3, 1871, in Hum- 
 boldt, Kansas, to Mrs. Artenecia A. Cham- 
 bers, whose maiden name was Braclshaw. 
 They have two children ANNA A. and 
 BLANCHE, and reside at Humboldt, 
 Kansas. 
 
 JAMES, born July 8, 1828, in Phila- 
 delphia, was married March 2, 1852, to 
 Amanda A. Cartmell. They had one 
 child, and Mrs. Black died, Jan. u, 1854. 
 Mr. Black was married, Feb. 5, 1862, to 
 Eliza A. Cartmell. They have four child- 
 ren. Of his five children, WILLIAM 
 L., by the first marriage, and the other 
 four, W r ALTER B., ALVIN F., AMAN- 
 DA M. and EMMA T., reside with their 
 father, on the farm settled by his father in 
 1840, six miles northeast of Springfield. 
 
 GEORGE W., born August 15, 1830, 
 married Sept. 21, 1858,10 Sarah A. Mann. 
 They had eight children, two of whom 
 died young. MARY E., ELIZABETH, 
 ANNIE L., HENRY F., THOMAS 
 M. and CHARLES W., and reside on 
 Round Prairie, five miles east of Spring- 
 field, between the mouth of Spring Creek 
 and South Fork. 
 
 ANNA E., born Sept. 26, 1832, mar- 
 ried, Jan. I, 1852,10 Marion F. Whitesides. 
 (See his name.') 

 
 SANGAMON COUNTT. 
 
 FRANCIS G., born Feb. 27, 1835, 
 married, Oct. 4, 1859, to Elizabeth Ham- 
 mond. They had two children, JOHN 
 W. and ELIZA J., and Mr. Black en- 
 listed August, 1862, in Co. G., i I4th 111. 
 Inf., for three years, and died of disease at 
 Vicksburg, just after the surrender by the 
 rebels, July 4, 1863. His remains were 
 brought home and interred near German 
 Prairie Station. His children reside with 
 their mother, who married A. R. Welch. 
 
 WALTER C., born Sept. 22, 1837, 
 enlisted in Co. G., i I4th 111. Inf., for three 
 years, August =5, 1862, was twice slightly 
 wounded, served full time, and was honor- 
 ably discharged, August 10, 1865. He 
 was married, Feb. 5, 1866, to Permelia F. 
 Cartmell. They have three children, 
 ANNA C., FRANCIS E. and ORA 
 EVA, and reside two miles southeast of 
 Riverton. * 
 
 Margaret Allison lived as one of the 
 family of William Black, in Philadelphia. 
 She came with the family to Sangamon 
 county, and died Sept. 20, 1840, aged 29 
 years. 
 
 William Black died Dec. 15, 1858, and 
 his widow died July 25, 1874, both on the 
 farm where they settled in 1840. Mr. 
 Black became a member of the Scots 
 Thistle Society soon after his arrival in 
 Philadelphia, and remained a member as 
 long as he lived. 
 
 BLACK, THOMAS, was born 
 Oct. 25, 1768, and went from South Caro- 
 lina to Christian co'unty, Ky., where he 
 was married to Edith A. Pyle. They 
 moved to southern Illinois just before the 
 "Shakes" meaning the earthquake of 
 1811, that sunk New Madrid, Missouri. 
 They fled in terror back to Kentucky ; 
 but finding the earth did not all sink, they 
 returned to southern Illinois, and moved 
 to what became Sangamon county, arriv- 
 ing April 9, 1819, in what is now Auburn 
 township. Of their children, vix 
 
 .SARAH, born July 3, 1796, in Ken- 
 tucky, married there to a Mr. Edwards. 
 They had one child, SUSAN, who mar- 
 ried W m. Woods. Mr. Edwards died, and 
 his widow married Bailey Taylor. They 
 had three children, viz: AMANDA mar- 
 ried Peter Wheeler. EMMA married Mil- 
 ler Bagby. THOMAS B. was married 
 in"i866. He had three children ; one is dead. 
 Mr. Taylor died, and the family moved to 
 
 McDonough county, 111., and from there 
 to Iowa, where she died. 
 
 DA I ID, born Sept. 17, 1798, in Ken- 
 tucky, married Jan. 2, 1823, in Sangamon 
 county, to Sarah Moffitt. They had six 
 children. WILLIAM married Millie 
 Moore, and live near Belleville, St. Clair 
 county. GEORGE married Viney 
 Broom, and resides near Blue Mound, 
 Macon county, 111. EDITH A. married 
 Wm. Simmons. He died, and Mrs. S. 
 married Mr. Brown. They reside in 
 Texas. The others are ANN E., LEAN- 
 DER and FRANCIS. David Black 
 died Oct. 7, 1856, in Chatham township, 
 and his widow resides with her youngest 
 son, in Macon county, near Blue Mound. 
 
 ELlZABETH,\>orn March 6, 1803, 
 in Kentucky, was married in Sangamon 
 county to John Harris. They had one 
 child, JAMES, who was drowned in a 
 mill pond while fishing, aged fourteen 
 years. Mr. and Mrs. Harris both died in 
 Macoupin county. 
 
 NANCT, born Aug. 4, 1806, in Ken- 
 tucky, married in Sangamon county, Aug. 
 1 8, 1833, to John N. Viney, who died 
 Jan. 5, 1871, and Mrs. Nancy V. died 
 May 23, 1871, without children. See his 
 name, 
 
 JOHN, born Aug. 8, 1809, in Ken- 
 tucky, married in Sangamon county, Aug. 
 4, 1831, to Sarah Myers. They had nine 
 children; three died young. Of the other 
 six, ELMINA died Feb. 23, 1858, aged 
 22 years. DRUSILLA, born Aug. 30, 
 1837, m Sangamon county, married June 
 :o, 1856, to James Babcock. They had 
 nine children; one died young. RICHARD 
 j. o. died Aug. 4, 187^. WILLIAM died 
 
 Aug. 23, 1875. LAURA, ELLEN, ALI5KRT 
 M., ADDIK M., IRA J. and ANNETTA E. 
 
 The family reside near Oreana, Macon 
 county, 111". THOMAS, born Oct. 6, 
 1839, in Sangamon county, was married 
 April 12, 1863,10 Mary M. Leu is, who 
 died Dec. 21, 1865, and he was married 
 Feb. 3, 1868. to Emily C. (Irave>, who 
 died Aug. 10, 1871, leaving one child, 
 FLOSSIE L. Mr. Black \vas married Apul 
 6, 1873^, to Martha J. Dodds. They have 
 one child, a son, and reside two miles east 
 of Auburn. ALBERT M., born Sept. 
 14, 1843, in Sangamon county, was mar- 
 ried June 24, 1 86^, to Salome T. Ham. 
 Thev have two children, and reside near 
 Pawnee. ADALIXE M., born May -'5,
 
 I2 4 
 
 EARLY SETTLERS OF 
 
 1847, married Aug. 2, 1865, to Wm. D. 
 Patton. See his name. She died Jan. 
 26, 1875, leaving two children. JOHN 
 W., born Sept. 29, 1851, in Sangamon 
 county, married Feb. 2, 1873, to Susan R. 
 Kimble. They have two children, JOHN 
 D. and EMILY, and reside three miles east 
 of Auburn. John Black died Aug. I, 
 1855, and his widow, Mrs. Sarah Black, 
 died March 18, 1858, both in Auburn town- 
 ship. 
 
 THOMAS, born Sept. 3, 1813, in 
 Christian county, Ky., married in Sanga- 
 mon county, March 7, 1855, to Mary J. 
 Wallace, who was born Nov. i, 1831. 
 They have three children, EDITH, 
 MARY F. and MARCHIE, and reside 
 in less than half a mile of where his father 
 settled in 1819, about three and a half 
 miles east of Auburn. 
 
 CARTER T., born Jan. 24, 1818, 
 was married Oct. 8, 1840, to Mary C. 
 Coberly, who was born Nov. 7, 1820. Of 
 their six children, namely: ELLEN E., 
 born in Auburn township, July 12, 1841, 
 married July i, 1858, to J. T. Graves. 
 They have six children, ROBERT L., MARY 
 
 N., ZILDAH S., WILLIAM J., MARK and 
 
 CATHARINE, and reside in Butler, Bates 
 county, Mo. JOSEPH C., born Aug. 
 29, 1843, in Auburn township, 111., died in 
 Missouri. CHARLES C., born Aug. 22, 
 1845, in Andrew county, Mo., died in 
 Nodaway county, Mo. WILLIAM T., 
 born May 21, 1848, in Andrew county, 
 Mo., married in Nodaway county to Mary 
 C. Crabtree, Dec. 29, 1869. They had 
 one child, JAMES T. Wm. T. Black and 
 son died in Bates county, Mo. GEORGE 
 H., born March n, 1858, in Nodaway 
 county, Mo., and JOHN D., born Sept. 
 16, 1860, in Nodaway county, reside there. 
 
 Mrs. Carter Black died May 14, 1875, 
 in Nodaway county, Mo. Carter Black 
 is now (1876) in Sangamon county. 
 
 Mrs. Edith A. Black died April 15, 
 1822, and Thomas Black was married in 
 1823 or '4 to Mrs. Rebecca Viney, whose 
 maiden name was Shiles. She died Feb. 
 13, 1851, and Mr. B. died Nov. 3, 1851, 
 aged 84 years, both where he settled in 
 1819. 
 
 BLUE, JOHN, was born Sept. 9, 
 1777, in South Carolina. His father was 
 a soldier in the Revolutionary army, and 
 was taken prisoner by the British the 
 very day of his birth. His parents moved 
 
 to Fleming county, Ky., when he was 
 quite young. Elizabeth McNary was 
 born in South Carolina, and taken by her 
 parents to Fleming county, Ky., also. 
 They were there married about 1806, had 
 seven children in that county, and then 
 moved to Hopkins county, where they 
 had four children. About 1823 they 
 moved to Green county, O., where they 
 had two children, and then moved to San- 
 gamon county, arriving in the fall of 1830, 
 in what is now Clear Lake township. 
 
 MARTHA married Robert Blue, had 
 six children and died. 
 
 SAMUEL married Isabel Webb, had 
 eight children, and resides in Missouri. 
 
 DA VID H., born Sept. 23, 1816, in 
 Fleming county, Ky., married in Sanga- 
 mon county May 19, 1844, to Fannie 
 Webb. They had two children, one of 
 whom died young. MELISSA C. mar- 
 ried Abel P. Bice. See his name. David 
 H. Blue resides two miles north of Bar- 
 clay. 
 
 ELIZA married Adolphus Jones, had 
 one child, and all died. 
 
 WILLIAM M., born in Fleming 
 county, Ky., married in Sangamon county 
 to Adaline.Cline. They had five child- 
 ren. JAMES H. married Catharine 
 Dunlap, had one child, DORA E., and live 
 in Fancy creek township. GEORGE 
 W., LUCY, DAVID and PARTHEN- 
 IA, live with their mother. William M. 
 Blue enlisted in Aug., 1862, in Co. C, 114 
 111. Inf., for three years. He was killed 
 at the battle of Guntown, Miss., June 10, 
 1864. His widow married M. Hardman, 
 and lives near Cantrall. 
 
 HA RRISON married Margaret Alex- 
 ander. They had three children, and he 
 died in Fancy creek township. 
 
 CAROLINE married Stephen Can- 
 trail. They have six children, and live 
 near Kansas City, Mo. 
 
 AMOS went to Oregon when a young 
 man, and resides in Jackson county. 
 
 John Blue died in 1842, and his widow 
 in 1848, both in Sangamon county. 
 
 BONDURANT. The first known 
 of the name in America was Dr. Joseph 
 Bondurant, a Huguenot, who was ban- 
 ished from France on account of his relig- 
 ion, during the reign of Queen Anne, 
 about the year 1700. He was wealthy in 
 France, but could only bring his library 
 with him. He and his companions, Ford,
 
 SANG A MON COUNTT. 
 
 Agee, O'Briant and Shatteen, all settled 
 in Virginia. 
 
 BON DURA NT, JOSEPH. 
 The fourth generation from Dr. Joseph 
 Bondurant, was born Sept. 15, 1801, in 
 Bedford county, Va., moved to Kentucky 
 in early life, and was married Oct. 27, 
 1823, to Martha Sharp. They moved to 
 Sangamon county Oct., 1828. He was 
 one of the early school teachers in the 
 Dickerson neighborhood. They had 
 eleven children, namely 
 
 JOHN T., born June 5, 1824, in Ken- 
 tucky, raised in Sangamon county, mar- 
 ried near DesMoines, Iowa, in 1848, to 
 Virginia Cooney. In 1850 he emigrated 
 to California, and died in Sacramento, 
 Dec. 23, 1850, of disease contracted while 
 crossing the plains, leaving a childless 
 widow. 
 
 LUCRE TIA y., born Nov. 4, 1825, 
 in Kentucky, married Nov., 1845, in San- 
 gamon county, to Joel Churchill. See his 
 name. They reside at DeLand, Piatt 
 county, 111. 
 
 ELIZABETH T., born April 28, 
 1827, in Kentucky, married in Athens, 
 111., May 15, 1842, to William Miller, of 
 that place, where they resided until 1852, 
 when they moved to Mechanicsburg. 
 They had nine children, namely: MAR- 
 THA E., married Jan. 16, 1872, to T. P. 
 Lofland. She died June 14, 1873, leaving 
 a son six months old, to be brought up by 
 her aunt, Margaret D. Underwood. AN- 
 NIE M., JOHN T. and THOMAS B. 
 died under ten years. ALBERT D., 
 JOSEPH W., SARAH J., AMANDA 
 B. and GEORGE L. live with their 
 mother. William Miller died July 17, 
 1868. His widow and children live in 
 Mechanicsburg. 
 
 ALEXANDER C., born Sept. i, 
 1829, in Sangamon county. He went to 
 Iowa in the winter of 1856, and was mar- 
 ried there Oct., i86i,to Margaret Brooks, 
 of DesMoines. They had seven child- 
 ren, namely: EMMA, FANNIE, LIZ- 
 ZIE, FRANK, FLORENCE, BUR- 
 TON and NELLIE, and reside near 
 Altoona, Polk county, Iowa. 
 
 THOMAS C., born Dec. 29, 1831, in 
 Sangamon county, settled in Piatt county 
 in 1856, near DeLand, Piatt county, 111. 
 
 SAMUEL T., born Dec. 9, 1834, in 
 Sangamon county, married Nov. 15, 1860, 
 in Douglas county, to Sarah Ellen Barnett. 
 
 They have two living children, and reside 
 near Wabash, Wayne county, 111. He en- 
 listed August 7, 1862, for three years, in 
 Co. E., ^th 111. Inf. Dec. 2, 1862, he 
 was detailed to the Pioneer Corps depart- 
 ment of the Cumberland. March 19, 1863, 
 he took charge of- four saw mills, on 
 Stone's river, Tenn., and put them in or- 
 der. Sept. 15, 1863, he was ordered to 
 Chattanooga, where he took charge of 
 building water-works, on the 8th of Octo- 
 ber, doing the civil engineering with a 
 common spirit level. He remained in 
 charge until May 15, 1865, when he re- 
 signed for the purpose of perfecting some 
 inventions of his own. He is now en- 
 gaged in the lumber trade. 
 
 MAR G ARE 7\/?.,born Jan. 31, 1837, 
 married Oct. 28, 1858, to Thomas Under- 
 wood. See his name. 
 
 MART E., born Feb. 3, 1840, is un- 
 married, and resides with her brother 
 Thomas, near DeLand, Piatt county, 111. 
 
 MARTHA K, born March 24, 1842, 
 in Sangamon county, married Jan., 1864, 
 to William Thornton, of DesMoines, 
 Iowa. They have three children, namely : 
 LILLIE, LUCY and HARRY, and re- 
 side near DesMoines. 
 
 JOSEPHN., born May 2, 1844. He 
 went to Iowa in 1866, and married in 1867 
 to Sarah DeVore. They had three child- 
 ren, WILLIAM, EARNEST and 
 FRANK. In 1871 Mr. J. N. Bondurant 
 returned to DeWitt county, 111., and re- 
 sides near Farmer City. 
 
 AMANDA E., born April 25, 1847, 
 in Sangamon county, died Oct. 4, 1858. 
 
 Mr. Joseph Bondurant died April 30, 
 1864, at his daughter's, Mrs. Lucretia 
 Churchill, near Mechanicsburg. Mrs. 
 Martha Bondurant resides with her son 
 Thomas, near DeLand, Piatt county, III. 
 
 BOLL, VALENTINE J., was 
 born April 22, 1807, at Flersheim, Nas- 
 sau, Germany. He came to America in 
 1833, arriving June 29, at Baltimore, being 
 forty-four days from Bremen. He went 
 to New Philadelphia, O., to see a relative, 
 thence to St. Louis, and from there to 
 Sangamon county, and made pottery for 
 Chistopher Newcomer two years. In the 
 fall of 1836 he started back to Germany 
 by way of New Orleans, and arrived at 
 his native town Jan. 2, 1837. He was 
 there married, April 2, 1837, to Elizabeth 
 C. Heller. She was born Feb. 13, 1819,
 
 126 
 
 EARLY SETTLERS OF 
 
 in the same town. They embarked June 
 12, 1837, at Amsterdam, and were forty- 
 nine days on the passage to New York. 
 He went via Albany, Buffalo, Cleveland, 
 thence to Portsmouth, on the Ohio river, 
 thence to St. Louis and back to Sanga- 
 mon county, late in 1837. His father, 
 step-mother and five children, a married 
 sister and her husband, Garred Young, 
 and others, making a total of seventeen 
 persons, came with him. He made pot- 
 tery in Ball township for about eighteen 
 years, and then engaged in farming exclu- 
 sively. They had nine children, all born 
 in Sangamon county, two of whom died 
 young. Of the other seven 
 
 GARHARD, born Nov. 2, 1838, in 
 Sangamon county, married Jan. 5, 1862, 
 to Mary J. Greenawalt. They had five 
 children, THOMAS H. and JAMES-A., 
 the first and fourth, died young; MARY 
 E., AMANDA F. and SARAH M., re- 
 side with their parents, one mile northwest 
 of Pawnee. 
 
 ELIZABETH, born in Sangamon 
 county, married John T. Burtle, Jun. See 
 his name. 
 
 PAUL A., born in Sangamon county, 
 resides with his parents. 
 
 GEORGE P., born in Sangamon 
 county, married Mary M. Mollihorn. 
 They had two children, WILLIAM A. 
 and CHARLES V., and reside in Ball 
 township. 
 
 CATHARINE J. married Patrick 
 McAnanry, have two children, MAT- 
 THEW and ROSA, and reside at Tallula. 
 
 MARGARET and E VA reside with 
 their parents in Ball township, five miles 
 southeast of Chatham. 
 
 BALL, JACOB born about 1829, 
 at Flersheim, Nassau, Germany, came to 
 America, and to Sangamon county, with 
 his half-brother Valentine, in 1837. He 
 was married in 1867 to Sarah Conner. 
 They have two children 
 
 E LIZ ABE TH and THOMA S, and 
 reside in Ball township, six miles south- 
 east of Chatham. 
 
 BOWEN, ZAZA, was born Oct. 
 24, igo6, in Guilford county, N. C. His 
 father died when he was two years old, 
 and his mother, with her four children, the 
 eldest of whom was married, moved to 
 Cabell county, West Va., in 1817. Zaza 
 Bowen and Mary Knight were married 
 June 25, 1827, in that county, and hi the 
 
 fall of that year moved to Sangamon 
 county, 111., arriving Dec. 4, 1827, in what 
 is now Loami township. They had seven 
 children in Sangamon county. The two 
 eldest died under five years. Of the other 
 five children 
 
 REBECCA J., born June 28, 1831, 
 married in 1850, to James W. George. 
 They have three living children, and re- 
 side near Mt. Auburn, Christian county. 
 
 ABNER, born Feb. 24, 1833, in San- 
 gamon county, married March 16, 1856, 
 to Frances A. Cutter. They have four 
 children. WALTER, N. C., and JOHN 
 CALHOUN, twins; ZAZA A. and 
 WILLIAM J. Not having a daughter, 
 they adopted one, whom they call KATIE 
 BOWEN. They reside on the farm set- 
 tled in 1828 by Mrs. B.'s father, S. R. 
 Cutter. It is two and a half miles north- 
 west of Loami. 
 
 ELIZABETH, born Nov. 13, 1834, 
 in Sangamon county, married Robert M. 
 Park. See his name. 
 
 ISABEL A., born Dec. 26, 1836, mar- 
 ried in 1855, to Charles W. Fisher. They 
 had five children, MARY E., NANCY 
 E., ELIZABETH C., WILLIAM Z. 
 and JOHN N. Mrs. F. and her children 
 reside three miles west of Loami. 
 
 WILLIAM A., born July 28, 1838, 
 died Oct. n, 1860. 
 
 Mrs. Mary Bowen died Dec. 31, 1839, 
 and Zaza B. married, Jan. 7, 1841, to Sarah 
 Park. They had four children; all died 
 under nine years. 
 
 Mrs. Sarah Bowen died Sept. 28, 1860, 
 and Zaza Bowen was married, Sept. 17, 
 1863, to Mrs. Lydia M. Light, whose 
 maiden name was Patterson. They reside 
 three miles west of Loami, on the farm 
 where he settled in 1836. Zaza Bowen 
 remembers Springfield when it was a col- 
 lection of round log huts, covered with 
 clapboards held on by weight poles. He 
 remembers seeing the jail covered with a 
 stack of hay. 
 
 BOWLING, JAMES, was born 
 March 8, 1790, in Fauquier county, Va., 
 was taken by his parents to Tennessee 
 when he was nine years old, and from 
 there to Logan county, Ky., in 1808. He 
 was there married, Oct. 17, 1817, to Mar- 
 garet Jones, who was born Nov. 18, 1793, 
 in Mercer county, Ky. James Bowling 
 and wife left, the day after their marriage, 
 for Bond county, 111. They moved on
 
 SANGAMON COUNTT. 
 
 127 
 
 horseback, each riding a horse and leading 
 a pack horse, to carry their goods. One 
 child was born in Bond county, 111., and 
 they moved to Sangamon county, arriving 
 in 1819, in what is now Rochester town- 
 ship, on the farm now owned by R. P. 
 Abel, adjoining Rochester on the west. 
 In 1830 they moved one mile north. They 
 had six children in Sangamon county. Of 
 their seven children 
 
 ELIZABETH W., born Sept. 22, 
 1818, in Bond county, 111., was married in 
 Sangamon county, April 27, 1843, to 
 lames M. Logan. See his name. ' 
 
 EL}'IRA /*., born Feb. 25, 1820, in 
 Sangamon county, was married April 28, 
 
 1844, to Daniel Barr. They had three 
 children. JAMES THOMAS married 
 Elizabeth Atkinson. They had two child- 
 ren, LOUIE and MATTIE, and Mr. Ban- 
 died, March 13, 1875, leaving his widow 
 and children in Rochester. MARGA- 
 RET E., born Oct. 16, 1846, married 
 Samuel West. See his name. CHAS. 
 E. born August 18, 1850, married, Dec. 2, 
 
 1873, to Louisa D. West, and lives in 
 Rochester. Daniel Barr and wife reside 
 in Rochester. 
 
 JOHN P., born Jan. 12, 1822, in San- 
 gamon county, was married Oct. 14, 1846, 
 in Green county, to Maria Lorton. They 
 had three children. Their second child, 
 SARAH M., died at Mt. Auburn in 1854, 
 in her fourth year. WILLIAM K. was 
 born Jan. i, 1849, and married August 27, 
 
 1874, to Alice Jernigan, who was born in 
 Greenville, Ky., and resides near Virden, 
 111. JAMES R., born Aug. 10, 1859, re- 
 sides with his parents, near Virden, 111. 
 
 JULIAN F., born Feb. 5, 1824, in 
 Sangamon county, was married Sept. 6, 
 
 1845, to Abraham E. Nickolls. He had 
 previously been married, and had two 
 children. They had seven children, and 
 Mrs. Nickolls "died, Feb. 28, 1867, Of 
 their children, ANDREW T. resides at 
 Rochester, 111. MARGARET A. mar- 
 ried William Morgan,1 and resides near 
 Mt. Auburn. EMILY S. married John 
 Shewmaker, and resides near Decatur. 
 MARY J. married William Murphy, and 
 resides at Topeka, Kansas. ELIZA- 
 BETH A. married Wm. Meek, and re- 
 sides at Central City, Colorado. JAMES 
 B. and ELVIRA M. reside with their 
 father, at Kingsville, Kansas. 
 
 JANE A., born Oct. 6, 1826, adjoin- 
 ing Rochester on the west. She was mar- 
 ried, Feb. 2, 1854, to John Cassity, who 
 was born Jan. 12, 1821, in Bourbon coun- , 
 ty, Ky., and came to Sangamon county in 
 the fall of 1830. They had five children, 
 three of whom died in infancy. WIL- 
 LIAM, born May 4, 1857, and FRANK, 
 born March 21, 1867, reside with their 
 parents, in Rochester, within 200 yards of 
 where Mrs. Cassity was born. 
 
 ARMIZA T., born Jan. 30, 1830, in San- 
 gamon county, was married, Mar. 10, 1853, 
 to John S. Highmore, who was born Sept. 
 22, 1828, in Somersetshire, England. He 
 came to America in 1849, and to Sanga- 
 mon county in March, 1850. They had 
 two children. LAURA, born Jan. 27, 
 1854, married John F. Miller, (see his 
 name^) and resides in Edinburg. AR-* 
 MIZA resides with her aunt, Jane A. 
 Cassity, who brought her up. Mrs. 
 Highmore died August 27, iS=;6, and Mr. 
 Highmore was married March, 1860, to 
 Mary A. Cloyd. See name of Cloyd. 
 They had three children, and Mrs. H. 
 died, and Mr. Highmore was married the 
 third time, to Mrs. Mary Price, widow of 
 Dr. Price, who was born in Virginia. 
 They reside in Rochester. He has been 
 a member of the county board of super- 
 visors from 1863 to 1867, and from 1872 
 to 1875. 
 
 Mrs. Margaret Bowling died Nov. 14, 
 1846, and James Bowling died April 12, 
 1853, both near Rochester. 
 
 BOYD, JOHN, was born Feb. 13, 
 1777, in Pennsylvania, and went to Bote- 
 tourt county, Va., when a young man. 
 Susannah Hiner was born Dec. 22, 1780, 
 in Botetourt county, Va., and they were 
 there married June 26, 1802. Two child- 
 ren were born in Virginia, and they 
 moved to Franklin county, O., about 1806, 
 where six children were born. The fam- 
 ily then moved to Sangamon county, 111., 
 arriving in the fall of 1819 in what is now 
 Ball township, where one child was born. 
 Mr. Boyd was a millwright, and his ser- 
 vices were in great demand. In the fall 
 of 1830 he was at work on a mill on the 
 Sangamon river north of Rochester, 
 known afterwards as Baker and Darling's 
 mill. Wishing to visit his family, and 
 having some business at Springfield, he 
 went there first, and then started home. 
 A heavy sleet was falling at the time,
 
 128 
 
 EARLT SETTLERS OF 
 
 which proved to be the precursor of the 
 deep snow. The walking was laborious, 
 and the next day his body was found by 
 his neighbor, Christopher Newcomer. It 
 was six miles southeast of Springfield, on 
 what is now the farm of William South- 
 wick. He was found just as the snow 
 began to fall, and if he had lain another 
 day would not have been seen until 
 spring. Of his children 
 
 HANNAH, born in Botetourt county, 
 Va., was married in Sangamon county, 
 111., to John Dillon. They botii died near 
 the town of Dillon, in Tazewell county, 
 leaving six children residing there. JESSE 
 went to Arkansas, married and died there. 
 SUSANNAH was married Aug. 24, 
 1848, to Joseph Meredith, and died Dec. 
 24, 1868, in Christian county. MARY 
 married Timothy Larramore, and resides 
 near Tremont, Tazewell county, 111. 
 WILLIAM died in Sangamon county. 
 JANE resides with her sister Mary. 
 DANIEL served four years in an Illinois 
 regiment, and died in Tazewell county. 
 JOHN married, and resides in Iroquois 
 county, 111. ISAAC died in the Union 
 army. 
 
 MARY, born Jan. i, 1806, in Bote- 
 tourt county, Va., was married to George 
 Brunk. See his name. 
 
 JA C OB, born Oct. 30, 1 807, near 
 Columbus, O., married in Sangamon 
 county, 111., Sept i, 1833, to Rebecca 
 Royal. They had nine children in San- 
 gamon county. JOHN T., born in 1835, 
 married Sarah E. Clayton. They had 
 two children, GEORGE E. and EMERY A., 
 and Mr. B. died April 5, 1874, in Taylor- 
 ville. WILLIAM H., born May i, 1837, 
 was married March 31, 1859, to Mary A. 
 Vigal. They have one daughter, FRAN- 
 CES D., and reside in Cotton Hill town- 
 ship, between Brush and Horse creeks. 
 GEORGE B., born Dec. 25, 1839, enlist- 
 ed Aug., 1862, in Co. E, 114 111. Inf., for 
 three years; served full time, and was 
 honorably discharged at Springfield. He 
 married Harriet Williams. They have 
 three children, CLARENCE E., SUSAN R. 
 and PHCKBE c., and reside in Cotton Hill 
 township. MARY married Alonzo 
 Sparks. They have two children, MAUD 
 and RAY, and reside near Girard, Kan. 
 SUSAN married Harvey Alexander. 
 They have four children, CHARLES M., 
 JACOB w., LULIE M., and HATTIE E., and 
 
 reside near Girard, Kan. JAMES O. 
 served in Co. I, 7th 111. Inf., from Feb., 
 1865, to the close of the rebellion. He 
 married Marietta Reed. They had two 
 children, REBECCA j. and JESSE M., and 
 reside in Cotton Hill township. SARAH 
 J. married Elijah D. Lawley. See his 
 name. They have two children, LOUIS E. 
 and FREDERICK G. DAVIS O. married 
 Sarah A. Campbell. They have two 
 children, OLIVE and CLARA A., and reside 
 in Cotton Hill township. VINCENT 
 C. died Aug. 22, 1871, in his eighteenth 
 year. Jacob Boyd and his wife reside in 
 Cotton Hill township. 
 
 THOMAS, born Oct. 25, 1809, was 
 married, and resided in St. Louis at the 
 close of the rebellion. He died about 1869. 
 
 JOHN, born Aug. 5, 1811, in Ohio, 
 married in Iowa to Elizabeth Dyer. They 
 reside near Ozark, Jackson county, Iowa. 
 He was a soldier from Sangamon county 
 in the Black Hawk war, and served in an 
 Iowa regiment during the rebellion. 
 
 BENJAMlN&\z& in his ninth year. 
 
 JOSEPH, born April i, 1816, in 
 Ohio, brought up in Sangamon county, 
 was married in Iowa to Anna Ray. He 
 enlisted in an Iowa regiment, and died at 
 Louisville, Ky., leaving a widow and 
 three children near Ozark, Iowa. 
 
 CA THARINE, born Oct. 26, 1818, 
 in Ohio, died in Sangamon county, aged 
 seventeen years. 
 
 SAMUEL, t \)oi-n Aug. 25, 1823, in 
 Sangamon county, died in his seventeenth 
 year. 
 
 Mrs. Susannah Boyd died Aug. 9, 1848, 
 in Sangamon county. 
 
 BOYER, WILLIAM T., was 
 born April 4, 1817, in Adair county, Ky. 
 Sarah A.Jackson was born Dec. 7, 1820, 
 in the same county. They were married 
 Oct. 24, 1839, near Franklin, Morgan 
 county, 111. They had one child in Mor- 
 gan county, and moved to what is now 
 New Berlin township, arriving in 1840. 
 They had ten children in Sangamon coun- 
 ty. Four of their children died under ten 
 years. Of the other six children 
 
 SARAH A., born Oct. 19, 1843, in 
 Sangamon county, married March 14, 
 1867, to John Mitchell. They had four 
 children, EMMA M. and LAURA A. 
 died under five years. RHODA E. and 
 ANNIE, and reside in Talkington town- 
 ship, seven miles west of Auburn.
 
 SANGAMON COUNTT. 
 
 129 
 
 ]\IART F., born Sept. 8, 1845, in San- 
 gamon county, married, March 30, 1863, 
 to John H. Cox. They have three child- 
 ren, WILLIAM H., GEORGE W. and 
 CHARLEY, and reside near Franklin, 
 Morgan county. 
 
 WILLIAM A., born Dec. 5, 1849, re- 
 sides with his parents. 
 
 ELIZA J., born March H, 1851, 
 married William A. Young, Nov. u, 
 1869, have one child, IN A, and reside in 
 Talkington township, six and a quarter 
 miles west of Auburn. 
 
 ANNIE M. and 
 
 JACOB C. reside with their parents, 
 six miles southwest of Loami. 
 
 BOZARTH, WILLIAM H., 
 was born about 1796, in Grayson county, 
 Ky. Elizabeth Stewart was born in 1797, 
 in the same county, and they were there 
 married in 1819. They had four children 
 born in Kentucky, and moved to Sanga- 
 mon county, 111., in Oct., 1825, on Spring 
 creek, west of Springfield about two and 
 a half miles. Mr. Bozarth was killed by 
 a fall from a horse in December follow- 
 ing, only two months after coming to the 
 county. His widow returned to Ken- 
 tucky, was there married to Rawley Mar- 
 tin, returned to Sangamon county in the 
 fall of 1830, and settled on .Lick creek. 
 In 1840 Mr. .Martin moved to Warren 
 county, lo.wa. Of the four Bozarth 
 children 
 
 HIGGJNSONmi\\-r\e& Mary Bozarth, 
 in Grayson county, Ky., and remained 
 there. 
 
 OLVER H. P. married Elizabeth 
 Brooks, and resides in Grayson county, 
 Ky. 
 
 ELI L., born in Grayson county, Ky., 
 married in Sangamon county to Artelia 
 Peddicord. They had five children. AR- 
 MINDA and MINERVA P. died young. 
 Eli L. Bozarth died Oct. 29, 1868. His 
 son, WILLIAM W., was drowned in 
 Sugar creek, April 21, 1869. The other 
 two children, VIOLA E. and PHCEBE, 
 reside with their mother at the house of 
 her father, Jonathan Peddecord, in Ball 
 township. 
 
 ISAA C H., born in Grayson county, 
 Ky,, married Rhoda Seybold, and resides 
 at Blandinville, McDonough county. 
 
 BRADFORD, JAMES M., 
 was born Sept. 28, 1795, in Culpepper 
 county, Va. His parents moved to Scott 
 
 '7 
 
 county, Ky., when he was twelve years 
 old. His commencement in business was 
 trading down the Ohio and Mississippi 
 rivers. He was married July 4, 1820, at 
 Port Gibson, Miss., to Ann E. Barnes, 
 who was born Sept. 10, 1802, in North 
 Carolina, and in 1807 was taken by her 
 parents to Mississippi, where they settled. 
 She was educated at Port Gibson in a 
 French Catholic convent. After a resi- 
 dence of three years there, they moved to 
 Scott county, Ky., where they remained 
 one year, and moved to Franklin county, 
 near Frankfort, and within three miles of 
 Dick Johnson's Indian school. They had 
 four children in Kentucky, and moved to 
 Sangamon county, 111., arriving in the fall 
 of 1834, in what is now Gardner town- 
 ship. Of their four children 
 
 THOMAS A., born August 2, 1821, 
 at Port Gibson, Miss., brought by his par- 
 ents to Sangamon county, was educated at 
 McKendree College, Lebanon, 111., grad- 
 uated at that institution, and was mar- 
 ried in Lebanon to Jane Baker. He went 
 to Missouri and there enlisted in Co. B., 
 Col. Doniphan's regiment, and marched 
 overland to Mexico, in 1846. Col. Doni- 
 phan had orders, on arriving at Chihuahua, 
 to report to Gen. Wool. He was unable 
 to learn the whereabouts of Gen. Wool, 
 and Thomas A. Bradford was one of six 
 men who volunteered to carry through the 
 dispatches, which they delivered to Gen. 
 Wool at Saltillo, having gone the distance 
 of three hundred miles, through an ene- 
 my's country, without the loss of a man. 
 He was, with John Calhoun, engaged in 
 the survey of public lands for the U. S. 
 Government, and died Dec. 25, 1856, near 
 Wyandotte, Kan., his wife and only child 
 having died before. 
 
 ELIZABETH E., born July 31, 
 1823, in Scott county, Ky., was married 
 in Sangamon county, May 24, 1840, to 
 David Madison. He died two years later, 
 leaving a son, JAMES B., who died at 
 fourteen years of age. Mrs. Madison re- 
 sides near Bradfordton, Sangamon county. 
 
 SUSAN, born May 25, 1825, in Ken- 
 tucky, married June n, 1858, in Sanga- 
 mon county, to William G. Hawkins, 
 who was born Sept. 14, 1827, in Boone 
 county, Ky., but resided in St. Louis at 
 the time of his marriage. They live in 
 Sangamon county.
 
 130 
 
 EARLY SETTLERS OF 
 
 MARTHA A., born May 26, 1832, in 
 Kentucky, died while attending school in 
 Springfield, August, 1848. Mrs. Ann E. 
 Bradford died in Sangamon county, July 
 8, 1835, and James M. Bradford was mar- 
 ried, Dec. 27, 1836, to Arsenath Talbott. 
 They had six children in Sangamon coun- 
 ty, one of whom died in infancy. Of the 
 other five children 
 
 WILLIAM T., born June S, 1838, 
 was married Oct. i, 1861, to Grizella A. 
 Parkinson. They had six children. The 
 eldest, JAMES, and the fifth one, SUE 
 H., died under three years. ELIZA- 
 BETH A., THOMAS P., LAURA M. 
 and WILLIAM A., reside with their par- 
 ents, in Gardner township. 
 
 HARRIET E., born Feb. 3, 1841, 
 in Sangamon county, married Hiram E. 
 Gardner. See his name, 
 
 ISABELLA M. resides with her 
 mother in Springfield. 
 
 SARAH y., born Nov. 3, 1845, mar- 
 ried William H. Parkinson. See his 
 name. 
 
 EDWARD T., born May 19, 1850, 
 was married, Feb. 17, 1870, to Carrie M. 
 VanPatten. They have one child, ED- 
 WARD M., and reside at Bradfordton. 
 James M. Bradford died March 3, 1852, 
 and his widow resided on the farm which 
 has become Bi'adfordton, on the Ohio and 
 Mississippi railroad, until April, 1874, when 
 she moved to Springfield, and lives on north 
 fifth street. James M. Bradford was a 
 soldier in the war of 1812, from Scott 
 county, Ky. He served one term in the 
 General Assembly of Illinois, elected in 
 the fall of 1840. 
 
 BRADFORD, JOHN S., was 
 born June 9, 1815, in Philadelphia, Pa. His 
 father was a native of Delaware, and died 
 in Philadelphia in 1816. John S. learned 
 the trade of a book-binder in his native 
 city, and in 1835 started on foot for the 
 City of Mexico. He walked to Pitts- 
 burg, thence to Cincinnati by steamboat, 
 from there to Dayton, O., and Rich- 
 mond, Incl., working at his trade in all 
 the places he passed through. At Rich- 
 mond he was induced, in 1837, to join a 
 corps of United States engineers who 
 were then engaged in constructing what 
 was called the National Road. It was a 
 wagon road, built at the expense of the 
 United States government. The law 
 authorizing its construction was enacted 
 
 when the Democratic party was in power, 
 with one of its cardinal tenets: opposition 
 to all internal improvements by the gov- 
 ernment; but President Jackson favored 
 this because it was a military necessity. 
 The road commenced at Cumberland, 
 Md., crossed the Ohio river at Steuben- 
 ville, passed through Columbus, O., Rich- 
 mond, Indianapolis and Terre Haute, Ind., 
 thence to Vandalia, 111. At the latter 
 point a determined contest arose between 
 the people of the States of Illinois and 
 Missouri, whether the point for crossing 
 the Mississippi river should be Alton or 
 St. Louis, the contestants fully believing 
 that the future great city of the Mississippi 
 valley depended on the decision of that 
 question. Before it was settled the public 
 mind became interested in railroads, and 
 the National Road ended at Vandalia. The 
 corps of engineers disbanded at the latter 
 point. The State capital was then in 
 transit from Vandalia to Springfield, and 
 Mr. Bradford came here, arriving Decem- 
 ber,' 1840. In the spring of 1841 he 
 bought the interest of Mr. Burchell in the 
 book-bindery of Burchell and Johnson, 
 and became one of the firm of Johnson 
 and Bradford. 
 
 John S. Bradford was married July 15, 
 1841, in Brandenburg, Ky., to Adaline M. 
 Semple, who was born O.ct., 1817, in 
 Cumberland county, Ky. He.r brother, 
 Hon. James Semple, was at that time 
 Charge de Affaires to New Grenada, 
 afterwards United States Senator from 
 Illinois, and still later one of the Judges 
 of the Supreme Court of the State. 
 
 Soon after coming to Springfield, J. S. 
 Bradford became Lieutenant in the 
 " Springfield Cadets. " They were or- 
 dered to Nauvoo by Gov. Ford in 1845, 
 serving two months in the " Mormon 
 war. " In 1846 Mr. Bradford enlisted in 
 Co. A, 4th 111. Inf., under Col. E. D. 
 Baker, and was appointed Quartermaster 
 by Gov. Ford. As such he accompanied 
 the regiment to Mexico, where he started 
 to go twelve years before with a book- 
 binder's outfit. After his arrival in Mex- 
 ico he was commissioned as commissary in 
 the United States army. He was at the 
 bombardment and capture of Vera Cruz, 
 battle of Cerro Gordo and others, return- 
 ing with the regiment to Springfield in 
 1847. The result of that war securing to 
 us California and the discovery of gold,
 
 SAN GAM ON COUNTY. 
 
 '3' 
 
 Mr. Bradford started from Springfield 
 Jan. i, 1849, by the Isthmus of Panama 
 to California, and was eighty-seven days 
 on the Pacific ocean, reaching San Fran- 
 cisco May 20, 1849. He made Benicia 
 his headquarters, and when the military 
 commander of the department- of the 
 Pacific ordered a government to be 
 formed for a new State, Mr. Bradford 
 was elected to represent the district bound- 
 ed by Oregon on the north, Sacramento 
 river on the east, Bay of San Francisco 
 on the south, and the Pacific ocean 
 on the west. That Legislature organized 
 the State without ever having gone 
 through a territorial probation, and divided 
 it into counties. Mr. Bradford was elected 
 in 1850 to represent a district composed 
 of the five counties of Solano, Napa, 
 Sonoma, Mendocino and Marin, being 
 a portion of the district he represented 
 in the first Legislature. His family re- 
 sided in Springfield, and he retained 
 his business relations with Mr. John- 
 son also. He returned to Springfield 
 in 1851, and since that has served the 
 county of Sangamon, in 1857, as Superin- 
 tendent of Public Instruction ; was one of 
 the Commissioners to divide the county 
 into townships and name them, served the 
 city of Springfield as Treasurer, Alder- 
 man and Mayor. When Illinois was 
 calied on for 6,000 of the 75,000 men to 
 meet the rebels, Mr. Bradford was ap- 
 pointed by Gov. Yates as commissary, 
 with the rank of Lieutenant- Colonel, his 
 commission bearing date April 16, 1861, 
 being the first commission issued by Gov. 
 Yates in connection with the war to sup- 
 press the rebellion. He prepared quarters 
 for the first soldiers rendezvoused by the 
 State, and called it Camp Yates. 
 
 J. S. Bradford severed his connection 
 with the firm of Johnson & Bradford in 
 1869, and opened a book store in Spring- 
 field, which he sold out in 1873, and 
 moved to Aberdeen, Miss., returning to 
 Springfield in Nov., 1875, where he now 
 resides. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Bradford had seven child- 
 ren in Springfield, namely 
 
 WILLIAM, resides at Lake Station, 
 Newton county, Miss. 
 
 OSCAR, born Sept. 28, 1845, m 
 Springfield, was married in 1871, in 
 Owensboro, Ky., to Mary Crutcher. They 
 reside in St. Louis, Mo. 
 
 SUSAN A. resides with her parents, 
 in Springfield. 
 
 EUGENE S. resides in St. Louis, 
 Mo. 
 
 JOHN, ANTRIM C. and DON- 
 ALD, reside with their parents in Spring- 
 field. 
 
 BRADLEY, TERRY, was born 
 in Rutherford county, North Carolina, 
 and married there to Chloe Elliott, a sis- 
 ter to Andrew Elliott. See his name. 
 They had eleven children born in Ruther- 
 ford county, N. C., and moved to Sanga- 
 mon county, 111., arriving in what is now 
 Gardner township, south of Spring creek, 
 in 1834. Of their children 
 
 SIMMONS, born March 3, 1811, 
 in North Carolina, married March 28, 
 
 1839, in Sangamon county, to Jane Doug- 
 las. They had six children; three died 
 young. WILLIAM H., born Jan. 5, 
 
 1840, married March 6, 1862, to Mary 
 Rannebarger, who was born Jan. 13,1842, 
 near Columbus, O. They had three 
 children. ELLA j. died, aged two years. 
 EDWARD E. and LOTTIE B. reside with 
 their parents, seven miles west of Spring- 
 field. THOMAS LEVI and JOHN 
 ELI, twins, born Nov. 22, 1842. 
 THOMAS L., married Nov. 24, 1864, to 
 Hannah J. Smith, have two children, and 
 reside in Curran township. JOHN E., 
 married July 9, 1868, to Nancy A. Sims, 
 had one child, HIRAM j., and she died 
 April, 1869. He was married Dec. 16, 
 1869, to Sarah O'Hara, and reside at Phil- 
 adelphia, Cass county, 111. Simmons 
 Bradley died Nov. 18, 1866, and his wid- 
 ow resides seven miles west of Spring- 
 field. 
 
 WILLIAM, born March 26, 1812, in 
 Rutherford county, N. C., and came with 
 his parents to Sangamon county in 1834. 
 He was married Aug., 1846, in Jasper 
 county, Mo., to Elizabeth Ragan, a native 
 of Kentucky. They came to Sangamon 
 county and had six children, one of whom 
 died young. In 1857 they returned to 
 Missouri, where two children were born. 
 Of the seven children, three are married ; 
 MOLLIE, the third child, born in Sanga- 
 mon courrty, and married in Missouri, 
 July 4, 1875, to J. J. Gates, a native of 
 Pike county, 111. William Bradley died 
 Dec. 13, 1875. His widow and seven 
 children, married and unmarried, reside 
 near Carthage, Jasper county, Mo.
 
 EARLT SETTLERS OF 
 
 
 SARAH, born in North Carolina, 
 married in Sangamon county to Caleb 
 Darden. They had three children. Their 
 son THOMAS was a soldier in an Illinois 
 regiment, and died at Memphis, Tenn. 
 The entire family are dead. 
 
 WINNIE, born in North Carolina, 
 married in Sangamon county to William 
 Brundage. They had three children, and 
 moved to Dallas county, Tex., in 1854. 
 
 RICHARD, born in Rutherford coun- 
 ty, N. C., came with his parents to San- 
 gamon county, was married about 1844 * 
 Mary A. Baldwin. They had four child- 
 ren born in Sangamon county. Mrs. B. 
 died Sept. 10, 1852, and the youngest child 
 died soon after. Mr. B. moved in the fall 
 of 1866, with his three children, to Kan- 
 sas. Of his children, RICHARD J., born 
 Dec. 8, 1845, m Sangamon county; 
 SARAH C., born Feb. 9, 1848, in San- 
 gamon county, married in 1870, in Kan- 
 sas, to Franklin Campbell, and has one 
 child, MARY E. WILLIAM B., born in 
 Sangamon county. Richard Bradley and 
 his three children reside near Fredonia, 
 Wilson county, Kan. 
 
 JONATHAN, born in North Caro- 
 lina, raised in Sangamon county, went to 
 Texas, was pressed into the rebel service, 
 and died there. 
 
 MELINDA, born in North Carolina, 
 and died in Sangamon county at 26 or '7 
 years of age. 
 
 RHODA, born in North Carolina, 
 married in Sangamon county to John 
 Brundage, moved to Texas and died there, 
 leaving two children, who reside in Kan- 
 sas. 
 
 ELIZABETH, born in North Caro- 
 lina, married in Sangamon county to 
 Abraham Duff, son ot Charles Duff, re- 
 sides since 1866 near Neodesha, Wilson 
 county, Kan. 
 
 LEADBETTER, born March 17, 
 . 1826, in Rutherford county, N. C., came 
 with his parents in 1834 to Sangamon 
 county, married April 22, 1856,10 Martha 
 J. Archer. They have seven children, 
 BENNETT C., ANNA, ELIZABETH, 
 LOUIE, WALTER L.,LAURIETTA 
 and JACKSON, and reside four and a 
 half miles west of Springfield, on the 
 farm settled by his father in 1834. 
 
 MTRA, born in North Carolina, mar- 
 ried in Sang'amon county to William 
 
 King, who died, and she married Henrv 
 Morgan. See his name. 
 
 Terry Bradley died in 1835, and Mrs. 
 Chloe Bradley died July 20, 1865, both in 
 Sangamon county. 
 
 BRANCH, EDWARD, was 
 born Dec., 1795, in Virginia, and when he 
 was a child his parents moved to that part 
 of Bourbon, which afterwards became 
 Nicholas, county, Ky. He was there 
 married Dec. 2, 1818, to Rebecca Cassity. 
 They had four children in Kentucky, and 
 the family moved to Sangamon county, 
 111., arriving late in Oct., 1830, in what is 
 now Rochester township, where they had 
 two children. Of their six children 
 
 ZERELDA E., born Nov. 19, 1821, 
 in Nicholas county, Ky., married in San- 
 gamon county May 16, 1839, to Joel Can- 
 trill. See his name. 
 
 MARY J., born April 22, 1824, in 
 Kentucky, married in Sangamon county 
 to Robert Archer, son of Moses. See 
 his name. He died April, 1872, leaving a 
 widow and three daughters near Grove 
 City, Christian county. 
 
 HONOR A., born March 24, 1827, in 
 Nicholas county, Ky., married in Sanga- 
 mon county to William A. Whitesides: 
 See his name. 
 
 ELIZABETH A., born Jan. 9, 1830, 
 in Nicholas county, Ky., married in San- 
 gamon county, Sept. 25, 1848, to Joshua 
 Graham. See his name. 
 
 LOUISIANA, born July 16, 1832, in 
 Sangamon county, married Joseph Miller. 
 See his name. 
 
 WILLIAM, born Feb. 28, 1835, in 
 Sangamon county, died April 2, 1845. 
 
 Edward Branch died Aug. i, 1835, and 
 his widow resides with her daughter and 
 son-in-law, Wm. A. Whitesides. 
 
 BRANSON, JOHN, was born 
 Jan. 12, 1 764, in North Carolina. He em- 
 igrated, when a young man^to the vicinity 
 of Charleston, S. C., and married Sarah 
 Jones. They had six children in South 
 Carolina, and moved to Ross county, O. 
 From there to the vicinity of Xenia, 
 Green county, Ohio, before the Indians 
 had entirely left. They had five children 
 there. Some of the elder children mar- 
 ried and remained in Ohio, but Mr. Bran- 
 son with the younger members of his fam- 
 ily, moved to Sangamon county, 111., ar- 
 riving Oct., 1822, in what is now Fancy 
 Creek township. Of all his children
 
 SAN GAM ON COUNT?. 
 
 ELI, born in South Carolina, married 
 three times, died, leaving a family in Ful- 
 ton county. His son, CALVIN, resides 
 near Ipava, Fulton county. 
 
 ANDRE W, born in South Carolina, 
 and married Susannah Wilkinson. They 
 both died, leaving several children near 
 Athens, Illinois. 
 
 WILLIAM, born Jan. 9, 1791, in 
 North Carolina, and was taken by his par- 
 ents to South Carolina, in 1793. In 1811 
 the family moved to Chilicothe, Ohio, 
 where he was married to Sally M. Graves, 
 in 1815. He moved to Indiana, and from 
 there to Sangamon county, 111., about the 
 time his father came ; moved to Galena, 
 and from there to DeWitt county, 111. 
 They had seven children, and Mrs. Sally 
 M. Branson died May 10, 1840, in DeWitt 
 county. In December, 1840, he was mar- 
 ried to Martha Cooper^ in Sangamon 
 county. In March, 1847, he moved to 
 Sangamon county, and March 28, 1848, 
 he started overland with his family and 
 arrived Sept. 15, 1848, in Polk county, 
 Oregon. He had eight children by the 
 second marriage. He died Nov. 16, 1860. 
 His widow married Michael Shelley, and 
 dfed Dec. 24, 1868, near Independence, 
 Polk county, Oregon. Nearly all the de- 
 scendents of William Branson reside in 
 the vicinity of Sheridan, Yamhill county, 
 Oregon. His son, B. B. BRANSON, 
 Jun., born Sept. 4, 1830, went with his 
 father to Oregon, in 1848, married there, 
 Sept. 15, 1854, to Eliza' E. Dickey, who 
 was born Jan. 19, 1834, in Tenn. They 
 have eight living children. SARAH A., 
 born July 3, 1855, married Nov. 6, 1873, 
 to C. O. Burgess, and resides near Sheri- 
 dan. JOSEPHINE, ELIZA JANE, EPHRIAM 
 
 N., ELNORA SHERMAN, LAURA V., IDA M. 
 
 and ORLEY R. reside with their parents, 
 near Sheridan, Yamhill county, Oregon. 
 
 CA THARINE, born in South Caro- 
 lina, married in Green county, Ohio, to 
 Frederick Stipp. They came to Sanga- 
 mon county, and two of their daughters 
 reside in Springfield, namely: Mrs. Wood 
 and Mrs. Moody. Mr. and Mrs. Stipp 
 died several years since. 
 
 KEZIAH, born in South Carolina, 
 married in Green county, Ohio, to Jesse 
 Sutton. They came to Sangamon county 
 in 1823, moved to Iowa, and both died, 
 leaving several children in VanBuren 
 county, Iowa. 
 
 JOHN, Jun., born Oct. 15, 1795, near 
 Charleston, S. C. He was a teamster 
 from Ohio during the war of 1812, and 
 has a crippled hand from an injury re 
 ceived while on duty. He was married, 
 Sept. 12, 1817, in Clarke county, Ohio, to 
 Ann Cantrall, daughter of Zebulon Can- 
 trail, who was a brother of William G., 
 Levi and Wyatt. They had one child, 
 ZEBULON, born June 20, 1818, in Clarke 
 county, Ohio, married August, 1840, in 
 Sangamon county, to Rachel Braugher, 
 and soon after moved to Fulton county, 
 where five children were born, namely: 
 
 EMILY, CAROLINE, ISAAC, MARION and 
 
 ZEBULON, jun. Zebulon Branson enlisted 
 in the K>3d 111. Inf. for three yeare, in 
 1862. He was ist Lieut., and was killed 
 June 27, 1864, while leading his company 
 in a charge on the rebel fortifications at 
 Kennesaw Mountain. His family reside 
 near Ipava, Fulton county. Mrs. Ann 
 Branson died, and JOHN Branson was 
 married, Sept. 12, 1822, in Champaign 
 county, Ohio, to Miriam Thomas. They 
 had five children, namely: THOMAS 
 and CATHATINE, twins, born Dec. i, 
 1823; THOMAS married, Feb. 4,1847, 
 to Eliza C. Kiger, who was born March 
 13, 1830, in Winchester, Va. They had 
 three children. MARIA T. died, aged ten 
 years. CATHARINE w., born May 25, 
 1850, married March 25, 1869, to Thomas 
 Neal. They had three children, namely : 
 Charles TV., died in infancy ; Thomas and 
 Coke reside with their parents, in Mitchel 
 county, near Cawker City, Kansas. 
 CHARLES, born March n, 1852, re- 
 sides with his mother. Thomas Branson 
 died March 5, 1864, and his widow resides 
 eight miles northwest of Springfield. 
 CATHARINE, the other twin, married 
 Rev. Hardin Wallace. They have two 
 children, namely: Mrs. E. M. Sharp, of 
 Mason City, 111., and Mrs. Carlton Gatton, 
 of Middletown, 111. Mr. and Mrs. Wal- 
 lace reside at Bath, Mason county, 111. 
 CAROLINE married Giles Woods. 
 They have seven children, and reside near 
 Waverly. MARIA married Samuel C. 
 Woods. They have one child living, and 
 Mrs. W. died, August 20, 1875. Mr. 
 Woods resides near Waverly. EMILY 
 married Rev. Joseph H. Hopkins. Thev 
 had one child, and mother and child died 
 in 1848, at Whitehall, 111. Mrs. Miriam 
 Branson died, and John Branson married,
 
 '34 
 
 EARLY SETTLERS OF 
 
 Nov. 8, 1840, to Mrs. Mary Humphreys, 
 whose maiden name was McKinnie. 
 They had two children. MINNIE mar- 
 ried George P. Brahm. They had one 
 son CLAUDE, and Mrs. B. died, May 17, 
 1872. Mr. Brahm, with his son, resides 
 at Kinney, Logan county, 111. JOHN L. 
 enlisted in 1862, for three years, in the I3th 
 111. Inf. Served about one year, and was 
 discharged on account of physical disabil- 
 ity. He married Nellie Cain. John 
 Branson and wife reside one and a half 
 miles northwest of Salisbury. He is in 
 his eighty-first year. 
 
 THOMAS, born Feb., 1798, in South 
 Carolina, was married Aug. 12, 1829, in 
 Cla*k county, O., to Eleanor Thomas, and 
 came to Sangamon county with his father 
 in 1822. They had three children, and 
 Mrs. B, died in Sangamon county Jan 24, 
 1840. Thomas Branson married Louisa 
 Cole. They had five children, and in 
 1857 moved to Texas. Of Mr. B.'s 
 children by the first marriage, ADA- 
 LINE, born Oct. 9, 1833, was married 
 Oct. 3, 1849, to W. S. Dunham, of 
 Waynesville, DeWitt county, 111., where 
 she died May 29, 1852. ALIDA, born 
 Sept. 21, 1837, in Sangamon county, 111., 
 is unmarried, and resides in Mansfield, 
 Texas. REBECCA, born Nov. 30, 1839, 
 in Saugamon county, married Lieut. 
 Frank King, U. S. A., in Dallas county, 
 Texas, Oct. 14, 1-862. Lieut. King was 
 killed in Louisiana, May 8, 1864. Mrs. 
 King was married Nov. 2, 1865, to Rev. 
 D. D. Leech, in Dallas county, Texas, 
 and she died Aug. 23, 1866, in Ellis coun- 
 ty, Texas, leaving one child, FRANK K., 
 born Aug. 22, 1866, in Ellis county, and 
 resides with his aunt Alida, in Tarrant 
 county, Texas. 
 
 Of the children of the second marriage, 
 ELEANOR, born March 10, 1842, was 
 married Dec. 24, 1862, to Samuel Uhl, of 
 the 1 2th Texan Dragoons. They have five 
 children, viz: SUE E., ADDIE c., LOUISA, 
 CHARLES and ALMA, and reside in Dallas 
 county. Texas. EMILY, born May 21, 
 1844, in Sangamon county, married April 
 10, 1867, to Thomas Uhl, in Dallas coun- 
 ty, Texas. They have one child, WIL- 
 LIAM s., and reside in Dallas county. 
 THOMAS C., born April 27, 1848, in 
 Sangamon county, 111., was married July 
 i, 1875, to Virginia Hill, in Dallas county, 
 where they now reside. BENJAMIN 
 
 L., born Oct. 7, 1850, in Sangamon coun- 
 ty, is unmarried, and resides in Lancaster, 
 Dallas county, Texas. AUGUSTA, born 
 June 13, 1853, in Sangamon county, mar- 
 ried Aug. 24, 1873, to F. Fox, and resides 
 in Slate Spring, Miss. Thomas Branson 
 died Oct. 21, 1864, and Mrs. Louisa Bran- 
 son died July 5, 1865, both near Lancaster, 
 Dallas county, Texas. 
 
 MART, born in Green county, O., 
 married in Sangamon county, 111., Sept. 
 23, 1824, to Abraham Onstott. They 
 have five children. Mrs. Onstott died 
 June, 1875. The family reside in Clinton, 
 BeWitt county. 
 
 REBECCA, born in Ohio, married 
 Elijah Harper, and died, leaving several 
 children in Clark county O. 
 
 BENJAMIN B., born Feb., 1810, in 
 Ross county, O., married in Mechanics- 
 burg, Sangamon county, 111., May, 1837, 
 to Mary Thompson. They have two 
 children, viz: HENRIETTA, born Aug. 
 27, 1839, on Fancy creek, Sangamon 
 county, married in Mechanicsburg, Aug. 
 27, 1 86 1, to A. G. Barnes. See his name. 
 HENRY, born Dec. 2, 1842, on Fancy 
 creek, married June, 1867, in Jacksonville, 
 111., to Clara L. Lathrop. They have two 
 children, and reside at Ottawa, Kan. 
 Benj. B. Branson and wife reside in Jack- 
 sonville, 111. 
 
 NANCY, born June 4, 1806, in Ohio, 
 married in Sangamon county to Dr. 
 Charles Winn, who was born Aug. 13, 
 1800, in Virginia. He received his medi- 
 cal education at Transylvania University, 
 Lexington, Ky. He came to Sangamon 
 county and practiced his profession on 
 Fancy creek ; moved from there to Waynes- 
 ville, 111., and from there to Spring- 
 field, O. They had seven children. 
 GORILLA died Nov. 8, 1855, aged 
 twenty-five years. BYRON died March 
 1 6, 1854, at McKendree College, in his 
 twenty-first year. RICHARD D. died 
 in St. Joseph, Mo., March 15, 1872, in his 
 thirty-eighth year. CHARLES L., born 
 Nov. 11, 1838, married July 22, 1859,511 
 Jackson county, Mo., and died, leaving a 
 widow and two children in Kansas City. 
 ROBERT B., born July n, 1840, resides 
 in Chicago. EMMA H., born Dec. 29, 
 1842, near Springfield, O., married in San- 
 gamon county to A. G. Pickrell. See 
 his name. FLORENCE M., born June 
 12, 1846, near Springfield, O., married
 
 SANGAMON COUNTY. 
 
 '35 
 
 William T. Hall. Sec his name. Dr. 
 Charles L. Winn died Aug. 17, 1847, near 
 Springfield, O., and Mrs. Nancy Winn 
 died Nov. 4, 1852, at Columbus, Adams 
 county, 111. 
 
 Mrs. Sarah Branson died in Ohio, and 
 her husband, John Branson, Sen., died in 
 1845, m Sangamon county, 111., aged 
 eighty-one years. 
 
 BRAUGHTpN, PETER, was 
 born July 6, 1812, in Worcester county, 
 Mass. His parents moved to Ross county, 
 O., in 1816, and a few years later to Pick- 
 away county, about ten miles south of 
 Columbus. In 1836 Peter came to Spring- 
 field, 111., and soon after settled in what is 
 now Williams township. He was married 
 in Sangamon county Sept. 30, 1846, to 
 Mary D. Utterback. They have four 
 children, all born in Sangamon county, 
 namely 
 
 SUSAN E., NANCT A., EMILT 
 J. and THOMAS J. 
 
 Peter Braughton resides in Williams 
 township, three miles each from Sher- 
 man and Barclay. 
 
 BRAUGHTON, JACOB, an 
 elder brother to Peter, came with him to 
 Sangamon county in 1836. He never 
 married, but was engaged in farming for 
 several years. He started overland to 
 California, and died on the road, between 
 1850 and 1855. 
 
 BRAUGHTON, WILLI AM, 
 a brother to Jacob and Peter, came to 
 Sangamon county in 1846, too late to be 
 included as an early settler. He resides 
 one and a half miles north of Barclay. 
 His son Adam married into the family of 
 Simeon Taylor. See his name. 
 
 BRAWNER, JOHN, a twin 
 brother to William, was born Aug. 9, 
 799, in Maryland. His parents moved 
 to Fayette county, Ky., when he was a 
 child. He was married May 20, 1819, in 
 Madison county, to Bethany Ball. Thev 
 had four children in Kentucky, and moved, 
 in connection with her mother, brothers 
 and sisters, to Sangamon county, 111., 
 arriving in the fall' of 1829 in what is now 
 Woodside township, where they had three 
 children. Of their seven children 
 
 NANCY, born in Kentucky, married 
 in Sangamon county to R. M. Thompson. 
 They moved to Iowa, had nine children, 
 and she died. Of their children, HENRY 
 resides with his aunt, Mrs. J. B. Ogden. 
 
 JOHN was a soldier in an Iowa regiment, 
 and died in the army. THOMAS E. 
 served three years in the 55th 111. Inf., re- 
 enlisted, and served to the end of the 
 rebellion. He is married, and resides in 
 Alton. The other children are scattered. 
 
 BASIL, born in Kentucky, married in 
 Sangamon county to Sarah Pulliam, and 
 live in Iowa. See Pulliam. 
 
 ELI Z ABE TH A., born in Madison 
 county, Ky., married in Sangamon county 
 to Thomas Knotts, have six living child- 
 ren, and reside in Ball township. 
 
 MARY E., born in Madison county, 
 Ky., married in Sangamon county to 
 Joseph B. Ogden. See his name. 
 
 JOHN S., born in Sangamon county, 
 married and died, leaving a widow and 
 seven children. 
 
 LE WIS, born in Sangamon county, 
 married Hannah Dragoo. He died, leav- 
 ing a widow and three children in Cotton 
 Hill township. 
 
 MARTHA J. married Abraham Ben- 
 nington. They have four children, and 
 reside in Montgomery county. 
 
 Mrs. Bethany Brawner died about 1839, 
 and John Brawner died in 1841, both in 
 Sangamon county. 
 
 BRAWNER, WILLIAM T. 
 was born August 9, 1799, in Maryland. 
 His father died when he was seven years 
 old, and his mother moved to Madison 
 county, Ky., when he was eighteen years 
 old. He was there married, Dec. 25, 1822, 
 to Elizabeth Ball. They had three child- 
 ren in Kentucky, and the family moved to 
 Sangamon county, 111., arriving in Oct., 
 1829, in what is now Curran township, 
 where they had seven children, namely : 
 
 JOHN S., born Nov. 18, 1818, mar- 
 ried in Sangamon county, to Nancy Mc- 
 Credy; have eight children, and reside in 
 Ad air county, Mo. 
 
 MAR Thorn Oct. 23, 1825, in Ken- 
 tucky, married in Sangamon county to 
 William C. Hillerman ; had six children, 
 THOMAS A., JACOB, RUTH, HUL- 
 DAH, FRANKLIN and MARY, and 
 Mrs. Hillerman died, March 18, 1869, 
 Mr. H. married in 1870 to Rebecca Dren- 
 nan. They have one child, ANN E., and 
 reside in Chatham. 
 
 COLUMBIA,^ Dec. 18, 1827, in 
 Kentucky, is unmarried, and resides with 
 her mother.
 
 i 3 6 
 
 EARLY SE TTLERS OF 
 
 MINERVA, born May n, 1830, in 
 Sangamon county, married William Duval, 
 have eight children, and reside in Khox 
 county. 
 
 JAMES H., born March 23, 1833, in 
 Sangamon county, married Martha A. 
 McGinnis. They have three children, 
 SALLY, ROBERT S. and WILLIAM 
 P., and reside in Chatham township. 
 
 ELIZA H., born Oct. 28, 1835, in 
 Sangamon county, is unmarried, and re- 
 sides with her mother. 
 
 CLARISSA,\>orv. April i, 1838, mar- 
 ried Nelson Combs, and died in March, 
 1864, about five months after marriage. 
 
 WILLIAM M., born Sept. 27, 1840, 
 in Sangamon county, married April 7, 
 1870, to Isabel Works, who was born 
 August 12, 1847, in Owen county, Ky. 
 They have one child, JOHN H., and re- 
 side in Curran township. 
 
 LE WIS B., born Jan. 20, 1843, in 
 Sangamon county, married April 18, 1872, 
 to Laura F. Tippitt, who was born Sept. 
 12, 1856, in Owen county, Ky. They 
 .have one child, ELIZABETH, and reside 
 in Curran township. 
 
 ISAAC, born Nov. 5, 1845, died at ten 
 years of age. 
 
 William T. Brawner died Nov. 12, 
 1846, and his widow resides in Curran 
 township, south of Lick creek. 
 
 BRECKENRIDGE, PRES- 
 TON, was born Aug. 5, 1807, near 
 Paris, Bourbon county, Ky. The name 
 of Breckenridge originated in a singular 
 manner. In one of the wars in Scotland 
 between the Protestants and Roman 
 Catholics, a family by the name of Mcll- 
 vain particpated on the side of the Pro- 
 testants, who were defeated. Some of the 
 Mcllvain brothers saved their lives by 
 taking refuge under a low shrub, called 
 brack, which grows on the ridges in the 
 Highlands of Scotland. This circum- 
 stance so impressed them, that they deter- 
 mined to give themselves a new name, 
 hence Brack-on-ridge. As Protestants, 
 the Breckenridges took part in some of 
 the wars in Ireland at a later period, in 
 which the great, great grandfather of 
 Preston was a leader. The Protestants 
 being again defeated, two of the Brecken- 
 ridge brothers fled to America. One of 
 them settled in Pennsylvania, and the 
 other in Virginia. Their first names are 
 not preserved, but the descendants of the 
 
 one who settled in Pennsylvania have re- 
 tained the original spelling : Brackenridge. 
 The brother who settled . in Virginia 
 raised a family, among whom was one son 
 Alexander, who had a son Robert, who 
 had a son John, who had two sons, Rob- 
 ert Jefferson, known as the late Rev. R. 
 J. Breckenridge, D. D., of Kentucky, and 
 Joseph Cabell, the latter of whom was the 
 father of John C. Breckenridge, ex-Vice- 
 President of the United States. The first 
 Alexander also had a son George, who 
 had a son Alexander. He was twice mar- 
 ried, and the eldest child by the second 
 wife was Preston, whose name heads this 
 sketch. Preston Preckenridge was mar- 
 ried in Nicholas county, Ky., Nov. 17, 
 1827, to Catharine Moler, who was born 
 in that county Aug. 30, 1804. They had 
 four children born in Kentucky, and the 
 family moved to Sangamon county, 111., 
 arriving Oct. 16, 1834, in what is now 
 Cotton Hill township, east of Sangamon 
 river, where eight children were born, one 
 of whom died in infancy. Of their eleven 
 children 
 
 ALEXANDER, born Oct. 31, 1828, 
 in Nicholas county, Ky., married May 25, 
 1852, to Martha H. Barnhill, who was 
 born Aug. 19, 1833, in Wayne county, 
 111. They had eight children, two of 
 whom died in infancy. The other six, 
 ELIZABETH C., MARY A., FELIX 
 H., NANCY L., CHARLES A. and 
 ROBERT CARROLL, reside with 
 their parents, half a mile east of Brecken- 
 ridge. 
 
 HUGH, born Dec. 9, 1829, in Ken- 
 tucky, married Feb. 22, 1855, to Sarah M. 
 Randolph, who was born June 20, 1837, 
 in Logan county. They have two child- 
 ren, HERBERT C. and EDITH A. 
 Hugh Breckenridge enlisted Oct. 10, 1861, 
 in Co. B, loth 111. Cav., for three years; 
 re-enlisted as a veteran Jan., 1864, served 
 full term, and was honorably discharged 
 Jan. 6, 1866, at Springfield. He resides at 
 Breckenridge. 
 
 CORJVELIUS,\>oi-n March 12, 1831, 
 in Kentucky, married Sept. 4, 1855, to 
 Elizabeth L. Barnhill, who was born May 
 29, 1838, in Wayne county. They had 
 five children, two of whom died in in- 
 fancy. The other three, ELIZABETH 
 F., WILLIAM R. and GEORGE E., 
 reside with their parents near Brecken-

 
 IffllVERSiTY
 
 SAJVGAMOJV COUNTT. 
 
 '37 
 
 JOSEPH, the last in Kentucky, born 
 July 17, 1832, married M arch 28, 1855, to 
 Sarah J. Matthew. They had two child- 
 ren; one died in infancy. The other, 
 PRESTON, resides with his mother. 
 Joseph Breckenridge enlisted Sept., 1862, 
 in Co. E, H4th 111. Inf., for three years. 
 He was taken sick at Camp Butler, and 
 died at home, Nov. 29, 1862. 
 
 ELMORE, born Nov. 4, 1834, the 
 first of the family born in Sangamon 
 county, married Nov., 1857, to. Susannah 
 Randolph, had six children, two died in 
 infancy, and Mrs. B. died. The four 
 children, LEANOR, MARY A., EL- 
 MER P. and SIMON F., live with 
 their uncles and aunts in Missouri. He 
 resides at Forest Citv, Neb. 
 
 CLEOPHAS, born Aug. 7, 1836, in 
 .Sangamon county, enlisted Aug. 18, 1861, 
 for three years, in Co. D, 33d 111. Inf. He 
 was dangerously wounded at the siege of 
 Vicksburg, but recovered, served to the 
 end of his term, and was honorably dis- 
 charged Oct. 18, 1864, at Springfield. He 
 was married Jan. 30, 1868, to Lilian T. 
 Cave. They have two children, INEZ 
 and IDA, and reside with his father, three 
 and a half miles west of Breckenridge. 
 
 CATHARINE* born June 19, 1838, 
 in Sangamon county, married Jan. 30, 
 1856, to Simon P. Randolph. They had 
 six children, three of whom died in infan- 
 cy. The other three, PRESTON B., 
 MAY and EDITH, reside with their 
 parents at Seattle, Washington Ter. 
 
 E L IZA BE TH and MAR T (twins), 
 born Jan. 13, 1841,111 Sangamon county. 
 
 ELIZABETH, married April, 1862, 
 to James H. Abell. They had four child- 
 ren, EMMA J., WILLIAM A., JOHN 
 P. and HENRY E., reside with their 
 parents in Taylorville. 
 
 MART, married March, 1863, to 
 Thomas Rishton, and resides at Council 
 Bluffs, Iowa. 
 
 PRESTO A 7 , Jun.,born Dec. n, 1842, 
 enlisted Aug., 1862, in Co. E, H4th 111. 
 Inf., for three years; served full term; was 
 honorably discharged at Vicksburg, Aug. 
 3, 1865; \v-as sick at the time, but returned 
 home with his comrades, arriving at his 
 father's house .on the 7th, and died the 
 8th of August, 1865, seventeen hours 
 after his arrival. 
 
 JA^VE, born F.^b. 9, 1845, in Sanga- 
 mon county, v\as married August, 1864, 
 
 to William Kamlage. They have three 
 children living, LUCY J., ANNIE M. 
 and WILLIAM, and reside at Lincoln, 
 111. Mrs. Catharine Breckenridge died 
 Feb. 4, 1847, ant * Preston B. was married 
 March 29, 1849, to Lucy Robb/ They 
 had two children 
 
 DA VID, born Dec. 28, 1850, in San- 
 gamon county, is unmarried, and resides 
 near Cedar Hill, Dallas county, Texas. 
 
 LUCY D., born Aug. 13, 1854, in 
 Sangamon county, was married Oct. 13, 
 1874, to William H. Hunter, who was 
 born Dec. 10, 1848, in Muskingum county, 
 O. His grandfather, Charles Hunter, was 
 born and married in Scotland; came to 
 America, and settled in Muskingum coun- 
 ty, O. His eldest son, William, was the 
 father of William H. Hunter, the latter of 
 whom, with his wife, reside in Cotton 
 Hill township. 
 
 Mrs. Lucy Breckenridge died Nov. 18, 
 1854, and Preston Breckenridge resides on 
 the farm settled by him in 1834. It is in 
 the northeast corner of Cotton Hill town- 
 ship, three and a half miles west of Breck- 
 enridge. 
 
 Preston B.'s father was sixty-five years 
 old when he was born. Their united 
 ages to the present time (1876) is one hun- 
 dred and thirty-four years. Preston 
 Breckenridge was one of the representa- 
 tives of Sangamon county in the State 
 Legislature of 1851 and '2. Abraham 
 Lincoln was a candidate before the con- 
 vention, but Mr. B. beat him. Mr. B. 
 was a member of the Sangamon county 
 Board of Supervisors for 1873. 
 
 Preston Breckenridge remembers that 
 the fall of 1834, when he came to the 
 county, was dry, and continued dry 
 through the winter; that May 12, 1835, a 
 great rain storm set in, and rain continued 
 to fall for about forty days and nights, 
 which so seriously interfered with plowing 
 and planting that but very light crops 
 were put in. When the rain ceased, and 
 hot weather set in, the stagnant water and 
 decaying vegetation poisoned the- atmos- 
 phere, and chills and bilious diseases pre- 
 vailed to such an extent that in many 
 cases there were not enough well persons 
 to take care of the sick and bury the dead. 
 That year has ever since been spoken of 
 as the wet and sickly summer and fall. 
 
 The wheat crop looked well in the fall 
 of '34, but it nearly all froze out, and in
 
 EARL? SETTLERS OF 
 
 1835, '^ and '7, the wheat crop was a total 
 failure, and wheat bread was so scarce 
 that a hiscuit became an object of interest, 
 so much that women would send them 
 to the children when visiting took place 
 between* the families. 
 
 The difficulty of obtaining food during 
 the winter of 1835 anc ^ '^ was verv g rea t 
 there being nothing for bread in Central 
 Illinois except frost-bitten corn. Good 
 crops were raised in the southern part of 
 the State, and those who could pay for it 
 went there for corn. That is believed to 
 have been the origin of calling the south- 
 ern part of the State Egypt, and not be- 
 cause of any unusual darkness prevailing 
 there. 
 
 BRIDGES, GEORGE, was 
 born in 1793, in Montgomery county, Ky. 
 He was married there in 1816, to Rebecca 
 Lockridge. They had four children in 
 Kentucky, and moved to Sangamon coun- 
 ty, 111., arriving Nov. 3, 1835, * n wna t i s 
 now Ctirran township, eight miles south 
 of Springfield, where they had five child- 
 ren. Of their children 
 
 JOHN M., born in 1819, in Kentucky, 
 died unmarried, in Sangamon county, 
 Nov. 14, 1865. 
 
 WILLIAM, born July 15, 1821, in 
 Kentucky, married in Sangamon county, 
 Sept. 2, 1852, to Mary E. White. The'y 
 had two living children, HORACE W. 
 and ALICE M., and Mrs. Mary E. Bridges 
 died Sept. 17, 1871, and William Bridges 
 was married in Feb., 1873, to Mrs. Helen 
 Bird, whose maiden name was Ransom. 
 The family moved west in Sept., 1873, 
 and William Bridges died, Jan. 30, 1874, 
 at Grass Valley, Nevada county, Califor- 
 nia, leaving his widow and two children 
 there. 
 
 MARGARET H., born in Kentucky, 
 married in Sangamon county to J. M. 
 Richardson, moved to Iowa, and died 
 there, leaving three children. 
 
 ELIZABETH, born Oct. 14, 1827, 
 in Kentucky, married in Sangamon coun- 
 ty, to William Brownell. See his name. 
 
 MIRANDA, born March 27, 1831, in 
 Kentucky, married George Brownell. See 
 his name. 
 
 GEORGE H., born Nov. 14, 1840, in 
 Sangamon county, married Nov. 22, 1860, 
 in Sangamon county, to Rebecca Pyle, 
 who was born in Sangamon county, July 
 6, 1850. They have four children, JOHN 
 
 H., LAURA M., ADA A. and NORA 
 
 L., and live in Springfield. 
 ^ MARTIN ., born May 16, 1842, in 
 vSangamon county. He enlisted August 
 15, 1862, in Co. B., ii4th 111. Inf., for 
 three years. He was detailed as drummer 
 at the organization of the regiment, pro- 
 moted, Jan. I, 1865, to drum-major, and 
 was honorably discharged, Aug. 15, 1865. 
 He was married, Oct. 3, 1866, in Sanga- 
 mon county, to Sarah E. Drennan. They 
 have one child, DAVID JOSEPH, and 
 reside near Woodside, on the farm where 
 his parents settled in 1835. 
 
 Mrs. Rebecca Bridges died in 1848, and 
 George Bridges died in 1849, both in San- 
 gamon county. 
 
 BRIDGES, MILTON A., was 
 born July 20, 1810, in Montgomery coun- 
 ty, Ky. He was there married to Mary 
 Foster, and had two children in Kentucky. 
 The family moved to Sangamon county, 
 111., arriving Sept. 25, 1833, in what is 
 now Chatham township, preceding his 
 brothers, George and William. They had 
 two children in Sangamon county. Of 
 their four children 
 
 THOMAS J., born Dec. 22, 1831, in 
 Kentucky, died unmarried, in Springfield, 
 Sept. 19, iS^o. 
 
 AMANDA M., born July 10, 1833, in 
 Kentucky, married Robert Crowder. 
 He died, leaving a widow and three child- 
 ren in Christian county, two "miles east of 
 Pawnee. 
 
 CHARLES H., born Jan. 27, 1837, 
 in Sangamon county, married to Frances 
 A. Matthews. They had four children. 
 MARY, the second child, died in her 
 second year, JOSEPH M., MAR- 
 SHALL and MONTE MAY, and reside 
 in Illiopolis. Mr. Bridges is a merchant 
 there. 
 
 MARTHA, born in Sangamon coun- 
 ty, April 30, 1842, died in infanov. 
 
 Mrs. Mary Bridges died, and Milton A. 
 Bridges married Mrs. Ellen H Hatchet, 
 who had previously been Mrs. Trumbo, 
 and whose maiden name was Hill. Mil- 
 ton A. Bridges and wife live in Pawnee. 
 
 BRIDGES, WILLIAM, was 
 born May 5, 1793, in Montgon ery coun- 
 ty, Ky. Isabella K. Lockridge was born 
 in the same county, Nov. 10, 1796. They 
 were there married, Julv 4, 1815, and had 
 nine children in Kentucky. The family 
 moved to Sangamon county, 111., arriving
 
 SANGAMON COUNTT. 
 
 J 39 
 
 in the fall of 1835, in what is now Wood- 
 side township, where they had two child- 
 ren. Of the eleven children 
 
 MELINDA, born August 15, 1817, 
 married H. Hathaway, who died, and she 
 married Richard Wilkins, and they both 
 died. 
 
 JOHN W., born June 4, 1819, died in 
 his twentieth year. 
 
 BETST A., born July 20, 1821, mar- 
 ried Henry Gillen, and she died, Nov. 25, 
 1838. 
 
 AMANDA M., born Sept. 25, 1823, 
 in Kentucky, married Alfred C. Malone. 
 (See his name.) 
 
 MARILDA J., born Feb. 23, 1826, 
 married Jacob C. Mitts. They had seven 
 children, namely : WILLIAM, born Dec. 
 9, 1845, married Sarah Stroude, who was 
 born August 24, 1844, in East Tennessee. 
 They had two children, FRANK E. and 
 WILLIAM j., and reside in Curran township, 
 south of Lick creek. Of the other six 
 children, COLUMBIA, died at eighteen 
 years. HELEN V. and JAMES W. 
 reside at the homestead, in Curran town- 
 ship. EMMA lives with her uncle, David 
 Hermon. MARY and JOHN live with 
 their aunt, Lucinda Neal. Mrs. Mitts 
 died Nov. 6, 1862, and her husband died 
 Nov. 12, 1865, both in Sangamon county. 
 
 LUCINDA, born Feb. 4, 1828, mar- 
 ried June 14, 1849, to Erastus R. Whited. 
 They had four children; two died young. 
 ISABEL K. married, Dec. 29, 1869, to 
 Jesse J. Martin. They have one child, 
 JULIA M., and reside in Loami township. 
 Mr. Martin was born Feb. 21, 1843, in 
 Harrison county, West Va., enlisted Aug. 
 17, 1862, for three years, in i2th West Va. 
 Inf. Served until the suppression of the 
 rebellion, and was honorably discharged, 
 June 16, 1863. FANNIE WHITED 
 died Jan. 21, 1873, in the seventeenth year 
 of her age. E. R. Whited died Jan. 4, 
 1860, and his widow married, April 8, 
 1862, to Stephen B. Neal. See his name. 
 
 EMMA B., born August 19, 1830, in 
 Kentucky, married Isaac H. Trumbo. 
 See his name. 
 
 JAMES M., born in Kentucky, Dec. 
 15, 1832, married Jan. 10, 1866, to Mary 
 F. Drennan. They have three children, 
 WILLIAM F., MARTHA A. and 
 EVA MAY, and reside on the farm 
 where his parents settled in 1835, in the 
 southwest corner Woodside township. 
 
 WILLIS, born Oct. 20, 1836, in San- 
 gamon county, enlisted in Co. B., ii4th 
 111. Inf., August, 1862, for three years. 
 He was discharged on account of physical 
 disability, in 1863, and died of disease con- 
 tracted in the army, March 20, 1864, at 
 home. 
 
 WILLIAM L., born Sept. 3, 1839, 
 married Sarah Card. He died Oct. 6, 
 1867. His widow and one child, WAL- 
 TER, reside in Menard county. 
 
 William Bridges died Jan. 3, 1873, and 
 his widow died June 24, 1873, both on the 
 farm where they settled in 1835. Mr. 
 Bridges was a soldier from Kentucky in 
 the war of 1812, and drew a pension to 
 the end of his life. 
 
 The date of birth of William Bridges 
 and his brother George indicates that they 
 must have been twins, or there has been a 
 mistake in giving me the dates. 
 
 BRIDGES, WILLIAM, wa* 
 born April 28, 1787, in South Carolina. 
 The family moved to Tennessee, and 
 when William was a young man, to Green 
 county, O. Martha Martin was born 
 March 11, 1784, in Clarke county, Ky. 
 She was the third child of her parents. 
 When they had two children the family 
 were, with many others of the settlers, in 
 Strode's Station, for protection against the 
 Indians. When the savages attacked that 
 fortification, which terminated in its de- 
 struction, the men were in the fields. The 
 women and children collected in one of 
 the block-houses. The men finding the 
 fort at the mercy of the Indians, thought 
 it would be impossible to save their fami- 
 lies, and each one looked out for his own 
 personal safety. Mr. Henry Martin, of 
 all the men, went alone to the block- 
 house, and by his earnest entreaties in- 
 duced them to open the door. He then 
 compelled his wife, against her protesta- 
 tions, to accompany him with their two 
 children, and they at once entered a cane 
 brake, eluded the Indians, and thus saved 
 their lives. One old lady followed them un- 
 til they crossed a stream, and when she could 
 travel no further, concealed herself in a 
 cave until the danger passed. The fort 
 was burned, and all the others were slain. 
 Henry Martin remained in Kentucky un- 
 til after the birth of his daughter Martha, 
 when he moved with his family to Green 
 county, O. William Bridges and Martha 
 Martin were married near Xenia, and re-
 
 140 
 
 EARLY SETTLERS OF 
 
 sided in that city until they had two child- 
 ren. Mr. Bridges served one year in the 
 war with Great Britain, from the summer 
 of 1812 to 1813. He then moved to Fay- 
 ette county, Ind., where they had one 
 child, and next moved to Sangamon coun- 
 ty, 111., arriving about 1824 in Buffalo 
 Hart Grove. Of their three children 
 
 SARAH, born Nov. 14, 1812, in Xenia, 
 O., married in Sangamon county Feb. 12, 
 1829, to John Ridgeway, a cousin to 
 Lindsay. See his name. He died, and 
 she married Jonathan Constant. See his 
 name. 
 
 MARGARET, born Feb. 15, 1816, in 
 Xenia, O., married in Sangamon county 
 to James Hill. They had two children. 
 MARY M. married Mr. Harris, and re- 
 side at Staunton, Miami county, Kan. 
 WILLIAM married Harriet Stafford, 
 and reside at Clarksville. James Hill died 
 April 17, 1844, and Mrs. Margaret Hill 
 died Jan. 23, 1845. 
 
 ELIZABETH, born Nov. 9, 1819, 
 near Connersville, Ind., married in Sanga- 
 mon county t John C. Morgan. See 
 his name. 
 
 William Bridges died March 12, 1833, 
 and Mrs. Martha Bridges died Jan. 31, 
 1865, both in Sangamon county. They 
 were not related to any other family of 
 Bridges in the county. 
 
 BRITTIN, EVANS E., was 
 born Oct. 28, 1791, in Bucks county, Pa. His 
 father died when he was quite young. His 
 mother, with her seven children, moved 
 to Virginia, and from there to Ross coun- 
 ty, O., in 1800. Evans E.was there mar- 
 ried, Sept. 18, 1818, to Mary J. England. 
 They had one child, and moved to what 
 became Sangamon county, 111., arriving 
 in the spring of 1820, in what is now 
 Fancy creek township, where they had 
 eight living children. Of their children 
 
 STEPHEN, born Aug. 20, 1819, in 
 Ohio, married in Sangamon county to 
 Jane McClelland. He died Nov. 28/1862, 
 and she died in 1864, both in Sangamon 
 county, leaving several children. 
 
 MIRANDA, born Jan. 12, 1824, in 
 Sangamon county, married John Canter- 
 berry. See his name. 
 
 ELIJAH, born Nov. 12, 1825, in 
 Sangamon county, married Martha Can- 
 terberry. He died March 5, 1873, leaving 
 a widow and two children in Marion 
 county, Iowa. 
 
 JAMES M. 
 
 EVANS E., Jun.,born Nov. 26, 1829, 
 married Melissa Peeler, had two children, 
 and she died. He married Elizabeth 
 Ridgeway. They have four children, and 
 reside near Williamsville. 
 
 WASHINGTON, born July 4, 1832, 
 married Eliza Mallory. He died, leaving 
 one child, LAURA E., and his widow 
 married Thomas Glascock. See his 
 name. 
 
 HENRT, born Jan. 8, 1835, in Sanga- 
 mon county, married Dec. 9, 1856, to 
 Nancy Mallory. They had twelve child- 
 ren, six of whom died young. JOHN 
 E., HENRY E., ALBERT L., EMMA 
 N., WILLIAM A. and ROGER E., re- 
 side with their parents. Henry Brittin 
 lives near Cantrall, on the farm settled by 
 his father in 1820. 
 
 MART J., born Aug. 3, 1837, married 
 Thomas Glascock, and she died. See his 
 name. 
 
 ELEANOR. 
 
 Mrs. Mary J. Brittin died Aug, n, 
 1846, and Evans E. Brittin resides with his 
 children. He has twice been a pioneer. 
 He remembers that when his mother's 
 family moved to Ohio, they had to go into 
 Kentucky, sometimes a hundred and fifty 
 miles, for breadstuff. After raising grain, 
 it was three years before they had a grist 
 ground. All that time they beat hominy, 
 and sifted out the finest for bread, or 
 grated the corn and made bread in that 
 way. Coming to Sangamon county was 
 a renewal of that kind of life. St. Louis 
 was the nearest point at which they could 
 buy farming tools, salt and all other arti- 
 cles. For grinding meal and flour they 
 went to the American bottom, east of St. 
 Louis. Mr. Brittin has hauled wheat to 
 Springfield and sold it for twenty-five 
 cents per bushel, and has known corn to 
 be hauled twenty-five miles and sold for 
 six and a quarter cents per bushel in trade. 
 
 The Christian Church, organized May 
 15, 1820, the first in Sangamon county, 
 built its first house of worship on Mr. 
 Brittin's farm, near the present town of 
 Cantrall. 
 
 BRITTON, BENJAMIN, was 
 born June 2, 1797, in Virginia. When 
 he was a" youth his parents moved to 
 Franklin county, Ohio. He was there 
 married, in April, 1816, to Elizabeth 
 Brunk. She was a sister to George Brunk,
 
 SANGAMON COUNT*. 
 
 141 
 
 and was born Oct. 13, 1800, in Franklin 
 county, Ohio. They had four children in 
 Ohio, and moved to Indiana in 1824, 
 and from there to Sangamon county, 111., 
 arriving in Oct., 1825, in what is now 
 Cotton Hill township, where they had 
 seven children. Of all their eleven child- 
 ren 
 
 JOSEPH, born in Ohio, died in San- 
 gamon county unmarried, at about fifty 
 years of age. 
 
 REBECCA, born in Franklin county, 
 Ohio, married in Sangamon county, to 
 Nathaniel Duncan. Mr. D. died, and his 
 widow married Joel Vandever, and resides 
 in Pana. See his name. 
 
 James I. Dozier relates an anecdote illus- 
 trative of life among the early settlers. 
 He remembers that Benjamin Britton 
 hired Nathaniel Duncan to haul a load of 
 corn to Springfield, which would be a 
 day's work for the team. The price agreed 
 upon was $1.371^. Twenty bushels was 
 all he could haul. Mr. Britton went along 
 to do his own selling. Arriving there, 
 with all his efforts, Jive cents per bushel 
 was the highest price he could obtain. He 
 sold the load, paid over the whole proceeds, 
 $1.00, but how they settled the other thirty- 
 seven and a half cents, he does not re- 
 member. That was in 1836. 
 
 ELEANOR died, aged fourteen years. 
 
 MARGARET, born in Franklin 
 county, Ohio, married in Sangamon coun- 
 ty to Oscar F. Matthew. See his name. 
 
 HANNAH, born in Sangamon county, 
 married Sterling Clack, moved to Nevada, 
 Vernon county, Mo., where he died, leav- 
 ing a widow and five children. 
 
 DA I ID B., born and died in Sanga- 
 mon county, aged 21 years. 
 
 ANDRE W J., born in Sangamon 
 county, married Sarah McDaniel, have 
 four children, and reside near Princeton, 
 Colusa county, Cal. 
 
 MARIA J. died at twelve years of age. 
 
 CAROLINE E., born June 6, 1834, 
 in Sangamon county, married Geo. W. 
 Spicer. See his name. He died, and she 
 married Nathan Plummer, and resides in 
 Cotton Hill township. 
 
 LORENZO D., born in Sangamon 
 county, married Melissa Barfield. They 
 had five children, and Mr. Britton died, 
 Dec., 1872, leaving his widow and child- 
 ren near Clarkesdale, Christian county, 
 Illinois. 
 
 LOUISA, born in Sangamon county, 
 married Philip Clark, and died in Mis- 
 souri. 
 
 Mrs. Elizabeth Britton died August 18, 
 1854, and Benjamin Britton died Jan. 21, 
 1868, both in Sangamon county. 
 
 BRITT, JOHN P., was born 
 July 4, 1804, in Greenbrier county, Va. 
 He came to Sangamon county in 1832, 
 and was married, Dec. i, 1833, to Sarah 
 B. Wilson, who was born Feb. 17, 1815, 
 in Union county, Ky. They had five 
 living children, namely: 
 
 ZERILDA A., born Oct. 15, 1835, in 
 Springfield, was married, Jan. 17, 1859, in 
 Princeton, 111., to Francis A. Haines. 
 See his name. 
 
 MART J., born August 24, 1840, in 
 Springfield, married Feb. 19, 1868, to John 
 G. English. They have two children, 
 GRACE and PEARL, and reside near 
 Taylorville, 111. 
 
 JOHN W., born Oct. 22, 1842, in 
 Hancock county, was married, August 17, 
 1862, in Springfield, to Caroline Haines. 
 She died, and he went to China. He re- 
 turned to America, and was last heard 
 from in California. 
 
 ^ JULIA A., born Nov. 3, 1846, in 
 Springfield, and resides with her mother. 
 
 SARAH H., born Jan. 21, 1849, m 
 Springfield, was married March 18, 1868, 
 in her native city, to John Branch Gilli- 
 land, who was born Feb. 29, 1848, in 
 Decatur, Ala. They have two living 
 children, ALICE BELLE and MARY 
 JOSEPHINE, and reside in Springfield. 
 Mr. G. is a printer, and has been ten years 
 employed in the Journal office. His 
 father, Wm. A. Gilliland, is a printer in 
 the Register office. 
 
 John P. Bntt died July 7, 1852, in 
 Springfield, and his widow married Wm. 
 B. Yeamans, who died August 30, 1860, 
 and she married, Jan. 19, 1863, to Larkin 
 Bryan, who died in 1874, and Mrs. Sarah 
 B. Bryan resides in Springfield. 
 
 Obadiah and William Britt, brothers to 
 John P., came to Sangamon county, and 
 a few years later moved to Bureau county, 
 111. Mrs. Jemima Britt, mother of the 
 three brothers, came with them to Sanga- 
 mon county, and went with two of them 
 to Bureau county, where she lost her life 
 by falling from a wagon and the wheels 
 passing over her.
 
 142 
 
 EARLY SETTLERS OF 
 
 BROADWELL, JOSIAH, 
 
 was born July 14, 1795, in Morris county, 
 N. J. His father, Simeon Broadwell, was 
 a brother to Moses Broadwell, represented 
 in this book. A cousin to Moses and 
 Simeon Baxter Broadwell was the 
 father of Judge Norman M. Broadwell, of 
 Springfield, a sketch of whom may be 
 found in connection with the name of his 
 father-in-law, Washington lies. Josiah 
 Broadwell went to Dayton, O., in 1815, 
 and married near the city May 31, 1827, 
 to Priscilla Custid. She died, leaving one 
 child. Mr. B. married the second time 
 in Dayton, Jan. 13, 1835, to Ann Comfort 
 Custer. She died June 5, 1836, without 
 children. Josiah Broadwell came to San- 
 gamon county about 1840, bringing his 
 only son 
 
 OLIVER, \v\\o remained two or three 
 years in Sangamon county, went to Iowa, 
 married there to Rachel Pearson. They 
 had six children, and he died May 12, 
 1873, at Pleasant Hill, Saline county, Neb. 
 His widow and children reside there. 
 
 Josiah Broadwell was married in Sanga- 
 mon county, Oct. 25, 1842, to Mrs. Rachel 
 L. Moore, whose maiden name was Mc- 
 Carty. They had five children, two of 
 whom died young 
 
 CTRUS .P., born March 16, 1846, in 
 Sangamon county. He was married Sept. 
 i, 1867, in Denver, Col., to Ella Goff, who 
 was born Oct. 18, 1850, in St. Louis, Mo. 
 They have four children. GEORGE W., 
 born June 13, 1868, in Sangamon county; 
 
 RACHEL A., bom Aug. 25, 1870; 
 
 DELIA E., born April 9, 1872 the two 
 latter in Missouri and CLINTON, born 
 Feb. 24, 1874, near Guide Rock, Webster 
 county, Neb., where the family now re- 
 side. 
 
 GEORGE and JOS I AH, Jun., live 
 with their parents. 
 
 Josiah Broadwell and wife reside four 
 miles west of Springfield. 
 
 BROADWELL, MOSES, 
 was born Nov. 14, 1764, near Elizabeth- 
 town, N. J. Jane Broadwell was born 
 Feb. 6, 1767, in the same neighborhood, 
 and was Moses' second cousin. They 
 were there married Nov. 5, 1788, and soon 
 after moved to Hamilton county, O., to a 
 fort situated where Columbia now stands, 
 five miles above Cincinnati. In 1804 they 
 moved to Clermont county, O. They had 
 twelve children in Ohio, three of whom 
 
 died young. They moved in a keel boat 
 from Cincinnati to St. Louis in the spring 
 of 1819, and the next spring came up the 
 Illinois river on a steamboat, said to have 
 been the first that ever ascended the latter 
 stream. They landed at Beardstown in 
 June, 1820, and came to Sangamon county 
 in the latter part of June or early in July 
 of that year, settling on the south side of 
 Richland creek, about one mile east of 
 where Pleasant Plains now stands. Of 
 their nine children 
 
 MARY, born April 27, 1791, in New 
 Jersey, was married Dec. 19, 1807, to 
 Henry S. Sweet, a native of New York. 
 They had one child, and all the family 
 died. 
 
 DA VID, born June 1 1, 1794, in Ohio, 
 was married to Mrs. Mary A. Drake. 
 She died in Menard county, 111., and he 
 died May 18, 1858, in Iowa. 
 
 SARAH, born Feb. 16, 1796, in Ohio, 
 was married in Sangamon county, in 1837, 
 to David Van Eaton. They had no fami- 
 ly, and she is now a widow, residing with 
 her niece, Mrs. A. B. Irwin. 
 
 JOHN B., born Sept. 27, 1797, in 
 Hamilton county, O., was married March 
 29, 1817, in same county, to Betsy Pratt. 
 They had one child at that place, and 
 moved with his father to St. Louis, where 
 one child was born, and from there to 
 Sangamon county, arriving in Dec., 1819, 
 on the south side of Richland creek, one 
 mile east of where Pleasant Plains now 
 stands, where one child was born. Of 
 their three children, JANE S., born Dec. 
 19, 1817, in Clermont county, O., married 
 in Sangamon county to John S. Seaman. 
 They had six living children. JONATHAN 
 went to New Orleans in 1857 with a drove 
 of horses. He sold out, and expected to 
 leave for home in a few days, but his 
 friends never heard of him afterwards. 
 DANIEL married in Indiana, moved to 
 Iowa, and died May 28, 1871, in Michi- 
 gan, while on his way to Mineral Springs 
 for his health. WILLIAM enlisted at 
 Springfield, in 1861, in what became the 
 nth Mo. Inf., for three years. Both his 
 lower limbs were broken by a falling tree, 
 while he was lying sick in tent; one limb 
 was amputated. He went to Iowa, mar- 
 ried, had one child, and his wife died. 
 He resides near Jefferson, Green county, la. 
 ISAAC was a sergeant in the 64th 111. Inf. 
 Served three years, re-enlisted as a veter-
 
 SANGAMON COUNTY. 
 
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 an, served to the end of the rebellion, and 
 was honorably discharged, and resides 
 near Jefferson, Iowa. CHARLES was a 
 Union soldier in two Illinois regiments; 
 served out his enlistments with honor, and 
 resides near Fredonia, Kan. CALISTA 
 married Charles R. Pratt, and resides 
 near Fredonia. John Seaman died in 
 1850, and his widow married Alexander 
 B. Irwin. See his name. CINTHELIA, 
 born Oct. 17, 1819, in St. Louis, was mar- 
 ried in Sangamon county, 111., to Alexan- 
 der B. Irwin. See his name. DANIEL 
 P., born Sept. 17, 1821, in Sangamon county, 
 was married to Irene Holcomb. They 
 had six children born in Sangamon coun- 
 ty. EMMA c. married in Springfield to 
 Benjamin Trumbull, and resides in Em- 
 poria, Kan. ALONZO was married March 
 6, 1874, in Bloomington, 111., to Clara 
 Furrow, and resides in Denver, Col. 
 WILLIS married in Springfield to Sophro- 
 nia Burge, and resides in Emporia, Kan. 
 CHARLES resides near Pleasant Plains. 
 HERBERT and ETTA reside with their 
 father. Daniel P. Broad well moved to 
 Topeka, Kan., thence to Emporia, Kan., 
 where Mrs. B. died, Dec. 25, 1869. Mr. 
 B. married Mrs. Mary Kingston, and re- 
 sides near Emporia. Mrs. Betsy Broad- 
 well died Sept. 30, 1823, and John B. 
 Broadwell was married March 10, 1825, 
 to Elizabeth King, sister of John and 
 Jeremiah King. They had six children. 
 WILLIAM married Cynthia McMurphy, 
 and died, leaving a widow and three 
 children in Sangamon county. They re- 
 side in California. MOSES J., born 
 March 6, 1827, was married in Iowa to 
 Mary A. Cann, in Sept., 1862. They re- 
 side "in Denver, Col. MARTHA mar- 
 ried William Macon, and died in Califor- 
 nia. HARRIET married A. Poppeno, 
 and died, leaving three children in Sanga- 
 mon county. FRANCIS M., born May 
 15, 1836, in Sangamon county, was mar- 
 ried in Davis county, Iowa, to Sarah 
 Allen, moved to Denver, Col., and died 
 there. HENRY C. is on the Pacific 
 coast. Mrs. Elizabeth Broadwell died 
 July 23, 1840, in Sangamon county, and 
 John B. Broadwell resides partly near 
 Fredonia, Kan., and with his daughter, 
 Mrs. Irwin, in Sangamon county. 
 
 WILLIAM, born April 27, 1799, in 
 Hamilton county, O., was married in San- 
 gamon county, Dec. 15, 1821, to Margaret 
 
 Stevenson. They had one son, WIL- 
 LIAM B., born Jan. 3, 1825, in Sanga- 
 mon county. He laid out the town of 
 Broadwell, in Logan county. He was 
 married, and resides in Hutchinson, Reno 
 county, Kan. William Broadwell was 
 killed at Old Sangamo, in Sangamon 
 county, 111., Nov. 22, 1824, while assisting 
 in raising a barn. His widow married 
 Richard Latham. See his name. 
 
 CHARLES, born Dec. 3, 1800, in 
 Hamilton county, O., was married Jan. 9, 
 
 1825, in Sangamon county, to Ellen Car- 
 man, daughter of Jacob Carman. They 
 had eight children, JACOB, SILAS, 
 RACHEL, HELEN, ADELIA, MAR- 
 GARET and MARY A. The latter 
 married A. P. Brereton, and resides in 
 Pekin. Charles Broadwell moved to 
 Pekin, and died in 1854. His widow re- 
 sides there. 
 
 JEFFERSON, born June 9, 1805, 
 in Clermont county, O., died Dec. 10, 
 1830, in Sangamon county. 
 
 CTNTHIA, born Nov. 2, 1807, in 
 Clermont county, was married, May 21, 
 
 1826, in Sangamon county, to William 
 Carson. See his name. 
 
 EUCLID, born Oct. 7, 1809, in Cler- 
 mont county, O., was married in Sanga- 
 rnon county Dec. 12, 1833, to Laura Far- 
 rington. They had eight children, some 
 died young, and the family moved to Iowa. 
 LOUISA, born Aug. 27, 1836, was mar- 
 ried Feb. 21, 1 86 1, in Van Buren county, 
 Iowa, to D. S. Jamison, who was born 
 Aug. 25, 1822, in Westmoreland county, 
 Pa. They have four children, ELSWORTH, 
 CORA, SHERMAN and BOB. They reside 
 at Keosauqua, Van Buren county, Iowa. 
 ROSALINE, born March i, 1839, was 
 married Feb. 16, 1860, to Rev. J. W. 
 Roe. They had six children, ALLEN, 
 
 CLARA, WILLIAM, LAURA, CHARLES and 
 
 JOHN. Mrs. Rosaline Roe died July 30, 
 1874, at Malvern, Mills county, Iowa. 
 MARIA, born Sept. 21, 1841, married 
 Aug. 3, 1863, to Ephriam Farrington. 
 They have two children, ELSIE and EVA, 
 and reside at Belle Plain, Sumner county, 
 Kan. CHARLES, born April 28, 1846, 
 died Oct. i, 1875, in Denver, Col. MIL- 
 LIARD F., born Aug. 16, 1850, resides 
 at Niles, Van Buren county, Iowa. EL- 
 LA, born Aug. 5, 1853, in Macon county, 
 111., was married March 31, 1872, to Dr. 
 C. L. Crooks. They had two children,
 
 144 
 
 EARLY SETTLERS OF 
 
 CLARK and BESSIE, and reside at Cantril, 
 Van Buren county, Iowa. Euclid Broad- 
 well died Feb. 12, 1874, at Niles, and his 
 widow resides there. 
 
 Moses Broadwell is said to have built 
 the first brick house in Sangamon county. 
 He died April 10, 1827, and his widow 
 died March 8, 1836, both in Sangamon 
 county, 111., where they settled in 1820. 
 
 BROOKS, REV. JOHN F., 
 was born Dec. 3, 1801, in Oneida county, 
 N. Y. His parents were of New Eng- 
 land origin, but emigrated to New York 
 in 1792, when the whole region was a 
 forest, with here and there a small settle- 
 ment. Mr. Brooks graduated at Hamil- 
 ton College, in that county, in 1828, and 
 afterwards studied three years in the theo- 
 logical department of Yale college, New 
 Haven, Conn. Be was ordained to the 
 gospel ministry by Oneida Presbytery, in 
 the autumn of 1831, and was married soon 
 after to a daughter of Rev. Joel Bradley. 
 They immediately left for Illinois, under 
 a commission from the American Home 
 Missionary Society. They traveled by 
 canal, lake and stage to Pittsburg, thence 
 by steamboat, down the Ohio river to 
 New Albany, Ind. Any route to Illinois 
 by way of Chicago, in those days, was 
 not to be thought of, as that place was 
 just emerging from the condition of an 
 Indian trading station. At New Albany 
 Rev. Mr. Brooks purchased a horse and 
 " Dearborn," as it was then called, which 
 was a one horse wagon with stationary 
 cover. In this they continued their jour- 
 ney, crossing the Wabash river at Vin- 
 cennes. After passing a skirt of timber 
 on the west side, they entered the first 
 prairie of Illinois, in the midst of a furious 
 storm. They were far from any house, 
 with only the carriage as a protection, and 
 that in danger of being upset by the gale. 
 They weathered the storm, however, by 
 turning the back of their carriage to it, 
 but the prairie was covered with water, 
 and they could only disern the path by 
 observing where the grass did not rise 
 above the water. They sought a house 
 to dry their garments, and that night ar- 
 rived at Lawrenceville, where Rev. Mr. 
 B. preached his first sermon in Illinois, 
 the next day being Sabbath. About three 
 days after they arrived at Vandalia, the 
 State capital, having been five weeks on 
 the way from the vicinity of Utica, N. Y. 
 
 After visiting several towns and villages, 
 Rev. Mr. Brooks located for the winter 
 at Collinsville, in the southern part of 
 Madison county, preaching, alternately, 
 there and at Belleville. In the spring of 
 1832 he moved to the latter place, where 
 he continued five years, preaching there, 
 and at several other points in St. Clair 
 and Monroe counties. 
 
 About the second year of his residence 
 at Belleville, he and his wife opened a 
 school, which increased so rapidly they 
 employed an assistant. They taught all 
 grades, from A, B, C, to the classics and 
 higher mathematics. Several attended 
 that school, who afterwards entered the 
 halls of legislation, and other departments 
 of public life. In 1837 Mr. Brooks was 
 chosen principal of a Teachers' Seminary, 
 which benevolent individuals were en- 
 deavoring to establish in Waverly, Mor- 
 gan county. He taught there with suc- 
 cess, but the general embarrassment of the 
 country, caused by the financial disasters 
 of 1837, compelled a relinquishment of 
 that enterprise. During the time he was 
 teaching he endeavored to preach one ser- 
 mon every Sabbath, but the double labor 
 induced bronchial affection, from which 
 he has never fully recovered. In 1840 
 Mr. B. was called to Springfield to take 
 charge of an academy for both sexes, 
 though in different apartments, to be 
 taught in a new r brick edifice erected for 
 that purpose on the west side of Fifth 
 street, between Monroe and Market. 
 Here he continued his labors, with the aid 
 of two assistants, for two years and a half. 
 Many persons now prominent in business 
 or in domestic life, received a portion of 
 their education there. After this he 
 labored for two years under direction of 
 Presbytery supplying vacant churches in 
 this and adjoining counties. His health 
 was now much impaired, and designing 
 light labor, he opened a school for young 
 ladies in a small room near his own house. 
 The applications soon outran the size of 
 the room, which he enlarged, and his 
 wife again assisted him. His school in- 
 creased, his health improved, and he pur- 
 chased the property on the corner of Fifth 
 and Edwards streets, re-arranging the 
 two-story frame building internally to suit 
 the purposes of a school. This he opened 
 as a Female Seminary, the Autumn of 
 1849, with three assistants, and Mrs.
 
 SANGAMON COUNTT. 
 
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 Brooks in charge of the primary depart- 
 ment, held in the room he previously 
 occupied. In addition to the usual course, 
 Mr. Brooks added drawing, painting and 
 music; two pianos were introduced, and 
 this is believed to have been the first effort 
 at teaching music in the schools of Spring- 
 field. This Seminary prospered for four 
 years, when Mrs. Brooks' health failed, 
 and it became necessary to close the insti- 
 tution. Since her death in 1860, Rev. 
 Mr. Brooks has devoted a large part of 
 his time to hearing classes, and giving 
 private lessons. 
 
 He was one of seven young men who 
 banded together, while in their theologi- 
 cal course in New Haven, for the estab- 
 ment of a college in this State. Illinois 
 College, at Jacksonville is the result of 
 their exertions. Mr. Brooks has been one 
 of its trustees from the first. 
 
 He relates, as an illustration of the 
 change of times in attending Presbytery 
 in the State since he entered it, that a 
 clergyman in those days must have his 
 horse and saddle as certainly as his Bible 
 and hymn book. The settlements were 
 remote from each other, and a ride of 
 three or four days to a meeting of Pres- 
 bytery was a common experience. Once, 
 in attending such a meeting, Mr. Brooks 
 traveled in an easterly direction from Bell- 
 ville, for two or three days, and found a 
 sparse settlement, mostly of log cabins. 
 They had erected a frame church building 
 and roofed it, without siding or floor, with 
 only a few rough boards for seats. The Pres- 
 bytery opened its sessions, several sermons 
 were preached, the sacrament administered, 
 but rain came on before that body ad- 
 journed, and they moved to a private 
 house, with only one room and a small 
 side appartment. At meal time Presby- 
 tery adjourned, that the table might be 
 spread, and after evening service, six or 
 seven members lodged in the same room, 
 on beds spread on the floor. People, in 
 sustaining religious worship under such 
 circumstances made as great sacrifices, 
 according to their means as those who 
 build their $50,000 churches do now. At 
 this meeting Mr. Brooks was entertained 
 at a cabin where the only light admitted 
 was through an open door, or one or two 
 sheets of piled paper, in place of glass 
 windows. He met a man, however, in 
 that settlement, from his native town, in 
 19 
 
 New York, and he had two glass win- 
 dows, but his neighbors thought him ex- 
 travagant, and somewhat aristocratic to 
 indulge in such a luxury. Rev. Mr. 
 Brooks resides west side of Fifth, between 
 Edwards and Cook streets, Springfield, 
 Illinois. 
 
 BROWN ELL, JOHN, was 
 born Aug. 14, 1800, in Rhode Island. 
 During his infancy his parents moved to 
 Seneca county, N. Y. He came west 
 with the family of William Seely. Mr. B. 
 and the other members of his family came 
 by water to Shawneetown, and from 
 there in wagons, arriving in what is now 
 Ball township, July 5, 1819. John 
 Brownell was married to Nancy Pulliam, 
 in 1821. Of their eleven children born 
 in Sangamon county, two died in infancy. 
 Of the nine living 
 
 WILLIAM, born Dec. 10, 1822, in 
 Sangamon county, was married Jan. 20, 
 1848, to^ Elizabeth Bridges. They had 
 four living children, and Mrs. B. died, 
 Feb. 17, 1869. Mr. Brownell was mar- 
 ried in Sangamon county, Dec. 29, 1869, 
 to Sarah E. Vaughan, who was born Mar. 
 3, 1840, in Kentucky. Thev had two 
 children. Of the children by his first 
 marriage, MARGARET J., born Nov. 
 24, 1848, in Sangamon county, was mar- 
 ried Nov. 3, 1866, to John M. Sutton, 
 who was born July 29, 1845, in Michigan. 
 They have three living children, WILLIAM 
 
 N., DELLA M. and BURTIE E. J. M. Sut- 
 
 ton resides in Auburn. JOHN W., MI- 
 RANDA I. and COLUMBUS V., and 
 by the second marriage, ORAH V. and 
 EDWARD, reside with their father. 
 William Brownell and family reside in 
 Auburn. 
 
 WILSON A'., born Jan. 18, 1825, in 
 Sangamon county, was married May 17, 
 1855, to Sarah Murphy, a native of Maine. 
 They had two children, ELIZA and 
 SARAH, and Mrs. B. died, Feb., 1859. 
 Wilson K. married Polly A. Lawson. 
 They had four children, who all died. 
 Mrs. Polly Brownell died, and Wilson K. 
 resides in Ball township. 
 
 GEORGE W., born July 16, 1827, 
 was married Jan. 20, 1848, in Sangamon 
 county, to Miranda Bridges. They had 
 ten children. MARY ISABEL, born 
 Nov. 5, 1848, was married May 26, 1864, 
 to Henry Willard, who was born in Mis- 
 souri in 1841. They had two children,
 
 146 
 
 EARLY SETTLERS OF 
 
 IDA A. and GEORGKTTA. Mr. W. died, and 
 she married May 20, 1869, to Calvin Mc- 
 Clure, who was born in Ohio Feb. 10, 1829. 
 They had one child, GERTRUDE. Mr. 
 McClure died March 15, 1873, and Mrs. 
 McC. married James McCulley, who Was 
 born Aug. 18^ 1848, in Sangamon county. 
 They have one child, ISAAC F., and reside 
 in Chatham township. JOHN I., born 
 June 7, 1850, was married Aug. 27, 1873, 
 to Susanna Graves, who was born Feb. 
 
 14, 1849, in Macoupin county. They have 
 one child, CLARENCE H., and reside near 
 Taylorville, 111. WILLIAM W., born 
 Aug. 2, 1852. BEBECCA E., born Jan. 
 
 15, 1855, in Sangamon county, was mar- 
 ried Nov. 13, 1872, to James Hurst. 
 They have one living child, WILLIAM. 
 MELISSA M., born Jan. 25, 1856, mar- 
 ried Nov. 20, 1873, to Isaac Bowls, who 
 was born in Ohio, in Dec., 1852. 
 JOSEPH S., NANC Y J., GEORGE H., 
 VIOLA M. and CHARLES E.; the 
 latter died in infancy. All the other un- 
 married children reside with their parents, 
 near Taylorville, Christian county, 111. 
 
 MARY A., born Dec. 12, 1829, was 
 married March 13, 1849,10 Pleasant Kent, 
 who was born in Ohio. They had twelve 
 children, seven living. One child, ELIZA, 
 married William Miller. They have two 
 children, and reside in Woodside town- 
 ship, Sangamon county. 
 
 IRRILDA y., born June 26, 1832, in 
 Sangamon county, was married Feb. 22, 
 1853, in same county, to L. T. Porterfield, 
 who was born May 16, 1833. They had 
 eight children; two died young. Of the 
 other six, JOHN H., MARIA M., 
 AMANDA^J., FRANCIS L., MARY 
 L. and HATTIE J. L. T. Porterfield 
 died April 26, 1869. His widow and 
 children reside in Auburn, Sangamon 
 county, 111. 
 
 ELIZABETH M., born Dec. 9, 1835, 
 in Sangamon county, was married July 
 29, 1856, in same county, to Milton Pike, 
 who was born June 5, 1823. See his 
 name. They had eight children; one 
 died in infancy. ALICE and LILLIE, 
 twins, born June 5, 1857; Lillie died June 
 13, 1867, and Alice died April 9, 1872. 
 MARY M., EDDIE F., HATTIE T., 
 FREDDIE B. and MINNIE A. Mr. 
 Pike and family reside in Auburn, Sanga- 
 mon county, 111. 
 
 MARIA L., born July 24, 1838, was 
 married June 2, 1857, m Sangamon coun- 
 ty, to Joseph C. Campbell, who was born 
 in Wayne county, 111. He enlisted Sept. 
 6, 1861, in Co. I, 29th Reg. 111. Vol. Inf., 
 died Sept. 15, 1864. His widow married 
 James Rape, and they reside near Taylor- 
 ville, 111. 
 
 FRANKLIN, born Aug. 23, 1843, 
 married Sarah Reed. They had four 
 children; two died young. They reside 
 in Ball township. 
 
 FRANCIS M., born April 3, 1846, in 
 Sangamon county, was married Sept. 4, 
 1871, in Macoupin county, to Emma 
 Brooks, who was born Jan. 28, 1844, in 
 Kent county, Delaware. They reside in 
 Auburn. 
 
 Mrs. Nancy Brownell died Aug. 28, 
 1856, and John Brownell was married 
 March 29, 1860, to Mrs. Maria L. Watts, 
 whose maiden name was Allen. They 
 reside in Ball township, on land entered 
 bv Mr. Brownell in 1822. 
 
 "BROWN, WILLIAM, was 
 born April 19, 1779, in Frederick county, 
 Virginia. The family have a record 
 reaching back through his father, James 
 Brown, born April 19, 1742, O. S., in 
 Spotsylvania county, Va., to his father, 
 James Brown, born April 29, 1708, O. S., 
 in Middlesex county, Va., whose parents 
 emigrated from England. James Brown, 
 the father of the subject of this sketch, 
 emigrated from Virginia to Bourbon 
 county, Ky., in 1784. William Brown 
 was married in 1805, in Fayette county, 
 Ky., to Harriet B. Warfield, who was 
 born March 3, 1788. They had ten child- 
 ren; one died in infancy; all born at the 
 family residence except the eldest, who 
 was born at the Warfield homestead, near 
 Bryan's Station, Fayette county, Ky. 
 William Brown was a successful lawyer, 
 and for several years before leaving Ken- 
 tucky, his home was a country seat, over- 
 looking the town of Cynthiana, and the 
 valley of the Licking. He led a company 
 of volunteers from Kentucky, in the war 
 of 1812, in which he won the title of Col- 
 onel. He represented Harrison county 
 in the Legislature of Kentucky, and later 
 represented his district in Congress. He, 
 in company with his son-in-law, James D. 
 Smith, explored the central region of Illi- 
 nois, and in 1832 made large purchases of 
 land in and around Island Grove, in San-
 
 SANGAMON COUNTY. 
 
 147 
 
 gamon county. He brought his family 
 the year following, and after providing 
 for the erection of a country residence, 
 made his home in Jacksonville, Morgan 
 county, where, after a brief illness, he 
 died, Oct. 6, 1833. Of their nine children 
 who accompanied them to Illinois, four 
 never resided in Sangamon county, viz: 
 ELISHA W., ELIZA .C. and SARAH 
 If. reside at Boonville, Cooper county, 
 Mo. WILLIAM made Jacksonville his 
 home, brough up a family of children, 
 and died there, after a life full of useful- 
 ness and honor, in 1871. Of the other 
 five children 
 
 JAMES N., born Oct. i, 1806, at 
 Bryan's Station, Fayette county, Ky., was 
 married near Cynthiana, Ky., to Polly A. 
 Smith. They had three children in Ken- 
 tucky, all of whom died in infancy. They 
 moved to Sangamon county, 111., where 
 six children were born, one of whom died 
 in infancv. JAMES N., Jun., born Julv 
 13, i8 3 6;died Feb.' 8, 1851. WILLIAM, 
 born June n, 1839, was married, Oct. 18, 
 1865, in Covington, Ky., to Sail}- R. 
 Smith, who was born Feb. i, 1847, * n 
 Harrison countv, Kv. They had three 
 children, all of whom died in infancy. 
 Mrs. Sally R. Brown died May 6, 1870,3! 
 Island Grove. Mr. B. resides at the fam- 
 ily homestead. CHARLES S., born 
 Oct. n, 1841, was married Jan. i^j, 1874, 
 in Middletown," Butler county, Ohio, to 
 Sarah E. Bonnell, who was born there, 
 May 30, 1843. They reside at the family 
 homestead. BENJ/WARFIELD, born 
 Oct. 10, 1844, resides at the homestead, 
 three miles west of Berlin, Sangamon 
 county. MARY H., born March 19, 
 1848, and was married Jan. 4, 1872, at Is- 
 land Grove, to Samuel N. Hitt, who was 
 born Sept. 20, 1834, in Bourbon county, 
 Ky. He enlisted Sept. 21, 1861, at Camp 
 Butler, in the loth 111. Cav., and was 
 elected ist. Lieut., was promoted through 
 all the grades to Col., and was honorably 
 discharged, Dec., 1866. Mr. and Mrs. 
 Col. Hitt had two children; one died in 
 infancy. MARY B. resides with her par- 
 ents, half a mile east of New Berlin, San- 
 gamon countv. Capt. James N. Bi - own, 
 * Sen., represented Sangamon county in 
 the Legislature of Illinois for the years 
 1840, '42, '46 and '52. During the session 
 of the last named \ ear he drafted a bill 
 and secured its passage, which led to the 
 
 organization of the Illinois State Agricul- 
 tural Society. He was elected its first 
 President, Jan. 5, 1853, and re-elected in 
 1854. He held, to the day of his death, 
 offices of public trust, but whilst giving 
 much of his time to the State, his love for 
 agriculture was not abated, nor his active 
 duties in her pursuits neglected, and to his 
 sagacity and persistant life-time efforts is 
 Illinois largely indebted for her promi- 
 nence as a producer of short horn cattle. 
 For more than a third of a century he 
 was a member of the M. E. church, and 
 his active Christian life closed Nov. 16, 
 1868. His widow, Mrs. Polly A. Brown, 
 died May 18, 1873, both where they set- 
 tled in 1833. Their remains are interred 
 in Wood Wreath Cemetery. 
 
 RUTH ANN, born April 29, 1812, 
 married James D. Smith. See his name. 
 
 MARY, born March 3, 1814, was mar- 
 ried in 1831, in Kentucky, to Barton S. 
 Wilson. They moved from Jacksonville, 
 111., to Island Grove, in 1835, and thence, 
 in 1837, * Boonville, Mo., where Mrs. 
 Wilson died, in 1858, but three children 
 survive her, viz: Mrs. REBECCA 
 Brand, JOSEPH and JOHN, all of 
 whom, with their father, reside in Neosho, 
 Newton county, Missouri. 
 
 REBECCA, born Jan. 4, 1819, was 
 married in Jacksonville, 111., to Charles 
 W. Price. See his name. 
 
 LLOYD W., born Feb. 22, 1824, in 
 Kentucky, graduated in arts at McKen- 
 dree College, in 1842, and in medicine, 
 from the University of Maryland. In 
 1847 he married Rebecca P. Warfield, of 
 Lexington, Ky. He practiced medicine 
 in that city one year, and came to Illinois 
 Dec., 1848, and settled near the town of 
 Berlin, in 1849, practiced medicine there 
 until 1857, when he abandoned his pro- 
 fession for other pursuits, and moved to 
 Boonville, Mo. He returned to IHinois 
 in 1858, and after a brief stav in Jackson- 
 ville, settled on his farm at Lost Grove^on 
 the line between Sangamon and Morgan 
 counties. Of Dr. L. W. Brown's ten 
 children, five died in infancv. The others 
 are: HARRIET ,B., born May i, 1852, 
 died July n, 1867, at her grand-father's, 
 (Dr. Warfield) in Lexington, Kv. She 
 is buried in Wood Wreath Cemetery, 
 111. WILLIAM B., EDWARD F., 
 REBECCA C. and LLOYD W., Jun.
 
 148 
 
 EARL? SETTLERS OF 
 
 Dr. L. W. Brown is a banker, and, with 
 his family, resides in Jacksonville, 111. 
 
 BROWN, WILLIAM B., 
 was horn Feb. 2, 1802, in Greensburg, 
 Green county, Ky. Harriet L. Allen was 
 born Dec. 17, 1804, in the same place. 
 She was a daughter of Col. David Allen, 
 a pioneer from Virginia. He took an ac- 
 tive part in the Indian wars of Kentucky. 
 William B. Brown and Harriet L. Allen 
 were married in Greensburg, Dec. 31, 
 1822. They had five children in Ken- 
 tucky, and moved to Athens, 111., in Nov., 
 1833, where they had one child, and Mrs. 
 Brown died Oct. 7, 1835. Wm. B. Brown 
 was married in Athens, June 20, 1837, to 
 Laura B. Buckman. They moved to San- 
 gamo, in Sangamon county, in 1839. 
 They had four living children. Of all his 
 children 
 
 DANIEL C. and DA VID A., twins, 
 were born Sept. 27, 1824, at Greensburg, 
 Ky., and brought by their father to San- 
 gamon county. At fifteen years of age 
 they sawed all the lath used in building 
 the first State House in Springfield, now 
 the Sangamon county Court House. 
 
 DANIEL C. then served an appren- 
 ticeship to the drug business. He was 
 married June 30, 1852, in Petersburg, to 
 Catharine L. Cowgill. They have three 
 living children, HARRIET CLEMAN- 
 TINE, JOHN H. and ELIZA B. Dan- 
 iel C. Brown has been for many years, 
 and is now, a druggist in Springfield. 
 
 DA VID A., was reading law with 
 Col. E. D. Baker in 1846, when the war 
 with Mexico commenced. At the suggest- 
 ion of Mr. Baker, Mr. Brown commenced 
 raising a company. Before it was full, it 
 was consolidated with another part of a 
 company from Logan county, and became 
 Co. I, 4th 111. Inf. Mr. Brown was elect- 
 ed Second Lieutenant. He was with the 
 regiment at the bombardment of Vera 
 Cruz,' and at the battle of Cerro Gordo, 
 April 1 8, 1847. The next day Lieut. 
 Brown was promoted for gallantry, as aid 
 de camp to Col. Baker, then commanding 
 the brigade. On returning from Mexico, 
 Mr. Brown read law in the office of Lin- 
 coln & Herndon, and was admitted to the 
 bar. He was then appointed Clerk of the 
 Circuit Court of Menard county, to which 
 office he was afterwards elected, and served 
 in all six years, when he returned to 
 Springfield, and practiced law for six 
 
 years. He abandoned the practice, and in 
 1859 engaged extensively in farming at 
 Bates, in this county. He was elected 
 Vice-P:-esident of the State Board of 
 Agriculture, and served four years, eroding 
 Sept., 1870, when he was elected Presi- 
 dent of the Board for two years. He was 
 appointed by Gov. Beveridge as one of 
 the three Railroad and Warehouse Com- 
 missioners, March 13, 1873, confirmed by 
 the Senate the same day, and commis- 
 sioned by the Governor on the I7th of the 
 month. David A. Brown was married 
 Dec. 8, 1852, in Sangamon county, to 
 Eliza J. Smith. They have six living 
 children, SALLIE C., WILLIAM J., 
 HARRIET J. MARY E., JAY T. and 
 CARRIE A., and reside at Bates. 
 
 WILLIAM J., born March 23, 1827, 
 in Greensburg, Ky., raised in Sangamon 
 county, was married at Clinton, 111., Nov. 
 22, 1854,10 Elizabeth M. Smith, and moved 
 soon after to Decatur. They have three 
 living children, HATTIE J., ANNIE 
 and CHRISTOPHER N. In 1862 Wm. 
 J. Brown became Capt. of Co. A, 116 111. 
 Inf. He served through the battles of 
 Chickasaw Bluff, Arkansas Post, and the 
 siege and capture of Vicksburg. Capt. 
 Brown resigned in 1863 on account of 
 physical disability, took a trip to California 
 for recruiting his health, and from that to 
 the present time has been in the drug bus- 
 iness in Decatur. 
 
 MARTHA T., born and died in Ken- 
 tucky, in her sixth year. 
 
 JOHN H., born Feb. 17, 1832, in 
 Greensburg, Ky., raised in Sangamon 
 county, married in Decatur, Jan. 2, 1856, 
 to Clara A. Stafford. They had three liv- 
 ing children, DANIEL A., HARMON 
 and MARY. John H. Brown was a 
 druggist at Cairo, and was Treasurer of 
 the city while residing there. He removed 
 to Springfield, and continued in the same 
 business, until failure of health induced 
 him to visit California, where he died, at 
 Grass Valley, April n, 1866. His widow 
 married Dr. Justus Townsend, and resides 
 in Springfield. 
 
 CHRIS7^OPHER C., born Oct. 21, 
 1834, at Athens, 111. He was married in 
 Springfield to Bettie J. Stuart. They 
 had three children, ^STUART, ED- 
 WARDS and PAUL. Mrs. Bettie J. 
 Brown died March 2, 1869. Part of the 
 buildings now occupied by the Bettie
 
 SANGAMON COUNT*. 
 
 149 
 
 Stuart Institute had been her home, and 
 the institution was so named in honor of 
 her memory. C. C. Brown was married 
 June 4, 1872, in Chicago, to Mrs. Carrie 
 Farn'sworth, whose maiden name was 
 Owsley. They have one child, ELIZA- 
 BETH J., and reside in Springfield. Mr. 
 Brown is a member of the law firm of 
 Stuart, Edwards & Brown. 
 
 JOEL B., the eldest child of the sec- 
 ond wife, was born March 9, 1840, at San- 
 gamo, Sangamon county. He was mar- 
 ried Jan. 12, 1865, to Ella S. Saunders. 
 They have one child, BETTIE J. Mr. 
 Brown was in the drug business in Deca- 
 tur, from 1859 to 1864. He is now a 
 member of the firm of D. & J. B. Brown, 
 booksellers and druggists, in Springfield. 
 
 MART L. was born Sept. 7, 1844, ' n 
 Sangamon county, and married Albert H. 
 Cowgill. See his name. 
 
 FRANKLIN B. was born Nov. 28, 
 1848, in Sangamon county, and resides at 
 Minneapolis, Minn. 
 
 JAMES B. was born July 24, 1851, 
 in Sangamon county, and resides in Spring- 
 field. 
 
 William B. Brown was a merchant in 
 Kentucky, but on coming to Illinois he 
 engaged extensively in land speculations. 
 In connection with others, he took part in 
 laying out many of the important towns 
 in Illinois and Iowa. He died Dec. 14, 
 1852, in Petersburg, and his widow, Mrs. 
 Laura B. Brown, resides with her daugh- 
 ter, Mrs. Cowgill, in Springfield. 
 
 BROWN, REV. JOHN H., 
 D. D., brother to William B. Brown, 
 came to Springfield too late to be included 
 as an early settler. His son, Dwight 
 Brown, is a member of the firm of 
 D. & J. B. Brown, of Springfield. Dr. 
 John H. Brown was Pastor of the First 
 Presbyterian Church of Springfield for a 
 number of years, and at the time of his 
 death was pastor of a church in Chicago.* 
 He died in Chicago, Feb. 23, 1872, and 
 was buried in Oak Ridge Cemetery. His 
 widow resides on North Grand Avenue, 
 Springfield. 
 
 BROWN, JAMES L., was born 
 Oct. 20, 1786, in South Carolina. He was 
 married there May 28, 1806, to Jane M. 
 Berry, and soon after went to Union 
 county, Ky., where they had eight child- 
 ren, and the family moved to Sangamon 
 county, 111., arriving, in 1824, in what is 
 
 now Fancy Creek township, where they 
 had three children. Of their children 
 
 NANCT H., born Nov. 28, 1808, mar- 
 ried George Levan,who died in 1843, and 
 she married John D. McCumber, and she 
 died March 6, 1872. 
 
 WILLIAM N., born May 25, 1810, 
 in Kentucky, married Sarah Kilgour, who 
 died, and he married Lucinda Ensor, and 
 he died Feb. 19, 1872, in Sangamon coun- 
 ty. His widow and six children reside in 
 Montgomery county. 
 
 ELIZABETH C., born Dec. 23, 
 1812, married Enos Darnall. They had 
 six sons, two of whom, JAMES L. and 
 WILLIAM, are deaf and dumb, and 
 were educated at Jacksonville. Mr. Dar- 
 nall died near Wintersett, Iowa. His 
 family reside there. 
 
 BENJAMIN F., born March 28, 
 1815, in Kentucky, married May 15, 1835, 
 to Susannah Dunlap. They had seven 
 children. MARY C. married George 
 W. McClelland. See his name. AR- 
 MINDA M. married Owen G. Allen, and 
 reside in Sullivan county, Mo. JOHN J. 
 married Mary A. Short, have one child, and 
 reside at Heyworth, McLean county. 
 EDNA D. died Feb. r, 1866, aged eighteen 
 years. JAMES T. died Dec. 30, 1865,111 
 his fifteenth year. ANNA F. married 
 Martin McCoy, and reside in Fancy Creek 
 township. Benjamin F. Brown died Feb. 
 21, 1866, and his widow resides four miles 
 northwest of Sherman. 
 
 MART H., born June 23, 1817, mar- 
 ried James T. Dunlap. See his name. 
 
 THOMAS C.,born Nov. 2, 1819, died, 
 aged eleven years. 
 
 SARAH B., born April 3, 1821, mar- 
 ried Orlando Bates. See his name. 
 
 E MILT A.^ born May 12, 1823, mar- 
 ried John R. Dunlap. See his name. 
 
 MARTHA y., born April 29, 1825, 
 married George Groves. See his name. 
 
 S US AN F., born Aug. 27, 1827, mar- 
 ried G. Willcockson, have six children, 
 and reside in Lawrence county, Mo. 
 
 REBECCA H., born Feb. 24, 1832, 
 married William D. Power, Feb. 8, 1847. 
 They had one child, and he died March 
 15, 1848. His widow married March 22, 
 1849, to Joseph Bates. See his name. 
 
 James L. Brown died April 18, 1854, 
 and his widow died twenty-seven days 
 later May 15, 1854. He was a soldier in
 
 '5 
 
 EARLY SETTLERS OF 
 
 the war of 1812, and was at the battle of 
 New Orleans. 
 
 BROWN, THOMAS, was born 
 Feb. 4, 1792, in South Carolina. Martha 
 Thaxton was born May 4, 1791, in South 
 Carolina also. They were married there, 
 and moved to Allen county, Ky., where 
 they had five children, and moved to San- 
 gamon county, 111., arriving Oct 7, 1827, 
 in what is now Fancy Creek township, 
 where they had one child. Of their six 
 children 
 
 JEMIMA, born June i, 1811, in Allen 
 county, Ky., married in Sanganion county 
 to Thomas Sales. They had two children. 
 MARGARET married William McClel- 
 land. See his name. GEORGE T. 
 married Susannah Gardner. She died, 
 and he married Mrs. Elizabeth Turley, 
 whose maiden name was Cline. They 
 have two children, THOMAS and MAR- 
 GARET. George T. Sales enlisted in 1861 
 for three years, in Co. C, 7th III. Inf. He 
 was a Lieutenant, served full term, and 
 was honorably discharged. He lives near 
 Athens, 111. Thomas Sales died, and his 
 widow married Philip Crickmour, who 
 also died. Mrs. Jemima Crickmour now 
 (1874) lives with her sister, Mrs. Tames 
 McClelland. 
 
 Aunt Jemima as she is called by the 
 young people related to the writer a 
 good joke on herself, which serves to illus- 
 trate the manners and customs of the peo- 
 ple at the time she come to the country. 
 She says that when the weather was suffi- 
 ciently warm to admit of it, the young 
 people, upon going to any public meeting, 
 would carry their shoes and stockings un- 
 til they approached their destination, when 
 they would stop and put them on. As 
 soon as they passed out of view, on leav- 
 ing, they would again stop, take them off, 
 and carry them home in their hands. 
 This was done in order to make them last 
 as long as possible. She thought it a sin- 
 gular custom ; but after seeing her associ- 
 ates practice it a few times, decided to try 
 it herself. She was then about sixteen 
 years of age. Religious meetings were 
 held at private houses. She started on a 
 Sunday morning to attend a meeting at 
 the house of a neighbor, carrying her 
 shoes and stockings in her hands. A shoil 
 distance from the house she put them on, 
 entered the meeting, and all passed off 
 well until she started on the return, when 
 
 a young gentleman accosted her at the 
 door, and asked permission to accompany 
 her home. This placed her in a quan- 
 dary. If she wore her shoes the entire 
 distance, it would wear them out so much 
 earlier; if she stopped and took them off, 
 there was reason to fear it would frighten 
 her beau away. She was not long in de- 
 ciding to wear the shoes and keep the 
 beau. Economy in that line was thus 
 brought to a sudden termination. 
 
 JAMES, born Nov., 1813, in Allen 
 county, Ky. He was married in Sanga- 
 mon county to Elizabeth Scott. They 
 have three children, and live in Kansas. 
 At the time of -the " deep snow " he was 
 but sixteen years old. It became neces- 
 sary for him to carry a grist to mill on 
 horseback. He found the traveling quite 
 difficult, in consequence of the crust on 
 the snow cutting the legs of his horse. 
 A shawl belonging to some of the 
 female portion of the familv had been 
 wrapped about his person to keep him 
 from freezing. He tore that in two pieces, 
 took off his suspenders, and with them 
 tied a half of the shawl on each of the 
 forward legs of the horse, about where the 
 snow crust would strike them. In that 
 way he was enabled to bring home a sup- 
 ply of breadstuff for the family. 
 
 JOHN, born March 4, 1815, in Ken- 
 tucky, died in Sangamon county in 1842. 
 
 ELIZABETH, born in Kentucky, 
 married in Sangamon county to William 
 Cutwright. She died, leaving one son, 
 DANIEL, who enlisted in the first call 
 for 75,000 men, in 1861, and died m the 
 armv. 
 
 MART, born Dec. 25, 1818, in Allen 
 county, Ky., married in Sangamon county 
 to James McClelland. See his name. 
 
 ROBERT T., born Aug. 21, 1831, in 
 Sangamon county, married Dec. 28, 1848, 
 to Edna M. Dunlap, who was born Jan. 
 J3, 1832. They had seven children; the 
 eldest died young. THOMAS, born Oct. 
 10, 1851, married Oct. 23, 1872, to Hattie 
 L. Short, and live in Fancy Creek town- 
 ship. MARY E'., JAMES F., ALEX- 
 ANDER, MARGERY I., ROBERT 
 U. and JOHN A., live with their mother. 
 Robert T. Brown died Feb. 6, 1866, and 
 his widow lives near Sherman. 
 
 Mrs. Martha Brown died Sept. n, 
 1862, and Thomas Brown died July 23, 
 1868, both in Saugamon county. Their
 
 SANGAMON COUNTY. 
 
 children remember that the first corn Mr. 
 Brown raised in the county for sale, was 
 hauled away by Abraham Lincoln, as the 
 hired man of John Taylor, who owned 
 the land where they lived. 
 
 BROWN, JAMES M., was 
 born Sept. 28, 1812, in Davidson county, 
 near Nashville, Tenn. He came to San- 
 gamon county, arriving March 31, 1831, 
 at the house of Gen. M. K. Anderson, 
 east of Pleasant Plains. He was married 
 Aug. 7, 1832, to Elizabeth Willis. They 
 had eight living children in Sangamon 
 county. Of their children 
 
 MARTHA J., born Oct. 6, 1833, was 
 married Sept. 14, 1856, to Daniel T. 
 Hughes. They have three living child- 
 ren, ADA, LULIE and ARTHUR, and 
 reside at Greenview, III. 
 
 CLARISSA M., born July 18, 1835, 
 was married June 13, 1852,10 J. S. Young, 
 a native of Somerset county, Penn. They 
 have seven living children. JOSE- 
 PHINE, born August 23, 1854, was mar- 
 ried Nov. 20, 1873, to Charles A. Robin- 
 son, a native Michigan. They have one 
 child, GERTRUDE i., and reside near Oak 
 Grove, Seward county, Neb. JEREMI- 
 AH S.JAMES M., ROSA B., MARY 
 F. DORA E. and CLARA M., and re- 
 side near Valparaiso, Saunders county, 
 Neb. 
 
 SARAH E., born Dec. 5, 1837, was 
 married April 20, 1856, to James K. Van- 
 Demark, a native of Ohio. They have 
 one child, ROSA S., and reside near 
 Valparaiso, Neb. 
 
 MART y., born Sept. 20, 1841, mar- 
 ried George W. Sampson. He died Oct., 
 1874, near Fail-field, Iowa. Mrs. Samp- 
 son and her children, JAMES and NEL- 
 LIE, reside with her parents. 
 
 JOHN H., born Jan. 29, 1846, was 
 married, August 13, 1865, to Adaline K. 
 Adams. He is now (1875) a widower, 
 with three children, CHARLES N., 
 JAMES W. and ZACHEUS K., and re- 
 sides at Crowder, Saunders county, Neb. 
 
 JAMES T., born Dec. 13, 1848, mar- 
 ried Amanda A. Pierce. They have one 
 child, CHARLES E., and reside near 
 Pleasant Plains, Sangamon county. 
 
 LA VINA F., born Jan. 19, 1854, was 
 married Sept. 25, 1873, to Thomas Brode- 
 rick. They have one child, and reside 
 near Pleasant Plains, Sangamon county, 
 Illinois. 
 
 JOSEPH C., born March 7, 1853, 
 was married, Sept. n, 1873, to Sarah A. 
 Snook. They have one child, THEO- 
 DORE O., and reside near Crowder, 
 Saunders county, Neb. 
 
 James N. Brown and wife reside two 
 and a half miles west of Pleasant Plains, 
 Sangamon county, 111. 
 
 BROWN, JOSHUA, was born 
 May 20, 1792, in Davis county, Kv. 
 Nancy Wilcher was born Dec., 1789, in 
 the same county. They were there mar- 
 ried, early in 1812. They had three child- 
 ren in Kentucky, and in Nov., 1818, 
 moved to St. Clair county, 111., and from 
 there to what became Sangamon county, 
 arriving April 18, 1819, in what is now 
 Curran township, east of Archer's creek, 
 and south of Spring creek, and later en- 
 tered one hundred and sixty acres of land 
 south of Spring creek, in Gardner town- 
 ship. They had five children in Sanga- 
 mon county. Of their eight children 
 
 REZIN D., born May 6, 1813, in 
 Davis county, Ky., was married in Sanga- 
 mon county, 111., May 15, 1834, to Rachel 
 Earnest. Thev had twelve children in 
 Sangamon county. CATHARINE F., 
 born March 7, 1835, was married Nov. 6, 
 1855, to John Childs, who was born Dec. 
 25, 1829, in Burlington, N. J. They had 
 ten children, LEONA L., JOSEPH n., NOAH 
 
 H., KATIE A., JOHN D., TIMOTHY S., ANNIE 
 R., CHARLES F., JESSIE B. and HATTIE, 
 
 and reside near Warrensburg, Macon 
 county, 111. MARTIN V., born March 
 4, 1837, the day VanBuren was inaugura- 
 ted President of the United States. Ho 
 was married Sept. 26, 1869, to Helen M. 
 Cecil. They have one child, and reside 
 near Rose Hill, Henry county, Mo. 
 MARY A., born May 7, 1838, was mar- 
 ried Oct., 1857, to James M. Gait. They 
 have eight children, and reside near Pal- 
 myra, Otoe county, Neb. CHARLOTTE, 
 born Dec. 19, 1839, marrted Feb. 23, 1864, 
 to Thomas B. Ray. See his name. She 
 died Jan, 9, 1836, leaving one child, CHAR- 
 LOTTE, who resides with her grand-pa- 
 rents, Brown. JOHN D., born March i, 
 1842, married Nov. 6, 1867, to Louisa J. 
 Cecil. They have one child, GERTIE, and 
 reside near Mt. Rose, Mo. CHARLES 
 F., born Sept. 14, 1843, died Sept. 30, 
 1853. PETER, born Atlg, 6, 1845, re- 
 sides in Alta City Utah. ANNIS, born 
 Aug. 1 6, 1847, n i :in "ied Nov. 10, 1869, to
 
 EARLY SETTLERS OF 
 
 John Happer. They have two children, 
 HOWARD H. and NELLIE, and reside near 
 Maroa, Macon county, 111. LUANNA, 
 born April 8, 1849, married Oct. 17, 1872, 
 to Frank Leverton, and reside five miles 
 west of Springfield. EDWIN, born May, 
 1851, died Feb. 5, 1862. CHARLES, 
 born Sept. 16, 1853, resides with his par- 
 ents. JACOB J., born Jan. 15, 1856, 
 died Jan., 1865. Rezin D. Brown and 
 wife reside in the southeast corner of Cart- 
 wright township. 
 
 WILLIAM W. was born Feb. 6, 1815, 
 in Kentucky, married in Illinois, Feb. 13, 
 1844, to Phoebe Poole. They had four 
 living children. CLARINDA J., born 
 Jan. 12, 1845, man "i e d William Ankrom, 
 and reside in Curran township. ZILLA 
 A., born July 5, 1848, married Henry 
 Dewall. They have one child, and reside 
 at Falls City/Neb. JOSHUA T., born 
 Feb. 28, 1851, resides in Sacramento, Cal., 
 (now, in 1873). MARY M., born Dec. 
 23, 1858, resides with her father. Mrs. 
 Phoebe Brown died May 14, 1863, and 
 William W. Brown was married Nov. 16, 
 
 1869, to Mrs. Almeda DeLaughta, whose 
 maiden name was Parker. She was born 
 in Livingston pai'ish, near Lake Pontchar- 
 train, La. They reside five miles east of 
 Berlin. 
 
 JOHN B., born Oct., 1816, in Ken- 
 tucky, brought up in Sangamon county, 
 and died unmarried, in the spring of 1869, 
 in Wisconsin. 
 
 JAMES M,, born Jan. 1820, in San- 
 gamon county, married Abigail Gilison. 
 They had two children in Sangamon 
 county, moved to Iowa, and from there to 
 Portland, Oregon, thence to Silver moun- 
 tain, California, where he was robbed and 
 murdered, about 1867, leaving a widow 
 and two children. 
 
 Z.ILLAH, born Nov. 14, 1821, in San- 
 gamon county, was married, Jan. 12, 1840, 
 to John Hillis, who was born April 30, 
 1814. They had four living children. 
 JOSHUA W., born April 5, 1843, was 
 married near Mt. Rose, Mason county, in 
 
 1870, to Birdie Meleane. They reside in 
 Alma county, Colorado. MARY A., 
 born June 29, 1845, was married April 17, 
 1870, to Byington Owens. They have 
 two children, and reside in Waynesville, 
 111. JAMES E. and JOHN R., born 
 Sept., 1849. JAMES E. was married 
 Oct. 24, 1871, to Frances N. Jennings. 
 
 They reside in Waynesville, 111. JOHN 
 R. is unmarried and resides in Waynes- 
 ville. John Hillis died April 30, 1849, 
 and his widow was married Dec. 30, 1856, 
 to James Large. They had two children. 
 Mr. Large died April 18, 1864, and Mrs. 
 Zillah Large and family live in Waynes- 
 ville, DeWitt county, 111. 
 
 JOSHUA M., bprn July, 1825, in 
 Sangamon county, married Elizabeth A. 
 Brown. They had six children, and he 
 died Jan. 7, 1867. His widow married 
 William Mercer, and resides near Ham- 
 burg, Iowa. 
 
 ELM ORE S., was born in 1827, in 
 Sangamon county, enlisted in 1847, ' n ^ e 
 4th 111. Inf. Served one year in the Mex- 
 ican war, returned home, and died in 
 1848. 
 
 REUBEN M., was born in Jan. 1829, 
 in Sangamon county, was married Nov. 
 15, 1850, to Elizabeth J. Archer. They 
 had six children, and Mrs. Brown died, 
 Sept. 20, 1864. Mr. B. married Mrs. 
 Jerusha Smith, whose maiden name was 
 Sturtevant. The family reside in Fredo- 
 nia, Kansas. 
 
 Mrs. Nancy Brown died June 2, 1847, 
 and Joshua Brown was married May u, 
 1848, to Mrs. Mary Robinson, whose 
 maiden name wasMayhew. She died May 
 12, 1861, and he died Sept., 1863, on the 
 farm where they settled in 1824. 
 
 BROWN, JACOB J., was born 
 August 15, 1781, in Vermont. He was 
 married Feb. 24, 1803, in Hartford, jConn., 
 to Ann Bacon, who was born there, Sept. 
 19, 1786. They had four children in 
 Hartford, and moved to Green county, 
 Penn., where they had four children, then 
 moved to the State of New York, and 
 from there to Sangamon county, 111., ar- 
 riving in 1823 or '4, in what is now Gard- 
 ner township, north of Spring: creek, 
 where they had two children. Of their 
 children 
 
 DEL OS W., born Oct. 28, 1803, in 
 Hartford, Conn., married in Sangamon 
 county, to Ruth Morgan, and had three 
 children. ELIZABETH married Abner 
 Wilkinson, and died. Mr. W. and his 
 children reside in Springfield. D. W. 
 Brown moved, about 1856, to Atchison 
 county, Mo., and from there to Fremont 
 county, Iowa. He died, and his widow 
 and two children reside near Sidnev, Iowa.
 
 SANGAMON COUNTY. 
 
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 AMOS W., born March n, 1807, in 
 Connecticut. He married three times. 
 His second wife was Sophia Earnest. She 
 died, leaving one child. 
 
 JAMES J/., born May 16, 1809, in 
 Connecticut. He was a soldier from San- 
 gamon county, during the Winnebago 
 war, came home sick, and died August 22, 
 1827. 
 
 MARY A., born April 27, 1811, in 
 Connecticut. She was married three 
 times, is now a widow Elliott, and, with 
 two of her children, resides in Grundy 
 county, Mo. 
 
 JULIA ANN, born August 9, 1812, 
 in Green county, Pa., married in Sanga- 
 mon county, to Jeremiah King. See his 
 name. 
 
 LEANDER J., born March 19, 1815, 
 married twice, and died, leaving a widow 
 and five children near Oakford, Menard 
 county. 
 
 HULDAH M., born April 18, 1817, 
 in Green county, Pa., married in Sanga- 
 mon county to Jesse Ankrom, and lives in 
 Springfield. 
 
 LUCY M., born Feb. 13, 1820, in Pa., 
 married twice, and died August 4, 1852, 
 in Beardstown. 
 
 JACOB y., Jun., born March 8, 1825, 
 in Sangamon county, married Nov. 4, 
 1850, to Emily M. Ralston. They have 
 seven children, and live near Farming- 
 dale. 
 
 ELIZABETH A., born Nov. 9, 
 
 1829, in Sangamon county, married Joshua 
 M. Brown. See his name. He died and 
 she married Wm. Mercer, and lives near 
 Hamburg, Iowa. 
 
 Jacob J. Brown, Sen, died Oct. u, 1839, 
 and his widow died Oct. 21, 1873, both in 
 Sangamon county. 
 
 BRUCE, BENJAMIN P., 
 was born May 21, 1826, in Carroll county, 
 Tenn. His parents moved to Morgan 
 county, near Jacksonville, in the spring of 
 
 1830. His father died there, of cholera, 
 in 1833. His mother, with six children, 
 moved to Springfield in 1834, and in 1836 
 moved back to Morgan county, where she 
 was married to George R. McAllister. 
 While she lived in Springfield her son, 
 whose name heads this sketch, was bound 
 to Rev. Joseph Edmondson, of the M. 
 E. Church, and taken to St. Clair county, 
 thence to Bond county. In 1843 ^ e went 
 to Memphis, Tenn., and returned to 
 
 20 
 
 Springfield in 1852, and was married June 
 18, 1854, t Ann Gunn, in Morgan coun- 
 ty. He enlisted for three years, Aug." 6, 
 1862, in Co. H, 114 111. Inf. He was 
 wounded in the right eye at the battle of 
 Nashville, Dec. 15-16, 1864, recovered, 
 served full term, and was honorably dis- 
 charged Aug. 3, 1865. Mr. and Mrs. 
 Bruce had four children; two died in in- 
 fancy. SARAH A. died, aged twelve 
 years. WILLIAM T. resides with his 
 parents. Benjamin P. Bruce and wife re- 
 side three and a quarter miles northwest 
 of Springfield. 
 
 His mother, Mrs. Mary W. McAllister, 
 whose maiden name was Gunn, resides 
 with him. 
 
 BRUNK, DAVID, was born 
 Dec. 17, 1819, in Ohio, came with his 
 brother George, his mother and step- 
 father, Thomas Royal, to Sangamon coun- 
 ty, in Dec., 1824. He was married Nov. 
 5, 1833, to Maria Shoup. They had four 
 children in Sangamon county, namely 
 
 JACOB, born Nov. 5, 1834, married 
 Emily J. Mason. They have three child- 
 ren, THOMAS M., CHARLES A. and 
 ELIZABETH M., and live one half 
 mile east of Crow's mill, in Ball town- 
 ship. 
 
 SARAH J. married Wm. H. South- 
 wick. See his name. 
 
 ELLEN E. married Walter S. Car- 
 penter. They had three children, 
 CHARLES B. died, aged eight years, 
 JACOB H. at three years. MARIA 
 CATHARINE lives with her parents, in 
 Ball township. 
 
 ANN MARIA married - - South- 
 wick. See his name. 
 
 David Brunk died Jan. 23, 1855. His 
 widow lives near Crow's mill, in Ball 
 township. 
 
 BRUNK, GEORGE, was born 
 Dec. 22, 1804, in Miami county, Ohio. At 
 seventeen years of age he came to Sanga- 
 mon county, 111., arriving in the fall of 
 1821. He entered eighty acres of land in 
 what is now Ball township, returned to 
 Ohio, and brought his mother, and step- 
 father, Thomas Royal, with his brothers 
 and sisters, to Sangamon county, and set- 
 tled them on the land he had entered, 
 where Dr. Shields now resides. He en- 
 tered more land, built for himself a hewed 
 log house, and was married Dec. 30, 1827, 
 to Mary Boyd. She- was horn Jan. i,
 
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 EARLY SETTLERS OF 
 
 1806. They had eight children, three of 
 whom died young. 
 
 AMANDA T., born April 7, 1830, 
 married Daniel G. Jones. See his name. 
 
 MART E., born Dec. 17, 1831, mar- 
 ried Eugene Owens. They had six child- 
 ren. The third one, JOHN F., died at 
 two years of age. The other five, GEO. 
 B., DANIEL G., EMMA E., ULYS- 
 SES GRANT and ARTHUR R. re- 
 side with their mother, in Cotton Hill 
 township. 
 
 SUSANNAH, born May 28, 1833, 
 died March 1=5, 1847. 
 
 MARIA C., born Nov. 23, 1835, mar - 
 ried Dow Newcomer. See his name. 
 
 EVELINE, born March 26, 1844, 
 married Lockwood Rusk. See his name. 
 She died, and left one child in Cotton 
 Hill township. 
 
 Mrs. Mary Brunk died March, 1847, 
 and Mr. Brunk was married March i, 
 1849, to Eliza Armstrong. They had 
 three children, namely: 
 
 MARTHA yl.,born Jan. 8, 1850, mar- 
 ried Thomas J. Nuckolls. See his name. 
 
 THOMAS ALBERT, born July 30, 
 1853. He was educated under the guard- 
 ianship of Philemon Stout, at Shurtleff 
 College, and resides in Ball township. 
 
 GEORGE A., died at six years of 
 age. 
 
 Mrs. Eliza Brunk died Oct. 4, 1860, 
 and Mr. B. married Dec. 12, 1861, to 
 Emily Talbott. They had two children, 
 viz.: TALBOTT F. and JOSEPH 
 C., who reside with their mother. 
 
 George Brunk died Sept. 2, 1868, near 
 where he settled in 1824. His widow 
 married Lindsay H. English, and resides 
 two miles southeast of Springfield. 
 
 The first entry of land in Sangamon 
 county was made Nov. 6, 1823, by Israel 
 Archer, being the west half of the north- 
 west quarter of section eight, town four- 
 teen north, range fourteen west. It is in 
 Cotton Hill township, and the Prot. M. 
 E. church stands on a part of it now. 
 
 The second entry was made the same 
 day, Nov. 6, by Mason Fowler. It was 
 the east half of the southwest quarter ot 
 section twenty-seven, town fourteen, range 
 four west, and is on Horse creek. 
 
 The next day, Nov. 7. Elijah lies, 
 Thomas Cox, John Taylor and Paschal 
 P. Enos, entered the four quarters on 
 which Springfield was laid out. This is 
 
 from a newspaper article written by Geo. 
 Brunk. 
 
 BRYAN, GEORGE, was born 
 Feb. 15, 1758, in North Carolina. He 
 went, or may have been taken by his par- 
 ents, to Virginia, and from there to Ken- 
 tucky with Daniel Boone, about 1780. 
 There he either founded, or by his bold 
 daring as a leader, gave the name to a 
 primative fortification called Bryant's Sta- 
 tion, in what became Fayette county, Ky., 
 a few miles from where the city of Lex- 
 ington was afterwards established. % It 
 will be observed that in applying the 
 name to the fortification a letter has been 
 added, making the name Bryant, which is 
 erroneous. There is a tradition preserved 
 by his descendants, that soon after the fort 
 was established, the young women belong- 
 ing to the families connected with it were 
 washing clothes at a stream of running 
 water on the outside of the stockade. 
 George Bryan and some of the other 
 young men stood guard. Not being ap- 
 prehensive of danger, they permitted the 
 Indians to place themselves between the 
 girls and the fort. The guard quickly 
 secured a position between the girls and 
 the savages, and a skirmish ensued. After 
 making the way clear, Bryan, in a loud 
 voice, announced that he would marry the 
 girl who would enter the fort first. They 
 all escaped, and he, true to his word, after 
 gaining the consent of the young lady, 
 was married in the fall of 1781 to Eliza- 
 beth Ragan, who was born in 1760, in 
 South Carolina. Mr. Bryan always 
 claimed that it was first marriage of a 
 white couple in what became the State of 
 Kentucky. That was before the era of 
 mills in that region of country, and his 
 descendants have handed down the state- 
 ment, in connection with the wedding 
 festival, that he paid ten dollars for a 
 bushel of corn meal, to make bread for 
 the occasion. They had at least raised 
 one crop, and Mr. Bryan rolled pumpkins 
 into the fort as a substitute for chairs to 
 seat the guests. They had ten or eleven 
 children, four of them sons, and Mrs. 
 Bryan died. Mr. Bryan was married in 
 1829, to Mrs. Cassandra Miller, who died 
 in Kentucky, in 1833. In 1834^1'. Bryan 
 came to Sangamon county with some of 
 his children and grand-children. Of his 
 children, who came to this county
 
 SAN GAM ON COUNTY. 
 
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 NICHOLAS, born March 24, 1794, in 
 Bourbon county, Ky. He was a soldier 
 in the war of 1812, and was in the battle 
 of New Orleans, Jan. 8, 1815. Soon after 
 the close of the war, and within that year, 
 he was married in his native county to 
 Mary Delay Scott, who was horn there 
 Dec. 24, 1800. They had four children 
 in Kentucky, and came to Sangamon 
 county in 1833, settling in what is now 
 Woodside township. Their son GEO., 
 born in 1818, in Kentucky, married near 
 Elkhart, Logan county, 111., in 1839, 
 moved to Texas and died there, leaving 
 two children. ELIZA C., born Feb. 17, 
 1820, in Bourbon county, Ky., married 
 July 25, 1837, near Springfield, 111., to 
 James Taylor. See his name. MARY 
 J., born May 22, 1822, in Bourbon county, 
 Ky., married in 1840 in Springfield, 111., 
 to Milton H. Wash. See his name. 
 ROBERT A., born July 13, 1833, in 
 Kentucky, married in Springfield, 111., to 
 Hannah Sperry. She died, and his resi- 
 dence is unknown, but it is somewhere 
 South. Mrs. Mary D. Bryan died Dec. 
 25, 1843, in Springfield, 111., and Nicholas 
 Bryan was married in 1845 to Adelia 
 Trumbull. They had one child, BRY- 
 ANAH, and moved to the Pacific coast. 
 Nicholas Bryan died in 1855, in San Jose, 
 Santa Clara county, Cal., leaving his 
 widow and daughter there. 
 
 MB LINDA W., born April 11,1797, 
 in Bourbon county, Ky., married there in 
 1815 to Abraham Todd, who was born in 
 Woodford county, Ky., in 1792. They 
 had three children in Kentucky, and Mr. 
 Todd died. Mrs. Todd married Thomas 
 P. Pettus. See his name. Mr. Pettus 
 and wife, with her three daughters by the 
 first marriage, came to Sangamon county 
 in 1838, and settled near what is now 
 Woodside Station. Of the three children, 
 ELIZA J. TODD, born April 29, 1816, 
 in Woodford county, Ky., married in 
 Sangamon county, April 16, 1840, to 
 Stephen S. Ferrell. They have a family, 
 and reside at Boscobel, Grant county, 
 Wis. MARY A. TODD born Jan. 12, 
 1819, in Woodford county, Ky., married 
 Aug. 12, 1835, in Sangamon county, to 
 Thomas B. Morris. They have children, 
 and reside near Wyoming, Iowa county, 
 Wis. ANNA MARIA TODD, born 
 Jan. 19, 1823, in Woodford county, Ky., 
 married in Sangamon county to John B. 
 
 Wolgamot. See his name. Also, see 
 T. P. Pettus. 
 
 POLLY, born Aug. 20, 1797, in Bour- 
 bon county, Ky., married there to Thomas 
 Jones. See his name. She died in Ken- 
 tucky, but her family came to Sangamon 
 county. 
 
 When George Bryan came to Sanga- 
 mon county, in 1834, he was in his seventy- 
 sixth year, but he continued visiting Ken- 
 tucky, riding each way on horseback, an- 
 nually for eleven years. He died Nov. 
 22, 1845, and was buried near Woodside 
 Station, Sangamon county. He was 
 eighty-seven years, nine months and seven 
 days old. 
 
 It seems almost incredible that a man 
 who was of sufficient age to have been a 
 soldier in the American Revolution, and 
 who took an active part in the stirring 
 scenes of the frontier settlements in the 
 second State admitted to the American 
 Union, should have become an early set- 
 tler of Sangamon county, and witnessed 
 some of its earliest strides towards civili- 
 zation : but the life of George Bryan ex- 
 tended over this long and eventful period. 
 His grandson, William T. Jones, has a 
 great fund of reminiscences of the life of 
 his grandfather Bryan, as he received 
 them from the lips of the venerable 
 patriarch while living. I can only give 
 place to two incidents, both of which oc- 
 curred in Kentucky. 
 
 On one occasion, when the forests were 
 swarming with hostile Indians, Mr. Bryan, 
 with six other men, left the Station for a 
 scouting expedition. Proceeding cautious- 
 ly, they had gone but two or three miles 
 when the seven white men were fired up- 
 on by just twice their number of Indians, 
 who lay in ambush until the white men 
 were very near them. The Indians were 
 good marksmen with bows and arrows, 
 but they had not been sufficiently accus- 
 tomed to fire-arms to become expert in 
 using them. In their haste they over- 
 shot their marks, and never hurt a man. 
 The advantage would then have been 
 decidedly in favor of the whites, but at 
 this juncture three of the latter, supposing 
 there was a large force of Indians, took 
 to flight. The other three, with Bryan at 
 their head, each took to a tree, and com- 
 menced firing at the Indians. The fight 
 continued ^the whole day, and as the sun 
 was sinking to rest, it was discovered that
 
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 EARL 7 SETTLERS OF 
 
 there were but two men on each side in 
 fighting condition: the chief on one side, 
 and Bryan on the other, with a single 
 man each. The others were all killed or 
 severely wounded. A parley ensued, 
 which ended in an agreement that the one 
 subordinate on each side should cease hos- 
 tilities, for the purpose of taking care of 
 the dead and wounded, and that the two 
 leaders should fight until one or the other 
 conquered. Each kept behind a tree, 
 with his gun loaded, while they were 
 parleying, and when ready to renew hos- 
 tilities, each called the other by every 
 epithet expressing cowardice that they 
 could respectively command, and each 
 dared the other to come out and engage 
 in open combat. As it was growing dark, 
 Bryan put his cap on the end of his ram- 
 rod, and moved it from the tree as though 
 he was very cautiously preparing to shoot. 
 The Indian fired at the cap, and finding 
 himself deceived, he ran in a zig-zag 
 course, cautiously looking back until he 
 thought himself at a safe distance, when 
 he took to a tree and began to load his 
 rifle. The moment the chief fired, Bryan 
 sprang from his tree, and, instead of fol- 
 lowing direct, he ran at an angle of about 
 forty-five degrees from the course of the 
 Indian, and was soon out of the line 
 where the latter expected to see him. 
 Bryan thus had the Indian in plain view, 
 while the latter thought himself secure. 
 As the chief raised both arms to ram 
 down the load, Bryan fired, the ball enter- 
 ing under one arm, it passed out under the 
 other, and he fell dead. His clothes 
 were covered with silver brooches and 
 other ornaments, that were kept in the 
 families of Bryan's descendants for many 
 years. 
 
 As the increasing number of the whites 
 convinced the Indians that they must 
 eventually give way, they became less 
 hostile. About this time Bryan and a 
 comrade spent several weeks in hunting, 
 and had taken a large number of skins 
 and furs. While the two were alone in 
 camp, a considerable number of Indians 
 encamped near them ; and very soon two 
 of the Indians came to their camp, and, 
 without the least ceremony, commenced 
 opening and examining the goods belong- 
 ing to the two white men. Mr. Bryan 
 made up his mind that the result of their 
 winter's work was lost, for if the Indians 
 
 chose to take their goods, it would be 
 madness to resist with such odds against 
 them. Unknown to Bryan, his partner 
 was an expert in legerdemain, and the 
 thought occurred to him that the Indians 
 might be driven off by some deceptive 
 movement. He asked one of the savages 
 for his butcher knife, and at once went 
 through all the motions of swallowing it. 
 The other Indian handed out his knife, 
 which was swallowed with violent contor- 
 tions. The two hurried away to their own 
 camp, and soon returned with their chief, 
 who held in his hand a much larger knife, 
 having a very rough buck-horn handle, 
 with a horn spike about three inches long 
 at one side. The white man shook his 
 head, make signs that the knife was too 
 large, that the little horn on the side of 
 the handle would be more than he could 
 swallow. They insisted, and he made 
 signs that he would try. He then in- 
 dulged in contortions so violent as to bring 
 tears to his eyes; but the knife disap- 
 peared. The red men felt of his body, 
 and came so near finding where the 
 knives were hidden, that he thought it 
 would be safer to return them, and com- 
 menced casting up and handing each In- 
 dian his knife. They, one after another, 
 received their knives, each taking his own 
 very carefully by the point, between the 
 thumb and finger, would smell of it, make 
 a wry face, and throw it on the ground. 
 The three savages withdrew together, 
 leaving their knives where they had fallen, 
 and before morning the whole company, 
 afraid to steal anything else, stole them- 
 selves away. 
 
 Having said so much about his pioneer 
 life, in which he was brought in contact 
 with wild beasts, savages, and white men 
 unused to the restrains of civilized life as 
 we now enjoy it, would probably lead the 
 reader to infer that he was a rough and 
 harsh man; but such was not the case. 
 He embraced Christianity in early life, and 
 was one of the most steadfast supporters 
 of the ordinances of religion. He aided 
 in building a Baptist church at Bryan Sta- 
 tion, which a grand-daughter of his, now 
 living in Springfield, visited in 1860, and 
 found it still in use. He was a member 
 of that church, and worshipped there as 
 long as he remained in Kentucky. He 
 always held family worship, in which the 
 colored servants were expected to unite.
 
 SANGAMON COUNT?. 
 
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 He continued the practice to the day of 
 his death. 
 
 BRYAN, LARKIN, was born 
 Nov. 2, 1800, in Woodford county, Ky. 
 He was married thei'e in 1820 to Mrs. 
 Harriet Chapman, whose maiden name 
 was Thornberry. They moved to the 
 Missouri lead mines, and from there to 
 Sangamon county, in the fall of 1821, and 
 settled five miles northeast of Springfield. 
 They had seven children in Sangamon 
 county. Of their children 
 
 WILLIAM C, born Jan. 29, 1822, 
 married Anna Brennan, have three child- 
 ren, and reside near Charleston, 111. 
 
 MART F., born July n, 1824, married 
 Presley Chrisman. She died, leaving her 
 husband and three children near Promise 
 Citv, Wayne county, Iowa. 
 
 RACHEL J., born Dec. 7, 1825, mar- 
 ried Willis Chrisman. They have four 
 children, and reside in Sangamon county, 
 near Waverly. 
 
 JAMES H., born March 7, 1827, is 
 unmarried, and resides in Springfield. He 
 has a saw mill on South Fork. 
 
 C1NTHIA A., born Oct. 18, 1829, 
 married John Kline, and resides in St. 
 Joseph, Mo. 
 
 LARKIN A., born March "3, 1830, 
 married Nov. i, 1860, to Sarah A. Mitchell, 
 who was born April 16, 1842, in Finedon, 
 Northamptonshire, England. They had 
 five childen. HARRIET E. died in her 
 seventh year. JAMES W., JESSIE H., 
 LAVINIA A! and CHARLES W. re- 
 side with their parents, near Waverly, 111. 
 
 HARRIET M., born July 3, 1832, 
 married DeWitt C. Marsh. See his 
 name. 
 
 Mrs. Harriet Bryan died April 4, 1862, 
 and Larkin Bryan was married Jan. 14, 
 1863, to Mrs. Sarah Yeamans, who had 
 previously been Mrs. Britt, and whose 
 maiden name was Wilson. He died two 
 miles north of Springfield, in 1874. His 
 widow resides in Springfield. 
 
 BUCHANAN, REUBEN, 
 was born March 20, 1809, in Woodford 
 county, Ky. His father moved, in 1819 
 or '20, to Morgan county, 111. Reuben 
 remained there until 1834, when he came 
 to Sangamon county, settling at Salisbury, 
 where he was married to Barbara Duncan, 
 a step-daughter of Solomon Miller. She 
 was born March 15, 1812, in Cumberland 
 county, Ky. Mr. and Mrs. Buchanan 
 
 had four children, three of whom died 
 young. The only one living 
 
 HARRIET A., born Dec. 3, 1838, at 
 Salisbury, married Jan. i, 1857, in Spring- 
 field, to Lafayette Smith. See his name. 
 
 Mr. Buchanan moved from Salisbury to 
 Springfield in April, 1847, and was en- 
 gaged in the grocery business until his 
 death, which occurred Nov. 14, 1861. His 
 widow resides with her son-in-law, Lafa- 
 yette Smith, in Springfield. 
 
 BUCKMAN, JOEL, born Nov. 
 6, 1790, in Bethel, Vermont. He was the 
 second child of Jeremiah Buckman and 
 Ruth Banister, his wife. They were born 
 in Springfield, Mass; he Sept. n, 1762, 
 and she March 20, 1771. Joel Buckman 
 and Huldah Tilley were married in Ver- 
 mont, and moved to Potsdam, N. Y., had 
 six children, and Mrs. B. died, Dec. 17, 
 1828. He was married June 19, 1829, to 
 Hannah Bowker. They had one child, 
 and moved to Sangamon county, 111., ar- 
 riving Sept., 1834, at Old Sangamo. Mrs. 
 Hannah B. died Nov. 6, 1838. Joel 
 Buckman and Sally Watts were married 
 in Sangamon county, March 5, 1839. 
 They had one child. Of all his child- 
 ren 
 
 JOEL, born Dec. 2, 1813, died July 5, 
 
 l8 35- 
 
 L ORENDA,\>orn Sept. 9, 1815, in Pots- 
 dam, N. Y., married in Sangamon county, 
 June 20, 1837, to William B. Brown. 
 See his name. 
 
 LE VINIA, born Dec. 22, 1819, in 
 New York, married in Sangamon county, 
 Dec., 1835, to Waters Carman. They 
 had four children, and she died. He 
 moved to Oregon. 
 
 CAL VIN, born Jan. 31, 1822, in New 
 York, married in Sangamon county, Nov. 
 1843, to Sophia Eastabrook. They have 
 seven children, and reside at Delavan, 
 Tazewell county. 
 
 HULDAH S., born Feb. 16, 1824, in 
 New York, married in Sangamon county, 
 Oct. 20, 1842, to Lucius Seeley. See his 
 name. 
 
 SILAS L., born Feb. 19, 1828, in 
 New York, married Anna Clemens. He 
 resides near Farmingdale. 
 
 HANNAH W., born March 26, 1832, 
 died in her third year. 
 
 BENJAMIN, born Sept. 6, 1841, in 
 Sangamon county, resides with his mother, 
 near Farmingdale.
 
 EARLY SETTLERS OF 
 
 Joel Buckman died March 13, 1872, in 
 Sangamon county, and his widow resides 
 two miles southwest of Farmingdale. 
 
 BOLLARD, REUBEN, was 
 born Dec. 22, 1792, in Caroline county, 
 Va. He went to Woodford county, Ky., 
 in 1787, and to Shelby county in 1790. He 
 was there married in 1803, to Elizabeth 
 Gill, who was born Oct. 30, 1779, near 
 Charlestown, Va. They had eight child- 
 ren in Kentucky, four of whom, Eliza, 
 Lucinda, Richard and Nancy J., died 
 there, between the ages of fifteen and 
 twenty-five years. Mrs. Elizabeth Bui- 
 lard died Jan. 6, 1835, and Reuben Bui- 
 lard, with three of his children, came to 
 Sangamon county, arriving in Nov., 1835, 
 in what is now Illiopolis township, one 
 son having come before. Of the four 
 children 
 
 JOHN, born Feb. 10, 1805, in Shelby 
 county, Ky., came to Sangamon county 
 April 6, 1830, and made his home partly 
 at Buffalo Hart Grove and partly in the 
 vicinity of Mechanicsburg, and returned 
 to Kentucky in 1833. Sarah S. Fallis 
 was born Feb. 3, 1812, in St. Louis coun- 
 ty, Mo., her parents having moved there 
 from Kentucky. During the war with 
 England the Indians became troublesome, 
 and the family moved back, in 1813, to 
 Henry county, Ky. John Bullard and 
 Sarah S. Fallis were there married, Sept. 
 4, 1834, and came at once to Sangamon 
 county, where they had ten children. 
 JOHN W., born Oct. 21, 1836, died May 
 6, 1856. NANCY F.,born May 29, 1838, 
 married April 30, 1873, to Charles How- 
 ard, and reside near Neola, Iowa. WIL- 
 LIAM S., born Jan. 7, 1841. He enlist- 
 ed August 7, 1862, in Co. A, 73d 111. Inf. 
 for three years, was wounded at the battle 
 of Franklin, Tenn., Nov. 30, 1864, served 
 until the end of the rebellion, and was 
 honorably discharged. He was married 
 Dec. 28, 1871, to Elizabeth S. Zane. They 
 have two children, LETHE IRENE and 
 MARY, and reside four and a half miles 
 east of Mechanicsburg. REUBEN S., 
 born August 31, 1842, married Sept. 23, 
 1873, in Shelbyville, Ky., to Marian 
 Saunders. She was born there, May 8, 
 1849. They have one child, ANNIE, and 
 reside four and a half miles east of Me- 
 chanicsburg, where his father settled in 
 1834. EDNA E., born April 12, 1844, 
 married Oct. 16, 1867, to Charles C. Rad- 
 
 cliflfe, a native of Frederick county, Md. 
 They have three children, NOR A A., AUBRA 
 L. and SALLIE F., and resides in Mechan- 
 icsburg. JOSEPHINE, born Dec. 17, 
 1845, was married at Mechanicsburg, 
 May 27, 1875, to Capt. George Ritchey, 
 and reside in Boonville, Mo. MARY J., 
 born Dec. 17, 1847, died Feb. 14, 1875. 
 WILBER C., born Sept. 19, 1850; 
 JACOB B. born Jan. 20, 1854; HENRY 
 S., born March 18, 1858, all reside with 
 their mother, except WILBUR C., who 
 lives in Decatur. John Bullard died Dec. 
 26, 1872, and his widow lives in Mechan- 
 icsburg. 
 
 MART A., born Sept. 25, 1810, in 
 Shelby county, Ky., married there to 
 Benjamin Fortune. See his name. 
 
 SARAH AGNES, born March 24, 
 1814, in Shelby county, Ky., married 
 Jacob N. Fullinwider. See his name. 
 
 WES LET, born July 28, 1816, in 
 Shelby county, Ky., married March 23, 
 1843, in Sangamon county, to Sarah A. 
 Foster, who was born July 18, 1824, in 
 Montgomery county, Ky., and came to 
 Sangamon county on a visit in 1842. Her 
 parents lived, at the time, in Putnam, Ind. 
 Mr. and Mrs. B. had eight sons in San- 
 gamon county. WILLIAM H., born 
 August 16, 1844, enlisted August 4, 1862, 
 for three years, in Co. A, 73d 111. Inf., was 
 slightly wounded at the battle of Frank- 
 lin, Tenn. He served to the end of the 
 rebellion, and was honorably discharged, 
 June 24, 1865, married in Sangamon 
 county, Sept. 13, 1866, to Abbie P. Bald- 
 win, who was born Nov. 21, 1847, near 
 Monticello, Madison county. They have 
 three children, SARAH L., WESLEY c. and 
 MARY B., and live five miles east of Me- 
 chanicsburg. JAMES R. resides (1874) 
 in San Francisco, Cal. JOHN N., 
 FRANCIS B., SAMUEL A., GEO. 
 W., BENJ. F. and SAY A. FOSTER; 
 the six latter live with their father. Mrs. 
 Sarah A. Bullard died Feb. 13, 1861, and 
 Wesley Bullard was married August 6, 
 1863, m Sangamon county, to Mrs. Eliza- 
 beth Holsman, whose maiden name was 
 Kidd. She was born May 7, 1828, in 
 Fluvanna county, Va. Her home was in 
 Circleville, Ohio, but she was on a visit to 
 Sangamon county at the time of her mar- 
 riage. They have two children, JULIA 
 and ROBERT A., and live four miles
 
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 159 
 
 east of Mechanicsburg, where he settled 
 in 1835. 
 
 Reuben Bullard died Sept. 6, 1836, in 
 Sangamon county. 
 
 .His father's name was Reuben Bullard. 
 He was in the Revolutionary army as a 
 non-combatant, and lost his life by drink- 
 ing too freely of cold water while he was 
 over-heated. He made a gun, which he 
 gave to his son, whose name heads this 
 sketch. It is now (1874) in possession of 
 a son of John Bullard Reuben S. the 
 fourth generation from the man who made 
 it. The brass plate opposite the lock 
 bears the inscription, R. B., J77 2 - It is a 
 smooth bore ; the barrel is four feet eight 
 inches long, and the whole gun is six feet 
 one inch. An anecdote is related of 
 it, that when the boys of a former genera- 
 tion used the gun, they always hunted in 
 pairs, one to do the shooting and the other 
 to see that the marksman did not get the 
 muzzle beyond the game. 
 
 BURCH, JOHN, was born about 
 1770, in Georgia. He was married in 
 1800, in Gallatin county, Ky., to Elizabeth 
 Hampton, who was born in 1780, in Lou- 
 don county, Va. They had six children 
 in Kentucky, and Mr. Burch came to 
 Sangamon county in the fall of 1828, with 
 his son-in-law, James McKee. He went 
 back to Kentucky for his family, and died 
 there May 10, 1829. In the fall of that 
 year his family moved to Sangamon coun- 
 ty, and settled near Mechanicsburg. Of 
 their six children 
 
 SARAH, born about 1801, in Ken- 
 tucky, married there to William Jack, and 
 moved to Sangamon county. See his 
 name. 
 
 BENJAMIN, born Aug. i, 1803, in 
 Gallatin county, Ky., married in Sanga- 
 mon to Mary Smith. He died in McLean 
 county in 1863. His widow married 
 James Waite, and lives, in Bloomington. 
 
 JANE, born in 1805, in Gallatin coun- 
 ty, Ky., married there. Jan. 9, 1828, to 
 James McKee, and came to Illinois in the 
 fall of that year, and settled near Mechan- 
 icsburg. 
 
 PRESTON H., born in 1807, in Gal- 
 latin county, Ky., married in Sangamon 
 county in 1831, to Elizabeth Suter. They 
 had five children in Sangamon county. 
 SARAH E. married William H. Green, 
 and lives at Dubuque, Iowa, with her onlv 
 child, I.ULU. LEVARIAN, born Dec. 
 
 2 5 
 N 
 
 m Sangamon county, enlisted at 
 ewport Barracks, April, 1861, in Battery 
 G, 2nd Reg. U. S. Art. He was promo- 
 ted to Second Lieutenant, was wounded 
 at the battle of Gettysburg, and died of 
 his wounds, late in 1863, at Washington 
 City. JAMES M.,born Feb. 18, 1839, in 
 Sangamon county. He graduated at St. 
 Louis Medical College in 1859, and en- 
 listed as a private, June 20, 1861, in Co. 
 C, 8th Mo. Inf.; was promoted in July, 
 '6 1, to Asst. Surg., which he resigned in 
 Aug., 1862, and was commissioned Cap- 
 tain of Co. K, 94th 111. Inf. He resigned 
 that office in Sept., 1863, and was promo- 
 ted Lieutenant Colonel of the i6th U. S. 
 Colored Troops, at New Orleans, which 
 he resigned at Brazos, Texas, in Sept., 
 1864. Dr. J. M. Burch was married Oct. 
 8, 1860, at Bloomington, to Jennie L. 
 McClunn, a native of that city. After the 
 close of the rebellion he practiced medi- 
 cine at Illiopolis, and died there July 26, 
 1874, leaving a widow and four children,. 
 
 FRANK P., ED. R., LEVARIAN and CORA. 
 
 Mrs. Jennie L. Burch and children reside 
 at Bloomington. JOHN S., born July 
 1840, in Sangamon county, went to 
 California in 1861, and was drowned 
 March 3, 1865, at San Juan, Nicaragua, 
 while on his way home. ELIZA J,, born 
 March, 1842, in Sangamon county, is a 
 teacher at Mt. Sterling. Preston H. 
 Burch enlisted in 1862, at Peoria, in Co. 
 , io8th 111. Inf., and died of disease at 
 Young's Point, near Vicksburg, Miss., 
 Feb. 1 8, 1863. His widow died at Mt. 
 Sterling, Brown county, 111., Dec., 1865. 
 
 ELIZA, born in 1810, in Kentucky, 
 married in Sangamon county to James 
 Smith. They had one child, MARY, 
 born in Sangamon county, married Oct. 
 8, 1860, to Dr. Edward Stevens, and re- 
 side in Bloomington. James Smith died 
 Sept., 1845, m Springfield, and his widow 
 married Josiah Green. She died Feb., 
 1852, and he died July, 1855, both in 
 Mechanicsburg. 
 
 WADE S., born Oct. 14, 1815, in Gal- 
 latin county, KV., married in Sangamon 
 county Jan. 8, 1845, to Mary E. Young. 
 They had ten children, seven of whom 
 died under seven years. SUSAN B., 
 born July 26, 1850, married Jan. 8, 1868, 
 to James Newton Moreland, who was 
 born Dec. 17, 1840, in Bath county, Ky., 
 served nearly four years from Aug. i,
 
 EARLT SETTLERS OF 
 
 1862 in Co. B, loth Ky. Cav. (Union), 
 and was honorably discharged in 1865. 
 Mr. and Mrs. Moreland live in Illiopolis 
 township. WERTER P., born March 
 n, 1861, and HARRY, born Feb. 10, 
 
 1864, live with their parents W. S. Burch 
 and wife, reside two miles south of Lanes- 
 ville. 
 
 Mrs. Elizabeth Burch died Sept. 20, 
 
 1865, in Curran township. 
 BURKHARDT, JOHN M., 
 
 was born Feb. 2, 1807, in Schwarzenberg, 
 county of Neuremberg, Kingdom of 
 Wurtemberg. He came to America in 
 1832, and spent two summers in Pennsyl- 
 vania, and as many winters in Mississippi. 
 He came to Springfield in 1836, and was 
 there married, Aug. 18, 1843, to Mary E. 
 Nagle, who was born June 24, 1827, in 
 Bavaria, Canton Bergzabern. She sailed 
 Oct. 20, 1841, in the ship Oceana. The 
 vessel was wrecked off the island of 
 Jamaica, Dec. 3, 1841. The passengers 
 were all saved, but lost their baggage. 
 They were transferred to another vessel, 
 and arrived at New Orleans Jan. 8, 1842, 
 to find the city in holiday attire in honor 
 of Gen. Jackson's victory over the British, 
 Jan 8, 1815. Her father died in St. Louis, 
 while she was detained by shipwreck. 
 She came on to Springfield, arriving in 
 March, 1842, and joined her sister, Mrs. 
 Catharine Lorch, then and now the wife 
 of Charles Lorch. Mr. and Mrs. Burk- 
 hardt had eleven children ; two died under 
 three years, and Charles A. died, aged 
 seven. Of the other eight 
 
 JOHN, born May 20, 1844, enlisted 
 July 4, 1862, for three months, in Co. D, 
 7oth 111. Vol. Inf., and served five months 
 as a Corporal. He again enlisted March 
 22, 1864, in Co. G, ii4th 111. Vol. Inf., for 
 three years. He was killed June 10, 
 1864, at the battle of Guntown, Miss. 
 
 BERTHA, born June 23, 1847, was 
 married March 6th, 1874, to Walter F. 
 Swift, who was born in New Bedford, 
 Mass. They reside in Ottawa, Kan. 
 
 CHARLES A., EMMA, ANNIE 
 L., JENNIE C., IDA B. and LIL- 
 LIE E., live with their mother. 
 
 John M. Burkhardt died Aug. i, 1868, 
 and his widow resides one mile east of 
 Springfield, 111. 
 
 BURNS, THOMAS, was born 
 August i, 1773, at Alexandria, Va. His 
 father was a native of Scotland, and was 
 
 killed by his team running away when 
 Thomas was a child. Elizabeth Ridge- 
 way was born Nov. 25, 1775, in Berkley 
 county, Va. Thomas Burns and Eliza- 
 beth Ridgeway were married March 1 1^, 
 1794, and had one child in Berkley coun- 
 ty; and then moved to Washington coun- 
 ty, West Va., where they had three child- 
 ren. They then moved to North Caro- 
 lina, and after a short stay, moved to Jes- 
 samine county, Ky., where they had one 
 child, and from there to Clarke county, 
 where they had seven children. The 
 family moved from there to Sangamon 
 county, 111., arriving in the fall of 1829, 
 in what is now Mechanicsburg township. 
 Some of their children had preceded them. 
 Of their children 
 
 RACHEL, born Jan. 30, 1795, in 
 West Virginia, died Jan. 30, 1816, in Ken- 
 tucky. 
 
 ELIZABETH, born Nov. 28, 1796, 
 in West Virginia, died Feb., 1840, in San- 
 gamon county. 
 
 ROBERT E., born March 28, 1799, 
 in Washington county, West Va., mar- 
 ried in Clarke county, Ky., Sept. 15,1825, 
 to Patsy Cass, and moved to Sangamon 
 county, 111., arriving Oct., ,1825, in Buf- 
 falo Hart Grove. They were the first of 
 the family to come to the county. They 
 had four children in Sangamon county, 
 two of whom died young. ROBERT 
 FRANKLIN, born Dec. 9, 1830, died 
 July n, 1852. ELIZABETH C., born 
 June 7, 1838, married April 16, 1854, to 
 John T. Constant. See his name. Rob- 
 ert E. Burns and his wife reside at Buf- 
 falo Hart Station, very near where they 
 settled in 1825. Mr. Burns had a neigh- 
 bor, Wm. Bridges, who was a blacksmith 
 and gunsmith. Wm. and Hiram Robbins 
 came to Mr. Bridges to have work done, 
 and he had no coal. They told him that 
 they had seen coal cropping out of the 
 ground in their hunting excursions, and 
 gave him directions so that he could find 
 it. Mr. Burns took his wagon and team, 
 went with Mr. Bridges to the place and 
 'dug out a load, and found it good for black- 
 smithing. It was in a ravine about three- 
 fourths of a mile northwest of where Bar- 
 clay now stands. That was in 1826, and 
 was the first coal found in that part of the 
 country. Mr. Burns raised cotton for 
 clothing, and it matured perfectly before 
 the "deep snow" of 1830-31. After that
 
 SANGAMON COUNT*. 
 
 he tried frequently, bringing seed from 
 Tennessee several times, but all his 
 efforts proved to be such failures that the 
 seed ran out and was lost. 
 
 ANN T., born May 27, 1801, in West 
 Virginia, married in Kentucky, August 6, 
 1817, to Abner Enos. See his name. 
 She died there, June 13, 1829. 
 
 JOHN /?., born Oct. 19, 1803, in Jes- 
 samine county, Ky., married in Sangamon 
 county, April 17, 1828, to Lucy A. Cass. 
 He was a soldier in the Black Hawk 
 war. They had twelve children, all born 
 in Sangamon county, three of whom died 
 under five years. MARY J., born Mar. 
 26, 1831, married Feb. 28, 1847, to J^ n 
 Cass. See his name. THOMAS F., 
 born Jan. 9, 1833, married Sept. 30, 1856, 
 Ursula Greening. Thos. F. Burns en- 
 listed July 25, 1862, in Co. F., ii4th 111. 
 Inf., for three years. Served about one 
 year, and was honorably discharged 
 on account of physical disability. He 
 now resides in Mt. Pulaski. WILLIAM 
 A., born Nov. 28, 1839, married Dec. 24, 
 1867, to Lucy E. Jones. They have two 
 children, WM. ELMER and IVA MAY, and 
 live near Buffalo Hart Station. MAR- 
 THA A., born Feb. 27, 1843, lives with 
 her parents. ARMINTA, born Dec. 30, 
 1844, married Feb. 21, 1867, to Wm. B. 
 Robinson. See his name. SOPHIA, 
 born Feb. 13, 1849, married Dec^27, 1871, 
 to James F. Hickman. See his name. 
 IVA, born March 18, 1851, married Oct. 
 25, 1871, to James L. Wright, who was 
 born in Lockmaben, Scotland, and resides 
 in Buffalo Hart township. JOHN T., 
 born Jan. u, 1854, and ROBERT B., 
 born Oct. 26, 1856, live with their parents, 
 one mile south of Buffalo Hart Station. 
 
 Mrs. Lucy A. Burns says that they 
 raised cotton in the summer of 1828; that 
 she picked it from the bolls, picked 
 the seed out with her fingers, carded it 
 with hand cards, spun and wove it, and 
 made it up into garments of various kinds. 
 In 1829 they raised a much larger quanti- 
 ty, and had it ginned on a machine owned 
 by William G. Cantrall. They paid toll, 
 or part of the cotton, for ginning, the 
 same as grinding is done by custom mills. 
 When all was done they had eighty 
 pounds of ginned cotton left. She says 
 that after the " deep snow " it never would 
 mature. 
 
 MAHALA, born May 10, 1806, in 
 Clarke county, Ky., married there Nov. 
 27, 1827, to Bailey F. Bell. See his 
 name. 
 
 M BLIND A and LUCINDA, twins, 
 born July 23, 1808, in Clarke county, Ky. 
 
 MELINDA, married in Sangamon 
 county, Jan. 17, 1830, to Ambrose Bowen 
 Cass. See his name. 
 
 LUCINDA, married in Sangamon 
 county, Sept. 20, 1832, to John W. Rob- 
 ison. See his name. 
 
 EM1L Y, born June 14, 181 1, in Clarke 
 county, Ky., married in Sangamon county, 
 Jan. 17, 1830, to Clemmon Strickland. 
 They had three children. The parents 
 and two of the children died. JOSEPH, 
 the only living member of the family, 
 married Emilv Chance, and lives at Buf- 
 falo. 
 
 REBECCA, born Feb. 16, 1814, in 
 Clarke county, Ky., married in Sanga- 
 mon county to Bennett Wood, a native of 
 Kentucky. They lived in Green county, 
 111., until they had two children, namely: 
 BAZZLE or BASIL M., born June 16, 
 1835, in Green county, enlisted July, 1862, 
 for three years, in Co. E., n6th 111. Inf. 
 Served full term and was honorably dis- 
 charged with the regiment, in 1865. He 
 was married in Sangamon county, Jan. 25, 
 1866, to Nannie J. Graham, who was born 
 July 4, 1843, in Morgan county. They 
 had two children, FLORA and GRACIE, and 
 Mrs. Wood died, Jan. 6, 1872. Mr. Wood 
 resides one and a quarter miles east of 
 ^Illiopolis, with his father-in-law, Mr. 
 'Graham. SARAH Wood, born March, 
 1834, in Green county, married in Sanga- 
 mon county to John Stall. They have 
 four children, and live at Niantic. Ben- 
 nett Wood died in Green county, and his 
 widow married James McGee. Mrs. Mc- 
 Gee died in Sangamon county, leaving 
 two children: JOHN T. and WILLIAM R. 
 McGee reside in Williamsville. 
 
 FRANKLIN, born August 6, 1816, in 
 Kentucky, married in Sangamon county, 
 March 3, 1836, to Louisa Ridge way. 
 
 They had children. THOMAS 
 
 J. married and resides in Kansas. PAR- 
 THENIA married George Sensbaugh, 
 and lives near Whiterock, Jewell county, 
 Kansas. LOUISA J. married Daniel 
 Redman, and lives near Lone Oak P. O., 
 Bates county, Mo. MAHALA resides 
 with her sister, Louisa J. B. HARDIN
 
 1 62 
 
 EARL? SETTLERS OF 
 
 
 lives with his uncle, Robert E. Burns. 
 Franklin Burns and his wife are both 
 dead. 
 
 PATST, born Feb. 20, 1819, in Ken- 
 tucky, married in Sangamon county, Dec. 
 26, 1837, to Baldwin Harper. They had 
 one child, EVELINE. She married 
 Theophilus Kirwood, and lives near 
 Warrensburg, Macon county. Mr. and 
 Mrs. Harper are both dead. 
 
 Mrs. Elizabeth Burns died Oct. 5, 1830, 
 and Thomas Burns died August n, 1836, 
 both in Sangamon county. 
 
 BURTLE, WILLIAM, born 
 July i, 1780, near Montgomery Court 
 House, Md. His parents moved, when 
 he was a boy, to Washington county, Kv. 
 Sarah Ogden was born in 1786, in St. 
 Mary's county, Md. Her father died when 
 she was a child, and her mother moved, 
 with several children, to Washington 
 county, Ky. William Burtle and Sarah 
 Ogden were there married, about 1805. 
 They had nine children in Kentucky. The 
 family moved to Sangamon county, 111., 
 arriving October, 1826, in what is now 
 Ball township. Mr. Burtle entered land, 
 and made improvements for a permanent 
 home,, about two hundred yards east of 
 where St. Bernard's Catholic Church now 
 stands, and moved on it in the spring of 
 1828. Of their nine children 
 
 JOSEPH,\>Qvn. in Kentucky, married 
 in Sangamon county to Mrs. Maria Mil- 
 ler, whose maiden name was Gatton. 
 They both died in Sangamon county, 
 without children. 
 
 JOHN, born in Kentucky, was mar-* 
 ried there to Matilda Simpson. They 
 had two children, one of whom died in 
 infancy. His daughter married, moved to 
 Texas, and died there. John Bnrtle died 
 in Ball township. His widow married, 
 moved to Missouri, and died there. 
 
 JAMES, born May 25, 1811, in Ken- 
 tucky, was married in SangaVnon countv 
 to Elizabeth Gatton. They had six child- 
 ren. JOHN T. married Eliza J. Simp- 
 son. They have six children, JAMES R., 
 
 JOSEPH E., EMMA, SAMUEL, ANNA and 
 
 JEROME. Mrs. Eliza J. Burtle died in 
 May, 1875, and John T. Burtle and fami- 
 Iv reside in Ball township, seven miles 
 southeast of Chatham. WILLIAM O. 
 married Mary M. Speak. They have 
 three children, MARIA, OSCAR E. and 
 MARY M., and reside with his mother"*at 
 
 the family homestead. SARAH E. mar- 
 ried John Simpson. Thev had one child, 
 and mother and child died." JOSEPHUS 
 died in his twenty-fourth year. MARY 
 A. died, aged nineteen years. James 
 Burtle died, and his widow resides in Ball 
 township, six and a half miles southeast of 
 Chatham. 
 
 THOMAS, born Aug. 12, 1815, in 
 Kentucky, married in Sangamon county 
 to Louisa Simpson. They have four 
 children. JAMES H. married Sarah E. 
 Gatton. They have six living children: 
 LOUISA A and MARY L. (twins), ANNA E., 
 
 MARTHA F., WILLIAM J. and THERESA II. 
 
 Mrs. Sarah E. Burtle died in Sept., 1873, 
 and James H. Burtle resides in Ball town- 
 ship. JOHN T., Jun., married Elizabeth 
 M. Boll. They have three children, ED- 
 WARD A., JACOB R. and ANN N., and live 
 in Ball township. MARY A. married 
 Joseph H. Berry. They have five daugh- 
 ters, SARAH L., ELIZA C., MAGGIE A., 
 
 MARY A. and ADA F., and live in Ball 
 township. ELIZA J. married John A. 
 White. They have two children, JOSEPH 
 H. and WILLIAM T., and reside with her 
 father. Mrs. Louisa Burtle died April 2, 
 1875, and Thomas Burtle resides near St. 
 Bernard's Catholic Church, in Ball town- 
 ship. 
 
 ELLEN died, aged fourteen years. 
 
 MART, born in Kentucky, married in 
 Sangamon county, 111., July 24, 1834, to 
 Josephus Gatton. See his name. 
 
 BENJAMIN, born in Kentucky, 
 married in Sangamon county to Monica 
 Gatton. They have six children living. 
 MARY E. married William R. Green- 
 await. See his name. The other children 
 reside with their parents, in Pawnee town- 
 ship. 
 
 y&WILLIAM, Jun., born Aug. 9, 1822, 
 in Grayson county, Ky., came with his 
 parents to Sangamon county in Oct., 1826, 
 was married Sept. 4, 1856, to Mrs. Eliza- 
 beth A. Simpson, whose maiden name 
 was White. Mrs. Burtle had one child 
 by her former marriage, JEROME 
 SIMPSON. Mr. and Mrs. Burtle had 
 two children. IDA F. died March 9, 
 1875, in her fourteenth year, and CHAS. 
 E. lives with his parents. William Burtle 
 has been a school teacher, Justice of the 
 Peace, and for more than twenty years 
 Treasurer and Collector of Ball township; 
 also a member of the Board of Supervis-
 
 SANGAMON COUNTY. 
 
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 ors of Sangamon county. He was also 
 elected President of the Old Settlers' 
 Society, in 1874, for one year. He now 
 lives in Auburn, engaged in mercantile 
 business with his step-son, Jerome Simp- 
 son. 
 
 William Burtle, Jun., remembers that 
 his father and James Simpson sent a re- 
 quest to St. Louis that a priest visit their 
 neighborhood. Rev. Mr. Dusuaswa came 
 in 1829, and held services at the residence 
 of Joseph Logsdon. That was the first 
 service ever held by a Catholic priest in 
 Sangamon county, and long before any 
 thing of the kind took place in Spring- 
 field. William Burtle remembers that 
 there were then but two Catholic families 
 in Springfield. The next services were at 
 the house of Wm. Burtle, Sen., by Rev. 
 Joseph A. Lutz. The next priest to visit 
 them was the Rev. Mr. Van Quickenbon. 
 Services were held at the house of William 
 Burtle, Sen., until 1849, when St. Bernard's 
 Church was built. One edifice was burned, 
 and the present one was built on the same 
 ground. St. Bernard's church is associated 
 with that at Virden in sustaining a priest. 
 
 Mrs. William Burtle relates, in a very 
 amusing manner, some of her experience 
 on coming to the county. She had list- 
 ened to the descriptions of the flowers 
 blooming on the prairies, and made up 
 her mind that it would lend additional 
 charms to those she was acquainted with 
 to cultivate them on the prairie where the 
 wild flowers could grow around them. 
 She came prepared with seeds, and at the 
 proper season armed herself with a hoe 
 and sallied forth to indulge her taste for 
 horticulture on the raw prairie. The 
 romance all vanished at the firt blow, as 
 the hoe rebounded without making the 
 slightest impression. Until that time she 
 thought plowing with large ox-teams was 
 overdoing the work, but then became fully 
 satisfied that it was indispensable as a pre- 
 paration for the cultivation of the soil. 
 
 ZACHAR1AH, born in Kentucky, 
 married in Sangamon county to Elizabeth 
 J. Harper. They have five living child- 
 ren, JAMES W:, SARAH E., EDGAR 
 A., MARY M. and ROBERT E., and 
 reside on the farm settled by his father in 
 1828, about two hundred yards east of St. 
 Bernard's Catholic Church. 
 
 William Burtle, Sen., died July 24, 
 1860, and Mrs. Sarah Burtle died Feb. n, 
 
 1868, and both were buried near St. Bern- 
 ard's Church. About the time William 
 Burtle, Sen., came to Sangamon county 
 with his family, his father, Benjamin Bur- 
 tle, came, and after remaining two or 
 three years returned to Kentucky, and 
 died there. 
 
 BURTON, EDWARD, was 
 born Oct. 13, 1796, on Roanoke river, 
 Va., and went to Rutherford county, 
 Tenn. He was there married to Frances 
 Hudson, who was born April 10, 1797, in 
 Virginia also. They had five children in 
 Tennessee, and moved to Sangamon 
 county, 111., in 1825 or '6, and settled on 
 Lick creek, in what is now Chatham 
 township, where they had four children. 
 Of their children 
 
 JOHN A., born in Tennessee, married 
 in Sangamon county, Aug. 8, 1844, t 
 Elizabeth H. Park. He died March n, 
 1859, leaving two children. MARY F. 
 married July 31, 1861, to William H. H. 
 Harris, who was born July 8, 1841, in 
 Macoupin county. They have three 
 children, ALLIE F., VINETTIE and ZELMIE, 
 and live four miles southwest of Loami. 
 LEONARD F., lives with his sister, Mrs. 
 HaiTis. Mrs. E. H. Burton married Wm. 
 S. Morris. See fark family. 
 
 El Z ABE TH G. died, aged twenty- 
 five years. 
 
 ELLEN married Blaney Pitts, have 
 nine children, and reside near Centralia. 
 
 MART, born Dec. 21, 1822, in Ruth- 
 erford county, Tenn., married in Sanga- 
 mon county, Oct. 18, 1840, to William 
 Edwards. See his name. 
 
 PERMELIA A., born Aug. i, 1826, 
 married Oct. 13, 1840, to Henry Edwards, 
 who was born Jan. 6, 1820, in Garrard 
 county, Ky. He is nephew to his brother- 
 in-law, William Edwards. They had 
 twelve children; nine died under seven 
 years. GEORGE D. died at nineteen. 
 ERVING lives with his parents. 
 RICHARD S. married Margaret E. 
 Adams, have two living children, HENRY 
 p. and ADA M., and live in Talkington 
 township. Henry Edwards and wife re- 
 side in Talkington township also (1884). 
 
 RICHARD S. married Sarah J. Ed- 
 wards. He enlisted in an Illinois regi- 
 ment, and died at home on sick furlough, 
 leaving three children. His widow mar- 
 ried, and resides in
 
 164 
 
 BARLT SETTLERS OF 
 
 yULIETTE married James Jordan 
 Edwards. See his name. 
 
 BENJAMIN W. married Rachel G. 
 Park. They have two children, NEL- 
 SON M. and NANCY E. Mr. Burton 
 died Jan. 4, 1861. His widow and child- 
 ren reside two and three-quarter miles 
 west of Loami (1874). 
 
 LUCINA married James A. Edwards. 
 See his name. 
 
 Edward E. (or D.) Burton died at 
 Girard 111., April 8, 1859, while attending 
 Sangamon Presbytery of the Cumberland 
 Presbyterian Church, to which he was a 
 delegate. Mrs. Margaret Burton died 
 Sept. i, 1859, in Sangamon county. 
 
 BUTLER, NATHAN M., 
 born Jan. 30, 1795, in Adair county, Ky. 
 He was married in Green county, to Mary 
 Harding, who was born in 1795, in that 
 county. They made their home in Adair 
 county until they had four children, when 
 they left for the west, and after a deten- 
 tion of seven months in Indiana, arrived, 
 Oct. 7, 1824, in Morgan county, 111., 
 where they had two children. In the 
 spring of 1831 they moved to Sangamon 
 county, and settled on the south side of 
 Island Grove, two miles northeast of 
 where Berlin now stands. Of their six 
 children 
 
 WILLIAM A., born July 23, 1817, in 
 Adair county, Ky., married in Sangamon 
 county, to Mrs. Jane Clark, whose maiden 
 name was Trotter. She was born Feb. 
 2, 1827, in Ifcdiana, and raised in Sanga- 
 mon county. Mr. Butler was city Mar- 
 shal of Springfield in 1861, and '2; is now 
 farming four miles east of Springfield. 
 
 STEPHEN H., born Nov. 12, 1818, 
 in Adair county, Ky., brought up in San- 
 gamon county, married in Menard county 
 Feb. 27, 1845. to Nancy J. Coats, who 
 was born Dec. 6, 1825, in Warren county, 
 Ky. They had twelve children; five died 
 under six years. ISAAC E., born Jan. 
 27, 1846, married Feb. 13, 1873, to Emma 
 J. Clark, and resides five miles east of 
 Springfield. JULIA B., ,born Dec. 4, 
 1847, married Nov. 6, 1868, to James 
 Simpson. See his name. MARY L., 
 born June 5, 1849, married Joseph Don- 
 ner. See his name. WILLIAM, born 
 April 12, 1856, JOHN D., born Dec. 5, 
 1859. IRA and IDA, twins, born July 
 19, 1861, live with their parents. S. H. 
 
 Butler resides four and a half miles east -of 
 Springfield. 
 
 JOSHUA C., born Nov. 26, 1820, in 
 Adair county, Ky., brought up in Sanga- 
 mon county, married April, 1857, in Jef- 
 ferson county, Iowa, to Margaret J. Ris- 
 tine. She died in Springfield in 1859, 
 leaving one child. J. C. Butler was mar- 
 ried in Sangamon county to Elizabeth 
 Stitt, and has three living children, viz: 
 CHARLES B., born June 6, 1850, mar- 
 ried June 14, 1871, in Sangamon county 
 to Ann Owen. They have one child, and 
 live near Virginia, Cass county. MAR- 
 GARET J., MARY E. and ROBERT 
 L. live with their parents, two and a half 
 miles northeast of Berlin. Joshua C. But- 
 ler was a member of Co. A., 4th 111. Inf., 
 and served under Col. E. D. Baker, in the 
 Mexican war, from June, 1846, to June, 
 1847. 
 
 ELIZABETH E., born August 4, 
 1823, in Adair county, Ky., married in 
 Sangamon county to William T. Barrett. 
 
 JOHN C, born April, 1825, in Mor- 
 gan county, 111., enlisted in the same com- 
 pany and regiment with his brother, 
 Joshua C., and was discharged on account 
 of physical disability. He married Fran- 
 ces Brown. They had two children, both 
 of whom died, and Mr. Butler died in 
 Springfield. His widow married John J. 
 Hardin. See his name. 
 
 RA CHEL R. born in Morgan coun- 
 ty, married in Sangamon county to E. 
 Riley Pirkins. See his name. 
 
 Mrs. Mary Butler died, and N. M. 
 Butler married Mrs. Martha H. Stone, 
 whose maiden name was Hunter. They 
 had three children, viz 
 
 SALL T H., born in Sangamon coun- 
 ty, married Edmond E. Butler, of Ken- 
 tucky. They had one child, and mother 
 and child died at DesMoines, Iowa. 
 
 SAMUEL H., born in Sangamon 
 county, enlisted in 1861, for three years, 
 in the loth 111. Cav. Served until Nov., 
 1864, when he was honorably discharged 
 at San Antonio, Texas. He remained 
 there in the employ of the government 
 and married in March, 1870, to Matilda 
 Ann Blair. They had two children, a 
 son and daughter. He was shot by an 
 assassin, and died in the year 1872 or '3, 
 in Texas. 
 
 JAMES E., born in Sangamon 
 county, married March 31, 1869, to Molly
 
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 165 
 
 E. Oglesby. They have three children. 
 He enlisted in 1861, for three years, in the 
 roth 111. Cav., at Springfield. Re-enlisted 
 as a veteran, promoted to First Lieut. 
 Served to the end of the rebellion, and 
 was honorably discharged. He resides 
 near Dayton, Cass county, Mo. 
 
 Nathan M. Butler died April 4, 1842, 
 in Sangamon county, and his widow died 
 Oct. 14, 1851, in Menard county. N. M. 
 Butler was a soldier in the war of 1812, 
 and was in the battle of New Orleans. 
 He was Col. of a regiment in the Black 
 Hawk war of 1831-32. 
 
 BUTLER, WILLIAM, was 
 born Dec. 15, 1797, in Adair^ county, Ky. 
 During the war of 1812 he was selected to 
 carry important dispatches from the Gov- 
 ernor of Kentucky to Gen. Harrison, in 
 the field. He traveled on horseback, and 
 made the trip successfully, although he 
 was but fifteen years of age. When a 
 young man he was employed in the iron 
 works of Tennessee, and after that was 
 deputy of the Circuit Clerk for Adair 
 countv, Ky. While thus engaged, he 
 made the acquaintance of a young lawyer, 
 now the venerable Judge Stephen T. 
 Logan, of this city. The friendship thus 
 formed continued through life. Mr. But- 
 ler spent a portion of his time as clerk on 
 a steamboat. In 1828 he came to Sanga- 
 mon county, and purchased a farm in Is- 
 land Grove. On that farm his father, 
 Elkanah Butler, lived and died. William 
 Butler came to Springfield, and' was soon 
 after appointed Clerk of the Circuit Court, 
 by his early friend, Judge Logan, March 
 19, 1836, and resigned March 22, 1841. 
 He was appointed, by Gov. Bissell, State 
 Treasurer, August 29, 1859, to fill the 
 vacancy occasioned by the resignation ot 
 State Treasurer Miller. He was elected 
 to the same office in 1860 for two years. 
 William Butler and Elizabeth Rickard 
 were married Dec. 18, 1832. They had 
 three children, namely 
 
 SALOME E., born in Springfield, 
 and now resides on South Sixth street, at 
 the family homestead. 
 
 SPEED, born Aug. 7, 1837, in 
 Springfield. He graduated at the Luther- 
 an University in Springfield, in- 1854, 
 studied law, and was admitted to practice 
 in 1860. When the rebellion came upon 
 the country in 1861, Speed Butler was 
 selected by the Governor of Illinois to 
 
 carry a dispatch to Washington City, ask- 
 ing for an order to remove the United 
 States arms from the Arsenal at St. Louis 
 to Alton, 111. Railroad and telegraphic 
 communication to the Capital was cut off, 
 but he managed to make his way through, 
 obtained the order, and returned in safety. 
 The arms were removed just in time to 
 keep them from falling into the hands of 
 the rebels. Soon after completing that 
 service he was appointed Commissary, 
 with the rank of Captain, but was at once 
 assigned to duty on Gen. Pope's staff, and 
 was with that officer during his campaign 
 in North Missouri, at Island No. 10, &c. 
 In Sept., 1 86 1, he was appointed Major of 
 the 5th' 111. Cav. For gallantry on the 
 battle-field at Farmington, Miss., in June, 
 1862, he was promoted to Colonel in the 
 regular army ; but still, by permission from 
 Gen. Wool, he remained on duty with 
 Gen. Pope. He shared the fortunes of 
 that officer during the Virginia campaign, 
 as also in Minnesota against the Indians. 
 He served until the close of the rebellion, 
 in 1865. 
 
 Col. Speed Butler was married May 26, 
 1864, in Milwaukee, Wis., to Jeannie 
 McKenzie Arnold, who was born Sept. 
 4, 1845, * n Poughkeepsie, N. Y. They 
 have three children, ANNIE L., ELIZ- 
 ABETH and ARNOLD W., and live 
 near Springfield, on the southwest. 
 
 HENRT WIRT, born Feb. 11, 1840, 
 in Springfield, graduated in 1859 at Brown 
 University, Providence, R. I., and was 
 married May 9, 1867, to Helen McCler- 
 nand, daughter of Gen. John A. McCler- 
 nand. She was born irj Springfield, and 
 died April 26, 1870, leaving one child, 
 WILLIAM J. H. W. Butler and son 
 live in Springfield. 
 
 Mrs. Elizabeth Butler died March 2, 
 1869, and Hon. William Butler died Jan. 
 11, 1876, both in Springfield. 
 
 o, 
 
 CALDWELL, WILLIAM, 
 was born Dec. 15, 1779, in Nansemond 
 county, Va. His father, Thomas Cald- 
 well, was born in Ireland, and married 
 there to Betsy Harris, a Welch lady. 
 They emigrated to America, and landed 
 at Charleston, South Carolina, where they 
 remained a short time, and then moved to
 
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 EARLY SETTLERS OF 
 
 Virginia. At the time of Thomas Cald- 
 well's death, he and his wife had a home 
 in the family of the son William. John 
 C. Calhoun was related on the side of his 
 mother to the Caldwell family, and there 
 is the source from which that distinguished 
 statesman obtained his middle name : John 
 Caldwell Calhoun. When William Cald- 
 well was a youth, his parents left Virginia 
 and moved to Jessamine county, Ky. 
 Nancy Roberts was born Sept. 24, 1782, 
 in Goochland county, Va., and when 
 young, went to Jessamine county, Ky. 
 William Caldwell and Nancy Roberts 
 were married Feb. 7, 1804. They had six 
 living children in Jessamine county, and 
 the family moved to Green county, 111., in 
 1831, and in 1836 moved to Sangamon 
 county, 111., and settled in what is now 
 Auburn township. Of their children 
 
 GEORGE L., born Dec. 6, 1804, in 
 Kentucky, married Sept. 10, 1829, to Polly 
 Roberts. She inherited two negro slaves 
 (a man and woman) from the estate of her 
 father. On May 7, 1830, they took ad- 
 vantage of the absence of Mr. Caldwell, 
 who was Sheriff of the county at the time, 
 and strangled his wife to death with a 
 small cord. They then placed her in a 
 natural position in bed, bandaged her head, 
 and placed such medicines on a stand, 
 within her reach, as she would have been 
 likely to use if she had been indisposed, and 
 left her until it was discovered by other 
 members of the family. The bruises on the 
 neck excited suspicion, and the blacks being 
 charged with the crime, confessed that 
 they had taken her life, hoping by that 
 means to be sent to their former home. 
 The man was an old, trusted carriage ser- 
 vant, an.d forced the woman to assist him. 
 They were tried, and, upon their own con- 
 fession, convicted and hung. George L. 
 Caldwell was married Sept. 27, 1831, to 
 Eliza McDowell. They had one son, and 
 Mrs. Caldwell died June 18, 1839, and 
 Mr. Caldwell died Sept. 30, 1840. 
 Neither of them ever came to Sangamon 
 county. Their son GEORGE M. CALD- 
 WELL is the extensive stock-raiser near 
 Williamsville, in this county. 
 
 JOHN, born Jan. 21, 1807, in Ken- 
 tucky, came to Carrollton, 111., in 1827. 
 He was married there Jan. 23, 1834, to 
 Mary J. Davis. She was born near Dan- 
 ville, Ky., Jan. 16, 1815. When a young 
 lady, she rode on horseback from Danville, 
 
 Ky., to Tallahassee, Florida, and returned 
 to Danville, and after a short visit, con- 
 tinued her journey to Carrollton, 111., a dis- 
 tance of at least two thousand miles. 
 John Caldwell and wife had five children, 
 namely: WILLIAM C., born March 
 15, 1835, married Jan. 14, 1864, to Sarah 
 C. Baucom, who was born Nov. 16, 1840, 
 in Sangamon county, They reside eight 
 miles southwest of Springfield. JANE 
 Y. died in her eleventh year; BETSY in 
 her seventh year; HENRY died in in- 
 fancy. BENJAMIN F., born Aug. 2, 
 1848, in Greene county, 111., was married 
 May 27, 1873, to Julia F. Cloyd, who was 
 born March y, 1856, in the southeast corner 
 of Curran township, Sangamon county. 
 Immediately after their marriage they left 
 for New York, via Detroit and Suspension 
 Bridge. At New York took steamer 
 (June 4th) for Queenstown, Ireland, 
 where they landed June 141!!. Passed 
 through Ireland to Belfast; thence to 
 Scotland, down through the centre of 
 England to London; from there through 
 Holland, Belgium and smaller German 
 States, to Berlin, in Prussia; thence to 
 Vienna Exposition, across the Alps into 
 Italy, meeting with the unexpected pleas- 
 ure of an audience with Pius the IX. 
 Returning, passed through Mt. Cenis tun- 
 nel, thence by Geneva to Paris; from Paris 
 back to London, thence to Liverpool, 
 taking steamer for Boston, where they 
 arrived Oct. 6th, same year. Distance 
 traveled in round trip, 14,000 miles. Mr. 
 and Mrs. B. F. Caldwell have one child, 
 MARY JANE, who was born March 20, 
 1874. They reside near Chatham, Sanga- 
 mon county, 111. John Caldwell died of 
 heart disease j Aug. i, 1863, after a painful 
 illness, and his widow resides eight and a 
 half miles southwest of Springfield, and 
 one and a half miles north of Chatham. 
 
 JANE R., born April 15, 1809, mar- 
 rifed in Kentucky to Minor T. Young. 
 Came to Illinois, and she died Jan. 21, 
 1844, in Curran township. 
 
 ELIZABETH, born Aug. 17, 1812, 
 married Jan. 12, 1831, to Albert G. Tal- 
 bott. She died April 29, 1838, leaving 
 three children in Kentucky, namely: 
 MARY A. married Dr. William Tomlin- 
 son. The sons are WILLIAM P. and 
 ALBERT G.Jun. 
 
 CHARLES H., born March 18, 1818, 
 in Kentucky, died May 24, 1833, at Jack-
 
 SANGAMON COUNTT. 
 
 167 
 
 sonville, 111., while a student at Illinois 
 College. 
 
 WILLIAM, Jun., horn Aug. 14, 1820, 
 in Kentucky, married Sept. 30, 1842, in 
 Mercer county, Ky., to Mary J. Camp- 
 bell. Mr. Caldwell died June 29, 1844. 
 
 His widow married Mr. Moore, and 
 
 resides at Pleasant Hill, Cass county, Mo. 
 
 William Caldwell, Sen., died Aug. i, 
 1844, and his widow died Dec. 19, 1858, 
 both at the southeast corner of Curran 
 township. 
 
 When he moved from Auburn to Cur- 
 ran township, in 1841, there was not a 
 place for holding religious worship near 
 him. In order to afford temporary accom- 
 modations, he constructed his residence in 
 such a manner that it could be used for 
 that purpose. It consisted of a large cen- 
 tral room, with three other large rooms 
 opening into it. Plans were laid, before 
 his death, for building a church, and on 
 his death bed he requested that it be called 
 Bethel, which was done, as the Christian 
 Church near where he lived bears that 
 name. Mr. Caldwell was a man of great 
 public spirit all his life. He was Captain 
 of a company from Jessamine county, Ky., 
 in the war of 1812. A younger brother 
 was a member of his company, and was 
 taken prisoner at the battle of the river 
 Raisin. He came near freezing to death 
 while confined in a rail pen in Canada. 
 William Caldwell was Sheriff of Jessa- 
 mine county, Ky., and represented the 
 county several times in the State Legisla- 
 ture. He represented Sangamon county 
 two terms in the Legislature of Illinois. 
 
 CALHOUN, The origin of the 
 family in America was with Andrew Cal- 
 houn, who was born March 27, 1764, in 
 Rye, Ireland. The family record speaks 
 of his birth place as " Heland." That 
 may have been a provincial name, or the 
 original Gaellic name for Ireland. An- 
 drew Calhoun was a near relative of the 
 father of John C. Calhoun, of South 
 Carolina. He came to America about 
 1792, and made his home in Boston, Mass. 
 March 15, iy9S 5 he was married at Chelms- 
 ford, Mass., to Martha Chamberlin, who 
 was born at the latter place, Feb. 20, 1 770. 
 She was a descendent of the Puritans. 
 They had eight children, all born in Bos- 
 ton. Their sixth child, JOHN, is the 
 one of whom we wish to speak particularly, 
 but will first brieflv mention his brothers 
 
 and sisters, that the reader may under- 
 stand the character of the family. 
 
 WILLIAM B., was a lawyer, and 
 stood high in the profession. He lived in 
 .Springfield, Mass.; was speaker of the 
 house of representatives eight years, and 
 President of the Senate a number of 
 years. He represented the Springfield 
 district in Congress eight years. CHARLES 
 was, for twenty consecutive years, Secre- 
 tary of the Senate of Massachusetts. 
 ANDREW H., left his native State and be- 
 came connected with journalism in the 
 State of New York. He served seven 
 years on the Board of Canal Commis- 
 sioners, and one term as Clerk of the State 
 Senate. HENRY was a merchant in Mont- 
 gomery county, New York. Later in life 
 he was, for many years, Deputy Collector 
 of United States Customs in the city of 
 New York. SIMEON HOWARD, born 
 August 15, 1804, was educated at Harvard 
 College, became a Christian minister, and 
 joined a mission at Mount Lebanon, Syria. 
 He was entrusted with translating the 
 Bible into the native language, and 
 subsequently established a native col- 
 lege near Beirut, of which he is now 
 1875 t* 16 President. JAMES, younger 
 than John, was for thirty years an active 
 business man in Cincinnati, O. There 
 were two sisters, SUSAN, older, and MAR- 
 THA, younger. The father, Andrew 
 Calhoun, after spending the prime of his 
 life as an extensive merchant in Boston, 
 retired to a farm in Montgomery countv, 
 N. Y., where he lost his wife, returned to 
 Boston, married again, and died April 14, 
 1842. 
 
 CALHOUN, JOHN, was born 
 Oct. 14, 1808, in Boston, Mass., and in 
 1821 accompanied his father to the Mo- 
 hawk Valley, in New York. After fin- 
 ishing his studies at the Canajoharie 
 Academy, he studied law at Fort Plain, 
 both in Montgomery county. In 1830 he 
 came to Springfield, 111., and resumed the 
 study of law, sustaining himself by teach- 
 ing a select school. He took part in the 
 Black Hawk war of 1831-2, and after its 
 close, was appointed by the Governor of 
 the State, Surveyor of Sangamon county. 
 He induced Abraham Lincoln to study 
 surveying, in order to become his deputy. 
 From that time the chain of freindship be- 
 tween them continued bright to the end 
 of their lives, although they were ardent
 
 1 68 
 
 EARLT SET7LERS OF 
 
 partizans of different schools in politics. 
 John Calhoun was married Dec. 29, 1831, 
 in Sangamon county, to Sarah Cutter. 
 See Cutter sketch. They had nine child- 
 ren in Sangamon county, and in 1854 Mr. 
 Calhoun was appointed by President 
 Pierce, Surveyor-General for Kansas and 
 Nebraska, and he moved his family to 
 Kansas. Of all their children 
 
 JOHN, Jun., born Nov. 15, 1832, died 
 in his third year, in Sangamon county. 
 
 ANDREW, born June n, 1835, in 
 Sangamon county, was killed Jan., 1860, 
 by the explosion of a steam saw mill in 
 Leavenworth county, Kansas. 
 
 ELIZABETH, born March 18, 1835, 
 in Sangamon county, was married March 
 i, 1870, in the Catholic church at Leaven- 
 worth, Kan., to Henry Jackson, a native 
 of England. He is a Lieutenant in the 
 yth Reg. U. S. Cav., and is now 1876 
 on detached duty in the signal service at 
 Washington, D. C. 
 
 SETH y. was born March 4, 1839, 
 in Springfield, 111. He went with his 
 father to Kansas in 1854, and when the 
 rebellion commenced he enlisted in Battery 
 H, ist Mo. Art., It had been an infantry 
 regiment under Col. Frank P. Blair, and 
 after the battle of Wilson creek, changed 
 to artillery. It was under Gen. Grant 
 from the siege of Fort Donelson to the 
 evacuation of Corinth, and under Sher- 
 man in his " march to the sea." SethJ. 
 Calhoun was wounded July 22, 1864. in 
 the battle of Atlanta, Ga., and soon a er 
 promoted to second Lieut, of his Battery. 
 He served one full term, re-enlisted as a 
 veteran, served to the end of the rebellion 
 and was honorably discharged. He now 
 1875 lives in Leavenworth, Kan. 
 
 ALBERT, born Feb. 10, 1841, in 
 Springfield, and died in his fourth year. 
 
 MARTHA, born Jan. 9, 1843, in 
 Springfield, resides with her mother. 
 
 6* US AN, born Sept. 8, 1844, in Spring- 
 field, 111., married, August 29, 1866, in 
 Leavenworth, Kansas, to Virgil W. Par- 
 ker, who was born Dec. 16, 1840,511 Rome, 
 N. Y. They have one child, ADELIA, 
 and reside in Atchison, Kansas. 
 
 MAR T, born May 25, ,1847, and 
 
 JAMES, born Nov. 30, 1852, both in 
 Springfield, 111., live with their mother. 
 
 John Calhoun died Oct. 25, 1859, at St. 
 Joseph, Mo. His widow and unmarried 
 
 children now 1876 reside in Leaven- 
 worth, Kansas. 
 
 Hon. John Calhoun deserves more than 
 a passing notice. He entered the political 
 field in 1835, being the Democratic candi- 
 date that year for the State Senate of Illi- 
 nois, but there being a large Whig major- 
 ity in the county, he was defeated by 
 Archer G. Herndon. In 1838 he was 
 elected to represent Sangamon county in 
 the State Legislature. In 1841 he, with 
 ^ John Duff, completed the railroad from 
 Jacksonville to Springfield, being the first 
 to reach the State Capital. In 1842 he was 
 appointed Clerk of the Circuit Court of 
 Sangamon county by Judge Treat. In 
 1844 he was one of the Presidential 
 Electors of Illinois for President Polk. 
 In i849-'5<>'5i, he was successively elected 
 Mayor of Springfield. In 1852 he was 
 one of the Presidential Electors of Illinois 
 for President Pierce, and was selected by 
 his colleagues to carry the vote to Wash- 
 ington City. In 1854 he was appointed, 
 by President Pierce, Surveyor General of 
 Kansas and Nebraska, and moved his 
 family to Kansas. 
 
 Here he entered a political field with 
 new and exciting sectional elements. He 
 was elected a delegate to the convention 
 that framed what has passed into history 
 as the Lecompton Constitution. He be- 
 came the President of that body, which 
 was composed of unscrupulous pro-slavery 
 adventurers, with a small number of con- 
 servative members, among whom was the 
 President. That odious instrument would 
 have been adopted by the convention with- 
 out submitting it to a vote of the people, 
 had it not been for the determined opposi- 
 tion of President Calhoun, who threatened 
 to resign, and opposed it by every method 
 in his power, unless it was submitted; and 
 when it came to the polls he voted against 
 adopting the pro-slavery clause. That 
 instrument provided that the President of 
 the Convention should count the vote and 
 report the result. 
 
 Soon after this duty was discharged he 
 started for Washington City, leaving all 
 the returns and papers relating to the elec- 
 tion with one L. A. McLane, Chief Clerk 
 of the Surveyor General's office. He has 
 been described as " A brilliant clerk, but 
 vain, vacillating, and ambitious of doing 
 smart things, and economical of the truth 
 generally. " The instructions given to
 
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 169 
 
 him by Gen. Calhoun before starting east, 
 was to afford every facility to any body of 
 respectable men to examine the returns, as 
 evidences of dissatisfaction were already 
 apparent, and the conviction soon became 
 general that a stupendous fraud had been 
 committed against the ballot. Soon the 
 excitement became intense, endangering 
 the lives of some of the conspicuous 
 actors, and McLane became alarmed. 
 Gen. Thomas L. Ewing, Jun., and Judge 
 Smith called upon him, with a letter from 
 Mr. Calhoun, instructing the clerk to let 
 those gentlemen examine the returns. 
 Mr. McLane falsely stated to Messrs. 
 Ewing and Smith that the returns were 
 not in his possession; that Gen. Calhoun 
 had taken them with him when he left for 
 Washington. A few evenings later, Mc- 
 Lane attended a ball at Lawrence, where 
 he was plied with good cheer, attentions 
 and flattery, so grateful to his appetite and 
 vanity, and after becoming mellow by the 
 occasion, a Lawrence belle, acting the 
 part of Deliah, drew from him the secret 
 of the coveted papers. The next day he 
 was called upon by a committee of the 
 territorial legislature, who demanded the 
 returns, when he again denied having 
 them in his possession. He was then 
 summoned before a committee of the leg- 
 islature, and there stated under oath that 
 Gen. Calhoun had taken the returns with 
 him. The cross-questions revealed to him 
 the fact that the Lawrence belle had be- 
 trayed him. Realizing his position, he 
 returned that night to Lecompton, and 
 with a few cronies, put the returns in a 
 candle box, and buried it under a wood 
 pile. A porter in the Surveyor-General's 
 office, by the name of Charles Torrey, 
 who had for a long time acted as a spy 
 for the enemies of Gen. Calhoun, watched 
 the operation, and gave the information. 
 A company of men from Lawrence soon 
 after unearthed the box, and bore away 
 the prize. 
 
 The exposure of McLane's villainy was 
 now complete, and he precepitately fled 
 the Territory, with a mob in close pursuit. 
 Thus the odium of the dastardly acts of 
 this man were unjustly visited upon 
 Gen. Calhoun. Unqualified abuse and 
 misrepresentations were heaped upon him, 
 and spread broadcast over the country by 
 the press. That broke down his spirits, 
 and he soon after left the Territory, went 
 
 to St. Joseph, Mo., and died there. He 
 deserved a better fate. He was a man of 
 genial, hopeful, generous temperament; 
 ever ready to serve or defend a friend, but 
 rarely defending himself, except on the 
 spur of the moment; of great ability, and 
 for a time was the best political orator in 
 the State of Illinois. He was brilliant, 
 but deficient in practical application. 
 President Lincoln has been heard to say 
 that John Calhoun was the strongest man 
 he had ever met on the stump; that he 
 could manage Douglas, but that Calhoun 
 always gave him his hands full. 
 
 CALLERMAN, DANIEL 
 K., was born Dec. 10, 1806, in Fleming 
 county, Ky. He came to Sangamon 
 county, 111., in company with his widowed 
 mother, arriving Nov. 14, 1828, at Spring- 
 field. He was married Sept. 29, 1833, to 
 Allie M. Henton. They had ten children 
 in Sangamon county, two of whom died 
 young. Of the other eight 
 
 JOHN, born Aug. 9, 1834, married 
 Nov., 1855, in Missouri, to Elizabeth 
 Bunn. He is supposed to have lost his 
 life in time of the rebellion, leaving a 
 widow and three children in Vernon 
 county, Mo. 
 
 E VAN H., born Oct. 2, 1836, in San- 
 gamon county, and married Henrietta 
 Drake. They had three living children, 
 WILLIAM "H., CHARLES M. and 
 CORA. Mrs. C. died June 9, 1873, and 
 he was married March 15, 1876, to Nellie 
 Elder, of Sangamon county, a daughter 
 of Dr. A. W. Elder, an early settler of 
 Morgan county. E. H. Callerman lives 
 in Williamsville. 
 
 l^RIAH W., born Jan. 14, 1839, in 
 Sangamon county, married May 30, 1875, 
 to Mary Curries. They live near Garnett, 
 Anderson countv, Kansas. 
 
 BARBARA ELEANOR C., born 
 March 21, 1841,111 Menard county, married 
 March u, 1860, in Sangamon county, to 
 Andrew M. Whitenack, who was born 
 Aug. 9, 1830, in Somerset county, N. J. 
 They have one child, DANIEL C., and 
 live near Edinburg, 111. 
 
 MARTHA A., 'born Sept. 17, 1843, in 
 Menard county, married Nov. 27, 1860, in 
 Sangamon county, to Minard A. McClel- 
 land. They have five children, FRAN- 
 CIS A., IDA A., MARSHAL A., 
 MAUD M. and MATTIE, and live near 
 Garnett, Kansas. 
 
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 EARL? SETTLERS OF 
 
 MARY, born Dec. 19, 1848, in Menard 
 county, married Sept. 24, 1868, in Sanga- 
 mon county, to John R. W. McNeill. 
 They had two children. GEORGE died 
 young. WALTER lives with his pa- 
 rents, near Edinburg, 111. 
 
 GEORGE W., born Dec. 24, 1851, 
 and 
 
 ANN, born June 20, 1857. The two 
 latter live with their mother. 
 
 Daniel K. Callerman died Dec. 2, 1873, 
 and his widow lives near Williamsville. 
 
 CALLERMAN, URIAH, was 
 born Dec. 31, 1798, in Fleming county, 
 Ky., and was married there to Eleanor 
 McKinnie. They had one child in Ken- 
 tucky, and moved to Sangamon county, 
 111., arriving in the fall of 1822, four miles 
 north of Springfield, where they had 
 three children. Of their children 
 
 JOHN L., born June 2, 1822, in Flem- 
 ing county, Ky., married in Sangamon 
 county, Sept. 18, 1845, to Frances Cole. 
 They had one child, JOHN L., Jun., born 
 in Sangamon county, married Jan. 8, 1874, 
 to Susan M. Lightfoot, and live five miles 
 northwest of Springfield. John L. Cal- 
 lerman died August 26, 1846, and his 
 widow married Levi Branson, and lives 
 near Cincinnati, Neb. 
 
 ELIZABETH, born Dec. 26, 1823, 
 in Sangamon county, died Sept. 21, 1845. 
 
 NANCY, born March 3, 1826, in San- 
 gamon county, married Goodrich Light- 
 foot. See his name. 
 
 JAMES W., born April 19, 1828, in 
 Sangamon county, married March, 1856, 
 to Emma Ash. They have six children, 
 and live ten miles southeast of Spring- 
 field. 
 
 Uriah Callerman died Sept. 13, 1828, 
 and Mrs. Eleanor Callerman died August 
 26, 1846, both in Sangamon county. 
 
 CAMPBELL, ANTRIM, was 
 born Aug. 5, 1814, in New Jersey. He 
 came to Springfield about 1838, and en- 
 gaged in the practice of law. He was 
 married May 12, 1841, to Mrs. Ann Far- 
 quar, whose maiden name was Cranmei. 
 Mr. Campbell was appointed, Jan. 24,1849, 
 Master in Chancery for the circuit court of 
 Sangamon county, and resigned the same, 
 Oct. 28, 1861. He was appointed by the U. S. 
 Circuit Court, Master in Chancery for the 
 Southern District of Illinois. He died in 
 office, August u, 1868. His widow re- 
 sides at the Leland Hotel, Springfield. 
 
 CAMPBELL, DAVID B., 
 came to Springfield with his brother An- 
 trim. He was Attorney-General from 
 1848 to 1856, and died in office, in Spring- 
 field. 
 
 CAMPBELL, ENOS, born 
 about 1758, either in Scotland or near 
 Trenton, N. J., soon after the arrival of 
 his parents in America. He enlisted in 
 the Revolutionary army at seventeen years 
 of age, and served six or seven years, un- 
 til the British army left the American 
 shores. Mr. C. drew a pension to the end 
 of his life. Enos Campbell and Damaris 
 Nowee were married in New Jersey, and 
 moved to Uniontown, Fayette county, 
 Penn., where they had nine children, and 
 moved, about 1806, to Butler county, O., 
 where they had one child, and the family 
 moved to Sangamon county, 111., arriving 
 in the fall of 1835, in what is now Gard- 
 ner township. Some of the children had 
 arrived before, and some never came. Of 
 their children 
 
 SARAH, born in Pennsylvania, mar- 
 ried in Ohio to William Gard. They 
 raised a family, and both died in Preble 
 county, Ohio. 
 
 JOHN N., born April 10, 1794, in 
 Uniontown, Fayette county, Pa., married 
 Oct. 12, 1818, in Butler county, Ohio, to 
 Phrebe Clarke, who was born April 30, 
 1791, in Uniontown, Pa., also. They had 
 five children in Ohio, and moved to San- 
 gamon county, arriving Oct. 3, 1824, in 
 what is now Salisbury township, where 
 they had four children. Of their children, 
 ISRAEL, born in Ohio, married in San- 
 gamon county to Mary Jacks, and lives in 
 DeWitt county. CHRISTIANA, born 
 T une 27, 1819, in Ohio, married in Sanga- 
 mon county, to Philip Clark, Jun. See 
 his name. CLARKSON, born March 
 3, 1821, in Ohio, married in Sangamon 
 county, to Ann Kyles. They had two 
 children, and live in Minnesota. He 
 was Lieutenant in an Illinois regiment in 
 suppressing the rebellion. ENOS, born 
 Nov. 22, 1822, in Ohio, married in Sanga- 
 mon county, Feb. 12, 1851, to Rachel 
 Duncan. They have two children, both 
 married, and live near Clinton. BAR- 
 ZILLA, born July 22, 1824, in Ohio, mar- 
 ried in Sangamon county, to Rosanna 
 Sackett, moved to Clinton and was Sheriff 
 of DeWitt county and Quartermaster of 
 the ic>7th Illinois Infantry. They have
 
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 five children, and live at Twin Springs, 
 Lynn county, Kansas. LEWIS, born 
 Nov. 17, 1826, in Sangamon county, mar- 
 ried in Clinton to Philena Argo. They 
 have six children, and live at Clinton, 111. 
 JOHN N. Jun., born March 24, 1829, in 
 Sangamon county, married June 29, 1852, 
 to Susan Hendel. He died Aug. n, 1856, 
 near Clinton. SARAH A., born May 
 30, 1831, in Sangamon county, married 
 Sept, 21, 1854, to Robert Boyd, who died 
 leaving one child, ADA. Mrs. Boyd mar- 
 ried Albert Williams, and both died, leav- 
 ing one child in Clinton. MARY A., 
 born Dec. 22, 1824, in Sangamon county, 
 married James Willis. They have four 
 children, and live near Clinton. John N. 
 Campbell was a soldier in the war of 1812, 
 from Ohio, and the Black Hawk war from 
 Sangamon county. He and his wife live 
 in Clinton now 1874 both over eighty 
 years of age. 
 
 LE WIS, married in Ohio to Leah 
 Weaver, came to Sangamon county before 
 the " deep snow," moved back to Ohio in 
 1832, where he lost his wife, returned to 
 Sangamon county in 1836, married Clar- 
 issa Willis, had eight children, and lives 
 near Athens, Menard county. His 
 daughter, Leah, married John Slater. See 
 his name. 
 
 RA CHEL, married in Ohio to Henry 
 Price, moved to Sangamon county, in 
 1835, moved, in 1841, to Iowa, and from 
 there to the Pacific coast in 1854. They 
 had ten children, and live in California. 
 
 ABIGAIL, married in Ohio to Jacob 
 Mann, raised a large family, and lives near 
 Paris, Edgar county, 111. 
 
 MART, born in 1790, or '91, in Union- 
 town, Penn., married in Ohio to William 
 H. Fitz Freeman. They had five child- 
 ren in Ohio, and came to Sangamon coun- 
 ty in 1837. She died July 21, 1854, in 
 her 64th year, and Mr. Freeman died Jan. 
 19, 1856, in the 77th year of his age. 
 Their son, Abraham Freeman, married 
 Margaret Penny, has several children, and 
 lives in Springfield. 
 
 JANE, born April 27, 1808, in Butler 
 county, Ohio, married Jacob Gard. See 
 his name. 
 
 Mrs. Damaris Campbell died April 23, 
 
 1837, and Enos Campbell died June 2, 
 
 1838, both in Sangamon county. 
 
 CAMPBELL, JOHN, was 
 born Nov. 4, 1790, in Carter county, Tenn. 
 His father, Jeremiah Campbell, settled 
 there before the American Revolution, 
 and was a soldier during the Revolution, 
 under Gen. Francis Marion. He lived to 
 be about 100 years old. His youngest 
 son, Jackson, was the owner of the old 
 homestead at the beginning of the great 
 rebellion. The farm had then been in the 
 family about 100 years. John Campbell 
 enlisted in a company from Carter county, 
 in the war with England, served six 
 months, re-enlisted and served until March, 
 1815. He was an ensign in the last cam- 
 paign, and drew a pension to the end of 
 his life. He remained in Tennesssee un- 
 til 1818, when he went to Madison coun- 
 ty, 111., and was there married Nov. 6, 
 
 1818, to Lavina Parkison, who was born 
 Feb. 21, 1803. They moved to what be- 
 came Sangamon county, arriving March 
 22, 1819, on Lick creek, in what is now 
 Chatham township, and had seven child- 
 ren there, namely 
 
 ALFRED C., was born July 22, 
 
 1819, in Sangamon county, 111. He was 
 the first white child born on Lick creek, 
 and but two are known to have been born 
 earlier in the county. They were Samuel 
 Drennan, born May 5, 1819, on Sugar 
 creek, and Joseph E. McCoy, born March 
 13, 1819, on Horse creek. Alfred C. 
 Campbell was married May 3, 1838, in 
 Sangamon county, to Polly Foster, a 
 daughter of Peyton Foster. They had 
 seven children, one of whom, WM. P., 
 died young. JOHN P., born August 4, 
 1839, in Sangamon county, married Aug. 
 26, 1858, in Shelby county to Sarah Elliott. 
 They have three children, POLLY, WILLIS, 
 and ELEANOR G., and reside near Mowe- 
 qua, Shelby county, 111. John P. Camp- 
 bell enlisted Oct. 2, i86i,in Co. E, 32d 111. 
 Inf. He arose by regular grades to the 
 rank of Captain, was wounded at the bat- 
 tle of Hatchie, honorably discharged, and 
 now draws a pension. ELZIRA, E., born 
 April 23, 1844, in Sangamon county, mar- 
 ried in 1862, to James W. Clark. They 
 have one child, POLLY, and reside near 
 Mow.equa, Shelby county. SARAH C., 
 born Mar. 27, 1846, in Sangamon county, 
 married in 1865, in Champaign county, to 
 F. Bechtel. 1 hey have one child, POLLY. 
 LEONORA J., born April 15, 1848, in
 
 I 7 2 
 
 EARLT SETTLERS OF 
 
 Sangamon county, and reside near Mo- 
 wequa. ALFRED C., Jun., born May 
 26, 1850, in Sangamon county, married in 
 1873 to Maggie Hunter. They have one 
 child, CARRIE D., and live near Mowequa, 
 111. GEORGE W., born May 9, 1853, 
 in Shelby county, is a sailor, and when 
 lest heard from was in Germany. Mrs. 
 Polly Campbell died Jan. 9, 1858, and 
 A. C. Campbell was married June 17, 
 1859, to Miss Jane Hunt. They are with- 
 out family, and reside near Mowequa, 
 Shelby county, 111. Capt. A. C. Camp- 
 bell enlisted June 10, 1846, in Co. D., 4th 
 111. Inf., under Col. E. D. Baker. He 
 was commissioned 26. Lieut., and after the 
 death of Capt. Achilles Morris, at Tam- 
 pico, Mexico, Lieut. Campbell commanded 
 the company at the siege and capture of 
 Vera Cruz, and the battle of Cerro Gordo. 
 When the rebellion broke out he raised a 
 company, Oct. 2, 1861, and became Capt. 
 of Co. E., 32d 111. Inf., under Col. John 
 Logan, and fought in all the battles from 
 Fort Donelson to the sea. At Pittsburg 
 Landing his company lost thirty-two men, 
 killed and wounded, out of fifty-six in 
 action. He served three years and four 
 months, and was honorably discharged. 
 Capt. Campbell moved, in 1851, to the 
 vicinity of Mowequa, Shelby county, 
 where he now resides. 
 
 WILLIAM P., born Nov. 4, 1820, in 
 Sangamon county, married, March 12, 
 1843, to Elizabeth Carson. They had 
 fourteen children, five of whom died in 
 infancy, and one, JOSIAH W., was killed 
 in May, 1859, by becoming entangled in 
 the harness on a mule, which ran away 
 with him as he was leaving his plow to 
 escape from an approaching rain storm. 
 Of the other eight, JEREMIAH, born 
 Jan. i, 1843, married Mary Wheeler, 
 have two children. EARNEST L. and EAR- 
 LEN R., and reside in Loami township. 
 WILLIAM P., Jun., born April 7, 1846, 
 married Sarah Dodd, who was born Dec. 
 11, 1847, in Bradley county, Tenn. They 
 had one child, AMANDA, who died July 18, 
 1873, in her second year. They reside 
 in Talkington township. JAMES 
 S., twin to Josiah W T .. was born June 5, 
 1 848, married Rebecca A. Hunter, who was 
 born August 15, 1852, in Jersey county. 
 They had two children; one died in in- 
 fancy, and ETTIE MAY resides with her 
 parents, in Talkington township. SIM- 
 
 ON P., born May 17, 1854, married Mar. 
 6, 1873, to Kate A. Workman, and resides 
 four miles south of Loami. LONELY 
 ARIZONIA, ISAAC H., JACKSON 
 and BEATRICE, reside with their 
 mother. Wm. P. Campbell died August 
 24, 1868, and his widow resides three 
 miles south of Loami. Mr. Campbell 
 was a soldier in the Mexican war, where 
 he contracted chronic diarrhea, which 
 caused his death more than twenty years 
 after. 
 
 JEREMIAH, born Dec. 22, 1822, 
 married Luro Combs, and died in 1853, 
 leaving a widow and two children in Shel- 
 by county. Mrs. Luro Campbell mar- 
 ried Abner Smith, and resides near Mo- 
 wequa, Shelby county, 111. 
 
 JOSIAH W., born April 5, 1828, 
 married Elizabeth Workman. They had 
 two living children, and Mrs. C. died and 
 he married Angeline White. They have 
 three children, and reside in Vernon 
 county, Mo. 
 
 PETER C., born Jan. 19, 1832, mar- 
 ried May 5, 1852, to Amanda E. Carson. 
 They ^iad three children, two of whom 
 died in infancy. RACHEL C. resides 
 with her parents. Peter C. Campbell 
 and wife live in Chatham township, with 
 in one mile of where he was born. 
 
 CAROLINE, born Oct. 23, 1834, 
 married John Workman. See his name. 
 
 Mrs. Lavinah Campbell died Dec. 13, 
 1853, and John Campbell was married in 
 1855 to Mrs. Margery Carson, whose 
 maiden name was Parkison, a sister of 
 his first wife. She died March 5, 1870. 
 John Campbell died Feb., 1875, on the 
 farm where he settled in 1819, five miles 
 west of Chatham, leaving a large estate 
 which he had accumulated by industry and 
 economy. He, as nearly all the earliest 
 settlers, took part in the Black Hawk war. 
 The first mill in the county, built by Daniel 
 Lisle, was sold by him, and after changing 
 hands once or twice, was bought by Mr. 
 John Campbell, and moved to his farm on 
 Lick creek, where he put it up and ran it 
 for years, each customer bi'inging his own 
 horses to run it. That kind of mills went 
 out of use long ago, and one of the burrs 
 was used by Mr. Campbell as a doorstep, 
 to the day of his death. 
 
 CAMPBELL, LE VI, was born 
 May i, 1818, in Madison county, 111., and 
 came to Sangamon county when he was
 
 SANGAMON COUNT*. 
 
 *73 
 
 quite young. He was married March 4, 
 1841, to Susannah Staley. They had 
 three living children, namely 
 
 SARAH J. married John Hudson. 
 See his name. 
 
 MART F., married Kirk Lacey. They 
 have three children, and live in Waverly. 
 
 STALET D., lives west of Loami. 
 
 Levi Campbell was a soldier from San- 
 gamon county, in the war with Mexico, 
 in 1846 and '7. He died May 22, 1851, 
 and his widow married Wm. B. McCray. 
 They have three children 
 
 ROBERT D., JAMES A. and 
 STEPHEN W., and live west of 
 Loami. 
 
 CAMPBELL, MAXWELL, 
 was born Oct. 29, 1795, in Cabarras coun- 
 ty, N. C. His grandfather, Robert 
 Campbell, came from Scotland, bringing 
 six sons: Robert, James, John, William, 
 Samuel and George. Their arrival in 
 North Carolina was not long before the 
 American Revolution, and all the six bro- 
 thers were soldiers in the Revolutionary 
 army. The second Robert was the father 
 of the subject of this sketch. Maxwell 
 Campbell was married July 25, 1822, in 
 North Carolina, to Nancy Plunkett. She 
 was born June 15, 1806, in the same coun- 
 ty. They came to Sangamon county, ar- 
 riving in May 1823, and settled at the 
 north side of Richland creek in what is 
 now Cartwright township. They had 
 six living children in Sangamon county 
 
 ROBERT R.,\>orn August 13, 1823, 
 married Dec. 13, 1847. to Cynthia S. Pen- 
 ny. They have eight children. SAM- 
 UEL lives with his parents. NANCY 
 C. married J. Harnsberger. See his name. 
 MATILDA C., GEORGE B., PETER 
 A., IDA JANE, JOHN D. and CHAS. 
 A., live with their parents, two and a half 
 miles northeast of Pleasant Plains. 
 
 JOHN H., born May 19, 1828, mar- 
 ried Feb. 28, 1851, to Minerva E. Bum- 
 gardner. They have three children. 
 ISABEL M. married Aaron Thompson. 
 NANCY E. and WILLIAM J. live with 
 their parents. John H. Campbell enlisted 
 Sept. 18, 1862, for three years, in Co. F, 
 H4th 111. Inf. Served his full term and 
 was honorably discharged in July, 1865, 
 at Trenton, N. J. He lives east of Pleas- 
 ant Plains. 
 
 JAMES E., born Oct. 8, 1830, mar- 
 ried Oct. 4, 1865, to Cordelia Valentine, 
 
 who was born Dec. 20, 1847, in Pickaway 
 county, Ohio. They live near Pleasant 
 Plains. 
 
 MATILDA D., born April 3, 1833, 
 married Jan. 25, 1851, to Wm. F. Irwin. 
 See his name. 
 
 WILLIAM V., born May 2, 1836, 
 married Feb. 13, 1862, to Mary E.Valen- 
 tine, who was born Dec. 14, 1843, in Pick- 
 away county, O. They had four children. 
 OLIVER H. died young. MAXWELL 
 M., JASPER S. and CORA V. live 
 with their parents, at the family home- 
 stead settled in 1823. 
 
 JASPER J., born May 22, 1839, 
 enlisted Sept. 18, 1862, for three years, in 
 Co. F, 1 1 4th 111. Inf. He was captured 
 at the battle of Guntown, Miss., June 10, 
 1864, remained in Anderson ville prison- 
 pen until near the close of the rebellion, 
 and was marching under rebel authority 
 to the Mississippi river for the purpose of 
 being exchanged. On the second day's 
 march, he being emaciated by starvation, 
 fell out of the ranks, and was never heard 
 of after. 
 
 Maxwell Campbell and his wife live 
 on the farm where they settled in 1823. 
 It is four miles northeast of Pleasant 
 Plains. 
 
 Maxwell Campbell says he raised the 
 three first crops after he came to Sanga- 
 mon county, with an ox. He used the ox 
 for riding and all other purposes, the 
 same as a horse. In working he used 
 harness instead of a yoke. He could 
 carry a grist of com on the ox to mill, 
 hitch him in, do his own grinding, and 
 then carry it home. He made a cart, each 
 wheel of which was a solid piece of wood, 
 and with the ox, did his first hauling. Mr. 
 Campbell says that for the first five years 
 after coming to the county he never had 
 a cent of money. He first built a very 
 small cabin, then prepared hewn logs for 
 a much larger house. They were hauled 
 together and lay two years because he 
 had no money to buy whisky for the rais- 
 . ing. He then bought a blind horse for 
 five dollars in trade. It had a bell on it, 
 which Mr. Campbell sold for two gallons 
 of whisky, and was thus enabled to raise 
 the house in which he has lived more than 
 forty years. Soon after trading for the 
 blind horse,- he put a sack of corn and a 
 boy on the ox, and rode the horse to mill, 
 hitched the horse and ox together, ground
 
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 EARLY SET7LERS OF 
 
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 out the grist, and then started home. The 
 ox threw the boy and sack off. The boy 
 caught one foot in the traces, and the ox 
 dragged him among the trees and stumps, 
 and was likely to kill him. Mr. Camp- 
 bell, seeing the perilous condition of the 
 boy, ran ahead of the ox, caught it by the 
 horns and knowing him to be its master, 
 rather than the physical strength he ex- 
 erted enabled him to hold it until help 
 came and extricated the boy. At this 
 point in the story, the old gentleman 
 paused, looked wise, and with a comical 
 expression of countenance, added in a 
 trembling voice : " The neighbors always 
 said they knowed that ox afterwards by 
 the prints of my fingers in his horns?" 1 
 
 CAMPBELL, ROBERT, was 
 born in 1798, in Caborras county, N. C., 
 and married there to Mary Hill. They 
 moved to Sangamon county, 111., about 
 1828, and settled on Richland creek. They 
 brought two children with them, and had 
 eight in Sangamon county. In 1868 the 
 family moved to Kansas. Of their child- 
 ren 
 
 JAMES married Nancy H. Stubbs, 
 and has two children, ALBERT T. and 
 OSCAR, and live in Kansas. 
 
 NANCT married John E. King, and 
 live in Kansas. 
 
 SAMUEL, WILET, GREEN, 
 JAMES, FRANKLIN, JOHN and 
 CARROLL, the two latter twins, all, 
 married and unmarried, live near Fredonia, 
 Wilson county, Kansas. 
 
 Robert Campbell died Sept. 12, 1872, 
 near Fredonia, Kansas, and his widow 
 lives with their children. 
 
 CAMPBELL, HUGH, twin 
 brother to Robert, was born in 1798, in 
 North Carolina, married there and came 
 to Sangamon county, 111., in Sept., 1830, 
 on Richland creek. They had nine child- 
 ren, and Hugh Campbell died August 28, 
 1865, and his widow died July 26, 1869, 
 both in Rochester. 
 
 CAMPBELL, NELSON, 
 youngest brother to Maxwell, Robert and 
 Hugh. He was born in North Carolina, 
 married in Tennessee to Themy Grady, 
 and came to Sangamon county in 1830. 
 They had three children. Their eldest 
 son 
 
 ROBERT, married Mrs. M. Gale, and 
 had two children. He enlisted in 1862, 
 for three years, in the H4th 111. Inf. 
 
 Served full term and was honorably dis- 
 charged. He died Jan., 1873 near Roch- 
 ester. 
 
 Nelson Campbell and wife died in San- 
 gamon county. 
 
 CAMPBELL, ROBERT, was 
 born Sept. 9, 1783, in Kanawha county, 
 West Va. Mary Griffith was born there, 
 Sept. 15, 1791. They were married June 
 30, 1808, and some of their children were 
 born in that county. The family moved 
 to Cincinnati, and from there to Sanga- 
 mon county, arriving previous to 1835, 
 near Loami. Of their children 
 
 SIDNEY S., born May 4, 1810, in 
 West Va., married in Sangamon county, 
 March 30, 1836, to Barbara A. Neal. 
 They had six living children in Sanga- 
 mon county. ROBERT D., born Jan. 
 27, 1840, enlisted July 15, 1861, in Co. C, 
 nth Mo. Inf., for three years; i"e-enlisted 
 as a veteran, Jan., 1864, served until Jan. 
 15, 1866, when he was honorably dis- 
 charged. He was married Sept. 2, 1868, 
 to Sarah Shryer. They have one child, 
 JAMES E., and live one mile south of 
 Bates. MARIA N., born Feb. 9, 1842, 
 married Wm. H. Sowell. See his name. 
 SAMUEL, born March 12, 1844, en- 
 listed Sept., i86i,in Co. B, loth 111. Cav., 
 for three years. He was wounded in the 
 battle of Little Rock, Ark., from which 
 he recovered, but died of disease in hospi- 
 tal at that place, Sept., 1863. .HARVEY 
 G. born July 7, 1846, lives with his 
 mother. AMARINE, born Nov. 7, 
 1848, married Morris Lee. They have 
 two children, and live near New Berlin. 
 ELIZABETH, born Sept. 2, 1856, mar- 
 ried James M. Williams, who was a 
 Union soldier, also. They have two 
 children, and live in Pleasant Plains. 
 Sidney S. Campbell died in 1874. His 
 widow resides at Loarni. 
 
 HAMILTON, born June 12, 1812, in 
 West Virginia, married in Sangamon 
 county to Harriet Riddle. They moved 
 to Oregon, where he was murdered. 
 
 MART E. V., born Oct. 4, 1814, mar- 
 ried Woodford Turpin, who died while a 
 soldier in the Mexican war, leaving two 
 sons, CHARLES and HAMILTON. Mrs. 
 Turpin married Walter Nicholls and re- 
 side near Dundee, Rice county, Minne- 
 sota. 
 
 JOHN A., born Sept. 30, 1816, in 
 Kanawha county, West Va., came with
 
 SANGAMOM COUNTT. 
 
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 his parents to Sangamon county, and after 
 spending a few years near Loami, came to 
 Springfield. He was married Oct. 4, 1838, 
 to Susan C. Short. They had five child- 
 ren, four of whom died young. MARI- 
 ETTA, born July 25, 1841, in Spring- 
 field, 111., was married there, Oct. 28, 
 1860, to Daniel Myers. They had one 
 child, CAROLINE, and Mr. Myers died 
 Oct. 30, 1863. Mrs. Myers lives with her 
 father, in St. Louis. Mrs. Susan C. 
 Campbell died April 3, 1852, and John A. 
 Campbell married Mrs. Elizabeth Rusk, 
 whose maiden name was Hawker. She 
 died, and he married Nov. 9, 1856, to 
 Elizabeth T. Rich. They have one liv- 
 ing child, CYRUS W., and reside, at 921 
 North Tenth Street, St. Louis, Mo. 
 
 CHARLES /?., born Nov. 17, 1821, 
 in West Virginia, married in Sangamon 
 county to Mary Gibson. They have two 
 children, and live at Oswego, Labette 
 county, Kansas. 
 
 WILLIAM P., born Nov. 24, 1826, 
 married Julia Slater. They have three 
 children, and live in Springfield. 
 
 NANCT A., born April 27, 1830, 
 married George Underwood, and both 
 died, leaving three children in Buchanan 
 county, near St. Joseph, Mo. 
 
 Robert Campbell died Dec. 10, 1845, 
 and his widow died Jan. 26, 1862, both in 
 Loami township. 
 
 CAMPBELL, THOMAS, was 
 born Oct. 31, 1786, in Yorkville District, 
 South Carolina. His father, James Camp- 
 bell, was born in county Antrim, Ireland, 
 and emigrated to South Carolina. Thos. 
 Campbell went, in 1807, to visit his bro- 
 ther David, in Caldwell county, Ky. He 
 was married in that county, March 22, 
 1810, to Elizabeth Robinson, a sister to 
 Edward Robinson. See his name. She 
 was born May 3, 1788, in Nelson county, 
 Ky. Her father, George Robinson, was 
 born in Bucks county, Pa., married in 
 Maryland, to Elizabeth Griffith, moved to 
 Loudon county, Va., and from there to 
 Nelson county, Ky. Thomas and Eliza- 
 beth Campbell had eight children in Ken- 
 tucky. He moved with his familv to 
 Sangamon county, 111., arriving about 
 Nov. 10, 1823. The first land sales took 
 place in Springfield on the sixth of that 
 month, and a few days later he entered 
 some land south of Little Spring creek, 
 and there made a home for his family. It 
 
 is now in Island Grove township, three 
 miles northeast of Bates, where they had 
 four children. Of their twelve children 
 JAMES R. was born March 4, 1812, 
 in Caldwell county, Ky. He enlisted in 
 a Sangamon county Light Horse Co. in 
 the spring of 1831, for the Black Hawk 
 war: served three months, enlisted in 
 another Sangamon county company, in 
 1832, was in the battle of Wisconsin, and 
 served until the surrender of the Indian 
 chief, Black Hawk. Mr. Campbell en- 
 listed at Galena in Co. K, ist 111. Inf., in 
 1846, for one year. He was in the battle 
 of Buena Vista, Mexico, Feb. 22, 1847, 
 in which Col. J. J. Hardin was killed. 
 J. R. Campbell never married, and resides 
 at the family homestead near Bates. 
 
 MARGARET A., born Nov. 8, 1813, 
 in Kentucky, married in Sangamon coun- 
 ty, to Allen Short. See his name. They 
 had three children, and she died Sept. 23, 
 
 J., born July 18, 1815, in 
 Kentucky, married in Sangamon county 
 to Pinckney Hughes. They had four 
 children. MARY E. married Thomas 
 Baker, and lives at Nilwood. THOMAS 
 P. married Amanda Ross, and lives at 
 Nilwood. ANNIE and NETTIE live 
 with their mother. Mr. Hughes died in 
 1860, and his widow resides at Nilwood, 
 Macoupin county, 111. 
 
 NARCISSA D., born Dec. 9, 1816, 
 is unmarried, and resides at the family 
 homestead, near Bates. 
 
 DOROTHY M., and POLLY M., 
 twins, born Oct. 9, 1818, in Kentucky. 
 
 DOROTHT J/., married in Sanga- 
 mon county, to Benj. T. Renshaw, moved 
 to Iowa, and had three children, ELIZA- 
 BETH L., MORGAN and ELIJAH C. 
 Mr. Renshaw was a soldier in an Iowa 
 regiment, and died in St. Louis. His 
 family live near Clio, Wayne county, 
 Iowa. 
 
 POLL!' .]/., married in Sangamon 
 county to Robert Wiggins. They have 
 one child, CHARLES, and live near 
 Nilwood, 111. 
 
 WILLIAM />'., born Jan. 28, 1821, in 
 Kentucky, married Oct. n, 1849, to 
 Sarah L. Dunbar, who was born June I, 
 1825. Thev have five living children, 
 CHARLES V., MINNIE A. and 
 WALTER L., (twins), VELMA A.
 
 EARLT SETTLERS OF 
 
 and WILLIAM LINCOLN, and live 
 near Oskaloosa, Iowa. 
 
 EDWARD DODDS, born May 29, 
 1825, in Sangamon county, married Eliza 
 Baldwin. They have two children, 
 ELIZABETH and CHARLES J., and 
 reside near Hutchins, Dallas county, 
 Texas. 
 
 JULIETTE, born June 13, 1827, in 
 Sangamon county, married Solomon 
 Brundage, moved to Texas, and died in 
 time of the rebellion. 
 
 JOHN B., born Oct. 26, 1829, in San- 
 gamon county, went to Oregon, about 
 1853, and from there to California. Last 
 heard from in 1867, at Petalouma, Cal. 
 
 THOMAS, Jun., born Nov. 2, 1834, 
 in Sangamon county, married Sarah A. 
 Selby. They have one child, THOMAS 
 H., and reside near Hutchins, Texas. 
 
 Thomas Campbell was licensed to 
 preach the gospel in 1818, by Logan 
 Presbytery, of the Cumb. Presb. church, 
 in Kentucky, and was ordained after com- 
 ing to Illinois. He preached at Irish 
 Grove, Menard county, to the church on 
 Sugar creek, Sangamon county, and 
 preached in his own neighborhood as long 
 as he lived. Rev. Thomas Campbell died 
 May 11, 1850, at the place where he set- 
 tled in 1823, and his widow died there in 
 Feb., 1876. 
 
 CAMPBELL THOMAS H., 
 was born May 21, 1815, in Pennsylvania, 
 came to Henderson county, 111., from 
 there to Chester, in Randolph county, 
 thence to Springfield. He came by the 
 invitation of his old friend, Gen. James 
 Shields, to discharge the duties of his 
 office, Gen. Shields being then Aditor of 
 State. Mr. Campbell was married Oct. 
 21, 1845, in Jacksonville, 111., to Catharine 
 E. McDougall, a native of New York, 
 and sister of the Hon. James A. McDou- 
 gall, late U. S. Senator from California. 
 Mr. and Mrs. Campbell had four children 
 in Springfield, namely 
 
 JEANE7^TE, born Feb. 18, 1847, 
 and died Feb. 16, 1862. 
 
 THOMAS H., born Dec. i, 1849, in 
 Sangamon county, is a lawyer, and resides 
 in Springfield. 
 
 JAMES W., born Dec. 29, 1851, in 
 Springfield, is a farmer, and lives with his 
 mother. 
 
 TREAT, born Jan. 23, 1855, in 
 Springfield, is a student, and lives with 
 his mother. 
 
 Mr. Campbell continued in the auditor's 
 office until the expiration of Mr. Shield's 
 term, and the election of Gen. W. L. D. 
 Ewing, who died in 1846. Mr. C. was 
 appointed to fill the unexpired term. He 
 was elected to the same office in 1848, and 
 again in 1852, thus serving in the State 
 Auditor's office nearly twenty years, be- 
 ing the chief officer ten years of that 
 time. Mr. Campbell was appointed by 
 Gov. Yac :s, special commissioner to audit 
 accounts between the U. S. Government 
 and the State of Illinois, in which work 
 he was engaged at the time of his death, 
 Nov. 22, 1862. His widow resides east 
 side of Second, near Edwards street, 
 Springfield, 111. 
 
 CANFIELD, JOHN E., was 
 born Jan. 12, 1802, in Morristown, N. J. 
 He came to Sangamon county in 1831, re- 
 turned to New Jersey, and was married in 
 New York City, April 14, 1834, to Susan 
 LaTourette, who was born Feb. 21, 1806, 
 at Somerville, Somerset county, New 
 Jersey. In May, 1834, they came to Illi- 
 nois, and settled west of Springfield, in 
 what is now Curran township. They 
 had five children, one of whom died in 
 infancy. Of the other four 
 
 DANIEL L., born August 29, 1838, 
 in Sangamon county, enlisted April 23, 
 1861, for three months, in Co. G, 7th 111. 
 Inf. He was commissioned ist Lieut, at 
 its organization, and afterwards appointed 
 Quartermaster of the regiment. Served . 
 full time, re-enlisted Nov. 25, 1861, in Co. 
 I, loth 111. Cav. He was appointed ist 
 Lieut., and afterwards made Battalion 
 Quartermaster. That office was abolished, 
 and he was mustered out, April 4, 1862, 
 He resumed his position as ist Lieut, of 
 Co. I, and died May 7, 1863, at St. Louis, 
 of disease contracted in the army. 
 
 HELEN M., born Dec. n, 1840, in 
 Sangamon county, was married in June, 
 1868, in Morristown, N. J., to Thomas H. 
 Taylor, a son of the Rector of Grace 
 church, New York City. They have one 
 child, THOMAS H., Jun., and reside 
 near Plainfield, N. J. 
 
 JOHN C., born Oct. 8, 1842, in San- 
 gamon county, was married Feb. 15, 1865, 
 in Springfield, 111., to Ella L. Todd, who 
 was born August 27, 1846, in Lexington,
 
 SANGAMON COUNTY. 
 
 177 
 
 Ky. They have two children, ELLA S. 
 and MAI L. Mr. Canfield has been a 
 merchant in Springfield for the last seven- 
 teen years, where he and his family re- 
 side. 
 
 JAMES F., born Nov. 4, 1844, in 
 Sangamon county, is a clerk in the U. S. 
 Postofrice department, at Washington, 
 D. C. 
 
 Mrs. Susan Canfield died April 6, 1846, 
 in Springfield, and John E. Canfield died 
 Jan. 7, 1866, in Jacksonville, 111. 
 
 John E. Canfield was one of the original 
 members in the organization of St. Paul's 
 Episcopal church, in Springfield, and con- 
 tinued a member of the same until ' his 
 death. 
 
 CANEDY PELEG C., son of 
 Capt. Peleg ana Silence Fobes Canedy, 
 was born August 25, 1803, in Enfield, 
 Hampshire county, Mass., partly raised at 
 Middlebury, Vt., and spent most of his 
 early manhood in Washington City, where 
 he was accustomed to see Webster, Clay, 
 Calhoun, and their comp'eers. There he 
 also saw for the last time, his brother, 
 Lieut. Philander F. Canedy, of the U. S. 
 Navy, who, after having done important 
 service in the harbor of Charleston, S. C., 
 during the nullification excitement, and 
 acted as sailing master of the sloop of 
 war Florida, died Jan. 2, 1834, at Pensa- 
 cola, Flcrida. Mr. P . C. Canedy visited 
 New Orleans, Nachitoches and St. Louis, 
 at the latter of which he engaged in busi- 
 ness for a time, and came to Springfield, 
 111., in Dec., 1830, just in time for the "deep 
 snow." He began the drug business, and 
 still later added books to his stock. This 
 was the first establishment of the kind in 
 Springfield. He was married in Morgan 
 county, Illinois, August 8, 1838, to Sarah 
 Camp, who was born Jan., 1815, in Ver- 
 mont. They had three children 
 
 CHARLES FOBES, born June- 4, 
 1847, * n Springfield. His early education 
 was received in the preparatory depart- 
 ment of Illinois University, and at the 
 Central High School, both in Springfield. 
 His preparation for college was continued 
 by his private tutor, Rev. John F. Brooks, 
 of same city. He graduated at Yale col- 
 lege, July 22, 1869, and graduated at the 
 General Theological Seminary, New 
 York City, June 27, 1873. While a stu- 
 dent he had charge, as lay reader, of St. 
 Mark's church, Baskingridge, N. J. He 
 
 was ordained Deacon in the Protestant 
 Episcopal church, by Bishop Potter, of 
 New York, June 29, 1873. He was or- 
 dained Priest by the aforesaid prelate, 
 Nov. 23, 1873, and Yale college conferred 
 the degree of Master of Arts on him, 
 June 25, 1874. Rev. C. F. Canedy is un- 
 married, and Rector of St. John's church, 
 Monticello, N. Y. 
 
 GEORGE />.died in his third year. 
 
 MART P., born March 31, 1852, in 
 Springfield, was partially educated there, 
 but finished her education at the Chegaray 
 Institute, Philadelphia, and St. Mary's 
 school, New York City. She resides 
 with her brother, the Rev. C. F. Canedy, 
 at Monticello. 
 
 Mrs. Sarah Canedy died Jan. 12, 1855, 
 in Springfield. P. C. Canedy was for 
 many years deacon and trustee in the 
 second Presbyterian church, Springfield, 
 111., and before the latter place adopted a 
 city government, was member and Presi- 
 dent of the Board of Town Trustees. He 
 was also one of the committee to receive 
 President Lincoln's remains. He has 
 always been active and energetic in every 
 undertaking which had in view the wel- 
 fare and happiness of his fellow citizens. 
 A local paper of March, 1863, speaks of 
 him as an example of uprightness and 
 integrity. Mr. Canedy travels much, and 
 is often at Springfield, but considers his 
 son's house his home. He is now, March, 
 1876, in Springfield. 
 
 CANTERBURY, ASA, was 
 born March 7, 1788, in Virginia. His 
 father died when he was a child, and his 
 mother moved to Bath county, Ky. He 
 was married to Peggy Hornback, who 
 was born Feb. 6, 1791. She lived in 
 Fleming county, on the opposite side of 
 Licking river. There being opposition 
 to their marriage, they went to Aberdeen, 
 O., and were there married. It could 
 there be solemnized on short notice, as no 
 license was required by the laws of Ohio 
 at that time, and runaway wedding parties 
 from Kentucky were quite popular. They 
 had four children in Bath county, and 
 moved to the Fleming side of Licking 
 river, where they had three. The family 
 moved to Sangamon county, 111., arriving 
 in the fall of 1826, in what is now Fancy 
 creek township, where they had four 
 children. Of their eleven children
 
 178 
 
 EARLY SETTLERS OF 
 
 JSAAC,born in 1810, in Bath county, 
 Ky., married in Sangamon county, July, 
 1830, to Elizabeth Morgan. They, with 
 four other families, moved, in 1832,10 Des- 
 Moines county, Iowa, crossing the Missis- 
 sippi river at Flint Hills, now Burlington. 
 They were said to be the first white fam- 
 ilies that ever moved into Iow;i. They 
 had six children, and Isaac Canterbury 
 died there in 1848. His widow and child- 
 ren still live in DesMoines county, Iowa. 
 
 MARIA, born in 1812, in Bath county, 
 Ky., married in Sangamon county, May 
 14, 1829, to William Primm. See his 
 name. 
 
 CARLISLE H., born Dec. 5, 1814, 
 in Bath county, Ky., married, August n, 
 1836, to Emily Morgan, who was born in 
 Sangamon county. They had thirteen 
 children, four of whom died under six 
 years. Of the other nine: ASA mar- 
 ried Margaret England, and lives in Ford 
 county. SARAH married William 
 Fuquay, and lives in Ford county. 
 WILLIAM M. enlisted August, 1861, 
 for three years, in Co. F, 28th '111. Inf. 
 He was sick when he left Camp Butler, 
 and died at Camp Holt, Ky., Nov. 7, 
 1861. RUTH A. married Wm. H. H. 
 Holland. See his name. OLIVER P., 
 JOHN C., CARLISLE N., LINCOLN 
 G. and LAURA E. live with their pa- 
 rents, in Menard county, two and a half 
 miles west of Cantrall. 
 
 VALENTINE, born in 1816, in Bath 
 county, Ky., died in Sangamon county, 
 aged seventeen years. 
 
 JOHN I 7 ., born August 27, 1820, in 
 Fleming county, Ky., married in Sanga- 
 mon county, Feb. 22, 1842, to Miranda M. 
 Brittin. They had six children. JOHN 
 B., born March 24, 1843, died March 19, 
 1864. ASA M. married April 19, 1866, 
 to Lucinda Fisk. They had five children; 
 three died in infancy. The other two, 
 MATTIE E. and ELLIS, live with their pa- 
 rents, at Cantrall. MARY J. married 
 John J. Stevens. They have three child- 
 ren, CHARLES A., JOHN E. and FRANK E., 
 
 and reside at Cantrall. MARGA.RET 
 A. married Joseph S. Cantrall. See his 
 name. EVANS E. resides with his 
 father. WM. H. died in infancy. Mrs. 
 Mhranda M. Canterbury died Sept. 22, 
 1853, and Mr. C. married Sept. 24, 1854, 
 to Harriet E. Purkins, of Menard county. 
 They live near Cantrall. John F. Can- 
 
 terbury raised a good crop of wheat in 
 1842. He hauled sixty-five bushels of it 
 to St. Louis, one hundred miles, and sold 
 it for thirty-seven and a half cents per 
 bushel. He drove three yoke of oxen, 
 was twelve days, and his total receipts 
 were $24.371^." 
 
 ELIZA J., born in Fleming county, 
 Ky., married in Sangamon county, to 
 William Cline. See his name. 
 
 OLIVER P., born July 21, 1824, in 
 Fleming county, Ky., married in Sanga- 
 mon county to Elizabeth Council. They 
 have nine children. MARY E. resides 
 with her parents. MARGARET J. 
 married William Vandergrift. He served 
 three years in an Illinois regiment in aiding 
 to suppress the slaveholders' rebellion. 
 They live in Fancy creek township. 
 MARIA F., MELISSA M.JOHN H., 
 ANNIE F., JULIA E., WILLIAM R. 
 and NELLIE E. live with their parents, 
 in Menard county, two and a half miles 
 southwest of Cantrall. 
 
 MARTHA A., born in 1827, in San- 
 gamon county, married Elijah Brittin. 
 See his name. He died March 5, 1873, 
 in Iowa. 
 
 MARGARE7\ born about 1829, in 
 Sangamon county, married Stephen Eng- 
 land. See his name. 
 
 ABRAHAM,\>v\v\ in 1831,511 Sanga- 
 mon county, died aged twelve years. 
 
 JULIA A., born about 1834,111 San- 
 gamon county, married Agustus J. Bron- 
 son, and reside in Menard county, six 
 miles northwest of Williamsville. Mr. B. 
 enlisted August, 1862, in Co. C, 114 111. 
 Inf. for three years. He was a hospital 
 steward from 1863, served more than full 
 term, and was honorably discharged in 
 1865. 
 
 Asa Canterbury died Oct. 16, 1856, and 
 his widow died July 8, 1857. 
 
 CANTRALL. The origin of the 
 family in America was with Zebulon Can- 
 trail, who came from Wales, and settled 
 in Philadelphia, Penn., about the year 
 1700. There is a tradition in the family 
 that he built the first brick house ever 
 erected in that city. Zebulon Cantrall 
 had a son, Joseph. He had a son, Joshua, 
 who was born August 8, 1748, either in 
 Pennsylvania or Virginia, most probably 
 the latter. He was a soldier in the war 
 for American Independence. This Joshua 
 Cantrall married and had nine sons, but
 
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 179 
 
 no daughter. Four of his sons died with- 
 out families. Of the other five, Joshua, 
 horn in Virginia, raised a family, and died 
 August 11, 1840, in DeWitt county, 111. 
 The other four, Zehulon G., William G., 
 Levi and Wyatt, are the suhjects of the 
 following sketches. 
 
 CANTRALL,ZEBULON G. 
 was born June 29, 1773, in Botetourt 
 county, Virginia. He was a brother of 
 Joshua, William G., Levi and Wyatt. 
 The family moved in 1789, to Bath coun- 
 ty, Kv. Zebulon G. was married there, 
 August 31, 1797, to Sarah McCallum. 
 They moved to Clarke county, Ohio, 
 from there to Sangamon county, 111., ar- 
 riving in the fall of 1833. In the spring 
 of 1834 they moved to DeWitt county, 
 111. They had fourteen children; two 
 died young. Of the twelve 
 
 ANN, born August 31, 1798, in Bath 
 county, Ky., married John Branson. See 
 his name. She died May 16, 1822. 
 
 JOSHUA,\yovn April 3, 1802, in Ken- 
 tucky, was married in 1828, in Butler 
 county, Ohio, to Eliza Scott. He died 
 Oct. 12, 1860, in DeWitt county, and Mrs. 
 C. resides with her daughter, SARAH, 
 the wife of Irvin Daniels, near Warrens- 
 ville, 111. Her son, John S., lives in 
 Kansas. 
 
 AGNES M., born Sept. 12, 1806, in 
 Kentucky, married John Mclntire. She 
 is a widow, and resides with her brother 
 William. 
 
 JOHN J/., born Feb. 22, 1808, in 
 Kentucky, was married in Champaign 
 county, Ohio, Nov. 13, 1830, to Joanna 
 M. Jones. They had eleven children; two 
 died in infancv. Of the nine children: 
 WILLIAM J., ZEBULON D., ELIZA- 
 BETH, IRA J., MARY A., (the latter 
 died in Nov., 1875.) MILES T., ALMA 
 J., EFFIE and JOHN C., the latter died 
 in the spring of 1872. John M. Cantrall 
 died Feb. n, 1863, and his widow died 
 Sept., 1870, both in DeWitt county, 111. 
 
 JAMES M., born April 10, 1810, in 
 Kentuckv, was married August 9, 1832, 
 to Eliza McLaughlin. They had three 
 daughters; one died young. ELMIRA 
 married Abner J. Lutz, and lives near 
 Lincoln, 111. ELIZA J. married Mr. 
 Piatt, and lives in Lincoln. James M. 
 Cantrall died April 27, 1866, and his 
 widow lives in Lincoln, 111. 
 
 SARAH, born March 14, 1812, in 
 Clarke county, Ohio, was married in San- 
 gamon county, 111., Jan. 14, 1834, to 
 Joshua M. Cantrall. See his name. 
 
 ZEBULON P., born Jan. 17, 1814, 
 in Clark county, Ohio, was married in 
 what is now Logan county, 111., Oct. 16, 
 1838,10 Elizabeth Paulk. They had six 
 children; two died young. AMOS A., 
 born May n, 1845, in Logan county, en- 
 listed Sept., 1861, in Co. L, 4th Ill.'Cav. 
 Served until June, 1866, when he was 
 honorably discharged. He lives near 
 Cisco, Piatt county. MARTHA J., born 
 Oct. 3, 1842, was married June 9, 1862, to 
 Samuel Mott. They have six children, 
 GEORGE A., SARAH E., LEWIS 
 A.JAMES A., EFFIE C. and ALVA, 
 and live near Argenta, Macon county, 111. 
 SARAH A., born Dec. 25, 1844, was 
 married March 23, 1871, to Theodore A. 
 Funk. She died April 30, 1872. MARY 
 E., born Jan. 8, 1848, was married Jan. 
 12, 1871, to Edwin C. Hunsley. They 
 have two children, LAURA A. and INEZ, 
 and live near Cisco, 111. Mrs. Elizabeth 
 Cantrall died June 12, 1852, and Z. P. 
 Cantrall was married to Mrs. Rachel 
 Doyle. She died Oct., 1865, and Z. P. 
 Cantrall was married March 14, 1872, to 
 Mrs. Mary Harp, whose maiden name 
 was Everly. They reside near Chesnut, 
 Logan county, 111. 
 
 ELIZA, born July 4, 1816, in Clark 
 county, Ohio, was married Oct. 5, 1834, 
 to Jeremiah Duncan. She died Jan. 29, 
 1854, leaving seven children. MARY 
 L., HELEN A., the latter born in 1840, 
 in Logan county, was married to George 
 Whiteman. They live at Waynesville, 
 111. AMY L. married Mr. Condell, and 
 he died. WILLIAM W. married Rox- 
 anna Cushman. They had two children. 
 REBECCA S. married Mortimer Samp- 
 son. They have one child, and live in 
 Waynesville. JEREMIAH P. livc-s in 
 Waynesville. 
 
 REBECCA and RACHEL, twins, 
 born July 25, 1818, in Ohio. REBECCA 
 married in June, 1836, to Jacob F. Samp- 
 son. They had three children. Mrs. S. 
 died March 24, 1849. The children live 
 in Kansas. 
 
 RA CHEL was married in 1842 to Chas. 
 Graves, and resides with her daughter, 
 FANNIE Storer, near Plum Grove,
 
 i8o 
 
 EARLY SETTLERS OF 
 
 Butler county, Kansas. Her son, John 
 W. Graves, resides at Centralia, 111. 
 
 WTA TT, born May 1 1, 1821, in Ohio, 
 married Louisa Stevens. She died, and he 
 married Mary A. Day. He died Jan. 7, 
 1875, leaving a widow near Lane, Frank- 
 lin county, Kansas. 
 
 WILLIAM L., born May 15, 1823, 
 in Ohio, was married Oct. 26, 1843, to 
 Melinda Stout. They had eight children. 
 ANN, born in 1844, was married in De- 
 Witt county to Joel Hopesberger. They 
 have four children, and live near Ken- 
 ney station. EMELINE, born in 1846, 
 married Thomas Watson. They have 
 three children, and live near Kenney 
 Station. JOHN K., JESSE, WIL- 
 LIAM and ADDIE. Mrs. Melinda 
 Cantrall died March 10, 1864, and W. L. 
 Cantrall was married in 1865 to Christine 
 Everly, and lives near Chesnut, Logan 
 county, 111. 
 
 Mrs. Sarah Cantrall died May 26, 1843, 
 and Zebulon G. Cantrall died Sept. 11, 
 1845, both in DeWitt county, near 
 Waynesville. 
 
 CANTRALL, WM. G., was 
 born Sept. 6, 1784, in Botetourt, Va. His 
 parents moved to Bath county, Ky., in 
 1789. He was there married, in 1804, to 
 Deborah Mitts, who was born Nov. 16, 
 1785, in Virginia. Soon after marriage 
 they moved from Bath county to the vi- 
 cinity of New London, Huron county, 
 O., and then moved to Pickaway county. 
 They had ten children in Ohio, and the 
 family moved to Sangamon county, 111., 
 arriving Nov. i, 1824, in what is now 
 Fancy creek township, on what was then 
 called Higgins creek, but now called Can- 
 trail's creek. Two children were born in 
 Sangamon county. Of all their children 
 
 DOROTHT, born March 15, 1805, in 
 Ohio, married iri Sangamon county to 
 Charles Snelson. They had seven child- 
 ren, moved to DesMoines county, near 
 Burlington, Iowa, where Mrs. Snelson 
 died. The family live there. 
 
 ANN, born Aug. i^ 1806, in Ohio, mar- 
 ried in Sangamon county to John W. 
 Snelson. They had eight children, and 
 moved to Keokuk county, Iowa, where 
 Mrs. Snelson died. The family live there. 
 
 ELIZABETH, born Aug. 29, 1808, 
 in Ohio, married in Sangamon county to 
 Joseph D. Langston. See his name. 
 
 JOSHUA M., born Dec. 17, 1810, in 
 Pickaway couaty, O., was married in San- 
 gamon county, Jan. 14, 1834, to Sarah 
 Cantrall. She was born March 14, 1812, 
 near Urbana, O. They had eight child- 
 ren in Sangamon county; six died under 
 eight years. Of the other four: ZEBU- 
 LAN G., born May 7, 1835, married 
 Elizabeth J. Lillv, a native of Augusta 
 county, Va. They have six children, 
 
 MARY A., MELISSA E., ARMINTA and 
 
 AMELIA (twins), CELIA j. and NOAH 
 MATHENY, and live in Fancv creek town- 
 ship. WILLIAM G., Jun., born Feb. 
 20, 1837, married Mary J. Randall. They 
 have four living children, MARCUS x., 
 SARAH M., MARY L. and LOUISA M., and 
 live in Fancy creek township. JACOB 
 M., born Dec. 25, 1841, married Marian 
 J. Tufts., who was born near Buffalo, N. 
 Y. They have one child, ADDIE E., and 
 reside in Fancy creek township. MAHA- 
 LA E., born Oct. 4, 1845, married Oct. 
 9, 1873, to George W. Bailey, being his 
 second wife. He was born in Hawkins 
 county, Tenn. He was a soldier in the 
 5th Tenn. Inf. in the Mexican war, in 
 1846 and '7; came from Mexico to San- 
 gamon county in 1848. He enlisted in 
 1862 for three years, in Co. H, 114111. 
 Inf.; was commissioned as Captain at the 
 organization of the regiment. His health 
 failing, he resigned in May, 1863, and 
 lives in Salisbury township. Joshua M. 
 Cantrall resides in Fancy creek township, 
 eight miles north of Springfield. 
 
 TH2RZA, or THERESA, born 
 Nov. 8, 1812, in Ohio, married in Sanga- 
 mon county, to Edward Guyott. She 
 died Oct. 7, 1851, three months after mar- 
 riage. He married again, and lives in 
 Springfield. 
 
 ADAM M., born Feb. 27, 1815, in 
 Ohio, married in Sangamon countv to 
 Delilah Smith. They had nine children. 
 JEREMIAH married Etta Drone, and 
 live in Fancy creek township. HAR- 
 RIET married Wm. Brisentine; moved 
 to Dallas county, Texas, in 1853. She 
 died there, leaving one child. W M. L. 
 BRISENTINE lives with his grand- 
 uncle, Joshua M. Cantrall. See his name, 
 Adam Cantrall and his wife live at River- 
 ton. 
 
 DEBORAH, born Feb. 16, 1817, in 
 Ohio, married in Sangamon county to 
 Marshal S. Randall. They have twelve
 
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 181 
 
 children, and reside near Blue Mound, 
 Christian county. Their daughter, Mary 
 J., married Wm. G. Cantrall, Jun. See 
 his name. 
 
 MAHALA, born Dec. 4, 1818, in 
 Ohio, married in Sangamon county to 
 Newton Street. She died, and he resides 
 in Montgomery county. 
 
 SUSANNAH, born Nov. 23, 1820, in 
 Ohio, married in Sangamon county to 
 Leonard Mitts. See his name. 
 
 WILLIAM M., born Dec. 22, 1822, 
 in Ohio, married in Sangamon county to 
 Adaline Claywell. They had nine child- 
 ren; two died under six years. JULIA 
 A. married Leander Jones, have three 
 children, and reside in Salisbury township. 
 MIRANDA married Rollin V. Mallory. 
 See his name. JAMES M., PERCY- 
 DEBORAH J. is a cripple, having had 
 eight inches of bone taken from one ot 
 her lower limbs -- LEWIS E. and 
 SARAH E. The latter is a deaf mute, 
 and is being educated at the State Institu- 
 tion at Jacksonville. The five unmarried 
 reside with their mother. William M. 
 Cantrall enlisted July, 1862, for three 
 years, in Co. C, 114 111. Inf.; was appoint- 
 ed Sergeant at the organization. Disease 
 was brought on by over-exertion at the 
 battle of Guntown, Miss., June 10, 1864, 
 and he died in hospital at Memphis, 
 Tenn., July 9, 1864. His widow ancl un- 
 married children live in Fancy creek 
 township, eight miles north of Spring- 
 field. 
 
 MIRANDA J., born May 12, 1826, 
 in Sangamon county, married William 
 Snelson. They had one child, CHAS. 
 H. SNELSON, and William S. died 
 March 9, 1853. His widow was married 
 March 4, 1858, to Samuel Mellinger, who 
 was born Jan. 27, 1832, in Franklin 
 county, Pa. They have four children, 
 
 WILLIAM C., MAHALA A., DEBORAH A. 
 
 and LUCY E., live with their parents in 
 Fancy creek township. Mr. Mellinger 
 had one child by a former wife, SAMUEL 
 i. He lives with his father. Samuel 
 Mellinger enlisted Aug. 12, 1862, in Co. 
 C, 114 111. Inf., for three years; served full 
 term, and was honorablv discharged Aug. 
 3, 1865. 
 
 ANDRE W y., born Jan. 4, 1829, in 
 Sangamon county, died March 15, 1842. 
 
 Mrs. Deborah Cantrall died March 15, 
 1856, and William G. Cantrall, Sen., died 
 
 March 6, 1867, on the farm settled by 
 them in 1824, in Fancy creek township. 
 
 CANTRALL, LEVI, was born 
 Oct. i, 1787, in Botetourt county, Va. He 
 was taken by his parents in 1789 to that 
 part of Mercer which afterwards became 
 Bath county, Ky. He was there married 
 Nov. 30, 1809, to Fanny England. They 
 had one child in Kentucky, and the family 
 moved, in 1811, to Madison county, O., 
 where five children were born. They 
 then moved to Madison county, 111., in 
 Oct., 1819; moved on and arrived where 
 Springfield no-v stands, Dec. 4, 1819, and 
 reached the north side of the river, in 
 what is now Fancy Creek township, on 
 the fifth, made the selection of a location 
 on the seventh, and commenced building 
 a cabin Dec. 8, 1819. They had seven 
 children in Sangamon county. Of their 
 thirteen children 
 
 THOMAS, born Oct. 1 1, 1810, in Bath 
 county, Ky., married Oct. 3, 1831, in San- 
 gamon county, to Priscilla D. McLemore, 
 who was born Sept. 14, 1814, in Tennes- 
 see. They had nine children, namely: 
 CLARISSA, born Jan. 20, 1833, unmar- 
 ried, and resides at the house of H. H. 
 Holland. TURNER H., born May 9, 
 1834, last heard from in Alabama. 
 YOUNG M.,born April 30, 1836, married, 
 1 86 1, to Ellen Graham; had one child, 
 THOMAS E., and Y. M. Cantrall enlisted 
 in 1862 for three years, in Co. C, 114 111. 
 Inf., and died in the army. His widow 
 and son reside in Athens. LEVI, born 
 July 1 6, 1838, died, aged nineteen. 
 NANCY A., born March 25, 1840, mar- 
 ried Egbert Mallory. See his name. 
 THOMAS J., born Dec. 21, 1842, served 
 three years in the loth 111. Cav., was hon- 
 orably discharged, and lives in Nebraska. 
 FANNY P., born March 2, 1843, mar- 
 ried James D. Mallory. See his name. 
 MARY E., born Dec. 8, 1844,18 a teacher 
 in Springfield. Mrs. Priscilla D. Cantrall 
 died, and Thomas C. married June 12, 
 
 1848, to Elizabeth Estel. They had four 
 children. MARTHA E., born June 12, 
 
 1849, married and died in Logan county. 
 ROBERT H., born July 16, 1851, mar- 
 ried Miss GofF, has one child, and resides 
 near Athens. WILLIAM M., born 
 April 16, 1853, and CHARLES H., born 
 Dec. 29, 1855, reside with their mother. 
 Thomas Cantrall lost his life by a run- 
 away team dragging a saw-log over him,
 
 lS2 
 
 EARLY SETTLERS OF 
 
 in 1858. His widow and unmarried 
 children reside near Athens. 
 
 ANN, born July 17, 1812 in Madison 
 county, O., married in Sangamon county 
 to Edward Ridgeway. They had three 
 children, and Mr. R. died in 1834. His 
 widow married F'erdinand Meeker, and 
 had several children. She died in Logan 
 county. Her daughter, NANCY 
 RIDGEWAY, married James Milam, 
 and resides in Buffalo Hart, 111. Her 
 daughter, DULCIXA MEEKER, married 
 Jeremiah Lashbaugh, and resides in Illi- 
 opolis township. 
 
 NANCT, born Sept. 15, 1813, in Madi- 
 son county, O., married in Sangamon 
 county to Turner Holland. See his name. 
 
 STEPHEN L., born April 4, 1815, 
 in Madison county, O., married in Sanga- 
 mon county to Mary Ridgeway. They 
 had three children. FANNY married 
 George Provines, has seven children, and 
 reside near Clinton. ALMYRA mar- 
 ried Samuel Mellinger, and died, leaving 
 one child. Samuel Mellinger married 
 Mrs. Miranda Snelson, whose maiden 
 hame was Cantrall. GEORGE W. en- 
 listed Aug., 1862, for three years, in Co. I, 
 114 111. Inf., and died in the army. Mrs. 
 Mary Cantrall died in Buffalo Hart grove, 
 and Stephen L. Cantrall died in 1874, at 
 the house of his brother Joshua. 
 
 SELINDA, born Nov. 14, 1816, in 
 Ohio, died in Sangamon county, at twelve 
 or thirteen years of age. 
 
 ELEANOR, born Oct. 17, 1818, in 
 Ohio, married in Sangamon county to 
 John Jordan, and resides near Olathe, 
 Kan. 
 
 ELIZABETH, born May 26, 1820, 
 in Sangamon county, married James Dris- 
 kell. Mrs. Driskell died. One son, 
 DAVID, enlisted in Co. C, 1 14, 111. Inf., 
 in Aug., 1862, for three years, and died at 
 home of disease contracted in the army. 
 Another son, LEVI, resides in Menard 
 county. 
 
 LE VI, Jr., born March 17, 1822, in 
 Sangamon county, married to Elizabeth 
 C. King, who was born July n, 1828, in 
 Tennessee. They had four children. 
 JASPER H., born March 23, 1847, mar - 
 ried Sarah E. Wagner, has three children, 
 WILLIAM H., BERTRAM and JOSEPH, and 
 resides near Paxton. WILLIAM M., 
 born March i, 1849, married Minnie 
 Wells, has. two children, ALVIN N. and 
 
 WILLIAM v., and resides near Illiopolis. 
 MARY E. married Sept. 2, 1874, to Ben- 
 jamin F. Warren, has one child, HARRY 
 N., and resides near Illiopolis. ALFRED 
 N. resides with his mother. Levi Can- 
 trall, Jr., died March 14, 1868, and his 
 widow married Sept. 2, 1874, to Enoch 
 Primm. 
 
 RA CHEL, born Feb. 29, 1824, in San- 
 gamon county, married John Overstreet. 
 See his name. 
 
 CHARLES S., born Jan. 6, 1826, in 
 Sangamon county, married Jan. 7, 1845, 
 to Emily M. Vandergrift, who was born 
 Oct. 6, 1830. They had two children. 
 MARY E., born June 13, 1848, married 
 Jan. 25, 1866, to Stephen O. Price, has 
 two children, and resides near Lincoln. 
 MACDONALD, born Aug. 22, .1851, 
 married Aug. 4, 1870, to Margaret Peden, 
 has two children, and resides in Spring- 
 field. Mrs. Emily M. Cantrall died Jan. 
 29, 1852, and C. S. Cantrall married June 
 20, 1852, to Lucy Swearengin, who was 
 born Oct. 15, 1828. She died April 14, 
 1853. C. S. Cantrall married April 26, 
 1855, to Harriet A. Graham, who was 
 born Feb. 17, 1836, in Athens. They 
 have nine children, CHARLES H., 
 THOMAS D., ALICE, JOHN W,, 
 LEVI G., WILLIAM H., FANNY A., 
 HOMER E. and IDA. Charles S. Can- 
 trall had one leg amputated, caused by 
 disease. It was done in Sept., 1871. He 
 resides two miles west of Illiopolis. 
 
 JOSHUA, born July 28, 1828, in San- 
 gamon county, married Rebecca Hedrick. 
 They had thirteen children; three died in 
 infancy. Of the other ten, LAFAY- 
 ETTE was married July 23, 1874, to 
 Gussie Chambers, and lives in Illiopolis 
 township. FANNIE SELINDA mar- 
 ried Benjamin Capps. See his name. 
 CARLISLE, BARTON R.JULIA A., 
 MACDONALD, LAURA E., CLARA 
 P., LEVI and BENJAMIN, and reside 
 one and a half miles west of Illiopolis. 
 
 JESSE, born April 7, 1830, in San- 
 gamon county, married Eliza J. Humes. 
 They had ten children. He enlisted 
 Aug., 1862, for three years, in Co. C, 
 ii4th 111. Inf. He was commissioned 2d 
 Lieut, at the organization, promoted to 
 Captain, and served as such to the end of 
 the rebellion, and was honorably dis- 
 charged. He moved with nis family to 
 Black Bob, Johnson county, Kansas.
 
 SANGAMON COUNTY. 
 
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 MACDONALD,\>O April 5, 1833, 
 
 in Sangamon county, married Narcissa 
 Hedrick. They had one child, and Mr. 
 Crantrall died Sept. 15, 1872. His widow 
 and son, CHARLES, reside in Menard 
 county, five miles northeast of Cantrall. 
 Mrs. Fanny Cantrall died Sept. 10, 
 
 1835, and Levi Cantrall married May 27, 
 
 1836, to Mrs. Ann Barnett, whose maiden 
 name was Patterson. They had five 
 children, three of whom died in infancy. 
 Of the other two 
 
 FANNT L., born Oct. 9, 1838, in 
 Sangamon county, married Jan., 1857, to 
 Henrv Graham. They have four living 
 children, MARY A., WILLIAM, AR- 
 MINDA D. and JOSEPH, and reside 
 near Athens, Menard county. 
 
 JOSEPH S., born Oct. 16, 1841, in 
 Sangamon county, married Jan. 14, 1869, 
 to Margaret A. Canterbury. They have 
 one child, DAISY E., and reside at Can- 
 trail. He is one of the proprietors of the 
 new town of Cantrall. 
 
 Levi Cantrall died Feb. 22, 1860, and 
 his widow resides with their son Joseph 
 S., at Cantrall. The town of Cantrall 
 was laid out on land he entered soon after 
 coming to the country, and was named in 
 honor of his memory. 
 
 INCIDENTS. 
 
 From a statement in writing made by 
 Levi Cantrall a few months before his 
 death, I learn that in building the cabin he 
 commenced Dec. 8th, 1819, about half a 
 mile west of the present town of Can- 
 trall, the mortar froze so that he could not 
 plaster it. December 24, 1819, snow be- 
 gan to fall, and continued one snow after 
 another until it was two feet deep on a 
 level. The weather continued intensely 
 cold, and 'a company of seven men started 
 to the American Bottom for provisions. 
 They were Levi and Wyatt Cantrall, 
 Alexander and Henry Crawford, M. Hol- 
 land, a Mr. Kellogg and John Dixon, 
 who afterwards founded the city of Dixon, 
 111. Thev loaded their wagons with flour 
 and meal and started home on the eight- 
 eenth, and on the twentieth rain com- 
 menced falling. The rain and melting 
 snow set the whole country afloat, and 
 when they reached the Sangamon river it 
 was too full to cross. They sent back to 
 Kelly's where Springfield now stands 
 
 for tools, and obtained an axe and grubbing 
 hoe. With these they made a canoe, and 
 reached home twenty-one days from the 
 time of starting. On the 6th of May, 
 1820, the frost killed their growing corn. 
 The settlers thought of moving back 
 south, but they hauled up provisions before 
 the next winter and lived through it. 
 
 Levi Cantrall built a horse mill in the 
 fall of 1820. It was a band mill, with a 
 wheel forty feet in diameter. It was the 
 first mill ever built north of the Sanga- 
 mon river, and people came thirty miles or 
 more to mill. Mr. Cantrall built a water 
 mill on Cantrall's creek, near the present 
 town of Cantrall. It did sawing and 
 grinding. He says the snow of 1830-31 
 was four feet on a level. Levi Cantrall 
 kept a tannery where he lived for more 
 than forty years. 
 
 CANTRALL, WYATT, was 
 born Dec. 20, 1790, in Bath county, Ky., 
 the same year that his parents moved from 
 Botetourt county, Va. He was married 
 in Bath county to Sally England, and 
 moved to Clarke county, O., where they 
 had three children, and then moved, in 
 company with Mrs. Cantrall's father, 
 Stephen England, to St. Clair county, 111., 
 in the fall of 1818, and in the spring of 
 1819 to what is now Fancy Creek town- 
 ship, in Sangamon county, where they had 
 six children. Of their nine children 
 
 ELIZA, born Sept. 3, 1813, in Ohio, 
 married in .Sangamon county to John 
 McLemore. He died in 1871, leaving a 
 widow and two children at Stirling, 
 Whiteside county. 
 
 SAMUEL D,, born Feb. 9, 1816, in 
 Clarke county, O., married in Sangamon 
 county, March 6, 1837, to Sarah S. Alex- 
 ander. They had six living children. 
 ALBERT A. married March 6, 1862, to 
 Martha Hunt. He enlisted in Aug., 1862, 
 in Co. C, 1 14 111. Inf., for three years, and 
 was appointed Sergeant. He was captured 
 at the battle of Guntown, Miss., in June, 
 1864, and was placed in the Andersonville 
 prison pen, where he remained about five 
 months, and after that was taken from one 
 prison to another to prevent being released 
 by the Union forces, and was paroled 
 Marcn i, 1865, and died of starvation and 
 exposure March 5, 1865, at Wilmington, 
 N. C. WYA.TT E. married Grizella 
 Holland. LUCINDA J. married B. F. 
 Horn. HEXRY married Emma E. Gra-
 
 184 
 
 EARLY SETTLERS OF 
 
 ham. ELIZA married Henry Lake, son 
 of Bayless, and MARGARET A. mar- 
 ried Isaac Bates, son of Joseph. S. D. 
 Cantrall lives two miles north of Cantrall. 
 
 DA VI D 7>.,born May 7, 1818, in Ohio, 
 married in Sangamon county to Eleanor 
 McLemore, had three children, and she 
 died. He married Ursula Bull, has three 
 children, and lives in Iowa. 
 
 ZEBULON, born Aug. u, 1823, in 
 Sangamon county, and died in 1840. 
 
 WIATT E., born March 22, 1825, in 
 Sangamon county, died in 1841. 
 
 STEPHENS., born April 20, 1827, 
 in Sangamon county, married Caroline 
 Blue. They have seven children, and live 
 at Black Bob, Johnson county, Kan. 
 
 WILLIAM J., born July 28, 1829, in 
 Sangamon county, married Lucy Kings- 
 bury, who died, and he married Calista 
 Neil, have three children, and lives at 
 Black Bob, Kan. 
 
 POLLY ANN, born Sept. 17, 1832, 
 in Sangamon county, married Thomas 
 Hethcote, have one child, and live at Stir- 
 ling, Whiteside county. 
 
 JOHN H., born Oct. i, 1834, in San- 
 gamon county, married Eleanor Stratton, 
 have six children, and live in Iowa. 
 
 Mrs. Sally Cantrall died Aug. i, 1840, 
 in Sangamon county, and Wiatt Cantrall 
 married in the fall of 1841 to Mrs. Polly 
 Kingsbury, whose maiden name was Fos- 
 ter. They had one child 
 
 JOSHUA P., born in 1843 in Sanga- 
 mon county, married Grace Winters. 
 They have one child, and live in Chase 
 county, Kan. 
 
 Mrs. Polly Cantrall died about 1859, 
 and Wiatt Cantrall resides at Stirling, 
 Whiteside county. 
 
 CANTRILL,, THOMAS, was 
 born April 4, 1775, and Elizabeth Murray 
 was born Sept. 19, 1774. The place of 
 their birth is not known, but probably in 
 Orange county, North Carolina, where 
 they were married and had one child. 
 They then moved to Green county, Ky., 
 where they had five children, and moved 
 to Sangamon county, 111., arriving Oct., 
 1828, in what is now Rochester township, 
 three and a half miles east of Springfield. 
 Of their children 
 
 MARY, born in North. Carolina, mar- 
 ried in Kentucky to Thomas Perry, and 
 came to Sangamon county before her pa- 
 
 rents. They had six children, but all the 
 family are dead. 
 
 WILLIAM, born Jan. 17, 1800, in 
 Green county, Ky., came to Springfield, 
 111., in March, 1825, was married in San- 
 gamon county Feb. 14, 1828, to Elizabeth 
 Hall, who was born Dec. 8, 1809. They 
 had two children, and moved to Decatur, 
 April, 1833, where'they had two children. 
 Of their children: THOMAS H., born 
 Nov. i, 1829, in Sangamon county, raised 
 in Decatur, and died in the spring of 1864, 
 at Walla Walla, Washington Ter. JANE 
 ELLEN, born Oct. 27, 1832, in Sanga- 
 mon county, married in Decatur, April 4, 
 1857, to A. S. Keller, and lives at Sulli- 
 van, Moultrie county, 111. MARY E., 
 born Sept. 27, 1835, in Decatur, married 
 Dr. William Dillon. See his name. SU- 
 SAN L., born July 3, 1844, married Feb. 
 3, 1863, to Harl P. Christie, and lives in 
 Decatur. Mrs. Elizabeth Cantrill died 
 August 4, 1868, and William Cantrill 
 lives in Decatur. 
 
 SUSAN, married Robert Bird, had 
 two children, and the parents died. 
 
 ANNA married William Black. They 
 had six children. The parents and two 
 of the children are dead. 
 
 ZEBULON, born April 8, 1807, in 
 Green county, Ky., married in Sangamon 
 county in 1829, to Elizabeth Enyart. 
 They had four children, and he died Jan. 
 8, 1840. His widow lives near Mechanics- 
 burg. 
 
 JOEL, born Jan. 8, 1811, in Green 
 county, Ky., married in Sangamon coun- 
 ty, May 16, 1839, to Zerelda E. Branch. 
 They had ten children in Sangamon 
 county; two died in infancy. LEWIS 
 M., born April 9, 1840, married July 23, 
 1863, to Elmira M. Lee, who was born 
 Oct., 1839, in the State of New York. 
 They live at Joliet, 111. EDWARD T., 
 born Dec. 27, 1842, enlisted August, 1862, 
 in Co. E, U4th 111. Inf., for three years, 
 and died July 11, 1863, at Vicksburg, 
 Miss. His remains were brought home 
 and buried near Rochester. LAURA J., 
 the fifth child, died in her fifteenth year. 
 WILLIAM B., JAMES N., HENRY 
 A. and HENRIETTA, twins, and EM- 
 ILY, live with their mother. Joel Can- 
 trill died Sept. 4, :866, and his widow 
 lives on the farm where his parents settled 
 on coming to the county, near Sangamon 
 Station.
 
 SANGAMON COUNT*. 
 
 185 
 
 Mrs. Elizabeth Cantrill died Oct i, and 
 Thomas Cantrill died Oct. 3, 1836, both 
 near what is now Sangamon Station. 
 
 CAPPS, MRS. MARY, whose 
 maiden name was Devas, was a native of 
 London, England. Her husband, Charles 
 Capps, was for many years a merchant in 
 London, and died there. His widow, 
 whose name heads this sketch, came to 
 America with her sons, John, Benjamin 
 and Charles, leaving one son (Thomas) in 
 England. They arrived in Springfield, 
 111., Nov., 1830. Her sons Jabez and 
 Ebenezer having preceded the other 
 members of the family several years, Mrs. 
 Capps brought some of her daughters, and 
 others came later. 
 
 Mrs. Mary Capps died Nov. 8, 1857, at 
 the residence of her son-in-law, Dr. Alex- 
 ander Shields, in Sangamon county. Of 
 her nine children who came to America, 
 eight are now living. 
 
 CAPPS, JABEZ, born Sept. 
 9, 1796, in the city of London, England, 
 came to America in the summer of 1817, 
 arriving near what is now Springfield, 111., 
 in the spring of 1819, and is believed to 
 have been the first school teacher in San- 
 gamon county. He was married in 1828, 
 near Rochester, to Prudence A. Stafford, 
 who was born in Vermont. They had 
 three living children, and Mrs. Capps 
 died May 13, 1836. Jabez Capps was 
 married near Rochester, 111., Sept., 1836, 
 to Elizabeth Baker. They had ten child- 
 ren, one of whom died young. Of all his 
 children 
 
 CHARLES S., born Jan. 31, 1830, in 
 Springfield, was married May 3, 1854, to 
 Eliza McGraw. They live in Mt. Pu- 
 laski. 
 
 EBENEZER S., born Feb. 15, 1834, 
 in Springfield, was married in 1856 to 
 Eliza Freeman, and live in Mt. Pulaski. 
 
 OLIVER T., born Feb. 13, 1836, in 
 Springfield, was married in 1856 to Eliza 
 Bush, and live in Mt. Pulaski. 
 
 By the second marriage 
 
 JOHN H., born Nov. 15, 1839, in Mt. 
 Pulaski, married Martha Pumpilly, and 
 live in his native town. 
 
 PRUDT A., born Dec. 18, 1841, in 
 Mt. Pulaski, was married March 8, 1860, to 
 S. Linn Beidler, who was born June 23, 
 1837, at Mt. Joy, Lancaster county, Pa. 
 Of their seven children, one died young. 
 MONITOR C., FRANK X., JOHN 
 
 2 4 
 
 LINN, SNOW FLAKE, IMOGENE 
 and RELL C., live with their parents at 
 Mt. Pulaski, 111. Mr. Beidler is a drug- 
 gist, and with the exception of one year 
 during President Johnson's administration, 
 has been Post Master there since 1857. 
 
 MART, born Oct. 8, 1844, in Mt. 
 Pulaska, married Michael McNattin. 
 
 WILLIAM, BENJAMIN, JA- 
 BEZ B., ED WARD, HARRIE B. 
 and MA UD, all live with their parents. 
 
 Mr. Jabez Capps was a merchant in 
 Springfield from 1827 to 1836, when he 
 formed a company and laid out the town 
 of Mt. Pulaski. Brought his goods from 
 Springfield, and continued in business un- 
 til 1870. He is now engaged with his 
 son in the nursery business. Mr. Capps 
 was Post Master at Mt. Pulaski for fifteen 
 years, and County Recorder four years. 
 He and his family reside in Mt. Pulaski. 
 
 CAPPS, EBENEZER, was 
 born May, 1798, in London, Eng. Came 
 to Springfield in 1820. He returned to 
 Europe in the spring of 1830. On his 
 return he went to Vandalia, 111., in the 
 fall of same year. He was married in 
 Morgan county, 111., March i, 1835, to 
 Ann Norwood. They have five living 
 children, namely 
 
 SARAH, HANNAH, MART A., 
 CHARLES E. and THOMAS. 
 
 Mrs. Ann Capps died Sept., 1855, and 
 Ebenezer Capps was married May 29, 
 1860, in Springfield, to Rosetta lies. They 
 had one child 
 
 ROSETTA. 
 
 Mrs. Rosetta Capps died in Dec., 1861. 
 Ebenezer Capps was married to Mrs. 
 Elizabeth Snyder, at Lincoln, 111., Oct., 
 1863. They had two children 
 
 GEORGE B. and SUSAN. 
 
 Ebenezer Capps and family reside in 
 Vandalia, 111. 
 
 CAPPS, MARY, was born in 
 1801, in London, Eng.; died unmarried at 
 Vandalia, 111., Dec. 3, 1858. 
 
 CAPPS, ANN, was born in 1803, 
 in London, Eng. She was married there 
 to William Salisch. They came to 
 America, arriving at Vandalia, 111., in 1833, 
 where Mr. Salisch died the year follow- 
 ing, leaving a widow and two children, 
 viz 
 
 SALINA died, aged twelve years. 
 
 CHARLES W., born Jan. 24, 1832, 
 in London, Eng., came with his parents
 
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 EARLT SET7LERS OP 
 
 to Vandalia, and after the death of his 
 father, was brought by his mother to 
 Springfield, 111., where he was married, 
 Oct. 31, 1 86 1, to Anna C. Hughes. They 
 had four children. CHARLES F. died 
 in his fourth year. RALPH E., CHAS. 
 E. and SCOTT A. C. W. Salisch is 
 Post Master at Cotton Hill, Sangamon 
 county. 
 
 Mrs. Ann Salisch was married in 1837, 
 in Springfield, to Dr. Alexander Shields. 
 See his name. 
 
 CAPPS, SUSAN, was born in 
 1805, in London, Eng. She was married 
 in Springfield, 111., to James Gobbett. 
 He went to California, and died on his 
 way home on the steamer, of Asiatic 
 cholera. Mrs. Gobbett lives with her 
 sister, Mrs. Dr. Shields. 
 
 CAPPS, SARAH, was born in 
 1807, in London, Eng., is unmarried, and 
 lives with her sister, Mrs. Dr. Shields. 
 
 CAPPS, JOHN, was born Dec. 16, 
 1810, in London, Eng. Came to America 
 with his mother, brothers and sisters, 
 arriving at Springfield, 111., in Nov., 1830. 
 He was married there Sept. 5, 1833, to 
 Nancy Clements, who was born Oct. 2, 
 1817, in Lincoln county, Ky. (She is a 
 cousin of Mrs. Mathew Cloyd.) Mr. 
 and Mrs. John Capps had five children in 
 Springfield, and in 1844 moved to Mt. 
 Pulaski, where they had four, and about 
 1855 moved to Decatur, where they had 
 three; thence to Illiopolis, Sangamon 
 county. Of their twelve children two 
 died young 
 
 MART M., born Oct. 6, 1834, was 
 married Jan. 19, 1853, to James Sims. 
 They have six children, ADA, JOHN F., 
 ELLA, HATTIE,RALPH LINCOLN 
 and FANNIE, and live in Mt. Pulaski. 
 
 THOMAS W., born Dec. 26, 1838, in 
 Springfield, enlisted in 1862 for three 
 months, in Co. I, 68th 111. Vol. Inf.; 
 served full term, and enlisted in the 
 United States Navy. He was married 
 Dec. 29, 1869, to Nellie Van Hise, in Mt. 
 Pulaski. They had one child, EARL, 
 Mrs. Nellie Capps died, Oct. 23, 1873. 
 Mr. T. W. Capps lives in Mt. Pulaski. 
 
 CHARLES R., born March ii, 1841, 
 in Springfield, was married in Mt. Pu- 
 laski, May 29, 1862, to Lizzie Lushbaugh. 
 They have four children, LOUIE E., 
 ELMER LINCOLN, FRANK and 
 MABEL, and live in Mt. Pulaski. 
 
 ALEXANDER S., born May 2, 
 1843, in Springfield, enlisted Aug. 9, 1862, 
 for three years, in Co. B, io6th 111. Vol. 
 Inf., served until Aug. i, 1865, when he 
 was honorably discharged. He was mar- 
 ried Sept. 3, 1867, to Maggie Ishmael. 
 They have one child, KATIE E., and 
 live in Illiopolis. 
 
 JABEZ J/., born Aug. 19, 1845, in 
 Mt. Pulaski, enlisted in 1863 for one hun- 
 dred days, in Co. D, I45th 111. Inf., served 
 more than full time, and was honorably 
 discharged. He was married June 17, 
 1867, to Sallie Bechtel. They have three 
 living children, LONE, PEARL and 
 GERTRUDE. J. M. Capps is engaged 
 in milling at Mt. Pulaski, and lives there. 
 
 ANN S., born Jan. 22, 1848, in Mt. 
 Pulaski, was married May 5, 1868, to 
 James W. McGuffin. She died in Illiop- 
 olis, April 7, 1874, leaving three children, 
 BENJAMIN F., WALTER and JOHN 
 C. 
 
 BENJAMIN F., born July 21, 1850, 
 in Mt. Pulaski, was married Aug. 12, 
 1870, to Fannie S. Cantrall. She was 
 killed Oct. 8, 1870, near Illiopolis. She 
 was mounting a horse, when it took 
 fright, drew the rein in a noose around 
 her hand, and dragged her until she was 
 dead. B. F. Capps married Emma Snv- 
 der. They live at Mt. Pulaski. 
 
 ALBERT B., JOHN C. and 
 BUNN, live with their parents. John C. 
 had a twin mate, who died young. 
 
 John Capps and family reside one and 
 a half miles west of Illiopolis. 
 
 CAPPS, CHARLES, was born 
 Feb. 7, 1814, in London, Eng. Came 
 with his mother, brothers and sisters to 
 America, arriving at Springfield, Nov., 
 1830, and moved to Vandalia in December 
 of the same year. He was married Nov. 
 n, 1852, in Sangamon county, 111., to 
 Elizabeth A. Gobbett, who was born Oct. 
 27, 1836, in Missouri. They had four 
 living children 
 
 MART A., born Dec. 3, 1854, was 
 married March 13, 1872, to George R. 
 Wylie. They have one child, MAUDE 
 E, and live in Mt. Pulaski. 
 
 SARAH F., JAMES A. and AMT 
 G., reside with their parents in Mt. Pu- 
 laski. 
 
 CAPPS, BENJAMIN, was 
 born June 24, 1820, in London, England. 
 Came to Springfield in 1830, and to Van-
 
 SANGAMON COUNTT. 
 
 187 
 
 dalia in 1831. He returned to England in 
 1844, and remained there until 1852, when 
 he went to Australia, and returned to 
 Vandalia in 1856. He was married in 
 Mt. Pulaski in May, 1862, to Lucy Mc- 
 Graw. They have four living children 
 
 IDA, JENNIE, BENJAMINS 
 HANNAH ' N. 
 
 Benjamin Capps has always faithfully 
 served his adopted country, and votes the 
 straight Republican ticket. He, with his 
 family, reside in Vandalia, 111. 
 
 CARPENTER, WILLIAM, 
 born July 3, 1787^ in the city of Philadel- 
 phia, Penn., was the eldest son of Samuel 
 and Catharine Carpenter. He had two 
 brothers, Charles and Samuel, Jun.; also 
 two sisters, Elizabeth and Catharine. His 
 father died when William was quite 
 young, leaving the family dependent en- 
 tirely on their own exertions for a liveli- 
 hood. William was baptized in the Ger- 
 man Lutheran church in Philadelphia, 
 Sept. 23, 1787. Carl Linnensheet and 
 Margreth, his wife, (grandparents), spon- 
 sors. Arrived at manhood, he and his 
 brother Samuel came to Licking county, 
 Ohio, then the " far west." In the fall of 
 1819 William C. was married to Margaret 
 Pence, who is still living. She was the 
 daughter of Peter and Catharine Pence, 
 and was born Feb. 5, 1803, in Shenandoah 
 county, Va. Her mother's maiden name 
 was Godfrey,- whose father fought in the 
 Revolution, under Gen Wayne, and was 
 killed by the Indians, near Wheeling, Va., 
 in the summer of 1820. William Car- 
 penter, his wife and Samuel, started for 
 Illinois. The time occupied in coming 
 was six weeks. They passed through 
 what is now Springfield, crossed the San- 
 gamon river, and built a cabin about two 
 miles north of it. At that time the "Kel- 
 ly cabins" constituted all the settlement 
 at what is now the city of Springfield. 
 Samuel C. soon tired of the west, and re- 
 turned. When land came into the mar- 
 ket, Wm. C. entered the land upon which 
 he had settled, and erected a two story 
 log house, which is still standing, although 
 dilapidated. This afterwards became an 
 important point for the stage line on the 
 State road leading from Springfield to 
 Peoria, and called the " six mile house." 
 Their nearest neighbors then were three 
 or four miles distant, and the Indians 
 (friendly tribes) frequently visited the 
 
 house for something to eat, and a matter 
 of considerable alarm to the females when 
 the men were away, as was frequently the 
 case, "to mill," or "on a hunt." They 
 grew cotton, picked, carded, spun and 
 wove it into cloth for family use. These 
 cards are still in the possession of some of 
 the family. For a long time Edwards- 
 ville, Madison county, 111., was the nearest 
 mill and postoffice. It took two weeks 
 to go and return with a grist, usually a 
 sack of corn, on horseback. St. Louis, 
 Mo., was the nearest market. About the 
 year 1828, William Carpenter, with a 
 family of five children, moved to Spring- 
 field, then grown to the dignity of a town, 
 and called Calhoun. He there engaged 
 in merchandizing. The farm was after- 
 wards rented, and occupied by Hon. S. T. 
 Logan, then just arrived from Kentucky. 
 Six children were born in Springfield. Of 
 their eleven children 
 
 CATHARINE, born Sept. 28, 1820, 
 in Sangamon county, was married June 
 8, 1843, in Springfield, to Adolphus Wood, 
 who was born Nov. 8, 1806, in Chenango 
 county, N. Y. They had six children; 
 the two eldest died young. Of the other 
 four, WILLIAM C., born in Springfield, 
 111., Dec. 28, 1848, was married August 
 29, 1874, in Chicago, to Emma E. Wood, 
 who was born in Springfield, Jan. 2, 1851. 
 They have one child, CHARLES o., and 
 live on the farm with his mother. ELIZA- 
 BETH and GEORGE live with their 
 mother. CHARLES is clerk in Diller's 
 drug store, Springfield, 111. 
 
 Mr. Wood died Jan. 12, 1861, and his 
 widow resides three and a half miles north 
 of Springfield. 
 
 CHARLES, born Nov. 12, 1822, in 
 Sangamon county, was killed in Spring- 
 field by a fall from a horse, March 17, 
 1833. 
 
 SAMUEL, born Nov. 12, 1824, in 
 Sangamon county, was married Nov. 27, 
 1851, to Mary E. J. Kerns, who died 
 March 16, 1853, an( ' Samuel C. was mar- 
 ried Dec. \6, 1858, to Mrs. Martha J. 
 Black, whose maiden name was Short, 
 daughter of Rev. Daniel Short. She was 
 born Sept. 25, 1831, in Butler county, 
 Ohio. They had six children born in San- 
 gamon county. ANNA S., WILLIAM 
 D.,CARRIEE., MARTHA L,MAKY 
 M. and LENA L. Mrs. Martha J. Car- 
 penter died July 17, 1873. Samuel Car-
 
 iSS 
 
 EARLY SETTLERS OF 
 
 penter and his children resides five miles 
 north of Springfield, adjoining the farm 
 where he settled in 1820. 
 
 ELIZABETH, born Jan. 19, 1826, 
 in Sangamon county, was married Nov. 
 27, 1851,111 same place, to Richard Cobbs, 
 who was born in Cynthianna, Harrison 
 countv, Ky., May 22, 1822. They have 
 four children, MARIETTA, JOHN W., 
 ALBERT R. and MARGATET A. 
 Mr. Cobbs is a tailor, and resides in 
 Springfield. 
 
 WILLIAM, Jun,, died in his third 
 year. 
 
 MARGARET, born Feb. 27, 1830, in 
 Springfield, was married June 5, 1848, to 
 William A. Browning, who was born 
 April 23, 1825, in Licking countv, Ohio. 
 They have seven children living; three 
 died in infancy. AMELIA E. was mar- 
 ried Dec. 28, 1871, to R. F. Gailey. Their 
 only child, WILLIAM A., died in infancy. 
 They reside in Pana. EVA O., MAR- 
 GARET L., MARY J., WILLIAM O., 
 LOUISA B. and FLORA M. reside 
 with their parents. Mr. and Mrs. Brown- 
 ing reside in Pana, 111. 
 
 JOHN, born Nov. 2, 1832, and .- 
 
 GEORGE, born March 28, 1835, in 
 Springfield, both reside with their mother. 
 
 EMILY A., born August 8, 1837, 
 died Oct. 5, 1854. 
 
 MARY E., born March 28, 1843, and 
 
 SARAH J., born Jan. 26, 1846. The 
 unmarried children reside with their 
 mother. 
 
 William Carpenter died August 30, 
 1859, in Springfield, and his widow re- 
 sides at the corner of Seventh and Car- 
 penter streets, Springfield, 111. William 
 Carpenter was elected Justice of the 
 Peace in Ohio in 1820, held the same 
 office in Sangamon county about fourteen 
 years, and was the second Justice of the 
 Peace in Sangamon county. May 15, 
 1830, he was appointed Quartermaster 
 20th Reg. 111. Millitia, Col. T. M. Neal 
 commanding. April 12, 1832, he was ap- 
 pointed Paymaster 4th Reg. Mounted 
 Vol. Inf., by Col. Samuel M. Thompson. 
 In 1834 was elected to represent Sanga- 
 mon county in State Legislature, when 
 the Capital was at Vandalia. He was 
 subsequently a member of the city coun- 
 cil for a number of years. In 1837 was 
 appointed by President Van Buren, Post- 
 master at Springfield, which office he re- 
 
 signed in 1840. In 1844 anc ^ '5 Mr. C. 
 with his son-in-law, Adolphus Wood, 
 erected a saw and grist mill on the San- 
 gamon river, on the Peoria road, which 
 has always been known as Carpenter's 
 mill, although christened Rock Dam 
 Mills. 
 
 CARSON, JOHN, was born 
 Aug. 8, 1794, on Saluda river, S. C., and 
 raised in Campbell county, Tenn. He 
 was in a Tennessee regiment in the war 
 of 1812. After the war he came to Mad- 
 ison county, 111., with his father, and was 
 there married to Margery Parkison, in 
 1818. She was born Oct. 19, 1799. They 
 came to Sangamon county in 1820 or '21, 
 and settled on Lick creek, in what is noW 
 Chatham township. They had ten child- 
 ren, all born in Sangamon county except 
 one. Of their children 
 
 JAMES S., born Oct., 1819, married 
 Permelia Swanson. They had fire child- 
 ren. He was accidentally shot and killed 
 April 12, 1859, by another hunter mistak- 
 ing his call for that of a turkey. That 
 was in Fayette county. His only two 
 surviving children, WESLEY McD. and 
 ISAAC M,, reside in Loami township. 
 
 RA CHEL,\>orn. in 1823, in Sangamon 
 county, married Ransom Youtsler. They 
 both died, leaving five children. Her 
 death took place Nov. 9, 1863. 
 
 ELIZABETH, born Dec. 25, 1824, 
 in Sangamon county, married William P. 
 Campbell. See his name. 
 
 AMANDA E., born April 17, 1829, in 
 Sangamon county, married May 5, 1852, 
 to Peter C. Campbell. See his name. 
 
 WILLIAM P., born Dec. 25, 1830, in 
 Sangamon county, married April t$, 1855, 
 to Minerva Workman. They have seven 
 children, DAVID, SARAH, JOHN C., 
 ELIZABETH, LYDIA A., LEE and 
 AMANDA, and live in Loami township. 
 
 ISAAC C., born Feb. 7, 1833, in San- 
 gamon county, married Martha Lawson, 
 have one child, and live in Crawford 
 county, Kan. 
 
 JOHN M., born March, 1836, in San- 
 gamon county, married Elizabeth Work- 
 man. They have six children, and live in 
 Crawford county, Kan. 
 
 LOUISA, born April n, 1840, in 
 Sangamon county, married William A. 
 Barnes. He was born Aug. 2, 1836, in 
 Talladega county, Ala. She died May 
 27, 1872, leaving four children with their
 
 SAN GAM ON COUNTT. 
 
 relatives in Chatham and Loami town- 
 ships. W. A. Barnes married Lucy A. 
 Allen, and live in Chatham. 
 
 John Carson died in Fayette county, 
 Nov., 1844, and his widow married John 
 Campbell. See his name. 
 
 CARSON, WILLIAM, born 
 July 8, 1799, in Westmoreland county, 
 Pa. When he was four years old his 
 father moved to Hamilton county, Ohio. 
 William was never out of that county un- 
 til he was twenty-six years old. He then 
 came to Sangamon county, 111., arriving 
 Nov. i, 1825, at Springfield. He walked 
 the whole distance from Cincinnati to 
 Springfield in eleven days. He spent the 
 first winter at Sangamo, and was married 
 May 21, 1826, to Cynthia Broad well. 
 They had fifteen children, seven of whom 
 died young. Of the other eight 
 
 SARAH J., born March 2, 1828, 
 married Aaron Thompson. Mrs. T. died 
 Oct., 1855, leaving two children in Mis- 
 souri. 
 
 LEAH A., born July 30, 1829, married 
 William De Armand, have nine children, 
 and live in Atchison county, Kan. 
 
 ELIZABE7^H A., born Oct. 6, 1831, 
 married Oct. 2, 1856, to Jacob King, and 
 live in Nodaway county, Mo. 
 
 RACHEL C., born Dec. 22, 1832, 
 married Nov., 1863, to Joshua Short, have 
 one child, and live in Nodaway countv, 
 Missouri. 
 
 MART M., born July 26, 1834, mar- 
 ried Jacob Shawver. He was a soldier in 
 an Iowa regiment, and died at Helena, 
 Ark., in April, 1863. She married Josiah 
 Culver, and live In Marion county, Iowa. 
 
 HELEN B., born April 30, 1837, 
 married Feb., 1860, to Charles B. Miller, 
 have six children, and live in Marion 
 county, Iowa. 
 
 WINFIELD S., born May 27, 1843, 
 married March 27, 1866, to Emma J. Tay- 
 lor, who was born Oct. 30, 1844, in Somer- 
 set county, N. J. They have three child- 
 ren, WILLIAM E., JENNIE A. and 
 CHARLES F., and live near Pleasant 
 Plains. 
 
 WILLIAM L., born Nov. 6, 1846, 
 married March 12, 1868, in Hamilton 
 county, O., to Ella Carson, who was born 
 there Sept. 17, 1844. They have three 
 children, ROBERT B., ALICE M. and 
 NELLIE B., and reside one and a half 
 miles east of Pleasant Plains. 
 
 William Carson and his wife are living 
 on the farm settled by her brother, John 
 B. Broadwell, in 1819. Mr. C. has lived 
 nearly half a century within one mile of 
 where he now resides, one mile east of 
 Pleasant Plains. 
 
 CARTER. PLATT S., was 
 born June 29, 1815, in Warren, Litchfield 
 county, Conn. He came to Waverly, 111., 
 in Nov., 1836, and in Jan., 1837, began to 
 improve the farm where J. Milton Lock- 
 bridge now resides, one mile west of Au- 
 burn. He was advised to abandon the 
 project, lest he should freeze to death, 
 and was solemnly warned that he would 
 be compelled to live without neighbors, 
 his improvements being more than two 
 miles from the timber. He returned to 
 his native town, and was there married, 
 July 25, 1839, to Flora M. Carter, who 
 was born in the same place, July 25, 1815. 
 They came at once to their new home, 
 near Auburn, traveling the entire distance 
 in wagons. At that time there were no 
 improvements southwest nearer than fif- 
 teen miles, and the whole area a natural 
 meadow. There was an abundance of 
 grass ,for thousands of cattle and sheep. 
 A year or two later Mr. Carter bought a 
 flock of sheep, and that caused great un- 
 easiness to some of the neighbors, who 
 had a few head of cattle, lest the sheep 
 would eat all the grass. Mr. and Mrs. 
 Carter had four children in Sangamon 
 county, namely 
 
 ADONIRAM, born Nov. 5, 1842, en- 
 listed August, 1862, in Co. C, 101 111. Inf., 
 but was discharged on account of physical 
 disability, without fully entering the arinv. 
 He graduated at Michigan University, in 
 the class of 1868, and is now a practicing 
 attorney at 157, south Clark street, 
 Chicago. 
 
 DARIUS, born June 6, 1845, enlisted 
 May 2, 1864, in Co. C, I45th 111. Inf., for 
 one hundred days, and was honorably dis- 
 charged, Sept. 28, 1864. He was married 
 April 6, 1869, to Avice Pickett, who was 
 born Nov. 9, 1848, at Hartland, Conn., 
 and died May 14, 1870. He was married 
 April 29, 1873, to Sarah Poor, who was 
 born Oct. i, 1850, in Sullivan county, 
 Tenn. They reside in the southwest part 
 of Loami township. 
 
 LUC1NDA A., born August 31, 1848, 
 in Sangamon county, married June 25, 
 1874, to Dr. Albert Brown, who was born
 
 190 
 
 EARLY SETTLERS OF 
 
 June 25, 1849, in Chicago, Illinois. He 
 graduated at Bellevue Hospital Medical 
 College, New York City, March, 1873, 
 and resides in Waverly, 111. 
 
 PLA TT S., Jun., born Dec. 6, 1850, 
 in Sangamon county, married near 
 Waverly, Morgan county, Nov. 20, 1873, 
 to Belle Woods, and resides in Sangamon 
 county, near Waverly, 111. 
 
 Platt S. Carter, Sen., is one of the many 
 successful farmers of this county. He has 
 always taken an active interest in every 
 movement calculated to develop the re- 
 sources of the country, and to elevate the 
 intellectual standard ot the cultivators of 
 the soil, and has several times represented 
 Loami township in the Board of county 
 Supervisors. He has been an energetic 
 worker in the interests of the Sangamon 
 county Agricultural Society, and was 
 President of the same for the year 1875. 
 He resides in Loami township, two and a 
 half miles north of Waverly. 
 
 CARTWRIGHT, PETER, 
 was born Sept. i, 1785, on James river, 
 Amherst county, Va. His father was a 
 Revolutionary soldier, and soon after our 
 independence as a nation was acknowl- 
 edged by Great Britain, his parents moved 
 to that part of our country known as 
 Kentucky, then inhabited by hostile In- 
 dians. There not being any wagon roads, 
 the moving was done on pack horses. 
 Their's was one of two hundred families 
 that moved in a body, guarded by one 
 hundred young men, well armed. On the 
 night of the first Sunday after their de- 
 parture, and while they were encamped 
 with the women and children in the cen- 
 ter, surrounded by part of the men guard- 
 ing, while others slept, the father of Peter 
 Cartwright heard something moving to- 
 wards him and grunting like a hog. 
 Knowing there was no swine with the 
 company, Mr. C. had his suspicions 
 aroused and kept a sharp look-out. He 
 soon perceived a dark object much nearer 
 him than the sounds at first indicated, and 
 readily made up his mind that it was an 
 Indian aiming to get as near as possible, 
 and then spring upon and murder him in 
 the dark. Mr. Cartwright took aim and 
 fired. The crack of the rifle raised a 
 great commotion in camp, and as soon as 
 a light could be procured, an Indian was 
 found dead, with a rifle in one hand, a 
 tomahawk in the other, and a bullet-hole 
 
 through his head. Their line of travel 
 was marked by the dead bodies of white 
 people slain by the Indians, with other 
 evidences of hostility. As the moving 
 party approached Crab Orchard, where a 
 temporary fortification had been* erected, 
 the last day's march was a very long one. 
 Seven of the two hundred families fell 
 behind the main body, and worn down 
 with fatigue, they encamped and went to 
 sleep without guards. In the night they 
 were attacked by twenty-five Indians, and 
 all except one of them slain. The Cart- 
 wright family first settled near what after- 
 wards became Lancaster, Lincoln county, 
 Ky. After a stay of two years, in the 
 fall of 1793 Mr. Cartwright moved his 
 family to a place nine miles south of 
 Russelville, Logan county, Ky., and with- 
 in one mile of the Tennessee line. 
 
 While the family resided there Peter 
 entered into the spirit of the rude sports 
 and vices that prevailed in the community, 
 such as horse-racing, card-playing and 
 dancing. His mother had long been a 
 member of the M. E. Church, and prayed 
 for and plead with her son to turn from 
 the error of his ways. He was converted, 
 and united with the Ebenezer M. E. 
 Church in June, 1801. He displayed 
 such talents and fervor in speaking, that he 
 very unexpectedly received the following 
 paper : 
 
 "Peter Cartwright is hereby permitted 
 to exercise his gifts as an exhorter in the 
 Methodist Episcopal Church, so long as 
 his practice is agreeable to the Gospel. 
 
 "Signed in behalf of the Society at 
 Ebenezer. 
 
 " JESSE WALKER, A. P." 
 
 J/oy, 1802. 
 
 In the fall of that year his father de- 
 termined to move to Lewiston, near the 
 mouth of the Cumberland river. Peter 
 applied for letters for his mother, sister 
 and himself. Upon receiving his own he 
 found that it was not only a letter of dis- 
 missal to a sister church, and to exhort, 
 but that it gave him authority to hold 
 meetings, organize classes, and form a cir- 
 cuit. It also required him to report at the 
 fourth quarterly meeting of Red river cir- 
 cuit the next fall. 
 
 In his new home he found an academy, 
 or school of a high grade, and for a time 
 prosecuted his studies with great success;
 
 SAN GAM ON COUNTY. 
 
 191 
 
 but in consequence of persecutions that 
 arose, he abandoned the school and com- 
 menced organizing the circuit, which he 
 reported in the fall of that year 1803. 
 In October he became a regular traveling 
 preacher, with a colleague, on the Red 
 river circuit. His first sermon led to the 
 conversion of an infidel. He " received 
 twenty-five members during the first quar- 
 ter, and six dollars for his support at the 
 end of the same. For the years 1805 and 
 '6 he was appointed to Sciota circuit, in 
 the State of Ohio. 
 
 At the meeting of the Western Confer- 
 ence, held in East Tennessee, Mr. Cart- 
 wright was ordained Sept. 15, 1806, as a 
 Deacon in*the M. E. Church, by Francis 
 Asbury, the first Bishop of the church in 
 America. He was next appointed to 
 Marietta circuit. In the fall of 1806 he 
 left that circuit, with a blind horse, almost 
 destitute of clothing, and seventy-five 
 cents in money, started to travel more than 
 five hundred miles to see his parents. The 
 next meeting of Conference was held 
 Sept. 14, 1807, at Chillicothe, O. His ap- 
 pointment for 1807-8 was to Barren cir- 
 cuit, in Cumberland district, Ky. About 
 the close of his labors in that circuit 
 
 Rev. Peter Cartwright and Frances 
 Gaines were married Aug. 18, 1808. She 
 was born Aug. 18, 1789, in Charlotte 
 county, Va. When she was in her seven- 
 teenth year her parents moved to Lincoln 
 county, Ky. Her father died there, and 
 her mother moved two years later to Bar- 
 ren county, where Frances was married. 
 
 The Conference was held at Liberty 
 Hill, Tenn., commencing Oct. I, 1808. At 
 that meeting Mr. C. was ordained Oct. 
 4, 1808 to the office of Elder of the M. 
 E. Church, by William McKendree, who 
 had become one of the Bishops of the M. 
 E. Church. The ordination took place 
 Oct. 4, 1808. His next appointment was 
 to Salt Creek circuit, Ky. During that 
 year his father died, and some time was 
 spent in settling the estate. The next 
 Conference was held at Cincinnati in the 
 fall of 1809. His appointment was to 
 Livingston circuit. Cumberland district, 
 Ky. Mr. C. continued to preach in Ken- 
 tucky until thev had seven children. 
 During that time he saw and understood 
 the pernicious influence of slavery, and 
 after consulting with his wife, who was of 
 the same mind, they determined to remove 
 
 to a free State. In the spring of 1823, he, 
 in company with two friends, started to 
 explore Illinois in search of a home. They 
 ascended the Wabash valley, and crossed 
 the prairie to the Illinois river above Fort 
 Clark, now Peoria. They went west and 
 south and then east, crossing the Illinois 
 river at what is now Beardstown, where 
 there was but one family in a small cabin. 
 From there they ascended the valley of 
 the Sangamon river to a settlement in 
 Sangamon county, on Richland creek, 
 where he found a family living in a double 
 log cabin, with a few acres of land under 
 cultivation. Mr. C. bought the claim, and 
 entered the land when it came into market. 
 
 He returned to Kentucky and brought 
 out his family, arriving Nov. 15, 1824, at 
 the place he had purchased the year be- 
 fore, in what is now Cartwright town- 
 ship, three-quarters of a mile north of 
 Pleasant Plains. They had two children 
 in Sangamon county. Of their nine 
 children 
 
 ELIZA B., born in Livingston coun- 
 ty, Ky., May n, 1810, married Peyton 
 L. Harrison. See his name. 
 
 MARIA H., born Sept. 20, 1812, in 
 Christian county, Ky., married in Sanga- 
 mon county, July 28, 1833, * o R- ev - W- 
 D. R. Trotter, who was born near Bowl- 
 ing Green, Ky., and came to Sangamon 
 county in 1830 or '31. Mr. Trotter was 
 a traveling preacher in the M. E. church 
 from the time he came to the State until 
 1872, when he became superanuated, and 
 resides in Jacksonville. They have fivo 
 children, all married. 
 
 CYNTHIA, born March 27, 1815, iri 
 Christian county, Ky., was killed Oct. 23, 
 1824, by a tree, near which they had en- 
 camped and kindled a fire, falling on her 
 while they were all asleep on the ground. 
 They carried the corpse of their child 
 twenty miles, and buried it in Hamilton 
 county, 111. 
 
 MADISON A., born July 4, 1817, in 
 Christian county, Ky., married Dec. 29, 
 1835, ' n St. Louis, to Matilda Purvines, 
 both of Sangamon county. They had 
 six children, namely: WILLIAM T. 
 married Emma Slater; had one child, 
 EVA A., and he married Florence Moore; 
 had two children, EDGAR EVERETT and 
 ASBURY i.., and reside in Cartwright 
 township. MARTHA J. married Daniel 
 Harnett, and died August 8, 1862, at
 
 192 
 
 EARLY SETTLERS OP 
 
 Pleasant Plains. PETER S. married 
 Frances Maria Irwin ; have two children, 
 JENNIE E. and ROBERT A., and reside near 
 Chanute, Kansas. ELIZABETH F. 
 married Peter L. Harrison. See his name. 
 JOHN M. and ANNIE M. reside with 
 their parents at Pleasant Plains. 
 
 WEAL THT M. J., born August 9, 
 1819, in Christian county, Ky., married 
 March 17, 1840, to Gorham Eaton, who 
 was born in Merrimac county, N. H. They 
 had three children, EMILY F. married 
 William G. Purvines. See his name. 
 MARY A. married A. S. Nottingham. 
 See his name. HORACE G. married 
 Ella Allen, had one child, ELLEN, and 
 Mrs. Eaton died. He resides near Pleas- 
 ant Plains. Gorham Eaton died August 
 26, 1846, and his widow married March 
 26, 1850, to Elmer Mickel, who was born 
 in Cape May county, N. J. They have 
 six children, ANNIE, CHARLES H., 
 CAROLINE M., ARMINDA B., 
 MYRA E. and EDWARD LINCOLN, 
 and reside two miles northwest of Pleas- 
 ant Plains. 
 
 VALENTINE C, born May 19, 
 1821, in Christian county, Ky., married in 
 Sangamon county, Feb. 9, 1841, to Cin- 
 thelia Scott. They have nine children. 
 SARAH F. J. resides with her parents. 
 THOMAS B. married Mary E. Cloud, 
 daughter of Rev. Newton Cloud, of Jack- 
 sonville; have two children, MAUD and 
 CLAUD, and reside near Waco, Sedgwick 
 county, Kansas. CARRIE E. married 
 Samuel D. Pallett, and resides near Waco, 
 Kansas. HATTIE J. married David O. 
 Williams; has one child, LESTER, and re- 
 sides near Waco, Kansas. CHARLES 
 A. resides near Waco, Kansas. ALBERT 
 B., MINNIE P., NEWTON C. and 
 WALTER D., reside with their parents. 
 V. C. Cartwright lived near Pleasant 
 Plains until 1874, when he moved to 
 Sedgwick county, near Delano, Kansas. 
 
 SARAH M., born July 2, 1823, in 
 Christian county, Ky., married Sept. i, 
 1841, to Henry Smith, who was born in 
 Cape May county, N. J. They had ten 
 children; two died in infancy. MARIA 
 F. married Frank N. Elmore. See his 
 name. PETER C., born Oct. 24, 1844, 
 married Margaret McDonnell, who was 
 born Nov. 17, 1844, at Lexington, Ky. 
 They have four children, HENRY, MARY 
 o., NETTIE and CARROLL, and reside at 
 
 Pleasant Plains. WILLIAM T. died 
 Feb. 22, 1869, in his twenty-third year. 
 MADISON N. resides west. CARO- 
 LINE E., HENRY D. and EDWARD 
 P. reside with their mother. Henry 
 Smith died March 20, 1873, and his fam- 
 ily reside at Pleasant Plains. 
 
 CAROLINE M., born Sept. 9, 1826, 
 in Sangamon county, married August 30, 
 1848, to Rev. Benjamin Newman. They 
 had one child, PETER C., who married 
 and resides at Mattoon. Mrs. C. M. 
 Newman died May 23, 1853. 
 
 ARMINDA F., born Oct. 3, 1828, in 
 Sangamon county, married Aug. 30, 1848, 
 to Rev. Levi C. Pitner. They have one 
 son, LEE PITNER, and reside at Evan- 
 ston, 111. 
 
 Rev. Peter Cartwright, D. D., died 
 Sept. 25, 1872, and his widow died Feb. 
 7, 1876, both near Pleasant Plains, Sanga- 
 mon county, where they settled in 1824. 
 Mr. Cartwright had been a member of the 
 M. E. Church more than seventy-one 
 years, a preacher nearly three score and 
 ten years, and a Presiding Elder more 
 than half a century. To attempt a de- 
 scription of the man and his labors would 
 be useless in a sketch like this. Nothing 
 but his own " Autobiography " and 
 "Fifty Years a Presiding Elder" could 
 do justice to the subject. His system of 
 theology does not admit of a belief in 
 special providences; and yet, it would ap- 
 pear to others as though he was especially 
 raised up to illustrate what one man can 
 accomplish in mental and physical labors 
 in a good cause, sustained by the power 
 of God. He had just entered upon his 
 eighty-eighth year, and his wife in her 
 eighty-seventh year. At the time of her 
 death she had fifty-three grand-children, 
 sixty-two great-grand-children, and five 
 great-great-grand-children, a total of one 
 hundred and twenty-nine descendants. 
 
 The circumstances of her death were 
 exceedingly impressive. She was attend- 
 ing a religious meeting at Bethel Chapel, 
 about one mile from her home, in the op- 
 posite direction from Pleasant Plains. 
 The minister conducting the services 
 called on her as the first to give her testi- 
 mony, which she did, remaining seated. 
 She spoke with much feeling, closing with 
 the words: "The past three weeks have 
 been the happiest of all my life; I am 
 waiting for the chariot. " The exercises
 
 SANGAMON COUNT*. 
 
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 continued until sixteen persons had risen 
 and spoken a few words each, the last of 
 whom was her eldest son. The lady sit- 
 ting nearest her thought she had fainted, 
 and the windows were thrown open to 
 admit fresh air; but "The chariot had 
 arrived. " 
 
 CARTMELL, ANDREW, 
 was born March, 1766, in Greenbrier 
 county, Va. He went to Bath county, 
 Ky., when he was a young man. Nancy 
 D. Brown was born Oct., 1772, in Cul- 
 pepper county, Va.,and in 1780 was taken 
 by her parents to Bath county, Ky. A. 
 Cartmell and Nancy D. Brown were mar- 
 ried and had eight children in Kentucky, 
 and they moved to Sangamon county, 111., 
 arriving Oct. 10, 1829, six miles northeast 
 of Springfield. Of their children 
 
 WILLIAM W., born Oct., 1800, in 
 Bath county, Ky., married there in 1832, 
 to Mary Crockett, moved to Sangamon 
 county, and from there to Rails county, 
 Mo., raised a family of six childi'en, and 
 lives near Merton, Grundy county, Mo. 
 
 LUCINDA married in Kentucky to 
 John Rudder, had two children, and died 
 there. Her children came to Sangamon 
 county with their grandfather Cartmell. 
 LUCRETIA married Samuel Houston. 
 See his name, THOMAS was a soldier 
 in the 4th 111. Inf., and was killed in 1847, 
 in the Mexican war. 
 
 JOHN M., born August 25, 1802, in 
 Bath county, Ky., was married there 
 March 23, 1829, to Mildred R. Tacket, 
 and came with his parents to Sangamon 
 in the fall of that year. They had five 
 children. AMANDA A., born April 29, 
 1830, married March 2, 1852, to James 
 Black. See his name. JOHN W., born 
 May 19, 1833, married in Missouri to 
 Mary E. Chipps, have four children, and 
 reside near Merton, Mo. He served three 
 years in Co. C, 23d Mo. Inf., from Aug., 
 1861. JAMES H., born Oct. 14, 1837, 
 married Martha Crane, who died April 
 19, 1871, leaving four children. He mar- 
 ried Nov. 19, 1872, to Mrs. Zilpha Hal- 
 bert, whose maiden name was Taylor. 
 They live four miles east of Springfield. 
 ELIZA A., born August 30, 1842, mar- 
 ried James Black. See his name. 
 MARION, born July 19, 1845, married 
 Feb. i, 1872, to M. O. James, have one 
 child, ANNIE E., and live six miles north 
 east of Springfield. Mrs. M. R. Cart- 
 
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 mell died April 14, 1875, and John M. 
 Cartmell lives where his father settled in 
 1830. It is six miles northeast of Spring- 
 field. 
 
 JAMES H., born in 1804, in Ken- 
 tucky, married there to Elizabeth Duval. 
 He died in Sangamon county, July 17, 
 1839, and his widow returned to Ken- 
 tucky. 
 
 EVELINE, born July 22, 1807, in 
 Kentucky, married in Sangamon county, 
 Oct. 25, 1830, to Charles Harper. They 
 had one child, and she died May 6^1845. 
 Her son ULYSSES lives in Texas. 
 
 NANCY, born August 11, 1810, in 
 Bath county, Ky., married there to Willis 
 Cassity. See his name. 
 
 ELIZA, born in Kentucky, married in 
 Sangamon county, to Alex. Rigdon, who 
 died, leaving a widow and seven children 
 near Mt. Pulaski. 
 
 MART A., born in Kentucky, married 
 in Sangamon county to Samuel Harper, 
 have four children, and live in Caldwell 
 countv, Texas. 
 
 ANDRE W J., born in Bath county, 
 Ky., came to Sangamon county with his 
 parents, married in Logan county, in 1843, 
 to Nancy Edwards. They had six child- 
 ren. LOUISIANA married P. O'Bran- 
 non,and resides near Mt. Pulaski. PER- 
 MELIA F., born Nov. 29, 1846, married 
 Walter C. Black. See his name. MARY 
 E. married George Hickman, and live 
 near Lincoln. JAMES H. lives near Mt. 
 Pulaski. TIMOTHY L. lives near W T il- 
 liamsville. ALVIN resides near Mt. 
 Pulaski. Mrs. Nancy Cantrall died Sept. 
 6, and her husband Oct. 20, 1856, both in 
 Logan county, p ^.f fw^.U . 
 
 Andrew Gantraii died bept. 12, 1832, 
 and his widow died Dec. 5, 1858, both in 
 Sangamon county. 
 
 CARVER, JACOB, born March 
 10, 1787, in Pennsylvania. Elizabeth 
 Hoover was born Dec. 8, 1784, in Virginia. 
 They were married near Dayton, O., and 
 had nine children there. The family 
 moved to Sangamon county, 111., arriving 
 in the fall of 1830 in what is now Clear 
 Lake township, four miles northeast of 
 Springfield. Of their nine children 
 
 WILLIAM, ELIZA and JOHN 
 died between thirteen and eighteen years 
 of age. The other six are 
 
 H1GHLT, born Jan. 13, 1806, near 
 Dayton, O., was married there April 20,
 
 EARL? SETTLERS OF 
 
 1826, to Philip Shaffer; came to Sanga- 
 mon county with her parents; moved the 
 same fall to Cass county, where Mr. 
 Shaffer died, August 28, 1843, l eavm g six 
 children. The widow married Feb. i, 
 1846,10 Daniel Lahmon. They have one 
 child, and reside near Virginia, Cass 
 county. 
 
 SARAH, born Nov. 26, 1810, near 
 Dayton, O., married there to Jesse Smith, 
 came to Sangamon county with her par- 
 ents, had three children, moved back to 
 Ohio, where two children were born and 
 Mr. Smith died. The family reside at 
 New Carlisle, Clarke county, Ohio. 
 
 REBECCA, born Sept. 21, 1812, in 
 Ohio, married in Sangamon county to 
 Benjamin Hooton, had four children, and 
 moved to Ozark county, Mo., where she 
 died. 
 
 SOPHIA, born Aug. 19, 1820, in 
 Ohio, married in Sangamon county to 
 Henry Bedinger. They had one child, 
 and Mr. B. died, and she married Job 
 Dickson. They had two children, and 
 both parents died. Their son, JOHN 
 DICKSON, married Mary Collins, and 
 resides in Sherman. SARAH DICK- 
 SON married Edward Workman. He 
 was shot dead, Oct. 4, 1865, by a drunken 
 man, because he would not drink with 
 him. The widow married Wm. Howard. 
 She had one child by each marriage 
 WM. H. WORKMAN and JOHN E. 
 HOWARD. Mr. and Mrs. Howard live 
 four miles east of Springfield. 
 
 JAMES, born Dec. 13, 1825, near 
 Dayton, Montgomery county, O. He 
 was married in Sangamon county, Jan. 
 1 6, 1863, to Martha Workman, who was 
 born May 23, 1847, m R- usn county, Ind. 
 They have four children, WILLIAM 
 W., JOSEPH B., JAMES F. and 
 GEORGE H., and live at the homestead 
 settled by his parents in 1830. It is four 
 miles nortbeast of Springfield. 
 
 FELIX, born Oct. 4, 1828, near Day- 
 ton, O., married in Sangamon county, 
 Jan. 22, 1857, to Rachel Donner. They 
 had five children. FLORA died young. 
 LIZZIE, ALBERT, HENRY and 
 FRANK. The four latter live with 
 their parents, near where Mr. Carver's 
 parents settled in 1830. 
 
 Jacob Carver died in 1833, in Ohio, hav- 
 ing returned there on business. Mrs. 
 
 Elizabeth Carver died Nov. 8, 1857, on 
 the farm where the family settled in 1830. 
 CASSITY, ALEXANDER, 
 was born in 1793, in Bath county, Ky. 
 The father of Alexander and Willis Cas- 
 sity built a stockade with block houses 
 inside, on Slate creek, in Bath county, in 
 the early settling of Kentucky. It was 
 called Cassity's station, and was a place of 
 refuge from the Indians until thev were 
 forced out of the country. Remains of 
 that station are yet visible. Alexander 
 Cassity was married in Bath county to 
 Eliza B. Groves. She died there in 1832, 
 leaving three children. He was married 
 in the same county to Elizabeth Lock- 
 ridge, had one child, and moved to San- 
 gamon county, 111., arriving Oct. 26, 1835, 
 and purchased a farm in what is now the 
 southeast corner of Chatham township, 
 where they had five living children. Of 
 their children 
 
 JOHN F., born in 1826, in Bath 
 county, Ky., enlisted in Sangamon coun- 
 ty, Aug. 10, 1 86 1, for three years, in Co. 
 B, 3oth 111. Inf., and was promoted to 
 Sergeant-Major. He was mortally wound- 
 ed at the battle of Atlanta, Ga., July 22, 
 and" died July 26, 1864. 
 
 WILLIS H., born March 23, 1828, in 
 Bath county, Ky., married Sept. 26, 1865, 
 in Sangamon county, to Ella McGriff, a 
 native of Preble county, Ohio. They had 
 two children. CARRIE E. died young, 
 and MINNIE L. lives with her parents, 
 in Auburn. 
 
 JAMES L., born in Kentucky, raised 
 in Sangamon county, and died in Iowa. 
 
 MARGARET" E. married Andrew 
 Ranch. See his name. 
 
 EMMA C. married Jacob Ranch. Sec 
 his name. 
 
 FRANCIS M. born in Sangamon 
 county, and died unmarried. 
 
 AMANDA I., born in Sangamon 
 county, married James T. Hutton. See 
 his name. They live on the farm where 
 she was born, in Chatham township. 
 
 ALEXANDER M., born in Sanga- 
 mon county, and enlisted July, 1862, for 
 three years, in Co. I, 73d 111. Inf., was 
 wounded Dec. 31, 1862, at the battle of 
 Stone's river, and discharged on account 
 of physical disability. He was married 
 to Mary A. Hutton, and lives in Gentry 
 county, Mo. 
 
 LOUISA G. died young.
 
 SANGAMON COUXTT. 
 
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 MARTHA L. born in Sangamon 
 county, married Sept. 5, 1866, to John T. 
 Welch. The have two children, ED- 
 WIN H. and HARRY K., and reside 
 in Auburn. Air. Welch was born June 
 30, 1842, in McDonough county, 111. He 
 enlisted April, 1861, for three months, in 
 Co. D, i6lh 111. Inf. May 24, 1861, the 
 whole regiment enlisted for three years. 
 Dec. 23, 1863, the regiment re-enlisted as 
 veterans. J. T. Welch served through 
 all the enlistments to the end of the re- 
 bellion. He is now a merchant in Au- 
 burn. 
 
 Alexander Cassity died March 12, 1851, 
 and his widow died Nov. 16, 1861, both on 
 the farm where they settled in 1835. 
 
 CASSITY, WILL IS, brother to 
 Alexander, was born Jan. 2, 1805, in Bath 
 county, Ky. He was married there Jan. 
 24, 1827, to Nancy Cartmell. They had 
 two children in Kentucky, and moved to 
 Sangamon county, arriving at Springfield 
 Oct. 10, 1829. They had one child in 
 Sangamon county. Of their children 
 
 JAMES W., born in Kentucky, died 
 at twenty years of age. 
 
 ELIZABETH, born in Kentucky, 
 married John Parsons. He died August, 
 1872, leaving a widow and six children, 
 near Salisbury. 
 
 LEV I, born Jan. i, 1836, in Sanga- 
 mon county, enlisted Oct. 20, 1861, in Co. 
 B, loth 111. Cav., for three years. As a 
 non-commissioned officer he commanded 
 a section of one of the batteries attached 
 to the regiment at the battle of Prairie 
 Grove, Ark., Dec. 7, 1862, and lost his 
 left arm in that engagement. He was 
 discharged on account of physical disabil- 
 ity, Dec. 31, 1862. Lev! Cassity was 
 married April 23, 1863, to Nancy Dren- 
 nan. They have one child, JOHN F., 
 and live three and a half miles southeast 
 of Chatham. 
 
 Willis Cassity, after coming to Sanga- 
 mon county, lived a few years in Logan 
 county, and a few years in Missouri. He 
 and his wife now live in Ball township. 
 
 CASSITY WILLIAM, cousin 
 to Alexander and Willis, was born in 
 Bath county, Ky. He was married in 
 Nicholas county, Ky., to Honor Wells, a 
 native of Pennsylvania. They had five 
 living children in Kentucky, and moved 
 to Sangamon county, 111., arriving in the 
 
 fall of 1830, in what is now Rochester 
 township. Of their children 
 
 GEORGE died in Kentucky, at twen- 
 ty-two years ot age. 
 
 JEREMIAH died in Kentucky, at 
 sixteen years of age. 
 
 REBECCA, born Feb. 14, 1802, in 
 Nicholas county, Ky., married Edward 
 Branch. See his name. 
 
 LE WIS, born in Kentucky about 1805, 
 and died in Sangamon county, unmarried, 
 in 1852. 
 
 MAR T, born Aug. 28, 1806, in Nicho- 
 las county, Ky., married there Jan. 4, 
 1827, to James W. Neill. See his name. 
 
 William Cassity died in 1844, and Mrs. 
 Honor Cassity died Aug., 1854, both in 
 Rochester township. 
 
 CASS, ROBERT, was born in 
 1768 or '9, in Iredell county, N. C. His 
 father, James Cass, was born in England, 
 and when he was six or seven years of 
 age was pressed into the British navy, and 
 trained to a sea-faring life. Being separ- 
 ated from his relatives at so early an age, 
 he never understood his own name, and 
 called himself James Cast. He came to 
 Philadelphia, and finally settled in Iredell 
 county, N. C. After raising a family 
 there, he moved with his children to 
 Clarke county, Ky., and there met two 
 Englishmen by the name of Cass. After 
 becoming acquainted, he found that one of 
 them was his brothei', and the other his 
 cousin, and for the first time learned that 
 the family name was not Cast, but Cass. 
 His son Robert, whose name heads this 
 sketch, having always been called Cast, 
 did not think it prudent to resume the 
 original name, but related the facts in the 
 case to his children, and his descendants 
 have very generally returned to it. Rob- 
 ert Cass was married Feb. 26, 1790, in 
 Iredell county, N. C., to Lucy Rik-v. 
 They had one child there, and moved to 
 Clarke county, Ky., where they had four 
 children, and Mrs. Lucy Cass died, Feb. 
 13, 1809. Robert Cass was married in 
 Clarke county, April 26, 1810, to Mary 
 Boggs, and had two children there. The 
 family then moved to Sangamon county, 
 111., arriving Oct. 2, 1826, in Buffalo Hart 
 grove. Of his seven children 
 
 AMON, born Sept. 6, 1792,511 North 
 Carolina, married March 18, 1813, in Ken- 
 tucky, to Patsy Simpson. He raised a
 
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 EARLY SETTLERS OF 
 
 family, and remained in Clarke county, 
 Kentucky. -7 
 
 JAMES, born Aug. 12, 1397, m 
 Clarke county, Ky., and married there 
 Nov. 20, 1817, to Ann Hood. They had 
 eight children, and came to Sangamon 
 county in 1829. Mrs. Ann Cass died, and 
 James Cass married Amanda McKinney. 
 They had four children, and he died. His 
 widow and living children reside near 
 Mt. Pulaski. His son JOHN, born Sept. 
 22, 1820, in Kentucky, was married Feb. 
 28, 1847, in Sangamon county, to Mary J. 
 Burns. They had thirteen children. 
 ARTANECIA, born Feb. 5, 1849, was mar- 
 ried April 15, 1873, to G. \V. Edwards, 
 and lives at Buffalo Hart Grove. AMON, 
 born Sept. 3, 1851, lives with his mother. 
 ALEXANDER, born Nov. 6, 1853, was 
 married near Springfield, 111., Nov. 3, 
 1875, to Delia Fenton, and lives at Farmer 
 City, DeWitt county, 111. LUCY A., born 
 April 30, 1855, was married March 13, 
 1872, to Herbert White. They have one 
 child, Olive May, arid live at Farmer 
 City. ALVI, JOHN L., ISABEL, IDA, ANNA 
 
 E., SOPHIA, ROBERT F., HATTIE J. and 
 
 TROMAS F. w., live with their mother. 
 John Cass died Jan. 17, 1872. His widow 
 and children live near Buffalo Hart station, 
 or Farmer City, 111. FRANK D, born Dec. 
 6, 1832, in Sangamon county, was married 
 April 29, 1858, to Sarah G. Landis, who 
 was born April 8,1833, m Indianapolis, 
 Ind. They have one child living, ED- 
 WARD K. F. D. Cass studied medicine in 
 Mt. Pulaski, teaching school in the mean- 
 time. He graduated at Rush Medical 
 College in 1864. Was appointed assistant 
 surgeon of the I5ist 111. Inf. in 1865, 
 served a short time and resigned. Dr. 
 Frank D. Cass resides at Mt. Pulaski, 111., 
 and is engaged in practice there. 
 
 ARCHIBALD, born Dec. i, 1799, in 
 Clarke county, Ky., married there to 
 Deborah Mershon. They had three 
 children in Kentucky, and came to San- 
 gamon county, Illinois, arriving Oct., 
 1828, at Buffalo Hart Grove, where they 
 had three children. Of their children: 
 ROBERT, born Nov. 20, 1821, in Ken- 
 tucky, married in Sangamon county, 
 Aug. 20, 1840, to Sarah J. Lawson. They 
 had four children. MINERVA j. and OR- 
 LANDO w. died under two years. FLOR- 
 ENCE F., born May 17, 1852, died August 
 24, 1869. NOAH MATHENY, born July 9, 
 
 1857, lives with his parents, near Buffalo 
 Hart Station. SARAH J., born Oct. 27, 
 1826, in Kentucky, married m Sangamon 
 county, in 1842,10 George Ridgway,have 
 four living children, MARY c., ROBERT,JOH \ 
 and ALLEN, and live near Lockhart, Texas. 
 WILLIAM L., born Aug. 15, 1829, in 
 Sangamon county, died Aug. 20, 1846. 
 The other children all died under six 
 years. Archibald Cass died Sept., 1852, 
 and his widow died later, both in Sanga- 
 mon county. He was a soldier from San- 
 gamon county in the Black Hawk war in 
 1831-2. He was also a member of Co. 
 D, 4th 111. Inf., and served one year- in 
 1846-7, in the' war with Mexico. He was 
 a nurse in the army, and practiced medi- 
 cine the latter part of his life. 
 
 PATSr,born Dec. 28, 1802, in Clarke 
 county, Ky., married there Sept. 15, 1825, 
 to Robert E. Burns. See his name. 
 
 NINIAN R., born April 8, 1806, in 
 Clarke county, Ky., married in Sanga- 
 mon county to Mary Wade, They had 
 seven children. THOMAS F. died in 
 1849 at Mt. Pulaski, aged twenty-three 
 years. GEORGE W., married Martha 
 J. Turley, have nine children, and live 
 near Lincoln. EMILY married Daniel 
 Dunn, had two children, and died in Mis- 
 souri. Her children: THOMAS A., resides 
 at Mt. Pulaski. MARY E. resides with 
 her aunt, Mrs. Jones. LUCY E., born 
 March 28, 1836,111 Logan county, married 
 Strother G. Jones. See his name. CAR- 
 OLINE A., born August 16, 1838, is un- 
 married, and resides at Lincoln. SARAH 
 AGNES, born in 1840, married Simpson 
 Constant, had one child, CASS CONSTANT, 
 and she married Frederick Bush. They 
 have two living children, NELLIE E. and 
 CARRIE B., and reside at Mt. Pulaski. 
 ROBERT enlisted for three years, in 
 1862, in an Illinois regiment, and died 
 August, 1863, at Murfreesboro, Tenn. 
 Mrs. Mary Cass died Dec. 31, 1848. 
 N. R. Cass married Mrs. Elizabeth 
 Swing, whose maiden name was Laugh- 
 ney. She had one child, Belle W. Swing, 
 by a former marriage. She married 
 T. T. Beach, who is a practicing lawyer, 
 and lives in Lincoln. Ninian R. Cass 
 died August, 1872, at Mt. Pulaski, and his 
 widow resides with her daughter, Mrs. 
 Beach, at Lincoln. 
 
 A. 'BO WEN, born Feb. n, 1811, in 
 Clarke county, Ky., came with his parents
 
 SANGAMON COUNTY. 
 
 197 
 
 to Sangamon county in Oct., 1826, mar- 
 ried Jan. 17, 1830, to Melinda Burns. 
 They had nine children in Sangamon 
 county, namely: ELIZABETH E., 
 born Nov. 14, 1830, married Nov. 8, 1849, 
 to Michael Finfrock. He was born May 
 3, 1820, in Chambersburg, Pa., went to 
 Miami county O., with his parents in 1836, 
 and came to Saugamon county in 1843, 
 Mr. and Mrs. Finfrock have seven child- 
 ren, BOWEN C., HELEN M., CHARLES M., 
 PAUL H., IRVING G., WILLIS and ERNEST 
 
 s. reside with their parents, four miles 
 southeast of Buffalo Hart Station. Mr. 
 Finfrock was a member of the Sangamon 
 county Board of Supervisors at the first 
 term in 1861-2, and again from 1872 to 
 1876. MARY C., born May 8, 1833, 
 married March 31, 1858, to Benjamin F. 
 Edwards, who was born July 12, 1823, in 
 Madison county, N. Y. They have four 
 children, GAYLORD c., JOHN p., BENJA- 
 MIN F., Jim., and MARY B., and reside two 
 miles southeast of Buffalo Hart Station. 
 LUCY A., born August 31, 1835, mar- 
 ried April 20, 1869, to Dr. Leslie Gillette. 
 They have three children, LESLIE B., 
 FANNIE T. and CEOGIANA, and reside at 
 Buffalo. LEWIS, born March 10, 1838, 
 married Dec. 24, 1862, to Christiana Law- 
 son. They had four children. The 
 eldest, WILLIAM s., and the youngest, 
 ALFRED, died in the second year of their 
 ages. CLARENCE F. and ARTHUR F. re- 
 side with their parents, five miles south- 
 east of Buffalo Hart Station. PAULI- 
 NA J., born Oct. 4, 1843, married Oct. 13, 
 1864, to Alfred Shrieve, and resides near 
 Elkhart. HARDIN, born Sept. 16, 
 1845, married Oct. 10, 1866, to Hattie N. 
 Landis, have two children, PHILIP and 
 LEWIS B,, and reside one and a half miles 
 southwest of Buffalo Hart Station. 
 SCOTT, born Nov. 20, 1847, MARION, 
 born April 12, 1850, and HARRY, born 
 born Feb. 3, 1854, live with their parents. 
 Ambrose Bowen Cass and his wife reside 
 half a mile southwest of Buffalo Hart 
 Station, and within one fourth of a mile 
 of where his father settled in 1826. He 
 was a soldier in the Black Hawk war, 
 both in 1831 and 1832, from Sangamon 
 county, and was in the battles of Bad Axe 
 and Wisconsin. 
 
 LUCY A., born Jan. 15, 1813, in 
 Clarke county, Ky., married April 17, 
 1828, to John R. Burns. See his name. 
 
 Mrs. Mary Cass died Sept. 14, 1840, 
 and Robert Cass died July 9, 1852, both 
 near where they settled in 1826. 
 
 CHAMBERS, HENRY B., 
 born Jan, i, 1809, near Dover, Del. He 
 was married in Delaware to Elizabeth 
 Bodie, and moved to Adams county, 111., 
 in 1831, and from there to Springfield, in 
 1840, where Mrs. C. died, April, 1854. 
 He was married Jan. 25, 1855, to Mrs. 
 Elizabeth A. Turner, whose maiden name 
 was Earnest. They had seven children 
 
 ELIZABETH E., JAMES H., 
 JOHN B., WILLIAM R., JACOB 
 J., KENDALL and MAGGIE J. 
 
 H. B. Chambers died May 26, 1871, 
 and his widow resides four miles west of 
 Springfield. 
 
 CHANDLER, ROBERT, was 
 born about 1812, in Kentucky. He was 
 left an orphan at eight years of age, and 
 was bound to Russell Fletcher, who took 
 him to Overton county, Tenn., and from 
 there to Sangamon county, 111., arriving 
 in the spring of 1832. He married Ellen 
 Parmenter, who died, and he married 
 Elizabeth Carter. They had eight child- 
 ren in Sangamon county 
 
 LUCY J. married Christopher Whee- 
 lan, and live in Riverton. 
 
 REBECCA died, aged eighteen. 
 
 MARY E. married Stephen Huntsley, 
 and live in Christian county. 
 
 MARTHA W., FRANCIS J/., 
 GEORGE H., CHARLES O. and 
 ED WARD, reside with their parents, 
 half a mile from Sherman. 
 
 CHERRY, BENJAMIN, was 
 born Jan. 26, 1790, in Franklin county, 
 Ga. VVhen he was seventeen years old 
 his parents moved to Overton county, 
 Tenn. Benjamin was a soldier from Ten- 
 nessee in the war of 1812. In the fall of 
 1819 he came to Sangamon county, and 
 soon after went to work for Edward 
 Clark, who came about the same time. 
 Elizabeth Strickland was born May 12, 
 1799, near the sea coast, south of Charles- 
 ton, S. C. Her parents moved to Tennes- 
 see, and from there to St. Clair county, 
 111., thence to Sangamon county in 1819, 
 and Elizabeth came in the spring of 1820. 
 Benjamin Cherry and Elizabeth Strick- 
 land made arrangements to celebrate the 
 4th of July, but could not obtain the li- 
 cense from Edwardsville in time, and they 
 were married July n, 1820. They had
 
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 EARLY SETTLERS Of 
 
 seven children in Sangamon county, 
 two of whom died young. Of the other 
 five 
 
 WYATT, born Nov. 9, 1821, married 
 in Sangamon county to Susan Hall, have 
 several children, and reside near Blue 
 Mound, Macon county. 
 
 MARTHA, born in 1826, married 
 William Allen, had seven children, moved 
 to Missouri, and died near Carthage. 
 
 C LEMON died at twenty-three. 
 
 ALMYRA, born March 20, 1830, mar- 
 ried David Huckleberry. See his name. 
 
 BENJAMIN, Jun., married Eliza 
 Barnes. They had four children, and 
 moved to Pike's Peak. Mr. Cherry died 
 there. His widow and only living child, 
 CHARLES, live in Springfield. He is 
 employed at the watch factory. 
 
 Benjamin Cherrv died in 1874, near 
 Riverton. 
 
 CHILD, STEPHEN, was born 
 June 12, 1802, in Waitsfield, Vt. His 
 parents moved to Barnstown, Lower 
 Canada, in 1806, and in 1815 to Hartland, 
 Windham county, Vt., where they both 
 died. In 1820 Stephen went to Potsdam, 
 St. Lawrence county, N. Y., and engaged 
 in teaching. He was there married, March 
 <j., 1826, to Hannah Lyman, who was born 
 Sept. 15, 1808, in Brookfield, Vt. They 
 had two children in New York, and came 
 to Sangamon county as part of a colony 
 of fifty-two persons, arriving Oct. 26, 
 1833, in the village of Sangamo. They 
 had three children in Sangamon county. 
 Of their five children 
 
 JOHN L., born March 23, 1827, in 
 St. Lawrence county, N. Y., married in 
 Sangamon county, Feb. 17, 1859, to Mary 
 E. Anderson. They have two children, 
 FRANKIE and CHARLEY, and reside 
 near Farmingdale. 
 
 MARY L., born Sept. 27, 1831, in St. 
 Lawrence county, N. Y., married in San- 
 gamon county to George B. Seeley. See 
 his name. They reside in Abilene, Kan. 
 
 MARTHA, born Dec. 8, 1833, in San- 
 gamon county, married Thomas Frank 
 Anderson. See his name. 
 
 STEPHEN, Jun., born April 14, 
 1848, in Sangamon county, resides with 
 his mother, near Farmingdale. 
 
 HANNAH, born Nov. 29, 1850, died 
 in her third year. 
 
 Stephen Child died Sept. 4th, 1875, and 
 his widow resides near Farmingdale. 
 
 Mr. Child was a farmer and teacher all 
 his life. He was an original abolitionist, 
 and as an agent of the underground rail- 
 road, he assisted hundreds of colored peo- 
 ple in their flight from bondage. He 
 conducted a company of twenty-one at 
 one time. It was his custom to go as far 
 as he could travel in one night and return, 
 but on some occasions he has gone as far 
 sixty miles, and then left them in the 
 hands of friends who would conduct them 
 onward. The last time the writer of this, 
 conversed with Mr. Child, he expressed 
 special satisfaction that he had assisted so 
 many human beings on their way to 
 freedom, and gratitude that he had lived 
 to see the day that there was not a slave 
 in the United States of America. 
 
 CHURCHILL, GEORGE, 
 was born about 1766, in Virginia. His 
 parents died when he was quite young, 
 and he went to Woodford county, Ky., 
 where he was married to Sarah Arnold, 
 who was born in that county about 1 780. 
 They had eleven children in Shelby 
 county, Ky., and the family moved to 
 Sangamon county, 111., arriving in the fall 
 of 1827, near what is now Mechanicsburg. 
 Of their children 
 
 MARY, married in Kentucky to Wil- 
 liam Threlkeld, brought up in large family, 
 and never moved to Illinois. Their 
 daughter SARAH J. is the wife of Wil- 
 liam P. McKinnie. See his name. 
 MARIETTA, born Jan. 31, 1829, in 
 Shelby county, Ky., married there, Jan. 
 14, 1847, t Joseph H. Agee. They had 
 two children born there, and in the fall of 
 1851 moved to Sangamon county, where 
 seven children were born. Of their child- 
 ren: EDWIN ii., born in Shelby county, 
 Ky., resides with his mother. 4 MAUY H., 
 born Jan. 29, 1851, in Kentucky, married 
 in Sangamon county, Oct. 3, 1871, to 
 Ambrose B. Cass, Jun. They live at 
 East Lynn, Cass county, Mo. ALICE A. 
 married Jan. 16, 1873, to Robert W.Jess, 
 a native of Bellfast, Ireland. They live 
 at Riverton. LIZZIE T., EMMA and j. AL- 
 VEY reside with their mother. The sixth, 
 seventh and eighth children, viz: LUCYJ., 
 WILLIAM s. and CEPHAS L., all died under 
 eight years. Joseph H. Agee died Sept. 
 25, 1865. The father and three children 
 all died within nineteen days. Mrs. 
 Marietta Agee and her family reside two 
 miles east of Riverton.
 
 SANGAMON COUNTT. 
 
 199 
 
 LUC1NDA, born in Kentucky, mar- 
 ried there to William Crimm, and both 
 died in Southern Illinois, leaving seven or 
 eight children. The three eldest were 
 
 WIM.iAM, ABSALOM and MARTHA. 
 
 JOHN A., born March 6, 1800, in 
 Shelby county, Ky., married there to 
 Sarah Scoggin. They had three children, 
 came to Sangamon county, and settled 
 near Mechanicsburg, where they had six 
 children. Of their children. JOEL, 
 born July 19, 1823, in Kentucky, married 
 in Sangamon county to Lucretia J. Bondu- 
 rant. They had eleven living children. 
 MARTHA A., MARY L., ELIZABETH j., 
 
 JOHN T., THOMAS A., JOSEPH W., JESSE, 
 EDGAR, HARVEY, ETHA G. and ARTHUR. 
 
 Mr. C. and family moved to Kansas in 
 1865, an( ^ m x ^75 ^turned to Illinois, and 
 live in DeLand, Piatt county. WIL- 
 LIAM, born April 4, 1825, in Kentucky, 
 married in Sangamon county to Eliza- 
 beth Lemon. They reside in Monmouth, 
 Polk county, Oregon. ANN, born Jan. 
 22, 1827, in Kentucky, died in Sangamon 
 county in her eighteenth year. GEORGE, 
 born August 15, 1829, in Sangamon coun- 
 ty, went to Oregon, and there married 
 Hannah E. Sherel. They have three 
 children, and live in Linn county, Oregon. 
 WILLOUGHBY, born Dec. 23, 1831, in 
 Sangamon county, went, when a young 
 man, to the Pacific coast, and lives in 
 Oregon. SARAH E., born Jan. 4, 1834, 
 in Sangamon county, resides with her 
 sister, Mrs. Smith, in Illiopolis. JOHN, 
 born Feb. 15, 1836, in Sangamon county, 
 enlisted July 19, 1861, for three years, in 
 Co. I, 41 111. Inf., re-enlisted as a veteran, 
 Jan., 1864. He was promoted to Sergeant, 
 July, 1863, an< ^ to 2< 1 Lieut., Nov., 1864. 
 Was with Sherman in his " march to the 
 tea," and was honorably discharged, June, 
 1865. He was married Feb. 14, 1867, in 
 Sangamon county, to Mary M. Graham. 
 They have one living child, ANNA, and 
 live three miles north of Illiopolis. 
 LOUISA, born April 25, 1838, in San- 
 gamon county, married April 10, 1860, to 
 Reuben Smith, who was born Nov. 4, 
 1833, ' m Duchess county, N. Y. They 
 have three living children, GEORGE, ADA 
 and HERBERT, and live in Illiopolis. 
 MARY, born Dec. 17, 1840, died in her 
 eleventh year. Mrs. Sarah Churchill died 
 Dec. 30, 1840, and John A. Churchill 
 married July 3, 1842, to Mrs. Elizabeth 
 
 Underwood, whose maiden name was 
 Lemon. She was born March 29, 1808, 
 in Georgetown, Ky. They had two 
 children, JULIA, born July 1 2, 1843, in 
 Sangamon county, lives with her mother. 
 LEMON P. died in his sixth year. John 
 A. Churchill died Feb. 4, 1845, anc * n ' s 
 widow and daughter reside in Mechanics- 
 burg. 
 
 AL VAH, born in Kentucky, married 
 there to Burnetta Samples, moved to In- 
 diana, and from there to Sangamon coun- 
 ty, in 1832, settling near Mechanicsburg. 
 They had four children, and moved to 
 Iowa; from there to Oregon in 18^53, 
 where he died. 
 
 LR WIS, born in Kentucky, married 
 in Sangamon county to Mary A. Cooper. 
 They had eleven children and moved to 
 Iowa; from there, in 1853, to Oregon, 
 with his brother Alva. He died Jan. 13, 
 1869, leaving a widow and children. 
 
 WILL O C GHB T, born Feb. 1 5, : 809, 
 in Shelby county, Ky., married Oct. 6, 
 1834, in Sangamon county, 111., to Eliza- 
 beth J. Humphreys. They had six child- 
 ren in Sangamon county, and in 1851 
 moved to the Pacific coast. Mrs. Churchill 
 died at Delles, foot of Cascade mountains, 
 in Waco county, Oregon, and Mr. C. mar 
 ried in Oregon, August 1 1, 1852, to Matil- 
 da A. Price, who was born Jan. 12, 1828. 
 They had six children. Of his children 
 by the first marriage, GEORGE H., born 
 May 13, 1837, in Sangamon county, mar- 
 ried Catharine Reed, in Oregon. OWEN 
 H., born June 16, 1845, in Sangamon 
 county, 111., is in Montana. DAVID H., 
 born March 31, 1843, in Sangamon coun- 
 ty, married July 23, 1875, to Minnie Lord. 
 They live in Helena Citv, Montana Ter. 
 MARY J., born Oct. 21, 1845, m Sanga- 
 mon county, was married in Oregon to 
 John M. Roach. They live in Clackamas 
 county, Oregon. MARTHA A., born 
 August 22, 1848, in Sangamon county, 
 died April 18, 1864, in Oregon. Children 
 of the second wife, all born in Oregon: 
 OLIVER D., born May 19, 1853, 
 JAMES E.,born May 18, 1854, LAURA 
 B., born May 8, 1856, near Harrisburg, 
 was married June 18, 1874, to George 
 Jordan. They live near Harrisburg, Or- 
 egon. THOMAS A., born July 27, 
 1857, and MINNIE D., born July 6, 
 1859, lives with her parents. Willoughby
 
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 EARLY SETTLERS OP 
 
 Churchill and family reside near Harris- 
 burg, Lynn county, Oregon. 
 
 ELIZABETH,\3orn Sept. n, 1811, 
 in Shelby county, Ky., married in Sanga- 
 mon county to Jesse Pickrell. See his 
 name. 
 
 MAJR7WA, born July 16, 1815, in 
 Shelby county, Ky., married in Sanga- 
 mon county, June 16, 1833, to Griffin 
 Fletcher, who was born Dec. 23, 1810, 
 near Mt. Sterling, Montgomery county, 
 Ky. They had ten living children. 
 MARY A., born Sept. 20, 1836, married 
 H. C. Stiver, Sept. 28, 1855, in Sangamon 
 county. They have four living children, 
 
 KATIE, NELLIE, CARRIE and CHARLES. 
 
 Mr. Stiver moved to Texas in Dec., 1872. 
 SARAH J., born Nov. 15, 1838, married 
 Zachariah Pope, in 1854, in Sangamon 
 county, and died May 3, 1857. RHODA 
 E., born Jan. 4, 1841, married Levi S. 
 Ridgeway, in Sangamon county, Feb. 16, 
 1857. They had four children, IRA H. 
 and IDA s. (twins), CATHARINE E., ABBIE 
 and LOR A. Mr. Ridgeway died August 
 30, 1868, and Mrs. R. and family live 
 near Decatur, 111. DAVID C., born 
 March 3, 1843, m Christian county, 
 married in Sangamon county to Mary 
 A. Garvey. See sketch of the Garvey 
 family. JAMES L., born Nov. 3, 1845, 
 is a grocer in Decatur. JOHN W\, 
 born Dec. 2, 1847, married May 10, 
 1869, to Emma Clevenger, in Abington, 
 Knox county, 111. They have three 
 children, MAY D., THERON and STELLA, 
 and live in Decatur, 111. ABEL P., born 
 Feb. 15, 18^2, and MARTHA J., born 
 May 24, 1854, live with their parents. 
 Griffin Fletcher and wife reside in Deca- 
 tur, 111. 
 
 EL VIRA A., born Sept. 24, 1817, in 
 Shelby county, Ky., was married Feb. 6, 
 1834, in Sangamon county, to John Gar- 
 rett. They moved to the vicinity of 
 Pittsfield, Pike county, 111., in 1834, and 
 had seven living children. BENJ. F., 
 born in 1835, married in Pittsfield to 
 Anna E. Adams, June, 1867, and live in 
 Newton county, Kansas. MARY E., 
 born in 1838, resides with her mother. 
 LOUISA A., born in 1843, married S. 
 Woolfolk. MARTHA A., born in 1846, 
 lives with her mother. SARAH E., 
 born in 1848, married July, 1872, to Rob- 
 ert Howard. They have one child, 
 FLORENCE B., and live in St. Louis, Mo. 
 
 LOTHARIO, born in 1850, and ELIZA 
 J., born in 1853, live with their mother in 
 Pittsfield, Pike county, 111. In 1866 Mr. 
 Garrett sold out, with the intention of 
 moving to Kansas. He left home alone 
 with a load of goods, and was murdered 
 in Bates county, Mo., in Nov., 1866. 
 
 DAVID B., born in 1821, in Ken- 
 tucky, was killed by lightning in Sanga- 
 mon county, May 7, 1842. 
 
 CC7L VI N S., born June 30, 1824, in 
 Kentucky, married July 31, 1845, m San- 
 gamon county, to Hester F. King. They 
 had nine children; three died in infancy, 
 and GEORGE W. died, aged ten years. 
 HENRY H., born Jan. 14, 1847, married 
 in 1873 to Lizzie Grubb, and resides neat- 
 Baldwin City, Kansas. PERMELIA A., 
 born June 5, 1849, married William Hous- 
 ton. See his name. FIELDING A., 
 SALLIE and AMANDA P., reside with 
 their parents, near German Prairie Sta- 
 tion. 
 
 George Churchill died May 15, 1837, 
 and Mrs. Sarah Churchill died Oct., 1847, 
 and both were buried near German 
 Prairie Station, Sangamon county, 111. 
 
 CLARK, DAVID, born Aug. 2 8, 
 1776, in Essex county, N. J. Came to 
 Kentucky in 1798, and was there married 
 in 1800, to Rachel Rutter. They had 
 two children; one died in infancy, and 
 Mrs. Rachel Clark died in 1804. David 
 Clark moved to Cincinnati, O., in 1805, and 
 made brick for the first brick house built 
 in that city. He returned to Somerset 
 county, N. J., in the same year, and was 
 married there in Feb., 1806, to Sallie 
 Winans, who was born Oct. 25, 1788, in 
 that county. They moved to Miami 
 county, O., in 1809, and from there to San- 
 gamon county, 111., in 1829, settling on 
 Sugar creek. After two years they 
 moved to Wolf creek. They had six 
 children, one of whom died in infancy. 
 Of the other five 
 
 Rev. RICHARD W., born June 16, 
 1808, in Somerset county, N, J.. was 
 married in April, 1828, to Margaret Clark, 
 a native of Fayette county, Ky. They 
 have five children living. SALLIE A., 
 born Jan. n, 1831, in Sangamon county, 
 was married in 1848 to Ezra Clark. They 
 have six children, HATTIE A., LODORSKA 
 
 J., PERMELIA A., DAVID M., IRENA and 
 
 NELLIE, and live in Chesnut, Logan 
 county, 111. DAVID, born Jan. 2, 1834,
 
 SANGAMON COUNTY. 
 
 201 
 
 in Sangamqn county, is married, and re- 
 sides in New Mexico. ELIZA, born 
 Nov. 9, 1841, in McDonough county, was 
 married in Logan county, 111., to Jonas 
 Shupe, May 13, 1858. He was a native 
 of Ohio. They had one child, MARY E., 
 who resides with her uncle, Dr. John 
 Clark. Mr. Shupe died Jan. 13, 1865, 
 and Mrs. Shupe was married Feb. 5, 1871, 
 to John R. Ayers. They have one child, 
 LENA, who resides with her parents in 
 Mt. Pulaski. JOHN W., born Nov. 13, 
 1845, * n Logan county, 111., was married 
 Dec. 28, 1874, in Chesnut, Logan county, 
 to Emma Sterritt, a niece of Enoch 
 Moore, of Springfield, recently deceased. 
 Dr. John W. Clark is a practising physi- 
 cian at Milford, Iroquois county, 111. 
 MARY E., born Oct. 16, 1847, was mar- 
 ried March 31, 1866, near Mt. Pulaski, to 
 Benjamin Harding. They have four 
 children, MAY, ELIZA, ELLIS and RICH- 
 ARD, who reside with their parents near 
 Mt. Pulaski. Rev. Richard W. Clark 
 died Aug. 29, 1854, and his widow died 
 Dec. 21, 1867, both in Logan county, 111. 
 
 JOHN, born Nov. 25, 1810, in Miami 
 county, O., studied medicine there. Came 
 to Sangamon county with his father, re- 
 mained one year, returned to Ohio, where 
 he was married, Aug. 29, 1830, in Miami 
 county, to Eliza Tremain, who was born 
 May 24, 1810, in New York. They came 
 to Sangamon county, and followed farm- 
 ing until 1842, when he moved to Mt. 
 Pulaski and engaged in the practice of 
 medicine. He was County Commissioner 
 four years for Logan county, and Justice 
 of the Peace seventeen years, during 
 which time he married eighty-four couple. 
 He has, since 1828, been a member of the 
 M. E. church, and a trustee of the same, 
 in Mt. Pulaski, from the time the church 
 was organized at that .place. Dr. John 
 Clark and wife reside in Mt. Pulaski. 
 
 CARMAN W., born May 20, 1815, 
 in Miami county, O., married March 29, 
 1838, in Sangamon county, to Harriet 
 Crocker, step-daughter of David Riddle. 
 She was born Aug. 2, 1817, in Leba- 
 non, St. Clair county, 111. They had seven 
 children; one died in infancy. MARY 
 W., born March 24, 1842, in Sangamon 
 county, was married Oct. 17, 1866, to 
 Alfred C. Wilson. They have four child- 
 ren, HARRIE, HARRIET H., CARMAN R. 
 
 and ALFRED, and reside in Mt. Pulaski. 
 -26 
 
 JOHN, born April 22, 1848,111 Sangamon 
 county, died July 29, 1866. DAVID T., 
 born June 27, 1850, in Sangamon county, 
 was married Jan. 27, 1876, to Lucy Powel. 
 They reside in Mt. Pulaski. RICHARD 
 H., born March 26, 1854, in Sangamon 
 county, was married Dec. 22, 1875, to 
 Mary E. Boggs. They reside in Mt. 
 Pulaski. ALFRED R., born July 31, 
 1857, in Sangamon county, and MARION, 
 born July I, 1862, in Logan county, reside 
 with their parents in Mt. Pulaski. 
 
 SALLY H., born Sept. 27, 1817, in 
 Miami county, Ohio, was married Oct., 
 1834, to John Riddle, in Sangamon coun- 
 ty. They have four children, all born in 
 Sangamon county, ELIZA C., MARY 
 E., FRANCIS A. and SALLIE W., 
 and reside near Barclay, Sangamon 
 county. 
 
 ELIZABETH, born Dec. 15, 1830, 
 in Miami county, Ohio, was married Dec., 
 1847, to Alfred Gideon, who was born in 
 Champaign county, Ohio. They have 
 one child, DAVID C., born Nov. 27, 
 1847, was married Sept., 1868, to Sallie 
 Row, a native of Ohio. David C. Gideon 
 is a practicing physician at Watseka, Iro- 
 quois county, 111. 
 
 David Clark was a local M. E. preacher 
 for about forty years. His wife died Dec. 
 3, 1843, and he died Jan. 6, 1847, both on 
 the farm near the present town of Bar- 
 clay, Sangamon county, 111. 
 
 CLARK, BARZILLA, and his 
 
 wife, Nancy, came to what is now Salis- 
 bury township, Sangamon county, in 
 1821. They brought seven children, all 
 of whom married and raised families. 
 Their eldest daughter, Phebe, married 
 John N. Campbell. See his name. Bar- 
 zilla Clark died Sept. 23, 1840, and his 
 widow died April 19, 1843, both in San- 
 gamon county. 
 
 CLARK, ELISHA, was born in 
 1797, married in Indiana to Sarah Gard. 
 They had three children in Indiana, and 
 came to Sangamo, Sangamon county, in 
 1823. They had nine children in Illinois. 
 Their daughter 
 
 HUBERTY, born July 30, 1824, at 
 Sangamo, Sangamon county, married 
 E. George Batterton. See his name. 
 
 Mrs. Sarah Clark died in 1853, in Mason 
 county, and Elisha Clark died in 1869, at 
 Pekin, 111.
 
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 EARLY SETTLERS OP 
 
 CLARK, PHILIP, was born 
 March 25, 1787, at Rye, England. He 
 was married there to Elizabeth Gravett. 
 They had five children, and Mrs. Clark 
 died. Mr. Clark left his children there, 
 and came -to America in 1817, landing at 
 Boston, Mass., and traveled by land and 
 water to New Orleans, returned to Eng- 
 land, and in company with his brother 
 Edward, embarked at London in August, 
 1818, and landed at Baltimore in October 
 following. They traveled on foot from 
 Baltimore to Pittsburg, and from there to 
 New Orleans by water. They returned 
 the same way to the vicinity of Harmony, 
 Ind., to visit the family of a relative by 
 the name of Morris Burkbeck, who had 
 emigrated from England a year or two 
 before. He afterwards came to Illinois, 
 and was Secretary of State under Gov. 
 Coles. The Clark brothers went up the 
 river to Shawneetown, and from there 
 across the country to St. Louis. They re- 
 crossed the river into the American bot- 
 tom and stopped with an Indian ranger, 
 who told them about the Sangama coun- 
 try. They started for it, and arrived in 
 November, 1819, on the Sangamon river, 
 two miles north of Rochester. Philip 
 Clark was married in 1823, in Indiana, to 
 Martha Jessup, an English lady, who 
 died without children, in Sangamon coun- 
 ty. He married in Sangamon countv to 
 Polly Whitford, in 1835. Philip Clark 
 had his five children sent from England. 
 They embarked at London May i, 1824, 
 and were received in New York by an 
 aunt on the iSth of June. The three 
 daughters and one son arrived in Sanga- 
 mon county in February, 1825. Of those 
 five children 
 
 MARrE.,\>orn in i8io,at Rve, Eng., 
 arrived in Sangamon county February, 
 1825, married in. 1832 to Samuel Hines. 
 They had three children in Sangamon 
 county, and moved to Iowa, where they 
 had three children. They reside near Cox 
 Creek Post Office, Clayton county, Iowa. 
 
 PHILIP, Jun., born Feb. 20, 1812, at 
 Rye, Eng., embarked at London May i, 
 1824, landed at New York city June iSth, 
 was bound by an aunt who came before 
 them apprentice in New York to a tailor, 
 who treated him cruelly, and he ran away, 
 went to Boston, obtained employment in a 
 glass factory, saved some money, went by 
 water to Philadelphia, walked from there 
 
 to Wheeling, Va. ; worked his way down 
 the Ohio river, and up the Mississippi 
 river to St. Louis, on a keel boat. At St. 
 Louis he fell in with Elijah lies and Rich- 
 ard Smith, both of whom knew his father, 
 and he came with them to Spr -igfield, ar- 
 riving Oct. 15. 1824, to the surprise of his 
 father. He was married May 19, 1836, to 
 Christiana Campbell, on Richland creek. 
 They had four children near Rochester, 
 Sangamon county. He went to California 
 in 1849, and returned in March, 1850, 
 moved to Clinton in November of the 
 same year, where three children were 
 born. Of their seven children, MARY, 
 born Dec. 18, 1839, married in Clinton, 
 Jan. 19, 1857, to Robert Millard, have five 
 children, and live in Clinton. JOHN G., 
 born August 28, 1842, died in his twenty- 
 second year. PHEBE, born March i, 
 1847, married John Armstrong, and died 
 July 5, 1868, in Clinton. SARAH F. 
 lives with her parents. LOUIS P. died, 
 aged four years. CHRISTIANA and 
 MATTIE F. live with their parents, in 
 Clinton, 111. 
 
 MAR CARET, horn March 28, 1814, 
 at Rye, England, married in Sangamon 
 county, about 1834, to Daniel McClees. 
 They had seven children in Sangamon 
 county; four died in the same county, all 
 grown, or nearly so. JOHN and HENRY 
 were both Union soldiers. MARY J. mar- 
 ried John Spence, who died of disease con- 
 tracted in the army. She lives in Spring- 
 field. CHRISTIANA married Mr. 
 Pettv, and resides in Round Prairie, San- 
 gamon county. CHARLES resides with 
 his parents. Mr. McClees went to Cali- 
 fornia in 1849, came home in 1853, re- 
 turned, and his wife did not hear from him 
 for fifteen years. They now reside at 
 Port Angelos, Washington Territory. 
 
 SELINA, born July, 1816, in Rye, 
 England, married in 1838, in Sangamon 
 county, to John H. McMinany. She died 
 in Fannin county, Texas. 
 
 HENRTR., born April, 1818, at Rye, 
 England, married in Sangamon countv, in 
 1842, to Jane Trotter. They had two 
 children ; both live in Sangamon county. 
 Henry R. Clark resides near, Bolivar, Mo. 
 
 Philip Clark died in February, 1853, in 
 Sangamon county. His widow married 
 again, and resides in Missouri. 
 
 The object of the Clark brothers in 
 coming to the country was to engage in
 
 SAN GAM ON COUNTY. 
 
 203 
 
 the milling business. The site they select- 
 ed was a favorable one, on the main San- 
 gamon river, about two miles north of the 
 present town of Rochester. The Legisla- 
 ture passed an act declaring that rive 
 navigable, and they abandoned the mill 
 site. They went to a point on the South 
 Fork, near where Edward Clark lived and 
 died, and put a saw mill in operation in 
 1824, and a flouring mill in 1825. That 
 was the first mill that did good work in 
 this part of the country. Soon after they 
 came to the country, Philip went to 
 Lisle's band mill, and remained three days 
 and two nights to get two bushels of corn 
 ground. They then bought a hand mill 
 in St. Louis for their own use, but it kept 
 about thirty families in bread for two 
 years, until their own mill on South Fork 
 was completed. 
 
 CLARK, EDWARD, was born 
 Feb. 16, 1790, in the ancient town of Rye, 
 Eng. It was the principal one of the three 
 independent ports, which, together with the 
 Cinque, or five ports, obtained charters 
 granting special privileges from the 
 British Sovereigns, in consequence of 
 their having fitted out a fleet and con- 
 quered the Danish and Scandanavian free- 
 booters, thus breaking up the system of 
 piracy which had for years been devastat- 
 ing the English coasts. The office of 
 Lord Warden of the Cinque ports, is one 
 of the most ancient in the kingdom, reach- 
 ing back to the time of Edward the Con- 
 fessor, about the year 1050. Edward Clark's 
 grandfathers on both sides were named 
 Clark, but were no relation to each other. 
 They were both sea captains, and his 
 father, Henry Clark, was intended for the 
 sea, but could never overcome the tenden- 
 cy to sea sickness, and engaged in other 
 pursuits, chiefly mercantile and milling, to 
 which the subject of this sketch was 
 trained in early life. His brother Philip, 
 having visited America in 1817, Edward 
 sailed with him from London in August, 
 1818, and landed in October following. 
 They arrived in what became Sangamon 
 county in Nov., 1819, and located on the 
 Sangamon river, about two miles north of 
 the present town of Rochester. For the 
 route traveled, see his brother Philips 
 name. 
 
 Edward Clark was married March 4, 
 1821, to Sarah Viney. Mr. Clark went to 
 Edwardsville to obtain a license, and when 
 
 he arrived there, learned that a law had 
 been enacted by the legislature, in session 
 at Vandalia, and approved by Gov. Bond, 
 Tan. 30, 1821, providing for the organization 
 of a new county, to be- called Sangamon. 
 The clerk declined to issue a license, and 
 Mr. Clark insisted that as he was ready to 
 marry he did not like to be delayed. The 
 clerk told him that if he was determined 
 to marry, he could go home, have the 
 marriage ceremony solemnized, and after 
 the county was organized, have it done 
 again. The county was organized April 
 10, 1821, and after that a license was ob- 
 tained and the marriage again solemnized 
 by the same minister who officiated the 
 first time, Rev. Rivers Cormack, of the 
 M. E. Church. They had eight children, 
 all in Sangamon county, namely 
 
 ABRAHAM V., born April 9, 1822. 
 He was never married, but went to Cali- 
 fornia in 1849, and died Dec., 1850, at 
 Sacramento City. 
 
 HENRT P., born Nov. 2, 1823. He 
 was married Dec. 15, "1853, to Nancy T. 
 Williams. They have four children, 
 MARY J., SARAH V., EDWARD S., 
 and WILLIAM T., the three eldest in 
 Rochester, and the fourth in Oskaloosa, 
 Iowa. Henry P. Clark lives one and a 
 half miles southeast of Rochester. 
 
 MART JANE, born Feb. 25, 1825, 
 married Feb. 25, 1845, to James Richard- 
 son. They had three children. Mrs. R. 
 died Sept. 6, 1857. Mr. Richardson is 
 married again, and resides in Taylorville. 
 Her youngest son, Abraham V. Richard- 
 son, lives at the homestead, near Roches- 
 ter. 
 
 REBECCA S., born May 15, 1827, 
 died unmarried, March 18, 1856. 
 
 GEORGE W., born Nov. 11, 1829, 
 died Dec. 15, 1855. 
 
 EDMUND J. and CHARLES A., 
 twins, born Aug. 27, 1831. 
 
 CHARLES A., died Oct. 25, 1852, in 
 Oregon. 
 
 EDMUND J., married Feb. 19, 
 1857, to Cassander Lovelace, who was 
 born Sept. 9, 1838, in Shelby county. 
 They have six living children, WILLIAM 
 F., LOUISA J., REASON E., JAS- 
 PER N., JOHN S. and ALVIN W., 
 and live at the family homestead, two 
 miles west of Rochester. 
 
 SARAH A., born Feb. 2, 1835, died 
 Jan. 26, 1856.
 
 204 
 
 EARLY SETTLERS OP 
 
 Mrs. Sarah Clark died March 26, 1837, 
 and Edward Clark was married Jan. 10, 
 1838, to Nancy Trotter. They had three 
 children. 
 
 BENJAMIN F., born Oct. 15, 1838, 
 enlisted July 25, 1862, in Co. I, i I4th 111. 
 Inf., for three years. At the battle of 
 Guntown, Miss., June 10, 1864, he brought 
 on disease by excessive fatigue, and died 
 March i, 1865, in military hospital at 
 Memphis, Tenn. His brother, Henry P., 
 brought his remains home, and they were 
 interred near Rochester. 
 
 WILLIAM T., born Nov. 16, 1842, 
 enlisted Sept. 28, 1861, in Co. G, loth 111. 
 Cav., for three years, re-enlisted as a vet- 
 eran, served to the end of the rebellion, 
 and was honorably discharged Nov., 1865, 
 at San Antonio, Texas. William T. 
 Clark lives in Oregon. 
 
 NANCT ANN, born March 16, 1845, 
 and died Jan. 21, 1856. By looking back 
 at dates it will be seen that four members 
 of the family died from Dec. 15, 1855, to 
 March 18, 1856. Disease, typhoid fever. 
 
 Mrs. Nancy Clark died Sept. 26, 1853, 
 and Edward Clark died Jan. 10, 1875, 
 both on the farm two miles west of Roch- 
 ester, and within five miles of where he 
 settled in 1819. 
 
 Wellington was in command of the 
 district where Edward Clark lived when 
 both were young men, and Mr. Clark 
 knew him well. Mr. Clark witnessed the 
 launching of the British ship, Victory, at 
 the Chatham dock yarks. It was on 
 board that ship that Admiral Nelson was 
 slain at the battle of Trafalgar, after 
 promulgating the famous order which has 
 became historic: "England expects every 
 man to do his duty." 
 
 Edward Clark was a man of precise 
 business habits, better suited to an older 
 community than the one in which he 
 spent the greater part of his long life. 
 He was just in all his dealings, and was 
 a model Christian gentleman. He was 
 a man of varied and extensive reading, 
 and had accumulated a miscellaneous 
 library from the standard works of the 
 most distinguished authors in the English 
 language. 
 
 CLARK, O RAM EL, was born 
 August ii, 1792, in Lebanon, Connecti- 
 cut, taken by his parents to Berk- 
 shire county, Mass., in 1797, and from 
 there to Cooperstown, N. Y. He enlisted 
 
 and served as a non-commissioned officer 
 in the war of 1812, and moved to St. Law- 
 rence county ^N. Y., in 1817. He emigra- 
 ted in 1818 to Kaskaskia, 111., and in 1819 
 removed to where Athens, Menard coun- 
 ty, now stands* He was the third man 
 who settled on the north side of Sangamon 
 river. In 1820 he returned on foot to visit 
 his parents in New York. On returning 
 to his home in Illinois, he married Jane 
 C. Stewart, on Fancy creek, in Sanga- 
 mon county. In 1821 he bought the 
 preempted right to a -farm from John 
 Dixon (afterwards founder of Dixon, 111.,) 
 on Fancy creek, ten miles from Spring- 
 field. He remained here until the death 
 of his wife, in 1832, when he again visited 
 his parents in New York, returning to 
 Illinois in 1834. Of his five children 
 
 MARIA died, aged four years, at 
 Athens. 
 
 MART J., born Nov. 5, 1824, in San- 
 gamon county, was married March, 1842, 
 to Abner Riddle. See his name. 
 
 RUSSELL W., born in 1827, in San- 
 gamon county, died, aged twenty-one 
 years. He was a medical student at the 
 time. 
 
 WILLIAM A., born Jan. 4, 1829, on 
 Fancy creek, Sangamon county, was ap- 
 prenticed to the drug business in Spring- 
 field. Was a salesman from 1851 until 1853, 
 when he emigrated to California, crossing 
 the plains. He was married in Redwood 
 City, Cal., Sept. 18, 1866, to Rebecca E. 
 Teague, who was born July I, 1849, in 
 Springfield, Mo. They had two children, 
 viz: GEO. W. and EDWARD O. The 
 latter died June 16, 1875. William A. 
 Clark and family reside at Redwood City, 
 San Mateo county, California. 
 
 EDWARD O., born Dec. 3, 1831, in 
 Sangamon county, married Feb. 14, 1855, 
 in Waverly, 111., to Virginia F. Harris, 
 who was born March 8, 1835, in Morgan 
 county, 111. They have one child, 
 ESTHER C., and reside near Carlinville. 
 
 Oramel Clark was married the second 
 time, Oct. 28, 1836, to Judith W. Davis, 
 of Elkhart, 111. She was born August 
 12, 1802, in Union county, Ky. They 
 moved to Springfield in 1838, and had 
 five children, viz 
 
 E ME LINE, born August 20, 1838, in 
 Sangamon county, was married in Spring- 
 field, March 23, 1863, to Col. N. Martin 
 Curtis, who was born May 21, 1835, in
 
 SANGAMON COUNTT. 
 
 205 
 
 De Peyster, N. Y. He enlisted April, 
 1861, was mustered into the United States 
 service May 15, 1861, as Gaptain of Co. 
 G, i6th N. Y. Inf., and became Lieuten- 
 ant Colonel of the 1426. N. Y. Inf., Oct. 
 21, 1862, and Colonel -Jan. 21, 1863; 
 Brigadier General by brevet Oct. 27, 1864; 
 Brigadier General, Jan. 15, 1865, and 
 Brevet Major General. The last two pro- 
 motions were for gallantry displayed in 
 leading the troops in the capture of Fort 
 Fisher, Jan. 15, 1865, where he lost his left 
 eye. General Curtis was several times 
 severely -wounded. The Legislature of 
 New York passed resolutions, April 5, 
 1865, thanking Gen. Curtis and the officers 
 and men of his command (who were all 
 New York troops), for their achieve- 
 ments on that occasion. Gen. Curtis was 
 appointed, August 14, 1866, Collector of 
 Customs for the District of Oswegatchie, 
 and Special Agent Treasury Depaitment 
 March 4, 1867, which position he still 
 holds. They have three children, EM- 
 MA P., MARY W. and FLORENCE 
 R. Gen. Curtis is a breeder of fine stock, 
 and resides on his farm near Ogdensburg, 
 N. Y. 
 
 MARTHA and S (7SAN(tvf'ms),})orn 
 Sept. 23, 1840. 
 
 MARTHA married George W. Burge. 
 They have two living children, GEO. C. 
 and FRANK F., and reside at Ottawa, 
 Kansas. 
 
 SUSAN\?> unmarried, and resides with 
 her sister, Mrs. Burge. 
 
 CAROLINE y., born March 5, 1845, 
 in Springfield, married Oct. 30, 1867, to 
 John M. Amos. See his name, 
 
 Oramel Clark died Sept. 9, 1863, in 
 Springfield, and his widow resides with 
 her children. 
 
 CLAYTON, JOHN S., was 
 born August 2, 1802, in Caldwell county, 
 Ky. Elizabeth Clayton was born May, 
 1806, in the same county. They were 
 there married in 1824, and had one child 
 in Kentucky. The family moved to Mor- 
 gan county, 111., where one child was born, 
 and moved back to Kentucky, where two 
 children were born, and they again moved 
 to Morgan county, 111., in 1833 or '4, and 
 after a few years spent there, moved to 
 Sangamon county, in what is now Ball 
 township, where they had seven children. 
 
 FKANKLIX JEFFERSON^Q^ 
 Feb. 13, 1827, in Caldwell county, Ky., 
 
 married in Sangamon county to Elizabeth 
 Scott. They have six children, RUTH 
 JANE, GILBERT, AMANDA E., 
 PERLEASY, EMMA and SHELTON 
 L., and reside in Ball township, near 
 Chatham. 
 
 ALEXANDER, born Sept. 16, 1829, 
 in Morgan county, 111., married in Sanga- 
 mon county to Mary A. Marshall. They 
 had two children, CHARLES E. and 
 HENRY N., and Mrs. Mary A. Clayton 
 died, and he married Theresa J. Penix. 
 They have four children, MELISSA J., 
 ADA M., MARY A. and JACOB B., 
 and live in Ball township, four and a half 
 miles southeast of Chatham. 
 
 MINERVA y., born in Kentucky, 
 married in Sangamon county to John Og- 
 den, who died, and she married William 
 Smith, and lives near Moberly, Randolph 
 county, Mo. 
 
 MARQUIS D., born March 16, 1834, 
 in Kentucky, married in Sangamon coun- 
 ty, August 29, 1860, to Susan A. Matthew. 
 They had eight children, three of whom 
 died young. The other five, CHARLES 
 A., SARAH E., FRANKLIN L., 
 THOMAS E. and MANFORD E. live 
 with their parents, three miles north of 
 Pawnee. 
 
 ELZIRA, born in Illinois, married 
 William Easley, have six children, and 
 live in Clark county, Mo. 
 
 MARY A., born in Illinois, married 
 Simon T. Matthew. See his name. 
 
 GEORGE M. married Miss J. Pat- 
 terson, who died, and he married Harriet 
 E. Debow. They have .one child, NET- 
 TIE FLORENCE, and live in Cotton 
 Hill township, three miles north of Paw- 
 nee. 
 
 MARfETTA, born in Sangamon 
 county, married George Lamb. See his 
 name. 
 
 JOHN Z., born in Sangamon county, 
 married in 1873 to Mary Allen, and lives 
 with his mother. 
 
 John vS. Clayton died Sept. 7, 1861, and 
 Mrs. Elizabeth Clayton resides in Ball 
 township, four and a half miles southeast 
 of Chatham. 
 
 CLAYTON, JOHN C., was 
 born about 1808, in Caldwell county, Ky. 
 He came to Sangamon county in 1829, 
 with his cousin and brother-in-law, John 
 S. Clayton. He was married at Alton to 
 Ginsey Clack. He moved his family to
 
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 EARLY SETTLERS OF 
 
 Champaign county in 1856, and died there 
 the same year, leaving a widow and four 
 children. His son Elias was a. member of 
 an Illinois regiment, and was killed in 
 battle at Little Rock, Ark., in 1864. A 
 daughter is married, and lives in Missouri. 
 
 The widow, with her son Hardin and 
 another child, live near Urbana, 111. 
 
 CLEMENTS, GEORGE, was 
 born in Amherst county, Va. ; was mar- 
 ried to Lizzie Holliday, who was a native 
 of Virginia also. They had six children 
 in Virginia, and the family moved to Gar- 
 rard county, Ky., and from there to San- 
 gamon county, 111., arriving early in 1830 
 in what is now Woodside township. Of 
 the children 
 
 WILLIAM, born Oct. 14, 1797, in 
 Virginia, married in Kentucky and died, 
 leaving a family there. 
 
 JOHN, born May 13, 1800, in Vir- 
 ginia, married in Kentucky to Elizabeth 
 Turpin, came with his father to Sanga- 
 mon county. They had three living 
 children. HENRY D. married Eliza 
 Skane, had two children, and she died. 
 He lives in Sangamon county. LUCIN- 
 DA married William Barger, and resides 
 in Mechanicsburg. ELIZA married 
 Isaiah Pryor, and live in Missouri. 
 
 THOMAS, born Nov. 22, 1802, in Am- 
 herst county, Va., married Sindicey Harris, 
 August 2, 1822. They had eight children. 
 AMERICA, born July 21, 1823, married 
 John C. Cloyd. See his name, LOU- 
 ISIANA, born July 16, 1826, married 
 John A. Miller. See his name. JAMES 
 A., born Nov. 18, 1828, in Ky., married 
 Permelia Hatten, who was born in 1826, 
 in Garrard county, Ky. They reside four 
 miles southwest of Chatham. ELIZA 
 A., born in Sangamon county, Oct. 22, 
 1832, resides with her sister, Mrs. Matthew 
 Cloyd. FANNY, born Oct. 13, 1833, in 
 Sangamon county, married Oct. 18, 1848, 
 to Matthew Cloyd. See his name. GEO. 
 W., born Oct. 14, 1835, died, aged ten 
 years. SINDICEY J., born August 28, 
 1837, died March, 1854. THOMAS R., 
 born May 6, 1839, married Sept. 4, 1861, 
 to Elizabeth Ellison, who was born in 
 Carthage, O. They have two children, 
 ADA and JAMES H., and live in Chatham 
 township. HENRY H., born Jan. 3, 
 1841, married Emily Sparks, has three 
 children, and live near Topeka, Kansas. 
 Mrs. Sindicey Clements died Feb. 21, 
 
 1842, and Thomas Clements married in 
 1844 t Mrs. Alcey Baucom, whose maiden 
 name was Neville. Thomas Clements 
 died March, 1855, and his widow resides 
 with her daughter, Mrs. T. Gordon Cloyd, 
 
 SINDICET married Henry Collier. 
 They have one child, LOUISIANA, and live 
 in Rochester. 
 
 ELIZA A., born March 29, 1811, in 
 Amherst county, Va., married Samuel 
 Cloyd. See his name. 
 
 FANNY, born July 17, 1808, married 
 May 19, 1844, to John Levi. He died 
 Dec. 23, 1872, and his widow- lives in 
 Rochester. 
 
 George Clements and his wife both 
 died in Sangamon county. 
 
 CLIFTON, ELIAS, was born 
 in Sussex county, Delaware, and married 
 there to Sally Carlisle, a native of the 
 same county. They had five children in 
 that county, two of whom died young. 
 The family moved, in 1802, to Fayette 
 county, Ky., where one child died, and in 
 1816 they moved to Clarke county, Ind., 
 and from there to Sangamon county, 111., 
 arriving Dec., 1834, in what is now 
 Rochester township. Of their two child- 
 ren 
 
 CLEMENT, born about 1794, in 
 Delaware, married in Clarke county, Ind., 
 to Nancy Martin. They came to Sanga- 
 mon county a few years later than his 
 father. Mrs. Clifton died in 1845. He 
 went back to Indiana, and married Mrs. 
 Susan Williams, whose maiden name was 
 Huckleberry. They had one child, 
 ELIAS, who died aged fifteen years. 
 Mrs, Clifton died, and he married Melin- 
 da Alsop. She died in 1855, and he in 
 
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 NANCY, born Oct. 31, 1800, in Sussex 
 
 county, Delaware. She was married in 
 Fayette county, Ky., April 27, 1816, to 
 Uspshear D. Spicer. See his name. He 
 died, and Mrs. Spicer married Adam 
 Saftly. See his name. 
 
 Mrs. Sally Clifton died March 25, 1346, 
 and Elias Clifton died Jan. 3, 1852, both 
 in Sangamon county. 
 
 CLINE, JOHN, was born Jan. 2, 
 1798, in Frederick county, Va. His pa- 
 rents died when he was quite young, leav- 
 ing four children. Their grandfather, 
 George Sutherland, took them with him 
 to Madison county, near London, Ohio, in 
 1802. In 1819 he prepared to visit the
 
 SANGAMON COUNTY. 
 
 207 
 
 western country on horseback. Levi 
 Cantrall wa* about moving to Illinois, and 
 Mr. Cline engaged to drive his four-horse 
 team, and they arrived in the American 
 bottom in November. Mr. Cantrall pur- 
 chased a supply of corn there, and moved 
 to what became Sangamon county, arriv- 
 ing in Dec., 1819, in what is now Fancy 
 Creek township. Mr. Cline drove the 
 team, and arrived at the same time. He 
 intended returning to Ohio in the spring, 
 but when the time came he decided to 
 raise a crop, and while thus engaged he 
 was married, July 20, 1820, to Mrs. Lucy 
 Scott, whose maiden name was England. 
 He made arrangements to visit Ohio in 
 fall of 1820, but his wife being sick, he 
 deferred it, and has not yet made his visit. 
 Mrs. Cline had one child by her first mar- 
 riage 
 
 ELIZA SCOTT, born Feb. 15, 1816. 
 She is married, has three children, and 
 lives in Kansas. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Cline had ten children in 
 Sangamon county 
 
 WILLIAM, born Oct. 8, 1821, mar- 
 ried Sept. 6, 1842, to Eliza Canterberry. 
 They had four children. MARIA L. 
 married August 14, 1862, to Charles S. 
 Jones, who was born July 19, 1844, in 
 Ohio. He enlisted a few days before his 
 marriage, in Co. C, H4th 111. Inf., for 
 three years. He was wounded June 10, 
 1864, at the battle of Tupelo, Miss., and 
 was discharged on account of physi- 
 cal disability. Mr. and Mrs. Jones 
 have one child, SCOTT, and live in the ex- 
 treme southwest corner of Logan county, 
 Post Office, Williamsville. JOHN N., 
 born August 23, 1846, married July 29, 
 1867, to Dulcina E. Primm. They have 
 one living child, NINIAN o., and live five 
 and a half miles west of Williamsville. 
 ASA M. married March 12, 1873, to 
 Melissa McClelland, and live in Fancy 
 creek township. WILLIAM F. lives 
 with his father. Mrs. Eliza Cline died 
 vSept. 7, 1871, and William Cline married 
 in 1872, to Maria J. Purkins. They have 
 one child, EDWARD E., and live in 
 Menard county, near Cantrall. 
 
 GEORGE W., born April 8, 1823, 
 married Elizabeth Primm, and died Aug. 
 14, 1845, about four months after marriage. 
 His widow married Jacob Barnsback, and 
 resides near Edwardsville. 
 
 MATILDA A., born May 3, 1825, 
 married Andrew Lynch, had seven child- 
 ren, and he died, and she married David 
 Jones. They have two children, and re- 
 side in Menard county. 
 
 E LIZ ABE TH, born August 24, 1826, 
 married James A. Turley, and he died 
 Jan., 1852, leaving one child, ALMEDA, 
 whe married Joseph M. Smith, and re- 
 sides near Cantrall. Mrs. Turley married 
 George T. Sales. See his name. 
 
 JOHN, born August 30,1828, married 
 Jane Council, have six children, and live 
 in Menard county. 
 
 DA VID, born June 17, 1830, married 
 Jane Hornback, and both died, leaving 
 three children. 
 
 ADALINE, born April 25, 1832, mar- 
 ried William M. Blue. See his name. 
 
 STEPHEN E., born Nov. i, 1834, 
 died August 15, 1853. 
 
 JAMES, born July 17, 1837, mar- 
 ried Eliza Hall, have four children, 
 MARY E., IDA F., LUCY O. and 
 HENRY A., and reside in Fancy creek 
 township. 
 
 HENRr,\*orn Oct. 8, 1839, married 
 Mary Primm. They have three children, 
 WILLIAM A., ALLEN C. and JEN- 
 NIE, and live near Cantrall. 
 
 Mrs. Lucy Cline died June 4, 1875, and 
 John Cline lives in Cantrall. 
 
 CLJNKENBEARD, WM., 
 was born Feb. 12, 1808, in Clarke county, 
 Ky. He came to Sangamon county in 
 1825, remained one year, returned to Ken- 
 tucky, and came back to Sangamon county 
 in 1829. He was married April, 1835, to 
 Lavina Elder. They had ten children in 
 Sangamon county. The fourth, fifth and 
 seventh died under six years. Of the 
 other seven 
 
 JULA A., born Sept. 15, 1836, mar- 
 ried Edward L. Robinson, have three 
 children, and live near Berry, Sangamon 
 county. 
 
 WILLIAM H., born August 13, 1838, 
 in Sangamon county, married August 14, 
 1864, to Ann J. Brachear. They have 
 two children, HARVEY and LESLIE, 
 and live near Pleasant Gap, Bates county, 
 Missouri. 
 
 MART, born in Sangamon county, 
 married Henry Bryant, have five children, 
 and live near Pleasant Gap, Mo. 
 
 THOMAS married Martha Robbins, 
 and r<esides near Pleasant Gap, Mo.
 
 208 
 
 EARLY SETTLERS OF 
 
 JOS I AH, born March 12, 1852, re- 
 sides in Buffalo, Sangamon county. 
 
 y. ALBERT and LEV I F. live 
 with their parents. 
 
 William Clinkenbeard lived in Sanga- 
 mon county until March, 1873, when he 
 moved to Missouri, and resides near Pleas- 
 ant Gap, Bates county. 
 
 CLOYD, DAVID, was born 
 about 1766, in Botetourt county, Va. He 
 was married there, moved to Culpepper 
 county, and from there to Washington 
 county, Ky., about 1815. He moved in 
 company with his sons Thomas and Sam- 
 uel, and his daughter Polly who married 
 Henry Lucas to Sangamon county, ar- 
 riving October, 1825, in what is now Cur- 
 ran township. David Cloyd died about 
 1839, and his widow in 1844 or '5, both in 
 Sangamon county. 
 
 CLOYD, THOMAS, son of 
 David, was born Jan. 14, 1798, in Bote- 
 tourt county, Va., and went with his par- 
 ents to Washington county, Ky., in 1815. 
 He was married there April 27, 1820, to 
 Ann Withrow. They had three children 
 in Kentucky, and in 1824 moved to 
 Fayette county, 111., where they had one 
 child, and from there to Sangamon county, 
 arriving October, 1825, in what is now 
 Curran township, north of Lick creek, 
 where they had two children. Of their 
 six children 
 
 ANN CORDELIA, born June 29, 
 1820, in Washington county, Ky., married 
 in Sangamon county to Rev. Charles D. 
 Alsbury. See his name. 
 
 JOHN CAL VIN, born Sept. 6,1821, 
 in Washington county, Ky. He was 
 married in Sangamon county to America 
 Clements. They had two children, one 
 of whom died young. DICEY married 
 James H. Jones, and lives in Henry coun- 
 ty, Mo. Mrs. America Cloyd died, and 
 J. C. Cloyd married September, 1848, to 
 Sophia L. Lanterman. They have eight 
 children. CHARLES married Elizabeth 
 J. Branham, has one child, ELIZA M., and 
 live in Curran township. ELEANOR 
 married Asbury M. Branham. They 
 have three children, WILLIAM c., CORD F. 
 and a daughter, and live in Curran town- 
 ship. NANCYJ., CORDELIA, WAL- 
 LACE R., GORDON, AMANDA M. 
 and JOHN C., Jun., live with their par- 
 ents, three miles southeast of Curran, 
 
 NANCY, born Dec. 25, 1823, in Ken- 
 tucky, married Jan. 2, 1840, to Robert 
 Cummings. See his name. , 
 
 MATTHEW,\>ovn Sept. 10, 1825, in 
 Fayette county, 111., married in Sangamon 
 county, Oct. 18, 1848,10 Fanny Clements. 
 They have nine children. ROBERT T. 
 lives with his parents. ELIZA J. married 
 William F. Smith. See his name. WM. 
 O. lives with his parents. JULIA F. 
 married May 27, 1873, to Benjamin F. 
 Caldwell. See his name. MATTHEW 
 F., ANN M., HENRIETTA, ALICE 
 and SAMUEL, live with their parents in 
 Chatham township. 
 
 THOMAS GORDON, born June 7, 
 1827, in Sangamon county, married Sept. 
 27, 1849, to Priscilla J. Baucom, who was 
 born Dec. 31, 1831, in Madison county. 
 They have three children, THOMAS, 
 JOHN C. and ANNIE E., and live near 
 Chatham. Although Thomas G. Cloy 
 was but three and a half years old at the 
 time, he remembers one incident connected 
 with the " deep snow" of 1830-31. That 
 was seeing his father drive' a team over a 
 stake and ridered fence, and it troubled 
 him greatly, fearing that the team would 
 go down through the snow and become 
 stranded on the fence. 
 
 JOSEPH D., born Dec. 5, 1831, in 
 Sangamon county, married Dec. 16, 1852, 
 to Sarah M. Byers, who was born Oct. 13, 
 1833, in or near Shepherdstown, Va. They 
 had nine children; one died young. 
 MARY E., SARAH E., VIRGINIA 
 B., JOSEPH D., Jun., THOMAS E., 
 WILLIS, MARGARET F. and 
 LAURA reside with their parents, half 
 a mile north of Chatham. 
 
 Thomas Cloyd and wife now June, 
 1873 reside near Woodside Statron. 
 
 CLOYD, SAMUEL, brother to 
 Thomas, was born Nov. 20, 1802, in Cul- 
 peper county, Va. He was taken by his 
 parents to Washington county in 1815, and 
 to Sangamon county in 1825. He was 
 married May i, 1832, in Sangamon county 
 to Eliza Clements. They had but one 
 child 
 
 MARY A., born Oct. 15, 1832, on Lick 
 creek, Sangamon county, married March, 
 1860, to John S. Highmore. She died 
 Sept. 9, 1872, leaving two children, 
 ELIZA A. and MARY E., who live 
 with their father in Rochester. See 
 Bowling family.
 
 SAN GAM ON COUNTY. 
 
 209 
 
 Samuel Cloycl died August 5, 1872, in 
 Rochester, and his widow resides there. 
 
 COATS, RALPH J., born May 
 3, 1817, in Wyoming county, New York, 
 came to Springfield Oct. 9, 1840. He was 
 married in Livingston county, Michigan, 
 May 14, 1845, to Amanda N. Wood, who 
 was born in Wyoming county, New York, 
 April S, 1823. They returned to Spring- 
 field, 111., where they had two children 
 
 ABEL A., born August 4, 1846, in 
 Springfield, enlisted May, 1864, in Co. E, 
 1 33d 111. Inf., for one hundred days. He 
 served full term and was. honorably dis- 
 charged with the regiment, Sept. 24, 1864. 
 He was married in Springfield; Oct. 30, 
 
 1867, to Charlotte E. Gardnier, who was 
 , born April 30, 1850, in Carrolton, Green 
 
 county, 111. They have four children, all 
 born in Springfield. NINA B., RALPH 
 W., CHARLES A. and MERWIN W. 
 Abel A. Coats is in the grocery business, 
 with his father, and resides in Springfield. 
 PERSfS E., born Jan. 6, 1849, in 
 Springfield, was married there, Nov. 19, 
 
 1868, to Charles D. Timothy, who was 
 born Jan. 3, 1842, in Franklin Grove, Lee 
 county, 111. They have three children 
 living, CLARA I., WARREN A. and 
 NETTIE B. Mr. Timothy enlisted Feb. 
 3, 1864, in Co. G, 75th 111. Inf. On ar- 
 riving at Springfield he was detached under 
 Gen. Oakes in the mustering in and out 
 department, and was honorably discharged 
 March, 1866. He was elected a member 
 of the Board of Supervisors for 1875, and 
 resides two and a half miles north of 
 Springfield. 
 
 Ralph J. Coates was elected Alderman 
 of Springfield in 1857, for three years, 
 was re-elected in 1860, 1864 and 1871. He 
 ' is now, and has been in the grocery busi- 
 ness in Springfield, 111., for eighteen years, 
 and resides there. 
 
 R. J. Coates' father was a soldier in the 
 war of 1812, for four months. He died in 
 Springfield, 111., August 9, 1874, at the 
 age of eighty-seven years. 
 
 COE, EBENEZER, was born 
 August 25, 1812, in Loudon county, Va., 
 and came to Sangamon county, 111., with 
 George M. Gi'een, in 1839. He went 
 back to Virginia in the fall of 1843, and 
 was married in Loudon county, Sept. 17, 
 1844, to Jane Grubb, a native of that 
 county. He returned to Sangamon coun- 
 ty in 1851. Mrs. Coe died near Roches- 
 27 
 
 ter, May 10, 1860. Mr. Coe was mar- 
 ried March 26, 1861, in Loudon county, 
 to Mrs. Julia A. Edwards, whose maiden 
 name was Conard. They came soon after 
 to Sangamon county, and Mrs. Coe died 
 Dec. 22, 1869, leaving four children 
 
 JOSEPH H., SAMUEL B., WIL- 
 LIAM C. and MART C. 
 
 Ebenezer Coe was married Dec. 13, 
 1870, in Decatur 111., to Harriet Lanham, 
 who was born July 25, 1830, in Sangamon 
 county. They live one mile east of 
 Rochester. 
 
 COLEMAN, MRS. ABI- 
 GAIL, whose maiden name was Rob- 
 ertson, was born in Surry county, N. C., 
 and was married there to Theophilus 
 Coleman, who was born in Virginia. 
 They had four children in North Caro- 
 lina. Mr. Coleman became a soldier in 
 the war with England in 1812. He nevei 
 returned, and his family never knew his 
 fate. Mrs. Coleman, with her four child- 
 ren, moved in 181510 Cumberland county, 
 Kv., and to Sangamon county, 111., ar- 
 rived in the fall of 1820 on Richland creek, 
 in what is now Salisbury township. Of 
 her four children 
 
 SARAH, born Jan. 6, 1801, in North 
 Carolina, married in Kentucky to Joshua 
 Crow, came with her mother to Sanga- 
 mon county. They moved to Cass county, 
 where she died many years ago, leaving 
 seven children. 
 
 ELIZABETH, born May 19, 1804, 
 in North Carolina, married John G. Pur- 
 vines. See his name. 
 
 JANE, born Jan. 28, 1806, in North 
 Carolina, married George K. Hamilton. 
 See his name. He died, and she married 
 Alexander C. Purvines. See his name. 
 
 JOHN /?., born Feb. 29, 1808, in 
 North Carolina, married Nancy Harris, 
 had two children in Sangamon county, 
 and moved to Crawford county, Mo., 
 where they had four children, and Mrs. 
 Coleman died. He married again, had 
 four children, and is now a widower and 
 resides in Missouri. 
 
 Mrs. Abigail Coleman was married in 
 Sangamon county in 1824, to Robert 
 Hamilton. They had two children in 
 Sangamon county 
 
 MAHAL A married Mr. Rice, had one 
 child, and Mr. Rice died. She married 
 James Pease, had three children, and he
 
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 EARLT SETTLERS OF 
 
 died. Mrs. Mahala Pease resides near 
 Cuba, Mo. 
 
 JAMES C. married in Missouri, en- 
 listed in a Union regiment from that 
 State, and died in the army. 
 
 Mrs. Abigail Hamilton died in Sanga- 
 mon county, and Robert Hamilton died 
 in Arkansas. 
 
 COLEMAN, JONATHAN 
 B., was born Nov. 16, i8n,in Ruther- 
 ford county, Tenn. When he was about 
 seventeen years old he came to Sangamon 
 county with his uncle, Charles K. Hutton, 
 arriving in what is now Auburn township 
 Oct. 15, 1827. He was married Nov. 10, 
 1835, to Mary Dodds. They had five 
 living children, all born in Sangamon 
 county, namely 
 
 JAMES W., born Nov. 21, 1838, 
 married Margaret Bowman, had two 
 children, CHARLES U. and BELLE, 
 and Mrs. C. died. Mr. Coleman mar- 
 ried Elizabeth Mengle. They have two 
 children, and live in Christian county. 
 
 JOSEPH E., born March 5, 1841, 
 enlisted July 15, 1861, in Springfield, for 
 three years, in what became Co. B, nth 
 Mo. Inf. He served full term and was 
 honorably discharged Aug. 12, 1864. He 
 married Lydia Dawson. They have one 
 child, LETA, and live in Springfield. 
 Mr. Coleman is a traveling salesman for 
 a queensware house in St. Louis. 
 
 WILLIAM H. married Fanny B. 
 Taylor, and lives in Ball township. 
 
 ELIZABETH A. and 
 MARGARET E. live with their pa- 
 rents, near the Sugar creek Cumb. Presb. 
 church, in Ball township. 
 
 COLEY, WILLIS, was born 
 Feb. 14, 1792, near Ballston Springs, 
 N. Y., and when he was a child his pa- 
 rents moved to Cazenovia, Madison coun- 
 ty. Willis was there married in Feb., 
 1818, to Lucinda Chapin. His father 
 owned some land in the military tract be- 
 tween the Illinois and Mississippi rivers. 
 Soon after Willis was married his father 
 sent him out to see it. He came on a 
 raft down the Alleghany and Ohio rivers 
 to Shawneetown, thence to St. Louis by 
 keel boat. He went on foot to the mili- 
 tary ti'act, and returned to Edwardsville 
 July 4, 1819, he started from that place, on 
 foot and alone, for his home in New York. 
 At Terre Haute, Ind., he secured cooked 
 food, and traveled two hundred miles to 
 
 the Maumee river, without seeing any 
 other human beings but Indians. He ar- 
 rived at Cazenovia August 7, 1819. 
 March 4, 1820, he started with his family, 
 consisting of himself, wife and two child- 
 ren, accompanied by five or six other fam- 
 ilies. They moved by water f o Shawnee- 
 town, 111., where Mr. Coley lived three 
 years. He then moved in a wagoi. drawn 
 by two yoke of oxen, and in March, 1823, 
 arrived in what is now Loami township, 
 where they had three children. Of their 
 five children 
 
 ROBERT W., born in New York, 
 married in Sangamon county to Rebecca 
 
 A. Jarrett. She died Feb. 13, 1870, and 
 Robert W. Coley died March, 1872. 
 Their daughter LA VINA is the wife of 
 John A. DeWitt, and lives in Springfield. 
 Their son WILLIS lives in Loami. 
 
 CHARLOTTE, born August 15, 1819, 
 in New York, married in Sangamon 
 county to Reuben Moore, and moved to 
 Texas in 1852. Reuben Moore died in 
 1863, leaving a widow and seven children. 
 LUCINDA, ROBERT E., ELLEN 
 and POLLY are married, and live in 
 Texas. LAURA, their third child, mar- 
 ried Lott Mason, and lives in Auburn, 
 Sangamon county. EDGAR and WIL- 
 LIE, the two youngest, live with their 
 mother, near McKinney, Collin county, 
 
 HUBBARD S., born in Sangamon 
 county, married March 4, 18^2, to Susan 
 Jacobs. They have two children, AN- 
 NIS and MAY, and live in Oswego, La- 
 bc'tte county, Kansas. 
 
 JAMES M., born August 23, 1832^11 
 Sangamon county, married Oct. 28, 1858, 
 to Caroline Greenwood. She died six 
 weeks after they were married. Mr. 
 Coley married April 19, 1860, to America 
 Gibson. They had two children, LEWIS 
 
 B. and MARY F., the latter of whom 
 died in her third year. J. M. Coley and 
 wife live in Loami. 
 
 ANGELINE, born in Sangamon 
 county, married Hugh Forrest, and both 
 died. 
 
 Mrs. Lucinda Coley died at Loami, and 
 Willis Coley was married Sept., 1851, to 
 Mrs. Philena Jenkins, who was previous- 
 ly Mrs. Kidder, and whose maiden name 
 was Sprague, a native of Windham coun- 
 ty, Vt. After a residence of just half a
 
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 211 
 
 century at Loami, Willis Coley moved, in 
 1873, to Oswego, Kansas. 
 
 COLBURN, PAUL, was born 
 about 1761, in Hollis, Hillsboro county, 
 New Hampshire. He was married in 
 Massachusetts, to Mehetibel Ball, who 
 was born about 1757- They had eleven 
 children born in Sterling, Worcester 
 county, Mass. In 1809 the family moved 
 to the vicinity of Hebron, Grafton county, 
 N. H., where they remained until Sept., 
 1815, when Paul Colburn and his wife, 
 his son Isaac with his wife and two child- 
 ren, his son William and his wife, they 
 having been married but a few days, and 
 his unmarried daughter, Isabel, started 
 from Hebron in wagons to seek a new 
 home in Ohio, at that time the " far west." 
 On reaching Olean, at the Alleghany 
 river, they found the river too low to 
 bring all their goods on boats, as they had 
 intended. They sold their wagons and 
 teams, put their remaining goods and their 
 families on a raft, and started down the 
 river, reaching Pittsburg on the evening 
 of Dec. 24, 1815. Ice was forming in the 
 river, and they were compelled to stop 
 there for the winter. While they were in 
 Pittsburg, Paul Colburn was joined by 
 his son Ebenezer, who had been serving 
 in the United States army in the war with 
 England, then just ended. In the spring 
 of 1816, Isaac and Ebenezer went up the 
 Alleghany river and made a raft of logs 
 suitable for making shingles, and partially 
 loaded it with hoop poles. They expected 
 to have gone down the Ohio river in 
 June, but the whole season was one of un- 
 usual low water, and December ar- 
 rived before they reached Pittsburg 
 with their raft. The whole party went 
 down on the raft to Marietta, O., where 
 they engaged in farming and other pur- 
 suits. Ebenezer was married in Marietta, 
 and in the spring of 1820 Paul Colburn 
 and his wife, Isaac and his family, and 
 Ebenezer and his wife, embarked on a 
 raft, leaving William to close up the busi- 
 ness at Marietta. They landed their raft at 
 Louisville, Ky., and left Isaac there to 
 work up and sell their lumber. The other 
 members of the family continued down 
 the river to Shawneetown; Paul Colburn, 
 his wife and daughter remained there. 
 Ebenezer and his wife went on to join 
 some relatives of her's in Monroe county, 
 111., about fifty miles south of St. Louis. 
 
 In August of that year Isaac Colburn 
 and his wife died at Louisville within two 
 days of each other, leaving six children 
 among strangers, and on the first of No- 
 vember Mrs. Mehitibel Colburn died at 
 Shawneetown. About the time of her 
 death William Colburn embarked with 
 his family on a boat at Marietta, floated 
 down to Louisville, and took on board four 
 of his brother Isaac's children, one having 
 died, and another been placed in a good 
 home. He then went to Shawneetown 
 and joined his bereaved father and sister, 
 arriving Dec. 24, 1820. 
 
 In March, 1821, Paul Colburn, his 
 daughter Isabel, William Colburn, wife 
 and three children, the four orphan child- 
 ren of Isaac Colburn, and a Mr. Harris, 
 started in a wagon drawn by four oxen for 
 Morgan county. They traveled through 
 rain, mud and unbridged streams for 
 about five weeks, which brought them to 
 the south side of Lick creek, on what is 
 now Loami township, where they found 
 an empty cabin. From sheer weariness 
 they decided to stop, and Mr. Harris, the 
 owner of the wagon and oxen, went on 
 to Morgan county. 
 
 Soon after their arrival Wm. Colburn 
 gave a rifle gun for a crop of corn just 
 planted, and in that way began to provide 
 food. He secured a team and went after 
 his brother Ebenezer, and brought him 
 and his wife to the settlement, arriving 
 in October, 1821. 
 
 Having succeeded in bringing so many 
 of his descendants to the new country, and 
 witnessed their struggles to gain a foot- 
 hold and provide themselves with homes, 
 Paul Colburn died Feb. 27, 1825, near the 
 present town of Loami. Of his children 
 who came to Sangamon county, we will 
 notice each under separate heads, begin- 
 ning with the daughters 
 
 COLBURN, SALLY, born 
 June 15, 1789, in Sterling, Mass., married 
 there to Daniel Woodworth. They came 
 some years after the first of the family 
 arrived. They lived many years in 
 Springfield, and both died in Sangamon 
 county. Their daughter 
 
 LOUISA H., married Gershom Dor- 
 ranee. See his name. 
 
 SARAH, has been twice married, and 
 lives in California. 
 
 An account is preserved of a ludicrous 
 incident that transpired while Mr. Wood-
 
 212 
 
 EARLT SETTLERS OP 
 
 worth lived in Springfield. A rain storm 
 came on suddenly and caught him away 
 from home. He started on a run, with 
 his head down, hat drawn over his 
 eyes, and body bent forward. It so 
 happened 'that Governor Ford found him- 
 self away from home in the same shower. 
 Throwing himself in a similar attitude, he 
 started on a run also; but there was this 
 difference, they were running in opposite 
 directions, and when both were at full 
 speed, they came together with a square 
 butt, like a couple of sheep. Each, on 
 the spur of the moment, thought it was 
 intentional on the part of the other, and 
 each assumed a belligerent attitude, but 
 before a blow was struck, both discovered 
 that it was an accident, and with a hearty 
 laugh, hurried on. 
 
 COLBURN, MARY, born Feb. 
 23, 1792, at Sterling, Mass., married Adna 
 Phelps. See his name. 
 
 COLBURN, ISABEL, born 
 Feb. n, 1796, in Sterling, Mass., married 
 in Sangamon county, to Adin E. Meacham. 
 See his name. 
 
 CpLBURN, ISAAC, born in 
 Sterling, Mass., married in New Hamp- 
 shire, and himself and wife died at Louis- 
 ville, Ky., in 1821, leaving six children, 
 one of whom died in infancy. 
 
 AZUBA remained in the vicinity of 
 Louisville, and married a Mr. Summers. 
 
 ASA came to Sangamon county in 
 1832, went to Galena in 1836, and two or 
 three years later was killed by a lead mine 
 caving in on him. 
 
 LA VINA came to Sangamon county 
 in 1836, married in Springfield to Jacob 
 Nott, who died, and she married John 
 Letterhose, and died in Loami. 
 
 LUCY, married in Sangamon county 
 to Levi Sweet. He died, leaving her a 
 widow with five children at Scyene, 
 Dallas county, Texas. 
 
 COLB'URN, WILLIAM, 
 
 brother to Isaac, Abel and Ebenezer, was 
 born June 3, 1793, at Sterling, Mass., 
 married Aug. 15, 1815, at Hebron, N. H., 
 to Achsa Phelps, who was born at that 
 place July 9, 1 796. They came to San- 
 gamon county, 111., arriving April 5, 1821, 
 in what is now Loami township. They 
 had three children before moving to San- 
 gamon county, and eleven after, the 
 youngest of whom died in infancy. Of 
 the thirteen children 
 
 CLARISSA, born Oct. 27, 1816, at 
 Pittsburg, Pa., married in Sangamon 
 county, Dec. 3, 1831, to William S. 
 Walker. See his name. 
 
 ABIGAIL, born April 29, 1818, at 
 Marietta, O., married April 9, 1835, to 
 Lawrence Underwood. See his name. 
 
 FANNY,\K>rn Jan. 4, 1820, at Marietta, 
 O., married in Sangamon county, Jan. 28, 
 1843, t David Phelps. See his name. 
 
 MEHEJ^IBEL, born Dec. 5, 1821, 
 in Sangamon county, married Dec. 16, 
 1838, to David Phelps. See his name. 
 
 SAMUEL PAUL, born Sept. 15, 
 1823, in Sangamon county, married Oct. 
 23, 1845, to Melinda Colburn, had one 
 child that died in infancy, and Mrs. Col- 
 burn died Dec. 23, 1865, and he married 
 Nov. 14, 1866, to Mrs. Isabel Lucas, whose 
 maiden name was Colburn. They reside 
 in Loami. 
 
 MARGARETP.,\)orn April .7, 1825, 
 in Sangamon county, married Sept. 21, 
 1845, to Lewis Cotterman. They had 
 two children, WILLIAM A. and FAN- 
 NIE, and Mrs. Cotterman died Sept. 6, 
 1853. Her children reside with their 
 father near Linden, Osage county, Kan. 
 
 ISAAC, born Feb. 22, 1.827, in Sanga- 
 mon county, married August 17, 1854, to 
 Julia A. Ensley. They had three child- 
 ren. ACHSA E., born July 24, 1855, 
 died in her eighth year. CHLOE E. and 
 CHARLES E. live with their father. 
 Mrs. Julia A. Colburn died Dec. 25, 1859, 
 and Mr. C. married Sept. 20, 1863, to 
 Mandana Phelps. They had three child- 
 ren, CORA A., CLARENCE E. and 
 MARY O.; all died in infancy. Isaac 
 Colburn and wife reside in Loami. 
 
 DANIEL W., born July 2, 1829, mar- 
 ried Nov. 28, 1849, to Lucinda Huffmaster. 
 They have eight children. SARAH 
 married William Greer, has one child, and 
 resides with her parents. FANNY mar- 
 ried Christopher McLaughlin, who was 
 born Feb. 10, 1846, in Montgomery 
 county, Ky. They have two children, 
 MINNIE and ANDREW, and reside at 
 Loami. Mr. McLaughlin enlisted Feb. 
 22, 1864, in Co. A, io6th 111. Inf., for three 
 years; was honorably discharged at 
 Springfield, August i, 1865. SUSAN 
 M. married Thomas Huggin, and resides 
 in Curran. JAMES E., MARY M., 
 WINJEIELD S., DAVID L. and
 
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 213 
 
 LAURA A., reside with their parents, 
 thi'ee miles south of Curran. 
 
 WILLIAM S., born Feb. 20, 1831, in 
 Sangamon county, married July 8, 1853, 
 in Fulton county, 111., to Mary Ensley, who 
 was born May 23, 1831, near Chillicothe, 
 O. They had four children. MILLARD 
 F. died in infancy. LINDA A., born 
 March n, 1856, married Dec. 26, 1872, to 
 Lycurgus L. Smith, who was born June 
 20, 1849, at Mt. Pleasant O., and reside at 
 Martin's Ferry, Belmont county, O. 
 LUELLA R. and WILLIAM H. reside 
 with their parents at Loami. 
 
 W. S. Colburn enlisted at Jacksonville, 
 111., July 16, 1847, in Co - G > l6th United 
 States Inf., for five years or during the 
 war with Mexico, and was honorably dis- 
 charged August, 1848, at Cincinnati, O. 
 In the spring of 1850 he started for Cali- 
 fornia, via the Isthmus of Panama. The 
 vessel was bestormed and becalmed, so 
 that he was on the Pacific ocean seven 
 months from Panama to San Francisco. 
 He has traveled in twenty-four States of the 
 Union, and been on fourteen sea voyages. 
 William S. Colburn enlisted June 27, 
 1864, in Co. F., 28th 111. Inf., for three 
 years; was honorably discharged August 
 2, 1865. He was detailed as clerk in the 
 medical department soon after entering the 
 army, was promoted to hospital steward, 
 and served as such to the end of the rebel- 
 lion. 
 
 EBENEZER, born April 9, 1833, in 
 Sangamon county, married August 17, 
 1854, to Nancy A. Huffmaster. They 
 had two children, ADNA P. and CLAR- 
 ISSA A., and Mrs. Colburn died August 
 10, 1859, and Mr. C. was married August 
 8, 1862, to Elizabeth Davis. They have 
 five children, DANIEL W., HENRY 
 W., ALPHA D., JULIA A. and INA 
 A., and live in Loami. 
 
 LE VI O., born Nov. 13, 1835, in San- 
 gamon county, enlisted July 13, 1862, in 
 Co. F, 5 ist 111. Inf., for three years. He 
 was ist Sergt., and as such, commanded 
 the company part of the time. He was 
 wounded in the arm at the battle of Chick- 
 amauga, served until June 27, 1865, when 
 he was honorably discharged. lie was 
 married July 7, 1867, to Christiana Kin- 
 ney. They have two children, BERTHA 
 O. and WILLIAM E., and live at 
 Loami. 
 
 DA VI D P., born Oct. 5, 1837, in San- 
 gamon county, enlisted August 9, 1861, 
 in Co. B, 3oth 111. Inf., for three years, 
 re-enlisted as a veteran, Jan. i, 1864. He 
 was appointed 2nd Sergt. at the organiza- 
 tion of the regiment; promoted to ist 
 Sergt.; commissioned ist Lieut., Jan. 20, 
 1865; commissioned Capt., May, 1865. 
 Commanded the company from Oct. 4, 
 1864. He served until July 17, 1865, when 
 he was honorably discharged. He was 
 married April 12, 1866, to Tirzah Mengel. 
 They have one child, LEONARD L., 
 and reside at Loami. 
 
 JOHN 7\, born Nov. 23, 1840, mar- 
 ried June 23, 1 86 1, to Martha J. Back, 
 who was born April 9, 1845, a ' Loami. 
 They had four children. JAQUETTA 
 and LILLIE died in infancy. MARY 
 A. and MILLIE A. live with their pa- 
 rents in Loami. 
 
 William Colburn died June 10, 1869, at 
 Loami, and Mrs. Achsa Colburn resides at 
 Loami, on the same place settled by her- 
 self and husband in 1822, one year before 
 the land was brought into inarket. Wil- 
 liam and his brother Ebenezer entered 
 land together, and cultivated it for several 
 years. About 1836 they built a steam 
 saw and grist mill at the north side of 
 Lick creek, and machinery for grinding 
 was soon added. It was the first mill of 
 the kind within a radius of ten or twelve 
 miles, and around that mill the village of 
 Loami grew up. They continued in that 
 business for many years, three mills hav- 
 ing burned on the same spot. They were 
 not always the owners, but their families 
 were always connected with such enter- 
 prises. The sons of Wm. Colburn are 
 now 1874 the owners of a mill within 
 one hundred yards of where the first mill 
 was built. One mill has burned where 
 the new one stands. 
 
 The hardships endured by them and 
 their families would be difficult to relate. 
 Mrs. Achsa Colburn, now seventy-eight 
 years old, has an unlimited fund ot remi- 
 niscences connected with their advent into 
 the county, and the difficulties of raising 
 a large family. A loom was an indispen- 
 sible article where all were dependent on 
 the work of their own hands for the en- 
 tire clothing of themselves and families. 
 Mrs. Colburn tried all the men in the set- 
 tlement, those of her own family included, 
 in order to find some person who could
 
 2I 4 
 
 EARLY SETTLERS OF 
 
 make a loom, but all declined to under- 
 take it, some for want of skill, and all for 
 want of tools. Mrs. C. then procured an 
 axe, a hand saw, a drawing knife, an 
 auger and a chisel, and went to work. 
 She made with her own hands a loom, 
 warping hars, winding blades, temples for 
 the lateral stretching of the cloth, and for 
 spools she used corn cobs with the pith 
 pushed out. With these appliances she 
 wove hundreds of yards of cloth, and 
 made it up into garments for her family. 
 This she did while caring for her family 
 of fourteen children. 
 
 COLBURN. EBENEZER, 
 brother to Abel, Isaac and William, was 
 born Dec. i, 1794, at Sterling, Mass., mar- 
 ried in 1817, at Marietta, Ohio, to Julia 
 Smith, who was born April 17, 1797, in 
 Suffolk county, Long Island, N. Y. They 
 came to Sangamon county and joined the 
 other members of the family in Oct., 1822, 
 in what is now Loami township. They 
 had two children before their arrival, and 
 five after coming to Sangamon county. 
 Of the seven children 
 
 ADNA A, born August 12, 1818, at 
 Marietta^ Ohio, married April 27, 1839, in 
 Sangamon county, to Lodasca Sweet. 
 They had three children, and Mrs. Col- 
 burn died, and A. P. Colburn was mar- 
 ried July 28, 1844, to Macca M. Sowell. 
 They had seven children, one of whom 
 died in infancy. Of all his children: 
 ALVA married Hannah VanPelt, and 
 resides at Seneca, Nemaha county, Kan. 
 URSULA, married Charles Jarrett. See 
 his name. GILBERT, enlisted in 1862, in 
 Co. I, 73d 111. Inf., for three years. He 
 was captured at the battle of Chicka- 
 mauga, Sept. 19-20, 1863, and died in 
 prison at Andersonville, Ga., July I, 1864. 
 THOMAS B. and WILLIAM R. en- 
 listed Sept. 20, 1862, in Co. G, i6th 111. 
 Inf., for three years. They were cap- 
 tured while scouting near Dalton, Ga., 
 May 22, 1864, and taken to Andersonville 
 prison also. . THOMAS B. died June 19, 
 1864, and WILLIAM R.died August 12, 
 1864. Thus the three brothers died in the 
 same prison in less than two months. 
 STEPHEN E.,died in infancy. CHAS. 
 C., born Nov. 22, 1849, married Miss 
 Coverdale, and lives at Loami. JULIA 
 J., born May 24, 1851, married Nelson 
 Elmoi^e. See his name. They live in 
 .Sangamon county. JAMES B. resides 
 
 with his mother. Adna P. Colburn died 
 Feb. 26, 1867, and his widow resides ad- 
 joining Loami on the west. 
 
 WILLIAM, born in Monroe county, 
 111., married in Sangamon county to 
 Eliza Porter; had four children, and Mrs. 
 C. died, and Wm. C. married Mrs. Ellen 
 Smith, whose maiden name was Clover. 
 They have one child, and reside in Chris- 
 tian county, at Smith's mill, on the San- 
 gamon river, near the line of Sangamon 
 county. 
 
 CHARLOTTE, born Jan. 19, 1824, 
 in Sangamon county, married Jonas 
 Smith. See his name. 
 
 MARIA, born in Sangamon county, 
 married Peyton Foster; has a family of 
 children, and lives at Atchison, Kan. 
 
 MART P., born in Sangamon county, 
 married David Greening. See his name. 
 
 BURFITT G., born in Sangamon 
 county, married to Lucy Large, have six 
 children, and live in Cooper township. 
 
 ELLEN, married Ebenezer Colburn, 
 Jun., and she died. 
 
 Mrs. Julia Colburn died, and Ebenezer 
 Colburn, Sen., died April 12, 1864, both 
 at Loami. 
 
 COLBURN, ABEL, was born 
 Sept. 20, i79 m Sterling, Mass., a 
 brother to Isaac, William and Ebenezer. 
 He was married in April, i8n,at Hebron, 
 N. H., to Deborah Phelps, who was born 
 at Hebron in July, 1794. Mr. Colburn 
 was a soldier from that place in the war 
 of 1812. They had nine children, all born 
 at Hebron, and in 1839 Mr. Colburn came 
 to Sangamon county, and afterwards 
 brought his family. Of their children 
 
 JOSEPH R., born August, 1812, 
 married in Massachusetts, to Ruth Fowler, 
 and moved to Springfield, 111., in 1838. 
 He aided in building the State House, 
 then in course of construction. They had 
 six children; two died under seven years. 
 Of the other four, ABNER K. married in 
 Minnesota to Phebe Walters, and resides 
 in Portland, Oregon. IRA is married, 
 and lives in Minnesota. CHARLES 
 lives with Adna Phelps, near Springfield. 
 FREMONT lives with his mother. Jo- 
 seph R. Colburn died in December, 1870, 
 and his widow resides at Preston, Minn. 
 
 EL VIRA M., born April 18, 1814, at 
 Hebron, N. H., married at that place 
 March 7, 1832, to Stephen F. Fowler. He 
 died Jan. 21, 1845, at Quincy, Mass., and
 
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 215 
 
 Mrs. F. was married Oct. 8, 1845, at Troy, 
 Wis., to Jeremiah D. Sanborn, who was 
 born Feb. 7, 1818, at Franklin, N. H. Mrs. 
 S. traveled across the American continent 
 on wagons, except in crossing Lake Mich- 
 igan, and spent five years in Nevada and 
 California, and Mr. S. spent three years 
 there. They reside at Loami. 
 
 ISABEL,\*o. April 17, 1816, at He- 
 bron, N. H., married Sept. n, 1838, to 
 Thomas Lucas, who was born June 19, 
 1811, at Romney, N. H. They had five 
 children. GEORGE M. went from 
 Loami to Springfield, and enlisted July, 
 1861, in what became Co. -C, nth Mo. 
 Inf., for three years; was ist Sergeant; re- 
 enlisted as a veteran Jan. I, 1864, and died 
 of disease at Jefferson Barracks, Mo., 
 Nov. 14, 1864. He was commissioned ist 
 Lieutenant, to date from August 18, 1864, 
 but the com mission, did not reach the hos- 
 pital until the day after his death. FRAN- 
 CEN*A I. died at thirteen. EDWARD 
 W. enlisted Nov. 20, 1861, for three years, 
 in Co. B, 3Oth 111. Inf.: re-enlisted as a 
 veteran Jan. i, 1864; was with "Sherman 
 in his march to the sea;" served to the 
 end of the rebellion, and honorably dis- 
 charged July, 1865; was married October, 
 1866, to Mary A. Starr, has one child, 
 VALLIE M., and resides at Loami. ISA- 
 BELLA E. died at seven years. LUEL- 
 LA A. married August, 1867, to James L. 
 Mahard, and died March, 1873, leaving 
 two children, MARY j. and GEORGE M. 
 Thomas Lucas died March 4, 1851, at 
 Loami. His widow married Samuel P. 
 Colburn. See his name. 
 
 IRA C., born in 1818, married at 
 Quincy, Mass., Sept. 4, 1838, to Cyrena 
 Chard, a native of Pomfrct, Conn., 
 moved to Minnesota, and had three child- 
 ren. JOHN E. was a soldier in a Minne- 
 sota regiment, veteranized, served to the 
 end of the rebellion, and lives in Minne- 
 sota. ROMANZA died at seven years. 
 
 A CHS A P., born Feb. 17, 1820, in 
 Hebron, N. H., married August, 1838, at 
 Quincy, Mass., to John P. Davis, who 
 was born April 17, 1815, in Boston. They 
 came to Sangamon county with her par- 
 ents, and had three children. ELVIRA 
 M. married Sanford Withrow. See his 
 name. CHARLES W. died in in- 
 fancy. LAURA E. married Josiah Jones. 
 See his name. John P. Davis enlisted at 
 Springfield, July 9, 1847, In Co. D, 4th 
 
 111. Inf., for one year. He served as Ser- 
 geant of that company in the war with 
 Mexico, until July 9, 1848, when he was 
 honorably discharged. He raised Co. B, 
 3Oth 111. Inf., entered the United States 
 service as Captain of the same, August, 
 1861. His company re-enlisted as veterans, 
 January, 1864. He was with Sherman in 
 his " march to the sea," and was promo- 
 ted to Major of the regiment while on the 
 trip. He commanded the regiment sev- 
 eral months, and was honorably discharged 
 July 17, 1865. Now resides at Loami, 
 Sangamon county, 111. 
 
 LUTHER P., born September, 1823, 
 married in New Hampshire to Lydia 
 Whittaker, raised one daughter, and reside 
 in Lebanon, N. H. 
 
 NA THAN P., born December, 1826, 
 in Hebron, N. H., married in South Read- 
 ing, Mass., to Mary J. Eames, had four 
 children, moved in 185510 Minnesota, was 
 a member of the Convention that framed 
 the State Constitution, and has served sev- 
 eral terms in the State Legislature. He 
 raised a cavalry company and fought the 
 Indians in Minnesota in 1863. Was Pay- 
 master at one time in the army, against the 
 rebellion. He is a practicing attorney, 
 and resides at Preston, Minn. 
 
 ME LINDA, born Sept. 13, 1830, 
 married Oct. 23, 1845, to Samuel P. Col- 
 burn. See his name. 
 
 EMELINE, born July, 1832, married 
 in 1848 to William Huffmaster. Sec his 
 name. 
 
 Abel Colburn died Oct. 21, 1851, at 
 Springfield. His widow married Adam 
 Barger. See his name. He died, and 
 she resides with her son-in-law, Samuel 
 P. Colburn, at Loami. 
 
 CONKLING, JAMES C., was 
 born Oct. 13, 1816, in New York City. 
 At the age of thirteen he entered the 
 Academy at Morristown, N. J., and pre- 
 pared for college. He entered Princeton 
 in 1833, and graduated in 1835. ^ c 
 studied law in Morristown, N. J., about 
 three years, and came to Springfield, 111., 
 arriving in Nov., 1838, and was admitted 
 to the bar the following winter. James 
 
 C. Conkling and Mercy A. Levering 
 were married Sept. 21, 1841, in Baltimore, 
 Md. She was the daughter of Judge 
 Aaron R. Levering, of Georgetown, 
 
 D. C., and was born in that city in Nov.,
 
 2l6 
 
 EARL T SB TTLERS OP 
 
 1817. Mr. and Mrs. Conkling had five 
 children 
 
 CLIN7^ON L., born Oct. 16, 1843, in 
 Springfield, was educated at Yale college, 
 New Haven, Conn., and graduated there 
 in 1864. He entered into partnership 
 with his father in 1866, as J. C. & C. L. 
 Conkling, in the practice of law. He was 
 married March 24, 1867, to Georgiana 
 Barrell, a native of Brooklyn, N. Y. 
 They have two children, GEORGIA and 
 KATE, and reside in Springfield. 
 
 CHARLES, born in Springfield, re- 
 sides with his parents. 
 
 JAMES, born Jan. 4, 1850,111 Spring- 
 field, 111., was married March 23, 1870, in 
 Covington, Ky., to Fannie A. Lowry, 
 who was born in Springfield, March 23, 
 1849. They have two children living, 
 MAY and FANNIE. He is a mem- 
 ber of the firm of Conkling, Slemmons, 
 & Co., Springfield, 111. 
 
 ANNIE V., born July 2, 1853, was 
 married Nov. 25, 1875, to Nathan S. 
 Wood. He is a banker in Lafayette, Ind., 
 where they now reside. 
 
 ALICE resides with her parents. 
 
 Hon. James C. Conkling was elected 
 Mayor of Springfield in 1845, being the 
 sixth in that office. He was elected repre- 
 sentative for Sangamon county in the 
 State legislature in 1852, and again in 1866, 
 when he drafted the original bill for the 
 new State house, and was active in its 
 passage. He is a member of the National 
 Lincoln Monument Association, which 
 has just erected a monument to the mem- 
 ory of Abraham Lincoln. He is the head 
 of the firm of Conkling, Slemmons & 
 Co. James C. Conkling, more than any 
 other capitalist of Springfield, uses his 
 wealth in extensive building enterprises, 
 and for the encouragement of manufac- 
 tures. 
 
 CON ANT, SULLIVAN, was 
 born Feb. 26, 1801, at Oakham, Worcester 
 county, Mass. Lydia R. Heminway was 
 was born November, 1803, in the same 
 county. They were married Sept. 10, 
 1822, at Shutesbury, Mass., where they 
 had three children, and moved to Am- 
 herst, where they had one child. They 
 returned to Shutesbury, and from there 
 started west, Nov. 2, 1830, traveling in 
 wagons to Troy, N. Y., and from there to 
 Rochester by canal, thence by wagon to 
 Olean Point, where they embarked on a 
 
 raft and floated to Pittsburg. There they 
 took a steamboat down the Ohio, and up 
 the Mississippi river to Chester, Randolph 
 county, 111., where the youngest child died. 
 In January, 1831, Mr. Conant started 
 with his family, in a sleigh, to visit some 
 old friends near Carrollton, Greene coun- 
 ty, 111., going by Illinoistown, now East 
 St. Louis. They continued their journey 
 by Jacksonville to Springfield, arriving 
 Feb. 18, 1831. When they left Chester 
 the snow was about six inches deep, but 
 when they arrived in Springfield it was 
 on four feet of snow, being the height of 
 the "deep snow." They had five children 
 born in Springfield. Of their eight 
 children 
 
 ABIGAIL A., born July 5, 1823, at 
 Shutesbury, Mass., was married in Spring- 
 field to William W. Lee, who was born 
 August 20, 1822, in Delaware. They had 
 four children. LAURA A., born Oct. 
 15, 1844, in Springfield, was married* May 
 7, 1867, to John T. Capps, who was born 
 Dec. 30, 1841, in Clarke county, Ky. 
 They have two children, OLIVE and WIL- 
 LIAM L. Mr. Capps was a student at Illi- 
 nois College, Jacksonville, when the rebel- 
 lion began. He enlisted August, 1861, in 
 Co. B, loth 111. Inf., for three years; re- 
 enlisted as a veteran January, 1864; was 
 with Sherman in his "march to the sea;" 
 served until July, 1865, when he was hon- 
 orably discharged. He graduated Feb. 6, 
 1866, with the degree of Master of Ac- 
 counts, at Eastman's National Business 
 College, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. He is now 
 of the firm of Dickerman & Co., Spring- 
 field Woolen Manufactory. LYDIA E., 
 born March 23, 1847, m Springfield, was 
 married Dec. 21, 1869, to S. O. Stock well, 
 a native of Auburn, N. Y. They have 
 one child, CLARA L., and reside in Colum- 
 bus, Ohio. THOMAS S., born Jan. 9, 
 1849, in Bloomington, 111., was married in 
 Springfield, May 29, 1872, to Mary J. 
 Eaton. They have one child, ADDIE. T. 
 S. Lee is engaged with his father-in-law 
 in the grain business, and resides in Edin- 
 burg. EDWARD W., born March 9, 
 1853, in Taylorville. He was married in 
 Springfield, Oct. 6, 1875, to Lou. H. Pas- 
 field, adopted daughter of George Pas- 
 field, Sen., and resides in Edinburg. Wm. 
 W. Lee died July 12, 1870, and his widow 
 resides in Springfield. 
 
 WILLIAM S., born Feb. 27, 1825, at
 
 SAXGAMON COUNTT. 
 
 217 
 
 Shutesbury, Mass., was married in Spring- 
 field, 111., to Mary Sykes. They had two 
 children. JAMES was born in Peters- 
 burg, and is in business with his father. 
 KATIE resides with her father. Mrs. 
 Mary Conant died in Springfield, Feb. 
 12, 1864. Wm. S. Conant was married 
 in Menard county to Eliza Kinkead, and 
 reside in Petersburg, 111. In 1844 W. S. 
 Conant met with an accident from a falling 
 derrick which slightly lamed him. A Mr. 
 Brodie was killed by the same accident. 
 They were raising a pole at a political 
 meeting. Mr. Conant is extensively en- 
 gaged in the furniture and undertaking 
 business. He was the originator, and is 
 no\v the owner, of Rose Hill cemetery, 
 near Petersburg. 
 
 SUSAN E., born March 10, 1827, in 
 Shutesburv, Mass., was married June 26, 
 1845, m Springfield, to George R. Con- 
 nelly. See his name. He died, and she 
 married Charles Dougherty. See his 
 name. 
 
 LEV I 7., born Oct. 25, 1831, in 
 Springfield, was married there July 28, 
 1858, to Elizabeth Brodie. They had 
 two children, JOHN B. and WILLIAM 
 S. Mrs. Elizabeth Conant died Feb. 14, 
 1865, and L. J. Conant was married Mar. 
 i, 1875, at Vincennes, Ind., to Mrs. Sarah 
 A. Baker, whose maiden name was Har- 
 graves. She was born April 24, 1841, in 
 Manchester, England. Mr. C. is in the 
 grocery business, and resides in Spring- 
 field. 
 
 MART A., born July 20, 1833, in 
 Springfield, was married there to Cook S. 
 Hampton. See his name. 
 
 PHINEAS //., born April 12, 1837, 
 in Springfield, was married June 4, 1857. 
 to Sarah J. Hobbs, who was born Dec. i, 
 1838, in Jacksonville, 111. Thev have 
 three children, JULIA E., MINNIE L., 
 and PEARL R., and reside in Spring- 
 field, 111. P. H. Conant enlisted in Co. 
 C, 1 24th 111. Inf., for three years, and was 
 mustered in as Corporal. Served until 
 Feb. 6, 1864, when he was honorably dis- 
 charged on account of physical disability. 
 In the spring of 1 866 he was appointed, 
 by Mayor Dennis, deputy city marshal; 
 served nearly three years. Was deputy 
 sheriff under Shoup, and deputy U. S. 
 collector under Harper. Sold goods at 
 Illiopolis about three years, since which 
 time he has been a commercial traveler 
 28 
 
 for a Springfield grocery house, and lives 
 in Springfield. 
 
 CAROLINE A., born Sept. i, 1843, 
 in Springfield, married Rev. Thomas M. 
 Dillon, of the M. E. church. He is in the 
 traveling connection, and resides (1874) in 
 Martinsburg, Clarke county, 111. 
 
 LTDIA J., born July 19, 1845, m 
 Springfield, was married there, March 17, 
 1868, to George L. Dingle. G. L. Dingle 
 wa* a soldier in an Illinois regiment, and 
 did his part in aiding to suppress the re- 
 bellion. He is now deputy Postmaster at 
 Santa Fe, New Mexico, and lives there. 
 
 Mrs. Lydia R. Sonant died May 30, 
 1867, and Sullivan Conant was married 
 again. He resides in Springfield. 
 
 CONNELLY, JOHN, was born 
 in 1794, in the District of Columbia. 
 Ann Wetherell was born Feb. 20, 1800, 
 in the District of Columbia, also. They 
 were there married and had ten children. 
 The family moved to Springfield, 111., in 
 1837. Mr. Connelly was Register of the 
 United States Land Office, in Springfield, 
 during the administration of President 
 Pierce, and part of the administration of 
 President Buchanan. He also, at various 
 times, filled a number of local offices. I 
 have the history of but two of his child- 
 ren. His daughter 
 
 MART J., born in the District of 
 Columbia, married in Springfield to John 
 O. Rames. See his name. She died in 
 1854. 
 
 His second son 
 
 GEORGE 7?., born Jan. 18, 1822, in 
 the District of Columbia, was married in 
 Springfield, 111., Jan. 27, 1845, to Susan 
 E. Conant. They had three living child- 
 ren, namely: JOHN L., born March 18, 
 1846, in Springfield, graduated at the 
 Rush Medical College of Chicago. He 
 was married Sept. 3, 1842, at Harristown, 
 111., to Nannie Bedford. They had one 
 child, MAGGIE P., who died young. Dr. 
 J. L. Connelly resides at Harristown, 
 Macon county, 111., and is engaged in the 
 practice of his profession there. GEORGE 
 S., born Feb. 8, 1849, in Springfield, mar- 
 ried Sept. 15, 1870, in his native city, to 
 Mary Thomas, who was born Dec. 30, 
 1850, in Springfield, 111. They have two 
 children, ALICE MAY and LILLIE E. George 
 S. Connelly resides in Springfield, and is 
 engaged in merchandising. LILLIE E., 
 born Sept. 2, 1851, in Springfield, married
 
 2lS 
 
 EARLT SETTLERS OF 
 
 Sept. 19, 1871, to Columbus M. Lloyd, 
 who was born March 6, 1849, near 
 Wabash, Wabash county, Ind. They 
 live near Dawson, Sangamon county, 111. 
 George R. Connelly died of cholera, in 
 Springfield, June 9, 1854. His widow 
 married Charles Dougherty, Jun. See 
 his name. 
 
 CONSTANT, JACOB, brother 
 to John, who was the grandfather of 
 Rezin H. He was also the brother of 
 Isaac and Thomas, and was born about 
 1765, in Virginia. Eleanor Clinkenbcard 
 was born about 1769, in Virginia, also. 
 They were there married, and soon 
 after moved on pack horses that being 
 the only way goods could be transported 
 at that time through that mountainous 
 country to Fleming county, Ky. They 
 had fourteen children in that county, and 
 in 1814 moved to Clermont countv, Ohio, 
 where they had two children. The fam- 
 ily moved to Sangamon county, 111., ar- 
 riving* Oct. 26, 1826, in what is now Me- 
 chanicsburg township. Of their child- 
 ren 
 
 ELIZABETH, born Nov. 17, 1790, 
 in Fleming county, Ky., married there to 
 Charles Morgan. See his name. 
 
 JOHN, born in Fleming county, Ky., 
 went back from Ohio to Kentucky, and 
 there married Margaret Wood. They 
 came in company with his father to San- 
 gamon county in 1826, where they had 
 five children, and moved to Pike countv, 
 thence to northwest Missouri, where the 
 living children now reside. The parents 
 are both dead. 
 
 WILLIAM, born in Kentucky, went 
 back from Ohio and married Rhoda 
 Planck. They never came to Illinois, but 
 he died, leaving one child, JOHN CON. 
 STANT, who resides near Felicity, 
 Clermont county, Ohio. 
 
 MARY, born in Kentucky, married in 
 Ohio to Thomas Jones. They had ten 
 children, and Mrs. Jones died. The liv- 
 ing members of the family reside in and 
 near Mt. Olivet, Clermont countv, O. 
 
 ISAAC, born Nov. 17, 1794, in Flem- 
 ing county, Ky., was married June 29, 
 1823, in Clarke county, Ky., to Nancy 
 Peebles, who was born Sept. 13, 1794, in 
 that county. They had two children in 
 Kentucky, joined his parents in Clermont 
 county, Ohio, and came with them to San- 
 gamon county, 111., arriving in the fall of 
 
 1826 in what is now Mechanicsburg town- 
 ship, where they had two children, and 
 moved to what is now Logan county, 
 where they had two children, and from 
 there to Buffalo Hart grove, in Sangamon 
 county, and had one child. They 
 moved, in 1857, to Dawson. Of their 
 children, RACHEL, born in Clarke 
 county, Ky., March 29, 1824, married 
 John Billington. See his name. JACOB, 
 born August 17, 1826, in Clarke county, 
 Ky., married in Sangamon county, May 
 
 16, 1850, to Lillias Wilson, who was born 
 May 15, 1825, in Dumfriesshire, Scotland. 
 They had seven children, three of whom 
 died young, and HELEN MARY died Oct. 
 3, 1872. the very day she was thirteen 
 years old. NANCY j., WILLIAM E. and 
 JAMES H.,live with their parents, adjoining 
 Dawson on the east. MARGARET J., 
 born July 15, 1829, in Sangamon county, 
 married Oct. 26, 1850, to James Deavers. 
 They have six children, and live near Mt. 
 Pulaski. WILLIAM R., born April 13, 
 1832, in Sangamon county, married in 
 1852 to Jane Wilson, who was born in 
 Dumfriesshire, Scotland. They had seven 
 children in Sangamon county, and Mrs. 
 Constant died May 7, 1864. Mr. C. was 
 married in Dawson to Hattie Grabendich. 
 They have two children, and live in Law- 
 rence, Kansas. MARY A., born June 
 
 17, 1834, in Logan county, 111., married 
 Oct. 17, 1871, at Dawson. to Alfred Rape. 
 See his name. SARAH E., born Dec. 
 17, 1836, in Logan county, married Sept. 
 14, 1856, to Horatio M. Van Winkle, who 
 was born Feb. I, 1834, in Shelby countv, 
 111. They have one child, LILLIAS E., 
 and live in Dawson. Mr. Van Winkle 
 enlisted August 15, 1862, in Co. C, 1 241)1 
 111. Inf., for three years; served full term 
 exactly, and was honorably discharged 
 August 15, 1865, at Chicago/ MARTHA 
 E., born April 19, 1840, in Sangamon 
 county, married Dec. 6, 1869, to John >. 
 Clinkenbeard, who was born Dec. 8, 1822, 
 in Clarke county, Ky. They have two 
 children, ISAAC and NANCY E., and live 
 three miles southwest of Illiopolis. Mr. 
 C. has two living children by a former 
 wife, JOHN w. and MARY E. Isaac Con- 
 stant died June 27, 1865, and his widow- 
 resides at Dawson. 
 
 HESTER, born in Kentucky, mar- 
 ried in Clermont county, Ohio, to Josiah 
 Johnson, had one child, and father and
 
 SAN GAM ON COUNTY. 
 
 219 
 
 child died in Ohio. She came to Sanga- 
 mon county, married John Rutherford, 
 had four children, and the parents both 
 died. Their son, JOHN T. Rutherford, 
 was a soldier in an Illinois regiment, and 
 died in the army. MARGARET mar- 
 ried Matt. Noonan, and resides in Sanga- 
 mon county. ALEXANDER is mar- 
 ried and lives in Champaign county. 
 
 SARAH, horn Dec. 27, 1799, in Ken- 
 tucky, married James Carrico. See his 
 name.' 1 , 
 
 ELEANOR, born in 1803, in Ken- 
 tucky, married Elijah T. Lanham. See 
 his name. 
 
 JACOB, born Jan. 7, 1805, in Flem- 
 ing county, Kentucky, married June 4, 
 1829, m Sangamon county, to Permelia 
 Crocker. They had six children, two of 
 whom died young. The other four, 
 JAMES H. M., born March 4, 1830, mar- 
 ried Catharine Blankenship. have four 
 children. He was a soldier in a Sangamon 
 county regiment. DAVID C., born Jan. 
 28, 1833, married in Texas to Annetta 
 Snow. They are teaching among the In- 
 dians. THOMAS S., born July 2, 1835, 
 married in Mt. Pulaski to Sarah Cass, 
 daughter of Ninian Cass. MARY L., 
 born Sept 25, 1839, married John Rinker: 
 had one child, ANNETTA s. Mr. Rinker 
 enlisted in 1861, in 3Oth 111. Inf., and died 
 near Vicksburg, in 1863. Mrs. Permelia 
 Constant died Feb. 17, 18^.7, and Jacob 
 Constant was married June 25, 1847, m 
 St. Clair county, to Mrs. Celia Talbott, 
 whose maiden name was Wakefield. They 
 had four children. CHARLES A. mar- 
 ried Sarah Horn, had one child, and live 
 near Dawson. HARRIET E. and 
 PERMELIA O., SARAH F. died at 
 eleven years. Mrs. C. had two children 
 by her first husband, THOMAS and 
 MARY E. TALBOTT. The latterdied 
 in her fourteenth year. Jacob Constant 
 and his wife reside one and a half miles 
 southwest of Dawson. 
 
 BENJAMIN, born in Kentucky, 
 married in Sangamon county to Matilda 
 Lakin, had seven children, and Mr. Con- 
 stant died in 1855. Two of his sons, 
 JOHN W. and NORMAN A. were 
 Union soldiers from Greene county, and 
 both died in the army. His widow resides 
 in Macoupin county. 
 
 JONATHAN, born Sept. 30, 1809, 
 in Fleming county, Ky., came to Sanga- 
 
 mon county in 1826, married May 19, 
 1836, to Mary Elder. They had five 
 children, two of whom died young. Of 
 the other three, GEORGE W., born 
 June 7, 1837, married July 23, 1857, in 
 Springfield, to Sarah Kent; have three 
 living children, JOHN D., LYDIA F., NET- 
 TIE B. the third child, IDA j., died in her 
 fourth year. George W. Constant resides 
 two and a half miles southwest of Illiopo- 
 lis. JOHN W., born Sept. 22, 1839, 
 married in Springfield, Jan. 30, 1865, to 
 Clarissa G. Ingels. They have four child- 
 ren, MATTIE F., HARRY, MARY P. and 
 
 WILLIE, and reside two and a half miles 
 northeast of Illiopolis. SAMUEL W., 
 born July, 1843, enlisted August 17, 1861, 
 in Co. H, 30th 111. Inf., for three years, 
 was captured at the battle of Atlanta, 
 Ga., July 22, 1864, was two months in 
 Andersonville prison, exchanged Sept. 19, 
 1864, and honorably discharged on the 
 27th of the same month. He was married 
 in Sangamon county, Dec. 24, 1867, to 
 MaryJ. Semple. They have one child, 
 NELLIE D., and reside in Macon county, 
 near Illiopolis. Mrs. Mary Constant died 
 Sept., 1847, and Jonathan Constant was 
 married Nov. 26, 1848, to Lavina Crocker. 
 They had two children. MARY B., 
 born Sept. 17, 1851, married June 6, 1872, 
 to Squire Campbell, and died Nov. 19, 
 1872. LEWIS ALLEN, born Dec. 7, 
 1853, resides with his father. Mrs. La- 
 vina Constant died August 26, 1858, and 
 Jonathan Constant married Dec. 20, 1860, 
 to Mrs. Sarah Ridgeway, whose maiden 
 name was Bridges. They reside three 
 miles northwest of Mechanicsburg. 
 
 MARGARET, married in Ohio to 
 Greenbury Lanham, and had one child. 
 The father and child died in Ohio. She 
 died in Sangamon county. 
 
 NELSON, born in Clermont county, 
 Ohio, married in Sangamon county to 
 Elizabeth Walker. They have five child- 
 ren, and reside near Farmer City, DeWitt 
 county, 111. 
 
 Jacob Constant died Sept. 21, 1828, and 
 Mrs. Eleanor Constant died Sept. 4, 1835, 
 both in Mechanicsburg township, near 
 where they settled in 1826. 
 
 CON'STANT, THOMAS, 
 brother of Isaac, aUo of John, who was 
 grandfather of Rezin H., was born Aug. 14, 
 1796, in Virginia. He was married June 
 17, 1796, in Kentucky, to Margery Ed-
 
 220 
 
 EARLY SETTLERS OF 
 
 monson. They had seven children in 
 Kentucky, and moved to Xenia, Ohio. 
 From there they moved to Sangamon 
 county, 111., arriving in the fall of 1820 in 
 what is now Fancy creek township. Of 
 all their children 
 
 JOHN, born May 9, 1797, in Clarke 
 county, Ky., married in Springfield, 111., 
 to Man- Latham, daughter of Judge 
 Latham. They had four living children, 
 and Mrs. Mary Constant died May 3, 
 1841. Mr. C. was married to Elizabeth 
 Singleton. They had two children. Ot 
 the children by his first marriage, JAMES 
 T. went to California, and died there. 
 The other three were GARRETT, 
 MARY and MARIA L. The children 
 by the second marriage were JULIA and 
 JOHN. Mr. Constant died, and his 
 widow and children reside in Springfield. 
 ELIZABETH E., born June 14, 
 1799, in Clarke county, Ky.. was married 
 in Xenia, Ohio, to William F. Elkin. See 
 his name. 
 
 ARCHIBALD E., born May 10, 
 1801, in Clarke county, Ky., married in 
 Springfield, 111., to Maria Latham, daugh- 
 ter of Judge Latham. They had five 
 children; two died young. MARGERY 
 is teaching in the Bettie Stuart Institute, 
 in Springfield. MARY married Temple 
 Elliott. See his name. KATIE resides 
 among her friends. Mr. Constant came 
 to Sangamon county in 1819, settling on 
 Wolf creek; afterwards moved to Spring- 
 field, and purchased a quantity of land in 
 what is now the Third ward, and known 
 as Constant's addition. He was a Major 
 in the Black Hawk war, from Sangamon 
 county. He moved to Elkhart, Logan 
 county, about 1863. Mrs. Maria Constant 
 died there Nov. 13, 1868, and Archibald 
 E. Constant died in Elkhart, Jan. 19, 1875. 
 WILLIAM, born May, 1803, in Clarke 
 county, Ky. He was a physician, and 
 was married in Sangamon county to 
 Phoebe Johnson. She died, leaving three 
 children. Dr. Constant was married in 
 Jeffersonville, Ind., and had two children, 
 KATIE and JOHN. Dr. William Con- 
 stant died in 1865. 
 
 MART, born June 22, 1805, in Clarke 
 county, Ky., was married in Sangamon 
 county, 111., to Dr. Garrett Elkin. See 
 his name. 
 
 NATHAN E., born April 8, 180^, in 
 Clarke county, Ky., was married in San- 
 
 gamon county to Sarah Dement. Mrs. 
 Sarah Constant died, and he was married 
 August 25, 1843, to Mary M. Stewart, 
 daughter of James Stewart. See his name. 
 They had three children. WILLIAM 
 F. married Elizabeth A. Lake. They 
 have one child, and reside two miles west 
 of Williamsville. NATHAN E., Jun., 
 enlisted August, 1862, for three years, in 
 Co. G, 1 1 4th 111. Vol. Inf. He was cap- 
 tured at the battle of Guntown, Miss., 
 June n, 1864, taken to Andersonville 
 prison, where he remained three months. 
 After that to several other prisons, to 
 evade the Union army, then back to 
 Andersonville. From there to Florida, 
 and guarded in the woods until April 28, 
 1865, and released at the close of the rebel- 
 lion. He had the usual experience of 
 prisoners in the south. He and seven 
 others cooked all their rations the first 
 three months at Andersonville, in half a 
 canteen. Sometimes he would give a 
 day's rations for a chew of tobacco, and 
 not a very large chew at that. He says 
 woi'ds cannot describe the suffering that 
 was endured by the Union soldiers in 
 southern prisons. Robbery and murder 
 prevailed among the prisoners until they 
 found it necessary to organize a court and 
 a regular jury, convicted six of their num- 
 ber and hung them. He says Wirz 
 allowed them to go outside to hold the 
 trial (of course guarding them), and fur- 
 nished the lumber for the gallows. Mr. 
 C. says that although ten years have 
 elapsed since he was in that den of hor- 
 rors, when he is not well the most 
 dainty food smells to him like Anderson- 
 ville prison rations. One blanket was all 
 they were allowed for eight men. Nathan 
 E. Constant, Jun., was married, after his 
 return from the army, to Amanda Mor- 
 ton. They have three children, FANNIE 
 E., WILLIAM and FRANK, and reside three 
 miles west of Williamsville. Nathan E. 
 Constant, Sen., died August 25, 1843, and 
 his widow married Miletus W. Ellis. See 
 his name. 
 
 ISAAC, born April 5, 1809, in Clarke 
 county, Ky., was married in Sangamon 
 county, 111., Feb. 14, 1835, to Lucinda 
 Merriman, daughter of Reuben Merri- 
 man, (now residing in Oregon). They 
 had eight children. LAVINIA, born 
 March 12, 1834, in Sangamon county, 
 was married in Jackson county, Oregon,
 
 SAN GAM ON COUNTY. 
 
 221 
 
 April, 1854, to Dr. Jesse Robinson. They 
 have four living children, EDWARD c., 
 CHESTER L., THOMAS and MARY A., and 
 reside in Oakland, Cal. WILLIAM T., 
 born Nov. 2, 1836, in Sangamon county, 
 111., was married in Oregon, April 3, 1862, 
 to Jessie Bledsoe. He died August 4, 
 1867, leaving a widow and three children, 
 ISAAC, WILLIAM T. and JULIA B., in Jack- 
 son county, Oregon. ELIZABETH M., 
 born Jan. 2, 1839, in Sangamon county, 
 married Jan. i, 1856, in Jackson county, 
 Oregon, to William T. Leever. They 
 have seven living children, w. CONSTANT, 
 
 LAVINIA, IDA, EDMONSON M., JULIAN D., 
 
 THOMAS s. and ADA, and reside in Jack- 
 son county, Oregon. JULIA A., born 
 Sept. 17, 1841, in Sangamon county, was 
 married in Oregon, Dec. 5, 1861, to 
 W. A. Owen. They have five living 
 children, EUDORA, MINNIE, MABEL c., 
 GLENN and WILLIAM, and all reside in 
 Jacksonville, Oregon. MARGERY E., 
 born Feb. 5, 1845, in Sangamon county, 
 was married to Constantine Magruder, 
 April 22, 1875. They reside at Central 
 Point, Jackson county, Oregon. ELIZA 
 A., born Oct. 20, 1851, in Sangamon 
 county, 111., died March 3, 1866, in Jack- 
 son county, Oregon. Isaac Constant was 
 in the Black Hawk war from Sangamon 
 county. He went to Oregon in 1849, took 
 a claim under the homestead law, and re- 
 turned to Illinois in 1850, disposed of his 
 nroperty, and with his family and some of 
 his neighbors, emigrated to Oregon in 
 1852. They were among the first families 
 who settled there. After they arrived, 
 Mr. Constant had to go two hundred miles 
 with pack animals, for provisions. The 
 valley was teeming with Indians, but he 
 lived to see them all pass away, and sur- 
 rounded by a large circle of friends, he 
 resides near Jacksonville, Jackson county, 
 Oregon. 
 
 MAR THA, born August 23, i8ii,in 
 Xenia, Ohio, was married in Sangamon 
 county, 111., to William S. Stone. They 
 had three children; one died in infancy. 
 Of the other two, ELLEN, born in April, 
 1837, ' s unmarried. MARGERY, born 
 March, 1838, was married in 1855 to 
 Thomas Smith, of Independence, Mo. 
 They have t%vo living children. Mrs. 
 Martha Stone died in St. Louis, Mo., in 
 March, 1854. Mr. Stone died in Indepen- 
 dence, Mo., in 1870. 
 
 ADALINE, born March 28, 1813, in 
 Xenia, Ohio, was married in Sangamon 
 county, 111., March 25, 1835, to James D. 
 Allen. Of their children, MARTHA, 
 born Jan. 6, 1836, was married in Greens- 
 burg, Ky., Oct. 31, 1854, to George L. 
 Harris. They have three children living, 
 
 THOMAS A., BLANCHE and ADALINE. 
 
 George L. Harris enlisted in the 6th Kan- 
 sas Cav. Reg., and was killed July 29, 
 1864, at the battle of Fort Smith, Ark. 
 Mrs. Harris was married March 21, 1873, 
 in Shawnee, Kansas, to James Sharp. 
 They reside in Shawnee. JULIA J.. 
 born Jan. 19, 1841, in Shawnee, Kansas, 
 was married Dec. 10, 1856, in Indepen- 
 dence, Mo., to Joseph F. Hagan. He was 
 drowned in the Missouri river July 15, 
 1860. His widow married Wolf Bach- 
 rach, of Kansas City, August 9, 1865. 
 They have one daughter living. Mrs. 
 Julia Bachrach died in Kansas City, Mo., 
 June 2, 1872. HATTIE, born August 
 19, 1844, died March 13,1868. EMILY 
 F., born Nov. i, 1848, was married in 
 Shawnee. Kansas, Jan. 27, 1875, to James 
 T. Gillespie. They have one child, and 
 reside in Shawnee. THOMAS, born 
 Jan. 12, 1838, died July 21, 1845. Mr. and 
 Mrs. Allen reside at Shawnee, Kansas, 
 where they have lived for nineteen years. 
 
 MARGERY, born Nov. 24, i8"i4, in 
 Xenia, Ohio, was married in Sangamon 
 county to Josiah Francis. See his name. 
 
 LA VINIA, born Sept. 18, 1816, in 
 Xenia, Ohio, was married in Sangamon 
 county, 111., April 2, 1839, to William 
 Lavely. See his name. 
 
 EMILY, born Nov. 21, 1818, in Xenia, 
 Ohio, was married in Sangamon county 
 to N. B. Stone. They had six children ; 
 three died in infancy. 
 
 JULIA A., born Sept. 20, 1820, in 
 Xenia, Ohio, was married in Sangamon 
 county to Newton Francis. See his 
 name. 
 
 Thomas Constant died Dec. 14, 1840, 
 and Mrs. Margery Constant died March 
 i, 1842, both in Athens, Illinois. 
 
 CONSTANT, REZIN H., was 
 born July 8, 1809, in Clarke county, Ky. 
 His grandfather (John Constant) was shot 
 in the thigh by an Indian while he was 
 with a surveying party in Kentucky. He 
 lived fifteen years after, but it finally 
 caused his death. His son Jacob was the 
 father of Rezin H. Neither this John
 
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 EARL? SETTLERS OP 
 
 nor Jacob ever came to Sangamon county. 
 Rezin H. was married in his native coun- 
 ty, July 27, 1830, to Abigail D. Constant. 
 On the 9th of September following they 
 started west with the family of his father- 
 in-law who was also his uncle, Isaac 
 Constant and arrived in Springfield Oct. 
 7, 1830, just in time to experience all the 
 hardships connected with the " deep 
 snow. " R. H. Constant enlisted at 
 Springfield, June 10, 1832,111 Capt. Jesse 
 Claywell's company, Col. James Collins' 
 regiment, and Gen. James D. Henry's 
 Brigade of 111. Vol. Inf. He was com- 
 missioned Lieut., and was in the battle of 
 Wisconsin, and commanded his company 
 at the battle of Bad Axe, August 5, 1832, 
 which terminated the Black Hawk war. 
 Mr. Constant was one of the representa- 
 tives of Sangamon county in the legisla- 
 ture of Illinois for 1846 and '47. They 
 had eight children in Sangamon county, 
 namely 
 
 SARAH A., born Jan. n, 1831, mar- 
 ried in Sangamon county to Henry B. 
 Grubb. They have five children, RICH- 
 ARD, CATHARINE, ROBERT, 
 GEORGE and HARLAND, and live in 
 Springfield. 
 
 AMANDA, born Feb. n, 1833, mar ' 
 ried Charles Dougherty. See his name, 
 She died, leaving three children. 
 
 AMY, born Oct. 10, 1834, died in San- 
 gamon county, July 25, 1852. 
 
 ALFRED S., born August 19, 1836, 
 married in Sangamon county to Mary E. 
 Wilson. They have four living children, 
 JAMES R., FRANK, LUCIAN L. 
 and HARRY W. Alfred S. Constant 
 enlisted July 25, 1862, in Co. I, i I4th 111. 
 Inf., for three years. Served until Jan. 
 16, 1863, when he was discharged on ac- 
 count of physical disability. He resides 
 near Barclay. 
 
 ELIZABETH P., born March 15, 
 1839, married in Sangamon county to 
 Nmian M. Taylor. See his name. 
 
 THOMAS S., born April 30, 1841, 
 died in Sangamon county, March 26, 
 
 '857; 
 
 GEORGE M., born Jan. 31, 1844, en- 
 listed at Springfield, June, 1862, for three 
 months, in the 7oth 111. Vol. Inf. Served 
 full time, and was honorably discharged 
 with the regiment. He was married to 
 Margaret E. Bates. They have two 
 
 children, CRESSEY and PEARL, and 
 reside at Mason City, 111. 
 
 MART C., born April 22, 1846, mar- 
 ried in Sangamon county to David A. 
 Taylor. See his name. They live near 
 Gibson, Ford county. 
 
 Mrs. Abigail D. Constant died August 
 1 1, 1846, and Rezin H. Constant was mar- 
 ried Sept. 27, 1847,10 Mrs. Mary L. Har- 
 bert, whose maiden name was Halbert. 
 They had three children 
 
 CORDELIA P., born April i, 1849, 
 in Sangamon county, married there to 
 Dr. Hamilton R. Riddle. See his name. 
 
 I REN A, born Sept. 7, 1851, in San- 
 gamon county, married Dr. Isaac H. Tay- 
 lor. See his name. 
 
 SABRA G., born April 5, 1853, in 
 Sangamon county, married Feb. 21, 1872, 
 to Russel O. Riddle. See his name. 
 
 Mrs. Mary L. Constant died May 18, 
 1863, and Rezin H. Constant resides in 
 Clear Lake township, near Barclay. 
 
 CONSTANT, JOHN/ bom 
 Sept. 13,1781, in a fort or picketed station 
 in Clarke county, Ky. He was married 
 March 1 1 , 1802, to Susan Edminston, who 
 was bornJuly 27, 1783. They had eleven 
 children in Clarke county, Ky., three of 
 whom died young, and the family moved 
 in company with Robert Cass and family 
 to Sangamon county, 111., arriving Oct. 7, 
 1826, at Buffalo Hart Grove. Of their 
 eight children 
 
 MIRIAM, born Dec. 6, 1802, married 
 in Kentucky, August 25, 1825, to Nathan- 
 iel Massey, and came with her parents to 
 Sangamon county. They had one child, 
 SUSAN, that died at fourteen years. 
 Mrs. Massey married John Sinclair. See 
 his name, with the C or r ell family. 
 
 JOHN W., born Oct. 29, 1804, in 
 Clarke county, Ky., married there, Aug. 
 i, 1826, to Lucinda Cass, and moved to 
 Sangamon county with his father in the 
 fall of that year. Thev had four children : 
 ARMINTA J., born 'August 6, 1827, in 
 Sangamon county, married Horace B. 
 Enos. See his name. JOHN T., born 
 Feb. 13, 1830, married April 16, 1854, to 
 Elizabeth C. Burns. They had six child- 
 ren, two of whom died under three years. 
 MATTIE s., ROBERT F., EMMA M. and 
 CORA K. reside with their parents at Buf- 
 falo Hart Station. ZACARIAH, born 
 August i, 1832, died Oct. 31, 1856. 
 WM. R., born Sept. 26, 1833, enlisted
 
 SAN GAM ON COUNTY. 
 
 223 
 
 August, 1862, for three years, in Co. A., 
 73d 111. Inf. He had two fingers shot 
 from his right hand at the battle of Stone's 
 river. Served to the end of the rebellion, 
 and was honorably discharged with his 
 regiment. He was married March 14, 
 1867, to Mary A. Perry. They have two 
 children, and reside near Sabetha, Nemaha 
 county, Kan. Mrs. Lucinda Constant died 
 Feb. 23, 1836. and John W. Constant was 
 married March 22, 1838, to Susan Grove. 
 They had one child, ADAM H., born 
 April 26, 1839, enlisted July 26, 1862, in 
 Co. I, i i4th 111. Inf., for three years. 
 Served full term, and was honorably dis- 
 charged August 8, 1865. He was married 
 August 26, 1862, (one month after he en- 
 listed), to Mary F. Greening. They had 
 three children. ULYSSES GKANT died 
 young. ALFRED H. and GERSHOM K. 
 live with their parents, three miles east of 
 Buffalo Hart Station. John W. Constant 
 died August 29, 1838, eight months before 
 the birth of his son, Adam H. His wid- 
 ow resides with her son, Adam H. 
 
 JACOB D., born Oct. 15, 1807, in 
 Clarke county, Ky., married April 4, 1832, 
 in Sangamon county, to Sarah Correll. 
 They had four living children. LOUISA 
 J., born Feb. 18, 1833, married Geoi'ge 
 McDaniel. See his name. MARY E., 
 born August 8, 1834, died March 23, 1851. 
 HARRIET L., born Dec. 31, 1835, tlied 
 Mav 26, 1855. SUSAN, born June 20, 
 1837, marr i ef i Augustus Bruce; had three 
 children. HELEN died in her third year. 
 ADELAIDE and WILLIAM reside with their 
 parents, at Corinne, Box Elder county, 
 Utah. Mrs. Sarah Constant died Feb. 8, 
 1842, and Jacob D. Constant married Han- 
 nah Garretson. They had two children. 
 ANN E., born Sept. 20, 1844, married 
 Eleazer Tuttle, have two children, and 
 live in Atlanta. THOMAS, born Jan. 
 19, 1846, lives with Robert McDaniel. 
 Jacob D. Constant died Oct. 19, 1846, and 
 Mrs. Hannah Constant died Oct. 22, 1850, 
 both in Buffalo Hart Grove. 
 
 MAR(rERY, born March 20, 1810, in 
 Clarke county, Ky., married to Isaac 
 Dawson, and died without children, Feb., 
 1845, in Sangamon county. 
 
 HARRIET L., born "Dec. 22, 1811, in 
 Clarke county, Ky., married in Sangamon 
 county, Aug. 13, 1829, to Isaac L. Skin- 
 ner. They had one child, SALLY, 
 born Jan. 10, 1831, (in time of the " deep 
 
 snow.") She went to Clark county, Ky., 
 on a visit, and was there married, Feb. 6, 
 1851, to Henry Hall. They had two 
 children. Mrs. Hall died May 29, 1860, 
 at Kankakee. BELLE and ISAAC N. Hall 
 reside with their father at Momence, Kan- 
 kakee county, 111. Isaac L. Skinner went 
 to Kentucky to visit his father, and died 
 there Aug. 26, 1831. His widow married 
 in Sangamon county, Nov. H, 1838, to 
 James W. Langston. See his name. 
 
 THOMAS E., born Nov. 15, 1813, in 
 Kentucky, died in Sangamon county Sept. 
 9, 1830. ' 
 
 WILL I AM A., born Jan. 29, 1816, in 
 Clarke county, Ky., married in Sangamon 
 county, March, 1842, to Mary A. Starr. 
 They had seven children. JOHN E., 
 born March 29, 1843, enlisted at Spring- 
 field, 111., July 20, 1861, for three years, in 
 what became Co. B, nth Mo. Inf.; re- 
 enlisted as a veteran in same company and 
 regiment, Jan. i, 1864, and was honorably 
 discharged Jan. 15, 1866. He was married 
 Jan. 15, 1871, to Hester F. King, have one 
 child, EARL, and live near Buffalo* Hart 
 station. HARRISON CLAY, born 
 Sept. 14, 1844, married Nov. 12, 1867, to 
 Mary E. Enos. They have one child, 
 CHARLES EDWARD, and reside one mile 
 east of Buffalo Hart station. ALLEN 
 S., born Aug. 7, 1846, enlisted May 3, 
 1864, in Co. I, 1 33d 111. Inf., for one hun- 
 dred days, and was drowned July, 1864, 
 at Rock Island, while bathing in the 
 Mississippi river. EMMA, born Aug. 
 12, 1848, ALICE, born Dec. i, 1850, re- 
 side with their mother. HARVEY, 
 born July 14, 1853, died Oct. 9, 1860. 
 WILLIAM T., born Oct. 13, 1855, re- 
 sides with his mother. William A. Con- 
 stant died Aug. 15, 1855, and his widow 
 married March, 1857, to Casper Byerline. 
 They have two children, CHARLES F. 
 and NOAH, and reside one mile east of 
 Buffalo Hart station. 
 
 ELIZA J., born Oct. 23, 1821, died 
 Oct. 19, 1837. 
 
 John Constant died Nov. 18, 1835, and 
 his widow, Susan Constant, died March 
 1 8, 1864, both in Sangamon county. 
 
 CONSTANT, ISAAC, brothcr 
 of Thomas, Abigail, John and Jacob. He- 
 was born April 3, 1789, in Clarke county, 
 Ky.; was married July 4, 1811, in the 
 same county, to Amy Dean. They had 
 eight children in Kentucky, one of whom
 
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 EARLY SETTLERS OF 
 
 died there. The family moved to Sanga- 
 mon county, 111., arriving Oct. 7, 1830, in 
 what is now Williams township. Of their 
 seven children 
 
 JOHN, born July 7, 1812, in Ken- 
 tucky, died in Sangamon county Sept. 20, 
 
 iS35- 
 
 REBECCA, born Aug. 21, 1813, in 
 
 Kentuckv, died in Sangamon county Nov. 
 18, 1832.' 
 
 ABIGAIL D., born May 3, 1815, in 
 Kentucky, married Rezin H. Constant. 
 See his name. 
 
 MART A., born Dec. 23, 1816, in 
 Kentucky, married in Sangamon county 
 to Miletus W. Ellis. See his name. 
 
 GEORGE W., born Oct. 23, 1818, in 
 Clarke county, Ky., married in Sangamon 
 county, 111., Nov. 26, 1840, to Martha B. 
 Stewart. They had three children in 
 Sangamon county. WILLIAM S. mar- 
 ried Parthenia Bates. They have one 
 child, and live two miles northwest of 
 Williamsville. JAMES H. married 
 Mary Keagle. They have two living 
 children, WILLIAM and LUCY, and live two 
 and a half miles northwest of Williams- 
 ville. MARY A. married March 29, 
 1871, to James H. Groves, and reside two 
 miles east of Williamsville. Mrs. Martha 
 B. Constant died June i, 1850. G. W. 
 Constant was married Oct. 7, 1852, to 
 Mary W. Stapleford. She was born in 
 Milford, Kent county, Del., and came to 
 Springfield Oct. 14, 1836, in company 
 with her brother-in-law, Benjamin S. 
 Clements, who was the first Mayor of 
 Springfield. George W. Constant and 
 wife reside at Williamsville. 
 
 A VERT G., born June 8, 1821, in 
 Kentucky, married in Sangamon county 
 to Louisa Fisher. They had six children. 
 JULIA, the third child, married James 
 Bates. See his name. ELLEN and 
 ALBERT died young. CHARLES A. 
 lives .in Springfield. ISAAC F. and 
 A VERY live with their mother. Averv 
 G. Constant died March 6, 1858, and his 
 widow resides at Williamsville. 
 
 .SAM TEL D., born Feb. 21, 1823, 
 died, aged six years, in Kentucky. 
 
 JAMES, born July 12, 1825, in Ken- 
 tucky, died in Sangamon county March 2, 
 1842. 
 
 "*"Tsaac Constant died Dec. 25, 1854, and 
 his widow died July 7, 1860, both in Wil- 
 liams township. 
 
 COOPER, A M BROSE, brother 
 to Meredith, was born Dec. 18, 1796, in 
 Botetourt county, Va., and taken by his 
 parents to Smith county, Tenn., where he 
 was married to Mary Kilbraith. They 
 had two children in Tenn., and in 1821 
 moved to St. Clair county, 111., where they 
 had one child, and moved to Sangamon 
 county in the fall of 1823, and settled two 
 miles east of the present town -of Sher- 
 man, where they had one child. Of their 
 four children 
 
 HUGH L., born in Tennessee, and 
 married in Sangamon county, to Elizabeth 
 Taylor. They moved to Iowa, where he 
 died, leaving a widow and five children. 
 One of them married and remained in 
 Iowa. The mother and four children 
 moved to Piatt county, 111. Two of the 
 sons married there, and moved to Kansas. 
 The widow and two children live in 
 Piatt county. 
 
 WILLIAM, born in Tennessee, 
 raised in Sangamon county, went to Cal- 
 ifornia, and was married there to Sarah 
 Ide. He came back to Sangamon coun- 
 ty, and after a stay of some years, started 
 on his return to California with his family. 
 He died at sea, one day's sail from New 
 Orleans, leaving a widow and two child- 
 ren. ANN E. is married and lives at 
 Lebanon, Linn county, Oregon. ALICE 
 and her mother reside at Red Bluff, 
 Tehama county, Cal. 
 
 ANN, born in St. Clair county, married 
 Samuel Yocom. See his name. 
 
 MEREDITH C., born May 29, 1824, 
 in Sangamon county, married in 1846 to 
 Frances A. Chapman. They have five 
 children, and live in Williams township. 
 
 Mrs. Mary Cooper died Oct. 17, 1827. 
 Ambrose Cooper was a soldier from San- 
 gamon county in the Black Hawk war, 
 in 1831, and when the campaign was over 
 he went to the Galena lead mines, remain- 
 ing until the spring of 1832, where he en- 
 listed in another campaign against the 
 Indians, and was in the battles that 
 finally subdued them. He returned to 
 Sangamon countv, and was married in 
 April, 1836, to Eliza Wilson. They had 
 seven children, four of whom died young. 
 
 STEPHEN L., born May 6, 1840, in 
 Sangamon county, enlisted in Springfield, 
 July 20, 1861, for three years, in what be- 
 came Co. B, nth Mo. Inf., served full 
 term, and was honorably discharged Aug.
 
 SANGAMON COUNTY. 
 
 225 
 
 i, 1864. He was married Oct. 11, 1865, to 
 Rebecca Summers, who was born Nov. 
 5, 1842, in Bracken county, Ky. They 
 have two children, RUFUS and AL- 
 VEY, and live near Dawson. 
 
 HENRY, born Aug. 12, 1842, enlisted 
 in Springfield July 20, 1861, in what be- 
 came Co. B, nth Mo. Inf., for three 
 years; re-enlisted as a veteran January, 
 1864, and was honorably discharged Jan. 
 20, 1866, and resides with his parents. 
 
 DABNEY, born Sept. 2, 1846, lives 
 with his parents. 
 
 Ambrose Cooper and wife are now 
 (1874) both living one mile south of Bar- 
 clay. 
 
 COOPER, MEDEDITH,born 
 April 7, 1792, in Botetourt county, Va. 
 His parents moved to Smith county, 
 Tenn., when he was a young man. Polly 
 Witcher was born July 21, 1794, in Cocke 
 county, Tenn., and her parents moved to 
 Smith county when she was but fifteen 
 years of age. Meredith Cooper and 
 Polly Witcher were there married, June 16, 
 1812. In September of that year Mr. 
 Cooper enlisted for three months in a 
 Tennessee regiment, and served four 
 months against the Indians in Alabama, 
 who were the allies of the British govern- 
 ment, with whom we were then at war. 
 Mr. and Mrs. Cooper had two children in 
 Tennessee. In the spring of 1817 Mr. 
 Cooper went to St. Clair county, 111., 
 raised a crop, and returning, brought his 
 family in the fall of that year. The mov- 
 ing was done on two horses, as there were 
 no wagon roads; and if there had been, 
 they were unable to own a wagon. As a 
 specimen of real life at that time, I give 
 the statement of Mrs. Cooper, now quite 
 aged, that she rode one horse, carried a 
 child in her arms, and with a feather bed 
 lashed to the saddle behind, wended her 
 way, while her husband carried the other 
 child, with all the household goods and 
 farm implements he could put on the other 
 horse. Three of their children were born 
 in St. Clair county. The fame of the rich 
 soil of the San-ga-ma country was known 
 in St. Clair county, and Mr. and Mrs. 
 Cooper resolved to emigrate thither. This 
 time they put all their worldly goods and 
 five children in an ox-cart, and arrived in 
 the autumn of 1823 in what is now called 
 Fancy Creek township, near the present 
 29 
 
 town of Sherman, where they had seven 
 children. Of all their children 
 
 MARTHA, born Oct. 26, 1814, in 
 Tennessee, married in Sangamon county 
 to William Branson. See his name. 
 
 JAMES W., born Sept. 16, 1816, in 
 Tennessee, was married in Sangamon 
 county to Zarilda Taylor. They had four 
 children. MELISSA married Charles 
 Wood. They have one child, and live 
 near Edinburg, 111. PRISCILLA mar- 
 ried James Wright. They have four 
 children, and live near Riverton. JAS. 
 M. married Ellen McGinnis. They have 
 two children, and live three miles south- 
 east of Williamsville. AMBROSE died 
 Jan. 27, 1874, in Williams township. 
 James W. Cooper went to Texas, hoping 
 to improve his health, and died there in 
 1853. His widow died the next year in 
 Sangamon county. 
 
 MINERVA, born Sept. 21, 1818, in 
 St. Clair county, 111., was married in San- 
 gamon county to Jesse Yocom. See his 
 name. 
 
 MARGARET y.,born Sept. i, 1820, 
 in St. Clair county, was married in Sanga- 
 mon county to George W. Yocom. See 
 his name. Three of their children, 
 NETTIE, CLARA and MINNIE, died 
 in the winter of 1876. 
 
 MARY, born July 28, 1822, in St. Clair 
 county, was married in Sangamon county, 
 111., Jan. 30, 1851, to John Wilson, who 
 was born Feb. i, 1821, in Dumfriesshire, 
 Scotland. They have three children, 
 ANN, JAMES M. and THOMAS H., 
 and reside one and a half miles east of 
 Riverton. 
 
 NANCY, born May 7, 1825, in Sanga- 
 mon county, married John Keagle. They 
 have seven children. CHARLOTTE 
 married Nathan Hussy. See his name. 
 SIDNEY married Samuel Smith. She 
 died, leaving one child, LETITIA, who 
 married Silas Skinner and died. JOSEPH, 
 SUSAN, HARLAN P. and HAR- 
 RISA B., reside with their parents in 
 Logan county, 111. 
 
 REBECCA, born Aug. u, 1827, in 
 Sangamon county, married James Mills. 
 She died Oct., 1871, in Sangamon county. 
 James Mills died in the spring of 1874, in 
 Moultrie county. Of their children: 
 MARY F. married Samuel Harsh, and 
 resides near Sullivan. LOUISA and
 
 226 
 
 EARLY SETTLERS OF 
 
 EMMA reside near Sullivan, Moultrie 
 county, 111. 
 
 AMBROSE, born Sept. 13, 1829, in 
 Sangamon county, married Dorothy 
 Keagle. They have five children, MARY 
 J., JOHN M., AUGUSTA, GEORGE 
 E. L. and JAMES W., and reside near 
 Brownsville, Mo. 
 
 DA VID D., born August 10, 1831, in 
 Sangamon county, ma.rried Juliet With- 
 row. They have seven children, SUSIE, 
 JAMES A., DOUGLAS, LEE, AU- 
 GUSTA and EUGENE, and reside one 
 and a half miles east of Sherman. 
 
 ROBERT, born July 8, 1834, in San- 
 gamon county, was married Feb. 9, 1869, 
 to Lavina Garner, who was born in Wash- 
 ington county, Indiana. They live near 
 Sherman, Sangamon county, 111. 
 
 MEREDITH, Jun., born Sept. u, 
 1836, in Sangamon county, was married 
 in March, 1873, to Mrs. Emma Jones, 
 whose maiden- name was Watson. They 
 have one child, ANNA LEONORA, 
 and reside in east St. Louis, 111. 
 
 LOUISA, born Feb. 3, 1839, in San- 
 gamon county, was married Dec. 26, 1855, 
 to Isaac M. Raynolds, who was born in 
 Pike county, Ohio. They have five child- 
 ren, CHARLES M.JAMES A., POL- 
 LY E., EDWIN S. and BERTHA M., 
 and reside one and a half miles east of 
 Sherman. The place was for many years 
 a trading post for the Indians, and from 
 about 1832 to 1856 was the family home- 
 stead of the Coopers. Some of the 
 younger members of the family i - emember 
 a visit to their house by Abraham Lincoln 
 on business. A large back log had just 
 been put on. It was cut from the fork of 
 a tree, and one limb projected quite a dis- 
 tance up the chimney. The children 
 were greatly amused to witness Mr. Lin- 
 coln's interest in trying to determine how 
 they brought it through the door and put 
 it in the fireplace. Meredith Cooper, 
 Sen., died Nov. i, 1870, in Williams 
 township, and his widow resides with 
 their daughter, Mrs. Raynolds. 
 
 COOPER, JOHN, born in 1772, 
 married in South Carolina, ai.d seven of 
 his children were born there. He moved 
 with his family to Jefferson county, Tenn 
 Some of his children preceded him to 
 Sangamon county. He came with his 
 wife Elizabeth, and remaining children, 
 about 1822, to what is now Cooper town- 
 
 ship. Nine daughters and three sons 
 came to Sangamon county. The follow- 
 ing are the names of the daughters, 
 with the surnames of the men they 
 married 
 
 BETST, Moffit: NANCY, Smith; 
 MART, Smith; LTD I A, Moore; 
 RACHEL, Bragg; FANNY, Dicker- 
 son; LUCY, Mathews; EDITH, Saun- 
 ders; and SUSANNAH, Keagle. 
 
 Mrs. Elizabeth Cooper died March 10, 
 
 1845, an d J onn Cooper died April 10, 
 
 1846, both in Cooper township. Of their 
 three sons 
 
 COOPER, EP HRI AM, brother 
 to Rev. John and Jacob Cooper. He was 
 born about 1802. in Jefferson county, 
 Tenn., came to Illinois when a young 
 man, married, raised a family in Christian 
 county, and died there Feb. 20, 1847. 
 
 COOPER, JOHN, was born 
 June 3, 1794, in South Carolina, and was 
 taken bv his parents to Jefferson county, 
 Tenn., where he was married to Susannah 
 Peyton, had one child, JULIA G., and 
 Mrs. Cooper died. Mr. Cooper was mar- 
 ried in the same county to Susannah 
 Giger, who was born Sept. 26, 1795, had 
 two children in Tennessee, and moved to 
 Sangamon county, 111., arriving April 2, 
 1820, and settled two miles north of where 
 Rochester now stands and one year later 
 moved to what is now Cooper township, 
 south of the Sangamon river. They had 
 nine children in Sangamon county. Of 
 all his children 
 
 JULIA G., born Feb. i, 1814, mar- 
 ried in Sangamon county to John Weicli. 
 He died in 1840, leaving three children. 
 JOHN <C. died, aged seventeen. WIL- 
 LIAM H. married Harriet Cooper. He 
 enlisted in 1861 in Co. C, 27th 111. Inf., 
 for three years, re-enlisted as a veteran 
 Jan. i, 1864, and was severely wounded. 
 He died January, 1870, and Mrs. Welch 
 died later. They left two children. 
 JAMES S. WELCH is a practicing phy- 
 sician at Sullivan, Moultrie county, 111. 
 Mrs. Julia G. Welch married Chesley 
 Dickerson. They had one child. SUSAN- 
 XAH married David Clark, and resides 
 at Breckenridge. Chesley Dickerson died 
 in 1846, and Mrs. Julia G. Dickerson 
 married Daniel D. Johnson. See his 
 name. They i - eside near Breckenridge. 
 
 Children of John Cooper by the second 
 marriasre
 
 SANG AM ON COUNT*. 
 
 227 
 
 MARY A., born Aug. 18, 1817, in 
 Tennessee, married in Sangamon county 
 to Lewis Churchill. See his name, 
 
 WILE}' 6 1 ., born July 30, 1819, in 
 Tennessee, married in Sangamon county 
 to Eliza Clawson, and live in Shelbyville. 
 
 LEWIS W., born Aug. 5, 1822,^11 
 Sangamon county, married to Elizabeth 
 Todd. He died July 19, 1872. 
 
 BENJAMIN H., born Nov. 1 1, 1824, 
 died Aug. i, 1841, aged seventeen. 
 
 PATRICK, born June 29, 1826, in 
 Sangamon county, married Elizabeth 
 Firey, have four children, JOHN H., 
 JACOB P., MARY E. and LAURA 
 B., and reside near Edinburg, Christian 
 county, 111. 
 
 JAMES M., born Aug. 3, 1828, in 
 Sangamon county, married April, 1851, 
 to Mary A. Sutcliffe. They had three 
 children, and all died under five years. 
 Mrs. Cooper died Dec. 29, 1858. James M. 
 Cooper was married Feb. 14, 1860, at 
 Rochester, to Susan Stier, who was born 
 May 19, 1833, in Harrison county, Va. 
 They had four children, EMELINE F., 
 IDA B., JAMES F. and MARY 
 MAUD, and reside in Cooper township, 
 fives miles east of Rochester, on a part of 
 the farm where his parents settled in 1821, 
 and where Mr. Cooper was born. 
 
 Ml VERY A y., born June 12, 1830, 
 died in Sangamon county March 4, 1842. 
 
 SARAH A., born Nov. 2, 1832, in 
 Sangamon county, married William T. 
 Sudduth. See his name. 
 
 JOHN S., born Aug. 14, 1836, in 
 Sangamon county, married to Minerva 
 Ross, who was born in Ohio They have 
 three children, AMY, SARAH ELIZA 
 and ANNIE, and reside at Shelbyville, 
 Illinois. 
 
 GEORGE G., born June 8, 1839, in 
 Sangamon county, died Nov. 10, 1842. 
 
 Mrs. Susannah Cooper died Sept. 21, 
 
 1859, and Rev. John Cooper died January, 
 
 1860, both in Cooper township. He was 
 a local minister in the M. E. church, and 
 preached almost as regularly as the minis- 
 ters in the traveling connection. He sol- 
 emnized the marriage of many couple 
 among the early settlers. He was a jus- 
 tice of the peace and one of the county 
 commissioners for many years, and when 
 the township organization was affected 
 his name was given to the township in 
 
 which he lived as a mark of respect to his 
 memory. 
 
 COOPER, JACOB, was born 
 Dec. 18, 1800, in Jefferson county, Tenn., 
 was married there to Anna Walden. One 
 child was born in Tennessee, and they 
 came to Sangamon county, 111., with his 
 brother, Rev. John Cooper, in 1819. 
 Their second child was born in Sangamon 
 county. One child died, and Mrs. Anna 
 Cooper died Feb. 22, 1830. Jacob Cooper 
 was married to Jane Kelly, daughter of 
 William Kelly, of Springfield. They 
 had five children. Of his children 
 
 JOHN WESLETvfas born Dec. 18, 
 1822, in Sangamon county ; went to Mis- 
 souri when grown, and married there to 
 Anna Waldron. He died there, leaving 
 a widow and two children. 
 
 Children of the second marriage were 
 
 MELCINA A., born Nov. 22, 1830, 
 in Sangamon county, married March 3, 
 
 1848, to Milton D. McCoy. See his name. 
 
 MEL VINA C., born Aug. 27, 1832, 
 
 in Sangamon county, married Dec. 27, 
 
 1849, to Benjamin F. Stokes. See his 
 name. She died Sept. 15, 1850. 
 
 ELZIRAH C., born May 29, 1834, 
 married Benjamin F. Stokes. See his 
 name. 
 
 ALMARINDA, born June 26, 1836, 
 married Joseph A. Waddell. They have 
 six children, and reside in Rochester town- 
 ship. 
 
 WILLIAM JAMEISON, born Jan. 
 4, 1844, in Sangamon county, married 
 Dec. 7, 1865, to Mattie S. West, of 
 Rochester. They have two children, 
 NORA BELL and MATTIE. Mrs. 
 Mattie Cooper died April 25, 1873, and 
 Wm. J. Cooper married Dec. 31, 1874, *x> 
 Leonora O'Leary, of East. St. Louis. W. 
 J. Cooper resides two miles south of 
 Rochester. 
 
 Jacob Cooper died Aug. 22, 1864, and 
 Mrs. Jane Cooper died Aug. 24, 1864, 
 both in Sangamon county, 111. 
 
 COOK, ELI, was born Nov. 4, 
 1809, in Butler county, Ohio, and married 
 there, April 7, 1829. to Sarah Jones, who 
 was born Feb. 2, 1809, in Preble county, 
 Ohio. They moved to Indiana, and from 
 there to Effingham county, 111., thence to 
 Springfield, in 1837. Of their nine child- 
 ren, two died young, and of the other 
 seven
 
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 EARLY SETTLERS OF 
 
 E ME LINE, born March 7, 1832, in 
 Indiana, was married in Springfield, July 
 4, 1850, to William Morgan. Their only 
 child, FRANKLIN, is a printer, and 
 lives in Springfield. She married for a 
 second time, April 22, 1857, to John Fuller. 
 They have one child, CLARENCE. 
 Mrs. Emeline Fuller is now a widow, and 
 lives in Springfield. 
 
 AD ALINED born Sept. 6, 1833, in 
 Efringham county, 111., was married in 
 Springfield, Oct. 28, 1850, to George 
 Fessenden, a native of Boston, Mass. 
 They have three children. ASA, a tele- 
 graph operator, lives in Springfield, 111. 
 JULIA and ISABEL, the two latter re- 
 side with their mother, in Chicago. 
 
 ANGELINE, born Sept. 6, 1833, in 
 Effingham county, 111., was married in 
 Springfield to James W. Watson. See 
 his name. 
 
 H. FRANKLIN, born Sept. 14, 1836, 
 in Butler county, Ohio, was married in 
 Springfield, Dec. 23, '1858, to Lucinda 
 Parker, adopted daughter of J. E. Roll. 
 They had one living child, LEONARD, 
 and Mrs. Lucinda Cook died Sept. 10, 
 1864. Mr. Cook was married in Spring- 
 field, Aug. i, 1872, to Rebecca E. Baird, 
 a native of New Jersey. H. Franklin 
 Cook is a commercial traveler, with resi- 
 dence in Springfield. 
 
 MART E., born May 20, 1833, in San- 
 gamon county, was married in Spring- 
 field, Sept. 24, 1863, to Charles H. Ed- 
 mands, who was born in Charlestown, 
 Mass., Jan. 10, 1832. They had six child- 
 ren; four died young. FREDERICK D. 
 and GEORGE A. reside with their pa- 
 rents, in Springfield, 111. Hr. Edmands 
 is a manufacturer and dealer in stoves and 
 tinware. 
 
 ^ JULIA R., born Dec. 16, 1839, in 
 Springfield, was married Feb. 21, 1861, to 
 James Gormley, of New Jersey. They 
 have three children, DORA, MAY and 
 AUSTIN, and live in Virginia City, 
 Montana. 
 
 ELB RIDGE C., born June 29, 
 1841, in Springfield, is married, and lives 
 in Cicero, Indiana. 
 
 Mr. Eli Cook was a hatter by trade, 
 and followed that business in Springfield. 
 He was Mayor of the city three terms, in 
 1846, '47 and '48. In 1849 he left for the 
 Pacific coast, and died in Nevada City, 
 
 California, March 25, 1853. His widow 
 resides in Springfield. 
 
 CORRELL, LEVI, was born 
 June 22, 1767, in New Jersey. When a 
 young man he went to Kentucky, and 
 was married Nov. 6, 1794, in Bath county, 
 to Mary Hicklin. They had eleven 
 children, four of whom died young. Of 
 the other seven 
 
 JOSEPH, born Oct. 8, 1795, died 
 when a young man. 
 
 ELIZABETH, born Jan. 18, 1797, 
 in Harrison county, Ky., married March 
 23, 1820, to Jonathan McDaniel. See his 
 name. 
 
 HUGH, born July 6, 1804, in Harrison 
 county, Ky. He was married May 2, 
 1826, in that county, to Mary Y. Sinclair. 
 They had two children in Kentucky, and 
 moved to Sangamon county, 111., arriving 
 in the fall of 1830 in what is now Mechan- 
 icsburg township, where they had four 
 children. Of their six children, ELIZA- 
 BETH, born May 9, 1827, in Kentucky, 
 married in Sangamon county to Robert 
 P. McDaniel. See his name. He died, 
 and she married James H. McDaniel. 
 See his name. CYRUS, born July 16, 
 1829, in Kentucky, came with his parents 
 to Sangamon county, married at Concord, 
 Morgan county, to Mary Brown. Cyrus 
 Correll died Dec. 23, 1868, in Sangamon 
 county, leaving one child, CORA, residing 
 with her mother, who is the wife of Pierce 
 Kiser, and lives in Mechanicsburg. COR- 
 DELIA, born Feb. 23, 1833, in Sanga- 
 mon county, married Feb. 18, 1858, to 
 John M. Carpenter, who was born March 
 26, 1829, in Butler county, O., and came 
 to Sangamon county in 1850. They have 
 three children, WINFORD H., DORA B. and 
 MINNIE c., and reside three and a half 
 miles northeast of Buffalo. DAVID, 
 born March 29, 1836, in Sangamon coun- 
 ty, is unmarried, and resides two and a 
 half miles south of Dawson. STEPHEN, 
 born May 12, 1838, in Sangamon county, 
 married March 12, 1868, to Ann M. Sem- 
 ple, who was born Dec. 29, 1846, in Ire- 
 land. They have two children, WILLIE 
 and MARY D., and reside two and a half 
 miles south of Dawson, at the family 
 homestead. MARY, born Sept. 7, 1840, 
 in Sangamon county, married Mar., 1864, 
 to Jesse Wheelin. Mr. Wheelin died Feb. 
 i, 1871, and Mrs. W. died Aug. 21, 1871. 
 Their only living child, CYRUSE., born July
 
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 229 
 
 8, 1865, in Sangamon county, resides at the 
 family homestead, two and a half miles south 
 of Dawson. Hugh Correll died June I, 
 1854, and his widow died Sept. 7, 1874, 
 both where they settled in 1832, on the farm 
 two and a half miles south of Dawson. 
 
 MARTHA, born March 13, 1806, in 
 Kentucky, married Hugh McDonald. 
 They had five children and moved to 
 Texas, where Mr. McDonald and two 
 sons, JAMES and THOMAS, and a 
 daughter, MARTHA, died. Mrs. Mar- 
 tha McDonald returned, and died in San- 
 gamon county. MARY E. married Mr. 
 Glider, and lives in Decatur, Texas. 
 SUSAN died at Quincy 111., September, 
 1875. ANNA resides with her uncle, 
 Thomas Correll. 
 
 THOMAS, born Jan. 18, 1808, in Har- 
 rison county, Ky. He was there married. 
 Oct. 7, 1830, to Sally McDaniel. (She 
 was born Aug. 28, i8n,in Clarke county, 
 Ky.) They moved immediately after 
 they were married to Sangamon county, 
 111., arriving in the fall of 1830111 Mechan- 
 icsburg township, where they had eight 
 children. Of their children, M. MAR- 
 GARET, born July 13, 1832, married 
 Edwin Tomlin. See his name. WIL- 
 LIAM FLETCHER, born Oct. 16,1833, 
 married Feb. 25, 1868, to E. Fannie Pur- 
 viance. They have two children, FRANK 
 and KATE, and reside in Macon county, 
 111., two and a half miles southeast of Illi- 
 opolis. D. SIMPSON, born Sept. 3, 
 1835, married Feb. 25, 1874, to Lizzie 
 Peclen, who was born Oct. 19, 1855, in 
 Morgan county, O. They live two miles 
 south of Illinois. WARNER H., born 
 May i, 1837, married Dec. 20, 1866, to 
 Anna Simpson, who died in 1867, and he 
 married March, 1871, to Lizzie St. Clair. 
 They have three children, THOMAS, SAM- 
 UEL and ESSIE MAY, and live near Pleas- 
 ant Plains, 111. CORNELIUS, born 
 May 19, 1839, married March 12, 1863, to 
 Carrie A. Cass. She was born Dec., 1845, 
 and was a daughter of William Riley 
 Cass. They had two children, FLORA c. 
 and VIRGIL, and Mrs. Correll died 
 April i, 1866. Mr. Correll was mar- 
 ried Nov. 16, 1869, to Lidie N. Davies, in 
 Philadelphia. She was born there May 
 30, 1843, of Scotch and English parents, 
 and graduated in 1865 in one of the insti- 
 tutions of learning in her native city. They 
 had three children, FANNY MARY, JESSIE 
 
 NEWTON and HEBER WILBER; the latter 
 died in infancy, and Mrs. Lidie N. Correll 
 died March 23, 1874. Cornelius Correll 
 is a graduate in the Law department of 
 Michigan University, Ann Arbor. He is 
 now a member of the firm of Correll & Co., 
 druggists, Springfield. JOHN, born June 
 5, 1841, resides with his parents. LEVI 
 S., born Aug. 14, 1843. He is a graduate 
 of the Medical department of Ann Arbor 
 University, Michigan. He is member of 
 the firm of Correll & Co., composed of 
 the brothers Cornelius, John and Levi S., 
 druggists, Springfield. Levi S. was'mar- 
 ried July 8, 1874, in Springfield, to Lou 
 Freeman. They reside in Springfield. 
 FANNIE, born August 22, 1846, in San- 
 gamon county, married Oct. 29, 1869, to 
 Isaac Funk. They have two children, 
 ARTHUR and MABEL; the latter died in in- 
 fancy. They reside at Funk's Grove, 
 near Shirley, McLean county. Thomas 
 Correll and his wife reside within one mile 
 of where they settled in 1830. It is two 
 and a half miles southeast of Dawson. 
 
 Thomas Correll says* that he raised a 
 crop of corn in Kentucky, during the 
 summer of 1830, and sold it for $75.00 
 He spent $5 oo in getting married, and 
 brought the remaining $70.00 with him. 
 He fed his father's stock during the winter 
 of 1830 and '31, (being the winter of the 
 " deep snow,") for which he received $30, 
 making an even $100. With that money 
 he came to Springfield and entered his 
 first eighty acres of land. Having secured 
 his land, he had not a cent of money to 
 pay a hotel bill, and a man by the name of 
 Constant hearing him relate his situation, 
 kept him over night and trusted him for 
 it. The ferryman at the Sangamon river 
 took him over on the same terms, and that 
 was the way he laid the foundation for his 
 home. When they commenced keeping 
 house they had neither a table nor chair. 
 He made a shelf on the wall, and from 
 that the first meal was taken standing. 
 His wife's uncle, Henry McDaniel, was 
 with them, and he praised her cooking, to 
 keep her courage up. Mr. Correll, dur- 
 ing the summer of 1831, rode eight miles 
 to help David Riddle harvest his wheat, 
 and returned home every night. He re- 
 ceived sixty-two and a half cents per day 
 for his labor. The first wheat he raised 
 for himself he harvested with a reap hook, 
 or sickle, tramped it out with horses,
 
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 EARL? SETTLERS OF 
 
 hauled it to St. Louis, one hundred miles, 
 and sold it for fifty cents per bushel. As 
 he accumulated some money, he bought 
 fat hogs, and drove them to St. Louis. 
 One year he made some money, and feel- 
 ing liberal, he overpaid some of the men 
 who helped him. The next year he lost 
 all, and was thirty-seven and a half cents 
 short in money to pay his hired help. 
 One of those who had been overpaid by 
 him the year before, would not suffer any 
 reduction, and he had to raise the money 
 in some other way. He thought that was 
 not very encouraging, but his success in 
 life since, makes the contrast very strik- 
 ing. 
 
 SUSANNAH, born Oct. 9, 1809, in 
 Kentucky, married Jacob Morgan. See 
 his name. 
 
 SARAH, born Dec. 31, 1811, in Ken- 
 tucky, married Jacob Constant. See his 
 name. 
 
 Mrs. Mary H. Correll died July TO, 
 1816, in Kentucky, and Levi Correll was 
 married July 17, 1817, to Mrs. Elizabeth 
 Sinclair, whose maiden name was Phillips. 
 She was born July 27, 1807, in Northum- 
 berland county, Va. Her father died 
 when she was quite young, and her 
 mother, with her son and daughter, moved 
 to Harrison county, Ky. Mr. and Mrs. 
 Correll had two children in Kentucky, 
 and moved to Sangamon county, 111., ar- 
 riving in the fall of 1830, in what is now 
 Mechanicsburg township. Of their two 
 children 
 
 WILLIAM, born August 16, 1818, in 
 Harrison county, Ky., was married in 
 Sangamon county, Dec. 7, 1848, to Per- 
 melia A. Simpson. They had three 
 children. CYRUS died in infancy. 
 HENRY OWEN married Ada Elkin, 
 and lives near Mechanicsburg. MARY 
 EVA lives with her parents, three miles 
 west of Mechanicsburg. William Correll 
 says that himself and his half-brother, 
 John Sinclair, broke forty acres of prairie 
 in 1831, northeast of the old state house 
 square, in Springfield. It included the 
 land where Everybody's Mill, the jail, 
 Opera House and Journal office now 
 stand. 
 
 ELIZA, born Dec., 1821, in Kentucky, 
 married in Sangamon county to Talbott 
 Lyon. They had four children, and Mr. 
 Lyon and all the children died. Mrs. 
 Lyon married in Sangamon county to 
 
 Gardner Bruce. They reside at Atchison, 
 Kansas. Mrs. Elizabeth Correll has two 
 children by her first husband, Mr. Sin- 
 clair. 
 
 MART }'. Sinclair, born July 27, 
 1807, in Northumberland county, Va., 
 married Hugh Correll. Sec his name. 
 
 JOHN Sinclair, born in 1808, in 
 Virginia, married in Sangamon county 
 to Mrs. Miriam Massey, whose maiden 
 name was Constant. They had several 
 children, and the parents and all except 
 two of the children are dead. Their 
 daughter, Miriam, married Narcissus 
 Rivaud, and reside at Kankakee. John 
 Sinclair, Jun., went to South America, 
 married a Spanish lady, and resides there. 
 
 Levi Correll died May 2, 1845, and 
 Mrs. Elizabeth Correll died Nov. 10, 
 1852, both in Sangamon county. 
 
 COUNCIL, DAVID G., was 
 born Jan. 15, 1817, in Montgomery county, 
 Tenn. Came to what is now Christian 
 county, 111.; then to Sangamon county in 
 the autumn of 1830. He came to Spring- 
 field in 1838, where he was married 
 March 28, 1839, to Mary J. Donaldson, 
 who was born in Kentucky in 1818. 
 They had seven children, namely 
 
 LOUISA, born May 14, 1841, was 
 married Dec. 28, 1865, to Jacob S. 
 Wright, who was born June n, 1841, in 
 Owen county, Ind. They have one child, 
 CHARLIE. Jacob S. Wright came to 
 Springfield in August, 1866. His father 
 was a soldier in the war of 1812; was 
 wounded in the head during an engage- 
 ment with the Indians, and but for the 
 interposition of Tecumseh would have 
 been killed. He was made prisoner, taken 
 to Sandusky, and retained there until 
 exchanged. J. S. Wright enlisted at Lin- 
 coln, 111., as a private, in Co. E, yth 111. 
 Inf.; served three months, and re-enlisted 
 in 1862 in Co. H, io6th 111. Inf.; was at 
 the siege and capture of Vicksburg, and 
 in the expedition and capture of Little 
 Rock, Ark.; served full time, and was 
 honorably discharged in 1865, at Spring- 
 field, 111., where he now lives. 
 
 WILLIAM M., born Feb. 8, 1843, in 
 Springfield, was married Jan. 5, 1864, to 
 Mary E. Huffman, who was born May n, 
 1845, m Cincinnati, Ohio. Mrs. Mary 
 E. Council died Sept. 2, 1871, leaving two 
 children, MINNIE and ARTHUR, who 
 reside with their father. William M.
 
 SANGAMON COUNTY. 
 
 2 3 [ 
 
 Council was married June 9, 1875, in 
 .Springfield, to Jennie Barkley, who was 
 born Sept. i, 1841, in Lafayette, Christian 
 county, Ky. W. M. Council lives in 
 Springfield. 
 
 ffAMES, born Feb. 9, 1845, '" Spring- 
 field, 111., was married there, April 30, 
 1860, to Alsinda A. Shawn, who was 
 born Sept. 4, 1848, in Newark, Ohio. 
 She is a niece of Judge Shawn, of Me- 
 nard county. They have two children, 
 FRANK A. and FLORENCE A. 
 James Council is a contractor and builder, 
 ;iml resides in Springfield, 111. 
 
 DA \'ID G., Jun., born Dec. 2, 1846, in 
 Springfield, was married there, July 15, 
 1868, to Mrs. Jennie Kimble, whose 
 maiden name was Richmond. She 
 was born in 1846, in Painesville, O. 
 Thev have one child, OLIVE L., and 
 live in Springfield, 111. 
 
 MART E., born June 15, 1851, in 
 Springfield, was married there, August 
 12, 1869, to Thomas D. Hirst, who was 
 born June 7, 1836, in Loudon county Va. 
 Thev have two children, EDDIE L. and 
 HARRY E. T. D. Hirst is running a 
 plaining mill in Clinton, 111., and lives 
 there. 
 
 MARTHA J.. born August 2, 1853, 
 and 
 
 JOHN 7\ born June 4, 1856, reside 
 with their mother. 
 
 When D. G. Council came to Illinois, 
 he left five sisters in Tennessee, whom he 
 completely lost sight of. He accidentally 
 heard that one sister had moved to Marion 
 county, 111. He visited her family, and 
 after the close of the rebellion he visited 
 his old home in Tennessee. He found his 
 sisters still residing there with their fami- 
 lies. Some of their sons had been in the 
 Union army, and others had joined the 
 rebels. One of his nephews from Chris- 
 tian county, 111., was a prisioner at one 
 time, and guarded by another nephew. 
 (The boys were own cousins.) Two of 
 those who went in the rebel army were 
 killed or died in the service, and the re- 
 mainder were doing well, and still resided 
 in Tennessee. D. G. Council was the 
 pioneer of stair building in Springfield, 
 and foreman for Hannan & Ragsdale in 
 their extensive contracts. He died in 
 Springfield, 111., August 28, 1875, and his 
 widow resides in the citv. 
 
 COUNCIL, WILLIAM, born 
 Oct. i, 1791, near Tarboro, Edgecomb 
 county, N. C. He was a brother to Hardy 
 Council. About 1800 the family moved 
 to Tennessee, thence to Barren county, 
 Ky., and from there to White county, 111. 
 William Council was there married, Nov., 
 1819, to Mary Graves, who was born 
 June 15, 1802, in East Tennessee. Thev 
 had one child, and moved to Sangamon 
 county, arriving in the fall of 1821 north 
 of Springfield, and kept a ferry on Sanga- 
 mon river near where Carpenter's mill 
 now stands. They had nine children in 
 Sangamon county, namely 
 
 GEORGE W., born Jan. 2, 1820, in 
 White county, 111., married Sept. 28, 1843, 
 in Sangamon county, to Jane Mitts. 
 They had eleven children, namely : 
 WILLIAM C., born Oct. 26, 1844, en- 
 listed August, 1862, in Co. C, 114111 111. 
 Inf., for three years, served full term, and 
 was honorably discharged Aug. 3, 186^. 
 He was married April i, 1869, in Illiopo- 
 lis, to Melissa A. Meredith, who was born 
 June 25, 1849, in Orange county, Ind. 
 She died April 29, 1873. He lives three 
 miles west of Illiopolis. MARY A. mar- 
 ried Charles Sweet, have two children, 
 WILLIAM and ANNIE, and live in Topeka, 
 Kan. JOHN M., born June 7, 1851, 
 married Sept. 21, 1871, in Sangamon 
 county, to Elizabeth E. Hay, born June 
 9, 1850, in Holmes county, O., have two 
 children, FLORA BELLE and ROBERT AR- 
 THUR, and live four miles west of Illiopo- 
 lis. NELSON L., ELIZABETH, 
 CHARLES F., HENRY N., FLORA 
 M., EMMA E., GEORGE G. and AN- 
 NIE J., live with their parents, four miles 
 west of Williamsville. 
 
 MARTHA A., born Jan. 30, 1822, in 
 Sangamon county, married Stephen Yo- 
 com. See his name. 
 
 SARAH, born Nov. 23, 1826, in San- 
 gamon county, resides with her brother, 
 Hardy F. M. 
 
 NANCT J., born May 27, 1828, mar- 
 ried John Cline. See his name. 
 
 ELIZABETH, born April 3, 1830, 
 married Oliver P. Canterbury. See his 
 name. 
 
 WILLIAM R., born March 30, 1832-, 
 married March 23, 1871, to Nancy E. 
 Wigginton, and live in Menard county, 
 three and a quarter miles northwest of 
 Williamsville.
 
 232 
 
 EARLY SETTLERS OF 
 
 MART (7., born Feb. 26, 1834, mar- 
 ried Dr. Henry Van Metre. See his name. 
 
 NELSON Z., born Jan. 18, 1839, mar- 
 ried Mary Lynch. They have seven 
 children, and reside in Menard county, 
 four miles northwest of Williamsville. 
 
 HARDT F. M., born Feb. 10, 1841, 
 enlisted August, 1862, in Co. C, U4th 111. 
 Inf., for three years, served full term, and 
 was honorably discharged Aug. 3, 1865. 
 He was married Feb. 10, 1870, to Charity- 
 Ray, who was born in Ohio Jan. 22, 1850. 
 They have one living child, OLIVER P., 
 and reside at the homestead settled by his 
 father in 1821. It is in Fancy Creek 
 township, five miles west of Williamsville. 
 
 William Council died July 8, 1846, and 
 his wife died Jan. 25, 1869, both in Sanga- 
 mon county. 
 
 COUNCIL, HARDY, born 
 Sept. 20, 1793, near Tarboro, N. C., was 
 taken by his parents to Tennessee, thence 
 to Barren county, Ky., and from there to 
 White county, near Carmi, 111. He was 
 there married, in 1818, to Jane Hanna, 
 who was born Feb. 25, 1795, in Kentucky, 
 They moved on horseback the next year 
 to Sangamon county, 111., arriving in 
 August, 1819, in what is now Fancv 
 creek township, preceding his brother 
 William two years. Mrs. Council car- 
 ried a sack of wheat on the horse she 
 rode, besides many household implements. 
 Mr. Council carried all he could in the 
 way of tools and other articles necessary 
 for farming. He commenced improve- 
 ments by building a camp or rough cabin. 
 He was unable to obtain a plow, but being 
 anxious to raise some wheat for a begin- 
 ning, he took a grubbing hoe, or old fash- 
 ioned mattock, and dug up about one acre 
 and a half, near the junction between 
 prairie and timber, and on the ground 
 thus prepared, sowed the wheat brought 
 by his wife, and raised a good crop. 
 When the land was surveyed and brought 
 into market, there was a line between his 
 cabin and where he raised his crop of 
 wheat. He could only enter one piece, 
 and he chose that with the house on it. 
 The land where the wheat grew was en- 
 tered bv another person, who never culti- 
 vated it, but allowed a growth of young 
 cottonwood trees to start on it, which has 
 made quite a grove, that can be seen for 
 several miles; many of the trees are more 
 than two feet in diameter each. Mr. 
 
 Council and Robert McClelland came 
 together, and they cut an ample supply of 
 grass, and stacked it for their horses and 
 cattle. They knew nothing of the danger 
 of prairie fires, and before they were aware 
 of the importance of protecting it, their 
 hay was all burned. They kept their 
 stock alive by cutting down elm trees, so 
 that they could eat the buds. Mr. and 
 Mrs. Council had seven sons born at that 
 place, two of whom died in infancy. Of 
 the other five 
 
 JOHN //., born May 19, 1822, mar- 
 ried Edna Lake. They have five children, 
 JAMES H., CHARLES F JOHN W. 
 and GEORGE R., the two latter twins, 
 and ANNA F., and reside near where his 
 father settled in 1819, three miles west of 
 Sherman. 
 
 WESLEY, born Nov. 21, 1824,- was 
 married April 14, 1853, to Martha A. 
 Wigginton. They had twelve children, 
 nine of whom died under thirteen years, 
 the other three, JOHN, WILLIE and 
 NELLIE reside with their parents in 
 Williamsville. 
 
 WILLIAM F., born Jan. 21, 1828, 
 married Rosanna England. They have 
 seven children, MARY F., WILLIAM 
 H., FLORA J., DAVID E., GEORGE 
 A., NORA E. and U. S. GRANT, who 
 reside with their parents in Menard 
 county. 
 
 ROBERT, born March 23, 1831, mar- 
 ried Ellen Cresee. They have three liv- 
 ing children, JOHN W., MABEL and 
 LILLIE M., and reside in Menard coun- 
 ty, five miles northwest of Williamsville. 
 
 GEORGE W., born August 6, 1834, 
 enlisted Oct. 25, 1862, in Co. B, i3Oth 111. 
 Inf., for three years, was transferred to 
 Co. G, ist New Orleans Vol. Inf., in 
 which he was 2d Lieut. He served in 
 that capacity nearly one year after the 
 close of the war, and was honorably dis- 
 charged. He was married March 24, 
 1868, to Olivia L. Miller, who was born 
 Feb. 17, 1851, in West Liberty, O. They 
 have two children. CLIFFORD and 
 IDA E., and reside at the homestead set- 
 tled by his parents in 1819, in Fancy 
 creek township. 
 
 Mrs. Jane Council died March 30, 1863, 
 and Hardy Council died July 26, 1873, 
 both in Sangamon county, 111. 
 
 COWGILL, WILLIAM M., 
 was born near Lebanon, Warren county,
 
 SANGAMON COUNTT. 
 
 2 33 
 
 Ohio, and was married early in 1832, in 
 Lebanon, to Clemantine Sayre, a native of 
 the same county. They moved in the 
 spring of that year to Springfield, 111., and 
 had five children, namely 
 
 WILLIAM B., born March 29, 1833, 
 in Springfield, and married in his native 
 
 glace May 16, 1855, to Margaret D. 
 prigg, who was born Aug. 18, 1833, in 
 Effingham county, 111. They have three 
 children, born in Springfield. WILLIAM 
 C., born March 12, 1858; JOHN AL- 
 BERT, Jan. 17, 1860, and DUNCANS., 
 Oct. 6, 1868, all reside with their parents 
 in Springfield. William B. Cowgill is a 
 dealer in real estate. 
 
 CATHARINE L., born in Spring- 
 field, married June 30, 1852, to Daniel C. 
 Brown. See his name. 
 
 ALBERT H., born in Springfield, 
 married Mary L. Brown, and live in his 
 native city. 
 
 MART CLEMANTINE and 
 
 CORNELIA SATRE, reside in 
 Springfield. The former is a teacher in 
 the Bettie Stuart Institute. 
 
 William M. Cowgill was engaged in 
 mercantile pursuits from 1832 to 1844, 
 in Springfield, when he moved to 
 Petersburg. Mrs. Clemantine S. Cow- 
 gill died in 1854, and William M. Cowgill 
 died in 1862, both in Petersburg, Menard 
 , county, 111. 
 
 COX, GEORGE, was born in 
 South Carolina, came to Sangamon county 
 with William and Joseph Drennan, in 
 March, 1818, and died in November, 1819. 
 His son, Jesse Cox, lives in Virden. 
 
 COX, SAMUEL, uncle to the 
 Hampton brothers. He had two sons, 
 Samuel and Sowell. Sowell owned the 
 farm adjoining Mechanicsburg on the 
 west. The house in which he lived was 
 the only brick house between Decatur 
 and Springfield. They came in 1825, and 
 about 1838 moved to the vicinity of Pal- 
 myra, Mo. 
 
 CRAFTpN, WILEY, was born 
 Jan. 25, i8oi,in Lunenburgh county, Va., 
 went to Trimble county, Ky., where he 
 was married in 1824 to Agnes Chalfant, 
 who was born in that county about 1801. 
 They had two children in Kentucky, and 
 moved, early in 1831, to Vandalia, 111., 
 where they had one child, and the same 
 year moved to Sangamon county, I linois. 
 They returned, in a short time, to Ken- 
 
 3 
 
 tucky, then came back to Sangamon coun- 
 ty, where they had four children. Of 
 their children 
 
 WILLIAM P., born May 25, 1826, in 
 Trimble county, Ky., raised in Sangamon 
 county, Illinois, married Nov. 28, 1855, 
 in St. Louis, Mo., to Eliza C. Har- 
 rison. They have three children, PEY- 
 TON L., AGNES E., and WILLIAM 
 P., and reside in Springfield. Wm. P. 
 Crafton was elected Police Magistrate at 
 the Springfield city election, April, 1876. 
 
 THOMAS T., born May 27, 1828, in 
 Trimble coimty, Ky., raised in Sangamon 
 county, married in Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, to 
 Miss Dawson. They have two children, 
 and reside in Atlantic, Cass county, Iowa. 
 
 MART, born in 1831, at Vandalia, 111., 
 married Dr. J. L. Million, and resides in 
 Springfield. 
 
 Wiley Crafton lives in Springfield. 
 
 CRAIG, WILLIAM, was born 
 in 1790, in Fayette county, Ky. He was 
 married April 20, 1821, near Stanford, 
 Lincoln county, to Mary P. Swope, who 
 was born there June 20, 1794. In 18?" 
 they moved to Williamson county, ne? 
 Franklin, Tenn., where they had five child- 
 ren. The family moved to Sangamon 
 county, 111., arriving in the spring of 1832 
 in what is now Island Grove township, 
 south of Spring creek, where they had 
 two children. Of their seven children 
 
 ANDRE W E., born Feb. 22, 1822, 
 in Tennessee, died April 20, 1861, in San- 
 gamon county. 
 
 WILLIAM, Jim., born Aug. 24, 1823, 
 in Tennessee, enlisted Aug. 15, 1862, for 
 three years, in Co. A, io6th 111. Inf., 
 served full term, and was honorably dis- 
 charged Aug. 12, 1865. 
 
 MARGARE T P., born Feb. 4, 1827, 
 in Tennessee, is unmarried, and resides at 
 the family homestead. 
 
 JAMES P., born May, 1829, in Ten- 
 nessee, died in Sangamon count}' Oct. 19, 
 18=52. 
 
 yOHN B., born Nov., 1830, in Ten- 
 nessee, died in Sangamon countv Jan. 30, 
 
 MART M., born June 14, 1836, in 
 Sangamon county, married Oct. 11, 1867, 
 to Ammi C. Cheever, who was born Nov. 
 1 6, 1 825, in Boston, Mass. They have two 
 children, MARY A. and \VILLIS C., 
 and reside at the family homestead, in
 
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 EARLY SETTLERS OF 
 
 Island Grove township, three miles north 
 of Bates. 
 
 RICHARD B., born Aug. i, 1837, in 
 Sangamon county, resides at the family 
 homestead. 
 
 William Craig died Oct. 2, 1847, anc ' 
 Mrs. Mary P. Craig died Dec. 25, 1871, 
 both on the farm where thev settled in 
 1832. 
 
 CRESSE, GEORGE, was born 
 May 16, 1808, in Cape May county, N. J., 
 came to Springfield, 111., in Aug., 1839. 
 In the spring of 1841 he returned to New 
 Jersey, and was there marrifed, Sept. 2, 
 1841, to Maria Marcy,who was born Feb. 
 17, 1823, near Hartford, Conn. He came 
 with his bride back to Sangainon county, 
 arriving Nov. 10, 1841. They moved to 
 Menard county, and had four children. 
 The family moved back to Sangamon 
 county, near Pleasant Plains, in 1857, 
 where they had one child. Of their five 
 children 
 
 ELLEN, born in Menard county, 
 married Robert Council. See his name. 
 
 ED WARD M., CA THARINE L., 
 (is a teacher,) MATTHEW IV., and 
 CORDELIA S. resjde with their 
 father. 
 
 Mrs. Maria Cresse died April 22, 1862, 
 and George Cresse, with his two sons and 
 two daughters, reside adjoining Sherman 
 on the northwest. 1874. 
 
 CROCKER, G. W., was born 
 July 29, 1814, in Cheshire county, N. H. 
 He was married February, 1839, in Am- 
 hcrst, Mass., to Lois K. Thayer, who was 
 born there in 1814. They moved to San- 
 gamon county in company with his father- 
 in-law, Asahel Thayer, arriving at Chat- 
 ham May 19, 1839. They had ten child- 
 ren, five of whom died in infancy and 
 childhood. Of the other five children 
 
 EDWARD A., born March 3, 1840, 
 in Sangamon county, was attending Illi- 
 nois College, at Jacksonville, when he 
 died, aged nineteen years. 
 
 WILLIAM B., born March 9, 1842, in 
 Chatham, enlisted in Co. I, 73d 111. Vol. 
 Inf., was wounded at the battle of Perrv- 
 ville, and died at Taylorville, 111., Aug. n, 
 1 86^, aged twenty-three years. 
 
 SARAH T., born March 21, 1846,111 
 Sangamon county, was married Sept. i, 
 1864, to Dr. B. W. Fox, of Springfield. 
 She died in Taylorville, May 15, 1869, 
 leaving one child, LOIS F., who resides 
 
 with her grand-parents in Taylorville 
 Dr. B. W. Fox died June 20, 1875, at 
 Quincy, 111. His remains were buried at 
 Taylorville. 
 
 GEORGE B., born Jan. 31, 1849, in 
 Chatham, married Nannie Richardson. 
 They have one child, EDWARD W., 
 and reside at Taylorville. 
 
 ARTHUR H., born May 31, 1857, at 
 Chatham, resides with his parents in Tav- 
 lorville, to which place they moved from 
 Chatham in 1867. 
 
 Mrs. Crocker gives a short account of 
 the Chatham Ladies' Aid Society. It was 
 organized Nov. 21, 1861, and disbanded 
 early in '63. The society was small, but 
 they made three large boxes of bedding 
 and clothing suitable for tent and hospital, 
 besides making up ten webs of domestic 
 for the Springfield Soldiers' Aid Society. 
 
 CROW, ROBERT, was born in 
 1781, in Wythe county, Va. Margaret 
 Kershner was born in 1787, in Augusta 
 county, Va., where they were married, and 
 soon after moved to Christian county, Ky. 
 They had eight children there, and moved 
 to Sangamon county, 111., arriving in 1822, 
 in what is now Auburn township. Of 
 their children 
 
 JANE married Philip Wineman, and 
 died. See his name. 
 
 DA \ ID, born in Kentucky, never 
 married, and lives with his sister, Mrs. 
 Moore. 
 
 EDWARD, born in 1810, in Ken- 
 tucky, died unmarried, in Sangamon 
 county, July 28, 1868. 
 
 WILLIAM D., married July 17, 1846, 
 to Julia A. Messick. They had seven 
 children in Sangamon county. MAR- 
 GARET E. married George E. Stoke, 
 and resides in Ball township. WIL- 
 LIAM T., JAMES G., ABRAHAM 
 LINCOLN, CHARLES H., PIER- 
 BERT A. and ADA M. Wm. D. Crow 
 died April 27, 1869, and his widow and 
 children reside at Crow's mill. 
 
 MART, born in Kentucky, married 
 Wm. McAllister, and had one child. All 
 three died at the family homestead, near 
 Crow's mill. 
 
 ELIZABETH, born in Kentucky, 
 married in Sangamon county to Morrison 
 M. Moore. See his name. 
 
 GRANDISON B., born in Chester 
 county, Ky., was raised in Sangamon 
 county, and went to Oregon in 1847, an< ^
 
 SANGAMON COUNT!. 
 
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 in Sept., 1848, went to California, gold 
 having been discovered there in June, 
 1848. After spending eighteen years 
 there, he returned to Sangamon county, in 
 1866, and now resides at the family home- 
 stead, in Ball township. 1874. 
 
 FRANCES J/., born in Kentucky, 
 married in Sangamon county to George 
 Armitage, and resides near Palmer City, 
 Christian county. 
 
 Robert Crow died Sept., 1840, and his 
 widow died Sept., 1851, both in Ball town- 
 ship. 
 
 CROW, WILLIAM, was born 
 March 5, 1793, in Botetourt county, Va. 
 Three brothers, John, Thomas and An- 
 drew Crow, came from Ireland to Amer- 
 ica during the Revolutionary war. John 
 was the father of him whose name heads 
 this sketch. John Crow moved to Barren 
 county, Kv., when William was a child. 
 William Crow and Miriam Enyart were 
 married in Cumberland county, Ky., and 
 had one child. In 1819 they moved to 
 Madison county, 111., where he was or- 
 dained to preach the gospel by the recog- 
 nized authorities of the Old School, or 
 Regular Baptist, church. In the fall of 
 1820 he moved to what is now Salisbury, 
 or Cartwright, township, in Sangamon 
 county, north of Richland creek, where 
 thev had one child, and Mrs. Miriam 
 Crow died, Aug. 7, 1823. William Crow 
 was married in the fall of 1824, in Cum- 
 berland county, Ky., to Susan Hall. On 
 his return to Sangamon county, he sold 
 out and settled in what is now the south- 
 east corner of Cass county, where two 
 children were born. Of his four children 
 
 JEROME E., born Sept. 2, 1817, in 
 Cumberland county, Ky., was brought by 
 his parents to Sangamon county, married 
 in Cass county, June 19, 1844, to Eliza J. 
 Brockman. They have five children, two 
 of whom are married, and all live with 
 and near their parents, in the vicinity of 
 Humboldt, Richardson countv, Neb. 
 
 REBECCA W., born June 9, 1821, 
 ia Sangamon county, and is believed to 
 have been the first white child born on 
 Richland creek. She was married Oct. 9, 
 1844, in Cass county, to Washington A. 
 Mitchell, who was born Dec. 21, 1816, in 
 Logan county, Ky. They have five 
 children, WILLIAM I., CHARLES C., 
 JOHN L., ALBERT J. and ANNAH 
 E., and reside in the southeast corner of 
 
 Cass countv, one mile southwest of Ash- 
 land, 111. 
 
 JOHN H., born March 14, 1826, in 
 Cass county, married Sarah F. Dillon, of 
 Sangamon county. They have three child- 
 ren, and reside in Tecumseh, Neb. See 
 Dillon family. 
 
 MARY A., born Dec. 18, 1828, mar- 
 ried August, 1848, in Cass county, to 
 James L. Beggs. They have eight child- 
 ren, three of whom are married, and one 
 of the married daughters resides in Chi- 
 cago. Mr. and Mrs. Beggs reside in 
 Ashland. 
 
 Mrs. Susan Crow died April n, 1845, 
 in Cass county, and Rev. William Crow 
 died Aug. 22, 1865, at Brownsville, Neb. 
 He preached from the time he came to 
 Sangamon county until about 1860, a min- 
 istry of forty years. He was known to 
 all Baptists throughout central Illinois. 
 
 CROUCH, DAVID, born Sept. 
 29, 1814, in Nicholas county, Ky., came to 
 Sangamon county, Rochester township, in 
 August, 1834. He was married March 
 29, 1835, to Mrs. Clara Ann Stafford, 
 whose maiden name was Gregory. They 
 had five children in Sangamon county 
 
 PR CD A ANN, born Jan. 26, 1837, 
 married March 18, 1858, to John S.Craig, 
 have two children, EMMA L. and 
 MARY L., and live near Morrisonville. 
 
 DELIA ANN, born Jan. 25, 1840, 
 married in Sangamon county Jan. 8, 1857, 
 to A. D. Young, born Feb. 28, 1837, m 
 Shelby county, Ky. They have one 
 child, JULIA D., born in Anderson 
 county, Ky., and live one and a quarter 
 miles south of Rochester. 
 
 JONATHAN G., born Jan. 18, 1843, 
 married Nov. 26, 1867, to Margaret A. 
 Bell. They have two children, FRED- 
 DIE and EDDIE R., and live two miles 
 south of Rochester. 
 
 WILLIAM H., born Oct. 15, 1846, 
 married March 16, 1872, to Emma Crouch. 
 They live two miles west of Breckenridge. 
 
 K1T7^Y A., born Oct. n, 1851, mar- 
 ried Henry George. They have one 
 child, and reside four miles east of Pawnee. 
 
 David Crouch died Sept. 14, 1871, in 
 Sangamon county, and his widow resides 
 one and a quarter miles south of Roches- 
 ter. 
 
 CROWL, JOSEPH, was born 
 Sept. 3, 1794, in Shepherdstown, Va. He 
 was a soldier from Maryland in the war
 
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 EARL? SETTLERS OF 
 
 of 1812, and was married Jan. i, 1817, in 
 Washington county, Md., to Mary A. 
 Dillihunt, who was born Feb. 22, 1804, in 
 Kent county > Md. They had ten children 
 in Washington county, Md., three of 
 whom died young. They moved to San- 
 gamon county, 111., arriving in the fall of 
 1834, at Springfield, and the next spring 
 moved to what is now Cooper township, 
 south of the Sangamon river, where they 
 had five children. Of their twelve child- 
 ren 
 
 MORDECAI, born July 20, 1820, in 
 Maryland, married December, 1869, in 
 Springfield, to Catharine E. Crowl, a 
 native of Berkley county, Va. They re- 
 side four miles southeast of Pawnee, in 
 Christian county. / 
 
 UPTON, born Feb. 7, 1822, in Mary- 
 land, served one year from June, 1846, in 
 the 4th 111. Inf., under Col. E. D. Baker, 
 in the Mexican war. He was married in 
 
 1850, in Sangamon county, to Sarah E. 
 Taggart. They had one living child, 
 MARY J., born April 22, 1858, married 
 Feb. 10, 1874, in Springfield, to Eugene 
 W. Renshaw, who was born June 25, 
 
 1851, in Decatur. He is a grandson of 
 James, who was a brother to Samuel Ren- 
 shaw. See his name. E. W. Renshaw 
 lives one and a half miles northeast of 
 Berry station. Upton Crowl died March 
 8, 1872, and his widow resides one and a 
 half miles northeast of Berry, or Clarks- 
 ville. 
 
 CORNELIA, born Oct. 18, 1823, in 
 Maryland, married in Sangamon county, 
 April 1 8, 1839, to Stephen Hussey. See 
 his name. 
 
 MART E., born Nov. 13, 1825, in 
 Maryland, married in Sangamon county 
 to William R. Ross. See his name. 
 
 JOSEPH F. and JACOB J. 
 
 (twins), born Aug. 30, 1827, in Maryland; 
 the latter died young. 
 
 JOSEPH F. was raised in Sangamon 
 county, went with his sister (Mrs. Hussey) 
 to Oregon, and was married May, 1853, 
 in Yamhill county, to Julia A. Shortridge. 
 They had nine living children. Eight of 
 their children were born in Oregon. 
 They reside near Nashville, Barton coun- 
 ty, Mo. 
 
 ROBERT F., born July 5, 1829, in 
 Maryland, died in Sangamon county, 
 Aug. 14, 1843. 
 
 MIRANDA, born Oct. 18, 1831, in 
 Maryland, married in Sangamon county 
 to Isaac T. Darnall. See his name. He 
 died, and she married, Feb. n, 1873, to 
 George W. Taylor, and live in Cooper 
 township. 
 
 VAN BASSETT, born April 8,1836, 
 in Sangamon county, married in same 
 county, Feb. 9, 1864, to Eliza Crowl. 
 They have two children, and live in Chris- 
 tian county, four miles southeast of Paw- 
 nee. 
 
 VINTON, born June 12, 1838, in San- 
 gamon county, died April 19, 1852. 
 
 HELEN, born May 26, 1840, in San- 
 gamon county, married Dec. 24, 1863, to 
 Thomas F. Morris, who was born Nov. 
 12, 1834, in Clarke county, O. They have 
 two children, MARY LIDA and ISAAC 
 C., and reside in Cooper township, three 
 and a half miles southwest of Mechanics- 
 burg. 
 
 MARIA A., born Feb. 14, 1843, in 
 Sangamon county, married May 11, 1867, 
 to Samuel Carper, who was born April 
 30, 1829, in Shepherdstown, Va. They 
 have three childrenJOSEPH W.JOHN 
 B. and MORDECAI I., and reside at the 
 family homestead where her parents set- 
 tled in 1835, m Cooper township. It is 
 one and a half miles north of Berry sta- 
 tion, or Clarksville. 
 
 WILLIAM H., born April 14, 1845, 
 in Sangamon county, married January, 
 1871, to Ella Miller. They have two 
 children, and reside five miles southeast of 
 Pawnee, in Christian county. 
 
 Joseph Crowl died Sept. 8, 1865, in 
 Sangamon county, and his widow now 
 (1874) resides on the farm where they set- 
 tled in 1835. It is one and a half miles 
 north of Berry station, or Clarksville. 
 
 CROSS, ALVIN, was born Oct., 
 1799, in Madison county, Ky. Margaret 
 Forbes was born June 24, 1802, near 
 Jonesboro, East Tenn. Her parents 
 moved to Madison county, Ky., when she 
 was three months old. In 1816 they 
 moved to Humphreys county, Tenn. 
 Alvin Cross went to that county, also, 
 when he was a young man, and was there 
 married, in Feb., 1818, to Margaret 
 Forbes. They had four children in 
 Tennessee, and moved to Johnson county, 
 111., where they had one child, and from 
 there to Sangamon county, arriving Jan., 
 1829, in what is now Auburn township,
 
 SANGAMON COUNTY. 
 
 2 37 
 
 where they had seven children. Three of 
 their children died young 
 
 SQUIRE, born in Tennessee, married 
 in Sangamon county to Mrs. Elizabeth 
 Pike, whose maiden name was Baker. 
 They have three children, and live at 
 Medoc, Jasper county, Mo. 
 
 MART A., born in Tennessee, mar- 
 ried in Sangamon county, to Samuel 
 Mitchell, and died. 
 
 R1LET and LA VINA, twins, % were 
 born in Tenn. 
 
 RILET enlisted in an Illinois regi- 
 ment, at Springfield, for the Mexican war, 
 in 1846, died in the army, and was buried 
 on the Rio Grande in 1847. 
 
 LA VINA, married in Sangamon coun- 
 ty to Andrew Williams, and died. 
 
 JOEL McD., born in 1827 or '8, in 
 Johnson county, 111., raised in Sangamon 
 county, went to California, married, has 
 two children, and lives there. 
 
 REBECCA, born in Sangamon coun- 
 ty, married John M. Jones, moved to 
 Washington county, Iowa, and died there, 
 leaving seven children. She had a twin 
 mate that died in infancy. 
 
 F. MARION, born Dec. 14, 1838, in 
 Sangamon county, married Nov. 16, 1870, 
 to Emily A. Hayden. They have one 
 child, WILLIAM F., and live in Cotton 
 Hill township, four miles north of Paw- 
 nee. 
 
 LEROT, born in 1840, in Sangamon 
 county, married Jan. 8, 1863, to Candace 
 A. Campbell. They had four children, 
 JOSEPH A. and MINNIE died young. 
 CLARK FORBES and FRANCES 
 BELL reside with their parents, in Ball 
 township, four miles northwest of Paw- 
 nee. Leroy had a twin mate that died 
 young. 
 
 ELIZABETH, born in Sangamon 
 county, married Sept. 18, 1861, to Benja- 
 min F. Davis, a native of Tazewell coun- 
 ty, 111. They have one living child, 
 GEORGE W., and live two and a half 
 miles southeast of Pawnee. 
 
 Alvin Cross died Feb., 1849, in Sanga- 
 mon county, and Mrs. Margaret Cross re- 
 sides with her daughter, Mrs. Davis. 
 
 CROWDER, PHILIP, was 
 born May, 1759, near Petersburg, Va. 
 He was married there to Susan Parish. 
 They had five children born there. He 
 then moved, in company with about forty 
 families, to Greene county, Ky. They all 
 
 moved on pack horses, and camped near 
 each other every night, with armed men 
 standing guard around them, for protec- 
 tion against the Indians. Mrs. Susan 
 Crowder died in 1794 in Kentuckv, and 
 he was there married to Rachel Saunders. 
 She had one child, and died there. Philip 
 Crowder then married Sally Chandler. 
 They had nine children, and moved to 
 Sangamon county, 111., arriving in Nov., 
 1830, and settled three and a half miles 
 southwest of Springfield. Of all his 
 children 
 
 REUBEN, born in Virginia, was 
 married to Nancy Michael, and came to 
 Sangamon county in 1825, preceding his 
 father. They had fifteen children; three 
 died young. ELIJAH died, aged twenty- 
 one. MARTHA was married in Ken- 
 tucky to James Robinson, moved to San- 
 gamon county, thence to Macon county. 
 Mr. R. died, and his family reside in 
 Missouri. ELIZABETH married Peter 
 Christian. They had two children, and 
 Mr. C. died. His widow married Andrew 
 Lockwood, and both died. MARY, 
 born November, 1813, in Green county, 
 Ky., was married in Sangamon county 
 Feb. u, 1836, to Benjamin F. Dillard. 
 See his name. MATHEW married 
 Susan Schoolen. They live in Macon 
 county, Mo. THOMAS M., born July 
 25, 1818, was married July 22, 1840, to 
 Mary J. Dalby. They had seven child- 
 ren; three died young. SARAH A., born 
 Jan. 12, 1842, was married Dec. 22, 1864, 
 to Ole Nelson. They had three children, 
 Mary J., Emma E. and Maggie M., 
 and live near Springfield. HENRY, 
 born June 19, 1844, was married June 8, 
 1871, to Margaret E. Williams. She died 
 Oct. 3, 1871. He is a practicing physician. 
 AGNES E., born April 6, 1847, was married 
 April 1 3, 1865, to F. C. Arnold. They have 
 two children, Fannie and Alice, and live 
 near San Jose, Mason county, 111. MARY A. 
 born Sept. 3, 1850, was married Feb. 10, 
 1868, to Thomas W. Miller. They have one 
 child, Anna M. DOUGLAS, WILLIAM A. 
 and JAMES F., live with their parents. 
 Thomas M. Crowder and family reside 
 four miles west of Springfield. GREEN- 
 BERRY married Sarah Scott, and both 
 died, leaving two children, in Missouri. 
 SUSAN married John Grabeal, who 
 died, and she married Philip Meekum. 
 They reside in Saline county, Mo.
 
 2 3 S 
 
 EARLT SETTLERS OF 
 
 RIAL M., born April 1 1, 1821, in Greene 
 county, Ky., brought up in Sangamon 
 county, was married in Missouri to Ange- 
 line Scott. They have seven children. 
 Their daughter, LENORA, married Moses 
 H. Moore. See his name. The other 
 six children, WILLIAM A., MARY j., ISAAC 
 
 M., ALZIRA M., LAURA A. and DAISY L., 
 
 reside with their parents near McKinney, 
 Collin county, Texas. JAMES married 
 Margaret Martin, and died January, 1876, 
 near New Boston, Mo. REUBEN, 
 Jun., went, in 1847, to Washington Terri- 
 tory, married there, and his wife died. 
 He resides near Olympia. AMANDA 
 married John Martin. They had four 
 children, and she died in .Saline county, 
 Mo. CATHARINE married Samuel 
 Casebolt, and live near Miami, Saline 
 county, Mo. Reuben Crowder died Sept. 
 8, 1835, near Springfield, and his widow 
 married again. She is now a widow, and 
 resides with the family of her son James, 
 near New Boston, Macon county, Mo. 
 
 MARTHA, born about 1785, near 
 Petersburg, Va., was married in March, 
 1805, in Green count v, Ky., to Lewis 
 Walker, a native of Virginia. They had 
 some children in Kentucky, and came to 
 Illinois in 1832, and brought up a large 
 family, some of whom are living in Clark 
 and Coles counties. Their sixth child, 
 JUDIAH, born Dec. 7, 1820, in Green 
 county, Ky., came with her parents to 
 vJlark county, 111., in 1832, and was mar- 
 ried there Dec. 3, 1840, to James C. Rob- 
 inson, who was born Aug. 19, 1823, in 
 Edgar county, 111. They have eight 
 children, all born in Clark county, and 
 the family moved to Springfield in 1869. 
 Of their children, NATHANIEL p., born 
 Jan. 25, 1842, was married in Marshall 
 county, 111., to Miss Benedict. SERE- 
 NA, born Nov., 1843, married R. S. 
 Briscoe. JAMES p., born May 23, 1845, 
 married Dora Shaw, a daughter of Judge 
 Shaw, of Olney, 111. J. P. Robinson 
 is a lawyer, and resides in Olney. 
 AMANDA, born April 12, 1848, lives 
 with her parents. RICHARD M., born 
 August 6, 1851, is a practicing law- 
 yer in Denver, Col. JENNIE and JUDIAH 
 M. live with their parents in Spring- 
 field. Hon. James C. Robinson studied 
 law, and was admitted to the bar, in 
 Marshall, Clarke county, 111., in 1852 
 or '3. He was elected to Congress from 
 
 that district in i858-'6o and '62. He was 
 the Democratic candidate for Governor in 
 1864, but his party being in the minority, 
 he was, not unexpectedly, defeated. He 
 represented in Congress the district in 
 which Springfield is situated, in 1870 and 
 '72. He is now a member of the law firm 
 of Robinson, Knapp & Shutt, of Spring- 
 field. 
 
 SI'S AN, born in Virginia, was mar- 
 ried .in Kentucky to Isaac Le Follett. 
 They brought up a family in Kentucky, 
 and both died there. 
 
 MA THE W, born in Virginia, married 
 Elizabeth Scott. They had five or six 
 children, and she died. He married Jane 
 Laughlin. They had one child, and he 
 died. His family reside in Oskaloosa, 
 Iowa. 
 
 ELIZABETH, born May 31, 1790, 
 in Virginia, married William Bradley. 
 See his name. 
 
 HENRT, the only child by Philip 
 Crowder's second marriage, was born in 
 Green county, Ky., went to East Tennes- 
 see when a boy, and remained there. 
 
 MART, born May 22, 1799, in Green 
 county, Ky., and the eldest child by the 
 third marriage, married Thomas Willian. 
 See his name. 
 
 ABRAHAM, born in Kentucky, mar- 
 ried and died without children. 
 
 JOHN C., born in Green county, 
 Ky., was married there to Mary Laswell. 
 They had two children there, and came 
 to Sangamon county in 1826, preceding 
 his father four years. Eight children 
 were born in Sangamon county. Of their 
 children, JAMES H., born Dec. 24, 1823, 
 in Kentucky, was married in Sangamon 
 county, April 10, 1849, to Mary A. 
 Wright*, who was born Nov. 7, 1831, in 
 Adair county, Ky., and came to Sanga- 
 mon county in 1839. They reside three 
 and a half miles southwest of Springfield. 
 SARAH J., born Dec. 12, 1825, in Ken- 
 tucky, was married Jan., 1850, in Sanga- 
 mon county, to E. J. Warren. They had 
 seven children, and she died July 17, 1870. 
 Two of her children, JOHN c. was drowned 
 in 1874, THOMAS j. lives in Springfield. 
 The other five reside with their father, 
 near Mount Zion, Macon county, 111. 
 WILLIAM, born June 5, 1828, in Sanga- 
 mon county, married Mary Wood. They 
 had three children, and he died. NANCY, 
 born Oct. 26, 1830, married John Harris,
 
 SANGAMON COUNTT. 
 
 239 
 
 and died. MARY E., born April 24, 
 1833, died, aged seventeen years. 
 THOMAS J., born May 28, 1835^ was 
 married June 24, 1856, to Elizabeth F. 
 Wright, and she died Nov., 1872. He re- 
 sides at Wautiska, Sanders county, Neb., 
 and is a Methodist minister. FRANCES, 
 born May 21, 1838, married Jesse Per- 
 kins. They have four children, and live 
 in Williamsville. MARTHA A., born 
 Sept. 25, 1840, married Theophilis Lud- 
 lam. They have five children, and live 
 near Decatur. MATILDA, born April 
 28, 1843, died in her fourth year. CATH- 
 ARINE A., born Oct. 27, 1845, 'i 1 ' 1 ''^ 
 July 15, 1865, to Alexander H.Wright, 
 and lives in Springfield. Mrs. Mary 
 Crowder died, and J. C. Crowder mar- 
 ried Ursula Albans. They had four 
 children; one died in infancy. HENRY 
 C., bvrn April 21, 1855, died April 23, 
 1876. JOHN J. resides at Jacksonville. 
 JOSEPH W. resides with his brother, 
 James ~H. Mrs. Ursula Crowder died, 
 and J. C. Crowder married Mrs. Eliza- 
 beth Cox. They had one child, LUELLA, 
 and J. C. Crowder died April 10, 1863. 
 His widow resides at Berlin. 
 
 WILLIAM, born Feb. 11, 1804, in 
 Kentucky, was married there to Mary 
 Fawcett. They had two children, born 
 in Kentucky, and came to Sangamon 
 county in company with his brother-in- 
 law, Elisha Sanders, in the fall of 1829, 
 where eight children were born. Of 
 their children, ROBERT E. and JOHN, 
 born in Kentucky, both married in San- 
 gamon county, and died. MATILDA, 
 born Dec. 9, 1831, in Sangamon county, 
 was married Oct. 10, 1855, lo J^ ln J 
 Warren, who was born Nov. 3, 1831, in 
 Shelby county, 111. They have seven 
 living children, MARY A., WILLIAM c., 
 
 THOMAS J., GEORGE I?. M\'., ANDREW .)., 
 
 ROBERT E. and ISAAC w. Two of the 
 children are married, and reside east of 
 Pawnee. Those that are living and sin- 
 gle reside with their parents, near Paw- 
 nee. SARAH E. married Hiram White. 
 JAMES M. died unmarried, aged twenty 
 years. WILLIAM C. married Ruth 
 Tillev, and resides in Palmer, 111. 
 AARON V. married Martha Ward, and 
 lives in Christian countv. ANGELINE 
 and BENJAMIN F. died young. STAF- 
 FORD and JESSE W. reside with their 
 parents, near Pana. 
 
 F'ANNIE married William White, in 
 Kentucky, came to Sangamon county in 
 1830, and soon returned to Kentucky. 
 
 CHANDLER, born in 1808, in Ken- 
 tucky, married Lucinda Sanders. They 
 had four children: JOHN married Cath- 
 arine Stroude. They have three children, 
 and live in Cotton Hill township. Chan- 
 dler Crowder was drowned in 1839, while 
 attempting to cross Sugar creek to reach 
 his sick family. 
 
 HORA T1O, born in Kentucky, came 
 to Sangamon countv in 1829. He mar- 
 ried Sallie Woozley. They had two 
 children in Sangamon county. NATHAN 
 W., born Nov. 4, 1833, was married Dec. 
 28, 1853, to Margaret Todd. They have 
 four children, JOHN H., GEORGE A., HENRY 
 M. and JAMES H., and reside in Pawnee. 
 SARAH J., born Oct. 12, 1835, was mar - 
 ried Jan. 28, 1853, to Seth Underwood, 
 who was born June 16, 1829, near Sparta, 
 White county, Tenn. They have seven 
 children, JOHN H., SARAH F., AVERY c., 
 
 THOMAS )., JEREMIAH, LEWIS ALFRED 
 
 and WILLIE, and reside in Cotton Hill 
 township, Sangamon county, 111. Horatio 
 Crowder died about 1835, and his widow 
 married John M. Mathews. See his 
 name. She died Dec. 28, 1850. 
 
 WASHINGTON, born July 9, 1813, 
 in Green county, Ky., came with his 
 father to Sangamon county in 1830. He 
 was married Dec. 21, 1836, to Isabel 
 Laughlin. They have seven children: 
 JOHN F., (Dick), born Dec. 25, 1837, 
 married April 12, 1860, to Jane E. Las- 
 well. They had one child, ELM EH K., 
 who died in infancy, and Mrs. C. died 
 May 7, 1863. Mr. C. was married Sept. 
 f2, ~\ 864, to Mary F. McMurry . They had 
 three children, LUELLA H., GKORGIE M. 
 and ESTELLA. Mrs. Mary F. Crowder 
 died June 16, 1873, in Springfield. J. F. 
 Crowder was married June 10, 1874, to 
 Nannie Womack, have one child, CLIN- 
 TON CARROLL, and live in Pawnee. 
 MARY A. died in her eighth vear. 
 WILLIAM A., born April 16, "1843, 
 married Nov. 30 1865, to Isabel W. Lan- 
 terman. They had four living children, 
 
 HORACE A., CHARLES L., FRED and ETHEL, 
 
 and live in Springfield. LUCELIA J. 
 died July 19, 1862, in her eighteenth \ear. 
 SADIE E. and CHARLES W." live 
 with their parents. GEORGE L. died 
 May 11,1870,111 his eleventh vear. Wash-
 
 240 
 
 EARLY SETTLERS OF 
 
 ington Crowder and wife reside in Spring- 
 field, 111. See his account of the sudden 
 change. 
 
 ALBERT G., born Oct. 16, 1816, in 
 Green county, Ky., came to Sangamon 
 county with his parents in 1830. He was 
 married Dec. 29, 1840, to Sarah A. Bart- 
 lett. They had two children born in 
 Sangamon county. MARY J. married 
 W. W. Lapham. They have two child- 
 ren, w. ALF.ERT and MINNIE F., and live 
 at Decatur. FANNIE married John 
 Jamison. He was born Sept. 24, 1834, in 
 Glasgow, Scotland. They have three 
 children, MARY F., SARAH and MARIA L. 
 D. Mr. Jamison resides in Auburn. 
 Albert G. Crowder died in 1847, an< ^ ^is 
 widow died in 1848, both in Sangamon 
 county. 
 
 Philip Crowder died February, 1844, 
 and his widow died in September follow- 
 ing, both in Sangamon county. Philip 
 Crowder was a soldier in the revolution. 
 An elder brother, who had a family, was 
 drafted, and Philip volunteered in his 
 place. It was not long before the close of 
 the war when he was about sixteen years 
 of age. His son Washington remembers 
 hearing him repeatedly state that he was 
 at the siege of Yorktown, and witnessed 
 the surrender of Cornwallis; that he saw 
 the British commander hand his sword to 
 Washington, and that they wept and em- 
 braced each other. Seeing Cornwallis so 
 much affected, Washington said: " Never 
 mind it; this is the fate of war. " 
 
 CUTTER. The origin of the fam- 
 ily in the west was with Seth Cutter, who 
 was born in Boston, Mass., about 1760. 
 Family tradition makes him a descendant 
 of a family who came over in the May- x 
 flower in 1620. He was married in Boston 
 to Mary Reed. In 1790 he joined a col- 
 ony and decided to move west. One 
 account says that his five eldest daughters 
 rebelled, saying they would not go where 
 they were in danger of being devoured by 
 wild beasts or killed by Indians. Another 
 account fails to mention that he had any 
 daughters at the time, which leads to the 
 inference that if such an incident took 
 place, they were sisters, and not daughters. 
 He had but one child (a son) in Massachu- 
 setts. The colony went under the protec- 
 tion of the United States army, command- 
 ed by Gen. Anthony Wayne, who estab- 
 lished a military post where Cincinnati, 
 
 O., now stands. Seth Cutter opened a 
 farm which became part of the city. Por- 
 tions of it are yet in possession of some of 
 his descendants, while other portions, al- 
 though leased soon after his death (about 
 1800), the title still remains in the family. 
 Cutter street indicates the locality where 
 he settled. He brought one child Seth 
 R., of whom we will yet speak more fully 
 and had three daughters, at what be- 
 came Cincinnati. Martha, who is believed 
 to have been the first white child born in 
 Cincinnati, became the wife of Abraham 
 Price. Susan married Samuel Foster, of 
 Petersburg, Ky., and Mary married 
 Abraham McFaren. Mrs. Mary Reed 
 Cutter died, and Seth' Cutter married 
 Roxena Shingledecker. They had three 
 children. Abigail married William Bern- 
 ard, Abijah became a farmer in Hamilton 
 county, and Lorena, born Dec. 9, 1805, 
 married September, 1823, to Nicholas 
 Goshorn. One of their sons, A. T. 
 Goshorn,is now (May, 1876,) Superintend- 
 ent General of the Centennial Exhibition 
 at Philadelphia. Seth Cutter was killed 
 in Cincinnati about 1800, by the caving in 
 of a well. His son 
 
 SETH R. CUTTER, born Jan. 
 i, 1785, in Boston, Mass., taken by his 
 parents, in 1790, to Cincinnati, Ohio. 
 After the death of his mother, and 
 the second marriage of his father, he 
 left home and went to Grainger county, 
 Tenn., where he was married in June, 
 1806, to Elizabeth Easley, daughter of 
 William Easley. In December, 1809, he 
 returned with .his family to Cincinnati, 
 where he engaged in the provision trade, 
 mostly in New Orleans and Cuba. He 
 continued in that business about twenty 
 years. They had six children in Cincin- 
 nati, and then moved to Sangamon county, 
 111., arriving in July, 1828, in what is now 
 Loami township, where they had three 
 children. Of their nine childi'en 
 
 SARAH, born Aug. 24, 1812, in Cin- 
 cinnati, O., married in Sangamon county 
 to John Calhoun. See his name. 
 
 ABIGAIL, born Nov. 10, 1814, in 
 Cincinnati, O., married in Sangamon 
 county to Frederick Hawn. See his name. 
 
 ALBERT, born Jan. 16, 1817, in Cin- 
 cinnati, O. He was a confirmed invalid, 
 and died in Sangamon county Jan. 30, 1841. 
 
 SUSANNAH, born March 19, 1827,
 
 SANG AM ON COUNT*. 
 
 241 
 
 in Cincinnati, O., married in Sangamon 
 county to John C. Hall. See his name. 
 
 MARTHA A., born Sept. 10, 1821, in 
 Cincinnati, O., married in Sangamon 
 county, January, 1842, to Oliver Diefen- 
 dorf. See his name. She died six weeks 
 after marriage. 
 
 CAROLINE E., born Feb. 13, 1825, 
 in Cincinnati, O., raised in 'Sang.'imon 
 county, and married in her native city to 
 Oliver Diefendorf. See his name. 
 
 \VILLIAM F., born Oct. 8, 1828, in 
 Sangamon county. He served from June, 
 1846, one year in the 4th 111. Inf., under 
 Col. E. D. Baker, in the war with Mexico. 
 In 1848 he went to California, where he 
 spent several years in mining, and died 
 there of consumption. 
 
 JOHN W. and ELIZA.; twins, born 
 during the "deep snow," Jan. 11, 1831, in 
 Sangamon county. 
 
 JOHN W. married in 1853 to Juliette 
 Greening. They have five children: 
 ALBERT lives with his parents. CAR- 
 OLINE, born Jan., 1857, was married 
 Jan., 1873, to James Mahanna, has one 
 child, EDITH, and lives near Lake City, 
 111. ANDREW, LAURA and OLI- 
 VER live with their parents. John W. 
 Cutter and wife live near Lake City, 
 Moultrie county, 111. 
 
 ELIZA, married March 24, 1857, at 
 Weston, Mo., to Samuel A. Graham, who 
 was born July 19, 1825, at Charlotte, 
 Mecklenburg county, N. C. They have 
 five children, EVA B., MARGA- 
 RET, OLIVER, MARY, MALCOLM 
 E. and ISABEL, and reside in Spring- 
 field, 111. Mr. Graham enlisted in Co. F, 
 Georgia Battallion, Mounted Volunteers, 
 in 1847, and served in the war with Mexi- 
 co, until June, 1848, when he was honor- 
 ably discharged, and came to Springfield, 
 111. In 1863 he was elected to represent 
 Loami township in the Sangamon county 
 Board of Supervisors, and in Nov., 1867, 
 was elected, for two years, Surveyor of 
 Sangamon county. 
 
 Mrs. Elizabeth Cutter died Sept., 1835, 
 in Sangamon county, and in May, 1830, 
 Seth R. Cutter married Mary Prosser 
 Wariner, who was born March 18, 1808, 
 in Henrico county, Va. Her parents 
 were married in Virginia. Her mother 
 inherited some slaves, but refused to keep 
 them, and to evade the influence of shivery, 
 moved to this county. Mr. Wariner was 
 
 3 1 
 
 an old school, or regular Baptist preacher, 
 and preached in the vicinity of Loami 
 many years. Mr. Cutter and wife had 
 one child 
 
 FRANCES A., born Feb. 12, 1837, 
 in Sangamon county, married March 16, 
 1856, to Abner Bowen. See his name. 
 Mrs. Bowen has some embroidery work 
 done by her mother nearly half a century 
 ago. 
 
 Mrs. Mary P. W. Cutter died Feb. n, 
 1861,, and Seth R. Cutter died Sept. 8, 
 1869, both at the homestead settled by 
 him in 1828, in Loami township. 
 
 Mr. Cutter was engaged in pork pack- 
 ing in Cincinnati with Andrew Heredith. 
 See his name. When they came west 
 they built a steam flouring mill about 
 two miles northwest of Loami. A village 
 called Millville grew up around it. The 
 mill, owners and village have all passed 
 away. 
 
 CU M M I NGS, THOMAS, was 
 born about 1800, in Breckenridge county, 
 Ky., married to Margaret Smith, came 
 to Sangamon county, 111., about the time 
 his father-in-law (Thomas Smith) came, 
 in 1822. Thev had eight children, name- 
 
 iy- 
 
 MAHALA died unmarried, at thirty- 
 five years of age, in Sangamon county. 
 
 REBECCA J. married John L. 
 Smith. They had nineteen children, all 
 except two of whom are living (1873). 
 They had five sons who were Union sol- 
 diers in Illinois regiments. The parents 
 and nearly all their living children live in 
 Logan countv, five miles northeast of 
 Williamsville. 
 
 ROBERT, born Sept. 12, 1817, in 
 Washington county, Ky., was brought to 
 Sangamon county when he was about 
 five years old, married Jan. 2, 1840, to 
 Nancy Cloyd. They had six children. 
 THOMAS N. married Sarah B. C. Har- 
 rison, have one living child, THOMAS o., 
 and live in Woodside township. MAR- 
 GARET A. died at two years old. 
 AMANDA E. married Jacob Beam. See 
 his name. MARY J. married Isaac M. 
 Jones, and reside in Woodside township. 
 JOSEPH R. and EMMA S. reside with 
 their parents, one and a half miles north- 
 west of Woodside station. 
 
 WE SLE T E. married Melinda Ow- 
 ens, had two children, and the parents
 
 242 
 
 EARLY SETTLERS OP 
 
 both died. Their children live in Macou- 
 pin county. 
 
 WSZsLIAAf married Jane Owens. He 
 died, leaving his widow and three child- 
 ren, in Litchfield, 111. 
 
 JOHN T. married Melinda Richard- 
 son. She died, and he married Margaret 
 Adams, has five children, and lives in 
 Christian county. He is a traveling min- 
 ister in the M. E. church. 
 
 ELIZABETH married John Kear- 
 ley, had one child, and all died of cholera 
 about 1850. 
 
 THOMAS H. married Mrs. Emma 
 West, whose maiden name was Woods. 
 She had two children by her first mar- 
 riage, and they have three children, and 
 live in Jersey county. 
 
 Thomas Cutnmings died September, 
 1846, and his widow died October, 1849, 
 both in Sangamon county. 
 
 .ID 
 
 DARNEILLE, JOHN, was 
 born June 8, 1791, in Bourbon county, 
 Ky. He served foui'teen months in the 
 war of 1812-13, half the time as first 
 Lieut., and was then promoted to Cap- 
 tain. Margaret Norton was born Oct. 
 25, 1793, in Bourbon county, also. They 
 were married there, Feb. 20, 1814, and had 
 three living children in Kentucky. The 
 family moved to Sangamon county, 111., 
 arriving Nov., 1819, in what is now Chat- 
 ham township, first at a place called Tur- 
 key Point, and in the spring of 1820, 
 moved further up Lick creek, and made a 
 permanent settlement five miles west of 
 the present town of Chatham, where they 
 had nine living children. Of their child- 
 ren 
 
 MARTHA, born April 7, 1815, in 
 Kentucky, married in Sangamon county 
 to Thomas S. Hunter. See his name. 
 
 CATHARINE, born Aug. 2, 1817, in 
 Bourbon county, Ky., married in Sanga- 
 mon county to David Alexander. See 
 his name. 
 
 BENJAMIN F., born Jan. i, 1819, 
 in Bourbon county, Ky., married in San- 
 gamon county, Dec. 17, 1840, to Mary 
 Jacobs, who was born Oct. i, 1821, in 
 Clarke county, Ky. They had eight 
 living children in Sangamon county 
 ELIZABETH married Samuel C. Sump- 
 ter, who was born in Sangamon county. 
 
 He enlisted July 20, 1861, at Springfield, 
 for three years, in what became Co. C, 
 nth Mo. Inf. ; reenlisted as a veteran, Jan., 
 1864, at LaGrange, Tenn., served until 
 Jan. 15, 1866, when he was honorably dis- 
 charged at St. Louis, Mo. Mr. and Mrs. 
 Sumpter have three children, CORA, DORA 
 and HOMER A., and reside five miles west 
 of Chatham. MARGARET C. mar- 
 ried James M. Greening. See his name. 
 MARTHA J. married Lee R. Graham. 
 See his name. MARIA F. married 
 John Garvey. See his name. LORIN- 
 DA J. married Feb., 1875, to Col. John 
 Watson, and live in Auburn. EMMA S. 
 married Dec., 1873, to William Vandoren. 
 See his name. JULIA A. and BENJ. 
 F., Jun., reside with their mother. Ben- 
 jamin F. Darneille died Dec. 5, 1872, and 
 his widow resides six miles west of Chat- 
 ham. 
 
 Mrs. Darneille relates some incidents 
 both instructive and amusing, of her early 
 married life. She says that when herself 
 and husband went to set up housekeeping, 
 he had but ten dollars. Cooking stoves 
 were not in fashion, but they bought pots, 
 skillets, pans, spoons, knives and forks, etc., 
 thus securing their outfit, and had some 
 money left. Lamps and burning fluids 
 were unknown, and for nearly ten years 
 their only candlesticks were made by tak- 
 ing gourds and cutting off about half the 
 bowl end, so that they would sit upright, 
 and then cutting off the necks and insert- 
 ing the candles. The first crop of oats 
 Mr. Darnielle raised he hauled thirty 
 bushels to Springfield, and gave the load 
 even for eight yards of calico to make a 
 dress for his wife. 
 
 THOMAS J., born Oct. 4, 1820, in 
 Sangamon county, married Martha Mc- 
 Ginnis. They had two living children in 
 Sangamon county. JOHN D., born Nov. 
 29, 1848, married in Warsaw. Ky., to 
 Jennie Brown, a native of that city, and 
 resides there. They have two children, 
 MELINDA and JAMES w. JAMES W., 
 born in Sangamon county, vSept. 16, 1850, 
 married Oct. 31, 1871, in Belyidere, 111., 
 to Belle Moulton, a native of Minneapolis, 
 Minn. They have one child, MABEL, 
 and reside in Chicago. Mrs. Martha 
 . Darnielle died, and Mr. D. married Mrs. 
 America Gibson, whose maiden name was 
 Forrest. Thos. J. Darnielle died Nov. 21, 
 1854, in Sangamon county. His widow
 
 SANG AM ON COUNTY. 
 
 243 
 
 married Jan. 13, 1859, to John R. Neal. 
 See his name. 
 
 JAMES M., born Jan. 22, 1822, in 
 Sangamon county, married Jan. i, 1852, 
 to Clarrissa Kinney. They have six child- 
 ren, CAROLINE K., MAGGIE H., 
 JOHN H., FLORENCE E., CHAS. 
 A. and JAMES M., Jim., reside with 
 their parents, in Chatham, Sangamon 
 county, 111. 
 
 EMILY, born July 28, 1823, in San- 
 gamon county, married Willis Webb. 
 They had two children, and the whole 
 family died. 
 
 LORINDA, born Jan. 31, 1825, in 
 Sangamon county, married William Mc- 
 Ginnis. See his name. 
 
 ELIZABETH,\>orn Dec. 10, 1826, in 
 Sangamon county, married Abraham 
 Gish, had two children. Mrs. G. and one 
 of the children died. The other child, 
 BENJAMIN F., resides with his father, 
 in Auburn tomnship. 
 
 HENR T, died, aged fifteen years. 
 
 MARGARET, born Jan. 25, 1830, in 
 Sangamon county, married James Hall. 
 See his name. 
 
 HIRAM H., born May 16, 1833, died, 
 aged twenty-one years. 
 
 JOHN W., born Feb. 3, 1836, in San- 
 gamon county, married Melinda Drennan, 
 had one child, and all died. 
 
 John Darneille died March 10, 1854, 
 and his widow, Mrs. Margaret Darneille, 
 died April 30, 1875, both on the farm 
 where they settled in 1820. 
 
 John Darneille learned to write by fire- 
 light, and in the absence of paper, peeled 
 buckeye bark from the trees, and when it 
 become dry, did his writing on that, until 
 he learned to keep accounts of all his 
 business transactions. He acquired euch 
 fame as an accurate and legible penman, 
 that he became the neghborhood letter 
 writer. He was on the first grand jury 
 that was ever empanneled in Sangamon 
 county, May 7, 1821. They held their 
 deliberations, some sitting on a pile of 
 rails, and some on gopher hills out on the 
 prairie, within the present limits of Spring- 
 field. He was elected as one of the Rep- 
 resentatives of Sangamon county in the 
 State Legislature of 1840, the first that 
 ever assembled in Springfield. 
 
 DARNALL, AMELIA, whose 
 
 maiden name was Yocom, sister to 
 Jacob Yocom, was born October, 1793, 
 
 near Lexington, Ky., and was married 
 there, August, 1813, to Samuel Darnall. 
 Seven children were born in Kentucky, 
 and they moved to Indiana, where they had 
 one child, and moved in 1829 to Funk's 
 Grove, McLean county, 111., where they 
 had one child. Mr. Darnall died August, 
 1830. Mrs. D., with her nine children, 
 moved to Sangamon county, 111., arriving 
 in the fall of 1830 in what is now Williams 
 township. Of her children 
 
 BENJAMIN F. died at twenty-one 
 years of age. 
 
 E VELINE married Levi Smith, has 
 eleven children, and live near Mt. Pleas- 
 ant, Iowa. 
 
 SALLYdieA at sixteen years of age. 
 
 HARVEY, born August 10,1821, in 
 Bourbon county, Ky., married in Sanga- 
 mon county to Agnes Simpson. They 
 have eight children. MARY married 
 Stephen Hussey, and live in Logan 
 county. WINFIELD SCOTTJAMES 
 M., JOHN F., STEPHEN H., JESSE 
 HARVEY B. and LILLIE E.,live with 
 their parents near Barclay. 
 
 NANCY J. married Franklin Yocom. 
 See his name. 
 
 JAMES died at thirty-five years of 
 age. 
 
 MEL VINA married Thaddeus Evans, 
 and died in Montgomery county, leaving 
 six children. 
 
 E LIZ ABE TH married David Bailey, 
 has ten children, and live in Mason 
 county. 
 
 REBECCA, born in Illinois, married 
 March 6, 1866, to Oliver McGarvey, has 
 one child, WILLIAM N., and she lives 
 with her mother. 
 
 Mrs. Amelia Darnall resides (1874) one 
 mile northeast of Barclay. She is more 
 than eighty years old. 
 
 DARNALL, ISAAC T., born 
 Oct. 17, 1809, in Montgomery county, 
 Mel., and came to Sangamon county in 
 December, -1840, in Cooper township, 
 south of the Sangamon river. He was 
 married Dec. 14, 1852,10 Miranda Crowl. 
 They had five living children 
 
 HILLERY W., JOSEPH E., 
 BENJAMIN F., CHARLES A., and 
 MARYLAND. 
 
 Isaac T. Darnall died Sept. 10, 1871. 
 His children reside with their mother, 
 who was married Feb. 11, 1873,10 George 
 W. Taylor. He was born Dec. 14, 1836,
 
 244 
 
 EARLT SETTLERS 
 
 in Wayne county, Ind. They reside in 
 Cooper township, three miles southwest 
 of Mechanicsburg. 
 
 DAWSON, JOHN, was born 
 Nov. 24, 1791, in Fairfax county, Va. 
 His parents moved to Bracken county, 
 Ky., in 1805. He enlisted in Bracken 
 county in the war against England in 1812, 
 and was wounded and captured at the 
 battle of River Raisin. After being held 
 as a prisoner in Canada by the Indians 
 who had captured him, his friends paid a 
 ransom for him, and he returned home. 
 Cary Jones was born May 22, 1801, in 
 Nicholas county, Ky. John Dawson and 
 Cary Jones were married in Nicholas 
 county, Oct. 9, 1817. They had one child 
 in Nicholas county, and moved to Bracken 
 county, where they had three children, 
 and the family moved to Sangamon coun- 
 ty, 111., arriving Oct. 24, 1827, north of the 
 Sangamon river, in Clear Lake township, 
 where they had six children. Of their 
 ten children 
 
 NAPOLEON B., born June 10, 1820, 
 is an invalid, and resides with his mother. 
 
 MARIA L., born July 22, 1822, in 
 Bracken county, Ky., married in Sanga- 
 mon county to George B. Merriman. 
 See his name. 
 
 LUCY M., born March 7, 1825, in 
 Bracken county, Ky., married in Sanga- 
 mon county to Lindsay Ridgeway. See 
 his name. 
 
 BERTRAND, born April 10, 1827, 
 in Bracken county, Ky., is unmarried, 
 and resides adjoining Dawson on the 
 south. He is an extensive farmer and 
 stock i-aiser. . 
 
 MARTHA W., born Oct. 21, 1829,111 
 Sangamon county, married Sept. 24, 1850, 
 to James Vanvoris, of Pennsylvania. She 
 died April 2, 1853, in Washington county, 
 Pa. 
 
 MART ' J., born Dec. 17, 1831,511 San- 
 gamon county, married John S. Merri- 
 man Nov. 9, 1848. See his name. 
 
 ISABEL, born Dec. 22, 1833, resides 
 with her mother. 
 
 SARAH E., born July 31, 1837, in 
 Sangamon county, resides with her 
 mother. 
 
 JOHN, Jun., born March 22, 1840. 
 He went to Cairo 111., in 1862, and enlist- 
 ed in the United States navy, served one 
 year, and died at home Oct. 26, 1869. 
 
 DICK A., born April 3, 1842, in San- 
 gamon county, died at eleven years of age. 
 
 John Dawson died Nov. 12, 18=50, in 
 Sangamon county. His widow resides 
 on the farm where they settled in 1827. 
 It is three miles southwest of Dawson. 
 
 Mr. Dawson was Captain of a company 
 from Sangamon county in the Black 
 Hawk war of 1831. He was elected to 
 represent Sangamon county in the State 
 Legislature of 1831 and '2. He was again 
 elected in 1835, and continued, by re-elec- 
 tion, to represent the county until 1840, 
 and was consequently one of the " Long 
 Nine" who secured the removal of the 
 State capital to Springfield at the session 
 of i836-'7. [See article: "Long Nine."] 
 Mr. C. was also a member of the conven- 
 tion that framed the State constitution of" 
 1848. The ball received in his lungs at 
 the battle of River Raisin was never ex- 
 tracted, and was the cause of his death. 
 
 DALLY, CRAWFORD, was 
 born about 1795, in Pennsylvania, mar- 
 ried in Virginia to Susan Sanders, and 
 made their home in Washington county, 
 Pa., until four children were born, and the 
 family moved to Sangamon county, 111., 
 in the spring of 1835. Of their four 
 children 
 
 HESJ^ER A., married three times, 
 and died at Belleville, 111. 
 
 MART y., born Aug. 22, 1824, in 
 Washington county, Pa , married in 
 Sangamon county, to Thomas M. Crow- 
 der. See his name. 
 
 SUSANM., born in 1826 in Pennsyl- 
 vania, died in Sangamon county, aged 
 twenty-four years. 
 
 AGNES E., born in Pennsylvania, 
 married Andrew Armstrong, and died. 
 
 MIL TON, born in 1831, in Pennsyl- 
 vania, married in Sangamon county, to 
 Nancy J. Sappington, had five children, 
 moved to Missouri, and she died. He was 
 a Union soldier in a Missouri regiment. 
 
 Mrs. Susan Dally died in 1835, and 
 Crawford Dally died December, 1839, 
 both in Sangamon county. 
 
 DAVENPORT; GEORGE, 
 
 was born about 1781, in North Carolina, 
 married, had one child, and his wife died 
 there. When the child was three weeks 
 old he carried it on horseback to Casey 
 county, Ky. He was there married to 
 Winney Clifton, a native of that county. 
 They had two children, and moved to
 
 SANGAMON COUNTY. 
 
 245 
 
 Sangamon county, 111., in the fall of 1819, 
 and first camped where Springfield now 
 stands, and three weeks later moved six 
 miles west, at the north side of Spring 
 creek, where seven children were born. 
 Of his children 
 
 THOMAS, horn in North Carolina, 
 raised in Sangamon county, married, and 
 is living with his second wife near Inde- 
 pendence, Mo. 
 
 WILLIAM, born in Kentucky, raised 
 in Sangamon county, has his second wife, 
 and resides near Mt. Pleasant, Iowa. 
 
 ELIZABETH, born in Kentucky, 
 married Thomas Davis, has six children, 
 and resides in Vernon county, Mo. 
 
 ALFRED S., born June 24, 1820, 
 married Lucinda Tolley. They have 
 seven children, JAMES, GEORGE, 
 JOHN, ADOLPHUS, MARY, SO- 
 PHIA and NOAH, and reside two and a 
 half miles northeast of Berlin. 
 
 MARY married Thomas Andrews, 
 who died, leaving three children, and she 
 married John Runnels, and he died, leav- 
 ing a widow and two children, near Dal- 
 las, Texas. 
 
 NANCY married Jeremiah Kendall, 
 had four children, and she died, leaving 
 her family in Oregon. 
 
 URIAH L. was a soldier in the 4th 
 111. Inf. under Col. E. D. Baker, and was 
 wounded at the battle of Cerro Gordo, 
 Mexico, and died eight or nine days later. 
 
 JOB C., born January 4, 1823, in San- 
 gamon county, was married Dec. 4, 1845, 
 to Alice J. Mosteller, who was born Nov. 
 29, 1830. They have five children, JOHN 
 H. ?/ LAURA (the latter was married May 
 9, 1875,10 William Say re, and resides near 
 Pleasant Plains), CHARLES M., NEW- 
 MAN and WILLIAM EDWARD. All 
 the unmarried children live: with their 
 parents in Menard county, near Salisbury, 
 Sangamon county. 
 
 ADOLPHUS died in 1850111 Chicago, 
 aged about twenty-four years. 
 
 AMANDA married Allen Baker, and 
 died in 1849. 
 
 RHODA married Thomas Ray. They 
 have four children, and reside in Vernon 
 county, Mo. 
 
 Mrs. Winner C. Davenport died Jan. 
 15, 1845, and George Davenpoit died 
 Feb. 14, 1845, both in Sangamon county, 
 eight miles west of Springfield. 
 
 DAVIDSON, SAMUEL, was 
 born Oct. 19, 1821, in Morgan county, 
 East Tenn. His parents moved, in 1826, 
 to Macon county, 111., and in 1828 to 
 Macoupin county. Samuel spent most of 
 his time in Sangamon county until 1840, 
 and fforn that time he made his home in 
 Ball township, where he was "married 
 May 9, 1850, to Amanda Nuckolls. They 
 had nine children, one of whom, John D., 
 died Nov. 26, 1869, in his seventh year. 
 The other eight 
 
 ANNIE E., GEORGE W., EM- 
 MA A., SAMUEL M., THOMAS J., 
 AMANDA V., MIRIAM M. and 
 CHARLES CARROLL reside with 
 their parents, three and a half miles west 
 of Pawnee. 
 
 DAVIES, JOHN,, was born in 
 Wales, and came to America when a 
 young man. He was married in Adair 
 county, Ky., to Catharine Antle. They 
 had ten children in Kentucky, and Mr. 
 Davies died there about 1810. His widow 
 moved to Sangamon county about 1826, 
 and settled near Salisbury. Of her child- 
 ren 
 
 GEORGE married in Kentucky to 
 Catharine Tolley, came to Sangamon 
 county before his mother, and died in 
 1856. His widow and two children live 
 in Kansas. 
 
 POLL Y married in Kentucky to Rich- 
 ard Walker, came to Sangamon county in 
 1826, and died in 1870, leaving two child- 
 ren in Bond county. 
 
 MICHAEL, born in Kentucky, mar- 
 ried twice in Sangamon county, leaving a 
 widow and five children in Menard count v. 
 
 HENRY, born Oct. 30, 1805, in Cum- 
 berland county, Ky., came to Salisbury, 
 Sangamon county, in 1828. He was mar- 
 ried there May 5, 1835, to Lucy Mc- 
 Glasson, who was born July i, 1817, in 
 Adair county, Ky. They had ten child- 
 ren in Sangamon county, namely : JULIA 
 A. was killed by a falling chimney, at four 
 years of age. ELIZABETH, born Jan. 
 30, 1839, married Ebenezer Colburn. See 
 his name. MARY M., born July 2,1841, 
 married John HufFmaster. See his name. 
 SALLIE A. died young. MARION, 
 born Sept. 6, 1848, and ALONZO, born 
 Jan. 2, 1852, live with their parents. 
 EMILY J., born Sept. 5, 1854, lives with 
 her sister, Mrs. Colburn. IRA JASPER, 
 born May 25, 1857, and MATILDA,
 
 246 
 
 EARLY SETTLERS OF 
 
 born Nov. 12, 1860, live with their par- 
 ents. Henry Davies and wife now (1874) 
 live in Loami. 
 
 NANC T married in Kentucky to Ben- 
 jamin Ballenger, and died near Natchez, 
 Miss. 
 
 WILLIAM, horn in Kentucky, mar- 
 ried Elizabeth Duncan, and both died, 
 leaving two married children in Salisbury. 
 
 SALL T, born in Kentucky, married 
 Thomas Miller, who died, leaving a widow 
 and six children in Menard county. 
 
 JOHN, born July 23, 1815, in Ken- 
 tucky, married in Sangamon county, 
 November, 1834, to Polly Duncan. They 
 have five children ; two of them married, 
 and all live in Salisbury. 
 
 MIL7^ON, born in Kentucky in 1817, 
 married Lucy A. McMurphy, have two 
 children, and live in Salisbury 
 
 Mrs. Catharine Davies died in 1846, in 
 Salisbury. 
 
 DAVIS, AQUILLA, was born 
 in 1756, in St. Mary's county, Maryland, 
 and taken to Fauquier county, Va., when 
 a youth. He was a soldier in the Revolu- 
 tion, and married in the latter county to 
 Isabella Briggs. They had six children in 
 Virginia, namely: Edward, William B., 
 Alexander B., Thompson and Hezekiah, 
 and a daughter Marion. They emigrated 
 to Kentucky, where they had two child- 
 ren. In 1820 they moved to Illinois, set- 
 tling first where Elkhart now is, which 
 was then Sangamon county. Aquilla 
 Davis laid out the town of Elkhart. In 
 1822 or '3 they moved to Fancy Creek, 
 ten miles from Springfield. After several 
 years Aquilla Davis and family returned 
 to Elkhart. Thers are but three of their 
 children living now, viz 
 
 HEZEKIAH, born in Virginia, re- 
 sides with his son in Tazewell county, 
 Illinois. 
 
 BENJAMIN F., born in Kentucky, 
 resides at Norwood, Franklin county, 
 Kansas, and 
 
 JUDITH W., born August 12, 1802, 
 in Union county, Ky., was married Oct. 
 28, 1836, to Oramel Clark. See his 
 name. 
 
 Aquilla Davis died August 23, 1832, 
 and Mrs. Davis died Jan. 23, 1833, both 
 near Elkhart, Logan county, 111. 
 
 DAVIS JOHN, was born Oct. 
 15, 1809, in Baltimore county, Md. He 
 was married there in May, 1829, to Mrs. 
 
 Margaret Davis, whose maiden name was 
 Gore. She was born Oct. 6, 1806, in 
 the same county, and vras married first in 
 September, 1824, to Capt. Robert Davis, 
 a soldier in the war of 1812. They had 
 two children, and Capt. Davis died May, 
 1827. 
 
 John Davis and wife had two children 
 in Maryland, and moved in 1832 to Preble 
 county, O., where they had one child, and 
 from there to Darke county, where one 
 child was born. The family then moved 
 to Sangamon county, 111., arriving Feb., 
 1837, in what is now Gardner township, 
 where they had three children. Of the 
 two children of Mrs. Davis by her first 
 marriage 
 
 ELIZABETH, born Sept. 3, 1825, 
 near Baltimore, Md., married in Sanga- 
 mon county to Samuel H. Reid, Jun. See 
 his name. 
 
 NANCY, born Aug. 6, 1827, near Bal- 
 timore, married in Sangamon county to 
 Henry H. Foster. See his name. 
 
 Of the seven children by the second 
 marriage 
 
 ELLEN, born Dec. 12, 1830, in Mary- 
 land, married in Sangamon county Jan., 
 1855, to Joseph McCoy. They have one 
 child, JOHN, born in Sangamon county, 
 and reside in Missouri. 
 
 JAMES, born Jan. 23, 1832,111 Mary- 
 land, brought up in Sangamon county, 
 and went to California in October, 1853. 
 The family have not received any reliable 
 information from him since June 8, 1856,' 
 and have no hope that he is living. 
 
 MARTHA'J., born March, 1834, in 
 Preble county, O., and died in Sangamon 
 county, November, 1848. 
 
 MAR G ARE T, born in 1836, in Darke 
 county, O., died in Sangamon county 
 March 31, 1853. 
 
 SARAH, born September, 1840, in 
 Sangamon county, married in the same 
 county to James Bruce, has one child, 
 ANNIE, and live near White Oak post- 
 office, Montgomery county, 111. 
 
 JOHN, Jun., born Dec. 12, 1842, in 
 Sangamon county, enlisted September, 
 1 86 1, in Co. B, loth 111. Cav., for three 
 years, and re-enlisted as a veteran Decem- 
 ber, 1863. He served until Jan. 5, 1866, 
 when he was honorably discharged in 
 Springfield, being the last man of the 
 regiment. He was killed by lightning 
 July 5, 1875, while attending to some
 
 SANGAMON COUNTY. 
 
 247 
 
 stock on his father's farm, near Curran, 
 Sangamon county. 
 
 DALLAS, born Oct. 4, 1846, in San- 
 gamon county, married Dec. 31, 1868, to 
 Louisa Smith. They have two children, 
 MARY A. and THOMAS O., and live 
 two miles east of Curran. 
 
 John Davis and wife reside two miles 
 east of Curran, Sangamon county, 111. 
 
 DAVIS, ISRAEL, was born Jan. 
 21, jgiy, in Rutherford county, near Mur- 
 freesboro, Tenn. His parents died when 
 he was about five years old. At the age 
 of fourteen years he joined a family who 
 was moving, and came -with them to 
 Green county, 111., and from there to San- 
 gamon county in 1834, and made his home 
 in what is now Auburn township. He 
 was married June 30, 1844, to Jane Kes- 
 sler. They have five children 
 
 CA r J HARINE married James Dren- 
 nan, and lives in Auburn. 
 
 GEORGE lives in Auburn. 
 
 SUSAN married Joseph Rectric, and 
 lives in Carlinville. 
 
 VIRGINIA and MART live with 
 their parents, in Auburn. 
 
 Mr. Davis was for many years employed 
 at the depot of the Chicago and Alton 
 railroad, at Auburn, and resides there. 
 
 DAVIS, RICHARD, was born 
 April, 1800, in Kentucky. Elizabeth 
 Neal, (sister to Mrs. Edward Williams. 
 See his name.), was born about 1803, in 
 Nelson county, Ky. They were married 
 and had one child in Kentucky, and the 
 family moved to Sangamon county, arriv- 
 ing before the deep snow of 1830-31, in 
 Springfield. They had three children in 
 Sangamon county. Of their four child- 
 ren 
 
 GEORGE L., died unmarried in 
 1856. 
 
 DIANA, born July 16, 1832, in Spring- 
 field, married Nov. 8, 1855, to Philip 
 Loeb, who was born Oct. 15, 1831, in 
 Baden, Germany. They had three living 
 children, PHILIP E., MARY C. and 
 ARTHUR R. Philip Loeb died Sept. 
 17, 1866, in Springfield, and his widow 
 and children live four and a half miles 
 northwest of Springfield. 
 
 JOHN H., born Feb., 1836, is unmar- 
 ried, and resides with his sister, Mrs. 
 Loeb. 
 
 JAMES E, married Rosella La- 
 
 grange. They have two children, and 
 live in Springfield. 
 
 Mrs. Elizabeth Davis died March, 1850, 
 and Richard Davis died April, 1865, both 
 in Springfield. 
 
 DAWLEY, HARRISON, was 
 born July 17, 1817, in Chatauqua county, N. 
 Y., came to Springfield in March, 1839, and 
 four or five years later went to Island 
 Grove, where he was married, Oct. 26, 
 1847 to J ane Campbell, a daughter of 
 Hugh Campbell. She was born March 
 n, 1826, in Tennesse, and raised on Rich- 
 land creek. They had nine children; 
 three died voung, namely 
 
 PA TIENCE was killed in her third 
 year, by a runaway horse belonging to 
 Dr. J. M. Gibson. 
 
 MATILDA died in her third year, 
 and 
 
 MAXWELL died in infancy. 
 
 CYNTHIA A., born Sept. 4, 1848, 
 married Oct. 28, 1869, to M. F. Kibbey. 
 They have three children, and live at El 
 Paso, Sedgwick county, Kan. 
 
 JOHN H., WILLIAM E., ED- 
 WARD, JOSEPH C.and GEORGE 
 7"., live with their parents two miles south 
 of Rochester. 
 
 DAY, GEORGE, was born Mar. 
 5, 1810, in Sheffield, Mass. His parents 
 died when he was three years old, and he, 
 with another brother and a sister, were 
 taken by an aunt to Granby, Conn. He 
 next lived with a half-sister, at Elbridge, 
 N. Y. At fifteen years of age he went to 
 Hartford, Conn., and engaged to travel in 
 Ohio for a clock company. He sold 
 clocks four years, returned to Hartford, 
 and prosecuted the same business two 
 years in Pennsylvania. Henrietta Shank 
 was born March 19, 1816, at Hagerstown, 
 Md. The family moved to Mercersburg, 
 Pa., where her father died, and her moth- 
 er married Jacob Divelbiss. See his 
 name. The family moved to Ligonier, 
 Pa. George Day and Henrietta Shank 
 were married Feb. 20, 1834, had one child 
 there, and moved to Illinois, arriving at 
 Havana Oct. 29, 1837. They visited 
 some friends who had left comfortable 
 Pennsylvania houses, and were living in 
 rail pens, covered with sod. Their bread was 
 made from wheat ground without bolting. 
 Mr. Day became a walking earthquake 
 having the chills and fever but he was 
 not happy, and determined to return to
 
 284 
 
 EARL T SJS TTLERS OP 
 
 the Pennsylvania hills. His wife per- 
 suaded him to come to Springfield, where 
 they arrived in Nov., 1837. When the 
 grass and flowers appeared the next spring, 
 he became reconciled, and has been well 
 satisfied from that to the present time. 
 They had seven living children in Sanga- 
 mon county, namely 
 
 SOPHIA H., born March 15, 1836, at 
 Ligonier, Pa., married in Sangamon coun- 
 ty, March 20, 1854, to David Ayers, who 
 was born July 27, 1833, in Auglaize coun- 
 ty, Ohio. Mr. Ayers died May 30, 1866, 
 at Jacksonville, 111. Mrs. Ayers resides 
 with her parents. 
 
 HENRIETTA, born Feb. 16, 1840, 
 in Springfield, married Dec. 7, 1865, to 
 Joseph F. Boyd, who was born Jan. 4, 
 1837, in Hagerstown, Md. They have 
 one child, GRACIE D., and live in 
 Springfield. 
 
 WILLIAM, born Sept. 14, 1842, in 
 Springfield, was married May 18, 1865, to 
 Margaret E. Keyes. They have five 
 children, EFFIE S., CATHARINE H., 
 and CHARLES R., DAISY D. and 
 MAGGIE M., and reside three miles 
 north of Springfield. 
 
 /?O#.E/?7; born Jan. 30, 1845, enlisted 
 April 27, 1864, for one hundred days, in 
 Co. A, 1 33d 111. Inf., served one hundred 
 and forty-seven days, and was honorably 
 discharged Sept. 24, 1864. He lives with 
 his parents. 
 
 ELLIE M., born July 27, 1847, 
 JULIA C., born June 13, 1850, and 
 GEORGE E., born Jan. 12, 1854, 
 live with their parents. 
 
 George Day and wife reside three miles 
 northeast of Springfield. 
 
 DEARDORFF, ANTHONY, 
 was born in 1786 in Pennsylvania. Eliza- 
 beth Powell was born in 1800, in Bedford 
 county, Pa. They were married in 1818, 
 in Franklin county, O., and had four 
 children there. The family then moved 
 to Sangamon county, 111., arriving in the 
 fall of 1823, in what is now Ball town- 
 ship, where they had six children. Of 
 their ten children 
 
 MART, born in Ohio, married in San- 
 gamon county to Morgan Matthew, who 
 (lied, leaving a widow and three children 
 in Missouri. 
 
 CATHARINE, born in Ohio, mar- 
 ried in Sangamon county to John Kent. 
 He died in the United States armv at 
 
 Vicksburg,'jn 1863. His widow and five 
 children live in Missouri. 
 
 PETER, born in Ohio, married in 
 Sangamon county to Nancy Williams. 
 They had four children, and Mrs. D. died. 
 Mr. D. and his children live in Iowa. 
 
 CHARLES P., born in Ohio, mar- 
 ried in Sangamon county to Mrs. Sarah 
 Rummerfield. They have five children, 
 and live in Cass county, 111. 
 
 REBECCA, born in Sangamon coun- 
 ty, is unmarried, and lives in Ball town- 
 ship. 
 
 BARBARA, born in Sangamon coun- 
 ty, married Joseph Beam. See his name. 
 
 ELIZ.ABE TH, born in Sangamon 
 county, died at sixteen years old. 
 
 WILLIAM P., born in Sangamon 
 county, married Catharine Parvin. He 
 died, leaving a widow and two children in 
 Cass county, 111. 
 
 JOHN died at eighteen years of age. 
 
 SUSAN, born in Sangamon county, 
 married Henry Shipman, and live in 
 Adair county, Mo. 
 
 Anthony DeardorfF died in 1834, and 
 his widow married Simon Matthew. See 
 his name. She died Oct. 21, 1850. 
 
 DEARDORFF, PETER, 
 brother to Anthony, was born in Penn- 
 sylvania, married in Ohio to Hannah 
 Brunk, came to Sangamon county in 1824 
 with George Brunk. They had four 
 children. She died in 1874. 
 
 DELAY, -JOHN, was born in 
 Virginia, taken by his parents to Bath 
 county, Ky., and was there married to 
 Elizabeth Branch, a sister to Edward 
 Branch. See his name. She was born 
 Nov. 25, 1785, near Lynchburg, Va. 
 They had eleven children in Bath county, 
 and moved to Sangamon county, 111., in 
 1829, and settled near Rochester. Of 
 their children 
 
 SARAH married in Kentucky to 
 Thomas Baker. See his name. 
 
 JANE died in Kentucky, aged eigh- 
 teen years. 
 
 JEMIMA died in Kentucky, aged 
 sixteen years. 
 
 JUDITH, born March S, 1809, in 
 Kentucky, married in Sangamon county 
 to Joseph Williams. See his name. 
 
 S7^EPHEN, born in Kentucky, mar- 
 ried in Sangamon county, March 4, 1841, 
 to Susan Baker, had nine children, and he
 
 SANGAMON COUNT?. 
 
 249 
 
 died April 16, 1870. She lives in Cotton 
 Hill township. 
 
 It LIT. A, born April 19, 1813, in Bath 
 county, Ky., married in Sangatnon county 
 to William Taft. See his name. 
 
 rOLLY, born Jan. 5, 1820, in Bath 
 county, Ky., married in Sangamon county 
 to Samuel Torrence. See his name. 
 
 ELIZABETH, born in Bath county, 
 Ky., married in Sangamon county to 
 Samuel Keys. See his name. 
 
 GREENE ERR T, born in Kentucky, 
 died in Sangamon county, aged fifteen 
 years. 
 
 AL J YA r died in Kentucky, aged eight 
 years. 
 
 John Delay died Dec. 23, 1850, and his 
 widow died Oct. 3, 1869, both in Sanga- 
 mon county. 
 
 DICKERSON, SAMUEL, 
 was born about 1793, in Virginia. His 
 parents moved to Pendleton county, Ky., 
 when he was a boy, and his father engaged 
 in salt-making at Grant's Lick. Susan 
 Kane was born in 1800. They were mar- 
 ried, and had six children in Kentucky. 
 They moved to Logan county, 111., in 
 1830, and in February, 1831, arrived in 
 what is now Illiopolis township, five miles 
 east of Mechanicsburg. Of their child- 
 ren 
 
 HUGH W., born Oct. 25, 1811, in 
 Pendleton county, Ky., married in Sanga- 
 mon county, Aug. 7, 1833, to Catharine 
 Greene. They had five children in San- 
 gamon county. WILLIAM H., born 
 July ii, '834, enlisted in 1862 in Co. E, 
 ii6th 111. Inf., for three years, married 
 Sarah Enlow, has two children, and lives 
 in Franklin county, Kan. ELIZA J. 
 married John Taylor. Sec his name. 
 ALEXANDER, born Oct. 12, 1844, en- 
 listed August, 1862, in Co. B, 1 30th 111. 
 Inf., for three years. He was on duty at 
 the capture of Vicksburg, though sick at 
 the time, was sent to hospital at Memphis, 
 where his father took charge of him in 
 July, and started for home. He died on 
 board a steamboat, Aug. 12, 1863. His 
 remains were brought home and buried in 
 Williams township. JOHN, born in San- 
 gamon county, is publishing the Gazette, 
 at Terrc Haute, Ind. SAMUEL resides 
 with his father. Mrs. Catharine Dickerson 
 died in 1850, and H. W. Dickerson was 
 married April I, 1852, to Edna C. Rice. 
 They had seven children. JOSIAH, AN- 
 
 3 2 
 
 N A M. and ROBB Y died under four years. 
 MARY, CHARLES E., OLIVER P. 
 and IDA BELL, the six living, reside 
 with their parents near Barclay, in Wil- 
 liams township. 
 
 POLL Y married William Hunter. 
 See his name. Both died. 
 
 ARCHIBALD, born May 6, 1816, in 
 Kentucky, married in Sangamon countv 
 to Celia Hunter. They had nine child- 
 ren. HARRIET married Michael Der- 
 ry, and live near Bowling Green, Mo. 
 JAMES R. enlisted July 19, 1861, in Co. 
 I, 4 ist 111. Inf., for three years, was 
 wounded at the battle of Pittsburg Land- 
 ing, April 6, 1862, was brought home 
 and died on the fourteenth of the same 
 month. SAMUEL, enlisted April, 1861, 
 on the first call for 75,000 men, served 
 three months, re-enlisted in 1862, in Co. 
 
 1, 41 st [111. Inf., and served three vears. 
 He was married to Ellen Shinaman, 
 have four children, and live near Mt. 
 Auburn, Christian county, Illinois. 
 LUCINDA, born November, 1845, 
 married to Harry Blair, April, 1871, have 
 one child, KATIE, and live near Illiopolis. 
 AMANDA J., born Dec. 25, 1847, mar- 
 ried John McGuffin, and reside in Illiopo- 
 lis township. ZACHARY T., born 
 Dec. 29, 1849, married Dec. 3, 1873, to 
 Louisa S. Ream, and live in Illiopolis 
 township. JOHN HENRY, born Sept. 
 
 2, 1852, ARCHIBALD, born Dec. 2, 
 1854, and ERASTUS, born Sept. 10, 
 1857, live with their mother. Archibald 
 Dickerson was killed Sept. 2, 1865, at 
 Harristown, Macon county, 111., bv an 
 accident on the T., W & W. R. R. " His 
 widow resides three and a half miles 
 southwest of Illiopolis. 
 
 MARTHA, born in Kentucky, mar- 
 ried John Hunter, and both died, leaving 
 a family in Christian county. 
 
 C. ALEXANDER, born April 11, 
 1827, in Campbell county, Ky., married 
 April 12, 1848, to Melinda Ridgeway. 
 She was born Jan. 26, 1831, in Sangamon 
 county. They have eight children, 
 HENRY CLAY, JOHN HARDIN, 
 WILLIAM F., SAMUEL O., REU- 
 BEN J., SARAH J., ULYSSES 
 GRANT and CHARLES, and reside in 
 Illiopolis township, five miles east of 
 Mechanicsburg, where his father settled 
 in 1832.
 
 250 
 
 EAR LT SETTLERS OF 
 
 AMELIA J. married Samuel Garret- 
 son. See his name. 
 
 Samuel Dickerson died in the fall of 
 1856, and his widow died in June, 1859, 
 both in Illiopolis township. 
 
 DICKERSON, CHESLEY, 
 a younger brother to Samuel, was born in 
 Virginia, married in Gallatin county, Ky., 
 to Betsy Lillard, and came to Sangamon 
 county with his brother Samuel in 1831. 
 They had four children. . Their son 
 
 WILLIAM, born in Sangamon coun- 
 ty, enlisted July 19, 1861, in Co. I, 41 st 111. 
 Inf., for three years, came home on sick 
 furlough, and died March 20, 1862. 
 
 FRANCES, born in Sangamon coun- 
 ty, married Philip Fredericks. They live 
 near Ottawa, Kansas. Mr. F. was a sol- 
 dier for three years in Co. I, 41 st 111. Inf. 
 
 ERASTf S, born in Sangamon coun- 
 ty, married Lottie Enlow, and lives at 
 Ottawa, Kansas. 
 
 MARIA, married and died. 
 
 Chesley Dickerson and wife both died 
 in Sangamon countv. 
 
 DICKSON, " GEORGE, was 
 born March 18, loot, in Tennessee, came 
 to Illinois with his parents, and was mar- 
 Nov. 13, 1823, to Fanny Cooper, (sister to 
 John Cooper, the father of James.) She 
 was born July 16, 1804, in Tennessee. 
 They had seven children 
 
 MART A., born Nov. 7, 1826, died 
 Jan. 31, 1846. 
 
 SUSAN A., born Jan. 7, 1829, died 
 Dec. 21, 1848. 
 
 ELIZABETH E., born April 10, 
 1831, died August 21, 1851. 
 
 JOHN C, born Dec. 26,. 1836, mar- 
 ried in 1869 to Ida Johnson. They have 
 two children, and reside in Chatfield, 
 Minn. 
 
 MELISSA N., born Feb. 10, 1838, 
 married June 3, 1858, to George Flower, 
 had two living children, and she married 
 for a second time to James Prunk, have 
 one child, and reside in Mechanicsburg. 
 
 THOMAS M., born May 18, 1841, 
 was a soldier in an Illinois regiment, mar- 
 ried in 1863, to Susan Lvdic, in Christian 
 county, have four children, and reside at 
 Lamar, Barton countv, Mo. 
 
 SARAH A., born Oct. 26, 1845, in 
 Christian county, married Benjamin H. 
 Giger. See his name. 
 
 George Dickson died Jan. 7, 1849. in 
 Christian county, and his widow resides 
 
 with her daughter, Mrs. Giger, in Me- 
 chanicsburg. 
 
 DIFENDORF, OLIVER, 
 was born March 12, 1819, in Canajoharie, 
 Montgomery county, New York, and 
 came to Springfield, 111., in November, 
 1840. He was married Jan., 1842, to 
 Martha Ann Cutter. She died six weeks 
 after their marriage. Mr. Diefendorf, 
 about the time of the death of his wife, 
 entered upon the duties of deputy clerk, 
 at Springfield, in the circuit court of San- 
 gamon county. He continued to discharge 
 the duties of that position until June, 
 1846, when he volunteered in Co. D, 4th 
 111. Inf., was commissioned ist Lieut., and 
 went into the Mexican war under Col. 
 E. D. Baker. He was subsequently com- 
 missioned as 2d Lieut, in the i6th U. S. 
 Inf., and served until the close of the war. 
 He was married Oct., 1848, in Cincinnati, 
 Ohio, to Caroline Cutter. They had 
 three children, all of whom died in in- 
 fancy. Aug. 23, 1850, they moved to 
 Weston, Platt county, Mo. He was 
 elected, Aug., 1851, for four years, clerk of 
 the court of common pleas of that county. 
 He was two years clerk in the office of 
 the Surveyor-General of Kansas; was one 
 of the thirty-two original proprietors of 
 the city of Leavenworth, laid out in 1854. 
 In 1856 he became a citizen of Kansas, 
 and in the spring of 1857 a permanent 
 resident of the city of Leavenworth. In 
 Nov., 1867, he was elected clerk of Leav- 
 enworth county; re-elected in 1869, again 
 in 1873 and in 1875. He is now 1876 
 in office, and resides in the city of Leaven- 
 worth. 
 
 DILLARD, WILLIAM, born 
 April 1 6, 1786, in Virginia. Elizabeth 
 Jacobs was born Oct. i^, 1791, in the same 
 State. They had two children born there, 
 and moved to Todd county, Ky., where 
 four children were born, and the family 
 moved to Sangamon county, 111., arriving 
 late in 1830, and settled three and a half 
 miles west of Springfield. Of their child- 
 ren 
 
 BENJAMIN F., born Aug. 10, 1810, 
 in Virginia, married in Sangamon county, 
 Feb. n, 1836, to Mary Crowder. They had 
 seven children, two of whom died young. 
 EUSTACIA A., born Dec. 30, 1836, 
 married June 6, 1861, to Edward Keyes. 
 See his name. JOHN J., born Sept. 10, 
 1838, died Feb. 7, 1865. ^WILLIAM R.,
 
 SANGAMON COUNTT. 
 
 born Jan. 14, 1842, married Jan. 15, 1873, 
 to Eliza J. Randall, who was born April 
 29, 1847, in Sangamon county. They 
 live five miles northwest of Springfield. 
 MARY E., born April 9, 1844, lives with 
 her mother. RIAL MARTIN, born 
 Jan. 22, 1847, married Feb. 9, 1871, to 
 Lerue Kincaid, and live in Logan county, 
 near Elkhart. B. F. Dillard died Sept. 
 5, 1868, near Elkhart, and his widow (in 
 1874) resides five miles southwest of 
 Springfield, on the farm where they set- 
 tled in 1837. 
 
 AD A LINE, born March 17, 1813, 
 married Lewis Tomlinson. See his name. 
 
 SARAH married James Hannah. They 
 had two children, and he died. She and 
 her children reside near Chester, Ran- 
 dolph county. 
 
 ELIZABETH married Henry Dye, 
 and resides near Chester. 
 
 VIRGINIA married William Bradley, 
 who died, leaving a widow and three 
 children in DuQuoin. 
 
 MARIAN married James Hannah. 
 They have two children, and reside in 
 Perry county, 111. 
 
 JOHN A. married Mary Hathaway, 
 have four children, and reside near Ches- 
 ter, Randolph county. 
 
 Mrs. Elizabeth Dillard died Nov. 28, 
 1854, in Sangamon county, and William 
 Dillard died Oct. 7, 1868, in Randolph 
 county, 111. 
 
 DILLON, JOSHUA, was born 
 Oct. 4, 1806, in Fauquier county, Va. 
 The grandfather of Mr. Dillon sprang 
 from Quaker ancestors. He resided in 
 London county, Va., and was a soldier in 
 the army that achieved American Indepen- 
 dence. His son, Samuel, married in 1800 
 to Nancy Fletcher, and served his country 
 in the war of 1812-15. Samuel Dillon 
 and wife raised two children, Joshua, 
 whose name heads this sketch, and Har- 
 riet. Joshua Dillon was married March 
 29, 1829, in Culpepper county, Va., to 
 Elizabeth S. Jeffries, who was born there, 
 August 10, 1808. They united in Vir- 
 ginia with the Regular Primitive Baptists 
 in 1832-3, and still belong to that church. 
 They moved to Sangamon county, 111., 
 arriving June 18, 1834, in what is now 
 Fancy Creek township. They brought 
 four children with them, and seven were 
 born in Sangamon county. Of their 
 children 
 
 WILLIAM, born Jan. 31, 1830, in 
 Fauquier county, Va., raised in Sangamon 
 county, married in Macon county, April 
 14, 1853, to Mary E. Cantrill. They had 
 ten children, FANNIE and ELLA 
 MAY died young. WILLIAM S., 
 LOUIS E., FRANK, GEORGE J., 
 MARY E., ROBERT LEE and AN- 
 NIE SHEPHERD, twins, and PAR- 
 THENIA J., reside with their parents. 
 Dr. William Dillon is a practicing physi- 
 cian, and resides at Pavson, Adams coun- 
 
 ty, in. 
 
 ROBERT, born June 29, 1831, in 
 Culpepper county, Va., raised in Sanga- 
 mon county, married March 16, 1858, in 
 Decatur, 111., to Maria F. Jennings, who 
 was born Nov. 10, 1837, in New Jersey. 
 Mr. Dillon enlisted in 1862, in Co. E,4ist 
 111. Inf., and after four months service, he 
 was honorably discharged on account of 
 physical disability. In the spring of 1866 
 they moved to Nebraska, and from there 
 in April, 1871, to Colorado; thence to 
 New Mexico in 1873. They have six 
 children, FRANCES H., JOSHUA L., 
 RICHARD O., SARAH E., PAR- 
 THENIA A. and WILLIAM J., and 
 reside near Trinidad, Colorado. 
 
 SARAH F., born July 27, 1832, in 
 Culpepper county, Va., married in San- 
 gamon county, 111., Sept. 5, 1849, to John 
 H. Crow. See his name. She died Jan. 
 19, 1855, leaving three children. HENRY 
 L., the second child, died, age,d twenty- 
 two years. ELIZABETH H. was mar- 
 ried Oct. n, 1874, to Albert D. Harrison. 
 They ha"ve one child, LOUIS ARTHUR, the 
 first great-grand-child of Joshua Dillon. 
 Mr. Harrison is a druggist In Tecumseh, 
 Neb. ISAAC R. Crow resides with his 
 father. 
 
 ANN ELIZABETH, born Oct. 7, 
 1833, in Culpepper county, Va., married 
 in Sangamon county, Oct., 1853, to Reuben 
 McDannold. They have seven children, 
 JOHN L., PART HENIA L., MARY 
 A., WILLIAM R., THOMAS I., EM- 
 MA J. and EDDIE, and reside three miles 
 west of Springfield, 111. 
 
 HARRIET E., born March 20, 1836, 
 in Sangamon county, died in her twelfth 
 year. 
 
 MART E., born Oct. 18, 1837, in San- 
 gamon county, was married Oct. 23, 1852, 
 to Eli Ulery, and died Dec. 5, 1864, at 
 Mt. Zion, Macon county, 111. Three
 
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 EARL 2 SETTLERS OP 
 
 only, of her seven children are living, 
 DONNA L, PERLIE and ELL They 
 reside with their father. 
 
 THOMAS J., born July 15, 1839, 
 died in his twelfth year. 
 
 PARTHENIA R., was born Nov. i, 
 1841, in Sangamon county, married Mar. 
 23, 1862, in Macon county, to John H. 
 Crow. They have two children, SA- 
 RAH F. and LILLIE R., and reside in 
 Tecumseh, Neb. See his name. 
 
 J OB A., born June 5, 1843, m Sanga- 
 mon county. He enlisted for three years, 
 in 1861, in Co. E, 4151 111. Inf., was cap- 
 tured at Jackson, Miss., spent seventy- 
 three days in a rebel prison at Belle Isle, 
 and was honorably discharged at the ex- 
 piration of his term of service. He was 
 educated at Mt. Zion, 111., graduated in 
 1867, at the Law school in Albany, N. Y. 
 He was married in June, 1867, in Sanga- 
 mon county, 111., to Huldah J. Oder. 
 They have one living child, JESSE P., 
 and reside in Tecumseh, Neb. Job A. 
 Dillon moved to Nebraska in 1868, was 
 elected to the State Senate in 1872, 
 and is a practicing lawyer in Tecumseh. 
 
 JOSEPH J., born Feb. 5, 1845, in 
 Sangamon county, was married Jan. 26, 
 1869, to Sophia J. Irwin. They have one 
 child, JOSHUA, and reside near Tecum- 
 seh, Neb. 
 
 AMANDA JANE, born July 6, 1847, 
 in Sangamon county, 111., educated at 
 Mt. Zion, 111., married May 30, 1865, in 
 Springfield, 111., to Dr. S. B. McGlum- 
 pherv, who was born Aug. 27, 1831, in 
 Washington county, Penn. He* attended . 
 college at Waynesburg, Green county, 
 Penn., and arrived in Decatur, 111., Oct. 
 25, 1859. He graduated at Rush Medical 
 College, Chicago, 111., Jan. 27, 1864. He 
 moved to Tecumseh, Neb., arriving April 
 20, 1872, and was appointed by the Gov- 
 ernor assistant physician to the Nebraska 
 Hospital for the Insane, Aug. 18, 1874. 
 Dr. S. B. McGlumphery and wife have two 
 living children, LENA B. and NELLIE 
 S., and reside in Lincoln, Neb. 
 
 Joshua Dillon and wife reside near 
 Tecumseh, Xeb. 
 
 DIXON, JAMES M., was born 
 Aug. 3, 1807, in Harrison county, Ky. 
 He was married in that county, Jan. 23, 
 1827, to Joannah Bird, who was born 
 Nov. 20, 1807. They had four children 
 in Mason county, Ky., and moved to San- 
 
 gamon county, 111., in the fall of 1834, in 
 what in now Mechanicsburg township, 
 where they had two living children. Of 
 their six children 
 
 WILLIAM A., born Nov. 10, 1827,511 
 Kentucky, died in Sangamon countv, in 
 his twenty-fifth year. 
 
 SARAH ^4., born Oct. i, 1829,111 Ken- 
 tucky, raised in Sangamon county, mar- 
 ried in Logan county to Abraham Cop- 
 land. They had five children, and Mrs. 
 C. died, Feb. 26, 1872, leaving her family 
 near Mt. Pulaski. 
 
 JESSE D., born Oct. 10, 1831, in 
 Kentucky, raised in Sangamon county, 
 went to Oregon in 1849, married there to 
 Louisa Milligan, has three living children, 
 JOANNAH, RICHARD and JOHN, 
 and lives at Lafayette, Yamhill county, 
 Oregon. 
 
 LUCINDA, born Sept. 6, 1833, in 
 Mason county, Ky., married in Sangamon 
 county to James L. Barbre. See his 
 name. 
 
 HESTER D., born Feb. 9, 1840, hi 
 Sangamon county, married Sept. 4, 1861, 
 to Thomas Stoker, who was born Dec. 27, 
 1836, in Fairfield county, O. They had 
 four children. DAVID A. died in in- 
 fancy. JAMES A. died at six years of 
 age. ARTHUR E. and ARMANEL- 
 LA live with their parents in Buffalo. 
 
 RICHARD, born Feb. 29, 1844, in 
 Sangamon county, married May 6, 1874, 
 and lives near Mechanicsburg. 
 
 James M. Dixon died Dec. 19, 1843, 
 near Mechanicsburg, and his widow mar- 
 ried John C. Eckel. See his name. 
 
 DIXON, JOHN, was born Oct. 
 8, 1784, in the village of Rye, Westchester 
 county, N. Y. After spending fifteen 
 years as a merchant in New York city, 
 he closed his business there and started, 
 April 13, 1820, for the west. He came 
 by the way of Pittsburg, Pa., and Shaw- 
 neetown, 111., passing over the site of the 
 city of Springfield before there was any 
 thought of a town rising there, and set- 
 tled nine miles further north, in what is 
 now Fancy creek township. Four years 
 later he moved to Fort Clark, where 
 Peoria now stands. At the end of six 
 years he moved north, into the country 
 owned by the Winnebago Indians, and 
 April ii, 1830, bought a ferry on Rock 
 river from a half-breed Indian. From 
 that time it was known as Dixon'^ ferry.
 
 SANGAMON COUNTY. 
 
 253 
 
 As a village began to grow, it was abbre- 
 viated to Dixon, and has now grown to 
 the city of Dixon, Lee county, 111. This 
 is merely a synopsis of a long and useful 
 life. John Dixon is now (1876) in his 
 ninety-second year. Of his family, I 
 have no record. He lives in the city 
 founded by himself, and bearing his own 
 name. 
 
 DIXON, JOSEPH, was among 
 the earliest settlers on Horse creek. He 
 was the principal mover in establishing 
 Zion chapel, in Cotton Hill township, to 
 which he afterwards deeded five acres of 
 land for church and cemetery purposes. 
 His family are buried there, but he died in 
 1844 at the house of a daughter, near 
 Franklin, Morgan county, 111., and was 
 buried there. 
 
 DIVELBISS, JACOB, was 
 born March 29, 1 797, in Franklin county, 
 Pa. He was there married, Jan. 19, 1819, 
 to Catharine Shank, who was born Dec. 
 3, 1791, in Washington county, Md. They 
 had three living children born in West- 
 moreland county, Pa., and moved west, 
 traveling from Pittsburg by water to 
 Beardstown, 111. Mr. Divelbiss and his 
 son Noah walked from there to Spring- 
 field, the family following in a hack, 
 and arriving may i, 1838. Of their three 
 children 
 
 CA7^HAR1NE, born July 8, 1822, in 
 Westmoreland county, Pa., was married 
 there April, 1838, to Richard Hodge. See 
 It is name. 
 
 \O.\If, born Nov. 28, 1824, in West- 
 moreland county, Pa., was married in 
 Springfield, Aug. 8, 1848, to Cordelia 
 Watson. They had five children. NOAH, 
 Jim., born April 27, 1849, was killed by a 
 railroad accident at Sag bridge, near Le- 
 mont, Cook countv, 111., July 17, 1873. 
 ABBIE lives with her parents. 
 CHARLES died in infancy. FREDDIE 
 died in the eleventh year of his age. 
 NELLIE lives with her parents. Noah 
 Divelbiss came to Springfield with his 
 father, and was deputy and acting clerk of 
 the Supreme Court of Illinois from 1844 
 to 1848. He is now teller in the Marine 
 and Fire Insurance Company's Hank, and 
 resides in Springfield. 
 
 AM AX DA, born Feb. 3, 1829, in 
 Westmoreland county, Pa., was married 
 in Springfield, Sept. i, 1846, to Frank 
 Hickox. lie is a brother of Virgil, but 
 
 came to Sangamon county too late to be 
 classed as an early settler. Mr. and Mrs. 
 Hickox had eight children, two of whom 
 died young. ALICE, born June 23, 1847, 
 was married May 26, 1864, to William 
 Warner, and resides at Selma, Alabama. 
 FRANK, born April 4, 1849, was mar- 
 ried June 27, 1872,10 Matilda C. Bailey, 
 a native of Newport, Indiana. They live 
 in Springfield, 111. ELBERT W., born 
 March 14, 1852, in Petersburg, was mar- 
 ried in Springfield Jan. 10, 1875, * Kate 
 Griffith, of St. Louis. They reside in 
 Springfield. IDA MAY, born Nov. 9, 
 1854, was married in St. Louis, April 15, 
 1870, to William J. White. They have 
 one child, MAGGIE, and reside in Spring- 
 field. NELLIE and her mother reside 
 in Springfield with Mrs. Hickox's father. 
 
 Jacob Divelbiss was elected Assessor 
 and ' Treasurer of Sangamon county in 
 1853, serving two years. He learned the 
 wagon-maker's trade in his native county, 
 and prosecuted the business in Springfield 
 for many years. He made a hand in the 
 shop a full half century. Mrs. Catharine 
 Divelbiss died Aug. 18, 1875, and Jacob 
 Divelbiss died suddenly Feb. n, 1876. 
 
 DODDS, MRS. MARGAR- 
 ET, the mother of Joseph and Rev. 
 Gilbert Dodds, was married three times. 
 Her maiden name was Craig. She was 
 born in South Carolina, and first married 
 a Mr. Watson, who died, and she married 
 a Mr. Kirkpatrick. He was a patriot sol- 
 dier, who, while serving in the Revolu- 
 tionary army, was captured, and died in 
 the British prison on Sullivan Island, near 
 Charleston. She lost two brothers in the 
 Revolutionary army, also. The soldiers 
 of the English anm took all her provis- 
 ions, and when she begged the officer in 
 command to leave her sufficient corn and 
 oats for seed, he replied with a volley of 
 profanity, and told her she would have no 
 use for it, as some loyal subject of the 
 king would occupy her plantation. She 
 remembered having seen Washington and 
 his army, and Cornwallis with his army. 
 After the death of Mr. Kirkpatrick, she 
 married James Dodds. Thev had five 
 sons and a daughter in Carolina, and in 
 1795 started to move their family to Ken- 
 tucky. Before they passed out of Caro- 
 lina the father and daughter sickened and 
 died. Mrs. Dodds, with her five sons, 
 moved on; but, on arriving at Red river,
 
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 EARL? SETTLERS OP 
 
 Tennessee, decided to stop, and there re- 
 mained two years, when they again moved 
 on, and arrived in Caldwell county, Ky., 
 in 1797 or '8. After her son Joseph came 
 to Sangamon county, she came and spent 
 two years with him, then returned to 
 Kentucky. Twelve or fifteen years later 
 she again came to Sangamon county, and 
 spent her remaining days in the families 
 of her sons Joseph and Rev. Gilbert 
 Dodds. She died in Sangamon county, 
 Jan. 17, 1846, in the ninety-seventh year 
 of her age. 
 
 DODDS, JOSEPH, born May 
 28, 1785, in Abbeville District, South Car- 
 olina. He was taken by his mother to 
 Caldwell county, Ky., in 1797 or '8. He 
 was there married, May 3, 1810, to Mattie 
 Drennan. They had three children in 
 Kentucky, and in Oct., 1817, he accom- 
 panied his father-in-law, William Dren- 
 nan, to Illinois. In November they stop- 
 ped on Wood river, in Madison county, 
 two miles north of Alton, and remained 
 there until the next March, when the men 
 and boys connected with four families 
 started for Sugar creek, Sangamon county, 
 piloted by William Moore, an Indian 
 Ranger. They reached their destination 
 on the first of March, 1818, stopping in 
 what is now Ball township, northwest of 
 Sugar creek. There had not been any 
 survey made, but the spot selected by 
 Mr. Dodds, and on which he built his 
 cabin, is now section twenty-nine, town 
 fourteen, range five west, and that of Wil- 
 liam Drennan is section thirty-two, same 
 town and range. Mr. Dodds had been 
 too busy with his crop to build anything 
 better than a double rail pen for the pro- 
 tection of his family. One son was born 
 in Madison county, and Mr. Dodds brought 
 his family to their new home Nov. 3, i8rS, 
 where seven childi'en were born. Of 
 their eleven children 
 
 WILLIAM D., born Sept. 18, 1811, 
 in Caldwell county, Ky., was married 
 Sept. 18, 1834, to Polly Eades, in Sanga- 
 mon county. They moved, in 1835, to 
 DesMoines county, Iowa, where they 
 brought up fifteen children, namely : 
 WILLIAM E., born Oct. 13, 1835, was 
 married Jan. 6, 1857, to Deborah C. 
 Maines, who was born Jan. 29, 1839, in 
 Clermont county, Ohio. They had five liv- 
 ing children : REBECCA s., born Nov. 4, 
 1837, was man 'i e d Dec. 3, 1874, to Edwin 
 
 G. Moran, who was born Oct. 22, 1854, 
 in Kane county, 111. They have one 
 child, Ethel L,, and reside near Bartlett, 
 Fremont county, Iowa. SARAH L. and 
 JOSEPH w., twins, JAMES H. and MARY E. 
 The four latter live with their parents, 
 near Bartlett, Fremont county, Iowa. 
 JOHN H., born Nov. 27, 1838, was mar- 
 ried Sept. 13, 1866, to Lucy Parrott. 
 They have one living child, WILLIAM D., 
 and reside near Danville, Iowa. JOSEPH 
 R., born Jan. i, 1841, was married Feb. 
 7, 1 86 1, to Sarah E. Maines. They 
 have four living children, MARY L., CAR- 
 RIE B., LULU A. and CYRENE E., and 
 live near Corning, Holt county, Mo. 
 CYRENE E., born Oct. 22, 1842, was 
 married March 19, 1864, to Henry 
 Mathews. They have five children, 
 
 HENRY L., HOWARD A., WARREN L., 
 
 SAMUEL w. and MARY L., and live near 
 Danville, DesMoines county, Iowa. 
 JAMES H., born Sept. 9, 1844, died Jan. 
 21, 1863. REBECCA J., born August 
 25, 1846, was married March 9, 1861, to 
 George W. Collis. They have one child, 
 CHARLES L., and live near South Flint, 
 Iowa. SAMUEL C., born July 28, 1848, 
 was married Jan. 22, 1869, to Sarah Alli- 
 son. They have two children, FREDDIE 
 A. and MARY E., and live near Danville, 
 Iowa. CHARLES W., born April 15, 
 1850, was married Dec. 2, 1874, to Sonora 
 Parrott, and live near Greenwood, Polk 
 county, Iowa. OLIVER E., born Mar. 
 25, 1852, was married to Lillie A. Clark, 
 Oct. 20, 1875, and live near South Flint, la. 
 MARTHA L., born Dec. 24, 1853, was 
 married to James J. J. Redding, Feb. 22, 
 1869. They have two living children, 
 WILLIAM D. and LAURA L., and live near 
 Pleasant Grove, DesMoines county, Iowa. 
 AILSEY, or ALICE E., born Jan. n, 
 1856, married Jan. 15, 1874, to William F. 
 GRIFFEL. They have one child, 
 CLARA E., and live near South Flint, Iowa. 
 MARGARET E., LAVINA V. V., 
 AARON E. and FINIS E. live with 
 their parents. William D. Dodds and 
 wife reside near South Flint, DesMoines 
 county, Iowa. 
 
 JOHN, born Jan. 26, 1814, in Cald- 
 "well county, Ky., was married March 10, 
 1836, in Sangamon county, 111., to Re- 
 becca King. They had four children: 
 JOSEPH C. married Elizabeth Levi. 
 They have three children, and live in
 
 SANGAMON COUNTY. 
 
 2 55 
 
 Pawnee township. MARY M. lives 
 with her mother. JOHN H. was mar- 
 ried Dec. 12, 1872, to Mary J. Funder- 
 hurk, and lives in Auburn township. 
 SAMUEL K. lives with his mother. 
 John Dodds died Oct. 21, 1859, and his 
 widow, Mrs. Rebecca Dodds, lives in 
 Auburn township. 
 
 MART, born Jan. 16, 1816, in Cald- 
 well county, Ky., was married in Sanga- 
 mon county to Jonathan B. Colcman. Sec 
 his name, 
 
 J. WILSON, born May 28, iSiS, 
 near Alton, Madison county, 111., was 
 married Feb. 27, 1845, in Sangamon coun- 
 ty, to Minerva J. Easley. They had fif- 
 teen children; three died young. BEN- 
 JAMIN A. died July 30, 1873, aged 
 twenty-seven years. PERXECIA E. 
 was married to John W. Phelps. They 
 have two children, and reside in Ball 
 township. MARTHA J. was married 
 April 6, 1873, to Thomas Black, Jun. See 
 his name. MARY E., JAMES F. E., 
 AMANDA C., WILLIAM D., ED- 
 WIN E. and FREDERICK B. (twins), 
 EMMA A., JOHN G. and JOSEPH Al; 
 the nine latter live with their mother. J. 
 W. Dodds died March 8, 1875, and his 
 family reside in Ball township, near the 
 Cumberland Presbyterian church. 
 
 MARGARET, born July 2, 1820, in 
 Sangamon county, was married Oct. 22, 
 1840, to James B. Easley. See his name. 
 
 SAMUEL, born June 3, 1822, in San- 
 gamon county, died unmarried, aged 
 forty-two years. 
 
 JOSEPH, born Sept. 5, 1824, in San- 
 gamon county, was married March 30, 
 1847, to Elizabeth A. Holland. They 
 have six living children, ISABELLA J., 
 WILLIAM A., MARTHA E., JO- 
 SEPH N., ABNER L. and MARY E., 
 who reside with their parents in Ball 
 township, two hundred yards west of 
 where his parents settled in 1818, and four 
 miles southeast of Chatham, Sangamon . 
 county. 
 
 MARTHA A., born Nov. 22, 1826, in 
 Sangamon count v, was married April 16, 
 1846, to Strawther Eades. They have 
 six children. EVA was married Oct. 24, 
 1867, to William M. White. They have 
 one child, and reside in Bates county, Mo. 
 MARY E. was married May 6, 1869, to 
 W. E. P urcell. They have one child, 
 and live in Auburn township, Sangamon 
 
 countv. REBECCA J. was married 
 Nov." 1 6, 1871, to B. F. Peacock. They 
 reside near Springfield. WILLIAM A., 
 FINIS E. and MARTHA A., reside 
 with their parents near Johnstown, Bates 
 county, Mo. 
 
 FRANCIS E WING, born Jan. 27, 
 1829, in Sangamon county, was married 
 Feb. 22, 1855, to Pauline K. Fletcher. 
 They had four children. JOHN S. died, 
 aged ten years. MARTHA F., VIR- 
 GINIA E. and HENRIETTA A., live 
 with their parents. F. E. Dodds and fam- 
 ily live near Pawnee, Sangamon countv. 
 
 NANCY E., born Sept. 14, 1831, was 
 married Oct. 30, 1856, to Chester F. 
 Maltby, and died Oct. 7, 1870. C. F. 
 Maltby resides in Virden. 
 
 ALEXANDER R., born July 27, 
 1834, was married Dec. 24, 1860, to Ame- 
 lia R. Planck, and died Jan. 4, 1864, leav- 
 ing a widow and one child, EVA M., in 
 Springfield, 111. 
 
 Mrs. Martha Dodds died Jan. 10, 1853, 
 and Joseph Dodds died Jan. 21, 1868, 
 both on the farm where they settled in 
 1818. Joseph Dodds became very much 
 dissatisfied soon after coming to Sangamon 
 county, and determined to return to Ken- 
 tucky. He sold all the property he could 
 spare to obtain money to defray the ex- 
 pense, and* loaded his wagon; but his 
 horses strayed away the night previous to 
 the time he intended starting, and before 
 he could find them his money was gone. 
 He was thus compelled to remain. After 
 becoming reconciled, he often expressed 
 his thanks to those horses for running 
 away. 
 
 DODDS, GILBERT, born June 
 6, 1793, in Spartanburg District, S'outh 
 Carolina, and was taken by his mother, 
 first to Tennessee, and from there to Cald- 
 well county, Ky. He was married Oct. 
 12, 1815, in Caldwell county, to Mary 
 Clinton. Her father (James Clinton) was 
 Captain of a company in the Revolution. 
 Gilbert Dodds and wife had four children 
 in Kentucky, and moved to Sangamon 
 countv, 111., arriving in August, 1824, in 
 what is now Ball township, and joined 
 his brother Joseph, who came six years 
 previous. They had eight children in 
 Sangamon county, namelv 
 
 JAMES C\, born Oct. 30, 1816, in 
 Caldwell county, Ky., raised in Sanga- 
 mon county, was married in Morgan
 
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 EARLY SETTLERS OF 
 
 county April 12, 1840, to Jane Boulware. 
 They had six living children. JAMES 
 W. enlisted for three years, Aug. 9, 1862, 
 at Springfield, in Co". B, ii4th 111. Inf. 
 He was a Sergeant, and commanded his 
 company at the battle of Guntown, in 
 June, and was killed in battle at Tupelo, 
 Miss., July 15, 1864. A cenotaph at the 
 Cumberland Presbyterian church, on Su- 
 gar creek, gives the above facts. PHILIP 
 B. died, aged ten years. RICHARD N., 
 born Nov. 25, 1851, is a druggist in Spring- 
 field. NANCY C. married William 
 Mason. See his name. MARY was 
 married August, 1874, to Henry Wyatt, 
 at Franklin, Morgan county, 111. FRED- 
 ERICK C. lives with his sister, Mrs. 
 Mason. Mrs. Jane Dodds died July, 1869, 
 and James C. Dodds died April 12, 1872, 
 both in Sangamon county. 
 
 NANCY y., born Jan. 30, 1819, in 
 Caldwell county, Ky., was married Dec. 
 15, 1842, in Sangamon county, to John L. 
 Drennan. See his name. He died July 
 22, 1853, and his widow married John B. 
 Weber. See his name. 
 
 MINER VA, born Aug. 22, 1820, in 
 Caldwell county, Ky., lost a limb by a fall 
 from a horse in 1840, in Sangamon coun- 
 ty, and has been an invalid since that 
 time. She resides with her sister, Mrs. J. 
 B. Weber. 
 
 FRANCIS N., born Oct. 8, 1822, in 
 Caldwell county, Ky., and brought up in 
 Sangamon county, was married Dec. 9, 
 1857, in Cass county, to Margaret Brady. 
 They moved to Lykins county, Kan., 
 where his wife died April 21, 1866, leav- 
 ing one child, EMMA F., who resides 
 with her grandmother Brady, in Virginia, 
 Cass county, 111. F. N. Dodds was mar- 
 ried Nov. 6, 1867, to Mrs. Mary C. 
 Pedig. Thev have four children, 
 CHARLES E., MARY A., CORA B. 
 and SARAH L., who live with their 
 parents. F. N. Dodds was a soldier in the 
 Mormon war of 1845, and the Mexican 
 war of 1846 and '7, from Sangamon coun- 
 ty. He was in a Union regiment from Kan- 
 sas, and aided in suppressing the slave- 
 holders' rebellion. They reside near 
 Colona, Carroll county, Mo. 
 
 \\'ILLIAM D., born July 3, 1825, in 
 Sangamon county, was married to Ange- 
 line Corbev, in Sept., 1855. They have 
 five children, HARRIET, ROSA, VIR- 
 GINIA, ALBERT and FREDERICK, 
 
 and live at Chilicothe, Livingston county, 
 Mo. W. D. Dodds is a minister, con- 
 nected with the Cumberland Presbyterian 
 church. 
 
 AMANDA E., born Dec. 22, 1827, in 
 Sangamon county, was married Jan. i, 
 1852, to Chester F. Maltby, who was 
 born July 13, 1825, in New York. Mrs. 
 Maltby died Dec. 21, 1852, in Petersburg, 
 leaving one child, AMANDA E., who 
 was married Jan. 16, 1873, to John G. 
 Cheney, and resides near Auburn, Sanga- 
 mon countv. 
 
 JOHN H., born Feb. 14, 1830, in San- 
 gamon county, was married July 3, 1855, 
 to Ellen Goldsby. They had four child- 
 ren, JULIA A., JAMES E., GILBERT 
 and CHARLES H. John H. Dodds 
 died Sept. 7, 1873, near Petersburg, Me- 
 nard county. His family reside four miles 
 south of Petersburg. 
 
 ALFRED S., born May 20, 1832, in 
 Sangamon county, studied medicine. He 
 enlisted in Co. K, I33d 111. Inf., in 1861, 
 for three years, as a private, but acted as a 
 surgeon. He served three years, and was 
 honorably discharged Jan., 1865, at New 
 Orleans. ' He was married Sept. 10, 1863, 
 to Maggie Cunningham. Thev have four 
 children, WILLIAM, HARRY, 
 RAPLH and FLORENCE. Dr. A. S. 
 Dodds is a practicing physician at Bolckow, 
 Andrew county, Mo. 
 
 THOMAS C., born Nov. 6, 1834, 
 served sixteen months in Co. F, 28th 111. 
 Inf. He was honorably discharged Nov. 
 24, 1862. at LaGrange, Tenn., and was 
 married Nov. 4, 1869, to Lauretta Colby. 
 They have three living children, EL- 
 BERT C., EUNICE A. and MARY C., 
 and reside six miles south of Petersburg, 
 Menard county, 111. 
 
 MARGARET A., born Oct. 8, 1837, 
 died unmarried, Feb. 21, 1875, at the resi- 
 dence of her sister, Mrs. J. B. Weber. 
 
 MARY E., born Nov. 2, 1840, in San- 
 gamon county, was married Jan. 16, 1868, 
 to W r illiam Colby. They have three 
 children, ALFRED L, "LYDIA and 
 ALICE, and reside near Annawan, Hen- 
 ry county, 111. 
 
 IRA ~R., born Feb. 16, 1843, in San ' 
 gamon county, 111., served three years and 
 eight months in Co. F, 28th 111. Infi, and 
 was honorably discharged July, 1865, at 
 New Orleans. He is unmarried, and re-
 
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 sides near Hutchinson, Reno county, Kan- 
 sas. 1875. 
 
 Rev. Gilbert Dodds became a minister 
 in the Cumberland Presbyterian church 
 in early life. He was for many years 
 pastor of the Sugar creek church, and 
 was always an active, energetic advocate 
 of temperence. In 1847 ^ e move d to 
 Menard county, a few miles south of 
 Petersburg. Mrs. Mary Dodds died July 
 9, 1866, and Rev. Gilbert Dodds died 
 May 3, 1872, both near Petersburg. 
 
 DOHERTY, JAMES HILL, 
 was born June 3, 1775, in Virginia. His 
 father, Cornelius Doherty, was a native of 
 Ireland, and emigrated to America about 
 1760, settling in Virginia. He was mar- 
 ried there to Mary Hill. They had 
 twelve children six of each sex. The 
 family moved to Kentucky the year after 
 Daniel Boone, and lived in the fort known 
 as Estell station, for seven years. The 
 son, James Hill Doherty, was married in 
 1819 in Cumberland county, Ky., to Mary 
 Foster, who was born in 1794, in South 
 Carolina. They had two children in Ken- 
 tucky, and moved to Sangamon county, 
 111., arriving in the fall of 1824 on Rich- 
 land creek, near where Pleasant Plains 
 now stands. They had one child there, 
 and Mrs. Mary Doherty and her second 
 child Elizabeth died in the fall of 1824. 
 In 1832 James H. Doherty left Sangamon 
 county and moved to Missouri, thence to 
 Arkansas, and in 1836 to Decatur county, 
 Tenn., where he died July 22, 1852. Of 
 his two children 
 
 JOHN F. P., born Dec. 21, 1820, in 
 Cumberland county, Ky., partially brought 
 up in Sangamon county, 111., continued 
 with his father until 1842, when he left 
 Tennessee for Texas. He returned two 
 years after, and was married Oct. 22, 1844, 
 in Decatur county, Tenn., to Elizabeth J. 
 Maxwell, who was born Sept. 6, 1823, in 
 Humphreys county, Tenn. They had 
 one child born and died in Tennessee, and 
 eight in Texas, namely: JAMES H., 
 born June 29, 1848, in Rusk county, 
 Texas, resides with his parents. MARIA 
 L., born April 5, 1850, in Nacogdoches 
 county, Texas, married Jan. 20, 1871, to 
 James H. Hall, a native of Mississippi. 
 They have one child, FAXNIE j., born Jan. 
 20, 1874. Mr. and Mrs. Hall reside in 
 Coryell county, Texas, near Rainey's 
 
 33 
 
 Creek postoffice. WILLIAM J., born 
 March 17, 1852, in Rusk county, Texas, 
 resides with his parents. ROBERT R. 
 P., born Oct. 26, 1853, and died Nov. 28, 
 1874. JOHN P., born April 7, 1856, 
 CHARLES F., born Aug. 3, 1858, and 
 SUSAN M., born Nov. 28, 1862 the 
 three latter in Nacogdoches county and 
 SARAH E., born Sept. 14, 1867, in 
 Limestone county, all reside with their 
 parents. John F. F. Doherty and wife 
 reside near Rainey's creek postoffice, Cor- 
 yell county, Texas, and twenty-eight 
 miles from Waco, the nearest express 
 office. 
 
 MART, born Sept. 18, 1824, in San- 
 gamon county, was married there, Nov. 
 30, 1847, to Charles W. Smith, who was 
 born Jan. 31, 1823, in Overton county, 
 Tenn. They have five children, NANCY, 
 MATHIAS M., ELIZABETH, JOHN 
 D. and MARY, who reside with their 
 parents in Maco'upin county, ten miles 
 northeast of Carlinville, 111. 
 
 DOUGHERTY, CHARLES, 
 was born Feb., 1792, near Derry, county- 
 Donegal, Ireland. In 1817 he came to 
 America, landing first in Canada, and 
 from there to New York. He was mar- 
 ried about 1820, in Washington county, 
 Pa., to Mrs. Susannah Gants. She had 
 nine children by her first marriage. Mr. 
 and Mrs. Dougherty moved to Wheeling, 
 Va., where they had one child, and from 
 there to Greenup county, Ky. In 1835 
 they moved to Coles county, 111., and from 
 there to Sangamon county, arriving in 
 May, 1838, in what is now Riverton. Mrs. 
 D. died there, March 5, 1852, Their only 
 son 
 
 CHARLES,]\.m., born Oct. 10, 1822, 
 in Wheeling, West Va., married Feb. 
 20, 1849, to Amanda Constant. She died 
 March i, 1858, leaving three sons, JAMES, 
 REZIN and JOHN. Charles Dougherty, 
 Jun., was married March 5, 1859, to Mrs. 
 Susan E. Connelly, whose maiden name 
 was Conant. They have three children, 
 OMAR, ALLEN" and LYDIA J., who 
 live with their parents, one mile northwest 
 of Dawson. 
 
 Charles Dougherty, Sen., resides with 
 his son, Charles, Jun. 1874. 
 
 DONNER. A family named Don- 
 ner lived near Salem, Rowan county, N. 
 C., in the latter part of the eighteenth 
 century. The parents were German
 
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 speaking, but it is not known whether 
 they emigrated from Germany or were 
 born in this country. They had three 
 sons and three daughters, all born in 
 North Carolina, and moved to Jessa- 
 mine county, Ky., about 1811. They 
 moved with their children to Decatur 
 county, Ind., and in 1828 came to Sanga- 
 mon county. Both died at a very ad- 
 vanced age, and were buried about three 
 miles east of Springfield, near the Ben- 
 nett school house. Of their children 
 
 DONNER, LYDIA, born Dec., 
 1783, near Salem, Rowan county, N. C., 
 accompanied her parents to Jessamine 
 county, Ky., and was there married to 
 James Walters. They had nine children 
 in Kentucky, and in 1829 moved to Deca- 
 tur county, Ind., where Mr. Walters 
 died in June, 1830. Mrs. Walters moved 
 to Sangamon county, arriving in Auburn 
 township in 1839. See Lydia Walters. 
 
 DONNER, ELIZABETH, 
 was married in Jessamine county, Ky., to 
 William Walters. See the name of their 
 son 
 
 GREEN B. Walters. 
 
 DONNER, GEORGE, was 
 born about 1786, in Rowan county, N. C., 
 came with his parents to Jessamine coun- 
 ty, Ky., and from there to Decatur county, 
 Ind. He was there married and had five 
 children. Mrs. Donner died there, and 
 Mr. D., with his family, came to Sanga- 
 mon county, 111., in the autumn of 1828, 
 settling about three miles northeast of 
 Springfield. George Donner was married 
 in Sangamon county to Mary Blue. 
 They had two living children, and Mrs 
 Mary Donner died in Sangamon county. 
 Mr. Donner's five eldest children married 
 in the latter county, and in 1838 he took 
 his two children by the second marriage, 
 and, in company with his son William 
 and family, and his brother Jacob and 
 family moved to Texas. They raised one 
 crop fifty miles south of Houston. Not 
 liking the country, they all returned in 1839, 
 and George Donner moved on the farm he 
 left. About two years afterwards he mar- 
 ried Mrs. Tamsen Dozier, whose maiden 
 name was Eustace. They had three 
 children (all girls) born in Sangamon 
 county. Of the five children of George 
 Donner by his first marriage 
 
 MARY, born in Indiana, was married 
 in Sangamon county, 111., to George 
 
 Weaver. They had four children, and 
 Mr. Weaver died, and she married Adam 
 Harmon. They had two children, and 
 Mr. H. died at Island Grove. The family 
 live near Libertyville, Iowa. 
 
 WILLIA M, born May 3, 1812, in De- 
 catur county, Ind., was married March, 
 1832, in Sangamon county, 111., to Eliza- 
 beth Hunter, who was born May i, 1819, 
 in Gallatin county, Ky., and came to San-' 
 gamon county in the autumn of 1830. 
 They had two children, and in 1838 moved 
 to Texas with his father, where one child 
 was born. He returned to Sangamon 
 county in 1839, where two children were 
 added to the family. Of their five child- 
 ren: JAMES W., born Jan. 7, 1834, in 
 Sangamon county, was married April 20, 
 1857, to Elizabeth Snodgrass, who was 
 born Feb. 6, 1837, in Harrison county, In- 
 diana. They have six living children, 
 
 GEORGE A., CHARLES F., NETTIE J., IRV- 
 ING, ALBERT F. and DORA E., and live in 
 Clear Lake township, one mile south of 
 Riverton. James W. Donner enlisted 
 August 8, 1862, in Co. H., ii4th 111. Inf., 
 for three years. He was severely wound- 
 ed by a musket ball, through the hip 
 joint, at the battle of Guntown, Miss., 
 June 10, 1864, was captured and taken to 
 Mobile. After one month, sent to Ca- 
 hawba, remained three months, thence to 
 Macon, Georgia, and from there to the 
 prison pens at Andersonville. As the 
 close of the rebellion approached, all the 
 prisoners who could travel on foot were 
 removed, leaving about one hundred there. 
 The prison was surrounded by artillery, 
 bearing on the stockade. The rebel 
 guards, in order to escape capture, cut 
 down the wheels of the artillery, and fled 
 before the Union forces. J. W. Donner, 
 with others in like situation, was sent by 
 Capt. Wirz to Thomasville by railroad, 
 thence to the Union lines at Jacksonville, 
 Florida, which was reached the latter part 
 of April. They were sent by water to 
 Hilton Head and Annapolis, Md. Then 
 by railroad to Chicago and Springfield, 
 reaching home July 10, 1865. He now 
 draws a pension. SARAH E., born 
 Sept. 27, 1836, was married July 27, 1855, 
 to Gilbert Sponsler, who was born Sept. 
 18, 1833, in Dauphin county, Penn., came 
 with his parents to Sangamon county in 
 1841, and settled in what is now Wood- 
 side township. They have four children :
 
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 WILLIAM A., GEORGE A., MARY F. and 
 
 ALICE j., and reside in the Donner settle- 
 ment, four miles east of Springfield. 
 GEORGE T., born May 27, 1839, in 
 Texas, enlisted at Springfield, August, 
 1862, in Co. G.. ii4th 111. Inf., for three 
 years, served full time, and was honorably 
 discharged with the regiment at the close 
 of the war. He was married March, 
 1868, to Sarah Scott, east of Springfield. 
 They have three children, WILLIAM, 
 NANCY M. and HARVY o., and reside near 
 Latham, Logan county, 111. RACHEL 
 T., born May 7, 1842, was married Jan. 
 20, 1857, to Felix Carver. See his name. 
 JOSEPH, bom Sept. 30, 1845, enlisted, 
 May 22, 1862, in Co. B, 68th 111. Inf., for 
 one hundred days, served four months, 
 and was honorably discharged. He was 
 married Nov. 22, 1868, to Mary L. But- 
 ler, who was born June 5, 1849. They 
 have one child, LINNIE B., and reside with 
 his mother, near Springfield, 111. William 
 Donnor died July 22, 1867, within two 
 miles of where his father settled in 1828. 
 His widow, Mrs. Elizabeth Donnor, re- 
 sides four miles east of Springfield. 
 
 ELIZABETH, born in Indiana, was 
 married in Sangamon county, 111., to 
 Absolom Harmon. They had six or seven 
 children, and reside near Libcrtyville, Jef- 
 ferson county, Iowa. 
 
 SUSANNAH, born in Indiana, was 
 married in Sangamon county, 111., to 
 Daniel Blue. They had three children, 
 and moved to Hancock county, 111. 
 
 L YDIA, born in Indiana, was married 
 in Sangamon county, 111., to John Vancil. 
 They had three or four children, and 
 moved to Hancock county, 111. 
 
 Of the children of George Donner's 
 second marriage 
 
 ELITHA CUMI, born in Sangamon 
 county, 111., lived through the disaster on 
 the mountains, in 1846, and was married 
 in California to Perry McCoon. He was 
 killed by a runaway horse. His widow 
 was married Dec. 8, 1853,10 Benjamin W. 
 Wilder. They have six children, and re- 
 side at Elk Grove, Sacramento county, 
 California. 
 
 LEANNA C, born Dec. 5, 1834, near 
 Springfield, 111., lived through the disaster 
 on the mountains 1846-7, was married in 
 Sacramento City, Cal., Sept. 26, 1852, to 
 John App. They had four children. 
 REBECCA, born Feb. 9, 1854, resides 
 
 with her parents. LEONARD F. died 
 in his sixth year, in San Francisco. 
 JOHN Q. and LUCY E. reside with their 
 parents near Jamestown, Tuolumne coun- 
 ty, California. 
 
 Children of the third marriage 
 
 FRANCES E., born July 4, 1840, in 
 Sangamon county, 111., lived through the 
 disaster on the mountains, was educated 
 at St. Dominie Catholic school, at Benicia, 
 was married Nov. 24, 1858, in California, 
 to William R. Wilder. They reside near 
 Point of Timber, Contra Costa county, 
 California. 
 
 GEORGIANA, born Dec. 3, 1841, 
 near Springfield, 111., lived through the 
 disaster on the mountains, was educated at 
 Benecia Catholic school, and married Nov. 
 4, 1863, to Washington A. Babcock, in 
 California. They have three children 
 HENRY A., FRANK B. and EDITH 
 M., and reside at Mountain View, Santa 
 Clara county, California. 
 ^ ELIZA P., born March 8, 1843, near 
 Springfield, 111., lived through the disaster 
 on the mountains, was educated at St. 
 Dominie Catholic school, at Benicia, Cal.j 
 was married in same State, Oct. 10, 1861, 
 to Sherman O. Houghton, who was born 
 April 10, 1828, in New York city. She 
 is his second wife. He served in the ist. 
 regiment N. Y. Vol. Inf. through the 
 Mexican war, was Mayor of San Jose, 
 Cal., in 1855 and 1856, represented Cali- 
 fornia in the 42d and 43d Congress. They 
 have six children, ELIZA P., SHER- 
 MAN O., Tun., CLARA H., CHAS. 
 D., FRANCIS F. and STANLEY W., 
 all born in California except the last, who' 
 was born in Washington, D. C. Hon. S. 
 O. Houghton and family reside in San 
 Jose, Cal. He is a practicing lawyer. 
 
 George Donner was a good man. It is 
 said by his former neighbors in Sangamon 
 county, that it appeared to be a pleasure 
 for him to do a kind act. For an account 
 of the sad fate of himself and wife, see 
 sketch of the Reed and Donner emigrant 
 partv. 
 
 BONDER, TOBIAS, born in 
 1788, near Salem, Rowan county, N. C., 
 was a brother of George and Jacob, and 
 the three sisters, Susannah, Lydia and 
 Elizabeth. He moved with his father's 
 family to Jessamine county, Ky., and was 
 married there to Nancy Bettis, and moved 
 to Decatur county, Ind. From there to
 
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 EAR LI SETTLERS OP 
 
 the vicinity of Athens, Menard county, 
 111., where they brought up a family. 
 
 DONNER, JACOB, was born 
 about i79 near Salem, Rowan county, 
 N. C., accompanied the family to Jessa- 
 mine county, Ky., thence to Decatur 
 county, Ind., and from there (in 1828) to 
 Sangamon county, 111., where he was 
 married to Mrs. Elizabeth Hook, whose 
 maiden name was Blue, a sister of his 
 brother George's second wife. She had 
 two children by a former marriage, 
 namely 
 
 SOLOMON E. Hook, born Jan. n, 
 1832, in Sangamon county, 111., lived 
 through the disaster on the mountains, 
 and was married in California, Nov. 7, 
 1866, to Alice Roberts. They have three 
 children, and reside in Winters, Yolo 
 county, California. 
 
 WILLIAM Hook, born in 1834, 
 in Sangamon county, 111., lived through 
 the disaster on the mountains, but on 
 reaching food, arose in the night, ate too 
 much, and died from the effects in 1847. 
 
 Of the five children of Jacob Donner 
 and wife 
 
 GEORGE, born August, 1837, near 
 Springfield, 111., lived through the disaster 
 on the mountains, and was mamed in 
 California, June 12, 1862, to Margaret J. 
 Watson. They have six children. George 
 Donner died February, 1875, and his 
 family live at Sebastapol, Sonoma county, 
 Cal. 
 
 MART M., born March 18, 1839, near 
 Springfield, 111., experienced the hard- 
 ships of the disasterous trip through the 
 mountains in 1847, accompanied Mrs. 
 Reed to California, and was married there 
 to Sherman O. Houghton. Mrs. Mary 
 Houghton died June 21, 1860, leaving one 
 child, MARY M., who was born June 7, 
 1860, and resides with her father, in San 
 Jose, Cal. See the name of Sherman O. 
 Houghton, in connection with the family 
 of George Donner. 
 
 ISAAC, born in 1841, in Sangamon 
 county, LE WIS and SAMUEL, born in 
 the same county, all three died from starva- 
 tion and exposure in the California moun- 
 tains during the winter of 1846 and '7. 
 
 For an account of the death of Jacob 
 Donner and wife, see sketch of the Reed 
 and Donner emigrant party. 
 
 DONNER, SUSANNAH, 
 born about 1796, in Rowan county, X. C. 
 
 She was married in Jessamine county, 
 Ky., to Micajah Organ. See his name. 
 They came to Sangamon county, 111., in 
 1828, stopping east of Springfield, and 
 moved in 1829 to what is now Auburn 
 township. 
 
 DpRRANCE, DANIEL, was 
 born in 1768, in Hartford, Conn. He was 
 married in 1799, in Seneca county, N. Y., 
 to Margaret Gilland, a native of Pennsyl- 
 vania. They had two children, and 
 moved to Ontario county, where Mrs. 
 Dorrance died, Nov. 30, 1812. Mr. D. 
 there married Mrs. Mary Price, whose 
 maiden name was Arnold. They had one 
 child, and Mrs. Mary Dorrance died Sept. 
 10, 1815. Mr. D., with his three children, 
 moved to Sangamon county, 111., arriving 
 June 8, 1822, in what is now Woodside 
 township, and in the spring of 1823 
 moved to what is Loami township. Of 
 his three children 
 
 MARGARET, born March 30, 1800, 
 in Seneca county, N. Y., married in San- 
 gamon county to Henry Kinney, Jun. 
 See his name. 
 
 GERSHOM, born Nov. 23, 1801, in 
 Seneca county, N. Y., married in Sanga- 
 mon county, Nov. 28, 1832, to Louisa H. 
 Woodworth, who was born in 1814, in 
 Massachusetts. They had nine children; 
 three died in infancy, and DANIEL died 
 at ten years. MARY L. married Nathan 
 T. Underwood, have six children, and re- 
 side in Loami township. MARGARET 
 E. married Benjamin Bane; had three 
 children, CORA BELL, CARRIE and FRED- 
 DIE. Mr. Bane died Feb. 5, 1872. His 
 widow and children reside one and a quar- 
 ter miles east of Loami. JOHN J. resides 
 in Christian county. LYDIA A., mar- 
 ried George Collins and died, leaving one 
 child, PHILIP. CLARISSA M., unmar- 
 ried, and resides in Lincoln. Mrs. Louisa 
 Dorrance died Feb. i, 1855, and Gershom 
 Dorrance resides one and a quarter miles 
 east of Loami. He served in a light- 
 horse company from Springfield in 1831 
 and '2, in the Black Hawk war. 
 
 MART A., born in 1814 or '15, in On- 
 tario county, N. Y., married in Sangamon 
 county in 1832, to David Lindsay. See 
 his name. 
 
 Daniel Dorrance never married after 
 coming to Illinois, and died Sept. 10, 1831, 
 in Loami township. He was about seven 
 years old when the battle of Lexington
 
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 261 
 
 was fought, and he remembered having 
 heard the firing of cannon at some of the 
 battles that took place spon after. His 
 father was a native Englishman, but was 
 a surgeon in the revolutionary army, and 
 lost his life in the service. A powder 
 horn once owned by Dr. Dorrance is now 
 in possession of his grandson, Gershom 
 Dorrance, near Loami. It may have been 
 picked up by him on some battle-field. It 
 is carved with figures of men, trees, ani- 
 mals and other hieroglyphics, and the fol- 
 lowing inscription: 
 
 February 14, 1758. 
 Simon Hough's Horn, made at No. 4. 
 
 I Powder with my Brother Ball, 
 
 A Herow like, I conquer all: 
 Drumbs a Bee t ting, colours flying, 
 
 Trumpets sounding, men a Dying, 
 These are the bold Affects of 
 
 W A R . 
 
 DOUGLAS, MILTON, was 
 born Sept. 25, 1816, in Greene county, 
 Ky., and came to Island Grove, Sangamon 
 county, in the fall of 1833. He was mar- 
 ried Nov. 7, 1838, to Sarah A. Castl<;berry, 
 who was born in 1820, in Ly coming 
 county, Pa. They had three children, 
 namely 
 
 CHRIS TINA, born in 1839,111 San- 
 gamon county, married John Clawson, 
 have five children, and live near Beatrice, 
 Neb. 
 
 WILLIAM J., born March 12, 1841, 
 in Sangamon county, married Nov. 30, 
 1865, to Adaline Rawlings, who was born 
 Jan. 12, 1841, in Lawrence countv, 111. 
 They have four children, WILLIA'M H., 
 MILTON, ANNIE M. and GEORGE, 
 and reside two and a half miles east of 
 Berlin. 
 
 MART E., born Sept. 19, 1843, mar- 
 ried Jeremiah King. See Ms name. 
 
 Mrs.^Sarah A. Douglas died Dec. 19, 
 1848, and Milton Douglas married Eliza 
 Underwood, and she died in October, 1853. 
 Mr. D. was again married Sept. 4, 1854, 
 to Frances M. Rude, who was born March 
 20, 1833, * n Morgan county, 111. They 
 had five living children, namely 
 
 SARAH A., born Aug. 4, 1855, was 
 married Aug. 10, 1871, to Joseph G. Cole. 
 They have one child, LIZZIE, and reside 
 
 in Shelby county, near Dalton City, 
 Moultrie county. 
 
 CARRIE, MAR GA RE T A., MAR- 
 THA E. and STEPHEN A., reside 
 with their mother. 
 
 Milton Douglas died Sept. 15, 1869, and 
 his widow resides two and a half miles 
 east of Berlin. 
 
 DOUGLAS, SAMUEL, was 
 born about 1767, in Loudon county, Va., 
 married there to Amelia Johnson, a native 
 of the same county. They moved to 
 Adair county Ky., thence to Sangamon 
 county, 111., arriving in 1827, on Spring 
 creek. They brought five children, 
 namely 
 
 THOMAS, born in Virginia, married 
 in Sangamon county to Lucinda Hanks, 
 moved to Iowa, thence to Oregon, have 
 six children, and reside near Matysville, 
 California. 
 
 SARAH, married in Kentucky, and 
 remained there. 
 
 ELIZABETH died, aged twenty- 
 five years. 
 
 MARGARET, married in Kentucky 
 to William Hall. See his name. 
 
 JAMES, born March 12, 1809, in 
 Loudon county, Va., came to Sangamon 
 county, 111., in 1827. He was married at 
 the time of the "deep snow," Feb. 22, 
 
 1831, to Ellen Ralston. They had three 
 children. THOMAS, born Dec. 16, 
 
 1832, was married Jan. 20, 1856, to Aman- 
 da Young. They have six living child- 
 ren, ISABELLA, ADALINE, LIONA, 
 CHARLES, MILLIE J. and HATTIE MAY, 
 
 and reside in Springfield. He is foreman 
 in the T., W. and W. R. R. Company's 
 shops. NATHAN, born August 4, 1835, 
 was married in Feb., 18=56, to Louisa 
 Young. They have five children, ELLEN, 
 JAMES M., MARY, ANN, and one other. 
 Mrs. D. died in 1871, in Taylorville, and 
 he married Nettie Phillips, at Elkhart. 
 They have one child. Nathan Douglas is 
 employed by the T., W. and W. R. R. 
 Company, and resides at Bluff City, 111. 
 NANCY J., born Sept. 28, 1838, married 
 Robert Stokes. They have five children, 
 and reside near Edinburg, 111. Mrs. 
 Ellen Douglas died Sept., i54,and James 
 Douglas married Mrs. Nancy Keeling, 
 whose maiden name was Dawson. She 
 died. 
 
 JANE, born Dec. 6, 1817, in Adair 
 county, Ky., was married in Sangamon
 
 262 
 
 EARL? SETTLERS OF 
 
 county to Simmons Bradley. See his 
 name. 
 
 Samuel Douglas died in 1830, in Sanga- 
 mon county, and his widow died about 
 1857, near Mt. Pleasant, Iowa. 
 
 DOZIER, MRS. NANCY, 
 born May, 1793, in Montgomery county, 
 Ky., and married there to John Dozier. 
 He died in 1829, leaving a widow and 
 seven children. Mrs. Dozier, with part of 
 her children, moved to Sangamon county, 
 ill., arriving in .November, 1833, in what 
 is now Woodside township, and the next 
 spring moved to what is now Cotton Hill 
 township. Of her seven children 
 
 JA MES^L^orn Jan. i, 1811, in 
 Montgomery county, Ky., married Jan. 
 22, 1843, in Sangamon county, to Mary 
 W. Armstrong. They had nine children. 
 JANE,',born Oct. 24, 1843, in Sangamon 
 county, was married June 22, 1864, to 
 George Dalbey, who was born in Picka- 
 way county, O., Jan. 31, 1830. They 
 have five children, GEORGE w., EDWIN J., 
 
 CHARLES N., JAMES H. and SAMUEL. ^ All 
 
 live with their parents in Springfield. 
 Mr. D. is trading in cattle in west Mis- 
 souri. THOMAS. W., born April 14, 
 1845, married March 17, 1872, to Mary F. 
 Greenawalt. They had one child, GEORGE 
 A., and reside in Cotton Hill township, near 
 Zion chapel. ZACHARIAH, JOHN, 
 CAROLINE A., NANCY A.JAMES 
 I., Jun., EDWARD S. and FRANK, re- 
 side|with their parents on the farm where 
 Mr/Dozier settled in 1834. It is between 
 Horse and Brush creeks, in Cotton Hill 
 township. 
 
 JANE, born February, 1814, in Ken- 
 tucky, married there to J. Lenegar. She 
 died in 1866 in Clarke county, 111., leaving 
 her husband and several children. Her 
 son JOHN was a member of an Illinois 
 regiment, and died at Jackson, Tenn., 
 during the rebellion. 
 
 SUSAN, born in 1816, in Kentucky, 
 married there to Bedford W. Higgins. 
 See his name. 
 
 CAROLINE, born in 1818, in Ken- 
 tucky, married in Sangamon county to 
 Jackson Matthews, and both died in San- 
 gamon county. 
 
 AMERICA, born in 1820, in Ken- 
 tucky, married in Sangamon county to 
 Joseph Mathews, and she died. 
 
 ANN, born in 1822, in Kentucky, mar- 
 ried in Sangamon county to Daniel Keys, 
 and reside near Pana. See his name. 
 
 JOHN, born March 5, 1830, in Mont- 
 gomery county, Ky., married in Sanga- 
 mon county, Jan. 7, 1855, to Susan 
 Womack. They had five children; one 
 died, aged four years. JAMES A., 
 WILLIAM J., JESSE L. and NANCY 
 E. reside with their parents, two miles 
 west of Pawnee. 
 
 Mrs. Nancy Dozier was married in 
 1 836 to Joseph Matthews, Sen. He died 
 in 1844, and she died March 23, 1852, 
 both in Sangamon county. 
 
 DRENNAN, WILLIAM, 
 born April 9, 1768, in Pendleton District, 
 South Carolina. Mary Thomas was born 
 Jan. 13, 1771. They were married about 
 1790. Six of their children were born in 
 that district, and they moved to Caldwell 
 county, Ky., about 1803, where they had 
 six children. In the fall of 1817 they 
 moved to Illinois, first stopping on Wood 
 river, about two miles from Alton, in 
 Madison county. Their destination wa,s 
 the San-ga-ma country, but it was more 
 economical to remain idle that winter than 
 to move up, and thus incur the necessity 
 of hauling provisions for themselves and 
 stock. Early in 1818 William Drennan, 
 his half brother, Joseph Drennan, his son- 
 in-law, Joseph Dodds, and George Cox, 
 left their families near Alton, and, with 
 their teams, farming implements, provis- 
 ions, and all the young men and boys be- 
 longing to the families who were able to 
 assist in making a home, started, piloted by 
 a white man named William Moore, who 
 had belonged to a company that had been 
 over the country before, in fighting the 
 Indians. He was called an Indian Ranger. 
 Arriving at Sugar creek, they took a day 
 or two for exploring, and on March 10, 
 1818, drove to the spot on which William 
 Drennan built his cabin and which proved 
 to be section 32, town 14, range 5 west, 
 when the government made its ^survey. 
 It is on the northwest side of Sugar creek, 
 and about twelve miles nearly due south 
 of Springfield, and near where the Sugar 
 creek Cumberland Presbyterian church 
 now stands. Immediately after their arri- 
 val they built two cabins. One was occu- 
 pied by George Cox alone. The other 
 was occupied for the summer by William 
 and Joseph Drennan and Joseph Dodds.
 
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 263 
 
 That was the one spoken of as belonging 
 to William Drennan. As they had not 
 the slightest idea of cultivating the prairie, 
 these three men agreed to clear all the 
 land they could in one body, and have a 
 crop from it that year in common, with 
 the understanding that before another 
 year they were all to work together until 
 an equal sized piece was cleared for the 
 other two. They cleared the timber from 
 about fifteen acres, fenced it, plowed as 
 well as they could among the roots and 
 stumps with a little short wooden mould- 
 board plow, and planted it in corn and 
 pumpkins. The soil in the timber was 
 very light so much so that in some 
 places they would almost sink in over 
 their shoes. In fencing this land, they 
 inclosed about three-fourths of an acre of 
 prairie. After they had plowed and plant- 
 ed their crop, one of the men suggested 
 that it was quite a waste to have that un- 
 der fence and nothing growing on it, and 
 proposed that they break it up and plant 
 something on it. In order to make sure 
 work, they uncoupled one of their wagons, 
 hitched four horses to the forward wheels, 
 and fastened their wooden mould -board 
 plow to the axle. They soon found this 
 was a failure. 
 
 Try as they would, the plow would not 
 enter the sod, and they reluctantly gave it 
 up. While they were taking off the team 
 and plow, one of the boys, full of fun and 
 mischief, took up a hoe and began to 
 shave the grass off, saying he could break 
 the prairie with his hoe. That suggested 
 an idea to one of the men, and he, also, 
 took a hoe and began shaving the grass. 
 It was the work of but a few minutes to 
 remove the sod from a spot several feet in 
 diameter. He then called one of the other 
 men, and proposed that, as they were well 
 advanced with their work, and there were 
 seven or eight of them, and all had hoes, 
 that they call all hands together, and shave 
 the grass from the whole piece, plant 
 something on it, and see what would be 
 the result. The man spoken to first, 
 laughed at the idea as ridiculous, but after 
 studying a moment, he fell in with it, and 
 the men and boys were all called up, and 
 the grass shaved off, holes dug, and corn 
 and pumpkin seed planted. They did not 
 touch it any more; that killed the grass. 
 The crop was fully twice as much in pro- 
 portion to the area, as that planted among 
 
 the stumps, and the next spring it /broke 
 up the nicest of any land they had ever 
 seen. This taught them an important 
 lesson, and caused them to make greater 
 exertions to induce some one to invent a 
 plow that would break the prairie. I have 
 this account from the venerable William 
 Drennan, who was one of the young men 
 that assisted in doing the work, and who 
 has lived in sight of the spot to the pres- 
 ent time. Several years elapsed before a 
 plow was invented that would do good 
 work at breaking. In the mean time the 
 early settlers continued clearing their 
 land, that they might have it to cultivate, 
 and were always uneasy for fear their tim- 
 ber would be exhausted. 
 
 There can be but little doubt that the 
 same labor required to destroy the timber 
 on one acre would have shaved the grass 
 from two acres, with no better implements 
 than a hoe. They could, by that means, 
 have had better land to cultivate, twice 
 the quantity of grain raised, and saved 
 their timber, but the probability is they 
 never thought of it. After the provisions 
 they brought with them were exhausted, 
 one of their number would return south, 
 load a couple of horses with provisions, 
 salt, and other indispensibles, in regular 
 pack saddle style, and bring them to 
 their new home. The distance was be- 
 tween sixty and seventy miles. Thev 
 brought cows in the spring, and had plenty 
 of milk. Wild honey was abundant, and 
 Mr. Drennan told the writer that two of 
 their number would cut down a . hollow 
 tree where bees had stored their wealth, 
 and with a few hours work, would bring 
 in from two to five gallons of honey. 
 While they were doing this, others of 
 their number would be looking for more 
 bee trees, so that they always had four or 
 five trees ahead, and knew just where to 
 go when they needed more honey. For 
 meat, they would hunt as the necessities 
 required, some times one, and often all 
 would hunt. In warm weather they 
 would take venison, the breast of turkeys 
 and geese, cut the meat into thin slices, 
 sprinkle a small quantity of salt on it, and 
 dry it on a frame work of sticks about 
 three feet high, setting the frame in the 
 sun, with a smouldering fire underneath. 
 In this way the meat would soon be 
 cured, and ready for use at any time. This 
 they called jerked meat, a considerable
 
 264 
 
 EARLY SETTLERS OF 
 
 supply of which could be kept on hand. 
 Fresh meat, jerked meat, milk, honey and 
 bread, constituted their bill of fare during 
 the first summer. As trips were made back 
 and forth, some of the younger sons of 
 those who had families were brought to 
 the new settlements. After the crops were 
 cultivated, the men who had families re- 
 turned to them, leaving the unmarried men 
 and boys to take care of the property. The 
 four men who came up in the spring, 
 all brought their wives and children 
 in the fall of that year. Mr. Cox arrived 
 first, Joseph Drennan next, and, William 
 Drennan, with his son-in-law, Joseph 
 Dodds, came together, arriving Dec. 3, 
 1818. Of the twelve children of William 
 Drennan, Sen. 
 
 MATTIE, born in South Carolina, 
 married in Kentucky to Joseph Dodds. 
 See his name. 
 
 SAMUEL, born in South Carolina, 
 married in Kentucky to Celia Greer, and 
 died there, leaving a family. 
 
 WILL JAM, born Oct. 15, 1797, in 
 Pendleton district, S. C., came to Ken- 
 tucky, and from there to Sangamon. coun- 
 ty with his father, arriving March 10, 1818, 
 in what is now Ball township. He was 
 married May 30, 1822, in Sangamon coun- 
 ty, to Margaret Anderson. They had 
 twelve children, all born in Sangamon 
 county, viz: JAMES A., born Aug. 6, 
 1828, married Dec. 8, 1853, to Rachel 
 Cannon. They have six children, JAN- 
 
 NETTA F., MARY E., ROBERT W., MINNIE 
 
 \v., IRA and FREDERICK, and reside in 
 Ball township, five miles northeast of 
 Auburn. SAMUEL, born Oct. 30, 1829, 
 went to the Pacific coast in 1852, was 
 married there May 28, 1868, to Louisa 
 Fernald, who was born April 4, 1839, in 
 North Berwick, Maine. They have 
 three children, EDITH A., MABEL L., and 
 DORA A., and reside in Santa Cruz, Santa 
 Cruz county, Cal. JOHN T., born Jan. 
 13, 1 832, enlisted August 9, 1862, at Chat- 
 ham, in Co. I, 73d 111. Inf., for three years. 
 He was wounded at the battle of Chicka- 
 mauga, Sept. 20, 1863, lay five days on the 
 battlefield, befoi'e medical aid was given. 
 He recovered, but is permanently disabled. 
 He was discharged on account of physical 
 disability, June 16, 1864, and resides with 
 his parents in Ball township. WILLIAM, 
 Jun., born March 7, 1833, was married 
 
 Feb. 22, 1853, to Lucinda Cannon, and 
 moved to Shelby county, Mo. They had 
 four children, HENRY c., CHARLES w., 
 DANIEL D. and MARGARET F. William 
 Drennan enlisted in Co. F, 37th Mo. Inf., 
 in 1862, to aid in suppressing the slave- 
 holders' rebellion. A body of rebels, un- 
 der the notorious Bill Anderson, lay in 
 ambush until three companies of Union 
 soldiers were in their power, when two 
 companies were nearly annihilated, eight}' 
 men being slaughtered, it is believed, with- 
 out an opportunity to surrender. It oc- 
 curred near Centralia, Boone county, Mo., 
 Sept. 27, 1864. William Drennan was 
 among the slain. His widow and children 
 reside near Shelby ville, Shelby county, 
 Mo. MARTHA A., born April 25, 
 1835, married William Kenney. See his 
 name. REBECCA, born May 3, 1837, 
 married James Ewing, April 7, 1857. 
 They have four children, ALICE M., CORA 
 B., WILLIAM M. and JAMES F., and reside 
 at Ivanhoe, Shelby county, Mo. MAR- 
 GARET, born Jan. 30, 1839, resides with 
 her parents. NANCY, born Nov. 29, 
 1840, married James M. Nuckolls. See 
 his name. They had one child, LAURA 
 M. She resides with her mother. Mrs. 
 Nuckolls married James Bennington. 
 They have one child, JOHN. Mr. Ben- 
 nington and family reside five miles east 
 of Auburn, in Pawnee township. ROB- 
 ERT died, aged sixteen years. FRAN- 
 CIS N., born July 5, 1845, married Sarah 
 Graham. They have no children, and re- 
 side near Johnstown, Bates county, Mo. 
 MARY E., born March 24, 1847, mar ~ 
 ried Benjamin F. Fletcher. See his 
 name. EMILY J., born May 18, 1851, 
 married Charles I. Pulliam. See his 
 name. William Drennan had his left hand 
 amputated April 3, 1875, as the only way 
 to save his life from the effects of a cancer. 
 He and his wife are both living in view of 
 the farm where he assisted his father in 
 making improvements, March 10, 1818. 
 There is no other man living in the county 
 who was in it at that time. He is conse- 
 quently, at this date 1876 beyond a 
 doubt, the oldest inhabitant of Sangamon 
 county. 
 
 RA CHEL, born in South Carolina, 
 married Alexander Ritchie, in Sangamon 
 county, 111. He died at Sulphur Springs, 
 Hopkins county, Texas, where she now 
 resides 1876. -
 
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 265 
 
 THOMAS, born in South Carolina, 
 was married in Sangamon county, to Eve- 
 line Moffitt. They had seven children. 
 JAMES A. and REBECCA are unmar- 
 ried and reside with their mother. 
 MARY F. married James Bridges. See 
 his name. THOMAS L. married Mary 
 Kuotts, and live in Ball township. John 
 C. and MARTHA E. are unmarried and 
 reside with their mother. Thomas Dren- 
 nan died Sept. 13, 1848, and his widow re- 
 sides in Ball township. 
 
 EZEKIEL N., born June 28, 1802, 
 in South Carolina, was married June 
 1 6, 1825, in Sangamon county, 111., to 
 Marv Viney, who was born Dec. 26, 
 1807, in Kentucky, and came with her 
 parents to Illinois, in 1817. E. N. Dren- 
 nan and wife had ten living children in 
 Sangamon county, 111., and they moved to 
 Adair county, Mo., in Sept. 1859. Of 
 their ten children, WILLIAM S. VI, 
 born July 20, 1826, died unmarried, Aug., 
 1857, at Granby, Newton county. Mo. 
 ALFRED D., born May 5, 1828, died un- 
 married, March 14, 1852, in Sangamon 
 county, 111. MINERVA J., born Jan. 
 29, 1830, in Sangamon county, was mar- 
 ried there, August 29, 1848, to William 
 Orr, who was born Feb. 18, 1820, in Ohio. 
 They had three children in Sangamon 
 county, and moved, in Sept., 1856, to 
 Kirksville, Adair county, Mo., where one 
 child was born. Of their children, EMMA 
 F., born June 27, 1849, in Sangamon 
 county, 111., was married Nov. 18, 1868, to 
 Oliver Ridgeway, of Sangamon county, 
 111., have three childi'en, George, Char- 
 lotte and Arthur, and live in Nodaway 
 county, Mo. HENRIETTA E., born April 
 27. 1852, and ALFRED R., born March 18, 
 1855, both in Sangamon county, and 
 MARV A., born Feb. 5, 1858, in Missouri, 
 the three latter live with their parents. 
 William Orr and wife reside near Troy 
 Mills, Adair county, Mo. NEWTON 
 L., born April 17, 1832, in Sangamon 
 county, married in Adair county, Mo., 
 Nov. 22, 1860, to Phebe Corbin. They 
 had three children, WILLIAM L. THOMAS 
 L. and ALFRED E. Mrs. Phebe Dren- 
 nan died May 7, 1873, and he was 
 married Sept. 10,1874, to Martha L. Nev- 
 ins, of Macoupin county, 111. Thev reside 
 near Troy Mills, Mo. SARAH C., born 
 July 17, 1834, died unmarried in Adair 
 county, Mo., June 16, 1872. REBECCA 
 
 34 
 
 V., born June 30, 1836, was married Mar. 
 20, 1855, t Rufus Cavett, of Sangamon 
 county, 111. She died Oct., 1858, in Ring- 
 gold county, Iowa, leaving two children, 
 MEDORA E. and JANE, who live with their 
 father in Adair county, Mo. NANCY 
 V., born Oct. 28, 1838, was married April, 
 1858, to Daniel M. Edwards, of Macoupin 
 county, 111. They have three children, 
 
 LAURA A , GENERAL D. M. and MARY K., 
 
 all born in Macoupin county, 111., and they 
 moved to Adair county, Mo., in Nov., 
 1866, where two children were born, 
 NOME v. and FREDERICK E. D. M. Ed- 
 wards and family reside near Kirksville, 
 Adair county, Mo. AMANDA K., born 
 Nov. 30, 1840, in Sangamon county, 111., 
 was married Dec. 30, 1860, to Silas G. 
 Phipps, of Adair county, Mo. Thev have 
 eight children, SAMUEL E., OSCAR A., 
 
 CHARLES E., EFFIE M., MINNIE R. MARV 
 
 F., VAN, and D. GRANVEL, and reside in 
 Randolph county, Mo. MARY L., born 
 April 22, 1845, in Sangamon countv, 111., 
 resides in Kansas City, Mo. THOMAS 
 J., born Nov. 12, 1847, ' n Sangamon coun- 
 ty, resides in Adair county, Mo. Mrs. 
 Mary Drennan died Dec. 2, 1871, and 
 Ezekial N. Drennan died Aug. i, 1872, 
 both in Adair countv, Mo. 
 
 MAR GARB T, " born in Kentucky, 
 was married in Sangamon county, 111., to 
 John Ritchie. They moved to Henry 
 county, Iowa, where he died, leaving a 
 widow and five children near New Lon- 
 don, Henry county, Iowa. 
 
 JOHN L., born Feb. 18, 1808, in 
 Caldwell county, Ky., was married in 
 1830, in Sangamon county, 111., to Mary 
 A. Alexander. They had three children. 
 MARY J. married John Hazlett, and re- 
 sides near Edinburg, Christian county, 
 111. THOMAS H. married Mary Mc- 
 Kinnie, and resides in Ball township. 
 MELINDA J. married J. W. Darneille, 
 and both died. Mrs. Mary A. Drennan died 
 in 1842, and John L. Drennan was married 
 Dec. 15, 1842, to Nancy J. Dodds. They 
 had six children. GEORGE L., born Nov. 
 27, 1843, was marr ' c d, J an - u l &7i to 
 Marv E. Ridgeway. She died Nov. 24, 
 1872, leaving one child, FRANK L., in 
 Nodaway county, Mo., where he and his 
 father reside. BENJAMIN F., born 
 Feb. 15, 1845, married Anna E. W T heeler. 
 They have three children, CHARLES F., 
 FLORENCE M. and ADELLA, and reside in
 
 266 
 
 EARLT SETTLERS OF 
 
 Ball township, three miles southeast of 
 Chatham. GILBERT C. is in the mer- 
 cantile business with James A. Able and 
 William R. Lockridge, in Pawnee. 
 CHARLES lives at Pawnee. DAVID 
 A. born Feb. 2, 1851, graduated at Rush 
 Medical College, Chicago, Feb. 16, 1875, 
 and is a practicing physician in Pawnee. 
 ALFRED L. was married March 9, 1875, 
 to Emma J. Christopher, and is farming 
 near Pawnee. The four latter reside with 
 their mother, at Pawnee, Sangamon 
 county, 111. John L. Drennan died July 
 22, 1853, and his widow married John B. 
 Weber. See his name. 
 
 ELIZABETH, born in Kentucky, 
 was married in Sangamon county, 111., to 
 Lewis Laughlin. They had five children, 
 and reside near New London, Henry 
 county, Iowa. 
 
 MART ANN, born Oct. n, 1811, in 
 Caldwell county, Ky., was married in 
 Sangamon county, 111., Nov. 13, 1831, to 
 Urban Alexander, who was born in Cald- 
 well county, Ky., and his father, Joshua 
 C. Alexander, emigrated to Sangamon 
 county about 1820, settling on Richland 
 creek. He served in the Black Hawk 
 war, in the company of which Abraham 
 Lincoln was Captain. Urban Alexander 
 and wife had two children in Sangamon 
 county, and moved to DesMoines county, 
 Iowa, where two children -were born. 
 They returned to Sangamon county, had 
 one child, and in the fall of 1844 they em- 
 igrated with several other families to 
 Texas, and arrived in Fannin county, 
 Texas, Dec. 5, of same year. One son 
 was born there, and in 1851 they moved 
 to Hopkins county, Texas. Of their 
 children: REBECCA J., born Oct. 9, 
 1836, in Sangamon county, 111., is unmar- 
 ried, and resides near Black Jack Grove, 
 Texas. JOHN S., born Aug. 21, 1838, 
 in DesMoines cotmtv, Iowa, enlisted in 
 iS6i,in Co. K,9th Regiment Texas Cav- 
 alry, under Brigadier-General L. S. Ross, 
 of the Southern Confederacy. He was 
 in many engagements, such as Corinth, 
 Vicksburg, etc. At the close of the war , 
 he returned home, only to find his stock 
 of hundreds of cattle all gone, save a few 
 for family use. The homestead remained, 
 and being brought up to believe that a 
 man is never broke until his neck is, and 
 knowing no such word as fail, J. S. Alex- 
 ander began again. He was married Dec. 
 
 4, 1868, to Texanna Tallaferro. They 
 have two children, CHARLES T. and HENRY 
 B., and reside near Black Jack Grove, 
 Hopkins county, Texas. Sarah A., born 
 Sept. 2, 1840, in DesMoines county, Iowa, 
 was married in Texas, March 14, 1860, to 
 George D. Winniford. They had three 
 children, NORVEL, SAMUEL and ROBERT 
 LEE, who live with their mother. Mr. 
 Winniford died in 1871, and the family re- 
 side near Black Jack Grove, Texas. 
 MARTHA M., born Nov. 2, 1842, in 
 Sangamon county, 111., died August 14, 
 1855, near Black Jack Grove, Texas. 
 THOMAS C., born in 1851, in Fannin 
 county, Texas, enlisted in Gurley's Regi- 
 ment Texas Cavalry, and operated princi- 
 pally in Louisana, Arkansas and Indian 
 Territory. He was married in the fall of 
 1866 to Martha Banta. They have five 
 children, WILLIAM, JOHN, AMANDA, 
 GEORGIA and WINFIELD s., and resied 
 near Black Jack Grove, Texas. Urban 
 Alexander died Dec. 20, 1853, from injuries 
 received by being thrown from a wagon. 
 Mrs. Mary A. Alexander died June 4, 
 1854, both near Black Jack Grove, 
 Hopkins county, Texas. 
 
 REBECCA, born in Kentucky, was 
 married in Sangamon county, 111., to 
 George Latimer, who died, and she mar- 
 ried William Allison. They reside near 
 Abingdon, Knox county, 111. 
 
 DA VID, born July" 3, 1816, in Cald- 
 well county, Ky., was married Sept. 3, 
 1833, in Sangamon county, 111., to Nancy 
 Wilson, who was born April 6, 1816, in 
 Morgan county, Tennessee. They emi- 
 grated to Texas in 1842. Of their 
 children, ELIZABETH, born Nov. 3. 
 1835, in Sangamon county, was married 
 Feb. n, 1852, near Honey Grove, Texas, 
 to S A Erwin. They had six children, 
 MARY L, born June 26, 1853, near Honey 
 Grove, was married there Sept. 8, 1871, 
 to J. E. Breckeen, and reside in Honey 
 Grove. JOHN E., born Oct. 18, 1855. M. 
 M., born Dec. 31. 1858. WILLIAM j., born 
 April 22, 1860. NANNIE A., born July 
 20, 1864, and EVA G., born Oct. 8, 1866, 
 reside with their parents in Honey Grove, 
 Fannin county, Texas. MARY, born 
 Jnne 5, 1837, in Sangamon county, 111., 
 was married, Sept. 3, 1860, near Honey 
 Grove, to A. G. Stobaugh. They had 
 four children, NANNIE E., MARTHA E., 
 MARY A. and GUSSIE, who live with their
 
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 267 
 
 father. Mrs. Mary Stobaugh died Nov. 
 15, 1869, in Honey Grove, and the family 
 reside there. MARTHA, born March 
 12, 1840, in Sangamon county, 111., 
 was married Dec. 18, 1856, near Honey 
 Grove, to Louis B. Chiles. They had 
 nine children, JAMES E., NANCY j., the 
 latter died in 1866, MARY E., LOUIS B., Jim., 
 
 \V. I.., ELMO, MARTHA J., ROBERT and 
 
 SAMUEL E., who reside with their parents, 
 near Honey Grove, Fannin county, Texas. 
 WILLIAM E., born Feb. 6, 1844, in 
 Fannin county, was married Sept. 15, 1871, 
 to Annie Tomlinson. They have two 
 living children, j. E. and D. E., and live in 
 Fannin county, near Honey Grove, Texas. 
 ANN ISABELLA, born Feb. 21, 1858, 
 in Fannin county, resides with her parents. 
 ' David Drennan and wife reside near 
 Honey Grove, Fannin county, Texas. 
 William Drennan, Sen., died Oct, 23, 1847, 
 and his widow, Mrs. Mary Drennan, died 
 Oct. 2^, 1856, both where they settled, in 
 1818, in Sangamon county, 111. He in his 
 eightieth year and she in her eighty-fifth 
 year. William Drennan, Sen., was one of 
 the three Commissioners who were ap- 
 pointed by the Governor of Illinois to 
 locate the county seat of Sangamon 
 county. The other two were Zachariah 
 Peter -and Rivers Cormack. They located 
 it by driving a stake in the ground and 
 calling it Springfield. 
 
 DRENNAN, JOSEPH, was 
 born April 16, 1786, in Pendleton district, 
 South Carolina. He was half brother to 
 and much younger than Win. Drennan, 
 Sen. Joseph Drennan was married in 
 South Carolina to Rebecca Evets, and had 
 one child there. About 1807 the family 
 moved to Caldwell county, Ky., where 
 they had five children, and they moved to 
 what is now Ball township, Sangamon 
 county, 111., coming himself in March 10, 
 18183 an d bringing his family in Sept. of 
 that year. They had three children. Of 
 all his children 
 
 ANDRE W /'., born Sept. 12, 1806, in 
 Pendleton district, South Carolina, was 
 married , in Sangamon county to Ruth 
 Smith, and had nine children. JOSEPH 
 F., married Mary Watts, and both 
 died, leaving seven children, in Logan 
 county. ELIZABETH died at five years. 
 MARY A., married John Byers, has 
 three children, and reside in Virden. 
 REBECCA J., married George Trimble. 
 
 See his name. JOHN, married Nancy 
 Watts, has six children, and resides in 
 Champaign county. Andrew J. married 
 Hannah Watson, have four children, and 
 resides in Champaign county. PETER 
 C. married Margaret Smith, have six 
 children, and reside in Champaign county. 
 MARTHA married James A. Smith, has 
 one child, GEORGE E., and resides in Chat- 
 ham. RUTH F. is unmarried, and re- 
 sides in Chatham. Mrs. Ruth Dren- 
 nan died in 1851, and A. P. Drennan 
 married Ruth Wright, and died April 6, 
 1874, in Chatham. His widow lives 
 there. 
 
 JANE, born in Caldwell county, Ky., 
 married in Sangamon county to John 
 Smith. See his name. 
 
 WILLIAM G., born in Kentucky, 
 married in Sangamon county to Sarah 
 Jones, and both died. 
 
 RA CHEL, born in Kentucky, mar- 
 ried in Sangamon county, to James Mitts, 
 and died, leaving two children in Ball 
 township. 
 
 JOSEPH, Jun., born in Kentucky, 
 was married in Sangamon county to 
 Elizabeth Richardson, about 1833. They 
 had two children, and he married Eliza- 
 beth Withrow. They had ten children. 
 She died, and he married Sarah Purvis. 
 They had six children, and he died in 
 Macoupin county, 111. Of his children: 
 SMITH married Eliza J. Seaton, of 
 Macoupin county. They have two child- 
 ren, and live in Ball township. ELIZA 
 married N. W. Bates, had one child, and 
 she died in Iowa. Of Joseph Drennan's 
 other children I have no historv. 
 
 DAVID J., born May 3 ; 1816, in 
 Caldwell county, Ky., was married in 
 Sangamon county, 111., to Sarah Hurley. 
 They had nine children, three of whom 
 died under seven years. Of the other six : 
 JANE married Solomon Taylor and died. 
 REBECCA married George Hilyard, 
 and died, leaving seven children near 
 Lewisburg, Wayne county, Iowa. 
 AMANDA married Starkey D. Morrison. 
 They have two children, CHARLES A. and 
 DAVID j., and reside at Woodside Station. 
 He is Postmaster there. NANCY mar- 
 ried Levi Cassity. See his name. 
 SARAH E. married Martin C. Bridges. 
 See his name. JOSEPH H. married 
 Mattie Forbes, and resides in Wood- 
 side township. Mrs. Sarah Drennan
 
 268 
 
 EARLY SETTLERS OF 
 
 died March 3, 1869, and David J. 
 Drennan resides two miles southeast of 
 Woodside, and eight miles south of Spring- 
 field. David J. Drennan told the writer 
 that one day he went out to kill a deer (if 
 he could find one) during the "deep snow." 
 He went without a gun, expecting to kill 
 it with a knife, as they would break 
 through the crust and stick fast in the 
 snow. In going through the brush he 
 broke through and went down until the 
 snow was just under his arm pits. He 
 was two or three hours in this position 
 trying to extricate himself, and the per- 
 spiration and melting snow made his 
 clothes as wet as though he had plunged 
 into water. He got out of the brush far 
 enough for the crust to bear him, and by 
 the time he walked home his clothes were 
 frozen. He was about thirteen years old 
 when this happened, and says he was 
 twelve years of age when he had his first 
 pair of shoes; that he obtained them by 
 cutting down an oak tree, peeling the bark 
 off and taking it to Thomas Dawson's 
 tannery, received leather in exchange for 
 this bark, had it cut out in th rough, and 
 took the leather to Robert Metcalfe to be 
 made into shoes. He paid the shoemaker 
 by picking the seed out of four pounds of 
 cotton, which left one pound of cotton and 
 three pounds of seed. The farmers 
 raised cotton extensively then, each one 
 having three or four acres, and not more 
 of wheat or oats. Cotton was picked by 
 hand, but afterwards Robert Pulliam 
 built a cotton gin, made to run by a tread 
 wheel and two oxen. 
 
 SAMUEL, born May 15, 1819, the 
 first birth of the family in Sangamon 
 county, was married Oct. 6, 1836, to Alary 
 A. Baker, who was born Feb. 14, 1820, in 
 Tennessee. They had six children. 
 NANCY J. married Robert Penick, and 
 died, leaving three children. ANDREW 
 J. enlisted Sept., 1861, in Co. B, roth 111. 
 Cav., for three years, re-enlisted as a vet- 
 eran in Jan., 1864, served to the end of the 
 rebellion, and was honorably discharged 
 at San Antonio, Texas, in Nov., 1865. 
 He was married to Martha H. Smith, 
 have two living children, SAMUKI. T. and 
 KKBECCA j., and reside in Curran town- 
 ship. EZEKIEL died at sixteen years of 
 age. GEORGE W., MARY A. and 
 LOUISA reside with their mother. 
 Samuel Drennan died Jan. n, 1855, and 
 
 his widow resides three miles southeast of 
 Curran. 
 
 EZEKIEL H., born Nov. 17, 1822, 
 in Sangamon county, married Lavina 
 Ray. They have five living children, and 
 live in Auburn. 
 
 NANCY, born Jan. 7, 1825, in Smiga- 
 mon county, married May 8, 1866, to John 
 Harmon. See his name. She died Oct. 
 15, 1871. 
 
 Joseph Drennan died Oct. 22, 1865, and 
 his widow Mrs. Rebecca Drennan died 
 Dec. 7, 1866, both in Sangamon county. 
 
 DRESSER, REV. CHAS., 
 D. D.^ was born Feb. 24, 1800, in 
 Pomfret, Conn. He was a classmate of 
 George D. Prentice, in Brown University, 
 Providence, R. I., and graduated there in 
 1823. He then went to southeast Virginia 
 and entered the family of Dr. Meade (af- 
 terward Bishop Meade), of Virginia, as 
 tutor to his sons, and with him studied 
 theology. He was ordained to the minis- 
 try in the Protestant Episcopal Church in 
 1829, and was married Nov. 8, 1832, in 
 Dinwiddie county, near Petersburg, Va., 
 to Louisa W. Withers, who was born there 
 July 15, 1810. They had two living chil- 
 dren in Virginia. Mr. Dresser came with 
 his family to Springfield in April, 1838, 
 where he became Rector of the Episcopal 
 Parish. They had eight children in 
 Springfield, four of whom died young. Of 
 their six living children 
 
 DA VI D W., born Oct. 16, 1833, at 
 Halifax Court House, Va., brought up in 
 Springfield, graduated at Jubilee College, 
 Robins' Nest, Peoria county, 111., in 1851, 
 and was there ordained to the ministry in 
 1855. Rev. D. W. Dresser was married 
 Nov. 20, 1861, at Chesterfield, 111., to Caro- 
 line Cundell, who was born there Jan. 4, 
 1841. He is now Rector of the Protestant 
 Episcopal Parish at Carlinville, 111. 
 
 THOMAS W., born Jan. n, 1837, at 
 Halifax C. H., Va., was brought up in 
 Springfield. He graduated at Jubilee col- 
 lege in 1855, and at the Medical University 
 of New York City in 1864. He was mar- 
 ried in Springfield, Nov. 28, 1865, to Mar- 
 garet Doremus. They have one child, 
 CATHARINE. Dr. T. W. Dresser is a 
 practicing physician and resides in Spring- 
 field, Illinois. 
 
 ELIZABETH, born Aug., 20, 1838, 
 in Springfield, was married Dec. 31, 1873, 
 to William P. Thaver. See his name.
 
 SANGAMON COUNTY. 
 
 269 
 
 EDMUND, born Sept. 2, 1843, m 
 Springfield, spent several years as railroad 
 telegraph operator, and is now master of 
 transportation on the T. W. & W. R. R. 
 He resides with his mother in Springfield, 
 Illinois. 
 
 SAMUEL J^REAT, born Sept. 6, 
 1846, in Springfield, spent several years as 
 assistant clerk of the U. S. District Court 
 in Springfield. Was, from Jan., 1875, to 
 Jan., 1876, clerk in the office of Solicitor 
 of the Treasury at Washington, D. C. 
 He is now Deputy U. S. Marshal for the 
 southern district of Illinois, and resides 
 with his mother in Springfield. 
 
 VIRGINIA, born Oct. izj 1852, in 
 Springfield, resides with her mother. 
 
 Rev. Charles Dresser received the de- 
 gree of Doctor of Divinity from St. Paul's 
 college, Mo., in 1858, and was Rector of 
 the Protestant Episcopal church in Spring- 
 field from 1838 to 1855. During that time, 
 us the parish register shows, he solemnized 
 the marriage of Abraham Lincoln and 
 Mary Todd, Nov. 4, 1842. He was elect- 
 ed Professor of Divinity and Belles Letters 
 in Jubilee College in 1855, and remained 
 in that position for some time, when he 
 returned to Springfield and died March 
 25, 1865. His widow resides at 818 West 
 Edwards street, Springfield, 111. 
 
 DUFF, ABRAHAM, was born 
 May 15, 1777, in South Carolina. Vir- 
 linda Combs was born in South Carolina 
 also, Aug. 6, 1781. Their parents moved 
 on pack horses to the vicinity of Bowling 
 Green, Ky. A. Duff and Verlinda Combs 
 were married, and had nine children born 
 there, and moved to St. Clair county, 111., 
 and from there moved in company with 
 his son-in-law, John Sims; arrived April, 
 1819, on Spring creek, at a point six miles 
 west of where Springfield now stands. 
 Two children were born at the latter place. 
 Of their eleven children 
 
 ELIZABEJ^H, born April 16, 1798, 
 in Kentucky, married Elijah Putnam. 
 Mr P. died, leaving his widow and child 
 near Bloomfield, Iowa. 
 
 GEORGE, born Feb. 10, 1800, in 
 Kentucky, married in Sangamon county, 
 in 1822, to Jennie Archer. They had 
 seven children in Sangamon county, and 
 moved in 1839 to Newton county, Mo., 
 where five children were born. MIL- 
 TON, married Martha Lynn, and reside 
 in Missouri. MISSONIAH, married 
 
 John Powers in Missouri, came to 
 Sangamon county and he died. She mar- 
 ried again, is now a widow and resides in 
 Missouri. WILLIAM, born Feb. 10, 
 1827, in Sangamon county, married April 
 7, 1853, to Mrs. Elcy F. Archer, whose 
 maiden name was Meacham. They have- 
 two children, JOHN G. and MINERVA A,, 
 and reside on the farm where his grand- 
 father, Duff, settled in 1819. It is six miles 
 west of Springfield. ABRAHAM, born 
 in Sangamon county, raised in Missouri, 
 but was living with his brother William, 
 and enlisted in 1861 for three years, in Co. 
 B, loth Illinois Cavalry, and died at 
 Quincy, 111., Feb. 18, 1862, was buried at 
 Old Salem, Sangamon county. GREEN- 
 BERRY, born in Sangamon county, went 
 from Missouri to California in 1853, and 
 resides there. All the others reside in 
 Missouri. Mrs. Jennie DufT died Feb., 
 1863, in Lincoln county, Mo., and George 
 Duff resides in Newton county, Mo. 
 
 LTCINDA, born Nov. 14, 1801, in 
 Kentucky, married John Sims. See his 
 name. 
 
 MATILDA, born Aug. 5, 1804, in 
 Kentucky, married Feb. 6, 1825, to Robert 
 Archer. See his name. 
 
 COMBS, born July 4, 1807, in Ken- 
 tucky, married In Sangamon county to 
 Polly Hurley, have eleven children, and 
 reside near Clirtton, 111. 
 
 COMELT,\>orn July 8, 1809, in Ken- 
 tucky, married Feb. 24, 1825, to John 
 Morgan. See his name. 
 
 EFFT, born Aug. 24, 1811, in Ken- 
 tucky, married Michael Archer. See his 
 name. 
 
 MELISSA, born Aug. 28, 1813, in 
 Kentucky, married John Henry, and 
 moved to Missouri. Mr. H. died, leaving 
 a widow and seven children. 
 
 GREENBERRET, born Aug. 10, 
 1815, in Kentucky, married in Sangamon 
 county to Elizabeth Wilbourn. Thev 
 have seven children, and reside near Mt. 
 Auburn, Christian county. 
 
 MART ANN, born Jan. 4, 1820, in 
 Sangamon county, married John H. Rob- 
 inson. See his name. 
 
 MARTHA A., born Aug. 4, 1821, in 
 Sangamon county, married Thompson 
 Smith, have three children, and reside at 
 Clinton, DeWitt county.
 
 270 
 
 EARLT SETTLERS OF 
 
 Mrs. Verlinda Duff died Sept. 18, 1845, 
 and Abraham Duff died Dec. 25, 1850, 
 both in Sangamon county. 
 
 Mrs. Dorothy Combs, mother of" Mrs. 
 Duff, came to Sangamon county with her 
 daughter, and died at her house Feb. 12, 
 1838, aged eighty-five years. Her hus- 
 band, Bennett Combs, died in Virginia. 
 
 DUNCAN, MOSES, no relation 
 to John, Rice, Marshall, etc. He Was born 
 in South Carolina, was a soldier in the 
 war of 1812, was married in South Caro- 
 lina, moved to Tennessee, had several 
 children there, and the family moved to 
 Sangamon county, 111., arriving in 1826 or 
 1827, and settled on Spring creek. 
 
 HIRAM, JOHN, MART, MAR- 
 GARET and WILLIAM married in 
 Tennessee, and came to Sangamon county 
 with their father. M OSES, Jun., JO- 
 SEPH, DA VID and ARCHIBALD, 
 the four latter unmarried, came with their 
 parents also. JOSEPH and D>A VID 
 married in Sangamon county. In 1833 
 the whole family except two moved to 
 Missouri. In 1835 the other two, WIL- 
 LIAM and JOSEPH, went there 
 also. 
 
 JOSEPH was a preacher in the M. 
 E. church, and when the division took 
 place he preferred remaining with the real 
 Methodist Episcopal church, and returned 
 to Sangamon county in 1844. In order to 
 give his life in detail it may be said he was 
 born May 21, 1808, in Franklin county, 
 Tenn., came to Sangamon county in 1826 
 or 7, was a soldier in the Black Hawk war 
 of 1831-2, and was married in Sangamon 
 county, Oct. 18, 1832 to Nancy Lanterman. 
 They had two living children, DAVID C., 
 born Oct. 6, 1833, in Sangamon county, 
 married Nov. 23, 1856 to Deborah Mills. 
 They had four living children, SARAH B., 
 DORA M., NANCY E., and MARY E., and re- 
 side in Williamsville. SOLOMON H., ' 
 born June 6, 1835, died April 11, 1860. 
 Rev. Joseph Duncan died May 10, 1854. 
 His widow married Harrison Bishop. He 
 died, and she resides with her son, David 
 C. Duncan, in Williamsville. Rev. Joseph 
 Duncan was a regular traveling preacher 
 from the time he returned from Missouri 
 until his death. 
 
 DUNCAN, RICE, was born Mar. 
 5, 1781,111 North Carolina. He was brother 
 to Marshal and John. When young his 
 father's family moved to Cumberland 
 
 county, Ky. He was there married to 
 Barbara Antle. They had four children, 
 and Mrs. D. died. He married Luranah 
 Rutherford. They brought one child 
 from Kentucky to St. Clair county, where 
 they had five children, and moved to Mor- 
 gan, and then to Sangamon county, arriv- 
 ing Oct., 1837, in what is now Salisbury. 
 Of their children 
 
 DELILAH, born Nov. 20, 1805, U1 
 Kentucky, married A. Buchanan, had 
 twelve children, moved to Texas in 1845, 
 and Mr. B. died soon after. 
 
 MATILDA, born Nov. 29, 1807, in 
 Kentucky, married Lev! Scott, had twelve 
 children, Mr. S. died, and the family reside 
 at Carthage, 111. 
 
 WILLIAM T., born April 23, 1809, 
 in Kentucky, married Clemantine French. 
 They had six children, and he died. The 
 family reside in Macoupin county." 
 
 SIDNEYS., born Dec. 18, 1810, in 
 Kentucky, married in Sangamon county 
 to Mary Rogers. They had three chil- 
 dren. He was Judge of Morgan county 
 court, and died Aug., 1872, in Jacksonville, 
 His widow resides in Chicago 
 
 SUSANNAH, born July 13, 1816, in 
 Kentucky, married Andrew P. Tannehill. 
 They have six children, and live in Bates 
 county, Mo. 
 
 NANCY, born Jan. 25, 1820, married 
 Henry Antle. See his name. 
 
 SARAH B., born Feb. 21, 1823, mar- 
 ried George Goodman, have seven chil- 
 dren and live in Keokuk, Iowa. 
 
 BETSY J., born July 3, 1825, married 
 William Dorrell, and live in Menard 
 county. 
 
 ELLA A., born June i, 1827, married 
 Samuel Coleman, and both died, leaving 
 one child, in Salisbury township. 
 
 A VARILLA, born Feb. 8, 1831, mar- 
 ried Lemuel Miller, had two children, and 
 died. 
 
 Mrs. Luranah Duncan, died May 29, 
 1862, and Rice Duncan died Oct. 7, 1863, 
 both in Salisbury township. 
 
 DUNCAN, MARSHAL, was 
 born in 1783 or 4, in North Carolina. He 
 was brother to Rice and John. He went, 
 when young, with his parents to Cumber- 
 land county, Kentucky. He left Kentucky 
 w 7 ith three children and came to Sangamon 
 county, 111., arrived-in 1820 or 21 in Salis- 
 bury township. He was there 'married to 
 Hannah Miller, a daughter of John Miller.
 
 SANGAMON COUNT 1'. 
 
 271 
 
 They had eight children. Of all his 
 children 
 
 JAMES T. and WILLIAM T. H., 
 twins, born May 10, 1807, in Cumberland 
 county, Ky. 
 
 JAMES T., married in Sangamon 
 county, Aug. 27, 1829, to Mary Penny, 
 who was born Dec. 6, 1809, in Pope county, 
 111. They had nine living children, 
 HESTER A., married John Gramiish, 
 and resides in Salisbury township. 
 FRANCIS M., born Dec. 30, 1852, mar- 
 ried Martha J. Yoakum. They have 
 eight children, CHARLES x., LAURA A., 
 
 \VM. R. and JAMES T., twins, JEANETTE A., 
 
 <;KORGE H., LOUISA E. and MARY j., and 
 live in Salisbury township, northeast of 
 Sangamon river. JANE, married John 
 C. Berry, have six children, and live in 
 DeWitt county. John W., died in Iowa 
 in 1869, aged thirty -two years. FRANK- 
 LIN W., married Martha Irwin, have five 
 children, and live in Menard county. 
 JAMES T., Jun., married Olive Douglas, 
 who died.leaving one child; he and his child 
 live in Salisbury township. SYLVES- 
 TER T., unmarried, resides at Salisbury. 
 MATILDA, married James Potter, have 
 four children, and live in Menard county. 
 WILLIAM P., lives with his mother. 
 James T. Duncan, died July 9, 1856, and 
 his widow resides in Salisbury. 
 
 WILLIAM T. //., married in Sanga- 
 mon county, in 1831, to Eve Miller. They 
 had twelve children. MARION M., 
 married Martha McMurphy, have five- 
 children, LUCY C., LAURA A., MARGARET 
 x., OMER L., and LEX A E., and live in Sal- 
 isbury. POLLY A., married O. R. 
 Baker. See his name. JAMES T.. and 
 SIMEON S., live with their mother. 
 SARAH J., married Hamilton Combs, 
 has four children, and live in Salisbury 
 township. MARTHA, married R.ichard 
 Gaincs, and lives with her mother. 
 MARGA.RET married Dr. A. F. Pur- 
 vines. See his name. NANCY E., 
 married Xapolcon Connor, have two child- 
 ren, and live in Macoupin county. 
 GEORGE W., is west. FARINDA, 
 married Elisha Batterton. Sec his name. 
 ALICE, married Turner Yoakum, and 
 resides in Avoca, Iowa. THOMAS S., 
 lives with his mother. William T. H. 
 Duncan died Oct. 20, 1862, and his widow 
 resides in Salisbury 1874. 
 
 MARSHAL 7\, born Dec. 27, 1809, 
 in Cumberland countv, Ky., married in 
 Tennessee, Aug. 22, 1830, to Anna Sharp. 
 They had three children, and Mrs. Dun- 
 can died in 1836 or 7, and Mr. Duncan, 
 with his children, came soon after to San- 
 gamon county. Of his children WIL- 
 LIAM T., born Sept. 19, 1832, in Tenn., 
 raised in Sangamon county, and enlisted 
 for three years, Aug. 13, 1862, in Co. B, 
 114 111. Inf., served until Aug. 3, 1865, 
 when he was honorably discharged. He 
 was married March 20, 1866, to Tane 
 Grady. They have four children, MARY 
 
 A., JASPER C., AXXA M., and WILLIAM H., 
 
 and live seven miles northwest of Spring- 
 field. RACHEL M., born Aug. n, 1834, 
 in Tennessee, married in Sangamon county 
 to Enos Campbell. See his name. 
 MARY A., born Sept. 7, 1836, in Ten- 
 nessee, married in Sangamon county to 
 Solomon Penny, and died. Marshal T. 
 Duncan died Aug. 23, 1840, in Sangamon 
 county. 
 
 By the second marriage 
 
 MINERVA, born Sept. 15, 1822, in 
 Sangamon county, married John C. Irwin. 
 See his name. 
 
 ARTAMESIA, born Nov. 30, 1828, 
 in Sangamon county, married May 5, 
 1852, to Nathan Hartley, have six child'ren, 
 and live in Menard county. The remainder 
 of the children are in Iowa and Kansas. 
 
 Marshall Duncan died in Sangamon 
 county, in the fall of 1858, and his widow 
 resides with her children in Iowa. 
 
 DUNCAN, JOHN, was born in 
 1789, in Cumberland county, Ky. He 
 was married there to Sally Miller, and 
 had six children there, and moved to 
 Sangamon countv, 111., about 1827, in 
 what is now Salisbury township, where 
 they had six children. Three only of 
 their children reside in Sangamon countv. 
 
 POLLY married John Davies. See 
 his name. 
 
 JOHN married Nancy Kane, have 
 three children, and reside in Salisbury. 
 
 ARMINDA,\>orn Feb. 14, 1828, in 
 Sangamon county, married Jan. 8, 1849, 
 to Frederick Luchsinger, who was born 
 April 2, 1824, in Canton Glarus, Switzer- 
 land. They have six living children. 
 HESTER A., married John Danenbcrger, 
 and resides in Sangamon county. SARAH 
 E. married Silas Danenberger, and resides 
 in Salisbury township. JANE M.,
 
 372 
 
 EARLY SETTLERS OF 
 
 HARRIET E., JANETTA and ELIZA 
 O. reside with their parents, near Salis- 
 bury. 
 
 Mrs. Sally Duncan died Nov., 1850, and 
 John Duncan died in 1863, both near 
 Salisbury. 
 
 DUNN,^ WILLIAM, an older 
 brother to Elijah, was born in Fleming 
 county, Ky., married there to Barbara 
 Callerman,had five children, and moved to 
 Sangamon county in 1829. Mr. Dunn died 
 soon after, and a few years later his widow 
 and children moved to Henry county, 111. 
 
 DUNN, ELIJAH, was born 
 about 1798, in Fleming county, Ky., and 
 was married there to Eleanor Callerman, 
 a native of the same county. She was a 
 sister of D. K. Callerman. They had two 
 children in Kentuckv, and moved to San- 
 gamon county, 111., arriving in the fall of 
 1825, ant ^ se ttled two and one-half miles 
 west of Springfield, and three years later 
 they moved north of Spring creek. They 
 had three children in Sangamon county. 
 Of their children 
 
 JOHN C., born Aug. 20, 1823, in 
 Kentucky, raised in Sangamon county, 
 went to Galena, engaged in lead mining, 
 and died there about 1845, a g e d twenty- 
 two years. 
 
 JA)fES K., born June 21, 1825, in 
 Fleming county, Ky., married in Sanga- 
 mon county,. March 15, 1869, to Bertha 
 Kelly, who was born April 4, 1846. They 
 had three children. CHARLES and AL- 
 FRED died in infancy, KATIE lives with 
 her parents. J. K. Dunn resides on the 
 farm where his father settled in 1828. It 
 is four miles northwest of Springfield. 
 
 DANIEL A., born Jan. 8, 1828, in 
 Sangamon county, married Eliza Ann 
 Kelly. They had two living children, 
 and Mrs. Dunn died March 15, 1871. Of 
 her children JOHN lives with his father, 
 and OLIVER with his uncle, J. K. Dunn. 
 D. A. Dunn resides four miles northwest 
 of Springfield. 
 
 URIAH, born Nov. 13, 1833, in San- 
 gamon county, died aged twenty years. 
 
 ELIZABETH, born Dec. 14, 1837, in 
 Sangamon county, married Feb. 17, 1859, 
 to Joel J. Manning, who was born in 1833 
 in Montreal, Canada, and came to Sanga- 
 mon county in 1838. They had seven 
 children. Their second, ELIJAH, died 
 Aug. 24, 1873, aged 12 years. MARY 
 E., FRANCES E., JAMES G., NORA 
 
 M., IDA BELL, and a babe, reside 
 with their parents four miles northwest of 
 Springfield. 
 
 Mrs. Eleanor Dunn died about 1853,3111! 
 Elijah Dunn died Aug. 7, 1866 both in 
 Sangamon county. 
 
 DUN LAP, JOHN, was born 
 May 15, 1785, probably in Pennsylvania, 
 and went to Carter county, Tenn. Cath- 
 arine Tipton was born Jan. 30, 1788, in 
 Carter county, Tenn. They were married 
 and had nine children there. The family 
 moved to Sangamon county, 111., arriving 
 in the fall of 1828, in what is now Fancy 
 creek township, where they had one child. 
 Of their children 
 
 ISAAC, born Jan. 2, 1806, in Tennes- 
 see, was married there to Mary H. 
 Bowers, and came with his father to San- 
 gamon county. They had twelve child- 
 ren. Isaac Dunlap died August 2, 1867, 
 and his widow resides in Fancy Creek 
 township. 
 
 MARGARE7\ born Jan. 2, 1808, 
 married in Tennessee to Baptiste Mc- 
 Nabb, came to Sangamon county with 
 her father. They had four children, and 
 he died. She married John McLoud. 
 See his name. 
 
 SARAH, born March 9, 1810, married 
 Samuel T. Boyd. He died, and she mar- 
 ried Thomas Vandevender, who died, and 
 she married Samuel T. Lacey, and resides 
 in Logan county. 
 
 RUTH, born March 18, 1812, married 
 in Tennessee to John E. Hedrick, came to 
 Sangamon county with her father, and had 
 ten children. The family are all in Mis- 
 souri and Iowa. 
 
 TENNESSEE, born August 14, 
 1814, married Eliza Cutwright. He shot 
 himself accidentally in 1840, in Logan 
 county, leaving a wife and two children. 
 
 JAMES T., born Dec, 8, 1816, mar- 
 ried Mary H. Brown. They had five 
 children, and she died. He married 
 Rosanna McCauley. They had six child- 
 ren. He was a soldier in the Mexican war 
 from Sangamon county. He moved to 
 Missouri, and was Captain of a Com- 
 panv in a Union Regiment, and was cap- 
 tured at the battle of Pittsburg Landing, 
 was exchanged after seven mouths im- 
 prisonment, returned home, and served 
 one term in the Missouri Legislature in 
 1863, He went again in the army, and 
 \vas killed at the battle of Franklin, Tenn.,
 
 SANOAAfON COUNTT. 
 
 273 
 
 in Dec., 1864, while acting as Captain of 
 a Company. 
 
 SUSANNA, born April 15, 1819, mar- 
 ried Benjamin F. Brown. See his name. 
 
 JOHN /?., born in Carter county, 
 Tenn., April 24, 1821, married in Sanga- 
 mon county, Dec. 10, 1840, to Emily A. 
 Brown. They had ten children. AL- 
 MYRA married Theodore Allen, have 
 two children, and reside in Sullivan coun- 
 ty. M<>. WILLIAM T. enlisted in Co. 
 H, 36th Iowa Inf., in 1862, contracted 
 chronic diarrhea in camp, was sent to hos- 
 pital at Keokuk, brought home by his pa- 
 rents, and died July 3, 1863. JAMES A. 
 married Zerilda Richards, had two child- 
 ren, and she died. He married Sarah E. 
 Elliott, and resides in Fancv Creek town- 
 ship. R OBERT married Nellie Richards, 
 and resides in Randolph county, Mo. 
 ELIZA J. married George D. Power. 
 See his name. FRANKLIN P. resides 
 with his parents. MARY C. died, aged 
 five years. JOHN R.,Jun., CLARENCE 
 P. and OLIVE L. reside with their pa- 
 rents, two and a half miles west of Sher- 
 man, Sangamon county, 111. 
 
 MAR T A., born Sept. 29, 1823, mar- 
 ried Alexander Doake. He died and she 
 married Jer. Falconer, who died, and she 
 lives near Decatur. 
 
 EDNA M., born Jan. 13, 1831, mar- 
 ried John Johnson, who died, and she 
 married Robert T. Brown. Sec his 
 name. 
 
 John Dunlap died Feb. 14, 1856, and 
 his widow died May 26, 1857, both m 
 Sangamon county. 
 
 DURBIN, JOSEPH, was born 
 about 1776, in what afterwards became 
 Madison county, Ky. He was married 
 there to Elizabeth Logsdon, and they had 
 twelve children in that county. He then 
 moved his family to Sangamon county, 
 111., arriving in 1829, and settled in what 
 is now Pawnee township. Of his chil- 
 dren 
 
 EDWARD, SYLVESTER and 
 Af.\RGARE7^ married in Kentucky, 
 came to Sangamon county in 1828, and 
 settled in what is now Cotton Hill town- 
 ship. In 1830 the whole family moved to 
 that part of Montgomery which is now 
 Christian county. His son 
 
 CHRISTOPHER K., born in Ken- 
 tucky in 1793, married there to Rachel 
 Willis, and moved with his father to San- 
 
 35 
 
 gamon and Christian county, 111. They 
 had thirteen children. Their fourth child, 
 JAMES R., born June 18, 1820, in Madi- 
 son county, Ky., remained with his father 
 until April to, 1842, when he was married 
 to Ann Simpson. Their only living child, 
 A\(;ELINE, married Thomas J. Gatton. 
 He died April 20, 1867, leaving a widow 
 and three children, Mary A., Andrew T., 
 and James W. James R. Durbin died 
 Dec. 1873, and his widow, his widowed 
 daughter and her three children, reside 
 near St. Bernard church in Ball township. 
 
 DUTTON, MATTHEW, was 
 born April 5, 1778, in Windsor county, Vt. 
 He spent his early life as a school teacher, 
 and about 1818 entered the ministry 
 in connection with the Congregational 
 church. He never became a settled pastor, 
 but all his ministerial work was clone as 
 an evangelist, several years of the thiie in 
 Tennessee and some in Virginia. In 1834 
 he engaged in teaching and occasional 
 preaching at Decatur, 111. Elizabeth 
 Williams was born March 22, 1791, in the 
 town of Sharon, Litchfield county, Conn. 
 She was married March 10, 1811, in 
 northern New York, to David Carpenter. 
 Thev had two children in the State of 
 New York. 
 
 JOHN WILLIAM, born Mar. 4, i8n, 
 went to sea at 16 years old. His second 
 voyage was on boaal the ship Warrenton. 
 The vessel was lost and not a soul on 
 board saved. 
 
 THOMAS /;., born March S, 1813, 
 married April, 1833, in Duchess county, 
 N. Y., to Julia A. Wing. He died sud- 
 denly June 2, 1854, near Sullivan, Moultric 
 county, 111., leaving a widow and six chil- 
 dren. 
 
 David Carpenter died in New York, 
 and his widow went to Now York Citv 
 and taught school until July, 1834, when 
 she went to Decatur, 111., to visit two of 
 her brothers. Rev. Matthew Dutton and 
 Mrs. Elizabeth Carpenter were married 
 Nov. 15, 1834, in Decatur. They moved 
 to Morgan county and a year Ir.ter to San- 
 gamon county, arriving at Mechanicsb'irg 
 in July, 1838. Both being teachers, and in 
 the absence of any school system, they 
 built a school house and lived and taught 
 in it for about twelve years. It was a 
 frame building, plastered outside and in, 
 and was almost snow white. Nearly ull 
 who are now heads of families in the vicin-
 
 2 74 
 
 EARLY SETTLERS OF 
 
 ity of Mechanicsburg received their educa- 
 tion in that house. 
 
 Rev. Matthew Button died Feb. 21, 
 1857, an< ^ m ' s widow (1874) in her eighty- 
 fourth year resides in Mechanicsburg. 
 
 DRYER, JOHN, was born Dec. 
 13, 1783, in Great Barrington, Mass. He 
 was married May 14, 1808, in New York, 
 to Cynthia Stevens, who was born March 
 4, 1793, in Vermont. They had two 
 children in New York, and in 1819 came 
 to Sangamon county, 111., settling six miles 
 from where Springfield now stands, where 
 they had one child, and moved to Spring- 
 field about 1825. Of their children 
 
 LA V1NIA M., born Dec. 22, 1812, in 
 New York, married in Sangamon county 
 June, 1830, to Hugh M. Armstrong. See 
 his name. 
 
 ALMIRA, born April, 1815, in New 
 York, married in Springfield, in 1836, to 
 E. Geo. Johns. 
 
 JANE A., born Aug. 15, 1820, in 
 Sangamon county, was married Sept., 
 1838, in Massachusetts, to William Cone, 
 and reside three miles west of Spring- 
 field. 
 
 John Dryer was engaged in wool card- 
 ing, and was the first man in the county 
 to cultivate a nursery and introduce fruit 
 trees. He died July 3, 1854, and his 
 widow resides in Springfield now 1876 
 in her eighty-fourth year. 
 
 IE 
 
 EARNEST, JACOB, born 
 April 24, 1799, in South Carolina, was 
 married there to Elizabeth Sims, who was 
 born April 26, 1798. She was a sister of 
 James and William Sims, one of whom 
 was older and the other younger than her- 
 self. They moved to that part of Simp- 
 son which later became Logan county, 
 Ky., where they had seven children. In 
 1817 the family moved to St. Clair county, 
 111., where they had one child, and they 
 moved to what became Sangamon county, 
 111., arriving in the fall of 1819, on Spring 
 Creek, in what is now Curran township, 
 where one child was born. Of their nine 
 children 
 
 LA VINA, born Nov. 28, 1824, in 
 Kentucky, was married in Sangamon 
 county, 111., to James McMurry. See his 
 name. He died, leaving a widow and six 
 
 children near lone City, lone Valley, 
 California. 
 
 SARAH, born April 7, 1806, in Ken- 
 tucky, was married Feb. 18, 1824, in San- 
 gamon county, 111., to John King. See 
 his name. 
 
 WILLIAM, bom August 18, 1807, in 
 Kentucky, was married in Sangamon 
 county, 111., to Jane Parks. They had 
 five children. Mr. Earnest and three of 
 the children died near Northfield, Iowa. 
 Mrs. Earnest died there, Dec. 7, 1870, 
 and -the children reside near Northfield. 
 
 ROBERT, born April 6, 1810, in 
 Kentucky, was married in Sangamon 
 county to Susan Kendall. They had one 
 child, SUSAN A., born Jan. 25 1831, 
 married James Turner. See his name. 
 He died and his widow married Henry B. 
 Chambers. See his name. Robert 
 Earnest died Sept. 22, 1831, and his widow 
 married Joseph Ralston. See his name. 
 
 MAHALA, born Dec. 18, 1811, in 
 Kentucky, was married in Sangamon 
 county to James Parkinson. See his 
 name. 
 
 GRIZELLA, born April 8, 1813, in 
 Kentucky, was married in Sangamon 
 county, 111., to Martin L. C. Kendall. 
 See his name. Mrs. Kendall and her 
 two children died. 
 
 RACHEL, born March 5, 1816, in 
 Kentucky, was married in Sangamon 
 county, 111., to Rezin D. Brown. See his 
 name. 
 
 HENRIETTA, born April 3, 1818, 
 in St. Clair county, 111., was married in 
 Sangamon county, March 22, 1838, to 
 James V. Ingels. See his name. 
 
 SOPHIA, born April 2, 1820, in San- 
 gamon county, married Amos W. Brown. 
 See his name. Mrs. Brown died. 
 
 Mrs. Elizabeth Earnest died March i, 
 1831, and Jacob Earnest married Rebecca 
 Blunt. They had two children, and 
 moved to Hancock county, 111. Of their 
 children 
 
 ELIZABETH, born Sept. 29, 1833, 
 in Sangamon county, was married July 
 29, 1852, to William Jones. They had 
 eight children, JACOB H., FRANCIS 
 M., MARY M., EMMA A., IANTHA 
 B., IDA M., WILLIAM B. and LIB- 
 BIE. William Jones was drowned Jan. 
 i, 1869, while crossing the Mississippi 
 river. Mrs. Elizabeth Jones was married 
 Dec. i, 1870, to William Isenberger.
 
 SANGAMON COUNTY. 
 
 2 75 
 
 They have two children, GEORGE W. 
 and RACHEL, and reside near Appanoos, 
 Hancock county, 111. 
 
 JACOB H., born August 18, 1836, in 
 Sangamon county, married in Hancock 
 county, Feb. 19, 1860, to Elizabeth Riman, 
 who was born May 16, 1836. They have 
 five children, EDWARD M., HENRI- 
 ETTA, LYDIA F., ALVIN P. and 
 ZENA MAY, and reside near Appanoos, 
 Hancock countv, 111. 
 
 Jacob Earnest died Sept. 29, 1842, and 
 Mrs. Rebecca Earnest died March 8, 
 1858, both in Hancock county, 111. 
 
 EARNEST, THOMAS, was 
 born June 3, 1792, in South Carolina. His 
 parents moved, when he was a boy, to 
 .Simpson county, Ky. Jrfthe Autumn of 
 1819 he came to Sangamon county and 
 joined his brother Jacob, who had previ- 
 ously arrived with his family. Thomas 
 Earnest commenced improvements south 
 of Spring creek, eight miles west of 
 Springfield, and entered land when it came 
 into market. He was married Oct. 15, 
 1822, to Alletta Lanterman. They had 
 twelve children in Sangamon county, two 
 of whom died young. 
 
 SOPHIA y., born Aug. 24, 1823, was 
 married Nov. 12, 1846, to Simon P. Rick- 
 ard. See his name. 
 
 JOHN W., born Sept. 2, 1824, was 
 married April 21, 1853, to Julia J. Wool- 
 ley, of Green county, 111. They have 
 three children living, LEORA S., WIL- 
 LIAM W., and CHARLES S., and re- 
 side in Macoupin county, near Greenfield, 
 Green county. 111. 
 
 PETER L., born Nov. 6, 1825, was 
 married in Sangamon county, in 1849, to 
 Elizabeth A. Thompson. They had ten 
 children, five of whom are living, 
 THOMAS H., WILLIAM H., MARY 
 A., FRANK P., and JOSIAH T. P. L. 
 Earnest is operating in the silver mines of 
 San Juan, southwestern Colorado. His 
 son, Thomas H., is now 1875 there at- 
 tending to business. The family reside at 
 Ottawa, Kansas. Peter L. Earnest is 
 Postmaster in Ottawa. 
 
 SOPHRONIA,\>o\-\\ Dec. 5, 1826, was 
 married May 20, 1846, to Dr. Benjamin 
 S. Robinson. See his name. 
 
 ALLETTA A., born March 5, 1828, 
 married William Y. Kirk. They had one 
 child, and Mr. Kirk died. His widow 
 married Robert Watson of St. Louis. 
 
 They had one child, and reside near Mill- 
 ville, Ray county, Mo. 
 
 WILLIAM, born Nov. 21, 1829, in 
 Sangamon county, enlisted Aug., 1862, for 
 three years in Co. A, 106 111. Inf., and 
 died of disease, July 17, 1863, near Vicks- 
 burg, Miss. 
 
 HENRIETTA M., born Jan. 10, 
 1831, married Henry W. Rickafd. See 
 his name. 
 
 JAMES L., born Oct. 18, 1832, in 
 Sangamon county, died, March 5, 1848, 
 away from home, in Calhoun county, 
 Illinois. 
 
 ELIZA E. born Feb. 27, 1836, resides 
 at the family homestead with her brother 
 Thomas H. 
 
 'I HOMAS H., born April 24, 1837, 
 was married Nov. 15, 1863, to Hannah H. 
 Lyman. They had two children, CAR- 
 OLINE B. and WILLIAM J., and Mrs. 
 E. died May 19, 1872. T. H. Earnest re- 
 sides eight miles west of Springfield, on 
 the farm where his father settled in 1819. 
 
 Thomas Earnest died, Nov. 6, 1848, 
 suddenly, while away from home, in Cal- 
 houn county. Mrs. Alletta Earnest died 
 July 31, 1871, at the house of her daughter, 
 Mrs. H. W. Rickard, caused by being 
 thrown from a wagon. 
 
 EACH US, ROBERT, was born 
 Dec. 24, 1794? m Chester county, Pa., came 
 to Springfield in the fall of 1840, and went 
 on a farm he had purchased in what is now 
 Curran township. The next spring he 
 was joined by his sister Charlotte and his 
 niece, Mary McPherson, who was born 
 Oct. 25, 1819, in Chester county, Pa., and 
 married in Sangamon county to James 
 Short. See his name. Charlotte Eachus 
 died Feb. i, 1865, and Robert Eachus died 
 Oct. 2, 1872, in Loami township. 
 
 EADES, WILLIAM, a native 
 of Kentucky, married there, moved to 
 Missouri, and from there to Sangamon 
 county, 111., arriving in the summer of 
 1825, in what is now Auburn township. 
 His son 
 
 STR OTHER, married in Sangamon 
 county to Martha A Dodds. See the 
 D odds family sketch. 
 
 EARLY, DR. JACOB M., 
 was born Feb. 22, 1806, in Virginia, came 
 to Springfield, 111., about 1831, was married 
 near Springfield, to Catharine Rickard. 
 Dr. Early was a practicing physician, and 
 a local preacher in the M. E. church. In
 
 276 
 
 EARL T SE TTLERS OP 
 
 consequence of some political difficulty, 
 he was shot and killed, March 11, 1838, in 
 Springfield, by a merchant, Henry B. 
 Truitt, who was son-in-law of William L. 
 May, at that time member of Congress 
 for this district. The difficulty was about 
 appointments to office, all the parties in- 
 terested being democrats. Dr. Early left 
 two sons. His widow married Mr. Miles, 
 and lives in Petersburg, 111. See history 
 of the Rickard family, 
 
 EASLEY, DANIEL, was born 
 Oct. 18, 1773, in Stokes county, N. C. In 
 1791 he went to South Carolina, and in 
 1 80 1 to Caldwell county, Ky. He was 
 there married in 1805 to Mrs. Margaret 
 Ritchie. They had five children in Ken- 
 tucky, and came to Sangamon county, 111., 
 arriving in the spring of 1830 in what is 
 now Ball township. Of his children 
 
 WINIFRED, married Eddin Lewis. 
 See his name, 
 
 JAMES B., born in Caldwell county, 
 Ky., married Oct. 22, 1840, in Sangamon 
 county, to Margaret Dodds. They had 
 five children. Their son ROBERT 
 HENRY married Fannie Easley, a distant 
 relative, and resides in the southeast corner 
 of Ball township. James B. Easley was 
 a Justice of the Peace for many years. 
 He died, and his widow married Warham 
 Easley, and resides in Missouri. 
 
 BENJAMIN H,, born in Kentucky, 
 married in Sangamon county three times. 
 He died, leaving a widow, who afterward 
 married and died. His son WILEY mar- 
 ried Sarah J. Phelps, a native of Kentucky. 
 They had four children, MARTHA P., WIL- 
 LIAM A., JAMES B. and FLORA A. Wiley 
 Easley died, and his widow and children 
 reside on the farm settled by their great- 
 gi-andfather Easley in 1830. It is in Ball 
 township. 
 
 SALLT, married Willis Shellhouse. 
 See ins name. 
 
 DA NIEL W., born in Kentucky, died 
 in Sangamon county at 12 years old. 
 
 Mi's. Margaret Easley died in Sanga- 
 mon county. 
 
 Daniel Easley died at Auburn, Sanga- 
 mon county, Feb. 13, 1874. If the date of 
 his birth is correct, as given to the writer 
 by the old gentleman himself about fifteen 
 months before his death, he was 100 years, 
 3 months and 25 days old. 
 
 His recollection of events was quite dis- 
 tinct. He- related incidents connected with 
 
 the ascension of the first steamboat on the 
 .Ohio river, which he witnessed; also of 
 the war of 1812. He united with the 
 Cumberland Presbyterian church when 
 he was eighty years of age. 
 
 EASTMAN, THOMAS, born 
 Dec. 8, 1771, in Kingston, New Hamp- 
 shire, was married in 1792, in Augusta, 
 Me., to Sarah Cummings. They had 
 nine children born in Maine. Mr. East- 
 man was captain of a cavalry company 
 in the war of 1812, and was posted between 
 the Kennebec and Penobscot rivers to 
 carry dispatches back and forth. Maine 
 being a district of Massachusetts, he repre- 
 sented that district in the Legislature of 
 Massachusetts four or five times. When 
 Maine became a%State, he was elected one 
 of its Senators. He was also a Judge of 
 the Court of Sessions, in Waldo county, 
 where he lived. Mrs. Sarah Eastman 
 died Sept. 3, 1827, and Thomas Eastman 
 was married Oct., 1828, in Boston, Mass., 
 to Susan Frothingham, a native of that 
 city. They had one child in Maine, and 
 moved to Auburn, 111., in 1836. Of his 
 children only six came to Sangamon 
 county, namely: 
 
 DA VI D, born Oct. 20, 1 794, was mar- 
 ried Jan. i, 1817, in Maine, to Salinda 
 Wood, a native of Winthrop, in the same 
 State. They had four children, and came 
 to Auburn, Sangamon county, 111., in 1836 
 or 7, Of their children, AUGUSTA, 
 born in Maine, went from Sangamon 
 county to California, and died there. 
 LOUISA H., married Owen Maynard, 
 and lives in Baltimore, Md. CHARLES 
 H., died in Springfield, 111., in 1849. 
 GEORGE L., born May 5, 1833, in 
 Maine, bi'ought up in Sangamon county, 
 went to California in 18^2, and returned to 
 Springfield in 1^70, where he now lives. 
 David Eastman died in 1844, at Auburn, 
 and Mrs. Salinda Eastman died April 25, 
 1871, in Springfield. 
 
 ASA, born Sept. 12, 1802, in Winthrop, 
 Maine, came in 1831 to Waverly, Morgan 
 county, 111., and laid out the town of 
 Auburn, in Sangamon county, in 1835. He 
 was married Sept. 21, 1837, U1 Waverly, 
 to Susan E. Tanner, who was born Sept., 
 1820, in Warren county, Conn. They 
 moved to Auburn in the fall of 1840, and 
 to Springfield in the fall of 1841. Mr. 
 and Mrs. Eastman had two children, 
 ALLEN T., born Dec., 1839, in Waverly,
 
 SANGAMON COUNTT. 
 
 277 
 
 died May, 1847, in Springfield. ANNIE 
 S., horn June 12, 1842, in Springfield, 
 was married June, 1867, to James M. 
 Johnson, a native of St. Louis. They 
 have three living children, ALICE E., MARY 
 SUSAN, and HERSCHEL ALLEN, and reside 
 in St. Louis, Mo. Mrs. Susan Eastman 
 died March, 1843, and Asa Eastman re- 
 sides in Springfield, where he has been for 
 many years largely identified with its 
 business. He began as a partner with 
 James L. Lamb in a flouring mill, and in 
 1865 he built the only grain elevator in the 
 city, at a cost of about $75,000, and still 
 owns it. He was the originator and one 
 of the principal stockholders in the Leland 
 Hotel, and was President of the Board of 
 Directors when it was building. 
 
 ANN H., born Oct. 17, 1805, in Maine, 
 lives with her brother Asa. 
 
 HANNAH J/., born Aug. 29, 1813, 
 in Maine, was married in Springfield, 111., 
 March n, 1869, to Judge William Brown, 
 of Jacksonville. He died April 25, 1871, 
 in Jacksonville. His widow now resides 
 with her brother Asa, in Springfield. 
 
 SAMUEL FRANK, the only child 
 of Thomas Eastman by his second mar- 
 riage, was born Oct. 12, 1830, in Palermo, 
 Waldo county, Me., and came to Auburn, 
 111., with his parents in 1836. Returned 
 east and learned the trade of a machinist, 
 at Manchester, N. H. He was married 
 Oct. 5, 1853, at New Haven, Conn., to 
 Marv A. Brown, who was born Oct. i, 
 1831, in Bridgewater, Conn. They came 
 in 1856 to Springfield, and have four 
 children, HENRY F., FREDERICK 
 A., CHARLES E., and S. FRANK, 
 Jun., and reside in Springfield. Mr. S. 
 F. Eastman is the proprietor of a machine 
 shop, corner of Washington and Tenth 
 streets, Springfield, 111. 
 
 ECKEL, JOHN C., was born 
 Nov. 27, 1793, in Baltimore, Md., went to 
 Jefferson county, Tenn., was a soldier in 
 the war of 1812, and was married in his 
 native county, Nov. 19, 1819, to Mary 
 Geiger, who was born June n, 1797- 
 They moved to Sangamon county, 111., ar- 
 riving June, 1821, in what is now Cooper 
 township. They had seven children in 
 Sangamon countv. 
 
 SUSANNAH, born in 1824, married 
 John North. See l^is name. 
 
 CHARLES . to, married Martha 
 Ridgewav t adoptea 
 
 WILLIAM H., married Jane E. 
 Slater. 
 
 GEORGE, died in his sixteenth year. 
 
 JOHN C., Jun., born May 13, 1831, 
 was married to Arminda Tead. 
 
 MARIA L., born Jan. 3, 1836, married 
 Henry Colley. They had six children, 
 and she died. 
 
 MART, born May 4, 1838, was married 
 Nov. 4, 1858, in Sangamon county, to 
 Lafayette Wilmot, and moved to Kansas 
 in 1859. In 1866 they moved to Oregon. 
 Mr. W. was wounded nineteen times in 
 fighting with Indians on the route. He is 
 brother to Miles H. Wilrnot, of Illiopolis. 
 
 Mrs. Mary Eckel died July i, 1845, anf ^ 
 John C. Eckel was married to Mrs. Joan- 
 nah Dickson, whose maiden name was 
 Bird. They had two living children. 
 
 EDGAR and JANE, twins, were 
 born June 30, 1846. Edgar was married 
 Jan. 13, 1868, to Elizabeth Parkes. They 
 have two children, WILLIAM H. and 
 MARY J., and live in Cooper township 
 near Clarksville. JANE resides with her 
 mother. 
 
 John C. Eckel died May 29, 1857, in 
 Sangamon county, and his widow resides 
 in Cooper township, two and one-half 
 miles southwest of Mechanicsburg. 
 
 EBEY. The origin of the family in 
 America was with George Ebey, a native 
 of Holland, who came to this countrv 
 probably about 1750. On landing in 
 Philadelphia he was sold for money to pay 
 for his passage across the ocean. He was 
 taken to Lancaster county, Pa., and after 
 serving out his time, married and raised a 
 family. He was a soldier in the Revolu- 
 tion, under Gen. Anthony Wayne, and 
 was one of a number of soldiers called n 
 "forlorn hope," at the storming of Stony 
 Point. The assault was successful, but 
 George Ebey was among the slain. His 
 son 
 
 GEORGE EBEY, married in 
 Huntington county to Mary Ellabarger. 
 They moved to Franklin county, O., in 
 Dec. 1805. They had nine living children, 
 and Mrs. Mary Ebey died March 15, 1815, 
 in Ohio. Of their children 
 
 MAR Y, married in Ohio to A. Hutch- 
 inson, and never came farther west. 
 
 ELIZABETH, born about 1792 in 
 Pennsylvania, married in Franklin county, 
 O., to W m. Sells, and remained there.
 
 278 
 
 EARLT SETTLERS OF 
 
 JACOB, born in 1 794 in Pennsylvania, 
 married in Ohio to Sally Blue, and come 
 in 1831 to what is now Cotton Hill town- 
 ship, Sangamon county; in 1840 moved to 
 Adair county, Mo.; and in 1850 to Whit- 
 by's Island, Puget Sound, where Jacob 
 Ebey and wife died a few years ago. 
 Their son, ISAAC N., had gone there 
 before his parents, and laid out the town 
 of Port Townsend. He was killed by In- 
 dians, leaving a widow in Port Townsend. 
 His sister, MARY Ebey, is now [1874] a 
 widow Bozarth, and lives at Port Town- 
 send. 
 
 HENRY, born in 1797 in Pennsyl- 
 vania, came to Sangamon county in 1828. 
 He died in 1858, leaving a widow and son 
 in Fulton county. 
 
 BARBARA, born in Pennsylvania 
 June 25, 1800, married in Franklin county, 
 Ohio, to Rev. William Royal. See his 
 name. He died, leaving a family at Salem, 
 Oregon. 
 
 SUSAN, born Jan. 28, 1803, in Penn- 
 sylvania, married in Ohio to Daniel 
 Hutchinson, and died, leaving three 
 children. 
 
 JOHN N., born Sept. 10, 1805, in 
 Huntington county, Pa., raised in Frank- 
 lin county, Ohio, and came to Sangamon 
 county Nov. 15, 1825, in what is now 
 Woodside township. He was married 
 May 28, 1826, to Mary Brunk, sister to 
 'George Brunk. They have ten living 
 children, LEONIDAS C.. MARIA J., 
 GEORGE W., JOHN V., ELIZA- 
 BETH E., HARRIET E., WILLIAM 
 H., was killed at the battle of Belmont, 
 Mo., Nov. 7, 1861. BARBARA A., 
 ANGELINE B., and CHARLES B. 
 Nearly all the living children are married. 
 Mrs. Rebecca Ebey died June 2, 1873, and 
 John N. Ebey resides at Whitehall, Greene 
 countv, 111. 
 
 GEORGE, born Jan., 1811, in Ohio, 
 came to Sangamon county in 1828, mar- 
 ried in Ohio, in 1832, to Matilda Kirkpat- 
 rick. They had three sons in the Union 
 army; one of them was killed in battle at 
 Pittsburg Landing. George Ebey resides 
 at Winchester, Scott county, 111. 
 
 R OS ANN A, born Jan. 28, 1813, in 
 Ohio, came in 1828 to Sangamon county, 
 and married David Beam. See his name. 
 George Ebey, Sen., came to Sangamon 
 county in 1828, and died in 1848, at Win- 
 chester, .Scott county, 111. 
 
 EDWARDS, NINIAN W., 
 born April 15, 1809, near Frankfort, Ky. 
 His father, Hon. Ninian Edwards, was at 
 the time Chief Justice of the Court of Ap- 
 peals of Kentucky, and the same month in 
 which this son was born Chief Justice 
 Edwards was appointed Governor of Illi- 
 nois Territory and moved with his family 
 in June following to its capital, Kaskaskia. 
 At the proper age Ninian W. was sent to 
 Transylvania University, and graduated 
 in the law department of that institution in 
 1833. Previous to his graduation he was 
 married Feb. 16, 1832, in Lexington, Ky., 
 to Elizabeth P. Todd, who was born Nov., 
 1813. Her father was Robert S. Todd, of 
 Kentucky. See sketch of the Todd fam- 
 ily. Mr. Edwards commenced the prac- 
 tice of law in 1832. In 1834 he was ap- 
 pointed by Gov. Jno. Reynolds, Attorney 
 General of Illinois, the appointment being 
 confirmed by the Legislature of 1834-5. 
 The law requiring the Attorney General 
 to reside at the capital, and Mr. Edwards 
 not liking Vandalia as a place of residence, 
 he resigned the office and moved to Spring- 
 field in 1835. They have four living 
 children, namelv 
 
 JULIA COOS", born April 29, 1837, 
 in Springfield, was married June 6, 1855, 
 to Edward L. Baker, who was born June 
 3, 1829, in Kaskaskia, the ancient capital 
 of Illinois. His father, Hon. David J. 
 Baker, was a native of the State of New 
 York, and came to Illinois in the year 
 1818. He became one of the prominent 
 lawyers of the young State. E. L. Baker 
 was educated at Shurtleff College, Upper 
 Alton, and graduated in 1847. ^ e rea( l 
 law with his father two years, after which 
 he attended Harvard law school and was 
 admitted to the bar in Springfield in 1855. 
 He became part owner and editor of the 
 Illinois State Jottrnal, and in 1869 was 
 appointed U. S. Assessor, remaining in 
 that office until it was abolished. He was 
 appointed Dec. 8, 1873, U. S. Consul to 
 Buenos Ayres, Argentine Republic, South 
 America. Edward L. Baker and wife 
 have three children, EDWARD L., Jim., 
 JULIA E and WILLIS E., all born in 
 Springfield. Edward L., Jim., is in 
 Springfield. The two youngest are now 
 [1876] with their parents in Buenos Ayres, 
 South America. 
 
 ALBERT S., bom W. 16, 1839, in 
 Springfield, was ma n "ied there lime 3,
 
 SANG AM ON COUNTY. 
 
 279 
 
 1863, to Josephine E Remann, who was 
 born April 28, 1842,111 Vandalia, 111. They 
 have four children, GEORGIE, MARY 
 E., NINIAN W. and ANNIE R. A. S. 
 Edwards was in the commissary depart- 
 ment during the rebellion. He and his 
 family reside in Springfield, 111. , 
 
 ELIZABETH E., born Jan. 7, 1843, 
 in Springfield, was married May u, 1863, 
 to Eugene C. Clover, son of Rev. Dr. 
 Clover, at one time Rector of St. Paul's 
 Episcopal church, Springfield, 111. E. C. 
 Clover was killed at the battle of Wichita, 
 leaving a widow and two sons, LEWIS 
 P. and LEGH K. Mrs. Clover and her 
 two children reside with her parents in 
 Springfield, 111. 
 
 CHARLES, born July 6, 1846, in 
 Springfield, was attending Yale College 
 in the early part of the rebellion, and left 
 there in the latter part of 1863 to fill a 
 position in the commissary department of 
 the U. S. army. After the war he was an 
 instructor in Bryant & Stratton's commer- 
 cial college in Springfield for a short time. 
 Charles Edwards was married in Spring- 
 field Feb. 1 8, 1868, to Mary Hickox, 
 daughter of Hon. Virgil Hickox. They 
 have one child, FLORENCE, and reside 
 in Springfield, 111. Charles Edwards has 
 been for ten years and is now connected 
 with the Illinois State Journal. 
 
 Hon. Ninian W. Edwards was elected 
 in 1836 one of the representatives of San- 
 gamon county in the State Legislature, 
 He was one of the seven representatives 
 and two senators from Sangamon county 
 who really secured the removal of the 
 State capital from Vandalia to Springfield. 
 See the article "Long Nine" From 
 1836 to 1852 Mr. Edwards was in the 
 State Legislature, either in the House or 
 Senate. During that time he was a mem- 
 ber of the convention that framed the State 
 constitution of 1848. In 1854 he was ap- 
 pointed by the Governor, attorney before 
 the board of commissioners to investigate 
 the claims of canal contractors against the 
 State, amounting to over $ i ,500,000. This 
 was in the years 1852, '3 and '4. In 1854 
 Mr. Edwards was appointed by Gov. Mat- 
 teson Superintendent of Public Instruction 
 for the State of Illinois, and was afterward 
 retained in office bv the State Legislature 
 until 1857. In the year 18 he drafted 
 the law in regard to free schools, which 
 was the first adopted in the State. He 
 
 was appointed by President Lincoln U. S. 
 Commissary in 1862. 
 
 Hon. N. W. Edwards has found time, 
 aside from his multifarious official duties, 
 to devote to literary pursuits. His history 
 of Illinois, including the life and times of 
 Gov. Edwards, written on the invitation 
 of the Illinois State Historical Society, is 
 in many respects a work of rare excellence, 
 and is regarded as a standard on the sub- 
 jects of which it treats. 
 
 EDWARDS,BENJAMINS., 
 came to Sangamon county later than his 
 brother, Hon. Ninian W. He has filled 
 many official positions with ability. He 
 stands pre-eminent in his profession, and 
 is a member of the law firm of Stuart, 
 Edwards & Brown, Springfield 111. 
 
 EDWARDS, ELCEY, born in 
 Adair county, Ky., and came to Sangamon 
 county with his brother J. Jordan, in 1837 
 or 8, married in Sangamon county to 
 Emily Riggs. They had nine children. 
 
 JAMES A., born Sept. 10, 1840, mar- 
 ried Lucinda Burton, have three living 
 children, IDA MAY, BENJAMIN L., 
 and EMMA, and reside five and one-half 
 miles southwest of Loami. 
 
 ARCHT L., born Nov. 13, 1842, en- 
 listed April, 1 86 1, in Co. G, 7th 111. Inf., 
 on the first call for 75,000 men, served 
 three months, and enlisted in Sept., 1861, 
 for three years, in Co. B, loth 111. Cav., 
 re-enlisted as a veteran Jan., 1864, an ^ 
 was honorably discharged Feb. 6, 1866. 
 He resides with his brother, James A. 
 
 ALEXANDER H., married Sarah 
 Conner, have two children, and reside in 
 Audrain county, Mo. 
 
 MARJ^HA J/., married John Adwell, 
 who served as a Union soldier. They 
 have five children, and reside in Ball town- 
 ship. 
 
 JANE, married John Hilderman, have 
 one child, and reside in Ball township. 
 
 ALFRED, ROBERT, AMANDA 
 and BETSY, reside with their parents, 
 in Ball township. 
 
 EDWARDS, JAMES JOR- 
 DAN, was born April 2, 1818, in Adair 
 county, Ky., was taken by his father, 
 Henry Edwards, in 1825, to the vicinity of 
 Jacksonville, 111. In 1837 or '& he came 
 to Sangamon county, and about the same 
 time his brothers, Elcey and William, and 
 their sister, America J., came. J. Jordan 
 Edwards was married in Sangamon coun-
 
 280 
 
 EARLY SETTLERS OF 
 
 ty to Virginia Jarrett. They had five 
 children 
 
 JAMES, born about 1843, enlisted in 
 1862, in Co. B, loth 111. Cav., for three 
 years, and died near Rolla, Mo., March S, 
 -.863. 
 
 MARY, born Feb. 17, 1845, married 
 Nov. 21, 1861, to William L. Drury, who 
 was born Sept. 18, 1836. They had five 
 children, MARY E. died at seven, and 
 TAMES M. at three years of age. JOHN 
 W., LAURA and CHARLES live with 
 their parents, near Loami. 
 
 SARAH, born June 20, 1847, married 
 Dec. 7, 1864, to Firman Price, who was 
 born Sept. i, 1839, in Monmouth county, 
 N. f. He enlisted Aug. 14, 1861, at 
 .Springfield, for three years, in Co. A, 3d 
 111. Cav., served more than full term, and 
 was honorably discharged, Sept. 5, 1864. 
 Mr. and Mrs. Price have four children, 
 EDGAR N., MINNIE M.JOSEPH J. 
 and FIRMAN L., and live in Loami 
 township. 
 
 SIBYL married Martin Greer, have 
 two children, and live in Missouri. 
 
 \ IRGINIA married Blaney Pitts, 
 had one child, and mother and child died. 
 
 Mrs. Virginia Edwards died April 5, 
 
 1852, and Mr. Edwards was married Oct. 
 
 1853, to Juliette Burton. They had six 
 children 
 
 HARRIET E., married Sept. 26, 
 1872, to James L. Mitchell, who was born 
 March 1 7, 1850, in Morgan county. They 
 live in Loami township. 
 
 E ('.VICE E., OSCAR I?, S TA- 
 LE Y, CHARLES and OLLIE, live 
 with their parents, three and a half miles 
 southwest of Loami. 
 
 EDWARDS, WILLIAM, 
 born Aug. 27, 1822, in Adair county, Ky., 
 came to Sangamon county in 1837 or ^> 
 with his brothers, J. Jordon & Elcey. He 
 was married Oct. 18, 1840, to Mary Bur- 
 ton. They had ten children; five died 
 under three years. 
 
 'WILLIAM D., born July 9, 1844, in 
 Sangamon county, enlisted Nov. 25, 1861, 
 in Co. B, loth 111. Cav., for three years, 
 served full term and was honorably dis- 
 charged, married Sarah Masters, have two 
 living children, and reside in Montgomery 
 county. 
 
 JAMES A., died in 1863, aged 
 eighteen. 
 
 HENRY A 7 ., ANDREW W., and 
 MA GGIE, reside with their parents near 
 Loami. 
 
 EDWARDS, AMERICA J., 
 sister to J. Jordan, Elcey and William, 
 was born in Morgan county, came to San- 
 gamon county with her brothers, married 
 Michael Morris, had four children, and he 
 died near Knoxville, Iowa. She moved 
 to Texas with her children. 
 
 EATON, JOHN, was born in 
 1791, in Bradford, Merrimack county, 
 New Hampshire, and was married there 
 in 1813 to Mary Cook, who was born at 
 the same place in 1793. Mr. Eaton came 
 to Springfield in June, 1838. The family 
 came in 1840, and in 1841 moved to Peters- 
 burg, returning to Springfield in 1843. Of 
 their children 
 
 HIRAM G., born in 1814, in New 
 Hampshire, came with the family to 
 Springfield, married in 1850, at Fairfield, 
 Iowa, and died about 1860, leaving a wid- 
 ow and three children, PAGE, BELLE 
 and ALBERT, in Kansas. 
 
 MARY J., born in 1816, in Bradford, 
 N. H., married in Springfield, 111., to 
 Francis Clinton, a native of Burlington, 
 Vermont. They had two children in 
 Springfield, LA'URA married Maj. E. 
 S. Johnson. See his name. MARY 
 married Carl O. Wederkinch, and died 
 April 10, 1875, in Colorado. ' Francis 
 Clinton and wife both died in Springfield. 
 
 THOMAS S., born about iSrS, in 
 New Hampshire, came to Petersburg, 111., 
 in 1842, and died there in 1843. 
 
 PAGE, born Oct. 25, 1821, at Brad- 
 ford, N. H., married May 25, 1852, in 
 Springfield, 111., to Margaret A. Lee, who 
 was born August 12, 1832, in Delaware. 
 They had six children, two of whom died 
 under eight years. LELIA lives with 
 her parents. KATE D., born June S, 
 1855, married April 20, 1875, to Walter E. 
 Powell, have one child, EMMA M., and live 
 in Springfield. GRACE D. and WIL- 
 LIE C. live with their parents in Spring- 
 field. 
 
 BENJAMIN C. married in New 
 Hampshire, and remained there. 
 
 L O VENIA, born in 1825, at Bradford, 
 N. H.. married in Springfield to Thomas 
 Lee, and died. 
 
 JOHNB., born Dec. 15, 1827, in Brad- 
 ford, N. H., married in Sangamon county 
 June 16, 1853, to Mary P.Jones, a native
 
 SANGAMON COUNTY. 
 
 281 
 
 of Tennessee. They had ten children. 
 SUSIE died young. MARY J., married 
 Thomas Lee. See his name -with the 
 Conant family. WILLIAM W., AN- 
 TIONETTE and ANTHONY twins 
 CHARLEY, JESSIE, MAY, GRIF- 
 FITH and DAISY; the eight latter live 
 with their parents. J. B. Eaton lived in 
 Springfield from 1839 to 1854, when he 
 moved to Christian county, and came back 
 to Springfield in 1866. He is now farming 
 and grain dealing at Edinburg, but resides 
 in Springfield. 
 
 LOUISA A., born in 1832,111 Brad- 
 ford, N. H., lived in Sangamon county, 
 and died in 1850, at Beardstown, 111. 
 
 SARAH M., born in Bradford, N. H., 
 married in Sangamon county to Joseph 
 Patterson, a native of Pennsylvania. They 
 have seven children, and reside near Win- 
 chester, Scott county, 111. 
 
 John Eaton was a soldier in the war of 
 1812. Later in life he was a carpenter 
 and builder, and was erecting a mill at 
 Naples, 111., and died there in 1846. His 
 widow died April, 1854, in Springfield, 
 Illinois. 
 
 ELKIN, GARRETT, brother 
 of William F., was born Dec. 31, 1797, in 
 Clarke county, Ky. He studied medicine 
 and graduated at Transylvania University, 
 Lexington, Ky., came to Sangamon 
 county in 1823, and practiced medicine in 
 what is now Fancy creek township. He 
 was married there, April 20, 1823, to 
 Mary Constant, (see Thomas Constant^) 
 and soon after moved to Springfield and 
 practiced medicine there. They had six 
 living children 
 
 MART A., born May 10, 1825, died 
 June 17, 1843. 
 
 AD ALINE C., born Sept. 28, 1827, 
 in Springfield, was married May 22, 1851, 
 to Dr. J. M. Major. They have two child- 
 ren, WILLJAM A. and CHARLES, 
 and reside in Bloomington, 111. 
 
 WILLIAM T., born Feb. 5, 1832, in 
 Springfield, 111., went to California with 
 his father in 1850, and succeeded well for 
 a time, but was obliged to return on ac- 
 count of an affection of the eyes. He is 
 unmarried, and resides with his father. 
 
 HENR T, born Oct. 8, 1836, in Spring- 
 field, enlisted in the 330 111. Reg., in 1862, 
 and served three years. Re-enlisted, and 
 served to the close of the war. He died 
 in Memphis, Tenn, in 1873. 
 
 ^ ROBERT, born Jan. 12, 1841, in 
 Springfield, enlisted in a Cavalry Regi- 
 ment in Colorado, and served to the close 
 of the war. He resides in Omaha, Neb. 
 
 FRANCIS A., born March 22, 1843, 
 died June 19, 1858. 
 
 Dr. Garrett Elkin was in the Black 
 Hawk and Mormon wars, and was Sheriff 
 of Sangamon county six years. He moved 
 to Bloomington in 1844. Mrs. Mary 
 Elkin died there Sept. 23, 1845. Dr - E. 
 served as Captain of a company from 
 Bloomington in the Mexican war Col. 
 E. D. Baker's regiment. He afterwards 
 moved to the vicinity of Oskaloosa, Iowa, 
 where he was married, Feb. 15, 1864, to 
 Margaret J. Musgrove. They have six 
 children, GREENBURT G., FAN- 
 NIE E., CHARLIE, CLARA E., 
 LILLIE A. and WILLIS G. 
 
 Dr. Garrett Elkin and family reside on 
 a farm near Oscaloosa, Iowa. 
 
 ELKIN, WILLIAM F., was 
 born April 13, 1792, in Clarke county, Ky. 
 In 1811 he went to Xenia, O., and was 
 there married Dec. 5, 1813, to Elizabeth 
 Constant. She was born June 14, 1799, in 
 Clarke county, Ky., also. They had four 
 children in Ohio, and in 1820 moved to 
 Brownsville, Ind., where they had three, 
 and then moved to Sangamon county, 111., 
 arriving in December, 1825, in what is 
 now Fancy Creek township, where they 
 had six children, four of whom died under 
 five years. Of the other nine 
 
 ROBERT, born Dec. 17, 1814, in Ohio, 
 died in Sangamon county, aged eighteen 
 years. 
 
 7^HOMAS, born Sept. 16, 1816, in 
 Xenia, O., raised in Sangamon county, 
 married Feb. 28, 1843, in Jacksonville, 111., 
 to Harriet C. Church. She was born Feb. 
 19, 1820, in Lexington, Ky. They had 
 three children, WILLIAM L., born June 
 3, 1844, m Sangamon county, enlisted 
 Aug., 1862, for three years, in Co. G, 114 
 111. Inf., served full term and was honor- 
 ably discharged in 1865. He studied law 
 with Herndon Zane in Springfield, went 
 to Calvert, Tex., engaged in practice, and 
 died there Oct. 29, 1873. WALLACE 
 A., born April 5, 1846, in Sangamon coun- 
 ty, and lives at Salt Lake City, Utah. 
 LAURA F., born Jan. 5, 1850, in Spring- 
 field, married in St. Louis Aug. 7, 1872, to 
 Edward Pew, a native of Kentucky. 
 They have one child, EDWARD w., and
 
 282 
 
 EARLY SETTLERS OF 
 
 live in St. Louis. Mrs. Harriet C. Elkin 
 died Aug. 26, 1867. Thomas Elkin was 
 married Dec. 4, 1073, in Springfield, to 
 Mrs. Eva M. Smith, whose maiden name 
 was Mealey. They reside in Springfield. 
 
 MARY A., born May 8, i8i8,in Xenia, 
 O., married in Sangamon county to Ben- 
 jamin F. Pickrell. See his name. He 
 died and she married Abner Riddle. See 
 his name. 
 
 JOHN G., born March 28, 1820, in 
 Xenia, O., married Oct. 24, 1843, in 
 Springfield, 111., to Eveline McNabb. 
 They had four children, ALICE, born 
 Feb. 20, 1845, married William A. Fullin- 
 wider. See his name. ADELAIDE, 
 born Dec. 6, 1850, was married Dec. 3, 
 1875, in Mechanicsburg, 111., to Henry O. 
 Correll. See his name. LUCILLA, 
 born July 6, 1853, in Mechanicsburg, 
 married Samuel T. Fullinwider. See his 
 name. ARTHUR, is attending Eureka 
 College May, 1876. John G. Elkin was 
 a prosperous merchant for a period of fif- 
 teen years in Mechanicsburg. He died 
 Aug. 27, 1867, in that place, and his wid- 
 ow resides there. 
 
 ZACHARIA E., born Nov., 1821, in 
 Brownsville, Ind., raised in Sangamon 
 county. He went overland in 1849 to 
 Oregon, and from there to California and 
 spent several years in mining. He went 
 to Idaho in 1860, and was married Oct., 
 1873, to Mrs. Harriet Luckett, and resides 
 in Idaho City, Boise county, Idaho. 
 
 GARRETT,\K>rn March 2, 1823, at 
 Brownsville, Ind., raised in Sangamon 
 county, married in Jacksonville, 111., to 
 Mrs. Martha Tegarden. They had eight 
 children, and Mi's. Elkin died Oct. 24, 
 1872. He was married May i, 1873, to 
 Mrs. Matilda Conner, whose maiden name 
 was Gibbons. They reside in Springfield. 
 
 ANDRE W H., born Nov., 1825, in 
 Indiana, died in Sangamon county, aged 
 eighteen years. 
 
 MARGERY, born July 8, 1832, in 
 Sangamon county, married July, 1852, in 
 Springfield, to Edward A. Jones. They 
 have three daughters, LUELLA, IDA 
 and HATHAWAY, and reside near 
 Decatur, 111. 
 
 WILLIAM F., Jun., born Feb. 29, 
 1836, in Sangamon county, married Nov. 
 1 6, 1860, in Springfield, to Maria Louisa 
 Harvey, who was born Oct. 13, 1839, in 
 Springfield. They have seven living 
 
 children, EMMA C., CHARLES H., 
 ROBERT R.JOHN F., LEWIS P., 
 ZACHARIA C. and CLARA B., and 
 
 reside in Springfield. 
 
 William F. Elkin was one of the rep- 
 resentatives of Sangamon county in the 
 legislature of 1828 and '9. He raised a 
 company in Springfield in 1831, and was 
 Captain of it in the Black Hawk war of 
 that year. He was again elected to rep- 
 resent the county in 1836 and 1838, for 
 two years each time, and was consequent- 
 ly a member of the legislature that en- 
 acted the law for the removal of the cap- 
 ital from Vandalia to Springfield. See 
 the article: Long Nine. His last labors 
 in the legislature was at its first meeting 
 in Springfield, in call session Dec. 9, 1839. 
 In 1840 and '42 he was elected Sheriff of 
 Sangamon county, for two years each. 
 He was appointed Register of the U. S. 
 Land Office at Springfield, in Sept., 1861, 
 by his old "Long Nine" colleague, 
 Abraham Lincoln. In 1867 he moved to 
 Decatur, but held the office in Springfield 
 until 1872, when he resigned. His wife 
 died August 25, 1872, in Decatur, and 
 W. F. Elkin resides near that city with 
 his daughter, Mi's. Jones. He is in his 
 eighty-fifth year. 
 
 ELDER, SAMUEL, born June 
 22, 1787, in North Carolina, or Sevier 
 county, Tenn. Phosbe Clinkenbeard was 
 born Dec. 26, 1798, in Sevier county, 
 Tenn. They were married March 20, 
 1813, in that county, and had three 
 children there. They moved to Bourbon 
 county, Ky, where one child was born, 
 thence to Scott county, Ind., where they 
 had five children. After seven years resi- 
 dence there, they returned to Bourbon 
 county, Ky., where they had seven child- 
 ren, and the family moved to Sangamon 
 county, 111., arriving Nov. 27, 1834, in 
 what is now Rochester township, where 
 they had four children. Of their twenty 
 children, five died in infancy. 
 
 LA F7A^4,born Feb. 12, 1815, in Ten- 
 nessee, was married in Sangamon countv 
 to William Clinkenbeard. See his name. 
 
 HARRIS 'OA^born Feb. 29,1816, died 
 in his fourteenth year. 
 
 MARY B., born May 18, 1817, in 
 Sevier county, Tenn., was married in 
 Sangamon county, 111., to Jonathan Con- 
 stant. See his name.
 
 SAN GAM ON COUNTT. 
 
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 JAMES, born Oct. 24, 1821, in Scott 
 county, Ind., was married in Sangamon 
 county, 111., Feb. 27, 1844, to Harriet 
 Walker. They had seven children. 
 HIRAM died in infancy. SARAH J. 
 died Sept. 14, 1859, in her fourteenth year, 
 and WILLIAM W., the fifth child, died, 
 aged three years. LYDIA E., born Oct. 
 5, 1849, was married Feb. 23, 1871, to 
 Joseph F. Ellington, who was born Oct. 
 17, 1843, in Bath county, Ky. They have 
 one child, JAMES A., and reside one mile 
 north of Buffalo. MARY L., born Nov. 
 19, 1852, married Zachary T. Greening. 
 See his name. FRANCES J., born 
 Sept. 16, 1859, and HARRIET A., born 
 July 4, 1867, reside with their parents, 
 two miles north of Buffalo, Sangamon 
 county, 111. 
 
 RA CHEL, born Dec. 8, 1822, in Indi- 
 ana, died in Sangamon county, Nov., 
 1835. 
 
 SARAH,\>Qv\\ March 4, 1825, in Scott 
 county, Ind., was married in Sangamon 
 county to Jotham S. Rogers. They had 
 two children in Springfield. HANSON 
 G. died, aged eight years. MARY L., 
 born July 14, 1850, was married in Spring- 
 field, May 29, 1873, to John Hunter, who 
 was born March 31, 1841, in Philadelphia. 
 They reside in Washington, D. C. Jotham 
 S. Rogers, died in Springfield, in 1851, 
 and his widow married Isaac Lindsay. 
 See his name. They have five children, 
 and reside in Springfield. 
 
 JONATHAN, born July 24, 1826, in 
 Bourbon county, Ky., was married in 
 Sangamon county to Josephine Flagg. 
 They had one child, TV A, who was mar- 
 ried in Springfield, 111., to Leonard Gard- 
 ner, and have two children. Mrs. Jose- 
 phine Elder died, and he married Sarah 
 Wolvern. They have five children, and 
 reside near Sullivan, Moultrie county, 
 Illinois. 
 
 MERCT, born Jan. 7, 1829, in Bour- 
 bon county, Ky., was married in Sanga- 
 mon county to Isaac Lindsay. See his 
 name. 
 
 ISAA C, born March 12, 1830, in Bour- 
 bon county, Ky., was married Nov. 3, 
 1853, to Harriet Lanning, in Springfield. 
 She was born March 6, 1835, H1 Auglaize 
 county, Ohio. They have three living 
 children, CHARLES A., EDWARD 
 B. and ISAAC N., and live one and a half 
 
 miles northeast of Lanesville, Sangamon 
 county, 111. 
 
 SAMUEL S., born May 5, 1831, in 
 Bourbon county, Ky, was married in 
 Springfield, Dec. 17, 1851, to Sarah A. 
 Shives, who was born July 4, 1833, in 
 Pennsylvania. They had two children, 
 AUGUSTA J. married Dec.* 17, 1875, 
 to Lewis Allen Constant, son of Jonathan 
 Constant. See his name. They live in 
 Springfield. WILLIAM G. died in his 
 third year. S. S. Elder has been for many 
 years and is now engaged in the tin wai'e 
 and stove business, and resides in Spring- 
 field, 111. 
 
 ELIZABETH J., born May 30, 
 1832, in Kentucky, was married in Sanga- 
 mon county, in 1850, to Ethan P. May. 
 He was born June 12, 1829. They had 
 thirteen children; two died young. 
 MARY E., born March 15, 1851, mar- 
 ried George Enlow, and lives in Roches- 
 ter, 111. GEORGE W., SARAH E., 
 FANNIE A., MARTHA A., 
 CHARLES, WILLIAM D., HAR- 
 RIET J., EMMA L., SAMUEL L., 
 AUGUSTA L. and FREDERICK T. 
 The family reside in Rochester, Sanga- 
 mon county, 111. 
 
 SINAI ANN, born June 16, 1833, in 
 Kentucky, was married in Sangamon 
 county to Franklin Hoyt. They had one 
 child, JAMES E., and Mr. Hoyt died. 
 His widow married E. P. Walker. They 
 had two children, SAMUEL M. and 
 CHESTER, who reside with their 
 mother. Mr. Walker enlisted and died in 
 the army. His widow married William 
 Hunter, who was born in Philadelphia. 
 They have two children, DORA and 
 WILLIE, who reside with their parents, 
 in Jacksonville, 111. 
 
 HARRIET, born August 15, 1835, in 
 in Sangamon county, was married Jan. n, 
 1855, to Levi F. Dyson, who was born 
 Nov. 8, 1825, near Poolesville, Mont- 
 gomery county, Md. They reside in 
 Springfield. Mr. Dyson came to Spring- 
 field in Nov., 1841, and engaged in the 
 stove and tinware business, which he con- 
 tinues to the present time. 
 
 DA VID L., born May 25, 1839, in 
 Sangamon county, was married in Sulli- 
 van, Moultrie county, to Mary Berry. 
 They have two children, JAMES and 
 WILLIAM, and reside in Springfield, 
 Illinois.
 
 EARLY SETTLERS OF 
 
 HANNAH R., born July i, 1841, 
 in Sangamon county, was the twentieth 
 child. She was married Feb. 9, 1858, to 
 George P. Sidener, who was born Dec. 5, 
 1833, in Bourbon county, Ky. They had 
 seven children; two of whom died young. 
 CHARLES LINCOLN, 'ADA A., 
 JAMES &RANT, EDWARD B. and 
 WILLIAM A., and reside two miles 
 north of Rochester, Sangamon county, 
 Illinois. 
 
 Samuel Elder died Oct. 24, 1846, and 
 his widow resides with her daughter, 
 Mrs. Dyson, in Springfield, 111. 
 
 ELLIOTT, ANDREW, was 
 born in 1792, in Rutherford county, N., C. 
 He was there married to Zilpha Kelly. 
 They had two children in North Carolina, 
 and moved to Sangamon county, 111., in 
 company with his , father-in-law, Wm. 
 Kelly, arriving in the fall of 1819, and en- 
 tered eighty acres of land in what is now 
 the northwest corner of the city of Spring- 
 field, where they had seven children. Of 
 their children 
 
 ELIZABETH M., born Oct. 4, 1815, 
 in North Carolina, married in Sangamon 
 county to Caswell Stripling. Mrs. S. died, 
 leaving one child. Mr. Stripling and his 
 son FRANCIS reside near Nicolaus, 
 Sutter county, Cal. 
 
 SARAH M., born Aug. 31, 1818, in 
 North Carolina, married to Isaac Taylor. 
 See his name. 
 
 J. WESLEY, born May 17, 1822, 
 adjoining Springfield on the north, mar- 
 ried, April 13, 1843, to Allissa or Alice 
 Baldwin. They had ten children in San- 
 gamon county ROBERT, born Feb. 26, 
 1844, enlisted, Aug. 25, 1862, in Co. G, 
 H4th 111. Inf., for three years, served full 
 term, and was honorably discharged Aug. 
 3, 1865, resides with his parents. JAMES 
 H., born Aug. 22, 1845, res id es with his 
 parents. SARAH E., born Jan. 3, 1848, 
 married James A. Dunlap. See his name. 
 CATHARINE died in her fourth year. 
 ZILPHA, died Nov. 20, 1864, aged four- 
 teen. HARRIET, born June 30, 1852, 
 married Abraham Langford, and resides 
 six miles south of Springfield. AN- 
 DREW J., CALVIN and JOHN L., re- 
 side with their parents one and three- 
 fourths miles northwest of Springfield, 
 and within one mile of where J. W. 
 Elliott was born. 
 
 THOMAS W., born Aug. 20, 1824, 
 died in 1855, ^ cholera, in Springfield. 
 
 ANDREW H., born Nov. 22, 1828, 
 married in 1852 to Matilda Tulley, had 
 two children, and Mr. E. died Feb. 15, 
 1873, in Springfield. His widow resides 
 in Mason City. 
 
 JAMES M., born April 22, 1835, 
 married Louisa Rolls. He was accident- 
 ally shot while his wife was handing a 
 gun to him, and died a week later, in 
 Aug., 1 86 1. 
 
 WILLIAM K., born March 13, 1838, 
 married Martha Potts, and died May 2, 
 1865. 
 
 Mrs. Zilpha Elliott died March 2, 1842, 
 and Andrew Elliott died Oct. 17, 1864, 
 both at Springfield. Andrew Elliott was 
 a soldier from North Carolina in 1812. 
 He was a soldier from Sangamon county 
 in the Winnebago war of 1827, in the 
 Black Hawk war of 1831, and in the 
 Mormon war of 1845. He kept the first 
 hotel in Springfield. It was called the 
 Buck Horn Tavern, and had a large pair 
 of antlers .for a sign. Andrew Elliott 
 was the man who drove the Commission- 
 ers to see Sangamo town, when thev were 
 investigating the subject with the view of 
 locating the county seat. He drove them 
 through all the sloughs he could reach by 
 a round-about way, and disgusted them 
 before they reached the spot. They were 
 thus induced to decide against Sangamo 
 and in favor of Springfield. 
 
 ELLIOTT, JAMES, was born 
 in 1798, near Richmond, Va. When a 
 young man he emigrated to Woodford 
 county, Ky., and was married near Frank- 
 fort, in 1827, to Mrs. Jane E. Plumer, 
 whose maiden name was Ta^ylor. She 
 was born in Kentucky, in 1795. Her 
 father was a distinguished Baptist minister 
 (Rev. John Taylor). She is a sister of 
 Mrs. Sallie Smith, and J. Wickliffe Taylor, 
 of Bates, Sangamon county, 111. Mr. and 
 Mrs. Elliott had three children in Ken- 
 tucky, and they moved to Sangamon 
 county, 111., arriving in May, 1835. They 
 settled in what is now Cartwright town- 
 ship. Of their children 
 
 JOHN J., born in 1828, in Franklin 
 county, Ky., was brought up in Sangamon 
 county, and died in Springfield, in 1861. 
 
 WILLIAM ., born in 1830, in Frank- 
 lin county, Ky., brought up in Sangamon 
 county, 111., was married in 1857, m
 
 SANGAMON COUNTY. 
 
 sonport, Ark., to Ellen Tussell, who was 
 born there. They had two children, TOM 
 and MORMON. William B. Elliott 
 died at Jacksonport, in 1864. His children 
 live with their mother, who is married 
 again, and resides in Jacksonport, Ark. 
 
 TEMPLE, born Dec, 9, 1835,' in 
 Franklin county, Ky., brought up in San- 
 gamon county, was married Oct. 8, 1862, 
 at Elkhart, 111., to Mary Constant. They 
 have five children, HALLIE, ARCHIE, 
 RITA, HARRIE and GRIFFITH, 
 and reside in Springfield. Temple Elliott 
 was deputy Sheriff two years, from Nov., 
 1 870, to Nov., 1 872. He is now (June, 1876) 
 connected with the State Register office. 
 
 James Elliot died June, 1856, in Sanga- 
 mon county, and his widow resides with 
 her son, Temple Elliott, in Springfield, 
 Illinois. 
 
 ELLIOTT, MRS. SARAH, 
 was born about 1791, in Maryland, and 
 was taken by her parents to Harrison 
 county, Ky. She was there married to 
 Edward Elliott, a native of Pennsylvania. 
 They had three children in Harrison 
 county, and moved to Gallatin county 
 where foui children were born, and Mr. 
 Elliott died, in 1829, near Warsaw, in that 
 county. Mrs. Elliott, with her seven 
 children, moved to Sangamon county, 111., 
 arriving in Oct., 1830, in what is now 
 Mechanicsburg township. Of her child- 
 ren 
 
 AMANDA, born in Kentucky, mar- 
 ried, in Sangamon county, to Eleazer 
 White, had six children, and died July, 
 1860, in Christian county. 
 
 OLIVER, born in Kentucky, raised 
 in Sangamon county, married Mary Nel- 
 lums, had three children, and he died 
 Nov., 1873, at Mowequa, 111. 
 
 M1LFORD, always called Milton, 
 was born about 1818, in Kentucky, raised 
 in Sangamon county, was with the Reed 
 and Donner party, and starved to death in 
 the mountains on the way to the Pacific 
 coast, in the winter of 1846 and 7. 
 
 AMERICA, born Oct. 12, 1820, in 
 Gallatin county, Ky., married in Sanga- 
 mon county to James M. King. Sec his 
 name. 
 
 MARY <\\c(\, aged six years. 
 
 WILLIAM, born in Kentucky, mar- 
 ried in Sangamon county to Elizabeth 
 Miller. They have nine children, and re- 
 side near Mt. Auburn, Christian county. 
 
 REBECCA, born in Kentucky, mar- 
 ried Thompson Kipper, have seven child- 
 ren, and live near Mt. Auburn. 
 
 Mrs. Sarah Elliott died Feb., 1857, near 
 Mt. Auburn, Christian county, 111. 
 
 ELLIS, HENRY, born Nov. 17, 
 1786, near Lexington, Ky. His father, 
 John Ellis was born Jan. 29, 1749, and 
 married Oct. 2, 1770, to Sarah Parrish, 
 who was born April 20, 1757. They 
 moved from Virginia to Kentucky. 
 The family is of Welsh extraction. The 
 father of John Ellis is said to have been 
 with the second supply of emigrants from 
 England to America. Martha Marshall 
 Yates was born (after the death of her 
 father) in Woodford county, Ky., Sept. 1 3, 
 1791, and was a sister of Henry Yates, 
 Sen. See his name. Henry Ellis and 
 Martha Yates were married Jan. 29, 1807, 
 in Warsaw, Ky., and had ten children 
 there, two of whom died in infancy. The 
 family moved to Sangamon county, 111., 
 arriving in Sept., 1825, in Island Grove, 
 two miles northeast of Berlin, where 
 three children were born. Of their eleven 
 children 
 
 ABNER Y., born Nov. 30, 1807, at 
 Warsaw, Ky., was married in Springfield, 
 111., Jan. 26, 1832, to Ann M. Glascock, 
 who was born Nov. 15, 1815. Their two 
 children died in infancy, and Mrs. Ellis 
 died Jan. 16, 1834. A. Y. Ellis was mar- 
 ried June 8, 1837, at Paddock's Grove, 111., 
 to Virginia J. Richmond. Of their eight 
 children born in Springfield, 111.: VOL- 
 NEY R., born April 22, 1838, was mar- 
 ried July 10, 1858, to Maria E. Smith. 
 They are without family, and live in 
 Quincy, 111. ABNER Y., Jun., born 
 June i, 1840, was married Dec. 20, 1865, 
 to Caroline L. H. Flagg, at Rochelle, 
 Ogle county, 111. She was born there, 
 Nov., 1845. They have four children, 
 
 RICHARD Y., ALFRED P., LUCY V. and 
 
 WILLARD F. A. Y. Ellis, Jun., has been 
 mailing clerk for seventeen years in the 
 Springfield Postoffice, and resides in the 
 city. JANE F., born July 10, 1842, in 
 Springfield, is unmarried, and resides with 
 her parents. ORVILLE P., born July/ 
 31, 1844, was married May 5, 1874, to 
 Arabell S. Graves, at Bethalto, Madison 
 county, 111. They have one child, 
 BESSIE, and reside at Bunker Hill, 111. 
 HENRY, born May 13, 1848, is a farmer, 
 residing with his parents. JOHN CON-
 
 286 
 
 EARLY SETTLERS OF 
 
 DELL, born Jan. 30, 1851, is a telegraph 
 operator at Alton, 111. WILLARD F., 
 born April n, 1853, died Oct. 24, 1873. 
 SALOME E., born Feb. 19 1857, lives 
 with her parents. A. Y. Ellis, Sen., re- 
 sides near Moro, Madison county, 111. He 
 was for several years Deputy Sheriff of 
 Sangamon county, salesman in Gen. 
 James D. Henry's store, and afterwards a 
 merchant himself. He was elected 
 Treasurer of Sangamon county in 1844, 
 serving one term. Was Postmaster of 
 Springfield, from 1849 to 1853, under 
 Presidents Taylor and Fillmore. After 
 a residence of forty years in Springfield, 
 he moved in 1865 to Paddock's Grove, 
 near Moro, Madison county, 111., and re- 
 sides there. 
 
 LA VINA, born Dec. 14, 1809, in 
 Warsaw, Ky., was married there, Sept. 8, 
 1825, to Talbott Leonard, moved to the 
 vicinity of Frankfort, where three child- 
 ren were born, and she died. Her child- 
 ren, JOHN W. and GEORGE H. are 
 physicians in Tennessee. MARTHA 
 married John Martin, and resides at New 
 Liberty, Gallatin county, Ky. 
 
 WILLIAM H. H. born August i, 
 1812, in Warsaw, Ky., married Mrs. 
 Bashaba Smith, who died, leaving one 
 child. He married Mrs. Nancy Denni- 
 son, whose maiden name was Hope. 
 They had three children, and Mr. -Ellis 
 died Jan. 28,^1873, near Berlin. 
 
 MOLLY, born Dec. 12, 1814, in War- 
 saw, Ky., was married in Sangamon 
 county, Nov. 4, 1840, to Elias Maxwell. 
 They had one child, ABNER Y. He 
 enlisted in 1861, in Co. D, 26th 111. Inf. 
 for three years, and died of disease con- 
 tracted in the army, Dec. 24, 1864, at 
 Berlin. Elias Maxwell died, and she 
 married Andrew Scott. He died in 1860, 
 and she in 1861. 
 
 LOUISA, born May 8, 1816, in Ken- 
 tucky, was married May 18, 1835, in 
 Berlin, 111., to Thomas F. Foster. They 
 brought up a family, and reside in Berlin. 
 
 ORMASINDA, born Feb. 17, 1818, 
 in Kentucky, died Nov. 2, 1833, near Ber ' 
 lin.- 
 
 MARTHA, born Sept. 12, 1822, in 
 Warsaw, Ky., was married Oct. 4, 1842, 
 in Sangamon county, to Oliver H. Rush. 
 He died Jan. 5, 1855, leaving four child- 
 ren. MARY -E. died, aged nineteen 
 years. VIRGINIA married Morgan 
 
 Belding, and lives at Corning, Adams 
 county, Iowa. MARTHA married John 
 Johnson, and lives at Worthington, Minn. 
 ROBERT G., resides with his mother, 
 in Berlin. 
 
 MILLICENTA.,\>om April 7, 1824, 
 in Kentucky, died Oct. 12, 1871, in Ber- 
 lin. 
 
 JOEL H., born Jan. 16, 1828, in San- 
 gamon county, was married May 8, 1852, 
 to Caroline Harmon. They had one 
 child, and mother and child died. He 
 was married May 8, 1861, to Martha 
 Simpson. They have two children, 
 FLORENCE M. and DORA B., and 
 reside in Berlin. 
 
 ROBERT, born April 27, 1830, in 
 Sangamon county, was married Dec. 15, 
 1857,10 Delia J. Pease. She died Aug. 
 2, 1872, leaving four children, GEORGE 
 L., GREEK M., HENRY M. and 
 GERTRUDE M. live with their father 
 in Berlin. 
 
 RICHARD Y., born Dec. 6, 1832, at . 
 Island Grove, enlisted August n, 1861, in 
 Co. D, 26th 111. Inf., for three years. He 
 was killed in a rifle pit at Atlanta, Ga., 
 Aug. 8, 1864, within three days of the 
 expiration of his term of service. 
 
 Henry Ellis, Sen., died June 13, 1854, 
 in Berlin, and his widow resides there, in 
 the eighty-fifth year of her age. [1876.] 
 
 ELLIS, LEVI D., born about 
 1791, in South Carolina. His father died 
 before Levi D. was born. When the lat- 
 ter was thirteen years of age he accompa- 
 nied some neighboring families to Tennes- 
 see, and stopped near Nashville, in that 
 State. He hired out, bought some land 
 with the proceeds, improved it and sent 
 for his mother and the rest of the family. 
 He learned the cabinet and carpenter's 
 trades, in Nashville, and was married 
 there, about 1811, to Cynthia Bradford, 
 who was born in Fauquier county, Va., 
 and was the only daughter of Captain 
 William Bradford of that county. L. D. 
 Ellis was drafted in the war of 1812, but 
 hired a substitute, and was employed by 
 the Government to stock guns. After the 
 war they moved to the mouth of the 
 Cumberland river, in Kentucky, and from 
 there with two children to the vicinity 
 of Belleville, 111., thence, in 1817, to 
 where Springfield now stands. Of their 
 children
 
 SANG AM ON COUNTY. 
 
 287 
 
 WILLIAM, born Aug. 13, 1812, in 
 Tennessee. 
 
 JAMES, born Aug. 13, 1814, in Ken- 
 tucky. 
 
 DANIEL, born Aug. 25, 1816, in 
 Illinois. 
 
 JACOB W., born July 20, 1818, in 
 Sangamon county, 111. (Until my atten- 
 tion was called to Jacob W. Ellis, it was 
 thought Joseph E. McCoy was the first 
 child born of white parents in the present 
 limits of Sangamon county, but the date 
 of Mr. Ellis' birth comes to me as a quo- 
 tation from a record in the family Bible, 
 and appears to be as much entitled to 
 credence as any of the others.) He was 
 married in Fulton county, 111., June 21, 
 1838. to Sarah Kreider. Of their child- 
 ren WILLIAM, born March 23, 1839, 
 in Ellisville, Fulton county, 111., enlisted 
 in the iyth Reg. 111. Vol. Inf., under Col. 
 L. F. Ross, and died the next August at 
 Ironton, Mo. MILLIE, born July 2, 
 1841, in Illinois, married Caleb Sullivan. 
 He enlisted during the rebellion, and was 
 with Sherman in his march to the sea. 
 They have six children, WILLIAM, HARRY, 
 WALTER, FREDERICK, BERTIE, and a babe. 
 SARAH, married Abram Childers, in 
 Fulton county, 111. He served in the 
 army. They have four children, MARY, 
 ENORA, CORA and NELLIE. Mr. Childers 
 resides in Lena Valley, Greenwood 
 county, Kans. FLORENCE, married 
 Thomas I. Tullis. They have 'one child, 
 and live at Fairview, Fulton county, 111. 
 BIRD, born in 1853, is a farmer, and lives 
 in Illinois. Mrs. Sarah Ellis died Aug. 
 20, 1857, m P ra i r i e City, 111., and Jacob 
 W. Ellis was married Aug., 1858, in Ful- 
 ton county, to Adelia Sanford. They 
 have one child, FRANK, born March 4, 
 1861. J. W. Ellis is a carpenter. He 
 moved to Kansas in the fall of 1870, and 
 resides in Lena Valley, Greenwood 
 county, Kansas. 
 
 FIELDING, born June 24, 1820, in 
 Sangamon countv, 111. 
 
 JOSEPH, born Aug. 22, 1822, in 
 Sangamon county. 
 
 JESSE, born Feb. 7, 1824, in Fulton 
 county, 111. 
 
 MART, born March 12,1826,111 Ful- 
 ton county, 111. 
 
 Levi D. Ellis built a mill, with a brush 
 dam, on Spring creek. He surveyed the 
 first lots in Springfield, and moved to Ful- 
 
 ton county, 111., in 1823, where he built a 
 mill on Spoon river, and laid out the town 
 of Ellisville. Mrs. Cynthia Ellis died in 
 the summer of 1846, and Levi D. Ellis 
 died Aug. 7, 1857, Dotn m Fulton county, 
 
 ELLIS, JACOB, brother of Levi 
 D., came to Sangamon county later, and 
 built a horse mill, cotton gin and black- 
 smith shop. He lived half a mile west of 
 Levi, in Springfield, and moved to Fulton 
 county the same year with his brother. 
 
 ELLIS, MILETUS W., born 
 April 7, 1809, in Albemarle county, Va., 
 and came to Sangamon county, 111., arriv- 
 ing at Springfield, in Nov., 1830. He was 
 married March 13, 1834, to Mary A. Con- 
 stant. They had two living children. 
 
 MARTHA, married William Winn, 
 and for a second husband married James 
 Barr, and lives in Kansas. 
 
 JAMES C., married Matilda New-' 
 comb, and resides at Hiram, Ohio. 
 
 Mrs. Mary A. Ellis died Sept. 4, 1846, 
 and Miletus W. Ellis was married Nov. 7, 
 1847, to Mrs. Mary M. Constant, whose 
 maiden name was Stewart. They had one 
 child 
 
 FANNIE W. She married George 
 B. Jones. See his name. 
 
 Miletus W. Ellis died Aug. 28, 1872, 
 and his widow resides at the homestead, 
 three miles west of Williamsville. Mr, 
 Ellis' father, mother, three brothers and 
 three sisters, came to the county with him. 
 All went to Bureau countv. 
 
 ELMORE, HARDIN H., 
 was born June 20, 1813, in Cumberland 
 county, Ky., was taken by his parents to 
 Adair county about 1827. From there he 
 came to Sangamon county, arriving in 
 Sept., 1834, in what is now Loami town- 
 ship. He was married April 6, 1836, to 
 Sarah Forrest. They had three children, 
 and Mrs. El more died April 6, 1844, 
 within ten minutes of eight years from the 
 time of her marriage. H. H. Elmore was 
 married Oct. 20, 1847, to Sibyl Pirdy, who 
 was born Nov. 26, 1823, in Kanawha 
 county, W. Va. They have three children. 
 Of all his children 
 
 ELIZABETH J., born May 6, 1836, 
 married Oct. 15, 1857, to & ^- Roberts. 
 They have four children, LEWIS E., 
 MARGARET, KATIE and ROB- 
 ERT, and live in Sedan, Chautauqua 
 county, Kansas.
 
 EARLY SETTLERS OF 
 
 SARAH A., born April 7, 1840, mar- 
 ried Daniel Kinney. Sec his name. 
 
 AMERICA L., born March 28, 1844, 
 married Charles King. They have five 
 children, KATIE, THOMAS, FANNY, 
 MARY E., and a babe, and reside near 
 Sedan, Chautauqua county, Kansas. 
 By the second marriage 
 NELSON F., born Aug. 29, 1847, en- 
 listed in 1864 in Co. E, I33d 111. Inf., for 
 one hundred days, served full term, and 
 was honorably discharged. He was mar- 
 ried Sept. 22, 1868, to Julia J. Colburn. 
 They have three children, FRANK, 
 VIOLA, and a babe, and live five miles 
 southwest of Chatham. 
 
 WILLIAM H. and JAMES B., 
 live with their parents. 
 
 H. H. Elmore and wife reside in 
 Loami. 
 
 EN OS, ABNER, was born July 
 20, 1791, near Utica, Oneida county, N. Y. 
 He was in the American navy, under 
 Commodore Perry, was in the naval bat- 
 tle on Lake Erie, Sept. 10, 1813, and was 
 wounded by a boarding pike being thrust 
 through him, by which he was fastened 
 to the side of the ship until relieved by 
 friends. He was captured a few months 
 later, and the last six months of the war 
 he spent in prison, at Montreal, Canada. 
 He drew a pension to the end of his life. 
 He went, in 1815, to Clark county, Ky., 
 and was there married, August 6, 1817, 
 to Anna Burns. They had six children, 
 and she died Sept. 13, 1829, in Clark 
 county, and he there married Anna Sud- 
 duth, June 9, 1830. She was born there 
 Jan. 20, 1792- The family moved to San- 
 gamon county, 111., arriving Oct. I, 1831, 
 in Buffalo Hart Grove, where one child 
 was born. Of his children 
 ^ AMARILDA, born Nov. 17, 1818, in 
 Clark county, Ky., married in Sangamon 
 county, Dec. 26, 1837, to Sylvester W. 
 Ford. See his name. 
 
 JAMES, born July 10, 1820, in Clark 
 county, Ky., married in Sangamon coun- 
 ty, in 1847, to Phebe J. Goff. They have 
 three children, and reside near Knobnos- 
 ter, Johnson county, Mo. 
 
 HORACE B., born Jan. 17, 1822, in 
 Clarke county, Ky., married in Sangamon 
 county, April 3, 1844, to Arminta J. Con- 
 stant. They had three children in San- 
 gamon county. MARY E., born Dec. 
 20, 1845, married H. Clay Constant. See 
 
 his name. JOHN R., born March 5, 
 1848, enlisted in Co. I, ii4th 111. Inf., 
 March 8, 1865, for one year. He was 
 transferred to Co. C, 58th 111. Inf., July, 
 1865, served until March 7, 1866, when 
 he was honorably discharged, at Mont- 
 gomery, Alabama. He was married Oct. 
 28, 1874, in Sangamon county, to Jane 
 F. Wilson, a daughter of Thomas Wilson. 
 See. Riddle family. They reside in Buf- 
 falo Hart township. ALFRED R., 
 born Feb. 17, 1854, died aged six years. 
 Mrs. Arminta J. Enos died Sept. ii, 1857, 
 and H. B. Enos was married Nov. 10, 
 1858, in Erie county, New York, to Car- 
 oline C. Merrick, who was born Dec. 29, 
 1828, in Onandaga county, N. Y. They 
 have one child, GERTIE J., born Sept. 
 30, 1860, and reside two and a half miles 
 southeast of Buffalo Hart Station. 
 
 ROBERT B., born April 7, 1824, in 
 Clark county, Ky., married in Sangamon 
 county, August 27, 1865, to Mary F. 
 Etter, who was born Oct. 13, 1844, in 
 Lawrence county, Ind. They have one 
 living child. GRACIE M. died in her 
 third year. ARTHUR O. died in in- 
 fancy. EDWARD LESLIE resides 
 with his parents, two and three-quarter 
 miles east of Buffalo Hart Station. 
 
 WILLIAM S., born Dec. 4, 1832, in 
 Sangamon county, the only child by the 
 second wife. He enlisted August 15, 
 1862, for three years, in Co. B, 130111 111. 
 Inf., and was wounded May 22, 1863, in 
 five places, and again June 4, 1863, by a 
 shot through the foot, all at the siege of 
 Vicksburg. He recovered, and was cap- s 
 tured April, 1864, in Gen. Bank's Red 
 river expedition, was placed in a rebel 
 stockade prison at camp Ford, near 
 Tyler, Texas, remained in prison thirteen 
 months and nineteen days, was released, 
 went to New Orleans, St. Louis and 
 Springfield, and was honorably discharged 
 June 17, 1865. He was married Oct. 12, 
 1865, to Jane Dunn, who was born Jan. 
 29, 1847, * n Yorkshire, England. They 
 have two children, ANNIE and JAN- 
 ETTE, and reside two and a half miles 
 east of Buffalo Hart Station. 
 
 Abner Enos died March 12, 1850, and 
 Mrs. Anna S. Enos died Jan. 17, 1870, 
 both in Buffalo Hart township. 
 
 ENOS, PASCAL P., born in 
 1 770, at Windsor, Conn. Salome Paddock 
 was born March 12, 1791, at Woodstock,
 
 SA JVG A MON c o uxrr. 
 
 Windsor county, Vt. They were there 
 married, Sept., 1815, moved to Cincinnati, 
 Ohio, the same fall, and a year later to St. 
 Charles, Mo., where one child was born. 
 In the spring of 1817 they moved to St. 
 Louis, where one child was born, and in 
 the fall of 1821 moved to Madison county, 
 six miles north of Edwardsville, 111. 
 While residing there, at the solicitation of 
 the Vermont delegation in Congress, Mr. 
 Enos was appointed by President Monroe 
 Receiver in the land office then estab- 
 lished at what was called Springfield 
 District, although there was no town laid 
 out. Mr. Enos arrived with his family 
 in Sept., 1823. He opened the land office 
 in a double log cabin, at what is now the 
 northwest corner of Third and Jefferson 
 streets. He soon after united with Elijah 
 lies, John Taylor and Thomas Cox, each 
 entering a quarter section of land. They 
 then laid out a town, and called it Cal- 
 houn ; afterwards it was changed to Spring- 
 field. Mr. and Mrs. Enos had three 
 children born in Springfield. Of their 
 five children 
 
 PASCAL P., Jun., born Nov. 28, 
 18:6, at St. Charles,'Mo., was married in 
 Springfield, 111., to Eliza J. Johnson. She 
 died April 15, 1859, and he died Feb. 17, 
 1867, both in Springfield. They were 
 without family. He served one term in 
 the State Legislature, and was appointed 
 United States Circuit Clerk by Judge 
 McLean, and again by Judge Davis, and 
 died in office. 
 
 ZIMRI A., born Sept. 29, 1821, in 
 St. Louis, Mo., was married in Spring- 
 field, 111., June 10, 1846, to Agnes D. 
 Trotter, who was born in New York city 
 Feb. 15, 1825. They have six children 
 born in Springfield. PASCAL P., born 
 April 6, 1847, resides in Kansas. 
 GEORGE T., is a Civil Engineer, and 
 resides at Toledo, Ohio. WILLIAM P., 
 CATHARINE I., ALLEN Z., and 
 LOUISA I., live with their parents. 
 Z. A. Enos served two terms, of two years 
 each, as County Surveyor of Sangamon 
 county, and three terms as Alderman of 
 Springfield. He and his family reside in 
 Springfield. 111. 
 
 IFAKTHA M., born April 26, 1824, 
 in Springfield, died there Jan. 4, 1837. 
 
 SUSAN P., born Oct. 27, 1829, in 
 Springfield, resides with her mother. 
 
 37 
 
 JULIA R. f born Dec. 20, 1832, in 
 Springfield, was married in 1860 to Oxias 
 M. Hatch, who was born April 14, 1814, 
 in Hillsborough, Hillsborough county, 
 N. H. His father, Dr. Reuben Hatch, 
 with his family, moved to Pike county, 
 111., in 1835, and Ozias M. followed 
 in 1836. He has been heard to say, 
 in a jocular way, that he was born in 
 New Hampshire, educated in Massachu- 
 setts, and graduated in Pike county, 111. 
 The latter, probably alluding to the fact 
 that he was appointed, by Judge Samuel 
 D. Lockwood, Clerk of the Circuit Court 
 of Pike county, in 1841, for seven years. 
 From 1847 to I ^5 1 > he was engaged 
 in merchandising, in Griggsville. In 
 1851 he was elected to represent Pike 
 county in the State Legislature for 
 two years. In November, 1856, O. M. 
 Hatch was elected, on the Republican 
 ticket, Secretary of State, for Illinois, and 
 re-elected in 1860, serving in all eight 
 years. He was one of the original mem- 
 bers of the National Lincoln Monument 
 Association, temporarily organized April 
 24, 1865, and assuming a legal form on 
 the nth of May following. Mr. Hatch 
 was elected Secretary of the Association 
 Jan. 1 8, 1866, and holds the office to the 
 present time June, 1876. Mr. and Mrs. 
 Hatch have three living children, OZIAS 
 M., Jun., PASCAL E., and FRANK 
 LOCKWOOD, and reside in Springfield, 
 Illinois. 
 
 Pascal P. Enos held the office of Re- 
 ceiver of the Land Office at Springfield, 
 under Presidents Monroe and John 
 Quincy Adams. He was removed by 
 President Jackson solely because they dif- 
 fered in politics Mr. Enos being a Whig. 
 He died April, 1832, in Springfield, and 
 his widow now June, 1876 in her 
 eighty-sixth year, and the forty-fifth of 
 her widowhood, resides in Springfield, 
 Illinois. 
 
 ENGLAND, STEPHEN, 
 born June 12, 1773, in Virginia. His pa- 
 rents moved to Bath county, Ky., when 
 he was quite young. He was there mar- 
 ried, about 1791, to Anna Harper, who 
 was born Sept. I, 1772, in Virginia. They 
 had ten living children in Kentucky. The 
 family moved, in March, 1813, to Madi- 
 son county, Ohio, where they had two 
 children. In the fall of 1818 the farnilv 
 moved to Madison county, 111. The fof-
 
 EARLY SB TTLERS OF 
 
 lowing winter Stephen England, with 
 two of his sons-in-law, came up to the 
 San-ga-ma country to explore it. The 
 nearest habitation to where Springfield 
 now stands, was on the south bank of the 
 Sangamon river, near where the C. and 
 A. R. R. now crosses. They found a 
 man named William Higgins living in a 
 cabin there, which he had built in Jan., 
 1819. See his name. They remained 
 over night with Mr. Higgins, and crossed 
 to the north side of the river, each select- 
 ing a spot on which to make a home. In 
 order to prevent others who might come 
 after from choosing the same ground, 
 they cut a few logs, laid them across each 
 other in three piles, and each man cut his 
 initials on a tree near by, as evidence that 
 the land was claimed. That was near 
 what was soon after called Higgins' creek, 
 but is now called Cantrall's creek. They 
 returned to their families, and early in 
 March, 1819, Stephen E-ngland, his son 
 David, his sons-in-law, Andrew Cline and 
 Wyatt Cantrall, returned to their claims 
 for the purpose of commencing improve- 
 ments. The night after their arrival 
 snow fell about one foot deep, and the 
 weather was colder than it had been at 
 any time during the winter. They com- 
 menced work, and Mr. England and his 
 son soon had their house up, roofed, and 
 the door and chimney place cut out. 
 The other two men had their materials on 
 the ground. . By that time the melting 
 snow warned them that they must cross 
 the river at once, or they might be delayed 
 several weeks. They returned to their 
 families, and attempted to move them, but 
 the ground was so soft from melting snow 
 that their teams were unequal to the task 
 of drawing the wagons with their heavy 
 loads, and they again left their families. 
 The same men returned, accompanied by 
 two of the daughters or Mr. England. 
 They then completed their houses, cleared 
 land, planted their crops, and returned to 
 Madison county for their families, bring- 
 ing them to their new homes about the 
 first of June, 1819. Of Mr. England's 
 twelve children then living 
 
 FANNIE, \)ovn Oct. 2, 1792, in Bath 
 county, Ky, married Levi Cantrall. See 
 his name. 
 
 SALL1E, born Nov. 2, 1794, in Bath 
 county, Ky., married Wyatt Cantrall. 
 See his name. 
 
 LUCY, born Feb. 13, 1797, in Bath 
 county, Ky., crossed the Sangamon river 
 with her father, April, 1819, and she is 
 thought to be the fifth white woman that 
 ever crossed the river, and the first to cook 
 a meal on the north side. She was mar- 
 ried afterwards to John Cline. See Ills 
 name. 
 
 ANNA, born August 30, 1798, in Ken- 
 tucky, was married to Andrew Clino. 
 They had four children. The parents 
 and two of the children died in Sanga- 
 mon county. Of the other two: STEPH- 
 EN married for his third wife, Dorothy 
 Wigginton. They have children, and 
 reside near Elkhart, Logan county. 
 PERRY married, has one child, and re- 
 sides in Wisconsin. 
 
 POLLY J., born April 29, 1800, in 
 Kentucky, married Evans E. Brittin. Sec 
 his name. 
 
 SIJ^HA, born April, 1802, in Ken- 
 tucky, was married April 2, 1823, to 
 George W. Anderson. They have seven 
 children. The parents and five of the 
 children died in Sangamon county, 111. 
 Of the other two: ELIZABETH mar- 
 ried Andrew Ralph, and resides in Fancy 
 Creek township. ELIZA married 
 Charles Boker. He died, and she lives in 
 Cantrall. 
 
 DA VID, born Nov. 25, 1804, in Bath 
 county, Ky., was married Nov. 4, 1823, to 
 Margaret Higgins. They had fourteen 
 children, seven of each sex, all born in 
 Sangamon county, 111. LOLTISA mar- 
 ried Charles Turley, April 6, 1842. He 
 was born Dec. n, 1822, in Montgomery 
 county, Ky. They have nine children: 
 s. SANFORD married Jane McClelland. 
 See name of McClelland. MAGGIE E. 
 married R. C. Maxwell. They have two 
 children, Charles and Louisa, and live 
 near Lincoln, Logan county. AMANDA 
 married John B. Taylor, of Williamsville, 
 and resides there. DAVID married in 
 Lincoln, and lives near there. SUSAN 
 j. married Dr. McClelland of Williams- 
 ville, and resides there. JAMES P., MAR- 
 SHALL, MEADE and IXA M., live with 
 their parents one and a half miles east of 
 Williamsville, Sangamon county. EVE- 
 LINE B. married James M. Mitts. See 
 his name. JULIA A. married Thomas 
 W. Lake. See his name. STEPHEN 
 married Margaret Canterbury. They 
 have three children, ASA, MARY and
 
 SANGAMON COUNTY. 
 
 291 
 
 WILLIAM i., and live in Menard county. 
 ROSE ANN married William Council. 
 See his name. WILLIAM B. married 
 Martha Hall. They had three children. 
 LAURA married Jeremiah Casey, and re- 
 sides in Menard county. HETTIE and 
 WILLIAM live with their mother. Wil- 
 liam B. England enlisted in 1862 for three 
 years, in Co. K, n5th 111. Inf. He was 
 killed Sept. 20, 1863, at the battle of 
 Chickamauga, Tenn. His widow mar- 
 ried Thomas Swearingen, who served 
 three years as a captain in the Union 
 army. They reside at Athens, Menard 
 county, 111. CAROLINE married Jacob 
 Beck, who was born Nov. 22, 1829, in 
 Ross county, Ohio. They have six child- 
 ren, MARIETTA, CHARLES F., DAVID E., 
 
 IDA M., MAGGIE and FREDERICK, and 
 live near Williamsville. MARGARET 
 married Asa Canterbury. See his name. 
 They have eight children, and reside near 
 Gibson City, Ford county, 111. MARY 
 A. married Milam Holland, who died, 
 and she married James W. Mott. See 
 his name. David A. enlisted for three 
 years, Aug. 9, 1862, in Co. K, H5th 111. 
 Vol. Inf., served until June I, 1865, when 
 he was honorably discharged. He mar- 
 ried Emma Mott. They have three 
 children, HENRY w., ANNIE R. and 
 LUCY, and live in Athens. JAMES 
 M. and CHARLES F., twins. James 
 M. married Mary A. Mott. He died, 
 leaving a widow and one child, MARIA, in 
 Athens. Charles F. married Rebecca 
 Wood. They have six children, and re- 
 side in Illiopolis township. HENRY H. 
 married Mary A. Price. They have three 
 children, LI/KKNA L., FLORA B. and WIL- 
 LIAM B., and live near Cantrall. MILAM 
 R. lives with his parents. David Eng- 
 land remembers seeing Indians bury their 
 dead by putting them in troughs and sus- 
 pending them in trees, also building pens 
 around them and leaving their bodies to 
 decay. David England and his wife re- 
 side on the farm settled by his father in 
 1819, three miles west of Sherman. 
 
 ELIZABETH, born Nov. 12, 1805, 
 in Kentucky, was married in Sangamon 
 county, Jan. 24, 1822, to Hiram Went- 
 worth. They died, leaving three children. 
 
 KEZ.IAH, born June 23, 1807, in 
 Kentucky, was married in Sangamon 
 county to Charles Smith. They had six 
 
 children. The parents are dead, and the 
 children live in California. 
 
 JOHN, born Jan. 15, 1811, in Bath 
 county, Ky., was married in Sangamon 
 county to Mary Smith. They had nine 
 children. WILLIAM A. was married in 
 1868, to Olive Stanton, in Salem, Oregon. 
 SARAH married William Trakes. 
 ADELPHIA, born May 10, 1831, mar- 
 ried Samuel Turley. They have eleven 
 living children, and reside in Logan 
 county. MATILDA A., born June 26, 
 1834, married W. H. Rankin. They 
 have eight children, and live in Cham- 
 paign county, 111. ALBERT, borri May 
 16, 1838. He served three years in the 2d 
 111. Cav., and was honorably discharged. 
 He is married, has four children, and re- 
 sides in Monticello, Piatt county, 111. 
 MARY J. and MARION, twins, born 
 March 15, 1840. Mary J. married A. 
 Robinson, and live in Macon county, 
 111. Marion rnarried Catharine Grove, 
 and live in Logan county. LUCY A., 
 born July 23, 1842, married D. Thubert, 
 and live in Macon county, 111. ELIZA- 
 BETH C., born Aug. 15, 1848, married 
 Ezra McMasters. They reside in Elkhart, 
 Logan county, 111. JOHN C., born April 
 3, 1858, lives in Logan county. Mrs. Mary 
 England died, and John England was mar- 
 ried to Sarah Groves. They have one 
 child, and reside at Mt. Pulaski. John 
 England is a preacher in connection with 
 the Christian church. 
 
 ADELPHIA, born May 15, 1813, in 
 Ohio, was married in Sangamon county 
 to Joseph I. Smith. They had three 
 children. FRANCIS M. enlisted in 
 1861 for three years, in Co. C, 2ist 111. 
 Inf., served full time, and was honorably 
 discharged. He married Mary Young, 
 and resides at Fort Madison, Iowa. 
 ENOCH B. enlisted July, 1862, for three 
 years, in Co. K, io6th 111. Inf., served un- 
 til the close of the rebellion, and was hon- 
 orably discharged July, 1865. He mar- 
 ried Louisa Stone. They have two child- 
 ren, and reside in Fremont county, Iowa. 
 JULIA A. married .James Rayburn. 
 They have eight children, and live at 
 Irish Grove, Menard county. Joseph I. 
 Smith died JaiL i, 1851, and his widow 
 was married Dec. 20, 1855, to William B. 
 Goodpasture. They have one child, 
 JESSE K. Mr. Goodpasture was born in 
 Overton county, Tenn.; came to Jackson-
 
 EARLT SE TTL ERS OF 
 
 ville, 111., in 1829. The present Mrs. 
 Goodpasture is his third wife. Two of 
 his sons by a former marriage were sol- 
 diers' in Co. K, io6th 111. Inf. One of 
 them lost his life in defense of his country 
 in the Autumn of 1864. Mr. and Mrs. 
 Goodpasture reside near Auburn. 
 
 JESSE, born Feb. 10, 1815, in Bath 
 county, Ky., was married in Sangamon 
 county, 111., Dec. 31, 1833, to Mahala 
 Smith. They have five children living; 
 three died in infancy. AMERICA, born 
 Oct. 1 6, 1834, was married March 10, 
 1853, to Isaac J. Sherman. They have 
 three children, MARY j., MARTHA A. and 
 MAHALA A., who live with their parents 
 on Fancy Prairie. MARY, born May 
 4, 1837, was married March 20, 1856, to 
 Cyrus B. Sherman. They have seven 
 children, AMERICA E., MIRANDA j., WIL- 
 LIAM II., EMELINE, IDA M., MARY A. and 
 
 NOLA E., and live at Middletown, 111. 
 MIRANDA, born July 6, 1839, was 
 married March 29, 1860, to William F. 
 West. They had two living children, 
 FRANK H. and IDA B., who live with their 
 mother. Mr. West died March 30, 1863, 
 and his widow married Absalom Miller, 
 April 11,1870. They have three living 
 children, JOHN j., EDWARD and MYRA, 
 and reside near Maryville, Nodoway 
 county, Mo. PAREN, born May 20, 
 1841, was married Feb. 14, i86i,to Nancy 
 M. Whittier, and reside near Lincoln, 
 Neb. PERRY J., born Feb. 5, 1849, 
 was married to Gallic Hall, Oct. 10, 1872. 
 They have two children, ARTHUR j. and 
 ETHEL P., and live near Fancy Prairie, 
 Menard county, 111. Jesse England and 
 wife reside near Fancy Prairie postoffice, 
 Menard county, 111. 
 
 Stephen England died Sept. 26, 1823, 
 of a cancer in one of his ankles. He 
 preached the gospel as long as he could 
 stand, and delivered his last sermon sit- 
 ting. His widow died June i, 1841, both 
 near where they settled in 1819, in what 
 is now Fancy Creek township. Stephen 
 England was a Baptist minister in Ken- 
 tucky, and when he brought his family to 
 the new settlement, the people having 
 planted their crops, wished to have relig- 
 ious services, so Mr. England announced 
 that he would preach at his own house 
 late in June or early in July, 1819. 
 Everybody in the entire settlement came. 
 Two women walked five miles through 
 
 the grass, which was almost as high as 
 their heads. The husband of one of 
 them walked and carried their babe. That 
 was the first sermon ever preached north 
 of the Sangamon river in this county, and 
 probably in Central Illinois. Mr. Eng- 
 land organized a church May 15, 1820, at 
 his own house. There were eight mem- 
 bers besides himself. The names of the 
 persons constituting the church were 
 Stephen England and Anna, his wife; 
 Jechoniah Langston and Nancy, his wife; 
 Levi Cantrall and Fannie, his wife; Mrs. 
 Adelphia Wood, Mrs. Sarah Cantrall, the 
 wife of Wyatt Cantrall, Mrs. Lucy Scott 
 (daughter of Mr. England), afterwards 
 Mrs. Cline. That was the first church 
 organized in Sangamon county, and the 
 organization has never been broken. It 
 is now known as Antioch Christian 
 church, and composed at present of about 
 ninety members. It is occupying its third 
 house of worship, which is a handsome 
 wooden edifice situated within the limits 
 of Cantrall, a town recently laid out. 
 Elder Stephen England was pastor of the 
 church until his death, in 1823. His son 
 David united with the church about one 
 year after his father's death. He was first 
 elected deacon, then elder, and has contin- 
 ued in that office to the present time. 
 Elder Stephen England solemnized the 
 marriage of Philo Beers and Martha 
 Stillman, Nov. 2, 1820, which was the 
 first marriage in Sangamon county. See 
 Philo Beers. This event occurred one 
 and a half miles southwest of Williams- 
 ville. A couple came to Mr. England 
 from Fort Clark, now Peoria, to avoid the 
 trouble of going to Edwardsville for 
 license. It was lawful to advertise their 
 intentions for ten days, and then marry 
 without license. That couple were mar- 
 ried in the latter way. 
 
 ENYART, SILAS, was born 
 June 21, 1788, in Hardin county, Ky. He 
 was married Nov. 6, 1806, to Martha 
 Duckworth, who was born June 7, 1789, 
 in the same county. They had eight 
 children born in Kentucky, one died in 
 infancy, and the family moved to Sanga- 
 mon county, 111., arriving in the spring of 
 1834 in what is now Gardner township, 
 six miles west of Springfield. Of their 
 children 
 
 ELIZABETH, born in Kentucky,
 
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 was married, in Sangamon county, to 
 Zebulon Cantrill. See his name. 
 
 SARAH, born in Kentucky, was mar- 
 ried in Sangamon county to Arthur B. 
 McMurry. See his name. 
 
 POLICY, born in Kentucky, married 
 in Sangamon county to Moses Laswell. 
 See his name. 
 
 MA TILDA, born in Kentucky, mar- 
 ried in Sangamon county to William H. 
 Talbott. See his name. 
 
 REBECCA J., born in Kentucky, 
 married N. E. Bateman. They had six 
 children, namely, MARY E., SARAH 
 J., JAMES W., CHARLES N., ED- 
 "WARD E. and EMMA E. Mrs. Bate- 
 man resides with her daughter, Mrs. 
 Albert V. Arnold, in Springfield. 
 
 JAMES, died in 1844, aged twenty - 
 one years. 
 
 WILLIAM, born June 25, 1825, in 
 Hardin county, Ky., was married in San- 
 gamon county, 111., Jan. 13, 1852, to Sarah 
 Elder. They had four children in Sanga- 
 mon county. LUCY E. died in her third 
 year. MINERVA, married James Mer- 
 ri weather. They have one child, ALLEN, 
 and reside in Cotton Hill township. 
 EMMA and EFFIE, reside with their 
 parents two and one-half miles north of 
 Pawnee, in Cotton Hill township. Wil- 
 liam Enyart left Springfield March 25, 
 1849, for the gold fields of California, 
 with eight others, only three of whom re- 
 turned. William Envart was gone two 
 years and three months, and made enough 
 to buy himself a good home. During his 
 absence he had an interview with James 
 Baker. See his name. 
 
 Mrs. Martha Enyart died in 183=5, and 
 .Silas Enyart died in 1837, both in Sanga- 
 mon county, 111. 
 
 EUSTACE, WILLIAM, born 
 in Eastport, Me., settled in 1837 or 8 in 
 what is now Talkington township, where 
 Chas. T. Hoppin now resides. He was 
 the first settler in the township. His 
 daughter, Elizabeth, married John Barger. 
 See his name. 
 
 EWELL, ISAAC L., was born 
 April 29, 1819, in Burnett, Caledonia 
 county, Vt., came to Springfield, 111., in 
 the fall of 1837, spent two years there as 
 a miller, returned to Vermont, came back 
 to Sangamon county, and was married 
 Sept. 3, 1846, to Louisa E. Kelly. He 
 moved to Peacham, Vt., in the spring of 
 
 1847, where they had one child, and re- 
 turned to Sangamon county in 1850, where 
 they had two children. Of their three 
 children 
 
 CHARLES W., born Feb. 7, 1848, 
 in Peacham, Caledonia county, Vt., mar- 
 ried in Sangamon county, Nov. 25, 1868, 
 to Eliza J. Turner, have one child, MIN- 
 NIE, and live in Curran township. 
 
 HORACE J., born Oct. 13, 1851, in 
 Sangamon county, died May 23, 1863. 
 
 EUNICE M., born Nov. 24, 1857,111 
 Sangamon county, and lives with her 
 parents. 
 
 Isaac L. Ewell and wife reside two and 
 a-half miles north of Curran. 
 
 PAGAN, WILLIAM, born in 
 1777, in North Carolina, was married 
 there to Peninah Fruit, who was born Jan. 
 29, 1774, in the same State. They moved 
 to Virginia, and from there to Christian 
 county, Ky. In 1819 they emigrated, 
 with four children, to southern Illinois, 
 thence to Sangamon county, arriving in 
 what is now Clear Lake township, in 
 1820. They moved next year to Buffalo 
 Hart Grove, and from there to Spring- 
 field. In 1831 they settled on a farm three 
 miles northwest of Springfield. Of their 
 children 
 
 ELIZABETH, born in 1801, in Vir- 
 ginia or Kentucky, died in Springfield, 
 111., aged twenty-two years. 
 
 HANNAH, born in 1806, in Christian 
 county, Ky., died aged about thirteen 
 years. 
 
 JOHN, born May 17, 1809, in Chris- 
 tian county, Ky., was married April 15, 
 1830, in Springfield, 111., to Mary Henry, 
 who was born in 1812, in Ohio. They 
 had nine children. ELIZABETH J., 
 born Dec. 22, 1831, was married Oct. 15, 
 1851, to William C. Langston, she died 
 Dec. 26, 1853, without children. CLAR- 
 ISSA and CLARINDA (twins), born 
 Nov. 22, 1833. CLARISSA was mar- 
 ried March, 1851, to Uriah C. Withrow, 
 who was born Jan. 26, 1827. Thev had 
 one son, vv. A., who lives in Sangamon 
 county, 111. W. C. Withrow died Sept. 
 26, 1852, and Mrs. Withrow was married 
 May, 1860, to Aaron Apgar. Mrs. Clar- 
 issa Apgar died Oct. 7, 1864, leaving one
 
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 child, IDA BELLE, who lives in Sangamon 
 county. CLARINDA was married April 
 16, 1861, to J. L. Rohinette, who was 
 born June 12, 1836, in Ohio. They moved 
 to California in 1863, where Mrs. Robin- 
 ette died June 13, 1864. GEORGE T., 
 born Aug. 4, 1836, was married Sept. 3, 
 1857, * R- acne l Hazlett, who was born 
 Oct. 12, 1839, in Christian county. They 
 have three living children, FRANKLIX, 
 IRVING, and GEORGE, who reside with 
 their parents in Christian county, 111. 
 SARAH F., born Oct. 28, 1838, was mar- 
 ried Oct., 1855, to F. M. Montgomery. 
 She died April 8, 1856. BRICE H., born 
 Jan. 23, 1841, enlisted Feb., 1862, in Co. 
 G, loth 111. Cav., served until after the 
 capture ot Little Rock, Ark., when he 
 was taken sick and died in hospital there, 
 Dec. 10, 1863. His body was brought 
 home for interment. WILLIAM P., 
 born May 18, 1843, died April i, 1860. 
 JAMES F., born Jan. 29, 1846, was mar- 
 ried Aug. 29, 1870, to Eliza J. Buchannan, 
 who was born Jan. 17, 1846. They 
 moved to the southern part of Kansas, 
 where Eliza J. Fagan died March 18, 
 1873. James Fagan returned to Sanga- 
 mon county and lives with his father. 
 CHARLES A., born March 12, 1849, 
 died Aug. 20, 1872. Mrs. Mary Fagan 
 died Aug. 14, 1850, and John Fagan was 
 married April 14, 1852, to Mrs. Mary VV. 
 Norris, whose maiden name was Cole. 
 They have two living children. MARY 
 L., born Jan. 22, 1854, was married Feb. 
 15, 1871, to Jesse H. Potts, had one child, 
 ADA BELL, who died young, and the fam- 
 ily live in Christian county, 111. BENJA- 
 MIN, born July 17, 1856, lives with his 
 father. Mrs. Mary W. Fagan died Feb. 
 22, 1858, and John Fagan was married 
 Dec. 20, 1860, in Logan county, Ohio, to 
 Mary Williams, who was born April 17, 
 1826. They reside four miles northwest 
 of Springfield, 111. 
 
 GEORGE, born Feb. 19, 1814, in 
 Christian county, Ky., was married in 
 Sangamon county, 111., Dec. 11, 1838, to 
 Ruth Smith. They had six children. 
 Of the three who lived to be grown 
 JOHN F., born Dec. 19, 1843, in Sanga- 
 mon county, enlisted Jan. 18, 1862, for 
 three years in Co. G, loth 111. Cav., re-en- 
 listed as a veteran Jan. 18, 1864, served to 
 the end of the rebellion, and was honora- 
 blv discharged, at San Antonia, Texas, 
 
 Nov., 1865. He was married in Sanga- 
 mon county Sept. 2, 1868, to Mary E. 
 Lightfoot. They have one child, HER- 
 BERT F., and reside three and one-half 
 miles northwest of Springfield. GREEN 
 B., born July 24, 1849, died April 10, 
 1866. WILLIAM G., born Jan. 22, 
 1852, lives with his parents. George 
 Fagan and wife reside three miles north- 
 west of Springfield, on the farm where 
 his parents settled in 1830. 
 
 William Fagan died Nov. 24, 1843, and 
 his widow died Sept. 27, 1846, both where 
 they settled in 1830, three miles northwest 
 of Springfield, 111. 
 
 FAIRCHILD, MOSES, was 
 born Aug., 1793, in Essex county, N. Y. 
 He was married Nov. 9, 1817, at Shel- 
 bourn, Vt., to Adah Holabird, who was 
 born there, in July, 1793. They had six 
 living children in Essex county, New 
 York, and the family moved to San- 
 gamon county, 111., arriving in the fall of 
 1833, at Rochester, where they had one 
 child. \Of their seven children 
 
 HIRAM, born Oct. 10, 1819, in Essex 
 county, N. Y., married in Springfield, 111., 
 Feb. 14, 1850, to Martha L. Beall. They 
 had nine children in Sangamon county, 
 six of whom died under four years. Of 
 the other three, CHARLES" H., born 
 Oct. 27, 1850, HIRAM R., born Nov. 4, 
 1854, and WILLIAM P., born Oct. 29, 
 1856, all reside with their parents, three- 
 quarters of a mile east of Clark sville, 
 Sangamon county. 
 
 CHARLES, born Sept. 25, 1821, in 
 Essex county, N. Y., married in Sanga- 
 mon county, Jan. 31, 1848, to Lavina 
 Sattlev. They had eight living children, 
 BELLE, MARY E., BENJAMIN S., 
 ADAH E., CHARLES, ROBERT, 
 RALPH S. and WINFIELD S. reside 
 with their parents, one mile east of Roch- 
 ester, on the farm where Moses Fairchild 
 settled in 1833. 
 
 HE NR T, born Sept. 20, 1823, in New 
 York, raised in Sangamon county, mar- 
 ried in Jacksonville to Jane Ragsdale. 
 They had one child, HOMER LIN- 
 COLN, and Mrs. Jane F. died. Mr. F. 
 married Nancy McKittrick. They have 
 three children, and reside near Tower 
 Hill, Shelby county, 111. 
 
 MART' J., born May 27, 1826, in 
 Essex county, N. Y., married in Sanga- 
 mon county, March 24, 1852, to Joseph
 
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 E. Ross, who was born Oct. 13, 1823, in 
 Clarke county, O., and came to Sanga- 
 mon county, in 1841 or '2. They had 
 four children, ADAH MAY and IDA 
 F., the third and fourth, died young. 
 JOHN HENRY and CHARLES OS- 
 CAR reside with their parents, two and a 
 half miles north of Breckenridge. 
 
 DANIEL, horn August 23, 1829, in 
 New York, and died in Sangamon coun- 
 ty, Dec. 8, 1846. 
 
 HYMA\\ born Dec. 2, 1832, in New 
 York, raised in Sangamon county, went 
 to California in 1850 married there to 
 Mrs. Mary J. Waddle, whose maiden 
 name was Barker. They had twins, and 
 Mrs. F. died. He was married in Sanga- 
 mon county to Mrs. Susan Giger, whose 
 maiden name was Benson. They have 
 three children, and reside near Grafton,, 
 Yolo county, California. 
 
 MOSES, Jun., born July 9, 1835, m 
 Sangamon county, died in his fourth 
 year. 
 
 Moses Fairchild died in Sangamon 
 county, and Mrs. Adah Fairchild resides 
 with her daughter, Mrs. Ross. 
 
 FARQUAR, GEORGE, was 
 born. in 1794, in Uniontown, Penn. His 
 father died, and his mother married Rob- 
 ert Ford, who was killed by Indians, leav- 
 ing one son. Mrs. Ford with her two 
 sons, George Farquar and Thomas Ford, 
 came to Waterloo, Monroe county, 111. 
 Of the younger of the two half brothers, 
 it is only necessary to say in this connec- 
 tion that Thomas Ford afterwards became 
 Governor of Illinois. George Farquar 
 was elected to represent Monroe county 
 in the State legislature one term. He was 
 appointed Jan. i =;, 1825, by Gov. Coles, to 
 the office of Secretary of State, and went 
 to Vandalia in discharge of the duties of 
 the office. He was married March 20, 
 1828, at Kaskaskia, to Ann Cranmer, a 
 sister to Mrs. James L. Lamb. She was 
 born in Cincinnati, Ohio, Dec. 2=;, 1806. 
 Mr. Farquar resigned his office Dec. 31, 
 1828, and was appointed Jan. 23, 1829, by 
 (TOY. Edwards, Attorney General of Illi- 
 nois. He resigned that office and moved 
 to Springfield the same year, lie after- 
 wards represented Sangamon county in 
 the State Senate, and was at one time 
 Register of the United States Land Office 
 in Springfield. Mr. and Mrs. Farquar 
 
 had five children, four of whom died 
 young, and one 
 
 GEORGE M., born March 16, 1835, 
 in Springfield, and died March 12, 1861. 
 
 Mr. George Farquar died Sept. 12, 
 1838, in Cincinnati. His widow married 
 Antrim Campbell. See his name. 
 
 FAY MICH A EL. -See his name 
 in connection with the Bradley family, in 
 the Omissions. 
 
 FERGUSON, MRS. LUCY, 
 was born about 1767 in Culpepper county, 
 Va. Her maiden name was Pendleton. She 
 was married there in 1791 to Benjamin 
 Ferguson, who was also a native of Vir- 
 ginia. They had fifteen children born in 
 Virginia, and Mr. F. died there. The 
 mother, with five children, moved to San- 
 gamon county, arriving in the fall of 1836, 
 about three miles east of Rochester. Just 
 before she left Virginia, Mrs. Ferguson 
 was enumerating her descendants: there 
 were seventy-five then. Of her five 
 children who came west with her 
 
 WILLIAM H., born February, 1798, 
 married in Virginia in 1818 to Lucv 
 Broadux. They came to Illinois with 
 their mother. Mrs. Lucy Ferguson died 
 in the fall of 1871, and Wm. H. died 
 March, 1873, leaving four children, three 
 of whom are now married. 
 
 LUCT C., born in Virginia, was mar- 
 ried there in 1832 to Isaac Haines. He 
 was a Methodist preacher. They came 
 west with their mother. He died in 1838. 
 She died in 1850, leaving two children, 
 one of whom, WILLIAM C., married, 
 and lives one mile south of Taylorville. 
 LUCY A. married J. Clark, and resides 
 opposite Cairo, in Missouri. 
 
 ELLEN, born in 1812, married in 
 Sangamon county in 1838 to Daniel John- 
 son. They have one child, ELIAS, who 
 married, and resides on the farm with his 
 father, four miles east of Rochester. Mrs. 
 Ellen Johnson died about 1841. 
 
 PHILIP C., born June, 1815, in Vir- 
 ginia, married there in 1836 to Marv 
 Haines. They have five children living. 
 They all reside in Kansas but one, EZE- 
 KIEL, who married a Miss Kelly, and 
 lives near Taylorville. Philip C. Fergu- 
 son was a physician, and died from lock- 
 jaw in 1862. His widow resides near 
 Wathena, Kan. 
 
 JAMES, born March n, 1817, mar- 
 rir<l iii Sangamon county March 21, 1838,
 
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 EARLY SETTLERS OF 
 
 to Mary J. Young, who was born in 1824, 
 in Trigg county, Ky. They have four 
 children. MARTHA J., born Jan. 16, 
 1840, in Sangamon county, married Oct. 
 25, 1860, in Christian county, to Archi- 
 bald Sattley. See his name. CLARA 
 A., born April 24, 1842, married Feb. 15, 
 t862, in Christian county, to Charles E. 
 Sattley. See his name. ALBERT L., 
 born Jan. 31, 1849, and ADA M., reside 
 with their father. James Ferguson came 
 to Sangamon county with his mother, and 
 engaged in farming ; has been for twelve 
 years justice of the peace at Stonington, 
 and assisted in organizing the first Sun- 
 day school there, and has been superin- 
 tendent ever since. Mrs. Mary J. Fergu- 
 son died Oct. 20, 1875. 
 
 Mi's. Lucy Ferguson died in the aut- 
 umn of 1838, on the farm where they set- 
 tled in 1836. 
 
 FI RE Y, JOSEPH, was born Oct. 
 2, 1789, in Washington county, Md. He 
 was married there, Feb. 12, 1812, to Cath- 
 arine Rouch, who was born Nov. 12, 1794, 
 in the same county. They had two child- 
 ren, and Mrs. Catharine Firey died July 
 20, 1822. Joseph Firey was married June 
 29, 1824, to Magdalena Beard. They had 
 four children, and Mrs. Magdalena Firey 
 died in Maryland. Joseph Firey, with 
 his two eldest sons, came to "Springfield, 
 111., Nov. 25, 1835, and a few days later 
 moved to what is now Cooper township. 
 He returned to Maryland the next year, 
 and came back to Sangamon county with 
 his younger children, in company with 
 his brother Jacob, Wm. Mowry and Mrs. 
 Troxell, with their families. Of his child- 
 ren 
 
 HENRT, born March 25, 1815, in 
 Washington county, Md., married in San- 
 gamon county, 111., May 21, 1840, to 
 Minerva Lord. They had eight children. 
 MARY E., born March 16, 1841, mar- 
 ried Sept. 26, 1861, to George L. Hoas- 
 lev, have one living child, WILLIAM. 
 SARAH C., born August 4, 1843, mar- 
 ried Jan. 20, 1869, to Benjamin R. Eng- 
 lish, have one living child, MARY A. 
 AXN M., born March 6, 1846, married 
 Oct. 20, 1864, to Sherman Yaukey, have 
 two children, EDWIN H. and CLARA E. 
 JOSEPH F., born Dec. 27, 1848, 'mar- 
 ried Sept. 5, 1873, to Susan Thomson, 
 and have two children, LILLIE and ELIZA. 
 ALICE J., born July 4, 1851, married 
 
 March 19, 1874, to William Daigh, and 
 have one child, HEXRY. LEWIS E., 
 born July 12, 1854, ELIZA M., born 
 March 2, 1857, and JOHN H., born Nov. 
 3, 1859. Henry Firey and family live 
 near Grove City, Christian county, 111. 
 
 LEWIS, born Jan. 6, 1817, in Wash- 
 ington county, Maryland, came to Sanga- 
 mon county in 1835, is unmarried, and 
 lives with his brother Henry, near Grove 
 City, 111. 
 
 By the second marriage 
 
 CATHARINE, born May 16, 1825, 
 in Maryland, married May 23, 1847, to 
 George Ensminger, have eight children, 
 
 CHARLOTTE, MARTHA, MARY A., SARAH 
 M., WILLIAM, GEORGE, ARCHIBALD and 
 
 LEWIS, and live near Grove City. 
 
 MARTHA ANN, born Sept. 22, 
 1826, in Maryland, married June i, 1852, 
 to Jefferson Singer. They had five child- 
 ren, WILLIAM, JOSEPH, LEWIS, ALFRED, 
 
 JOHN and MARY. Mr. Singer died Feb., 
 1865. His widow and children live near 
 Grove City. 
 
 JOHN L., born Oct. 16, 1829, in 
 Maryland, married April 27, 1854, in 
 Sangamon county, to Elizabeth Jones. 
 He died Jan. 29, 1872, in Rochester, leav- 
 ing a widow and one son, JAMES M. 
 
 MART S., born July 8, 1832, in 
 Washington county, Md., married Nov. 
 19, 1858, to John Troxell. See his name. 
 She died Nov. 16, 1859, leaving one 
 child, MARY. 
 
 Joseph Firey died August 25, 1862, 
 near Mt. Auburn, Christian county, 111. 
 
 FIREY, JACOB, was born April 
 14, 1791, in Washington county, Md., 
 married there May 2, 1815, to Mary 
 Houser, who was born June 3, 1796, in 
 the same county. They had seven child- 
 ren, three of whom died under seven 
 years. The family moved to Sangamon 
 county, 111., arriving in October, 1836, in 
 what is now Cooper township, south of 
 the Sangamon river, where his brother 
 Joseph had preceded him the year before. 
 Of their four children 
 
 ISAAC H., born Feb. 2, 1820, in 
 Washington county, Md., married in 
 Springfield, 111., Feb. n, 1847, to Eliza 
 Sattley. Thev have seven children. 
 JACOB J., born Nov. 5, 1847, graduated 
 March, 1869,31 Bellevue Medical College, 
 New York city. He was married June 
 29, 1869, at Ann Arbor, Mich., to Kate
 
 SAN GAM ON COUNTY. 
 
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 Bessimer, who was born Aug. 18, 1850, 
 They had two children, ALBERT and 
 JOHN; the latter died young. Dr. J. J. 
 Firev is a practicing physician, and resides 
 in f aylorville, 111. HATTIE E., born 
 Nov. 4, 1849, was married June 10, 1875, 
 to Ross M. Houck. ALBERT, WIL- 
 LIAM H., SUSAN E., ISAAC E. and 
 MARY E. The five latter live with 
 their parents. Isaac H. Firey and family 
 reside near Grove City, Christian county, 
 Illinois. 
 
 SUSAN, born Oct. 23, 1822, in Wash- 
 ington county, Md., married in Sangamon 
 county, 111., to Peter Troxell. See his 
 name. 
 
 ELIZABETH,\x>rr\ Feb. 26, 1824, 
 in Washington county, Md., raised in 
 Sangamon county, and married Patrick 
 Cooper. See his name. 
 
 .}fART ANN, born Oct. 26, 1825, in 
 Maryland, married in Sangamon county 
 to Samuel Prather. They had two child- 
 ren, who died young. Mr. Prather died 
 Nov. 21, 1859, and Mrs. Mary A. Prather 
 resides with her sister, Mrs. Cooper. 
 
 Mrs. Mary Firey died June 9, 1837, and 
 Jacob Firey died May 18, 1853 she in 
 Sangamon county, and he in Christian 
 county, Illinois. 
 
 FISHER, JOHN B., was born 
 Sept. 5, 1808, in Bourbon county, Ky. 
 Xancy D. Webb was born May 23, 1809, 
 in Nicholas county, Ky. They were 
 married Sept. 10, 1829, in Nicholas coun- 
 ty, and lived in Bourbon until five child- 
 ren were born. They moved to Sanga- 
 mon county, 111., arriving in the spring of 
 1839 in what is now Loami township, 
 where eight children were born; two 
 died under seven years 
 
 NA THANIEL, born Nov. 10,1830, 
 in Kentucky, died in Sangamon county 
 Feb. 10, 1847. 
 
 CHARLES W., born Jan. 10, 1833, 
 in Kentucky, married in Sangamon coun- 
 ty, Feb. u, 1855, to Isabel A. Bowen; 
 had five children. He went to Indiana, 
 and enlisted in a regiment of that State for 
 three years. 
 
 ELIZABETH A., born July 4, 1834, 
 in Kentucky, married in Sangamou coun- 
 ty Sept. 15, 1853, to William R. Harbour, 
 have six children, and reside in Moultrie 
 county, 111. 
 
 SARAH J., born June 5, 1836, in 
 Kentucky, married in Sangamon county 
 
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 Feb. 23, 1854, to Daniel R. Williams, 
 have five children, and live in DeWitt 
 county. 
 
 JOHN W., born Dec. u, 1838, in 
 Bourbon county, Ky., enlisted in Sanga- 
 mon county, Aug. 5, 1862, in Co. I, 73d 
 111. Inf., for three years, was captured at 
 Cassville, Ga., Sept. 24, 1864, was taken 
 to Andersonville prison and remained un- 
 til March 18, 1865, when he was paroled 
 and exchanged. He had been reported 
 hung, and given up by his friends as 
 dead. He is yet an invalid from the effect 
 of the cruel treatment in prison, and re- 
 sides (April, 1874,) with his mother. 
 
 WILLIAM H., born Jan. 31, 1841, in 
 Sangamon county, lives with his mother. 
 
 ISAAC N., born Aug. 21, 1842, en- 
 listed Aug. 5, 1862, in Co. I, 73d 111. Inf., 
 for three years, served until he became 
 disabled, and was transferred to the Vet- 
 eran Reserve Corps, and was honorably 
 discharged June 27, 1865, lingered until 
 July 17, 1869, when, he died at home. 
 
 L UCINDA M., HENR T C, HAM- 
 LET W. and ABNER R., live with 
 their mother. 
 
 John B. Fisher enlisted August, 1861, in 
 Co. B, 3Oth 111. Inf., for three years. He 
 was fifty-three years of age, but believed 
 it to be his duty to enter the army. In 
 the battle of Belmont, Mo., he became 
 over-heated, from the effect of which he 
 died at Cairo, 111., Dec. 14, 1861. His 
 widow resides two miles northwest of 
 Loami. 
 
 FISHER, SAMUEL, was born 
 Aug. 4, 1787, in Franklin county, Penn. 
 His parents were Protestants, from Ger- 
 many. Hannah Beaver was born Sept. 
 29, 1 795, in the same county. Her father 
 was a soldier in the revolution. .Samuel 
 Fisher and Hannah Beaver were married 
 in their native county. They had thirteen 
 children there and moved to Springfield, 
 111., Nov. 13, 1840. Of their children 
 
 ALEXANDER, born March 12, 
 1815, in Pennsylvania, was married Oct. 
 7, 1847, i n Sangamon county, 111., to Eliz- 
 abeth Hershey. She died July 5, 1853, in 
 Wabash county, 111. Mr. Fisher was mar- 
 ried in 1854, to Ann Elizabeth Field, who 
 died July u, 1858, and he was married 
 April 18, 1859, to Mrs. Permelia Skinner. 
 Alexander Fisher was elected Associate 
 Judge of Logan county, in 1865, and re- 
 sides in Mt. Pulaski. 111.
 
 298 
 
 EARLY SETTLERS OF 
 
 GEORGE, born April 30, 1816, in 
 Pennsylvania, was married in Sangamon 
 county, 111., to Mary Hendricks. They 
 reside near Belle Plain, Sumner county, 
 Kansas. 
 
 SAMUEL B., was born Oct. 27, 1817, 
 in Franklin county, Penn., was married 
 Dec. 18, 1844, in Springfield, to Melvina 
 Alvey. They had thirteen children in 
 Springfield. EDMUND R., resides with 
 his parents. SAMUEL A. is a salesman 
 in a dry goods house in Cincinnati. 
 FREDERICK F. was married in Jack- 
 sonville, 111., May 7, 1876, to Lou Gor- 
 ham. He is clerk in Coleman's store, and 
 resides in Springfield. FANNIE resides 
 with her parents. EMMA died Dec. 30, 
 1870, aged about sixteen years. IDA, BER- 
 THA, KATE, MELVINA, IRVING, 
 WILLIAM, ANNA W., and LAURA, 
 reside with their parents. S. B. Fisher 
 has been, since 1 844, engaged in mercan- 
 tile pursuits, and now resides in Spring- 
 field. 
 
 LOUISA, born "March 4, 1819, in 
 Pennsylvania, was married in Springfield 
 to Avery Constant. See his name. They 
 live in Williamsville. 
 
 WILLIAM, born Feb. 20, 1821, in 
 Pennsylvania, was married July 3, 1856, 
 in Athens, 111., to Susannah Reed, who 
 was born Dec. 5, 1832, in Franklin county, 
 Penn. They have five children, HAN- 
 NAH M., FRANK R., CARRIE B. 
 and WILLIE C., the latter twins, and 
 JULIA C. William Fisher has been 
 since 1871 employed in the United States 
 Revenue Department, and resides in 
 Springfield. 
 
 CHARLES, born Dec. 24, 1822, in 
 Quincy, Franklin county, Penn., came 
 with his parents to Springfield, Nov. 13, 
 1840. He was married Oct. 22, 1850, to 
 Sarah T. Moffitt, who was born in Spring- 
 field, a daughter of John B. Moffitt, one 
 of the early settlers. Thev had two 
 children. GEORGE T., born July 28, 
 1851, is a di'aftsman and architect and re- 
 sides in Springfield. LILLIE resides 
 with her father. Mrs. S. T. Fisher died 
 Feb. 1 6, 1854. Charles Fisher is a car- 
 penter and builder. He erected the First 
 Presbyterian church, and superintended 
 the wood work of the United States 
 Court House. He resides in Springfield. 
 CAROLINE, born Sept. 16, 1824, in 
 Franklin county, Penn., was married Feb. 
 
 17, 1848, in Springfield, 111., to Phares A. 
 Dorwin, who was born Sept. 10, 1820, in 
 Champion, Jefferson county, N. Y. They 
 had three living children, HENRY F"., 
 CHARLES G. and SHELBY C., all 
 reside with their mother. Mr. Dorwin 
 was engaged in the tin ware and stove 
 business the greater part of his life, in 
 Springfield, except during the rebellion, 
 when he was in the Quartermaster's De- 
 partment, stationed atone post all the time, 
 in Kentucky. He died in Springfield, Feb. 
 17, 1870. His widow and three sons reside 
 at 511 north sixth street. 
 
 SUSANNAH, born Sept. 3, 1826, in 
 Pennsylvania, was married in Springfield, 
 111., to Cyrus Culbertson. They reside at 
 Sumner, Lawrence county, 111. 
 
 MART, born Dec. 14,1828,111 Penn- 
 sylvania, died in Springfield July 4, 1852. 
 
 HANNAH M., born May 14, 1831, in 
 Pennsylvania, was married Dec. 12, 1855, 
 in Springfield, to Shelby M. Cullom. 
 They had two children, ELLA and 
 CARRIE, both of whom are graduates 
 of the Bettie Stuart Institute, and reside 
 with their father. Mrs. Cullom died 
 March 17, 1861, in Springfield, 111. 
 
 KA TE resides with her brother 
 Charles. 
 
 JULIA, born March 28, 1835, in 
 Franklin county, Penn., was married in 
 Springfield, May 5, 1863, to Hon. .Shel- 
 by M. Cullom. Mr. Cullom was born 
 Nov. 22, 1829, in Wayne county, Ky., 
 and taken by his parents to Tazewell 
 county, 111., in 1830. His father, R. N. 
 Cullom, represented Tazewell county for 
 several years in the State legislature 
 part of the time in the House, and a por- 
 tion in the Senate. Shelby M. came to 
 Springfield in 1854, and studied law in the 
 office of Stuart & Edwards. He was ad- 
 mitted to practice in 1855, and soon after 
 elected City Attorney of Springfield. In 
 1856 he was elected as one of the repre- 
 sentatives of Sangamon county in the 
 State Legislature, and again elected in 
 1860. On the assembling of the Legisla- 
 ture he was chosen Speaker of the House. 
 In 1864 Mr. Cullom was elected to repre- 
 sent the Eighth district of Illinois in the 
 United States Congress, and was elected 
 for two successive terms. During that 
 time he was Chairman of the Committee 
 on Territories, and as such reported 
 a bill, of which he was the author, for
 
 SANGAMON COUNTT. 
 
 299 
 
 the suppression of polygamy in the 
 territory of Utah, which became a law. 
 He also secured the appropriations for the 
 erection of the United States court house 
 and postoffice in Springfield, at a cost of 
 $320,000. In 1872 and 1874 he was 
 elected to represent the county in the 
 State Legislature. At the former term 
 he was chosen Speaker of the House. 
 Mr. Cullom is a practicing lawyer, is 
 President of the State National Bank, and 
 resides in Springfield. 
 
 At the Republican State Convention 
 held in Springfield, May 24, 1876 the 
 largest, most intelligent and most har- 
 monious convention ever held in the State 
 of Illinois Hon. Shelby M. Cullom was 
 unanimously nominated as the candidate 
 of the party for Governor of the State. 
 Although the writer does not claim to be 
 a prophet, nor the son of a prophet, it is 
 deemed safe to predict Tune i, '76 that 
 unless death should intervene, he will be 
 triumphantly elected in November, and 
 inaugurated in January, 1877. 
 
 VICTORIA resides with her sister, 
 Mrs. Cullom. 
 
 Samuel Fisher died May n, 1856, and 
 Mrs. Hannah Fisher died April 21, 1867, 
 both in Springfield. 
 
 FLETCHER, JAMES, was 
 born July 7, 1799, in Rockbridge county, 
 Va., and was married there to Jane Mc- 
 Elvain, a sister to Samuel McElvain. 
 See his name. They, moved to Adair 
 county, Ky., in 1804 or '5, where they 
 had eight children, and moved to Sanga- 
 mon county, 111., arriving Dec., 1828, in 
 what is now Auburn township, where 
 they had one child. Of their nine child- 
 ren 
 
 JOB, born in Kentucky, married in 
 Sangamon county to Nancy Chapin, 
 moved to Galena, and from there to Wil- 
 liamstown, Chickasaw county, Iowa, 
 where he lost his life from injuries inflicted 
 by an enraged bull, in May, 1872. He 
 left a widow and children residing there. 
 
 MARGARET, born in Kentucky, 
 married in Sangamon county, Nov. 26, 
 1840, to Gary A. Patterson. They have 
 two children^ MARTHA A. married 
 John H. Gates, and lives in Auburn 
 township. MARGARET J. married 
 O. F. Bettis. See his name. C. A. 
 Patterson and wife live in Auburn town- 
 ship. 
 
 MAR Y died in Sangamon county in 
 1831. 
 
 JAMES W., born in Kentucky in 
 1816, and died in Sangamon county, Julv 
 6, 1864. 
 
 NATHAN, born in 1818, in Adair 
 county, Ky., married in Sangamon coun- 
 ty, Dec. 26, 1844, to Margaret J. Baxter. 
 They have six children, MARY J., 
 JAMES B., THOMAS A., MARTHA, 
 HENRY and LUCRETIA the two 
 latter twins. Nathan Fletcher resides 
 three miles southwest of Auburn. 
 
 ELIZABETH, born m Kentucky, 
 married in Sangamon county to James H. 
 Bettis. See his name. 
 
 JOHN R., born in Kentucky, mar- 
 ried in Sangamon county to Margaret J. 
 Kessler. He died August, 1870, leaving 
 a widow and three children, four miles 
 west of Auburn. 
 
 REBECCA J., born in Kentucky, 
 married in Sangamon county to W. M. 
 Essex, and lives in Macoupin county, 
 Illinois. 
 
 NANCY, born in Sangamon county, 
 married James R. Patterson. They had 
 six children, and the whole family died in 
 Auburn township. 
 
 James Fletcher and his wife both died 
 in Sangamon county. 
 
 FLETCHER, JO H N, was born 
 about 1774? m Rockbridge county, Va. 
 Job Fletcher, whose name heads the fol- 
 lowing sketch, was a younger brother of 
 his. John Fletcher was married in 1803, 
 in Augusta county, Va., to Elizabeth Mc- 
 Elvain, a native of Lancaster county, 
 Penn., and sister of Samuel McElvain. 
 See his name. Mr. and Mrs. Fletcher 
 had three children in Virginia, and in 
 1806 emigrated to that part of Christian 
 which became Todd county, Ky., where 
 five children were born. They moved to 
 Sangamon county, 111., arriving in the 
 spring of 1830 in what is now Ball town- 
 ship. The family, including his son Job, 
 with his wife and child, consisted of 
 eleven persons, and their first place of resi- 
 dence was a log cabin sixteen feet square, 
 belonging to his brother Job, who had 
 preceded him eleven years. Of their 
 children 
 
 JOB, Jun., or Capt. Job, as he was 
 called in consequence of his military com- 
 mission from the Governor of Kentucky, 
 and to distinguish him from his uncle Job,
 
 300 
 
 EARLY SETTLERS 
 
 only eight years older, and who was called 
 Esq. Job. Job, Jun., was born Aug. 27, 
 1801, in Rockbridge county, Va., married 
 Nov. 24, 1825, in Todd county, Ky., to 
 Frances Brown, who was born in Ken- 
 tucky, and moved, in connection with his 
 father, to Sangamon county, arriving in 
 the spring of 1830 in what is now Ball 
 township, where they had six children. 
 Of their eight children MAR Y E., born 
 Aug. 12, 1826, in Kentucky, married in 
 Sangamon county to Jason N. McElvain. 
 She died Aug. 3, 1875, near Nilwood, 
 111. Mr. McElvain resides there. MAR- 
 GARET F., born Oct. 25, 1828, died in 
 her eleventh year. JOHN S., born April 
 28, 1830, died Jan. n, 1854. WILLIAM 
 D. died in his fourth year. PRESTON 
 B., born March 4, 1834, married Sarah 
 Wright. They have two living children, 
 ELIZABETH and LLOYD, and reside near 
 Butler, Bates county, Mo. PAULINE 
 K., born Feb. 15, 1837, married Feb. 22, 
 1853, to Francis Ewing Dodds. See his 
 name. They live six miles southeast of 
 Auburn. BENJAMIN F., born Dec. 
 17, 1839, in Sangamon county. He en- 
 listed Aug., 1862, for three years in Co. 
 B, H4th 111. Inf., and was captured at the 
 battle of Guntown, Miss., June 10. 1864. 
 He spent several months in Andersonville 
 prison, and witnessed the breaking out of 
 a spring, and confirms all that is said about 
 it by Stephen Bell. See his name. Mr. 
 Fletcher was released at the end of the 
 rebellion, and honorably discharged April, 
 1865. He was married Feb. 28, 1867, to 
 Mary E. Drennan. They have two child- 
 ren, CYRUS o. and MYRA F., and live at 
 the homestead settled by his father in 
 1830, in Ball township, near Chatham. 
 VIRGINIA A., born March 9, 1832, 
 married March 20, 1860, to Charles G, 
 Brown, who was born Oct. 4, 1829, in 
 Jacksonville, 111. They have two children, 
 MARY c. and ROBERT F., and live in Paw- 
 nee township, six miles southeast of 
 Auburn. Job Fletcher, Jun., and his wife 
 celebrated their golden wedding Nov. 24, 
 1875, at the residence of their daughter 
 and son-in-law Dodds. They reside part 
 of the time at the homestead where they 
 sejtled in 1830, and part of the time with 
 their daughters and sons-in-law, Mr. F. E. 
 Dodds and Mr. C. G. Brown. Capt. Job 
 Fletcher at one time sold sixteen wagon 
 loads of smoked hams and shoulders, in 
 
 St. Louis, at $1.80 and $200 per one 
 hundred pounds. It belonged to him- 
 self and Eddin Lewis. They hauled 
 it ninety miles, and paid fifty cents 
 per hundred for the hauling. At that 
 time coffee sold for fifty cents per pound, 
 sugar twenty-five cents, and calico fifty 
 cents per yard; corn was worth six 
 and a quarter cents per bushel, gathered, 
 or four cents in the field. Capt. F. says 
 the whole prairie country abounded with 
 a kind of green headed fly, that was a 
 great pest. In hot weather it was hazard- 
 ous to attempt to drive a team over the 
 prairie. From the Sugar creek timber to 
 Carlinville, about thirty miles, was nearly 
 always driven in the night. Instances are 
 related of horses having been killed by 
 exposure to those flies. As the country 
 improved, the land drained, and the grass 
 pastured down, the flies disappeared. 
 
 ANDRE W, born in Kentucky, was 
 killed by a falling tree in 1809, in his 
 eighth year. 
 
 WILLIAM, born in Kentucky, died in 
 Sangamon county Sept. 19, 1830, three 
 days after the death of his father, in his 
 twenty-third year. 
 
 JOHN, born Nov. 26, 1808, in Todd 
 county, Ky., married in Sangamon coun- 
 ty, 111., Jan. 28, 1834, to Theresa Abell. 
 They had one child in Sangamon county, 
 and moved, in 1839, to McDonough 
 county, 111., where they had one child. 
 LUCRETIA B., born Dec. 26, 1835, in 
 Sangamon county, died in her sixth year. 
 JAMES A., born Oct. 26, 1839, in Mc- 
 Donough county, and went with his 
 father to Kansas in 1857. As wagon 
 master in the employ of the government, 
 he crossed the plains ten times during the 
 rebellion. He was married in 1871 to 
 Miss Murray, has two children, GRACE E. 
 and WALTER w., and live hear Mound 
 City, Linn county, Kansas. Mrs. Theresa 
 Fletcher died in McDonough county, 111., 
 late in 1839. John Fletcher was married 
 in the same county, March 9, 1841, to 
 Sarah Bullington, who was born Jan. 31, 
 1817, in Orange county, Ind. They had 
 six children in McDouough county, and, 
 in 1857, move d to Linn county, Kansas, 
 where they had one child. Of their 
 seven children: JOHN S., born May 3, 
 1843, in McDonough county, 111., resides 
 with his mother, near Mound City, Kan. 
 W T ILLIAM C., born March 10, 1845, In
 
 SAN GAM ON COUNTY. 
 
 301 
 
 McDouough county, 111., lives near Mound 
 City, Kansas. LIZZIE, J., born Jan. 22, 
 1848, in McDonough county, 111., married 
 in 1867, in Kansas, to Zalmon Kincaid, a 
 native of Ohio. They have three child- 
 ren, RALPH, CHARLIE z. and JOHN c., and 
 live at Pleasanton, Linn county, Kansas. 
 Mr. Kincaid is a merchant there. JOB 
 H., born August 28, 1849, is engaged in 
 farming and stock raising near Mound 
 City, Kansas. ALBERT A., born Nov. 
 7, 1851, in McDonough county, 111., 
 raised in Kansas, and, in 1873, went to 
 New York City, and is engaged in business 
 at Xo. 60, Fulton street. ADALINE R., 
 born Nov. 26, 1858, in Kansas, lives with 
 her mother. John Fletcher died Jan. 8, 
 1864, near Mound City, Linn county, 
 Kansas. His widow resides there. He 
 spent several years as a school teacher, 
 and was always interested in educational 
 matters. He was a member of the Pres- 
 byterian church, and superintended a Sun- 
 day school. After his death his widow 
 filled the latter position for several years. 
 
 MARGARET, born in 1811, in Todd 
 county, Ky., married in Sangamon coun- 
 ty, 111., in 1833, to William Durley. He 
 had previously been married to a Miss 
 Mills, who died, leaving one child, Mil- 
 dred M., born August 6, 1828, and who 
 married George R. Laughton, in 1844, at 
 Plattsville, Grant county, Wis. She died 
 Jan. 8, 1864, leaving five children, George 
 H., William R., Charles A., Adaline A. 
 and Frank D., all of whom are living. 
 William Durley died in 1835, and Mrs. 
 Margaret Fletcher Durley died in 1836, 
 leaving one child, ADELINE, who was 
 born June 9, 1834, in Bloomington, 111. 
 She was married June 6, 1854, in Platts- 
 ville, Grant county, Wis., to Rufus A. 
 Rice, who was born August 29, 1820, in 
 Monmouth, Kennebec county, Maine. 
 They have two children, FRANCIS ALLEN, 
 born July 4, 1860, and EDWIN LEWIS, 
 born Dec. 28, 1864, both in Chicago. 
 Mr. and Mrs. Rice reside at No. 594, 
 west Washington Street, Chicago, 111. 
 
 REBECCA, born in Kentucky, mar- 
 ried in Sangamon county to David C. 
 Brown. He died Oct., 1872, and she re- 
 sides in Virden. 
 
 ELIZABETH, born in Kentucky, 
 died in Sangamon county, unmarried, in 
 
 JANE A. born in Kentucky, mar- 
 ried Leroy M. Paden, and resides in 
 Macoupin county, near Nilwood. 
 
 John Fletcher died Sept. 16, 1830, less 
 than six months after bringing his family 
 to the county. His widow survived him 
 twenty-eight years, and died in the fall of 
 1858 he in Sangamon county, and she 
 in Macoupin county. 
 
 FLETCHER, JOB, Sen., was 
 born Nov. n, 1793, in Rockbridge coun- 
 ty, Va. His father died when he was an 
 infant, and his mother moved with her elder 
 son John, in the autumn of 1808, to Logan 
 county, Ky., and the next spring to that 
 part of Christian which was afterwards 
 Todd county. Job remained in the family 
 of his brother John, attending school and 
 teaching. He served as a soldier six 
 months in the war of 1812, and as such 
 assisted in burying the dead after the bat- 
 tle of Tippecanoe, although he was not 
 in the battle. Mary Kerchner was born 
 May 25, 1789, in Augusta county, Va., 
 and was taken by her parents to Todd 
 county, Ky. Job Fletcher and Mary 
 Kerchner were there married, Dec. 22, 
 
 1818. They had one child born in Ken- 
 tucky, and moved to what became San- 
 gamon county, 111., arriving Nov. 11, 
 
 1819, in what is now Ball township, 
 where- they had six children. Of their 
 children 
 
 PERMELIA A., born Aug. 5, 1819, 
 in Christian county, Ky., was married in 
 1844 to Eddin Lewis. See his name. 
 He died, and she was married, Feb. 4, 1856, 
 to Larkin Lewis. See his name. 
 
 JAMES H., born Jan. 22, 1821, in 
 Sangamon county, died in his twentieth 
 year. 
 
 JOHN, born April n, 1822, in Sanga- 
 mon county, went to Arkansas in 1853. 
 He was married in 1854 to Mary Fletcher. 
 He resided in Arkansas until after the 
 battle of Prairie Grove, when they started 
 for Illinois. Mrs. Fletcher died on the 
 way, Dec. 27, 1862, leaving one child. 
 Mr. Fletcher served his country, in the 
 ist 111. Cav., part of the time in the south 
 and the remainder on the frontier against 
 the Indians. He died in Bates county, 
 Mo., April 10, 1874. 
 
 ELIZABETH, born Feb. 23, 1824, 
 in Sangamon county, married Albert 
 Stacy, a native of Montgomery county, 
 111. They had three living children,
 
 302 
 
 EARLY SETTLERS OF 
 
 MARY L., PERMELIA V. and AL- 
 BERT E. Mr. Stacy died March 22, 
 1863, and his widow and three children 
 resided on the farm settled by her father 
 in 1819 until 1875, when she sold out 
 and moved to the vicinity of Chanute, 
 Neosho county, Kan. 
 
 JONAS L., born Sept. i, 1826, in 
 Sangamon county, was married April 22, 
 1851, to Amanda M. Short, of same 
 county. They had three living child- 
 ren, 'EMILY . j., JAMES j. and 
 
 EDWARD. Mr. F. and family moved 
 to Kansas Sept. i, 1859, and settled on 
 Big creek while the land still belonged to 
 the Osage Indians. Their title was not 
 extinguished until 1867. Jonas L. Fletcher 
 was appointed county clerk at the organi- 
 zation of Neosho county, Nov. 4, 1864, 
 served one and a half years, and was then 
 elected for two years. Was admitted to 
 the bar in 1867. In 1868 was elected 
 probate judge of Neosho county for two 
 years, and was re-elected in 1870 for two 
 years. Judge Fletcher and family reside 
 at Chanute, Neosho county, Kan. 
 
 ELIJAH /., born Dec. 4, 1827, in 
 Sangamon county, died Sept. 5, 1846, in 
 same county. 
 
 MAR 2^ died in her seventh year. 
 
 Mrs. Mary Fletcher died July 14, 1850, 
 and Job Fletcher died Sept. 4, 1872,- both 
 within half a mile of where they settled 
 in 1819, in Ball township, near Sugar 
 creek Cumberland Presbyterian chuich. 
 On the very night of his arrival in the 
 settlement, Mr. Fletcher was called to 
 write the will of George Cox, who came 
 the year before with the Drennan and 
 Dodds families. That was the first will 
 from what is now Sangamon county ever 
 put on record, and was registered at Ed- 
 wardsville. 
 
 Mr. F. had to buy corn for bread and 
 to feed his stock until he could raise a 
 crop. The nearest point at which he 
 found any for sale was three miles south 
 of Edwardsville. Mr. Fletcher bought of 
 Major lies the first window glass ever 
 sold in Springfield, and the first ever put 
 in a window in Sangamon county. He 
 also believed that he taught the first school 
 in the county, in a log cabin built for that 
 purpose, in 1820 or '21, south of Sugar 
 creek. A Sunday school was organized 
 near where he lived in 1825, by Rev. J. 
 M. Peck, and Mr. F. taught in that school 
 
 also. It was near where the Sugar creek 
 Cumberland Presbyterian church now 
 stands. William Drennan, Sen., was the 
 first superintendent, and continued for 
 about twenty years, as it became the Sun- 
 day school connected with that church. 
 His grandson, John L. Drennan, is 
 now the superintendent. Job Fletcher 
 and John Taylor were appointed justices 
 of the peace. The first in what is now 
 Sangamon county. As such, Mr. Fletcher 
 organized the first election precinct in the 
 county. That was in 1819 or '20, when it 
 was part of Madison county. The titles of 
 the Indians to the lands were all extin- 
 guished before Mr. F. came into the county ; 
 but two and a half years of the time allowed 
 them to hunt was unexpired, and the 
 country was full of them. They, how- 
 ever, were all friendly. Mr. F. was pres- 
 ent April 10, 1821, when the Commission- 
 ers, William Drennan, Sen., Zachariah 
 Peter and Rivers Cormack, located the 
 county seat. He saw the stake driven, 
 marked Z and D, declared to be the coun- 
 ty seat, and named Springfield. Job 
 Fletcher was one of the representatives 
 from Sangamon county at one session of 
 the legislature in Vandalia. He was one 
 of the Senators for the county at the ses- 
 sion of 1836 and '7, which legislated for 
 the removal of the State capital to Spring- 
 field, and was consequently one of the 
 " Long Nine. " He served one term in 
 the Senate after the removal to Spring- 
 field. 
 
 FLETCHER, THOMAS P., 
 was born in 1791, near Richmond, Va. 
 His parents moved, when he was a boy, 
 to Union county, Ky. He was there mar- 
 ried to Marion Davis. They had six chil- 
 dren in Kentucky, and moved to Sanga- 
 mon county, 111., arriving in 1828 in what 
 is now Williams township, and in 1831 
 moved to Tazewell county, and from there 
 to Logan county, in 1836. The mother 
 died in 1845, and the father in 1865. 
 Their children, Thomas J., Melinda, Wil- 
 liam D., Judith W., Rigdon S., Emily and 
 James M., are married and live in different 
 parts of the country. Two only are con- 
 nected with old settlers families of Sanga- 
 mon county. 
 
 ELIZABETH, born in Virginia, 
 married Madison M. Merriman. See his
 
 SANGAMON COUNTT. 
 
 33 
 
 BENJAMIN F., born March 28, 
 1834, in Tazewell county, married Corde- 
 lia L. Merriman. They reside at the old 
 homestead of her father, where he settled 
 in 1829, two miles southwest of Williams- 
 ville. B. F. Fletcher enlisted Aug., 1862, 
 in Go. B, i3oth 111. Inf., for three years, 
 served full term, and was honorably dis- 
 charged in 1865. 
 
 FLORVILLE, WILLIAM, 
 was born about 1806, at Cape Haytien, 
 \\Vst India. When the revolution com- 
 menced, in 1821 and 22, his god-mother 
 took him to Baltimore, Md., and kept him 
 in St. Mary's Convent until her death, 
 when he was bound by the orphan's court 
 to learn the trade of a barber. He then 
 went to New Orleans, thence to St. Louis, 
 and with others from St. Louis, on a 
 hunting excursion, up the Mississippi, Illi- 
 nois and Sangamon rivers, to New Salem, 
 then in Sangamon county, arriving in the 
 fall of 1831. It was late in the evening, 
 and as he approached the village he fell in 
 with a tall man, wearing a red flannel shirt 
 and carrying an axe on his shoulder, just 
 returning from his day's labor in the 
 woods. They fell into an easy conversa- 
 tion and walked to a little grocery store 
 together. The tall man was Abraham 
 Lincoln, who soon learned that the 
 stranger was a barber, nearly out of money 
 and aiming to reach Springfield. That 
 was enough to enlist the good will of Mr. 
 Lincoln, who took him to his boarding 
 house, told the people his business and sit- 
 uation. That opened the way for an 
 evening's work among the boarders, and 
 the next morning he started on his way 
 rejoicing, and reached Springfield the sec- 
 ond day. Mr. Florville was soon recog- 
 nized by Dr. E. H. Merriman See his 
 skc.tcJi with whom he was acquainted in 
 Baltimore and St. Louis. Dr. M. proved 
 his friendship in various ways. Mr. Flor- 
 ville spent some time in the employ of 
 Gen. James D. Henry. He was married 
 soon after his arrival to Phoebe Rountree, 
 who was born Feb. 4, 181 1, near Glasgow, 
 K \ . They had five living children, 
 namely : 
 
 SAMUEL H., born May, 1832, in 
 Springfield, married Oct. 26, 1874, at 
 Waverly, to Mary Belle Greene, who was 
 born in 18^.9 in Morgan county. She died 
 V>v. 23,1875. S. H. Florville is a barber, 
 and lives in Springfield. 
 
 ALSEEN, born Dec., 1833, in Spring- 
 field, married in 1851 to Mahlon Chaver- 
 ous. They had two living children. 
 JULIA C., born April 28, 1852, married 
 April 27, 1871, to Clark Duncan, who 
 was born Oct. 5, 1850, near Russelville, 
 Ky. They have two children, ALSEEN 
 and OTIS B., and live in Springfield. 
 ADDIE lives with her mother. Mrs. 
 Chaverous married Nov., 1863,10 Richard 
 Wright. They have three children, ED- 
 WARD, MARTIN and CLIFFORD, 
 and live in Springfield.*- 
 
 SINEET, born Sept., 1837, in Spring- 
 field, married Gilbert Johnson. They had 
 three children in Springfield. PHCEBE, 
 born in 1855, married T. Adams, has one 
 child, MABEL, and lives in Springfield. 
 GILBERT, born Feb., 1857, and 
 ANNIE, born in 1859, live with their' 
 mother. Gilbert Johnson died in 1858. 
 Mrs. Sineet Johnson married Henry Scott. 
 They had one child, ELIZA, and' Mr. 
 Scott enlisted in the army to suppress the 
 the rebellion, and was never heard of after. 
 Mrs. Sineet Scott married March i, 1865, 
 to Jordan Richardson. They have four 
 children, JAMES, WILLIAM, 
 GEORGE and THOMAS. Mf. Rich- 
 ardson keeps a grocery store, and Hives in 
 Springfield. 
 
 VAR VEEL, was born in 1^839, in 
 Springfield. In 1862 he went ii^to the 
 army under Maj. Gen. McClernand, was 
 with him in all his campaigns, came home 
 and died Oct. 2, 1864. 
 
 WILLIAM L., born March 10, 1840, 
 in Springfield, married April 9, 1861, to 
 Mary Jenkins. They have three living" 
 children, AQUILLA, URETTA and 
 ELIZABETH, and live in Springfield. 
 
 William Floiville died April 13, 1868, 
 and Mrs. Phoebe Florville was married 
 May 10, 1873, to Reuben Coleman, and 
 resides in Springfield. 
 
 FLYNN, CATHARINE, was 
 born May 14, 1828, in Dublin, Ireland, 
 came with her parents to America when 
 she was seven years old. They first made 
 their home in Amherst, Mass., and then 
 went to Philadelphia. From there she 
 came with the family of Asahel Thayer 
 to Sangamon county, arriving in Chat- 
 ham May 14, 1839. She was married 
 July 27, 1847, t Jacob Leonard, who was 
 born June 17, 1822, in Stafford, Conn., 
 and came to Chatham Sept. 14, 1844.
 
 34 
 
 EARLT SEJ^TLERS OF 
 
 They had two children 
 
 CHARLES F., died Jan. 27, 1854, 
 aged two and a half years. 
 
 RICHARD F., died August 27, 1862, 
 in his second year. Jacob Leonard and 
 wife reside in Chatham. He is a retired 
 farmer. 
 
 FOLEY, WILLIAM C., born 
 June 16, 1808, in Prince William county, 
 Va., and came to Springfield, 111., arriving 
 in the fall of 1838. He was married in 
 Springfield, June 16, 1840, to Elizabeth 
 E. Hutchinson. They had eight children, 
 namely 
 
 ANN V., born April 8, 1841, resides 
 with her parents. 
 
 JOHN W., born May 18, 1843, in 
 Springfield, married Sept. 18, 1864, to 
 Marcia A. Purvines. They have three 
 Children, ARTHUR C., CORA MAY, 
 ami a babe, and live at Pleasant Plains, 
 Illinois. 
 
 A&D1SON F. died, aged seven years. 
 
 ELIZABETH C, and FLORA S. 
 live with their parents. 
 
 ADBLIA S. married A. B. Mars. 
 He is a telegraph operator, and lives in 
 Springfield. 
 
 VVItiLIAM C. and THOMAS E. 
 live with their parents in Springfield. 
 
 FORD, DANIEL, was born 
 Feb. 2$, 1796, in New Jersey. His pa- 
 rents ynoved to Fayette county, Ky., 
 when/ he was a boy. Mary Randolph 
 . was foorn in Fayette county, Ky., June 17, 
 1892. Daniel Ford and Mary Randolph 
 were married there, May n, 1820. Nine 
 Children were born in that county, and the 
 family moved to Sangamon county, 111., 
 arriving in Nov., 1838, in what is now 
 Ball township, where two children were 
 born. Four of those born in Kentucky, 
 and one in Sangamon county, died under 
 four years of age. Of the other six 
 
 WILLIAM R., born July 3, 1824, in 
 Kentucky, married in Illinois, Nov. 6, 
 1849, to Minerva J. Scott. They have 
 two children. SARAH E. married 
 Charles M. Shepherd. See his name. 
 WILLIAM P. resides with his parents, 
 in Ball township, fifteen miles south of 
 Springfield. 
 
 ANN E., born in Kentucky, May 10, 
 1816, married John Patterspn. They 
 have eight children: MARY R., the 
 second child, married Robert Scott. See 
 his name. WILLIAM V., the eldest 
 
 child, JOHN R., AMANDA F., SAM- 
 UEL E., ROBERT D., IDA MAY and 
 NENA F. reside with their parents, thir- 
 teen miles south of Springfield, on the 
 George Lamb farm 1874. 
 
 AMANDA, born in Kentucky, mar- 
 ried Josephus Parkinson. They had two 
 children. IDA CORNELIA married 
 Frank Shores, and resides in Chicago. 
 KATE ELEANOR lives with her 
 mother. Josephus Parkinson died May 
 ii, 1866, and his widow resides in Chicago. 
 
 JOHN, born Jan. 13, 1834, in Ken- 
 tucky, married Nov. 12, 1861, to Ara 
 Holmes, who was born Jan. 31, 1843, m 
 Brown county, Ohio. They have four 
 children, ANNA L., CHARLES A., 
 ALEX. E. and FREDDIE T., and live 
 in Ball township 1874. 
 
 GEORGE W. t born m Kentucky in 
 1837, died in Sangamon county, Feb. 12, 
 1858. 
 
 MART, born in Sangamon county, 
 married Thomas J. Scott. See his name. 
 
 Daniel Ford died May 21, 1852, in San- 
 gamon county, and his widow died April 
 2, 1864, at Macomb, 111. 
 
 FORD, THOMAS, was born in 
 Fauquier county, Va. Mary Paine was 
 born there also. They were married and 
 had eleven children in that county. The 
 family moved to Sangamon county, 111., 
 arriving in 1835 in what is now Fancy 
 creek township, two miles northwest of 
 Sherman. Of their eleven children 
 
 JAMES G., born Sept. 22, 1801, came 
 to Sangamon county with his father. He 
 never married, and resides near Linden, 
 Johnson county, Wis. 
 
 JOSEPH W., born in Virginia, died 
 unmarried. 
 
 SAMUEL, born in Virginia, married 
 Jane Evans, had one child, and all died in 
 Sangamon county. 
 
 SARAH, born and married in Virginia 
 to Patrick Welch, had two children, and 
 Mr. W. died in Virginia. She and her 
 two sons came to Sangamon county with 
 her father. JOHN went to Missouri, 
 married there, enlisted in the Union army, 
 and died at Memphis, Tenn., in 1862 or 
 '3. JAMES married Miss Beck, and 
 lives near Elkhart. Mrs. Welch married 
 Sanford Cherry, and resides near Elkhart, 
 111. 
 
 DANIEL, born in Virginia, came to
 
 SANG AM ON COUNTY. 
 
 35 
 
 Sangamon county with his parents, is un- 
 married, and resides near Linden, Wis. 
 
 ELIZA, born in Virginia, married in 
 Sangamon county to Sanford Cherry. 
 They had four children, and she died in 
 Sangamon county. Mr. Cherry married 
 her sister, Mrs. Welch. They reside near 
 Klkhart, 111. 
 
 MARY, born in Virginia, married in 
 Sangamon county to William Glascock. 
 They have three children, and reside near 
 Linden, Wisconsin. 
 
 SYLVESTER W., born No*. 27, 
 1813, in Fauquier county, Va., married 
 Dec. 26, 1837, to Amarilla Enos, in San- 
 gamon county. They had seven children 
 in Sangamon county. MARY C., 
 born Jan. 24, 1839, died in her fifth year. 
 ABNER T., born Oct. 4, 1840, enlisted 
 August, 1862, in Co. I, H4th 111. Inf., for 
 three years, served full term, and was 
 honorably discharged in 1865, married 
 October, 1874, to Rebecca McGinnis, near 
 Williamsville. SARAH E., born July 
 12, 1842, married Daniel Pottle. See his 
 name. WILLIAM H., born Sept. 22, 
 1845, ennst ed July 20, 1 86 1, at Spring- 
 field, in what became Co. B, nth Mo. 
 Inf., and was drowned Sept. 2, 1861, 
 while bathing in the Mississippi river near 
 Cape Girardeau, Mo. SYLVESTER 
 W., Jun., born Sept. 3, 1847, enlisted 
 January, 1865, for one year, in Co. I, 
 H4th 111. Inf., served until the spring of 
 1866, and was honorably discharged. 
 AMARILLA, born Nov. 28, 1850, and 
 ARMINTA, born March 29, 1853, are 
 unmarried, and reside with their mother. 
 Sylvester Ford died July 10, 1866, and 
 his widow resides three miles southeast of 
 Buffalo Hart station. 
 
 WILLIAM, born in Virginia, came to 
 Sangamon county with his parents, mar- 
 ried in Wisconsin, and moved to Califor- 
 nia. 
 
 THOMAS, Jun., born in Virginia, 
 raised in Sangamon county, married in 
 Wisconsin to Mary Perry, and live near 
 Linden. 
 
 FRANCIS, born in Virginia, came to 
 Sangamon county with his parents, mar- 
 ried to Frances Adams in Wisconsin, and 
 resides near Linden. 
 
 Thomas Ford and the younger mem- 
 bers of the family moved to Johnson 
 county, Wisconsin, near Linden, in 1849. 
 He and his wife both died there. 
 
 39 
 
 FORDEN, JOHN, born 
 Jan. 12, 1798, near Elkton, Md. His par- 
 ents moved to Bourbon county, Ky., 
 when he was quite young. He was mar- 
 ried April 22, 1824, in Clarke county, to 
 Emeline Sidener, who was born Nov. 10, 
 1808, in that county. They made their 
 home in Bourbon county until four child- 
 ren were born, and moved to Sangamon 
 county, 111., arriving in the spring of 1831, 
 and settled five miles east of Springfield. 
 Of their children 
 
 JAMES W., born March 27, 1825, in 
 Bourbon county, Ky., died in Sangamon 
 county Aug. 23, 1851. 
 
 SARAH x4.,born Jan. 9, 1827, in Ken- 
 tucky, married in Sangamon county to 
 William S. Currey. She died September, 
 1854. 
 
 GEORGE W., born Jan. n, 1829, in 
 Bourbon county, Ky., married in Sanga- 
 mon county Feb. 15, 1855, to Permelia J. 
 Rucker. They have six living chjldren, 
 MARY E., CHARLES T., GEORGE 
 E. JOHN W., LAURA and JAMES 
 R., reside with their parents three-quar- 
 ters of a mile northeast of Sangamon sta- 
 tion. 
 
 JOHN M., born Jan. 28, 1831, in 
 Bourbon county, Ky., married in S^nga- 
 mon county Feb. 13, 1855, to Eliza 
 Wright. They have one living child, 
 ALICE. Mr. Forden is a merchant, and 
 resides in Springfield. 
 
 Mrs. Emeline Forden died June 29, 
 1834, and John Forden died Dec. i, 1849, 
 both in Sangamon county. 
 
 FORREST DENNIS, was 
 born Oct. 25, 1784, in North Carolina. 
 He was married June 13, 1811, in Nicho- 
 las county, Ky., to Elizabeth McClintock, 
 who was born Feb. 17, 1790, in Pennsyl- 
 vania. They had eight children, all born 
 in Nicholas county, Ky., and the family 
 moved to Sangamon county, 111., arrmng 
 in the fall of 1835 in what is now Chat- 
 ham township. Of their children 
 
 JANE M., born June 20, 1812, in 
 Kentucky, was married there to John T. 
 Webb, and came with her parents to San- 
 gamon county. They had four children, 
 and moved to Macomb, where Mrs. Webb 
 died, September, 1866. Two children 
 died also. DENNIS and PERMELIA 
 live with their father at Macomb, 111. 
 
 SARAH 7\, born March 20, 1815, 
 married H. H. Elmore. Sec his name.
 
 EARLY SETTLERS OF 
 
 ELIZA, born June 20, 1817, married 
 L. P. Matthews. See his name. She 
 died in June, 1866, leaving three children. 
 
 JAMES A., born in Nicholas county, 
 Ky., is living with his third wife. He 
 has three children. ISABEL married a 
 Mr. Davis. The other two are ANGE- 
 LINE and JAMES, Jun. J. A. Forrest 
 resides in Nodaway county, Mo. 
 
 ARJ^AMESIA, born March 2, 1821, 
 in Kentucky, married William Carter. 
 .She died, leaving one son, FRANKLIN, 
 in St. Joseph, Mo. 
 
 AMERICA, born Oct. n, 1823, in 
 Kentucky, married in Sangamon county, 
 March, 1842, to William Gibson. They 
 had two children. WILLIAM D. died 
 Aug. 14, 1847. LIZZIE J. died Aug. 22, 
 1866, in her eighteenth year. Mr. Gibson 
 died Dec. 26, 1849. His widow married 
 Sept. 5, 1855, to Thomas J. Darneille, who 
 died -Nov. 2ist of the same year. She was 
 married Jan. 13, 1859, to John A. Neal. 
 See his name. 
 
 MARGARET L., born June 25, 1826, 
 was married June 15, 1845, * J ames E. 
 Gibson. See his name. 
 
 HUGH M., born Dec. 6, 1831, married 
 Angeline Cooley. She died, and he mar- 
 ried Ann Greenwood, and he died. 
 
 Dennis Forrest died July 29, 1855, and 
 his toidow, Elizabeth Forrest, died Aug. 
 23, -1873, in Chatham. 
 
 /FORTUNE, BENJAMIN, 
 was born March 16, 1810, in Nelson 
 /county, Va. His parents moved in 1827, to 
 Anderson county, Ky. He was married 
 Nov. 24, 1830, in the adjoining county of 
 Shelby, to Mary A. Bullard. They had 
 one child, and moved to Sangamon coun- 
 ty, 111., arriving April 2, 1832, in what is 
 now Illiopolis township, four miles east of 
 Mechanicsburg, where they had two liv- 
 ing children. Of their three children 
 
 ELIZABETH A., born August 28, 
 1831, in Shelby county, Ky., married Oct. 
 2, 1851, in Sangamon county to Riley 
 Wilkins, who was born Feb. 14, 1820, in 
 Pickaway county, Ohio. They have two 
 living children, MARY A. and WIL- 
 LIAM B., and reside in Mechanicsburg. 
 
 THOMAS W., born J.uly 20, 1836, in 
 Sangamon county, enlisted June 3, 1862, 
 for three years, in Co. A, 73d 111. Inf. 
 He was elected Ord. Sergt. at the organi- 
 zation of the company, promoted to 2d 
 Lieut. Jan. i, 1863, and ist Lieut., Aug. 
 
 14, 1863. Becoming physically unable to 
 discharge the duties of his office, he re- 
 signed Aug. n, 1864. He was married 
 in Mechanicsburg, June 17, 1866, to 
 Martha J. Young, who was born July 3, 
 
 1840, in Frederick county, Md. They 
 have three children, IDA MAY, NOR- 
 MAN and THOMAS B., and reside near 
 Mechanicsbnrg. 
 
 ELIZA y., born Aug. 7, 1838, in 
 Sangamon county, married June, 1862, to 
 James W. Craig. She died Feb. 23, 1871, 
 leaving four children, CARRIE L., 
 MABEL B., CHARLES A. and 
 LAURA. They live with their father, 
 who is married a second time, and reside* 
 near Jacksonville, 111. 
 
 Mrs. Mary A. Fortune died April 8, 
 
 1841, and Benj. Fortune was married Oct. 
 25, 1844, to Mrs. Eliza Little, whose 
 maiden name was Morgan. They had 
 two living children 
 
 JENNETTA W., born Oct. 17, 
 1843, in Sangamon county, married Jan. 
 10, 1860, to George W. Wantling, who 
 was born Dec. n, 1842, in Fairfield coun- 
 ty, Ohio, and came to Sangamon county 
 in 1854. They had three living children, 
 FANNIE F., HATTIE and GEORGE 
 O. reside with their parents, four miles 
 southeast of Mechanicsburg. 
 
 ANNIE H., born Oct. 10, 1851, in 
 Sangamon county, married Nov. 24, 1870, 
 to William E. Barnes, who was born Oct. 
 27, 1848, in Chillicothe, Ohio. They 
 have three children, BENJAMIN, OTIS 
 and OMO, (the two latter twins,) and live 
 in Mechanicsburg. 
 
 Mrs. Elizabeth Fortune died March 13, 
 1868, and Benjamin Fortune resides in 
 Mechanicsburg. 
 
 FORTUNE, THOMAS E., 
 brother to Benjamin, was born Feb. n, 
 1791, in Nelson county, Va., married Miss 
 Wright. They had one child, and Mrs. 
 F. died there. Mr. Fortune and his only 
 child went with his father to Anderson 
 county, Ky. He moved to Sangamon 
 county, 111., arriving, in 1834, at Mechan- 
 icsburg. His daughter 
 
 ELIZABETH J. B., born Sept. 12, 
 1813, in Nelson county, Va., married in 
 1831 in Anderson county, Ky., to Samuel 
 Butts. They had one child born in Ky., 
 and came with her father to Mechanics- 
 burg, in 1834, where they had two child- 
 ren, and Mr. Butts died. His widow mar-
 
 SAN GAM ON COUNTY. 
 
 ried Dec. 18, 1853, in Mechanicsburg, to 
 Barnabas Barrows. They have one child. 
 Of her four children. JULIA F. 
 BUTTS, born Dec. 8, 1832, in Ky., mar- 
 ried in Mechanicsburg to Isaac Allen, 
 have four children, and live in Jackson- 
 ville. ANN E. BUTTS, born Jan. 8, 
 
 1837, * n Mechanicsburg, married March 
 14, 1866, to Joseph Barrows, have three 
 children, and reside near Jacksonville. 
 THOMAS S. BUTTS, born Sept. 20, 
 1840, in Mechanicsburg, was last heard 
 from, in 1872, at Montana City. 
 CHARLES BARROWS resides with 
 his parents near Jacksonville. 
 
 Thomas E. Fortune was in the mercan- 
 tile business, in Mechanicsburg, for many 
 years, and left there about the close of the 
 rebellion. He resides with his grand- 
 daughter, Ann E. Barrows, near Jackson- 
 ville. 
 
 FOSTER, CONSTANTINE, 
 born Oct. 18, 1792, in Cape May county, 
 N. J., was married in Cumberland county, 
 N. J., to Margaret Sayre, who was born 
 in same county Feb. 25, 1800. They had 
 five living children in Cape May county. 
 The family moved in 1832 to Dayton, O., 
 thence to Sangarnon county, 111., arriving 
 in the autumn of 1833 in what is now 
 Cartwright township, and two years later 
 moved into what is now Gardner town- 
 ship. One child was born in Sangamon 
 county. Of their six children 
 
 ELIZA L., born May 13, 1820, in 
 New Jersey, was married June 22, 1837, 
 in Sangamon county, to F. Ewing Berry. 
 He died four months after marriage. A 
 daughter, FRANCES E., born June 4, 
 
 1838, in Sangamon county, was married 
 Aug. 27, 1857, to Henry F. Lyon. He 
 died April 25, 1858, and a daughter, IDA, 
 born Sept. 14, 1858, died in infancy. Mrs. 
 Frances Lyon was married April 21, 1862, 
 by the Rev. Peter Cartwright, to Rev. B. 
 F. Lodge, of the M. E. church, who was 
 born Dec. 26, 1834, in Reading, Hamilton 
 county, Ohio. Rev. B. F. Lodge was a 
 member of the Illinois Conference, M. E. 
 church, for nine years during that time, 
 traveling the Sangamon and Chatham 
 circuits. He located at his own request, 
 and began farming in 1866. They have 
 four living children, CHARLES A., 
 JULIA E., FRANK BERRY and 
 FANNIE MAY, and reside near Lodge, 
 Piatt county, 111. Mrs. Eli/.a L. Berry 
 
 was married June 2, 1840, at the residence 
 of her father, to Charles W. Hunt, who 
 was born May 25, 1805, in Blount county, 
 Tenn. An incident connected with their 
 marriage will be appropriate here. Dele- 
 gations from Cass, Schuyler and McDon- 
 ough counties, with music and banners, 
 were on their way to the great Harrison, 
 or Whig, convention at Springfield, and 
 passed Mr. Constantine Foster's residence 
 just as the guests had seated themselves at 
 the dinner table. The delegations halted 
 and gave them a serenade. All rose from 
 the table except two Democrats, who re- 
 fused to leave their dinners to see a Whig 
 delegation to what proved to be the great- 
 est political gathering in the State that 
 year. Mr. and Mrs. Hunt had nine child- 
 ren. Of those, eight lived to maturity, 
 namely: HARRIET J., JOHN B., J. 
 ELBRIDGE (the latter died Nov. 23, 
 1875), CATHARINE L., CHARLES 
 R., JOSEPH F. (the latter died Feb. n, 
 1776), WILLIAM B. and ESTHER L., 
 were all born near Burlington, Iowa, 
 where the family now reside. 
 
 CATHARINE, born June 7, 1833, in 
 New Jersey, was married Nov. 28, 1839, 
 in Sangamon county, 111., to John C. 
 Bone. They had one child, and mother 
 and child died. Mr. Bone resides in Chi- 
 cago, 111. 
 
 JOHN S., born May i, 1825, in Cape 
 May county, N. J., was married in Sanga- 
 mon county, 111., May 27, 1847, to Eliza 
 A Carson, who was born June 17, 1831, 
 in Cape May county also. They are 
 without children, but brought up an adopt- 
 ed daughter Elizabeth Nottingham 
 who married Alexander Higgins. -See 
 his name. They adopted another daugh- 
 ter Minnie Virden who lives with 
 them. John S. Foster was a licensed 
 preacher in the M. E. church for several 
 years, and, at his own request, his license 
 was discontinued in 1874. He resides in 
 Springfield, 111. 
 
 JACO,\)orn June 18, 1829, in New 
 Jersey, was married April 6, 1853,111 San- 
 gamon county, to Roxanna Bates. They 
 have six living children: CHARLES F., 
 ELLA C. (the latter graduated at the 
 Bettie Stuart Institute, June 10, 1874. She 
 was married Aug. 23, 1874, to William 
 W. Cran% M. D. They have one child, 
 MXA c., and reside in Cincinnati, Ohio.) 
 OLIVER C., EUGENE E., BUCK-
 
 3 o8 
 
 EARL T SB 7 TLERS OF 
 
 MAN B. and ELIZA K. Jacob Foster 
 and family reside in Springfield, 111. 
 
 JOSEPH R., born June 28, 1831, in 
 New Jersey, was married Feb. 22, 1854, 
 in Sangamon county, to Harriet E. Lyon. 
 She died in November of the same year, 
 and he married J ane Mathis. They have 
 five children, HARRIET J., LUELLA 
 M., IDA, MAGGIE and BERTHA, 
 and reside in Springfield. 
 
 MART J.. born Jan. i, 1834, in San- 
 gamon county, married John Epler, and 
 died. 
 
 Constantine Foster died Sept. 29, 1865, 
 and Mrs. Margaret Foster died April 9, 
 1867, both in Sangamon county, and are 
 buried at Pleasant Plains. 
 
 FOSTER, GEORGE, wasborn 
 in Clarke county, Ky., and married there 
 to Sarah Miller, a naiive of the same 
 county. They had three children in Ken- 
 tucky, and moved to Sangamon county, 
 111., in what is now Loami township, in 
 1826, where they had five children. Of 
 their eight children 
 
 WILLIAM, born March 15, 1823, in 
 Clarke county, Ky., married in Sangamon 
 county, in Sept., 1848, to Elizabeth J. 
 Shutt. They have nine children, 
 GEORGE R., WILLIAM P., JACOB 
 F., SARAH E.JOHN D., LEONARD 
 G., MARIAN E., EVA J., and 
 CHARLES H., reside with their parents 
 four and one-half miles northwest of 
 Auburn. 
 
 ELIZABEl^H, born in Kentucky, 
 married in Sangamon county to William 
 Roach, and reside at Ft. Scott, Kansas. 
 
 PEYTON, born in Kentucky, married 
 in Sangamon county to Mary J. Foster. 
 They have two children, and live in Henry 
 county, Mo. 
 
 POLLY, born in Sangamon county, 
 and married George Organ. See his 
 name. 
 
 LEONARD, born in Sangamon 
 county, married Elvira Gates, has several 
 children, and reside in Auburn town- 
 ship. 
 
 SARAH, born in Sangamon county, 
 married Alexander Orr. See his name. 
 
 MATILDA, born in Sangamon coun- 
 ty, married Micajah Cudaway, and reside 
 in Henry county, Mo. 
 
 JOHN, born in Sangamon county, 
 married Fanny Bogy. She died in Kan- 
 sas, and he married Fanny Wright. They 
 
 have two children, and live in Sangamon 
 county, near Virden, 111. 
 
 George Foster died in Auburn town- 
 ship, Sangamon county. 
 
 FOSTER, PEYTON, was born 
 about 1799, near Winchester, Scott county, 
 Ky., and was married there to Polly 
 Daniels, a native of the same county. 
 They had six children in Kentucky, and 
 moved to Sangamon county, 111., with his 
 brother George, arriving in the year 1826, 
 and settled in what is now Loami town- 
 ship, where four children were born. Of 
 their nine children 
 
 JEANETTE, born in Kentucky, 
 married Edward Greenwood. See his 
 name. 
 
 WILLIAM H., born in Kentucky, 
 married Margaret Greenwood, and she 
 died in Nebraska, on the road to the 
 Pacific. He and his children live in Cali- 
 fornia. 
 
 GEORGE W., born in Kentucky, 
 married in Sangamon county to Lucille 
 Short. She had four children and died. 
 He married again, and resides in Louisi- 
 ana, Mo. 
 
 JOHN D., born in Scott county, Ky., 
 married in Sangamon county to Eunice 
 Miller. They had seven children. 
 GEORGE W. served as Quartermaster 
 Sergeant in the 22d Mo. Inf., of which 
 his father was Colonel. He was after- 
 wards Orderly Sergeant in Co. E, 39th 
 Mo. Inf. He married Mary M. Scott, 
 has five children, EMMA D., WILLIAM F., 
 ADA, JOHN D. and DORA B., and reside in 
 Loami township. EMILY M. married 
 Joseph P. Ringo, in Adair county, Mo., 
 has six children, and resides in Oregon. 
 PEYTON F. married Martha Dunn, and 
 has two children. LUCINA is married, 
 and resides in Adair county, Missouri. 
 LEONORA P. manied William Can- 
 ham. They have two children, WILLIAM 
 E. and JENNIE, and live in Chatham town- 
 ship. JAMES H. B. lives in Chatham 
 township. Mrs. Eunice Foster resides 
 with her daughter, Mrs. Canham. 
 John D. Foster is married to a second 
 wife, has one child, and is a practicing 
 attorney at Commerce, Scott county, Mo. 
 He served one year from 1846 to 1847 
 in the 4th 111. Inf., under Col. E. D. 
 Baker, in the Mexican war. He was 
 Colonel ot the 22d Mo. Inf. in the war to 
 suppress the rebellion.
 
 SANGAMON COUNTY. 
 
 39 
 
 PEYTON, born in Kentucky, mar- 
 ried in Sangamon county to Maria Col- 
 burn. They have five children, and re- 
 side in Kansas. 
 
 POLLY, born in Kentucky, married 
 in Sangamon county to Alfred C. Camp- 
 bell. See his name. 
 
 JAMES was accidentally killed in in- 
 fancy. 
 
 HIRAM B., born in Sangamon coun- 
 ty, married Martha Ferguson, have two 
 children, and reside in Macon county, Mo. 
 
 JAMES jffc/!,born in Sangamon coun- 
 ty, married and died. 
 
 Mrs. Polly Foster died January, 1872, 
 and Peyton Foster died Sept. 7, 1872, 
 both in Missouri. 
 
 FOSTER, IVINS, was born 
 Nov. 23, 1794, in Harrison county, Ky. 
 Margaret McKee was born Jan. 24, 1796, 
 in the same county. They were there 
 married, Feb. 26, 1819, and had three 
 children in Harrison county, and then 
 moved to Gallatin county, where one child 
 was born. They then moved to Sanga- 
 mon county, 111., arriving in Nov., 1829, 
 in what is now Curran township, north of 
 Lick creek, where four children were 
 born. Three of their children died under 
 five years. Of the other five 
 
 WILLIAM D., born Jan. 24, 1820, in 
 Harrison county, Ky., was brought by his 
 parents to Sangamon county. He studied 
 medicine three years in Springfield, and 
 attended one course of lectures in St. 
 Louis. In consequence of impaired health, 
 he was advised by the Faculty to take a 
 sea voyage. In June, 1843, he embarked 
 for Europe, visiting England, he went to 
 Scotland intending to complete his educa- 
 tion there. While visiting a hospital, in 
 pursuit of knowledge, he contracted small 
 pox, and would have been kindly cared for 
 at the residence of a friend, where he was 
 taken sick, but he preferred being removed 
 to the Royal Infirmary, of Edinburg, 
 where he died Dec. 29, 1843. 
 
 MART 7., born Dec. 8, 1821, in Ken- 
 tucky, married in Sangamon county April 
 i, 1847, to Samuel W. Dunn. He was 
 born Oct. 6, 1821, in Harrison county, 
 Ky., and came to Sangamon county in 
 1844. They had eight children, six of 
 whom died under five years. The others, 
 NARCISSA'and WILLIAM SHER- 
 MAN, residj with their parents in Cumin 
 township. 
 
 JOEL S., born March 15, 1824, in 
 Kentucky, died in Sangamon county aged 
 twenty-three years. 
 
 SAMUEL L., born June 29, 1830, in 
 Sangamon county, married Dec. 27, 1855, 
 to Lydia Lee, who was born Feb. 14, 
 1834, in Dover, Del. They have four liv- 
 ing children, namely: MARY A., 
 LOUIS K., ROBERT and MARGA- 
 RET B., and live near the family home- 
 stead in Curran township. 
 
 JOHN W., born Jan. 29, 1833, in San- 
 gamon county, unmarried, and lives with 
 his mother. 
 
 Ivins Foster died Jan. 4., 1866, and his 
 widow now 1874 resides one and one- 
 half miles southeast of Curran, where they 
 settled in 1829. 
 
 FOSTER, MEREDITH, was 
 born Nov. 14, 1790, in Louisa county, Va., 
 and was married in Culpepper county, 
 Feb. 10, 1820, to Margaret Boyer, who was 
 born March 9, 1797, in Culpepper county, 
 Va. They had six children in Virginia, 
 and the family moved to Sangamon coun- 
 ty, 111., arriving in the fall of 1835, lived 
 several days in camp about four miles 
 west of Springfield, and then moved on a 
 farm near by. They had four children in 
 Sangamon county, one of whom died 
 young. Of their nine children 
 
 WILLIAM B., born April 9, 1822, in 
 Page county, Va., came with his parents 
 to Sangamon county in 1835; went in 
 1849 to California. He was married there 
 to Emma Creamer. They had three 
 children, MAGGIE, IDA and WILLIE, 
 and Mrs. Foster died. Mr. Foster mar- 
 ried again, and resides at Richmond, Sac- 
 ramento county, Cal. 
 
 HENRY H., born Sept. 4, 1824, in 
 Page county, Va. He was married in 
 Sangamon county Dec. 2, 1847, * Nancy 
 Davis. See sketch of John Davis. They 
 have one child, ROBERT MEREDITH, 
 and reside in Curran township, near Chat- 
 ham. 
 
 JOHN E., born July 24, 1826, in 
 Page county, Va. He enlisted at Spring- 
 field, 111., in 1846, in Co. A, 4th 111. Inf., 
 and served under Col. E. D. Baker 
 through the Mexican war. He died on 
 his way home, June 13, 1847, at Virginia, 
 Cass coynty, 111. 
 
 ABNER M., born Jan. 25, 1828, in 
 Page county, Va., married in Sangamon 
 county, December, 1863,10 Mrs. Hatch,
 
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 EARLT SETTLERS OP 
 
 who was formerly Mrs. Murphy, and 
 whose maiden name was Lawton. She 
 is a native of Lincoln, Penobscot county, 
 Maine. They reside two miles east of 
 Loami. 
 
 MART y., born Nov. 21, 1830, in 
 Page county, Va., married in Sangamon 
 county to James Lockridge. See his 
 name. They had ten children, four of 
 whom died young. Of the six, 
 CHARLES M., MARY M., SARAH 
 I., LULA A., LENORA and EVA, re- 
 side with their parents. 
 
 CATHARINE A., born April 20, 
 1834, in Page county, Va., married in 
 Sangamon county to James Young. 
 They have eight children, ABNER, 
 MAGGIE, JAMES, EUGENE, NAN- 
 CY, FRANK, ALBERT and ETTA, 
 and reside near Curran. 
 
 ROBERT F\, born Jan. 3, 1837, in 
 Sangamon county, 111., and lives with his 
 sister, Mrs. Grissom, near Chatham. 
 
 CHARLES N., born Dec. 3, 1838, in 
 Sangamon county, and was killed July 5, 
 1868, by an accident on the Chicago & 
 Alton railroad. 
 
 MAR GARE T R., born Dec. 28, 1842, 
 in Sangamon county, married Nov. 19, 
 1861, to Thomas Grissom, who was born 
 Feb. 8, 1841, in Sangamon county, 111. 
 They have three children, AGNES, IDA 
 and EDWARD, and reside three miles 
 northwest of Chatham. 
 
 Mrs. Mai-garet Foster died Dec. 13, 
 
 1866, and Meredith Foster died Aug. 31, 
 
 1867, both in Sangamon county. 
 FOUTCH, JOHN, was born 
 
 May, 1776, in Loudon county, Va. Three 
 brothers by the name of Fouche came 
 from France and settled in Loudon county, 
 Va., before the American revolution. 
 Two of them were soldiers in that war, 
 and one of them was Abraham, the 
 father of John, whose name heads this 
 sketch. John Foutch went to Fayette 
 county, Ky., when he was a young man, 
 and was there married, in 1796, to Nancy 
 A. Wherrett, who was born March 8, 
 1778, in St. Mary's county, Md. They 
 had five children born in Fayette county, 
 near Lexington, and the family moved to 
 Dearborn county, near Harrison, Indiana, 
 where they had four children, and moved 
 to Franklin county, where one child was 
 born, thence to Sangamon county, 111., 
 arriving in the fall of 1825 at the south 
 
 side of Richland creek, east of where 
 Pleasant Plains now stands, and in the 
 spring of 1826 moved to Island Grove, 
 Sangamon county. Of their ten child- 
 ren 
 
 ABRAHAM, born April i, 1797, in 
 Fayette county, Ky., was married in 1820, in 
 Franklin county, Ind., to Elizabeth Van- 
 sickle, and came to Sangamon county in 
 1825. He brought one child from Ind., 
 and had seven children in Sangamon 
 county. In 1849 they moved to Polk 
 county, near DesMoines, Iowa, and from 
 there, in 1870, to Elmore, near Browns- 
 ville, Neb., where they now reside. 
 Abraham Foutch was justice of the peace 
 for many years in Sangamon county. 
 He was one of the three Commissioners 
 of Sangamon county at the time the State 
 House (now used as a Court House) was 
 built. 
 
 THOMAS, born Nov. 25, 1709, in 
 Fayette- county, Ky., was married Dec. 
 21, 1820, in Fayette county, Ind., to Sarah 
 Wherrett, who was born Nov. 20, 1800, in 
 Fayette county, Ky. Her parents moved 
 to Jessamine county, and from there to 
 Fayette county. Mr. and Mrs. Foutch 
 had two children in Indiana, and moved to 
 Sangamon county, 111., in 1825, where they 
 had four children. ELIZABETH A., 
 born Nov. 21, 1821, in Indiana, was mar- 
 ried in Sangamon county, 111., Dec. 5, 
 1839, to Thomas Pollock. See his name. 
 NANCY, born Jan. 23, 1824, in Indiana, 
 was married in Sangamon county, Jan. 2, 
 1842, to J. D. Be van. See his name. 
 JOHN, born Sept. 6, 1826, in Sangamon 
 county, was married April 12, 1849, to 
 Martha M. Smith. They had nine child- 
 ren. SARAH M,, married F. P. Gillespie, 
 have three children, Mattie M., Guy ^., 
 and William E., and reside one-half mile 
 south of New Berlin. THOMAS, the second, 
 and ELLA M., the sixth child, both died 
 under three years. The other six, HATTIE 
 
 S., JOHN W., CARRIE M., LIZZIE D., ED- 
 WARD L. and GEORGE T., reside with their 
 parents in New Berlin. Mr. John Foutch 
 resides within two miles of his birthplace 
 and has done so all his life, with the ex- 
 ception of one year. CAROLINE, born 
 March 8, 1829, in Sangamon county, was 
 married there April 8, 1847, * Thomas 
 A. Kerlin. They had one living child, 
 LIZZIE A. She lives with her grandfather 
 Foutch. Mrs. Kerlin died Dec. 31, 1854.
 
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 Mr. Kerlin is married again, and lives 
 near Bedford, Mo. WILLIAM W., 
 born Sept. 4, 1834, in Macoupin county, 
 was a graduate of Shurtleff College, 
 Upper Alton, and enlisted Aug. 17, 1861, 
 for three years in Co. D, 26th 111. Inf. 
 At the organization of the company he 
 was elected and commissioned First Lieu- 
 tenant. He was taken sick while with his 
 regiment, at Quincy, III., came home and 
 died of typhoid fever Sept. 25, 1861. 
 HUGH, born Dec. 19, 1836, in Sangamon 
 county, was married Sept. 2, 1858, to 
 Mary Wykoff. They have one child, 
 WILLIAM \v., and live at Decatur. Thomas 
 Foutch and wife reside in Island Grove 
 township, three and a-half miles west of 
 Berlin. 
 
 HUGH, born March 12, 1802, in Ken- 
 tucky, was married in Sangamon county, 
 December, 1827, to Nancy Rhea. They 
 had nine children, and he died December, 
 1845, in Fulton county. His widow mar- 
 ried William Meeker, and resides in Iowa. 
 
 ELIZABETH, born August, 1804, 
 in Kentucky, was married September, 
 1824, to Samuel Blair. They had twelve 
 children. The parents died at Montezu- 
 ma, Pike county, 111. Two of their child- 
 ren, THEOPHILUS and NANCY A., 
 are married, and reside near Montezuma, 
 111. 
 
 JOHN, born Oct. 25, 1805, in Ken- 
 tucky, was married in Sangamon county 
 in 1827, to Jehoida Rhea. They had 
 four children, and she died. He married 
 Letitia Farris. They have nine children, 
 and reside in Fulton county, five miles 
 west of Havana. 
 
 SUSAN, born June 10, 1809, in Dear- 
 born county, Ind., was married Dec. n, 
 1828, to William Rhea. See his name. 
 
 DOROTHY, born April, 1811, in 
 Dearborn county, Ind., was married in 
 Sangamon county, December, 1830, to 
 Samuel Feebler. They have had six 
 children. The parents both died in 1842, 
 on the same day, and were buried in one 
 coffin, at F airfield, Iowa. 
 
 MART A., born Dec. 25, 1812, in Dear- 
 born county, Ind., was married in Sanga- 
 mon county Dec. n, 1828, to Henry Har- 
 mon. See his name. 
 
 SI RON, born May 10, 1815, in Dear-- 
 born county, Ind., was married in Sanga- 
 mon county, February, 1837, to Anthony 
 H. ShufF. See his name. 
 
 WILLIAM, born Jan. 8, 1818, in Indi- 
 ana, died in Sangamon county, Oct., 1831. 
 
 Mrs. Nancy A. Foutch died March 12, 
 1845, an d Jhn Foutch married Celia 
 Harmon. He died Sept. 15, 1848, and 
 Mrs. Celia Foutch died in 1851, all in 
 Sangamon county. 
 
 FOWKES, WILLIAM L., 
 was born Jan. 17, 1793, in Loudon coun- 
 ty, Va. He was married there, July 20, 
 1813, to Mrs. Margaret D. Saunders, 
 whose maiden name was Saunders. She 
 was born March i, 1788, in the same coun- 
 ty. She had three sons by her first mar- 
 riage. See names of Presley, Asbury, 
 John and Cyrus G. Saunders. Mr. 
 and Mrs. Fowkes had two children in 
 Loudon county, Va., and Mr^ Fowkes 
 served a term in the war of 1812, about 
 the time of his marriage. They moved, 
 in the spring of 1817, to Warren county, 
 Ky., where they had four children, and 
 moved to Sangamon county, 111., arriving 
 in Oct., 1826, and settled three miles west 
 of Springfield, where one child v/as born. 
 Mr. Fowkes taught school there in a house 
 built of round logs, with the earth for a 
 floor, oiled paper for window lights, and a 
 fire place as wide as one end of the house. 
 That house was built in 1827. In the 
 spring of 1831 Mr. F. moved to German 
 Prairie, four miles northeast of Spring- 
 field. Of their seven children 
 
 ROBERT H. S., born May 2, 1814, 
 in Loudon county, Va., married in San- 
 gamon county, Jan. 21, 1841, to Mary 
 G. Pettus. They had four children. 
 JOHN T. married Sarah O. Hulbert, and 
 reside near Grove City, Christian county. 
 ALBERT married Adaline Barnes, and 
 resides at Topeka, Kan. GEORGE W. 
 enlisted in 1862, for three years, in Co. I, 
 41 st 111. Inf., and was killed at the battle 
 of Jackson, Miss., July, 1863. ELIZA- 
 BETH A. resides with her father. Mrs. 
 Mary G. Fowkes died Feb. 26, 1852, and 
 R. H. S. Fowkes was married Oct., 1852, 
 to Mrs. Harriet Fuller, whose maiden 
 name was Pettus. They have four child- 
 ren : JAMES H., MARY E., WIL- 
 LIAM E. and NEWTON C., and re- 
 side near Mt. Auburn, Christian county. 
 
 ELIZABETH M., born Feb. 26, 
 1816, in Loudon county, Va., resides with 
 her brother, William H., near Spring- 
 field.
 
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 EARLY SETTLERS OF 
 
 HARRIET Z., born April 8, 1818, 
 in Kentucky, married in Sangamon coun- 
 ty, June, 1841, to Simon D. Etzroth, who 
 died in 1845, and she married James 
 Clark, in March, 1848. They had two 
 children. JOANNA married John Cop- 
 per, and resides near Mt. Pulaski or Lin- 
 coln. HARRIET J. is married. Mrs. 
 Clark died Jan., 1852. 
 
 WILLIAM H., born April 17, 1820, 
 in Warren county, Ky., married in San- 
 gamon county, Nov. 28, 1843, to Mary 
 Riddle, who was born May 13, 1819. 
 They had seven living children. LIL- 
 LIE E. died, aged seven years. MAR- 
 GARET E., MARY L., GEORGE F., 
 SARAH A., WILLIAM D. and MAR- 
 THA J. reside with their parents, adjoin- 
 ing Springfield on the west. William H. 
 Fowkes enlisted in 1861, in Co. F,4th Iowa 
 Inf., served nine months, and was honor- 
 ably discharged on account of physical 
 disability. 
 
 LOUISA M., born Aug. i, 1822, in 
 Kentucky, married in Sangamon county 
 to Henry J. King, Nov. 5, 1840. They 
 had four children, and live near Timber 
 Creek PostofKce, Marshall county, Iowa. 
 
 JOSEPH F., born Oct. 8, 1824, in 
 Kentucky, married in Sangamon county 
 to Jane Curry. Both died ; Mr. Fowkes, 
 Jan. 6, 1866. Three of their children live 
 .at Topeka, Kan. MARY J. lives in 
 Christian countv. 
 
 MARGARET S., born March 23, 
 1827, in Sangamon county, died in her 
 eighth year. 
 
 Wm. L. Fowkes died Nov. 26, 1864, 
 and his widow died Nov. 20, 1873, both 
 in Christian county. 
 
 FOWLER, MASON, was born 
 about 1766 in Virginia. He was married 
 and had five children in that State, and 
 the family moved to the vicinity of Nash- 
 ville, Tenn., where they had seven child- 
 ren. They moved from there to Southern 
 Illinois in 1816, and in the spring of 1820 
 Mr. Fowler, with his two sons, Edward 
 and John and a young man by the name 
 of Frederick Wise, came to what is now 
 Cotton Hill township, Sangamon county. 
 They raised a crop, built a house that 
 summer, returned outh and brought Mr. 
 Fowler's family to their new home on 
 Horse creek in the fall of that year. Of 
 their children 
 
 ED WARD and JOHN, born in Vir- 
 ginia, married in Sangamon county to two 
 sisters by the name of Hale, and moved to 
 Wisconsin near Galena. The two broth- 
 ers and ten other citizens, including an 
 Indian agent and interpreter, were riding 
 over the country without suspecting dan- 
 ger. They were attacked by Indians and 
 eleven of them killed. One only escaped 
 a man by the name of Pierce Holly, 
 who had the fleetest horse, and that alone 
 saved his life. The widows of the Fow- 
 ler brothers married again, and continued 
 to reside in that region of country. 
 
 ELIZABE7^H, born in Virginia, 
 married in Sangamon county to Mr. 
 Pierce. They both died, leaving three 
 sons, who were raised by William South- 
 wick and Joseph Enslee, in Sangamon 
 county. 
 
 ANN, born in Virginia, married in 
 Sangamon county to Dr. Samuel D. Sla- 
 ter. She died in 1832 or '3, leaving two 
 children. 
 
 REBECCA, born in Virginia, mar- 
 ried in Sangamon county to Frederick 
 Wise. See his name. 
 
 TABITHA, born in Tennessee, mar- 
 ried in Sangamon county to a Mr. Hale. 
 
 J^HOMAS, born in Tennessee, came 
 to Sangamon county with his parents, and 
 after the death of his brothers Edward and 
 John, left home with the avowed purpose 
 of avenging their death. After an ab- 
 sence of ten years with the Indians, he 
 visited his friends in Sangamon countv, 
 went again to the Indians, and was never 
 heard of after. 
 
 NANCY, born in Tennessee, married 
 in Sangamon county, to Wm. Kirkpatrick. 
 She died in Sangamon county, leaving 
 five children. 
 
 WILLIAM, born in Tennessee, mar- 
 ried in Sangamon county, in 1834, to 
 Polly Durbin, and moved, in 1842, to 
 Dubuque county, Iowa. 
 
 Mrs. Prudence Fowler died about 1823, 
 in Sangamon county, and Mason Fowler 
 married Mrs. Anna M. Seeley, whose 
 maiden name was Slater. They had two 
 children 
 
 El^IZA A., born in Sangamon county, 
 married to a Mr. Clarke. They live in 
 Iowa. 
 
 MIL TON F., born in Sangamon 
 county, went to Iowa, married there, re- 
 turned to Sangamon county, inherited his
 
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 father's homestead by will, and died there, 
 Sept. 5, 1867. 
 
 Mason Fowler died March, 1844, and 
 Mrs. Anna M. Fowler, died about 1853, 
 both in Sangamon county. 
 
 FOWLER, THOMAS, was 
 born about 1800, in Lincolnshire, Eng- 
 land, and was married there to Millicent 
 Bowis, who was born about 1803, in the 
 same shire. Six children were born in 
 England, and the family embarked at 
 Liverpool, May 15, 1835, and landed in 
 New York after a voyage of nine weeks. 
 They came to Sangamon county in the 
 latter part of July, 1835, and settled in 
 Loami township, where three children 
 were born. Of all the children 
 
 MILLICENT, born in England, mar- 
 ried in Sangamon county to William Jar- 
 rett. See his name. 
 
 THOMAS, born in England, died in 
 Sangamon county, at twenty-one years of 
 age. 
 
 JOHN B., born June 10, 1827, in 
 Lincolnshire, England, married in Sanga- 
 mon county, Jan. 23, 1849, to Sarah A. 
 Greening. They have seven children, 
 AFFYLINE, THOMAS, ABIGAIL, 
 JOHN, JAMES, WILLIAM and 
 GEORGE, and reside six miles southwest 
 of Chatham. 
 
 ROBERT, born in England, married 
 in Sangamon county to Minerva Bilyeu, 
 have eleven children, and live in Crawford 
 county, Kansas. 
 
 fANE, born in England, married in 
 Sangamon county to Willis R. Webb, 
 who died, and she married Young Hudson. 
 See his name. 
 
 ELIZABETH, born Dec., 1833, in 
 England, married in Sangamon county. 
 May n, 1854, to William M. Gibson. 
 See his name. 
 
 MAR T, born in Sangamon county, 
 married to Thomas N. Park. See his 
 name. 
 
 FANNY, born in Sangamon county, 
 married Charles Strong, have one child, 
 and live in Crawford county, Kansas. 
 
 GEORGE W., born in Sangamon 
 county, married Mary Brown, and live in 
 Crawford county, Kansas. 
 
 Thomas Fowler died July 7, 1867, and 
 his widow resides with her daughter, Mrs. 
 Jarrett 1874. 
 
 FRANCIS. The records of this 
 family date back in Connecticut as far as 
 40 
 
 1^32, but the immediate ancestor of that 
 family who came to Springfield, 111., was 
 Simeon Francis, Sen., who was married 
 May 24, 1793, in Connecticut, to Mary A. 
 Adams. They were both natives of that 
 State. Mrs. Francis died Sept. 18, 1822, 
 and Mr. Francis died Sept. 7, 1823, both 
 in their native State, leaving nine child- 
 ren, (seven^sons and two daughters), who 
 assembled at the family homestead in 
 Wethersfield, Conn., in the spring of 
 1829, and decided to sell the property and 
 seek homes in the west. The eldest bro- 
 ther 
 
 FRANCIS, CHARLES, was 
 born March 19, 1794, in Wethersfield, 
 Conn.; married Elizabeth Haskell there. 
 He did not unite with the others on the 
 point of destination, but emigrated to 
 Cherry Valley, then in Madison, now in 
 Otsego county, N. Y. Afterwards he 
 moved to Ohio, and in the autumn of 
 1834 started for Chicago. At that time 
 emigrants traveled with wagons, camp- 
 ing wherever night overtook them. By 
 the time he reached Laporte, Ind., 
 winter set in with great severity. After 
 leaving that village they met a party re- 
 turning from Chicago, who represented 
 that there were no provisions in that set- 
 tlement, nor work of any kind progress- 
 ing. This news turned him back, and, 
 reaching Laporte, he remained there until 
 the following spring, when he settled in 
 what was known as the Galena woods, 
 near Laporte. Charles Francis and wife 
 had seven children 
 
 AfAfirA.died'm Wethersfield, Conn., 
 Aug. 19, 1826. 
 
 JOSEPHH.,\>orn Sept. 23, 1821, in 
 Wethersfield, Conn., was married March 
 4, 1849, in Laporte county, Ind., to Cath- 
 arine Martin. They have two children. 
 MARY E., born Jan. 7, 1850, was mar- 
 ried Oct. 13, 1872, to Ralph W. Marshall, 
 who was born in Will county, 111., June i, 
 1843. He was ist Lieut, in Co. A, 2Oth 
 111. Reg. Vol. Inf. They have three 
 children, MARY E., FRANCES B. and JOSEPH 
 R., and reside in Joliet, 111. FRANCIS 
 G., born March 10, 1852, resides with 
 his parents, in Laporte county, Ind. 
 
 LUKE,\)orn May 16, 1823, in Weth- 
 ersfield, Conn., was married June 5, 1848, 
 to Betsy A. Marshall, in Galena town, 
 Laporte county, Ind. They are without 
 family, and reside in Laporte.
 
 3H 
 
 EARLT SETTLERS 
 
 SIMEON, born April 23, 1827. in 
 Wethersfield, Conn., was married in Indi- 
 ana, May 12, 1859, to Mary E. Martin, of 
 Laporte county. They have two child- 
 ren, CHARLES W. and JESSIE G., 
 and reside at Three Oaks, Mich. 
 
 W. WALLA CE, born Dec. 17, 1828, 
 in Wethersfield, Conn., was married 
 March 29, 1851, in Indiana, to Ann M. 
 Martin. They had six children. SARAH 
 B., born June 10, 1852, married A. J. 
 Holman. They had two children, FRED- 
 ERICK and CATHARINE. Mrs. Sarah B. 
 Holman died Dec. 17, 1873. FREDER- 
 ICK, born June 9, 1854, resides at Austin, 
 Nevada 'Territory. MARY A., 
 CHARLES W., HULDAH A. and 
 JOSEPH F., live with their father. Mrs. 
 Ann M. Francis died Sept. 29, 1869, and 
 W. W. Francis was married Feb. 20, 
 1871, to Mary E. Plimpton, of New Buf- 
 falo, Berrien county, Mich. They have 
 one child, DWIGHT P., and reside at 
 Rolling Prairie, Laporte county, Ind. 
 
 CHARLES,]ur\., born April 4, 1831, in 
 Madison county, N. Y., married Minerva 
 Weed, Nov. 9, 1856. Mrs. Minerva 
 Francis died April II, 1865, and Charles 
 F. Francis was married June i, 1869, to 
 Miss R. B. Hollingsworth, of Porter 
 county, Ind. They have one child, 
 MARY E., and reside at Three Oaks, 
 Mich. 
 
 ED WIN, born August, 1833, in Madi- 
 son county, N. Y., died in Laporte, Ind., 
 October, 1839. 
 
 Mrs. Elizabeth Francis died in 1856, 
 and Charles Francis died in 1870, 
 both in Laporte, Ind., leaving their child- 
 ren in good circumstances. 
 
 The eight Francis brothers and sisters 
 who left Connecticut for Illinois, em- 
 barked on the sloop Falcon, at Hartford, 
 Conn., Sept. 17, 1829. Their journey 
 was down the Connecticut river and 
 across Long Island sound to New York 
 city; up the Hudson river to Albany, 
 thence to Buffalo by canal, and from Buffalo 
 to Lower Sandusky, in a sailing vessel, on 
 the lake. From there to Cincinnati by 
 wagons. Many hardships were exper- 
 ienced in traveling through Ohio, with 
 poor accommodations, bad roads, and 
 oftentimes want of provisions. At one 
 place where they stopped over night, they 
 had to appease their hunger with honey, 
 corn bread and fresh pork. After this 
 
 meal they were ill for several days. At 
 Cincinnati they took steamer down the 
 Ohio and up the Mississippi river to St. 
 Louis, where they arrived Dec. 3, 1829, 
 having escaped the wreck of one steamer 
 on the way, and traveled every day but 
 one Sunday for seventy-seven days, to 
 accomplish a journey which can now be 
 made in half as many hours. They re- 
 mained together in St. Louis until the 
 summer of 1831, when Josiah came to 
 Springfield and issued a prospectus for the 
 Sangamo Journal, soliciting subscrip- 
 tions to the same. Simeon and J. Newton 
 came later, and the first number of the 
 Journal was issued Nov. 10, 1831. Of 
 the six brothers and two sisters who 
 arrived in St. Louis 
 
 FRANCIS, SIMEON, was 
 born May 14, 1796, in Wethersfield, 
 Conn, served an apprenticeship in a print- 
 ing office in New Haven, Conn. After 
 which he formed a partnership, under the 
 name of Clapp & Francis, and published 
 a paper in New London, Conn., in 1824. 
 He was married in the latter place, sold 
 out, and moved to Buffalo, N. Y., where 
 he published the Buffalo Emporium, under 
 the firm name of Lazwell & Francis. They 
 being Free Masons, and the Morgan ex- 
 citement breaking out at the time caused 
 a suspension of the paper and closing the 
 business of the firm early in 1828. He 
 came to Springfield, 111., in 1831. Simeon 
 Francis and wife were without family, but 
 brought up Ann Douglas, a niece of Mrs. 
 Francis, who returned to New York in 
 1836, married Capt. George Barrell, and re- 
 sides in Springfield, 111. Simeon Francis, in 
 connection with his brothers Josiah, Allen 
 and J. Newton, published the " Sangamo 
 Journal?" 1 through all its changes to the 
 present daily and weekly '''State Jour- 
 nal" In 1840 President Harrison ap- 
 pointed Simeon Francis, Indian Agent for 
 Oregon, but after making all necessary 
 preparation for his trip there he resigned. 
 He and his brother Allen sold their inter- 
 est in the State Journal, June, 1856, to 
 Baker & Bailhache. Simeon then engaged 
 in mercantile business, under the firm 
 name of Francis & Barrell. He was for 
 several years Secretary of the State Agri- 
 cultural Society. In 1859 he closed his 
 business in Springfield, and moved to 
 Portland, Oregon. He edited the Oregon 
 Farmer, and was President of the Oregon
 
 SANGAMON COUNTT. 
 
 3'5 
 
 State Agricultural Society. In . 1861 
 President Lincoln appointed him Paymas- 
 ter in United States army, with residence 
 at Ft. Vancouver, Washington Territory. 
 In 1870 he was retired on half pay, and 
 returned to Portland, Oregon, where he 
 died, Oct. 25, 1872. His widow resides 
 there 1876. 
 
 FRANCIS, MARY A., sister 
 of Simeon, Josiah, Allen, Charles, Calvin, 
 Edwin and Huldah, was born Aug. 9, 
 1798, remained with her brother Edwin, 
 in St. Louis, until his death, when she 
 came to Springfield, 111., in June, 1834. 
 She died unmarried, at the residence of 
 her brother Simeon, Oct. 17, 1834. 
 
 FRANCIS, CALVIN, born 
 June 12, 1802, in Wethersfield, Conn., 
 was married Oct. 21, 1823, to Abigail D. 
 Francis, of his native place. They had 
 several children, all of whom died except 
 two. Calvin Francis and family came 
 with his brothers and sisters to St. Louis, 
 remained there until Sept. 8, 1836, when 
 he moved to Wesley city, Tazewell coun- 
 ty, 111., and in 1837 * Athens, in what 
 was then Sangamon county. In 1853 he 
 moved to Springfield, and was for several 
 years connected with the Journal office. 
 
 Of his children 
 
 JEANETTE, born in Wethersfield, 
 Conn., was married Jan., 1844, to Abner 
 B. Hall. They have three children, IDA 
 F., ABBIE J. and CALVIN, and reside 
 in Athens, Menard county, 111. 
 
 MART F., born in Buffalo, N. Y., 
 was married Dec., 1848, to B. C. Whitney. 
 They have three children, CHARLES 
 F., JOHN C. and GRACE M., and re- 
 side in Athens. 
 
 Calvin Francis moved from Springfield 
 to Chatham, 111., in 1863. Mrs. Abigail 
 D. Francis died there, Oct. 23, 1865. He 
 resides with his children in Athens, Men- 
 ard county, 111. 
 
 FRANCIS, JOSIAH, born Jan. 
 17, 1804, at Wethersfield, Conn. He was 
 the first of the family who came to 
 Springfield, 111., arriving in the summer of 
 1831, and at once took measures to estab- 
 lish the Sangamo Journal, and issued the 
 first number Nov. 10, 1831. He severed 
 his connection with the Journal, in 1835, 
 and was married the same year to Mar- 
 gery Constant, near Athens, 111., and in 
 1836 engaged in mercantile pursuits in 
 Athens. While there, he represented 
 
 Sangamon county in the State Legislature, 
 in 1840. A few years later he returned to 
 Springfield, and was elected Sheriff of 
 Sangamon county, and still later Mayor of 
 Springfield. He was Quartermaster- 
 General of Illinois, under Gov. Yates, 
 and resigned a short time before the rebel- 
 lion commenced. Josiah Francis and wife 
 had four children, viz : 
 
 THOMAS N., born Jan. 8, 1837, at 
 Athens, 111., learned the printing business 
 in the Journal office, enlisted in the first 
 company and regiment raised in Illinois 
 for the suppression of the rebellion, viz., 
 Co. I, 7th 111. Vol. Inf., for three months. 
 At the expiration of that time he re-en- 
 listed in same company and regiment for 
 three years, was chosen 2d Lieutenant of 
 his company, and promoted at the battle 
 of Ft. Donnelson to ist Lieutenant and 
 Adjutant of his regiment. He was 
 wounded at the battle of Corinth, Miss., 
 Oct. 4, 1862, and resigned the following 
 November. He was married in St. Joseph, 
 Mo., to Amelia E. Hancock, a native of 
 Pennsylvania. They have one child, 
 MARGERY, and reside at 96, west 
 Adams street, Chicago, 111. 
 
 JULIA y., born Dec. 25, 1839, in 
 Athens, was married Feb. 13, 1866, at 
 Independence, Mo., to Hobart T. Ives, 
 who was born Aug. 2, 1839, in Litchfield, 
 Conn. They returned to Springfield, and 
 have two children, FRANCIS S. and 
 MATTIE J., and reside in Springfield. 
 Mr. Ives served two years as county col- 
 lector. He also served as Alderman in 
 the Springfield city council. 
 
 ANNA E., born March 31, 1842, in 
 Springfield, was married Oct. 10, 1866, in 
 Springfield, to Dr. John E. Hanback, who 
 was born Sept. 24, 1834, at Winchester, 
 111., graduated at Illinois College, Jackson- 
 ville, in 1868, studied medicine in Rush 
 Medical College, Chicago. They have 
 two children living, GERTRUDE A. 
 and CARRIE B. Dr. Hanback was city 
 physician of Springfield for 1874. They 
 reside at Winchester, Scott countv, 111. 
 
 CHARLES S., born Feb. 21, 1845, 
 in Springfield, was married in 1868 to 
 Lydia Newell. She died June 21, 1870. 
 He was married May 23, 1873, in Chicago, 
 to Eunice E. Teachoute. They have one 
 child, CHARLES S., Jim., and reside at 
 Three Oaks, Michigan.
 
 316 
 
 EA RLY SE7 TLERS OF 
 
 Mrs. Margery Francis died Dec. 17, 
 1846, and Josiah Francis was mairied in 
 March, 1848, to Jeanette Hicks, in Menard 
 county. They had three children 
 
 EDWIN G. died May 24, 1875, in 
 Springfield, 111. 
 
 MART A., born in Springfield, 111., 
 resides with her sister, Mrs. Ives. 
 
 JEANETTE, born in Springfield, 
 111., resides there with Mrs. Young. 
 
 Mrs. Jeanette Francis died Dec., 1861, 
 and Josiah Francis died Oct. 8, 1867, both 
 in Springfield. 
 
 FRANCIS, EDWI 1ST. was born 
 Oct. 9, 1807, in Wetherfield, Conn., died 
 of cholera in St. Louis, Mo., June 4, 
 
 FRANCIS, HULDAH, born 
 May 10, 1811, in Wethersfield, Conn., 
 came to Springfield June, 1834, and was 
 married in 1837 to Joseph Williams. 
 See his name. 
 
 FRANCIS, ALLEN, born 
 April 12, 1815, in Wethersfield, Conn., re- 
 sided in St. Louis until the death of his 
 brother Edwin, in 1834, when, with his 
 two sisters, he came to Springfield, 111. 
 Worked in the Journal office, and sub- 
 sequently became a partner in the same. 
 He was married Dec. 25, 1838, in Spring- 
 field, to Cecilia B. Duncan, of Glasgow, 
 Scotland, and sister of David Duncan, 
 who was drowned in attempting to cross 
 the Sangamon river on horseback, in 
 1837. They had six living children, 
 namely 
 
 CECILIA J., born in Springfield, 
 married in Oregon to Hermon Hoffer- 
 kamp, and now resides in Washington 
 Territory. 
 
 MARIETTA, born in Springfield, 
 Illinois, married in Victoria, Vancouver's 
 Island, to David A. Edgar, of Staten 
 Island, N. Y. 
 
 HULDAH G., born in Springfield, 
 111., married Byron Z. Holmes, of Port- 
 land, Oregon, and resides there. 
 
 ELIZA E., born in Springfield, 111., 
 married William T. Gillihan, of Port- 
 land, Oregon. 
 
 ALLEN, BUNN, born in 1849, in 
 Springfield, accompanied his father to the 
 Pacific coast. Subsequently became agent 
 for a fur company in San Francisco, was 
 stationed at Fort Constantine, in Alaska, 
 and never saw a white woman or heard his 
 native lans:ua<re for over eighteen months. 
 
 He is. now interested in a quartz mine in 
 that territory, which he discovered in the 
 autumn of 1874. 
 
 ED WIN H., born in 1851, in Spring- 
 field, went to Alaska soon after it was 
 purchased of Russia by the United States, 
 was appointed deputy collector at Sitka, 
 and clerk of the city council. He has 
 seen much of frontier life, is master of the 
 Russian language, and many of the In- 
 dian languages, and reside at Sitka, 
 Alaska. 
 
 Allen Francis was for several years a 
 member of the city council of Springfield, 
 111., from the first ward. He erected the 
 Journal buildings, and a brick dwelling 
 on the corner of Sixth and Carpenter 
 streets. In Oct., 1861, President Lincoln 
 appointed him consul at Victoria, Van- 
 couver's Island. He left for that point 
 February, 1862, and resigned in 1871. 
 He, with his two sons, engaged in the fur 
 trade with the Indians, on the north 
 Pacific coast. He resides in Victoria, 
 Vancouver's Island. 
 
 FRANCIS, J. NEWTON, 
 born June 6, 1817, in Connecticut, came to 
 Springfield with his brother Simeon in 
 1831, and was married in Springfield to 
 Julia A. Constant. Mr. F. was connected 
 with the State Journal until Nov., 1843, 
 when he accidently shot himself while re- 
 turning from a hunting excursion, near 
 Monticello, Piatt county, 111., leaving a 
 widow and one child 
 
 JANE N., who was married in 1862, 
 at Little Rock, Ark., to Isaac Treadway, 
 and lives in St. Louis, Mo. 
 
 Mrs. Julia A. Francis married R. V. 
 Kenedy. They have two children, and 
 reside in Chicago. This ends the history 
 of the Francis brothers 'and sisters who 
 came from Connecticut. 
 
 FRANCIS, CHARLES B., 
 was born Oct. 30, 1799, in Pittsfield, 
 Mass., and was there married to Roxanna 
 Goodrich. They had two living children, 
 and moved to Springfield, 111., in 1835. 
 He was for several years engaged in the 
 manufactm-e of cabinet furniture with his 
 brother Josiah. They were distant rela- 
 tives of Simeon Francis and his brothers, 
 founders of the Illinois State Journal. 
 Charles B. Francis united with others in 
 building, under contract, fifteen miles of 
 the Northern Cross railroad now Toledo,
 
 SANG AM ON COUNTY. 
 
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 Wabash & Western railroad from New 
 Berlin to Springfield. Of his children 
 
 MARIETTA, born Nov. 29, 1826, in 
 Pittsfield, Mass., was married Feb. n, 
 1846, in Springfield, 111., to James L. 
 Riggs. They have one daughter, ALICE, 
 born July 16, 1853, was married in Peoria, 
 111., to Alexander G. Tyng, Jun. Mr. 
 Riggs died June 30, 1859, in Brimfield, 
 111., and his widow and daughter reside in 
 Peoria. 
 
 JANE A., born Oct. 23, 1830, in Pitts- 
 field, Mass., was brought up in Spring- 
 field, 111., and married Dec. n, 1851, at 
 Brimfield, 111., to Robert A. Smith. They 
 have seven children, and reside in Peoria, 
 111. 
 
 Charles B. Francis died Oct. 10, 1843, 
 in Jacksonville, 111., while in attendance 
 at the Illinois Baptist Convention. Mrs. 
 Roxanna Francis, after living a widow 
 twenty-nine years, was married in Pitts- 
 field, Mass., Oct. 7, 1872, to Jirah Stearns, 
 and resides in Newberg, N. J. 
 
 ^ FRANCIS, JOSIAH, was born 
 Sept. 24, 1801, in Pittsfield, Berkshire 
 county, Mass. He was married Dec. 2, 
 1824, in Pittsfield, to Fidelia Clark, who 
 was born Jan. u, 1803, in Westhampton, 
 Hampshire county, Mass. In 1825 they 
 moved to Palmyra, Wayne county, N. 
 Y., where they had two living children. 
 They moved to Springfield, 111., arriving 
 June 30, 1836, and had one child in 
 Springfield. Mr. Francis engaged in the 
 manufacture of cabinet furniture, in con- 
 nection with his brother Charles B., and 
 continued in that business until 1852, 
 when he engaged in farming, four miles 
 northeast of Springfield, near what is 
 now German Prairie station. Of his 
 children 
 
 LUCIUS C., born Dec. 26, 1828, at 
 Palmyra, Wayne county, N. Y., married 
 Aug. 23, 1860, in Springfield, 111., to Clara 
 Pierson. She died Nov. 14, 1864. Mr. 
 Francis was married Dec. 23, 1873, ' n 
 Atlanta, 111., to Mrs. Susan Leonard, 
 whose maiden name was Keigwin. She 
 was born March 21, 1840, in Springfield. 
 They reside half a mile west of German 
 Prairie station, but their postoffice is 
 Springfield, 111. 
 
 JAMES S., born Jan. 15, 1831, in 
 Palmyra, Wayne county, N. Y., resides 
 with his father. 
 
 MARIA E., born Oct. 23, 1837, in 
 Springfield, 111., and lives with her father. 
 
 Mrs. Fidelia Francis died Oct. 21, 1874, 
 in Sangamon county, and Josiah Francis 
 resides near German Prairie station, with 
 his postofHce at Springfield, 111. 
 
 FRAZEE, HENRY S., born 
 April 16, 1811, in Monmouth county, N. 
 J. His mother died when he was an in- 
 fant, and his father when he was nine 
 years old. Henry S. Frazee and Sarah 
 Van Patten were married Nov. 5, 1836, in 
 Somerset county, N. J. They moved in 
 company with her father to Sangamon 
 county, 111., arriving Aug. 9, 1838, at 
 Springfield. They had four children in 
 Sangamon county, namely 
 
 CORNELIA A., born Oct. 24, 1839, 
 in Sangamon county, married Dec. 25, 
 
 1863, to Lewis Large. He enlisted Sept. 
 21, 1 86 1, for three years, in Co. A, roth 
 111. Cav., served until April 16, 1862, 
 when he was discharged on account of 
 physical disability. He died March 25, 
 
 1864, just three months after marriage. 
 Mrs. Cornelia A. Large was married Dec. 
 31 > 1868, to Seth W. Wickham. They 
 have one child, MINNIE L., and reside 
 one mile south of Farmingdale. 
 
 HANNAH, born Nov. 8, 1842, married 
 March 10, 1864, to Richard G. Large. 
 He enlisted Sept. 21, 1861, in Co. A, roth 
 111. Cav., for three years; re-enlisted as a 
 veteran January, 1864, served to the end 
 of the rebellion, and was honorably dis- 
 charged November, 1865, at San An- 
 tonio, Texas. They had three children. 
 ROSE B., the youngest, died in infancy. 
 HENRY GRANT and EDWARD F. 
 live with their parents, near Fredonia, 
 Wilson county, Kansas. 
 
 ELIZAETH,\>orn August 11,1845, 
 is a teacher, and resides with her parents. 
 
 MARGARET, born Dec. 6, 1849, 
 married Jan. 3, 1869, to Edward M. 
 Beach. See his name. 
 
 Henry S. Frazee and wife resides one 
 and a half miles south of Farmingdale 
 1874. 
 
 FULLINWIDER, HENRY, 
 was born in 1799, near Hagerstown, Md., 
 and was taken when quite young to Shel- 
 by county, Ky. This family, with others, 
 soon after assembled in a block house for 
 protection. The men all being out, In- 
 dians attacked the fortifications, and killed 
 an elder brother of Henry, a lad who was
 
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 EARLY SETTLERS OF 
 
 aiming to enter the fort. A hole was dug 
 under the timbers from the inside, and his 
 body drawn in, to prevent its falling into 
 the hands of the Indians. This circum- 
 stance made an impression on the mind of 
 Henry that was never effaced. Harriet 
 Neal was born in 1789, in Fauquier coun- 
 ty, Va., and was taken when quite young 
 to Kentucky. Henry Fullinwider and 
 Harriet Neal were married. They had 
 thirteen children, all born in Shelby coun- 
 ty, Ky., four of whom died young. In 
 the fall of 1833 Mr. Fullinwider visited 
 Sangamon county, and purchased a farm 
 adjoining Mechanicsburg on the east. He 
 returned to Kentucky for his family, and 
 died there July 21, 1834. The family 
 moved to the home thus provided, arriv- 
 ing at Mechanicsburg in the fall of 1834. 
 Of their nine children 
 
 LUCINDA JV., born Dec. 27, 1809, 
 in Shelby county, Ky., married in Ken- 
 tucy, March 8, 1832, to Richard Bird. 
 See his name. 
 
 SAMUEL N., born Feb. 17, 1811, in 
 Shelby county, Ky., married Matilda 
 Hathaway. They had three children, 
 and Mrs. F. died in Sangamon county 
 from injuries received while riding in a 
 wagon. Two of their children are dead. 
 HARRIET married Lee Phillips, and 
 resides at Fremont, Neb. Samuel N. 
 Fullinwider married in Chatham to Mary 
 Thornton. They reside at Fremont, 
 Dodge county, Neb. 
 
 ELIZABETH G., born March 8, 
 1812, in Kentucky, married there, Feb. 10, 
 1832, to Talbott Lyon. They had three 
 children : HARRIET H. married Joseph 
 Foster, and died. See his name. Mrs. 
 Elizabeth G. Lyon died, and Mr. Lyon 
 married Eliza Correll, and he died. See 
 Correll. 
 
 JACOB N., born June 5, 1814, in 
 Shelby county, Ky., married in Sanga- 
 mon county, March 23, 1837, to Sarah A. 
 Ballard. They had eleven children, 
 three of whom, MARY E., ANN E. 
 and JOHN W., died under four years. 
 Of the other eight. ELIZABETH J., 
 born March 8, 1838, married David S. 
 Hall. See his name. WILLIAM A., 
 born Nov. 20, 1842, in Mechanicsburg, 
 was married there, March 4, 1875, to 
 Alice Elkin, and resides near Mechanics- 
 burg. HARRIET N., born Sept. n, 
 1845, near Mechanicsburg, was married 
 
 there to Edward W. Bennett. See his 
 name. HENRY T., born March i, 
 1846, was married Dec. 28, 1871, to Sarah 
 C. Lindsly, who was born June 13, 1849, 
 in Christian county, 111. They had one 
 child, CHARLES w., who died in infancy. 
 Mr. and Mrs. F. reside three miles north- 
 east of Mechanicsburg. MARCUS L., 
 born June 13, 1849, m Mechaniscburg, 
 graduated in 1871, at the Wesley an Uni- 
 versity, Bloomington, 111., and graduated 
 in medicine Jan., 1874, at Rush Medical 
 College, Chicago, 111. He was married 
 May n, 1876, in Bloomington, 111., to 
 Clara F. Munsell, and resides in Mechan- 
 icsburg. Dr. Fullinwider is practicing his 
 profession there. SAMUEL T., born 
 June 21, 1851, in Mechanicsburg, gradu- 
 ated June 17, 1874, at Wesleyan Univer- 
 sity, Bloomington, 111., and was married 
 in Mechanicsburg, May 27, 1875, to 
 Lucilla Elkin. They reside near Mechan- 
 icsburg. JACOB T., born Nov. 24, 1853, 
 and OWEN H., born August 19, 1856. 
 The two latter live with their parents. 
 Jacob N. Fullinwider lesides on the farm 
 where the family settled in 1834, adjoin- 
 ing Mechanicsburg on the east, and is one 
 of the most extensive farmers and stock 
 raisers in Sangamon county. 
 
 NANCT N., born July 3, 1818, in 
 Shelby county, Ky., married in Sanga- 
 mon county, Nov. 23, 1837, to Rev. Ar- 
 nold Bowman, of the M. E. church. 
 They had seven children. LAVINIA 
 married Capt. Theodore True, of the 
 U. S. Army, and resides 1876 at Fort 
 Bridger, Wyoming Territory. HAR- 
 RIET F., born in October, 1844, resides 
 with her mother. JOHN was killed, 
 aged about twenty years, in Sangamon 
 county, while hauling logs. JENNIE 
 married Lewis P. Butler, a practicing 
 lawyer at Murphysboro, 111. MATIL- 
 DA married Dr. Josiah Richardson, and 
 resides in Louisville, Ky. They have one 
 child, RICHARD H., born Oct. 13, 1860, in 
 Springfield, 111. HOWARD lives with 
 his mother. Rev. Mr. Bowman was a 
 preacher in the M. E. church twenty- 
 eight years, and died Oct. 3, 1865, near 
 Mechanicsburg. His widow resides at 
 Mattoon, 111. 
 
 SOLOMON N., born in 1820, in 
 Shelby county, Ky., married in Sangamon 
 county to Elizabeth Little. They had three 
 children, HENRY, HARRIET and
 
 SANGAMON COUNTY. 
 
 ELIZABETH. Mrs. Elizabeth Fullin- 
 wider died, and S. N. Fullinwider mar- 
 ried Amanda Fox. They had two child- 
 ren. Mr. F. enlisted in the army to sup- 
 press the rebellion, and died Jan. 10, 1864, 
 at home on sick furlough. His widow 
 married Marion Smith, and resides one 
 mile east of Buffalo. 
 
 SIMON P., born May 14, 1826, in 
 Shelby county, Ky., was married Aug. 
 22, 1848, in Sangamon county, 111., to 
 Louisa C. Hesser. They have five living 
 children. EDWIN R., born July 2, 1840, 
 enlisted at Cincinnati, O., March 10, 1865, 
 in Co. K, 8ist Reg. Ohio Inf., for one 
 vear or during the war, and was honora- 
 bly discharged July 13, 1865, at Louisville, 
 Ky. He was married Nov. 3, 1870, in 
 Mechanicsburg, 111., to Flora Gore. They 
 have three children, SIMON p., ESTELLA 
 j. and EDWIN E., and live near Wheatfield 
 postoffice, Sangamon county, 111, HEN- 
 RY N., born May 14, 1851, lives with his 
 parents. G. SAMUEL born Dec. 22, 
 1852, is a lerk in Springfield. KATIE L. 
 and RICHARD S. reside with their par- 
 ents, one-half mile east of Lanesville, 
 Sangamon county, 111. Their postoffice is 
 Wheatfield. 
 
 MARCUS L., born June 29, 1829, in 
 Kentucky, married in Mechanicsburg to 
 Sarah Fairbanks. They had two child- 
 ren, GEORGE and CALVIN, and Mrs. 
 F. died. He married Maria Ely, and had 
 two children, LINCOLN and GUY. 
 Mrs. Maria Fullinwider died. Mr. Ful- 
 linwider married a third time early in 
 1876, and lives at Fairmount, Vermilion 
 county, 111. 
 
 JOHN H., born Sept. 17, 1831, in 
 Shelby county, Ky., married in Sangamon 
 county Sept. 20, 1855, to Isabel Hall. 
 They have four living children, HAR- 
 RIET J., JOHN GRANT, HENRY 
 A. and NANNIE BELLE, and reside 
 adjoining Buffalo on the east. 
 
 Henry Fullinwider died in Kentucky, 
 July 21, 1834, and Mrs. Harriet Fullin- 
 wider died Jan. 31, 1867, in Sangamon 
 countv. 
 
 FUNDERBURK, HENRY, 
 was born Feb. 18, 1773, in Orange dis- 
 trict, S. C. Polly Rape was born in 
 February, 1786, in the same district. They 
 were married and had two children. They 
 then moved to Dickson county, Tenn., 
 where four children were born, and 
 
 then to St. Clair county, 111., in 1816. 
 From St. Clair county they moved to 
 what became Sangamon county, arriving 
 in the spring of 1817 or '18 west of Horse 
 creek, near where Daniel G. Jones now 
 resides, in Cotton Hill township. Mr. F. 
 moved in company with William Nelson. 
 They both built cabins and raised crops 
 the year they came. Mr. F. had seven 
 children born in Sangamon county, mak- 
 ing a total of thirteen. Of their children 
 
 POLLY, born Dec. 14, 1803, in South 
 Carolina, came with her parents to what 
 is now Sangamon county, in the spring 
 of 1817 or '18, married Elijah Hinkle, 
 who died, and she married William 
 Chambers, and he died, and she married 
 John Bowman, and resides near Taylor- 
 ville. She had no children. She could 
 have given me definite information 
 whether the family came in 1817 or 18, 
 but I could not obtain any information 
 from herself or her brother James. 
 
 ELIZABETH, born Jan. 31, 1806, 
 in South Carolina, came to Sangamon 
 county with her parents in the spring of 
 1817 or '18, married Thomas Hanks. 
 They have eleven children, and reside 
 near Whitehall, Greene county. 
 
 JACOB, born Nov. 9, 1808, in Ten- 
 nessee, married in Sangamon county to 
 Ruth Sampson. They have ten children, 
 and live in Vernon county, Mo. 
 
 JAMES, born Dec. 14, 1810, in Ten- 
 nessee, married in Sangamon county to 
 Nancy Nelson. They have six children, 
 and live near Taylorville. 
 
 HENRY, born Feb. 14, 1813, in Ten- 
 nessee, married in Sangamon county Nov. 
 5, 1835, to Jane Snodgrass. They have 
 eight children. E. JANE, born May 6, 
 1838, married John Durbin, have five 
 children, and live near Conesville, Musca- 
 tine county, Iowa. JOHN S., born April 
 14, 1840, died April 8, 1842. CARTER, 
 born August 14, 1857, married Alice 
 Wenicke, and live near D. G. Jones, in 
 Cotton Hill township. POLLY, born 
 Jan. 15, 1846, lives with her parents. 
 LEWIS, born June 12, 1851, married 
 Mary Hinkle, and live in Christian 
 county, east of Pawnee. COOPER, 
 born Jan. 8, 1851, resides east of Pawnee. 
 NANCY, born July 17, 1853, and 
 JAMES H., born Sept. 9, 1857, live 
 with their parents in Cotton Hill town- 
 ship.
 
 320 
 
 EARLT SETTLERS OF 
 
 MILL T, born March 17, 1815, in Ten- 
 nessee, married in Sangamon county to 
 Abishai Rape. They both died, leaving 
 a daughter, who married George Morgan, 
 and lives in Christian county. 
 
 SALLT, born April 8, 1819, in San- 
 gamon county, married Henry Dixon. 
 They had eight children, and Mr. D. 
 died. The family live near Taylorville. 
 
 RAPE, born Feb. 10, 1821, in Sanga- 
 mon county, married Amanda Jones. 
 She had one child, ALEXANDER. He 
 married Harriet A. Levi, who died, and 
 he married Salena Morrow, and lives in 
 Christian county. Mrs. Amanda F. died, 
 and Mr. F. married Mary Sanders, and 
 she died. He then married Caroline 
 Armstrong. They had eight children, 
 MARY J., ABEL, GEORGE W., 
 AMANDA, ALBERT C., MELVIN, 
 EDWARD L., and MILES, and reside 
 in Ball township. 
 
 MARTHA, born June 3, 1826, in San- 
 gamon county, married John H. Sanders. 
 See his name. 
 
 NANCT, born April i, 1828, in San- 
 gamon county, married James White. He 
 died, leaving a widow and seven children, 
 at Taylorville. 
 
 ELIZA, born Aug. 2, 1830, in Sanga- 
 mon county, married Robert E. Sanders. 
 See his name. 
 
 ORLENA, born Oct. 21, 1832, in San- 
 gamon county, married William Crow- 
 der, who died, and she married Benj. 
 Howard, have four children, and live near 
 Taylorville. 
 
 Mrs. Polly Funderburk died Aug. i, 
 1841, and Henry Funderburk died Aug. 
 14, 1843, both near where they settled in 
 1818, in Cotton Hill township. 
 
 FUNDERBURK, DAVID, 
 born Jan. 9, 1795, in Orange District, S. 
 C., was bound apprentice to a hatter, but 
 instead of teaching him how to make hats, 
 his master put him to work in the fields 
 with the negroes and otherwise treated 
 him harshly, so he ran away and enlisted 
 in the 3d U. S. Rifle Reg. for five years, 
 from Aug. 15, 1814. It was so near the 
 close of the war with England that he was 
 not in any battle. His five years were 
 spent in garrison duty on the frontier, 
 and was at Ft. Osage, on the Missouri 
 river, near the present line between Mis- 
 souri and Kansas, when his term of enlist- 
 ment expired, Aug. 15, 1819. He, with 
 
 eight other discharged soldiers, fastened 
 two canoes together, with a platform over 
 them, and all left for St. Louis with their 
 knapsacks. Mr. F. says that they were 
 somewhat crowded, and on the way down 
 he stole a canoe, and taking a comrade left 
 the other seven who began drinking and 
 ran their craft on a sawyer, which upset it, 
 and they lost everything except what they 
 had on their persons, but the men clung 
 to the sunken log, and but for the stolen 
 canoe they must all have drowned. Mr. 
 F. and his comrade took them all safely to 
 shore. He has always, in his quaint wav, 
 insisted that that was "providential steal- 
 ing." On arriving at St. Louis, he learned 
 that his uncle, Henry Funderburk, had 
 moved into the San-ga-ma country, and 
 he determined to visit him. He found his 
 uncle on the 3ist of Aug., 1819, in what 
 is now Cotton Hill township, between 
 Brush and Horse creeks, and went to 
 work to supply himself with clothing, in 
 place of that which was lost on the river. 
 David Funderburk was married in March, 
 1821, to Hannah Hinkle. They had 
 eight living children, all born in Sanga- 
 mon county. Of their eight children 
 
 SARAH, born April 2, 1822, married 
 Henry Voyles. They have eleven child- 
 ren, and live in Madison county, near 
 Staunton, Macoupin county. 
 
 MART J., born March 18, 1827, mar- 
 ried Thomas Funderburk. They have 
 five children, and live near Staunton, 
 Macoupin county, 111. 
 
 JOHN S., born March 1 6, 1831, mar- 
 ried Mrs. Eliza J. Voyles, whose maiden 
 name was Davis. They have six children, 
 EDWARD E., MARY E., JOSEPH 
 E., WILLIAM A., MARTHA and 
 VELMA, and live in Madison county, 
 near Staunton, Macoupin county, 111. 
 
 PHEBE, born in Sangamon county, 
 is married, and resides there. 
 
 ALFRED N., born Sept. 27, 1837, 
 married Emily Ward. They have three 
 children, WILLIAM B., THOMAS L. 
 and BENJAMIN A., and reside in Cot- 
 ton Hill township. 
 
 DA F//9, Jun., born Dec. 22, 1839, en- 
 listed at Springfield in 1861, for three 
 years, in what became Co. B, nth Mo. 
 Inf., served full time, and was honorably 
 discharged in 1864. He was married to 
 Sarah A. Torry. They have four child- 
 ren, MINNIE L., ADDIE L., MARY
 
 SANGAMON COUNTT. 
 
 3 21 
 
 A. and a babe 1873 and reside at the 
 homestead settled by his parents in 1821, 
 in Cotton Hill township. 
 
 WILLIAM F., born Nov. 22, 1842, 
 enlisted in August, 1862, in Co. , i I4th 
 111. Inf., for three years. He was wounded 
 and captured at the battle of Guntown, 
 Miss., June 10, 1864; one arm was ampu- 
 tated by a rebel surgeon. He was held a 
 prisoner until the close of the rebellion. 
 Is unmarried, and resides in Christian 
 county. 
 
 THOMAS J., born May 6, 1845, 
 married Angeline N. Carlton. They 
 have four children, NELLIE VIOLA, 
 JESSIE MAY, HANNAH E. and 
 WILLIAM, and reside near the family 
 homestead in Cotton 1 Hill township, San- 
 gamon county. 
 
 Mrs. Hannah Funderburk died Sept. 
 22, 1873, after nearly fifty-three years of 
 wedded life. David Funderburk resides 
 with his children part of the time, near 
 Staunton, and part in Sangamon county, 
 Illinois. 
 
 Q- 
 
 GAINES, RICHARD, was 
 born Nov. 8, 1777, in Charlotte county, 
 Va. Amy C. Green was born Feb. 3, 
 1782, in the same county. They were 
 married and had three children, and 
 moved to Barren county, Ky., about 1807, 
 where they had three children, and the 
 family moved to Christian county, where 
 one child was born, and then moved to 
 Sangamon county, 111., arriving in Novem- 
 ber, 1825, in what is now Cartwright 
 township, and settled about one mile north 
 of where Pleasant Plains now stands. Of 
 the seven children 
 
 ROBERT G., born June 20, 1801, in 
 Virginia, married June 26, 1823, to Han- 
 nah Quaite. They had nine daughters 
 and one son, and Mrs. Gaines died April 
 27, 1843. Mr. Gaines is living with his 
 third wife, in Missouri. 
 
 MILDRED, born Oct. 4, 1802, in 
 Virginia, married Feb. 22, 1823, to Sam- 
 uel Black. See his name. 
 
 RICHARD F., born March 18, 1806, 
 married in Sangamon county to Mary 
 Black. They have five children, and live 
 five miles north of Jacksonville. 
 41 
 
 JOHN, born April 20, 1808, in Ken- 
 tucky, married Feb. 25, 1836, in Sanga- 
 mon county, to Sarah Renshaw, had six 
 children,, and Mrs. Gaines died. Mr. 
 Gaines lives with his brother-in-law, Wil- 
 liam Batterton. 
 
 COL EM AN, born Dec. 28, 1809, in 
 Kentucky, married in Sangamon county 
 Nov. 17, 1831, to Susan Batterton. They 
 had one son, JOHN ST. CLAIR, who 
 died, aged seventeen years. Mrs. Gaines 
 died in 1833, and Mr. G. was married 
 Oot. 9, 1834, to Priscilla McDonald, and 
 lives at Lincoln, 111. 
 
 ELIZA, born Dec. 4, 1811, married 
 Jan. i, 1833, to William Batterton. See 
 his name. 
 
 ABRAHAM CLAT, born June 4, 
 1814, in Kentucky, married in Sangamon 
 county Nov. 21, 1839, to Mary Sackett. 
 They had eight children, and Mrs. G. 
 died May 9, 1863, and he was married 
 Sept. 15, 1864, to Mrs. Sarah. J. Newell, 
 whose maiden name was Mills. They 
 have two children, and live near Odell, 111. 
 
 Richard Gaines was a local preacher in 
 the M. E. church for twenty-five or thirty 
 years. He died Jan. 7, 1845, anc ^ Mrs. 
 Amy C. Gaines died Aug. 19, 1871, both 
 in Sangamon county. 
 
 GARDNER, JOHN, was born 
 June 21, 1805, in that part of Gallatin 
 that is now Trimble county, Ky. Mary 
 C. Duncan was born March 27, 1810, in 
 the same county. They were married 
 there June 13, 1830. They had one child 
 in Kentucky, and moved to Sangamon 
 county, 111., arriving: April 17, 1833, two 
 miles west of Springfield, and early in 
 1834 moved to what is now Gardner 
 township, two miles north of Farming- 
 dale. They had eight children in Sanga- 
 mon county. Of their children 
 
 HIRAM #., born April 28, 1831, in 
 Trimble county, Ky., opposite the city of 
 Madison, Ind. He was raised in San<ra- 
 mon county, and married June 17, 1857, 
 in St. Louis, Mo., to Louisa R. Brown. 
 They had one child, EDWIN B., born 
 Sept. 27, 1858, and died July 13, 1873. 
 Mrs. Louisa R. Gardner died July 23, 
 1859, and Hiram E. Gardner was married 
 Feb. 8, 1865, in Sangamon county, to Har- 
 riet E. Bradford. They have three child- 
 ren, LOUISA B., HARRIET M. and 
 HARRY B., and reside in Gardner town- 
 ship, one mile northwest of Bradfordton.
 
 3 22 
 
 EARLY SETTLERS OF 
 
 Hiram E. Gardner has represented Gard- 
 ner township in the Sangamon county 
 Board of Supervisors for several years, 
 and is one of the most extensive farmers 
 in the countv. 
 
 SARAH A., born Oct. 15, 1833, in 
 Sangamon county, lives with her mother. 
 r NANNIE C, born Sept. 12, 1836, in 
 Sangamon county, died April 10, 18^7. 
 
 JOHN P., born July <?, 1839, in ^San- 
 gamon county, married Sept. 7, 1869, to 
 Susan L. Kendall. They had one child that 
 died in infancy, and Mrs. Gardner died 
 June 30, 1871. John P. Gardner was 
 married November, 1874, to Lou. Gibson, 
 and lives in Curran township, five miles 
 west of Springfield. 
 
 CRANMER died Aug. 3, 1843, aged 
 two years. 
 
 JAMES, born March 27, 1844, in 
 Sangamon county, lives with his mother. 
 
 MART E., born April 3, 1847, ' n San- 
 gamon countv, lives with her mother. 
 
 LUCY M., born June 19, 1851, in San- 
 gamon county, married Feb. 24, 1869, to 
 William Hurt, a native of Kentucky. 
 They have two children, and reside two 
 miles southeast of Pleasant Plains. 
 
 WILLIAM P., born June 13, 1854, 
 lives with his mother. 
 
 John Gardner died Feb. n, 1868, and 
 his widow, Mrs. Mary C. Gardner, re- 
 sides two miles north of Farmingdale, 
 where they settled in 1834. 
 
 John Gardner was one of the commis- 
 sioners who divided Sangamon county in- 
 to townships, and the township where the 
 family reside bears the family name, in 
 honor of his memory. 
 
 G-ARDNER/HIRAM K.,was 
 born June 5, 1803, in Trimble county, 
 Ky., and was married there May 29, 1827, 
 to Eliza Morris. He moved in company 
 with his brother John to Sangamon 
 countv in April, 1833. He now 1876 
 lives in Gardner township. 
 
 John Gardner was born March i ^, 
 1772, and his wife, Nancy, was born Jan. 
 12, 1773, both in Virginia. They were 
 the parents of Hiram K. and. John Ga/d- 
 ner. 
 
 CARD, EPHRAIM, was born 
 March, 1776, in Union county, Penn., and 
 was married there to Susannah Sutton, a 
 native of the same county. They moved 
 to Butler county, Ohio, where they had 
 twelve children. Mr. Gard was captain 
 
 of a company from that countv, in the 
 war of 1812. He moved in 1826 to Fay- 
 ette county, Ind., and from there to San- 
 gamon county, 111., arriving in the fall of 
 1839, where Pleasant Plains now stands. 
 Of their children 
 
 KEZ.IAH, born in 1801, in Ohio, mar- 
 ried there to John McDowell, and came to 
 Sangamon county a year later than her 
 parents. They moved about 1845 to 
 Menard county, where they both died, 
 leaving several children. 
 
 MARIA, born in 1803, in Ohio, mar- 
 ried Abijah Stout, who died in California, 
 leaving a widow and nine children in But- 
 ler countv, Ohio. 
 
 REBECCA, born in 1805, married in 
 Ohio to Joseph Hamilton, moved to Fay- 
 ette county, Indiana, thence to Little Rock, 
 Arkansas. 
 
 JACOB, born Sept. 23, 1806. in But- 
 ler county, Ohio, married there, March 10, 
 183=5, to Jane Campbell, had one child in 
 Ohio, and moved to Fayette countv, Tnd., 
 in 1827, where they had three, and moved 
 to Sangamon county, 111., arriving Nov., 
 1834, in what is now Gardner township, 
 where they had five children. Of their 
 nine children MORRIS, born Aug. 24, 
 1827, in Ohio, married Rhoda Jackson, 
 had three children, and died in Gardner 
 township. His widow married James 
 Sherwood, and lives at Cuba, Fulton 
 county, 111. DEMARIS, born Jan. 27, 
 1829, in Indiana, married Feb. 22, 1849, 
 to Berry D. Stone. They had two child- 
 ren. ELIZA j., married June 22, 1869, to 
 Daniel Diehl, who was born Oct. 5, 1834, 
 in Berks county, Penn. Thev have three 
 children, Ora Etta, John H., and Allie 
 Demaris, and live at Cross Plains Post- 
 office. JOHN B., lives with his grandfather 
 Gard. B. D. Stone died, and his widow 
 married, Nov. 22, 1853, to James M. Pel- 
 ham. See his name. SUSANNAH, 
 born Nov. n, 1831, married, Feb. 22, 
 1849, to Butler Stone, and he died, leaving 
 one child, ALICE s., who married Win. C. 
 Price, have two children, Nora and 
 Henry, and live in Umatilla Oregon. 
 Mrs. S. Stone married Jacob C. Lacy. 
 See his name. ABIGAIL M., born 
 June 27,1834, married Lewis Nelson, who 
 died, leaving a widow and six children in 
 DeWitt county. EPHRAIM H., born 
 June 27, 1838, married Mary E. Garrett. 
 They have four living children, WILLIAM
 
 SANG AM ON COUNTT. 
 
 C., CHARLES D., HENRY and MARY ELLEN, 
 
 and live near Ci'oss Plains Postoffice. 
 RACHEL E., born Jan. 27, 1840, mar- 
 ried Alfred Ross. See his name. 
 JOHN L., born March 18, 1841, married 
 May 17, 1860, to Sarah E. Miller. They 
 have tour children, OPHELIA, LUELLA, 
 OLIVER and WILLIAM M., and live two 
 and one-half \miles southeast of Salisbury. 
 Jacob Gard and his wife reside three miles 
 south of Salisbury, in Gardner town- 
 ship. 
 
 JAMES L., born Oct. 22, 1808, mar- 
 ried Oct. 30, 1829, in Indiana, to Sarah 
 Sutton, moved to Sangamon county, 111., 
 arriving Sept. 21, 1839, where Pleasant 
 Plains now stands. They brought five 
 children, and had five in Sangamon 
 county. MARTIN V., born Oct. 22, 
 1831, married Elizabeth Jackson, Feb. 22, 
 1849. They had five children. The 
 parents and two of the children died. 
 BENJAMIN B., born June 29, 1833, mar- 
 ried Mary Shrader, and resides in Cass 
 county, Mo., near State Line. LU- 
 CINDA, born April 13, 1835, married 
 Ephraim Jackson, have two living child- 
 ren, Buchanan and Adam, and live two 
 miles east of Salisbury. SAMUEL s., born 
 Jan. 8, 1836, married Esther Jackson, and 
 live in Menard county. JEREMIAH, born 
 June 22, 1838, married Sarah E. Oliver. 
 He enlisted for three years, Aug., 1862, in 
 Co. F, 78th 111. Inf., was in many of the 
 greatest battles, and went with Sherman 
 in his "march to the sea." He was honor- 
 ably discharged, in June, 1865, and was 
 accidentally killed in a well, July if, 1866, 
 near Hickory Ridge, Hancock county, 
 111. ANN M., married Newton Goodman. 
 He died, leaving a widow and four child- 
 ren in Menard county. THOMAS F., mar- 
 ried Surrilda Pry or, have five children, 
 and live in Menard county. ALCEMENA 
 married S. T. Lewis, who died, and she 
 married George Neale, and lives in Cass 
 county, Mo. MARY j., married George 
 R. Ward, and lives in Menard county, 
 one mile north of Salisbury. ELIZA A. 
 married Samuel Hibbs, and lives in Men- 
 ard county. James L. Gard and wife re- 
 side three miles south of Athens, in 
 Menard county. 
 
 JOHN S., married Mary Ellis, and 
 died, leaving a widow and children in 
 Indiana. 
 
 HARRISON, born in Ohio, married 
 in Indiana to Serena Cook, came to San- 
 gamon county in 1838, and resides near 
 Florence, Morgan county, Mo. 
 
 JEREMIAH, married in Indiana to 
 Dicey A. Smith, moved to Little Rock, 
 Ark., and died there. 
 
 EPHRIAM, Jun., born in Ohio, came 
 to Sangamon county with his father^ mar- 
 ried, in Morgan county, to Pauline Parr 
 and died, leaving a widow and children in 
 Morgan county. 
 
 LUCINDA, born Jan. 7, 1821, in 
 Ohio, married, in 1854, in Sangamon 
 county, to Solomon Miller. She had one 
 daughter, RHODA, who married Henrv 
 Grady, had four children, EMMA j., ALME- 
 DA, ANNETTA and LUCY. Mr. Grady 
 died, Nov. 14, 1871, and his family live 
 near Cross Plains Postoffice. Solomon 
 Miller died. See his name. His widow 
 resides in Gardner township. 
 
 DA VID, born in Ohio, married in 
 Indiana to Lydia Hockenberry, came to 
 Sangamon county, in 1839. They had 
 three children. David Gard and his son 
 ALBERT, aged five years, were killed 
 ,by lightning, June 21, 1850, near Salis- 
 bury. They had taken refuge under a 
 tree during a shower of rain. 
 
 Mrs. Susannah Gard died, Aug. 10 
 1851, and Ephraim Gard died Nov. 21, 
 1863, both in Gardner township. 
 
 GARRETSON, SAMUEL, 
 was born Dec. 7, 1785, in York county, 
 Pa. Ann Pierce was born April i, 1786, 
 in Chester county, Pa. They were mai-- 
 ried Oct. 26, 1808, in Newbury township, 
 York county, Pa., according to Friends' 
 ceremony, in open meeting. They had 
 one child in York county, and in 1810 
 moved to Anne Arundel county, Md., 
 where they had nine children. Mrs. Ann 
 Garretson died April 30, 1827, in Mary- 
 land. Mr. G. was married March, 1834, 
 at Newbury, Pa., by Friends' ceremony, 
 to Hannah Cadwallader. His four eldest 
 children remained east, but Mr. G., with 
 his six youngest, moved to Sangamon 
 county, 111., arriving May 22, 1837, in 
 Fork Prairie, near Rochester. Of the 
 six children 
 
 VINCENT, born Dec. 11, 1815, in 
 Anne Arundel county, Md., married in 
 Sangamon county, March 31, 1846, to 
 Elizabeth T. Barrickman, a native of 
 Clark county, Ind. They had one child,
 
 EA RL Y SE 7 TLERS OF 
 
 FRANCES, that died in infancy, and 
 Mrs. G. died March 18, 1857. Vincent 
 Garretson was married March 11, 1858, 
 in Baltimore, Md., to Sarah A. Miller, 
 who was born Dec. 16, 1815, in Anne 
 Arundel county, Md. They had three 
 children in Sangamon county; all died 
 young. Mr. and Mrs. Garretson reside 
 four miles southwest of Illiopolis. 
 
 HANNAH R., born April, 1817, in 
 Maryland, married Feb. 22, 1843, in San- 
 gamon county, to Jacob D. Constant. 
 See his name. She died Oct. 22, 1850. 
 
 THOMAS P., born Sept., 1818, in 
 Maryland, came to Sangamon county in 
 1839, married in Menard county, to Mar- 
 tha M. Harrison. She died in Spring- 
 field, and he married Phoebe Campbell. 
 They have seven children, and live near 
 Lincoln, 111. 
 
 ELI, born May 5, 1820, in Maryland, 
 died in Sangamon county, Sept. 14, 1838. 
 
 JOHN, born in 1821, in Mary- 
 land, married in Sangamon county to 
 Harriet Sherman. He died August 26, 
 1843, near Rochester. His widow mar- 
 ried Mr. Cotton, and lives at Elkhart. 
 
 SAMUEL, Jun., born Dec. 4, 1823, in. 
 Anne Arundel county, Md., married in 
 Sangamon county, Nov. 7, 1848, to Amelia 
 J. Dickerson, who was born Feb. 25, 
 1828, in Kentucky. They had six child- 
 ren. JAMES T., the eldest, died in his 
 thirteenth year. HARRIET, the voung- 
 est, died in infancy. SUSAN "ANN, 
 born Dec. 7, 1854, CHARLES V., born 
 July 15, 1856, ARCHIBALD F., born 
 June 22, 1858, MARY M., born Sept. 9, 
 1860, live with their parents, three 
 miles northeast of Rochester. 
 
 Mrs. Hannah Garretson died Sept. 26, 
 1838, and Samuel Garretson, Sen., died 
 May i, 1847, both in Sangamon county. 
 
 GARLAND, NICHOLAS 
 AUSTIN, born Feb. 23, 1806, in Al- 
 bemarle county, Va., was married July 
 16, 1827, at Liberty, Bedford county, Va., 
 to Mary C. M. Phillips, who was born 
 there, May 2, 1810. They had one child 
 there, and in 1829 moved to the vicinity 
 of where Carondelet, Mo., now stands. 
 In moving, he went across the country 
 with a six horse team, taking with him 
 seven or eight slaves that he had inherited 
 from his father's estate. That was about 
 all the property he had, but soon after his 
 arrival in Missouri he resolved that he 
 
 could not conscientiously hold slaves, and 
 determined to extricate himself from the 
 imcongeniel position. He hired them out 
 for a few years, with a proviso for each 
 to be free at a given time, and retained 
 them all under his control until the last 
 one was liberated. He still farther mani- 
 fested his aversion to slavery by moving 
 his family to Illinois, arriving in Spring- 
 field in 1832. In 1837 Mr. Garland left 
 the city and settled in what is now Cot- 
 ton Hill township, in section thirty-two, 
 town fourteen, range four west, where he 
 built a horse mill in 1838, and ran a turn- 
 ing lathe in connection with it, doing gen- 
 eral cabinet work. He afterwards sold this 
 farm and entered a tract one mile east, in 
 section thirty-three. N. A. Garland and 
 wife had one child in Missouri and six in 
 Sangamon county. Of their eight child- 
 ren 
 
 SAMUEL R., born in Virginia, died 
 in Springfield. 111., in his seventh year. 
 
 LUCT P., born Dec. 13, 1831,10 St. 
 Louis county, Mo., brought up in Spring- 
 field, 111., was married August, 1856, in 
 Sullivan, Moultrie county, 111., to Charles 
 L. Roane. They have five children, 
 MARY, LUCY, SARAH, CHARLES 
 and FANNIE, and reside at Sullivan, 
 Moultrie county. 111. 
 
 AUSTIN "M., born Oct. 29, 1833, in 
 Springfield, was married Nov. 10, 1859, 
 near Chatham, to Sarah E. Hoppin, who 
 was born June 17, 1838, in Madison coun- 
 ty, N. Y., and came with her father, 
 F. B. Hoppin, to Sangamon county in 
 1852. They have four children, MARY 
 H., LUCY H., GERTRUDE G. and 
 FRANK H. Austin M. Garland learned 
 the printing business in the State Regis- 
 ter office. He was a member of the firm 
 of Garland & Jones in publishing a cam- 
 paign paper in 1858, called the Illinois 
 American. That paper was merged into 
 the Daily Independent by Garland & 
 Wheler, in the fall of 1859. Garland sold 
 his interest in the paper the following 
 summer, and engaged in farming from 
 Jan., 1860, to Jan., 1871, when he returned 
 to Springfield. He was elected Secretary 
 of the State Agricultural Society in 1870, 
 and continued in that position, by re-elec- 
 tion, annually, four years, ending in the 
 winter of 1874-5. 
 
 JAMES M., born Sept. 26, 1835, in 
 Springfield, was married there, Feb. 24,
 
 SAN GAM ON C OL NTT. 
 
 3 2 5 
 
 1858, to Mary E. Hawley. They have 
 seven living children, CHARLES HAW- 
 LEY, CORA BELL, MARYE., JOHN 
 AUSTIN, ALICE M., JOSIE and 
 EDWARD M. Mr. Garland has been 
 for several years and is now a merchant of 
 Springfield, 111., where he and his family 
 reside. 
 
 ELIZABETH A., born Sept. 19, 
 1837, in Springfield, was married at Sul- 
 livan, Moultrie county, 111 , Oct. 6, 1873, 
 to Kemper Campbell. They have one 
 child, HATTIE, and reside at Lovington, 
 Moultrie county, 111. 
 
 ELLEN D., born Sept. 16, 1839, in 
 Springfield, 111., was married Sept. 15, 
 1857, to Andrew J. Lynn, who was killed 
 at the battle of Stone's river, Tennessee, 
 leaving two children, ANDREW J. and 
 ANNIE, who live with their mother. 
 Mrs. Lynn was married Sept. 26, 1865, to 
 Thomas M. Bushfield, of Sullivan. They 
 have one living child, CHARLES, and 
 reside in Sullivan, Moultrie county, 111. 
 
 MARY F., bom Nov., 1841, in Spring- 
 field, 111., married Daniel W. Rawlins, of 
 Jacksonville, 111. They have two living 
 children, DANIEL WESTERVELT 
 and ELEANOR GARLAND, and re- 
 side in Liberty, Bedford county, Va. 
 
 Mrs. Mary C. M. Garland died August 
 6, 1844, anc ^ N- A. Garland was married 
 March 22, 1849, to Mrs. Rhoda G. String- 
 field, whose maiden name was Jack. She 
 died Feb. 22, 1852, and N. A. Garland was 
 married July 28, 1853, to Mrs. Lucy S. 
 McDaniel, whose maiden name was Burr, 
 sister of Ho'n. A. G. Burr, of Green coun- 
 tv, 111. They had five living children 
 
 WILLIAM B., born in Springfield, 
 111., resides in Denver, Colorado. 
 
 ALBERT E., PAULINA C., 
 AGNES and LAURA, live with their 
 m other. 
 
 Nicholas A. Garland died Jan. 4, 1874, 
 and Mrs. Garland and family reside in 
 .Springfield, 111. 
 
 GARVEY, SAMUEL, was born 
 Aug. 31, 1794, in Culpepper county, Va. 
 His father, Job Garvey,was born in Scot- 
 land, and brought to America when he 
 was quite young. His parents both dying 
 early, he was bound to a man who proved 
 to be a cruel master. Determined to 
 escape the hard servitude, and partly from 
 patriotic motives, he enlisted as a soldier 
 in the revolutionary army, and served the 
 
 whole seven years. When Samuel was 
 about one year old his parents moved to 
 Woodford county, Ky., and four or five 
 years later moved to Franklin county, 
 about eighteen miles south of Frankfort. 
 Samuel volunteered in a regiment of dra- 
 goons at Frankfort, under Col. Dick John- 
 son, and was in the battle of the river 
 Thames, in Canada, in which Col. John- 
 son is reputed to have killed the Indian 
 chief Tecumseh. After his return the 
 family moved to that part of Gallatin 
 which is now Owen county, Ky. Samuel 
 Garvey was there married, Dec. 26, 1816, 
 to Maria Elliston, who was born July 25, 
 1800, in Franklin county. They lived in 
 Owen county for some time, then, with a 
 family of seven children, moved to San- 
 gamon county, 111., arriving in the fall of 
 1830, in the vicinity of what became 
 Mechanicsburg, where they had five 
 living children. Of their twelve children 
 
 SCOT7\ born Nov. 12, 1817, in Ken- 
 tucky, died in Sangamon county in the 
 twenty-first year of his age. 
 
 LEMUEL, born Sept. u, 1819, in 
 Kentucky, died in Sangamon county in 
 his twenty-sixth year. 
 
 MART A., born Aug. u, 1823, in 
 Kentucky, married William H. Hampton. 
 See his name. 
 
 SAMUEL, Jun., born Aug. 27, 1825, 
 in Owen county, Ky., married in Sanga- 
 mon county, July 31, 1849, to Sarah A. 
 Gideon. She was born Jan. 13, 1828, in 
 Champaign county, Ohio, and came to 
 Sangamon county in 1846. They had 
 five children. MARY A., born May 21, 
 1850, married Sept. 9, 1869, to David C. 
 Fletcher. They have three children, 
 NEVADA, CORINNA and LENORA, and re- 
 side in Illiopolis township, three miles 
 east of Mechanicsburg. D. C. Fletcher 
 was born May 3, 1843, m Christian coun- 
 ty. He enlisted Aug. 6, 1862, for three 
 years, in Co. A, 73d 111. Inf., was wound- 
 ed at the battle of Stone's river, Tenn., 
 also at Adairsville, Ga.; served to the end 
 of the rebellion, and was honorably dis- 
 charged in June, 1865. ANN M., born 
 Aug. 23, 1852, CATHARINE J., born 
 Oct. 1 6, 1854, and HENRY C., born 
 Aug. 13, 1863, reside with their parents. 
 ANDREW'S, died Dec. 6, 1871, aged 
 four years. Samuel Garvey, Jun., resides 
 two and a half mih'S east of Mechanics- 
 burs:.
 
 326 
 
 EARLT SETTLERS OF 
 
 ELIZABETH A. and NANCT C., 
 twins, horn March i, 1827, in Kentucky. 
 
 EL I Z ABE r fH A. married in Sanga- 
 mon county to John P. Jack, and resides 
 at Edina, Knox county, Mo. 
 
 NANCT C. married John S. Hamp- 
 ton. See his name. 
 
 WILLIAM P., born Aug. 22, 1829, 
 in Owen county, Ky., married in Spring- 
 field, Feb. 2, 1854, to Elizabeth A. Wil- 
 liams, who was born Nov. 29, 1829, in 
 Montgomery county, Md. They had six 
 children. Their second, THOMAS E., 
 died, aged eight years. The fourth, EM- . 
 MA J., died, aged two years. HORACE 
 O., CLARA, WILLIAM H. and 
 SAMUEL, reside with their parents, one 
 and a quarter miles southwest of'Illiopolis. 
 
 JANE, born March 25, 1831, in San- 
 gamon county, married Nov. 5, 1872, to 
 Josiah T. Peden, a native of Pennsylvania, 
 and resides at Illiopolis. 
 
 JEREMIAH C. died, aged six years, 
 and 
 
 EMIL 2^ died, aged four years. 
 
 JOHN, born June 29, 1839, in Sanga- 
 mon county, married Oct. 12, 1869, to 
 Maria F. Darneille. They had four child- 
 ren. OWEN and OLIN died in infancy. 
 MINNIE F. and BERTHA live with 
 their parents at the homestead of his 
 father, one and a half miles east of 
 Mechanicsburg. 
 
 HENRT C., born July 15, 1844, died 
 April 26, 1864. 
 
 Mrs. Maria Garvey died Jan. 17, 1871, 
 and Samuel Garvey, Sen., resides one and 
 a half miles east of Mechanicsburg, and 
 within that distance of where he settled 
 in 1830, just before the "deep snow." 
 
 GATES, MICHAEL, born Jan. 
 30, 1776, in Lancaster county, Penn. His 
 parents moved to the vicinity of Salisbury, 
 North Carolina, when he was three years 
 old. He was married there to Catharine 
 Groves. They moved to Muhlenburg 
 county, Ky., where seven children were 
 born, and the family moved to Sangamon 
 county, 111., arriving in the fall of 1830- 
 except Andrew and Mary, the two eldest 
 children, who arrived May 31, 1831, in 
 what is now Auburn township. Of their 
 seven children 
 
 MART A., born October, 1805, in 
 Kentucky, was married in Sangamon 
 county, 111., to Simeon Vancil. See his 
 name. She died March 6, 1873. 
 
 ANDREW, born Jan. 17, 1807, in 
 Muhlenburg county, Ky., was married. in 
 Sangambn county to Lucinda Wood. 
 They had twelve children, six of whom 
 died young. Of the other six, CATH- 
 ARINE A. married H. B. Organ. See 
 his name. ANDREW J. Jun., married 
 Miriam Davis, and live in Auburn town- 
 ship. MARY E. married Jerome Bald- 
 win, and live in Macoupin county, 111. 
 LEANDER A. is a teacher, and lives 
 with his parents. LUCINDA E. was 
 married Feb. 20, 1873, to A. J. Leutz, 
 and resides in Sangamon county, near 
 Virden. SARAH F. lives with her 
 parents. Andrew Gates and wife reside 
 five miles southwest of Auburn. 
 
 PETER, born Sept. 21, 1808, in Ken- 
 tucky, came to Sangamon county, 111., in 
 Oct. 1829, and was married there to 
 Christiana Dukes, who died March 24, 
 1848, and he married Sarah A. Wood, 
 October, 1848, in Macoupin county, 111. 
 They had eleven children ; six died young. 
 WILLIAM F., born Oct. 14, 1849, was 
 married Oct. 13, 1872, to Maggie Shank- 
 lin, in Macoupin county, and resides in 
 Auburn township. JOHN M., born 
 Sept. 2, 1852, died Nov. 24, 1872. 
 GEORGE W., PETER M. and 
 JAMES E., reside with their parents 
 near Virden. 
 
 ELIZABE7^H, born Jan. 21, 1821, in 
 Kentucky, was married there to Isham 
 Gibson. He died in 1875, and Mrs. Gib- 
 son resides in Missouri. 
 
 CA7^HARINE, born August, 1811, 
 in Kentucky, was married in Sangamon 
 county, 111., to Hardy Gatlin, and died 
 March. 1852. 
 
 MARGARET, born February, 1813, 
 in Kentucky, was married in Sangamon 
 county, 111., to Samuel Davidson, and died 
 in 1861. 
 
 FANNT, born October, 1815, in Ken- 
 tucky, was married in Sangamon county 
 to Joseph Poley. See his name. 
 
 Michael Gates died in 1848, and his 
 wife died in 1849, both in Sangamon 
 county, 111. 
 
 GATTON, MRS. RUTH, 
 was born in 1775. Her husband, Thomas 
 Gatton, died in 1828, in Gray son county, 
 Ky. Mrs. Gatton with her daughters, 
 Maria and Eliza, came to Sangamon 
 county, under the care of her son Jo- 
 sephus, who had returned to Kentucky to
 
 SANG AM ON COUNTY. 
 
 be present at the death of his father. 
 Of her children who came to Sangamon 
 county 
 
 JOHN A., born March n, 1797, in 
 \Vashington county, Ky., was married in 
 Gravson county to Anna Newton. They 
 had two children in Kentucky, and moved 
 to Sangamon county, 111., arriving Oct. 
 16, 1827, in what is now Ball township, 
 where five children were born. Of their 
 seven children MONICA, born in Ken- 
 tucky, was married in Sangamon county 
 to Benjamin Burtle. See his name. 
 THOMAS O., born Feb. 17, 1826, in 
 ( iray son county, Ky., was married in 
 Sangamon county, Dec. 26, 1850, to Me- 
 linda Harper. They had eleven children, 
 six of whom died young. Of the five 
 living ROSETTA, STEPHEN A. ' D., and 
 MARY j., were born in Sangamon county, 
 111. RUTH j. and MARTHA F. were born 
 in Kansas. T. O. Gatton resides near 
 Osage Mission, Neosho county, Kansas. 
 [OSEPHUS, born in Sangamon county, 
 married Mary E. Harper. They had one 
 child, and Mrs. Mary E. Gatton died. 
 Josephus Gatton married Rebecca Mc- 
 \eely. They live in Cotton Hill town- 
 ship/ RUTH A. married Robert Gatton, 
 and lives in Auburn, Sangamon county, 
 111. JOHN W. lives in Ball township. 
 SARAH E. married James H. Burtle. 
 See his name. She died. THERESA 
 lives with James H. Burtle. John A. 
 Gatton died in Feb., 1847, anc ^ Mrs. Anna 
 Gatton died Oct., 1865, both in Ball town- 
 ship, and are buried near St. Bernard 
 Catholic church, Sangamon county, 111. 
 
 THOMAS, born October, 1804, in 
 Washington county, Ky., was married in 
 Gravson county, Ky., to Martina Thomp- 
 son, and came to Sangamon county in 
 1828. A few years later he went to 
 Galena and engaged in lead mining. He 
 moved to Dubuque, thence to DeWitt, 
 Clinton county, Iowa, where the parents 
 both died, leaving three children. 
 
 JOSEPHUS, born Sept. 13, 1806, in 
 Washington county, Ky., was taken by 
 his parents, in 1813, to Gravson county, 
 Ky. From there he came to Stingamon 
 county, arriving Oct. 16, 1827, in what is 
 now Ball township. He returned to Ken- 
 tucky at the time of his father's death. 
 He experienced all the hardships of the 
 deep snow of 1830 and '31. For several 
 
 weeks the family lived on bread made of 
 corn that was beaten with a pestle until 
 fine enough, then sifted through a deer 
 skin which was stretched over a hoop and 
 burned full of holes with a hot iron. He 
 says the happiest time of his life was 
 when he was able to go to mill and obtain 
 two sacks of corn meal. When the 
 Black Hawk war broke out he did not 
 wish to go, but his mother said her broth- 
 ers were soldiers in the Revolution, and 
 she wished him to go and never return 
 with a wound in his back. He enlisted in 
 a Sangamon county company, did his 
 duty, and returned in safety. Josephus 
 Gatton was married in Sangamon county, 
 July 24, 1834, to Mary Burtle. They had 
 five living children. RUTH E., "born 
 April 16, 1835, was married in 1859 to 
 James A. Able. They have five children, 
 
 JOSEPH, MARY E., WILLIAM, EMMA and 
 
 CHARLES, and reside one and a half miles 
 southwest of Pawnee. SARAH E., 
 born May 25, 1837, married John W. 
 Bell. See his name. THOMAS J., 
 born Aug. 23, 1838, married Angeline 
 Durbin. He died April 20, 1867, leaving 
 a widow and three children near St. Ber- 
 nard's church, Sangamon county, 111. 
 MARY M., born Feb. 13, 1840, married 
 Nathan J. Durbin. They have six child- 
 ren, and reside in Cotton Hill township. 
 WILLIAM W., born Aug. 19, 1841, 
 lives with his father. Mrs. Mary Gatton 
 died May 5, 1843, and Josephus Gatton 
 was married Jan. 29, 1844, to Eveline 
 Husband. They had six children. J. 
 NEWTON, born Oct. 21, 1844, was mar- 
 ried Dec. 15, 1859, to Georgetta C. 
 Mourer. They have two children, 
 GEORGIA and KRANKIE, and reside six 
 miles south of Springfield. ELIZA J., 
 born Feb. i, 1847, was mai'i'ied Oct. 5, 
 1870, to John L. Bliss, who was born in 
 Bath county, Ky., Aug. 20, 1846. They 
 have one child, LUKLLA, and live seven 
 miles south of Springfield. JAMES H., 
 JOSEPHUS M., SUSAN E. and WAT- 
 SON T., live with their mother. Jose- 
 phus Gatton died March 25, 1876, and was 
 buried at Oak Ridge cemetery, Spring- 
 field. His widow and children reside six 
 miles south of Springfield. 
 
 MARIA, born March 13, 1811, in Ken- 
 tucky, married James Miller, who died, 
 and she married Joseph Burtle. See his 
 name.
 
 EARLY SETTLERS OF 
 
 ELIZA E., born May 17, 1813, in 
 Kentucky, married James Burtle. See 
 his name. 
 
 Mrs. Ruth Gatton died October, 1832, 
 near St. Bernard's church, Sangamon 
 county, 111. 
 
 GEORGE, EDWARD, born 
 about 1809, in Fauquer county, Va., went 
 to Bath county, Ky., about 1815, and came 
 to Sangamon county in the fall of 1833. 
 He was married to Catharine Whaley. 
 They had nine children. She and three of 
 the children died near the same time. He 
 married Mary Martin, and she died. He 
 then married Mrs. Lucinda Jones, whose 
 maiden name was Pike. They have five 
 children. He died in 1875. His widow 
 and children live near Rochester. 
 
 GEORGE, WILLIAM, was 
 born in Cabell county, West Va., came 
 with his family to Sangamon county, in 
 1829 or 30, and settled in what is now 
 Loami township. His sons 
 
 JOHN, WILLIAM and FRAN- 
 CIS, all have families, and reside near 
 Edinburg, Christian county, 111. 
 
 GELLING, JOHN, was born 
 Nov. 13, 1805, in the city of Douglas, 
 Isle of Man, and came to America in 1830. 
 He landed at New York, and went to the 
 vicinity of Morristown, N. J. Hannah 
 Monson was born in 1797, near Morris- 
 town, N. J. She was of an old French 
 family that was among the earliest settlers 
 of New jersey. John Gelling and Han- 
 nah Monson were married June 23, 1833, 
 near Morristown. They moved in 1838 
 to Vevr.v, Switzerland county, Ind. Mr. 
 Gelling, his wife, and a girl living in the 
 family, started from Vevay in a wagon, 
 and drove through Indianapolis to Spring- 
 field, arriving in October, 1839. Since 
 that time he has resided four years in 
 Morgan county. With that exception, he 
 has been in Sangamon county to the pres- 
 ent time. They never had any children. 
 Mrs. Hannah Gelling died Dec. 30, 1872, 
 and John Gelling resides two and a half 
 miles south of Dawson. 
 
 Miss Ellen C. Gelling, sister to John 
 Gelling, resides with him. She was born 
 on the Isle of Man, and came to Sangamon 
 county in 1852. 
 
 Robert Gelling, brother to John and 
 Ellen C., born in 1809 on the Isle of Man, 
 and married there, came to Sangamon 
 county in 1855. He has two sons and two 
 
 daughters, and resides two miles south of 
 Dawson. 
 
 GIBSON, WILLIAM, was 
 born about 1780, near Staunton, Va., and 
 was taken by his parents, at six or seven 
 years of age, to Fayette county, Ky. He 
 was married in Boone county, in 1809, to 
 Mary Holman. She was born July 29, 
 1789, in Woodford county. Her father, 
 Edward Holman, and Jesse Holman for 
 many years Judge of the Supreme Court 
 of Indiana were brothers. She was 
 consequently a cousin to Hon. Wm. S. 
 Holman, of the Fifth Congressional Dis- 
 trict of Indiana. Mr. and Mrs. Gibson 
 had six children, near Lexington, Fayette 
 county, Ky., and moved to Sangamon 
 county, 111., arriving Nov. i, 1829, and 
 settled in what is now the northwest cor- 
 ner of Chatham township. Of their 
 children 
 
 DAVID E., born April 16, 1811, in 
 Fayette county, Ky., married in Sanga- 
 mon county, April 14, 1831, to Mary 
 Greenwood. They had five children: 
 MARY A., born Feb. 12, 1832, married 
 May 12, 1855, to John C. Cresswell, who 
 was born Feb. 21, 1832, in Jersey county. 
 They have four living children, ALICE D., 
 DAVID E., LIZZIE and LAURA, and live 
 five miles south of Loami. WILLIAM 
 M., born Jan. i, 1834, married May u, 
 1854, to Elizabeth Fowler, who was born 
 Dec., 1833, in Lincolnshire, England. 
 They have five children: MAR v, JOANNA, 
 
 DAVID E., THOMAS and WILLIAM M., Jim. 
 
 JOHN T., born March 5, 1836, married 
 March 7, 1861, to Millicent Jarrett. They 
 have four children, MARGARET L., ARTA- 
 MESIA, WILLIAM E. and JOSEPH F., and 
 live five miles south of Loami. AMER- 
 ICA, born Sept. 6, 1838, married James 
 M. Coley. See his name. ELIZA- 
 BETH, born Jan. 12, 1841, married 
 Henry A. Weber. They had five child- 
 ren ; all of them died under three years, 
 and Mr. W. died Sept. 2, 1872, at White 
 Oak, Montgomery county. Mrs. Weber 
 resides with her father. Mrs. Mary Gib- 
 son died March 24, 1842, and David E. 
 Gibson was married June 25, 1851, to 
 to Julia A. Hall. They had five children. 
 JANE died, aged four years. SUSAN, 
 
 ILLINIA, HARRIET and DAVID E., Juil., 
 
 reside with their parents, five miles south 
 of Loami. David E. Gibson started to 
 Jacksonville, about twenty-five miles dis-
 
 SANGAMON COUNTY. 
 
 3 2 9 
 
 tant, when there was but little improve- 
 ment on the prairie. A snow storm set 
 in soon after he started, and as night 
 approached and he thought himself almost 
 at the end of his journey, he discovered 
 that he was only one and a half miles 
 from home. He had been riding around 
 a circle all day. 
 
 David E. Gibson remembers that in 
 1832 seed corn was so scarce that his 
 father sent him to St. Clair county for 
 some. He paid $1.00 per bushel, and shelled 
 it himself. Settlements were so far apart 
 that no food could be obtained. With 
 two small scraps of bread one from corn 
 meal, the other from shorts a drink of 
 buttermilk and some wild onions, he 
 traveled seventy-five miles, to reach home. 
 WM. HOLM AN, was born March 16, 
 1816, in Kentucky, was married March 3, 
 1841, in Sangamon county to America 
 Forrest. They had one child, ELIZA- 
 BETH, who died, aged eighteen years. 
 W. H. Gibson died Dec. 26, 1849. His 
 widow married Thomas J. Darneille. See 
 his name. 
 
 ABIGAIL, born Jan., 1822, in Ken- 
 tucky, married James M. Brown, in San- 
 gamon county. They had two living 
 children, and moved to California. He 
 was murdered and robbed there of $3,000 
 in gold, Oct., 1870. His family moved 
 from California to Nevada, thence to Os- 
 wego, Kansas. Of their children ELI- 
 ZABETH, married, and JAMES lives 
 with his mother. Sec name of Joshua 
 Broivn and his son, James M. 
 
 JAMBS E., born May 16, 1823, in 
 Kentucky, married, June 5, 1845, in San- 
 gamon county, to Margaret L. Forrest. 
 He died, Jan. 13, 1873.111 Chatham. His 
 widow resides at Pioneer, Williams county, 
 Ohio. 
 
 AfARY, born in 1825, in Kentucky, 
 married in Sangamon county, 111., to 
 Charles R. Campbell. See his name. 
 They have two children, WILBUR and 
 ABIGAIL. 
 
 JOHN A., born in 1827, in Kentucky, 
 brought up in Sangamon county, went to 
 California, in 1851, last heard from in 
 1865. 
 
 William Gibson died, Oct. 5, 1838, and 
 his widow died, Sept., 1869, both in San- 
 gamon county. 
 
 GIBSON, JAMES M., brother 
 to Preston H., born May 19, 1812, in Gal- 
 42 , 
 
 latin county, Ky., eight miles above War- 
 saw. He came to Sangamon county 
 about 1829, and was married April 14, 
 1832, to Sally Greenwood. They had 
 eight living children 
 
 NANCY J., born March 21, 1833, 
 married James E. Campbell, who was 
 born Oct. 22, 1824,31 Delphi, Ross coun- 
 ty, Ohio. They have eight children, 
 MARY A., GEORGE W., PERME- 
 LIA C., MARGARET R., THEO- 
 DORE M., COMMODORE P.,EMMA 
 F. and ALLEN EVA, and reside three 
 miles southwest of Curran. 
 
 JOHN W., born Nov. 18, 1534, in 
 Sangamon county, went to California in 
 1859, and lives at Saratoga, Santa Clara 
 county. 
 
 SAMUEL P., born Feb. 10, 1836, in 
 Sangamon county, married Sarah Van 
 Doren. They have three living children, 
 EMMA, PETER and WILLIAM, and 
 live in Piatt county. 
 
 THOMAS B., born Sept. 8, 1838, 
 married March i, 1864, to Sophia A. 
 McComas, have three children, LONA 
 M., ARCHIE C. and NELLIE E., and 
 live five miles west of Chatham. 
 
 PRESTON H., born July 19, 1840, 
 in Sangamon county, married Mary E. 
 Sommers, have one child, HELEN, and 
 live at Brownsville, Neb. 
 
 MARGARET R., born Feb. 10, 1842, 
 in Sangamon county, married G. W. 
 Campbell. They have three living child- 
 ren, EUGENE, ROBERT and JAMES 
 L., and live in Piatt county, 111. 
 
 MARTHA A., born Jan. 7, 1844, 
 married Dec. 30, 1869, to James Kinter, 
 who was born Dec. 23, 1846, in Jefferson 
 county, Pa. She died May 24, 1873, in 
 Curran township. 
 
 DA VI D W., born June 6, 1848, re- 
 sides in Curran township. 
 
 Mrs. Sally Gibson died May 12, 1853, 
 and J. M. Gibson was married Sept. 7, 
 1854, to Cynthia McComas. They had 
 five children 
 
 VAN OSCAR, GARRETT ^f., 
 CHARLES L., ETTA F. and 
 JAMES A., all live with their mother. 
 
 James M. Gibson died May 12, 1865, 
 and his widow, Mrs. Cynthia Gibson, re- 
 sides two miles south of Curran 
 
 GIBSON, PRESTON H., 
 was born Sept. 28, 1810, in that part of 
 Boone which is now Gallatin county, Ky.,
 
 33 
 
 EARLY SETTLERS OF 
 
 eight miles above Warsaw. He was 
 married in that county May 14, 1835, to 
 Ann Finley. She was born Dec. 26, 
 1811, in the city of Philadelphia. When 
 she was an infant her parents moved to 
 Cincinnati, Ohio, where they both died 
 when she was quite young. She was 
 adopted by her aunt, Mrs. Robinson, and 
 taken to Gallatin county, Ky., at sixteen 
 years of age. Mr. and Mrs. Gibson 
 moved immediately after they were mar- 
 ried to Sangamon county, 111., arriving 
 June 10, 1835, in what is now Curran 
 township, north of Lick creek. They 
 had four children in Sangamon county 
 
 JOHN E., born Jan. 28, 1838, mar- 
 ried Feb. 7, 1861, to Sarah McGinnis, and 
 had one child. It died on the i2th, and 
 the mother on the 28th, of March, 1865. 
 John E. Gibson lives with his mother, 
 but spends much of his time at his farm 
 in Nodaway county, Mo. 
 
 NANCY A., born Jan. 26, 1840, mar- 
 ried, Oct., 1864, to William H. Trimble. 
 See his name. 
 
 JAMES W., born Sept. 20, 1842, is 
 unmarried, and resides with his mother. 
 
 HAMPTON, born Nov. 12, 1844, 
 married Oct. 25, 1866, to Susan A. Patte- 
 son, have three children, JEAN W., 
 PRESTON A. and JOHN E., and lives 
 near the family homestead in Curran 
 township. 
 
 Preston H. Gibson died Sept. 8, 1863, 
 and his widow, Mrs. Ann Gibson, resides 
 on the farm settled by herself and husband 
 in 1835. It is in Curran township, north 
 of Lick creek. 
 
 GIBSON, JAMES H., was 
 born Sept., 1809, in Gallatin county, near 
 Warsaw,. Ky. He came to Berlin, San- 
 gamon county, in 1840, and practiced 
 medicine there more than thirty years. 
 He died near Berlin, Nov. 22, 1873, leav- 
 ing a widow, and a daughter who is mar- 
 ried, and has two children. 
 
 GIGER, GEORGE, was born 
 June 9, 1748, and was married in Green- 
 brier county, Va., to Mrs. Anna Auts, 
 whose maiden name was Creek. She was 
 born Nov. 19, 1765. He died in Tennes- 
 see, and she came to Sangamon county 
 with her children, sketches of whose lives 
 are found below. She died, Oct. 12, 
 1837.- 
 
 GIGER, SUSANNAH, born 
 Sept. 26, 1795, in Jefferson county, Tenn., 
 
 and was there married to John Cooper. 
 See his name. 
 
 GIGER, MARY, was born June 
 n, 1797, in Jefferson county, Tenn., and 
 was married there to John Eckel. See 
 his name. 
 
 GIGER, HENRY, was born 
 May 14, 1799, in Jefferson county, Tenn. 
 Nancy Todd was born. May 7, 1798, in 
 Cocke county, Tenn. They were married 
 March ii,-iSi9, in Jefferson county, and 
 moved, in company with their brother-in- 
 law, John Cooper, to Sangamon county, 
 111., arriving April 2, 1820, at a point two 
 miles north of Rochester, and one year 
 later moved into what is now Cooper 
 township, where they had five living 
 children, namely 
 
 ANNA, born April 4, 1821, married 
 April 3, 1836, to James Wilson. They 
 had one child, NANCY A., born Jan. 28, 
 1837, niarried March 9, 1858, to Harrison 
 Furrow. The"y had six children, GEORGE 
 
 LINCOLN, MARY, LAURA B., EDWARD, 
 
 ANNA and WILLIAM, and live in Christian 
 county, seven miles east of Rochester. 
 James Wilson died Sept. 12, 1839, and his 
 widow married in October, 1843, * ^^" 
 ward Jones, who died May 3, 1867, and 
 she married April 17, 1873,10 Peter Gore. 
 They live in Mechanicsburg. 
 
 ALEXANDER T., born June 23, 
 1824, married Dec. 15, 1845, to Mary J. 
 McCoy, had eight children; three died 
 young. JAMES H.,ADDISON, OTTO, 
 ADELIA and ELBRIDGE, live with 
 their parents, in Mitchell county, near 
 Cawker City, Kan. 
 
 BENJAMIN A., born Jan. 8, 1827, 
 married Nov. 30, 1848, to Mary A. V. 
 Kirke. She died May 10, 1853. Mr. 
 Giger was married Oct- 26, 1853, to Mar- 
 garet J. Kirke. They had three children. 
 IDA L. died, aged four years. WIL- 
 LIAM E. and H. DOUGLAS, live 
 with theii father. Mrs. M. J. Giger died 
 May 19, 1869, and he was married March 
 i, 1870, to Mary E. Johnson, who was 
 born May 14, 1845, in Springfield. They 
 had one child, NOLA B., who died 
 young. B. A. Giger and wife live in 
 Sand Prairie, Cooper township, where his 
 parents settled in 1822. It is five miles 
 east of Rochester. Mr. G. is serving his 
 second term as justice of the peace 1874. 
 
 ADDISON, born Jan. i, 1829, mar- 
 ried January, 1862, to Susan Benson, had
 
 SAN GAM ON COUNTT. 
 
 one child, and Mr. Giger died Jan. 15, 
 1864. His widow married and went to Cali- 
 fornia, where his son FRANKLIN died. 
 
 MARTHA /?., born J3n. 30, 1831, 
 married July 26, 1848, to John L. Green. 
 They had two children, and Mr. G. and 
 both children died. Mrs. G. married 
 Lewis J. Eyman, who enlisted in Macon 
 county Sept. 2, 1862, in Co. E, u6th 111. 
 Inf., for three years, was commissioned 
 Capt. Sept. 6, 1862, and was killed in bat- 
 tle at Arkansas Post, July n, 1863. His 
 widow and two sons, HENRY A. and 
 EDWARD O., reside temporarily 1874 
 at Eureka, 111., for educational purposes. 
 Their home is at Mechanicsburg. 
 
 Henry Giger died Nov. 21, 1844, on the 
 farm where he settled in 1822. His widow 
 resides in Mechanicsburg. 
 
 GIGER, BENJAMIN, was bom 
 July 25, 1803, in Jefferson county, Tenn. 
 He came to Sangamon county on a visit 
 in 1828, returned to Tennessee, and moved, 
 in company with his widowed mother and 
 his brother-in-law, John North, arriving 
 April 12, 1829, in what is now Cooper 
 township. Benjamin Giger was married 
 in Sangamon county, Nov. 18, 1832, to 
 Susanna Todd, who was born Dec. 20, 
 1808, in his native county. They had 
 three living children in Sangamon coun- 
 ty, namely 
 
 LETITIA A., born Sept. 15, 1836, in 
 Sangamon county, married Jan. 27, 1853. 
 to Aaron H. Martin, who was born Dec. 
 4, 1825, in Clarke county, Ind. They 
 had five children, ALBERT T., SUSAN 
 A., MARY L., FLORA L. and JEN- 
 NIE I., and live in Mechanicsburg. 
 
 HENRY, born June 28, 1840, in San- 
 gamon count}', married Feb., 1863, to 
 Mary J. Kirk. They have two children, 
 ALBERT O. and LAURA B., and live 
 near Norborne, Corroll county, Mo. 
 
 BENJAMIN H., born June 30, 
 1846, in Sangamon county, married April 
 6, 1865, to Sarah A. Dickson. They had 
 three children: SUSANNA, the young- 
 est, died in her fourth year. ALVIN C. 
 and MATTIE T. reside with their par- 
 ents in Mechanicsbui'g. 
 
 Benjamin Giger had natural talents for 
 inventing useful machinery. It is believed 
 by his descendents that it was from some 
 machinery of his inventing that the origi- 
 nal ideas embodied in the McCormick 
 reaper were obtained. He did invent and 
 
 construct many ingenious and useful im- 
 plements. He would often study for days 
 at a time, sometimes quitting his work in 
 the daytime, would go to bed, cover up 
 head and ears, and continue in the deepest 
 study. When a plan or design was fully 
 matured, he would leave his work, or arise 
 from bed, as the case might be, and write, 
 without stopping to eat or sleep, until his 
 thoughts were transferred to paper. He 
 invented a machine for heading grain ; 
 also some plows and other agricultural 
 implements, and was on his way to Wash- 
 ington with his models, for the purpose ot 
 obtaining patents. He was taken sick on 
 board a steamer ascending the Ohio river, 
 and died at Brownsville, Pa., June 23, 
 1850. His widow died Nov. 28, 1858, in 
 Sangamon county. 
 
 GIGER, ANNA, born Nov. 4, 
 1807, in Jefferson county, Tenn., married 
 there to John North. See his name. 
 
 GLASCOCK, DANIEL M., 
 was born May n, 1795, in Louclon coun- 
 ty, Va. Three brothers by the name of 
 Glascock came from France, with LaFay- 
 ette, and fought in the revolutionary army 
 until Independence was acknowledged by 
 England. They all remained, married 
 and raised families on James river, Va. 
 One of them had a son James, and it is 
 his son, Daniel M., whose name heads this 
 sketch. Mary E. Lake was bdrn Sept. 
 20, 1798, in Loudon county, Va. Daniel 
 M. Glascock and Mary E. Lake were 
 there married, Aug. 18, 1818. They made 
 their home in Fauquier county, until seven 
 children were born, and then moved to 
 Sangamon county, 111., arriving in the fall 
 of 1833, in what is now Fancy Creek 
 township, where they had three children. 
 Of their ten children 
 
 LUC IND A C., born Aug. 12, 1819, 
 in Fauquier county, Va., married in San- 
 gamon county, Sept. 19, 1837, * Elisha 
 Primm. See his name. 
 
 BA YL,IS K., died in Virginia, June 4, 
 1832, aged eleven years. 
 
 MARY E., born Oct. 30, 1823, in Vir- 
 ginia, married in Sangamon county to 
 Elijah S. Primm. See his name. 
 
 MARGARET E., born July 16, 
 1826, in Virginia, married in Sangamon 
 county to Martin L. Bishop. They have 
 five children, and live in McLean county, 
 Illinois.
 
 EARLY SETTLERS OF 
 
 JAMES B., born Nov. n, 1828, in 
 Fauquier county, Va., raised in Sangamon 
 county, married, Aug. 31, 1850, to Sarah 
 M. Stone, who was born Aug. 4, 1831, in 
 Menard county. They have four living 
 children, WILLIAM M., MARY E., 
 MARGARET A., and EMMA E., and 
 reside in Menard county, two and one-half 
 miles north of Cantrall. 
 
 THOMAS, born Feb. 24, 1831, in 
 Fauquier county, Va., married in Sanga- 
 mon county to Mary J. Brittin. She died 
 Feb. i, 1859. Thomas Glascock was mar- 
 ried, Aug. 28, 1860, to Mrs. Eliza F. Brit- 
 tin, whose maiden name was Mallorv. 
 They have three living children, LIZZIE 
 FLORENCE, WILLIAM O., and 
 NETTIE A., and reside in Fancy Creek 
 township, four miles northwest of Sher- 
 man. Thomas Glascock served several 
 years as a member of the Board of Super- 
 visors of Sangamon county. 
 
 DANIEL, died May 15, 1848, aged 
 thirteen years. 
 
 ELIAS L., born Oct. 24, 1837, in 
 Sangamon county, married Emeline 
 Miller. They had three children, and she 
 died. Mr. G. married Margaret King, 
 and live in Butler county, Kansas. 
 
 EZEKIEL F., born Feb. 5, 1840, in 
 Sangamon county, married Mary Hurt, 
 who was born Feb. 6, 1844, in Menard 
 county. They had four children. LY- 
 DIA A., the second child, died in her 
 third year. MARGARET E., MARY 
 L., and EMMA E., reside with their 
 parents three miles southwest of Can- 
 trail. 1874. 
 
 Daniel M. Glascock died March 4, 1840, 
 and his widow died April 4, 1840, both in 
 Sangamon county. 
 
 GOO DELL, CALVIN, born 
 Nov. 5, 1783, in Connecticut, was married 
 in New York to Martha Coley, who was 
 born Feb. 14, 1789. They had six child- 
 ren in New York, and moved to Sanga- 
 mon county, 111., arriving in 1824, in what 
 is now Loami township, where five child- 
 ren were born. Of their children 
 
 CHLOE, born May n, 1809, in New 
 York, was married in Illinois to Philip 
 Aylesworth. She died, leaving four 
 children. 
 
 HARRISON, born April 9, 1811, in 
 New York, was married in Sangamon 
 county to Mary Taylor. They have 
 
 seven children, and live in Woodford 
 county, 111. 
 
 PHTLATTA, born March 13, 1813, 
 in Madison <5bunty, N. Y., married John- 
 son Harding, had three children, and Mr. 
 Harding died, and she married George 
 Beach, who was born in 1810, in Mary- 
 land. They had eight children, three of 
 whom died under ten years. Of the other 
 five: LAFAYETTE, born Nov. 5, 1842, 
 married May 29, 1862, to Catharine 
 Alexander, have one child, CHARLES D., 
 and live five miles west of Chatham. 
 MARY, born Oct. 19, 1839, married June 
 2, 1860, to Josiah S. Kirk, who was born 
 Dec. 7> J 834, in Washington county, Va. 
 They have three children, MARY j., 
 GEORGE A. and MARTIN F., and live in 
 Loami v JOSEPH, born Feb. 8, 1852, 
 OSCAR F., born Oct. 13, 1854, and 
 JULIA A., live with their parents. 
 George Beach and wife reside in Loami. 
 
 SCHUTLER, born July 18, 1815, 
 married Melinda Sowell, have eleven 
 children, and live in Miami county, Kan. 
 See SOTJO ell family. 
 
 WILLIS, born Sept. i, 1817, in New 
 York, married in Sangamon county to 
 Sally Sowell. They had one child, 
 ALICE, and he died. See So-well 
 family. 
 
 JOSEPH, born Jan. 5, 1820, in New 
 York, married in Sangamon county, 
 moved to California, and died there, leav- 
 a widow and two children. 
 
 WILLIAM, born Sept. 21, 1822, mar- 
 ried to Mrs. Sally Goodell, whose maiden 
 name was Sowell, and lives in Missouri. 
 
 MART A., born .Dec. 3, 1824, in San- 
 gamon county, married Martin Thurber. 
 They had six children, and Mr. T. died. 
 The widow and children live in Hancock 
 county, 111. 
 
 CAL VIN, Jun., born April 13, 1827, 
 in Sangamon county, was a soldier in an 
 Illinois regiment, and died in the army. 
 
 ADAL1NE, born Dec. 30, 1829, in 
 Sangamon county, married Herman 
 Burt, had five children. He died in Indi- 
 ana. She resides in Madison, Wis. 
 
 NE WTON M., born in 1840, in San- 
 gamon county, married, has three child- 
 ren, and lives in Menard county. 
 
 Mrs. Martha Goodell died Sept. 13, 
 18=52, and Calvin Goodell died March 10, 
 1863, both at Loami.
 
 SANGAMON COUNTT. 
 
 333 
 
 Mr. Goodell was always engaged in 
 milling. Rebuilt a mill on a small stream 
 one mile east of Loami. Cultivation 
 soon drained the country and cut off his 
 supply of water. True to his Yankee 
 origin, he then put horses inside the 
 wheel, and ran it on the principle of a 
 squirrel cage. 
 
 GOODAN, LEVI W., was born 
 in Pennsylvania, taken by his parents to 
 Bath county, Ky., was a soldier from that 
 county in the war of 1812, and after the 
 war was married in that county to Garner 
 Crouch. They came to Sangamon county 
 in 1820 or '21, and settled at what is now 
 Sangamon station, where they had two 
 children, and Mrs. Goodan died there. Of 
 their children 
 
 WILLIAM died in Springfield. 
 
 DA VID married in Springfield to 
 Catharine VanNostrand, and died, leaving 
 a widow and children near Pana. 
 
 Levi W. Goodan died near Pana, also. 
 
 GOODAN, ELEANOR, sister 
 to Levi W., married Andrew Jones. See 
 his name. 
 
 GOLD, HEZEKIAH S., was 
 born June 6, 1807, at Cornwall, Litchfield 
 county, Conn. He married Sept. 6, 1836, 
 to Chloe A. Peet, who was born April 
 26, 1812, in the town of Warren, in the 
 same county. They had one child there, 
 and moved to Waverly, 111., in the fall of 
 1839. In the summer of 1840 he bought 
 land and built a house three and a half 
 miles east of Waverly, in what is now 
 Talkington township, Sangamon county, 
 where they had two children. Of their 
 three children 
 
 HENRY M., born July 25, 1837, in 
 Litchfield county, Conn., raised in Sanga- 
 mon county, enlisted in 1861 for three 
 years, in Co. I, i4th 111. Inf. He was 
 accidentally wounded September, 1861, 
 and died Nov. 7, 1861, in the court house 
 hospital at Rolla, Mo. 
 
 MTRON S., born Dec. i, 1842, in 
 Sangamon county, enlisted in 1862 for 
 three years, in Co. G, loist 111. Inf. He 
 was discharged on account of physical 
 disability late in 1862, and lives in Talk- 
 ington township, near Waverly. 
 
 ETHEL EDWARD, born Feb. i, 
 1847, in Sangamon county, lives in New 
 York city. He is 1874 superintendent 
 of the Gold Heating company, manufac- 
 
 turers of sanitary heaters, 105 Beekman 
 street. 
 
 Mrs. Chloe A. Gold died Sept. 3, 1857, 
 in Talkington township. Hezekiah S. 
 Gold enlisted Oct. 15, 1861, in the fifty- 
 sixth year of his age, at Springfield, in 
 Co. K, 2nd Reg. 111. Light Art,, for three 
 years, served more than full term, and 
 was honorably discharged Dec. 30, 1864, 
 and now resides on the farm where he set- 
 tled in 1840, being the second settler in 
 what is now Talkington township, Wil- 
 liam Eustace being the first. 
 
 GRAGG, MRS. MARTHA, 
 whose maiden name was Runnels, was 
 born in Albermarle county, Va., and taken 
 by her parents, when she was quite 
 young, to Montgomery county, Ky., 
 where she was married to John Gragg. 
 They moved to Nicholas county, where 
 Mr. Gragg died, leaving a widow and 
 three children, who returned to her friends 
 in Montgomery county, Ky., where the 
 eldest 
 
 JESSE, died, aged eighteen years. 
 
 Mrs. Gragg and her two children 
 moved to Sangamon county, 111., arriving 
 in the fall of 1838, near Mechanicsburg. 
 Of the two children 
 
 MARGARET, born Nov. 13, 1814, in 
 Nicholas county, Ky., was married in 
 Sangamon county to Elder John L. Wil- 
 son. See his name. 
 
 WILLIAM, born June 10, 1818, in 
 Nicholas county, Ky., came to Sangamon 
 county in 1838, and was married March 
 26, 1844, to Sophia McBride. They had 
 four living children in Sangamon county, 
 namely: THOMAS J., born Jan. i, 
 1845, was married Jan. 20, 1870, in San- 
 gamon county, to Lucinda Fry, who was 
 born Nov. 6, 1850, in Shelby county, Ky. 
 They have one living child, CLARA, and 
 live five miles southeast of Mechanics- 
 burg. JOHN H., born Aug. 17, 1847, 
 was married May 31, 1871, to Matilda 
 D, Blair, who was born Sept. 22, 1851, 
 near Moro, Madison county, 111. They 
 have one child, WILLIAM B., and live four 
 and a-half miles east of Mechanicsburg. 
 WILLIAM, Jun., born June 10, 1851, 
 was married, Feb. 8, 1876, at the house of 
 Vincent Garretson, to Fanny Hissey, and 
 live near Mechanicsburg. HARVEY, 
 born Jan. 21, 1853, lives at the home- 
 stead. Mrs. Sophia Gragg died Dec. 26, 
 .. 1872, and William Gragg died July 30,
 
 334 
 
 EARLY SETTLERS OF 
 
 1875, five miles southeast of Mechanics- 
 burg, in Illiopolis township. 
 
 Mrs. Martha Gragg died Aug. 31, 1843, 
 in Sangamon county. 
 
 GRAHAM, ROBERT, was 
 born about 1794, in Washington county, 
 Penn. Sarah Mitchell was born in 1797, 
 in the same county. They were married, 
 Jim. 24, 1819, and had three children in Penn. 
 The family moved, in 1834, to Richland 
 county, Ohio, where two children were 
 born, and then moved to Sangamon coun- 
 ty, 111., arriving, Nov., 1838, in what is 
 now Woodside township. Of their five 
 children 
 
 JOHNL., born March 8, 1821, mar- 
 ried in Sangamon county, in 1844, to 
 Mary Johnson. They have eight children, 
 and live in Bates county, Mo. 
 
 WILLIAM M., born Jan 5, 1830, in 
 Penn., married in Sangamon county to 
 Rebecca Trumbo. She had one child, 
 REBECCA, who married Mitchel Law- 
 son. Mrs. Graham died, and Mr. G. was 
 married, Aug. 26, 1857, to Lucy Marsh. 
 They have three children, WILLIAM 
 M., LYDIA C., and CORDELIA, and 
 live in Springfield. 
 
 ROBERT S., born Sept. 24, 1833, 
 married Nov. 21, 1856, to Adaline B. Me- 
 gredy. They have five children, MARY 
 A., WILLIAM P., JOHN C., SARAH 
 E., and NELLIE G., and live in Chris- 
 tian county, near Pawnee. 
 
 GEORGE W., born May 5, 1835, 
 married Ellen S. Shutt. They have two 
 children, and live in Fayette county. 
 
 THOMAS P., born March 2, 1837, 
 in Ohio, died in Sangamon county, aged 
 twenty years. 
 
 Robert Graham died Nov. i, 1840, in 
 Sangamon county. His widow married 
 Charles Rice. He died June 7, 1862, and 
 she lives with her Graham children. 
 
 GRAHAM, NATHANIEL, 
 was born in Pennsylvania. When a 
 young man he went to Columbus, Ohio, 
 and a few years later to Fleming county, 
 Ky., where he was married to Sarah Har- 
 bor. They had eight children in Fleming 
 county, and the family moved to Spring- 
 field, 111., arriving in the fall of 1826. In 
 the spring of 1827 they moved three and 
 a half miles east of Springfield, between 
 Sugar creek and the South fork of Sanga- 
 mon river. Of their eight children 
 
 NANCY, born in Fleming county, 
 Ky., married in Sangamon county to 
 James Woods. They had ten children, 
 two of whom lived to be married, but all 
 are dead. Mr. and Mrs. Woods live at 
 Darlington, Lafayette county, Wis. 
 
 WILLIAM,\)orn in 1808, in Fleming 
 county, Ky., married in Sangamon county 
 to Elizabeth Trotter. They had four 
 living children. JAMES lives in Spring- 
 field. HESTER married David Carver, 
 and lives in Springfield. CHARLES 
 married Jane Hart, and lives in Spring- 
 field. William Graham and wife are both 
 dead. 
 
 SARAH, born in Kentucky, raised in 
 Sangamon county, married in Lafayette 
 county, Wis., to John Woods. 
 
 THOMAS, KEZIAH and HES- 
 TER, all died. 
 
 MART, born Jan. 3, 1818, in Ken- 
 tucky, married Dec. 22, 1840, to Turner 
 Lloyd. They have six children, and live 
 in Springfield. 
 
 JOSHUA, born Jan. 6, 1821, in 
 Fleming county, Ky., married Sept. 25, 
 1848, in Sangamon county, to Elizabeth 
 A. Branch. They had eight children, 
 five of whom died under two years. 
 NANCY ELIZA, GEORGE E. and 
 REBECCA E., reside with their parents 
 near Sangamon station, on the farm where 
 his parents settled in 1827. 
 
 Nathaniel Graham and his wife both 
 died in Sangamon county, on the farm 
 where they settled in 1827. 
 
 GRANT, JAMES, was born in 
 Rutherford county, N. C. He was there 
 married to Sarah Elliott, sister to Andrew 
 Elliott. They had two children in North 
 Carolina, and moved to Sangamon coun- 
 ty, arriving in the fall of 1834, near 
 Springfield, where two children were 
 born. Of their four children 
 
 WILLIAM, born in North Carolina, 
 raised in Sangamon county, and married 
 Mrs. Sarah Gibbons. They have child- 
 ren, and live at Greenview, Menard 
 county. 
 
 MTRA, born in North Carolina, 
 raised in Sangamon county, was a deaf 
 mute, and died at the Institution for the 
 Deaf and Dumb, at Jacksonville. 
 
 JOHN A., born in Sangamon county, 
 is unmarried, and lives at 439 north Fou/th 
 street, Springfield.
 
 SANG AM ON COUNTY. 
 
 JAMES, Jun., is married, and lives at 
 439 north Fourth street. 
 
 James Grant and his wife both died in 
 Sangamon county. 
 
 GREENWOOD, JOHIST, was 
 horn in Virginia. His parents moved to 
 Warren county, Ky., when he was quite 
 young. He was a fellow student with 
 Judge S. T. Logan, at Glasgow, Ky., and 
 intended making the law his profession, 
 hut abandoned it. He was married in 
 Barren county, Ky., to Tryphena Garri- 
 son, and had two living children there. 
 The family moved to Sangamon county, 
 111., arriving in the fall of 1831, in what is 
 now Fancy Creek township. In the 
 spring of 1832 they moved to Fort Clark, 
 now Peoria, where Mrs. Greenwood died, 
 May 26, 1832. Mr. G. returned with his 
 two children to Sangamon county, and 
 was married Nov. 20, 1832, to Mary Sale. 
 They had one child there, and the family, 
 except the eldest son, moved to Bush's 
 ferry, on Rock river, in Lee county, 111., 
 where Mr. Greenwood was accidentally 
 killed while raising a house for himself. 
 His widow and children returned to San- 
 gamon county, and she was three times 
 married. She and all her husbands are 
 dead. Of Mr. Greenwood's three child- 
 ren 
 
 BASIL, born Sept. 29, 1819, in Bar- 
 ren county, near Glasgow, Ky., married 
 Nov. 15, 1849, near Pleasant Plains, San- 
 gamon county, to Eliza A. Townsend, 
 who was born May 29, 1823, in Cape 
 May county, N. J., and came with her pa- 
 rents to Sangamon county in 1841. Basil 
 Greenwood and wife had five children: 
 TRYPHENA A., born Sept. 27, 1850, 
 in Sangamon county, was married April 
 28, 1870, to Charles Whitmer. They 
 have one living child, NELLIE MAY, and 
 live in Taylorville, 111. PARTHENIA 
 J. died in Springfield, aged five years. 
 JOHN R., born Oct. 13, 1854. SARAH 
 M, born Dec. 11, 1856, live with their pa- 
 rents. JULIA A., born July 8, 1859, in 
 Sangamon county, was married Sept. 19, 
 1875, to Asa H. Culver, formerly of Ohio. 
 They live in Edinburg, 111. Dr. Basil 
 Greenwood and family reside in Edinburg, 
 Christian county, 111., where he is engaged 
 in the practice of his profession. He was 
 isolated from his relatives by the death of 
 his mother, and fared exceedingly hard. 
 When a boy he walked and led an ox 
 
 from Illinois to Philadelphia for a drover, 
 who failed there and left the boy without 
 a cent of money, to work his way back 
 as best he could. He apprenticed him- 
 self and learned the trade of a carpenter 
 in Springfield. After spending twelve 
 years without knowing where a single 
 relative was, he accidentally met his bro- 
 ther John, and after a long interview, be- 
 came satisfied that they were brothers, and 
 for the first time learned that his father 
 was dead. From the business of a car- 
 penter he went to dealing in drugs and 
 medicines, and then studied medicine. For 
 the last twelve years he has been engaged 
 in practicing his profession. 
 
 JOHN, Jun., born April 2, 1829, near 
 Glasgow, Ky. He had both his hands 
 seriously crippled when he was a child. 
 He enlisted at Springfield, in May, 1846, 
 in Co. I, 4th 111. Inf., and served thirteen 
 months in the Mexican war; was honor- 
 ably discharged, and received one hundred 
 and sixty acres of land. He was married 
 in Springfield, August 7, 1854, to Emily 
 Blakely, who was born Sept. 30, 1836, in 
 Cincinnati, Ohio. They have three living 
 children, ANNIE G., MINER VA A. and 
 JOHN W., and reside at Williamsville. 
 By the second wife 
 WILLIAM C., born August 24, 1833, 
 in Sangamon county, married near Galena 
 to Elizabeth Keithley. They have one 
 living child, CHARLES E., and reside 
 at 522 south Ninth street, Springfield, 
 Illinois. 
 
 GREENWOOD, WIL- 
 LIAM, was born about 1772, near 
 Petersburg, Va. He was there married 
 to Ruth Brooks, and moved to Cabell 
 county, W. Va., where eight children 
 were born. They moved to Sangamon 
 county, 111., arriving in Oct., 1824, in what 
 is now Curran township. Of all their 
 children 
 
 ELIZABETH, born in 1804, in Va., 
 was married in Sangamon county, 111., to 
 Montague A. Morris, and for a second 
 husband married George Hilyard. She 
 died without children, in Pike county, 
 Illinois. 
 
 THOMAS, born Jan. 5, 1806, in West 
 Virginia, was married in Sangamon coun- 
 ty, 111., to Ann Lindley. They had 
 eleven children, two of whom died under 
 ten years of age. Of the other nine 
 ELIZA, married John Mullen, had two
 
 33 6 
 
 EARLY SETTLERS OF 
 
 children, and she and one of the children 
 died. The other child, HENRY, lives in 
 Decatur, 111. SIMON L., born Aug. 27, 
 1827, was married, Jan. 16, 1853, to Eliza- 
 beth Myers. She died, Dec. 30, 1871, 
 leaving four children, JOHN T., ANN M., 
 BYRON s. and GEORGE w. Simon L. 
 Greenwood died, June, 1874, in LaFay- 
 ette county, Mo. MARY died in her 
 eighteenth year. RUTH A., born Feb. 
 27, 1832, was married, Aug. 30, 1855, to 
 Hugh M. Forrest, who died Jan. 7, 1857, 
 and she was married, Jan. 20, 1859, to 
 David E. McGinnis. See his name. 
 WILLIAM B., born Aug. 28, 1836, mar- 
 ried Anna Young. They had three chil- 
 dren, and he enlisted in Co. I, 33d 111. 
 Inf., for three years. He was discharged 
 on account of physical disability, and died 
 of disease, at Pilot Knob, Mo., in 1864. 
 SARAH M. married Robert McCartney. 
 They have four children, and reside in 
 Jacksonville, 111. CAROLINE married 
 James M. Coley. See his name. She 
 died six weeks after marriage. SUSAN 
 married Newton Harlan, have three chil- 
 dren, and live in Nebraska. THOMAS, 
 Jun., born Nov. 14, 1845, enlisted in Co. 
 I, 73d 111. Inf., and died at Nashville, 
 Tenn., Jan. 17, 1863. Mrs. Ann Green- 
 wood died, Oct. u, 1848, and Thomas 
 Greenwood died, Nov. 7, 1868, both in 
 Sangamon county, 111. 
 
 'ANN, born in 1808, in West Virginia, 
 was married in Sangamon county, 111., to 
 Calvert J. Morris. They moved to Mis- 
 souri, and both died there, leaving three 
 children. 
 
 JOHN, born Jan. 3, 1810, in Cabell 
 county, W. Va., was married in Sanga- 
 mon county, Oct. 20, 1832,10 Eliza Mil- 
 ler. They had three living children. 
 JAMES W., born Feb. 2, 1834, was mar- 
 ried, Dec. 1 8, 1856, to Margaret Baker, 
 who was born Oct. 27, 1834. They had 
 five children JOHN w. died in his tenth 
 year. HARRIET c. died in her third year. 
 NANCY j., JAMES w. and THOMAS SHERI- 
 DAN. The three latter live with their 
 parents in Loami township. LEAH M. 
 was married, Jan. 25, 1855, to Fielding 
 M. Neal. See his name. RUTH J. 
 was married, Jan. 3, 1855, to Joel L. 
 Franklin. They have three children, 
 MARY E., JI>J,IA B. and EMILY A., and live 
 near Tolono, Champaign county, 111. 
 Mrs. Eliza Greenwood died, Feb. 10, 
 
 1841, and John Greenwood was married, 
 March 10, 1842, to Emily Miller, who 
 died April 21, 1866. John Greenwood 
 resides five miles west of Chatham. 
 
 POLLY, born Jan. 8, 1812, in West 
 Virginia, was married in Sangamon coun- 
 ty, 111., to David E. Gibson. See his 
 name. 
 
 SALLY, born in West Virginia, was 
 married in Sangamon county, 111., to 
 James M. Gibson. Sec his name. 
 
 EDMUND was born Jan. 8, 1814, in 
 Cabell county, West Virginia, and at ten 
 years of age was brought by his parents to 
 Sangamon county, 111. He was married 
 Aug. n, 1835, in Springfield, to Jeanette 
 Foster. They had four children in San- 
 gamon county, and in the fall of 1852, 
 moved to Adair county, Mo., where they 
 had one child. Of their children, JAMES 
 M., born Nov. 15, 1836, in Sangamon 
 county, 111. He first attended school at 
 the McGinnis school house, on Lick 
 creek, and at the public school in Loami. 
 He was always noted for his love of fun, 
 and the facility with which he learned all 
 his lessons, generally " working the sums " 
 for all the boys in school. At the age of 
 sixteen the very time his facilities for 
 education should have been increased the 
 family moved to Missouri, and the next 
 four years was spent on the farm without 
 entering school : but his ardor for learning 
 could not thus be quenched. He managed 
 to buy an old algebra, geometry, Latin 
 grammar and Butler's Analogy, and 
 studied them of nights, rainy days and 
 Sundays, until their contents were mas- 
 tered. In the winter of 1855 he taught 
 the first public school ever held in the 
 township where his father now lives, re- 
 ceiving fifteen dollars per month for his 
 services. The next wintei he attended 
 school at Kirksville, Mo. He continued 
 laboring on the farm until September, 
 1857, when he entered the seminary at 
 Canton, Mo., taking in one year the en- 
 tire course with the exception of Greek, 
 passing examinations in twenty branches; 
 but nature rebelled against such overwork, 
 and he was not able to graduate, although 
 his oration was ready for delivery. For 
 a year books were thrown aside. From 
 1859 to 1866 his winters were spent in 
 teaching, and the remainder of each year 
 in farming. In August, 1867, he accepted 
 the chair of Mathematics, Astronomy,
 
 SANG AM ON COUNTY. 
 
 337 
 
 Mechanical Philosophy and Logic, in the 
 North Missouri State Normal School, at 
 Kirksville. He rilled that position until 
 June, 1870, when he was elected to the 
 same position in Mt. Pleasant College, 
 lluntsville, Mo. In December following 
 he was re-elected, and accepted his former 
 position in the State Normal School, at 
 Kirksville, Mo., which he held until June, 
 1874. At the latter date Prof. Green- 
 wood was elected out of seventeen ap- 
 plicants to the position of Superintendent 
 of the Kansas City public schools. After 
 that he was elected Principal of the South 
 Missouri State Normal School, at War- 
 rensburg, also of the Northwest Normal 
 School, at Oregon, Holt county, Mo., both 
 of which he declined, justly regarding his 
 present connection with the Kansas City 
 schools as the second educational position 
 in the State. For the last ten years he 
 has done as much to popularize and de- 
 fend the cause of education as any man in 
 the State, having delivered upwards of five 
 hundred public addresses to Missouri audi- 
 ences -on educational topics, besides hav- 
 ing written extensively on similar subjects 
 for the leading Journals of the State. He 
 has been and is now an untiring student, 
 not only of the ablest American authors 
 in his favorite department, but also of the 
 best English, French and German writers 
 on the more advanced Mathematics. His 
 mathematical library is said to be the best 
 collection in Missouri. The State Univer- 
 sity of Missouri, as a slight recognition of 
 his services, conferred upon Prof. Green- 
 wood the degree of Master of Arts. It 
 will thus be seen that what appeared to be 
 the crushing out of his aspirations for educa- 
 tion, by removing him from all schools, 
 was only placing him on missionary 
 ground, where he could see the impera- 
 tive needs of the growing State, and edu- 
 cate himself for the great work before 
 him. I imagine that the early settlers of 
 Sangamon county will take special pleas- 
 ure in perusing this brief sketch of the 
 trials and triumphs of a son of one of 
 their own families. JAMES M. Green- 
 wood was married Nov. i, 1859, in Car- 
 roll county, Mo., to Amanda A. McDaniel. 
 They have three children ADA M , HER- 
 VEY v. and NETTIE E., and reside in 
 Kansas City, Mo. RUTH E., born April 
 5, 1838, in Sangamon county, married 
 March 26, 1857, in Adair county, Mo., to 
 
 43 
 
 James J. Hatfield, and have three child- 
 ren, EDMUND B., NETTIE and JAMES P. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Hatfield live near Bruns- 
 wick, Chariton county, Mo. PEYTON 
 F., born Feb. 12, 1840, in Sangamon 
 county, attended district school with 
 his brother, James M., in his native coun- 
 ty, and private schools in Kirksville, Mo. 
 He also spent one year in the Baptist 
 College at Lagrange, Mo. He was mar- 
 ried Sept., 1 86 1, to Frances M. Foster, 
 who died in six weeks after marriage. In 
 April, 1864, he married Julia Bryan, and 
 has three children, EVA, SAMUEL E. and 
 GRACE. Peyton F. Greenwood is a prac- 
 ticing lawyer, and resides in Kirksville, 
 Mo. SARAH E., born Oct., 1852, in 
 Sangamon county, and POLLY, born 
 May 5, 1854, in Adair county, Mo., live 
 with their parents. Edmund Greenwood 
 and wife reside near Brashear, Adair 
 county, Mo. The business habits of Mr. 
 Greenwood are somewhat remarkable. 
 He was never sued, nor never sued an- 
 other, and for nearly thirty years has not 
 given a note or any evidence of indebted- 
 ness. His son, Prof. James M., never 
 gave but one note, and paid that within 
 two weeks. Their motto is, "If you can't 
 pay, don't buy." 
 
 MARGARET, born in West Vir- 
 ginia, was married in Sangamon county, 
 111., to William H. Foster. See his 
 name. 
 
 WILLIAM V., born April 18, 1826, 
 in Sangamon county, was married there, 
 Dec. 4, 1845, to Barbara A. Starr. They 
 have two children. CHRISTOPHER 
 C. enlisted Dec., 1863, in Co. B, loth 111. 
 Cav., served until the close of the rebel- 
 lion, and was honorably discharged, in 
 Nov., 1865, at Galveston, Texas. He was 
 married Dec. 21, 1875, at Chatham, 111., 
 to Zula Hillerman, and lives in Chatham. 
 GEORGE W. enlisted, Dec., 1863, in 
 the same company and regiment with his 
 brother, and was honorably discharged, on 
 account of physical disability, in 1865. 
 He was married, Dec. 16, 1875, to Emma 
 A. Baker, and lives in Chatham. William 
 V. Greenwood enlisted in Co. I, 73d Reg. 
 111. Inf., in July, 1862, for three years, was 
 appointed first Duty Sergeant, served until 
 Dec.. 1863, when he was discharged on 
 account of physical disability. He resides 
 in Chatham, Sangamon county, 111.
 
 33$ 
 
 EARLT SETTLERS OF 
 
 Mrs. Ruth Greenwood died July 6, 
 1837, and William Greenwood died Aug. 
 1 6, 1855, both in Sangamon county, 111. 
 
 GREENING, THOMAS A., 
 was born Nov. 19, 1796, in Fauquier 
 county, Va. His parents, Reuben Green- 
 ing and Sarah Allen, were born and mar- 
 ried in that county. In 1804 they moved 
 to the vicinity of Cumberland Gap, Clai- 
 borne county, Tenn., and in 1808 moved 
 to Clarke county, Ky., where they spent 
 the remainder of their lives. Thomas A. 
 was a soldier from that county in the war 
 of 1812. He was married there, in 1816, 
 to Elizabeth Dawson. She was born Jan. 
 I, 1789. They had six children in Ken- 
 tucky, moved to Montgomery county, 
 Mo., and from there to Sangamon county, 
 111., arriving in the fall of 1830, at Buffalo 
 Hart Grove, where they spent the winter 
 of the " deep snow." In the spring of 
 1831 they moved to what is now Loami 
 township, where they had four living 
 children. Of their children ' 
 
 ELIZA A., born in Clark county, 
 Ky., married to John A. Neal. See his 
 name. 
 
 THOMAS, born in Kentucky, mar- 
 ried in Sangamon county, to Dicey Bilyeu, 
 and both died. 
 
 DAVID, born Sept. 20, 1822, in 
 Clark county, Ky., married in Sangamon 
 county, Dec. 6, 1842, to Mary P. Colburn, 
 who was born March 25, 1827. They 
 have seven children. JAMES enlisted in 
 1861, in Co. , 3Oth 111. Inf., for three 
 years; re-enlisted as a veteran, Jan. i, 1864, 
 served to the end of the rebellion and was 
 honorably discharged, July 17, 1865. He 
 was married to Florence Skinner, and has 
 five children, DAVID o., ANNIE E., WIL- 
 LIAM T., JAMES o. and MINNIE o., and 
 live in Chatham township. MARIA E. 
 married Charles T. Dodd, has one child, 
 WARREN L., and lives in Loami township. 
 ZACHARY T., NOAH L., GEORGE 
 W., WILLIAM D. and ULYSSES 
 TECUMSEH live with their parents in 
 Loami township, north of Lick creek. 
 David Greening remembers that during 
 the winter of the " deep snow " the deer 
 would assemble in the rush flats in Buf- 
 falo Hart Grove, beat the snow down, and 
 secure sufficient food to sustain life. He 
 saw twenty-five or thirty deer in an open 
 space with the snow banked up fifteen or 
 twenty feet around them. It had driftecl 
 
 in that form. The crust was of sufficient 
 strength to bear a man, and they could 
 walk to the brink and look down. Dogs 
 that ventured in were soon killed, and 
 even wolves fared no better, except that 
 some of them burrowed out, in order to 
 escape from the enraged deer. 
 
 1 MANDA died at eleven years of age. 
 
 ABIGAIL, born in Kentucky, mar- 
 ried in Sangamon county to A. J. Sweet, 
 had three children, and Mr. Sweet died. 
 She married Levi Church, has four child- 
 ren, and resides at Waverly. 
 
 SARAH A., born in "Clark county, 
 Ky., married in Sangamon county to John 
 B. Fowler. See his name. 
 
 ELIZABETH, born Oct. 17, 1830, 
 in Sangamon county, married John H. 
 Miller. See his name. 
 
 JOHN W., born Sept. 17, 1833, in 
 Sangamon county, married Mahala A. 
 Neal, and have two children. CHARLES 
 W. lives with his parents. CAROLINE 
 married George W. Neal. See his name. 
 John W. Greening enlisted August 9, 
 
 1862, in Co. B, 3oth 111. Inf., for three 
 years, was forty-seven days under fire at 
 the siege of Vicksburg, was with Sherman 
 in his march to the sea, served full term, and 
 
 , was honorably discharged at Springfield, 
 June, 1865, and resides in Chatham town- 
 ship. 
 
 JULIETTE married John Cutter. 
 See his name. 
 
 JAMES M., born Dec. 14, 1839, in 
 Sangamon county, married March 5, 
 
 1863, to Margaret C. Darneille. They 
 have four children, MARY E., JAMES 
 F., EMMA MAY, HARVEY E. and 
 LAURA EDITH, and live at the home- 
 stead settled by his parents in 1831. It is 
 in Loami township. 
 
 Thomas A. Greening died May 4, 
 1855, and his widow died Jan. 31, 1872, in 
 her eighty-fourth year. 
 
 Thomas A. Greening kept a store for 
 several years where his son, James M., 
 now lives. His goods were all hauled 
 from St. Louis and Alton. He would 
 send teams down loaded with produce, 
 which was exchanged for goods and hauled 
 back. There was no competition nearer 
 than Springfield. 
 
 GREENING, JOHN F., 
 brother to Thomas A., was born Nov. 20, 
 1806, in Powell's Valley, near Cumber- 
 land Gap, Claiborne county, Tenn, His
 
 SANGAMON COUNTY. 
 
 339 
 
 parents, moved, in 1808, to Clark county, 
 Ky. He was married in Bracken county, 
 May 26, 1831, to Elizabeth G. Rose, who 
 was born Sept. 6, 1814, in that county. 
 They had one child in Kentucky, and 
 moved, in the fall of 1834, to Hamilton 
 county, Ind., where they had one living 
 child, and the family moved to Sangamon 
 county, 111., arriving Oct., 1839, on Ger- 
 man Prairie, northeast of Springfield, 
 where they had two children, and in Feb., 
 . 1844, moved to Buffalo Hart Grove, where 
 they had four children. Of their eight 
 children 
 
 URSULA L., born May 4, 1832, in 
 Kentucky, married Sept. 30, 1856, in 
 Sangamon county, to Thomas F. Burns. 
 See his name. 
 
 SARAH E., born July, 4, 1838, in 
 Indiana, died Dec. 29, 1861, at Buffalo 
 Hart Grove. 
 
 GERSHOM A""., born May 31, 1841, 
 near Springfield, enlisted July 25, 1862, 
 in Co. I, ii4th 111. Inf., for three years, 
 served full term, and was honorably dis- 
 charged Aug. 8, 1865, was forty-seven 
 days under fire at the siege and capture of 
 Vicksburg, was with Gen. Thomas at the 
 battle of Nashville, and was at the siege 
 and capture of Mobile, and now 1874 
 lives with his brother Zachary T. 
 
 MARY F., born Jan. 8, 1844, married 
 Adam H. Constant. See his 'name. 
 
 ZACHARY T., born Aug. 3, 1846, 
 in Sangamon county, married Dec. 27, 
 1871, to Mary Elder. They' have one 
 child, GEORGIE, and live two miles 
 south of Buffalo Hart station. 
 
 WINFIELD S., born March 27, 
 1849, in Sangamon county, lives with his 
 brother Zachary T. 
 
 ISADORE A., born May 22, 1852, 
 and 
 
 ; JOHN F., Jun., born July 29, 1857, 
 live with their parents. 
 
 John F. Greening and his wife are both 
 living 1874 and reside one and one-half 
 miles east of Buffalo Hart station, Sanga- 
 mon county. 
 
 GREEN A WALT JACOB, 
 was born Oct. 27, 1804, in Hardin county, 
 Ky. Mary Bradley was born Aug. 4, 1810, 
 in Larue county, Ky. They were there 
 married, Jan. 29, 1827, and had two child- 
 ren in Kentucky, and moved to San- 
 gamon county, 111., arriving Oct., 1830, in 
 what is now Ball township, and the next 
 
 year moved to Putnam county. The 
 Black Hawk Indian war breaking out, he 
 returned to Sangamon county. After the 
 capture of Black Hawk, he went back 
 to Putnam, but sold out there, and re- 
 turned to Sangamon in 1836. They had 
 six children in Illinois. Of their child- 
 ren 
 
 FRANCIS M., born Jan. 11, 1828, 
 in Kentucky, married in Sangamon county 
 to Louisa Proctor. They have seven 
 children, and live in Edinburg. 
 
 JOHN W., born July 23, 1830, mar- 
 ried in Sangamon county to Elizabeth A. 
 McAtee. They have four children, 
 JAMES H., SMITH, JOHN T. and 
 LUNETTA F., and live in Cotton Hill 
 township, four and one-half miles north of 
 Pawnee. 
 
 GEORGE W., born Feb. 24, 1833^11 
 Sangamon county, married Lemira Ho.lo- 
 way, and live at Raymond, Montgomery 
 county, 111. 
 
 SARAH E., born Feb. 24, 1836, in 
 Illinois, married in Sangamon county to 
 Wm. A. Penn, moved to Texas in 1853, 
 aud he was killed at the battle of Pea 
 Ridge. His widow married Mr. McCann, 
 and lives in Texas. 
 
 WM. JASPER, born Oct. 14, 1839, 
 in Sangamon county, married Mrs. Eliza- 
 beth Hayden, whose maiden name was 
 Vancil. He died, leaving a widow and one 
 child. The widow married Absolom 
 Scott, who died, and she lives in Piatt 
 county with her children. 
 
 JAMES N., died July 8, 1861, in his 
 eighteenth year. 
 
 MARY F., born July 19, 1853, in 
 Sangamon county, married Thomas Wm. 
 Dozier. See his name. 
 
 Jacob Greenawalt died Feb. 24, 1863, in 
 Cotton Hill township. Mrs. Mary Green- 
 await married Michael Fay, and live in 
 Cotton Hill township. See Bradley fam- 
 ily in the Omissions. 
 
 GREENAWALT, THOMAS 
 B,, was born in 1816 or '17, in Hardin 
 county, Ky., and came with his brother 
 Jacob to Sangamon county, in 1830. 
 David B. and Lewis B. are younger 
 brothers to Thomas B. and Jacob, but have 
 not been in the county sufficient time to be 
 included as "early settlers.,' Thomas B. 
 married in Sangamon county to Mary E. 
 Gatton. They had four living children 
 in Sangamon county, namely:
 
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 EA RL Y S B 7 TLERS OF 
 
 WILLIAM R., born July 25, 1841, 
 married Mary E. Burtle. They have five 
 children, THOMAS B., JAMES F., 
 MINNIE E., LAURA R., and JOHN 
 E., and live two miles southeast of 
 Pawnee. 
 
 SARAH A. died at twelve years of 
 age. 
 
 MART J., married G. J. Boll. See 
 his name. 
 
 JAMES R., lives with his brother 
 Wm. R. 
 
 Thomas B. Greenawalt died Jan., 1848, 
 and his widow died July, 1849, both in 
 Ball township. 
 
 GREENSLATE, JOHN, vas 
 born Nov. 18, 1801, near Lexington, Ky., 
 and raised in Greenup county. He was 
 married June 8, 1826, in Portsmouth, O., 
 to Sarah M. Oliver, who was born Feb. 
 18, 1808, in Lewis county, Ky. They 
 made their home in Greenup county until 
 they had four children, and moved to 
 Louisville, Ky., thence to Alton, 111., and 
 from there to Sangamon county, arriving 
 in May, 1836, four miles northeast of 
 Springfield, where four children were 
 born; two died, each in their eighth year. 
 Of the other six children 
 
 GEORGE, born Sept. 8, 1827, in 
 Greenup county, brought up in Sanga- 
 mon county, and married in Logan coun- 
 ty to Mary J. Iden. They had four child- 
 ren, and he enlisted in 1862, for three 
 years, in the n6th 111. Inf., at Lincoln, 
 and died at Jackson, Tenn., Dec. 8, 1862. 
 His widow married James Broughton,and 
 lives near Mt. Pulaski. 
 
 LUCINDA M., born June 12, 1830, 
 in Kentucky, married in Sangamon coun- 
 ty to Jackson Kelly, had two children, 
 and Mr. K. died. She then married John 
 Napier, and lives near Camp Butler. 
 
 MART J., born April 17, 1832, in 
 Kentucky, married William Scroggins, 
 had three children, and Mr. S. died. She 
 married Benj. Baker, has five children, 
 and lives in Logan county. 
 
 SILAS M., born in Kentucky, died in 
 Sangamon county in his eighteenth year. 
 
 SARAH E., born and died in Sanga- 
 man county, in her twenty-first year. 
 
 JAMES C, born April n, 1842,511 
 Sangamon county, enlisted in 1861, for 
 three years, in the $2cl 111. Inf., at Spring- 
 field, and was killed in battle, April 6, 
 1862, at Pitsburg Landing, Tenn. 
 
 John Greenslate died June 26, 1845, in 
 Sangamon county, and his widow mar- 
 ried William Bedinger. See his name. 
 
 GREEN, GEORGE M., born 
 Dec. 25, 1809, in Prince William county, 
 Va. He was married Dec. 26, 1833, in 
 Loudon county, to Mary Miller. They 
 had two children, and moved to Sanga- 
 mon county, 111., arriving Oct. 2, 1839, 
 near Mechanicsburg, and May 9, 1840, 
 moved south of the Sangamon river into 
 what is now Rochester township, where 
 two children were born. Of their four 
 children 
 
 ANN N., born Sept. 16, 1836, in Lou- 
 don county, Va., married Feb. 21, 1856, 
 in Sangamon county, to William H. 
 Rhodes. She died, Sept. 17, 1870, leav- 
 ing six children, JOHN D., CHARLES 
 W., GEORGE W., MINNIE V., 
 HARRIET E. and MARY O. They 
 live with their father near Rochester. 
 
 MARGARET J., born May 10, 
 1839, in Loudon county, Va., married in 
 Sangamon county to Robert H. Sattley. 
 See his name. 
 
 CHARLES F., born June 4, 1842, 
 in Sangamon county, died July 7, 1861. 
 
 GEORGE H., born March 5, 1844, in 
 Sangamon county, married in the same 
 county, Dec. 24, 1869, to Catharine 
 Hughes. They have two children, and 
 reside near Coon Creek PostofHce, Barton 
 county, Mo. 
 
 Mrs. Mary Green died Aug. 3, 1848, in 
 her native county of Loudon, where she 
 had gone hoping to improve her health. 
 George M. Green was married Jan. 3, 
 1849, in Sangamon county, to Harriet Satt- 
 lev. They have eight children 
 'EMIL T F., ED WARD F., JOHN 
 W., MART E., IDA E., ROBERT 
 W., LE WIS M., and JESSIE L. 
 
 George M. Greene and family reside 
 two miles southeast of Rochester. 
 
 Mrs. Margaret Green, mother of 
 George M., John, James and William, 
 came to Sangamon county, with her four 
 sons, in the fall of 1839. Her husband, 
 Rolla Green, and her second son, Sumner, 
 having died in Virginia. She died in San- 
 gamon county, at the house of her son 
 George M. 
 
 GREEN, JOHN, born in Loudon 
 county, Va., came to Sangamon county in 
 1839, with his mother and brothers, and 
 after a few years stay went to the \Vis-
 
 SAN GAM ON COUNTY. 
 
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 consin lead mines, thence to the northern 
 pineries, and from there to California, in 
 1854. He now 1874 lives near Merced, 
 California. 
 
 GREEN, JAMES, was born 
 Oct. 9, 1830, in Loudon county, Va., and 
 brought by his mother to Sangamon 
 county, in 1839. He was married in San- 
 gamon county, Feb. 18, 1858, to Caroline 
 Horning, who was born Oct. 29, 1836, in 
 Baden, Germany, and came to Sangamon 
 county in 1857. They have five children 
 in Sangamon county, namely 
 
 MARGAREl^ C., EMILT P., 
 GE OR GE W., BER THA and J OHN 
 P., and reside in Sand Prairie, Cooper 
 township, five miles east of Rochester. 
 
 GREEN, WILLIAM, born in 
 Loudon county, Va., was brought by his 
 mother to Sangamon county, in 1839, is 
 unmarried, and lives east of Rochester. 
 
 GREEN, GEORGE, was born 
 about 1 800, in Lexington, Ky. He was 
 married in Kentucky to Nancy Danley, 
 and had three children there. They 
 moved to Sangamon county, 111., about 
 1830, and settled in what is now Clear 
 Lake township, where they had four liv- 
 ing children. Of their seven children 
 
 ELIZABE7^H, born in Kentucky, 
 came with her parents to Sangamon coun- 
 ty, went to Missouri on a visit, and was 
 there married to William Lee, and died 
 there, leaving several children. 
 
 VIRGINIA died at sixteen years of 
 age. 
 
 DANIEL M., born in Kentucky, died 
 in Sangamon county, Oct. 27, 1861, un- 
 married. 
 
 MELINDA A., born in Sangamon ' 
 county, married Cyrus Sponsler. She 
 died Sept. 9, 1860, in Sangamon county, 
 leaving one child, ALICE, who resides 
 with her father, in Iowa. 
 
 GEORGE W., born in Sangamon 
 county, married Lydia Turner, in Macon 
 county. Mr. Green died March 5, 1874, 
 leaving a widow and ten children at Har- 
 ristown. G. W. Green was a soldier in 
 the loth 111. Cav. 
 
 MART S., born Oct. 6, 1839, in San- 
 gamon county, married Sept. 2, 1860, at 
 the residence of Rev. Albert Hale, in 
 Springfield, to Henry P. Hankins, who 
 was born Oct. 31, 1831, in Mercer county, 
 N. J. They had four children. AME- 
 LIA T. and IDA MAY died in infancy. 
 
 HENRY T. died Nov. 4, 1871, in his 
 ninth year. IRVIN T. resides with his 
 parents at Illiopolis. Mr. Hankins is a 
 manufacturer of and dealer in cabinet 
 furniture. 
 
 Mrs. Nancy Green died Oct. 9, 1839, 
 and George Green died Nov. 17, 1862, 
 both in Sangamon county. George 
 Green was a soldier in the Black Hawk 
 war. 
 
 GREEN, JOSIAH, was born in 
 1800, in South Carolina. Rebecca Long 
 was born in South Carolina also. The 
 father of each of them were Baptist preach- 
 ers. Josiah Green and Rebecca Long were 
 married in Kentucky. They had six 
 children there, and the family moved to 
 Sangamon county, arriving in 1828, in 
 what is now Mechanicsburg township, 
 where five children were born. Of their 
 ten children 
 
 CA THAR1NE B., born in Kentucky, 
 married in Sangamon county, in her fif- 
 teenth year, to Hugh Dickerson. See his 
 name. 
 
 JOHN L., born in Kentucky, married 
 in Sangamon county, July 28, 1848, to 
 Martha D. Giger. He was a traveling 
 preacher in the M. E. Church for seven 
 years, and died Feb., 1850. His widow 
 married Lewis Eyman. See Giger 
 family. 
 
 WILLIAM H., born in Kentucky, 
 married in Sangamon county to Sarah E. 
 Burch. They have one living child, 
 LULU, and reside at Kearney Junction, 
 Nebraska. 
 
 ELIZA A., born in Kentucky, mar- 
 ried in Sangamon county to Robert T. 
 Penn, have ten children, and live near 
 Frankfort, Ky. 
 
 LEANDER, born in Kentucky, mar- 
 ried in Sangamon county, Nov. 5, 1852,10 
 Mary E. Baker. They have two living 
 children. Mr. Green served three years 
 as Lieutenant and Quartermaster in the 
 4ist 111. Inf., and now resides at Medoc, 
 Missouri. 
 
 SO WEL M., born in Sangamon coun- 
 ty, spent several years in California, 
 returned, and was married in Sangamon 
 county to Eliza Keller. She died June 
 u, 1864, leaving one child. Mr. Green 
 was married in 1867 to Mary Powell. 
 They have three children, and live in 
 Sullivan, Moultrie county.
 
 34 2 
 
 BARLT SETTLERS Ob 
 
 SAMUEL, born in Sangamon county, 
 married Mary Mclntyre, have six child- 
 ren, and live in Gainesville, Texas. 
 
 MARTHA A., born August 9, 1835, 
 in Sangamon county, married at Mechan- 
 icsburg, Jan. 9, 1856, to Samuel K. Skeen, 
 who was born Dec. 31, 1828, in Rock- 
 bridge county, Va. They have four 
 children, namely: ARABELLA, born 
 Feb. 24, 1857, married Dec. 28, 1873, to 
 Samuel Hearing, a native of Reading, 
 Pennsylvania. They live in Springfield. 
 ELLA M., ROLVIN B. and JENNIE 
 MAUD reside with their parents, at Illi- 
 opolis. Mr. Skeen is Station and Express 
 Agent of the T., W. and W. R. R. at 
 that place. 
 
 FRANCIS M., born May, 1839, in 
 Sangamon county, married in Moultrie 
 county to Caroline Steutsman, and she 
 died in 1860. He enlisted in 1861 in the 
 7th 111. Inf., for three years; served full 
 term. He then raised Co. I, 415! 111. Inf., 
 .was commissioned ist Lieutenant, and 
 promoted to Captain. Served to the end 
 of the rebellion, and was honorably dis- 
 charged. He was married Sept., 1865, in 
 Smithland, Ky., to Hannah Richardson. 
 They have four children, and his family 
 reside near Hutchison, Kan. 
 
 ELIZAS E7^H, born May 28, 1841, 
 in Sangamon county, married Mr. Sny- 
 der, and died six months after marriage, 
 at Sullivan, 111. 
 
 Mrs. Rebecca Green died Aug. n, 
 and Mr. Green married March, 1848, to 
 Mrs. Eliza Smith, whose maiden name was 
 Burch. She died, and Josiah Green died 
 August ir, 1855, all in Sangamon county. 
 
 GREGORY, GEORGE, was 
 born Jan. 7, 1808, at Ripley, Derbyshire, 
 England. Sarah Knowles was born 
 Sept. 15, 1 8 10, at Brackenfield, and they 
 were married, June 6, 1830, at Matlack, 
 all in Derbyshire. They had one child 
 at Brackenfield, and Mr. Gregory came 
 to America alone, landing at Philadel- 
 phia, in March, 1832. After about four- 
 teen months spent in building steam en- 
 gines, he returned to England, to learn 
 that his family had already sailed for 
 America. He came back at once to Phil- 
 adelphia. They had two children in 
 Chester county, Penn., and came to San- 
 gamon county, 111., arriving late in the fall 
 of 1836, at Springfield, where they had 
 one living child, and the family moved to 
 
 a farm he had previously purchased, five 
 miles west of Springfield, and north of 
 Spring creek, where they had six living 
 children. Of the ten children 
 
 GEORGE, ]nn., born Feb. 2, 1832, at 
 Breckenfield, Derbyshire, England, was 
 killed Jan. i, 1842, by a horse running 
 away with him while he was riding from 
 Springfield to the farm. 
 
 ISAAC, born Nov. 6, 1834,511 Penn- 
 sylvania, was married in Sangamon coun- 
 ty, in 1856, to Susan Ray. They had four 
 children, SAMUEL, ISAAC and 
 THOMAS, twins, and ALBERT. Mrs. 
 Susan Gregory died, and Isaac Gregory 
 married Delia V. Moore. They have one 
 child, FANNIE, and live near Macon, 
 Macon county, 111. 
 
 SAMUEL, born Sept. 30, 1836, in 
 Pennsylvania, married in Sangamon coun- 
 ty to Harriet Wardaugh. They had two 
 children, and Mrs. Harriet G. died. 
 Mr. Gregory was killed, Jan. n, 1868, by 
 being thrown from a horse, in Macon 
 county. His two children, SARAH and 
 EMMA, live with their grandfather Gre- 
 gory- 
 
 JACOB, born Sept. 23, 1838, in 
 Springfield, 111., married Laura Stone. 
 They have two children, MARY and 
 GEORGE, and live near Macon. 
 
 BENJAMIN, born Jan. 12, 1842, 
 the first on Spring creek, died in his fifth 
 year. 
 
 ELIZABETH, born Jan. 25, 1844, in 
 Sangamon county, married April 26, 1862, 
 to William Day, a native of Louisiana. 
 They have three children, EDWARD, 
 ORLAND and SUSAN, and live with 
 her parents. 
 
 MART, born April 25,1848, in Sanga- 
 mon county, married Benjamin Wallace. 
 They have two children, GRACIE and 
 STELLA, and live in Keokuk, Iowa. 
 
 EMMA, born April 13, 1852, 
 
 ELIZA, born Jan. 6, 1854, 
 
 GEORGE, Jun., born Dec. 28, 1856, 
 live with their parents. 
 
 George Gregory commenced work in 
 Philadelphia, in the machine shops be- 
 longing to the State of Pennsylvania, in 
 connection with the first railroad built in 
 that State, which is now the Pennsylvania 
 Central Railroad. He assisted to remove 
 the first five locomotives that came from 
 England, from the ships, and put them to 
 work on the road in 1832. The people
 
 SANG AM ON COl'N /')'. 
 
 343 
 
 were afraid of the engines, and when the 
 first eighty-two miles . were built, from 
 Philadelphia to Columbia, the passenger 
 trains were run by horses; locomotives 
 being used to draw the freight trains only. 
 Parties interested in stage lines, taking 
 advantage of the general distrust, caused 
 placards to be published, with cuts repre- 
 senting the blowing up of locomotives, 
 with the air full of legs and arms of human 
 beings. Mr. Gregory remembers that a 
 stage overturned, and killed foui passen- 
 gers, between Lancaster and Harrisburg. 
 They were members of the Legislature, 
 and their bodies were put on board a 
 freight train, at Lancaster, and taken back 
 to Philadelphia for interment. Mr. Gre- 
 gory grimly remarked that they were the 
 first passengers ever drawn by a locomo- 
 tive over that road. 
 
 After working three years in connection 
 with that road, rather than submit to a re- 
 duction of his wages, from $80 per month, 
 Mr. Gregory came to Springfield, in 1836, 
 and engaged in blacksmithing on his own 
 account, running six fires. He was after- 
 wards induced to take charge of the en- 
 gines on the Northern Cross, now part of 
 the Toledo, Wabash & Western railroad. 
 He ran the roud for about three years, and 
 in the capacity of engineer, with T. M. 
 Averitt as fireman, ran a locomotive from 
 Jacksonville to Springfield, arriving Feb. 
 15, 1842, being the first railroad engine 
 that ever entered the Capitol of the State 
 of Illinois. Mr. Gregory long since aban- 
 doned railroading, and has for many years 
 been a successful farmer. He resides five 
 miles west of Springfield. 
 
 GREGORY, JAMES, was born 
 about 1784, in New York City, and was 
 married to Mrs. Abigail Johnson, whose 
 maiden name was Carter. She had six 
 children by her first husband. JOEL 
 JOHNSON, of the Revere House in 
 Springfield, is the only one of them that 
 ever came to Sangamon county. See his 
 name. Mr. and Mrs. Gregory had four 
 children in New York, and in 1819 or 20, 
 moved to Gallatin county, 111., and from 
 there to Sangamon county, arriving 
 Dec. 31, 1824, in what is now Rochester 
 township. Of their four children 
 
 DELIA ANN, born Sept., 1808, in 
 New York, married in Gallatin county to 
 Nelson Alley. They moved .to Sanga- 
 mon county in 1829, had five children, 
 
 and moved to Monmouth, 111., where Mr. 
 Alley died. The widow and children re- 
 side there. 
 
 CLARA ANN, born April 2, 1810, in 
 New York, married in Sangamon county 
 to Henry C. Stafford. See his name. 
 He died, and she married David Crouch. 
 See his name. 
 
 WILLIAM, born Oct. 12, 1812, in 
 New York, married in 1837, in Sangamon 
 county, to Martha Asbury, had four child- 
 ren, and he died March 8, 18=55, near 
 Rochester. His family moved to Mis- 
 souri. 
 
 JAMES, Jun., born Sept., 1817, in 
 New York died in Sangamon county, 
 March 4, 1834. 
 
 James Gregory died May, 1834, and 
 Mrs. Abigail Gregory died Dec. 25, 1847, 
 both in Rochester township. 
 
 GROESBECK, CORNELI- 
 US, was born March i, 1817, in Rens- 
 sellaer county, N. Y. He was there mar- 
 ried, Feb. 14, 1838, to Rebecca Brown, 
 who was born Jan. 13, 1817, in New 
 York also. They moved to Springfield, 
 111., arriving Oct. 25, 1839, had three liv- 
 ing children in Springfield, namely : 
 
 HARRIET, born Sept. 18, 1840, 
 
 IDA, born in 1853, and 
 
 MART, born in 1862, all live with 
 their parents in Springfield. 
 
 Mr. Groesbeck has three brothers who 
 were early settlers in Sangamon county. 
 Nicholas and Stephen live in Utah City, 
 Utah Territory, and Jacob lives in Mis- 
 soui'i. 
 
 GROVE, JOHN R., was born 
 August 28, 1805, in Montgomery county, 
 Ky. Maria L. Grooms was born Feb. 
 n, 1812, in the same county. They were 
 married in Mt. Sterling, Ky., Feb. 14, 
 
 1832, and had two children in Bath coun- 
 ty. The family moved to Sangamon 
 county, 111., arriving late in 1835, in what 
 is now the northeast corner of Chatham 
 township, where they had two children. 
 Of their four children 
 
 ELIZABETH C., born July 15, 
 
 1833, in Bath county, Ky., married in 
 Sangamon county to Andrew T. Thomp- 
 son. See his name. 
 
 SARAH* B., born Jan. 11, 1835, in 
 Bath county. Ky., married in Sangamon 
 county to William O. Jones. They had 
 five children: CHARLES L., FRED- 
 .ERICK O., MARIA L., ALBERT
 
 3-H 
 
 EARLT SETTLERS OP 
 
 HALE and EDNA G. Mr. Jones died 
 Dec., 1873, near Decatur, and his family 
 reside there. 1874. 
 
 LOUISA y., born April 17, 1837, in 
 Sangamon county, married about 1860, in 
 Decatur, to Noah Matkin. They had two 
 children, OTTO and JOHN. Mr. Matkin 
 died in 1868, and his family reside in 
 Greencastle, Ind. 
 
 MARIA E., born Jan. 15, 1843, in 
 Sangamon county, died Nov. 26, 1858, in 
 Jacksonville, 111., while attending school 
 there. 
 
 Mrs. Maria L. Grove died Nov. 7, 1844, 
 and Mr. Grove was married Sept. 21, 
 1846, to Priscilla M. Thompson. They 
 had one child 
 
 yOHNH.,\>ovn Dec. 5, 1847, and died 
 Dec. 18, 1862. 
 
 John R. Grove died Sept. 20, 1849, in 
 Mechanicsburg. His widow married 
 Rev. Joseph M. Grout. See sketch of 
 the Thompson family. 
 
 GROVE, HENRY, born Oct. 
 20, 1784, at Ephrata, Lancaster county, 
 Penn. His father, Jacob Grove, moved to 
 Dauphin county, Penn., nine miles east of 
 Harrisburg, about the year 1800. The 
 ancestors of this family came from Ger- 
 many and settled at Ephrata, Lancaster 
 county, Penn., about 1725. They spelled 
 * their name Graff, and were seventh day 
 Baptists. As early as 1728, there was a 
 church of that order established at the 
 aforesaid place, as the church records still 
 show. There are deeds of land at Eph- 
 rata, bought by Abraham Graff, dated 
 1760. lie had five children, and died in 
 Lancaster county in 1 788. His son Jacob, 
 born in 17515 wrote his name Groff, and 
 there are many of his descendants still 
 living in Lancaster county, Penn., who 
 adhere to that spelling. He married 
 Nancy Kneisley, of Ephrata, about 1780, 
 They had sixteen children, one of whom 
 was Henry, the subject of this sketch. 
 He spelled his name Grove, and the change 
 to Groves has since been made. Henry 
 Grove was married in Hummelstown, 
 Dauphin. county, Penn., June 7, 1808, to 
 Eve Hammaker, who was born Jan. 9, 
 1791, in that county. They had twelve 
 living children there. He and his family 
 moved to .Springfield, 111., arriving Nov. 
 i, 1836, and in March, 1837, moved into 
 what is now Williams township. Of their 
 twelve children 
 
 ADAM, born March 16, 1809, in 
 Pennsylvania, was married at Xenia, Ohio, 
 to Sarah A. T. Horn, and came to Spring- 
 field, 111., in 1830, preceding his father six 
 years. They had seven children, and 
 Mr. G. died at Athens, 111., in 1851. His 
 widow married John England. See his 
 name. One only of Adam Groves' child- 
 ren reside in Sangamon county, viz 
 JOHN H., born in 1837, in Springfield, is 
 unmarried, and resides at Williamsville. 
 
 JA COB, born in 1811, in Pennsylvania, 
 was married about 1847, ' n Harrisburg, 
 Penn., to Barbara Phillips. They came 
 to Sangamon county, where they had one 
 living child, LYDIA A. She married 
 Robert McClelland, Jun. See his name. 
 Jacob Groves died about April, 1865, 
 and his widow died in the autumn of 
 1870. 
 
 SUSAN, born July 28, 1815, near Har- 
 risburg, was married Dec., 1838, in San- 
 gamon county, to John W. Constant. 
 See his name. 
 
 JOHN,\)orn Feb. 27, 1817, in Dauphin 
 county, Penn., was married Nov. 9, 1865, 
 at Williamsville, to Pauline Keck, who 
 was born in 1843. They have two child- 
 ren, HENRY C. and BARBARA C., 
 and live at Elkhart, Logan county, 111. 
 
 HENRY, born in 1819, in Pennsyl- 
 vania, married Feb., 1844, to Sarah Flem- 
 ing, of Scott county, 111., and died in June, 
 1844, leaving a widow without children. 
 
 ELIZA, born Dec. 27, 1820, in Penn- 
 sylvania, was married Dec. 23, 1847, ' n 
 Sangamon county, to Andrew Lester. 
 Mr. Lester died in 18^9, and his widow 
 died in 1866, both in Williamsville. 
 
 GEORGE, born Sept. 22, 1822, in 
 Hummelstown, Penn., was married Nov. 
 26, 1844, in Fancy Creek township, 
 Sangamon county, to Jane Brown, who 
 was born April 29, 1826. They had six 
 living children: JAMES H., born Oct. 8, 
 1847, was married March, 1871, in Wil- 
 liamsville, to Mary A. Constant, daughter 
 of G. W. "Constant. See his name. 
 They have one child, FRANK, and live near 
 Williamsville. JOHN W., born June 13, 
 1849, was married in Williamsville, Dec. 
 24, 1875, to Isabel J. Shick. They live in 
 Chicago. GEORGE A., born April 19, 
 1851, lives in Williamsville, 111. ISAAC 
 F., MARY E. and EDWIN L. reside 
 with their parents, in Chicago, 111.
 
 SANGAMON COLUVTT. 
 
 345 
 
 ', born Dec. 25, 1824, in Dau- 
 phin county, Penn., was married in San- 
 gamon county, 111., in 1844, to Shelby 
 Starr. See his name. 
 
 SARAH, born Jan. i, 1828, in Penn., 
 was married in Sangamon county, Aug. 
 12, 1849, to James Lester. They had ten 
 living children HENRIETTA, MAT- 
 TIE, the latter was married, in 1872, to 
 Edward Van meter. See his name. 
 BARBARA A., ANDREW J.. 
 GEORGE W., CLARA B., LYDIA 
 A., JAMES N., WALTER S. and EL- 
 MER G. James Lester and family re- 
 side one mile northeast of Williamsville. 
 
 ISAAC, born Jan. 25, 1830, at Harris- 
 burg, Penn., was married June 5, 1851, in 
 Sangamon county, to Lucinda Alexan- 
 der, daughter of Henry Alexander. They 
 had six children, three of whom died 
 young. 1 SUSANNAH, born May 31, 
 1854, was married Feb., 1872, in Williams- 
 ville, to John McClelland. They have 
 two living children, and reside near Wil- 
 liamsville. HENRY A. and ISAAC 
 N. live with their parents, at Chicago, 
 Illinois. 
 
 AFFINDA, born July 28, 1833, in 
 Pennsylvania, was married Oct., 1861, in 
 Sangamon county, to Alanson Albright. 
 They have seven children, SUSAN, 
 GEORGE, CHARLES, CATHA- 
 RINE, FREDERICK, AARON and 
 MARY, and live near Rosevjlle, Ver- 
 milion county, 111. 
 
 RACHEL C., born July 28. 1835, in 
 Pennsylvania, was married in Sangamon 
 county to James H. Taylor. "Sec his 
 name. 
 
 Mrs. Eve Groves died Nov. 6, 1862, and 
 Henry Groves died Jan. 7, 1863, both in 
 Sangamon county, 111., near Williams- 
 ville. 
 
 GRUBB, SAMUEL, was born 
 July 23, 1819, in London county, Va. He 
 went to Catawba, Clarke county, Ohio, in 
 1838, and to Sangamon county 111., in the 
 fall of 1839. After one or two visits back 
 to Virginia, and three years spent in Cal- 
 ifornia, Samuel Grubb was married Nov. 
 19, 1853, in Rochester, to Adaline E. 
 Lock. They have eight living children 
 
 SAMUEL C., JESSIE A., 
 RACHEL J., ALBERT C., WIL- 
 LIAM O., OSCAR B., C ROM AR- 
 TIE J. and JOHN TRACT, and re- 
 side two miles northeast of Rochester. 
 
 44 
 
 GRUBB, SAMUEL, born May 
 1 6, 1794, in Chester county, Penn., was 
 married in Perry .county, Penn., to Ann 
 Rogers, who was born about 1798 in the 
 same State. They had six living children 
 there, and moved to Madison county, 111., 
 in 1836, and to Springfield, May 10, 
 1838. Of their children 
 
 HENRT B., born July 31, 1820, was 
 married in Sangamon county, July 3, 1850, 
 to Sarah A. Constant, daughter of Rezin 
 H. Constant. They had six living child- 
 ren: WILLIAM R., AMANDA P., 
 ROBERT, GEORGE and HARLAN 
 R. H. B. Grubb is a bridge builder, and 
 resides in Springfield. 
 
 JANE, born Dec. 17, 1821, was mar- 
 ried in Springfield to William C. Beam, 
 in August, 1849. They live in Spring- 
 field. 
 
 RICHARD R., born Jan. 31, 1824, 
 was married in Springfield, May 13, 1852, 
 to Catharine Hawker. She died Dec. 2. 
 1852, and he was married May 8, 1854, in 
 Sangamon county, to Matilda Rusk, a 
 daughter of Benj. F. Rusk. Richard R. 
 Grubb died Jan. 28, 1862, and his widow 
 died March 30, 1871, leaving one child, 
 MARGARET J., who lives with her 
 aunt, Jane Beam. 
 
 SAMUEL and WILLIAM, twins, 
 born March 18, 1827. 
 
 SAMUEL, was married April 27, 
 1855, in Springfield, to Elizabeth Dren- 
 nan. They had two living children, 
 namely: SAMUEL, is a clerk in the 
 Postoffice in Springfield. FLORA lives 
 with her mother. Samuel Grubb died 
 Dec. 3, 1873, and his widow and children 
 reside in Springfield, 111. 
 
 WILLIAM Grubb, the other twin, 
 died in May, 1857. 
 
 MART A., born April 16, 1834, was 
 married about 1854, in Springfield, to 
 Willis H. Whitehurst, a native of Ken- 
 tucky. They had one child, WILLIAM 
 H., who is a railroader, and lives in Rock 
 Island. 
 
 Mrs. Ann Grubb died July 14, 1873, in 
 Springfield, 111. Samuel Grubb was a 
 Fife Major in the war of 1812. He built 
 many bridges in Sangamon and adjoining 
 counties, and had the reputation of being 
 a skillful workman. He died August 26, 
 1875, m Springfield, Illinois.
 
 34 6 
 
 EARLY SETTLERS OF 
 
 EXPLANATION: For the convenience 
 of those consulting this volume, the explan- 
 ation is again inserted, .by which it may 
 be known what generation of a family any 
 person belongs to, by the kind of type used 
 in printing his or her name. Original 
 earlv settlers or heads of families are in 
 LARGE LETTERS; second gen- 
 eration, ITALIC CAPITALS; third, 
 in CAPITALS; fourth, in SMALL CAPI- 
 TALS; fifth, in Italics. 
 
 HAINES, CHRISTOPHER, 
 
 was born July 4, 1795, in Russell county, 
 Va. His parents soon after moved to 
 Allen county, Ky. He was married in 
 that county, Oct. 12, 1815, to Myrah Gate- 
 wood, who was born June 9, 1797' m Ala- 
 bama, and partly raised in Georgia. They 
 had two children in Allen, and moved to 
 Barren county, where five children were 
 born, thence to Sangamon county, 111., ar- 
 riving Oct. 22, 1829, in what is now Cot- 
 ton Hill township, where they had three 
 children. Of their ten children 
 
 NANCT W., born Aug. n, 1816, in 
 Allen county, Ky., was married in Sanga- 
 mon county, 111., to Samuel D. Snodgrass. 
 See his name. 
 
 JOHN G., born Jan. 5, 1818, in Allen 
 county, Ky., was married in Springfield, 
 Feb. 20, 1840, to Mary A. Palmer, who 
 was born March 5, 1820, in "East St. 
 Louis. Her parents came from Oswego, 
 N. Y. She was educated at Rock Spring 
 Seminary, 111., and came to Springfield in 
 Jan., 1835. They had eight children, five 
 of whom died under five years of age. 
 HESTER A., born July 29, 1841, was 
 married May 22, 1859, to A. J. Maxfield, 
 who was born July 29, 1837, at Cam- 
 bridge, Ohio. They have two living 
 children, WILLIAM o. and VIRGINIA T., 
 and live in Cotton Hill township. DO- 
 CIA C., born April 15, 1843, was marr i e( l 
 Oct. 6, 1866, to John R. Moore. She 
 died Jan. 8, 1873. MARTHA J., born 
 Jan. 15, 1854, was married June 12, 1873, 
 to A. B. Allen, and live at Roodhouse. 
 Mrs. Mary A. Haines died Jan. 31, 1874, 
 and John G. Haines was married, Sept. 
 7, 1874, to Eliza P. Criteser. They have 
 one child, WINFORD i. J. G. Haines en- 
 isted in Springfield, 111., April, 1861, in the 
 
 7th 111. Inf., for three months, and was 
 discharged at Paducah, Ky., re-enlisted 
 in 2nd 111. Art., served one year and 
 one day. He and his family live in Cot- 
 ton Hill township, ten miles southeast of 
 Springfield. He has served eight years as 
 Justice of the peace. 
 
 SAMUEL, born July 5, 1820, in Bar- 
 ren county, Ky., was married in Sanga- 
 mon county, 111., May 10, 1842, to Mrs. 
 Matilda J. Stout, whose maiden name 
 was Willian. They had six children; 
 two died in infancy. THOMAS M. died 
 August 28, 1868, in the twentieth year of 
 his age. He was a member of the High 
 school in Springfield at the time. SAM- 
 UEL G. died in his fifth year. MARY 
 P. and SARAH V. reside with their par- 
 ents, in Springfield, Illinois. 
 
 MARIA, born Sept. 2, 1822, in Barren 
 county, Ky., was married Jan. 8, 1840, in 
 Sangamon county, 111., to Eri Darwin. 
 She died May 4, 1841, leaving one child, 
 LAURA, who has been twice married, 
 and is now the wife of James Masterson. 
 They live in Washington Territory, and 
 have four children. 
 
 FLETCHER born Nov. 5, 1824, in 
 Barren county, Ky., was a soldier in the 
 Mexican war from Sangamon county, un- 
 der Col. E. D. Baker. He married Lu- 
 cinda J. Hatler, who died, leaving one 
 child, JAMES WM., who married Susan 
 Kessler, and lives in Taylorville. Mr. F. 
 Haines married Lydia Anderson. They 
 have five children, MILLARD F., ELI- 
 ZABETH, MARY J., EDITH and 
 SHERMAN, and live near Taylorville. 
 
 JAMES M., born Nov. 23, 1826, in 
 Barren county, Ky., brought up in San- 
 gamon county, was married May 24, 1853, 
 in Christian county, 111., to Mira O. Ricks, 
 who was born Oct. 31, 1835, in Trigg 
 county, Ky. They had six living child- 
 ren in Sangamon county, 111. ALICE 
 E., BENETTIE L., MARGARET 
 E., ULYSSES G., IDA M. and AR- 
 THUR G. reside with their parents, at 
 the homestead settled by Mr. Haines' pa- 
 rents in 1830, in Cotton Hill township, at 
 the Junction of Horse creek and the 
 South Fork timber, ten miles southeast of 
 Springfield, near New City, 111. 
 
 D&CIA, born June, 1829, in Barren 
 county, Ky., was married in Sangamon 
 county, 111., to John B. Ricks, who was 
 born Nov. 14, 1831, in Trigg county, Ky.
 
 SANGAMON COUNTY. 
 
 347 
 
 They have five children: JAMES B., 
 born Dec. 25, 1852, was married Dec. 23, 
 1872, in Bloomington, to Pammie L. 
 Geltmacher. They have one child, and 
 live in Taylorville. He is a lawyer, and 
 engaged in practice there. HENRIETTA 
 L, LAURA B., MARGARET E. and 
 QUINTUS A. reside with their parents 
 in Taylorville. John B. Ricks has served 
 one term or more as sheriff of Christian 
 county, was a representative of that coun- 
 ty in the legislature of 1867, and aided in 
 enacting the law for building the present 
 State House, and is now 1876 clerk of 
 the circuit court of Christian county. 
 
 FRANCIS A., born March 22, 1832, 
 in Sangamon county, went to Oregon in 
 1852, returned in 1859, and was married, 
 Jan. 17, 1859, at Princeton, Bureau coun- 
 ty, 111., to Zerilcla A. Britt, and now 
 1876 live at New City, Sangamon coun- 
 ty, 111. 
 
 BENJAMIN K., born Aug. 20, 
 1834, in Sangamon county, enlisted April 
 1 8, 1861, for three months, in Co. G, 7th 
 111. Inf., served until July 25, 1861, en- 
 listed in the 2d 111. Art., for three years, 
 served full term, re-enlisted as a veteran, 
 and served to the end of the rebellion, in 
 1865, when he was honorably discharged. 
 He was married, June 9, 1873, to Nancy 
 J. Haines, and lives near Palmer, Christian 
 county. 
 
 WILLIAM P., born Oct. 23, 1839, 
 in Sangamon county, was married, May 
 17, 1858, to Burrilla Ashford, who was 
 born March 8, 1840, in Allen county, Ky. 
 Mr. Haines enlisted April 18, 1861, in 
 Co. G, 7th 111. Inf., for three months, 
 served until July 5, 1861, when he was 
 discharged for physical disability. Mr. 
 and Mrs. Haines had three children, 
 THOMAS E., the eldest, died in his 
 fourth year. LENA L., the youngest, 
 died in infancy. ETTA FRANCES, 
 born Aug. 24, 1864, lives with her parents 
 in Springfield, 111. 
 
 Christopher Haines died March 29, 
 1850, and Mrs. Myrah Haines died Nov. 
 n, 1859, both on the farm where they 
 settled in 1830. 
 
 HALBERT, DR, JAMES, 
 was born Aug. 19, 17855 m Essex county, 
 near Port Royal, Va. Nancy Reynolds 
 was born in the same county, and they 
 were married there Dec. 24, 1816. They 
 had six children and moved to Ross coun- 
 
 ty, near Chillicothe, Ohio, about 1831, 
 where one child was born. Mrs. Nancy 
 Halbert died there in Nov., 1834.- The 
 family moved to Sangamon county, 111., 
 arriving at Springfield in the fall of 1839, 
 and a few weeks later settled in what is 
 now Clear Lake township. Of their 
 eight children 
 
 MART L., born Nov. 15, 1817, in Es- 
 sex county, Va., married March 31, 1836, 
 in Ohio, to Eli Harbert, who was born 
 Aug. n, 1811, and moved at once to the 
 vicinity of West Point, Tippecanoe coun- 
 ty, Ind., where two children were born, 
 and Mr. Harbert died there Nov. 29, 
 
 1839. The widow came with her two 
 children to the house of her father, in 
 Sangamon county, in Jan., 1840, where 
 one child was born. Of her three child- 
 ren SAMUEL M., born May 31, 1837, 
 near West Point, Tippecanoe county, 
 Ind., married in Sangamon county, Dec. 
 25, 1862, to Serilda Miller, who was born 
 Feb. 14, 1844, in Sangamon county. 
 They have two living children, JOHN and 
 ANNA, and live four miles northwest of 
 Illiopolis. NANCY R., born Sept. n, 
 1838, near West Point, Tippecanoe coun- 
 ty, Ind., married in Sangamon county, 
 Sept. 14, 1858, to Amariah D. Gilbert, 
 who was born April 10, 1828, in Portage 
 county, Ohio. They have three children, 
 ELI j., OLUE M. and FANNIE j. Mr. Gil- 
 bert was appointed, April i, 1869, Post- 
 master at Illiopolis, and continues to hold 
 the office 1876. ELI C., born Feb. 3, 
 
 1840, in Sangamon county, after the death 
 of his father. He enlisted July 25, 1862, 
 in Co. I, H4th 111. Inf., was captured after 
 the battle of Guntown, Miss., June, 1864, 
 and spent six months in Andersonville 
 prison. After that he was in other pris- 
 ons, and was honorably discharged Aug. 
 3, 1865. He was married in Sangamon 
 county, Sept. 21, 1870, to Mary E. 
 Griggs, who was born March n, 1849, at 
 Leroy, 111. They have two children, 
 MINNIE PEARL and HENRY OTIS, and live 
 four miles northwest of Illiopolis. Mrs. 
 Mary Harbert was married in Sangamon 
 county to Rezin H. Constant. See his 
 name. She died May 18, 1863. 
 
 SALLY, born Jan. 23, 1820, in Vir- 
 ginia, married in Sangamon county to 
 James S. Taylor. See his name. 
 
 SIDNEY R., born Feb. 3, 1822, in
 
 34S 
 
 EARLT SETTLERS OF 
 
 Virginia, married in Sangamon county to 
 John C. Woltz. See his name. 
 
 FANNT, born June 22, 1825, in Vir- 
 ginia, married in Sangamon county to 
 Thomas L. Simpson. See his name. 
 
 KITTT, born Nov. 19, 1827, in Vir- 
 ginia, married in Sangamon county to 
 Ninian R. Taylor. See his name. 
 
 ALEXANDER S., born June 15, 
 1830, in Essex county, Va., came with his 
 father to Sangamon county, was educated 
 at Illinois College, in Jacksonville, gradu- 
 ated at Jefferson Medical College, N. Y., 
 and was^married, May 8, 1855, to Marv 
 E. Latham. Dr. A. S. Halbert died 
 Feb. n, 1859, leaving one child, KATIE 
 TODD. His widow and child reside with 
 her mother on seventh street, Spring- 
 field. 
 
 MARGARET J., born Sept. 13, 
 1833, in Ohio, married in Sangamon 
 county to Isaac J. Taylor. See his 
 name. 
 
 Dr. James Halbert died Nov. 5, 1858, 
 in Sangamon county. He was a regularly 
 ordained minister in the Baptist church. 
 Dr. Halbert was among the first to intro- 
 duce sheep raising into Sangamon county, 
 and was the first in Clear Lake township. 
 He was a man of great energy, strong in- 
 tellectual abilities, and great originality of 
 mind. 
 
 HALE, ALBERT, was born 
 Nov. 29, 1799, in Glastenbury, Hartford 
 county, Conn. At the age of fourteen 
 years he became a clerk in a store in 
 Wethersfield, Conn., remaining eight 
 years. During that time he embraced re- 
 ligion. He attended Yale College, and 
 graduated there in 1827, and then com- 
 menced studying for the ministry. He 
 next became an agent of the American 
 Tract Society, spending one and a half 
 years in South Carolina, Florida and 
 Georgia, part of the time in Sunday school 
 work among the "Sand hills" of the lat- 
 ter State. He returned , to Yale, was 
 licensed and ordained to preach in 1830, 
 by the New Havan Association East 
 Congregational. After preaching a few 
 months in the vicinity of Boston, making 
 his home in the family of Rev. Dr. Lyman 
 Beecher, he came west, landing at Shaw- 
 neetown, 111., Nov. 11, 1831, remained 
 there a few weeks, and went to Green- 
 ville, Bond county, and made his home in 
 the McCord settlement, where he labored 
 
 half the time and spent the other hal" 
 traveling over the State, doing the work 
 of an evangelist, for about eight years. 
 During that time he visited Springfield 
 a few times. He received a call from the 
 Second Presbyterian Church, to become 
 its pastor, and accepting the call, he came 
 and entered upon its duties in 1839. Rev. 
 Albert Hale was married April, 1839, at 
 what is now Godrey, Madison county, 
 111., to Abiah Chapin, a teacher in Monti- 
 cello Female Seminary at that place. 
 They had three children, all born in 
 Springfield. 
 
 CATHARINE and 
 
 SOPHIA reside with their father. 
 
 ALBERT F., born Oct. 2, 1844, in 
 Springfield, graduated at Yale College in 
 1866, studied theology, and was licensed 
 and ordained to preach by Springfield 
 Presbytery in 1871. 
 
 Mrs. Abiah Hale died Jan., 1865, in 
 Springfield. Rev. Albert Hale was 
 pastor of the Second Presbyterian Church 
 in Springfield for twenty-seven years, 
 until 1866, when, in consequence of the 
 infirmities of age, he resigned. He con- 
 tinues to preach, both in city and county, 
 as his strength will permit, and resides in 
 Springfield. 
 
 HALL, DAVID, was born Dec. 
 
 25, 1799, in Shelby county, near Shelby - 
 ville, Ky. David Hall and Juliet Owen 
 were there married, Dec. 23, 1823. They 
 had six children in Shelby county, and 
 moved to Sangamon county, 111., arriving 
 Sept. 23. 1834, at Mechanicsburg, and 
 soon after settled about four miles further 
 west, in the same township, where five 
 children were born. Of their eleven 
 children 
 
 GEORGE M., born Oct. 10, 1824, in 
 Kentucky, died in Mechanicsburg, Oct. 
 
 26, 1852. 
 
 MART M., born Dec. 31, 1825, in 
 Kentucky, married Sept. 18, 1845, m 
 Sangamon county, to Wesley Hathaway. 
 See his name. 
 
 OWEN, born Jan. n, 1828, in Ken- 
 tucky, died Nov. 6, 1847, in Sangamon 
 county. 
 
 DA VID S., born Jan. 9, 1830, in Ken- 
 tucky, married in Sangamon county, 
 March 15, 1855, to Elizabeth J. Fullin- 
 wider. They had five children. The 
 second, ADA G., died in her second year. 
 GEORGIA E., CHARLIE B., ED-
 
 SANGAMON COUNTY. 
 
 349 
 
 WIN P. and JACOB F. live with their 
 parents in Mechanicsburg. 
 
 WILLIAM, born Dec. 22, 1831, in 
 Kentucky, married Sept. 30, 1856, in San- 
 gamon county, to Sarah A. Mantle. 
 They had one child, EVA MAY, who 
 died at seven years of age. Mrs. Sarah 
 A. Hall died in March, 1863, and William 
 Hall was married June 13, 1871, in Shelby 
 county, Ky., to Fannie Saunders, a native 
 of that county. He is a merchant in 
 Mechanicsburg, and resides there. 
 
 ALLEN,\)orn Oct. i, 1833, in Shelby 
 
 T^ 1 O 
 
 county, Ky., married in Sangamon coun- 
 ty, March 13, 1862, to Rachel A. Mantle, 
 who was born Nov. 3, 1838, in Fayette 
 county, Ohio. They have one child, 
 CARRIE MAY, and reside in Mechan- 
 icsburg. Mr. Hall is a merchant there. 
 
 ISABEL, born Feb. 22, 1836, in San- 
 gamon county, married John H. Fullin- 
 wider. See his name. 
 
 PRESTON, born Feb. 7, 1838, in 
 Sangamon county, married March 12, 
 1867, at Mt. Sterling, Ky., to' Sarah L. 
 Davis, who was born there, August 28, 
 1840. They had four children, OWEN 
 D., ELIZA E., HARRISON P. and 
 ARVIL C. Mrs. Sarah L. Hall died 
 in 1875, and Preston Hall lives near 
 Mechanicsburg. 
 
 HENRT H., born Dec. 13, 1840,' in 
 Sangamon county, studied at the Hahne- 
 man Medical College, Chicago, and is a 
 practicing physician at Pana. 1874. 
 
 HATTIE E., born April 12, 1844, in 
 Sangamon county, married May 10, 1870, 
 to John C. O'Conner. They had one 
 child that died in infancy in 1872. J. C. 
 O'Conner was born Feb. 16, 1845, at 
 Fredonia, Licking county, Ohio. He en- 
 listed August 4, 1862, for three years, in 
 Co. C, 1 24th 111. Inf.. at Cairip Butler. 
 In August, 1863, he was detailed to take 
 charge of the regimental medical stores, 
 and was detailed in April, 1865, as Medi- 
 cal dispenser for Post Hospital, at Mont- 
 gomery, Ala. He was mustered out with 
 his regiment at Chicago, in Sept., 1865. 
 He studied medicine at Ann Arbor, Mich., 
 in 1867 and '8, and is now a druggist at 
 Buffalo. 
 
 E VELINE 0., born April 18, 1845, 
 died August 28, 1849. 
 
 David Hall died April 25, 1864, in 
 Mechanicsburg, and his widow, Mrs. 
 Juliet Hall, resides with her daughter, 
 
 Mrs. O'Conner, at Buffalo, Sangamon 
 county, Illinois. 
 
 HALL, BENJ. LOGAN, 
 brother to David Hall, was born Jan. 6, 
 1806, in Shelby county; Ky. He was 
 there married Jan. 6, 1831, to Eveline 
 Pickrell. They had one child in Ken- 
 tucky, and moved to Sangamon county, 
 111., arriving in Sept., 1833, in what is now 
 Mechanicsburg township, where ten chil- 
 dren were born, three died young. Of 
 their eight children 
 
 OLIVER P., born March n, 1832, 
 in Shelby county, Ky., married in Sanga- 
 mon county, Jan. 24, 1855, to Susan M. 
 Short, who was born Oct. 14, 1833, in 
 Pickaway county, Ohio, and came to San- 
 gamon county in 1846. They had six 
 children. HARVEY E., the second 
 child, born Oct. 7, 1857, died March 12, 
 1864. The other five, WILLIAM L., 
 LEWIS B., J. LESLIE, RENA and 
 OSCAR E., live with their parents, one 
 and one-half miles north of Mechanics- 
 
 GEORGE W., born Feb. 19, 1836, 
 in Sangamon county, married Jan. 14, 
 1859, to Eliza G. Hammitt. They had 
 three children, and Mrs. Hall died Nov. 
 10, 1869. The children, MATTIE B., 
 VIRGINIA M. and ELIZA L., live 
 with their aunt, Mrs. Rev. H. Buck, in 
 Decatur. Geo. W. Hall was married, 
 Aug. 1 6, 1870, to Laura McNeill, in Me- 
 chanicsburg, and in August following, 
 moved to Ottawa, Kansas, where Mr. 
 Hall died Jan. 15, 1872. His widow lives 
 in Mechanicsburg. 
 
 MARIA B, born- June 18,1838, mar- 
 ried Nov. 1 6, 1865, to David H. Hall, who 
 was born Jan. 19, 1828, in Shelby county, 
 Ky. They had five children; three died 
 young. EVELYN and FLORENCE, 
 twins, live with their parents in Wood- 
 side township, four miles southwest of 
 Springfield. 
 
 FRANKLIN, born Aug. 10, 1840, 
 married Sept. 13, 1864, to Cecelia Hanks, 
 in Sangamon county. Thev had one 
 child, and Mrs. Hall died March 23, 1866. 
 F. Hall and Elizabeth Hanks sister to 
 his first wife were married Sept. 18, 
 1867, in Decatur. They have two child- 
 ren, and live in Taylorville. 
 
 WILLIAM T., born Dec. 21, 1844, 
 in Sangamon county, married Jan. 9,1872,
 
 EARLT SETTLERS OF 
 
 in Jacksonville, 111., to Florence M. Winn. 
 They live at Salina, Kansas. 
 
 HARD IN O., born April 2, 1849, 
 married Oct. 18, 1870, near Mexico, Mo., 
 to Irene Lucky. They have one child, 
 ROBERT L., and live three miles north- 
 west of Mechanicsburg. 
 
 MART L., born Sept. 29, 1851, died 
 Feb. 28, 1866. 
 
 E VA F., born July 14, 1855, died 
 Sept. 26, 1867. 
 
 BENJAMIN Z., Jun. born Sept. n, 
 1858, lives with his parents. 
 
 Benj. Logan Hall and wife reside in 
 Buffalo, Sangamon county, 111. 
 
 HALL, MRS. ELIZABETH, 
 whose maiden name was Foster, was born 
 in Bedford county, Va., and married there 
 to John Hall. They had five children in 
 Va., and moved to Adair county, Ky., 
 where four children were .born, and Mr. 
 Hall died there. His widow and children 
 moved to Sangamon county, 111., arriving 
 in the fall of 1830, north of Spring creek, 
 and six miles west of Springfield. Mrs. 
 Hall was married there to Samuel Willis, 
 and in 1844 or '5, moved to De Witt coun- 
 ty, where Mr. Willis died. She now lives 
 with her son, 
 
 CAS WELL HALL, near Leroy, 
 McLean county, 111. Her son 
 
 JOEL HALL, born Feb. 19, 1821, 
 in Adair county, Ky., came with his 
 mother to Sangamon county in 1830. In 
 1841 he went to DeWitt county, and was 
 there married to Martha Banta. They 
 moved to Missouri, in 1856, have nine liv- 
 ing children, and reside in Eagleville, 
 Harrison county, Mo. Her daughter 
 married Trulove Sparks. See his name. 
 
 HALL, MRS. HANNAH, 
 whose maiden name was Cunningham, 
 was born in 1798, in Pendleton county, 
 Va. She was married Nov. 3, 1814, in 
 that county, to Dr. Samuel B. Hall, and 
 they had eight children in Virginia. Dr. 
 Hall died Oct. 16, 1827, and Mrs. Hall, 
 with her children, moved to Sangamon 
 county, 111, arriving Nov. 20, 1833, in 
 what is now Chatham township, and the 
 next year moved to what is now Loami 
 township. Of her children 
 
 JOHN C., born Feb. 17, 1816, in 
 Virginia, married in Sangamon county, 
 Feb. 20, 1840, to Susan Cutter. They 
 had six living children. ELIZABETH 
 married John W. Joy, who enlisted in 
 
 Co. I, 73d 111. Inf., for three years, was 
 discharged on account of physical disabil- 
 ity, and died in 1863. Mrs. Joy married 
 John Brigham, has three children, and 
 lives in Travis county, near Onion creek 
 Postoffice, Texas. Mr. Brigham was a 
 Union soldier also. JOHN C., Jun., en- 
 listed in Co. B, 30th 111. Inf., March 28, 
 1864, for three years, and was discharged 
 July 14, 1865, at Springfield, 111. He 
 married Catharine Williamson. They 
 have three children, and live near Onion 
 creek, Texas. SETH R. served six 
 months in the Union army, and now lives 
 in Texas. SARAH C. married Newton 
 Young, and lives near Loami. ADA D. 
 and VIRGINIA D. reside with their pa- 
 rents, near Onion creek Postoffice, Travis 
 county, Texas. 
 
 ELIZABETH M., born Oct. n, 
 1817, in Virginia, was married Jan. 15, 
 1838, in Sangamon county, to Harness 
 A. Trumbo. See his name. 
 
 WILLIAM C., born May 30, 1819, 
 in Virginia, was married in Sangamon 
 county, April 26, 1849, to Leah Priddy. 
 They had two children, and the parents 
 both died. Their son, SAMUEL B., 
 born Jan. 26, 1850, and LEE, born Oct. 
 25, 1851, live in Loami township. 
 
 JAMES A., born Jan. 23, 1821, in 
 Virginia, was married in Sangamon coun- 
 ty, 111., to Elizabeth McGinnis. They 
 had two children, and mother and child- 
 ren died. Mr. Hall was married Dec. 16, 
 1852, to Margaret Darneille. They had 
 eight children. ELIZABETH and 
 VIRGINIA died under seven years. 
 JEFFERSON died, aged eight years. 
 The other five, LAURA, HANNAH, 
 JOSEPH, JOHN and JAMES, live with 
 their parents, one half mile east of Loami. 
 
 REBECCA A., born Oct. 7, 1822, 
 married James Megredy. See his name. 
 
 SAMUEL B., born July 18, 1824, in 
 Virginia, brought up in Sangamon coun- 
 ty, 111., went to California in 1849, re- 
 turned to Sangamon county in 1874, is 
 unmarried, and lives near Loami. 
 
 GEORGE W., born June 18, 1826, in 
 Virginia, died in Sangamon county, un- 
 married, April 17, 1873. 
 
 JOSEPH, born March 19, 1828, in 
 Virginia, raised in Sangamon county, 
 went to California in 1850, is unmarried, 
 and resides near Loami.
 
 SAN GAM ON COUNTY. 
 
 35' 
 
 Mrs. Hannah Hall was married May 
 i, 1835, to Adam Trumbo. See his name. 
 He died, and she died at the house of 
 her son, James A. Hall, Jan. 30, 1872. 
 
 John Cunningham, the father of Mrs. 
 Hannah Hall, was a native of Hardy 
 county, Va. He came with Mrs. Hall, in 
 1833, to Sangamon county, and died a 
 few years later, near Loami. 
 
 HALL, HENRY, was born in 
 1774, near Hagerstown, Md., and married 
 in London county, Va., to Sally Harper, 
 who was born about 1783. They had five 
 children in Pittsylvania county, Va., and 
 in 1816, the family moved to Martin coun- 
 ty, Ind., where three children were born, 
 thence to Sangamon county, 111., arriving 
 Oct., 1828, in what is now Loami town- 
 ship. Of their eight children 
 
 NANCY, born in 1801, in Virginia, 
 married William Taylor, and had five 
 children GEORGE W., married Lu- 
 cinda Turpin, have five children, and live 
 in Christian county, 111. LOUISA mar- 
 ried Wm. Hays, have four children, and 
 live in Shelby county, near Mowequa. 
 SALLY JANE married Peter Work- 
 man. See his name. NANCY mar- 
 ried Jacob Workman. See his name. 
 MARY married Ezekiel Preston, have 
 five children, and live in Mowequa, 111. 
 Wm. Taylor died Aug., 1830, and his 
 widow married David Hays, had four chil- 
 dren, and live in Christian county, near 
 Mowequa. 
 
 AARON, born Dec. 25, 1802, in Vir- 
 ginia, married Feb. 10, 1825, to Nancy 
 Hays, in Indiana, had two children there, 
 and came with his father to Sangamon 
 county, in 1828, where they had eight 
 children. Of their children PRIS- 
 CILLA A., born Sept. 21, 1825, married 
 Henry Jacobs. See his name. ELIZA 
 J., born Sept. 20, 1827, married William 
 Hays. Mr. and Mrs. Hays died, leaving 
 three children. JEANETTE died, aged 
 fourteen years. ELIZA JANE married 
 Charles I. Turpin, Jun. See his name. 
 CAROLINE K. married Dennis Turpin. 
 See his name. ELIZABETH D. mar- 
 ried George Jacobs, and both died, in 
 Christian county. HENRY W., WIL- 
 LIAM and ALFRED T., died under 
 four years. AARON, Jun., born Aug. 
 25, 1837, in Sangamon county, married 
 Rebecca Turpin, had five children EL- 
 MER E. 'died young. CHARLES D., THOMP- 
 
 SON A., JAMES M. and JOSEPH E., live with 
 their parents near Loami. NANCY 
 married Asa Turney, and lives in Morgan 
 county. JOHN died at two, and SUSAN 
 at eleven years old. Aaron Hall died 
 Dec. 13, 1851. His widow married, July 
 6, 1852, to Wm. L. Dodd, and live three 
 and one-half miles south of Loami. 
 
 THOMAS, born in Virginia, died in 
 Indiana, aged fifteen years. 
 
 WASHINGTON, born May 8, 1809, 
 in Pittsylvania county, Va., married in 
 Sangamon county, Nov. 6, 1831 to Susan- 
 nah H. Wyckoff. They had nine living 
 children in Sangamon county. JULIA 
 A., born April 23, 1833, married David 
 E. Gibson. See his name. THOMAS 
 M. died in his tenth year. JAMES 
 WARREN, born Oct. 16, 1836, married 
 Nov. 22, 1868, to Mary A. Dodd, who 
 was born Dec. 13, 1842, in Bradley coun- 
 ty, Tenn. They live four miles south of 
 Loami. MARY J., born March 27, 1838, 
 married Thomas Baker. See his name. 
 SUSANNAH H. and JOHN W., twins, 
 born Aug. 16, 1841. SUSANNAH H. 
 married, Jan 22, 1858, to Thomas Cosser, 
 a native of England. He went from San- 
 gamon county to Navarro county, Texas, 
 in Feb., 1860, and Mrs. Cosser went in 
 September following. Mr. Cosser went 
 into partnership with Maj. H. P. Darling, 
 in the business of wool growing. Whilst 
 engaged in sheep shearing, at Laredo, 
 near Ft. Mclntosh, Webb county, Tex., in 
 April, 1866, Mr. Cosser, a Mr. Smith and 
 a negro boy were killed by Indians, who 
 made a raid on them and were gone be- 
 fore the soldiers in the fort were aware of 
 their presence. Mr. Darling was killed 
 at the same time, but some miles away. 
 Mrs. Cosser, Mrs. Smith, and a daughter 
 of Maj. Darling, buried the bodies with 
 their own hands. Mrs. Cosser returned 
 to Sangamon county, and was married to 
 Thomas Baker. See his name. JOHN 
 W. enlisted in 1862, for three years, in 
 Co. I, 73d 111. Inf., served full time and 
 was honorably discharged. He was mar- 
 ried in Oct., 1873, to Nancy J. Watts. 
 They have one child, FRANK w., and live 
 at Charleston, 111. ALBERT T. died in 
 his ninth year. CYRUS, born Jan. 5, 
 
 1856, and "DAVID W., born Feb. 12, 
 
 1857, live with their father. Mrs. Susan- 
 nah H. Hall died March 10, 1867, and 
 Washington Hall resides three and one-
 
 352 
 
 EA RL r SE 7 TLERS OF 
 
 half miles south of Loami, on the farm 
 where he settled in 1832. He was the 
 administrator of the estate of his brother- 
 in-law, Wm. Taylor, in 1830. From that 
 time to 1867 he administered on the es- 
 tates of at least fifty of his deceased neigh- 
 bors. He filled many local offices, and 
 during the great rebellion, he three times 
 enrolled the names of those subject to 
 military duty in the townships of Talking- 
 ton and Loami, for the United States 
 Government. 
 
 THOMPSON, born Aug. 19, iSn, 
 in Pittsylvania county, Va., married in 
 Sangamon county, Jan. 17, 1839, to Eve- 
 line Jacobs. They had eight children, 
 three died young. 'Of the other five 
 WILLIAM T., bo'rn Sept. 7, 1841, in 
 Sangamon county, married Nov. 7, 1869, 
 to Jennie Lowry, who was born May 3, 
 1849, in county Down, Ireland. They 
 have two children, EVA A. and SAMUEL 
 E., and reside four and one-half miles 
 south of Loami. SARAH A. married 
 Wm. G. Miller. See his name. AMAN- 
 DA married James M. Joy, had two chil- 
 dren, WARREN, died in infancy, and 
 IDA E. lives with her parents in Loami 
 township. MARY E. and GEORGE 
 T. live with their parents, three and one- 
 half miles south of Loami. 
 
 SALLY A., born in 1821, in Indiana, 
 married in Sangamon county to Andrew 
 Hays, have eight children, and live in 
 Christian county, near Mowequa. 
 
 HENRY, Jun., born in 1823, in Indi- 
 ana, mnvried in Sangamon county to Erne- 
 line WyckofF, had six children, and Mrs. 
 Hall died. Mr. Hall married Margaret 
 .McNeely, had three children, and he died 
 in Loami township. 
 
 EMILY, born in 1828, in Indiana, 
 married in Sangamon county to James 
 Dobson. She died April 28, 1852. 
 
 Henry Hall died Dec. 24, 1846, and his 
 widow died Oct. 22, 1860, both in Loami 
 township. 
 
 HAGGARD, HARMON, was 
 bom July 13, i79i near Bponesboro, 
 Clark county, Ky. Sally B. Steele was 
 born May 26, 1804, in the same county. 
 Their parents moved to Christian county, 
 in the same State, where they were mar- 
 ried, Nov. 25, 1822, and had two children 
 there. They moved to Sangamon coun- 
 ty, arriving in 1830, in what is now Gard- 
 
 ner township, where they had four child- 
 ren. Of their six children 
 
 ELIZABETH,\)orn August 6, 1825, 
 married Daniel Whitehead, and died near 
 Joliet, leaving two children. 
 
 ZARELDA, born April 12, 1828, in 
 Christian county, Ky., married in Sanga- 
 mon county, to William P. Hazlitt. See 
 his name. 
 
 ROBERT, born August 26, 1833,111 
 Sangamon county, married Elizabeth 
 Ray. See Ray family. She died, and 
 he married again and lives near Labette, 
 Kansas. 
 
 MARTIN, born Jan. 2, 1836, married 
 Catharine Tigar, who died, and he lives 
 near Labette, Kansas. 
 
 SALLY, born March 14, 1841, mar- 
 ried E. J. Robinson, and lives in Labette 
 county, Kansas. 
 
 HARMON, Jun., born May 12, 1846. 
 
 Mrs. Sally B. Haggard died Sept. 3, 
 1852, and Harmon Haggard married Mrs. 
 Sarah Humphrey, whose maiden name 
 was Worley. He died August 28, 1874, 
 near where he settled in 1830. 
 
 HAM, HEZEKIAH, was 
 born Oct. i, 1807, in Nicholas county, 
 near Carlisle, Ky. He came to Sanga- 
 mon county, 111., in the fall of 1831, and 
 was married Dec. 22, 1837, to Mary A. 
 Arnold. They had six living children in 
 Sangamon county, namely 
 
 MARY J., married March 25, 1858, 
 to Henrv T. Zeigler. 
 
 JOSEPH C. enlisted in Co. G, i4th 
 111. Inf., in 1861, for three years. He was 
 mortally wounded at the battle of Pitts- 
 burg Landing, April 6, 1862, and died the 
 next day on the battlefield. 
 
 SARAH E., married James Steele, 
 has five children, and lives in Menard 
 county. 
 
 JOHN W., born Jan. 8, 1846. He 
 enlisted Dec. 15, 1863, in Co. G., U4th 
 111. Inf., for three years, served until 
 March 7, 1865, when he was discharged 
 on account of physical disability. He was 
 married August 29, 1867, to Rebecca 
 Yocom. They had two children. 
 CHARLES E. died in his third year. 
 WILLIAM T. lives with his mother, 
 two miles northwest of Dawson. John 
 Ham died in the spring of 1875. 
 
 WILLIAM T., born Dec. 5, 1847, 
 married Jan. 16, 1872, to Alice A. Smith. 
 They have one child, LEWIS, and live
 
 SAN GAM ON COUNTY. 
 
 353 
 
 near Belle Plain, Sumner county, Kan- 
 sas. 
 
 LAURA F., born Dec. 17, 1852, mar- 
 ried John B. Jones, have one child, 
 HARRY, and live in Logan county, 
 near Buffalo Hart Postoffice. 
 
 Hezekiah Ham died April 21, 1859, in 
 Sangamon county, and his widow, Mrs. 
 Mary A. Ham, resides with her daughter, 
 Mrs. Jones. 
 
 HAM I LTON, GEORGE 
 K.NOX, was born August 17, 1798, in 
 Davidson county, Tenn. He came, in 
 company with his father, four brothers 
 and two sisters, to Sangamon county, ar- 
 riving in the fall of 1819, and settled near 
 what is now Bradford Station. He was 
 married March 5, 1823, to Jane Colman. 
 they had three children, namely 
 
 ROBERT F., born Nov. 15, 1824, in 
 Sangamon county, married Oct. 28, 1847, 
 to Tabitha J. Purvines. They had ten 
 children; two died in infancy. FRAN- 
 CES A. married Abraham Weir. They 
 have two children, NELLIE T. and FRANK 
 MILTON, and reside one mile east of 
 Pleasant Plains. MARY J. married 
 Andrew Zane. See his name. MAR- 
 THA E. married Samuel Ayers. SYL- 
 VIA H.died April 3, 1876, in her twenty- 
 second year. CLARA M., WILLIAM 
 L., CORDIA A. and KATIE C. reside 
 with their parents, one and a quarter 
 miles northeast of Pleasant Plains. Mr. 
 Robert F. Hamilton has in his possession 
 documents showing that the Richland 
 Primitive Baptist Church was organized 
 Sept. 1 6, 1820, by Robert Brayle, moder- 
 ator, and Simon Lindley, clerk. It was 
 the second church of any kind organized 
 in Sangamon county; the first having 
 been effected May 15, 1820, by Elder 
 Stephen England. See his name. 
 
 MARTHA M., born March 28, 1827, 
 in Sangamon county, married Azro Eme- 
 ry, in Crawford county, Mo., had two 
 children, and died. Her husband and 
 children reside in Missouri. 
 
 GEORGE K., Jun., born April 11, 
 1829, after the death of his father, raised in 
 Sangamon county, married in Crawford 
 county, Mo., to Nancy Anderson. They 
 had three living children, and both died 
 in Cartwright township. Of the child- 
 ren WILLIAM F. is a clerk in Spring- 
 field. ELLA J. and THEODOSIA B. 
 live with their grandmother Purvines, 
 
 45 
 
 George Knox Hamilton died Oct. 14, 
 1828, in Sangamon county, and his widow 
 married Alexander C. Purvines. See his 
 name. 
 
 Robert Hamilton, the father of G. K. 
 Hamilton, was born in North Carolina, 
 married in Tennessee, moved to Pope 
 county, 111., and was one of the early rep- 
 resentatives of that county in the State 
 Legislature, came to Sangamon county in 
 1819, moved to Arkansas a few years 
 later, and died there in 1833 or '4. His 
 sons and daughters, all except Geo. Knox, 
 left Sangamon county many years ago. 
 Some went to Missouri, and three of them 
 from there to Oregon, where two of them 
 have families, and now reside. 
 
 HAMILTON, WILLIAM 
 S., born in New York a son of Alex- 
 ander Hamilton, the distinguised States- 
 man who was slain by Aaron Burr came 
 to Springfield when it was regarded as 
 the temporary county seat. He was 
 elected one of the representatives of the 
 county in the State Legislature of 1823-4. 
 He was an advocate of the movement to 
 make Sangamo the county seat. After 
 that he went to Galena and engaged in 
 lead mining. On the discovery of gold 
 in California, he went there, and died. 
 
 HAMLIN, HENRY N., was 
 born Jan. 30, 1816, in Oneida co'unty, 
 N. Y. He came to Sangamon county in 
 the Spring of 1837, to as sist his uncle, 
 Asa Hamlin, who had a contract to build 
 several miles of the Northern Cross 
 now T., W. & W. R. R. His uncle 
 died in the fall of that year, leaving his 
 contract unfinished. Henry N. had loaned 
 him all his savings from several years 
 school teaching. He not only lost that, 
 but his wages while he was with his uncle, 
 also. On realizing the situation, he went 
 to Morgan county, near Franklin, and re- 
 sumed his profession as a teacher. He 
 was there married, Dec. 30, 1838, to Eve- 
 line Scott. In March, 1839, they moved 
 to Sangamon county, in what is now 
 Chatham township. He engaged in 
 farming, and taught school in the winter. 
 In the spring of 1840 he returned to Mor- 
 gan county, and remained there until 
 1847, w hen he came back to Sangamon 
 county. They had five children 
 
 MART ANTIONETTE,\>orn Oct. 
 3, 1839, in Sangamon county, married 
 Dec, 29, 1859, to James N. Puntenney.
 
 354 
 
 EARLY SETTLERS OF 
 
 They have five children, CHARLES 
 SUMNER, LIZZIE ETTA, MINNIE 
 ETHEL, SARAH EVELINE and a 
 daughter, and live near Butler, Mont- 
 gomery county, Illinois. 
 
 D WIGHT MONSON, born Oct. 23, 
 1843, * n Morgan county, enlisted at 
 Springfield, August, 1862, for three years, 
 in Co. D, 1 26th 111. Inf., served to the end 
 of the rebellion, and was honorably dis- 
 charged in 1865. He was married Jan. 
 23, 1872, to Anna Chambers, who was 
 born Dec. 6, 1850, near Madison, Ind. 
 They have two children, HENRY 
 NOBLE and CHARLES CARROLL, 
 and live in Springfield. 
 
 ERASTUS EMMONS, born July 
 9, 1845, in Morgan county, raised in San- 
 gamon county, and lives at Centralia, 
 Nemaha county, Kansas. 1874. 
 
 FRANCIS Z., born June 8, 1848, in 
 Sangamon county, lives with his mother. 
 
 LAURA H., born April 10, 1851, in 
 Sangamon county, married Dec. 26, 1871, 
 to Samuel L. Ridgeway, and lives in 
 Atchis6n county, Mo. 
 
 Henry N. Hamlin died July 30, 1853, 
 in Sangamon county, and his widow re- 
 sides near the centre of Ball township, 
 four and a half miles southeast of Chat- 
 ham. 
 
 H. N. Hamlin was an ordained minis- 
 ter in the M. E. Church, but never entered 
 into the traveling connection. Emmaus 
 Hamlin, of Mason & Hamlin, Organ 
 Manufacturers, Boston, and W. Hamlin, 
 manufacturer of the George Wood organ, 
 at Cambridge, Mass., are brothers of 
 Henry N. 
 
 HAMMOND, CHARLES, 
 was born about 1767, in Virginia, near 
 where the river Rappahannock empties 
 into Chesapeake Bay. He was there 
 married to Nancy Carter, and had two 
 children. About I79S they moved to 
 Woodford county, Ky., where twelve 
 children were born. Their fourteen 
 children grew to be men and women. 
 Two died unmarried, and nine of them 
 married in Kentucky, and remained there. 
 One son moved to Sangamon county in 
 1825, and a son and daughter came with 
 the parents, arriving Sept. 26, 1839, in 
 Island Grove township. Of the three 
 children who came to this county 
 
 JOHN, born in Woodford county, 
 Ky., married there to Nancy Smith, and 
 
 moved to Sangamon county, 111., arriving 
 about 1825 in what is now Island Grove 
 township, where they had four living chil- 
 dren. FLORINDA married William 
 Fink, and lives in Macoupin county. EM- 
 ILY married Wilson Moore, has one 
 child, and lives in New Berlin. LUCIN- 
 DA married Jacob Bartley, and lives in 
 Piatt county. JOHN A. -married Miss 
 Hudson, and lives in Piatt county. John 
 Hammond moved, in 1866, to the vicinity 
 of Cerro Gordo, Piatt county, 111. 
 
 EMIL Y, born in Kentucky, married 
 John Ryan, had one child, and Mr. 
 Ryan died in Dubuque, Iowa. His 
 widow married William Thorpe, and lives 
 at Kingston, Peona county, 111. 
 
 WILLIAM, born June i, 1816, in 
 Woodford county, Ky., married March 6, 
 1842, in Sangamon county, to Emeline 
 Underwood. They had three children 
 ARTHUR C. enlisted, Aug. 9, 1861, in 
 Co. B, 3Oth 111. Inf., for three years, re- 
 enlisted as a veteran, Jan., 1864, served 
 until July 27, 1865, and was honorably 
 discharged at Springfield. He was musi- 
 cian during the whole time; was with 
 Sherman in his "March to the Sea." He 
 lives in Loami. MARY H. married Oct. 
 i, 1865, to James C. Thralls, who was 
 born Dec. i, 1843, in Vigo county, Ind. 
 He enlisted, in 1861, in Co. B, 2ist Mo. 
 Inf., for three months, enlisted Sept. i, 
 1 86 1, in Co. B, 3d Mo. Cav., for three 
 years, served until Feb., 1864, when he 
 was honorably discharged, at St. Louis. 
 Mr. and Mrs. Thralls have three children, 
 OWEN P., FRED c. and ARTHUR, and live 
 in Loami 1874. William Hammond 
 and wife live in Loami 1874. 
 
 Charles Hammond moved from Island 
 Grove to Jacksonville, 111., in March, 1843, 
 and died there, July 4, 1843. His widow 
 died Sept., 1845, at Island Grove. 
 
 HARBUR, LEVI, was born 
 Nov. 21, 1797, in Garrard county, Ky. 
 When he was a child his parents moved 
 to Christian county, in the same State. 
 He was there married, June 29, 1817, to 
 Eleanor Ashley, and moved to Madison 
 county, 111., in Sept. following, accom- 
 panied by his wife and his brother Samuel. 
 He left his brother in Madison county, 
 and with his wife went to the southern 
 part of Missouri, remaining one and a 
 half years, and had one child there. He 
 returned to Madison county, where Mrs,
 
 SANGAMON COUNTY. 
 
 355 
 
 Eleanor Harbur died, Sept. 10, 1819. 
 Leaving his child in the care of a friend, 
 he came to what is now Sangamon coun- 
 tv, one and a quarter miles east of the town 
 of Loami. He went eighty miles to Ed- 
 wardsville, obtained a license, returned to 
 the San-ga-ma country, and was married 
 March 25, 1820, to Mary Sawyers. They 
 had ten living children in Sangamon 
 county. Of his children 
 
 WILLIS, born April 24, 1818, in 
 Southern Missouri, was married in San- 
 gamon county to Elizabeth Darneille. 
 Thev have five children, and live in Scot- 
 land county, Mo. 
 
 By the second wife 
 
 DELILAH, born March 9, 1821, mar- 
 ried Benjamin WyckofF, had one child, 
 and Mr. W. died, and she married Peter 
 Ellicott. Thev have two living children, 
 and live in Scotland county, Mo. 
 
 ELIZABE7^H, born Sept. 13, 1822, 
 married Joseph Farrer, who died, leaving 
 two children, and she married Lorenzo 
 Garner, had several children, and she died 
 near Warsaw, 111. 
 
 REBEC CA,\)orn April 2, 1825, mar- 
 ried Elza Boyer, had one child, and she 
 and her husband both died. 
 
 MART, born Jan. 8, 1827, married 
 Turner Underwood. See his name. He 
 died and she married Mr. Thompson, and 
 resides at Hamburg, Fremont county, 
 Iowa. 
 
 SAMUEL B., born Sept. 10, 1830, 
 married Lucinda Thurman. They have 
 seven children, and live in Greene coun- 
 ty, Mo. 
 
 WILLIAM R., born Sept. 19, 1832, 
 married Elizabeth Fisher, have six child- 
 ren, and liv^ in Moultrie county, 111. 
 
 NANCT JANE, born Sept. 6, 1835, 
 married Robert Gray, had three children, 
 and Mr. Gray died, and the widow mar- 
 ried Miles Meacham, and lives in Warren 
 county, 111. 
 
 MARION D., born Sept. 21, 1842, 
 married Martha Meacham. She died, 
 leaving one child, and he married Sarah 
 Meacham. They haye one child, and 
 live in Warren county, 111. 
 
 SARAH A., born Feb. 16, 1845, mar ' 
 ried Martin Landgrebe, have four child- 
 ren, and live in Moultrie county, 111. 
 
 LE VI ,!/., born August 5, 1848, lives 
 with his father. 1873. 
 
 Mrs. Mary Harbur died Sept. 8, 1857, 
 and Levi Harbur was married Oct. i, 
 1861, to Frances Young. They have two 
 living children 
 
 ELISHA T. and 
 
 ORA ELLEN, live with their par- 
 ents on the farm where Mr. H. settled in 
 1827. It is three miles south of New 
 Berlin. 
 
 Levi Harbur says that the snow of 
 1830-31 was three feet four inches on an 
 average, and that he resolved if it 
 ever went off, Illinois would not hold 
 him long. The snow went off, but he 
 did not. I have measured a stump near 
 where Mr. H. resides. It is white oak, 
 eight feet high and two feet in diameter 
 at the top. Mr. Harbur says he cut it not 
 more than two feet above the snow, so 
 that the snow must have been six feet 
 deep at that place, but that was drifted. 
 It will be seen that the two brothers spell 
 the family name differently ; each claim to 
 be right. 
 
 HARBOUR, SAMUEL, was 
 born Sept. 24, 1799* i n Garrard county, 
 Ky., and was taken by his parents, in in- 
 fancy, to Christian county. In 1817 he 
 accompanied his brother Levi to Madison 
 county, 111., and from there he came to 
 what is now Chatham township, Sanga- 
 mon county, arriving Oct., 1819. He was 
 married March, 1823, to Elizabeth Briscoe. 
 They had one child 
 
 ELIZABETH, born Jan. 26, 1824, 
 married James McBride. They had five 
 children, and she died, April 5, 1854, leav- 
 ing her family in Brown county, ill. 
 
 Mrs. Elizabeth Harbour died Feb., 
 1824, and Samuel Harbour and Elizabeth 
 Lindley were married July 28, 1826. 
 They had nine children 
 
 LEVI, born March 11, 1827, married 
 Jan. 27, 1847, to Cynthia Bilyeu. They 
 have ten children ANNA married Sam- 
 uel Workman. See his name. SAM- 
 UEL married Mary Workman, have two 
 children, PETER and LEVI, and live in 
 Loami township. PETER married Sally 
 Workman, and live in Loami township. 
 MARY J. married John Brewer, have 
 one child, JESSE, and live in Chatham 
 township. NANCY married Jacob. 
 Workman, have one child, and live in 
 Loami township. ELIZABETH, DI- 
 CEY, SALLY, LEVI, Jun., and JOHN
 
 EARLY SETTLERS OP 
 
 W., reside with their parents, two miles 
 south of Loami. 
 
 WILLIS, born Oct. 17, 1828, married 
 Oct. 14, 1858, to Matilda L. White. They 
 have five living children, ELIZABETH, 
 JOHN W., MARTHA J., WILLIS, 
 Jun., and BENJAMIN F., and reside 
 five miles southwest of Chatham. 
 
 ANNA, born July 6, 1830, married 
 Jacob Workman. See his name. 
 
 ELISHA, born March 4, 1832, mar- 
 ried Manvilla Shelton. They had six 
 children, and Mrs. Harbour died, and he 
 married Tabitha Ribble, and lives in Ma- 
 coupin county. 
 
 JOSEPH, born Dec. 13, 1833, in 
 Sangamon county, married March 15, 
 1860, to Rachel L. White, who was born 
 Nov. 10, 1842, in Lafayette county, Wis^. 
 They had nine children, three of whom 
 died under three years of age. Of the 
 other six EMMA J., RACHEL A., 
 GEORGE B., MATILDA E., 
 CHARLES M. and DAVID F., reside 
 with their parents, five miles west of 
 Chatham. 
 
 LAV IN A J., born Dec. n, 1835, 
 married Oct. 19, 1856, to Jasper Harbour. 
 Mr. H. died Nov. 25, 1869, in Barton 
 county, Mo., leaving a widow and three 
 children, who live in Chatham town- 
 ship. 
 
 NANCT D., born Feb. 26, 1839, lives 
 with her mother. 
 
 SAMUEL, Jun., born Dec. 10, 1841, 
 died Jan. 23, 1865. 
 
 Samuel Harbour died in 1874, and his 
 widow resides on the farm where they 
 settled, in 1829. It is five miles west of 
 Chatham. 
 
 HARDIN, ASA, born Nov. 22, 
 1785, in Adair county, Ky., was married 
 there, Feb. 4, 1813, to Elizabeth Taylor, 
 who was born Feb. 29, 1790, in Orange 
 county, Va. They had ten children in 
 Kentucky, and moved to Morgan county, 
 111., and two years later to Sangamon 
 county, 111., arriving in the fall of 1832, at 
 Island Grove. Of their children 
 
 JAMES T., born Dec. 3, 18:3, in 
 Adair county, Ky., came to Sangamon 
 county, with his parents, and was married 
 May i, 1843, in Iowa, to Mary A. Pitzer. 
 She died, leaving two children OLI- 
 VIA died young. BEN is a teacher, and 
 lives with his uncle, William Stitt, in 
 Sangamon county. James T. Hardin 
 
 went to California, and was drowned by 
 the upsetting of a skiff on Feather river 
 Nov. 3, 1849. 
 
 NANCY y. y born April 29, 1815, in 
 Adair county, Ky., was married in Sanga- 
 mon county, 111., to George Crane. They 
 have five children, and live at F airfield, 
 Iowa. 
 
 SARAH P., born Nov. 25, 1816, in 
 Kentucky, was married in Sangamon 
 county, 111., Aug. 14, 1834, to Greenburv 
 Rucker. They had two children. MY- 
 RA married James Phillips. They have 
 two children, and live at Centre Ridge, 
 Woodson county, Kansas. MARY lives 
 with her uncle, William Stitt. Mr. 
 Rucker died in 1846, and Mrs. R. died in 
 1854; he in Morgan county, and she in 
 Sangamon county, 111. 
 
 STEPHEN, born March 25, 1818, in 
 Kentucky, was married in Sangamon 
 county, Dec. 25, 1844, to Elizabeth C. 
 Parker. They had five children. ALICE 
 died, aged seventeen. VIRGINIA died 
 in her twentieth year. JULIETTE and 
 CLARA live with their uncle and aunt 
 Stitt. CHARLES is a member of Co. 
 G, ist United States Dragoons now 
 1873 and stationed in California. 
 
 MARY, born July 5, 1819, in Ken- 
 tucky, was married in Sangamon county 
 to John R. Reagor, who died, leaving 
 four children. Mrs. Mary Reagor mar- 
 ried M. D. Archibald. They had two 
 children, and she died in Iowa. 
 
 JOHN J., born Nov. 25, 1820, in 
 Adair county, Ky., was married in San- 
 gamon county, Sept. 12. 1855, to Mrs. 
 Frances C. Butler, whose maiden name 
 was Brown. They have one living child, 
 J. DICK. Mr. Hardin was 'elected city 
 assessor and collector of Springfield, 
 in 1864, elected clerk of Sangamon 
 county, in Nov., 1873, and resides in 
 Springfield. 
 
 E VAN T., born Dec. 23, 1822, in 
 Kentucky, brought up in Sangamon 
 county, was married there Jan. 29, 1852, 
 to Leutha A. Boynton. They have seven 
 children. Evan T. Hardin and family 
 live near Calhoun, Harrison county, 
 Iowa. 
 
 ELIZABEJ^H, born Sept 5, 1824, 
 in Adair county, Ky., was married in 
 Sangamon county, 111., to William Stitt. 
 See his name.
 
 SAN GAM ON COUNTT. 
 
 357 
 
 WILLIAM, born Nov. 25, 1827, in 
 Kentucky, was brought up in Sangamon 
 county, 111., and enlisted in June, 1846, in 
 Co. A, of the 4th 111. Inf., under Col. E. 
 D. Baker, and died in Mexico, Oct. 30, 
 1846. 
 
 ALBERT, born Sept. 17, 1830, in 
 
 Adair county, Ky., brought up in Sanga- 
 
 mon county, enlisted in 186-, in Co. C, 
 
 - 111. Inf., for three years, and died at 
 
 Howling Green, Ky. 
 
 Asa Harding died Aug. 22, 1847, an( ^ 
 Mrs. Elizabeth Harding died Feb., 1854, 
 both in Sangamon county, 111. 
 
 HARMON, MRS. CATHA- 
 RINE^ whose maiden name was Sears, 
 was born about 1755, in North Carolina. 
 She was married to George W. Harmon, 
 and had three children in North Carolina. 
 They moved to Simpson county, Ky., 
 where they had six children. Mr. Har- 
 mon died there about 1825. Mrs. Har- 
 mon, with eight of her children, moved 
 to Sangamon county, 111., arriving in the 
 fall of 1827, in Island Grove. One of her 
 children married in Kentucky and came 
 later. 
 
 A DAM, born in 1780, in North Caro- 
 lina, came to Sangamon county in 1847 or 
 '8, and married Mrs. Polly Weaver, whose 
 maiden name was Donner, daughter of 
 George Donner. See his name. They 
 had two children, and he died in 1853. 
 His family moved to the vicinity of Fair- 
 field, Iowa. 
 
 JACOB, born in North Carolina, 
 married in Kentucky, to Esther Imler, 
 came to Sangamon county, had three 
 sons, and moved to Fairfield, Iowa, 
 where Mr. H. died. His sons went to 
 Lone Tree, Oregon, and reside there. 
 
 FRANCES, born in North Carolina, 
 married in Kentucky to David Charlock, 
 came to Sangamon county in 1827, and 
 had four children. Their eldest and 
 youngest sons went to Mason county, and 
 died there. ABSOLOM P., born Jan. i, 
 1829, in Sangamon county, married Jane 
 Foster, have eight children, MARY F., 
 
 JOHN W., SARAH L., ROXANA, MARIA, 
 
 MARTHA, MINNIE and ROSABEL, and live 
 near Berlin. Absolom P. Charlock en- 
 listed Aug., 1862, in Co. A., io6th 111. 
 Inf., for three years, served full term, and 
 was honorably discharged. ELIZA- 
 BETH, born April, 1830, married James 
 Walker, and lives in Berlin. David Char- 
 
 lock died in 1842, and his widow resides in 
 Berlin. 1875. 
 
 MAR T, born in Kentucky, married in 
 Island Grove to Jacob Sears, and she died 
 in 1849, * n Sangamon county. He went, 
 in 1855, to Missouri, and was then nearly 
 one hundred years old. 
 
 ABSOLOM S., born in Kentucky, 
 married in Sangamon county to Elizabeth 
 Donner, daughter of George Donner. 
 They had eight children in Sangamon 
 county, and Mrs. H. died May 16, 1850. 
 The family moved to Libertyville, Iowa, 
 where Mr. Harmon died, April, 1871. 
 
 CELIA, born Sept., 1818, in Kentucky, 
 married in Sangamon county to John 
 Foutch, Sen. See his name. 
 
 HENRT M., born May 4, 1805, in 
 Simpson county, Ky., married Dec. u, 
 1828, in Island Grove, to Mary A. Foutch. 
 They had eight living children in Sanga- 
 mon county. CAROLINE, born Dec. 
 20, 1829, married June 4, 1852, to Joel 
 Ellis. See his name. GEORGE W., 
 born Oct. n, 1831, married Dec. 30, 1858, 
 to Nannie H. Taylor, who died Sept. 23, 
 
 1860. He enlisted August, 1862, in Co. 
 A., io6th 111. Inf., for three years, was 
 commissioned ist Lieutenant at the organ- 
 ization of the company, promoted to Cap- 
 tain, April, 1863, anc ^ resigned in Oct., 
 1864, after which he spent four years in 
 the gold diggings of Montana. He was 
 married Dec. 31, 1871, to Mrs. Almira E. 
 J. Melvin, whose maiden name was James. 
 She was born Jan. 29, 1842, in Rock- 
 bridge county, Va. G. W. Harmon and 
 wife reside in Berlin. CATHARINE, 
 born Dec. 27, 1833, married Dec. 25, 
 1866, to John W. Bucher, have four child- 
 ren, and live in Island Grove. JOHN 
 W., born Dec. 23, 1835, married March 
 23, 1862, to Isadora Montague. They 
 have three children, and live near River- 
 ton, Fremont county, Iowa. THOMAS 
 W., born March 14, 1838, enlisted Aug., 
 
 1 86 1, in Co. D, 26th 111. Inf., for three 
 years, was wounded at Mission Ridge in 
 
 1863, and died from its effects, May 16, 
 
 1864, at Camp Butler. NANCY" A., 
 born Dec. 26, 1840, married Dec. 25, 1860, 
 to Anthony A. Rhodes, had one child, 
 and she died Dec. 14, 1868. HENRY 
 H., born Nov. i, 1844, married Dec. 26, 
 1870, to Millie Garrard, have one child, 
 and live at Marysville, Kan. FRANK- 
 LIN P., born Nov. 21, 1852, lives with
 
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 EA RL T SE 7 TLERS OF 
 
 his mother. Henry M. Harmon died 
 August i, 1871, and his widow resides in 
 Berlin. 
 
 MARGARET, born in Kentucky, 
 married to Govert Fleharty. They have 
 five children, and live near Oxford, Henry 
 county, 111. 
 
 CATHARINE, born in Kentucky, 
 married David Weger. They had five 
 children; two died. She resides in Iowa. 
 
 Mrs. Catharine Harmon moved to Iowa 
 in 1854, and died near Liberty ville, Jeff- 
 erson county, in the summer of 1860, 
 aged about one hundred and five years. 
 
 HARNSBERGER, JACOB, 
 was born in 1781, in Rockingham county, 
 Va., and was there married to Catharine 
 Harnsberger. They had two children in 
 Virginia, and moved to Clarke county, 
 Ohio, where seven children were born, 
 and from there to Clinton county, Ind., 
 where one child was born, and Mrs. 
 Harnsberger and one child died there. 
 The eldest son went to Wisconsin, mar- 
 ried, had one child, and died there. Two 
 sons and thi - ee daughters remained in 
 Indiana. Mr. Harnsberger and three 
 sons came to Sangamon county, arriving 
 Aug. 29, 1839, in what is now Cartwright 
 township. Of the three sons 
 
 HENRT M., born Feb. 2, 1823, in 
 Clarke county, Ohio, married Feb. 18, 
 1846, in Sangamon county, to Melinda A. 
 Harrison. They had four children 
 JOHN J. married Nancy C. Campbell, 
 has one child, CARRIE, and lives in Men- 
 ard county, near Pleasant Plains. G. 
 LEONARD, S. AMANDA C. and M. 
 A. VIRGINIA, live with their parents. 
 Henry M. Harnsberger and wife reside 
 three and one-half miles northeast of 
 Pleasant Plains 1873. 
 
 GEORGE G., born in 1825, in Ohio, 
 and married Mary Scott. They have four 
 living children, and 1'eside six miles north- 
 east of Decatur. 
 
 JACOB S., born in 1829, married 
 Sarah Starr, have three children, and re- 
 side near Tionus, Bibb county, Ala. 
 
 Jacob Harnsberger died Sept., 1847, ' n 
 Montgomery county, Ala. 
 
 HARRISON, EKEKIEL, 
 was born Oct. 6, 1752, in Rockingham 
 county, Va. Sarah Bryan was born July 
 31, 1753, in the same county. They were 
 there married in 1775, and had nine chil- 
 dren in Virginia. The family emigrated, 
 
 about 1816, to Christian county, near 
 Hopkinsville, Ky. Mr. H., with his wife, 
 three spns and one daughter, moved to 
 Sangamon county, 111., arriving Nov. 4, 
 1822, north of Richland creek, in what is 
 now Cartwright township. Of the four 
 children 
 
 JESSE, born May 24, 1777, married 
 in Virginia to Rachel Harrison, moved 
 to Christian county, Ky., and from there 
 to Sangamon county, and after a stay of 
 but two years, moved to Missouri. , His 
 first wife died in Missouri. He married 
 again, had five children, and died on the 
 evening of Dec. 31, 1872, at Mexico, 
 Audrain countv, Mo. 
 
 REUBEN, born June 12, 1779, in 
 Rockingham county, Va., married there, 
 May 1 6, 1804, to Parthenia Harrison. 
 She had one child, and died in Virginia. 
 Mr. H. was married Nov. 29, 1810, to 
 Barbara A. Harnsberger. They had 
 three children, and moved, in 1818, to 
 Christian county, Ky., where one child 
 was born, and came to Sangamon county, 
 111., in company with his father, arriving 
 Nov. 4, 1822, on Richland creek. Of his 
 five children: LEONARD C., the only 
 child by the first wife, was born Feb. 4, 
 1805, in Virginia, entered the ministry in 
 the M. E. Church at eighteen years of 
 age, was married in South Carolina, 
 moved to Summerfield, Alabama, and 
 died there, in 1867, leaving a widow and 
 eight children. Of the children by the 
 second wife, GEORGE M., born March 
 20, 1813, in Virginia, came to Sangamon 
 county with his parents in 1822. He 
 studied medicine in Springfield under Dr. 
 Jacob M. Early, rode on horseback to 
 Virginia, sold his horse there and went 
 by stage to Philadelphia, and graduated 
 in April, 1840, at Rush Medical College. 
 He was the second graduate in any medi- 
 cal college, from Sangamon county, Dow 
 Matheny being the first. Dr. George M. 
 Harrison was married May 28, 1840, near 
 Harrisburg, Rockingham county, Va., to 
 Maria B. C. J. Houston. They came at 
 once to Sangamon county, and he engaged 
 in practice on Richland creek, where they 
 had three living children, namely: ANN 
 AMANTHA, born August 13, 1841, in San- 
 gamon county, 111., was married June 7, 
 1866, in Virginia, to Frank W. Elliott. 
 They have three children, Irene H., 
 Charles E. and William H., and livejn
 
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 359 
 
 Cartwright township. REUBEN n., born 
 Nov. 9, 1842, in Sangamon county, en- 
 listed in 1862, for three years, in the H4th 
 Reg. 111. Inf., served full time, and was 
 honorably discharged in 1865. He was 
 married in the spring of 1875, in Nebras- 
 ka, to Mary J. Hendrickson, and resides 
 on land received for his services in the 
 army, situated near York Center, York 
 county, Nebraska. SARAH B. c., born 
 May 8, 1844, married Thomas Cummings. 
 See his name. Mrs. B. C. J. Harrison, 
 died Jan. n, 1845, an ^ Dr. " M. Harri- 
 son was married Nov. 25, 1847, * Mary 
 A. Megredy. They had nine living chil- 
 dren: EMMA E., born April 27, 1849, 
 was married March 28, 1872, in Sanga- 
 mon county, to Philip Oscar Hodgen, who 
 was born Nov. 19, 1845, near Burlington, 
 Iowa. They have two children, William 
 O. and Clara J/., and reside in Peters- 
 burg, Menard county. 111. M. JENNIE, 
 born May 22, 1850, was married Dec. 26, 
 1872,10 George S. Beekman. They have 
 one child, Harry ^., a/id live in Tallula, 
 Menard county, 111. JULIA s. was mar- 
 ried Jan. i, 1874, in Sangamon county, to 
 William E. Beekman. They had one 
 child, Edward ^., and Mrs. Julia S. 
 Beekman died June 18, 1875. ABBIE, 
 
 MELINDA, JOHN E., WILLIAM H., MARY B. 
 
 and HENRIETTA live with their mother. 
 Dr. George M. Harrison died Sept. i, 
 1873. He had been to the house of a 
 neighbor on business, and was returning 
 late in the evening. His horse arriving 
 at home without a rider, search was in- 
 stituted, and his body found at the cross- 
 ing of a sharp ravine, where it was 
 thought the horse had tripped arid thrown 
 him over its head. His widow resides on 
 the farm where he commenced practice 
 in 1840. It is north of Richland creek, 
 and two and a half miles west of Salis- 
 bury. JOHN H., born April 6, 1815, 
 in Rockbridge county, Va., raised in San- 
 gamon county, and married in Menard 
 county, May 17, 1843, * Sarah A. Con- 
 over, who was born March 15, 1825, near 
 Princeton, N. J. They had eight living 
 children. PARTHENIA E. F., died Feb. 2, 
 1862, in her seventeenth year. CHARLES 
 H. lives in Kansas. SUE, SAM. H., GEORGE 
 R., HOAT and v ANNIE live with their pa- 
 rents. John H. Harrison resides on the 
 farm where his grandfather Harrison set- 
 tled in 1822. From that to the present 
 
 time (1873) his home has been on the 
 same spot, included within an area of four 
 rods square. SARAH U., born Dec. 20, 
 1817, in Kentucky, married Feb. 14, 1849, 
 to Daniel Megredy, and died July 4, 1849, 
 less than five months after marriage. 
 MELINDA A., born March 20, 1820, in 
 Christian county, Ky., married in Sanga- 
 mon county to Henry M. Harnsberger. Sec 
 his name. Mrs. Barbara A. H. died Aug. 
 23, 1842, in Sangamon county, and her 
 husband, Reuben Harrison died May 3, 
 1852, at Summerfield, near Selma, Ala- 
 bama. 
 
 EZEKIEL B., born July 19, 1786, in 
 Virginia, married Ann Bell. They had 
 six children in Kentucky. One, a twin, 
 died when they were moving to Illinois, 
 and they had four children in Sangamon 
 county. Their son, MILTON B., mar- 
 ried Mrs. Martha Sutton, whose maiden 
 name was Hunter. They have one child, 
 MARTHA H. AN ABEL, and reside in Peters- 
 burg. LUCINDA P. married Enoch 
 Megredy. See his name. Mrs. Ann H. 
 died, and Ezekiel B. Harrison married 
 Elizabeth Stewart, and he died in June, 
 1851, at Petei'sburg. 
 
 LUCINDA B., born March 13, 1792, 
 in Virginia, married in Sangamon county 
 to Rev. Theophilus Sweet. See his 
 name. She died August 20, 1873, at the 
 house of her nephew, J. H. Harrison. 
 
 Ezekiel Harrison died about 183^, and 
 Mrs. Sarah Harrison died June 6, 1845, 
 both in Sangamon county. 
 
 HARRISON, FIELDING, 
 was born about 1777, in Rockingham 
 county, Va. Anna Quinn was born 
 about 1779* m Culpepper county, Va. 
 They were married in Culpepper, and 
 made their home in Rockingham county, 
 until they had one child. They moved 
 about 1805 to Christian county, Ky., 
 where they had five children, and from 
 there moved to Sangamon county, 111., ar- 
 riving Nov. 1822, at the north side of 
 Richland creek, in what is now Salisbury 
 township. Of their six children 
 
 PEYTON L., born Sept. 7, 1804, in 
 Rockingham county, Va., married Nov. 
 13, 1827, in St. Louis, Mo., to Eliza B. 
 Cartwright, both of Sangamon county. 
 They had nine children .in Sangamon 
 -county. FRANCES A., born Nov. 27, 
 1828, married William H. Purvines. See 
 his name. WEALTHY M.J., married
 
 3 6 
 
 EARLT SETTLERS OF 
 
 Nathan S. Purvines. See his name. 
 SARAH M. married, Feb. 22, 1854, to 
 Amos Ely, a native of Philadelphia. 
 They had two children. HARRY died, 
 aged six years. ALBERT lives with his 
 parents in Chicago. P. QUINN, born 
 May 20, 1837, married June 4, 1867, to 
 Emeline L. Lamothe, who was born Dec. 
 12, 1843, in Alton. They have one child, 
 LUELLA, and live two miles east of Pleas- 
 ant Plains. CATHARINE married 
 William P. Crafton. See his name. 
 PETER L. married Elizabeth F. Cart- 
 wright. They have two children, and 
 live near Pleasant Plains. EMILY W. 
 married Benjamin Berry, of Morgan 
 county, 111. They have one child, WIL- 
 LIAM PEYTON, and live at Pleasant 
 Plains. CAROLINE A. married Josiah 
 W. Owen, and live five miles west of 
 Pleasant Plains. VICTORIA M. mar- 
 ried Dr. James T. Logan. They have 
 one child, EVA MAY, and live at Tolona, 
 111. Peyton L. Harrison remembers see- 
 ing sixteen hundred Pottawattomie In- 
 dians camped about one mile north of 
 where he now lives. They were about 
 leaving the country, in the winter of 1823 
 or '4. While the Indian.s were there he 
 fired into a herd of deer and killed one. 
 Some of the Indians saw him, and he 
 feared they would take his .game, but his 
 fears were soon dispelled by their express- 
 ing admiration for the young hunter, in 
 saying boy ! boy ! then pointing to the deer 
 they said, buck! buck! Pevton L. Harri- 
 son and wife reside one mile west of 
 Pleasant Plains. 
 
 JOHN F., born Feb. 5, 1807, in 
 Christian county, Ky. the day was long 
 known as the cold Friday He married 
 Parthenia Harrison (a sister to Milton B. 
 Harrison of Petersbui'g.) They had six 
 children, and live in Petersburg. 
 
 PEACHY A., born Nov. 19, 1809, in 
 Kentucky, married in Sangamon county 
 to Robert Harrison. They had nine chil- 
 dren. Of their children FIELDING 
 T. lives in Alton. CASTLE R. lives in 
 Jacksonville. JOHN H. lives in Taylor- 
 ville, 111. SIMEON B lives at Morrison- 
 ville, 111. JAMES married and lives in 
 Kansas. Robert Harrison died in 1855 or 
 '6, and Mrs. Peachy A. Harrison died in 
 1866, both in Alton. 
 
 MART E., born June 5, 1811, in Ken- 
 tucky, married in Sangamon county to 
 
 Irwin Randall. They have seven child- 
 ren, and live in Edwardsville. 
 
 SIMEON j^., born Sept. 27, 1816, in 
 that part of Christian which is now Trigg 
 county, Ky., married in S'angamon coun- 
 ty to Mary A. Renshaw. They had five 
 living children. ROBERT P. married 
 Almeda J. Bone. ANNIE Q., born 
 May 26, 1848, married, Jan. 19, 1870, to 
 Dr. Joseph B. Cloud (son of Rev. New- 
 ton Cloud, of Jacksonville, Illinois.) 
 He died Dec. 31, 1872, in Pleasant Plains. 
 Mrs. Cloud lives with her father 1873 
 JENNIE E., born Dec. 19, 1850, married 
 Dec. 24, 1868, to Frank Cassell. They 
 have one child, s. QUINN, and live in Pe- 
 kin. Mr. Cassell is a practicing lawyer. 
 MARY R., IDA V. and SUE A., reside 
 with their parents, two miles northeast of 
 Richland station, Sangamon county. 
 
 MARTHA J., born Jan. 31, 1820, in 
 Kentucky, married in Sangamon county 
 to James Harrison. They had four child- 
 ren. James Harrison died July 8, 1873, 
 near Shullsburg, Wis., and his widow re- 
 sides there. Their son, Dr. W. H. Harri- 
 son, lives at Warren, 111. 1873. 
 
 Fielding Harrison died June n, 1829, 
 and his widow died Aug., 1835, he in 
 Sangamon county, and she in Alton, 
 Illinois. 
 
 HARROWER, WILLIAM, 
 born Aug. 20, 1808, in Stirling, Scotland. 
 In 1833 he came to New York city, and 
 returned to Scotland in about three years, 
 and came back in company with a number 
 of Scotch people ; his future wife being of 
 the party. He was married, May 9, 1838, 
 in New York city, by Dr. Brownlee, to 
 Janette Blacklock, who was born June 18, 
 1809, in Lockerbie, Scotland. They at 
 once moved to Springfield, 111., arriving 
 in the fall of 1838, where they had four 
 children. 
 
 DA VI D W., born Sept. 29, 1839, lives 
 with his mother. 
 
 JAMES, born Jan. 22, 1841, died 
 March 6, 1871, in Springfield, 111. 
 
 A GNES y born June 2, 1842, in Spring- 
 field, was married Oct. 12, 1864, to James 
 B. Smith, son of Rev. James Smith, D. 
 D. J. B. Smith was born June 3, 1840, 
 in Nashville, Tenn, graduated at Cincin- 
 nati Medical College, in 1865, and prac- 
 ticed medicine in Cerro Gordo and Daw- 
 son, 111. Dr. J. B. Smith and wife had 
 four children, BRAINARD HAR-
 
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 361 
 
 ROWER, NETTIE E., ANNIE F., 
 and JAMES B. L. Dr. J. B. Smith died 
 Dec. 30, 1869, in Springfield. Mrs. Agnes 
 Smith and children reside with her mother. 
 
 ANN JANET., born July 17, 1844, 
 died June 7, 1851, in Springfield, 111. 
 
 William Harrower died July 27, 1869, 
 in Springfield. His widow resides on 
 eas,t Monroe street, Springfield, 111. Mr. 
 Harrower was a stone mason, and worked 
 on the Capitol which he found in course 
 of construction by the State of Illinois. 
 He completed it by building the porticos. 
 He was an earnest, consistent member of 
 the Presbyterian church, and as such won 
 the esteem of the community generally. 
 He served several years as a member of 
 the city council of Springfield. 
 
 HARGIS, THOMAS, was born 
 in 1775? in West Virginia, and was 
 married there about 1800 to Susan Riley. 
 She was born in 1782. They had two 
 children in Virginia, and moved to Cum- 
 berland county, Ky., where they had 
 eight children, and then moved to Sanga- 
 mon county, 111., arriving in the fall of 
 1830 in what is now Fancy creek town- 
 ship. Of their ten children 
 
 NANCY married James McDaniel, 
 and died, leaving four children, who live 
 with their father at West Point, Iowa. 
 
 ELIZABETH married Spencer 
 Stone, had nine children, and Mr. S. died. 
 Two of their children JEFFERSON 
 married Sarah Moran, and lives one 
 mile east of Athens. SARAH married 
 James B. Glascock. See his name. Mrs. 
 Stone lives at Wapella, 111. 
 
 JOHN C. died in Kentucky, at twenty- 
 five years old. 
 
 SARAH married Jeremiah Dooley, 
 moved to Galena, and she died, leaving 
 three children there. 
 
 DORCAS married Jefferson Smith, 
 moved to Wisconsin and died, leaving two 
 children there. 
 
 WILLIAM married Nancy Strode. 
 They had nine children, and moved to 
 Doniphan county, Kan., in 1857, and he 
 died there, One son, THOMAS J., was 
 living in Sangamon county in 1862, and 
 enlisted in Co. K, n5th 111. Inf., for three 
 years. He was wounded at the battle of 
 Chicamauga, and discharged on account 
 of physical disability. He was married, 
 while a soldier, to Harriet Judd, and re- 
 sides three miles east of Springfield. The 
 -46 
 
 family of William Hargis live near Troy, 
 Kansas. 
 
 THOMAS married Druzilla Shepherd. 
 He died, leaving a widow and four child- 
 ren, in Fulton county, 111. 
 
 AL VA W. was killed in Kentucky by 
 a cotton gin, at seven years of age. 
 
 MINER VA J. married John Smith, 
 have nine children, and live in Fulton 
 county, 111. 
 
 AMANDA married Alonzo McCauley, 
 have five children, and live in Fulton 
 county. 
 
 SUSAN B. married James B. Strode. 
 See his name. 
 
 Thomas Hargis established a pottery 
 soon after he came into the county. He 
 was a local preacher in the M. E. church 
 in Kentucky, and joined the traveling 
 connection in Illinois. He was in charge 
 of a circuit at the time of his death, which 
 took place in Fulton county in June, 1850. 
 His widow died there in 1860. 
 
 HARPER, JAMES, was born 
 Jan. 3, 1801, in Tennessee. He was mar- 
 mied there to Elizabeth Cochran, who 
 was born Oct. 7, 1801. They had five 
 children in Tennessee, and moved to San- 
 gamon county, 111., arriving June 10, 1831, 
 where they had three children. Of their 
 children 
 
 LOUISA, born Sept. 29, 1821, in Ten- 
 nessee, was married in Sangamon county 
 to Allison Lucas. 
 
 MARTHA, born May 15, 1823, in 
 Tennessee, and died in Sangamon county, 
 Illinois. 
 
 WILLIAM, born Oct. i, 1825, in 
 Tennessee, married in Sangamon county 
 to Lucretia Penick, and live in Christian 
 county, 111. 
 
 LAFAYETTE, born Aug. 9, 1827, 
 in Tennessee, raised in Sangamon county, 
 was a soldier, from Galena, in the Mexi- 
 can war, married, Sept. 18, 1847, to Mar- 
 tha J. Smith, have eight children, and live 
 near Osage Mission, Kansas. 
 
 ELIZABETH J., born March 10, 
 1831, in Tennessee, married in Sangamon 
 county to Zacharia Burtle. See his 
 name. 
 
 MELINDA, born April 17, 1833, in 
 Sangamon county, married Thomas O. 
 Gatton. See his natne. 
 
 FRANCIS M., born July 16, 1835, in 
 Sangamon county, married Bell Deboe,
 
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 EARLT SETTLERS OF 
 
 and live in Cotton Hill township, Post- 
 office, Pawnee. 
 
 MART E., born April 16, 1839, in 
 Sangamon county, married Josephus Gat- 
 ton, Jun. See his name. 
 
 James and Elizabeth Harper both died 
 in Sangamon county, and were buried at 
 St. Bernard Catholic church. 
 
 HARLAN, JpHN C., was born 
 April 18, 1815, in Cecil county, Md.; came 
 to what is now Ball township, Sangamon 
 county, April 2, 1839. He remained one 
 year, returned to Maryland, came to San- 
 gamon county the second time, traveling 
 all the way in a wagon, and most of the 
 time alone. He was married in Ball 
 township, east of Chatham, July n, 1843, 
 to Lydia A. White, who was born Sept. 3, 
 1825. They moved to the vicinity of 
 Waverly, Morgan county, and had nine 
 living children there. Of their childi-en 
 
 LOUIS E., born April 13, 1844, mar- 
 ried Dec. 25, 1872, in Shelby county, 111., 
 to Susan Humphreys, and resides near 
 Buckley, 111. 
 
 JOHN C. and WILLIAM P., twins, 
 born Jan. 2, 1848, reside with their pa- 
 rents. 
 
 JOANNA, born Oct. 21, 1850, mar- 
 ried William R. Megredy, Oct. 8, 1872. 
 See his name. 
 
 SARAH A., born Sept. 24, 1852, 
 GEORGE F., born Sept. 20, 1856, 
 CHARLES O., born Sept. 17, 1858, 
 MART L., born March n, 1861, and 
 ELMER E., born July n, 1863, all re- 
 side with their parents. 
 
 John C. Harlan moved in March, 1868, 
 to the vicinity of Buckley, Iroquois coun- 
 ty, 111., and now 1876 resides there. 
 
 HARLAN, SILAS, was born 
 Jan. 5, 1781, in Berkley county, Va. He 
 went to Christian county, Ky., and came 
 to Sangamon county, 111., arriving in 1827. 
 He entered about one thousand acres of 
 land, and improved a farm, three and a 
 half miles south of Chatham. Elizabeth 
 Messick was born March 26, 1809, in 
 Rockingham county, Va., and her father 
 moved the next year to Christian county, 
 Ky. In 1827 Elizabeth came to Sanga- 
 mon county with the family of John 
 French. Silas Harlan and Elizabeth 
 Messick were married Sept. 10, 1829, and 
 had nine children in Chatham township, 
 some of whom died young. Of their 
 children 
 
 GEORGE W., born in 1830, died un- 
 married in 1860. 
 
 MAR T J. married Hugh Aldrich, and 
 died in 1863, leaving four children. 
 
 SARAH E. married Francis M. Cook, 
 and lives near the old homestead. 
 
 SILAS, Jun., died in 1860, aged 
 twenty-three years. 
 
 RA CHEL, born in 1839, in Sangamon 
 county, and married James Irwin. He 
 enlisted July, 1862, for three years, in the 
 Springfield Light Artillery, was pro- 
 moted, June 28, 1864, to Second Lieuten- 
 ant; and Oct. 4, 1864, to First Lieutenant. 
 He served until the end of the rebellion, 
 and was mustered out with the battery at 
 Springfield, 111., June 30, 1865. Mr. Ir- 
 win is a farmer, and resides three miles 
 south of Chatham. 
 
 Silas Harlan died Nov. 9, 1844, and his 
 widow married Sept. 8, 1846, to George 
 Roberts, who was born Oct. 2, 1818, in 
 Jefferson county, N. Y. They had six 
 children in Sangamon county, namely 
 
 ERASTUS enlisted in 1861 in Co. B, 
 loth 111. Cav., was wounded at the battle 
 of Little Rock, Ark., Sept. 10, 1863, came 
 home and died Dec. I, 1863. 
 
 NORA, born Aug. 2, 1849, married in 
 1866 to William H. Beardon, and lives in 
 Chatham township. 
 
 MINER VA C. married Asa Brewer, 
 and lives in Loami township. 
 
 George Roberts enlisted Sept. 21, 1861, 
 for three years, in Co. B, loth 111. Cav., 
 re-enlisted as a veteran Jan. i, 1864, and 
 was honorably discharged with the regi- 
 ment at San Antonio, Texas, Nov. 22, 
 1865. He was appointed train master 
 April I, 1862, and was company farrier 
 during the whole term of his second en- 
 listment. Mr. Roberts resides three miles 
 south of Chatham. 
 
 HARRIS, JOB F., was born 
 Sept. 19, 1798, in Rockbridge county, Va., 
 and was taken by his parents to Barren 
 county, Ky., in 1806. He was apprenticed 
 to learn the business of cabinet making, 
 and moved to St. Louis, in 1816. Busi- 
 ness being dull, his master released him, 
 and he spent some time on the lower 
 Mississippi, and went from New Orleans 
 to the Rocky mountains, with a company 
 of trappers, returning in the fall of 1818. 
 In the fall of 1822 he came to Sangamon 
 county, in what is now Ball township. In 
 1827 he enlisted in a Sangamon county
 
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 company to fight the Winnebago Indians, 
 but the campaign ended without fighting. 
 Job F. Harris was married, May 24, 1844, 
 to Mrs. Mary Phillips. They had two 
 children 
 
 ELIZABETH B. and JOHN M. 
 
 Mr. Harris died July 29, 1866. His 
 widow and children live two and a half 
 miles northeast of Auburn. 
 
 Mr. Harris voted for Abraham Lincoln 
 every time he was a candidate for any office, 
 from Captain of a military company to 
 President of the United States for the 
 second time. 
 
 HARVEY, ABNER, was born 
 April 13, 1804, in Adair county, Ky. 
 Eliza A. Davis was born May 9, 1809, in 
 Kentucky. They were married, had 
 one child in Kentucky, and moved to 
 what is now Irish Grove, Menard county, 
 and from there to what is now Gardner 
 township, Sangamon county, arriving in 
 the spring of 1831, where five children 
 were born. Of all their children 
 
 THERESA, born July 18, 1829, in 
 Kentucky, died in Sangamon county, 
 aged twenty-two years. 
 
 JOHN F., born Dec. 10, 1831, in San- 
 gamon county, married at Irish Grove, 
 Nov. n, 1857, to Lydia J. Stone, who 
 was born there, July 25, 1835. They have 
 five living children: MAUD O., HAL- 
 LECK, AGNES, WILLIE and CORA, 
 and reside in Urbana, Illinois. 
 
 ALFRED C., born Jan. 7, 1834, died 
 aged seventeen years. 
 
 ELIZABETH J., born Oct. 15, 
 1835, in Sangamon county, married Dec. 
 19, 1856, to Sylvester M. Bailey, who 
 was born Oct. 19, 1834, in Fairfield coun- 
 ty, Ohio. They had seven children. 
 MARION E. died in his second year. 
 EVA MAY died in her ninth year. 
 WALTER H., THERESA A., WIL- 
 LIAM A., SARAH L. and MAUD E. 
 The five latter reside with their parents. 
 S. M. Bailey enlisted August, 1862, for 
 three years, in Co. K, ii5th 111. Inf., 
 was commissioned ist Lieutenant at the 
 organization of the company, and acted 
 as Captain, but never was mustered, as he 
 was soon after wounded at the battle of 
 Chickamauga, Sept. 20, 1863, while in 
 command of his company. He has since 
 served three years as a member of the 
 Sangamon county Board of Supervisors 
 
 for Salisbury township, and now resides 
 near Sylvandale, Labette county, Kansas. 
 
 OLIVER G., born July 20, 1838, in 
 Sangamon county, married Josephine 
 Reeves. They have three children, 
 LILLIAN, FRANKLIN C. and PAUL 
 CLIFFORD, and reside at Cantrall, 
 Sangamon county. 
 
 MAR Y, born August 30, 1 840, and 
 died aged two years. 
 
 Abner Harvey died about 1840, and 
 his widow died soon after, both in San- 
 gamon county. 
 
 HARVEY, WILLIAM, was 
 born in Harrisburg, Pa., and when a young 
 man went to Washington county, Md. 
 He was there married, in 1 829, to Eliza 
 Rice, who was born Nov. 9, 1804, in 
 Chambersburg, Pa. They had three chil- 
 dren in Maryland, and came to Sangamon 
 county, 111., arriving in Nov., 1835, at 
 Springfield, where they had two children. 
 Of their five children 
 
 CHARLES C., born June, 1831, in 
 Maryland, raised in Springfield, went to 
 California, in 1849, and died there in 
 
 i853. 
 
 MART J., born April n, 1833, in 
 
 Williamsport, Washington county, Md., 
 married in Springfield, March 9, 1853, to 
 William Stadden, who was born March 
 9, 1826, in Licking county, Ohio. They 
 had six living children. CLARA M. 
 died, aged seven years. WILLIAM H. 
 and RICHARD M. live near Sanford, 
 Orange county, Fla., engaged in the culti- 
 vation of oranges and lemons. GEORGE 
 B., EDWIN L. and EVA DELL, live 
 with their mother. William Stadden died 
 Oct. 23, 1873, and his widow resides in 
 Springfield. 
 
 Mr. Stadden was for twenty-five years 
 connected with the Auditor's department 
 of the State of Illinois. After that he 
 was for several years Superintendent of 
 Insurance, and died in office. 
 
 WILLIAM R., born Oct., 1835, in 
 Williamsport, Md., and raised in Spring- 
 field. At the beginning of the rebellion 
 he was in New Mexico, went with a fron- 
 tier regiment of the Union army, and was 
 never heard of after. 
 
 SAMUEL S., born Oct., 1837, in 
 Springfield, and raised there. He was 
 married at Montgomery, Alabama, and 
 resides at Pensucola, Florida.
 
 EARLY SETTLERS OF 
 
 MARIA L., born Oct. 13, 1839, in 
 Springfield, married William F. Elkin, 
 Jun. See his name. 
 
 William Harvey was elected Sheriff of 
 Sangamon county, in 1846, serving one 
 term. He died Sept., 1854, and Mrs. 
 Eliza Harvey died Sept., 1870, both in 
 Springfield. 
 
 HATHAWAY, WESLEY, 
 was born Dec. 2, 1814, in Boone county, 
 Ky. His parents moved to Montgomery 
 county when he was about twelve years 
 old. He came to Illinois in May, 1831, 
 first stopping at Jacksonville. Mr. Hath- 
 away returned to Kentucky in 1832, and 
 remained two years at Sharpsburg and 
 Mt. Sterling as a clerk. He came back 
 to Morgan county, 111., in 1834, and in 
 1835 went to the Job settlement in Mc- 
 Donough county, and engaged in mer- 
 chandising as a partner of Dr. George B. 
 Rogers, with whom he came to the State 
 in 1831. He closed his business there, and 
 came to Mechanicsburg, Sangamon coun- 
 ty, in 1838, and first engaged in teaching. 
 A year or two later he commenced mer- 
 chandising with B. Logan Hall. Wesley 
 Hathaway and Mary M. Hall were mar- 
 ried Sept. 1 8, 1845, * n Sangamon county, 
 where they had seven children, namely 
 
 ALICE 0., born Dec. 30, 1847, mar- 
 ried May 9, 1872, to Joseph H. Grubb, 
 who was born Nov. 21, 1848, in Perry 
 county, Pa. He enlisted at Springfield 
 for one year, March 2, 1865, in Co. I, 
 H4th 111. Inf., served in that regiment 
 until it was mustered out in July, 1865, 
 when he was transferred to Co. D, 58th 
 111. Inf., served full term, and was honor- 
 ably discharged March 2, 1866. Mr. and 
 Mrs. Grubb live at Illiopolis. 
 
 JULIET, born Aug. 22, 1849, died in 
 her sixth year. 
 
 WALTER A., LUELLA B., 
 DAVID Z., MART AUGUSTUS 
 and ANNA MA T, live with their parents 
 in Buffalo, Sangamon county, 111. Mr. 
 Hathaway is a merchant there. 
 
 HATLER, JAMES, was born 
 March 23, 1800, probably in Tennessee, 
 and taken by his parents to Allen county, 
 Ky. He was there married to Nancy 
 Dean, Jan. 30, 1823. She was born in that 
 county. They had five children, and came 
 to Sangamon county, 111., arriving in the 
 fall of 1834, in what is now Cotton Hill 
 township. The next year three members 
 
 of the family died, including both parents, 
 namely : Mrs. Nancy Hatler died July 9, 
 1835; their daughter, Rebecca, died July 
 14, aged eleven years; and James Hatler 
 died Sept. 4, 1835. That broke up the 
 family, and the four children were taken 
 to Greene county, and raised by their 
 grandfather and uncle. Of the children 
 
 GRANVILLE, born Sept. 14, 1825, 
 in Allen county, Ky., married Oct. 22, 
 1846, in Greene county, 111, to Sarah Fin- 
 ley, who was- born in that county, Nov. 
 17, 1828. They have nine children; one 
 born in Greene county, and eight in San 
 gamon, namely : JAMES H., born Jan. 
 17, 1848, in Greene county, married, Nov. 
 ID, 1871, to Salome Bomhoff, who was 
 born in Sangamon county, Nov. 30, 1851. 
 They reside in Cotton Hill township. 
 The third child, NANCY J., born Oct. 
 22, 1851, married Silvan Williams. See 
 his name. The other seven children, 
 LEWIS J., JOHN H., MARY E., 
 ROSA M., EMMA J., EFFIE and 
 RUFUS CARROLL, live with their 
 parents, in Cotton Hill township. Gran- 
 ville Hatler owns and lives on the farm 
 purchased by his father on coming to the 
 county in 1834. 
 
 GILBERT, born Jan. 20, 1828, in 
 Allen county, Ky., married in Greene 
 county, 111., to Delilah Finley. He died 
 April 13, 1872, leaving a widow and five 
 children SARAH J., JOSEPHINE, 
 NANCY E., ALBERT and DAISEY. 
 The family live in Cotton Hill town- 
 ship. 
 
 LUC 2ND A y., born April 14, 1830, 
 married Fletcher Haines. See his name. 
 
 FRANCIS M., born Feb. 28, 1833, 
 in Allen county, Ky., married in Greene 
 county, 111., to Sarah Overbey, have three 
 children, and reside near Athensville, 
 Greene county, 111. 
 
 HAWLEY, ELIPHALET, 
 was born Dec. 17, 1782, either in New 
 York or one of the New England States. 
 He was married Aug. 24, 1815, in Albany, 
 N. Y., to Elizabeth McMurdy, who was 
 born there Feb. 26, 1 797, of Scotch ances- 
 tors. Mr. and Mrs. Hawley had two 
 living children in Albany. In September, 
 1821, they left for the west, the family 
 traveling in a carnage, and hauling their 
 household goods in wagons. When they 
 arrived at Olean Point, on the Alleghany 
 river, they transferred their goods to a
 
 SAN GAM ON COUNTY. 
 
 raft and floated down to Pittsburg, where 
 they remained until the next spring. One 
 child was born there. Mr. Hawley and 
 Mr. Wheelock united in purchasing a 
 boat, in which their two families descended 
 the Ohio river to Shawneetown, arriving 
 in April, 1822. Mr. Wheelock settled in 
 Atlas, Pike county, and Mr. Hawley came 
 to Sangamon county, arriving in April or 
 May, 1822, in what is now Fancy Creek 
 township, in the same carriage, and drawn 
 by the same, horses, they started with. Mr. 
 Hawley had soldiers' claims, and located 
 them in the military reservation west of 
 the Illinois river, and began improving a 
 farm on Spoon river, in Fulton county, 
 five miles northwest of the present town 
 of Havana. He was returning to his 
 family on horseback, and, in attempting to 
 swim his horse across Salt creek, in Mason 
 county, was drowned, June 21, 1822. 
 The horse came home, and upon search 
 being made, the body was found a week 
 later and interred. It was afterwards 
 moved to Indian Point, in Menard county. 
 The widow and children removed to 
 Springfield the next winter. William S. 
 H. Hamilton (See his name) was then a 
 practicing lawyer in Springfield. The 
 court appointed him guardian of the three 
 orphan children. James Adams (See his 
 name) was appointed administrator of the 
 estate. Of the three children 
 
 ELIPHALET B., born May 30, 
 1816, in Albany, N. Y., raised in Sanga- 
 mon county, and married in Springfield, 
 July 12,. 1838, to Mary D. Sayre, who was 
 born June 26, 1815, in Lebanan, O. They 
 had four living children in Springfield, 
 namely: MARY E., born July 19, 1839, 
 in Springfield, married James M. Gai'land. 
 See his name. ISABELLA G., born 
 July 21, 1843, in Springfield, married 
 Aug. 4, 1862, to George M. BrinkerholF, 
 who was born Aug. 20, 1839, in Gettys- 
 burg, Penn., graduated at Pennsylvania 
 College in the class of 1859, and soon 
 after came to Springfield. Mr. and Mrs. 
 BrinkerhofF have four children, JOHN 11., 
 
 MARIAN B., GEORGE M., JU11., and MARIA 
 
 c., and reside in Springfield. Mr. Brink- 
 erhoff is Secretary of the Springfield Iron 
 Company, and one of its stockholders. 
 MARIA D., born June 22, 1848, in 
 Springfield, married in her native city, 
 July 10, 1872, to Edward B. Springer, 
 who was born July 15, 1847, in N,ew 
 
 York city. They have one child, GEORGE 
 HAWLEY. Mr. Springer is connected 
 with the firm of Keith Brothers, mer- 
 chants- of Chicago, and resides in that 
 city. BENJAMIN died Sept. 9, 1864, 
 aged twelve years. Eliphalet B. Hawley, 
 when quite young, entered a dry goods 
 store in Springfield as clerk, and thus 
 qualified himself for mercantile pursuits. 
 .He was in that business about thirty years, 
 the greater part of the time on his own 
 account. He retired a few years ago, but 
 still resides in Springfield. He has for 
 many years been a Ruling Elder in the 
 Second Presbyterian church of this city. 
 
 ISAAC A., born Nov. 26, 1819, in 
 Albany, N. Y., brought up in Sangamon 
 county, married in Springfield April 30, 
 1851, to A. Eliza McCauley, who was 
 born Jan. 13, 1828, in Washington county, 
 Penn. They have one daughter, ADDIE 
 E., living with her parents in Springfield. 
 Isaac A. Hawley commenced as a clerk, 
 and from 1837 to ^57 was a dry goods 
 merchant in the same building, southwest 
 corner of Adams and Sixth streets. In 
 1864 he was elected Treasurer of Sanga- 
 mon county, serving two years. He is 
 now 1876 engaged in the insurance 
 business. 
 
 ISABELLA G., born Nov. 28, 1821, 
 in Pittsburg, Penn., brought up in Spring- 
 field and educated in Monticello Female 
 Seminary, at Godfrey, 111. She made 
 teaching her profession until her health 
 failed. She died April 15, 1845, in Schuy- 
 ler county, 111. 
 
 Mrs. Elizabeth Hawley was married 
 Aug. 9, 1823, in Springfield, to John 
 Moore. See his name. 
 
 HAWN, FREDERICK, was 
 born June 5, 1810, at Indian Castle, now 
 Danube, Herkimer county, New York. 
 His ancestors were of German origin; 
 his grandfather, Conradt Hahn, was born 
 in the kingdom of Bavaria, and married 
 there to a Miss Windacre. They emi- 
 grated to America about 1765, and settled 
 in Canajoharie, Tryon county, now Mont- 
 gomery county, New York. Mrs. Hahn 
 died in 1775. Conradt Hahn was a soldier 
 in the Revolutionary army, and was killed 
 in battle at Oriskany, Oneida county, New 
 York, leaving four children. The eldest, 
 Conrad, married Catharine Young. 
 Frederick, whose name heads this sketch, 
 is their son. By assimilation with the
 
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 EA RLY SE1 TLBRS OF 
 
 English language the name was changed 
 from Hahn to Hawn. Frederick Hawn 
 studied civil engineering, and was thus 
 employed on the first railroads constructed 
 in the States of New York and Pennsyl- 
 vania. He came to Sangamon county, 
 111., arriving in Oct., 1835, where he was 
 married, Nov. 9, 1837, to Abigail Cutter. 
 See Cutter family . Mr. and Mrs. Hawn 
 had two children in Sangamon county ? 
 and in 1-843 m ved to Weston, Platte 
 county, Missouri, where they had one 
 child. Of their children 
 
 MARIA G., born Sept. 9, 1838, in 
 Springfield, 111., was married in Weston, 
 Missouri, Nov. 4, 1857, to Joseph C. 
 Hemingray, a native of Pittsburg, Penn. 
 They have two children, REUBEN 
 PHELPS and LILEON KERR, and 
 reside in Leavenworth, Kansas. Mr. 
 Hemingrav is a practicing lawyer. 
 
 MARTHA, born Feb. 17, 1842, in 
 Sangamon county, 111., was married June 
 21, 1875, in Leavenworth, Kansas, to 
 Charles H. Lamar, a native of Tennessee. 
 They live near Weston, Platt county, 
 Missouri. Mr. Lamar is a farmer. Mrs. 
 Hemingray and Mrs. Lamar have for 
 many years been active members of the 
 Protestant Episcopal Church in Leaven- 
 worth. 
 
 LAURENS, born Sept. 4, 1847, at 
 Weston, Missouri, graduated at Cornell 
 University, Ithica, New York, in the 
 class of 1875. He is now 1876 studying 
 law in Leavenworth, Kansas. 
 
 Frederick Hawn was professionally en- 
 gaged in the earlier public improvements 
 of Illinois. After his removal to Mis- 
 souri he was the civil engineer in the con- 
 struction of the Hanibal & St. Joseph Rail- 
 road, and in the geological survey of the 
 State of Missouri. In 1860 he moved to 
 Leavenworth, Kansas, and was connected 
 with the survey of the United States 
 lands, and later was engaged in the geolog- 
 ical survey of the State of Kansas. He 
 has written extensively on the natural re- 
 sources of the latter State, and climate of 
 the west. Frederick Hawn and family 
 reside in the city of Leavenworth, Kan- 
 sas. 
 
 HAZLETT, ROBERT, was 
 born Dec. 20, 1799, in Stokes county, N. 
 C. Rebecca Daigh was born Dec. 12, 
 1802, in Bath county, Va. They were 
 married March 29, 1820, in Virginia, had 
 
 three children there, and moved to Sanga- 
 mon county, 111., arriving in the fall of 
 1828, at Springfield. In the spring of 
 1831 they moved to what is now Cooper 
 township, where they had three children. 
 Of the six children 
 
 WILLIAM P, born Nov. 29, 1821, 
 in Bath county, Va., married in Sangamon 
 county, Oct. 19, 1843, to Zerilda Haggard. 
 Thay had ten children, three of whom 
 died under three years. Of the other 
 seven SARAH R. married Dec. 24, 
 1863, to Brice A. Patton, has three chil- 
 pren, and lives in Lawrence county, Mo. 
 ROBERT H., born July 6, 1847, is a 
 graduate of the Law School of the Univer- 
 sity of Michigan, at Ann Arbor. He re- 
 sides in Springfield, and is one of the law 
 firm of Hazlett & Kane. ELIZABETH 
 A. married Feb. 23, 1870, to Henry Spen- 
 gler. They have one child, LOURETTA 
 B., and live two miles southeast of Farm- 
 ingdale. WILLIAM J., MARTIN M., 
 CHARLES E. and AMELIA B., reside 
 with their parents, three-quarters of a mile 
 east of Bradfordton. 
 
 JOHN A., born Feb. 9, 1823, in Ma- 
 son county, Va., was married in Sanga- 
 mon county, 111., to Mary J. Drennan. 
 They have nine living children, and live 
 five miles north of Edinburg, 111. 
 
 ELIZA J. married Isaac Troxell. 
 They had two children, WILLIAM E. 
 and GEORGE L., and Mrs. Troxell 
 died. 
 
 ELIZABEJ^H A., born Feb. 14, 
 1828, in Sangamon county, was married, 
 Feb. 13, 1851, to Henry W. Neeley. They 
 had one child, and moved to Grimes coun- 
 ty, near Anderson, Texas, in 1852, where 
 they had five living children. JOSEPH 
 W., born in Sangamon countv, married 
 .Sept. 8, 1870, to Frances C. Criger, and 
 live near Anderson, Texas. REBECCA 
 L., born in Texas, married Nov. 30, 1871, 
 to Daniel McMahon, and live near Ander- 
 son, Texas. GEORGE L., ELIZA A. 
 and ADA E., live with their mother. H. 
 W. Neeley died July 3, 1871, near Ander- 
 son, Texas, and his widow and child re- 
 side there. 
 
 CHARLES F., born Feb. 29, 1832, 
 in Sangamon county, went to California 
 in the spring of 1853, and reside at Teha- 
 ma, Tehama county, Cal. 
 
 REBECCA V., born May 29, 1833, 
 married Ephraim Nelms, had two child-
 
 SANGAMON COUNTY. 
 
 
 367 
 
 ren, and Mr. N. died. She married John 
 M. Abel, have four children, and live near 
 Niantic. 
 
 Robert Hazlett died Aug. 15, 1835, and 
 his widow married Joseph Firey, of Chris- 
 tian county. They had two children; 
 both died young. Mr. Fiery died, and 
 his widow resides near her son, John A. 
 Hazlett, in Christian county. 
 
 HEDGES, JOS I AH, born about 
 1788, in Maryland, and was taken to Vir- 
 ginia, and from there to Grayson county, 
 Ky., when he was about twelve years 
 old. Anna Brown was born Dec. 25, 
 1798, in Davis county, Ky. Josiah 
 Hedges and Anna Brown were there mar- 
 ried and made Grayson county their 
 home until they had three children, and 
 then moved to Sangamon county, 111., ar- 
 riving in the fall of 1826, at the north 
 side of Island Grove, two and a half miles 
 northwest of the present town of Berlin, 
 where two children were born. Of their 
 five children 
 
 LUCINDA, born in Kentucky, married 
 in Sangamon county to Henry Hawkins. 
 They have nine children, and live near 
 Beatrice, Gates county, Nebraska. 
 
 LEAH, born in Kentucky, died in 
 Sangamon county, Sept. 25, 1842, aged 
 about twenty-four years. 
 
 MARINDA, born in 1820, in Ken- 
 tucky, married William D. Chilton, and 
 live near Berlin. 
 
 CALEB, born July 4, 1828, in Sanga- 
 mon county, married Jan. n, 1866, to 
 Theresa Dunlap, who was born May 30, 
 1841, in Knox county, Ky. They have 
 three children, HARDIN W., LOGAN 
 H. and DORA BELL. Caleb Hedges 
 lives on the farm settled by his father in 
 1826, and where he was born. It is 
 two and a half miles northwest of Berlin. 
 
 ELIZABETH A., born April 4, 
 1833, in Sangamon county, married Nov. 
 18, 1863, to George W. Dunlap. He was 
 born March 29, 1829, in Knox county, 
 Ky. They have four children, IRVIN 
 T., SARAH A., WILLIE H. and 
 GEORGE A., and live north of Island 
 Grove, and two and a half miles north- 
 west of Berlin. 
 
 Mrs. Anna Hedges died June 9, 1872, 
 and Josiah Hedges died August 29, 1872, 
 both on the farm where they settled on 
 coming to the county in 1826. 
 
 Mr. Hedges moved from Kentucky 
 with an ox team. One of his oxen was 
 trained to work in shafts. He made a 
 light wagon all of wood, and with that ox 
 did all his marketing after coming to the 
 country. When he came he brought 
 money to enter forty acres of land. By 
 industi'y and economy he became the 
 owner of nine hundred acres of the rich- 
 est land in the county. 
 
 HEDRICK, CHARLES. See 
 family sketch in Omissions. 
 
 HELM, MEREDITH, was 
 born March 2, 1802, at Williamsport, 
 Md. His father died when he was quite 
 young, leaving ample means for his educa- 
 tion. After graduating in his literary 
 studies, he attended the Baltimore Medical 
 College, graduated there also, and en- 
 tered on the practice of medicine in his 
 native town. Elizabeth Orendorff was 
 born in 1805. Her mother died when she 
 was quite young, and she was raised by 
 an aunt who is yet living (1873) near 
 Hagerstown, aged more than one hundred 
 years. Dr. M. Helm and E. Orendorff 
 were married in 1824. They had two 
 living children in Maryland. Dr. Helm 
 traveled on horseback in the summer of 
 1833, visited Springfield, and returning to 
 Maryland, brought out his family in the 
 summer of 1834. He bought land and 
 tried farming near Rochester, but soon 
 abandoned it, returned to Springfield and 
 practiced medicine to the end of his life. 
 They had two living children in Sanga- 
 mon county. Of their four children 
 
 THOMAS M., born Jan. 22, 1829, in 
 Williamsport, Md., studied medicine under 
 his father in Springfield, and attended lec- 
 tures in Chicago during the winter of 
 1849 and '50. He also attended lectures 
 in the winter of 1852 and '3, at the Uni- 
 versity of St. Louis, where he graduated. 
 Since that time he has been engaged in 
 practice. Dr. Thomas M. Helm was 
 married March 12, 1857, to Henrietta B. 
 Jones. They have two living children, 
 CHARLES W. and LULU, and reside 
 at Williamsville. 
 
 DA VID, born Feb. 22, 1832, in Mary- 
 land, qualified himself for, and engaged in, 
 the practice of medicine in Springfield. 
 He was soon after thrown from a sulkey 
 by a fractious horse, which caused his 
 death, in August, 1857.
 
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 EARLY SETTLERS OF 
 
 WILLIAM McK., born in 1836 in 
 Sangamon county. At sixteen years of 
 age he went to California, and was with 
 the Walker (Nicaragua) expedition. Re- 
 turning home he studied medicine, gradu- 
 ated at the McDowel Medical College of 
 St. Louis, and is now a practicing physi- 
 cian. Dr. William McK. Helm married 
 Harriet Wilson. They have four children, 
 and reside at Mt. Auburn, Christian 
 county. 
 
 HENRT, born in Springfield, and 
 lives there. 
 
 Dr. Meredith Helm died March 9, 1866, 
 and his widow died Jan. 14, 1870, both in 
 Springfield. 
 
 HENDRIX, ANTHONY, 
 was born Dec. 19, 1789, in Fleming coun- 
 ty, Ky., and married there to Nancy 
 Dean, who was born in Clark county. 
 They had six children in Kentucky, and 
 the family moved to Sangamon county, 
 111., arriving in the fall of 1830, first in 
 Williams and then in Clear Lake town- 
 ship, where four children were born. Of 
 their ten children 
 
 SUSAN,\)wr\\ in Fleming county, Ky., 
 married Simeon Taylor. See his name. 
 
 REBECCA, born in Kentucky, mar- 
 ried Philip Smith. See his name. 
 
 AMY, born in Fleming county, Ky., 
 married in Sangamon county to Charles 
 Kinnaman. She had three children, and 
 died in Clear Lake township. Her son, 
 ANTHONY W., married "Emily Blue, 
 and lives in Logan county. ANDREW 
 J. married Miss Hendrix, and lives in 
 Clayton. CELIA J. is unmarried and 
 resides in Williamsville. 
 
 SAMUEL W., born March 29, 1822, 
 in Fleming county, Ky., married in San- 
 gamon county to Mary E. Neville, Jan. 
 28, 1845. They had seven living children. 
 HIRAM A. married Nancy Blue, have 
 four children, and live in Logan county. 
 CYNTHIA A. married Henry Marshall, 
 have four children, and live near Barclay. 
 MARY E. married Felix Jones, and lives 
 near Barclay. IRENA C. and HER- 
 SCHEL V. live with their mother. 
 Samuel W. Hendrix died Feb. 13, 1874, 
 and his widow lives at Barclay. 
 
 SALL Y A., born in Kentucky, mar- 
 ried in Sangamon county to Benjamin 
 Kinnaman, have two children, and live in 
 Clayton, 111. 
 
 ELIZABETH, born in Kentucky, 
 married in Sangamon county to John 
 Smith. They had three children, namely : 
 SUSAN married William Smith, had one 
 child, and died. ALICE A. married 
 William T. Ham. See his name. JEN- 
 NIE married George Strawn, and lives in 
 Williamsville. John Smith died, and his 
 widow married Stephen King. See hi<> 
 name. 
 
 NANCY A. married Jesse Alexander. 
 See his name. 
 
 MARY married George Fisher, have 
 six children, and live in Kansas. 
 
 ELIZA married Hiram Alexander. 
 See his name. 
 
 JOHN, born in Sangamon county, 
 Sept. 19, 1835, married Caroline Taylor. 
 They have three children, EMILY F., 
 NANCY A. and MARY J., and live in 
 Illiopolis township. 
 
 Mrs. Nancy Hendrix died August 29, 
 1839, and Mr. H. married Catharine 
 Wickoff. She died May, 1866, and An- 
 thony Hendrix died Dec. 6, 1866. 
 
 HENKLE, JUSTUS, was born 
 about 1775, in Virginia. Elizabeth Judy 
 was born about 1778, in Randolph county, 
 Va. They were married in Randolph 
 county, and had eleven children in Vir- 
 ginia, and moved from there to Belleville, 
 111., in the fall of 1817. They moved 
 from there to the San-ga-ma country, ar- 
 riving about the middle of March, 1818, 
 at the west side of Horse creek, in what 
 is now Pawnee township, about one 'mile 
 north of Pawnee. Mr. Henkle made im- 
 provements there, and entered the land 
 when it came into market. Of their chil- 
 dren born in Virginia 
 
 MARTIN married in Sangamon coun- 
 ty to Martha Bagby; both died without 
 children. 
 
 SARAH, married twice, is now a 
 widow, and resides with her only daugh- 
 ter, who is the wife of James Card, and 
 lives in Taylorville. 
 
 CATHARINE died unmarried, in 
 Sangamon county, aged sixty-two years. 
 
 ELIJAH married Polly Funderburk. 
 They never had any children, but adopted 
 and raised Marshall Henkle, who lives in 
 Christian county. Elijah Henkle died 
 there. 
 
 LE VI married Nancy Vandever. 
 She had one child, and died, and he mar-
 
 SANGAMON COUNTY. 
 
 369 
 
 ried Harriet McWilliams. They had two 
 children, and Mr. Henkle died. 
 
 HANNAH, born in Virginia, married 
 in Sangamon county to David Funder- 
 hurk. See his name. 
 
 ELIZABETH married Garret De- 
 Mor, and died, leaving one child. 
 
 ABIGAIL died, aged thirty-two 
 years. 
 
 JESSE married Nancy Johnson, and 
 had four children. He and^all except one 
 of his children are dead. 
 
 DELILAH died, aged eighteen years. 
 
 JACOB, born July 25, 1812, in Ran- 
 dolph county, Va., served three months in 
 the Black Hawk war, from March, 1831. 
 He was married in Sangamon county, 
 Nov. 20, 1836, to Nancy Hatchett. They 
 have ten children, all born in Sangamon 
 county. DICEY E. married Samuel N. 
 Galloway, April 14, 1853. He was born 
 Oct. 28, 1821, in Bath county, Ky. They 
 have one child, JAMES ALPHEUS, and live 
 in Cotton Hill township, Sangamon coun- 
 ty, 111, JOHN Y. married Dulcina Lock- 
 ridge. They have one child, ADA. DI- 
 ANA F., born April 23, 1842, was 
 married April 7, 1863, to Michael Baker, 
 who was born Sept., 1830, in Prussia. 
 They have one, child, GEORGE c., and live 
 three-fourth of a mile south of Pawnee. 
 MARTIN'V., born Aug. 12, 1844, mar ' 
 ried March 13, 1867, to Sarah E. Hoover, 
 who was born in Christian county, Aug. 
 22, 1849. They have two children, 
 CHARLES M. and NANCY L., and live near 
 Pawnee. SARAH J., born April, 1847, 
 married Aug. 15, 1869, to Charles H. 
 Willison, who was born Dec. 15, 1830, 
 in county Tyrone, Ireland. He had pre- 
 viously married Sarah O'Neal. See 
 Samuel O'Neal, They had one child, 
 LAURA BELL, and .live one mile east of 
 Pawnee. ELVIRA, HARRISON H., 
 MARY A., AMANDA and LAURA 
 A., reside with their parents, two miles 
 north of Pawnee. Jacob Henkle remem- 
 bers that when his father moved from St. 
 Clair county, it was with the following 
 named families : John Neeley, from Ten- 
 nessee; Henry Funderburk, of South Car- 
 olina; Joseph Dixon, of St. Clair county; 
 Robert Davis and a Mr. Short, both from 
 the south, numbering in all fifty-three per- 
 sons. They were the first settlers in that 
 part of the country, and they kept as close 
 together as possible for protection against 
 
 47 
 
 the Indians. They were Kickapoos and 
 Pottowattamies, and were friendly with 
 the whites; but it was not pleasant to be 
 alone and know that you were in their 
 power. 
 
 Mrs. Elizabeth Henkle died in 1836, 
 and Justus Henkle died in 1842, near 
 where they settled in 1818. 
 
 HENKLE, JASON C., was 
 born Oct. 10, 1820, in Pendleton county, 
 Va., and came to Springfield July 8, 1838. 
 He was married April 16, 1849, in Clarks- 
 ville, Mo., to Kate Travis, who was born 
 Nov. 25,^1825, in Calhoun county, 111. 
 They had nine living children in Spring- 
 field 
 
 ANNA T., born March 20, 1850, died 
 Jan. i, 1873. 
 
 ELLA died in her twelfth year. 
 
 CLINTON M. died in his fourth year. 
 
 VIRGINIA died in her twenty-second 
 year. 
 
 GEORGE E., CHARLES C., 
 EMMA, IR VING and JESSE C., 
 live with their father. 
 
 Mrs. Kate Henkle died Jan. 26, 1871, 
 and Jason C. Henkle resides in Spring- 
 field. He has been for many years in the 
 mercantile business, and is now a member 
 of the firm of Woods & Henkle. For 
 ten years he has been a director of the 
 First National Bank of Springfield. 
 
 HENRY, JAMES D., was a 
 native of Pennsylvania, but the exact date 
 and place of his birth is not known. His 
 earlier years being devoted to manual 
 labor, he was barely able to read and write 
 when he arrived at the age of manhood. 
 In 1822 he came to Edwardsville, 111., 
 where he labored as a mechanic during 
 the day, and at night attended school. He 
 next engaged in merchandising there, and 
 moved to Springfield in 1826, where he 
 continued in the same business, and was 
 soon after elected Shei'iff of Sangamon 
 county. While discharging his duties as 
 Sheriff, the Winnebago war of 1827 came 
 on. A battalion of four companies was 
 raised, and under command of Col. Tom 
 M. Neale, with Sheriff Henry as Adju- 
 tant, started in pursuit of the savages. 
 Six of the leaders gave themselves up, 
 and thus ended the campaign. 
 
 When the Black Hawk war began in 
 1831, Adjutant Henry was appointed to 
 command the first of the two battalions 
 from Sangamon county. The Indians re-
 
 37 
 
 EARLT SETTLERS OF 
 
 treated before the soldiers across the Mis- 
 sissippi river, and the chiefs returned and 
 made a treaty of peace June 30, 1831. In 
 the spring of 1832, when the chief Black 
 Hawk again commenced hostilities, Col. 
 Henry was once more appointed to com- 
 mand abatallion; but before meeting the 
 enemy, the term of enlistment of the 
 whole eighteen hundred men in the field 
 expired. A regiment was immediately 
 organized of those among the disbanded 
 forces who were willing to volunteer for 
 the purpose of holding the savages in 
 check while more permanent forces could 
 be raised. Col. Henry acted as Lieuten- 
 ant-Colonel of this temporary organiza- 
 tion. Three thousand two hundred men 
 were raised, and Lieut.-Col. Henry was 
 appointed General of the third brigade of 
 twelve hundred men. Gen. Henry com- 
 manded in the battle of Wisconsin, July 
 2ist, and the battle of Bad Axe, Aug. 2, 
 1832, winning both battles, which termin- 
 ated the war. (See account of the Winne- 
 bago and Black Haivk wars, pages jj 
 and 54?) He had achieved these victories 
 against not only the wishes, but machina- 
 tions, of the officers of the regular army. 
 
 On his return from the scene of conflict, 
 the citizens of Springfield gave him a 
 public reception in recognition of his ser- 
 vices; but owing to his extreme sensi- 
 tiveness in presence of the ladies, he never 
 entered the apartment presided over by 
 them. The exposures and hardships of 
 the campaign brought on disease of the 
 lungs, and he went south, hoping by 
 spending the following winter in a warm 
 climate to avert its effects; but it was too 
 late. He died March 4, 1834, in New 
 Orleans. Such was his singular modesty, 
 that those in whose hands he fell for the 
 closing scenes of his life, did not know until 
 after his death that he was General Henry, 
 the hero of the Black Hawk war. Gov. 
 Ford, in his History of Illinois, speaks of 
 Gen. Henry as the idol of the people, and 
 says : " If he had lived he would have been 
 elected Governor of the State in 1834 by 
 more than twenty thousand majority : and 
 this would have been done against his 
 own will, by the spontaneous action of the 
 people." 
 
 HENTQN, WILLIAM, was 
 born Oct. 22, 1807, in Green county, Ky., 
 taken by his parents to Washington coun- 
 ty, Indiana, and from there to Bond coun- 
 
 ty, Illinois, in 1818. In 1828 he came to 
 Sangamon county, and was married Aug. 
 16, 1832, to Pauline Short. They had 
 seven living children in Sangamon county, 
 namely 
 
 JAMES J., born Sept. 30, 1835, 
 married Janette Barger, who died Nov. 
 21, 1864, leaving four children. Mr. Hen- 
 ton is married again, and lives near Lin- 
 den, Kan. 
 
 MART v born Dec. 31, 1838, died 
 March 4, 18^9' 
 
 CATHARINE A., born Feb. 19, 
 1840, in Sangamon county, is unmarried 
 and lives 1873 at the old homestead of 
 her grandfather, Caleb Short. It is two 
 and a half miles north of Curran. 
 
 THOMAS W., born Aug. 6, 1841, 
 lives with his sister Catharine. 
 
 JOHN R., born Feb. 18, 1843, mar- 
 ried Vinley A. Patterson, has two child- 
 ren, and lives near Linden, Osage county, 
 Kansas. 
 
 ELIZABETH A., born Aug. 6, 1845, 
 lives with her sister Catharine. 
 
 CHARLES G., born June 6, 1847, 
 married Rebecca Taylor, has three child- 
 ren, and lives two and a half miles north 
 of Curran. 
 
 William Hentondied Nov. i, 1848, and 
 Mrs. Pauline Henton died Oct. 24, 1853, 
 both in Sangamon county. 
 
 HENTON, ALLJE M., was 
 born June 16, 1814, in Shelby county, 
 Ky., came to Springfield in the fall of 
 1829, and lived in the family of her uncle, 
 Andrew Laswell, until the marriage of 
 her brother William, in whose family she 
 lived until she was married to Daniel K. 
 Callerman. See his name. 
 
 HENSLEY, SIMON, was born 
 Feb. 26, 1785, in Washington county, Va. 
 He was married Feb. .2, 1820, near Day- 
 ton, Montgomery county, Ohio, to Mary 
 Arnold, who was born Aug. 24, 1792, in 
 Ohio. They had two children in Ohio, 
 and moved to Sangamon county, 111., ar- 
 riving in the fall of 1823, in what is now 
 Island Grove township, north of Spring 
 creek, where two children were born. Of 
 their four children 
 
 JOHN, born Jan. 20, 1821, in Ohio, 
 married in Sangamon county, Thursday, 
 between Christmas and New Year, Dec., 
 1 86 1, to Leanah Lynch. She was born 
 Jan. 12, 1841, in Pickaway county, Ohio. 
 They had six children MARY and
 
 SANG AM ON COUNTY. 
 
 37* 
 
 TAMES died young. KATIE, WIL- 
 LIAM, SAMUEL and HARRY, live 
 with their parents, in Cartwright town- 
 ship, four miles east of Berlin. 
 
 SAMUEL, born June 16, 1822, in 
 Ohio, is unmarried, and lives with his 
 brother John. 
 
 JAMES, born Jan. 2, 1824, in Sanga- 
 mon county, died Aug. 18, 1831. 
 
 GEORGE, born Dec. 13, 1825, in 
 Sangamon county, married, in 1857, to 
 Calista Huber, a native of Ohio. They 
 have three children, MARY J., HOR- 
 ACE and BELLE, and live near Topeka, 
 Kansas. 
 
 Simon Hensley died Aug. 12, 1826, in 
 Sangamon county, and his widow married 
 Aug. 22, 1827, to Josiah Kirkpatrick. 
 They had two children 
 
 JACOB KIRKPATRICK, born 
 Oct. 5, 1828, in Sangamon county, mar- 
 ried Huldah Atkinson. They have three 
 children, HENRY, WILLIAM and 
 MARY, and live 1873 near Roseville, 
 Warren county, 111. 
 
 MART A. KIRKPATRICK, born 
 Aug. 19, 1831, in Sangamon county, mar- 
 ried Dr. Remer Sanders. They have two 
 children, MARINDA and CLARA, and reside 
 near Avon, Fulton county, 111. Dr. San- 
 ders is a practicing physician, now 1873 
 on a tour to Europe. 
 
 Mrs. Mary A. Kirkpatrick died, in 
 1857, and Josiah Kirkpatrick died March 
 18, 1872, both in Warren county, 111. 
 
 HENWOOD, BE'RRY- 
 
 MAN, was born July n, 1821, in 
 Cabell county, West Va. He came to 
 Sangamon county, stopping with his 
 uncle, Berrvman Knight, near Chatham. 
 He was married to Sarah Jordan. They 
 had three children in Sangamon county 
 
 MARGARET E, born Jan. 18, 1843, 
 in Sangamon county, married Aug. 15, 
 1856, to John McLaughlin. They had 
 two children, ELIZABETH A. and 
 JOHN B., and Mr. McLaughlin died 
 Nov. 28, 186 1, in Arkansas, and his widow 
 married George W. Saunders. See his 
 name, 
 
 MARTHA A., born March, 1844. and 
 
 SARAH /., born in 1846, are both 
 married, and live in Missouri. 
 
 Mrs. Sarah Henwood died, and he was 
 married twice after, and lives in Osceola, 
 Arkansas. 
 
 HERMON, DAVID H., was 
 born Jan. 12, 1805, in Wilkes county, 
 North Carolina. His grandfather was 
 German and his grandmother English. 
 Sally Mitts was born Feb. n, 1811, in 
 Grant county, Ky. They were married 
 in that county, August 27, 1827, had one 
 living child there, and moved to Sanga- 
 mon county, Illinois, arriving Oct. 26, 
 1830, in what is now Ball township. 
 They lived in a cabin one mile west of 
 Sugar Creek timber, and spent the winter 
 of the "deep snow" there. But one 
 other family lived away from the timber. 
 The recollection of Mr. Hermon is that 
 rain fell for a day or two until the earth 
 was saturated. The day before Christ- 
 mas the rain turned to snow, and by 
 night it was about six inches deep. Snow 
 continued to fall almost every day for six 
 weeks. Feb. n, 1831, was the first time 
 he saw the sun, and then it was partially 
 eclipsed. He burned all the rails and 
 loose timber of every kind near his house, 
 and it was all he could do to keep him- 
 self and family from freezing. Mr. and 
 Mrs. Hermon had four children in San- 
 gamon county. Of their children 
 
 MART A., born August 26, 1829, in 
 Kentucky, was married in Sangamon 
 county to Green Ray. They had three 
 living children, GEORGE R., REZIN 
 L. and DAVID. Mr. Ray died, and 
 Mrs. Ray was married June 28, 1855, to 
 T. Stopperun. They had two children, 
 FREDERICK and LIZZIE. Mr. Stop' 
 perun died, and his widow married 
 Thomas McCallum. They live in 
 Chicago. 
 
 JOHN H., born Nov. 12, 1831, in 
 Sangamon county, was married May 8, 
 1856, to Nancy Drennan, who died, and 
 he was married Oct. 15, 1872, to Mrs. 
 Gracie Smith, whose maiden name was 
 Levi. They have one child, FLOR- 
 ENCE M., and live in Chatham. 
 
 PRTOR J., born Dec. 22, 1833, in 
 Sangamon county, near Chatham. He 
 attended the district school until he was 
 twenty years of age, after that the Spring- 
 field University one winter, and spent 
 much of his time in teaching until May i, 
 1855, when he entered the office of Dr 
 J. N. Wright, of Chatham. He gradu- 
 ated at Rush Medical College, Chicago, 
 Jan. 21, 1863, and was married to Eliza 
 A. Neale, April 15, 1863. They have
 
 EARL Y SB 7 TLERS OF 
 
 four living children, FRANCIS E., 
 JULIA A., HARRIET L. and FLOR- 
 ENCE M. Dr. P. J. Hermon is a prac- 
 ticing physician, and resides in Raymond, 
 Montgomery county, 111. 
 
 DA VID C, born April 24, 1838, in 
 Sangamon county, was married April 4, 
 1861, to Lousetta Shidy. They have two 
 living; children, EMMA F. and MIL- 
 DRED L., and live in Chatham. 
 
 GEORGE W., born May 17, 1840,111 
 Sangamon county, was married Feb. 26, 
 1863, to Sarah Childers. They have four 
 children, NORA E., EMMA D., AU- 
 GUSTA M. and LENA P., and live 
 near Raymond, 111. 
 
 WILLIAM, born Nov. 20, 1842, near 
 Chatham, was married Nov. 17, 1875, to 
 Emma Mitts. 
 
 JAMES D., born Nov. 13, 1844, died 
 Nov. 7, 1865. 
 
 SARAH E., born April 28, 1849, was 
 married Sept., 1865, to John Mitts. They 
 have two children, NORA and CORA 
 L., and live near Chatham. 
 
 JOSEPHINE, born Sept. 2, 1853, 
 and died Jan. 3, 1860, in Sangamon 
 county. 
 
 David H. Hermon and wife reside two 
 miles east of Chatham, near where they 
 settled in 1830. 
 
 HERRI N, JAMES, was born 
 April 6, 1802, in Harrison county, Ky., 
 was married in that county Aug. I, 1833, 
 tp Mary A. McDaniel, and soon after 
 started, in company with her parents, to 
 Sangamon county, 111., arriving Nov. 14, 
 1833, in what is now Clear Lake town- 
 ship, east of the Sangamon river. They 
 had four children, all born in Sangamon 
 county, namely 
 
 DA VID C., born May 25, 1834, mar- 
 ried May 22, 1862, to Sarah J. North. 
 They have five children, ROBERT E., 
 JAMES W., GEORGE E., DAVID A. 
 and JESSE LEE, and reside three quar- 
 ters of a mile northwest of Lanesville, 
 Wheatfield Postoffice, Sangamon county, 
 Illinois. 
 
 WILLIAM F., born Nov. 18, 1836, 
 married Sept. 10, 1863, to Mary A. North. 
 They have four children, BELLE N., 
 JAMES E., CHARLES F. and BURT 
 A., and reside one and a half miles east of 
 Buffalo, Sangamon county, Illinois. 
 
 HARRIET F., born Jan. 6, 1838, 
 ma v ried in 1860 to Robert Hewitt, who 
 
 was born in New Jersey. They have 
 three children, MARY FRANCES, 
 IMLA and JOHN E., and reside in 
 Menard county, one and a half miles north 
 of Ashland, Cass county, Illinois. 
 
 JOHN A., born Aug. 4, 1841, died at 
 fifteen years old. 
 
 Mrs. Mary A. Herrin died March 25, 
 1868, in Clear Lake township, on the farm 
 where they settled in 1835. James Her- 
 rin resides with his son, William F., near 
 Buffalo, Sangamon county. Illinois. 
 
 HERNDON, ARCHER G., 
 born Feb. 13, 1795, in Culpepper county, 
 Va., went to Greensburg, Green county, 
 Ky., when he was about ten years old, 
 and was there married, in 1816, to Mrs. 
 Rebecca Johnson, whose maiden name 
 was Day. Her father was a revolutionary 
 soldier. Mr. and Mrs. Herndon had one 
 child in Kentucky, and they moved to 
 Troy, Madison county, 111., where one 
 child was born ; from there they moved to 
 Sangamon county, 111., arriving in the 
 spring of 1821, settling on what is now 
 German Prairie, five miles northeast of 
 Springfield, where two children were 
 born, Of their four children 
 
 WILLIAM H., born Dec. 25, 1818, 
 in Green county, Ky., was married in 
 Sangamon county, March 26, 1840, to 
 Mary J. Maxcy, who was born July 27, 
 1822. They had six children. JAMES 
 N., born April 26, 1841, in Springfield, 
 111., married Mary Dunlap, and lives in 
 Fancy creek township. ANNIE M., 
 born April 9, 1843, in Springfield, was 
 married June 26, 1863, in her native place, 
 to Frank Fleury, who was born Sept. 28, 
 1840, in Meadville, Penn. They have 
 one child, ANNIE MAY. Mr. Fleury was 
 city clerk during 1868, '69, '70 and '71. 
 He is now engaged in the drug business, 
 in Springfield, where he resides. BEV- 
 ERLY P., born Dec. 30, 1845, lives in 
 Colorado. ELIZABETH R., born Nov. 
 n, 1849, married, Aug. 27, 1867, to 
 James S. Cooper, who was born July 16, 
 1842, in Belleville, St. Clair county, 111. 
 They live in Springfield, 111. LEIGH W., 
 born Oct. 22, 1852, lives with his father. 
 MARY, N. lives with her. sister, Mrs. 
 Fleury. Mrs. Mary J. Herndon died 
 Aug. 18, 1860, and W. H. Herndon was 
 married July 31, 1861, to Anna Miles, 
 who was born March i, 1836. They have 
 two children, NINA BELLE and WIL-
 
 SANG AM ON COUNTY. 
 
 373 
 
 LIAM M., and live in Fancy Creek 
 township, six miles north of Springfield, 
 Illinois. Win. H. Herndon was for many 
 years a practicing attorney in Springfield, 
 111., and was the law partner of Abraham 
 Lincoln, from 1848 to the death of Mr. 
 Lincoln. 
 
 ELLIOTT B., born Aug. i, 1820, at 
 Troy, Madison county, 111., has practiced 
 law in Springfield since 1842. He was 
 city attorney during 1854 and '5, and 
 county attorney in 1856. He was United 
 States District Attorney, under President 
 Buchanan, and was corporation counsel 
 during 1874 and '5. E. B. Herndon was 
 married, Sept. 30, 1875, to Mrs. Jerusha 
 Lee, whose maiden name was Palmer. 
 She was born April 16, 1833, in Ogdens- 
 burg, St. Lawrence county, N. Y. Mr. 
 Herndon is a practicing lawyer, and re- 
 sides in Springfield, 111. 
 
 ARCHER G., Jun., born Nov. 29, 
 1825, in Sangamon county, 111., was mar- 
 ried in DeWitt county, Oct. 15, 1846, 
 to Roanna R. Robbins, who was born 
 April 17, 1829, in Campbell county, Ky. 
 They had eleven children, three of whom 
 died under two years. Of the other 
 eight WILLIAM FRANCIS, born 
 April 9, 1848, was married Sept. 14, 1871, 
 to Mary H. Bryant, who was born Sept. 
 21, 1852. They have one child, EDGAR 
 BRYANT, and live in Springfield, Illinois. 
 NONA R. died Jan. 17, 1876, from burns, 
 caused by the explosion of a lamp. LO- 
 AMI D., ELLIOTT G.^ RODELIA 
 A., MOLLIE E., ROMEPEER R. and 
 ELMA R.; the six latter live with their 
 parents. Archer G. Herndon, Jun., and 
 family, reside near the southeast corner 
 of Rochester township. 
 
 NATHANIEL F., born in 1827, in 
 Sangamon county, 111., died there, in 
 1834. 
 
 Archer G. Herndon, Sen., was engaged 
 in mercantile pursuits, from 1825 to 1836, 
 in Springfield, and during that time 
 erected the first regular tavern in town. 
 He was one of the "Long Nine" who 
 were instrumental in having the capital re- 
 moved from Vandalia to Springfield, hav- 
 ing been elected State Senator in 1836. 
 He was receiver of public moneys, from 
 1842 to 1849, in the Land Office, in 
 Springfield. A. G. Herndon, Sen., died 
 Jan. 3, 1867, and Mrs. Rebecca Herndon 
 
 died Aug. 19, 1875, both in Springfield, 
 Illinois. 
 
 HESSER, SAMUEL L., born 
 June 2, 1797, in Winchester, Va. He was 
 married May 31, 1821, to Sarah Fry. 
 They had one child, viz 
 
 MARY A., born in Virginia, married 
 Edward Huffman. They have one child, 
 SALLIE P., and reside in Winchester, 
 West Va. 
 
 Mrs. Sarah Hesser died Jan. 15, 1825 
 and Samuel L. Hesser was married Sept. 
 12, 1826, to Ann Maria Slagle, in Hagers- 
 town, Md. She was born in. that city 
 Oct. 4, 1803, and brought up in Winches- 
 ter, Va. They had five children in Berry - 
 ville, Frederick county, Va., and the fami- 
 ly moved to Sangamon county, 111., arriv- 
 ing at Springfield June 6, 1836, where 
 they had four living children. Of their 
 nine children 
 
 LOUISA C., born June 26, 1827, in 
 Berryville, Va., married in Mechanics- 
 burg, 111., Aug. 22, 1848, to Simon P. 
 Fullinwider. See his name. 
 
 ANN M., born Oct. 16, 1828, in Vir- 
 ginia, married in Sangamon county to 
 Jefferson McBride. See his name. 
 
 EDMONIA E., born May 31, 1831, 
 in Virginia, married in Sangamon county 
 Feb. 4, 1852, to Dial Davis. She died 
 July 4, 1064, leaving six children 
 FRANKLIN P., SALLIE M., 
 CHARLES E., HENRY S., DIAL 
 W. the latter died Nov. 25, 1875 and 
 CARRIE E. The five living children 
 reside with their father at Mt. Auburn, 
 Christian county, 111. 
 
 GEORGE W^born Sept. 30, 1833,111 
 Berryville, Va., married in Sangamon 
 county May 15, 1860, to Caroline Mor- 
 gan. They have five children, BYRON 
 B.JESSE M.,HOMER H., ARTHUR 
 A. and CLARA B., and reside two miles 
 northeast of Wheatfield postoffice, Lanes- 
 ville, Sangamon county, 111. 
 
 JOHN Z., born March 16, 1835, in 
 Virginia, brought up in Sangamon coun- 
 ty, enlisted Aug. 7, 1862, at Camp Butler, 
 for three years, in Co. A, 73d 111. Inf. He 
 went in as 1st Corporal ; promoted to 5th 
 Sergeant Oct. 25, 1862; promoted to 
 Orderly Sergeant Jan. 8th, and 2d Lieu- 
 tenant Sept. 17, 1863. He never had a 
 day's sickness or missed a march or battle 
 while in the service, except when he was 
 in prison. He was captured at the battle
 
 374 
 
 RARLT SETTLERS OF 
 
 of Chicamauga, Sept. 20, 1863, and was 
 in different rebel prisons nineteen months, 
 principally at Andersonville. Mr. Hesser 
 says the battlefield was pleasant compared 
 with the gloomy prisons, where starvation, 
 filth, vermin and disease prevailed. He 
 expresses his gratitude that through the 
 whole eighteen months he had one friend 
 who was ever faithful and true, John W. 
 North, of the same company and regiment. 
 See his name. Mr. Hesser says that hy 
 the aid of each other and the will of God, 
 they escaped with their lives. It was not 
 death they dreaded so much as the 
 " thought of staying with those south- 
 down sons of sin, dead or alive." He served 
 full time, and was honorably discharged 
 at the close of the rebellion. He was 
 married in Sangamon county, 111., to Mary 
 J. Crumley. They have one child, 
 SARAH M., and reside two miles east of 
 Riverton, Sangamon county, Illinois. 
 
 HENRIETTA C.,born Nov. 6,1836, 
 in Springfield, married Oct. 18, 1859, in 
 Sangamon county to Samuel Pheasant, 
 who was born Nov. 24, 1819, in Washing- 
 ton county, Md. Came to Sangamon 
 county in 1857. They had four children. 
 DANIEL Z. died, aged eight years. 
 HENRIETTA M., WILLIAM L. and 
 SAMUEL E., died under two years. 
 Mr. and Mrs. Pheasant reside one mile 
 south of Buffalo, Sangamon county. 
 
 JACOB A., born Nov. 12, 1838, in 
 Springfield, went to Texas in 1859, and 
 there married Maggie Marchbanks. 
 They have one living child, CHARLES, 
 and reside at Corsicana, Nevarro county, 
 Texas. 
 
 CORNELIUS N., born Nov. 17, 
 1843, in Springfield, died, aged seven 
 years. 
 
 CHARLES S., born Sept. 3, 1845, in 
 Springfield, married April I, 1873, in 
 Nebraska, to Fannie Stillwell, and reside 
 near York, York county, Neb. 
 
 Samuel L. Hesser was one of the eight 
 men who organized the first Masonic 
 Lodge in Springfield. He died Oct. 15, 
 1871, at Buffalo, Sangamon county, and 
 his widow resides there. 
 
 HESSER, ARMSTEAD N., 
 younger brother to Samuel L., came to 
 Springfield in 1837, raised a family of 
 several children, and himself and wife both 
 died in 1847. Their daughter 
 
 M. ADDIE, married Richard C. Bird. 
 See his name. 
 
 HICKMAN, WILLIAM, 
 born Sept. i, 1790, near Winchester, West 
 Virginia, went to Shelby county, Ky., in 
 
 1812, and his father's family moved there 
 the same year. He was married there in 
 
 1813, t Mary M. Card well, who was born 
 March 18, 1795, in Virginia. They had 
 seven children in Shelby county, and 
 moved to Sangamon county, 111., arriving 
 Nov. 8, 1833, at Springfield, and in the 
 spring of 1834 settled near Mechanics- 
 burg, where one child was born. Of 
 their children 
 
 GEORGE T., born Nov. 8, 1814, in 
 Shelby county, Ky., was married in San- 
 gamon county, 111., April 7, 1842, to 
 Elizabeth Lyon, who was born Dec. 21, 
 1823, in Shelby county, Ky. They had 
 seven children in Sangamon county. 
 WILL AM H., born Sept. 15, 1843, en- 
 listed August 5, 1862, in Co. B, 30th 111. 
 Inf., for three years. He was taken sick 
 in going to the field of conflict, and died 
 Jan. 17, 1863, in military hospital, Mem- 
 phis, Tennessee. JAMES F. married 
 Sophia C. Burns, and lives in Menard 
 county, near Buffalo Hai't, Sangamon 
 county, 111. MARY E., RICHARD 
 O., CALVIN WESLEY, HENRIET- 
 TA and THOMAS C. reside with their 
 parents, five miles southeast of Williams- 
 ville. 
 
 WILLIAM A., born Oct. 26, 1816, in 
 Shelby county, Ky., was married in Nel- 
 son county, Ky., to Burnett Barber, who 
 died, leaving two children. W. A. 
 Hickman married Sue Elsuit. They have 
 one child. William A. Hickman is a 
 practicing physician, and resides at Owens- 
 boro, Ky. 
 
 JAMES F., born Feb. 14, 1819, in 
 Shelby county, Ky., was married in San- 
 gamon county, 111., Nov. 3, 1863, to 
 Sarah E. Bice. They had four children, 
 WILLIAM and ARTHUR, the first 
 and fourth, died under two years. MARY 
 IRENE and GEORGE THOMAS live 
 with their parents, one and a half miles 
 north of Barclay, at the Bice family 
 homestead. 
 
 JOHN F., born April 8, 1821, in 
 Shelby county, Ky., was married at Har- 
 rodsburg, Ky., to Sally Curry. She had 
 one child, and died, and he married Em-
 
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 375 
 
 ma Wilson. He is a practicing physician 
 at Bardstown, Ky. 
 
 If ART A. E., born May 19, 1823, in 
 Kentucky, was married in Sangamon 
 county to Harrison D. Lyon. See his 
 name. 
 
 JULIET A., born March 26, 1825, 
 in Kentucky, was married in Sangamon 
 county, 111., to H. C. Linsley. They have 
 seven children, and live near Grove City, 
 Christian county, 111. 
 
 RICHARD O., born Nov. i, 1831, 
 in Shelby county, Ky., brought up in 
 Sangamon county, 111., was married there, 
 August 8, 1872, to Maggie Perill. They 
 have one child. He was, in 1873, Treas- 
 urer of Montana Territory, and resides at 
 Virginia City. 
 
 SUSAN E., born April 26, 1834, near 
 Mechanicsburg, Sangamon county, 111., 
 was married there, June, 1859, to Am- 
 brose J. Sell, who was born Dec., 1827, 
 in Hanover, York county, Penn., and 
 came to Springfield in May, 1851. Mr. 
 and Mrs. Sell have one child, EDWIN 
 A., and reside in Springfield, 111. Mr. 
 Sell is a grocer on north Fifth street. 
 
 Mrs. Mary M. Hickman died July 17, 
 
 1835, and Mr. Hickman was married Oct. 
 u, 1837, to Mary Ann Lemon. Their 
 only living child 
 
 EUCLID L., born May 4, 1840, in 
 Sangamon county, is unmarried, and lives 
 near Barclay, Sangamon county, 111. 
 
 Mrs. Mary Ann Hickman died Jan. 19, 
 1843, and William Hickman was married 
 Feb. 14, 1845 to Mrs. Elizabeth Burrell, 
 whose maiden name was Short. William 
 Hickman died Jan. 15, 1874, in Spring- 
 field, 111., in his eighty-fourth year. His 
 widow resides on north Seventh street, 
 Springfield, 111. 
 
 HIC16OX, ADDISON, was 
 born May^ 1798, in Middlebury, Conn., 
 was a brother to Horace and Virgil. He 
 was married Nov. 10, 1823, in Jefferson 
 county, N. Y., to Rhoda Stanley, who 
 was born March 10, 1803, in that county. 
 They had three living children in New 
 York, and moved to Springfield, 111., in 
 
 1836, and had three children in and near 
 Springfield. Of their six children 
 
 HARRIET M., born March 18, 1826, 
 in Jefferson county, N. Y., married in 
 Springfield, 111., Jan. i, 1857, to Benjamin 
 F. Haines, who was born March 19, 1824, 
 in Xenia, Ohio, raised in Bloomington, 
 
 111., came to Springfield in 1863 or '4, and 
 was engaged in milling until 1873, when 
 he moved to Florida, and engaged in the 
 culture of oranges and lemons. Mr. and 
 Mrs. Haines now reside at Spring Garden, 
 Florida. 
 
 EATON R., born Nov. i, 1827, in 
 Jefferson county, N. Y., and raised in 
 Springfield, 111. In 1851, Mr. Hickox 
 went to California, returning in 1857, he 
 t soon after engaged in mercantile business, 
 in Atlanta, 111., where he was married, 
 Aug. 7, 1858, to Sallie B. Mahew, a na- 
 tive of New Jersey. They had three 
 children, ADDISON, RAY and HUGH, 
 and Mrs. Hickox died Dec. i, 1863. Mr. 
 Hickox was married, Sept.' 7, 1864, to 
 Hannah L. Mahew, in Atlanta, and soon 
 after moved to Springfield, where they 
 had one living child, ANNA B., and re- 
 side in Springfield. At one time Mr. 
 Hickox was engaged in the milling busi- 
 ness with his father. He is now in the 
 grain trade, in connection with the Spring 
 field Elevator. While in Atlanta, he was 
 Postmaster. 
 
 ADA A., born Sept. 3, 1830, in Jeffer- 
 son county, N. Y., married in Springfield, 
 May i, 18*54, to William H. Ames, of St. 
 Louis. Mrs. Ames died Feb. 4, 1855, in 
 Springfield. 
 
 MARTIN, born Sept. 14, 1837, in 
 Springfield, married Jan. 25, 1859, in At- 
 lanta, 111., to Mary James, a native of 
 Ohio. They had one son, L. JAMES, 
 and Mrs. Hickox died April 28, 1863. 
 Mr. Hickox and his son reside in Spring- 
 field. He is proprietor of the Excelsior 
 flouring mills. 
 
 SILAS W., born Aug. 12, 1840, in 
 Sangamon county, enlisted on the first 
 call for 75,000 men, in April, 1861, in Co. I, 
 7th 111. Inf., served three months, and was 
 honorably discharged. Enlisted in 1862, 
 in Co. M, loth 111. Cav., for three years. 
 He was captured at darks Mills, south- 
 east Missouri, in 1863, forced to take an 
 oath not to go into the service again. 
 Silas W. Hickox was married, June 15, 
 1864, to Susan F. Keyes. They have 
 three children, WALTER, ELLA and 
 CLARA, and reside in Springfield, 111. 
 S. W. Hickox is a member of the firm of 
 Leggott & Hickox, in the stove and tin- 
 ware trade. 
 
 DOUGLAS, born March 10, 1846, in 
 Springfield, 111., was married, Sept. 5,
 
 376 
 
 EARLY SETTLERS OF 
 
 1867, to Martha Jane Keyes. They have 
 four children, FLORENCE MAY, 
 REED KEYES, HENRIETTA M. and 
 GEORGE L., and reside in Springfield, 
 Illinois. 
 
 Addison Hickox went to St. Augustine, 
 Fla., for the benefit of his health, and died 
 there Jan. 10, 1872. His remains were 
 brought' to Springfield, and interred in 
 Oak Ridge Cemetery. His widow, Mrs. 
 Rhoda Hickox, resides in Springfield. 
 
 HICKOX, HORACE, brother 
 to Virgil and Addison, was born Oct. 18, 
 1795, in Middlebury, New Haven county, 
 Conn. He was married in 1817, at Rut- 
 land, Jefferson county, N. Y., to Eliza 
 Stanley, who was born Oct. 28, 1799, at 
 Augusta, Oneida county, N. Y. They 
 had five children, three of whom died 
 young. The family moved to Springfield, 
 111., arriving early in 1836. Of their two 
 children 
 
 VOLNET, born Nov. i, 1835, in Rut- 
 land, N. Y., brought up in Springfield, 
 prepared for college by Prof. Beaumont 
 Parks, graduated at Yale College in the 
 class of 1857, and admitted to the practice 
 of law in 1858 at the bar of St. Louis, 
 Mo. Early in the war of the rebellion he 
 was appointed additional aid-de-camp on 
 Gen. McClellan's staff; was mustered out 
 in the spring of 1862. He was re- 
 appointed, with the rank of Captain, on 
 Gen. Fremont's staff, and soon after 
 assigned to duty on Gen. Hunter's staff, 
 and wa^ honorably mustered out in Janu- 
 ary, 1864. From the spring of 1865 to 
 1866, he was an army correspondent of 
 the Cincinnati Commercial, In the fall 
 of 1 866 he went to New York, and was 
 sent to the City of Mexico as correspond- 
 ent of the New York 7^ribune, returning 
 from there in 1867. Volney Hickox was 
 married Oct. i, 1873, at Batavia, Illinois, 
 to Cassandra Browning Moore, who was 
 born at that place, Sept. c^, 1849. They 
 have one child, HART, and reside in 
 Springfield. Mr. Hickox is a practical 
 stenographer. 
 
 LELIA, born March n, 1838, in 
 Springfield, married in her native city in 
 1860 to John Hunter, an attorney of Cin- 
 cinnati. She died December, 1871, in 
 Springfield. 
 
 Mr. Horace Hickox was engaged in 
 milling, in connection with his brother 
 
 Addison, for many years. Mr. and Mrs. 
 Hickox reside in Springfield. 
 
 HICKOX, VIRGIL, was born 
 July 12, 1806, in Jefferson county, New 
 York, his parents having moved there in 
 1803, from New Haven county, Connecti- 
 cut. He received a common school edu- 
 cation in his native county, and started, 
 August 25, 1828, for the southwest. 
 After a wearisome journey of two months 
 by wagon, he arrived in St. Louis, at that 
 time a city of but 5,500 inhabitants. In 
 one hour after his arrival he was engaged 
 to work as a journeyman carpenter, at 
 one dollar per day. From that time he 
 was busily employed until 1833, when he 
 went to the Galena lead mines, where he 
 spent one year. He then came to Spring- 
 field, 111., and opened a store, May 5, 1834, 
 and continued in the mercantile business 
 nearly nineteen years. In 1851 he united 
 with other business men in organizing a 
 company to build a railroad from Alton to 
 Springfield, and continued in the directory 
 until the road was constructed to Joliet, 
 and had charge of the right of way in 
 constructing that much of the present 
 Chicago and St. Louis railroad. From 
 him emanated the law regarding the as- 
 sessment and taxation of railroad property, 
 which was in force from 1855 to 1872. He 
 withdrew from active connection with the 
 road in May, 1874. In May, 1869, he 
 was appointed by Gov. Palmer to the of- 
 fice of Canal Commissioner, serving two 
 terms of two years each. He was a direc- 
 tor of the old State Bank of Illinois, in 
 1839-40-41. In January, 1874, he became 
 President of the Springfield Savings 
 Bank, and as such continues to manage its 
 business to the present time. He has 
 always been a Democrat in politics, and 
 acted as Chairman of the Democratic 
 State Committee for nearly twenty years. 
 In that capacity he received and still holds 
 the last letter ever dictated by his lifelong 
 personal and political friend, Hon. Stephen 
 A. Douglas, that of May 10, 1861, in 
 which he declared there could be but two 
 parties, that of patriots and traitors, and 
 advised his political friends to lay aside 
 every feeling that would impede united 
 action for the preservation of the Union. 
 Mr. Hickox has some peculiar views with 
 regard to government. He believes that 
 the United States should not own any 
 property except what is necessary fo r
 
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 377 
 
 forts and arsenals, and for the transaction 
 of business at the seat of government. 
 He also holds that the whole postal sys- 
 tem should be abolished, and that the 
 laws of trade should regulate the transpor- 
 tation of what is called mail matter in the 
 same manner as such laws regulate all 
 other transportation. He thinks that if 
 men and women were as careful to obey 
 the scripture injunction, " six days shalt 
 thou labor," as they are to rest on the 
 seventh, there would be less sufferiug 
 from want. 
 
 In Oct., 1839, Mr. Hickox was mar- 
 ried in Springfield to Miss Catharine 
 Cabanis, a native of Kentucky. She died 
 Sept. 25, 1875, leaving three sons and 
 three daughters. Mr. Hickox resides in 
 Springfield, in the same house he brought 
 his young wife to, nearly thirty^seven 
 years ago. 
 
 HIGGINS,- WILLIAM, was 
 born Sept. 7, 1770, in Virginia. His pa- 
 rents moved to Fayette county, Ky., 
 when he was a young man. He was 
 married there to a Miss Young, who died, 
 and he was married March 2, 1804, in 
 Boone county, Ky., to Mary Moseby, 
 who was born July 10, 1781, in North 
 Carolina. They had twelve living child- 
 ren in Fayette county, Ky., and the fami- 
 ly moved to Sangamon county, 111., arriv- 
 ing Oct. I, 1830, in what is now Wood- 
 side township, seven miles south of 
 Springfield. Of their twelve children 
 
 DRUCILLA W., born Jan. i, 1805, 
 in Kentucky, died in Sangamon county in 
 1836 or 1837. 
 
 BEDFORD, W., born May 6, 1806, 
 in Kentucky : came to Sangamon county 
 with his parents; went back to Kentucky 
 and married Susan Dozier. They had 
 one living child, ROBERT, born Nov. 
 22, 1835, in Montgomery county, Ken- 
 tucky; married in Sangamon county Oct. 
 3, 1860, to Lydia Stair. They have five 
 living children, CHARLES W., 
 FRANK H., ELMER E., DORA B., 
 and CATALINA, and reside in Paw- 
 nee. Mrs. Susan Higgins died, and 
 B. W. Higgins was married July 27, 
 1841, to Marv A. Norris. Of their seven 
 children, ELLEN married John L. Par- 
 ker, and lives in Cotton Hill township. 
 WILLIAM A. enlisted Aug., 1862, in 
 Co. E, i I4th Illinois Infantry ; served 
 until Feb., 1865, when he was discharged 
 -48 
 
 on account of physical disability, and now 
 draws a pension. He was married Dec. 
 1 6, 1873, to Sarah Durrell, and lives in 
 Palmer. MARTHA S. married John 
 Lockwood,and lives near Oconee. JOEL 
 T., ANNA, BENJAMIN H., and EM- 
 MA F. live with their parents in Cotton 
 Hill township. 
 
 ELIZABETH, born in Kentucky, 
 married in Sangamon county to James 
 M. Haley, and died, leaving one child, 
 ELEANOR, who married Joseph Lock- 
 ridge. See his name. 
 
 ROBERT 0., born July 4, 1811, in 
 Fayette county, Kentucky; was serving 
 an apprenticeship when his parents came 
 to Sangamon county, and he arrived in 
 1832. He was married in Franklin, Mis- 
 souri, to Camilla A. Donaldson, a native 
 of Baltimore, Maryland. They had one 
 child in Missouri, and then moved back 
 to Sangamon county, where they had six 
 living children. EDWIN L., born 
 March 24, 1840, at Boone ville, Missouri, 
 and brought up in Sangamon county; en- 
 listed April 24, 1861, in Company I, 7th 
 Illinois Infantry, for three months; served 
 full term, and was honorably discharged. 
 He enlisted Aug. 21, 1861, for three years 
 in Company K, 33d Illinois Infantry-Nor- 
 mal. He was wounded June 18, 1863, at 
 the siege of Vicksburg. The wound 
 was a remarkable one. A musket ball 
 entered his face below and forward of the 
 right ear, passed over the roof of the 
 mouth, and came out of the left eye. He 
 recovered without totally losing the sight 
 of that eye. He re-enlisted Jan. i, 1864, 
 as a veteran in the same company and 
 regiment. He was promoted through all 
 grades from private, and was commis- 
 sioned as Captain Nov. 16, 1864, and 
 served to the end of the rebellion, and 
 was honorably discharged Dec. 7, 1865. 
 He was appointed by Gov. Palmer, March 
 24, 1869, Assistant Adjutant General, and 
 was appointed by Gov. Beveridge, Jan. 
 20, 1873, Adjutant General of the State of 
 Illinois, which he held two years. Gen. 
 E. L. Higgins was married Sept. 7, 1870, 
 to Mrs. Mary J. Hoskins, whose maiden 
 name was Huntington. She was born 
 July 30, 1847, at Geneva, New York. 
 She had one child, Charles H. Hoskins 
 who died July 26, 1874, in his sixth year. 
 Mr. and Mrs. Higgins have one living 
 child, FLORA BELLE, and reside in
 
 EARLY SETTLERS OF 
 
 Springfield. ALEXANDER D., born 
 Dec. 21, 1844, in Sangamon county, 111., 
 enlisted August 15, 1862, in Co. G, ii4th 
 111. Inf., served three years, and was hon- 
 orably discharged, August, 1865. He 
 was married in Springfield, Nov. 29, 
 1872, to Lizzie Nottingham. They have 
 one living child, RALPH, and live in 
 Springfield. JULIA E. and ROBERT 
 ALONZO live with their parents. EM- 
 MA married Justus Graves, and lives at 
 Evanston, 111. FRANK and WALTER 
 L. live with their parents. Robert O. 
 Higgins and wife reside in Springfield, 
 Illinois. 
 
 VIRMANE T, born in Kentucky, died 
 in Sangamon county, aged thirty-one 
 years. 
 
 WILLIAM E. y born in Kentucky, 
 went from Sangamon county to Missouri, 
 and from there, in 1849, to California. 
 He was on his way home, and died on 
 shipboard, on the Pacific ocean in 1851. 
 
 SINAI MEL VINA, born in Ken- 
 tucky, married in Sangamon county to 
 Thomas J. Haley. They had two child- 
 ren. BENJAMIN H., born in Sanga- 
 mon county, enlisted May 29, 1861, in % 
 Co. A., 3d 111. Cav., served full term, and 
 was honorably discharged Sept. 5, 1864. 
 He is married, and lives at Palmer, 111. 
 EDWARD enlisted May 10, 1861, in Co. 
 A, 3d 111. Cav., for three years, served 
 until May n, 1864, when he was dis- 
 charged on account of physical disability, 
 and died, in 1865, at Woodside. T. J. 
 Haley and wife live at Palmer, Christian 
 county, Illinois. 
 
 JOEL V., born Oct. 8, 1817, in Fay- 
 ette county, Ky., came to Sangamon 
 county in 1830, and was married June 16, 
 1850, to Margaret B. Womack, who was 
 born Nov. 13, 1822, in Butler county, Ky. 
 They had eight living children in Sanga- 
 mon county, JAMES N., GEORGE B., 
 SINAI M"., J^OEL E., MARY A., AN- 
 NIE E., JOHN A. and IDA L., live with 
 their parents on the farm where Mr. Hig- 
 gins father settled in 1830. The house in 
 which he lives was built by his father in 
 1831, entirely of black walnut lumber; the 
 frame, doors, door and window casings, 
 sash, weather boarding, shingles, and 
 everything else. It is two stories high, 
 two rooms long, and stands seven miles 
 south of Springfield. 
 
 THOMAS W., born March 2, 1819, 
 in Kentucky, married in Sangamon county 
 to Mary Husband, have five children, 
 and live in Bates county, Missouri. 
 
 ALONZO, born in 1822, in Kentucky, 
 died in Sangamon county, in 1844. 
 
 CAROLINE, born July 31, 1823, in 
 Kentucky, married in Sangamon county, 
 June 24, 1847, to Thomas A. Rogers, who 
 was born June 16, 1822, in Kentucky. 
 They have seven children ALONZO 
 H., born Aug, 6, 1848, married Eliza Ad- 
 ams, and reside in Cotton Hill township. 
 The other six moved with their parents, 
 in 1873, to the vicinity of Gerard, Craw- 
 ford county, Kansas. 
 
 BENJAMIN died, aged ten years. 
 
 William Higgins died Aug. 7, 1840, 
 and his widow died Dec. 7, 1866, both on 
 the farm where they settled in 1830. 
 
 HIGGINS, WILLIAM, was 
 born April 12, 1774, ift Barren county, 
 Ky. He was married to Elizabeth Down- 
 ing. She had one child, and died, and he 
 was married, March 6, 1800, to Rosanna 
 Megery, who was born Dec. 18, 1778, in 
 the same county. She had five child- 
 ren, and died there. In 1817 Mr. Higgins 
 moved his family to St. Clair county, 111., 
 and was there married to Rosanna Dun- 
 can. He started with his family, in the 
 fall of 1818, to the San-ga-ma country. 
 They stopped, on Sugar creek, with the 
 Drennan's, until Jan. or Feb., 1819, when 
 they moved about fifteen miles north, and 
 built a cabin on the south side of the San- 
 gamon river, above where the Chicago & 
 Alton railroad now crosses. While he 
 was living in camp, before his cabin was 
 completed, himself and wife crossed to the 
 north side of the river on horseback. 
 They were belated, and spent one night 
 in the river bottom, near the mouth of 
 Fancy creek. A few days later Mr. Hig- 
 gins went to the north side alone, found 
 five bee trees, and killed a panther, which 
 measured nine feet from tip to tip. He 
 went over soon after, accompanied by his 
 wife and two daughters, one of whom is 
 now 1876 the wife of David England. 
 These three are believed to have been the 
 first white women who ever crossed to the 
 north of the river, in what is now Sanga- 
 mon county. Stephen England and his 
 two sons-in-law came on their exploring 
 expedition, and stopped with Mr. Higgins 
 who accompanied them t the north side,
 
 SAN GAM ON COUNTT. 
 
 379 
 
 and led the way to the vicinity of where 
 Cantrall now stands, and all four selected 
 sites for improvement. The creek was 
 for several years called, in honor of his 
 having first visited the locality, Higgins 
 creek; since changed to Cantrall's creek. 
 Soon after this, a Mr. Chapman, son-in- 
 law of Judge Latham, crossed the river 
 and built a cabin on the north side, be- 
 tween where the Chicago & Alton and 
 Oilman, Clinton & Springfield railroads 
 now cross. His wife is thought to have 
 been the fourth white woman on that side 
 of the river. Mr. Chapman established a 
 canoe ferry there, which for three years 
 was the onlv chance for crossing the river. 
 Persons could be taken over safe and dry, 
 animals could swim, and wagons were 
 taken to pieces, and with their loads were 
 carried over, piece by piece. About three 
 years later a boat was first used for a ferry. 
 The latter part of April, 1819, Stephen 
 England, his two sons-in-law, his son 
 David, and two of his daughters crossed 
 over and finished building their houses 
 and planting their crops. Those two 
 daughters of Mr. England were the fifth 
 and sixth women north of the river. One 
 of them, Lucy, was the wife of John 
 Chine. This account was given to me by 
 David England and his wife, who was 
 Margaret Higgins. Of the five children 
 of Wm. Higgins, by his second wife 
 
 CATHARINE, born May 12, 1801, 
 in Kentucky, married Wm. Bradbury in 
 St. Clair county, and both died there, 
 leaving four children. 
 
 MARGARET, born Sept. 6, 1804, in 
 Barren county, Ky., married David Eng- 
 land. See his name. 
 
 LOUISIANA, born Nov. 16, 1806, in 
 Kentucky, married in Sangamon county 
 to George Harper, raised a family, and 
 lives in Oregon. 
 
 INDIANA, born March 24, 1809, in 
 Kentucky, married Wm. Crane, in San- 
 gamon county. She died, leaving one 
 child, JOSEPH A. CRANE, who is 
 now a practicing attorney, in Freeport, 
 Illinois. 
 
 WILLIAM H., born Feb. 25, 1813, 
 in Kentucky, married Priscilla Kearney, 
 have five children, and live in Cedar coun- 
 ty, Missouri. 
 
 ROSANNA^ born Dec. 16, 1816, in 
 Kentucky, married in Sangamon county 
 to Milton Claypool. He died, leaving a 
 
 widow and eleven children, in JoDaviess 
 county, Illinois. 
 
 William Higgins built a boat, and in 
 1823 took his goods down the Sangamon, 
 and up the Illinois rivers to a point near 
 Lewiston, and after that built a mill near 
 Canton, 111. He moved from there to the 
 northern part of the State, where he and 
 his third wife died, leaving four children. 
 
 HILL, WILLIAM R., was born 
 August 7, 1820, in Jessamine county, Ky. 
 His father, John H. Hill, came with his 
 family to Sangamon county, in Auburn 
 township, Oct. 15, 1836. In 1837 they 
 moved to Christian county. William R. 
 went with the family, and returned to 
 Auburn township when he was about 
 twenty-one years of age. He was there 
 married, Oct. 6, 1858, to Jennie Mason. 
 They have four children 
 
 MARTHA E., FANNT M., WIL- 
 LIAM M. and JENNIE M., and re- 
 side one mile northeast of Auburn. 
 
 HILDRETH, HARVEY. 
 See his name in connection with the 
 " sudden change" page 65. 
 
 HILLMAN, OLIVER, born 
 May 10, 1785, in Philadelphia, was mar- 
 ried July 23, 1807, in that city, to Rachel 
 Smith. They had six children in Phila- 
 delphia and New Jersey, and moved with 
 a part of their family to Springfield, 111., 
 arriving in April, 1839. Of their child- 
 ren 
 
 RICHARD S., born July 7, 1808, in 
 New Jersey, was married Aug. 11,1831, 
 in Philadelphia, to Margaret Knorr. 
 They had four children there, two of 
 whom died under three years of age. 
 The family moved to Springfield, 111., in 
 1840, where two children were born. 
 In 1846 or '7 Mr. Hillman moved to St. 
 Louis, where twins were born, one of 
 whom died young. Of their five living 
 children: MARY C., born July, 1833, 
 in Philadelphia, was married in Sanga- 
 mon county, 111., to Joseph P. Hesser. 
 They have five children, and live in 
 Bloomington, Illinois. RACHEL S., 
 born Sept. 30, 1835, in Philadelphia, was 
 married Oct. 18, 1855, in Springfield, 111., 
 to Daniel P. Hopping, who was born 
 Feb. 21, 1832, in Morris county, New 
 Jersey. They have five children, JOSEPH 
 
 F., MARY E., WILLIAM P., HERBERT P. 
 
 and SAMUEL M., and reside in Springfield. 
 D. P. Hopping is a contractor and builder.
 
 3 8o 
 
 EARLT SETTLERS OP 
 
 He, in connection with Mr. Henry Ridge- 
 ly, established a planing mill in 1867. It 
 was the first of the kind in Springfield. 
 ELMIRA J., born March n, 1841, in 
 Springfield, 111., was married in 1863 to 
 William Wyatt. They live in Jackson- 
 ville, 111. ANN E., born Sept. 7, 1845, 
 in Springfield, 111., married Lewis A. 
 Wood. See his name. MARGARET, 
 born April 3, 1848, in St. Louis. (Her 
 twin mate, Richard, died in his third year.) 
 She was married Jan. 22, 1868, to Francis 
 C. Fessenden. They have four living 
 children, FRANCIS E., Jun., BIRDIE L., 
 GEORGIE and RICHARD p. Mr. Fessenden 
 is a stairbuilder, and resides in Spring- 
 field, 111. 
 
 Mrs. Margaret Hillman died May 23, 
 1848, in St. Louis. Richard S. Hillman 
 was married Feb. 8, 1849, m t ^ iat c 'ty> to 
 Mrs. Eliza J. Vinton, whose maiden 
 name was Bell. She died without child- 
 ren, Feb. 15, 1852, at Campbellsville, 
 Ky. R. S. Hillman brought his family 
 back to Springfield, 111., in 1853, and was 
 there married, Dec. 14, 1854, to Ann J. 
 Williamson. Thev had two living child- 
 ren, RICHARD and MARY JANE live 
 with their mother. Richard S. Hillman 
 died May 31, 1862, in Springfield, and 
 his widow married Samuel Yocom. See 
 his name. 
 
 JOHN S., born Nov. 29, 1809, in 
 Philadelphia. He was married three 
 times, and all his wives and three children 
 died there. He came to Sangamon coun- 
 ty, 111., in 1839 or '40, and was married in 
 the same county to Mrs. Sarah A. Uncles- 
 bee, whose maiden name was PofFenber- 
 ger. They had eleven children, three of 
 whom died under six years. Of the other 
 eight, RICHARD, born Sept. 26, 1843, 
 married Dec. 29, 1874, to Elizabeth J. 
 Rape. They have one child, EARNEST s., 
 and live in Cotton Hill township. MAR- 
 GARET A., born March 7, 1848, was 
 married May 8, 1867, to William T. John- 
 son. They have two children, and live 
 in Springfield. He is engineer at the new 
 State house. RACHEL E., born April 
 20, 1849, was married March 7, 1871, to 
 Isaac Fisher. They have one child, JES- 
 SIE, and live near Mt. Pulaski. GEORGE 
 H. lives with his mother. WILLIAM 
 A. married Dec. 15, 1875, to Flora E. 
 Cooper, and lives near Williamsville. 
 DANIEL R., MARY E., SARAH J., 
 
 TOHN L. and LIZZIE, the six un- 
 married, live with their mother. John S. 
 Hillman died March 22, 1872, and his 
 widow resides in Cotton Hill township, 
 near New City Post-office. 
 
 ALLEN^orn Sept. 3, 1811, in Phila- 
 delphia, was married there and had two 
 children. He moved to Sangamon coun- 
 ty, 111., and died there. His family re- 
 turned to Philadelphia. 
 
 MARY, born August 29, 1813, in 
 Philadelphia, was married there to John 
 Unsworth. Their son, WILLIAM, lives 
 with his third wife in Springfield, 111. 
 
 MARGARET, born Jan. 28, 1816, in 
 Philadelphia, was married there to John 
 Hardin, and never came west. 
 
 FRANCIS, born Oct. 8, 1817, in 
 Philadelphia, died in Springfield, 111. 
 
 Mrs. Rachel Hillman died March 21, 
 1842, in Springfield, 111. Oliver Hillman 
 married Mrs. Mary A. Short, and he died 
 March II, 1856, in Sangamon county. 
 
 H1NMAN, JOHN B., wasborn 
 Sept. 12, 1804, in Madison county, N. Y., 
 came to Sangamon county, 111., with his 
 uncle, Henry Kinney, Sen., arriving May 
 6, 1822, in what is now Loami township.' 
 He was married Dec. 25, 1824, to Jane 
 Smith, who was born Dec. n, 1802, on 
 Long Island, N. Y., and came to Sanga- 
 mon county in Sept., 1822, with her sister, 
 Mrs. Julia Colburn. They had eight 
 children in Sangamon county 
 
 EMILY, born March 3, 1826, mar- 
 ried, Feb. 5, 1846, to George Dill, who 
 was born June 2, 1825, in Preble county, 
 Ohio. They had eight children EMMA 
 C. died in her sixth year. HENRY H. 
 married Alice Wilson, have one son, and 
 live in Curran township. SARAH J. 
 married Martin Shelton. See his name. 
 JOHN B., AMOS S., SUSAN A., 
 JULIA M. and GEORGE W., live with 
 their parents, in Chatham township. 
 
 LOLA A., born Aug. 15, 1827, mar- 
 ried Joseph Sweet, have seven children, 
 and live in Chatham. 
 
 DICEY, born Dec. i, 1829, married 
 Samuel Dill, and live in Girard, Illinois. 
 
 NANCY, born Jan. 25, 1832, married 
 Abraham Dill, had five children; one was 
 killed by a runaway team. The other 
 four live with their parents, east of 
 Auburn. 
 
 yULIA A. } married Joshua Hender-
 
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 3 s 
 
 son, had two children, and mother and 
 both children are dead. 
 
 JOHN B., Jim., died, at ten years of 
 age. 
 
 SMIl^H J. married Jan. i, 1859, to 
 Melvina Catlett, who was born in Garrard 
 county, Ky., have four children, and live 
 in Chatham township. 
 
 CAL VIN A., married Laura A. Em 
 mons, of Preble county, Ohio, have two 
 children, and live one mile east of Loami. 
 
 John B. Hinman and his wife reside 
 one mile east of Loami, where they set- 
 tled in 1832. 
 
 Mrs. Lola Hinman, the mother of John 
 B., came to Sangamon county with him, 
 in May, 1822, and died in September of 
 the same year. 
 
 HINSLEY, ALFRED, was 
 born in 1792? m North Carolina. He was 
 there married, in 1819, to Lucy Elkin, 
 who was born April, 1803. They had 
 two children in North Carolina, and 
 moved to Jones county, Ga., where two 
 children were born, from there to Smith 
 county, Tenn., where one child was bqrn. 
 The family moved to White county, 111., 
 and from there to Sangamon county, ar- 
 riving Nov., 1834, at old Salem, and in 
 1836 moved to what is Viow Gardner 
 township, where they had one living child. 
 Of their children 
 
 CAROLINE, born in 1810, in North 
 Carolina, died in Illinois, unmarried, in 
 
 ^57- 
 
 JANE, born in North Carolina, mar- 
 ried in Illinois to Alfred Wagoner. They 
 have five children, and live in Peters- 
 burg. 
 
 MARTHA, born in Georgia, married 
 in Illinois to James S. Carter, have four 
 children, and live in Petersburg. 
 
 ALFRED N., born Dec. 27, 1826, in 
 Jones county, Ga., married in Sangamon 
 county, July 23, 1851, to Margaret A. 
 Lemmon. Thev have three children, 
 SUSAN A., MILDRED L. and ULICK 
 P., and live at Salisbury. 
 
 LECT, born in Smith county, Tenn., 
 married in Illinois to James Bryant, have 
 four children, and live in Petersburg. 
 
 JAJMES F., born in Sangamon coun- 
 ty, has been twice married, and lives in 
 Petersburg. 
 
 MART, born Jan. n, 1840, in Menard 
 county, married S. Spear, and lives in 
 Bates county, Missouri. 
 
 SARAH, born Dec. 3, 1842, in Menard 
 county, was killed March 7, 1868, at 
 Greenview, 111., by an accident on the 
 Jacksonville branch of the Chicago & Al- 
 ton railroad. 
 
 Alfred Hinsley died Oct. 13, 1844, and 
 his widow resides in Petersburg. 
 
 HOAG, WILLIAM C., was 
 born Aug. 8, 1816, at Oxford, Butler 
 county, Ohio. He came to Sangamon 
 county, 111., arriving at Springfield, Aug., 
 1836, and was married at Salisbury, Feb. 
 16, 1837, to Melinda Miller. They had 
 seven living children 
 
 JANE died at sixteen years old. 
 
 ALONZO, at fourteen, and 
 
 FL OR ILL A at three years old. 
 
 BARILA born Dec. 18, 1844, married 
 Thomas C. Yoakum. See his name. 
 
 SOLOMON M., born Dec. 31, 1846, 
 married Ida Carman, have one child, 
 NORMAN, and live in Salisbury. 
 
 WINFREY V., born July 3, 1851, 
 and 
 
 FRANKLIN T., born Nov. 5, 1857; 
 the two latter live with their parents. 
 
 William C. Hoag and wife are both liv- 
 ing 1874 in Salisbury, Sangamon 
 county, Illinois. 
 
 HODGE, RICHARD, born 
 May 19, 1819, in Smithfield, Jefferson 
 county, Virginia, was married April, 1838, 
 to Catharine Divelbiss, in Westmoreland 
 county, Penn. They moved to Spring- 
 field in the fall of 1839, and had five liv- 
 ing children 
 
 JACOB, born Oct., 1840, was married 
 March 19, 1863, to Elizabeth J. Dennis, 
 who was born June 7, 1844, in Spring- 
 field. They have five children, MIN- 
 NIE, MARGARET, LIZZIE, AB- 
 BIE and SALLIE, and live in Spring- 
 field. Jacob Hodge is a wagon manufac- 
 turer. 
 
 NOAH, born Feb. 6, 1842, in Spring- 
 field, 111., was married in Jackson, Missis- 
 sippi, to Miss D. L. O. Johnson. She 
 died Aug. 10, 1874, leaving two children, 
 EDGAR O. and D. L. O., who live with 
 their father. Noah Hodge was Circuit 
 Clerk of Hinds county, Miss., from Sept. 
 12, 1869, to Jan. 4, 1876. He moved to 
 Akron, Ohio, and was married there, 
 May 1 6, 1876, to Sarah W. Ashmun. Mr. 
 Hodge is a practicing lawyer,* and resides 
 at Akron.
 
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 BA RL T SB 7 TLERS OF 
 
 RICHARD, Jun., born June 25, 1846, 
 was married in Springfield, 111., Oct. 21, 
 1872, to Sallie Pierce. He is a wagon- 
 maker, and lives in Springfield. 
 
 GEORGE W., born Feb. 22, 1849, 
 lives near Springfield, Illinois. 
 
 KA TE, born Oct. 10, 1851, was mar- 
 ried Feb. 8, 1871, in Springfield, 111., to 
 Jonas F. Stuver, who was born May 12, 
 1846, in Northampton county, Pennsyl- 
 vania. They have two children, EL- 
 SIE E. and, NELLIE E., and live in 
 Akron, Ohio. 
 
 Richard Hodge died May 30, 1852, on 
 his way to California. It was his second 
 trip there. Mrs. Catharine Hodge lives 
 with her son, Noah, in Akron, Ohio. 
 
 HODGERSON, JOHN, was 
 born in Ireland, and brought to America 
 at ten years old. He was married in 
 Greenbrier county, Va., to Betsy Martin, 
 moved to Cabell county, and from there to 
 Sangamon county, 111., bringing seven 
 children, and settled five miles west of 
 Loami, where two children were born. 
 Mr. Hodgerson died, about 1843, and his 
 widow in 1850 or '51. Their daughter 
 
 REBECCA, married John C. Buch- 
 anan. They had seven children. Mr. 
 Buchanan and five of the children died. 
 Mrs. Rebecca Buchanan lives five miles 
 southwest of Springfield. 
 
 HOFFMAN, MOSES, was 
 born Nov. 24, 1 798, in Greenbrier county, 
 Va. His parents moved to Clark county, 
 Ohio, when he was a boy. He was mar- 
 ried there, Dec. 2, 1823, to Mi's. Rhoda 
 Winn, whose maiden name was Turman. 
 She was born Feb. 14, 1806, near Spring- 
 field, Ohio. They had three children 
 there, and moved to Sangamon county, 
 111., arriving Nov., 1829, in what is now 
 Fancy Creek township, where they had 
 three living children. Of their six child- 
 ren 
 
 MART A., born Dec. 10, 1824, in 
 Ohio, was married in Sangamon county, 
 Sept. 12, 1844, to James W.Dunn. They 
 had seven living children, namely: AL- 
 WILDA, RICHARD M.. HENRY C., 
 IDA, MARGARET, JAMES W. and 
 MARY, and live near Corvallis, Ben- 
 ton countv, Oregon. 
 
 MARGARET, born Jan. 2, 1827, in 
 Ohio, was married, April 10, 1845, * n 
 Sangamon c6unty, 111., to James H. Thax- 
 ton. See his name. 
 
 LEWIS F., born Sept. 21, 1828, in 
 Champaign county, Ohio, was married, 
 Jan. 17, 1861, in Sangamon county, to 
 Hannah A. Gamble, a native of Holmes 
 county, Ohio. They had two living 
 children, LORA and ELMER G., and 
 live at the homestead settled by Mr. Hoff- 
 man's parents in 1829; it is six miles north 
 of Springfield. 
 
 AMANDA, born Dec. 20, 1832, in 
 Sangamon county, was married, Jan. i, 
 1850, to John B. Huffman. They have 
 eight children, and reside near Winterset, 
 Iowa. 
 
 LUCINDA, born Oct. 3, 1835, in 
 Sangamon county, was married, May 23, 
 1852, to John L. B. Dunlap. They had 
 four children CATHARINE married 
 James H. Blue. See his name. 
 CHARLES F., FLORENCE and ELI- 
 ZA. J. L. B. Dunlap died, June, 1863. 
 His widow and children live two miles 
 north of Cantrall. See his name. 
 
 CLARISSA, born Aug. 20, 1840, in 
 Sangamon county, was married, March 
 u,.i858, to Willard R. Shepherd. They 
 had three children; one died in infancy. 
 JENNIE H. and JULIA G. reside with 
 their parents, in Menard county, sixteen 
 miles north of 'Springfield. 
 
 Moses Hoffman was a soldier in the 
 Black Hawk war. He died in Sangamon 
 county, June 3, 1842. His widow was 
 married, Feb. 6, 1847, to Solomon Wood. 
 They have one child 
 
 SOLOMON S., was born Feb. 23, 
 1848, was married April 8, 1868, to Mary 
 J. Wolf, who was born Jan. 8, 1850, near 
 Mansfield, Ohio. They have two children, 
 JOHN W. and CHARLES O., and live 
 one mile south of Sherman. Solomon 
 Wood died April 18, 1848, in Logan coun- 
 ty, and his widow resides with her son, 
 Lewis F. Hoffman. 
 
 Mrs. Wood remembers that her first 
 husband measured the snow of 1830 and 
 '31, and it was full four feet on a level; 
 she also remembers the steamboat, Talis- 
 man, that came up the Sangamon river to 
 Bogues' Mill, or Portland, as it was 
 sometimes called. It was on the south 
 bank of the Sangamon river, about half 
 way between the Chicago & Alton and 
 Gilman, Clinton & Springfield railroad 
 bridges. 
 
 HOLLAND, TURNER, was 
 born July 17, 1806, in Maryland, and was
 
 SANGAMON CO UN 7 T. 
 
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 taken by his parents to Bath county, Ky. 
 When a young man he went to Mays- 
 ville and learned the tanning business, 
 and then came to Springfield, 111., arriv- 
 ing in August, 1831. He was sick several 
 weeks, and when he became convalescent 
 was introduced to Levi Cantrall, who he 
 was told, had a tannery in connection 
 with his farm in Fancy Creek township. 
 He engaged to work for Mr. Cantrall, 
 and in Feb., 1832, was married to his 
 daughter, Nancy Cantrall. They had 
 eight living children in Sangamon county, 
 namely 
 
 AMANDA, born May 30, 1833, mar- 
 ried Elias B. French. She had one child, 
 and died April 3, 1854. 
 
 FANNY, born Dec. 5, 1835, married 
 Oct. 8, 1854, to Thomas R. Claypool. 
 He was born Feb. 19, 1826, in Champaign 
 county, Ohio, came with his parents to 
 what was then Sangamon, but now Me- 
 nard county, in 1827. They have five 
 living children, IDA M., CLARA B., 
 LEVI B., CHLOE L. and FREDDIE 
 D. Thomas R. Claypool lives adjoining 
 Cantrall on the north. 
 
 MILAM A., born July 19, 1837, mar- 
 ried Mary A. England. He died in Feb. 
 1857, about one month after marriage. 
 
 FRANCIS M., born March 2, 1839, 
 died in March, 1857. 
 
 WILLIAM H. y/.,born Oct. 28, 1840, 
 enlisted August 12, 1862, for three years, 
 in Co. C, ii4th 111. Inf. He was captured 
 at the battle of Guntown, June, 1864, and 
 spent nine months in prison at Ander- 
 sonville three months, Charleston six 
 weeks, and the remainder of the time at 
 Florence, S. C. He served his full term, 
 and was honorably discharged July I, 
 1865; was married Feb. 12, 1867, to Ruth 
 A. Canterbury. They have two children, 
 ALBERT C. and CHARLES T., and 
 live near Cantrall. 
 
 BENJAMIN F., born July 8, 1842, 
 married Dec. 28, 1865, to Margaret Hunt, 
 who was born Sept. 30, 1843, in Clarke 
 county, Ohio. They have two children, 
 and live near Cantrall. 
 
 LUCINDA, born Feb. 17, 1844, mar- 
 ried March i, 1866, to James I. Wood. 
 They had one child, JAMES L, Jun. 
 Mr. Wood died July 2, 1870. His widow 
 lives near Ciintrall. 
 
 PR1SC1LLA, born March 17, 1846, 
 
 married to William Hurt. They have 
 three children, and live at Elkhart. 
 
 Mrs. Nancy Holland died, and Turner 
 Holland was married in March, 1852, to 
 Mrs. Hannah Lloyd, whose maiden name 
 was Whitney. They had four living 
 children in Sangamon county. 
 
 NANCT M. lives with her brother, 
 B. F. Holland. 
 
 ELIZA J., lives with her sister, Mrs. 
 Wood. 
 
 ROZETTA lives with her sister, Mrs. 
 Hurt. 
 
 ABIGAIL lives with her brother, 
 Wm. H. H. Holland. 
 
 Turner Holland died March 6, 1866, 
 and his widow died March n, 1866, both 
 at Athens, 111., to which place they had 
 moved a short time before. 
 
 HOLLENBACK, AN- 
 DREW F., born Jan. 14, 1807, in 
 Great Barrington, Berkshire county, 
 Mass. He came to Sangamon county, 
 111., arriving Nov. n, 1830, at Rochester, 
 but a few days before the "deep snow," 
 and remembers that Archibald Sattley 
 and himself gathered corn during the 
 whole winter, and fed sixty head of 
 cattle and fifteen horses. They kept 
 a wagon road open through the fields 
 and each would take a basket and 
 bring the corn to the wagon. He thinks 
 the snow was from four to four and one- 
 half feet deep. He was married in 
 Rochester, Dec. 30, 1838, to Juliann E. 
 St. Clair, who was born Oct. 9, 1818, 
 in Vermont. They had three children; 
 two died in infancy. Their son 
 
 RANSOM A., died at Buffalo, Dec. 
 21, 1867, in his twenty-fifth year. 
 
 Mrs. Hollenback died Aug. 29, 1873. 
 Mr. Hollenback was appointed Postmaster 
 at Buffalo, in April, 1870, and holds the 
 office to the present time. A. F. Hollen- 
 back was married Feb. 3, 1875, in Joliet, 
 111., to Mrs. Mary A. Ledyard, whose 
 maiden name was Carpenter. She was 
 born Dec. 18, 1818, in Barre, Orleans 
 county, New York. She has a son, 
 George R. Ledyard, who lives with them, 
 at Buffalo, Sangamon county, 111. 
 
 HOPPIN, FRANKLIN B., 
 brother to Daniel and Charles T., was 
 born May 18, 1815, in Madison county, 
 N. Y., married there to Sarah McConncll, 
 and had two children there. He moved 
 to Sangamon county,' and settled near
 
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 EARLY SETTLERS OF 
 
 his brothers, Charles T. and. Daniel, ad- 
 joining Chatham on the southwest. Of 
 his children 
 
 SARAH, born in New York, married 
 in Sangamon county to A. M. Garland. 
 See his name. 
 
 FRANKLIN S., born in New York, 
 raised in Sangamon county, married Sarah 
 Pierce, and lives in Louisiana. 
 
 F. B. Hoppin died June, 1866, and was 
 buried in Oak Ridge Cemetery, Spring- 
 field. His widow resides with her daugh- 
 ter, Mrs. Garland, in Springfield. 
 
 The three Hoppin brothers and the Mc- 
 Connell brothers were among the earliest 
 ' wool growers in Sangamon county. They 
 prosecuted the business very extensively, 
 from about 1840 until the close of the re- 
 bellion in 1865, when the busines declined 
 for a time. 
 
 HOPPI N, CHARLES T., born 
 June 8, 1817, in Madison county, IS. Y., 
 was married there to Eliza McConnell. 
 They had one child and moved to Sanga- 
 mon county, 111., and settled near Chat- 
 ham, where his brother Daniel then lived. 
 They had two children in Sangamon 
 county. Of their three 'children 
 
 SARAH L., born in Madison county, 
 New York, married in Sangamon county, 
 111., to E. F. Richmond. They have two 
 children, CALISTA and CHARLES S., 
 and live in Davenport, Iowa. Mr. Rich- 
 mond is a lawyer in practice there. 
 
 MAR T E., born in Sangamon county, 
 married Allen E. Parmenter, and died 
 March, 1870, in Sangamon county. Mr. 
 Parmenter was born Dec. 30, 1842, in 
 Madison county, New York. See his 
 name in connection with the family of 
 Daniel Hoppin. 
 
 CHARLES C., born in Sangamon 
 county, lives with his father. 
 
 Mrs. Eliza Hoppin died in Oct., 1852, 
 in Talkington township, and Charles T. 
 Hoppin was married Feb., 1855, in Madi- 
 son county, N. Y., to Phirietta G. Par- 
 menter. They have seven children born 
 in Sangamon county, GEORGE L., 
 NETTIE A., KATE L., FLOR- 
 ENCE M., FREDDIE P., ANNIE 
 F. and CARRIE P., and reside in 
 Talkington township, seven miles west of 
 Auburn. 
 
 HOPPIN, DANIEL, was born 
 Sept. 1 6, 1819, in Madison county, N. Y. 
 He visited Sangamon county, in company 
 
 with his father, in 1839, and bought land 
 near Chatham. In the fall of 1840 he 
 came out with a flock of five hundred 
 sheep for himself, and about two hundred 
 for Edward F. McConnell. He was one 
 of the earliest and most extensive wool 
 growers in the county, and continued it 
 for many years. Daniel Hoppin and Cor- 
 delia Bradley were married, March, 1848, 
 at Chatham. They had three living 
 children 
 
 ANNA E. married Allen E. Parmen- 
 ter. She died in 1875, in Talkington 
 township. See his name in connection 
 ivith the family of Charles 7\ Hoppin. 
 
 GEORGE B., and 
 
 CHESTER B. live with their pa- 
 rents. 
 
 Daniel Hoppin and wife reside near 
 Pocahontas, Bond county, 111. 1874. 
 
 HAUGHTON, ALVIN. Sec 
 family sketch in Omissions. 
 
 HOUSTON, JOHN, born May 
 i, 1770, in Rockingham county, Virginia, 
 was married April 23, 1807, in Augusta 
 county, Va., to Mrs. Jane^ Curry, whose 
 maiden name was Curry. She was born 
 June 29, 1776, in Augusta county, and had 
 one child by her first marriage 
 
 ELIZABETH CURRT, born Mar. 
 31, 1801, in Augusta- county, Va., was 
 married there to James Curry, Feb. 17, 
 1817. They had three children in Vir- 
 ginia, and moved to Rush county, Ind., 
 where two children were born, thence to 
 Sangamon county, 111., arriving in 1841.' 
 Of their five children: ROBERT J., 
 born Nov. 9, 1818, in Virginia, was mar- 
 ried March 27, 1839, in Indiana, to Mary 
 Bracken. They had seven children : 
 SARAH j. married David Myers, who died, 
 leaving three children, and she married 
 Wesley Sparks. They have two children, 
 and live near Dawson. AMERICA, died 
 in 1862, aged nineteen years. WILLIAM, 
 born Dec. 25, 1845, lives in Berlin. 
 GEORGE B., THOMAS j., ROBERT w. and 
 JOHN w. reside at the homestead. Mrs. 
 Mary Curry died Jan. 24, 1869, and R. J. 
 Curry was married August 8, 1869, to 
 Sarah French, a native of Onondaga 
 county, New York. They had two child- 
 ren, ESTELLA and COQUILLA. Robert 
 J. Curry died Feb. 23, 1874, suddenly, 
 while waiting at German Prairie station 
 for a train to Springfield. Mrs. Sarah 
 Curry was married August 14, 1875, at
 
 SAN GAM ON COUNTY. 
 
 385 
 
 Barclay, to George Whitesides, and re- 
 side five miles northeast of Springfield. 
 John Houston and wife had three living 
 children. They moved to Sangamon 
 county, 111., arriving Nov. 14, 1828, and 
 on the twenty-eighth of the same month 
 moved to German Prairie, five miles east 
 of Springfield. Their eldest child 
 
 JAMES M. died, aged fourteen 
 years. 
 
 MARY, born Oct. 19, 1809, in Augusta 
 county, Va., married in Sangamon county 
 to David Newsome. See his name. 
 
 SAMUEL, born Feb. 23, 1813, in 
 Augusta county, Va., was married in 
 Sangamon county, 111., Nov. 7, 1833, to 
 Lucretia Rudder, who was born Sept. 6, 
 1816, in Bath county, Ky., and came to 
 Sangamon county in the fall of 1830, with 
 her grandfather, Andrew Cartmell. They 
 had ten living children NANCY J. 
 married Jonathan T. Payne, and died 
 April 8, "1852. MILETUS C. married 
 Eliza W. Miller. JOHN A. enlisted in 
 1862, for three years, in Co. I, 114111 111. 
 Inf., was at home on sick furlough, and 
 died May 27, 1865. WILLIAM, T. en- 
 listed in 1862, for three years, in Co. G, 
 ii4th 111. Inf., served full time, and was 
 honorably discharged in 1865. He was 
 married in Sangamon county, Sept., 1866, 
 to Permelia Churchill. -They have one 
 child, WILLIAM F., and live at Edinburg, 
 111. CHARLES G. was married in San 
 Francisco, Cal., to Maggie E. Hall. They 
 have three children, and reside in Balti- 
 more, Md. JAMES W. married Fran- 
 ces Nave. They have one child, and live 
 in Springfield, 111. ANNA M. married 
 Alexander Dixon. They have one child, 
 and live five miles east of Springfield. 
 F. EDWARD, GEORGE S. and VIR- 
 GIL T., live with their parents. Samuel 
 Houston and wife reside near German 
 Prairie station, on the farm where his 
 father settled in 1828. 
 
 John Houston died Jan. 31, 1841, and 
 his widow died Oct. 18, 1852, on the farm 
 where they settled in 1828. 
 
 HUDSON, JOHN, was born 
 April 25, 1794, in Mecklenberg county, 
 Virginia, and taken by his parents to Ca- 
 bell county, West Va. John Hudson was 
 a soldier from that county, serving from 
 Sept., 1813, to April, 1814. He was 
 married in Cabell county, Oct. 8, 1814, to 
 Margaret McCray, who was born April 
 
 49 
 
 7, 1803, in Rockingham county, Virginia. 
 They had three children in Cabell county, 
 and moved to Sangamon county, 111., ar- 
 riving in the autumn of 1826, in what is 
 now Loami township, where they had 
 eight children. Of their children 
 
 YOUNG M., born Sept. 22, 1819, in 
 Cabell county, W. Va., was married in 
 Sangamon county, 111., Oct. 5, 1843, * 
 Minerva L. Meacham. They had one 
 living child, ELSA JANE, who married 
 Daniel Staley, Jun. See his name. Mrs. 
 M. L. Hudson died Sept. 2, 1851, and 
 Y. M. Hudson was married, Feb. 2, 1853, 
 to Mrs. Jane Webb, whose maiden 
 name was Fowler. They reside in New 
 Berlin. 
 
 JANE C, born Aug. 3, 1821, in Ca- 
 bell county, W. Va., married in Sanga- 
 mon county to Win. Hodgerson. They 
 have eight children, and live five miles 
 south of Waverly. 
 
 WILLIAM E., born Dec. 31, 1824, 
 in Cabell county, W. Va., married in San- 
 gamon county to Harriet Nipper, who 
 died Aug. 31, 1851. Mr. H. married 
 Mary Lacey. They have three children, 
 MARY M., ELLIE K. and LUCINDA 
 A., and live three and one-half miles west 
 of Loami. 
 
 RACHEL S., born Feb. 22, 1830, 
 married Willis Meacham. See his 
 name. 
 
 JOHN M., born Jan. 4, 1833, mar- 
 ried March 29, 1860, to Sarah J. Camp- 
 bell, have one living child, LUCY E., 
 and live three and one-half miles south of 
 New Berlin. 
 
 GEORGE W., born Jan. 30, 1836, 
 married Nancy H. Park, and he died, 
 without children. She married James 
 L. Short. 
 
 ANDREW J., born Jan. 23, 1839, 
 married Feb. 20, 1862, to Mary M. Smet- 
 ters. She was born Aug. 28, 1840, in 
 Ohio. They live three and one-half miles 
 south of New Berlin, in Loami town- 
 ship. 
 
 FRANCIS M., born Nov. 14, 1842, 
 in Sangamon county. He enlisted April 
 16, 1861, (the first man to enlist in Loami 
 township) in Co. G, 7th 111. Inf., on the 
 first call for 75,000 men; served full term, 
 and was honorably discharged. He was 
 elected Coroner of Sangamon county, in 
 1864. He lives with his father near 
 Loami.
 
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 EARLY SETTLERS OF 
 
 SARAH E., born Feb. 9, 1845, mar- 
 ried Thomas N. Park. See his name. 
 
 Mrs. Margaret Hudson died Oct. 2, 
 1854, and John Hudson was married June 
 21, 1855, to Mrs. Grezelle McNew, whose 
 maiden name was Park. They reside 
 now 1873 in Loami township, three 
 and one-half miles west of Loami, and 
 the same distance south of New Berlin. 
 
 Mr. John Hudson says that his father 
 and the father Bishop, Thomas A. Morris, 
 lived neighbors, in Cabell county, W. 
 Va. When Thomas A. was a young 
 man, he was a deputy under his brother 
 Edward, who was clerk of Cabell county. 
 While in the office, at Guyandotte, the 
 county seat, Thomas A. attended a Meth- 
 odist camp meeting there, and was con- 
 verted. He visited his father soon after 
 and told him he felt it to be his duty to 
 preach the gospel. His father then pro- 
 posed to give out an appointment for his 
 son in two weeks from that time, with 
 the promise that if he (the father) thought 
 the son could preach, he would tell him 
 so. The appointment was filled, the 
 father listened very attentively, and at the 
 close said to his son: "Well, Tommy, I 
 think that if you don't get the big head, 
 you will make a preacher." That was 
 thought to be an evidence of remarkable 
 liberality on the part of the old gentle- 
 man, in view of the fact that he belonged 
 to the anti-mission or predestinarian Bap- 
 tists. 
 
 Mr. Hudson heard that effort of the 
 boy, and the criticisms of the father, and 
 has been familiar with the history of the 
 young preacher through all his progress 
 to the present superanuated Bishop Mor- 
 ris. 1873. Two brothers of Bishop Morris 
 were early settlers in Sangamon county. 
 See their names. 
 
 HUDSON, JOHN, was born 
 Dec. 25, 1 799, on Roanoke river, Virginia. 
 He was taken by his parents to Wilson 
 county, and from there to Rutherford 
 county, Tenn. Nancy Pitts was born 
 April 4, 1805, in Wayne county, N. C. 
 Her father died there, and her mother, 
 with seven children, moved to Ruther- 
 ford county, Tenn., in the fall of 1815. 
 John Hudson and Nancy Pitts were mar- 
 ried in that county, near the junction of 
 east and west Stone's river, Sept. 30, 
 1824, had two children there, and moved 
 to Sangamon county, 111., arriving in the 
 
 fall of 1829, about two miles east of 
 Loami, where five children were born. 
 Of their children 
 
 LOUISA P., born July 20, 1825, in 
 Tennessee, married in Sangamon county 
 to William Herrold, had one child, 
 SARAH J., who married August 2, 
 1870, to Benjamin Card, a native of Eng- 
 land. They have one child, WILLIAM H., 
 and live in St. Louis, Mo. Mr. Herrold 
 died, and she married Homer E. Starks. 
 She died, leaving four children. NAN- 
 CY A. lives with her aunt Edwards. 
 LOUISA M. lives with her grandmother 
 Hudson. JULIA A. and ELLEN T. 
 live with their father, who is married, and 
 resides in Kansas. He served in an Illi- 
 nois regiment, and was with Sherman in 
 his "march to the sea." 
 
 ROBERT W., born April 4, 1828, in 
 Tennessee, died in Sangamon county, 
 July 6, 1849. 
 
 CAROLINE,bovn Feb. 13, 1830,111 
 Sangamon county, married David Ed- 
 wards. They have three children. 
 NANCY ^E. married John W. Smith; 
 have three children, MARK c., NELLIE c. 
 and KATIE A., and live in Curran town- 
 ship. VAN GOLTRA and JANE 
 M. M. reside with their parents in Chat- 
 ham township. 
 
 AMERICA A., born Feb. 15, 1832, 
 married Henry R. Burton, and had nine 
 children. MARY F. married William 
 Bell, and died, leaving two children. 
 H. R. Burton enlisted in Dec., 1863, for 
 three years, in Co. H, loth 111. Cav., 
 served to the end of the rebellion, and 
 was honorably discharged. He died 
 March 28, 1872, in Brown county. His 
 widow married John Bell, and lives in 
 Chatham. 
 
 JOHN H., born Jan. 7, 1836, in San- 
 gamon county, married March 4, 1855, 
 to Elizabeth McLaughlm. She died Jan. 
 10, 1856, and he was married April 12, 
 1868, to Charlotte E. Smith, in Milford, 
 Wis. She was born in Fulton county, 
 N. Y., Oct. 26, 1842. They live in Talk- 
 ington township, eight miles west of 
 Auburn 1873. 
 
 WILLIAM V., born April 8, 1838, in 
 Sangamon county, and lives with his bro- 
 ther, John H. 
 
 BLANET Z., born Oct. n, 1841, 
 died Oct. 6, 1864.
 
 SANGAMON COUNTT. 
 
 3S7 
 
 John Hudson died Oct. 24, 1844, in 
 Sangamon county, and his widow lives 
 with her sons, John H. and William V. 
 
 Benjamin Hudson, the father of John 
 Hudson, with his wife, two sons, William 
 and Richard, and his daughter, Susan, 
 came to Sangamon county in 1827. In 
 the fall of 1839 they all moved to Wash- 
 ington county, Iowa. 
 
 Mrs. Nancy Pitts, the mother of Mrs. 
 Nancy Hudson and Blaney Pitts, the 
 youngest brother of Mrs. H., came with 
 herself and husband to Sangamon county, 
 and both went to St. Clair county, where 
 the mother died. Blaney Pitts has been 
 twice married, and lives in Marion 
 county. 
 
 Mrs. Hudson vividly remembers the 
 privations she endured on coming to the 
 country. The first year they all shook 
 with ague. The next year the "deep 
 snow" came. Their cabin was built with 
 the door outside. One morning they got 
 up and could not open it; the snow was 
 drifted higher that the door. By loud 
 calls they attracted the attention of her 
 father-in-law, who came and shoveled the 
 snow away, and relieved them from their 
 imprisonment. They were for a long 
 time without tea, coffee or sugar, and had 
 to substitute hominy for bread. She 
 thought that if she could only get out of 
 Illinois she would never want anything 
 more, but would be happy the remainder 
 of her mortal life. Four years later her- 
 self and husband visited Tennessee. The 
 hills seemed higher she thought the 
 stone on the land had increased ten fold, 
 and the soil was a deeper red than ever 
 before. Her chief desire Was to return to 
 Illinois, and she has always been satisfied 
 since that time. 
 
 Mrs. Hudson, describing a visit to St. 
 Clair county to see her mother, says they 
 traveled in a one-horse carriage over 
 country where it yielded at least forty 
 bushels of green flies to the acre. It was 
 all they could do to save the life of their 
 horse by wrapping it up with bed cloth- 
 ing. After that they laid up in daylight 
 and traveled at night. 
 
 HUCKLEBERRY, HEN- 
 RY, was born about 1779, in Pennsyl- 
 vania. His parents had just emigrated 
 from Baden, Germany, and soon after his 
 birth they moved to Kentucky, a short 
 distance above Louisville. A few years 
 
 later, while returning from school, his 
 youngest brother was captured by In- 
 dians. The father pursued them, and 
 when about to rescue his boy, an Indian 
 sunk a tomahawk in the boy's head, and 
 threw him from the canoe into the Ohio 
 river. It was near the mouth of a small 
 stream that is called Huckleberry creek to 
 the present time. The family soon after 
 moved to Clark county, Ind. Henry 
 was married there to Susan Wigal. She 
 was born in 1792, in Virginia, and taken 
 by her parents to Clark county. They 
 had ten children in that county, and the 
 family moved to Sangamon county, 111., 
 arriving in Oct., 1833, and settled in what 
 is now Mechanicsbiirg township, where 
 they had one child. Of their children 
 
 ANNA, born Nov. 15, 1807, in Indi- 
 ana; married there to Wm. B. Johnson. 
 See his name. 
 
 ELIZABETH, born Feb. 21, 1810, 
 in Indiana; married there to Blakely 
 Smith. They had two living children, 
 and Mr. Smith died Aug., 1847, at Car- 
 lington, Louisiana, while traveling on 
 business. His widow married March 18, 
 1851, in Sangamon county, to John Lang- 
 ley. They had one child. Of her three 
 children, ANGELINE SMITH mar- 
 ried Silas Igo, have seven children, and 
 live in Christian county. HENRY J. 
 SMITH married Aug. 27, 1859, to Nancy 
 
 A. Martin. They have three living child- 
 ren, ELIZA A., LAURA J., and BENJAMIN 
 
 F.,and live near Mechanicsburg. LAURA 
 
 B. LANGLEY married Henry Framp- 
 ton, have two children, and live near 
 Mechanicsburg. John Langley and wife 
 live four miles south of Dawson, Sanga- 
 mon county. 
 
 JONATHAN, born Feb. 5, 1814, 
 in Clark county, Ind., married in Sanga- 
 mon county April, 1841, to Luann Mc- 
 Daniel. They had five children. MARY 
 E. died Sept. 22, 1873, in her 3Oth year. 
 MARIA, born June 20, 1846, married 
 James H. McDaniel (son of Jeptha). Mr. 
 McDaniel died Aug. 14, 1870, leaving 
 two children. His widow and children, 
 ALBERT and LESLIE, live with her father. 
 CAROLINE lives with her father. 
 JAMES H. married Lavica Lenville, and 
 lives near Illiopolis. ANN E. lives with 
 her aunt, Mrs. North. Mrs. Luann 
 Huckleberry died Jan. 2, 1855, and Jona-
 
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 EARLT SETTLERS OF 
 
 than Huckleberry lives two miles southeast 
 of Illiopolis 1874. 
 
 ELIZA, born July 19, 1816, married 
 Wm. Laughrey; had two children, and 
 all the family died. 
 
 DA VID, born Nov. 5, 1818, in Clarke 
 county, Ind., married Nov. 19, 1848, in 
 Sangamon county, to Almyra Cherry. 
 They have five living children, namely : 
 WILLIAM H., BENJAMIN F., 
 OWENO., ORAH A., and CHARLES 
 I., and live three miles south of Riverton, 
 Sangamon county. 
 
 JOHN W., born Sept. 2, 1822, in Ind. 
 He enlisted in Sangamon county in Co. 
 
 D, 4th 111. Inf., and served from 1846 to 
 1847, m tb- e war w 'th Mexico. He was 
 married Jan. 12, 1851, to Barbara S. Der- 
 ry, who was born March i, 1834, in 
 London county, Va. They had six child- 
 ren; three died under five years. ALICE 
 
 E. married Absalom J. Barracks, have 
 four children, and live near Illiopolis. 
 ALONZO E. and IDA MAY live with 
 their parents, three miles south of Daw- 
 son, Sangamon county. John W. Huck- 
 leberry enlisted Aug. 6, 1862, for three, 
 years, in Co. A, 73d 111. Inf. He was 
 captured at Stone's River Jan. i, 1863; 
 was paroled at Richmond, Va., and ex- 
 changed at St. Louis; served in the In- 
 valid Corps the rest of his term, and was 
 honorably discharged in 1865. 
 
 CHRISTIANA, born Feb. 4, 1824, 
 in Indiana; married in Sangamon county 
 Nov. 28, 1850, to John R. Williams, who 
 was born July 30, 1824, in Dearborn 
 county, Ind. They have six children, 
 JOHN H., FLORENCE A., GEORGE 
 L., EDGAR H., LUCIUS A., and 
 MELISSA B., and live three miles south 
 of Dawson. John R. Williams served 
 one year, from June, 1846, in Co. D, 4th 
 111. Inf. in the war with Mexico. 
 
 ELI L., born April 7, 1829, in Ind., 
 married in Sangamon county Dec. 14, 
 1856, to Emily H. Derry, who was born 
 Aug. 26, 1840, in London county, Va. 
 They have seven children; three died un- 
 der five years. The other four, MARY 
 M., SAMUEL L., HATTIE MAY 
 and NORA, live with their parents at 
 Illiopolis. E. L. Huckleberry enlisted Aug. 
 6, 1862, in Co. A, 73d 111. Inf., for three 
 years; served until Jan. 23, 1863, when he 
 was discharged on account of physical 
 disability. 
 
 AMERICA, born April 14, 1832, in 
 Ind., married Nathan Potts; have two 
 living children, and live near Taylorville. 
 
 SUSAN, born March n, 1835, in 
 Sangamon county, died at seventeen years 
 of age. 
 
 Henry Huckleberry died March 13, 
 1859, and his widow died Dec. 31, 1868, 
 both near where they settled in 1833, in 
 the vicinity of Mechanicsburg. Henry 
 Huckleberry was a soldier in the war of 
 1812. He fought at the battle of Tippe- 
 canoe, and it is well attested that he killed 
 the last Indian that was slain at that battle. 
 
 HUFFMASTER, WM., was 
 born about 1800, either in Germany or 
 immediately after the arrival of his 
 mother in Virginia, his father having died 
 in Germany. The widow married a man 
 named Sawyers, had two children, and 
 he died, and she married Henry Brown, 
 and moved from St. Clair to Sangamon 
 county, as early as March, 1819, and set- 
 tled at the north side of Lick creek, in 
 Loami township. William had a sister, 
 Lucinda. They came with Mr. Brown, 
 their stepfather, to Lick creek, and while 
 he went back after another load of goods, 
 HufFmaster cut logs, built a cabin, and 
 had it ready for the family when Mr. 
 Brown returned. He had also made a 
 trough, placed it in the cabin, cut down 
 bee trees, and filled the trough wfth 
 honey. When John Campbell came and 
 settled at the south side of Lick creek, 
 he thought himself the first settler, but 
 hearing the sound of an axe, he went 
 over and found that HufFmaster had been 
 there before him. After more settlers 
 came in, HufFmaster was in the woods 
 with Samuel Harbour, and they found a 
 panther up a tree. Harbour went for a 
 gun, and the panther came down. HufF- 
 master urged on the dogs, and securing a 
 large club, went to their assistance, and 
 when Harbour returned, to his surprise, 
 found the panther stretched out dead with 
 HufFmaster and the dogs standing around 
 it. HufFmaster's powers of endurance 
 were remarkable. It is well attested that 
 he split 7 raHs in one day. He was 
 married, about 1821, to Clarissa Smith, 
 who was born in Kentucky, and came 
 with her parents to Sangamon county, 
 about 1820. They had eleven children 
 
 SARAH, born Sept. 4, 1823, married 
 in 1844 to Asa Morris. They have several
 
 SANGAMON COUNTY. 
 
 389 
 
 children, and live in Missouri. Their 
 son, Mayhew Morris; lives near Loami. 
 
 ELIZABETH, born Nov. 8. 1824, 
 married Brice R. Weir, had two children, 
 and she died. Their daughter, SUSAN, 
 married Jesse Dodd, and lives in Chat- 
 ham township. JANE married Lawrence 
 Underwood, and lives in Loami town- 
 ship. 
 
 EDMUND, born April 26, 1827, mar- 
 ried Elizabeth Colburn, and for a second 
 wife married Susan Parker, and lives in 
 California. 
 
 WILLIAM, Jun., born Dec. 9, 1829, 
 married in 1848 to Emeline Colburn, and 
 had two children. IRA W. lives at 
 Loami. PAUL E. is a member of Co. 
 B, i6th U. S. Inf. 1873. Mrs. Emeline 
 Huffmaster died in 1854, and he married 
 Achsa Underwood, have several children, 
 and reside near Owanaco, Christian 
 county, Illinois. 
 
 DA VID, born Feb. 17, 1831, married 
 Adelia Parker, had one child, and Mrs. 
 Huffmaster died in Sangamon county. 
 Mr. H. started to California overland, in 
 1856, and lost his life in a singular man- 
 ner. He was playing with a favorite 
 dog, while holding a gun in his hand. 
 The dog struck the hammer and the gun" 
 went off, lodging the charge in the shoul- 
 der of Mr. H., causing his death in a few 
 days. His daughter, LYDIA, is now in 
 California 1873. 
 
 LUCINDA, born June 15, 1832, mar- 
 ried Daniel W. Colburn. See his name. 
 
 MART, born June 12, .1834, married 
 James Davis, had two children, and she 
 died. Her sons, ADIN and SIDNEY, 
 live in Loami. 
 
 JOHN, born May 21, 1836, married, 
 Jan. 4, 1866, to Mary Davis. They have 
 four children, FRANK, EZRA, WAL- 
 TER and LUCY, and live near Loami. 
 
 NANCT A., born May 26, 1838, mar- 
 ried Ebenezer Colburn. See his name. 
 
 ROBERT, born 'Nov. 31, 1842, lives 
 in Loami. 
 
 DANIEL, born Nov. 21, 1844, en- 
 listed in 1861, in Co. C, nth Mo. Inf., for 
 three years, and died in the army, March 
 8, 1862. 
 
 William Huffmaster died Oct. 19, 1861, 
 and his widow died Sept. 23, 1866, both 
 at Loami. 
 
 HUGHES, CHARLES F., 
 was born July 9, 1807, in Baltimore, Md. 
 
 His father, John E manual Hughes, was 
 born March 13, 1767, in Montpellier, 
 France, and married in Baltimore, Md., 
 U. S. A., Oct. 7, 1806, to Juliana S. B. 
 Wiesenthal, who was born in Baltimore, 
 Jan. 12, 1785. Her father was physician 
 to Frederick the Great, of Prussia. 
 Charles F., the subject of this sketch, 
 graduated at St. Mary's College, Em- 
 mettsburg, Md., at the age of twenty; 
 studied medicine under Dr. Edrington, in 
 Baltimore, and graduated three years 
 later at Maryland Medical College, Balti- 
 more. His health being impaired, he took 
 a sea voyagfe, immediately after graduat- 
 ing. On their arrival at Guatemala, 
 Central America, they were surprised by 
 the negroes, who were in successful in- 
 surrection. They killed all the officers, 
 crew and passengers, except Dr. Hughes 
 and another physician, whose lives they 
 spared solely because they were "medicine 
 men." For seven years he practiced his 
 profession among those savages, watching 
 for an oportunity to escape. He was 
 always under surveillance when vessels 
 were in port. Finally, while discharging 
 his duties in a hospilal near the landing, 
 he saw an American vessel approaching, 
 and secreted himself among some barrels 
 until the way was clear, when he reached 
 the vessel and returned to his native 
 land. He was married, Sept. 3, 1835, 
 to Sarah J. Chambers, who was born in 
 1812, in Chestertown, Maryland. She 
 was the daughter of Gen. Campbell 
 Chambers, an officer of the war of 1812. 
 He was born April 2, 1783, and married 
 Jan. 1 8, 1807, to Sarah J. Clarkson, who 
 was born Oct. 18, 1787, in Kent county, 
 Md. Dr. Hughes came to Springfield in 
 1836, and engaged in the drug business 
 for a short time. For two years he prac- 
 ticed medicine in the different small towns 
 of the county, then resumed the drug busi- 
 ness in Springfield. Dr. Hughes and wife 
 had six children, two of whom died 
 young. Of the four living children 
 
 ANNA C., born July 23, 1836, in Bal- 
 timore, was married Oct. 31, 1861, in 
 Springfield, 111., to Charles W. Salisch. 
 See his name in connection with the 
 Capps family. 
 
 MART E., born Oct. 14, 1838, in San- 
 gamon county, was married Feb. 4, 1861, 
 in Springfield, to Herman H. Abrams, 
 who was born in 1837, in Springfield.
 
 39 
 
 EARLY SETTLERS OF 
 
 They have four living children, NINA, 
 JOHN, VICTOR and FREDERICK. 
 Mrs. Abrams died Oct. 8, 1874, at Camer- 
 on Junction, Missouri, and is buried at 
 Palmyra, Mo. Mr. Abrams and his 
 children reside at the former place. 
 
 JOHN C., born Jan. 10, 1841, in Mt. 
 Auburn, Christian county, Illinois, en- 
 listed August 15, 1862, in Co. B, 114111 
 111. Inf., and was appointed Corporal. 
 He was at the siege and capture of Vicks- 
 burg, and in the battle of Jackson, Miss., 
 and was discharged on account of physi- 
 cal disability, Sept. 18, 1863. John C. 
 Hughes was married Feb.- 14, 1865, in 
 Springfield, 111., to Sarah C. Henry, who 
 was born Dec. 19, 1845, near Pleasant 
 Plains, Sangamon countv. They have 
 four living children. BERTHA B., 
 OLIVE I., S. LUCRETIA and KATE. 
 Mr. Hughes has been employed in the 
 book room of the State Journal Com- 
 pany for sixteen years except the time 
 spent in the army the last six years as 
 Superintendent of the State printing, is 
 so engaged at the present time 1876 
 and resides in Springfield. 
 
 JULIANA B., born Sept. 4, 1843, in 
 Rochester, Sangamon county, 111., was 
 married March 20, 1865, in Palmyra,* 
 Missouri, to Oliver T. Prickett, who was 
 born Feb. 26, 1845, in Fairmont, Virginia. 
 They have two children, RALPH and 
 GUY, and reside at Carbondale, 111. 
 
 Dr. Charles F. Hughes was one of the 
 founders of the Episcopal church in 
 Springfield, and was treasurer of the same 
 several years. He died Sept. 2, 1850, 
 and Mrs. Hughes died May 20, 1871 
 both in Springfield. 
 
 Dr. Hughes was the eldest of three 
 brothers and two sisters, all natives of 
 Baltimore, Md. Andrew W. came to 
 Springfield in 1836, and after a stay of a 
 year or two, returned east and died in 
 1875, in Washington, D. C. John T. 
 was a Surgeon in the U. S. army, sta- 
 tioned at Jefferson Barracks, Mo. He died 
 in the Island of St. Thomas, in 1848. Maria 
 E. was married in Baltimore to Henry Rei- 
 gart, and resides there. Sophia J. came to 
 Springfield in 1840, and married Mr. Bier- 
 sted in 1858. He died in 1860, in Carroll- 
 ton, 111., and she resides in Baltimore. Mrs. 
 Juliana S. B. Hughes, mother of the above 
 named, came to Springfield with her daugh- 
 ter, Sophia J., in 1840, and died here in 1848. 
 
 HUGGINS, JOHN, was born 
 about 1788, in New York, and raised in 
 Greenbrier county, Va., and went to 
 Gallia county, Ohio, when he was a young 
 man. Jane Hazlitt was born about 1797, 
 in Stokes county, N. C., and was taken to 
 Gallia county, Ohio, when she was quite 
 young. They were married, had seven 
 children, and moved to Virginia, where 
 one child was born; thence to Cartel- 
 county, Ky., where one child was born, 
 and to Sangamon county, 111., arriving in 
 the fall of 1840, in what is now Loami 
 township. Of their children 
 
 HANNAH, born in Ohio, June 5, 1818, 
 married in Sangamon county to James 
 Short, and had two children. Mr. Short 
 went to California, was on his way home, 
 and is believed to have been lost on the 
 ship Central America, about 1855. His 
 widow died July 7, 1871. Their daugh- 
 ter, FANNIE, married Peter Workman. 
 See his name. His wife and two children 
 live with their grandmother Huggins. 
 JAMES A. SHORT lives with his grand- 
 mother Huggins, also 1874. 
 
 CHARLES, born April 30, 1820; died, 
 aged 23. 
 
 JOHN T., born April 16, 1822, mar- 
 ried Mrs. Lucy Runyon; has two child- 
 ren, and lives near Bethany, Harrison 
 county, Missouri. 
 
 ELIZABE7^H } born April 22, 1824, 
 lives with her mother. 
 
 SARAH, born June 18, 1826, in Ohio; 
 married Jan. ^o, 1852, in Sangamon coun- 
 ty, to Ethan A. Bell, who was born July 
 25, 1829, in Madison county, 111. They 
 have three children, SUSAN J., MAR- 
 THA E., and THOMAS B., and reside 
 three and one-half miles west of Loami. 
 
 MARTHA, born Aug. 4, 1828; lives 
 with her mother. 
 
 FRANCES M., born July 22, 1831, 
 married Daniel Whitehead; have eight 
 childrer and reside near Edinburg, Illi- 
 nois. 
 
 PHk,BE, born Jan. 22, 1833, in Vir- 
 ginia, married James Lindsay, who died, 
 leaving a widow and five children, in Da- 
 vis county, Missouri. 
 
 JUNIOR, born June 3, 1837, in Car- 
 ter county, Ky., married in Sangamon 
 county to Lavina Bartlett; had two child- 
 ren, and live near Edinburg, Illinois.
 
 SAN GAM ON COUNTY. 
 
 39 i 
 
 John Huggins died Sept. 19, 1845, and 
 his widow lives half a mile west of Loami, 
 Illinois. 
 
 HU MH PREYS, OWEN, was 
 born May 27, 1769, near Humphreysville, 
 now Bryn Mawr, Montgomery county, 
 Penn. his parents moved to Fleming 
 county, Ky., when he was quite young. 
 Mrs. Isabel Keith, whose maiden name 
 was Lee, was born Sept. 7, I77 1 ' but 
 whether it was in Virginia or Kentucky is 
 not known. Owen Humphreys and Mrs. 
 Isabel Keith were married in Fleming 
 county, Ky. They had seven child ren 
 born in Fleming and Bath counties, and 
 Mrs. Isabel Humphreys died April 12, 
 1823, in Bath county. Owen Humphreys, 
 with some of his children, came to Sanga- 
 mon county, 111 , arriving in the fall of 
 1828 or 1829, and settled three and a half 
 miles southeast of Springfield, and west 
 of Sugar creek. Of his seven children 
 
 THO-\[AS L., born Jan. 24, 1799, in 
 Fleming county, Ky., married in Bath 
 county, to Sally Foster. They had four 
 living children in Fleming county, and 
 moved to Bath county, where one child 
 was born, and then moved to Sangamon 
 county, 111., arriving in the spring of 1830, 
 three and a half miles southeast of Spring- 
 field. Mr. Humphreys being sick that 
 summer, they returned to Bath county, 
 Ky., and came back to Sangamon county 
 in 1844, settling at the same place he 
 occupied in 1830. Some of his children died 
 young, and he brought but three with him 
 to Sangamon county the second time, viz: 
 MARY, born June 6, 1824, near Flem- 
 ingsburg, Ky.; married March, 1847, in 
 Sangamon county, to George W. Wil- 
 liams, who was born Oct. 27, 1822, at 
 Columbus, Ohio. He is a descendant of 
 Roger Williams, of Rhode Island. Mr. 
 and Mrs. Williams had five children, three 
 of whom died in infancy. LLEWELLYN 
 died in her ninth year. MARY T., born 
 born Jan. i, 1848, in Sangamon county, 
 was married Dec. 28, 1865, to Charles E. 
 Payne. They had four children, all of 
 whom died under four years. Mr. and 
 Mrs. Payne live five miles southwest of 
 Edinburg. Mr. and Mrs. Williams reside 
 five and a half miles southwest of Edin- 
 burg, Christian county, 111. MINERVA, 
 born June 12, 1828, in Fleming county, 
 Ky.; died Oct., 1854, in Christian county, 
 111. CHARLES, born Dec. 8, 1830, in 
 
 Bath county, Ky. ; came with his parents to 
 Sangamon county; enlisted Aug. 5, 1861, 
 in Co. C, 2d 111. Light Artillery, for three 
 years. After serving two and a half years, 
 he was commissioned Lieutenant of Co. C, 
 8th U. S. Colored Artillery, and served 
 eleven months. Charles Humphreys was 
 married March 23, 1865, near Virclen, 
 111., to Julia Goodrich. They have three 
 children, CHARLES, NELLIE and HATTIE. 
 He is a merchant in Virden, and resides 
 there. Mrs. Sally Humphreys died March 
 18, 1852, and Thomas Humphreys died 
 Aug., 1855, both in Christian county, Illi- 
 nois. 
 
 CHARLES .F., born June 18, 1801, 
 in Fleming county, Ky. ; never married. 
 He superintended an establishment for 
 producing iron from the ore, in Greenup 
 county, Ky., until his health failed, when 
 he came to Sangamon county, and died at 
 his father's house, Feb. 9, 1831. 
 
 ALEXANDER, B. V., born Nov. 
 27, 1803, in Fleming county, Ky., married 
 Oct., 1827, in Bath county, to Nancy R. 
 Whitecraft. They moved, in a few 
 weeks, to Springfield, 111., arriving Dec., 
 1827. They had one child born in Spring- 
 field, and in 1829 moved to Sugar creek 
 timber, three and a half miles southeast of 
 Springfield, where six children were born. 
 Of their children JOHN O., born July 
 18, 1828, in Springfield, is unmarried, and 
 resides seven miles southwest of Edinburg. 
 BENJAMIN F., born Sept. 10, 1830, in 
 Sangamon county, married Oct. it, 1866, 
 in Christian county, to Mrs. Mary J. 
 Martin, whose maiden name was Wood. 
 She was born Jan. 13, 1842, in Montgom- 
 ery county, Ky. They had one child, 
 and B. F. Humphreys died Nov. 30, 1870. 
 His widow and daughter, IDA, resides at 
 Edinburg, 111. CHARLES F., born Feb. 
 3, 1833, in Sangamon county, enlisted Aug. 
 5, 1861, in Co. C, 2d 111. Light Art. He was 
 promoted through all the grades to First 
 Lieutenant. Served exactly four years, 
 and was honorably discharged at Spring- 
 field, 111., Aug. 5, 1865. He was married 
 Jan. 19, 1875, to Jane A. Williams, and 
 reside one-half mile southeast of Roches- 
 ter, Sangamon county, 111, DAVID C. 
 died in his second year. THOMAS E., 
 born Sept. 29, 1838, in Sangamon county, 
 enlisted Aug. 15, 1862, in Co. E, 114111 
 111. Inf., for three years. He was color 
 bearer of his regiment, and was wounded
 
 39 2 
 
 EARLT SETTLERS OF 
 
 Dec. 1 6, 1864, the second day of the battle 
 of Nashville; recovered, served his full 
 time, and was honorably discharged at the 
 close of the rebellion. He died at the 
 family homestead, in Christian county, 
 111., Dec. 26, 1868. MARY M. J., born 
 Feb. 29, 1840, in Sangamon county, 111., 
 was married March 3, 1875, to Dr. 
 J. Henry Dickerson, who graduated 
 Feb. 23, 1870, at the Philadelphia 
 University of Medicine and Surgery. 
 Dr. Dickerson and wife reside ten 
 miles northwest of Taylorville, Christian 
 county. See Dr. Dickersoti's name in 
 connection 'with the name of his grand- 
 father, Robert Bell. JOSEPH A., born 
 Jan. 2, 1843, is unmarried, and resides at 
 the family homestead. Alexander B. V. 
 Humphreys was engaged in blacksmithing 
 while he lived in Springfield; but the 
 business of his life was farming, in which 
 he was eminently successful. In March, 
 1850, he moved with his family to Chris- 
 tian county, seven miles southwest of 
 Edinburg, where Mrs. Nancy R. H. 
 died Feb. 28, 1862, and A. B. V. Hum- 
 phreys died Oct. 8, 1865. 
 
 MART A., born Jan. 17, 1807, in 
 Fleming county, Ky., married in Sanga- 
 mon county to Philetus G. Pierce. They 
 had five children in Sangamon county. 
 ISABEL died young. The family moved 
 in 1851, to the vicinity of Roseburg, 
 Douglas county, Oregon, where Mr. 
 Pierce died, in 1858 or '9, and Mrs. Pierce 
 died Jan., 1872. Their four children, 
 JOHN D., ELIZABETH, CARO- 
 LINE and OWEN reside in Oregon. 
 
 JOHN D., born Oct. 2, 1809, in Bath 
 county, Ky., married Nov. 8, 1832, in 
 Sangamon county, to Mary McKinnie. 
 They had two children. MIRANDA, 
 born August i, 1833, died in her third 
 year. DAVID, born Dec. 4, 1834, in 
 Sangamon county, married June 9, 1857, 
 to Mary A. Chapman, who was born 
 March 2, 1835, in Devonshire, England. 
 They have three children, JOHN j., MARY 
 A. and MINNIE E., and reside at Farming- 
 dale, Sangamon county, Illinois. He is 
 station agent and postmaster there. John 
 D. Humphreys died in July, 1835, three 
 and a half miles southeast of Springfield, 
 and his widow married John Branson. 
 See his name. 
 
 ELIZABETH, born Feb. n, 1812, 
 in Bath county, Ky., married in Sanga- 
 
 mon county to Willoughby Churchill. 
 See his name. They had four children, 
 and started, in 1850, to Oregon. Mrs. 
 C. died at the Delles, a narrow gorge in 
 Columbia river. The family reside near 
 Harrisburg, Linn county, Oregon. 
 
 DA VI D, born Feb. 4, 1819, in Ken- 
 tucky, died in Sangamon county, Sept. 6, 
 1834. 
 
 Owen Humphreys died Jan., 1846, in 
 Sangamon county, near Mechanicsburs:. 
 
 HUNTER, JAMES, was born 
 August 14, 1778, in London county, Va., 
 and went, when a young man, to Gallatin 
 county, Ky. He was there married to 
 Rachel Scott, who was born Oct. 17, 1783, 
 in Virginia. They had nine children in 
 Gallatin county, and moved to Sangamon 
 county, 111,, arriving Dec., 1828, in what 
 is now Illiopolis township. Of their 
 children 
 
 WILLIAM, born Feb. 17, 1807, in 
 Kentucky, married in Sangamon county 
 to Polly Dickerson. They both died, 
 leaving a large family near Mt. Auburn, 
 Christian county. 
 
 ELIZABE7^H. born May i, 1809, 
 in Gallatin county, Ky., married in San- 
 gamon county to William Donner. See 
 his name. 
 
 JOHN, born Aug. 8, 1811, in Gallatin 
 county, Ky., married in Sangamon county 
 to Martha Dickerson, who was born Sept. 
 25, 1811. They had six children MARY 
 J., born May 18, 1840, married Harrison 
 P. Hampton. See his name. HUGH 
 L., born Oct. i, 1841, enlisted July 19, 
 1861, for three years, in Co. I, 41 st 111. 
 Inf., served full term, and was honorably 
 discharged, Aug. 20, 1864, was married, 
 March 30, 1865, in Sangamon county, to 
 Rose Ann Ream, and lives three and one- 
 half miles southwest of Illiopolis. 
 RACHEL F., born Feb. 9, 1843, married 
 Nov. 14, 1 86 1, to James Lee, who was 
 born Nov. 16, 1838, in Gallipolis, Ohio. 
 They had five children HARRIET A. died 
 in infancy. WM. GRANT, FLORENCE, 
 LAURA v. and ALLIE live with their pa- 
 rents, three miles southwest of Illiopolis. 
 SARAH E., born July 4, 1845, married 
 Thomas Sidener, have two children, and 
 live near Rochester. THOMAS S., 
 born Sept. 18, 1847, and ARCHER 
 SCOTT, born Sept. 28, 1852, live in Illi- 
 opolis township. Mrs. Martha Hunter
 
 SAN GAM ON COUNTT. 
 
 393 
 
 died Aug., 1854, and John Hunter died 
 Dec. 22, 1856. 
 
 JAMES, Jun., born Feb. 14, 1814, in 
 Gallatin county, Ky., was brought by his 
 parents to Sangamon county, in 1828, and 
 was married in Macon county to Lucinda 
 Warnick. They had one child SARAH 
 L., born Dec. 25, 1839, married, April 18, 
 1 86 1, in Springfield, to Sylvanus Dake, 
 who was born Feb. 26, 1834, in Cattarau- 
 gus county, N. Y. They had three child- 
 ren JULIA ANNA died in her second 
 year. CORNELIA F. and OSCAR H., live 
 with their parents in Illiopolis. Mrs. Lu- 
 cinda Hunter died Dec. 31, 1839, and Mr. 
 Hunter married Rebecca Newell. They 
 had two children, WILLIAM and MAR- 
 GARET A. They live in .Iowa. James 
 Hunter died in 1845. His widow married 
 a Mr. Feeds. 
 
 CELIA, born Feb. 29, 1816, in Galla- 
 tin county, Ky., married in Sangamon 
 county to Archibald Dickerson. See his 
 name. 
 
 SALLY, born in 1818, in Kentucky, 
 raised in Sangamon county, married in 
 Macon county to Joseph Hanks, and had 
 four children. RACHEL married Oct. 
 26, 1857, to Elijah Gathard, have six 
 children, and live seven miles east of 
 Springfield. MARGARET married 
 Dr. Frank Hall, and died. CELIA mar- 
 ried Dr. Frank Hall. See his name. Mr. 
 and Mrs. Hanks died in Macon county. 
 
 MARGARET J., born Dec. 26, 
 1819, in Kentucky, married in Sangamon 
 county to Wm. Freeman, had three child- 
 ren, and the parents died in Macon 
 county. 
 
 RACHEL, born April 26, 1822, in 
 Kentucky, raised in Sangamon county, 
 married Lewis Freeman, had three child- 
 ren, and Mrs. F. died in Macon county. 
 Mr. F. moved to Iowa City, Iowa. 
 
 THOMAS, born Sept. 14, 1824, in 
 Kentucky, died in Sangamon county, at 
 about twenty years of age. 
 
 Mrs. Rachel Hunter died April 18, 
 1865, and James Hunter died April 22, 
 1867, both in Illiopolis township, near 
 where they settled in 1828. 
 
 HUNTER, THOMAS S., 
 was born Feb. 8, 1814, in Hardin county, 
 Ky. His father died in 1818, his mother 
 married Wm. Y. Singleton, and the fam- 
 ily came to Sangamon county 111., in the 
 spring of 1837. Mi's. Singleton died in 
 
 5 
 
 1855. Thomas S. Hunter was married 
 June 13, 1844, to Martha Darneille. They 
 had three children, namely 
 
 MARTHA R., married James W. 
 Barger. See his name. 
 
 JAMES W. and ROBERT S., live 
 with their parents, five miles west of 
 Chatham. 
 
 Of the three sisters 
 
 HUNTER, ELIZA, married 
 James Lampton, and died, leaving three 
 children in Mason county. 
 
 HUNTER, MARY M., mar- 
 ried G. R. Vigus, who died, leaving a 
 widow and one son near Ottawa, Kansas. 
 
 HUNTER, REBECCA H., 
 married Absolom D. McGraw. See 
 his name. 
 
 HURST, CHARLES R., was 
 born Sept. 20, 1811, in Philadelphia, Pa. 
 He came to Springfield in March, 1834, 
 and first engaged as clerk with Bell & 
 Tinsley, dry goods merchants, on Jeffer- 
 son street, between Second and Third, 
 where the Springfield Manufacturing 
 Company's works now stand. He bought 
 out the dry goods business of Joshua F. 
 Speed, and has been in the mercantile 
 business to the present time; now as one 
 of the firm of Hurst & Ruth. Charles 
 R. Hurst was married in Springfield to 
 Ann Taylor, a daughter of Col. John 
 Taylor. They had six living children, all 
 in Springfield 
 
 JENNIE E. and 
 
 ANNA W. reside with their parents. 
 
 GEORGIA S. was married April, 
 1874, to Maurice Starne, a son of Hon. 
 Alexander Starne, and resides in Spring- 
 field. 
 
 CHARLES H., 
 
 ED WARD S. and 
 
 HUIZINGA M. reside with their pa- 
 rents in Springfield. 
 
 Mr. Hurst served the city of Spring- 
 field as alderman eight years. He was 
 chairman of the committee on finance dur- 
 ing the whole of that time. He also 
 served three years as Waterworks Com- 
 missioner. 
 
 HUSBAND, HARMON, was 
 born April 10, 1791, in Noi'th Carolina, 
 and taken by his parents to Christian 
 county, Ky. Sarah Pyles was born Nov. 
 12, 1790, in South Carolina. Her parents 
 moved about 1795, to the vicinity of Mt. 
 Sterling, Ky., and three or four years
 
 394 
 
 EARLY SETTLERS OF 
 
 later moved to Christian county. Harmon 
 Husband and Sarah Pyles were there 
 married in 1811, and had five children in 
 that county. The family moved to San- 
 gamon county, 111., arriving in Oct., 1820, 
 and settled three miles east of the present 
 town of Auburn, where seven children 
 were born. Of their children 
 
 EVELINE, born April i, 1814, in 
 Christian county, Ky., married Josephus 
 Gatton. See his name. 
 
 ELIZABETH, born about 1816, in 
 Kentucky, married Thomas Mason. See 
 his name. She died Dec. 23, 1850, leaving 
 four children. 
 
 MART A., born in Kentucky, married 
 Thomas J. Higgins. See his name. 
 
 JANE, born in Kentucky, is unmar- 
 ried, and lives at the family homestead. 
 
 MARTHA, married Wm. M. Snow, 
 and died March 8, 1856, in Carlinville, 
 leaving one child, ENOCH W. SNOW. 
 He lives at the Husband family home- 
 stead. 
 
 SUSAN died in 1850, aged twenty- 
 eight years. 
 
 JAMES E. D. is unmarried, and 
 lives at the family homestead. 
 
 JOHN J|>. A., born Feb. 19, 1828, in 
 Sangamon county, married Jan. 7, 1864, 
 to Ann E. Barrow. They have three 
 children, EFFIE A., MINNIE A. and 
 CLARLES H., and live six miles south 
 of Springfield. 
 
 SARAH R., and 
 
 WILLIAM H., twins, born in San- 
 gamon county, are both unmarried, and 
 live at the family homestead. 
 
 EMIL T, born in Sangamon county, 
 married Lockwood M. Todd. See his 
 name. They live in Virginia City, 
 Montana Ter. 
 
 Harmon Husband died Feb. 15, 1848, 
 and Mrs. Sarah Husband resides 1874 
 on the farm where they settled in 1820. 
 It is three miles east of Auburn, Sanga- 
 mon county, Illinois. 
 
 HUSTON, MARTHA, was 
 born May 4, 1819, in Cumberland county, 
 Penn. She came to Chatham, May 14, 
 1839, on a visit to her sister, Mrs. Wm. 
 P. Thayer, and was married in Chatham, 
 Sept. 28, 1843, to Henry Thayer, who 
 was .born July i, 1812, in Boston, Mass., 
 and came to Sangamon county, in April, 
 1841. They had eight children 
 
 JOSEPH L., died at two years of 
 age. 
 
 HENR T, died in his thirteenth year. 
 
 Of the other six Thayer children 
 
 ELLEN M., born June 29, 1844, 
 married, Aug. 25, 1864, to Thomas Mc- 
 Elwain. They have one living child, 
 ANNA ROSA, and live in Chatham. 
 
 OLIVE J., E. RUGGLES, 
 CHARLES M., ANNA C. and EM- 
 MA A., reside with their parents in Chat- 
 ham 1874. 
 
 HUSSEY, NATHAN, was 
 born Sept. 20, 1785, in York county, 
 Penn,; went to Washington county, Va., 
 when a young man. Mary Stewart was 
 born in the latter county Oct. i, 1785. 
 They were there married in 1803, and 
 soon moved to Green county, Ohio, 
 about fourteen miles southeast of Xenia. 
 Seven of their children were born there, 
 and the family moved to Sangamon coun- 
 ty, 111., arriving May 10, 1819, in what is 
 now Fancy Creek township, where two 
 children were born. Of their nine child- 
 
 fpn 
 
 CHRISTOPHER and MA R T, 
 twins, were born March, 1805, in Ohio. 
 
 CHRISTOPHER was married Sept. 
 12, 1828, in Sangamon county, to Eliza- 
 beth Primm, and died Sept. 16, 1830, 
 leaving a widow without children. 
 
 MART\v&& married Feb. 27, 1829, to 
 Joseph R. Young. They had three liv- 
 ing children in Sangamon county. In 
 1850 they moved overland to Oregon, 
 with their three children. DAVID died 
 on the summit of the Rocky mountains. 
 MARGARET died soon after their arri- 
 val in Oregon. Mr. Young died there in 
 1855, from the effects of a gun-shot wound, 
 received in the Black Hawk war as a 
 soldier from Sangamon county. His 
 only son, STEPHEN, is married, and 
 practicing medicine at or near McMin- 
 ville, Oregon. Mrs. Mary Young still re- 
 sides on her farm near McMinville, Yam- 
 hill county, Oregon. 
 
 WILLIAM, S., born Nov. 2, 1809, in 
 Green county, Ohio, was married Dec. 18, 
 
 1834, in Sangamon county, 111., to Sarah 
 Yocum. They had seven children, all ' 
 born in Sangamon county, and in 1851 
 moved overland to Oregon. Of their 
 seven children NATHAN, born in 
 
 1835, married Charlotte Keagle. They 
 have four living children, IIENHY c.,
 
 SAN GAM ON COUNTY. 
 
 395 
 
 MATTIE R., ANNIE L. and SARAH A., who 
 
 reside with their parents, three miles 
 south of Williamsville. JACOB Y., 
 born in 1836, in Sangamon county, 111., 
 enlisted Sept., 1861, in Co. A, $2d 111. 
 Inf., for three years; was wounded in the 
 battle of Pittsburgh Landing, April, 1862, 
 and was discharged on account of physi- 
 cal disability Sept., 1862. He now draws 
 a pension. He married Sarah Yocum. 
 They have two children, WILLIAM M. 
 and CHARLES H. Jacob Y. Hussey is sta- 
 tion agent at Barclay, and resides on a 
 farm near that place. HENRY CLAY, 
 born Feb. 13, 1838, enlisted Sept., 1861, 
 in Co. A, $2(1 111. Inf., for three years, 
 and died of typhoid fever, near Pitts- 
 burgh Landing, May, 1862. MARY 
 J., born in Sangamon .county, April 15, 
 1839, was married in 1856, in Oregon, to 
 Alfred F. Thompson, who was born in 
 McMinn county, Tenn. They have six 
 living children, WILLIAM H., JOHN w., 
 
 MARY E , ROBERT E. and LULA B., and 
 
 reside two miles northeast of Barclay. 
 WILLIAM F., born Sept. 3, 1841, en- 
 listed Oct. 3, 1864, in Co. B, 30th 111. Inf. 
 In Feb., 1865, that regiment was merged 
 into another, and he became a member of 
 Co. A, 77th 111. Inf. He was honorably 
 discharged Aug. 31, 1865, and was mar- 
 lied Feb. 14, 1866, to Alice C. Irwin. 
 They have two living children, ALICE M. 
 and WILLIAM H., who reside with their 
 parents in Williamsville, Sangamon coun- 
 ty, 111. STEPHEN, born Nov. 28, 1842, 
 enlisted in the same company and regi- 
 ment with his brother, William H., and 
 was honorably discharged at the same 
 time. He married Mary Darnall. They 
 have three living children, who reside 
 with their parents at Lawndale, Illinois. 
 MARIA E., the youngest child, lost her 
 life in Oregon, in 1860, by her clothes ac- 
 cidentally taking fire while attending a 
 sick friend. Her father's hands were so 
 badly burned in his efforts to extinguish 
 the fire that it made him a cripple for 
 life. %lrs. Sarah Hussey died in 1852, 
 and William S. Hussey was married in 
 Oregon, May, 1855, to Mrs. Jemima 
 Gilbreath, whose maiden name was 
 Thompson, a native of Tennessee. They 
 had two living children in Oregon, and 
 in 1864, Mr. Hussey returned with his 
 family to Sangamon county, 111. Of their 
 two children JOSEPHINE C. was 
 
 married in 1872, to Richard W. Barger. 
 They have one child, SARAH, and R. W. 
 Barger is a practicing attorney -at-law, and 
 resides in Des Moines, la. CHARLES A. 
 lives with his parents. Mrs. Jemima Hussey 
 had two children by a former marriage. 
 SARAH C. died in 1865. WILLIAM 
 
 C. Gilbreath graduated June 18, 1875, at 
 the Wesleyan University, at Bloomington, 
 111. He was married, Aug. 6, 1875, to Lillie 
 
 D. Lyon, of Pontiac. He is now a mer- 
 chant in Williamsville. W. S. Hussey was 
 elected Justice of the Peace, in 1858, in Ore- 
 gon, which office he held until his return 
 to Illinois, when he was elected a member 
 of the Board of Supervisors of Sanga- 
 mon county, twice, and tendered the office 
 the third time, but declined. William S. 
 Hussey and wife reside in Williamsville, 
 Sangamon county, Illinois. 
 
 NANCY A., born March 29, i8n,in 
 Ohio, was married in Sangamon county, 
 to Abraham D. VanMeter. See his name, 
 
 ^O/W//t, born July 18, 1813, in Ohio, 
 was married in Sangamon county, 111., to 
 James Brown, and moved to Oregon in 
 1850. They have seven children, and re- 
 side in McMinnville, Yamhill county, 
 Oregon. 
 
 NATHAN, born Dec. 14, 1815, in 
 Ohio, was married in Sangamon county 
 to Sarah Burton. They had five children 
 in Sangamon county, and in 1845 moved 
 to Oregon, where their family was increas- 
 ed to eight children. The mother and 
 three children died, and the father and 
 five children reside near Fort Haskins, 
 Oregon. 
 
 STEPHEN, born Oct. 16, 1818, in 
 Ohio, was married in Sangamon county, 
 111., to Cornelia Crowl. They had five 
 children in Sangamon county, and moved 
 to Oregon, in 1850, where others were 
 born. Mrs. H. and four of their 
 children died there. One of the living 
 children, ELIZABETH, is married to 
 James Peterson, and resides in Portland, 
 Oregon. The other three, with their 
 father, moved to California, where he 
 died. 
 
 MARGARET, born April 5, 1821, 
 in Sangamon county, married Henry Bird. 
 See his name. 
 
 ELIZABETH S., born Aug. i, 1823, 
 in Sangamon county, married William 
 Lynch. They have two sons, and reside 
 in F airfield, Iowa.
 
 39 6 
 
 BARLT SETTLERS OF 
 
 Mrs. Mary S. Hussey died in Sanga- 
 mon county June 30, 1841, and Nathan 
 Hussey accompanied two of his children 
 to Oregon, and died there Oct. 29, 1857. 
 
 HAMPTON, JAMES P., was 
 born April 17, 1787, in the vicinity of 
 Hampton Roads, Va. In 1790 his pa- 
 rents crossed the Alleghany mountains, 
 and embarking in boats, at Pittsburg, 
 went down the Ohio river. Some fami- 
 lies had been massacred a short time be- 
 fore, at Limestone, now Marysville. The 
 Hamptons and their friends intended 
 landing at the same point, but were con- 
 vinced by the movements of the savages 
 on shore that it would not be safe. They 
 landed further down, and thus saved their 
 lives, but the Indians captured one of their 
 boats with all their stores. Mr. Hampton 
 settled in what became Franklin county, 
 Ky. James P. was a soldier from that 
 county, in the war of i8i2-'i3, under 
 Gen. Harrison. He was married in 1818, 
 in the adjoining county of Woodford, to 
 Sarah Poindexter, who was born in that 
 county, March 24, 1800. They made 
 their home in Franklin county, four miles 
 from Frankfort, until they had five living 
 children. The family moved .to Sanga- 
 mon county, 111., arriving Oct., 1829, in 
 what is now Illiopolis township, where 
 they had two living children. Of their 
 seven children 
 
 WILLIA M H., born July 17, 1821, 
 in Franklin county, Ky., married April 
 20, 1843, in Sangamon county, to Mary 
 A. Garvey. They had ten children in 
 Sangamon county EMILY J., ANNIE 
 M., JAMES W., SURRILDA E., 
 FRANKLIN P., HATT1E; LOUISA 
 died in her eighth year ; LAURA, 
 NANCY and ELBIE, the nine living, 
 reside with their parents in Illiopolis 
 township, two miles east of Mechanics- 
 burg. 
 
 JAMES M., born about 1823, in 
 Kentucky, died in Sangamon county, 
 Tuly 17, 1845. 
 
 JOHN S., born Aug. 29, 1824, in 
 Frankfort, Ky., married in Sangamon 
 county, April 29, 1847, to Nancy C. Gar- 
 vey. They had eight children born in 
 Sangamon county; one died in infancy. 
 MARY E., born Sept. 6, 1848, married 
 March 26, 1872, to John S. Ford, have 
 one child, HORACE N., and live three 
 miles east of Mechanicsburg, in Illiopolis 
 
 township. ELIZA F., SUSAN B. and 
 SARAH, live with their parents. 
 CHARLES LINCOLN was drowned 
 while bathing, July 27, 1875. ELEA- 
 NOR and ARTHUR E. reside with their 
 parents. John S. Hampton had one foot 
 amputated in June, 1875. He has acted as 
 a Justice of the peace many years, and 
 part of the time was engaged in merchan- 
 dizing. He now 1876 resides in Illi- 
 opolis, Illinois. 
 
 MARTHA J., born Nov. 23, 1826, in 
 Kentucky, is unmarried, and lives in Illi- 
 opolis. 
 
 MART A., born Aug. 29, 1828, in 
 Franklin county, Ky., married in Sanga- 
 mon county, Aug. 7, 1862, to Simon P. 
 Williams, who was born Sept. 17, 1825, 
 in Tuscarawas county, Ohio. They had 
 two children, ROLLIN E. and RENA 
 A., and Mrs. W. died July 19, 1873. Mr. 
 Williams and his children live in Illiopolis. 
 
 PRES7 ON B., born Jan. 28, 1831- 
 during the "deep snow" in Sangamon 
 county, married in Mechanicsburg, March 
 5, 1857, to Dorothy Rankin, who was 
 born March 25, 1832, in York county, 
 Maine, raised in New Hampshire, and 
 came to Mechanicsburg, April, 1855. 
 They have five children, SHERIDAN, 
 ABRAHAM LINCOLN, JOHN LO- 
 GAN, FLORA MAY and JAMES 
 GRANT. Preston B, Hampton enlisted 
 Aug. 4, 1862, for three years, in Co. A, 
 73d 111. Inf., served until April 18, 1863, 
 when he was discharged on account of 
 physical disability. He resides in Illiop- 
 olis township, five miles east of Mechan- 
 icsburg, on the farm where his parents 
 settled in 1829, and where he was born. 
 
 HARRISON P., born April 2, 1840, 
 in Sangamon county, enlisted Aug. 4, 
 1862, for three years, in Co. A, 73d 111. 
 Inf., served to the end of the rebellion, 
 and was honorably discharged with the 
 regiment, June 24, 1865. He was married 
 March 14, 1867, to Mary J. Hunter. They 
 have two children, EBER and CALLIE, 
 and live in Illiopolis. 
 
 James P. Hampton died Dec. 15, 1853, 
 and his widow died Jan. 14, 1858, both 
 near Illiopolis, Sangamon county, Illinois. 
 
 HAMPTON, SAMUEL C., 
 brother to James P., was born about 
 1791, in Franklin county, Ky. He was 
 there married, in 1819, to Catharine John- 
 son, a native of Virginia. They had four
 
 SANGAMON COUNTY. 
 
 397 
 
 children in Frankfort, Franklin county, 
 Ky. The eldest, J. Henry, died there. 
 Mr. Hampton moved with his family to 
 Sangamon county, 111., arriving in the 
 fall of 1830, in what is now Mechanics- 
 burg township, where they had one child. 
 Of their four children 
 
 JAMES W., born Oct. 4, 1823, in 
 Frankfort, Ky., married in Springfield to 
 Elizabeth Johnson. They had three 
 children, two of whom died young. JOHN 
 T. is married, and resides in Decatur, 111. 
 Mrs. Elizabeth Hampton died, and 
 James W. Hampton married Ada Baker. 
 They had three living children, FRANK, 
 NETTIE and CHARLES R. James 
 W. Hampton died Oct. 25, 1875, in Spring- 
 field, 111. His widow and children live 
 at 817 South Fourth street. 
 
 ELIZASETH^orn in 1825, in Ken- 
 tucky, married in Sangamon county in 
 1842 to Isaac Hart. They had five child- 
 ren, and in 1860 moved to, and are now 
 living at, Ottumwa, Iowa. 
 
 SETH COOK, born April 18, 1828, in 
 Frankfort, Ky., was married Sept. 8, 1853, 
 in Springfield, to Mary A. Conant. They 
 had seven children SETH COOK, Jun., 
 the eldest, and EMERY E., the young- 
 est, died under five years. The other 
 five, HARRY L., L YDIA C., ALBERT 
 S., RUTH M., and RUFUS C. live 
 with their parents. Mr. Hampton has 
 been, from his boyhood, engaged in mer- 
 chandizing, and is now in that business in 
 Springfield 1876. 
 
 CHARLES B., born March, 1830, in 
 Sangamon county, died March I, 1874, in 
 Springfield, leaving neither wife nor 
 children. 
 
 Samuel C. Hampton died about 1839, 
 and Mrs. Catharine Hampton died 
 Jan. 19, 1859, both in Sangamon county, 
 Illinois. 
 
 iLES, ELIJAH, was born Mar. 
 28, 1796,111 what was then Fayette county, 
 Ky., about sixty miles east of Lexington. 
 His grandfather was an Englishman, and 
 his grandmother Welch. Thomas lies, 
 the father of Elijah lies, was born in 
 Chester county, Pa., in 1765, emigrated to 
 Kentucky about the year 1790, married 
 Elizabeth Crockett, a relative of David 
 
 Crockett. Their five children were 
 Mary, Elijah, William, Washington and 
 Elizabeth. The latter was eight days 
 old when the mother died. Elijah, the 
 subject of this sketch, attended school for 
 two winters, where reading, writing and 
 arithmetic were the highest branches 
 taught. He became proficient in these 
 studies, and taught school himself two 
 winters. His father then gave him $300 
 with which he bought one hundred head 
 of yearling cattle. These he herded 
 among the mountains in the eastern part 
 of Kentucky, about twenty miles outside 
 of civilization, on the Little Sandy river. 
 Here he camped, his only companions 
 being his horse, dog, gun, milk cow and 
 the cattle. These last he shifted from 
 one valley to another, wintering the cat- 
 tle without grain, and they would be in 
 tolerable condition in the spring. His 
 meals generally consisted of a stew made 
 of bear meat, venison, turkey, and a piece 
 of fat bacon. He baked his corn bread on 
 a johnny-cake board or in the ashes. This, 
 together with sweet milk (not skimmed) 
 and honey, he thought good living, and 
 although alone, enjeyed life. Sometimes 
 the young, men from Lexington and Paris 
 would join him for a hunt, always bring- 
 ing good whisky and other refreshments. 
 He sold his cattle, in three years, for about 
 ten dollars a head, realizing a large sum 
 of money for that time, and with this left 
 for Missouri, on horseback, arriving at St. 
 Louis in 1818, which was only a French 
 village of 2,500 inhabitants. From there 
 he went to Old Franklin, Mo., opposite 
 where Brownsville now stands. Here he 
 engaged as clerk in a store, and acted as 
 land agent for eastern capitalists. He re- 
 mained there three years, investing his 
 money in lands. In 1821 he visited Ken- 
 tucky ; returning, he passed through cen- 
 tral Illinois. There were no roads then, 
 and his only guide from Vincennes to 
 Vandalia, and from the latter place to the 
 Sangamon valley, was the surveyors 
 stakes. He was so much pleased with 
 what is now Sangamon county that he de- 
 termined to locate here, and returned to 
 Missouri to sell some of his land and col- 
 lect some money. Proceeding to Illinois, 
 on horseback, he crossed the Mississippi 
 river at the present town of Louisiana, 
 swam his horse across the mouth of the 
 Illinois river, rode from there to Carrol-
 
 EA RL Y SB TTLERS OF 
 
 ton, thence to Diamond Grove, near where 
 Jacksonville now stands. There he found 
 a settlement. From there he proceeded 
 by way of Island Grove to the head of 
 Spring creek, and thence to Springfield, 
 arriving in June, 1821, just after it had 
 been made the temporary county seat of 
 Sangamon county, which embraced all of 
 Illinois north of Greene and Madison 
 counties. The inhabitants of Springfield 
 consisted of the families of Charles R. 
 Matheny, John and William Kelly, An- 
 drew Elliott, Levi D. and Jacob Ellis, Lan- 
 terman, Little and Lindsay. Mr. lies board- 
 ed with John Kelly about a year. He 
 describes it as being the best board- 
 ing house he ever had, before or 
 since. Two of Mr. Kelley's brothers 
 were hunters, and the table was well sup- 
 plied with venison, wild turkey, prairie 
 chickens, squirrels and fresh fish. The 
 bread was the old fashioned hoe cake, 
 with plenty of milk and honey. Soon 
 after domiciling himself at Mr. Kelly's, 
 Mr. lies concluded to visit some friends 
 north of the Sangamon river. Arriving 
 at the stream he found the banks full, and 
 a horn left on the south side, opposite the 
 ferry, to be blown by persons desiring to 
 cross. Mr. lies blew this horn, at inter- 
 vals, for several hours, but failed to at- 
 tract the attention of the ferryman. Des- 
 pairing of crossing for that day, he re- 
 turned to Springfield that night, and the 
 next day started again, with the same re- 
 sult. He returned the second night to 
 Springfield, and the third day, by loud 
 and continuous blowing, he succeeded in 
 crossing and visiting his friends. On re- 
 turning, Mr. lies contracted for the build- 
 ing of a log store, sixteen feet square, 
 with a shed attached, and set out on horse- 
 back for St. Louis, to buy goods. He re- 
 mained four weeks, and bought fifteen 
 hundred dollars worth of merchandise, 
 consisting of wrought iron, pot metal, dry 
 goods and groceries. Mr. lies loaded 
 these on a keel boat, which was towed up 
 the Mississippi by six men having a rope, 
 which they pulled from the shore. He 
 found but one house at Alton, one at the 
 mouth of the Illinois river, and an empty 
 cabin, built by Mr. Beard, where Beards- 
 town now stands. Here he was landed 
 with his goods, and the men returned 
 with their boat, leaving Mr. lies alone on 
 the bank in a wilderness. He paid seven- 
 
 ty-five dollars freight to Beardstown. 
 After a month's delay, he succeeded in 
 bringing all his goods to Springfield, and 
 opened the first store in town, July, 1821. 
 The Indians were about as numerous as 
 the whites, and his sales were about equal. 
 Everyone seemed honest, and he often 
 left his store open. The Indians paid him 
 in furs and undressed deerskins. The 
 whites in silver coin, homemade jeans, and 
 cotton and linen cloth, beeswax, honey, 
 butter, etc. His trips to St. Louis were 
 made on horseback. Silver was the only 
 currency. This he carried in saddlebags, 
 thrown over the saddle, and when he 
 stopped at a house on the way, took them 
 in, dropping them behind the door of the 
 room he entered, without fear of their 
 being molested. Indeed, any one travel- 
 ing with money in those days rather made 
 a show of it, to impress the early settlers 
 with their importance. When Mr. lies' 
 first stock was reduced, he locked the 
 store, leaving the key with Mr. Matheny, 
 and left for St. Louis, in perfect confidence 
 that all would be safe; but on his return 
 found the store had been robbed of nearly 
 everything. About a month afterwards he 
 heard of a man by the name of Cotteral, 
 who had been living with two families by 
 the name of Percifield, on the bluffs, not 
 far from where Naples now stands, travel- 
 ing with a two-horse wagon, and ped- 
 dling such goods as were stolen from him. 
 Mr. lies took an officer and searched the 
 Percifields, finding goods like his, but 
 could not identify them, as the marks were 
 removed, so he abandoned the search. 
 Several persons were robbed about this 
 time, and his searching the Percifields led 
 to the belief that they were the thieves, 
 and a regulating company, headed by 
 Murray McConnell, drove them from the 
 country. Mr. lies heard afterwards that 
 one was hung and the other sent to the 
 penitentiary. Aside from this, Mr. lies be- 
 lieves no country was ever settled by a 
 more honest and industrious people. He 
 invested in land as soon as it came into mar- 
 ket, and among his entities was the south- 
 west quarter of section twenty-seven, town 
 sixteen north, range five west, being he 
 northeast part of the present city of Spring- 
 field. This entry was made in 1823, at one 
 dollar and a quarter per acre. P. P. Enos, 
 D. P. Cook and Thomas Cox entered the 
 other three-qnarters of the section joining
 
 SAN GAM ON COUNTY. 
 
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 his on the southwest corner. This is near 
 the intersection of Washington and Second 
 streets. These four laid off the original 
 town plat, the title being, by agreement, 
 in the names of P. P. Enos and Elijah 
 lies. The legislature of 1825, then meet- 
 ing in Vandalia, appointed three Commis- 
 sioners to locate the county seat of Sanga- 
 mon. The competing points were Spring- 
 field, Sangarno, about seven miles north- 
 west, on the Sangamon river; a point 
 near the mouth of Spring creek, and one 
 on Prairie creek, near Salisbuiy. The 
 Commissioners had visited, on horseback, 
 all the competing points except Spring- 
 field and the one near the mouth of Spring 
 creek. A strong opposition had sprung 
 up between the two latter points, owing 
 to the efforts of a land company, which 
 had bought up the Spring creek site 
 for a speculation. But Messrs. Enos and 
 lies were too shrewd for them, and they 
 employed Andrew Elliott to pilot the 
 Commissioners to the Spring creek site. 
 He was, of course, a Springfield man, so 
 he concluded to take them the longest and 
 roughest route he knew of. There were 
 neither bridges or roads, so he had it all 
 his own way, and they swam several 
 creeks, waded through marshes and 
 almost impenetrable thickets, but finally 
 arrived at the place, and pronounced it a 
 fine site for a city, but suggested that the 
 people who were to fill it might never 
 find it. And they directed Mr. Elliott to 
 take them by a more direct route, but the 
 return route was even more perilous than 
 the other. By this time the Commis- 
 sioners were convinced that the Spring 
 creek site was inaccessable, and, on a pro- 
 mise from Messrs. Enos and lies that they 
 would give the county forty-five acres 
 of land, and what was of more conse- 
 quence to the Commissioners, namely, 
 cashing their warrants issued at a dollar a 
 day for their services, they decided to 
 locate the county seat permanently at 
 Springfield. This forty-five acres in- 
 clude the old State house sqimre. A 
 court house was built on Jefferson street, 
 between First and Second, of rough logs, 
 and the space between them filled with 
 black mud. It consisted of one room, 
 thirty feet square, without a floor, a small 
 platform was erected for the Judge, and 
 the jury on retiring had all out-doors for 
 their deliberations. When court was not in 
 
 session, which was the greater part of the 
 time, the room was used as a refuge for 
 emigrants until more permanent quarters 
 could be provided. In 1826, Elijah lies 
 was elected a State Senator, and again in 
 1830. 
 
 In 1827, the Winnebago Indians became 
 troublesome. Troops were called for, and 
 Mr. lies was elected Major of the regi- 
 ment commanded by Col. Tom M. Neal. 
 On arriving at Galena, they found the 
 Indians suing for peace; a treaty was 
 made, and the troops disbanded. This 
 was the Winnebago war. The Black 
 Hawk war occurred in 1831, and a regi- 
 ment was raised in this part of the State. 
 Major lies was a private in one of the 
 companies from Springfield. See sketch 
 of the Black Haivk war, page 54. In 
 this expedition were Gen. Stillman, 
 commanding; Zachary Taylor, afterwards 
 President; Lieut. Jeff. Davis, afterwards 
 President of the Confederacy; Abraham 
 Lincoln, Hon. John T. Stuart, Gen. Har- 
 ney, William S. Hamilton, son of Alex- 
 ander Hamilton; Lieut. Robert Anderson, 
 of Fort Sumter fame; Major Fry, and 
 many others, who afterwards became 
 distinguished. They had some skirmishes 
 with the Indians, and were discharged. 
 Volunteers were called for to protect the 
 frontier, until new recruits could be 
 brought forward. A battallion was 
 formed, and Mr. lies was elected Captain 
 of a company. He insists that he was the 
 least qualified of any of them for the of- 
 fice, and he was chosen because the as- 
 piring members were envious of each 
 other. But it is more than probable that 
 his qualifications were as good as any of 
 them. The title of Major still clings to 
 Mr. lies, and has become almost part of 
 his name. In 1838 and '9, he built the 
 American House (now the Central Hotel), 
 located on the southeast corner of Sixth 
 and Adams streets. This was the largest 
 hotel at the time in Illinois, and created a 
 greater sensation while building than the 
 Leland, which was built in 1866, at a cost 
 of $350,000. 
 
 In the early settlement of Illinois, Ma- 
 jor lies invested largely in land, that 
 became valuable in after years, placing 
 him in independent circumstances. He 
 has reached a ripe old age, and enjoys the 
 respect and confidence of ALL WHO KNOW 
 HIM. He was a member of the commit-
 
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 EARLY SETTLERS OF 
 
 tee to secure the removal of the State 
 capital from Vandalia to Springfield. 
 
 In 1824 Elijah lies was married, in 
 Springfield, to Melinda Benjamin, a na- 
 tive of Lima, Livingston county, N. Y. 
 They had two children, namely : 
 
 LOUISA ELIZABETH, born in 
 1825, in Springfield, married in 1856, 
 to T. J. Carter. Mrs. Carter died 
 in 1857, without children. Mr. Carter 
 was born Sept. 15, 1817, at Wilmington, 
 Middlesex county, Mass. ; his ancestors 
 were among the earliest settlers of New 
 England. Rev. Thomas Carter was edu- 
 cated at Exeter, England, emigrated to 
 Boston, in 1630, and finally settled in 
 Charlestown, then a portion of the town 
 where T. J. Carter was born. It was 
 from him that the Carter family in Amer- 
 ica descended. One of the fifth or sixth 
 generation from Rev. Thos. Carter was 
 Timothy Carter, who married Sabra 
 Jaquess. They were the parents of Thos. 
 J. Carter. The first fifteen years of his 
 life was spent with his parents on a large 
 dairy farm, and attending a district school. 
 In 1832 he entered Phillip's Academy, at 
 Andover, Mass. Failing health, caused 
 by too close application to study, caused 
 him to abandon a collegiate course, and 
 devote himself to civil engineering. His 
 earliest labors in this profession were in 
 connection with some of the most distin- 
 guished civil engineers of his time, who 
 were in charge of the public works then 
 in progress in the eastern part of the 
 United States and in Canada. In 1850 
 Mr. Carter was solicited by Boston capi- 
 talists to accompany them on a western 
 tour. During that trip they devised plans 
 out of which grew the great lake rail- 
 road route, connecting Boston with Chi- 
 cago and the west. In 1852 Mr. Carter 
 was appointed Vice President and Gen- 
 eral Superintendent of Engineers for the 
 construction of the Wabash line from To- 
 ledo to St. Louis. He was engaged on 
 this work four years, with residence in 
 Springfield. 
 
 During that time he was married, and 
 so soon lost his wife. In 1857 he left for 
 Kansas, and in 1859 for Texas, where 
 he built a short railroad. He obtained a 
 charter from the State of Kansas for a 
 railroad from the Missouri river to the 
 Pacific, now known as the Kansas Pacific 
 route, and commenced building it in 1863. 
 
 In that year he was appointed by Presi- 
 dent Lincoln, U. S. Government Director 
 for the Union Pacific Railroad, the duties 
 of which he discharged for five years. 
 In 1868 he was requested to report on a 
 branch road from the Union Pacific to the 
 Colorado mines, which was the origin of 
 the narrow guage system in that section 
 of the country. In 1869 Mr. Carter 
 visited portions of Europe, intending a 
 more extended tour at some future time, 
 which he took in 1875, accompanied by 
 his bride, formerly Miss Allie S. Hoge, 
 of Brooklyn, N. Y. They spent six 
 months in visiting Great Britain, France, 
 Germany, Belgium, Austria, Italy, Egypt, 
 Palestine, Turkey and Greece. The title 
 of Colonel was confered on Mr. Carter in 
 civil life, as a compliment for the aid he 
 rendered during the canvass and election 
 of the first Whig Governor of New 
 Hampshire. He has worn it to the 
 present time. He is now, while this 
 is in press, on a visit to the Centennial 
 Exhibition. June, 1876. 
 
 IRA THOMAS, born in 1830, in 
 Springfield, resides with his father, Major 
 lies, who is now in his eighty-first year. 
 While Springfield continues to be his 
 home, he spends much of his time travel- 
 ing, and with relatives in other parts of 
 the country. 
 
 ILES, WASHINGTON, was 
 born July 18, 1800, in Bath county, Ky. 
 At eighteen years of age, he visited 
 Illinois on business for another man, 
 traveled over the country along the San- 
 ga-ma river, and found that the land was 
 very rich. A wealthy man from Ken- 
 tucky had brought out a drove of horses, 
 sold them on credit, and when the money 
 was due, came to collect it, but found his 
 customers unprepared to pay. It was 
 then lawful to imprison men for debt, and 
 he threatened to collect his money in that 
 way. His creditors combined and con- 
 vinced him that it would not be very 
 pleasant to attempt it, and he left the 
 country in haste. On reaching home he 
 offered Mr. lies one-half the amount of 
 the claims if he would collect them. The 
 offer was accepted He found the men 
 were honest, and by kind treatment he 
 succeeded in collecting every dollar. 
 Mr. lies returned to Kentucky, and 
 was married in Flemingsburg, May 
 21, 1822, to Ann Foster, who was
 
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 401 
 
 born there Dec. 3, 1804. They lived 
 near Owensville, Bath county, Ky., for 
 some time, and then, with two children, 
 moved to Sangamon county, Illinois, ar- 
 riving at Springfield in the year 1825. 
 Nine children were born in Sangamon 
 county. Of their children 
 
 MARTHA H., born June 14, 1823, 
 in Kentucky, died Aug. 26, 1827, in San- 
 gamoir county, Illinois. 
 
 MART E. y born Aug. 4, 1825, in Bath 
 county, Ky., was married in Sangamon 
 county to Jacob G. Loose. See his 
 name. 
 
 CORDELIA M., born May 25, 1827, 
 in Sangamon county, 111., married Obed 
 Lewis. See his name. 
 
 ME LINDA A., born April 23, 1829, 
 in Sangamon county, married Joseph B. 
 Pirkins. See his name. 
 
 ANN E., born May 27, 1831, in San- 
 gamon county, was married there to 
 William H. Bourne. They, have five 
 children, namely: CARRIE, ANNIE, 
 KITTIE, VIRGINIA .and BENJA- 
 MIN. W. H. Bourne and family till re- 
 cently lived near Sharpsburg, Bath 
 county, Ky. Removed in 1876 to Spring- 
 field, Illinois, and reside one mile south. 
 
 WASHINGTON T., born April 6, 
 1833, in Springfield, 111., was married in 
 Bath county, Ky., Dec. 6, 1864, to Emily 
 Jones, who was born in that county April 
 4, 1844. They have three children JU- 
 LIA J., LINNA L., and BENJAMIN, 
 and live four and one-half miles southeast 
 of Springfield. 
 
 NANCT V., born July 23, 1835, in 
 Sangamon county, was married there 
 Nov. 1856, to Norman M. Broad well, 
 who was born Aug. i, 1825, in Morgan 
 county, 111. Of their seven children 
 Two died young. ANNA, LOUIE, 
 LUCY, STUART and VIRGINIA 
 live with their parents in Springfield. N. 
 M. Broadwell served one term in the 
 State Legislature of Illinois. In the 
 spring of 1862, he was elected County 
 Judge, to fill the vacancy caused by the 
 death of Judge William D. Power, and 
 served until Dec., 1865. He was mayor 
 of the city in 1867, and again in 1869, and 
 is a practicing attorney in Springfield. 
 
 ELIJAH F., born Feb. 18, 1838, in 
 Springfield, was married, Oct. 6, 1863, in 
 Lincoln county, Mo., to Mildred Steele, 
 who was born in that county, Feb. 16, 
 
 5 1 
 
 1844. They have four children born in 
 Sangamon county, LEWIS W., DA- 
 VID S., ELIJAH F., jun., FRANK B. 
 and a boy, and live two and one-fourth 
 miles south of Springfield, Illinois. 
 
 EDWARD, born Oct. i, 1841, in 
 Sangamon county, is an extensive im- 
 porter and breeder of thoroughbred cat- 
 tle. He is unmarried, and resides two 
 miles south of Springfield, on the farm 
 where his father settled in 1826. 
 
 JULIA E., born Feb. 9, 1843, died in 
 
 i857- 
 
 MARIA) born Nov. n, 1845, died in 
 her third year. 
 
 Mrs. Ann lies died Aug. 25, 1866, and 
 Washington lies died July 4, 1871, both 
 near Springfield, Illinois. 
 
 Washington lies was a soldier in the 
 Winnebago and Black Hawk wars. He 
 aided in bringing the steamboat, Talis- 
 man, up the Sangamon river, opposite 
 Springfield the only steamboat that ever 
 ascended that stream so high. 
 
 INGELS, JAMES V., was born 
 April 5, 1815, in Fayette county, Ky. 
 His father, Thomas Ingels, was born 
 April 20, 1789) m Penn., was taken by his 
 parents to Bourbon county, Ky., and was 
 married in Fayette county to Judith Haley. 
 They had six children, and moved to 
 Jacksonville, 111., thence to that part of 
 Schuyler which is now Brown county, 
 where they had three children, and Mrs. 
 Judith Ingels died. Thomas Ingels mar- 
 ried again, his wife died, and he moved, 
 with part of his children, to Gentry 
 county, Mo., and died there. Two of 
 his sons came to Sangamon county, 
 James V. and John. The former, whose 
 name heads this sketch, came in Oct., 
 1837, an( ^ was marr i e d March 22, 1838, to 
 Henrietta Earnest. They had four living 
 children, namely 
 
 SARAH J., born Feb. 13, 1840, mar- 
 ried Jan. 31, 1867, to Charles W. Hall. 
 They live in Piatt county, near Weldon, 
 DeWitt county. 
 
 JACOB E., born June 25, 1841, in 
 Sangamon county, went to Idaho Terri- 
 tory in 1862, married there July 14, 1867, 
 to Augusta Thompson; moved to Cali- 
 fornia, where she died. He returned to 
 Sangamon county, and was married Jan. 
 25, 1871, to Salome O. Turner. They 
 have two children, EDWARD E. and
 
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 EARLY SEfTLERS OF 
 
 JAMES T., and live six miles west of 
 Springfield, Illinois. 
 
 vS 1 . GERARD, born Aug. 22, 1848, 
 and 
 
 HENRIETTA E., born Feb. 14, 
 1858, live with their parents. 
 
 James V. Ingels resides in Island 
 Grove township, four miles east of Berlin 
 -1874. 
 
 INGELS, JOHN, was born 
 Sept. 2, 1819, in Fayette county, Ky. He 
 is a brother of James V. John Ingels 
 was married in Sangamon county, March 
 14, 1843, to Elizabeth King. They have 
 eight children born in Sangamon county, 
 namely 
 
 JOHN T., born Sept. 12, 1845, mar- 
 ried Dec. 29, 1870, to Martha J. Morri- 
 son, a daughter of John B. Morrison. 
 She was born March 5, 1852, in Island 
 Grove township. They reskle near 
 Berlin. 
 
 MARIA A., born Nov. i, 1847, lives 
 with her parents. 
 
 CHARLES K., born June 3, 1850, 
 married, Nov. 5, 1873, to Nannie Reed, 
 daughter of Calvin Reed. They live 
 near Berlin, Sangamon county, Illinois. 
 
 SOPHIA F., born May 7, 1852, mar- 
 ried Nov. 6, 1873, to John Bates, and live 
 near Virginia, Cass county, 111. 
 
 JOANNA B., born Nov. i, 1856. 
 
 WILLIAM W., born Jan. 27, 1859. 
 
 JAMES V., Jun., born May 31, 
 1863, and 
 
 ELIZABETH, born July 14, 1865; 
 the four latter reside with their parents, 
 near Berlin, Sangamon county, Illinois. 
 
 INNIS, ALEXANDER, was 
 born Nov. 26, 1780, in Bellarona, county 
 Down, Ireland. Ann Wilson was born 
 March 16, 1794? in Drumlee, in the same 
 county. They were married in Drumlee, 
 in Aug., 1812, had one child, and emigra- 
 ted to America, settling in St. Lawrence 
 county, New York, in 1826. Their only 
 child 
 
 ELIZABETH, born Dec. 13, 1813, 
 in Backaderry, county Down, Ireland, 
 married in St. Lawrence county, New 
 York, to Charles Watts. See his name. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Innis moved from New 
 York to Sangamon county, III., arriving 
 in the spring of 1835 at the house of their 
 daughter, Mrs. Charles Watts. They 
 purchased a farm one mile southwest of 
 the present Farmingdale station. Alex- 
 
 ander Innis died Nov. 27, 1854, and his 
 widow died Sept. 16, 1869, both in Gard- 
 ner township, Sangamon county, Illi- 
 nois. 
 
 IRWIN, SAMUEL L., born 
 June 6, 1779, in Cabarras county, N. C. 
 Rachel Hudson was born Oct. 15, 1785, 
 in Rockingham county, Va. She was 
 taken by an uncle to Cabarras county, N. 
 C., where she was married Sept. 23, 
 1802, to Samuel L. Irwin. They had ten 
 living children born in North Carolina, 
 and in the fall of 1818 the family moved 
 to that part of Tennessee then called the 
 Cherokee purchase, where one child was 
 born. The family moved to what became 
 Sangamon county, 111., arriving April 20, 
 1820, and first pitched their tents in what 
 is now the northeast part of Pleasant 
 Plains. After a few months' stay, they 
 moved about two miles down Richland 
 creek, at the south side, where four 
 children were born. Of their fifteen 
 children 
 
 HANNAH, born July n, 1803, in 
 North Carolina, married in Sangamon 
 county to William Miller. They had 
 eight children; three died young. Four 
 of the living are married, namely : FRAN- 
 CIS, VIRGIL, JANE and SARAH. 
 Hugh is unmarried, and lives with his 
 mother. Mr. Miller died in Feb., 1870, 
 and his widow resides in Morgan county. 
 
 MART, born Jan. 10, 1805, in North 
 Carolina, married in Sangamon county to 
 Samuel Purvines. See his name. 
 
 JANE, born June 26, 1806, in North 
 Carolina, died in Sangamon county Jan. 
 15, 1832. 
 
 DEBORAH, born Nov. 7, 1807, in 
 North Carolina, married in Sangamon 
 county to Miles Stevenson. See his 
 name. 
 
 WILLIAM C., born Feb. 7, 1809, in 
 North Carolina, married in Sangamon 
 county to Matilda Plunkett. They had 
 eight children. NANCY J., born Sept. 
 13,1833, married Daniel Penny, and died 
 Jan. 19, 1863. CHRISTOPHER C., 
 born Sept. 4, 1835, married Jan. 25, 1858, 
 to Lucinda C. Capps, who was born April 
 i,. 1841, in Hardin county, Ky. They 
 have three living children, WILLIAM c., 
 ELMER E. and EVA MAY, and live two 
 miles east of Pleasant Plains. MARTHA 
 married Elder C. C. Purvines. See his 
 name, RUFUS R. and ELIZABETH
 
 SANGAMON COUNTT. 
 
 43 
 
 J. live with their mother. SAMUEL 
 G., born Feb. 20, 1844, enlisted in 1862 
 for three years, in Co. F, ii4th 111. Inf. 
 He was captured June 10, 1864, at the 
 battle of Guntown; was starved three 
 months in Andersonville prison pens; es- 
 caped ; served to the end of the rebellion, 
 and was honorably discharged in 1865. 
 He was married Aug. 27, 1867, to Martha 
 C. Davis, who was born Nov. 19, 1848. 
 They have three children, OLLA B., MARY 
 j., and SUSIE E., and live near Bates, San- 
 gamon county, 111. JULIUS H., born 
 March 28, 1846, enlisted Feb. 6, 1865, m 
 Co. A, i52d 111. Inf., served to the end of 
 the rebellion, and was honorably dis- 
 charged Sept. n, 1865; married Feb. 27, 
 1870, at Mount Pleasant, Iowa, to Har- 
 riet I. Cassiday, who was born in Jeffer- 
 son county, Iowa. Her mother was a 
 daughter of Shadrach Scott, brother of 
 Dallas Scott. They live three miles 
 northeast of Pleasant Plains. JAMES 
 M. and William H. live with their moth- 
 er. William C. Irwin died in 1852, and 
 his widow resides in Menard county, 
 eight miles north of Pleasant Plains. 
 
 NANCT, born Oct. 2, 1810, died in 
 1824. 
 
 HUGH B., born Aug. 30, 1812, in 
 North Carolina, married in 1836 in San- 
 gamon county, to Priscilla Kyle. They 
 had five children, and he died Oct. 18, 
 1852, and his widow resides in Menard 
 county. THOMAS, .the eldest, and 
 CHARLES, the youngest, live in Mis- 
 souri. Their son, HENRY, was a sol- 
 dier in Co. F, 1 14th 111. Inf., from Aug., 
 1862, to the end of the rebellion. He 
 was married, had one child, and his wife 
 died Oct., 1873. He resides in Menard 
 county, and is married again. JANE 
 is dead, and CYNTHIA lives in Menard 
 county, Illinois. 
 
 ALEXANDER B., born Feb. 7, 
 1814, in Cabarras county, N. C., married 
 in Sangamon county Oct. 18, 1838, to 
 Cynthelia Broadwell. They had four 
 living children. AMOS D., born Oct. 
 12, 1839, married Rebecca J. Plunkett; 
 have two children, ROBERT A. and ADOL- 
 PHUS j., and live at Pleasant Plains. 
 JOHN B., born March 27, 1841, enlisted 
 Sept., 1861, for three years, in Co. C, 
 64th 111. Inf. He was wounded Oct. 4, 
 1862, at the battle of Corinth, Miss., and 
 t died of his wounds at Jackson, Tenn., 
 
 March 20, 1863. BETSY J., born 
 April i, 1843, married William Huber; 
 have one child, and live near Medina, 
 Jefferson county, Kansas. SAMUEL 
 P., born Feb. 22, 1845, enlisted Jan., ^62, 
 in Co. C, 64th 111. Inf., for three years. 
 He was wounded in June, 1864, at Kenne- 
 saw mountain, Ga., by a musket ball en- 
 tering the left side of his face and coming 
 out of the back of -his neck. He recov- 
 ered, and went with Sherman in his 
 "march to the ea;" served to the end of 
 his term, and was honorably discharged. 
 He was married Feb. 21, 1867, to Almeda 
 Howard, who was born in St. Lawrence 
 county, N. Y. They have three "children, 
 JOHN A., SAMUEL and CYNTHELIA, and 
 live three miles east of Pleasant Plains. 
 Mrs. Cynthelia Irwin died Aug. 10, 1847, 
 and Alexander B. Irwin was married Feb. 
 28, 1855, to Mrs. Jane S. Seaman, whose 
 maiden name was Broadwell. They have 
 four children, namely: JAMES H., 
 ARABEL A., RACHEL A., and 
 MAGGIE S., and reside in Cartwright 
 township, two miles east of Pleasant 
 Plains. Mr. Irwin has served a number 
 of years as a Justice of the Peace, also as 
 a member of the Board of Supervisors of 
 Sangamon county. On the seventh day 
 of Feb., 1874, Alex. B. Irwin gave a fes- 
 tival commemorating the sixtieth anniver- 
 sary of his birth. The invitations were to 
 relations, only, with, perhaps, the sin- 
 gle exception of the writer of this sketch 
 and his wife, which they were very 
 reluctantly compelled to decline. There 
 were two hundred and sixty-four 
 guests present. By way of recognizing . 
 the fact that they were all descendants of 
 a family of the earliest settlers in the 
 county, no meat except that of wild game . 
 was served buffalo and venison, from 
 the western plains, and wild turkeys from 
 Wisconsin, with- prairie chickens, quails, 
 etc., taken nearer home. Four States 
 were represented by the different branches 
 of the family, and if all had been present 
 it would have included half a dozen more 
 States. The host was not in good health 
 at the time, but still enjoyed the company 
 of so many of his relatives. He was the 
 recipient of a number of presents ; among 
 others, a fine gold-headed cane, and a 
 beautiful silver watch, the two latter ac- 
 companied by some cheering words from 
 a niece, appropriate to the occasion.
 
 44 
 
 EARLT SETTLERS OF 
 
 RACHEL,\)orn March 26, 1816, died 
 in 1852. 
 
 MATILDA B., born Feb. 13, 1818, 
 married William Conner, and lives in 
 Cartwright township. 
 
 ROBERT 7\ born March 7, 1820, in 
 that part of Tennessee then called the 
 Cherokee purchase, married in Sangamon 
 county Jan. 14, 1847, to Mary E. Day, 
 who was born March 20, 1820, at Ogdens- 
 burg, N.Y. They had twins. SOPHIA 
 J. married Joseph . J. Dillon. See his 
 name. FRANCES MARIA married 
 Peter S . Cartwright. See his name. 
 Robert -T. Irwin resides near Pleasant 
 Plains, in Sangamon county, Illinois. 
 
 BENJAMIN F., born May 18, 1822, 
 in Sangamon county, married Oct. 11, 
 1844, to Jane Combs, of Menard county. 
 They had one child, MARY T., born 
 March 28, 1846, married Aug. 5, 1869, to 
 John W. Whitcomb, who was born Dec. 
 6, 1842, in Owen county, Ky.; went to 
 Missouri in 1859, and when the rebellion, 
 broke out, he entered the enrolled State 
 militia (loyal); served nine months; came 
 to Sangamon county in June, 1863, and 
 enlisted in Feb., 1864, for three years, in 
 Co. C, 64th 111. Inf. He was with Sher- 
 man on his "march to the sea;" was in 
 North Carolina when the rebellion ended, 
 and was present at the great review in 
 Washington, D. C., in May, 1865; was 
 honorably discharged at Chicago July 18, 
 1865. Mr. and Mrs. Whitcomb have two 
 children, LIZZIE ETHEL and CHARLES 
 FRANKLIN. They live one and one-half 
 miles south of Farmingdale, in Sangamon 
 county. Mrs. Jane Irwin died March 7, 
 1848, in Sangamon county, and B. F. Ir- 
 win was married Jan. 16, 1870, at Mount 
 Florence, Kansas, to Mattie Huber. Her 
 mother resides there. They had two 
 children. ETHEL died in infancy, and 
 EDWARD F. lives with his parents, at 
 Pleasant Plains, Illinois. B. F. Irwin 
 has served several years as Justice of the 
 Peace and Police Magristrate. 
 
 JULIUS H., born July 22, 1824, in 
 Sangamon county, married Oct. 24, 1851, 
 to Sarah Kyle; had six living children, 
 SAMUEL W., MARY L., ARMIN- 
 TA A., EMMA D., CHARLES H., 
 and BENJAMIN F. Mrs. Sarah Irwin 
 died Nov. 24, 1873, and Julius H. Ir- 
 win died Oct. 5, 1875. Their children re- 
 
 side at the homestead, one mile southeast 
 of Pleasant Plains. 
 
 JAMES C, born May 6, 1827, mar- 
 ried March 18, 1862, to Jane Howard, 
 who was born Nov. 29, 1839, in St. Law- 
 rence county, N. Y. They have four 
 living children, LIMIE E., ROBERT 
 H., FRANCES M. and KATE B., and 
 reside two miles southeast of Pleasant 
 Plains. 
 
 JOHN M., born April 24, 1829, in 
 Sangamon county, married March 15, 
 1859, to Sarah May, who was born April 
 6, 1831, at Circleville, Ohio. They had 
 two children, ABRAHAM L., and 
 MARY M., and Mrs. Irwin died Oct. 8, 
 1864. He was married May 16, 1867, 
 to Ann Williams, who was born Jan. 30, 
 1841, in St. Lawrence county, N. Y. 
 They have two children, LULU M. and 
 ALBERT W., and reside at Pleasant 
 Plains. 
 
 Samuel L. Irwin died March i, 1845, 
 and his widow died July 6, 1867, both 
 on the farm where they settled in 1820. 
 Samuel L. Irwin was, at the time of his 
 death, in his sixty-seventh year, and 
 his widow, at her death, was in her 
 eighty-third year. 
 
 IRWIN, WILLIAM, was born 
 March 31, 1789, in Cabarras county, N. 
 C. He was cousin to Samuel L. Irwin. 
 Robert Irwin, the father of William, was 
 killed by a runaway team, about the 
 time of the war of 1812. There is a tra- 
 dition in the family that the original name 
 was Erwin. William Irwin was married, 
 Oct. 2, 1811, in his native county, to Mar- 
 garet Purviance. They had five children 
 born in North Carolina, one died in in- 
 fancy, and Mr. Irwin, with his wife and 
 son, came to Sangamon county, 111., ar- 
 riving in the fall of 1827 on Richland 
 creek, in what is now Cartwright township. 
 He returned to North Carolina the next 
 spring, and brought out the remainder of 
 the family, arriving in the fall of 1828. They 
 traveled in wagons, and were seven weeks 
 on the road. Three children were born 
 in Sangamon county. Of their child- 
 ren 
 
 ROBERT S., born Nov. 14, 1813, in 
 Cabarras county, N. C., was married in 
 Sangamon county, Jan. 19, 1837, to Cyn- 
 thia Duncan, who was born Aug. 18, 
 1818, in Adair county, Ky. They had 
 ten children S A NFORD, JAMES S., .
 
 SANGAMON COUNTT. 
 
 MARY and ROBERT died under 
 twelve years. WILLIAM F., born Oct. 
 21, 1837, was married, May 23, 1872, to 
 Ellen J. Williams.' They have one child, 
 \v VRREN H., and reside in Salisbury town- 
 ship, near the Iron Bridge. MARTHA 
 }., horn Dec. 15, 1839, was married, Jan. 
 14, 1864, to Franklin W. Duncan. They 
 have tour children living, MARY M., JAS- 
 PER x., CYNTHIA and GREEN, a;id live in 
 Mcnard county, 111. GREEN P. died 
 vSept. 4, 1871, aged twenty-six years. 
 OSCAR; HARVEY D. was married 
 Dec. 31, 1874, to Mary E. Wells. They 
 have one child, ADA R., and live in Salis- 
 bury township. CHARLES CAR- 
 ROLL. The two unmarried sons reside 
 at the homestead. Mrs. Cynthia Irwin 
 died April 6, 1872, and Robert S. Irwin 
 died May 3, 1874, both in Salisbury town- 
 ship, east ot" the Sangamon river, and near 
 the Iron Bridge. 
 
 JOHN C., born June 16, 1816, in 
 North Carolina, was married, June 12, 
 1842, in Sangamon county, to Minerva 
 Duncan. They have eight children, 
 EVVIN, VIRGINIA and HARRIET 
 died under four years. AUSTIN F., 
 horn Aug. 12, 1845, married Ann Brown, 
 and live near Ft. Scott, Kansas. TAR- 
 LETON, SILAS, JANE, CHARLES 
 and LUELLA reside with their parents, 
 two miles northwest of Salisbury, in San- 
 gamon county. 
 
 WILLIAM F., born March 12, 1820, 
 in North Carolina, was married in Sanga- 
 mon county, Jan. 23, 1851, to Matilda D. 
 Campbell/ They have one child, MARY 
 E., and reside in Menard county, two and 
 one-half miles northwest of Salisbury. 
 
 JANE E., born July 6, 1822, in North 
 Carolina, married John B. Gum, in San- 
 gamon county, 111. They have live child- 
 ren, and live seven miles west of Peters- 
 burg, Menard county. 
 
 SAMUEL L., Jim., born Jan. 25, 
 82 s, married Matilda Green, and live in 
 Jncoln, 111. 
 
 JAME.S //., born Nov. 9, 1828, mar- 
 ried and lives in Logan county, Illi- 
 nois. 
 
 A". L\ r C r, born Nov. 15, 1831 , married 
 Enoch Wiseman, who died, and she mar- 
 ried Abraham Wiseman, and lives in Dela- 
 yan. 
 
 WARREN J"., born June 16, 1834, 
 married Marv Shi\elv, who died. He 
 
 married Eli/a \V.iseman, and lives in Lo- 
 gan county. 
 
 Mrs. Margaret Irwin died Oct. 25, 
 1852, and William Irwin died June 13, 
 1871, and both were buried at the Baptist 
 church, in Cartwright township, where 
 they settled in 1828. 
 
 fRW IN, JOHN, was bom Jan. 
 20, 1804, in Williamsport, now Monon- 
 gahela, Washington county, Penn. He 
 came west, stopping a short time in St. 
 Louis, and joined his brother Robert in 
 Sprinfield, 111., in 1838. He remained a 
 few years, returned to his native place, 
 and was married there, Jan. 31, 1844, to 
 Margaret Jack Guthrie, who was born 
 May 23, 1820, at Greensburgh, Westmore- 
 land county, in the same State. They 
 came at once to Springfield. Mr. Irwin 
 was for several years in business as a dry 
 goods merchant, first with his brother 
 Robert and Col. John Williams. Then 
 the Irwin brothers bought out the interest 
 of Col. Williams, and a few years later, 
 when Robert became connected with the 
 Marine and Fire Insurance Bank, John 
 continued in the mercantile business alone, 
 and still later admitted as a partner, 
 Walter Davis. In consequence of declining 
 health, Mr. Irwin retired from business 
 about 1857. Mr. and Mrs. Irwin had 
 three children in Springfield 
 
 WILLIAM is married, and lives in 
 Colorado. 
 
 HETTY W. resides in Springfield, 
 Illinois. 
 
 MARGARET, born Jan. 2, 1850, in 
 Springfield, married Nov. 22, 1871, to 
 Cleveland J. Salter, who was born Oct. 
 12, 1845, m Waverly, Morgan county, III. 
 They have one child, CLEVELAND I., 
 and reside in Springfield. Mr. Salter is 
 in the mercantile business with his father, 
 J. D. B. Salter. 
 
 Mrs. Margaret J. Irwin died June 14, 
 iS^o, and John Irwin died Mav 21, 1859, 
 both in Springfield, Illinois. 
 
 IRWIN, ROBERT, was born 
 Nov. 7, 1808, in Monongahela City, Pa. 
 He came west when a voting man, and 
 was married in St. Louis, Mo., Mav 30, 
 1833, to Clara C. Doyle, who was born in 
 Philadelphia, Pa., March 9, 1815. Mr. 
 and Mrs. Irwin left St. Louis, crossing 
 the Mississippi river on the ice when it 
 was in motion, jumping the open space 
 between the ice and the shore. They
 
 406 
 
 EARLY SETTLERS OF 
 
 came by stage, stopping two nights on 
 the way, and arrived in Springfield in 
 January, 1834. They had five children in 
 Springfield, two of whom died young 
 
 ELIZA J., born Feb. 7, 1834, in 
 Springfield, was married there, August 
 n, 1859, to William H. Marston, who was 
 born August 19, 1832, in Deerfield, New 
 Hampshire. He went to New York in 
 1851, and came to Springfield first in 1853, 
 spending part of each year in the latter 
 city, until 1861. Mrs. Marston died Feb. 
 25, 1868, in New York, leaving three 
 children, ROBERT I., LAURA and 
 ELLA, who live with their fathei. 
 After the death of his wife, Mr. Marston 
 spent part of 1870 and '71 in London, 
 England. He is now engaged in business 
 at No. 36, Broad street, and resides at No. 
 110, West Forty-fourth street, New York 
 City. 
 
 SARAH ELLA, born March 9, 1839, 
 was married Oct. 5, 1865, in Springfield, 
 Illinois, to Charles D. Chase a native of 
 New Hampshire. They have one living 
 child, a daughter, and reside in Deerfield, 
 New Hampshire. 
 
 ROBERT T., born Oct. 30, 1844, is 
 unmarried, and resides in his native city. 
 
 Robert Irwin formed a partnership 
 with John Williams, as dry goods mer- 
 chants, soon after he came to Springfield. 
 His brother John was -admitted to the 
 firm, and still later the Irwin brothers 
 transacted business alone, until Robert be- 
 came connected with the Fire and Marine 
 Insurance Co. Bank, first as Secretary, 
 then as Cashier. He continued in the 
 latter position until his death, March 8, 
 1865. His widow resides in Springfield, 
 Illinois. 
 
 JAYNE,GERSHOM,bornOct. 
 15, 1791, in Orange county, New York, 
 received his diploma from the New York 
 medical authorities, and came west, locat- 
 ing, in 1820, at what became Springfield, 
 Illinois, being the first practicing physician 
 that settled in the place. He was mar- 
 ried in 1822, to Sibvl Slater. They had 
 four children 
 
 JULIA J\L, born in June, 1824, in 
 Springfield, was married there, June i, 
 1843, t Hon. Lyman Trumbull, a native 
 of Colchester, Conn. He was, at the time, 
 
 Secretary of State for Illinois. In 1848 
 he became one of the Supreme Court 
 Judges of Illinois. In 1854 he was elect- 
 ed representative in Congress, and elected 
 in January, 1855,35 one of the two United 
 States Senators from Illinois. He was 
 twice re-elected, serving, in all, eighteen 
 years, ending in 1873. Mr. and Mrs. 
 Trumbull had six children. Three only 
 are living, WALTER, PERRY and 
 HENRY. Mrs. Julia M. Trumbull died 
 in August, 1868, in Washington, D. C. 
 Hon. Lyman Trumbull resides in 
 Chicago Illinois. 
 
 WILLIAM, born Oct. 8, 1826, in 
 Springfield, was educated at Illinois-Col- 
 lege, Jacksonville, studied medicine with 
 his father in Springfield, and graduated in 
 the medical department of Missouri State 
 University in 1849. Dr. William Jayne 
 was married Oct. 17, 1850, in Jacksonville, 
 111., to Julia E. Witherbee, who was born 
 in 1830, in Vermont. They had six child- 
 ren, four of whom died young. Of their 
 two living children, WILLIAM S., 
 born Oct. 18, 1851, in Springfield, Illinois, 
 was married in his native city, Nov. 18, 
 1875, to Margaret E. Palmer, daughter of 
 Ex-Governor John M. Palmer. She was 
 born March 20, 1854, in Carlinville, 111. 
 William S. Jayne is connected with the 
 office of the Auditor of State, and resides 
 in Springfield, 111. LIZZIE, born July 
 10, 1855, in Springfield, resides with 
 her parents. Dr. William Jayne, in addi- 
 tion to his professional duties, has found 
 time to engage in politics. He was elected, 
 in 1859, Mayor of Springfield. In 1860 
 was elected State Senator for one term 
 of four years, and resigned, in 1861, 
 to accept an appointment by President 
 Lincoln, of Territorial Governor of Da- 
 kota. In April, 1876, he was again elected 
 Mayor of Springfield, and is consequently 
 . the Centennial Mayor of the Capital city. 
 Dr. Wm. Jayne still continues the practice 
 of medicine, and resides in Springfield, 
 Illinois. As this goes to press June, 
 1876 he is on a visit to the great Ameri- 
 can Centennial Exposition, at Philadel- 
 phia. 
 
 HENR T, born June S, 1837, in Spring- 
 field, enlisted as a private in Co. I, 7th 
 111. Inf., for three months, re-enlisted in 
 the 7th 111. Cav., was hospital steward, 
 and afterwards commissioned Lieutenant 
 of Co. K, bv Gov. Yates. He was ap-
 
 SANGAMON COUNTT. 
 
 407 
 
 pointed, by President Lincoln, aid-de- 
 camp, with the rank of Captain in the 
 fifteenth army corps, and in that 'capacity 
 served until the close of the rebellion, 
 when he was appointed, by President 
 Johnson, Lieutenant in the United States 
 Cavalry, but did not accept. Henry 
 Jayne attended medical lectures at Ann 
 Arbor, Michigan, University, in 1865, and 
 located in Taylorville in 1866, for the 
 practice of medicine. He was married 
 Sept. 8, 1868, to Jennie Cheney, daughter 
 of Thomas Cheney. See name of Archi- 
 bald Sattley. Dr. Henry Jayne is en- 
 gaged in the drug business in Taylor- 
 ville', and resides there. 
 
 MART ELLEN, born Nov., 1842, in 
 Springfield, resides with her mother. 
 
 Dr. Gershom Jayne was one of the 
 first Commissioners of the Illinois, and 
 Michigan canal, appointed in 1830 and '31. 
 When he located in Springfield there was 
 not another physician so far north in the 
 State. He practiced forty-seven years, 
 and died April 17, 1867, in Springfield, 
 and his widow resides there. 
 
 JACOBS, DANIEL, was born 
 May 27, 1795, near Winchester, Clark 
 county, Ky. Charlotte Webb, was born 
 April 19, 1797, in Jessamine or Clark 
 county, Ky. Her father, Adin Webb, 
 was a soldier from Clark county, in the 
 war of 1812, and died somewhere in the 
 northern lake region. Daniel Jacobs and 
 Charlotte Webb were married, Jan. 30, 
 1819, in Clark county. They had four 
 children in Kentucky, and moved to San- 
 gamon county, 111., arriving Nov 7, 1825, 
 in what is now Loami township, where 
 seven children were born. Of their 
 eleven children 
 
 HENR T W., born March 5, 1820, in 
 Kentucky, married in Sangamon county, 
 July, 1846, to Priscilla A. Hall. They 
 had eight living children; and AARON 
 died, aged nineteen years. Mr. Jacobs 
 lives in Graysonville, Missouri. 
 
 MART, born Oct. i, 1821, in Ken- 
 tucky, married in Sangamon county, Dec. 
 17, 1840, to Benjamin F. Darneille. See 
 his name. 
 
 AMANDA, born April 19, 1823, in 
 Kentucky, married in Sangamon county 
 to John T. Wyckoff. She had one child, 
 and died. 
 
 ELIZABETH, born Feb. 17, 1825, 
 n Kentucky, married in Sangamon coun- 
 
 ty to L. P. Bradley. They have nine 
 living children, and reside two miles west 
 of Girard, Illinois. 
 
 MAR7'HA, born April 2, 1827, in 
 Sangamon county, married, July 16, 1850, 
 to James L. Foster, who was born Jan. 8, 
 1822, in Boone county, Ky., and came to 
 Sangamon county in 1848. They had 
 eight children LIZZIE and MARTHA 
 W. died, aged four years each. ELLEN, 
 born May 25, 1851, married Feb. 18, 1874, 
 to Luther Rigg, and live in New Berlin 
 township. GEORGE W., JAMES A., 
 HUBBARD C., SUSAN and 
 CHARLES reside with their parents, 
 one and one-fourth miles west of Loami. 
 
 JAMES A., born Aug. 4, 1829, in 
 Sangamon county, married Oct. n, 1855, 
 to Mary E. Neal. They had five child- 
 ren LIZZIE, the third child, died Feb. 
 24, 1865, aged five years. AMANDA, 
 HENRY C., CHARLOTTE and AL- 
 PHEUS live with their parents, at the 
 homestead where Mr, Jacobs' parents set- 
 tled in 1825, and where he was born. It 
 is two miles southeast of Loami. 
 
 SUSAN, born Nov. 20, 1831, in San- 
 gamon county, married, March 4, 1852,10 
 Hubbard S. Coley. See his name. 
 
 ISABEL, born Jan. 30, 1834, in San- 
 gamon county, married Stephen Staley. 
 See his name. 
 
 CHARLOTTE, born Jan. 22, 1836, 
 in Sangamon county, married W. Wash- 
 ington McGinnis. See his name. 
 
 KATE, born Feb. 16, 1838, married 
 Greenberry McGinnis. See his name. 
 
 ANN IS, born Oct. 10, 1840, in San- 
 gamon county, married Feb. 10, 1859, to 
 James E. Dodd, have five children, and 
 live five miles west of Auburn. 
 
 Daniel Jacobs died Oct. 5, 1853, and 
 his widow resides 1874 at the home- 
 stead settled by them in 1825, two miles 
 southeast of Loami. 
 
 JACpBS, GEORGE, was born 
 in 1793, in Clarke county, Ky. He was 
 married there to Nancy Haney. They 
 had five children, and moved to Sanga- 
 mon county, 111., with his brother Daniel, 
 arriving Nov. 7, 1825, in what is now 
 Loami township, where five children were 
 born; about 1839 the family moved to 
 Christian county, where one child was 
 born. The only representative of the 
 family in Sangamon county is
 
 408 
 
 EARLT SETTLERS OF 
 
 EVELINE, born Oct. 12, 1819, in 
 Clark county, Ky., married Thompson 
 Hall. See his name. 
 
 SARAH married Willis Virden, have 
 two children, and live in Shelby county. 
 
 JAMES married Elizabeth Atter- 
 bury. She died, leaving two children, 
 and he married Belle Covington, and live 
 in Macon county. 
 
 The other children are all dead. 
 
 George Jacobs died Jan. i, 1845, and 
 his widow died Jan. 16, 1857, both in 
 Christian county, 111. 
 
 JAMES, ABRAHAM, was 
 born in 1792 in Pennsylvania. He was 
 married in Nicholas county, Ky., to Jane 
 Beatty. They had five children in Ken- 
 tucky, and moved to Sangamon county, 
 111., arriving in the fall of 1829 in Roches- 
 ter township. Of their five children 
 
 WILLIAM, born in 1812, in Ken- 
 tucky, came with his parents to Sangamon 
 county, and died, unmarried, in Missouri 
 in 1858. 
 
 MART J., born in 1814, in Kentucky, 
 married in Sangamon county to William 
 Herbert. They have four children, 
 and live in Orangeville, Stephenson coun- 
 ty, Illinois. 
 
 RA CHEL, born in Kentucky, mar- 
 ried in Sangamon county to William Coe; 
 have three children, and live in Cotton 
 Hill township. 
 
 ELLEN, born in 1826, in Kentucky, 
 raised in Sangamon county, married in 
 Missouri to Richard Opie; have four 
 children, and live near High Point, Moni- 
 teau county, Missouri. 
 
 JAMES A., born Jan. 28, 1828, in 
 Nicholas county, Ky., married in Sanga- 
 mon county, August 28, 1856, to Amanda 
 Bashaw. They have six children, MAH- 
 LON F., ISABEL J., HANNAH L., 
 ARMINDA E., IRA H. and IRENE 
 A., and reside in Clear Lake township, 
 seven miles due east of Springfield. 
 
 Abraham James moved to Stephenson 
 county, Illinois, in 1846, and Mrs. James 
 died there. He moved to Missouri, mar- 
 ried; had two children, and he died June, 
 1867, in Moniteau county, Mo. 
 
 JACK, ROBERT, was born- 
 Nov. 9, 1778, in Virginia. His parents 
 moved to Kentucky when he was a boy. 
 He was married there to Nancy Fleming, 
 who was born Nov. 25, 1786, in Pennsyl- 
 vania. They had five children in Ken- 
 
 tucky, and the family moved to Sanga- 
 mon county, 111., arriving in 1825 or '6, 
 near Old' Berlin. Of their children 
 
 JAMES died at fourteen or fifteen 
 years of age. 
 
 MARGARET married Elias Jefferies. 
 See his name. 
 
 RHODA G., born June 30, 1813, mar- 
 ried Nov. 21, 1833, to John W. Stringfield. 
 He died Dec. 6, 1847, and she was mar- 
 ried March 22, 1849, to Nicholas A. Gar- 
 land. See his name. 
 
 MARIA, born in 1815, married about 
 1833 to Robert Patton. They moved to 
 Lawrence county, Mo., had five children, 
 and returned to Sangamou county during 
 the war, and Mr. Patton died here in 
 1863. His family live in Missouri. 
 
 JOHN D. died at eight or ten years 
 of age. 
 
 Robert Jack died about the spring of 
 1834, and his widow died January, 1863, 
 both in Sangamon county. 
 
 JARRETT, JONATHAN, 
 was born July 23, 1778, in Kanawha 
 county, West Virginia. He was married 
 there to Sarah Anderson. They had six 
 children, and Mrs. Jarrett died Oct. 28, 
 1812. Mr. Jarrett married Jan. i, 1814, 
 to Rebecca Wilson. They had six child- 
 ren in West Virginia, and moved to Sanga- 
 mon county, 111., arriving Nov., 1826, and 
 settled one and one-half miles south of the 
 present town of Loami, where two child- 
 ren were born. Of his fourteen child- 
 ren 
 
 MORDECAI,\>orn Dec. 21, 1803, in 
 West Virginia, was a soldier in the Black 
 Hawk war, and died, unmarried, in San- 
 gamon county Feb. 5, 1856. 
 
 LEAH, born Feb. 27, 1805, in West 
 Virginia, married there to Achilles Mor- 
 ris. See his name. He was Captain of 
 a company, and died in 1847, in Mexico. 
 His widow married L. Samples. He died 
 in Sangamon county, and she moved to 
 Missouri with her children, and died there 
 in 1871. 
 
 DA VIS, born Dec. n, 1806, in Vir- 
 ginia, enlisted in Sangamon county under 
 his brother-in-law, Capt. Morris, and died 
 near Carlinville, just as the company had 
 started for the Mexican war in 1846. 
 
 NANCT, born Jan. 15, 1808, in West 
 Virginia, married there to Joshua Morris. 
 They moved to Ray county, Mo., and 
 both died, leaving six children.
 
 
 SANGAMON COUNT?. 
 
 409 
 
 MARY, born Sept. n, 1809, in West 
 Virginia, married in Sangamon county to 
 Peter Morris, moved to Ray county, Mo., 
 where he died. She married Charles 
 Shrewsbury, had three children, and she 
 died. 
 
 MARGARET, born Feb. 15, 1810, in 
 West Virginia, married in Sangamon 
 county to Rowan Morris; had eight child- 
 ren, and moved to Dallas county, Texas. 
 
 By the second marriage 
 
 WILLIAM, born Oct. 17, 1814, in 
 West Virginia, married in Sangamon 
 county, Aug. 12, 1841, to Milicent Fow- 
 ler. They had three children THOM- 
 AS, born July 27, 1842, in Sangamon 
 county, married Nov. 7, 1868, to Florence 
 Lowery, had three children ROSAN- 
 NA died in infancy. ABNER W. and 
 THOMAS L. live with their parents, 
 five miles south of Loami. MILI- 
 CENT, born Feb. 5, 1845, married John 
 T. Gibson. See his name. JONA- 
 THAN died in his third year. William 
 Jarrett and wife reside five miles south of 
 Loami, Sangamon county, Illinois. 
 
 SARAH, born Feb. 24, 1817, in West 
 Virginia, married in Sangamon county, 
 Aug. n, 1836, to Charles J. Turpin. See 
 his name. 
 
 JONATHAN, Jun., born Aug. i, 
 1818, in West Virginia, married in San- 
 gamon county to Emily Meacham. She 
 died, leaving one child, SARAH A., who 
 married Cyrus W. Baker. See his name. 
 Jonathan Jarrett, Jun., married Sarah J. 
 Baker. They had seven children AR- 
 MINDA J. married Thomas Westfall, 
 have one child, and live in Ottawa, Kan- 
 sas. MARGARET married, Sept. 22, 
 1871, to Charles Dood, and live in Talk- 
 ington township. PAULINE lives near 
 Loami. MARY JOSEPHINE married, 
 April 5, 1876, to Wm. Abner Knight. 
 See his name. EMMA, JAMES M. 
 and CHARLOTTE MAY live near 
 Loami. Jonathan Jarrett, Jun., died Dec. 
 4, 1863, and his widow died Feb. 15, 1876. 
 Their unmarried children live near Lo- 
 ami, on the farm settled by his father in 
 1826. 
 
 REBECCA A., born July 16, 1822, 
 in Virginia, married in Sangamon county 
 to Robert Coley. Sec his name. 
 
 SIBTL, born May 8, 1825, in Vir- 
 ginia, married in Sangamon county to 
 Charles Priddy, They had six children, 
 
 5 3 
 
 and she died in Loami township. The 
 children live with their father in Mis- 
 souri. 
 
 PE7"ER L., born Dec. 20, 1830, in 
 Sangamon county, married, Dec. 13, 
 1849, to Mary M. Meacham. Both died, 
 leaving one child, LEWIS L., who lives 
 with his uncle, William Jarrett. 
 
 CHARLES, born July 26, 1832, in 
 Sangamon county, married Ursula Col- 
 burn. They have four children, REBEC- 
 CA, LILLIE MAY, LAURA and 
 ALVA, and live four miles south of 
 Loami. 
 
 Jonathan Jarrett, Sen., died Apr. 28,1834, 
 and Mrs. Rebecca Jarrett died Dec. n, 1863, 
 both in Loami township. He owned slaves 
 in Virginia, and brought two of them with 
 him to Sangamon county. Others fol- 
 lowed, and they were all content to work 
 as they had done in slavery some of 
 them even better. One of them was a 
 tanner, and by his aid Mr. Jarrett carried 
 on tanning for many years. 
 
 JARRETT, WILLIAM B., 
 born March n, 1814, in Kanawha coun- 
 ty, Va. ; was second cousin to Jonathan 
 Jarrett, Sen. He came to Sangamon 
 county, 111., arriving in 1828, with his sis- 
 ter, Mrs. Elizabeth Swan, who after- 
 wards returned to West Virginia. Wm. 
 B. Jarret was married, Aug. 16, 1838, in 
 Morgan county, where Waverly now 
 stands, to Jane Huggins, who was born 
 Dec. 26, 1816, in Gallia county, Ohio, and 
 came to Sangamon county with her 
 mother and step-father, Charles Alsbury, 
 arriving at Springfield in 1825. Wm. B. 
 Jarrett and wife had nine children 
 
 ELI, born June 4, 1839, in Sangamon 
 county, married Sarah Robinson, have 
 two children, and live in Christian 
 county. 
 
 IRVIN, born Sept. 25, 1840, married 
 Joanna Wheeler, have four children, 
 MARY J., NANCY, SARAH am! 
 JOANNA, and live five miles west of 
 Loami. 
 
 LEAH, born Aug. 18, 1842, mar- 
 ried John H. Meacham. See his name. 
 
 GEORGE R., born Aug. 28, 1844, 
 married, Feb. 22, 1867, to Elizabeth 
 Buchanan, have one living child, WIL- 
 LIAM W., and live four miles west of 
 Loami. 
 
 NANCT J. born Nov. 7, 1846, in 
 Sangamon county, married Robert Hug-
 
 410 
 
 EARLY SELLERS 
 
 gins. He served in an Ohio regiment in 
 suppressing the rebellion. They have 
 three children, and live at Osage Mission, 
 Kansas. 
 
 HARRIET A., born Jan. 25, 1848, 
 in Sangamon county, married, Sept. 22, 
 1870, to James A. Hill, who was born 
 May 8, 1838, in Greene county, 111. They 
 had two children ANDRE W J. died in 
 his second year. MARY A. lives with 
 her parents, four miles west of Loami. 
 James A. Hill was five years in Co. G, 
 Third Arkansas Infantry, Confederate 
 army. 
 
 WILLIAM W., 
 
 JOHN H., and 
 
 STEPHEN A. D. live with their 
 parents. 
 
 Wm. B. Jarrett and wife reside five 
 miles west of Loami, Sangamon county, 
 Illinois. 
 
 JEFFERIES, ELIAS, was 
 born March, 1800, in Ross county, Ohio. 
 His ancestors were from Hardy county, 
 Va. Elias was married March 11,1824, 
 to Rachel Johnstone. She was born in 
 the same county in 1805. Her ancestors 
 were from Monroe county, Va. Mr. and 
 Mrs. Jefferies had one child in Ohio, and 
 moved to Springfield, 111., arriving in the 
 fall of 1826, where they had one child. 
 Of the two children 
 
 GEORGE y., born May 13, 1826, in 
 Ohio, raised in Sangamon county, and 
 died in Ohio, in his nineteenth year. 
 
 NIREM A., born Aug. 2, 1828, in 
 Springfield, raised in Ohio, married in 
 1861 to Ruth J. Weese, in Sangamon 
 county. They had four living children, 
 and Mrs. Jefferies died June 4, 1872. Mr. 
 Jefferies married in 1874 to Miss Weese, 
 and, with his four children, JOHN, 
 f HENRY C.,LAUR A L. and GEORGE, 
 live four miles north of Springfield. 
 
 Mrs. Rachel Jefferies died Dec. 3, 1830, 
 and Elias Jefferies was married to Mar- 
 garet Jack. They had four children, 
 three of whom died under five years of 
 age. 
 
 ROBERT J., born April 27, 1836, 
 married April 30, 1857, to Mary Weese. 
 Mr. Jefferies has served four years as 
 Justice of the Peace, and is now 1874 
 in- his second term. He has no children, 
 and lives in Fancy creek township, eight 
 miles north of Springfield. 
 
 Mrs. Margaret Jeffefies died in the fall 
 of 1838, and Elias Jefferies died in the 
 spring of 1840, both in Springfield town- 
 ship, Sangamon county, Illinois. 
 
 JOHNSON, ANDREW, was 
 born in Dumfrieshire, Scotland, and came 
 to America when he was a young man, 
 and to Sangamon county as early as 1826 
 or '7. He was a millwright, and built a 
 mill on the South Fork of Sangamon 
 river for Edwark Clark. Andrew John- 
 son was married about 1827 to Mrs. Mary 
 Barker, whose maiden name was Wil- 
 liams. They had three sons, namely 
 
 JOHN, born Oct. 23, 1828, in Sanga- 
 mon county, married March i, 1849,10 
 Phoebe E. Bell. They had five living 
 children. ISAIAH B.,born May 9, 1851, 
 married April 27, 1871, to Annie Love- 
 lace. They have one child, ELIZABETH, 
 and live two and one-half miles south of 
 Rochester. LAURA J., born Feb. 14, 
 1854, married Dec. 30, 1869, to Henry R. 
 Hedrick. They have two children, and 
 live two miles west of Clarksville. 
 ROBERT SUMNER died, aged four 
 years. JOHN A., born March i, 1861, and 
 MINNIE S., born Sept. 17, 1866. The 
 two latter live with their father. Mrs. 
 Phoebe E. Johnson died Feb. 17, 1871, and 
 John Johnson was married June 13, 1873, 
 to Theresa Taff, who was' born Oot. 21, 
 1846, near Mechanicsburg. They reside 
 two miles south of Rochester. 
 
 SAMUEL, born Sept. 18, 1831, in 
 Sangamon county, married Sept. 22, 1852, 
 to Lavina J. Baker; had one child, JAN- 
 ETTA F., born Sept. 5, 1854, married 
 Dec. 14, 1871, to Joseph Sharp, and live 
 in Cotton Hill township. Mrs. Lavina 
 J. Johnson died March 24, 1856, and 
 Samuel Johnson was married Aug. 26, 
 1856, to Louisa Taff, who was born July 
 4, 1839, near Athens, Menard county, Illi- 
 nois. They have eight children, MARI- 
 ETTA, THERESA A., JAMES E., 
 IDA F., FLORA A., MARTHA C., 
 ARTHUR and IRO. and reside three- 
 quarters of a mile southwest of Clarks- 
 ville, Berry Postofrice. 
 
 ANDRE W } Jun., born in 1833, and 
 died, aged twelve or thirteen years. 
 
 Andrew Johnson died in Sangamon 
 county, and his widow married Greenberry 
 Baker. See his namk. 
 
 JOHNSON, JOHN, was born 
 about 1795, in Cazenovia, Madison coun^
 
 SANGAMON COUNTY. 
 
 411 
 
 ty, N. Y. He was married to Elizabeth 
 Coley, had three children in New 
 York, and moved, in company with her 
 brother, Willis Coley, to Shawneetown, 
 Illinois, and came to Sangamon county in 
 1825, where they had one child. Of tneir 
 four children 
 
 E ME LINE, born in New York, mar- 
 ried in Sangamon county, in 1836,10 Rev. 
 Peter Wallace. She died in 1862, at Sid- 
 ney, Champaign county, leaving four chil- 
 dren, who live with their father, who is 
 married again, and is presiding Elder at 
 Quincy, Illinois. 1874. 
 
 LUCINA, born in New York, mar- 
 ried in Sangamon county to James Lang- 
 ford, and lives in St. Louis, Mo. 
 
 JAMES, born in New York, married 
 in 1838 to Margaret Cheney. He died, 
 and his widow married, and lives in San 
 Francisco. 
 
 FRANCIS M., born Oct. u, 1830, in 
 Sangamon county, married in 1851 to 
 Columbia Withrow. They had five chil- 
 dren in Sangamon county. OSCAR, 
 born July 5, 1852, married July 4, 1872, to 
 Mary A. Sanborn. They have one child, 
 LOUIE GLENN, and live in Loami. FLO- 
 RA B., CHARLES L., NELLIE and 
 HARRIET E. live with their parents at 
 Onarga, Iroquois county, Illinois. 
 
 John Johnson died Sept. 15, 1870, and 
 his widow lives with her son, F. Marion 
 Johnson, at Onarga, Illinois. 
 
 JOHNSON, ELIAS, was born 
 in Delaware, and went to Fayette county, 
 Ky., when a young man. He was there 
 married to Margery Martin, a native of 
 Delaware also. They had four children 
 in Kentucky, and moved to Clark coun- 
 ty, Ind., where six .children were born, 
 and in 1830 the family moved to Sanga- 
 mon county, 111., and settled in what is 
 now Cooper township. Of their child- 
 ren 
 
 AARON, married in Indiana, moved to 
 Texas, had four children, came to Sanga- 
 mon county on a visit, and died in 1851 
 in Cooper township. 
 
 JOHN, born about 1805 in Casey 
 county, Ky., went back from Indiana, and 
 was married near Lexington to Elizabeth 
 Martin ; came to Sangamon county ; his 
 wife died. He married again, and died in 
 1866 in Sangamon county, leaving child- 
 ren by both marriages. 
 
 DANIEL, born Aug. i, 1807, m> 
 Casey county, Ky., married in Sangamon 
 county, in 1838, to Mary E. Ferguson. 
 They had two children one died young. 
 ELIAS J., born April 10, 1841, in Sanga- 
 mon county, enlisted Aug., 1862, for three 
 years, in Co. E, H4th 111. Inf., served full 
 term, and was honorably discharged. He 
 was married, Jan., 1869, to Mary M. 
 Boyce, and lives near Breckenridge. 
 Mrs. Mary E. Johnson died in Aug., 
 1845, and Daniel Johnson was married, 
 April, 1846, to Sarah Young, who died in 
 Sept., 1846. Daniel Johnson was married 
 in Jan., 1851,10 Mrs. Julia G. Dickerson, 
 who had previously been Mrs. Welch, 
 and whose maiden name was Cooper. 
 They had four children; all died under 
 seven years. They reside in Breckenridge, 
 Sangamon county, Illinois. 
 
 WILL JAM B., born in 1809, in Ca- 
 sey county, Ky., came with his parents to 
 Sangamon county, returned to Clark 
 county, Ind., and was married there, in 
 1831, to Anna Huckleberry. They had 
 six children in'Sangamon county. TODD 
 S. is married, and is a traveling preacher 
 in the M. E. Church, and resides at Oco- 
 nee, 111. 1874. SARAH lives with her 
 mother. EARLY S., MELVILLE C. 
 and ASBURY C., have families, and live 
 near Monticello, 111. NORMAN A. 
 lives with his mother. Wm. B. Johnson 
 was a local preacher in the M. E. Church. 
 He died in 1870, and his widow resides at 
 Monticello, Piatt county, 111 1874. 
 
 JAMES, born in Clark county, Ind., 
 united with the M. E. Church, in Spring- 
 field, went to Texas, about 1850, and be- 
 came a traveling preacher, and Presiding 
 Elder in the M. E. Church, South; mar- 
 ried there, and resides at Huntsville, Walk- 
 er county, Texas 1874. 
 
 ELISHA, born July 16, 1814, in Clark 
 county, Ind., married Sarah A. Hutchins, 
 had three children in Sangamon county, 
 and in the fall of 1847 moved to Arkansas, 
 where they had three children COL- 
 BERT R., born Jan. 28, 1843, in Sanga- 
 mon county, married in Texas, and died 
 there, leaving a widow and two children. 
 MARY, born May 14, 1845, in Spring- 
 field, married Benj. A. Giger. See his 
 name. ELIZABETH, born April 13, 
 1847, ' n Sangamon county, married in 
 Springfield, Sept. 19, 1869, to John W. 
 Corby, and lives in Springfield. MAR-
 
 412 
 
 EARLY SETTLERS OF 
 
 GERY, born and died in Arkansas, aged 
 fourteen. JAMES H., born April 25, 
 1854, in Arkansas, lives with his sister, 
 Mrs. Giger. NANCY I. died, aged 
 seven years. Mrs. S. A. Johnson died in 
 1857, in Arkansas. Elisha Johnson was 
 married to Mrs. Jane L. Creger, moved 
 back to Sangamon county in 1865, and 
 died Dec., 1866, in Cooper township, 
 leaving a widow and one c hild, who soon 
 returned to Arkansas. 
 
 ZA CHARIAH, born in 1816, in Indi- 
 ana, married in Sangamon county to De- 
 lilah Todd, and had three children SA- 
 RAH A. and MARY E., twins, born 
 Aug. 29, 1848. SARAH A. married 
 Joseph Bardwell, and live near Brecken- 
 ridge. MARY E. married Hosea B. 
 Ross, and live near Rochester. JAMES 
 F., born June 11,1850, married Fannie 
 Rhodes, and lives near Breckenridge. 
 Z. Johnson died about 1855, and his 
 widow married Joseph Johnson. See his 
 name. 
 
 JOSEPH, born in Indiana, married 
 in Sangamon county to -Mrs. Delilah 
 Johnson, whose maiden name was Todd. 
 They had three children, and she died in 
 1866. He married Amanda J. Frazee. 
 Joseph Johnson died in Cooper township, 
 and his widow and one child live at Ma- 
 con, Macon county, Illinois. 
 
 ELI AS H., born about 1830, in Indi- 
 ana, died unmarried.. in 1860. 
 
 ELIZABETH, and 
 
 SARAH A., born in Indiana, and 
 died in Sangamon county, the former at 
 twenty, and the latter aged four years. 
 
 Elias Johnson and Mrs. Margery John- 
 son both died in Cooper township, Sanga- 
 mon county. 
 
 JOHNSON, JOEL, was born 
 May 21, 1806, in Berkshire county, Mass. 
 His father died when he was five months 
 old. His mother married a Mr. Gregory, 
 and when Joel was five years of age she 
 left him with an uncle, and moved to San- 
 gamon county, 111. See the name of 
 Gregory. Joel Johnson saw his mother 
 no more for twenty-one years. He left 
 Massachusetts and first visited an elder bro- 
 ther in Salem, Columbiana county, Ohio. 
 He then traveled by steamboat down the 
 Ohio and up the Mississippi rivers, to St. 
 Louis, and from there to Sangamon coun- 
 tv, to visit his mother, arriving in July, 
 1832. He was returning to his brother in 
 
 Ohio, and had reached St. Louis, when he 
 discovered that he had only five dollars. 
 That would pay for a deck passage on a 
 steamboat, but he lacked a single dollar to 
 buy food for the trip; and for want of that 
 the whole course of his life was changed. 
 He found work in St. Louis at his trade 
 as a boot and shoe maker. But when he 
 had saved fourteen dollars, there was no 
 farther employment for him. By this 
 time he abandoned the idea of returning 
 to Ohio, because he had heard so much said 
 in favor of 111. With his fourteen dollars 
 he procured leather and other materials, 
 and left for Edwardsville, 111., where he 
 opened a shop and went to work. He 
 had a severe fit of sickness during the 
 winter of 1832 and '33. In April, 1833, 
 he moved to Springfield, coming with 
 Alexander B. Irwin, who was hauling 
 goods from St. Louis. Mr. Irwin only 
 charged him fifty cents for bringing him- 
 self and goods. Joel Johnson was married 
 in February, 1834, at Carlinville, 111., to 
 Eliza Newman, who was born in 1815, in 
 Madison county, 111. They had five 
 children, two of whom died under three 
 years 
 
 CHARLES, born in Springfield, died 
 aged twenty-one years. 
 
 ED WARD S., born Aug. 9, 1843, in 
 Springfield. Served a four years' ap- 
 prenticeship at the printing business, and 
 was engaged with his father in the boot, 
 shoe and leather business when the rebel- 
 lion broke out. He enlisted at the first 
 call for 75,000 men, April, 1861, in Co. I, 
 7th 111. Vol. Inf., for three months; was 
 appointed first sergeant, and served as 
 such full time. He re-enlisted July 24, 
 1861, for three years, in the same company 
 and regiment, at Mound City, 111. Ser- 
 geant Johnson remained there in charge 
 of the property, while the company re- 
 turned home on furlough. At the elec- 
 tion of officers in Springfield, although 
 absent, he was elected First Lieutenant, 
 and served as such until Feb. 15, 1862, 
 when he was promoted to Captain, to fill 
 the vacancy caused by the death of Capt. 
 Noah E. Mendell, who was killed at 
 Fort Donelson two days before. Capt. 
 Johnson commanded his company until 
 Dec. 22, 1863, when he re-enlisted 
 with his company, 'as a veteran. He 
 continued in command until April 22, 
 1864, when he was promoted to Major
 
 SANGAMON COUNTY. 
 
 4*3 
 
 of the regiment. Major Johnson was 
 appointed hy Gen. John M. Corse, Sept- 
 ember 30, 1864, Post Commandant at 
 Rome, Ga., and served as such until the 
 movement of the grand army on Sher- 
 man's "march to the sea," in November 
 following. He then returned to his regi- 
 ment, and served with it until all were 
 mustered out, July 25, 1865. He partici- 
 pated in the battles of Fort Henry, Fort 
 Donelson, Pittsburg Landing, siege and 
 capture of Corinth, Florence, Savannah, 
 Bentonville, besides innumerable skir- 
 mishes. Major E. S. Johnson was en- 
 gaged in business in Springfield from the 
 close of the rebellion for more than two 
 years. In consequence of impaired health, 
 and for observation, he planned a 
 European tour, and in company with Dr. 
 Rufus S. Lord, left Springfield March 
 30, 1868. They went by steamer from 
 New York to Liverpool, thence to Lon- 
 don, and from there to Paris. Thence to 
 Nice on the Mediterranean ; entered Italy 
 at Genoa, thence to Pisa, Leghorn and 
 Naples. They visited Herculaneum, 
 Pompei, Vesuvius, etc. From Naples to 
 Rome, Florence and Verona. In Aus- 
 tria, they visited Trieste and Vienna, thence 
 to Dresden in Prussia. From there to 
 Berlin, Pottsdam, Cologne, down the 
 Rhine to Coblentz and Mayence, where 
 they left the Rhine, and visited Baden- 
 Baden, Heidelberg and Strasbourg, en- 
 tered Switzerland at Basle, thence to 
 Berne, Luzerne, Mount Rigi, Martigny, 
 and by the mountain pass Tete Noir to 
 Chamounix, in the midst of the mountain 
 region, including Mont Blanc. Thence to 
 Geneva, by Diligence, and from there to 
 Paris, where he met Dr. Lord, whom he 
 had previously left at Strasbourg. They 
 proceeded to London, thence to Edinburg, 
 Scotland, and back to Liverpool, where 
 they took steamer for New York. From 
 the latter city they proceeded to Saratoga, 
 Ticonderoga, on Lake George, Platts- 
 burg, Ogdensburg, Prescott, Montreal, 
 Quebec, Toronto, Niagara Falls, Buffalo 
 and Sarnia, where they took steamer on 
 the lakes for Chicago, reaching Spring- 
 field early in September. 
 
 Edward S. Johnson was married, Aug. 
 10, 1869, in Springfield, to Laura I. Clin- 
 ton, who was born Oct. 21, 1848, in 
 Springfield, also. They have one child, 
 
 EDWARD RUSSELL, born May 9, 
 1875, and reside in Springfield, Illinois. 
 
 JOHN W., born April 15, 1845, in 
 Springfield, enlisted Dec., 1863, for three 
 years, in Co. I, yth 111. Inf. He was 
 killed, Oct. 4, 1864, at the battle of Alla- 
 toona Pass, Ga. 
 
 Mrs. Eliza Johnson died, and Joel John- 
 son was married, Jan. 3, 1852, to Mrs. 
 Elizabeth T. Campbell. 
 
 Joel Johnson Engaged in the boot and 
 shoe business, on coming to Springfield, 
 in 1833, and in 1835 opened a hotel. He 
 has been in that business forty-one years, 
 and is the oldest hotel keeper in central 
 Illinois, if not the oldest in the State, and 
 is now the proprietor of the Revere 
 House. 
 
 JOHNSON, LUE, was born 
 about 1786, at Mitldlebury, Vermont. A 
 short time before his birth, his father had 
 a difficulty with an Indian of the St. Re- 
 gis tribe, who were on friendly terms with 
 the whites. In a scuffle the Indian threw 
 Mr. Johnson, and was about to take his 
 life, when a chief of the same tribe came 
 to his rescue, and killed the Indian, in order 
 to save the life of his white friend. The 
 name of that chief was Lue pronounced 
 Lu-e, and Mr. Johnson named his first 
 born son for the dusky friend who saved 
 his life. The father of Lue Johnson died 
 when he was five years old, and his 
 mother married Orson Douglas, an uncle 
 to Stephen A. Douglas. Lue Johnson 
 was married in Ferrisburg, Vt., to Betsy 
 Benham, who was born in 1787, in Che- 
 shire, New Haven county, Ct. They had 
 seven children in Vermont, and moved in 
 1829 to Pontiac, Michigan, where Mrs. 
 Johnson died in 1833. Lue Johnson 
 moved to Sangamon county, 111., arriving 
 in the spring of 1836, near Rochester. Of 
 his seven children 
 
 HENRY, born June 30, 1816, at Bur- 
 lington, Vt., went with his parents to 
 Michigan, and preceded his father to San- 
 gamon county, arriving Oct. 7, 1832, at 
 Rochester. He left Michigan by stage. 
 The stage broke down in Indiana, fifty 
 miles from Chicago. He enjoyed the hos- 
 pitality of an Indian wigwam one night, 
 walked to Chicago, which then consisted 
 of a fort, a few huts, and 1,000 Pottowat- 
 tomie Indians. He did not think the 
 place worth stopping at, and came on to 
 Sangamon county. Henry Johnson was
 
 4H 
 
 BARLT SETTLERS OF 
 
 married Nov. 8, 1838, near Rochester, 
 to Joanna Twist. They had nine child- 
 ren in Sangamon county. CALVIN C., 
 born Jan. 14, 1840, married in Sangamon 
 county to Amelia St. Clair. They have 
 one child, EMMA FAY, and live at the 
 Union Stock- Yards, Chicago. MARY 
 N., born March 9, 1842, married in 1868 
 to William Lowe. They have two child- 
 ren, and live near Edinburg, Christian 
 county. ELIZABETH A. and ORSON 
 D., twins, born Aug. 3, 1844. ELIZA- 
 BETH A. married William Shipley. 
 They have one child, ALBERT R., and live 
 in Springfield. ORSON D. enlisted 
 Aug. 4, 1862, for three years, in Co. I, 
 i i4th 111. Inf., and died at Memphis, Tenn., 
 Jan., 1864. His remains were brought 
 home, and buried west of Rochester. 
 LAURA R., born Sept. 19, 1853, HEN- 
 RY F., born Nov. 25, 1857, CHARLES 
 A., born Aug. 25, 1859, and FLORA E., 
 born Sept. 6, 1861, reside with their par- 
 ents, three miles northeast of Rochester, 
 Sangamon county, 111. Henry Johnson 
 served from 1867 to 1872 in the Sangamon 
 county Board of Supervisors. He dis- 
 played such splendid horsemanship at the 
 Sangamon county "Fair, in a contest not 
 mentioned in the programme, Sept., 1875, 
 that he was presented with a fine gold- 
 headed cane, purchased by an improptu 
 collection from the spectators. 
 
 MART A., born July, 1830, in Ver- 
 mont, was married in Springfield, 111., to 
 William Cole. They had one child, 
 FLORA, born in 1851, in Springfield, 
 married Abner Thompson. They have 
 two children, and live in Decatur. Mr. 
 and Mrs. Cole died in Iowa. 
 
 ANNELlZABETH,\)vv\\ in 1825, in 
 Vermont, was married in Springfield, 111., 
 to Peter Fields, who died in 1852. She 
 married Alexander Fisher. See his name. 
 
 ORSON D., born in 1827 in Vermont, 
 married in Rochester to Lydia Eggleston. 
 They have four children, two of whom 
 are married, and live in Mt. Pulaski, Lo- 
 gan county, 111. 
 
 FLORA A., born in 1829 in Vermont, 
 died in 1845 in Springfield. 
 
 LUE , Jun., born in 1831 in Vermont, 
 and died in 1837 near Rochester. 
 
 Lue Johnson, Sen., died Sept., 1838, 
 near Rochester, 111. 
 
 JOHNSON, LEWIS, was born 
 Jan. 1 6, 1812, in Somerset county, Penn. 
 
 He came to Springfield July 8, 1838. He 
 was married to Martha J. VanDeren. 
 They had one child, MARTHA J., and 
 Mrs. Johnson died July, 1845, m Somer- 
 set county, Penn., while on a visit to his 
 parents. Lewis Johnson married in 1854, 
 to Mrs. Margaret W. Thompson, whose 
 maiden name was VanDoren. They had 
 four children. LE W1S W. died at six 
 years. GEORGE W. died in his fourth 
 year. MARGARET E. and GEOR- 
 GIE E. reside with their parents in 
 Chatham, Sangamon county, Illinois. '74. 
 
 JONES, ALEXANDER, bro- 
 ther to Robert, William and Thomas. 
 He was born in 1786, in Orange county, 
 N. C. His parents moved, when he was 
 a child, to Madison county, Ky., and from 
 there to Pulaski county, in the same 
 state. Susan Woozley was born in 1788, 
 in Halifax county, Va., and taken when 
 young to Pulaski county, Ky. Alexander 
 Jones and Susan Woozley were married 
 in Pulaski county about 1808. They had 
 one child in that county, and moved to 
 Bedford county, Tenn., where one child 
 was born, and then moved to that part of 
 Barren which has since became Hart 
 county, Ky., where three childien were 
 born. In 1821 they moved to Wayne 
 county, 111., where they had two children, 
 and then moved to Sangamon county, ar- 
 riving Oct. 9, 1827, in what is now Ball 
 township, where one child was born. Of 
 their eight children 
 
 THOMAS W., born in Pulaski coun- 
 ty, Ky., married in Sangamon county to 
 America Pittman, moved to Missouri, and 
 died there in 1853, leaving a widow and 
 children. T. W. Jones was a soldier in 
 the Black Hawk war. He was also Capt. 
 of a company from Sangamon county in 
 the Mexican war. His company was in 
 several battles, but every man lived to re- 
 turn except one, who sickened and died. 
 
 JAMES B., born in Bedford county, 
 Tenn., raised in Sangamon county, mar- 
 ried three times, and died in Missouri in 
 1853. 
 
 ROBERT W., born in 1814, in Hart 
 county, Ky., died in Sangamon county in 
 1833. 
 
 JOSHUA W., born Sept. 9, 1817, in 
 Hart county, Ky., married in Sangamon 
 county to Polly Ann Wills. They had sev- 
 en living children, viz: ADOLPH W., 
 born July 19, 1846, was a soldier in the
 
 SAN GAM ON COUNTY. 
 
 I ml. Inf.; residence not known. 
 LAURA J., born Oct. 25, 1847, married 
 Jan. 20. 1869, to J. W. Renn, who was 
 born Oct. 15, 1847, in Sangamon county. 
 They have three children, JESSIE A., 
 LAURA s. and EDNA, and live half a mile 
 east of Woodside, Sangamon county. 
 WILLIS A , WILEY E., AMERICUS 
 V., JAMES A. and HORATIO S. live 
 with their father. Mrs. Polly A.Jones died 
 Apr. 8, 1867, and J. W.Jones married Sept. 
 3, 1869,10 Mary E. Dryer of McLean coun- 
 ty, and have two children, LUELLA and 
 JUNETTIE. Joshua W. Jones resides in 
 Ball township, adjoining the farm where 
 his father settled in 1827. It is three 
 miles east of Chatham. He studied med- 
 icine, and practiced it eight years, but now 
 confines his business to farming. 
 
 MOSES A., born July 31, 1820, in 
 Hart county, Ky., married in Sangamon 
 county, Jan. 18, 1846, to Nancv Arm- 
 strong, who was- born in Virginia, Feb. 
 16, 182*4. They had eleven children. 
 SUSAN J. and MARY E. died, each in 
 their second year. The other nine: 
 CAROLINE A. married William D. Pat- 
 ton. See his name. ELIZABETH A., 
 and THOMAS A. live with their 
 parents, JAMES B. is a druggist, 
 and lives in Springfield, ROBERT W., 
 JOHN M., ANDREW J., ELIZA B. 
 and CHARLOTTE F. reside with their 
 parents in Ball township, ten miles due 
 south of Springfield. 
 
 BURRELL T., born in Wayne coun- 
 ty, Illinois, raised in Sangamon county, 
 married in Missouri to Charlotte Williams, 
 moved to Clinton, DeWitt comity, 111., 
 and died in 1864, leaving a widow and 
 two children. They now live in Cali- 
 fornia. He practiced law in Missouri, 
 and edited a paper in Clinton, Illinois. 
 
 AMANDA J., born in Wayne coun- 
 ty, married Rape Funderburk. See his 
 name. 
 
 SUSAN D., born in Sangamon coun- 
 ty, married in Missouri to Caswell Wil- 
 liams, and died there in 1847. 
 
 Mrs. Susan Jones died Jan. 20, and 
 Alexander Jones died Oct. 20, 1844, and 
 both are buried in Ball township. 
 
 JONES, ROBERT, born Sept. 
 25, 1790, in Orange county, North Caro- 
 lina, was a brother of Alexander, William 
 and Thomas. When he was a child his 
 parents moved to Madison county, Ky., 
 
 and from there to Pulaski county, same 
 State, where his father died, and all the 
 family moved to Bedford county, Tenn. 
 He went from that county as a soldier in 
 the 4th Tenn. Reg. during the war of 
 1812, and was in a battle against the In- 
 dians on the Tallaclega river, Alabama, in 
 which Gen. Jackson was in immediate 
 command. Robert Jones served three 
 months and fourteen days. He went 
 from Tennessee to Hart county, Ky., 
 where he was married about 1816 to Ta- 
 bitha Lard, who was born June 18, 1795. 
 She was a sister of John Lard. Mr. and 
 Mrs. Jones had one child in Kentucky, and 
 moved to Wayne county, 111., where 
 four children were born; thence to Sanga- 
 mon county, 111., arriving May 13, 1828, 
 in what is now Ball township, where 
 they had three children. Of all their 
 children 
 
 MAHALA, born Nov. 9, 1818, in Hart 
 county, Ky., died Aug. 7, 1838, in Sanga- 
 mon county, Illinois. 
 
 ALEXANDER J., born Jan. 9, 
 1820, in Wayne county, 111., brought up 
 in Sangamon county, was married June 
 26, 1871, in Christian county, 111., to Cas- 
 sandra E. Hunt. Mrs. C. E. Jones died 
 May 5, 1875, leaving one child, MELISSA 
 A., who lives with her father in Ball 
 township, Sangamon county, Illinois. 
 
 JOAB, born Aug. 27, 1823. in Wayne 
 county, 111., died Aug. 30, 1844, in Sanga- 
 mon county. 
 
 JOHN G., born July 21, 1825, in 
 Wayne county, died Sept. 2, 1838, in San- 
 gamon county. 
 
 MADISON, born Aug. 7 1827, in 
 Wayne county, 111., died Feb. 16, 1849, in 
 Sangamon county. 
 
 DRURY, born June 12, 1830, in San- 
 gamon county, was married there July 
 n, 1850, to Amanda M. Porterfield. 
 They had three children. JAMES M. 
 lives with his father. ROBERT P. 
 died, aged seven years. MINER VAJ. 
 died in infancy. Mrs. A. M.Jones died Apr. 
 22, 1855, and Drury Jones was married 
 Sept. n, 1856, to Susannah Meredith. 
 They had seven children. SARAH M. A. 
 died in infancy. AMANDA J. was mar- 
 ried Oct. i, 1874, to Charles R. McClure, 
 and lives near Pawnee, Sangamon county, 
 111. The other five, CHARLES C. L., 
 DAVIS A. W., WILLIAM A. E., 
 FRANCIS M. J.and MARY E. T. M.,
 
 416 
 
 EARLY SETTLERS OF 
 
 live with their ^parents, in Ball township, 
 Sangamon county, Illinois. 
 
 CAL VIN, born Aug. 22, 1832, in San- 
 gamon county, died, unmarried, Dec. I =5, 
 
 ^55- 
 
 ROBERT WILET, born May 17, 
 1838, in Sangamon county, died Dec. 12, 
 1845. 
 
 Mrs. Tabitha Jones died Sept. 22, 1861, 
 and Robert Jones died May 16, 1874, 
 both in Ball township. He was in his 
 eighty-fourth year. 
 
 JONES, WILLI AM, was born 
 about 1793, in Orange county, N. C. He 
 was married in Wayne county, 111., in 
 1824, to Lucinda Gore, had three 
 children in that county, and the family 
 moved to Sangamon county with his 
 brothers, Alexander and Robert, in 1827 
 or '8 and settled in Ball township, where 
 eight children were born. Of all the 
 children 
 
 MARGARE7\ born March 28, 1825, 
 married Elijah Wall, who died, and she 
 married Smith McAtee, and had two 
 children JANE McATEE is unmarried 
 and lives in Cotton Hill township. MA- 
 RY McATEE married Henry B. Rose, 
 and lives near Independence, Kansas. 
 Smith McAtee died, and she married Fe- 
 lix Stovall, and he died. 
 
 MART, born Sept. 16, 1826, in 
 Wayne county, married Richard Wall. 
 See his name. 
 
 SARAH, born Jan. 30, 1827, married 
 Johnson Wall, and she died. 
 
 JAMES, born Nov. 5, 1828, in San- 
 gamon county, was a member of an Illi- 
 nois regiment, and died in Mexico, in 
 time of the war in 1846 or '7. 
 
 E L I Z A BE TH married Logan 
 Lightfoot, as her third husband, and lives 
 in Davis county, Iowa. 
 
 DELILAH married to Wm. Calla- 
 way in Marysville, California. 
 
 ANDRE W J., born in 1835, in San- 
 gamon county, served three years in 
 the Union army, married Elizabeth Lard, 
 and lives near Independence, Kansas. 
 
 SUSAN, born Feb. 21, 1837, in San ' 
 gamon county, married, Jan. 8,' 1853, to 
 David B. Greenawalt, who was born 
 June 30, 1819, in Hardin county, Ky. 
 They have three children, MARY M., 
 DAVID M. and IVEY D., and live two 
 miles north of Pawnee. 
 
 ROBERT A., born in 1839, in San- 
 gamon county, served in the Union army, 
 married Sarah J. Keys, and live near In- 
 dependence, Kansas. 
 
 NEWTON C, born in Sangamon 
 county, served three years in the Union 
 army, mai'ried, and lives near Grafton, 
 Kansas. 
 
 Mrs. Lucinda Jones died May 19, 1843, 
 and Wm. Jones died April 2, 1844, both 
 in Sangamon county. 
 
 JONES, THOMAS, brother to 
 Alexander, Robert and William, was born 
 in Pulaski county, Ky., about 1800, mar- 
 ried in Wayne county, 111., to Zilpha 
 Green, came to Sangamon county in 1828, 
 bringing three children, and had seven 
 children in Sangamon county. Of the 
 ten children 
 
 ABIGAIL, born in Wayne county, 
 married Richard Kelly, who died, and 
 she married Benj. Howard, and she died 
 in Christian county, leaving one child. 
 
 MARY A. married Dempsey Tucker, 
 and had four children. Mr. Tucker and 
 one child died. The widow married 
 James Davidson, and she died. 
 
 PIERCE, born in 1827, in Wayne 
 county, 111., married in Sangamon county 
 to Elizabeth Enochs, and live in Iowa. 
 
 SALLY, born in 1829, in Sangamon 
 county, married Eli Davidson. 
 
 FIELDING, born in Sangamon 
 county, was twice married, and lives in 
 Iowa. 
 
 EMERINE, born in Sangamon 
 county, married James Enochs, and live 
 in Iowa. 
 
 GREEN, born in Sangamon county, 
 married Susan Smith, and lives in Ball 
 township. 
 
 AIAHALA, born in Sangamon county, 
 married Wm. Fry, who was killed on the 
 road south of Springfield, leaving four 
 children. The widow and children live 
 near Edinburg, Christian county, Illi- 
 nois. 
 
 ALEXANDER, born in Sangamon 
 county, married to Mrs. Mary A. Pugh, 
 and live near Edinburg, Christian county. 
 
 Mrs. Zilpha Jones died in 1850, and 
 Thomas Jones married Polly Kelly, and 
 he died about 1855 both in Sangamon 
 county. 
 
 JONES, WILLIAM, Jun., was 
 born about 1808, in Kentucky. His father, 
 James Jones, was a brother to Alexander,
 
 SANGAMON COUNTY. 
 
 417 
 
 Robert, Thomas and William. William, 
 Jun., came to Sangamon county, when a 
 boy, with his uncle, Robert Jones. He 
 was married in 1831 to Martha A. Lillard, 
 who was born July 24, 1815, in Rocking- 
 ham county, N. C., and came to Sanga- 
 mon county in 1829. They had seven 
 living children 
 
 J^EMPERANCE, born August 25, 
 1832, married April 8, 1852, to A. C. 
 Campbell. 
 
 SARAH E., born Dec. 24, 1834, mar- 
 ried in 1854 to W. C. Enix. They have 
 three living children, and live near Mora- 
 via, Monroe county, Iowa. 
 
 TAB1THA A, born Nov. 6, 1837, 
 married Alexander Elliott, August, 1853, 
 have five living children, and live near 
 Palmer, Christian county. 
 
 ROBERT A., born April 14, 1840, 
 married March, 1862, to Rachel A. Sears, 
 have three living children, and reside at 
 Palmer, Illinois. 
 
 JAMES T., born July 10, 1845, in 
 Sangamon county, is married and living in 
 Washington Territory. 
 
 WILLIAM C., born April 28, 1848, 
 in Sangamon county, married Burnetta 
 Hill, who died, and he married Alice M. 
 Shadrick, and lives in Palmer, Christian 
 county, Illinois. 
 
 NANCY y., born Jan. 10, 1851, mar- 
 ried James P. Lawley. See his name. 
 
 William Jones, Jun., died in 1858, in San- 
 gamon county, and his widow, Mrs. 
 Martha A. Jones resides near Palmer, 
 Christian county, Illinois. 
 
 JONES, ANDREW, was born 
 Jan. 10, 1783, in Culpepper county, Va. 
 His- parents died when he was quite young, 
 and about 1808 he went to Bath county, 
 Ky., and was there married, in 1812, 
 to Eleanor Goodan, who was born March 
 1 6, 1793, in Pennsylvania, and was taken 
 by her parents to Kentucky when she 
 was young. They had five children in 
 Bath county, and the family moved to 
 Sangamon county, 111., arriving in the 
 fall of 1825, on Round Prairie, where 
 one child was born. Of their six child- 
 ren 
 
 RA CHEL, born Sept. 8, 1814, in Bath 
 county, Ky., was married in Sangamon 
 county to George W\ PofFcnberger. See 
 his name. 
 
 LEVI W., born April 26, 1817, in 
 Bath county, Ky., was married in Sanga- 
 
 -53 
 
 mon county, Feb. 23, 1837^ to Grace Mc- 
 Clees, who was born Feb. 22, 1817, in 
 Bath county, Ky. They have three 
 children. EMILY, born Nov. 28, 1837, 
 married William Beadle. They have two 
 children, ELIZA E. and WILLIAM A., and 
 live in Springfield, ELIZABETH E., 
 born Oct. 29, 1842, married William Un- 
 derwood. They have three children, 
 JOSEPH, CLARA and ETTIE F., and live 
 near Santa Fe, Missouri. LEVI W., 
 Jun., born Dec. 22, 1848, lives with his 
 parents, one and a half miles west of 
 Rochester, Sangamon county, Illinois. 
 
 ELIZA, born Sept. 12, 1819, in Bath 
 county, Ky., was married in Sangamon 
 county, 111., to Samuel Miller. See his 
 name. 
 
 DANIEL G., born Nov. 15, 1822, in 
 Bath county, Ky., was married in 1849, in 
 Sangamon county, to Amanda J. Brunk. 
 She died Sept. 28, 1865, leaving two chil- 
 dren. LAURA, born Feb. 3, 1852, died 
 Jan. 1 8, 1870. GEORGE A., born May 
 31, 1860, lives with his father. Daniel G. 
 Jones was married May, 1869, to Mary F. 
 Rickard. They have two children, 
 MARY R. and HELEN, and live four- 
 teen miles south of Springfield, in Cotton 
 Hill township. 
 
 E VELINE, born May i, 1825, in 
 Bath county, Ky., was married in Sanga- 
 mon county, 111., to Joseph E. McCoy. 
 See his name. 
 
 JOHN A., born Oct. 4, 1829, in San- 
 gamon county, was married there to 
 Louisa Smith. They have four children, 
 ARTHUR E., EVA E., GEORGE A. 
 and LOUELLA, and live in Clinton, 
 DeWitt county, Illinois. 
 
 Andrew Jones died Oct. 20, 1854,, and 
 Mrs. Eleanor Jones died March 8, 1859, 
 both in Sangamon county, Illinois. 
 
 JONES, REUBEN, brother of 
 Andrew and Levi, was born in Virginia, 
 and married in Fleming county, Ky., to 
 Jennie Bracken. They had four children 
 in Kentucky, and moved to Sangamon 
 county, 111., in 1824, where Mrs. Jennie 
 Jones died. Reuben Jones married again 
 and moved to McLean county, Illinois. 
 He died in southeastern Illinois. 
 
 JONES, LEVI, brother of An- 
 drew and Reuben was born in Virginia, 
 and married in Fleming county, Ky., to 
 Fanny Shackleford. They had three 
 children there, and came to Sangamon
 
 418 
 
 EA RL Y SB TTLBRS OF 
 
 county in 1824.* The parents settled on 
 German Prairie, northeast of Springfield. 
 Their three children married and moved 
 to Iowa. 
 
 JONES, EMANU EL, was born 
 Jan. i, 1818, in Fleming county, Ky. 
 His parents moved in 1828 to Kaskaskia, 
 111. He came in 1836 to Sangamon 
 county, to join his two brothers, and was 
 married early in 1837 * Eliza Shane. 
 They had seven children, namely 
 
 JOS I AH, born May 5, 1838, enlisted 
 July 20, 1 86 1, at Springfield, in what be- 
 came Co. C, nth Mo. Inf., for three 
 years. He was wounded May 22, 1863, 
 in one knee and one hand, at the assault 
 on the rebel fortifications at Vicksburg. 
 After recovering, he was transferred to 
 the Vet. Res. Corps, and was detailed as a 
 ward master and steward in the military 
 hospital at Keokuk, Iowa, served full 
 term, and was honorably discharged Aug. 
 5, 1864. He was married March 17, 
 1 868, at Loami, to Laura E. Davis, and had 
 three children. CARRIE, died in in- 
 fancy. HARRY and ALICE live with 
 their parents at Loami. 
 
 CATHARINE, born 1841, married 
 George Brewer, and lives in Macon 
 county. 
 
 JOHN, born 1844, enlisted in 1862 in 
 Co. I, 63d 111. Inf., for three years, and 
 died at Columbus, Ky., in 1863. 
 
 C2WT/?IA t mamed Alexander Scott, 
 and lives in Macon county. 
 
 WILLIAM lives at Decatur. 
 
 THOMAS and 
 
 MARTHA live with their mother. 
 
 Emanuel Jones moved from Loami to 
 Macon ocunty in 1854, and died there Aug. 
 9,11858. His widow, Mrs. Eliza Jones, and 
 two youngest children, live in Shawnee- 
 town, Illinois. 
 
 JONES, JAMES, elder brother 
 to Emanuel and John, was born in Flem- 
 ing county, Ky., was taken by his parents to 
 Kaskaskia, 111., in 1828, and came to San- 
 gumon county in 1831. He was married 
 in Sangamon county to Jane Snyder; 
 raised a family, moved to Macon county, 
 and now resides near Decatur. 
 
 JONES, J O H N , eldest brother to 
 James and Emanuel, was born in Fleming 
 county, Ky., went to Kaskaskia, 111., in 
 1828, from there to Sangamon county, with 
 his brother James, in 1831, was married in 
 Sangamon county, at fifty-five years of 
 
 age, to Emeline Shane, and both died 
 without children. 
 
 JONES, ENOCH, was born 
 in Maryland, came to Sangamon county 
 among the earliest settlers, and located in 
 Island Grove. He brought a wife and 
 seven children. Six of his children were 
 by a former wife, who had been a widow, 
 Halliday, with four children. Her daugh- 
 ter, Sarah Halliday, married Starling 
 Willis. See his name. The whole fam- 
 ily moved to Knox county, where the 
 parents died. 
 
 JONES, HENRY, was born 
 August 25, 1793, in Caroline county, Va. 
 He was a soldier in the war of 1812. 
 Mary F. Chiles was born Nov. n, 1801, 
 in the same county, and they were mar- 
 ried there, Jan. 9, 1819. They had six 
 children in Virginia, and moved to Todd 
 county, Ky., where two children were 
 born. The family then moved to Sanga- 
 mon county, 111., arriving in the fall of 
 1834, in what is now Springfield town- 
 ship, south of Sangamon river. Of their 
 children 
 
 SARAH A. M., born Oct. 16, 1819, in 
 Virginia, married in Sangamon county to 
 Thomas McKinnie. Sec his name. 
 
 WILLIAM B., born July 4, 1821, in 
 Virginia, married Jan. 31, 1843, to Eliza- 
 beth A. McKinnie, and live five miles 
 west of Springfield. 
 
 HENRY H., born Sept. 17, 1822, died 
 August 25, 1835. 
 
 MART W., born Feb. 15, 1824, lives 
 with her mother. 
 
 JOSEPH W. and RICHARD J., 
 twins, born Sept. 14, 1825, in Virginia. 
 
 RICHARD J. married Melhida 
 Browning, have three children, and live 
 in Springfield. He is a cabinet maker. 
 
 JOSEPH W., married Lucy Rans- 
 dell, have five children, RICHARD N., 
 JOHN H., ELIJAH ARTHUR, WIL- 
 LIAM E. and GEORGE E., and live in 
 the northwest corner of Springfield town- 
 ship. 
 
 ELEANOR L., born June 30, 1829, 
 in Kentucky, married Sept. 8, 1853, in 
 Sangamon county, to Levi Bowker, who 
 was born April 27, 1823, in Cape May 
 county, N. J. They have seven children, 
 WILLIAM H., JOHN L., EDMUND 
 F., MARY E., THOMAS E., JAMES 
 M. and ALBERT CHILES, and reside 
 five miles northwest of Springfield.
 
 SANG AM ON COUNTY. 
 
 419 
 
 JONATHAN If., born July 21, 1833, 
 in Kentucky, married Nov. 29, 1866, to 
 Martha E. Marshall, who was horn Sept. 
 12, 1842, at Columbus, Ohio. They had 
 two children, JENNIE 13., the youngest, 
 died in infancy. CHARLES HENRY 
 lives with his parents, five and a half 
 miles northwest of Springfield. 
 
 Henry Jones died Jan. I, 1848, and his 
 widow resides in the northwest corner of 
 Springfield township, six miles from 
 Springfield, Illinois. 
 
 JONES, STROTHER G., was 
 born Dec. 18, 1813, in Lincoln county, 
 Ky., and was taken by his parents in 1818 
 to Shelby county. His grandfather, Jo- 
 siah Jones, was born in Wales, and was 
 married there. His wife was of Scotch 
 descent. They emigrated to America be- 
 fore the Revolution. Strother G. says 
 they were both sold to pay for their pas- 
 sage across the ocean; that they were 
 both in the battle of Bunker Hill, and 
 that his grandmother received a wound 
 in the breast. They afterwards settled in 
 Rappahannock county, Va., and raised a 
 family. Four of their sons emigrated to 
 Kentucky. One of them, Josiah, walked 
 the whole distance, without shoes or hat. 
 His entire wardrobe consisted of a single 
 garment, a sack made of tow linen, and 
 fastened by a draw-string around the 
 neck. He was married in Mercer county 
 to Nancy Finley, a daughter of Col. Oba- 
 diah Finley. Mrs. Finley's maiden name 
 was Gaines. She was a sister to the 
 mother of President Harrison. There is 
 a family tradition, that in the early trou- 
 bles with the savages, in Kentucky, Mrs. 
 Finley slew four Indians. Strother G. 
 Jones was married July 10, 1834, in Mer- 
 cer county, Ky., to Lucy Newton, who 
 was born in that county March 5, 1817. 
 They embarked at Louisville, on a steam- 
 boat, and came by the Ohio, Mississippi 
 and Illinois rivers to Beardstown, and 
 from there by wagon road, stopping at 
 the house of John B. Broadwell, at a place 
 then called Clayville, one mile south of 
 the present town of Pleasant Plains, ar- 
 riving in Springfield March 16, 1836. 
 They had four living children in Spring- 
 field, namely 
 
 ELIZABETH A., born June 12, 
 1836, in Springfield, married, Sept. 4, 
 1853, to Nimrod Nooe. They have eight 
 children, and live near Mattoon. 
 
 MART E., born Sept. 2, 1839, in 
 Springfield, married Daniel Pottle. See 
 his name. 
 
 JAMES W., born July 15, 1846, in 
 Springfield. He enlisted June 28, 1862, 
 in Co. F, yoth 111. Inf., for three months; 
 served until Oct. 23, 1862, when he was 
 honorably discharged. He enlisted in the 
 nth Mo. Inf., but was taken out by his 
 father because he was under age. He 
 was married, Oct. 12, 1865, to Sidney E. 
 Taylor. They have two children, MAG- 
 GIE and WILLIAM A., and live one 
 and one-half miles northwest of Dawson. 
 
 LUCT E., born Aug. 30, 1850, in 
 Springfield, married to Wm. A. Burns. 
 See his name. 
 
 Strother G. .Jones married, June 14, 
 1865, in Logan county, for his second wife, 
 Lucy E. Cass. They have four child- 
 ren 
 
 MORRIS A., born at Morris, Grundy 
 county, Illinois. 
 
 SHIRLEY A., EARNEST, 
 S 7"R O THE R J. and JESSIE 
 MA Y ; the three latter born in Sanga- 
 mon county, and all four live with their pa- 
 rents, at Dawson. 
 
 S. G. Jones was City Marshal of Spring- 
 field, under Mayor John Calhoun. He 
 was justice of the peace and Postmaster 
 at the same time, in Dawson. He took an 
 active part in organizing the Old Settlers' 
 Society, and was President of the same 
 for two years 1868 and '9 and vice- 
 President and acting-President the year 
 after. 
 
 JONES, THOMAS, was born 
 August 31, i77 o h' s descendents think in 
 Virginia, and that he emigrated to Ken- 
 tucky when a young man. He was mar- 
 ried in Bourbon county, Ky., August 20, 
 1799, to Polly Bryan, a daughter of the 
 founder of Bryan's Station. They had 
 eight children in Kentucky, four of whom 
 died there. Mr. Jones came to Spring- 
 field in the spring of 1834, and purchased 
 a farm adjoining Springfield on the north. 
 He built a house on the land which is 
 now part of the residence of Judge S. T: 
 Logan. He returned to Kentucky for 
 his family, and found his wife sick. She 
 died soon after, and Mr. Jones moved, 
 with three of his children, to Springfield, 
 arriving in Nov., 1834. Of those three 
 children
 
 420 
 
 EARLT SETTLERS OF 
 
 SARAH, born Jan. 21, i8n,in Ken- 
 tucky, was married there to N. G. Bal- 
 dock. He died in Kentucky, and she came 
 with her father to Sangamon county, 
 where she was married in March, 1837, to 
 Thomas P. Smith. They moved to 
 Missouri, and both died there, leaving 
 four children, namely: MARY, THOM- 
 AS, AFFIA and JULIA the latter 
 dead. Mary returned to Illinois, where 
 she married, and now resides in Menard 
 county, Illinois. 
 
 WILLIAM T., born May 8, 1817, in 
 Bourbon county, Ky., was married in 
 Sangamon county, 111., April 12, 1840,10 
 Lavina J. Merriman. They have two 
 children born in Sangamon county. 
 HENRIETTA B. married Dr. Thomas 
 M. Helm. See his name. GEORGE 
 B. married Frances W. Ellis. They 
 have three children, WILLIAM, ALLIE and 
 BELLE, and live with his parents, two 
 and one-quarter miles west of Williams- 
 ville. 
 
 7^HOMAS N. died, unmarried, Jan., 
 1838, in Sangamon county, Illinois. 
 
 Thomas Jones died Oct. 23, 1841, about 
 three miles west of Williamsville, Sanga- 
 mon county. 
 
 JUDD, EZEKIEL, was born 
 Feb. 14, 1797, in Mason county, Ky., and 
 was taken by his parents to Clermont 
 county, Ohio. He was married in the 
 adjoining county of Brown, to Delilah 
 Lakin. They had two children in Brown 
 county, and moved with his brother, Cor- 
 ban, to Sangamon county, 111., arriving 
 in the fall of 1825 in what is now Clear 
 Lake township, where they had several 
 children. After a residence of nearly a 
 quarter of a century in the county, he 
 moved, about 1850, to Winchester, Scott 
 county, 111., where Mrs. Delilah Judd died. 
 Ezeziel Judd and his four living children 
 reside in Jackson, Michigan. 
 
 JUDD, REZIN, was born Dec. 
 26, 1 798, in Mason county, Ky., and taken 
 when a child to Clermont county, Ohio. 
 He was married, in the adjoining county 
 of Brown, Jan. 3, 1822, to Eve Shinkle, 
 who was born in that county Dec. 2, 1804. 
 They had two children, and moved to 
 Sangamon county, 111., arriving in the fall 
 of 1826, in what is now Clear Lake town- 
 ship, where his brothers, Ezekiel and 
 Corban, had settled the year before. They 
 had eight children in Sangamon county 
 
 ALBERT J. and MART I. died, 
 each in their fourth year. 
 
 ELIZA A., born Oct. 18, 1822, in 
 Brown county, Ohio, married in Sanga- 
 mon county to Thomas A. Magee. They 
 had six living children. Mr. Magee died, 
 in 1863, and his widow lives five miles 
 south of Mechanicsburg, in Christian 
 county, Illinois. 
 
 NELSON S., born Oct. 22, 1825, in 
 Brown county, Ohio, married in Sanga- 
 mon county, Nov. 15, 1849, to Susan 
 Miller, who was born April 20, 1831, in 
 Champaign county, Ohio. They have 
 six living children, ELIZA J., SARAH 
 E., GEORGE W., MARY M., ANNA 
 E. and EMMA A., and live three miles 
 southwest of Dawson, Sangamon county, 
 Illinois. 
 
 JOHN A., born Sept. 6, 1830, in 
 Sangamon county, died Oct. 7, 1848. 
 
 ARMINDA R., born April 17, 1833, 
 in Sangamon county, married John H. 
 Shankland. They have three children, 
 and live in Riverton. 
 
 WILLIAM W., born Aug. 19, 1836, 
 in Sangamon county. He served three 
 months in Co. F, 7oth 111. Inf.; and en- 
 listed in May, 1864, for one hundred days, 
 in Co. I, 1330! 111. Inf., served full term, 
 and was honorably discharged. He is 
 Postmaster, at Dawson, and lives with his 
 mother 1874. 
 
 MARGARET E., born Feb. 13, 
 1839, in Sangamon county, married, May 
 30, 1871, to Robert Alls. He was born 
 Dec. 2, 1833, in Montgomery county, Va., 
 was married in Clinton county, Illinois, to 
 Mary M. Potts, who died, leaving one 
 child, REBECCA V. He was married 
 in Sangamon county, Feb. 11, 1867, to 
 Mrs. Maria L. Grabendich, whose maiden 
 name was Morgan. See Morgans name. 
 She died, leaving one child, CHARLES 
 A., and he married M. E .Judd. They 
 have one child, REZIN A., and live near 
 Dawson, Illinois. 
 
 MARQUIS L., born Dec. 23, 1841, 
 in Sangamon county, enlisted in 1862, for 
 three years, in Co. F, 7oth 111. Inf.; served 
 full term, and was honorably discharged. 
 He lives in Dawson. 
 
 REZIN A. V., born Dec. 16, 1846, in 
 Sangamon county, and lives with his 
 mother.
 
 SANGAMON COUNTY. 
 
 421 
 
 Rezin Judd died, July 7, 1873, and his 
 widow resides with her three sons, in 
 Dawson, Sangamon county, Illinois. 
 
 JUDD, COR BAN C., born Nov. 
 16, 1800, in Marion county, Ky., was mar- 
 ried in Brown county, Ohio, March 7> 
 1824, to Nancy Lakin. She was a twin 
 sister of his brother Ezekiel's wife, with 
 whom they moved to Sangamon county, 
 111., in the autumn of 1825. They had 
 eight children 
 
 MILTON r., born June 18, 1825, in 
 Ohio, was married in Sangamon county, 
 about 1850, to Rebecca Miller. They 
 had four children, MARY, NATHAN, 
 ELIZABETH and SARILDA. Milton 
 V. Judd enlisted in Cincinnati, Ohio, for 
 the Mexican war, served his term, and 
 died, Nov. 5, 1872, in Minneapolis, Min- 
 nesota. His widow and children live in 
 Champaign county, Ohio. 
 
 ADD IS ON B., a twin brother of 
 
 MIL7^ON T., died near Mechanics- 
 burg, Sangamon county, February 22, 
 1844. 
 
 MARIA L. died in infancy. 
 WILLIAM D., born June 8, 1830, in 
 Sangamon county, was married, about 
 1852, to Charlotte McCord, of Mt. Pleas- 
 ant, 111. He served three years in the 
 Federal army, and died at Dewitt, Ohio, 
 leaving four children ADA J. and D. 
 WILLIS, who live with J. S. Judd, in 
 Whitehall, and MAMIE and BELLE, 
 who are married, and live in St. Loim, 
 Missouri. 
 
 CAROLINE M., a twin sister of 
 WILLIAM D., was married to James 
 McFarland, in 1849, at Carrolton, 111. 
 He died, in 1858, leaving a widow and 
 two daughters, DORA and BELL. Mrs. 
 Caroline M. McFarland married John J. 
 Bell, who died Jan. i, 1875, leaving a 
 widow and three children, JAMES, DA- 
 VID and LEMPE, who live near Ber- 
 dan, Greene county, Illinois. 
 
 JOHN S., born April 30, 1835, in 
 Platte Valley, Grant county, Wisconsin, 
 accompanied his father and family to 
 Whitehall, 111., arriving in June, 1847. 
 He was married there, Oct. 20, 1858, to 
 Sarah E. Culver, of Whitehall, daughter 
 of Rev. S. H. Culver, D. D. She died 
 without issue, Feb. 4, 1862. John S. 
 Judd enlisted June, 1862, as first Lieuten- 
 ant, in Co. I, pist 111. Inf., returned home 
 in 1865, and was married, Jan., 1866, to 
 
 Melissa J. Culver. She died April 29, 1869, 
 without issue. J. S. Judd was married, 
 June 20, 1870, to Melissa A. McCallister, 
 of Whitehall. They have three children 
 NORMAN W., HERMAM S. and 
 CORBAN E. John S. Judd has been a 
 leading merchant of Whitehall, Greene 
 county, 111., since 1858. 
 
 MELINDAA., born about 1837, mar- 
 ried Rev. John C. Wood, of Bunker Hill, 
 111., in 1854 or '5. They have five child- 
 ren, and live at Bunker Hill, Macoupin 
 county, Illinois. 
 
 WATSON W., born about 1840, en- 
 listed in 1861, and died in service Jan. 13, 
 1862, at Laclede Hotel, St. Louis, Mis- 
 souri. 
 
 MARY E., was born about 1842, and 
 died in 1853, at Waterloo, Iowa. 
 
 Corban C. Judd served as a soldier two 
 terms, from Sangamon county, in the 
 Black Hawk war. He served in the 
 Mexican war, under Gen. Scott, and died 
 at Pueblo, Mexico, Dec. 17, 1847. His wid- 
 ow, Mrs. Nancy Judd died April 26, 1851. 
 John S. Judd writes to the author that 
 the four youngest children of Corban C. 
 Judd were given a kind home by J. S. 
 Hackney, one of the noblest sons of Illi- 
 nois, formerly of Logan county. 
 
 KANE, ANDREW J., was 
 
 born Feb. n, 1818, in Guilford county, 
 North Carolina. His father died when 
 he was an infant, and his mother, with 
 her three children moved to Greene coun- 
 ty, Ind., in 1830. Andrew J., when ap- 
 proaching manhood, went to Indianapolis, 
 where he remained several years, learning 
 the trade of a carpenter. Mr. Kane next 
 traveled by the way of Michigan City to 
 Chicago. That place was such a misera- 
 ble quagmire, he did not think it worth 
 stopping at, and started for Springfield. 
 He stopped one night at Irish grove, in 
 Menard county, paid his last cent for 
 lodging, and left without breakfast and 
 without letting the family where he stop- 
 ped know that it was because he had no 
 money. When within five or six miles of 
 his destination, his hunger prompted him 
 to stop and 3sk for something to eat, stat- 
 ing that he had no money. Breakfast 
 was readily prepared, and enjoyed with a
 
 422 
 
 EARLY SETTLERS OF 
 
 keen relish. He came on toward Spring- 
 field, and found men building a bridge 
 across the Sangamon river, where Car- 
 penter's mill now stands. He obtained 
 employment there, and when he received 
 his first pay, he walked back to the house 
 where he had been supplied with break- 
 fast, and handed the man a twenty-five 
 cent piece, and told him what it was for. 
 The old gentleman turned to his wife, 
 handed her the money, and said : "There, 
 mammy, give him back a bit" meaning 
 a twelve- and one-half cent piece. Mr. 
 K. refused to take any change. The 
 host was Nathan Hussey, whose name 
 heads a sketch in this volume. Mr. 
 Kane's arrival was in July, 1839. He 
 was married May 13, 1847, to Caroline 
 M. Beers. They had seven living child- 
 ren MATTIE E., CHARLES P., 
 JULIA E., HENRY B., EUGENE 
 S., CAMPBELL N., and BELLE 
 C., all live with their parents, Charles 
 P. is a practicing attorney, of the 
 firm of Kane & Hazlett, Springfield. 
 Henry B. is one of the letter-carriers em- 
 ployed by the United States govern- 
 ment. 
 
 Andrew J. Kane and wife reside in 
 Springfield. He was ordained to preach 
 the gospel in 1842, in connection with the 
 Christian church, and has continued 
 preaching to the present time June, 
 1876. 
 
 K EAGLE, JOHN, was born 
 July 14, 1794, near Harrisburg, Pa. He 
 was married there to Mary A. Parker. 
 They had two children in Pennsylvania, 
 and moved to Ross county, Ohio, where 
 they had six living children, and moved 
 to Sangamon county, 111., arriving in 1835, 
 in what is now Fancy Creek township. 
 Of their eight children 
 
 JOHN, Jun., born in Pennsylvania, 
 married in Sangamon county to Adaline 
 Cooper. They have six children. Their 
 daughter CHARLOTTE married Nathan 
 Hussey. See his name. John Keagle 
 and family live in Logan county, Illinois. 
 
 JOSEPH, born Sept. 8, 1818, in 
 Pennsylvania, married in Sangamon coun- 
 ty, in 1842, to Angeline Hall. They 
 raised six children, and Mr. Keagle died 
 in 1871. His widow lives near Barclay, 
 Illinois. 
 
 MARY married Robert Stringfield, 
 
 have three children, and live in Williams- 
 ville. 
 
 SAMUEL, married Christiana Farris, 
 and lives in Fancy Creek township. 
 
 DOR O THY married Ambrose Coop- 
 er. See his name. 
 
 LETU^IA married James C. King, 
 and lives in Logan county. 
 
 HARRISON lives in Logan county, 
 Illinois. 
 
 Mrs. Mary Keagle died August, 1851, 
 and John Keagle died June, 1872, both in 
 Sangamon county, 111. 
 
 KEEDY, JpHN A., was born 
 in Pennsylvania^ in the year 1800, was 
 married in Maryland about 1830, to Susan 
 Wolgamot, who was born in 1800, in 
 Washington county, Md. Two children 
 were born in Maryland. The family 
 moved to Springfield, 111., in 1838, com- 
 ing all the way in wagons. They 
 brought with them the first carriage ever 
 used in Sangamon county. They had 
 one child in Springfield. Of the three 
 children 
 
 MARGARET, was born July 4, 1832, 
 and was married in Springfield Sept. 19, 
 1855, to Amzi McWilliams, a native of 
 Ohio, a lawyer by profession, and who 
 was at one time State's Attorney for this 
 circuit. They had one living child, 
 FREDERICK V., born August 7, 1856, 
 now attending school at Litchfield, 111., 
 and living with his uncle, Maj. Robt. Mc- 
 Williams. 
 
 JOHN D., born July 15, 1832, in 
 Washington county, Md., married in 
 Springfield, Jan. 18, 1855, to Charlotte 
 Opdycke, a daughter of Stacy B. Opdycke. 
 See his name. She was born in Chester, 111., 
 March 19, 1835. They had five living child- 
 ren, viz : STACY B. died at eight years of 
 age. SUSAN, CHARLOTTE, JOHN 
 D., Jun., and HANNAH live witH their 
 parents. John D. Keedy was several 
 years Deputy Sheriff, is now serving his 
 second term as Justice of the Peace in 
 Springfield, where he resides. 1876. 
 
 WILLIAM, born about 1839, in San- 
 gamon county. He left home some time 
 in 1863, in declining health. The family 
 received one letter from him, from New 
 York City, since which time they have 
 heard nothing from him, but suppose that 
 he is dead. 
 
 Mr. John A. Keedy was alderman one 
 term in 1846, and was for a while mer-
 
 SANGAMON COUNTY. 
 
 4 2 3 
 
 chandising with Tinsley & Co. He died 
 Sept. 27, 1854. His widow is still living 
 in Springfield, Illinois. 
 
 KEIGWIN, STERRY S., 
 born Oct. n, 1803, in Windham county, 
 Connecticut. Susannah Morse was born 
 Feb. 14, 1811, in Sutton, Massachusetts. 
 They were married May 23, 1833, in 
 Millberry, Mass., and made their home 
 there until they had one child, and then 
 moved to Illinois, first stopping in Mc- 
 Lean county, and then moved to Spring- 
 field in May, 1838, where one child was 
 born. Of their two children 
 
 CORNELIA, M., born July 10, 
 1835, a *- Millberry, Mass., married in 
 Springfield, 111., to F. A. Moore, and died 
 Sept. 13, 1856, at LaCrosse, Wisconsin. 
 
 vS" USA N K., born March 21, 1840, in 
 Springfield, 111., married June n, 1868, in 
 Atlanta, 111., to John P. Leonard. He 
 died at the latter place March 16, 1872. 
 Mrs. Susan K. Leonard was married Dec. 
 23, 1873, to Lucius C. Francis. See his 
 name. 
 
 Sterry S. Keigwin moved from Spring- 
 field, in 1858, lo Washington county, Mo., 
 and in 1861 to Atlanta, 111., where he now 
 resides. 
 
 KELLY, HENRY, was born 
 about 1742. The place of his birth is not 
 certainly known to his descendants. He 
 was married, and had five sons and two 
 daughters, all born in Rutherford county, 
 North Carolina, namely: J O PI N, 
 ELISHA, ELIJAH, WILLIAM 
 and GEORGE W. The daughter, 
 ELEANOR, married in North Caro- 
 lina to Joseph Reavis. SALL T married 
 a Mr. Greenawalt. Two of the sons, 
 John and Elisha, preceded their father to 
 Sangamon county. Henry Kelly owned 
 slaves, but none of the sons, except 
 George, would have them ; so he freed 
 the slaves, and gave land to his sons, in- 
 stead. The daughters had three slaves, 
 each; and, after tarrying less than thirty 
 days in Sangamon county, moved on to 
 Missouri. Henry Kelly died in June, 1832, 
 and was buried about two miles north of 
 Curran. He was about ninety years old. 
 His widow moved several years later to 
 the vicinity of Bolivar, Polk county, Mo., 
 and died there about 1840. The follow- 
 ing sketches are headed with the names 
 of the five sons. 
 
 KELLY, JOHN, was born about 
 1783, in Rutherford county, North Caro- 
 lina. He was there married to Mary 
 Whitesides, had five children there, and 
 moved to Illinois in the fall of 1818, first 
 stopping on Macoupin creek. In the 
 spring of 1819 he moved to what is now 
 Springfield, and built the cabin in which 
 the first court of Sangamon county was 
 held, in May, 1821. It stood at what is 
 now the northwest corner of Seqond and 
 Jefferson streets. It was the first build- 
 ing of any kind erected within the city 
 limits of Springfield. In September or 
 October of that year Mrs. Kelly died. 
 Mr. Kelly had business unsettled in North 
 Carolina, and returned for that purpose. 
 While there he was married, in the fall of 
 1821, to Margaret Waldrup, and brought 
 her at once to his new home. She never 
 had any children. Of his five children 
 
 JONATHAN, born Sept. 19, 1808, in 
 Ruhherford county, N. C., married Sept. 
 8, 1831, in Fayette county, 111., to Sarah 
 Cook, who was born Dec. 3, 1812, in Ten- 
 nessee. They had eight children in San- 
 gamon county, namely: WILLIAM 
 W., born Feb. n, 1833, married Mrs. 
 Almeda McMurray, whose maiden name 
 was Davis. She had two children by her 
 first marriage, and they have two, THOMAS 
 j. and SARAH E., and live with his mother, 
 near Curran. MARY F., born June 10, 
 1834, married Wm. B. Cobb. They had 
 eight children. Mr. Cobb and two of the 
 children died. The widow and six child- 
 ren live in Gardner township. JOHN C., 
 born March 27, 1837, niarriecl Emily J. 
 Kellums, had four children, CASSIUS E., 
 IDA B., MARY E. and LYDiA A., and Mrs. 
 Kelly died, and he married Mary J. 
 Woods; have two children, EMMA L. and 
 JOHN H., and live in Hancock county, 111. 
 ELIZABETH A., born Oct. 5, 1839, 
 married Oct. 10, 1872, to Charles A. 
 Jackson, of New York, and live in Ne- 
 braska. HARRIET L., born Jan. 20, 
 1842, married William D. Kelly. See 
 his name. BENJAMIN F., born April 
 12, 1848, married Margery S. Hibbs, of 
 Mason county, and live two miles north 
 of Curran. MELISSA E. died in in- 
 fancy. SARAH ELLEN lives with her 
 mother. Jonathan Kelly died June 23, 
 1873, and his widow resides one and 
 three-quarter miles north of Curran. 
 1874.
 
 4 2 4 
 
 EARLY SETTLERS OF 
 
 SARAH married Ewell Rigg. See 
 his name. She died July 16, 1854. 
 
 ELIZABETH married Henry 
 Robertson, and had thirteen children. 
 Mr. R. and seven children died. The 
 widow lives two and a half miles east of 
 Loami. 
 
 WILLIAM R. married Florella M. 
 Alford, have six children, and live near 
 Edinhurg, 111. 
 
 MAR r M. married William S. Mc- 
 Ginnis. See his name. Their . son, 
 JOHN, married Sarah F. Vestal, in Mis- 
 souri, and lives in Loami township. 
 
 John Kelly died about 1823, in Spring- 
 field, and was buried north of Hutchison 
 cemetery, where his first cabin was built. 
 His widow married Zachariah Peter. 
 Sec his name. 
 
 KELLY, ELISHA, born March 
 13, 1787, in Rutherford county, North 
 Carolina. He came to Macoupin county, 
 111., about 1817, and remained there for 
 two years, spending most of his time in 
 hunting. He is the old bachelor spoken 
 of on page thirty-two. His selecting the 
 place for a hunting ground and inducing 
 others to come, was the beginning of 
 Springfield. The parties caused to come 
 were his father, Henry Kelly, and his three 
 brothers, William, John and Elisha. The 
 younger brother, George, came a few years 
 later, at the same time the sisters halted 
 here on their way to Missouri, where they 
 went because they could not keep their 
 slaves in Illinois. Elisha Kelly abandoned 
 his bachelor life, and was married in San- 
 mon county Feb. 24, 1823, to Nancy 
 Sims, who was born Sept. 27, 1803, in 
 Sparklenberg county, S. C. She was a 
 sister of John Sims. They had six child- 
 ren in Sangamon county, namely 
 
 JOHN R., born Dec. 24, 1823, mar- 
 ried Sarah Yeaman, and had three child- 
 ren, and the family moved to Texas. 
 CHARLES died there at twenty-one 
 years. CAROLINE married, and lives 
 in Dallas county, Texas. ANNA lives 
 with her sister, Caroline. The parents 
 both died in Texas. Mr. Kelly tried to 
 reach the Union lines, but was forced into 
 the rebel army, contracted disease, and 
 went home and died. 
 
 LOUISA E., born Dec. 24, 1824, mar- 
 ried Sept. 3, 1846, to Isaac L. Ewell. See 
 his ?tame. 
 
 MARTHA, born Aug. 27, 1826, mar- 
 ried Thomas Desper; had several children, 
 and live in Missouri. 
 
 ELMIRAH, married James Wilson, 
 and died in Texas, leaving several child- 
 ren. Mr. Wilson married again, and 
 lives in Sangamon county. 
 
 WILLIAM I)., married Harriet, 
 daughter of Jonathan Kelly. He died, 
 and she married Erastus Canfield; has 
 two children, and live near Plymouth, 
 Hancock county, Illinois. 
 
 ZILPAH M. is living with her third 
 husband in Texas. 
 
 Mrs. Nancy Kelly died Jan. 27, 185=;, 
 and Elisha Kelly died April 6, 1871, both 
 in Curran township, Sangamon county. 
 
 KELLY, WI LLI AM, was born 
 in Rutherford county, North Carolina; 
 married there to Dicey Ann Cook; came 
 to Sangamon county in company with his 
 son-in-law, Andrew Elliott, in the fall of 
 1819. They had children, and some live 
 in North Carolina, and some in Sanga- 
 mon county. Of their children 
 
 ZILPA H. y born March 12, 1797, in 
 North Carolina, married there to Andrew 
 Elliott. See his name. 
 
 ZILLA, married John Holt. 
 
 E MM A LEE C A married Lucien 
 Berry. 
 
 JANE married Jacob Cooper. See 
 his name. 
 
 ALZIRA married Benjamin Cook. 
 
 ALTA married William McGinnis, 
 who died, and she married John Fullerton, 
 and resides at Carthage, Jasper county, 
 Missouri. 
 
 CLEMANTINE married Nathan 
 Ralstow. 
 
 William Kelly and wife moved to Jas- 
 per county, Mo., in 1836, and both died 
 there, near Carthage. 
 
 KELLY, ELIJAH, born in 
 Rutherford county, North Carolina, mar- 
 ried there to Esther Cook, came to San- 
 gamon county in 1821 or '2. They had 
 seven children. Elisha Kelly died in 
 Sangamon county about 1832. His 
 widow and children moved to Mis- 
 souri. 
 
 KELLY, GEORGE, born in 
 Rutherford county, North Carolina, came 
 to Sangamon county about 1821; married 
 Elizabeth Orendorff; moved about 1836 to 
 the vicinity of Bolivar, Polk county, 
 Mo.; raised a family of eight children,
 
 SAN GAM ON COUNTY. 
 
 4 2 5 
 
 and Mr. Kelly and his wife both died 
 there. 
 
 KENT, JOSIAH P., was born 
 Nov. 28, 1804, near Bainbringe, Ross 
 county, Ohio. Clarissa Poole was born 
 Nov. 19, 1816, in the same county, near 
 Chillicothe. They were there married 
 Aug. 2, 1836, and came to Sangamon 
 county, arriving in November of that 
 vear, in what is now Illiopolis township. 
 They had two children 
 
 ADALINE, born Aug. 7, 1837, in 
 Sangamon county, married Nov. 8, 1854, 
 to Charles M. Turner, who was born 
 Dec. 2, 1820, in Juniata county, Pa., and 
 came to Sangamon county in 1847, to 
 visit his sister, Mrs. S. G. Nesbitt. Mr. 
 and Mrs. Turner had seven children, 
 three of whom died under two years. 
 ELIZA A., MARY E., CHARLES A. 
 and LAURA BELLE reside with their 
 parents in Illiopolis. 
 
 JAMES T., born August 8, 1842, in 
 Sangamon county. He served nine 
 months in the U. S. Navy in the war to 
 suppress the rebellion, and was married 
 Sept. 6, 1869, in Sangamon county, to 
 Jennie Dorrell. Thev have two children, 
 HORACE G. and GEORGE, and re- 
 side at Washington Heights, office 202, 
 LaSalle street, Chicago, Illinois. 1874. 
 
 Josiah P. Kent died July 26, 1856, in 
 Illiopolis township. Mrs. Clarissa Kent 
 was married March 17, 1861, to Albert 
 Booth. He died March i, 1873, in Spring- 
 field, Illinois, and his widow resides there. 
 
 KENT, JESSE H., born in 
 1809, near Bainbridge, Ross county, Ohio. 
 He was married in 1838, in Christian 
 county,- to Lydia A. Walker, but soon 
 after made their home in the eastern part 
 of Sangamon county, 111., where one child 
 was born, and they moved to Springfield, 
 where they had four children. William 
 and John T. died young. Of the other 
 three children 
 
 SARAH E., born June 25, 1840, near 
 Mechanicsburg, married George W. Con- 
 stant. See his name. 
 
 JAMES H., born in Springfield, en- 
 listed in 1861, in Company I, 7th 111. Inf, 
 for three years, was wounded in 1864, and 
 discharged on account of physical disa- 
 bility, married Jane Howard, and she 
 died. 
 
 JOSIAH P., born in Springfield, 
 married Lou Rogers, and lives with his 
 father, near Savannah, Mo. 
 
 Jesse H. Kent lived in Springfield until 
 1874, when he moved to the vicinity of 
 Savannah, Mo., where he now resides. . 
 
 KENNEY, MATTHEW P., 
 was born Sept. 3, 1808, in Christian 
 county, Kentucky. He came to Sanga- 
 mon county, 111., in 1827, and was married 
 Ian. 6, 1829, to Amanda Viney. They 
 had seven living children in Sangamon 
 county, namely: 
 
 JAMES T. married Mary Crane, 
 and lives in Auburn township. 
 
 JOHN N. married Amanda Wallace, 
 and lives one and a quarter miles south of 
 Auburn, Sangamon county, Illinois. 
 
 WILLIAM married Martha A. Dren- 
 nan, and live in Bates .county, Mis- 
 souri. 
 
 REBECCA married Elias Tusker, 
 have three children, and reside three and 
 a half miles east of Auburn, Sangamon 
 county, Illinois. 
 
 MA TTHE W S., 
 
 NINIAN E. and 
 
 ABRAHAM V. live with their 
 mother. 
 
 Matthew P. Kenney died Dec. 13, 1851, 
 and his widow resides 1873 on the farm 
 where they settled in 1829. It is three 
 miles east of Auburn, Sangamon county, 
 Illinois. 
 
 KESSLER, ADAM, was born 
 Oct. 22, 1807, in Baden, near Heidelburg, 
 Germany. May 10, 1839, he embarked 
 for America, and spent the whole summer 
 on the Atlantic ocean, arriving in the fall. 
 He went to Ohio, and found employment 
 in constructing one of the canals of that 
 State. He went from there to St. Louis, 
 Mo., and in the fall of 1840 arrived in 
 Springfield. His parents came to this 
 country in 1842, and died in Springfield. 
 Adam Kesslerwas married, Feb., 184*9, to 
 Catherine Weis, who was born in Baden, 
 Germany, also. They had four child- 
 ren 
 
 ELIZABETH, born in Springfield, 
 married, Jan. 27, 1870, to John C. Schu- 
 ler, who was born July 22, 1846, in Duir- 
 wangen, Germany. They have four 
 children, CATHARINE, JOHN, CON- 
 RAD and MARY, and live in Spring- 
 field.
 
 426 
 
 EARLY SETTLERS OF 
 
 GEORGE, 
 JOHN and 
 
 MAR Y, all reside in Sangamon county, 
 
 Mrs. Catharine Kessler died in 1859, 
 and Mr. Kessler was married, Nov., 1859, 
 to M.rs. Mary Giesler, whose maiden 
 name was Hies. They have six child- 
 ren 
 
 CHRISTINA, ADAM, BARBA- 
 RA, EMMA, MART and FREDE- 
 RICK, and reside in Springfield. 
 
 Mr. Kessler was for many years en- 
 gaged in horticulture and market garden- 
 ing, by which he has acquired a compe- 
 tence. In the summer of 1870 he visited 
 Germany, returning in the fall of that 
 year. 
 
 KESSLER, BENJAMIN, 
 was born Dec. 28, 1803, in Botetourt 
 county, Va., came to Sangamon county in 
 1827, raised a family, and lives in Auburn. 
 
 KEYS, ISAAC, was born Jan. n, 
 1790, in Fayette county, Kentucky, and 
 when a young man went to Pickaway 
 county, Ohio. Elizabeth Hess was born 
 about 1795 in Virginia, and was taken by 
 her parents, when she was a child, to 
 Pickaway county, Ohio. Isaac Keys 
 and Elizabeth Hess were married, and 
 had three children in that county. They 
 moved to what became Sangamon county, 
 111., arriving in 1819, in what is now the 
 southwest corner of Rochester township, 
 where they had five children. Of their 
 eight children 
 
 MARY, born in Pickaway county, 
 Ohio, married in Sangamon county to Tim- 
 othy Shoup. See his name. 
 
 SAMUEL, born in Pickaway county, 
 Ohio, married in Sangamon county to 
 Elizabeth Delay. They had six living 
 children. HENRY, born in 1845, went 
 to Washington Territory in 1871; has 
 not been heai'd from since 1872. MARY 
 married John Poffenberger, and died in 
 1870. LORENZO D., born Aug. 10, 
 1862, died, aged thirteen years. JULIA 
 A., FLORENCE G. and WINNIE live 
 with their parents. Samuel Keys and 
 wife live in the southwest corner of Roch- 
 ester township, Sangamon county, on the 
 farm where his father settled in 1819. 
 
 DANIEL, born in 1817, in Ross 
 county, Ohio, married in Sangamon coun- 
 ty, 111., Jan. 3, 1844, t Sarah J. Arm- 
 strong, who died, Sept. 28, 1844, leaving 
 one child, SARAH J. She married 
 
 Robert A. Jones. See his name. They 
 live near Independence, Montgomery 
 county, Kansas. Daniel Keys married, 
 May 7, 1845, to Nancy A. Dozier, who 
 was born Sept. 26, 1823, in Montgomery 
 county, Ky. They had eight children in 
 Sangamon county, and in 1860 moved to 
 Christian county, where they had two 
 children. Of their children JAMES 
 A., and ISAAC W. live with "their pa- 
 rents. NANCY A. died young. MI- 
 RANDA A., borii Jan. 28, 1852, married, 
 in 1871, to Sylvester Miller, and live in 
 Christian county, Illinois. JOHN, 
 CHARLES, EDWIN S,, JESSIE F., 
 MARY J. and HATTIE M. All the un- 
 married children live with their parents, 
 one and one-half miles northwest of Pana, 
 Christian county, Illinois. 
 
 ISAAC, Jun., born Jan. 16, 1825, in 
 Sangamon county, married, February 
 14, 1852, near Rochester, to Almira J. 
 Neal. They had three children. ED- 
 WARD D. is bookkeeper in the Fire and 
 Marine Insurance Bank, and lives with his 
 parents. ANNIE E. lives with her par- 
 ents also. NELLIE I died Sept. 5, 1875, 
 aged eighteen years. Isaac Keys was 
 Deputy United States Marshal in the 
 southern district of Illinois, from 1857 ^ 
 1862, when he was appointed by Presi- 
 ident Lincoln, Provost Marshal for the 
 eighth congressional district of Illinois, 
 and served until Sept., 1865, all that 
 time without the slightest complaint 
 of irregularity. He was one of the origi- 
 nal proprietors of the Fifth street horse 
 railroad, and superintened the construc- 
 tion of the same. After that, he was 
 interested in the Barclay coal mine, and 
 superintended that. He now resides in 
 Springfield. 
 
 JAMES, born April n, 1828, in San- 
 gamon county, married Jan. i, 1863, to 
 Nannie Gardner, daughter of Hiram K. 
 Gardner. She was born Feb. 6, 1835, in 
 Trimble county, Ky. Mr. and Mrs. 
 Keys have one daughter, IDA, born Oct. 
 21, 1863. Mr. Keys is a dealer in real 
 estate, and lives in Springfield, Illinois. 
 
 CLARISSA, born in Sangamon 
 county, married Allen Miller; has seven 
 children, and lives in Springfield. 
 
 ELIZA A., born April 3, 1832, in 
 Sangamon county, married May 16, 1852, to* 
 Jasper Newton Inslee. They had five child- 
 ren. ANN E. died in her second year.
 
 SAN GAM ON COUNTY. 
 
 427 
 
 EMMA J., MARY L., MELISSA and 
 JOSEPH W. live with their parents in 
 Cotton Hill township, Sangamon county, 
 Illinois. 
 
 MARINDA, born in Sangamon coun- 
 ty, married Marion Goldsby; has a family 
 of children, and live in Cass county, Mis- 
 souri. 
 
 Mrs. Elizabeth Keys died in May, 1847, 
 and Isaac Keys, Sen., died May 2, 1848, 
 both on the farm where they settled when 
 they came to the county in 1819. 
 
 KEYES, HUMPHREY, was 
 born in 1763, at Keyes' Ferry, Jefferson 
 county, Va. It is on the Shenandoah 
 river, six miles from the junction with the 
 Potomac. He was married in London 
 county to a Miss Strider. They had five 
 children, and Mrs. Keyes died. Humphrey 
 Keyes was married in Monroe county, 
 Va., to Sarah Hanley, who was born in 
 that county in 1776. They had six child- 
 ren in Monroe county, and moved to San- 
 gamon county, 111., arriving at Spring- 
 field, Nov. 10, 1830. Of his children by 
 the first marriage 
 
 ISAA C, born and married in Virginia, 
 died in the Wabash Valley, Indiana, leav- 
 ing a widow and four children. She mar- 
 ried Mr. McCullough, and lives in Edgar 
 county, Illinois. 
 
 JOSEPH, born and married in Vir- 
 ginia, brought up a family there. 
 
 LUCRET1A, born in Virginia, was 
 married there to Joseph Fawcett, and 
 both died in St. Charles, Missouri, leaving 
 five children. 
 
 THOJMAS, born and married in Vir- 
 ginia, died in Bond county, 111., without 
 family. 
 
 PHCEBE, born in Virginia, was mar- 
 ried there to Joseph Bywater. They 
 brought up a family in Rockingham coun- 
 ty, Virginia. 
 
 The children of Mr. Keyes by the sec- 
 ond marriage are 
 
 GERSHOM, born Feb. 16, 1804, in 
 Monroe county, Virginia, one hundred 
 and eighty miles south of Richmond, was 
 married in that county, June 17, 1830, to 
 Amanda Nichols, and came to Sangamon 
 county with his parents in 1830. They 
 had one child, and Mrs. Keyes died, Sept. 
 23, 1832. Her son, ISAAC P., died, 
 aged twelve years. Mr. G. Keyes was 
 married June 12, 1836, in Springfield, 
 111., to Matilda Matheny. They had two 
 
 children. DOW, born May n, 1837, in 
 Springfield, 111., was married Dec. 5, 1872, 
 near Springfield, to Elizabeth H. Wil- 
 son, who was born in St. Lawrence coun- 
 ty, New York. They reside at Pana, 
 Illinois. C. HUMPHREY, born Feb. 
 4, 1840, in Springfield, Illinois, enlisted in 
 1861, in Co. B, 33d 111. Inf., was wounded 
 at Mobile, and came home in 1865, where 
 he was honorably discharged. He went 
 to Kansas in the summer of 1866, and was 
 there married in May, 1867, to Mary 
 Smith, who was born in Sangamon coun- 
 ty, 111. She was a daughter of Colby 
 Smith, of Cotton Hill township. She 
 died in 1869. C. Humphrey Keyes was 
 married in August, 1871, to Hattie Burt. 
 They have one child, GERTIE, and live 
 near Xenia, Bourbon county, Kansas. 
 Mrs. Matilda Keyes died, Sept. 18, 
 1840, and Gershom Keyes was married, 
 June 8, 1843, in Springfield, Illinois, to 
 Priscilla Norris. They had ten children 
 near Springfield. ELLA, the sixth 
 child, died, aged nine years. MARY 
 A. lives with her parents. JAMES, 
 born April 29, 1845, was married July 
 3, 1872, in Pana, to Nellie Elmore, and 
 lives in Carlinville. ROBERT C., 
 born July '15, 1848, lives in Springfield 
 with Henson Robinson. ARNOLD 
 R. lives with his parents. MAGGIE, 
 born July 3, 1851, was married June 25, 
 1874, to Samuel R. Ray, have one child, 
 GERSHOM, and live in Shelby county, 
 postoffice, Pana. NOAH G., GEORGE 
 B., VIRGINIA N. and S. ROBERTA. 
 The four latter live with their parents. 
 Gershom Keyes and family moved, in 
 1870, to a farm four miles north of Pana, 
 Illinois, where they now reside 1876. 
 
 JAMES W., born Nov. i, 1805, in 
 Monroe county, Va., was married Jan. 9, 
 1827, in Botetourt county, Va., to Lydia 
 Spickard, who was born June 17, 1807, in 
 same county. They had two children 
 born and died there, and moved to Spring- 
 field, 111., arriving April, 1831. They had 
 nine children in Springfield; one died in 
 infancy. Of their eight children 
 CHARLES A., born Dec. 4, 1831, in 
 Springfield, graduated at Illinois College, 
 in 1854, was admitted to the bar in 1856, 
 and was city attorney during 1857 and '58. 
 Charles A. Keyes was married in Xenia, 
 Ohio, to Elizabeth Lanman. They have 
 two living children, LILLIAN and MARYE.
 
 428 
 
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 C. A. Keyes represented Sangamon county 
 in the State Legislature of Illinois, in 1862. 
 He was appointed Master in Chancery of 
 Sangamon county, by Judge E. Y. Rice, 
 in 1867, re-appointed by Judge B. S. Ed- 
 wards, and again by Judge John A. Mc- 
 Clernand. He held the position until 
 May, 1875, and with his family resides in 
 Springfield. MARY C., born Aug. i, 
 1833, in Springfield, was married Jan. 11, 
 1864, to William H. VanDoren. They 
 had three children VIRGINIA E. died, 
 aged three years. SUSAN F. and JAMES 
 K. live with their parents, in Springfield, 
 111. EDWARD L., born Aug. 26, 1835, 
 married Ann Dillard. They had four 
 children, CORA, OSCAR, ANNIE and MAR- 
 CUS, who live with their father. Mrs. 
 Ann Keyes died in the summer of 1874, 
 and E. L. Keyes and family live four miles 
 north of Springfield, 111. HENRIETTA 
 M., born July 29, 1839, in Springfield, 111., 
 was married, May 8, 1861, to Henson 
 Robinson, who was born March 15, 1839, 
 in Xenia, Ohio, where he learned the tin- 
 ning business, and came to Springfield, 
 111., July i, 1858. They have three living 
 children, LYDIA M., MARGARET H. and 
 CHARLES H., who live with their parents. 
 Henson Robinson is now, and has been 
 for fourteen years, engaged in the tinware 
 and stove business in Springfield. His 
 father, John Robinson, came to Illinois, 
 and bought land in Sangamon county, 
 in 1838. He returned to Ohio for his 
 family, but before they were ready to 
 start he died, in 1842, in Xenia, Ohio. 
 THOMAS R., twin to Henrietta M., is 
 unmarried, and lives with his parents. 
 SUSAN F., born Nov. i, 1841, in Spring- 
 field, married Silas W. Hickox. See his 
 name. MARGARET E., born July 17, 
 1846, married William Day. See his 
 name. MARTHA J. born Sept. 6, 1848, 
 married Douglas Hickox. See his name. 
 James W. Keyes was Postmaster in Spring- 
 field seven months, under President Van- 
 Buren, and again during the administra- 
 tion of President Buchanan. He was 
 Justice of the Peace fourteen years. Mr. 
 Keyes and family reside four miles north- 
 west of Springfield, Illinois. 
 
 ALEXANDER, born in 1811, in 
 Virginia, died in Springfield, in 1831. 
 
 MARGARET W., born March 31, 
 1814, in Union, Monroe county, Va., was 
 married in Sangamon county, 111., to L. 
 
 C. Backenstoe. They had one child, 
 VIRGINIA E. Mr. Backenstoe died, 
 in 1833, and his widow married James F. 
 Reed. See his name. 
 
 ELIZABETH, born in 1816, in Vir- 
 ginia, died, in 1832, in Sangamon county, 
 Illinois. 
 
 ROBERT CAD EN, born in 1818, 
 in Monroe county, Va., came to Sanga- 
 mon county with his parents, in 1830, 
 went, in 1845, to .California, with a drove 
 of cattle belonging to other parties, from 
 there to Oregon, and returned to Califor- 
 nia, where he met his sister, Mrs. Reed, 
 July 4, 1847, a *- the house of Capt. Yontz, 
 where a party had assembled to celebrate 
 the national anniversary. R. C. Keyes 
 brought eighty-one Americans with him, 
 and found one hundred and twenty-seven 
 others on the ground. They united in 
 what is believed to have been the first cel- 
 ebration ot the fourth of July on the Pa- 
 cific coast. Capt. Yontz furnished all the 
 provisions, and the ladies present made a 
 fl:ig by sacrificing their underclothing. 
 Mr. Keyes was fourteen years superintend- 
 ent of the Almaden quicksilver mines in 
 California. Robert C. Keyes was married 
 about 1853, in California, to Mrs. Roberts, 
 of Australia, but of English birth and 
 parentage. She was the widow of an 
 Episcopal clergyman, who was married in 
 Australia, and died soon after coming to 
 California. Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Keyes 
 had three children, and he died Sept. 14, 
 1865. His widow and children reside in 
 San Jose, California. 
 
 Humphrey Keyes died Oct. 11, 1833, 
 near Springfield, 111., and his widow, Mrs. 
 Sarah Keyes, died May 29, 1846, four 
 miles above the mouth of Blue river, and 
 near where Manhatten, Kansas, now 
 stands. She was on her way to Califor- 
 nia with her daughter, Mrs. Reed. See 
 Reed and Donner party. 
 
 KING, JEREMIAH, was born 
 Sept. 10, 1808, in Kentucky. His father 
 was a soldier in the war of 1812. His 
 mother died during the war, and his 
 father was wounded, from the effects of 
 which he died on his way home. Jere- 
 miah was taken to Xenia, Ohio, where 
 he was apprenticed to the tanning busi- 
 ness. He came to Sangamon county in 
 1827, and was married Aug. 21, 1828, to 
 Julia A. Brown. They had ten children,
 
 SANGAMON COUNTY. 
 
 429 
 
 four of whom died in infancy. Of the 
 other six 
 
 MARTHA A., born May 9, 1831, mar- 
 ried James L. Plunkett. See his name. 
 
 JACOB, born Dec. 15, 1832, married 
 Elizabeth Carson, and resides near Lamor 
 Station, Nodaway county, Mo. 
 
 ELIZA J., born Jan. 12, 1835, mar- 
 ried William C. Langston. See his 
 name. 
 
 MART E., born Oct. 4, 1841, married 
 Beatty J. Strode. See his name. 
 
 MARGARET L., born Dec. 9, 1845, 
 married Elias Glascock. See his name. 
 They reside in Menard county, Illinois. 
 
 LEV I 7\, born Jan. 24, 1848, was 
 married Oct. 8, 1871, to Mary E. Rhodes. 
 They have one child, MAGGIE M., 
 and live with his mother, seven miles 
 north of Springfield. 
 
 Jeremiah King died Dec. 21, 1869, and 
 his widow lesides in Fancy Creek town- 
 ship, seven miles north of Springfield. 
 
 KING, JOHN, was born Jan. 22, 
 1804, in Kentucky. He was a brother to 
 Jeremiah King, came to Sangamon county 
 about 1821, and was married Feb. 18, 
 1824, to Sarah Earnest. They had ten 
 children, three of whom died in infancy. 
 Of the other seven 
 
 WILLIAM E., born June 12, 1826, 
 married Almyra Bradley. He died Feb. 
 1 6, 1856, leaving a widow and two child- 
 ren. She married Henry Morgan. See 
 his name. He died, and she resides near 
 Fredonia, Kansas. 
 
 E LIZ ABE TH, born Feb. i, 1828, in 
 Sangamon county, married March 14, 
 1843, to John Ingels. See his name. 
 
 JEREMIAH, born Sept. 19, 1830, 
 married Aug. 29, 1862, to Mary E. Doug- 
 las, who was born Sept. 19, 1843, in San- 
 gamon countv. They have six children, 
 IDA, SARAH, ANNIS, ELIZABETH, 
 EDWARD and MARY, and reside two 
 and one-half miles west of Curran. 
 
 JOHN E., born Dec. 21, 1832, mar- 
 ried Nancy Campbell; have four children, 
 and live near Fredonia, Kansas. 
 
 CHARLES W., born July 6, 1835, 
 married Oct. 3, 1872, to Virginia Beach, 
 and live with his mother. 
 
 SARAH C., born May 12, 1836, mar- 
 ried Daniel H. Brundage; have six child- 
 ren, and reside in lola, Allen county, 
 Kansas. 
 
 MARTHA F., born March 18, 1839, 
 married Feb. 14, 1860, to Jacob J. Ingels, 
 who was born Aug. 25, 1834, in Bourbon 
 county, Ky. They had three children. 
 The two youngest died in infancy. Mrs. 
 Ingels died May 23, 1866. LIZZIE, 
 born Sept. 14, 1861, is the eldest child, 
 and the only member of the family living, 
 resides with her grandmother King. 
 
 John King died Dec. 29, 1838, and his 
 widow resides four miles northwest of 
 Curran, Sangamon county. 
 
 KING, TURNER R v born 
 Jan. 12, 1812, at Sutton, Worcester county, 
 Mass., came to Springfield, 111., arriving 
 Dec., 1840, remained until 1842, and went 
 to Missouri. From there, in 1844, he 
 went to Pekin, 111., and in June, 1849, he 
 returned to Springfield, 111. .President 
 Taylor appointed him Register of the 
 Land Office. He retained the position 
 during that administration. In 1854 he 
 was elected, unsolicited by himself, Police 
 Magistrate, and served one year. In the 
 autumn of 1862 was appointed United 
 States Collector for the eighth Congres- 
 sional District, by President Lincoln, and 
 held the office until 1865. In 1868 he 
 moved to his farm, near McLean station, 
 McLean county, 111., where he now re- 
 sides. He never married. 
 
 KING, WILLIAM B., was born 
 April 23, 1783, in Fauquier county, Va., 
 and when a young man went to east Ten- 
 nessee. Anna R. Greening a sister to 
 Thomas A. and John F. Greening 
 was born July 5, 1788, in Fauquier coun- 
 ty, Va., and taken by her parents to east 
 Tennessee. William B. King and Anna 
 R. Greening were there married about 
 1807, and at once moved to Fayette coun- 
 ty, Ky., and from there to Clark county, 
 Ky., where they had four children; and 
 the family moved to Bracken county, 
 Ky., about 1815, where seven children 
 were born, and all the family, except the 
 eldest son, moved to Sangamon county, 
 Illinois, arriving Oct., 1830, and settled 
 three miles east of Springfield, where 
 one child was born. Arriving so late 
 in the season gave but little opportunity 
 to prepare for winter. They built a log 
 cabin, roofed it with clap-boards, and cut 
 out a place for a door and a chimney; but 
 the snow come on before they could build 
 a chimney, make a door, or chink and 
 daub the cracks. They spent the winter
 
 430 
 
 EARLT SETTLERS OF 
 
 with the cabin in that condition. 
 Thirty-one snows fell that winter, mak- 
 ing the "deep snow." Of their thirteen 
 children 
 
 THOMAS A., born April 22, 1809, 
 in Clark county, Ky., married Nov. n, 
 1830, in Bracken county, to Ann Mann, 
 and came to Sangamon county, arriving 
 Oct., 1831, and settled three miles east of 
 Springfield. They had twelve children 
 in Sangamon county; five died young. 
 ELIZABETH, born April 16, 1832, mar- 
 ried Anderson Todd; have ten children, 
 and live in Illiopolis township. WIL- 
 LIAM, born Nov. 21, 1835, died Jan. 23, 
 1862. MELVIN, born Oct. 6, 1839, en- 
 listed July, 1862, for three years, in Co. 
 I, 114 111. Inf. Served full term, and was 
 honorably discharged Aug., 1865. He 
 was married in Sangamon county Nov. 
 12, 1867, to Artamesia M. Kipps, who 
 was born July 2, 1850, in Cobb county, 
 Georgia. They have two children, AN- 
 NIE A. and LINNIE j., and live half a mile 
 east of Riverton. URIAH, born Aug. 
 20, 1842, enlisted at Chicago, June 17, 
 i86i,inCo. E, 24th 111. Inf., for three years. 
 He was wounded at the battle of Chick- 
 amauga, Sept. 19, 1863, and captured the 
 next day, and after enduring the horrors 
 of nearly all the famous rebel prisons, at 
 Richmond, Danville, Andersonville, Sa- 
 vannah, Millen, Thomasville, and back to 
 Andersonville, was released March 20, 
 1865, and returned, via Vicksburg and St. 
 Louis, to Springfield, and was honorably 
 discharged June 7, 1865, being within ten 
 days of one year over time. Uriah King 
 was married Oct. i, 1868, to Melvina 
 Bailey, who was born March 17, 1850, in 
 Sangamon county. They have two child- 
 ren, JULIA BELLE and MANETTA, and live 
 one and one-quarter miles east of River- 
 ton. JOHN H., born June 28, 1848, 
 lives with his parents. JULIA A., born 
 Dec. 6, 1851, married Dec. n, 1872, to 
 John G. Turney, who was born July 27, 
 1844, in Northumberland county, Canada 
 West. They live one mile east of River- 
 ton. THOMAS A., Jun., born July 29, 
 1855, lives with his parents. Thomas A. 
 King and wife reside where they settled 
 in 1831. It is one mile east ot Riverton, 
 Sangamon county, Illinois. 
 
 RE UBEN, born Jan., 1811, in Clark 
 county, Ky., came with his parents to 
 Sangamon county in 1830, and was a soldier 
 
 in the Black Hawk war in 1831-32. He 
 was married to Susan Howell. They 
 raised a large family in McLean county, 
 and moved to Iowa, where Mrs. Susan 
 King died, and he married a second time. 
 When the rebellion commenced, he en- 
 listed in the I2th Iowa Inf., at fifty-two 
 years of age, and was killed at the battle 
 of Pittsburg Landing, April 6, 1862. 
 His son, THOMAS, enlisted in 1862 in 
 Co. I, ii4th 111. Inf. Served to the end 
 of the rebellion, and was honorably dis- 
 charged. He died in McLean county in 
 1874. JAMES enlisted in the loth Mo. 
 Cav., and was never heard of after the 
 Price raid of 1862 in Missouri. ISABEL 
 married George Arnold, and lives in Mc- 
 Lean county, ten miles east of Lexington. 
 She is the only living member of Reuben 
 King's family. 
 
 ELIZABETH, born March 2, 1812, 
 in Kentucky, married in Sangamon 
 county to Uriah Mann. See his name. 
 
 JAMES M., born Jan. 30, 1815, in 
 Clark county, Ky. He went to the Wis- 
 consin lead mines, in 1834, and worked 
 for three and one-half years at smelting 
 lead for William S. Hamilton, son of 
 Alexander Hamilton, who was killed by 
 Aaron Burr. He married, Nov. 14, 1839, 
 in Sangamon county, to America Elliott. 
 They had nine children ; three died young. 
 CLIFTON H., born Sept. 18, 1840, en- 
 listed July, 1 86 1, at Springfield, in what 
 became Co. B, nth Mo. Inf., served 
 three years, and was honorably discharg- 
 ed, at St. Louis. He was married, March 
 7, 1865, to Alida Yocom, had one child, 
 ALIDA, and Mrs. King died March 27, 
 1866. He was married Dec. 12, 1867, in 
 Sangamon county, to Martha Wilson. 
 They have three children, ARTHUR w., 
 LUELLA and MARGARET, and live in Mur- 
 ray county, near Worthington, Noble 
 county, Minn. CLARISSA A., born 
 Jan. 6, 1843, died Oct. 12, 1863. HES- 
 TER F., born July 3, 1845, married John 
 E. Constant. See his name. WIL- 
 LIAM T., born June 30, 1849, married 
 Sept. 25, 1873, at Petersburg, to Mary F. 
 McCrea, and live three-quarters of a mile 
 east of Barclay. MARY F., born May 
 26, 1853, and RUFUS H., born Dec. 25, 
 1855, live with their parents, three-quarters 
 of a mile east of Barclay. 
 
 WILLIAM G., born in 1817, in 
 Bracken county, Ky., raised in Sangamon
 
 SANG AM ON COUNTY. 
 
 43 1 
 
 county, married in New Orleans to Sarah 
 R. Tonguelet, had two children, went to 
 California in 1849, an< ^ c ^ e( ^ there in 
 1871. 
 
 HENRY J., horn in 1819, in Bracken 
 county, Ky., married in Sangamon coun- 
 ty, in 1840, to Louisa Fowkes. They 
 had six children, and moved to the vicini- 
 ty of Marshaltown, Iowa. His son, 
 WILLIAM, enlisted in an Iowa regi- 
 ment, and died at New Madrid, Missouri. 
 
 SARAH, born in 1821, in Bracken 
 county, Ky., married in Sangamon 
 county to Nathaniel B. Neal. See his 
 name. He died, and she married Hudson 
 Lanham, and had four children. ROSA 
 married John Brantner, and resides in 
 Springfield. Mrs. and Mrs. Lanham died 
 at Riverton. 
 
 STEPHEN,\)orn in 1823,111 Bracken 
 county, Ky., married in Sangamon coun- 
 ty to Mrs. Elizabeth Smith, whose maid- 
 en name was Hendrix. They had seven 
 children: ALBERT died, aged fourteen 
 years. NELLIE, LINCOLN, 
 CHARLES, WILLIE, KATIE and 
 EDDIE, and reside four* miles southeast 
 of Williamsville. 
 
 HES7^ER P., born Jan. 21, 1825, in 
 Bracken county, Ky., married in Sanga- 
 mon county to Culvin S. Churchill. See 
 his name. 
 
 ANNA JR., born August 21, 1826, in 
 Bracken county, Ky., married in Sanga- 
 mon county, Nov. 10, 1843, to Christopher 
 Mann. See his name. 
 
 FIELDING A., born Nov. 14, 1828, 
 in Bracken county, Ky., raised in Sanga- 
 mon county, went around Cape Horn to 
 California in 1849, enlisted and fought In- 
 dians there three years during the rebel- 
 lion, is unmarried, and resides at You 
 Bet, Nevada county, California. 
 
 JOHN F., born Dec. 12, 1831, in San- 
 gamon county, married Oct. 18, 1860, also 
 in Sangamon county, to Mary J. Threl- 
 keld. She was born Jan. 5, 1838, in 
 Bracken county, Kv. They have seven 
 children, ELM A E.", JOHN L., JESSIE 
 V., CHARLES W., THOMAS M., 
 HENRY O. and TILLIE M., and re- 
 side two miles southeast of Riverton, 
 Sangamon county. John F. King was 
 commissioned as Justice of the Peace in 
 1858, and served until he enlisted, July 18, 
 1862, in what became Co. I, 114111 111. 
 Inf. He recruited the company, and was 
 
 elected Captain, but was not commissioned, 
 but when the regiment was organized he 
 was elected and commissioned, Sept. 18, 
 
 1862, as Lieutenant Colonel. He was 
 commissioned August 23, 1864,35 Colonel, 
 but never mustered, because the regiment 
 was then reduced to a minimum. He re- 
 signed Dec, 9, 1864. Col. King was 
 commissioned, in 1866, as assistant asses- 
 sor in charge of distilleries. Commis- 
 sioned as gauger in 1867, and in 1869 as 
 U. S. Storekeeper, all in the eighth dis- 
 trict of Illinois. He served three years as 
 Secretary of the Old Settlers' Society. 
 
 William B. King died Oct. 19, 1863, 
 and Mrs. Ann R. King died March" 27, 
 1873, both in Sangamon count v,, Illinois. 
 
 KILGOUR, JAMES W., was 
 born Dec. 14, 1823, near Chillicothe, Ohio. 
 His father died when he was quite young, 
 and his mother married William V. 
 Brown. They had one son, who died at 
 seven years of age. The family moved 
 to Sangamon county, 111., arriving in the 
 fall of 1832 in what is now Fancy Creek 
 township. Mrs. Brown died, April 17, 
 1857, an< ^ William -V. Brown died in 
 1871. 
 
 James W. Kilgour was married, Aug. 
 10, 1846, to Hannah H. Alexander. They 
 had four children, namely 
 
 WILLIAM J. died, at ten years of 
 age. 
 
 MARY E., aged eight, and 
 
 GEORGE, in infancy. 
 
 SARAH ANN, born Sept. 23, 1851, 
 married, Sept. 29, 1870, to B. F. Larkin, 
 and live in Logan county, two and one- 
 half miles west of Williamsville, Illi- 
 nois. 
 
 Mrs. H. H. Kilgour died, March 12, 
 1855, and J. W. Kilgour was married, 
 Dec. 5, 1855, to Nancy E. Tipton, who 
 was born March 17, 1824, in Carter coun- 
 ty, Tenn. They have one child 
 
 ISAAC F., born Oct. 17, 1856, and 
 lives with his parents. 
 
 James W. Kilgour enlisted Feb. 17, 
 
 1863, in Co. G, 7th 111. Inf.,, for three 
 years, served until July 17, 1865, when he 
 was honorably discharged with the regi- 
 ment. He resides at Sherman, Sangamon 
 county, Illinois 1874. 
 
 K I N N E Y, H E N R Y, was 
 born March i, 1774, in Woodstock, Con- 
 necticut. In 1795 he went to Cazenovia, 
 N. Y., and from there to Clinton, Oneida
 
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 EARLY SETTLERS OF 
 
 county, in the same State, and was there 
 married, March 4, 1798, to Dicey Pond. 
 She was born Sept. 4, 1778, in Hartford, 
 Conn. They lived at Cazenovia, Madi- 
 son county, N. Y., until they had three 
 children, and moved to Sangamon county, 
 111., arriving May 6, 1822, in what is now 
 Loami township. Of their three child- 
 ren 
 
 HENRT, Jun., born Aug. 4, 1807, in 
 New York, married in Sangamon county, 
 Oct. 23, 1828, to Margaret Dorrance. 
 They had five children in Sangamon 
 county, namely DANIEL married An- 
 nis Elmore. They have two children, 
 HENRY H. and EDITH c., and live one and 
 one-quarter miles east of Loarni. CLA- 
 RISSA, born April 9, 1831, married 
 James M. Darneille. See his name. 
 CAROLINE died, March 6, 1853, in her 
 twenty-first year. ELIZA J., born Oct. 
 9, 1834, married, Nov. 30, 1854, to John 
 R. Shelton. Seehisname. REBECCA 
 married David M. Vanderen. See his 
 name. Henry Kinney, Jun., and his wife 
 reside in Chatham. He was a soldier in 
 the Black Hawk war, in 1831, in a cavalry 
 company, under Capt. Jonathan Saun- 
 ders. 
 
 MAJOR, born Jan. 2, 1810, in New 
 York, married, Nov. 15, 1834, to Melissa 
 S. Pond, who was born March 12, 1819, 
 at Meadville, Penn. Her father, Martin 
 T. Pond, moved to Logan county, Illinois, 
 before the "deep snow," and was living 
 there when his daughter Melissa was mar- 
 ried. He moved to Concord, Morgan 
 county, and died there, Feb. 2, 1864. 
 Major Kinney and wife had five children 
 in Sangamon county, namely DICEY, 
 born Nov. 25, 1840, married, March 29, 
 1860, to Wm. D. Farrar, have three child- 
 ren, FRANK D, ALLICE G. and STELLA B., 
 
 and live in Osage county, Kan. A MAN- 
 DA, born Aug., 1842, married, in 1862, to 
 James N. Moore. She died, Nov. 7, 1864, 
 leaving one son, HERBERT B., who lives 
 with his father, near Virginia, Cass coun- 
 ty, 111. HENRY, born Nov. 21, 1844, 
 married, April 9, 1868, to Anna F. Hes- 
 ser, who was born June 3, 1845, near Pal- 
 myra, Mo. They have two children, 
 WILLYS H. and EUGENE E., and live near 
 Loami. JULIUS M. died March 4, 
 1864, in his sixteenth year. ALICE, 
 born July 18, 1851, lives with her parents. 
 Major Kinney and wife reside near Con- 
 
 cord, Morgan county 1874. He was a 
 soldier in a Light Horse company in the 
 Black Hawk war. 
 
 JOHN, born Sept. 2, 1813, in New 
 York, married in Sangamon county, Nov. 
 3, 1836, to Asenath Sweet. They have 
 two children, both married. Mr. and 
 Mrs. Kinney live at Linden, Osage coun- 
 ty, Kansas. 
 
 Mrs. Dicey Kinney died, Sept. 1^,1850, 
 and Henry Kinney, Sen., died March 18, 
 1859, both in Loami township. He was a 
 member of the Baptist church sixty-seven 
 years, and a deacon the greater part of that 
 time. 
 
 KIRK, WILLIAM B., was 
 born Jan. 18, 1787, in Virginia; was mar- 
 ried there Aug. 31, 1809, to Mary Young, 
 a native of Virginia also; and moved to 
 Bath county, Ky.. where they had seven 
 children. They moved to Sangamon 
 county, 111., arriving Nov., 1836, in what 
 is now Cartwright township. Of their 
 children 
 
 RA CHEL B. married S. A. Craig, 
 and remained in Kentucky. 
 
 JOHN A. Jot. Oct. 17, 1812, in Ken- 
 tucky, married in Sangamon county to 
 Julia W. Cunnin, who died, and he mar- 
 ried in Kentucky to Isabel Frazier, who 
 died in Menard county, leaving one child, 
 MARYJ. She married Henry Giger. 
 See his name. J. A. Kirk married Sarah 
 Ferguson, who died, leaving one child, 
 JOSIAH B. He enlisted in an Illinois 
 regiment, and died of disease near Mem- 
 phis, Tenn., in March, 1863. J. A. Kirk 
 died in Cooper township, Jan., 1861. 
 
 WILLIAM T., born Feb. 21, 1815, in 
 Kentucky, married in Sangamon county 
 to Alletta A. Earnest. They had one 
 child, JULIA F., married and lives in 
 Missouri. Mr. K. died in Sangamon 
 county in 1852. His widow married a 
 Mr. Watson, and lives in Missouri. 
 
 MART A. V., born April 15, 1820, in 
 Bath county, Ky., married in Sangamon 
 county to Benjamin A. Giger. See his 
 name. 
 
 ANDRE W ST. CLAIR, born April 
 13, 1822, in Bath county, Ky., raised in 
 Sangamon county, was farming there, 
 and in February, 1861, left home unex- 
 pectedly, and the first heard of him 
 at the end of two years, he was in the 
 Union army. Served three and a half 
 vears, and was honorably discharged. He
 
 SANGAMON COUNTY. 
 
 433 
 
 resides four miles north of Athens, Illi- 
 nois. 
 
 MARGARET J., born Oct. 6, 1824, 
 in Bath county, Ky., married in Sanga- 
 mon county to Benjamin A. Giger. See 
 Ills name. 
 
 AGNES S., horn Sept. n, 1827, in 
 Kentucky, died unmarried in Sangamon 
 county, Oct. 29, 1866. 
 
 William B. Kirk died April 12, 1847, 
 and his widow died March 22, 1848, both 
 at Mechanicsburg, Sangamon county, Illi- 
 nois. 
 
 KNIGHT, MRS. ELIZA- 
 BETH, whose maiden name was Bow- 
 en, sister to Zaza Bowen, was born Jan. 
 i, 1796, in Guilford county, N. C. She 
 was married in that county to Abner 
 Knight. They had two children there, 
 and she and her husband, in company 
 with her widowed mother and family, 
 moved to Cabell county, West Va., where 
 Mr. and Mrs. Knight had six children. 
 Abner Knight died there, Dec. 17, 1838. 
 Mrs. Knight, with six of her children, 
 moved to Sangamon county, 111., arriving 
 April, 1839, in what is now Loami town- 
 ship. Of all her children 
 
 EZEKIEL, born in North Carolina, 
 left home in Virginia about the time the 
 family came west. He went down the 
 Mississippi river, and has never been heard 
 of by the family since. 
 
 MINERVA, born Aug. 21, 1817, in 
 North Carolina, married, May 26, 1837, 
 in West Virginia, to Wm. F. Joy. They 
 had seven living children in West Vir- 
 ginia, and came to Sangamon county in 
 1857, where one child was born. Of the 
 eight children JOHN W. married Eliza- 
 beth Hall. Mr. Joy enlisted, Aug., 1862, 
 in Co. I, 73d 111. Inf., for three years, was 
 wounded at the battle of Perryville, 
 brought home, and died. JAMES M. 
 enlisted in Aug., 1862, in Co. I, 73d 111. 
 Inf., for three years. He was captured at 
 the battle of Chickamauga. He was five 
 weeks in Libby prison, at Richmond, five 
 months at Danville, eleven months in 
 Amlersonville, with its usual bill of fare. 
 He was released from that place, March 
 27, 1865, and honorably discharged, June 
 17, 1865, He married Amanda Hall, has 
 one child, and lives in Loami township. 
 WILLIAM E. enlisted Aug., 1862, in 
 Co. I, 73d 111. Inf., for three years, was 
 wounded at the battle of Perryville, Ky., 
 
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 and discharged on account of physical dis- 
 ability. He married Celestine Cook, has 
 two children, LETTIE MAY and WILLIE, 
 and lives in Loami. JOSEPH O. enlist- 
 ed Aug., 1862, for three years, in Co. I, 
 73d 111. Inf., was wounded at the battle of 
 Mission Ridge, Nov. 24, 1863, recovered, 
 served full term, and was honorably dis- 
 charged, June 24, 1865, at Springfield. 
 He was married to Jane Baker. They 
 have three children, and live near Loami. 
 MARY E. married John D. Nevins, had 
 two children, NELLIE and JOSEPH o., and 
 Mr. Nevins died. His widow and child 
 live with her mother. BUENA V. en- 
 listed in 1863, for three years, in Co. I, 
 i6th 111. Cav., He was captured, and first 
 put in Libby prison, was one winter at 
 Belle Isle, taken thence to Andersonville, 
 where he died, July 5, 1864. WIRT W., 
 and ZAZA B., live with their mother. 
 Wm. F. Joy died, March 17, 1873, and 
 his widow resides two and one-half miles 
 southwest of Loami, Sangamon county. 
 
 NANCT L., born Feb. 2, 1821, mar- 
 ried Michael Cassity. 
 
 JAMES M., born Oct. 8, 1823, in 
 West Virginia, married, Sept. 17, 1850, 
 in Sangamon county, to Rachel Tilley. 
 They have ten children ZAZA B. lives 
 near Loami. WILLIAM A. was mar- 
 ried, April 5, 1876, to Mary Josephine 
 Jarret, and live near Loami. LEROY 
 G., JOHN M., SUSANNA, MARY A., 
 LIZZIE M., JAMES M., NANCY J. 
 and LYDIA; the seven latter live with 
 their parents, one and one-half miles west 
 of Loami, Sangamon county, Illinois. 
 
 SUSANNA^ born in 1825, in Virginia, 
 married Wm. Boyd, and died, leaving five 
 children in Indiana. 
 
 ZAZA D., born in Virginia, died in 
 Sangamon county, at twenty-six years of 
 age. t 
 
 ABNER W., born May 18, 1832, in 
 Virginia, married in Sangamon county, 
 Oct. 14, 1858, to Hepsey Nipper, who 
 died, leaving one child, ALICE. Mr. 
 Knight was married, Oct. 17, 1872, to 
 Catharine R. Langston, who was born 
 Aug. 17, 1851, in Mason county. They 
 live near Mason City, Illinois. 
 
 WILLIAM, born in West Virginia, 
 died in Sangamon county, aged twenty- 
 two years. 
 
 Mrs. Elizabeth Knight resides with her 
 son, James M., in Loami township 1874.
 
 434 
 
 EARLY SETTLERS OF 
 
 KNOTTS, THOMAS, was 
 born in Lee county, Virginia, and was 
 married there to Ella Young. They 
 moved to Washington county, Ind., and 
 from there to Sangamon county, 111., 
 arriving in the spring of 1819, in what is 
 now Ball township. They had ten 
 children, four of whom, or their de- 
 scendants, live in Ball township, namely 
 
 LUCT married Martin G. Pulliam. 
 See his name. 
 
 ALBION, born April i, 1814, was 
 married April 16, 1835, in Sangamon 
 county, to Linna Davidson, who was born 
 Dec. 23, 1819. They had seven children 
 in Sangamon county. THOMAS, born 
 Nov., 1837, man "i e d Cassandra Pedde- 
 cord, a native of Ohio county, Ky., and 
 daughter of Jonathan Peddecord, now of 
 Ball township. Thomas Knotts and wife 
 had two children, CORDELIA E. and 
 THOMAS. Mr. Knotts died Dec. 26, 1870, 
 and his widow and children live in Ball 
 township. JOHN, unmarried, and lives 
 with his father. ELLA married George 
 S. Pulliam. See his name. SAMUEL 
 was born a cripple, in 1845, li ves with his 
 father. ELIZABETH married Joseph 
 Dragoo, and lives in Ball township. 
 JOSEPH O. married Martha Brawner, 
 and lives in Pawnee township. WIL- 
 LIAM J. lives with his father. Mrs. Linna 
 Knotts died, and Albion Knotts was 
 married March 2, 1854, to Mary J. Ped- 
 decord. They have four children, 
 CHARLES W., ALBERT, HENRY 
 J. and EDDIE, all live with their parents 
 on the farm where their grandfather 
 Knotts settled in 1819. It is in Ball 
 township, two and a half miles southeast 
 of Chatham. 
 
 THOMAS, Jun., married in Sanga- 
 mon county to Elizabeth Brawrter. They 
 have six children, and live two and a half 
 miles southeast of Chatham. 
 
 RUTH married Henry Shoup. See 
 his name. 
 
 AMELIA married Mr. Withrow, and 
 lives in Macoupin county, Illinois. 
 
 DANIEL married Martha Keagle. 
 She lives in Springfield. 
 
 ETTA married John M.Taylor, and 
 lives in Iowa. 
 
 Thomas Knotts, Sen., died within one 
 year after bringing his family into the 
 new country. 
 
 KNOX, THOMAS J., was born 
 in 1802, at Wheeling, Va. He went to 
 Kentucky when a boy, and came to San- 
 gamon county in 1820, stopping in what 
 is now Clear Lake township. He was 
 commissioned 3d Lieutenant of 25th 111. 
 Militia by Gov. Edwards, March 4, 1830, 
 and served in the Black Hawk war. He 
 was married in 1830 to Mrs. Mary Myers, 
 whose maiden name was Danley. She 
 had four children by her first marriage. 
 Her son, Samuel Myers, lives north of 
 Riverton, Illinois. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Knox had six children in 
 Sangamon county, namely 
 
 RUTH M., married Lewis Allen, had 
 one child, and lives near Carthage, Mis- 
 souri. 
 
 MARGARET J., married John 
 Hawker, have five children, and lives in 
 Pana. 
 
 CAR T J. married Peter Mann. Sec 
 his name. 
 
 NANCT A. married Charles Parker. 
 They had one child. Air. Parker enlisted 
 August, 1862, for three years, in Co. C, 
 1 1 4th 111. Inf., was wounded and captured 
 June 10, 1864, at Guntown, Miss. He 
 died from the effects of privation in An- 
 dersonville prison. His widow married 
 Charles Cruser, has two children, and 
 lives near Carthage, Mo. 
 
 JAMES M., born in Sangamon 
 county, enlisted August, 1862, for three 
 years, in Co. I, i i4th 111. Inf. He was 
 transferred to the quartermaster's depart- 
 ment, served his full term, and was hon- 
 orably discharged in 186^. He was mar- 
 ried in 1867, in Sangamon county, to 
 Elizabeth Johnson. They have two 
 children, and live near Danvers, McLean 
 county. 
 
 MART ALICE A., born May 7, 
 1843, married Dec. 24, 1867, to William 
 Richardson, who was born May u, 1840, 
 in New Haven, Conn. They have two 
 children, GERTRUDE and JANET, 
 and live two miles east of Riverton. 
 
 Thomas J. Knox died Dec. 8, 1857, and 
 his widow was killed by a team backing 
 off an embankment in Clear Lake town- 
 ship, August 15, 1 86 1.
 
 SAN GAM ON COUNTY. 
 
 435 
 
 LAMB, GEORGE, was born 
 Dec., 1789, near Hagerstown, Maryland, 
 and when quite young went to Mt. 
 Pleasant, Westmoreland county, Pennsyl- 
 vania, where he learned the business of 
 saddle and harness-making. He was mar- 
 ried at Mt. Pleasant May 24, 1820, to 
 Eliza H. Hubbs, who was born in that 
 place in 1794. She was the daughter of 
 Dr. Charles Hubbs, who, although a 
 a member of the Society of Friends, was 
 a surgeon in the American army, near the 
 close of the Revolution. Later in life, 
 Dr. Hubbs became a preacher in the Bap- 
 tist church. George Lamb's ancestors 
 were members of the Society of Friends 
 also. Mr. and Mrs. Lamb had three 
 children in Pennsylvania, and moved to 
 Kaskaskia, Randolph county, 111., in the 
 spring of 1830, where two children were 
 born. One died in infancy. Mrs. Eliza 
 H. Lamb died Aug. 15, 1834, in Chester, 
 111., and in June, 1836, George Lamb 
 moved to Springfield. Of his four child- 
 ren 
 
 CHARLES H., born May 19, 1822, 
 at Brownsville, Fayette county, Penn., 
 accompanied his parents to Illinois, and 
 came to Springfield in 1832, preceding his 
 father, to attend school. He remained 
 one year, and returned to his parents, who 
 had moved from Kaskaskia to Chester, 
 111. He afterwards learned the printing 
 business, in the Sangamo Journal in 
 Springfield, with Simeon Francis & Co. 
 In 1841, Charles H. Lamb started the 
 Rock River Register, at Grande de 
 Tour, Ogle county, 111., but sold out the 
 following spring. He was afterwards, 
 with his uncle, James L. Lamb, in the 
 pork packing business. He is unmarried, 
 and resides on hi.? farm, near Pawnee, in 
 Ball township, Sangamon county, Illi- 
 nois. 
 
 MART ELIZA, born Oct. 6, 1824, 
 near Mt. Pleasant, Penn., died Aug. 23, 
 1834, at Chester, Illinois. 
 
 WILLIAM H., born Nov. 14, 1826, 
 in Pennsylvania, died Oct. I, 1834, at 
 Chester, Illinois. 
 
 SUSAN /I/., born Sept. 3, 1830, in 
 Kaskaskia, 111., was brought up by her 
 aunt, Hannah G. Mather, and married in 
 Springfield, 111., Nov. 14, 1855, to Dr. C. 
 
 Perry Slater, who died at Springfield 
 March 12, 1858, leaving two children. 
 JULIA died in infancy. HANNAH M., 
 born Sept. 10, 1850, in Springfield, lives 
 with her mother in Chicago. Mrs. Susan 
 M. Slater was married Nov. 9, 1870, to 
 James H. Roberts. See his name. 
 
 George Lamb was married March 28, 
 1840, in Springfield, to Mrs. Lucinda 
 Crowder, whose maiden name was San- 
 ders, a native of Kentucky. They had 
 three children 
 
 JAMES 7'., born May 23", 1841, in 
 Sangamon county, was married Dec. 5, 
 1867, to Mary Weber. They had four 
 children, CHARLES W., who died 
 Sept. 8, 1875; EMILY O., GEORGE 
 CARROLL and JOSEPH F., and live 
 in Ball township, four miles northwest of 
 Pawnee, Sangamon county, Illinois. 
 
 GEORGE G., born Aug. 16, 1845, 
 in Sangamon county, was married there 
 Feb., 1869, to Marietta Clayton. They 
 have three children, JAMES, ESTEL- 
 LA and CHARLES, and live in Cotton 
 Hill township, three and a half miles north 
 of Pawnee. 
 
 MAR T E., born Oct. u, 1848, in San- 
 gamon county, was married there Nov. 
 14, 1867, to William O. Matthews. See 
 his name. They have two children, 
 IDA M. and FANNIE A., and live in 
 Cotton Hill township, three and a half 
 miles north of Pawnee, Sangamon coun- 
 ty, Illinois. 
 
 George Lamb died Aug. 26, 1867, and 
 Mrs. Lucinda Lamb died Jan. 18, 1872, 
 both in Sangamon county, Illinois. 
 
 LAMB, JAMES L., brother to 
 George Lamb, was born Nov. 7, 1800, at 
 Connellsville, Fayette county, Penn. His 
 father, George Lamb, died while he was 
 quite young, leaving six children to be 
 cared for by the widowed mother. The 
 family were members of the "Society of 
 Friends." James early desired to assist 
 his mother in bringing up the family, and 
 at twelve years of age went to Cincinnati, 
 making his trip on horseback, and engaged 
 as clerk with Hugh Glenn, a relative of 
 the family, and a prominent merchant of 
 that city. In 1820 J. L. Lamb removed 
 to Kaskaskia, 111., where he engaged in 
 mercantile pursuits and pork packing, in 
 company with Col. Thos. Mather and S. B. 
 Opdycke, at that place and at Chester, 111. 
 This firm packed and shipped the first
 
 43 6 
 
 EARLT SETTLERS OF 
 
 barrel of pork ever sent to New Orleans 
 from Illinois. J. L. Lamb was married, 
 Jan. 13, 1824, at Cincinnati, Ohio, to Susan 
 H. Cranmer, daughter of Dr. Cranmer of 
 that city. She was born there, Aug. 13, 
 1803. They moved to Springfield, 111., in 
 1831, and in moving his effects it was 
 necessary to charter a boat at St. Louis, 
 and take it up the Kaskaskia river to the 
 village. This was the only instance of a 
 steam boat ascending that stream. The 
 goods were landed at Beardstown, and 
 transported to Springfield in wagons. 
 Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Lamb had seven 
 children ; two died young. Of the other 
 five 
 
 JOHN C., born June 16, 1825, in 
 Kaskaskia, was married in Goshen, N. Y., 
 Dec., 1868, to Anna Pougher, a native of 
 England. J. C. Lamb was engaged with 
 his father in pork packing, and is now the 
 proprietor of the ^ x Etna foundry and ma- 
 chine works, in Springfield, Illinois. 
 
 SUSAN A., born April 3, 1828, in 
 Kaskaskia, Was married in Springfield, 
 Oct. 20, 1847, to John Cook, who was 
 born June 12, 1826, in Belleville, 111. Mr. 
 and Mrs Cook had seven children, four of 
 whom died in infancy. JAMES L., 
 JOHN C. and WILLIAM J. live with 
 their parents. John Cook was the only 
 son of Hon. Daniel P. Cook, one of the 
 early congressmen from Illinois, who mar- 
 ried a daughter of Gov. Ninian Edwards. 
 She died when the subject of this sketch 
 was quite young, and he was brought up 
 by his grandfather, Gov. Edwards. He 
 was under the instruction of Rev. John 
 F. Brooks (then of Belleville, but now of 
 Springfield), from 1834 to 1840, and en- 
 tered Illinois College, at Jacksonville, in 
 1841. He was obliged to abandon his 
 studies the next year, from a temporary 
 loss of sight, and afterwards attempted to 
 finish his education at Kemper College, 
 St. Louis, Mo., but failed from defective 
 sight; and clerked in a commission house 
 in the latter city for three years. Jan. 8, 
 1846, he formed a partnership with Haw- 
 ley & Edwards, in Springfield, 111., in the 
 dry goods business. In 1854 John Cook 
 was elected Mayor of Springfield, and in 
 1856 Sheriff of Sangamon county. At 
 the expiration of his term, Gov. W. H. 
 Bissell appointed him Quartermaster Gen- 
 eral of Illinois, and in 1858 he organized 
 an independent military company, called 
 
 the Springfield Zouave Grays, and was 
 chosen Captain. This company was ac- 
 cepted by Gov. Yates, under the State's 
 quota of 75,000 men in 1861, and was the 
 nucleus of the ist Reg., 111. Vol. Inf., of 
 which he was chosen Colonel, and which 
 was called No. 7, in honor of the six regi- 
 ments furnished by Illinois for the Mexi- 
 can war. Col. Cook's commission was 
 dated April 24, i86i,and the regiment was 
 mustered in at Camp Yates, April 25, 1861, 
 by Capt. John Pope of the regular army, 
 and was, consequently, the first regiment 
 to enter the field from Illinois for 
 suppressing the rebellion. They wefe 
 ordered to several different points, 
 and at Fort "Joe Holt," Ky., Col. 
 John Cook was assigned command of a 
 Brigade. Feb. 3, 1862, he was assigned 
 to the command of Gen. Charles F. 
 Smith, in the movement up the Cumber- 
 land and Tennessee rivers. After the cap- 
 ture of Fort Donelson Col. Cook was 
 commissioned Brigadier General, for gal- 
 lant conduct. During the advance on 
 Corinth he was ordered to report to the 
 Secretary of War, and was assigned a 
 command consisting of his brigade, with 
 two brigades from Gen. Shields division, 
 eleven batteries of Artillery, and two reg- 
 iments of cavalry. After McClellan's re- 
 treat from Harrison's Landing and Pope's 
 retreat from the valley, Gen. Cook was 
 relieved, at his own request, and the fol- 
 lowing fall was ordered to report to Major 
 Gen. John Pope, commanding the military 
 department of the northwest, under whom 
 he remained until Oct. 9, 1864, when he 
 was assigned command of the military 
 district of Illinois, with headquarters at 
 Springfield. He was there mustered out, 
 having been previously commissioned by 
 President Johnson, Major General by 
 brevet. He was elected in the fall of 
 1868, Representative in the Illinois State 
 Legislature, from Sangamon county. He 
 was instrumental in securing the second 
 appropriation for the erection of the New 
 State House. Gen. Cook and family re- 
 side in Springfield, Illinois. 
 
 CAROLINE F., born Feb. 8, 1831, 
 was married in Springfield, Dec. 19, 1855, 
 to William J. Black, who was born in 
 Vandalia, 111., Nov. n, 1828. He died, 
 Nov. 24, 1861, leaving a widow, who re- 
 sides with her mother in Springfield. 
 
 HANNAH M., born July 6, 1838, in
 
 SAN GAM ON COUNTY. 
 
 437 
 
 Springfield, was married there, June 18, 
 1862, to Legh R. Kimball, who was born 
 Aug. 7, 1826, in New Hampshire. They 
 had one child JULIA L., who died in in- 
 fancy. Mr. Kimball was paymaster on 
 the Chicago & Alton railroad, and after- 
 wards General Agent on the T. W. & 
 \\ . railroad. He died May 30, 1865, in 
 Springfield, 111., and his widow resides 
 there with her mother also. 
 
 ELIZABETH T., horn July 29, 
 1844, m Springfield, was married June 8, 
 1864, to Gideon R. Brainerd. They have 
 four living children, LEGH K I M- 
 BALL, BENJAMIN H., JAMES L. 
 L. and SUSAN L. Mr. Brainard was 
 book-keeper in the Marine and Fire Insu- 
 rance Company's Bank. He is now en- 
 gaged in farming, two miles west of 
 Springfield, Illinois. 
 
 James L. Lamb was an elder in the 
 First Presbyterian church of Springfield, 
 and a director of the Theological Semi- 
 nary of the Northwest, at Chicago. He 
 was an active, earnest, Christian gentleman, 
 always interested in education, and a 
 friend to those in need, as the writer of 
 this can testify from personal knowledge. 
 He was in the pork packing business, 
 in Spi'ingfield, from 1842 to the time of 
 his death, which occurred Dec. 3, 1873. 
 His widow and children reside in Spring- 
 field, Illinois. 
 
 LAMB, HANNAH G., a native 
 of Pennsylvania, and sister to George and 
 James L. Lamb, was married to Col. 
 Thomas Mather. See his name. 
 
 LAM UN, JAMES, was born 
 Dec. 12, 1802, in Ross county, Ohio, and 
 was married May 25, 1822, in that coun- 
 ty, to Ann McCafFerty, had three living 
 children, and Mrs. Lamun died there, 
 May 31, 1830. Mr. Lamun came to 
 Springfield alone in 1839, and four or 
 five years later returned to Ohio and 
 brought out his three children, namely 
 
 JOHN, born July 2, 1823, in Ross 
 county, Ohio, and after spending several 
 years in Sangamon county, returned to 
 Ohio, and was there married; has six 
 children, and lives in the northwest cor- 
 ner of Cooper township, two and a half 
 miles southeast of Mechanicsburg. 
 
 ELEANOR, born March 3, 1825, in 
 Ohio, married in Sangamon county to 
 Flemuel Prickett, and lives near Mt. 
 Auburn, Christian county, Illinois. 
 
 ANDRE W, born March 25, 1829, in 
 Ohio, married in Sangamon county to 
 Hettie Robbins. They moved to the vi- 
 cinity of Shady Grove Postoffice, Dallas 
 county, Mo., where he died in 1870, leav- 
 ing a widow and six children. 
 
 James Lamun has remained a widower 
 forty-five years, and resides in the north- 
 east corner of Cooper township, two and 
 a half miles southeast of Mechanicsburg, 
 Illinois. 1874. 
 
 LACY, CLAWSON, was born 
 April i, 1800, in Morris county, New 
 Jersey. Phebe Force was born March 
 23, 1799. They were there married, 
 Dec. 24, 1820, and had five children in 
 that county. The family moved to San- 
 gamon county, 111., arriving June 5, 1830, 
 in what is now Salisbury township, 
 where they had five children. Four of 
 their children died young. Of the other 
 six 
 
 HARRIET, born May 27, 1822, in 
 New Jersey, married Jacob Carman in 
 Sangamon county, and she died August, 
 1859, in Christian county. Mr. Carman 
 and his threfc daughters, all married, live 
 in Missouri. 
 
 SARAH F., born Feb. 14, 1828, in 
 New Jersey, married in Sangamon coun- 
 ty, March 19, 1848, to John Hale, who 
 was born April i, 1818, in Muskingum 
 county, Ohio. They had three living 
 children, OSCAR A., ELLIS A. and 
 ELMER E., live with their parents in 
 Salisbury township. John Hale enlisted 
 August 12, 1862, in Co. H, ii4th 111. Inf., 
 for three years, served full term, and was 
 honorably discharged August 8, 1865. 
 
 MAHLON S., born Feb. 20, 1830, in 
 New Jersey, died in Sangamon county, 
 Jan. 25, 1855. 
 
 ^ JACOB C, born Nov. 3, 1835, in 
 Sangamon county, married Mrs. Susan 
 Stone, whose maiden name was Gard. 
 They have four living children, LOTTIE, 
 HARRIET C., MARY J. and MAG- 
 GIE D., and live in Salisbury township. 
 Jacob C. Lacy enlisted August 12, 1862, 
 in Co. H, H4th 111. Inf., for three years, 
 was captured at the battle of Guntown, 
 Miss., June 10, 1864, was more than nine 
 months in Andersonville prison. His 
 hearing and health is impaired from priva- 
 tion and suffering. 
 
 JOHN, born March 31, 1840, in San- 
 gamon county. He enlisted August 12,
 
 438 
 
 EARLY SETTLERS OF 
 
 1862, for three years, in Co. H, i I4th 111. 
 Inf., was captured at the battle of Gun- 
 town, June 10, 1864, taken to Anderson- 
 rille, remained seven months and eighteen 
 jays, and was exchanged ; served full 
 term, and was honorably discharged. He 
 weighed one hundred and sixty-five 
 pounds when he went into Andersonville, 
 and ninety pounds when he came out. 
 He was married to Elizabeth Cox. They 
 had one child, JAMES H., who died, 
 aged three years. John Lacy and wife 
 live with his parents, near Salisbury. 
 1874. 
 
 PHCEBE, born June 20, 1843, in San- 
 gamon county, married Alvetus Jackson, 
 who was born at Jay, Oxford county, 
 Maine, about 1830. They have four chil- 
 dren, BENJAMIN F., ORPHA, AN- 
 NIE and ADA, and reside in Salisbury 
 township. 
 
 Clawson Lacy lives, now 1874 in 
 Salisbury township, near where they set- 
 tled in 1830. 
 
 LAKE, BAYLISS G., was born 
 Nov. i, 1795, in Fauquier county, Va. 
 He was married in Frederick county 
 Oct. 5, 1820, to Eliza Glascock, who was 
 born in London county Oct. 31, 1800. 
 They at once moved to Clark county, 
 Ohio, where they had three children. 
 B. G. Lake and John McBeth started 
 April 3, 1827, on foot, to see Illinois. 
 They arrived at Springfield April 141!!. 
 Mr. Lake had some friends in the county. 
 After spending about one month with 
 them, he made an engagement to help 
 herd some cattle and drive them east, ar- 
 riving at his home in June with more 
 money than when he started. He moved 
 his family in a wagon drawn by four 
 horses, arriving in the fall of 1827, in what 
 is now Fancy Creek township, where 
 they had six children. Of their nine 
 children 
 
 MARY, born May 16, 1823, in Ohio, 
 married in Sangamon county to Stephen 
 Wilcockson. See his name. 
 
 THOMAS W., born July 4, 1825, 
 in Clark county, Ohio, married in Sanga- 
 mon county June 27, 1847, * J u " a J ^- 
 England. They had ten children. Four 
 died in infancy, and DANIEL was 
 drowned when ten years old. Of the 
 other five, MARY F. married Eugene 
 Hockaday ; has two children, NOURMA and 
 WILLIAM E., and live near Champaign 
 
 city, 111. WILLIAM F. married Annie 
 Driskill; has one child, OLLIE MAY, arid 
 live near Lincoln, 111. LAURA E., 
 MARGARET E. and JOSEPH A. live 
 with their parents in WiHiatnsville, San- 
 gamon county, Illinois. 
 
 PHEBE, born June 23, 1827, m wi,,^, 
 married in Sangamon county to William 
 Mount, who was born April 20, 1826, in 
 Monmouth county, New Jersey. They 
 had three children. JOHN W. and 
 TOM E. live with their parents. AUS- 
 TRALIA died, aged eight years. Mr. 
 and Mrs. Mount reside in Menard coun- 
 ty, six miles northwest of Williamsville, 
 Illinois. 
 
 HARRID, born April n, 1830, in 
 Sangamon county, was killed in 1843 by 
 a horse running away with himself and 
 sister, Mary. 
 
 EDNA, born June 7, 1831, in Sanga- 
 mon county, married John H. Council. 
 See his name. 
 
 HENRY, born April 24, 1834, in San- 
 gamon county, lives near Lawndale, Lo- 
 gan county 1874. 
 
 JOHN S., born Jan. 9, 1840, in San- 
 gamon county, married Feb. 26, 1867, to 
 Charlotte Brittin. They have one child, 
 DORA E., and live in Fancy Creek town- 
 ship. 
 
 MARGARET, born Dec. 15, 1843, in 
 Sangamon county, married Andrew J. 
 Barber, who was born Oct. 5, 1836, in 
 Fauquier county, Va. They have two 
 children, JOHN and BAYLISS L., and 
 live in Fancy Creek township. 
 
 HARRIET C., born Oct. 22, 1845, 
 in Sangamon county, married Evans E. 
 Brittin. See his name. 
 
 Mrs. Eliza Lake died Aug. 28, 1864, 
 and Bayliss Lake was married Sept. 26, 
 1865, to Sallie McKendree. She was 
 born Dec. 6, 1804, in Jefferson county, 
 Va. They reside four and a half miles 
 northwest of Sherman, Sangamon coun- 
 ty, Illinois. 
 
 LAKE, THOMAS, was born 
 Dec. 30, 1800, in Fauquier county, Va. 
 Harriet Dillon was born Nov. 27, 1808, in 
 the same county. They were there mar- 
 ried, Jan. 4, 1826, and had two children 
 there. The family moved to Sangamon 
 county, 111., arriving in what is now Fancy 
 creek township, where seven children 
 were born. Of the nine children
 
 SANGAMON COUNTT. 
 
 439 
 
 ANN E., born July 17, 1830, in Vir- 
 ginia, '(lied unmarried in Sangamon coun- 
 ty, aged thirty-two years. 
 
 BATLISS E., born August 10, 1832, 
 in Fauquier county, Va., raised in Sanga- 
 mon county, married Sarah Rogers. 
 They have one child, JAMES, and live 
 near Winterset, Iowa. Bayliss E. Lake 
 enlisted in July, 1861, in Co. D, ist Iowa 
 Cav., for three years, re-enlisted as a vet- 
 eran, served to the end of the rebellion, 
 and was honorably discharged. 
 
 SUSANNA, born Nov. 20, 1834, in 
 Sangamon county, married John L. Har- 
 ris. They have two children, THOMAS 
 M. and HATTIE, and live near Bedford, . 
 Taylor county, Iowa. 
 
 JAMES, born June i, 1837, m ^ an ~ 
 gamon county. He enlisted in Sept., 
 1862, for three years, in Co. G, H4th 111. 
 Inf., and was appointed Sergeant. He 
 was wounded at the battle of Guntown, 
 Miss., June n, 1864, captured, and died in 
 rebel prison at Mobile, Alabama. 
 
 JOHN P., born June 6, 1839, in San- 
 gamon county. He enlisted August 9, 
 1861, for three years, in Co. A, 3d 111. 
 Cav., and was discharged on account of 
 physical disability, Dec. 25, 1861. He was 
 married Nov. 29, 1865, to Matilda Lemon, 
 who was born June n, 1847, in Ireland. 
 They have two children, CHARLES W. 
 and CORA A., and live in Fancy Creek 
 township. 
 
 ELIZABETH A., born May 13, 
 1842, in Sangamon county, married Win. 
 F. Constant. See his name. They have 
 one child. MARY E. 
 
 AGNES C., born June 5, 1844, in 
 Sangamon county, married Charles Uns- 
 by. She died March 16, 1871, in Wil- 
 liams township. 
 
 WILLIAM B., born August 23, 1847, 
 in Sangamon county, resides with his 
 mother. 
 
 .\f.\l\T .I/., born June 28, 1850, in 
 Sangamon county, married John W.Jones. 
 They have one child, DORA A., and re- 
 side in Logan county. 
 
 Thomas Lake died April 10, 1853, and 
 his widow lives two and a half miles west 
 of Williamsville, Illinois. 
 
 LANGSTON,JECHONIAH, 
 was born in the year 1769, in South Car- 
 olina. His father was a Whig, and Jech- 
 oniah was often sent by his father to 
 convey information to Whigs of the 
 
 whereabouts and doings of the Tories. 
 On one occasion the Tories were about to 
 kill his father, and he informed the 
 Whig soldiers in time to save his life. 
 He was then about ten years old, and 
 soon after, some of the Tory soldiers 
 caught him, and taking a leather strap 
 used for fastening their extra clothing 
 behind them on their saddles, they hung 
 hung him to a beam outside his father's 
 barn, and watched him until he ceased 
 to manifest any signs of life; and then 
 took him down to save the strap, and left 
 him on the ground dead, as they supposed ; 
 but after a long time he came to life. He 
 was married in South Carolina, and after 
 the birth of one child, his wife died. He 
 left the child there, and went to Wayne 
 county, Ky., where he was married to 
 Nancy Dodson. They had three children 
 in Kentucky, and moved to Champaign 
 county, Ohio, where two children were 
 born; and then moved to Sangamon 
 county, J 11., arriving Feb., 1820, in what 
 is now Fancy Creek township, where 
 they had four children. Of their child- 
 ren 
 
 JOSEPH D., born Dec. 25, 1805, in 
 Wayne county, Ky., married July 23, 
 1829, to Elizabeth Cantrall. She was 
 born Aug. 29, 1808, in Ohio. They had 
 five living children in Sangamon county. 
 WILLIAM C., born April 25, 1830, 
 married Oct. 28, 1851, to Elizabeth J. 
 Fagan, who died Dec. 26, 1853, and he 
 married June 17, 1855, to Eliza J. King. 
 They live in Fancy Creek township, seven 
 miles north of Springfield. EMILY, 
 born in 1832, married Asaph Bates. 
 They had five children, THERESA E., 
 
 JOHN T., EMZABETH A., EMILY S., and 
 
 JOSEPH w., and Mrs. Bates died May 8, 
 1872. THERESA and JOHN, twins, 
 born May n, 1834. She died June 22, 
 1856. JOHN married April n, 1862, to 
 Martha Price. They had one child, EVA 
 JANE, and he enlisted Aug., 1862, in Co. 
 C, I I4th 111. Inf., for three years. He was 
 killed at the battle of Nashville, Tenn., 
 Dec. 15, 1864. JAMES B. born Nov. 
 29, 1836, married Eliza Taylor; have five 
 children, SARAH A., MARY A., JOHN o., 
 IDA s., and BKUI.AH, and live near his 
 father, in Menard county. Joseph D. 
 Langston and wife reside in Menard 
 county, one mile north of Sangamon 
 county line, and one mile west of Peoria
 
 440 
 
 EARLT SETTLERS OF 
 
 road, and fifteen miles north of Spring- 
 field. 
 
 Joseph D. Langston remembers that 
 during the fourteen months from the time 
 his father moved into his new home until 
 Sangamon county was organized, they 
 were under the jurisdiction of Madison 
 county, and the authorities at Edwards- 
 ville claimed that they were entitled to 
 some revenue from the isolated settlers. 
 They were so scattered that it was not 
 thought advisable to send out an assessor, 
 and after him a collector, but the sheriff, 
 Bowling Whitesides, would send out a 
 deputy, with instructions to assess and 
 collect as he went. Mr. Langston re- 
 members that late in 1820 or early in 1821, 
 the deputy came, riding one horse and 
 leading another, with a pack saddle on it. 
 He would engage in a promiscuous con- 
 versation, and without making his business 
 known, would fix some value on their pro- 
 perty. He would direct the conversation 
 in such a manner as to ascertain how many 
 coon skins they had on hand. He would 
 then make his business known, and pro- 
 ceed to make his assessment and col- 
 lection. Mr. Langston said it was a re- 
 markable fact that the tax in almost every 
 case amounted to exactly the number of 
 coon skins they had on hand. When the 
 officer had accumulated all his horse could 
 carry, he would go to Edwardsville, make 
 a deposit, and return for another load. 
 And that was the way the first revenue 
 was collected in Sangamon county. 
 
 JAMES W., born June 15, 1808, in 
 Wayne county, Ky., married in Sanga- 
 mon county, Nov. n, 1838, to Mrs. Har- 
 riet L. Skinner, whose maiden name was 
 Constant. They had five children in Sanga- 
 mon county. WILLIAM H., born July 
 6, 1841, enlisted June 10, 1862, in Co. H, 
 yoth 111. Inf., for three months, served 
 four months and thirteen days as Sergeant, 
 and was honorably discharged Oct. 23, 
 1862. He again enlisted, Jan. 30, 1864, in 
 the naval service for one year, at Mound 
 City, 111., served until May 4, 1865, when 
 he was honorably discharged at Philadel- 
 phia. He was married -Nov. 3, 1870. at 
 Jacksonville, 111., to Belle B. Rowe, who 
 was born Sept. 12, 1848, at Hazleton, 
 Luzerne county, Pa. They have one 
 child, IRENE, and reside at Louisana, 
 Pike county, Mo. MARY G., born 
 July 19, 1843, married April 10, 1866, to 
 
 George W. Thompson, who was born 
 March, 1837, in Washington county, f^ew 
 York. He was Captain of a company in 
 the 1 6th 111. Inf., and served from 1862 to 
 the end of the rebellion. TJiey have four 
 children, HARRIET M., LAURA L., LILIAN 
 GRANT and GERTRUDE, and reside near 
 Warrensburg, Macon county, Illinois. 
 ELIZA J., born April 23, 1846, is un- 
 married, and lives with her mother. 
 MARTHA E., born Oct. 3, 1849, and 
 died in her eleventh year. LAURA 
 died in her second year. James W. Langs- 
 ton died March 16, 1855, and his widow, 
 Mrs. Harriet Langston, resides in Me- 
 chanicsburg, Illinois. 
 
 JECHONIAH, 7^., born in Wayne 
 county, Ky., married in Sangamon county 
 to Mary Martin. They had eight child- 
 ren. Mr. Langston died, and his family 
 live near Macomb, McDonough county, 
 Illinois. 
 
 MARTHA, born April 20, 1816, in 
 Champaign county, Ohio, married in 
 Sangamon connty, Dec. i, 1844, * J onn 
 R. McKee, who was born Nov. 10, 1820, 
 near Cincinnati, Ohio. They had one 
 child, EMMA, who died in her third 
 year. Mr. McKee enlisted, Aug. i, 
 1861, in Co. F, 33d 111. Inf., for three 
 years. He re-enlisted Dec. 31, 1863, at 
 Indianola, Texas, and served until Oct., 
 1865, when about one month before his 
 regiment he was mustered out. Mr. and 
 Mrs. McKee live at Williamsville, Illi- 
 nois. 
 
 MARY G., born in Ohio, married in 
 Sangamon county, Aug. 13, 1840, to Al- 
 exander M. Doake, who was born in 
 Kentucky. They both died, leaving one 
 child, MARGARET J., who married to 
 Lewis Ludy. They have five children, 
 and live at Emporia, Kansas. 
 
 MARGARET, born in Sangamon 
 county, married Isaac Booth. They both 
 died, leaving one child, ALICE, who 
 married George Simpson. They live in 
 Missouri. 
 
 NANCY H., born in Sangamon coun- 
 ty, married Joseph Shepherd. They had 
 one child, CHARLES, who died, aged 
 seven years. Mr. S. died, and she married 
 Samuel Yocom. See his name. 
 
 ELIZABETH, born in Sangamon 
 county, married John Ludy, moved to 
 Emporia, Lyons county, Kansas. Mrs. 
 Ludy died, leaving five children, three of
 
 SANG AM ON COL NTT. 
 
 441 
 
 whom died. The family live at Emporia, 
 Kansas. 
 
 JANE, born in Sangamon county, 
 married Lewis Ludy, and died in Sanga- 
 mon county, leaving two children. 
 
 Jechoniah Langston died, Feb., 1852, in 
 Sangamon county. His widow moved 
 to Kansas, and died, Aug. 19, 1866, near 
 Emporia, Lyons county. 
 
 LANHAM, MRS. ANN E., 
 whose maiden name was Havner, was 
 born May 29, 1800, in London county, 
 Va. She was married in Harrison coun- 
 ty, Ohio, to Walter Lanham, and moved 
 to Perry county, Ohio, where they had 
 three children, and Mr. Lanham died 
 there. Mrs. Lanham, with her children, 
 came to Sangamon county, 111., arriv- 
 ing in the fall of 1840, at Mechanicsburg. 
 Of her three children 
 
 SOLOMON, born May 4, 1821, in 
 Perry county, Ohio, married in Sanga- 
 mon county, Nov. 25, 1846, to Mary E. 
 Sparks. They had seven living children, 
 ANNIE, WILLIAM T., MINNIE M., 
 LEWIS A., LUELLA A., CHARLES 
 W. and HARVEY O., and live with 
 their parents, two and one-half miles 
 southwest of Dawson, Illinois. 
 
 WES LET, born May 26, 1823, in 
 Ohio, married, Aug. 4, 1844, in Sangamon 
 county, to Nancy A. Steele. They had 
 four children FRANCIS M., born Dec. 
 8, 1847, Carried, May 26, 1871, to Emma 
 Skinner, had one child, and mother and 
 child died. He lives near Harristown, 111. 
 EDWARD W., born July i, 1850, mar- 
 ried, March 26, 1874, to Frances M. 
 Leeds, and live near Harristown, Illinois. 
 CHARLES O., born April 27, 1854, lives 
 near Harristown. ANNA L., born July 
 2, 1856, lives with her mother. Wesley 
 Lanham died Aug. 26, 1861. His widow 
 married William Graham, and reside one 
 mile northeast of Illiopolis. 
 
 NANCT, born in 1825, in Ohio, mar- 
 ried in Sangamon county, Aug., 1844, to 
 Asa Maxfield. They have two living 
 children, MINERVA A. and EDGAR, 
 and live in Carrollton, Missouri. 
 
 Mrs. Ann E. Lanham died Feb. 27, 
 1874, in Sangamon county. 
 
 LANHAM, ELIJAH T., was 
 born Jan. 28, 1801, in Frederick county, 
 Md. His grandfather on his mother's 
 side was Benjamin Penn, who was a rela- 
 tive of William Penn, the founder of the 
 
 -56 
 
 colony of Pennsylvania. E. T. Lanham 
 was married in 1823, in Clermont county, 
 Ohio, to Eleanor Constant. See her 
 name. They had two children in Ohio, 
 and moved to Sangamon county, 111., 
 with her parents in 1826. They had 
 seven children in Sangamon county. Of 
 their nine children 
 
 NANCT ELLEN, born May 15, 
 1824, in Ohio, married in Sangamon coun- 
 ty, to A. W. May. They have six child- 
 ren, and live near Cornland, Logan 
 county. 
 
 RACHEL A., born March 8, 1826, in 
 Clermont county, Ohio, married in San- 
 gamon county to John W. Mathews. See 
 his name. 
 
 BENJAMIN F., born July 8, 1827, 
 in Sangamon county, married Miranda 
 Stockton. They have five living children, 
 and reside at Decatur, 111. 
 
 HARRIE7\ born July 25, 1830, in 
 Sangamon county, married Ebenezer 
 Coe. See his name. 
 
 JOHN H., born July 18, 1833, in San- 
 gamon county, married April i, 1856, to 
 Elizabeth M. Matthews. They have 
 three living children, ELEANOR J., 
 JOHN W. and ELIJAH, live with their 
 parents near Barclay, Illinois. 
 
 GEORGE W., born Sept. 4, 1835, in 
 Sangamon county, married in 1862, to 
 Pauline Blankenbaker, and enlisted soon 
 after, at Springfield, in Co. C, i24th 111. 
 Inf., for three years. He was killed in 
 battle at Vicksburg, Miss., June 27, 1863. 
 
 WILLIAM N., born Oct. 21, 1837, in 
 Sangamon county. He enlisted in 1861, 
 in Co. H, 3Oth 111. Inf., for three years, 
 served full term, and was honorably dis- 
 charged. He was married August i, 
 1865, to Rebecca Hartsrnan, who was 
 born Sept. 27, 1845, in Cumberland coun- 
 ty, Pa. She died Feb. 11,1874, in De- 
 catur, 111., and he resides there. 
 
 MART J. y born Nov. 20, 1839, in 
 Sangamon county, married James Can- 
 trail, have one child, and live in Decatur, 
 Illinois. 
 
 CAROLINE H., born May 24, 1842, 
 in Sangamon county, married Jesse Hen- 
 ard, have two children, and live near 
 Forsyth, Macon county, Illinois. 
 
 Elijah T. Lanham died Sept. 16, 1847, in 
 Sangamon county, and Mrs. Eleanor 
 Lanham died Nov, 3, 1869, at Decatur, 
 Illinois.
 
 442 
 
 EARLY SETTLERS OF 
 
 LANPHIER, CHARLES 
 
 H., was born April 14, 1820, in Alexan- 
 dria, Va. He went^ to Vandalia, 111., in 
 May, 1836, and from there to Springfield, 
 arriving Aug, 6, 1839. He was married, 
 Feb. 25, 1846, in Gallatin county, near 
 Equality, Illinois, to Margaret T. Cren- 
 shaw, who was born there, Dec. 4, 1828. 
 Her father, John Crenshaw, settled there 
 in 1812, being one of the earliest pioneers 
 in that part of the State. Mr. and Mrs. 
 Lanphier had seven children in Spring- 
 field, two of whom died young. Of the 
 other five 
 
 FRANCINE E., born Dec. 24, 1846, 
 in Springfield, married James W. Patton. 
 See his name. 
 
 ROBERT G., born Oct. 21, 1848, in 
 Springfield, is farming in Gallatin county, 
 Illinois. 
 
 ^ JOHN C., born Oct. 19, 1850, in 
 Springfield, is a practicing lawyer with 
 his brother-in-law, J. W. Patton, in 
 Springfield, Illinois. 
 
 CHARLES H., Jun., born Sept. 26, 
 1854, in Springfield, is in the drug busi- 
 ness in his native city. 
 
 MAR G ARE 7^ C., resides with her 
 parents. 
 
 Charles H. Lanphier, Sen., came to 
 Springfield as an apprentice in the Regis- 
 ter office. On the death of one of the 
 proprietors (Mr. Walters), in 1846, he, in 
 connection with George Walker, pur- 
 chased the office. From that time he was 
 part or entire owner, and published the 
 Illinois State Register until 1863, when 
 he sold out to a company, who 
 afterwaids published the paper about one 
 year, and sold it to E. L. Merritt & Bro., the 
 present proprietors. During the time 
 Mr. Lanphier was publishing the Regis- 
 ter^ he was once elected State Printer, 
 being the last one elected under the con- 
 stitution of 1818. He was also elected 
 Printer to the Constitutional Conventions 
 of 1847 an{ l 1 86 1. Mr. Lanphier was 
 elected, in 1864, clerk of the circuit court 
 of Sangamon county, for one term of four 
 years, and in 1868, re-elected for another 
 term of four years. He has also served 
 several terms as alderman in the city coun- 
 cil. He now 1876 resides in Spring- 
 field, Illinois. 
 
 LANTERMAN, PETER, 
 was born Jan. 8, 1749, in Germany, but 
 when he came to America is not known 
 
 by his descendants. He was married 
 about 1779 to Alletta Applegate. * They 
 had nine children in Maryland, and came 
 to Sangamon county in 1819. I find in 
 the family record, in the hands of Mrs. 
 Martha H. Britt in Springfield, that Peter 
 Lanterman died June 14, 1821. The pro- 
 bate court of Sangamon county admitted 
 his will to record Aug. 26, 1821, the first 
 ever recorded in the county. See page 41. 
 His widow, Alletta Lanterman, died Dec. 
 30, 1839. From the record in the hands of 
 Mrs. Britt, I copy the date of the birth of 
 each of their nine children, as follows 
 
 LANTERMAN, SOPHIA, 
 was born July 7? 1780, and married John 
 Lindsay. See his name. They are both 
 dead, but left two sons, JOHN and 
 ABRAHAM. Sec the Lindsay family. 
 
 LANTERMAN, RICHARD, 
 born Sept. 13, 1782, never came to San- 
 gamon county. 
 
 LANTERMAN, JOHN, was 
 born Oct. 18, 1784; his sons think in 
 Maryland. He was married Nov. 28, 
 1811, in Fleming county, Ky., to Eliza- 
 beth McKinnie, who was born June 30, 
 1793. They had five children in Fleming 
 county, and moved to Sangamon county, 
 arriving in the fall of 1819, two and a half 
 miles northwest of where Springfield now 
 stands, where they had eight children. 
 Of their thirteen children 
 
 ABRAHAM, born Dec. 22, 1812, in 
 Fleming county, Ky., was married in 
 Sangamon county to Catharine Cabanis. 
 They had several children, and moved to 
 Kansas, in the vicinity of Medoc, Mis- 
 souri. Their son, JOHN L., enlisted in 
 a Wisconsin regiment, and died in the 
 army, during the war for the suppression 
 of the rebellion. 
 
 NAA T CT, born March 30, 1815, in 
 Fleming county, Ky., was left there with 
 her grandmother until 1822. She was 
 married in Sangamon county Oct., 18, 1832, 
 to Joseph W. Duncan. See his name. 
 J. W. Duncan died, and she married Har- 
 rison Bishop. He died ; she is now living 
 with her son, David Duncan, at Williams- 
 ville, Illinois. 
 
 ANDRE W J., born May 6, 1816, in 
 Fleming county, Ky., was brought up in 
 Sangamon county, and married in Mar- 
 shal county, 111., to Elizabeth Bell. They 
 had four children; two died young. 
 NANCY E., and JOHN R., live with
 
 SAN GAM ON COUNTY. 
 
 443 
 
 their father. Mrs. Elizabeth Lanterman 
 died ifi 1855, and A. J. Lanterman mar- 
 ried Martha M. Berry. They have three 
 children, JANE, McCLELLAN and 
 LYCURGUS, and live near Elkhart, 
 Logan county, Illinois. 
 
 PETER, born Sept. 4, 1817, in Flem- 
 ing county, Ky., was married in Sanga- 
 mon county, 111., to Dolly A. Lightfoot. 
 They had ten children, five of whom died 
 young. Of the others, SUSAN J., mar- 
 ried Jacob Yocum. See his name. 
 JOHN H. married Isabel Dunham. 
 They have five children, FRANCIS R., 
 
 CHARLES P., EDWARD S., W. GROSS, and 
 
 EARNEST H., who reside with their par- 
 ents, near Elkhart, Logan county, 111. 
 JOSEPH M. married Lizzie Constant, 
 and lives at Colorado Springs, Colorado. 
 SCOTT and JAMES live with their pa- 
 rents, four and a half miles southeast of 
 Elkhart, Logan county, Illinois. 
 
 ALLETTA J., born June 13, 1819, 
 in Kentucky, and brought up in Sanga- 
 mon county, was married in JoDaviess 
 county, to Sutton Gott. They have five 
 children, three of whom are married. 
 Sutton Gott died Sept. 17, 1873. His 
 widow and children reside near Elizabeth, 
 JoDaviess county, Illinois. 
 
 MART A., born Feb. 17, 1821, in 
 Sangamon county, married George Ca- 
 banis. They had two children. JAS- 
 PER N. was captured in a Wisconsin 
 regiment, and died in the army, leaving a 
 widow and one child. JAMES H. re- 
 sides with his parents, near Big Patch, 
 Grant county, Wisconsin. 
 
 ELEANOR A., born Nov. 14, 1822, 
 in Sangamon county, married Milton 
 Carpenter. They had four children, and 
 Mr. Cai'penter died. His widow married 
 Russell Godby- They have two child- 
 ren, and reside near Petersburg, Menard 
 county, Illinois. 
 
 SOPHIA L., born Oct. 25, 1824, in 
 Sangamon county, married Calvin Cloyd. 
 See his name. 
 
 JAMES, born 1826, in Sangamon 
 county, married twice. Has children, and 
 resides in Georgetown, Grant county, 
 Wisconsin. 
 
 LEWIS McK., born Jan. 31, 1827, 
 died Sept. 4, 1835. 
 
 JOHN L., born June 30, 1829, in 
 Sangamon county, married Mary With- 
 row. She had one child, and mother and 
 
 child died. J. L. Lanterman married 
 Ann Lindsay. He enlisted in the 73d 
 Reg., 111. Inf., and died at Murfreesboro, 
 Tenn., leaving his widow and children in 
 Logan county, Illinois. 
 
 SARAH E., born Dec. 30, 1830, in 
 Sangamon county, married John Askins. 
 They had one child, and Mrs. A. died. 
 
 ME LINDA) born May 13, 1833, ' n 
 Sangamon county, married William Mer- 
 gethaler. They had one child, and Mrs. 
 M. died. 
 
 CHARLOTTE T., born May 17, 
 1836, in Sangamon county, married Wal- 
 lace Reed. They had four children, and 
 she died. Her husband and children re- 
 side near Petersburg, Illinois. 
 
 John Lanterman died March 14, 1842, 
 and his widow died May 10 or n, 1857 
 he in Sangamon county and she in Logan 
 county, Illinois. 
 
 LANTERMAN, DANIEL 
 A., born Dec. 24, 1786, in Maryland, 
 was twice married, and lived in Madison 
 county, 111. He never resided in Sanga- 
 mon county. 
 
 LANTERMAN, JAMES, 
 born April 15, 1789, in Maryland. He 
 brought up a family in Lawrence county, 
 111., but never lived in Sangamon 
 county. 
 
 LANTERMAN, ABRA- 
 HAM, was born Jan. 20, 1792, in Ma- 
 ryland, came with his parents to Sanga- 
 mon county, about 1819, and was married 
 Jan. 12, 1826, in Menard county, to Mar- 
 tha White, who was born Sept. 30, 1795, 
 in Green county, Ky. They had six 
 children, namely 
 
 ELIZABETH J., born Aug. 10, 
 1827, in Sangamon county, was married, 
 June 24, 1847, to Hiiam Westlake. 
 They have six children CLARA B, 
 CHARLES, SAMUEL, MARTHA, 
 WILLIAM and FRANK, and reside in 
 Salinas, Monterey county, California. 
 
 ALLETTA M., born May 23, 1829, 
 died about 1849. 
 
 SOPHIA, born May 3, 1831, in San- 
 gamon county, was married, Feb. 2, 
 1854. to David N. McCandless, who was 
 born Feb. 9, 1828, in Butler county, 
 Penn. They have six children, ED- 
 MONDSON S. resides with his parents. 
 JULIA E. was married, Feb. 24, 1876, to 
 Dudley Jones. MARTHA E., HELEN 
 B., MARY F. and CHARLES N. live
 
 444 
 
 EARLY SETTLERS OF 
 
 with their parents, six miles southeast of 
 Springfield, Illinois. 
 
 NANCY G., born Jan. 26, 1834, was 
 married in Springfield, June 24, 1853, to 
 James A. McCandless, cousin of David N. 
 They have six children EDITH married 
 Albion Baker. GEORGE, GRACE, 
 ALBERT and CARL, all live in Salinas, 
 Montery county, California. 
 
 MARTHA H., born April 27, 1837, 
 in Sangamon county, was married, July i, 
 1859, in Springfield, to Henry Britt, who 
 was born April 2, 1826, in Sussex, Eng- 
 land. They have four children 
 CHARLES A., MOLLIE E. HAN- 
 NAH M. and CLARA E., and reside 
 in the northwest part of Springfield, on 
 part of the land entered by Mrs. Britt's 
 father. 
 
 ISABEL W., born Dec. 23, 1841, in 
 Sangamon county, was married. Nov. 30, 
 1865, to Wm. Albert Crowder. See his 
 name. 
 
 Mrs. Martha Lanterman died, June 14, 
 1861, and Abraham Lanterman died May 
 28, 1863, both near Springfield, Illinois. 
 
 LANTERMAN, HETTY, 
 born Dec. 8, 1793, in Maryland, never 
 lived in Sangamon county, Illinois. 
 
 LANTERMAN, PETER, 
 Jun., was born July 26, 1795, in Mary- 
 land, came to Springfield with his parents, 
 in 1819, married Eliza Purviance, and 
 moved to Dewitt county, Illinois. 
 
 LANTERMAN, A L L E T- 
 TA, born March 19, 1799, in Maryland, 
 was married in Sangamon county to 
 Thomas Earnest. See his name. 
 
 LARD, JOHN, was born Feb. 
 12, 1792, near Charleston, S. C., was taken 
 by his parents to Kentucky, where his 
 father died. At fifteen years of age he 
 went to St. Louis to visit an uncle, and 
 was married there in 1812, to Lydia Tocld. 
 She died in Feb., 1824, leaving one child. 
 John Lard went to Wayne county, 111., 
 and was there married to Elizabeth Kelly, 
 and returned to St. Louis about 1830, and 
 came to Sangamon county in March, 
 1835, an ^ settled in what is now Ball 
 township. They had six children. Of 
 his seven children 
 
 JOS I AH, born May 12, 1819, in St. 
 Louis, Mo., married Sept. 22, 1842, in 
 Sangamon county, to Jemima J. Crowder. 
 She had six children, and died April 3, 
 1855. Mr. Lard was married Nov. 25, 
 
 1857, to Amelia Funderburk. They had 
 four living children. Of all his children, 
 MARTHA A., married John Marshall, 
 and lives in Missouri. JOAB J. mar- 
 ried Mary J. Stroud, has three children, 
 
 ELECTA A., JAMES J. and PHILEMAN S., 
 
 and live in Ball township. LYDIA E. 
 married J. J. Jones, and lives in Mont- 
 gomery county, Kansas. SARAH T., 
 married Alfred Curtis, have one child, 
 LAURA, and live in Ball township. AL- 
 CY or ALICE, GEORGE R., JACOB 
 F., JOHN H., EMMA and MINNIE 
 live with their parents. Josiah Lard lives 
 on the farm where his father settled in 
 1835, in Ball township, twelve miles 
 south of Springfield. 
 
 CYNTHIA A., married Robert 
 Maher, have one child, LOUISA P., and 
 reside in Ball township, six miles south of 
 Springfield. 
 
 THOMAS K. died in 1851, aged sev- 
 enteen years. 
 
 AMELIA 'married William J. Atter- 
 bery, and lives in Christian county, Mis- 
 souri. 
 
 ROBER7^ J., married Sarah Rupert, 
 have two children, MARY E. and LU- 
 ELLA MAY, and live in Ball town- 
 ship. 
 
 MAHALA married Ninian M. Taylor. 
 See his name. 
 
 HEZEKIAH is unmarried, and lives 
 with his sister, Mrs. Maher. 
 
 Mrs. Elizabeth Lard died Feb. 9, 1843, 
 and John Lard died Nov. 16, 1845, both in 
 Sangamon county. 
 
 LASWELL, ANDREW, was 
 born in Feb., 1781, in London county, 
 Va. When thirteen years old, he went 
 on a pack-horse, in company with his 
 brothers and sisters, to Shelby county, 
 Ky. When a young man he went to 
 Greene county, and was there married to 
 * Nancy Wright, who was born in 1784, in 
 Culpepper county, Va., and taken by her 
 parents to Green county, Ky. They had 
 nine children in Kentucky, and moved to 
 Sangamon county, 111., arriving in Nov., 
 1824, and settled one mile west of Spring- 
 field. Of their children 
 
 POLLY, born in 1805, in Kentucky, 
 married to John Crowder. See his 
 name. 
 
 THOMAS, born Nov. 13, 1806, in 
 Green county, Ky., married Feb. 4, 1830, 
 in Sangamon county, to Sally Henry,
 
 SANGAMON COUNTT. 
 
 445 
 
 who was born June 4, 1811, in Gallia 
 county, Ohio. They had ten living chil- 
 dren. MARY married James Tomlin- 
 son, has six children, and lives in Gardner 
 township. ANDREW J. married Eve- 
 line Jones in Missouri. She died, leaving 
 three children, and he married Drucilla 
 Rick, has one child, and lives in 
 Gardner township. NANCY married 
 Jules Beauloss, and died, leaving three 
 children. AMANDA married John 
 Turner, has five children, and lives in 
 Labette county, near Fort Scott, Kansas. 
 EMILY married Thomas Vance; 
 has four children, and live in La- 
 bette county, Kansas. ELIZABETH 
 married Jacob Hurst, and lives in Labette 
 county, Kansas. LUCINDA married 
 Newton Simpson, who died, leaving one 
 child. Mr. Simpson served three years 
 in the loth 111. Cav. His widow mar- 
 ried John Ryan, who was a veteran sol- 
 dier, and was "with Sherman in his 
 march to the sea." Mr. and Mrs. Ryan 
 have two children, and live in Spring- 
 field. JOHN, HENRY and LAURA 
 E. live with their parents, five miles 
 northwest of Springfield. 
 
 MOSES, born May, 1809, in Ken- 
 tucky, married in Sangamon county to 
 Mary Enyart. His wife and children 
 are all dead. He lives in Springfield. 
 
 PE 7^ER, born in 1811 in Kentucky, 
 has been twice married, and lives in Ore- 
 gon. 
 
 SAL LT died, aged nineteen years. 
 
 ELLEN married Martin McCoy, who 
 died in 1870, leaving a widow and child, 
 near Auburn, Illinois. 
 
 JOHN, born in 1815 in Green county, 
 Ky., married in Sangamon county to 
 Virginia Barrett. He died in Dec., 1871, 
 leaving three children. His family lives 
 in Springfield. 
 
 ELI Z ABE TH married William 
 Robbins. See his name. They have 
 four children, and live near Mechanics- 
 burg. 
 
 Andrew Laswell died April n, 1853, 
 and his widow died April, 1855, both near 
 Springfield. 
 
 LATHAM, JAMES, was born 
 Oct. 25, 1768, in London county, Virginia, 
 of English parents. He emigrated when 
 a young man, to Kentucky, and was there 
 married, June 21, 1792, to Mary Briggs, 
 who was born Feb. 3, 1772, in Virginia, 
 
 of Scotch parents. They had nine child- 
 ren in Kentucky, and moved to Elkhart 
 Grove, in what is now Logan county, but 
 was formerly a part of Sangamon county, 
 111., arriving in 1819. Mr. Latham and 
 his son Richard built a horse mill, at Elk- 
 hart, in 1823. It was the first mill north 
 of the Sangamon river. When he settled 
 at Elkhart, their nearest mill was at Ed- 
 wardsville, more than one hundred miles 
 south. When Sangamon county was or- 
 ganized, James Latham was appointed 
 Judge of the Probate Court, May 27, 
 1821. He was also Justice of the Peace. 
 
 Of his children 
 
 ELIZABETH, born Nov. 25, 1793, 
 in Kentucky, was married there, May 9, 
 1810, to James W. Chapman. They 
 moved to Illinois with her parents, and 
 settled north of the Sangamon river, near 
 the mouth of Fancy creek, where Mr. 
 Chapman established a ferry, in 1818, on 
 the Sangamon river, near Bogue's mill. 
 He remained there two or three years, 
 and moved farther north. Two only of 
 their children are living. ELIZA mar- 
 ried Hiram Lloyd, and lives near Broad- 
 well, Logan county, 111. ADALINE 
 married Thomas Gale, and lives in Mem- 
 phis Tenn. The parents both died at 
 Elkhart. Mr. Chapman, in 1871, being 
 'the last of the two. 
 
 LUCT, born Aug. 18, 1797, in Ken- 
 tucky, came with her parents to Sangamon 
 county, and married Grant Blackwell. 
 They returned to Kentucky in 1827, and 
 died there, leaving one child, THOMAS, 
 who lives near Morganfield, Union coun- 
 ty, Kentucky. 
 
 RICHARD, born Dec. 23, 1798, in 
 Bowling Green, Warren county, Ky. 
 came with his parents in 1819 to Sanga- 
 mon county, He was married, Sept. 16, 
 1824, at Elkhart, 111., to Emily Hubbard, 
 a native of Kentucky. They had one 
 child, and mother and child died, in 1825, 
 at Elkhart. Richard Latham was mar- 
 ried, Nov. 27, 1825, to Mrs. Margaret 
 Broadwell, whose maiden name was Ste- 
 phenson. She was a sister of James C., 
 John and Robert Stephenson, See their 
 names. Mr. and Mrs. Latham had thir- 
 teen children, seven of whom died young. 
 Of the other six MARY A., born Feb. 
 25, 1829, was married, Nov. 25, 1848, to 
 Dr. Timothy Leeds. See his name. 
 MARTHA E. married James S. Major.
 
 446 
 
 EARLY SETTLERS OF 
 
 She died Sept. 20, 1852. HENRY C., 
 born April n, 1837, at Elkhart, is 
 dealing in conveyancing and furnishing 
 abstract titles to real estate. He resides 
 in Springfield. LUCY lives with her 
 mother. KITTIE S., born Jan. 24, 1841, 
 at Elkhart, was married in Springfield, 
 Jan. 30, 1 868, to Elder J. H. McCullough, 
 a minister of the Christian church, and 
 resides in Denver, Colorado. NANNIE, 
 born Dec. 6, 1843, a * Elkhart, was married 
 Sept. 1 6, 1873, in Springfield, to George 
 H. Souther. They have one child, LA- 
 THAM, and reside in Springfield. Richard 
 Latham died, June 5, 1868, and his widow 
 lives with her son Henry C. in Spring- 
 field, Illinois. 
 
 MART L., born in Kentucky, married 
 John Constant. See his name. 
 
 PHILIP C., born Jan. 25, 1804, in 
 Bowling Green, Ky., came to Elkhart 
 Grove with his father, in 1819. In Feb., 
 1827, he entered the county clerk's office, 
 in Springfield, under C. R. Matheny, 
 county clerk. He remained there eight 
 years, and was married in Springfield, 
 May 15, 1831, to Catharine R. Taber, 
 who was born Feb. 25, 1812, in Cham- 
 paign county, Ohio. They had five living 
 children in Springfield. MARY E., 
 born in 1836, married Dr. Alexander' 
 Halbert. See his name. JULIA M., 
 born Jan. 1 1, 1838, was married in Spring- 
 field to B. D. Magruder, a native of Baton 
 Rouge, Louisiana. They have two 
 children, ELLA and HARRY L., and live in 
 Chicago. WM. HENRY, born Nov. 27, 
 1839, enlisted in 1862 for three years, in 
 Co. B, ii4th 111. Inf., was elected ist 
 Lieutenant at the organization, and at 
 once promoted to Adjutant. He died 
 Dec., 1863, in Springfield, of disease con- 
 tracted in the army. GEORGE C.; born 
 May 16, 1842, was married, Oct. 2, 1867, 
 to Olive Priest. They have three child- 
 ren, OLIVE, MARY M. and JOHN P., and 
 live in Springfield. G. C. Latham is con- 
 nected in business with his father-in-law, 
 Jonn W. Priest. PHILIP C., Jun., born 
 July 18, 1844, was married to Lucy 
 George, a native of Canada. He died 
 suddenly, Feb. 16, 1871, leaving one child, 
 HENRY i. Mrs. Lucy Latham married, 
 and resides in Nebraska. Mr. Philip C. 
 Latham, Sen., was killed by lightning, 
 near Shawneetown, 111., May 25, 1844. 
 
 His widow resides in Springfield, in a 
 house built by her husband in 1838. 
 
 NANCT resides with Mrs. Richard 
 Latham. 
 
 MARIA, born Nov. 14, 1809, in Bowl- 
 ing Green, Ky., was married to Archibald 
 Constant. See his name. 
 
 JOHN, born Sept. 9, 1812, in Bowling 
 Green, Ky., was married in Sangamon 
 county to Lucy Bennett, a native of Ken- 
 tucky. They had two children MARY 
 E. married William Dustin, a banker, 
 and resides in Lincoln, 111. MARGA- 
 RET E. married Morgan H. Bailhache, 
 and resides in Martinez, California. 
 
 ROBERT B., born June 21, iSiS, in 
 Union county, Ky., was married in San- 
 gamon county, Nov. 5, 1846, to Georgiana 
 Gillette, a native of New Haven, Conn. 
 She died in 1853. R. B. Latham w_:; 
 married July 24, 1857, in Logan county, 
 to Savilla Wyatt, a native of Morgan 
 county, 111. They have five children, 
 MARY, RICHARD, ROBERTIE, 
 WILLIAM W. and GEORGIANA, 
 and reside in Lincoln, 111. Robert B. 
 Latham was elected Sheriff of Logan 
 county in 1850, and served two years. 
 He was elected Representative in Illinois 
 Legislature for 1861-62. He raised a reg- 
 iment and became Colonel of the io6th 
 111. Vol. Inf., and served twenty months 
 in the war to suppress the rebellion, and 
 then resigned on account of impaired 
 health. He is now a dealer in real estate 
 in Lincoln, Logan county, Illinois. 
 
 After James Latham had served a year 
 or two as Judge of the Probate Court of 
 Sangamon county, he was appointed, on 
 the part of the U. S. Government, to 
 superintend the Indians around Fort 
 Clark. Soon after, he moved his family 
 there, making that place his headquarters. 
 The town of Peoria was laid out, 
 on land including the fort. Judge Latham 
 died there, Dec. 4, 1826. His widow 
 returned with her family to Elkhart, 
 where she died. 
 
 LAUGH LIN, JOHN, was born 
 in I757> pl ace not known, and was mar- 
 ried in South Carolina to Elizabeth Orr, 
 who was born in 1779. They went to 
 Caldwell county, Ky., and had eight 
 children there, and moved to Sangamon 
 county, 111., arriving in 1828, in what is 
 now Ball township. Of their children
 
 SANG AM ON COUNTY. 
 
 447 
 
 MARGARE7\ born in Kentucky, 
 married in Sangamon county to William 
 S. Viney. See his name. 
 
 WILLIAM L. married Isabel Hol- 
 land, and both died without children in 
 Sangamon county. 
 
 JANE married Matthew Crowder. 
 See his name. 
 
 LE WIS A. married ; has five children, 
 and lives near New London, Iowa. 
 
 THOMAS married Nancy Lowrey. 
 They had two children. He was a prac- 
 ticing physician, and died in Clinton, 111., 
 leaving his family there. 
 
 JOHN married Catharine Lowrey. 
 He died, leaving a widow in Ball town- 
 ship. 
 
 JAMES died, aged eleven years. 
 
 ISABEL, born in Caldwell county, 
 Ky., married Washington Crowder. See 
 his name. 
 
 John Laughlin died Nov., 1829, and 
 his widow died in Feb., 1833, both in 
 Sangamon county. 
 
 LAVELY, WILLIAM, born 
 Aug., 1811, in Baltimore, Maryland. 
 His father and uncle were captains of 
 war vessels during the war of 181215 
 with England. When a young man, 
 William Lavely came west, by the way of 
 Cincinnati, arriving in Springfield during 
 the summer of 1830, where he joined his 
 sister, Mrs. Dr. Merriman. He was mar- 
 ried April 2, 1839, in Menard county, 111., 
 to Lavinia Constant. They had three 
 children, namely 
 
 SUSAN died in infancy. 
 
 WILLIAM T., born July 19, 1843, in 
 Springfield, married in his native city 
 Feb. 5, 1868, to Lora Dunton, who was 
 born June i, 1850, in Racine, Wisconsin. 
 They have one child, RUFUS W., and re- 
 side in Springfield, Illinois. 
 
 ELLEN MA T, born July 14, 1848, 
 in Springfield, was married in her native 
 city Feb. 28, 1871, to Park E. Temple, 
 who was born April 29, 1845, * n Bloom- 
 ington, 111. He graduated in the law de- 
 partment of Michigan University, Ann 
 Arbor, in 1870. They have two children, 
 MAI and DAISY. Mr. Temple, after 
 his marriage, served one year as City 
 Attorney of Springfield. He is now a 
 newspaper correspondent, and practices 
 law in Bloomington, 111., where he and 
 his family reside. 
 
 William Lavely has filled a number of 
 civil offices, such as Justice of the Peace 
 ten or twelve years, Mayor of the city of 
 Springfield for the year 1852, chairman ot 
 the Board of Supervisors of Sangamon 
 county three years, etc. He was Grand Mas- 
 ter of the Masonic Grand Lodge of Illi- 
 nois for the years 1847 an( ^ '^- During 
 the greater part of his life, he has been 
 engaged in mercantile pursuits, and now 
 1876 resides in Spi'inggeld. 
 
 LAV/, BENJAMIN C., was 
 born March 31, 1805, in Huntington 
 county, Penn. His parents moved to 
 Ohio, thence to Bath county, Ky., where 
 he was married Sept., 1824, to Janetta 
 McClees. They had one child in Ken- 
 tucky, and moved to Dickson county, 
 Tenn., where three children were born; 
 and from there to Sangamon county 111.., 
 arriving April, 1836, five miles east of 
 Springfield, where six children were born. 
 Of their ten children 
 
 ANNA, born March ^, 1827, in Ken- 
 tucky, married in Sangamon county to J. 
 Perry, and both died of cholera in 1851, 
 leaving two children. 
 
 THOMAS, born Sept. 21, 1831, in 
 Tennessee, married in Sangamon county 
 to Louisa Gibson; have five children, and 
 live in Mechanicsburg township. 
 
 REBECCA, born June 3, 1833, in 
 Tennessee, married Henry Harwood, an 
 engineer of the T., W. & W. They have 
 six children, and live in Springfield. 
 
 MART, born March 31, 1835, in Ten- 
 nessee, married David McCarthy; have 
 five children, and live in Mechanicsburg. 
 
 JANE, born Dec. 5, 1837, in Sanga- 
 mon county, and lives with her parents. 
 
 MATTHEW and MARK, twins, 
 born Sept. 30, 1839, in Sangamon county, 
 both live with their parents, five miles 
 eat of Springfield. 
 
 MARK enlisted July, 1862, for three 
 years, in Co. I, 1 141!! 111. Inf. Served to 
 the end of the rebellion, and was honorably 
 discharged with the regiment in July, 
 1865. 
 
 NARCISSA, born June 9, 1842, in 
 Sangamon county, married May 19, 1872, 
 to Silas Thomas, a native of Clermont 
 county, Ohio. She died Dec. 31, 1873. 
 Silas Thomas enlisted in July, 1861, in 
 Co. G, 7.th 111. Inf.; re-enlisted as a vet- 
 eran, served until July, 1865, when he 
 was honorably discharged. Himself and
 
 448 
 
 EARLY SETTLERS OF 
 
 four brothers served through the whole 
 war, and came out without a wound. 
 
 GR1ZELLA, born Feb. 17, 1844, 
 died, aged seven years. 
 
 LTDIA C., born Feb. 17, 1846, lives 
 with her parents. 
 
 Benj. C. Law and wife 1874 live on 
 the farm where they settled in 1836, five 
 miles east of Springfield. 
 
 Mark Law, the father of Benjamin C., 
 was born March 6, 1762, in county Ty- 
 rone, Ireland, came with his son to San- 
 gamon county, and died Feb. 23, 1840. 
 
 LAWLEY, STEPHEN, born 
 July 22, 1777, in North Carolina, was 
 married there to Mrs. Abigail Wilson, 
 and moved to Smith county, Tenn., where 
 they had four children, and moved to 
 Springfield, 111., arriving in the spring of 
 1828. He remained one year near Spring- 
 field, and in the spring of 1829 moved to 
 what is now Ball township, ten miles 
 south of Springfield. Of their four chil- 
 dren 
 
 MAR Y, born in Tennessee, was mar- 
 ried there to William Wright. They 
 came to Sangamon county in 1827, one 
 year before her father, lived two years 
 near Springfield, and in the spring of 1829 
 moved to what, is now Ball township. 
 The next year the family returned to Ten- 
 nessee. The parents died there, leaving 
 five children. 
 
 ELIZABETH, born in Tennessee, 
 was married there to Paschal Wright. 
 They came to Sangamon county in 1828, 
 with her father. About 1835, the family 
 returned to Tennessee. They had seven 
 children; all lived to be men and women. 
 
 PRUDENCE, born in Smith county, 
 Tennessee, was married there to Leonard 
 Fry. They moved to Sangamon county, 
 in 1827, first living in what is now Cotton 
 Hill township, and afterwards moved- to 
 Ball township, where they raised a family 
 of eight children. In the fall of 1870, 
 they moved to Bates county, Mo., except 
 one daughter, Mary, who married Barnes 
 Peak, have three children, and live near 
 Edinburg, Christian county, Illinois. 
 
 WILLIAM B., born June 24, 1811, 
 in Smith county, Tennessee, came to 
 Springfield with his father, in 1828, and 
 in 1829 went to what is now Ball town- 
 ship. He was married, Dec. 25, 1831, to 
 Amy Meredith. They had two children. 
 DAVIS W., bom Nov. 15, 1832, in San- 
 
 gamon county, was married there to 
 Cassandra Peddecord. They had two 
 children, MARY E. and DAVIS F. D. W. 
 Lawley enlisted Aug. 15, 1862, in Co. E, 
 H4th 111. Inf., for three years; served full 
 term, and was honorably discharged Aug. 
 3, 1865. For a second wife, he married 
 Mary Ann Ray. They had four children, 
 
 IDA F., JAMES W., LUELLA MAY and EVA 
 
 i. D. W. Lawley lives in Cotton Hill 
 township. STEPHEN T., born Nov. 
 23, 1836, married in 1859 Mary A. Gaines, 
 a native of Indiana. They have six 
 children, SARAH E., AMY j., MARY M., 
 
 MARGARET L., ALBERT W., CHARLES A., 
 
 and LAURA H., and live in Cotton Hill town- 
 ship. Mrs. Amy Lawley died .Sept. 12, 1838, 
 and William B. Lawley was married 
 Nov. 28, 1839, to Sarah M. Duncan. 
 They have eight living children. RUTH 
 J., born Sept. 13, 1840, in Sangamon 
 county, married in 1850 to Lawrence 
 Saltenger. They have six children, WIL- 
 LIAM S., ELMER E., JAMES E., FRANCIS E., 
 
 MINNIE c., and MARY v., and live near 
 Palmer, Christian county, 111. ELIJAH 
 D., born Sept. 9, 1842, in Sangamon 
 county, enlisted in Aug., 1862, in Co. E, 
 i I4th 111. Inf., for three years. He was 
 wounded and taken prisoner at the battle 
 of Guntown, Mississippi, June 10, 1864. 
 He was a prisoner to the close of 
 the rebellion, and was disabled for 
 life. He was married in 1868 to Sarah J. 
 Boyd. They have two children, LEWIS 
 E. and FREDDIE, and live at Macon, Ma- 
 con county, 111. JAMES P., born Dec. 
 10, 1844, in Sangamon county, was too 
 young to enlist with his brothers, but ran 
 off, and enlisted July, 1863, in Co. E, 
 1 1 4th 111. Inf., at Black River. Miss. 
 Served to the end of the rebellion, and 
 was honorably discharged. He was mar- 
 ried in 1869 to Nancy J. Jones. They 
 have one child, ROBERT w., and live 
 in Palmer, Christian county, Illinois. 
 AMANDA E., born June 9, 1849, in 
 Sangamon county, married in 1868 to 
 John B. Matthew. See his name. They 
 have two children, CHARLES E. and GEORGE 
 R, and live at Mt. Auburn, 111. SARAH 
 M., LEONARD W., FRANCIS J., 
 JEROME F. and PRUDENCE A. live 
 with their parents. William B. Lawley 
 and wife live ten miles south ot Spring- 
 field, in Ball township, Sangamon county, 
 Illinois.
 
 SANG A. VON COL' NTT. 
 
 449 
 
 Mrs. Abigail Lawley died Jan. 6, 1853, 
 and Stephen Lawley died Dec. 28, 1861, 
 both on the farm where they settled in 
 1829, in Ball township, Sangamon county, 
 Illinois. 
 
 LAWSON, WILLIAM P., 
 was born Nov. 19, 1794, at what was then 
 called Grassy Lick, Kentucky. Priscilla 
 Duncan was born Dec. 12, 1797, in Bath 
 county, Kentucky. They were married 
 Feb. 3, 1820, and had two children, and 
 Mrs. Lawson died in Fleming county, 
 Ky, Aug. 20, 1824. Mr. Lawson was 
 married Oct. 19, 1826, in Fleming coun- 
 ty, to Frances Dunn. They had one 
 child, and moved to Sangamon county, 
 111., arriving Nov. 18, 1828, at Buffalo 
 Hart grove, where they had eight living 
 children. Of all his children 
 
 MARGARET, born Jan. 8, 1821, in 
 Fleming county, Ky., married in Sanga- 
 mon county Aug., 1852, to John Fletcher. 
 They have three children, and live one 
 and one-quarter miles southeast of Buffalo 
 Hart station, Sangamon county. 
 
 SARAH J., born Dec. 25, 1823, in 
 Fleming county, Ky., married in Sanga- 
 mon county to Robert Cass, Jun. See 
 his name. 
 
 2^4 CO#, born Oct. 4, 1827, in Flem- 
 ing county, Ky., raised in Sangamon 
 county, married to Martha Davis. They 
 have nine children, and live near Catlin, 
 Vermilion county, Illinois. 
 
 NANCT A., born Aug. 7, 1830, in 
 Sangamon county, married James Tim- 
 mons; have six children, and live four 
 miles northwest of Illiopolis. 
 
 MARTHA A., born July 10, 1833, in 
 Sangamon county, married Hepry Bell. 
 They had six children, and Mr. Bell died 
 June, 1868, in Petersburg, 111. His widow 
 and children reside there. 
 
 CLARINDA, born Aug. 3, 1836, was 
 drowned by crawling in an open well the 
 very day she was one year old. 
 
 LUCINDA, born Aug. 29, 1839, in 
 Sangamon county, married Marcus Cos- 
 tilla, a native of Ireland, have four child- 
 ren, and live in Buffalo Hart township. 
 
 CHRISTIANA, born May 9, 1842, in 
 Sangamon county, married Lewis Cass. 
 See his name. 
 
 ELIZA y., born July 14, 1845, in 
 Sangamon county, married Lafayette 
 Ball; have four children, and live at 
 Fairmount, Vermilion county, Illinois. 
 
 57 
 
 JULIA C., born Feb. 6, 1848, in San- 
 gamon county, married Hiram Amos, and 
 lives at Jacksonville, Illinois. 
 
 ISABEL, born Feb. 13, 1851, in San- 
 gamon county, married John Shaver. 
 
 Mrs. Frances Lawson died Oct. 10, 
 1867, in Sangamon county, and Wm. P. 
 Lawson lives with his daughter, Mrs. 
 Robert Cass, Jun. 1874. 
 
 LEEDS, PETER T., was born 
 March 29, 1801, near Leeds' Cove or 
 Leeds Landing, in Gloucester county, N. 
 J. His ancestors emigrated from Leeds, 
 England, about the year 1700. His pa- 
 rents, James and Rhoda Leeds, were mem- 
 bers of the Society of friends. They had 
 five sons and three daughters in New J er- 
 sey, and with their family left there, May 
 15, 1806, and settled near Moscow, Cler- 
 mont county, Ohio. The girls married 
 farmers, and three of the sons became far- 
 mers also; the whole six settling in Cler- 
 mont county. One son, Josiah, learned 
 the hatter's trade, and Peter T., the sub- 
 ject of this sketch, selected a profession, 
 and commenced the study of medicine at 
 the age of twenty. Not having the 
 means to attend medical school, he taught 
 during the day and read medicine at night 
 until he was theoretically qualified for 
 practice. While teaching, he had one pu- 
 pil who attended his school two summers, 
 and who has since been known as Gen. 
 Ulysses S. Grant, the leader of the U. S. 
 armies in crushing the great rebellion, 
 also twice President of the United States. 
 Dr. P. T. Leeds remembers having seen 
 the first steamboat that ascended the Ohio 
 river as far as Moscow. He was married, 
 in 1821, to Jane Harden. They had six 
 children in Ohio, one of whom died young. 
 Dr. Leeds moved with his family to Illi- 
 nois, arriving at Mechanicsburg, Sanga- 
 mon county, April i, 1836. Of his child- 
 ren 
 
 DA VI D, born Oct., 1822, in Clermont 
 county, Ohio, studied medicine with his 
 father, and located in Mt. Pleasant, Iowa. 
 He was married there to Martha Shaw. 
 They had three children, JOHN, MAT- 
 TIE and ARTEMAS. Dr. David 
 Leeds died in Mt. Pleasant, September, 
 
 '53- 
 
 TfAfOTf/r, born Jan., 1825, in Ohio, 
 
 studied medicine with his father, and 
 graduated at St. Louis Medical College. 
 He married Mary A. Latham. Dr. Tim-
 
 45 
 
 EARLY SET7LERS OF 
 
 othy Leeds practiced medicine in Mt. 
 Pulaski, until 1856, when he moved to 
 Lincoln, 111. He died there May i, 1857, 
 and was buried at Mt. Pulaski with 
 Masonic honors. His widow died in 
 Springfield, Dec. n, 1857, leaving her 
 two children, MAGGIE and TIMO- 
 THY, with their grandmother, Mrs. Mar- 
 garet Latham, in Springfield. 
 
 L YD I A, the only daughter, born 
 March, 1827, in Clermont county, Ohio, 
 and brought up in Sangamon county, mar- 
 ried to her cousin, John M. Leeds, at Mt. 
 Pleasant, Iowa, and moved to Clinton, 
 Illinois. They had five children DAR- 
 THULA J., born Jan. 5, 1847, in Glas- 
 gow, Jefferson county, Iowa, married 
 April 21, 1871, in Clinton, 111., to A. H. 
 C. Barber, formerly of Portsmouth, Ohio. 
 They have three children, VIOLET, JOHN 
 and FANNIE, and reside in Clinton, 111. 
 ALICE A., was born in Mechanicsburg, 
 and died, aged two years. MARY E., 
 born Dec. 24, 1850, in Marion, Dewitt 
 county, 111., was married, March i, 1871, 
 to J. H. Morse, formerly of Milford Cen- 
 tre, Union county, Ohio. They have one 
 child, GEORGE B., and live in Clinton, 111. 
 SARAH ARGILLIA,bornJan.9, 1855, 
 and LYDIA LENORAH, born Sept. 3, 
 1857, in Clinton. The two latter live 
 with their mother. John M. Leeds went 
 to California, in 1862, and on returning he 
 was killed by Indians, in the Sierra Ne- 
 vada mountains. His widow and two un- 
 married daughters reside in Clinton, De- 
 witt county, Illinois. 
 
 DANIEL K., born Nov., 1829, in 
 Ohio, enlisted in the regular army during 
 the Mexican war, was wounded in the 
 battle of the City of Mexico, and died in 
 that city, in 1847, of inflammation of the 
 lungs. 
 
 LUCIAN LAV ASS A, was born 
 April, 1831, in Clermont county, Ohio, 
 commenced the study of medicine with 
 his father, at seventeen years of age, and 
 graduated at Rush Medical College, Chi- 
 cago, 111., in 1852. He practiced medicine 
 with his father three years, and during 
 that time he married Susan Shoup, of Lo- 
 gan county. She died, in 1854, leaving 
 one child, SARAH ALICE. He then 
 located in Lincoln, 111., and in 1855 mar- 
 ried Sarah J. Shoup; she only lived ten 
 weeks, and in the autumn of 1856 he mar- 
 ried Hannah Wilson, of Lo^on county. 
 
 They have three children, viz: ANNIE 
 M., MYRTIE j. and HANNAH E. The 
 eldest child, Sarah Alice, married E. Spell- 
 man, and lives in Lincoln. Dr. L. L. 
 Leeds has owned one horse thh'teen 
 years, and kept a record of his travels, 
 which has been 82,000 miles, to January, 
 1876. His name is Gray Bill, and he is yet 
 able, ready and willing to travel, and he 
 will probably yet make his 100,000 miles. 
 Dr. L. L. Leeds continues in the practice 
 of his profession, at Lincoln, Logan coun- 
 ty, Illinois. 
 
 Dr. Peter T. Leeds moved from Me- 
 chanicsburg to Buffalo, Sangamon 
 county, Illinois, August 19, 1859; re- 
 mained in active practice until 1865, but 
 has now partially withdrawn, and only 
 attends to office business. He has been a 
 successful practitioner, and is strictly a 
 self-made man. 
 
 LEMON, JOHN I., born March 
 6, 1803, in Scott county, Kentucky, came 
 to Sangamon county, arriving at Berlin 
 in 1834 or '5. He was married near 
 Washington, Tazewell county, to Ann 
 Maria White. They made their home in 
 Sangamon county until they had five 
 living children. The family moved to 
 Farmer City, and from there to El Paso, 
 where three children were born. Their 
 eldest children, JAMES D., WIL- 
 LIAM U. and JOHN 7., Jun., were 
 all born in Sangamon county, and were 
 Union soldiers in Co. A, io7th 111. Inf. 
 
 JAMES D. was Lieutenant, and was 
 killed in battle on the Potomac. 
 
 WILLIAM U. and 
 
 J O H N I. died of disease in the 
 army, the former near Paducah, and the 
 latter in Tennessee. 
 
 John I. Lemon resides at El Paso, Illi- 
 nois. 
 
 LEMON, MARY ANN, sister 
 to John I., was born Nov. 3, 1805, in 
 Scott county, Ky., came to Sangamon 
 county in 1835 or '6, married to William 
 Hickman. See his name. They had one 
 son, Euclid. 
 
 LEMON, ELIZA, sister to John 
 I., born March 29, 1808, in Scott county, 
 Ky., came to Sangamon county in 1835 or 
 '6, married William Underwood. See 
 his name. He died, and she married 
 John Churchill. See his name. 
 
 LEMMON, ULICK, was born 
 July 30, 1791, in Baltimore, Md. He
 
 SANGAMON COUNTY. 
 
 45 1 
 
 visited the western States, and entered 
 land in Sangamon county. He was mar- 
 ried in Sangamon county, in 1826 or '7, to 
 Mrs. Susan Bachus, whose maiden name 
 was Pearce. She was born Sept. 19, 
 1799, near Nashville, Tenn. She had one 
 child by her first marriage 
 
 NANC T BA CHUS, born Oct. 28, 
 1823, and married Willard Mitchell. 
 They had two living children. Mr. 
 Mitchell was at one time employed on the 
 Panama railroad, contracted disease, went 
 to California, and died therein 1850. His 
 widow married Benjamin Force, had 
 three children, and lives in Athens, Me- 
 nard county, Illinois. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Lemmon had six child- 
 ren in Sangamon county, namely 
 
 WILLIAM E., born Nov. 17, 1828, 
 married Elizabeth Martin, have seven 
 children, and live in Logan county, Illi- 
 nois. 
 
 MARGARET A., born March 5, 
 1830, in Sangamon county, married Alfred 
 N. Hinsley. See his name. 
 
 EL VIRA, born June 22, 1835, mar- 
 ried May i, 1853, to Alexander Hale. 
 They have ten children, and live in Athens, 
 Menard county, Illinois. 
 
 JAMES and JOHN, twins, born 
 May 19, 1838. They are both preachers 
 in the Christian church, and reside at 
 Athens, Menard county, Illinois. 
 
 CTNl^HIA S., born Sept. 25, 1840, 
 married Madison Batterton. See his 
 name. 
 
 Ulick Lemmon died Jan. 6, 1852, and 
 his widow died Jan. 18, 1866, both in San- 
 gamon county. 
 
 LEVEL, JAMES M., was born 
 Dec., 1817, in Pickaway county, Ohio. 
 His parents died when he was a child, and 
 he was brought to Sangamon county by 
 Abel Powell. They arrived June 27, 
 1828. James M. Level was married Dec. 
 2, 1855, to Margaret Sawyers, who was 
 born Nov. 3, 1830, in Fayette county, 
 They had six children, two of whom 
 died 
 
 CLARISSA E. in her eighth year; 
 and WILLIAM- T. in infancy. The 
 other four 
 
 JOHN S., born April 5, 1858, 
 
 JAMES H., born Sept. 23, 1859, 
 
 MART E., born July 15, 1861, and 
 
 CLARA M., born May 28, 1866, live 
 with their parents. James M. Level re- 
 
 sides on the farm settled by Levi Cantrall 
 in 1820. It is adjoining Cantrall on the 
 southwest. 
 
 James M. Level remembers that about 
 1838 he helped to cut wheat with the old- 
 fashioned sickle or reap-hook, tramped it 
 out with horses, fanned the chaff out by 
 two men taking a linen sheet and using it 
 for a fan, while a third one stood on some 
 elevated place, and poured the wheat and 
 chaff down before the fan. This fanning 
 operation cannot be described to a person 
 who never saw it; and, therefore ought to 
 be enacted at some Old Settlers' meeting. 
 He then drove a four-horse team and 
 hauled fifty bushels of the wheat to St. 
 Louis, one hundred miles, and sold it for 
 twenty-five cents per bushel. It required 
 from ten to twelve days to make the trip. 
 
 LEVI, JOHN M., born about 
 1800, came to what is now Ball township, 
 with his pai'ents, among the early settlers, 
 and was married to Eliza J. Hurley. They 
 had five children 
 
 MART married John Hartsock, and 
 lives in Christian connty. 
 
 GRACIE J. married James Smith, 
 had one child, FRANCIS A., and Mr. 
 Smith died August 23, 1869, and his wid- 
 ow married Oct. 15, 1872, to John H. 
 Hermon. See his name. 
 
 SARAH married Daniel H. Funder- 
 burk, has four children, and lives in Chris- 
 tian county. 
 
 LOUISA married Rev. Franklin 
 Doughty, of the M. E. Church, have 
 five children, and live at Fairfield, Iowa. 
 
 ELIZABETH married Joseph C. 
 Dodds. They have two children, JOHN 
 and IVY PEARL, and live in Ball 
 township, Sangamon county. 
 Mrs. Eliza J. Levi died, and Mr. Levi 
 married Fannie demons,, and he died 
 Dec. 23, 1872. His widow lives in Roch- 
 ester, Illinois. 
 
 LEWIS, JOHN R., was born in 
 1806 in Farmington, Connecticut. He 
 studied medicine at New Haven, came 
 West in 1831 or '2, and established him- 
 self in practice at Carlinville, 111. He 
 returned to his native place, and was there 
 married Nov. 16, 1835, to Mrs. Ruth 
 Stanley, whose maiden name was Cramp- 
 ton. He brought his wife to Carlinville, 
 ceased practicing medicine, and engaged 
 in farming. Mrs. Ruth Lewis died Aug. 
 28, 1839, at Carlinville, leaving one child.
 
 45 3 
 
 EARLY SETTLERS OP 
 
 Dr. Lewis soon after moved to Chatham, 
 in Sangamon county, and engaged in 
 practice there. His son 
 
 CHARLES H., born April 4, 1837, 
 near Carlinville, brought up in Chatham, 
 graduated in 1862 from the academi- 
 cal department of Yale college, and from 
 the medical department of the same col- 
 lege in 1867. He spent the intermediate 
 time in the army, and afterwards prac- 
 ticed a short time in Chatham. Dr. 
 Charles H. Lewis was married April n, 
 1869, in Oswego, Kansas, to Imogene 
 Lewis. They have two children, ED- 
 WARD H. and FLORENCE M., and 
 reside near Cedar Vale, Chautauqua 
 county, Kansas. Dr. Lewis is engaged in 
 farming and the drug business. 
 
 Dr. John R. Lewis, soon after remov- 
 ing to Chatham, became acquainted with 
 Miss Sarah M. Thompson, a native of 
 Monson, Massachusetts, whose home in 
 the West was with her brother-in-law, 
 Rev. James A. Clark, in Fort Madison, 
 Iowa, where Dr. Lewis and Miss Thomp- 
 son were married Aug. 25, 1844, and at 
 once came to Chatham. They had five 
 children. Of the three living 
 
 MARIA L. was married Jan. i, 1874, 
 to Dr. Charles B. Johnston, a practicing 
 physician at Tolono, Champaign county, 
 111., where they reside. 
 
 JOHNT.W& 
 
 EDWARD V., both born in Chat- 
 ham, and live there with their mother. 
 
 Dr. J. R. Lewis assisted in organizing 
 the First Presbyterian church in Carlin- 
 ville, and was one of the ruling Elders as 
 long as he lived there. He was elected to 
 the same office in the church at Chatham, 
 and contiuued to discharge its duties to 
 the end of his life. He died Aug. 5, 
 1858, in Chatham, where his widow and 
 two sons now reside 1876. 
 
 LEWIS, EDDIN, was born 
 Dec. 23, 1803, in Caldwell county, Ky. 
 He was there married, about 1825, to 
 Winnifred Easley, who was born in the 
 same county, March 10, 1806. They had 
 two children in Kentucky, and moved to 
 Sangamon county, 111., in the fall of 1830, 
 in what is now Ball township, where they 
 had six children 
 
 WILLIAM R., born Oct. n, 1826, in 
 Kentucky, died in Sangamon county, 
 aged twentv vears. 
 
 JAMES M., born May 27, 1828, in 
 Caldwell county, Ky., married March 6, 
 1851, in Sangamon county, to Berrilla M. 
 Lockridge. She died May 4, 1857, leav- 
 ing one child, CYRUS E. James M. 
 Lewis married August 30, 1860, to Mrs. 
 Emily Ricks, whose maiden name was 
 Simpson. She died April 20, 1864, leav- 
 ing one child, LAURA BELLE, who re- 
 sides with her uncle, Andrew Simpson, in 
 Taylorville. James M. Lewis married 
 Mary A. Clayton. She died June 20, 
 1868, leaving two children, JULIA M. 
 and MANFORD S. T. M. Lewis was 
 married August 30, 1869, to Jane Burris. 
 They have one child, MINNIE ALICE, 
 and reside five miles southeast of Auburn. 
 James M. Lewis remembers one event 
 connected with the deep snow, beginning 
 in December, 1830. His father had just 
 finished his first cabin, and moved into it, 
 as the snow began falling. In building it 
 he dug the earth out in front of the hearth 
 and used it in forming the side walls to his 
 fireplace. That hole under the floor was 
 for keeping vegetables, but he had none. 
 When the snow became quite deep, he 
 found that he would certainly loose a fine 
 litter of pigs unless he could find protec- 
 tion for them. He could think of no 
 other place than his rude cellar. He 
 raised a puncheon, dragged the sow in, 
 and pitched her, with the pigs, down that 
 cavity. The record shows that James M. 
 was but two and a half years old, but the 
 squealing of the hog almost frightened 
 him into fits, making an impression on his 
 mind that remains indelible. If all his- 
 tory was written it would be found that 
 many of the best families and fortunes 
 were built on as rude foundations as this 
 incident implies. 
 
 JOHN W., born May 27, 1831, in 
 Sangamon county, spent six years in Cal- 
 ifornia, returned home, started for Pikes 
 Peak, and died at St. Joseph, Mo., in 
 1860 or '61. 
 
 MARGARET E., born in Sangamon 
 county, married George F. Kessler, who 
 was accidentally shot dead, while on a 
 hunting excursion, in 1858. She married 
 Sylvanus Wineman, who died July 29, 
 1875. She resides near Auburn. 
 
 SARAH y., born in Sangamon coun- 
 ty, married George W. Armstrong. 
 They have two children, LAURENTI-
 
 SANG AM ON COUNTY. 
 
 453 
 
 US B. and ALONZO W., and reside in 
 Auburn. 
 
 MARTHA A., born in 1838, in San- 
 gamon county, married Abraham Gish, 
 has two children, namely: CHARLES 
 and ARRAH, and reside in Virden. 
 
 SAMUEL, born Sept. 17, 1840, in 
 Sangamon county. He was married Feb. 
 7, 1861, in Auburn, to Emma Wheeler. 
 Mr. Lewis enlisted August 9, 1862, for 
 three years, in % Co. B, ii4th 111. Inf., and 
 was commissioned ist Lieutenant of his 
 company in April, 1865. He was wound- 
 ed and captured at the battle of Guntown, 
 Miss., June 10, 1864, was taken to Ander- 
 sonville prison, and enjoyed its hospitalities 
 for ten months; sent to Vicksburg for ex- 
 change, where he first heard of the assas- 
 sination of President Lincoln. He had a 
 silver ring, with a quarter dollar gold 
 piece set in it. By giving that to the rebel 
 guard he was permitted to escape before 
 the time for exchange. He was honorably 
 discharged at Camp Butler, August 12, 
 1865. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis have five 
 children, EDITH M., MARY B., 
 FREDERICK L., MAGGIE J. and 
 JAMES H., and reside in Auburn. Mr. 
 Lewis is a merchant there, and President 
 of the Auburn Bank. 
 
 MARY M., born in Sangamon county, 
 was married there to Thomas Black. See 
 his name. 
 
 Mrs. Winnifred Lewis died Nov. 15, 
 1843, an d Eddin Lewis was married May 
 28, 1844, to Permelia A. Fletcher. They 
 had two children 
 
 ED WARD H. was married Nov. 4, 
 1869, to Margaret Whetstone. She died 
 Feb. 8, 1872, leaving one child, 
 CHARLES D. E. H. Lewis lives in 
 Auburn. 
 
 PERMELIA P., married Jan. 7, 
 1864, to James A. Ogg, who was born 
 Oct. 9, 1842, in Madison county, Ky. He 
 enlisted for three years, March 29, 1862, 
 in Co. F, i2th 111. Cav., served until Apr. 
 2, 1865, when he was honorably discharg- 
 ed. Mr. and Mrs. Ogg have three child- 
 ren, JAMES F., WILLIAM A. and 
 MARY E., and live in Auburn, Illinois. 
 
 Eddin Lewis died Jan. 29, 1850, and 
 his widow married Larkin H. Lewis, and 
 resides in Auburn. 
 
 Eddin Lewis was an energetic farmer 
 and business man. He was one of the 
 earliest men engaged in buying and drov- 
 
 ing fat hogs and cattle, and packing pork 
 in Sangamon county. 
 
 LEWIS, LARKIN, brother to 
 Eddin Lewis, was born in Caldwell coun- 
 ty, Ky., married there to Elizabeth 
 Welch. They had three children in 
 Kentucky, and she died there, May 17, 
 1835. He moved with his children to 
 Sangamon county, in 1838 or '9, and was 
 married, Feb. 28, 1856, to Mrs. Permelia 
 A. Lewis, whose maiden name was 
 Fletcher. They had two children. Of 
 his children 
 
 WILLIAM J., married Sarah Clay- 
 ton, have two children, ALFRED and 
 SARAH, and live in Ball township. 
 
 SAMUEL married Mary Henderson, 
 have three children, and live in Kansas. 
 
 DA VID married Margaret Henderson, 
 have three children, MARY, NETTIE 
 and LOTTIE, and live in Pawnee town- 
 ship. 
 
 By the second wife 
 
 GEORGE W., and 
 
 yAMES L., live with their parents, 
 in Auburn, Illinois. 
 
 LEWIS, WILLIAM, born in 
 Kentucky, married in Sangamon county 
 to Jemima Easley, and lives at St. Joseph, 
 Missouri. 
 
 LEWIS, NANCY, born in Ken- 
 tucky, married in Sangamon county to 
 James O. Wilson, and lives in Bates coun- 
 ty, Missouri. 
 
 LEWIS, MORGAN, born in 
 Kentucky, married in Sangamon county 
 to Sarah Walters, and both died, without 
 children. 
 
 LEWIS, JOHN, born in Ken- 
 tucky, married Nancy Campbell, and have 
 four children 
 
 WILLIAM H. married Lorilla Wil- 
 son, and lives in Ball township. 
 
 ELIZABETH, 
 
 JOHN F., and 
 
 AMANDA, live with their parents, in 
 Ball township. 
 
 Mrs. Elizabeth Lewis, the mother of 
 Eddin, Larkin, William, Nancy, Mary 
 Morgan and John, died in 1857, in Ball 
 township, in the seventy-fifth year of her 
 age. 
 
 LEWIS, OBED, was bom April 
 25, 1812, in Chester county, Penn. He 
 came to Springfield, 111., in 1838, was mar- 
 ried, Sept. 23, 1851, to Cordelia M. lies. 
 They have three children
 
 454 
 
 BARLT SETTLERS OF 
 
 WILLIAM T., 
 
 KA TE, and 
 
 MARY, and reside in Springfield. 
 
 From 1839 to 1868 Mr. Lewis was en- 
 gaged in manufacturing carriages and 
 wagons. He served the city as alderman, 
 from 1862 to 1864, and from 1868 to 1873. 
 He was elected mayor, in April, 1874, 
 serving a term of one year. Obed Lewis 
 and family reside in Springfield. 
 
 LEWIS, SAMUEL, born Feb. 
 1 6, 1767, in Pennsylvania, about sixteen 
 miles above Philadelphia, on the Dela- 
 ware river. He crossed the Allegheny 
 mountains on horseback five times, and 
 was married on the Kanawha river, West 
 Virginia, about 1799, to Sally Floro, who 
 was born there in 1785. They moved in 
 1814, to St. Francis county, Mo., and 
 from there to Sangamon county, 111., ar- 
 riving May, 1830, in what is now Cotton 
 Hill township. They had children in 
 West Virginia, in Missouri, and in San- 
 gamon county, making a total of fifteen. 
 In June, 1844, Mr. Lewis moved his fam- 
 ily to Delaware county, Iowa. Mrs. 
 Sally Lewis died there in 1847, a g d 
 sixty-two years. Her mother lived to be 
 one hundred and six years of age, and was 
 living at Strawberry, Texas, at the time 
 of her daughter's death. Samuel Lewis 
 died in Iowa, Aug. 9, 1867, being in his 
 one hundred and first year. His mother 
 lived to be one hundred and fourteen 
 years old. Of their fifteen children, six 
 only are living four of them in Iowa. 
 One only resides in Illinois, the seventh 
 child. 
 
 ALFRED, born March 26, -1823, in 
 St. Francis county, Missouri, raised in 
 Sangamon county, married March 14, 
 1850, in Loami, to Eliza J. Abell, a 
 granddaughter of Adam Barger. Mr. 
 and Mrs. Lewis had nine children in 
 Sangamon county, four of whom died 
 young. SARAH S., MARIA A., 
 JOHN S., LOUISA F. and CORNE- 
 LIA E. J. live with their parents. Al- 
 fred Lewis made his home in Sangamon 
 county, near Breckinridge mill, until the 
 fall of 1872, when he moved to Taylor- 
 ville for the purpose of educating his 
 children, and now resides there. He 
 carries the first month's wages he ever 
 earned in his pocket to the present time. 
 It is in the shape of a watch. 
 
 LEWIS, MARIA, sister to Alfred, 
 born April 6, 1815, married in Missouri 
 to William Cooper. He died Sept., 1836, 
 in Sangamon county, leaving four child- 
 ren, two of whom are living in Benton 
 county, Mo. His widow married Hamil- 
 ton McCoy. See his name. 
 
 LEWIS, LEVI D., born Aug. 
 26, 1801, near Morristown, N. J. Eliza 
 Sutton was born Feb. 4, 1804, at the same 
 place. They were there .married Aug. 
 13, 1823, and had six children, one of 
 whom died, aged five years. The family 
 moved to Springfield, 111., in Nov., 1835, 
 where they had one child. Of their six 
 children 
 
 WILLIAM C. B., born Sept. u, 
 1824, in New Jersey, went as musician in 
 an Illinois regiment, to the Mexican war, 
 returned, and died Oct. 6, 1847, in Spring- 
 field. 
 
 SARAH, born July 30, 1826, near 
 Morristown, N. J., married in Springfield 
 to Reuben Coon, who was born July 22, 
 1821, in New Jersey. They had eight 
 children in Springfield, one of whom died 
 young. LEVI L., born June n, 1849, 
 married in Springfield, Jan. 8, 1872, to 
 Mary J. Tully, who was born Jan. 8, 
 1855, at Little Rock, Arkansas. Mr. L. 
 L. Coon is engaged in the manufacture of 
 boots and shoes, in Springfield. ANN 
 ELIZA, born July 27, 1851, married in 
 Springfield, Feb. 25, 1873, to William H. 
 Billington, who was born March 31, 1849, 
 in Shrewsbury, England. They have one 
 child, LINA MAY, and reside in Spring- 
 field. Mr. Billington is conductor on the 
 T. W. & W. railroad. FRANKLIN P., 
 born May 12, 1853, is farming. CHAR- 
 LEY, LINA, SUSAN and GEORGE 
 reside with their mother. Mr. Reuben 
 Coon was for several years engaged in 
 the leather trade, and the manufacture of 
 boots and shoes. He died, Nov. 7, 1871, 
 and his widow and children reside in 
 Springfield, Illinois. 
 
 MART E., born Sept. 19, 1834, in N. 
 J., married in Springfield, in 1853, to 
 Thomas H. Palladay. She died May 18, 
 
 185.5- 
 
 JAMES S., born Feb. 10, 1837, in 
 Springfield, was married March 27, 1862, 
 to Mary A. Smith, in Monmouth, War- 
 ren county, 111., and reside there. 
 
 JOHN BERGEN, born Nov. 15, 
 1843, i n Springfield, married in Nov.,
 
 SANGAMON COUNTY. 
 
 455 
 
 1871, near Monmouth, 111., to Eliza 
 Smith, and resides at Lenox, Iowa. 
 
 Levi D. Lewis was connected with his 
 brothers, Joseph and Thomas, in the boot 
 and shoe business for several years. In 
 1849 he went to California, and died 
 there Feb. 24, 1850. Mrs. Eliza Lewis 
 resides with her daughter, Mrs. Coon, in 
 Springfield. 
 
 LEWIS, THOMAS, born July 
 9, 1808, near Baskingridge, Somerset 
 county, New Jersey, was married at New 
 Brunswick, N. J., April 4, 1832, to Mar- 
 garet A. VanNorstrand, who was born in 
 Somerset county, N. J., Oct. 4, 1810. In 
 July, 1836, Mr. Lewis took a trip West, 
 with the view of selecting a future home. 
 After passing through Indiana, Illinois 
 and Missouri, he selected Springfield, 111., 
 and returned to New Jersey for his fami- 
 ly, consisting of his wife and two child- 
 ren. They started West June 9, 1837, * n 
 company with Mr. Lewis' two brothers, 
 John and Eliphalet C., with their families; 
 his sister, Susan A., and his brother-in 
 law, C. VanNostrand, in all twenty- 
 seven persons. They arrived in Spring- 
 field Aug. i, 1837. Mr. and Mrs. 
 Lewis had five children; one died in in- 
 fancy. Of the others 
 
 ADALINE, born Sept. 12, 1833, in 
 New Brunswick, New Jersey, married in 
 Springfield March, 1858, to Stephen D. 
 Ay res, who was born May 20, 1829, in 
 Trumansburg, N. J. They have six chil- 
 dren living. WILLIAM J., NETTIE, 
 LEWIS C., STELLA, ALBERT T. 
 and OLIVE. S. D. Ayres and family 
 reside in Cairo, Illinois. 
 
 WILLIAM T., born Sept. 25, 1836, 
 in New Brunswick, New Jersey, was 
 married April 20, 1862, in Macon 
 county, 111., to Sarah C. Sprouse, who 
 was born April 20, 1843. They have 
 six children living CHARLES A., 
 SARAH M., EDWARD P., OWEN, 
 STELLA A. and ANNIE. W. T. 
 Lewis and family reside in Chilicothe, 
 Missouri. 
 
 CHARLES H., born Aug. 12, 1839, 
 in Springfield, 111., died Feb. 6, 1855. 
 
 ALBERT, born Aug. i, 1849, in 
 Springfield, is unmarried, and resides in 
 Cairo, Illinois. 
 
 Thomas Lewis had nine brothers and 
 one sister. His brothers all died, each 
 leaving a widow. For several years Mr. 
 
 Lewis had nine widowed sisters-in-law, 
 and eight are still living. His brothers, 
 Eliphalet C. and John, settled in Warren 
 county, 111., and died there. Thomas 
 Lewis has been an active, energetic busi- 
 ness man all his life. He lived in Spring- 
 field until 1875, when he moved to Cairo, 
 111., where he now resides 1876. 
 
 LEWIS, SUSAN, born April 19, 
 1814, in New Jersey, the only sister of 
 Thomas Lewis, was married in Spring- 
 field, 111., to Henry VanHoff. See his 
 name. Mr. VanHhff died, and his 
 widow married Rev. J. G. Bergen. See 
 his name. 
 
 LJGHTFOOT, HENRY F., 
 was born Feb. 22, 1787, near Madison 
 Court House, Virginia, and was there 
 married Feb. 21, 1811, to Mary T. Jones, 
 who was born Jan. 6, 1792, at the same 
 place. They moved to Adair county, 
 Ky., where they had three children, and 
 from there to Warren county, near Bowl- 
 ing Green, where three children were 
 born; thence to Sangamon county, 111., 
 arriving Oct. 23, 1830, near Springfield. 
 Two children were born in Sangamon 
 county. Of their children 
 
 JOHN A., born Sept. 3, 1814, in 
 Acteir county, Ky., was married Sept. 24, 
 1838, to Susan J. Jones. She died Sept. 
 5, 1844, in Chester, 111., leaving one 
 child, HENRY F., who was born Sept. 
 i, 1840, at Georgetown, Randolph county, 
 111. He was married in the fall of 1864, 
 at Rock Island, 111., to Fannie F. Kelly. 
 H. F. Lightfoot died in St. Louis, leaving 
 
 two children, HENRY w., and , who 
 
 live with their mother in St. Louis, Mo. 
 John A. Lightfoot married Cornelia Sig- 
 ler. She died, leaving three children, 
 CHARLES W., MARY A. and SU- 
 SAN M., with their relatives in Jackson- 
 ville, 111. J. A. Lightfoot is employed in 
 the U. S. Custom House at New Orleans. 
 
 GOODRICH, born April 19, 1817, in 
 Adair county, Ky., married in Sangamon 
 county Dec. i, 1842, to Nancy Callerman. 
 They had eight living children. MARY 
 E., born Sept. 18, 1847, married Sept. 2, 
 1868, to John F. Fagan. See his name. 
 ELIZABETH J., born June 22, 1849, 
 married Sept. 6, 1870, to Richard T. 
 Lewis, who was born April 18, 1838, in 
 Delaware county, Ohio, came to Sanga- 
 mon county in 1844. He enlisted at 
 Springfield, Sept. 28, 1861, in Co. G, loth
 
 45 6 
 
 EARLY SETTLERS OF 
 
 111. Cav., for three years. Re-enlisted 
 as a veteran Dec. 12, 1863; served until 
 the end of the rebellion, and was honor- 
 ably discharged Nov., 1865, at San An- 
 tonia, Texas, and mustered out at 
 Springfield Jan. 6, 1866. He resides at 
 Elkhart, Logan county, Illinois. JAMES 
 R., born April 17, 1852, -married Dec. 24, 
 1873, to Julia A. Plunkett, and live near 
 Marysville, Nodaway county, Mo. SU- 
 SAN M. married Jan. 8, 1874, to John L. 
 Callerman, Jun. See his name. JOHN L., 
 JUDITH L., ALICE B. and JULIA 
 ANN live with their parents, three miles 
 north of Springfield, Illinois. 
 
 DOLLY A., born Feb. 9, 1820, in 
 Adair county, Ky., married Dec. 6, 1839, 
 to Peter Lanterman. See his name. 
 
 MARGARET S., born Nov. 16, 
 1822, in Kentucky, married in Sangamon 
 county to Philip F. Lightfoot. They had 
 two children. REUBEN enlisted in 
 1862, for three years, in Co. A, 38th 111. 
 Inf. He was wounded at the battle of 
 Stone's river, and died Jan. 4, 1863. 
 GABRIEL lives near Springfield, 111. 
 Mrs. Margaret S. Lightfoot died Dec. 15, 
 1847, while on a visit in Alabama. 
 
 ROBERT S., born March 13, 1825, 
 in Kentucky, came to Sangamon county 
 with his parents, went to California soon 
 after the discovery of gold, and died 
 there. 
 
 ELIZABETH M. married in San- 
 gamon county to Henry Shuck, and died, 
 leaving one child, ANNIE, who lives 
 with her father in Springfield. 
 
 PHILIP H., born August 24, 1829, in 
 Kentucky, died in Sangamon county in 
 his seventh year. 
 
 GABRIEL M., born August 8, 1832, 
 died March 12, 1846. 
 
 Henry F. Lightfoot died Feb. 10, 1846, 
 while on a visit to Kentucky near Dan- 
 ville. His widow died Oct., 1858, in San- 
 gamon county. 
 
 LILLARD, THOMAS, born 
 in North Carolina, married there to Tem- 
 perance Duncan. They moved to Ten- 
 nesee with her father, and from there to 
 Sangamon county, 111., arriving in 1830 
 in what is now Woodside township. Mrs. 
 Lillard died, and he married again, and 
 moved to Missouri, taking all except two 
 of his children 
 
 MARTHA A. married William Jones, 
 Jun. See his name. 
 
 The other is the wife of Burril McKin- 
 ney, and lives in Wisconsin. 
 
 LINCOLN, ABRAHAM, 
 was born Feb. 12, 1809, in that part of 
 Hardin, which is now Larue county, Ky. 
 He was taken by his parents, in his eighth 
 year, to Spencer county, Indiana. His 
 mother died there, and his father returned 
 to Kentucky, and married again. In 1830 
 the family moved to Macon county, 111., 
 and spent the winter of the "deep snow" 
 there. In the spring of 1831, Abraham 
 Lincoln passed through Springfield and 
 went to New Salem, near where Peters- 
 burg, Menard county, now stands. He 
 labored at boat building, rail making and 
 like employments, also clerking in a store, 
 until the Black Hawk war came on, when 
 he was elected captain of a volunteer 
 company. After the war he was elected 
 to the Legislature four times. He studied 
 surveying and practiced that, usually in 
 summer, after having spent the winter in 
 the legislature. During all the intervals 
 between other employments for gaining a 
 livelihood, he studied law, and when quali- 
 fied to practice he sold his surveying im- 
 plements, and in 1837 moved to Spring- 
 field He was married in Springfield, 
 Nov. 4, 1842, to Mary Todd. They had 
 four children 
 
 EDDIE, WILLIE and THOMAS 
 (Tad) are all dead. 
 
 ROBERT T., born in Springfield, 
 graduated at Harvard College, married in 
 Washington, D. C., to the daughter 01 
 Senator Harlan, of Iowa, is now a practic- 
 ing lawyer in Chicago. 
 
 Abraham Lincoln was elected, in 1846, 
 Representative in Congress, serving one 
 term of two years. From the close of 
 that term until 1854, he "practiced law 
 more assiduously than ever before." Dur- 
 ing that time he took but little interest in 
 politics, but the repeal of the Missouri 
 compromise ai'oused him to the encroach- 
 ments of slavery, and he united with kin- 
 dred spirits in organizing the Republican 
 party, at Bloomington, 111., in 1856. In 
 1858 he was a candidate for United 
 States Senator to succeed Stephen A. 
 Douglas, whose term was drawing to a 
 close. Contrary to the usual custom with 
 candidates for that office, instead of aiming 
 to influence the members of the legisla- 
 ture, by whose votes the choice is made, 
 the contest was brought directly before
 
 SANGAtiON COUNTT. 
 
 457 
 
 the people, in order to influence their ac- 
 tion in choosing members of the legisla- 
 ture, who were to choose a United States 
 Senator. That led to seven joint debates 
 between Mr. Lincoln and Mr. Douglas, 
 in different parts of the State of Illi- 
 Mr. Douglas was elected as his 
 
 own successor, but Air. Lincoln's speeches 
 in that campaign gave him a national repu- 
 tation, and proved that his understanding 
 of the slavery question was more clear 
 and comprehensive than that of any other 
 man in the nation. That led to his being 
 chosen by the Republican National Con- 
 vention, assembled in Chicago, in June, 
 1860, as the candidate of that party for 
 the office of President of the United 
 States. He was elected in November of 
 that year. When he took his seat at 
 Washington, D. C., March 4, 1861, he 
 found fifteen States in armed rebellion 
 against his authority, the treasury of the 
 nation empty, its arsenals plundered, and 
 its ships of war scattered to the most re- 
 mote parts ot the globe. War cruel, 
 bloody and relentless, followed. He was 
 re-elected President in November, 1864, 
 and when he took the oath of office for 
 .the second time, March 4, 1865, the armed 
 hosts of the rebellion had almost melted 
 away, and in his Heart he was beginning 
 to sing the glad anthem of" Peace on earth 
 and good will to men," when he was shot 
 by the hand of an assassin on the evening 
 of April 14, and breathed his last on the 
 morning of April 15, 1865, at the capital 
 of the nation. 
 
 His remains, accompanied by a large 
 delegation of the most distinguished men 
 of the nation, civilians, statesmen and sol- 
 diers, occupying a railroad train of nine 
 cars, were conveyed to his. former home. 
 For twelve days and nights the train 
 moved on, and was hailed everywhere 
 more like a triumphal procession than a 
 funeral cortege. May 4, 1865, his body 
 was deposited in the receiving tomb at 
 Oak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, Illi- 
 nois. 
 
 A grateful people have erected to' his 
 memory a monument, and upon it placed 
 his statue, in bronze, of heroic size. It 
 was unveiled Oct. 15, 1874, in the pres- 
 ence of the Society of the Army of the 
 Tennessee, at their eighth annual re-union, 
 with a host of citizens, making an assem- 
 blage of about twenty-five thousand per- 
 58 
 
 sons. When the four groups of statuary, 
 representing the Infantry, Cavalry, Artil- 
 lery and Navy, are put in position on the 
 monument, the total cost will be about 
 two hnndred and twelve thousand dollars. 
 
 Mrs. Lincoln resides with her sister, 
 Mrs. Edwards, in Springfield, Illinois. 
 July, 1876. 
 
 The following are the only words Mr. 
 Lincoln ever wrote concerning himself or 
 his ancestors. They were not intended 
 for publication, but were written as an act 
 of personal regard for an old friend, and 
 placed in the hands of Hon. Jesse W. 
 Fell, of Bloomington, 111., in December, 
 1859. It is very properly termed by Mr. 
 Fell, the 
 
 AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN. 
 
 "I was born Feb. 12, 1809, in Hardin 
 county, Kentucky. My parents were both 
 born in Virginia, of undistinguished fami- 
 lies second families perhaps I should 
 say. My mother, who died in my tenth 
 year, was of a family of the name of Hanks, 
 some of whom now reside in Adams, and 
 others in Macon counties, Illinois. My 
 paternal grandfather, Abraham Lincoln, 
 emigrated from Rockingham county, Va., 
 to Kentucky about 1781 or '2, where, a 
 year or two later, he was killed by In- 
 dians, not in battle, but by stealth, when 
 he was laboring to open a farm in the for- 
 est. His ancestors, who were Quakers, 
 went to Virginia from Berks county, 
 Pennsylvania. An effort to identify them 
 with the New England family of the 
 same name ended in nothing more definite 
 than a similarity of Christian names in both 
 families, such as Enoch, Levi, Mordecai, 
 Solomon, Abraham, and the like. 
 
 " My father, at the death of his father, 
 was but six years of age, and he grew up 
 literally without education. He removed 
 from Kentucky to what is now Spencer 
 county, Indiana, in tny eighth year. We 
 reached our new home about the time the 
 State came into the Union. It was a wild 
 region, with many bears and other wild 
 animals still in the woods. There I grew 
 up. There were some schools, so-called, 
 but no qualification was ever required of a 
 teacher, beyond "readin', writin' and 
 cipherin'" to the rule of three. If a 
 straggler, supposed to understand Latin 
 happened to sojourn in the neighborhood,
 
 EARLY SETTLERS OF 
 
 he was looked upon as a wizard. There 
 was absolutely nothing to excite ambition 
 for education. Of course, when I came 
 of age, 1 did not know much; still, some- 
 how I could read, write, and cipher to the 
 rule of three, but that was all. I have 
 not been to school since. The little ad- 
 vance I now have upon this store of 
 education, I have picked up from time to 
 time, under the pressure of necessity. 
 
 " I was raised to farm work, which I 
 continued till I was twenty-two. At 
 twenty-one I came to Illinois, and passed 
 the first year in Macon county. Then I 
 got to New Salem, at that time in Sanga- 
 mon, now in Menard county, where I 
 remained a year, as a sort of clerk in a 
 store. Then came the Black Hawk war, 
 and I was elected a captain of volunteers, 
 a success which gave me more pleasure 
 than any I have had since. I went 
 the campaign, was elated; ran for the 
 legislature the same year 1832 and was 
 beaten, the only time I ever have been 
 beaten by the people. The next, and 
 three succeeding biennial elections, I was 
 elected to the legislature. I was not a 
 candidate afterwards. During this legis- 
 lative period I had studied law, and 
 removed to Springfield to practice it. In 
 1846, I was once elected to the lower 
 house of congress; was not a candidate 
 for re-election. From 1849 to 1854, both 
 inclusive, practiced law more assiduously 
 than ever before. Always a Whig in 
 politics, and generally on the Whig elec- 
 toral tickets, making active canvasses; I 
 was losi:;g interest in politics, when the 
 repeal of the Missouri Compromise 
 aroused me again. What I have done 
 since then is pretty well known. 
 
 " If any personal description of me is 
 thought desirable, it may be said, I am in 
 height, six feet four inches, nearly, lean in 
 flesh, weighing on an average one hun- 
 dred and eighty pounds, dark complexion, 
 with coarse black hair and gray eyes; no 
 other marks or brands recollected. 
 " Yours, very truly, 
 
 "A. LINCOLN." 
 Hon. J. W. Fell. 
 
 During the war to suppress the rebel- 
 lion, as is well known, Mr. Lincoln was 
 frequently waited upon by delegations 
 from religious bodies. Among others, a 
 
 large number of women belonging to the 
 Society of Friends gave him a call. One 
 of their number, the widow of Joseph John 
 Gurney, a distinguished Quaker preacher 
 of England, wrote him a letter. The fol- 
 lowing is Mr. Lincoln's reply. It will be 
 highly prized, because it contains such em- 
 phatic and unequivocal expressions of his 
 belief in the overruling providence of 
 God. 
 
 " EXECUTIVE MANSION*, ) 
 " WASHINGTON, Sept. 4, 1864. \ 
 
 " Eliza P. Gurney : 
 
 " MY ESTEEMED FRIEND T have not 
 forgotten probably ne^er si. all forjet 
 the very impressive occasion when your- 
 self and friends visited me, on a Sabbath 
 forenoon, two years ago; n T has your 
 kind letter, written nearly a year later, 
 ever been forgotten. In all, it has been 
 your purpose to strengthen my reliance 
 on God. I am much indebted to the good 
 Christian people of this country for their 
 constant prayers and consolations; and to 
 no one of them, more than yourself. The 
 purposes of the Almighty are perfect, and 
 must prevail; though we erring mortals 
 may fail to accurately perceive them in ad- 
 vance. We hoped for a happy termina- 
 tion of this terrible war long before this; 
 but God knows best, and has ruled other- 
 wise. W r e shall yet acknowledge His 
 wisdom and our own error therein. Mean- 
 while, we must work earnestly in the best 
 light He gives us, trusting that so work- 
 ing still conduces to the great ends He or- 
 dains. Surely, He intends some great 
 good to follow this mighty convulsion, 
 which no mortal could make, and no mor- 
 tal could stay. 
 
 " Your people, the Friends, have had, 
 and are having, a very great trial. On 
 principle and faith, opposed to both war 
 and oppression, they can only practically 
 oppose oppression by war. In this hard 
 dilemma, some have chosen one horn and 
 some the other. For those appealing to 
 me on conscientious grounds, I have done, 
 and shall do, the best I could and can, in 
 my own conscience, under my oath to the 
 law. That you believe this, I doubt not; 
 and believing it, I shall still receive, for 
 our country and myself, your earnest 
 prayers to our Father in Heaven. 
 " Your sincere friend, 
 
 "A. LINCOLN."
 
 SANGA.UOJV COL NTT. 
 
 459 
 
 LINDLEY, SIMON, was born 
 Jan. 20, 1769, in Orange county, N. C. 
 Anna Standley was born Feb. 3, 1766, in 
 Kent county, Del. Her parents moved to 
 Pendleton District, S. C. Simon Lindley 
 and Anna Standley were there married, 
 July 14, 1789. Their home was in 
 Orange county, N. C., until four children 
 were born, and they moved to Christian 
 county, Ky., wheie they had three child- 
 ren. In the fall of 1807 they moved to 
 Madison county, 111., and the next spring 
 to what is now Bond county. All was 
 quiet there for about three years, but in 
 the latter part of 1811 the Indians became 
 hostile, and began to murder the settlers 
 and steal property. Mr. Lindley was 
 warned by a very old, whitehaired Indian, 
 of the threatened danger. Then the set- 
 tlers united in building a fort or stockade, 
 about two and a half miles from where 
 Greenville now stands. They lived in 
 that fortification during the whole time 
 the war with Great Britain was raging. 
 They could not have held their ground 
 and provided for their families, but the 
 soldiers who were stationed there guarded 
 the men while they worked in the fields. 
 They lived that way four years, many of 
 their members being murdered. The In- 
 dians continued to swarm about them in 
 greater numbers, and they abandoned the 
 fort, and all went back to the vicinity of 
 Edwardsville, in September, 1814, and 
 the next spring, 1815, a treaty was made, 
 in consequence of which, hostilities 
 ceased. Mr. Lindley remained near Ed- 
 wardsville four or five years, and moved 
 to what became Sangamon county, arriv- 
 ing April 14, 1820, in what is now Chat- 
 ham township. The farm is now owned 
 by the heirs of Benjamin F. Darnielle. 
 Of his seven children 
 
 JOHN, born Jan. 23, 1791, in North 
 Caroliaa, married twice, and died in Mad- 
 ison county, Illinois. 
 
 JOSEPH, born Jan. 7, 1793, in 
 North Carolina, married in Bond county 
 to Nancy Hicks, moved to Sangamon 
 county, then to Tennessee, and from there 
 to Freestone county, Texas. 
 
 Af ART", born May 11, 1795, married 
 George Bridges, raised a family, and died 
 in St. Clair county. 
 
 SARAH, born Dec. 4, 1797, married 
 Allen Bridges. They raised a family and 
 live in Polk county, Mo. 
 
 SIAfON, Jun. y born August 16, 1799, 
 in Christian county, Ky., came to Sanga- 
 mon county with his parents, went to 
 South America when a young man, mar- 
 ried there, and has not been heard of for 
 several years. 
 
 ELIZABETH, born Sept. 3, 1803, 
 in Christian county, Ky., married July 30, 
 1826, in Sangamon county, to Samuel 
 Harbour. See his name. 
 
 ANNA, born May 9, 1806, married 
 April 13, 1826, to Thomas Greenwood. 
 See his name. 
 
 Simon LinJley died August 30, 1827, 
 and his widow died Jan. 23, 1849, both 
 near where they settled in 1820. 
 
 Simon Lindley was a minister of the 
 Regular, or Predestinarian Baptist church. 
 In July, 1821, himself and wife, John 
 Bridges and wife, united with others for 
 the purpose of keeping up worship, and 
 on the second Saturday in June, 1826, 
 the Liberty Baptist church, on Lick creek, 
 was organized by Elders William Crow, 
 Thomas Ray and Micajah Rowland, and 
 brethren Austin Sims and Peter Robeson. 
 There were thirteen members: 
 
 Males. 
 
 John Morris, 
 John Hilyard, 
 Wm. D. Morris, 
 Levi Harbour, 
 Simon Lindley, 
 Joseph Hilyard, 
 Morris Hilyard. 
 
 Females. 
 
 Ruth Greenwood, 
 Elizabeth Hilyard, 
 Clarissa Huffmaster, 
 Polly Harbour, 
 Polly Hilyard, 
 Clarinda Morris. 
 
 The church worships now hi a school 
 house in Curran township, and is under 
 the pastoral care of Elder C. C. Pur- 
 vines. 
 
 Mr. Lindley was a very eccentric man, 
 and many anecdotes are related of him, 
 both 'in connection with his preaching 
 and in private life. Mr. Lindley was 
 also a man of liberal education. He was 
 educated at some college in Philadelphia, 
 but whether he was a graduate or not, I 
 cannot say. After the town of Spring- 
 field was laid out, there was a discrepancy 
 between the surveyors of that and the 
 former town of Calhoun, and Mr. Lind- 
 ley was called on to re-survey it and har- 
 monize the differences, which he did, to 
 the satisfaction of all parties.
 
 460 
 
 EARLY SETTLERS OF 
 
 LINDSAY, JOHN, was born in 
 Virginia, and married Sophia Lanterman. 
 See his name in Omissions. 
 
 LINDSAY, ISAAC, born May 
 16, 1819, in Franklin county, Penn., was 
 married in Jacksonville, 111., in 1841, to 
 Mary Dyer. Their four children all died 
 young, and Mrs. Mary Lindsay died in 
 the spring of 1850. Mr. Lindsay was 
 married in Jan , 1851, in Springfield, to 
 Mercy Elder, a n-.itive of Kentucky. See 
 Elder family. They had three children, 
 and all died young. Mrs. Mercy Lindsay 
 died Jan. 27, 1858. Mr. L. was married 
 in Springfield, 111., to Mrs. Sarah Rogers, 
 whose maido-i lame was Elder, a sister of 
 his second wuc. They have five living 
 children, MARTHA A., FRANK R., 
 WILLIAM E., ADA and IDA, twins, 
 who all live with their parents. 
 
 Isaac Lindsay was a bricklayer by trade, 
 and was for about seven years, from 
 1858, clerk in the recorder's branch of the 
 circuit court of Sangamon county. He 
 was assessor and collector for the city two 
 years 1856 and 1857. He and his family 
 reside in Springfield, Illinois. 
 
 LINDSAY, MORRIS, born 
 June 30, 1818, in Franklin county, Penn. 
 He came to Springfield with his brother, 
 Isaac, in 1836, and was married April 2, 
 1844, at Salisbury, to Sarah Miller, a 
 daughter of Solomon Miller. They had 
 four children, two of whom died young. 
 Of the other two 
 
 SOLOMON L., born March 12, 1846, 
 in Sangamon county, was married Jan. 8, 
 1872, in Arkansas, to Dora Moore, a na- 
 tive of Tennessee. They have two child- 
 ren, MORRIS W. and ALBERT 
 CHARLES, and reside in Springfield, 
 Illinois. 
 
 ALLIE, born Aug. 26, 18^0, in San- 
 gamon county, and resjdes with her 
 mother. 
 
 Morris Lindsay was appointed postmas- 
 ter, at Springfield, in 1858, and served 
 until 1861. He also served several terms 
 as a member of the city council of Spring- 
 field. In 1863 or '4 he moved to Carbon- 
 dale, 111., where he died March 25, 1869. 
 His remains were brought to Springfield, 
 and interred in Oak Ridge Cemetery. His 
 widow and daughter reside Hn Carbondale, 
 Jackson countv, Illinois. 
 
 LITTLE, SAMUEL, born in 
 1776, in Virginia. He was married in the 
 
 year 1797, in Fleming county, Ky., to 
 Mary Newcomb. They had nine children 
 in Kentucky, and moved to St. Clair 
 county, Illinois, where two of their child- 
 ren died. Mr. Little moved with his fam- 
 ily to what became Sangamon county, ar- 
 riving in 1819 or 1820, and settled two and 
 one-half miles southwest of the present 
 State House. Six of their children mar- 
 ried and raised families, and all except one 
 has died, and their children have moved 
 away from the county. The only remain- 
 ing one 
 
 SAMUEL N., born March 1,'iSq, in 
 Fleming county, Ky., married in Sanga- 
 mon countv, Jan. 29, 1843, to Eliza M. 
 Morgan. They have seven children 
 WILLIAM H., born March 16, 1845, 
 near Springfield, married, Oct. 31, 1872, 
 to Delia Pirkins. Wm. H. Little was 
 killed Aug. 16, 1873, by an accident on 
 the Chicago & Alton railroad, at Sag 
 Bridge, near Chicago, and interred in Oak 
 Ridge Cemetery. His widow resides 
 with her father, R. Pirkins. Sec his 
 name. GERSHOM J., born Feb. 19, 
 1847, near Springfield, married, Jan. 2, 
 1867, to Nellie Crafton. She died Jan. 
 14, 1868. G. J. Little was married, Oct. 
 27, 1874, to Maggie E. Conner, who was 
 born June 22, 1851, in Springfield. G. 
 J. Little is of the firm of S. N. Little &. 
 Sons, and resides in Springfield. SAN- 
 FORD H., born June 21, 1849, lives in 
 Springfield, and is of the firm of S. N. 
 Little & Sons. HARRIET C., born 
 Dec. 12, 1853, near .Springfield, married 
 Feb. 14, 1867, to John W. Crafton. They 
 had one child, WILLIAM H., who died in 
 his third year. Mr. and Mrs. Crafton re- 
 side in Springfield. MARY E., born May 
 10, 185 1, died Oct. 30, 1855. MINERVA 
 C., died Aug. i, 1857. FANNIE Z., 
 born Jan. S, 1869, resides with her parents. 
 Samuel N. Little owns and resides on 
 the farm where his father settled in 1819, 
 and received the title from the United 
 States government soon after it came into 
 market, in 1823. He is also engaged in 
 the livery business, in Springfield, with 
 his sons, Gershom J. and Sanford H., 
 under the firm name of S. N. Little & 
 Sons. 
 
 Of his parents Mrs. Mary Little died 
 in July, 1823, and Samuel Little died Jan. 
 i, 1847, both near Springfield.
 
 SANG AM ON COUN7Y. 
 
 461 
 
 LITTLE. THOMAS S., born 
 March 16, 1820, in Northampton, Mass., 
 came to Springfield, 111., Aug., 1838, 
 where he was married, May 30, 1844, to 
 Ann M. Watson. They had five child- 
 ren, two of whom died in infancy. Of 
 the other three children 
 
 MARIA W., born Jan. 27, 1846, in 
 Springfield, was married, Aug. 7, 1865, to 
 Samuel A. Slemmons, who was born Jan. 
 28, 1842, at Cadiz, Harrison county, Ohio, 
 and came to Springfield in 1859. Mr. 
 and Mrs. Slemmons have three children, 
 GEORGE B., ELLA L. and ALICE 
 H. Mr. Slemmons was a member of an 
 independent military company, of which 
 John Cook was captain, and it was part of 
 a regiment of which E. E. Ellsworth was 
 Colonel. * In connection with that com- 
 pany, Mr. Slemmons volunteered on the 
 first call for 75,000 men, in April, 1861, 
 but being under age he was prevented by 
 his father from going. He returned to 
 Ohio, in 1862, and became Lieutenant of 
 Co. E, 88th Ohio Inf., a three months 
 regiment, in whic,h he served four and 
 one-half months. During that time he 
 was appointed Major of a three years 
 regiment, but could not serve on account 
 of a crippled arm. He came back to 
 Springfield, and engaged in business. 
 Mr. Slemmons was one of the original 
 projectors of the Springfield Spice and 
 Hominy Mills, and aided in building and 
 running the same, as a member of the 
 firm of Conkling, Slemmons & Co. He 
 went out of the firm in April, 1876, and 
 is now July 1876 residing in Spring- 
 field. 
 
 ELLEN C., born Dec. 14, 1847, ^ n 
 Sprin Afield, was married, Oct. 20, 1870, 
 to William O. Converse, who was born 
 June 30, 1840, in Painesville, Lake 
 county, Ohio, and was brought 
 with the family of his father, Henry Con- 
 verse, to Springfield, in 1846. Mr. and 
 Mrs. Converse have two daugh- 
 ters, NIANA and , and reside 
 
 in Springfield. Mr. Converse is a 
 farmer, and trader in stock, land, etc. He 
 united with A. M. Garland, who first 
 suggested it, in obtaining a pledge from 
 the board of supervisors of Sangamon 
 county, that they would lease the old poor 
 house grounds to an Agricultural Society. 
 Mr. Garland and Mr. Converse induced 
 others to unite with them in organizing 
 
 the present Sawgamon county Agricultural 
 Society, and securing the lease for the 
 grounds for twenty-five years from 1872. 
 Wm. O. Converse served the society four 
 years as secretary, and is now 1876 its 
 treasurer, elected for two years. 
 
 EMMA J3., born March 2, 1850, in 
 Springfield, was married, Dec. 9, 1869, to 
 Charles E. Blake. They have one child, 
 PAUL, and i-eside at Anoka, Minn. He 
 is cashier and manager of the Anoka 
 Bank. 
 
 Thomas S. Little was in business as a 
 merchant tailor and clothier, from 1844 to 
 the spring of 1876, when he retired 
 in consequence of impaired health, and 
 resides in Springfield. 
 
 LOCK, JOHN was born Jan. 10, 
 1799, in the town of Farrisburg, Addi- 
 son county, Vermont. Maria Jaquays 
 was born Aug. 31, 1802, in the same 
 county. They were there married Jan. 
 5, 1820, had three living children in 
 Vermont, and moved to Essex county, N. 
 Y., where two children were born. The 
 family moved to Sangamon county, 111., 
 arriving May 2, 1832, at Rochester, 
 where they had six children. Two died 
 young. Of their nine children 
 
 HANNAH, born Jan. 13, 1821, in 
 Vermont, was twice married in Sanga- 
 mon county, and died there Nov. 27, 1844. 
 
 JONA'THAN, born Feb. 3, 1823, in 
 Vermont, died in Sangamon county July 
 8, 1838. 
 
 MER C Y, born June 4, 1825, died in 
 her eleventh year. 
 
 RACHEL S., born May 30, 1829, in 
 
 .New York, married in Sangamon county 
 
 Aug. 17, 1852, to Isaac May. They have 
 
 a family, and live near Greenville, Dade 
 
 county, Missouri. 
 
 ADELINE E., born Aug. 3, 1831, in 
 Essex county, N. Y., married in Sanga- 
 mon county Nov. 19, 1853, to Samuel 
 Grubb. See his name. 
 
 SYLVESTER, born June 14, 1834, 
 in Sangamon county, died in his four- 
 teenth year. 
 
 WILLIAM H., born Aug. 16, 1840, 
 in Sangamon county, married Nov. 28, 
 1861, to Amanda M. Delay. They had 
 two children, LOLA and WILLIAM 
 H., Jun., and Mr. Lock died Jan. 25, 1871. 
 His family live in Rochester. 
 
 VILROY, born Nov. 21, 1843, died in 
 in his fourth vear.
 
 462 
 
 EARLT SETTLERS OF 
 
 JOHN, Jun., born Feb. 26, 1848, in 
 Rochester, lives with his parents. 
 
 John Lock and his wife have been living 
 together nearly fifty-six years, and reside 
 in Rochester. May 3, 1832, the day after 
 his arrival, and before he had unloaded 
 his wagon, he was notified to appear at 
 Springfield on the morning' of the 4th, to 
 stand draft to fight the Indian under 
 Black Hawk. He was there in time, but 
 more men had volunteered than had been 
 called for, and his services were not want- 
 ed. There was no corn in Sangamon 
 county at the time, and Mr. Lock went 
 thirty miles below St. Louis, paid five 
 dollars for ten bushels, and hauled it home 
 for seed, and bread for his family. He 
 has known corn to sell for four dollars per 
 bushel, and has seen equally as good corn 
 sell at eight cents per bushel, a difference 
 of fifty fold. Mr. Lock donated timber 
 and labor to aid in building the 'first 
 steam mill in Rochester. After it was 
 built, the proprietors refused to grind for 
 toll, and demanded twenty-five cents per 
 bushel for grinding. Mr. Lock offered 
 two bushels for grinding one, but the 
 miller refused. The price of corn was 
 ten cents. He was forced to the necessity 
 of hunting a purchaser for two and one- 
 half bushels, take the twenty-five cents 
 and pay it for grinding one bushel. The 
 usual toll is one-eighth of the grain. 
 
 LOCKRIDGE, JOHN, was 
 born about 1758, in Augusta county, Va. 
 He enlisted about 1775, in the revolution- 
 ary army, and was in the battles of Guil- 
 ford Court House, the Cowpens, and 
 many others. For his services he drew a 
 pension to the end of his life. Mr. Lock- 
 ridge married in his native county, and 
 moved to Montgomery county, Ky., raised 
 a large family, and came to Sangamon 
 county, 111., with his son, William A., ar- 
 riving in 1835. He died in 1848. He 
 had four sons and four daughters, who 
 came to Sangamon county, nafaely 
 
 JOSEPH H., born Dec. 10, 1791, 
 in Montgomery county, Ky., was mar- 
 ried there to Martha Cassity. They 
 moved to Sangamon county in 1835, in 
 what is now Ball township, where he 
 died. His widow married James Phelps, 
 and lives in Auburn. 
 
 ELIJAH, born Dec. 19, 1806, in 
 Montgomery county, Ky., married in 
 Kentucky, to Lavina Cassity, and moved 
 
 to Sangamon county, 111., arriving in 1835, 
 in what is now Ball township. They 
 had eight children, namely: ELIZA- 
 BETH A. married Charles Bridges, 
 moved to Missouri, and Mr. Bridges died 
 there. JOSEPH W. married Oct. i, 
 1848, to Eleanor Haley. They had two 
 living children, EDWARD and JULIETTE, 
 who live with their mother. Joseph W. 
 Lockridge died Dec. 27, 1865, in Sanga- 
 mon county. His widow married July 
 19, 1867, to George Young, who was 
 born November, 1832, in Pittsylvania 
 county, Va. They had three children, 
 
 WILLIAM E., LUELLA and THOMAS M., 
 
 and live half a mile north of Pawnee. 
 JOHN married Elizabeth A. Hart. They 
 have two children, ROSE and ROBERT, and 
 live in Henry county, Mo. He served 
 three years in an Illinois regiment, nine 
 months of the time in Libby prison, and 
 came -as near starving to death as it was 
 possible to do, and live. FRANCIS M., 
 served three years in an Illinois regiment, 
 and was honorably discharged. He lives 
 in Henry county, Mo. ROBERT en- 
 listed in an Illinois regiment, and died in 
 the army. MARTHA J. married Henry 
 Kitch. They moved to Missouri, where 
 he died, and she married again. MARY 
 married James Mollihorn. They have 
 three children, AMBROSE, CORDELIA and 
 LILLIE BELLE, and live three miles north- 
 west of Pawnee. AMANDA L. mar- 
 ried John Forahner, and lives in Missouri. 
 Elijah Lockridge died in Ball township, 
 about 1856. His widow lives with her 
 children, in Missouri. 
 
 LOCKRIDGE, WILLIAM 
 
 A., was born Jan. 17, 1810, in Montgom- 
 ery county, Ky. He was married there 
 to Sally Moore, June 3, 1830. They had 
 two children in Kentucky, and moved in 
 company with his father, John Lockridge, 
 to Sangamon county, 111., arriving Oct. 22, 
 1835, in what is now Ball township, 
 where five children were born. Of their 
 seven children 
 
 BURRILLA TV., born June n, 1832, 
 in Kentucky, married in Sangamon coun- 
 ty, to James M. Lewis. See his name. 
 
 JULIA A., born in Kentucky, mar- 
 ried to Napoleon Lloyd. They have 
 three children, WILLIAM, ROBERT 
 and HATTIE,and reside at Mt. Sterling, 
 Kentucky.
 
 SANG AM ON COUNTY. 
 
 4 6 3 
 
 MART E., born March 14, 1836,111 
 Sangamon county, married William Gard- 
 ner. They reside in Chatham, Illinois. 
 
 MARGARET, born in Sangamon 
 county, is an invalid, and resides with her 
 sister, Mrs. Ingels. 
 
 SARAH J3., born Jan. i, 1841, in 
 Sangamon county, married - Nathaniel 
 Ingels, who was born Jan. i, 1837, near 
 Paris, Ky. T.hev have five living child- 
 ren, SARAH P"., HENRY G., FRED- 
 ERICK L., JOHN A. and JESSIE N. 
 WILLIAM B. died, aged two years. 
 They live in Ball township, two and a 
 half miles southeast of Chatham, Illinois. 
 
 WILLIAM 7?., born in Sangamon 
 county, married April 22, 1869, to 
 Mary Nuckolls. They had one child, 
 CHARLES W., and reside adjoining 
 Pawnee on" the north. William R. Lock- 
 ridge is a farmer, stock-raiser and mer- 
 chant. 
 
 JOHN R., born in Sangamon county, 
 married to Sarah J. Headley. They have 
 one child, JAMES W., and live in Ball 
 township, near Sugar creek Cumberland 
 Presbyterian church, on the farm settled 
 by Joseph Dodds in 1818. 
 
 Mrs. Sally Lockridge died Nov. 23, 
 1857, ' n Sangamon county, and Wm. A. 
 Lockridge was married June 10, 1858, to 
 Amanda E. Goodbar, who was born in 
 Kentucky, June 2, 1826. They have 
 three children, EMMA, RACHEL L. 
 and MART M. 
 
 Wm. A. Lockridge resides in Ball 
 township, two and a quarter miles south 
 of Chatham, 111. *j When Mr. Lockridge 
 came to Sangamon county the timber 
 land was all taken, and it was almost im- 
 possible to buy it at any price. Prairie 
 land could be obtained for two or three 
 dollars per acre, and at the same time he 
 has known timber land to sell as high as 
 eighty dollars per acre. Timber land 
 equally good can now be bought for 
 forty dollars per acre, while the prairie 
 land that was then so cheap sells from 
 forty to sixty dollars per acre. Railroads, 
 coal and the hedge plant have wrought the 
 change. Mr. Lockridge says he raised 
 wheat, tramped it out with horses, hauled 
 it ninety miles to St. Louis, and sold it 
 for thirty seven and a half cents per 
 bushel. It required ten days to make the 
 trip, and a full four-horse load would 
 bring about seventeen dollars and fifty 
 
 cents. The best he could do in selling 
 net pork in Springfield was one dollar 
 and a quarter per hundred pounds, and 
 half of that in trade at very high prices. 
 Mr. Lockridge is now one of .the most 
 extensive farmers in the county. 
 
 LOCKRIDGE, JOHN, was 
 born July 17, 1799, either in Montgomery 
 or Fayette county, Kentucky. He was 
 married in Kentucky Sept. 3, 1811, to 
 Margy Killough, and moved in 1826 to 
 Owen county, Indiana, and from there to 
 Sangamon county, Illinois, arriving Oct. 
 20, 1838. Of their eight children 
 
 NANCY, born in Kentucky, married 
 in Indiana to John M. Hart, and died, 
 leaving a family in Putnam county, 
 Indiana. 
 
 JOHN MILTON, born Jan. 15, 
 1814, in Montgomery county, Kentucky, 
 cane to Sangamon county, near Auburn, 
 in 1837, one year before his father c.me. 
 He was married July 2, 1840, to Jane 
 Nuckolls. They had five living children 
 in Sangamon county. ROBERT H., 
 the fourth one, born Jan. 17, 1850, mar- 
 ried May 3, 1871, to Ella Hough, who 
 was born July 22, 1853, in Lewis county, 
 New York. They live two and a half 
 miles southeast of Chatham. The other 
 four, JOHN W., JAMES M., AN- 
 DREW H. and CHARLES E., live 
 with their parents. J. Milton Lockridge 
 and family reside one mile west of Au- 
 burn, Illinois. Mr. Lockridge has served 
 several years as a member of the Board 
 of Supervisors of Sangamon county 
 
 JAMES W., born in Kentucky, mar- 
 ried Margaret A. Bridges. She died, and 
 he married Jane Foster. They reside at 
 Elkhart, I ogan county, Illinois. He has 
 children by both marriages. 
 
 MARGARET married Alexander 
 Smith, and died, leaving seven children 
 in Chatham. 
 
 MATTHEW K. married Pauline 
 Landers. She died, and he lives in Cali- 
 fornia. 
 
 JOSEPH H. married Mrs. Elizabeth 
 Frazier, whose maiden name was Wal- 
 lace, and live in Auburn, Illinois. 
 
 ELIZABETHm*\v\z<\ Madison Cur- 
 vey, and died without children. 
 
 LOUISA married Franklin Steele, 
 and lives in Owen county, Indiana. 
 
 John Lockridge died in Oregon Sept. 
 20, 1852, having left his family in Sanga-
 
 EARLY SETTLERS OF 
 
 mom county, expecting to return. His 
 widow, Mrs. Margy Lockridge, died in 
 Montgomery county, Illinois, November 2, 
 1864. 
 
 LOCKRIDGE, ELIZA- 
 BETH, born in Kentucky, married 
 Alexander Cassity. See his name. 
 
 LOCKRIDGE, ISABEL K., 
 born July 4, 1815, in Kentucky, married 
 William Bridges. See his name. 
 
 LOCKRIDGE, MARGA- 
 RET, married James Bridges. See his 
 name. 
 
 LpCKRIDGE, REBECCA, 
 born in Kentucky, married George Bridg- 
 es. See his name. 
 
 LO NG N I N E*. In the State Leg- 
 islature of Illinois that assembled at Van- 
 dalia, in December, 1836, and continued 
 until March, 1837, the delegation from 
 Sangamon county was composed of two 
 Senators and seven members of the 
 House of Representatives. They were 
 the most remarkable body of men from 
 any one county, for the reason that they ^ 
 were much taller than the average of 
 human stature. Some of them were a 
 little less and some a little more than six 
 feet, but their combined height was ex- 
 actly fifty-four feet. They were then, 
 and are yet, spoken of as the "Long 
 Nine." 
 
 The names of those in the Senate 
 were Archer G. Herndon and Job Fletch- 
 er; in the House of Representatives, 
 Abraham Lincoln, Ninian W. Edwards, 
 John Dawson, Andrew McCormack, Dan 
 Stone, William F. Elkin and Robert L. 
 Wilson. One or two were as tall, but 
 none taller, than Abraham Lincoln, who 
 it will be seen, by reference to his Auto- 
 biography, could add four inches to be di- 
 vided among those who fell below the 
 average. A sketch of each of them will 
 
 
 
 be found in their appropriate places, in 
 the alphabetical arrangement. 
 
 The settlement of the State began in 
 the southern part, and Kaskaskia was 
 made the capital of the territory because 
 it was more easy of access to a majority of 
 the inhabitants than any other point. Set- 
 tlements moved northward, and Vandalia 
 was created for the purpose of making it 
 the capital. A feeling prevailed at the 
 time that it would again be necessary to 
 move further north. For that reason a 
 
 clause was inserted in the law establishing 
 the capital at Vandalia, that it should not 
 be moved from there for twenty years. 
 
 Before the expiration of that time, it 
 Was everywhere conceded that the capi- 
 tal must again be moved north, Spring- 
 field was early a candidate, and the mem- 
 bers of the legislature from Sangamon 
 county were chosen with direct reference 
 to that subject. The people of Illinois 
 were at that time nearly insane on the 
 subject of internal improvements. The 
 previous session of the legislature com- 
 menced chartering railroad companies, but 
 the session of 1836-' 7 was devoted largely 
 to business of that kind. The capital 
 stock authorized to joint stock companies, 
 chiefly railroads, clown to the end of the 
 session of i836-'7, was twelve millions of 
 dollars. The internal improvement act ol 
 Feb. 27, 1837, appropriated ten million, 
 two hundred thousand dollars, directly 
 from the State treasury; more than nine 
 millions of that sum was for railroads. At 
 the same session private laws were enact- 
 ed, chartering joint stock companies with 
 authorized capital stock, to the amount of 
 nearly eight millions, making an aggre- 
 gate of nearly thirty millions of dollars 
 involved in efforts to legislate railroads in- 
 to existence, before the business of the 
 country would justify it. 
 
 In order to accomplish this legislation, 
 a great amount of what is understood 
 among politicians as "log rolling," was 
 done. That is, you help me to get my pet 
 scheme through, and I will help you. 
 The "Long Nine" did not ask much for 
 their section in the way of internal im- 
 provements, but they never lost an op- 
 portunity to make a vote for the removal 
 of the capital to Springfield. It is only 
 surprising that, with such opportunities, 
 they did not accomplish more. It will be 
 seen, by reference to the forty-third 
 page, that there were seven candidates 
 for the location, and that on fhe first ballot 
 Springfield received thirty-five of the one 
 hundred and twenty rone votes cast, and 
 continued to gain until the fourth ballot, 
 when she received seventy-three of the 
 one hundred and eight votes cast. It 
 was thus decided that Springfield was to 
 be the future capital of the State, and as 
 surely determined that the men who se- 
 cured that result should ever after be 
 known as the "Long Nine."
 
 SAN GAM ON COUNTY. 
 
 465 
 
 LONG, THOMAS, was born 
 May 6, 1775, in Nelson county, Ky.; went 
 to Caldvvell county, married there Feb. 4, 
 1819, to Annis Hurlbut, who was born in 
 Vermont Feb. 14, 1801. They had three 
 living children in Kentucky, and moved 
 to Sangamon county, 111., arriving April 
 19, 1824, seven miles south of Spring- 
 field, where three children were born, and 
 they moved to Rochester, in the same 
 county, where they had two children. Of 
 their nine children 
 
 MATTHE IV E., born June 12, 1820, 
 in Kentucky, married in Sangamon coun- 
 ty Feb. 4, 1844, to Eliza Thompson, 
 daughter of General Lewis Thompson. 
 Mr. Long moved to Taylorville in the 
 spring of 1850. Mrs. Eliza Long died 
 Nov., 1857, in Taylorville, and he was 
 married July 4, 1861, to Mary Sattley. 
 Mr. Long was elected Justice of the 
 Peace in 1869, and is now serving his 
 second term. Matthew E. Long and 
 wife reside in Taylorville, Illioois. 
 
 JOHN H., born Aug. 26, 1822, in 
 Kentucky, died March I, 1841, in Sanga- 
 mon county. 
 
 JAMES G., born Dec. 8, 1824, mar- 
 ried Feb. 3, 1857, in Washington, D. C., 
 to Virginia Stone. Tney had one child, 
 VIRGINIA. Mr. Long was Sheriff of 
 Menard county two terms, after which he 
 obtained a clerkship in the pension office, 
 and served sixteen years. He was then 
 elected and served one term in the legis- 
 lature of the District of Columbia. Mrs. 
 Virginia Long died Sept. 15, 1860, in 
 Washington, D. C. Mr. Long and 
 daughter reside there. 
 
 THOMAS W., born March 8, 1830, 
 in Sangamon county, married Oct. 19, 
 1854, to Mary Trotter, who was born 
 Aug. 6, 1835. See Trotter family. They 
 had one child, JAMES E., and Mrs. 
 Long died March 21, 1856. T. W. Long 
 was married May 15, 1864, to Harriet 
 Logan, a native of Ohio. They had one 
 child, FLORA B., and Mrs. Long died 
 Jan. 6. 1871. Mr. Long was Deputy 
 Sheriff of Christian county in 1863 and 
 '64, and is now keeping the Long House 
 in Tavlorville, Illinois. 
 
 GEORGE W., born March 3, 1833, 
 in Sangamon county, married in Taylor- 
 ville, June 22, 1852, to Sarah J. Stockdale, 
 a native of Kentucky. They had one 
 child, WILLIAM F., and Mrs. Sarah 
 
 59 
 
 Long died April 2, 1861. Mr. Long 
 was married in 1871, to Millie Tickle, a 
 native of New York State. They have 
 one child, FLORENCE E., and reside 
 in Taylorville, Illinois. 
 
 ELIZABETH A., born Aug. 27, 
 1835, in Sangamon county, married in 
 Taylorville, Oct. 2, 1861, to Charles A. 
 Manners, who was born Aug. 2, 1827, in 
 Somerset county, New Jersey. His 
 mother was a Stout, a descendant of 
 "Penelope." See Stout family. Her own 
 name was Penelope, also. Mr. Manners 
 came to Christian county, and settled in 
 Taylorville, July, 1851. He was county sur- 
 veyor from 1852 to '54, and then was ap- 
 pointed Government surveyor in Kansas 
 and Nebraska, and was there from 1855 * 
 '60. He was the*n elected sheriff, in 1862, in 
 Christian county for one term, since which 
 time he has been engaged in the construc- 
 tion of railroads and fanning. They have 
 two children, FRANCES C. and TOM, 
 who reside with their parents, in Taylor- 
 ville, Illinois. 
 
 BENJAMIN F. and FRANCIS 
 M., twins, born Oct. 21, 1837, in Roch- 
 ester, Sangamon county. 
 
 BENJAMIN F. married in Taylor- 
 ville, April 17, 1862, to Eliza Rice, of 
 Kentucky. They have one child, VIR- 
 GINIA, and reside in Taylorville. 
 
 FRANCIS M. was Captain of Co. 
 G, 4ist 111. Inf., was promoted to Major, 
 at Memphis, in 1862. Was wounded at 
 Jackson, Miss., July 12, 1863, from which 
 he died the sixteenth of the same month. 
 
 Thomas Long was Major in the Black 
 Hawk war first campaign. He left 
 Springfield as Captain, and was elected 
 Major, at Beardstown, and commanded 
 what was known as Long's Odd Batalion. 
 He died July 13, 1875, in Taylorville. 
 His widow still resides there 1876. 
 
 LOGAN, JAMES M., born 
 Sept. 22, 1815, in Bourbon county, Ky. 
 He came to Springfield in May, 1840, and 
 was married April, 27, 1843, near Roches- 
 ter, to Elizabeth W. Bowling. She was 
 born Sept. 22, 1818. They had five 
 children, two of whom died young. 
 
 NANCTM., born March 31,1845, in 
 Springfield, married Jan. 2, 1868, to Sam- 
 uel F. Ridgeway. See fits n<~me. 
 
 JAMES C. and COLUMBIA J., 
 twins, were born June 2, 1848, in Spring- 
 field.
 
 4 66 
 
 EARLT SETTLERS OF 
 
 JAMES C. was married Dec. 3, 1873, 
 in Marys v Hie, California, to Libbie Wil- 
 bur. They have one child, JAMES W., 
 and reside in Oroville,--Butte county, Cali- 
 fornia. 
 
 COLUMBIA J. was married in 
 Springfield Dec. 7, 1871, to Isaac C. 
 Preston, of Maryland. They live in Es- 
 sex, Page county, Iowa. 
 
 James M. Logan resides in Springfield. 
 
 LOGAN, STEPHEN T., was 
 born Feb. 24, 1800, in Franklin county, 
 Ky. His parents moved to Lincoln 
 county HI 1802. Stephen T. attended 
 school at Frankfort, and became a clerk 
 in the office of the Secretary of State, 
 under Martin D. Hardin, the father of 
 Col. John J. Hardin, who fell at the bat- 
 tle of Buena Vista, Mexico, in 1846. 
 Although Stephen T. Logan was but 
 thirteen years old at the time, it so hap- 
 pened that in the discharge of his duties 
 he issued all the commissions to the officers 
 under Governor and Gen. Shelby in his 
 campaign to the northern frontier in the 
 war of 1812. The office of the Secretary 
 of State was kept in the third story of the 
 capitol, which was burned soon after, and 
 S. T. Logan came very near being burned 
 with it. In 1817 he went to Glasgow, 
 Ky., studied law and practiced there. 
 He was married in Glasgow, in June, 
 1823, to America T. Bush, who was born 
 there in 1806. They had four children in 
 Glasgow, two of whom died young. Mr. 
 Logan moved his family to Springfield, 
 111., arriving May 16, 1832. They had 
 four children in Springfield. Their chil- 
 dren were two sons and four daughters. 
 Both sons and two daughters are dead. 
 
 Mrs. America T. Logan died Feb. 24, 
 1868, and Stephen T. Logan resides in 
 Springfield. He has lived in the same 
 house forty years. 
 
 Stephen T. Logan was elected Judge 
 of a circuit that included about one-fourth 
 of the State. After serving a short time, 
 he resigned in 1837. He was again elect- 
 ed, in 1839, without his consent, but re- 
 sigited in a few weeks, both times because 
 he could not live on the salary, and could 
 do better by private practice. Judge 
 Logan served four terms in the State 
 Legislature, and was a member of the 
 State Constitutional Convention of 1847. 
 early in life he established a reputation 
 as one of the most able lawyers in the 
 
 country, and long enjoyed a lucrative 
 practice. He retired several years ago, 
 and is now in his seventy-seventh year. 
 He was at one time a partner with Abra- 
 ham Lincoln. Success never affected him 
 injuriously. His whole life has been 
 plain and unostentatious. 
 
 LOGS DON, JOSEPH, was born 
 about 1780, in Madison county, Kv. He 
 was there married to a Miss Simmons. 
 They had several children born in Ken- 
 tucky, and moved to Sangamon county, 
 111., arriving in 1824, in what is now Ball 
 township, near where St. Bernard church 
 now stands. In 1832 or '33, he moved 
 his family to Missouri, and from there to 
 Texas. He died in 1848 on his road 
 from Texas to California. He is partic- 
 ularly remembered in the vicinity of St. 
 Bernard church from the fact that the first 
 religious services ever conducted by a 
 Catholic priest in Sangamon county was 
 held at his house, in 1829. 
 
 LOOSE, JACOB G., born about 
 1812, in Washington county, Penn., and 
 came to Springfield, 111., in 1836 or '7. 
 He was married in Springfield, Dec. 18, 
 1845, to Elizabeth lies. They had ten 
 children in and near Springfield, three of 
 whom died young. Ot the other seven 
 children 
 
 S ALL IE C., born Dec. 25, 1848, in 
 Springfield, was married, Jan. 9, 1865, to 
 Junius D. Crabb, a native of Harrison 
 county, Ohio. They have five children, 
 and reside adjoining Springfield on the 
 south. 
 
 JESSIE V., born Nov. 2, 1850, in 
 Springfield, was married there, Feb. 7, 
 1872, to Dr. Jacob S. Price, who was born 
 in Kentucky. They have two children, 
 and reside in Springfield, Illinois. 
 
 JOSEPH /., 'FRANK E., GEO. 
 
 PAS FIELD, ROBERT D. and 
 ELIZABE7^H;\\-\z five latter live with 
 their mother. 
 
 Jacob G. Loose died Nov. 4, 1874, 
 and his widow and children reside two 
 miles southwest of the State House, 
 Springfield, Illinois. 
 
 When Mr. Loose came to Springfield, 
 he first engaged as clerk in a dry goods 
 store, and later engaged in business on his 
 own account, at one time in partnership 
 with Col. John Williams, again with E. 
 B. Hawley. He afterwards purchased 
 land and engaged in farming and stock
 
 SANGAMON COUN7T. 
 
 467 
 
 raising, which he continued until he be- 
 came the ownr of seventeen hundred 
 acres of land adjoining Springfield, south 
 and southwest. Becoming satisfied that 
 his land contained coal, he made arrange- 
 ments with Mr. P. L. Hewlett, who was 
 then horing for coal at Riverton, to use 
 his machinery, but afterwards decided not 
 to wait, and sent to the oil regions of 
 Pennsylvania, obtained a complete outfit, 
 and commenced boring in June, 1866. He 
 bored down to coal, satisfied himself that 
 it would pay to mine it, and commenced 
 sinking a shaft in September. He com- 
 menced taking coal from the shaft in 
 April, 1867, being the first shaft within 
 fifteen miles of Springfield to supply the 
 market with coal. The mine is 237 feet 
 deep, reaching a bed of coal five feet ten 
 inches in thickness. The entire cost when 
 first fitted up, including steam engine, 
 hoisting machinery, etc., was eighty thou- 
 sand dollars. The mine is at the junction 
 of the C. & A., and the T. W. # W. rail- 
 roads, two miles south of the State house, 
 and is yet owned by his heirs. This 
 was only the beginning 6f the develop- 
 ment of the underground treasures of 
 Sangamon county. There are now 
 1876 seven shafts in the county. 
 
 L Y MAN, JOHN, was" born Apr. 
 2, 1780, at Lebanon, New Hampshire. 
 The Lyman family in America trace their 
 origin to Richard Lyman, of High On- 
 gar, near London, England, who emi- 
 grated to America in 1631, and settled at 
 Northampton, Mass. He had three sons, 
 one of whom, Richard, removed to 
 Lebanon, N. H. He had five sons, Eben- 
 ezer, Thomas, David, John and Richard. 
 John was married in 1731 to Hannap 
 Burchard. They had one child, Mary, 
 and Mrs. Lyman died. He married in 
 1747 to Mary Strong. They had one 
 daughter and six sons. Four of their 
 sons, John, Abel, Elijah and Josiah, 
 moved to Brookfield, Vermont. Abel 
 had six sons, five of whom John, Azel, 
 Alvan, Ezra and Cornelius emigrated to 
 Sangamon county, Illinois. It was the 
 latter John whose name heads this sketch. 
 He was married Nov. 13, 1804, at Lebanon, 
 New Hampshire, to Martha Storrs, a 
 native of that town. They made their 
 home at Randolph, Vermont, until they 
 had two living children. He was, mean- 
 time, privately studying medicine, and 
 
 took his family to his father's house at 
 Brookfield, while he attended medical 
 lectures at Dartmouth college. Having 
 completed his studies about 1808, he com- 
 menced practice at New Haven township, 
 Vt. During the war of 1812, he was part 
 of the time surgeon in the United States 
 army, and was stationed at Swanton, Vt. 
 In 1817, he removed to Williston, Vt., 
 and in 1824 to Potsdam, N. Y. In. 1832 
 he and his brother, Azel, traveled over 
 the Western country; and in the fall of 
 1833, in company with fifty-two persons, 
 including his four brothers, he removed to 
 Sangamon county, and settled on Prairie 
 creek, in what is now Gardner tow nship, 
 nine miles northwest of Springfield. 
 They were eight weeks on the road, and 
 observed the fourth commandment by 
 resting every Sabbath and assembling for 
 divine worship, which was conducted by 
 Rev. Billious Pond, who fell in with the 
 company at Oswego, N. Y. Dr. John 
 Lyman and wife had eight children, three 
 of whom died young. Of the other 
 five 
 
 HENRY P., born Aug. 10, 1805, at 
 Randolph, Orange coun'y, Vt., married 
 Aug. 7, 1833, at Madrid, St. Lawrence 
 county. N. Y ., to Mercy Sanders, who was 
 born Dec. 4, 1805, at Bethel, Windsor 
 county, Vt. They started soon after 
 marriage to Sangamon county, arriving in 
 the fall of 1833. They had four children 
 in Sangamon county, namely : CALIS- 
 TA M., born July 14, 1834, married 
 March 5, 1864, to R. C. Curtis, and re- 
 sides in Waverly, Illinois. JOHN 
 STORRS, born July 31, 1841, enlisted 
 Aug. 9, 1862, for three years, in Co. G, 
 loist 111. Inf.; served to the end of the 
 rebellion, and was honorably discharged 
 June 22, 1865, at Springfield. He was 
 married Sept. 13, 1870, to Mary Carrie 
 Happer, who was born July 26, 1849, in 
 Sangamon county. The} have two child- 
 ren, EDWARD H. and NELLIE c., and reside 
 one and three-quarters miles northwest 
 of Farmingdale 1876. SARAH A., born 
 Jan. 1 6, 1844, married Aug. 15, 1865, to 
 Rev. Jomes D. Kerr. They have three 
 children, HARRY p.. JAMES M. and RALPH 
 c., and reside at Nebraska City, Neb. 
 He is pastor of the First Presbyterian 
 church there 1876. GEORGE H., born 
 Oct. 4, 1850, married Jan. 16, 1873, to 
 Emelie Stewart, and resides at Carmi. 111.
 
 468 
 
 EARLY SETTLERS OF 
 
 July, 1876. Henry P. Lyman and his 
 wife reside at Farmingdale, Sangamon 
 county, Illinois 1876. 
 
 HANNAH, born Sept. 16, 1807, at 
 Randolph, Vt., married Stephen Child. 
 See his name. 
 
 BENJAMIN RUSH, born March 
 10, 1815, at New Haven, Vt., married in 
 Sangamon county Dec., 1837, to Eliza 
 Estabrook. They had three children, and 
 Mr. Lyman died Feb. 16, 1847, in Sanga- 
 mon county. His widow married Seth 
 Child, and moved to Manhattan, Kansas, 
 taking two of her children. Her son, 
 LEWIS J. LYMAN, went there later, 
 and is now 1876 a practicing physician 
 at St. George, Pottawattomie county, 
 Kansas. 
 
 MARTHA, born March, 1817, mar- 
 ried Lewis Judd, and died Dec., 1835, in 
 Madison county, Illinois. 
 
 LAURA, born Jan. 14, 1819, married 
 Augustin Curtis, and died Aug., 1847, 
 at Waverly, Til., leaving one daughter, 
 LAURA, who married Wm. Brown, 
 and died Jan., 1870. Mr. Brown lives in 
 Waverly, Illinois. 
 
 Mrs. Martha Lyman died March 8, 
 1862, and Dr. John Lyman died Aug. 4, 
 1865, after one hour's illness. Both died 
 near Farmingdale, Sangamon county. 
 
 LYMAN, AZEL, was born Aug. 
 i, 1784, at Lebanon, Conn., and was 
 taken by his parents two years later, to 
 Brookfield, Vt. He was married in 1808, 
 in Randolph, Vt., to Roxana Fisk, who 
 was born there, Dec. 12, 1788. They 
 moved to Potsdam, N. Y., in 1810, 
 had three living children, and Mrs. Ly- 
 man died there, June 7, 1829. He was 
 married in 1830 at Potsdam, to Mary P. 
 Bates, who was born there, Feb. 2, 1809. 
 They moved to Sangamon county with 
 his four brothers, arriving in 1833, at 
 what is now Farmingdale They 
 had eight children, six of whom were 
 born in Sangamon county. Four only of 
 their children are living. Of his child- 
 ren 
 
 AZEL S., born in New York, mar- 
 ried in Cincinnati, Ohio, raised a family, 
 and resides in New York City. He in- 
 vented a way of making paper from wood, 
 a refrigerating vessel and a historical chart, 
 .ill of which are valuable. 
 
 ROXANA, married, and died in 
 Chicago about the time of the great fire. 
 
 MART is unmarried, and resides with 
 her brother, Azel S., in ^jTew York City. 
 She was educated in Jacksonville by Rev. 
 Theron Baldwin. 
 
 By the second wife 
 
 ELLEN, born April 2, 1831, in Pots- 
 dam, N. Y., married in Sangamon coun- 
 ty, May i, 1852, to S. Simonson, who 
 was born March 22, 1824, in Norway. 
 They have one child, and reside at Green 
 Valley, Tazewell county, Illinois. 
 
 THERON B. married Miss Mundy, 
 has three children, and lives in Tallula, 
 Menard county. 
 
 ALMTRA, married, has two children, 
 and resides with her mother. 
 
 O7^TO married and resides near Green 
 Valley Postoffice, Tazewell county. 
 
 Azel Lyman died Jan. 3, 1873, near 
 Delavan, 111., and his widow resides there. 
 The family moved from Sangamon to 
 Tazewell county in 1852. Azel Lyman 
 was an active Sunday school worker. He 
 established Sunday schools in thirty-five 
 counties of Illinois. 
 
 LYMAN, ALVAN, born Mch. 
 5, 1786, at Brookfield, Vt. He was mar- 
 ried, February, 1813, at Royalton, Vt., to 
 Lucy Perrin, who was born there Dec. 
 22, 1790. They became acquainted in 
 St. Lawrence county, N. Y., and returned 
 to Vermont to be married. They had 
 two children born and died in St. Law- 
 rence county, N. Y., and moved with a 
 colony of fifty persons to Sangamon 
 county, arriving in the fall of 1833 near 
 Farmingdale. Mr. Lyman helped to haul 
 the silver coin from Alton to Springfield, 
 to establish the State Bank of Illinois. 
 He arrived with one of four loads of coin, 
 July 4, 1835. Alvan Lyman lived thirty- 
 three years in Sangamon county, and died 
 September. 1866, near Farmingdale. His 
 widow resides with her niece, Mrs. T. H. 
 Ferry, four miles southwest of Pleasant 
 Plains. 1874. 
 
 LYMAN, EZRA, born Feb. 23, 
 1789, at Brookfield, Vt. He went to 
 Potsdam, N. Y., in May, 1809, and in 
 1811 went back to Brookfield, Vt., and 
 was married to Mercy Cushman. They 
 made their home in Potsdam, until four 
 children were born, one of whom, BET- 
 SY, died at three years of age, and the 
 family moved to Sangamon county, 111., 
 in 1833, with a colony, and settled in what
 
 SANG AM ON COL NT*. 
 
 469 
 
 is now Gardner township. Of their child- 
 ren 
 
 EZRA C., born May 19, 1814, in 
 Potsdam, N. Y., married in Sangamon 
 county, March 28, 1840, to Caroline Van 
 Patten. They had eight children in 
 Sangamon count}'. AL V AN, horn June 
 33, 1842, died, aged seven years. HAN- 
 NAH H., born Oct. 14, 1844, married, 
 Nov. 15, 1863, to Thomas H. Earnest. 
 See his name. MARY E., born Feb. 23, 
 1846, married, Dec. 12, 1867, to Robert 
 Morris, a native of New Jersey. They 
 have two children, ETTIE c. and WILLIAM 
 E., and reside near Maroa, Macon county. 
 CORNELIUS, born Oct. 14, 1849. 
 CUSHMAN, born Oct. 21, 1851. AL- 
 VAN, born Jan. 31, 1853. JOHN D., 
 born Oct. 7, 1856. LAURA A., born 
 Oct. 16, 1858; the five latter reside with 
 their parents, near Maroa, Macon county, 
 111., where they moved from Sangamon 
 county in 1874. 
 
 MERCT S., born May 19, 1820, in 
 New York, married in Sangamon county 
 to Jeremiah D. Low. (He was one of the 
 fifty-two colonists, and was a teacher.) 
 They had three children CORNELIA 
 A. died in St. Louis, aged eleven years. 
 LAURA T., born July 16, 1848, and 
 CHARLES H., born Oct. n, 1851, re- 
 side with their parents, in Chicago. 
 
 ZERfVIAH H., born about 1831, is 
 unmarried, and resides with her brother, 
 Ezra C. 
 
 Ezra Lyman died, Oct. i, 1851, and 
 Mrs. Mercy Lyman died in 1864, both in 
 Sangamon county. 
 
 LYMAN, CORNELIUS, was 
 born August 10, 1792,511 Brookfield, Vt. 
 He was there married, about 1814, to 
 Betsy Cushman, and moved to Potsdam, 
 N. Y., where they had two children. 
 The family moved to Clinton county, and 
 from there to Sangamon county, 111., in 
 1833, as part of the colony of fifty-two 
 persons. After residing in Sangamon 
 county many years, they moved to Min- 
 nesota with the first emigration, and set- 
 tled at St. Croix Lake. Of their two 
 sons 
 
 CORNELIUS S., born in 1816, in 
 New York, married at Chatham, Sanga- 
 mon county, to Emily Kincaid. They 
 have a large family, and reside near Still- 
 water, Minn. 
 
 DA VID />., born in New York, mar- 
 ried in Sangamon county to Ann J. Han- 
 nah. They have a family, and reside 
 near Stillwater, or Marine Mills, Minn. 
 
 Cornelius Lyman died Jan. 31, 1864, 
 and his widow died, both near Stillwater, 
 Minn. 
 
 LYON, HENSON, was born 
 July 28, 1790, in Loudon county, Va., 
 was taken by his parents about -1800 to 
 Clark county, Ky. Nancy McCann was 
 born Jan. 8, 1795, in Clark county, and 
 they were there married Aug. 10, 1814. 
 They moved to Shelbyville, where they 
 had nine children, and the family moved 
 to Sangamon county, 111., arriving Oct., 
 1834, in what was then called Portland, 
 south of the Sangamon river, and seven 
 miles northeast of Springfield, where one 
 child was born. In March, 1835, they 
 moved to a farm, two and one-half miles 
 east of Springfield, Of their ten child- 
 ren 
 
 HARRISON D., born May 7, 1815, in 
 Shelbyville, Ky., married in Sangamon 
 county April 6, 1^43, to Mary E. Hick- 
 man. They had four living children. 
 MARY E. lives with her parents. 
 WILLIAM H. married March 12, 1874, 
 to Sarah A. Day, a native of New York, 
 and resides three miles northeast of 
 Springfield. EUCLID F. and JAMES 
 F. reside with their parents, three and 
 one-half miles northeast of Springfield. 
 
 LUCINDA M., born Feb. 20, 1818, 
 in Shelbyville, Ky., married there to Clif- 
 ton L. Burge, and came to Sangamon coun- 
 ty in 1836. She died July 27, 1860, leaving 
 three children in Sangamon county. 
 GEORGE W. married in Springfield to 
 Martha Clarke, and lives in Ottawa, Kan- 
 sas. SOPHRONIA E. married jn Kan- 
 sas to Willis P. Broadwell, and lives in 
 Rockport, Boone county, Mo. C LIF- 
 TON L., Jun., lives in Ottawa, Kansas. 
 
 JAMES 0., born Oct. 15, 1821, in 
 Kentucky, died, unmarried, in Spring- 
 field, Feb. 5, 1860. 
 
 HESTER A.fi.,born Nov. 13, 1823, 
 in Kentucky, married in Sangamon coun- 
 ty to James S. Dawson. They have seven 
 children, and live near Paris, Mo. 
 
 ELIZABETH M., born June 21, 
 1825, in Kentucky, married in Sangamon 
 county to Morgan Mace, and live near 
 Ironton, Mo.
 
 47 
 
 EARLY SETTLERS OF 
 
 HAR VET M,, born Feb. 25, 1827, in 
 Ky., died Oct. 22, 1859, unmarried, in 
 Springfield. 
 
 BENJAMIN N., born Oct. 26, 1829, 
 in Kentucky, died, unmarried, in Spring- 
 field, Sept. 5, 1857. 
 
 EUCLID jF., born Sept. 27, 1830,111 
 Kentucky, died, unmarried, near Spring- 
 field, Feb. 22, 1848. 
 
 THOMAS Z., born Sept. 28, 1832, in 
 Kentucky, died, unmarried, at the house 
 of his brother, Harrison D., Aug. 16, 
 iS'66. 
 
 CLIFTON B., born Jan. 15, 1835, in 
 Sangamon county, died, unmarried, near 
 Springfield, Feb. 21, 1857. 
 
 Mrs. Nancy Lyon died Dec. 5, 1845, 
 and Henson Lyon died Sept. 29, 1867, 
 both near Springfield. 
 
 LYON, TALBOTT, was born in 
 1805, in Shelby county, Ky. He came to 
 the house of his uncle, Henson Lyon, in 
 Sangamon county, in 1834. He married 
 Elizabeth Fullin wider; had six children, 
 and she died; and he married Eliza Cor- 
 rell, had four children, and he died Sept., 
 1845. His children are all dead, and his 
 widow married, and lives in Atchison, 
 Kansas. 
 
 LYON, ELIZABETH, sister to 
 Talbott, born Dec. 21, 1823, in Shelby 
 county, Ky., came to Sangamon county 
 in 1840, married George T. Hickman. 
 See his name. 
 
 LYNN, JAMES, was born Feb. 
 24, 1788, in Rowan county, N. C. In 
 1809 he went to Muhlenberg county, Ky., 
 and when the war between the United 
 States and England commenced, in 1812, 
 he enlisted in a regiment at Russelville, 
 Ky., and served eighteen months. He 
 was severely wounded by a gunshot in 
 Canada. After leaving the army he re- 
 turned to Muhlenberg county, Ky. 
 Sarah DePoyster was born April 29, 1795, 
 in Iredell county, N. C. When she was 
 a child her parents moved to Butler 
 county, Ky. James Lynn and Sarah De- 
 Poyster were married Nov. 27, 1814, in 
 Butler county, and at once visited his pa- 
 rents in North Carolina, remaining one 
 year, and in the fall of 1815 moved to 
 Barren county, Ky., where they had four 
 children, and moved to Sangamon county, 
 Illinois, arriving in the fall of 1825, at the 
 north end of Buffalo Hart Grove. Mrs. 
 Lynn says that the country looked so 
 
 new and wild, it required three days to 
 look around and consult before they could 
 decide to unload their wagons. Her 
 husband would willingly have gone back, 
 but she would not consent to it. Indians 
 were very numerous, but never did 
 them any harm. They had four children 
 in Sangamon county. Of their eight 
 children 
 
 AfARY ANN, born Nov. 7, 1816, in 
 Kentucky, married in Sangamon county, 
 Feb. 28, 1840,10 Garrett Laughlin. They 
 had eight children. JAMES H., born 
 Dec. 6, 1842, and JOHN W., t born Nov. 
 I, 1845, are unmarried, and reside with 
 their parents. SARAH J., born April 9, 
 1848, married April 9, 1870, to Alexander 
 McMurray, whs was born in 1843, in 
 county Donegal, Ireland. She died Sept. 
 29, 1873. IS ABEL, born March 14, 1850, 
 married Jan. 13, 1869, to Samuel Remines, 
 have two children, MINNIE and MARY. 
 WILSON D., GEORGE P., GAR- 
 RET F. and EMMA C. the four latter 
 live with their parents, half a mile south- 
 west of Cornland, in Sangamon county. 
 
 R. PERRY, born July 20, 1819, in 
 Barren county, Ky., raised in Sangamon 
 county, married May, 1865, at Sedalia, 
 Mo., to Emily Dickson, a native of Ar- 
 kansas. They had three children ; two 
 died in infancy. CATHARINE lives 
 with her parents at the homestead settled 
 by his father in 1825, near Buffalo Hart 
 Station, Sangamon county, Illinois. 
 
 CALYOU JANE, born Feb. 2, 
 1822, in Kentucky, married March, 1868, 
 in Sangamon county, to William Beck. 
 They live in Vernon county, Mo., near 
 Appleton, Kansas. 
 
 JOHN W., born May 24, 1824, in 
 Barren county, Ky., raised in Sangamon 
 county, married Aug. 5, 1858, to Sarah 
 Matthews, at Decatur, although they both 
 lived at the time in Sangamon county. 
 She was born Sept. 14, 1835, in Cler- 
 mont . county, Ohio. They had eight 
 children; two died in infancy. LUE 
 BELLE died March 23, 1871, in her 
 twelfth year. The other five, ALICE A., 
 SARAH F., CLARA D., MARY E. 
 and ADA MARIA live with their pa- 
 rents, two and a half miles east of Buffalo 
 Hart Station, Sangamon county, Illi- 
 nois. 
 
 MAR7^HA, born Dec. 29, 1826, in 
 Sangamon county, died Sept. 25, 1830.
 
 SANGAMON COUNTY. 
 
 471 
 
 SUSAN, born Feb. 2, 1829, in San- 
 gamon county, married Feb., 1851, to 
 Lewis Dyer. They have five children, 
 and live in Vernon county, Mo., near 
 Appleton, Kansas. 
 
 SARAH P., born May 4, 1834, in 
 Sangamon county, married Sept., 1857, 
 to Monroe Lynn, have one child, LAURA, 
 and live at Niantic, Illinois. 
 
 MARIA K., born Sept. 22, 1836, 
 married Feb., 1867, to John G. Lynn, and 
 died June n, 1870, in Missouri. 
 
 James Lynn died March n, 1860. He 
 carried the musket ball received in 1814, 
 in Canada, in his flesh to the grave. His 
 widow resides 1874 with her son, R. 
 Perry Lynn, on the farm where herself 
 and husband settled in 1825. It is half a 
 mile northeast of Buffalo Hart Station. 
 
 MALLORY, VALENTINE 
 R., was born Dec. 16, 1798, near Paris, 
 Bourbon county, Ky. He was a soldier 
 in the war of 1812, and was at the battle 
 of the river Thames. Nancy Dawson 
 was born Sept. 20, 1802, in Fairfax coun- 
 ty, Va., and in 1804 was taken by her pa- 
 rents to Bracken county, KV. V. R. 
 Mallory and Nancy Dawson were there 
 married, June 28, 1821. Tney had three 
 children, and in March, 1827, united 
 with the Baptist church. They moved, 
 in company with her brother, John 
 Dawson (see his name) to Sangamon 
 county, IllinoiSj arriving Oct. 22, 1827, in 
 what is now Clear Lake township, where 
 they had six children. Of all their child- 
 ren 
 
 WILLIAM A., was born Oct. 25, 
 1822, in Bracken county, Ky. At nine- 
 teen years of age he commenced teaching 
 school, and reading medicine, first under 
 Dr. John Todd, of Springfield, then at 
 Laporte, Ind. His first practice was at 
 Beloit, Wisconsin, one year. He spent 
 some time at Louisville Medical College, 
 in 1846, and Cincinnati Eclectic Medical 
 College, in 1847, and located at Fort Mad- 
 ison, Iowa, in 1848. He was married at 
 Denmark, five miles from Fort Madison, 
 Lee county, Iowa, June 6, 1848, to Susan 
 A.Johnson, who was born Feb. 21, 1824, 
 at Bedford, Penn., of Scotch parents. 
 Dr. Mallory and his wife had one child 
 
 in Iowa, and returned to Illinois. He 
 commenced practice, in Springfield, Dec. 
 21, 1849. In Aug., 1852, he commenced 
 publishing the Cnristian Sentinel* It 
 was sold to Eureka College, in February, 
 1856. March 20, 1856, he went into the 
 employ of the Illinois State Christian As- 
 sociation, preaching and teaching at Pitts- 
 field and Rushville, and then to the 
 churches in Sangamon and Menard^oun- 
 ties, until the beginning of the rebellion, 
 when he resumed the practice of medi- 
 cine in Clear Lake township. In June, 
 1862, he was commissioned, by Governor 
 Yates, as a recruiting officer, which cul- 
 minated in the organization of the ii4th 
 111, Inf. Dr. Mallory became Captain of 
 Co. C, at the organization of the regi- 
 ment. He served until Sept. n, 1863, 
 when he resigned on account of ill health. 
 On recovering, he resumed practice, 
 preaching and Sunday school work, at 
 Hewlett, now Riverton. Dr. Mallory 
 and his wife had two children in Sanga- 
 mon county. Of their three children 
 ROLLIN V., born March 26, 1849, at 
 West Point, Lee county, Iowa, married 
 in Sangamon county, Sept., 1872, to Mi- 
 randa CantralK They have one child, 
 WILLIAM c., and live at Cantrall, Sanga- 
 mon county. ALEXANDER J., born 
 Apr, 28, 1857, and INA SUE, born March 
 1 6, 1863, reside with their parents, near 
 Riverton, and within half a mile of where 
 his parents settled, in 1827. 
 
 JOHN T., born April 27, 1825, in 
 Bracken county, Ky., married in Sanga- 
 mon county, April, 1847, to Elizabeth 
 Myers. They had two children CLA- 
 RENCE A. married Mary Strode, and 
 reside in Fancy Creek township. HERP 
 L. is unmarried, and resides in Abilene^ 
 Kansas 1874. Mrs. Elizabeth Mallory 
 died in Macon county. J. T. Mallory 
 married Mrs. Ellen Simpson, whose 
 maiden name was Holden. They have 
 seven children, and live near Ottawa, 
 Franklin county, Kansas. 
 
 ELIZABETH, born May 28, 1827, 
 in Bracken county, Ky., married in San- 
 gamon county, Jan. 8, 1857, to John C. 
 Anderson, who was born Dec. 2, 1833, 
 near Bloomington, Ind. They had three 
 children, ELIJAH H., CLARA M. and 
 JOHN C. Mr. Anderson died Dec. 6, 1860, 
 near Williamsville. His widow and child- 
 ren reside with her mother, near Riverton.
 
 EARLT SETTLERS OF 
 
 REUBEN, born Sept. 7, 1829, in 
 Sangamon county, married, April, 1854, 
 to Mary J. Nesbitt. They have seven 
 children, and reside near Buffalo, Wilson 
 county, Kansas. 
 
 EGBERT 0., born Dec. 21, 1831, in 
 Sangamon county, married, August, 1858, 
 to Nancy A. Cantrall. They have five 
 children. E. O. Mallory enlisted July, 
 i862finCo. I, uphill. Inf., for three 
 years. He was elected Lieutenant at the 
 organization of the company, promoted 
 to Captain, in 1863,; served as such to 1 the 
 end of the, rebellion, and was honorably 
 mustered out, at Springfield, in 1865. He 
 moved to Knox county, Mo., and was 
 elected Judge of the Comity Court of 
 that county, and now resides near Greens- 
 burg, Missouri. 
 
 ELIZA F., born Sept. 15, 1834, in 
 Sangamon county, married G. W. Brittin. 
 See his name. He died, and she married 
 Thomas Glascock. See his name. 
 
 NANCT D., born Sept. 17, 1836, in 
 Sa>ngamon county, married Henry Brittin. 
 See his name f 
 
 JAMES D., born May 9, 1839, in 
 Sangamon county, married April 25, 
 
 1861, to Frances P. Cantrall. They have 
 two children, HENRY E. and EDWIN 
 O. James D. Mallory enlisted July 25, 
 
 1862, for three years, in Co, I, 1 141!! III. 
 Inf., and was elected orderly Sergeant at 
 the organization of the company. He 
 was taken prisoner at the battle of Gun- 
 town, June 10, 1864, was in hospital one 
 month at Mobile, in Andersonville prison 
 from August I to Sept. 13; while there 
 he saw the inhuman rebel, Gen Winder, 
 fall dead, from either heart disease or ap- 
 oplexy. Mr. Mallory was sent to Charles- 
 ton and kept three weeks under the fire 
 of the Union artillery while the bombard- 
 ment was progressing. He saw a Union 
 soldier who tried to escape, hung by the 
 thumbs with a small cord and drawn up 
 until his feet barely touched the ground. 
 He was whirled around until circulation 
 ceased, and he was dead in fifteen minutes. 
 He was sent from Charleston to Florence 
 in Oct., 1864, remaining five months. 
 Rations was half a pint of corn meal, 
 corn and cob ground together, and half a 
 pint of peas. Had one small ration of 
 meat soon after entering, and no more 
 until March, 1865, when six cows heads 
 were sent in with the tongues and brains 
 
 taken out. He was hospital steward at 
 the time, and issued them himself. At 
 Florence a soldier had no blanket, and 
 when he asked for one he was tied up 
 and whipped one hundred lashes by a 
 New York rough named Stanton, under 
 direction of the prison authorities. The 
 soldier lived through it. Stanton received 
 some favor for it, but was watched and 
 killed at Annapolis, Md. When Sher- 
 man's army approached the prison in 
 March, 1865, Mr. Mallory was among 
 those who were too much emaciated 'to 
 march, and was released, paroled, and 
 fell into the hands of the Union soldiers. 
 J, D. Mallory resides in Clear Lake town- 
 ship, near Riverton, Sangamon county, 
 Illinois. 
 
 MARK C., born Jan. 16, 1844, in San- 
 gamon county, married Nov. 28, 1869, in 
 Menard county, to Emily Jordan. They 
 live near Olathe, Johnson county, Kansas. 
 
 Valentine R. Mallory died Nov. 21, 
 1864, and his widow resides on the tarm 
 where they settled in 1827. It is three 
 miles southeast of Riverton, formerly 
 Howlett, and previous to that Jamestovvui, 
 Sangamon county, Illinois. 
 
 M ALON E. Three brothers of that 
 name were among the early settlers of 
 Sangamon county, namely: 
 
 JOHN W. was born about 1816 near 
 Richmond, Va. ; was taken by his parents 
 to McMinn county, Tenn., in 1824; went 
 to Brown county, 111., about 1832; was 
 married there to Caroline Phillips, and 
 moved to Springfield in 1834. They had 
 five children in Springfield, and moved 
 to St. Louis, where Mr. Malone died. 
 His widow resides near Mt. Sterling, 
 Brown county. Her son, Joseph Malone, 
 is a dentist, and practiced in Springfield. 
 He is now practicing at Mt. Sterling, 
 Brown county, Illinois. 
 
 JESSE y., born Jan. 21, 1818, near 
 Richmond, Va., moved to McMinn 
 county, Tenn., in 1824; came to Sanga- 
 mon county about 1836; went to Craw- 
 ford county, Mo., two years later; there 
 married May 3, 1842, to Harriet Patton; 
 returned to Sangamon county in 1846; 
 practiced medicine in Chatham; moved to 
 Waverly, 111., and died there of cholera, 
 July 15, 1851. His widow returned to 
 her friends in Missouri. Their daughter, 
 MARY F., married George W. Trumbo. 
 See his name. LAURA married Hugh
 
 SANGAMON COUNTY. 
 
 473 
 
 M. Frazier, and lives near Monticello, 
 Mo. CHARLES F. is unmarried. Mrs. 
 Harriet Malone married in Missouri, 
 April 12, 1855, to Benjamin Ruggles. 
 Had two children, JOHN C. and WIL- 
 LIAM N., and Mr. Ruggles died in 
 1868. Mrs. Ruggles resides with her 
 daughter, Mrs. Trumbo, eight miles south 
 of Springfield, Illinois 1874. 
 
 ALFRED C., born March 23, 1822, 
 near Richmond, Va., was taken by his 
 parents to McMinn county, Tenn., and 
 came to Springfield Sept. 2, 1840. He 
 was married Sept. 18, 1845, * Amanda 
 M. Bridges. They had ten i ving child- 
 ren in Sangamon county, namely: WIL- 
 LIAM B., EMMA ]., LOUISA D., 
 MARTHA E., MIRANDA E., 
 AMANDA R., MARIA E., CHAR- 
 LES E., MARY J. C. and ALBERT 
 H. reside with their parents,' in the north- 
 east corner of Chatham township, one 
 and a half miles north of Chatham, 
 Sangamon county, Illinois. 
 
 MALTBY, JOSIAH, was born 
 in 1779, in Connecticut. Mary Me Arthur 
 was born in 1783 in New Hampshire. 
 They were married in Orange county, 
 Vt., moved to Oneida and Tioga coun- 
 ties, N. Y., and came to Sangamon 
 county, 111., in 1822, on Spring creek. 
 Their daughter 
 
 SARAH, married Sylvan us Massie.- 
 See his name. 
 
 Mrs. Mary Maltby died in 1827, and 
 Josiah Maltby died Jan., 1841; she in San- 
 gamon, and he in Brown county, Illinois. 
 MANN, CHRISTOPHER 
 C., born Jan. 2, 1819, in Bracken county, 
 Ky., came to Sangamon county later than 
 his brother, Uriah. He was married in 
 Sangamon county Nov. 10, 1843, to Ann 
 R. King. They had six children, name- 
 ly 
 
 HENRY F., born Nov. 10, 1844. He 
 went from Springfield and enlisted in 
 Chicago June 17, i86i,in Co. E, 24th 111. 
 Inf., for three years. He was captured by 
 John Morgan at Pulaski, Tenn., in 1862, 
 and escaped in about twenty-four hours. 
 He was slightly wounded at Rocky Face 
 Ridge, Ga., in May, 1862; served until 
 Aug. 6, 1864, when he was honorably 
 discharged at Chicago. He was married 
 Jan. 30, 1868, in Sangamon county, to 
 Jeanetta Snodgrass, who was born Dec. 
 32, 1848. They have three children, 
 60 
 
 LUAMMA, MARETHA J. and 
 CHARLES E., and reside seven miles 
 east of Springfield, in Clear Lake town- 
 ship. 
 
 WILLIAM, born July 9, 1847, en- 
 listed Aug., 1862, in Co. I, H4th 111. Inf., 
 for three years; served until the suppres- 
 sion of the rebellion, and was honorably 
 discharged at Springfield. He lives at 
 Carthage, Missouri. 
 
 MART, born Nov. 25, 1849, married 
 Oct. i, 1869, to John Huffman in Sanga- 
 mon county. They have two children, 
 and live at Carthage, Missouri. 
 
 ALICE J., born April 28, 1852, 
 married April 2, 1869, to John B. Allen; 
 have three children, and live at Carthage, 
 Missouri. 
 
 MARETHA, born Oct. 17, 1853, 
 married May n, 1872, to James Farley, 
 who was born May 14, 1845, * n countv 
 Dublin, Ireland, and raised in Louisville, 
 Ky. They have one child, GLENARA, 
 and reside at Riverton, Sangamon county, 
 Illinois 1874. 
 
 EMIL T E., born Sept. 6, 1857, mar- 
 ried Dec. 24, 1873, to Franklin Steele, 
 and reside at Riverton, Illinois. 
 
 Christopher C. Mann died Jan. 31, 
 1859, and his widow resides at Riverton, 
 Sangamon county, Illinois. 
 
 MANN, URIAH, was born 
 Sept. 17, 1810, in Bracken county, Ky. 
 He came to Sangamon county with his 
 sister, Anna, and her husband, Thomas 
 A. King, arriving the first Sunday in 
 Oct., 1831. He was a soldier in the 
 Black Hawk war, in 1832, in the same 
 regiment with Capt. Abraham Lincoln, 
 with whom he had many a wrestling 
 match. Uriah Mann was married Jan. 
 6, 1832, in Sangamon county, to Eliza- 
 beth King. They had seven children 
 in Sangamon county, two of whom died 
 young. 
 
 PE TER, born July 23, 1833, married 
 Sept. 17, 1854, to Carrie J. Knox. They 
 had five living children. URIAH died 
 Feb., 1870, in his ninth year. CLAR- 
 ENCE A., LUELLA B.", ALLEN and 
 OLIVER live with their parents, adjoin- 
 ing Camp Butler National Cemetery on 
 the east. 
 
 SARAH A., born Jan. 27, 1836, mar- 
 ried George W. Bla.ck. See his name. 
 
 THOMAS H., born April 6, 1843, in 
 Sangamon county, enlisted Aug., 1862,
 
 474 
 
 EARLT SETTLERS OF 
 
 for three years, in Co. I, H4th 111. Inf. 
 He was taken prisoner at the battle of 
 Guntown, Miss., June 10, 1864; was ten 
 months in Andersonville prison pen, ex- 
 changed about the close of the rebellion, 
 and honorably discharged June 14, 1865, 
 at Springfield, and died at home Feb. 16, 
 1867, of disease contracted in the rebel 
 prison. 
 
 CHARLES V., born Dec. 26, 1846, 
 lives with his father. 
 
 MAR T F., born March 2, 1853, lives 
 with her father. 
 
 Mrs. Elizabeth Mann died Sept. 9, 1861, 
 and Uriah Mann was married Aug. 25, 
 1862, to Ellen Brimbarger, who was born 
 Sept. 8, 1859, * n Gallatin county, Ky. 
 They had eight children. URIAH 
 GRANT and ELIZABETH S., died 
 in their seventh and third years, respec- 
 tively. -FANNIE B., B E T T I E, 
 ETHEL M., SONORA, PERCES 
 ANN and RICHARD OGLES-BY live 
 with their parents, on the farm where 
 Mr. Mann settled in 183:5. It is five miles 
 east of Springfield, adjoining Camp But- 
 ler. 
 
 Uriah Mann hauled all the rails and 
 timber, for improving his farm 1 , on a 
 wagon constructed by himself, without 
 any iron, the wheels being hewn each 
 from a single piece of timber, from the 
 largest tree he could find. His house 
 was built by himself, of round logs. His 
 tables, cupboard and other furniture were 
 made from wild cherry lumber. In the 
 absence of saw-mills, he split the timber 
 into broad slabs, fastened them into a 
 snatch block, hewed them to a uniform 
 thickness, and after waiting a sufficient 
 time for them to season, worked them in- 
 to his household furniture. The first 
 meal he ate in his own house, the meat 
 was hog's jowl, and the bread made 
 from frostbitten corn. He hauled the first 
 wheat he raised for sale to St. Louis, and 
 sold it for thirty-five cents in trade. He 
 is now among the most successful farmers 
 of the countv. 
 
 MAN 1ST, ME LI NBA, born Aug., 
 1807, in Bracken county, Ky., married 
 there to Thomas Threlkeld, had five chil- 
 dren, and Mr. T. died. She married 
 Win. Summers, had two children, and he 
 died. Mrs. Melinda Summers and her 
 seven children all came to Sangamon 
 county, arriving Oct. 20, 1847. Her 
 
 daughter, Rebecca, married Stephen L. 
 Cooper. See his name. 
 
 MANN, ANN, born Jan. i, 1813, 
 in Bracken county, Ky., married Thomas 
 A. King. See his name. 
 
 MANN, PETER, the father of 
 Melinda, Uriah, Ann and Christopher, 
 was a soldier from Bracken county, Ky., 
 in the war of 1812, and came near dying 
 of disease in Canada. He returned to 
 Kentucky and died there. 
 
 MARSH, WILLIAM H., 
 was born Dec. 15 1804, in Lancaster coun- 
 ty, Penn. He was married May 14, 1829, 
 in the city of Lancaster, to Lydia Brady, 
 who was born April 7, 1810, in Chester 
 county, Penn. They had two children, 
 and Mrs. Marsh died, July 24, 1833. 
 Wm. H. Marsh was married, April 9, 
 1835, to Mary Lytle, in Lancaster. She 
 was born in that county March 17, 1808. 
 The family moved to Sangamon countv, 
 111., arriving May 16, 1837, at Springfield, 
 where four children were born. Of his 
 six children 
 
 LUCT A., born Sept. 2, 1830, in Lan- 
 caster county, Penn., married in Sanga- 
 mon county, Aug. 26, 1857, to Mitchell 
 Graham. See his name. 
 
 DEWITT C. y born Oct. 21, 1832, in 
 Lancaster county, Penn., married in San- 
 gamon county, Aug. 29, 1855, to Harriet 
 M. Bryant, and have four children, 
 EVANGELINE M., MARY A., VI VI 
 I. and JULIA A. Mrs. Marsh died, 
 Dec. 29^ 1869, and he married Rebecca 
 Snyder, who was born July 24, 1836, in 
 Bedford county, Penn. They have two 
 children, CHARLES W. and WIL- 
 LIAM D., and live one and one-half 
 miles north of Springfield. 
 
 By the second marriage. 
 
 LTDIA C, born May 15, 1838, in 
 Springfield, died March 10, 1854. 
 
 MARTHA A., born Aug. 13, 1840, 
 in Springfield, married, Oct. 10, 1866, to 
 Charles Reed. They have one child, 
 MARY, and live at 1061, North 5th street, 
 Springfield. 
 
 ISABEL, born April 17, 1842, in 
 Springfield, lives with her father. 
 
 DELIA, born Sept. 7, 1845, m Spring- 
 field, married, Dec. 18, 1872, to Albert 
 Jennings, and died, in Springfield, Aug.
 
 SANG AM ON COUNTT. 
 
 475 
 
 Mrs. Mary Marsh died, March 25, 
 1872, and Wm. H. Marsh resides two 
 miles north of Springfield. 
 
 When Wm. H. Marsh came to Spring- 
 field, he was employed by the State 
 House Commissioners as foreman in erect- 
 ing that edifice, under direction of the 
 architect. He was thus engaged, part of 
 1837, all of '38, and part of 1839. He 
 was next employed as foreman on the 
 abutments of the bridge at the Sangamon 
 river, for the Northern Cross railroad, now 
 the T. W. & W., road, at Riverton. 
 When gold was discovered on the Pacific 
 coast, he attempted to go to California, 
 but became disabled at the Rocky moun- 
 tains, and returned. He was keeper of 
 the Sangamon county poor house for ten 
 years, ending in the fall of 1859. 
 
 MARTIN, ABRAHAM, was 
 
 born about 1787, in Kentucky, of parents 
 from North Carolina. He was married 
 in Kentucky, about 1807, to Melinda 
 Lewis. They had three children in Ken- 
 tucky, and moved to the vicinity of Bed- 
 ford, Lawrence county, Ind., where nine 
 children were born, and the family moved 
 to Sangamon county, 111., arriving in the 
 fall of 1830, in what is now Cooper town- 
 ship, where one child was born. Of their 
 children 
 
 LE WIS, born in Kentucky, married 
 in Indiana, moved with his father to San- 
 gamon county, and after two years return- 
 ed to Indiana, where his wife died ; and 
 he was married there to Mrs. Martha 
 Stotts. In 1848, he came back to Sanga- 
 mon county. He has five living children, 
 nearly all married, and lives near Sharps- 
 burg, Christian county. He had one son 
 who served in the Union army through 
 the rebellion. 
 
 . MARGARET, born in Kentucky, 
 married in Sangamon county to Henry 
 Judy. They had five children, two of 
 whom died young, and Mr. Judy died. 
 The widow and two of her children live 
 in Atchinson county, Kansas. She had 
 two sons in the Union army, one of whom 
 was killed while bearing a flag in battle; 
 the other was since killed by an accident 
 on a railroad. 
 
 JOHN, born in Kentucky, married 
 Rachel Harvey. He died, and his widow 
 and five children live in Christian county, 
 Illinois. 
 
 SUSAN, born in Indiana, married in 
 Missouri to David Driscoll. He died, 
 Sept., 1845, leaving two children. Her 
 son, LEWIS S. DRISCOLL, was a 
 member of Co. D, 33d 111. Inf., and died, 
 at Ironton, Mo. His remains were buried 
 in Cooper township. The widow has 
 been twice married since; the last time to 
 Hugh Turner. See his name. 
 
 SAMUEL, born in Indiana, raised 
 and married in Sangamon county to 
 Mary Bragg. They moved to Buchanan 
 county, Mo., and from there went to the 
 mouth of the Platt river, Neb., and in 
 company with another man, laid out the 
 town of Plattsmouth, where he died, in 
 1853, leaving a widow and three children 
 by the first, and one by the second wife. 
 He had two sons in the Union army. 
 
 JEFFERSON, born in Indiana, 
 moved to Sangamon county, married in 
 Mills county, Iowa, to Fidelia Clark, and 
 died there, without children, June, 1864. 
 
 RA CHEL, born in Indiana, raised in 
 Sangamon county, married in Buchanan 
 county, Mo., to James W. Berry. He 
 died, leaving four children, and she mar- 
 ried George L. Atwood, had one child, 
 and died in Sangamon county. Two of 
 her sons were in the Union army during 
 the rebellion. One has since died, and 
 the other is in the regular army. 
 
 MOSES, born in Indiana, raised in 
 Sangamon county, married Mary J. Crull. 
 They have eight children, and live in 
 Bates county, Mo. 
 
 MESSENGER, born Feb. 22, 1833, 
 in Sangamon county, married, Dec. 23, 
 1858, to Eliza Craig, who was born May 
 12, 1837, ' n Scotland. They have four 
 living children, MARY M., SARAH 
 J., AMANDA and SUSAN BELL, and 
 reside on the farm where his parents set- 
 tled in 1830, in Cooper township, near 
 Breckenridge. 
 
 Abraham Martin moved, in 1839, to 
 Buchanan county, Mo., and returned in 
 1845. Mrs. Melinda Martin died, Feb. 
 19, 1860, and Abraham Martin died, Oct. 
 24, 1864, both in Cooper township, Sanga- 
 mon county, Illinois. 
 
 MARTIN, GEORGE, wasborn 
 in 1805, in Hampshire county, Va., and 
 was there married to Leah Fans. They 
 had two children, and moved to Licking 
 county, Ohio, where one child was born; 
 and then moved to Sangamon county,
 
 476 
 
 EA RL Y SB T7 'LERS OF 
 
 arriving in the spring of 1834,111 German 
 Prairie, and in 1836 moved to what is 
 now Cotton Hill township, where three 
 children were born. Of their six chiU 
 dren 
 
 MARGARET A., born in Virginia, 
 died Feb. 19, 1849, * n Sangamon county. 
 
 JOHN W., born Feb. 22, 1830, in 
 Virginia, married in Sangamon county to 
 Mary Wood. He died July 2, 1862. 
 
 JAMES M., born June 15, 1832, in 
 Licking county, Ohio, married in Sanga- 
 mon county Feb. i, 1855, to Mary Wil- 
 liams. They had six children, four of 
 whom died under six years. MARY F. 
 and JAMES H. reside with their parents, 
 in Cotton Hill township, near old Ri- 
 enzi, Sangamon county. 
 
 MARY C., born in Sangamon county, 
 married David H. Stewart, and died. 
 
 MELINDA J., born in Sangamon 
 county, died, aged ten or twelve years. 
 
 RACHEL L. died, aged three years. 
 
 George Martin died Oct. 25, 1841, and 
 Mrs. Leah Martin died Aug. 8, 1860; 
 both in Cotton Hill township. 
 
 MARTIN, WILLIAM, a 
 brother to George Martin and Mrs. Mil- 
 slagle, was born in Hampshire county, 
 Va. ; came to Sangamon county in 1834 
 or '35. He married Nancy, Torrence. 
 They had four children. 
 
 MARY J. married Edward George, 
 and died. 
 
 SARAH E. married D. F. Chap- 
 man. 
 
 JOHN W. died young. 
 
 RA CHEL married Melvin Bell. See 
 his name. 
 
 Wm. Martin died, and his widow mar- 
 ried John Adams. 
 
 MASpN, JOHN A., born June 
 
 14, 1814, in S wanton, Franklin county, 
 Vt. When quite young he went to Buf- 
 falo, N. Y., and there joined his bfother, 
 and came from there to Springfield, 111., 
 arriving May 20, 1837. He learned the 
 business of a chair maker in Springfield, 
 and from that worked into the manufac- 
 ture of cabinet furniture. He retired 
 from business in 1869, with ample means 
 and impaired health. He is not yet mar- 
 ried, and resides at Buffalo, Sangamon 
 county, Illinois, but spends much of his 
 time among his old friends in Springfield. 
 
 MASON, NOAH, was born Jan. 
 
 15, 1782, at Mendon, Worcester county, 
 
 Mass. He was bound to a hard master} 
 ran away, and followed the life of a 
 sailor for about five years. Lucinda 
 Stetson was born June 14, 1782, in Han- 
 over, Plymouth county, Mass. They 
 were married July 15, 1804. Soon after 
 marriage Mr. Mason left on a voyage to 
 China and the East Indies, and was ab- 
 sent twenty-one months. On his return 
 they moved to the vicinity of Belfast, 
 Hancock county, Maine, where they had 
 three children. In 1812 he moved to 
 Madison county, N. Y., thence to Gene- 
 see county, in the same State, in 1814, 
 where two children were born. In the 
 spring of 1819 he moved to Olean Point, 
 on the Allegheny river, and in the autumn 
 of 1821 united with two other families in 
 building a boat, in which the three fami- 
 lies descended the Allegheny and Ohio 
 rivers, landing in Pope county, Illinois, 
 where another son was born, and they 
 called his name Seth. After remaining 
 two and a half years, the family left for 
 what is now Tazewell county, but on 
 reaching Sugar creek, in what is now 
 Auburn township, April 10, 1824, decided 
 to settle there. Of the six children 
 
 NOAH, Jun., born Feb. 25, 1807, 
 fifteen miles from Belfast, Maine, mar- 
 ried in Sangamon county, Feb. 19, 1835, 
 to Martha Nuckolls. They had six chil- 
 dren, and Mrs. Martha Mason died, Mar. 
 24, 1852. Noah Mason, Jun., was mar- 
 ried Aug. 9, i$3, to Elizabeth Talbott. 
 They had one child. Of all his children, 
 GEORGE T., born Feb. 11, 1836, mar- 
 ried June 9, 1 86 1, to Anna Brooks. They 
 have three children, and reside in Auburn 
 township. JANE, born July 22, 1837, 
 married William R. Hill, Oct. 8, 1858. 
 They have four children, and reside in 
 Auburn township. JOHN L., born 
 March 15, 1839, has represented Chat- 
 ham township for several years in the 
 County Board of Supervisors, He was 
 married May 4, 1876, in Springfield, 111., 
 to Mildred Harker, and resides one mile 
 northwest of Auburn, Sangamon county, 
 Illinois. MARY ANN, born Jan. i, 
 1842, was married Jan. i, 1861, to James 
 M- Stout. See his name. AMANDA 
 died, aged seven years. ELMINA E., 
 born Oct. 4, 1847, was married April 25, 
 1866, to Ira Ryan. They have three chil- 
 dren, and reside in Girard. MARTHA 
 C., born April n, 1849, was married May
 
 SANGAMON COUN7Y. 
 
 477 
 
 30, 1872, to James P. Brasfield, have one 
 child, NOAH w., and reside at Loami. 
 NOAH D., the only child by the second 
 wife, born Oct. 3, 1854, resides with his 
 parents. Noah Mason, Jun , has met 
 with some narrow escapes from death. 
 He still exhibits a spot on his head, whiter 
 than the rest, as the mark of a severe fall 
 in childhood. Once, in New York, he 
 accompanied his father to the woods, 
 where he was clearing timber from the 
 land, when the weather was extremely 
 cold. Noah became sleepy and sat down 
 under a tree. When his father's attention 
 was called to him he c~ould not be wakened. 
 He was carried to the house, and with 
 the utmost exertion of all the members of 
 the family, he was aroused and his life 
 saved. His first business transaction was 
 in Pope county, 111. He was paddling 
 about in the Ohio river in a boat of his 
 own building, when a stranger hailed him 
 with " What will you take for your boat? " 
 He replied, one dollar. The man handed 
 him a two dollar bill, and Noah, with 
 much running to and fro, returned the 
 change, only to find, after his boat was gone, 
 that the two dollar bill was a counterfeit. 
 From childhood Mr. Mason has been re- 
 markable for presence of mind. While 
 the Mason family were at Olean Point, 
 N. Y., on the Allegheny river, Noah was 
 one day engaged in his favorite amuse- 
 ment of paddling about on a slab in the 
 river, and had gone with the current some 
 distance down the stream, when suddenly 
 he heard a noise, and looking up he saw a 
 tree falling towards him. He was a good 
 swimmer, and quick as thought he jump- 
 ed off" his slab, diving to the bottom. He 
 heard the tree splash in the water above 
 him, and he came to the surface among 
 its branches, unhurt. Again, his father, 
 with another man, were felling trees, and 
 the limb of one tree had lodged against a 
 knot on another, balancing in mid-air. 
 Noah was trimming the branches from 
 those that had fallen, and unconsciously 
 came under this loose limb, and it fell. 
 He heard it coming, and threw himself 
 down beside a large log, which the limb 
 fell across, immediately over his head, and 
 he escaped with only a fright. Again, he' 
 was hauling stakes for a fence, when he 
 came to the deep ford on Sugir creek, 
 Sangamon county. On driving in, the 
 load slipped forward on the horses, and 
 
 Noah landed on the wagon tongue. The 
 The horses began kicking and running, 
 and he thought his time had come; but 
 he made one desperate jump, clearing 
 the horses' heels and front wagon wheel, 
 and landed head-first in the water. For- 
 tunately he took the lines with him, 
 which enabled him to stop the horses. 
 When the Masons arrived in Sangamon 
 county, horse-mills were the only kind in 
 use; but soon other kinds were built. 
 Nearly all the bread used was made from 
 Indian corn Mr. Mason, Sen., raised 
 cotton for many years after coming to 
 Sangamon county, and there were two 
 cotton-gins built near him. The nearest 
 carding machine was at Sangamo, and 
 owned by a Mr. Broadwell. After the 
 wool and cotton were carded, the differ- 
 ent families manufactured their own cloth, 
 and this constituted the wearing apparel 
 of both males and females. Peaches 
 were almost a sure crop, and Mr. Thomas 
 Black had a copper still attached to his 
 horse-mill; and Noah M., Jun., assisted 
 him in making pure whisky from corn, 
 and pure brandy from peaches. He also 
 cut hickory wood for Mr. Black at thirty- 
 seven and one-half cents per cord, and 
 made rails the summer he was twenty-one 
 years old, for thirty-seven and one-half 
 cents per hundred, and cut corn in the 
 fall, sixteen hills square, for five cents per 
 shock or fifty cents per day. In this way 
 he clothed himself, and had sixteen and 
 one-half dollars all in silver half dollars 
 when he started, with a number of 
 others, March 19, 1829, for the Galena 
 lead mines; was there six summers and 
 two winters including the winter of the 
 deep snow. Mr. Mason served in tour 
 different companies during the Black 
 Hawk war. In 1834 he had five eighty- 
 acre tracts of land, bought with money 
 earned by himself in the lead mines. 
 The prairie-flies were a great annoyance 
 in summer, and in order to avoid them 
 plowing among the corn was frequently 
 done at night. Whisky was thought to 
 be indispensable in early times in the har- 
 vest field, but Mr. Mason proved to the 
 contrary. He threshed his wheat with 
 horses, and cleaned it with a fanning mill. 
 With the help of a boy, one season he pre- 
 pared one load of wheat per week for 
 four weeks, and sold it in Alton for forty 
 cents per bushel. He has hauled wheat
 
 478 
 
 EARLT SETTLERS OF 
 
 to St. Louis, selling it for thirty-eight 
 cents per bushel. The merchants had 
 their goods hauled on wagons from St. 
 Louis and Chicago. Mr. Mason and 
 nine others brought goods from the latter 
 city for Mr. Bela Webster, of Springfield, 
 at one dollar per hundred pounds, and 
 were three weeks going and coming. 
 Mr. Mason is one of the successful farm- 
 ers of Sangamon county. He has retired 
 from active business, and now 1876 
 resides in Springfield, Illinois. 
 
 LUCINDA, born July 24, 1809, in 
 Maine, married in Sangamon county to 
 B. F. Hutton. They reside in Chatham 
 township, Sangamon county, Illinois. 
 
 THOMAS, born Aug. 2, 1812, in 
 Maine, married in Sangamon county to 
 Elizabeth Husband. They had four chil- 
 dren, namely NOAH died, aged sixteen 
 years. EMILY married Jacob Brunk. 
 See his name. ELIZABETH mairied 
 William Epling, who was born in 1840, 
 in Giles county, Va. They have two 
 children, THEODORE ULYSSES and 
 CHARLES w. Mr.'Epling has recently 
 brought from Virginia his two sisters, 
 Adaline and Hesiltine, and his brother, 
 John H. He resides three and one-half 
 miles south of Chatham. WILLIAM 
 T. married Nancy Dodds. They have 
 one child, and live two miles northwest of 
 Auburn, Illinois. Mrs. Elizabeth Mason 
 died in 1851, and Thomas Mason died, 
 Sept. 5, 187 1, both in Sangamon county. 
 
 ELIZABETH, born Feb. 4, 1816, in 
 New York, married in Sangamon county 
 to Ezra Barnes. See his name. 
 
 CAROLINE, born Feb. 13, 1819, 
 married in Sangamon county to Madison 
 Curvey. They had four children, and 
 Mrs. Curvey died in the spring of 1854. 
 Her son, ORRIN, married Ann Roberts, 
 and lives in Chatham township. 
 
 SETH, born Jan. j, 1823, in Pope 
 county, 111., married, Aug. 21, 1851, to 
 Eleanor Kent, who was born May 28, 
 1831, in Harrison county, Ohio. They 
 have no family. Seth Mason resides on 
 the farm where his father settled in 1824, 
 in Auburn township. He has in his pos- 
 session a trunk made of camphor wood 
 which his father brought from China, 
 with a set of table ware made to order 
 there, with the initials of himself and wife 
 (X. L. M.) on each piece. The chest was 
 filled with silks and other rich goods. 
 
 Noah Mason, Sen., died, Nov. 18, 1834, 
 and his widow died, October, 1862, both 
 in Sangamon county, Illinois. 
 
 MASSIE, THOMAS, was born 
 Dec. 26, 1759, in Albemarle county, Va. 
 He was a Revolutionary soldier, for which 
 he drew a pension near the close of his 
 life. He went to Kentucky after the Rev- 
 olution, and there became personally ac- 
 quainted with Simon Kenton, one of the 
 associates of Daniel Boone in the early 
 settlement of Kentucky. Thomas Massie 
 was married to Fanny Hudson, either in 
 Kentucky or Virginia. They had four 
 children, none of whom ever came to 
 Sangamon county. Mrs. Fanny Massie 
 died in Kentucky, and Thomas Massie 
 married Rebecca Collyer, a native of Vir- 
 ginia, also. They had eight children, all 
 born in Montgomery county, Ky., and the 
 family moved to Sangamon county, 111., 
 arriving in 1828, in what is now Curran 
 township. Of their eight children 
 
 ABSALOM, born in Kentucky, mar- 
 ried in Tennessee, and died there. 
 
 JOHN C., born Aug. n, 1795, in 
 Kentucky, married Aug. 13, 1815, in 
 Tennessee, to Elizabeth Freeman. He 
 moved to Sangamon county soon after his 
 father, in 1828, and after a stay of five or 
 six years, moved to Pike county, 111., 
 where Mrs. Massie died. Mr. Massie 
 married again, and died there. His son, 
 MELVIN MASSIE, was a Represen- 
 tative from Pike county, to the Legisla- 
 ture of 1873. 
 
 HUDSON, remained in Kentucky. 
 
 STL VAN US, born Sept. 12, 1799, in 
 Kentucky, married in Sangamon county, 
 Aug. n, 1829, to Sarah Maltby, and had 
 seven children. He died, June 28, 1856, 
 and his widow lives in Gardner town- 
 ship, Saoigamon county. 
 
 FRANCES J., born June 25, 1802, 
 married Wm. Ralston, Tun. See his name. 
 
 THOMAS, yz/.,"born in Kentucky, 
 was educated as a physician, and died, un- 
 married, in Tennessee. 
 
 JESSE E. } born in Kentucky, in 
 1810, is unmarried, and lives in Gardner 
 township. 
 
 MARTHA, born Feb. i, 1813, in 
 Kentucky, married, July 14, 1829, to 
 Thomas Morgan. See his name. 
 
 Thomas Massie, Sen., died, Aug. 19, 
 1 835, and Mrs. Rebecca Massie died Sept. 
 7, 1835, both in Sangamon county.
 
 SANGAMON COUNTY. 
 
 479 
 
 MATHENY, CHARLES R., 
 born March 6, 1786, in Loudon county, 
 Va. When a young man he visited his 
 brother at Crab Orchard, Ky., and was 
 there licensed to preach, by the proper 
 authority, in the M. E. church. He went, 
 in 1805, as missionary, under the auspices 
 of that church, to that part of the North- 
 Western territory which afterwards be- 
 came St. Clair county, Jll. In addition to 
 preaching he studied and practiced law. 
 He was married in 1806, in St. Clair coun- 
 ty, 111. to Jemima Ogle, who was born in 
 that county, Oct. 26, 1787. Her father, 
 Captain Joseph Ogle, emigrated from 
 Pennsylvania very early, and was a prom- 
 inent actor in the Indian wars and other 
 events connected with the early history of 
 the country. Ogle countv,in the northern 
 part of Illinois, was named in honor of 
 his memory. C. R. Matheny was elected 
 in 1817, representative in the Territorial 
 Legislature, which met at Kaskaskia, 111., 
 and was clerk of the House during the 
 winters of 1820 and '21. C. R. Matheny 
 and wife had seven children in St. Clair 
 county, 111., and when the law was en- 
 acted for the organization of Sangamon 
 county, he was induced by the tender of 
 the office of county clerk, county auditor, 
 circuit clerk, and some other prospective 
 advantages, to come to Springfield, arriv- 
 ing in the spring of 1821, where four 
 children were born. Of their eleven 
 children 
 
 MART, born April 13, 1837, in St. 
 Clair county, was married in Springfield 
 to Robert Thompson. See his name. 
 
 MATILDA, born August 29, 1809, in 
 St. Clair county, was married in Spring- 
 field, Illinois, to Gershom Keyes. See his 
 name. 
 
 LUCT, born Mar. 13, 1811, in St. Clair 
 county, was married in Springfield to 
 P. Asbury Sanders, who was born in 
 Loudon county, Va., and came to Sanga- 
 mon county in 1828. Mrs. Lucy Sanders 
 died, Feb. 8, 1836, leaving one son, 
 CHARLES M., who went to California 
 in 1857, an ^ was ^ ast heard from by his 
 friends in Springfield in the Union army. 
 P. A. Sanders married Margaret Ogden. 
 They have two sons in Springfield. 
 
 LORENZO DOW, born March 25, 
 1813, in St. Clair county, 111., studied 
 medicine in Springfield, 111., under Dr. 
 J. M. Early, and served in the Black 
 
 Hawk war. He graduated in the spring 
 of 1836, in the medical department 
 of Transylvania University, Lexington, 
 Kentucky, the first native of Illinois to 
 obtain tht distinction, and the second 
 citizen of Sangamon county to graduate 
 in any medical college, Dr. Geo. M. Har- 
 rison being the first. See his name. Dr. 
 L. D. Matheny had just engaged in the 
 practice of medicine under flattering cir- 
 cumstances, when hediedf-Feb. 7 ^37, in 
 Springfield, Illinois. 
 
 NOAH W., born July 31, 1815, in St. 
 Clair county, Illinois. He assisted his 
 father in the county clerk's office as soon 
 as he could write. At his father's 
 death Noah was appointed clerk pro tern., 
 by the county court, and in Nov., 1839, 
 he was elected to fill the unexpired term 
 of his father. He was afterwards elected 
 for eight successive terms, of four years 
 each. He was married in Springfield, 
 August 22, 1843, to Elizabeth J. Stamper, 
 daughter of the Rev. Dr. Jonathan Stam- 
 per, of the M. E. church. She was born 
 April 18, 1825, in Bourbon county, Ky. 
 Noah W. Matheny and wife have four 
 children, all born in Springfield. WIL- 
 LIAM S., SAMUEL O., EDWARD C. 
 and FANNIE, who reside with their pa- 
 rents. Mr. Matheny served as county 
 clerk until 1873. He served ten or twelve 
 years as deputy for his father, and thirty- 
 four years by election. He is now 1876 
 President of the First National Bank, 
 Springfield, 111., and resides in the city. 
 
 JAMES H. f born Oct. 30, 1818, in 
 St. Clair county, was brought up in 
 Springfield. At fifteen years of age he 
 we employed as clerk in the Postoffice 
 and Recorder's office, transacting the bus- 
 iness of both offices. The two now have 
 grown to require the services o.f at least 
 twenty men. J. H. Matheny was appointed 
 deputy clerk of the State Supreme Court 
 for 1839 and '40. In 1841 he became 
 deputy in the circuit clerk's office. He 
 was married in Springfield, Feb. II, 1845, 
 to Maria L. Lee, who was born in 1827, 
 in Carrolton, 111. They have seven child- 
 ren, all born in Springfield. LEE is now 
 clerk in the Postoffice, Springfield, 111. 
 EDWARD DOW, born Dec. 4, 1847, 
 studied law with his father, and is a mem- 
 ber of the law firm of Matheny, Mc- 
 Guire & Matheny, Springfield, Illinois. 
 LUCY, NORA, JAMES H., Jun.,
 
 480 
 
 EARLY SETTLERS OF 
 
 RALPH C. and ROBERT W; the 
 five latter live with their parents. J. H. 
 Matheny was a member of the constitu- 
 tional convention of 1848. He was elect- 
 ed circuit clerk in 1852 for four years, 
 after which he was commissioned Lieut- 
 enant Colonel of the i3Oth 111. Inf. After 
 the capture of Vicksburg he was on de- 
 tached duty, holding military courts u^til 
 1864, when his regiment was consolidated 
 with another, and he resigned. In Nov., 
 1873, he was elected Judge of Sangamon 
 county for four years, and resides in 
 Springfield, 111. 
 
 In 1840 ten young men, who had been 
 brought up in the vicinity of Springfield, 
 and had not seen much of the world, or 
 heard a great man speak, learned that 
 Henry Clay was to make a speech at 
 Nashville, Tenn., at a certain time. They 
 fitted up an old prairie stage, put on a 
 cover, provided themselves with tents and 
 provisions, and in August, 1840, Benja- 
 min A. Watson, Henry Oswald, Daniel 
 'Wood worth, Edna Moore, Stanislaus 
 P. Lalumere, John H. Craighead, Oliver 
 P. Bowen, Benoni Bennett, Moreau Phil- 
 lips and James H. Matheny started in 
 their wagon, drawn by four horses, and 
 driven by Phillips. They camped out at 
 night, did their own cooking, and sung 
 the stirring campaign songs of that year 
 in passing through every town and vil- 
 lage. In some places they were applaud- 
 ed, at others jeered, and occasionally they 
 were pelted with stale eggs, but they 
 sang through it all, were on time to hear 
 Clay's speech, and were invited on the 
 platform. They sung some of their 
 spirited songs, creating quite a furore, saw 
 a crowd of forty thousand men, ten times 
 as many as they had ever seen before, 
 and returned home as they went, having 
 been out five weeks, and traveled about 
 one thousand miles. They felt well paid 
 for their time, labor and expense. James 
 H. Matheny delivered the oration at the 
 first meeting of early settlers in Sanga- 
 mon county, 111. He is the senior member 
 of the firm of Matheny, McGuire & 
 Matheny, of Springfield, 111., and is now 
 '(1876) Judge of the Sangamon county 
 court. 
 
 CHARLES W., born Sept. 27, 1820, 
 in St. Clair county, was married in 
 Springfield, Feb. 13, 1845, to Margaret 
 Condell. a native of Pennsylvania. They 
 
 had three children HELEN, born Jan., 
 1846, died Jan., 1864. CHARLES O. 
 and GEORGE H. reside with their pa- 
 rents. Charles W. Matheny was for 
 many years engaged in merchandizing in 
 Springfield, and now 1876 resides in 
 the city. 
 
 A. ELIZABETH, born Nov. 28, 
 1823, in Sangamon county, resides with 
 her sister, Mrs. Whjtehurst. 
 
 ELIJAH COOK, born June 13, 
 1826, in Springfield, crossed the Plains in . 
 1849, and remained on the Pacific coast 
 until 1854, when he returned, and was 
 married Feb. 3, 1857, * n Springfield, to 
 Alletta L. Vannordstran. They had two 
 children, JOHN R. and LOUISA I. 
 Mrs. Matheny died in June, 1864, and he 
 was married, in 1865, to Mrs. Naomi L. 
 Rittenhouse, a native of Pennsylvania, 
 whose maiden name was Schroyer. She 
 has two children by a former marriage, 
 CHARLES E. and LOUIS PERCY 
 Rittenhouse. Mr. and Mrs. Matheny have 
 three children, MIMA, PHILLIPS G., 
 and ADA L., who reside with their parents. 
 E. C. Matheny was deputy United 
 States Marshal about nine years, for the 
 southern district of Illinois, and during 
 that time sold over $2,000,000 worth of 
 confiscated property, at Cairo. He resides 
 in Springfield, Illinois. 
 
 MARIA C., born Aug. 10, 1829, in 
 Springfield, was married, June 12, 1849, 
 to Stephen S. Whitehurst. They had 
 seven children MIMI, born April 13, 
 1854, in Springfield, 111., was marrie there, 
 Jan. 13, 1876, to George H. Helmle, who 
 was born Feb. 5, 1853, in Springfield. G. 
 H. Helmle was elected town clerk, in the 
 spring of 1874, and again in 1875, and 
 was elected assessor in 1876. He is an 
 architect, and resides in Springfield. 
 MARY, MEREDITH HELM, LIZ- 
 ZIE M., CARRIE M., SUSIE 
 M. and REGINALD GWYNN, live 
 with their mother. Stephen S. White- 
 hurst died, May 19, 1875, and Mrs. 
 Whitehurst and family reside in Spring- 
 field, Illinois. 
 
 EMILT R., born March 16, 1832, in 
 Springfield, was married there, Sept. 25, 
 1860, to Benjamin C. McQuesten. They 
 have one child, BENJAMIN, and moved 
 in 1869 to Ottawa, Kansas, where Mr. 
 McQuesten is engaged in banking, and 
 where he and his family reside.
 
 SANGAMON COUNTY. 
 
 481 
 
 Charles R. Matheny held the office of 
 county clerk until his death, which oc- 
 curred Oct. 10, 1839. Mrs. Jemima Ma- 
 theny died Feb. 23, 1858, both in Spring- 
 field, Illinois. 
 
 MATTHEWS, JOSEPH, was 
 born in Buckingham county, Va., and 
 when a young man went to Fayette 
 county, Ky., where he was married to 
 Tabitha Rutherford, a native of that 
 county. After spending a few years 
 each in Wayne and Cumberland coun- 
 ties, Ky., they moved to Sangamon 
 county, 111., arriving Oct. 20, 1830, in 
 what is now Cooper township. They 
 had eleven children, some of whom died, 
 and some married and remained in Ken- 
 tucky and Tennessee. 
 
 S ALL T married in Kentucky to 
 Charles Thomas. She died in Mechan- 
 icsburg in 1865, leaving one son, ROW- 
 LAND D. Thomas, who is married, and 
 lives in Cooper township. 
 
 ELIZABETH, born in Kentucky, 
 married there to Dr. Joel Hughes, came 
 to Springfield in 1834, and in 1837 went 
 to Ashley, Mo., where Dr. Hughes died. 
 His widow married in Springfield to Wil- 
 liom Brown, and died Oct. 19, 1859, in 
 Cotton Hill township. 
 
 WILLIAM S., born in Kentucky, 
 married in 1833, in Sangamon county, to 
 Mrs. Lucinda Ashley, whose maiden 
 name was Cooper. He died in 1834, 
 leaving one child, WILLIAM S., Jun. He 
 served three years in the i3Oth 111. Inf., 
 part of the time in Andersonville prison. 
 W. S. Matthews, Jun., lives near Edinburg, 
 Illinois. 
 
 LO7^ P., born Oct. u, 1811, in Cum- 
 berland county, Ky., married in Sanga- 
 mon county June 28, 1838, to Eliza 
 Forrest, who was born in 1815. They 
 had four children in Sangamon coun- 
 ty. SARAH J., born April 30, 1839, 
 married Joseph Breckinridge. See his 
 name. He died, and she married Thomas 
 Pike. LA VINA A. died, aged twenty- 
 two years. JOHN HENRY, born June 
 8, 1848, is a minister in the Christian 
 church at Toledo, Ohio 1874. JAMES 
 J., born March 4, 1854, lives at Illiopolis. 
 Mrs. Eliza Matthews died July 13, 1866. 
 Lot P. Matthews lived in Cooper town- 
 ship until the death of his wife. Since 
 that time he has been traveling as a col- 
 porteur in the Christian church. 
 6 1 
 
 JOSEPH H., born Nov. 2, 1813, in. 
 Cumberland county, Ky., married in 
 Sangamon county, Oct. 20, 1843, to Sarah 
 A. Hayley. They had' eight children in 
 Sangamon county. FRANCES A., born 
 July ii, 1844, married Dec. 4, 1859, to 
 Charles H. Bridges. See his name* 
 JAMES F., born Jan. i, 1846, died in 
 his nineteenth year. THOMAS P., born 
 Nov. 1 8, 1848, married Silence A. Pearce, 
 and live in Niantic, Macon county, 111. 
 MARY E. died in her third year. 
 AMELIA and CORLELIA, born July 
 2, 1854; WILLIAM A., born June 10, 
 1857, and ALICE, born Dec. 26, 1859. 
 The four latter live with their mother. 
 Joseph H. Matthews died Oct. 16, 1861, 
 in Pawnee, and his widow and children 
 reside in Illiopolis, Sangamon county, 
 Illinois. 
 
 JAMES J., born in Kentucky, 
 married in Sangamon county to Ann 
 Dozier, and both died. 
 
 Mrs. Tabitha Matthews died August, 
 1835, and Joseph Matthews died Dec. 15, 
 1844, both in Cooper township, Sanga- 
 mon county, Illinois. 
 
 MATTHEWS, SCHUYLER 
 B., was born Aug. n, 1821, in Greene 
 county, Kentucky, and came to Sanga- 
 mon county, arriving Oct. 18, 1834, in 
 what is now Island Grove township, two 
 miles east of Berlin. S. B. Matthews 
 and Elizabeth Batty were married in 
 Sangamon county June i, 1854. She 
 was born Oct. 16, 1825, in Lancashire, 
 England. They have three children, 
 JOHN W., WILBER B. and SCHUY- 
 LER A.; all reside with their parents, 
 three miles south of New Berlin, 111. 
 
 MATHEW, SIMON, was born 
 Feb. 12, 1787, in Virginia, and was mar- 
 ried in Franklin county, Ohio, April 7, 
 1812, to Anna Deardorff, They had two 
 children in Ohio, and in 1816 or '17 moved 
 to Washington county, Indiana, where 
 they had six children, and moved to San- 
 gamon county, 111., arriving Nov., 1833,. 
 in what is now Ball township, where they 
 had o.ne child. Of their children 
 
 JAMES D., born about 1813, in 
 Ohio, married in Sangamon county to 
 Dorcas Hamilton. They have ten child- 
 ren, and reside near Chandlerville, Cass 
 county, Illinois. 
 
 JOHN M., born in 1815, in Franklin 
 county, Ohio, married in Sangamon coun-
 
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 EARLT SETTLERS OF 
 
 ty to Mrs. Sarah Crowder, whose maiden 
 name was Woozley. They had five chil- 
 dren in Sangamon county. JAMES H., 
 horn Oct. 13, 1838, married March 28, 
 1860, to Sally A. Handlin. They have 
 two children, EVERETT s. and JENNIE M., 
 and live in Springfield. SIMON T., 
 married Mary A. Clayton. They have 
 three childeen, ETTA E., LUTHER F. and 
 CHARLES CARROLL, and reside in Ball 
 township, Sangamon county, 111. SU- 
 SAN ANN, born August 29, 1844, mar- 
 ried Marcus D. Clayton, See his name. 
 WILLIAM O. married Mary E. Lamb, 
 have two children, IDA MAY and FANNIE 
 A., and live four miles north of Pawnee, 
 Illinois. LEONARD S., married Sept. 
 24, 1874, to Alice Galloway. Mrs. Sarah 
 Matthew died, and John M. Matthew 
 married Mary A. Scott. Thev have five 
 children, FANNIE, JOHN M., Tun., 
 LAURA, LUCY and JOSEPHINE, 
 and reside in Ball township, three and a 
 half miles southeast of Chatham, Illinois, 
 
 SILAS D.. born in 18-18, in Washing- 
 ton county, Indiana, married in Sangamon 
 county to Ellen DeardorfF, who died, and 
 he married Mrs. Elizabeth Wood. They 
 had five children. Their son, JOHN F., 
 served two enlistments in the army, and 
 died at home of disease contracted in the 
 service. Silas D. Matthew and family re- 
 side near Edinburg, Christian county, Illi- 
 nois. 
 
 CATHARINE A., born in 1820, in 
 Washington county, Indiana, married in 
 Sangamon county to John DeardorfF, who 
 died, leaving two children, and she mar- 
 ried Daniel Fetters. They have one 
 child, and reside near Macon, Macon 
 county, Illinois. 
 
 OSCAR P., born in 1822, in Wash- 
 ington county, Indiana, married in San- 
 gamon county to Margaret Britton. They 
 had nine children. ANNA E. died at 
 seventeen years of age. WINFIELD 
 SCOTT, born May 6, 1848, is now 
 1875 a student in the Senior class of the 
 Northwestern University, Chicago, with 
 the intention of entering the ministry in 
 connection with the M. E. church. 
 JOHN B. married in 1868 to Amanda E, 
 Lawley. They have two children, 
 CHARLES E. and GEORGE R., and live at 
 Mt. Auburn, Christian county, Illinois, 
 REBECCA J. married Daniel Poffen- 
 berger. See his name. THOMAS L. 
 
 lives with his parents. LOUISA L. died, 
 aged seventeen years. OSCAR M. died 
 young. LAFAYETTE LINCOLN, 
 and MATILDA M. live with their pa- 
 rents. Oscar F. Matthew and wife re- 
 side near Cotton Hill Postoffice, Sanga- 
 mon county, Illinois. 
 
 FRANCIS M., born in 1825, in 
 Washington county, Indiana, married in 
 Sangamon county to Nancy VanOsdol. 
 They have five children, and reside at 
 Los Nietos, Los Angeles county, Cali- 
 fornia. 
 
 SARAH E., born in 1827, in Indiana, 
 married in Sangamon county to John 
 Smith, who died, and she married Isaac 
 Grimes, and lives near Chatham, Illinois. 
 DA VID L., born in 1829, in Wash- 
 ington county, Indiana, married in San- 
 gamon county to Caroline Matthew, who 
 died, and he married Hannah Conyer, and 
 resides near Chandlerville, Cass county, 
 Illinois. 
 
 WILLIAM P., born July 25, 1834, 
 in Sangamon county, married July 14, 
 1853, to Mary Safley. They have four 
 living children, MARTHA V., STEPH- 
 EN L., U. S. GRANT and IDA A., 
 and reside in Cotton Hill township, San- 
 gamon county, Illinois. 
 
 Mrs. Anna Matthew died Oct. 24, 
 1834, and Simon Matthew was married in 
 1835 to Mrs - Elizabeth DeardorfF. They 
 had three children in Sangamon county 
 
 THOMAS G. married Ann Ferrigo, 
 and lives near Mapleton, Bourbon coun- 
 ty, Kansas. 
 
 MATILDA J. married Brigham 
 Pease,, have four children, and live in 
 Ball township. 
 
 ELIZA died, aged seventeen years. 
 
 Simon Matthew died June 18, 1848, 
 and Mrs. Elizabeth Matthew died Oct., 
 1849, both in Sangamon county, Illinois. 
 MATTHEW, WILLIAM, 
 was born June 9, 1802, in Bracken county, 
 Ky. He was married Jan. 4, 1824, to 
 Sarah McDaniel, who was born August, 
 1808. They had six children in Kentucky, 
 and moved to Marion county, Ind., in 
 1834, and to Sangamon county, 111., arriv- 
 ing October, 1836, in what is now Mechan- 
 icsburg township, where two children 
 were born. Of their eight children-^- 
 
 JOHN W., born Oct. 4, 1824, in 
 Bracken county, Ky., married in Sanga- 
 mon county, August, 1848, to Rachel
 
 SANG AM ON COUNTT. 
 
 Lanham. They have eight children 
 MARTHA E. married Blackstone Mc- 
 Daniel. See ins n<~me. WILLIAM H. 
 married Edna Vaughn, have one child, 
 ESTELLA, and lives with his father. ELI- 
 JAH T., SARAH F., IRENE, HAR- 
 RIET E. and MARY F., live with 
 their parents. JOSEPH died, aged 
 three years. John W. Matthew has no 
 education from books, but has been a 
 good business man in farming and stock 
 dealing. In 1872 he took an over dose of 
 quinine which totally destroyed his hear- 
 ing. Not being able to read or write, 
 and knowing nothing of sign language, 
 he is utterly unable to receive or commu- 
 nicate a thought. He lives near Dawson, 
 Illinois 1874. 
 
 ROBERT W., born Jan. 27, 1826, 
 and died Sept., 1853. 
 
 NATHANIEL F., born Nov. 4, 
 1827, in Bracken county, Ky., married 
 Nov. 26, 1856, in Sangamon county, to 
 Mary McDaniel. They had seven child- 
 ren; the first and third, ALBERT and 
 DOUGLAS, died young. OLIVER F., 
 BELLE M., ROBERT S., GEORGE 
 M. and WILLIAM J., live with their 
 parents, four and one-half miles southeast 
 of Buffalo Hart station, Sangamon county, 
 Illinois. 
 
 LUANNE, born Dec. 10, 1829, in 
 Kentucky, married in Sangamon county, 
 Jan., 1855, to A. J. Newhouse, have five 
 children, and live in Marion county, 
 Indiana. 
 
 JAMES H,, born March 20, 1832, 
 in Bracken county, Ky., brought to San- 
 gamon county, in 1835, married Nov. 14, 
 1854, in Hillsboro, to Sarah C. House, 
 who was born Sept. 2, 1835, in Cabarras 
 county, N. C. They have four children, 
 TOHN L., ALICE M., MARY A. and 
 ILLNOY C., and live one-half mile 
 northwest of Barclay, Illinois 1874. 
 
 ELIZABETH M., born in Ken- 
 tucky, Aug. 15, 1834, married John H. 
 Lanham. See his name. 
 
 MART E., born Sept, 15, 1837, in 
 Sangamon county, married, Feb., 1857, to 
 William D. Turner. They have five 
 children, and live in Wayne county, Illi- 
 nois. 
 
 MARTHA 7., born Feb. i, 1840, in 
 Sangamon county, married, Sept., 1857, 
 to John Turner, had one child, and Mr. 
 Turner died. She married John Good- 
 
 man, has two children, and lives in 
 Wayne county, Illinois. 
 
 William Matthew died, April 12, 1841, 
 and his widow died Sept. 26, 1851, she, in 
 Sangamon, and he, in Logan county, Illi- 
 nois. 
 
 MAXWELL, ARCHIBALD, 
 was born July n, 1808, in Doune, Perth- 
 shire, Scotland. He crossed the Atlantic 
 ocean in 1830, first landing at Quebec, 
 Canada, went to Halifax, Nova Scotia, 
 thence to New York city, landing Nov., 
 1831. He left there in June, 1832, while 
 the cholera was raging. After a short 
 stay in Trenton, N. J., he went to Phila- 
 delphia, and spent a whole day trying to 
 find a lodging place. He had plenty of 
 money, and could obtain all the food he 
 wanted, but fear of cholera prevented his 
 finding a resting place; and he was com- 
 pelled to leave the city for one night, but 
 returned the next day and obtained em- 
 ployment at his trade, stone cutting. In 
 the summer of 1833 he went to Raleigh, 
 N. C., and was employed on the State 
 House, being erected there. From Ral- 
 eigh he carrie to Springfield, Illinois, ar- 
 riving in April, 1838, and soon after went 
 to work on the State Capitol, then in 
 course of construction. It is now the 
 Court House of Sangamon county. Mar- 
 garet Wilson was born Oct. 10, 1818, in 
 Dumfriesshire, Scotland, and came to 
 America, with her brother William C. 
 Wilson, landing in New York, in 1836, 
 and came to Springfield, 111., in Novem- 
 ber, 1837. Archibald Maxwell and Mar- 
 garet Wilson were married, Nov. 26, 
 1840, in Springfield. They had nine 
 children in Sangamon county, two of 
 whom died young. Of the other seven 
 children 
 
 JOHN, born Sept. n, 1842, in San 
 gamon county, resides with his parents. 
 
 ARCHIBALD and MARGARE7 
 C., twins, born July 16, 1844, ' n Sanga- 
 mon countv. 
 
 ARCHIBALD is a teacher, and re- 
 sides with his parents. 
 
 MARGARET C., was married July 
 31, 1866, to Calvin L. Finley, who was 
 born July 3, 1841, in Ohio. They have 
 five children, MARGARET E., ETTA 
 R., ARCHIE C., ROBERT J. and 
 MOLLIE G., and live one mile north of 
 Illiopolis.
 
 4 8 4 
 
 EARLT SETTLERS OF 
 
 ROBERT W., born Dec. 13, 1845, in 
 Sangamon county, graduated March 25, 
 1874, in the law department of Michigan 
 University, at Ann Arbor. He is now 
 practicing law at Decatur, Illinois. 
 
 WILLIAM C., was born Oct. 21, 
 1850, in Sangatnon county. He gradu- 
 ated, Feb. 26, 1874, at Bellevue Hospital 
 Medical College, New York city, and 
 commenced practice in Chesnut, Logan 
 county, Illinois. Dr. Maxwell is now 
 practicing in Springfield 1876. 
 
 ELIZABETH M., born June 18, 
 1852, died in her fifth year. 
 
 JAMES T., born July 15, 1859, re- 
 sides with his parents. 
 
 Archibald Maxwell and wife reside two 
 miles west of Illiopolis. Their marriage 
 and the marriage of their eldest daughter 
 were both solemnized by Rev. John G. 
 Bergen, D. D. 
 
 MAXWELL, ELIAS, wasborn 
 in Green county, Ohio. He was there 
 married to Mrs. Nancy Morgan, a native 
 of the same county. They moved to 
 Sangamon county, Illinois, about 1825, 
 and had six children in Island Grove 
 
 SARAH A., born in Sangamon coun- 
 ty, married, had one child, and mother 
 and child both died. 
 
 JULIA A., born in Sangamon coun- 
 ty, married Thomas D. Smith. He died 
 Feb. 10, 1873, leaving a widow and seven 
 children at Humboldt, Kansas. 
 
 WILLIAM, born May 4, 1830, in 
 Sangamon county, married Oct. 27, 1852, 
 to Hannah H. Batty, a native of Eng- 
 land. They had eight children; three 
 died young, and WILLIAM H. died, aged 
 twelve years. RICHARD E., JOHN 
 E. and EMMA E. reside with their pa- 
 rents in New Berlin, Illinois. 
 
 ANTHONT P., born in Sangamon 
 county, went to the Pacific coast in 1859, 
 married in Oregon to a Miss Powell, has 
 a family, and lives near Salem, Oregon. 
 
 GEORGE M., born May i. 1837, in 
 Sangamon county, married March 27, 
 1860, to Adaline Meacham. They have 
 two children, LUELLA and GEORGE 
 H., and reside one mile north of New 
 Berlin, Illinois. 
 
 EDSO1V d\e(\, aged twelve years. 
 
 Mrs. Nancy Maxwell died Nov., 1837, 
 and Elias Maxwell married Minerva 
 Grant. They had one child 
 
 L UDL O W W., born in Sangamon 
 county, married Ada Record. They 
 have one living child, and live at Shapier, 
 Wisconsin. 
 
 Mrs. Minerva Maxwell died, and Elias 
 Maxwell married Mary Ellis. Ther 
 had one child 
 
 ABNER, born in Sangamon county, 
 enlisted April, 1861, for three years, in 
 Co. D, 26th 111. Inf., re-enlisted as a vet- 
 eran, was taken sick in the army, came 
 home, and died in 1864. 
 
 Elias Maxwell died April, 1848, in 
 Sangamon county. His widow married 
 Andrew Scott. See his name. 
 
 MAXCY, JOEL, was born about 
 1759, in Rockingham county Va. He 
 was a soldier in a Virginia regiment in 
 time of the Revolution, and was in the 
 battle of Guilford Court House. He re 
 mernbered having seen Generals Marion, 
 Morgan, DeKalb and Gates. He was 
 married after the war in Prince Edward 
 county, to Mrs. Susan Hill, whose maiden 
 name was Davis. She had five children 
 by her first marriage. Mr. and Mrs. 
 Maxcy had three children in Virginia; 
 and in 1798 moved to Warren county, 
 near Bowling Green, Ky., where one 
 child was born. Mrs. Susan Maxcy died 
 there Aug. 27, 1812. Of her four child- 
 ren, one only ever came to Sangamon 
 county. 
 
 JAMES, born Nov. 17, 1791, in 
 Prince Edward county, Va., and was ta- 
 ken by his parents in 1 798 to Warren 
 county, Ky. He enlisted at Bowling 
 Green, in 1812, in the United States 
 army. His regiment started the day of 
 his mother's death, Aug. 27, 1812, and 
 returned in tour months. He enlisted 
 again Aug. 2^, 1813. His regiment 
 marched the next day. At Newport, 
 Ky., he was elected Second Lieutenant. 
 The march continued north, and he was 
 in the battle of the river Thames, Oct, 5, 
 1813, and was honorably discharged in 
 November following. He returned home, 
 and was married Dec. 29, 1813, near 
 Bowling Green, to Maria C. Cook. She 
 was born Feb. 20, 1794, near Danville, 
 Ky. They had four children in Ken- 
 tucky, and moved to Springfield, 111., ar- 
 riving May 3, 1834. Of their children 
 JOHN C., born Nov. 22, 1814, in Bowl- 
 ing Green, Ky., married Sept. 22, 1835, 
 in Springfield to Farnetta C. Lloyd.
 
 SANG AM ON COUNTY. 
 
 4S5 
 
 They had six children. Of their five 
 living children, MARGARET D. married 
 Charles S. Zane. See his name. JAMES 
 R. was married in Chicago to Harriet 
 Dickson. MARY AGNES was married in 
 Springfield, 111., to R. D. Lawrence. 
 They have one living child, Susie C., and 
 live in Springfield. MARIA c. married 
 George A. Davis. They have one child, 
 Georgia. ZACH AR Y T., born in 1851, 
 in Springfield. John C. Maxcy has filled 
 several local offices; among others, he 
 has been a member of the Board of Su- 
 pervisors of Sangamon county, and re- 
 sides in Springfield, 111. JAMES M., 
 born Sept. 16, 1816, in Kentucky, lived in 
 Springfield from 1834 to 1849, when he 
 went to California. He was Quarter- 
 master in the United States army during 
 the rebellion, and died there in 1866. 
 MARGARET E., died in her fifth year. 
 MARY J., born July 27, 1822, in Ken- 
 tucky, married in Springfield to Wm. H. 
 Herndon. See his name. Mrs. Maria 
 C. Maxcy died in 1876, and James Maxcy 
 lives in Springfield. He was the first City 
 Marshal of Springfield, and for twenty- 
 six years in succession filled some one 
 of the city offices. He is now in his 
 .eighty-fifth year. 
 
 Joel Maxcy was married in Butler 
 county, Ky., to Mrs. Betsey A. Howard, 
 whose maiden name was Brown. She 
 was born Feb. 14, 1795, in Prince Ed- 
 ward county, Va. She had two children, 
 Mordecai and America Howard, both of 
 whom married and died in Shelby county, 
 111. Mr. and Mrs. Maxcy had two chil- 
 dren born in* Butler county, Ky., and 
 moved to Logan county same State, 
 where three children were born; and the 
 family moved to Sangamon county, 111;, 
 arriving Nov., 1827, at Springfield, and 
 soon after moved to Island Grove town- 
 ship, north of Little Spring creek. Of 
 their five children 
 
 NELSON, born Dec. 26, 1814, in 
 Butler county, Ky., married in Sangamon 
 county April 27, 1829, to Mary Camp- 
 bell. They had one child, ERASTUS, 
 who now resides near Washington, 
 Texas. Nelson Maxcy married, as his 
 second wife, Melinda Maxcy, in Arkan- 
 sas. They had two children, CYRILDA 
 and IRENE, and Mr. Maxcy died Nov., 
 1869, near Washington, Texas, leaving 
 his fafnily there. 
 
 BURRELL y., born Sept. 29, 1818. 
 in Kentucky, died in Sangamon county, in 
 his twenty -first vear. 
 
 HARRISON B., born Sept. 26, 
 1820, in Kentucky, died in Sangamon 
 county, Dec. 7, 1845. 
 
 NAPOLEON B. died in Kentucky, 
 aged four years. 
 
 SAMUEL 0., born Aug. 19, 1825, in 
 Logan county, Ky., married in Sangamon 
 county Nov. 16, 1848, to Nancy Archer. 
 They had two children in Sangamon 
 county. JAMES H., born Sept. 18, 
 1849, married Feb. 19, 1873, to Alice S. 
 Jameison, who was born April 7, 1846, in 
 Licking county, Ohio. They reside four 
 miles east of Berlin. WILLIAM J., 
 born Oct. 13, 1856, lives with his par- 
 ents. Samuel O. Maxcy and wife reside- 
 on the farm where his father settled in 
 1827. It is four miles east of Berlin. 
 
 Joel Maxcy died Dec. 27, 1827, in San- 
 gamon county. His widow lived with 
 her son, Samuel O., but went to visit her 
 children by the first marriage, and died in 
 Shelby county Feb. 11, 1856. 
 
 MAY, WILLIAM L., was an 
 early settler of Springfield, and was a 
 member of Congress from this district, as 
 early as 1836. I am unable to obtain the 
 information for a complete sketch. 
 
 McATEE, ANDREW, was 
 born in Kentucky, came to Sangamon 
 county with his brother, Smith, married 
 Mary A. Rape, had two children, and the 
 family moved to Polk county, Missouri. 
 
 McATEE. SMITH, was born in 
 1801 or '2, in Kentucky, came to Sanga- 
 mon county, about 1825, and entered 
 what is now part of Daniel G. Jones' 
 farm, in Cotton Hill township. He went 
 to Galena and worked in the lead mines 
 until he earned money to make improve- 
 ments on his land. He was married, in 
 1829, to Elizabeth Rape, in Sangamon 
 county. She had one child 
 
 HENRY R., born in 1830, a-nd died, 
 unmarried, Nov. 14, 1856. 
 
 Mrs. Elizabeth McAtee died, and he 
 married her sister, Tennessee Rape, in 
 1831. They had seven living children in 
 Sangamon county. 
 
 ELIZABETH, born March 5, 1832, 
 married John W. Greenawalt. See his 
 name. 
 
 JOHN W., born Jan., 1852, died in 
 his nineteenth year.
 
 EARLY SETTLERS OF 
 
 SUSANNAH, born April 2, 1836, 
 died in her fourteenth year. 
 
 BENJAMIN F., born March 3, 
 
 1838, married Feb. 26, 1863, to Almyra 
 Marshall. They have three children, 
 NORMAN A., LAURA BELL and 
 EUGENE CARROLL, and live three 
 miles north of Pawnee, in Ball township 
 -1874. 
 
 THOMAS J., born November 22, 
 
 1839, died, unmarried, Sept. 3, 1865. 
 SARAH, born Dec. 14, 1841, died at 
 
 twelve years of age. 
 
 MAR7HA,\>orn. Oct. 31, 1844, died, 
 unmarried, Aug. 19, 1865. 
 
 Mrs. Tennessee McAtee died March 9, 
 1847. Smith McAtee was married, Nov., 
 1847, to ^ rs - Margaret Wall, whose 
 maiden name was Jones. They had two 
 children 
 
 JANE, born Dec. 17, 1849, is unmar- 
 ried, and lives with her mother. 
 
 MART, born July 6, 1850, in Sanga- 
 mon county, married, Jan. 23, 1869, to 
 Henry B. Rose, who was born March 12, 
 1844, ' n Floyd county, Ky. He was a 
 soldier in Co. C, and transferred to Co. 
 G, i4th Ky. Cav. ; enlisted for one year, 
 served fourteen months, and was honora- 
 bly discharged. Mr. and Mrs. Rose 
 have two children, EDGAR J. and 
 HENRY E., and reside near Independ- 
 ence, Montgomery county, Kan. 1874. 
 
 Smith McAtee died May 19, 1851. His 
 widow married Felix Stovall. He died, 
 and she lives in Cotton Hill township, 
 Sangamon county. 
 
 Hezekiah McAtee, the father of Smith 
 and Andrew, came with them to Sanga- 
 mon county, and after tarrying a few days 
 moved on with the other members of his 
 familv, to Pike county, Illinois. 
 
 MeBRIDE, JAMES, was born 
 April n, 1782, in Bedford county, Va. 
 He was there married to Elizabeth Boyd, 
 who was born April, 1783, in the same 
 county. They had two children in Vir- 
 ginia, and moved to Madison county, Ky., 
 in 1807, where eight children were born. 
 James McBride went to South Carolina 
 on business, and died there, Nov., 1826. 
 His family moved to Montgomery coun- 
 ty, Ky., where two of the children died, 
 and one married and settled there. Mrs. 
 McBride and seven of her children moved 
 to Sangamon county, Illinois, arriving in 
 Nov., 1837, in what is now Cooper town- 
 
 ship, north of Sangamon river. Of her 
 children 
 
 JOHN, born Oct 23, 1803, in Virginia, 
 married in Montgomery county, Ky., to 
 Nancy Pebworth. She died March, 
 1865, in Missouri. Their only child, 
 JAMES, is married and lives in Indiana. 
 John McBride lives in Illiopolis township 
 with the Gragg family. 
 
 AMELIA, born March 20, 1806, in 
 Virginia, died in Kentucky, May, 1834. 
 
 NANCT, born Dec. n, 1808, in Ken- 
 tucky, died in Sangamon countv, Sept., 
 1838. 
 
 JAMES, born March 26, 1811, in 
 Madison county, Ky., is unmarried, and 
 lives in Mechanicsburg. 
 
 SOPHIA, born March n, 1813, in 
 Madison county, Ky., married in Sanga- 
 mon county, to William Gragg. Sec his 
 name. 
 
 THOMAS, born March n, 1816, in 
 Kentucky, died there, March, 1834. 
 
 CORRENA, born July 27, 1818, in 
 Kentucky, died in Sangamon county, 
 Sept., 1838. 
 
 WILLIAM, born Sept. 22, 1820, in 
 Kentucky, is unmarried, and resides in 
 Illiopolis township. 
 
 ELIZABETH, born June 17, 1824, 
 in Madison county, Ky., is unmarried, 
 and resides with her brother-in-law, Wil- 
 liam Gragg. 
 
 JEFFERSON, born June 8, 1826, 
 in Madison county, Ky., married in San- 
 gamon county, Jan. 5, 1847, ^ Ann M. 
 Hesser. They had ten children; the eld- 
 est died in infancy. ALBERT O., born 
 March 12, 1851, resides *at Buffalo. 
 MARIA L., born April 20, 1853, mar- 
 ried August 27, 1872, to Jasper Daley, 
 have one child, arid reside at Moravia, 
 Iowa. GEORGE W., born March 20, 
 1855, resides with his parents. ELIZA- 
 BETH E., born April 20, 1857, married 
 Jan. 15, 1873,10 Caleb Duvall, and resides 
 near Asherville, Kansas. FRANCES 
 C., SAMUEL J., NOAH E., JESSE T. 
 and FLORA ANNIE MAY; the five 
 latter reside with their parents at Mora- 
 via, Appanoose county, Iowa. 
 
 Mrs. Elizabeth McBride died March 
 27, 1856, in Sangamon county. 
 
 McCORMACK, ANDREW, 
 was born April 27, 1801, in Nashville, 
 Tenn. His father was born near Dublin, 
 Ireland, and his mother (whose maiden
 
 SANGAMON COUNT?. 
 
 487 
 
 name was McFarren) came from the 
 north of Ireland. They were Protesants, 
 and left their native country during the 
 rebellion of 1798, and were married in 
 America, probahly in Tennessee. They 
 moved with their family from Nashville, 
 Tenn., to Fleming county, Ky., and Mr. 
 McCormack died there about 1815, leav- 
 ing the family, consisting of the mother, 
 four brothers and three sisters, to the care 
 of Andrew, whose name heads this 
 sketch. He managed to keep them to- 
 gether until they were able to take care ot 
 themselves. Being studiously inclined, 
 he worked in the day and studied at 
 night. He brought his mother and all 
 the children to Sangamon county about 
 1829, settling on Fancy creek. Shortly 
 after he went to work in the Galena lead 
 mines, and during some Indian troubles 
 there, he was Captain of a company of 
 volunteers. On his return he moved to 
 Springfield, and was married July 27, 
 1834, on Sugar creek, to Ann S. Short 
 daughter of James Short, who was born 
 Jan. 3, 1810, in Green county, Ky. They 
 had ten children, three of whom died in 
 infancy. The eldest died, aged eighteen 
 years. Of the other children 
 
 MARGARET J., born Jan. 10, 1838, 
 in Springfield, was married Aug. 23, 
 1866, to David Caldwell, who was born 
 Oct. 16, 1839, in Dearborn county, Ind. 
 He enlisted Aug., 1861, in Co. B, 26th 
 Ind. Inf., and served three years. They 
 have two children living, JOHN A. and 
 GEORGE D., who reside with their 
 parents, in Springfield, Illinois. 
 
 LUCRE TIA B., born Jan. 6, 1841, 
 was married June 21, 1867, in Springfield, 
 to William C. Poffenbarger, who was 
 born in Sangamon county. They have 
 four children, ELIZABETH A., MARY 
 A., IRA D. and HENRIETTA A., 
 who reside with their parents, on a farm 
 near Taylorville, Illinois. 
 
 MART E. resides with her mother. 
 
 JOHN A., born July 8, 1845, was 
 married Aug. 10, 1870, in Springfield, to 
 Matilda Morganroth, a native of McLean 
 county, 111. J. A. McCormack is a car- 
 penter, and is now employed at the T., 
 W. & W. R. R. shops. He resides in 
 Springfield, Illinois. 
 
 ALEXANDER R., born Sept. 25, 
 1847, was married Oct. 12, 1875, in 
 Springfield, to Mrs. Fannie Rivers, 
 
 whose maiden name was Creamer. They 
 reside in Springfield. 
 
 ANN C., born Jan. 14, 1850, was 
 married May 3, 1874, in Springfield, to 
 Henry Schneider, a native of Switzer- 
 land. She resides with her mother. 
 
 Andrew McCormack was a stonecutter 
 and brickmason. He represented Sanga- 
 mon county three times in the State 
 Legislature, and was one of the "Long 
 Nine." He was Mayor of the city for 
 1843 and '44, and was a man of great 
 physical strength, standing six feet two 
 and a half inches in height, and weighing 
 two hundred and eighty pounds. Andrew 
 McCormack's mother died at his house in 
 Springfield, Jan. 21, 1842, and he died 
 January 24, 1857. His widow still 
 resides in Springfield, 111. 1876. 
 
 McCORMACK, JOHN, bro- 
 ther of Andrew, married Miss Sherrill, on 
 Sugar creek, Sangamon county, Illinois, 
 in 1833. He resides at New Buda, 
 Iowa. 
 
 MeCORMACK, WILLIAM, 
 brother of Andrew and John, married 
 Miss White, on Fancy creek, Sangamon 
 county, Illinois, moved to Missouri, and 
 died there. 
 
 MeCORMACK, ALEXAN- 
 DER, brother of Andrew, John and 
 William, married in 1834, in Springfield, 
 111., to Miss Gillock. They reside in 
 Princeton, Missouri. 
 
 MeCORMACK, JAMES, 
 brother of Andrew, John, William and 
 Alexander, went to Lexington, Ky., 
 when a young man, and resides there. 
 The sisters of Andrew McCormack are 
 dead. 
 
 MeCOY, DAVID, was born in 
 1790, in the State of Georgia. His par- 
 ents moved to Tennessee, and both died 
 there when he was quite young. He 
 went with a married sister to Ohio, and 
 from there to Montgomery county, 111. 
 Mary Kilpatrick was born March 29, 
 1800, in Fayette county, Ky. In 1817 
 her parents moved to Montgomery coun- 
 ty, 111. David McCoy and Mary Kilpat- 
 rick were there married in the fall of 
 1818, and moved to the south side of 
 Richland creek, in what became Gardner 
 township, Sangamon county, arriving in 
 the spring of 1819. They came in com- 
 pany with her brother, Wm. Kilpatrick, 
 and his wife, both couple having just
 
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 EARLY SETTLERS OF 
 
 been married. They lived there one year 
 before they had any knowledge of another 
 family coming into that region of country. 
 His improvements were on a piece of 
 school land, which was not for sale when 
 the other land came into market. In the 
 fall of 1823 Mr. McCoy moved five miles 
 south, to the north side of Spring creek, 
 in what is now Carrwright township. 
 They had three children on Richland 
 creek and eight on Spring creek ; two of 
 the latter died in infancy. Of their nine 
 children 
 
 OWEN F., born Feb., 1820, went to 
 California in 1849, and died there in 1856. 
 
 HUGH, born March, 1821, died un- 
 married, March, 1848, in Sangamon 
 county. 
 
 POLL T A., born April 8, 1823, on 
 Richland creek, married in Sangamon 
 county, Oct. 29, 1844, to Elihu Scott, 
 who was born August 18, 1821, in Ten- 
 nessee. They had six children; one died 
 in infancy. MARY E., born July 30, 
 1845, marr ied April 16, 1868, to C. How- 
 ard Sowle, who was born Jan. 8, 1839, 
 near Rochester, N. Y. They have two 
 children, JOSEPHINE and CHARLEY, and 
 reside one mile northeast of Richland 
 station, Sangamon county, 111. MAR- 
 THA J. lives with her mother. JOHN B. 
 resides at Kansas City, Mo, OWEN M. 
 and ELIHU, Jun., live with their mother. 
 Elihu Scott died May 21, 1869, in San- 
 gamon county, and his widow resides one 
 mile northeast of Richland Station, San- 
 gamon county, Illinois. 1876. 
 
 NANCTJsom. Feb. i, 1825, on Spring 
 creek, married Feb. 9, 1843, to R. Der t 
 Bone. They have a family of children, 
 and live in Menard county, five miles 
 north of Richland station. 
 
 THOMAS A'., born in 1827, in San- 
 gamon county, married in 1848, to Mar- 
 garet A. Kendall, have five living child- 
 ren, and live in Umatilla county, Oregon, 
 near Walla W 7 alla, Washington Terri- 
 tory. 
 
 WILLIAM A% born April, 1829, in 
 Sangamon county, is unmarried, and re- 
 sides at Bancroft, Daviess county, Mo. 
 
 JAMES P., born July 3, 1832, in 
 Sangamon county, married Jane L. See- 
 ley, had eight children, five of whom are 
 living with their parents in Topeka, Kan- 
 sas. 1874. 
 
 RA CHEL, born in Sangamon coun- 
 ty, married Rev. John C. VanPatten. 
 See his name. 
 
 JOSEPH G., born Dec., 1838, in 
 Sangamon county, married Sarah Epler, 
 had five children; two died in infancy. 
 The three living reside with tneir pa- 
 rents in Kansas City, Mo. 1874. 
 
 Mrs. Mary McCoy died Jan 20, 1848, 
 and David McCoy died Jan 22, 1868, both 
 in Sangamon county. 
 
 David McCoy had some experience in 
 breaking prairie before he came to San- 
 gamon county. He was one of the few 
 early settlers who never cleared the 
 timber from his land, but made his farm 
 in the prairie. He brought a plow with 
 him suitable for breaking prairie. He 
 hung it under the axle of his wagon, 
 and thought he could drive the oxen and 
 hold the plow himself, but found that he 
 could not. His wife volunteered to drive 
 while he held the plow, but then another 
 difficulty arose. The baby could not be 
 left alone long at a time. In that dilemma 
 Mr. McCoy made a box similar to a cra- 
 dle, made it fast on the beam of the 
 plow, put the babe into it, and in 
 that way broke his land. He built a saw 
 mill on Spring creek, about 1825 or '26, 
 and added grinding machinery soon after 
 When that mill was put in operation, 
 there was great joy in the settlement, as 
 it was the only place where grinding 
 could be obtained. He adopted as a rule 
 that a grist belonging to a w r idow should 
 never be tolled. He would loan money 
 without interest for the purpose of entering 
 land. Mr. McCoy went annually to St. 
 Louis, with strained honey and deer-skins, 
 and exchanged them for groceries and other 
 necessaries for the family. His daughter, 
 Mrs. Scott, remembers when the first 
 shoes were made for the children. The 
 eldest one was seven vears old. 
 
 McCOY, JAMES, was born July 
 25, 1791, in Nicholas county, Ky. He 
 was a soldier in the war of 1812, from 
 Kentucky, in the Dragoons under Col. 
 Dick Johnson, and was in the battle 
 where Tecumseh was killed. He returned 
 to Kentucky, and was married in Nicholas 
 county, Sept. 15, 1814, to Jane Murphy, 
 who was born in that county, March 29, 
 1494. They had two children in Ken- 
 tucky, and moved to Sangamon county, 
 111., arriving in the fall of 1818, on Horse
 
 SANGAMON COUNT*. 
 
 489 
 
 creek, in what is now Cotton Hill town- 
 ship. Mr. McCoy and Levi W. Goodan 
 owned a wagon together, and each had a 
 horse, a wife and two children, and hoth 
 families moved from Kentucky in that 
 wagon together. Their wives were two 
 of the six women who came to Sangamon 
 county that year. The wives of the two 
 Drennans, Joseph Dodds and Mr. Vancil 
 being the other four. Mr. and Mrs. Mc- 
 Coy had twins there, one of whom died 
 in infancy. In the spring of 1819 they 
 moved to what is now Rochester town- 
 ship, where seven children were born. 
 Of their ten children 
 
 CAROLINE M., born July 16, 
 1815, in Nicholas county, Ky., was mar- 
 ried in Sangamon county, 111., August 17, 
 1834, to Lewis A. Grimsley. They had 
 two children ELIZA J., born May 19, 
 1838, was married, June 23, 1857, to 
 Henry Jacoby. They had one child, 
 AMELIA, and Mr. Jacoby died Oct. 3, 
 1859. His widow and daughter reside in 
 Springfield. WILLIAM P., born May 
 9, 1840, in Rochester, is now chief clerk 
 in the county clerk's office, Springfield, 
 111. May, 1^76. Lewis A. Grimsley 
 died Sept. 23, 1842, in Logan county. 
 Mrs. Caroline M. Grimsley died March 
 28, 1843, at ner father's house, near 
 Rochester. 
 
 SYLVESTER G., born April 28, 
 1817, in Nicholas county, Ky., was mar- 
 ried in Sangamon county, Nov., 1841, to 
 Mary Robinson. They had two child- 
 ren JAMES B , born Oct. 5, 1842, in 
 Rochester, 111., served in the war to sup- 
 press the rebellion, and was honorably 
 discharged. He was married, Jan. 8, 
 1857 to Nellie Gillett. They had four 
 children, CHARLES A., TAYLOR i., SYL- 
 VESTER A. and MARY ARMINTA, who re- 
 side with their parents, near Abington, 
 Jefferson county, Iowa. CAROLINE, 
 born Oct. 2, 1844, married Hall McRey- 
 nolds, Jan., 1870. They have three chil- 
 dren, LEE, HILDA and IRA, who reside 
 with their parents, near Maryville, \Vap- 
 ella county, Iowa. Sylvester G. McCoy 
 died March 5, 1844, in Sangamon county, 
 111. His widow and children moved to 
 Iowa, in December of that year. She 
 was married, -in 1859,10 P. A. McRey- 
 nolds, and resides at Abington, Jefferson 
 county, Iowa. 
 
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 JOSEPH E., born March 12, 1819. 
 in what is now Cotton Hill township, and 
 is believed to have been the FIRST WHITE 
 
 CHILD BORN WITHIN THE PRESENT LIM- 
 ITS OF SANGAMON COUNTY. He had a 
 twin, who died in infancy. Joseph E. 
 McCoy was married, July 14, 1841, in 
 Sangamon county, to Eveline Jones. They 
 had two children ELIZA A., born in 
 Sangamon county, is unmarried, and re- 
 sides in Jewell county, Kansas. JANE 
 E., born in Sangamon county, was mar- 
 ried there to James B. Ward. They have 
 two children, ALBERT and OTTO, and re- 
 side in Jewell county, Kansas. Mrs. 
 Eveline McCoy died, Jan. 6, 1849, in 
 Decatur, 111., and J. E. McCoy was mar- 
 ried, April 22, 1863, in the same place, to 
 Mary F. Hudnut, a native of Washing- 
 ton, Ky. They have two children, JO- 
 SEPH E., Jun., and JOHN E. J. E. 
 McCoy and family moved, in 1872, to 
 Jewell county, Kansas, near Cawker 
 city, Mitchell county, where they now 
 reside 1876. When Joseph E. McCoy 
 and his twin sister were born, there were 
 twins in another family, and triplets in 
 still another, making seven children in 
 the three first births in Sangamon county. 
 
 ISAIAH T., born May 16, 1821, near 
 Rochester, married Lucilla Robinson. 
 They had four children. The eldest son, 
 LEWIS GRANVILLE, enlisted in the 
 second Iowa Infantry, and was Orderly 
 Sergeant on Gen. Grant's staff. He was 
 married in Logan county, 111., and resides 
 at Cincinnati, Arkansas 1874. Mrs. Lu- 
 cilla McCoy died, April, 1855, * n Roches- 
 ter. Isaiah T. McCoy married Helen 
 Thompson, and she died in less than a 
 year. He then married Isabel Kinney. 
 They have five children, and reside near 
 Lincoln, Logan county, Illinois. 
 
 MILTON />., born Oct 16, 1823, near 
 Rochester, was married in Sangamon 
 county, 111., March 29, 1848, to Malcina 
 A. Cooper. They had seven children, all 
 born near Rochester. The fourth one, 
 VALMORE B., died Sept. 25, 1857, in 
 his third year. Of the other six csYL- 
 VESTER J., born May 3, 1849, was 
 married, Jan. 8, 1874, to Pauline Abel, 
 and resides in Macon county, near War- 
 rensburg. JACOB C., born Oct. 19, 
 1850, resides near Cawker city, Mitchell 
 county, Kansas. LOUVILTA JANE, 
 JESSE K., MARY M. and LILLIE
 
 490 
 
 EARLY SETTLERS OF 
 
 C. reside with their parents, at the family 
 homestead settled by Mr. McCoy's pa- 
 rents, in 1819, adjoining Rochester on the 
 east. 
 
 MART J., born Aug. 22, 1825, was 
 married near Rochester, November, 1847, 
 to Alexander T. Giger. See his name. 
 
 ANDERSON A., born Oct. 22, 1827, 
 was killed by a fall from a horse, August 
 i, 1846, near Rochester. 
 
 JAMES M., born March 6, 1830, 
 was married, in 1850, to Louisa, sister of 
 O. N. Stafford. They had three children. 
 MALCINA married John McBride, and 
 resides near Kansas City, Missouri. 
 CHARLES C. resides near Mt. Pulaski, 
 and JAMES M., Jun., lives near Roches- 
 ter. James M. McCoy died in September, 
 1855. His widow married James Huston, 
 and reside near Carroll on, Missouri. 
 
 JOHN W., born Feb. 19, 1832, en- 
 listed, in 1861, in the yth 111. Cav., for three 
 years; served more than his full time, and 
 was honorably discharged in 1864. He 
 married Deborah McBride, and mother 
 and child died. He was married, in 1869, 
 to Minerva Kearns; each marriage occured 
 near Broadwell, Logan county. They 
 have two children, and reside near Caw- 
 ker City, Kansas. 
 
 JULIA A., born March 31, 1834, 
 died Feb. 25, 1852. 
 
 James McCoy died March 25, 1844, and 
 Mrs. Jane McCoy died Jan. 22, 1852, both 
 on the farm where they settled in 1819, 
 adjoining Rochester on the east. 
 
 James McCoy bought the first full sack 
 of salt ever sold in Springfield. He paid 
 for it in coon skins. Salt was brought in 
 sacks of about four bushels. His brother, 
 Joseph E., says that he assisted in catch- 
 ing the coons, and it took all winter to 
 procure a sufficient number to buy that 
 sack of salt. This occurred in 1821 or 
 1822. 
 
 MeCOY, JOSEPH E., born 
 Oct. 5, 1797, in Nicholas county, Ky. ; 
 came to Sangamon county, arriving at the 
 house of his brother James in 1821. He 
 was a soldier from Sangamon county in 
 the Black Hawk war of 1831-2. He 
 never married, and resides with his 
 nephew, Isaiah T. McCoy, near Lincoln, 
 Logan county, Illinois. 
 
 McCOY, HAMILTON, was 
 born March 22, 1815, in Mason county, 
 West Virginia; came to Sangamon coun- 
 
 ty (Cotton Hill township) in 1836; was 
 married Jan. 3, 1838, to Mrs. Maria 
 Cooper, whose maiden name was Lewis. 
 They had ten children, two died young. 
 Of frh'e other eight children 
 
 JOHN married Elizabeth Abell, and 
 died, leaving two children, WILLARD 
 and JOHN. 
 
 S AM UJBL, "born, in Sangamon county, 
 enlisted in Feb., 1862, in the 33d 111. Inf., 
 and was discharged on account of physi- 
 cal disability, Sept. 1862. Enlisted in 
 1863 in the i6th 111. Cav.; was captured 
 in Virginia, taken to Libby prison, ex- 
 changed, and died in Baltimore, Md., 
 from the effects of his prison treatment. 
 
 POLLY died in Sangamon county 
 April 3, 1864, aged twenty-two years. 
 
 WILLIAM died, aged twenty-two 
 years, in Sangamon county. * 
 
 JAMES A. died, aged twenty -two 
 years. 
 
 ALFRED, born in Sangamon county, 
 served a term in the loth 111. Cav., and 
 was in Washington at the time of Presi- 
 dent Lincoln's assassination. He married 
 Jane Rhodes, and lives at Columbus, 
 Ohio 1874. 
 
 DA VID, born in Sangamon county, 
 and went to California in 1873. 
 
 THOMAS PRESTON, born in 
 Sangamon county, married Margaret 
 Berry, and reside one and one-half miles 
 southwest of Brecken ridge. 
 
 Mrs. Maria McCoy died Sept. 14, 1872, 
 in Sangamon county, and Hamilton Mc- 
 Coy resides near the old Brecken ridge 
 mill, in Cotton Hill township, Sangamon 
 county, Illinois. 
 
 MeCONNELL, JAMES, was 
 born in 1789, near Belfast, Ireland. Sarah 
 Smith was born at the same place, in 
 1787. They were married in i8ii,and 
 soon after embarked for America, landing 
 in New York City. In a short time he 
 went to Belleville, New Jersey, where he 
 labored in a powder mill three years, 
 without losing a day. The war with 
 England, from 1812 to 1815, was then in 
 full force, and caused a great demand for 
 powder. Mr. McConnell having learned 
 all the processes of manufacturing the 
 same, and was an especial adept in the 
 most difficult part that of refining salt- 
 petre. He went to Madison county, New 
 York, and established works on his own 
 account, and continued to manufacture
 
 491 
 
 powder there, seven or eight years, when 
 he turned his attention to farming and 
 raising fine stock in the same county k 
 After making several trips to Kentucky, 
 selling stock, he was advised to take some 
 to Illinois. Acting upon this advice^ he 
 embarked at Pittsburg with a lot of jacks 
 and jennets, landed them at Shawnee- 
 tovvn, and drove them from there to 
 Springfield, arriving in the fall of 1840, 
 He had no thought of making his home 
 here, but was so well pleased with the 
 country that he bought the land about 
 three miles south of Springfield, making 
 part of the farms on which two of his 
 sons now reside. He went back to New 
 York, settled up his business, and came 
 with his family the next year. His re- 
 moval was the cause of several other fam- 
 ilies coirting, also. Mr. McConnell 
 brought a flock of about two hundred 
 fine merino sheep, and at the same time 
 some thorough-bred Berkshire hogs. His 
 son, Edward F., brought a flock of merino 
 sheep, also. This was about the first effort to 
 introduce fine blooded sheep and hogs into 
 Sangamon county. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. McConnell had one child 
 in New Jersey and seven in New York, 
 namely 
 
 MART,\>Gv\\ in 18 [2, in New Jersey, 
 married in New York to John Buck, and 
 died there. Mr. Buck married again 
 and resides in Auburn, Illinois. 
 
 SARAH, born in 1814, in Madison 
 county, N. Y., was married there to 
 Franklin B. Hoppin. See his name. 
 
 EDWARD F., born April 30, 1816, 
 in Madison county, N. Y., married there 
 to Ann M. Hoppin. They had one son. 
 JAMES S., born Feb. 9, 1843, at the 
 home of his grandfather, near Spring- 
 field, 111., married June 21, 1866, in Gales- 
 burg, 111., to Laura Lavinia Pike, who 
 was born Feb. 18, 1845, at Middleburg, 
 Elkhart county, Indiana. They had two 
 children, EDWARD PIKE and MARY I.AVI- 
 NIA; the latter died Dec., 1875, in her 
 sixth year. James S McConnell, son 
 and wife reside near Chatham, 111. Mrs. 
 Ann M. McConnell died June 14, 1853, 
 near Chatham, aged thirty-two years. Ed- 
 ward F. McConnell was married March 13, 
 1855, at Eaton, N. Y., to Mary P. Hoppin. 
 They have no living children, and reside 
 two miles southwest of Chatham, Sanga- 
 mon county, 111. E. F. McConnell has, 
 
 from the time he came to the county, 
 been engaged in farthing, making wool 
 growing a specialty. Previous to 1866 
 the McConnell and Hoppin flocks of 
 sheep had been developed and brought up 
 to a standard of excellence not equaled in 
 any of the older eastern States for weight 
 of carcass^ length of staple^ density of 
 fibre, and average weight of fleece per 
 head, These essential merits were 
 brought forth by the highly nutritious 
 grasses and fattening properties of the 
 corn raised in Sangamon county. Mr. 
 McConnell was Major in the New York 
 State Militia previous to his removal west. 
 When he came it was by private con- 
 veyance, that being before the days of 
 railroads. He has since returned in as 
 many hours as it required days to travel 
 over the route the first time. 
 
 ANDRE WB., born Jan., 1819, in Madi- 
 son county, N. Y., was married there to 
 Augusta Rogers. They have eight chil- 
 dren born in Sangamon county, namely : 
 MERCY ADELIA married DeWitt 
 Smith. See his name. FRANK R., 
 married Belle Merriman, has two child- 
 ren, and lives near Victoria, Victoria 
 county, Texas. EDWARD O. married 
 Luella Patteson, has one child, and lives 
 at Bates, Sangamon county, 111. SARAH 
 A. married S. Willis Merriman, has one 
 child, and lives near Victoria, Texas. 
 JOHN D., WILL A., AUGUSTA and 
 ANDREW ; the four latter reside with 
 their parents. A. B. McConnell was 
 elected President of the Illinois State 
 Agricultural Society four years in succes- 
 sion, i865-'66-'67 and '68. In 1870 he 
 was elected Sheriff of Sangamon county 
 for two years. He resides now 1876 
 three miles south of Springfield, on part 
 of the land purchased by his father in 
 1840. 
 
 ELIZA, born in Madison county, 
 New York, married there to Charles T. 
 Hoppin. See his name. 
 
 JOHN, born Dec. 5, 1824, in Madi- 
 son county, N. Y., married in 1848, at 
 Chatham, Illinois, to Elizabeth Parsons, 
 who was born March 10, 1831, in Con- 
 necticut. They have two sons born in 
 Sangamon county, SAMUEL P., born 
 July 5, 1849, married Feb., 1876, in Chic- 
 ago, to Sarah Rogers, daughter of Judge 
 J. G. Rogers. S. P. McConnell is a prac- 
 ticing lawyer in Chicago, and resides
 
 492 
 
 EARLY SETTLERS OF 
 
 there. JAMES H. is engaged in business 
 in Springfield. At the beginning of the 
 rebellion John McConnell raised a com- 
 pany, which was assigned us Co. A, 3d 
 111. Cav. He was promoted, Sept. u, 
 1861, to Major of the regiment, with 
 which he served until until March 18, 
 1863, when he resigned. While con- 
 nected with the Third Cavalry, Major 
 McConnell commanded the only cavalry 
 engaged in the battle of Pea Ridge, Mar. 
 6, 7 and 8, 1862. Col. G. M. Dodge, of 
 the Fourth Iowa Infantry, commanding 
 the brigade, in his report says: "Where 
 so many fought gallantly, it would be 
 hard to distinguish; but I noticed the 
 daring bravery of Major McConnell, of 
 the Third Illinois Cavalry, who supported 
 me on my right." Gen. E. A. Carr, who 
 commanded the Fourth Division, in a let- 
 ter dated April 14, 1862, after apologizing 
 for the delay on account of a wound in his 
 right hand, says: v "Otherwise, I should 
 have taken the liberty of writing to you 
 long before this, to congratulate you on 
 having such a noble man for a husband. 
 His conduct on the day of battle, 
 and all other days, was admired by every- 
 one. With about two hundred and seventy- 
 five men he kept back a line of the 
 enemy four or five deep and three-quarters 
 of a mile long, comprising several thou- 
 sand, and prevented them from getting 
 around so as to fall on our flank and rear. 
 Tell his father that he has great reason to 
 be proud of such a son." Major McCon- 
 nell was appointed, June 15, 1863, Colonel 
 of the 5th 111. Cav. He was physically 
 unable for duty until May 27, 1864, when 
 he was mustered in and took command, 
 the regiment then being in Mississippi. 
 Col. McConnell was appointed, March 
 13, 1865, to Brev. Brig.-General. His 
 commission was issued April 14, 1865, 
 having been signed on the morning of 
 that day by President Lincoln, being one 
 among the last acts of his official life, as 
 he was assassinated on the evening of 
 that day. Gen. McConnell's regiment 
 was assigned to the First Brigade, Second 
 Division, Major-Gen. Custer commanding. 
 They moved by way of Red river to 
 Hempstead, Texas, where they remained 
 from August to October 6, and then 
 moved to Springfield, 111., where Gen. 
 McConnell was mustered out with the 
 Fifth Cavalry, Oct. 27, 1865. Gen. John 
 
 McConnell is a farmer, and resides on 
 part of the land bought by his father in 
 1840, three miles south of Springfield. 
 
 JANE, born April 15, 1829, in Madi- 
 son county, N. Y., married in Sangamon 
 county, in 1842, to Franklin Fassett, a 
 native of Ohio. They have two daugh- 
 ters, SARAH E. and JENNIE, and re- 
 side on south Sixth street, Springfield, 
 111. Mr. Fassett is a farmer, and is en- 
 gaged in business in Springfield. 
 
 Mrs. Sarah McConnell died Jan. 17, 
 1855, and James McConnell died Jan. 7, 
 1867, both in Woodside township, three 
 miles south of Springfield, 111. 
 
 In consequence of his efforts to intro- 
 duce improved stock, and his advanced 
 ideas generally on the subject of cultivat- 
 ing the soil, James McConnell was by 
 common consent assigned an honorable 
 position among the farmers of Illinois. 
 He was one of the earliest farmers who 
 were in favor of forming a State Agricul- 
 tural Society, and was president of the 
 convention assembled in 1852, in Spring- 
 field, that organized the Illinois State 
 Agricultural Society, now called the Illi- 
 nois State Board of Agriculture. 
 
 MeCLEES, THOMAS, was 
 
 born about 1775, in Pennsylvania, and 
 went to Fleming county, Ky., and from 
 there to Ohio, where he was married 
 Sept. 9, 1804, to Mary Jameison, who 
 was born in Fleming county, Ky. They 
 had two children in Ohio, and returned to 
 Kentucky, where six children were born. 
 The family moved to Sangamon county, 
 111., arriving in the fall of 1830, and set- 
 tled five miles southeast of Springfield. 
 Of their eight children 
 
 JANETTA, born Nov. 18, 1805, in 
 Ohio, married Benj. C. Law. See his name. 
 
 JOHN, born Jan. 25, 1807, in Ohio, 
 never came to Illinois. History not 
 known. 
 
 WILLIAM, born in Fleming county, 
 Ky., came with the family to Sangamon 
 county, and died at Mineral Point, Wis., 
 in 1851. 
 
 DANIEL, born about 1812 or '13, in 
 Fleming county, Ky., married in Sanga- 
 mon county to Margaret Clark. They 
 had three children, and he went to Cali- 
 fornia in the early gold-digging times, 
 and his family went to him. His daugh- 
 ter MARY J., married John Spence. 
 He served three years in a Wisconsin
 
 SANGAMON COUNTY. 
 
 493 
 
 regiment; was starved in Andersonville 
 prison, and died after coming home. His 
 widow lives in Springfield. CHRIS- 
 TIANA married Thomas Petty, and 
 lives near Sangamon station. Daniel 
 McClees lives in Washington Territory, 
 near Puget Sound. 
 
 LOUISA, born about 1815, in Flem- 
 ing county, Ky., married in Sangamon 
 county to John Lewis, who died, and she 
 married Peter Carril, and had one child, 
 JAMES T., who is married, and resides 
 near Quincy, Mo. Peter Carril died, and 
 his widow lives with her sister, Mrs. 
 Law. 
 
 G^C^born Feb. 22, 1817, in Flem- 
 ing county, Ky., married Levi W.Jones. 
 See his name. 
 
 THOMAS, born Nov. 18, 1818, in 
 Kentucky, died in Sangamon county, in 
 his twenty-fourth year. 
 
 JAMES, born Oct. 17, 1820, in Ken- 
 tucky, went from Sangamon county to 
 California soon after the discovery of 
 gold, and has not been heard of since 
 about 1850. 
 
 Mrs. Mary McClees died in Sept., 
 1831, and Thomas McClees died in 1852, 
 both in Sangamon county, Illinois. 
 
 MCCLELLAND, ROBERT, 
 
 was born about 1789, in Ohio. His 
 mother died when he was quite young, 
 and his father died a few years later. He 
 went to White county, 111., when he was 
 a young man. Charlotte Council was 
 born about 1797, near Tarboro, N. C., and 
 was taken by her parents to White 
 county, 111. Robert McClelland and 
 Charlotte Council were there married, 
 had two. children in that county, 
 and moved to what became Fancy Creek 
 township, Sangmon county, Sangamon 
 county, arriving in Aug., 1819, where 
 ten children were born. Of their child- 
 ren 
 
 ELIZABETH, born in White coun- 
 ty, 111., married in Sangamon county to 
 Conrad Crawley. They had four child- 
 ren, and moved to St. Joseph, Mo., and 
 from there to Liberty, Mo , where Mrs. 
 Crawley died. Mr. Crawley returned to 
 Sangamon county with their children. 
 Their son, JAMES M. Crawley, married 
 Miss Shoup, and resides half a mile east 
 of Crow's Mill. See Shoup family. 
 Thomas died early in 1872, at the 
 house of his brother, James M. 
 
 JAMES, born in 1818, in White 
 county, 111., married in Sangamon 
 county to Mary Brown. She was 
 born Dec. 25, 1818. They had nine 
 living children in Sangamon county. 
 ROBERT married Ann Groves. They 
 have one child, MINNIE, and reside two 
 and a half miles northeast of Williams- 
 ville. THOMAS L. enlisted Aug. 12, 
 1862, for three years, in Co. C, ii4th Jll. 
 Inf. He was taken prisoner at the battle 
 of Guntown, Miss. June n, 1864. Spent 
 four months in Andersonville prison, and 
 was I'educed from 160 to 100 pounds by- 
 starvation. He was taken to Millen, Ga., 
 and remained two months. He was 
 paroled and exchanged Dec., 1864; serve d 
 his full term, and was honorably discharg- 
 ed Aug. 12, 1865. He was married to 
 Nancy J. Jones. They had three child- 
 ren, CHARLES B., NOAH F. and IRWIN S., 
 
 and reside two miles north of Williams- 
 ville. MARTHA J. died, aged eleven 
 years. JOHN W., married Susan Grove^s. 
 They have one child, MABEL, and reside 
 three-quarters of a mile southeast of 
 Williamsville. CHARLES lives with 
 his mother. NANCY A. married Wal- 
 ter S. Redford, and lives in Illiopolis. 
 GEORGE, MARY and JAMES live 
 with their mother. James McClelland 
 died Sept. 25, 1865, and his widow resides 
 one and a half miles northeast of Wil- 
 liamsville. 
 
 WILLIAM born Jan. 19, 1820, in 
 Sangamon county, married Aug. 29, 
 1844, to Margaret Sales. She was born 
 Aug. 10, 1829, in Sangamon county. 
 They have nine children. MARY E. 
 married Homer N. Bryant. He served 
 three years in the I I4th 111. Inf., and was 
 honorably discharged. They reside at 
 Lone Tree. Neb. LUCINDA J. married 
 David F. Hurst. He was a soldier in a 
 Pennsylvania regiment. They live near 
 Elkhart, 111. GEORGE married Mary 
 E. Shively, and live near Lone Tree, 
 Neb. THOMAS lives with his mother. 
 MELISSA married March 12, 1872, to 
 Asa Canterberry, and live near Athens, 
 111. EMMA, EDGAR, WILLIAM,and 
 FLORENCE live with their mother. 
 
 William McClelland died April 17, 
 1876, and his widow resides three and one- 
 half miles northwest of Sherman, Illinois- 
 
 NANCT, born Aug. 17, 1821, in San- 
 gamon county, married in 1846, to Charles
 
 494 
 
 EARLY SETTLERS OF 
 
 McCrea, who was born in 1818, in Penn. 
 They moved to Beardstown, and resided 
 there until two children were born. 
 JAMES E., born Jan. 4, 1847, unmarried, 
 and resides at Long Valle}, California. 
 MARY F., born Dec. 3, 1849, married 
 William F. King. See his name. 
 Charles McCrea went to California in 
 1849, was about starting for home when 
 last heard from in 1855, and it is believed 
 by his friends that he was murdered for 
 his money. Mrs. McCrea was married 
 in 1856 to John W- Beck. They had 
 three children, HARRY, ANNA and 
 EMMA. Mr. Beck died in 1868, and 
 his family reside in Petersburg. 
 
 , born in Sangarnon county, 
 married Stephen Brittin. They had six 
 children. CHARLOTTE married John 
 Lake. EVANS married Catharine Lake, 
 and reside in Iowa. Mr. and Mrs. Brittin 
 both died in Fancy Creek township. 
 
 JOHN, born Sept. i, 1824, in Sanga- 
 mon county, married Oct. 12, 1848, to 
 Elizabeth Mitts. They have seven child- 
 ren. JANE married S. Sanford Turley. 
 They have four children", NORA L , I.UEL- 
 LA, JOHN E. and OLLIE M., and reside one 
 and a half miles south of Williamsville. 
 Mr. Turley enlisted in Co. B, nth Mo. 
 Inf., in July, 1861; served full term, and 
 was honorably discharged Aug. 4, 1864. 
 ROBERT E. is a practicing physician. 
 MARTHA E\, CHARLOTTE F., AN- 
 NIE and ALICE, twins, and MARY 
 L., are unmarried, and reside with their 
 parents, at Williamsville 1874. 
 
 ROBER7\\>Q\-n April 17, 1827, mar- 
 ried Nov. 23, 18^4, to Martha Mitts. 
 They have five children, MARIETTA, 
 GEORGE A., WILLIAM H., KATE 
 and LEWIS, and reside two and a half 
 miles northwest of Williamsville. 
 
 LUCINDA died in 1850, at twenty- 
 two years of age. 
 
 MART, born in Sangamon county, 
 married Mr. Harper, who died, and she 
 married James Washington. She resides 
 in St. Joseph, Missouri. 
 
 GEORGE W., born Feb. 27, 1832, in 
 Sangamon county, married Dec. 21, 1858, 
 to Mary C. Brown, who was born July 
 20, 1837. They have four children, 
 FREDERICK, FRANK, PAUL and 
 ARTHUR, and reside three miles north- 
 west of Sherman. 
 
 THOMAS, born March 26, 1835, in 
 Sangamon county, married Oct. 2, 1860, 
 to Sarah J. Brown, who was born Nov. 
 3, 1839, in Sangamon county. They had 
 three children. MINNIE K. died in 
 her fourth year. CHARLIE B. and 
 EDWIN live with their mother. Thos. 
 McClelland died April 24, 1876, on his 
 farm, six miles southeast of Springfield, 
 111., where his family reside. 
 
 JULIA A. is unmarried, and lives at 
 Petersburg, Illinois. 
 
 Robert McClelland died Oct., 1860, 
 and Mrs. Charlotte McClelland died May, 
 1868, both in Sangamon county, Illinois. 
 
 MeCOLLY, JOHN, a native of 
 New York, was married in St. Lawrence 
 county to Sarah Bryant, a sister to Mrs. 
 Isaac Bates, and cousin to William Cul- 
 len Bryant. They came to Sangamon 
 county in 1837, with tne family of Isaac 
 Bates, settled in Fancy creek township, 
 raised a family, and in 1856 moved to 
 Lynn county, Iowa. 
 
 MeCOMAS, ELISHA, was 
 born March 25, 1803, in Cabell county, 
 West Virginia. He was there married, 
 March 30, 1825, to Sophia Shelton, who 
 was born there, Oct. 9, 1809. They moved 
 to Sangamon county, 111., arriving April 
 30, 1825, in what is now Curran township. 
 They had nine living children in Sanga- 
 mon county, namely 
 
 DIKE, born April 18, 1827, married 
 May, 1848, in Sangamon county, to Nancy 
 Murphy. They moved to Wayne coun- 
 ty, Iowa, in April, 1853. He was killed 
 March 6, 1856, by the fall of a tree, 
 leaving a widow and three children, 
 two of whom have since djed. The 
 living child, GEORGE, married Lorena 
 McMurray, and lives in Wayne county, 
 Iowa. His mother is married, and lives 
 in the same county. 
 
 JINCT, born -May 15, 1829, married 
 Henry Davis. She died, Nov., 1864, leav- 
 ing her husband and five children in 
 Wayne county, Iowa. 
 
 CYNTHIA, born April 8, 1831, mar- 
 ried Sept. 7, 1854, to James M. Gibson. 
 See his name. 
 
 MARY E., born Sept. i, 1835, mar- 
 ried Dec., 1853, to Andrew J. Davis. 
 They have five children, and live in 
 Wayne county, Iowa. 
 
 SARAH J., born March 14, 1838, 
 married Sept. 7, 1865, to William H.
 
 SANG AM ON CO UN 7 Y. 
 
 495 
 
 Featherston. She had three children, 
 and died in Missouri. Mr. F. and two 
 children live in Curran township, Sanga- 
 mon county. The other child lives with 
 her aunt, Mary E. Davis, in Wayne coun- 
 ty, Iowa. 
 
 ELISHA T., born Sept. 14, 1840. en- 
 listed August 5, 1862, in Co. I, 73d 111. 
 Inf., for three years. He was wounded 
 at the battle of Stone's river, Dec. 31, 
 1862, and died in hospital, Jan. 6, 1863, 
 near Murfreesboro, Tenn. 
 
 SOPHIA A., born Dec. 24, 1842, mar- 
 ried March 7, 1864, to Thomas B. Gib- 
 son. See nis name. 
 
 FRANCES 7., born April 19, 1845, 
 married Nov. 13, 1867, to Ebenezer H. 
 VanDoren. See his name. 
 
 JESSIE M. is unmarried, and lives 
 with her mother. 
 
 Elisha McComas died Nov. 30, 1863, 
 and his widow resides two and a half 
 miles south of Curran, Sangamon coun- 
 ty, Illinois. 1876. 
 
 McCOMAS, DAVID, a brother 
 to Elisha, born about 1813, in. Cabell 
 county, West Virginia, came to Sanga- 
 mon county in 1827, was married in the 
 spring of 1831, to Nancy Shelton. They 
 had seven children. The father died in 
 LaSalle county, and the mother in Iowa. 
 Their daughter 
 
 LOUISA married James M. Shelton. 
 See his name. 
 
 MeCUNE, GAVIN, was born 
 July 7, 1788, in Pennsylvania, and was 
 taken by his parents in 1796 to Nicholas 
 county, Ky. He was there married to 
 Hannah Ardry, a native of that county. 
 They had six children in Kentucky, and 
 moved to Sangamon county, 111., arriving 
 in the fall of 1832 in what is now Cooper 
 township. Of their six children 
 
 MART, born Dec. 27, 1811, in Ky., 
 married James Bashaw. See his name. 
 
 ISABEL, born Oct., 1813, in Ky., 
 married William S. Bashaw. See his 
 name. 
 
 JANE, born about 1815 in Kentucky, 
 lives with Solomon Reed, near Roches- 
 ter, Illinois. 
 
 JAMES M., born Feb. 27, 1817, in 
 Nicholas county, Ky., married in Sanga- 
 mon county Feb. 24, 1842, to Nancy 
 Whitford. She was born June 15, 1823, 
 in Wayne county, Illinois. They had 
 eight children in Sangamon county. 
 
 WILLIAM, born Dec. 29, 1842, enlisted 
 Aug., 1862, for three years, in Co. I, 
 i I4th 111. Inf. ' He was captured June 
 10, 1864, at the battle of Guntown, Miss.; 
 spent nine months in a rebel prison in 
 Alabama, exchanged at Vicksburg, and 
 honorably discharged at the end of the 
 rebellion. He was married Jan., 1870, to 
 Mary E. Frankeberger; have one child, 
 and live near Nashville, Barton county, 
 Mo. HENRY C., born Feb. 3, 1844, 
 married June 7, 1865, to Margaret 
 Thompson, who was born April 26, 1841, 
 in Fairfax county, Va. They have two 
 children, ALMA and IONA, and live five 
 miles east of Rochester. ELMIRA J., 
 born June 3, 1847, married Sept. i, 1864, 
 to Charles Flagg; have two children, and 
 live near Nashville, Mo. CHARLES 
 A. lives at Decatur, 111. MARY A., 
 AMANDA A. and ROBERT W. live 
 with their parents. JOHN W. died Sept. 
 23, 1875. James M. McCune and family 
 live three miles east of Rochester, Sanga- 
 mon county, Illinois. 
 
 JOHN M., born May 20, 1820, in 
 Nicholas county, Ky., married in Sanga- 
 mon county, Jan. 25, 1844, to Jane Baker. 
 They have five children. CAROLINE, 
 born Nov. 19, 1844, married Aug. 28, 
 1866, to Robert Martin, who was born 
 July 3, 1840, in county Do\tn, parish of 
 Killylaigh, Ireland; came to America and 
 to Sangamon county in 1856; enlisted 
 July 25, 1862, in Springfield, in Co. I, 
 H4th 111. Inf.; served three years, and 
 was honorably discharged July, 1865. 
 Mr. and Mrs. Martin have three children, 
 JOHN w., CHARLES E. and JAMES A., and 
 reside eight miles due east of Springfield. 
 MARY E., born Aug. 3, 1848, married 
 April 7, 1867, to William J. Nutt, who 
 was born July 10, 1841, in Orange county, 
 N. Y.; came to Sangamon county in 1857: 
 enlisted July 25,. 1862, for three years, in 
 Co. I, ii4th 111. Inf.; served to the end of 
 the rebellion, and was honorably dis- 
 charged Aug. 3, 1865, with the regiment. 
 Mr. and Mrs. Nutt have three children, 
 CHARLES E., OTHO L. and ROBERT E., and 
 reside eight miles east of Springfield. 
 ELIZA A., born March 3, 1851, married 
 Sept. n, 1873, to David H. Gobin, who 
 was born Oct. 8, 1844, in Shelby county. 
 111.; came to Sangamon county in 1856: 
 enlisted Oct. 8, 1862, as musician in Co. I. 
 ii4th 111. Inf.; served three years, and
 
 49 6 
 
 EARLY SE77LERS OF 
 
 was honorably discharged Oct. 8, 1865. 
 Mr. Gobin is a preacher in the United 
 Brethren church, and resides at Taylor- 
 ville, Illinois. LUELLA A., born June 
 16, 1858, and IDA B., born Jan. 9, 1865, 
 reside with their parents, three miles east 
 of Rochester, Sangamon county, Illinois. 
 
 ROBERT, born in Kentucky in 1822, 
 died in Sangamon county Sept. 1843. 
 
 Mrs. Hannah McCune died April 22, 
 1848, and Gavin McCune was married to 
 Ruth Hamm. He died Aug. 29, 1853, in 
 Sangamon county, Illinois. 
 
 McDANIEL, HENRY, was 
 born May 20, 1781, near Harrisburg, Pa., 
 and about 1786 he was taken by his pa- 
 rents to Clark county, Ky. In 1809 he 
 entered the ministry in connection with 
 the M. E. church. From that time until 
 1822 he gave his entire time to preaching, 
 so far as his health would permit. He 
 was stationed at Georgetown, Lexington, 
 Louisville and Danville, respectively. His 
 wife died in Kentucky without children, 
 and he came to Sangamon county in 1834, 
 returned to Kentucky, and brought out 
 some of his brothers in 1836. He was 
 married in 1838, in Sangamon county, to 
 Amanda Carrico. They had five child- 
 ren 
 
 CATHARINE, born Feb. 22, 1839, 
 married Thomas Hunter. They had two 
 children. FRANCES E. lives with her 
 mother, and CLARETTA lives with her 
 grandmother McDaniel. Thomas Hun- 
 ter died in 1866, and his widow married 
 Austin Phelps, and lives in Spi'ingfield. 
 
 AJSfGELINE, born July 9, 1841, in 
 Sangamon county, married John T. Mc- 
 Elfresh, have three children, and reside in 
 Decatur, 111. 
 
 CHARLES B., born Feb. 7, 1845, in 
 Sangamon county, enlisted in 1862, for 
 three years, in Co. A, 73d 111. Inf., was 
 wounded at the battle of Stone's river, 
 Dec. 31, 1862, recovered, and was trans- 
 ferred to Bat. G, First Mo. Art., was with 
 Sherman in his march to the sea, and was 
 with the force that liberated the last of 
 the Union men from Andersonville 
 prison. He was honorably discharged, in 
 1865, was married, Jan. 22, 1866, in 
 Springfield, to Martha E. Matthews, have 
 three children, JOHN L., JENNIE F. 
 and HENRY H., and live in Mechanics- 
 burg, Illinois. 
 
 JOHN A., born March 19, 1848, 
 and 
 
 REUBEN T., born Aug. 24, 1852, re- 
 sides with their mother. 
 
 Rev. Henry McDaniel died, Aug. 10, 
 1863, in Mechanicsburg, and his widow 
 resides two and one-half miles southwest 
 of Dawson. 
 
 The mother of Henry, James, William, 
 Jonathan and Robert McDaniel, came 
 with her two youngest sons to Sangamon 
 county, and died, aged near one hundred 
 years. 
 
 McDANIEL, WILLIAM, 
 was born Oct. 20, 1786, in Clarke county, 
 Ky. He was married there to Margaret 
 McDonald. They had twelve living 
 children in Clark and Harrison counties. 
 The family moved to Sangamon county, 
 111., arriving in Nov., 1833, and setlled 
 near Mechanicsburg. Of their child- 
 ren 
 
 LUANNA, born March 22, 1809, in 
 Clark county, Ky., married there May 15, 
 1828, to Thomas Sparks, and came with 
 her parents to Sangamon county, in 1833. 
 They had seven children MARY E., 
 born March 8, 1829, in Kentucky, mar- 
 ried in Sangamon county to Solomon 
 Lanham. See his name. MARGA- 
 RET A. married James Lawyer, and 
 lives in Salisbury. CYNTHIA A. mar- 
 risd George Bowers. EMILY W. mar- 
 ried H. H. Clemons, and lives near Dover, 
 Shawnee county, Kansas. JOHN W., 
 born June n, 1838, served three years as 
 a Union soldier, from Illinois, about one 
 year in rebel prisons. He was married to 
 Mrs. Sarah Myers, whose maiden name 
 was Curry. They have two children, 
 MARY c. and SARAH M., and live near 
 Dawson, 111. MARTHA died, in 1865, 
 aged twenty-two years. HARRIET B. 
 married D. W. Walters, had one child, 
 MATTIE E., and Mrs. Walters died, Feb. 
 2, 1872. Thomas Sparks died, Feb. 14, 
 1851, in Sangamon county, and Mrs. 
 Luanna Sparks died, June 22, 1873, in 
 Missouri, caused by an accident while rid- 
 ing in a spring wagon. 
 
 SALLT, born Aug. 28, 1811, in Clark 
 county, Ky., married there to Thomas 
 Correll. See his name. 
 
 ELIZABETH, born in 1811, in 
 Kentucky, married there to Frederick 
 Sutcliffe, and came with her parents to 
 Sangamon county, had three children,
 
 SANGAMON COUNTY. 
 
 497 
 
 and Mr. S. died. The was twice married 
 after, and died, leaving two children, in 
 Iowa. 
 
 MART A., born Aug. 4, 1813, in 
 Clark county, Ky., married James Herrin. 
 See his name. 
 
 DA V r ID S., horn in Kentucky, mar- 
 ried in Sangamon county to Matilda A. 
 Shinkle. He died, and his widow married 
 Aaron Morgan. See his name. 
 
 CLARK, born in Kentucky, died in 
 Sangamon county, in his twentieth year. 
 
 ROBERl^ P., born Sept. 4, 1819, in 
 Harrison county, Kentucky, married in 
 Sangamon county, Jan. 18, 1844, to Eli- 
 zabeth R. Correll. He died, Aug. 5, 
 1851, leaving two children RUFUS 
 died, aged eighteen years, and ROBERT 
 W., aged two years. His widow married 
 James H. McDaniel. See his name. 
 
 MARTHA, born in Kentucky, mar- 
 ried in Sangamon county to Aaron Mc- 
 Intire. They both died in Fulton county, 
 Mo., leaving several children. 
 
 MARGARET, born in Kentucky, 
 married in Sangamon county to Jacob 
 Maxwell, and died, without children. 
 
 WILLIAM, born in Kentucky, died 
 in Sangamon county, aged nineteen 
 years. 
 
 JAMES H., born May 12, 1827, in 
 Harrison county, Ky., married in Sanga- 
 mon county, Nov. 3, 1853, to Mrs. Eliza- 
 beth R. McDaniel, whose maiden name 
 was Correll. They had three children 
 IRVIN died, aged four years. JENNIE 
 and LIZZIE live with their parents, two 
 miles south of Dawson, Sangamon county, 
 Illinois. 
 
 JOSEPH, born in Kentucky, raised 
 in Sangamon county, is unmarried, and 
 lives at Farmington. Iowa. 
 
 William McDaniel died, January, 1852, 
 and his widow died, Dec. 31, 1856, both 
 in Sangamon county. 
 
 McDANIEL, JpNATHAN, 
 was born April 8, 1796, in Clark county, 
 Ky. He was married March 23, 1820, in 
 Harrison county, Ky., to Elizabeth Cor- 
 rell. They had five living children in 
 the latter county, and the family moved 
 to Sangamon county, 111., arriving in the 
 fall of 1835, in what is now Mechanics- 
 burg township, where they had two chil- 
 dren. Of their children 
 
 -63 
 
 LUANN, born Jan. 6, 1823, in Ken- 
 tucky, married Jonathan Huckleberry. 
 See his name. She died Jan. 2, 1855. 
 
 MARTHA, born August i, 1825, in 
 Kentucky, married in Sangamon county 
 to John Langley. She died in 1850, and 
 Mr. L. married Mrs. Elizabeth Smith, 
 whose maiden name was Huckleberry. 
 
 ROBERT, born 'Oct. 30, 1827, in 
 Kentucky, died in Sangamon county, Feb. 
 22, 1855. 
 
 ELIZABETH, born Sept. 23, 1834, 
 in Harrison county, Ky., married in San- 
 gamon county, April 9, 1861, to Jacob 
 Myers, who was born Oct. 22, 1831, in 
 Berks county, Pa. He has three children 
 by a former marriage, WILLIAM, ELI 
 and MARIA, and by the present wife, 
 EDWIN, OLIVER and LENA. Mr. 
 and Mrs. Myers reside three miles north 
 of Illiopolis, Sangamon county, Illinois. 
 
 JAMES, born Sept. 22, 1837, m San- 
 gamon county, died in his sixth year. 
 
 MARIA, born Nov. 26, 1838, in San- 
 gamon county, married John W. North. 
 See his name. 
 
 Jonathan McDaniel died Jan. 1868, in 
 Sangamon county, and Mrs. Elizabeth 
 McDaniel resides with her daughters, 
 Mrs. Myers and Mrs. North. 1876. 
 
 MeDANIEL, JAMES, an elder 
 brother to Robert, was born Sept. 2, 1781, 
 in Pennsylvania. His father, Robert Mc- 
 Daniel, was a Revolutionary soldier, 
 served three years and six months, and 
 was present when Cornwallis surrendered 
 at Yorktown, Va. When James was a 
 child the family moved to Stroude's sta- 
 tion, Clark county, Ky. He was there 
 married to Mary Matthews. They had 
 one child there, and moved to Bracken 
 county, where they had three living child- 
 ren, and the family moved to Sangamon 
 county, 111., arriving, in 1838, at Buffalo 
 Hart Grove. Of their four children 
 JEPTHA, born in 1806, in Clark 
 county, Ky., married in Bracken county, 
 and came to Sangamon county with his 
 father in 1838. They had one child in 
 Kentucky and seven in Sangamon county. 
 ELIZABETH married Levi McDaniel. 
 See his name. MARY married William 
 Matthews, have five children and live in 
 Buffalo Hart township. MARTHA 
 married Oliver McDaniel. See his name. 
 JOHN T., unmarried, is a teacher. Mrs. 
 Sarah McDaniel died in 1852, and Jeptha
 
 EARLY SETTLERS OF 
 
 MARY, born Dec. 16, 1820, in Ken- 
 tucky, died in Sangamon county, in her 
 twenty-seventh year. 
 
 McDaniel died in 1856, both in Sangamon 
 county. 
 
 LUANN, born March, 1810, married 
 Glover Matthews, and had eleven child- 
 ren. He died August, 1855, and his wid- 
 ow resides in Buffalo Hart township. 
 
 MARY, married Thomas Elliott, and 
 both died. 
 
 WILLIAM married Nancy A. Smith, 
 had two children, and he died. She mar- 
 ried again, and is now a widow near Riv 
 erton. 
 
 Mrs. Mary McDaniel died in 1845, and 
 James McDaniel died in 1861, both in 
 Sangamon county. 
 
 MeDANIEL, ROBERT, was 
 born Feb. 14, 1799, in Clark county, Ky. 
 He was married in Bracken county, 
 March 25, 1825, to Jemima Correll. She 
 was born July 10, 1799, in Montgomery 
 county, Ky. They had five children in 
 Bracken county, and moved to Sangamon 
 county, 111., arriving in the fall of 1835, m 
 Mechanicsburg township, and the next 
 year to Buffalo Hart grove, where one 
 child was born. Of their six children 
 
 GEORGE, born June 9, 1826, in 
 Bracken county, Ky., married Oct. 31, 
 1854, in Sangamon county, to Louisa J. 
 Constant. They had two children, ED- 
 WIN A. and ELMER W.,and live three 
 miles southeast of Buffalo Hart Station, 
 Sangamon county, Illinois. 
 
 LE VI, born Dec. 3, 1827, in Ken- 
 tucky, married Feb. 16, 1871,10 Elizabeth 
 McDaniel, and lives with his parents. 
 
 JOSEPH, born Dec. 12, 1830, in 
 Kentucky, married Feb. 16, 1864, in San- 
 gamon county, to Mary E. Furrow. She 
 was born August 7, 1836, near Piqua, O. 
 They live in Buffalo Hart township, San- 
 gamon county, Illinois. 
 
 MARY H., born Jan. 24, 1833, niar ' 
 ried Nov. 26, 1856, to Nathaniel F. Mat- 
 thews. See his name. 
 
 HARRISON, born June 2, 1835, in 
 Bracken county, Ky., married in Sanga- 
 mon county, Feb. 6, 1868, to Clarrissa M. 
 Priest, who was born Oct. 20, 1846, in 
 St. Lawrence county, N. Y. They had 
 three children, two of whom died in in- 
 fancy. ROBERT F. resides with his 
 parents, one mile east of Buffalo Hart 
 Station, Sangamon county, Illinois. 
 
 OLIVER, born Dec. 27, 1837, in 
 Sangamon county, married July 16, 1867, 
 to Martha McDaniel. They have three 
 living children, BERTHA MAY, 
 GRACE LOU and JOSEPH A., and 
 live in Buffalo Hart township, Sangamon 
 county. 
 
 Robert McDaniel and his wife now 
 1876 reside three miles east of Buffalo 
 Hart Station, on the farm where they set- 
 tled in 1836. 
 
 McDANNOLD, MRS. ELIZ- 
 ABETH C., whose maiden name was 
 lies, a sister of Elijah and Washington 
 lies, was born Dec. 16, 1802, in Bath 
 county, Ky., and married there Oct. 8, 
 1822, to John E. McDannold, who was 
 born Nov. 7, 1795, in Kentucky. Mr. 
 McDannold died Nov. 6, 1833, in Ken- 
 tucky, leaving five children. Mrs. Mc- 
 Dannold came with her family to Spring- 
 field, 111, in Oct., 1836. Her daughter 
 
 PARTHENIA, born July 6, 1823, in 
 Mount Sterling, Montgomery county, 
 Ky., was married April 9, 1845, to Gen. 
 James W. Singleton. They have two 
 children, LOUISA E. and JAMES J., 
 and live at Quincy, Illinois. 
 
 Mrs. E. C. McDannold married - 
 Strawbridge. See his name. 
 
 McELVAIN, SAMUEL, was 
 born Feb. 22, 1794, in Augusta county, Va, 
 Arriving at manhood, he went to Adair 
 county, Ky. He enlisted in the army 
 against Great Britain, and was in the bat- 
 tle of New Orleans, Jan. 8, 1815. Re- 
 turning to Adair .county, after the war, 
 he was married Jan. 4, 1816, to Penelope 
 Abell. They had five children, and the 
 family moved to Sangamon county, 111., 
 arriving Sept.. 1828, in what is now 
 Auburn township. Of their children 
 
 HARRIET N., born Oct. 23, 1816, 
 in Kentucky, married May 4, 1844, ' n 
 Sangamon county, to Harvey Walker, of 
 Cass county, and died while on a visit to 
 the old homestead, in Sangamon county, 
 June 17, 1849, leaving three childien, viz: 
 SUSANNAH married a Mr. Wood, of 
 Iowa. They have six children, and live at 
 Indianola, Warren county, [owa. WIL- 
 LIAM studied law, and died in 1868. 
 HARRIET N. finished a collegiate 
 . course, and died Sept., 1874. 
 
 MARGARET J., born Sept. i, 1819, 
 in Kentucky, married Feb. i, 1844, in
 
 SANG AM ON COUNTY. 
 
 499 
 
 Sangamon county, to Mat hew Patton. 
 See his name. 
 
 WILLIAM A., born Dec. i, 1822, 
 in Kentucky, married Nov. i, 1853, in 
 Sangamon county, to Angeline A. Sowell. 
 They have six children, namely : HOW- 
 ARD A., SAMUEL S., JAMES W., 
 XELLIE J., MARGARET A. and 
 LIZZIE G. W. A. McElvain resides 
 one and a half miles southwest of Auburn, 
 Sangamon county, 111., near where his 
 father settled in 1828. 
 
 JAMBS E., born Nov. 16, 1825, in 
 Kentucky, married in Sangamon county 
 to Nancy Sowell, and moved to Missouri 
 in Oct., 1857, and from there to Butler 
 county, Neb., in March, 1871. They 
 have eight children, seven sons and one 
 daughter. WILLIAM married Miss 
 Richardson, of Missouri, in 1871, and re- 
 sides near Hiawatha, Butler county, Neb. 
 The other seven live with their parents, 
 near Hiawatha, Butler county, Nebraska. 
 
 THERESA, M. H., born Nov. 7, 
 1827, in Kentucky, married in Sangamon 
 county Oct. 18, 1849, to B. M. White. 
 They had eight children, five sons and 
 three daughters, and live at Fountain, 
 Miami county, Kansas. 
 
 Samuel McElvain died April i, 1848, 
 and his widow died Sept. 28, 1855, both 
 in Sangamon county. Mr. McElvain 
 and his wife united with the First Pres- 
 byterian church, Springfield, in 1829. It 
 was then in charge of Rev. John G. 
 Bergen. Dr. Bergen organized a Presby- 
 terian church at the residence of Mr. Mc- 
 Elvain, in 1830. It was composed of 
 twelve members. Mr. McElvain was 
 elected one of the Ruling Elders, and 
 continued to discharge the duties of his 
 office to the end of his life. 
 
 MCGINN is, DAVID, was bom 
 
 in 1798, in Mercer county, Ky. He was 
 married Dec. 24, 1820, in Boone county, 
 to Eliza Gibson, a native of that county. 
 They had three children in Boone county, 
 and Mr. McGinnis visited Sangamon 
 county, in the fall of 1826, selected a loca- 
 tion for a home, returned to Kentucky, 
 and brought his family, accompanied by 
 his brother, G. Dawson, arriving Nov. 
 18, 1827, in what is now Island Grove 
 township, where six children were born. 
 Of all his children 
 
 MART J., born Oct. 9, 1821, in Ken- 
 tucky, narried in Sangamon county to 
 
 Bernard A. Vanderen. See his name. 
 She died, Aug. 5, 1842. Her only living 
 child, JOHN D., is married, and reside in 
 Labette county, Kansas. 
 
 WILLIAM, born July 7, 1823, in 
 Boone county, Ky., married in Sangamon 
 county, June 19, 1845, to Lorinda Dar- 
 neille. They -had three living children 
 ZACHARAY T. married, Nov., 1871, to 
 Fannie Wright, daughter of Dr. N.Wright, 
 have two children, JENNIE B. and a babe, 
 and live in Chatham, 111. EMMA was 
 married, Dec. 24, 1874, to Jacob Staley. 
 CHARLES lives with his parents, five 
 miles southwest of Chatham, Sangamon 
 county, Illinois. 
 
 MARTHA A., born Sept. i, 1827, in 
 Kentucky, married in Sangamon county 
 to Thomas J. Darneille. See his name. 
 She died, Dec. 2, 1853. 
 
 ELIZABETH, born Oct. 25, 1829, 
 in Sangamon county, married James A. 
 Hall. See his name. 
 
 JOHN J., born Feb. 8, 1832, in 
 Sangamon county, married, July 16, 1855, 
 to Elizabeth Green, who was born Feb. 
 5, 1838, in Owen county, Ky. They had 
 two living children, DAVID R. and 
 WILLIAM, who reside with their 
 mother. John J. McGinnis died Feb. 15, 
 1866. His widow and child reside where 
 his father settled in 1827, in a brick 
 house he built in 1836. It is four miles 
 southwest of Curran, Sangamon county. 
 
 AMERICA died, at ten years of 
 age. 
 
 MARGARE7^ married R. R. Rob- 
 erts, had one child, and mother and child 
 died, at the family homestead. 
 
 DAVID S., born Dec. 15, 1838, died 
 in 1860. 
 
 ELIZABETH J., born March 29, 
 1840, married April 2, 1867, to John J. 
 Green, who was born Oct., 1842, in Owen 
 county, Ky. They had two children, 
 DAVID M. and JOHN M., and she 
 died, Feb. 3, 1873. Mr. Green and the 
 children live at the David McGinnis 
 homestead. 
 
 Mrs. Elizabeth McGinnis died, Nov., 
 1844, and David McGinnis was married, 
 in 1^51, in Warsaw, Ky., to Mrs. Sally 
 M. King, whose maiden name was Spen- 
 cer. David McGinnis died, July 2, 1867, 
 from the effects of being thrown from a 
 buggy by a runaway horse. His widow
 
 5 oo 
 
 EARLY SETTLERS OF 
 
 resides at her old homestead, three miles 
 southwest of Curran. 
 
 David McGinnis stall fed about sixty 
 bead of cattle, in 1838, which was the 
 first thing of the kind done in the county, 
 so far as my informant knows. He drove 
 them to St. Louis, and sold them for $18 
 per head. They averaged 1600 pounds 
 each, so that they brought a little 
 more than one dollar per hundred 
 pounds. The money was brought home 
 in silver, kept for months in an old 
 business secretary, without locks on that 
 or the house. The doors of the desk 
 were often open so the money could 
 be seen, and several hired men were 
 about, and there never was a dollar 
 stolen. The brick house built by David 
 McGinnis, in 1836, in what is now Island 
 Grove township, is in a good state of pre- 
 servation. It was about the first, if not 
 the first, brick house built in Sangamon 
 county outside of Springfield. 
 
 William McGinnis remembers that his 
 father, two hired men and himself, each 
 put a sack of corn on a horse and rode to 
 a water mill on Spring creek, eight miles 
 distant. This required the labor of four 
 men .and four horses a whole day to get 
 about ten bushels of grain ground. That 
 was the prevailing custom. It was 
 thought to be an almost unpardonable in- 
 novation when a Yankee came in and 
 would put more grain in his wagon, and 
 with two horses and one man accomplish 
 more easily what had required four men 
 and four horses. 
 
 David and William McGinnis were the 
 inventors of a device for guiding prairie 
 plows by wheels and a lever. They put 
 it in operation in the summer of 1829. It 
 was adopted throughout the prairie coun- 
 try, and might have made them a large 
 amount of money, but it was never pat- 
 ented. 
 
 McGINNIS, GREENBER- 
 RY DAWSON, brother to David 
 and William. He was born Feb. 16, 
 1800, in Mercer county, Ky. Sally Bark- 
 ley was born August 7, 1806, in Bracken 
 county, Ky. Her parents moved to 
 Boone county. G. Dawson McGinnis 
 and Sally Barkley were married in Boone 
 county, Ky., Sept. 13, 1827. A few weeks 
 later they moved to Sangamon county, 
 111., arriving Nov. 18, 1827, in what is 
 now Island Grove township, and soon 
 
 after into Curran township. He prepared 
 his logs and hauled them together to 
 build a house. By that time all his money 
 was gone except one quarter of a dollar. 
 They did not like to part with their last 
 cent, not knowing where the next was to 
 come from, but it was the universal cus- 
 tom to have whisky at their house raisings. 
 The raising was delayed, hoping to find 
 some way to obtain the whisky and save 
 the money. The thought was entertained 
 for a time of inviting their neighbors to 
 assist without the accustomed stimulant. 
 It was doubtful if they would come, but the 
 husband and wife held a consultation, 
 and decided that even though they re- 
 sponded to the call and helped them, he 
 would always be regarded as the stingiest 
 man in the whole county, and that it 
 would be better to part with his money 
 than to have such a name. The whisky 
 was purchased and the house raised. 
 That house was less than one-fourth of a 
 mile north of the Lick creek timber. His 
 neighbors wondered at his going so far 
 from timber, and assured him that he 
 could never raise any except muley cattle, 
 because the weather would be so cold out 
 on the prairie that it would freeze the 
 horns off. They had nine living children 
 at that place, namely 
 
 DA VID ER VIN, born August 24, 
 1828, married August i, 1850, to Matilda 
 Miller. They had four children, PER- 
 MELIA A., the third child, died in her 
 eighth year. The other three, WIL- 
 LIAM 'j., GREENBERRY D.' and 
 ROBERT E. live with their father. 
 Mrs, Matilda McGinnis died May 3, 
 1858, and he was married Jan. 20, 1859, 
 to Mrs. Ruth A. Forrest, whose maiden 
 name was Greenwood. Thev have six 
 children, SCOTT, THOMA*S H., JE- 
 ROME, CAROLINE, CLIFTON and 
 a boy babe. David E. McGinnis resides 
 in Loami township, three miles southeast 
 of Bates, Sangamon county, Illinois. 
 
 W. WASHINGTON, born March 
 15, 1830, married April 2, 1857, to Char- 
 lotte Jacobs. They have five living chil- 
 dren, TABITHA, TEDORSIS, ULYS- 
 SES GRANT, LUTHER and a babe. 
 W. W. McGinnis lives at the family 
 homestead, where he was born. 1874. 
 
 ELIZABETH, born Sept. 2, 1831, 
 died in her eleventh year.
 
 SANGAMON COUNTT. 
 
 5 01 
 
 PEYTON M., born August 9, 1833, 
 married Oct. 22, 1857, to Caroline Neal. 
 She was born April 18, 1840. They re- 
 side in the southwest corner of Curran 
 township, Sangamon county, Illinois. 
 
 MARTHA A., born March 24, 1835, 
 married April 2, 1857, to James Brawner. 
 See his name. 
 
 GREENBERRT D., Jun., born 
 May 4, 1837, married Catharine Jacobs. 
 They have seven children and live in 
 Bates county, Mo. 
 
 SARAH, born August 5, 1839, mar- 
 ried John E. Gibson. See his name. 
 
 ROBERT SMITH, born July 23, 
 1841, enlisted August 13, 1862, at Spring- 
 field, for three years, in Co. B, i3Oth 111. 
 Inf., served full term, and was honorably 
 discharged at Springfield, August 30, 
 1865. He was married Nov. i, 1866, to 
 Mary E. Bacon, a native of Ohio, and re- 
 sides one and a half miles south of 
 Bates, Sangamon county, Illinois. 
 
 MART E., born August 12, 1849, 
 lives at the family homestead. 
 
 Greenberry Dawson McGinnis died Jun. 
 29, 1869, of heart disease, and his widow 
 resides with her son W. Washington Mc- 
 Ginnis, at the homestead settled by her- 
 self and husband in 1827. It is four miles 
 southwest of Curran, Sangamon county, 
 Illinois. 1874. 
 
 McGINNIS, WILLIAM S., 
 was born March 30, 1810, in Mercer 
 county, Ky.; came to Sangamon county, 
 111., -in 1827, with his brothers, David and 
 G. Dawson. He was married the latter 
 part of 1833 to Mary M. Kelly. They 
 had one child. 
 
 JOHN G. } born Dec. 4, 1834, in San- 
 gamon county ; raised in Jasper county, 
 Mo., and married there July 10, 1860, to 
 Sarah F. Vestal, who was born Feb. 24. 
 1843, in Hardin county, Tenn. They had 
 two children. LAURA E. died in in- 
 fancy. DELILAH MAY lives with her 
 parents in Chatham township, two miles 
 east of Loami. 
 
 Mrs. Mary M. McGinnis died August, 
 1835, and W. S. McGinnis married Alta 
 M. Kelly, a cousin to his first wife. They 
 had one child in Sangamon county, and 
 the family moved, in 1837, to what was 
 Barry, but is now Jasper county, Mo., 
 where five children were born. William 
 S. McGinnis died Oct. 20, 1845, and his 
 
 widow and four children, reside in Jasper 
 countv, Missouri. 
 
 McGINNIS, SMITH, born and 
 married in Mercer county, Ky., came to 
 Sangamon county, stopping a short time 
 with his brothers, David, G. Dawson and 
 William S., and moved to Adams county, 
 111.; thence to Andrew county, Mo. His 
 daughter is the wife of Dr. E. Artzman, 
 of Springfield. 
 
 McGRAW, ABSALOM D., 
 brother to Charles G., was born May 30, 
 1812, in Harrison county, Ky. At twenty- 
 four years of age, he left his native county, 
 and came to Springfield, 111., arriving 
 Nov. 28, 1836, just in time to encounter 
 the "sudden change" of Dec. 20, 1836. He 
 was married April 30, 1839, in Spring- 
 field, to Rebecca Hunter, who was born 
 July 17, 1815, in Hardin county, Ky. 
 They had seven living children 
 
 OR VILLE //., born Oct. 15, 1841. in 
 Springfield, married March 4, 1868, to 
 Annie Gourley. They had one child, 
 MINNIE F.> and Mrs. McGraw died 
 Jan. 5, 1872. He was married July 3, 
 1873, to Abbie V. Mason, and lives in 
 Decatur. He is so severely crippled as to 
 lose the use of one arm, and nearlv lose 
 the use of one leg. 
 
 DALLAS y., born April 12, 1845, * n 
 Springfield. He was injured by a railroad 
 accident March 31, 1871, and died April 
 9, 1871, at Brownsburg, fourteen miles 
 west of Indianapolis, Indiana. 
 
 HELEN J., born Sept. 27, 1847, in 
 Springfield, married Oct. 14, 1868, to 
 William Trimble. See his name. 
 
 AMBRO D., born Jan. 6, 1850; 
 MART E., born April 12, 1852; MA- 
 RIA, born Jan. 19, 1855, and LIN- 
 NAEUS, born Aug. 15, 1857; the four 
 latter live with their parents. 
 
 A. D. McGraw engaged in farming, 
 March, 1848, and now resides five miles 
 due south of Springfield. 
 
 McGRAW, CHARLES G., 
 was born Feb. 13, 1801, in Mason county, 
 Ky., near Washington. His parents 
 moved to Harrison county in 1810 or 'n. 
 He spent a few years, when a young 
 man, in Nashville, Tenn., and St. Louis, 
 Mo.; came to Springfield in March, 1836, 
 and engaged in the mercantile trade, as a 
 member of the firm of Hill & McGraw. 
 C. G. McGraw was married April, 1839, 
 to Vienna Adams, daughter of James
 
 502 
 
 EARLT SETTLERS OF 
 
 Adams. See his name. They had one 
 child 
 
 JAMES A., born March 8, 1840, in 
 Spi'ingfield, 111., is unmarried, and is a 
 merchant in his native city. 
 
 Mrs. Vienna McGraw died Feb. 12, 
 1844. C. G. McGraw was married Dec. 
 15, 1848, to Almira Walker. They had 
 two children 
 
 ALIDA, born Feb. 26, 1850, in Spring- 
 field, was married in Logan county, 111., 
 Sept. 8, 1869, to Alexander Downey. 
 They had one child, RUSH V., who 
 lives with his mother. Mr. Downey died 
 in Pontiac, March 22, 1872, and his 
 widow was married Jan. 6, 1875, to R. 
 Fenwick, in Bloomington, 111., where they 
 now reside 1876. 
 
 FANNIE M., born May 5, 1852, in 
 Springfield, is unmarried, and lives in 
 Bloomington, Illinois. 
 
 Charles G. McGraw died Aug. i, 1858, 
 near McLean, anJ his widow died July 
 22, 1872, in Bloomington, Illinois. 
 
 McHENRY, JOSEPH, moved 
 from Kentucky, and settled on Richland 
 creek, among the earliest settlers. He 
 brought seven children, and left one mar- 
 ried in Kentucky. His son 
 
 HENR T, lives in Petersburg. 
 
 MARTIN, lives in Menard county. 
 
 ELIZABETH married Matthias 
 Yoakum, and lives in Menard county. 
 
 FRANCES married Uriel Greene, 
 had six children, and Mr. Greene died in 
 1835; an d the widow married Alex. Mc- 
 Murphy, had two children, and he died ; 
 and she married Jesse Whitlow, and she 
 died March 2, 1870. Her daughter, 
 Catharine Greene, married Ebenezer 
 Preston, Jun. See his name. 
 
 MeKEE, JOHN, was born Jan., 
 1802, in Harrison county, Ky., came to 
 Sangamon county with his sister and bro- 
 ther-in-law, Ivins Foster. He was mar- 
 ried in Sangamon county to Mary Brown- 
 ing, who was born in Boone county, Ky. 
 They had four children, namely 
 
 WILLIAM D., born Sept. 14, 1836, 
 in Sangamon county, married April 23, 
 1863, to Sophronia Sweet. They have 
 two living children, ELIZABETH D., 
 and MORRIS E., and live near Sweet 
 Home, Nodaway county, Mo. 1874. 
 
 REBECCA, born March 25, 1838, in 
 Sangamon county, married August 5, 
 1862, to J. W. Woods, who was born 
 
 August 5, 1839, in Belmont county, Ohio. 
 They have one child, WILLIAM W., 
 and reside at Loami, Sangamon county, 
 Illinois. 1874. 
 
 JAMES, born in Sangamon county, 
 married to Nancy J. Barbre, have two 
 children, and live near Sweet Home, 
 Nodaway count v, Mo. 1874. 
 
 J ' OHN, born Sept. 30, 1844, in San- 
 gamon county, married Sept. 29, 1863, to 
 Caroline Williams, have one child, 
 MARTHA, and live in Loami, Illinois. 
 
 Mrs. Mary McKee died in 1846. Mr. 
 M. is married again, and lives one and a 
 half miles east of Loami, Illinois. 1874. 
 
 MeKEE, JAMES, brother to 
 Mrs. Ivins Foster, came to Sangamon 
 county in 1829, and settled on Lick creek, 
 and now lives in Cooper township, San- 
 gamon county, Illinois. 
 
 MeKINNIE, LEWIS, was 
 born Oct. n, 1767, in Virginia; it 
 is believed that it was in Cul- 
 pepper county. His father was born on 
 board a ship in the Atlantic ocean, while 
 his parents were on the way from Scot- 
 land to America. Nancy Saunders was 
 born Oct. 12, 1771, in London county, 
 Va. Lewis McKinnie and Nancy Saun- 
 ders were married in Fayette county, Ky. 
 They had nine living children there. 
 Some of their children married in Ken- 
 tucky and preceded him to Sangamon 
 county. He came to visit two of them in 
 1820, and moved his own family, arriving 
 Nov. 15, 1826, near Springfield. He 
 commenced at once to build a house, and 
 moved into it Feb., 1827. It was four miles 
 northwest of Springfield. Of their nine 
 children 
 
 E LIZ ABE TH, born June 30, 1793, in 
 Fayette county, Ky., married there to John 
 Lanterman. See his name. They came 
 to Sangamon county in 1819. 
 
 ANDREW, born Feb. 2, 1795, in 
 Fayette county, Ky., married there to 
 Martha Tomlinson, and came to Sanga- 
 mon county with Captain Jonathan Saun- 
 ders in 1824, settling four miles northwest 
 of Springfield. They had one child in 
 Kentucky, and eight in Sangamon coun- 
 ty. Two died young. ELIZABETH 
 A., born in Kentucky, married in Sanga- 
 mon county to William B. Jones. See 
 his name. REBECCA married John 
 Morgan, and died. ANDREW is un- 
 married, and lives near Leroy, McLean
 
 SAN GAM ON COUNTT. 
 
 53 
 
 county, 111. THOMAS married Nancy 
 Little, and died in 1873, leaving a widow 
 and two children, near Leroy. CHAR- 
 LES A. married Elizabeth Land, has 
 three children, and lives near Farmer 
 City. MARTHA died, aged eighteen 
 year;. SARAH M. married William 
 Morgan, has six children, and lives near 
 Farmer City, Illinois. Andrew Mc- 
 Kinnie died June, 1855, and his widow 
 resides near Farmer City, DeWitt county, 
 Illinois. 
 
 GUNNNELL S., born March 26, 
 1897, in Fayette county, Ky., married in 
 Sangamon county, April 25, 1824, to 
 Elizabeth Little. * They had five child- 
 ren. MARY, born Feb. 21, 1826, mar- 
 ried Dec. 5, 1848, to William J. Sinnard. 
 They had seven children, WILLIAM T., 
 
 (U NNKLL M., E. E., ALLISON D., SARAH 
 
 E-, MARY F. and LEWIS H., and live near 
 Blue Mound, Christian county, Illinois. 
 NANCY, born April i, 1828, married 
 Dec. 10, 1848, to C. C. Hollier. They 
 had twelve children, six of whom died 
 under three years. The six living are: 
 LEWIS s.; MARY E. married Jacob 
 Bliler, have one child, Clarence S.\ 
 
 EDMUND A., ALICE B., IDA J. and LUCY. 
 
 C. C. Hollier and family reside near Blue 
 Mound, Illinois. LEWIS H., born Sept. 
 10, 1832, married Feb. 18, 1862, to Marga- 
 ret J. Fletcher. They had three children, 
 CHARLES A. E. lives with his parents; 
 MARY E. and ALICE T. died young. L. 
 H. McKinnie resides near Blue Mound, 
 111. SAMUEL H., born Dec. 5, 1834, 
 died March, 1860. ALLISON S., born 
 July 26, 1837, was married Sept. 15, 1863, 
 to Clarissa Reed. They have one living 
 child, BENJAMIN F., and live two miles 
 north of Springfield. Mrs. Elizabeth 
 McKinnie died Aug. 15, 1869, and Gun- 
 nell McKinnie died Oct. 14, 1875, near 
 Blue Mound, Christian county, 111. 
 
 ELEANOR, born Feb. 22, 1799, in 
 Fayette county, Ky., married Uriah Cal- 
 lennan. See his name. 
 
 SARAH, born Jan. 16, 1801, in Flem- 
 ing county, Ky., married there to Jona- 
 than R. Saunders. See his naic. 
 
 NANCT, born June 15, 1803, in Flem- 
 ing county, Ky., married in Sangamon 
 county to Hiram Duncan. They moved 
 to soutrfwest Missouri, where three chil- 
 dren were born, then moved to the vicin- 
 
 ity of Stockton, California, and reside 
 there. 1876. 
 
 MART, born Feb. 8, 1806, in Flem- 
 ing county, Ky., married in Sangamon 
 county to John Humphrey. See his 
 name. He died, and she married John 
 Branson. See his name. 
 
 THOMAS /,., born Feb. 4, 1808, in 
 Fleming county, Ky., married in Sanga- 
 mon county, August 27, 1840, to Sarah 
 A. M. Jones. They had five children in 
 Sangamon county. MARY E., born 
 Nov. 27, 1841, married Waldermer F. 
 Helvety, and lives near Forsvthe, Macon 
 county, 111. WILLIAM L.', born Feb. 
 4, 1844, was married Jan. 8, 1874, to 
 Eleanor Hood, and has one child, MAUD E. 
 HENRY H., born March 7, 1846, died 
 March 7, 1860. COLUMBIA A., born 
 April 29, 18^0, married Henry B. Drake. 
 They have one child, MABEL L, and re- 
 side near Elkhart, 111. JULIA F., born 
 April 2, 1856, resides with her parents. 
 Thomas L. McKinnie, and his wife re- 
 side on the farm where his parents set- 
 tled in Feb., 1827, four miles northwest of 
 Springfield. 
 
 WILLIAM P., born May 20, 1810, in 
 Fleming county, Ky., married May 12, 
 1839, to Sarah J. Threlkeld, who was 
 born Oct. 16, 1817, in Shelby county, Ky. 
 Her home was in Sanga'mon county from 
 about 1832, but the marriage took place 
 while she was on a visit near Burlington, 
 Iowa. They had ten children, all born in 
 Sangamon county, 111. MARY A., born 
 May 11, 1840, married Nov. 9, 1865, to 
 William A. Montgomery. They had 
 two children. The second, CHARLES F., 
 died young. EDWARD p. lives with his 
 parents, near Assumption, Christian coun- 
 ty, III. THOMAS L. S., born June 13, 
 1841, married Jan. i, 1868, to Harriet 
 Clark, in Springfield. They had two 
 children. GEORGE T. died young. ED- 
 WIN E. lives with his parents near Buffalo 
 Hart Station, Sangamon county, Illinois. 
 LUCY J., born Nov. 5, 1842, married 
 Nov. 9, 1865, to Charles H. Judd. 
 They *had one child, FRANCIS E., and 
 Mr. Judd died August 30, 1870. His 
 widow and son reside with her pa- 
 rents. SARAH E., born Sept. 4, 1844, 
 married Dec. 25, 1862, to Joseph E. Cpr- 
 bin, and have three children, OLIVER E.. 
 WILLIAM and JENNIE B., and live near 
 Rockville, St. Clair county; Missouri.
 
 54 
 
 EA RL T SE TTLERS OF 
 
 WILLIAM A., born March n, 1846, 
 was married Sept. 16, 1874, to Emma 
 Marshall, and lives near his father. 
 VIRGIL U., born May 4, 1848, was 
 married Sept. 10, 1872, to Elizabeth 
 Hood. They have two children, and 
 reside near Forsythe, Macon county, 111. 
 NANCY E., born June 7, 1850, married 
 John W. Taylor. See his name. FRAN- 
 CES M., born March 4, 1852, was married 
 Sept. n, 1872, to Victor F. Hilvety. 
 They have two children, EARNEST and a 
 babe, and live near Forsythe, Macon 
 county, 111. HARRIET M., born Nov. 
 25, 1855, was marr i e d Feb. 12, 1874, to 
 Isaac Hazlett, and live near Farmer City. 
 CHARLES E., born Oct. 13, 1859, lives 
 with his parents. Wm. P. McKinnie and 
 wife reside four miles northwest of Spring- 
 field, on the farm where they settled in 
 1840, and adjoining where his father set- 
 tled in 1827. 
 
 Lewis McKinnie died Oct. 7, 1841, and 
 Mrs. Nancy McKinnie died Oct. 8, 1843, 
 both near Springfield, Illinois, 
 
 MeLOUD, JOHN K., was born 
 in 1809 or '10, in Washington county, 
 Tenn. He came to Sangamon county in 
 1837 or '8, and was married to Mrs. Mar- 
 garet McNabb, whose maiden name was 
 Dunlap. They had six children, namely 
 
 LOUISA married Collin H. Cowardin, 
 have six children, and live in Sullivan 
 county, Mo. 
 
 LUZETTA, married Oct. 13, 1863, 
 to Cyrus Lilly, a native of Augusta coun- 
 ty, Va. They have four children, 
 LAURA B., NORA E., MARY M. 
 and GRACE M,, and reside three miles 
 west of Sherman, Illinois. 
 
 DRUCILLA married Augustus 
 Young. They have five children, and 
 live in Logan county, Illinois. 
 
 WILLIAM P., born April 9, 1844, in 
 Sangamon county, married March 9, 
 1871, to Mayne E. Myers, who was born 
 in Licking county, Ohio, Dec. 13, 1849. 
 They have one child, CLARENCE P., 
 and reside at the family homestead, two 
 and a half miles west of Sherman, Illi- 
 nois. 1874. 
 
 MART E., married Bernard Henley, 
 haye two children, and live in Sullivan 
 county, Mo. 
 
 MARGARET E., married Adolphus 
 Allen, and lives in Sullivan county, Mo. 
 
 Mrs. Margaret McLoud died April 7, 
 1860. John K. McLoud resides in Fancy 
 Creek township, two and a half miles 
 west of Sherman, Sangamon county, Illi- 
 nois. 1874. 
 
 MeMURPHY, DAVID, was 
 born Aug. 20, 1794, in Windsor county, 
 Vermont, married in St. Lawrence 
 county, New York, to Elizabeth W T hite, 
 who was born in Harrisburg, Pennsyl- 
 vania. They had three living children in 
 New York. Mr. David McMurphy vis- 
 ited Sangamon county in 1837, and moved 
 his family, in 1839, to what is now Salis- 
 bury township. Of his children 
 
 GEORGE, born Jan. 6, 1823, in St. 
 Lawrence county, N. Y., married at Salis- 
 bury, Sangamon county, March 29, 1845, 
 to Mary A. Miller, who was born Dec. 
 18, 1827. They had eight children in 
 Sangamon county, two of whom died 
 young. ALBERT, born March 29, 
 1846, at Salisbury, married near Carbon- 
 dale, 111., to Julia A. Prickett. They 
 have one child, DAISEY IRENE, and re- 
 side in Springfield. Mr. Albert McMur- 
 phy is engaged in the gi'ocery trade. 
 GEORGE W., born July 31, 1850; 
 WILLIAM H., born Oct. 17, 1853; 
 ISAAC H., born January 20, 1855; 
 SARAH A., born July u, 1860; the 
 four latter at Salisbury. MARY O., 
 born March 3, 1864, in Springfield. The 
 five latter reside with their parents. Mr. 
 George McMurphy moved from Salis- 
 bury to Springfield, in 1863, and is in the 
 grocery business, corner of Madison and 
 sixth streets. 
 
 WILLIAM //., born Nov. 20, 1826, 
 in St. Lawrence county, N. Y., partly 
 raised near Salisbury, Sangamon county, 
 and married, in 1854, in Mason county, to 
 Lucinda M. Holland. They have three 
 children, JOHN, NELSON ana ) EM - 
 NIE, and reside near Burton View. 
 Logan county, Illinois. 
 
 LESTER, born Jan. 28, 1833, in St. 
 Lawrence county, N. Y., married ne:-r 
 Salisbury, Sangamon county, March 13, 
 1853, to Eliza J. Parvin, who was born 
 March 30, 1830, on the farm where she 
 was married. They had four children, 
 two of whom died young. DAVID V., 
 born May 5, 1856, and CHARLES, 
 born June 22, 1862, reside with their 
 father. Mrs. Eliza J. McMurphy' died in 
 Springfield, March 3, 1865, and Lester
 
 SANGAMON COUK7Y. 
 
 55 
 
 Me Murphy was married March 26, 1867, 
 in Jacksonville, 111., to Mary E. Gass, a 
 native of that city. They have two 
 children, FRANK P. and HERBERT 
 L., who reside with their parents, in 
 Springfield. Lester McMurphy was act- 
 ing post master at Salisbury for five 
 years, and came to Springfield in 1860, 
 and from that time to the present has 
 been employed in the Post Office. He is 
 now chief clerk 1876. 
 
 David McMurphy was a practical mill- 
 wright for many years before coming to 
 Illinois, and he built many mills in Sanga- 
 mon and adjoining counties. 
 
 Mrs. Elizabeth McMurphy died Oct. 
 18, 1868, in Springfield, and David Mc- 
 Murphy died Oct. 29, 1875, in Logan 
 county, Illinois. 
 
 McMURRY, MRS. ELIZ- 
 ABETH, whose maiden name was 
 Logue, was born Dec 6, 1775, in Virginia. 
 She was married in Botetourt county, 
 Virginia, to Robert McMurry, who was 
 born about 1772 in that county. They 
 had four children there, and in the autumn 
 of 1801 moved to Washington county, 
 Ky., where three children were born. In 
 the autumn of 1810 they moved to St. 
 Clair county, 111., where they spent one 
 winter in camp. In the spring of 1811 
 they moved to a place called Turkey Hill, 
 near the present city of Belleville. Rob- 
 ert McMurry died there, in Feb., 1812. 
 The Indians were manifesting signs of 
 hostility as the allies of Great Britain, in 
 the war of 1812, and Mrs. McMurry very 
 wisely decided to return to Kentucky with 
 her s'even children. After the war she 
 moved to St. Clair county again, and from 
 there to Sangamon county, 111., arriving 
 in the tall of 1821, settling north of Spring 
 creek, and eight milles west of Spring- 
 fiel.l. Mrs. Elizabeth McMurrry died in 
 18=57, in Cumin township. Of her seven 
 children 
 
 WILLIAM, born Dec. 29, 1793, in 
 Botetourt county, Virginia, remained with 
 his mother until her return to Kentucky, 
 after the death of his father. He was 
 married Oct., 1817, in Washington coun- 
 ty, Ky., to Elizabeth Clampit, who was 
 born March 22, 1801, in Kentucky. They 
 came to St. Clair county, 111., in 1818, 
 where one child was born, and moved, in 
 the fall of 1820, to what became Sanga- 
 mon county, settling north of Spring 
 -64 
 
 creek, and eight miles west of Spring- 
 field, where they had nine living children. 
 In 1849 Mr. McMurry moved to DeWitt 
 county, 111. Of his children: JAMES 
 L., born Jan. 31, 1819, in St. Clair county, 
 married three times, without children 
 by either marriage. He was married the 
 fourth time in Iowa. They have two 
 children, WILLIAM and JOSEPH, and live 
 in Urbana, 111. ELIZABETH, born 
 Feb. 17, 1821, was married to Caswell 
 Hall. They had four children. EDITH M. 
 died in 1863. EMMA married Mr. Stout, 
 May 19, 1868, and lives at Leroy, 111. 
 PETER c. is married, and lives at Leroy, 
 111. WILLIAM lives at Leroy. Mrs. 
 Elizabeth Hall died Oct. 16, 1853, near 
 Clinton, 111. Caswell Hall was married 
 in 1855 to Miss Edwards, and lives at 
 Leroy, McLean county, 111. NANCY, 
 born March 5, 1823, died June 16, 1851. 
 WILLIAM C., born Oct. 2, 1826, in 
 Sangamon county, was married there, 
 April 24, 1850, to Elizabeth J. Cummings. 
 They had four children. ' ANN E. mar- 
 ried Joseph Jackson, Feb. 26, 1875. IDA 
 G., MARTHA A. and JAMES M. live with 
 their father. Mrs. McMurry died Oct. 7, 
 1860, and W. C. McMurry enlisted Sept. 
 4, 1 86 1, in Co. I, 39th 111. Inf., for three 
 years. He was taken prisoner, May 16, 
 1864, at Dairy's Bluff, Virginia, and im- 
 prisoned one week at Libby, three and a 
 half months at Andersonville, two weeks 
 at Charleston, five months at Florence, 
 South Carolina, was exchanged, and en- 
 tered the Union lines, Feb. 26, 1865, and 
 was honorably discharged, March 14, 
 same year, being six months and ten days 
 over his full time. He was married Apr. 
 20, 1865, to Mrs. Lucinda B. Cummings, 
 whose maiden name was McCord. They 
 have one child, TOT, and reside in Farmer 
 City, 111. LEW T IS R., born May 25, 
 1829, died Sept. 18, 1851. MOSES C., 
 born April 15, 1831, in Sangamon coun- 
 ty, enlisted Juue, 1864, for one hundred 
 days, in Co. A, 135th 111. Inf., served full 
 time, and was honorably discharged, Oct., 
 1864. He was married Nov. 17, 1868, to 
 Almeda Warner, who was born April 30, 
 1844, in Ohio. They have two children, 
 JAMES o. and OTTO F. M. C. McMurry 
 and family live near Saybrook, Cham- 
 paign county, 111. SAMUEL B., born 
 Sept. 6, 1833, in Sangamon county, en- 
 listed in 1861, in Co. E, 2oth 111. Inf., for
 
 506 
 
 EARL Y SB 7 7LERS OF 
 
 three years, and died at Mound City, 111., 
 March 21, 1862, was taken home, and 
 buried at Clinton. JOSEPH D., born 
 April 7, 1838, lives at Farmer City. 
 ANN J. P., born Fe'b. 29, 1840, in San- 
 gamon county, was married at Clinton, 
 March 5, 1867, to T. H. Benton McEl- 
 haney, who was born Feb. 4, 1842, in 
 DeWitt county, 111. He enlisted August 
 n, 1862, in Co. D, K>7th 111. Inf., for 
 three years, served until the close of the 
 rebellion, and was honorably discharged, 
 July n, 1865. Mr. and Mrs. McElhaney 
 have three children, WILLIAM A., LOU c. A. 
 and BENTON M., and live at Clinton, 111. 
 PETER A., born July 14, 1843, in San- 
 gamon county, enlisted June, 1864, for 
 one hundred days, in Co. A, I35th 111. Inf. 
 served full time, and was honorably dis- 
 charged, Oct. 1865. He was married in 
 June, 1874, to Olie McMahon, and re- 
 sides at Clinton, 111. Mrs. Elizabeth Mc- 
 Murry died Sept. 17, 1850, and William 
 McMurry was married August 14, 1853, 
 in Sangamon county, to Mrs. Agnes 
 Bryant, whose maiden name was Sims. 
 William McMurry died Feb. 13, 1876, at 
 Clinton, 111., and his widow resides there. 
 SAMUEL, born Oct. 21, 1795, in 
 Botetourt county, Va., was married Nov. 
 20, 1821, in St. Clair county, to Mary 
 Rittcnhouse. She was born Oct. i, 1800, 
 in Madison county, Va. They moved to 
 Sangamon county in 1823, settling south 
 of Spring creek and eight miles west of 
 Springfield. Thev had nine children in 
 Sangamon county. JOHN D., born Aug. 
 6, 1824, was married Jan. 9, 1846, to Cath- 
 arine Bormann, who was born Feb. 14, 
 1825, in the Kingdom of Bavaria. They 
 had four living children. SAMUEL H., 
 born March i, 1848, was married Sept. 2, 
 1874, to Matilda Roots, of Mannsville, 
 Taylor county, Ky. They live two 
 miles west of Outran, 111. LAURETTA A., 
 born December 25, 1850, was married 
 February 22, 1872, to George F. Allen. 
 They had one child, Arthur F. Mrs. 
 L. A. Allen died, November 12, 1874. 
 
 BARTIIENA D. and CHARLES W., live with 
 
 their father. Mrs. Catharine B. McMur- 
 ry died May 31, 1872, and John D. Mc- 
 Murry was married Jan. 7, 1875, in 
 Springfield, 111., to Mrs. Rebecca Mc- 
 Kechnie, who was born in 1826 in York- 
 shire, England, and whose maiden name 
 was Snape. They reside three miles 
 
 northwest of Curran, Sangamon countv, 
 111. PETER C., born Jan. 29, 1826, 
 married Almeda Davis. They had two 
 children. He died Oct. 22, 1853. Of 
 their children, CHARLES s. and JOHN L. 
 live with their mother, who married W. 
 W. Kelly. See his name. ROBERT 
 T., born Jan. 6, 1828, married Margaret 
 Davis. They have four children. MARY 
 E. was married March 16, 1875, to Bos- 
 well Thatcher, of Wayne county, Iowa. 
 SAMUEL o., DAVID L. and JAMES live 
 with their parents, near Bethlehem, Iowa. 
 WILLIAM L., born Jan. -26, 1830, mar- 
 ried Barbara A. Bormann. They have 
 seven children. VERLINDA c. married 
 George McComas in 1872, and lives near 
 Bethlehem, Iowa. GEORGE p., LEXORE, 
 
 MELISSA M., MOSES S., ELMORE and JOHN 
 
 L. live with their father. Mrs. McMurry 
 died June u, 1875, and the family live 
 near Bethlehem, Iowa. ARTHUR B., 
 born Jan. 30, 1832, died, aged ten years. 
 GEORGE L., born Feb. 19, 1834, mar- 
 ried Julia F. Head. They have two liv- 
 ing children. Mrs. Julia McMurry died 
 Sept. 1 6, 1875. Mr. McMurry and the 
 children live near Bethlehem, Iowa. 
 JAMES O., born March 19, 1837, mar ' 
 ried Elizabeth Pearce. They had four 
 children, ROBERT, DEBORAH c., BARTIIE- 
 NA and JAMES. Mrs. Elizabeth Mc- 
 Murry died April, 1873. He married 
 Matilda Chrisman. They have one 
 child, EARNEST, and live near Bethlehem, 
 Iowa. ELIZABETH E., born Jan. 20, 
 1839, married Debold Paulen. See his 
 name. MARY J., born Sept. 23, 1842, 
 married George Mentzer. They have 
 
 three children, JOHN D., LAURA and , 
 
 and reside near Cerro Gordo, 111. Mrs. 
 Mary McMurry died April 5, 1863, and 
 Samuel McMurry died April 19, 1863. 
 
 JAMES, born April 5, 1798, in Bote- 
 tourt county, Virginia, was married in 
 Sangamon county, 111., to Lavina Ear- 
 nest. They had six children in Sangamon 
 county, and moved to Keokuk, Iowa; 
 from there to Independence, Mo., thence 
 to California, about 1855. Of their child- 
 ren, SARAH married Rev. Mr. James. 
 She died in 1854, leaving one child. 
 MARTHA J. married Inglefield Greg- 
 ory. ROBERT S. married in 1849, and 
 his wife died Nov. 16, 1863, leaving six 
 children, LUELLA, ALTA, SARAH, MARY 
 L., WILLIAM H. and OLIVE M. THOS.
 
 SANGAMON COUNTY. 
 
 FRANK, JAMES and ELIZA the 
 three latter are married. James McMurry 
 died near lone City, California, and his 
 family reside there. 
 
 LE WIS, horn April 15, 1801, in Vir- 
 ginia, came to Sangamon county, 111., with 
 his mother in 1823. He married Leanna 
 DeMula, a French lady of St. Louis, and 
 died there, without children, in 1853. 
 
 ES7WER, born Oct. 28, 1803, in 
 Kentucky, was married in Sangamon 
 county to John Turner. See his name. 
 
 ARTHUR B., born Nov. 7, 1807, in 
 Washington county, Ky., was married in 
 Sangamon county, 111., to Sarah Enyart. 
 They had six children. ROBERT died 
 in his twenty-first year. MARTHA J. 
 married Robert Elder, and live in Butler 
 county, Neb. ELIZABETH A. mar- 
 ried Wesley Huggins, and died June 12, 
 1862. MARY F. married John F. 
 Crowder. See his name. She died 
 in June, 1873. LEWIS S. married Me- 
 lissa Griffin. They have three children, 
 and reside in Butler county, Neb. SA- 
 RAH M. was married in 1866 to Dr. 
 Charles Kerr. They had four children, 
 
 CHARLES, MABEL, MAUD and NETTIE; 
 
 the latter died in infancy. Mrs. S. 
 Melissa Kerr died March 22, 1876, in 
 Pawnee, and was buried in Oak Ridge 
 Cemetery. See Dr. Kerr's name with 
 E/isha Satiders. Arthur B. McMurry 
 died Feb. 28, 1855, and his widow was 
 married June 7, 1875, to William Parkes. 
 See his name. 
 
 LOGAN, born March 22, 1810, in 
 Washington county, Ky., was married in 
 Sangamon county Dec. 22, 1831, to Melis- 
 sa Robison, who was born Nov. i i, 
 1813. They had ten children in Sanga- 
 mon county!! EDWARD S., bom Nov. 
 13, 1832, was married Jan. 10, 1858, to 
 Susan Reid ; have four children, j. j., ANNA, 
 MAKTHA E. and G. E. LEWIS, and live at 
 Leghorn, Kansas. E. S. McMurry is 
 Postmaster there. JOHN L., born Mar. 
 31, 1835, died in his third year. MARY 
 E., and MARTHA J., twins, born July 10, 
 1838. Mary E. was married July 26, 
 1868, to Hiram F. Robbins. born in 
 Warren county, Penn. They have three 
 children, SANDFORD L., FANNIE A. and 
 ANN IK M., and reside near Maple Grove, 
 Pottawatomie county, Kansas. Martha 
 J. was married July i, 1868, to James 
 Sidclens, who was born in Putnam 
 
 county, Indiana, February 9, 1836. 
 They have three children, IDA B., 
 SADIE M. and MARY F., and reside near 
 Westmoreland, Pottawatomie county, 
 Kansas. ANGELINE, born May 23, 
 1841, died in her second year. ELIHU 
 J. L., born Aug. 9, 1844, enlhted in Capt. 
 Pratt's Co., 1 30th 111. Inf., Aug. n, 1862, 
 for three years. The company disbanded, 
 and he joined Co. B, loth 111. Cav., in 
 October of the same year. Served three 
 years and three months, and was honor- 
 ably discharged. GEORGE F., born 
 Aug. 21, 1847, resides near Westmore- 
 land, Pottawattomie county, Kansas. 
 SARAH A., born June 20, 1850, EMI- 
 LY F., born March 5, 1854, and ROS- 
 ELLA, born March 21, 1858, all reside 
 with their parents, half a mile south of 
 Farmingdale, Sangamon county, Illinois. 
 MeNABB, WILLIAM, was 
 born about 1760, in Ireland, and emigrated 
 to America before the Revolution. The 
 family settled in that part of Amherst 
 which is now Nelson county, Vir- 
 ginia. He was there married to 
 Mary Crawford, a cousin of Win. H. 
 Crawford, of Georgia, who was one of the 
 four candidates for President, in 1824. 
 Mr. and Mrs. McNabb moved from Vir- 
 ginia to Green county, Ky., where they 
 had six children, and moved to Illinois, in 
 1819, first stopping in Logan countv, and 
 in 1820 moved to a point about three 
 miles west of Springfield, and settled the 
 farm now owned by .Washington Rickard. 
 Of -their six children 4 
 
 SAMUEL, born in Kentucky, mar- 
 ried there, came to Sangamon county 
 about 1826, and in the spring of 1831 
 moved to the vicinity of Petersburg, 111. 
 and died there in 1872. 
 
 HESTER, born Dec. 10, 1789 in Green 
 county, Ky., married there to Robert 
 White, July 17, 1806, and came to St. Clair 
 county, 111., in 1814, and in 1818 came to 
 what was afterwards Sangamon, and still 
 later Menard county, and settled near what 
 is now Athens. Mr. White was born 
 Oct. 1 8, 1779. They had five children, 
 namely: MARY P., born in Green count v 
 Ky., married Mr. Miner, who lived hut \\ 
 few months, and she married William 
 McDougal in 1827. Thev had thir- 
 teen children, all except one lived to 
 maturity: ten of whom are yet living,
 
 EARLT SETTLERS OF 
 
 and have families. Mr. and Mrs. Mc- 
 Dougal reside near Athens, Illinois. 
 ELIZA, born in 1810, in Green county, 
 Kentucky, married near Athens, Illinois, 
 March 15, 1834, to Jacob C. West, a native 
 of Tennessee. They had eight children, 
 five of whom died young. Of the other 
 three WILLIAM F., born June 19, 1835, 
 married Miranda England, and had three 
 children, all of whom died young. Wm. 
 F. West was a graduate of the Missouri 
 Medical College. He was appointed, 
 Sept.. 1861, Assistant Surgeon, and soon 
 after promoted Surgeon of the 28th 111. 
 Inf. He served until June, 1863, when 
 he resigned on account of impaired 
 health, and died March 27, 1864, near 
 Athens. JOHN M., born Dec. 22, 1836, 
 became first Assistant Contract Surgeon to 
 the 28th 111. Inf., in April, 1862, and in 
 December of the same year resigned, in 
 consequence of impaired health. He 
 completed his medical course, and gradu- 
 ated in February, 1864, at Rush Med- 
 ical College, Chicago. He was mar- 
 ried, Feb., 1863, to Harriet L. Bishop, at 
 Williamsville, 111. She died, June 7, 
 1875, leaving one child, J. Hial. Dr. 
 West was married, Feb. i, 1876, in Pitts- 
 burg, Penn., to Susie Lockwood, a native 
 of Norwalk, Conn. Dr. J. M. West is a 
 practicing physician, in Springfield, 111. 
 JACOB B., born in 1848, lives with his pa- 
 rents. Jacob C. West and wife reside 
 near Athens, 111. JOHN R., born in 
 Green county, Ky.,. died near Athens, 
 aged twenty*two years. WILLIAM H., 
 born in Kentucky, married near Petersburg 
 to Elizabeth Bone. They had seven child- 
 ren, four of whom are yet living. Mrs. 
 White died, and Wm. H. White married 
 Mrs. Elizabeth Sewell. They had three 
 children, and he died Nov., 1864, near 
 Athens, 111. ROBERT F., born near 
 Athens, 111., married in Morgan county to 
 Rachel Roach, daughter of Rev. N. 
 Roach. They had seven children, four of 
 whom died early in life. MARY E. and 
 JOHN R. live with their parents. ESTHER 
 married William Moore, and lives in De- 
 witt county. Rober F. White and wife 
 reside near Athens, 111. Robert White 
 died Nov. 27, 1847, ant ^ Mrs. Hester White 
 died April 2, 1867, both near Athens, 
 Menard county, Illinois. 
 
 CA I^HARINE, born, and married in 
 Kentucky to Mr. Blakeman, spent a short 
 
 time in Illinois, and returned to Ken 
 tucky. 
 
 ISABELLA, born, and married in 
 Kentucky to Benjamin Wilcox, raised a 
 large family near Petersburg, Illinois. 
 
 MARTHA, born in Kentucky, mar- 
 ried John Jeneson, near Springfield, 
 raised a family of six children, and both 
 died, near Petersburg, Illinois. 
 
 JAMES CRA WFORDMcNABB, 
 born Dec. 27, 1800, in Green county, Kv., 
 married in Sangamon county, Nov. 8, 
 1825, to Ann R. Watson. They had 
 four children in Sangamon county EVE- 
 LINE, born Sept. 15, 1826, married, Oct. 
 24, 1843, to John G. Elkin. See /it's 
 name. ADELAIDE C., born March 4, 
 1829, married, in 1847, to Henry Beers. 
 See his name. Mr. Beers died, August, 
 1851, and she married, Oct. 28, 1858 to 
 Adolphus Rogers. They have two chil- 
 dren, HENRY c. and ADELAIDE, and reside 
 in Cincinnati, Ohio. JAMES H., born 
 Sept. 17, 1831, in Sangmon county, went 
 to California in 1849, and was married 
 there, in 1859, to Mary Scudder, a native 
 of New Jersey. They have three living 
 children, ADELAIDE, JAMES and MARY L. 
 James H. McNabb was twelve years edit- 
 or of the l^etalouma Argus, was State 
 Senator, from 1862 to 1868. He is now 
 1876 and has been for the last five years, 
 deputy collector in the United States Cus- 
 tom House, at San Francisco, California, 
 and resides there. LUCILLA H. died, 
 aged nine years. James C. McNabb died, 
 January, 1835, in Sangamon county, and 
 his widow resides in Mechanicsburg, Illi- 
 nois. 
 
 William McNabb died, early in 1831, 
 near Springfield, and his widow died 
 about 1836, in Petersburg, Menard county, 
 Illinois. 
 
 MeNEILL. The origin of this 
 family in America was with two brothers, 
 John and Archibald McNeill, who emi- 
 grated from Scotland in 1770. Archi- 
 bald was a physician, and settled in 
 Georgia. John was a General in the 
 British army. He took leave of absence, 
 and settled in Kent county, Maryland. 
 W'hen the war began, which ended in the 
 American Revolution, General McNeill 
 was ordered home to duty, but refused to 
 go, his sympathies being with the colonists. 
 He aided them all he could without en- 
 tering the army. At one time some
 
 SANGAMON COUNTS. 
 
 American officers were at his house in 
 consultation. Gen. McNeill discovered a 
 man at the window eavesdropping. He 
 walked back and forth by the window, 
 and at a favorable moment plunged a 
 cane through the glass into the face of 
 the eavesdropper, who escaped with the 
 loss of an eye. Gen. John McNeill had 
 two sons, Archibald and John, the latter 
 of whom had two sons, who were among 
 the early settlers of Sangamon county, 
 and are the subjects of the following 
 sketches: 
 
 McNEILL, FRANCIS A., 
 born Jan. i, 1809, in Allegheny county, 
 Md. He was baptized in infancy by 
 Rev. Francis Asbury, the first Bishop of 
 the M. E. church in America. He was 
 converted in early life, and at twenty 
 years of age was in the ministry and sta- 
 tioned at Frederick City, Mel. His health 
 failing, he commenced the study of medi- 
 cine, and in 1834 graduated at the Univer- 
 sity ot Maryland, in Baltimore, and locat- 
 ed at Shepherdstown, Va. He was mar- 
 ried Feb. i, 1830,111 Frederick City, Md., 
 to Mary E. Cronise, who was born there, 
 March 4, 1812. Dr. McNeill and wife 
 moved from Shepherdstown, Va., to 
 Springfield, 111., in the spring of 1835. 
 He practiced medicine in Springfield 
 twelve years, and at the same time re- 
 tained his ministerial connection. He 
 was ordained deacon in 1833, at Balti- 
 more, by Bishop Hedding, and ordained 
 Elder in 1837, at Jacksonville, 111., by 
 Bishop Soule. In 1847 ^ r - McNeill 
 moved to Peoria, and became pastor of 
 the Methodist church at that place. From 
 there he was appointed to Racine, Wis- 
 consin, and from there to Mt. Morris, 
 Ogle county, 111., October, 1852. His 
 labors in the ministry had again impaired 
 his health, and at Mt Morris he resumed 
 the practice of Medicine. Dr. McNiell 
 had ten children, live of whom died 
 young, and 
 
 MARY F. died, aged eleven years. 
 
 Of the other four 
 
 ANN NOR I ELLA, born June 26, 
 1835, in Shepherdstown, Va., partially 
 brought up in Springfield, was married at 
 Mt. Morris, 111., Feb. i, 1854,10 Henry 
 I. Little, who was born Nov. 25, 1826, in 
 Washington county, Md. They have 
 nine children, WILLIAM F., CHAR- 
 LEY F., ELDRIDGE H., MARY E., 
 
 ARTHUR B., ELLEN L., WILLIAM 
 McN., NORVELLA L. and KITTIE 
 L. Mr. Little is a dry goods merchant, 
 and resides at Mt* Morris, Ogle county, 
 Illinois. 
 
 JAMES F., born Oct. 15, 1841, in 
 Springfield, 111., enlisted August 12, 1862, 
 for three years, in Co. G, ii4th 111. Inf. 
 He was promoted to Sergeant-Major, 
 served to the close of the rebellion, was 
 honorably discharged, August 15, 1865, 
 and was afterwards clerk in the Adjutant- 
 General's office until that office was abol- 
 ished. He was married Nov. 18, 1872, to 
 Julia E. Hibbs, a native of New York 
 City. They have two children, WAL- 
 TER F. and MABEL. James F. Mc- 
 Neal is corresponding clerk in the first 
 National Bank, of Springfield, 111., and 
 resides in the city. 1876. 
 
 WILBUR A., born June 12, 1843, in 
 Springfield, 111., resides at Machachinock, 
 Mahaska county, Iowa. 
 
 HOB ART W., born June r8, 1847, in 
 Peoria, 111., was married May 15, 1869, at 
 Eldora, Iowa, to Lizzie Phillips. They 
 have one living child, ANNA M., and 
 reside at Oscaloosa, Iowa. 
 
 While Dr. F. A. McNeill was living in 
 Peoria, his wife, Mrs. Mary E. McNeill 
 visited friends in Springfield, and died 
 there Nov. 24, 1849. Dr. McNeill was 
 married Feb. 2, 1857, at Mt. Morris, 111., 
 to Barbara E. Wagner, who was born 
 Oct. 6, 1834, in Washington county, 
 Maryland. They had four children, two 
 of whom only are living, namely 
 
 KITTIE M. and 
 
 FRANK S.., who reside with their 
 mother. 
 
 Rev. Francis A. McNeill, M. D., died 
 Feb. 3, 1872, at Mt. Morris, Ogle countv, 
 111., and his widow resides there. Dr. 
 McNeill was a man of much more than 
 ordinary ability, and of untiring industry. 
 In addition to the labors of two profes- 
 sions, he found time to devote to political 
 matters. Having from childhood wit- 
 nessed the pernicious influence of slavery, 
 he very early in life became an opponent 
 of its extension. It was partly to avoid 
 its influence that he moved West. While 
 practicing medicine in Springfield, he 
 took an active part in the politics of the 
 day. As a public speaker, he advocated 
 the election of Harrison for President in 
 1840, and in 1844 was a delegate to the
 
 5' 
 
 EA RL T SE TTLERS OF 
 
 convention that nominated Clay for Pres- 
 ident. He was one of the delegates from 
 Ogle county to the convention that as- 
 sembled m Bloomington in 1856, which 
 gave birth to the Republican party. 
 Being a warm friend of Mr. Lincoln, 
 while living in Springfield, when the 
 latter became a candidate for President, he 
 had not a more ardent supporter than 
 Dr. McNeill. 
 
 Before the convention assembled that 
 nominated Mr. Lincoln, Dr. McNeill was 
 editing a paper at Mount Morris, and was 
 among the first to hoist the name of 
 Abraham Lincoln for President. In 1860 
 he was elected Representative from Ogle 
 county, for two years, in the State Legis- 
 lature; and was, consequently, in that 
 body when the rebellion broke out. He 
 was appointed Oct. 12, 1861, by Governor 
 Yates, army surgeon, and was with the 
 34th 111. Inf. about six months, when he 
 resigned on account of impaired health. 
 He was commissioned July 18, 1862, hos- 
 pital chaplain, and assigned to the post at 
 Paducah, Ky., where he remained until 
 1864, when he was transferred to Louis- 
 ville, as chaplain of the post there. He 
 resigned August, 1865, returned home, 
 and resumed the practice of medicine, 
 which he continued until stricken down 
 with paralysis, which, after a year's suffer- 
 ing, terminated in death as previously 
 stated thus closing a well-spent life. 
 
 MeNEILL, WILLIAM, born 
 Aug. 15, i8u,in Cumberland, Allegheny 
 county, Maryland. Rev. F. A. McNeill, 
 M. D., was his brother. William Mc- 
 Neill studied medicine in his native town, 
 and graduated at Jefferson Medical Col- 
 lege, Philadelphia, in Feb., 1835. He 
 was married Aug. i, 1837, in Cumber- 
 land, to Civilia McNamee, who was born 
 July 6, 1817, in Hagerstown, Maryland. 
 They had one child in Cumberland, and 
 in the spring of 1839 moved to Peters- 
 burg, Illinois. In the autumn of that 
 year he moved to Mechanicsburg, Sanga- 
 nion county. They had eight living 
 children in Illinois. Of their nine child- 
 ren 
 
 7^/OAfAS //., born May 17, 1838, in 
 Maryland, is unmarried, and is farming 
 near Cornland, Logan county, Illinois. 
 
 RICHARD J., born Dec. 23, 1840, 
 in Mechanicsburg, 111., graduated Feb., 
 1863, at the Eclectic Medical College, of 
 
 Cincinnati, Ohio. Dr. R. J. McNeill 
 was married Dec. 18, 1873, near Roches- 
 ter, 111., to Eliza Taft. They have one 
 child, WILLIAM T., and live in Roch- 
 ester. 
 
 LAURA, born December 12, 1842,31 
 Bolivia, Christian county, 111., was mar- 
 ried in Mechanicsburg to George W. 
 Hall. See his name. He died, and she 
 lives at Illiopolis. 
 
 ROBERT B., born April 28, 1846, in 
 Mechanicsburg, is a druggist, in Pana, 
 Illinois. 
 
 FRANCIS A., born Oct. 23, 1849, 
 near Rochester, graduated at the Eclectic 
 Medical College, Cincinnati, Feb., 1874, 
 and is practicing medicine at Pana, Illi- 
 nois. 
 
 MARY F., born Oct. 19, 1853, and 
 
 CHARLES, born Jan. 3, 1855, both 
 near Rochester. 
 
 NELLIE, born July 17, 1858, and 
 
 LUTIE, born Jan. 27, 1864, both in 
 Mechanicsburg. The four latter reside 
 with their parents in Taylorville, 111. Dr. 
 William McNeill is practicing his profes- 
 sion there. Aug., 1876. 
 
 MATHER. The origin of the 
 Mather family in America was with REV. 
 (i) RICHARD MATHER, who was born in 
 1596, at Lowton, Lancashire, England. 
 He came to America, landing in Boston, 
 Aug. 17, 1635, and the next year became 
 pastor of a church, at Dorchester, Mass., 
 where he remained until his death, April 
 22, 1669. His son, (2) INCREASE MATH- 
 ER, born June 21, 1639, at Dorcester, 
 Mass., became pastor of North street 
 church, Boston, in 1664, and continued in 
 charge of that church until the day of his 
 death, Aug. 23, 1723. He was President 
 of Harvard College, from 1685 to 1701, 
 and received the degree of Doctor of Di- 
 vinity from its board of trustees in 1692, 
 the first title of the kind ever conferred in 
 America. His son, (3) COTTON MATHER, 
 born Feb. 12, 1663, in Boston, became the 
 colleague of his father in the pastorate in 
 1684. He was elected in 1713 a member 
 of the Royal Society of London, being 
 the first American ever thus honored. 
 Rev. Cotton Mather died Feb. 13, 1728, 
 and in 1729 his life was written by his 
 son, (4) SAMUEL MATHER. His son, Dr. 
 5) THOMAS MATHER, had a son, (6), 
 
 ILLIAM MATHER, who was a soldier
 
 SANGAMOtf COUNTT. 
 
 from Connecticut in the Revolution. 
 His son 
 
 MATHER, (7) THOMAS, was 
 born April 24, 1795,111 Simsbury, Hart- 
 ford county, Conn. Inheriting much of 
 the intellectual ability and integrity of 
 character of his ancestors, and impelled 
 by the New England spirit of enterprise, 
 on arriving at the age of manhood, he 
 left his native State and engaged in busi- 
 ness in New York city, where he re- 
 mained but a short time. In the.springof 
 1818, he went to Kaskaskia, the capital of 
 the Territory of Illinois. There he sub- 
 sequently became associated in business 
 with Edmund Roberts, James L. Lamb 
 and Stacy B. Opdycke. Some years 
 later they laid out the town of Chester, 
 Randolph county, 111,, and engaged in 
 business there also. Thomas Mather was 
 married Dec. 5, 1825, in Kaskaskia, to 
 Hannah G. Lamb, who was born March 
 23, 1798, in Connellsville, Fayette county, 
 Penn. She was a sister to George and 
 James L. Lamb. In addition to his 
 mercantile pursuits, Mr. Mather found 
 time to look after the interests of the 
 government. He served a number of 
 times in both branches of the Legislature, 
 was a member of the lower house during 
 the session of 1822-3, when the resolution 
 \v;ts adopted to submit to the people a 
 proposition for a convention, to be called 
 for the purpose of amending the constitu- 
 tion, with the view of admitting slavery 
 into the State. He opposed the resolution 
 submitting it, and when it was before the 
 people he bore a conspicuous part in the 
 public discussion against adopting the 
 measure. It was through the persist- 
 ent opposition of Mr. Mather and kindred 
 spirits, that Illinois was saved by the 
 small majority of 1,800 votes from be- 
 coming a slave State. In 1825 he was ap- 
 pointed by President, John Quincy Adams, 
 one of the commissioners to locate a mili- 
 tary road from Independence, Mo., to Santa 
 Fe, New Mexico, and to negotiate treaties 
 with the Indian tribes along the line. He 
 acquired the title of Colonel during the 
 administration of. Governor Coles 1822- 
 26 by being assigned an honorary posi- 
 tion on his staff, and wore the title ever 
 after. He once declined an appointment 
 to fill a vacancy in the United States 
 Senate. When Col. Mather moved to 
 Springfield in 1835, the mercantile firm 
 
 with which he was associated was reor- 
 ganized, and opened under the firm name 
 of Mather, Lamb & Co., and thus it con- 
 tinued tor many years. The State Bank 
 of Illinois was chartered by the Legisla- 
 ture, at Vandalia, during the session of 
 1834-5. The bank was organi/ed at 
 Springfield May 11, 1835, with Thomas 
 Mather President, and N. H. Ridgely 
 Cashier. They continued in office the 
 whole time the bank was in existence 
 about seven years. The Northern Cross 
 Railroad, from Meredosia, through Jack- 
 sonville, to Springfield, having run down 
 so as to be practically useless, it was pur- 
 chased of the State by Thomas Mather, 
 N. H. Ridgely, James Duncan and 
 others. They put it in good running 
 order, and extended it to the Indiana 
 State line. It is now part of the Toledo, 
 Wabash & Western Railroad. He was 
 afterwards connected with the organiza- 
 tion of the Illinois Central and Galena 
 Union Railroad Companies, and induced 
 eastern capitalists to furnish the means for 
 building the former. Col. Mather was a 
 true friend of education, which he mani- 
 fested by serving a number of years as a 
 member of the Board of Trustees of the 
 Illinois College, at Jacksonville, and con- 
 tributing liberally toward the endowhient 
 of that and other institutions of learning. 
 His parents were Congregationalists, and 
 he never forgot his New England train- 
 ing; but on coming to Illinois, he identi- 
 fied himself with the Presbyterian church, 
 differing from that of his father's not in 
 doctrine, but in government only. His 
 religious principles were not the result of 
 education alone, but originated in a pro- 
 found conviction of the divine claims of 
 Christianity. His benefactions to the 
 church were large and judiciously be- 
 stowed. He retired from active business 
 in consequence of impaired health ; but con- 
 tinued to reside in Springfield, and died 
 March 28, 1853, in the city of Philadel- 
 phia. His remains lie buried in the 
 place of his nativity, surrounded by gen- 
 erations of his ancestors. His widow- 
 lived in Springfield until 1866, when she 
 moved to Chicago, where she now 1876 
 reside*, in the seventy -eigth year of her 
 age, and in the full possession of her men- 
 tal and physical powers, venerated and 
 loved not only by those to whom she has 
 so long been a mother, but by their child-
 
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 EARLT SETTLERS OF 
 
 ren also. Their house was truly the home 
 of the orphan. More than one bereaved 
 of natural protectors was fondly and lov- 
 ingly cherished beneath their roof. There 
 are those yet living in whose memories 
 Col. Mather is enshrined as a true friend 
 and a second father. Not having any 
 children of his own, he adopted the fol- 
 lowing: 
 
 R. PENNELL LAMB, son of Dr. 
 Thos. G. Lamb, of Favette county, Penn., 
 was born in 1822. He studied medicine, 
 and graduated at the University of Penn- 
 sylvania, in 1849. In 1852 he was married 
 to Mary Johnson, of Springfield, and re- 
 moved the same year to Butler county, 
 Ohio, where he died in 1866, leaving no 
 children. 
 
 SUSAN R. LAMB, born in Kaskas- 
 kia, 111., was married in 1855 to Dr. C. 
 Perry Slater, of Springfield, who died in 
 1858. See his name. She was married 
 in 1870 to James H. Roberts. See nis 
 name. 
 
 THOMAS C. MA l^HER was born 
 in Illinois in 1839. He studied law and 
 graduated from Ann Arbor University, 
 Michigan. In 1871 he was married to 
 Mary Horine, of Missouri. They have 
 three children, THOMAS, Jun., LIN A 
 and MAY. Mr. Mather is practicing his 
 profession and resides in Springfield. 
 
 Gen. THOMAS S. MATHER, of 
 Springfield, was not adopted, but is a son 
 of William Mather, a younger brother of 
 Col. Thomas Mather. 
 
 MEADER, TIMOTHY E., 
 was born Nov. 25, 1800, in Rochester, N. 
 II. When a young man he spent several 
 years in Maine, part of the time in teach- 
 ing, and part of the time in the tanning 
 and currying business. In 1834 he set 
 out for a visit to the west. He traveled 
 by stage and canal to Buffalo, and from 
 there to Chicago by sailing vessel, and 
 was seven weeks traveling from Maine to 
 Chicago. He went down DesPlaines 
 river in a canoe, and found a tribe of In- 
 dians camped at the mouth of the river. 
 He went from Hennepin to Beardstown 
 by steamboat, and walked from the latter 
 place to Springfield, arriving in June. 
 He next went to St. Louis, thr nee to New 
 Orleans, and embarked on a sailing vessel 
 for Boston, arriving in that city in Jan., 
 1835. ^ e returned to Springfield in 1836, 
 and remained until 1839, during which 
 time he bought and improved a piece of 
 
 land in what is now Pawnee township. 
 In the fall of 1839 he returned east, and 
 was married Nov. 9, 1839, at Dover, 
 N. H., to Miriam H. Trickey. She was 
 born Feb. 8, 1802, at Brookfield, N. H. 
 They went the same fall they were mar- 
 ried to Plattvjlle, Wis., and in the winter 
 of 1840 '41 started for Sangamon county 
 in a sleigh, and came the whole distance 
 that way, although they had to wait sev- 
 eral times for snow, but they arrived 
 safely at their home in Pawnee township. 
 They have only one child 
 
 VIENNA, born April 21, 1843, ' 
 Sangamon county, married George P. 
 Weber. See his name. 
 
 Timothy Mcader and wife are both 
 living on Brush creek, between Pawnee 
 and Auburn, Sangamon county, Illinois. 
 1876. 
 
 MEADER, WILLIAM W., 
 born April 22, 1820, in New Hampshire, 
 came to Springfield in 1839, resided two 
 years at Springfield and Pawnee, returned 
 east, and was married at Dover, N. H., in 
 1845, to Lavina Trickey. He brought 
 his family to Sangamon county in 1866, 
 engaged in farming and selling dry goods, 
 moved to Christian county in 1868, and 
 Mrs. M. died, Nov., 1872, at Clarksdale. 
 Their only child 
 
 ED WARD P., is now of the firm of 
 Brock & Meader, Clarksdale, Christian 
 county, Illinois. W m. W. Meader lives 
 in Clarksdale also. 
 
 Mrs. Vienna Bodge, widow of James 
 Bodge, late a merchant of Pawnee, is a 
 sister to Timothy E. and Wm. W. 
 Meader. 
 
 L. M. Babb, who lives three miles north- 
 east of Pawnee, is a nephew of the 
 Meaders. 
 
 MEACHAM, ADIN E., was 
 born March 10, 1789, at Benson, Rutland 
 county, Vermont. His father started 
 with his family to move west, July 30, 
 1812, and halted at Chillicothe, Ohio., 
 Sept. 24. They resumed their journey 
 May 20, 1813, passing through Cincin- 
 nati, Ohio, Lexington, Ky., thence to 
 Shawneetown, 111., from there to Kaskas- 
 kia, thence up the Mississippi river to the 
 American bottom, about ten miles above 
 St. Louis, arriving July 26, 1813, and on 
 the 12th day of September, the father 
 died. The family remained there until 
 the close of the war with Great Britain. 
 Adin E., with his mother, moved to the
 
 SANGAMON COUN7T. 
 
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 vicinity of the present town of Loami, 
 Sangamon county, 111., in 1819. He was 
 married there to Isabel Colburn, and 
 had si-x children 
 
 FIDELIA, born Aug. i, 1820, mar- 
 ried James D. Weir. They had seven 
 living children OLIVER B. was mai- 
 ried in Missouri to Martha Blackwell. 
 They had two children, JOHN and LAURA. 
 At the breaking out of the rebellion, he 
 left Missouri, brought his family to San- 
 gamon county, and enlisted in the 73^ 
 111. Inf., for three years. He was wound- 
 ed at the battle of Chattanooga, Sept. 19, 
 1863, and died seven days later. His 
 children reside with their mother, who is 
 married to Charles Freddy. They have 
 four children, and live in Green county, 
 Missouri. MARY J. married John Hun- 
 ter. They have five children, and live at 
 Plattville, Taylor county, Iowa. MAR- 
 THA E. married John Frank. They 
 have two children, and live in Carthage, 
 Missouri. HENRY is unmarried, and 
 lives at Carthage. ISABEL married 
 Mr. McMaster. They have two children, 
 and live in Springfield, Missouri. MA- 
 RION and AGNES live with their pa- 
 rents at Carthage, Missouri. 
 
 EUNICE M., born Oct. 13, 1822, 
 married Isaac R. Mengel. See his name. 
 
 JANE L., born Oct. 12, 1824, mar- 
 ried Levi B. Mengel. See his name. 
 
 Mrs. Jane L. Mengel has a commission 
 held by her father, Adin E. Meacham, as 
 Lieutenant in the yth Reg. 111. Militia, 
 dated at Kaskaskia, Aug. 17, 1817, and 
 signed by Ninian Edwards, Governor. 
 On the back of the same is the endorse- 
 ment that Adin E. Meacham has taken 
 the oath of fidelity and of office, as pre- 
 scribed by "An act to suppress dueling," 
 dated Sept. i, 1817, attested by John H. 
 Randle, District Clerk. A. E. Meacham 
 served sixty days in a company of Indian 
 Rangers, and received for that service 
 
 $4 37^- 
 
 JTLIA A., born Dec. 16, 1827, mar- 
 ried May 23, 1844, to Charles H. Dawson, 
 who was born Feb. 26, 1820, in Vermont. 
 They had eight children, two of \vhom 
 died in infancy. RICHARD H., born 
 March 14, 1845, married Lizzie C. 
 Ruckle. They have two children, KATIE 
 and ALICE, and live in Springfield, Illi- 
 nois. GEORGE E., born June 23, 
 1847, graduated at Ann Arbor, Michigan 
 
 University, was Professor of Languages, 
 in the High School, at Buffalo, N. Y., for 
 some time, and is now 1875 leaving for 
 a two years' tour of Europe, studying and 
 perfecting himself in the law. LYDIA 
 I., was born May 12, 1847, an( ^ married 
 Joseph E. Coleman. See his name. 
 OLIVE A., born Sept. 2, 1853, married, 
 Oct. 7, 1873, to Robert E. Short. See 
 his name. They have one child, OLIVE 
 IRENE, and live near Loami. ANDREW 
 L. and WALTER L. live with their 
 mother. Charles H. Dawson died July 
 22, 1820, and his widow lives near Lo- 
 ami, Sangamon countv, Illinois. 
 
 ADIN E. A., born July 16, 1831,, in 
 Sangamon county, was married Jan. I, 
 1852, in Stoughton, Wisconsin, to Martha 
 Renshaw, who was born April 22, 1836, 
 in St. Lawrence county, N. Y. They 
 have six living children, CHARLES W., 
 AUSTIN S., ADA BELLED MAGGIE 
 E., MARIETTA and ORRIN R., and 
 live at Loami, Sangamon county, 111. 
 Adin E. A. Meacham has in his, posses- 
 sion a powder horn that has been in 
 the family three generations before it 
 came into his hands. It bears the follow- 
 ing inscription, elaborately carved : " ^fohn 
 Herolf s Horn, 1756" The only other 
 letters on it are tl A Muscovy Cat" over 
 a figure supposed to represent an animal 
 known by that appellation. It also con- 
 tains figures of other animals, ships, and 
 various hieroglyphics, and must have oc- 
 cupied many leisure hours of some sol- 
 dier engaged in the French and English 
 wars on this continent before our nation 
 was born. A. E. A. Meacham has also a 
 gourd raised by his father in 1826, near 
 where he now resides; it holds an even 
 half bushel. How a Yankee came to grow 
 a gourd, such as our early education led 
 us to believe could only be done by some 
 person with southern blood in their veins, 
 is a mvstery. 
 
 HARRIE7 /., born Oct. 3, 1834, was 
 married Oct. 7, 1857, to Andrew ]. Par- 
 ker. They have two children, DORA 
 I. and IRA M., and live in Loami. 
 
 Mrs. Isabel Meacham died Nov. 25, 
 1864, and her husband, A. E. Meacham, 
 died March 9, 1866, both near Loami, 
 Sangamon countv, Illinois. 
 
 MEACHAM, EDOM, was born 
 in Kentucky, and married there to Nancy 
 Cavenah. They had three children, and
 
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 EARLY SETTLERS OF 
 
 moved to Sangamoii county, 111., arriving 
 Dec., 1830, just in time for the "deep 
 snow," on Lick Creek, in what is now 
 Loami township, where they had three 
 children. Of their six childien 
 
 MARTHA E., born Jan. 27, 1827, in 
 Kentucky, married in Sangamon county 
 Jan. 23, 1846, to Jonathan Morris. See 
 his name. 
 
 WILLIS, born in Kentucky, and 
 married in Sangamon county to Rachel 
 C. S. Hudson. They have two children, 
 ADALINE and MARGARET, and re- 
 side in Waverly, 111. 
 
 . M.MARGARET, born in Kentucky, 
 married in Sangamon county to Peter L. 
 Jarrett. See his name. 
 
 FRANKLIN, born in Sangamon 
 county, married Mary Hutchinson, has 
 one child, and lives in Waverly, Illinois. 
 
 LUCINDA, born July 29, 1838, in 
 Sangamon county, married Aug. 12, 1853, 
 to Wellington B. Huffaker, who was 
 born Oct. 22, 1829, in Morgan county, 
 and came to Sangamon county in 1851. 
 They had seven children. JESSIE B., 
 the second child, died when she was 
 seven years old. WELLINGTON L., 
 the fourth child, died in his third year. 
 GEORGE G. was married June 2, 1875, 
 in New Berlin, to Clara J. Manson, and 
 lives near New Berlin, 111. LIZZIE 
 M., JENNIE, FRANCIS M. and 
 LOULU A. live with their mother. 
 Wellington 15. HufTaker died March 3, 
 1873. His widow and children reside 
 four miles south of New Berlin, Sanga- 
 mon county, 111. Mr. Huffaker was a 
 successful farmer and stock raiser, and 
 had just completed the finest private resi- 
 dence in Sangamon county, outside of 
 Springfield. 
 
 ADALINE, born Oct. 4, 1844, in 
 Sangamon county, married March 27, 
 1860, to George Madison Maxwell. See 
 his name. 
 
 Mrs. Nancy Meacham died Sept. 11, 
 1853, and Edom Meacham was married 
 in 1855 to Margaret McCormick. They 
 have nine children, and reside in Waver- 
 ly, Morgan county, Illinois. 
 
 Willis L. Meacham, the father of Edom, 
 was a native of North Carolina. He 
 moved from Kentucky to Sangamon 
 county with his son, Edom, both families 
 arriving just as 'the deep snow commenced 
 falling in Dec., 1830. He brought several 
 
 other children with him. His daughter 
 Annis, married Dr. West, who died, 
 leaving three children; and she married 
 William Sims, and lives in Jacksonville, 
 111. His son, Tandy, married Julia Lit- 
 trall, and lives in Waverly, 111. Willis 
 L. Meacham and wife both died in San- 
 gamon county. 
 
 MEACHAM, JOSEPH K., 
 was born in Kentucky, came to Sanga- 
 mon county among the earliest settlers, 
 and married Ann Hodgerson. Thev had 
 four children in Sangamon county, naine- 
 
 !y 
 
 WILLIAM C M born Jan. S, 1833, 
 married Narcissa Parsley. They have 
 five children, and reside near Maroa, 
 Macon county, Illinois. 
 
 JOHN H., born Feb. 12, 1834, mar- 
 ried Jan. 4, 1861, to Leah Jarrett. Thev 
 had six children; two died in infancy. 
 JOSEPH K. died in his eighth year. 
 JAMES W., LUANNA J. and ADA 
 E. live with their parents, three miles 
 south of New Berlin, Illinois. 
 
 WILLIS died at ten years of age. 
 
 REBECCA E., born April 8, 1838, 
 married Rowan Morris, Jun., and live in 
 Ray county, Missouri. 
 
 Joseph K. Meacham died July 28, 1838, 
 and his widow died April 12, 1867, both 
 in Sangamon county, Illinois. 
 
 MEACHAM, JOSEPH, was 
 born in 1794 in Christian count}-, Ky. 
 Thankful Finley was born in 179^ in the 
 same county. They were married, and 
 had seven children there. The familv 
 moved to Sangamon county, arriving Oct., 
 1840, at Springfield, and the next spring 
 moved to what is now Loami township. 
 Of their children 
 
 ELCET F., -born Oct. 2, 1820, in 
 Christian county, Ky., married in Sanga- 
 mon county Nov. 7, 1844, to Jackson 
 Archer. See his name. He died, and 
 she married William DufF. See his name. 
 
 JOHN W., born Aug., 1822, in Chris- 
 tian county, Ky., came to Sangamon 
 county in 1838, preceding his parents. 
 He was married in Springfield to Ann 
 Young. They had seven children ; one 
 only is living, ROBERT P. He mar- 
 ried Sarah Jumper in Jacksonville. The 
 family reside in Waverly, Illinois. 
 
 MARY H., born in Kentucky, mar- 
 ried in Sangamon county to A. S. Har-
 
 SANGAMON COUNTT. 
 
 mon. She died, and Mr. Harmon married 
 again. He lives in Waverly. 
 
 ELIZABETH E. was twice mar- 
 ried. . She and both husbands died in 
 Waverly. 
 
 MINERVA L., born in Christian 
 county, Ky., married in Sangamon 
 county to Young Hudson. See his 
 name. 
 
 ABNER W., died in Kentucky, and 
 
 AMERICA J., died in Sangamon 
 county, each at ten years of age. 
 
 Mrs. Thankful Meacham died Oct. 7, 
 
 1844, and Joseph Meacham died Oct. 19, 
 
 1845, DOt; h near Loami, Sangamon county, 
 Illinois. 
 
 MEGREDY, ENOCH, born 
 in 1794, in Cecil county, Maryland, was 
 married there, Aug. 20, 1816, to Mary S. 
 Jones, who was born in Cecil county, 
 April 7, 1798. Mr. Megredy was en- 
 gaged in merchandizing, and they had 
 four children there. About 1823 they 
 moved into the adjoining county, in Penn- 
 sylvania^ where Mr. Megredy continued 
 in the mercantile business. Four children 
 were born in Pennsylvania, and about 
 1831 they returned to Maryland, where 
 they had three cnildren. Mr. M. moved 
 his family to Springfield, 111., arriving 
 June 1 6, 1837, and in December following 
 moved to what is now Ball township, six 
 miles south of Springfield, where two 
 children wei'e born. Of all their child- 
 ren ; the eldest 
 
 ELIZABETH died Dec. 14, 1821, 
 in Maryland, aged four years. 
 
 JAMES J., born Feb. i, 1819, in 
 Cecil county, Md., was married in San- 
 gamon county, 111., Dec. 30, 1841, to Ann 
 R. Hall. They had ten children, three 
 died under four years, and JOHN B. in 
 his fourth year. Of the other six 
 CHARLES L. married Virginia Weber, 
 and lives at Belleville, Kansas. ANNA, 
 WILLIAM P., SAMUEL E., MIL- 
 LARD F. and FANNIE, live with their 
 parents, three and three-fourths miles 
 northwest of Pawnee. James J. Megre- 
 dy represented Sangamon county in the 
 State Legislature, for the session of 1857 
 and '8. 
 
 MART A., born Nov. 3, 1820, in 
 Cecil county, Maryland, was married 
 Nov. 25, 1847, i Sangamon [county, 111., 
 to Dr. Cieorge M. Harrison. See his 
 name. 
 
 DANIEL, born Aug. 30, 1822, in 
 Maryland, was married in Sangamon 
 county, Feb. 22, 1849, to Sarah N. Harri- 
 son, who died, and he married Catharine 
 Kennedy. Daniel Megredy died in Ball 
 township, leaving three children, WIL- 
 LIAM ARTHUR, MARY and SA- 
 RAH. 
 
 ELIZABETH, born Sept. n, 1824, 
 in Lancaster county, Penn., is unmarried, 
 and lives at the family homestead, in San- 
 gamon county. 
 
 ENOCH, born June 16, 1826, at Con- 
 estoga, Lancaster county, Penn., raised in 
 Sangamon county, married, Oct. 16, 1850, 
 to Lucinda P. Harrison, who was born 
 Sept. 10, 1828, in that part of Sangamon 
 which is now Menard county. They had 
 four children MARY A., the second 
 child, died in her fifth year. ENOCH 
 E., ADA and LESLIE E. live with their 
 parents, in Menard county, three and one- 
 half miles northwest of Salisbury. 
 
 JOHN, born July 11, 1828, in Cones- 
 toga Center, Pennsylvania, married Pris- 
 cilla L. Miller. They had four children, 
 and Mr. Megredy died, near Springfield. 
 His widow and children live in Kansas 
 City, Missouri. 
 
 SARAH died, aged twenty years. 
 
 ABIGAIL, born July 18, 1832, in 
 Cecil county, Maryland, was married in 
 Sangamon county, April 14, 1858, to 
 Morgan B. Pettus. They have three 
 children, and live in Lincoln, Illinois. 
 
 WILLIAM R., born Dec. 31, 1833, 
 in Wakefield, Cecil county, Maryland, 
 was married in Iroquois county, 111., Oct. 
 8, 1872, to Joanna Harlan, who was born 
 Oct. 21, 1850, in Morgan county, 111. 
 They have one child, WILLIAM, and 
 live in Chatham, Sangamon county, Illi- 
 nois. 
 
 AD ALINE B., born Nov. 21, 1835, 
 in Cecil county, Maryland, was married 
 Nov. 21, 1855, in Sangamon county, Illi- 
 nois to Robert S. Graham. See his 
 name. 
 
 ARCHIBALD JOB, born January 
 30, 1838, in Sangamon county, lives at the 
 homestead. 
 
 MARGARE7' R., born April 20, 
 1840, in Sangamon county, is unmarried, 
 and lives at the homestead. 
 
 Enoch Megredy, Sen., died December 
 28, 1851, and his widow died Aug. 1 1,
 
 EARLY SETTLERS OF 
 
 1866, both on the farm where they settled 
 in 1837, s * x m il es south of Springfield. 
 
 Archibald Job, a cousin of Mr. Megre- 
 dy, had a contract for furnishing stone to 
 build the State House, in Springfield, 
 which was commenced the year Mr. Me- 
 gredy came to the county. The stone 
 was obtained in Ball township, near 
 Crow's mill, and Mr. Megredy was em- 
 ployed to superintend the quarries. He 
 was experienced in the business before he 
 came west. Mr. Megredy was a local 
 Methodist preacher, and a consistant tem- 
 perance man. He lectured on temperance 
 on all suitable occasions. 
 
 MENGEL, ISAAC R., was 
 born about 1820, in Lancaster county, 
 Penn. He left home with his brother, 
 Levi B., April 17, 1838, and arrived at 
 Springfield, 111., early in May, and a few 
 days later went to Lebanon, now Loami, 
 in the employ of J. P. Langford, who 
 had a contract for furnishing timber for 
 the State House, then being built in 
 Springfield. He was married near Loami 
 to Eunice M. Meacham. They had twelve 
 children, among them two pairs of twins, 
 and once three at a birth, two boys and a 
 girl; the latter and one of the boys died 
 young. The other boy 
 
 ELLIS, lives with his parents in Ne- 
 braska. 
 
 LE VI enlisted in Co. K, I24th 111. 
 Inf., and died in the army. 
 
 ETHAN M., enlisted in Co. K, 124111 
 111. Inf. He lost an eye by an accidental 
 shot from a weapon in the hands of his 
 Captain, near the close of his term of 
 service. He married Amanda M. Weber, 
 in Sangamon county, and lives in Ne- 
 braska. 
 
 A R MIND A J., married a Mr. Grif- 
 fin, in 1865. They have three children, 
 and live near Lincoln, Neb. 
 
 HA TT1E lives with her parents in 
 Wahoo, Neb. 
 
 Isaac R. Mengel resides at Wahoo, 
 Saunders county, Nebraska. He is Pro- 
 bate Judge of that county 1875. 
 
 MENGEL, LEVI B., born in 
 1822 in Lancaster county, Penn., and 
 came with his brother, Isaac R., to 
 Springfield, thence to Loami, in 1838. 
 He was married Nov. 13, 1842, to Jane 
 L. Meacham. They had ten living child- 
 ren in Sangamon county. 
 
 ELIZABETH, born June 12,1843, 
 married June, 1869, to James Colemaa. 
 They have twins, NINA MAY and 
 LINA JANE, and live in Christian 
 county, Illinois. 
 
 T1RZAH married David P. Colburn. 
 See his name. 
 
 ANTHONY W. died Aug. 27, 1871, 
 in his seventeenth year. 
 
 EUNICE married Oct. 29, 1874, to 
 Ezra D. Fuller. They have one child, 
 LULU, and live near Loami, Illinois. 
 FRANCIS, ALICE C., JOSEPH 
 W., KATE M., ANNA L. and HAR- 
 RY S. live with their mother. 
 
 Levi B. Mengel died Sept. 10, 1874, 
 near Loami, Sangamon county, 111., and 
 his widow and children reside there. 
 
 MEREDITH, ABSALOM, 
 born about 1785, in Virginia, was mar- 
 ried there about 1807, to Mary Royal, a 
 native of the same State. They moved 
 to Butler county, Ohio, where they had 
 four children, and then moved to Miami 
 county, where two children were born. 
 The family moved to Sangamon county, 
 111., arriving Oct. 27, 1829, in what is now 
 Ball township. The company in which 
 they came numbered sixty-three persons. 
 Of their six children 
 
 THOMAS, born in Butler county, 
 Ohio, was married in Sangamon county 
 to Priscilla Fields, who died, and he mar- 
 ried Jane Basil. They had two children. 
 DAVIS was a soldier in an 111. Reg., 
 and was killed at the battle of Resaca, 
 Georgia, May 15, 1864. NANCY E. 
 married a Mr. Buck. He was a Union 
 soldier, and died in the army. His widow 
 resides with her mother. Thomas Mere- 
 dith was drowned in Sacramento river, 
 Cal. His widow and widowed daughter 
 reside near Elizabeth, JoDaviess county, 
 Illinois. 
 
 AMY, born in Butler county, Ohio, 
 was married in Sangamon county to 
 William B. Lawley. See his name. 
 
 DA VIS, born June 14, 1812, in But- 
 ler county, Ohio, was married June 29, 
 1836, in Sangamon county, to Mary New- 
 comer. They had eight children; one 
 died in infancy. Of the other seven 
 SUSANNAH, born May 4, 1837, mar 
 ried Drury Jones. See his name. 
 CHARLES N., born July 23, 1839, en- 
 listed in Co. E, ii4th 111. Inf., August 11, 
 1862. He was taken sick at Camp Butler,
 
 SANGAMON COUN'Jt. 
 
 and was out of the service six months. 
 He was married March 8, 1863, to Laura 
 Wagoner, who was born Sept. 3, 1841, in 
 Menard county, 111. He rejoined his reg- 
 iment, March 20, of same year, and after 
 the siege of Vicksburg, was sent to 
 Memphis, where he was detailed as Or- 
 derly at headquarters of the Sixteenth 
 Army Corps. Charles N. Meredith was 
 honorably discharged, Oct., 1864, at 
 Memphis, Tenn. Mr. and Mrs. Mere- 
 dith have two living children, MARY F. 
 and IDA j., who live with their parents. 
 C. N. Meredith is engaged in the cloth- 
 ing business at Taylorville, 111., and re- 
 sides there. MARY J., born Dec. 3, 
 1842, was married Jan. i, 1863, to John 
 R. Kincaid, who was born Nov. 14, 1833, 
 in Virginia, and brought up in Gallia 
 county, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Kincaid have 
 four living children, LUTHER E., JAMES 
 
 W., CATALINA MAY and FRED CARROLL, 
 
 and live five miles north of Pawnee, San- 
 gamon county, 111. SARAH A., born 
 Nov. 2, 1844, was married Oct. 19, 1865, 
 to Lewis R. Hedrick. They have three 
 living children, namely, MARY s., FRANCIS 
 R. and ALICE j., and live in Taylorville, 
 Christian county, 111. CHRISTOPHER 
 C., born June 3, 1848, resides with his pa- 
 rents. LUTHER OSBORN, born July 
 7, 1851, was married Sept. 4, 1873, to 
 Eli /a A. Poffenberger. They have one 
 child, CHARLES NOAH, and live in Cotton 
 Hill township, Sangarnon county, Illi- 
 nois. FANNIE L., born Jan. 27, 1857, 
 lives with her parents. Davis Meredith 
 lives in Ball township, ten miles south- 
 east of Springfield, 111. He remembers 
 that, after the deep snow, when it had en- 
 tirely disappeared except on the roads, 
 where the snow had been packed down, 
 they looked like ribbons stretched over 
 the prairie, and the sight was beautiful. 
 These strips were from one to three feet 
 wide, and it was weeks after the other 
 snow was gone before they disappeared. 
 
 WILLIAM, born in Butler county, 
 Ohio, brought up in Sangarnon county, is 
 a minister in the United Brethren church, 
 and lives at Fort Scott, Kansas. 
 
 SARAH A., born in Miami county, 
 Ohio, was married in Sangamon county, 
 111., to James Dillon. They have two 
 children, OLIVER and DAVIS, who 
 live with their father. Mrs. S. A. Dillon 
 
 died at Hittle's Grove, McLean county, 
 Illinois. 
 
 JOSEPH, born in Miami county, 
 Ohio, was married in Sangamon county, 
 111., to Susan Dillon, who died, leaving 
 five children, SARAH A., LESLIE C., 
 THOMAS J., CHARLOTTE J. and 
 MARY C. live with their father. He 
 married Mary Adams. They have one 
 child, MELISSA. Joseph Meredith and 
 family live near Taylorville, 111. 
 
 Absolom Meredith died in Rochester 
 township, Sangamon county, 111., in 4842, 
 and his widow died in 1844, m Ball 
 township, Sangamon county, Illinois. 
 
 MERRIMAN, ELIAS H., 
 was born Jan. 20, 1802, in Baltimore, 
 Maryland. He graduated at William and 
 Mary College about 1820, and at the 
 Baltimore Medical University soon after. 
 He was married in Baltimore Aug. 16, 
 1822, to Susan H. Lavely, a sister to 
 William Lavely. See his name. She 
 was born Dec. 9, 1804, in that city. They 
 had one child there, also. After prac- 
 ticing for a time in the vicinity of Balti- 
 more, Dr. Merriman moved to St. Louis, 
 Mo., and from there to Springfield, 111., 
 arriving in March, 1830. They had one 
 child in St. Louis, and two in Springfield. 
 Of their children 
 
 JAMES H., born Jan. 27, 1^27, in 
 Baltimore, Md., was raised in Springfield, 
 111. He enlisted in Co. A, 4th 111. Inf., in 
 1846, and was appointed by Col. E. D. 
 Baker Sergeant- Major of the regiment, 
 and served as such during the war with 
 Mexico. He was appointed under Presi- 
 dent Taylor to a clerkship in the United 
 States General Land Office, and was 
 later appointed Lieutenant in the United 
 States Revenue Service, in which he 
 served about twenty-four years, the last 
 twelve as Captain. He is now Inspector 
 of the Life Saving Service, having 
 charge of all the stations on the Atlantic 
 coast, with headquarters in New York 
 city 1876. 
 
 WILLIAM J. N,, born Feb. 10, 
 1830, in St. Louis, Mo., and raised in 
 Springfield. In 1852, he went to Cali- 
 fornia, and in 1855 went from there with 
 Gen. Walker on his expedition to Central 
 America, after which he returned to the 
 United States. He now resides in Spring- 
 field, 111.
 
 EARLY SETTLERS OP 
 
 ELLEN M., born May i 1832, in 
 Springfield, married in 1854 to Thomas 
 H. Murphy, a native of Quebec, Canada. 
 They moved in 1859 to New Orleans, 
 and returned to Springfield in 1873. She 
 resides with her mother, in Spring- 
 field. 
 
 Dr. E. H. Merriman was engaged in 
 one of the campaigns of the Black Hawk 
 war, and was bearer of dispatches from 
 General Henry to General Atkinson. 
 See page 85. He w: s in success- 
 ful practice in Springfield for twen- 
 ty years. In 1851 he went to San 
 Francisco; spent four years there, 
 and in 1855 went to Costa Rica, in search 
 of coal. He had commenced mining, but 
 the yellow fever breaking out among the 
 men, he treated them successfully, but 
 afterwards fell a victim to the disease 
 himself, and died there on the Island of 
 Cano, May 8, 1855. His widow resides 
 in Springfield, Illinois. 
 
 MERRIMAN, REUBEN, 
 was born Sept. 6, 1790, in Connecticut. 
 When a young man, he went to Ken- 
 tucky, and after a stay of one year, re- 
 turned t o Connecticut, and was married, 
 May 4, 1812, about twenty miles from 
 Bridgeport, to Betsy Bennett. They 
 went at once to Scott county, Ky , settled 
 on Big Eagle creek, and engaged in mil- 
 ling and coopering with his younger bro- 
 ther, Lyman, and their father, who all 
 moved at the same time. They had five 
 living children. The father died there, 
 and the two brothers, with their families 
 and their sister, and widowed mother, 
 moved to Sangamon county, 111., arriving 
 in the fall of 1829, in what is now Wil- 
 liams township, where twins were born. 
 Of all their children 
 
 LUCINDA, born Feb. 21, 1813, in 
 Scott county, Ky., married in Sangamon 
 county to Isaac Constant. See his name. 
 Thev had four children, and moved to 
 Jackson county, Oregon, Rogue River 
 Valley, in 1852. 
 
 LAVINA y., born April 2, 1817, in 
 Kentucky, married to William T.Jones. 
 See his name. 
 
 GEORGE B., born Sept. 8, 1818, in 
 Scott county, Ky., came to Sangamon 
 county, in 1829, married, Jan. i, 1844, to 
 Maria L. Dawson. They had six living 
 children in Sangamon county JOHN 
 W. married Maria J. Brittin, have two 
 
 children, DORA B. and HARRY w., and re- 
 side in Marion county, Iowa. REUBEN 
 A. resides in Williams township. BEL- 
 BERT, LUCY T., BERTHA E. and 
 GEORGE A. reside with their parents, 
 four miles southeast of Williamsvile, San- 
 gamon county, Illinois. 
 
 JOHN S., born Nov. 29, 1821, in 
 Scott county, Ky., married in Sangamon 
 county, Nov. 7, 1848, to Mary J. Dawson. 
 They had ten children; one died in in- 
 fancy, and NOAH W., the youngest 
 child, died March 4, 1873, aged six years. 
 MARY FLORENCE died, Aug. 12, 
 1874, and ANN ELIZA died, June 13, 
 1876, at their father's house, near Wil- 
 liamsville, Illinois. Of the other six 
 MARTHA V., CHARLES B., LELIA 
 L., CLAY S., CORA E. and ABRA- 
 HAM L. live with their parents, three 
 miles west of Williamsville, Sangamon 
 county, Illinois. 
 
 WILLIAM H., born March 4, 1825, 
 in Kentucky, was married in Sangamon 
 county to Mary A. Lewis. They had 
 two children, and in 1852 started overland 
 for Oregon. Mrs. Merriman and one of 
 the children died on the way. Mr. Mer- 
 riman and the other children went on to 
 their destination. Wm. Merriman was 
 there married to Mrs. Artamesia Chap- 
 man, whose maiden name was Riddle. 
 They have several children, and reside 
 near Jacksonville, Jackson county, Ore- 
 gon. 
 
 ROBERT F., and FRANCIS A., 
 twins, born Sept. 5, 1830, in Sangamon 
 county, Illinois. 
 
 ROBERT F., married Sept. 17, 1862, 
 in Sangamon county, to Elizabeth 
 Thompson, who was born Jan. 28, 1840, 
 in Wayne county, Ohio. They have one 
 child, WILLIE, and reside five miles 
 southeast of Williamsville. 
 
 FRANCIS A. married, Oct. 7, 1858, 
 to Emma Bishop, who was born Dec. 12, 
 1838, in Clark county, Ohio. They had 
 five children, EDDY F., MARY L., 
 MYRTILLA,and BYRON and ROSE, 
 twins; the two latter died in infancy. 
 Mrs. Emma Merrimnn died May 9, 
 1866. F. A. Merriman was married, 
 Nov. 25, 1868, to Chloe Sparklin, a na- 
 tive of Elkhart county, Indiana. They 
 reside five miles southeast of Williams- 
 ville, and two and one-half miles north of 
 Barclay, Illinois.
 
 SANGAMON COUNTY. 
 
 5'9 
 
 Mrs. Betsy Merriinan died Feb. 27, 
 1842, and Reuben Merriman died Feb. 
 28, 1842, both in Sangamon county. 
 
 MERRIMAN, LYMAN, was 
 born in 1792, in Connecticut. He went 
 with his brother Reuben to Scott county, 
 Ky., in 1812, and was there married to 
 Sarah R. Howard, v/ho was born there 
 in 1794. They had four living children, 
 and moved to Sangamon county, 111., ar- 
 riving in the fall of 1829, in what is now 
 Williams township, where one child was 
 born. Of their five children 
 
 MADISON M., born March n, 1817, 
 in Scott county, Ky., married Elizabeth 
 Fletcher. They have seven living child- 
 Their daughter, ELIZABETH A., 
 
 married Irvin J. Houtz, and reside in 
 Williams township, two and a quarter 
 miles north of Sherman. The other 
 six reside with their parents, in Logan 
 county, Illinois. 
 
 SARAH J., born Aug. 22, 1819, in 
 Scott county, Ky., married William Yo- 
 com. See his name. 
 
 EL VIRA married Francis M. Young, 
 had one child, and died in 1851. 
 
 CORDELIA L., born in Kentucky, 
 married in Sangamon county March 10, 
 1862, to B. F. Fletcher. See his name. 
 
 MART A., born in Sangamon county, 
 married Hiram J. Young. She died 
 Aug., 1867, leaving four children, LAU- 
 RA A. and MARY A. reside with their 
 aunt, Mrs. Win. Yocom. The two sons 
 live with their father, in Montgomery 
 county, Illinois. 
 
 Lyman Merriman died in March, 1865, 
 and his widow died Sept. 20, 1869. 
 
 LAURA, the sister of Reuben and 
 Lyman Merriman, who came with them 
 from Kentucky, married in Sangamon 
 county in 1829 to Francis Arenz, went to 
 Beardstown, and died within a year after 
 she was married. The mother of the 
 Merriman brothers and sister died in 
 Beardstown, also. 
 
 MESLER, CORNELIUS, 
 was born Oct. 7, 1798, in Morris county, 
 
 ew Jersey. Phoebe Shepard was born 
 July 15, 1804, at Green village, Morris 
 county, New Jersey. They were mar- 
 ried Dec. 25, 1822, in Newark, New Jer- 
 sey. They came to Springfield, 111., in 
 June, 1830, and settled one and one-half 
 miles east of the city. In 1834 they 
 moved to what is now Cooper township, 
 
 south of Sangamon river. Cornelius 
 Mesler died July 7, 1854, and his widow 
 resides on the farm where they settled in 
 1834. It is in Cooper township, three miles 
 northeast of Clarksville, Sangamon coun- 
 ty, Illinois. 
 
 MERRIWEATHER, JOHN 
 H., was born July 2, 1808, in Baltimore 
 county, Md. He .migrated to the vicin- 
 ity of Springfield, Clark county, Ohio, 
 and was there married in 1834 to Eliza- 
 beth Hummell. They had two children 
 there, and came to Springfield, 111., arriv- 
 ing in May, 1839, where six children 
 were born, one of whom died. Of their 
 seven children 
 
 ELIZABETH H., born in 1836 
 near Springfield, Ohio, was married May 
 2, 1864, in Springfield, 111., to Edward L. 
 M. Johnson, a native of Virginia. He 
 was a contractor, and superintended the 
 carpenter work on the Springfield and 
 Illinois Southeastern now O. and M. 
 railroad. He died November, 1874. His 
 widow resides n Pana, Illinois. 
 
 WILLIAM H., born April 28, 1838, 
 in Clark county, Ohio, was married Sept. 
 20, 1860, in Springfield, 111., to Sarah J. 
 Bateman, who was born there Sept. 13, 
 1842. He served seventeen months in 
 Co. B, H4th 111. Inf. Mr. and Mrs. 
 Merriweather have five children, and live 
 near Gerard, Crawford county, Kansas. 
 
 ELIZA W., born May 5, 1840, was 
 married in Springfield, 111., April 19, 
 i S6o, to John T. Rhodes, who was born 
 Jan. 14, 1831, in Frederick county, Md. 
 They have two children, WILLIAM 
 R. and ELLA M. J. T. Rhodes is 
 a contractor and builder. He was a mem- 
 ber of the Board of Supervisors of San- 
 gamon county for three years, and was 
 elected in the spring of 1874 a member of 
 the City Council for three years, and re- 
 sides in Springfield, Illinois. 
 
 JAMES, born Sept. 30, 1844, in 
 Springfield, was married Oct. 20, 1870, in 
 Sangamon county, to Minerva Enyart. 
 They have one child, ANN E , and live 
 near Pawnee, Illinois. 
 
 JOHN H. } Jun.,\*o\-n Sept. 7, 1846, 
 in Springfield, and resides in Pawnee, 
 Sangamon county, Illinois. 
 
 ELLA L., born April 18, 1851, in 
 Springfield, was married there Nov. 4, 
 1874,10 Charles W. Post, who was horn 
 Oct. 26, 1854, in Springfield, 111. C. W.
 
 5 2S 
 
 EARLT SETTLERS OF 
 
 Post is with his father, C. R. Post, in the 
 agricultural implement business, in Spring-- 
 field, Illinois. 
 
 GEORGE W., born April 29, 1855, 
 in Springfield, lives with his sister, Mrs. 
 Johnson, in Pana, Illinois. 
 
 John H. Merriweather, Sen., was a 
 merchant in Springfield for many years, 
 but the latter part of his life was spent on 
 his farm, near Pawnee, 111., where he 
 died Oct. 15, 1863. His widow died Aug. 
 18, 1868. 
 
 MESSICK, JOSEPH W., 
 was born in Christian county, Ky., and 
 came to Sangamon county in 1829, with 
 his sisters, Matilda and Melinda. He re- 
 turned to Kentucky in 1840, married 
 there, and brought his wife and youngest 
 sister, Julia A., to Sangamon county. He 
 makes his home in Macoupin county, 
 near Nilwood. His sister 
 
 ELIZABETH, came before, and 
 married Silas Harlan. See his name. He 
 died, and she married George Roberts, 
 and resides in Chatham township. 
 
 MATILDA is unmarried, and re- 
 sides with her niece, Mrs. J. F. Irwin. 
 
 MELINDA married M. F. Can- 
 non, and both died in 1850 in Chatham 
 township. 
 
 JULIA A., married William D. 
 Crow. See his name. 
 
 MILLER, CHRISTIAN, was 
 born Jan. 12, 1771, in Loudon county, Va. 
 Sarah Neer was born June 28, 1786, in 
 the same county, and they were there 
 married in 1807. They had eight child- 
 ren in that county. The whole family 
 left Loudon county Sept. 4, 1833, travel- 
 ing in wagons; they reached Champaign 
 county, Ohio, and stopped with a brother. 
 Mr. Miller and his eldest son, David, set 
 out on horseback for Illinois, via Indian- 
 apolis, Crawfordsville, Vermilion Salt 
 Works, thence through Illinois to Pekin, 
 Lewiston and Canton, and returning, 
 crossed the Illinois river at Fort Ross 
 now Havana thence to Springfield, 
 Paris, Terre Haute, Ind., and back to 
 Ohio. He purchased a farm in Miami 
 county, Ohio, and commenced moving to 
 it on the morning after the great meteoric 
 shower, Nov. 13, 1833. One year later 
 he sold out in Ohio, and started, Nov. 17, 
 1834, with his family; passing through 
 Springfield they reached Alton in Decem- 
 ber. From there thev moved back to 
 
 Sangamon county, arriving in Spring- 
 field, Jan. 20, 1835. Mr. Miller entered 
 two thousand one hundred acres of land 
 in the vicinity of the mouth of Buckhart 
 creek, in what is now Cooper and Roch- 
 ester townships. On the i9th of March, 
 1835, the family moved to what is now 
 Cooper township. All the Miller family 
 except David and John C., moved, in 
 Nov., 1838, to Coles county, six miles 
 from Jefferson City, Mo., and all returned 
 to Sangamon county in Dec., 1841. Of 
 the eight children of Christian Miller 
 
 DA VI. D, born April 18, 1809, in 
 Loudon county, Va., came to Sangamon 
 county in 183^, married April 26, 1838, to 
 Eliza D.Jackson, who was born July 10, 
 1808, in Shelby county, Ky. She died 
 without children, in Sangamon county, 
 Oct. 10, 1871. David Miller was married 
 Feb. i, 1872, in Sangamon county, to 
 Fannie Jackson, who was born Oct. 28, 
 1841, in Nelson county, Ky., and raised in 
 Missouri. They had two children. 
 FANNIE E. died in infancy. David 
 Miller died Jan. 23, 1875. His son, 
 DAVID EDWIN, born August 31, 1875, 
 seven months and eight days after the 
 death of his father. The widow and in- 
 fant son of David Miller reside at Sanga- 
 mon Station, five miles east of Spring- 
 field, 111. 
 
 ANN, born Nov. II, 1810, in Virginia, 
 resides with her brother, Jacob C. She 
 never married, has been an invalid for 
 fifteen years, and has been blind since 
 Nov. 30, 1 868. 
 
 JOHN C., born Oct. 19, 1812, in 
 Loudon county, Va., came to Sangamon 
 county in 1835, married at Rochester, 
 Feb. 5, 1837, to Melvina Sattley. They 
 had six children in Sangamon county, 
 namely: GEORGE H., born March 
 19, 1838, married March 13, 1863, to 
 Louisana Archer. They had one child, 
 JOHX E., and Mrs. Miller died Jan. 
 i, 1874. Mr. Miller and his son reside at 
 the family homestead, three miles east of 
 Rochester. HARRIET V., born Oct. 
 13, 1840, married Feb. 9, 1862, to Daniel 
 Waters, who was born Sept. 14, 1830, in 
 Loudon county, Va., and came to Sanga- 
 mon county in 1852. They had five chil- 
 dren, two of whom died, GEORGE E. in 
 his third year, and I.UI.A in infancy. The 
 other three, ANNIE A., CHARLES M. and 
 LII.LA M., a twin to Lula, reside with
 
 SANG AM ON COUNTY. 
 
 521 
 
 their parents, five miles east of Rochester. 
 EDMOND, born Feb. i, 1843, married 
 Oct. 13, 1870, to Louisana Whitesides. 
 She died Nov. 23, 1871, and he resides 
 three miles east of Rochester, where his 
 parents settled in 1837, and where he was 
 horn. SARAH ANN, born Sept. 20, 
 1845, married August, 1866, to George 
 Lucas, have two children, JOHN H. and 
 MARY E., and live five miles west of 
 Mechanicsburg. ELIZA E., born Feb. 
 23, 1848, married Dec. 27, 1870, to John 
 Archer, have one child, LOUETTA, and 
 live three miles north of Edinburg, 111. 
 MARY ALICE, born March 2, 1851, 
 lives with her mother. John C. Miller 
 died Jan. 13, 1853, and his widow resides 
 three miles east of Rochester, 111., where 
 she and her husband settled in 1837. 
 
 SAMUEL, born Aug. 27, 1815, in 
 Loudon county, Va., married in Sanga- 
 mon county, June 30,1841,10 Eliza Jones. 
 They had four children. ANDREW 
 died August 20, 1845, ' n ^' s f urt h year. 
 EVELINE, born May 28, 1846, married 
 Sept. 26, 1866, to George H. Waters. 
 Mrs. Waters died, Dec. 18, 1870, leaving 
 a son, ORVAL E., who lives with his 
 father, near Sangamon Station. SARAH 
 ELEANOR, born Nov. 6, 1850, married 
 Jan. 10, 1871, to William H. Crowl. See 
 his name. They have two children, 
 LAURETTA and SAMUEL, and reside near 
 Taylorville, 111. MARY, born Sept. 19, 
 1855, li ves with her parents, one and a 
 quarter miles west of Rochester, Illinois. 
 
 NATHAN, born Majch 24, 1822, in 
 Virginia, died in Sangamon county, June 
 9, 1848. 
 
 JACOB C. } born April 9, 1824, in 
 Loudon county, Va., married in Sanga- 
 mon county, June io,-i869, to Charlotte 
 Prather. She was born Jan. 4, 1843, in 
 Washington county, Md. They have 
 two children, SAMUEL J. and DON 
 WILLIAM, and live in Sand Prairie, five 
 miles east of Rochester, Illinois. 
 
 JOSEPH, born August 18, 1826, in 
 Loudon county, Va., married in Sanga- 
 mon county, Oct. 4, 1849, to Louisiana 
 Branch. They have ten children, SAM- 
 UEL J., DAVID F., WILLIAM E> 
 GEORGE W., ALBERT J., IDA E., 
 DELLA ANN, REBECCA, JOSEPH, 
 Jun., and MIRTIE, and reside in Cooper 
 township, four miles east of Rochester, 
 Sangamon county, Illinois. 
 66 
 
 ELIZABETH, born Nov. 3, 1829, 
 in Virginia, married in Sangamon county 
 to Samuel Neer. She died April 2, 1854, 
 leaving one son, NATHAN JESSE 
 NEER, born March 7, 1854, in Sanga- 
 mon county, raised and educated by his 
 aunt, Ann Miller. He is telegraph op- 
 erator and station agent at Rochester, 
 Illinois. 
 
 Christian Miller died Sept. 14, 1842, 
 and Mrs. Sarah Miller died August 20, 
 1864, both in Sangamon county. 
 
 MILLER, ADAM, Sen., young- 
 er brother to Christian, Sen., was born, 
 raised a family, and died in Loudon coun- 
 ty, Virginia, Aug. 6, 1828. His three 
 sons and five daughters all came to San- 
 gamon county, as follows 
 
 ELIZABETH married John Jacobs 
 in Virginia. She is a widow in Cooper 
 township, where she came in 1839. 
 
 CATHARINE married in Virginia 
 to Israel Dulaney. She died in 1844 in 
 Rochester towr.ship, Sangamon county. 
 
 CHRISTIAN, Jun., born Dec. 25, 
 1805, in Loudon county, Va., came to 
 Sangamon county in 1835. He never 
 married, and died at the house of his 
 brother, John A., Sept. 23, 1874. 
 
 BARBARA, born Feb. 20, 1808, in 
 Loudon county, Va., came to Sangamon 
 county in 1835, anc ^ mar -ried Samuel A. 
 Jones, and both died near Rochester, Illi- 
 nois. 
 
 JOHN A., born Nov. n, 1810, in 
 Loudon county, Va., came to Sangamon 
 county in 1835 with his uncle, Christian 
 Miller, Sen. He was married July 14, 
 1842, in Sangamon county, to Mary Ann 
 Norwood. She was born June 7, 1811, 
 in Loudon county, Va., and came in 1838 
 to Sangamon county with her brother, 
 William, who writes his name Norred. 
 John A. Miller and wife had four child- 
 ren in Sangamon county, MARY V., 
 born April 9, 1846, married Aug. 10, 
 1864 to Andrew B. Surber who was born 
 June 8, 1836, in Pulaski county, Ky. 
 They have three children, WILLIAM F., 
 MARY E. and JOHN, and live three miles 
 east of Rochester, Illinois. JOHN F., 
 born Oct. 5, 1848, married Dec. 22, 1873, 
 in Galesburg, 111., to Laura J. Highmore, 
 daughter of John S. Highmore. They 
 live in Edinburg, 111. 6*tRISTIAN 
 E., born March 12, 1850, and SUSAN 
 E., born April 18, 1852, reside with their
 
 EARLY SETTLERS OF 
 
 parents, two and a half miles east of 
 Rochester, Sangamon county, Illinois 
 1874. 
 
 MAR 7, born in 1812 in Loudon 
 county, Va., married George M. Greene. 
 See his name. 
 
 SARAH, born in Loudon county, Va., 
 married there to Abraham E. Nickolls. 
 They came to Sangamon County in 1842, 
 and she died in 1844, leaving two children. 
 Her son, GEORGE Nicholls, lives near 
 Rochester, Illinois. 
 
 AD A M, born July 13, 1819, in Lou- 
 don county, Va., came to Sangamon 
 county in the fall of 1835. He. was mar- 
 ried in Rochester Dec. 31, 1856, to Cyn- 
 thia Elgin. She was born Nov. 19, 1839, 
 in Greene county, Ind. They had six 
 children, five of whom, GILES E., 
 FRANCISCO, DON L., WILLIE, 
 EDNA and a babe, all died under ten 
 years. JESSE E., born March 15, 1864, 
 lives with his parents, in Pana, Christian 
 county, Illinois. . 
 
 MILLER, GEORGE, a brother 
 to Christian and Adam, Sen., was cap- 
 tain of a company in the war of 1812. 
 He had a son 
 
 JOHN G., born Aug. 27, 1810, in 
 Loudon county, Va., and married there, 
 Nov. 1833, to Amanda A. Russell. They 
 had five children, and came to Sangamon 
 county in 1854. Their daughter, MIN- 
 ERVA, married Benj. H. North. See 
 his name. John G. Miller moved, in 
 1873, to the vicinity of New Scandinavia, 
 Kansas. His brother 
 
 JACOB, lives south of Springfield. 
 
 "MILLER, VALENTINE, 
 brother to Christian, Sen., never came to 
 Sangamon county, but has a son 
 
 NA THAN, who resides near Dawson. 
 He was not in time to be included as an 
 early settler. 
 
 MILLER, JACOB, was born 
 in 1789, in Kentucky. He was a soldier 
 in the war of 1812, mustered in at Win- 
 chester, Ky.. and was in the battle of 
 Tippecanoe. Lucina Poats was born 
 Dec. 1 8, 1793, in Stafford county, Va., 
 and was taken to Clark county, Ky., 
 when she was quite young. Jacob Mil- 
 ler and Lucina Poats were there married 
 in 1812. They had five children in Ken- 
 tucky, and moved to Sangamon county, 
 111., arriving Dec., 1824, in what is now 
 the northwest corner of Chatham town- 
 
 ship, where they had five children. Of 
 their children 
 
 ELIZA, born June i, 1815, in Ken- 
 tucky, married in Sangamon county, Oct. 
 20, 1832, to John Greenwood. See his 
 name. 
 
 EUNICE, born May 29, 1819, in 
 Kentucky, married in Sangamon county, 
 Feb. 22, 1839, to John D. Foster. See 
 nis name. 
 
 JOHN H., born Dec. 6, 1821, in 
 Clark county, Ky., married in Sangamon 
 county, Feb. 14, 1849, to Elizabeth Green- 
 ing. They have three children CARO- 
 LINE married William H. Shumate, 
 have one child, ROBERT R., and live in 
 Marshall county, Kansas. ELIZA mar- 
 ried George W. Stubbs. See his name. 
 JOHN T. J. lives with his parents, in 
 Chatham, Illinois. 
 
 EMILY T., born Jan. 13, 1824, in 
 Kentucky, married in Sangamon county, 
 March 7, 1843, to John Greenwood. See 
 his name. She died, April 21, 1866. 
 
 SALLT, born March 20, 1826, in 
 Sangamon county, lives with her mother. 
 
 MATILDA, born Sept. 25, 1828, in 
 Sangamon county, married Aug. i, 1850, 
 to David Erving McGinnis. See his 
 name. 
 
 JAMES F., born Aug. 7, 1831, in 
 Sangamon county, married July 6, 1854, 
 to Melinda E. Shutt. They have four 
 children living, THOMAS J., WIL- 
 LIAM A., CHARLES H. and OLLIE 
 MAY, and live in Loami township, San- 
 gamon county, Illinois. 
 
 EDMUND T., born Feb. 15, 1834, 
 in Sangamon county, married Oct. 20, 
 1859, to Elizabeth Trimble. She had 
 one child, and mother and child died. 
 Mr. Miller was married Jan. 27, 1870, to 
 Elizabeth A. Stubbs. They have one 
 child, MINNIE F., and live on the farm 
 where his parents settled in 1824. It is 
 five miles west of Chatham, Illinois. 
 
 FRANCIS M., born Feb. u, 1836, 
 in Sangamon county, married Oct. i, 
 1858, to Eliza J. Trimble. They have 
 seven daughters, FLORA A., SARAH 
 E., MARY F., LILLIE, LUELLA, 
 ^YDIA B., and a babe, and live in Chat- 
 ham township, Sangamon county, Illi- 
 nois. 
 
 WILLIAM G., born in Sangamon 
 county, married Jan. 14, 1858, to Nancy 
 Baker, She died, leaving two children,
 
 SAN GAM ON COUNTY. 
 
 5 2 3 
 
 HENRY E. and MARY A. William 
 G. Miller married Sarah Hall. They had 
 two children, WILLIAM M. and MIN- 
 NIE M., both of whom died young. W. 
 G. Miller enlisted, Aug. 9, 1862, in Co. I, 
 73d 111. Inf., 1 for three years. He was 
 wounded at Mission Ridge, Nov. 24, 1863, 
 served to the end of the rebellion, and 
 was honorably discharged, June 24, 1865, 
 and resides three miles south of Loami, 
 Sangamon county, Illinois. 
 
 Jacob Miller died, July 27, 1862, and 
 his widow, Mrs. Lucina Miller, resides 
 at the homestead where they settled in 
 1824, in Sangamon county, Illinois. 
 
 MILLER, SOLOMON, was 
 born about 1796, in Adair county, Ky. 
 He was married there to Nancy A. Antle. 
 They had four children in Kentucky, and 
 moved to St. Clair county, 111., and from 
 there to Sangamon county, arriving in the 
 spring of 1820, :it what is now Salisbury, 
 where five children were born. Of their 
 children 
 
 BARBARA, born March 15, 1812, in 
 Cumberland county, Ky., married Reuben 
 Buchanan. See his name. 
 
 E VE, born Dec. n, 1813, in Kentucky, 
 married in Sangamon county to Wm. T. 
 H. Duncan. See his name. 
 
 MELINDA, born in Kentucky, mar- 
 ried in Sangamon county to William C. 
 Hoag. See his name. 
 
 SARAH, born in Kentucky, married 
 in Sangamon county to Morris Lindsay. 
 See his name. 
 
 JASON, born Nov. 6, 1819, in Ken- 
 tucky, married in Sangamon oounty, Feb. 
 10, 1853, to Sarah E. Willis. They have 
 five children, FRANCIS M., MARY E., 
 HARRIET A., THOMAS W. and 
 SARAH IDA, and reside at Salisbury, 
 Illinois. 
 
 JOHN A., born April 8, 1822, in 
 Sangamon county, married in 1847 to 
 Hannah J. Jackson, a native of Massachu- 
 setts. They had three children in San- 
 gamon county. ALLEN A., born May 
 8, 1850, married Nov. 9, 1871, to Marga- 
 ret A. Crawford, who was born May 3, 
 1850, in Laurel county, Ky. They have 
 one child, EDWARD, and reside two miles 
 northwest of Bradford station. MOR- 
 RIS R. and HARVEY reside with their 
 parents, two miles north of Salisbury, Ill- 
 inois. 
 
 DOCIA, born in Sangamon county, 
 married Rev. Tilford Clarke, have nine 
 children, and live in Gardner township, 
 Sangamon county, Illinois. 
 
 ALLEN, born in Sangamon county, 
 married Clarissa Keys. They have seven 
 children, and live in Springfield. 
 
 NANCT A., born in Sangamon coun- 
 ty, married George McMurphy. See his 
 name. 
 
 GEORGE W., born May 18, 1833, in 
 Sangamon county, married June 8, 1854, 
 to Abigail Baker. They had three child- 
 ren, JOHN B.JENNETTE and MAY. 
 Mrs. Abigail Miller died May n, 1867, 
 and George W. Miller lives in Salisbury, 
 Illinois. 
 
 Mrs. Nancy A. Miller died April, 1854, 
 and Solomon Miller married Lucinda 
 Gard. He died in 1858, near where he 
 settled in 1820, at Salisbury, Illinois. 
 
 MILLER, MICHAEL, was born 
 March 16, 1800, in Rowan county, North 
 Carolinia. Eleanor Turner was born 
 about 1801 in the same county. They 
 were married, and had two children 
 there. In 1823 the family moved to 
 Monroe county, Ky., where two children 
 were born; and in 1827 moved to Morgan, 
 and in 1837 to Sangamon county, in what 
 is now Curran township, where they had 
 six living children. Of their children 
 
 RICHMOND married Charity Hart, 
 and lives in Iowa. 
 
 ELIZABE7W married Pleasant 
 Prather, moved to Adams county, Iowa. 
 He was a Union soldier, re-enlisted as a 
 veteran, and while at home on a furlough, 
 was killed on his own farm by a rebel 
 bushwhacker, in 1864. The murderer 
 was his nearest neighbor, and was caught 
 by other neighbors and hung near where 
 the murder was committed. He had two 
 sons, Union soldiers, one of whom was 
 killed in battle after his father's death. 
 The widow and children reside on the 
 same farm, in Adams county, Iowa. 
 BURRELL died, at sixteen years. 
 
 JOHN A., born April 4, 1821, in 
 Rowan county, North Carolina, came 
 with his father to Morgan county, 111., in 
 1827, and to Sangamon county in 1837. 
 He was married Nov. 24, 1842, to Louis- 
 iana Clements. They had nine children, 
 three of whom died young. FRANCIS 
 M., born Oct. u,*i844, was teaching 
 school near Mechanicsburg, abandoned
 
 $24 
 
 EARLY SETTLERS OP 
 
 it, and enlisted in June, 1862, in 
 Co. H, 6pth 111. Inf., for one hundred 
 days, and died at home on sick furlough 
 July 17, 1862. JOHN A., Jun., born 
 Aug. 26, 1852, in Sangamon county, mar- 
 ried June 25, 1874, in Adams county, Iowa, 
 to Margaret E. Prather, who was born in 
 that county Feb. 26, 1852. They live 
 near Chatham, 111. THOMAS P., born 
 Jan. 26, 1855, married Aug. 30, 1874, to 
 Martha V. Graham, at Franklin, Mor- 
 gan county, 111., where she was born 
 Sept. 8, 1859. They live near Chatham, 
 111. CHARLES O., OSCAR C. and 
 ANN E. live with their father. Mrs. 
 Louisiana Miller died Aug. 5, 1874, and 
 John A. Miller resides near Chatham, 111. 
 1874. 
 
 CHARLOTTE married Joseph Lit- 
 tle. She lives with some of her children, 
 in Mechanicsburg. 
 
 HENRT A. married Jane Mason. 
 She died, and he married Elizabeth Mar- 
 tin, and lives in Mechanicsburg, Illi- 
 nois. 
 
 SARAH married William Robbins. 
 See his name. 
 
 MEL VINA married Joseph White, 
 and she died. 
 
 CORNELIA J. married Lewis 
 Hauser, and lives in Adams county, 
 Iowa. 
 
 GEORGE W. lives in Iowa. 
 
 Michael Miller died Jan. 5, 1863, and 
 his widow lives in Adams county, Iowa. 
 
 MILLS, JAMES, was born Oct. 
 20, 1794, in Augusta county, Va. When 
 he was nineteen years old he, with two 
 brothers, went to Pickaway county, Ohio. 
 Elizabeth Mitts was born Oct. 17, 1793, 
 in Virginia, went to Kentucky with her 
 parents, and from there to Pickaway 
 county, Ohio. James Mills and Elizabeth 
 Mitts were there married and had seven 
 children, and moved to Tippecanoe coun- 
 ty, Ind., in 1834, where one child was 
 born, and from there to Sangamon coun- 
 ty, 111., arriving in the fall of 1840, in 
 what is now Fancy creek township. Of 
 their children 
 
 JOHN, born April 24, 1823, in Ohio, 
 married there to Jane Wiley, had five or 
 six children, and the parents died in Pick- 
 away county. 
 
 ELIZABETH, born Oct. 12, 1824, 
 in Ohio, married in Sangamon county to 
 John W. Morrison, who was born March 
 
 17, 1823, in Edinburg, Scotland. They 
 had four children, ORVILLA W., ES- 
 TELLA died young; JOHN W. and 
 JAMES W. The three living reside 
 with their mother. Mr. Morrison started 
 July 9, 1862, for Idaho, and his fate is not 
 certainly known, but it is believed he died 
 there. His family reside in Williamsville, 
 Illinois. 
 
 ADAM, born June 30, 1826, in Ohio, 
 married in Sangamon county, March 23, 
 i g53, to Louisa A. Kerns, who was born 
 August 8, 1830, in Ross county, Ohio. 
 They have five living children, JOHN, 
 HATTIE, EDWARD, ADAM and 
 ELLEN, and live two and a half miles 
 north of Cantrall. 1874. 
 
 WILLIAM, born August i, 1828, in 
 Ohio, died in 1850. 
 
 MARCUS A UR ELI US, born Sept. 
 19, 1830, in Ohio', enlisted at Springfield, 
 in 1861, in Co. G, loth 111. Cav., for three 
 years, re-enlisted as a veteran, served until 
 July 5, 1865, when he was honorably dis- 
 charged. He is unmarried, and resides 
 with his sister, Mrs. .Morrison, at Wil- 
 liamsville, Illinois. 
 
 SARAH, born Nov. 23, 1832, in Ohio, 
 married in Sangamon county to William 
 Newell. They had three children, and 
 he and two of the children died. She 
 married Clay Gaines. They have one 
 child, and live near Odell, 111. 
 
 DEBORAH, born Sept. 30, 1834, in 
 Ohio, married in Sangamon county to 
 David C. Duncan. See his name. 
 
 DORCAS A., born Sept. 3, 1837, in 
 Indiana, married John J. Alexander. See 
 his name. 
 
 James Mills died Jan. 17, 1867, and his 
 widow died June 27, 1870, both in Wil- 
 liamsville, Sangamon county, 111. 
 
 MILLJNGTON, PETER, born 
 July 6, 1737, in Vermont, was married in 
 Boston, Mass., in 1759, to Henrietta 
 Boulden, of that place. She died within 
 two years, aud Mr. Millington was mar- 
 ried in 1769 to Mehetible Glass, a native 
 of Massachusetts. Mr. Millington was 
 Captain in the Revolutionary army, and 
 accompanied Ethan Allen and Benedict 
 Arnold on their expedition into Canada. 
 He was taken prisoner at Quebec, and 
 remained in captivity until the close of 
 the war. Two years later he moved to 
 Millington Spring, New York, where a
 
 SANGAMOtf COUNT*. 
 
 5 2 5 
 
 ^ was born, March 14, 1801, 
 he being the youngest of five children 
 and the only one who came West. He 
 accompanied his father to Ohio, and was 
 married June 3, 1827, at Worthington, to 
 Jane Justice, a native of that State. They 
 had two children there, and came with 
 his father to Sangamon county, 111., ar- 
 riving Oct., 1839, and stopping for a short 
 time at Mazeppa, in Cotton Hill town- 
 ship, where one child was born. He soon 
 after moved into Springfield. Of the 
 three children, AUGUSTUS O., born 
 June 7, 1828, in Worthington, Ohio, en- 
 listed in. 1846 as a private in Co. A*, 4th 
 111. Inf., and was promoted by General 
 Scott, at the battle of Cerro Gordo, to 
 Second Sergeant, for meritorious conduct 
 on the battle field. He served in that ca- 
 pacity until the close of the war. He was 
 married in Springfield, 111., to Almira 
 Marshall, who was born in 1830, in Ohio. 
 They had five children, four of whom died 
 young. Mrs. Almira Millington died 
 Nov. 5, 1856. Augustus O. Millington 
 was married May 10, 1857,10 Mrs. Harriet 
 E. Doud, whose maiden name was Hal- 
 liday, a native of Ohio. He raised a 
 company Aug. 10, 1861, for the Union 
 army, in one day, which was mustered in 
 as Co. I, apth 111. Inf., of which he was 
 commissioned Captain. After the battle 
 of Shiloh, he was promoted by Governor 
 Yates, for meritorious conduct, to the 
 rank of Major. He received his commis- 
 sion as Colonel, Aug. 19, 1863, and was in 
 command of a provisional brigade about 
 eighteen months. When Gen. Sherman 
 started on his "march to the sea," he left 
 thirty-five detachments of invalid troops 
 with Colonel Millington at Bridgeport, 
 Ala. He remained there eight months, 
 when he was ordered to Chattanooga, 
 where he was mustered out May 22, 
 1866. According to the statement of 
 Gen. McClernand, Col. Millington was 
 distinguished for good conduct in battle, 
 and especially as a drill officer, his regi- 
 ment being the best drilled in the brigade. 
 Since the war Col. Millington has been 
 engaged as a contractor and builder, part 
 of the time in Chicago. He resides in 
 Springfield. His only living child, OXKO 
 i., born March 14, 1852, is a conductor on 
 passenger train to and from Little Rock 
 Arkansas. CAROLINE, born May :8, 
 1830, in Ohio, married John Beard, a na- 
 
 tive of Ohio. They have two children, 
 and reside in St. Louis, Missouri. ELI- 
 ZA is married, and resides in Manchester, 
 Mo. Marcus Millington died Aug., 1863. 
 His widow died in 1865, both in Spring- 
 field, Illinois. 
 
 Peter Millington died in 1839; his 
 widow died the same year, both in Sanga- 
 mon county. 
 
 MILSL^VGLE, ANDREW., 
 was born March 25, 1801, in Hampshire 
 county, Va. He was there married, July 
 4, 1832, to Mary Martin, a native of the 
 same county. They had one child, and 
 came to Sangamon county, Illinois, arriv- 
 ing early in 1834, near Springfield, where 
 they had one living child. Of their two 
 children 
 
 ELIZABETH A., born May 8, 
 1833, in Virginia, married in Sangamon 
 county to Thomas Moppin. She died, 
 July 7, 1867, leaving two children, who 
 reside with their father in Kansas. 
 
 JACOB M., born Oct. 22, 1838, in 
 Sangamon county. He enlisted, Aug. n, 
 1862, in Co. E, U4th 111. Inf., served until 
 June 5, 1865, when he was honorably 
 discharged. He was married October 5, 
 1865, in Christian county, to Elizabeth 
 A. Peek. They have two children, 
 MINNIE MAY and GRACIE, and 
 live in Cotton Hill township, near old 
 Rienzi, Sangamon county, Illinois. 
 
 Mrs. Mary Milslagle died Oct. 29, 1838. 
 Andrew Milslagle married Mrs. Jane 
 Beatty, whose maiden name was Waddell. 
 They had two living children. 
 
 WILLIAM, born Sept. 18, 1839, in 
 Sangamon county, enlisted, Aug. 11, 
 1862, in Co. E, M4th 111. Inf., for three 
 years. He was discharged on account of 
 physical disability, in April, and died at 
 home, July 9, 1863. 
 
 MAR Y, born Dec. 7, 1842, in Sanga- 
 mon countv, married Nelson Price. They 
 have three children, NELLIE, AMY 
 W. and ALICE, and live in Cotton Hill 
 township, near old Rienzi, Sangamon 
 county. 
 
 Mrs. Jane Milslagle died, Oct. 23, 1846, 
 and Andrew Milslagle resides in Cotton 
 Hill township, where he settled in 1836. 
 It is near old Rienzi, Sangamon countv, 
 Illinois. 
 
 MISCHLER, PHILIP, was 
 born Feb. 16, 1820, in Heppenheim, Hesse 
 Darmstadt, Germany. His father's fain-
 
 EARL T SB 7 TLERS OF 
 
 ily came to America, landing in New 
 York city, Sept. 17, 1839, and moved at 
 once to Randolph, Portage county, Ohio. 
 Philip started with Adam Kessler, in the 
 spring of 1840, to Wellsville, thence by 
 the Ohio river, to Cincinnati, and from 
 there to Louisville, Ky., where his money 
 was stolen. They managed to reach St. 
 Louis, where they spent the summer at 
 work. They went up the Mississippi and 
 Illinois rivers to Beardstown, and walked 
 from there to Springfield, without any- 
 thing to eat on the road, arriving Sept. 7, 
 1840. His father, Martin Mischler, with 
 his wife and three daughters, came the 
 next spring. The daughters Mary mar- 
 ried George Spath. See his name. 
 Margaret married Andrew Lump. Catha- 
 rine married Henry Ramstetter. 
 
 Philip Mischler married in Springfield, 
 Aug. 20, 1847, to Elizabeth Hrechster, 
 who was born Feb. 14, 1822, at Herns- 
 bach, Baden, Germany, and came, in 1845, 
 to Springfield. They had two children 
 in Springfield. 
 
 PHILIP, Jun., born Jan. 9, 1848, is 
 a clerk in Bressmer's store. 
 
 HENRT, born June n, 1860, lives 
 with his parents. 
 
 Philip Mischler and his wife live at the 
 corner of Eighth and Edwards streets, 
 Springfield, Illinois. 
 
 He learned the business of coopering, 
 in Springfield, and carried it on quite ex- 
 tensively from 1844 to 1868. 
 
 MITCHELL, EDWARD, was 
 born Dec. 13, 1794, in Botetourt county, 
 Virginia, and came west when he was 
 quite young. Early in 1824 he came to 
 Springfield, Illinois, where he was mar- 
 ried on the 6th of June, the same year, to 
 Mary Bartlett, a native of Connecticut. 
 They had thi'ee children, and Mrs. Mary 
 Mitchell died in Springfield in 1830. Ed- 
 ward Mitchell was married Nov. 10, 
 1831, in St. Louis, Mo., to Eleanor Essex, 
 a native of England. They had one 
 child. While living in Springfield Mr. 
 Mitchell took part in the Winnebago 
 Indian war of 1827. In 1825 or '6 he 
 was appointed by President John Quincy 
 Adams, Postmaster of Springfield, and was 
 retained in office by President Jackson, 
 although he was outspok'en in his opposi- 
 tion to Jackson politically, being a Whig. 
 From April 5, 1827, to August 9, 1835, 
 Mr. Mitchell was Recorder of Sangamon 
 
 county. He died in Springfield, Sept. 12, 
 1836. Soon after his death, Mrs. Mitchell, 
 with all his ehildren, moved to St. Louis. 
 Mo. Of his children 
 
 MART ANN, born April- 2 8, 1825, in 
 St. Clair county, 111., brought up in 
 Springfield and St. Louis, was married in 
 the latter city, Nov. 28, 1853, to William 
 M. McPherson. They had six children, 
 WILLIAM M., Jun., LAURA, ED- 
 WARD, MARY, PAGE and SOPHIA. 
 The two eldest are married. Mr. Mc- 
 Pherson was a lawyer and a prominent 
 business man for many years. He died in 
 St. Louis since the close of the rebellion. 
 His widow and children reside in that 
 city. 
 
 LAURA R., born July 4, 1828, in 
 Springfield, 111., was married March 28, 
 1848, in St. Louis, to J. H. Page Black- 
 wood. They had three children, MARY, 
 SALLIE GLASGOW and LAURA. 
 J. H. P. Blackwood died August 15, 1858, 
 and his widow and children reside at St. 
 Louis, Mo. 
 
 ED WARD J., born August 3, 1830, 
 in Springfield, 111., married March 5, 1856, 
 in St. Louis, 10 Theresa Cromwell. They 
 had one child, MARY, and Edward J. 
 Mitchell, died Jan. 29, 1871. His widow 
 and daughter reside in St. Louis, Mo. 
 
 Mrs. Eleanor Mitchell, after the death 
 of her husband in Springfield, lived in 
 St. Louis ten or twelve years, and then 
 moved to Louisiana, Mo., with her daugh- 
 ter 
 
 VIRGINIA, born Oct. 23, 1835, in 
 Springfield, 111., married Dec. 4, 1851, in 
 Louisana, Mo., to Dr. J. D. Harper, who 
 was born Aug. 7, 1824, in Fayette coun- 
 ty, Ohio. He had previously been mar- 
 ried at Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, to a Miss 
 Saunders, who died in 1850. Soon after 
 their marriage Dr*. Harper and wife, with 
 her mother, moved to Springfield. Dr. 
 and Mrs. Harper have three living child- 
 ren, JOHN E., ANNIE E. and HAR- 
 VEY M., and reside in Springfield. 
 
 Mrs. Eleanor Mitchell died July 21, 
 1 86 1, in Springfield, Illinois. 
 
 MITTS, CYRUS, born May 19, 
 1798, near Chillicothe, Ohio. Martha 
 Burbridge was born Aug. 16, 1798, in 
 Bath countv, Kentucky. They were 
 there married Sept. 22, 1818, and had two 
 children, when they moved to Pickaway 
 county, Ohio, where three children were
 
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 527 
 
 born ; and then moved to | Sangamon 
 county, Illinois, arriving in Jwne, 1828, in 
 what is now Fancy Creek \ township, 
 where they had six children- Of their 
 eleven children 
 
 JAA1ES M., horn July 23, 1819, in 
 Bath county, Ky., married in Sangamon 
 county to Eveline B. England. They 
 had six children in Sangamon county. 
 THOMAS J. married Minerva Stratton. 
 They have two children, and live in her 
 native city, Chillicothe, Ohio. MAG- 
 GIE E. married James Symms, have 
 three children, and live in Clarke county, 
 Iowa. -DAVID H. married Mary Jose- 
 phine Nelson, and lives with his mother. 
 LEWIS P., JAMES E. and BELLE 
 M. live with their mother. James M. 
 Mitts died Feb. 10, 1858, and his widow 
 resides four and a half miles northwest of 
 Williamsville, Illinois. 
 
 JESSE ., born Dec. 17, 1820, in 
 Bath county, Ky., raised in Sangamon 
 county, married in Iowa to Julia Russell. 
 They had four children. Mr. Mitts was 
 a member of 37th Iowa Inf., (Grey 
 Beards), and died Dec., 1864, in the 
 army. His widow and children live in 
 Keokuk county, Iowa. 
 
 JANE, born Oct. 20, 1822, in Ohio, 
 married in Sangamon county to George 
 XV. Council. See his name. 
 
 ROLAND, born in Ohio, died Dec. 6, 
 
 1862, aged thirty-eight years. 
 ELIZABETH A., born March 19, 
 
 1828, in Ohio, married in Sangamon 
 county to John McClelland. See his 
 name. 
 
 CARLISLE, born March 12, 1830, 
 in Sangamon county, married June 4, 
 
 1863, to Margaret Hall, who was born 
 Nov. 23, 1838, in Menard county, 111. 
 They reside in Fancy Creek township, 
 four miles northwest of Williamsville, 
 Illinois. 
 
 CYRUS, Jun., born Jan. 28, 1832, in 
 Sangamon county, married Sarah Layton. 
 They have nine children, and live in 
 Keokuk county, Iowa. 
 
 ROBERT, born July 24, 1835, in 
 Sangamon county, is unmarried, and lives 
 in Clarke county, Iowa. 
 
 MARJ^HA, born March 31, 1837, in 
 Sangamon county, married Robert Mc- 
 Clelland. See his name. 
 
 MARY A., born June 25. 1839, in 
 Sangamon county, married Jefferso-i 
 
 Perce. They had two children, and Mr. 
 Perce died in Sangamon county. His 
 widow and children live in Clarke county. 
 Iowa. 
 
 JOHN, born Sept. 10, 1841, in Sanga- 
 mon county, was a soldier three years in 
 Co. C, i I4th 111. Inf., married Susie D. 
 Hay, has three children, and lives in 
 Clarke county, Iowa. 
 
 Cyrus Mitts died Aug., 1852, and his 
 widow died Dec. 19, 1862, both in San- 
 gamon county, Illinois. 
 
 The Union General, Burbridge, of 
 Kentucky, was a nephew of Mrs. Mitts. 
 Her father was a Revolutionary soldier 
 from Virginia, and four of her brothers 
 were soldiers in the war of 1812 from 
 Kentucky. 
 
 MOFFITT, GEORGE, was 
 born about 1780, in Augusta county, Va., 
 was married to Rebecca Gilkison, had 
 two children there, and then moved to 
 Fayette county, Ky., where six children 
 were born. The family moved to Chris- 
 tian county, Ky., and from there to San- 
 gamon county, 111., arriving in what is 
 now Ball township in 1829. Of their 
 children 
 
 JOHN, born in Viaginia, died in San- 
 gamon county, unmarried, aged about 
 forty-five years. 
 
 MYRA, born in Virginia, married in 
 Sangamon county to Moses Archer. See 
 his name. 
 
 SALL Y, born in Kentucky, married 
 in Sangamon county to David Black. 
 They had six children, and Mr. Black 
 died in 1857. His widow lives with her 
 son GEORGE, who married in St. Clair 
 county to Lavina Broom. They have six 
 children, and live near Blue Mound, 
 Macon county, Illinois. 
 
 E VELINE, born in Kentuckv, mar- 
 ried in Sangamon county to Thomas 
 Drennan. See his name. 
 
 MARGARET, born May 18, 1808, in 
 Fayette county, Ky., married in Sanga- 
 mon county to Thompson Pyle. Sec 
 his name. 
 
 GEORGE, born in Kentucky, mar- 
 ried in Sangamon county to Mahala 
 Peters, moved to Jefferson county, Iowa, 
 and died, leaving a widow and three chil- 
 dren there. 
 
 MARTHA, born in Kentucky, mar- 
 ried in Sangamon county, to Calvin Stev- 
 enson, had one son, and Mr. S. died. His
 
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 EARLY SETTLERS OF 
 
 widow married James Mitts; They had 
 seven children, and she died near Mt. 
 Pleasant, Iowa. 
 
 REBECCA, 'born in 1814,111 Ken- 
 tucky, married in 1826, in Sangamon 
 county to Smith Ball. See his name. 
 
 Mrs. Rebecca Moffitt died in 1829, in 
 Sangamon county, and Mr. Moffit mar- 
 ried Mrs. Betsy Dawdy. They had two 
 children 
 
 JAMES and EM1LT, and George 
 Moffitt died in 1860, in Jefferson county, 
 Iowa. His widow lives with her son 
 James, in Mt. Pleasant, Iowa. 1874. 
 
 MOFFITT, THOMAS, was 
 born April 13, 1797, in that part of Mont- 
 gomery, which is now Bath county, Ky., 
 and came to Springfield, 111., Nov. 14, 
 1826. He was married Jan. 22, 1829, in 
 Morgan county, 111., to Eliza A. Gatton, 
 who was born July 26, 1810, in Ken- 
 tucky, also. They had eight children in 
 Springfield, four of whom died young. 
 Of the other four 
 
 JAMES W., born June 4, 1830, was 
 admitted to the bar, and practiced law 
 with his father for a short time, and died 
 Sept. 18, 1864. 
 
 JANE ELIZA, born Dec. 4, 1834, 
 and died March 14, 1858. 
 
 SARAH /?., born Jan, 7, 1837, died 
 Feb. 1 6, 1864. 
 
 THOMAS G., born Nov. 3, 1839, in 
 Springfield, and was clerk in the office of 
 the Auditor of State four and a half 
 years. He enlisted in 1861, in Co. A, 7th 
 111. Inf., was commissioned Lieutenant, 
 promoted to Adjutant of the regiment, 
 and died March 29, 1862, in Springfield. 
 
 Mrs. Eliza A. Moffitt died, Nov. 11, 
 1867, and Mr. Moffitt resides in Spring- 
 field. He is in his eightieth year, and 
 bereft of all his children, and finally of his 
 wife. 
 
 Thomas Moffitt taught school when he 
 came to Springfield, devoting all the time 
 at his command to the study of law, and 
 was licensed to practice in 1828 or '9. He 
 was Orderly Sergeant in a company from 
 Sangamon county in the Winnebago war 
 of 1827, and in 1832 was captain of a 
 company in the Black Hawk war. He 
 served two years as county commissioner, 
 and from 1843 served as Judge of the Pro- 
 bate Court. Under the constitution of 
 1848, he was elected County Judge for 
 four years. He has for many years been 
 
 a Ruling Elder in the Second Presbyte- 
 rian church of Springfield, Illinois. 
 
 MOORE, CHARLES, came 
 from one of the Southern States, built a 
 cotton gin at the east side of Buffalo Hart 
 Grove, in 1823 or '4, ran it for several 
 years, and then moved farther north. He 
 had been a Revolutionary soldier, and 
 while going to draw a pension, the stage 
 upset, and' caused his death. 
 
 MOORE, ENOCH, was born 
 March 26, 1802, near Waterloo, in what 
 is now Monroe county, but then St. 
 Clair county, 111. His parents settled 
 there about 1781. His father, John 
 Moore, was a brother of General James 
 B. Moorie they were natives of Virginia 
 and hils mother a sister of General J. B. 
 Whitesides; she was a native of South 
 Carolina; each of whom were influential 
 men in the early history of Illinois, 
 Enoch Moore was married near Waterloo. 
 Illinois,, Sept. 10, 1833, to Charlotte Sher- 
 man, w"ho was born August 10, 1804, in 
 one of 'the eastern States, and came to 
 Illinois when quite young. They ha i 
 three children, two of whom died in in- 
 fancy. Of the third 
 
 HESTER A., born Nov. i, 1834, was 
 married in Springfield, Nov. 20, 1854, to 
 J. N. Underwood, a native of Illinois. 
 Mrs. Underwood died Nov. 4, 1855, at 
 Bloomington, 111. Mr. Underwood was 
 editorially connected with one of the 
 Bloomington papers. He has since mar- 
 ried, but his residence is not known. 
 Mrs. Charlotte Moore died April 2 
 1839, at Vandalia, 111. Enoch Moore was 
 married near Richmond, Kv., March 31, 
 1845, t Matilda Wakefield, who was a 
 native of Massachusetts. 
 
 Enoch Moore lived in Alton a short 
 time after his first marriage, then moved 
 to Vandalia, where he was employed as 
 clerk in the office of the State Treasurer. 
 When the records were removed to 
 Springfield, in 1839, he came with them 
 and was engaged principally in the Fund 
 Commissioner's office, through all the 
 changes of administration. His strict in- 
 tegrity, unfeigned conscientiousness, hu- 
 mility and consistent Christian deportment, 
 was so apparent that no political partisan 
 ever felt justified in displacing him, and 
 he continued to the end of his life in con- 
 nection with some one of the State 
 offices. His careful and methodical busi-
 
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 529 
 
 ness habits led to the detection of the 
 spurious indebtedness issued in the name 
 of the Fund Commissioners, to the amount 
 of hundreds and thousands of dollars, 
 many years after it took place. He also 
 discovered the fraudulent re-issue of 
 canal bonds by Governor Matteson. 
 
 Mrs. Matilda Moore died March 23, 
 1863, in Springfield. Enoch Moore died 
 March 28, 1876, in Chicago, while under- 
 going an operation for cataract of the eye. 
 His remains were brought to Springfield, 
 and buried in Oak Ridge Cemetery. 
 The only surviving member of the family 
 is their daughter 
 
 CHARLOTTE M., who was born 
 in Springfield, and now 1876 resides in 
 her native city. She has been an ener- 
 getic and efficient laborer in city mis- 
 sionary work, temperance and prison 
 reform. 
 
 Enoch Moore will be remembered by 
 all who visited the State House during 
 the thirty-six years he spent there, by his 
 stature. He was but four feet two inches 
 high, yet his body was so fully developed 
 that in a sitting posture he looked quite as 
 large as the average of mankind. His 
 weight was about one hundred and seven- 
 ty pounds when in ordinary health. The 
 deficiency was in the length of his lower 
 limbs. He leaves a sister, Mrs. Hester 
 A. Allyn, residing at the corner of Third 
 and Monroe streets, Springfield. Her 
 husband, Rev. Norman Allyn, was a 
 traveling preacher in the Southern Illi- 
 nois Conference M. E. church, at the time 
 of his death, at Bunker Hill, 111., in March, 
 1864. 
 
 MOORE, JOHN, was born Apr. 
 20, 1796, in Shoreham, Vermont. He 
 came to Springfield, 111., and was mar- 
 ried Aug. 9, 1823, to Mrs. Elizabeth 
 Hawley, whose maiden name was Mc- 
 Murdy- They had four children in 
 Springfield, and moved to Schuyler 
 county about 1835, where one child was 
 born. Of their children 
 
 JOHN L., born July 5, 1824, is un- 
 derstood to have been the first male child 
 born in Springfield. He was married in 
 Schuyler county Jan. 3, 1855, to J em i ma 
 J. Doyle. He died in the latter county 
 March 14, 1864, leaving a widow and five 
 children, who now live in Rushville, Illi- 
 nois. 
 
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 SARAH E., born March 17, 1826, in 
 Springfield, was married in Schuyler 
 county, 111., to Rev. George F. Davis, of 
 the Presbyterian church. They reside at 
 Casey, Clarke county, Illinois. 
 
 MART E., born Oct. 22, 1830, in 
 Springfield, has been a teacher for many 
 years, and resides with her relatives, 
 partly, in Springfield, Illinois. 
 
 HENRY P., born Jan. 7, 1833, in 
 Springfield, was brought up in Schuyler 
 county, and married in Logan county, 
 111., to Jennie Bock. They have two 
 children, and live near Elkhart, Illi- 
 nois. 
 
 CARRIE P., born Nov. 25, 1835, in 
 Schuyler county. She and her sister, 
 Mary E., were educated at Normal for 
 the profession of teaching. She resides 
 in Springfield. 
 
 Mrs. Elizabeth Moore died Jan. 24, 
 1858, and John Moore died June 14, 1873, 
 both in Schuyler county, Illinois. 
 
 MOORE, BUSHNELL B., 
 was born Jan. 6, 1801, in Shoreham, Vt. 
 Melissa Northrope was born Jan. 30, 1803, 
 in the same town. They were there mar- 
 ried Jan. 7, 1824. Mr. Moore had pre- 
 viously established himself in business at 
 Hopkinton, St. Lawrence county, N. Y. 
 They had two living children there, and 
 the family moved to Sangamon county, 
 111., arriving July, 1836, in what is now 
 Gardner township. Of their children 
 
 MARC I A A., born Oct. 7, 1826, is 
 unmarried, and resides with her mother, 
 at Farmingdale, Illinois. 
 
 MARIA L., born June 29, 1828, at 
 Hopkinton, New York, married in San- 
 gamon county May 15, 1849, to Eben 
 Dutch. He was born Oct. 18, 1819, in 
 Augusta, Maine. They had four child- 
 ren in Sangamon county. FLORENCE 
 MAY is a teacher in the public schools, 
 and resides at Farmingdale. FRED- 
 ERICK and WINTHRbP live with 
 their uncle, Henry S. Dutch, in Oxford, 
 Johnson county, Iowa. RALPH E. lives 
 at Farmingdale, 111. Eben Dutch died 
 Aug. 29, 1864, in Sangamon county, and 
 his widow died in 1876, near Farm- 
 ingdale, Sangamon county, Illinois. 
 
 Bushnell B. Moore died :une 18, 
 1838, in Sangamon county, and his widow 
 married Rev. Billious Pond. See his 
 name.
 
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 EARLY SETTLERS OF 
 
 MOORE, JOHN B., was born 
 July ii, 1803, in Warren county, N. J. 
 Rachel L. McCarty was born Feb. 7, 
 1812, in Morris county, N. J. They were 
 married in the latter county, Dec. 8, 1831, 
 and had four children there. They moved 
 to Sangamon county, 111., arriving July 
 28, 1838, in what is now Gardner town- 
 ship, where one child was born. Of the 
 five children 
 
 ELIJAH V., born Sept. 19, 1832, in 
 New Jersey, married in Sangamon county 
 to Margaret Jones. They had two child- 
 ren, JOHIJ B. and ANN E. Elijah V. 
 Moore enlisted August 5, 1861, in Co. C, 
 2d 111. Art., was appointed Sergeant 
 Major, and promoted to ist Lieutenant, 
 April 20, 1862. He was killed at the sec- 
 ond battle of Fort Donelson, Feb. 5, 
 1863. His widow and children live one 
 mile east of Bradfordton, Sangamon coun- 
 ty, Illinois. 
 
 MOSES H., born Feb. 28, 1834, in 
 New Jersey, married in Sangamon coun- 
 ty, Feb. 24, 1870, to Lenora Crowder, 
 who was born March 14, 1852, in Mis. 
 souri. They have one child, ANN E. 
 and live one mile east of Bradfordton 
 Sangamon county, Illinois. 
 
 DELIA F.,born Feb. 5, 1836, in New 
 Jersey, married Dec. i, 1870, to Isaac 
 Gregory. See his name. They have 
 one child, FANNIE, and live near Blue 
 Mound, Macon county, Illinois. 
 
 JOHN B., Jun., born Dec. 14, 1837, 
 in New Jersey, and raised in Sangamon 
 county. He engaged in freighting over 
 the plains from Nebraska City to Denver, 
 and died March 21, 1864, on Platte river, 
 one hundred and eighty miles east of 
 Denver, and twenty miles from Jules- 
 burg. 
 
 JULIA A., born Dec. 23, 1839, in 
 Sangamon county, married Nov. n, 1858, 
 to William H. Miller, General Superin- 
 tendent of C. and A. telegraph line. She 
 had one chilcl, MARY R., and Mrs. 
 Miller died Nov. 16, 1871, at Bellefoun- 
 taine, Ohio. 
 
 John B. Moore, Sen., died Aug. 18, 
 1839, in Sangamon county, and his widow 
 married Oct. 25, 1842, to Josiah Broad- 
 well, Sen. Sec his name. 
 
 MOORE, JOSEPH, was born 
 Aug. 12, 1780, in Shenandoah county, 
 Virginia. He was there married, Sept. 
 15, 1803, to Julia Ann Duck, They had 
 
 six children in Virginia, and then moved, 
 in 1815, to Bath county, Ky., where two 
 children were born. After a residence of 
 twenty -one years in Kentucky, Mr. Moore 
 moved his family to Sangamon county, 
 111., arriving in what is now Auburn 
 township, in the fall of 1836, and four 
 years .later moved to Ball township. Of 
 their children 
 
 REUBEN, born in Virginia, married 
 Charlotte Coaley, moved to Texas, about 
 1847, an< ^ died there, in 1862, leaving a 
 wife and five children. 
 
 MART, born in Virginia, married to 
 Daniel Hannah, who died, leaving a 
 widow and one child in Mt. Sterling, 
 Kentucky. 
 
 SARAH, born April 27, 1807, in 
 Shenandoah county, Virginia, married in 
 Kentucky to Wm. A. Lockridge. See 
 his name. 
 
 JOHN H., born in Virginia, married 
 in Kentucky to Louisa Boyd, and remain- 
 ed there. 
 
 ABRAHAM, born in Virginia, died 
 in Mississippi, aged twenty-six years. 
 
 ELIZABETH, born in Shenandoah 
 county, Vi-f., married Wm. M. Patton. 
 See his name. 
 
 MORRISON M., born in Bath 
 county, Ky., married in Sangamon county 
 to Elizabeth Crow. They have eight 
 children JOSEPH M. lives in Minne- 
 sota. JOHN H. and CHARLES live 
 with their parents. MARGARET A. 
 married William D. Nuckolls. See his 
 name. GEORGE L., WILLIAM D., 
 ASA B. and SARAH E., live with their 
 parents, on the farm where his father set- 
 tled in 1840. It is two miles south of 
 Chatham, Sangamon county, Illinois. 
 
 JAMES IV., born in Virginia, mar- 
 ried Mary A. Walker, who died, and he 
 married Virginia Lane, and is a practicing 
 attorney in Washington City, D. C. 
 
 RILE Y, died, at ten years of age. 
 
 Mrs. Julia A. Moore died, July 23,1853, 
 and Joseph Moore died Sept. 7, 1856, 
 both in Sangamon county. 
 
 MORGAN, CHARLES, was 
 born Sept. 5, 1781, in Hampshire county, 
 Va. His parents moved to Fleming 
 county, Ky., in 1793. Charles Morgan 
 and Elizabeth Constant were there mar- 
 ried in 1807, and had four children in 
 Kentucky. The family moved in March, 
 1814, to Clermont county, Ohio, where
 
 SAN GAM ON COUNTY. 
 
 they had four living children, and then 
 moved to Sangamon county, 111., arriving 
 in Oct., 1826, in what is now Mechanics- 
 burg township, where two children were 
 born. Of their ten children 
 
 JA COB, born May 20, 1808, in Flem- 
 ing county, Kj., married in Sangamon 
 county May 17, 1832, to Susan Correll. 
 They had three living children. JOSE- 
 PHUS, born March 30, 1833, is unmar- 
 ried, and resides five and a half miles 
 northwest of Illiopolis, 111. MINERVA, 
 born Nov. 8, 1834, died April 3, 1854. 
 CAROLINE, born July 21, 1837, mar ' 
 ried George W. Hesser. See his name. 
 Mrs. Susan Morgan died Oct. 15, 1848, 
 and Jacob Morgan was married Nov. 22, 
 1855, to Mrs. Mary A. Wilson, whose 
 maiden name was Stickel. She was born 
 April 16, 1825, in York county, Penn. 
 They have four children, LUELLA, 
 SELINA B., ANNA M. and CHAR- 
 LES W. Mrs. Morgan has one son 
 by her first ma riage, ANDREA S. 
 WILSON, born Mar. 23, 1847, in Macon 
 county, 111., married in Bloomington, 111., 
 to Mary Hamilton; had one child, and 
 resides in Washington, Kansas. He has 
 represented Washington county in the 
 Kansas Legislature two terms, and is now 
 1874 Judge of the Twelfth judicial 
 district in that State. Jacob Morgan re- 
 sides two and a half miles west of Mc- 
 chanicsburg, Illinois. 
 
 WILLIAM, born in 1810 in Fleming 
 county, Ky., died in Sangamon county in 
 1828. 
 
 JOHN C., born May 19, 1812, in 
 Fleming county, Ky., married in Sanga- 
 mon county Jan. 28, 1836, to Elizabeth 
 Bridges. They had eight children in 
 Sangamon county. MARTHA E., born 
 June 23, 1837, died Oct. 6, 1857. LA- 
 VINA J., born Feb. 19, 1839, married 
 Oct., 1857, to Zenas Crawford. They 
 have five children, MARTHA E., CHARLES 
 
 II., ANNIE F., WM. GRANT and JOHN T., 
 
 and live near Princeton, Franklin county, 
 Kansas. CHARLES W., born Nov. n, 
 1841. enlisted July, 1861, for three years, 
 in Co. I, 41 st 111. Inf. He was killed at 
 Fort Donelson Feb. 15, 1862. His re- 
 mains were brought home and interred 
 near Mechanicsburg. SARAH A., born 
 Feb. 21, 1844, married July 22, 1865, to 
 Victor Bechtel. He served three years, 
 from July, 1861, in Co. I, 4ist 111. Inf. 
 
 They have five children, IDA MAY, LIL- 
 
 LIE A., HARVEY T., ALVA E. and ALTA I., 
 
 and live near Ottawa, Kansas. NOR- 
 MAN C., born Sept. 23, 1846, married 
 Aug. 31, 1871, to Emily Peak, have one 
 child, JOHN T., and live near Richmond, 
 Kansas. AARON T., born July 22, 
 1849, died Jan. 12, 1865. FIDELIA 
 ADALINE, born July 5, 1852, and 
 RUTH EMELINE,born July 10, 1854, 
 reside with their parents, three miles 
 southwest of Illiopolis, Illinois 1874. 
 
 DANIEL, born Feb. 28, 1813, in 
 Fleming county, Ky, married in Sanga- 
 mon county Jan. 9, 1834, to Melinda Mor- 
 gan. They had seven children; one died 
 in infancy. ELIZA, J., born Dec. 31, 1834, 
 married Aug. 26, 1858, to Jeremiah Kel- 
 ly, have two children, and live in Madi- 
 son, Greenwood county, Kansas. MARY, 
 born Nov. 22, 1836, married Dec. 6, 1860, 
 to James Lockhart, and died July 14, 
 1861. FRANKLIN B , born March 14, 
 1839, married Oct. 13, 1870, to Margaret 
 A. Ficklin, had one child, FRANKLIN, and 
 live two and a half miles west of Me- 
 chanicsburg. WILLIAM W., born 
 Nov. 24, 1841, married Jan. 12, 1868, to 
 Emily A. Patterson, have one living 
 child, EDGAR, and live three and a half 
 miles west of Mechanicsburg. ER- 
 SKINE, born June 3, 1849, and EMMA 
 A., born May 12, 1854, reside with their 
 parents, two and a half miles each from 
 Mechanicsburg, Dawson and Buffalo 
 1874. 
 
 AARON, born March 3, 1816, in 
 Clermont county, Ohio, married in San- 
 gamon county Jan. 12, 1837, to Matilda 
 A. McDaniel, whose maiden name was 
 Shinkle. They had eleven children, four 
 of whom died under seven years. Of the 
 other seven MARIA L-, born April 
 26, 1840, married George H. Grabendich, 
 had one child, WILLIAM R., and Mr. G. 
 enlisted in 1862, for three years, in Co. C, 
 married Robert Alls, and died, leaving 
 I24th Illinois Infantry. He was wound- 
 ed at Vicksburg, June 26, and died 
 June 27, 1863. Mrs. Grabendich 
 
 one child, CHARLKS A. MINERVA 
 E., born Nov. 30, 1844, married James 
 Moore, have two children, and live two 
 and a half miles west of Mechanicsburg. 
 CHARLES W., born June 30, 1849, 
 married Matilda Moon, have one child, 
 and lives three miles northwest of Me-
 
 EARLY SETTLERS OF 
 
 jftnicsburg. MARY F., JAMES A., 
 JAN ETTA and MARTHA J. reside 
 with their parents, two and one half 
 miles southeast of Dawson. 
 
 WASHINGTON, born Feb., 1818, 
 in Ohio, died in Sangamon county Sept. 
 26, 1838. 
 
 LA VINA, born in Ohio, married in 
 Sangamon county to G. W. Carrico, 
 and live in Missouri. 
 
 CHARLES W., born May 23, 1829, 
 in Sangamon county, married Oct. 15, 
 1850, to Elizabeth E. Deny, who was 
 born Oct. 26, 1830, in Loudon county, Va. 
 They had eleven children, five of whom, 
 GEORGE E., JOHN R., WILLIAM 
 A., CORDELIA S. and EMMA F., 
 died under six years of age. MINER- 
 VA J., born Dec. 28, 1851, married 
 March 9, 1871, to Benjamin Cox, have 
 two children, EVELINE and ALVA, and 
 live three miles north of Illiopolis. 
 JAMES R., ELIJAH A., LAURA A., 
 LUELLA L. and CHARLES A. reside 
 with their parents, in Macon county, 
 three and a half miles northeast of Illiop- 
 olis, Illinois. 
 
 JAMES A., born March 13, 1834, in 
 Sangamon county, married Nov. 14, 1856, 
 to Sarah A. Lee, who was born iviarch 
 15, 1841, in Gallatin county, Ohio. They 
 had seven children. The first, second and 
 fifth, HENRIETTA, IDA E. and 
 HENRY L., died under four years. 
 CHARLES F., VIOLA E., EDWIN 
 O. and MELVIN A. reside with their 
 parents, in Macon county, four miles 
 northeast of Illiopolis, Illinois. 
 
 Charles Morgan died Jan. 25, 1866, and 
 Mrs. Elizabeth Morgan died Oct. 9, 1868, 
 both in Sangamon county, near where 
 they settled in 1826. 
 
 MORGAN, DANIEL, brother 
 to Charles, was born March 10, 1785, 
 near Warm Springs, Hampshire county, 
 Va., and was taken by his parents, in 
 1793,10 Fleming county, Ky. Marv S. 
 Woods was born June 17, 1786, in Burke 
 county, N. C., and was taken by her pa- 
 rents to Wilkes county, in the same 
 State. In the fall of 1794 they moved to 
 Clark county, Ky., and in 179910 Chilli- 
 cothe, Ohio, and in 1801 to Fleming coun- 
 ty, Ky. Her* father, Andrew Woods, 
 was born in Pennsylvania, taken by his 
 parents to South Carolina, and was Cap- 
 tain ol a company from that State, and 
 
 served nine months in the war for Inde- 
 pendence. He died March 26, 1803, in 
 Fleming county, Ky. Daniel Morgan 
 and Mary S. Woods were married Oct. 
 24, 1810, in Kentucky, and had three chil 
 dren there. They moved to Monroe 
 county, Indiana, in 1822, where one child 
 was born, and then moved to Sangamon 
 county, Illinois, arriving Nov. 21, 1828, in 
 what is now Mechanicsburg township. 
 Of their five children 
 
 MELINDA, born May 18, 1811, in 
 Fleming county, Ky., married in Sanga- 
 mon county, 111., to Daniel Morgan. See 
 his name, 
 
 MART,\>orn Nov. 5, 1815, in Flem- 
 ing county, Ky., died Aug. 24, 1835, in San- 
 gamon county, Illinois. 
 
 ELIZA M., born August 24, 1822, 
 in Fleming county, Ky., married Jan. 29, 
 1843, in Sangamon county, to Samuel N. 
 Little. See his name, 
 
 MAHALA C., born July 19, 1824, in 
 Fleming county, Ky., married in Sanga- 
 mon county, June 29, 1854, to Rev. James 
 B. Houts, who was born May 31, 1817, in 
 Salem, Livingston county, Ky. They 
 had two children, MARY F. and MI- 
 NERVA L. Rev. J. B. Houts died 
 Nov. 10, 1872, at Myersville, Vermilion 
 county, 111. At the time of his death he 
 was filling his 33d appointment as circuit 
 preacher in the M. E. church. His wid- 
 ow and daughters reside in Springfield, 
 Illinois. 
 
 WILLIAM H., born June 26, 1826, in 
 Monroe county, Indiana, is unmarried, 
 and resides one mile west of Mechanics- 
 burg, adjoining the farm on which his pa- 
 rents settled in 1828. He remembers go- 
 ing with his father to a water mill on the 
 Sangamon river, and that th .- mill was 
 roofed by first covering it with logs and 
 slabs, and earth was thrown on that. 
 Weeds were growing on top of the mill, 
 which he thought was very strange. 
 
 Daniel Morgan was a sold er from 
 Fleming county, Ky., in the war with 
 England, from Aug., 1812, to March, 1813. 
 He died in Sangamon county, Sept. 6, 
 1866, and his widow resides with her son, 
 William H. She draws a pension for the 
 services of her husband in the war of 
 1812. 
 
 MORGAN, THOMAS, was 
 born about 1783, in Kentucky. He was 
 married near Cincinnati, Ohio, to Mrs.
 
 SANGAMON COUNTY. 
 
 533 
 
 Elizabeth Butler, whose maiden name 
 was Bell. She was born in 1773, in Ma- 
 ryland. They had seven children in 
 Hamilton county, Ohio, and moved to 
 Sangamon county, 111., about 1822, and 
 settled south of Spring creek, in what is 
 now Gardner township. Of their child- 
 ren 
 
 E VAN, born in Ohio, married in 
 Sangamon county to Elizabeth Ditson, 
 had five children, and he died August 15, 
 1834. His widow married M. S. Skid- 
 more, and lives near Hamburg, Fremont 
 county, Iowa. 
 
 ELIZABETH, married in Ohio to 
 John Bartlow, came with her parents to 
 Sangamon county, and moved to Schuy- 
 ler county, 111., about 1830, where they 
 both died, leaving seven children. 
 
 MARTHA, married in Ohio to John 
 Moffatt, came to Sangamon county, and 
 died, leaving two children, who are mar- 
 ried, and reside near Decatur,. Illinois. 
 
 JOHN, born Jan. 19, 1806, near Cin- 
 cinnati, Ohio, came to Sangamon ^county, 
 in 1822, and married, Feb. 24, 1*825, * 
 Gamely Duff. They had twelve children, 
 in Sangamon county. WILLIAM H., 
 born Jan. 9, 1826, married Emily Rob- 
 inson, had one child, Edward W., born 
 Sept. 17, 1851, resides in Gardner town- 
 ship. Mrs. Emily Morgan died, March 
 28, 1852, and Mr. M. married Mrs. El- 
 mira King, whose maiden name was 
 Bradley. They started to Kansas, and he 
 died Nov. 10,1867, at Rockport, Missouri. 
 His widow lives in Wilson county, Kan- 
 sas. FINIS E., born Oct. 21, 1827, mar- 
 ried Elizabeth Day. They have five liv- 
 ing children, and live at Clinton, Illinois. 
 JOS1AH B., born Nov. 26, 1829, married 
 Mary A. Reed, have four children, and 
 live near Neodesha, Wilson county, Kan- 
 sas. MARY A., born Oct. 17, 1831, 
 married Edward C. Sackett, and died at 
 her mother's. Mr. S. was a Union soldier, 
 and lives near Carrollton, 111. AMAN- 
 DA J., born Sept. 30, 1833, married 
 Alfred Moulton, and died, in 1864, leav- 
 ing two children. ELIZA A., born May 
 31, 1835, married, Oct. 28, 1850, to John 
 Hardin, and has five children, JUI.IET, 
 
 CAMEI.Y F., MARGARET K., IDA and ED- 
 WARD i.. Mr. Hardin has not been heard 
 of for eight or nine years supposed to be 
 dead. JOHN F., born May 13, 1837, 
 lives with his mother. CAM ELY F. 
 
 died in her eighteen year. GREEN B. 
 died in his seventeenth year. URIAH, 
 LYMAN T. and RUFUS M. live with 
 their mother. John Morgan died Dec. 
 25, 1856, and his widow resides 1874 
 one and one-half miles south of Farming- 
 dale, Sangamon county, Illinois. 
 
 RUTH, born near Cincinnati, Ohio, 
 married in Sangamon county to DeLos 
 Brown. They had three children, and he 
 died, near Sidney, Fremont county, Iowa. 
 His widow and child live there. 
 
 THOMAS, J-un., married Martha 
 Massey, and both died in Hancock 
 county. 
 
 MARGARET, married Richard 
 Quinton, and moved to California. 
 
 Thomas Morgan, Sen., moved to 
 Schuyler county, and he and his wife died 
 there in 1858. 
 
 MORRIS, ACHILLES, a 
 cousin to Bishop Morris, of the M. E. 
 church, was born in Kanawha county, 
 West Virginia, married there, and came 
 with his family to Sangamon county, 
 Illinois, arriving in the tall of 1826, in 
 what is now Loami township. He was 
 a soldier in the Black Hawk war, and 
 was afterwards elected as one of the rep- 
 resentatives of Sangamon county in the 
 State legislature. He raised a company 
 in the vicinity of Loami, of which he be- 
 came Captian, in the 4th 111. Inf., under 
 Col. E. D. Baker, and died of disease at 
 Camargo, Mexico, in 1847. He left a 
 widow and eleven children in Sangamon 
 county. His eldest son 
 
 JONATHAN, was born July 21, 
 1825, in Kanawha county, Va., married in 
 Sangamon county, Jan. 23, 1846, to Mar- 
 tha E. Meacham. He enlisted in the 
 company of which his father was Captain, 
 int he 4th 111. Inf. He was promoted to 
 Major of the regiment in Mexico, and 
 was one of the party that captured Santa 
 Anna's cork leg. Served to the close of 
 the Mexican war. Mr. and Mrs. Morris 
 had nine children; four died under three 
 years. Of the other five: NANCY 
 married John Goldsmith, who is editor of 
 the Waverly Times, and resides there. 
 1874. EDOM D., DOUGLAS, RICH- 
 ARD N. and WILLIS GRANT live 
 with their mother in Waverly. Jonathan 
 Morris raised a company in Waverlv, in 
 1 86 1, and was commissioned Captain of 
 Co. , I4th 111. Inf. He was promoted
 
 531 
 
 EARLY SET 7 LERS OF 
 
 to Major of the regiment. After eighteen 
 months service a horse fell with him and 
 crushed an ancle, in consequence of which 
 he resigned Sept., 1862, and died sudden- 
 ly at Waverly, Nov. 12, 1871. 
 
 I have no history of the other mem- 
 bers of the family of Achilles Morris. 
 
 MORRIS, WILLIAM D., bro- 
 ther to Bishop Thomas A. Morris, was 
 born in Cabell county, West Va. He 
 was married there, and brought his fami- 
 ly to Sangamon county in the fall of 1825, 
 and settled on Lick creek, in what is 1 now 
 Loami township. His daughter Melissa 
 married William Heredith. See his 
 name. 
 
 MORRIS, JOHN, was born and 
 married in Cabell county, West Va., and 
 moved, in company with his brother, 
 William D., to Sangamon county in the 
 fall of 1825, settled on Lick creek, 
 and raised a family there. He was a 
 preacher in the anti-mission or predesti- 
 narian Baptist church. His brother, Win. 
 D., was a member of the same church. 
 They were brothers to Bishop Morris, of 
 the M. E. church. John Morris is dead, 
 and has no representative in the county. 
 
 MORSE, JAMES M., was 
 born Feb. 4, 1807, in Newburyport, Mass. 
 He was married April 7, 1831, in West 
 Newbury, to Sarah C. Sawyer, who was 
 born there, Nov. 25, 1807. He moved, in 
 1831, to Vandalia, 111., where they had 
 three children. Mr. Morse was employed 
 in the office of the Secretary of State, 
 and when the State government was re- 
 moved to Springfield, in July, 1839, he 
 came with it. They had three children in 
 Springfield; one died in infancy. Of 
 their five children 
 
 LTMAN C. B., born Feb. 15, 1834, 
 in Vandalia, died Feb. 27, 1855, in Spring- 
 field. 
 
 SARAH E., born Feb. 13, 1836, in 
 Vandalia, 111., married June 4, 1857, in 
 Springfield, to Joseph E. Woods. They 
 had two children ANNIE died in in- 
 fancy. SARAH C. lives with her father. 
 Mrs. Woods died July 9, 1860. Mr. 
 Woods married again, and is living in 
 Springfield, Illinois. 
 
 HARRIET M., born March 9, 1839, 
 in Vandalia, married, Sept. 24, 1857, to 
 William T. Church. They had three 
 children, ALLIE and ANNIE died 
 young. JULIA G. lives with her grand- 
 
 father Morse. Mrs. Church died, Dec. 
 9, 1873, at Elkhart, 111., and was buried at 
 Oak Ridge. 
 
 ELLEN F., born Aug. 2, 1841, in 
 Springfield, married Feb. 20, 1862, to 
 Daniel Winters, who was born in Cham- 
 bersburg, Penn., Jan. 30, 1832, and came 
 to Springfield in 1851. They had four 
 children CHARLES E. and JAMES 
 B. live with their parents. MARY C. 
 and LILIAN M. died young. NEL- 
 LIE is the babe. Mr. Winters is in busi- 
 ness, and lives in Springfield. 
 
 CHARLES E., born Nov. i, 1844, 
 in Springfield, married, March 10, 1868, 
 in Logan county, to Ellen E. Long. 
 They have five children, JAMES H., 
 ANNA B., CHARLES E., JOHN B. 
 and a boy babe. Mr. Morse is engaged 
 in farming, near Elkhart, Logan county, 
 Illinois. 
 
 JULIETT E., born July 17, 1848, 
 in Springfield, died in infancy. 
 
 Mrs. Sarah C. Morse died July 28, 1848, 
 in Springfield, and James M. Morse was 
 married in Springfield, Oct. 30, 1850, to 
 Emma M. Holton, who was born in 1814, 
 at Danbury, Conn. They had four child- 
 ren 
 
 JAMES Wm. died, aged two years. 
 
 JAMES Wm., born Sept. 3, 1853, in 
 Springfield, married Sept. 17, 1872, to 
 Alice B. Schmutz, a native of Bloomington, 
 111. They have two children, FLOR- 
 ENCE B. and ETHEL G., and reside in 
 Springfield, Illinois. 
 
 EMMA G., born Jan. 16, 1856, in 
 Springfield, resides with her parents. 
 
 ANNA C, born Sept. 9, 1859, in 
 Springfield, died March 23, 1866. 
 
 James M. Morse was in the office of 
 the Secretary of State when the office 
 was held by A. P. Fields, Stephen A. 
 Douglas, Lyman Trumbull and Thomp- 
 son Campbell. From 1846 to 1852 Mr. 
 Morse was Assessor and Treasurer of 
 Jiangamon county, and for fifteen years 
 was Public Administrator of the county. 
 He is now retired from business, and 
 resides in Springfield, Illinois. 
 
 When the seat of government was 
 moved from Vandalia to Springfield, 
 James M. Morse came with A. P. Fields, 
 Secretary of State, in whose department 
 he was employed. They were accompa- 
 nied by Levi Davis, Auditor of Public 
 Accounts, with his clerk, Wm. S. Pren-
 
 SANGAMON COUNTY. 
 
 535 
 
 tiss, now Presiding Elder in the M. E. 
 church; John D. Whitesides, State 
 Treasurer, and Enoch Moore, his clerk; 
 William Walters, Public Printer, and 
 Charles H. Lanphier, his assistant. 
 From 1842 to 1844 Mr. Morse was en- 
 gaged in rewriting the Territorial records; 
 and during that time roomed with 
 Enoch Moore at the State house. ' A 
 friendship was thus cemented that could 
 only end with their lives. 
 
 MOSTELLER, CHRISTO- 
 PHER, was born in Buncombe coun- 
 ty, North Carolina, went to Butler county, 
 Ohio, when a young man; and was there 
 married to Phoebe Sackett. They had 
 two children in that county, and moved 
 to Union county, Ind., where they had 
 two children; returned to Butler county, 
 Ohio, and from there came to Sangamon 
 county, 111., arriving in the spring of 1830, 
 in what i now Salisbury township. Of 
 their children 
 
 THOMAS, born Oct. 8, 1807, in But- 
 ler county, Ohio, was married in Frank- 
 lin county, Ind., July 21, 1827, to Char- 
 lotte Morris. They moved with his par- 
 ents to Ohio, where they had two child- 
 ren, and came in the spring of 1830 to 
 Sangamon county, where six children 
 were born. Of their eight children 
 
 . PHCEBE A. died, aged fifteen years. 
 ALICE J., born Nov. 29, 1829, in Butler 
 county, Ohio, was married Dec. 4, 1845, 
 to Job Davenport. See his name. DOR- 
 CAS, born Feb. 14, 1832, in Sangamon 
 county, married Dr. Francis T. Antle. 
 They had four children: HARRIET died 
 in 1874; THOMAS p., IONA o. and MARY 
 ELLA live with their parents, in Peters- 
 burg, 111. JAMES, born Dec. 5, 1833, 
 in Sangamon county, enlisted in 1862, in 
 Co. F, H4th 111. Inf., for three years, and 
 died of disease, near V icksburg, Miss., Sept. 
 1 8, 1863. His remains were buried at 
 the Baptist cemetery in Cart'.vnght town- 
 ship. EDWARD C., born June 22, 1841, 
 in Sangamon county, enlisted in 1861 in 
 Co. A, loth 111. Cav., for three years, 
 
 1 and was discharged on account of physi- 
 cal disability. He was married in Kan- 
 sas to Love B. Holladay. She died, and 
 E. C. Mosteller was married again in 
 Iowa, and has one child. He studied 
 medicine, and attended one course of 
 lectures at Rush Medical College, Chi- 
 cago, 111., graduated at the Eclectic 
 
 Medical Institute, Cincinnati, Ohio, and 
 is practicing his profession at Adelphia, 
 Polk county, Iowa. MARTIN S., born 
 April 21, 1843, in Sangamon county, was 
 married Oct. 4, 1864, to Sarah M. Antle, 
 in Petersburg. They had four children: 
 FRANKIE H. died April 7, 1869, in Macon 
 county, 111.; FREDDIE F., ALBERT A. and 
 MAUD M. live with their parents. M. S. 
 Mosteller is a graduate of the Eclectic 
 Medical Institute at Cincinnati, Ohio, and 
 is a practicing physician at Pleasant 
 Plains, 111. JOHN H. A., born April 
 21, 1847, ' n Sangamon county, enlisted in 
 1862, for three years, in Co. F, n.j.th 111. 
 Inf., and was discharged on account of 
 physical disability in Aug., 1863. He 
 re-enlisted in 1864 in Co. D, 33d 111. Inf.; 
 served to the close of the rebellion, and 
 was honorably discharged in 1865. He 
 lives at Tallula, Menard county, 111. 
 ELIZA W., born June 19, 1852, was 
 married in Petersburg, to Thomas Davis. 
 He is a telegraph operator, and lives at 
 Vandalia, Audrain county, Mo. Mrs. 
 Charlotte Mosteller died March 2, 1865, 
 and Thomas Mosteller lives now 1876 
 at Pleasant Plains. He remembers being 
 present on Richland creek when Abra- 
 ham Lincoln was waiting to make a 
 speech. Josiah Grady said: "Lincoln, 
 they have the story in circulation that you 
 are a Deist." Mr. Lincoln immediately 
 answered: "That is not so: my father 
 was an old Baptist, and taught me to be- 
 lieve in the Christian religion, and I do 
 believe in it as much as anybody; but I 
 confess I have no religion." 
 
 DORCAS, born June 15, 1810, in 
 Butler county, Ohio, was married Sept. 
 18, 1835, i' 1 Illinois, to Benjamin Mc- 
 Elwain. They are without family, and 
 live in Petersburg, Menard county, Illi- 
 nois. 
 
 SAMUEL died in 1844. 
 
 AARON A, born May, 1820, in Union 
 county, Indiana, was married in 184^ in 
 Sangamon county, 111., to Emily Camp- 
 bell. They had six children. JANE, 
 born in 1846, was married to Thomas 
 Gorrell. They are without family, and 
 live in Crawford county, Kansas. 
 GEORGE W., born in 1848, married 
 Mary Lindsay. They have two living 
 children, and live in Crawford county, 
 Kansas. LOUIS, born in 1850, is un- 
 married, and lives in Kansas. ANN,
 
 53 6 
 
 EARLY SETTLERS OF 
 
 born in 1853, died, aged ten years. 
 JOHN C., born in 1856, is unmarried, 
 and lives in Kansas. LAURA, born in 
 1861, died, aged two years. A. P. Mos- 
 teller moved to Kansas in 1861, where 
 Mrs. Emily Mosteller died Dec. 8, 1872. 
 A. P. Mosteller was married Feb. 8, 1874, 
 to Mrs. Mary Hooper, and lives at Osage 
 mission, Neosho county, Kansas. 
 
 GEORGE S., born Nov. 9, 1822, in 
 Fianklin county, Ind., was married in 
 Mason county, 111., Nov., 1856, to Martha 
 Simmons, who died without family in 
 March, 1858. G. S. Mosteller was mar- 
 ried Nov., 1860, to Roxana Reese. They 
 have three living children, FRANK, 
 MARY and IDA, and live at Forest 
 City, Mason county, Illinois. 
 
 REBECCA, born Oct. 16, 1827, in 
 Butler county, Ohio, was married Aug. 
 2, 1849, in Illinois, to Thomas A. Gibson. 
 They had two children. GEORGE L , 
 born Oct., 1850, lives with his parents. 
 JOHN died in his ninth year. T. A. 
 Gibson and family live in Forest City, 
 Illinois. 
 
 Christopher Mosteller died in 1844, and 
 his widow married Rev. John Aiitle. 
 She died August, 1863; both in Salisbury, 
 Sangamon county, Illinois. 
 
 MOTT, JAMES, was born Nov. 
 27, 1803, in Kent county, England, and 
 came to America in 1821, landing in New 
 York. He went to Sacketts Harbor, 
 learned cabinet making, and was married 
 there, Jan. 9, 1830, to Amanda M. Brown, 
 who was born March 18, 1813, at Wood- 
 stock, Vermont. They had three child- 
 ren; two died there, and they moved, in 
 1834, to Cleveland, Ohio. They went 
 from there to St. Louis by water, thence 
 to Jacksonville, 111., in a wagon, and after 
 visiting some relatives in Cass county, 
 came to Springfield, arriving Jan. i, 1836, 
 where one child was born, and in 1838 
 moved to Menard county, near Peters- 
 burg, thence to Athens, Feb. 20, 1843, 
 where twelve children were born, nine of 
 whom died under five years of age. Of 
 the other five 
 
 JAMES W., born July 19, 1833, at 
 Sacketts Harbor, N. Y., partly brought 
 up in Springfield, was married near 
 Athens, April 18, 1856, to Millie J. Hurt, 
 who died June 24, 1857. J. W. Mott 
 was married May 15, 1859, to Mrs. Mary 
 A. Holland, whose maiden name was 
 
 England. Thev had eight children, 
 ALLEN, EDGAR, AGNES, MAR- 
 GARET, JAMES, CHARLES, MIL- 
 AM and EUGENE. Mrs. Mott died 
 Nov. 19, 1872, and J. W. Mott resides in 
 Athens, ^angamon county, 111. 1874. 
 
 GEORG^E E., born July 25, 1836, in 
 Springfield, was married there April 19, 
 1865, to Eliza P. Smith, a native of the 
 same place. They have three children, 
 WILLIAM R., HARRY W. and 
 LAURA E., and live at 635, north 5th 
 street, Springfield. 
 
 HARRIE 7" EMMA, born July 12, 
 1843, * n Athens, married David A. Eng- 
 land. See his name. 
 
 MART A., born in Athens, married 
 James M. England. See his nanic. 
 
 HENRT W., born August, 1847, in 
 Athens, is now July, 1876 clerk of the 
 Matteson House, Chicago, Illinois. 
 
 James Mott died Sept. 24, 1873. His 
 widow lives at Athens, Meuard county, 
 Illinois. Mr. Mott was associate Judge 
 of Menard county one term of four years. 
 
 MOURER, WILLIAM, was 
 born about 1807, in Berkley county, Va. 
 His parents emigrated to Muskingum 
 county, Ohio, where his father died. In 
 In 1823 or '4 he went to Washington 
 county, Maryland, where he was married 
 Dec. 12, 1833, to Jane I. Ensminger, who 
 was born May 8, 1815, in that county. 
 Thev had one child in Maryland, and 
 moved to Springfield, 111., arriving in the 
 fall of 1836, where they had four children. 
 Of their five children 
 
 GEORGE W., born Oct. 29, 1834, in 
 Washington county, Maryland, and 
 brought up in Sangamon county, Illinois. 
 He enlisted in Springfield, Aug. 27, 1862, 
 for three years, in Co. E, H4thlll. Inf. 
 At the organization of the regiment, he 
 was promoted to Quarter-Master, and was 
 with the regiment until after the battle of 
 Nashville, in Dec., 1864, when he was 
 honorably mustered out on account of 
 physical disability. He is now a farmer, 
 and resides with his mother, five and one- 
 half miles southeast of Springfield, 111. 4 
 
 ALICE J. and MARGARET E., 
 twins. 
 
 ALICE J. married, Nov. 18, 1857, to 
 Samuel N. Shoup. See his name. 
 
 MARGARET E., MARYLAND 
 and VIRGINIA reside with ' their 
 mother.
 
 SANGAMON COUNTY. 
 
 537 
 
 EUGENIE G. married John N. Gat- 
 ton. Sec his name. 
 
 Mr. William Mourer formed a partner- 
 ship with Benjamin Ferguson, as carpen- 
 ters and builders, soon after coming to 
 Springfield. Their first work was the 
 building of the American Hotel, at the 
 southeast corner of Adams and Sixth 
 streets; when finished, the finest hotel in 
 the State of Illinois. They were con- 
 tractors for part of the work on the State 
 House, then in course of construction, 
 now the Sangamon county Court House. 
 After the death of Mr. Ferguson, Mr. 
 Mourer continued in the business for 
 about seventeen years. In 1850 he took 
 the contract, and built the north and south 
 porticos to the State House. He bought 
 a farm, and moved in the spring of 1853 
 to Woodside township. While discharg- 
 ing the duties of grand juror, he was 
 taken violently ill, of pneumonia, and died 
 in Springfield, June 10, 1867. His widow 
 resides five and one-half miles south of 
 Springfield, on the farm where they set- 
 tled in 1853. 
 
 MOWRY, JOHN H., born Feb. 
 26, ^829, in Charleston, S. C. Accom- 
 panied his father to Chicago in 1836, came 
 to Springfield, 111., in 1839, and learned 
 the carpenter's trade. In 1856 he was 
 elected Sheriff of Mason county, but re- 
 signed, after serving fifteen months, to 
 avoid hanging a man convicted of mur- 
 der. He was married, Jan. 2, 1858, in 
 Dixon, Lee county, 111., to Martha Grimm, 
 who was born March 6, 1832, at 
 Harpers Ferry, Va. They have six chil- 
 dren living, ANN E., IDA E., ELEA- 
 NOR A, MART, HARRIET and 
 GRACE. During the rebellion 'j. H. 
 Mowry was employed in the mechanical 
 department of the government at Camps 
 Yates and Butler,' near Springfield, and 
 being ordered to Camp Douglas, at Chic- 
 ago, mdved his family to that city. He 
 was also engaged at Camp Fry, and at 
 the arsenal at Rock Island, and on the 
 public works at Wilmington, Delaware, 
 in 1863 and '64. In 1866 he made a two- 
 years tour through England and the con- 
 tinents of Europe, Asia and Africa. He 
 lost all his property in the great Chicago 
 fire, Oct. 9, 1871. In July, 1874, he took 
 charge as first foreman of the addition to 
 the State prison of Michigan, then in 
 course of construction. He remained 
 68 
 
 there until 1875, when he returned to 
 Springfield, where he is now engaged in 
 the business of a contractor and builder. 
 
 MULKEY, JESSE H., was 
 born in Dec., 1818, in Kentucky or Ten- 
 nessee, married Nancy Simpson, a sis- 
 ter to Wm. Simpson, and came to Rich- 
 land creek, Sangamon county, in 1829, 
 and one year later moved to DeWitt 
 county. He died Oct., 1858, and she died 
 April 5, 1872 both in DeWitt county, 
 leaving a large family. Their son 
 
 SAMUEL W., born March i, 1828 in 
 Tennessee, married July 2, 1865, to Al- 
 marinda Harrold, and was married the 
 second time, Dec. i, 1869, to Mrs. Eliza- 
 beth B. Combs, whose maiden name was 
 Foster, a half-sister to Mrs. Hannah F. 
 Stubbs. S. W. Mulkey enlisted July, 
 1861, in Co. F. 4151 111. Inf., for three 
 years, served full term, and was honor- 
 ably discharged, August i, 1864, at 
 Springfield. He lives four miles east of 
 Berlin, Sangamon county, Illinois. 
 
 M Y E RS, HEN R Y C., was born 
 Dec. 6, 1817, in Chambersburg, Pa., and 
 came to Springfield, 111., in 1838. In 1841 
 he went to Boone county, Mo., and was 
 there married in 1843 to Eleanor D. 
 Robards, a native of Lexington, Ky. 
 Mr. Myers moved back to Springfield, 
 111., where they had three children, one 
 of whom died young 
 
 FRANKLIN, born August 5, 1847, 
 in Howard county, Missouri, was trained 
 to the mercantile business by his father, 
 and became his successor. ' He is now en- 
 gaged in miscellaneous merchandising in 
 Springfield, Illinois. 
 
 ELLA D., born in Springfield, resides 
 with her mother. 
 
 Henry C. Myers was first in the grocery 
 trade, changed to confectionery, and 
 from 1861 to 1865 was sutler at Camp 
 Butler. After the close of the rebellion 
 he engaged in general merchandising, 
 and died Jan. 24, 1871. Mrs. Eleanor D. 
 Myers and her two children reside in 
 Springfield, Illinois. 
 
 1ST 
 
 N A VE, HEN R Y, was born Sept. 
 22, 1812, in Carter county, Tenn. Mar- 
 garet C. Bowers was born Sept. 12, 1812, 
 in the same county. They were there 
 married, April 9; 1831, had one child,
 
 538 
 
 EARLY SETTLERS OF 
 
 and then moved to Washington county, 
 Ind., where one child was born. Both 
 children died there, MARTHA in her 
 fourth year, and ELIZABETH in in- 
 fancy. Mr. Nave and his wife moved to 
 Sangamon county, 111., arriving Sept. 22, 
 1839, in what is now Fancy Creek town- 
 ship. They reside one and three-quarter 
 miles north of Cantrall, Sangamon coun- 
 ty, Illinois. 1874. 
 
 NEAL, DANIEL, was born 
 about 1770, in Bedford county, Va. He 
 was married there to Polly Booth, a 
 native of the same county. They had 
 ten children in Virginia, and moved to 
 Franklin county, Tenn., in the fall of 
 1808, where one child was born. The 
 family then moved to Bourbon county, 
 Ky., where they had five children, and 
 they moved to Sangamon county, Illinois, 
 arriving Nov. 10, 1828, in what is now 
 Chatham township. Of their sixteen 
 children 
 
 ACHILLES, born about 1793, in 
 Virginia, died in 1809 in Tennessee. 
 
 FANNY, born in Virginia, married in 
 Kentucky to Barton Darneille, and moved 
 to Sangamon county before her parents. 
 He died in Macon county. His widow 
 died, in 1852, in Chatham township, San- 
 gamon county. 
 
 WINS7^ON, born in Virginia, mar- 
 ried in Kentucky to Melinda Miller, 
 came to Sangamon county in 1829, moved 
 back about 1839, and died, leaving a large 
 family. 
 
 MARY, born in Bedford county, Va., 
 March 18, 1799, married to Andrew Starr. 
 See his name. 
 
 NANCY, born in Virginia, married in 
 Kentucky to Joseph Jackson, and came to 
 Sangamon county with her father, Mr. 
 Jackson died at Galena, and she married 
 John Hodge, who died, and she married 
 Andrew Steele, who was born Feb. 6, 
 1795, in Davidson county, Tenn. She 
 never had children. They live in Loami 
 township. 
 
 WILLIAM, born in Virginia, married 
 Rachel Daisey, in Nicholas county, Ky., 
 and lives with his third wife. 
 
 JUDIJ^H, born in Virginia, about 
 1804, married in Sangamon county to 
 Stephen Shelton. See his name. 
 
 PRUDENCE, born April 9, 1806, in 
 Bedford county, Va., married in Sanga- 
 mon county to Wm. Shelton. See his name. 
 
 CA THARINE lives with her sister, 
 Mrs. Steele. 
 
 STEPHEN B., born Dec. 25, 1808, 
 in Virginia, married in Sangamon county 
 to Julia A. Wyckoff. They had four 
 children FIELDING M., born Oct. 29, 
 1832, married Leah M. Greenwood. They 
 had seven children, JULIA A. died at two 
 years. WILLIAM A., JOHN s., ELIZA A., 
 
 RUTH J., HENRY E. and CORA L. live With 
 
 their parents, four and one-half miles west 
 of Chatham, Illinois. SAMUEL M. 
 enlisted in 1862, in Co. B, nth Mo. Inf., 
 for three years. Served to the end of the 
 rebellion, and was honorably discharged. 
 He was married, in 1869, in Sangamon 
 county, to Clarissa Underwood, have 
 three children, and live in Green county, 
 Mo. MAHALA A. married John W. 
 Greening. See his name. WILLIAM 
 
 A. enlisted in 1861, in Co. I, i4th 111. Inf., 
 for three years, re-enlisted as a veteran, 
 Jan., 1864; served to the end of the rebel- 
 lion, was honorably discharged, and lives 
 near Chatham, Illinois. Mrs. Julia A. 
 Neal died, and S. B. Neal married Eliza- 
 beth Proctor. They had six children, 
 four of whom, STEPHEN B., Jun., SI- 
 MON N., GEORGE W. and MARY 
 JANE, died under fifteen years. HEN- 
 RY C. enlisted, Aug. 9, 1861, in Co. B, 
 3Oth 111. Inf., for three years. He was 
 captured at the battle of Atlanta, Georgia, 
 July 22, 1864, and died in Andersonville 
 prison pen about one month later. Mrs. 
 Elizabeth Neal died, and S. B. Neal was 
 married, April 28, 1862, to Mrs. Lucinda 
 W hited, whose maiden name was Bridges. 
 They had one child, EMMA. Stephen 
 
 B. Neal died, and his widow lives in Lo- 
 ami township, Sangamon county, Illi- 
 nois. 
 
 JOHN A., born July 31, 1809, in 
 Franklin county, Tenn. married in San- 
 gamon county, Aug., 1837, to Eliza A. 
 Greening. They had two children. 
 MARY E. married James Jacobs. See 
 his name. CAROLINE married Pey- 
 ton M. McGinnis. See his name. Mrs. 
 Eliza A. Neal died in 1846, and John A. 
 Neal was married, Jan. 13, 1859, to Mrs. 
 America Darneille, who had previously 
 been Mrs. Gibson, and whose maiden 
 name was Forrest. Mr. Neal was a 
 member of the Sangamon county Board 
 of Supervisors, from 1862 to 1865, and is 
 now a justice of the peace for Chatham
 
 SANGAMON COUNTY. 
 
 539 
 
 township, and resides in Chatham 1874. 
 John A. Neal is authority for the state- 
 ment that about three and one-half miles 
 north of the present town of Rochester, 
 five hogs were confined in a snow drift, 
 ahout the fifth of Jan., 1831, and escaped 
 from it the latter part of February, when 
 the snow was going off. They had been 
 nearly two months where it was impossi- 
 ble for them to obtain food. They were 
 skeletons, but afterwards became good 
 hogs. 
 
 GEORGE W., born in 1811, in 
 Bourbon county, Ky., came to Sangamon 
 county in 1828. He went to LaFayette 
 county, Mo., was engaged to be married, 
 bought a farm of a man named James 
 Bowman, made one payment on it, and 
 had some money left. He was murdered 
 for the money by Bowman, May 6, 1846. 
 The murderer escaped, was captured two 
 years later, and when within six miles of 
 the county seat, one of the guards care- 
 lessly left a pistol in a pocket of his over- 
 coat, which he hung up while partaking 
 of his breakfast. The prisoner watched 
 his opportunity, took the pistol and shot 
 himself dead. 
 
 LUCT, born in Kentucky, married 
 Daniel Richardson, had five children, and 
 lives in Monroe county, Iowa. 
 
 BERTHENA, born in Kentucky, 
 has been twice married, and lives in Ne- 
 braska. 
 
 ELIJAH B., born in Kentucky, 
 married in Sangamon county to Mary 
 Heredith. They had seven children, four 
 of whom died. GEORGE W. married 
 Carrie Greening, and lives in Chatham 
 township. JOHN and ELIJAH also 
 live in Chatham township. The parents 
 both died in 1853. 
 
 BARBARA A., born Jan. 31, 1819, 
 in Kentucky, married in Sangamon county 
 to Sidney S. Campbell. See his name. 
 
 Daniel Neal died, Aug. 26, 1838, and 
 his widow, Mrs. Polly Neal, died in 1854, 
 both in Sangamon county, Illinois. 
 
 . NEAL, JAMES W., was born 
 Sept. 26, 1806, in Bourbon county, Ky., 
 and was married in Nicholas county, Jan. 
 4, 1827, to Mary Cassity. They had two 
 children in Bourbon county, and moved, 
 in company with her father, to Sangamon 
 county, 111., arriving m the fall of 1830, in 
 what is now Rochester township, where 
 
 three children were born. Of their five 
 children 
 
 ALMIRA y., born Nov. 3, 1827, in Ken- 
 tucky, married Feb. 13, 1851, in Sanga- 
 mon county, to Isaac Keys. See his 
 name. 
 
 ELIZA E., born Sept. to, 1829, in 
 Kentucky, married in Sangamon county to 
 H. Cicero St. Clair. See his name. 
 
 NANCY E., born March 14, 1833, in 
 Sangamon county, married Feb. 10, 1853, 
 to Oscar L. St. Clair. See his name. 
 
 WILLIAM H., born April 12, 1835, 
 in Sangamon county, lives at the family 
 homestead, one mile west of Rochester, 
 Illinois. 
 
 JAMES H., born Sept. 5, 1838, in 
 Sangamon county, married in Taylor- 
 ville, Nov. 13, 1866, to Lizzie H. Moore. 
 They had two children, NELLIE and 
 MARY R. The latter died May 8, 
 1875, aged two years. James W. Neal 
 resides at Lamar, Barton county, Mo. 
 He was elected Treasurer of that county 
 in the fall of 1872, for two years, and is a 
 banker in Lamar. 
 
 James W. Neal died June 20, 1870, 
 and his widow resides on the farm where 
 the family settled in 1825, one mile west 
 of Rochester, Sangamon county, Illi- 
 nois 1876. 
 
 NEAL, NATHANIEL B., 
 was born in Bourbon county, Ky., and 
 came to Sangamon county in 1835 or '6. 
 He was married in 1839 to Sarah A. King. 
 Theyhad one child 
 
 HENRT H., born Sept. 25, 1840, five 
 miles northeast of Springfield. He en- 
 listed April 1 6, 1861, on the first call for 
 75,000 men, for three months, in Co. F, 
 9th 111. Inf.; re-enlisted July 28, 1861, 
 same company and regiment, for three 
 years; -served full term, and was honora- 
 bly discharged, Aug. 25, 1864, at Camp 
 Butler. He was married Oct. 4, 1864, in 
 Spi'ingfield, to Lorena Hill, a grand- 
 daughter of Philip Smith. They have 
 four children, IDA B., ALVA, EVA, 
 and a boy babe, and live four miles north- 
 west of Chatham, on the old Starr farm. 
 -1874. 
 
 Nathaniel B. Neal died, and his widow 
 married Hudson Lanham. See King 
 family name. 
 
 NEALE, TOM M., was born in 
 1796 in Fauquier county, Va. His parents 
 moved when he was a boy to Bowling
 
 540 
 
 EARLY SETTLERS 
 
 Green, Ky. He enlisted there and served 
 the latter part of the war with Great 
 Britain which began in 1812. He studied 
 law in Bowling Green, and early de- 
 clai'ed himself opposed to slavery. He 
 was married there in 1821 to Harriet 
 Blakemore. They had two children in 
 Kentucky, and moved to Sangamon 
 county, 111., arriving at Springfield Nov. 
 26, 1824, where eight children were born. 
 Of their children 
 
 SINAI A., born Nov. 26, 1822, in 
 Kentucky, married in Sangamon county 
 to Thomas Beerup. See his name. 
 
 MART E., born March, 1824, in 
 Kentucky, is unmarried, and resides in 
 Carlinville, Illinois. 
 
 RICHARD D., born Feb. 22, 1826, 
 in Springfield, married Mrs. Lucy Wil- 
 liams, whose maiden name was Patten. 
 He died, leaving a widow and one child, 
 JULIA C., who reside near Shelbyville, 
 Illinois. 
 
 7^HOMAS 0., born June 4, 1828, in 
 Springfield, died in California, aged 
 twenty-four years. 
 
 HARRIET B., born Nov. 29, 1830, 
 in Springfield, married Hickison Grubbs, 
 They have five children, FLORA K., 
 NEVILLE C., FRANK P., ED~ 
 WARD and HARRY, and reside in 
 Springfield, Missouri. 
 
 SARAH M. and MARTHA K., 
 twins, born Sept. 15, 1834, in Springfield, 
 Illinois. 
 
 SARAH M. married John Dugger. 
 They have four children, JEFFERSON 
 L., RICHARD N., PATTIE M. and 
 WILLIAM, and reside in Carlinville, 
 Illinois. 
 
 MARTHA K. married Milton Mc- 
 Clure. They have two children, JAMES 
 A. and HATTIE B., and reside in Car- 
 linville, Illinois. 
 
 CATHARINE,\x>]9.n. 15, 1836, 
 in Springfield, 111., married George Gil- 
 bert. They are without family, and re- 
 side at Springfield, Missouri. 
 
 MIRIAM C., born May 28, 1838, in 
 Springfield, 111., married Joseph Edwards. 
 They are without family, and reside in 
 Columbus, Kentucky. 
 
 MARGARET, born April 15, 1840, 
 in Springfield, married John Krugg. 
 They have one child, BERTIE, and re- 
 ride in Wichita, Kansas. 
 
 Gen. Tom M. Neale died Aug. 7, 1840, 
 and his widow died Aug. 27, 1859 both 
 in Springfield, 111. Gen. Neale was a lawyer 
 by profession. He was the highest mili- 
 tary officer from Sangamon county in 
 the campaign against the Winnebago 
 Indians in 1827, being the Colonel com- 
 manding the four infantry companies. 
 He acted as Justice of the Peace for 
 several years, and united many couples in 
 marriage about the time of the "deep 
 snow." Sometimes the only fee tendered 
 him was a saddle of venison. Col. Neale 
 surveyed and laid out into lots the land 
 that was donated to secure the county 
 seat at Springfield. See page j6. He 
 was three times elected Count)' Surveyor, 
 and held that office at the time of his 
 death. Gen. Neale appointed Abra- 
 ham .Lincoln his deputy when he was first 
 elected County Surveyor. 
 
 NELSON, WILLIAM, came . 
 from St. Clair county with Henry Fun- 
 derburk, and settled on Horse creek in the 
 spring of 1817, raised a family of seven 
 children, and moved to Texas. His 
 daughter, Nancy, married James Funcler- 
 burk. See his name. They live near 
 Taylorville, Illinois. 
 
 NESBITT, SAMUEL G., 
 was born August 18, 1808, in what is now 
 Juniata county, Penn. Mary B. Turner 
 was born Sept. 28, 1814, in the same 
 county, and her parents moved into the 
 adjoining county of Mifflin. Samuel G. 
 Nesbitt and Mary B. Turner were there 
 married, June 6, 1833. They had two 
 children in Juniata county, and moved to 
 Sangamon county, 111., arriving June 26, 
 1837, a *- Springfield, and in a few weeks 
 moved to Mechanicsburg, where one child 
 was born. The family then moved to 
 Decatur, where they had four children, 
 and then moved back to Sangamon coun- 
 ty, Clear Lake township, where four chil- 
 dren were born. Of all their children 
 
 MART y., born April n, 1834, in 
 Pennsylvania, was married in Sangamon 
 county, April, 1854, to Reuben Mallory. 
 See his name. 
 
 MARTHA T., born Dec. 9, 1835, in 
 Pennsylvania, was married March 20, 
 1 86 1, in Sangamon county, to Isaac O. 
 Eyman, who was born May 20, 1837, in 
 St. Clair county, 111. They have five 
 living children, namely: LAURA E., 
 CLARA E., LEWIS E., IDA A. and
 
 SAN GAM ON COUNTT. 
 
 54* 
 
 CHARLEY M., and live at Harristown, 
 Macon county, Illinois. 
 
 WILLIAM CAMERON,\>orn May 
 8, 1838, at Mechanicsburg, Sangamon 
 county, enlisted in Co. E, I45th 111. Inf., 
 and was mustered in, June 9, 1864, as ist 
 Lieutenant, for one hundred days; served 
 full term, and was honorably discharged, 
 Sept. 23, 1864. He was married Feb. 23, 
 1865. to Sarah C. Bailey, who was born 
 Oct. 14, 1845, in Hawkins county, Tenn. 
 They have three children, CHARLES 
 E., SAMUEL G. and MARY J., and 
 live four miles north of Rochester, San- 
 gamon county, Illinois. 
 
 MARGARET R., born Feb. 28, 
 1840, in Decatur, was married in Sanga- 
 mon county, Jan. 3, 1867, to James W. 
 Richardson, who was born April 22, 1841, 
 in New Haven, Conn. They have four 
 children, JENNIE B., MARY B., 
 THOMAS and SAMUEL, and live in 
 Clear Lake township, west of Sangamon 
 river and north of Sugar creek. Mr. 
 Richardson enlisted July 18, 1862, in Co. 
 I, 114111 111. Inf., for three years, and 
 served one year in the ranks. He was 
 transferred, March 28, 1864, to the signal 
 corps, and served as such to the end of 
 the rebellion. He was honorably dis- 
 charged at New Orleans, July 4, 1865. 
 
 SARAH G., born May i, 1842, in 
 Decatur, was married Dec. 24, 1868, to 
 Jacob F. Cromley. She died March 5, 
 1870, in Sangamon county. 
 
 HELEN M. } born May 8, 1844, in 
 Decatur, raised in Sangamon county, was 
 married in Decatur, Oct. 31, 1865, to John 
 S. Windsor. They have three children, 
 LILLIE B., MARY L. and HELEN 
 M., and live at Mulberry, Clermont coun- 
 ty, Ohio. J. S. Windsor was born Sept. 
 10, 1836, near Cincinnati, Ohio. He en- 
 listed in Co. K, i i6th 111. Inf., and was 
 mustered in, Dec. 30, 1862, as ist Lieut- 
 enant, promoted to Captain of Co. E, 
 Jan. 31, 1863; promoted to Major, Sept. 
 26, 1864, and Lieutenant-Colonel, May 27, 
 1865. He was mustered out with the 
 regiment, June 7, 1865. 
 
 ALICE E. t born in Decatur, and lives 
 with her parents. 
 
 EMMA K., born Feb. 25, 1849, in 
 Sangamon county, died Sept. 29, 1856. 
 
 EVELINE H., born July 30, 1851, 
 in Sangamon county, was married Feb. 
 
 20, 1872, to Frank K. Springer. See his 
 name. 
 
 SAMUEL T., born July 12, 1854, 
 and 
 
 LAURA B., born Jan. 31, 1859, live 
 with their parents. 
 
 Samuel G. Nesbitt learned the art of 
 printing under Simon Cameron, in 
 Pennsylvania. He was for many years 
 connected with the Illinois State Jour- 
 nal office, but is now giving his atten- 
 tion entirely to farming. While living 
 at Decatur he was elected to repre- 
 sent Macon county in the legislature of 
 1842. He acted with the Democratic 
 party until 1861, when the rebellion broke 
 out. From that time he acted with the 
 Republican party. He served five years, 
 from 1865 to 1870, as the representative 
 of Clear Lake township in the Sangamon 
 county Board of Supervisors, and now 
 resides two and a half miles southeast of 
 Riverton, Illinois. 
 
 NEWCOMER, CHRISTO- 
 P H E R, was born in Huntmgton 
 county, Penn., Oct. 9, 1791. Susan Sells 
 was born March 17, 1794, in the same 
 county. They were married July i, 1813, 
 in Franklin county, Ohio, and had five 
 children there. The family moved to 
 Sangamon county. 111., arriving Dec. 9, 
 1824, in what is now Woodside township, 
 where they had five living children. Of 
 their children 
 
 MARY, born June 7, 1814, in Ohio, 
 married Davis Meredith. See his name. 
 
 CHARLES S., born in 1816, in 
 Ohio, raised in Sangamon county, and 
 died June 14, 1839, at the Galena lead 
 mines, where he was engaged in smelting 
 lead. 
 
 SAMUEL, ELIZA and SUSAN- 
 NAH all died young in Ohio. 
 
 ARMENIA, born in 1825 in Sanga- 
 mon county, died Sept. 4, 1845. 
 
 JANE M., born in 1826, in Sanga- 
 mon county, died September 10, 1845. 
 
 The two latter were engaged to be 
 married, which was to have taken place 
 just about the time of their deaths, if 
 they had lived. 
 
 AMANDA E. died April 23, 1839, in 
 her tenth year. 
 
 DOW, born May 26,1832, in Sanga- 
 mon county, married Nancy M. Fry, who 
 died Feb. 23, 1852, and he married July 
 4, 1854, to Catharine M. Brunk. They
 
 54 2 
 
 EARLY SETTLERS OF 
 
 have two living children, CHARLES 
 W. and MARY JOSEPHINE, and live 
 on the farm settled hy Mr. Newcomer's 
 father in 1824, in the southeast corner of 
 Woodside township, seven miles southeast 
 of Springfield, Illinois. 
 
 Christopher Newcomer died Feb. 12, 
 1852, and his widow died Jan. 12, 1872, 
 both on the farm where they settled in 
 1824. 
 
 NEWMAN, HENRY, was 
 born Aug. 18, 1787, in Baltimore, Md. 
 In 1795 he was taken by his parents to 
 Knox county, Tenn. During the war of 
 1812-13-14 with England, he served in 
 three different companies; once for him- 
 self and twice in the place of relatives, 
 who had been drafted. He was under 
 Gen. Jackson at the battle of New Or- 
 leans. Henry Newman was married in 
 Knox county, Tenn., Dec. 15, 1815, to 
 Priscilla Plumlee, who was born May 13, 
 1791, in Burke county, North Carolina. 
 They had seven children in Tennessee, 
 and moved to Springfield, 111., arriving in 
 Dec., 1828, where they had two living 
 children. Of their nine children 
 
 ELIZABETH E., born Jan. 9, 1817, 
 in Knox county, Tenn., married July 13, 
 1858, in Springfield, to John Haines. 
 They have one child, CHARLES 
 HENRY, and reside in Cotton Hill 
 township, near New City, Sangamon 
 county, Illinois. 
 
 MINER VA W,, born April 29, 1820, 
 in Knox county, Tenn., married April 26, 
 1839, in Springfield, Illinois, to Henry 
 Teed, who was born in 1818 in Spring- 
 field, Mass. They had four children, one 
 of whom was drowned at about fifteen 
 years of age. The otherthree, ALBERT, 
 MINERVA A. and CHARLES, live 
 with their mother in San Francisco, Cal., 
 whither the family went in 1852. 
 
 MARTALMIRA, born Feb. 3, 1822, 
 in Knoville, Tenn., married Dec., 
 1842, in Springfield, 111., to Josiah Moore, 
 a native of Hagarstown, Md. Mr. 
 Moore died in 1857, and she died July, 
 1858. Their only living child, AN- 
 DREW J. Moore, lives in San Antonio, 
 Texas. 
 
 JACOB S., born Jan. 6, 1825, in 
 Knoxville, Tenn., raised in Sangamon 
 county, and was assassinated by an un- 
 known hand April 23, 1873, at Spring- 
 field, Missouri. 
 
 JOHN W., born Jan. u, 1826, in 
 Knoxville, Tenn., raised in Springfield, 
 married in St. Louis, Mo., May 13, 1852, 
 to Caroline M. Field, who was born 
 April 13, 1834, in Auburn, New York. 
 They have three living children, HER- 
 BERT S., JOHN B. and ANNA G., 
 and reside in Springfield. Mr. Newman 
 is a member of the firm of Thompson & 
 Newman, planing mill and door, sash and 
 blind factory, Springfield, Illinois. 
 
 JOSEPH, PLUMLEE, born Nov. 
 18, 1827, in Springfield, enlisted in the 
 4th 111. Inf., under Col. E. D. Baker, and 
 was killed at the battle of Cerro Gordo, 
 Mexico, in 1847. 
 
 JAMES T., born July 29, 1829, in 
 Springfield, and died Sept. 20, 1861, in his 
 native city. 
 
 MART A., born April 15, 1831, in 
 Springfield, married Nov., 1852, to Wil- 
 liam Fooshe. They had one living child, 
 JOSEPH P., a machinist, and reside with 
 his mother in Springfield. 
 
 WILLIAM H., born Jan. i, 1835, in 
 Springfield, and died March 8, 1873. 
 
 Henry Newman died March 20, 1861, 
 and his widow died Aug. 10, 1873, both 
 in Springfield, Illinois. 
 
 NEWSOM, DAVID, was born 
 Dec. 28, 1805, in Greenbrier county, Va. 
 He was the youngest of twelve children, 
 of William and Margaret Newsom, 
 whose maiden name was Spicer. The 
 father was of English and the mother of 
 German parentage, but both born in Vir- 
 ginia. William Newsom died when his 
 son David was seven years old. In his 
 fourteenth year David was thrown upon 
 his own resources, with four dollars in 
 money, some clothes and a limited amount 
 of education. He learned the tanner's 
 trade in Gallipolis, Ohio, but never liked 
 the business. He taught school two years in 
 Meigs county, Ohio, and applied the pro- 
 ceeds in improving his own mind. He 
 returned to Virginia, and was married 
 July 12, 1827, in Monroe county, to Polly 
 Houston. They had one child in Vir- 
 ginia, and in company with his father-in- 
 law moved to Sangamon county, Illinois, 
 arriving Nov. 14, 1828. Mr. Newsom at 
 one time owned and lived on what is now 
 part of Oak Ridge Cemetery, but sold it 
 at a large profit. He then entered land 
 and made a farm near Springfield. Mr. 
 and Mrs. Newsom had nine children in
 
 SANGAMON COUNTT. 
 
 543 
 
 Sangamon county, 111., and in April, 1851, 
 started overland for Oregon. One son 
 was born on the road, and after a journey 
 of six months arrived, Oct., 1851, at the 
 Old Methodist Mission, founded in 1834, 
 about ten miles northwest of the present 
 city of Salem, Oregon. There he receiv- 
 ed a donation of 325 acres of land, upon 
 which they made a farm, and where one 
 child was born. Three of their children 
 died young. Of the others 
 
 JOHN W., born April 30, 1828, in 
 Monroe county, Va., brought up in San- 
 gamon county, 111., was married Dec. 21, 
 1865, in Oregon, to Olive Greenwood. 
 They have two living children, MIN- 
 NIE M. and ROY, and live near Salem, 
 Oregon. 
 
 ROBERT L., born Jan. 22, 1832, in 
 Sangamon county, Illinois, was married 
 in 1856, in Hardinsburg, Ky., to Annie 
 Lightfoot. They have five living child- 
 ren, WILLIAM WAVERLY, AL- 
 FRED LANDER, PERCY LEE, 
 LUELLA and IRENE. R. L. New- 
 som is a druggist, and lives in Cloverport, 
 Kentucky. 
 
 SAMUEL J., born March 13, 1834, 
 in Sangamon county, is a stock raiser. 
 He is unmarried, an i lives near Prineville, 
 Wasco county, Oregon. 
 
 VIRGIL /., born Aug. 29, 1836, in 
 Sangamon county, Illinois, is a stock 
 raiser. He is unmarried, and lives near 
 Salem, Oregon. 
 
 MARGARET 7., born in Sanga- 
 mon county, 111., was married in Oregon, 
 May 7, 1854, to Elisha Veazey, and died 
 March 24, 1861, leaving four children, all 
 died young but JAMES M., who lives 
 with his father, near Gervais, Marion 
 county, Oregon. 
 
 MART E., born April 2, 1841, in 
 Sangamon county, 111., was married Dec. 
 23, 1857, in Oregon, to John W. Green- 
 wood. They have four children, ALICE 
 A., FANNIE, JOHN L. and WINNIE, 
 and live near Salem, Marion county, 
 Oregon. 
 
 ANN M., born Sept. 25, 1844, in San- 
 gamon county, was married, Dec. 31, 
 1863, to J. P. Munkers, near Salem, Ore- 
 gon. They have three living children, 
 FRANK, LENA and IVY, and live 
 near Heppner, Umatilla county, Oregon. 
 
 GEORGE H., born July 9, 1851, at 
 Independence Rock, on the Sweetwater 
 
 river, on the wagon road to Oregon. He 
 was married Sept. 5, 1875, in Oregon, to 
 Lauretta Williams. They are without 
 family, and live at the homestead, ten 
 miles northeast of Salem, Oregon. 
 
 HAR VET M., born April 18, 1854, in 
 Marion county, Oregon, died there May 
 24, 1875. 
 
 David Newsom and wife are living in 
 Marion county, Oregon, on the farm 
 where they settled, Oct. 29, 1851. Mr. 
 Newsom was always fond of literature, 
 and is extensively known in western Ore- 
 gon as an able writer on general topics. 
 He was appointed by President Lincoln, 
 Statistician for the Williamette valley, 
 and served with honor until 1870, when 
 he resigned in consequence of advancing 
 years. He is engaged in farming and 
 fruit growing. His address is Salem, 
 Marion county, Ohio. 
 
 NIPPER, WILLIAMSON, 
 was born Sept. 19, 1796, in Virginia. His 
 father moved to Alabama when he was 
 twelve or fifteen years of age, and from 
 there to the vicinity of Nashville, Tenn. 
 He was there married to Nancy Moore 
 She had twins, and the mother and child- 
 ren died. He was then married to Hep- 
 sey Gibson, who was born Feb. 14, 1803, 
 in Franklin county, Tenn. They had 
 three children, and moved to Sangamon 
 county, 111., arriving in the fall of 1829, 
 about one mile east of the present town of 
 Loami, where six children were born. 
 Of all the children 
 
 ELIZA C., born Oct. 26, 1823, in 
 Tennessee, married in Sangamon county, 
 March 19, 1844, to George W. Legrand. 
 He was born March 12, 1823, in Brecken- 
 ridge county, Ky., and came to Sanga- 
 mon county in 1843. They had eleven 
 children, six of whom died young. Of 
 the other five: SARAH married Oct. 
 19, 1867, to R. Wickliffe Price, who was 
 born Feb. 11, 1825, at Georgetown, Ky., 
 have three children, ROBERT w., PHILE- 
 MON BIRD and CHARLES w., and live near 
 Loami. Mr. Price is a lawyer. WIL- 
 LIAMSON A., ROBERT M., 12LSIE 
 M. and LUCY A. live with their parents, 
 five miles west of Loami, Sangamon 
 county, Illinois. 
 
 NANCT F., born March 16, 1825, in 
 Tennessee, married Miles Meaciham, in 
 Sangamon county, had four children, and 
 died in Warren county, Illinois.
 
 544 
 
 EARLY SETTLERS OF 
 
 HARRIET M., born Jan. 17, 1829, 
 in Tennessee, married in Sangamon coun- 
 ty, to William E. Hudson. See his name. 
 
 ELMIRA J., born May 31, 1831, in 
 Sangamon county, married John Evans, 
 and both are dead. 
 
 AMERICA A.^ born August 2, 1833, 
 in Sangamon county, married Abner 
 Clark, have seven children, and live in 
 Worth county, Mo. 
 
 WILLIAMSON M., born Sept. 22, 
 
 1835. in Sangamon county, married Mary 
 Staley. They had one child, NANCY 
 M. F., and Mrs. Mary Nipper died. 
 W. M. Nipper married Louisa Cline, 
 who was born Oct. 22, 1840, in Scott 
 county, 111. They have three children, EL- 
 MIRA S., PHILIP and JOSEPH W., 
 and live four miles west of Loami, Sanga- 
 mon county, Illinois. 
 
 HEPSET A., born Dec. 13, 1837, 
 married Abner W. Knight. See his 
 name. 
 
 THOMAS H., born Oct. i, 1840, died 
 aged twenty-three years. 
 
 MART M., born March 26, 1843, in 
 Sangamon county, married Oct. 19, 1863, 
 to Wilson Cline, who was born March 3, 
 
 1836, in Scott county. They have three 
 children, BENJAMIN F., JOHN H. 
 and HARRIET M., and live near 
 Loami, Illinois. 
 
 Williamson Nipper died August 24, 
 1843, and his widow married Daniel 
 Staley, (see his name] and she died Mai'. 
 8, 1873, both near Loami, Sangamon 
 county, Illinois. 
 
 NORRED, RICHARD C., 
 
 was born about 1795 in London county, 
 Va., married in Frederick county, Md., 
 to Elizabeth Jenkins; moved to Ohio, 
 and from there to Sangamon county, 111., 
 arriving in 1836. They had children in 
 Maryland, Ohio and Sangamon county. 
 The parents and most of the children died 
 in Sangamon county. One son, only, 
 lives in the county. 
 
 FARIS is married and lives three 
 miles south of Illiopolis, Illinois. 
 
 JAMES 7\, last heard from at Marys- 
 ville, Yuba county, Cal., in 1869. 
 
 NORRED, MARY A., sister to 
 William and Richard C. Norred, was 
 born ir,i London county, Va., came to 
 Sangamon county, 111., and married John 
 A. Miller. Sec his name. 
 
 NORRED, WILLIAM, was 
 born March 9, 1809, in London county, 
 Va. He was married in 1834 in that 
 county to Elizabeth E. Dowdall, who 
 was born there March 9, 1814. They 
 lived in Frederick county, Md., until 
 they had two children, and moved to 
 Sangamon county, 111., arriving Nov. 
 6, 1838, and settled three miles northeast 
 of Rochester, at the mills of Darling & 
 Baker, where a child was born. Of their 
 three children 
 
 CHARLES W., born April n, 1836, 
 in Maryland, died in Sangamon county in 
 his third year. 
 
 SAMUEL T. born July 6, 1838, in 
 Maryland, died in Sangamon county in 
 his fourteenth year. 
 
 CHARLES H., born Jan. 19, 1842, 
 in Sangamon county. He was a medical 
 student, but laid aside his books in Aug., 
 1862, and enlisted in Co. . ii4th 111. 
 Inf. He was placed in charge of a medi- 
 cal dispensary for the regiment, and 
 later, of a hospital, served until the 
 close of the war, when he was honor- 
 ably discharged, attended McDowell 
 College at St. Louis, and graduated there. 
 He was married in Logan county to Eliza- 
 beth Dalbey. They have two children, 
 CHARLES ELMER and WILLIAM 
 ASBURY. Dr. Norred commenced 
 practice at Dawson, but removed to Mid- 
 dletown, Logan county, where he now 
 resides. 
 
 Mrs. Elizabeth E. Norred died Sept. i, 
 1843, in Sangamon county, and William 
 Norred was married in 1845, m London 
 county, Va., to Mary Ann Daneil, who 
 was born in that county, April 22, 1820. 
 She died Oct. 21, 1851, leaving one 
 child 
 
 JOHN W., born June 17, 1847, ul 
 Sangamon county. He married Mary 
 Richardson, and lives in Middletown, 
 Logan county, Illinois. 
 
 William Norred was married Dec. 18, 
 1853, in Sangamon county, to Mrs. Mar- 
 tha Dowdall, whose maiden name was 
 Enlow, a native of Washington county, 
 Pa. She has one child by her first mar- 
 riage, Silas R. Dowdall. Mr. and Mrs. 
 Norred have four children 
 
 FENTON M., LAURETTA, 
 MART E. and ELIZABEl^H C, 
 and reside half a mile northwest of Daw- 
 son, Sangamon county, Illinois.
 
 SANGAMON COUJMTY. 
 
 545 
 
 NORRIS, AQUILLA, was 
 born Jan. i, 1776, near Baltimore, Md. 
 He was there married to Eleanor Norris. 
 They had eight children in Maryland, 
 three of whom died young, and Edward, 
 the eldest, died there Aug. 30, 1830, aged 
 nineteen years. The parents, with four 
 children, came to Sangamon county, ar- 
 riving in Round Prairie, six miles east of 
 Springfield, in April, 1835. Of their four 
 children 
 
 JAMES L., born July 18, 1813, in 
 Maryland, married in Sangamon county, 
 Oct/i7, 1841,10 Sarah E. Cole. They 
 had one living child, PRISCILLA, who 
 married Jesse Estes, has five children, and 
 lives in Winchester, Scott county, Illi- 
 nois. James L. Norris and wife live near 
 Cotton Hill Postoffice, Sangamon county, 
 Illinois. 
 
 JOHN, born Oct. 17, 1814, in Mary- 
 land, married in Sangamon county, Oct. 
 17, 1841, to Mary W. Cole. The two 
 brothers and sisters were married by the 
 same ceremony. John Norris was a sol- 
 dier in the Springfield Cadets, was on 
 duty at Nauvoo, in the Mormon war, and 
 was shot dead accidentally, Sept. 28, 1844. 
 His widow married John Fagan. See his 
 name. 
 
 PRISCILLA, born Aug. 19, 1820, in 
 Baltimore, Md., was married in Sanga- 
 mon county to Gershom Keyes. See his 
 name. 
 
 MART A., born Feb. 3, 1822, in Mary- 
 land , married to Bedford W. Higgins. 
 Sec his name. 
 
 Mrs. Eleanor Norris died Oct. 28, 1852, 
 and Aquilla Norris died March 4, 1856, 
 both in Sangamon county, Illinois. 
 
 NORRIS, ELIZABETH, 
 was born March 22, 1776, near Baltimore, 
 Maryland. She was sister to Mrs. El- 
 eanor Norris. She died Dec. 20, 1872, in 
 Springfield, at the house of A. R. Robin- 
 son. She was nearly ninety-six years of 
 age, and never married. 
 
 NORTH, JOHN, born Nov. 22, 
 1806, near the village of Bent creek, on 
 James river, Buckingham county, Va. 
 His grandfather, Richard North, was 
 born in England, and trained to the busi- 
 ness of a cutler. He came to America, 
 and worked at his business at Bent creek. 
 His wife's maiden name was Thornton, 
 but whether they were married in Eng- 
 land or America is unknown to their de- 
 -6 9 
 
 scendants. Their third son, Peter, born 
 in Virginia, was married there to Eliza- 
 beth Franklin, a daughter of Robert 
 Franklin, of Campbell county, Va. 
 Peter North was a soldier from Virginia 
 in the war with England in 1812. In 
 1819 or '20 he moved to Jefferson county, 
 near Dandridge, Tenn., taking with him 
 six children. The second son, John, 
 whose name heads this sketch, was there 
 married, Sept. 22, 1828, to Anna Giger, 
 who was born Nov. 4, 1807, in that coun- 
 ty. They came to Sangamon county, III., 
 arriving April 12, 1829, in what is now 
 Cooper township, north of Sangamon 
 river, where they had four living child- 
 ren. Of their children 
 
 BENJ. HOUSTON, born Nov. 19, 
 1832, in Sangamon county, married Nov. 
 15, 1855, to Minerva A. F. Miller, who 
 was born May 18, 1836, in Loudon coun- 
 ty, Va. They have three children, 
 JOHN H., MARY A. and ALMEDA 
 S., and live in Cooper township, San- 
 gamon county, Illinois. 
 
 HARVET N., born Jan. 26, 1835, 
 married Nov. 13, 1856, to Sarah E. Pra- 
 ther. They have four children, TONY, 
 EMERY, CLYDE and PETER, and 
 live in Christian county, four miles north- 
 east of Breckenridge, Sangamon county, 
 Illinois. 
 
 JOHN W., born Nov. 9, 1837, in 
 Sangamon county. He enlisted August 
 7, 1862, in Co. A, 73d 111. Inf., for three 
 yeai's, was captured Sept. 20, 1863, at the 
 battle of Chickamauga, taken to Rich- 
 mond, Va., was one month in Libby 
 prison, thence to Danville, Va., thence to 
 Andersonville, Ga., arriving at that prison 
 pen March 20, 1864, where he remained 
 to Dec., 1864. He was then taken to 
 Charleston, S. C., where he spent six 
 weeks in prison, thence to Florence, S. 
 C., where he was released on parole, and 
 started from Wilmington, N. C., March 
 4, 1865, for home, via Annapolis, Md., and 
 reached home March 17, 1865, and was 
 honorably discharged. John L. Hesser, 
 relating his prison experience, speaks of 
 John W. North as " a man of peculiar 
 form or stature, six feet four inches in 
 height, two hundred and ten pounds in 
 weight, and a heart in proportion. In 
 Andersonville he generally went by the 
 name of The Infant. He was very kind 
 and obliging to all the sick and weakly
 
 EARLY SETTLERS OF 
 
 souls; never allowed any imposition on 
 those poor, feeble forms who were not 
 able to defend themselves. We lived as 
 two brothers, commingled our sorrows 
 together for eighteen dreary months, never 
 were separated but one night during our 
 imprisonment. * * * Lived through 
 all the trying and heart-rending scenes of 
 the many kinds of disease and death, 
 where so many more died than lived, 
 astonished that even one could live." 
 John W. North was married March 
 8, 1866, to Maria McDauiel. They 
 had three children, LOU IDA, ANN 
 ELIZABETH and GERTIE LEE, and 
 live two and a half miles south of Me- 
 chanicsburg, Illinois. 
 
 ANDRE W J., born March 18, 1841, 
 died April 26, 1857. 
 
 Mrs. Anna North died Feb. 24, 1844, 
 and John North was married Sept. 19, 
 1844, to Susannah Eckel. They had six 
 children; all died under five years. Mrs. 
 Susannah North died July 1,1855, and 
 John North was married Feb. 19, 1856, 
 to Mrs. Amelia Woodruff, who had pre- 
 viously been. Mrs. West, and whose 
 maiden name was Taylor. They had 
 four children, PETER F. died in his 
 second year. ROBERT F., born Mar. 
 31, 1859, EDWARD E., born Jan. 14, 
 1861, and PERMELIA A., born Jan. 24, 
 1864. John North resides on the farm 
 where he settled in 1829, three miles 
 south of Mechanicsburg, Sangamon 
 county, Illinois. 
 
 NORTH, ROBERT, was born 
 in Oct., 1814, in Buckingham county, 
 Va., and taken by his parents to Jefferson 
 county, Tenn., when he was a boy. He 
 came to Sangamon county with his 
 brother, John North, who had been back 
 to Tennessee. They arrived in Sept., 
 1832, in what is now Cooper township. 
 Robert North was married in Sangamon 
 county March 29, 1838, to America 
 Schmick. She was born Feb. 10, 1816, 
 in Lincoln county, Ky., and came to San- 
 gamon county in company with her 
 mother, brother-in-law John demons, 
 one brother, two sisters and two nephews, 
 arriving in the fall of 1829, and settled 
 three miles south of Springfield. Robert 
 North and wife had six living children in 
 Sangamon county. Of their children 
 
 JOHN W., born May 4, 1840, mar- 
 ried Feb. 23, 1865, to Mary E. Troxell, 
 
 They have two children, WILLIAM R. 
 and SUSAN E., and reside two miles 
 southwest of Clarksville, or Berry station, 
 Sangamon county, Illinois. 
 
 MART A., born Dec. 31, 1842, mar- 
 ried Sept. 10, 1863, to William F. Herrin. 
 See his name. They had five children, 
 BELLE N., JAMES E., CHARLES 
 F., BURT A., and CARRIE F. BURT 
 A. died May 7, 1876. 
 
 SARAH J., born Nov. 17, i8||, 
 married May 22, 1862, to David C. Her- 
 rin. See his name. They had five 
 children, ROBERT E., JAMES W., 
 GEORGE E., DAVID A. and JESSIE 
 LEE; the youngest died Jan. 23, 1875. 
 
 CHRISTIANA, born July 17, 1849, 
 lives with her parents. 
 
 ALBERT, born. April 7, 18=54, mar ' 
 ried Dec. 31, 1873,10 Mary A. Lord, who 
 was born fan. 10, 1852, in Sangamon 
 county. They live three-fourths of a mile 
 east of Clarksville, Sangamon county, 
 Illinois. 
 
 LAURA F., born Nov. 7, 1859, 
 lives with her parents. 
 
 Robert North and wife reside two 
 miles northeast of Berry station or Clarks- 
 ville, Sangamon county, Illinois. He is 
 one of the most extensive farmers in 
 Sangamon county. 
 
 NOTTINGHAM, JONA- 
 THAN, was born Sept. 25, 1808, in 
 Cape May county, New Jersey. Clark 
 Nottingham emigrated from England, 
 and settled in Delaware, about 1760. He 
 moved to New Jersey soon after the Revo- 
 lution, and raised a family. His son Jona- 
 than was Colonel of a New Jersey regi- 
 ment in the war of 1812. He was there 
 married, and was the father of the subject of 
 this sketch. Jonathan Nottingham num- 
 ber two was married, Jan. 30, 1 83 1 , to Han- 
 nah Smith, who was born July 10, 1807, in 
 the same county. Th .-y had four 
 children in New Jersey, and moved to 
 Sangamon countv, Illinois, arriving in 
 Oct., 1837, an d stopped south of Richland 
 creek, where they lived two years, and in 
 the spring of 1840 moved to a farm he 
 had purchased, two and one-half miles 
 northwest of Pleasant Plains. Seven 
 children were born in Sangamon county. 
 Of their children 
 
 REUBEN Z., born Dec. 14, 1832, in 
 New Jersey, married Lutheria Hubbard. 
 He enlisted, Aug. 8, 1863, for three.
 
 SANGAMON COUNTT. 
 
 547 
 
 years, in Co. , xoist 111. Inf., and died of 
 disease, at Cairo, 111., Dec., 1863. 
 
 JOHN, born in New Jersey, married 
 Mary A. Corson, have three children, and 
 live in Menard county. 
 
 ABIJAH S., bo'rn in New Jersey, 
 married Mary Eaton, and lives near 
 Pleasant Plains. 
 
 FRANCIS A., born June 22, 1837, 
 in New Jersey, raised in Sangamon coun- 
 ty, went to Pike's Peak, in 1858, and 
 now lives in Mendocino county, Cali- 
 fornia. 
 
 RA CHEL, born in Sangamon county, 
 married Reuben Corson, have four child- 
 ren, and live in Menard county, Illinois. 
 
 ALMARIN, born March 31, 1840, in 
 Sangamon county. Served three years in 
 the ist Oregon Cavalry, and was honor- 
 ably discharged. He is a stock dealer at 
 Oskaloosa, Kansas. 
 
 CLARKE, born Feb. 26, 1842, in 
 Sangamon county, married in Dayton, 
 Ohio, in May, 1873, to Annie Christian, 
 and lives two and one-half miles north- 
 west of Pleasant Plains, Illinois. 
 
 JANE, born Oct. 29, 1843, in Sanga- 
 mon county, married Henry K. Hoff, has 
 three children, and lives in Golden City, 
 Colorado. * 
 
 JAMES S., born Jan. 17, 1845. 
 Served three months in Co. I, 7ist 111. 
 Inf., and is now 1873 an attorney at 
 Silver City, New Mexico. 
 
 ELIZABETH, born Jan. 22, 1847, 
 married Alexander Higgins. See his 
 name. 
 
 CHARLES W., born June 29, 1848, 
 in Sangamon county, married March 26, 
 1873, to Georgia Pellet, and lives near 
 Pleasant Plains, Illinois. 
 
 Mrs. Hannah Nottingham died July 9, 
 1850, and Jonathan Nottingham was mar- 
 ried, Aug., 1852, in Cape May county, 
 N. J., to Mrs. Mary A. Townsend, whose 
 maiden name was Sutton. Jonathan Not- 
 tingham resides on the farm where he 
 settled in 1840, two miles northwest of 
 Pleasant Plains, Sangamon county, Illi- 
 nois. 
 
 NUCKOLLS, JAMES, was 
 born Jan. 5, 1777, in Botetourt county, 
 Va., and the family moving to Grayson 
 county, same State, he was there married 
 Jan. 5, 1804, to Janey Swift, who was 
 born March 2, 1781, in that county. 
 They had six children in Virginia, and in 
 
 1818 moved to Madison county, Illinois, 
 where they had one child, and moved to 
 what became Sangamon county, arriving 
 in 1820, in what is now Auburn town- 
 ship, where they had one child. Of their 
 children 
 
 CHARLES D., born March 2, 1805, 
 in Grayson county, Va., was married 
 March 10, 1832, in Sangamon county, to 
 Mary Wilson, who was born Jan. 3, 
 1812, in Buncombe county, N. C. They 
 had eight children in Sangamon county. 
 MARGARET J., born March 19, f833, 
 married Richard Ricks, and both died, 
 leaving one child, MANFORD j. THOM- 
 AS J., born Dec. 6,1834, was married 
 Jan. 19, 1871, to Martha A. Brunk. They 
 have three children, LILLY JANE, LUCY 
 M. and GEORGE T; the latter died Feb. 10, 
 1876. T. J. Nuckolls lives in Auburn 
 township, near where his grandfather 
 settled in 1820. JAMES M., born Dec. 
 28, 1836, married iNancy Drennan, and 
 died August 24, 1866, leaving one child, 
 LAURA MAY, who lives with her mother. 
 Mrs. Nancy Nuckolls married James M. 
 Bennington. See his name.. JOHN W., 
 born March 30, 1838, married Louisa Pyle. 
 They have three children, MARY M., 
 CHARLES F. and MILLY ANN, and live four 
 miles west of Pawnee, 111. GEORGE W., 
 born April 23, 1843, lives with his mother. 
 MARY E., born Sept. 28, 1845, married 
 William R. Lockridge. See his name. 
 CHARLES Wm., born May 27, 1848, 
 married Margaret J. Moore. They have 
 one child, MINNIE, and live six miles east 
 of Auburn, Illinois. Charles D. Nuckolls 
 was a farmer and builder in early life. 
 In the early settlement of Springfield he 
 was engaged in the leather business. He 
 purchased a lot at the southeast corner of 
 Sixth and Washington streets for twelve 
 dollars, and several years later sold it to 
 Sangamon county for twelve hundred 
 dollars. A court house was built on it, 
 which was occupied as such from -1845 to 
 1876. Late in life Mr. C. D. NuckolLs 
 studied medicine, and graduated in 1856, 
 at McDowell College, St. Louis, Mo. 
 He practiced several years, and died Nov. 
 19, 1865. His widow lives four miles 
 east of Aubui'n. 
 
 THOMAS J., born Oct. 12, 1806, in 
 Virginia, died in Madison county, 111., 
 aged fourteen years.
 
 EARLT SETTLERS OF 
 
 MARY, born Jan. 6, 1809, in Grayson 
 county, Va., was married in Sangamon 
 county, 111., to Alfred Curry, who died, 
 and she married Jesse Elgin. They live 
 in Pana, Illinois. 
 
 MARGARET, born April 2, 1811, 
 in Virginia, was married in Sangamon 
 county, to James Wilson, and died. See 
 his name, 
 
 MARTHA, born Feb. 20, 1813, in 
 Grayson county, Va., was married in 
 Sangamon county to Noah Mason. See 
 his name. 
 
 JAMES M., born March 11, 1815, 
 died in his sixth year. 
 
 JOHN,\>orn March 24, 1817, in Gray- 
 son county, Va., was married in Sanga- 
 mon county, 111., to Elizabeth Ricks. 
 They had one child, MYRA J., who 
 died, aged seventeen years. Mrs. Eliza- 
 beth Nuckolls died, and John Nuckolls 
 married Adaline Rice, and lives at the 
 family homestead settled by his father in 
 1820, four miles east of Auburn. 
 
 JANE, born Oct. n, 1819, in Madi- 
 son county, 111., was married in Sanga- 
 mon county to John Milton Lockridge. 
 See his name. 
 
 ANN, born August 23, 1822, in San- 
 gamon county, was married there, in 
 1843, to William Graham. He was 
 drowned in July, 1844, while attempting 
 to cross a stream of water in Christian 
 county. His widow was married July 30, 
 1849, to Thomas P. Bond, who was born 
 July 11, 1812, in Burton county, N. C., 
 raised in Kentucky, came to Montgomery 
 county, Illinois, in 1835. In 1839, he, in 
 company with G. R. Jernigan and Wm. 
 S. Ricks, circulated a petition, obtained 
 the requisite number of signatures, and 
 Mr. Bond took it to Vandalia, presented 
 it to the legislature, and secured the pas- 
 sage of the law creating Dane county, 
 which was afterwards changed to Chris- 
 tian coiuity. In 1848 he was elected to 
 fill an unexpired term as county clerk, 
 and then to a full term ; was elected in 
 1868 to an unexpired term as county 
 treasurer, and then to a full term. 
 Thomas P. Bond acquired the title of 
 Col jnel by being elected to that position 
 in the State Militia in 1840. Mr. Bond 
 has two daughters by a former marriage, 
 both married. One resides in Nebraska, 
 the other at Fairplay, Park county, Col. 
 
 Thomas P. Bond and wife reside in Tay- 
 lorville, Christian county, Illinois. 
 
 Mrs. Janey Nuckolls died June 15, 
 1836, and James Nuckolls died Sept. 15, 
 1859, both on the farm where they settled 
 in 1820. It is five miles east of Auburn. 
 
 NUCKOLLS, JOHN, born 
 March, 1781, in Hanover county, Va., 
 was married March 10, 1809, in Grayson 
 county, Va., to Ann Collins, who was 
 born Dec. II, 1786, in North Carolina. 
 They had ten children, three of whom 
 died young. They moved with five chil- 
 dren to Sangamon county, 111., arriving in 
 1826, in what is now Auburn township, 
 where his, brother James had settled six 
 years befqre. They had two children in 
 Sangamon county. Of their seven child- 
 ren 
 
 CLARK, born Feb. 22, 1811, in Gray- 
 son county, Va., was married in Sanga- 
 mon county April 30, 1835, to Orlena 
 Shellhouse. Clark Nuckolls died Oct. 5, 
 1854, in Christian county. 
 
 MATILDA, born Nov. 16, 1813, in 
 Grayson county, Va., was married Dec. 
 1 8, 1834, * n Sangamon county, to Irvin 
 S. Pulliam. See his name. 
 
 MARTHA, born July 3, 1819, in 
 Grayson county, V a., was married March, 
 1844, in Sangamon county, to Willis 
 Shellhouse. See his name. 
 
 CHARLES, born Dec. n, 1822, in 
 Grayson county, Va., was married in 
 Sangamon county Aug. 29, 1849, to Cas- 
 sandra Clayton, who was born Feb. 8, 
 1832. They had three children, AMAN- 
 DA E., "M." and EMILY % Mrs. 
 Cassaranda Nuckolls was killed by light- 
 ning May 25, 1858. Charles Nuckolls 
 was married Oct. 19, 1858, to Susan 
 Baker, who was born Jan., 1832, in Bertie 
 county, North Carolina, and moved to 
 Sangamon county, 111., in 1850. They 
 have seven children, CHARLES S., 
 JOHN H., SARAH N., JAMES A., 
 LYDIA M., ROBERT J. and WIL- 
 LIAM W. Charles Nuckolls and family 
 reside near Auburn, Illinois. 
 
 JAMES D., born Dec. 22, 1824, in 
 Grayson county, Va., was married in 
 Sangamon county March 22, 1849, to 
 Lydia Easley. They had six children, 
 JOHN W., JAMES M., THOMAS J., 
 EMMA A., WARHAM E. and 
 CHARLES D. Mrs. Lydia Nuckolls 
 died in Missouri, and J. D. Nuckolls was
 
 SANGAMON COUNTY. 
 
 549 
 
 married June 16, 1870, to Louisa J. Vo- 
 shell. They have one child, LYDIA A., 
 and reside near Auburn, Illinois. 
 
 JANE, born Jan. 2, 1828, in Sanga- 
 mon county, was married there March 26, 
 1846, to James Blount, who was born 
 Aug. 8, 1822, in Tennessee. They had 
 three children: JOHN, born Dec. 25, 
 1849, in Sangamon county, and JAMES 
 H., born Jan. 22, 1851, in Sangamon 
 county, both live in Edinburg; IDA M., 
 born March 28, 1857, was niarr "i e d April 
 7, 1874, to Thomas Bell, who was born 
 April 5, 1841, in Champaign county, 
 Ohio. They live in Edinburg, 111. Mr. 
 and Mrs. Blount reside in Edinburg, 
 Christian county, Illinois. 
 
 AMANDA, born Oct. 16, 1831, in 
 Sangamon county, married Samuel 
 Davidson. See his name. 
 
 John Nuckolls died Aug. 2, 1844, in 
 Sangamon county, and his widow, Mrs. 
 Ann Nuckolls, resides with her children 
 in Ball and Pawnee township. She is in 
 her ninetieth year, and enjoys excellent 
 health March, 1876. 
 
 OG DEN. Two brothers, John and 
 Joseph Ogden, were born and married in 
 Maryland. John moved to Logan coun- 
 ty, Ky., and raised a family there. Sev- 
 eral years later, Joseph died in Maryland. 
 John moved the family of his brother 
 Joseph to Grayson county, Ky. John's 
 daughter 
 
 SARAH, married Nathaniel Rames. 
 See his name. 
 
 Joseph's son 
 
 OGDEN, ZACHARIAH, was 
 born Nov. n, 1794, near Frederick City, 
 St. Mary's county, Maryland. His father 
 died there when he was quite young, and 
 his mother moved to Washington county, 
 Kentucky. Zachariah was married, in 
 1815, in Grayson county, to Elizabeth 
 Peerce. They had six children in Ken- 
 tucky, and the family moved to Sanga- 
 mon county, 111., arriving Oct 13, 1827, in 
 what is now Ball township, where they 
 had five children. Of their children 
 
 MELINDA, born in Kentucky, mar- 
 ried in Sangamon county to Stephen 
 Gatton. They had two children, and the 
 whole family died. 
 
 WINNIE, born in Kentucky, married 
 in Sangamon county to James Clark. 
 They have eleven children, and live in 
 Decatur county, Iowa. 
 
 JAMES, born in Kentucky, married 
 in Sangamon county to Jane Ogden. 
 They had six children in Sangamon 
 county, four of whom died, namely: 
 ELIZABETH, at seventeen; MARY 
 A., at two; SARAH M., in infancy, and 
 ZACHARIAH P., in his thirteenth 
 year. JAMES WM. and JOSEPH 
 RAMES live with their father. Mrs. 
 Jane Ogden died May 28, 1869, and 
 James Ogden lives one and one-quarter 
 miles southwest of Pawnee, Illinois. 
 
 ' WILLIAM L., born in Kentucky, 
 married in Sangamon county to Eliza J. 
 Davis, who died, Jan., 1842, leaving one 
 child. He married Lucy Durbin. They 
 had six children. Mr. Ogden died, May 
 i, 1858, and Mrs. Ogden died, June 9, 
 1869, and all the children are dead except 
 three. MIRANDA I. lives with her 
 uncle, J. B. Ogden. ELIZABETH A. 
 lives with J. T. Burtle, Sen., and MAR- 
 GARET M. with her uncle, James Og- 
 den. 
 
 JOSEPH B., born in Kentucky, 
 married in Sangamon county to Mary E. 
 Brawner. They had five living children. 
 MARY M. married James Shively, has 
 one child, DORA, and lives in Pawnee 
 township. BETTANEY E., JAMES 
 W., ANN E. and SARAH M. live with 
 their parents, one mile southwest of Paw- 
 nee, Illinois. 
 
 JOHN C., born in Kentucky, married 
 in Sangamon county to Minerva J. Clay- 
 ton. He died, July, 1850, leaving a widow 
 and one child, JAMES HARDIN,. The 
 widow married, and lives in Missouri. 
 
 SARAH, born in Sangamon county, 
 in 1828, died Aug., 1835. 
 
 FRANCIS M., born in 1830, in San- 
 gamon county, married Elizabeth Durbin. 
 They had two children, ZACHARIAH 
 and JAMES M. Mrs. Ogden died, and 
 he married Maria Riney, has four child- 
 ren, SUSAN E., EDNA F., GER- 
 TRUDE I. and FANNIE B., and live- 
 four miles southeast of Pawnee, Illinois. 
 
 ELIZABETH E., born in Sanga- 
 mon county, married James Durbin, who 
 died, leaving a widow and one child, 
 MARGARET J., who married James
 
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 EA RL Y SB TTLBRS OF 
 
 Riney, and lives four miles south of Paw- 
 nee, Illinois. 
 
 MART J. died, aged sixteen, and 
 
 SARAH M. died, aged five years. 
 
 Mrs. Elizabeth Ogden died, October 4, 
 1858, and Zachariah Ogden died Aug. 4, 
 1869, and were both buried at St. Bernard 
 Catholic church, Sangamon county, Illi- 
 nois. 
 
 O'NEAL, SAMUEL, was born 
 Oct. n, i8n,in Kentucky, and came to 
 Sangamon county, 111., when he was a 
 young man. He married three times, 
 and his wives all died. His son 
 
 JAMES HENRY, disappeared very 
 mysteriously. He left a wife, but no 
 children. After the death of his father, 
 advertisements were kept in the papers 
 for two years, in order to ascertain where 
 he was, that he might obtain his propor- 
 tion of his father's estate. At the end of 
 that time, his debts were paid from it, and 
 the remainder divided among the other 
 heirs. Samuel O'Neal's daughter 
 
 SARAH, married Jan. 6, 1862, to 
 Charles H. Willison. She died May 8, 
 1864, leaving one child, MARY E., 
 who lives with her father. He married 
 Sarah J. Henkle. See Jacob Henkle. 
 
 Samuel O'Neal was married June 5, 
 1847, * Lucy Scott. They had six child- 
 ren, four of whom died under eleven 
 years. Of the other two 
 
 MINER VA E., born Aug. 25, 1854, 
 and 
 
 WILLIAM F., born June 15, 1862, 
 live with their mother. 
 
 Samuel O'Neal died in 1863, and his 
 widow and children reside in Ball town- 
 ship, four miles southeast of Chatham, 
 Illinois. 
 
 OROAN, MICAJAH, was born 
 Sept. 14, 1793, near Nicholasville, Jes- 
 samine county, Kentucky. He was mar- 
 ried Dec. 1 8, 1817, to Susannah Don- 
 ner, a sister of George and Jacob Donner. 
 They had five children in Kentucky, one 
 of whom, WILLIAM R., died, at eight 
 years of age. The family moved to San- 
 gamon county, 111., arriving in the autumn 
 of 1828, on German Prairie, five miles 
 northeast of Springfield, and in 1829 
 moved to what is now Auburn township, 
 where they had six living children. Of 
 their children 
 
 GEORGE L., born Dec. 29, 1820, in 
 Kentucky, married in Sangamon county 
 
 to Mary Foster. They had five children, 
 MINERVA J., SARAH F., WIL- 
 LIAM, IDA and LESLIE. Mrs. Mary 
 Organ died, and he married Mrs. Wyatt, 
 whose maiden name was Jacobs. They 
 have one child, EFFIE M., and live in 
 Virden, Illinois. 
 
 ATHA, born April 7, 1823, in Ken- 
 tucky, married in Sangamon county to 
 Elijah A. West. See his name. 
 
 HEZEKIAH B., born April i, 1825, 
 in Kentucky, married in Sangamon coun- 
 ty to Catharine A. Gates. They have 
 three children, DAVID, ANDREW and 
 GEORGE A., and live five miles south- 
 west of Auburn, Illinois. 
 
 SUSAN, born Jan. 25, 1827, in Ken- 
 tucky, married to David H. Patton. See 
 his name. 
 
 DANIEL F., born April 16, 1829, in 
 Sangamon county, Illinois, married Eliza- 
 beth Kossner, have five children, 
 CHARLES, WILLIAM, MICAJAH, 
 ATHA M. and FRANK, and live near 
 Longton, Elk county, Kansas. 
 
 JORDANS.,\>orn August 16, 1832, 
 in Sangamon county, married Mai'garet 
 ret C. Wineman, daughter of Philip 
 Wineman. They have two children, 
 IVY JANE and LELIA GRACE. 
 Jordan S. Organ has for several years 
 represented Auburn township in the 
 Board of Supervisors of Sangamon coun- 
 ty. He resides two miles south of 
 Auburn, Sangamon county, Illinois. 
 
 THOMAS H., born Dec. 11, 1834, in 
 Sangamon county, married Hannah J. 
 Brown. They have six children, WAL- 
 TER, CHARLES S., SUE A., JEN- 
 NIE M., MILLIE and DAISEY, and 
 reside in Pontiac, Livingston county, Illi- 
 nois. 
 
 ELIZABETH T., born Oct. 15, 
 1837, in Sangamon county, died unmar- 
 ried. 
 
 SARILDA and S ARENA, twins, 
 born Dec. 29, 1839, in Sangamon county. 
 
 SARILDA married Edgar Cincebox, 
 have two children, EDGAR S. and 
 HETTIE D., and reside in Virden, Illi- 
 nois. 
 
 S ARENA married George C. Houch- 
 ens, have one child, SARENA L., and 
 reside in Springfield, Illinois. 
 
 Mrs, Susannah Organ died March 3, 
 
 1866, and Micajah Organ died March 27, 
 
 1867, both in Sangamon county, Illinois.
 
 SANGAMON COUNTT. 
 
 55 * 
 
 OPDYCKE, STACY B., born 
 Jan. i, 1795, at New Castle, New Jersey, 
 learned the trade of a carpenter there, and 
 went to K; skaskia, 111., in 1816, walking 
 nearly the whole distance. He was mar- 
 ried in Kaskaskia, April 25, 1833, to 
 Hannah G. Griffith, who was born Feb. 
 u, 1804, in Pennsylvania. She was a 
 daughter of Dr. Thomas Griffith, of 
 Tazewell county, 111., and sister of Mrs. 
 Charlotte Pricket, of Springfield, 111. 
 Mr. and Mrs. Opdycke moved from 
 Kaskaskia, Randolph county, to Chester, 
 in the same county, where they had one 
 child, and from there to Springfield, 111., 
 in 1835, where three children were born, 
 two of whom died young. Of their two 
 children 
 
 CHARLOTTE, born March 19, 
 1835, was married in Springfield, 111., to 
 John D. Keedy. -See his name. 
 
 THOMAS G., born April 9, 1847, 
 died in Nov., 1864, in Springfield. 
 
 Stacy B. Opdycke was engaged in 
 porkpacking with James L. Lamb for 
 several years, and was afterwards mer- 
 chandizing with Tinsley & Fonday. 
 
 Mrs. Hannah G. Opdycke died Oct. 9, 
 1847, and Stacy B. Opdycke died June 
 1 8, 1858, both in Springfield, Illinois. 
 
 OVERSTREET, JOHN, was 
 born in 1784 or '5, in Bedford county, Va. 
 His father, John Overstreet, was born in 
 1758, in the same county, and was a sol- 
 dier in the Revolutionary army during 
 the whole seven years war for Indepen- 
 dence. In 1783 he was married to Nancy 
 Dabney. They had four children in Bed- 
 ford county, and moved to Cabell county, 
 West Virginia, and died there. His son, 
 whose name heads this sketch, was mar- 
 ried in Cabell county to Susan Roberts. 
 He became a soldier in the war with Eng- 
 land, in 1812. While m the army, he 
 heard that his wife had been killed by 
 Indians, and soon after was himself cap- 
 tured by Indians. Not long after his cap- 
 ture the Indians were preparing to burn 
 him alive, and while doing so one of their 
 number offered him such a gross insult 
 that he knocked the savage down and he 
 fell in the fire prepared to burn his victim. 
 This act of brave daring in the face of 
 death, inspired the other Indians with re- 
 spect, and a feeling that he was too noble 
 to be thus treated, and they saved his life. 
 He was next sold and taken to Canada, 
 
 where he fell into the hands of white men, 
 with whom he was retained for a few years 
 in rather easy restraint, and by the time he 
 had gained his liberty, he had formed at- 
 tachments, and married there. One hild 
 was born, and the wife and child died. 
 Finding himself once more alone in the 
 world, a yearning desire for the scenes of 
 his younger days sprang up, and he re- 
 turned to Cabell county, Virginia. He 
 paid his first visit to the old cabin where 
 he had spent the years of his early mar- 
 ried life. Seeing the smoke curling up 
 from the chimney, he sauntered, half 
 dreamily, to the door, and without having 
 framed any excuse for his visit he knocked 
 at the door, and after a short pause it turn- 
 ed on its rude wooden hinges, and the wife 
 of his youth stood before him! Having 
 long before given him up for dead, his 
 sudden appearance in bodily form was 
 more than she could bear, and she sunk 
 in a swoon. Mr. Overstreet soon discov- 
 ered that she had another husband, and 
 when she revived, the three held a coun- 
 cil. The two husbands agreed to leave it 
 for her to say which should be her hus- 
 band, each giving his word that if he was 
 rejected, he would go away and offer no 
 annoyance to the favored one. She de- 
 cided to retain her first love. The reject- 
 ed husband, true to his word, bade them 
 adieu, disappeared, and they never heard 
 of him again. Mr. and Mrs. Overstreet 
 came to Sangamon county, in 1819, and 
 settled not far from where Athens now 
 stands. A few years later, being a mill- 
 wright, he built a horse mill at Athens, 
 manufactured flour, loaded a small flat 
 boat, in the Sangamon river, and with two 
 brothers, Jesse G. and David Hurt, floated 
 down the Sangamon into the Illinois, 
 thence to the Mississippi river, and down 
 that stream to New Orleans. The trip 
 was a successful one, but Mr. Overstreet 
 died in New Orleans, in 1835. The two 
 brothers started home, and David died at 
 the mouth of the Ohio river. Jesse G. 
 Hurt, the only survivor, is yet living, and 
 resides in Menard county. He married a 
 niece of Mr. Overstreet. See name of 
 Dabnay Overstreet. Mr. Overstreet was 
 for several years a local preacher in the 
 M. E. church. His widow died in Athens 
 in 1869, in her seventy- fourth year. 
 
 OVERSTREET, DABNEY, 
 brother to John, was born about 1786 in
 
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 EARLY SETTLERS 
 
 Bedford county, Va., and married in 
 Greenhrier county to Jennie Rogers. 
 They had seven children in Virginia, and 
 moved to Sangamon county, 111., arriving 
 in 1830, where seven children were born. 
 Of their children, I can give the sketches 
 of two, only 
 
 NELLIE, born in Virginia, married 
 in Illinois to Jesse G. Hurt. They had 
 eleven children, and she died. Mr. Hurt 
 and the children live near Athens, Me- 
 nard county, Illinois. 
 
 JOHN, born Oct. 10, 1819, in Cabell 
 county, West Virginia, married May n, 
 1839, in Sangamon county, to Rachel 
 Cantrall. They had four living children. 
 LOUISA J., born May n, 1841, in San- 
 gamon county, married Henry F. Shep- 
 herd. See his name. JAMES W., 
 born Feb. 5, 1844, married Mrs. Martha 
 E. Dunlap. She had one child by her 
 first marriage, JANE DUNLAP. They had 
 three children, JENNIE, MARY and NELLIE 
 and live near Cantrall. ELIZABETH 
 A., born June 13, 1848, married Dec. 5, 
 1866, to Sebastian B. Shepherd. See his 
 name. JOHN T., born Nov. 15, 1851, 
 married Dec. 2f, 1872, to Maggie Brenan, 
 and live in Ford county, Illinois. John 
 Overstreet and wife reside two miles 
 north of Cantrall, Sangamon county, Illi- 
 nois 1874. 
 
 OWEN, THOMAS J. V., was 
 born July 23, 1824, in Kaskaskia, Illinois. 
 His grandfather, Major Ezra Owen, was 
 born March 17, 1770, in Halifax county, 
 Virginia, we t to Kentucky when a 
 young man, and fought the Indians with 
 Daniel Boons. In 1809, the year the 
 Territorial government was organized, he 
 moved with his family from Kentucky to 
 Kaskaskia, Illinois. His eldest son, 
 Thomas J. V. Owen, born in Kentucky, 
 was married in Kaskaskia, July 15, 1823, 
 to Emeline Hotchkiss. Their eldest son 
 is the one whose name heads this sketch. 
 His brother William, enlisted in Spring- 
 field, in 1862, in Co. M, 2d 111. Art., was 
 wounded at Rogerville, Tenn., captured 
 and taken to Libby prison, where he 
 starved to death. His brother, George S , 
 was assassinated in Randolph county in 
 1864, during the rebellion. His brother, 
 Elias K., entered the U. S. Navy in 1848, 
 was taken from Springfield by Abraham 
 Lincoln, at that time member of congress 
 fiom this district. He is yet in the navy. 
 
 He married, in Kaskaskia, to Sarah Jane 
 Riley, and resides in Baltimore, Maryland. 
 1875. Thomas J. V. Owen, Sen., was 
 a member of the legislature in 1831, and 
 during that year was appointed Indian 
 agent in Chicago, where he died Oct. 15, 
 1835. Thomas J. V. Owen, the subject of 
 our sketch, was educated at St. Mary's col- 
 lege, Perry ville, Mo., and came to Spring- 
 field, June 4, 1840, where he commenced 
 the study of medicine. He went with 
 Gen. Ford's army to Nauvoo, at the time 
 the Mormon prophet, Smith, was killed, 
 'in 1844. In 1846 he went to Bloom- 
 ington, Illinois, and aided in organiz- 
 ing Co. B, 4th Illinois Infantry, was 
 enrolled hospital Steward, and after- 
 wards appointed assistant Surgeon to 
 the regiment. He served the full term of 
 the regiment in Mexico, returned to 
 Springfield, and engaged in the drug 
 business. He was married Aug 15, 1848, 
 in Jacksonville, Illinois, to Mary Eliza 
 Hurst, eldest daughter of William t. 
 Hurst, of that city. They had two chil- 
 dren 
 
 MART EVELINE, born Sept. 23, 
 1849, and died May 12, 1855. 
 
 WILLIAM H., born Feb. 6, 1852, in 
 Springfield, was married Dec. 17, 1874, in 
 Taylorville, 111., to Jeanette Denton, who 
 was born there, Nov. 10, 1852. They 
 have one child, WILLIAM H., and re- 
 side in Taylorville, Illinois. 
 
 Thomas J. V. Owen died March 19, 
 1876, at Decatur, 111. His remains were 
 brought to Springfield, and buried in Oak 
 Ridge Cemetery. Soon after his death 
 his widow moved to Springfield, Illinois, 
 where she now resides. Mrs. Emeline 
 Owen, the mother of T. J. V. Owen, 
 Jun., lives with his widow, in Spring- 
 field. 
 
 ORENDORF F. For family 
 sketch, see Ommissions or Appendix. 
 
 PARKS, BEAUMONT, was 
 born Jan., 1775, in Norwich, Conn. He 
 was an orphan at twelve years of age, 
 and resolved to educate himself. In order 
 to obtain the means to do so, he began 
 trading with the French Canadians and 
 Indians. He worked his way out, in 
 company with his brother-in-law, Rev.
 
 SANGAMON COUNTY. 
 
 553 
 
 Mr. Bacon, father of Rev. Leonard Bacon, 
 D. D., of New Haven, Conn., through the 
 rivers and lakes, from Vermont to the 
 region of Georgian Bay and Lake Huron. 
 As winter approached, he commenced 
 building a house with the intention of re- 
 maining in it until spring. He was dis- 
 covered by Col. Dunham, commander of 
 the U. S. Fort, at Michilimacinac. Col. 
 Dunham was astonished at seeing a boy of 
 fourteen or fifteen years preparing to win- 
 ter alone in that inhospitable region, and 
 enquired what he was aiming to do. On 
 being told by young Parks that he was 
 trying to raise money to defray the ex- 
 pense of an education, Col. Dunham of- 
 fered him a home in his own family, with 
 the promise of assisting him in his 
 purpose. He accepted the kind pro- 
 position, went to the Fort and remained 
 there between three and four years. Dur- 
 ing that time his savings amounted to 
 about $80. Expressing his determination 
 to set out for College, Col. Dunham sent 
 some friendly Indians to accompany him 
 a portion of the distance. He traveled in 
 a birch canoe through the upper lakes and 
 portions of Canada, and thence east. 
 When he had gone about two-thirds of 
 the distance, he was taken sick with small 
 pox, and was compelled to travel alone 
 until he could find shelter, although he 
 was then in a part of the country more or 
 less settled by white men. At Montreal, 
 a French Canadian took him in and 
 nursed him for nearly a month, until he 
 was able to pursue his journey. His sav- 
 ings were now reduced to about thirty 
 dollars, but his hospitable friend would 
 not receive anything for his trouble. His 
 exhausted condition required the expendi- 
 ture of more money, and when he arrived 
 at his destination his money had all van- 
 ished. Notwithstanding so much time 
 was lost, after a journey of one thousand 
 six hundred miles, he found himself at 
 Dartmouth College, a stranger, and des- 
 titute. Yet he boldly knocked at the 
 doors of that institution of learning for 
 admittance. That was about the year 
 1798. By diligent study while in the 
 family of Col. Dunham, he was enabled 
 to teach the lower branches. He then 
 made arrangements to continue teaching 
 in summer and attend college in the win- 
 ter, and prosecuted his studies while 
 teaching, so as not to fall behind in his 
 70 
 
 class. He was thus enabled to defray his 
 expenses, with some aid furnished by Col. 
 Dunham., and in that way went through 
 college on equal terms with Daniel Web- 
 ster, Levi Woodbury the latter of whom 
 was his class-mate and other world-wide 
 celebrities. After passing through col- 
 lege he entered the law office of Judge 
 Slade, of Middlebury, Vt., and in due 
 time was admitted to the bar. He was 
 married in 1811, at Windsor, Vt., to 
 Nancy Conant. He ^ soon acquired a 
 large and lucrative practice, which he 
 held for about ten years, when however 
 others might think he became convinced 
 that it was impossible to be a successful 
 lawyer and a thoroughly honest man. 
 That, with other causes, induced him to 
 abandon his practice and move west. He 
 left Vermont, and in August, 1821, landed 
 at Madison, Ind., where he opened an 
 academy for the education of young men, 
 which was one of the earliest institutions 
 of the kind established west of the Alle- 
 gheny mountains, and probably the first 
 school in the State of Indiana where the 
 Greek and Latin languages were tanght. 
 It was attended by many who have be- 
 come distinguished at the bar, on the 
 bench, and in the councils of the nation, 
 such as the Hendricks, Sullivans, Brights, 
 Sheets, Cravens, and many others. After 
 ten years success in Madison, he was ap- 
 pointed Professor of languages in the In- 
 diana State University, at Bloomington, 
 and was in that position about seven years. 
 He came to Springfield, 111., in the autumn 
 of 1840, and at once opened a private 
 school or academy, which was generally 
 supported by all the leading citizens, and 
 many of the students have become dis- 
 tinguished in the learned professions, in 
 politics and business. When the city 
 schools of Springfield were organized on 
 the pi'esent plan, he was the first Superin- 
 tendent, and continued teaching in Spring- 
 field for nearly twenty years, when old 
 age caused him to relinquish his chosen 
 field. Mr. and Mrs. Parks had four chil- 
 dren in Vermont, one of whom died there, 
 and five in Indiana, one of whom died 
 there. Of the other seven children 
 
 SUSAN, born Dec., 1812, in Vermont, 
 was married Dec. 29, 1832, in Indiana, to 
 John Bennett. They moved to Liberty, 
 Mo., and she died there in March, 1852. 
 Of their children, WARWICK S. went
 
 554 
 
 EARLY SETTLERS OF 
 
 to California about the close of the rebel- 
 lion, and has not been heard from since. 
 RICHARD married, and died from a 
 wound received in the Kansas troubles. 
 FRORENCE J. was married in 1856 to 
 George Challis. They have several chil- 
 dren, and reside in Atchison, Kansas. 
 BEAUMONT J. married in Atchison, 
 Kansas. Himself, his wife and his father 
 moved to Colorado, and reside on a dairy 
 farm. FRANK W. was married near 
 Auburn, Illinois, to Sarah J. Davidson. 
 They have one child, EDITH, and reside 
 near Mt. Liberty, Reno county, Kansas. 
 LILLIE is the youngest of the family. 
 
 NANCY C., born Feb. 5, 1818, in 
 Vermont, was married in Springfield, 
 Jan. 28, 1852, to Rev. Joseph E. McMur- 
 ray, of the Presbyterian church. They 
 had four children, ALICE B., ED- 
 WARD P., THOMAS B. and WAL- 
 TER S. The latter died young. Rev. 
 Mr. McMurray died Jan. 27, 1868, at 
 Cerro Gordo, Piatt county, 111. His wid- 
 ow and children reside in Auburn, Illi- 
 nois. 
 
 SAMUEL C., born March 25, 1820, 
 in Windsor, Vermont, came to Spring- 
 field, 111., in 1840, six months before his pa- 
 rents. He was married Nov. 13, 1853, in 
 Logan county, 111., to Elizabeth A. Tur- 
 ley. They have four children, LULA H., 
 HENRY C., SAMUEL C., Jim., and 
 MARY L. and reside in Lincoln, 111. 
 Samuel C. Parks was appointed, March, 
 1863, by President Lincoln, Associate 
 Judge of the U. S. Court for the Territory 
 of Idaho. He discharged the duties of 
 the office until May, 1865, when he re- 
 signed and returned to Lincoln. He was 
 elected one of the delegates representing 
 the district composed of Logan and San- 
 gamon counties, in the Illinois Constitu- 
 tional Convention of 1870. Judge Parks 
 is now a practicing lawyer at Lincoln, 
 Illinois. 
 
 7^HOMAS S., born May 22, 1822, at 
 Madison, Ind., married in Sangamon 
 county, Oct. 23, 1851, to Nancy C. Poley. 
 They have four children. L^TITIA is 
 now (1876) in the second year of her course 
 at Illinois Female College, at Jacksonville. 
 SAMUEL is a clerk in his uncle Isaac 
 Poley's bank, at Auburn. MINNIE and 
 MARY ; all four live with their parents. 
 Thomas S. Parks taught school in Sanga- 
 moiMxnmty eleven years. He is a farmer, 
 
 stock dealer and Police Magistrate. He 
 and his family reside in Auburn, Sanga- 
 mon county, Illinois. 
 
 ELIZA A., born Dec. 15, 1825, at 
 Madison, Indiana, was married in Spring- 
 field to Stephen Conkling. She died at 
 Leroy, McLean county, 111., in 1859. 
 
 WILLIAM y., born Dec., 1832,.^ 
 Indiana, jdied in Springfield in his tenth 
 year. 
 
 L^TITIA, born Dec. 25, 1835, in 
 Blootnington, Ind., married in Spring- 
 field, 111., in 1857, to Dr. Albert H. Lan- 
 phear, a native of New York. They 
 have two children, ALBERT MOTT 
 and SAMUEL P., and reside in Atchi- 
 son, Kansas. Dr. Lanphear is practicing 
 his profession there. 
 
 After Professor Beaumont Parks retired 
 from teaching he resided a few years in 
 Springfield, and then determined to spend 
 the remainder of his days in the families 
 of his children. Mrs. Parks died at 
 Cerro Gordo, 111., Sept. u, 1865. Prof. 
 Parks continued active and energetic to 
 the last day of his life, and died April 8, 
 1870, without an hour of sickness, at the 
 residence of his son, Judge S. C. Parks, 
 in Lincoln, 111., and was buried at that 
 place. 
 
 PARK, JOHN, born about 1762, 
 in county Antrim, Ireland. Sarah May- 
 ben was born in Ireland also. They were 
 both brought to America when quite 
 young, without any knowledge of each 
 other. They were married in South 
 Carolina, and had nine children there, one 
 of whom died young. The family moved 
 to that part of Logman county which af- 
 terwards became Todd county, Ky., and 
 from there to Sangamon county, Illinois, 
 arriving Nov. 28, 1828, at Island Grove. 
 Four of their children were married in 
 Kentucky, but all came with them to 
 Sangamon county. Of their children 
 
 THOMAS, born in South Carolina, 
 was married, Jan. 19, 1813, in Kentucky, 
 to Jane Mayben. They had seven child- 
 ren there, and moved, in 1828, to Sanga- 
 mon county, 111., where one child was 
 born. They moved to Morgan county, 
 III, in 1831. Of all their children One 
 died young. JOHN J., born Nov. 18, 
 1814, was married April 4, 1839, in Mor- 
 gan county, 111., to Jane E. Caldwell, who 
 was born in Nicholas county, Ky. They 
 had seven children in Morgan county, and
 
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 555 
 
 moved to Sangamon county, 111., March 
 
 22, 1855, where three children were born. 
 Of their children NANCY j., born Jan. 
 
 23, 1840, was married, July u, 1861, in 
 Sangamon county, to Charles H. Knapp. 
 
 They have two children, Fannie L. and 
 Carrie. C. H. Knapp died in Macon 
 county, in 1867, and his widow was mar- 
 ried, Dec. 14, 1869, to John Carder, of 
 Ohio. Thej have one child, Josie E. 
 SARAH A., born Aug. 29, 1844, was mar- 
 ried, July i, 1875, to L. R. Tracy. DAVID 
 
 T., JOHN It., MARYC., JAMES M., ELIZA M., 
 
 SAMUEL c. and WILLIAM M. John J. Park 
 moved to Macon county, near Decattir, 
 April 6, 1864, and his unmarried children 
 reside there with him. HENRY M., 
 born Nov. 29, 1816, in Kentucky, married 
 Nancy Miller, of same State. JAMES 
 A., born Oct. 8, 1818, in Kentucky, is 
 unmarried. ELIJAH M., born Dec. 10, 
 1820, in Kentucky, married Nancy A. 
 Armstrong, of same State. WILLIAM 
 R., born Aug. 23, 1824, in Kentucky, 
 was married, Nov. 22, 1850, to Nancy E. 
 Graham, who was born June 9, 1828. 
 They have four children, JOHN T., ELMIRA 
 A., WILLIAM R. and JAMES H., and reside 
 near Harristown, Macon county, Illinois. 
 ROBERT Y., born Sept. 20, 1828, in Ken- 
 tucky, was married to Angeline Scott. 
 SARAH J., born Oct. 8, 1830, in Sanga- 
 mon county, married William M. Gaddis, 
 of New York. Thomas Park died, 
 March 30, 1852, and Jane Park died Dec. 
 6, 1873, both in Morgan county, Illinois. 
 
 MARY, born in South Carolina, mar- 
 ried in Kentucky, April 4, 1816. They 
 had one child, and both died in Sangamon 
 county. Their daughter, SARAH, mar- 
 ried A. P. Wyckoff. See his name. 
 
 HUGH, born in South Carolina, mar- 
 ried in Kentucky, March 25, 1816, to Jane 
 Gibson, moved to Sangamon county, in 
 1828, and from Sangamon to Macon 
 county, where Hugh Park died, Sept. 
 28, 1845, leaving four children. 
 
 GRJZETTE, born Aug. 26, 1797, in 
 South Carolina, married Joseph McNew, 
 and for a second husband, married in 
 Sangamon county, to John Hudson. See 
 his name. 
 
 JAMES, born Dec. 25, 1799, in South 
 Carolina, married April 25, 1820, in Ken- 
 tucky, to Mary Modrell, who was born 
 June 19, 1800. They had six children in 
 Kentucky, and emigrated with his parents 
 
 to Sangamon county, in 1828, where 
 eight children were born. Of their four- 
 teen children SARAH J., born July 21, 
 
 1821, married in Sangamon county to De- 
 marcus Gibson. They had eight children, 
 four of whom died young. The other 
 four reside with their parents, in Knox- 
 ville, Illinois. JOHN G., born July 7, 
 
 1822, in Kentucky, married in Sangamon 
 county, March i, 1855, to Elizabeth Rigg. 
 They had five children, JAMES E., 
 CHARLES F. and SAMUEL H. died young. 
 HENRY A. and JOHN w. reside with their 
 parents, four miles west of Loami, San- 
 gamon county, Illinois. HARRIET A., 
 born Sept. 12, 1823, in Kentucky, married 
 in Sangamon county to Allen Short. 
 They have nine children, and live in Ma- 
 rion county, Iowa. ROBERT M., born 
 Dec. 13, 1824, in Kentucky, married 
 Mary Reynolds. They had seven child- 
 ren, and Mrs. Park and six of the children 
 died. He married Elizabeth Bower. 
 They have six children, and live in Macon 
 county, Illinois. MARY L., born Dec. 
 25, 1825, in Kentucky, married Francis 
 George. They have three children, MARY 
 A., HEPSIBA E. and RACHEL A., and live 
 near Edinburg, Illinois. ELIZABETH 
 H., born Feb. 10, 1827, in Kentucky, 
 married in Sangamon county, Aug. 6, 
 1844, to John A. Burton. See his name. 
 Mr. Burton died, and his widow married 
 March 8, 1860, to Wm. S. Morris, who 
 was born June 17, 1829, in Meade county, 
 Ky. They have two children, EMMA L. 
 and DORA L., and live two and one-half 
 miles northwest of Loami, Illinois. JU- 
 LIA A., born April 17, 1829, in Sanga- 
 mon county, married James R. Rigg. See 
 his name. THOMAS N., born Feb. 
 16, 1831, married Mary Fowler. They 
 had two children, and mother and children 
 died. Mr. Park married Sarah E. Hud- 
 son. They had two children; one died in 
 infancy. LURENA MAY lives with her 
 father. Mrs. Sarah E. Park died, and 
 Mr. Park married Elizabeth Franklin. 
 They have one child, and reside three 
 miles west of Loami, 111. RACHEL G., 
 born March 9, 1833, married Benjamin 
 W. Burton. See his name. HUGH 
 A., born February 2, 1835, married 
 Elizabeth Turpin. They have four 
 children, WILLIS c., EDWARD M., cir AR- 
 LES L. and LINDA P., and reside two 
 miles southwest of Loami, Illinois.
 
 EARL r SJS TTLBRS 
 
 NANCY H., born Jan. 18, 1837, married 
 George W. Hudson. He died, and she 
 married James L. Short. They have one 
 child, HUGH F., and reside in Loami town- 
 ship. JAMES W., born Jan. 24, 1839, 
 married Ma'rtha Hodgerson, and he died 
 in two weeks after marriage. MAR- 
 THA E., born July i, 1841, married 
 Young Hodgerson. She died, without 
 children. WILLIAM L., born Oct. 13, 
 1843, married, Sept. 6, 1866, to Mary 
 Rigg. They have two children, JAMES 
 R. and MARY j., and reside on the farm 
 where his parents settled in 1835, and 
 where he was born, three miles west of 
 Loami, Illinois. James Park died, Oct. 
 25, 1865, and his widow died, Feb. 7, 
 1869, both in Loami township, Sangamon 
 county, Illinois. 
 
 JANE, born in South Carolina, mar- 
 ried in Sangamon county to William 
 Earnest, moved to Louisa county, Iowa. 
 He died there, leaving a widow and four 
 children. 
 
 JOHN S., born in South Carolina, 
 married in Sangamon county to Mary A. 
 Morrison, moved to Morgan county, 
 brought up seven children, and Mr. Park 
 died, in May, 1847. ^ ^ s children 
 ELVIRA married J. A. Haney, and 
 lives in New Berlin, Illinois. 
 
 SARAH, born in South Carolina, 
 married in Sangamon county to Zaza 
 Bowen. See his name. 
 
 Mrs. Sarah Park died, Sept. 9, 1853, 
 and John Park died, Sept. 23, 1853, both 
 at the house of their son James, in Sanga- 
 mon county, Illinois. 
 
 PARKES, WILLIAM was 
 born Jan. 29, 1807, at Jonesboro, Wash- 
 ington county, Tenn. He was married 
 April 14, 1830, in Jefferson county, to 
 Polly North, a sister to John and Robert 
 North. She was born about 1810 or '11 
 in Buckingham county, Va. They had 
 two children in Tennessee, and moved to 
 Posey county, Ind., where one child was 
 born; and moved to Sangamon county, 
 111., arriving in the spring of 1836, in 
 what is now Cooper township. Two 
 years later he went to Mechanicsburg, 
 and in Feb., 1848, moved to Cooper 
 township, south of Sangamon river. 
 They had nine children in Sangamon 
 county; and five of their children died 
 under six years. Of the other seven, all 
 born in Sangamon county 
 
 CAROLINE, born Jan. 12, 1839, in 
 Sangamon county, married Sept. 24, 1857, 
 to Charles Bochme; have five children, 
 and live near Linwood, Butler county, 
 Nebraska. 
 
 E VELINE, born Jan. 4, 1841, mar- 
 ried Jan. 8, 1863, to J. South; have two 
 children, MATTIE B. and MARY E. 
 She and^he children live with her father. 
 
 HENRT, born Jan. 15, 1843, in Me- 
 chanicsburg, 111., enlisted Aug., 1862, for 
 three years, in Co. C, H4th 111. Inf.; 
 served until June 29, 1863, when he died 
 at Chickasaw Landing, Tennessee. 
 
 MINERVA, born April 6, 1845, 
 married Aug. 14, 1867,10 Charles Roberts; 
 have one child, and live near Princeton, 
 Franklin county, Kansas. 
 
 ELIZABETH, born Jan. 3, 1847, 
 married Jan. 14,1869, to Edgar Eckel. 
 See his name. 
 
 JAMES, born April 2, 1851, and 
 
 HIRAM, born April 8, 1864, live with 
 their father. 
 
 Mrs. Polly Parkes died Sept. 12, 1873, 
 and William Parkes was married June 7, 
 1875, to Mrs. Sarah McMurry, whose 
 maiden name was Enyart. They reside 
 near Berry PostofHce, or Clarksville, 
 Sangamon county, Illinois. 
 
 PARKINSON, JAMES, was 
 born Dec. 22, 1805, in Belmont county, 
 Ohio, twelve miles below Wheeling, 
 West Virginia. His parents were from 
 Washit'.gton county, Penn.; and when 
 James was an infant they moved back, 
 across the Virginia Pan Handle, to their 
 home in Pennsylvania, and a few years 
 later, moved to what is now Marshall 
 county, West Virginia, in the Pan Han- 
 dle. James Parkinson came to Sanga- 
 mon county, 111., arriving at Springfield 
 in Nov., 1830; just in time for the "deep 
 snow." He returned to Virginia in the 
 spring, and came again to Sangamon 
 county in the fall of 1831. He made his 
 home at the house of David McCoy, on 
 Spring creek, until Nov. 7, 1833, when he 
 was married to Mahala Earnest. They 
 had five living children in Sangamon 
 county, namely 
 
 MART J., born Nov. i, 1834, married 
 William Baldwin. See his name. 
 
 GRIZZELLA A., born March 22, 
 1836, married William T. Bradford. See 
 his name.
 
 SANG AM ON COUNTY. 
 
 557 
 
 CLARINDA A., born Jan. 22, 1838, 
 married June 23, 1859, to Thomas B. 
 Petefish, who was born Aug. 7, 1833, in 
 Shenandoah Valley, Virginia. They 
 have five children, MARION P., LOT- 
 TIE LOU, ELIZABETH M.,MELIN- 
 DA E. and PEARLIE M., and reside 
 near Belvoir, Douglas county, Kansas. 
 
 JOHN J., born Jan. 23, 1840, enlist- 
 ed in the fall of 1861, for three years, in 
 Co. B, roth 111. Cav. ; served full term, 
 and was honorably discharged in 1864. 
 He was married Nov. 9, 1865, to Augusta 
 Patteson, daughter of Dr. Alex. A. 
 Patteson. They had three children 
 JOHN L. died, aged four years; and 
 ALEXANDER died in his second year. 
 EARNEST resides with his parents in 
 Gardner township, south of Spring 
 creek, Sangamon county, Illinois. 
 
 WILLIAM H. born Oct. 31, 1842, 
 married Feb. 12, 1808, to Sarah J. Brad- 
 ford. They have two children, JAMES 
 B. and WlLLIAM W., and reside south 
 of Spring creek, nine miles west of 
 Springfield, Illinois. 
 
 James Parkinson and wife reside in Cur- 
 ran township, eight miles west of Spring- 
 field, 111. south of Spring creek, and 
 within one mile of where they were 
 married. This sketch was written at 
 their residence on the evening of Nov. 7, 
 1873, the fortieth anniversary of their 
 marriage. They had at their table that 
 day all their five children, fourteen of their 
 seventeen living grandchildren three be- 
 ing in Kansas, and all their sons and 
 daughters-in-law except Mr. Petefish, of 
 Kansas. 
 
 The courtships of George Bryan see 
 his name and that of James Parkinson 
 and Mahala Earnest are, so far as I am 
 informed, the two shortest on record. 
 For two years previous to their marriage, 
 Mr. Parkinson "waited on" Miss Ear- 
 nest. Adopting a custom then quite prev- 
 alent, he would start on horseback, call 
 for her, and propose that they go to 
 church, to a wedding, to a social gathering 
 or a dancing party. If she assented, he 
 would take her behind himself on the 
 horse, and set out. If she declined, he 
 would usually spend the day or evening, 
 as the case might be, with her. This was 
 the practice with them for about two 
 years, and I have it from their own lips 
 that the subject of their marriage was 
 
 never mentioned between them. Finally 
 Mr. P. made up his mind to change the 
 programme. He first, without consulting 
 the lady or any friend of hers, went to 
 Springfield and obtained a license for the 
 marriage of lames Parkinson and Mahala 
 Earnest. He called at her father's house 
 on the morning of Nov. 7, 1833, and told 
 her that he would be there that evening, 
 and wished her to be at home. That 
 was the first time he ever notified her 
 beforehand to expect him. He then de- 
 parted hurriedly, without giving the 
 slightest intimation of the object of his 
 proposed visit. The next movement was 
 to call on a Justice of the Peace by the 
 name of Robison, and request that offi- 
 cer to meet him the same evening at the 
 house of David McCoy, where Mr. P. 
 boarded. The Esquire wanted to know 
 if it was necessary for him to take any 
 papers or legal forms. Mr. P. replied, as 
 he departed hurriedly, that he had all the 
 papers necessary. The Justice met him 
 at the appointed time and place, when^he 
 was informed that he was expected to sol- 
 emnize a marriage. 'Squire Robison, 
 Mr. McCoy and Mr. Parkinson set out on 
 horseback, crossing Spring creek from 
 north to south, and arrived about sundown 
 at the residence of Miss Earnest's father, 
 to find the young lady out on the open 
 pi-airie milking the cows. Mr. P. had 
 not intimated to the other gentlemen that 
 he had his courting yet to do. They 
 separated to find hitching places for their 
 horses; and as they did so, Mr. P. went 
 to Miss Earnest and told her that he had 
 come to marry her, and asked if she 
 would have him. She stood, milk pail in 
 hand, and, after a few moment's medita- 
 tion, said, "Go in the house, and I will be 
 there directly." These were the only 
 words that ever passed between them by 
 way of courtship. She then resumed her 
 milking, and finished it as though nothing 
 unusual had occurred. The father of Miss 
 Earnest was attending to some outdoor 
 work, and Mr. P. approached and told the 
 old gentleman that he had come to marry 
 his daughter, and asked his consent to 
 the union. Mr. Earnest replied that he 
 had no objection to the marriage, but re- 
 gretted that he had not been notified in 
 time to make suitable preparations for so 
 important an event. Mr. Parkinson said, 
 "I have made all the preparations neces-
 
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 EARLY SETTLERS OF 
 
 sary, as I have the license in my pocket, 
 and the 'Squire is here, ready to perform 
 his part." They were married that very 
 evening, and the notes from which this 
 sketch was written were taken in their 
 presence, on the evening of the fortieth 
 anniversary of their wedding. 
 
 His reasons for taking such a course 
 were secreted in his own breast for forty 
 years, and were revealed, for the first 
 time, to the writer on the evening of the 
 anniversary above named. I can assure 
 the reader that there was nothing in it 
 calculated to cast the slightest shadow of 
 reproach on the character of either of 
 the parties. It was a method of his own 
 for solving a problem, entirely right in 
 itself, but not such a mode as I should 
 have adopted, for the reason that the 
 courting was too soon over. I would 
 much prefer to prolong so pleasant a 
 pastime. I may divulge his secret if he 
 fails to invite me to his golden wedding 
 Nov. 7, 1883; but if he invites me to help 
 celebrate that day, and treats me as well 
 as he did on the fortieth anniversary, he 
 may retain it forty years longer, if he 
 wishes to. 
 
 Mr. Parkinson served as Justice of the 
 Peace twelve years, by successive re- 
 election from 1848. When the township 
 organization was adopted, he was elected 
 the first representative of Curran town- 
 ship in the county Board of Supervisors, 
 and was twice re-elected. Edward Robi- 
 son was the 'Squire who solemnized the 
 marriage. See his name. 
 
 PAINE, ENOCH, was born 
 March 14, 1821, in Kaskaskia, 111. The 
 family moved from there to Macoupin 
 Point, and to Springfield in 1835. ^- ls 
 mother was a daughter of John Grosve- 
 nor, a prominent early settler of Kaskas- 
 kia. Enoch Paine learned the bookbind- 
 ing business with Birchall & Johnson. 
 He there helped to bind the work of the 
 last session of the legislature at Vandalia. 
 He continued in the employ of that house 
 until 1859, which in that time changed to 
 Johnson & Bradford. In 1860 Mr. 
 Paine established a bindery for himself, 
 and did the State binding for about ten 
 years, working, at some times, forty hands. 
 Enoch Paine was married in Springfield, 
 March 14, 1843, to Emily Sholta, who 
 was born March 14, 1820, in Edwards- 
 
 ville, 111. They had seven living child- 
 ren, namely 
 
 MART A., born Oct. 19, 1845, re sides 
 with her parents. 
 
 LUCY A., born Jan. 4, 1847, married 
 Oct. 17, 1871, in Springfield, to A. Judson 
 Gunnell. They have one child, PEARL . 
 J., and reside at Moberly, Mo. He is 
 locomotive engineer on the Northern 
 Missouri Railroad. 
 
 ALICE F. } born July 28, 1849, mar- 
 ried Oct. 5, 1872, in Springfield, to Wil- 
 liam Mosely. They have two children, 
 GUY DeFOREST and VIDA P., and 
 reside at Stonington, 111. He is a mer- 
 chant there. 
 
 RUFUS E., born Jan. 11, 1852, mar- 
 ried in Springfield, May, 1873, to Emma 
 Pride. They have one child, GRACE, 
 and reside five miles northeast of Spring- 
 field, on the farm. 
 
 LILLIE ., born Nov. 25, 1854, mar- 
 ried June 16, 1873, in Springfield, to John 
 L. Phillips, who was born Aug. i, 1851, in 
 Belleville, 111. Mr. Phillips is foreman in 
 the Journal Job printing department, and 
 resides in Springfield, Illinois. 
 
 JULIA E., born Jan. 23, 1857, grad- 
 uated at the Springfield High School in 
 1874, and resides with her parents. 
 
 CLARA resides with her parents. 
 
 Enoch Paine and wife reside in Spring- 
 field, Illinois. 
 
 During the rebellion Mr. Paine had 
 charge of the manufacture of cartridges, 
 working from two hundred and fifty to 
 three hundred operatives. Cartridges 
 made there cost only one-seventh of what 
 they did at other places. 
 
 PARRISH, SAMUEL, was 
 born June 22, 1809, in Franklin county, 
 Ohio. He married Sarah Manning. 
 They had three living children in Ohio. 
 The family moved to Sangamon county, 
 111., arriving in the fall of 1839, in what 
 is now Gardner township, where six chil- 
 dren were born. Of their children 
 
 SYNDISA, born Dec. 23, 1831, in 
 Franklin county, Ohio, was married Feb. 
 26, 1852, in Sangamon county, to William 
 Wilson. They had three children, 
 MARGARET A., MOLLIE, died in 
 her tenth year, and CHARLES. Mr. 
 Wilson died Dec. 18, 1864. His widow 
 married May 31, 1866, to James L. Car- 
 man. They have one child, CORA, and 
 reside at Kenny, DeWitt county, 111.--
 
 SANG AM ON COUNTY. 
 
 559 
 
 Dec., 1875. James L. Carman went from 
 Salisbury, and enlisted in 1861, in Co. E, 
 1 4th 111. Inf., for three years; re-enlisted 
 as a veteran, Jan. 4, 1864, served to the 
 end of the rebellion, and was honorably 
 discharged, May 21, 1865. 
 
 CORNELIUS, born Jan,, 1836, in 
 Ohio, died in Sangamon county, aged 
 twenty-two years. 
 
 REBECCA, born Feb., 1838, in 
 Ohio, was married in Texas to John 
 Byford, and resides at Springfield, Arkan- 
 sas. 
 
 JAMES, born Dec., 1841, in Sanga- 
 mon county, enlisted in Co. . i I4th 111. 
 Inf., in 1862, for three years. He was 
 taken prisoner at the battle of Guntown, 
 Miss., June, 1864, taken to Andersonville 
 prison-pen, where he remained nine or 
 ten months, was released, and died May 
 15, 1865, at Jacksonville, Florida. 
 
 SAMUEL, born May, 1843, in San ' 
 gamon county, enlisted in an 111. Art. 
 Co. for three years, re-enlisted as a vet- 
 eran, and served to the end of the war. 
 He was married in Tennessee to Jane 
 Richardson. Thev have three children, 
 JOSEPH, CHARLES and FLOR- 
 ENCE. Samuel Parrish is Superinten- 
 dent at the National Cemetery, at Fort 
 Donnelson, Tenn. 1874. 
 
 AMANDA, born Feb., 1845, in San- 
 gamon county, married S. Neff. They 
 had seven children, FRANKLIN E., 
 JOHN S., FRANCES M., LUELLA, 
 ROSCOE C., ANNA M. and another. 
 They reside near Chinkapin Hill, Sanga- 
 mon county, Illinois. 
 
 JOSEPH, born June, 1848, in 
 Sangamon county, married Eliza Rich- 
 ardson. They have one child, and reside 
 at Dover, Tenn. 
 
 CHARLES, born July, 1853, in San- 
 gamon county, is unmarried, and lives 
 in Arkansas. 
 
 Mrs. Sarah Parish died Dec., 1861, and 
 Samuel Parish married Mrs. Mahala 
 Legget. He died May 28, 1873, in 
 Springfield. Mr. P. is believed to have 
 chopped more timber than any other man 
 in Sangamon countv. 
 
 PASFIELD:; GEORGE, was 
 born October, 1792, in London, England. 
 His parents came to America when he 
 was a child and settled in Philadelphia, 
 where they both soon died of yellow 
 fever, leaving their son George without a 
 
 relative in] America. By his own exer- 
 tions, he obtained a good practical educa- 
 tion, and learned a trade which he did not 
 long pursue, and afterwards went to Ma- 
 tanzas, Cuba, as agent for a shipping 
 house. He remained there some time, 
 but the climate not agreeing with him, 
 returned to Philadelphia, where he invest- 
 ed in real estate, and bought an interest in 
 a nail mill. The results were unfortunate. 
 He came to Cincinnati, about 1817, and 
 engaged in shippirig pork and flour from 
 that point and Louisville, on flat boats, for 
 New Orleans. Later he established him- 
 self in the grocery business, at Paris, 
 Bourbon county, Ky., and continued 
 packing pork and shipping. He was 
 married in Paris, Jan. 5, 1821, to Mary 
 Forden, sister of John Forde'n. See his 
 name. She was born Oct. 22, 1805, in 
 Hagerstown, Md. Mr. and Mrs. Pas- 
 field moved to Springfield, 111., in the 
 spring of 1821, where one child 
 
 GEORGE, was born Nov. 30, 1831. 
 He studied medecine, and graduated at 
 St. Louis Medical College, in the class of 
 i855-'6. Dr. George Pasfield was mar- 
 ried Sept. 19, 1866, at Mechanicsburg, 
 111., to Hathaway Pickrell. They have 
 two children, EMMA and GEORGE 
 L., and live in Springfield, 111. Dr. Pas- 
 field is not practicing his profession. 
 
 George Pasfield was an enterprising 
 and successful merchant, and was a mem- 
 ber of the town board of Springfield be- 
 fore the city organization. He was 
 one of the signers of the fifty thousand 
 dollar note to secure the location of 
 the capital at Springfield, and was one of 
 the first to commence business on the 
 State House square, doing much in the 
 way of building to improve the city. He 
 died, Nov. 9, 1869, and his widow lives 
 with her son, Dr. George Pasfield, in 
 Springfield, Illinois. 
 
 PATTON, JAMES, born Mch. 
 17, 1791, in the city of Baltimore, Md. 
 When a child, his parents moved to Stan- 
 ton, Va., and from there to Clark county, 
 Ky., in 1798. There James was appren- 
 ticed to the tanning business, and in 1808 
 the family moved to Christian county, 
 where he joined them in 1810, having fin- 
 ished his apprenticeship. James* Patton 
 and Polly Husband were there married, 
 April, 1815. They had three children in 
 Kentucky, and moved to what became
 
 560 
 
 B A RL T SB TTLERS OF 
 
 Sangamon county, 111., arriving October, 
 1820, in what is now Auburn township, 
 where two children were born. Of their 
 five children 
 
 WILLIAM M., born March 10, 1816, 
 in Christian county, Ky., married in San- 
 gamon county to Elizabeth A. Moore. 
 They had three children. JAMES W., 
 born Feb. 15, 1840, in Sangamon county, 
 was married there, Dec. 8, 1869, to Fran- 
 cine E. Lanphier. They had three chil- 
 dren LANPHIER M. ftied Sept. 9. 1874. 
 WILLIAM L. and JAMES M. live with their 
 parents. James W. Patton studied law 
 with Hay & Cullom, and was admitted to 
 practice in 1861. He was elected in 1864 
 to represent Sangamon and Logan coun- 
 ties in the Illinois State Legislature. He 
 has associated with him his brother-in-law, 
 John C. Lanphier, in the practice of law, 
 in Springfield, 111., and resides there. 
 MATHEW, Jun., born Aug. 22, 1841, in 
 Sangamon county, was married June 7, 
 1876, near Virden, to Barbara A. Ranch. 
 See Ranch family. Mr. and Mrs. 
 Mathew Patton live in Chicago, Illinois. 
 JULIA A., born April 25, 1843, m San- 
 gamon county, was married there, Jan- 
 uary 5, 1870, to Basil Hill, who was 
 born October 21, 1838, in Vanburens- 
 burg, Fayette county, Illinois. Mr. and 
 Mrs. Hill moved to Missouri, Feb., 1870, 
 and have one child, MATHEW M., born 
 Dec. 28, 1870, and resides in Newtonia, 
 Newton county, Mo. William M. Pat- 
 ton died, Jan. 7, 1848. His widow resides 
 in Auburn township, Sangamon county, 
 Illinois. 
 
 REBECCA ANN, born Oct. 5, 
 1817, in Kentucky, married Elihu Stout. 
 See his name. She died Sept. 21, 1852. 
 
 MA7^HEW, born March 14,1819, in 
 Kentucky, married Feb. i, 1844, in San- 
 gamon county, to Margaret J. McElvain. 
 They had six children, namely : WIL- 
 LIAM D., born Jan. 23, 1845, ' n Sanga- 
 mon county, married Adaline M. Black. 
 They had one child, MINNIE F. Mrs. Pat- 
 ton died Jan. 26, 1875, and W. D. Patton 
 was married Feb. 16, 1876, to Caddie A. 
 Jones. He is a druggist, and resides in 
 Auburn, Illinois. MARY E. died, aged 
 three years. ELIZABETH, born in 
 Sangamon county, married James Fletch- 
 er. They are without children, and re- 
 side three miles southwest of Auburn, 
 111. JAMES SAMUEL, CHARLES 
 
 M., ROBERT H. and MARGARET 
 
 S. reside with their father. Mrs. Marga- 
 J. Patton died May 2, 1865, and Matthew 
 Patton was married Jan. 23, 1867, to 
 Sarah J. Mackey. They reside in Au- 
 burn, Sangamon county, Illinois. 
 
 ELIZABTH, born April 15, 1821, in 
 Sangamon county, married March 5, 1845, 
 to William Orr, and died July 29, 1847. 
 
 DAVID H., born April 19, 1824,111 
 Sangamon county, was married March 4, 
 1846, to Susan Organ. They have six 
 children SUSAN A. married William 
 Moomaw. They have one child, ADA, 
 and live in Auburn township. WIL- 
 LIAM, born April 21, 1850, in Sanga- 
 mon county, was married Feb. 4, 1873, to 
 Sarah Jane Savage. They have one 
 child, WILLIE, and live in Auburn, 111. 
 MATTHEW DANIEL, BENJAMIN 
 F., BETTIE O. and MARGARET F. 
 live with their parents. David H. Patton 
 resides on the farm where his father set- 
 tled in 1820, three miles southeast of Au- 
 burn, Illinois. 
 
 Mrs. Polly Patton died Feb. 15, 1844, 
 and James Patton was married in 1846 to 
 Mrs. Lettie Nifong, who died Feb. 6, 
 1856, and he was married Aug. i, 1865, 
 to Mrs. Elizabeth Gregory. She died 
 June 23, 1875, and James Patton resides 
 where he settled in 1820, four miles 
 southeast of Auburn. He has always 
 been known as Col. Patton, a title he 
 acquired in connection with early military 
 training in the county. He established a 
 tannery soon after he settled in the coun- 
 ty, and supplied the early settlers with 
 leather for many miles around. The 
 nearest mill to him at the time he settled 
 there was at Edwardsville, sixty miles 
 south. He was in better circumstances 
 than most of the early settlers, and when 
 he saw a family laboring under disadvan- 
 tages, he interested himself in their wel- 
 fare, and assisted them in many ways. 
 Noah Mason, of Springfield, speaking of 
 their early experience in the new country, 
 says, "My father found a true friend in 
 the now venerable Col. James Patton, 
 which lasted to the end of his life, and 
 is gratefully remembered by his de- 
 scendants." 
 
 PATRICK, JOHN H., was born 
 Nov. i, 1789, in Clarke county, Ky., mar- 
 ried Jane Foster. They had three child- 
 ren, and Mr. Patrick died while on busi
 
 SANG AM ON COUNTY. 
 
 ness in the State of Mississippi. His 
 widow married John Armstrong, and 
 they moved, with her three children, in 
 company with her brother, George Fos- 
 ter, to Sangamon county, 111., arriving in 
 the fall of 1827, in what is now Loami 
 township. Of the three Patrick child- 
 ren 
 
 SOPHIA, born in Kentucky, in. 1813, 
 married in 1828, in Sangamon county, to 
 William Easley. 
 
 MARGARET K, born Jan. 5, 1815, 
 in Kentucky, married Albartes Barger. 
 See his name. 
 
 LA VIC A, born in 1817, in Kentucky, 
 married there to Joseph Burch, and lives 
 in Lafayette county, Mo. 
 
 Mrs. Jane "Armstrong died Aug. 27, 
 1870, in Macon county, Mo. Both her 
 husbands were soldiers in 1812. She 
 drew a pension to the end of her life as 
 the widow of John Armstrong. 
 
 PAULEN, DEBOLD, was 
 born March 25, 1800, in the village of 
 Eingenheim, twelve miles nearly north of 
 Strasburg, France, now Germany. He 
 was there married to Margaret Walter, 
 who was born Nov. 11, 1806, in the same 
 province. They had one child in France, 
 and emigrated to America, landing at 
 New Orleans, Feb. 18, 1837. In the fal1 
 of that year the yellow fever raged as an 
 epidemic in New Orleans. Of the one 
 hundred and sixty-three passengers who 
 came over in the ship with Mr. Paulen, 
 all except thirty died. Mr. Paulen, his 
 wife and child all had the disease, but es- 
 caped death. Their money was gone, 
 but they came up the Mississippi and Illi- 
 nois rivers to Beardstown, Illinois, and 
 from there by wagon to Sangamon boun- 
 ty, arriving April 20, 1838, in what is 
 now the southeast corner of Island Grove, 
 township. They had two children in 
 Sangamon county. Of their three child- 
 ren 
 
 DEBOLD, Jim., born Sept. 11, 1828, 
 in Alsace, France, now Germany, came to 
 Sangamon county in 1838 with his parents, 
 married Jan. 26, 1854, to Alpha C. Rigg, 
 who died without children, Jan. 18, 1856. 
 Mr. Paulen was married Mar. 10, 1857, to 
 Elizabeth McMurry. They have four 
 children, namely: GEORGE R., MAR- 
 GARET A., JACOB W. and JOHN 
 LEW, and reside two and three-quarter 
 -71 
 
 miles northwest of Curran, Sangamon 
 countv, Illinois. 
 
 JACOB W., born Sept. 8, 1839, in 
 what is now Curran township, Sangamon 
 county, enlisted in 1862, in Co. B, 
 i3Oth Reg. 111. Inf., was elected 2d Lieut, 
 upon the organization of the company, 
 served in the Vicksburg campaign in the 
 4th division of i5th Army Corps, was 
 promoted to 1st Lieut, at DeCrow's Point, 
 Texas, Feb. 21, 1864. He was taken 
 prisoner in Gen. Bank's expedition, at the 
 battle of Mansfield, La., April 8, 1864; 
 was fourteen months a prisoner at Tyler, 
 Texas, and released soon after the close 
 of the rebellion. He was commissioned 
 Capt. of Co. E, i3Oth 111. Inf., after the war, 
 for meritorious conduct, and was honor- 
 ably discharged the latter part of June, 
 1865. He was married June 18, 1866, to 
 Lucy B. Johnson, who was born near 
 Frankfort, Ky., March 5, 1848. They 
 had three children, namely: BENJ. R. 
 S., born in DeWitt county, 111., July 14, 
 1869; LAURA E., born June 25, 1871; 
 MINNIE M., born June 2, 1873. The 
 two iatter near Fredonia, Wilson county, 
 Kan., where Mr. Paulen and family re- 
 side. 
 
 MART F., born March 26, 1844, in 
 Sangamon county, married in the same 
 county to Ebenezer F. Hatfield, who was 
 born Dec. 8, 1841, in Warren county, O., 
 enlisted Sept. 10, 1861, in Co. A, 4th 
 Ohio Cav., for three years. He was 
 wounded at the battle of Chickamauga, 
 Sept. 20, 1863, captured, and released ten 
 days later; served his full time, and was 
 honorably discharged. He now draws a. 
 pension. Mr. and Mrs. Hatfield have 
 three children, EDWARD E., 
 CHARLES C. and SILAS G., and re- 
 side two miles west of Curran, Illinois. 
 
 Mrs. Margaret Paulen died April 7, 
 1863, in Sangamon county, and her hus- 
 band resides with, their son, Debold, Jun. 
 Debold Paulen was not out of Sanga- 
 mon county from the time - he came, in 
 1838, for thirty-two years. In 1870 he 
 went to visit a brother and sister in Can- 
 ada, whom he had not seen for forty years. 
 He is now 1876 in his seventy-seventh 
 year, teeth all sound, good health, and 
 says he does not know of an ancestor dy- 
 ing under eighty years. 
 
 PEACOCK, CALEB, was born 
 Nov. 3, 1813, in Hardy county, Virginia.
 
 5 62 
 
 EARLY SETTLERS OF 
 
 He came to Springfield, 111., in the fall of 
 1836, and was married, Feb. 27, 1840, to 
 Susannah Stacy. She died July 8, 1842. 
 Mr. Peacock was married, Dec. 3, 1844, 
 to Phoebe Dill. They moved to Ply- 
 mouth, Hancock county, in 1855, and re- 
 turned in 1863. They have four living 
 children, namely 
 
 BENJAMIN F. married Rebecca J. 
 Eades, and live in Auburn, Illinois. 
 
 MILLARD F., AL VA B. and 
 SAMUEL E. live with their parents. 
 
 Caleb Peacock and family reside in 
 Auburn, Sangamon county, Illinois. 
 
 PEASE, ABRAM, born July 
 22, 1791, in Martha's Vineyard, Dukes 
 county, Mass. The ancestors of this fam- 
 ily were from Wales, and came to America 
 more than two hundred years ago, settling 
 in Massachusetts. Abram Pease, whose 
 name heads this sketch, went to the State 
 of New York, when a young man, and 
 was married there. Aug. 18, i Sir, to Or- 
 pha Soufhwick. He was a soldier in the 
 war of 1812, from Cayuga county, N. Y. 
 Abram Pease and wife came to Sanga- 
 mon county with the family of Jesse 
 Southwick, arriving in 1818 in what is 
 now Ball township. They had four chil- 
 dren 
 
 DEXJ^ER, born July 14, 1817, in New 
 York, THEODORE, BRIGHAM& 
 NANCT ; the latter died August n, 
 1820. 
 
 Mrs. Orpha Pease died Feb. 22, 1820, 
 in Sangamon county, and Abram Pease 
 was married, June 21, 1827, in Sangamon 
 county, to Dorotha Lathrop, who was 
 born April 12, 1805, in New York. They 
 had one living child 
 
 SHA W, born April 23, 1828, in San- 
 gamon county, was married July 6, 1851, 
 in same county, to Amanda H. Pettus, 
 who was born June 24, 1832, in Nicholas 
 county, Ky., and came to Sangamon 
 county with her father, .Thomas P. Pet- 
 tus, and her grandfather, George Bryan, 
 of Bryan's station, Ky. Shaw Pease and 
 wife have eight living children. LES- 
 LIE T., born Aug. 5, 1852, in Sangamon 
 . county, studied medicine, and was mar- 
 ried, May 9, 1875, to Mary L. Halsted, 
 who was born Feb. 7, 1854, in Castile, 
 Wyoming county, N. Y. Dr. Leslie T. 
 Pease is practicing medicine at Blue 
 Mound, Macon county 111., and resides 
 there. Of the other seven children A. 
 
 JUDSON, FRANCIS W., IDA, LUEL- 
 LA and LINCOLN, were born in Sanga- 
 mon county, and GEOROE and CHAR- 
 LES P. were born in Macon county, 111. 
 Hon. Shaw Pease was a farmer in Wood- 
 side township, Sangamon county, until 
 1867, when he removed to the vicinity of 
 Niantic, Macon county, where he now re- 
 sides. He served one term as member of 
 the Board of Supervisors of Macon 
 county. In Nov., 1874, he was elected to 
 the twenty-ninth district in the State 
 Legislature for two years. Mr. Pease 
 nor either of his sons chew tobacco, drink 
 whisky or use profane language. 
 
 Mrs. Dorotha Pease died, Aug. 13, 
 1832, and Abram Pease died September 
 i, 1843, both in Sangamon^ county, Illi- 
 nois. 
 
 PENNY, HIRAM, was born 
 Oct. 5, 1790, in North Carolina, and was 
 taken, when quite young, by his parents 
 to Pope county, Illinois. He was mar- 
 ried in Kentucky, opposite where they 
 lived in Illinois, to Catharine McHenry. 
 They had five children in Pope county, 
 and moved to Sangamon county, arriving 
 in the fall of 1822, in what is now Cart- 
 wright township, where they had four 
 children. Of their children 
 
 ALEXANDER, born March i, 1815, 
 in Pope county, Illinois, married in San- 
 gamon county to Mary Archer. They 
 had one child, WILLIAM H., who en- 
 listed Sept. 18, 1862, for three years, in 
 Co. F, 1 1 4th 111. Inf., was captured at 
 Guntown, Miss., June 10, 1864, and was 
 starved to death in Andersonville prison. 
 Alexander Penny married for a second 
 wife, Elizabeth Hennings, and died, in 
 Wilson county, Kansas, in 1870, leaving a 
 widow and one child. 
 
 HENRY J., born May 22, 1817, 
 married Louisa Hannahs, have two child- 
 ren, and live in Carroll county, Mis- 
 souri. 
 
 ELIZABETH J., born March, 
 1819, died at eighteen years of age. 
 
 WILLIAM G., born Jan. 5, 1821, 
 married Eleanor Duff, had six children, 
 and he enlisted in an Illinois regiment, 
 and died at Little Rock, Arkansas. His 
 widow died, and his sons live in Webster 
 county, Nebraska. 
 
 JEMIMA, born Sept. n, 1822, mar- 
 ried James Ross. They had two child- 
 ren, and Mrs, Ross died. Mr. Ross was
 
 SANGAMON COUNTY. 
 
 563 
 
 a soldier, and died in the Union army. 
 Their son lives in Logan county, and 
 their daughter in Iowa. 
 
 SOLOMON A., born Sept. 15, 1824, 
 in Sangamon county, married Polly Dun- 
 can, had one child, and Mrs. Penny died. 
 He moved to Kansas, married again, and 
 died there. 
 
 CAROLINE, born Nov. 21, 1828, 
 married Samuel Campbell. They have 
 two children and live in Kansas. 
 
 HIRAM D., born Oct. 16, 1830, mar- 
 ried Jane Irwin, who died, and he mar- 
 ried Laura Graves, and lives in Wilson 
 county, Kansas. 
 
 Hiram Penny died Dec. 10, 1852, in 
 Sangamon county. His widow died 
 April 30, 1873, in Wilson county, Kansas. 
 
 William Penny, the father of Hiram, 
 was born in 1751, and was captain of a 
 company from North Carolina in the 
 Revolutionary army. He moved to Pope 
 county, 111., and from there to Sangamon 
 county, and died, March 15, 1821, on 
 Richland creek, in what is now Cart- 
 wright township. He had two brothers, 
 Solomon and Robert. Solomon married 
 Jane Renshaw, raised a family, and died 
 after leaving the county. Robert raised a 
 family and died. His widow, more than 
 ninety years old, lives with her daughter, 
 Mrs. Abraham Freeman, in Springfield. 
 
 PELHAM, JOHN, was born 
 July 14, 1804, in Hamilton county, near 
 Cincinnati, Ohio. Anna M. Judd was 
 born Oct. 20, 1806, in Chenango county, 
 near Oxford, N. Y. In 1818 her parents 
 moved to Westport, Oldham county, Ky., 
 and in 1821 moved to the vicinity of 
 Shawneetown, 111. In 1823 they moved 
 up the Ohio river to Evansville, Ind. 
 John Pelham and Anna M. Judd were 
 there married, Jan. 23, 1827. They soon 
 after went to St. Clair county, 111., thence 
 to Quincy, and from there to Sangamon 
 county, arriving Sept. n, 1827, at Sanga- 
 mo town. They had seven living child- 
 ren, namely 
 
 JAMES M., born May 5, 1829, mar- 
 ried Mrs. Demaris Stone, whose maiden 
 name was Gard. They had three child- 
 ren, ALAMANDA, FRANKLIN and 
 JAMES M. In 1859 James M. Pelham 
 went to Pikes Peak, and from there to 
 California. In 1862 he united with a body 
 of men, styling themselves the "One 
 Hundred Californians." They went in a 
 
 body from San Francisco to Boston, 
 Mass., and became a Co. of the 2d Mass. 
 Cav. He served full three years, and 
 was honorably discharged, June, 1865. 
 He received a gun shot wound in the 
 Shenandoah Valley. That and exposure 
 so impaired his health that he died, Jan. 
 14, 1866, near Salisbury, within three 
 miles of where he was born. His widow 
 and children live in Gardner township, 
 Sangamon county, Illinois. 
 
 WILLIAM B., born April 18, 1834. 
 He enlisted April, 1861, on the first call 
 for 75,000 men, in the 7th 111. Inf.; served 
 three months, and was honorably dis- 
 charged August. 1 6, 1 86 1. He enlisted 
 in Co. D, 33d 111. Inf., for three years, 
 was wounded at the battle of Black river 
 bridge, May 17, 1863. , Dec. 31, 1863, he 
 re-enlisted as a veteran, was trans- 
 ferred to the Invalid Corps, and was dis- 
 charged on account of physical disabilty, 
 in Nov., 1864. He was married June i, 
 1865, to Elizabeth White. They have 
 four children, and live in Tazewell coun- 
 ty, Illinois. 
 
 DANIEL C., born Jan. 11,1837, en- 
 listed Aug. 16, 1861, in Co. D, 33d 111. 
 Inf., for three years, re-enlisted as a vet- 
 eran, Dec. 31, 1863, at Indianola, Texas, 
 served until the end of the rebellion, and 
 was honorably discharged. He was mar- 
 ried Dec. 27, 1866, to Mildred P. Batterton. 
 They have four children, ARTHUR, 
 ADA L., ALBERT and HARRY; the 
 latter died Aug. 10, 1873. D. C. Pelham 
 resides at Salisbury, Sangamon county, 
 Illinois. 
 
 MARY E., is unmarried, and lives 
 with her mother. 
 
 ELIZA A., born Feb. 6, 1843, mar - 
 Oct. 4, 1866. to Josiah Mitchell. He en- 
 listed for three years, in 1861, in Co. E, 
 i4th 111. Inf., was wouncbed at the battle 
 of Pittsburg Landing, April 6, 1862, and 
 was honorably discharged. He re-en- 
 listed as a veteran Dec., 1863, and \vas4ion- 
 orably discharged Nov., 1865. Mr. and 
 Mrs. Mitchell have two children, AR- 
 THUR C. and CHARLES O., and live 
 at Tallula, Illinois. 
 
 JOHN H., born August 22, 1846, en- 
 listed Feb., 1864, in Co. A., loth 111. Cav., 
 served until Nov., 1865, when he was 
 honorably discharged, at San Antonio, 
 Texas, and resides with his mother at Salis- 
 bury, Illinois.
 
 BARLT SETTLERS OF 
 
 ROBERT E., born Oct. 22, 1848, en- 
 listed August 19, 1871, in Co. G, 6th U. S. 
 Inf. for five years, now May, 1873 at 
 Buford, Dacotah Territory. 
 
 John Pelham died in St. Clair county, 
 July 21, 1850. His widow married Oct. 
 3, 1867, to Wm. B. Gaines. He died Oct. 
 21, 1871. She resides at Salisbury, San- 
 gamon county, 111., and is known as Mrs. 
 Pelham. 1874. 
 
 PETER, ZACHARIAH, was 
 born in Amherst county, Virginia. His 
 parents moved, when he was two years 
 old, to Washington county, Ky. He was 
 married near Danville, Ky., to Nancy 
 Spaulding. They had five children in 
 Kentucky, and moved to what afterwards 
 became Sangamon county. 111., arriving 
 Sept., 1818; and finding an empty cabin in 
 what is now Ball township, Mr. Peter 
 moved his family into it. That was the 
 cabin built by Robert Pulliam. in the fall 
 of 1817, the first ever erected in Sanga- 
 mon connty. Mr. Peter lived there until 
 the spring of 1819, when Mr. Pulliam 
 came with his own family. Mr. Peter 
 then vacated it and built a cabin about 
 three miles further north, on what is now 
 1876 known as the Megredy home- 
 stead. They had one child in Sangamon 
 county. Of their six children 
 
 MART T., born Sept. 13, 1806, in 
 Danville, Ky., married in Sangamon 
 county, Sept. 10, 1826, to Robert With- 
 row. See his name. 
 
 SAMUEL, born in 1808 in Kentucky, 
 married in Sangamon county to Margaret 
 Pulliam. They had five children, and 
 she died, in Iowa, leaving 'her children 
 there. 
 
 JOHN N., born in 1810 in Kentucky, 
 married in Sangamon county to Emily 
 Waldrup. They had seven children. 
 The living members of the family reside 
 near Butler, Montgomery county, Illi- 
 nois. 
 
 MvlHALA D., born in 1813 in Ken- 
 tucky, married in Sangamon county to 
 George MofFatt. They had five children, 
 and Mr. MofFatt died. She, with some of 
 her children, live in Glasgow, Iowa. 
 
 THERZA or (THERESA), born 
 in 1815 in Kentucky, married in Sanga- 
 mon county to Brinsley Ball. They had 
 eight children, and Mr. Ball went to 
 California and died there. Mrs. Ball 
 
 and some of their children live near 
 Galena, JoDaviess county, Illinois. 
 
 JAMES M., born in 1819 in Sanga- 
 mon county, and married Milly A. Peter. 
 They have four children, and live near 
 Mattoon, Moultrie county, Illinois. 
 
 Mrs. Nancy Peter died, and Zachariah 
 Peter married Mrs. Margaret Kelly, 
 widow of John Kelly. See his name. 
 They had one child 
 
 PETER CARTWRIGHT, born 
 in Sangamon county. He was a soldier 
 from Sangamon county in the war with 
 Mexico, in 1846 and '7. He went to 
 Washington Territory, where he was 
 married ; went from there to California, 
 and was killed by Indians, leaving a wid- 
 ow and ont; child in California. 
 
 Mrs. Margaret Peter died, and Zacha- 
 riah Peter married Mrs. Elizabeth 
 Thomas, whose maiden name was Keyes. 
 She died, and he married Eliza Gordan. 
 
 Zachariah Peter died Aug. 5, 1864, in 
 Springfield, and was buried in Hutchin- 
 son cemetery. His widow went to Cali- 
 fornia. 
 
 Mr. Peter was one of the three com- 
 missioners appointed to organize Sanga- 
 mon county, and locate the tempory 
 county seat. It was he and William 
 Drennan who wrote their initials on the 
 stake driven in the ground, and marked it 
 Z., P. & D. That was the way the 
 county seat was located, Api'il 10, 1821, 
 and called Springfield. See page 32. 
 
 PETTUS, THOMAS P., was 
 born March 31, 1790, in Nicholas county, 
 Ky. He was married there, in 1830, to 
 Mrs. Matilda W. Todd, whose maiden 
 name was Bryan, a daughter of George 
 Bryan. See his name. Mr. and Mrs. 
 Pettus had two children, came to Sanga- 
 mon county, in 1834, and settled in what 
 is now Woodside township. Of their 
 children 
 
 AMANDA H., born June 24, 1832, in 
 Nicholas county, Ky., married in Sanga- 
 mon county to Shaw Pease. See his 
 name. 
 
 MORGAN B., born Oct. 2, 1834, in 
 Frankfort, Ky., married in Sangamon 
 county, April 14, 1858, to Abigail Me- 
 gredy. They have three living children, 
 namely FRANCES O., M. MALIN- 
 DA and CHARLES ARCHIBALD. 
 LAURA, the third child, died May n, 
 1871, aged four years. Mr. Pettus, in
 
 SANGAMON COUNTT. 
 
 1866, moved from Sangamon county to 
 Lincoln, Logan county, Illinois, where he 
 i:ow resides, and is engaged as contractor 
 and builder. 
 
 Thomas P. Pettus died April 2, 1852, 
 near Woodside, Sangamon county, and 
 Mrs. Melinda W. Pettus died, Nov. 22, 
 1872, at the residence of her son, Morgan 
 B. Pettus, in Lincoln, Logan county, Illi- 
 nois. 
 
 PHELPS, ADNA, Sen., was 
 born April 30, 1792, at Hebron, Grafton 
 county, N. H. He was there married to 
 Mary Colburn. They had eight children, 
 all born in New Hampshire, three of 
 whom died in infancy. Some of their 
 children came to Sangamon county be- 
 fore 1840. The parents did not come un- 
 til July 23, 1844, when they arrived at 
 Loami. Of theif five children 
 
 JONATHAN, born June, 1814, mar- 
 ried in Massachusetts to Mrs. Nancy 
 Pease, whose maiden name was Turrell. 
 He was a Universalist preacher. He died 
 Oct. 8, 1862, at Loami. His widow re- 
 sides with her daughter by her first hus- 
 band, Mrs. D. S. Lombard, in Spring- 
 field. 
 
 DA VI D, born Dec., 1815, at Hebron, 
 N. H., came to Loami in 1836 or '7, mar- 
 ried Dec. 16, 1838, to Mehetabel Colburn, 
 who died March 7, 1842, and Mr. Phelps 
 was married Jan. 28, 1843, to Fanny Col- 
 burn. They had two children; one died 
 in infancy. He went to California in 
 1849. Their daughter, ELMINA, mar- 
 ried A. J. McDonald, and lives at Grass 
 Valley, Nevada county, California. David 
 Phelps was crushed while going through 
 a mine, of which he was part owner, 
 July 6, and died July 8, 1866. His widow 
 married George Hutchinson, and lives in 
 California. 
 
 LAURA, married in Massachusetts to 
 James Herrin, had one child, and died in 
 New Hampshire. 
 
 ADNA, Jun., born Dec. 28, 1832. at 
 Hebron, N. H., married Nov. 16, 1856, at 
 Loami, to Martha Meigs, who was born 
 Nov. 14, 1840, at an Indian trading post in 
 Iowa. They had eight children, CLAR- 
 ENCE E. and SHERMAN, third and 
 seventh, died in infancy. The other six, 
 LILLIAN A., DAVID B., MATILDA 
 M., LAURA E., VIOLA and DAISY 
 M. live with their parents, three miles' 
 west of Springfield, 111. Adna Phelps 
 
 enlisted Aug. 5, 1862, for three years, in 
 Co. I, 73d 111. Inf., was appointed Order- 
 ly Sergt., promoted, May 15, 1863, to 2d 
 Lieut., promoted Nov. 22, 1863, to ist 
 Lieut., served until June 12, 1865, when 
 he was honorably discharged. 
 
 MANDANA, born August 12, 1835, 
 at East Lebanon, N. H., married at 
 Loami to Isaac Colburn. See his name. 
 
 Adna Phelps, Sen., died March 5, 1852, 
 and his widow died Feb. 13, 1859 he in 
 Springfield and she in Loami. 
 
 PHILLIPS, MRS. CHAR- 
 LOTTE, whose maiden name was 
 Smith, a sister to Jonas Smith and Mrs. 
 Ebenezer Colburn. She was born Dec. 
 18, 1799, in Suffolk county, L. I., New 
 York, married in 1816, at Marietta, Ohio, 
 to Burfit Goldsmith, a native of Mary- 
 land. . They had four children, and Mr. 
 G. died in 1837 at Cincinnati. The wid- 
 ow was married in 1838 to Joel D. Phil- 
 lips. They had one child, and father and 
 child died in 1854, in Tipton county, Ind. 
 All her children are dead except her son, 
 W. H. O. Goldsmith. He was a member 
 of the ist U. S. Dragoons for five years, 
 and served through the war to suppress 
 the rebellion. He is married, and lives 
 in Rush county, Ind. Mrs. Phillips re- 
 sides with her brother, Jonas Smith, at 
 Loami, Illinois. 
 
 PHILLIPS, FRANCIS, was 
 born in 1785, in Maryland. He went to 
 Green county, Ky., and was there mar- 
 ried, in 1810, to Mary Duggin, a native of 
 Virginia. They had five children in 
 Kentucky, one of whom died young. 
 The family moved to Sangamon county, 
 arriving in 1829, near Springfield. Of 
 their children 
 
 MOREAU, born May 26, 1811, in 
 Green county, Ky., came with his parents 
 to Sangamon county in 1829, and was in 
 the Black Hawk war in a Sangamon 
 county company in 183 1. He returned to 
 Kentucky, and was married in Green 
 county, in 1836, to Melissa Lee, a native 
 of that county, also. They had nine chil- 
 dren in Sangamon county, two of whom 
 died young. F. MORTIMER, born 
 Nov. 7? ^37, married in 1861 to Mattie 
 A. Troxell, a native of Maryland. They 
 have two children, ALICE BELL and WIL- 
 LIE, and reside in Springfield. THOM- 
 AS J., born Dec. 3, 1839, died April, 
 1871. MOREAU J., born Feb. 16, 1843,
 
 EARLY SETTLERS OF 
 
 and WILLIAM O., born in 1846, re- 
 side in Springfield with their parents. 
 CHARLES J., born in 1848, married, 
 Oct. 1873, to Etta Snow, a native of 
 Maine. They have two children, BER- 
 THA and KTTA, and reside in Springfield. 
 MARY, born Sept., 1853, died March, 
 1873. URIAH EDWIN, born June, 
 1851, and ROBERT EMMET, born 
 Feb. 8, 1858, reside with their parents, in 
 Springfield. Moreau Phillips was one of 
 the ten young men who went to Nash- 
 ville, Tenn., to hear Henry Clay make a 
 political speach in 1840. See sketch ivith 
 name of J. H. Mat hen ey. 
 
 JEFFERSON, born in 1813, in 
 Green county, Ky., married in Spring- 
 field, in 1836, to Elizabeth Dillman, a 
 native of Ohio. They had four children, 
 two of whom died young. WILLIAM 
 A. and FRANCIS reside at Winona, 
 Illinois. Jefferson Phillips died about 
 1845. 
 
 MART, born in 1815, in Green coun- 
 ty, Ky., married in Springfield, in 1836, 
 to Stephen G. Ubanks. They had two 
 children SUSANNAH, born in Peters- 
 burg, married there to Theodore S. Rog- 
 ers. They reside near Zanesville, Mont- 
 gomery county, 111. MARGARET G., 
 born Oct. 2, 1839, married, Jan. 30, 1860, 
 to Wm. H. Wickersham. They have 
 five children, LILLIE B., NETTIE, MAUDE, 
 OLIVER and CHARLES s. Mr. Wicker- 
 sham was born March 7, 1836, in Ver- 
 sailles, Ky., learned the business of print- 
 ing in the State Journal office, went to 
 California, in 1853, returned to Spring- 
 field in 1859, enlisted, Aug., 1862, for 
 three years, in Co. C, i24th 111. Inf., 
 served until the end of the rebellion, and 
 was honorably discharged. He is now 
 engaged in the Journal office. Mrs. 
 Ubanks died in 1845. 
 
 WILLIAM, born in 1826, in Green 
 county, Ky., raised in Sangamon county, 
 married about 1846, in Petersburg, 111., to 
 Margaret White. They had two children, 
 FRANK and JEFFERSON, both liv- 
 ing in Petersburg. William Phillips 
 died in 1852, in Petersburg. 
 
 Mrs. Mary or Margaret? Phillips died 
 in 1834, in Springfield. Francis Phillips 
 went back to Kentucky, married a Mrs. 
 Lambkin, came to Springfield on business, 
 and was returning to Kentucky when he 
 died on the road. 
 
 Francis Phillips was something of a 
 genius. Farming and chair making was 
 his main business, but he would do any 
 kind of a job of painting, plain or orna- 
 mental. A hotel sign painted by him for 
 Archer G. Herndon, is remembered by 
 some of the old men, who in their boy- 
 hood days regarded it with an awe inspir- 
 ing reverence that seems not to have left 
 them to the present time. The name of 
 the hotel was the "Indian Queen," and 
 the sign was the painter's idea of that im- 
 aginary personage. 
 
 PICKRELL, ABEL, was born 
 March 14, 1782, in Loudoii county, Va. 
 His father died when he was quite young, 
 and he was taken by his mother to Flem- 
 ing county, Ky., about 1793. He went 
 to Montgomery county, in the same 
 State, when a young man, and was there 
 married, in 1804, to Sarah Taylor, who 
 was born Oct. 31, 1784, at a place called 
 Red Stone Fort, Penn. Mr. Pickrell 
 was a soldier in the war of 1812, and 
 went from Montgomery county, Ky. 
 They had six children in that county, 
 and in the fall of iSiS, moved to Shelby 
 county, in the same State, and from there 
 moved to Sangamon county, 111., arriving 
 in the fall of 1831, in what is now Wil- 
 liams township. Of their children 
 
 JESSE A., born June 13, 1805, in 
 Montgomery county, Ky., came to San- 
 gamon county, Illinois, arriving in the 
 spring of 1828, being the first of the fam- 
 ily to come to the county, stopping in 
 what is now Mechanicsburg township. 
 He was married Dec. 18, 1828, in Sanga- 
 mon county, to Elizabeth Churchill. 
 They had ten living children in Sanga- 
 mon county. WILLIAM O., born Feb. 
 27, 1830, in Sangamon county, married 
 near Keokuk, Iowa, to Hannah Reed. 
 They have seven children, IDA M., FAN- 
 NIE H., JESSE, ELIZABETH, OLLIE and 
 
 WALTER F., and reside near Ottawa, 
 Kansas. ABEL GEORGE, born Feb. 
 19, 1832, in Sangamon county, enlisted 
 July 20, 1861, in Co. C, nth Mo. Inf., 
 for three years, was commissioned Quar- 
 termaster of the regular army, July 24, 
 1862, and mustered out August 15, 1864. 
 He was married Dec. 27, 1864, in Jack- 
 sonville, 111., to Emma H. Winn. See 
 Branson family. They have three child- 
 *ren, GORILLA, ALICE and GERTRUDE, and 
 reside one and a half miles south of Lanes-
 
 SAN GAM ON COUNTY. 
 
 567 
 
 ville, or Wheatfield Postoffice, Sangamon 
 county, 111. MILLER H., bom March 
 31, 1835, married in Sangamon county to 
 Sophronia Fry. ANN M., born Sept. 
 14, 1840, married Sept. 25, 1866, to Henry 
 H. Lee, who was born August 10, 1834, 
 in Gallia county, Ohio, and died Aug. 10, 
 iS6y, in Sangamon county. She lives 
 with her parents. MARY V., born Dec. 
 n, 1842, married Sept. 6, 1865, to Samuel 
 T. Rogers. They have one child, ROBERT, 
 and live at El Paso, 111. AMANDA P., 
 born August 31, 1844, married Walter F. 
 Swift, Oct. 13, 1870. She died June 19, 
 1872, in Ottawa, Kansas. Mr. Swift 
 married March 6, 1874, to Bertha Burk- 
 hardt. See her name. JOHN C., born 
 Oct. 27, 1846, enlisted July 26, 1864, for 
 three years, in Co. B, 25th U. S. Inf.; 
 served full time, a portion of it as Orderly 
 on Gen. George H. Thomas' staff. He 
 was honorably discharged July 26, 1867, 
 and died at home, March 25, 1873. BEN- 
 JAMIN F., born Dec. 10, 1848. M. 
 GERTRUDE, born Dec. 29, 1850, and 
 SALLIE E., born March 6, 1855. The 
 two latter live with their parents. Jesse 
 A. Pickrell and family reside near Lanes- 
 ville, or Wheatfield Postoffice, Sangamon 
 county, 111. He was among the earliest 
 to introduce improved breeds of cattle, 
 hogs and other stock into Sangamon 
 county, and is one of the most extensive 
 farmers and stock raisers in the county. 
 
 WILLIAM S., born March 28, 1807, 
 in Montgomery county, Ky., came to 
 Sangamon county in the fall of 1828, in 
 company with his brother Jesse A., who 
 had returned to Kentucky on a visit. 
 W. S. Pickrell volunteered and served 
 three terms in the Black Hawk war; one 
 term in 1831 and two in 1832. He was 
 Lieutenant, afterwards Major, and Lieu- 
 tenant-Colonel of militia. He was mar- 
 ried near Springfield, June 4, 1833, to 
 Amanda P. Watson. See Watson fami- 
 ly. They had ten living children. 
 JAMES H., born March 20, 1834, in 
 Sangamon county, was married Sept. 20, 
 1860, near Paris, Ky., to Margaret T. 
 Bedford, who was born there, March 4, 
 18^0. They had seven children; one died 
 in infancy. AMANDA w., ANNA L., 
 
 ELLEN II., HARVEY E., WILLIAM B. and 
 
 JESSE G; the latter died August 5, 1876. 
 The other five live their parents at Har- 
 ristown, Macon county, 111. ANNELI- 
 
 ZA, born August 20, 1839, was married 
 Dec. 15, 1858, to Harvey N. Edwards, 
 who was born Nov. 9, 1824, in Madison 
 county, N. Y. They reside in Spring- 
 field, 111. HATHAWAY, born Nov. 
 13, 1841, married Dr. George Pasfield. 
 See his name. H. CLAY, born Jan. 27, 
 1844. LAURA, born Oct. 3, 1846. 
 EMMA, born Jan. n, 1849. WIL- 
 LIAM, born Feb. 9, 1851. WATSON, 
 born Oct. 4, 1853. ARTHUR, born 
 Dec. 29, 1856. SCOTT, born Sept. 19, 
 1860. The last seven children reside at 
 the homestead adjoining Mechanicsburg. 
 William S. Pickrell died Feb. 4, 1870, 
 and Mrs. Amanda P. Pickrell died Mar. 
 i, 1876, both on the farm where he set- 
 tled in 1829. Wm. S. Pickrell entered 
 the land on which Mechanicsburg now 
 stands, laid out the original town, and 
 made two additions afterwards. The 
 first sale of lots took place Nov. 16, 1832. 
 He was one of the most successful farm- 
 ers and stock raisers of Sangamon county. 
 His sons are all well trained to the same 
 business. 
 
 OLIVER B., born Jan. 31, 1809, in 
 Kentucky, died there Dec. 8, 1829. 
 
 BENJAMIN F., born March 10, 
 1811, in Montgomery county, Ky., came 
 with his father to Sangamon county, and 
 was married Oct. 5, 1834, to Mary A. 
 ELKIN. They had three children. 
 WILLIAM T., born March 6, 1836, was 
 married in Ottawa, Kansas, to Virginia 
 Whetstone. They have one child OTTOE 
 K., and reside in Ottawa, Kansas. FRAN- 
 CIS M., born Oct. n, 1837, married near 
 Williamsville, 111., to Mary C. Poorman. 
 They have two children, JOHN and PER- 
 CY. ELIZA F., born Jan. 30, 1839, was 
 married May, 1874, in Decatur, 111., to 
 John L. Routt, the present Governor of 
 Colorado. -January, 1876. They reside 
 in Denver, Colorado. B. F. Pickrell died 
 August 28, 1838, in Sangamon county. 
 His widow married Abner Riddle. Sec 
 his name. 
 
 EVELINE, born April i, '1813, in 
 Montgomery county, Ky., married B. 
 Logan Hall. See his name. 
 
 MART A., born Oct. 11, 1815, in 
 Montgomery county, Ky., married John 
 Bice. See his name. 
 
 Mrs. Sarah Pickrell died April 9, 1861, 
 and Abel Pickrell died Jan. 3, 1862, both
 
 5 68 
 
 EARL Y SB TTLERS 
 
 in Sangamon county, near Mechanics- 
 burg, Illinois. 
 
 PIERSON, MOSES, born June 
 7, 1802, in Warren county, near Lebanon, 
 Ohio. Clarissa Morris was born June 18, 
 1808, in the same county. They were 
 married, Nov. 3, 1824, and had two living 
 children there. They moved to Sanga- 
 mon county, 111., arriving in the fall of 
 1833, a *- Springfield, and a year or two 
 later settled two and one-half miles north- 
 east of Springfield. They came to the 
 west hoping that Mrs. Pearson's health 
 would be improved, but finding that it 
 was not. They were returning to Ohio, 
 and stopped at Paris, 111., to visit some 
 friends, when Mrs. Pierson suddenly died 
 there, June 9, 1836. Mr. Pierson took 
 his two children to their relatives in Ohio, 
 an.d returned to Sangamon county, where 
 he was married, Oct. 18, 1837, to Harriet 
 Kilbourn, who was born Oct. 18, 1818, 
 near Chillicothe, Ohio. They had nine 
 children in Sangamon county. Of all 
 his children 
 
 DA VID M., born Nov. 12, 1827, near 
 Lebanon, Ohio, was married Dec. 27, 
 1865, in Sangamon county, to Celestia E. 
 Wilson, who was born Sept. 5, 1839, in 
 St. Lawrence county, N. Y. They had two 
 children. LAWRENCE L., the young- 
 est, died in his second year. OILMAN 
 M., born Oct. 9. 1866, resides with his 
 parents, at his grandfather Wilson's, two 
 miles northeast of Springfield. 
 
 SARAH LA VINIA, born April 4, 
 1831, near Lebanon, Ohio, was married in 
 Sangamon county, June 27, 1867, to Rich- 
 ard H. Beach. See his name. 
 
 Children of Moses Pierson by the sec- 
 ond marriage 
 
 CLARISSA, born Aug. 27, 1838, in 
 Sangamon county, married Lucius C. 
 Francis. See his name. 
 
 JOHN G., born Sept. 3, 1840, in 
 Sangarnon county, is unmarried, and re- 
 sides at the family homestead, two and 
 one-half miles northeast of Springfield. 
 
 JANE MART, born Sept. 30, 1842, 
 resides at the famiiy homestead. 
 
 THEODORE F., born June 7, 1844, 
 enlisted Aug. 5, 1862, for three years, in 
 Co. G, ii4th 111. Inf. He was taken pris- 
 oner June, 1864, at the battle of Gun- 
 town, Miss., spent four months in Ander- 
 sonville prison, and taken from there to 
 Savannah Ga., and parolled. On being 
 
 exchanged he returned to duty, at Benton 
 Barracks, St. .Louis, where he was honor- 
 ably discharged, July 27, 1865. He was 
 married at iacksonville, 111., Sept. 15, 
 1874, to Josephine E. Morrison, who 
 was born Nov., 1847, near Naples, Scott 
 county, 111. They reside four miles north 
 of Illiopolis, Sangamon county, Illinois. 
 
 FRANK, born Sept. 25, 1846, resides 
 four miles north of Illiopolis, Illinois. 
 JOSEPH, born March 22, 1848; 
 EDWARD, born May 13, 1849; 
 JESSIE A., born Jan. 6, 1854, and 
 HARRIET, born Feb. 27, 1857, re ~ 
 side at the family homestead, near Spring- 
 field, Illinois. * 
 
 Mrs. Harriet Pierson died Feb. 18, 
 1858, and Moses Pierson died Dec. 20, 
 1860, both on the farm where he settled 
 in 1834 or '5, two and a half miles north- 
 east of Springfield, Illinois. 
 
 PIKE, JOHN, was born in Vir- 
 ginia, and when a young man went to 
 Bourbon county, Ky., where he was mar- 
 ried to Mary Moon. They had three 
 children in Bourbon county. In the 
 spring of 1828 Mr. Pike started, with his 
 household goods loaded on a wagon made 
 entirely of wood, each wheel being hewn 
 from a solid piece of timber. it was 
 drawn by a yoke of oxen, with one horse 
 in the lead. The wagon was many times 
 taken to pieces and formed into a raft to 
 float the wife, children, and household 
 goods across the unbridged streams. They 
 traveled in that way until they reached 
 Jacksonville. 111. He was not satisfied 
 with the country, and started back to 
 Kentucky. On reaching White river, 
 Ind., they halted, and again started for 
 Illinois. Late in the fall of 1829 they 
 stopped near the South Fork timber, 
 about three miles south of the present 
 town of Rochester. The weather being 
 too cold to travel, and it was too late in 
 the season to build, the family spent that 
 winter in the tent they had used all sum- 
 mer. In the spring of 1830 Mr. Pike 
 had twenty acres under cultivation. He 
 also built a log cabin in the edge of the 
 prairie, and lined it with clap boards. 
 The next winter being the time of the 
 "deep snow," when it fell the wind drift- 
 ed it around the house until it was almost 
 covered, thus making it very warm. Mr. 
 Pike made rails at twenty-five cents per 
 hundred, until he earned one hundred
 
 SANGAMON COUNTT. 
 
 5 6 9 
 
 dollars, with which he entered his first 
 eighty acres of land. That required the 
 making of forty thousand rails. Mr. and 
 Mrs. Pike had three children in Sanga- 
 mon county. Of their six children 
 
 MIL r rON, born in Bourbon county, 
 Ky., married in Sangamon county, June 
 12, 1845, to Martha J. Porterfield. They 
 had three children, and Mrs. Pike died 
 March 25, 1855. He was married July 
 29, 1857, to Elizabeth M. Brownell. 
 They have eight children, and reside in 
 Auburn, Sangamon county, Illinois. 
 
 GEORGE H., born in Kentucky, 
 lived with the family in Sangamon coun- 
 ty until he was twenty-one years old. He 
 was married in Bureau county, but if liv- 
 ing, his residence is not known. 
 
 THOMAS, born in Kentucky, mar- 
 ried in Sangamon county to Elizabeth 
 Baker, and had two children. He mar- 
 ried Mrs. Sarah J. Breckenridge, whose 
 maiden name was Mathews, and lives 
 near Edinburg, Illinois. 
 
 ELMIRA J., born in Sangamon 
 county, married Isaac Baker, who died, 
 leaving one child, and she married Samuel 
 Woodrow, has two children, and lives at 
 the place where her parents settled in 
 1829, three miles south of Rochester, Illi- 
 nois. 
 
 LUCINDA, born Nov. 29, 1833, in 
 Sangamon county, married John F. Jones. 
 They had one child, CHARLES T., 
 who married Missouri Reavis, and lives 
 at Campbellsburg, 111. J. F. Jones died, 
 and his widow married Edward George. 
 See his name. 
 
 WILLIAM, born in Sangamon coun- 
 ty, married Alvira White, and lives in 
 Kansas. 
 
 John Pike died in 1833 or '4, in Sanga- 
 mon county. His widow married in 
 1836 to James Martin. They had one 
 child 
 
 NANCY, who married Jefferson 
 Smith, and lives two and a half miles 
 south of Dawson, Sangamon county, -Illi- 
 nois. 
 
 Mrs. Mary Martin died in 1858. 
 
 PIPPIN, JOSEPH, was born 
 April 2, 1782, in Cecil county, Md., and 
 taken by his parents to Russell county, 
 Va. He was there married, Dec. 12, 
 1812, to Sarah Haines, sister to Christo- 
 pher Haines. See his name. She was 
 born in Russell county, June 5, 1785. In 
 
 August, 1813, they moved to Allen coun- 
 ty, Ky., where they had ten children, and 
 moved to Sangamon county, 111., arriving 
 Nov. 10, 1830, in what is now Cotton 
 Hill township, where one child was born. 
 Of their children 
 
 MARGARET, married to John Ash- 
 ford, and died, leaving a family in Ken- 
 tucky. 
 
 TELITHA, born Sept. 29, 1815, in 
 Kentucky, married in Sangamon county 
 to James A. Snodgrass. See his name. 
 
 MARY,\)m\\ in Kentucky, and died 
 in Sangamon county, aged twenty years. 
 
 CHRISTOPHER, born Oct. 12, 
 1819, in Kentucky, died in Sangamon 
 county, Feb. 14, 1848. 
 
 MARTHA A., born April 11, 1821, 
 and 
 
 JOHN L., born March 10, 1823, in 
 Kentucky, both live with their mother. 
 
 WILLIAM died under five years. 
 
 JESSE, born Feb. 11, 1827, in Allen 
 county, Ky., married in Sangamon coun- 
 ty, June 25, 1862, to Isabel Craig. She 
 was born August 28, 1840, in Glasgow, 
 Scotland. They had five children; two 
 died under six years. MARY E., JOHN 
 A. and Burgess R. live with their parents, 
 near New City, Sangamon county, Illi- 
 nois. 
 
 CATHARINE, born Feb. 14, 1829, 
 married Jackson Ryan. She died Jan. 7, 
 1849. 
 
 NANCT A., , born Feb. 11, 1830, in 
 Kentucky, married in Sangamon county 
 to John Benjamin. 
 
 ME LINDA J., born March 5, 1833, 
 in Sungamon county, married John Allen, 
 and she died Sept. 2, 1865. 
 
 Joseph Pippin died August 10, 1873, in 
 his ninety-second year. His widow lives 
 in Cotton Hill township, near where they 
 settled in 1830. Their married life ex- 
 tended over more than sixty years. 
 
 PIRKINS, EDWARD, was 
 born March 15, 1791, on the river Yad- 
 kin, Wilkes county, North Carolina. 
 His parents moved, when he was quite 
 young, to Adair county, Ky. He was 
 married Aug. 20, 1812, in Campbell 
 county, Tenn., to Anna Pierce, who was 
 born March 28, 1796, in Blount county, 
 Tenn. They made their home in Camp- 
 bell county, Tenn., until they had four 
 children, and they moved in company 
 with the family of his father-in-law, Rob-
 
 57 
 
 BARLT SETTLERS OF 
 
 ert Pierce, to Madison county, 111., arriv- 
 ing in the fall of 1819. The next spring 
 the two families moved to Sangamon 
 county, arriving in Api'il, 1820, on Rich- 
 land creek, in what is now Cartwright 
 township, where seven children were 
 born. Of their eleven children 
 
 POLLY, born June 25, 1813, in 
 Campbell county, Tenn., married Tave- 
 ner B. Anderson. See his name. 
 
 LEAH, born March 29, 1815, in 
 Campbell county, Tenn., married in San- 
 gamon county, Dec. 16, 1841, to James 
 W. Beekman, who was born Dec. 9, 
 1816, in Somerset county, N. J. They 
 had five children, all born in Sangamon 
 county. MARY E., born Dec. 7, 1842, 
 died Feb. 4, 1847. CORNELIUS T., 
 born Oct. 16, 1846, died Nov. n, 1867. 
 JANE E. and SARAH L., twins, born 
 Mar. 26, 1850. JANE E. married, Sept. 
 18, 1872, to, Thomas C. Richardson, had 
 one child, MARY L., who died in infancy. 
 They reside with Mrs. Richardson's 
 father. SARAH . L. married, Oct. 12, 
 1871, to Winfield S. Caldwell, and reside 
 in Menard county, five miles north of 
 Pleasant Plains. " WILLIAM E., mar- 
 ried Jan. i, 1874, to Julia S. Harrison. 
 She died, leaving one child, EDWARD j. 
 Mr. Beekman resides with his father. 
 Mrs. Leah Beekman died, Feb. 21, 
 1873. James W. Beekman resides 
 three and one-half miles northeast of 
 Pleasant Plains, Sangamon county, Illi- 
 nois. 
 
 ELIZA, born Dec. 25, 1816, in Camp- 
 bell county, Tenn., married in Sangamon 
 county to Edmund Crafton. They had 
 nine children, and Mrs. Crafton died, 
 in 1869, in Springfield. 
 
 ROBERT L., born April 29, 1819, in 
 Campbell county, Tenn., married March 
 n, 1841, in Menard county, to Harriet E. 
 Bone, who was born Sept. 10, 1819, near 
 Petersburg. They had five children, two 
 of whom died in infancy. Of the other 
 three CHARLES R. lives in Curran 
 township, near his father. FRANCES 
 JENNIE, born March 7, 1844, man "i ed , 
 Feb. 8, 1866, to John F. Purvines. See 
 his name. THOMAS M. lives in Cur- 
 ran township, near his father. Mrs. Har- 
 riet E. Pirkins died Sept. 22, 1851, and 
 R. L. Pirkins was married, Nov. 3, 1853, 
 to Emma M. Dorand, who was born July 
 15, 1825, in St. Lawrence county, N. Y. 
 
 They had one child, HARRIET E., who 
 died, Nov. 16, 1860, in her seventh year. 
 R. L. Pirkins and wife reside in Curran 
 township, seven miles southwest of 
 Springfield, Sangamon county, Illinois. 
 
 EDWARD RILET, born Sept. 25, 
 1821, in Sangamon county, married June 
 16, 1846, to Rachel R. Butler. They had 
 six children in Sangamon county. WIL- 
 LIAM EDWARD, born March 21, 
 1849, married, Dec. 16, 1869, to Rose H. 
 Cooper, who was born April 19, 1849. 
 They have two children, ROSE BELLE and 
 NELLIE, and reside five miles southeast of 
 Pleasant Plains, Sangamon county, Illi- 
 nois. CORDELIA E., born May 23, 
 1851, married, Oct. 31, 1871, to Wm. H. 
 Little. See his name. He died at Chi- 
 cago, Aug. 17, 1873, from an accident on 
 the Chicago & Alton railroad, the night 
 before. EMMA L., FANNIE M. and 
 SALLIE B. reside with their parents. 
 JULIA died in her fourth year. E. R. 
 Pirkins lived in Cartwright township, 
 three and one-half miles southwest of 
 Richland station, until he was elected 
 treasurer of Sangamon county, Oct., 1873, 
 for two years, and now 1876 resides in 
 Springfield, Illinois. 
 
 JOSEPH B.. born May 15, 1824, in 
 Sangamon county, married Aug. 29, 
 1849, to Melinda A. lies. They had four 
 children, one died in infancy. The other 
 three ANNIE C. P. married, October 
 20, 1869, to William E. Morrison. They 
 had one child, JAMES DON, and Mrs. Mor- 
 rison died, in 1874, at Morrison ville, 
 Christian county, Illinois. JULIA R. 
 and LOUISA M. reside with their father. 
 Mrs. M. A. Pirkins died, Jan. 12, 1857, 
 and J. B. Pirkins was married June 8, 
 1864, at Nicholasville, Ky., to Ann Mary 
 Price, who was born Jan. 17, 1842, in 
 Woodford county, Ky. They had three 
 children, one of whom died in infancy. 
 JOSEPH B., Jun., and ROBERT L. 
 live with their parents. J. B. Pirkins re- 
 sides near Woodside, Sangamon county, 
 Illinois. He was a member of Co. A, 
 4th 111. Inf., and served one year in the 
 war with Mexico, under Col. E. D. 
 Baker. He was elected, in Nov., 1858, 
 sheriff of Sangamon county, for two 
 years, and was President of the Sanga- 
 mon county Agricultural Society, in 
 1872. He was the first President of the 
 Society as now organized.
 
 SAN GAM ON COUNTT. 
 
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 WILLIAM F., born Feb. 18, 1827, 
 in Sangamon county, married, April 5, 
 1860, to Mary Say re. They had three 
 children, viz: CLARENCE F., the 
 second one, died in his second year. AN- 
 NIE L. and JENNIE E. reside with 
 their parents, four miles northeast of 
 Richland station, Sangamon county, Illi- 
 nois. 
 
 RACHEL L., born Jan. 7, 1830, in 
 Sangamon county, died March 9, 1853. 
 
 FRANCIS M., born Nov. 19, 1832, 
 in Sangamon county, went, in the sum- 
 mer of 1862, to California and Ore- 
 gon, and from there to Idaho. He left 
 Fort Berthold, on the Missouri river, for 
 home, with about twenty others in a boat, 
 and all of them were massacred by Sioux 
 Indians, below that Fort, August 3, 
 1863. 
 
 JAMES M., born Sept. 5, 1835, in 
 Sangamon county, died unmarried, Sept. 
 27, 1869, at the family homestead. 
 
 REBECCA E., born Jan. 24, 1840, 
 in Sangamon county, married Dec. 15, 
 1857, to William H. Wilton, who was 
 born March 31, 1827, at Carlisle, Clinton 
 county, Illinois. They had nine children. 
 ANNA and EMMA, twins, FRANK, 
 NED and HARRY, twins, WILLIE, 
 LIZZIE and ELLA. They reside two 
 and one-half miles north of Richland sta- 
 tion, Sangamon county, Illinois, on the 
 farm where her father settled in 1820. 
 
 Mrs. Anna Pirkins died Nov. i, 1854, 
 and Mr. Edward Pirkins, now in his 84th 
 year, resides with his children, principally 
 at the farm where he settled in 1820. 
 
 ROBERT PIERCE, the father-in-law 
 of Edward Pirkins, was an early settler 
 of Sangamon county. 
 
 Edward Pirkins remembers that when 
 himself and his father-in-law, Mr. Pierce, 
 were looking at the country they were at 
 Island Grove, and Mr. Pierce thought it 
 ought to be called lost grove because there 
 was not more than enough timber for one 
 family, and as one family could not live 
 alone, it would be lost. They went to 
 Richland creek because there was more 
 timber there. Claims were laid to it all 
 before it came into market, and when it 
 was ready for entry the timber land was 
 all taken very soon. It had been a source 
 of great anxiety because there were no 
 pre-emption laws to protect, the settlers, 
 and they felt very much relieved when 
 
 they had generally secured their homes. 
 This happiness did not last long, for they 
 soon began to worry about how long the 
 timber would last. Mr. Pirkins remem- 
 bers meeting four or five t)f his neighbors 
 when the timber question came up. He 
 gave it as his opinion, that he would cut 
 the last stick of his timber in twenty 
 years, and he would have to leave the 
 country. One man who had read some- 
 thing about "Peat" or turf, tried to con- 
 sole those present with the thought that 
 before the timber was exhausted a plan 
 would be invented to break the prairie, 
 and they could dry the sod, call it peat 
 and burn it. There is more wood 
 on his land now than when he en- 
 tered it. 
 
 Edward Pirkins took the premium of a 
 gold headed cane, at the Sangamon coun- 
 ty Fair, Sept., 1875, for the best eques- 
 trianism by aged gentlemen. There 
 were eleven entries, all over sixty years of 
 age. Rev. A. Gross, on behalf of the 
 society, said: "Mr. Pirkins, the commit- 
 tee chosen by the Sangamon county 
 Fair, consider you the most graceful rider, 
 and on behalf of the Society, I present 
 you with this beautiful cane, to which we 
 feel you are justly entitled." 
 
 PLAIN, DAVID S., born Feb. 
 27, 1824, near Greenville, Mechlenburg 
 county, Ky. His mother died when 
 he was two weeks old, and in 1835 ^ e 
 was brought to what is now Auburn 
 township, by Samuel Short, who brought 
 him up. David S. Plain was married 
 Sept. 4, 1845, to Eliza Roach, who was 
 born April 14, 1823, in Christian county, 
 Ky. They have ten children 
 
 EMILY J., born Feb. 9, 1847, was 
 married Feb. 26, 1873, to W. A. Lowder- 
 milk, of Auburn township. They have 
 one child, CHARLES O., and re'side in 
 Cass county, Missouri. 
 
 MIRANDA, born June 12, 1848, in 
 Sangamon county, 111., was married May 
 n, 1870, to Thomas R. Stroud. They 
 moved to the vicinity of south Carrolton, 
 Ky., but returned August 16, 1875. Thev 
 have two children, ELIZA M. and ED- 
 GAR L., and reside in Auburn township, 
 Sangamon county, Illinois. 
 
 JESSE S., born Feb. 20, 1850, in 
 Sangamon county, was married Sept. 16, 
 1873, to Fannie Briant, who was born in
 
 57* 
 
 EARLY SETTLERS OP 
 
 McLean county, Ky. They live in 
 Mechlenburg county, Kv. 
 
 SAMUEL S., born Dec. 17, 1851, 
 was married Sept. 3, 1872, to Mattie Jer- 
 ingan. They live in Radford, Christian 
 county, Illinois. 
 
 AMERICA R., born Feb. 24, 1854, 
 was married Dec. 24, 1873, to W. C. Mc- 
 Glothlin, who was born in Green county, 
 111. They reside in Auburn township, 
 Sangamon county, Illinois. 
 
 DA VI D E., born Nov. 20, 1855, lives 
 with his parents. 
 
 CHARLES, born Oct. i, 1857, died 
 Oct. 7, 1875. 
 
 ELIZA J., born Nov. 5, 1859, 
 
 MART C., born Dec. 26, i86i,and 
 
 MARGARET M.,born May 4, 1864, 
 all in Sangamon county, and the unmar- 
 ried children reside with their parents, 
 five miles southeast of Auburn, Sanga- 
 mon county, Illinois. 
 
 PLANCK, JACOB C.. born 
 Jan. 27, 1804, in Maryland, went, when a 
 boy, to Kentucky, and was married in 
 Flemingsburg, Fleming county, Ky., 
 about 1826, to Mary M. Rogers, who 
 was born there, April 4, 1806. They 
 moved to Springfield, 111., in the autumn 
 of 1826, where they had nine children, 
 one of whom died in infancy, and one 
 aged seven years, Of the other seven 
 
 EMILT R., born Jan., 1828, in 
 Springfield, 111., was married there, Feb., 
 1845, t Benjamin A. Watson. See his 
 name. 
 
 E ME LINE, born Dec. 4, 1829, in 
 Springfield, was married Dec., 1848, to 
 Walter Davis, a native of Richmond, 
 Virginia. They had four children, three 
 of whom died young. Mr. Davis died 
 Jan. 6. 1861, and Mrs. Davis died Oct. 4, 
 1863, both in Springfield, Illinois, leaving 
 one child, CLARA, born May 21, 1854. 
 She was married March 25, 1875, to 
 James Hoyt, a native of Williamsburg, 
 New York. They live in Springfield, 
 Illinois. 
 
 yULIA y., born July 24, 1832, in 
 Springfield, was married there, Oct. 6, 
 1852, to Joseph B. ! Fosselman, who was 
 born March 4, 1830, in Perry county, 
 Penn. They have two living children, 
 ANNA M. was married Feb. 23, 1876, to 
 Emery Wolgamot. See his name. 
 EDWARD lives with his parents. J. B. 
 Fosselman came to Springfield in 1850, 
 
 and being an experienced druggist, he en- 
 gaged in that business, and prosecuted it 
 for ten years, when he changed to the 
 wholesale grocery trade, which he con- 
 tinued thirteen years. He is now in the 
 drug business in Springfield, 111. 
 
 WILLIAM H., born Oct. 16, 1835, in 
 Springfield, was married there in 1863, to 
 Mrs. Elizabeth Robinson, whose maiden 
 name was Abrams. They have one 
 child, KATIE, and live in St. Louis, 
 Missouri. 
 
 AMELIA R, born May 25, 1839, in 
 Springfield, was married Dec. 24, 1860, 
 to Alexander R. Dodds. See his name. 
 They had one child, EVA MAY, and 
 Mr. Dodds died Jan., 1864. Mrs. Amelia 
 R. Dodds and her daughter live in Spring- 
 field, Illinois. 
 
 CHARLES, born Dec. 10, 1842, in 
 Springfield, was married Dec. i, 1868, to 
 Mrs. Hattie Bailey, whose maiden name 
 was Stevens, a native of Rochester, New 
 York. They live in Holland, Ottawa 
 county, Michigan. 
 
 MART E., born Sept. 13, 1849, in 
 Springfield, was married there, Feb. 18, 
 1865, to James Smith, who was born 
 May 20, 1841, in Vermont. They had 
 one child, LILLIE MAY, and Mr. 
 Smith died No v., 1874, in Sandusky, O. 
 Mrs. Smith and her daughter live in Hol- 
 land, Ottawa county, Michigan. 
 
 Mrs. Mary Planck died Jan. 14, 1867, 
 and Jacob C. Planck died August 3, 
 1867, both in Springfield, Illinois. 
 
 PLUNKETT, JOHN H., was 
 born Oct. 3, 1782, in Cabarras county, 
 N. C. Elizabeth Purviance was born 
 March 17, 1785, in the same county. They 
 were married Feb. 19, 1804, and had 
 seven children there. The family then 
 moved to Sangamon county, 111., arriving 
 in May, 1823, at the north side of Rich- 
 land creek, in what is now Cartwright 
 township, where, two children were born. 
 Of their nine children 
 
 NANCT, born June 15, 1806, in 
 North Carolina, married Maxwell Camp- 
 bell. See his name. 
 
 ROBERT S., born June 15, 1808, in 
 North Carolina, married in Sangamon 
 county, Nov. 5, 1829, to Ruth Combs, 
 who was born in Green county, Ky. 
 They had six living children. MAR- 
 THA A., born July 4, 1832, married 
 Wm. Bumgardner, and both died in Ef-
 
 SANGAMON COUNTY. 
 
 573 
 
 fingham county, leaving five children. 
 ASA W., born April 3, 1834, married 
 Jan. 12, 1853, to Nancy J. Willis, who 
 was born July 21, 1831, in Kentucky. 
 They had seven children; two died in in- 
 fancy, and MARY ETHEL died in her 
 ninth year. ROBERT s., EMMA j., JOHN 
 w. and LILLIE MAY live with their par- 
 ents, near Pleasant Plains, 111. JASON 
 D., born Jan. i, 1836, was married Mar. 
 5, 1857,10 Catharine Dunkel. They have 
 four living children, HARLEM o., WIL- 
 LIAM H., HATTIE c. and RUTH c., and 
 live four miles east of Pleasant Plains, 
 Sangamon county, 111. RICHARD M., 
 born Dec. 13, 1838, died April 28, 1852. 
 JOHN N., born Sept. 30, 1840, enlisted 
 on the first call for seventy-five thousand 
 men, April, 1861, for three months, in Co. 
 E, 7th 111. Inf., and served full term. He 
 enlisted August 11, 1862, in Co. F, H4th 
 111. Inf., for three years, served until Oct. 
 18, 1864, when he was discharged on ac- 
 count of physical disability, by the special 
 order of Abraham Lincoln, on the per- 
 sonal application of his father, who was a 
 soldier in Capt. Lincoln's company, in the 
 Black Hawk war. John N. Plunkett 
 was married August 24, 1865, to Mary 
 C. Sutton, who was born Oct. 22, 1843, 
 They have four children, ITHA E., MIN- 
 NIE E., MELINDA j and JOHN c., and live 
 one mile west of Salisburv, Sangamon 
 county, 111. REBECCA J., born Oct. 
 15, 1841, married March 13, 1862, to 
 Amos D. Irwin. See his name. Mrs. 
 Ruth Plunkett died Feb. 23, 1844, and 
 Robert S. Plunkett married Anna Alex- 
 ander, who died without children, and Mr. 
 Plunkett was married Nov. n, 1850, to 
 Mrs. Marilda Gateley, whose maiden 
 name was Hind. They have two children, 
 LAURA N. and RUTH D., and reside 
 three and a half miles east of Pleasant 
 Plains, Sangamon county, Illinois. 
 
 ELLEN married Zachariah Wilbourn. 
 They had six children, and moved to 
 the vicinity of Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, where 
 Mrs. Wilbourn died. Her children are 
 all married, and live in Iowa. Mr. Wil- 
 bourn resides near Mt. Pleasant, Henry 
 county, Iowa. 
 
 ELIZABETH MATILDA, born 
 in Cabarras county, North Carolina, mar- 
 ried in Sangamon county to William C. 
 Irwin. See his name. 
 
 JOHN B., born in 1818, in North 
 Carolina, married in Sangamon county, 
 111., to Mary Conner. They have six 
 children. Their son, WILLIAM, is 
 married and lives two and a half miles 
 south of Pleasant Plains, 111. John B. 
 Plunkett and family moved to the vicinity 
 of Edina, Sullivan county, Missouri, 
 where they now reside. 
 
 J OSEPH M.. born Sept. 6,1820, in 
 North Carolina, married in Sangamon 
 county to Lucy Cone. He died May, 
 1873, in Petersburg, 111., leaving a widow 
 and three children. 
 
 JAMES Z., born Sept. 16, 1822, in 
 North Carolina, married June 15, 1848, in 
 Sangamon county, to Martha A. King. 
 They had five children. MARTHA A., 
 the third child, died in infancy. LUCET- 
 TA married William R. Strode. See 
 his name. They live near Bluff City, 
 Nodaway county, Mo. JULIA A., born 
 March 5, 1852, married James R, Light- 
 foot. See his name. They moved to 
 the vicinity of Marysville, Nodaway 
 county, Mo., and returned to Sangamon 
 county in 1876. LUCY E. and CHAR- 
 LES live with their parents, near Chink- 
 apin Hill, four miles northwest of Spring- 
 field, 111. James L. Plunkett accompanied 
 his father to North Carolina in 1839 or 
 40, when they brought with them his 
 grandfather, James Plunkett. 
 
 BENJAMIN H., born June 15, 
 1825, in Sangamon county, married Eliza 
 Cone, had eight children, and he died, in 
 Petersburg, in 1868. His widow married 
 Thomas Hobbs. He died, and she lives 
 near Petersburg, Illinois. 
 
 SILAS PINK NET, born June 15, 
 1828, in Sangamon county, married, Feb. 
 26, 1851, in Menard county, to Salina 
 Keltner, who was born May 14, 1833, in 
 Cass county, 111. They have four living 
 children, CORNELIUS A., JAMES 
 H., EMMA E. and NANCY E., and 
 live three miles east of Pleasant Plains, 
 111. It is on the farm where he was 
 born. 
 
 John H. Plunkett died Feb. 13, 1849, 
 and his widow died May 8, 1858, and 
 both are buried in Cartwright township. 
 He was the eldest son of James Plunkett, 
 who was born Feb. 4, 1767, and his wife, 
 Agnes Huston, born Sept. 19, 1765. She 
 died in North Carolina, Feb. 26. 1838, 
 and her husband came to Sangamon
 
 574 
 
 EARL T SE TTLERS 
 
 county, in company with their son, John 
 H., whose name heads this sketch, on his 
 return from a visit to North Carolina. 
 James Plunkett died in Sangamon coun- 
 ty, in 1841, aged seventy-three years. 
 
 POFFENBERGER, CHRIS- 
 TIAN, was born in Washington coun- 
 ty, Md., and was there married to Mary 
 Brantner. They had seven children in 
 Maryland, and moved, in 1826, to Frank- 
 lin county, near Columbus, O., where 
 four children were born. The family 
 moved to Sangamon county, 111., arriving 
 Oct., 1839, in Round Prairie, five miles 
 east of Springfield. Of their children 
 
 LA VINA, born in Maryland, died in 
 Ohio, aged fourteen years. 
 
 BARBARA, and a twin that died in 
 infancy, were born in Maryland. She 
 married in Sangamon county to Daniel 
 Price. They have two children, and live 
 in Abingdon, Iowa. 
 
 GEORGE W., born Oct. 16, 1817, 
 in Washington county, Md., married in 
 Sangamon county, Feb. 9, 1841,10 Rachel 
 Jones. They have six children born in 
 Sangamon county. JOHN A., born 
 March 4, 1843, married Feb. 4, 1869, to 
 Mary E. Keys. She died March 7, 1871, 
 and he lives with his parents. DANIEL, 
 born July 19, 1846, married Jan. 4, 1870, 
 to Rebecca J. Matthews. They have two 
 children, and live in Cotton Hill town- 
 ship. MARY E., born July 30, 1848, 
 lives with her parents. GEORGE W., 
 Jun., born Feb. 15, 1852, married in 1874 
 to Belle Fairchild, daughter of Charles 
 Fairchild. See his name. They have 
 one child, and live at the old George 
 Brunk homestead, in the northwest cor- 
 ner of Cotton Hill township. ELIZA 
 A., born April i, 1854, married Sept. 4, 
 1873, to Luther Osborn Meredith. See 
 his name. EDWIN, born May 22, 1857, 
 lives with his parents. George W. Pof- 
 fenberger and wife reside two and a half 
 miles west of Rochester, Sangamon coun- 
 ty, Illinois. 
 
 SAMUEL, born in 1819, in Mary- 
 land, married in Sangamon county to 
 Louisa Dockum, moved to Iowa in 1846, 
 had one child, and Mrs. P. died. He 
 married Hannah Smith, had two children, 
 and she died. Mr. Poifenberger is mar- 
 ried again, and resides near Winterset, 
 Iowa. 
 
 SARAH A., born August 20, 1821, in 
 Maryland, married in Sangamon county, 
 Dec. 24, 1840, to Adam Unclebee. They 
 had two children. CHARLES served 
 three years in the 3d 111. Cav. ; married 
 Agnes C. Lake, and she died March 16, 
 1871. See Lake family. Charles Un- 
 clebee is married again, and lives in Cot- 
 ton Hill township. Adam Unclebee died 
 March 20, 1842, and his widow married 
 John S. Hillman. See his name. 
 
 EMANUEL, born and died in Mary- 
 land, aged eleven years. 
 
 MART A., born in Maryland, married 
 in Sangamon county to Joseph Price, 
 have a large family, and live in Missouri. 
 
 JOHN, born in Ohio, raised in Sanga- 
 mon county, has a family, and lives in 
 Keokuk county, Iowa. 
 
 JANE, born in Ohio, brought up in 
 Sangamon county, was married in Jeffer- 
 son county, Iowa, to John Carson, and 
 lives near Winterset, Iowa. 
 
 WILLIAM C., born March 22, 1834, 
 in Columbus, Ohio, was married Oct. 29, 
 1858, in Sangamon county, 111., to Lucin- 
 da Safley. They have five children, 
 GEORGE W., MARY ANN, JOHN 
 McC., MAY and WILLIAM D., who 
 live with their parents in Springfield, Illi- 
 nois. 
 
 ANDRE W, born in Ohio, died, aged 
 ten years, in Iowa. 
 
 Christian PofFenberger moved his fam- 
 ily to Jefferson county, near Fairfield, 
 Iowa, in 1846. His wife died Febru- 
 ary, 1853, and he died October, 1857, 
 aged seventy-one years. They both died 
 in Iowa. 
 
 POFFENBERGER, WIL- 
 LIAM, a brother to Christian, was 
 born in Washington county, Md., mar- 
 ried there to Elizabeth Harris, moved to 
 Ohio, and to Sangamon county, with his 
 brother in 1839. Their daughter 
 
 MA TlLDA,vm& married in Sangamon 
 county, to Archibald Turner. See his 
 name. They live in Springfield. 
 
 ANDRE W J., born in Sangamon 
 county, enlisted in 1864, in Co. A, i45th 
 111. Inf., for one hundred days, served one 
 hundred and sixty days, and was honor- 
 ably discharged. He was married Oct. 
 2i/ 1868, to Phebe Robb. They have 
 two children, WILLIAM and PAR- 
 SETTA, and live one mile west of
 
 SANGAMON COUNTY. 
 
 575 
 
 Breckenridge, Sangamon county, Illi- 
 nois. 1874. 
 
 POLEY, JOSEPH, was born 
 Feb. i, 1802, in Logan county, Ky. His 
 father, Charles Poley, or Pouley, was a 
 native of Paris, France, and was educated 
 there with the view of his becoming a 
 preacher in the Lutheran church. When 
 he came to America he abandoned the 
 ministry, married, moved to Logan coun- 
 ty, Ky., and brought up a family there. 
 He then moved to Muhlenburgh county, in 
 the same State, where his daughter, Pau- 
 line, married John Jacob Rauch. See his 
 name. Joseph Poley, whose name heads 
 this sketch, was married there, Nov. 20, 
 1825, to Hannah Gossett, and moved to 
 Sangamon county, 111., arriving in the fall 
 of 1829 in what is now Auburn township. 
 They had four children 
 
 ELISHA, born Sept. 20, 1826, in 
 Muhlenburgh county, Ky., and married in 
 Sangamon county to Sally Shaver, who 
 died, and he married Mary E. Thrasher. 
 They moved overland, in company with 
 his brother-in-law, Abram Gamble, arriv- 
 ing with their families in Solano county, 
 California, in Sept., 1860. In November, 
 Mr. Poley and Mr. Gamble rode five 
 miles on horseback, without saddles, to 
 vote for Abraham Lincoln. A few years 
 later, Mr. Poley moved back to Auburn, 
 Sangamon county. They have three 
 children JOSEPH G. and ELBERT, 
 born in California, and HARRY, born in 
 Sangamon county. Elisha Poley is a 
 member of the firm of Poley & Butler, 
 commission merchants, Chicago, Illinois, 
 and now August, 1876 expects to 'move 
 his family there, from Auburn, soon. 
 
 NANCT C., born March 24, 1828, in 
 Muhlenburgh county, Ky., was married at 
 the homestead in Sangamon county, Oct. 
 23, 1851, to Thomas S. Parks. See his 
 name. 
 
 LIZZIE and WILLIE both died 
 young. 
 
 Mrs. Hannah Poley died in 1832, in 
 Sangamon county, and Joseph Poley was 
 married, Nov. 6, 1834, in the same county, 
 to Frances Gates. See Gates family. 
 They had ten children in Sangamon 
 county. 
 
 ALONZO G., the youngest, died in 
 infancy. 
 
 Of the other nine 
 
 BENJAMIN F., born Aug. 8, 1835, 
 in Sangamon county, married, Dec. 30, 
 
 1863, to Nancy E. Groves, who was born 
 April i, 1843, in Macoupin county, 111. 
 They have three living children, FLORA, 
 ANSON and ORVILLE, and reside 
 four and one-half miles southeast of Au- 
 burn, Sangamon county, Illinois. 
 
 PETER J. } born in 1836, and died 
 Nov. 15, 1859. 
 
 MART C., born May 5, 1838 in San- 
 gamon county, was married, June 4, 1857, 
 to Abram Gamble, who was born Dec. 
 25, 1825, in Carroll county, Ohio. They 
 have three living children, CHARLES 
 E., FANNIE L. and GEORGE A. In 
 1859 Mr. and Mrs. Gamble moved to 
 Kansas, and in the spring of 1860 they 
 were joined by Elisha Poley with his 
 family and Benjamin F. Poley, and mov- 
 ed overland to California. Mr. and Mrs. 
 Gamble returned to Auburn in 1866. Not 
 enjoying good health here, they started, 
 in the spring of 1867, and crossed the 
 plains to California. They now 1876 
 reside in Napa City, Napa county, Cali- 
 fornia. 
 
 CAROLINE, born Dec. 16, 1839, in 
 Sangamon county, married, March 9, 
 
 1864, to B. O. Foster. They have three 
 children, FLORENCE P., CARRIE 
 A. and FRANK L. Mr. and Mrs. Fos- 
 ter lived several years, in California, but 
 now 1876 they reside in Auburn, San- 
 gamon county, Illinois. 
 
 ISAAC J., born April 14, 1842, in 
 Sangamon county, was married Oct. 31, 
 
 1865, in Adams county, Illinois, to Mary 
 C. Wolf, a native of that county. They 
 had four children LOR.ENA died in 
 infancy. LENA A., GENEVRA and 
 LEWIS ELMORE live with their pa- 
 rents. Isaac J. Poley is a banker in 
 Auburn, Sangamon county, Illinois, and 
 resides there. 
 
 MATILDA F., born Jan. 10, 1844, in 
 Sangamon county, was married, Nov. 20, 
 1862, to G. W. Barnett. They have 
 three living children, ADAH F., FRED- 
 DIE C. and ARTHUR, and reside near 
 Carlinville, Illinois. 
 
 JOSEPH, Jnn., born May 13, 
 1846, in Sangamon county, was married 
 April 15, 1873, at Liberty, Adams county, 
 Illinois, to Josephine Collins, who was 
 born June 28, 1852, in that county. They 
 have one child, WILMER M., and reside
 
 576 
 
 EARLY SETTLERS OF 
 
 on his farm, near Auburn, Illinois. 
 
 LOUISA E., born July 4, 1848, in 
 Sangamon county, married, April i, 1868, 
 to J. K. Reeder, and reside near Auburn, 
 Illinois. 
 
 CHARLES M., born Nov. 30, 1850, 
 in Sangamon county, is not yet married 
 August, 1876 and resides with his 
 mother. 
 
 Joseph Poley died Aug. 17, 1866, and 
 his widow, Mrs. Frances Poley, resides at 
 the family homestead, two and a half 
 miles southeast of Auburn, Sangamon 
 county, Illinois. Joseph Poley acted as 
 justice of the peace for many years; he 
 was a man whose counsels were often 
 sought by his neighbors. His advice, 
 when followed, always led to the settle- 
 ment of difficulties without litigation, and 
 in a peaceful and friendly manner. His 
 five sons and five sons-in-law are all, with 
 perhaps one exception, free from the use 
 of tobacco, and all avoid intoxicating 
 drinks. Neither of them was ever 
 charged with an act in violation of law ; 
 and it is averred by one of the sons-in- 
 law, that, as a logical sequence, they all 
 invariably vote the Republican ticket. 
 
 Mr. Poley brought some money with 
 him to the county, but his greatest suc- 
 cess was after coming here. He left his 
 heirs the title to three thousand acres 
 of land, two thousand five hundred of it 
 was in one body. 
 
 POLLOCK, THOMAS, born 
 April 15, 1812, near Brownsville, Penn. 
 He came to Sangamon county about 
 1837, an( l was one f the engineering 
 corps that surveyed and located the 
 Northern Cross railroad, now the Toledo, 
 Wabash and Western railroad. He was 
 married Dec. 5, 1839, to Elizabeth A. 
 Foutch. They had ten children in San- 
 gamon county, three of whom died under 
 seven years 
 
 THOMAS, Jun., born Sept. 22, 
 1840, in Sangamon county, enlisted Aug. 
 12, 1862, for three years, in Co. A, io6th 
 111. Inf. He was appointed Corporal, 
 promoted to Orderly Sergeant, 2d Lieuten- 
 ant, and was commissioned ist Lieuten- 
 ant on his birth day, in 1864. He served 
 to the end of the rebellion, and was hon- 
 orably discharged, August, 1865. He re- 
 sides with his mother, (1876), near Ber- 
 lin, Illinois. 
 
 SARAH J., born Sept. 17, 1847, in 
 Sangamon county, married Oct. i, 1865, to 
 James H. Malyon, who was born in 1840 in 
 London, England. He was a bugler in 
 the British army, at the siege of Sevas- 
 topal, Russia, in 1854, came to Amer- 
 ica soon after, and to Sangamon 
 county in the fall of 1857. He enlisted 
 August 12, 1861, at Springfield, in Co. 
 D, 26th 111. Inf., for three years. Re-en- 
 listed as a veteran, Jan., 1864, served to 
 the end of the rebellion, and was honor- 
 ably discharged at Springfield, July, 
 1865. They have four children, LIZ- 
 LIE J., KITTIE F., HARRY D. and 
 an infant, and live in St. Louis, Missouri. 
 -1873. 
 
 HUGH, JOHN W. and HENRT T. 
 live with their mother. 
 
 Thomas Pollock died Oct. 15, 1867, in 
 Sangamon county, and his widow resides 
 three miles west of Berlin, Sangamon 
 county, Illinois. 
 
 POND, BILLIOUS, was born 
 June 26, 1781, in Northbury, now Ply- 
 mouth, Litchfield county, Conn. Rhoda 
 Orton was born in the same county, 
 April 17, 1786. They were married Oct. 
 1,1, 1801, in Niagara county, N. Y., and 
 had nine children there. A colony left 
 Potsdam, St. Lawrence county, N. Y., 
 and by previous arrangement, through 
 the agency of Mr. Timothy Turner, Mr. 
 Pond joined the colony at Oswego, and 
 acted as its pastor or minister. They ar- 
 rived Nov. 26, 1832, at old Sangamo 
 town, in Sangamon county, Illinois, and 
 the next spring all moved to the vicinity 
 of the present Farmingdale station. Mr. 
 Pond preached during the winter of 1833 
 and '4, near Carrolton, Greene county, 
 and in the spring of 1834 returned to his 
 family at Camden, N. Y. He moved his 
 family, bringing all his living children, 
 and arrived July 27, 1837, a ^ w ^ a t is now 
 Farmingdale, Sangamon county. Of 
 their children 
 
 AMANDA, born, married and died in 
 New York. 
 
 MAR VI N B., born Nov. 3, 1807, in 
 New York, married there twice, came to 
 Sangamon county in 1837, and in 1839 
 moved to Menard, and from there to 
 Mason county, where he died in Ju.y, 
 1871, leaving a family. His widow's 
 maiden name was Jane Beerup. She 
 lives in Havana, 111.
 
 SANGAMON COUNTY. 
 
 577 
 
 RHODA, born August 17, 1810, and 
 married April 12, 1829, in Camden, N. Y., 
 to Truman M. Catlin, and reside one 
 mile north of Farmingdale. 
 
 ADALINE, born August, 1813, in 
 New York, died in Sangamon county in 
 1838. 
 
 SAMUEL S., born August 9, 1816, 
 in New York, married Emily Dufer, and 
 she died, leaving three children. He mar- 
 ried Mrs. Hester Durrell, whose maiden 
 name was Moore. They have three liv- 
 ing children, and reside near Greenview, 
 Menard county. 
 
 FRANCIS X., born March 17, 1819, 
 in New York, came to Sangamon county 
 with his parents, married in Galesburg, 
 111. They have no living children, and 
 reside near Greenview, Menard county. 
 
 DA VID B., born July 5, 1822, in 
 New York, married in Sangamon county, 
 March 25, 1845, to Susan Moore. They 
 had five children. FRANCIS A. fell 
 from a fence and broke his neck, in his 
 third year. Two died in infancy. TRY- 
 PHENA S. lives with her father. 
 JOHN E., born August 4, 1851, in San- 
 gamon county, married Nov. 5, 1874, to 
 Alice Buchanan. They have one child, 
 NELLIE E., and live at Greenview, Me- 
 nard county, Illinois. Mrs. Susan Pond 
 died March 10, 1855, and David B. 
 Pond was married to Mary E. Watson, 
 who was born Jan. i, 1833, in Erie 
 county, N. Y. They reside adjoining 
 Farmingdale, Sangamon county, Illinois, 
 on the east. 
 
 ANN />., born May 24, 1825, in N. 
 Y., married in Sangamon county to John 
 Burris, have two children, and live near 
 Fredonia, Kansas. 
 
 HANNAH S., born April 23, 1829, 
 in New York, married Melvin Cushion, 
 and died, without children. 
 
 Mrs. Rhoda Pond died Oct. 8, 1838, 
 and Rev. Billious Pond was married, Oct., 
 1839, to Mrs. Melissa Moore, whose 
 maiden name was Northrope. They had 
 one living child 
 
 HENRY S., born Aug. 16, 1841, in 
 Sangamon county, went to Montana Ter- 
 ritory, in 1862, and was married there to 
 Delia Kirkpatrick. They have two chil- 
 dren, MARY and MAURICE E., and 
 reside in Bannock City, Motana. 
 
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 Rev. Billious Pond died Dec. 8, 1874, 
 and his widow resides at Farmingdale, 
 Sangamon county, Illinois. 
 
 POOR, EVAN, was married in 
 Tennessee to Mahala Enochs, a native of 
 that State. They had one child in Ten- 
 nessee, and moved to Sangamon county, 
 111., arriving in the fall of 1829 at Spring- 
 field. One child was born in Sangamon 
 county, and Mrs. Mahala Poor died. 
 Evan Poor was married to Mary Moris. 
 They had one child. Of his three child- 
 ren 
 
 WILLIAM, born Nov. 28, 1827, in 
 Tennessee, married in Sangamon county, 
 July 13, 1848, to Elizabeth C. Smith. 
 They had six children JAMES MADI- 
 SON, born April 21, 1849, was killed 
 Nov. 1 6, 1862, by a horse that he was rid- 
 ing, falling on and crushing him. MARY 
 C., born Sept. 18, 1852, married April 20, 
 1871, to William Curtwright, have one 
 child, WILLIAM s., and live near Curran, 
 Illinois. MARTHA J. lives with her 
 parents. MELISSA A. died, March 25, 
 1871, in her tenth year. JOHN CAR- 
 ROLL and THOMAS M. reside with 
 their parents, one mile north of Curran, 
 Sangamon county, Illinois. 
 JAMES A., born Feb. 8, 1830, in 
 Sangamon county, married, March 12, 
 1857, to Sarah A. Smith. They had 
 three children, ELLIS A., WILLIAM 
 R. and EMMA M. James A. Poor died 
 Nov. 12, 1867. His widow married, Dec. 
 24, 1868, to James McCausland, and live 
 one mile north of Curran, Sangamon 
 county, Illinois. 
 
 MARGARET C., born in Spring- 
 field, died at sixteen years of age, in 
 Iowa. 
 
 Evan Poor died in Springfield, in 1834. 
 Mrs. Mary Poor, after living a widow 
 twenty-seven years, married Rev. Mr. 
 Lynn, a Presbytei'ian minister, and re- 
 sides near Glasgow, Jefferson county, 
 Iowa 1874. 
 
 PORTER, JOSIAH, was born 
 April 10, 1802, in Chester District, South 
 Carolina. Mr. Porter attended Bourbon 
 Academy and Centre College, Ky., and 
 completed his literary course by gradua- 
 ting at the Indiana State University, at 
 Bloomington, in Sept., 1832. He receiv- 
 ed his theological education at Lane Sem- 
 inary, Cincinnati, and was licensed to 
 preach, by Shiloh Presbytery, at Mur
 
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 EARLT SETTLERS OF 
 
 freesboro, Tenn., Oct. 3, 1835. After a 
 few months' missionary labor, in Tennes- 
 see, he came to Chatham, Sangamon 
 county, 111., arriving Oct. i, 1836. After 
 spending one year with the Chatham and 
 Sugar Creek churches, he went within 
 the bounds of Crawfordsville Presbytery, 
 and was ordained by that Presbytery, at 
 Waveland, in Api'il, 1838. In Nov., 
 1838, he took charge of the church at 
 Wayneville, Dewitt county, 111., and sol- 
 emnized the first marriage in that county. 
 In the spring of 1845 ^ e re turned to Sanga- 
 mon county, and acted as colporteur, until 
 Jan. i, 1846, when he entered upon the mis- 
 sionary work of supplying the vacant 
 churches of Illinois Presbytery, which was 
 then New School. In the fall of 1846 he 
 became stated supply to Winchester Pres- 
 byterian church. In the spring of 1849 he 
 took charge of the Presbyterian church at 
 Chatham, and this has been his home to 
 the present time. In 1851 he took charge 
 of the Spring creek Presbyterian church, 
 for two years, and served the church at 
 Virden one year. He is now without 
 charge 1874. 
 
 Rev. Josiah Porter was married at 
 Chatham, July 18, 1837, to Martha W. 
 Thornton. They have two children 
 
 MART L. and 
 
 MARTHA A. They both reside 
 with their parents, on a farm adjoining 
 Chatham, Sangamon county, 111., on the 
 west. For Mr. Porter's recollection of 
 events connected with the " sudden 
 change," see page 66. 
 
 POTTLE, JEREMIAH, was 
 born about 1800, near Camden, Knox 
 county, or Waldo, Waldo county, Maine. 
 When he was twelve years old his pa- 
 rents moved to Bracken county, Ky. 
 Martha McDaniel was born Oct. 13, 
 1794, near Stroude station, Clark county, 
 Ky. They were married April 2, 1828, 
 in Bracken county, Ky., and had four 
 children there. They then moved to 
 Indianapolis, Ind., where one child was 
 born, and from there to Sangamon coun- 
 ty, 111., arriving in the fall of 1836, at 
 Buffalo Hart Grove, where one child was 
 born. Of their six children 
 
 JONATHAN, born Feb. 6, 1829, in 
 Kentucky, died August 29, 1866, in San- 
 gamon county. 
 
 ELIZABETH, born May 13, 1830, 
 is unmarried, and lives with her mother, 
 
 JAMES H., born Nov. 13, 
 unmarried, and resides with his mother. 
 
 DANIEL, born April 12, 1834, in 
 Bracken county, Ky., was married in 
 Sangamon county, 111., Feb. 23, 1859, to 
 Mary E. Jones. They had four children, 
 JEREMIAH and HOMER died young. 
 LAURA and STROTHER live with 
 their father. Mrs. Mary E. Pottle died Jan. 
 24, 1868, and Daniel Pottle was married 
 Nov., 1874, to Sarah E. Ford, and re- 
 side three miles east of Buffalo Hart 
 Station. Daniel Pottle served in Co. I, 
 9th 111. Cav., from Feb., 1865 to Nov. 18, 
 1865, when he was honorably dis- 
 charged. 
 
 JOSEPH, born July 3, 1836, in In- 
 dianapolis, Ind., died Nov. 18, 1868, in 
 Sangamon county, Illinois. 
 
 ABNER, born Oct. 15, 1842, in San- 
 gamon county, is a school teacher, and 
 lives with his mother. 
 
 Jeremiah Pottle died August 9, 1861, 
 and his widow lives three miles east of 
 Buffalo Hart Station, Sangamon county, 
 Illinois 1784. 
 
 POWER, GEORGE, was born 
 Feb. 18, 1798, in Fayette county, Ky. 
 His father was born in Virginia, and had 
 spent some time in North Carolina before 
 he went to Kentucky. When George 
 was about ten years old, his parents mov- 
 ed to Bath county. He was there mar- 
 ried, Feb. 10, 1820, to Nancy Wilcockson. 
 They had one child in Bath county, and 
 moved to Sangamon county, 111., arriving 
 in the fall of 1821, -in what is now Fancy 
 Creek township, where one child was 
 born. Of their two children 
 
 WILLIAM >., born May 2, 1821, in 
 Bath county, Ky., brought by his parents 
 to Sangamon county the same year, and 
 was married, Jan. 6, 1843, to Nancy J. 
 Barnett. They had five children, name- 
 ly: ARMINTA L., born Oct. 8, 1843, 
 married, March 3, 1869, to Joel Dalbey, 
 who was born August 28, 1829, in Picka- 
 way county, Ohio. They had one child, 
 JENNIE EMELINE. She died in the 
 spring of 1875, and Mr. and Mrs. 
 Dalbey live in Springfield, Illinois. 
 JAMES L., born May 4, 1847, died 
 in infancy. GEORGE D., born May 
 14, 1851, married, Oct. 25, 1871,10 Eliza J. 
 Dunlap. They have one child, WILLIAM 
 D., Jun., and live near Cantrall, Illinois. 
 MARY E. and WILLIAM E. live with
 
 SANG AM ON COUNTY. 
 
 579 
 
 their mother. William D. Power was 
 elected County Judge in 1857, re-elected 
 in 1861, served until March 2, 1863, when 
 he died in office. His widow and child- 
 ren reside in Springfield, Illinois. 
 
 JAMES E., born Dec. i, 1824, in 
 Sangamon county, is unmarried, and re- 
 sides with his parents, near Cantrall, Illi- 
 nois. 
 
 George Power and his wife now 1876 
 reside near Cantrall, Sangamon county, 
 Illinois, where he settled in 1821. He 
 has held civil and military offices, 
 among which are the following: Com- 
 mission from Governor Ninian Edwards, 
 dated Sept. 15, 1827, as Major of the 
 25th Reg. Illinois Inf., under the old 
 military laws. He was commissioned, 
 June 4, 1831, by Gov. Reynolds, as 2nd 
 Lieut, of a company of mounted volun- 
 teers, in the Black Hawk war. He has 
 an old commission as justice of the peace, 
 from Gov. Edwards, dated July 25, 1828. 
 For the same office from Gov. Reynolds, 
 Sept. 3, 1831. From Gov. Joseph Dun- 
 can, Aug. 27, 1835. From Gov. Thomas 
 Carlin, Aug. 27, 1839. From Gov. Thos. 
 Ford, Aug. 14, 1843; the whole covering 
 a period of nineteen years, as justice of 
 the peace. He built the first frame house 
 in Sangamon county north of the Sanga- 
 mon river. He commenced business in 
 Sangamon county with a total cash capi- 
 tal of five dollars. He has now a stock 
 farm in one body of two thousand acres. 
 His family vault cost five thousand dollars, 
 is situated on the farm where he resides. 
 It was built soon after the death of his 
 son, Judge William D. Power. His re- 
 mains were the first placed in it. 
 
 POWELL, ABEL, was born 
 June 28, 1785, in Virginia. He was mar- 
 ried in Bath county, Ky., Sept. 13, 1806, 
 to Dorothy Mitts. They emigrated to 
 Pickaway county, Ohio, where two chil- 
 dren were born, and moved to Sangamon 
 county, 111., arriving June 27, 1828, in 
 what is now Fancy Creek township. Of 
 his two children 
 
 HIRAM, born June 22, 1807, married 
 Lucy L. Willcoxon. 
 
 MAHALA, born April 5, 1809, mar- 
 ried A. J. Hornback. 
 
 JAMES M. LEVEL, came with 
 Mr. Powell to Sangamon county. See 
 his name. 
 
 Abel Powell died March 8, 1836. His 
 widow died Feb. 7, 1858, both on the 
 farm where they settled in 1828, near 
 Cantrall, Illinois. 
 
 PRENTICE. The Prentice fam- 
 ily in Illinois descended from Thomas 
 Prentice and Grace, his wife, who came 
 from England in 1648. There is a tradi- 
 tion in the family that he served in the 
 army of the Commonwealth, and was one 
 of Oliver Cromwell's Life Guard. How- 
 ever that may be, soon after he came to 
 this country, "in 1656, he was chosen 
 Lieutenant of a troop of horse, and 
 chosen Captain in 1662." The brilliant 
 exploits of the "old trooper" are fully 
 recorded in Hubbard's history of the 
 early Indian wars. He settled in New- 
 ton, Massachusetts, and died there in 
 1709. The stone is still there which 
 marks his grave, and bears the following 
 inscription : " Here lies ye body of Capt. 
 Thomas Prentice, dec'd July ye 7th, 1709, 
 in ye 89th year of his age." His death 
 was caused by a fall from his horse, 
 while returning from church on Sunday. 
 Capt. Thomas Prentice and his wife, 
 Grace, had eight children, one of whom 
 was Thomas Prentice, Jun., who was 
 born in Newton, Mass., Nov. n, 1649, 
 and who married Sarah Stanton, Jan. i, 
 1675. They had four children, one of 
 whom was Samuel, who was born in 
 1680. He married Esther Hammond, and 
 in 1709 moved to Stonington, Conn. 
 They had nine children, one of whom 
 was Saumel Prentice, jun., who was 
 born Nov. 25, 1702. He married Abi- 
 gail . They had thirteen children, 
 
 one of whom was Amos, who was born 
 April 24, 1748, and who married Anna 
 Owen. He was a physician, and was for 
 some time Surgeon in the Revolutionary 
 army. He resided in New London, Conn., 
 at the time that town was burned by the 
 traitor, Arnold, and lost his residence, 
 drug store, and very near all he had, by 
 that act of vandalism. After the close of 
 the war he removed to Milltown, on the 
 Susquehanna river, near the spot where the 
 little city of Waverly, N. Y., now stands, 
 and died there, July 19, 1805. Dr. Amos 
 Prentice and his wife, Anna, had five 
 children, one of whom was John Owen 
 Prentice, who was born in Groton, Conn. 
 Dec. 25, 1776. He married Rachel 
 Swain in 1799, emigrated to St. Clair
 
 5 8o 
 
 EARL r s 7 TLERS OF 
 
 county, 111., in 1816, and died at his resi- 
 dence, at Cold Spring, Shelby county, 
 Jan. I, 1838, leaving seven children. The 
 following are their names, with the dates 
 of birth: Charles, born in iSoo; Owen, 
 in 1802; Amos, in 1804; Harriet, in 1809; 
 Julia, in 1814; William Swain, in 1819; 
 and James B., in 1821. We will continue 
 the history of but one member of this 
 family : 
 
 PRENTICE, WILLIAM 
 SVv^AIN, was born May 21, 1819, in 
 St. Clair county, Illinois, moved with his 
 father to Hillsboro, in 1827, and in 1829 
 to Shelby county, both in the same State. 
 In 1836 he was employed by his brother, 
 Col. Charles Prentice, who was Register 
 of the Land Office at Vandalia. After 
 the death of his brother Charles, in 1837, 
 he was employed as chief clerk in the 
 office of the Auditor of Public Accounts, 
 and removed with the seat of govern- 
 ment of the State of 111., from Vandalia 
 to Springfield, in 1839. Wm. S. Prentice 
 was married in 1842, in Springfield, to 
 Martha A. Wash, sister to Milton H. 
 Wash. See his name. She was born 
 Jan. 8, 1823, near Rnsselville, Logan 
 county, Ky. Mr. and Mrs. Prentice had 
 six children, namely 
 
 OWEN D., born Sept. 21, 1844, at 
 Cold Spring, Shelby county ^ 111., and 
 raised principally in Springfield. 
 
 ELLEN, born March 25, 1848, in 
 Shelbyville, 111., was married May 6, 
 1868, in Springfield, to Albert E. Pep- 
 pers. They have two children, LULA 
 and ALBERT PRENTICE, and re- 
 side in Detroit, Michigan. 
 
 HIRAM B., born May 21, 1853, in 
 Paris, 111., is now 1876 clerk in the 
 United States Pension Office, in Spring- 
 field, Illinois. 
 
 LAURA, born May 19, 1858, in 
 Springfield, resides with her parents. 
 
 WILLIAM C., born June 18, 1863, 
 died Jan. 3, 1869. 
 
 LIZZIE M., born Sept. 5, 1866, in 
 Springfield, lives with her parents. 
 
 In 1849 Wm. S. Prentice entered the 
 ministry, in connection with the Methodist 
 Episcopal church. He spent two years 
 preaching at Paris, two years at Danville, 
 two years at Carlinville, one year at 
 Quincy, and one year at Jacksonville, all 
 in Illinois. In the autumn of 1857 he 
 was appointed Presiding Elder of Spring- 
 
 field District, where he served one term 
 of four years. He was then four years 
 Presiding Elder of Jacksonville District, 
 three years pastor of the Second M. E. 
 church of Springfield, and again four 
 years as Presiding Elder of Springfield 
 District. He is now 1876 near the 
 close of a four years term as Presiding 
 Elder of the Decatur District. Rev. Mr. 
 Prentice was a delegate from Central Illi- 
 nois Conference to the General Conference 
 of the M. E. church, which convened. in 
 Buffalo, N. Y., in 1860. He was again a 
 delegate to the General Conference that 
 assembled in Brooklyn, N. Y., in May, 
 1872; also to the General Conference at 
 Baltimore, Md., in May, 1876. He re- 
 ceived the honorary degree of D. D. from 
 the Illinois Wesleyan University, in 
 Bloomington, June, 1876. 
 
 From the time Rev. Wm. S. Prentice 
 became Presiding Elder in 1857, his home 
 has been, and is now, in the city of Spring- 
 field, Illinois. August, 1876. 
 
 PRESTON, EBENEZER, 
 was born in 1786, in Cape May county, 
 N. J. Mahala Tomlin was born April 7, 
 1789, in the same county. They were 
 there married, about 1809, and had nine 
 living children in New Jersey. The fam- 
 ily moved to Sangamon county, 111., ar- 
 riving Oct. 1 6, 1839, on Richland creek. 
 Of their nine children 
 
 RICHARD was a navigator, never 
 married, and little is known of him since 
 the family came west. 
 
 DA VID married Amelia Corson in 
 New Jersey, came to Sangamon county, 
 raised a family, and moved to Carroll 
 county, Missouri. 
 
 EBENEZER, Jun., born May 14, 
 1821, in New Jersey, married February 
 15, 1849, in Sangamon county, to Catha- 
 rine Greene, who was born September 22, 
 1827, in Greene county, 111. They have 
 two living children ALMEDA married 
 Robert Corson, have two children, MIN- 
 NIE B. and CYNTHIA c., and live in Cart- 
 wright township. JULIA A. lives with 
 her parents, three miles northwest of 
 Pleasant Plains, Sangamon county, Illi- 
 nois. 1874. 
 
 E L 1 Z A B E TH married David 
 Wright. He died, Oct., 1870, leaving a 
 widow and four children, five miles north 
 of Illiopolis, Sangamon county, Illi- 
 nois.
 
 SAfrGAMON COUNtTf. 
 
 58. 
 
 WILLIAM, born July 26, 1827, mar- 
 ried in Sangamon county to Margaret 
 Hatch, have seven children, and live in 
 Mason countv, Illinois. 
 
 SARAH married Hay thorn Tomlin, 
 have five children, and live in Mason 
 county, Illinois. 
 
 ROBERT married Marv Henderson, 
 have three children, and live in Mason 
 county, Illinois. 
 
 LTD I A married Jeremiah Corson, 
 have two children, and lives in Mason 
 county, Illinois. 
 
 OTHNEIL died, in 1855, in Mason 
 county, aged eighteen years. 
 
 Ebenezer Preston died May 10, 1849, 
 and his widow died Feb. 17, 1872, he in 
 Sangamon, and she in Mason connty, Illi- 
 nois. 
 
 PRICKETT, DAVID, was 
 born Sept. 21, 1800, in Franklin county, 
 Georgia, and came to Edwardsville, 
 Madison county, 111., in 1816. He gradu- 
 ated in the law department of Transyl- 
 vania University, at Lexington, Ky., in 
 his twenty-first year, and was admitted to 
 practice at Edwardsville, Nov. 15, 1821. 
 He was Judge of the probate court of 
 Madison county, and in 1826 was elected 
 to the General Assembly of Illinois, at 
 Vandalia. In 1831 he was aid-de-camp 
 to Gen. John D. Whitesides, iu the Black 
 Hawk war. David Prickett was married 
 Jan. 24, 1834, at Tremont, Tazewell 
 county, 111., to Charlotte G. Griffith, 
 who was born May 9, 1806, in Chester 
 county, Penn. She was a sister to Mrs. 
 Hannah G. Opkycke, and daughter of 
 Dr. Thomas Griffith, of Tremont, who 
 was formerly of Pennsylvania. Mr. and 
 Mrs. Prickett moved to Springfield, 111., 
 in 1835. They had five children, all 
 born in Springfield. Susan, the youngest, 
 died in infancy. Of the other four 
 
 CHRISTINA G., resides in Spring- 
 field, with her mother. 
 
 THOMAS G. y born in Springfield, 
 was elected city attorney three times, was 
 elected alderman from the third ward, is 
 now 1876 a member of the city council, 
 is a practicing lawyer, and resides with 
 his mother in Springfield, Illinois. 
 
 GIBSON R. and HANNAH O. 
 live with their mother. 
 
 David Prickett died March, 1847, and 
 Mrs. Charlotte G. Prickett resides in 
 Springfield, Illinois. 
 
 Hon. David Prickett was the first re- 
 porter to the Supreme Court of Illinois, 
 having been appointed to that office as 
 soon as it was created. He was elected, 
 by the General Assembly, State's Attor- 
 ney for the judicial circuit of Illinois in 
 1837. In 1840 he was Treasurer of the 
 Board of Commissioners of the Illinois 
 and Michigan Canal. In 1842 he was 
 appointed a director of the State Bank of 
 Illinois, on behalf of the State. He was 
 assistant clerk of the House of Represen- 
 tatives of Illinois at the time of his death. 
 He was a man whose integrity was above 
 suspicion, very genial, rich in anecdote, 
 addicted to witticisms, frequently pointing 
 them against himself. Every public man 
 of Illinois knew him to speak kindly of him. 
 
 PRIEST, JOHN W., was born 
 Oct. 1 8, 1809, in Pomfret, Windsor coun- 
 ty, Vermont. He was taken, in 1816, by 
 his parents, to Parishville, St. Lawrence 
 county, N. Y., where he was married, 
 Aug. 27, 1835, to Alice Wakefield. They 
 moved at once to Montgomery, Alabama, 
 and in the fall of 1836 to Columbus, 
 Miss., where he engaged in the manufac- 
 ture and sale of tin ware. Mrs. Priest 
 died there, May 14, 1840, leaving one child : 
 
 FRANKLIN G., who died in his 
 fourth year. 
 
 Mr. Priest came to Springfield, Illinois, 
 in June, 1840, and was married, March 30, 
 1845, to Lucinda M., daughter of Caleb 
 Stafford, of Rochester, 111. They had 
 four children, two of whom died young 
 
 OLIVE L., born in Springfield, mar- 
 ried, in 1867, to George C. Latham. Sec 
 his name. 
 
 MART E., resides with her father. 
 
 Mrs. Lucinda M. Priest died Sept. 10, 
 1851, and John W. Priest was married, 
 Sept., 1853,10 Catharine Wright, a native 
 of St. Lawrence county, N. Y. She died 
 July 9, 1875. 
 
 Hon. John W. Priest was elected eight 
 successive years, alderman of the city, 
 was several years President of the city 
 School Board, and is now President of 
 the Board of Water Works Commission- 
 ers. He was elected Mayor of Spring- 
 field for three successive years, 1856, '57 
 and '58, and again in 1870. He is now 
 keeping a stove and tin ware store, in 
 Springfield, Illinois. 
 
 PRIMM, JOHN, was born July 
 25, 1780, in Stafford county, Va. When
 
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 EARLY SETTLERS OF 
 
 a young man he went to what became 
 St. Clair county, 111., and was there mar- 
 ried, Oct. 10, 1809, to Ruth Cox, who was 
 born March 9, 1783, in Delaware, and 
 came to Monroe county, 111., with her 
 parents in 1808. They had five children 
 in Monroe county, and moved to Sanga- 
 mon county, arriving May I, 1820, in 
 what is now Fancy Creek township, 
 where two children were born. Of their 
 seven children 
 
 ELIZABETH, born Oct. 14, 1810, 
 married in 1828, in Sangamon county, to 
 Christopher Hussey. See his name. He 
 died, and she married Wm. B. Preston. 
 They had six children. Mr. Preston died, 
 and the widow married Lyman Olds. She 
 died in Middletown, Logan county, in 
 1869 or '70. 
 
 MART, born Sept., 1812, married in 
 Sangamon county, Nov. 30, 1829, to Isaac 
 Preston. They had six children, and Mr. 
 Preston died, and she married Felix 
 Green. He died, and she married David 
 Lee, had one child, and Mr. Lee died. 
 She lives in Logan county, Illinois. 
 
 ELISHA, been Oct. 24, 1814, in 
 Monroe county, 111., married in Sanga- 
 mon county, Sept. 19, 1837, to Lucinda 
 C. Glascock. She was born August 12, 
 1819, in Fauquier county, Va. They 
 have one child, SUSAN, who married 
 Wm. L. Rankin, being his second wife. 
 They have five children, ANNIE M., 
 
 GEORGE M., WILLIAM, LEWIS T. and 
 
 LUCINDA, and live in Menard county, 
 near Athens, 111. Elisha Primm and his 
 wife reside in Menard county, three miles 
 southwest of Cantrall, Sangamon county, 
 Illinois. 
 
 ENOCH, born August 2, 1816, in that 
 part of Monroe which is now part of St. 
 Clair county, came to Sangamon county 
 with his parents. He was married May 
 23, 1839, to Lucinda . They had 
 fourteen children ; two died under five 
 years. MARY H. lives with her parents. 
 BENJAMIN F. married Martha Crow- 
 der. They have two children, and live 
 near Longton, Elk county, Kansas. EM- 
 ILY J. married William T. Hutchinson. 
 They have three children, and live in 
 Petersburg, 111. MARGARET E. mar- 
 ried D. A. Rankin, has three children, 
 and lives at Tallula, Illinois. FRANCES 
 E. married H. H. Irwin, had one child, 
 and Mrs. Frances E. Irwin died Nov. 12, 
 
 1873. Mr. Irwin lives in Menard county, 
 111. AMANDA lives with her parents 
 ROBERT L. died Dec. 4, 1873. JOHN 
 Q., ELVIRA E., THEOPHILUS B. 
 and WILLIE rtside with their father. 
 Mrs. Lucinda R. Primm died March 4, 
 
 1874, and Enoch Primm resides in Me- 
 nard county, northeast of Pleasant Plains, 
 Illinois. 
 
 SUSAN, born Sept., 1818, married 
 Feb. 24, 1848, to James Henton; have 
 seven or eight children, and live in Kansas. 
 
 JOHN H., born June 15, 1820, mar- 
 ried Jan., 1848, to Mary A. King, have 
 three children, and reside in Menard 
 county, four miles southwest of Cantrall, 
 Illinois. 
 
 ELIJAH S., born Oct. 27, 1822, in 
 Sangamon county, married August 20, 
 1844, in McLean county, to Mary E. 
 Glascock. They had two children, 
 JOSEPH H. died Jan. 30, 1863, in his 
 eighteenth year. ELIJAH S., Jun., 
 born June 20, 1847, married April 5, 1866, 
 to Alice M. Myers, who was born Oct. 8, 
 1846, in Licking county, Ohio. They 
 have three children, JOSEPH T., JAMES B., 
 and FREDERICK, and live in Menard 
 county, within two hundred yards of the 
 Sangamon line, and two and a half miles 
 southwest of Cantrall, 111. Elijah S. 
 Primm died Feb. 25, 1847, tnree months 
 before the birth of his son, of the same 
 name. His widow married Oct. 3, 1850, 
 to James Driskell. They had three child- 
 ren. MARGARET A. married William 
 F. Lake. See his name. They have 
 one child, OLIVE MAY, and reside in 
 Logan county. JAMES E. lives with 
 his uncle, Thomas Glascock, and MARY 
 L., with her aunt, Lucinda C. Primm. 
 Mrs. Mary E. Driskell died April 20, 
 1858, and James Driskell died Nov., 1862. 
 
 John Primm died August 9, 1848, where 
 he settled in 1820, and his widow died 
 Feb. 3, 1856, at the house of her son, 
 Elisha. 
 
 When Elisha Primm was married, his 
 wife remembers that they bought a 
 feather bed for seventy-five cents per 
 pound, and paid for it by selling corn at 
 ten cents per bushel. They sold bacon 
 for three cents per pound, and at the same 
 lime bought calico for forty cents per 
 yard. More recently they sold bacon for 
 forty cents per pound. Mr. Primm has 
 sold pork, neatly dressed, in Springfield,
 
 SANGAMON COUNT. 
 
 583 
 
 for one dollar and fifty cents per one hun- 
 dred pounds, and has sold the some quali- 
 ty at fourteen dollars per hundred. For 
 his account of cotton raising in Sangamon 
 county. See page ?j. 
 
 PRIMM, THOMAS, was born 
 May n, 1782, in Stafford county, Va., 
 moved with his father's family, in 1801, to 
 St. Clair county. Elizabeth Stallions 
 was born Aug. 19, 1792, in Wheeling, 
 Va. Her parents moved to St. Clair 
 county, 111., arriving May 13, 1796, at 
 'Whiteside station. Thos. Primm and Eli- 
 zabeth Stallions were there married, Mar. 
 12, 1807. She was less than fifteen years 
 old. They had six living children in 
 that county. The family moved to San- 
 gamon county, arriving Oct. 8, 1820, 
 where three children were born. Of 
 their nine children 
 
 WILLIAM, born Jan. 11, 1808, in 
 St. Clair county, married in Sangamon 
 county to Maria Canterbury. They had 
 seven children ASA C. married Fidelia 
 Hall, who died, in 1859, leaving two chil- 
 dren, and he married Mrs. Mary A. Ry- 
 ker, whose maiden name was Moore. 
 They have four children, and live in 
 Bourbon countv, Kansas. MARGA- 
 RET J. married, in 1866, to Wm. War- 
 field. They have two children, and live 
 in McLean county, Illinois. WILLIAM 
 H. enlisted in Aug., 1862, in Co. C, ii4th 
 111. Inf., served full term, and was honor- 
 ably discharged. He was married to 
 Catharine Perrine, have two children, 
 and live in Lucas county, Iowa. THOM- 
 AS N. enlisted Aug. 3, 1861, in Co. F, 
 28th 111. Inf., for three years, served more 
 than full term, and was honorably dis- 
 charged. He was married to Adelia 
 Perrine, had two .children, one died, aged 
 six years. They live in Lucas county, 
 Iowa. ISAAC H. married Ann M. 
 Roberts. They have two children, MAG- 
 GIE M. and ELVIRA M., and live one mile 
 east of Athens, and three miles north of 
 Cantrall, Illinois. Mrs. Maria Primm 
 died April 30, 1872, and William Primm 
 lives three-quarters of a miles south- 
 east of Athens, Illinois. 
 
 JAMES, born Sept. 4, 1809, in St. 
 Clair county, married Maria Russell, who 
 was born at Harper's Ferry, Va. They 
 had nine children, five of whom only arc 
 living. THOMAS F. and JOHN J. 
 were Union soldiers in an Illinois regi- 
 
 ment, and live with their mother. ED- 
 WARD T., WILLIAM R.and RUTH 
 E. live with their mother. James Primm 
 died, Jan. 4, 1872, and his widow and 
 children live two and one-half miles south 
 of Lincoln, Logan county, Illinois. 
 
 ABRAHAM S., born Dec. 25, 1812, 
 in St. Clair county, raised in Sangamon 
 county, married, June 18, 1839, to Lucin- 
 da Hall, who was born April 28, 1820, in 
 Ohio, opposite Guyandotte, Va. They 
 had eleven children, six of whom died 
 under five years. Of the other five 
 MARY married Henry Cline. See his 
 name. MELISSA married Michael T. 
 Hargrave, who was born March 17, 1842, 
 in Guilford county, N. C. They have 
 one child, L ILL IE M., and live near Ath- 
 ens, Illinois. MINNIE E. married An- 
 drew P. West, and live in Atlanta, Illi- 
 nois. ROSE A. and LILLIE M. live 
 with their parents, adjoining Athens, Illi- 
 nois, on the northeast. 1874. 
 
 JOHN L., born Oct. 31, 1814, in St. 
 Clair county, married Hannah M. Rankin. 
 She died, August, 1846, leaving three 
 children. He was married, Aug., 1847, 
 to Mrs. Sinai Davis, whose maiden 
 name was Allen. They have four child- 
 ren, and live two and one-half miles 
 southeast of Lincoln, Illinois. 
 
 DANIEL C., born Jan. 3, 1817, in 
 St. Clair county, married Elizabeth Tice. 
 He died, Oct., 1864, leaving a widow and 
 six children in Menard county, Illinois. 
 
 MARK A., born April 19, 1819, mar- 
 ried Augustus Rankin, and died, Nov. 21, 
 1852, leaving one child in Logan county, 
 Illinois. 
 
 THOMAS J., born Jan. 25, 1822. 
 He has practiced medicine more than a 
 quarter of a century, is unmarried, and 
 lives in Athens, Illinois. 1874. 
 
 ELIZABETH, born Jan, 12, 1824, 
 married George W. Cline. See his name. 
 He died, and she married Jacob Barnsback, 
 who died, in 1861, leaving a widow and 
 four living children in Madison county, 
 Illinois. 
 
 NINIAN E., born April 6, 1830, mar- 
 ried Elizabeth Wood. He died, in 1857. 
 His widow lives in Athens, Illinois. 
 
 Thomas Primm died May 14, 1856, 
 and his widow, familiarly known as 
 Aunt Betty Primm, lived with her son, 
 Abraham S. Primm, near Athens. Illi- 
 nois, until her death in 1874. She was
 
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 BA RL Y SB TTLERS OF 
 
 eighty-three years old. Her recollection 
 of early events was remarkably vivid. 
 She remembered passing over the ground 
 where Springfield stands when the grass 
 was higher than her head as she sat on 
 horseback. She carried a child on one 
 arm and used the other to keep the grass 
 out of her face, and lived to see that spot 
 of land occupied by a city of more than 
 twenty thousand inhabitants. 
 
 PROCTOR, SIMON L,, born 
 Jan. 12, 1793, in Shelby county, Ky. He 
 was a soldier in the war of 1812, and was 
 in the battle of Tippecanoe; was married 
 in Nelson county, Ky., May 16, 1813, to 
 Jane Scifers, who was born April 5, 1795, 
 in that county. They had one child, and 
 moved to Green county, Ind., where two 
 children were born, and moved to Hardin 
 county, where they had eight children, 
 and from there to Sangamon county, 111., 
 arriving May 18, 1837, at Springfield. 
 Three years later they moved to Lick 
 creek, and in 1845 * what is now Cotton 
 Hill township. Of their eleven child- 
 ren 
 
 SARAH, born February 5, 1815, in 
 Nelson county, Ky., married in Sangamon 
 county, in 1846, to William Hays, who 
 died, and she married Wm. George, who 
 died, July, 1872, aged ni ety-three years. 
 She lives in Rochester, Illinois. 
 
 RICHARDSON H., born Oct. 28, 
 1816, in Indiana, married in Sangamon 
 county to Elizabeth Young, had two chil- 
 dren, and she died March, 1851, and he 
 married Sibbie A. Young, had two child- 
 ren, and R. H. Proctor died, in 1858, at 
 Springfield, Illinois. 
 
 MARGARET, born Oct. 7, 1818, in 
 Green county, Ind., married in Sangamon 
 county to John Williams, have a family, 
 and live near Milton station, Mills county, 
 Iowa. 
 
 ELIZABETH, born May 12, 1821, 
 in Hardin county, Kentucky, married in 
 Sangamon county to Stephen B. Neal. 
 See his name. 
 
 JANE, born June 1 5, 1823, in Ken- 
 tucky, died in Sangamon county, Oct. 10, 
 1850. 
 
 BARBARA, born May 12, 1825, in 
 Hardin county, Ky., married in Sanga- 
 mon county to Elisha T. Sanders. See 
 his name. 
 
 SAMUEL C., born June 14, 1827, in 
 Kentucky, married in Sangamon county 
 
 to Dorcas A. Crowder, a daughter of 
 Chandler Crowder. They had eight 
 children, two only are living, MARY E. 
 and JOHN. Mrs. Proctor died Jan. 9, 
 1869, and he died June 28, 1871. Samuel 
 C. Proctor was ordained, May 16, 1868, 
 as a minister of the gospel, at the Horse 
 Creek Baptist church. 
 
 LOUISA, born July 4, 1828, in Ken- 
 tucky, married in Sangamon county, Nov. 
 17, 1851, to Marion F. Greenawalt. They 
 have seven children, and live near Roch- 
 ester, Illinois. 
 
 LUCINDA, born Sept. 28, 1831, in 
 Kentucky, married in Sangamon county 
 to George W. Sanders. See his name. 
 
 BRTANT R. W., born May 11, 1834, 
 in Kentucky, was drowned while bathing, 
 in Sangamon county, June 28, 1851. 
 
 BENJAMIN K., born May 28, 1836, 
 in Kentucky, raised in Sangamon county, 
 enlisted July, 1862, in Co. K, i I4th 111. 
 Inf., for three years, and died, Jan., 1864, 
 at Pawnee, 111., while at home on sick 
 furlough. 
 
 Simon L. Proctor died Sept. 18, 1845, 
 and his widow died June 14, 1853, both 
 in Sangamon county. 
 
 PULLIAM, ROBERT, was 
 born April 12, 1776, in Henry county, 
 Va. His father, John Pulliam, emigrated 
 to Kentucky when Robert was a boy, 
 and the family moved from there to Illi- 
 nois, arriving in 1796, in what was then 
 called the New Design settlement, now a 
 part of Monroe county. The next year 
 they moved into a settlement in the dis- 
 trict of St. Louis, in what was then local- 
 ly known as ''New Spain." They 
 moved to Cape Girai'deau, Missouri, and 
 a few years later to Randolph county, 111., 
 near where the town of Red Bud now 
 stands. In 1802 Robert Pulliam im- 
 proved a farm a few miles east of Belle- 
 ville, St. Clair county, and about 1803 he 
 settled in the American Bottom, near the 
 Bluff, six or seven miles below the present 
 city of Alton. Mary Stout was born 
 April 9, 1776, but the locality is not 
 known. Robert Pulliam and Mary 
 Stout were married Sept. 13, 1804. In 
 1815 they moved to St. Clair county, and 
 in the fall of 1817, leaving his family in 
 St. Clair county, he, with two or three 
 hired men, and a woman by the name of 
 Strickland sister of one of the hired 
 men to cook for them, he came to Sugar
 
 SAN GAM ON COUNTY. 
 
 585 
 
 creek and built a cabin in the timber, on 
 the east side of the creek. The land is 
 now owned by James Scott, and is situat- 
 ed nearly three-quarters of a mile west ot 
 a point ten and a half miles due south of 
 Springfield, on a line with Sixth street. 
 When the government survey was made 
 it was found to be on the southwest quar- 
 ter of section twenty-one, township four- 
 teen north, range five west, and is now in 
 Ball township. That is believed to have 
 been, without doubt, the first habitation ot 
 any kind built by white men in what is now 
 Sangamon county. Mr. Pulliam brought 
 with him a herd of cattle and some horses. 
 The growth of grass, which had been 
 luxuriant for ages, afforded ample grazing 
 when there was not any snow. When 
 that covered the ground Mr. P. had the 
 men cut down elm trees, and the stock 
 would live on the buds until the snow 
 passed away. The cabin was built in a 
 forest, composed principally of sugar 
 trees. As the spring approached, Mr. 
 Pulliam put his men to work and made 
 sugar. As the season advanced, and 
 caused the grass to grow, he collected his 
 horses and cattle and returned to his fami- 
 ly in St. Clair county in the spring of 
 1818. He remained there until the spring 
 of 1819, when he came, with all his fami- 
 ly, back to Sugar creek, to find his cabin 
 occupied by Zaehariah Peter. See his 
 name. Robert Pulliam had six children 
 in Madison and St. Clair counties, name- 
 ly- 
 
 NANCT, born July 26, 1805, in Mad- 
 ison county, married in Sangamon county 
 to John Brownell. See his name. 
 
 MARTIN G., born Sept. 17, 1807, in 
 Madison county, married in Sangamon 
 county, Nov. 25, 1827, to Lucy Knotts. 
 They had twelve children in isangamon 
 county, two of whom died young. 
 THOMAS J. married Elizabeth Mc- 
 Laughlin, and resides in Girard, Macoupin 
 county, 111. ROBERT L. married Re- 
 becca Wilson, and lives in Iowa. SARAH 
 married Basil Brawner. See his name. 
 They live in Iowa. GEORGE S. mar- 
 ried Ellen Knotts, has a family of child- 
 ren, and lives in Ball township, within 
 three-quarters of a mile of where his 
 grandfather built the first house in the 
 county. His postoffice is Chatham, 111. 
 MARGIN H. died unmarried, in Iowa, 
 aged 1 enty-four years. JOSEPH O. 
 
 married Sarah A. Stewart, and lives in 
 Iowa. DOROTHY is unmarried, and 
 lives near Chatham, 111. MARY E. 
 married Harvey Hegler, and lives near 
 Virden, 111. CHARLES M. is unmar- 
 ried, and lives near Chatham, 111. Mar- 
 tin G. Pulliam died in June, 1872, and his 
 widow, Mrs. Lucy Pulliam, resides with 
 her son, George S., in Ball township, 
 near Chatham, Sangamon county, Illi- 
 lois. 1874. 
 
 IR WIN S., born Sept. 12, 1811, in 
 Madison county, Illinois, married in San- 
 gamon county, Dec. 18, 1834, toJMatilda 
 Nuckolls, who was born in Gray son 
 county, Va., Nov. 16, 1813. They had 
 nine children in Sangamon county, name- 
 ly: JOHN R., born Jan. 2, 1836. He 
 enlisted, May, 1864, for one hundred 
 days, served full time and one month over, 
 and was honorably discharged. He is un- 
 married, and lives in Ball township, four 
 miles southeast of Chatham, Sangamon 
 county, 111. MARY A., born August 
 19, 1837, married Benjamin H. Taylor, 
 who was born Oct. 2, 1835, m Morgan 
 county, 111. They have two children, 
 EDWARD c. and WILLIAM SHERMAN, and 
 live in Pawnee township, six miles east of 
 Auburn, 111. Benjamin H. Taylor en- 
 listed August 2, 1 86 1, in Co. B, 3oth 111. 
 Inf., served two years, was wounded, suf- 
 fered amputation of a leg twice, and was 
 honorably discharged August 7, 1863. 
 JAMES H., born Nov. 6, 1839, enlisted 
 Aug., 1862, in Co. B, ii4th 111. Inf., for three 
 years, and was captured at the battle of 
 Guntown, June, 1864. On the iSth o'* 
 that month he was imprisoned at Ander- 
 son ville, and was released April 28, 1865, 
 by the collapse of the rebellion. After 
 returning home he was honorably dis- 
 charged. His weight, in health, was 
 from one hundred and sixtv-five to otic 
 hundred and seventy-five pounds. When 
 he reached home, one month after his 
 discharge, he weighed one hundred and 
 twenty pounds. He was not sick a day, 
 but the loss of flesh and muscle was 
 wholly caused by starvation. James H. 
 Pulliam unites with B. F. Fletcher in 
 confirming the statement made by Stephen 
 Bell about the breaking out of a spring in 
 Anderson ville prison. See name of Bell. 
 Mr. Pulliam was married Nov. 26, 1868, 
 to Addie Fairbanks. They had one child, 
 on A v., and Mrs. Addie Pulliam died
 
 March 25, 1870. James H. Pulliam was 
 married March 4, 1873, to Lydia Shell- 
 house, and lives now 1876 in Ball 
 township, at his grandfather's ^ old 
 homestead, not where he built the 
 first cabin, but the second. MAR- 
 GARET J. died young. CHARLES 
 IRWIN,born August 22, 1844, was mar- 
 ried Nov. 19, 1872, to Emily J. Drennan, 
 and lives in Pawnee township, five miles 
 east of Auburn. GEORGE W., born 
 March 31, 1847, was killed by a kick from 
 a horse, aged five years. THOMAS J., 
 born Oct. 27, 1849, lives at the family 
 homestead. WILLIAM S., born April 
 3, 1852, lost his right hand by being 
 crushed in a corn mill when a boy. He 
 lives at the homestead with his brother, 
 Charles I. FRANCIS M., born Sept. 
 16, 1858, lives at the homestead. Irwin 
 S. Pulliam died May 8, 1869, and his 
 widow resides with her son, Charles I., at 
 the family homestead in Pawnee town- 
 ship, five miles east of Auburn, Sanga- 
 mon county, Illinois. 
 
 MARY, born Oct. 7, 1814, in Madison 
 county, married in Sangamon county, 
 April 19, 1835, to Ludwell P. Fariss. 
 They had four children, and both died at 
 Mt. Pleasant, Iowa. One of the daugh- 
 ters is now the wife of Dr. McBride, of 
 Decatur, Illinois. 
 
 MARGARET, born Oct. 13, 1816, in 
 St. Clair county, marrried in Sangamon 
 county to Samuel Peter, a son of Zacha- 
 riah. She died at Winterset, Iowa, leav- 
 ing four children, namely : ELIZA- 
 BETH, NANCY J., WILLIAM and 
 JOHN. 
 
 GEORGE PF., born Sept. 12, 1822, in 
 Sangamon county, died June 18, 1872, 
 after having been thirty years an invalid, 
 though the immediate cause of his death 
 was being thrown from a wagon by a 
 runaway team. He lived with his brother, 
 Irwin S., until the death of the latter, and 
 remained with the family until his own 
 death. 
 
 Robert Pulliam died July 31, 1838, 
 seven miles south of Carlinville, in Ma- 
 coupin county. His widow died Julv i, 
 1847, in Sangamon county, Illinois. 
 
 A paper was prepared by Gov. John 
 Reynolds, to be read at the first old set- 
 tlers' meeting in Sangamon county, in 
 1859. In that paper Gov. Reynolds re- 
 lated some incidents in the life of Robert 
 
 Pulliam. It was not read, as intended, 
 but came into my hands. It is known to all 
 the old settlers that Mr. Pulliam wore an 
 artificial leg. Gov. Reynolds says that 
 one of Mr. Pulliam's legs became dis- 
 eased, and in the summer of 1808 it was 
 found to be absolutely necessary to am- 
 putate it in order to save his life. Dr. 
 Tuthill, of Cahokia, performed the oper- 
 ation. The Governor says: "I resided 
 with my father in the neighborhood of 
 Mr. Pulliam, and knew the circumstances 
 of the amputation. The patient possessed 
 such courage that he held his body as firm 
 as a rock, without assistance, during the 
 operation. I presume this was the first 
 amputation of a limb that occurred in Illi- 
 nois, and at that time was considered a 
 surgical operation almost superhuman." 
 Gov. Reynolds describes Mr. Pulliam as 
 a man of fine proportions and perfect 
 physical development. He says the cir- 
 cumstances of his .ife prevented his ob- 
 taining an education from books, to any 
 considerable extent, but his natural good 
 sense and opportunities for studying men, 
 enabled him to hold a place in the front 
 rank of business men of that time. He 
 was fond of the rude sports of the times; 
 such as horse racing, hunting, and games 
 of various kinds, but later in life he felt 
 that the example was injurious, and 
 changed his course. He first united with 
 the Baptist church, and then, for greater 
 convenience, connected himself with the 
 Methodist church, and his wife did the 
 same. They continued in its communion 
 to the end of their lives. Mr. Pulliam 
 understood the advantages of improved 
 machinery, and endeavored to introduce 
 it into the settlement whenever it was 
 practicable. He was one of the 'earliest 
 to build a mill in the county. It was run 
 by tread wheel, and the motive power 
 was either horses or oxen. All the early 
 settlers raised cotton quite extensively, and 
 he was one of the first, if not the first, to 
 introduce a cotton gin into the settlement. 
 PURVIANCE, JOHN, was 
 born June 19, 1760. The place of his 
 birth is not known, but he went from 
 Pennsylvania to the vicinity of Concord, 
 Cabarras county, North Carolina. He 
 was a soldier in the colonial army that 
 achieved American Independence, but 
 whether he went from Pennsylv pi a or 
 North Carolina is not known. Jo^i Pur-
 
 SANGAMON COUNTY. 
 
 587 
 
 viance and Nancy Ferguson were married 
 and had three sons and three daughters in 
 North Carolina, namely 
 
 DA VI D SIMPSON, ALEXAN- 
 DER C., JOHN G., ELIZABETH, 
 MATILDA and MARGARET. 
 
 Mrs. Nancy Purviance died, and he 
 married Elizabeth Lisenhy. They had 
 two sons and two daughter 
 
 JAMES, SAMUEL, NANCT 
 and ELIZA. 
 
 All except one of his children who 
 married and died in North Carolina 
 came to Sangamon county, and their his- 
 tories are given each as the head of a 
 family of early settlers. He came to 
 Sangamon county after nearly all his 
 children were settled here, and died Sept. 
 27, 1833. His remains were buried at 
 Richland Baptist church, in Cartwright 
 township. From the earliest records in 
 some branches of the family in this coun- 
 ty, I found the name spelled as it is at the 
 head of this sketch, but they have very 
 generally permitted it to be changed to 
 Purvines, probably because without pre- 
 cision in speaking the original name, the 
 sound would be that produced by the 
 modern spelling which is now adopted by 
 all the descendants in Illinois, as fol- 
 lows: *&" / ^ 
 
 PURVINES, DAVID 
 SIMPSON, was born May 18, 1787, 
 in Cabarras county, N. C. Elizabeth 
 Weddington was born Dec. 25, 1790. 
 They were married, and had three child- 
 ren in North Carolina, and the family 
 moved to Richland creek, in what became 
 Sangamon county, and Cartwright town- 
 ship, arriving in the fall of 1820, where 
 they had five children. Of their seven 
 children 
 
 JOHN L., born Feb. 6, 1814, in 
 North Carolina, married in Sangamon 
 county to Elizabeth Earnest. They had 
 two children HENRY married Jane 
 Thompson, and lives near Clinton, De- 
 witt county, Illinois. JOHN died, at 
 twenty years of age. John L. Purvines 
 died, Jan. 6, 1842, in Sangamon county. 
 His widow has been twice married since, 
 is now a widow 1873 and lives near 
 Clinton, Illinois. 
 
 MATILDA, born May 3, 1816, in 
 Cabarras county, N. C., brought up in 
 Sangamon county, married Madison A. 
 Cartwright. See his name. 
 
 WILLIAM H., born Dec. 13, 1819, in 
 North Carolina; married Feb. 25, 1847^ 
 in Sangamon county, to Frances A. Har- 
 rison. They had four children AL- 
 FRED B., born May 11,1848, married, 
 Sept. 13, 1870, to Nannie C. Martin, who 
 was born- Nov. 27, 1850, in Robertson 
 county, Term. They have one child, 
 LEVI PERRY, and live two and one-half 
 miles northeast of Pleasant Plains 1873. 
 PEYTON A. lives with his mother. 
 SARAH E. married Henry Welland, 
 has one child, HARRY A., and lives one 
 mile west of Pleasant Plains, Illinois. 
 WILLIAM H., Jun., lives with his 
 mother. William H. Purvines died, 
 Sept. 25, 1855, and his widow married 
 Wm. H. Harrison. They had one child, 
 FIELDING T., who lives with his 
 mother, one and one-half miles west of 
 Pleasant Plains, Illinois. 
 
 SAMUEL F., born March 24, 1822, 
 in Sangamon county, married April 16, 
 1845, to Elizabeth Bryant, and had two 
 sons. CHARLES married Miss Mc- 
 Atee, and lives at Greenview, Menard 
 county, Illinois. JOHN lives with his 
 mother. Samuel F. Purvines died July 
 22, 1849. His widow has been twice 
 married, and lives in Iowa or Kansas. 
 
 iS73- 
 
 NATHAN S., born March 3, 1829, 
 in Sangamon county, married, Dec. 6, 
 1849, to Wealthy M.J.Harrison. They, 
 had seven children, one died in infancy. 
 EMILY F.. born Oct. 13, 1850, married 
 Feb. 25, 1868, to Wm. Fletcher Correll. 
 See his name. JOHN Q./NORMAN 
 M., ELIZABETH P., PEYTON L. 
 and NATHAN L., reside with then- 
 parents, near Pleasant Plains, Sangamon 
 county, Illinois. 
 
 DA VID P., born Jan. 17, 1832, in 
 Sangamon county, married, May 20, 1852, 
 to Amanda Crafton. She died, Aug. 29, 
 1865, and he lives in Springfield, Illi- 
 nois 1873. 
 
 David Simpson Purvines died March 
 14, 1852, and his widow died Jan. 6, 1872, 
 both in Cartwright township, Sangamon 
 county, Illinois. 
 
 PURVINES, ALEXAN- 
 DER C., born March 16, 1794, in Cabar- 
 ras county, N. C., married Margaret Wed- 
 dington, and had one child there. They 
 moved to what became Sangamon county, 
 111., arriving in 1819, and settled on Rich-
 
 5 88 
 
 EARL T SE 7 TLERS OF 
 
 land creek, where they had three child- 
 ren 
 
 ALFRED B., born Oct. 25, 1818, in 
 North Carolina, died in Sangamon county 
 March n, 1839. 
 
 JOHN W., born Oct. 25, 1821, in 
 Sangamon county, died, aged twenty- 
 three years. 
 
 ELIZABETH J., born June 23, 
 1824, in Sangamon county, married John 
 C. Bone. She had one child, ALMEDA 
 J., who married Robert P. Harrison. 
 See his name. Mrs. E. J. Bone died in 
 1852. 
 
 ORAMEL G. Z., born Nov. 10, 1826, 
 in Sangamon county, married, February 
 4, 1862, to Louisa Potter. They have 
 two children, MARY E. and ELIJAH 
 A., and live in Menard county, three 
 miles northeast of Pleasant Plains, Illi- 
 nois. 
 
 Mrs. Margaret Purvines died January, 
 1831, and Alex. C. Purvines married, 
 Oct., 1831, to Mrs. Jane Hamilton, whose 
 maiden name was Coleman. They had 
 eight children 
 
 MARGARET A., born Sept. 5, 1832, 
 married Abraham J. Duff, have six child- 
 ren, and live in Logan county, Illinois. 
 
 WILLIAM G., born Sept. 3, 1834, 
 married Emily F. Eaton. They have 
 four children, VIOLA, LOREN, 
 ALICE and CARROLL, and reside one 
 and three-quarter miles northeast of 
 Pleasant Plains, Illinois. 
 
 NANCT S., born Aug. 9, 1836, died, 
 aged sixteen years. 
 
 SARAH A. } born July 17, 1838, mar- 
 ried Samuel H. Armstrong, and lives in 
 Menard county, Illinois. 
 
 ALEXANDER J., born August 3, 
 1840, married Susan Jones. They have 
 seven children, and live in Iroquois coun- 
 ty, Illinois. 
 
 ITHA L., born Sept. 12, 1843, mar- 
 ried E. L. Bone, have five children, and 
 live in Menard county, Illinois. 
 
 JAMES O. and 
 
 EDGAR C, live with their mother. 
 Alexander C. Purvines died July 16, 1861, 
 from injuries received by being thrown 
 from a wagon, by a runaway team. His 
 widow, Mrs. Jane Purvines, resides one 
 ind one-half miles northeast of Pleasant 
 Plains, Sangamon county, Illinois. 1873. 
 ,. -PURVINES, JOHN G. born 
 JtolyiS, 1796, in Cabarras county, N. C., 
 
 came to Sangamon county, when a young 
 man, with his brother Simpson, or Alex. 
 C., and was married, Jan. i, 1823, to Eli- 
 zabeth Coleman. They had ten children 
 in Sangamon county, namely 
 
 E VAN E,, born Sept. 30, 1823, died 
 at seventeen years of age, caused by a 
 runaway ox team. 
 
 NANCT M., born Oct. 20, 1824, mar- 
 ried Hiram Stevens, has two living child- 
 ren, LOUISA F. and WILLIAM H. 
 and live at Pleasant Plains, Illinois. 
 
 JOHN /?., born Jan. 10, 1827, mar- 
 ried Mary Coleman, had four children, 
 and Mrs. Purvines died. His children, 
 JOHN G., DAVID S., NOAH G. and 
 MARSIA J. live in Sangamon county. 
 J. R. Purvines lives in Crawford county, 
 Missouri. 
 
 WILLIAM H., born Feb. 19, 1829. 
 He was killed, in his twenty-fifth year, 
 bv the accidental discharge of a gun. 
 
 "FRANCIS J/., born June 28, 1831, 
 married Lucretia J. Trask, had three chil- 
 dren, and she died, and he married Mrs. 
 Lucinda Coleman, whose maiden name 
 was Walton. They had seven children, 
 and live in Missouri. 
 
 CORNELIUS C, born Oct. 26, 
 1833, married, Nov. 22, 1855, to Martha 
 E. Irwin, born Feb. 27, 1837. They had 
 seven children, AZRO A., CHARLES 
 R., CHURCHILL G., LOLA J., LEW- 
 IS C., MARY E. and WILLIAM H., 
 and live near Loami, Illinois. Elder C. 
 C. Purvines is pastor of Liberty Baptist 
 church. 1874. 
 
 JAMES A., born July 23, 1835, mar- 
 ried Margaret S. Purvines. He died, 
 leaving two children. His widow married 
 David Crezy, and lives in Nebraska City, 
 Nebraska. 
 
 ALEXANDER F., born June n, 
 1839, in Sangamon county, married, May 
 7, 1868, to Margaret S. Duncan, and have 
 one child, GILBERT C. Dr. A. F. 
 Purvines is a practicing physician, at Sal- 
 isbury, Sangamon count}', Illinois. 
 
 JOSHUA C, born June 9, 1842. 
 
 MAR CIA A., born Jan. n, 1846, 
 married, Sept. 18, 1864, to John W. Foley. 
 See his name. 
 
 John G. Purvines died Jan. i, 1863, in 
 Sangamon county, on the fortieth anni- 
 versary of his marriage, and his widow 
 lives with her son-in-law Foley, at Pleas- 
 ant Plains, Illinois. 1874. 
 
 " '7, "
 
 SANG A .\f ON COUNTY. 
 
 589 
 
 PURVINES, ELIZABETH, 
 born in Cabarras county, North Carolina, 
 married John H. Plunkett. See his 
 name. 
 
 PURVINES, MATILDA, 
 born in North Carolina, married Samuel 
 Irwin. See his name. She died in 
 North Carolina. 
 
 PURVINES, MARGARET, 
 born in North Carolina, married William 
 Irwin. See his name. 
 
 PURVINES, JAMES, born 
 about 1798, in Cabarras county, N. C., 
 came to Sangamon county when a young 
 man, married in Morgan county to Mary 
 Cox, had eight children, moved to Bona- 
 parte, Iowa, and died there. 
 
 PURVINES. SAMUEL, was 
 born Aug. i, 1801, in Cabarras county, N. 
 C., came to Sangamon county, when a 
 young man, and was married to Mary 
 Irwin, daughter of Samuel L. Irwin. 
 See his name. They had eight children 
 in Sangamon county 
 
 TABITHA JANE, born Dec. 18, 
 1827, married Robert F. Hamilton. See 
 his name. 
 
 LTDIA A., born Jan. 16, 1831, mar- 
 ried, March, 1854, to John C. Bone. 
 They had one child, MARY E., who 
 married in Springfield, July, 1875, to 
 Thomas Long, a native of Morgan coun- 
 ty. They live in Chicago. Mrs. Lydia 
 A. Bone died Aug., 1862. 
 
 A CHILLES NE WTON, born Dec. 
 I, 1832, in Sangamon county, enlisted 
 Aug. 8, 1862, for three years, in Co. F, 
 H4th 111. Inf., was appointed Orderly 
 Sergt., Oct. I, 1863, was wounded in the 
 left ankle, at the battle of Guntown, 
 Miss., June 10, 1864, but escaped capture, 
 served to the end of the rebellion, and 
 was honorably discharged, Aug. 3, 1865. 
 He is unmarried 1873 and lives near 
 Pleasant Plains, Illinois. 
 
 ELIZABETH M., born July 23, 
 1834, married, Feb. 18, 1861, to Thomas 
 E. White, who was born June 13, 1832,111 
 Bond county, Illinois. They have two 
 children, LOLA A. and ROBERT E., 
 and reside near Pleasant Plains, Sanga- 
 mon county, Illinois. 
 
 NANCT F., born Dec. 6, 1836, in 
 Sangamon county, married, Feb. 4, 1864, 
 to John C. Bone. They had four child- 
 ren J O H N C., J tin , died young. 
 CHARLES R., CARRIE A. and OR- 
 
 LENA S. live with their parents. John 
 C. Bone was born Sept. 7, 1817, in Ruth- 
 erford county, T.enn., brought by his 
 father to Sangamon county, who after a 
 short stay moved to Rock creek, Menard 
 county. J. C. Bone has been married 
 four times: first to Catherine S. Foster, 
 who died March 25, 1841. See Constan- 
 tine Foster. Second, Elizabeth J. Pur- 
 vines, who died August, 1852. See Alex- 
 ander C. Purvines. Third, Lydia Ann 
 Purvines, who died August, 1862. See 
 Samziel Purvines. Fourth, Nancy F. 
 Purvines, his present wife. John C. Bone 
 has been a stock raiser and dealer all his 
 life, in Sangamon and Menard counties. 
 He moved to Chicago, in October, 1872, 
 and is now 1876 in the live stock com- 
 mission business, at the Union Stock 
 Yards. 
 
 JOHNF.,\K>r\\ April 6, 1839, in 
 Sangamon county, married Francis J. 
 Pirkins. Thev have two children, HAT- 
 TIE B. and JESSIE E., and live in 
 Cartwright township, near Richland sta- 
 tion, Sangamon county, Illinois. 1873. 
 
 RACHEL M., born Aug. 25, 1840, 
 married James S. Zane. See his name. 
 
 SAMUEL S., born Feb. 26, 1844, is 
 unmarried 1873 and lives near Pleasant 
 Plains, Illinois. 
 
 Samuel Purvines died Sept. 26, 1852, 
 and in less than one month Oct. 20, 
 1852 his widow died; both near Pleasant 
 Plains, Sangamon county, Illinois. 
 
 PURVINES, NANCY, born 
 in North Carolina, married in Sangamon 
 county to Peter Shepherd, and lives near 
 Quirrcy, Adams county, Illinois. 
 
 PURVINES, ELIZA, born 
 in North Carolina, married in Sangamon 
 county to Peter Lanterman. See his 
 name. 
 
 PURVINES, JAM ESS., was 
 born Dec. 18, 1805, in Cabarras county, 
 North Carolina. He was a cousin to 
 David S., Alexander C., John G., etc., 
 and came with some of his relatives to 
 Sangamon county in 1820 or '21. After 
 remaining six years he returned to North 
 Carolina, visited some of his brothers and 
 sisters in Georgia, and at the end of one 
 year came back to Sangamon county. 
 James S. Purvines was married in the fall 
 of 1829 to Mary Ann Hughes, of Morgan 
 county, 111. They had eight children, 
 namely
 
 59 
 
 EA RL T SE TTLERS OF 
 
 GEORGE C., died, aged twenty 
 years. 
 
 J ' OHN G. was drowned at nine years 
 of age. 
 
 WILLIAM B. married Mrs. Mary 
 Benner, whose maiden name was Fore- 
 man. They have one child, and live in 
 Menard county, three miles northwes-t of 
 Salisbury, Illinois. 
 
 FRANCIS M. married Permelia 
 Wetherby, have one child, CARRIE, 
 and live in Menard county, three and a 
 half miles northwest of Salisbury, Sanga- 
 mon county, Illinois. 
 
 MARGARET S. married James A. 
 Purvines. See his name. He died, and 
 she married David Crezy, has two child- 
 ren, and lives in Nebraska City, Neb. 
 
 EL VIRA married Alexander Carper, 
 and lives near Nebraska City, Neb. 
 
 MARTHA J. married Isaac N. Ball, 
 has three children, BENJAMIN, MA- 
 MIE and JAMES, and live in Menard 
 county, three and a half miles northwest 
 of Salisbury, Illinois. 
 
 ELIZABETH R. married George 
 Anderson, and died. 
 
 Mrs. Mary A. Purvines died in 1849, 
 and James S. Purvines married Martha 
 Donovan, who died, in 1872, and he was 
 married to Mrs. Harriet M. Harris, whose 
 maiden name was Barzel, a native of 
 Upper Canada. Tney reside in Menard 
 county, three and a half miles northwest 
 of Salisbury, Satfgamon county, Illinois. 
 -1873. 
 
 PURSELL, WILLIAM, was 
 born Jan. 23, 1820, at White Park, near 
 Belfast, Ireland. His parents emigrated 
 to Bytown, now Ottawa City, Canada, in 
 1824. His mother died there, and he was 
 taken to raise by Heraldus Eastabrook, of 
 Vermont. He was brought by Mr. Eas- 
 tabrook to Sangamon county, 111., arriving 
 at Old Sangamo, Oct. 25, 1833. William 
 Pursell was married, Jan. i, 1846, to Eli- 
 zabeth Van Patten. They had thirteen 
 children 
 
 ROBERT H. died March i, 1860, in 
 his fourteenth vear. 
 
 MART ^4. "died Jan. 16, 1860, in her 
 twelfth vear. 
 
 ALBERT H. died Nov. i, 1871, in 
 his twenty-second year. 
 
 JENNIE ADA died Dec. 28, 1859, 
 in her second vear. 
 
 JOHN C. died Dec. 4, 1871, aged ten 
 years. 
 
 The other eight children 
 
 CARRIE L., LA URA E., ALICE 
 B., CHARLES W., HATTIE L., 
 ROBERT /?., FANNIE E. and 
 JESSIE T. live with their parents, 
 three and three-quarters miles southwest 
 of Farmingdale, Santramon county, Illi- 
 nois. 
 
 Mr. Pursell was present at the organi- 
 zation of the Sunday school in connection 
 with Farmington Presbyterian church, in 
 Dec., 1833. For forty years until 1873 
 his connection with the school, as pupil, 
 librarian, teacher and superintendent, con- 
 tinued unbroken. He is one of the sub- 
 stantial farmers of Sangamon county. 
 
 PYLE, NICHOLAS. The fam- 
 ily came from England, and he was mar- 
 ried in South Carolina, during the Amer- 
 ican Revolution, to Ann Black, a sister of 
 Thomas Black. See his name. Some of 
 their children were born in South Caro- 
 lina, and the family moved on pack horses 
 to Christian county, Ky., where more 
 children were born, making a total of 
 fourteen sons and five daughters, some of 
 whom married in Kentucky. The par- 
 ents and part of the children moved to 
 St. Clair county, 111., where some of the 
 children married. The aged couple, 
 with their two youngest sons, came to 
 Sangamon county in 1825, and settled 
 about three miles east of Auburn. Of the 
 two sons 
 
 THOMPSON, born about 1804, in 
 Christian county, Ky., married in Sanga- 
 mon county, in 1828, to Margaret Mof- 
 fitt. They had nine living children. 
 MATILDA, born Jan. 26, 1829, died 
 Jan. 4, 1845. WM. ALFRED, born 
 Nov. 13, 1830, is unmarried, and lives 
 with his mother. SARAH ANN, born 
 April 10, 1832, married Solomon Taylor, 
 has five children, and resides in Macoup- 
 in county, near Zanesville, Montgomery 
 county, 111. ELIZABETH J., born Jan. 
 26, 1834, married Samuel H. Meteer, have 
 three children, and live near May Post- 
 * office, Martin county, Minn. GEORGE 
 M. born April 22, 1837, married Susan 
 Bridges, have three children, and live 
 near Elgin, Howard countv, Kansas. 
 LAWSON, born July 7, 1842, married 
 August 17, 1869, to Mary E. Shepherd, 
 have one child, MILDRED, and live six
 
 SANGAMON COUNT. 
 
 59' 
 
 miles south of Springfield, 111. RE- 
 BECCA, born July 6, 1844, married 
 George Bridges. See his name. EL- 
 LEN S., born Sept. 7, 1846, married 
 Sept. 4, 1867, to George D. Crane, and 
 live near Woodside, Illinois. EVE- 
 LINE, born April 20, 1849, lives with 
 her mother. Thompson Pyle died Dec. 
 19, 1870, and his widow resides near 
 where they settled in 1828, six miles 
 south of Springfield, Sangamon county, 
 Illinois. 
 
 ALFRED, born Oct. 12, 1806, in 
 Christian county, Ky., and was the 
 youngest of nineteen children. He was 
 brought bv his parents to Sangamon 
 county in 1825, married in St. Clair 
 county to Melinda Padfield. They had 
 eight children, three died young. DAVID, 
 born March 8, 1838, married Harriet A. 
 Scott, have three children, IDA c., ROBERT 
 E. and DAVID H., and live eight miles 
 south of Springfield, 111. ARMINDA, 
 born Oct. 13, 1839, married Thomas B. 
 Shepherd. See hit name. WILLIAM 
 married Jennie Jackson, and both died. 
 ANN married John H. Shepherd. See 
 his name. LOUISA R. married John 
 W. Nuckolls. See his name. Mrs. 
 Melinda Pyle died Sept. 19 1849, and 
 Alfred Pyle died March 3, 1852, both in 
 St. Clair county, although they had spent 
 the greater part of their lives in Sanga- 
 mon county. 
 
 Nicholas Pyle died in 1829, in Sanga- 
 mon county, and his widow died at the 
 house of their son, Alfred, in St. Clair 
 county, Illinois. 
 
 RALSTON, WILLIAM, born 
 in 1759, in Virginia, was a Revolutionary 
 soldier, enlisting near the close of the 
 war. He was then quite young for a "sol- 
 dier, but was at the siege and capture of 
 Yorktown, and was present when Lord 
 Cornwallis surrendered to Gen. Washing- 
 ton. He was married in Virginia to 
 Nancy McClure, and soon after moved to 
 the vicinity of Crab Orchard, Kentucky, 
 and later to the vicinity of Mt. Sterling, 
 Montgomery county, in the same State. 
 They had twelve children in Kentucky, 
 and moved to Sangamon county, Illinois, 
 arriving in 1828, on Spring creek, accom- 
 
 panied by five of his children, and the 
 sixth came a year or two later. The 
 others remained in Kentucky. Of the six 
 who came to Sangamon county 
 
 WILLIAM, Jun., born May 20, 
 1796, in Montgomery county, Ky., was 
 married there to Frances J. Massie, Sept. 
 13, 1825. They had one child that died 
 in Kentucky, and the family moved to 
 Sangamon county, Illinois, in 1828, set- 
 tling on Spring creek in 1829, where seven 
 children were born. MARY E. married 
 Thomas Hessey, and died, leaving six 
 children, who live with their father in 
 Gardner township, Sangamon couuty, 
 Illinois. EMILY M., born Dec. 30, 
 1831, was married, Nov. 24, 1850, to 
 Jacob J. Brown. See his name. WIL- 
 LIAM T. died May 26, 1858, in his 
 twenty-fifth year. JOHN H. died June 
 9, 1861, in his twenty-sixth year. NAN- 
 CY A., born Dec. 23, 1837, was married, 
 Oct. 12, 1858, to Daniel Taylor. See his 
 name. JAMES H., born Aug. 27, 1840, 
 lives with his mother one and three-quar- 
 ter miles south of Farmingdale, Sanga- 
 mon county, Illinois. CHARLES F., 
 born April 10, 1844, was man ~ied Dec. 3, 
 1867, in Sangamon county, to Clara A. 
 Conklin, and live at Colorado Springs, 
 Colorado. William Ralston, Jun., died 
 Oct. 17, 1851, in Sangamon county, 111., 
 and his widow resides now 1873 on the 
 farm where they settled in 1829, one and 
 three-quarter miles south of Farming- 
 dale, Sangamon county, Illinois. She 
 has been a member of the Baptist church 
 nearly half a century. 
 
 JOS1AH, born in Kentucky, was 
 married in Sangamon county to Roxana 
 Smith. They have eight children, and 
 live in Hancock county, Illinois. 
 
 NATHANIEL, born in Kentucky, 
 was married in Sangamon county to 
 Clemantine Kelly. They moved to Mis- 
 souri, but returned during the rebellion to 
 Sangamon county, where he died. His 
 widow and eight children live near Car- 
 thage, Jasper county, Missouri. 
 
 ELLEN, born in Kentucky, was mar- 
 ried in Sangamon county, Illinois, to 
 James Douglas. See his name. 
 
 SAMUEL, born in Kentucky, was 
 married there to Nancy Ellis. They had 
 two children in Kentucky, and came to 
 Sangamon county in 1835. One child 
 was born in Sangamon county, and one 

 
 59 3 
 
 EARLY SETTLERS OF 
 
 in Petersburg, Menard county,' Illinois. 
 Samuel Ralston and family resi'de in 
 Washington, D. C. 
 
 JOSEPH, born Sept. 10, 1813, in 
 Kentucky, was married in Sangamon 
 county, 111., Nov. 13, 1833, to Mrs. Susan 
 Earnest, whose maiden name was Ken- 
 dall. They had two living children 
 MARGARET J. married David Vulga- 
 mott, and have six children. They live 
 in Fairfield, Jefferson county, Iowa. 
 JOSEPH H., born Dec. 21, 1838, in San- 
 gamon county, studied medicine in Spring- 
 field, Illinois, was married, Sept., 1865, at 
 Placerville, Idaho Territory, to Lida 
 Keck. They have two children, HENRY 
 H. and EMIL. Dr. Ralston and family re- 
 side at Bentonsport, Van Buren county, 
 Iowa. Joseph Ra!ston died July 31, 1839, 
 in Sangamon county, and his widow 
 married James E. Reed. See his 
 name. 
 
 William Ralston, Sen., died July, 1835, 
 and his widow died eight or 'nine years 
 later, both in Sangamon county, Illi- 
 nois. 
 
 RAMES, NATHANIEL, 
 was born April 19, 1806, in Tennessee. 
 Sarah Ogden was born Oct. 18, 1806, in 
 Logan county, Kentucky. They were 
 married March 8, 1829, in St. Louis, Mo., 
 had one child there, and moved to Spring- 
 field, 111., arriving April 16, 1830, where 
 they had two children. Of their three 
 children 
 
 MARTHA T., born Dec. 17, 1829, in 
 St. Louis, died in Springfield in her 
 seventh year. 
 
 JOHN O., born August 20, 1831, in 
 Springfield, married Oct. 7, 1852, to 
 Mary J. Connelly, who died in 1854. 
 Mr. Rames was married April 14, 1859, 
 in St. Louis county, Mo., to Mary E. 
 Redman, who was born there, June 14, 
 1839. They had six children in Spring- 
 field; two died young. MATTIE M., 
 CORA B., MARY J. and JOHN O., 
 Jun., live with their parents. J. O. 
 Rames was a member of the city council 
 three years, and has been a member of 
 the School Board since 1870, with the 
 exception of two years. He has been 
 engaged in harness making i for sev- 
 enteen years, and resides in Spring- 
 field, Illinois. 
 
 WILLIAM N., born May 22, 1834, 
 in Springfield, died March, 1853. 
 
 Nathaniel Rames died Feb. 29, 1836, in 
 Springfield, and his widow lives with her 
 son, John O., in Springfield. 1876. 
 
 RANDALL, THOMAS E., 
 was born in 1785, in Virginia, was taken 
 to Crab Orchard, Ky., when a child. He 
 was married and had three children in 
 Fleming county, Ky., and moved from 
 there to Sangamon county, 111., in 1827. 
 His son 
 
 MARSHAL S., born Jan. 26, 1813, 
 in Fleming county, Ky., married in San- 
 gamon county, in 1837, to Deborah Can- 
 trail. They had twelve children. Their 
 daughter, MARY J., married William G. 
 Cantrall. See his name. Marshal S. 
 Randall and family reside near Blue 
 Mound Station, Christian county, Illinois. 
 
 RANSOM, JOHN G., was born 
 April 27, 1808, at Chazy, Clinton county, 
 N. Y.. and was there married, Sept 30, 
 1830, to Lucy M. Gregory. They moved 
 to Springfield, 111., arriving June 6, 1835. 
 Mr. Ransom commenced work as a jour- 
 neyman wagon and carriage maker, and 
 in a short time established the business on 
 his own account. He made, as he be- 
 lieves, the first buggy ever put up in 
 Springfield. In .1838 Mr. Ransom 
 moved to Chatham, which had just 
 been laid out, and he was among the 
 first to erect permanent buildings in the 
 town. He engaged in carriage and wagon 
 making there. In 1840 he moved to 
 Whitehall, 111., and back to Chatham in 
 1842. In 1845 ne move d to Galena, 111., 
 where Mrs. Lucy M. Ransom died, Mar. 
 18, 1846, leaving three living children, 
 with whom Mr. Ransom returned to 
 Chatham. Of those children 
 
 EDWARD H., born in Sangamon 
 county, married Gazena A. Brurink. He 
 was a soldier in Co. B, H4th 111. Inf., and 
 spent several months in prison at Ander- 
 sonville, Georgia. The privation and 
 disease contracted there caused his death 
 in Feb., 1869. He left a widow and four 
 children in Virclen, Illinois. 
 
 AMELIA M. married William Mont- 
 gomery. They have seven children, and 
 live at Stonington, Christian county, Illi- 
 nois. 1874. 
 
 MARTHA married in Plattsburg, 
 New York, to William L. Wood. They 
 have one child, and live at Stonington, 
 Christian county, Illinois.
 
 SANGAMON COUNTY. 
 
 593 
 
 John G. Ransom was married July I, 
 1847, m Chatham, to Mrs. Elizabeth 
 Bradley, whose maiden name was Hand. 
 They had seven children, two of whom 
 died young. Of the other five 
 
 AUGUSTA E., born in Chatham, 
 married Henry D. Cogswell, has one 
 child, and lives in Bloomington, Illinois. 
 1873. 
 
 EMMA, CHARLES, JOHN E. 
 and MARIA T. live with their parents. 
 John G. Ransom a'nd family reside in 
 Chatham, Sangamon county, Illinois. 
 
 RANSOM, LORING, was born 
 April 13, 1806, in Chazy, Clinton county, 
 N. Y., and came with a colony of fifty- 
 three persons to Sangamon county, arriv- 
 ing at what is now Farmingdale, in Sept., 
 1833. He was married Oct. 29, 1839, at a 
 place called Millville, north of Lick 
 creek, and three miles west of Loami, to 
 Mary Wariner, who was born April 20, 
 1817, in Barren county, Ky., and came to 
 Sangamon county in the spring of 1834, 
 with her father. Mr. and Mrs. Ransom 
 had three living children 
 
 ISABELLA IV., born Sept. 13, 1840, 
 in Chatham, married in Springfield, Feb. 
 24, 1 86 1, to George W. Johnson, who 
 was born Aug. 7, 1835, in Henniker, 
 Merrimack county, N. H. He is an en- 
 gineer on the G. C. & S. railroad, and re- 
 sides in Springfield. 
 
 WILLIAM A., born Jan. 7, 1843, in 
 Chatham, was married Nov. 23, 1872, in 
 Hannibal, Mo., to Kittie Shelton Kiger, 
 who was born July 29, 1843, in Nelson 
 county, Va. They live in Springfield, 
 Illinois. 
 
 ISAAC N., born May 12, 1846, in 
 Springfield, married, Nov. 10, 1870, to 
 Annie E. Crary, and live in Springfield, 
 Illinois. 
 
 Loring Ransom was farming a few 
 years and then went to Chatham, from 
 there to Berlin, and from there to Spring- 
 field, where he died, Sept. 13, 1867. 
 Mrs. Mary Ransom resides with her 
 children, in Springfield, Illinois. 
 
 RANSOM, LUTHER N.,was 
 born about 1800, at Chazy, Clinton coun- 
 ty, N. Y. He was there married to Zer- 
 viah Ransom. They had two children in 
 New York, and moved to Sangamon 
 county, 111., with a colony, arriving in 
 Sept., 1833, a t Farmington, in what is 
 now Gardner township. In 1835 Mr, 
 
 -75 
 
 R. sold out at that place, and entered two 
 thousand one hundred acres of land eight 
 or ten miles south of Springfield, and 
 laid out the town of Chatham. In 1840 
 he moved to Springfield, where Mrs. R. 
 died. Previous to this time Mr. R. had 
 been a member of and an officer in the 
 Presbyterian church, and was the princi- 
 pal means of establishing the church in 
 Chatham. After the death of his wife he 
 adopted communist principles as expounded 
 by Fourier, went to Economy, Ohio, and 
 united with the Fourierite community 
 there, believing it would be a good place 
 to bring up his children. He was mar- 
 ried while there to a widow lady, by 
 whom he had one child. At a time of 
 excessive high water in the Ohio river, 
 late in 1847, a vei T l ar g e brick building, 
 owned and occupied by the Fourierites, 
 was surrounded by water, weakening the 
 foundations, and it fell, burying in its 
 ruins a lai'ge number of persons. The 
 two eldest children and the wife of Mr. 
 Ransom were among the lost. She had 
 just handed her babe out of a window, by 
 which it was saved. Mr. Ransom was 
 not at the place when the calamity came, 
 but he soon after took his babe, left the 
 Fourierites, and joined the Shakers at 
 Lebanon, Ohio. This was in 1848. He 
 remained with the Shakers until August, 
 1859, when he took his son, ALBERT, 
 and went to Lawrence, Kansas, where 
 he resided until July, 1873, when he died, 
 a spiritualist, and an open disbeliever of 
 the Bible. He was an original abolition- 
 ist, an uncompromising temperance man, 
 scrupulously honest in his dealings, and it 
 was believed by those who knew him 
 well, that he was honest and conscientious 
 in all he did. His erratic course was re- 
 garded more as the manifestations of an 
 unsettled mind than of a depraved dis- 
 position. 
 
 RAPE, JOHN, was born about 
 1794, in South Carolina, and taken to 
 Tennessee by his parents, at eight years 
 old. He was a soldier from Tennessee, in 
 the war of 1812, and arrived at New 
 Orleans the day after the battle of Jan. 8, 
 1815. His father, Gustavus Rape, was a 
 soldier from North Carolina during the 
 war of the American Revolution. John 
 Rape was married Aug. 18, 1818, in 
 Tennessee, had two children there, and 
 moved to Sangamon county, 111,, arriving
 
 594 
 
 EARLY SETTLERS OF 
 
 in what is now Cotton Hill township, in 
 Feb., 1826, where they had five children. 
 Of their children 
 
 CATHARINE, born Dec. 31, 1821, 
 in' Tennessee, married in Sangamon 
 county to Benjamin R. Ridgeway. See 
 his name. 
 
 AMELIA, born May 29, 1823, in 
 Tennessee, married in Sangamon county, 
 Dec. 25, 1840, to Wesley Beam. See his 
 name. He died, leaving five children, 
 and she married, July 17, 1855, to James 
 Hewlett. They have six children, WIL- 
 LIAM M., DANIEL N., AMELIA L. 
 and MARTHA E., twins, JAMES F. 
 and GEORGE B. McL. Mr. Hewlett 
 had three children by a former marriage. 
 They reside in Cotton Hill township. 
 
 DANIEL, born March 30, 1826, in 
 Sangamon county, married, July 7, 1853, 
 to Myrah Snodgrass. They had three 
 children, CHARLES F., MOSES F. 
 and FLETCHER E. Mrs. Rape died 
 March 10, 1869, and he married, Sept. 2, 
 1869, to Mrs. Rebecca J. Hafdin, whose 
 maiden name was Snodgrass. They have 
 one child, EDWIN, and live near New 
 City, Sangamon county, Illinois. 
 
 JACOB, born Nov. 5, 1827, in San- 
 gamon county, married, Dec. 26, 1850, to 
 Rachel Beam. They have five chil- 
 dren, THOMAS J., MELINDA J., 
 CHARLES W., JOHN W. and LEW- 
 IS M., and live in Cotton Hill town- 
 ship, two and one-half miles south of 
 New City, Sangamon county, Illi- 
 nois. Jacob Rape says that it was so 
 difficult to obtain farming implements, 
 that himself and a brother covered corn 
 many days with wooden hoes, made for 
 the purpose by their father. 
 
 ALFRED N., was born May 5, 1830, 
 in Sangamon county. He enlisted, Aug. 
 12, 1862, in Co. K, 1 24th 111. Inf., for 
 three years, served full term, was in fif- 
 teen battles, and was honorably discharg- 
 ed, Aug. 15, 1865. He was married, Oct. 
 17, 1871, to Mary A. Constant. They 
 had one child, WM. EDWARD, who 
 died in infancy. They live three miles 
 southwest of New City, in Cotton 
 Hill township, Sangamon county, Illi- 
 nois. 
 
 FRANCIS M., born Nov. 20, 1831, 
 in Sangamon county, married Melvina 
 Snodgrass, had two children, MARY D. 
 and NANCY I., and Mrs. Rape died, 
 
 and he married, Oct. 8, 1869, to Mary J 
 Hayden, a grand-daughter of Penrod 
 Vancil. They have two children, ROSA 
 E. and FLORA E., and live in Cotton 
 Hill township, near New City, Sanga- 
 mon county, Illinois. 
 
 AMANDA, born Oct. 25, 1835, in 
 Sangamon county, married, Aug. 5, 1852, 
 to Preston Haines. They had three chil- 
 dren NANCY J., born April 9, 1855, 
 married., June 9, 1873, to Benj. K. Haii:es. 
 See his name. AMELIA C. aqd 
 JOHN W. live with their mother. Pres- 
 ton Haines enlisted in 1861, for three 
 years, in Co. B, nth Mo. Inf. He died 
 Feb. 14, 1863, in Military Hospital, at 
 Keokuk, Iowa. His widow married, 
 June 14, 1871, to W. T. Williams, have 
 one child, MARTIN L., and live in 
 Cotton Hill township, Sangamon county, 
 Illinois. 
 
 Mrs. Polly Rape died, July 19, 1838, 
 and John Rape was married, Feb. 3, 1839, 
 to Elizabeth Snodgrass. They had seven 
 children in Sangamon county 
 
 JOSEPH, born Jan. 25, 1840, mar- 
 ried, March 7, 1872, to Frances M. Rea- 
 vis, who was born Feb. 23, 1856, in Fay- 
 ette county, 111. They have one child, 
 NOAH F., and live near New City, 
 Sangamon county, Illinois. 
 
 JOHN, born Dec. 16, 1843, lives near 
 New City, Illinois. 
 
 JAMES T., born Sept. 27, 1845, 
 married Mary West, have two living 
 children, and lives near Cotton Hill P. O., 
 Sangamon county, Illinois. 
 
 MART E., born Oct. 18, 1848, mar- 
 ried, Sept. 13, 1863, to Thomas McLoon, 
 a native of Ireland. They have three 
 children, MARY B., LAURA A. and 
 JOHN E., and live near New City, Illi- 
 nois. 
 
 SAMUEL D., born Jan. 20, 1853, 
 lives with his mother. 
 
 NANCY E., born April 27, 1856, 
 married, Feb. 19, 1874, to B. F. Young, 
 and lives in Cotton Hill township. 
 
 EMILY J., born Aug. 12, 1859, lives 
 with her mother. 
 
 John Rape died Jan. 29, 1872, and his 
 widow lives on the farm where he settled 
 i. 1826. It is in Cotton Hill township, 
 near New City, Sangamon county, Illi- 
 nois. 
 
 RAPE, HENRY, born in 1784, 
 in South Carolina, came with his brother
 
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 595 
 
 Peter to Sangamon county, 111., about 
 1825, preceding their brother John one 
 year. Henry Rape was married June, 
 1836, in Sangamon county, to Polly 
 Snodgrass. They had six children in 
 Sangamon county 
 
 JAMES //., born July 23, 1837, in 
 Sangamon county, enlisted in 1861, for 
 three years, in Co. I, yth 111. Inf., served 
 full time, and was honorably discharged, 
 July 24, 1864, at Chattanooga, Tenn. 
 J. H. Rape was married Dec. 7, 1875,31 
 the Revere House, Springfield, 111., to 
 Mrs. Maria L. Campbell, whose maiden 
 name was Brownell. See Brownell fam- 
 ily. Mr. and Mrs. Rape live in Chris- 
 tian county, near Taylorville, Illinois. 
 
 GUSTAVUS F., born April 28, 
 1840, was married July 28, 1870, to Sarah 
 Raney. They had two children, ORA 
 VERNON *ul RALEIGH, and moved 
 to the vicinity of Virginia, Bates county, 
 Missouri. Their children both died 
 there. 
 
 THOMAS J., born Dec. 20, 1842, 
 was married July 29, 1869, to Clara A. 
 Pettibone. They have one child, EAR- 
 NEST R., and live in Cotton Hill town- 
 ship, Sangamon county, Illinois. 
 
 WILLIAM L., born Nov. 23, 1845, 
 was married April 29, 1874, to Jennie 
 Beaty. They have one child, ROLLA 
 E., and live near Taylorville, Christian 
 county, Illinois. 
 
 ELIZABETH J., born April 23, 
 1844, was married Dec. 29, 1874, to 
 Richard Hill man. See his name. 
 
 Henry Rape died Nov. n, 1851, and 
 his widow married George Hamilton. 
 They had one child 
 
 R OBERT RAPE, born May 5, 1855, 
 lives with his mother, three-fourths of a 
 mile west of New City, in Cotton Hill 
 township, Sangamon county, Illinois. 
 
 Mrs. Polly Rape had never formed a 
 letter with a pen until her sixtieth year. 
 Her son, James H., was in the army, and 
 she found it difficult to induce others to 
 write to him as often as she desired, so 
 she resolved to learn, and commenced by 
 copying letters and other documents, and 
 was soon able to communicate with him. 
 She continued this correspondence, to the 
 great satisfaction of both, until his three 
 years of service terminated. 
 
 RAPE, JACOB, was born Mar. 
 I, 177^5 married Patsy Thornton, raised a 
 
 family, and died April 28, 1865, in San- 
 gamon county. His widow lives in 
 Christian county. Their grandaughter 
 married George Morgan, and lives in 
 Taylorville, Illinois. 
 
 RAPE, POLLY, born in 1786, in 
 South Carolina or Tennessee. She was 
 a sister to John, Peter, Henry and Jacob. 
 She was married in Sangamon county to 
 Henry Funderburk. See his name. 
 
 RAPE, PETER, was born Mar. 
 15, 179) married and raised a family. 
 His wife, Sarah Rape, died July 23, 1841, 
 in her forty-sixth year. He died March 
 29, 1847. 
 
 RAUCH, JOHN JACOB, was 
 
 born July 25, 1796, in Stutgardt, Wirtem- 
 burg, Germany. He came to America in 
 1818, and was eleven weeks on the pas- 
 sage from Amsterdam, arriving at Phila- 
 delphia in September. He entered into 
 an agreement, before starting, with a 
 man who came on the same vessel, by 
 which that gentleman was to pay his pas- 
 sage across the ocean in exchange for 
 labor Mr. Ranch was to perform. He 
 had fulfilled part of the agreement before 
 starting, and acted as servant to the gen- 
 tleman and his wife on board the vessel. 
 On arriving in Philadelphia he found that 
 the money had not been paid. The only 
 excuse the man made was that his wife 
 objected to it. In the early history of the 
 American colonies some of them enacted 
 laws under which emigrants might be sold 
 at auction to pay for their passage across 
 the ocean. The custom still prevailed at 
 the time Mr. Rauch arrived in the coun- 
 try, but I have thus far failed to learn that 
 there was any law for it at that time. 
 Seventy dollars was the amount demand- 
 ed by the owners of the vessel, and he 
 was put up at auction to raise the money. 
 The lowest, and perhaps the only bid 
 was to pay the money on consideration of 
 his serving three years in return, at hard 
 labor, as the following paper will show : 
 
 PHILADELPHIA. 
 
 This Indenttire Witnesseth : That 
 Johan Jacob Rauch, of his own free will, 
 to go to Alabama Territory, hath bound 
 himself servant to Francis C. Clapper, of 
 Philadelphia, merchant, for the consider- 
 ation of seventy dollars, paid to Lewis, 
 Haven & Co., for his passage from Am- 
 sterdam; as also, for other good causes,
 
 EARLY SETTLERS OP 
 
 he, the said Johan Jacob Rauch, hath 
 bound and put himself, and by these 
 presents doth bind and put himself, ser- 
 vant to the said Francis C. Clapper, to 
 serve him, his executors, administrators 
 and assigns, from the day of the date 
 hereof, for and during the full term of 
 three .years, from thence next ensuing. 
 During all which term the said servant, 
 his said master, his executors, administra- 
 tors and assigns, faithfully shall serve, and 
 that honestly and obediently in all things, 
 as a good and faithful servant ought to 
 do. And the said Francis C. Clapper, his 
 executors, administrators and assigns, dur- 
 ing the said term, shall find and provide 
 for the said servant sufficient meat, drink, 
 apparel, washing and lodging, and to give 
 him, at the end of the term, two complete . 
 suits of clothes, one thereof to be new. 
 And for the true performance hereof both 
 the said parties bind themselves firmly 
 unto each other by these presents. In 
 witness whereof they have interchangably 
 set their hands and seals. Dated the sec- 
 ond day of October, A. D. one thousand 
 eight hundred and eighteen. 
 
 F. C. CLAPPER. 
 
 Bound before Conrad Wile, Register. 
 
 Mr. Rauch was at once sent to 
 Alabama, and labored faithfully for two 
 and a half years, the principal part of the 
 time at boat building, and must have 
 earned many times the value of the money 
 paid out for him. His food and clothing 
 during the whole of that time was of the 
 very worst description, in addition to 
 which he was treated to all manner of 
 indignities on account of his lack of 
 knowledge of our language, and for 
 any other cause which the caprice or 
 malignity of those with whom he was 
 associated might suggest. Six months 
 before the expiration of his time his 
 hardships became intolerable. He left 
 Alabama and made his way into Muhlen- 
 burg county, Kentucky, arriving in 1821. 
 There he found German people, who 
 gave him employment by which he was 
 soon able to clothe himself decently, and 
 began to save money. He worked both 
 in wood and stone as the opportunity for 
 either presented itself. Oct. 24, 1824, he 
 was married to Pauline Poley, sister 
 to Joseph Poley. See his name. Soon 
 after his marriage he built a sawmill on a 
 
 small stream, and occasionally worked at 
 his trades, doing a good business. As 
 Mr. Rauch learned more of the influence 
 of slavery, he resolved to seek a free 
 country in which to bring up his family. 
 He accordingly removed with his wife 
 and two children, to Illinois, arrriving 
 Oct., 1829, in Sangamon county. In 
 December he bought three-fourths of 
 section thirty-three, which is the southern 
 tier of sections in this county. It is in 
 Auburn township, between the towns of 
 Auburn and Virden. The stream called 
 Sugar creek ran through his land, and 
 among the first things he did was to build 
 a saw and grist mill, and for many years 
 Rauch's mill was known far and near, 
 and hundreds of weary emigrants found 
 rest under his roof, his house being on the 
 road from Springfield to St. Louis. After 
 arriving in Illinois, seven ohildren were 
 added to the family. Of their nine child- 
 ren 
 
 ANDRE W, born Aug. 14, 1825, in 
 Kentucky, was married June 13, 1854, in 
 Sangamon county, to Margaret E. Cas- 
 sity, a native of Kentucky. They have 
 five living children, FRANK, CLARA, 
 EMMA, ELMER and A. LEE. An- 
 drew Rauch and family reside in the 
 vicinity of the old homestead, in Sanga- 
 mon county, near Virden, Macoupin 
 county, Illinois. 
 
 CHARLES, born Dec. 28, 1827, in 
 Kentucky, was married Dec. 18, 1859, in 
 Sangamon county, to Mary Brooks, a 
 native of Delaware. They have four 
 children, LOUISA, JENNIE, JAMES 
 and JOHN, and reside at the homestead, 
 in Sangamon county, near Virden, Ma- 
 coupin county, Illinois. 
 
 ELIZABEJ^H, born April 25, 1830, 
 in Illinois, died in childhood. 
 
 SA VILLA, born Feb. 3, 1832, in 
 Sangamon county, married Hiram Orr, 
 and died five weeks later, at her mother's 
 house. 
 
 JAMES, born Oct. 5, 1833, in San ' 
 gamon county, was married, April 3, 1863, 
 to Jennie B. Goss, who was born August 
 25, 1837, at Littleton, Grafton county, 
 New Hampshire. They moved to Cali- 
 fornia, and James Ranch died there, Nov. 
 12, 1864, leaving a widow, who returned 
 to Illinois, Oct. 26, 1865, and is now 
 August, 1876 residing in Virden, Illi- 
 nois.
 
 SANGAMON COUNTY. 
 
 597 
 
 JACOB, born Aug. 16, 1835, in 
 Sangamon county, was married, Oct. 27, 
 1859, to Emma C. Cassity. They have 
 three living children, ADA, EFFIE and 
 BYRON, and reside in Virden, Illi- 
 nois. 
 
 FRANKLIN, born Oct. ti, 1837, 
 died Dec. 17, 1848. 
 
 REBECCA, born Nov. 6, 1839, in 
 h'angamon county, was married, Oct. 26, 
 1869, to John McGlothlin. They have 
 three children, LOUELLA, HORACE 
 and CHARLIE A., and reside five miles 
 southwest of Auburn, Sangamon county, 
 Illinois. 
 
 BARBARA A., born June 2, 1842, in 
 Sangamon county, married Matthew 
 Pattern, Jun. See his name. They do 
 not live in Chicago, as stated in connection 
 with his name, but now Sept., 1876 
 reside three miles southeast of Auburn, 
 Sangamon county, Illinois. 
 
 John Jacob Ranch died Nov. 23, 1843, 
 .where he settled in 1829. His widow, 
 Mrs. Pauline Rauch, resides there with 
 her son Charles. It is in Sangamon 
 county, near Virden, Macoupin county, 
 Illinois. 
 
 Mr. Rauch left his family with the title 
 to a sufficient quantity of land to make a 
 good farm for each one; with a large 
 amount of personal property, and his 
 children are among the most respected 
 citizens of the county. When we consid- 
 er that he was twenty-two years of age 
 at the time he came to America, without 
 a knowledge of our language, compelled 
 to lose so much of the best time of his 
 life to pay for the privilege of coming, 
 and that he died before he was fifty years 
 of age, his success was wonderful, and it 
 is highly probable that his early death 
 was caused by over exertion. Although 
 he had been so treacherously dealt with 
 on coming to the country, and for the 
 first three years after his arrival; yet his 
 abhorrence of anything like repudiating a 
 contract was such, that he charged his 
 sons if the duplicate to the contract by 
 which he was robbed of his three years 
 time, should ever be presented, they 
 should pay the whole seventy dollars, for 
 the reason that he had not rendered the 
 last six months service, and that because 
 it was physically impossible for him to en- 
 dure it. In the later years of his life, 
 when pondering on the hardships and in- 
 
 dignities he had endured, he wrote in 
 German on the margin of the contract 
 quoted, "Jacob Rauch says this indenture 
 was not good." He doubtless alluded to 
 the fact that it was not binding because it 
 was never signed by himself. The back 
 of the indenture bears an inscription, also 
 in German, in his own handwriting. It 
 appears to have been more intended as an 
 expression of a sentiment than an address 
 to any particular one of his children. It 
 is in these words: 
 
 "DEAR CHILD, you had better remain 
 in a low station of life; the higher you 
 stand the more you may be humbled; and 
 the Lord will love you better, for He is 
 the Most High, and does great things by 
 means of the lowly. 
 
 "JACOB RAUCH." 
 
 RAY, THOMAS, was born Jan. 
 28, 1794, m Gallatin county, Ky. He was 
 married, Feb. 22, 1816, to Polly Furnish, 
 a native of the same county. Mrs. Ray 
 died, Sept. 21, 1820, leaving one child. 
 He then married Susan Ray, who was 
 born April 20, 1798. They had one child 
 in Kentucky, and the family moved to 
 Sangamon county, 111., arriving October, 
 1824, in Island Grove, south of Spring 
 creek, and the next spring moved north of 
 Spring creek, in what is now Gardner 
 township, where they had three living 
 children. Of their five children 
 
 SAMUEL E.. born Dec. 25, 1817, in 
 Gallatin county, Ky., married in Sanga- 
 mon county, Sept. 20, 1838, to Elcy 
 Jane Robison. They had four children 
 SUSAN J., born July 21, 1839, in Wash- 
 ington county, Iowa, where her parents 
 lived one and one-half years. She was 
 married, march 12, 1856,10 Isaac Gregory. 
 See his name. She died, Nov. 19, 1864, 
 leaving twins. POLLY A., born May 
 6, 1842, in Sangamon county, married, 
 Jan. 17, 1861, to John Swarens. They 
 have five children, ELLA, FRANK, CLAR- 
 ENCE, LURA and HATTIE, and live one 
 and one-half miles north of Bradfordton. 
 ELCY C. died in her third year. EM- 
 MA M., born March 23, 1852, lives with 
 her parents, half a mile east of Bradford- 
 ton, Sangamon county, Illinois 1874. 
 
 JOHN G., born Aug. 20, 1824, in 
 Kentucky, married in Sangamon county, 
 Feb. I, 1855, to Abigail Van Gilder, and 
 he died March 25, 18=55.
 
 593 
 
 EARLY SE1TLERS OF 
 
 MARGARET A., born Nov. 16, 
 1832, in Kentucky, married in Sangamon 
 county, June 24, 1852, to Seth W. Wick- 
 ham. He was one of three children born 
 of the same mother, Oct. 30, 1824, in 
 Muskingham county, Ohio. Of the other 
 two: Elmus died in his tenth year, and 
 Louisa married S. P. Weaver, and died 
 in Ohio, in her twenty-first year, two 
 weeks after she was married. Seth W. 
 Wickham and wife had one child, THOM- 
 AS W., and she died April 7, 1867. He 
 was married, Dec. 31, 1868, to Mrs. Cor- 
 nelia A. Large, whose maiden namfe was 
 Frazee. See Frazee. They have one 
 child, MINNIE L., and reside one mile 
 southeast of Farmingdale, Sangamon 
 county, Illinois 1874. 
 
 SUSAN P., born March 26, 1836, 
 married Thomas Johnson, had one child, 
 and she died in 1856. Her son, Charles 
 Johnson, lives with his uncle, Thomas B. 
 Ray. 
 
 l^HOMAS B., born March 10, 1841, 
 married, Feb. 23, 1865, to Charlotte 
 Brown. They had one child, CHAR- 
 LOTTE, who lives with her grandfather, 
 Rezin D. Brown. Mrs. Ray died, Jan. 5, 
 1866, and T. B. Ray lives at the home- 
 stead settled by his father in 1825, in 
 Gardner township, Sangamon county, 
 Illinois. 
 
 Mrs. Susan Ray died Dec. 15, 1859, 
 and Thomas Ray died Aug. 24, 1871, 
 both in Gardner township. 
 
 William Ray, the father of Thomas, 
 came to Sangamon county, and after a 
 few years sojourn, returned to Kentucky, 
 and died there. 
 
 RAY, REASON or REZIN, 
 was born in Maryland, went to Kentucky, 
 where he married Sarah Walters. They 
 had four children, and came to Sangamon 
 county in 1823, settling in Gardner town- 
 ship. His daughter 
 
 LA VINA, born in Kentucky, in 
 1822, married in Sangamon county, to 
 Ezekiel Drennan. See his name. 
 
 Mrs. Drennan remembers the "deep 
 snow." She was eight years old, and 
 was helping her father gather corn, and 
 slipped into a whirlpool that formed 
 around a hill of corn. She went under 
 the snow, and her father happening to see 
 her go down, drew her out in time to 
 save her from suffocating. 
 
 RAY, SAMUEL. His daugh- 
 ter 
 
 ELIZABE7W, born Aug. 5, 1833, 
 married, Dec. 2, 1852, to Robert Haggard, 
 in Sangamon county, and died July 22, 
 1867, in Labette county, Kansas, leaving 
 six children. 
 
 REDMAN, JAMES B., was 
 born in St. Louis county, Mo., and com- 
 menced learning the trade of a black- 
 smith in St. Louis with Rames & Owens, 
 moved with them to Springfield, Illinois, 
 in April, 1830, and later was four years 
 engaged in the same business with 
 Nathaniel Rames, as Rames & Redman. 
 He then returned to St. Louis county, 
 and was there married, in 1834, to Mar- 
 tha A. Graham, and had two children 
 
 MAR Y E., born near St. Louis, mar- 
 ried John O. Rames. See his name. 
 
 MARGARET married William T. 
 Henly, and resides near St. Louis. 
 
 Mrs. Redman died, and James B. Red- 
 man is living with his third wife, at. 
 Baden, St. Louis county, Mo. 
 
 REDMAN, WILLIAM E., 
 was born May 15, 1815, in Maryland, 
 eight miles north of Washington City. 
 He was married, Jan. 6, 1840, in Hagers- 
 town, to Catharine Wolgamot, and moved 
 with her father to Sangamon county, 111., 
 arriving May 31, 1840, in what is now 
 Woodside township. They ha:l eight 
 children in Sangamon county, five of 
 whom died under seven years. Of the 
 other three children 
 
 ISABEL 0., born July 16, 1843, 
 married Dec. 19, 1865, to Daniel Keller. 
 She had one child, MARY, and died in 
 Chatham, Illinois. 
 
 CATHARINE F., born March 18, 
 1842, married Nov. n, 1872,10 Daniel 
 Keller, also. Thev have three children, 
 HETTIE, HARRY and CHARLEY, 
 and live in Chatham, Illinois. 
 
 CKL OE ANN E., born March 20, 
 1847, married Oct. 15, 1867, to D. F. 
 Brewer. They have four children, 
 KATIE E., ADAM POE, JOHN M. 
 and CHLOE B., and reside in Spring- 
 field, Illinois. Daniel F. Brewer was 
 born April 26, 1842, in West Chester, 
 Butler county, Ohio, enlisted Sept. 4, 
 1861, at Cincinnati, Ohio, in the nth 
 Independent Battery, served until Nov. 
 5, 1864, when he was honorably discharg- 
 ed, and came to Chatham in 1865.
 
 SANGAMON COUNT. 
 
 599 
 
 William E. Redman enlisted June 28, 
 1861, in Co. F, 2ist 111. Inf., for three 
 years, at Springfield. Although he was 
 past the age to be subject to military laws, 
 he went to the field under Col. Ulysses 
 S. Grant, served until April 28, 1864, 
 when he was honorably discharged on 
 account of physical disability. He was 
 employed for a few months after that in 
 the quartermaster's department. Mrs. 
 Catharine Redman died Dec. 31, 1874, 
 and Wm. E. Redman resides in Chatham, 
 Sangamon county, Illinois. 
 
 REED, JAMES E., was born 
 July 14, 1810, in Wayne county, Ky. 
 His father died when he was four, and 
 his mother when he was seven years old. 
 He came to Springfield, 111., in the fall of 
 1828, was in the Black Hawk war from 
 Sangainon county in 1831, and again in 
 1832. He was married July 6, 1837, to 
 Eliza A. Kendall. They had two child- 
 ren 
 
 MART A., born Feb. 27, 1838, mar- 
 ried March 4, 1858, to Josiah B. Morgan. 
 They have four children, and live near 
 Neodesha, Wilson county, Kansas. 
 
 SUSAN P., born March 12, 1839, 
 married Feb., 1858, to Edward S. Mc- 
 Murry. They have three children, and 
 live at Leghorn, Pottawatomie county, 
 Kansas. He is Postmaster there. 1874. 
 
 Mrs. Eliza A. Reed died Sept. 22, 
 1847, and James E. Reed was married 
 Nov. 6, 1847, to Mrs. Susan Ralston, who 
 had previously been Mrs. Earnest, and 
 whose maiden name was Kendall. They 
 had two children 
 
 SARAH E., born Dec. 21, 1848, lives 
 with her parents. 
 
 BURZILLA AT., born Nov. 20, 
 1850, married Oct. 16, 1873, to William 
 T. Simpson. See his name. 
 
 J. E. Reed and wife reside five miles 
 west of Springfield, Sangamon county, 
 Illinois. 
 
 REID, SAMUEL H., was born 
 in 1781, near Richmond, Virginia. His 
 parents moved, when he was a young 
 man, to Davidson county, Ttnn., near 
 President Jackson's country seat, the 
 Hermitage; and from there to Warren 
 county, Ky. While visiting his brother, 
 Judge Alexander Reid, at Shelbyville, 
 Samuel H. became acquainted with Eliza- 
 beth Roberts. They were there married, 
 and lived near Bowling Green, Warren 
 
 county, until six children were born. 
 Mrs. Reid and three of the children died 
 there. Mr. Reid was married in Warren 
 county to Jane Gott, and moved at once 
 to Sangamon county, 111., arriving in 
 Sept., 1827, and settled on a farm he had 
 previously purchased, three miles west of 
 Springfield, where they had four children. 
 Of his seven children 
 
 SAMUEL H. and SARAH J., 
 twins, born May 20, 1818, in Warren 
 countv, Kentucky. 
 
 SAMUEL H. married Oct. 20, 1840, 
 in Sangamon county, to Elizabeth Davis. 
 They had three children SARAH J., 
 born Oct. 27, 1841, married, April 19, 
 1858, to Thomas L. Conner, who was 
 born Sept. r, 1832, in Allegheny county, 
 Penn. They had four children, SAMUEL 
 R. died young. WILLIAM L., MARGARET 
 E. and SARAH j. live with their parents in 
 Springfield, Illinois. DAVID A. died in 
 infancy. ROBERT S., born Oct. 12, 
 1848, married, Oct. 20, 1869, to Olive M. 
 Cross, who was born Nov. 22, 1850, in 
 Christian county, Illinois. They have 
 one child, SARAH E., and live one and 
 one-half mile west of Springfield. Sam- 
 uel H. Reid, Jun., and wife now 1876 
 reside three miles west of Springfield, 
 Illinois, on the farm settled by his father 
 in 1827. 
 
 SAKAH J. married David A. Reid, 
 a distant relative, had one child, and 
 mother and child died, in Lincoln county, 
 Missouri. 
 
 DA VID A., born April, 1822, in Ken- 
 tucky, raised in Sangamon county, and 
 died March, 1840, in Lincoln county, 
 Missouri. 
 
 By the second marriage 
 
 AD ALINE, born in Sangamon coun- 
 ty, married Thomas Reid, had two child- 
 ren, and she died Jan., 1855, m Lincoln 
 county, Missouri. 
 
 WILLIAM M., born in Sangamon 
 county, died, aged eighteen years, in 
 Lincoln county, Missouri. . 
 
 LUCINDA died, aged fourteen years, 
 in Lincoln county, Missouri. 
 
 J AMES, born and died in Sangamon 
 county, aged four years. 
 
 Samuel H. Reid, Sen., was a ruling 
 Elder in the church organized by Rev. 
 John G. Bergen, the first ever organized 
 in Springfield, now the First Presby- 
 terian church. He afterwards became a
 
 6oo 
 
 EA RL T SE TTLERS OF 
 
 ruling Elder in the Second Presbyterian 
 church, and continued to the end of his 
 life. He died Sept., 1836, and his widow 
 died sixteen days later, both in Sangamon 
 county. 
 
 REED, JAMES FRAZIER. 
 was born Nov. 14, 1800, in county Ar- 
 magh, Ireland. His ancestors were of 
 noble P'olish birth, who chose exile 
 rather than submission to the Russian 
 power, and settled in the north of Ireland. 
 The family name was originally Reed- 
 noski, but in process of time the Polish 
 termination of the name was dropped, 
 and the family was called Reed. James 
 F. Reed's mother's name was Frazier, 
 whose ancestors belonged to Clan Fra- 
 zier, of Scottish history. Mrs. Reed, and 
 her son, James F., came to America when 
 he was a youth, and settled in Virginia. 
 He remained there until he was twenty, 
 when he left for the lead mines of Illi- 
 nois, and was engaged in mining until 
 1831, when he came to Springfield, San- 
 gamon county, 111. He served in the 
 Black Hawk war, and at its termination 
 returned to Springfield, where he engaged 
 in mercantile pursuits, made money, and 
 bought a farm near the latter city. Mr. 
 Reed was for several years engaged in 
 manufacturing cabinet furniture at a point 
 on the Sangamon river, seven miles east 
 of Springfield. He employed a large 
 number of men, and a village grew up 
 there, which, in honor of his first name, 
 was called Jamestown. It has since been 
 twice changed, first to Hewlett and then to 
 Riverton, the present name. He was mar- 
 ried, in 1834,10 Mrs Margaret W. Backen- 
 stoe, whose maiden name was Keyes, a 
 daughter of Humphrey Keyes. See his 
 name. Mrs. Reed had one child by her 
 first marriage. In Apr., 1846, Mr. and Mrs. 
 Reed, with many others, started overland 
 for California. See Reed and Donner 
 party. Mr. Reed settled at San Jose 
 Mission, California, and invested in land 
 from time to time. He was among the 
 first who tried their fortunes at gold hunt- 
 ing, in which he was very successful. Of 
 Mrs. Reed's child by a former marriage 
 VIRGINIA E. Backenstoe, born in 
 Sangamon county, 111., was married in 
 San Jose, California, in 1850, to John M. 
 Murphy, who was born Jan. 8, 1824, in 
 Canada, and went to California in 1844. 
 They had nine children, three died young. 
 
 Of the other six : M AR Y M., born Oct. 
 1850, in San Jose, was married there, in 
 June, 1869, to P. McAram. They have 
 two children, THOMAS p. and MARY v. 
 Mr. McAram is a Banker in San Fran- 
 cisco, California, and resides there. JOHN 
 M. was born March, 1858; VIRGINIA, 
 born April, 1860; JULIA A., born Feb., 
 1866; DANIEL J., born Dec., 1867, and 
 THADEUS S., born July, 1874; they are 
 natives of San Jose, California, and the 
 five latter live there with their parents. 
 Mrs. Virginia E. Murphy writes me, in 
 Dec., 1875, that she never was taught or 
 made to feel, during Mr. Reed's lifetime, 
 that she was a step-child or half-sister, 
 and that he was the most loving and in- 
 dulgent step-father that ever lived. So 
 thoughtful was he of her feelings that he 
 took occasion, after the death of her 
 mother, to assure her of his continued 
 affection, and that he knew no difference 
 between herself and nis own children, as 
 she came to him with her mother, a little 
 babe. He made no distinction between 
 Mrs. Murphy and his own children in his 
 will. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs, James F. Reed had six 
 children; one died in infancy. Of the 
 other five 
 
 MARTHA J., born Feb. 26, 1838, in 
 Springfield, Illinois, accompanied hjr 
 parents to California, and was married 
 there, at Santa Cruz, Dec. 25, 1856, to 
 Frank Lewis, who was born in Lancaster, 
 Worcester county, Mass., Sept. 15, 1828. 
 They had eight children; one died in 
 infancy. KATE, born Oct. 6, 1857. 
 MARGARET B.. born June 6. 1860. 
 FRANK, Jun., born March 22, 1862. 
 MARTHA J., born April 6, 1864. 
 JAMES F., born August 35, 1866. 
 CARRIE E., born September 15, 1870. 
 and SUSAN A., born Dec. 31, 1873, 
 live with their mother, in San Jose, Cali- 
 fornia. Mr. Lewis enlisted, in 1846, in 
 the ist Massachusetts Vol. Inf., for the 
 Mexican war, and served to its close. He 
 spent the next two years in New Orleans, 
 and three years in Central and South 
 America, went to San Jose, California, in 
 June, 1852, and was for many years a 
 member of the city council of that place. 
 He was a wholesale and retail grocer, 
 and died June 18, 1876, mourned by a 
 large circle of acquaintences. The Mayor
 
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 601 
 
 and city council acted as pall bearers at 
 his funeral. 
 
 JAMES F., Jun., born March 26, 
 1841, at Springfield, 111., accompanied his 
 parents to California, and has been engag- 
 ed in mining in Idaho, Nevada and Cali- 
 fornia, until the last two years. He lives 
 now 1876 in San Jose, California. 
 
 J^HOMAS K., born April 2, 1843, in 
 Springfield, Illinois, accompanied his pa- 
 rents to California, has been engaged in 
 mining, is unmarried, and lives in San 
 Jose, California. 
 
 CHARLES C., f born Feb. 6, 1848, 
 under the Mexican flag, in San Jose, Cali- 
 fornia, was married there, Aug. 12, 1872, 
 to Imogene Bergler. They have two 
 children, CHARLES C., Jun., and WIL- 
 LIE F. Charles C. Reid is a farmer and 
 stock raiser, and resides in San Jose, Cali- 
 fornia. 
 
 W1LLIANOSKI TOUNT, born 
 Dec. 12, 1850, in San Jose, Cal., died June 
 12, 1860. 
 
 Mrs. Margaret W. Reed died Nov. 25, 
 1 86 1, and James F. Reed died July 24, 
 1874, both in San Jose, Cal. He was a 
 man of great energy, warm and genial in 
 his friendships, social and entertaining in 
 his family. He made money fast, and used 
 it liberally. He was one of the most active 
 men in trying to make San Jose the capital 
 of theState, circulating documents and try- 
 ing to impress the members elect to the 
 State Convention, of the importance and 
 value of that place as a seat of government, 
 and spent not less than twenty thousand 
 dollars in behalf of that place. Mr. Reed 
 left his family in good circumstances, 
 with a possibility of immense wealth for 
 them in the future, as he owned mines in 
 Idaho, on Reese river, and at White 
 Pine. For a more full account of his 
 sufferings and almost superhuman efforts 
 to relieve others, see the following sketch 
 of the Reed and Donner emigrant party. 
 
 REED AND DONNER. A 
 party was organized in the vicinity of 
 Springfield, Sangamon county, 111., and 
 started from that city, April 14, 1846, for 
 California and the Pacific coast. It has 
 always been spoken of by the people of 
 Sangamon county as the "Reed and 
 Donner emigrant party." They were not 
 lured there on account of gold, for it had 
 not then been discovered. When they 
 left Springfield the company numbered 
 -76 
 
 thirty-four persons. Of the two news- 
 papers published in Springfield at the 
 time the Journal and Register each 
 have the identical number missing that 
 should have contained information about 
 them. The following are the names as near 
 as I have been able to determine, of the 
 persons composing the company: 
 
 James F. Reed and Mrs- Margaret W. 
 Reed, his wife, with their four children, 
 Virginia E. B., Martha J., James F., Jun., 
 and Thomas K.; also Mrs. Sarah Keyes, 
 the mother of Mrs. Reed. 
 
 George Donner and Mrs. Tamsen 
 Donner, his wife, with their five children, 
 Elitha C., Leanna C., Francis E., Georgi- 
 ana and Eliza P. 
 
 Jacob Donner and Mrs. Elizabeth Don- 
 ner, his wife, with their five children, 
 Isaac, Lewis, Samuel, George and 
 Mary; also William and Solomon Hook, 
 children of Mrs. Donner by a former 
 marriage. 
 
 There were also Milford Elliott often 
 mentioned as Milton Elliott James 
 Smith, John Denton, Eliza and Bayless 
 Williams, Walter Herron and Hiram O. 
 Miller. There were some others, but I 
 have been unable to learn their names. 
 
 Leaving Springfield, their first point of 
 destination was Independence, Missouri, 
 where they were to make the final pre- 
 paration for crossing the Plains. They 
 were joined at various points by parties 
 from other places, as follows : 
 
 From Lacon, Illinois: Jay Fausdick 
 and Mrs. Sarah Fausdick, his wife. Mr. 
 and Mrs. Graves, with their eight child- 
 ren, Frank, Mary, William, Ellen, Lavi- 
 na, Nancy, Jonathan and Elizabeth. Mrs. 
 Fausdick was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. 
 Graves. 
 
 From Iowa: Patrick Brien spelled, 
 in some places, Brein and Breen Marga- 
 ret Brien, Margaret J., John, Edward, 
 Patrick, Jun., Simon, James and Peter 
 Brien, and Patrick Dolen. 
 
 From Belleville, Illinois: J. P. Eddy, 
 Mrs. Eddy and W. H. Eddy. 
 
 From St. Louis, Missouri: William 
 Foster, Mrs. Foster and George Foster; 
 and from Ray county, Missouri: William 
 McCutchen, Mrs. McCutchen and Har- 
 riet McCutchen. 
 
 From Tennessee: Lemuel Murphy, 
 Mrs, Murphy, Lander, Mary, William
 
 602 
 
 EARLY SETTLERS OF 
 
 and Samuel Murphy; William Pike, 
 Cynthia Pike and N. Pike. 
 
 From Germany: Mr. and Mrs. Kies- 
 berger, or Keysburg, B. and L. S. Keys- 
 burg. Mrs. Wolfinger, Mr. Rinehart, 
 Mr. Spitzger and Carl Berger. 
 
 From Springfield, Ohio: Samuel 
 Shoemaker, and 
 
 From Chicago, Illinois: C. T. Stanton. 
 
 Others are mentioned on the road, in- 
 cidentally, but this sketch is only intended 
 for those who left Sangamon county. At 
 Independence, Mr. Reed loaded eight 
 wagons with provisions and supplies of 
 various kinds. The Donners made simi- 
 lar preparations, as also the other mem- 
 bers of the party. They, of course, had 
 a sufficient number of oxen to haul all 
 their wagons. It was absolutely neces- 
 sary that emigrants, at that time, should 
 travel in large bodies as a safeguard 
 against the Indians on the Plains. It was 
 never safe to start until the grass had 
 made sufficient growth to afford susten- 
 ance for the cattle. This company of 
 eighty-one persons, thirty-four of whom 
 were from Sangamon county, left Inde- 
 pendence early in May, for their long, 
 tedious and perilous journey across the 
 Western Plains. All went well until they 
 approached the Big Blue river, four miles 
 above its mouth, where Manhattan, Kan., 
 now stands. They found the stream 
 quite full, and the whole party camped 
 and commenced building boats and rafts 
 for crossing. Just before reaching there, 
 Mrs. Keyes, the mother of Mrs. Reed, 
 showed signs of failing health under the 
 fatigue and discomfort of travel in un- 
 pleasant weather. While in camp she 
 grew worse, and on the morning of May 
 29, 1846, breathed her last. Work was 
 suspended, and each vied with every other 
 in rendering the last tribute of respect to 
 her remains. A neat coffin was made of 
 timber, split, hewn and planed, from a 
 cottonwood tree near by. The remains 
 were placed in it and buried on a beauti- 
 ful elevation, near an upland burr oak. 
 Religious services were conducted by a 
 Cumberland Presbyterian minister. The 
 grave was sodded, and the tree made to 
 serve the purposes of a head board. On 
 it was cut the following inscription : 
 "SARAH KEYES, AGED 70 YEARS. DIED 
 29th MAY, 1846. FROM SPRING- 
 FIELD, ILLINOIS." 
 
 At the foot a coarse white stone, re 
 sembling marble, was placed, containing 
 the words : 
 
 MRS. S. KEYES, AGED 70 YEARS. 
 
 Flowers and young Cedars were plant- 
 ed at the head and foot. 
 
 Between Independence and Blue river 
 the Reed and Donner party fell in with 
 Col. W. H. Russell and company, who 
 had left Independence a few days before 
 them. Passing Blue river, they all trav- 
 eled together until they reached Little 
 Sandy river, where a separation took 
 place, the majority of them going to 
 Oregon, Col. Russell heading the latter. 
 The day after the separation the Reed 
 and Donner party elected George Don- 
 ner Captain, and from that time it was 
 known as the "Donner Company." They 
 continued their journey up the valley of the 
 Platte river, passing Fort Laramie and 
 crossing the Rocky Mountains to Fort 
 Bridger without any serious mishap. This 
 had occupied the entire summer. They 
 tarried at the Fort four days. Parties 
 who had gone before, learned the dangers, 
 and knowing the Donner party were coin- 
 ing, left letters, directed to Mr. Reed, with 
 Mr. Vasques, the partner of Bridger, for 
 whom the fort was named, advising him 
 by no means to take what was known as 
 the Hastings cut off, but to go by the Fort 
 Hall route. The latter was an established 
 route, and well known, but it required a 
 detour to the northwest, whereas the Has- 
 tings cut off, passing through Webber 
 canyon to the south end of the great 
 Salt Lake, about where Salt Lake City 
 now stands, made the route more direct, 
 and doubtless was three hundred miles 
 shorter, which was the inducement to 
 take that route. Vasques being interested 
 in having all travelers go that way, with- 
 held the letters from Mr. Reed, and he 
 never knew, until his arrival in California, 
 that any such letters had been left for him, 
 and they unfortunately took what they 
 supposed would be the more direct road. 
 Approaching the mouth of the Web- 
 ber canyon, they found a letter sticking 
 in the top of a sage bush. It was from 
 Hastings, the discoverer of the new 
 route. He was then piloting a company 
 through, and proposed to the Donner 
 Company that, it they would send mes-
 
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 sengers for him, he would return and 
 pilot them through a better way than 
 the one given them. Messrs. Reed, 
 Stanton and McCutchen, of the Donner 
 Company, went to Mr. Hastings, and, 
 after going back part of the way with 
 Mr. Reed he having procured a fresh 
 horse Mr. Hastings gave him directions, 
 and leaving him about where Salt Lake 
 city now stands, returned to the first 
 party he was piloting. Mr. Reed return- 
 ed east to the Donner Company, all 
 hands went to work, and by digging and 
 cutting timber, made a road passing to 
 the south end of Salt Lake, crossing the 
 outlet to the lake now called the river 
 Jordan. Passing to the northwest, 
 around the lake, they were detained a 
 few days by the death, from consumption, 
 of one of the company, a Mr. Halloran. 
 A few more days' travel brought them to 
 the Springs where they were to provide 
 water and grass for crossing what was 
 called Hastings' desert, an alkaline region 
 destitute of water or vegetation. They 
 were led to believe that it was less than 
 fifty miles across, but it proved to be nearer 
 eighty. It was understood they must 
 travel day and night, stopping only to 
 feed and water the cattle. When about 
 two-thirds of the way across, the stock 
 manifested signs of being exhausted, and 
 the company requested Mr. Reed to go 
 forward until he found water and report. 
 He did so, reaching it in about twenty 
 miles, and returning, met his teamsters 
 about 1 1 o'clock at night driving the 
 cattle, having left their wagons. After 
 directing them how to proceed, he went 
 on to meet his family and the re- 
 mainder of the company. Soon 
 after leaving his teamsters, one of 
 their horses sunk down in the road, 
 and while they were endeavoring to 
 raise it, the cattle scented the water, scat- 
 tered, and nine yoke were never found, 
 leaving one ox and a cow only ; his 
 wagons and family, with all their sup- 
 plies, out on a desert, hundreds o*' miles 
 from any human habitation, and winter 
 close upon them. The mistake of his 
 teamsters and one he would not have 
 permitted had he been present was in 
 leaving the wagons so soon. 
 
 The Donners and other members of 
 the company drove their teams much 
 further before leaving their wagons, and 
 
 some few succeeded in taking them 
 the entire distance. 
 
 We will return to Mr. Reed, who was 
 seeking his family twenty miles in the 
 desert. He reached them about daylight 
 the next morning. Not knowing that 
 his cattle were lost, he waited with his 
 family all day, expecting some of his men 
 to return and haul them to water. Not 
 receiving any information, and their sup- 
 ply of water being nearly gone, he start- 
 ed with his family on foot, carrying the 
 youngest child in his arms, and in the course 
 of the night the children became exhaust- 
 ed. They spread a blanket on the 
 ground; all lay down on it, and covered 
 themselves with shawls; but a cold hurri- 
 cane commenced blowing soon after, and 
 he could only keep the children warm by 
 having their four dogs lie down against 
 them, outside the shawls. About day- 
 light they moved on, and soon came to a 
 wagon, which belonged to Jacob Donner, 
 and contained his family. Mr. Reed left 
 his family with Mrs. Donner. Mr. Don- 
 ner returned from the water with his 
 cattle, and took his own and Mr. Reed's 
 families to the water, where they remained 
 in camp about a week, hunting for their 
 cattle. Mr. Reed never found any of 
 his; the Indians had made sure work, 
 and secured all except the two previously 
 mentioned. He then divided his provis- 
 ions, except what he could haul in one 
 wagon, borrrowed another yoke of oxen, 
 and, leaving his seven wagons in the 
 desert, moved on with the company, all 
 the others having found a sufficient num- 
 ber of their oxen to haul their wagons. 
 After a few days' travel, the party who 
 had loaned him the yoke of oxen needed 
 them, when another neighbor loaned him 
 a yoke. 
 
 Some days further on it was found 
 that provisions were running shoi't. An 
 estimate was made of the quantity it 
 would take for each family. Mr. Reed 
 then proposed that if two men would go 
 forward to Captain Slitter's in California, 
 he, Reed, would write him a letter, ask- 
 ing for the whole amount, and would 
 become personally responsible for the 
 pay. Mr. William McCutchen, of Mis- 
 souri, and Mr. Stanton, of Chicago, 
 volunteered to go. The progress was 
 slow, and weeks passed without any 
 tidings from McCutchen and Stanfon.
 
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 It was suggested that Mr. Reed go in 
 advance to see what had become of 
 them, and hurry up supplies. la all cases 
 of that kind those remaining were to 
 take care of the families of those detach- 
 ed for the good of all. The two Donner 
 families were in advance of the main 
 body. Walter Herron was with George 
 Donner, and when Mr. Reed overtook 
 them, Herron volunteered to go with 
 him. Having but one horse, they rode 
 by turns. Their provisions gave out, and 
 they traveled for days without food, ex- 
 cept wild geese and other game which 
 they occasionally killed on Truckee 
 river. When they reached the Sierra 
 Nevada mountains, Herron wanted to 
 kill the horse, and Mr. Reed persuaded 
 him from it by agreeing to kill him rather 
 than perish with hunger. That afternoon 
 Herron became delirious for want of food. 
 They found Jive beans. Herron ate 
 three of them, and Reed the other two. 
 The next morning they came upon some 
 abandoned wagons, which they ransacked, 
 but failed to find any food. Taking the 
 tar-bucket from one of the wagons, and 
 scraping the tar from the bottom, Mr. 
 Reed discovered a streak of rancid tallow 
 in the bottom, which he made known to 
 Herron, who swallowed a piece about the 
 size of a walnut without giving it a 
 smell. He swallowed a second piece, and 
 wanted more, which Mr. Reed refused to 
 give him, having himself eaten some 
 which made him deathly sick. They 
 soon after descended into Bear river 
 valley, where they found some emigrants 
 in wagons, who gave them food and re- 
 lieved their sufferings. They there met 
 Mr. Stanton, and two Indians sent by 
 Captain Sutter to aid in carrying provis- 
 ions. Mr. Reed was so emaciated that 
 Mr. Stanton did not recognize him until 
 they had conversed with each other sever- 
 al minutes. The next morning, Oct. 23, 
 1846, each party continued their journey. 
 Mr. Reed went on to Captain Sutler's, 
 where he secured thirty horses, one mule 
 and two Indians to aid him in bringing 
 out the sufferers. He was joined by Mr. 
 McCutchen, who had been separated 
 from Mr. Stanton by sickness. With 
 some flour and beef they started to meet 
 the suffering emigrants in the mountains. 
 After weekL- spent in unavailing efforts, 
 they had to return, as men and horses 
 
 sank out of sight in the snow. It was 
 evident that nothing could be done until 
 spring, the mountaineers all being absent 
 fighting Mexicans, the war with Mexico 
 having commenced the year before, jand 
 the natives of Spanish and Indian blood 
 having expressed a determination to exter- 
 minate the Americans. 
 
 Snow commenced falling the latter part 
 of October, and caught the whole party, 
 not in a body, but scattered along some 
 distance, the extremes being probably a 
 day's journey apart. The following jour- 
 nal kept by one of the suffei'ers, includes 
 the time from Oct. 31, 1846,10 Mar. i, 1847. 
 This is taken from a copy of the Illinois 
 State Journal of Sept. 16, 1847, and is 
 dated : 
 
 TRUCKEY'S LAKE, Nov. 20, 
 
 Came to this place on the 315! of last 
 month; went into the Pass, the snow so 
 deep we were unable to find the road, and 
 when within three miles from the summit, 
 turned back to this shanty, on Truckey's 
 Lake. Stanton came up one day after we 
 arrived here; we again took our teams 
 and wagons and made another unsuccess- 
 ful attempt to cross the mountains, as it 
 continued to snow all the time. We 
 now have killed most part of our cattle, 
 having to remain here until next spring, 
 and live on lean meat, without bread or 
 salt. It snowed during the space of eight 
 days, with little intermission, after our ar- 
 rival, though now clear an'd pleasant, 
 freezing at night; the snow nearly gone 
 from the valleys. 
 
 Nov. 21 Fine morning, wind north- 
 west; twenty-two of our company about 
 starting to cross the mountains this day, 
 including Stanton and his Indians. 
 
 Nov. 22 Froze hard last night; fine 
 and clear to-day; no account from those 
 on the mountains. 
 
 Nov. 23 Same weather, wind west; 
 the expedition across the mountains re- 
 turned after an unsuccessful attempt. 
 
 Nov. 25 Cloudy ; looks like the eve of 
 a snow storm ; our mountaineers are to 
 make another trial to-morrow, if fair; 
 froze hard last night. 
 
 Nov. 26 Began to snow last evening; 
 now rains or sleets; the party do not start 
 to-day. 
 
 Nov. 29 Still snowing; now about 
 three feet deep; wind west; killed my
 
 SANGAMON COUNTY. 
 
 605 
 
 last oxen to-day; gave another yoke to 
 Foster; wood hard to be got. 
 
 Nov. jo Snowing fast; looks as likely 
 to continue as when it commenced; no 
 living thing without wings can get 
 about. 
 
 Dec. i Still snowing; wind west; 
 snow about six or six and one-half feet 
 deep; very difficult to get wood, and we 
 are completely housed up; our cattle all 
 killed but two or three, and these, with 
 the horses and Stanton's mules, all sup- 
 posed to be lost in the snow; no hopes of 
 finding them alive. 
 
 Dec. j Ceases snowing; cloudy all 
 day; warm enough to thaw. 
 
 Dec. 4 Beautiful sunshine, thawing a 
 little; looks delightful after the long 
 storm ; snow seven or eight feet deep. 
 
 Dec. 5 The morning fine and clear; 
 Stanton and Graves manufacturing snow 
 shoes for another mountain scrabble; no 
 account of mules. 
 
 Dec. 8 Fine weather; froze hard last 
 night; wind southwest; hard work to find 
 wood sufficient to keep us warm, or cook 
 our beef. 
 
 Dec. 9 Commenced snowing about 
 eleven o'clock; wind northwest; took in 
 Spitzer yesterday, so weak that he cannot 
 rise without help, caused by starvation. 
 Some have a scant supply of beef; Stan- 
 ton trying to get some for himself and 
 Indians; not likely to get much. 
 Dec. 10 Snowed fast all night, with 
 heavy squalls of wind; continues to snow; 
 now about seven feet in depth. 
 
 Dec. 14 Snows faster than any previ- 
 ous day; Stanton and Graves, with sev- 
 eral others, making preparations to cross 
 the mountains on snow shoes; snow eight 
 feet on a level. 
 
 Dec. 16 Fair and pleasant; froze hard 
 last night; the company started on snow 
 shoes to cross the mountains; wind south- 
 east. 
 
 Dec. if Pleasant; Wm. Murphy re- 
 turned from the mountain party last even- 
 ing: Bayless Williams died night before 
 last; Milton and Noah started for Don- 
 ner's eight days ago, not returned yet; 
 think they are lost in the snow. 
 
 Dec. 19 Snowed last night, thawing 
 to-day ; wind northwest, a little singular 
 for a thaw. 
 
 Dec. 20 Clear and pleasant; Mrs. 
 Reed here; no account from Milton yet; 
 
 Charles Berger set out for Donner's; 
 turned back unable to proceed; tough 
 times, but not discouraged; our hopes are 
 in God; Amen. 
 
 Dec. 21 Milton got back last night 
 from Donner's camp; sad news; Jacob 
 Donner, Samuel Shoemaker, Rhinehart 
 and Smith are dead ; the rest of them in 
 a low situation; snowed all night, with a 
 strong southwest wind. 
 
 Dec. 23 Clear to-day; Milton took 
 some of his meat away; all well at their 
 camp. Began this day to read the 
 "Thirty days' Prayers;" Almighty God 
 grant the requests of unworthy sinners! 
 
 Dec. 24 Rained all night and still 
 continues; poor prospect for any kind of 
 comfort, spiritual or temporal. 
 
 Dec. 25 Began to snow yesterday, 
 snowed all night and snows yet, rapidly ; 
 extremely difficult to find wood, offered 
 our prayers to God this, Christmas, morn- 
 ing; the prospect is appalling, but we 
 trust in Him. 
 
 Dec. 27 Cleared off yesterday; con- 
 tinues clear; snow nine feet deep; wood 
 growing scarcer; a tree, when felled, 
 sinks into the snow, and is hard lo be got 
 at. 
 
 Dec. jo Fine, clear morning; froze 
 hard last night; Charles Berger died last 
 evening about ten o'clock. 
 
 Dec. ji Last of the year; may we, 
 with the help of God, spend the coming 
 year better than we have the past, which 
 we propose to do if it be the will of the 
 Almighty to deliver us from our present 
 dreadful situation; Amen. Morning fair, 
 but cloudy; wind east-by-south; looks 
 like another snow storm; snow storms 
 are dreadful to us; the snow at present is 
 very deep. 
 
 Jan. i, 1847 We pray the God of 
 mercy to deliver us from our present 
 calamity, if it be His holy will. Com- 
 menced snowing last night, and snows a 
 little yet; provisions getting scant; dug 
 up a hide from under the snow yesterday ; 
 have not commenced on it yet. 
 
 Jan. j Fair during the day ; freezing 
 at night; Mrs. Reed talks of crossing the 
 mountains with her children. 
 
 Jan. 4 Fine morning, looks like, 
 spring; Mrs. Reed and Virginia, Milton 
 Elliot and Eliza Williams started a short 
 time ago, with the hope of crossing the 
 mountain; left the children here; it was
 
 difficult for Mrs. Reed to part with 
 them. 
 
 Jan 6. Eliza came back from the 
 mountains yesterday evening, not able to 
 proceed; the others kept ahead. 
 
 Jan. 8 Very cold this morning ; 
 Mrs. Reed and others came back, could 
 not find their way, on the other side of the 
 mountains; theyjiave nothing but hides 
 to live on. % 
 
 Jan. 10 Began to snow last night; 
 still continues; wind west-north-west. 
 
 Jan. JTJ Snowing fast; snow higher 
 than the shanty; it must be thirteen feet 
 deep; cannot get wood this morning; it 
 is a dreadful sight for us to look upon. 
 
 Jan. 14 Cleared off yesterday; the 
 sun shining brilliantly renovates our 
 spirits; praise be to the God of Heaven. 
 
 Jan. 15 Clear day again; wind north- 
 west; Mrs. Murphy blind; Lanlhron not 
 able to get wood ; has but one axe be- 
 tween him and Kiesburg; it looks like 
 another storm; expecting some account 
 from Sutler's soon. 
 
 Jan. 77 Lanthron became crazy last 
 night; provisions scarce; hides our main 
 subsistence; may the Almighty send us 
 help. 
 
 Jan. 21 Fine morning; John Battise 
 and Mr. Denton came this morning with 
 Eliza. She will not eat hides; Mrs. 
 
 sent her back to live or die 
 
 on them. 
 
 Jan. 22 Began to snow after sunrise; 
 likely to continue; wind north. 
 
 Jan. 23 Blew hard and snowed all 
 night; the most severe storm we have ex- 
 perienced this winter; wind west. 
 
 Jan. 26 Cleared up yesterday ; to-day 
 fine and pleasant, wind south; in hopes 
 we are done with snow storms; those 
 who went to Slitter's not yet returned; 
 provisions getting scant; people growing 
 weak ; living: on small allowance of 
 
 7 O 
 
 hides. 
 
 Jan. 28 Commenced snowing yester- 
 day still continues to-day. Lewis (Sut- 
 ler's Indian,) died three day's ago; food 
 growing scarcer; don't have fire enough 
 to cook our hides. 
 
 Jan. jo Fair and pleasant; wind 
 , west; thawing in the sun; John and Ed- 
 ward Breen went to Graves' this morn- 
 ing; the seized on Mrs. 
 
 goods until they would be paid; they also 
 took the hides which herself and family 
 
 subsisted upon ; she regained two pieces 
 only, the balance they have taken. You 
 may judge from this what our fare is in 
 camp; there is nothing to be had by hunt- 
 ing yet, perhaps there soon will be. 
 
 Jan. ji The sun does not shine out 
 brilliant this morning; froze hard last 
 night; wind northwest. Lanthron Mur- 
 phy died last night about one o'clock; 
 Mrs. Reed went to Graves' this morning 
 to look after goods. 
 
 Feb. 5 Snowed hard until 12 o'clock 
 last night; many uneasy for fear we shall 
 all perish with hunger; we have but little 
 meat left, and only three hides; Mrs. 
 "Reed has nothing but one hide, and that 
 is on Graves' house; Milton lives there, 
 and likely will keep that; Eddy's child 
 died last night. 
 
 Feb. 6 It snowed faster last night and 
 to-day than it has done this winter before; 
 still continues without intermission; wind 
 southwest; Murphy's folks and Kiesburg 
 say they cannot eat hides; I wish we 
 had enough of them ; Mrs. Eddy is very 
 weak. 
 
 Feb. 7 Ceased to snow at last; to-day 
 it is quite pleasant; McCutcheon's child 
 died on the second of this month. 
 
 Feb. <?-Fine, clear morning; Spitzer died 
 last night; we will bury him in the 
 snow. Mrs. Eddy died on the night of 
 the seventh. 
 
 Feb. o Mr. Pike's child all but dead ; 
 Milton is at Murphy's, not able to get out 
 
 of bed: Kiesburg gets up; he 
 
 says he is not able; Mrs. Eddy and child 
 were buried to-day; wind southeast. 
 
 Feb. 10 Beautiful morning; thawing 
 in the sun; Milton Elliot died last night 
 at Murphy's shanty; Mrs. Reed went 
 there this morning to see after his effects; 
 J. Denton trying to borrow meat for 
 Graves; had none to give; they had noth- 
 ing but hides; all are entirely out of meat; 
 but a little we have ; our hides are nearly 
 all eat up; with God's help spring will 
 soon smile upon us. 
 
 Feb. 12 Warm, thawy morning. 
 
 Feb. 14 Fine morning, but cold; bur- 
 ied Milton in the snow. John Denton 
 not well. 
 
 Feb. 75 Morning cloudy until nine 
 o'clock, then cleared off warm. Mrs. 
 
 refused to give Mrs. any 
 
 hides. Put Sutler's pack hides on her
 
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 shanty and would not let her have them. 
 
 Feb. 16 Commenced to rain last even- 
 ing, and turned to snow during the night, 
 and continued until morning; weather 
 changeable, sunshine, then light showers 
 of hail, and wind at times. We all feel 
 very unwell; the snow is not getting 
 much less at present. 
 
 Feb. 19 Froze hard last night. Seven 
 men arrived from California yesterday 
 evening with provisions, but left the 
 greater part on the way. To-day it is 
 clear and warm for this region ; some of 
 the men have gone to Donner's camp; 
 they will start back on Monday. 
 
 Feb. 22 The Californians started this 
 morning, twenty-four in number, some in 
 a very weak state; Mrs. Kiesburg started 
 with them, and left Kiesburg here, unable 
 to go; buried Pike's child this morning in 
 the snow; it died two days ago. 
 
 Feb. 23 Froze hard last night; to-day 
 pleasant and thawy has the appearance 
 of spring, all but the deep snow; wind 
 south-south-east; shot a dog to-day, and 
 dressed his flesh. 
 
 Feb. 23 To-day Mrs. Murphy says 
 the wolves are about to dig up the dead 
 bodies around her shanty, and the nights 
 arc too cold to watch them, but we hear 
 them howl. 
 
 Feb. 26 Hungry times in camp; plen- 
 ty of hides, but the folks wont eat them; 
 we eat them with tolerable good appetite, 
 thanks be to the Almighty God. Mrs. 
 Murphy said here yesterday, that she 
 thought she would commence on Milton 
 and eat him; I do not think she has done 
 so yet; it is distressing. The Donner's 
 told the California folks, four days ago, 
 that they would commence on the dead 
 people, if they did not succeed that day 
 or the next in finding their cattle, then 
 ten or twelve feet under the snow, and 
 did not know the spot or any where near 
 it; they have done it ere this. 
 
 Feb. 28 One solitary Indian passed by 
 yesterday; came from the lake; had a 
 heavy pack on his back; gave me five or 
 six roots, resembling onions in shape; 
 tasted some like a sweet potato, full of 
 tough little fibres. 
 
 Feb. 29 Ten men arrived this morn- 
 ing from Bear Valley, with provisions. 
 We all leave in two or three days, and 
 cache our goods here. They say the 
 snow will remain until June. 
 
 The above mentioned ten men started 
 for the Valley with seventeen of the suf- 
 ferers; they traveled fifteen miles and a 
 severe snow storm came on ; they left 
 fourteen of the emigrants, the writer of 
 the above journal and his family, and suc- 
 ceeded in getting in but three children. 
 Lieut. Woodworth immediately went to 
 their assistance, but before he reached 
 them they had eaten three of their num- 
 ber, who had died from hunger and 
 fatigue; the remainder Lieut. Wood- 
 worth's party brought in. April, 1847, 
 the last member of the party was brought 
 to Cap't Suiter's Fort. It is utterly im- 
 possible to give any description of the 
 sufferings of the company. Your readers 
 can form some idea of them by perusing 
 the above diary. 
 
 Yours, etc., 
 GEORGE McKINSTRY, JR. 
 
 FORT SACRAMENTO, April 27, 1847. 
 
 The emigrants thus caught in the moun- 
 tains died, one by one, until thirty-six of 
 the eighty-one who left Independence in 
 the spring with such high hopes, literally 
 starved to death. To make it more in- 
 telligible than the journal would indicate, 
 I give the names of those from Sangamon 
 county : 
 
 George Donner and his wife, Mrs. 
 Tamsen Donner; Jacob Donner and his 
 wife, Mrs. Elizabeth Donner; her son, 
 William Hook, sometimes called William 
 Donner; the three sons of Jacob Don- 
 ner and wife, Isaac, Lewis and Samuel; 
 four unmarried men, Bayless Williams, 
 Milford Elliott, James Smith and John 
 Denton, making a total of twelve from 
 Sangamon county ivho perisJied from 
 exposure and want of food. For Mr. 
 Elliott's family history, see page 285. 
 For the Donner family history, see page 
 
 257- 
 
 I do not think it will be agreeable to 
 the surviving members of the bereaved 
 families, neither is it congenial to my 
 feelings, to dwell on the horrors of that 
 dreary winter among the inhospitable 
 mountains. Those who could have given 
 most in detail, were always reticent on 
 that subject. They doubtless would have 
 regarded it as the greatest boon that could 
 have been conferred upon themselves if 
 every recollection of it could ha.ve been 
 erased from their memories. With the
 
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 EA RL T SE TTLERS OF 
 
 exception of the glimpse into the abyss of 
 woe given in the preceding journal, I think 
 it best, now, in this centennial year, after 
 the lapse of the lifetime of one generation, 
 to draw a veil over the horrors of the 
 scene, and only extract such lessons from 
 it as will tend to elevate our common 
 humanity. 
 
 Jacob Donner died among the first, if 
 not the first. He was a tender-hearted, 
 conscientious man, and it is attested that 
 his death was caused more by grief at the 
 present and prospective sufferings of his 
 family, than from disease or want of 
 food. George and Jacob Donner were 
 members of the German Prairie Christian 
 church. See 'what Isaac Taylor says 
 about it. The five surviving children of 
 George Donner, and the three surviving 
 children of Jacob Donner and wife, with 
 their descendents, are among the most re- 
 spected citizens of California. A few 
 words more with reference to Mrs. 
 George Donner. She was a native of 
 New England Maine, I believe and 
 was a lady in the highest sense of the 
 word. Some of the citizens of Sanga- 
 mon county remember her especially on 
 account of her perfect self-control and 
 power to govern. She taught school in 
 the vicinity of Auburn when it was more 
 unusual for a lady to teach than it is now. 
 Some almost full grown, rough, uncouth 
 young men were in her school, and yet 
 she would govern them as thoroughly as 
 though they were children. This self- 
 control seems never to have left her. 
 According to the testimony of Mr. Reed, 
 who, after his own family had been 
 rescued, vis. ted the two camps of the 
 Donners, to find Mrs. Jacob Donner and 
 and Mr. George Donner helpless, and no 
 means of removing them. They were 
 prepared to leave provisions, and a man at 
 each camp to care for the sick, and used 
 every argument to induce Mrs. George 
 Donner to go with them, but with the 
 full knowledge of the probabilities that 
 she would lose her own life she utterly 
 refused, prefering to meet death in the 
 discharge of her duty to her husband 
 rather than save her own life by seeming 
 to abandon him in his hour of peril ; and 
 so she died, as truly a martyr as though 
 she had been burned at the stake. 
 
 Other acts of heroisms are too numer- 
 ous to mention all, but we will notice 
 
 some of them. Hiram O. Miller proved 
 to be courageous and efficient through all. 
 Milford Elliott could have saved his own 
 life, and having neither wife, children, or 
 any other blood relative among the suf- 
 ferers, no blame could have been laid to 
 his charge if he had saved himself by 
 pushing through, but he would not aban- 
 don helpless women and children, and 
 his life paid the forfeit. The Eddy fami- 
 lyj of Belleville, Illinois, was totally ob- 
 literated. 
 
 All that is known of C. T. Stanton 
 is that he was from Chicago, Illinois. 
 In my opinion, history does not record 
 the name of a greater hero. It does 
 not appear that he was in any way 
 related, or even acquainted, with one of 
 the sufferers previous to their departure 
 from the States. He aided many of them 
 on their way, and after their calamities 
 came upon them, pushed his way through 
 the mountains and reached Sutler's fort, 
 where he was absolutely safe; but he 
 knew there were men, women and child- 
 ren perishing with cold and hunger, and 
 knowing this, there was no rest for him. 
 He secured supplies of food and mules, 
 enlisted the sympathies of two of the un- 
 lettered children of the forest, and all 
 pushed on days and weeks, through 
 storms and snow-drifts, until even the 
 two savages, prompted by him, fell 
 a sacrifice in the cause of humanity. 
 Savages, did I say? I reverently with- 
 draw the word. Their conduct would 
 put to shame thousands who have been 
 reared under the best of Christian in- 
 fluences. There can be no more exalted 
 evidence of humanity than to give one 
 life with the hope of rescuing others from 
 impending death. Mr. Stanton was one 
 of the party of fifteen who attempted to 
 pass out of the mountains, starting Dec. 16, 
 1846. He was weak and emaciated, as all 
 were, and on the twenty-first of December 
 became snow blind, and that night failed to 
 reach the camp. The whole party lay in 
 camp the next day waiting for him, but 
 he never came. A party of men who 
 went in the mountains the next summer 
 to bring out the goods belonging to the 
 Donner and Graves children, found his 
 bones at the very tree where they left 
 him on the twenty-first of December. 
 They were chewed and broken in small 
 pieces. The only way they could recog-
 
 SANGA^fON COUNTY. 
 
 609 
 
 nize them to be Stanton's was by a letter 
 from his sister in one of his pockets, with 
 some tobacco, the latter having prevented 
 the wild beasts from destroying every evi- 
 dence of identity. There was also a pis- 
 tol that had been loaned to Stanton by Mr. 
 Fallen, the man who found his remains. 
 No one of those who perished was more 
 sincerely mourned by the survivors than 
 Mr. Stanton. Mr. Reed left this testimony 
 to his worth : " Poor Stanton, who had no 
 relative in the caravan to draw him back, 
 but from the noble disposition he had, 
 and the kind feelings he entertained for 
 myself and family, and another person 
 who had befriended him, induced him to 
 return with provisions, and he lost his 
 life as a noble PHILANTHROPIST. * * * 
 His kindness saved my little ones from 
 starvation." 
 
 When we last mentioned James F. 
 Reed, he had been baffled in his attempt 
 to reach the camp of the suffering emi- 
 grants, and had returned to Captain Sut- 
 ter's, where he became satisfied that it 
 would be utterly impossible to do any- 
 thing more for them until spring. He 
 was advised by Captain Sutter to proceed 
 to Yerba Bueno now San Francisco 
 and make his case known to the naval 
 officer in command. Arriving at San 
 Jose, he found the San Francisco side of 
 the bay occupied by Mexicans. Here he 
 joined a company of volunteers, and took 
 part in the battle of Santa Clara; that 
 opened the way to San Francisco. There 
 he was enabled to raise, by voluntary 
 contributions, $ i, ooo in the town and $300 
 from the sailors in port, with which he 
 purchased supplies, which were placed on 
 board a schooner, in command of midship- 
 man Woodworth, who took all to the 
 mouth of Feather river, where men and 
 horses were procured for carrying relief 
 to the emigrants. On their way to the 
 camp they met a party coming oftt with 
 women and children, among them Mr. 
 Reed's wife and two children, his other 
 two children, Martha and Thomas K., 
 having been left in camp in charge of a 
 Mr. Glover of the rescuing party, who 
 volunteered to stay with and care for 
 them, assuring Mrs. Reed that he was a 
 Free Mason and knew her husband to be 
 such, and that he would rescue her child- 
 ren or die in the attempt. He was as 
 good as his word, protected and cared for 
 
 77 
 
 the children until they were rescued by 
 their father, and soon all the members of 
 the family were re-united and rejoicing 
 over their great deliverance. Mr. Reed's 
 was the only entire family who left San- 
 gamon county, all the members of which 
 lived to reach their destination, and they 
 did it without any one of them being 
 driven to the necessity of eating human 
 flesh. It seems the more wonderful that 
 they should all have lived through, when 
 their natural protector was separated from 
 them so much of the time. Having in 
 my possession sufficient material to make 
 a more thrilling narrative of facts, than 
 anything that could be drawn from the 
 imagination, I feel how utterly futile this 
 attempt to convey an idea of the sufferings 
 of that company of emigrants has been, 
 but want of space forbids that I should 
 say more, and I am compelled to close. 
 
 The scene of the great suffering just 
 described began west of the Great Salt 
 Lake, in a salt desert, and extended hun- 
 dreds of miles westward, over a succession 
 of mountain ranges, running principally 
 north and south, known as the Sierra 
 Nevada mountains. Localities could not 
 then be described, except by natural 
 boundaries, such as mountains and valleys. 
 The territory then belonged to Mexico, 
 and the suffering and destitution that met 
 the emigrants seemed only a realization of 
 what might reasonably be expected in 
 leaving the land of the Stars and Stripes 
 to come under the sway of the benighted 
 Mexican flag. But the old adage that 
 " the darkest hour is just before the break 
 of day," has been fully realized in this 
 case to those who survived. The war 
 they found in the Sacramento valley, 
 waged by Mexico for the avowed pur- 
 pose of exterminating the few scattered 
 Americans on the Pacific coast, terminated 
 in that whole region of country being 
 ceded to our government. Then followed 
 the discovery of gold, the influx of 
 Americans, and the organization of the 
 States of California and Oregon, and, a few 
 years later, Nevada. The locality of the 
 closing scene, the camp where the Donners 
 died, is marked by a small body of water 
 among the mountains, now known as 
 Lake Donner, in the western part of the 
 State of Nevada. 
 
 RENSHAW, WILEY P., 
 was born Nov. 7, 1800, near Salisbury,
 
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 EARLT SETTLERS OF 
 
 Ga., and was taken by his parents to 
 Dickson county, Tenn. In 1817, the 
 family moved to Madison county, 111. 
 Martha Nesbitt was born Nov. 8, 1794, 
 near Lexington, Ky., and was taken by 
 her parents in 1797 to Sumner county, 
 Tenn. In 1817 they moved to Madison 
 county, and in 1818 to Bond county, 111. 
 W. P. Renshaw and Martha Nesbitt were 
 married Dec. 31, 1818, in Bond county. 
 They lived in Madison county until one 
 child was born, and moved to San- 
 gamon county, 111., arriving Feb. 26, 1821, 
 on the north side of Richland creek, in 
 what is now Cartw right township, where 
 they had seven children. 
 
 JANE, born Oct. u, 1819, in Madi- 
 son county, is unmarried, and lives with 
 her mother. 
 
 MART A., born Oct. 20, 1822, in 
 Sangamon county, married May n, 1845,, 
 to Simeon Q. Harrison. See his name. 
 
 MARGARET E., born July 12, 1825, 
 in Sangamon county, married Jan. it!, 
 
 1848, to Felix Butler, had one child, and 
 Mrs. Butler died at Decatur in June, 
 
 1849. The child died in September fol- 
 lowing. 
 
 JAMES N., born July 16, 1827, died 
 Sept. i, 1852. 
 
 BARBARA A. H., born Sept. 18, 
 1829, in Sangamon county, married 
 April 17, 18^6, to Andrew M. Houghton. 
 They had two children. WILEY P. 
 died in his fourth year. ANNIE M. 
 lives with her parents, in Menard county, 
 seven miles north of Pleasant Plains, 
 Sangamon county, Illinois. 
 
 JOHN SINCLAIR, born Dec. 28, 
 1831, in Sangamon county, married Nov. 
 17, 1858, to Elizabeth Ogden, who was 
 born May 5, 1835, in Menard county. 
 They have three children, MARTHA 
 J., ABIGAIL L. and MARY A., and 
 reside in Cartwright township, three 
 miles west of Salisbury, Illinois. 
 
 WILLIAM P., born Dec. 28, 1833, 
 died Oct. 7, 1852. 
 
 GEORGE , M., born Aug. 7, 1839, in 
 Sangamon county, married Oct. 22, 1866, 
 to Matilda F. Parker, who was born 
 Sept. 25, 1840, in Robertson county, 
 Tenn. They live at the Renshaw family 
 homestead, near Salisbury, Illinois. 
 
 Wiley P. Renshaw died Oct. 27, 1852, 
 in Sangamon county, and his widow re- 
 sides at the homestead where they settled 
 
 in Feb., 1821. She has now Sept., 
 1873 lived more than fifty-two years 
 within less than two rods of the same 
 spot. It is in Cartwright township, 
 three miles west of Salisbury, Sangamon 
 county, Illinois. 
 
 Mrs. Margaret Renshaw, mother of 
 Wiley P. Renshaw, came to Sangamon 
 county in 1823, bringing seven children. 
 Her daughter, Margaret H., married 
 Michael Davis, has five children, and lives 
 in Menard county. Delilah married 
 Carroll Archer. Sec his name. Mrs. 
 Margaret Renshaw died in August, 
 1842. 
 
 Mrs. Jane Nesbitt, the mother of Mrs. 
 Wiley P. Renshaw, came to Sangamon 
 county about 1826, bringing five children 
 with her. Two years later she moved to 
 Morgan county. In 1844 she came back 
 to Sangamon, and died Feb. 14, 1846. 
 Her daughter, Jane, and son, William, 
 reside near Nemaha, Nebraska. 
 
 REISCH, FRANK, was born 
 Jan. 24, 1809, in Baden, Germany. He 
 came to America, landing at New Orleans 
 in the winter of 1832, and traveled over 
 the country until 1836, when he made his 
 home in Beardstown, Illinois. The next 
 year he returned to Germany, and was 
 married Nov., 1837^ to Susan Maurer, 
 who was born Feb. n, 1817, in Germany. 
 In the spring of 1838 Mr. Reisch brought 
 his wife to Beardstown, and from there to 
 Richland creek, in Sangamon county, the 
 same year. They had five children there, 
 and moved to Springfield in 1850, where 
 they had two children. Mr. Reisch en- 
 gaged in the business of brewing, which 
 he continued until May, 1875, when he 
 sold his brewery to his sons. Of the 
 seven children 
 
 FRA NK, Jun., born Jan. 19, 1842, in 
 Sangamon county, married in Spring- 
 field, Oct. 15, 1865, to Anna Hammon, 
 who was born Jan. i, 1845, m Winchester, 
 Scott county, 111. They have three child- 
 ren, CHRISTINA, SUSAN and 
 MARY, and reside in Springfield. Mr. 
 Reisch was elected to represent his ward 
 in the Sangamon county Board of Super- 
 visors for 1871 and '72. He was elected 
 alderman in April, 1873, for three years. 
 He is associated in the brewery business 
 with his brothers George and Joseph, un- 
 der the firm name of F. Reisch & Bros.,
 
 SANGAMON COUNTY. 
 
 611 
 
 since May, 1875, at which time they 
 bought out the interest of their father. 
 
 JOSEPH, born in Cartwright town- 
 ship, Sangamon county, was married in 
 Springfield, April 25, 1876, to Mary 
 Stehlin. They immediately left on a 
 tour to Europe. Joseph Reisch is a 
 member of the firm of Reisch & Bros., 
 brewers. 
 
 MART, GEORGE and ELIZA- 
 BETH were all born in Cartwright 
 township, Sangamon county, Illinois. 
 
 SUSIE and LEONARD, born in 
 Springfield. The five latter reside with 
 their mother, George being associated 
 with his brothers, Frank and Joseph, in 
 business. 
 
 Mr. Frank Reisch, Sen., was instantly 
 killed by a fall from an upper window, 
 August 1 8, 1875. He was in the act of 
 pitching a piece of scantling from the 
 window, when a spike in the timber, un- 
 observed by him, caught in his clothing 
 and drew him out. His widow and child- 
 ren reside in Springfield, Illinois. 
 
 RENN, HENRY, was born 
 April 8, 1805, in Franklin county, Penn- 
 sylvania, came to Sangamon county 
 in the spring of 1840, and bought a farm 
 half a mile east of where Woodside Sta- 
 tion now stands. A few years later he 
 returned to Pennsylvania, and married 
 Nancy Smith, who was born August 20, 
 1807. Their son 
 
 JOHN WESLEY, born Oct. 15, 
 1847, in Sangamon county, married Jan. 
 20, 1869, to Laura J. Jones, daughter of 
 Joshua W. Jones. See his name. Mr. 
 and Mrs. Renn have three children, 
 JESSIE A., LAURA S. and EDNA, 
 and now 1876 reside on the farm pur- 
 chased by his father in 1840. It is half a 
 mile east of Woodside, Sangamon coun- 
 ty, Illinois., 
 
 RHEA, JAMES, was born June 
 3, 1780, in Greenbrier county, Va., and 
 when a young man, went to Barren coun- 
 ty, Ky., where he was married, Nov. 20, 
 1801, to Rachel JolifF, who was born Oct. 
 16, 1783. They had ten children in Ken- 
 tucky, and the family moved to Jefferson 
 county, 111., where one child was born, 
 and moved to Sangamon county, arriving 
 in 1827, in what is now Island Grove 
 township. Of their eleven children 
 
 ELIZABETH,\x>\n Sept. 25, 1802, 
 jn Kentucky, married there to George 
 
 May. They came with her parents to 
 Sangamon county, had several children, 
 and moved to Mason county, where she 
 died. Mr. May married again, and took 
 their living children to Gentry county, 
 Missouri. 
 
 JAMES, Jun., born August 27, 
 1804, in Kentucky, married in Jefferson 
 county, 111., to Susan Mattix, moved to 
 the vicinity of Little Rock, Ark., and 
 died there in 1840, leaving a widow and 
 three children. 
 
 WILLIAM, born March 10, 1807, in 
 Kentucky, married in Sangamon county, 
 Dec. n, 1828, to Susan Foutch, and had 
 twelve children, three of whom died in 
 infancy. William Rhea died Feb. 8, 
 1860, and his widow lives three miles 
 southwest of Berlin, Illinois. 
 
 RICHARD, born Jan. 14, 1809, in 
 Kentucky, married Eliza Rhea. They 
 had three children, and Mr. Rhea died. 
 His widow married William Ethridge, 
 and moved to Iowa. 
 
 NANCY, born Dec. 24, 1811, in Ken- 
 tucky, married Hugh Foutch. See his 
 name. He died, and she married and 
 moved to Iowa. 
 
 JEHOIDA, born Oct. n, 1813, in 
 Kentucky, was married in Sangamon 
 county to John Foutch. See his name. 
 
 RACHEL, born Sept. 8, 1815, died, 
 aged ten years. 
 
 JOHN, born July 14, 1817, in Barren 
 county, Ky., married Nov. 14, 1839, in 
 Sangamon county, to Julia A. Stark, 
 who was born June 21, 1823, in Rut- 
 land, Vermont. They had seven child- 
 ren in Sangamon county. JAMES B., 
 born Nov. 2, 1841, married America 
 Montague, in Sangamon county, and 
 lives near Hamburg, Fremont county, 
 Iowa. STEPHEN E., born Nov. 4, 
 1843, married Lucy Wilcox, have one 
 child, and live near Berlin, 111. MARY 
 A., born Jan. 6, 1846, married John F. 
 Wilcox. See his name. THOMAS 
 T., born June 10, 1848, married Sallie 
 Williams. They have one child, JOHN \v., 
 and live near Berlin, 111. JOHN H. died 
 in in$mcy. MATH A E., born May 10, 
 1852, married R. Smith, and reskles near 
 Berlin. ABIGAIL R. died in infancy. 
 John Rhea and his wife live two and one 
 half miles northwest of Berlin, Sangamon 
 county, Illinois. 1874. 
 
 MAHAL A, born April 25, 1820, in
 
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 Kentucky, was married in Sangamon 
 county, 111., to Joseph Pulsifer. They 
 had twins, and Mrs. Pulsifer died. Mr. 
 Pulsifer is believed to have been murdered 
 while on a business trip to St. Louis, as 
 he was never heard of. Their two sons, 
 NEVO and NEVI, are married, and live 
 in Gentry county, Missouri. 
 
 MART A., born Oct. 27, 1822, in 
 Kentucky, was married in Sangamon 
 county, 111., -to E. R. Alsbury, had one 
 child, LUCINDA, who married James 
 ShufF. See his name. Mrs. Alsbury 
 died April 28, 1851. 
 
 THOMAS F., born July 27, 1824, in 
 Jefferson county, 111., married in Sanga- 
 mon county, Oct. 3, 1844, to Lucinda 
 Wilcox. They have five children, 
 ELIZA E. and REBECCA, the third 
 and fourth, died young. ANNA L., 
 KATE and LOU live with their parents 
 in New Berlin, Illinois. 
 
 James Rhea died Feb. 12, 1843, and his 
 widow died Oct. 28, 1851, both in Sanga- 
 mon county. He was a soldier in the 
 war of 1812, from Kentucky, under Gen. 
 Harrison; was on Lake Erie, and saw 
 the British vessels brought in after Perry's 
 victory. 
 
 RHODES, RANDOLPH, 
 was born about 1791, in North Carolina, 
 and when he was a young man, went to 
 Barren county, Ky. He was married in 
 the adjoining county of Greene, in Oct., 
 1820, to Elizabeth Short. They had 
 three children in Kentucky, and moved 
 to Sangamon county, 111., arriving in the 
 fall of 1826 on Sugar creek, east of 
 Springfield, where four children were 
 born. In the spring of 1838 Mr. Rhodes 
 moved to southwest Missouri, where two 
 children were born, and returned to San- 
 gamon county in the spring of 1845. In 
 1849 or '50, he moved to Macoupin coun- 
 ty, and die:l there, Dec. 25, 1851, leaving 
 a family near Macoupin station. Of their 
 children 
 
 WILLIAM, born about 1821, in Ken- 
 tucky, married in Sangamon county to 
 Jemima Center, had three children, and 
 all the family died in Sangamon county. 
 
 JOHN T., born Nov. 10, 1825, in 
 Kentucky, married in Sangamon countv, 
 March 2, 1848, to Ttlitha M. Vice. 
 They had six living children, MARY E., 
 married Levi King. See his name. 
 LAURA A., CHARLES I., JULIUS 
 
 W., ANNIE B. and LUCINDA A. live 
 with their parents, four miles northwest 
 of Springfield, Illinois. 1874. 
 
 MARY A., born Jan., 1831, in Sanga- 
 mon county, married, in 1851, to Wm. R. 
 Hammonds. They had six children, and 
 Mr. Hammonds died, leaving his family 
 in Crawford county, Kansas. Two of 
 the children were killed, and two others 
 severely wounded by a tornado, May 22, 
 
 1873- " 
 
 JAMES J., born May, 1837, in San- 
 gamon county, married Mary M. Tibbs, 
 have two children, and live near Cremona, 
 Allen county, Kansas. 
 
 RICHARDSON, LEWIS 
 B., came to Sangamon county in 1824, 
 has been twice married, raised a large 
 family, and lives in Auburn township. 
 
 RIGG, SAMUEL, was born in 
 Rutherford county, North Carolina, mar- 
 ried there to Nancy Vawters. They had 
 two children, and moved in 1816 to 
 Greenup county, Ky., where six children 
 were born; and moved to Sangamon 
 county, 111., arriving in 1827. Of their 
 children, the eldest daughter married in 
 Kentucky to Wm. Robinson, came to 
 Sangamon county with her parents, and 
 raised a family of seven daughters. 
 
 E WELL, born in North Carolina, 
 married in Sangamon county to Sarah 
 Kelly. They had nine children, and 
 Mrs. Rigg died. Their daughter, NAN- 
 CY E., married John G. Park. See his 
 name. Ewell Rigg married Mrs. Sarah 
 Darden, whose maiden name was Brad- 
 ley. They reside at Macomb, Illinois. 
 
 JOHN E., born in Kentucky, mar- 
 ried Alice Cox, and raised a family in 
 McDonough county, Illinois. 
 
 JOSEPH R., born in Kentucky, 
 married Julia A. Park, had fifteen child- 
 ren, four of whom died young. JAMES 
 S. married and lives in Moultrie county. 
 The ten, THOMAS E., JOHN E., 
 WILLIAM Z., ROBERT R., LEON- 
 ARD M., NANCY M., HENRY S., 
 SARAH E., BENJAMIN B. and 
 HARRIET O., live with their parents, 
 near Macomb, Illinois. 
 
 MART died, aged twenty-three or 
 twenty-four years. 
 
 RUSSELL married Jane Venard, 
 and raised a family near Macomb, Illi- 
 nois.
 
 SAN GAM ON COUNTY. 
 
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 ALPHA married Theophilus Mitch- 
 ell, and raised a family near Macomb, 
 Illinois. 
 
 PETER married Lucy Heuston, and 
 raised a family in McDonough county, 
 Illinois. , 
 
 Samuel and Nancy Rigg both died in 
 McDonough county, Illinois. 
 
 RIGGINS, WILLIAM, was 
 born July 28, 1812, in Cape May county, 
 New Jersey, was married Jan. 6, 1834, in 
 Cumberland county, to Martha Mosslan- 
 der, who was born in that county July 
 28, 1813. They had one child in Cum- 
 berland county, and moved to Cape May 
 county; had one child, and moved to 
 Sangamon county, 111., arriving October, 
 1838, in what is now Gardner township, 
 where they had one living child. Of 
 their three children 
 
 CALEB, born Sept. 9, 1836, in New 
 Jersey, died in Sangamon county, aged 
 fifteen vears. 
 
 ELIZABETH, born Jan. 15, 1837, 
 in Cape May county, New Jersey, mar- 
 ried in Sangamon county, January, 1859, 
 to James Tripp; have five children, and 
 reside near Greenview, Menard county, 
 Illinois. 
 
 MART,\>orn April 24, 1840, in San- 
 gamon county, married Dec. 31, 1863, to 
 Franklin H. Wood. They have three 
 children, SEYMOUR, CHARLES and 
 HARRY, and live near Maroa, Macon 
 county, Illinois. 
 
 Mrs. Martha Riggins died April, 1844, 
 and William Riggins was married March 
 6, 1867, to Mrs. Mary Rathsack, whose 
 maiden name was Boehme. She was 
 born Jan. 22, 1827, in Altkloster, Ger- 
 many. They have two children 
 
 ANNA C. and 
 
 WILLIAM H., and reside in Cart- 
 wright township, two miles south of 
 Richland station, Sangamon county, Illi- 
 nois 1874. 
 
 RICKARD, PETER, born in 
 1787, in London county, Va., was there 
 married to Elizabeth Everhart, who was 
 born in 1790 in the same county. They 
 had one child, and the family moved to 
 Fauquier county, Va., where ten children 
 were born, thence to Sangamon county, 
 111., arriving at Springfield in the fall of 
 1830. In the spring of 1831 they moved 
 three miles west of Springfield, and set- 
 tled in what is now the southeast corner 
 
 of Gardner township. Of their ten child- 
 ren 
 
 LEWIS, born Oct. 13, 1806, in 
 Loudon county, Virginia, went to Clark 
 county, Ohio, and was there married to 
 Catharine Wood, a native of Virginia. 
 They moved to Sangamon county, 111., in 
 1836. In the fall of 1838 they moved to 
 Missouri, and in the fall of 1844 returned 
 to Sangamon county, and nine years later, 
 in the fall of '53, went to Christian coun- 
 ty, Illinois. They had nine children 
 JOHN died in Christian county, aged 
 about twenty-one years. ROBERT, 
 born Feb. 12, 1837, in Sangamon county 
 111., served in company I, 41 st 111. Inf.,' 
 through the war to suppress the rebellion, 
 was with Sherman in his march to the 
 sea. He was married in Kansas, has 
 three children, and lives in Texas. Mrs. 
 Catharine Rickard died in Christian 
 county, Feb. 18, 1866, and Lewis Rickard 
 was married, March 12, 1868, to Susan 
 Wood, at Springfield, Ohio, and reside 
 there. 
 
 ELIZABETH, born April i, 1809, 
 in Fauquier county, Virginia, was married 
 in Sangamon county to William Butler. 
 See his name. 
 
 CATHARINE, born July 24, 1811, 
 in Fauquier county, Va., was married in 
 Sangamon county, 111., June 4, 1833, to 
 Dr. Jacob M. Earley. See his name. 
 They had two children. GEORGE N., 
 born Feb. 4, 1837, entered the army as 
 assistant surgeon, Nov. i, 1863, and died 
 June 3, 1864, at Vicksburg, just before 
 the surrender of that place. JACOB M., 
 Jun., born Oct. 26, 1838, entered the army 
 April, 1 86 1, as Lieutenant in the first 
 company raised in Petersburg, Illinois. 
 Served three years, and was honorably 
 discharged. He was married, March 27, 
 1868, to Caroline Lurton, of Delhi, Jersey 
 county, Illinois. He died June 24, 1868, 
 of consumption, in Petersburg, Menard 
 county, Illinois. Dr. J. M. Early was 
 murdered, March n, 1838. See his name. 
 His widow was married Oct. i, 1851, at 
 her father's house, three miles west of 
 Springfield, to George U. Miles. They, 
 have one child, CHARLES, who lost 
 one hand in firing a salute in 1865. He 
 resides with his parents, in Petersburg, 
 Menard county, Illinois. 1876. 
 
 SUSAN, born Aug. 26, 1813, in Fau- 
 quier county, Va., was married in Sanga-
 
 614 
 
 EARLY SETTLERS OF 
 
 mon county, 111., to David Talbott, Jun. 
 See his name. 
 
 NOAH /!/., born March 20, 1817, in 
 Fauquier county, Va., was married in 
 Sangamon county to Harriet Talbott. 
 They had five living children in San- 
 gamon county. HARRIET E., 
 born Feb. 4, 1839, was married, Oct. 
 4, 1865, to John Johnson, who was born 
 Nov. 14, 1834, in New York city. They 
 have one child, LAURA R., and reside five 
 miles southwest of Springfield, III. Mr. 
 Johnson has a certificate of the honorable 
 discharge of his grandfather from the 
 Revolutionary army, signed by George 
 Washington. MARY F., born Aug. 16, 
 1840, was married, May 5, 1869, to Daniel 
 G.Jones. See his name. NOAH M., 
 Jun., born March y, 1845, was married, 
 Dec. 18, 1867, to Mary L. Patteso.:. 
 They have one child, CHARLES M., and 
 reside one mile southwest of Curran, 
 Sangamon county, Illinois. GEORGE 
 W., born June 13, 1847, was man "ied, 
 March 16, 1871,10 Mary L. Gray. They 
 have one child, GEORGE T., and reside at 
 Philadelphia, Cass county, Illinois. SA- 
 RAH L., born Oct. 23, 1848, was mar- 
 ried, Oct. 4, 1871, to Aaron C. Reed, and 
 died Sept. 27, 1872. Noah M. Rickard 
 died Jan. 8, 1849, and widow resides with 
 her daughter, Mrs. Johnson. 1876. 
 
 JOHN G., born Oct. 16, 1819, in 
 Fauquier county, Va., raised in Sanga- 
 mon county, and married July 5, 1859, in 
 Allen county, Kansas, to Elizabeth Brod- 
 erick, who was born May 21, 1831, in 
 Shelby county, Indiana. Thev had three 
 children in Kansas, CHARLES B., 
 FREDDIE O. and NOAH FRANK- 
 LIN. The latter died in infancy. They 
 reside four miles west of Springfield, Illi- 
 nois. 
 
 SIMON P., born Oct. 16, 1821, in 
 Fauquier county, Va., was married in 
 Sangamon county, 111., Nov. 12, 1846, to 
 Sophia J. Earnest. They had seven chil- 
 dren, three of whom died under five 
 years. LAURA E., born Sept. 6, 1847, 
 .was married, Oct. 19, 1871, to Edwin 
 Watts. See his name. HELEN M., 
 born* Dec. 6, 1848, was married, May 18, 
 1871, to Sidney French. They have one 
 child, FLORENCE H., and reside near 
 Frankfort, Ky. THOMAS E., born 
 July 2, 1850, and ALLETTA E. reside 
 
 with their parents, two miles west of 
 Springfield, Illinois. 
 
 SARAH A., born March 2, 1824, in 
 Fauquier county, Va., was married in 
 Sangamon county, 111., to Richard F. 
 Barrett. See his name. They reside in 
 St. Louis. 
 
 MART M., born March 16, 1827, in 
 Fauquier county, Va., married Luther 
 Talbott. See his name. 
 
 HENRT WASHINGTON, born 
 Jan. i, 1830, in Fauquier county, Va., 
 was married April 4, 1852, in Sangamon 
 county, 111., to Sarah A. Sims. They 
 had seven children; one died in infancy. 
 ELIZABETH L. was married Sept. 26, 
 1872, to Isaac French, a native of Frank- 
 lin county, Ky. MINNIE A., LEWIS 
 F., WASHINGTON M., ROBERT I. 
 and GEORGE E. reside with their 
 father. Mrs. Sarah A. Rickard died 
 Dec. 21, 1864, and H. W. Rickard was 
 married June 7, 1866, to Henrietta M. 
 Earnest. They have two children, 
 CATHARINE J. and THOMAS E. 
 H. W. Rickard resides on the farm set- 
 tled by his father in 1831. It is three 
 miles west of Springfield, Sangamon 
 county, Illinois. 
 
 Mrs. Elizabeth Rickard died Jan., 
 1858, at the family homestead. Peter 
 Rickard died Sept. 17, 1860, in Spring- 
 field, Illinois. 
 
 RIDDLE, DAVID, was born 
 April 20, 1780, in Mifflin county, Pa. He 
 went to Champaign county, Ohio, in 1807. 
 Mary Hamilton was born in Mason coun- 
 ty, about seven miles from Maysville, 
 Ky., March 9, 1786. Her mother died 
 when she was quite young, and she went 
 to Champaign county, Ohio, with some 
 friends, and was there married, about 
 1808, to David Riddle. Six children 
 were born in Ohio, and the family moved, 
 in 1819, to Washington county, 111., where 
 one child was born, and Mrs. Riddle died 
 there, July n, 1821. David Riddle was 
 married in 1822, to Mrs. Elizabeth Crock- 
 er, whose maiden name was Wakefield, 
 and moved to Sangamon county, arriving 
 at Springfield Oct. 14, 1822, and the next 
 day moved to a farm in Williams town- 
 ship. They had two children in Sanga- 
 mon county. Of his children 
 
 JOHN, born Jan. 8, 1809, in Ohio, 
 married in Sangamon county, Oct. 2, 
 1834, to Sarah H. Clark. They had
 
 SANGAMON COUNT. 
 
 five children. ELIZA C. died, aged 
 twenty-four years. MARY E. married 
 John Tomlinson, have four children, 
 
 FRANK L., HELEN A., ELMER S. and 
 
 CLARENCE A., and live near Mt. Pulaski. 
 FRANCIS A. enlisted at Springfield, 
 July, 1862, in Co. A, i3Oth 111. Inf., for 
 three years, was promoted to ist Lieut., 
 and acted as Captain, Major and Judge 
 Advocate, and was honorably mustered 
 out of the service in August, 1865. He 
 was married in Jacksonville, 111., to Sarah 
 Gallaher. He is a lawyer, and resides in 
 Chicago. SARAH W. is unmarried, 
 and lives with her father. Mrs. Sarah 
 H. Riddle died, and John Riddle married 
 Martha Archer, who was born May 24, 
 1819, in Greenville, Bond county, 111. 
 They have one child, NANCY E., who 
 lives with her parents, one mile northeast 
 of Barclay, Sangamon county, 111. John 
 Riddle remembers that when he was a 
 boy the family found that there was a 
 letter in the postoffice, but they had not 
 the money to pay for it. He gathered a 
 load of corn, took it to town, and sold the 
 whole load for ninety-five cents, paid 
 twenty-five cents for the letter, and re- 
 turned home rejoicing. 
 
 JAMES, born April 30, 1811, in 
 Ohio, wast married in Sangamon county 
 to Susan A. Sampson. They had two 
 children. JOHN M. married Sarah M. 
 Woltz. They have one child, CHARLES 
 A., and live one and a half miles north of 
 Barclay, Illinois. DAVID A. lives at 
 DesMoines, Iowa. James Riddle was a 
 soldier from Sangamon county in the 
 Black Hawk war. He died March 4, 
 1849, and his widow lives with her son, 
 John M. 1874. 
 
 MARGARET, born Sept. 25, 1812, 
 \ in Ohio, married in Sangamon county to 
 vjoseph Dement. He died, leaving a 
 widow and four children in Logan coun- 
 ty, Illinois. 
 
 ABNER, born Oct. 6, 1814, in Cham- 
 paign county, Ohio, married in Sangamon 
 county to Mrs. Mary A. Pickrell, whose 
 maiden name was Elkin. They had one 
 child, HAMILTON R., born Dec. 9, 
 1841, in Sangamon county, enlisted Aug. 
 i, 1862, in Co. B, i30th 111. Inf., for three 
 years. He was captured, with Bank's 
 Red river expedition, April 8, 1864, im- 
 prisoned at Camp Tyler, Texas, thirteen 
 months, and released in May, 1865. While 
 
 in prison his regiment was consolidated 
 with the yyth 111. Inf., and he was mus- 
 tered out as a member of Co. A, of that 
 regiment, June 17, 1865, at Springfield. 
 He was married, Sept. 2, 1868, to Corde- 
 lia F. Constant. They have three child- 
 ren, EARL A., ELIZA MAY and WILLIAM 
 
 E. Hamilton R. Riddle graduated Feb., 
 1873, at Rush Medical College, Chicago, 
 and is a practicing physician at Mechanics- 
 burg, 111. Mrs. Mary A. Riddle died, and 
 Abner Riddle married Mai'y J. Clark. 
 They have ten children. RUSSELL O. 
 married Sabra Constant, have two child- 
 ren, MAY o. and LOUELLA, and live half 
 a mile south of Barclay, Sangamon coun- 
 ty, 111. MARY J. married Samuel Mc- 
 Cullough, and lives in Kansas. The 
 other eight children reside with their pa- 
 rents, near Ottowa, Kan. 
 
 NANCY, born April 10, 1817, in Ohio, 
 married in Sangamon county to Abraham 
 Bird. See his name. 
 
 MAX r, born May 13, 1819, in Ohio, 
 married in Sangamon county to William 
 H. Fowkes. See his name. 
 
 ELIZABETH, born June 12, 1823, 
 in Sangamon county, married Alexander 
 Mills, and resides at Lincoln, Illinois. 
 
 SARAH A., born Sept. 30, 1826, in 
 Sangamon county, married to Rev. Alex- 
 ander Semple. They have three children, 
 anfl live at Decatur, 111. He is Presiding 
 Elder in the M. E. Church.' 
 
 David Riddle died August 12, 1846, 
 and his widow, Mrs. Elizabeth Riddle, 
 died in 1854, both in Sangamon county. 
 
 RIDDLE, WILLIAM, was 
 born Sept. i, 1805, in Kentucky. He' is 
 a nephew of David Riddle. At six 
 months of age, he was taken by his par- 
 ents to Logan county, Ohio. Maxamillia 
 Bousman was born in 1809 in Champaign 
 county, Ohio, where they were married 
 in 1826. They had four living children 
 in Ohio, and moved to Sangamon county, 
 111., arriving May 31, 1836, in what is 
 now Williams township, where they had 
 five children, and in 1851 moved to Doug- 
 las county, Oregon. Of their nine child- 
 ren 
 
 JANE, born April 14, 1828, in Logan 
 county, Ohio, married Jan. 15, 1850, in 
 Sangamon county, to Thomas Wilson, 
 who was born Nov. 4, 1817, in Dumfries- 
 shire, Scotland. They have four living 
 children, born in Sangamon county,
 
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 EA RL T SB TTLERS OF 
 
 namely: JANE F., WILLIAM R., 
 JOHN T. and LILLIAS H., and reside 
 two miles southwest of Buffalo Hart 
 station, Sangamon county, Illinois 1874. 
 
 ARl^AMESIA, born Oct. n, 1830, 
 in Sangamon county, married in Feb., 1849, 
 to James P. Chapman, who died, and she 
 married. William H. Merriman. See his 
 name. 
 
 ISABELLA, born Jan. 16, 1835, in 
 Ohio, came to Sangamon county with her 
 parents; thence with them to Oregon, 
 and was there married to Israel R. Nich- 
 olls. They have eleven children, and re- 
 side near North Canyonville, Douglas 
 county, Oregon 1874. 
 
 WILLIAM H., born March, 1836, 
 in Ohio, came to Sangamon county; 
 thence with his parents to Oregon, and 
 died there in July, 1836. 
 
 GEORGE W., born Feb. 22, 1840, 
 in Sangamon county, married Anna Rice, 
 has two children, and live near North 
 Canyonville, Douglas county, Oregon. 
 
 ABNER, born in 1842, in Sangamon 
 county, married Alice Rice, has two chil- 
 dren, and reside near North Canyonville, 
 Oregon. 
 
 J ' O H T N B '.,born in 1845, in Sangamon 
 county, married in Oregon, and his wife 
 and child were drowned while crossing a 
 stream in a wagon. He is living with 
 his second wife in North Canyonville. 
 Oregon. 
 
 ANNA M., born April 8, 1847, in 
 Sangamon county, married Vincent Beal, 
 has one child, and lives in Jacksonville, 
 Oregon. 
 
 TOBIAS S., born Aug. 30, 1849, in 
 Sangamon county, married Sarah Smith, 
 Ir.'S two children, and lives at Harney 
 lake, Oregon. 
 
 Mrs. Maxamillia Riddle died August, 
 1868, and William H. Riddle resides at 
 North Canyonville, Oregon 1874. 
 
 RICHARDS, ANDREW, was 
 married in Nicholas county, Kentucky, to 
 Mrs. Rosanna Dinsmore, whose maiden 
 name was McCune, a sister to Gavin Mc- 
 Cune. She had one child by her first 
 marriage, and they had five children, all 
 in Nicholas county, Ky. The family 
 moved to Sangamon county, 111., arriving 
 in the fall of 1832, at Rochester, where 
 one child was born. Of all their child- 
 ren 
 
 CELIA DINSMORE, born in 
 
 Kentucky, married in Sangamon county 
 to Joseph Clawson. Both died, leaving 
 three children near Taylorville, Illinois. 
 
 Of the Richards children 
 
 ROBER7" E., born Sept. 16, 1822, 
 in Kentucky, married in Sangamon coun- 
 ty, April 15, 1845, to Louisa Stokes. 
 They had two children. ANNA died in 
 infancy. AMANDA, born May 3, 1848, 
 died Nov. 6, 1862. Robert E. Richards 
 died Feb. 15, 1848, and his widow lives at 
 the house of her neice, Mrs. L'awson H. 
 Smith. Sec Bcllfamilv, 
 
 JOHN A., born August 15, 1824, in 
 Nicholas county, Ky., married in Sanga- 
 mon county, March 29, 1846, to Sarah E. 
 Dickerson. They had nine children; 
 three died young. JANE married Scott 
 Clawson, has three children, and lives 
 near Taylorville, Illinois. KATIE M., 
 ELECTA, IDA and EMMA, twins, and 
 JOHN P. live with their parents in 
 Rochester, Sangamon county, Illinois. 
 
 WILLIAM M., born "in Nicholas 
 county, Ky., was married in Sangamon 
 county, 111., to Mary J. Menara. They 
 had nine children; one died. Wm. M. 
 Richards and family live near Brecken- 
 ridge, Sangamon countv, Illinois. 
 
 BENJAMIN A., born March 3, 
 1829, in Nicholas county, Ky., was mar- 
 ried Oct. 10, 1850, in Sangamon county, 
 to Matilda Hutchings, who was born Feb. 
 23, 1832, in Rochester, New York. They 
 had ten children; five died young. 
 PHILIP A., WILLIAM T., CHAR- 
 LES E., LEMUEL C. and MABEL 
 live with their parents. Benj. A. Rich- 
 ards is the proprietor of a book and job 
 printing office in Springfield, II., where 
 he now resides. 
 
 ANDREW M., born in Nicholas 
 county, Ky., raised in Sangamon county, 
 went to Texas about 1859, married there, 
 has a family, and lives at Wheelock, 
 Robertson county, Texas. 
 
 NANCY, born in Sangamon county, 
 married Thomas Dye, has four children, 
 and lives near Bradfordton, Sangamon 
 county, Illinois. 
 
 Andrew Richards and Mrs. Rosanna 
 Richards both died in Sangamon county, 
 Illinois. 
 
 RIDGELY, NICHOLAS H., 
 was born April 27, 1800, on his father's 
 tobacco plantation in Maryland, near 
 Baltimore; was educated in Baltimore,
 
 SANGAMON COUNTY. 
 
 617 
 
 and was engaged in mercantile business 
 there until April, 1828, when he removed 
 to St. Louis, Mo., and became a clerk in 
 the United States branch bank established 
 there shortly after his arrival. He con- 
 tinued in this position until May, 1835, 
 when he was appointed cashier of the 
 State Bank of Illinois, incorporated in 
 that year, which office he held until the 
 termination o f the charter of the bank, 
 and was one of the trustees who finally 
 closed the business of the bank. While 
 engaged in this closing process, and after- 
 wards, he carried on a private banking 
 business on 'his own account, and organ- 
 ized "Clark's Exchange Bank of Spring- 
 field," and continued his connection with 
 it until it was discontinued, and all its 
 obligations promptly and fully discharged. 
 In 1866 he, in connection with Charles 
 and William Ridgely his sons, J. Tay- 
 lor Smith, and Lafayette Smith, organized 
 "The Ridgely National Bank of Spring- 
 field." He became President, and has 
 continued in this office ever since. He 
 has thus been actively engaged in the 
 banking business constantly for forty- 
 eight years. He has been married twice, 
 and has a family of thirteen adult child- 
 ren living, namely: 
 
 SARAH married Rev. Richard V. 
 Dodge, and resides in Chicago. 
 
 VINCENT is married, and now re- 
 sides in Adams county, Illinois. 
 
 SOPHIA married J. Taylor Smith, of 
 Springfield, Illinois. See his name. 
 
 REDICK M. is married, and now re- 
 sides in Springfield, Illinois. 
 
 HENR T married, and now resides in 
 Springfield, Illinois. 
 
 CHARLES married, and now resides 
 in Springfield, Illinois. 
 
 JULIA married John H. Rea, now of 
 Chicago. 
 
 WILLIAM is unmarried, and resides 
 in Springfield, Illinois. 
 
 ANNA married James L. Hudson, of 
 Springfield, Illinois. 
 
 MART married Chas. E. Hay, of 
 Springfield, Illinois. 
 
 JANE married James T. Jones, of 
 Springfield, Illinois. 
 
 HENDERSON is unmarried, and 
 resides in Springfield, Illinois. 
 
 OCTA VIA married Charles D. Rob- 
 erts, of Springfield, Illinois. 
 
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 N. H. Ridgely and wife reside in 
 Springfield, Illinois. 
 
 RID GEL T, RE DIC KM., was born 
 March 29, 1830, in St. Louis, Mo., and 
 brought by his father (N. H. Ridgely) to 
 Springfield in 1835. He was mari "i et l 
 July i, 1850, to Margaret Aitken, who 
 was born March 6, 1835, in Glasgow, 
 Scotland. They have four living child- 
 ren, JANEY H., ALICE M., REDICK 
 and JOHN A. Redick M. Ridgely was 
 City Treasurer from 1851 to 1853, a mem- 
 ber of the Board of Supervisors of San- 
 gamon county for two years, and a mem- 
 ber of the City Council four years. He 
 was in the Quartermaster's Department 
 in Springfield from 1861 to 1862, and was 
 in the same department in Memphis, 
 Tenn.,from 1862 to 1865. He is now 
 1876 Superintendent of all the street 
 railroads of Springfield. 
 
 RID GELT, CHARLES,\he eldest 
 son of N. H. Ridgely by the second wife, 
 is a native of Springfield; married Jane 
 M. Barrett, and has several children. 
 Charles Ridgely is President of the 
 Springfield Iron Company, Vice-Presi- 
 dent of the Ridgely National Bank, and 
 resides in Springfield, 111. 
 
 RIDGEWAY, AUSBURN, 
 brother to Samuel, was born in Berkley 
 county, Va., and married in North Caro- 
 lina to Jane Phelps. They moved to 
 Lincoln county, Ky., from there to Wash- 
 ington county, in the same State, thence 
 to Sangamon county, 111., arriving in the 
 fall of 1828, in Buffalo Hart grove. They 
 raised a large family, and the parents both 
 died in Sangamon county. Of their 
 children we will mention four only 
 
 JOHN, born Feb. 23, 1806, in Lin- 
 coln county, Ky., came with his parents 
 to Sangamon county, in 1828, and was 
 married, Feb. 12, 1829, to Sarah Bridges. 
 They had seven children, two of whom 
 died young. MARTHA J., born Jan. 3, 
 1830, married Charles Eckel, and lives 
 near Ottawa, Kansas. ALFRED A., 
 born March 13, 1834, died in 1857. AD- 
 ALINE and CAROLINE, twins, born 
 Jan. 17, 1837. ADALINE married Ben- 
 jamin F. Hill, has six living. children, 
 and reside near Decatur, Illinois. CARO- 
 LINE married Henry Lee, and died Nov. 
 2, 1864, near Illiopolis. LEVI S., born 
 Sept. 29, 1839, married Rhoda Fletcher. 
 He died, August 2, 1868, in Sangamon
 
 6i8 
 
 EARLY SETTLERS OF 
 
 county, leaving a widow and four child- 
 ren, who live near Decatur, 111. John 
 Ridgeway died Oct. 28, 1858, and his 
 widow married Jonathan Constant. See 
 his name. 
 
 PATTERSON, born Nov. 19, 1813, 
 in Lincoln county, Ky., married in San- 
 gamon county to Nancy Huddleston, who 
 died, leaving two children, and he married 
 Mrs. Rhoda J. Walker, whose maiden 
 name was Withrow. They have one 
 child, and live in Cooper township, San- 
 gamon county. 
 
 MELINDA married Alexander Dick- 
 erson. See his name. 
 
 ALEXANDER served three years in 
 the 73d 111. Inf., has a. large family, and 
 moved west after the close of the rebel- 
 lion. 
 
 RIDGEWAY, SAMUEL, 
 was born May 10, 1777, in Berkley coun- 
 ty, Va., and was taken by his parents to 
 the valley of the Yadkin river, North 
 Carolina, when he was quite young. He 
 was there married, about 1799, t.o Elizabeth 
 Caton, who was born August 25, 1775, in 
 Berkley county, Va., also. Shortly after 
 marriage Samuel Ridgeway and wife 
 packed all their worldly goods on one 
 horse, and each rode another. Thus 
 equipped, they set out for Kentucky, and 
 settled near Stanford, the capital of Lin- 
 coln county. They had eight children 
 there, and the family moved to Sangamon 
 county, 111., arriving in Nov., 1829, in 
 what is now Clear Lake township, west 
 of the Sangamon river, and five miles 
 northeast of Springfield. Of their child- 
 ren 
 
 CHARLES, born May 18, iSoi, was 
 married in Kentucky to Sally Wilson. 
 They had two children there, and moved 
 to Sangamon county with his parents; 
 lived near Mechanicsburg two years, and 
 returned to his native State. Charles 
 Ridgeway died in 1875, at Danville, Ky., 
 and his family reside there. 
 
 A US BURN, horn June 8, 1803, died 
 in Kentucky, August 12, 1826, within two 
 weeks of the time set for his marriage. 
 
 PHILIP, born Jan. i, 1806, in Ken- 
 tucky, was married in Sangamon county 
 to Margaret Henderson. He died, Sept. 
 8, 1838, leaving a widow and four child- 
 ren, who moved to Hancock county, Illi- 
 nois. 
 
 JOHN, born March 30, 1808, in Ken- 
 tucky, was married in Sangamon county, 
 and his wife died within six months. He 
 was married again, moved to Missouri, 
 and from there to Oregon in 1845, and 
 died there in 1872, leaving ten children. 
 
 MART, born Dec. 14, i8n,in Ken- 
 tucky, was married in Sangamon county 
 to James Watson. See his name. 
 
 SAMUEL L., born April 25, 1813, in 
 Lincoln county, Ky., was married in San- 
 gamon county, 111., Aug. 10, 1837, *- 
 Charlotte A. Stout. Sec Stout family 
 name. They had seven children, and in 
 July, 1872, moved to Maryville, Mo. Of 
 their children, PHILEMON, born May 
 11, 1839, in Sangamon county, 111., resides 
 in California. ELIZABETH A., born 
 Oct. 17, 1841, died in her third year. 
 OLIVER, born March 23, 1844, m San- 
 gamon county, 111., was married to Emma 
 F. Orr, in Adair county, Mo. They have 
 three children, GEORGE, CHARLOTTE and 
 ARTHUR, and reside in Nodaway county, 
 Mo. SAMUEL L.,Jun., born March 
 7, 1847, in Sangamon county, 111., was 
 married Dec. 26,1872,10 Laura H.Hamlin. 
 They have one child, SAMUEL L., and 
 reside in Nodaway county, Missouri. See 
 Hamlin name. MARY E., born May 
 n, 1849, was married Jan. n, 1870, to 
 George L. Drennan, of Sangamon coun- 
 ty, Illinois. See his name. ARME- 
 NIA J., born June 25, 1851, married 
 Sept. 4, 1876, to Edward Headley, of 
 Sangamon county, 111. CHARLOTTE 
 EMMA, born Jan. 9, 1853, and FRAN- 
 CIS, born March 16, 1855, reside with 
 their parents, in Maryville, Nodaway 
 county, Missouri. 
 
 BENJAMIN R., born Feb. 5, 1815, 
 in Lincoln county, Ky., was married in 
 Sangamon county June 13, 1839, to Cath- 
 arine Rape. They had six children. 
 THOMAS J., born Dec. 10, 1840, mar- 
 ried Jane Snodgrass, has two children, 
 and live in Springfield. JOHN B., born 
 April 3, 1846, married Lucy E. Cullom, 
 and live near New City, Sangamon 
 county, 111. ANNA E. married James 
 L. Plummer. They had two children, 
 and Mr. Plummer died April 30, 1871. 
 SAMUEL N. died, aged ten years. 
 NANCY S. died in her sixteenth year. 
 MARTHA F. lives with her parents, 
 near New City , Sangamon county, 111,
 
 SANG AM ON COUNTY. 
 
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 LINDSAT, born Jan. 20, 1818, in 
 Lincoln county, Ky., was married in 
 Sangamon county Dec. 7, 1841, to Lucy 
 M. Dawson. They had five children in 
 Sangamon county. SAMUEL F., born 
 Dec. 25, 1842, enlisted Aug. 12, 1862, 
 for three years, in Co. A, 73d 111. Inf.; 
 served until March 26, 1864, when he 
 was discharged on account of physical 
 disability. He was married Jan. 2, 1868, 
 in Springfield, to Nancy M. Logan. 
 They have -one child, JENNIE MAY, and 
 reside in Springfield, 111. NANCY S., 
 born Aug. 23, 1845, died in infancy. 
 JOHN D., born July 17, 1848, was mar- 
 ried Dec. 24, 1872, to Mary li. McVay, 
 who was born April 7, 1852, in Sanga- 
 mon county. They have one child, 
 CHARLES ALBERT, and reside five miles 
 east of Springfield, 111. BERTRAND 
 D., born Dec. 9, 1849, and CHARLES 
 L., born Dec. 14, 1863, both live with their 
 parents. Lindsay Ridgeway and wife re- 
 side five miles east of Springfield, on the 
 farm settled by his father in 1829. 
 
 Mrs. Elizabeth Ridgeway died Feb. 28, 
 1847, and Samuel Ridgeway died June 
 22, 1847, both i Sangamon county, 
 Illinois. 
 
 ROBB, DAVID, was born Jan. 
 24, 1789, in the town of Acworth, N. H, 
 He was there married to Diana Farr, 
 who was born in the same town, May 15, 
 1791. They had six children in Acworth, 
 and the family moved to West Virginia, 
 and from there to Sangamon county, 111., 
 arriving in 1830, and settled about two 
 miles south of the present town of Breck- 
 enridge. Of their children 
 
 DANIEL, born July 12, 1815, in New 
 Hampshire, married in Sangamon county 
 to Jennie Rogers. They have a family, 
 and reside near Nebraska City, Neb. 
 
 LUCY, born July 19, 1816, in Acworth, 
 N. H., married in Sangamon county to 
 Preston Breckenridge. See his name. 
 
 JOHN, born May 30, 1820, in New 
 Hampshire, raised in Sangamon county, 
 married near St. Joseph, Mo., to Mary E. 
 Broiles, Oct. 15, 1843. They had two 
 children, and came to Sangamon county, 
 where four children were born. Of their 
 six children : MARY J., born August 
 12, 1844, in Missouri, married Marshall 
 Raines, have four children, and reside 
 near Xenia, Ohio. DAVID, born Jan. 
 28, 1846, near St. Joseph, Mo., married in 
 
 Sangamon county, Nov. 28, 1867, to Ella 
 Gray, have two children, and reside near 
 Breckenridge, 111. ELIZA E., born and 
 died in Sangamon county, aged ten years. 
 PHCEBE, born Oct. 2, 1850, in Sanga- 
 mon county, married Andrew J. Poffen- 
 berger. See his name. WILLIAM, 
 born Jan. 3, 1844, and JOSEPH, born 
 April 28, 1857, live with their mother. 
 John Robb died August 6, 1858, in San- 
 gamon county. His widow married, 
 Dec. 4, 1860, to Abraham Martin. He 
 died in 1863, and she resides one mile 
 west of Breckenridge, Sangamon county, 
 Illinois. 
 
 ELECTA, born Dec. 9, 1821, in New 
 Hampshire, married in Sangamon county 
 to Joseph Clawson. He died, and she 
 lives near Assumption, Christian county, 
 Illinois. 
 
 WILLIAM, born Feb. 10, 1824, in 
 New Hampshire, married in Sangamon 
 county to Helen R. McLean. They have 
 five children, and live near Corydon, 
 Iowa. 
 
 MART J., born May 21, 1827, in 
 New Hampshire, married in Sangamon 
 county to Joseph Clawson, had eight chil- 
 dren, and she died. Her children live 
 with her sister, Electa, who is their step- 
 mother. 
 
 Mrs. Diana Robb died Nov. 4, 1835, 
 and David Robb married Mrs. Elizabeth 
 Graham, whose maiden name was Day. 
 She died in 1856, and David Robb died 
 Nov. 3, 1859, in Sangamon county. 
 
 ROBBINS, HIRAM, was born 
 Dec. 26, 1793, in Buncombe county, N. C. 
 His parents moved to Overtoil county, 
 Tenn., thence to Washington county, 
 Ky., and from there to Vincennes, Indi- 
 ana Territory. At that place he entered 
 the army, and served six months in the 
 war of 1812 with England. The family 
 after the war, moved back to Tennessee, 
 and from there to Pope county, Illinois, 
 where the father died, and the family 
 moved to Madison county. Hiram Rob- 
 bins was there married, E ec. 29, 1816, to 
 Elizabeth Dean. They had two children, 
 and moved to Sangamon county, arriving 
 in the summer of 1821 within one mile of 
 where Barclay now stands, and in 1823 
 moved to what is now Cooper township, 
 where they had six living children. He 
 was a soldier from this county in the
 
 620 
 
 EARL1 SETTLERS OP 
 
 Black Hawk war. Of their seven child- 
 ren 
 
 JOHN was twice married, served 
 three years in the 73d 111. Inf., and died 
 April i, 1868. 
 
 WILLIAM H., born March i, 1821, 
 in Madison county, 111., raised in Sanga- 
 mon county, married in Greene county, 
 Aug. u, 1845, to Ann Dodson. She 
 died Aug. 12, 1846. He was married 
 May 14, 1848, to Sarah A. Miller. They 
 had one child, ALICE A., born July 5, 
 1850, married Benjamin F. Miller, and re- 
 sides three and one-half miles west of 
 Mechanicsburg, 111. Mrs. S. A. Robbins 
 died in 1852, and Wm. H. Robbins mar- 
 ried, Sept. 4, 1856, to Elizabeth Laswell. 
 They have four children, JOHN W., 
 THOMAS LYON, NANCY E. and 
 ANDREW H., and live near Mechanics- 
 burg, Illinois. 
 
 JEREMIAH, born Nov. 29, 1821, in 
 Sangamon county. He has been twice 
 married; served three years in Co. H, 
 I I4th 111. Inf., and lives in Cooper town- 
 ship, Sangamon county. 
 
 WILSON, born Jan. 3, 1824, in San- 
 gamon county, married, Oct. 25, 1850, to 
 Susan A. Cantril. They had six living 
 children. ANNA M., born Jan. i, 1851, 
 married, Dec. 18, 1871, to George Baker, 
 have two children, and live in Cooper 
 township. MARY E., ALBERT S., 
 MARTHA S., JOSEPH E. and AL- 
 LEN L. live with their parents, two and 
 one-half miles west of Mechanicsburg, 
 Illinois. Wilson Robbins served one 
 year, from June, 1846, under Col. E. D. 
 Baker, in the war with Mexico. 
 
 MART A., born April 27, 1825, in 
 Sangamon county, married Thomas 
 Simpkins, who died, and she married 
 William Taff. They had one child, 
 THERESA TAFF, who married John 
 Johnson. See his name. Mr. Taff died, 
 and she married Joseph Brown, had one 
 child, and Mr. Brown died, and she mar- 
 ried Francis Gough, and she died April, 
 1862. 
 
 ELIZABETH A. married E. Tay- 
 lor, and died in 1847. 
 
 HIRAM, Jun., was twice married, 
 and died in McDonough county. 
 
 PRUDENCE married M. D. Gough. 
 
 ELIZA A., born June 21, 1842, mar- 
 ried J. Wesley Veach. See his name. 
 
 Mrs. Elizabeth Robbins died Aug. 17, 
 1866, and Hiram Robbins was married to 
 Mrs. Merada Gordon. For a third wife 
 he married, Oct. i, 1872, to Mrs. Eliza- 
 beth E. White, whose maiden name was 
 Strode. They reside in Cooper, town- 
 ship, Sangamon county, 111. 
 
 RpBERTS, EDMUND, was 
 born in 1785, in Farmington, New Hamp- 
 shire. His ancestors were Welsh, and 
 emigrated to New England before the 
 Revolution. They were members of the 
 society of Friends. Forbidden by their 
 principles to take up arms, they, neverthe- 
 less, assisted in that struggle as far as they 
 consistently could, by carrying supplies to 
 the army. The subject of this sketch left 
 New Hampshire when a young man, on 
 horseback, for western Pennsylvania. In 
 1808 an Indian treaty opened the coun- 
 try between the Mississippi and Arkan- 
 sas rivers, and as far west as Fort Clark 
 now Peoria, Illinois. Mr. Roberts was 
 one of the first eastern men who settled 
 in that country. Steamboats not being 
 used on the western waters then, he 
 made the voyage down the Ohio river 
 in a flatboat, and in 1810 engaged in 
 merchandizing at St. Genieveve, Mis- 
 souri, as a member of the firm of Keil, 
 Bisch & Roberts. He afterwards re- 
 moved to Kaskaskia, 111., where he as- 
 sociated with himself in business, Thomas 
 Mather and James L. Lamb. Mr. Rob- 
 erts made his trips east on horseback, 
 crossing the Ohio river at Shawneetown, 
 111., often sleeping on the ground, with a 
 saddle for a pillow. He was always liable 
 to attacks from Indians and once lost his 
 horse by them, compeling him to walk 
 and carry his saddle until he could buy 
 another. He was married, in 1819, at 
 Mt. Pleasant, Pennsylvania, to Susan 
 Lamb, a native of Chester county, in the 
 same State. She was a sister to his part- 
 ner, James L. Lamb. See his name. 
 After prosecuting business for many 
 years at Kaskaskia and Chester, he re- 
 moved to Springfield, in the same State, 
 in 1832. Mr. and Mrs. Roberts had eight 
 children, three only of whom survive 
 
 GEORGE L., born March 16, 1821, 
 in Kaskaskia, 111., was married in Leba- 
 non, 111., to Virginia E. Horner, a native 
 of the latter place. They had two child- 
 ren in Lebanon, EDMUND and VIR-
 
 SAN GAM ON COUNT. 
 
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 GINIA, and reside in Old Mission, 
 Grand Traverse county, Michigan. 
 
 JAMES H., born Dec. 12, 1825, in 
 Kaskaskia, 111., was married Sept. 16, 
 
 1863, to Harriet E. Smith, who was born 
 Dec. 6, 1840. Mrs. Harriet E. Roberts 
 died Feb. 28, 1866, leaving two children, 
 LUCRETIA B., born Sept. 6, 1864, and 
 JAMES H., Jun., who died in infancy. 
 James H. Roberts was married Nov. 9, 
 1870, to Mrs. Susan M. Slater, whose 
 maiden name was Lamb. They have 
 one child, MARY T. J. H. Roberts 
 and family reside in Chicago, 111. He is 
 engaged in business at 86 Washington 
 street Sept., 1876. 
 
 MART R., born July 13, 1829, in 
 Kaskaskia, 111., was married Nov. n, 
 1857, * Benjamin M. Thomas, who was 
 born Aug. 10, 1810, in Philadelphia, 
 Penn. They had three children: SU- 
 SAN R., born Oct. 25, 1858, in Spring- 
 field, 111.; MARY P., born April 7, 1860, 
 in Chicago, 111., died July 26, 1863; 
 MORRIS ST. P., born Feb. 27, 1862, in 
 Chicago. Mr. Thomas died Oct. 31, 
 
 1864, in Vincennes, Ind. His widow and 
 children reside in Chicago, Illinois. 
 
 Mr. Roberts was a citizen of Illinois 
 when it contained less than twelve thous- 
 and inhabitants. In 1829 he was ap- 
 pointed one of the commissioners on the 
 part of the State of Illinois to determine 
 the route for a canal to connect the Illi- 
 nois river with Lake Michigan, and lay 
 out town sites; Chicago and Ottawa were, 
 two of these towns. Seven years later 
 1836 ground was broken, and the work 
 of constructing the canal commenced. 
 Mr. Roberts was a firm friend of educa- 
 tion, having himself been a teacher in his 
 younger days. He was, in the early his- 
 tory of McKendree college, at Lebanon, 
 111., a member of its board of trustees. 
 His two sons were educated there. In 
 1846 he visited the Eastern States in the 
 interests of this institution, and was suc- 
 cessful in supplying it with funds and 
 teachers. From that to the present time, 
 McKendree college has continued to 
 prosper. In consequence of failing health, 
 he retired from active business about 1836, 
 and passed many of his winters in the 
 south, but continued to make Springfield 
 his home. 
 
 Mrs. Susan Roberts died Aug. 4, 1844. 
 She had long been a member of the Meth- 
 
 odist Episcopal church, loved and revered 
 by all who knew her. In his funeral ad- 
 dress on the occasion of her death, Rev. 
 Dr. Akers, describing her influence, said: 
 "She moved among her sisters like the 
 moon among the stars." Her husband 
 never recovered from the shock occasion- 
 ed by her death, and he died March 28, 
 1847, both in Springfield, and the remains 
 of both are buried in Oak Ridge Ceme- 
 tery. 
 
 ROBISON, EDWARD, born 
 Oct. 1 6, 1781, in London county, Va. In 
 1787 his parents moved to Nelson county, 
 Ky., and a few years later the family 
 moved to Caldwell county, in the same 
 State, leaving Edward at Bardstown to 
 finish his trade as a hatter. He was mar- 
 ried in Caldwell county, March 14, 1809, 
 to Jane Hanley, who was born Feb. 29, 
 1788, in Pendleton District, South Caro- 
 lina. They had five children in Ken- 
 tucky, and moved to Pope county, 
 111., in 1819, where one child was born. 
 Thence to Sangamon county, 111., arriv- 
 ing Nov., 1821, near Springfield. After 
 some changes they settled in what is now 
 Gardner township, north of Spring creek, 
 where they had six children. Of all 
 their children 
 
 GEORGE H., born May 9, 1810, in 
 Kentucky; served his country in the 
 Black Hawk war, Mexican war, and 
 about three years in Co. H, loth 111. Cav., 
 in the late rebellion. He died unmarried, 
 Dec., 1873, in Sangamon county. 
 
 JOHN H., born Oct. 15, 1811, in 
 Kentucky, was married in Sangamon 
 county to Mary A. Duff. They have 
 three children, GEORGE C., JOHN S.; 
 the latter married Sarah Handley ; MAR- 
 THA married Major Moore. J. H. 
 Robison and family reside near Carleton, 
 Yamhill county, Oregon. 
 
 MELISSA, born Nov. n, 1813, in 
 Caldwell county, Ky., was married in 
 Sangamon county, 111., to Logan McMur- 
 ry. See his name. 
 
 DA VI D P., born March 6, 1816, in 
 Caldwell county, Ky., was married in 
 Sangamon county, Sept. 3, 1836, to Lucy 
 Simms. They had ten children; two died 
 young. LUCINDA J. and EMILY L. 
 died, aged seven years. MARY E. H., 
 or "TIP," born Sept. 25, 1840, was mar- 
 ried Sept. 10, 1857, to Thomas A. Sims, 
 who was born Oct. 3, 1835, in Culpepper
 
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 EARLT SETTLERS OF 
 
 county, Virginia, and brought up in 
 Muskingum county, Ohio. They have 
 six children, JAMES P., LUCY A., MARY E., 
 
 JENNIE A., GEORGE J. and MARTHA E., and 
 
 reside in Gardner township, west of 
 Springfield. MARTHA A. married 
 Edmund McClure. They have four chil- 
 dren, JAMES, MARGARET, LEWIS and 
 
 CLAUD, and live near Linden, Osage 
 county, Kansas. JULIA, born Oct. 30, 
 1847, was married to Michael Dolan, who 
 was born Dec. 28, 1845, in Gal way, Ire- 
 land. They have three children, JOHN j., 
 ELLEN and T. EDWARD, and live near 
 Berlin, Sangamon county, 111. ED- 
 WARD J. married Annie Archer. They 
 have one child, and live in Gardner town- 
 ship. GEORGE J., MARION P., 
 KATIE V., and JAMES T. reside with 
 their parents, five miles southwest of 
 Springfield, Illinois. 
 
 ELIZABETH,\>o\K April 21, 1818, 
 in Kentucky, was married in Sangamon 
 county to Richard Hall. They had three 
 children. Mrs. Hall and the youngest 
 child were killed by lightning, April 27, 
 1845, in Gardner township. This occurred 
 at the house of Mrs. Hall's mother. 
 Three other members of the family were 
 injured seriously at the same time. Of 
 the other two children: WILLIAM E. 
 married Miss Lowery, in DeWitt county. 
 He was a soldier in an Illinois regiment, 
 and died in the army. MELISSA mar- 
 ried James Moore. They have six child- 
 ren, two of whom are married, BENTON 
 and CHARLES. James Moore and family 
 live near White Church, Wyandotte coun- 
 ty, Kan. Richard Hall was married, in 1847, 
 to Sarah Sanders, of Springfield. They 
 had three children in Sangamon county, 
 and moved to Clinton, Dewitt county, 
 Illinois. Richard Hall died in 1870, near 
 Clinton, and his widow married a Mr. 
 Cobb. They reside near Clinton, Dewitt 
 county, Illinois. 
 
 ELCT y., born Oct. 22, 1820, in Pope 
 county, Illinois, was married in Sangamon 
 county to Samuel Ray. See his name. 
 
 POLLY A., born March 29, 1823, in 
 Sangamon county, married Benjamin 
 Fobes, and died Feb. 24, 1852, leaving 
 one child, SARAH E., who married Jere- 
 miah Messenger, ISov. 21, 1869, and lives 
 in Waverly, Bremer county, Iowa. 
 
 MARGARET E., born July 3, 1825, 
 
 in Sangamon county, married William H. 
 Morgan. See his name. 
 
 SARAH A. and BARBARA A., 
 twins, born Feb. I, 1827, in Sangamon 
 county, Illinois. 
 
 SARAH A. married Benjamin Ken- 
 dall. She died Aug. 28, 1851, from inju- 
 ries received by a runaway team, on the 
 road to Oregon. She left one child 
 FANNIE, born Nov. 20, 1850, who mar- 
 ried Mr. Henkle, and died, leaving one 
 child, near Corvallis, Oregon. 
 
 BARBARA A. married Milo Morris. 
 They had two children GEORGE H., 
 who lives in Butler county, Missouri. 
 WILLIAM lives near Rushville, Schuy- 
 ler county, Illinois. Mrs. Morris died 
 Aug. 9, 1851, in Loami township. 
 
 BURL1NDER, born April 20, 1829, 
 in Sangamon county, married Joshua W. 
 Short. They had four children. Mrs. 
 Short and one child died. The other 
 three children JOHN R. died February, 
 1876. CHARLES E. married Lola 
 Scripture, in 1873. ANNIE M. lives 
 near Lamar station, Nodaway county, 
 Missouri. 
 
 EDWARD J., born May 17, 1833, 
 in Sangamon county, married Sarah Hag- 
 gard. They have five children, viz: 
 
 FANNIE, 'MAY, JENNIE, UMA- 
 
 TILLA and KATE, and live near La- 
 bette, Labette county, Kansas. 
 
 Edward Robison died May 15, 1836, 
 and Mrs. Jane Robison died March 12, 
 1853. He in Sangamon countv, Illinois, 
 and she in Jasper county, Missouri. 
 
 Edward Robison was Colonel of a mili- 
 tary company, in Kentucky, and was al- 
 ways called Col. Robison. He represent- 
 ed Pope county in the first Legislature of 
 Illinois that assembled at Vandalia. He 
 was justice of the peace twelve or fifteen 
 years in Sangamon county, and solemn- 
 ized the marriage of James Parkinson 
 and Mahala Earnest, and many others. 
 
 ROBISON, JOHN, was born in 
 Virginia, and married in Maryland to 
 Nancy Robbins. They moved to Dela- 
 ware, where they had four children, and 
 moved to Nicholas county, Ky., where 
 five children were born, and from there 
 to Sangamon county, 111., arriving in the 
 fall of 1830, in Buffalo Hart Grove. Of 
 their children 
 
 ELIZABETH R., born Nov. 26, 
 1797, in Delaware, married in Kentucky
 
 SAN GAM ON COUNTY. 
 
 623 
 
 to Samuel H. Steele. See name of Eliza- 
 beth R. Stcclc. 
 
 WILLIAM, born about 1799, in Del- 
 aware, married in Nicholas county, Ky., 
 to Mahuldah Tarr, moved to Buffalo 
 Hart Grove, Sangamon county, thence to 
 Madison county, where the parents died, 
 leaving several children. 
 
 SALLT and NANCT, twins, born 
 about 1801, in Nicholas county, Ky. 
 
 SALL T died in Buffalo Hart Grove, 
 about 1835. 
 
 NANCT married Hiram Starr. See 
 his name. 
 
 JOHN W., born about 1803, in Nich- 
 olas county, Ky., married in Sangamon 
 county to Lucinda Burns. They had 
 four children, WILLIAM T., born in 
 Sangamon county Aug. 2, 1833, married 
 Dec. 4, 1856, to Julia A. Lunbeck. 
 They had five children; four died under 
 five years. IDA LOU resides with her 
 parents in Springfield. William T. Rob- 
 ison is a clerk in the freight depot of the 
 C. and A. railroad. ELIZABETH 
 M., born April 4, 1835, in Sangamon 
 county, married Dec. 20, 1866, to John 
 Finfrock, who was born July 8, 1833, 
 near Chambersburg, Penn. They have 
 four children, EDGAR H., FRANK E., GRA- 
 CIE M. and MARY L. Mr. Finfrock en- 
 listed July, 1862, for three years, in Co. I, 
 1 1 4th 111. Inf.; served until Aug., 1865, 
 when he was honorably discharged. 
 They live three-quarters of a mile north 
 of Buffalo Hart station. MARY J., 
 born April 20, 1837, in Sangamon county, 
 married Sept. n, 1864, to Joseph W. 
 Martin, who was born Nov. 16, 1838, in 
 Ohio county, Kentucky. They have four 
 children, JESSE w., WILLIAM H., LENA F. 
 and ROBERT F., and live one-half mile 
 north of Buffalo Hart station. JOHN 
 F., born June 20, 1839, in Sangamon 
 county, enlisted July, 1862, for three years, 
 in Co. I, 1 14th ill. Inf.; served until Aug., 
 1865, when he was honorably discharged. 
 He was married March 20, 1867, to Eli- 
 za A. Guthrie. They have two children, 
 IVA E. and a babe, and live in Atlanta, 
 Illinois. John W. Robison was killed by 
 lightning at one o'clock on the morning 
 of August 28, 1840, three and a half miles 
 northeast of Buffalo Hart Grove. He 
 was sitting at the bedside of, and was fan- 
 ning his sick mother, who died two days 
 later. His widow married Sept. 20, 1848, 
 
 to David S. Warner. She is now a wid- 
 ow, and resides half a mile north of Buf- 
 falo Hart Station, Sangamon county, Illi- 
 nois. 
 
 MART, born and married in Ken- 
 tucky, to Alexander James. They came 
 to Illinois with her parents, in 1830, but 
 settled in Shelby county. Mr. James died 
 there in the fall of 1871. His widow re- 
 sides with her son, WILLIAM JAMES 
 who is married, has seven children, and 
 lives near Shelbyville, Illinois. 
 
 MILLICENT, born in Kentucky, 
 married in Sangamon county to Annanias 
 Heaton. He died in Madison county, 
 leaving a widow and children. 
 
 GEORGE, born in Nicholas county, 
 Ky., came to Sangamon county with his 
 parents, in 1830, married, in 1841, to Car- 
 oline Snyder. She died, in 1860, leaving 
 five children. He married Mrs. Jane 
 
 B , whose maiden name was 
 
 James. They have two children, and re- 
 side in Mt. Pulaski, Illinois. 
 
 ELEANOR J., born in Kentucky, 
 married in Sangamon county to Phineas 
 Jordan, had four children, and he died. 
 She married James Hibbs, had one child, 
 and Mrs. Hibbs died in Logan county, 
 Illinois. 
 
 Mrs. Nancy Robison died Aug. 30, 
 1840, and John Robison died in 1841. 
 She in Logan, and he in Sangamon coun- 
 ty, Illinois. 
 
 ROBINSON, JAMES T., was 
 born Jan. 21, 1808, at New Malton, York- 
 shire, England. Of his ancestors, Thomas 
 Robinson, merchant of Malton, England, 
 died Oct. 23, 1779, aged sixty-eight years. 
 His son, Marmaduke, died April 28, 1797, 
 aged seventy-nine. His son, William 
 Barton Robinson, married Alice Black- 
 burn. They had four children. Their 
 two youngest were James T. and Barton, 
 sketches of whom are herewith given. 
 James T. came to New York in 1829, 
 traveled through the Eastern States and 
 Canada, and came to Sangamon county, 
 111., arriving in December, 1830, in Buffa- 
 lo Hart Grove, just in time to witness 
 the "deep snow." He bought land there, 
 and was married Oct. 10, 1832, to Miner- 
 va Starr. They had five children in San- 
 gamon county, Illinois. 
 
 EMMA L., born Feb. i, 1834, died, 
 unmarried, Sept. 13, 1868, in Sangamon 
 county.
 
 624 
 
 EARLY SETTLERS OF 
 
 EDMUND H., born Dec. 31, 1835, 
 was married Oct., 1874, to Harriet Chap- 
 man. They reside near Buffalo Hart, 
 Sangamon county, 111. 
 
 WILLIAM B., born May 29, 1838, 
 enlisted July 25, 1862, for three years, in 
 Co. I, H4th 111. Inf. He was captured at 
 the battle of Guntown, Miss., June 10, 
 1864, was taken to Anderson ville prison, 
 entering about the i8th of June; remain- 
 ed three months; taken to Savannah, 
 thence to Millen; back to Savannah, and 
 from there to Florence, South Carolina, 
 where he remained three months, and on 
 the approach of Sherman's army was re- 
 moved to Goldsboro', North Carolina, 
 where he was paroled Feb. 2-", 1865; re- 
 leased at Wilmington the next day, and 
 honorably discharged at Springfield May 
 30, 1865. He was married Feb. 21, 1867, 
 to Arminta Burns. They have two chil- 
 dren, JOHN B. and ALICE CAREY, 
 and reside two miles north of Buffalo, 
 Sangamon county, Illinois 1874. 
 
 JOHN B., born Nov. 21, 1839, enlist- 
 ed at Spi'ingfield July, 1861, in what be- 
 came Co. B, nth Mo. Inf., for three years. 
 He was killed in battle at luka, Miss., 
 Sept. 19, 1862, and buried on the field. 
 
 CHARLES, born Sept. 25, 1845, 
 raised in Sangamon county, spent three 
 years, 1870, '71 and '72, in Oregon, is un- 
 married, and lives with his mother. 
 
 James T. Robinson died Dec. 8, 1871? 
 and his widow resides two miles south of 
 Buffalo Hart station, Sangamon county, 
 Illinois. 
 
 Mr. Robinson had business east, and in 
 the spring of 1831 he embarked on the 
 steamboat Talisman, in the Sangamon 
 river, near Springfield, and went as far as 
 St. Louis on that boat, and from there to 
 Pittsburg on another boat, and over the 
 Allegheny mountains, by stage, to Phila- 
 delphia. The Talisman was the only 
 steamboat that ever ascended the Sanga- 
 mon river. 
 
 ROBINSON, BARTON, was 
 born May 19, 1819, at New Mai ton, 
 Yorkshire, England; studied medicine 
 and graduated with the degree of M. D., 
 in London. He came to America, and 
 joined his brother, James T., at Buffalo 
 Hart Grove, in Dec., 1831. He was mar- 
 ried in Sangamon county, May, 1833, to 
 Mahala Barber. They had two living 
 
 children in Sangamon county, and in the 
 year 1836 Dr. Robinson and Jabez Capps 
 laid out the town of Mt. Pulaski, 111. 
 He moved there, and continued in the 
 practice of medicine. They had two liv- 
 ing children in Mt. Pulaski, and in 1858 
 moved to Lynn countv, Kansas, taking 
 their four sons with them, namely 
 
 HERBERT, born in Sangamon coun- 
 ty, married in Kansas to Hester Black- 
 burn. They have five children, and live 
 near Farlinville, Kansas. 
 
 JAMES, born in Sangamon county, 
 married in Kansas to Cassander Black- 
 burn, has four children, and lives near 
 Farlinville, Kansas. 
 
 LANDER, born in Mt. Pulaski, 111., 
 married in Kansas to Jennie Blackburn, 
 and lives near Farlinville, Kansas. 
 
 FREMONT, born in Mt. Pulaski, 
 Illinois, resides with his parents near 
 Farlinville, Linn county, Kansas. 
 
 Dr. Barton Robinson and his wife re- 
 side near Farlinville, Kansas. 
 
 William Blackburn and Alice Southing- 
 ton were married Nov. 30, 1725. They 
 were both of Sneaton, England. They 
 had five children. Their fourth child, 
 John, born at Sneaton, Dec. 15, 1733, O. 
 S.. married Oct. 6, 1763, N. S., at Malton, 
 to Bertha Turner. Their fifth child, 
 Alice Blackburn, married William Barton 
 Robinson, at Malton. The names of two 
 of their sons, James T. and Barton, head 
 the preceding sketches. 
 
 ROBINSON, WM., R., was 
 born about 1776, in England. When he 
 was ten or twelve years old, his parents 
 came to America, and settled in Virginia. 
 When he attained to manhood he went to 
 Blount county, Tenn., and was there mar- 
 ried, in 1808, to Sarah Witcher. They 
 had five children in Tennessee, and moved 
 to Barren county, Ky., where six children 
 were born, and then moved to Sangamon 
 county, 111., arriving in what is now Wil- 
 liams township, in 1836. One of their 
 children only resides in Sangamon coun- 
 
 ty 
 
 JANE, the third child, born in Ten- 
 nessee, married in Sangamon county to 
 Abel Yocum. See his name. 
 
 The children are scattered all the way 
 to the Pacific coast. The family moved 
 to Logan county, where the parents both 
 died in 1860.
 
 SANGAMON COUNT. 
 
 ROBINSON, MRS. ANN, 
 whose maiden name was Norris, was born 
 May 5, 1779, in Harford county, Mary- 
 land. She was married there, in 1805, to 
 Richard Robinson, a native of the same 
 county. They had two children, and Mr. 
 Robinson died in Baltimore, Nov. 5, 1811. 
 Mrs. Robinson, with two sisters, Temper- 
 ance Norris, born May 4, 1775, and Eliza- 
 beth, born March 22, 1777, and Mrs. 
 Robinson's two children, moved to 
 Springfield, 111., arriving in March, 1835. 
 Of her two children 
 
 ARNOLD R., born Dec. 10, 1807, 
 in Baltimore, Md., came to Springfield, 
 111., in 1835, was married at Jacksonville, 
 111., March 19, 1840, to Eliza Robison, 
 who was born July 4, 1822, in the city of 
 New York. Mr. and Mrs. Robinson re- 
 side in Springfield, 111. A. R. Robinson 
 has been for many years an active Free 
 Mason and Odd Fellow, having taken all 
 the degrees in both orders, and always 
 holding some official position. He is 
 Secretary of St. Paul's Lodge of Masons, 
 No. 500; is Grand Tyler of the Grand 
 Chapter, and Grand Council of the State 
 of Illinois. He has been six years in the 
 employ of the- United States Government 
 as Custodian of the U. S. Court House 
 and Postoffice, in Springfield, Illinois. 
 
 PRISCILLA, born August 9, 1809, 
 in Baltimore, Md., lives with her brother, 
 Arnold R., in Springfield. 
 
 Mrs. Ann Robinson died July 30, 1860, 
 in Springfield, Illinois. Of her two sis- 
 ters who came with her Temperance 
 died Feb. 4, 1849, and Elizabeth died Dec 
 20, 1872, both in Springfield, Illinois. 
 
 ROBINSON, MRS. MARY, 
 whose maiden name was Mayhew, was 
 born Sept. 9, 1786, at Martha's Vineyard, 
 Mass. Zenas Robinson was born Aug. 
 i, 1782, in Falmouth, Mass. They were 
 married Sept. 14, 1814, at Cincinnati, O., 
 and had one child there. Mr. Robin- 
 son took his family to Big Bone Lick, 
 Boone county, Ky., where he was fulfill- 
 ing a building contract, and one child was 
 born there. They returned to Hamilton 
 county, O., and had one child near Car- 
 thage. Mr. Robinson moved in 1825 to 
 Grand Gulf, Miss., and died there Nov. 8, 
 1828 or '9. His widow and children re- 
 turned to Cincinnati to her parents. She 
 remained there until 1836, when she re- 
 moved, in company with her daughter 
 
 -79 
 
 and son in-law, to Sangamon county, 
 eight miles west of Springfield. Of the 
 three children 
 
 BENJAMIN S., born July 24, 1815, 
 in Cincinnati, O. He studied medicine 
 and attended lectures at the Medical Col- 
 lege of Ohio, session of 1839 and '40, and 
 came to Sangamon county, arriving Nov. 
 3, 1840, at the house of his mother and 
 sister on Spring creek, having taken his 
 last cigar and last glass of intoxicating 
 drink that day in Springfield. Dr. Rob- 
 inson was married May 20, 1846, to 
 Sophronia Earnest. 'They had six living 
 children. HELEN F., born March 23, 
 1849, married September 26, 1872, to 
 Alexander L. Patteson. They have one 
 child, HELEN A., and live two miles south- 
 west of Curran, Sangamon county, 111. 
 LOUISA, born Sept. 7, 1852, MARY 
 ALLETTA, born April 17, 1854, A. 
 MAYHEW, born June 28, 1856, LIZ- 
 ZIE E., born May 9, 1858, and FRED- 
 ERICK A., born Jan. 5, 1867. The five 
 latter reside with their parents, two and a 
 quarter miles northeast of Curran, Sanga- 
 mon county, 111. 
 
 Dr. B. S. Robinson commenced practice 
 in 1841, within two miles of where he 
 now resides. He is now (Nov. 22, 1873,) 
 the oldest practitioner in Sangamon 
 county. 
 
 CHRISTIANA M., born in 1818, in 
 Boone county, Ky., married J. Munson 
 Beach. See his name. 
 
 CHARLES W., born in 1821, died, 
 aged eleven years. 
 
 Mrs. Mary Robinson was married in 
 1852 to Joshua Brown. See his name. 
 She died May 29, 1861, in Sangamon 
 county, 111. 
 
 RODGERS, ROBERT B., 
 born Aug. I, 1793, in Westmoreland 
 county, Pa. Catharine A. Huggins was 
 born Feb. ir, 1800, in Liverpool, Perry 
 county, Pa. They were married and had 
 eight children in Pennsylvania, and moved 
 to Medina county, O., where one child was 
 born, and from there to Sangamon county, 
 111., arriving in the spring of 1837 m 
 what is now Clear Lake township, east of 
 the river, where two children were born. 
 Of their twelve children 
 
 LUCETTA, born Jan. i, 1814, in 
 Dauphin county, Pa., married in Wooster, 
 O., to Charles McClure. She died there 
 in 1844, leaving three children,
 
 626 
 
 EARL? SE7TLERS OF 
 
 THOMAS, born April 5, 1816, in 
 Perry county, Pa., married in Sangamon 
 county, to Catharine Hazlitt. They had 
 seven children; two died young. LU- 
 CETTA is married, and lives in Iowa. 
 ALFRED, MARY C., LOUISA and 
 THOMAS, Jun., live with their mother. 
 Thomas Rodgers died in 1852, and his 
 widow and children live one and a half 
 miles north of Riverton, 111. 
 
 JANE, born November, 1819, in 
 Perry county, Pa., married in Wooster, 
 O., to William McClure. They died, 
 leaving two children. 
 
 REBECCA, born May 30, 1821, in 
 Dauphin county, Pa., married in Sanga- 
 mon county to James Morton. They 
 have eight living children. THOMAS 
 married Sarah Smith, and lives near 
 Sadoris, 111. AMANDA married Avery 
 Constant, and lives near Williamsville, 
 111. MARY C. married James W. Wil- 
 son. See his name. CAROLINE mar- 
 ried Jefferson Yocom. See his name. 
 JOSEPHINE, LUCY J., ANN R. and 
 JAMES W., live with their parents. 
 James Morton and wife reside near 
 Sadoris, Champaign county, 111 1874. 
 
 AMANDA, born Aug. 17, 1826, in 
 Dauphin county, Pa., married Dec. n, 
 1845, m Sangamon county, to William 
 Steele, who was born April 2, 1821, in 
 Carlisle, Ky. They had six children. 
 ELIZABETH C. married Charles Wilk- 
 ison, who was born Nov. 6, 1838, in 
 Stark county, O. They have two child- 
 ren, WILLIAM and JOSEPHINE, and live in 
 Riverton, 111. Mr. Wilkison served three 
 months from April, 1861 in the I3th 
 Ohio Inf. He enlisted at Springfield, 
 Feb. 2, 1865, for one year, in Co. I, 7th 
 111. Cav., served until Nov. 4, 1865, when 
 he was honorably discharged. JOHN H., 
 born Feb. 19, 1846, enlisted Feb. 2, 1865, 
 for one year, in Co. I, 7th 111. Cav., served 
 until Nov. 4, 1865, when he was honorably 
 discharged. He was married to Euphemia 
 Wilson. They have two children, and live 
 in Riverton, 111. ROBERT F. married 
 Emily R. Mann, and live in Riverton. 
 HARRIET married John Wood, and 
 died Nov. 20, 1873, having been married 
 but three weeks. GEORGANA married 
 Benjamin F. Flagg in Sangamon county, 
 and lives in Muskegon, Mich. ALFA- 
 RETTA lives with her mother. William 
 Steele enlisted for three years in 1863, in 
 
 Co. A, n6th 111. Inf., and died in St. 
 Louis, March, 1864. His widow resides 
 at Riverton, Sangamon county, 111. 
 
 MART,\)ovK Nov. 17, 1827, in Dau- 
 phin county, Pa., married in Sangamon 
 county to J. C. Harris. She had eight 
 children, and died in Christian county, 111. 
 Robert B. Harris, the last one of her 
 children, was scalded to death at Riverton, 
 Dec. 22, 1873. 
 
 JOHN, born July 9, 1830, in Dauphin 
 county, Pa., raised in Sangamon county, 
 enlisted at Springfield, September, 1861, 
 for three years, in Co. A, 3d 111. Cav., 
 served full term, and was honorably dis- 
 charged at Springfield, September, 1864. 
 He was married Oct. 9, 1865, at Riverton, 
 to Mrs. Nancy J. Harsh, whose maiden 
 name was Kinder. She was born Dec. 4, 
 1844, in Wythe county, Va. They have 
 three children, IDAHO, PARLEY and 
 ASA, and reside two miles southeast of 
 Illiopolis, 111. 1874. 
 
 CAROLINE, born Nov. 24, 1834, in 
 Dauphin county, Pa., is unmarried, and 
 lives with her brothers in Sangamon 
 county. 
 
 RICHARD, born June 5, 1836, near 
 Wooster, Medina county, O., married 
 Dec. 25, 1867, in Sangamon county, to 
 Mary A. Major. They have two living 
 children, LOUIS and BYRON, and live 
 in Riverton, 111. 
 
 SAMUEL D., born Nov. 28, 1838, in 
 Sangamon county, enlisted July 25, 1862, 
 for three years, in Co. I, H4th 111. Inf., 
 served until May 14, 1863, when he was 
 honorably discharged on account of phy- 
 sical disability. He was married Dec. 7, 
 1865, to Emma Yocom. They have two 
 living children, LEONA and ELLEN 
 MAUD, and reside in Riverton, Sanga- 
 mon county, 111. 1874. 
 
 ROBERT, born Sept. 7, 1842, in San- 
 gamon county, enlisted in 1861 in Co. , 
 7th 111. Inf., for three months, and died at 
 Cairo, July 9, 1861. 
 
 Robert R. Rodgers died March 25, 
 1862, and Mrs. Catharine A. Rodgers died 
 April, 1864, both near Riverton, Sanga- 
 mon county, 111. 
 
 ROGERS, JOTHAM S., 
 was born June 25, 1816, in Bangor, Maine, 
 came to Springfield, 111., in 1837, and was 
 married to Mary A. Benham, who died 
 without children in 1843. Mr. Rogers 
 was married May 27, 1848, to Sarah
 
 SANG AM ON COUNTY. 
 
 627 
 
 Elder. See Elder family. Mr. and 
 Mrs. Rogers had two children in Spring- 
 field 
 
 HANSON G. died at eight years of 
 age. 
 
 MART LOUISA, born July 14, 1850, 
 in Springfield, married, May 2, 1868, to 
 Josiah P. Kent, and had one child. Mrs. 
 Kent married the second time, May 29, 
 1873, to John Hunter. See the Elder 
 family. Mr. and Mrs. Hunter moved, in 
 1875, from DesMoines, Iowa, to Wash- 
 ington, D. C. 
 
 Jonathan! S. Rogers died July 3, 1857, 
 in Springfield, and his widow was mar- 
 ried, Feb. 7, 1859,10 Isaac Lindsay. See 
 his name. 
 
 ROLL, JACOB C., was born 
 April 4, 1782, at Springfield, Essex coun- 
 ty, N. J. Sarah Pierson was born July 
 23, 1786, in the siime town. They were 
 there married, Oct. 9, 1810. One child 
 was born in New Jersey, and the family 
 moved, in 1813, to Cincinnati, Ohio, where 
 they had one living child. In the sum- 
 mer of 1825, Mr. Roll loaded a keel boat 
 at Cincinnati with family stores and mer- 
 chandise. He went down the Ohio to its 
 mouth, and when he had ascended the 
 Mississippi river about thirty miles, his 
 boat sunk. By that accident he lost the 
 principal part of his goods. Securing 
 what he could from the wreck, he con- 
 tinued to ascend the rivers, and reached 
 Sangamo, in Sangamon county, Oct. 10, 
 1825. There, in connection with Ebene- 
 zer Brighain, he commenced merchandis- 
 ing, and at the same time began to 
 improve some land. One eighty acre lot 
 that he broke and fenced, foiled some 
 other man, who was evil disposed, and 
 his fences were destroyed, hay burned and 
 other depredations committed, but the 
 parties who did it all passed away, and he 
 enjoyed the land peaceably for many 
 years after. Of the two children brought 
 to Sangamon county 
 
 PIERSON, born July 31, 1811, in 
 Springfield, N. J., married in Sangamon 
 county, Oct. 12, 1837, to Rachel Carman, 
 who was born Feb. 19, 1814, in New 
 York or Pennsylvania. They had two 
 living children AMELIA H., born in 
 Sangamon county, March 29, 1838, mar- 
 ried, June 7, 1855, to Henry Shoemaker. 
 They had seven children, CHARLES p., 
 
 SARAH, CHRISTOPHER, MARY, CATHA- 
 
 RINE, JACOB and MARGARET A., and re- 
 side in Gardner township, six miles north- 
 west of Springfield, Illinois. MARY 
 M., born Nov. 10, 1839, in Sangamon 
 -county, married, March 3, 1859, to James 
 Moyer, who was born Sept. 19, 1838, in 
 Lancaster county, Penn. They have four 
 children, SARAH E., CATHARINE, MARY 
 and DRUZILLA, and reside in Gardner 
 township, north of the river. Mrs. 
 Rachel Roll died Oct. 19, 1841, and Pier- 
 son Roll was married, May 8, 1845, to 
 Catharine Spencer. They had thirteen 
 children, four of whom died young. Of 
 the other nine MARGARET A., born 
 Aug. 17, 1846, married, April 29, 1863, to 
 Joshua Jones, who was born Dec. 20, 
 1840, in Franklin county, Ohio. They 
 had four children, WILLIAM p., JAMES B., 
 WILLARD M. and PERCY MELVILLE; the 
 latter died, aged two years. Mr. and 
 Mrs. Jones live east of the river, in Salis- 
 bury township, Sangamon county, 111. 
 SARAH P., born Sept. 19, 1848, mar- 
 ried, May 24, 1866, to William J. Schroy- 
 er, who was born Jan. 7, 1836, in Fayette 
 county, Penn. Mr. and Mrs. Schroyer 
 live with her parents. JACOB C. and 
 JAMES B. live with their parents. 
 PHCEBE D. married, Jan. 18, 1876, to 
 John E. Roll, son of Alpheus Roll. See 
 his name. ROMOLD, JUDY, WIL- 
 LIAM N. and JOHN S.; the four latter 
 live with their parents. Pierson Roll and 
 family reside north of the Sangamon 
 river, six miles northwest of Springfield, 
 Illinois. 
 
 CHARLES Z>., born Aug. 28, 1818, 
 in Cincinnati, died in Sangamon county, 
 June 2 1, 1839. 
 
 Jacob C. Roll died Jan. 25, 1849, and 
 his widow died Jan. 28, 1861, both in 
 Gardner township, Sangamon county, Illi- 
 nois. 
 
 ROLL, WILLIAM, was born 
 near Springfield, Essex county, N. J. He 
 engaged in school teaching at Green Vil- 
 lage, Morris county, and was there married, 
 Feb. 9, 1809, to Mary Eddy, who was 
 born Feb. 18, 1793. They had eight 
 children, and moved to Sangamon county, 
 111., arriving June 7, 1830, at the house of 
 his great-uncle, Jacob C. Roll, near the 
 town of Sangamo, and a few weeks later 
 moved into the town, where they had 
 one child. Of their nine children
 
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 EARLY SET1LERS OF 
 
 ANN P., born August 11, 1810, in 
 New Jersey, married in Sangamon county, 
 to Alfred Riley. They had four children; 
 one died, aged fifteen. WILLIAM, born 
 April n, 1835, is married, and lives in* 
 Springfield, 111. LUTHER, born Oct. 
 10, 1836, is married, and lives in Spring- 
 field, 111. HARRIET lives with her 
 mother. Alfred Riley was run over by a 
 team in the streets of Springfield, and 
 after two days' suffering, died Nov. 23, 
 1870. His widow lives in Springfield, 
 Illinois. 
 
 PHEBE L., born March i, 1812, in 
 New Jersey, married Thomas S. Edwards, 
 who died in Bureau county. She lives 
 with her brother, John E. Roll. 
 
 JOHN E., born June 9, 1814, at 
 Green Village, N. J. came to Sangamon 
 county June y, 1830, married Jan. 31, 
 1839, to Harriet Vandyke, who was born 
 Jan. 29, 1815, in New York City. They 
 had three living children in Springfield. 
 WILLIAM V., born November 6, 1839, 
 FRANK P., born March 7, 1852, and 
 JOHN L., born June 25, 1854, all live 
 with their parents. In coming to Sanga- 
 mon county J. E. Roll walked from St. 
 Louis, with Clawson Lacy and Alfred 
 Riley. While the family lived in Sanga- 
 rno, Abraham Lincoln built the boat 
 spoken of in his biography. He began 
 in March, 1831, just as the deep snow 
 went off. Mr. Roll made the pins for 
 putting the boat together. They made a 
 canoe to go with the boat as a yawl. John 
 Seaman and Walters Carman got into it 
 to take the first ride. It upset with them, 
 and floated away while they took refuge 
 in a tree. Lincoln saved them by swim- 
 ming to the tree with a log, having a 
 long rope attached. After getting all on 
 it, those on shore drew it in. J. E. Roll 
 learned the trade of a plasterer and brick 
 mason, and for thirty years followed the 
 business of building and dealing in real 
 estate, having built about one hundred 
 houses, on his own account, in Spring- 
 field. He has been in the boot and shoe 
 trade for the last seventeen years. J. E. 
 Roll and family reside in Springfield, Illi- 
 nois. 
 
 MART C., born Nov. 29, 1816, in 
 New Jersey, married in Sangamon coun- 
 ty, May 2, 1840, to John Bagby. They 
 have four children, and lives near Marion 
 Centre, Kansas. 
 
 ELIZABETH W., born April 22, 
 1819, in New Jersey, married in Sanga- 
 mon county to Isaac H. Smith, who was 
 born either in North or South Carolina, 
 and died in 1851, in Springfield, leaving 
 a widow and five children. Of their 
 children: WILLIAM married Esther 
 R. Brokaw, have three living children, 
 ADA, LIDA and LILLIE, and live in Mason 
 City, 111. JOHN was killed by a passing 
 train on a railroad, in childhood. ELIZA 
 P., born July 26, 1848, married George 
 E. Mott. See his name. Their son, 
 HARRY w., died Aug. 27, 1876, aged six 
 years and five months. JAMES and 
 EDWARD live in Springfield. Mrs. 
 Elizabeth W. Smith resides in Spring- 
 field, Illinois. 
 
 SARAH and WILLIAM, twins, 
 born August 19, 1822, in New Jersey. 
 
 SARAH, married in Sangamon coun- 
 ty to William P. Short, had seven child- 
 ren; three died young. WILLIAM died 
 in the Union army. William P. Short 
 and family reside near Teheran, Mason 
 county, Illinois. 
 
 WILLIAM died in Springfield, Aug. 
 24, 1839. 
 
 NANCT, born March 13, 1828, in 
 New Jersey, married in Sangamon coun- 
 ty to Jeremiah Riggins, have five living 
 children, and reside in Mason City, Illi- 
 nois. 
 
 ALP HE US P., born Sept. 17, 1830, 
 in Sangarno, Sangamon county, 111., mar- 
 ried in Mason county to Mary Mosslan- 
 der. They have four children. Their 
 son, JOHN E., was married Jan. 18, 1876, 
 in Sangamon county, to Phoebe D. Roll, 
 daughter of Pierson Roll. See his name. 
 John E. Roll and wife live near Teheran, 
 111. The other three children live with 
 their parents. Alpheus P. Roll and fam- 
 ily reside near Teheran, Mason county, 
 Illinois. 
 
 William Roll died August u, 1844, in 
 Sangamon county, and his widow lives 
 with her daughter, Mrs. Riggins, in 
 Mason City, Illinois. 
 
 RpSS, MRS. NANCY, was 
 born in 1777, in Essex county, N. J. Her 
 maiden name was Dunn. Her father, 
 Jeremiah Dunn, was captain of a com- 
 pany of New Jersey rangers in the Revo- 
 lutionary army, and was killed July 28, 
 1778, at the head of his company, at the 
 battle of Monmouth, N. J. He left a
 
 SANGAMON COUNT*. 
 
 629 
 
 widow with one son and three daughters. 
 The widow never married, although she 
 survived her husband sixty years. Their 
 daughter Nancy, whose name heads this 
 sketch, was married in 1795 to William 
 Ross, who was born in the same county, 
 Feb. 14, 1769. They were married in 
 Essex county, had six children there, and, 
 in 1813, moved to Cinci nati, O., where 
 seven children were born. William Ross 
 died there of cholera, Nov. 18, 1832. Mrs. 
 Nancy Ross moved with some of her 
 children to Sangamon c ^unty, 111., arriving 
 in the fall of 1839 in Round Prairie, four 
 miles east of Springfield, and the next 
 year moved to what is now Cooper town- 
 ship. Seven of her children died young. 
 Of the other six 
 
 HETJ^Y, born in 1796 in New Jersey, 
 married in Cincinnati, O., to Jonathan L. 
 Cory, who died near Natchez, Miss., 
 while there on business. He left one 
 child, WILLIAM ROSS CORY, born 
 March 18, 1823, in Cincinnati, and came 
 to Sangamon county with one of his 
 uncles previous to 1840, and was married 
 in Springfield to Icy Isabel Deck. They 
 had four children, three of whom died 
 under eight years. WILLIAM R., Jun., 
 born Jan. 16, 1847, in Sangamon county, 
 married Sept. 12, 1875, to Annetta Deyo. 
 William R. Cory, Jun., is a teacher, and 
 resides in Rochester, 111. Mrs. Icy I. 
 Cory died in 1855, and Mr. Cory was 
 married Sept. 22, 1859, to Christiana 
 Clements, who was born July 22, 1836,111 
 Montgomery county, Md. They have 
 five living chihlren, JOHN A., ANNIE i., 
 ALICE A., ELLA L. and CLARA H. Wil- 
 liam Ross Cory resides in Springfield, 
 111. Mrs. Hetty Cory married in Cincin- 
 nati to Martin H. Flagg, and moved to 
 Springfield in 1838. They had five child- 
 ren ; twins died young; one lives in Cin- 
 cinnati and two in Minnesota. Mr. Flagg 
 died in 1843 * n Springfield, and his widow 
 went to Cincinnati and died of cholera, 
 July 3, 1849. 
 
 NANCY, born about 1800 in New Jer- 
 sey, married in Cincinnati, in 1817, to 
 Bennajh English, born near Philadelphia, 
 and was a soldier in the war of 1812. He 
 died in Cincinnati in 1837, l eavm g a 
 widow and two children. They came 
 to Sangamon county in 1840. AFFAL- 
 INDA married John Tunnicliffe, and 
 lives in St. Louis. BENNAJH married 
 
 Sarah Firey, and lives in Cooper town- 
 ship. Mrs. Nancy English resides with 
 her son in Cooper township, Sangamon 
 county, 111. 
 
 WILLIAM R., born Oct. 3. 1809, in 
 Rahway, Essex county, N. J., married in 
 Cincinnati, O., May 18, 1834, to Ann 
 Flagg. They had two children born in 
 Cincinnati, and moved to Springfield, 111., 
 in 1838, and from there to Cooper town- 
 ship, where Mrs. Ross died, Feb. 18,1844. 
 Mr. Ross was married Dec. 28, 1845, to 
 Mary E. Crowl. They had six children. 
 Of his children LAURETTA, born 
 April 13, 1835, in Cincinnati, married in 
 Sangamon county, Dec. 15, 1851, to 
 Henry O. Stafford". They had four child- 
 ren; two died young, and Mrs. Stafford 
 died Dec. 7, 1859. Of her two children, 
 ORLANDO c. lives with his father in Deca- 
 tur; LAURETTA A. resides with her grand- 
 father Ross. ADELIA, born in Cincin- 
 nati, died in Sangamon county May 22, 
 1854, in her seventeenth year. By the 
 second marriage GEORGE R., MOR- 
 DECAI V. and JOSEPH H., live 
 with their parents. William R. Ross and 
 family reside three miles east of Rochester, 
 Sangamon county, 111. 
 
 ANDRE W J., born March 8, 1815, 
 in Cincinnati, was married in Sangamon 
 county June n, 1843, to Elizabeth Lord, 
 who died Nov. 26, 1865, leaving five 
 children, WILLIM R. ANDRDW J., 
 Jun., LOUISA J., JESSE E. and 
 HENRY H. A. J. Ross married Oct. 
 10, 1868, in St. Louis, to Mi's. Elizabeth 
 Viler, whose maiden name was Ford. 
 They have three children, RICHARD 
 M., MILES M. and MILTON R., and 
 reside three miles north of Berry station, 
 or Clarksville, Sangamon county, 111. 
 
 CHARLOTTE Z>., born in 1816, in 
 Cincinnati, married there to W. H. Mor- 
 ris, raised a family, came to Sangamon 
 county on a visit, and died suddenly at the 
 house of her brother, William R. Ross, 
 Aug. 8, 1871. Her remains were taken 
 back for interment in Spring Grove Cem- 
 etery, Cincinnati, O. 
 
 LOUISA y., born in Cincinnati, mar- 
 ried in Sangamon county, 111., to Milton 
 Ross. He died Aug. 20, 1845, an ^ h' s 
 widow resides three and three-quarter miles 
 east of Rochester. 
 
 Mrs. Nancy Ross died Feb. 24, 1852, in 
 Cooper township. The remains of her
 
 630 
 
 EARLY SETTLERS OF 
 
 husband (William Ross) were removed 
 from Catharine street Cemetery, Cincin- 
 nati, by their son, William R., and depos- 
 ited by her side in Cooper township, in 
 1870. 
 
 ROSS, WILLIAM, was born 
 Jan. 9, 1801, in North Carolina. His 
 father, John Ross, was born in Scotland, 
 and came to America before the Revolu- 
 tion. He was a soldier from North Caro- 
 lina in the Revolution, for five years, 
 when he was wounded, and thus disabled 
 for further service. He was married in 
 North Carolina, and moved to Adair 
 county, Ky., when the subject of this 
 sketch was a boy. William Ross and 
 Maria Willis were there married, in 1827, 
 and had four children in Adair county. 
 They moved to Sangamon county, Illi- 
 nois, arriving in Nov., 1836, in what is 
 now Gardner township, where three chil- 
 dren were born. Of their seven child- 
 ren 
 
 MARTHA, born Jan. 10, 1829, in 
 Adair county, Ky., married May 13, 1845, 
 in Sangamon county, to Matthias Miller, 
 who was born April, 1819, in Germany. 
 They had five living children SARAH 
 E., born April 17, 1846, married, May 17, 
 1860, to John L. Gard. See his name. 
 GEORGE W. enlisted April, 1864, in 
 Co. B, 1 1 4th 111. Inf. From over exer- 
 tion, lack of food and exposure at the 
 battle of Guntown, June 10, 1864, he was 
 sent home on sick furlough, and died Feb. 
 6, 1865. ALFRED F. lives with his 
 parents. FLORENCE married, Jan. 3, 
 1871, to Alexander Campbell, have one 
 child, FRANKLIN M., and reside near 
 Farmingdale, Sangamon county, Illinois. 
 VIRGINIA lives with her parents. 
 Matthias Miller and wife reside one and 
 one-half mile south of Salisbury, Sanga- 
 mon county, Illinois. 1874. 
 
 SARAH J., born Feb. 14, 1831, in 
 Kentucky, married James Short, had two 
 children, and he died, and she married 
 Frank Ernst. They have six children, 
 and live one mile north of Farmingdale, 
 Illinois. 
 
 ALFRED, born March 18, 1833, in 
 Adair county, Ky., married in Sangamon 
 county, April 2, 1856, to Rachel E. Gard. 
 They'have seven children, JASPER N., 
 ANNIE MAY, CHARLES LIN- 
 COLN, JOHN WM., ZULAIDA, MA- 
 RIA JANE and OLIVER F., and live 
 
 two miles northeast of Richland station, 
 Sangamon county, Illinois. 
 
 JOHN W., born April 24, 1835, in 
 Kentucky, and raised in Sangamon county. 
 He enlisted in 1862, in Co. D, 33d 111. 
 Inf., for three years, had one leg shot off, 
 in an assault on the rebel fortifications at 
 Vicksburg, June 22, and died in hospital, 
 July i, 1863. 
 
 MART E., born Oct., 1838, in Sanga- 
 mon county, married John P. Goodman, 
 have five children, and reside at Monti- 
 cello, Piatt county, Illinois. 
 
 OLIVER M., born in Sangamon 
 county, married Rachel Laborrence, have 
 two children, and reside near McLean, 
 McLean county, Illinois. 
 
 J ULIA A., born in Sangamon coun- 
 ty, married Charles Stough, have two 
 children, and reside in Monticello, Piatt 
 county, Illinois. 
 
 W INFIELD S., born in 1851 in 
 Sangamon county, resides with his mother 
 and brother, Oliver M. 
 
 William Ross died Oct. 27, 1862, in 
 Gardner township, and his widow resides 
 with her two youngest sons, near McLean, 
 McLean county, Illinois 1874. 
 
 ROYAL, THOMAS, Was born 
 about 17=58, in Manchester, England. He 
 came to America with a comrade about 
 his own age, near the beginning of the 
 war for Independence. They both vol- 
 unteered in the army of the colonists, 
 and his comrade at his side had his head 
 blown completely off. About the same 
 time Mr. Royal was severely wounded 
 by a charge of buckshot entering his 
 ankle, some of which he carried to his 
 grave. After the Revolution he married 
 a Miss Cooper, in Virginia, and raised a 
 family. Mrs. Royal died, and he mar- 
 ried Rebecca Matthews. They moved to 
 Franklin county, Ohio, where Mrs. Re- 
 becca Royal died, leaving one child. Mr. 
 Royal married Mrs. Ellen Brunk. They 
 had one child in Ohio, and moved to San- 
 gamon county, 111., in company with her 
 sons, George and David Brunk, the New- 
 comer family, and others, numbering in 
 all sixty-three persons, arriving in the fall 
 of 1824, in what is now Ball township. 
 Thomas Royal brought two children by 
 his first wife 
 
 WILLIAM, born m 1796, in Virginia, 
 
 entered the ministry in connection with 
 
 . the M. E. church, in Ohio. He came to
 
 SANGAMON COUNTY. 
 
 631 
 
 Sangamon county in 1826, and after the 
 first three or four years his itinerant con- 
 nection took him out of Sangamon coun- 
 ty, but he remained in Illinois until 1853^ 
 when he went to Oregon. He died in 
 Salem, Sept. 29, 1870, leaving a family 
 there. 
 
 MAR Y, born in Virginia, and married 
 in Ohio to Absolom Meredith. See his 
 name. 
 
 By the second wife- 
 
 REBECCA, born July 30, 1812, in 
 Ohio, married in Sangamon county to 
 Jacob Boyd. See his name. 
 
 By the third marriage 
 
 JOSEPH B., born Nov. i, 1816, in 
 Franklin county, near Columbus, Ohio, 
 was married in Sangamon county, Aug. 
 19, 1841, to Louisa Downing. She died 
 Jan. 8, 1853, in Vermont, Fulton county, 
 111., leaving four children ; two died young. 
 THOMAS M. was married in Washing- 
 ton county, 111., to Sarah M. Kelso, and 
 lives in Chatsworth, 111. ELEANOR 
 E. married James M. Little, and lives in 
 McDonough county, near Vermont, Ful- 
 ton county, 111. Joseph B. Royal was 
 married Oct. 23, 1853, at Vermont, 111., 
 to Mrs. Elsey McHendry whose maiden 
 name was Boyle. She had one child, 
 SARAH C. McHENDRY, and Mr. 
 and Mrs. Royal have three children, 
 GEORGE A., MOLLIE M. and 
 EUGENE D. The family live at Ver- 
 mont, Fulton county, 111. Joseph B. 
 Royal is pastor of the Christian church 
 there. 
 
 Thomas Royal died August, 1834, and 
 his widow died September, 1844, both in 
 Ball township, Sangamon county, 111. 
 
 RUCKER, THOMAS, was 
 born Oct. 29, 1807, in Caldwell county, 
 Ky. The first of the name in America 
 was John Rucker, a native of France. 
 On the voyage to America the vessel in 
 which he sailed was wrecked about twelve 
 miles from shore, and nearly all on board 
 were lost. Before leaving the wreck Mr. 
 Rucker took the precaution to tie a couple 
 of large flasks of rum to his neck, which 
 buoyed him up. By that means, and by 
 taking an occasional drink of it, he was 
 enabled to reach the shore. He settled in 
 Amherst county, Virginia, married and 
 raised a family there, from which has 
 sprung, in a larger sense, one of the most 
 numerous families in the United States. 
 
 Some of his descendants moved to Cald- 
 well county, Kentucky. Thomas Rucker, 
 whose name heads this sketch, was mar- 
 ried in Woodford county, Kentucky, to 
 Diedamia Rucker, who was born in that 
 county Dec. 12, 1805. She was also a 
 descendant of the same John Rucker. 
 Thomas Rucker and wife had one child 
 in Kentucky, and moved to Sangamon 
 county, arriving in the fall of 1832 in 
 what is now Gardner township, where they 
 had five living children. Of their six 
 children 
 
 JAMES H., born June 16, 1832, in 
 Woodford county, Ky., died in Sanga- 
 mon county, Jan. 17, 1852. 
 
 BISHOP EMERY, born Dec. 12, 
 1834, in Sangamon county, married Lu- 
 cinda Shaver. They have two living 
 children, and reside near Taylorville, Illi- 
 nois. 
 
 PERMELIA J., born Dec. 12, 1836, 
 in Sangamon county, married George W. 
 Forden. See his name. 
 
 MARTHA E., born June 2, 1838, in 
 Sangamon county, married Andrew L. 
 Crowl. They have two children, and re- 
 side half a mile west of Sangamon Station, 
 Sangamon county, Illinois. 
 
 JOSHUA Y., born Nov. i, 1841, died 
 Nov. 8, 1861. 
 
 LUCY A., bori July 3, 1843, m San- 
 gamon county, married Thomas Upton, 
 have four children, and live near Summit, 
 Butler county, Neb. 
 
 Mrs. Diedamia Rucker died in the 
 autumn of 1863, and Thomas Rucker 
 was married April 7, 1869, to Mrs. Julia 
 A. Leonard, previously Mrs. Boatwright, 
 whose maiden name was Russell. She 
 was born April 7, 1813, in Murray county, 
 Tenn. Her daughter 
 
 MARY E. Boatwright, married John 
 M. Green. They have two children, 
 CHARLES L. and CALLIE M., and 
 live in Springfield. 
 
 Thomas Rucker and wife reside near 
 the west end of Monroe street railroad, 
 Springfield, 111. 
 
 RUCKEL, DANIEL E., was 
 born May 5, itfii, in New York City. 
 Catharine V. G. Forbes was born Feb. 8, 
 1812, in the same city. They were mar- 
 ried, April 22, 1834, and hatl one child 
 there. Mr. Ruckel came to Springfield in 
 the fall of 1836, and his wife and child 
 came the next spring with his brother
 
 632 
 
 EARLY SETTLERS OF 
 
 Jacob. Mr. and Mrs. Ruckel had three 
 children in Sangamon county. Of their 
 four children 
 
 CATHARINE F., born Feb. 23, 
 1835, in New York City, brought up in 
 Springfield, 111., and married in her native 
 city, Feb. 23, 1859, to Curtis H. Hall. 
 They have two living children, MINNIE 
 and THOMAS, and reside at Senaca 
 Falls, New York. 
 
 EDGAR W., born Jan. 22, 1839, in 
 Springfield, 111. He was in New York 
 City when Fort Sumter was fired upon, 
 and enlisted on the first call for 75,000 
 men, April 16, 1861, in Co. H, 8th New 
 York Inf., for three months, and served 
 full term. He enlisted August 22, 1861, 
 in Co. A, 6th New York Inf., for two 
 years; served full term, being on duty in 
 New York City at the time of the great 
 riots in July, 1863, and was honorably 
 discharged at the expiration of his term 
 of service soon after. Since that time, 
 Springfield, 111., has been his home. He 
 is not yet married. Sept., 1876. 
 
 MA TILDA B., born Nov. 22, 1841, in 
 Springfield 111., married March 3, 1863, in 
 her native place, to William D. Ward, 
 who was born Aug. 10, 1826, in Reading, 
 England, and was brought by his parents 
 to America in 1830. They settled at 
 Zanesville, Ohio, and died there. William 
 D. Ward came to Springfield in 1854. 
 They have two living children, GRACE 
 V. and LIDA F., and reside in Spring- 
 field, 111. Mr. Ward i* engaged in the 
 business of a watchmaker and jeweler. 
 
 ELIZABETH C., born July 29, 
 1844, in Springfield, 111., married Richard 
 H. Dawson. See his name in connec- 
 tion with the Meacham family. 
 
 Daniel E. Ruckel died in Springfield, 
 April 9, 1854, and Mrs. Ruckel was married 
 March 17, 1857, to E. G.Johns. He was 
 accidentally killed by a falling derrick 
 while passing the corner of Fifth and 
 Monroe streets, Springfield, August, 1863. 
 Mrs. Johns resides with her daughter, 
 Mrs. Ward, in Springfield, Illinois. 
 
 RUCKEL, JACOB, was born 
 Oct. 27, 1815, in New York city, and came 
 to Springfield, 111., in the spring of 1837. 
 He was married near Farmington now 
 Farmingdale to Laura A. Stone. They 
 have five living children, namely 
 
 SAMUEL, FANNTA., WAL TER 
 B., JOHN H. and JOSEPH B., who 
 
 live with their parents. 
 
 When the two brothers came to Spring- 
 field they engaged in cabinet-making, and 
 about 1840 went to Sangamo, where they 
 run a saw mill and manufactured cabinet 
 furniture, which they continued about 
 three years, and returned to Springfield. 
 Jacob Ruckel afterwards changed to up- 
 holstery, and is now dealing in paper 
 hangings of every variety, and resides in 
 Springfield, 111. 
 
 RUSK, BENJ. D., was born in 
 Virginia. His father was killed in the 
 Revolutionary army. His son 
 
 ARCHIBALD H., born Nov. 20, 
 1833, in Sangamon county, enlisted on 
 the first call for 75,000 men, April, 1861, 
 in Co. E, 7th 111. Int., for three months; 
 served full term, and was honorably dis- 
 charged. He enlisted in August, 1861, in 
 Co. A, 3d 111. Cav., for three years; served 
 until May, 1862, when he was discharged 
 on account of physical disability. In 
 June, 1863, he was received into Co. E, 
 ii4th III. Inf., in place of his brother, 
 David L. Rusk, who was discharged in 
 consideration of that exchange. In 1865 
 he was transferred to Co. A, 58th 111. Inf; 
 served until April, 1866, when he was 
 honorably discharged at Springfield, and 
 lives in Cotton Hill township. 
 
 DA VID L. was one of the Super- 
 visors of Sangamon county from Cotton 
 Hill township. 
 
 RUTH, REUBEN F., was born 
 Aug. 26, 1815, in Wrightsville, York 
 county, Penn. He came to Springfield in 
 April, 1839, and engaged in the business 
 of a saddle and harness maker. He was 
 married Aug. 11, 1840, in Philadelphia, 
 Penn., to Maria W. Diller, who was born 
 July 20, 1817, in Lancaster county, Penn. 
 They had two children 
 
 J. DILLER, born June 14, 1841, in 
 Springfield, was married in Petersburg, 
 Illinois, to Anna Bacon. They have one 
 child, GEORGI ANA. Mrs. Anna Ruth 
 and her daughter reside in Springfield, 
 Illinois. 
 
 R. FRANCIS, born May 8, 1856, in 
 Springfield, lives with his father. 
 
 Mrs. Maria W. D. Ruth died May 28, 
 1870, in Springfield. 
 
 R. F. Ruth was a member of the firm 
 of Ruth & Hurst, dry goods merchants,
 
 SANGAMON COUNTY. 
 
 633 
 
 fifteen years, terminating in 1875. He 
 served one term as alderman, and four 
 years as Water Works Commissioner. 
 In 1868 he became President of the Ma- 
 rine and Fire Insurance Company Bank, 
 and now 1876 occupies the same posi- 
 tion, and resides in Springfied, Illinois. 
 
 Roland W. Diller, a brother of Mrs. 
 Ruth, was born Oct. 5, 1822, in Chester 
 county, Penn. He came to Springfield 
 in 1844, and worked one year as a prin- 
 ter in the Register office. In 1849 ne 
 engaged in the drug business as a member 
 of the firm of Corneau & Diller. He is 
 now 1876 in the same business, on the 
 same ground east side of the court house 
 square and is the oldest druggist in 
 Springfield. Mr. Diller was married Oct. 
 30, 1850, in Philadelphia, Penn., to Esther 
 C. Ridgeway, a native of that city. They 
 have three children, all born in Spring- 
 field. Emma married David B. Ayers, of 
 Jacksonville, Illinois. They have one 
 child, Marshal Roland, and reside on a 
 farm near Homer, Champaign county, 111. 
 Isaac R. is in the drug business with his 
 father and lives in Springfield. Essie lives 
 with her parents. R. W. Diller and fam- 
 ily reside in Springfield, Illinois. 
 
 SACKETT, CLAUDIUS C., 
 was born Dec. 16, 1813, in that part of 
 Portage which is now Summitt county, 
 Ohio, with Akron as the county seat. Mr. 
 S. came to Waverly, 111., in the fall of 
 1836. During the winter ;-nd spring of 
 1836 and '7 he chopped wood and made 
 rails, and with the money thus earned he 
 walked to Springfield, changed it into 
 silver, entered eighty acres of land in 
 what is now Loami township, and re- 
 turned to Waverly. Mr. Sackett went 
 back to Ohio in the fall of 1837, and came 
 to Sangamon county again in the fall of 
 1839. He was married Dec. 2, 1843, at 
 Waverly, to Sarah Heaton, of Pennsylva- 
 nia. They had two living children 
 
 EMILT z\\& ANNA, who live with 
 their father. Mrs. Sarah Sackett died 
 December, 1847, anc ^ ^-" ^~" Sackett was 
 married Jan. 10, 1849, to Mrs. Juliette 
 Coe, whose maiden name was Shumway. 
 She was born Jan. 25, 1823, in the town 
 of Canisius, Livingston county, N, Y. 
 They have two children 
 80 
 
 R OS COE J. and CLARA A. reside 
 with their parents in Loami township, 
 Sangamon county, three miles northeast 
 of Waverly, Morgan county, 111. 1874. 
 
 In 1841 Mr. Sackett raised some wheat 
 of a superior quality, and the following 
 winter he sent a young man to St. Louis 
 with a load of it to sell. He engaged to 
 take a trunk through, for which he was to 
 receive $5.00. The team was gone just 
 one week, and when it returned the young 
 man had exactly the amount received for 
 carrying the trunk, the money obtained for 
 the wheat having been expended in de- 
 fraying expenses. From this an idea may 
 be formed of the markets for farm pro- 
 ducts at that time. 
 
 SACKETT, THOMAS, was 
 
 brought up near Hamilton, Butler county, 
 Ohio, and was there married to Peggy 
 Martin. They had six children in Ohio, 
 and moved to Sangamon county, near 
 Sa igamo, previous to 1830. Of their 
 children 
 
 D OR CA S, born in Ohio, married in 
 Sangamon county to Levi Batterton. See 
 his name. 
 
 PHEBE married Miles Goodman, and 
 moved first to Iowa, and then to Oregon. 
 
 MAR T married A. Clay Gaines. See 
 his name. 
 
 HARRIET married Thompson Cri- 
 der, and died. 
 
 JOHN, married and moved to Missouri. 
 
 SAMUEL married Cyrena Goodman, 
 and moved to Missouri. 
 
 Mrs. Peggy Sackett died, and Thomas 
 Sackett was twice married. After the 
 death of his third wife he moved to Mis- 
 souri with his sons and died there. 
 
 SAFLEY, ADAM, was born in 
 Loudon county, Virginia, and was mar- 
 ried to Melinda Ferrell, a native of Vir- 
 ginia also. They had one child in Ohio, 
 and came to Sangamon county, 111., arriv- 
 ing in 1820 on Lick creek, where they 
 had ten children. We have sketches of 
 three only of them 
 
 S" TEPHEN, born in Ohio, married in 
 Sangamon county to Nancy Prunk. 
 They have a family, and live near Ches- 
 nut, Logan county, 111. 
 
 L UCINDA M., born in Sangamon 
 county, married William PofFenberger. 
 See his
 
 6 34 
 
 EARLY SETTLERS OF 
 
 MART R., born July 7, 1832, in San- 
 gamon county, married William P. Mat- 
 thew. See his name. 
 
 Mrs. Melinda Safley died, and Adam 
 Safley married Mrs. Nancy Spicer, whose 
 maiden name was Clifton. Adam Safley 
 died January, 1870. Mrs. Nancy Safley 
 lives with her son, John Spicer. See 
 his name. 
 
 SANDERS, ELISHA, was 
 born Jan. 16, 1804, in Green county, Ky. 
 He was married Jan. 17, 1824, in the same 
 county, to Jane Faucett. They had three 
 children there, and moved to Sangamon 
 county, 111., arriving Dec. 16, 1829, and 
 stopped two miles west of Springfield. 
 In 1832 he bought land on Brush creek, 
 fifteen miles south of Springfield, where 
 Timothy Meader now lives. In 1836 he 
 sold out there, and bought land on Horse 
 creek, four miles east of the latter place. 
 They had ten children in Sangamon coun- 
 ty. Of their thirteen children 
 
 ROBERT E., born May 26, 1825, in 
 Green county, Ky., married in Sangamon 
 county, April i, 1846, to Eliza Funder- 
 burk. They had two living children. 
 ELISHA, born April 26, 1848, married 
 Sept. 30, 1869, to Mary E. Fry. They have 
 one living child, JULIUS o., and live five and 
 a half miles southeast of Pawnee, in the 
 corner of Sangamon county. MARY 
 E., born April 8, 1850, married Oct., 
 1867, to George Payn, have three child- 
 ren, ROBERT L., HARRIET M. and JOHN H., 
 
 and live in Cotton Hill township, on the 
 Vandever place, east of New City. Mrs. 
 Eliza Sanders died Dec. 27, 1852, and 
 Robert ii.. Sanders married July 12, 1853, 
 to Isabel Bridges, daughter of James. 
 They had six children. MARGARET 
 A., born May 5, 1854, married William 
 T. Beam. See his name. ELIZA J., 
 bom Oct. 8, 1856, married Oct. 28, 1873, 
 to James H. Beam. See his name. 
 SUSAN A., born Oct. n, 1857, died 
 April 6, 1865. JOHN E., THOMAS E. 
 and JAMES W. live with their father. 
 Mrs. Isabel Sanders died August i, 1865. 
 R. E. Sanders was married May 31, 1868, 
 to Sophia Porter, who was born Feb. 10, 
 1842, in Belmont county, Ohio. They 
 have two living children, SARAH R. 
 and ROBERT W. live with their par- 
 ents. Robert E. Sanders resides three 
 miles northeast of Pawnee, Sangamon 
 county, Illinois. 
 
 JOHN H., born June 26, 1827, in 
 Green county, Ky., married in Sangamon 
 county, Feb. 25, 1847, to Martha Funder- 
 burk. They had four living children : 
 MARY E., born Jan. 6, 1848, married 
 Nov. 23, 1867, to John L. Ludwick, who 
 was born June 6, 1846, in Rockbridge 
 county, Va. He served from August, 
 
 1864, to July, 1865, in Co. A, 147111 Ohio 
 Inf. They have two children, MARTHA 
 E. and CHARLES H., and live near Pawnee, 
 111. VIENNA M., born April 4, 1851, 
 married Oct. 23, 1866, to Joseph Hallo- 
 way, who was born Jan. 16, 1837, * n Har- 
 din county, Ky. They live two and a 
 half miles northeast of Pawnee. SARAH 
 F., born Sept. 24, 1858, and CHARLES 
 T., born Dec. 14, 1859, live with their 
 mother. John H. Sanders died March 7, 
 
 1865, in Pawnee, and his widow resides 
 in Christian county, three miles northeast 
 of Pawnee, Sangamon county, 111. John 
 H. Sanders was in the store of James 
 Bodge, in Pawnee, on the evening of 
 March 7, 1865, when two men entered it, 
 ostensibly with the view of trading, but 
 really with the view of robbery. Mr. 
 Sanders passed out of the door, and as he 
 did so, was shot by an accomplice of the 
 robbers, stationed on the outside, to pre- 
 vent his giving the alarm. He died be- 
 fore any of his friends could reach him. 
 Two of the robbers, James P. Lemon 
 and Barney B. Vanarsdale, were arrested, 
 the former in Missouri and the latter in 
 Iowa. They were tried, convicted April 
 25, and hung at Springfield, July 20, 
 
 1866, The other, Ballard, was 
 
 hung in Missouri by a mob, but confessed 
 that he assisted in the murder of Mr. 
 Sanders. 
 
 MART A. .F., born Oct. 18, 1828, in 
 Kentucky, married in Sangamon county 
 to Rape Funderburk. See his name. 
 She died June 8, 1848. 
 
 ELISHA 7\, born July 2, 1830, in 
 Sangamon county, married Dec. 15, 1850, 
 to Barbara Proctor. They had eight chil- 
 dren : JOHN T., ELIZABETH A. and 
 EMMA died under six years of age. Of 
 the other five: LOUISA, born Oct. 15, 
 1851, was married Jan. 31, 1869, to 
 Edward Tilley. They have two living 
 children, ANDREW j. and EDWARD, and 
 live in Pawnee, Sangamon county, 111. 
 HARRIET A., born August 16, 1853, 
 was married July 7, 1872, to William R.
 
 SAN GAM ON COUNTT. 
 
 635 
 
 Galyen, who was born March 15, 1844, 
 in DeKalb county, Tenn. They have 
 two children, JESSE M. and GEORGE ED- 
 WARD, and live in Cotton Hill township. 
 MARTHA I., LEONARD F. and 
 PHILEMON S. live yfith their parents, 
 two miles east of Pawnee, Sangamon 
 county, 111. Elisha T. Sanders was or- 
 dained a Predestinarian Baptist minister, 
 June 20, 1874. 
 
 WILLIAM M., born Jan. 10, 1832, in 
 Sangamon county, married Ellen Peak. 
 They have four living children, SARAH, 
 SINAI, TYRA and ETTIE. William 
 M. Sanders and family reside in Chris- 
 tian county, nine miles east of Pawnee 
 and eight miles west of Taylorville, Illi- 
 nois. 
 
 GEORGE W., born April 16, 1835, 
 in Sangamon county, married, June 15, 
 1856, to Lucinda Proctor, had one child, 
 MARY F., and Mrs. Sanders died Sept. 
 12, 1863. Mr. Sanders married, Feb. 25, 
 1864, to Mrs. Margaret McLaughlin, 
 whose maiden name was Henwood. 
 They have three children, JOSEPH W., 
 WILLIAM E. and ELI PRESTON, 
 and reside two and one-half miles north- 
 east of Pawnee, Illinois. 
 
 HARRIEJ^ A., born May 25, 1836, 
 in Sangamon county, married, August 17, 
 1856, to William J. Wheeler, who was 
 born Feb. 21, 1835, in Gibson county, 
 Indiana. They had nine children, seven 
 of whom died under six years of age. 
 MADELON and WILLIAM A. re- 
 side with their parents, half a mile north- 
 east of Pawnee, Sangamon county, 111. 
 Mr. Wheeler has been acting as justice of 
 the peace since April, 1872, and is elected 
 to serve until April, 1877. He was or- 
 dained, June 20, 1874, at the Horse creek 
 Predestinarian Baptist church, as a preach- 
 er of the gospel. 
 
 ANDRE W y., born April 22, 1838, 
 in Sangamon county, married, October 7, 
 1858, to Sarah Lambert, who was born 
 Jan. 30, 1843, m Greene county, Indiana. 
 They had four children, two of whom 
 died. JAMES R. and EMMA died 
 under four years. MILTON J. and 
 FLORA live with their parents, one and 
 one-half mile northeast of Pawnee, 111. 
 He was ordained June 20, 1874, at the 
 Horse Creek Predestinarian Baptist 
 church, as a preacher of the gospel. 
 
 TIMOTHY E. J/., born June 2, 1841, 
 
 in Sangamon county, married, August 28, 
 
 1864, to Elizabeth Tilley, who was born 
 April 10, 1844, in Kentucky. They had 
 four children WILLIAM died in in- 
 fancy. ALBERT M.. CALVIN and 
 EFFIE E. live with their parents, one 
 and one-half mile northeast of Pawnee, 
 Illinois. Mr. Sanders was ordained, Oct. 
 1 8, 1873, as deacon of the Horse creek 
 Predestinarian Baptist church. 
 
 ELIZA ANN, born Sept. 17, 1842, 
 in Sangamon county, married, Oct., 1860, 
 to Dr. Charles Kerr. They had two 
 children, EDWARD EVERETT and 
 ELIZA ANN. Mrs. Kerr died, Feb. 3, 
 
 1865, and Dr. Kerr was married, Sept. 13, 
 
 1866, to Melissa McMurry. See Mc- 
 Murry family. Dr. Kerr was assistant 
 surgeon of the 59th 111. Inf., appointed 
 Feb. 1 8, 1865, was promoted to Major 
 Surgeon of the loth 111. Cav., Oct 23, 
 1865. That regiment was mustered out 
 in November, when he returned to the 
 59th, and was mustered out with it, at 
 Springfield, in January, 1866. He is now 
 a practicing physician in Pawnee, Sanga- 
 mon county, Illinois 1876. 
 
 JOSEPH W., born Oct. 16, 1844, in 
 Sangamon county, married, Nov. 2, 1865, 
 to Mollie E. Sanders, who was born 
 October 25, 1845, m Kentucky. They 
 have three children, AMANDA M., 
 WILLIAM T. and CHARLES AR- 
 THUR, and reside two and thi*ee-quar- 
 ter miles east of Pawnee, Sangamon 
 county, Illinois. 
 
 NANCT ANN, born Dec. 14, 1845, 
 in Sangamon county, married, Jan. 17, 
 1865, to John Faucett, who was born 
 Nov. 23,1840, in that part of Green which 
 is now Tavlor county, Ky. They have 
 three children, ELISHA M., FANNY 
 M. and JASPER J., and reside one and 
 one-quarter miles east of Pawnee, Sanga- 
 mon county, Illinois. 
 
 STEPHEN A. Z>., born December 
 9, 1852, in Sangamon county, married, 
 Dec. 7, 1871, to Amanda A. Womack, 
 who was born Oct. 12,1853, in Sangamon 
 county. They have one child, MAN- 
 FORD W., and reside two miles east of 
 Pawnee, Sangamon county, Illinois. 
 
 Mrs. Elizabeth Sanders died, June 30, 
 1865, and Elisha Sanders was married, 
 February 20, 1866, to Nancy Jane Fau- 
 cett. They have two living children
 
 6 3 6 
 
 EARLY SETTLERS OF 
 
 ELIZABETH F., and MARTHA 
 
 E., who live with their parents. 
 
 Elisha Sanders was for many years a 
 licensed preacher, previous to May, 1863, 
 when he was ordained, at Horse creek, 
 regular Predestinarian Baptist church, 
 and is now pastor of that church. 
 
 This sketch was completed in June, 
 1874. 
 
 Rev. Elisha Sanders says, that although 
 he came into the county ten years after 
 settlement commenced, yet he found 
 houses very scarce. His brother-in-law, 
 Wm. Crowder, and himself, in December, 
 1829, cut down oak trees, split them in 
 halves, built a cabin west of Springfield, 
 covered it with clapboards, chinked it 
 with wood, and, instead of lime, made 
 mortar of the rich black soil, and plaster- 
 ed the cracks. The plastering was done 
 in freezing weather, but they kept up a 
 fire on the inside until it was dry. The 
 chimney was made of sticks and plastered 
 in the same way, and when it was dry, 
 the prints of their fingers could be seen 
 all over in the plastering. Mr. Sanders 
 now lives in a house much better than the 
 average farm houses in the county, but he 
 says he never felt so rich as when he 
 moved into that cabin plastered with the 
 mud. 
 
 Mr. Sanders remembers that the "deep 
 snow" of i83O-'3i was about three and 
 one-half feet deep on a level. He had to 
 gather his corn twice. The first time he 
 took all the ears on a level with and 
 above the snow, and after it went off he 
 went over again and gathered nearly as 
 much more. He saved a cow and calf 
 from perishing by taking them in with 
 his family and keeping them in one cor- 
 ner of the house. 
 
 SANDERS, ROBERT W., 
 was born April 10, 1815, near Harper's 
 Ferry, Virginia. His father died when 
 he was a child, and his widowed mother, 
 with her eight children, moved to Ruther- 
 ford county, Tenn., in 1827. Robert W. 
 was married there, in 1834, to Keziah 
 Johnson. They had two children in Ten- 
 nessee, and moved to Sangamon county, 
 111., arriving in the fall of 1838 in what is 
 now Cotton Hill township, where two 
 children were born. Mr. Sanders assisted 
 in quarrying the stone for the State 
 House, then in course of construction at 
 Springfield. His family suffered greatly 
 
 from sickness, and in 1840 he returned to 
 Tennessee, where he died May 31, 1857, 
 leaving a widow, nine sons and one 
 daughter. Robert W. Sanders was a 
 minister in the Baptist church for thirteen 
 years previous to, his death. The widow 
 felt that some great calamity was about to 
 befall that part of the country where she 
 lived, and without any definite idea of 
 what it was, she meditated long upon the 
 subject, and when her children were 
 wrapped in slumber she resolved, if possi- 
 ble, to take them again to Illinois as a 
 place of safety. She wrote at once to her 
 eldest son, who had returned to Illinois 
 soon after the death of his father. He 
 was glad to give them such aid and en- 
 couragement as he could, and they all 
 arrived in Sangamon county Oct. 10, 1859, 
 just in time to understand the situation of 
 the country and add five soldiers to the 
 Union army. Of Mrs. Sanders ten living 
 children 
 
 STEPHENN.,\>ovn March 16, 1835, 
 in Rutherford county, Tenn., studied 
 medicine in Sangamon county, 111., enlist- 
 ed there in Co. K, i24th 111. Inf., was 
 elected Captain of same company and 
 twice wounded once severely. He was 
 acting assistant aid-de-camp on Gen. J. B. 
 Coats' staff a portion of the time; also 
 assistant government marshal of the pro- 
 visional encampment at Vicksburg, Miss., 
 during the winter of 1864 and '5; served 
 three years and was honorably discharged 
 Aug. 12, 1865. He was married at 
 Loami, Sangamon county, 111., to Mary J. 
 Smith. They had two children; one 
 died; the other, NORA, lives with her 
 grandmother Smith in Christian county. 
 Mrs. Mary J. Sanders died May 28, 1868. 
 S. N. Sanders was married Nov. 23, 1871, 
 to Susan Elliott, at Wilmington, 111. He 
 is a practicing physician at Arcola, Doug- 
 las county, 111. 
 
 GEORGE W., born Dec. 8, 1838, in 
 Cotton Hill township, Sangamon county, 
 was married near Auburn, 111., to Eliza- 
 beth Bremer. They have two children, 
 CLARA A. and IDA B., and reside in 
 Auburn, 111. 
 
 THOMAS y., born Aug. 23, 1840, in 
 Cotton Hill townsnip, Sangamon county, 
 brought up in Tennessee, and enlisted in 
 Co. K, 1 24111 111. Vol. Inf., in 1862, for 
 three years; was elected sargeant, served 
 full term, and was honorably discharged
 
 SANGAMON COUNTf. 
 
 6 37 
 
 Aug. 12, 1865. He was married Febru- 
 ;irv, 1875, to Maggie Hackley, and resides 
 in Auburn, 111. 
 
 MARTIN L., born Feb. 8, 1842, in 
 Rutherford county, Tenn., enlisted April, 
 1864, in Co. K, 1 24th 111. Inf., served one 
 year and eleven months. He was hon- 
 orably discharged at the close of the rebel- 
 lion, and was married at Mechanicsburg 
 to Mary J. Sparrow. They have two 
 children, VIRGIL H. and JAMES H., 
 and reside at Lincoln, 111. 
 
 JOHN /?., born Nov. 4, 1844, in 
 Rutherford county, Tenn., enlisted in Co. 
 K, 1 24th 111. Inf., April, 1864; served 
 eleven months, and was honorably dis- 
 charged November, 1865. He was mar- 
 ried in Auburn, Sangamon county, 111., to 
 Jennie Wallace. They have one living 
 child, CLYDE. J. 'F. Sanders is a 
 practicing physician at Sullivan, Moultrie 
 county, 111. 
 
 ANDRE W /?., born Oct. 14, 1846, in 
 Tennessee, enlisted in Co. K, i24th 111. 
 Vol. Inf., for one year, served eleven 
 months, and was honorably discharged at 
 the close of the rebellion. He was mar- 
 ried Sept. 22, 1872, to Susan A. Ballen- 
 ger. They have one child, WILLIAM 
 A., and live in Auburn, Sangamon coun- 
 
 ty, HI. 
 
 " CLEMENT J., born Nov. 27, 1848, 
 in Tennessee, was married Sept. 23, 1871, 
 to Ella Watson. They have two child- 
 ren, GUY and a babe, and reside in 
 Auburn, Sangamon county, Illinois. 
 
 CHRISTOPHER //., born Oct. 14, 
 1850, in Williamson county, 111., is unmar- 
 ried, and practicing medicine in Coving- 
 ton, Moultrie county, 111. 
 
 HENRY J., born Jan. 18, 1852, in 
 Williamson county, is unmarried, and re- 
 sides in Auburn, Sangamon county, 111. 
 
 ELLA, born Nov. 17, 1855, in David- 
 son county, Tenn., was married in 
 Auburn, 111., to Charles Tomlinson. 
 They live at Butler, Indiana. 
 
 Mrs. Keziah Sanders went to Nash- 
 ville, Tenn., in March, 1873, to visit her 
 relatives and acquaintances, but returned 
 to Illinois in the fail of the same year, and 
 now resides with her daughter in Butler, 
 Ind. She often says that when she left 
 Tennessee in 1859, it was the best move 
 she ever made. 
 
 SAUNDERS, GUNNELL, 
 was born July 27, 1783, in Loudon county, 
 
 Virginia, of English ancestry. His par- 
 ents emigrated to the vicinity of Lexing- 
 ton, Ky., and a year or two later moved to 
 Fleming county, in the same State. Mary 
 Mauzy was born April 15, 1784, in Fau- 
 quier county, Virginia. Her parents, 
 who were of French descent, moved to 
 Bourbon county, and from there to Flem- 
 ing county, Ky. Gunnell Saunders and 
 Mary Mauzy were there married about 
 1801, and had seven children there. He 
 was a soldier from Fleming county in the 
 war of 1812, and afterwards moved his 
 family to Sangamon county, 111., arriving 
 May 10, 1828, and settled four miles north- 
 east of Springfield. Of their children 
 
 JONATHAN R., born Feb. 17, 1802, 
 in Fleming county, Ky., was married 
 there Dec. 18, 1823, to Sarah McKinnie. 
 They moved to Sangamon county, 111., 
 arriving Nov. 28, 1824, at Springfield. 
 He entered the land on which the Sanga- 
 mon county fair is held, two miles north 
 of Springfield, and moved there in 1828. 
 They had six children in Sangamon coun- 
 ty. GUNNELL A., born Jan. 13, 1825, 
 died in his second year. LEWIS A., 
 born Dec. 27, 1826, in Springfield, was 
 trained to mercantile pursuits in Col. John 
 Williams' store, in Springfield. When 
 gold was discovered in California, he 
 formed a partnership with Samuel Fisher, 
 who for several years had lived with Mr. 
 Saunders. Lewis A. Saunders and Sam- 
 uel Fisher left Springfield early in 1849, 
 as part of a company of sufficient magni- 
 tude for safety. They reached their des- 
 tination and engaged in mining and sell- 
 ing provisions to the miners on South 
 Feather river. Mi\ Saunders wrote to 
 his parents regularly once a month. In a 
 letter written to them early in April, 1850, 
 he reported himself well and in a pros- 
 perous condition. That was the last com- 
 munication his friends ever received from 
 him. His partner, Mr. Fisher, went to 
 Sacramento on business for the firm, and 
 Mr. Saunders was last seen by a Rev. Mr. 
 Mayfield, and a blacksmith from St. Jo- 
 seph, Mo., April 8, 1850. Neither of 
 those men could say whether it was before 
 or after his partner left for Sacramento. 
 All that his parents ever received from his 
 effects was about two hundred dollars in 
 gold dust, much less than he took with 
 him. Samuel Fisher returned a few 
 months later, and is now ^874 a
 
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 EARLY SETTLERS OF 
 
 wealthy farmer and manufacturer at 
 Brooklyn, Schuyler county, 111. AS- 
 BERRY H.,born Nov. 7, 1828, in Spring- 
 field, was married Oct. 20, 1856, at Mt. 
 Pleasant, Iowa, to Marcia E. Underwood, 
 who was born Feb. 7, 1837, a ^ Portage, 
 Ohio. They had four children; three 
 died young. HELEN, born June 2, 1863, 
 lives with her father. Mrs. Marcia E. 
 Saunders died Sept. 30, 1874. Mr. Saun- 
 ders has farming done in Arkansas, and 
 lives in Springfield, 111. MARTHA A. 
 and FRANCES died in infancy. MIL- 
 TON, born Oct. 3, 1836, near Springfield, 
 was married Jan. 3, 1861, to Anna E. 
 Edwards, who was born April 29, 1840, 
 in Salem, N. J. They had three children. 
 CORA died in infancy. Mrs. Anna E. 
 Saunders died June 30, 1863, leaving two 
 children, NELLIE E. and FRANCES s., who 
 live with their father. Milton Saunders 
 was married Aug. 28, 1872, to Martha E. 
 Beeley, who was born of English parent- 
 age, Aug. 31, 1842, at Concord, Morgan 
 county, 111. They have two children, LIL- 
 LIE and MARCIA. Milton Saunders and 
 family live at his father's house, two miles 
 north of Springfield 1874. Mr. Saun- 
 ders is a deaf mute, caused by disease, and 
 his present wife was so from her birth. 
 They were both educated at the State In- 
 stitution at Jacksonville. All his children 
 can hear and converse. Jonathan R. 
 Saunders was a lieutenant in a light-horse 
 company from Sangamon county in the 
 Winnebago war of 1826 and '7, and cap- 
 tain of the same company in the Black 
 Hawk war of 1831. He was one of the 
 board of officers who made the treaty 
 with Black Hawk, which the latter violated 
 and caused the war of 1832. J. R. Saun- 
 ders and wife reside two miles north ot 
 Springfield, 111., and have lived within two 
 miles of their present residence 52 years. 
 
 NANCY, born about 1804, in Fleming 
 county, Ky., was married there to Amos 
 Locke, and moved to Bloomington, Ind., 
 and from there to Sangamon county in 
 1830. The deep snow of 1830 and '31 
 discouraged them so much that they re- 
 turned to Bloomington in 1832, and both 
 died there, leaving six children, all ot 
 whom moved to Iowa. Two of the sons 
 were killed in the Union army while 
 assisting to suppress the great rebellion. 
 
 PRESLEY, born in Fleming county, 
 Ky., came to Sangamon county, 111., in 
 
 1827, and married Edith Cooper. They 
 had three children in that county, who all 
 died young. They moved in 1834 to 
 Iowa, and Presley Saunders laid out the 
 town of Mt. Pleasant. Of their two 
 children born in Iowa, AMANDA mar- 
 ried Dr. J. D. Harper, and died in Mt. 
 Pleasant. \See Dr. Harper's name in 
 connection with the Mitchell family .] 
 MARY married in Mt. Pleasant to John 
 McCoy, and lives in Denver, Col. Mrs. 
 Edith Saunders died in Mt. Pleasant, and 
 Presley Saunders married Huldah Bowen. 
 They had four children, and all are mar- 
 ried. Presley Saunders is President of 
 the First National Bank at Mt. Pleasant, 
 Iowa, and resides there 1875. 
 
 FRANCES, born in Fleming county, 
 Ky., was married in Sangamon county, 
 111., to David K. Mackey. They had one 
 child, and Mr. Mackey and the child died. 
 Mrs. Frances Mackey was married to 
 Rev. Arthur Miller, who died, and she 
 died Sept. 24, 1876, in Mt. Pleasant, Iowa. 
 GEORGE M., born Oct. 6, 1811, in 
 Fleming county, Ky., was married April 
 9, 1833, to Maria L. Sampson, who was 
 born April 5, i8n,in Fleming county, 
 Ky. They had four children. EVE- 
 LINE M., born March 4, 1835, married 
 Dr. William Logan. They have one 
 child, and live in Oconee, Shelby county, 
 Illinois. JAMES W., born March 24, 
 1837, an< l serve d three months in the be- 
 ginning of the rebellion, in an Illinois 
 regiment. He married Sarah Dorrell, 
 and lives in Mason City, 111. JOHN S., 
 born May 2, 1840, enlisted for three years, 
 in 1861, in Co. G, loth 111. Cav., served 
 three years and four months, and was hon- 
 orably discharged. He was married 
 August 4, 1866, to Cordelia Montgomery. 
 They have two children, ARAMINDA and 
 LEWIS L., and live two miles north of 
 Springfield. DAVID S., born June 17, 
 1842, enlisted in 1861, in the 2d 111. Art., 
 for three years, and died at Fort Donel- 
 son, May 3, 1864. Mrs. M. L. Saunders 
 died Nov. 29, 1847, an ^ George M. Saun- 
 ders was married March 9, 1849, to Nancy 
 A. Offill, who was born May 4, 1826, in 
 Bath county, Ky. They had seven living 
 children. ALVIN L., born Feb. 4, 
 1850, enlisted in 1862, for three years, in 
 Co. C, 1 1 5th 111. Inf., was transferred to 
 the 1 2 ist 111. Inf., served to the end of the 
 rebellion, and was honorably discharged.
 
 SANGAMON COUNTY. 
 
 6 39 
 
 He married Mary J. Shaw. They have 
 one child, and live two miles north of 
 Springfield, 111. JULIA E., SARAH 
 J., EDWARD L., ETNA A., MARY 
 E. and HARVEY E., live with their 
 parents, four miles north of Springfield, 
 Illinois. 1874. 
 
 AL VI N, born July 12, 1817, in Flem- 
 in7 county, Kj., came with his parents 
 to Sangamon county, 111., in 1828, drove 
 an ox team in breaking prairie and haul- 
 ing wood to Springfield. He remained 
 with his father until 1836, when he joined 
 his brother Presley at what is now Mt. 
 Pleasant, Henry county, Iowa, then part 
 of the territory of Wisconsin. There 
 were but four families, and not more than 
 a dozen houses in the town. He first 
 hired to a farmer, but soon after found 
 employment as a clerk in a small dry 
 goods store. His education was too lim- 
 ited for the latter position, so he attended 
 night school, and in this way improved 
 himself, and retained his position as clerk. 
 He was the first Postmaster at Mt. Pleas- 
 ant, and continued in that position seven 
 years, during which time he was in a 
 partnership with his brother Presley, in 
 mercantile business. He was a member 
 of the constitutional convention of Iowa, 
 under which that State was admitted into 
 the Union, and was elected State Senator 
 in 1854. He was a delegate to the first 
 Republican convention of Iowa, which 
 met Feb. 22. 1856. Alvin Saunders was 
 married March n, 1856, in Washington, 
 D. C., to Marthena Barlow, who was 
 born Oct. 24, 1834, at Greencastle, Ind. 
 She is a niece of Mrs. Senator Harlan. 
 They have two children. CHARLES 
 L., born Dec. 23, 1856, and MARY A., 
 born Nov. 16, 1860, live with their pa- 
 rents. In 1858 Mr. Saunders was elected 
 his own successor to the State Senate. He 
 was a delegate to the National Republican 
 Convention of 1860, which nominated Mr. 
 Lincoln as a candidate for President of 
 the United States He and Mr. Lincoln 
 became acquainted in Sangamon county, 
 111., when both were unknown. During 
 Mr. Saunders' second term as State Sena- 
 tor of Iowa, Mr. Lincoln appointed him, 
 early in 1861, Governor of Nebraska Ter- 
 ritory, a position he held for six years, 
 and until Nebraska was admitted to the 
 Union as a State, which he officially an- 
 nounced by proclamation, March 27, 
 
 1867. When the Union Pacific Railroad 
 bill passed congress, Gov. Saunders was 
 appointed by that body one of the commis- 
 sioners to give practical form to the meas- 
 ure, and on Dec. 2, 1863, ground was 
 broken at Omaha by his moving with his 
 own hands the first spadefull of earth for 
 the construction of that great thorough- 
 fare. When he was appointed Governor, 
 Nebraska Territory was in debt equal to 
 two dollars per head for every man, 
 woman and child within its limits, and 
 when she was admitted as a State, and 
 Governor Saunders retired, there was 
 sufficient money in the treasury to pay all 
 indebtedness, including the expense of 
 furnishing Nebraska's quota of troops to 
 suppress the great slaveholders' rebellion. 
 Ex-Gov. Saunders resides in Omaha, 
 Nebraska, and is President of the State 
 National Bank of that place. 
 
 WILLIAM A., born in Fleming 
 county, Ky., came with his parents to 
 Sangamon county, in 1828, and afterwards 
 went to Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, where he 
 was married to Louisa Dickey. All their 
 children died young, except one. Mr. 
 Saunders died in 1863, and his only child, 
 WILLIAM, born after his father's death, 
 lives with his mother, in Mt. Pleasant, 
 Iowa. 
 
 Gunnell Saunders and his wife moved 
 from Springfield, 111., to Mt. Pleasant, 
 Iowa, in the summer of 1846. Hon. E. 
 D. Baker, of Ball's Bluff fatal memory, 
 with whom Mr. Saunders was on terms of 
 most intimate friendship, visited Mt. 
 Pleasant, and made a speech in favor of 
 the election of Gen. Taylor. Mr. Saun- 
 ders took Col. Baker in his carriage to 
 Ottumwa, and on the morning of Oct. 26, 
 1848, bade him adieu and left for home. 
 He was found about two miles from Ot- 
 tumwa, in his carriage, dead, with, the 
 lines so adjusted as to bring the carriage 
 on a cramp. Gunnell Saunders was about 
 sixty miles from home, but his remains 
 were taken to Mt. Pleasant for interment. 
 His widow continued to live there until 
 Oct. 18, 1851, when she died from the 
 effects of a dose of arsenic carelessly put 
 up bv a druggist in place of morphine. 
 
 S ATT LEY, ROBERT, was 
 born Oct. 27, 1788, in the vicinity of Ver- 
 gennes, Vermont. He and his brother 
 Archibald went with the family of Mrs. 
 Lovina Hawley, a widow lady with two
 
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 EARLY SETTLERS OF 
 
 daughters and three sons, to White coun- 
 ty, near Carmi, 111., in the fall of 1818. 
 He was there married, February, 1819, to 
 Eliza Hawley. She was born March 7, 
 1801, near Vergennes, Vt. Mr. and 
 Mrs. Sattley moved to what became San- 
 gamon county, 111., arriving in June. 1819, 
 and settled about half a mile north of 
 where Rochester now stands. They ha i 
 eight children in Sangamon county 
 
 AARON, born Jan. 25, 1820, "in San- 
 gam on county, mariied March 4, 1858, to 
 Delilah Shaver, who was born Feb. 9, 
 1835, m Ohio. They have seven children, 
 JOSEPHINE, ROBERT H., RALPH 
 D., LOVINA A., WILLIAM A., 
 MARY E. and HARRIET, and reside 
 one mile west of Sangamo station, Sanga- 
 mon county, 111. 1874. 
 
 RALPH, born Nov. i, 1821, in Sanga- 
 mon county, was drowned June 15, 1844, 
 in South Fork, after having saved the life 
 of another young man who was bathing. 
 
 HARRIET, born Nov. 27, 1823, in 
 Sangamon county, married Jan. 3, 1849, to 
 George M. Greene. See his name. 
 
 JULIA, born Sept. 6, 1825, in Sanga- 
 mon county, married Horace Collins, a 
 native of Ohio. They have seven living 
 children, and reside near Solon, Johnson 
 county, Iowa. 
 
 LOVINA, born Sept. 14, 1827, in 
 Sangamon county, married Charles Fair- 
 child. See his name. 
 
 EMILY, born Oct. 22, 1829, in San- 
 gamon county, died Dec. 15, 1851. 
 
 ALFRED died in infancy. 
 
 ELIZA J., born June 15, 1834, mar- 
 ried John A. Twist. See his name. 
 
 ROBERT H., born Sept. 18, 1837, in 
 Sangamon county, married Nov. 7, 1860, 
 to Margaret J. Greene. They had four 
 children. The eldest and youngest died 
 in infancy. MARY E. and EMMA J. 
 live with their parents, three miles south 
 of Rochester, Sangamon county, 111. 
 
 Robert Sattley died March 27, 1842, 
 and Mrs. Eliza Sattley died June 13, 1860, 
 both in Rochester, Sangamon county, 111. 
 
 SATTLEY, ARCHIBALD, 
 born Oct. 8, 1794, near Vergennes, Ver- 
 mont, was married Feb. 13, 1819, near 
 Carmi, White county, 111., to Harriet 
 Hawley, who was born March, 7, 1801, 
 in Vermont. She was a twin sister of 
 his brother Robert's wife. They moved 
 to what became Sangamon county, arriv- 
 
 ing in June, 1819, and settled half a mile 
 north of where Rochester now stands. 
 They had eight children in Sangamon 
 county, two of whom died young. Of 
 the others 
 
 MEL VINA, born Sept. 3, 1819, mar- 
 ried John C. Miller. See his name. 
 
 ALBERT, born April 10, 1821, in 
 Sangamon county, was married, Sept. 21, 
 1853, in Springfield, to h'usan C. Torrey. 
 They had six children, three died young. 
 The others live with their parents, in 
 Taylorville, Illinois. Albert Sattley is 
 one of the firm of Sattley Bros., Taylor- 
 ville, Illinois, and resides there. 
 
 MARY, born Dec. 31, 1822, in Sanga- 
 mon county, was married Jan. 16, 1845, 
 in Rochester, to Thomas Cheney. They 
 had four children, two died young. JEN- 
 NIE married Dr. Henry Jayne, and lives in 
 Taylorville. See his name. CHARLES, 
 born Oct. 9, 1850, in Taylorville, was 
 married there, Jan. 30, 1872, to Jennie 
 Murphy, who was born July I, 1850, in 
 Christian county, Illinois. They live in 
 Taylorville, Illinois. Thomas Cheney 
 died Sept. 6, 1854, and his widow married 
 Matthew E. Long. See his name. 
 
 ELIZA, born Nov. ir, 1824, in San- 
 gamon county, married Isaac H. Firey. 
 See his name. 
 
 MARSHALL, born Oct 24, 1831, in 
 Sangamon county, was married, Nov. 5, 
 1857, to Ruth A. Prather, who was born 
 July 22, 1838, in Washington county, 
 Maryland. They have one child, MYR- 
 TLE, and live in Taylorville, Illinois. 
 He is one of the firm of. Sattley Bros. 
 
 EDMUND was killed by a loaded 
 wagon running over him, in Rochester, 
 at the age of five years. 
 
 Mrs. Harriet Sattley died Oct. 13, 1833, 
 in Sangamon county, and Archibald Satt- 
 ley was married in March, 1834, to Julia 
 E. Sherman, a native of Vermont. They 
 had three children in Rochester. 
 
 HENRY, born Sept. 25, 1835, was 
 married Feb. 29, 1861, in Taylorville, to 
 Mary Thompson, a native of Virginia. 
 They had four children, three died young. 
 ELIZA lives with her parents in Taylor- 
 ville. 
 
 ARCHIBALD, Jun., born Sept. 2, 
 1837, was married Oct. 25, 1860, to 
 Martha J. Ferguson. Thev have five 
 children, CLYDE A., JAMES F.,
 
 SANGAMON COUNTY. 
 
 641 
 
 FREDERICK L., HIRAM L. and 
 LUCY. A. Sattley, Jim., is of the firm 
 of Sattley Bros., Taylorville, Illinois. 
 
 CHARLES, born Feb. 12, 1839, was 
 married Feb. 15, 1862, near Taylorville, 
 to Clara A. Ferguson. They have five 
 children, LULIE, EMMA, OSCAR, 
 MAUDE, and a babe, and live near Wil- 
 ley station, Christian county, 111. 
 Archibald Sattley, Sen., died March 16, 
 1842, in Rochester, and his widow, Mrs. 
 Julia E. Sattley, was married there to 
 Lewis Thompson. They had two child- 
 ren 
 
 VICTORIA, married J. E. Davis, 
 and lives at Brookton. 
 
 ALICE married Harry Smith, and 
 lives in Chicago, Illinois. 
 
 Mrs. Julia E. Thompson died in 1865, 
 in Springfield, 111., and Lewis Thompson 
 died in 1872, near Taylorville, Illinois. 
 
 SAYRE, JOHN, was born Oct. 
 12, 1762, near Bridgeton, Cumberland 
 county, New Jersey, and was married 
 there, August 20, 1792, to Catharine 
 Teel, who was born May 3, 1774, near 
 Bridgeton, also. They had eleven child- 
 ren in New Jersey, and the family moved 
 to Green county, near Xenia, Ohio, in 
 1822, and from there to Sangamon coun- 
 ty, 111., arriving in the fall of 1834, in 
 what is now Cartwright township, south 
 of Richland creek. Of their children 
 
 JOHN, Jun., born July 18, 1795, in 
 New Jersey, was married in Ohio to 
 Nancy Maxwell. They had three child- 
 ren. He came on a visit to his relations, 
 and died Dec. 31, 1870, in Springfield. He 
 was buried in Cartwright township, and 
 his two daughters are both married. One 
 lives in Iowa and the other in Missouri. 
 
 DA VID, born August 2, 1797, was 
 married in New Jersey, and never moved 
 west. 
 
 MARGARET, born Feb. 22, 1800, 
 near Bridgeton, Cumberland county, N. 
 J., was married there to Constantine Fos- 
 ter. See his name. 
 
 THOMAS, born Dec. 14, 1802, in 
 Cape May county, N. J., married in San- 
 gamon county, June 23, 1836, to Effie 
 Waggoner. They had eight living child- 
 ren JOHN, born Jan. 11, 1838, died un- 
 married, Oct. 7, 1865. MARY AR- 
 MINDA, born Nov. i, 1839, married 
 William T. Pirkins. See his name. 
 JAMES T. born June 6, 1841, and 
 
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 GEORGE W. born Aug. 11, 1843, lives 
 with their mother. ELIZA JANE, born 
 Oct. 4, 1847, married Aug. 10, 1871, to James 
 W. Shoup, who was born July, 1846, in 
 New York city. They live near Rich- 
 land Station. CHARLES C., ANN E. 
 and MARGARET E. live with their 
 mother. Thomas Sayre died Jan. 23, 
 1861, and his widow resides now (1876) on 
 the farm where he settled on coming to 
 the county. It is two and a half miles 
 northeast of Richland Station, Sangamon 
 county, 111. 
 
 ELIZA, born August 26, 1806, in 
 New Jersey; was married in Sangamon 
 county to Rolla Morgan. They had 
 eight children, moved to Iowa, and Mrs. 
 Morgan died there. The family started 
 over the plains, and Mr. Morgan and one 
 of the children died on the road. The 
 others continued their journey, and reside 
 in Portland, Oregon. 
 
 FOSJ^ER, born July 8, 1809, in New 
 Jersey, died in Ohio, July 22, 1836, from 
 injuries received in a well. 
 
 EDMOND, born Dec. 2, 1812, in New 
 Jersey, is unmarried, and lives in Cart- 
 wright township, Sangamon county, 111., 
 now, 1876. 
 
 MART, born June 16, 1814, near Bridge- 
 ton, New Jersey, was married Sept. 15, 
 1842, in Sangamon county, 111., to John 
 H. Beaumont. They had one living 
 child, FANNIE, who married Dr. Harri- 
 son Withrow. See his name. They live 
 in Petersburg, 111. Mr. Beaumont died 
 May 3, 1870, at Pleasant Plains, Sanga- 
 mon county, and his widow lives at Peters- 
 burg, Menard county, 111. 
 
 CLARISSA, born Oct. 31, 1816, in 
 New Jersey, was married in Sangamon 
 county, 111., to Jordan Simpson. See his 
 name. 
 
 Mrs. Catharine Sayre died Sept. 18, 
 1835, anc ^ J onn Sayre died Dec. 27, 183=5, 
 both near Richland creek, Sangamon 
 county, 111. 
 
 SCOTT, DALLAS, was born 
 April 6, 1791, in Cumberland county, Ky. 
 Sarah Foster was born May i, 1793, in 
 the same county. They were there mar- 
 ried in 1815, and had two children in Ken- 
 tucky, and the family moved to Sanga- 
 mon county, 111., arriving Nov. i, 1819, on 
 Richland creek, three miles east of the 
 present town of Pleasant Plains, where
 
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 EARL? SETTLERS OF 
 
 six children were born. Of their eight 
 children, 
 
 ELIZABETH, born Nov. 13, 1816, 
 in Kentucky, married in Sangamon 
 county to Travis Elmore, and live near 
 Ashland, Cass county, Illinois. 
 
 GEORGE M., born July 18, 1819, in 
 Kentucky, married in Cass county, 111., to 
 Margaret Whitmire. They had two 
 living children. He was a physician, and 
 died June 13, 1851, at Lagrange, Missouri. 
 His children live with their mother, who 
 married, and lives near Sidney, Ohio. 
 
 CINTHELIA, born Sept. 10, 1821, 
 in Sangamon county, married Feb. 9, 
 1841, to Valentine C. Cartwright. See 
 his name. 
 
 MILTON M., born Feb. 24, 1824, in 
 Sangamon county, 111., married in Ken- 
 tucky to Jane Scott. They have one 
 child, and live in Crawford county Mo. 
 
 JOHN P., born April 6, 1826, in San- 
 gamon county, married, has five children, 
 and lives near Omaha, Nebraska. 
 
 MATTIE J., born April 24, 1829, in 
 Sangamon county, is unmarried, and lives 
 with her sister, Mrs. Cartwright. 
 
 HA TTIE N., born December 4, 1831, 
 in Sangamon county, married Amos Dick, 
 has one child, EMMA, and lives near 
 Wapella, DeWitt county, Illinois. 
 
 FRANCIS M., born April 26, 1835, 
 in Sangamon county, married January 17, 
 1858, to Mary L. Brockman, who was 
 born Oct. i, 1836, in Morgan county, 111. 
 They had seven children. HARRIET 
 E., the third child, died at four years, and 
 AMOS, the seventh child, died Sept. 4, 
 187$, in his second year. The other five, 
 GEORGE D., CYNTHIA A., JOHN 
 L., JAMES H., and EUGENE, live 
 with their parents. F. M. Scott resides 
 at the homestead where his parents 
 settled in 1819. It is in Cartwright town- 
 ship, three miles northeast of Pleasant 
 Plains, Sangamon county, 111. 
 
 Dallas Scott died June 18, 1841, and his 
 widow died Feb. 4, 1862, both in Cart- 
 wright township, Sangamon countv, 111. 
 
 SCOTT, JAMES, was born Oct. 
 22, 1797, in Culpepper county, Va. His 
 father moved to South Carolina, thence to 
 Rutherford county, Tenn., and from tHere 
 to Caldwell county, Ky., all when James 
 was a boy. Mary Woods was born Feb. 
 29, 1804, in Georgia, and her pare'its soon 
 after moved to Caldwell county, Ky. 
 
 James Scott and Mary Woodsywere there 
 married May 6, 1819. They had 6 chil- 
 dren in Kentucky, and moved to Missouri, 
 crossing the Mississippi on the ice in the 
 winter of 1827 or '28. After four weeks, 
 they went to Morgan county, 111. In the 
 spring of 1828 they returned to Kentucky, 
 and in the fall of 1829 moved to Morgan 
 county, 111., where nine children were 
 born, in all fifteen children, namelv 
 
 EVELINE, born March 8, "1820, in 
 Caldwell county, Ky., married Henry N. 
 Hamlin. See his name. 
 
 ELIZABETH, born April 20, 1821, 
 in Caldwell county, Ky., married in Mor- 
 gan county, 111., to John H. Ham. They 
 have a family, and reside near Decatur, 
 111. 
 
 FRANCIS M., born March 27, 1823, 
 in Caldwell county, Ky., married Mrs. 
 Sarah Burch, and reside near Franklin, 
 Morgan county, 111. They have five chil- 
 dren, viz.: MINERVA E., GEORGE, 
 MARTHA, WILLIAM H., and 
 SARAH F. 
 
 LUCY, born March 3, 1825 in Cald- 
 well county, Ky., married in Morgan 
 county 111., to Samuel O'Neal. See his 
 name. 
 
 MART A., born Dec. 9, 1826, in Ken- 
 tucky, married George G. Harnsburger, 
 and resides near Decatur, 111. 
 
 SARAH, born Oct. 9, 1828, in Ken- 
 tucky, married in Sangamon county, 111., 
 to Joseph Stickel, and reside near Hills- 
 boro, Montgomery county 111. 
 
 MINERVA J., born 'April 2, 1830, 
 in Morgan county, 111., and was married 
 there to William R. Ford. See his 
 name. 
 
 MARTHA E., born Feb. 13, 1832, in 
 Morgan county, 111., was married in San- 
 gamon county to Hiram W. Walker. See 
 his name. 
 
 NANC1 M., born in Morgan county, 
 died aged 6 vears. 
 
 THOMAS y., born Dec. 9, 1835, in 
 Morgan county, 111., married Fannie Bird, 
 and for his second wife, married Mary 
 Ford. They have one child, LUTHER 
 D., and reside at Virden, Macoupin coun- 
 ty, 111. 
 
 WILLIAM P., born April 9, 1838, in 
 Morgan county, married April 9, 1862, in 
 Sangamon county, to Matilda Headley, 
 who was born Sept. 27, 1838, in Parke 
 county, Ind. They have four living chil-
 
 SAN GAM ON COUNTY. 
 
 6 43 
 
 dren, HELEN. THALBERG W., 
 CHANNINGH., and LAUREL. Their 
 second child, EDNA, died Sept. 9, 1865. 
 The following lines written by the 
 mother, and published in the Illi- 
 nois State Journal expresses her feelings 
 at the time: 
 
 IN MEMORIAM. 
 
 Sleep, little baby sleep, 
 
 Not in thy mother's arms or cradle bed, 
 
 But in the grave forever with the dead 
 
 To sleep thy last long sleep. 
 
 My precious child ! alas, no longer mine, 
 
 Earth holds no form so dear to me as thine. 
 
 Rest, little darling, rest, 
 
 Thy mother's heart is breaking o'er the loss 
 
 Of thee, sweet baby ! O, the bitter cross 
 
 la hard to bear what joys, what hopes are hid 
 
 Forever undernea' h thy coffin lid ! 
 
 Yet rest thee, darling, rest. 
 
 Could I again behold 
 Thee, baby, as when living, my delight, 
 Thy beauteous face so fair, thine eyes so bright, 
 Thy h>ir of sunny gold, 
 How would it ease this aching, longing pain, 
 Could I but clasp thee to my heart again ! 
 BALL, 111., March. 1872. M S. 
 
 William P. Scott resides in Ball town- 
 ship, about two hundred yards north of 
 where Robert Pulliam built the first cabin 
 in the county. 
 
 HARRIET A., born May 6, 1840, in 
 Morgan county, married in Sangamon 
 county to David Pyle. See his name. 
 
 JULIA, born in 1842, died in 1857. 
 
 NANCT ANTIONE7^7^E, born 
 April 13, 1845, m Morgan county, mar- 
 ried in Sangamon county to Fletcher A. 
 Stickel, and resides in Centralia, Kansas. 
 
 JAMES /?., born Dec. 9, 1847, in 
 Morgan county, married in Sangamon 
 county, in 1872, to Marv R. Patterson. 
 They have one child, CLARA ETTIE, 
 and live in Ball township. 
 
 James Scott and wife reside in Ball 
 township, three hundred yards east 
 of where Robert Pulliam built the 
 first cabin in Sangamon county, in the 
 autumn of 1817. Mrs. Scott's youngest 
 child has witnessed more returns of his 
 birthday than she has of her own. See 
 date of her birth for explanation. 
 
 SCOTT, JOHN, was born about 
 1734 in Pennsylvania. His father, An- 
 drew Scott, emigrated from Scotland and 
 settled in Pennsylvania about 1725. John 
 Scott was a soldier in the American 
 Revolution, and was married about 1756 
 to Anna Crayton. They had one child 
 
 ELIZABETH, who married James 
 Maston. 
 
 Mrs. Anna Scott died and John Scott 
 married Nancy Keith. They had twelve 
 living children. The family moved to 
 Sangamon county in 1824, and settled at 
 Island Grove. Of his children 
 
 ANDREW, born Nov. 21, 1786, in 
 North Carolina, was married May 28, 1808, 
 in Jackson county, Tenn., to Anna Lon- 
 gest, who was born in 1791 in South Caro- 
 lina, near the sea coast. They had seven 
 children there, and moved to Sangamon 
 county, 111., first stopping east of Spring- 
 field, thence to Richiand creek, and from 
 there to Island Grove, arriving in 1824. 
 Four children were born there. Of their 
 eleven children, GADDIAL, born Aug. 
 9, 1809, in Jackson county, Tenn., was 
 married July 25, 1833, at Island Grove, 
 Sangamon county, 111., to Susan Sexton, 
 who was born May 25, 1810, in Knox 
 county, Kentucky. The moved to Knox 
 county, 111., settling four miles north of 
 Knoxville, Oct. 6, 1834. They had six 
 living children, WILLIAM M., born July 21, 
 1834, died July 18, 1863. JOHN w., born 
 March 26, 1836, died Oct. 6, 1862. 
 ELIZABETH s., born April 27, 1839, died 
 Feb. 22, iS64 ENOCH s., born July 25, 
 1841, near Galesburg, was married July 4, 
 1863, to Mary R. Grant. They had two 
 living children, John W. and Clarence 
 R., and live at the homestead near Gales- 
 burg, 111. JAMES M., born May 5, 1843, 
 in Knox county, was married Feb. 23, 
 1870, to Delia Lotts. They had two 
 children, Forrest L. and Olive P., and 
 live at the homestead near Galesburg, 111. 
 JACOB A., born Oct. 14, 1846, died May 3, 
 1865. Mrs. Susan Scott died Jan. 22, 
 1875, and Gaddial Scott resides near 
 Galesburg, 111. NANCY, born Feb. 22, 
 1 8 1 1, in Lincoln county, Ky., married in 
 Sangamon county to John Slatten. They 
 moved to DeWitt county, 111., and from 
 there to Des Moines, Iowa, in 1856, where 
 they now reside. They have seven chil- 
 dren. JAMES L., born Jan. 12, 1813, in 
 Giles county, Tenn., came to Sangamon 
 county in 1824, and was married in Iowa 
 to Mary A. Gilmer. They have eight 
 children, and reside near Des Moines, 
 Iowa. ELIZABETH A., born Jan. 20, 
 1815, in Harrison county, Ind., came to 
 Sangamon county with her father's family 
 and married John Maxwell, of Macon
 
 644 
 
 EARLY SETTLERS OF 
 
 County. They have five living children, 
 and reside near Waynesville, DeWitt 
 county, 111. ANNA, born Jan. 21, 1817, 
 in Orange county, Ind., married Tilford 
 Gilmer. They have one child, and reside 
 near Glasgow, Jefferson county, Iowa. 
 WILSON A., born Nov. 20, 1818, in 
 Crawford connty, Ind.; came to Sanga- 
 mon county, 111., in 1824, was married in 
 Iowa to Mrs. ' Louisa Jayne. Wilson 
 A. Scott went to Fort Des Moines 
 and traded with the Indians there 
 until they were removed west. He ac- 
 companied them but returned to Des 
 Moines, laid out the town on the east side 
 of the river, and it was largely through 
 his influence and contributions that the 
 capital was built on that side. He went 
 to California, returned to Des Moines and 
 contributed two or three years to the 
 building up of the city; started to Pike's 
 Peak and died at Fort Laramie in 1859. 
 His remains were buried at Des Moines. 
 CALEB L., born Dec. 22, 1821, in San- 
 gamon county, 111., spent ten years, from 
 1850 to 1860, in California, was married 
 Oct. 21, 1860, in Jefferson county, Iowa, to 
 Charlotte K. Templeton, who was born 
 Oct. 9, 1827, in Wayne county, Ohio. 
 They came at once to Island Grove town- 
 ship, Sangamon county, 111. They had 
 five children, CHARLOTTE j., ANN M., 
 JOHN H. c., HENRY w., and EDNA E., and 
 reside adjoining Berlin on the east. 
 JOHN W., born June 3, 1824, at Island 
 Grove, was married Sept. 7, 1848, to 
 Martha Yates. They had nine children, 
 three died in infancy, MINNIE died in her 
 eighth year. The other five, HEXRY A., 
 LOUISA, RICHARD Y., JOHN w., Jun., and 
 THOMAS Y., reside with their parents in 
 Berlin, Illinois. DORINDA, born Dec. 
 12, 1828, in Sangamon county, was mar- 
 ried to William T. Hughes, who was born 
 in Adair county, Ky. They have two 
 living children, MARY L. married Samuel 
 Mendenhall, and lives at Elkhart, 111. 
 ADA M. resides with her parents. Wil- 
 liam T. Hughes and family live at Elk- 
 hart, Logan county, 111. LUCINDA, 
 born April 17, 1830, in Sangamon county, 
 married Stewart Goodrell. They had 
 three children, MARY, STEWART, Jun., and 
 ANNA. Mr. Goodrell died in 1872 ; his 
 widow and children reside at Des Moines, 
 Iowa. Stewart Goodrell represented 
 Polk county, Iowa, in the State Legisla- 
 
 ture several years, and was pension agent 
 at the time of his death. MALINDA, 
 born May 2, 1832, in Sangamon county, 
 married Thomas B. Reed. They had one 
 child, WILSON T., and Mr. Reed died at 
 Island Grove, 111. His widow and son re- 
 side at Des Moines, Iowa. Mrs. Anna 
 Scott died and Andrew Scott married 
 Mrs. Maxwell, whose maiden name was 
 Ellis. He died in 1859 and his widow 
 died in 1861. He was a minister in the 
 Christian church. 
 
 ALEXANDER, JOHN, WIL- 
 SON, WILLIAM, JAMES, MAR- 
 TIN, SAMUEL, RUTH, ANNA 
 and NANCY, all these brothers and 
 sisters named above, settled in DeWitt 
 county, Illinois; none came to Sangamon 
 county. 
 
 SEELEY, BISHOP, born Feb. 
 10, 1794, at Williston, Chittenden county, 
 Vt. Betsy Brush was born Oct. 18, 1795, 
 at Waltham, Vt. Her father was a Colo- 
 nel in the Revolution. Bishop Seeley 
 and Betsy Brush were married Aug. 14, 
 1816, at Madrid, St. Lawrence county, 
 New York, and their six children were 
 born there. The family moved to Sanga- 
 mon county, 111., arriving Nov. 13, 1835, 
 in the Farmington settlement, in what is 
 now Cartwright township. Of their chil- 
 dren 
 
 SUSAN P., born Aug. 8, 1818, was 
 married in Sangamon county, Illinois, 
 Dec. 25, 1838, to Robert B. Zimmerman. 
 See his name, 
 
 LUCIUS A., born Aug. 10, 1820, was 
 married in Sangamon county, Oct. 16, 
 1844, to Sophia H. Buckman, and moved 
 to Oregon in 1850. They have ten liv- 
 ing children, and reside near Portland, 
 Oregon. 
 
 JOSEPH S., born Oct. 20, 1824, in 
 St. Lawrence county, N. Y., was brought 
 up in Sangamon county, 111., went to Ore- 
 gon in 1848, was married there, had two 
 children, and lives in Wasco county, Ore- 
 gon. 
 
 GEORGE B., born June 8, 1829, in 
 New York, was married April 26, 1850, 
 in Sangamon county, 111., to Mary L. 
 Child. They are without family, and re- 
 side, at Abilene, Kansas. 
 
 STEPHEN B., born May 29, 1832, 
 in New York, was married in Tazewell 
 county, 111., Oct. i, 1854, to Agnes R. 
 Powers, who was born in Hardy county,
 
 SAN GAM ON COUNT. 
 
 West Va. They have three living chil- 
 dren, LUCIUS A., GEORGE B., and 
 FANNIE, and reside adjoining Pawnee, 
 Sangamon county, 111. 
 
 JANE L., born Sept. 20, 1834, in 
 New York, was married March 19, 1856, 
 in Sangamon county, 111., to James Mc- 
 Coy. See his name. They have four 
 living children, HARRIET, ROBERT 
 B., SEELE Y and MARTHA, and reside 
 in Topeka, Kansas. 
 
 Bishop Seeley moved in 1853 from 
 Farmingdale to Springfield, where he and 
 his wife now reside 1876. 
 
 SELLS, DANIEL K., was 
 born Aug. 22, 1800, in Ross county, Ohio, 
 and came with his brother-in-law, Chris- 
 topher Newcomer, to Sangamon county 
 in 1824, and taught school at Rochester in 
 1825. He enlisted at Columbus, O., and 
 served through the Mexican war. Has 
 traveled all over the American continent. 
 He lives with his nephew, Dow New- 
 comer. See his name. 
 
 SHANE, JOHN, was born in 
 Kentucky, near the mouth of Kanawha 
 river, and was there married and moved 
 to what is now Loami towhship in 1828; 
 raised a large family and died there in 
 1847-8. His widow and all except three 
 of his children moved to Harrison county, 
 Missouri. 
 
 ED WARD, married Mary A. With- 
 row, raised a family and died at Mechan- 
 icsburg, 111. 
 
 ELIZA, married Emanuel Jones. See 
 his name. 
 
 EMELINE, married John Jones. 
 See his name. After his death she went 
 to Missouri and died there. 
 
 SHELLHOUSE, LYDIA, 
 was born in Georgia. Her maiden name 
 was Leadbetter. She married Daniel 
 McDowell, and had three children. Mr. 
 McDowell died, and she married Lewis 
 Shellhouse. Leaving her three children 
 with their relatives in Georgia, she and 
 Mr. Shellhouse moved to Kentucky, 
 where they had four children, and Mr. 
 Shellhouse died there. 
 
 The widow and her two youngest chil- 
 dren came to Sangamon county, 111., arriv- 
 ing in what is now Ball township in the 
 fall of 1830, just in time for the " deep 
 snow." Of her four children 
 
 CAS WELL, married in Kentucky, to 
 Elizabeth Laughlin, came to Sangamon 
 
 county several years later than his mother, 
 and died in Ball township. 
 
 REBECCA, married in Kentucky to 
 Joseph Laughlin, moved to Christian 
 county, 111., and both died there. 
 
 WILLIS, born in Kentucky, came 
 with his mother to Sangamon county in 
 1830, married Sarah Easley, had six chil- 
 dren, and she died. He married Martha 
 Nuckolls. They had four children, 
 namely: JOHN H., resides with his 
 mother. CHARLES M., married Milly 
 A. Blount, and lives in Christian county, 
 111. WILLIAM B., married Amanda 
 M. Lockridge, who died July 28, 1873, and 
 their only child, JENNIE F., died a month 
 later. Mr. Shellhouse lives in Ball town- 
 ship. LYDIA A., married James H. 
 Pulliam. See his name. Willis Shell- 
 house died Oct. 24, 1852, and his widow 
 resides near the centre of Ball township, 
 four and a half miles southeast of Chatham 
 Illinois. The house she lives in was 
 built by Robert Pulliam in 1820. It was 
 built ot round logs, and hewn or scutched 
 after it was put up. Being but one story 
 high, no upper floor was required, but three 
 heavy beams, about six by eight inches, 
 serve as joists. On top of these there is a 
 covering of two-inch plank, all hewn from 
 solid logs, because there was not at that 
 time a saw-mill so far north in Illinois. 
 The interior is neatly whitewashed, and 
 with the blazing wood in the wide, open 
 fire-place has every appearance of quiet 
 comfort. It is, beyond a doubt, the oldest 
 dwelling house in Sangamon county. 
 
 ORLENA, born in Kentucky, mar- 
 ried in Sangamon county to Clark Nuck- 
 olls. See his name. 
 
 Mrs. Lydia Shellhouse died in 1842, in 
 Ball township. 
 
 SHELTON, STEPHEN, was 
 born about 1777, in North Carolina, mar- 
 ried there to Lydia Heath, and at once 
 moved to Ohio, near the mouth of Sciota 
 river, where two children were born, and 
 the family moved across the Ohio river 
 into Cabell county, West Virginia, where 
 seven children were born. He was a 
 soldier from Virginia in the war of 1812, 
 and from there moved to Sangamon 
 county, Illinois, arriving in May, 1826, in 
 what is now Curran township, where two 
 children were born. Of their eleven 
 children
 
 6 4 6 
 
 EARLY SETTLERS OF 
 
 WILLIAM, born March 18, 1807, in 
 Ohio, married in Sangamon county, Feb. 
 n, 1830, to Prudence Neal. They had 
 five living children. JOHN R. enlisted 
 Sept. 1862, in Co. B, I30th 111. Inf., for 
 three years, served until late in 1863, 
 when he was detailed to the Chicago 
 Mercantile Battery, which was cap- 
 tured and he was returned to his regi- 
 ment, which was afterwards consolida- 
 ted with the yyth 111. Inf. He was 
 honorably discharged in August, 1865. 
 J. R. Shelton married Eliza Kinney. 
 They had five children. WILLIAM A. 
 died Sept. 23, 1876. JAMES R., LUELLA, 
 CHARLES and MARGARET c., the four lat- 
 ter, live with their parents near Atwood, 
 Moultre county, Illinois. AMARINE 
 married Richard C. Smith. See his 
 name. DANIEL M. married Nancy A. 
 Dodd. They have three children, and 
 live near Chatham, Illinois. JAMES M. 
 married Louisa McComas. They have 
 three living children, MARY s., IDA E., 
 and SMITH, and live in Chatham. 
 ZARILDA married James Worth. 
 They have six children, and live near 
 Taylorville, Illinois. William Shelton and 
 his wife live in Chatham, Sangamon 
 county, 111. He was at work in the Galena 
 lead mines when the Winnebago war 
 broke out in 1827, and volunteered in a 
 company raised at the mines. When it 
 was over he remained at Galena until 
 1830 when he returned to Sangamon 
 county. His recollection of the " deep 
 snow " is that it was four feet on a level in 
 the timber. Corn shocks showed eighteen 
 inches above the snow. He also remem- 
 bers the sudden change of Dec. 20, 1836, 
 and that geese and chickens froze fast in 
 the slush. Water froze in ripples. 
 
 SOPHIA, born in 1809 in Ohio, was 
 married in Sangamon county to Elisha 
 McComas. See his name. 
 
 NANCY, born in Cabell county, Va., 
 married in Sangamon county to David 
 McComas. See his name. 
 
 JAMES, born in Cabell county, 
 West Virginia, married in Sangamon 
 county Sally A. Beckelheimer, who died, 
 aud he married Letitia Wyckoff, who died, 
 and he married a third time. He had 
 seven children. He had two sons, JASPER 
 and NEWTON. The former was killed at 
 the battle of Chickamauga; the latter was 
 wounded at the same battle, had a leg 
 
 amputated and died in consequence of it 
 nearly five years later. James Shelton re- 
 sides in Texas. 
 
 MORRIS,\>mn in West Virginia, was 
 a soldier in an Illinois regiment in the 
 Mexican war, and was killed on a scout 
 the day before the battle of Cerro Gordo 
 in 1847. 
 
 JOHN, born in West Virginia, was in 
 the same company and regiment from Ill- 
 inois, in the Mexican war, fought through 
 the battle of Cerro Gordo, came home, 
 married Nancy Bogbv, had eight children, 
 and lives in Kansas. 
 
 ELE VEN, born in West Virginia, 
 married in Sangamon county to Martha 
 Bogby, have six children, and lives in 
 Kansas. 
 
 SALL Y, born in West Virginia, mar- 
 ried in Sangamon county to Thomas 
 Wyckoff, and both died without children. 
 
 LUCINDA, born in West Virginia, 
 married in Sangamon county to Samuel 
 Clarke. They have nine children, and 
 reside at Butler, Bates county, Mo. 
 
 ELEANOR, born in West Virginia, 
 married in Sangamon county to Mordecai 
 Howard, had three children, and both 
 died. 
 
 ZERILDA, born in Sangamon coun- 
 ty, married Jesse Mitts, have six childi'en, 
 and live in Montgomery county. 
 
 ELISHA, born in Sangamon county, 
 married Esther Murphy, had four children, 
 and she and two of the children died, and 
 he married Leathv Tongate. They have 
 one child, and reside in Wayne county, 
 Iowa. 
 
 Mrs. Lydia Shelton died Nov. 20, 1830, 
 and Stephen Shelton was married in 
 April, 1831, to Judith Neal. They had 
 five children born in Sangamon county. 
 
 MART, married Francis Reed, and died 
 leaving four children in Iowa. 
 
 REBECCA, married James Stamper. 
 They have eight children, and reside in 
 Curran township. 
 
 AMANDA, married William Jones, 
 have five children, and live in Iowa. 
 
 MAN VILLA, married Elisha Harbor, 
 had six children, and she died. He mar- 
 ried and resides in Montgomery county. 
 
 MAR7^IN, born March 2*2, 1844, 
 in Sangamon county, enlisted June 
 6, 1862, in Co. B, '7th 111. Inf., for 
 three years, was honorably discharged 
 Oct. 3, 1862; enlisted Oct. 5, 1864, in Co.
 
 SANGAMON COUNTY. 
 
 647 
 
 B, 1 3th U. S. A., for three years, and was 
 honorably discharged July 27, 1867, in 
 Montana Territory, married in Sangamon 
 county, June 24, 1868, to Sarah J. Dill, 
 have two children, WILLIAM DALLAS and 
 LOUIS \v., and reside in Chatham town- 
 ship. 
 
 Stephen Shelton died Jan. 22, 1859, in 
 Sangamon county, and his widow resides 
 with his son, William, in Chatham. 
 
 SHEPARD, LEWIS M., was 
 born July 31, 1817, near Green village, 
 Morris county, N. J. He came to Sanga- 
 mon county with his aunt Phoebe Mesler, 
 wife of Cornelius Mesler, in the fall of 
 1834. He is not yet married and resides 
 with his aunt Mesler, three miles northeast 
 of Berry Station. See her name. 
 
 SHEPHERD, the origin of this 
 family in America was with Thomas Shep- 
 herd, a native of Wales, who came to Vir- 
 ginia long before the thirteen colonies 
 declared themselves independent of the 
 British crown. He settled on the south 
 bank of the Potomac about ten miles west 
 of the Blue Ridge and the mouth of the 
 Shenandoah river. According to the cus- 
 tom then prevailing, he tomahawked, or 
 "blazed" the trees around a tract of land, 
 including several thousands of acres, all 
 lying south of the Potomac. The record- 
 ing of the description of this iand secured 
 to him the title. He laid out and named 
 for himself Shepherdstown. In order to 
 encourage settlement he sold lots gener- 
 ally half an acre each at nominal prices, 
 but required an annual quit rent of five 
 shillings to be paid perpetually. That 
 rent is still being paid by owners of the 
 lots, who have not bought off. He ac- 
 quired other landed property by purchase, 
 and at his death, Thomas Shepherd left a 
 will, a copy of which is in posse sion of 
 Thomas B. Shepherd, of Sangamon coun- 
 ty, the fifth Thomas Shepherd in a direct 
 line from Thomas Shepherd, of Wales. 
 By that will he bequeathed some land, de- 
 clared to have been deeded to him June 
 12, 1751, by the Right Hon. Thomas, 
 Lord Fairfax. The will is dated Aug. 20, 
 1776, and bequeaths to his sons, Thomas, 
 William, John, Abraham and David, lands 
 and a saw-mill in the county of Berkley, 
 Virginia, and lots in the townofMech- 
 lenburg, same county. To his daughters, 
 Susannah, Mary, Martha, Sarah and Eliz- 
 abeth, he bequeaths money and some per- 
 
 sonal property. The will covers some 
 eight pages of fools'-cap, and in its metes 
 and bounds is quite a curiosity. Two of 
 the sons of the original Thomas Shep- 
 herd were soldiers in the Revolutionary 
 army. One of them, Captain Abraham 
 Shepherd, was captured and held on 
 board a British prison ship until he came 
 near losing his life. The eldest son, or 
 Thomas No. 2, married Susan Hulse, and 
 raised a family of eight children. His 
 eldest child, or Thomas No. 3, was born 
 Nov. 3, 1774, and was married Oct. 15, 
 1805, to Mary Byers, who was born Dec. 
 13, 1779, in Shepherdstown, also. They 
 had eight children in Shepherdstown, and 
 Thomas No. 3 died Nov. 9, 1832, in his 
 native town. Eight of his children came 
 to Sangamon county, namely 
 
 SHEPHERD, THOMAS C., 
 
 or Thomas No. 4, born June 28, 1806, in 
 Shepherdstown, Jefferson county, Va., was < 
 married in his native town July 3, 1834,10 
 Ellen Miller, who was born June 24, 1813, 
 in Shepherdstown, also. They made their 
 home at Blackford's Ferry, Washington 
 county, Md., until one child was born, and 
 on the death of his father, Thomas C., 
 took charge of the family, and with his 
 mother, sister and two brothers, moved to 
 Sangamon county, 111., arriving Nov. 17, 
 1836, at a farm six miles south of Spring- 
 field, that Thomas C. had purchased the 
 spring before. They moved in wagons, 
 and were six weeks on the road. Thomas 
 C. and wife had four children in Sanga- 
 mon county, namelv 
 
 THOMAS B., or Thomas No. 5, born 
 Sept. 28, 1835, i Washington county, 
 Md., was married in Sangamon county, 
 Oct. 26, 1859, to Armii da Pyle. They 
 have three children, THOMAS A., or 
 Thomas No. 6, ANN E.and MARY E., 
 and live three miles northwest of Pawnee, 
 Sangamon county, 111. 
 
 JOHN H., born Feb. 21, 1838, in 
 Sangamon county, was married Oct. 6, 
 1869, to Ann Pvle. They have one child, 
 ARMINDA M., and live one and a half 
 miles southeast of Pawnee, Sangamon 
 county, 111. 
 
 WILLIAM B., born Jan. 6, 1840, in 
 Sangamon county, married Oct 22, 1867, 
 to Elizabeth K. Brown, who was born 
 Oct. 20, 1848, near Wheeling, West Va. 
 They have one child, ALICE VIR-
 
 EARLY SETTLERS OF 
 
 GINIA, and live near Woodside, Sanga- 
 mon county, 111. 
 
 CHARLES M., born Nov. 18, 1841, in 
 Sangamon county, 111., enlisted at Spring- 
 field, July 20, 1861, in what became Co. 
 B, nth Missouri Inf., served three years 
 and twenty days, and was honorably dis- 
 charged Aug. 10, 1864. He was married 
 Nov. u, 1869,10 Sarah E. Ford: They 
 have one child, CHARLES RAY- 
 MOND, born Sept. 26, 1875, and live six 
 miles south of Springfield, 111. 
 
 MART E., born Jan. 5, 1849, married 
 Lawson Pvle. See his name. They 
 have one child, MILDRETH. 
 
 Thomas C. Shepherd and wife reside 
 where they settled in 1836, six miles south 
 of Springfield, Sangamon county, 111. 
 
 SHEPHERD, HENRY, born 
 Dec. 3, 1807, in Virginia, went in 1830 to 
 Chillicothe, Ohio, and was married there 
 to Margaret PeafF. They came to Sanga- 
 mon county in 1838. In 1849 he went to 
 California, and died in Sacramento, in the 
 autumn of 1850, leaving a widow and one 
 child 
 
 HARRIET, who married George 
 Metlin. He died in 1872. 
 
 The mother and daughter, both widows, 
 live in Petersburg, Menard countv, 111. 
 
 SHEPHERD, SUSAN', born in 
 1809, in Virginia, married George R. 
 Weber. See his name. 
 
 SHEPHERD, MARY, born 
 Oct. 31, 1813, in Shepherdstown Virginia, 
 married Nov. 15, 1833, in Sharpsburg, 
 Maryland, to S. B. Smith, who was born 
 June 10, 1810, in Martinsburg, Virginia. 
 They had thirteen children, six of whom 
 died under two years. Of the other 
 seven 
 
 ANDRE W, born August 3, 1837, m 
 Pickaway county, Ohio, was in Berkley 
 county, Va., at the beginning of the 
 rebellion, and voted against the ordinance 
 of secession. He was forced into the rebel 
 army by receiving a severe bayonet 
 wound, but refused to take the oath of 
 allegiance or perform military duty. 
 Some whisky was offered him which he 
 could not be induced to drink. It was 
 carelessly left in the way of one of their 
 own men, who drank it, not knowing that 
 it was poisoned, and he died in two hours. 
 Andrew Smith escaped from the rebels, 
 entered the Union army at Washington, 
 D. C., and after a brief term of service 
 
 was discharged on account of physical 
 disability. He is now 1876 engaged in 
 mercantile business at Boise City, Idaho 
 Territory. 
 
 WILLIAM, born Jan. 5, 1839, in 
 Allegheny City, Penn., enlisted in 1862, 
 for three years, in Co. I, 29th 111. Inf., 
 served six months over time, and was 
 honorably discharged. He was married 
 Sept. 5, 1866, to Lou Ray. They have 
 three children, LILLIAN, GRACE and 
 JESSIE, and live in Champaign City, 
 Illinois. 
 
 HENRY H., born Oct. 10, 1840, in 
 Pittsburg, Penn., brought up in Sanga- 
 mon county, enlisted in April, i86i,onthe 
 first call for 75,000 men, but was rejected 
 on account of physical disability, went to 
 the gold regions of the Pacific in 1862, 
 was married Nov. 14, 1864, at Three Mile 
 Creek, Utah, to Mrs. Lovina Wakley, 
 who was born July 25, 1843, in Hancock 
 county, Illinois. They have three chil- 
 dren, MARY P., FRANCES A., and 
 GEORE W., and live at Corinne, Box 
 Elder county, Utah Territory. 
 
 JOSEPH S., born Jan. 23, 1844, in 
 Allegheny City, Penn., brought up in 
 Sangamon county, was married Feb. 15, 
 1872, in Springfield, 111., to Mary J. 
 Craig. They have one child, and live 
 near Morrisonville, Illinois. 
 
 THOMAS C., born March 31, 1848, 
 in Sangamon county, and is the seventh 
 son in succession. He was married Jan. 
 12, 1876, to Annie Craig, and lives three 
 miles south of Rochester, Sangamon 
 county, Illinois. 
 
 AMANDA L., died Nov. 19, 1869, in 
 her twenty-first year. 
 
 MAR Y P., died Oct. 4, 1869, in her 
 seventeenth year. 
 
 S. B. Smith was four times Sergeant- 
 at-Arms, as assistant and principal, in the 
 Illinois Legislature, from 1850 to 1854. 
 Mr. Smith and his wife now 1876 re- 
 side three miles south of Rochester, San- 
 gamon county, Illinois. He was four 
 times Sergeant-at-Arms as assistant and 
 principal in the Illinois General Assembly 
 from 1850 to 1854. 
 
 SHEPHERD, JOSEPH, born 
 
 July n, 1816, in Shepherdstown, Virginia, 
 came to Sangamon county Nov. 17, 1836, 
 was married March 16, 1848, to Fanny 
 Smith, who was born Oct. 25, 1818, in
 
 SANGAMON COUNTY. 
 
 649 
 
 Franklin county, Penn. They had six 
 living children in Sangamon county 
 
 J. THOMAS, horn Jan. 18, 1849, 
 was married September 4, 1872, to Amai.da 
 Whitecraft, and lives in Christian county, 
 six miles east of Pawnee, Sangamon 
 county, 111. 
 
 JAMES H., born Oct. 19, 1850, was 
 married Sept. 10, 1874, to Jessie F. Win- 
 chester, who was born Oct. 3, 1856, in 
 New Jersev. They live four miles south- 
 east of Springfield, 111. 
 
 FANNY A., died in her i6th year, 
 Dec. 14, 1869. 
 
 SALOME C., JOSEPH J. and 
 AMANDA E., live wit'i their father. 
 
 Mrs. Fanny Shepherd died Feb. 19, 
 1863, and Joseph Shepherd was married 
 to Mrs. Lydia Haggard, whose maiden 
 name was Byers. She has one child, 
 MARGARET C. Haggard, by the first 
 marriage, and Mr. and Mrs. Shepherd 
 have two children, WILLIAM C. and 
 LYDIA. 
 
 Joseph Shepherd and family reside four 
 miles southeast of Springfield, 111. 
 
 SHEPHERD, AMANDA, 
 born Nov. 8, 1812, in Virginia, married 
 Philip W T eber. See his name. 
 
 SHEPHERD, JOHN J., born 
 in 1821 in Virginia, was married in San- 
 gamon county to Susan Pettus, sister to 
 Thomas P. Pettus. See his name. She 
 died without children, and he married 
 Mrs. Ann Lewis, whose maiden name was 
 Wright. They are without family and 
 live in Lincoln, 111. 
 
 SHEPHERD, SARAH C., 
 born July 5, 1823, in Shepherdstown, was 
 married there in the fall of 1836 to Dr. E. 
 C. Williams. They have several children, 
 and reside in Martinsburg, Va. Their 
 son, LEWIS, was in Sangamon county, 
 when the rebellion commenced, and en- 
 listed on the first call for 75,000 men in 
 the 7th 111. Inf. for three months. He en- 
 listed for three years in the 29th 111. Inf., 
 re-enlisted as a veteran in 1864, and was 
 honorably discharged at the close of the 
 war. He is now married, and lives in 
 Texas. 
 
 Mrs. Mary Shepherd, whose maiden 
 name was Byers, came to Sangamon 
 county with her son, Thomas C., in 1836, 
 and died in the house of her son-in-law, 
 Philip W. Weber, Nov. 25, 1870, aged 
 ninety-one years. John Miller, of Shep- 
 
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 herdstown, father of Mrs. Thomas C. 
 Shepherd, visited them, and died at their 
 house Sept. 29, 1860, in his 77th year. 
 
 SHEPHERD, JpSEPH H., 
 was born in 1812 in Ohio, and came to 
 Sangamon county about 1833, and was 
 married to Nancy Center, a native of 
 Ohio also. They had six children in San- 
 gamon county, namely 
 
 JAMES Af., born Jan. 15, 1834, en- 
 listed April 16, 1861, in Co. G, 7th 111. Inf. 
 for three months, served full term, enlisted 
 Aug. 9, 1862, in Co. K, H5th 111. Inf. for 
 three years, served until after the battle 
 of Chickamauga, at which his lungs be- 
 came diseased from exposure, in conse- 
 quence of which he was discharged in 
 May, 1865, and died in Williams town- 
 ship Sept. 2, 1869. 
 
 WILLIAM R. and HENRY P., 
 twins, born March n, 1836. 
 
 WILLIAM R., married Clarissa Huff- 
 man, have two children, and live in Me- 
 nard county, Illinois. 
 
 HENR Y F., married Louisa J. Over- 
 street, and both died, leaving one child. 
 
 OSCAR F., born May 15, 1839, in 
 Sangamon county, enlisted April 16, 1861, 
 on the first call for 75,000 men, in Co. G, 
 7th 111. Inf., served three months and was 
 honorably discharged. Enlisted Aug. 9, 
 in 1862, in Co. K, U5th 111. Inf., served 
 until Feb. 13, 1863, when he was dis- 
 charged at Nashville on account of physi- 
 cal disability. He was married March i, 
 1865,10 Arminda Thaxton, have two chil- 
 dren, EDWIN and PERRY, and live in 
 Sherman, 111. 1874. 
 
 ANNA J/., born April 16, 1841, mar- 
 ried Harry L. Morris, and died at Daven- 
 port, Iowa, in 1870, leaving three children. 
 
 SEBASTIAN B., born May 12, 
 1844, enlisted Aug. 9, 1862, in Co. K, ii5th 
 111. Inf., for three years, served full term, 
 and was honorably discharged June 23, 
 1865. He was married Dec. 25, 1866, to 
 Elizabeth Overstreet. They have three 
 children, LOUISA S., EMMA L. and 
 LAVINA G , and live near Cantrall, 111. 
 
 Mrs. Nancy Shepherd died in 1845, and 
 Joseph H. Shepherd died in 1851. 
 
 SHIELDS, ALEXANDER, 
 born in 1797 in Franklin county, Pennsyl- 
 vania. After three years spent in the 
 Western University of Pennsylvania, at 
 Pittsburgh, he graduated there in 1824 or 
 1825. In 1832 he graduated in the medi-
 
 650 
 
 EARLY SETTLERS OF 
 
 cal department of the University of Penn- 
 sylvania, at Philadelphia. He practiced 
 medicine in his native county, and in 
 April, 1835, started west, visiting St. 
 Louis and Palmyra, in Missouri; Alton, 
 Beardstown, Jacksonville, and lastly 
 Springfield in Illinois, arriving May 15, 
 1835. He intended stopping in Spring- 
 field, but he said it rained forty days and 
 nights, and in hopes to escape so much 
 water he went to Tremont to wait until 
 the shower was over. He returned to 
 Springfield in about two weeks and en- 
 gaged in the practice of his profession. 
 He was married in Springfield in 1837 to 
 Mrs. Ann Salisch, whose maiden name 
 was Capps. See Capps family. Dr. 
 Shields moved to what is now Ball town- 
 ship, south of Sugar Creek, near Crow's 
 Mill, in 1845. They had four children. 
 
 THOMAS A. died unmarried Sept. 
 29, 1862, aged twenty-four years. 
 
 MANT J., born in Springfield, 111., 
 was married Nov. 27, 1867, to Henry 
 Sanders. She died March, 1868. Mr. 
 Sanders married Miss Riddle, and lives in 
 Springfield. 
 
 SUSAN A., was married Oct. 22, 
 1873, to Virgil Downing. They have 
 one child, GERALDINE, and live near 
 Cotton Hill P. O. 
 
 BENJAMIN F. lives with his 
 parents. 
 
 Dr. Shields and family live near Cotton 
 Hill P. O., Sangamon county, Illinois. 
 
 SH INKLE, CHRISTIAN, 
 (a brother to Mrs. Mary M. Shinkle) was 
 born in Berks county, Pa., and taken by 
 his parents to Brown county, Ohio. Me- 
 linda Judd, sister to Rezin Judd, was horn 
 in Maryland, and taken to Brown county, 
 Ohio. Christian Shinkle and Melinda 
 Judd were married and had four children 
 in Ohio, and moved to Sangamon county, 
 111., arriving October, 1826, in what is 
 now Mechanicsburg township, where one 
 child was born. Of their five children 
 
 CHRIS7TAN, born October, 1813, in 
 Ohio, married in Sangamon county, to 
 Sibbeth Carrico, have six children, and 
 live near Fullerton, DeWitt county, 111. 
 
 EZEKIEL, born April 26, 1816, in 
 Ohio, is living with his third wife, and has 
 seven children. They reside near Fuller- 
 ton, 111. 
 
 AIA7TLDA A., born June 24, 1821, in 
 Brown county, Ohio, married in Sanga- 
 
 mon county to David S. McDaniel, who 
 died in less than three months after mar- 
 riage, and she married Aaron Morgan. 
 See his name. 
 
 JAMES, born September, 1823, in 
 Brown county, Ohio, raised in Sangamon 
 county, married in DeWitt county, to 
 Martha McCord. They have three chil- 
 dren, and reside near Twin Springs, Linn 
 county, Kansas. 
 
 JOHN J., born Nov, 1 1, 1832, in San- 
 gamon county, married in DeWitt county 
 to Sarah A. Barnes. They have four 
 children, and live near Twin Springs, Kan- 
 sas. 
 
 Mrs. Melinda Shinkle died April, 1842, 
 and Christian Shinkle died March 3, 1849, 
 she in Sangamon, and he in DeWitt 
 county, 111. 
 
 SHINKLE, JOHN, was born 
 in February, 1783,111 Berks county, Penn., 
 and when he was a boy his parents moved 
 to Brown county, Ohio. Mary M. 
 Shinkle was born Nov. 12, 1784, in Berks 
 county, Penn. In May, 1805, her parents 
 moved to Brown county, Ohio. John 
 Shinkle and Mary M. Shinkle were there 
 married Nov. 7, 1805. They had ten 
 living children in Brown count). The 
 family moved to Sangamon county, 111., 
 arriving December, 1826, in what is now 
 Clear Lake township, north of Sangamon 
 river, where one child was born. Of their 
 eleven children 
 
 DANIEL, born August 17, 1806, in 
 Ohio, married in Sangamon county to 
 Nancy Owens, moved to the vicinity of 
 Maquoketa, Iowa, had several children, 
 and Mrs. Shinkle died. He was married 
 to Elizabeth Simons and he died in 1872. 
 
 SARAH, born Sept. 4, 1807, in Ohio, 
 married in Sangamon county to Clinton 
 Wilson. See his name. 
 
 JAMES, born May 2, 1810, in Ohio, 
 married in Sangamon county, to Rebecca 
 Williams. They had five children, one 
 died in infancy, and one, JOHN, died in 
 the Union Army. James Shinkle and his 
 wife reside near McConnell's Grove P. 
 O., Stephenson county, 111. 
 
 ELIZABETH, born May 22, 1813, 
 in Ohio, married in Sangamon county to 
 David Worley. They have a family, and 
 reside near Ottawa, Kansas. 
 
 THOMAS, born June 12, 1815, is a 
 cripple, and resides in Dawson, Illinois. 
 
 CHRISTIANA, born May 20, 1817,
 
 SANG AM ON COUNTY. 
 
 65' 
 
 in Ohio, married in Sangamon county to 
 Jeremiah Smith. They had two children. 
 ZACHARY T. lives at Marion, DeWitt 
 county, 111.; HARRIET A. married A. 
 Herrol, and lives near Twin Springs, 
 Kansas. Jeremiah Smith died in 1849, 
 and his widow lives with their son, 
 Zachary, T., in DeWitt county, Illinois. 
 
 JOHN, Jun., born Oct. 21, 1819, in 
 Ohio, married Oct. 4, 1851, in DeVVitt 
 county, Illinois, to Martha Miller, who 
 was born there Aug. 28, 1830. They 
 have four children, MARY KATE, 
 CYRUS L., IDA MAY and LINCOLN 
 A. Mr. Shinkle lived on the farm where 
 the fami.y settled in 1826, three miles 
 southwest of Dawson, until 1875, when 
 he moved to Springfield, 111. 
 
 GEuRGE,\>o\-n Nov. 7, 1821, in Ohio. 
 He enlisted at Sp ingfield in 1862 in Co. 
 C, 1 24th 111. Inf. for three years, and died 
 of disease at St. Louis, Oct. 8, 1864. His 
 remains were brought home for interment. 
 
 BARBARA,\>v\\\ March 12, 1823, in 
 Ohio, married in Sangamon county to Jo- 
 seph Prokopp. They have one child and 
 live near Riverton, 111. 
 
 REBECCA, born Oct. 21, 1824, died 
 in her fifteenth year. 
 
 LE WIS, born March 5, 1827 in San- 
 gamon county, lives at the old homestead, 
 near Dawson. 
 
 John Shinkle died August, 1827, in 
 Sangamon county, less than one year after 
 his arrival in the country. His widow 
 raised her family on the farm where they 
 settled, and now resides there. It is three 
 miles southwest of Dawson, 111. She is 
 92 years old, and has been a widow nearly 
 half a century. 
 
 SHIPLEY, RICHARD A., 
 was born Jan. 15, 1812, in Baltimore 
 county, Md., and was married August 6, 
 1835, in Washington county, in the same 
 State, to Ellen Albert. They had one 
 child, and moved to Springfield, Illinois, 
 arriving May 20, 1837, where they had 
 six children, three of whom died young. 
 Of their four children 
 
 McKENDREE, born April 7, 1836, 
 in Washington county, Md., raised in 
 Springfield, spent fourteen years in Texas, 
 and died August, 1872, in Springfield. 
 
 MART E., born September, 1838, in 
 Springfield, died in her seventeenth year. 
 
 RICHARD A., Jun., born April 8, 
 1840, in Springfield. He enlisted in 1862, 
 
 in Co. , i3oth 111. Inf., served three 
 years and was honorably discharged. He 
 was married in 1862 to Laura Stall. They 
 have one living child, WILLIAM R., 
 and resides in Springfield. 
 
 WILLIAM H., born April 8, 1842, in 
 Springfield. He enlisted in 1862 for three 
 years in the Chicago Board of Trade Bat- 
 tery of Artiliery, served full term and was 
 honorably discharged in 1865. He was 
 married in 1867 to Ann Johnson. They 
 have one child, ALBERT R., and live 
 in Springfield. 
 
 Richard A. Shipley and wife reside at 
 1108 Monroe street, between Eleventh 
 and Twelfth, Springfield, 111. 
 
 S H O RT, J A M ES, was born Feb. 
 5, 1776, in South Carolina, and was one of 
 six sons of Hezekiah Short, who died in 
 South Carolina in 1803. The ancestors of 
 this family came from Scotland. James, 
 the subject of this sketch, was married in 
 South Carolina in 1800, to Lucretia Ten- 
 nyson, a native of that State. They had 
 two children there, and moved to Greene 
 county, near Greensburg, Ky., in 1804, 
 where five children were born. Mrs. 
 Lucretia Short died Sept. 14, 1817, in 
 Kentcky, and James Short was married 
 there in 1818 to Mrs. Margaret Wright, 
 whose maiden name was Strater. They 
 had two children in Kentucky, and moved 
 in the spring of 1822 to Sangamon county, 
 111., settling at the junction of Salt creek 
 and Sangamon river, in what is now Me- 
 nard county. In the spring of 1827, they 
 moved to Sugar creek, settling three and 
 a half miles southeast of Springfield, 
 where eight children were born. Of the 
 seven children of James Short by his first 
 marriage, two died young. The other 
 five are 
 
 IGNATIUS T., born Nov. 28, 1801, 
 in South Carolina, was married in 1820 at 
 Columbus, then in Pulaski, but now in 
 Hickman county, Ky., to Mary Arnett, 
 who was born in 1802 in South Carolina, 
 also. They moved from Kentucky to San- 
 gamon county, 111., on horseback, in 1823, 
 settling near Springfield. He was a sol- 
 dier in the Blackhawk war from Sanga- 
 mon countv. They moved to Macoupin 
 county, 111?, in 1830. Of their six chil- 
 dren who lived to maturity, RANSOM 
 A., born Oct. 8, 1824, near Springfield, 
 was married July 20, 1845, at Edwards- 
 ville, Madison county, 111,, to Orlean M.
 
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 Cread. He enlisted in 1846 in the Mexi- 
 can war, and died at Monterey, Mexico. 
 LOUISA M , born Nov. 27, 1828, was 
 married in 1844 in Madison county, 111., to 
 George Woodward, who died in 1846. 
 Mrs. Woodward was married in 1847 to 
 Levi Gimlin. They had one child, ZACH- 
 EUS, who was born Jan. 12, 1850, and was 
 married in 1871 to Mary A. Parks. They 
 have two children, William W. and Win- 
 nie A., and reside near Carlinville, Ma- 
 coupin county, Illinois. Levi Gimlin 
 died July, 1850, and Mrs. Gimlin was 
 married in 1852 to Charles Emrick. 
 They had five living children. ELNO- 
 
 RA, LAURA, THADDEUS D., JERUSHA 
 
 E. and FANNY live with their mother. 
 Charles Emrick died Jan. 15, 1874, and 
 Mrs. Emrick resides near Carlinville, 111. 
 MARTHA A., born Jan. 20, 1831, was 
 married in 1849 in Macoupin county, 111., 
 to Edward Miller. They had one child, 
 MARTHA A, born Jan. 1850, and married 
 Jan. 4, 1867, in Cass county, to George 
 W. Zircles. They have one child, Ada 
 C, and live near Ashland, 111. Mrs. Martha 
 A. Miller died Jan. 22, 1850, and Edward 
 Miller died in 1851, both in Macoupin 
 county, 111. WILLIAM HENRY, born 
 March 16, 1840, died unmarried in De- 
 cember, 1856. MARY ELIZABETH, 
 born March 30, 1842, died in November, 
 1856. HEZEKIAH M., born Feb. 14, 
 1845, in Macoupin county, enlisted May 
 12, 1864, for 100 days in Co. G, i33d 111. 
 Inf., served until Sept. 24, 1864, when he 
 was honorably discharged with the regi- 
 ment. He entered MeKenclree College 
 in the fall of 1867, and graduated there in 
 June, 1874. In September, -875, he united 
 with the Illinois Conference of the Meth- 
 odist Episcopal Church, and isnow Sep- 
 tember, 1876 preaching on the Chatham 
 circuit, and is not yet married. 
 
 Ignatius T. Short died in 1853, and 
 Mrs. Mary Short died in 1855, both near 
 Carlinville, Macoupin county, 111. 
 
 ELIZABETH, born May 12, 1804, 
 in South Carolina, was married in Greene 
 county, Ky., to Randolph Rhodes. See 
 his name. She lives with her son, John 
 T. Rhodes. 
 
 ANNA S., born Jan. 3, 1810, in South 
 Carolina, married Andrew McCormick. 
 See his name. 
 
 CASSANDRA, born in 1813 in South 
 Carolina, married Harvey E. Armstrong, 
 
 of Waverly, Morgan county, 111. She 
 died in 1838, without children. 
 
 LUC1NDA B., born Oct. 5, 1815, was 
 married to James Q. Wills, of Sangamon 
 county, 111., June 23, 1836. They had 
 two children, LUCRETIA C., born 
 April 16, 1837, married James Bracken. 
 Mrs. Bracken died Nov. 2, 1860, leaving 
 two children. JAMES D., born April i, 
 1841, enlisted in Co. A, loth 111. Cav., and 
 died in the army, May 2ist, 1862. James 
 Q. Wills died July 3, 1845, an< J ms widow 
 was married April 20, 1^49, to B. Y. Sin- 
 gleton, of Sangamon county. They have 
 three children. MARGARET L., born 
 April 23, 1850, married at Petersburg, 111., 
 Nov. i, 1871, to James A. Robb. They 
 have two children, EVA MABEL and LES- 
 LIE ELBERT, and live near Walshville, 
 Montgomery county, 111. BENJAMIN 
 Y., Jun., and WINFIELD S. Singleton 
 live with their parents. B. Y. Singleton 
 lives near Petersburg, 111. 
 
 Of James Short's children by his sec- 
 ond marriage four died young. 
 
 JOHN W., born Dec. 21, 1821, in Ken- 
 tucky, was married Nov. 4, 1852, in San- 
 gamon county, 111., to Nancy E. Billings. 
 See Billings family. She died Aug. 20, 
 1865, leaving one child, MELISSA E., 
 who was born May 7, 1856, and lives with 
 her step-mother. John W. Short was 
 married Aug. 27, 1866, to Mrs. Eliza 
 Dalaney, whose maiden name was Potts. 
 Mr. Short died March 15, 1876, and his 
 widow and daughter reside near James- 
 town, Clinton county, 111. 
 
 MARTHA, born in 1822, in Menard 
 county, 111., married John Potts, of San- 
 gamon countv. They had five children, 
 and both died near Jamestown, Clinton 
 county, Illinois. 
 
 DOR1NDA, born in 1824, in Menard 
 county, 111., married James Tibbs. They 
 had five children, MARGARET, 
 MARY, MARTHA, AMANDA and 
 NETTIE. Mr. Tibbs died in 1856, and 
 his widow lives near Rochester, 111. 
 
 WILLIAM S., born in 1826, in San- 
 gamon county, was married there in 1847, 
 to Harriet Wilson, who was born April 
 26, 1829. They had three children, 
 OLIVE C., born July n, 1848, was mar- 
 ried November 14, 1868, to Robert Atkin- 
 son, and live in Rochester, Illinois. 
 AMANDA M., born Oct. 12, 1850, died 
 young. WILLIAM T., born Nov. 21,
 
 SAN GAM ON COUNT. 
 
 6 53 
 
 1855, lives with his father. Mrs. H: rriet 
 Short died July 6, 1865, in Chatham, 111., 
 and William S. Short resides near Cha- 
 nute, Neosho county, Kansas. Mr. Short 
 served in Co. C, 2d 111. Light Art., from 
 Jan. 4, 1864,10 Aug. 3, 1865, when he was 
 honorablv discharged. 
 
 MARGARET C, born in 1828 in 
 Sangamon county, married Edward Nee- 
 ner. They have three children and live 
 near Chanute, Neosho county, Kansas. 
 
 AMANDA M., born Oct. 28, 1830, in 
 Sangamon county, married Jonas L. 
 Fletcher. See his name. 
 
 James Short died June 7, 1836, and 
 Mrs. Margaret Short died Dec. 25, 1850, 
 both at the homestead where they settled 
 in 1827, three and a half miles southeast of 
 Springfield, in Sangamon county, 111. 
 
 SHORT, JOSHUA, was born as 
 early as 1760 in ,Virgiana, was a soldier 
 from that State in the Revolution, and 
 after the war for Independence, married 
 there, and moved with his family to 
 Green county, Kentucky, near Mul- 
 draugh's Hill, which gave the name to 
 one of the battles fought in suppressing 
 the rebellion. He came with some of his 
 children to Sangamon county, Illinois, 
 arriving October, 1825, on Spring creek, 
 six miles west of Springfield. If there 
 was any relationship between him and 
 James Short, who came from South Caro- 
 lina, through Green county, Kentucky, 
 their descendants seem not to be informed 
 of it. Joshua Short is remembered as one 
 of the aged men who rode in a canoe, 
 mounted on wheels and rigged as a ship, 
 in the procession at the Whig or Harrison 
 political gathering at Springfield in 1840. 
 He was then more than eighty years of 
 age, and died a few years later in Menard 
 county, Illinois. Some of his children 
 came to Sangamon county, but I have 
 sketches of two only, James and Caleb. 
 
 JAMES, born about 1787, either in 
 Virginia or Green county, Kentucky, was 
 the captain of a company and was about 
 marching from that latter county to the 
 scene of conflict when the war of 1812 
 and '15 closed. He was married, had 
 some children there, and brought his 
 family to Sangamon county, Illinois, in 
 1825, in company with his father, bring- 
 ing his family and worldly goods in a cart. 
 James Short died in 1827 at a place called 
 Turkey Point, about five miles west of 
 
 Chatham, Sangamon county. I have the 
 sketches of two only of his children, 
 Allen and Susan C. ALLEN, born Feb. 
 6, 1816, in Green county, Kentucky, was 
 brought by his father to Sangamon 
 county in 1825, and left an orphan and a 
 cripple at eleven years of age, with 
 younger brothers and sisters, whom he 
 aided all he could. When he was ten 
 years of age he says he had heard but one 
 sermon, had only seen one pair of boots, 
 and had never seen a newspaper, tract or 
 pamphlet. He was married in Sanga- 
 mon county to Margaret A. Campbell, 
 daughter of Rev. Thomas Campbell. 
 See his name. They had three chil- 
 dren in Sangamon county. JAMES L., 
 born Jan. 4, 1839, in Sangamon county, 
 enlisted at the first call for 75,000 men in 
 Co. G, 7th 111. Inf., for three months in 
 April, 1861, served full time and was 
 honorably discharged. He enlisted again 
 Sept. 20, 1861, in Co. B, loth 111. Cav., 
 served until Dec. 20, 1862, when he was 
 discharged on account of physical disabili- 
 ty. He was married Feb. 17, 1863, to 
 Mrs. Nancy H. Hudson, whose maiden 
 name was Park. They have one living 
 child, Hugh Francis, and live in Lincoln, 
 Illinois. EDWARD j., born Oct. 18, 1840, en- 
 listed Sept. 20, 1861, in Co. B, loth 111. 
 Cav., for three years, re-enlisted as a 
 veteran, January, 1864. He was captured 
 July 8, 1864, at Bayou Des Arc, was kept 
 under guard three weeks, parolled and ex- 
 changed January, 1865. He was mustered 
 out with the regiment at San Antonio, 
 Texas, in November, 1865, ant ^ was mar - 
 ried May 6, 1869, to Sarah C. Dial, who 
 was born Sept. 17, 1850, in Morgan 
 county, Illinois. They have two children, 
 Nellie and Minnie, and live four miles 
 northwest of Chatham, Sangamon county, 
 Illinois. WILLIAM, H. H., born June 29, 
 1843, enn sted August, 1862, in Co. B, loth 
 111 Cav., for three years, served full term, 
 and was honorably discharged June, 1865, 
 at New Orleans, and was married Oct. 26, 
 1871, to Martha E. Robertson. He died 
 June 2, 1873, at New Berlin, Illinois. 
 Mrs. Margaret A. Short died Sept. 23, 
 1845, and Allen Short was married to 
 Harriet A. Park, sister of John G. Park. 
 They had nine childred, three died young. 
 Of the other six, THOMAS N. lives in Au- 
 burn (with Mr. Morse). The other five 
 live with their parents at Columbia, Marion
 
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 EA RL T SB TTLERS OF 
 
 county, Iowa. Allen Short is now a 
 minister in the Cumberland Presbyterian 
 Church. SUSAN C., born in 1819 in 
 Green county, Kentucky, married in San- 
 gamon county to John A. Campbell. 
 See his name. Mrs. Susan C. Campbell 
 died April 3, 1852. 
 
 CALEB, born April 19, 1790, in Green 
 county Kentucky, was married there May 
 26, 1814, to Elizabeth Walters, who was 
 born in that county Feb. 13, 1798. They 
 had three children, and moved to Sanga- 
 mon county, Illinois, in 1823, and settled 
 in what is now Curran township, south of 
 Spring creek, where they had three chil- 
 dren. Of their six children, PAULINE, 
 born March 15, 1815, in Green county, 
 Kentucky, married in Sangamon county 
 to William Henton. See his name. 
 JAMES, born Nov. 23, 1816, in Green 
 county, Kentucky, married in Sangamon 
 county, Illinois, April 4, 1844, to Mary 
 McPherson, niece of Robert Eachus. See 
 his name. Mr. and Mrs. Short had five 
 living children in Sangamon county. 
 SARAH A. married April 10, 1873, to 
 Martin L Webb, who was born Nov. 12, 
 1844, near Cazenovia, New York. They 
 live in Loami, Illinois 1874. ROBERT E. 
 married Oct. 7, 1873, to Ollie A. Dawson. 
 See her name with the Meacham family. 
 Mr. and Mrs. Short have one child, Olive 
 I., and live near Loami, Sangamon 
 county, 111. CAROLINE, ELIZABETH and 
 WILLIAM live with their mother. James 
 Short died, and his widow and children 
 now 1876 reside two miles northeast of 
 Loami, Sangamon county, 111. JANE, 
 born Sept. 5, 1819, in Kentucky, married 
 in Sangamon county to Thompson Ren- 
 shaw, and died leaving two children. 
 LUCILLE, born Feb. 9, 1823, in Green 
 county, Kentucky, married in Sangamon 
 county July 2, 1840, to George W. Foster. 
 See his name. He was born May n, 
 1817, near Winchester, Kentucky. She 
 died at Kirksville, Mo., leaving four chil- 
 dren. Mr. Foster lives at Louisiana, Mo. 
 JOSHUA W., born May 25, 1825, mar- 
 ried in Sangamon county, Illinois, to 
 Berlinder Robison. See her name. 
 They had four children. Mrs. Short and 
 one of the children died. JOHN R. died 
 February, 1876, in Missouri. CHARLES 
 E. married in 1873 to Lola Scripture, and 
 live in Missouri. ANNIE M. lives near 
 Lamar's Station, Missouri. Joshua W. 
 
 Short married 
 
 Carson, and reside 
 
 near Maryville, Nodaway county, Mo. 
 ROWAN J., born March 10, 1827, in 
 Sangamon county, was a soldier from that 
 county in the Mexican war, and died in 
 1847 m t ^ ie arm y- Mrs. Elizabeth Short 
 died Nov. i, 1856, and Caleb Short died 
 Sept. 18, 1863, both in Sangamon county, 
 Illinois. 
 
 SHORT, SAMUEL, was born 
 March 10, 1792, in Batetourt county, Va., 
 of German parents. His father died when 
 he was quite young, and at the age of 15, 
 he went to East Tennessee, remained two 
 years, went to Bourbon county, Ky., back 
 to Virginia, and thence to Mechlenberg 
 county, Ky., where he was married Dec. 
 i, 1814 to Rebecca Strong, who was born 
 Dec. 24, 1787, in Frederick county, Va. 
 They moved to Sangamon county, 111., 
 arriving in September, 1836, in what is 
 now Auburn township. Mrs Short died 
 in September, 1869. They never had any 
 children, but raised four orphans. Mr. 
 Short married again when he was over So 
 years of age, and moved back to Ken- 
 tucky. 
 
 SHOUP, JACOB, born May 9, 
 1780, in Huntington county, Pa., was 
 married there May 2", 1802, to Sarah 
 Downing, who was born Aug. 13, 1782, 
 in the same county. They moved to 
 Pickaway county, Ohio, where th^y had 
 sixteen children, each one of whom lived to 
 be twenty-six years of age and over. The 
 family moved to Sangamon county, 111., 
 arriving in what is now Ball township, in 
 the autumn of 1831. It was then called 
 Cotton Hill Precinct. Of their sixteen 
 children 
 
 JOHN, born May 31, 1803, in Ohio, 
 was married there to Hannah Martin. 
 They both died in Logan county, 111., 
 leaving six children, near Lincoln. 
 
 MART, born Sept. 5, 1804, in Ohio, 
 was married in Sangamon county, 111., to 
 James Fletcher. He died, leaving a widow 
 and two children, near Lincoln, 111. 
 
 JACOB, born Sept. 17, 1805, died un- 
 married in Pickaway county, Ohio, in the 
 twenty-seventh year of his age. 
 
 SARAH, born May 12, 1807, in Ohio, 
 died in Sangamon county, 111., unmarried, 
 in the sixtv-first year of her age. 
 
 THOMAS, born Dec. 19, 1808, in Ohio, 
 was married there to Rachel Anderson. 
 They had six children, and Thomas
 
 SANG AM ON COUNTY. 
 
 655 
 
 Shoup died in Logan county, 111. His 
 widow and children live near Lincoln, 
 Illinois. 
 
 ELIZA, born Feb. 27, 1810, in Picka- 
 way county, Ohio, was married in Saga- 
 mon county, 111., to William Gulliford. 
 They moved to Oregon in the spring of 
 1852, and both died there, leaving nine 
 chiinren. 
 
 MARIA, born Jan. 30, 1812, in Ohio, 
 was married in Sangamon county, 111., to 
 David Brunk. See his name. 
 
 TIMOTHY^ born March 12, 1813, in 
 Ohio, was married in Sangamon county, 
 to Mary Keys. They had five children. 
 JACOB, died in his tenth year. ELIZA- 
 BETH J., married James Crawley. They 
 have two children, MARY E. and JOHN E., 
 and live in Ball township, near Cotton 
 Hill postoffice, Sangamon county. James 
 Crawley enlisted Oct. 5, 1861, at Spring- 
 , field, in Co. I, yth 111. Inf., for three 
 years, re-enlisted as a veteran Jan. 1864, 
 was captured at Allatoona Mountain, 
 Georgia, Oct. 5, 1864, within one hour of 
 three years from his first enlistment. 
 After spending five months in prison, he 
 joined his regiment, was commissioned 
 First Lieutenant Nov. i, 1864, served to 
 the close of the rebellion, and was honor- 
 ably discharged July 12, 1865. ISAAC 
 F., married Maria N. Byers, a native of 
 Madison county, Ohio. They have four 
 children, LILA A., LEWIS, JOHN T. and 
 JESSE E.; and live one and a half miles 
 east of Cotton Hill postoffice, Sangamon 
 county, 111. ALEXANDER F., born 
 March 3, 1844, married Arthalinda Bell. 
 They have three children, MINA, ADALEE 
 and SAMUEL B., and live near Bell's mill, 
 seven miles southeast of Springfield, III. 
 JOHN H., born July n, 1847, was mal "- 
 ried in October, 1868, to Rachel Bell. 
 Thev have one child, WILLIAM, and live 
 near Zion's Chapel, and New City, San- 
 gamon county, 111. Timothy Shoup died 
 Feb. 28, 1850, at Crow's mill, which he 
 then owned. His widow lives with her 
 son-in-law, James Crawley, near Crow's 
 mill, or Cotton Hill, postoffice, 111. 
 
 ELIZABETH, born May 9, 1815, in 
 Ohio, was married in Sangamon county, 
 to Barrett Ramsey. They moved to the 
 Pacific coast in 1852, have five children, 
 and live at Marysville, Baker county, 
 Oregon. 
 
 DFLILAH, born April 27, 1817, in 
 Ohio, was married in Sangamon county, 
 to Elijah Bradshaw. She died without 
 children. Mr. B. was married again in 
 the winter of 1875, and lives one mile east 
 of Cotton Hill postorfice. Sangamon 
 county. 
 
 ALEXANDER, born Feb. 23, 1819, 
 in Ohio, was married in Sangamon county 
 to Marv J. Wilkinson. They had five 
 children, and Mr. Shoup was .accidentally 
 killed while pressing cider, in the fall of 
 1856. His widow married Mr. Brown, 
 and lives in St. Joseph, Missouri. 
 
 DORCAS, born Jan. 28, 1821, in Ohio, 
 was married in Sangamon county to 
 Thomas Lovelock. They had six chil- 
 dren, JOSEPH, ALEXANDER, 
 THOMAS, SAMUEL, GEORGE and 
 MARY. Mr. Lovelock died, and his 
 widow lives in Ray county, Mo. 
 
 HENRT,\)o\-K May 4", 1822, in Ohio, 
 was married in Sangamon county to Ruth 
 Knotts. They have seven children. 
 ELBERT W., married Martha A. San- 
 ders. They have one child, CHARLES L., 
 and live near Cotton Hill. SARAH E., 
 married James Milliner, and lives near 
 Cotton Hill. JACOB, ELIJAH, LEAN- 
 DER, SAMUEL and DELILAH live 
 with their parents. Henry Shoup lives 
 on the farm where his father settled in 
 1831, in Ball township, east of Crow's 
 mill, or Cotton Hill postoffice, Sangamon 
 county, 111. 
 
 NANCY, born May 8, 1824, in Ohio, 
 was married in Sangamon county to Jo- 
 seph Penn. They have five children, 
 SARAH, JOHN, ROSY, HENRY 
 and GEORGE, and live near Lancaster, 
 Dallas county, Texas. 
 
 SAMUEL N., born May 16, 1827, in 
 Pickaway county, Ohio, was married Nov. 
 18, 1857, in Sangamon county, 111., to Alice 
 J. Mourer. They had seven children. 
 JOHN CARROLL, the fifth child, died 
 July 24, 1874, from injuries inflicted by be- 
 ing thrown from a buggy attached to a 
 runawav team two days previous. SAL- 
 LIE IRVING, the sixth child, died 
 August 13, 1874. WILLIE H., E TTIE 
 MAY, HARRY S., LUELLA M. and 
 LUCY live with their parents. Sam- 
 uel N. Shoup has had an eventful 
 life. He accompanied two of his sisters 
 to Oregon in 1852 and returned in 1855. 
 He went with another sister to Texas in 
 
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 6 5 6 
 
 EARLY SETTLERS OF 
 
 the fall of 1855 and returned in 1856. When 
 the rebellion began he raised a company 
 which became Co. E, H4th 111. Inf., and 
 was elected and commissioned captain at its 
 organization, was promoted through the 
 different grades to colonel of the regiment, 
 and was in command at the close of the 
 rebellion. He was elected Sheriff of San- 
 gamon county in 1866 for two years. Col. 
 S. N. Shoup and family reside in Ball 
 township, near Cotton Hill Post Office, 
 Sangamon county, Illinois. 
 
 MELISSA, born March 15, 1827, in 
 Ohio, was married in Sangamon county to 
 Philemon Stout. See his name. 
 
 Jacob Shoup died Dec. 19, 1849, and 
 Mrs. Sarah >houp died April 20, 1850, 
 both on the farm where tin y settled in 
 1831, in Sangamon county, Illinois. 
 
 SHRYER, EPHRIAM, was 
 born Nov. I, 1813, in Christian county, 
 Kentucky. He came to Spiingfield, Illi- 
 nois, April i, 1837, lived there about one 
 year, went to Taylorville, from there to 
 the Galena lead mines, and from there to 
 the mines in Lafayette county, Wisconsin, 
 where he was married March 15, 1843, to 
 Mary A. Tolley. He came back to San- 
 gamon county, where they had eight chil- 
 dren, namely 
 
 SARAH, maried Robert Campbell, 
 has one child, JAMES E., and lives near 
 New Berlin, Illinois. 
 
 JAMES H. unmarried and resides in 
 Dallas county, Texas 1873. 
 
 KATE E., married Reuben Skeen, 
 have two children, WILLIE and EPH- 
 RIAM, and live in Island Grove town- 
 ship. 
 
 JULIA M. died aged twelve years. 
 
 JOHN T. lives near New Berlin, 
 Illinois. 
 
 HARVET W., ELLA MAT and 
 EMMA R. reside with their parents. 
 Ephriam Shryer and family live near 
 Loami, Sangamon county, Illinois. 
 
 SHUFF, MRS. HANNAH 
 H, was born April 18, 1784, in Green- 
 brier county, Virginia. Her father, 
 Anthony Houston, when she was a child, 
 made up his mind to emigrate west. 
 There were no wagon roads and but few 
 wagons. He provided himself with a 
 large number of pack-saddles, anil loaded 
 thirty-two horses with household goods, 
 farming implements,, and his family, and 
 moved to what became Scott county, Ken- 
 
 tucky. There he settled in a cane brake 
 among the Indians, raised a family of thir- 
 teen children, and lived to be nearly one 
 hundred years old. Two of his sons be- 
 came Methodist preachers and one a 
 lawyer. Ex-Governor Sam. Houston, of 
 Texas, now deceased, was his nephew. 
 His daughter, Hannah H., whose name 
 heads this sketch, was married Nov. 5, 
 1806, in Scott county, Kentucky, to Jacob 
 Shuff. They had three children in Scott 
 county, and the family moved to Gallatin 
 county in the same State, where Mr. 
 Shuff died August 24, 1824. Mrs. Shuff 
 moved with her family to Sangamon 
 county, Illinois, arriving in the fall of 1833 
 in Island Grove, three miles west of Ber- 
 lin. Of her three children 
 
 JOHN W., born August 28, 1807, in 
 Scott country, Kentucky, married in Galla- 
 tin county, in the same State, to Ange- 
 line Lindsay. He came with his mother 
 to Sangamon county, and in 1835 m ved 
 to Morgan county, Illinois, five miles east 
 of Jacksonville. They had nine children. 
 Mr. Shuff died in May, 1872, while sitting 
 at a table with a friend, drawing a map of 
 a road. A few days after his death, his 
 fifth son, JAMES, was drowned while 
 bathing. His widow and children, nearly 
 all of whom are married, reside near Jack- 
 sonville, Illinois. 
 
 MAR T ANN, born August 9, 1809, in 
 Scott county, Kentucky, married in Galla- 
 tin county Feb. i, 1831, to Henry Yates. 
 See his name. She died May -u, 1835. 
 
 ANTHONY //., born August 18, 
 1811, in Scott county, Kentucky, married 
 in Sangamon county, Illinois, Feb. 23, 
 1837, to Siron Foutch. They had eight 
 living children. MARY A. "P. married 
 J. W. Walker. WILLIAM H. H. 
 resides with his father. JOHN W. mar- 
 ried Mary Mendenhall and died April 2, 
 1872. JAMES A. married Lucinda Als- 
 bury and li\es one mile west of Berlin, 
 Illinois. NANCY H. and THEOPHI- 
 LUS A. are unmarried. CAROLINE 
 married A. Shultz, and lives at Carthage, 
 Illinois. MILLARD F. lives with his 
 father. Mrs. Siron Shuff died June 4, 
 1868. Anthony H. Shuff was married 
 March 17, 1873, to Mrs. Elizabeth A. 
 Phelps, whose maiden name was Town- 
 send, a native of Ithica, New York. She 
 has one child by her first marriage, AN- 
 NIE PHELPS. A. H. Shuff and wife
 
 SANGAMON COUNTT. 
 
 657 
 
 reside on the farm where the family settled 
 in 1833. It is three miles west of Berlin, 
 Sangamon county, Illinois. Mr. Shuff 
 has been a cripple for more than forty 
 years, caused by having taken eleven doses 
 of calomel in 1835, an< ^ without proper 
 attention afterwards, the greater part of it 
 remained in his system, and it seems won- 
 derful that he could endure what he has, 
 and live. 
 
 SHUTT, HENRY, was born 
 July, 1763, in Pennsylvania. His parents 
 dying when he was a child, he went when 
 a young man to North Carolina, and was 
 married there to Elizabeth Groves. They 
 had four children, and moved about 1810, 
 to Muhlenberg county, Ky., where they 
 had three children, and moved to Sanga- 
 mon county, Hi., arriving October, 1829, in 
 what is now Auburn township. Of their 
 children 
 
 CfJRlSTIANA^orn'm North Caro- 
 lina, married in Sangamon county to Pe- 
 ter Dick, moved to Cass county, 111., and 
 both died there. 
 
 E LIZ ABE TH, born in North Caro- 
 lina, married in Sangamon county, 111., 
 to Green Dukes, who died near Auburn, 
 and she went to Kentucky and died there. 
 
 JACOB, born in North Carolina, 
 went with his parents in 1810 to Muh- 
 lenberg county, Ky., and married there to 
 Elizabeth Wagner, who was born July 
 31, 1799. They moved, in company with 
 his father, to Sangamon county in 1829. 
 .They had thirteen children, including two 
 pairs of twins. Three of their children 
 died, including one pair of twin . Of the 
 other ten, JOHN H., born Jan. 29, 1822, 
 in Muhlenberg county, Ky., married 
 Elizabeth Baldwin, and had seven chil- 
 dren. Mr. Shutt died April 3, 1872, leav- 
 ing his widow and children in Macoupin 
 county, six miles south of Auburn, San- 
 gamon county, 111. GREEN B., married 
 Elizabeth J. Wimer, who died, and he 
 married Matilda Caroline Stout, and lives 
 in Virden, 111. MARTHA A., married 
 Elias Owen, and for her second husband 
 married William Luth. They live five 
 miles south of Auburn, 111. ELIZA- 
 BETH J., married William Foster. See 
 his name. LOUISA C., married Sam- 
 uel Hurst, who died, and she married 
 Richard Hughes, has several children, 
 and resides in Virden, 111. ME LINDA 
 E., married James F. Miller. See his 
 
 -S3 
 
 name. JACOB W. and MICAJAH, 
 twins. Jacob W. married Susan C. Gates, 
 a native of Muhlenberg county, Ky. 
 They live five miles south of Auburn, 
 111. Micajah lives in Nevada 1874. 
 DAVID M., married Nancy E. Lowder- 
 milk, and live one mile east of Auburn. 
 NANCY C., married John Miller, has 
 two children, and lives near Auburn, 111. 
 Jacob Shutt died March 17, 1859, and 
 Mrs. Elizabeth Shutt died Oct. 9, 1859, 
 both i Sangamon county. 
 
 JONATHAN, married Elizabeth 
 Gates, and remained in Kentucky. 
 
 J OSEPH,\>VT\ in Kentucky, married 
 in Sangamon county to Rachel Long, and 
 lives in Iowa. 
 
 HENKY, Jun., was born July 19, 1814, 
 in Muhlenberg county, Ky., and came in 
 1829, with his father, to Sangamon county. 
 He was married in 1835 * Sarah Long. 
 They had eight children. CHRIS- 
 TIANA, married Isaac Landers, and lives 
 in Iowa. WILLIAM R., married Miss 
 Lowdermilk, and for his second wife mar- 
 ried Miss Edwards, and lives near Auburn, 
 111. MATILDA, marrie ; John Shutt, 
 and lives in Kentucky. SARAH ANN 
 and MARY ANN, twins. Sarah Ann 
 married Andrew Pickens. She died Feb. 
 5, 1876, near Auburn, 111. Mary Ann 
 married Thomas Smith, and lives in Ma- 
 coupin county. BETSY, married Wil- 
 liam H. Owen, and died. DAVID H. 
 married Miss Stamper, and lives in Au- 
 burn township. RACHEL, married 
 John Orr, and died. Mrs. Sarah Shutt 
 died March 27, 1853, and Henry Shutt 
 was married Sept. 22, 1853, to Charity J. 
 Stamper. They live where he settled in 
 1829, one and a half miles southeast of 
 Auburn, 111. 
 
 Mrs. Elizabeth Shutt died in 1840, and 
 her husband, Henry Shutt, Sen., died in 
 1852, both in Auburn township, Sanga- 
 mon county, 111. He was in his eighty- 
 ninth year. 
 
 SIMPSpN, JAMES, was born 
 about 1785 in Maryland, and went to 
 Washington county, Kentucky, when he 
 was a young man, and was there married 
 to Mary A. Boone. They had five chil- 
 dren, and she died. He married Monica 
 McAtee, had six children in Kentucky, 
 and the family moved to Sangamon 
 county, Illinois, arriving in the fall of 
 1828. He located about three hundred
 
 6 5 8 
 
 EARL 7 SE7TLERS OF 
 
 yards southeast of where St. Bernard 
 Catholic church now stands, in Ball town- 
 ship, where two children were born. Of 
 their children 
 
 MATILDA married John Burtle. 
 See his name. 
 
 James Simpson moved his family to 
 Randolph county, Illinois, in April, 1838. 
 He and his wife both died there. Part of 
 their children live in that county and part 
 in Missouri. 
 
 SI. M PS ON, RICHARD, 
 brother to James, born in 1790 in Mary- 
 land, went when he was a boy, with his 
 parents to Washington county, Kentucky. 
 He was there married to Monica Higdon. 
 She had six children, and died, and he 
 married Ann Vinson, had three children 
 in Kentucky, and moved to Sangamon 
 county, Illinois, arriving in 1830, in what 
 in now Ball township. After a stay of 
 but one year in Sangamon county, Rich- 
 ard Simpson moved his family to Chris- 
 tian county, and both died there. Of 
 their children who remained in Sangamon 
 county 
 
 LOUISA married Thomas Burtle. 
 See his name. 
 
 MAR? married James R. Durbin. 
 See his name. 
 
 SIMPSON, JOHN P., was born 
 Oct. 17, 1794, in Somerset county, New 
 Jersey. Mary J. Cross was born Jan. 
 13, 1793, in New Jersey. They were 
 there married and had fourteen children, 
 some of whom married in New Jersey. 
 The remainder of the family came to San- 
 gamon county, IlLnois, arriving Nov. 8, 
 1839, at Springfield, and the next year 
 settled in what is now Williams township. 
 Of their children 
 
 SAMUEL married in New Jersey to 
 Mary A. Benjamin, and came with his 
 father to Sangamon county. He went to 
 Texas before the rebellion, leaving his 
 family at Canton, Missouri. They have 
 never heard of him since. 
 
 CLEMANTINE married James C. 
 Sutton. They have five children, and live 
 in Springfield, Illinois. 
 
 BENJAMIN is unmarried and lives 
 in Kansas. 
 
 THOMAS L., born in New Jersey, 
 married in Sangamon county to Fanny 
 Halbert. She died in 1853, leaving one 
 child, GEORGE W. He was married in 
 Sangamon county to Alice Booth, have 
 
 two children, and live near Lincoln, Ben- 
 ton county, Missouri. 
 
 SUSAN A. married James Riddle. 
 See his name. 
 
 JOHN died aged two years. 
 
 AGNES married Harvey Darnall. 
 See his name. 
 
 JAMES is unmarried, and lives in 
 Montana. 
 
 MART E., unmarried, and lives in 
 Springfield, Illinois. 
 
 CAROLINE married Dennis Taylor. 
 He died, leaving a widow and four chil- 
 dren in Iowa. 
 
 HENRT died in Galveston, Texas, 
 aged twenty-seven years. 
 
 Mrs. Mary J. Simpson died Feb. 14, 
 1842, and her husband, John P. Simpson, 
 died Feb. 27, 1842, both in Sangamon 
 county, Illinois. 
 
 SIMPSON JOHN, was born Sept. 
 30, 1801, in Tennessee, and when a young 
 man went to St. Clair county, Illinois. 
 Mary Taylor was born August 25, 1803, 
 in Georgia, and when a child was taken 
 to Lookingglass Prairie, St. Clair county, 
 Illinois. They were married there in 
 1821, and moved to Shelby county in the 
 same State, where they had one child, 
 and from there to Sangamon county, 
 arriving in 1824 in what is now Williams 
 township, where they had two living chil- 
 dren. Of their children 
 
 CHARLES, born Aug. 25, 1823, in 
 Shelby county, Illinois, brought up in 
 Sangamon county, married in White 
 Water, Wisconsin, to Mary Bothrell. 
 Mr. Simpson enlisted in 1862 in the I9th 
 Wis. Inf. for three years, and died August 
 22, 1864, at Pine Bluff, Arkansas, leaving 
 a widow and six daughters at White 
 Water, Walworth county, Wisconsin. 
 
 PERM ELI A A., born April 14, 
 1825, in Sangamon county, married Wil- 
 liam Correll. See his name. 
 
 SILAS B., born Oct. 10, 1831, died 
 June 18, 1851. 
 
 John Simpson died Feb. 2, 1835, and 
 Mrs. Mary Simpson died Feb. 25, 1864, 
 both in Sangamon county, Illinois. 
 
 SIMPSON, JORDAN, was 
 born July 19, 1808, near Lexington, 
 Ky., came to Sangamon county, '1833, and 
 was married Oct. 27, 1835, ^ Clarissa 
 Sayre. They had eight children in San- 
 gamon county, namely
 
 SANGAMON COUNTY. 
 
 659 
 
 JAMES W., born Sept. 8, 1836, mar- 
 ried Nov. 6, 1867, to Julia B. Butler (a 
 daughter of Stephen H. Butler). They 
 have three children, WILLIAM E'., 
 SALLIE E., and MARY E., and live in 
 Pleasant Plains, 111. 
 
 ISAAC N., born Nov. 26, 1838, en- 
 listed October, iS6i, in Co. G, loth 111. 
 Cav., served three years, and was honor- 
 ably discharged. He was married Dec. 
 14, 1865, to Lucinda Laswell, had one 
 child, ISAAC N., and Mr. Simpson died 
 Feb. 24, 1866. 
 
 WILLIAM J., born April 24, 1841, 
 is a student at Normal University 1874. 
 He is engaged in teaching in the public 
 schools. 
 
 CATHARINE B., born Aug. 18, 
 1843, married Dec. 28, 1864, to Benjamin 
 Watts, a son of Nicholas Watts. They 
 have three children, and live near War- 
 rensburg, Macon county, 111. 
 
 MAR T J/., born April 6, 1848, mar- 
 ried Nov. 20, 1867, to Morris Hillyard, 
 have three children, and reside near Cli- 
 max, Greenwood county, Kansas. 
 
 JEMIMA J., born Oct. 25, 1850, 
 married in 1869 to David Gibson, has two 
 children, and lives near Bolckow, Andrew 
 county, Missouri. 
 
 JULIA A., born March 5, 1863, lives 
 with her sister, Mrs. Watts. 
 
 LUCT J/., born Aug. 20, 1857, lives 
 with her aunt. Mrs. Beaumont, in Peters- 
 burg, 111. 
 
 Jordan Simpson, died Dec. 23, 1872, at 
 Pleasant Plains, and Mrs. Clarissa Simp- 
 son lives with her son, James W. Simp- 
 son, in Pleasant Plains, 111. 
 
 SIMPSON, WILLIAM, was 
 born in 1808, in Simpson county, Ky. 
 He came to Sangamon county, 111., in 
 1829, and was married to Elizabeth Willis, 
 who was born May 17, 1806. They had 
 six children in Sangamon county, namely: 
 
 MAR THA, born Aug. 6, 1837, married 
 May 8, 1861, to Joel H. Ellis. See his 
 name. 
 
 MARGARET J., born March 10, 
 1839, is unmarried, and lives at the south- 
 east corner of Gard ler township, at the 
 homestead. 
 
 HENRIETTA, born Jan. 10, 1841, 
 is unmarried, and lives near Sidney, 
 Champaign county, 111. 
 
 MARY, born March 24, 1843, married 
 April 24, 1873, to Miller Winston, and 
 
 lives near Sidney, Champaign county, 
 Illinois. 
 
 NANCY, born Aug. 30, 1845, married 
 Sept. 28, 1859, to John Spinning. They 
 have one child, WILLIAM S., and live 
 in Bloomington, Illinois. 
 
 WILLIAM T., born April 5, 1852, 
 married Oct. 16, 1873, to Burzilla K. Reed, 
 and lives at the family homestead, three 
 and a half miles southwest of Farming- 
 dale, Sangamon county, 111. 
 
 Mrs. Elizabeth Simpson died Feb. 17, 
 1860, and William Simpson died March 
 30, 1872, both in Sangamon county, 111. 
 
 SIMS, JAMES, was born in Vir- 
 ginia, taken by his parents to South Caro- 
 lina, where he was married to Dolly 
 Spillers. They had four children there, 
 and moved to Logan county, Kentucky, 
 where they had one child, and frorn there 
 to Caldwell county, where three children 
 were born; thence to St. Clair county, 
 Illinois, and from there to Sugar Creek, 
 Sangamon county, arriving in the spring 
 of 1820 in what became Ball township, 
 Sangamon county. He built a horse 
 mill there to run by bands. He quarried 
 stone of the same kind of which the first 
 State House in Springfield was built, and 
 by the aid of his brother-in-law, William 
 Spillers, made the burrs for his mill. He 
 was the first Representative from Sanga- 
 mon county in the State Legislature. 
 He moved to Rock Creek in what is 
 now Menard county, and from there to 
 Morgan county. He was a Methodist 
 preacher, and formed the first circuit ever 
 organized in Sangamon county. Of his 
 children 
 
 BE TSY married James Black in St. 
 Clair county, raised a large family, and 
 died August, 1872, in Mason county, Illi- 
 nois. 
 
 LUCY married Henry Morgan, raised 
 a large family south of Richland creek in 
 Sangamon county. He died there in 
 1867, and she died in Kansas two or three 
 years later. 
 
 POLL Y married in Morgan county to 
 George Wolf. They had seven sons. 
 JOHN is a lawyer in Champaign City, 
 Illinois. THOMAS is a lawyer in Pax- 
 ton, 111. JAMES was clerk of Macoupin 
 county one term. Mrs. Polly Wolf died 
 December, 1872, and George Wolf died 
 in 1873, both near Girard, Macoupin 
 county.
 
 EARLY SETTLERS OF 
 
 MATILDA, married John Kirkpat- 
 rick, raised a family, and moved to Mc- 
 Donough county, where he died. 
 
 AGNES, born June 7, 1807, in Logan 
 county, Kentucky, married in Sangamon 
 county, April, 1827, to Reuben Bryant. 
 They had six childi'en. One son lives 
 in California. THOMAS married a 
 grand-daughter of Rev. John Berry, and 
 lives in Clinton, Illinois. R. Bryant died 
 and his widow married William Mc- 
 Murry, Sen. See his name. 
 
 WESLEY married, raised a family 
 and lives near Manchester, Scott county, 
 Illinois. 
 
 VIZILLA married Thomas Dun- 
 woody, raised a large family and he died. 
 She lives near Arcadia, Morgan county, 
 Illinois. 
 
 CECELIA married James Dough- 
 erty, had four children, and died in Mor- 
 gan county, Illinois. 
 
 BLA CKMAN,L., married four times, 
 raised a large number of children, and re- 
 sides in Naples, Illinois. 
 
 SIMS, WILLIAM, (uncle to 
 John Sims) was born in Virginia, taken 
 when young to South Carolina, married 
 there to a Miss Welch. He came to San- 
 gamon county among the earliest settlers, 
 and raised a family of nine children, none 
 of whom now live in the county. He 
 was for many years a pioneer local Metho- 
 dist preacher of limited education, but re- 
 markable for piety and good common 
 sense. He died in Knox or Henry county, 
 Illinois, in 1859. 
 
 SIMS, JOHN, was born Sept. 13, 
 1799, in Spartanberg county, S. C. His 
 father died and his mother married again 
 and moved to North Carolina, thence to 
 Tennessee, and from there he went to 
 live with his uncle, James Sims, in Logan 
 county, Ky. His uncle moved to Cald- 
 well county, and from there to St. Clair 
 county, 111., in 1815. John Sims and Lu- 
 cinda Duff were there married Jan. 13, 
 1819. They moved, with his father-in- 
 law, to what became Sangamon county, 
 arriving in April, 1819, and settled south 
 of Spring creek, in what is now Gardner 
 township, four miles west of Springfield. 
 They had seven children in Sangamon 
 county, namely 
 
 LUCY, born Oct. 8, 1820, married 
 David P. Robison. See his name. 
 
 EMIL Y J., born April 27, 1824, mar- 
 ried John Skipton. See his name. 
 
 VERLINDA, died aged seven years. 
 
 CAROLINE, born Jan. 21, 1828, in 
 Sangamon county, married James A. Pat- 
 terson. They have nine children. EMI- 
 LY A. married William W r . Morgan. 
 See his name. VIRLEY A., married 
 John R. Henton, and lives near Linden, 
 Kansas. The other seven live with their 
 parents, five miles southwest of Spring- 
 field, 111. 
 
 SARAH A., born Nov. 15, 1830, in 
 Sangamon county, married Henry Wash- 
 ington Rickard. See his name. 
 
 JOHN M., born Aug. 12, 1833, mar ' 
 ried Mary Kendall, and both died. 
 
 GREEN VIRGIL, born Nov. 15, 
 183=5, in Sangamon county, married Mary 
 McClure, has five children, and resides 
 near Linden, Osage county, Kansas. 
 
 JAMES B., born April 13, 1838, 
 married December 29, 1864, to Mary F. 
 Massie. They have three children, 
 JACKEY E., CARRIE A., and LIL- 
 LIAN G. and resides four miles west of 
 Springfield, Illinois. 
 
 Mrs. Lucinda Sims died Sept. 26, 1864, 
 and John Sims resides at his old homestead 
 four miles west of Springfield, 111. See page 
 71, for Mr. Sims statement concerning the 
 honesty of the early settlers. 
 
 SKEEN, JAMES, was born 
 March 29, 1811, in Lancaster county, 
 Pennsylvania. Lydia A. Moore was 
 born Feb. 13, 1813, in Lycoming county, 
 Pennsylvania. Her parents moved to 
 Lancaster county, when she was a child. 
 James Skeen and Lydia A. Moore were 
 married November, 1834, and had two 
 children in Lancaster county, and moved 
 to Sangamon county, Illinois, arriving 
 May 15, 1838, at Springfield. A few 
 days later they moved twelve miles west 
 of Springfield and south of Spring creek, 
 where they had seven children, namely 
 
 ELIZA J., born Sept. 21, 1825, in 
 Pennsylvania, married in Sangamon 
 county to William Parsons. They have 
 six children, and reside near Decaturville, 
 Camden county, Missouri. 
 
 SAMUEL, born Dec. 7, 1837, in 
 Pennsylvania, died 1838 in Sangamon 
 county. 
 
 SARAH A., born Feb. 26, 1840, in 
 Sangamon countv, married John Allen, 
 had one child, ELIZABETH, and the
 
 SANGAMON COUNT. 
 
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 parents both died. 
 
 MART S., born Dec. 19, 1843, mar- 
 ried Moses O. Booker. They had one 
 child, MARY O., and Mr. Booker en- 
 listed August, 1862, tor three years, in Co. 
 A, io6th 111. Inf. He died Sept. 17, 1863, 
 at Paducah, Kentucky. His widow ma- 
 ried James Davenport, had one child, 
 ELIZA J., and the mother died April 26, 
 1870. 
 
 NANCT, born June 23, 1845, married 
 Feb- 17, 1869, to Bryant Fay. They 
 have one child, and live in Berlin, Illinois. 
 
 REUBEN^ born Jan. 4, 1847, married 
 Catharine E. Shryer, April, 1868. They 
 have two children, WILLIE and EPH- 
 RAIM, and reside near Bates, Illinois. 
 
 LTDIA C., born Nov. 23, 1849, mar- 
 ried John Davenport, have one child, and 
 live near Berlin, Illinois. 
 
 WILLIAM F. and ISABELLA, 
 (twins) born March 29, 1853. She died 
 in infancy, and he lives with his mother. 
 
 AGNES J., born March 18, 1858, 
 lives with her mother. 
 
 James Skeen died Oct. 12, 1859, in San- 
 gamon county, and his widow resides five 
 miles east of Berlin, Sangamon county, 
 Illinois. 
 
 SKIPTON, DANIEL, came 
 from Muskingum county, Ohio, to San- 
 gamon county with his wife, Susan, and 
 one or more children, previous to 1840. 
 He stopped first on Archer's creek, and 
 later settled four miles west of Springfield. 
 Of their children 
 
 JOHN, born in Muskingum county, 
 Ohio, came with his parents to Sanagmon 
 county, and was married about 1838 to 
 Emily J. Sims. They had seven chil- 
 dren, namely, JOHN S., born Dec. 28, 
 1840, Married Feb. 9, 1864, to Susan A. 
 Williams, has one child, FREDDIE R., and 
 live six miles west of Springfield, Illinois. 
 LUCY A. married J. W. Gaines, has 
 three children, and lives near Cayuga, 
 Livingston county, Illinois. MARY J. 
 married Henry Hays, has three children, 
 and live near Cayuga, Illinois. LUCIN- 
 DA died aged fourteen years. JAMES 
 V.. DANIEL and EMILY A., live with 
 their parents near Odell, Livingston 
 county, Illinois 1874. 
 
 ANN married Vinson Singleton, has 
 three children, and lives at Mason City, 
 Illinois. 
 
 MAR T married Samuel Scott. They 
 
 have five children, and live near Havana, 
 Illinois. 
 
 JAMES K. has been married three 
 times, and lives near Mason City, Illinois. 
 
 S ALL T married Isaac Lane, and lives 
 near Havana, Illinois. 
 
 MATILDA married Wilson Logue, 
 and live in Sidney, Iowa. 
 
 DANIEL, Jun., married Jane Sims, 
 has eight children, and lives in Kansas. 
 
 L UCINDA lives with her sister, Mrs. 
 Sykes. 
 
 6" US AN married Edward Sykes, and 
 lives near Mason City, Illinois. 
 
 WILLIAM died aged twenty-four 
 years. 
 
 Daniel Skipton died in Mason county 
 in 1842, and his widow lives with her 
 daughter, Mrs. Singleton, in Mason 
 City, Illinois, aged seventy-nine years 
 -1874. 
 
 SLATER, ELIJAH, was born 
 Dec. 8, 1775, in Wyoming county, Penn. 
 His parents, Samuel and Sibyl Slater, 
 were among the few who escaped 
 the historic massacre of Wyoming in 
 1778, during the bloody years ot 
 the American Revolution. .They had 
 barely time to save their lives, each 
 carrying one of their two children on 
 horseback until they reached their friends 
 in Massachusetts. Samuel Slater was 
 killed by a falling tree, and his son and 
 daughter were brought up in Massachu- 
 sets. Elijah Slater was married in West 
 Stockbridge, Mass., in 1797, to Olive 
 French. They moved in a few years to 
 Great Barrington, where he engaged in 
 the mercantile business. In 1813 the fam- 
 ily moved to Pennsylvania, and occupied 
 the house from which Mr. Slater's parents 
 fled many years before. He left the farm 
 for Kingston, Pa., where he opened a 
 store; from there he moved to Ithica, New 
 York, and continued merchandizing. In 
 1817 he visited the West, selected Milton, 
 near Alton, 111., for his residence, and 
 returned to New York for his family. 
 Soon after their arrival at Milton they 
 moved to Sangamon county, settling on 
 Sugar creek, in 1818, where they lived 
 until Springfield was laid out, when he 
 moved therein 1821 or '2, among the first 
 settlers. Elijah Slater and wife had sev- 
 enteen children 
 
 SAMUEL, born Jan. 27, 1798, in West 
 Stockbridge, Mass, lived with his parents
 
 until 1818, when he left Ithica, New York, 
 and came West, landing at Shawneetown, 
 and traveled through Illinois to St. Louis 
 on foot, joining his father at Milton, where 
 he clerked in a store for a short time, and 
 afterwards took charge of a store at Hun- 
 terstown (now lower Alton), for Major C. 
 W. Hunter, a merchant of St. Louis. The 
 goods were brought up the Mississippi 
 river on keel boats from the latter city, as 
 there were few steamboats, and they sel- 
 dom went above St. Louis. Mr. Slater's 
 health failed, and he went north to the 
 " Sangamo " country, where his father 
 had bought some land. His favorable 
 report of the country induced Major Hun- 
 ter to fit him out with a stock of merchan- 
 dize for a store on Sugar creek. There 
 was only one other store in the country, 
 and that was kept by John Taylor, farther 
 up on the same stream. Mr. Slater found 
 an empty log house on the farm of Isaac 
 Keys, just below the mouth of Lick creek, 
 which he occupied, and among his stores 
 were medicines and whisky, the latter be- 
 ing indispensible. He remained on Sugar 
 creek until 1821, when he went as super- 
 cargo to New Orleans for Major Hunter, 
 with some flat boats loaded with oak 
 staves, in 1823. He went again with a 
 lot of bacon, and remained in New Or- 
 leans during the winter, at which time he 
 took a lot of hogs to Havana, Cuba, and 
 returned with the proceeds in coffee. 
 Found a clerkship at fifteen dollars per 
 month, with board, for three months. 
 Afterwards, his salary was raised to five 
 hundred dollars per year and board. He 
 visited his friends in Illinois, and was mar- 
 ried at Alton, Oct. 27, 1831, to Mary W. 
 Avis. He returned to New Orleans, 
 where they resided until 1839, he moved 
 to Galveston, Texas, and was book-keeper 
 a portion of the time in the United States 
 custom House there. His health failing, 
 he removed in 1848 to his land in the 
 northern part of same State, where he 
 had ten thousand acres. They remained 
 there twelve years. In 1860 he sold the 
 most of his land, determined to move 
 where there was a railroad. He went to 
 Tyler, to settle some business preparatory 
 to leaving, and found the people greatly 
 excited by the news of the general elec- 
 tions and the success of the Republican 
 party. Mr. Slater was told by a friend 
 that" the Vigilance Committee was trying 
 
 to find something out against him, that it 
 had been reported he was about leaving 
 the country, and would take a great many 
 negroes with him. Mr. S. intended leav- 
 ing town that night, but concluded it was 
 safer to remain, as the mob might follow 
 him, so he reported himself to the Vigil- 
 ance Committee, saying he was willing to 
 appear before them and answer any ques- 
 tions they might ask, thinking that would 
 end the matter; but not so, they cited him 
 to appear at the court house. He did so, 
 and found there about forty men, self 
 elected jurors. There was no charge 
 made against Mr. Slater and of course no 
 witnesses, but a little lawyer said: "/'// 
 fix him ! " and the trial began. After 
 questioning him some time about where 
 he was born, and the different places he 
 had lived before coming to Texas, they 
 dispatched two men twenty-five miles 
 to search his house for abolition docu- 
 ments, keeping him under guard at Tyler 
 during the time. The two men returned 
 next day with large bundles of the New 
 York Observer, which they called those 
 abolition documents. The trial was opened 
 next day, and a Methodist preacher, whom 
 Mr. S. considered his friend, and who 
 secretly was one, was called on to testify. 
 He stated that a third person had told him 
 that Mr. Slater was an abolitionist, and he 
 believed it. This settled the question. 
 The trial closed and he was sent to the 
 Vigilance committtee of his own county 
 for punishment, but before arriving at his 
 destination the guard told him of a plan 
 they had formed for his escape. A man 
 who owed Mr. Slater met them at this 
 point and paid him five hundred dollars, 
 besides giving him a good mule to make 
 out his team. He found his wife had 
 made all preparations, and they started 
 Aug. 17, i _6o, and traveled ten miles 
 through the woods that night. One of 
 the guard told Mrs. Slater that the com- 
 mittee would have hung her husband the 
 first day had it not been for the Methodist 
 minister, who only testified against Mr. S. 
 to save his own life, and was secretly doing 
 all he could to save Mr. Slater. Some of 
 the guard traveled with them two days 
 and then returned. They made good 
 marches, resting every Sabbath, and ar- 
 rived at Alton in October of the same 
 year Mr. Slater was in the Quartermas- 
 ter's department early in the late war to
 
 SANG AM ON COUNT?. 
 
 suppress the rebellion, and subsequently 
 mail agent, in place of his son, who en- 
 listed and went as orderly sergeant. Sam- 
 uel Slater resigned his position as mail 
 agent in 1868, and purchased land in Bates 
 county, Missouri, where he is cultivating 
 a farm, and enjoys better health than 
 when he left New Orleans, in 1839. 
 
 Samuel Slater and wife attended a meet- 
 ing of the early settlers of Sangamon 
 county, held on Sugar creek, in 1874, 
 near where his father settled in 1818, 
 but was unable to find a single per- 
 son who knew him, and felt as though 
 they thought he was trying to de- 
 ceive them. He was the Rip Van 
 Winkle of the occasion. Mr. and Mrs. 
 Slater had nine children. THOMAS 
 AVIS, born February 12, 1833, m 
 New Orleans, Louisiana. In 1855 went 
 to Alton, Illinois, to attend Shurtleff 
 College. He studied law, and was ad- 
 mitted to the bar, and soon after received 
 an appointment in the Land Office at 
 Washington, D. C. By too close atten- 
 tion to business lost his health, and died at 
 his father's house in Brighton, Illinois, 
 Sept. 13, 1865. SAMUEL N., born 
 Jan. 15, 1836, in New Orleans, Louisiana, 
 attended school at Alton, enlisted May 15, 
 1861, in Co. I, 4th Reg. Mo. Vol. Inf., 
 for three months, went out as Orderly 
 Sergeant, served full time and was honor- 
 ably discharged. He was substitute for 
 his brother in the Land Office at Wash- 
 ington, and afterwards, through the in- 
 fluence of Governor Yates, was sent with 
 appointment in the Custom House to New 
 Orleans, remained there a year or two 
 and returned, was appointed in the Agri- 
 cultural Department at Washington, D. 
 C., where he remains. He married Ida 
 V. Tramell Nov. 16, 1871. They have 
 one child, OLIVE' MAY, and reside in 
 Washington, D. C. MARY O., born 
 Nov. 18, 1839, in Galveston, Texas, at- 
 tended school in Springfield, Illinois, and 
 Monticello Seminary, and was married 
 August 13, 1873, to William Page, who 
 attended college in Chicago, and graduated 
 in the Law School of Michigan Univer- 
 sity, at Ann Arbor. He is a practicing 
 attorney, and resides in Butler, Bates 
 county, Missouri. JAMES H., born 
 March 3, 1842, in Galveston, Texas, en- 
 listed in Missouri in the same company 
 with his brother, Samuel N., for three 
 
 months, served full time, re-enlisted in 
 August, 1862, for three years in Co. D, 
 i22d 111. Inf. He was honorably dis- 
 charged July 18, 1865. In 1868 he was 
 appointed Postal Clerk on the Chicago 
 and Alton Railroad, in place of his father, 
 (who had just resigned) which position he 
 still retains. WILLIAM A., born Dec. 
 29, 1844, in Galveston, attended school in 
 Springfield, and in March, 1865, enlisted 
 in Co. D, 1 8th 111. Inf., went out as a 
 drummer boy, was taken sick and died at 
 Pine Bluff, Arkansas, Oct. 20, 1 865, and was 
 buried there. MARTHA, born Feb. 21, 
 1847, a * Galveston, attended school in 
 Springfield, Illinois, and Monticello Semi- 
 nary two sessions. She resides with her 
 parents. CHARLES M., born Sept. 19, 
 1849, in Henderson county, Tex-.is, was 
 sent in 1861 to Boston, Massachusetts, at 
 his uncle Charles 1 request, to be educated 
 by him. He is now, and has been for 
 several years, a traveling agent for a busi- 
 ness house in New York City. His route 
 is as far west as Omaha and as far south as 
 New Orleans. JOSEPH B., born Nov. 
 
 21, 1852, in Henderson county, Texas, re- 
 sides with his father. PERRY J., born 
 Sept. 21, 1854, in Starrville, Smith county, 
 Texas, is a dentist, and lives in Butler, 
 Missouri. Samuel Slater and family re- 
 side near Butler, Bates county, Missouri. 
 
 HENRIETTA MARIA was born 
 in 1800 in Berkshire county, Massachu- 
 setts. She was married in Madison 
 county, Illinois, to Rev. Thomas Lippin- 
 cott, and died in 1820. Mr. Lippincott 
 was the father, by a subsequent mar- 
 riage, of General Charles E. Lippincott, 
 present Auditor of State for Illinois, who 
 resides in Springfield 1876. 
 
 OLJVE, born in 1801 in Berkshire 
 county, Massachusetts, was married in 
 Ithica, New York, to Joseph Torrey. 
 See his name. They settled on Sugar 
 creek, Sangaman county, Illinois, where 
 she died in August or September, 1820. 
 
 SIBYL, born in 1807 in Berkshire 
 county, Massachusetts, was married Dec. 
 
 22, 1842, in Springfield, Illinois, to Dr. 
 Gershom Jayne. See his name. 
 
 C. PERRY, born September, 1823, in 
 Springfield, Illinois, studied medicine with 
 Dr. Jayne, spent three years in California, 
 returned and was married in 1854 to Susan 
 Mather Lamb. He was a practicing phy- 
 sician, and died in 1858 in Springfield,
 
 66 4 
 
 EARLT SETTLERS OF 
 
 Illinois, leaving a widow and one child, 
 HANNAH M., who was married in Chi- 
 cago. Sept. 27, 1876, to Walter Trumbull, 
 eldest son of Hon. Lyman Trumbull. 
 They reside in Chicago. C. P. Slater's 
 widow married James H. Roberts, a law- 
 yer, and resides in Chicago, Illinois. 
 
 Elijah Slater and wife were two of the 
 original members of the first Presbyterian 
 church of Springfield, Illinois, formed by 
 the Rev. J. G. Bergen. Mr. Slater was 
 distinguished for his energy and upright 
 life, and died July, 1836. His widow died 
 in November, 1844, and both were buried 
 in Springfield, Illinois. 
 
 SLATER, JAY, born Feb. 25, 
 1795, in Massachusetts, was married 
 March 12, 1826, in Sangatnon county, 111., 
 to Lucretia Carman, who was born in 
 1806, in New York. They had six living 
 children in Sangamon county 
 
 JAMES HARVEY, born Dec. 28, 
 1826, nine miles south of Springfield, left 
 home March 28, 1849, Driving an ox team 
 over the plains, and arrived in California 
 Sept. n, of that year. In the autumn of 
 1851 he went to Oregon, and was one of 
 the delegates to the territorial legislature 
 of Oregon, also a member of the constitu- 
 tional convention. He was married there 
 in 1853 to Elizabeth Gray, a native of 
 Georgia. They had nine children. James 
 Harvey Slater was elected in 1870 to rep- 
 resent Oregon in the United States Con- 
 gress. He lives at LaGrande, Union 
 county, Oregon. 
 
 L TMAN BEE CHER, born Aug. 7, 
 1828, in Sangamon county, was married 
 April 28, 1853, in Mt. Auburn, Christian 
 county, 111., to Angeline Bodkin. She 
 died July 30, 1854. Lyman B. Slater 
 graduated in thje medical department of 
 Missouri State Univei\sity, in St. Louis, in 
 1855. Dr. Slater was married Oct. 4, 
 1855, to Sarah Stockwell, who was born 
 July 15, 1830, in Vermont. They have 
 six children, MARGARET, LYMAN 
 T., EMMA, ALICE L., MARY T., and 
 JAMES H., who live with their parents. 
 Dr. L. B. Slater is a practicing physician, 
 and resides at Taylorville, 111. 
 
 J ULIA, born Sept. 26, 1833, in San- 
 gamon county, married William Camp- 
 bell. They have three children, MARY, 
 OLIVE and CHARES. 
 
 JOHN M., born Aug. 26, 1835, in 
 Sangamon county, was married April 30 
 
 1 856 to Leah Campbell, daughter of Lewis 
 Campbell. They had eight children, 
 LEWIS J. and IDA C., died young. 
 LAURA L., CHARLES GRANT, 
 LYMAN H.JOHN A., NORA E. and 
 ROBERT O.,live with their parents, half 
 a mile north of Cross Plains postoffice, 
 Sangamon county, 111. 
 
 OLIVE J., born Nov. 8, 1838, in 
 Sangamon county, was married March 2, 
 1858, to Samuel P. Stevens. They have 
 four children, ENOS, SAMUEL, MA- 
 RIETTA and LYMAN, and live near 
 Arvilla, Jasper county, Missouri. 
 
 SOPHRONIA P., born Jan. 19, 
 1845, was married in 1865 to William 
 Neer. They have two children, and live 
 four miles west of Grove City, Christian 
 county, Illinois. 
 
 Mrs. Lucretia Slater died July, 1853, 
 and Jay Slater was married March 15, 
 1854, to Lavina Alkire, who was born 
 Oct. 6, 1823, in Westmoreland county, 
 Pennsylvania, and came to Springfield in 
 1838. Mr. and Mrs. Slater had two chil- 
 dren, one died in infancv. 
 
 ALBERT J., bom Dec. 19, 1856, in 
 Sangamon county, is a student 1874. 
 
 Jay Slater died July 19,1860, in Sanga- 
 mon county. Mrs. Lavina Slater was 
 married Oct. 19, 1863, in Sangamon 
 county to Frederick G. Tabler, who was 
 born Sept. 2, 1827, in the Kingdom of 
 Wurtemburg, Germany, and came to 
 America in 1857. Mr. and Mrs. Tabler 
 have two children. 
 
 GEOGE F., born Sept. 10, 1864, and 
 
 MART E,, born Dec. 15, 1866. The 
 two latter reside with their parents, one 
 and a half miles northwest of Bradfordton, 
 Sangamon county, Illinois. 
 
 SMITH, JAMES D., born Dec. 
 5, 1805, in Harrison county, Kentucky, 
 was married at Cynthiana, in that county, 
 in 1829, to Ruth Ann Brown. They had 
 one child in Kentucky, and Mr. Smith 
 visited Missouri and Illinois in 1832. He 
 purchased land in Sangamon county, and 
 moved with his father-in-law, Colonel 
 William Brown, arriving in the fall of 
 1833 at Island Grove, where nine children 
 were born, three of whom died in infancy. 
 Of their children 
 
 WILLIAM B., born Dec. 6, 1832, in 
 Harrison county, Kentucky, brought up 
 in Sangamon county, was married near 
 Burlington, Vermont, Oct. 13, 1873, to
 
 SANGAMON COUNTY. 
 
 665 
 
 Julia B. Kinney, who was born near Bur- 
 lington in 1845. They live two miles 
 southwest of Berlin, Illinois. 
 
 JOHX /'., born July 25, 1835, in San- 
 gamon county, was married near Lexing- 
 ton, Kentucky, April 28, 1864, to Anna 
 P. O'Bannon. They have six children. 
 HATTIE B., the fifth child, died Oct. 12, 
 1873. RUTH \V., O'BANNON, 
 ELIZA, JAMES D. and ANNIE P. 
 live with their parents four miles west of 
 Berlin, Sangamon county, Illinois, within 
 one mile of where Mr. Smith was born. 
 
 JAMES /?., Jun., born Dec. 20, 
 1837, in Sangamon county, was married 
 at Jacksonville, Illinois, Sept 29, 1864, to 
 Elizabeth B. Brown, who was born April 
 2, 1842, in Boonville, Missouri. They 
 have four living children, ELISHA B., 
 JAMES D., MARY B., and HALLIE, 
 and live at the homestead, three tuiles 
 west of Berlin, Illinois. 
 
 HATTIE B., born July 27, 1844, in 
 Sangamon county, was married May 27, 
 1865, to Samuel S. Deweese. They have 
 two children, ELIZA S. and JAMES 
 SMITH, and live one mile north of 
 Alexander, Morgan county, Illinois. 
 
 MAR r rHA /A, born March 26, 1847, 
 in Sangamon county, was married Feb. 
 20, 1872, to George Prewitt, have one 
 child, HALLIE, and live in Georgetown, 
 Kentucky. 
 
 RUTH ANN, born Jan. 25, 1850, in 
 Sangamon county,, was married Sept. 24, 
 1874, to James G. Kelly. They have one 
 child, CONWAY, and live in George- 
 town, Kentucky. 
 
 LLOTD B., born Sept. 24, 1852, in 
 Sangamon county, was married at Alex- 
 ander, Morgon county, Illinois, to Lulu B. 
 Alexander, daughter of John T. Alexan- 
 der, Esq. 
 
 "On the afternoon of Tuesday, Nov. 
 7, 1871, James D. Smith, an old and hon- 
 ored resident of Island Grove, Sangamon 
 county, Illinois, was thrown from his 
 buggy and killed whilst returning alone 
 to his home from the town of Berlin. 
 On the afternoon of the Thursday follow- 
 ing, the large concourse of people, from 
 town and country for miles around, which 
 gathered at his grave, spoke impressively 
 of the high esteem in which he was held 
 by all who kew him. In 1833, in com- 
 pany with his father-in-law, Col. William 
 Brown, he emigrated to Illinois and made 
 
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 his home on the farm from whence he 
 was borne to the grave. Shunning pub- 
 lic life, though often urged to accept posi- 
 tions of trust and honor by his friends, he 
 but once yielded his personal feelings to 
 their solicitations, and was elected and 
 served as a member of the Constitutional 
 Convention of 1862. During the whole 
 of his life in Illinois, he was a member of 
 the Methodist Episcopal Church, and 
 with his brother-in-law, Captain James N. 
 Brown, who, just three years in advance 
 of him, went into the better land, was the 
 founder and most liberal supporter of 
 Island Grove station, the first rural station 
 established in Illinois Conference. An 
 active, earnest, humble Christian, he was 
 peculiarly free from sectarian prejudice, 
 and although warmly attached to the 
 church of his choice, regarded with frater- 
 nal feeling every follower of his Master. 
 Eminently domestic and social in his na- 
 ture, and urbane in manner, the loved and 
 honored companion of childhood and 
 youth, as well as of those of mature 
 years, his time outside the requirements of 
 large farming and stock operations, was 
 devoted to his family, his kindred and his 
 neighbors, in whose welfare he ever felt 
 the deepest interest. As illustrative of 
 his character, it might here be stated that 
 early in his life at Island Grove he was 
 commissioned Justice of the Peace, and 
 during the whole time he held that office 
 he had but one suit brought in his court 
 to come to trial, having in every other 
 case, by his personal influence with the 
 parties, and efforts in the true interests of 
 peace, affected an amicable settlement of 
 differences. Decided in his convictions, 
 and uncompromising as to the right, yet 
 the intercourse with his fellow men was 
 marked by the exercise of judgment so 
 unwarped by selfishness, and was softened 
 by such abounding charity, that he lived 
 without an enemy. With him benevo- 
 lence was an ever present sentiment, fall- 
 ing like the gentle dew into the every-d; y 
 acts of life, manifesting itself alike in the 
 sacred precincts of his family, in his deal- 
 ings with the many in his employ, and in 
 an open hand to the poor, the needy, the 
 sick, and the stranger. Of him it may be 
 truly said, " He\ was a good man" one 
 whom the church, the state and society 
 could illy afford to lose. Living, he was 
 the embodiment of every domestic virtue;
 
 666 
 
 EARL y SE7TLERS OF 
 
 dying, he has left his stricken family a 
 treasure more valuable than his ample for- 
 tune the priceless heritage of a well 
 spent life." 
 
 His widow, Mrs. Ruth A. Smith, sur- 
 vived her husband exactly ten months, 
 and died Sept. 7, 1872. The remains of 
 both are interred in Wood Wreath Ceme- 
 tery, near where they spent so many years 
 of their lives. 
 
 SMITH,GEORGE M., was born 
 April 23, 1785, in Virginia. His parents 
 moved when he was a child to Henry 
 county, Ky. Matilda Dowdall was born 
 in Culpepper county, Virginia, Feb. 18, 
 1793. Her mother died when she was 
 two years old, and her grandfather Holmes 
 soon after moved to Shelby county, Ken- 
 tucky, taking Matilda and another sister 
 and brother with him. George M. 
 Smith and Matilda Dowdall were mar- 
 ried Aug. 14, 1810, in Shelby county, and 
 afterwards lived some time in Henry 
 county, Ky., where they had four chil- 
 dren and moved in 1824 to Jennings 
 county, near Vernon, Indiana, where one 
 child was born, and thev returned to 
 Henry county, where one child was born. 
 They then moved to Sangamon county, 
 111., arriving in March, 1834, in what is 
 now Island Grove. Of their eight chil- 
 dren 
 
 JACOB H., born Dec. 23, 1815, in 
 Henry county, Ky., came to Sangamon 
 connty, Illinois, with his parents in 
 1834, and was married in Hennepin, 111., 
 Dec. 19, 1838, to Joanna Higgins. They 
 moved to Saline county, Missouri, and 
 had five children there. JACOB H. 
 SMITH and his eldest son, GEORGE, 
 were both soldiers in the Union army. 
 They reside at Marshall, Saline county, 
 Missouri. 
 
 JOHN W., born July 10, 1818, in 
 Henry county, Ky., was married in San- 
 gamon county June i, 1845, *- Ann E. 
 Fox, who was born June 7, 1827, in Lou- 
 don county, Virginia. She was the eldest 
 daughter of Dr. J. B. Fox, lately deceased, 
 in Springfield. Mr. and Mrs. Smith had 
 eight children in Sangamon county, three 
 of whom died young. Of the other five, 
 AMANDA was married Sept. 14, 1871, 
 to George Parish, and lives in Oskosh, 
 Wisconsin. MARY M., JOSEPH B., 
 WILLIE and CARRIE live with their 
 relatives. Joseph B. Smith is a clerk in a 
 
 mercantile house in Quincy, Illinois. 
 Mrs. Ann E. Smith died May 21, 1871, 
 in Springfield. John W. Smith filled 
 many important positions of honor and 
 trust in Sangamon county. He discharged 
 the duties of census commissioner in 1845, 
 by appointment from the county court. 
 In 1848 he was elected one of the repre- 
 sentatives of Sangamon county in the State 
 Legislature, and was again census com- 
 missioner in 1855. He was elected sheriff 
 of the county in 1860 for two years, and 
 mayor of the city of Springfield in 1863. 
 He was appointed by the United States 
 government, commissioner on the board of 
 enrollment for military duty for the eighth 
 congressional district in 1864, but soon re- 
 signed to accept the position of collector 
 of internal revenue for the same district. 
 He was one of the commissioners named 
 in the law of Feb. 25, 1867, to manage the 
 building of the new state house, and re- 
 mained on the board until the laws of 
 March 1 1 and 27, 1869, reduced the number 
 from seven to three. He was elected 
 Mayor of Springfield in 1871, and re- 
 elected in 1872. He was appointed by 
 Gov. Beveridge in 1873 warden of the 
 state penitentiary at Joliet. W T hile dis- 
 charging the duties of that office 
 he was on his way from Chicago to Joliet 
 on the night of Saturday, Aug. 16, 1873. 
 The train on which he was traveling col- 
 lided with a freight train near Sag 
 Bridge, a few miles southwest of Chicago. 
 He was in the smoking car at the time ' 
 and was terribly scalded by the escaping 
 steam from the broken pipes. He, with a 
 number of others, were taken to Chicago, 
 and died there at eight o'clock on the 
 morning of the iSth. His remains were 
 brought to Springfield and buried at Oak 
 Ridge cemetery, Aug. 19th. 
 
 ELS1R A., born Dec. 30, 1821, in 
 Henry county, Ky., was married in San- 
 gamon county to Stephen Butler brother 
 of William Butler, recently deceased in 
 Springfield. They have ten children, 
 two of whom are married. The family 
 reside at Mondamin, Harrison county, 
 Iowa. 
 
 THOMAS Z>., born Aug. 24, 1823, in 
 Henry county, Ky., was married in San- 
 gamon county Jan. i, 1851, to Julia A. 
 Maxwell. They had seven children in 
 Sangamon county, and moved from Berlin 
 to Humboldt county, Kansas in 1869. T.
 
 SAN GAM ON COUNTY. 
 
 667 
 
 D. Smith died there March 10, 1873, and 
 his family reside there. 
 
 MART y., born April 24, 1825, near 
 Vernon, Indiana, was married in Henry 
 county, Ky., Dec. 21, 1847, *- Owen T. 
 McCormick. They lived in Shelby 
 county, Ky., until November, 1849, when 
 they moved to Island Grove, Sangamon 
 county, 111., and had five children there. 
 SARAH A. was married Oct. 29, 1842, 
 to Benjamin R. B. Weber. See his name. 
 TOSAPHINE A., OWEN T., Jun., 
 MOLLIE E. and GEORGE R. live 
 with their mother. Owen T. McCormick, 
 Sen., died Oct. 27, 1865, and Mrs. McCor- 
 mick resides at Pawnee, Sangamon coun- 
 ty, 111. 
 
 ' MARTHA M., born Dec. 24, 1827, in 
 Henry county, Ky., was married April 12, 
 1849 to John Foutch. See his name. 
 
 HARRIET 0., born Sept. 19, 1830, 
 married Addison Gibson, of Gallatin 
 county, Ky. They left there in July, 
 1864, on account of the rebellion and came 
 to New Berlin, where Mrs. Harriet O. 
 Gibson died April 24, 1865, leaving six 
 sons, all of whom live with their father in 
 Kentucky. 
 
 GEORGE W., born May 10, 1833, in 
 Kentucky, brought up in Sangamon 
 county, went to Weston, Missouri, mar- 
 ried Fannie King, and died there. 
 
 George M. Smith died Feb.. 27, 1842, at 
 Island Grove, and his widow lives with 
 her children. 
 
 SMITH, GREENBERRY, 
 was born Feb. 5, 1793, in Washington 
 county, Kentucky, and was married there 
 to Nancy Killen, who was born in 1800 in 
 the same county. They had one child 
 there, and moved to Sangamon county, 
 Illinois, arriving in the fall of 1830, in 
 what is now Springfield township, where 
 they had one child. Of their two chil- 
 dren 
 
 E THE LINDA J., born Dec. 21, 
 1826, in Washington county, Kentucky, 
 married Nov. 21, 1844, in Sangamon 
 county to John Prince. They had six 
 children, WILLIAM P., JAMES L., 
 NANCY J., GREENBERRY, JO- 
 SEPH and CHARLES, and live in 
 Springfield, Illinois. 
 
 LAFATETTE, born Nov. 21, 1834, 
 in Sangamon county, married Jan. i, 1857, 
 in Springfield to Harriet A. Buchanan. 
 They had seven children, two of whom 
 
 died in infancy, and ALBERT G. died at 
 fourteen years of age. FRANK B., 
 EDWIN F., HARRY L. and FRED- 
 ERICK WORRALL, reside with their 
 parents in Springfield, Illinois. Lafayette 
 Smith is the senior member of the firm of 
 Smith & Hay, wholesale grocers, in 
 Springfield. 
 
 Greenberry Smith died April 23, 1871, 
 and Mrs. Nancy Smith died May 21, 
 1873, both in Springfield, Illinois. 
 
 SMITH, JONAS, was born 
 April 10, 1810, on Long Island, New 
 York. His father moved to Monroe 
 county, Illinois, about 1820. In 1831 
 Jonas visited his sister Mrs. Ebenezer 
 Colburn at Loami, and in July, 1836, came 
 from Cincinnati to put up and run mill 
 machinery for William and Ebenezer 
 Colburn. He has been engaged in milling 
 from that to the present time as owner 
 and builder of mills on Lick creek and 
 other parts of the country. Jonas Smith 
 was married in 1839, at Loami, to Char- 
 lotte Colburn. They had six children, 
 two of whom, Adam L. and Millard F., 
 died young. Of the other four 
 
 MART J., born Dec. 27, 1842, mar- 
 ried Dr. Stephen N. Sanders. See his 
 name. She died in 1867, leaving one 
 child, ANNA. 
 
 NOE N., born Nov. 24, 1845, enlisted 
 May 2, 1864, in Co. E, i33d 111. Inf., for 
 one hundred days, served until Sept. 24, 
 1864, when he was honorably discharged, 
 and died at Loami, Nov. 3, 1864, of disease 
 contracted in the army. 
 
 JULIA A., born March 25, 1848, and 
 
 ADNA J., born August 6, 1854, live 
 with their parents. 
 
 Jonas Smith and wife reside at Loami, 
 Sangamon county, Illinois. 
 
 SMITH, JOHN, was born June 
 23, 1812, in Hartford, Connecticut, and at 
 six years of age he was taken by his pa- 
 rents to Ontario county, New York, and 
 from there to Michigan in 1830. John 
 Smith went to St. Louis, Missouri, in 
 February, 1840, and was there married 
 Jan. n, 1841,10 Charlotte Getchel, who 
 was born Nov. 5, 1812, in Maine. They 
 came to Sprinfield, 111 , in February, 
 1841, where they had one child, and 
 moved to Chatham, where four children 
 were born. Of their children 
 
 MART E., born Oct. 5, 1841, in 
 Sprinfield, died Nov. 6, 1853.
 
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 EA RL Y SE TTLERS OF 
 
 BENJAMIN P., born Jan. 12, 1843, 
 in Sangamon county, enlisted Dec. 8, 1863. 
 in Battery A., 3d 111. Art., served to the 
 end of the rebellion, and was honorably 
 discharged in Springfield. He was mar- 
 ried in 1869, in Lynn county, Missouri to 
 Elizabeth Dustin. They have four chil- 
 dren, and live near North Salem, Lynn 
 county, Missouri. 
 
 GEORGE W., born May 3, 1845, in 
 Sangamon county, enlisted Dec. 8, 1863, 
 in Battery A, 3d 111. Art., served to the 
 end of the rebellion, and was honorably 
 discharged in Springfield. He was mar- 
 ried April 22, 1872, in Missouri to Mrs. 
 Elizabeth Britton. They live near North 
 Salem, Lynn county, Missouri. 
 
 EDWARD, born Oct. 19, 1847, in 
 Sangamon county, died Aug. 30, 1870, 
 about seventy miles below St. Louis, on 
 the Mississippi river. 
 
 ANNIE L., born April 7, 1851, in 
 Sangamon county, died Oct. 22, 1865. 
 
 Mrs. Charlotte Smith died Feb. 2, 1853, 
 in Sangamon county, and John Smith 
 was married Oct. 2, 1860 to Elizabeth 
 Trumbo, They have two children 
 
 ADAM T., borrijuly 14, 1861, and 
 
 EMMA L., born Feb. n, 1866, live 
 with their parents, three-fourths of a mile 
 south of Woodside, Sangamon county. 111. 
 
 SMITH, JOHN M., born Aug. 
 ii, 1813, in Sanbornton, New Hampshire, 
 spent six years as clerk in Boston, and 
 married there to Almyra Andrews. They 
 had three children and moved to Sanga- 
 mon county, Illinois, arriving at Spring- 
 field May 4, 1839. Of the three chil- 
 dren 
 
 SARAH A., born in Boston, married 
 in Sangamon county to James A. Poor. 
 Sec his name. He died and she married 
 lames McCausland, and live near Curran, 
 Illinois. 
 
 EM1L Y married Thomas Springhall, 
 and resides in Springfield 1874. 
 
 JOSEPH E., is married and lives in 
 Kansas. 
 
 Mrs. Almyra Smith died and he was 
 married in 1844, to Julia A. Duff. She 
 died and J. M. Smith married May 4, 
 1846, Harriet Baldwin. They have three 
 children 
 
 WILLIAM W., JOHN E. and 
 NANCY E., and live half a mile north 
 of Curran, Sangamon countv, Illinois. 
 
 SMITH, JOSEPH, was born in 
 
 Loudon county, Virginia. His parents 
 moved to Harrison county, Ky., when he 
 was seven or eight years of age. At the 
 age of fifteen he entered a store in Paris, 
 Ky., as clerk, and afterwards became a 
 merchant in Frankfort. He was married 
 April 9, 1822, in Franklin county, near 
 Frankfort, to Sally Taylor. She was born 
 Nov. 22, 1807, in that part of Gallatin 
 that afterwards became Trimble county, 
 Ky. The family residence at the time 
 was on a very elevated site opposite the 
 city of Madison, Indiana, and was called 
 Mount Bird. It afforded a fine view of 
 the city and of the Ohio river, with its 
 passing steamers. Her father, John Tay- 
 lor, was a native of Virginia, and entered 
 the Baptist ministry in that State. 
 He became acquainted in Virginia with 
 the father of General who was afterwards 
 President, Zachary Taylor. Both moved 
 to Kentucky, and although they were 
 not related to each other, they mar- 
 ried step-sisters and continued their in- 
 timacy during their lives. Miss Sally 
 Taylor, now Mrs. Smith, was named 
 for the mother of President Taylor. 
 Joseph Smith and wife had four children 
 in Franklin county, Ky., and moved to 
 Sangamon county, 111., arriving in Octo- 
 ber, 1834, and settled on Richland creek, 
 in what is now Cart w right township, 
 where two -children were born. Of their 
 six children 
 
 TEMPLE, born Jan. 21, 1823, was 
 drowned in Kentucky at ten years of age, ' 
 by his horse falling while crossing a 
 stream. 
 
 J. TA YLOR was born March 6, 1825, 
 in Frankfort, Ky., came so Sangamon 
 county with his parents in 1834. In 1844 
 he engaged in the mercantile business in 
 Springfield. J. Taylor Smith was mar- 
 ried March 27,1850, to Sophia N. Ridgely. 
 They had four children in Springfield, 
 one of whom died in infancy. JULIA V. 
 born March 31, 1851, died Aug. 27, 1873. 
 FRED. E. was born July 18, 1853. In 
 June, 1872, he entered the United States 
 'Military Academy, at West Point, N. Y., 
 graduated there in June, 1876. He is lieu- 
 tenant in Co. D, 1 3th U. S. Inf., and is 
 now Oct. 1876 at New Orleans, La. 
 JESSIE T., born Oct. 9, 1864, resides 
 with her parents. Mr. Smith was in the 
 mercantile business in Springfield from 
 1844 to 1874, when he retired. During
 
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 that time he has dealt in lands and stocks, 
 and is now a director in the Ridgely Nation- 
 al Bank, and resides in Springfield, 111. 
 
 JOSEPH S., born July 21, 1827, in 
 Kentucky, is an extensive farmer and 
 stock raiser at Bates, Sangamon county, 
 Illinois. 
 
 RLIZA J., born Jan. 21, 1830, in 
 Kentucky, married David A. Brown. See 
 his name. 
 
 BRADFORD 7\, died in infancy. 
 
 J/. W. De WITT, born Dec. 12, 1844, 
 in Sangamon county, married Sept. i, 
 1864, to M. Adelia McConnell. They 
 have three children, ANDREW SYD- 
 NEY, ELIZABETH ADELIA and 
 TEMPLE. M. W. DeWitt Smith is a 
 farmer and stock raiser at Bates, Sanga- 
 mon county, 111. 
 
 Joseph Smith prosecuted the business 
 of farming, and at the same time was in 
 the mercantile business in Springfield, in 
 connection with James M. Bradford. He 
 also represented Sangamon county in the 
 State Legislature. He died August, 1862, 
 on the farm where he settled in 1834. His 
 widow, Mrs. Sally Smith, resides with her 
 son, Joseph S., at Bates, Sangamon county, 
 Illinois. 
 
 SMITH, PHILIP, was born 
 about 1790 in Montgomery county, 
 North Carolina. He was manned there 
 to Nancy Cooper. They had seven chil- 
 dren, and moved to Sangamon county, 
 Illinois, arriving in 1822 in what is now 
 Cooper township, and the next year 
 moved to Williams township, where five 
 children were born. Of their children 
 
 EPHRAIM, born in North Carolina, 
 has been twice married, and lives in Put- 
 nam county. 
 
 TILGHMAN, born in North Caro- 
 lina, married in Sangamon county to 
 Nancy Doughty, have several children, 
 and live near Burlington, Iowa. 
 
 ELIZABETH married Andrew Sut- 
 ton. Both died, leaving one child, WIL- 
 LIAM I. 
 
 PHILIP Jim., born May 13, 1813, 
 in North Carolina, married in Sangamon 
 county July 17, 1834, had ten children. 
 MARY A. married William Dolvan, 
 have two children, and live at Elkhart, 
 Illinois. JOHN enlisted in 1862 in Co. 
 C, i i4th 111. Inf., for three years, served 
 until June, 1864, when he was discharged 
 on account of physical disability, married 
 
 Martha Williams, have two children, 
 ULYSSES F. and IDA BELL. Mrs. Smith 
 died March 13, 1872, and he resides with 
 his parents 1874. NANCY J. married 
 Sylvanus Tuttle, had one child, RALSTON. 
 Mr. Tuttle enlisted in 1862 for three 
 years in Co. C, H4th 111. Inf., and was 
 killed at the siege of Vicksburg, May 19, 
 1863. His widow married William H. 
 Smith. They have two children, PHILIP 
 and IVY MAY, and live in Wiliiamsville, 
 Illinois. WILLIAM O. enlisted August, 
 1862, in Co. C, H4th 111. Inf., came home 
 on sick furlough and died Oct. 13, 1862, in 
 his 2ist year. HENRY T. married Har- 
 riet Kinnaman, have two children, and 
 live in Williams township. REZIN 
 married Izora Fisher, and lives in Wil- 
 liams township. JULIA F. married Ed- 
 ward Clapman, and live in Williams 
 township. LAURA L. and SUSAN C. 
 live with their parents, four and a half 
 miles southeast of Wiliiamsville, Illinois. 
 
 LE VI married Eveline Darnall. They 
 have eleven children, and reside in Henry 
 county Iowa. 
 
 CELIA married Joseph Hill. Both 
 died of cholera and lett four children. 
 
 JOHN, married Martha Brown, had 
 two children, JOHN W. and ROMU- 
 LUS, and Mrs. Martha Smith died. He 
 married Elizabeth Hendrix. They had 
 three children, SUSAN married in 1860 to 
 William H. Smith, had one child, FLORA 
 E., and Mrs. Susan Smith died. ALICE A. 
 married W T illiam T. Ham. See his name. 
 JENNIE married George Strawn, and 
 lives in Wiliiamsville, Illinois. John 
 Smith died and his widow married 
 Stephen King. See his name. 
 
 EDA married George Sutton, have 
 six children, and reside near Lincoln. 
 
 NANCT A. married William Mc- 
 Daniel, had two children, and he died, and 
 she married William Starr, had three 
 children, and he died and she married 
 Mr. West, and lives- near Riverton, 
 Illinois. 
 
 MART A. married Charles Kinnaman 
 and had nine children. CELIA J.; 
 ANTHONY W. served three years in 
 Co. C, i i4th 111. Inf. He married Emily 
 Blue, has two children, and lives in Wil- 
 iiamsville, Illinois. GEORGE \V. lives 
 in Palmer, Christian county, Illinois. All 
 the other members of the familv live at 
 Clayton, Adams county, Illinois.
 
 EARLT SETTLERS OP 
 
 LOUISA married William House, 
 who died, leaving one child, and she mar- 
 ried Joseph Young, and lives in Cali- 
 fornia. 
 
 IR VI N M. married Jennie Holt, and 
 lives in Louisa county, Iowa. 
 
 Mrs. Nancy Smith died in 1854, near 
 Barclay, and Philip Smith died in 1860 
 in Christian county, Illinois. 
 
 SMITH, THOMAS, was born in 
 1769 in Virginia, and went with his parents 
 when he was a young man to Washing- 
 ton county, Kentucky. He .was there 
 married to Elizabeth Peter, who was 
 born in 1772 > she was an aunt of 
 Zachariah Peter. -They had nine 
 children in that county. In the fall 
 of 1819 they moved to Madison county, 
 Illinois, and from there to Sangamon 
 county, arriving in February, 1822, in 
 what is now Curran township, north of 
 Liek creek. Of their children 
 
 MARGARET married Thomas Cum- 
 mings. See his name. 
 
 RICHARD, born June 6, 1795, mar- 
 ried in Kentucky, Dec. 22, 1816, to Eliza- 
 beth Hart, who was born near Richmond, 
 Virginia, May 11,1798. They came to 
 Madison county, Illinois, and from there 
 to Sangamon in 1823. They had seven 
 children. Richard Smith died Feb. 2, 
 1859, and his widow resides with her son, 
 Thompson, at Clinton, Illinois. 
 
 THOMAS, Jun., born in Kentucky, 
 married in Sangamon county to Mary 
 Cooper. They had six children, and Mr. 
 S. died in 1838, two miles east of Spring- 
 field, Illinois. Of the children, JORDAN 
 P., died in 1848, aged twenty-one years. 
 LUCY M., born Nov. 30, 1830, married 
 Thomas Smith of Lick creek. See his 
 name. The other four children and 
 mother reside in DeWitt county, Illinois. 
 She is now 1874 the wife of Samuel 
 Smith. 
 
 HANNAH, born in Kentucky, mar- 
 ried in Sangamon-county to Henry Whit- 
 lock. They had ten children, and he was 
 murdered in the spring of 1871 in Green 
 county, Illinois, and his widow and chil- 
 dren live there. 
 
 ELIZABE 777, married Augustus 
 Kirkpatrick, had nine children. She and 
 nearly all her children died at Camp 
 Point, Illinois. Mr. Kirkpatrick lives 
 there. 
 
 JOHN, born March 18, 1805, in Wash- 
 
 ington county, near Springfield, Ken- 
 tucky, came with his parents to Sanga- 
 mon county, Illinois, in 1822, and was 
 married June 23, 1825, to Jane G. Dren- 
 nan. They had six children. WIL- 
 LIAM C., born March 24, 1826, was 
 married June 16, 1844, to Rebecca T- 
 Walker. They had eleven children, the 
 three eldest died under four years. JOHN 
 D. married Martha Alsbury. They had 
 three children, Anna L., Clemantine and 
 Bertie. Mrs. Martha Smith died April 
 20, 1875, leaving an infant that died in 
 October, 1875. John D. Smith lives near 
 Woodside, Sangamon county, Illinois. 
 WILLIAM J. married Eliza J. Cloyd. 
 They have one child, Jesse N., and live 
 near Chatham, Sangamon county, Ill- 
 inois. RICHARD P. was married Sept. 
 16, 1875, to Marion E. Patteson, and live 
 two miles south of CuiTan, Sangamon 
 county, 111. The other five, HIRAM N., JO- 
 SEPH F., MARTHA J., MARY C. and THOMAS 
 
 E., live with their parents. William C. 
 Smith and family live one and a half miles 
 south of Curran, Sangamon county, 111. 
 THOMAS, born April 4, 1827, married 
 Lucy M. Smith. They have seven chil- 
 dren. LOUISA married Dallas Davis. 
 See his name. JOHN JORDAN was mar- 
 ried Sept. 7, 1876, to Sadie Dennis, and 
 lives near Curran, Sangamon county, 
 Illinois. LAURA B., MARY A., THOMAS 
 and RICHARD live with their parents. 
 Thomas Smith resides three miles east of 
 Curran, Sangamon county, Illinois. In 
 order to distinguish himself from others 
 of the same name, he is accustomed, in 
 business transactions, to sign his name 
 Thomas Smith, Lick Creek. REBEC- 
 CA A., born Oct. 21, 1828, married 
 William Barbre. See his name. 
 ELIZABETH, C. born March 25, 1830, 
 married William Poor. See his name. 
 LUCY M., born April 17, 1831, married 
 William Barbre. See his name. RICH- 
 ARD C., born Feb. 12, 1833, married 
 Amarine Shelton. They had eight 
 living children, WILLIAM T., JOHN R., 
 
 MARIA E., JAMES A., RICHARD E., 
 CHARLES E., FLORA J. and FREDERICK H., 
 
 live with their parents. Richard C. 
 Smith lived in Chatham township, Sanga- 
 mon county, until 1874, when he moved to 
 the vicinity of Tolono, Champaign 
 county, Illinois. Mrs. Jane G. Smith 
 died Sept. 16, 1833, and John Smith was
 
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 671 
 
 married Oct. 6, 1834, to Rebecca Enochs. 
 They have two children, MAHAL A J., 
 born Dec. 21, 1841, married David Miller, 
 who was born Jan. 28, 1838, in Coshocton 
 county, Ohio. They have three children, 
 JOHN M., THOMAS E. and LiLLiE M., and 
 live near Curran, Sangamon county, 111. 
 MARTHA H., born Jan. 13, 1847, mar- 
 ried Andrew J. Drennan. -See his name. 
 John Smith and his wife live three miles 
 southeast of Curran, Sangamon county, 
 Illinois. 
 
 He savs that two thousand Indians, 
 camped on Lick creek, soon after the 
 arrival of his father's family there in 1822, 
 and remained about two weeks. They were 
 very friendly. He also says that the first 
 time he saw Springfield was in February, 
 1822. Elijah lies was keeping store in a 
 very small cabin built of round logs and 
 covered with clapboards held on by 
 weight poles. There was not a nail used 
 in the building. Mr. lies had sold out 
 nearly all his goods and gone to St. Louis 
 for more. The hotel consisted of a double 
 log cabin, and was kept by Dr. Gershom 
 Jayne and his wife. The store, hotel and 
 blacksmith shop constituted the town. 
 
 RUTH married Andrew P. Drennan. 
 Sec his name. 
 
 MART Married William Withrow. 
 See his name. 
 
 SARAH died aged forty years. 
 
 SAMUEL, born in Kentucky, was 
 married' in Sangamon county to Mrs. 
 Marv Smith, whose maiden name was 
 Cooper. They had two children, JOHN 
 H. and AMANDA C., and live in 
 Clinton, DeWitt county, Illinois. 
 
 Thomas Smith, Sen., died Jan. 28, 1841, 
 and his widow died Feb. i, 1852, both in 
 Curran township, Sangamon county, 111. 
 
 SNODGRASS, JAMES. The 
 place ')f his birth is not known, but he 
 was married in Cocke county, Tenn., to 
 Elizabeth Snodgrass. They had eleven 
 children in Tennessee, and moved to San- 
 gamon county, III., arriving about 1820, in 
 what is now Cotton Hill township. Of 
 their children 
 
 MARGARET, born in Tenn., mar- 
 ried in Sangamon county, in 1821, to 
 Thomas Howey. 
 
 JA^IES, Jmi., born in Cocke county, 
 Tennessee, about 1785, married there to 
 Mary Martin. They had two children in 
 Tennessee, and moved to Madison county, 
 
 111., where one child was born and 
 from there to Sangamon county, arriving 
 in 1820 in what is now Cotton Hill town- 
 ship, where three children were born. Of 
 their six children, SAMUEL D., born 
 ept. 22, 1812, in Tennessee married in 
 Sangamon county, April 12, 1832, to 
 Nancy W. Haines. They had seven liv- 
 ing children, MARY j. born Dec. 7, 1834, 
 died March i, 1852. MYRAH, born Jan. 
 22, 1837, married Daniel Rape. See his 
 name. MELVINA, born Feb. 25, 1842, 
 married Francis M. Rape. See his name. 
 GEORGE W., born Sept. 7, 1844, enlisted 
 in August, 1862, for three years in Co. , 
 1 14th 111. Inf. His father dying a few 
 days later, he was released from military 
 duty, as the only support of his mother. 
 He died at home April 12, 1863. ARSTIL- 
 LIA J., born Dec. 25, 1846, married Nov. 2, 
 1865 to William H. Park, who was born 
 Oct. n, 1839, in Hampshire county, Va. 
 They have two children, Alice J. and 
 Alvin L., and reside at Rienzi, near 
 New City, Sangamon county, Illinois. 
 JOHN S., born April 22, 1853, and 
 SAMUEL N., born Dec. 16, 1857, res ide 
 with their mother. Samuel D. Snodgrass 
 died Aug. 31, 1862, and his widow, 
 Nancy W., resides one mile eastofNtw 
 City, Sangamon county, 111. JAMES A., 
 born April 25, 1814, in Tennessee, married 
 in Sangamon county to Telitha Pippin. 
 She died and he was married Aug. 10, 
 1837, to Mary A. Wise. They had six 
 children. REBECCA J., born April 15, 
 1839, married Thomas J. Hardin and the 
 second time married Daniel Rape. See 
 his name. MELISSA, married Jackson 
 Brent or Bunce, and died in one year 
 after. JOHN w., ANDREW j., and NANCY 
 all died under fourteen years. ZACHARY 
 T., born Aug. n, 1844, married Sarah E. 
 Rape. They have two living children, 
 Ada A. and Lola B., and live four miles 
 southwest of Edinburg, Christian county, 
 111. James A. Snodgrass died Feb. 18, 1849, 
 and his widow died March 8, 1872, he 
 in Sangamon and she in Christian county, 
 111. ELIZABETH, born Feb. i, 1819, in 
 Madison county, 111., married in Sugamon 
 county to John Rape. See his name. 
 JOHN, born in Sangamon county in 1821, 
 married Polly Bird, has five children, and 
 lives near Ashley, Washington county, 
 111. GEORGE was twice married, and 
 died, leaving a widow and a son, GEORGE,
 
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 EARLY SETTLERS OF 
 
 near Stonington, Christian county, 111. 
 NANCY, married John Morris, has five 
 children, and lives in Missouri. Mrs. 
 Mary Snodgrass died Aug. 31, 1835, in 
 Sangamon county, and James Snodgrass, 
 Jun., married Mrs. Nancy Wilkison, 
 whose maiden name was Moon. They 
 had two children. WILLIAM H. 
 Snodgrass, born Nov. 27, 1842, in Sanga- 
 mon county, married Jan. 2, 1862, to Sarah 
 S. Hall. They have five living children, 
 
 IDA J, DORA B., REUBEN E., MARY E. and 
 
 NANCY B., and live near New City, San- 
 gamon county, 111. LEVINA J., born 
 Oct. 18, 1838, married Oct. 17, 1856, to 
 James L. McKee, who was born Nov. 
 13, 1831, in Frederick county, Va. They 
 have six living children, NANNIE A., 
 
 JAMES WILLIAM, CHARLES L., VIRGINIA 
 A., NOAH MATHENY, and CLARKE M., and 
 
 live near New City, Sangamon county, 
 111. James Snodgrass, Jun., died Jan. 27, 
 1864, and his widow lives May, 1874 
 with her son, William H. James Snod- 
 grass, Jun., was captain of a company 
 from Sangamon county in the Blackhawk 
 war. 
 
 FANNY, born in Cocke county, in 
 Tennessee, married in Sangamon county 
 to Henry Crull. They had seven chil- 
 dren, four of whom are living. NANCY, 
 born Aug. 17, 1835, in Sangamon county, 
 married Oct. 18, 1858, to Philemon H. 
 Plu miner, who was born Aug. 5, 1834, in 
 Richland county, Ohio. They have five 
 children FANNY E., JAMES P., LAURA D., 
 SAMUEL N. and OLIVE w., aud reside 
 1874 at Breckenridge, Sangamon county, 
 Illinois. CATHARINE married Mr. 
 Poor; MARY married Mr. Martin; 
 Mr. and Mrs. Crull are both dead. 
 
 ELIZA, born in Tennessee, married 
 Peter Rape. See his name. They died 
 without children. 
 
 POLLY, born March 29, 1813, in Ten- 
 nessee, married Henry Rape. See his 
 name. 
 
 JANE born June 13, 1815, in Tennes- 
 see, married in Sangamon county to 
 Henry Funderburk. See his name. 
 
 ROBERT, born in 1808, in Tennessee, 
 married in Sangamon county to Eliza 
 Martin. They had six children, ISAAC, 
 born in Sangamon county, married Sarah 
 C. Ward. They reside in Springfield. 
 JAMES and DALLAS, died in the army. 
 Mrs. Eliza Snodgrass died, and Robert 
 
 Snodgrass married Sept. 15, 1854, to Mrs. 
 Mary Ward, whose maiden name was 
 Shivers. Robert Snodgrass died Febru- 
 ary, 1856, and his widow married Lemuel 
 Hall. See Ward. 
 
 James Snodgrass, Sen., died Feb. 11, 
 1836, and his widow died July 7, 1854, both 
 in Cotton Hill township, Sangamon 
 county, 111. 
 
 SNODGRASS, JOSEPH, 
 brother to James, Sen., with whom he 
 came to Sangamon county, in 1820. He 
 was a wheelwright on Horse creek for 
 about fifteen year,, and moved to the vi- 
 cinity of Bloomington. 
 
 SOUTH WICK, JESSE, was 
 born about 1762 near Lebanon, Conn. 
 Nancy Moore was born Jan. 17, 1770,111 
 Connecticut, also. They were married 
 and moved to Oneida county, New York, 
 where they had four children, all died of 
 the disease called cold plague. Thev then 
 moved to Junius, Seneca county, in the 
 same State, where they had seven chil- 
 dren. The family embarked at Olean 
 Point, on the Allegheny river, in a family 
 boat, and arrived at Shawneetown, Illi- 
 nois, in December, 1819. He was in com- 
 pany with James Stewart, and they moved 
 in wagons from Shawneetown to a village 
 called Milton, near Alton, where they 
 halted until March, 1820, and then moved 
 to Sugar creek and settled in what is now 
 Woodside township, six and a half miles 
 southeast of Springfield. Sarah Pierce, 
 a niece of Mr. Southwick, came with 
 them, also Joseph Inslee. The two latter 
 were married in Sangamon county. Of 
 the seven children of Mr. Southwick 
 
 ORPHA, married in New York to 
 Abram Pease. See his name. They 
 came to Sangamon county in 1820 with 
 her father. They both died in Sangamon 
 county, leaving three sons. Brigham is 
 married and lives in Ball township. 
 
 ELECT A, born and married in New 
 York to Marquis Martin, and died there, 
 leaving one child. 
 
 EUNICE, married in 1819 in New 
 York to Patrick Lynch, and came to San- 
 gamon county with her father. Mrs. 
 Lynch died in Sangamon county October, 
 1820, leaving one child, JESSE LYNCH, 
 who is a practicing lawyer at Chenoa, 
 111. P. Lynch married again, moved to 
 Naples, 111., and died there. 
 
 ADALINE, born July 29, 1803, mar-
 
 SANGAMON COUNTY. 
 
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 ried in New York, August 1819, to For- 
 tunatus Bailey, came to Sangamon county 
 with her father, had three children, moved 
 to Wisconsin, where both parents died. 
 
 LUCINDA, born 1805 in New York, 
 married in Sangamon county late in 1823, 
 to William Hawes, who was born Sept. 
 23, i So i. She died without children. 
 Mr. Hawes married again, and lives at 
 Magnolia, Putnam countv, 111. 
 
 WILLIAM, born Feb. 9, 1807 at Ju- 
 nius, New York, married September, 
 1831, in Sangamon county, to Louvicy 
 Proctor, who was born Nov. 23, 1811, at 
 Charleston, Clarke county, Ind. They 
 had seven children in Sangamon county. 
 NANCY E., born may i, 1^33, married 
 Feb. 7, 1851, to Jerome Duncan. They 
 have three children, MARY, WILLIAM D. 
 and CHARLES, and live in Taylorville, 111. 
 EUNICE, born Aug. 19, 1835, married 
 July 4, 1855, to Craven O. Fox, who was 
 born Aug. 29, 1825, in Loudon county, 
 Va. He died Jan. 20, 1873, leaving a 
 widow and four children, T. c. BOND, 
 
 MARY O., MATTIE V. and LUETTA, live in 
 
 Springfield, 111. DAVID, born July 23, 
 1839, enlisted in 1861 for three years 
 in Co. A, 3d 111. Cav., served full term, 
 and was honrably discharged in 1864. In 
 1 866 he went to Montana, and from there 
 in the fall of 1870, to Cerbat, the county 
 seat of Mohave county, Arizona, where 
 he now lives 1874. JAMES W. born 
 April 20, 1842, enlisted for three years, 
 Aug. 1862, in Co. E, ii4th 111. Inf., served 
 full term and was honorably discharged 
 in 1865. In 1867, he became a clerk in 
 the quartermaster's department, was at 
 Fort Harker, while it was being built. He 
 was employed in connection with the 
 building of the Central Pacific Railroad, 
 until it was opened. He is now Feb. 
 1874 at Amarilla, New Mexico. JOHN 
 H., born Feb. 14, 1844, left home Dec. 
 31, 1861, and enlisted at Camp Hall, Ky., 
 in Co. , 7th 111. Inf.; was at the siege 
 and capture of Fort Donelson, was in hos- 
 pital at Pittsburg Landing, during the 
 battle, and was discharged on account of 
 physical disability after four months ser- 
 vice. He is now of the law firm of Ste- 
 vens & Southwick, at Onavva City, 
 Monona county, Iowa. PHILIP S., 
 born Feb. 22, 1847, h' ves with his father. 
 LAURA A., born July 28, 1851, married 
 March, 1873 to Henry A. Stevens, and 
 
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 have one child. Mr. Stevens is of the 
 law firm of Stevens & Southwick, Onawa 
 City, Iowa. William Southwick and 
 wife reside on the farm where they settled 
 in 1820. It is six and a half miles southeast 
 of Springfield, 111. 
 
 JAMES L,, born Jan. 16, 1814, in New 
 York, married in Sangamon county, July 
 29, 1832, to Louvicy Trumbo, who was born 
 April, 29, 1815. They had 13 children; 
 four died young. JESSE, born May 12, 
 1833, married Theodosia Raney, have six 
 children, and live near Oceola, Missouri. 
 W^ILLIAM H,born Sept. 4,1834, married 
 Sarah J. Brunk, and live near Cotton Hill, 
 111. HARNESS, born Nov. 3, 1837 
 has been for several years a member of 
 the Sangamon county board of supervisors. 
 He lives in Woodside township, seven 
 miles south of Springfield. CAROLINE 
 S., married H. Payne, have four children, 
 and resides near Connersville, Missouri. 
 ADAM, enlisted in the ist 111. Cav., and 
 died at Rolla, Missouri, May i, 1862. 
 AMANDA, married William Butler, and 
 lives in Macoupin county, Barr's Store 
 postoftice. MARTHA lives with her 
 mother. ANDREW, married Ann M. 
 Brunk. They have one child, JOHN, and 
 live near Cotton Hill postoffice, Illinois. 
 OLIVE M., lives with her mother. 
 James L. Southwick died Jan. 26, 1868, 
 and his widow resides seven miles south 
 of Springfield, 111. 
 
 PA ULINA, married Mr. Fields, had 
 two children, and died in Carlinville, 
 Illinois. 
 
 Jesse Southwick died Sept. 25, 1826, 
 and his widow died in 1845, he in Sanga- 
 mon, and she in Putnam county, at the 
 house of her daughter, Mrs. Hawes. 
 
 SOWELL, STEPHEN, was 
 born February, 1785, on the river Roa- 
 noke, Charlotte county, Virginia. Jane 
 Hannah was born Sept. 12, 1795, in that 
 county. They were there married and 
 had three children, and moved to Ruther- 
 ford county, Tennessee, about 1817, where 
 three children were born, and moved to 
 Sangamon county, Illinois, arriving April, 
 1828, in what is now Chatham township, 
 thence to Cooper township, and from 
 there to Loami township in 1830, where 
 three children were born. Of all their 
 children 
 
 MARTHA, born Jan. 22, 1812, in 
 Virginia, married in Sangamon county to
 
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 EARLY SETTLERS OF 
 
 William Eustace, have three children, and 
 live in Jefferson county, Wisconsin. 
 
 THOMAS, born . July 15, 1814, in 
 Charlotte county, Virginia, married in San- 
 gamon county, Nov. 10, 1836, to Theresa 
 Barger. They had two children, MAR- 
 THA A. married William T. Graham, 
 had three children, and Mr. G. died in 
 April, 1871. The widow and children 
 live near Chatham, Illinois. JOHN H. 
 enlisted in Colorado in a cavalry regiment. 
 He was wounded, after two years service, 
 bv six shots in his body, from rebel bush- 
 whackers in Missouri, and was honorably 
 discharged on account of physical dis- 
 ability in the spring of 1865. He was 
 married in Sangamon county, August 26, 
 1866, to Maggie Post. They have one 
 child, and live in Osage county, Kansas. 
 Mrs. Theresa Sowell died Dec. 4, 1846, 
 and Thomas Sowell was married April 
 20, 1848, to Jane E. Lansden, who was 
 born April 21, 1817, in Wilson county, 
 Tennessee. They have one child, 
 THOMAS A., and reside in Loami, San- 
 gamon county, Illinois. 
 
 JANE, born in Virginia, married Hoi- 
 lister Burr, and lives in Cherokee county, 
 Kansas. 
 
 ME LINDA, born in Tennessee, mar- 
 ried in Sangamon county to Schuyler 
 Goodell, have eight children, and live in 
 Miami county, Kansas. 
 
 MACCA M., born Sept. 16, 1822, in 
 Tennessee, married July 28, 1844, in San- 
 gamon county to Adna P. Colburn. See 
 his name. 
 
 SALLT, born April 18, 1824, in, 
 Tennessee, married in Sangamon county 
 to Willis Goodell, had one child, and Mr. 
 Goodell died. The widow married 
 William R. Goodell. They have seven 
 children, and live in Harrison county, 
 Missouri. 
 
 NANCY, born in Sangamon county, 
 married James E. McElvain. See his 
 name. 
 
 ANGELINE A., born in Sangamon 
 county, married William A. McElvain. 
 See his name. 
 
 WJLLIAM H., born in Sangamon 
 county, married Maria N. Campbell. 
 They have five children, and live at Macon 
 Station, Macon county, Illinois. W. H. 
 Sowell enlisted in 1861 for three years in 
 Co. B, 3oth 111. Inf., served full term, and 
 was honorably discharged in 1864. 
 
 Stephen Sowell died June u, 1863, and 
 his widow resides with her son, Thomas, 
 in Loami, Illinois 1874. 
 
 SPATH, GEORGE, was born 
 April 8, 1816, in Baden, Germany. He 
 came to America and arrived at Alton, 
 Illinois, in April, 1837, and in May, 1838, 
 came to Springfield. He had learned the 
 trade of cabinet maker in his native 
 country and when he came to Springfield 
 soon found employment at his trade. He 
 was married in Springfield Nov. 3, 1843, 
 to Mary Mischler, a native of Germany, 
 also, and sister of Philip Mischler. They 
 had eight children in Springfield. 
 
 GEORGE, born July 25, 1844, died 
 March i, 1873. 
 
 MARGARET, born Feb. 14, 1847, 
 married in Springfield, Feb. 10, 1868, to 
 Charles Bouchert. They have one child, 
 GEORGE, and reside in St. Charles, 
 Missouri. 
 
 BARBARA, born Feb. 3, 1849, lives 
 with her father. 
 
 ELIZABETH, born March 25, 1850, 
 married to Adolph Daiken, and live in 
 Springfield, Illinois. 
 
 JOHN, born Feb. 4, 1855; lives with 
 his father. 
 
 ANNIE, born May 23, 1857, married 
 Jan. 15, 1875, to John Auger, and live in 
 St. Charles Missouri. 
 
 CATHARINE and JULIA live 
 with their father. 
 
 Mrs. Mary Spath died Sept. i, 1872, 
 and George Spath married Mrs. Gertrude 
 Meisenbach, whose maiden name was 
 Wise. She was a native of Baden, Ger- 
 many, also. They reside in Springfield, 
 Illinois. 
 
 SPENCER, JOHN was born 
 about 1800 in Adair county, Ky. Cynthia 
 Harvey was born in the same county, and 
 they were there married and had three 
 children. The family moved to Sanga- 
 mon county, 111., arriving August, 1836, 
 in what is now Salisbury township, where 
 two children were born. Of their five 
 children. 
 
 CATHARINE, born Aug. 29, 1830, 
 in Adair county, Ky., married in Sanga- 
 mon county to Pierson Roll. See his 
 name. 
 
 NANCT, born in Adair county, Ky., 
 married in Sangamon county to Isaaac 
 Miller. They have six children, and live 
 in Pike county, Missouri.
 
 SAN GAM ON COUNTY. 
 
 675 
 
 DIANA, born in Adair county, Ky., 
 married in Sangamon county, to John 
 Shanahan, have three children and live at 
 Point of Rocks, Wyoming Territory. 
 
 MART E., born in Sangamon county, 
 married Eli Drone. They have four chil- 
 dren, and live in Pike county, 111. 
 
 J ' OHN W., born in Sangamon county, 
 married Mary Clements, and live in the 
 southeast corner of Macoupin county, 111. 
 
 John Spencer died September, 1863, 
 and Mrs. Cynthia Spencer died Nov. 26, 
 1869, both in Sangamon county, north of 
 the river. 
 
 SPICER, LEMUEL, was born 
 about 1770 in Kent county, Delaware, and 
 was there married to Sarah Johnson, a 
 native of the same county. They had 
 one child there, and moved to Scott 
 county, Kentucky, thence to Fayette 
 county, in the same State, and from there 
 to Clarke county, Indiana. In the spring 
 of 1833 he moved to Sangamon county, 
 Illinois, and settled in what is now 
 Cotton Hill township. Of their only 
 child 
 
 UP SHEAR >., born Sept. 24, 1795, 
 in Kent county, Delaware, married in 
 Fayette county, .Kentucky, April 27, 
 1816 to Nancy Clifton. They moved to 
 Clarke county, Indiana, where they had 
 seven children, and moved to Sangamon 
 county, Illinois, arriving in the fall of 
 1833, in Cotton Hill township, where they 
 had five children. Three of their children 
 died young. Of the other nine, ELIAS 
 S., born May 2, 1818, in Clarke county, 
 Indiana, married in Sangamon county to 
 Lucinda Kent. They both died; Mr. 
 Spicer, Dec. 28, 1872, in Sangamon 
 county, leaving three daughters in 
 DeWitt county, and a son in Iowa. 
 MINAS B., born July 12, 1820, in Clarke 
 county, Indiana, married in Sangamon 
 county to Mary Miller. They have four 
 living children, and reside near Clinton, 
 DeWitt county, Illinois. MARY P., 
 born February 20, 1823, in Clarke county, 
 Indiana, married in Sangamon county to 
 Joseph Beam. See his name. THOMP- 
 SON C., born Dec. i, 1825, in Clarke 
 county, Indiana, married in Sangamon 
 county Jan. 18, 1848, to Melvina Vigal. 
 They had seven children, two of whom 
 died under four years, of age. MARY j., 
 born Nov. 2, 1850, married Oct. 3, 1869, 
 to Aaron C. Colean, who was born March 
 
 4, 1848, in Jersey county, Illinois. They 
 have one living child, Etta Alice, and 
 live two miles west of New City, Sanga- 
 mon county, Illinois. OLIVER A., ALICE 
 H., EMMA L. and CHARLES R., live with 
 their father. Mrs. Melvina Spicer died 
 Dec. 9, 1873, and Thompson C. Spicer 
 resides one and a half miles west of New 
 City, Sangamon county, 111. GEORGE 
 W., born July 15, 1832, in Indiana, mar- 
 ried in Sangamon county March 5, 1854, 
 to Caroline E. Britton. They had four 
 children, WILLIAM B.,died aged ten years, 
 
 BENJAMIN O., CHARLES F., and GEORGE 
 
 w., Jun., live with their mother. George 
 W. Spicer died Nov. 26, 1862, and his 
 widow married August 8, 1866, to Nathan 
 
 5. Plummer, who was born March 15, 
 1836, in Richland county, Ohio. Mr. and 
 Mrs. Plummer have four children, IDA 
 
 E., CARRIE A., OSCAR F. and MARGARET 
 
 A., and live near New City, Sangamon 
 county, Illinois. SARAH and SOPHIA, 
 twins, born August 18, 1834, the former 
 died in infancy and the latter in her ninth 
 year. JOHN, born May 21, 1838, in San- 
 gamon county, married Mary E. Porter- 
 field, and for his second wife married, 
 March 4, 1871, Mrs. Mary J. Dee, whose 
 maiden name was Waker. Her first hus- 
 band, John C. Dee, was a member of the 
 44th Ohio Inf., and was killed at the battle 
 of Fort Donelson, Feb. 14, 1862. Mr. 
 and Mrs. Spicer live near Cotton Hill 
 P. O., Sangamon county, Illinois. 
 ROSE ANN, born Oct. 13, 1840, died 
 June 26, 1856. EMILY, born August 
 13, 1843, in Sangamon county, married 
 Oct. 27, 1864, to David Marshall, and 
 have one child, MARY .FRANCES. They 
 live in Cotton Hill township. Upshear 
 D. Spicer died Feb. 15, 1855, and his 
 widow married Adam Safley. See his 
 name. 
 
 Mrs. Sarah Spicer died Nov. 6, 1837, 
 and Lemuel Spicer married a second time. 
 He died March 31, 1842, both in Sanga- 
 mon county, Illinois. 
 
 SPRINGER, Rev. FRAN- 
 CIS, D. D., was born, March 19, 1810, 
 at Roxburry, Franklin county, Pa. When 
 a young man, he learned the business of 
 sign and ornamental painting. He re- 
 ceived his literary education in Pennsyl- 
 vania College, and his theolgical studies 
 were pursued at the Theological Semi- 
 nary of the Lutheran church, both located
 
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 EARL* SETTLERS 
 
 at Gettysburg, Pa. He also studied under 
 two distinguished ministers, one atOtsego, 
 and the other at Schohaire, N. Y. He 
 paid his expenses by occasionally working 
 at his trade, and teaching school. He was 
 licensed to preach by the Evangelical Lu- 
 theran Synod of Maryland, Oct. 18, 1836, 
 and was ordained by the same body Oct. 
 17, 1837. ^ e was married April n, 1837, 
 to Mary Kriegh, at Clear Springs, Wash- 
 ington county, Md. She was born Feb. 
 28, 1815, in that county. He taught 
 school and preached in that vicinity from 
 October, 1836, for about two and 
 a half years. They had one child 
 in Maryland, and moved to Spring- 
 field, Illinois, arriving May, 1839, 
 where four children were born. In 1847 
 he moved to Hillsboro, 111., where they 
 had two children, and in 1855 move d back 
 to Springfield, where they had one child. 
 Of their children 
 
 MART E.. born March 25, 1838, in 
 Maryland, lives with her parents. 
 
 PHIL. M., born July 15, 1840, in 
 Springfield, is unmarried, and is of the 
 firm of Springer Bros., stock breeders, in 
 the southeast corner of Clear Lake town- 
 ship, Sangamon county. Their address 
 is Springfield. Phil. M. Springer is 
 Treasurer and Assistant Secretary of the 
 American Berkshire Association. Office 
 in Springfield, 111. 
 
 IDA M., born March n, 1842, in 
 Springfiield, married Henry L. Sanford, 
 They have three children, MARY S., 
 ANNIE E. and FRANCIS S., and live 
 near Elkhart, Logan county, 111. 
 
 JOHN (7., was born March 13, 1844, 
 in Springfield. .He enlisted Sept. 20, 
 1 86 1, for three years in Co. B, loth 111. 
 Cav., was appointed sergeant major and 
 commissioned second lieutenant of Co. I, 
 March, 13, 1862, and commissioned first 
 lieutentant May 10, 1864, and commissioned 
 quartermaster of the regiment Dec. 31, 
 1864. At the expiration of his first term, 
 he re-enlisted as a veteran, was with the 
 regiment at San Antonio, Texas, when it 
 was discharged, in November, 1865, and 
 received his final discharge at Spring- 
 field in February, 1866. He was in the 
 third district internal revenue department 
 of Arkansas, as clerk and assistant 
 assessor from December, 1866, to June, 
 1873, and was married at Fort Smith, 
 Arkansas, September 29, 1868, to 
 
 Frances A. Stratton. They have three 
 children, FRANCIS S., JOHN P. 
 and MIRIAM ESTELLA, and reside at 
 Fayetteville, Arkansas. He is still in the 
 government employ. 
 
 CHARLES W., born Oct. 5, 1846,111 
 Springfield, enlisted May n, 1864, in Co. 
 A, I33d 111. Inf. for one hundred days. He 
 served until Sept. 24, 1864, and was hon- 
 orably discharged. Is unmarried and is a 
 practicing lawyer at Hillsborough, 111. 
 
 FRANCIS K., born Dec. 21, 1848, at 
 Hillsboro, Illinois, married in Sangamon 
 county, Feb. 20, 1872, to Eveline H. Nes- 
 bitt. They have two children, HENRY 
 and SAMUEL FRANCIS and live in 
 the southeast corner of Clear Lake town- 
 ship, Sangamon county, 111. Is of the 
 firm of Springer Bros. 
 
 LAURA L., born Nov. 20, 1850, in 
 Hillsboro, died Oct. 25, 1860, at Spring- 
 field, Illinois. 
 
 ANNIE (?., born Aug. i, 1858, in 
 Springfield, lives with her parents. 
 
 Rev. Francis Springer commenced 
 teaching soon after his arrival in Spring- 
 field, and continued to teach and preach 
 until 1847, wnen ne moved to Hillsboro, 
 111., as President of Hillsboro, College. 
 That institution was moved to Springfield 
 in 1852, as Illinois State University. 
 These were both under the direction and 
 patronage of the Lutheran church. He 
 resigned in 1855. He was afterwards 
 school commissioner of Sangamon county, 
 and was superintendent of schools for the 
 city of Springfield, which position he re- 
 signed, and became chaplain of the zoth 
 111. Cav.. soon after the beginning of the 
 rebellion in 1861. A short time after the 
 battle of Prairie Grove, Ark. Dec. 7, 
 1862 he united with Dr. James Johnson 
 in raising a loyal regiment in Arkansas, of 
 which he became chaplain. It was the 
 ist Ark. Inf. He was appointed in 1863 
 post chaplain at Fort Smith, which he 
 held until 1867, when he resigned, and re- 
 turned to his family, at Springfield. In 
 1870 he moved to Irving, Montgomery 
 countv, 111., and continued preaching until 
 the fall of 1873, when he was elected su- 
 perintendent of schools for Montgomery 
 county, with his office at Hillsboro, 111. 
 He continues to preach, as opportunity 
 offers, and fully believes that the only re- 
 forming influence in the world is Chris- 
 tianity. Rev. Francis Springer is a man
 
 SAN GAM ON COUNT. 
 
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 of lively sympathy with the rest of man- 
 kind, without regard to race, color, nation- 
 ality or religion. He has large faith in 
 the perfectability of the human race by 
 means of the labors and experiences of 
 the life that now is, and the hereafter. 
 His orthodoxy, as a religious man, does 
 not descend to the minute particulars of a 
 creed, but confides mainly in the cardinal 
 fact of Christianity, that the only true en- 
 nobling of the race must be wrought out 
 under the recognized leadership of the 
 word's Redeemer "the Christ of God." 
 
 The degree of Doctor of Divinity was 
 conferred on Rev. Francis Springer in 
 1869 by Wittenburg College, Springfield, 
 Ohio. 
 
 ST. CLAIR, LEVI H., was 
 born May 6, 1800, in New York, near 
 Lake Champlain, and there married to 
 Lorinda Spaulding, a native of the same 
 State. They had four children in New 
 York, and moved to the vicinity of 
 Cleveland, Ohio, where one child was 
 born, thence to Sangamon county, Illinois, 
 arriving June, 1833, in what is now 
 Rochester township, where two children 
 were born. Of their seven children 
 
 H. CICERO, born July 18, 1825, in 
 Essex county, New York, was married in 
 Sangamon county, Illinois, Nov. 6, 1851, 
 to Eliza E. Neal. Mrs. " St. Ciair died 
 near Rochester, Illinois, Sept. 27, 1854, 
 leaving one child, MINNIE, who was 
 born in Mt. Pulaski, Illinois, and resides 
 with her grand-mother, Neal. H. C. St. 
 Clair was married Oct. 7, 1858, to Katie 
 Ring at Lancaster, Ohio. He enlisted at 
 Mt. Pulaski in 1862 in Co. G, 35th 111. 
 Inf., for three years, was commissioned as 
 second lieutenant, and after serving one 
 year was transferred to the quartermaster's 
 department, in which he served the 
 remainder of the three years. Mr. St. 
 Clair lived in Logan and Macon counties 
 until 1871, when he moved to Belle Plain, 
 Sumner county, Kansas, where he was 
 elected county commissioner in 1873, and 
 state senator in 1874. H. C. St. Clair and 
 family reside at Belle Plain, Kansas. 
 
 HELEN, born Sept. 24, 1826, in 
 Essex county, New York, was married in 
 Sangamon county, Illinois, Feb. 21, 1850, 
 to George L. Ormsby. He died in 
 August, 1868, leaving a widow and one 
 child, ALBERT, in Decatur, Illinois. 
 
 MARION 7., born Sept. 18, 1828, in 
 
 Essex county, New York, was married in 
 Sangamon county, Illinois, Oct. 19, 1852, 
 to S. D. Fisher, who was born March 7, 
 1822, in Charlotte, Chittenden county, 
 Vermont, brought up in Essex county, 
 New York, and came to Sangamon ooun- 
 ty in 1844. Mrs. Marion J. Fisher died 
 Nov. 10 1867, and he married E. M. 
 Benton. They reside at Atlanta, Illinois. 
 S. D. Fisher was elected in 1872 for four 
 years to represent the thirteenth district in 
 the State Board of Equalization. He 
 served four years, from 1870, as a member 
 of the State Board of Agriculture, and 
 was elected January, 1875, for two years 
 as secretary of the same, with his ofKce in 
 Springfield, Illinois. 
 
 MART, born Oct. n, 1829, in Essex 
 county, New York, was married in San- 
 gamon county, Illinois, to Francis J. 
 Taylor. See his name. 
 
 OSCAR L., born Jan. 31, 1832, in 
 Cleveland, Ohio, was married .in Sanga- 
 mon county, Feb. 10, 1853, to Nancy E. 
 Neal. O. L. St. Clair died Oct. 15, 1853, 
 in Mt. Pulaski, leaving a widow and one 
 child, OSCAR C., born May 6, 1854. 
 They reside at the Neal family homestead, 
 one mile west of Rochester. O. C. Neal 
 is clerk in the State National Bank, 
 Springfield, Illinois 1875. 
 
 MORTIMER, born Oct. 11,1839,111 
 Sangamon county, married Lizzie Kim- 
 ball. She died suddenly July, 1869, near 
 Rochester, Leaving two children, MAG- 
 GIE L. and LEWIS S., who reside with 
 their grand-mother, West, in Springfield, 
 Illinois. Mortimer St. Clair resides at 
 Belle Plain, Sumner county, Kansas. 
 
 AMELIA, born April 8, 1843, in San- 
 gamon county, was married there to Cal- 
 vin C. Johnson. See his name. They have 
 
 two children, EMMA FAY and O , 
 
 and reside in Chicago. 
 
 Mrs. Lorinda St. Clair died Feb. 21, 
 1853, near Rochester. Mr. St. Clair was 
 married in Springfield, Illinois, to Mrs. 
 Eliza Rague. He died in April, 1866, 
 near Rochester, Illinois, and his widow 
 resides in Madison, Wisconsin. 
 
 STAFFORD. It has long since 
 passed into history that a conspiracy, 
 known as the Gun Powder Plot, was to 
 have culminated in blowing up the Eng- 
 lish Parliament buildings, on the 
 assembling of that body Nov. 5, 1605. 
 The plot was frustrated by an anonymous
 
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 letter, advising Lord Monteagle, a Roman 
 Catholic member, to absent himself at that 
 time. That letter led to an investigation 
 on the evening of November 4th, when 
 thirty-six barrels of powder was found in 
 a mine under the Parliament houses. 
 Guy Fawkes was arrested at the entrance, 
 and boldly avowed it as his purpose to 
 have fired the train at the time set. He, 
 with seven of his confederates were tried, 
 convicted and executed. 
 
 Another conspiracy, known as the 
 Popish Plot, occurred nearly three quar- 
 ters of a century later. Titus Gates, who 
 claimed to be a Catholic, pretended to 
 divulge a plot in 1678, on the part of the 
 Jesuits, to murder the King and subvert 
 the Protestant religion. Many promi- 
 nent Catholics were arrested, tried and 
 convicted of conspiracy, or being con- 
 cerned in the plot. Titus Gates was after- 
 wards convicted of perjury, and there 
 were many reasons to believe that instead 
 of revealing a plot he and his confederates 
 were conspiring against those they ac- 
 cused. Among their victims was William 
 Howard Stafford, an English statesman, 
 who was born Nov. 30, 1612. As the 
 successor of his uncle on his mother's side 
 he became Baron Stafford, and in 1640 
 Viscount Stafford. On the oath of 
 Titus Gates he was committed to the 
 Tower of London, October 30, 1678. 
 Witnesses on the trial testified that Lord 
 Stafford had incited them to assassinate 
 the King, and he was condemned and 
 executed Dec. 29, 1680, on Tower Hill, 
 London. The sympathy felt for Lord 
 Stafford turned the tide against Oates, and 
 there were no other executions. His 
 brother, Edward Stafford, being also 
 suspected, fled from England to America 
 ami settled in Rhode Island. The only 
 representative of the family left in Eng- 
 land was a younger brother, who inherited 
 the property and titles of the family. The 
 Duchess of Sutherland, who died in 
 England . but a short time ago was a 
 descendant of that brother. 
 
 On his arrival in America. Edward 
 Stafford abjured the Roman Catholic 
 religion and embraced that of the Friends, 
 or Quakers. He was married in Rhode 
 Island to Margaret Green. They had 
 three children. Rebecca and Edward 
 died young. Joseph .married Orpha 
 Sweet. They had three sons, John 
 
 Joseph and Stephen. The eldest and 
 youngest died without children. Joseph 
 married Nancy Green. Their eldest son, 
 Joseph, was born April 25, 1759, in 
 Coventry, Kent county, Rhode Island, 
 and although his parents were Quakers 
 he became a soldier in the American 
 Revolution. He was under his relative, 
 General Greene, from that State, who was 
 also of a Quaker family, and of whom it 
 is said that his mother, when she became 
 satisfied that she could not change his de- 
 termination to go in the army, said: " If 
 thee must go, I do not want to hear of 
 thee being shot in the back." After the 
 Revolution, Joseph Stafford was married 
 to Orpha Sweet, being the second couple 
 bearing similar names. They had ten 
 children, James, Job, Diadema, Caleb, 
 Oliver, Jewett, Prudence, Christopher B., 
 Moses and Joseph. Four of them came 
 to Sangamon county, namely 
 
 STAFFORD, CALEB, was born 
 June 22, 1789, in Coventry, Kent county, 
 Rhode Island, went with his father, 
 Joseph Stafford, in 1804, to Essex county, 
 New York, where he was married in 
 1810 to Rebecca Eggleston. He was a 
 soldier in the war of 1812, and was in the 
 battles of Plattsburg, Sept. 17, 1814, 
 Bouquet river, and others in New York. 
 Mr. and Mrs. Stafford had eleven living 
 children in New York, and moved to San- 
 gamon county, Illinois, in 1836, settling 
 near Rochester. Of their children 
 
 DIADEMA, born Dec. 25, 1812, in 
 Essex county, N. Y., married there Dec. 
 25, 1833, to Gardner T. Bruce, born in 
 1806, in Keene, N. H.,and came to Sanga- 
 mo-i county, in 1842. They had three 
 children, namely, GARDNER AUGUS- 
 TUS, of Watson, now Buffalo, Sangamon 
 county, 111., became second lieutenant of 
 Co. L, roth 111. Cav., April 8, 1862; was 
 promoted to ist lieutenant Sept. 29, 1862, 
 promoted to captain July 13, 1864, trans- 
 ferred to captain of Co. A, the same regi- 
 ment in Jan. 1865, when it was consoli- 
 dated with the 1 5th regiment. He was 
 honorably mustered out Nov. 22, 1865, at 
 San Antonia, Texas. G. Augustus Bruce 
 was married to Susan Constant, daughter 
 of Jacob D. Constant. See his name. 
 Mr. and Mrs. Bruce have two children, 
 ADELAIDE and WILLIAM, and live at Cor- 
 inne, Box Elder county, Utah. CHAS. 
 T., has been a soldier in the U. S. army
 
 SANGAMON COUNT*. 
 
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 since 1859, and is now 1876 with the 
 army in San Antonio, Texas. HELEN, 
 died at Mechanicshurg, 111., aged eighteen 
 years. Mrs. Diadema Bruce died at Me- 
 chanicsburg, 111., and Gardner T. Bruce 
 married Mrs. Eliza Lyon, whose maiden 
 name was Correll. See Correll and Lyon 
 families. Gardner T. Bruce and wife re- 
 side in Atchison, Kansas. 
 
 'JHOMAS D., born Nov. 14, 1814, 
 in Essex county, New York, and mar- 
 ried there to Polly Fisher. They 
 came to Sangamon county in 1836, 
 and had three children. ELIZA married 
 George Flagg, at Rochester, and now 
 lives at Galesburg, 111. CECELIA mar- 
 ried Neely Wood, and lives in Galesburg. 
 NELLIE lives with her father. Mrs. 
 Polly Stafford, died in 1872, and T. D. 
 Stafford married Mrs. Butcher. They 
 live in Galesburg, 111. He has been 
 totallv blind for several years. 
 
 ORSON N., born Sept. n, 1816, in 
 Willsboro, Essex county, N. Y. In 1829, 
 he went to sea and led the life of a sailor 
 until 1835, when he was disabled by a 
 shipwreck, making him a cripple for life. 
 In 1837 he was attached to a government 
 surveying party, on the northern lakes, 
 charged with the duty of selecting sites for 
 light-houses. At Chicago in his own 
 words not finding' that terrible monopoly, 
 the railroad, to bring him here in eight 
 hours, for six or seven dollars, he had the 
 privilege of paying twenty-five dollars in 
 gold for a stage ticket, enjoyed the lux- 
 ury of eight days' jolting, and arrived at 
 Springfield, Nov. 29. 1837. He was mar- 
 ried in Rochester, 111., Aug. 29, 1841, to 
 Eliza A. Sherman, a native of Addison, 
 Vermont. She is a direct descendant of 
 Roger Sherman, one of the signers of the 
 Declaration of Independence. They had 
 one child, EMMA E.,.born May 23, 1854, 
 and died March 30, 1^55. O. N. Stafford 
 has been in different kinds of business. He 
 has sold dry goods, built and remodeled 
 eighteen houses in Springfield, has been 
 connected with the Illinois State Journal 
 at various times for several years, was 
 elected a member of the city council of 
 Springfield for 1854 and 1855. He consid- 
 ers Springfield his home, but spends the 
 greater part of his time at St. Augustine, 
 Florida, engaged in the cultivation of 
 oranges, lemons and other tropical fruits. 
 
 AMANDA MALVINA, born in 
 
 1818, in Essex county, N. Y., married in 
 Rochester, 111., to Dr. Samuel D. Slater. 
 They have five living children. ALBERT 
 S., married Miss Lee, and is a physician 
 and druggist at Wataga, Knox county, 
 111. AMANDA M., married Frank M. 
 VanPelt, and lives in Atlanta, Georgia. 
 ANNA E., married Mr. H. H. Harsh, a 
 banker of Creston, Union county, Iowa, 
 and resides there. FRANK, married 
 Carrie Dutcher, and lives in Galesburg, 
 111. MINNIE married Dr. Herbert Judd, 
 and lives in Galesburg. Dr. S. D. Slater 
 resides in Galesburg, 111. 
 
 AMOS* born in 1824, in Essex county, 
 N. Y., came with his parents to Sanga- 
 mon county, in 1836, and married Sarah 
 Johnson. They had three children. ADA 
 A. married and lives in Galesburg, 111. 
 EVA J. and Edward live at Maroa, 111. 
 Mrs. Stafford died Sept. 26, 1867, and 
 Amos Stafford died Nov. 26, 1867, both 
 in Decatur, 111. 
 
 HIRAM P., born in Essex county, 
 New York, married in Sangamon county 
 to Mrs. Eunice Black, whose maiden 
 name was Eggleston. Thev had five 
 children. FRANCES, the third child, 
 died young; LUCINDA, MOSES, 
 WILLIAM and MINNIE live with 
 their parents. H; P. Stafford lived in 
 Decatur, Illinois, until the fall of 1876, 
 when he moved to Carrollton, Missouri. 
 
 HENRT H., born July 16, 1829, in 
 Essex county, New York, brought up in 
 Sangamon county, was married Dec. 7, 
 1851, to Lauretta Ross. They had two 
 children, and moved to Decatur Sept. 16, 
 1856, where they had one child. Of their 
 children, ADELAIDE died Dec. 21, 
 1859, aged seven years and four months. 
 ORLANDO C., born Jan. n, 1856, in 
 Sangamon county, is a steam engineer in 
 an oil mill at Decatur, Illinois. LAU- 
 RETTA A., born Nov. 8, 1859, lives 
 with her grand-father, Ross. Mrs. Lau- 
 retta Stafford died Dec. 7, 1859, in Decatur 
 and Henry H. Stafford was married Aug. 
 6, 1863, in Jamestown, now Riverton, 111., 
 to Lydia A. Wright. They had five 
 children, CELESTIA M. and EFFIE 
 G., the second and fourth, died young. 
 MARY E., GRACIE H. and DAISY 
 L. live with their parents. Henry H. 
 Stafford is an engineer, and has been run- 
 ning stationary engines for twenty years. 
 He resides in Decatur, Illinois.
 
 68o 
 
 BARLT SETTLERS OF 
 
 L UCINDA M., born Sept. 10, 1826, 
 in Essex county, New York, married in 
 Sangamon county to John W. Priest. 
 See his name. She died Sept. 10, 1851. 
 
 MART E., born Sept. n, 1832, in 
 Essex county, New York, married in 
 Sangamon county to James Ransdale, and 
 died in Rochester, Illinois. 
 
 LOUISA, born in Essex county, New 
 York, married in Sangamon county to 
 James Matthew McCoy. See his name. 
 He died and she married James Huston, 
 and lives near Carrollton, Missouri. 
 
 RODNEY NELSON, born Oct. 2, 
 1834, in Essex county, New York, brought 
 up in Sangamon county, and married in 
 Rochester, 111., April 2, 1857, to Sarah M. 
 VanOrmann. They moved to Decatur, 
 October, 1858, and had six children. 
 HENRY O., was killed on a railroad 
 Nov. 19, 1873, aged about fifteen years. 
 AMOS A., died young. MARY L., 
 WILLIAM N,, REUBEN C. and AR- 
 THUR C., the four latter live with their 
 parents. When R. N. Stafford was about 
 fifteen years of age he was run over by a 
 wagon loaded with railroad ties, by which 
 he came near losing his life. He enlisted 
 Aug. 6, 1862, in Co. A, i i6th 111. Inf. He 
 was wounded three times at the siege of 
 Vicksburg, was with Sherman on his 
 " march to the sea," and served until the 
 close of the rebellion, when he was honor- 
 ably discharged with the regiment, June 7, 
 1865, at Washington, D. C. Soon after 
 his discharge he came near losing his life 
 by the explosion of a boiler. He became 
 a Christian in January, 1876. R.N. Staf- 
 ford and family reside in Decatur, 111. 
 
 Mrs. Rebecca Stafford died June 21, 
 1843, a "d Caleb Stafford died May 7, 
 1855, both at Rochester, Sangamon 
 county, Illinois. 
 
 STAFFORD, OLIVER, was 
 born in Coventry, Kent county, Rhode 
 Island. He was married in Addison 
 county, Vermont, to Polly Sattley, and 
 came to Rochester, Sangamon county, in 
 1825. They had six children, namely 
 
 DANIEL SA TTLET, born in Ad- 
 dison county, Vermont, married in San- 
 gamon county to Mattie Parker. They 
 had one child, CLARA A., born April 
 2, 1836, in Rochester, Illinois, married 
 Jan. 2, 1856, to John H. Brown. See his 
 name. Mr. Brown died April n, 1866, 
 and Mrs. Brown was married May 5, 
 
 1869, to Dr. Justus Townsend. Dr. 
 Townsend and wife reside in Springfield, 
 Illinois, where he is engaged in the prac- 
 tice of his profession. Mi's. Mattie Staf- 
 ford died in 1838. D. S. Stafford married 
 for his fourth wife Eliza Patterson. They 
 had two living children, EDWARD R. 
 is in the United States Army; MATTIE 
 married a Mr. Black, and lives in Decatur, 
 Illinois. D. S. Stafford died Feb. 4, 1866, 
 in Decatur, and his widow resides there. 
 
 PRUDENCE A., born May, 1812, 
 in Addison county, Vermont, married in 
 Sangamon county, 111., to Jabez Capps 
 See his name. 
 
 JANE, born in Vermont, married in 
 Sangamon county to Dr. Franklin Dick- 
 inson, and had several children. Their 
 son John married Elizabeth Young, who 
 was born in Anderson county, Ky. They 
 have three children, and live near Roch- 
 ester, 111. Dr. Dickenson and his wife 
 both died in Rochester. 
 
 WILLIAM P., born near Vinccnnes, 
 Indiana, brought up in Sangamon county, 
 married in Whiteside county to Susan 
 Coffman, and died there, leaving a widow 
 and children. 
 
 OLIVER C, born July i, 1826, in 
 Rochester, Sangamon county, 111, married 
 in 1847 to Kitty A. Baker. They have 
 three living children, CHARES, NET- 
 TIE and MARY, and live in Mt. Pulaski, 
 Logan county, 111. 
 
 JOSEPH, born in Rochester, Illinois, 
 married Mitylene Ann G. Bowling. They 
 have two children, BURT and FRANK, 
 and live in Galesburg, Illinois. 
 
 Oliver Stafford, Sen., died, and Mrs. 
 Polly Stafford died July 4, 1863, both near 
 Rochester, Sangamon county, Illinois. 
 
 STAFFORD, JEWETT, was 
 born Jan. 13, 1795, at Coventry, Kent 
 county, R. I., was taken by his parents in 
 1804, to Essex county, N. Y. In 1812 
 he went as a soldier from that county 
 in the war with England, was in 
 the battle of Plattsburg, Boquet river, 
 near Willsboro, his home. Jewett 
 Stafford was married in 18:8 to Harriet 
 Eggleston, in Essex county, New York. 
 She was born there March 4, 1802. 
 They had two living children in that 
 county, and moved to Sangamon county, 
 Illinois, arriving July, 1825, where 
 Rochester now stands, and had one living
 
 SANGAMON COUNTY. 
 
 68 1 
 
 child in Sangamon county. Of their 
 three children 
 
 CHARLES, born Oct. 12, 1820, in 
 Essex county, New York, married 
 in Sangamon county, March 21, 1847, 
 to Julia A. Stafford. They had one child, 
 JULIA A., born Dec. 6, 1847. She mar ' 
 ried Mitchell Lickerson. They have two 
 children, and live near Rochester, Illinois. 
 Mrs. Julia A. Stafford died Dec. 17, 1847, 
 and Charles Stafford was married Sept. 
 27, 1848, to Mrs. Sarah A. Stafford, 
 widow of John Stafford. Her maiden 
 name was Wallace. She was born Dec. 
 24. 1822, in Culpepper county, Virginia. 
 They had four children, MARY A., born 
 Feb. 12, 1854, married George W. Boyce, 
 has one child, and lives near Clarksville, 
 Sangamon county, Illinois. ALBERT 
 R., born. Sept. 17, 1856, lives with his 
 parents. IDA L., born Jan. 4, 1860, died 
 May 26, 1874. WILLIAM W., born 
 April 6, 1868, lives with his parents at 
 Clarksville, Sangamon county, Illinois. 
 
 HORACE, born June 23, 1822, in 
 Essex county, New York, raised in San- 
 gamon county, married in Taylorville, 
 Illinois, Dec. 9, 1850, to Mary A. Gessner, 
 who was born Nov. i, 1834, in Frederick- 
 town, Maryland. They had three chil- 
 dren, CHARLES J., the second one, died 
 in infancy. MARIA L., born Feb, 27, 
 1852, and EDMUND W., born Oct. 7, 
 1855, live with their parents. Horace 
 Stafford and family reside at Clarksville, 
 Sangamon county, Illinois. He is post- 
 master thei-e, of Berry post office. 
 
 AMANDA, born May 9, 1826, in San- 
 gamon county, died April 11, 1837. 
 
 Mrs. Harriet Stafford died May 3, 1835, 
 in Sangamon county, and Jewett Stafford 
 married Mrs. Elizabeth Steele, whose 
 maiden name was Robison. She had one 
 child. 
 
 HARRIET A., born June 28, 1838, 
 and married Nov. 10, 1860, to William E. 
 Hill, who was born Nov. 9, 1839, in 
 Macon county, Illinois. They had four liv- 
 ing children/LAURA E., CARRIE F. 
 and HARRY W. Mrs. Hill died in 1876, 
 and William E. Hill and his children live 
 at Clarksville, Sangamon county, Illinois. 
 
 Mrs. Elizabeth Stafford died March, 
 1842, and Jewett Stafford was married 
 November, 1845, to Mrs. Prudence Staf- 
 ford, whose maiden name was Putnam. 
 Jewett Stafford died August 12, 1862, and 
 
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 his widow Wves one mile southeast of 
 Rochester, Sangamon county, Illinois. 
 
 STAFFORD, CHRISTO- 
 PHER B., was born July 22,1797,31 
 Coventry, Kent county, Rhode Island. 
 He was married in Essex county, New 
 York, in 1820 to Laura Eggleston, who 
 died in one year, and he married her sister, 
 Sophronia Eggleston, and moved to San- 
 gamon county, Illinois, arriving July 25, 
 1824, at Rochester, where they had five 
 children, two of whom died young. Of 
 the other three 
 
 MOSES, born in Sangamon county, 
 Illinois, is married, has children, and 
 resides at Decatur, Illinois. 
 
 OSCAR C., born near Rochester, 
 Sangamon county, is married has children, 
 and lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota. 
 
 PRUDENCE ^7v7V,born near Roch- 
 ester, Sangamon county, and now lives at 
 925 east Carpenter street, Springfield, 111. 
 
 Mrs. Sophronia Stafford died and he 
 was twice married after that. His two 
 last wives were sisters, by the name of 
 Shelton. Christopher B. Stafford was an 
 ordained preacher in the Baptist church 
 more than forty years. Thirty years of 
 that time he was a Justice of the Peace, 
 or rather a peace maker, as it is said of 
 him that he used his office to settle diffi- 
 culties without law, although by that way 
 of doing business he generally deprived 
 himself of fees. He died March 17, 1870, 
 near Rochester, Illinois, and his widow 
 resides in Iowa. 
 
 STAFFORD, JOB, brother to 
 Caleb, Oliver, Jewett, Christopher B., 
 etc., never came to Sangamon county ; but 
 his son, 
 
 HENRT C., born in 1804 in Essex 
 county, New York, came with his uncles 
 to Sangamon county, arriving July, 1825, 
 at Rochester. He was married Dec. 27, 
 1827, to Clara Ann Gregory. See 
 Gregory family. They had one child, 
 ALFRED, born Jan. 31, 1829, in Sanga- 
 mon county, and married April 27, 1856, 
 to Lucy A. Foss, who was born Oct. 7, 
 1839, in Medina county, Ohio. They 
 have one living child, CHARLES \v., and 
 reside near Rochester. Henry C. Stafford 
 died Feb. 2, 1834, in Sangamon county, 
 and his widow married David Crouch. 
 See his name. 
 
 STAFFORD, W I L L I A M, 
 was born 1799 at Coventry, Kent county,
 
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 EARL? SETTLERS OF 
 
 Rhode Island. He was a son of John 
 Stafford, consequently a cousin to Caleb, 
 Oliver, Jewett, and Christopher B. 
 William Stafford was married in Essex 
 county, New York, to Prudence Putnam, 
 who was born March 19 1801, at Lewis, 
 in Essex county. She was a leneal 
 descendant of Israel Putnam. William 
 Stafford and wife had two children in 
 New York, moved to Ohio, and three 
 years later to Sangamon county, Illinois, 
 arriving Jan. i, 1834, at Rochester. Of 
 their children 
 
 JOHN W., born in Essex county, 
 New York, brought up in Sangamon 
 county, and died March 21, 1870, at 
 Havana, Mason county, Illinois. 
 
 JULIA A., born in Essex county, 
 New York, married in Sangamon county 
 to Charles Stafford. See his name. 
 
 William Stafford died in 1840, and his 
 widow married Jewett Stafford. See his 
 name. Mrs. Prudence Stafford now 
 September, 1876 resides near Rochester, 
 Sangamon county, Illinois. 
 
 STALKY, DANIEL, was born 
 Feb. n, 1799, in Jefferson county, Va. 
 His father moved to Cabell county, West 
 Virginia, when he was a boy. He was 
 married there in February, 1821, to Re- 
 becca Bowen, who was born Jan. 9, 1802, 
 in Guilford county, North Carolina. She 
 was sister to Zaza Bowen. They had two 
 children in Virginia, and the family moved 
 to Sangamon county, arriving in the fall 
 of 1826, in what is now Loami township, 
 where seven children were born. Of 
 their nine children 
 
 SUSANNAH, born Aug. 12, 1822, in 
 Virginia, married in Sangamon county to 
 Levi Campbell. See his name. He died 
 and she married William B. McCray, and 
 lives near Loami, 111. 
 
 ELIZABETH, born in Virginia, 
 married in Sangamon county to George 
 Owens, and she died Sept. 29, 1844. 
 
 MINER VA J., born in Sangamon 
 county, married George Owens. They 
 have seven living children, and live in 
 Macoupin county, near Scottville, 111. 
 
 BARBARA P., married William 
 Russell, and lives in Newton county, Mis- 
 souri. 
 
 REBECCA, married James F. Ward. 
 They had eight children, and Mrs. Ward 
 died. The family live near Trenton, 
 Grundy county, Missouri. 
 
 STEPHEN, born March 2, 1835 in 
 Sangamon county, married March 15, 
 1855, to Isabel Jacobs. They have six 
 children, MARY E., SARAH A., LIZ- 
 ZIE M., SUSAN, STEPHEN D., and 
 DANIEL, and live two and a half miles 
 west of Loami, Sangamon county, 111. 
 
 MART C., born Jan. 4, 1838, married 
 Williamson M. Nipper. See his name. 
 She had one child, NANCY M. F., and 
 died March 6, 1857. 
 
 DANIEL, born Feb. 10, 1841, in San- 
 gamon county, married March 7, 1861, to 
 Elsa J. Hudson. They had five children. 
 ALICE D., the third child, died young. 
 The other four, ADA L., ARN f O V., 
 WILLIAM Y. and JOE D., twins, live 
 with their parents on the farm where his 
 father settled in 1826. It is two miles 
 west of Loami, Sangamon county, 111. 
 
 SARAH M., died aged tour years. 
 
 Mrs. Rebecca Staley died Nov. 24, 
 1847, an d Mr. Staley married Mrs. Hep- 
 sey Nipper, whose maiden name was Gib- 
 son. She died March 8, 1873. Mrs. S. 
 resides two and a half miles west of 
 Loami, Sangamon county, 111. 
 
 STANLEY, THOMAS, was 
 born March 23, 1790, in Virginia, and 
 was taken by his parents to Ohio. Eliza- 
 beth Centre was born June 22, 1790, 
 in New York. She was married there to 
 Andrew Campbell. He was a soldier in 
 the war of 1812, and was killed at the bat- 
 tle of Fort Meigs, leaving a widow and 
 two children. Thomas Stanley was a sol- 
 dier in the war of 1812 also, and after the 
 war was married to Mrs. Elizabeth 
 Campbell. They had four living children 
 in Ohio and moved to Sangamon county, 
 111., arriving in the fall of 1829. Of their 
 children 
 
 ABRAHAM Campbell, born in 
 1811 in Ohio, came in 1829 to Sangamon 
 county and married Phoebe Shepherd. He 
 is a traveling preacher in the M. E. 
 Church. They have four living children. 
 JOHN W. is a physician. SOPHRO- 
 NIA, MELISSA and WILLIAM art- 
 all four married and live in Illinois. Rev. 
 Abraham Campbell lives now 1876 
 at St. Elmo, Fayette county, 111. 
 
 SARAH Campbell, born Sept. 14, 
 1813, near Columbus, Ohio, and came in 
 1829 to Sangamon countv, married John 
 D. Swallow. They had three children. 
 DANIEL E., born Jan. u, 1844, in
 
 SANGAMON 
 
 683 
 
 Menard county, married Cornelia Day. 
 They have three children, EFFIE M., MA- 
 MIE E. and ELSIE M. D. E. Swallow is a 
 Erinter and lives in St. Louis, Missouri. 
 AMUEL M., born Jan. 27, 1846, in 
 Mason county, married Mary K. Allen. 
 They have two children, WILLIAM A., 
 and JULIA B. S. M. Swallow is a printer 
 and lives in Mexico, Missouri. HES- 
 TER, born Sept. 17, 1849, is unmarried 
 and lives in Springfield. Mrs. Sarah 
 Swallow lives in the latter city. 
 
 Of Thomas Stanley's children 
 
 LEONORA, born in Ohio, was mar- 
 ried in Sangamon county, to George 
 Neal. They had four living children, 
 and Mrs. Neal died. George Neal mar- 
 ried again and lives west of Springfield, 
 Illinois. 
 
 DA VID, died aged fourteen years. 
 
 CURRENCY, born in Ohio, was 
 married in Sangamon county to Joseph 
 VanNatten. See his name. 
 
 AQUILLA W., bora in Sangamon 
 county, 111., enlisted in 1862 for three 
 years in the looth 111. Inf., served about 
 six months, and was discharged on account 
 of physical disability. He married Eliza- 
 beth Dooley. They have five chil- 
 dren, MARGARET, MATILDA, 
 CHARLES, FRANK, and CORNE- 
 LIA. Aquilla Stanley and wife live 
 northeast of Linccln, 111. 
 
 Thomas Stanley died in 1837 * n Sanga- 
 mon county, and his widow lives with her 
 daughter, Mrs. Joseph VanNatten, north 
 of Springfield, 111. 
 
 STARR, ADAM, was born about 
 1777, in Culpepper county, Va., and went 
 with his parents to Bourbon county, 
 Ky., when he was a young man. He was 
 married in Clarke county to Mary Car- 
 son, a native of Baltimore, Md. They had 
 eight children in Clarke county, Ky., and 
 moved to Sangamon county, 111., arriving 
 in the fall of 1828 at Buffalo Hart Grove. 
 Of their children 
 
 HIRAM, born in Kentucky, married 
 in Sangamon county to Nancy Robinson, 
 had seven or eight children, moved to 
 Pike county about 1858, and the parents 
 died. Their children live near Rockport, 
 Pike county, 111. 
 
 DIANA, born in Kentucky, was mar- 
 ried in Sangamon county, 111., to Riley 
 Barber. They had six children, and 
 moved to Kansas in 1856. The parents 
 
 and three of the children died. One son, 
 HENRY, was killed in Arkansas by 
 guerrillas during the rebellion. DEME- 
 TRIUS married Mary Griffith, and lives 
 near Farlinville, Kansas. AMANDA 
 married James Bastion, and lives in Far- 
 linville, Linn county, Kansas. 
 
 BARTON, born in Kentucky, was 
 married in Sangamon county in 1835 to 
 Rebecca Patterson. They had four chil- 
 dren. Mrs. Starr died near Mt. Pulaski, 
 and he died at Little Rock Arkansas. 
 
 SHELBT, born October, 1813, in 
 Kentucky, was married in Sangamon 
 county, 111., in 1814, to Nancy Groves. 
 They had five children, MARY, AL- 
 BERT, JOSIAH, LEANDER and 
 SHELBY, Jun., who live with their 
 mother in Vermillion county, 111. Shelby 
 Starr died Aug. 8, 1855, in Sangamon 
 county. 
 
 MINER VA, born Jan. 9, 1815, in 
 Clarke county, Ky., married m^Sangamon 
 county to James T. Robinson. See his 
 name. 
 
 WILLIAM, born 1817, in Kentucky, 
 married in Sangamon county to Mrs. 
 Nancy McDaniel, whose maiden name 
 was Smith. They had two children, and 
 he was drowned in 1860 in Sangamon 
 river, near the crossing of the G., C. & 
 S. R. R. The family live at Riverton, 111. 
 
 AMANDA, born May 26, 1820, in 
 Kentucky, married Sept. 26, 1840, to Ben- 
 jamin Bell. See his name. 
 
 MART ANN, born Oct. 25, 1822, in 
 Kentucky, married in Sangamon county 
 March, 1842 to William A. Constant. 
 See his name. He died, and she married 
 Casper Byerline, and lives near Buffalo 
 Hart, Sangamon county, 111. 
 
 Adam Starr died August 15, 1839, 
 and his widow died in 1852, both at Buff- 
 alo Hart grove,* Sangamon county, 111. 
 
 STARR, ANDREW, was born 
 Jan. 27, 1795, in Bourbon county, Ky. He 
 was a brother to Adam Starr, and was 
 married in Kentucky, Dec. 27, 1821, to 
 Mary Neal. They had two children in 
 Kentucky, and the family moved to Sanga- 
 mon county, Illinois, arriving in the fall of 
 1030, in what is now Chatham township, 
 where three children were born. Of their 
 five children 
 
 WILLIAM M. f born Jan. 17, 1823, 
 in Kentucky, married in Sangamou 
 county to Amanda A. Withrow. Thcv
 
 68 4 
 
 EARL* SETTLERS Of 
 
 have two children. MARY A., married 
 Oct. 9, 1865, to Edward W. Lucas. See 
 his name, in connection 'with the Colburn 
 family. ADDISON B., lives with his 
 parents. William M. Starr and his wife 
 reside at Loami, Sangamon county, 111. 
 
 BARBARA ANN, born May 19, 
 1825, in Kentucky, married William V. 
 Greenwood. See his name. 
 
 JOHN ALFRED, born March 22, 
 1831, in Sangamon county, was married 
 Sept. 20, 1854, to Marion Gould, who was 
 born April 23, 1836, in Jefferson county, 
 New York. They have six children. 
 MARY C., born June 26, 1855, was mar- 
 ried March 23, 1871, to Robert T. Har- 
 din. They have three children, JOHN w., 
 IDA MAY., and WILLIAM SHERMAN, and 
 live near Sweetwater, Menard county, 
 111. LILLIE I., WILLIAM A., 
 THOMAS S., ANNIE F., and CAR- 
 RIE A., live with their parents, three 
 and three-fourth miles west of Chatham, 
 Sangamon county, 111., on the farm settled 
 on by his parents in 1830. John A. Starr 
 is now 1876 plowing his thirty-sixth 
 season in succession on the farm where he 
 was born, and has no recollection of a 
 physician ever having been called to see 
 him. 
 
 MART J., born July 3, 1834, married 
 Sept. 5, 1851, to Dr. A. M. Browning, and 
 died six weeks later. Dr. Browning is a 
 practicing physician in Loami, Sangamon 
 county, 111. 
 
 GEORGE W., born Feb. 3, 1836, 
 married Sarah O. Kelly, and lives in Green 
 county, Missouri. 
 
 Andrew Starr died May 5, 1851, and his 
 widow died Aug. 28, 1856, both on the 
 farm where they settled in 1830, near Chat- 
 ham, Sangamon county, 111. 
 
 STEELE, Mrs. ELIZA- 
 BETH R., whose maiden name was 
 Robison, was born in Delaware, and taken 
 bv her parents to Nicholas county, Ky., 
 where she was married to Samuel H. 
 Steele, who was born in Ohio. They had 
 six children in Kentucky, and Mr. Steele 
 died in Natchez, Miss., of cholera, while on 
 business there in 1832. His widow and 
 children moved to Sangamon county, 
 arriving December, 1833, in Buffalo Hart 
 Grove, where her father, John Robison, 
 had moved three years before. Of her six 
 children 
 
 WILLIAM M., born April 2, 1820, 
 
 in Nicholas county, Ky., married in San- 
 gamon county, to Amanda Rodgers, and 
 had six children. Mr. Steele enlisted in 
 1862 for three years in Co. E, n6th 111. 
 Inf. He died March, 1864, in military hos- 
 pital at St. Louis, Missouri, See the 
 Rodgers family name. 
 
 'JOHN R., born in Kentucky, came to 
 Sangamon county in 1833 with his 
 mother, went in 1842 to Arkansas, married 
 there to Martha J. Hendrix. Being a 
 Union man, he was killed by rebel bush- 
 whackers in the fall of 1863, leaving a 
 widow and three children. 
 
 NANCT A., born April 10, 1825, in 
 Bath county, Ky., was brought by her 
 mother to Sangamon county in 1833, mal "- 
 ried Aug. 4, 1844, to Wesley Lanham. 
 See his name. He died Aug. 26, 1861, 
 and she was married Jan. 29, 1868, to Wil 
 Ham Graham, who was born Jan. 13, 1808, 
 in Lincoln county, N. C.; lived in Todd 
 county, Ky., from 1827 to 1839, when he 
 moved to Morgan county, 111., thence to 
 Sangamon county in 1858. He has three 
 children by a former marriage. MARY 
 M., born Dec. 30, 1840, in Morgan county, 
 married John Churchill. See his name. 
 NANCY J., married B. M. Wood. See 
 his name ^u^th the Burns family. 
 JOHN F., is unmarried and lives near 
 Illiopolis. William Graham and wife re- 
 side near Illiopolis, Sangamon county, 
 Illinois. 
 
 ELIZABETH J., born April 4, 
 1827, in Kentucky, married in Sangamon 
 county in 1845 to J onn M. Crary. They 
 had two children. ANNIE E., married 
 Isaac Newton Ransom. See his name. 
 GEORGE E., lives in Wisconsin. 
 
 JULIA A., born October 16, 1829, in 
 Kentucky, died in Sangamon county, aged 
 thirteen years. 
 
 GEORGE R., born December, 1831, 
 in Kentucky, raised in Sangamon county, 
 went to California in 1849, an< ^ ^ os ^ n ^ s ' 
 life by the caving in of a mine. 
 
 Mrs. Elizabeth R. Steele was married 
 in 1836 to Jewett Stafford. See his name. 
 She died March 29, 1842, near Rochester, 
 Illinois. 
 
 STEPHENSON, JAMES, 
 was born July 3, 1482, in South Carolina. 
 His parents moved about 1800 to Caldwell 
 county, Ky. Margaret Clinton was born 
 in North Carolina, and when she was 
 about thirteen years old her parents moved
 
 SAN GAM ON COUNTT. 
 
 685 
 
 to Caldwell county, Ky. James Stephen- 
 son and Margaret Clinton were there mar- 
 ried, and had six children in that county, 
 and the family moved to Wayne county, 
 111., where two children were born, and 
 moved to Sangamon county, arriving in 
 1825, on Sugar creek, southeast of Spring- 
 field, where three children were born. 
 Of their children 
 
 PENINAH, born in Kentucky and 
 died in Illinois in 1845. 
 
 WILLIAM C., born in Kentucky, 
 raised in Sangamon county, and was a 
 graduate of the Medical College of Ohio. 
 He married Mrs. Diana Ruble, whose 
 maiden name was Bowen. Dr. William 
 C. Stephenson died at Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, 
 leaving a widow, but no children. 
 
 HANNAH A., born in Kentucky, 
 raised in Sangamon county, married Jacob 
 Zwingle. They have two children, 
 MARTIN LUTHER and WILLIAM 
 MELANCTHON, and live near Athens, 
 Menard county, 111. 
 
 JAMES W., born in Kentucky, 
 raised in Sangamon county, married Mary 
 Allen, and have seven children. James 
 W. Stephenson was a soldier in an Illinois 
 regiment, and now lives at Mexico, Au- 
 drain county, Missouri. 
 
 FINN1S E., born in Kentucky, raised 
 in Sangamon county, and maried Maria 
 Houghton. They had two children. 
 FRANK died in infancy, and CHARLES 
 lives with his father. Mrs. S. died 
 November, 1857. F. E. Stephenson was 
 sergeant of Co. K., 33d 111. Inf. He 
 lives at Chandlerville, 111. 
 
 ALEXANDER, died at seventeen 
 years of age. 
 
 BENJAMIN F., born Oct. 3, 1823, 
 in Wayne county, 111., and raised in San- 
 gamon county. He graduated Feb. 7, 
 1850, at Rush Medical College, Chicago, 
 and was married in Sangamon county 
 March 30, 1855, to Barbara Moore. She 
 was born in 1828, in Woodford county, 
 Ky. They had three living children, 
 BENJAMIN M., MARY H. and CAR- 
 RIE A. Dr. B. F. Stephenson was sur- 
 geon of the I4th 111. Inf. He died August 
 30, 1871, and his widow and child reside 
 in Menard county, three miles north of 
 Salisbury, 111. 
 
 EL VI R A A., born Dec. 7, 1824, in 
 \\ ayne county, Ill.> raised in Sangamon 
 county, married May 29, 1854, to Aaron 
 
 R. Houghton, who was born Dec. 9, 
 1855, in Menard county, 111., and served 
 one year as a soldier in the Mexican war. 
 They have three children, JAMES F., 
 CHARLES W. and MARY A., and 
 live six miles south of Petersburg, Me- 
 nard county, 111. 
 
 MART E., died March 2, 1848, at 
 nineteen years of age. 
 
 HARRIET, born Oct. 5, 1830, in San- 
 gamon county, married Nov. 14, 1860, to 
 William N. Spears, who was born Nov. 
 12, 1826, in Menard county. They had 
 four children. WILLIAM F., died at 
 five years old. EMMA M., RUTH S. 
 and VIRGINIA live with their mother. 
 William N. Spears died in Menard county, 
 111., March 28, 1868, and his widow and 
 children reside at Lincoln, Logan county, 
 Illinois. 
 
 James Stephenson died Dec. 29, 1867, 
 and his widow died October, 1868, both 
 in Menard county, 111. 
 
 STEVENSON, MILES, was 
 born in Tennessee, 'and came to Sangamon 
 county about 1822, in what is now Cart- 
 wright township. He was married to 
 Deborah Irwin. They had one child in 
 Sangamon county, and moved to Menard 
 county, where six children were born. Of 
 their seven sons 
 
 JAMES M., born Nov. 7, 1829, near 
 what is now Richland Station, Sangamon 
 county, 111. He was married May 4, 1856, 
 to Martha A. Loving, of Logan county. 
 They have two children, MINERVA J. 
 and SOPHRONIA A., and live near 
 Salisbury, Sangamon county, 111. 
 
 SAMUEL L. and WILLIAM A., 
 died aged about seventeen years each. 
 
 DA VID F., is pnmarried, and lives 
 with his brother, James M. 
 
 JOHN, enlisted in 1862 for three years 
 in Co. F, 1 1 4th 111. Inf. He was captured 
 at the battle of Guntown, Mississippi, 
 June, 1864, was in Andersonville prison 
 pen until the end of the rebellion, and 
 came very near losing his life. He was hon- 
 orably discharged in 1865, married Mary 
 Loving, has two children, FRANLIN 
 C. and MATILDA, and live near Salis- 
 bury, Sangamon county, Illinois. 
 
 ALBERT, died young. 
 
 WES LET, married Effie Sharp, has 
 two children, and lives near Cantrall,' Illi- 
 nois. 
 
 Mrs. Deborah Stevenson died Decem-
 
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 EA RL r S TTLERS OP 
 
 her, 18^2, and Miles Stevenson diedJMay 
 14, 1868, both in Menard county, 111. 
 
 STEWART, JAMES, was 
 born Sept. 28, 1777,31 Fort Ann, Wash- 
 ington county, New York. That was in 
 the very height of the conflict for Ameri- 
 can Independence, and at times all the 
 families in the neighborhood were com- 
 pelled to take refuge in the fort. On one 
 occasion, when the men had gone for pro- 
 visions, Indians entered the fort and found 
 the subject of this sketch at his mother's 
 breast, as she lay sick in bed. One of 
 them took him by the heels and was about 
 to dash his brains out, when she made the 
 savages believe that she was in the act of 
 summoning the white men. He dropped 
 the infant and fled. James Stewart grew 
 to manhood in that region, and followed 
 the business of a lumberman on the Hud- 
 son river. He was married in 1803 in 
 Bloomfield, Ontario county, to Roxana 
 Stillman, and in 1806 moved to Buffalo, 
 in the same State. In 1810 Mr. Stewart 
 moved his family back to Bloomfield, 
 thence to Junius, Seneca county. They 
 had six living children in New York. In 
 the fall of 1819 they embarked at Olean 
 Point, on the Allegheny river, in a boat 
 prepared for the purpose. Two other 
 families, those of Joseph Inslee and Jesse 
 Southwick, each occupied a boat. The 
 three united in the purchase of a boat for 
 the conveyance of their horses, wagons, 
 and household goods. The whole party 
 landed at Shawneetown on the last day of 
 1819. They made their way through the 
 mud and water of the sloughs and run- 
 ning streams, all unbridged, until they 
 reached Sugar creek, about eight miles 
 south of the present city of Springfield, 
 111. Each of the families commenced im- 
 provements by building cabins. A few 
 weeks later, the mother-in-law of Mr. 
 Stewart Mrs. Stillman arrived with her 
 family. Mr. and Mrs. Stewart started to 
 accompany them to the north side of the 
 Sangamon river. After seeing that part 
 of the country they determined to settle 
 there also. Mr. Stewart returned to Su- 
 gar creek, and moved his family and prop- 
 erty, arriving in the spring of 1820, in 
 what is now Williams township, where 
 three children were born. On coming to 
 the country, there were so small a number 
 before them, that it was almost impossible 
 to ob^in food. Mr. Stewart rode two 
 
 days in search of provisions, and all he 
 could obtain was a bushel or two of frost- 
 bitten corn for which he paid two dol- 
 lars per bushel and a few pounds of rusty 
 bacon, at twenty-five cents per pound. 
 The nearest postoffice was at Edwards- 
 ville, seventy-five miles south, and they 
 had to pay twenty-five cents for a letter 
 from their friends. Of their nine chil- 
 dren 
 
 JANE C, born Oct. 2, 1804, in New 
 York, married in Sangamon county to 
 Oramel Clark. See his name. 
 
 BENJAMIN H., born March 22, 
 1806, at Bloomfield, Ontario county, New 
 York, married Margery Morgan, and had 
 four children. Mrs. Margery Stewart 
 died, and he married Nancy Hall. They 
 had three children. Benj. H. Stewart 
 died in 1871 in Missouri. His son, WIL- 
 LIAM A., born Aug. 16, 1836 in Sanga- 
 mon county, married Sept. 27, 1858, to 
 Sarah L. Schick, a native of Danville, Pa. 
 He enlisted Aug. 14, 1861, in Co. A, 
 3d 111. Cav. was discharged on account 
 of physical disability, Dec. 30, 1861. He 
 enlisted Jan. 20. 1864, in Co. A, 34th 111. 
 Inf., served until April, 1865, when he 
 was discharged on account of physical dis- 
 ability. He was appointed postmaster at 
 Williamsville, April 8, 1869, and died 
 April 1 8, 1870. His widow, Mrs. Sarah 
 L. Stewart was appointed as his successor 
 April 20, 1870. 
 
 WILLIAM A., born May 24, 1809, 
 in Buffalo, N. Y. He was brought by his 
 parents to Sangamon county in the spring 
 of 1820. He was captain of a Sangamon 
 county company in the Blackhawk war of 
 1832, and was in command of a supply 
 train under his uncle, Isaiah Stillman at 
 the time of his defeat on Rock river. Mr. 
 Stewart taught school on Fancy creek for 
 a time after the Indian war, and still later 
 became a steamboat clerk on the Illinois 
 river, and rose to the positions of pilot and 
 captain. He was engaged in navigating 
 the Illinois, Mississippi, Ohio and other 
 western rivers, with his home at 
 Cincinnati, until the breaking out 
 of the great rebellion. William A. 
 Stewart was married at Cincinnati 
 October 14, 1841, to Elizabeth Haman. 
 They had one child, JAMES E., born 
 May 10, 1843, i n Cincinnati. He had just 
 completed his literary studies and gradu- 
 ated at Delaware, Ohio, when the rebel-
 
 SANGAMON COUNTY. 
 
 687 
 
 lion broke out. His home was in Cincin- 
 nati, but he went over the river and en- 
 listed on the eighteenth anniversary of his 
 birth, May 10, 1861, in Co. D, 2d Ky. Inf., 
 for three months, and re-enlisted for three 
 years in the same company and regiment. 
 He carried his musket for nineteen months, 
 passing through Pittsburg Landing and 
 many other battles. He was promoted 
 August, 1862, to second lieutenant. In 
 May, 1864, he was commissioned captain 
 of Co. A, i6yth Ohio Inf., and March 13, 
 1865, promoted to Colonel of United States 
 Volunteers. In October, 1865, he en- 
 gaged in the practice of law at Cincinnati. 
 In October, 1869, moved to Springfield, 
 Ohio, where he succeeded to his father's 
 interests, and was. elected Vice President 
 of the Republic Printing Company, pub- 
 lishers of the Daily Republic ; is also a 
 member of the City Council of Spring- 
 field. Colonel James E. Stewart was 
 married April 3, 1871, at Mount Vernon, 
 Ohio, to Mary E. Durbin, and resides at 
 Springfield, O., 1874. Mrs. Elizabeth Stew- 
 art died at Cincinnati August 26, 1860, and 
 W. A. Stewart was married in the same 
 city Sept. 14, 1864, to Mrs. E. W. Hall, 
 whose maiden name was Norton. They 
 moved to Springfield, Ohio, in July, 1866. 
 He died there July 21, 1869, and his widow 
 resides there. 
 
 Of the public services of W. A. Stewart 
 I can onlv make a very brief statement. 
 When the rebellion burst upon the country 
 he was engaged as an expert as one of a 
 committee appointed by the United States 
 Government to ascertain the channels and 
 bearings of the Mississippi river. Whilst 
 he was at Washington making his report 
 in July, 1861, he witnessed the battle and 
 defeat at Bull Run. He superintended, 
 under direction of Commodore Foote, the 
 fitting out of the gunboats Carondelet and 
 Mound City, and was on the latter in its 
 engagement with the rebel ram Van Dorn ; 
 also in the battles of Fort Henry and 
 Island No. 10. He was pilot of the 
 United States Monitor Osage at the battle 
 of Fort Durussy, in April, which was his 
 last service in the war. He was appointed 
 in April, 1864, United States Inspector of 
 .Steamboats at Cincinnati, which he re- 
 signed in 1867. While in the naval service 
 he and Commodore Foote co-operated 
 with each other in holding religious ser- 
 vices on the gunboats, on all suitable oc- 
 
 casions. He was a member of Park 
 Street M. E. Church and Sunday School, 
 at Cincinnati, and of the High Street M. 
 E. Church, Springfield, Ohio; also of the 
 Masonic Fraternity. 
 
 ABIGAIL C., born May 16, 1811, in 
 New York, married to Ossian Stone. See 
 his name. 
 
 MART M., born April 6, 1813, at 
 Junius, New York, married in Sangamon 
 county to Nathan E. Constant. See his 
 name. Mr. Constant died August 25, 
 1843, and his widow married Miletus W. 
 Ellis. See his name. 
 
 ROXANA, born Sept. 8, 1818, in 
 Bloomfield, Ontario county, New York, 
 married in Sangamon county, Jan. 30, 
 1873, to Ira Knights, a native of St. Law- 
 rence county, New York. They reside 
 at the family homestead, where her father 
 settled in 1820, two and a half miles west 
 of Williamsville, Sangamon county, 111. 
 
 MARTHA B., born March ib, 1821, 
 in Sangamon county, married George W. 
 Constant. See his name. 
 
 JAMES a, born Oct. 20, 1822, in 
 Sangamon county, died June 6, 1849, at 
 Paducah, Kentucky, of cholera, and was 
 brought home for interment. 
 
 JOSEPH B., born July 4, 1825, died 
 in the 22d year of his age. 
 
 Mrs. Roxana Stewart died Nov. 11, 
 
 1833. James Stewart married Mrs. 
 
 Pha;be Twist. She died Jan. 11, 1836, in 
 
 Sangamon county. See the Twist 
 
 family name. 
 
 The last years of his life James Stewart 
 required a great deal of care, which was 
 freely bestowed by his faithful daughter, 
 Roxana, who declined very advantageous 
 offers of marriage, expressing her deter- 
 mination to remain unmarried as long as he- 
 required her attention, and most faithfully 
 and lovingly did she discharge the self- 
 imposed duties. Mr. Stewart died April 
 1 6, 1872, in the 95th year of his age, 
 and on the farm where he had spent more 
 than half a centurv of his life. 
 
 STILLMAN, Mrs. ABI- 
 GAIL, widow of Benjamin Stillman, 
 came to Sangamon county, 111., arriving in 
 the spring of 1820, in what is now Wil- 
 liams township, accompanied by three 
 sons and three daughters, all unmarried. 
 She had a son and daughter mar- 
 ried, the daughter came with the 
 family, being the wife of James Stew-
 
 688 
 
 EARLY SETTLERS OF 
 
 art. The son came two years later. 
 The descendants of Benjamin and 
 Abigail Stillman do not know where they 
 were born or married, but they lived in 
 Massachusetts until four children were 
 born. They moved in 1793 to Bloom- 
 field, Ontario sounty, N. Y., where four 
 children were born, and Mr. Stillman died 
 there. The family moved to Morganfield, 
 Union county, Ky., where Philo Beers be- 
 came acquainted with the family. They 
 moved from there to Sangamon county, 
 111. Of their eight children 
 
 Sl^EPPIEN, born in Massachusetts, 
 came with the family to Sangamon county, 
 selected the land where they settled in what 
 is now Williams township, one and a half 
 miles west of Williamsville. There was a 
 beautiful natural grove on the land, which 
 he called Fancy Grove. A postoffice was 
 established there and called Fancy Grove 
 postofHce, Mr. Stillman being postmaster. 
 It was the first postoffice north of the 
 river. The name has since been applied 
 to a stream of water, and to a township. 
 Stephen Stillman died in Peoria, between 
 1835 anc ^ '4 O> 
 
 JOSEPH B., born in Massachusetts, 
 came with his mother to Sangamon coun- 
 ty, and soon after went to the West India 
 islands, and died therein 1825. He was a 
 physician. 
 
 ROXANA, born March 22, 1786, in 
 Massachusetts, married James Stewart. 
 See his name. 
 
 ISAIAH, born in Massachusetts, mar- 
 ried in New York State to Hannah Sher- 
 wood, came to Sangamon county, about 
 1822, and settled on the farm now owned 
 by B. F. Fletcher, one and a half miles 
 southwest of Williamsville. They had 
 three children, two daughters and a son, 
 HENRY, who is a lawyer, and resides 
 at C;-nton, Fulton county, 111. Isaiah 
 Stillman was in command of a body of 
 soldiers, as General Stillman, and was de- 
 feated at Rock river in 1832, in the war 
 against the Indians, under their chief, 
 Blackhawk. After the war, General Still- 
 man moved to Canton, 111., and died there 
 in 1865 or '6. His widow still resides 
 there. 
 
 MART, born in New York, died un- 
 married at Tremont, 111., in 1862 or '3. 
 
 MARTHA, born in Bloomfield, New 
 York, and came with her mother to San- 
 
 gamon county. She was married Nov. 2, 
 1820, to Philo Beers. See his name. 
 
 HENRY, born in New York, married 
 in St. Louis, and died at Peoria, between 
 1860 and '65. 
 
 CAROLINE, born in New York, 
 married in Peoria to Peter Menarcl. Both 
 died at Tremont, 111., leaving four chil- 
 dren. 
 
 Mrs. Abigail Stillman moved with 
 three of her children to Peoria in 1828, 
 and died there in 1830. 
 
 STITT, WILLIAM, was born 
 August 12, 1820, near Lebanon, Warren 
 county, Ohio. He left home quite young, 
 and traveled by water down the Ohio and 
 up the Mississippi and Illinois rivers to 
 Beardstown, Illinois, in company with 
 William W. WykofF. They started from 
 Beardstown with one horse to ride and tie. 
 When within about fifteen miles of their 
 destination, Mr. WycofF mounted the 
 horse, gave Mr. Stitt particular directions 
 about the road, and forgot to tie any more, 
 for which he was excused by Mr. Stitt, 
 because he was so near his family, from 
 whom he had been absent several months. 
 This caused Mr. Stitt to arrive on foot, 
 alone, tired and hungry, at the south side 
 of Richland creek, in what is now Cart- 
 wright township, in 1838. William Stitt 
 was married Sept. 5, 1847, ^ n Sangamon 
 county, Illinois, to Elizabeth Hardin. 
 They had five children in Sangamon 
 countv. The fourth child died young. 
 
 WILLIAM WALLACE was mar- 
 ried March 9, 1875, to Julia F. Hurt. 
 They live in Cartwright township, Sanga- 
 mon county, Illinois. 
 
 HELEN A., LAURA L., and 
 EDITH BELLE live with their 
 parents, three and one-tourth miles south- 
 west of Richland Station, Sangamon 
 county, Illinois. 
 
 Isaac Stitt, the father of William, was 
 born in 1779, in Pennsylvania, and mar- 
 ried there to Elizabeth Phillips, who was 
 born July 9, 1780, in New Jersey. They 
 had nine children, and Mr. Stitt died in 
 October, 1825, in Ohio. In 1845 Mrs. 
 Stitt, her son, David and family, and her 
 daughter, Elizabeth, came to Island Grove, 
 Sangamon county. David moved the 
 next year to Peoi'ia county, and died there 
 June, 1865, leaving a widow and two 
 children. Elizabeth married Joshua But- 
 ler. See his name. Mrs. Elizabeth Stitt
 
 SANGAMON COUNTY. 
 
 689 
 
 died March 10, 1871, at the residence of 
 her son, William. 
 
 STONE, ASAHEL, was born 
 Sept. 25, 1780, in Chesterfield, New 
 Hampshire. His father, Colonel William 
 Stone, was born in Groton, Mass., and 
 was second in command at the taking of 
 Crown Point, by Ethan Allen. He was 
 a prisoner at Ticonderoga at the time of 
 its evacuation by the British, immediately 
 after Burgoyne's surrender. Col. Stone's 
 wife was Submit Ward. At the time of 
 his imprisonment, they had two children, 
 aged respectively two and four years. The 
 day before Col. Stone was to leave for 
 Great Britain to be tried for high treason, 
 Mrs. Stone left these two children at home 
 alone and went to the fort, twelve miles 
 distant, in a canoe, accompanied by her 
 brother, David Ward, aged ten years 
 who was afterwards a Baptist minister and 
 grandfather of Captain E. B. W T ard, the 
 late detroit millionaire. They reached 
 the fort late in the afternoon, but the offi- 
 cer in command refused to admit her, not- 
 withstanding all her pleading, and com- 
 pelled her to wait all night in the boat. 
 On returning home she found her children 
 safe. The next day her husband was lib- 
 erated. The rapid advance of our troops 
 up the country having compelled the Brit- 
 ish to leave without being able to provide 
 transportation for their prisoners. 
 
 Asahel Stone, whose name heads this 
 sketch was a graduate of Dartmouth Col- 
 lege, in the same class with Daniel W T eb- 
 ster. He was married February, i8o>", in 
 Bridport, Addison county, Vt., to Laura 
 Culver They came to Sangarnon county, 
 111., Nov. 1831, and entered the land now 
 owned by Hiram E. Gardner six miles 
 west of Springfield. They had six chil- 
 dren, viz: 
 
 WHEL OCK, S., born Nov. 28, 1805, 
 in Madrid, St. Lawrence county, N. Y. 
 He was a classmate of Dr. Hatfield, of 
 New York city; Dr. J. J. Owens, Prof. 
 Cozzensand D. B. Tower, at Middlebury 
 College, and graduated there in 1828 with 
 the second honors of his class. He after- 
 wards became a minister of the gospel. 
 He was married September, 1832,10 Mar- 
 tha Storrs and died at Mobile, Alabama, 
 in 1837, of yellow fever. 
 
 OSSIAN L.,\iorn May 24,1807,^ Mad- 
 rid, N. Y., was brought up in Vermont. 
 He came to Sangamon county with his 
 
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 father in 1831 and was married October 
 29, 1835, ' n Sangamon county, to Abigail 
 C. Stewart, who was born in Junius Sen- 
 eca county, N. Y., May 16, 1811. See 
 James Stewart. They had four living 
 children, namely: LAURA L., born 
 June 7, 1840, in Sangamon county, was 
 married March 30, 1858, to Jacob Greg- 
 ory. See his name. They have two 
 children, MARY and GEORGE, and reside in 
 Decatur Illinois. JAMES A., born May 
 6, 1842, in Sangamon county, married Sep- 
 tember 26, 1866, in Morgan county, to 
 Eliza Allyn. They have three children, 
 JESSIE, PERCY A., and JAMES R. J. A. 
 Stone owns and resides with his family on 
 the farm entered by his father in Septem- 
 ber, 1834, the patent for which was signed 
 by Andrew Jackson. The farm joins that 
 entered by his grand-father, Asahel Stone. 
 HENRY" A., born April 3, 1844, in San- 
 gamon county, died April 21, 1861. 
 CHARLES O., born May 4, 1847, in 
 Sangamon county, is unmarried and re- 
 sides in Springfield, Illinois. Ossian L. 
 Stone died in 1850 and Mrs. Abigail Stone 
 was married March, 1862, to Aaron 
 Thompson and died in Springfield, 111., 
 Feb. 15, 187^. Mr. Thompson is one of 
 the firm of Thompson < & Newman, plan- 
 ing mill. 
 
 '1HEDA S., born Dec. 14, 1808, in 
 Madrid, N. Y., died at Bridport, Vt., 
 March 31, 1820. 
 
 FRANCES S., born Dec. 17, 1813, in 
 Bridport, Vt. Came with her father's 
 family to Sangamon county, and was mar- 
 ried at their farm residence Feb. 13, 1840, 
 to Jonathan C. Bancroft. See his name. 
 Rev. Dr. A. P. Happer, of the Chinese 
 Mission, was groomsman at their wed- 
 ding. 
 
 PHILIP Z., born Dec. 16, 1816, in 
 Bridport, Vt., was married Feb. 1843, 
 to Julia McCarty in Sangamon county. 
 She died in 1852, while on their way to 
 Oregon. P. Z. Stone resides in St. Louis, 
 Missouri. 
 
 LAURA A., born April 10, 1821, in 
 Bridport, Vt., was married at her fath- 
 er's farm residence in Sangamon county, 
 111., April 21, 1842,10 Jacob Ruckel. See 
 his name. 
 
 Mrs. Laura Stone died June 21, 1845, 
 and Asahel Stone was married Septem- 
 ber, 1846, in Springfield, 111., to Lucretia 
 Dresser. He died there Oct. 2, 1871. His
 
 690 
 
 EARL? SETTLERS OF 
 
 widow resides in Springfield. Asahel 
 Stone was the last survivor of the class in 
 which he graduated in Dartmouth col- 
 lege, of which it has already been stated 
 that Daniel Webster was a member. 
 
 STONE, DAN, was born March 
 13, 1800, in Monkton, Addison county, 
 Vermont, and graduated at Middlebury 
 College, in his native State, in 1818. He 
 went to Cincinnati and studied law with 
 his uncle, Ethan Stone, and was married 
 in that city in 1824 to Augusta M. Farns- 
 worth, who was born March 8, 1808, in 
 Vermont, also. Mr. Stone practiced law 
 in Cincinnati a few years, and during that 
 time was a member of the State Legisla- 
 ture of Ohio, and four years a member of 
 the City Council. He moved to Spring- 
 field, Illinois, in 1834, anc ^ m l && was 
 elected one of the Representatives of San- 
 gamon county to the Legislature of 
 Illinois. He was, consequently, one of 
 the " Long Nine." See sketch tinder 
 that heading. While a member of the 
 Legislature he received the appointment 
 of Judge of the Circuit Court, and was 
 assigned to the district in the extreme 
 northwestern part of the State, and moved 
 to Galena. In 1838 he rendered a deci- 
 sion, with reference to the vote of an 
 alien, that was distasteful to the Demo- 
 cratic party he being a Whig. That 
 decision led to a reorganization of the 
 judiciary system of the State. The 
 Supreme Court then consisted of four 
 Judges. In February, 1841, the Legisla- 
 ture added five to the Court, all Demo- 
 crats, and made it the duty of the nine 
 judges composing the Supreme Court to 
 act as Circuit Judges, also. Judge Stone, 
 finding himself thus legislated out of 
 office, soon left the State, and a few years 
 later died in Essex county, New Jersey. 
 
 His son, Henry S., is unmarried and 
 lives in San Francisco. His daughter, 
 Jennie A., now the wife of Josiah Paul, 
 lives in Cincinnati. His widow resides in 
 Cincinnati, Ohio, also 1876. 
 
 STOKES, JOHN, was born 
 April 14, 1796, in Nicholas county, Ken- 
 tucky. He was married in that county 
 April 15, 1819, to Deborah Dickerson, 
 who was born Feb. 4, 1798, near Hagers- 
 town, Maryland. They had four chil- 
 dren in Kentucky, and moved to Sanga- 
 mon county, Illinois, arriving in the fall ot 
 1830,111 what is now Rochester township, 
 
 where four children were born. Of their 
 eight children 
 
 SU-SAN, born Sept. 13, 1822, in 
 Nicholas county, Kentucky married Isaac 
 B. Bell. See his name. 
 
 LOUISA, born June 22, 1825, in Ken- 
 tucky, married Robert E. Richards. See 
 his name. 
 
 BENJAMIN F., born Nov. 27, 1827, 
 in Nicholas county, Kentucky, married in 
 Sangamon county to Malvina C. Cooper. 
 She died and he married Elzirah C. 
 Cooper. They had four living children, 
 JOHN W., JACOB F., MINNIE M. 
 and GABRIEL, live with their parents 
 in Christian county, near Edinburg, 
 Illinois. 
 
 WILLIAM, born Jan. 30, 1830, in 
 Kentucky, raised in Sangamon county, 
 went to California in 1852, and died 
 there December, 1862. 
 
 ELIZABETH A., born August 6, 
 1832, in Sangamon county, married 
 Robert E. Berry. See his name. 
 
 JOHN, born April 19, 1835, in Sanga- 
 mon county, married April 18, 1858, to 
 Drada Lovelace, who was born August 7, 
 1840, in Shelby county, Illinois. They 
 have three living children, CHARLES 
 H., IDA A., and HARRIET A., reside 
 with their parents near Edinbuig, Chris- 
 tian county, Illinois. 
 
 THOMAS, born Nov. 4, 1837, in San- 
 gamon county, married Priscilla Jones. 
 They had three children, two of whom 
 died young. Thomas Stokes enlisted 
 August, 1862, in Co. E, ii4th 111. Inf., 
 was taken sick at Camp Butler, conveyed 
 home, and died Oct. 28, 1862. His son, 
 HERSCHEL V., resides with his 
 mother, who is now the wife of James 
 Layard. They reside near Sunny Side, 
 Montgomery county, Kansas. 
 
 EMILY, born April 14, 1840, in San- 
 gamon county, married Samuel Hedrick, 
 and died August 25, 1867, leaving two 
 children, who live with their father near 
 Morrisonville, Christian county, Illinois. 
 
 John Stokes died March 15, 1853, and 
 Mrs. Deborah Stokes died Feb. 12, 1870, 
 both in Sangamon county, Illinois. 
 
 STOUT, the origin of this family in 
 America is quite romantic. The princi- 
 pal points in their history may be 
 found in Benedict's History of the Bap- 
 tists. Some of his statements are based on 
 the writings of an earlier historian. The
 
 SANG AM ON COUNTY. 
 
 691 
 
 following embraces all that is known on 
 the subject: 
 
 Some time during the seventeenth cen- 
 tury, probably about 1680 or '90, a young 
 couple just married in Holland, embarked 
 on a vessel bound for America. The 
 voyage was prosperous until they were 
 nearing the port of New Amsterdam, now 
 the city of New York. The vessel was 
 wrecked off what is now the coast of New 
 Jersey, and nearly all on board drowned. 
 The young couple of Hollanders, escaped 
 drowning and with a small number of the 
 passengers and crew succeeded in reaching 
 the shore. Upon landing they were at- 
 tacked by Indians, who lay in ambush 
 awaiting their arrival. The whole party 
 were tomahawked, scalped and otherwise 
 mutilated, and left for dead. All were 
 dead except the wife, from Holland. She 
 alone survived, and although her scalp 
 was removed and she was otherwise hor- 
 ribly mangled, she had sufficient remain- 
 ing strength to crawl away from the 
 scene of the slaughter, and secreted her- 
 self in a hollow log which was concealed 
 by underbrush. She lay there a day or 
 two, during which time her mental and 
 bodily suffering may be imagined but can- 
 not be described. She finally made up 
 her mind that there was no possibility of 
 her escaping with life; that if she remained 
 quiet she would certainly die of hunger 
 and thirst, and if she attempted to seek 
 sustenance, that would expose her to the 
 Indians, who would be sure to kill her. 
 At this juncture, a deer, with an arrow 
 sticking in its body, ran past where she 
 was. This led her to believe that Indians 
 were near, and she reasoned that it would 
 be a much easier death to let them kill 
 her, than to endure the pangs of starva- 
 tion by remaining where she was. She 
 then summoned all her remaining strength 
 and dragged her body out to an open space 
 that the Indians might see her should 
 they pursue the deer. In a short time 
 three of the savages appeared on its trail. 
 Two of them rushed upon her with up- 
 lifted tomahawks, but the third one, a 
 chief, restrained them and saved her life. 
 It was not humanity, but gain that 
 prompted him to this act of mercy. He 
 took his prisoner to New Amsterdam and 
 there received a ransom for her. That 
 placed her in the hands of friends who 
 gave her the proper surgical treatment 
 
 and nursing as she recovered. The name 
 of her husband is not known, neither is 
 her own family name, nothing but her 
 first or given name, Penelope; a name 
 that has stood for more than twenty-five 
 centuries, in tradition and literature, as the 
 highest ideal of a true and loyal wife. It 
 will readily be understood that I allude to 
 one ol the creations of Homer, the father 
 of Greek poetry. A brief statement of 
 the case, gleaned from his works will not 
 be out of place here. 
 
 When the Greeks declared war against 
 Troy, in consequence of the abduction of 
 Helen, the wife of Menelaus, a Greek 
 chieftain, it was found that one of their 
 number, Ulysses, although a soldier by 
 profession, and a farmer in time of peace, 
 manifested great reluctance to leaving his 
 young and beautiful wife, Penelope, and 
 their infant son, Telemachus, for the pur- 
 pose of engaging in the war. He feigned 
 insanity, by sowing salt instead of wheat. 
 As a test of his sanity, Nestor, whom all 
 respected for his wisdom and probity, pro- 
 posed that the infant son of Ulysses 
 should be laid in the furrow in front of 
 the oxen with which he was plowing. 
 The device was successful, and caused him 
 to throw off the disguise by saving his 
 child. It was expected that the war 
 would be brief, but it was extended to a 
 long series of years, and of those who 
 finally returned, Ulysses was the last, after 
 twenty years's absence. Meanwhile, he 
 was supposed to be dead, and many suit- 
 ors for the hand of Penelope, pressed their 
 claims, and a simple " No " from her 
 was not taken for an answer. The very 
 thought of marrying again, especially 
 while the fate of her husband was in 
 doubt, was peculiarly revolting to her and 
 she announced her intention of choosing 
 a husband among the suitors, when she 
 had completed the weaving of a shroud 
 for her father-in-law. Her ardent suitors 
 waited with all the patience they could 
 command until it was discovered that she 
 undid at night what she had woven 
 through the day. She was then obliged 
 to proceed with her work when the long 
 absent Ulysses returned just in time to 
 save her from what seemed a horrible fate. 
 
 This modern Penelope had no such 
 doubts to contend with. The death of 
 her first husband was only too sure, hav- 
 ing been witnessed by her own eyes.
 
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 EARL* SETTLERS 
 
 After her recovery, she became acquainted 
 with and married an Englishman by the 
 name of Richard Stout. They then went 
 over into New Jersey, made themselves a 
 home and raised a family of twelve sons. 
 One of them, Jonathan Stout, and his 
 family, were the founders of the Hope well 
 settlement, in Hunterdon county, New 
 Jersey, where Hopewell Baptist Church 
 was afterwards constituted. Of the first 
 fifteen members, nine were Stouts. The 
 church was organized at the house of a 
 Stout, and for forty years their meetings 
 were held chiefly at the houses of the 
 Stouts; after which they erected their 
 first house of worship. In 1790, two of 
 the deacons and four of the elders were 
 Stouts. Jonathan Stout lived until his 
 descendants were multiplied to one hun- 
 dred and seventeen. Another one of their 
 sons, David, had a son Benjamin, born in 
 1706. He had a son, Jediah, born April 
 10, 1757. His son 
 
 STOUT, PHILEMON, was 
 born May 15, 1785, in New Jersey, and in 
 1789 was taken by his parents to Fayette 
 county, Kentucky. He was married Feb. 
 8, 1810, in Woodford county to Penelope 
 Anderson, settled in Scott county in the 
 same State, and in 1820 moved back to 
 Fayette county. They had seven children 
 who lived to maturity. The family 
 moved to Sangamon county, Illinois, 
 arriving Oct. 5, 1836, in what is now Ball 
 township. Of their children 
 
 JACKSON, born August 6, 1814, in 
 Kentucky, married Jan. 8, 1838, in San- 
 gamon county, to Matilda Willian. He 
 died Feb. 24, 1839. His widow married 
 Samuel Haines. See his name. 
 
 ELIHU, born Jan. 30, 1816, in Scott 
 county, Kentucky, was married in Sanga- 
 mon county, Illinois, August 30, 1839, to 
 Rebecca A. Patton. They had three 
 children, JAMES M., born June 15. 
 1840, married Mollie A. Mason. They 
 have two children, JAMES WILLIAM and 
 JOHN PHILEMON, and live two miles south 
 of Chatham, Sangamon county, Illinois. 
 PHILEMON, born Feb. 22, 1842, mar- 
 ried Mary Abernathy. They have two 
 children, WILLIAM ADOLPHUS and MAR- 
 THA ANN, and live in Auburn, Illinois. 
 Mrs. Rebecca A. Stout died Sept. 21, 
 1852, and Elihu Stout married Mrs. Sarah 
 J. Moore, whose maiden name was 
 Williams. They had two living children, 
 
 THOMAS ELIHU and CHARLES 
 H., who live with their father. Mrs. 
 Sarah J. Stout died Sept. 17, 1866, and 
 Elihu Stout was married June 18, 1867, 
 to Mrs. Margaret E. Davis, whose maiden 
 name was Williams. They reside three 
 miles southeast of Auburn, Sangamon 
 county, Illinois. 
 
 CHARLOTTE A., born Oct. 13, 
 1817, in Kentucky, was married in Sanga- 
 mon county, Illinois, August 10, 1837, to 
 Samuel L. Ridgeway. See his name. 
 
 PHILEMON, J^ln., born April 19, 
 1822, in Fayette county, Kentucky, was 
 married in Sangamon county, Illinois, 
 Sept. 7, 1848, to Melissa Shoup. They 
 had four children, three of whom are dead. 
 Her only living child, SAMUEL J., born 
 August 22, 1849, was married July 30, 
 1871, to Emma L. Brasfield. They had 
 one child, EDNA MAY,.whodied in infancy. 
 Mrs. Emma L. Stout died Dec. 20, 1875. 
 
 5. J. Stout lives in Ball township, two 
 miles south of Cotton Hill P. O., San- 
 gamon county, Illinois. Mrs. Melissa 
 Stout died February 26, 1855, and 
 Philemon Stout, Jun., was married 
 Oct. 26, 1856, to Louisa P. Brasfield. 
 Thev have three living children, JAMES 
 B.JOAB PHILEMON and MELISSA 
 J., live with their parents. Philemon 
 Stout, Jun., lives one mile southwest of 
 Cotton Hill P. O., Sangamon county, 
 Illinois, where his father settled in 1836. 
 He has represented Ball township, in the 
 County Board of Supervisors for many 
 years, and is one of the most extensive 
 farmers in Sangamon county. 
 
 MART, born Feb. 22, 1825, in Fayette 
 county, Kentucky, was married in Sanga- 
 mon county, Illinois, March 25, 1841, to 
 Dickson Hall, who was born June 15, 
 1813, in Ohio county, West Virginia. 
 They had six children, one of whom, 
 CHARLOTTE, died in August, 1849. 
 They moved to Christian county, Illinois, 
 in 1849. Of their five children, 
 ELIZABETH E., born March i, 1842, 
 in Sangamon county, was married Sept. 
 
 6, 1870, to Abner Bond, who was born 
 August n, 1832, in Belmont county, 
 Ohio. In 1838 he was taken to Indiana, 
 and in 1855 came to Christian county. 
 Mr. and Mrs. Bond have three children, 
 
 ELBRIDGE, MAY and NELLIE STOUT, and 
 
 live near Taylorville, Illinois. FANNIE 
 H., born August 6, 1843, * n Sangamon
 
 SANGAMON COUNT?. 
 
 . 693 
 
 county, was married in Christian count}', 
 March i, 1870, to George A. Kautz, who 
 was born Jan. 23, 1833, in Brown county, 
 Ohio. They have one child, DICKSON, 
 and live in Moweaqua, Shelby county, 
 Illinois. WILLIAM W., born Nov. 30, 
 1847, in Sangamon county, brought up in 
 Christian county, was married May 28, 
 1874, in Waukegan, Illinois, to Sarah L. 
 Stewart, who was born there. They live in 
 Taylorville, Illinois. MARY N., born 
 Dec. 31, 1849, in Christian county, Illinois, 
 was married Sept. 15, 1875, to William 
 M. Dalbey, who was born Feb. 28, 1838, 
 in Pickaway county, Ohio. He came to 
 Sangamon county, Illinois, in 1862, and is 
 a stock raiser in Christian county, five 
 miles west of Edinburg, 111. EMMA S., 
 born in Christian county, lives with her 
 mother. Dickson Hall died June 23, 
 1854, and his widow lives near Taylor- 
 ville, Christian county, Illinois. 
 
 ELIZA P., born Sept. 25, 1827, in 
 Kentucky, was married Sept. 21, 1848, in 
 Sangamon county to William Forbes, 
 who was born in Hardeman county, near 
 Bolivar, Tennessee, where they had four 
 children. Mr. Forbes was murdered 
 there in time of the rebellion, but not con- 
 nected with it. The widow and four 
 children came to Sangamon county. Her 
 son, John P., lives near Oswego, Labette 
 county, Kansas. ROBERT lives with 
 his mother, MATTIE married Joseph 
 Drennan. See his name. MOLLIE 
 lives with her mother. Mrs. Forbes lives 
 eight miles south of Springfield, in 
 Woodside township, near the line of Ball. 
 Her postoffice is Woodside, Sangamon 
 county, Illinois. 
 
 MARTHA A., born May i, 1830, in 
 Kentucky, was married Dec. 3, 1847, in 
 Sangamon county to Robert G. Simpson, 
 who was born May 6, 1826, in Fayette 
 county, Kentucky. TJiey ha^e three 
 living children. ELLEN R., was married 
 Oct. 24, 1872, to William S. Richardson. 
 They have one child, CHARLES M., and 
 live in Taylorville, Illinois. RAN- 
 DOLPH J. is one of the firm of Barnes 
 & Simpson, druggists, Taylorville, Illinois. 
 Mr. Barnes, his partner, is a son of Ezra 
 Barnes. -See his name. WILLIAM 
 R. lives with his parents in Ball township. 
 
 Philemon Stout, Sen., died Jan. 31, 
 1846, and his widow died Nov. 23, 1860, 
 
 both in Ball township, where they settled 
 in 1836. 
 
 The Stouts very justly take pride in 
 their family history, and being mostly 
 Baptists, they take pride in their Baptist 
 history also. When they meet a stranger 
 by the name of Stout, who manifests a 
 disposition to claim relationship, they ap- 
 ply one test only in their family history. 
 They do not ask him to pronounce the 
 word Shibboleth, but ascertain if he has 
 any knowledge of PENELOPE, and if he 
 knows nothing of her, they know nothing 
 of him. In other words, they do not culti- 
 vate his acquaintance, in the direction of 
 relationship, any further. 
 
 STOVER, SAMUEL, was 
 born Nov. 10, i8io,in Franklin county, Pa. 
 He was married Oct. 26, 1837, m Well- 
 ington county, Md., to Elizabeth Wol- 
 gamot. In the following spring they went 
 to Pittsburg, and from there by water, 
 down the Ohio, and up the Mississippi and 
 Illinois rivers to Peoria, thence to Spring- 
 field in a wagon, arriving in June, 1838. 
 He settled six miles south of Springfield, 
 and had two children there, namely 
 
 SUSANNAH, born Jan, 17, 1841, 
 married May 31, 1864, to John Brother- 
 ton, a native of Franklin county, Pa. 
 They had two children, SAMUEL S. 
 and MAUD, and Mr. Brotherton died 
 Dec. 3, 1867, in Springfield. He was a 
 druggist. His widow and children reside 
 with her parents in Springfield. 
 
 JOHN, born March 28, 1844, married 
 Sept. 15, 1871, to Emma Wagner, of Ogle 
 county. They had two children. He 
 died July 15, 1875, in Springfield. 
 
 Samuel Stover and wife lived on the 
 farm where they settled in 1838, until Jan- 
 uary, 1875, when they moved to Spring- 
 field, Illinois, where they now reside 
 November, 1876. 
 
 STRAWBRIDGE, THOS., 
 was born March 13, 1755, in county Don- 
 egal, Ireland. Jane Mitchell, was born 
 in the town of Bally kelly, county Derry. 
 Her mother's maiden name was Straw- 
 bridge, a second cousin to her father. The 
 Strawbridge family was of English origin. 
 Thomas Strawbridge and wife had seven 
 children in county Donegal, and Mrs. 
 Jane Strawbridge died in 1809. The 
 family came to America, landing at Balti- 
 more in May, 1810, and went to North- 
 umberland county, Pa. In the fall of
 
 694 
 
 SETTLERS OF 
 
 1811, they moved to that part of Cham- 
 paign, which is now Clark county, O. 
 From there they moved to Sangamon 
 county, 111., arriving October, 1823, in 
 what is now Fancy Creek township, near 
 Cantrall. Of the se\ 7 en children 
 
 MARGERY, married in Baltimore to 
 Hugh Jack, a sea captain. He abandoned 
 the sea, and was about taking his wife 
 back to Ireland, when she died in Balti- 
 more. 
 
 JOHN, was drowned in the Muskin- 
 gum river, Ohio. He was about twenty- 
 seven years old, and unmarried. 
 
 JAMES, born Aug. 29, 1792, married 
 October, 1839, in Springfield, to Mrs. 
 Elizabeth McDonnald, whose maiden 
 name was lies. They had two children. 
 MARY E., married John W. Melton, 
 have one daugnter, and live in Jackson- 
 ville, 111. ELIZA J., lives with her sis- 
 ter, Mrs. Melton. Mrs. Strawbridge died, 
 and James Strawbriedge died October, 
 1868, 'both in Jacksonville, and both were 
 buried at Oak Ridge Cemetery, Spring- 
 field, 111. 
 
 WILLIAM, born June, 1794, came to 
 Sangamon county in 1823, married in 
 1834, in Jo Daviess county, 111., to Mrs. 
 Mary Ames, whose maiden name was 
 Mitchell. They lived in Sangamon coun- 
 ty until 1838, and moved to Jo Daviess 
 county, where he prosecuted the lead 
 smelting business until 1849. He then went 
 to California, was returning to his family, 
 and died December, 1851, in New York 
 city, leaving a widow and four children at 
 Elizabeth, Jo Daviess county, Illinois. Of 
 the children, MARY J., married John 
 W. Shaffer. He was appointed Governor 
 of Utah territory. Mrs. Shaffer died 
 June, 1869. Gov. Shaffer died in office 
 at Salt Lake city, Oct. 31, 1870, and was 
 buried at Freeport, 111, They left three 
 children, who live in New York city with 
 their uncle, William F. Shaffer. MAR- 
 GARET S., married Col. William F. 
 Shaffer, a banker of New York city, and 
 reside there. WILLIAM, Jun.. married 
 Miss Coulter, and lives in Ottawa, Kansas. 
 THOMAS, lives in Burlington, Kansas. 
 Mrs. Mary Strawbridge, widow of Wil- 
 liam Strawbridge, resides with her daugh- 
 ter, Mrs. Shaffer, in New York city 
 1874. 
 
 JANE, born Dec. 25, 1796, married in 
 Ohio to John McCain. They had one 
 
 child, and Mr. McCain went to New 
 Orleans on business, and is supposed 
 to have lost his life there, as he was never 
 heard of. His widow came to Sangamon 
 county in 1823. Her daughter, MAR- 
 GERY married in Sangamon county to 
 Cyrus G. Saundeis. Mrs. McCain died 
 Aug. 2, 1848, near Woodside, Sangamon 
 county, Illinois. 
 
 THOMAS, Jun., born Feb. 8,1798 in 
 county Donegal, Ireland, came with the 
 family to America and to Sangamon 
 county in 1823. He learned saddle and 
 harness making at Lebanon, Ohio, and 
 engaged in that business in the fall of 
 1823, in Springfield, the first in that line 
 in the place. He consequently made the 
 first saddle in Sangamon county and cen- 
 tral Illinois. He has for many years been 
 engaged in farming, is unmarried, and re- 
 side five miles southeast of Springfield, 
 Illinois. 
 
 MART, born Nov. 30, 1800, in Ireland, 
 married in Sangamon county, April, 1824, 
 to David Anderson, a native of York 
 county, Pa. He died July 16, 1825, in 
 Morgan county. His widow married 
 October, 1839, to Samuel Lyons, who was 
 born near Belfast, Ireland. He died Oct. 
 12, 1842, in Sangamon county. Mrs. 
 Lyons had no children by either mar- 
 riage. She lives with her brother, 
 Thos. Strawbridge, Jun., five miles south- 
 east of Springfield, 111. 
 
 Thomas Strawbridge, Sen., died Sept. 
 24, 1834, in what is now Fancy Creek 
 township, Sangamon county, 111., in his 
 8oth year. 
 
 STRICKLAND, GEORGE, 
 was born March 29, 1812, in Amherst, 
 Massachusetts. He was married May 30, 
 
 1836, in Northampton, Massachusetts, to 
 Sarah Little sister to Thomas S. Little 
 and Mrs. Sophia Phelps. Mrs. Strick- 
 land was born Nov. 21, 1814, in North- 
 ampton. They had one child, and moved 
 to Springfield, Illinois, arriving in August, 
 
 1837, They had five children in Spring- 
 field, two of whom died young. Of their 
 four children 
 
 ED WARD P., born May 14, 1837, 
 in Northampton, Massachusetts, and 
 raised in Springfield. He enlisted in the 
 first call for 75,000 men in April, 1861, for 
 three months, in Co. I, 7th 111. Inf., served 
 full term and was honorably discharged. 
 He again enlisted for three years in 1862,
 
 SANG AM ON COUNT?. 
 
 695 
 
 in Co. B, H4th 111. Inf., and commissioned 
 as first lieutenant at the organization of 
 the company. After the capture of 
 Vicksburg he was promoted to captain. 
 The regiment was put on provost duty at 
 Memphis, Tennessee. He was sent on an 
 expedition and was taken prisoner in June, 
 1864. He was part of the time at Macon, 
 Georgia, and part of the time at Charles- 
 ton, South Carolina, where he was with 
 other Union prisoners, placed by the rebel 
 authorities under the guns of the Union 
 army, in order to protect the city. He 
 was moved from Charleston to Columbia, 
 South Carolina, from where he escaped, 
 and, with his first lieutenant, traveled 
 thirty-five days, making a distance of be- 
 tween tour and five hundred miles, on 
 foot, to Kno.xville, Tennessee, without 
 seeing a white man, neither did they wish 
 to. They traveled at night and subsisted 
 on what they could obtain from the 
 negroes, arriving Dec. 31, 1864. They 
 were sent from Knoxville to Louisville, 
 Kentucky, furloughed home, returned to 
 the regiment, and was with it at the cap- 
 ture of Mobile, after which he was 
 breveted major. He served until the fall 
 of 1865, when he was honorably dis- 
 charged. He now resides in Springfield, 
 Illinois. 
 
 SAP AH S., born Sept. 12, 1842, in 
 Springfield, married Oct. 4, 1859, to Jesse 
 D. Lloyd, a native of Springfield, also. 
 He enlisted in 1861 in the nth Mo. Inf., 
 was commissioned as first lieutenant at 
 the organization of the company, and pro- 
 moted to captain. He served to the end 
 of the rebellion and died April 10, 1865,. 
 leaving his widow and two children, 
 \\ "INFIELD S. and FRANK M., 
 residing in Springfield, Illinois. 
 
 HELEN C., born July 16, 1847, in 
 Springfield, and married in her native city 
 May, 1874, to Newell Sturtevant, a native 
 of Maine. They reside in New York 
 City. 
 
 THOMAS S., born Oct. 14, 1853, in 
 Springfield, is a printer, and resides with 
 his parents in Springfield, Illinois. 
 
 Mr. George Strickland and wife are 
 both living and reside in Springfield, 
 Illinois. 
 
 STRINGFIELD, JAMES, 
 was born about 1765 in Buncombe county, 
 North Carolina. His parents moved to 
 Warren jounty, Kentucky, when he was 
 
 a young man. He was there married to 
 Nancy Simmons who was born in Roa- 
 noke county, Virginia. They had ten 
 children in Kentucky, and moved to San- 
 gamon county in the fall of 1820 in com- 
 pany with their son-in-law, John Strode. 
 Of their children 
 
 MARY, born August 12, 1796, in 
 Warren county, Kentucky, married John 
 Strode. See his name. 
 
 ROLAND resides near Williamsville. 
 Their other children are scattered and 
 many of them dead. 
 
 James Stringfield died in 1835, anc ^ ms 
 widow died a year or two later, both in 
 Sangamon county, Illinois. 
 
 STRODE, JOHN, was born 
 March 13, 1790, in Greenbrier county, 
 Virgiana. His parents moved in 1804 to 
 Warren county, Kentucky. He volun- 
 teered in a Kentucky regiment in the war 
 of 1812 and served three months on Lake 
 Erie. After Perry's victory he was hon- 
 orablv discharged, again enlisted, and was 
 in the battle of New Orleans. Jan. 8, 
 1815. He received a land warrant for his 
 services but never drew a pension. The 
 papers were ail burned at Bowling Green, 
 Ky., in 1863. John Strode and Mary 
 Stringfield were married August 14, 1815, 
 in Warren county, Kentucky. They had 
 three children there, and moved to Sanga- 
 mon county, Illinois, arriving in October, 
 1820, in what is now- Fancy creek town- 
 ship, where eight children were born. 
 When they came, there had been such an 
 extensive and long continued drouth that 
 they could walk across Sangamon river 
 on the stones. They lived four weeks in 
 a tent, while their house was building. 
 Of their children 
 
 NANCY, born June 28, 1816, married 
 William Hargis. See his name. 
 
 JAMES B., born March 28, 1818, in 
 Kentucky, was married August, 1845, * 
 Susan Hargis. They had eight children. 
 WILLIAM R. enlisted in February, 
 1864, in Co. G, loth 111. Cav., for three 
 years, served until the close of the rebel- 
 lion, and was honorably discharged 
 November, 186^, at San Antonio, Texas. 
 He married Lucetta Plunkett, and lives in 
 Springfield township. JOHN T. enlisted 
 in Springfield May 14, 1864, in Co. I, 
 I33d 111. Inf., for one hundred clays, served 
 full term and was nonorably discharged 
 Sept. 14, 1864. He lives with his mother
 
 6 9 6 
 
 EARLY SETTLERS OF 
 
 1874. AMANDA married John Mil- 
 ler. They have one child, and live in 
 Fancy Creek township. MARY mar- 
 ried Clarence Mallory. See his name, 
 BARBARA and ELIZA live with 
 their mother. James B. Strode enlisted 
 in 1862, for three years, in Co. K, H5th 
 111. Inf.. and was orderly sergeant. He 
 was killed at the battle of Chickamauga, 
 Tennessee, Sept. 20, 1863. His widow 
 lives near Cantrall, Sangamon county, 
 Illinois. 
 
 SARAH S., born Feb. 3, 1820, in 
 Kentucky, married in Sangamon county 
 to Ira Judd. She died March 28, 1865, 
 leaving one child, MARY. 
 
 ELI, born March 29, 1823, in Sanga- 
 mon county, married Diantha Strode a 
 distant relative and lives near Nickerson, 
 Reno county, Kansas. 
 
 BARBARA, born April 13, 1825, in 
 Sangamon county, married Jan. 25, 1864, 
 to John H. Cannon, who was born June 
 20, 1837, in Jefferson county, Ten lessee. 
 They had two children, WILLIAM H. 
 and LEONARD B., both died in infancy. 
 Mr. and Mrs. Cannon live near Cantrall, 
 Illinois. 
 
 ELIZABETH, born June 30, 1829, 
 resides with her mother. 
 
 ROLAND B., born March 24, 1831, 
 married Lutitia Weese. They have five 
 children, MARY E., CHARLES A., 
 JAMES R., EMMA J. and MINNIE 
 E., and live at the family homestead, near 
 Cantrall, 111. 
 
 JOHN A., born Jan. 4, 1824, married 
 Letitia Gilmore. Thev have four chil- 
 dren, ALICE, MINNIE E., VICTO- 
 RIA, and EVA M. John A. Strode 
 enlisted at Springfield in 1862 for three 
 years in Co. K, ii5th 111. Inf. He was at 
 the siege and capture of Fort Donelson, 
 was soon after sent to hospital and dis- 
 charged on account of physical disability. 
 He lived at Brookfield, Mo., a few years, 
 but now lives near Cantrall, Illinois. 
 
 WILLIAM H., born July 19, 1836, in 
 Sangamon county, married June 4, 1863, 
 to Henrietta F. Strode, a distant relative. 
 They had six children, NIREM P. and 
 CORA BELL died under four years, LU- 
 ZETTA A., THOMAS J., ELIZA- 
 BETH and J. MAUD live with their 
 parents near Cantrall, Sangamon county, 
 Illinois. 
 
 JOEL B., born March 7, 1839, mar- 
 
 ried Mary E. King. They have three 
 children, JACOB E., MAGGIE M. 
 and JOHN E., and live at the old home- 
 stead, seven miles north of Springfield, 
 near Cantrall, 111. 
 
 MART C., born in 1841, died in her 
 seventh year. 
 
 John Strode died Nov. 27, 1866, and his 
 widow resides on the farm settled by 
 them in 1821. It is in Fancy Creek town- 
 ship, eight miles northwest of Springfield, 
 Illinois. 
 
 STUART, JOHN T., was born 
 Nov. 10, 1807, in Fayette county, Ky., 
 seven miles east of Lexington. His father, 
 Robert Stuart, was born of Scotch-Irish 
 parents, in Rockbridge county, Virginia. 
 He was a Presbyterian minister, but went 
 to Lexington, first as professor of lan- 
 guages in Transylvania University. He 
 was there married to Hannah Todd, 
 daughter of General Levi Todd. >ee 
 sketch of the Todd family. Rev. Robert 
 Stuart, while connected with the Univer- 
 sity, became pastor of the Presbyterian 
 church, at Walnut Hills, seven miles east 
 of Lexington, where the subject of this 
 sketch was born. John T. Stuart gradu- 
 ated at Centre College, Danville, Ky., in 
 the fall of 1826, studied law with 
 Judge Breck in Richmond, Ky., and came 
 to Springfield, Illinois, arriving Oct. 25, 
 1828. He traveled on horseback and was 
 ten days on the road. He at once en- 
 gaged in the practice of his profession, 
 and when the Indian troubles came on, 
 that culminated in the Blackhawk war, 
 Mr. Stuart became the major of the 
 battalion in which Abraham Lincoln com- 
 manded a company. In 1832 Mr. Stuart 
 was elected one of the Representatives of 
 Sangamon county in the State Leg.sla- 
 ture. In 1834 he was re-elected. 
 Abraham Lincoln was elected that year, 
 also, and they roomed together at Van- 
 dalia. While they were taking a morn- 
 ing walk during that session, Mr. Lincoln 
 asked Mr. Stuart his opinion in regard to 
 his studying law. Mr. Stuart advised 
 him to begin at once, proposed to loan 
 him the necessary books and act as his 
 preceptor, all of which was gratefully 
 accepted by Mr. Lincoln, and when he 
 was qualified for practice he gladly 
 accepted the offer of his preceptor to be- 
 come his partner. In 1836 Mr. Stuart 
 was a candidate for Congress, but was
 
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 defeated, as he expected to be, his object 
 being to keep the Whig party which 
 was largely in the minority in his district 
 in order for future campaigns. 
 
 John T. Stuart was married Oct. 25, 
 1837, at Jacksonville, 111., to Mary V. 
 Nash, a daughter of General Frank Nash, 
 of St. Louis county, Missouri, and a niece 
 of the late Judge Lockwood, of Illinois. 
 They had six living children 
 
 BETTIE, born July, 1838, in Spring- 
 field, married Christopher C. Brown. 
 Sec his name. She died, and the Bettie 
 Stuart Institute was named in honor of 
 her memory. 
 
 JOHN T., Jun., born Dec. 16, 1842, 
 in Springfield, was married there Sept. 6, 
 1866, to Emily W. Huntington. They 
 have four children, GEORGE H., 
 MARY V., ELIZABETH H. and ED- 
 WARD S. BROWN. John T. Stuart, 
 Jun., is a merchant in Chicago, and, with 
 his family, resides there. 
 
 FRANK N., born in Springfield, 111., 
 is running a ranch in Plum VaLey, near 
 Sedalia, Colorado. 
 
 VIRGINIA L., HANNAH and 
 ROBERT, all born in Springfield, live 
 with their parents. 
 
 John T. Stuart was elected to Congress 
 in 1838, defeating Stephen A. Douglas, 
 when the partnership between him and 
 Mr. Lincoln ceased. He was again 
 elected in 1840, served that term, and in 
 1843 formed a partnership with Benjamin 
 S. Edwards, under the firm name of 
 Stuart & Edwards. It is the oldest law 
 firm in the State, and with one exception, 
 Mr. Stuart is the oldest practicing attorney 
 in the State. He was elected in 1848 
 State Senator for four years for the dis- 
 trict composed of Sangamon, Menard and 
 Mason counties. He was out of politics 
 after that until 1862, when he was elected 
 to Congress, serving one term. In 1866 he 
 was elected President of the Springfield 
 City Railway Company, President of the 
 Springfield Watch Company, President 
 of the Bettie Stuart Board of Trustees, 
 and is one of the three commissioners 
 for building the new State House. 
 As Chairman of the Executive Com- 
 mittee of the National Lincoln Monu- 
 ment Association, it devolved upon 
 him to do more than any other one 
 man, in superintending the erection 
 of that monument to the memory 
 
 88 
 
 of his legislative colleague, law student 
 and partner, and life-long friend 
 Abraham Lincoln. The law firm of 
 Stuart & Edwards was changed in 1858, 
 by admitting C. C. Brown, to that of 
 Stuart, Edwards & Brown. 
 
 STLTBBS, ROBERT L,., was 
 born Dec. 24, 1813, in Virginia, taken by 
 his parents to Greene county, Kentucky, 
 and came to Island Grove, Sangamon 
 county, 111., in the fall of 1832. Martha 
 Ann Smith was born Dec. 5, 1818, in 
 Greene county, Kentucky. Her parents 
 were from the vicinity of Nashville, Tenn., 
 and both died in Kentucky; the 
 father in 1823, and the mother in 1826. 
 She came to Sangamon county in 1834, 
 with the family of Dr. Richard Barrett. 
 R. L. Stubbs and M. A. Smith were mar- 
 ried August 4, 1836, and had fourteen chil- 
 dren in Sangamon county. 
 
 MARTE., born June n, 1837, mar- 
 ried Sept. n, 1856, to Samuel Clawson, 
 have two children, WILLIAM H. and 
 MARTHA M., and live near New Home, 
 Bates county, Mo. 
 
 JAMES T., born March 5, 1839, mar- 
 ried Oct. 29, 1867, to Hannah F. Robeson, 
 who was born Dec. 12, 1840, in Morgan 
 county. They have three children, AL- 
 BERT L., ELIZABETH A.and JAMES 
 T., and live three and one-half miles east 
 of Berlin, Sangamon county, 111. 
 
 SARAH F., born Dec. 3, 1840, mar- 
 ried March 18, 1858, to A. Jackson Rude, 
 have one child, EDWARD E., and live 
 five miles west of Chatham, 111. 
 
 NANCY H., born Sept. 30, 1842, mar- 
 ried Sept. 10, 1862, to James Campbell. 
 See his name, 
 
 ELIZABETH A., born March 13, 
 1844, married Jan. 29, 1870, to Edmund T. 
 Miller. See his name. 
 
 GEORGE W., born August 23, 1846, 
 married Sept. 15, 1870, to Eliza Miller. 
 They have one child, GEORGE R., and 
 reside four miles west of Chatham, 111. 
 
 WILL I A At S., born Jan. 7, 1851, mar- 
 ried Nov. 6, 1872,10 Annie A. Johnson, 
 have one child, JAMES G., and live two 
 miles west of Berlin, Sangamon county, 
 111. 
 
 MARGARET %, born June 6, 1853, 
 married Dec. 29, 1870, to Dayton LaDue, 
 have two children, and reside near 
 Arthur, Moultrie county, 111. 
 
 ROBERT L., Jun., MARIA .)/.
 
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 EARL? SETTLERS OF 
 
 PETER G., DOLL1E T. and 
 CHARLES E. reside with their mother. 
 
 Robert L. Stuhbs died Sept. 7, 1871, 
 and his widow resides four miles east of 
 Berlin, Sangamon county, 111. 
 
 SWEET, JOSEPH, was born 
 March 15, 1789, in Otsego county, New 
 York. He was there married to Abigail 
 Neal, who was born Oct. 30, 1793, in 
 Hartford Connecticut. They had eight 
 children in Otsego county, and moved to 
 Sangamon county, Illinois, arriving in the 
 fall of 1830 at Lebanon, now Loami, 
 where two children were born. Of their 
 children 
 
 ASENATH, born Nov. n, 1813, mar- 
 ried in Sangamon county to John Kinney, 
 had three living children, and reside at 
 Linden, Osage county, Kansas. 
 
 MAN ASS EH, born August 10, 
 1815, married three times, had one child 
 by the first, and three by the second wife. 
 He died in 1872, in Canton, Missouri. 
 
 EUNICE, born Sept. 9, 1817, mar- 
 ried Jacob Markle, has several children, 
 and lives in Omaha, Nebraska. 
 
 FRANCIS, born March 13, 1819, 
 married Phebe Morton, who died, leaving 
 one child, and he married again, and lives 
 in Lewis county, Missouri. 
 
 CORDELIA, born June 14, 1823, 
 married Jacob Weidner, has ten children, 
 and lives in Lewis county, Missouri. 
 
 JOSEPH, born March 25, 1824, in 
 Otsego county, New Yoi'k, married in 
 Sangamon county to Lola Hinman. 
 They live in Chatham, Illinois. 
 
 IRA, born May 2, 1826. 
 
 VERMELIA A., born Feb. 5, 1828, 
 the last birth of the family in New York, 
 married in Sangamon county to Wash- 
 ington Clawson, had two children, and 
 Mr. C. died and the widow married 
 Theodore Watson, had one child, and 
 lives in Waverly, Illinois. 
 
 ARABELLA L., born March 18, 
 1831, the first birth of the family in San- 
 gamon county, married August 22, 1848, 
 in Springfield to Ebenezer B. Watson, 
 who was born Nov. 21, 1819, at East 
 Windsor, Connecticut. They had ten 
 children, six of whom are dead, namely, 
 ALICE died March 10, 1864, in her 
 fifteenth year, PHILIP, GRACE A., 
 HENRY, ARABELLA and MARY 
 R. died under three years. The other 
 four, ANNA, SERENA, EBINEZER 
 
 B., Jun., and ARABELLA L. live 
 with their parents in Talkington town- 
 ship, three miles east of Waverly, Illinois. 
 
 SARAH T., born Sept. 25, 1833, in 
 Sangamon county, married Samuel Brown 
 and moved to Texas. 
 
 Joseph Sweet moved to Scyene, Dallas 
 county, Texas, in 1852, and soon after be- 
 came postmaster, and died in office in 
 1864. His wife died the same year. 
 
 SWEET, ROBERT, was born 
 in 1791, in Otsego county, N. Y. He was 
 married to Sarah Parker, and they had 
 five children in that county. They em- 
 barked at Olean Point, in a family boat, 
 and floated down to Shaweetown in May, 
 1820, and engaged in farming until the 
 spring of 1824, when he moved to Dia- 
 mond Grove, near Jacksonville, and from 
 there to what is called Sweet's Prairie, in 
 consequence of their being the first set- 
 tlers there. It is about five miles west of 
 Manchester, Scott county, 111, In 1830, 
 he moved back to Diamond Grove, and in 
 1837 movec l to Loami, Sangamon county. 
 They had four children in Illinois. Of 
 their nine children 
 
 DANIEL, born June 19, 1809, in New 
 York, married Elcey Sweet. They had 
 four children, and Mrs. Sweet died in 
 1849. He resides at Chenoa, 111. 
 
 AL VTA., born July i, 1811, in New 
 York, married, had fourteen children, and 
 resides at Cedar Rapids, Iowa. 
 
 MORRIS, born April S, 1813, in Ot- 
 sego county, New York, married in San- 
 gamon county May 2, 1839,10 Olivia Bar- 
 ger. They had nine children, SOPH- 
 RONIA I., married William McKee. 
 See his name. SYLVESTER H., born 
 August 12, 1841, enlisted August 12, 1861, 
 in Co. C, nth Missouri Inf. for three 
 years, re-enlisted as a veteran January, 1864, 
 and died of disease April 17, 1865, at Mem- 
 phis,Tenn. MONTGOMERY Z.,enlisted 
 August, 1862, in the same company and 
 regiment, was wounded at the battle of 
 luka, Mississippi, Sept. 17, 1862, and dis- 
 charged on account of physical disability. 
 Resides at Loami. LETHE M. married 
 Haskell Jones, had two children and 
 mother and children died. MARCELLA 
 and LORI.NTINE C. reside with their 
 parents. LUCINDA married lohn Brash 
 and reside in Loami. MARGARET J. 
 and LUELLA reside with their parents 
 in Loami, Sangamon county, 111.
 
 SANGAMON COUNTT. 
 
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 JONATHAN, born March i, 1815, in 
 New York, married Phebe Weaver. She 
 had one child, and mother and child died. 
 He resides at Chenoa, 111. 
 
 LODASCA M., born. April 5, 1817, 
 married in Sangamon county to Adna P. 
 Colburne. See his name. 
 
 LORENTINE, born Jan. 21, 1821, 
 near Shawneetown, married Sarah A. 
 Sweet. He died in 1851, leaving a widow 
 and one child. They have since died at 
 Waverly, 111. 
 
 MART y., born Dec. 2, 1824, married 
 Benjamin Fry, has three children, and 
 lives at Hinsdale, Dupage countv, 111. 
 
 HIRAM A"., born Feb. 25, 1828, mar- 
 ried Julia A. Ayers, has four children and 
 lives at Forest, Livingston county, 111. 
 
 CAROLINE A., born August 5, 1831, 
 married Joseph S. Snell, have five chil- 
 dren, and live in Winchester, Illnois. 
 
 Mrs. Sarah Sweet died Nov. 22, 1846, 
 and Robert Sweet died July, 1861, both in 
 Sangamon county, Illinois. 
 
 SWEET, THEOPILUS, a 
 cousin to Joseph and Robert, was born 
 and married .in Otsego county, New 
 York. Had children born there, and 
 moved to Morgan county, Illinois, and 
 from there to the vicinity of Loami, San- 
 gamon county, in 1826. They brought 
 six children and three were born in San- 
 gamon county. I have not a full history 
 of his children. His eldest son 
 
 LE VI, born in New York, married 
 in Sangamon county in 1832 to Lucy 
 Colburn, a daughter of Isaac Colburn, 
 who died at Louisville, Kentucky, in 
 1820. They had five children, moved in 
 1853 to Scvene, Texas, and Mr. S. died 
 there in 1863, leaving his family there. 
 Levi Sweet was a preacher in the 
 Christian Church before he went to 
 Texas, and continued to preach as long as 
 he lived. 
 
 ADONIRAM married Abigail Green- 
 ing. He died and she married again and 
 lives in \Vaverly, Illinois. 
 
 ANSEL married Elizabeth Anderson 
 in Morgan county, Illinois. 
 
 The wife of Theopilus Sweet died at 
 Loami and he married Lucinda B. Harri- 
 son. He moved with part of his children 
 to Scott county, and died about 1860 at 
 Winchester, Illinois. His widow died 
 August 20, 1873, on Richland creek, at the 
 residence of her nephew, John H. Har- 
 
 rison. Theopilus Sweet was a preacher 
 of the Old School Baptist Church when 
 he came to Sangamon county, and soon 
 after changed to the Christian, or what is 
 called Campbellite. He preached in 
 Sangamon about eighteen years, and was 
 then the principal mover in organizing a 
 phalanx of Fourierites at Loami in 1844. 
 That was disbanded in two or three 
 years. Mr. Sweet joined the Missionary 
 Baptists two or three years before his 
 death. 
 
 EXPLANATION. 
 
 For the convenience of those consult- 
 ing this volume, the explanation is again 
 inserted, by which it may be known what 
 generation of a family any person belongs 
 to, by the kind of type used in printing his 
 or her name. Original early settlers or 
 heads of families are in LARGE 
 LETTERS; second generation, 
 ITALIC CAPITALS; third, in 
 CAPITALS; fourth, in SMALL CAPI- 
 TALS; fifth, in Italics. 
 
 TAFT, MRS. PHCEBE, whose 
 maiden name was Davis, was born June 5, 
 1780, in Vermont. She was married there 
 to Josiah Taft. They had eleven children, 
 and Mr. Taft died Sept. 17, 1838, in Ver- 
 mont. Mrs. Taft and some of her children 
 came to Sangamon county, Illinois, part 
 before and part after her arrival. She and 
 two of her daughters arrived at Rochester 
 in the fall of 1839. Of the five who came 
 to Sagamon county 
 
 WILLIAM W., born Sept. 7, 1803, at 
 Vergennes, Vermont, came to Rochester, 
 Sangamon county, in 1833 or '34, and was 
 married Feb. i, 1838, to Eliza Delay. They 
 had seven children, near Rochester, name- 
 ly, JOSIAH, born Nov. 12, 1838, died Oct. 
 21/1866. JOHN, born March 14, 1840, 
 died June 10, 1860. CAROLINE born 
 Nov. 9, 1841, and HATTIE, born August 
 25, 1843, l' ve with their mother. WIL- 
 LIAM and ELIZA, twins, born Nov. 23, 
 1846. Wiiliam lives with his mother. 
 ELIZA married Dec. 18, 1873, to Dr. R. 
 T. McNeill. See his name. HENRY, 
 born July 20, 1850, lives with his mother.
 
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 EARLY SETTLERS OP 
 
 William W. Taft died Feb. 16, 1855, and 
 his widow resides on the farm where they 
 settled in 1838. It is one mile west of 
 Rochester, Sangamon county, 111. 
 
 SARAH, born August 13, 1805, in Ver- 
 mont, married in Sangamon county to 
 Caleb Sherman, and both died ; she in San- 
 gamon county and he in Iowa. 
 
 ANN, born April 10, 1812, in Vermont, 
 married Mr. Tracy. He died and she mar- 
 ried Munson Carter, and resides in Roches- 
 ter, 111. 
 
 NANCy, born Sept. 5, 1819, in Ver- 
 mont, married in Sangamon county to 
 Henry Pier. They reside at Belvidere, 
 111. 
 
 HARRIET, born April 18, 1822, in 
 Vermont, married Josiah Adams. They 
 reside near Harrel, Christian county, 111. 
 
 Mrs. Phoebe Taft died April 2, 1861, in 
 Rochester, Sangamon county, 111. 
 
 TALBOTT, DAVID, was born 
 Jan. 6, 1786, in Baltimore county, Mary- 
 land. " There is a tradition that has been 
 handed down to the Talbotts in this coun- 
 try, that prior to, or about the year 1 700, 
 three brothers came over from England, 
 two of whom settled in Virginia and one 
 in Maryland. They seem to have visited 
 and continued their acquaintance, and in 
 the course ot time united in looking up 
 up their old-fashioned silver plate, of which 
 they appear to have had a considerable 
 quantity. After a general consultation, 
 they decided to return this silver plate to 
 England for remodeling. It was conse- 
 quently shipped for that purpose, but the 
 vessel in which it was sent was never 
 heard from." The above was taken from 
 a letter written by Thomas E. Talbott, of 
 Dalhoff, St. Charles county, Mo., to his 
 cousin, Thomas Talbott, of Sangamon 
 county. He facetiously adds: "Perhaps 
 some of the Spirit Rappers might call up 
 the spirit of the captain of that old ship 
 and ask him the name of the shippers of 
 this precious plate." He thus disposes of 
 the effort to trace the geneology of the 
 three brothers, but at the same time makes 
 it quite plain that the one who settled in 
 Maryland was named John. He had a son 
 Edward who married an English lady by 
 the name of Margaret Slade. Edward 
 Talbott died soon after marriage. A son, 
 Edward, was born April 6, 1764, after the 
 death of his father, on what was called 
 " My Lady's Manor," in Baltimore county, 
 
 Maryland. This Edward Talbott was 
 married in 1783, in Harford county, Mary- 
 land, to Elizabeth Standiford. They had 
 twelve sons and one daughter. It was 
 their second son, David, whose name heads 
 this sketch. When David Talbott was 
 about ten years old his father moved to 
 Shelby county, Kentucky. He was there 
 married Dec. 4, 1806, to Harriet Harding, 
 who was born Dec. 25, 1787, in Berkley 
 county, Virginia. Her father, Nathan 
 Harding, moved to Shelby county about 
 1802. David Talbott and wife had twelve 
 living children in Shelby :ounty, Ken- 
 tucky. The whole family, with the excep- 
 tion of the eldest son, moved to Sangamon 
 county, Illinois, arriving April 16, 1835, in 
 what is now Curran township, south of 
 Spring creek. In the fall of that year 
 they moved north of Spring creek, in what 
 is now Garden township. Of their chil- 
 dren 
 
 LUCINDA, born Dec. 14, 1808, in 
 Kentucky, is unmarried, and resides with 
 her brother Thomas, at the family home- 
 stead. 
 
 FLETCHER, born March 24, 1810, 
 in Shelby county, Kentucky, commenced 
 the study of medicine in 1832, with Dr. 
 Hanson Harding, in Shelbyville, Ken- 
 tucky, attended lectures at Transylvania 
 University, Lexington, Kentucky, in the 
 winters of 1834 and '5, and in the spring 
 of the latter year commenced practice in 
 Spencer county, Kentucky. He came to 
 Springfield, Illinois, in the autumn of 1836, 
 where he practiced medicine one year and 
 returned to Lexington, Kentucky, attended 
 a second course of lectures and graduated 
 in March, 1838. He returned to Spring- 
 field in May and continued there until Sep- 
 tember, when he moved to the country a 
 few miles west of Springfield, where he 
 has continued practicing his profession until 
 the present time. Dr. Fletcher Talbott 
 was married in Morgan county, Illinois, 
 June 18, 1839, to Ruth R. Gatton. They 
 had seven children. WILLIAM T., 
 born July 6, 1841, in that part of Mor- 
 gan which is now Cass county, Illinois, 
 was married November 2, 1864, in St. 
 Louis county, Missouri, to Sarah F. 
 Gardner, a daughter of Thomas Gardner. 
 She was born April 6, 1842. They ru-ve 
 five children, THOMAS G., JOHN F., NET- 
 TIE E., MABEL and CHARLES D., the lat- 
 ter born May 13, 1876, is the " centennial "
 
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 of the family. William T. Talbott is one 
 of the neatest farmers I have found in San- 
 gamon county, or any other place. That 
 he is thoroughly posted on all the late-t 
 improvements in agriculture, a visit to his 
 farm, "Elder Grove," will convince the 
 most casual observer. He has an extensive 
 library, a large collection of minerals, fos- 
 sils, copper coins, etc., etc. Mr. Talbott 
 and family reside at " Elder Grove," two 
 miles northwest of Farmingdale, Sanga- 
 mon county, 111. David C., born August 
 i, 1843, in Sangamon county, was married 
 Oct. 28, 1868, to Elizabeth A. Firkins. 
 They have three children, namely, WAL- 
 TER, CARLTON and HENRY FLETCHER, 
 and reside in Curran, Sangamon county, 
 Illinois. JAMES L., born April 25, 
 1846, in Sanfamon county, was married 
 June 19, 1873, to Jennie Gill. They 
 have two children, ROSE and JOHN GILL, 
 and live two miles west of Springfield. 
 FLETCHER H., born October 28, 
 1848. MARY R., EDWARD R. and 
 CHARLES R. live with their parents. 
 Dr. Fletcher Talbott and wife reside six 
 miles west of Springfield, Illinois. 
 
 ELIZABETH, born Oct. 14, 1811, in 
 Kentucky, was married in Sangamon 
 county, to Noah Mason. See his name. 
 
 DA VID, Jun., born July 22, 1813, in 
 Shelby county, Kentucky, was married in 
 Sangamon county, Oct. 3, 1850, to Susan 
 Rickard. They had one child, ELLA 
 BELLE, who was born July 5, 1855, and 
 died August 20, 1875. David Talbott and 
 wife reside six and one-half miles west of 
 Springfield, Illinois. 
 
 ARSENETH, born Nov. 12, 1814, in 
 Kentucky, was married in Sangamon 
 county to James M. Bradford. See his 
 name. 
 
 77? OAM 3", born Feb. 21, 1816, in Ken- 
 tucky, is unmarried and lives at the home- 
 stead, where his parents settled in 1835, 
 six and a half miles west of Springfield, 
 Illinois. 
 
 HARRIET, born Jan. 31, 1818, in 
 Kentucky, was married in Sangamon 
 county March, 1838,10 Noah M. Rickard. 
 See his name. 
 
 LUTHER, born Feb. 11, 1820, in 
 Shelby county, Kentucky, was married in 
 Sangamon county, Illinois, June, 1851, to 
 Mary M. Rickard. They have eight chil- 
 dren, namely, CHARLES W., CATH- 
 ARINE L., ELIZA F., THOMAS F., 
 
 ARSENETH H., CAROLINE L., 
 DAVID K. and EMILY BELLE. 
 
 Luther Talbott and family reside near 
 Harristown, Macon county, Illinois. 
 
 MART R., born Jan. 2, 1822, in Ken- 
 tucky, was married Dec. 9, 1858, in Sanga- 
 mon county, Illinois, to Rev. Moses Sum- 
 mers, of the M. E. Church. They have 
 two children, EMILY F. and MOSES 
 W., and live two miles north of 
 Curran, Sangamon county, Illinois. 
 Rev. Moses Summers was born Sept. 
 n, 1818, in Onondaga county, New York. 
 He came to that part of Morgan county 
 which has since been added to Cass coun- 
 ty, Illinois, arriving Nov. 3, 1838. He was 
 there married to Eleanor Yaples. They 
 had three daughters. AZUBA R. lives 
 with her father, MARY E. married Pres- 
 ton H. Gibson, and lives at Brownsville, 
 Nebraska. SARAH C. married Irwin B. 
 Towl, and lives in Lincoln, Illinois. Mrs. 
 Eleanor Summers died Oct. 5, 1857. 
 
 EMIL Y, born Oct. 21, 1823, in Ken- 
 tucky, was married in Sangamon county 
 to George Brunk. See his name. He died 
 and she married Lindsey H. English, and 
 resides two miles southeast of Springfield, 
 Illinois. 
 
 CAROLINE, born August 24, 1825, 
 in Kentucky, died April 22, 1875, at the 
 family homestead, unmarried. Her death 
 was the first ot the twelve children David 
 Talbott brought to Sangamon county, 
 forty years before. 
 
 SARAH, born May i, 1827, in Ken- 
 tucky, was married in Sangamon county, 
 Oct. 12, 1847, to H. K. Cooper, who was 
 born Jan. 5, 1820, in Mercer county, Penn- 
 sylvania. They had two children, ROSE 
 H. married William E. Pirkins. See his 
 name. WILLIAM K. married Kate S. 
 Van Patten. They live one and a halt 
 miles northwest of Bradfordton, Sanga- 
 mon county, 111. Hugh K. Cooper died 
 Sept. 7, 1850. Mrs. Cooper was married 
 Sept. 5, 1858, to William J. Shaver, who 
 was born May 10, 1834, in Rensselaer 
 county, New York. They had three chil- 
 dren, JAMES A., and THOMAS T., the 
 eldest and youngest died under four years. 
 GEORGE D. lives with his mother. Wm. 
 J. Shaver died Jan. 25, 1864, and Mrs. 
 Sarah Shaver lives in Gardner township, 
 one and a half miles northwest of Brad- 
 fordton, Sangamon county, 111. 
 
 David Talbott died Oct. 31, 1867, and
 
 EA RL T SB TTLERS OP 
 
 Mrs. Harriet Talbott died Dec. 22, 1867, 
 both in Gardner township, Sangamon 
 county, 111. 
 
 TALBOTT, BENJAMIN, 
 was born June 19, 1798, in Fairfax county, 
 Virginia. He went to Kentucky, where 
 he was married Jan. 21, 1808, to Mrs. 
 Frances Lumsford, whose maiden name 
 was Johnson. Her former husband, Mr. 
 Lumsford, was an overseer and was 
 poisoned by negroes in Kentucky. They 
 had three children in Kentucky, and Mrs. 
 Frances Talbott died Nov." 17, 1817. 
 Benjamin Talbott was married April 8, 
 1818, to Elizabeth Johnson, sister of his 
 first wife, and a native of North Carolina. 
 They had two children. Benjamin Tal- 
 bott moved to Springfield, Illinois, >in 
 1826. Of their children 
 
 HANNAH, born Dec. 14, 1808, in 
 Kentucky, was married there to Alex- 
 ander Harrower. She died April 28, 
 1859. Mr. H. resides in Athens, Illinois. 
 
 HARVEY, born March 14, 1810, in 
 Kentucky, died in Springfield Oct. 8, 
 1832. 
 
 WILLIAM H., born August 10, 1817, 
 in Kentucky, was married Dec. 3, 1838, in 
 Sangamon county to Matilda Enyart. 
 They had six children, four died young. 
 Of the two living children, CHARLES 
 H., born May 13, 1845, in Springfield, is a 
 merchant in Burton View, Logan county, 
 Illinois. BENJAMIN F., born Feb. 10, 
 1848, in Springfield, is a printer and stock- 
 holder in the Springfield Printing Com- 
 pany. He is also Superintendent in the 
 job department, and resides in Springfield. 
 Mrs. Matilda Talbott died March 16, 1855, 
 and William H. Talbott was married Oct. 
 2, 1856,10 Mary Winters, who was born 
 August 2, 1824, in Franklin county, Penn. 
 They had two children, MARY E. and 
 WILLIAM H., Jun. The latter died 
 March 14, 1871, aged 11 years. William 
 H. Talbott, Sen., died Jan. 21,1874, and 
 his widow resides in Springfield, Illinois. 
 He was at the time of his death engaged 
 in the business of carriage and wagon 
 making, and had been for many vears. 
 
 MARJ^HA, born March 8," 1824, in 
 Kentucky, was married in Springfield 
 Oct. 27, 1842, to Daniel W. Witmer. 
 They have one child, MARY E., born 
 July 21, 1843, was ma^ied May n, 1863, 
 to Reuben M. Huckey. They have two 
 children, MATTIE R. and DANIEL w., and 
 
 reside in Springfield. Mr. and Mrs. Wit- 
 mer reside in Springfield, Illinois. 
 
 R QBE RT A., born Nov. 5, 1826, in 
 Springfield. He was married December, 
 1851, in Menard county, to Eveline 
 Robinson. They had five living children, 
 J. HARVEY, BENJAMIN S., CLARA 
 W., BETTIE N. 'and ROBERT W., 
 reside with their parents in Logan 
 county, six miles west of Lincoln, Illinois. 
 In the fall of 1874 R. A. Talbott was 
 elected to represent Logan county for two 
 years in the Legislature of Illinois. 
 
 Benjamin Talbott died April 29, i8t;S, 
 and Mrs. Elizabeth Talbott died March 
 29, 1870, both in Springfield, Illinois. 
 
 Soon after Benjamin Talbott came to 
 Springfield, in 1826, he acted as deputy 
 sheriff and assessor, and filled other minor 
 offices until 1836, when he was elected 
 county recorder, which office he held 
 until 1848, when, under the constitution 
 adopted that year, the office of recorder 
 was merged into that of circuit clerk. He 
 was elected to the latter office four years, 
 and after that had charge of the recorder's 
 branch until his death. 
 
 TAYLOR, FRANCIS, was born 
 August 23, i797> m Shelby county, Ken- 
 tucky. Nancy Jackson was born march 
 18, 1795, in the vicinity of Richmond, 
 Virginia, and was taken by her parents to 
 Shelby county, Kentucky, when she was 
 a child. They were married October, 
 1821, in Spencer county, where they had 
 two children, moved to Oldham county, 
 where three children were born, and then 
 returned to Spencer county, where they 
 had twins, one of whom died in infancy. 
 The family moved to Sangamon county, 
 Illinois, arriving Oct. 13, 1834, at what is 
 now Sangamon Station. Of their six 
 children 
 
 JULIA P., born and died in Ken- 
 tucky at ten years of age. 
 
 PER ME LI A A., born May 16, 1824, 
 in Spencer county, Kentucky, married in 
 Sangamon county April 16, 1840, to Ben- 
 jamin West. See his name. He died 
 and she married Erastus Woodruff, of 
 Orange county, New York. (His son, 
 Augustus Woodruff, by a former wife re- 
 sides near Sangamon Station.) Mr. and 
 Mrs. Woodruff had one child, MARY E., 
 born August i, 1853, married Oct. 22, 
 1873, to Frederick D. Wilson, a native of 
 St. Lawrence county, New York. They
 
 SANGA>\fON COUNT?. 
 
 73 
 
 reside four miles northwest of Illiopolis. 
 Erastus Woodruff died of cholera Oct. 
 30, 1854, on Round Prairie, five miles east 
 of Springfield. Mrs. Permelia A. Wood- 
 ruff married John North. See his name. 
 
 PHILIP W., born March 16, 1826, in 
 Old ham county, Kentucky, married Ann 
 M. Connelly. Thev had eight children, 
 and live at Clinton, DeWitt county, 111. 
 
 FRANCIS J., born March 14, 1828, 
 in Olclham county, Kentucky, married in 
 Rochester, Illinois, to Mary T. St. Clair. 
 They have five children, and reside at 
 Decatur, Illinois. 
 
 FANNY, born August 7, 1830, in 
 Oldham county, Kentucky, married in 
 Sangamon county June 22, 1848, to Rev. 
 Robert F. Shinn, of the Protestant 
 Methodist Church, and resides in Quincy, 
 Illinois. 
 
 *JOHN S., born Jan. 13, 1834, in 
 Spencer county, Kentucky, married Julia 
 Mills. They had two children, and Mr. 
 Taylor was drowned near Henry, Illinois, 
 Feb. 22, 1860. 
 
 Francis Taylor died March 21,1841, and 
 his widow died Nov. 21, 1852, both in 
 Sangamon county, Illinois. 
 
 TAYLOR, EDMOND, was 
 bora Oct. 22, 1785, in Christian county, 
 Kentucky, married there to Mary Pugh, 
 had five children, and she died. He mar- 
 ried Constant Blakey, who was born June 
 22, 1791, in Georgia. They moved to 
 what became Sangamon county, arriving 
 in the fall of 1819, on Sugar creek, and in 
 1822 or '23 mcved to the south side of 
 Spring creek, four and a half miles west of 
 Springfield. They had eight children in 
 Sangamon county, three died young. Of 
 his ten children 
 
 'JOHN, born in Kentucky, raised in 
 Sangamon county, married in 1829, in 
 Pike county, to Eveline Mclntire. They 
 have seven children, and live in Seneca, 
 Nemuha county, Kansas. 
 
 ED WARD, died in Sangamon county, 
 aged thirteen years. 
 
 ELIZABETH, born in Kentucky, 
 raised in Sangamon county, married 
 Samuel McClure, have nine children, and 
 resides near Macomb, Illinois. 
 
 ELLEN, born in Kentucky, married 
 in Sangamon county to Martin L. C. 
 Kendall. 
 
 JAMES, born in Kentucky in 1818, 
 raised in Sanramon countv. became sheriff 
 
 of Menard countv, and died in office, un- 
 married, about 1848. 
 
 By the second wife 
 WILLIAM, born in Sangamon coun- 
 ty, died in Iowa, aged twenty-one years. 
 
 NANCY, born in Sangamon county, 
 married Benjamin R. Kendall, have seven 
 children, and live in Jefferson countv, 
 Kansas. 
 
 SUSAN, born in Sangamon county, 
 married John Archer. See his name. 
 They reside near Macomb, Illinois. 
 
 DANIEL, born Nov. 28, 1829, in San- 
 gamon county, married Oct. 12, 1858, to 
 Nancy A. Ralston. They have six chil- 
 dren, WILLIAM E., JAMES H., 
 FANNIE E., LAURA A., JOHN G. 
 and JANE K., and reside on the farm 
 where his parents settled in 1822 or '23. 
 It is four and a half miles west of Spring- 
 geld, Illinois. 
 
 AMERICA A., born Nov. 18, 1831, 
 in Sangamon county, and married John 
 Vulgamott. They have nine children, 
 and reside near Oakley, Macon county, 
 Illinois. 
 
 Edmond Taylor died August 20, 1866, 
 and Mrs. Constant Taylor died Sept. 17, 
 1872, both in Sangamon county, Illinois. 
 
 T A Y LO R, J O H N . was born May 
 i, 1772, in Maryland. Three brothers, 
 Isaac, James and William Taylor, came 
 from England to America long before our 
 Revolution. \Vhere James and William 
 settled is unknown to the decedants of 
 Isaac, who settled in Maryland, and who 
 was the father of John, whose name heads 
 this sketch. The parents of John Taylor 
 emigrated when he was quite young to 
 Chester district, South Carolina, where 
 John was married to Susan Mobley. They 
 had seven children there, and moved in 
 1805 to that part of Barren which after- 
 wards became Hart county, Kentucky, 
 where one child was born, and Mrs. Susan 
 Taylor died there in 1808 or '9. John 
 Taylor was married in that county in 1816, 
 to Susan Trotter. They had one living 
 child there, and the family moved in 1818 
 to White county, Illinois. In the spring 
 of 1819 they moved to Wayne county, 
 where five children were born, and from 
 there to Sangamon county ,arriving in May, 
 1829, on Wolf creek, in Williams town- 
 ship, where three children were born, 
 making a total of seventeen children. John 
 Taylor spent six vears in Sangamon coim-
 
 74 
 
 EARLY SETTLERS OF 
 
 ty, and then moved to Moultrie county Il- 
 linois. In 1849 he settled in Davis county, 
 Iowa. He left home in Davis county to 
 tend a religious meeting in the adjoining 
 county of Appanoose, and died there Nov. 
 7, 1856. His widow now resides with some 
 of her children near Drakesville, Davis 
 county, Iowa. Of all the children of John 
 Taylor, three only settled permanently in 
 Sangamon county. Simeon, the eldest, 
 James, the fifth, and Isaac, the eighth, all 
 hy the first marriage. Of the other four- 
 teen I shall speak first. 
 
 ELIZABETH, born Sept. 27, 1796, 
 was married in Kentucky to David Garri- 
 son. They moved to Whits, and from 
 there to Wayne county, Illinois, brought 
 up a family, and both died there. 
 
 MARY, born March 5, 1798, in South 
 Carolina, was married in Hart county, 
 Kentucky, to George Coats, and still lives 
 there, near Mumfordville. 
 
 NINIAN, born Dec. 19,1799, in South 
 Carolina, was married in Kentucky, 
 brought up a large family, and died there 
 in 1862. 
 
 NANCT, born Oct. 4, 1803, in South 
 Carolina, was married in Wayne county, 
 Illinois, to James Bowling, moved to 
 Moultrie county, brought up a large 
 family, and lives near Sullivan, Illinois. 
 
 JOHN M., born April 24, 1805, in 
 South Carolina, was married in Kentucky 
 to Nancy Wilson, moved in 1849 to 
 Appanoose county, Iowa, brought up a 
 large family, and died there. 
 
 HARRISON, born about 1817 in 
 Hart county, Kentucky, came to Sanga- 
 mon county with his parents, and was 
 married in Moultrie county, Illinois, to 
 Eliza Killian. They moved to Appanoose 
 county, Iowa, and he enlisted in the 37th 
 Iowa (Graybeard) Regiment. Harrison 
 Tavior died in Iowa, a member of that 
 regiment, leaving a large family near 
 Drakesville, Davis county, Iowa. 
 
 ANN, born in Wayne county, Illinois, 
 was married in Moultrie county to Albert 
 Killian, ant' died in Appanoose county, 
 near Drakesville, Iowa. 
 
 MELINDA, born in Wayne county, 
 Illinois, was married in Moultrie county 
 to John Fleming, and both died in Davis 
 county, Iowa. 
 
 CHESJ^ER, born in Wayne county, 
 Illinois, was married in Davis county, 
 Iowa, and still lives near Drakesville. 
 
 DENNIS, born in Wayne county, 
 Illinois, was married in Sangamon county 
 to Caroline Simpson, and died in Davis 
 county, Iowa, leaving a widow and four 
 children, one of whom died young. Of 
 the other three, PASCO, in stepping 
 from one railroad car to another, fell 
 through and was killed instantlv, in June 
 1875. ADDIE and LULA live with 
 their mother near Drakesville, Iowa. 
 
 HENRT, born in Wayne county, 
 Illinois, was married in Davis county, 
 Iowa. 
 
 LUCINDA, born in Sangamon coun- 
 ty, Illinois, was married in Davis county, 
 Iowa, and died there. 
 
 AL VIN S., born June 19, 1834, in 
 Sangamon county, was married there 
 August 7, 1856, to Louisa J. Wilson. 
 They had two children in Sangamon 
 county, and moved in 1860 to Drakesville, 
 Davis county, Iowa, where two children 
 were born, one died in infancy. Mr. 
 Taylor enlisted August 9, 1862, in Co. B, 
 3oth Iowa Inf., for three years, was ap- 
 pointed first sergeant at the organization 
 of the company, promoted to first lieu- 
 tenant, but before receiving his commis- 
 sion, was promoted to captain and commis- 
 sioned by Governor Kirkwood, to take 
 rank from May 30, 1863. He entered 
 upon its duties in Mississippi, Sept. 2, 
 1^63, and was mortally wounded May 13, 
 1864, at Resacca, Georgia. He died there 
 in military hospital, June 7th. Of his 
 three children, CHARLES W. died Jan. 
 22, 1876. The other two, S. LESLIE 
 and NELLIE A., live with their mother, 
 half a mile south of Barclay, Sangamon 
 county, Illinois. 
 
 FOSTER, born in Sangamon county, 
 was married in Davis county, Iowa, and 
 moved farther west in the same State. 
 
 Of the three sons of John Taylor who 
 settled permanently in Sangamon county: 
 
 TAYLOR SIMEON, born 
 May 10, 1795, near Chester Court House, 
 Chester district, South Carolina, was 
 married March 5, 1817, in Hart coun- 
 ty, Kentucky, to Sarah Sturgeon. They 
 had one child there, and, in company 
 with his father's family, moved, in 1820, 
 to Wayne county, Illinois, where two chil- 
 dren were born. Mr. and Mrs. Tavior, 
 with their children, returned to Kentucky 
 on a visit, and Mrs. Taylor died there Au- 
 gust 19, 1824. In September, Mr. Taylor
 
 SANG AM ON COUNTY. 
 
 75 
 
 returned with his three children to Wayne 
 county, where he resided until the spring 
 of 1829, when, in company with his 
 brother James and family, he moved to 
 Sangamon county, and settled in what is 
 now Williams township. Of his three 
 children 
 
 JAMES S., born May 29, 1818, in 
 Hart county, Kentucky, was married Feb. 
 25, 1841, in Sangamon county, to Sarah 
 Halbert, They had five living children. 
 SIDNEY E., born Feb. 26, 1842, married 
 James VV. Jones. See his name. MAR- 
 GARET J., born Dec. 9, 1843, was mar- 
 ried March i, 1866, to John L. Wright. 
 They have one living child, SARAH H., 
 and reside five and one-half miles south- 
 east of Williamsville, Sangamon county, 
 111. SUSAN C., born Nov. 22, 1848, was 
 married March 29, 1869, to Benjamin F. 
 Cleverly. They have one child, LENA, 
 and live at Illiopolis, Sangamon county, 
 111. DRUSILLA, born Oct. 28, 1851, 
 married Mr. Hunter, and lives at River- 
 ton, Sangamon county, 111. ANNIE, 
 born Feb. 6, 1854, lives with her parents, 
 three-fourths of a mile south of Barclay, 
 Sangamon countv Illinois 1874. 
 
 ELlZAJ3E7W,\)ovn March 31, 1821, 
 in Wayne county, Illinois, married Hugh 
 L. Cooper. See his name. 
 
 SUSANNAH, born Jan. 27, 1823, in 
 Wayne county, Illinois, was married in 
 Sangamon county to John Webb. See 
 his name. They have six children, and 
 live in loka, Keokuk county, Iowa. 
 
 Simeon Taylor was married the second 
 time August 9, 1832, in Sangamon county, 
 to Jane Blue. They had seven children, 
 namely: 
 
 JOHN B., born Nov. 2, 1833, married 
 Anna Thompson, who had one child, 
 JANE M., and Mrs. Anna Taylor died. 
 John B. Taylor married Jane Dickerson. 
 They have one child, JOHN W., and live 
 five miles southeast of Williamsville, in 
 Logan county, Illinois. 
 
 NANCY, born Nov. 23, 1834, was 
 married August 17, 1854,10 Adam Braugh- 
 ton, who was born June i, 1829, in Frank- 
 lin county, Ohio. They had nine children, 
 three of whom died under nine years of 
 age. JAMES A. died August 19, 1872, in 
 his tenth year, caused by the kick of a 
 horse. W T ILLIAM M., GEORGE W., 
 A DEL BERT C., EMELINE and 
 ETHEL live with their parents, two miles 
 
 -89 
 
 west of Barclay, Sangamon county, Illi- 
 nois. 
 
 NINIAN, M., born Dec. 26, 1835, was 
 married Jan. 15, 1857, to Elizabeth P. 
 Constant. She died Feb. 2, 1858, and N. 
 M. Taylor was married Jan. 11, 1859, to 
 Mahala E. Lard. They have four children, 
 SIMEON W.,CHARLES A., NINIAN 
 L. and LORIN O., and live four miles 
 southeast of Springfield, Illinois. 
 
 MART, born April 16, 1837, in Sanga- 
 mon county, and 
 
 EMILY, born August 16, 1838, are 
 unmarried, and live with their father. 
 
 CAROLINE, born Jan. 20, 1839, was 
 married August 28, 1857, to John Hendrix. 
 See his name. They live near Dawson, 
 Sangamon county, 111. 
 
 WILLIAM L., born Nov. 13, 1842, is 
 unmarried and lives with his father. 
 
 Mrs. Jane Taylor died Feb. 23, 1843, ant * 
 Simeon Taylor was married April 15, 1850, 
 to Susan Hendrix. They had one child, 
 SIMEON, which died in infancy, and 
 Mrs. Susan Taylor died July n, 1852. 
 Simeon Taylor resides on the farm where 
 he settled in 1829, three-fourths of a mile 
 north of Barclay, Sangamon county, 111. 
 
 TAYLOR, JAMES, born Nov. 
 2, 1801, in Chester district, South Caro- 
 lina, moved with his parents to Hart coun- 
 ty, Kentucky, and thence to Wayne coun- 
 ty, 111., where he was married to Mary 
 Kelly, who was born in Hart county, also, 
 and taken by her parents when young to 
 Wayne county. They had five children, 
 and moved to Sangamon county in the 
 spring of 1829, settling in what is now 
 Williams township, near Barclay, where 
 seven children were born. Of their nine 
 children who lived to any considerable age: 
 
 Z.ERELDA, born in Wayne county, 
 Illinois, married James W. Cooper. See 
 his name. 
 
 NINIAN R., born Feb. 13, 1825, in 
 Wayne county, Illinois, was married April 
 i, 1847, ' n Sangamon county, to Catha- 
 rine (Kittie) Halbert. They have five 
 living children. JOHN B., born May 22, 
 1851, was married Dec. 2, 1873, to Miranda 
 Turley, and lives in Williamsville. 
 LEWIS C., born April 9, 1854, graduated 
 at Bellevue Medical College, New York, 
 March i, 18755 an d is practicing medicine 
 at Auburn, 111. ELLEN, EMMA and 
 FRANK H., live with their parents. 
 Ninian R. Taylor was elected in 1870 to
 
 706 
 
 EARL? SETTLERS OF 
 
 represent Sangamon county, in the twenty- 
 seventh General Assembly of Illinois, for 
 two years. He and his family reside at 
 Williamsville, Sangamon county, 111. He 
 is a merchant there. 
 
 JOHN was drowned, aged ten years. 
 He and Eli Wilson were skating and both 
 were drowned. 
 
 R.HODA, born in Wayne county, Illi- 
 nois, was married in 1848 in Sangamon 
 county, 111., to Wm H. White. She died 
 of cholera in 1851, leaving one child, BER- 
 TRAND D. WHITE, who lives near 
 Gibson, Ford county, 111. 
 
 ISAAC J., born Oct. 12, 1830, in San- 
 gamon county, married Margaret Halbert. 
 They had two children, ALEXANDER 
 D , born May 9, 1854, graduated at Rush 
 Medical College, Chicago, in 1875, and is 
 practicing medicine at Cotton Hill, Sanga- 
 mon county, 111. MARY ETHEL, lives 
 with her father. Mrs. Margaret Taylor 
 died May 16, 1863, and I. J. Taylor was 
 married May 27, 1864, to Mary A. Mc- 
 Ginnis. They have two children, JOHN 
 
 E. and LEONARD R., and reside two 
 and a half miles southeast of Williamsville, 
 Sangamon county, 111. 
 
 JAMES H., born Dec. 25, 1832, in 
 Sangamon county, was married Jan. 5, 
 1855, to Rachel C. Groves. They had six 
 children. JAMES A. died in his fourth 
 year, BARBARA A., MARY E.,DORA 
 B., GERTRUDE C. and WILLIAM H. 
 live with their parents. James H. Taylor 
 moved his family to Danville, Illinois, Nov. 
 28, 1868, and now 1876 reside there. 
 
 SIMEON M., born Feb. 2, 1835, in 
 Sangamon county, married Louisa Bu- 
 chanan. They have one child, MARY 
 K., and reside on West Monroe street, 
 Springfield, Illinois 
 
 FRANCIS K., born June 14, 1840, 
 in Sangamon county, was married Oct. 
 24, 1 86 1, to Elizabeth Kalb. They had 
 three children, FLORA L., died Nov. 
 1 8, 1875, in her thirteenth year; NELLIE 
 
 F. died Nov. 25, 1875, in her tenth year, 
 and JAMES C. died Nov. 14, 1875, in his 
 sixth year, all of malignant diptheria. F. 
 L. Taylor and wife reside at the home- 
 stead where his father settled in 1829, 
 three-fourths of a mile north of Barclay, 
 Sangamon county, Illinois. 
 
 MARTIN K, born March 22, 1842,111 
 Sangamon county, married Mary Buch- 
 anan, a native of Brown county, Illinois. 
 
 They have three children, JESSE O., 
 WILLIAM A. and JENNIE L., and 
 live near Barclay, Illinois. 
 
 Mrs. Mary Taylor died July 27, 1852, 
 and James Taylor died July 27, 1857, both 
 where they settled in 1829, near Barclay, 
 Sangamon county, Illinois. 
 
 TAYLOR, ISAAC, born Feb. 9, 
 1807, in Hart county, Kentucky, came 
 with his father to \Vhite county, and from 
 there to Wayne county, Illinois. He 
 came alone in 1828 to Sangamon county, 
 being the first of the family to arrive. In 
 February, 1829, he went to the Wisconsin 
 lead mines, and returned in September of 
 that year, entered land and made some 
 improvements near where German 
 Prairie Station now stands. He enlisted 
 in 1831 under Captain, now General, 
 Moses K. Anderson, in the Blackhawk 
 war, but their services were not needed. 
 In the spring of 1832 he passed through 
 Blackhawk's army at Dixon, on his way 
 to to the lead mines, and was in great 
 danger, as hostilities commenced soon 
 after. He volunteered at the mines and 
 served until the close of the war, returning 
 home in December, 1832. He was mar- 
 ried Feb. 13, 1834, to Sarah M. Elliott, at 
 Springfield, Illinois. They had thirteen 
 children. Of their eleven living chil- 
 dren 
 
 MART J., born Dec. n, 1835, in 
 Sangamon county, was married Feb. 9, 
 1854, to William H. White. They have 
 seven living children, CHARLES, 
 FLORENCE, MARTHA, GEORGIA, 
 MARY A., EMMA and NELLIE, who 
 live with their parents near Gibson City, 
 Ford county, Illinois. 
 
 ZILPHA A., born May 27, 1838, in 
 Sangamon county, was married there in 
 July, 1856, to James S. Halbert. They 
 had two living children, M. ESTELLA 
 and ROSELLA. Mrs. Halbert then 
 married James H. Cartwell. See his 
 name. They have one child, LESLIE 
 G. 
 
 SARAH E., born July 19, 1840, mar- 
 ried Isaac Wilson. See his name. They 
 have five living children, KATE, 
 ALBERT, ELMER, ELIZA and 
 NORA. 
 
 DA VID A., born j"uly 16, 1842, in 
 Sangamon county, was married January, 
 1866, to Mary C. Constant. She died 
 August 21, 1874, leaving three children,
 
 SANGAMON COUNTY. 
 
 707 
 
 OTTO, EMMA H. and JIMMIE H., 
 who live at present 1876 with their 
 grand-papa Taylor. David A. Taylor 
 lives near Gibson City, Ford county, 111. 
 
 NANNIE E., born March 13/1864, 
 and 
 
 AMANDA M., born June 4, 1846, re- 
 side with their parents. 
 
 JOHN W., born March i, 1848, in 
 Sangamon county, was married Jan. 17, 
 1872, in Springfield, Illinois, to Lydia A. 
 Claspill, who was born Nov. 5, 1849, at 
 Moore's Hill, Dearborn county, Indiana. 
 They have two children, CLARA 
 MAUD and NELLIE M., and reside 
 on the farm where his father settled in 
 1830. It is near German Prairie Station, 
 Sangamon county, Illinois. 
 
 ISAAC H., born March 16, 1850, in 
 Sangamon county, graduated at Rush 
 Medical College, Chicago, Illinois, Feb- 
 ruary, 1871, and was married Jan. 16, 1872, 
 to Irena Constant. They have one child, 
 PERCY L. Dr. I. H. Taylor is a prac- 
 ticing physician, and resides at Barclay, 
 Sangamon county, Illinois. 
 
 JAMES Z., born Feb. 7, 1853, in 
 Sangamon county, and attend lectures at 
 Rush Medical College, Chicago, Illinois, 
 during the winter of 1875 and '76. 
 
 C. L. ROSCOJ5,born April 8, 1855, 
 in Sangamon county, and 
 
 WALTER C., born Dec. 28, 1856, 
 live with their parents. 
 
 Isaac Taylor and family reside one and 
 three-quarter miles west of Dawson, 
 Sangamon county, Illinois. Mr. Taylor 
 says that Jacob Donner and Wife were 
 members of the Christian Church, that 
 then worshipped near German Prairie 
 Station. Mr. Taylor being clerk, gave 
 them letters, by order of the church, 
 when thev left for the Pacific coast, and to 
 the horrible doom that awaited them. His 
 recollection of Jacob Donner is that he 
 was a model Christian gentleman. 
 
 TAYLOR, JOHN, was born in 
 Danville, Ky. He came when a young 
 man to Madison county, Illinois, and was 
 there married to Elizabeth Burkhead, 
 who was born near Charleston, South 
 Carolina. They returned to Kentucky, 
 and had three children there, and moved 
 to Edwardsville, Illinois, where they had 
 one child, and from there to what became 
 Sangamon county, arriving in 1819 on 
 Sugar creek, in what is now Ball town- 
 
 ship, where they had two children, and in 
 1822 moved to Springfield, where they had 
 two children. When Sangamon county 
 was organized, in 1821, John Taylor was 
 elected sheriff, and by re-elections held the 
 office about six years. He was afterwards 
 appointed receiver of the United States 
 Land Office at Springfield, was one of the 
 original proprietors of the town, and did 
 much in the way of improvements to ad- 
 vance its interests. Of his children 
 
 HANNAH, born Jan. 27, 1811, in 
 Kentucky, was married in Springfield 
 April, 1832, to S. M. Tinsley, a native of 
 Virginia. They had eleven children in 
 Springfield. Mr. Tinsley was for many 
 years one of the leading merchants of the 
 city, and died in 1867. Mrs. Hannah 
 Tinsley died m July, 1869. 
 
 MARGARET, born Dec. 28, 1813, in 
 Kentucky, was married Sept. 28, 1829, in 
 Springfield, Illinois, to Edmond Dick 
 Taylor, who was born October 18, 
 1804, at Lunenburg Court House, 
 V irginia. His father's name was Giles 
 Taylor, and his mother's maiden 
 name was Sina Stokes. They moved 
 to Lexington, Kentucky, in 1806, and 
 two years later to Hopkinsville, in the 
 same State. In 1814 they moved to 
 Gallatin county, Illinois, where Mr. 
 Taylor was tor several years engaged in 
 the manufacture of salt. Edmund D. 
 Taylor came to Springfield in the fall of 
 1823, and went into general merchandising, 
 with Colonel John Taylor, who after- 
 wards became his father-in-law. In 1832 
 he was elected to represent Sangamon 
 county in the Illinois Legislature, his 
 opponent being no less a personage than 
 Abraham Lincoln. He can justly boast 
 of being the only man that ever defeated 
 Mr. Lincoln in an election. In 1834 he 
 was elected to the State Senate. In 1835 
 he resigned his seat in the Senate to 
 accept the appointment from President 
 Jackson as receiver of public moneys in the 
 United States land office in Chicago, and 
 opened the first land sale ever held there, in 
 June, 1835. ^ n f rt y days he found himself 
 in possession of $493,000. When he re- 
 ported it to the Secretary of the Treasury, 
 that officer responded with the exclama- 
 tion, " Is this not fiction ? " Colonel Tay- 
 lor's bond was only $30,000. He was for 
 many years actively engaged in politics as 
 a leader in the Democratic party. He has
 
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 been engaged in banking and land specu- 
 lations all his life. He lost several thousand 
 dollars in the Chicago fire, but is still very 
 wealthy and full of business. Colonel E. 
 D. Taylor and wife had thirteen children, 
 six only of whom are living. One 
 daughter married S. Snowden Hayes, and 
 lives in Chicago. Colonel Taylor's busi- 
 ness is largely in Chicago, but he resides 
 at Mendota, Illinois. 
 
 JAMES, born Jan 27, 1814, in Chris- 
 tian county, Kentucky, was brought up in 
 Springfield, Illinois. He was a soldier 
 from Sangamon county in the Blackhawk 
 war. His sister, Mrs. Hurst, remembers 
 that herself and some other school girls 
 went into a bakery and assisted in preparing 
 crackers for the soldiers, at the time her 
 brother went. James Taylor was married 
 in Springfield July 25, 1837, to Eliza C. 
 Bryan, daughter of Nicholas Bryan. 
 See his name. They had six living chil- 
 dren, MARY E., born June 14, 1839, in 
 Petersburg, Illinois, married in Spring- 
 field June, 25, 1874, to James M. Barclay, 
 a native of Kentucky. They have one 
 child, LOUAN E., and live in Cairo, Illinois, 
 ELIZA B., born Dec. 9, 1841, in Peters- 
 burg, Illinois, was married March 19, 
 1863, in Beardstown, Illinois, to Robert 
 W. Miller, of Sangamon county. They 
 have four children, WINLOCK w., JEAN- 
 
 NETTE, ROBERT TAYLOR and MARY B., 
 
 and live at Cairo, Illinois. HANNAH 
 T., born Oct. 15, 1843, was married in 
 Springfield April 17, 1867, to James M. 
 Epler. They have three children, ANNIE 
 LOU, HANNAH T. and JAMES T., and live 
 in Jacksonville, Illinois. ANN M., born 
 Oct. i, 1845, in Springfield, lives with her 
 mother. JOHN C., born Nov. 10, 1647, 
 in Bath, Mason county, Illinois, was mar- 
 ried in Clinton, Illi lois, Sept. 24, 1873, to 
 Mary Jane Bryan, a native of Pennsyl- 
 vania. They have one child, JOHN CLAY, 
 and live in Springfield. JAMES S., 
 born August 16, 1855, at Beardstown, 
 Illinois, lives with his mother. James 
 Taylor went to Petersburg soon after 
 marriage, and sold goods there five years. 
 He afterwards moved to Springfield and 
 remained five years, thence to Beardstown, 
 where he was sheriff of Cass county from 
 1850 to i >59, and four years circuit clerk. 
 He returned to Springfield in 1863 and 
 acted as deputy shei'ifF one year. He 
 
 died July 26, 1873, and his widow resides 
 in Springfield, Illinois. 
 
 ED WARD J., born in Edwardsville, 
 Illinois, brought up in Springfield, is un- 
 married, and lives now 1876 in Mary- 
 ville, Missouri. 
 
 JANE E., born June 27, 1820, in San- 
 gamon county, was married in Springfield 
 to David Kriegh, a native ot Hagerstown, 
 Maryland. They live in Chicago, Illinois. 
 
 ANN, born April 3, 1822, in Sangamon 
 county, was married in Springfield to 
 Charles R. Hurst. See his name. 
 
 WILLIAM W., born October, 1820, 
 in Springfield, Illinois, died in 1853. 
 
 ANDRE W J. 
 
 John Taylor died at Beardstown May 
 12, 1849, on hi s wa j to New Orleans. 
 Mrs. Elizabeth Taylor died July, 1855, in 
 Springfield, Illinois. 
 
 TAYLOR, JOHN, was born Sept. 
 I, 1804, in Tennessee, and when quite 
 young was taken by his parents to Cape 
 Girardeau county, Missouri. Mary 
 Thomas was born Nov. 14, 1799, in 
 Bracken county, Ky. Her parents moved 
 to Lebanon, Ohio, and from there to St. 
 Genevieve county, Mo., and then to Cape 
 Girardeau county. She was there married 
 to Samuel Cupples, had three children, and 
 Mr. Cupples died in 1828. Mrs. Cupples 
 was married March 22, 1834, to John Tay- 
 lor. They had two children in Cape Girar- 
 deau county, and moved to Sangamon 
 county, Illinois, arriving in the spring of 
 1837, we t of Springfield, and early in 
 1838 moved to a farm he purchased, in 
 what is now Gardner township, north of 
 Spring creek, where three children were 
 born. Of all her children 
 
 MART Cupples, born Dec. 8, 1821, in 
 Missouri, is unmarried, and lives with her 
 mother. 
 
 FRANCES T. Cupples, born March 
 9, 1823, in Missouri, married Sept. 28, 
 1847, to Ly sander Root, and she died Feb. 
 16, 18=50. 
 
 R US ETTA C. Cupples was born 
 Nov. n, 1826, in Missouri, married April 
 9, 1844, in Sangamon county, to Jesse M. 
 Shepherd. They have three living chil- 
 dren, and reside at Baker City, Oregon. 
 He is a practicing attorney, and editor of 
 the Bed Rock Democrat 1874. 
 
 Of the Taylor children 
 
 ANN E., born Nov. 25, 1834, in Mis-
 
 SAN GAM ON COUNTT. 
 
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 souri, died in Sangamon county, Feb. 6, 
 1850. 
 
 AD ALINE C., born August 8, 1836, 
 in Missouri, married in Sangamon county, 
 March, 1854, to John P. Attix. They have 
 three children, and live near Keosauqua, 
 Iowa. 
 
 RICHARD S., born May 25, 1838, in 
 Sangamon county, married in Iowa, Dec. 
 25, 1867, has two children, and lives at Os- 
 wego, Kansas. 
 
 MARGARET A., born June 18, 1840. 
 in Sangamon county, lives with her mother, 
 
 JOHN W., born August 10, 1842, in 
 Sangamon county, was married Feb. 25, 
 1864, to Margaret L. Stevenson. They 
 had three children, LOTTIE B., JESSE 
 B. and CLARA L. Mrs. Margaret L. 
 Taylor died July 6, 1872, and John W. 
 Taylor married in 1874 Nancy E. McKin- 
 nie. They have one child, WILLIAM, 
 and live near Bradfordton, Sangamon 
 county, 111. 
 
 John Taylor died April 22, 1853, in San- 
 gamon county, and his widow resides 
 where they settled in 1838. It is one and 
 three-fourth miles southwest of Bradford- 
 ton, Sangamon county, 111. 
 
 TAYLOR, JOHN W I C K- 
 LIFFE, was born April 21, 1798, in 
 Boone county, Kentucky, nearly opposite 
 Lawrenceburg, Indiana. In 1802 his 
 parents moved to that part of Gallatin 
 which is now Trimble county in the same 
 State, opposite the city of Madison, 
 Indiana. <See sketch of his two sisters, 
 Mrs. Jane E. Elliott, widow of James 
 Elliott, and Mrs. Sally Smith, widow of 
 Joseph Smith. J. Wickliffe Taylor was 
 married June i, 1820, in Tremble county, 
 Kentucky, to Jemima Gray, who was born 
 there Feb. 8, 1804. They had one child 
 there, and moved to Springfield, Illinois, 
 . early in 1833. In April, 1834, they moved 
 to what ia now Cartwright township, ten 
 miles west of Springfield, where they had 
 three children. Of their four children 
 
 JOHN P., born April 10, 1821, in 
 Kentucky, died there July 19, 1832. 
 
 BENJAMIN P., born and died in 
 Sangamon county, aged three years. 
 
 WILLIAM //., born August 2, 1838, 
 in Sangamon county. He has spent the 
 last two years in Colorado, and has just 
 returned to Sangamon county, and lives 
 near Wheatfield. 
 
 SALLIE JANE, born August 12, 
 1843, and died April 18, 1858. 
 
 Mrs. Jemima Taylor died in 1874, near 
 Wheatfield. Since her death Mr. Taylor 
 has lived with his sister, Mrs. Smith, at 
 Bates. 
 
 T. W. Taylor was elected in 1852 Judge 
 of the Sangamon county court, and served 
 four years. 
 
 TAYLOR, WILLIAM, was 
 born in Bath county, Kentucky, married 
 there to Mrs. Patrick, and brought his 
 family to Sangamon county, Illinois, ar- 
 riving in 1835 in what is now Cotton Hill 
 township. His son 
 
 ED WARD,\>ovn in Bath county, Ken- 
 tucky, married in Sangamon county to a 
 daughter of Isaac Martin, who was a 
 brother to Abraham Martin. His daugh- 
 ter, MELISSA, born in Sangamon county, 
 Jan. 8, 1845, mari ~i e( 3 Sept. 27, 1866, to 
 John W. Wigginton, who was born Jan. 
 12, 1835, in Trimble county, Kentucky, and 
 came to Sangamon county in 1866. They 
 reside at Breckenridge Sangamon county, 
 Illnois. 
 
 TAYLOR, WILLI AM, B., was 
 born Dec. 25, 1800, near Salem, New Jer- 
 sey. Beulah Smith was born Dec. 19, 1810, 
 in Cape May county, New Jersey. They 
 were married Jan. 4, 1830, in Cape May 
 county, and had three living children in 
 New Jersey. They moved to Sangamon 
 county, Illinois, arriving May 16, 1838, in 
 what is now Gardner township, one and a 
 half miles north of Farmingdale, where 
 they had five children. Of their eight 
 children 
 
 JOHN L., born Oct. 13 1830, in New 
 Jersey, raised in Sangamon county, and 
 started April 4, 1851, to California. He has 
 not been definitely heard fiom by his 
 friends since 1857. 
 
 BEULAH ANN., born August 10, 
 1835, in New Jersey, married in Sanga- 
 mon county, in 1857, * I som Bolin. They 
 have six children and live in Sangamon 
 countv, Illinois. 
 
 R OX AN A S., born Oct. 22, 1837, in 
 New Jersey, is unmarried, and resides with 
 her brother, William B., Jun. 
 
 VICTORIA M., born Dec. 28, 1839, 
 in Sangamon county ,lives with her brother, 
 William B. Jun. 
 
 JOSEPHINE, M., born March 3, 
 1840, in Sangamon county, married Nov. 
 ii, 1858,10 Sidney Robins, had one child,
 
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 CHARLES, and for a second husband 
 married, August, 1867, to Geo J. Fiddler. 
 They have one child, JACOB BEN., and 
 live in Mason City, Illinois. 
 
 WILLIAM BIDDLE, Jun., born 
 June i, 1842, in Sangamon county, and re- 
 sides four miles north of Farmingdale, 
 Sangamon county, Illinois 1874. 
 
 ABIGAIL B., born March 20, 1845, 
 in Sangamon county, married April 6, 
 1865, to Thomas Maylor, and lives near 
 Coyville, Wilson county, Kansas. 
 
 ZACHART, born 'Oct. 23, 1846, in 
 Sangamon county, and died Oct. 15, 1864. 
 
 William B. Taylor, Sen., died May 26, 
 1852, and his widow died August 22, 1860, 
 both in Sangamon county. He was re- 
 lated to Nicholas Biddle, who was asso- 
 ciated with the first United States bank. 
 
 THAYER, JOSEPH, was born 
 June. 30, 1786, at Amherst, Massachusetts. 
 He moved to Springfield, Illinois, in 1834. 
 He is the father of Rev. Erastus W. 
 Thayer, of Chatham, Illinois, and of 
 Edward R. Thayer, one of the oldest 
 merchants of Springfield. Joseph Thayer 
 is in his ninety-first year, and resides in 
 Springfield, Illinois. His brother, Asahel, 
 resides in Waverly, Illinois. His brother, 
 Martin, was the father of William P. 
 Thayer. See his name. Joseph Thayer's 
 brother, Stephen, was the father of Henry 
 Thayer, of Chatham, Illinois. See 
 Huston. 
 
 THAYER, ASAHEL, born 
 Feb. 104 1790, in Amherst, Massachusetts, 
 was married May, 1813, to Mary Cannon, 
 of Greenwich, Massachusetts. They had 
 eleven children, five of whom died young. 
 They moved to Chatham, Sangamon 
 county, Illinois, May 14, 1839, thence to 
 Morgan -county, Illinois, in 1846. Ot their 
 children 
 
 LOIS K., born in 1814 in Amherst, 
 Massachusetts, was married in February, 
 1839, to George W. Crooker. See his 
 name. Mrs. Lois Crooker died suddenly 
 at Taylorville, Illinos, July 5, 1876, after 
 the Crooker family sketch was printed. 
 See sketch of G. W. Crooker. 
 
 ASAHEL E., born in 1821 in Am- 
 herst, was a member of the junior class in 
 Amherst College, when he came to 
 Illinois with his father, began the study of 
 medicine with Dr.J. B. Lewis,of Chatham, 
 and died in his twenty-first year. 
 
 GUSTAVUS H., born in 1825, in 
 
 Amherst, is a graduate of Illinois College, 
 and at one time a minister in the M. E. 
 Church. He is unmarried, and resides 
 with his father. 
 
 HELEN, born in 1827, in Amherst, 
 died in her twenty-eighth year. 
 
 EMMA) born in 1832, in Amherst, 
 was married January, 1850, to T. Milton 
 Metcalf. He is now county clerk of 
 Macoupin county. They have an 
 adopted daughter, and reside in Carlinville, 
 Illinois. 
 
 FRANCES A., born in 1834 in Am- 
 herst, resides with her father. 
 
 Mrs. Mary Thayer died May, 1866, in 
 Waverly, where Asahel Thayer now re- 
 sides 1876. 
 
 THAYER, WILLIAM P., 
 
 was born March 15, 1815, in Petersburg, 
 Virginia. His father, Martin Thayer,was 
 a native of Amherst, Massachusetts, and 
 when a young man went to Petersburg, 
 Virginia, where he engaged in business, 
 and was there married to Mrs. Mary C. 
 Mason, whose maiden name was Russell. 
 When the subject of this sketch was about 
 seven years old, his mother died, and his 
 father closed his business and returned to 
 Amherst, Massachusetts, where William 
 P. remained until he was fifteen years old, 
 when he went to New York city as clerk 
 in a dry goods house. About a year later 
 his father engaged in the dry goods busi- 
 ness in Philadelphia, and William P. joined 
 him there as clerk. In 1835 the latter went 
 to Newville, Cumberland county, Pennsyl- 
 vania, and began merchandizing on his 
 own account. He was there married, Jan. 
 4, 1837, to Mary Huston, who was born 
 in Newville, Jan. 21, 1817. Mr. Thayer 
 closed his business there, and started Jan. 
 31, 1838, for the west, accomnanied by his 
 wife, babe and servant girl. They traveled 
 in a two-horse wagon, fitted up with a 
 stove, and windows on the sides, so that the 
 family might be comfortable, and also see 
 the country as they passed along. After 
 six months travel and many hair-breadth 
 escapes from icy roads and high water, 
 they arrived in Springfield, Illinois, March 
 13, 1838, and came very near stalling, with 
 his wagon to the axles in the mud, near 
 the southeast corner of the State House 
 Square. They had seven children in San- 
 gamon county. Of all their children 
 JAMES H., born Sept. 19, 1837, in
 
 SANGAMON COUNT?. 
 
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 Pennsylvania, died July 25, 1861, in San- 
 gamon county, Illinois. 
 
 SARAH J., born Sept. 2, 1839,111 San- 
 gamon county, was married Oct. 14, 1857, 
 to Thomas P. Boone, who was born June 
 27, 1833, in Elton, Todd county, Ky. He 
 is a distant relative of Daniel Boone, the 
 famous hunter and Indian fighter. Mr. 
 and Mrs. Boone had seven children. 
 WILLIE I. died in his seventh year, 
 MARY E. died in infancy, MARTIN 
 R., CHARLES H., FRANK1E P., and 
 HARRY F., live with their parents. The 
 youngest died in infancy. Mr. and Mrs. 
 Boone reside in Springfield, Illinois. 
 
 MARTIN R., born Feb. 27, 1842, was 
 married Sept. 19, 1867, to Harriet Melvin, 
 a native of Beaver county, Pennsylvania. 
 They have three children, MAUD, LIL- 
 LIAN and RUSSELL, and live in 
 Chatham, Sangamon county, Illinois. 
 
 WILLIAM P., Jun., born Jan. 10, 
 1846, was married at Paris, 111., June 26, 
 1873, to Mollie E. Patton, who was born 
 August 21, 1854. They reside in Spring- 
 field, 111. 
 
 ARCHIE F., EDWARD R, and 
 BERTIE reside with their father. 
 
 DOLLIE, next to the youngest child, 
 was married in Chatham in September, 
 1873, to Joseph Hudson, an agent of the 
 Chicago and Alton Railroad, and resides 
 at Chenoa, Illinois. 
 
 Mrs. Mary H. Thayer died June 10, 
 1872, in Chatham, 111., and William P. 
 Thayer, Sen., was married Dec. 31, 1873, 
 in Springfield, to Elizabeth Dresser. See 
 sketch of Re~c. Chas. Dresser and family. 
 Wm. P. Thayer, Sen., is, in connection 
 with his son, Martin R., proprietor of the 
 Chatham flouring mill, and resides in 
 Springfield, 111. 
 
 TH AXTO N, J A M ES H., 
 was born Oct. 28, 1823, in Allen county, 
 Kentucky. He came to Sangamon coun- 
 ty, arriving in the fall of 1839, in what is 
 now Fancy Creek township. He was 
 married in 1845 *- Margaret Huffman. 
 They had six living children in Sangamon 
 county, namely 
 
 ARMINDA, born in Sangamon 
 county, married Oscar F. Shepherd. 
 See his name. 
 
 MART A. married James B. Van 
 Meter. See. his name. 
 
 CLAR1XDA, LEWIS, CARO- 
 LINE and RHODA live with their 
 
 parents near Sherman, Sangamon county, 
 Illinois 1874. 
 
 James H. Thaxton had a sister who 
 married Thomas Brown. See his name. 
 
 THOMPSON, JOHN, born 
 March 28, 1783, in Dauphin county, 
 Pennsylvania, left Harrisburg in 1802 for 
 Grant county, Kentucky, and was married 
 there January 9, 1810, to Sarah Points, 
 who was born Feb. 12, 1791. They had 
 two children, and Mrs. Sarah Thompson 
 died Feb. 21, 1815. John Thompson was 
 married Nov. 13, 1817, in Montgomery 
 county to Elizabeth Ferguson, who was 
 born June 18, 1791, in that county. They 
 settled in Bourbon county, Kentucky, and 
 had five children there. They returned 
 to Montgomery county, where four chil- 
 dren were born, and moved from there to 
 Sangamon county, Illinois, arriving Oct. 
 8, 1836, near Springfield, and a few weeks 
 later moved to a farm adjoining 
 Mechanicsburg on the west. Of their 
 eleven children 
 
 JAMES, born Nov. 7, 1810, in Ken- 
 tucky, married a Miss Black and moved 
 to the vicinity of Greencastle, Indiana, in 
 1835, anf l cuef l there soon after. 
 
 JOHN, born August i, 1813, in Ken- 
 tucky, died in Sangamon county, Nov. 16, 
 1837. The children by the second mar- 
 riage are 
 
 MART G., born Oct. i, 1818, in Bour- 
 bon county, Kentucky, was married in San- 
 gamon county May 30, 1837, to Benjamin 
 B. Branson. See his name. 
 
 HARVET, born Feb. 2, 1820, in 
 Bourbon county, Kentucky, was married 
 March 4, 1844, in Sangamon county to 
 Mary B. Hughes, a native of Bourbon 
 county, Kentucky, also. She died in 
 November, 1864. He was married 
 May 6, 1851, to Mary A. Patton, who 
 was born April 9, 1832, in Pike county, 
 Missouri. They had one child, ED- 
 WARD P., born Feb. 24, 1852, and Mrs. 
 Mary A. Thompson died. Harvey 
 Thompson was married Sept. 9, 1869, at 
 Pittsfield, Pike countv, Illinois, to Mrs. 
 Ruth A. Hubbard, whose maiden name 
 was Davis, a native of Scott county, Illinois. 
 She had two children by a former mar- 
 riage, MARY L. and THOMAS J. 
 HUBBARD, who live with their mother. 
 Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Thompson reside 
 in Mechanicsburg, Sangamon county, 111. 
 
 WILLIAM *., born April 21/1821,
 
 EARLT SETTLERS OF 
 
 in Bourbon county, Kentucky, was mar- 
 ried in Sangamon county, Illinois, to Mar- 
 garet Vanderen. They had two children, 
 one of whom died young. ELIZA F. 
 lives with her mother. W. F. Thompson 
 died Sept. 23, 1851, and his widow mar- 
 ried Louis Johnson. See his name. 
 
 JOSIAH M., born Oct. 11,1822, in 
 Bourbon county, Kentucky, was married 
 in Sangamon county, April 13, 1860, to 
 Maggie Munce, who was born Jan. 17, 
 1837, at Rising Sun, Indiana. They have 
 three children, ELIZA, JOHN A. and 
 THOMAS M., who live with their 
 parents in Mechanicsburg, Illinois. 
 
 PRISCILLA M., born April 22, 
 1824, in Bourbon county, Kentucky, was 
 married in Sangamon county to John R. 
 Grove. See his name. John R. Grove 
 died Sept. 20, 1849, and his widow mar- 
 ried Rev. Joseph M. Grout, who was born 
 near Boston, Massachusetts. Mr. Grout 
 was pastor of the Presbyterian Church at 
 Shelbyville, Illinois, and died of cholera, 
 August 7, 1855, &i vm his life as a sacrifice 
 in his efforts to relieve the sick. His 
 widow died at Mechanicsburg, Dec. 2, 
 1855. They left two sons, WILLIAM 
 T.. born March 12, 1853, in Mechanics- 
 burg, Illinois, was married Oct. 20, 1875, 
 in his native place, to Georgie E. Hall, 
 daughter of David S. Hall. See his 
 name. William T. Grout is cashier in 
 Thompson & Bro's bank, and resides in 
 Mechanicsburg, Illinois. JOSEPH M. 
 Grout, born Sept. 21, 1855, m Mechanics- 
 burg, Illinois, was brought up by his aunt, 
 Mrs. Branson, graduated at Illinois Col- 
 lege, in Jacksonville, June, 1876, and is 
 now November, 1876 a law student in 
 Springfield, Illinois. 
 
 ANDREW TODD, born Jan. 30, 
 1827, in Bourbon county, Kentucky, was 
 married Dec. 19, 1850, to Elizabeth C. 
 Grove. Thev have three living children, 
 
 WILLIAM" w., LAURA B. and 
 
 MAGGIE E., who live with their parents 
 in Mechanicsburg, Illinois. 
 
 SALLY A., born July 10, 1828, died 
 in Kentucky. 
 
 ELIZABETH A., born April 11, 
 1830, in Montgomerv county, Kentucky, 
 was married in Sangamon county to Peter 
 L. Earnest. See his name. 
 
 HENRY CLAY, born August 10, 
 1833, in Montgomery county, Kentucky, 
 was married at Brighton, Illinois, to 
 
 Maggie E. Johnson. They have three 
 children, ADDIE L., HENRY R. and 
 ZOIE, and reside at Boulder City, Colo- 
 rado. 
 
 John Thompson died Oct. 14, 1855, and 
 his widow died Nov. 22, 1868, both at 
 Mechanicsburg, Sangamon countv, 111. 
 
 THOMPSON, ROBERT B., 
 born March 17, 1795, at Saratoga, N. Y., 
 came to Springfield in the autumn of 1824. 
 He was a carpenter by trade, and found 
 work immediately. It is believed that he 
 nailed on the first shingles, and hung the 
 first panel door in Springfield. He was 
 married Jan. 13, 1825, to Mary Matheny, 
 sister of Noah, Charles, James and Cook. 
 They had ten children, namely: 
 
 LUCY M., born August 26, 1826, in 
 Springfield, was married Nov. 12, 1850,10 
 George Shake. They have four children. 
 GEORGE A. is a dry goods clerk in Pal- 
 mer, 111. CHARLES L., LUCY M. and 
 ANNA M., the three latter reside with 
 their parents, near Palmer, Christian coun- 
 ty, 111. 
 
 MEL VINA A., born August 24, 1828, 
 in Springfield, was married there Feb. 14, 
 1856, to Colby Smith. They have three 
 children, NOAH M., CLARA C. and 
 ALMA L., and reside at Fort Scott, Kan- 
 sas. 
 
 JOSEPH R., born August 9, ig3o, 
 died in his twentieth year. 
 
 MARTHA C. J., born Aug. 20, 1833, 
 in Springfield, married Sept. 12, 1852, to 
 William F. Hill. They have one child, 
 WILLIAM A., who resides with his 
 parents, near Joplin, Jasper county, Mo. 
 
 GEORGE R. S., born Dec. 2, 1835, in 
 Springfield, married Martha T. Miller, and 
 died in January, 1853, leaving one child, 
 GEORGETTA. Mrs. Martha T.Thomp- 
 son married J. S. Robinette, and resides in 
 Springfield, 111. 
 
 MARYE.,born Feb. S, 1838, in Knox 
 county, 111., died Jan. 7, 1845. 
 
 CHARLES R., born March 29, 1840, 
 in Knox county, Illinois, married Eliza- 
 beth A. Sears, of Humboldt, Kansas. They 
 have seven children, MARY W., HAR- 
 RISON S., MATILDA, ANNA, 
 MARTHA,CHARLES S., and ALMA, 
 who reside with their parents, near Golden 
 Gate, Chautauqua county, Kansas. 
 
 JAMES M., born Nov. 27, 1841, in 
 Warren county, Illinois, died in April, 
 1860.
 
 SANGAMON COUNTY. 
 
 ISABELLA F., born March 29, 1844, 
 in Sangamon county, married B. F. Watts, 
 Nov. 8, 1867. They have three children, 
 ROBERT T., MARY M. and VIOLA 
 I., who reside with their parents, near Pal- 
 mer, Christian county, 111. 
 
 NOAH A., born August 5, 1847, in 
 Sangamon county, died in his eighth year. 
 
 Robert B. Thompson died March 9, 
 1853, two and a half miles northeast of 
 Chatham, and Mrs. Mary Thompson, died 
 July 30, 1872, in Christian county. Both 
 were buried in Sangamon county, Illinois. 
 
 THOMPSON, SAMUEL M., 
 was born Feb. 12, i8oi,in Davidson coun- 
 ty, eighteen miles west of Nashville, Tenn. 
 He educated himself, and, in connection 
 with General Moses K. Anderson, taught 
 a military school, having branches in David- 
 son and Dickson counties. Mr. Thomp- 
 son came to Sangamon county, Illinois, ar- 
 riving in the fall of 1828 in what is now 
 Cartwright township. He returned to 
 Davidson county, Tennessee, and was mar- 
 ried in February, 1831, to Cynthia Mc- 
 Crary. He returned to Sangamon county 
 in the spring of that year. Mr. Thomp- 
 son volunteered in 1832 for the campaign 
 against the Indians under their chief, Black 
 Hawk. He was in the company of which 
 Abraham Lincoln was Captain, and was 
 elected First Lieutenant at the time 
 the company was organized, on Rich- 
 land creek. Lincoln was elected Captain 
 at the same time and place. That com- 
 pany united at Beardstown with another 
 from Sangamon county, under Captain 
 Gooding. They were ordered from Beards- 
 town to Rushville, and were consolidated 
 with two other companies to form the 
 4th Reg. 111. Vols. Lieutenant Thompson 
 was elected Colonel of the Regiment. He 
 was thus promoted over Captain Lincoln. 
 The latter, however, it should be said, was 
 not a candidate for the office of Colonel. 
 The call was for thirty days, expecting the 
 Indians would retreat across the Missis- 
 sippi river as they had done the year be- 
 fore. The savages did not retreat, and the 
 regiment was out about sixty days without 
 an engagement. It was disbanded and 
 mustered out of service at Ottowa, June, 
 1832, by Colonel Zachary Taylor, after- 
 wards President of the United States. 
 Colonel S. M. Thompson and wife had 
 one child born in Sangamon county, and 
 moved to Beardstown in the fall of 1832, 
 90 
 
 where one child was born. In 1836 Colo- 
 nel T. moved to Burlington, Iowa, where 
 three children were born, all of whom 
 died in infancy. Of the two eldest 
 
 ALETHIA A., born Feb. 13, 1832, in 
 Sangamon county, Illinois, was married 
 July 31, 1848,511 Monroe county, Iowa, to 
 Isaac Hittle, Dec. 7, 1849,111 Rush county, 
 Indiana. They had eleven children. One 
 died in infancy. CYNTHIA E., born 
 Feb. 5, 1851, was married Feb. 15, 1865,10 
 John Blnkeley. They reside near Wil- 
 liamsburg, Franklin county, Kansas. 
 CLARISSA A., born May 15, 1853, was 
 married August 12, 1875, to David Horbi- 
 son, and reside in Howard county, Kansas. 
 WILLIAM H., SAMUEL A., LIDA 
 M., SABINA, MARY A., ISAAC O., 
 JAMES A. and ROSA A., reside with 
 their parents near Hillsdale, Miami county, 
 Kansas. 
 
 ZANE E., born May 18, 1834, at 
 Beardstown, Illinois, was married May 4, 
 1851, at Eddyville, Iowa, to William 
 Briggs, of Ohio. They had seven chil- 
 dren, MAHLON S., OLIVE, JULIA, 
 ANNIE, CHARLIE, GEORGE and 
 GRANT. Mr. Briggs lost his life in 
 attempting to rescue his son from a coal 
 bank infected with fire damp. He failed 
 in his efforts, and a third man, who came 
 to their assistance, lost his life. This acci- 
 dent occurred in 1870 or '71. Mrs. Briggs 
 by that calamity was incapacited from 
 taking care of herself and the children re- 
 side near Eddyville, Iowa. 
 
 Mrs. Cynthia Thompson died in Octo- 
 ber, 1843, near Burlington, Iowa. Colonel 
 Thompson was married in 1855 in Ma- 
 haska county, Iowa, to Mrs. Nancy Wai- 
 don, whose maiden name was Sullivan. 
 She was a native of Davidson county, 
 Tennssee, also. They reside iti Osage 
 county, near Williamsburg, Franklin coun- 
 ty, Kansas. 
 
 Colonel Thompson has always heard 
 that railroad trains were swift, but he was 
 able to keep ahead of them until Novem- 
 ber 26, 1874, when he entered a car for the 
 first time at Garnet, Kansas, to visit his old 
 friends in Illinois. 
 
 THOMAS, Mrs. FRANCES, 
 was born in Culpepper county, Virginia, 
 moved to Kentucky, thence to Missouri, 
 and to Sangamon county in 1837, with her 
 daughter
 
 EARL? SETTLERS OF 
 
 MARY, who married William B. Tay- 
 lor. See his name. Her son 
 
 JESSE B. Thomas, was one of the 
 two first United States Senators from Illi- 
 nois. 
 
 Mrs. Frances Thomas died in Sanga- 
 mon county in 1855. 
 
 T H O R N T O N, WI LLI AM, 
 was born Jan. 17, 1789, in Caroline coun- 
 ty, Virginia. He was married Sept. 6, 
 1808, to Judith P. Thornton, who was 
 born in the same county, June 28, 1788. 
 Soon after they were married they moved, 
 in company with her fathe'r, to Bourbon 
 county, Kentucky, where they had seven 
 children and moved to Harrison county, 
 where two children were born. They 
 moved to Montgomery county in the same 
 State, and from there to Sangamon coun- 
 ty, Illinois, arriving in the fall of 1834, 
 stopping one year in what is now Wood- 
 side township, and in 1835 moved on land 
 Mr. Thornton had previously entered, in 
 what is now the town of Chatham. Of 
 their children 
 
 MILDRED R., married in Kentucky 
 to Rev. Dewey Whitney. They came to 
 Sangamon county with her parents, and 
 had two children. Mr. Whitney was pas- 
 tor of the Second Presbyterian Church in 
 Springfield a few years, when he aban- 
 doned the ministry in consequence of fail- 
 ing health, studied medicine, and after 
 practicing at different places in New York, 
 moved to Yazoo county, Mississippi,where 
 he was killed by a fall from a horse in 
 1856. Their daughter, JULIA O., mar- 
 ried Geoiye O. Allen and lives in St. 
 Louis, Missouri. WILLIAM D., married 
 in Brandon, Mississippi, to Mrs. Rebecca 
 Carroll, whose maiden name was Cal- 
 houn. They both died leaving one child. 
 Mrs. Mildred R. Whitney died June 17, 
 1871, at the house of her daughter, Mrs. 
 Allen, in St. Louis, Missouri. 
 
 MART E., married Samuel N. Fullin- 
 wider. See his name, 
 
 EMMA Z>., married John R. Duryee, 
 and had two children. JOHN W-, mar- 
 ried Lucy M. Whitney and lives at Mar- 
 shalltown, Iowa. MARY L., lives with 
 her mother. Mr. Duryee died Jan. 31, 
 1860, and his widow and daughter reside 
 in Chatham, Sangamon county, Illinois 
 1874. 
 
 MARTHA W., married Rev. Josiah 
 Porter. See his name. 
 
 WILLIAM S,, married Jan. i, 1838, 
 to Roxana Lyman, and he died June n, 
 1838, less than six months after he was 
 married. His widow married Aaron 
 Palmer, moved to Chicago, and died there 
 in 1871. 
 
 ELIZABEJ^H W., is unmarried, and 
 lives at Chatham, on the homestead settled 
 by her parents in 1835. 
 
 LUCY D., married Francis Conway 
 Thornton, had two children. He died 
 June 26, 1844, and hi widow married Wil- 
 liam K. Hardin. They have three chil- 
 dren and live in Virden, Illinois. 
 
 JUDITH P. is unmarried, and lives 
 at the homestead in Chatham, Illinois. 
 
 L YMAN 7\ died in Kentucky at three 
 years of age. 
 
 Mrs. Judith P. Thornton died Dec. 29, 
 1851, and Colonel William Thornton died 
 May 7, 1871, both at Chatham, Sangamon 
 county, Illinois. Mr. Thornton was a 
 Lieutenant in the war of 1812 from Ken- 
 tucky. 
 
 The Misses Thornton remember that 
 on the day of the " sudden change," Dec. 
 20, 1836, a man by the name of Lucas, 
 who lived about a mile and a half north- 
 east of Chatham, rode to their house. It 
 was raining when he started, and when he 
 had got half the distance the cold wave 
 struck him. His overcoat was frozen to 
 his saddle, his feet frozen in the stirrups, 
 and he so chilled as to be helpless. Their 
 father (Mr. Thornton) had to knock the 
 ice from the stirrups before he could be 
 taken from the horse. 
 
 TIPTON, DAVID B., born 
 May 4, 1799, in Blount county, Tennessee, 
 was married there to Rebecca Jones, who 
 was born in 1802 in Carter county, in the 
 same State. Thev had three children in 
 Tennessee, and the family moved in 1837 
 to Clarke county, Illinois, and a year later 
 moved to Sangamon county, arriving 
 October, 1838, in what is now Chatham 
 township, where they had five children. 
 Of their children 
 
 WILLIAM 7., born Oct. i, 1830, in 
 Blount county, Tennessee, married in 
 Sangamon county, Feb. 26, 18^52, to 
 Martha Fordner, who was born March 
 15, 1833, m Green county, Tennessee. 
 They have seven children, JAMES, 
 TEMPERANCE, LEWIS H., MAR- 
 GARET J., DAVID B., MARY A.
 
 SANG AM ON COUNTY. 
 
 7'5 
 
 and MATT1E, and live near Curran, 
 Sangamon county, Illinois. 
 
 PHEBE A. married Charles Fer- 
 guson, have three children, and their resi- 
 dence is not known. 
 
 LA I IN A married John H. Large, 
 who enlisted in Co. B, 3Oth 111. Inf., and 
 died in 1863 in Mississippi. She married 
 Philip Fordner, had three children by 
 each marriage, and lives near Curran, 
 Illinois. 
 
 TENNESSEE, born 1840 in Sanga- 
 mon county, married Peter Large, and 
 live in Morgan county, Illinois. 
 
 ELIZA, born 1842, married Theodore 
 Leggett. He died, leaving a widow and 
 one child in Curran township. 
 
 MAR? A. married Joseph Large, has 
 two children, and lives in Fort Scott, 
 Kansas. 
 
 DA VI D B., born Feb. 12, 1847, mar- 
 ried Ellen Large, Feb. 20, 1867, and had 
 one child. He served four years and 
 eight months in Co. B, nth 111. Cav. He 
 is in Santa Fe, New Mexico 1873. 
 
 Mrs. Rebecca Tipton died in March, 
 1849, and David B. Tipton died January, 
 1863, both in Curran township, Sangamon 
 county, Illinois. 
 
 TODD. The first of this family in 
 America came from the north of Ireland, 
 and it is known that they were originally 
 from Scotland. A man by the name of 
 Todd it is thought that his first name 
 was David was married in Ireland to 
 Hannah Owen, and came to America, 
 with other members of the family, previous 
 to the American Revolution. They 
 settled at Pequea, Lancaster county, 
 Pennsylvania, and had three sons, John, 
 Robert and Levi. They were educated 
 by their uncle, parson John Todd, who 
 conducted a literary institution in Virginia. 
 These three brothers emigrated about 
 1778 or '79 to what became Fayette coun- 
 ty, Kentucky. They were all influential 
 men in the Indian wars, and in forming 
 the institutions of that State. The eldest: 
 
 John Todd, under commission from 
 Patrick Henry, Governor of Virginia, 
 dated Dec. 12, 1778, at Williamsburg, then 
 the capital of the State, was authorized to 
 establish the county of Illinois. He was 
 styled in his commission the County 
 Lieutenant Commandant. As such he 
 organized the county and thus became in 
 fact, though not in name, the first 
 
 Governor of Illinois. See page 28. His 
 first act was to issue a proclamation with 
 reference to land titles, June 15, 1779. 
 Nearly three ye:-rs later he had been to 
 Virginia, and on his way back made it 
 convenient to visit his family in Kentucky. 
 While at Lexington, news came that the 
 Indians west of the Ohio river were cross- 
 ing over into Kentucky. Colonel Todd, 
 as one of the commanders, was slain at the 
 battle of Blue Licks, August 18, 1782. 
 
 Robert Todd, the second brother, ac- 
 quired the title of General in connection 
 with the Indian wars, and later military 
 operations in Kentucky. None of his de- 
 scendants ever came to Illinois. One 
 daughter became the wife of General 
 William O. Butler, of Carrollton, Ken- 
 tucky. 
 
 Levi Todd, the youngest of the three, 
 was engaged in the early Indian wars in 
 Kentucky, and was a lieutenant under 
 Colonel Clark in the expedition that left 
 Corn Island, opposite Louisville, and cap- 
 tured Fort Gates and the village of Kas- 
 kaskia, July 4, 1778. M. Rochebiave, the 
 commander of the fort, was so mortified 
 at his having been surprised and captured 
 without firing a gun, that he would not 
 accept any courtesies from his captors, 
 and was sent under a military guard to 
 Virginia. Lieutenant Levi Todd com- 
 manded the squad of soldiers who took 
 the prisoner back. He afterwards ac- 
 quired the title of General, was clerk 
 of the circuit court of Fayette county, 
 Kentucky, the greater part of his life, and 
 lived and died in Lexington. General 
 Levi Todd's daughter, Hannah, was the 
 mother of Hon. John T. Stuart. See his 
 name. His son, Robert Todd, was the 
 father of Mrs. Ninian W. Edwards, Mrs. 
 Dr. William S. Wallace, Mrs. C. M. 
 Smith and Mrs. Abraham Lincoln, all of 
 Springfield, Illinois. One only of his 
 children became an early settler of Sanga- 
 mon county, of whom the following is a 
 sketch : 
 
 TODD, JOHN, was born April 
 27, 1787, near Lexington, -F ay ette county, 
 Kentucky. He was among the earliest 
 graduates of Transylvania University at 
 Lexington. He next entered the Medical 
 University of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 
 and graduated there. Dr. Todd was mar- 
 ried July i, 1813, in Lexington, Kentucky, 
 to Elizabeth Smith, daughter of Rev.
 
 EAR LI SETTLERS OF 
 
 John Blair Smith, D. D. She was born 
 April 18, 1793, in Philadelphia. Her 
 mother was a daughter of General Nash, 
 a leader in the American Revolution from 
 Virginia. Dr. Todd was appointed Sur- 
 geon General of the Kentucky troops in 
 the war of 1812, and was at the battle and 
 massacre of the River Raisin in Canada, 
 where he was captured. Atter the war 
 he returned to Lexington and practiced 
 there. He was for a short time at Bards- 
 town, Kentucky, and from there, in 1817, 
 moved to Ed wardsville, Illinois. In 1827 
 he was appointed by President John 
 Quincy Adams, Register of the United 
 States Land Office, at Springfield, and at 
 once moved there. He remained in office 
 until he was removed solely for political 
 reasons, by President Jackson in 1829. 
 Dr. John Todd and wife had six living chil- 
 dren. Of their children 
 
 JOHN B. S., born April 4, 1814, in 
 Lexington, Kentucky, came with his 
 parents to Springfield in 1827, and July i, 
 1833, entered the United States Military 
 Academy at West Point, New York, and 
 graduated there July i, 1837. He was 
 assigned to duty as second lieutenant in the 
 6th U. S. Inf., promoted to first lieutenant, 
 Dec. 25, 1837, and promoted to captain in 
 1843. After more than eighteen years 
 active service, during which time he was 
 in almost every frontier fort, and served 
 through the Mexican war, Captain Todd 
 resigned his commission Sept. 16, 1856, 
 and entered into mercantile business. In 
 the summer of 1861 he was elected the 
 first Delegate of Dakota in the United 
 States Congress. He was commissioned 
 September 19, 1861, by President 
 Lincoln, Brigadier General of Volun- 
 teers, and in 1862 commanded the 
 6th Division of the Army of the Ten- 
 nessee. He was re-elected Delegate to 
 Congres- and served until March 4, 1865. 
 He was elected in 1867 to the Territorial 
 Legislature of Dakota, and was Speaker 
 of the House at the session of 1867 and '8. 
 General J. B. S. Todd, then a Captain in 
 the United States army,was married March 
 25, 1845, at Fort Smith, Arkansas, to Cath- 
 arine S. Hoffman, a daughter of Colonel 
 William . Hoffman, of the United States 
 army. They had nine children. The 
 second and third both died in infancy. Of 
 the other seven, KATE H., born in 1845, 
 at Fort Gibson, Arkansas, married March, 
 
 1869, at Yankton, Dakota to Edward F. 
 Higbee. They have one child, JOHN TODD, 
 and live in Yankton. FANNIE A., born 
 in 1852, at Fort Ripley, Minnesota, was 
 married June, 1873, to J. B. Van Velsor, 
 at Yankton, Dakota, where they now re- 
 side. JOHN, born in 1854, at Fort Rip- 
 ley, Minnesota, married August, 1875, to 
 Mary F. Hughes, at Yankton, Dakota, 
 where they now reside. DANA, born in 
 1 857, at Springfield, Illinois. M AR Y H., 
 born in 1859, MATILDA C., born in 
 1861, SOPHIA J., born in 1864, the three 
 latter at Fort Randall, Dakota. General 
 J. B. S. Todd died Jan. 5, 1872, at Yank- 
 ton, Dakota, and his widow and four minor 
 children reside there. 
 
 FRANCIS WALTON, born April 
 17, 1816, at Bardstown, Nelson county, 
 Kentucky, and brought by his parents to 
 Springfield, Illinois, in 1827. He was edu- 
 cated at Jacksonville, and graduated in 
 medicine at Cincinnati Medical College 
 in 1838. He was appointed surgeon in the 
 United States army while in the City of 
 Mexico, in 1846. In 1849 he went to Cali- 
 fornia, and was married there in March, 
 1851, to Mrs. L. M. Jackson, nee Bullitt, 
 of Nachitoches, Louisiana. They have no 
 children. Dr. Todd is a member of the 
 California State Board of Health, Presi- 
 dent of the Stockton Board of Health, and 
 Secretary of San Joaquin County Medi- 
 cal Society. He resides at Stockton, Cali- 
 fornia. 
 
 WILLIAM Z., born April 14, 1818, 
 at Edwardsville, Illinois, and brought up in 
 Springfield, where he learned the business 
 of a druggist. He went to California in 
 1845, before the Mexican war or the discov- 
 ery of gold and was there when the survi- 
 vors of the Reed and Donner party 
 arrived; so many of whom starved to 
 death as they were snow-bound in the 
 mountains. William L. Todd was married 
 April 14, 1868, in California, to Mrs. Cla- 
 rissa J. Pike, whose maiden name was 
 Chase. She was born in 1823 in Duchess 
 county, New York. Mrs. Todd died child- 
 less in March, 1874, in Sacramento. Mr. 
 Todd resides at Los Angelos, California. 
 
 ELIZABETH J. was born January, 
 1825, at Edwardsville, Illinois, married 
 in Springfield July 21, 1846, to Harrison J. 
 Grimsley. They had two children. JOHN 
 T., born Feb. 3, 1848, in Springfield, mar- 
 ried Dec. 12, 1871, in Summerfield, New
 
 SAM GAM ON COUNTY. 
 
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 Jersey, to Cornelia Meesler, daughter of 
 Rev. A. Meesler, D.D., pastor of the 
 Dutch Reformed Church of that place. 
 They have one child, MARY SWIFT. John 
 T. Grimsley is a partner in the mercantile 
 firm of Herndon & Co., and resides in 
 Springfield, Illinois. WILLIAM L., 
 born March 17, 1852, is a clerk with 
 Herndon & Co., and resides in Spring- 
 field, Illinois. H. J. Grimsley died in 
 1865, and his widow married in January, 
 1867, to Rev. John H. Brown, D.D., pas- 
 tor of the First Presbyterian Church in 
 Springfield, and later of the Thirty-first 
 Street Presbyterian Church of Chicago. 
 Dr. Brown died Feb. 23, 1872, in Chicago, 
 and was buried in Oak Ridge Cemetery, 
 Springfield. His widow resides in Spring- 
 field, Illinois. 
 
 LOCKWOOD M., born June 17, 1826, 
 in Edwardsville, raised in Springfield, 
 studied medicine and graduated in St. 
 Louis in 1851. He was with Sherman as 
 commissary in his march to the sea. He 
 married Emily Husband, and lives in Vir- 
 ginia City, Montana Territory. 
 
 FRANCES vS 1 ., born Dec. 19, 1832,111 
 Springfield, Illinois, married there Dec. 18, 
 1849, to Thomas H. Shelby, of Lexington, 
 Kentucky. Mrs. Shelby died in Springfield 
 Feb. i, 1851, leaving one child, JOHN 
 TODD Shelby, born Jan. 25, 1851, in 
 Springfield, Illinois. He was brought 
 up near Lexington, Kentucky, gradu- 
 ated at Princeton College, New Jersey, 
 in the class of 1870, married Novem- 
 ber 7, 1872, in St. Louis, Missouri, 
 to Lizzie M. Craig. They have one 
 child, THOMAS HART. John T. Shelby 
 is a practicing lawyer in Lexington, Ken- 
 tucky. Soon after the death of his wife, 
 Thomas H. Shelby, with his infant son re- 
 turned to Kentucky, and is now an exten- 
 sive farmer near Lexington. He is a grand 
 son of Isaac Shelby, the first Governor of 
 Kentucky, and on his mother's side, a 
 grandson of Edmond Bullock, Speaker of 
 the first Kentucky House of Representa- 
 tives. 
 
 Dr. John Todd and wife celebrated their 
 golden wedding July i, 1863. He died 
 Jan. 9, 1865, and she died March 11, 1865, 
 both in Springfield, Illinois. Dr. Todd was 
 a Ruling Elder in the First Presbyterian 
 Church in the city at the time cf his death. 
 
 TO L LEY, ISOM, was born about 
 1754 in Virginia, went to Bourbon county, 
 
 Kentucky, when he was a young man, and 
 was there married to Isabel Whitesides, 
 had six children in Kentucky, moved to St. 
 Clair county, Illinois, thence to Morgan 
 county, and from there to Sangamon coun- 
 ty, in what is now Loami township in 
 October, 1823. Of their children t 
 
 DANIEL, married Jane Bailey and 
 left Sangamon county soon after. 
 
 ELIZABETH married -John Weir, 
 and moved to Iowa in 1843 or '4. 
 
 JAMES born in Bourbon county, 
 Kentucky, and married Elizabeth Mace. 
 They had eight children. SAMUEL was 
 killed by lighting on Spring creek in 1840, 
 aged twenty years. LUCINDA married 
 Arthur Davenport. They have seven chil- 
 dren, and reside near Berlin, Sangamon 
 county, 111. MARY A. married Ephraim 
 Shryer. See his name. MARTHA J. 
 married Aaron Van Patton. See his 
 name. KATE or (CATHARINE E.), 
 born August 27, 1828, was married Jan. 8, 
 1845, in Sangamon county, to William W. 
 Beerup. See his name. They had three 
 living children. SOPHIA, born Feb. 25, 
 1849, married John K. Shumate, and lives 
 in Springfield, Illinois. ROSETTA, born 
 Sept. 8, 1855, died March 19, 1861. ADA- 
 LINE, born Dec. 18, 1858, resides with her 
 parents one and one-half miles south of 
 Farmingdale, Sangamon county, Illinois. 
 ELIZABETH married Charles Myers. 
 He died leaving a widow and six children 
 at Middletown, Logan county, Illinois. 
 MATILDA married Harris Elliott, has 
 two children, and lives at Middletown. 
 SUSAN married William Douglas. See 
 his name. Mrs. Elizabeth Tolley died in 
 1838, and James Tolley married America 
 Kelly. They moved to Kansas, and he 
 died there. 
 
 NANCY married John Porter. She 
 olied leaving one daughter in Clear Lake 
 township, Sangamon county, 111. 
 
 yO^/A^married Susan Washburne,who 
 died. He married again and lives near 
 Salisbury, Illinois. 
 
 UNITY died unmarried, aged about 
 twenty-five years. 
 
 Mrs. Isabel Tolley died aged about 
 ninety-six, and John Tolely died, aged 
 about one hundred and six years, both in 
 Sangamon county, Illinois. 
 
 TOMLIN, ALMARIN, was 
 born July 28, 1800, in Cape May county, 
 New Jersey. Rhoda Smith was born
 
 7 i8 
 
 EA RL T SE TTLERS OF 
 
 June 15, 1802, in the same county. They 
 were there married January n, 1821, and 
 had seven children in New Jersey. The 
 family moved to Sangamon county, Illinois, 
 arriving October, 1837, in what is now 
 Cartwright township, where five children 
 were born. Of their children 
 
 E ME LINE, born in 1822 in New 
 Jersey, married Samuel Sutton, a native 
 of New Jersey, also. They have three 
 children, HENRIETTA, JOSEPH and 
 CHARLES N., and reside three miles 
 north of Salisbury, Menard county, 111. 
 
 LOUISA, born April 4, 1824, in New 
 Jersey, married William B. Quinn. They 
 have one child, ALMARIN, and live 
 near St. Paul, Minnesota. 
 
 ED WIN, born July 29, 1826, in New 
 Jersey, was married April 5, 1854, in San- 
 gamon county, to M. Margaret Correll. 
 They had nine children. FANNIE, the 
 second, died in infancy. EVA H. was 
 married March 16, 1876, near Pleasant 
 Plains, Illinois, to William Sinclair, of 
 Cass county, Illinois. THOMAS A., 
 CHARLES S., LEE C., SALLIE, 
 JACOB, ANNIE and ISAAC F. The 
 seven latter live with their parents on the 
 farm settled by Mr. Tomlin's father in 
 1837, and is one and one-fourth miles north- 
 west of Pleasant Plains, Sangamon coun- 
 ty, Illinois. 
 
 JEREMIAH T., born Oct. 5. 1828, 
 in New Jersey, married Jennie Richmond 
 of the same State. They had four children, 
 and Mrs. Jennie Tomlin died in 1869. J. 
 T. Tomlin was married to Mrs. Belle 
 Newman, whose maiden name was Hall, 
 and moved to Quincy, Illinois. 
 
 HARRIET, born August 27, 1832, 
 married Josiah Reed. They have eleven 
 children, and live near Circleville, Ohio. 
 
 JAMES S., born Oct. 19, 1834, in 
 New Jersey, married in Sangamon county 
 to Anna Townsend, of New Jersey. 
 They have ten children, and reside near 
 Wichita, Kansas 1873. 
 
 LTD I A H., born Sept. 11, 1836, mar- 
 ried Josiah Alkire. They have three 
 chi.dren, and reside in St. Louis, Missouri. 
 
 MART and MARTHA, twins, born 
 Sept. n, 1839, in Sangamon county. 
 
 MART, died in her thirteenth year. 
 
 MARJ^HA is unmarried and lives with 
 her mother at Jacksonville, Illinois. 
 
 RACHEL "and RHODA, twins, born 
 January, 1842, in Sangamon county. 
 
 RA CHEL married Monroe Rankin. 
 They have two children, and live in Mc- 
 Lean county, Illinois. 
 
 RHODA married Stephen Capps. 
 They have four children, and live at 
 Jacksonville, Illinois. 
 
 Almarin Tomlin died April, 1859, and 
 his widow resides at Jacksonville, Illinois. 
 
 TOMLINSON, ELIZA- 
 BETH, whose maiden name was Mc- 
 Kinnie, was born in Orange county, on the 
 Shenandoah river, Virginia. She was 
 taken by her parents to Fayette county, 
 Kentucky, and was there married to Elijah 
 Tomlinson, a native of Virginia, also. 
 They had ten children in Fayette county, 
 and Mr. Tomlinson died about 1812. Mrs. 
 Tomlinson with her children came to 
 Sangamon county, arriving in the fall of 
 1829, three miles northwest of Springfield. 
 Of their children 
 
 WILLIAM raised a family and died in 
 Kentucky. 
 
 CA THARINE died in Kentucky,aged 
 twenty years. 
 
 MARTHA married Andrew McKin- 
 nie. See his name. 
 
 CHARLES B. went to the Galena 
 leac* mines when a young man, and died of 
 cholera in 1833, at Mineral Point, Wiscon- 
 sin. 
 
 LOUISA, born April 16, 1801, in Ken- 
 tucky, married there to Nathaniel Hurst, 
 and came to Sangamon county in 1829, 
 and died in Springfield many years later. 
 
 NICHOLAS, born in Kentucky, mar- 
 ried in St. Louis county, Missouri, to 
 Nancy Davis, and came to Sangamon 
 county in 1845. Mrs. T. died leaving 
 seven children, and he married Mrs. Sarah 
 Brady, and both died in Springfield, leav- 
 ing four children. Their son, Charles 
 Tomlinson, lives in Springfield. 
 
 REBECCA married C. Hendricksand 
 remained in Kentucky. 
 
 LE WIS. 
 
 ANDRE W, born in Kentucky, went 
 to the Galena lead mines in 1827, and died 
 there in 1828 or '9. 
 
 JAMES M., born May 20, 1809, in 
 Fayette county, Kentucky, came to Sanga- 
 mon county with his mother in 1829. He 
 spent five years in the lead mines, went to 
 Kentucky, and was married April 30, 1837, 
 in Fayette county, to Louisa Hurst, who 
 was born Jan. i, 1809, in Ohio. They had 
 one child in Kentucky, and came to San-
 
 SANGAMON COUNT?. 
 
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 gamon county in 1838, where they had 
 four children. Of their five children, 
 MARTHA E., born Jan. 31, 1838, in Ken- 
 tucky, married March 6, 1866, to John W. 
 Hurst, has three children, and lives in 
 Galena. ELIJAH and ELISHA T., 
 twins, the former died in infancy. Elisha 
 T. enlisted in November, 1861, in Co. G, 
 loth 111. Cav. for three years, re-enlisted 
 January, 1864, served to the end of the re- 
 hellion, was honorably discharged in Janu- 
 ary, 1866, and lives with his parents. 
 JOHN B. and THOMAS H. B., twins, 
 born July 5, 1841. The former died in in- 
 fancy. T. H. B. served from August 7, 
 1862, to the end of the rebellion in Co. I, 
 7th 111. Inf. He married Mrs. Sarah Shu- 
 felt, whose maiden name was Meadow, 
 and lives near Lafayette, Indiana. AN- 
 DREW}., born April 16, 1843, enlisted 
 September, 1861, in Co. I, 39th 111. Inf. for 
 three years, re-enlisted as a veteran, was 
 wounded August 16, 1864, at Deep Bot- 
 tom, Virginia, and died Sept. 14, following, 
 from the amputation of a leg. NICHO- 
 LAS B., born June 24, 1845, married Sarah 
 Gillock, have one child, and live in Spring- 
 field. James M. Tomlinson and wife re- 
 side three miles northwest of Springfield. 
 Mrs. Elizabeth Tomlinson died at the 
 house of her son, James M., Dec. 31, 1850, 
 near Springfield, Illinois. 
 
 TORRENCE, WILLIAM, 
 was born in Hampshire county, Virginia, 
 and married there to Margaret Cham- 
 baugh. They had seven children, and 
 Mrs. T. died in that county. Mr. Tor- 
 rence was married to Celia Sheriff and 
 had two children in Virginia, and the 
 family moved to Sangamon county, 
 Illinois, arriving in the fall of 1834, in 
 what is now Rochester township, and 
 two years later moved into Cotton Hill 
 township. Two children were born in 
 Sangamon county. Of all his children 
 
 JOHN, born in Hampshire county, 
 Virginia, married in Sangamon county to 
 Sarah Donner, (a sister to George and 
 Jacob Donner.) They had five children. 
 GEORGE is married and lives in Tay- 
 lorville; SUSAN married Henry Baker 
 and lives near Medoc, Missouri ; MAR- 
 GARET married Edward Todd, and lives 
 in Springfield; WILLIAM, married, and 
 lives near Atlanta,* Illinois. John Tor- 
 rence and wife died in Atlanta. 
 
 ABSALOM, born in Virginia, died 
 in Sangamon county, August, 1835. 
 
 ROBERT, born in Hampshire county, 
 Virginia, came to Sangamon countv with 
 his parents, married in Iowa, and lives 
 near Medoc, Missouri. 
 
 NANCY, born in Virginia, was mar- 
 ried in Sangamon county to John Adams. 
 They had three children. 
 
 SAMUEL, born May 7, 1819, in 
 Hampshire county, Virginia, was married 
 January 7, 1841, in Sangamon county, to 
 Polly Delay. They had eight children in 
 Sangamon county. GREENBERRY, 
 born Dec. 8, 1842, is proprietor of Cotton 
 Hill mills, formerly the old Breckenridge 
 mill, and lives in Cotton Hill township, 
 Breckenridge postoffice. ELIZA, born 
 May 8, 1844, married H. Peddicord, and 
 died August 15, 1873, leaving three chil- 
 dren in Champaign City. CHARLES, 
 born August 22, 1846, married Josephine 
 Peddicord. They have one child and live 
 near Taylorville, Illinois. ELIZABETH, 
 born Sept. 13, 1848, married Edgar Eggle- 
 ston, and lives near Taylorville, Illinois. 
 JENNIE, born March 22, 1850, married 
 James Shaw. They have one child, and 
 live near Taylorville. JOHN, EMMA 
 and ANNA live with their mother. 
 Samuel Torrence was killed by being 
 thrown from a wagon attached to a run- 
 away team, Sept. 21, 1875. His widow 
 and children live two miles south of 
 Rochester, Sangamon county, Illinois. 
 
 WILLIAM, born in Hampshire coun- 
 ty, Virginia, came to Sangamon county 
 with his parents and is living with his 
 third wife near Taylorville, Illinois. He 
 has one child by his second marriage. 
 
 SILAS, born in Virginia, raised in 
 Sangamon county, married in Iowa, and 
 lives near Winona, Minnesota. 
 
 JANE, born in Virgina, married in 
 Sangamon county to Harvey Fasset, and 
 lives near Winona, Minnesota. 
 
 By the second wife: 
 
 EMANUEL, born in Virginia and 
 died in Sangamon county at about twenty- 
 one years of age. 
 
 JOSEPH, born in Virginia, raised in 
 Sangamon county, and is living with his 
 second wife in Taylorville, Illinois. 
 
 ISAAC, born in Sangamon county, is 
 unmarried, and lives near Decatur, Illinois. 
 
 MARGARET, born in Sangamon 
 county and died at fifteen years of age.
 
 720 
 
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 William Torrence died in 1841 in Cotton 
 Hill township, Sangamon county, and his 
 widow married John Davis. He died, 
 and she lives in Taylorville, Illinois. 
 
 TORREY, JOSEPH, was born 
 March 25, 1788, in Connecticut, came to 
 Madison county, Illinois, and was there 
 married to Olive Slater. They moved to 
 Sangamon county, and settled on Sugar 
 creek, where she died in 1820. Joseph 
 Torrey returned east and was married 
 Jan. 17, 1828, at Millhury, Mass., to Abi- 
 gail Sibley, who was born Nov. 29, 1804, 
 in Massachusetts. They had four children 
 there, and moved to Springfield, Illinois, 
 arriving in 1836, where three children were 
 born. Of their seven children two died 
 young. 
 
 ELIZA A., born March 2, 1829, in 
 Massachusetts, was married July 3, 1851, 
 in Springfield, Illinois, to John C. Moses. 
 They had two children. ABBIE, born 
 August, 1832, was married in Taylorville, 
 Illinois, to David Hay. They reside at 
 Wichita, Kansas. JOHNC., lives in Tay- 
 lorville. Mr. Moses died May 16, 1860, 
 and Mrs. Moses resides with her sisters, 
 Mrs. Sattley and Mrs. Rockwell. 
 
 SUSAtf, born March 18, 1831, in 
 Massachusetts, married, Sept. 21, 1853, to 
 Albert Sattley. See his name. 
 
 ABIGAIL E., borti Sept. 10, 1833, in 
 Massachusetts, was married in Springfield, 
 Illinois, Oct. 7, 1856, to Sylvester Paden. 
 He died August 15, 1860. She was mar- 
 ried July 7, 1869, to Humphrey H. Hood. 
 They have one child, HARROLD, and 
 reside in Litchfield, Illinois. 
 
 ELLEN,\)orn April 4, [841,1*11 Spring- 
 field, was married Dec. 29, 1858, in Tay- 
 lorville, to Charles V. Rockwell, who was 
 born in Richland county, Ohio. He came 
 to Chicago in 1848, and from there to De- 
 catur, Illinois, in 1850, studied medicine, 
 and attended one course of lectures at 
 St. Louis Medical College. In 1854 
 he located and practiced medicine at 
 Taylorville. He graduated at St. Louis 
 Medical College in 1858. They 
 have five children, LULU, SUSAN E., 
 GERTRUDE, ESTELLA and 
 GRAC1E A., who reside with their 
 parents at Tavlorville, Illinois. 
 
 JOSEPH S., born Feb. 8, 1844, 
 in Springfield, was married Oct. 27, 
 1868, in Centralia, to Elizabeth H. Sloan, 
 who was born Nov. 27, 1844, nl Rock- 
 
 , Randolph county, Illinois. They 
 have three living children, JULIA E., 
 LEWIS E. and MABEL. J. S. Torrey 
 resides in Taylorville, Illinois. 
 
 Joseph Torrey was in the boot and shoe 
 business for a short time, afterwards en- 
 gaged in hotel keeping, and subsequently 
 n pork packing with James L. Lamb. He 
 died on a farm near Illiopolis, Illinois, 
 Sept. 2, 1845. Mrs. Torrey died in Tay- 
 lorville, Sept. 10, 1857. 
 
 TRAYLER. Three brothers, Wil- 
 liam, Henry and Archibald Trayler, were 
 born of respectable parents, in Green 
 county, near the line of Adair county, 
 Kentucky. They came to Illinois about 
 1829. William settled near Greenbush, 
 Warren county, more than one hundred 
 miles northwest of Springfield. Henry 
 married a sister of Eli C. Blankenship, a 
 merchant of Springfield, and settled at 
 Clary's Grove, about twenty miles north- 
 west of Springfield. It was then in San- 
 gamon, but now in Menard county. 
 Archibald was unmarried, and engaged in 
 business in Springfield, as a carpenter and 
 builder, in partnership with Reuben Rad- 
 ford, the latter of whom went out of the 
 business, when Mr. Trayler associated 
 himself with a Mr. Myers, under the firm 
 name of Trayler & Myers. Mr. Trayler 
 owned the lot on which the Episcopal 
 Church now stands, at the corner of 
 Adams and Third streets. He had a 
 dwelling .house there, and Mr. Myers, 
 having a family, kept the house. Mr. 
 Trayler boarded in his own house, with 
 his partner. William Trayler was some- 
 what given to telling marvelous stories, 
 and a little inclined to boasting. With 
 that exception, the three brothers were 
 sober, industrious and retiring men. For 
 ten or twelve years after coming to the 
 State, nothing occurred in their lives un- 
 usual to the settlers in a new country. 
 
 It has become a proverb that "truth is 
 stranger than fiction." This w.as never 
 more completely verified than in the 
 events 1 am about to relate, concerning 
 these three brothers, who became victims 
 to the most remarkable case of circum- 
 stantial evidence on iccord, one that 
 would, if given in proper terms, be of 
 absorbing interest to the legal profession. 
 I must, from necessity, make my statements 
 as concise as possible. Hon. William But- 
 ler, deceased, is my authority for what I
 
 SANGAMON COUNTY. 
 
 have said of the birth and parentage of the 
 brothers. I have gathered all the other in- 
 formation from the older citizens of Spring- 
 field, files of the Journal and Register 
 newspapers, and from an elaborate article 
 that first appeared in the Quincy Whig, 
 and copied into the Springfield Journal 
 of April 23, 1846. The latter is princi- 
 pally true, but contains some glaring 
 errors, which, by the aid of men who took 
 part in the proceedings, I have been able 
 to avoid. 
 
 A man about fifty years of age, by the 
 name of Archibald Fisher taught school 
 in Monmouth, Warren county, Illinois, 
 and in that vicinity. He also worked at 
 odd jobs when he was not regularly em- 
 ployed. He was unmarried, economical 
 in his habits, and lived in the families of 
 the people wherever his business called 
 him. In that way he had saved a few 
 hundred dollars, and at the beginning of 
 the events I am about to relate was mak- 
 ing his home with William Trayler, who 
 was then a widower, with several chil- 
 dren. 
 
 Mr. Fisher, wishing to enter some land, 
 he and Mr. Trayler started for Spring- 
 field together. They set out in a bug- 
 gy without springs called a Dearborn 
 wagon drawn by one horse. On Sun- 
 day evening they reached the house of 
 Henry Traylor, and the next day all three 
 came to Springfield, Henry riding on 
 horseback. They arrived about noon, 
 Monday, June i, 1841, and stopped at the 
 house where Archibald Trayler boarded. 
 After dinner the three Traylers and Fisher 
 left the boarding house in company, for 
 the purpose of looking about the town. 
 At supper time the three brothers re- 
 turned, but Fisher, having stepped aside, 
 as they were passing along a foot path 
 among the trees in the northwestern part 
 of the city, did not appear. After supper 
 all the others went in search of him. One 
 by one they returned, as night approached, 
 but without any tidings of Fisher. The 
 next morning the search was continued, 
 and up to noon was still unsuccessful. 
 William and Henry, having expected to 
 leave early that morning, expressed their 
 intention to abandon the search and start 
 for home. This was objected to on the 
 part of the boarders, because it would 
 leave Fisher without any means of con- 
 veyance. They continued to search the 
 91 
 
 remainder of that day, but at night' 
 William, who evidently felt greatly dis- 
 appointed at being detained so long, 
 hitched up his buggy and started without 
 the knowledge of his brother, Archie, 
 who, missing him, followed on foot, and 
 overtook him just as he was entering the 
 water at Hickox mill, on Spring creek, 
 near where the O. & M. railroad now 
 crosses. Archie called to William, and 
 remonstrated against his going until the 
 mystery was cleared up. William turned 
 around in the water, and they both re- 
 turned to Springfield. Notwithstanding 
 all this, William and Henry started for 
 home the next day. The mysterious dis- 
 appearance had to that time attracted but 
 little attention. Three or four days later, 
 Henry returned to Springfield for the 
 purpose of making a more diligent search, 
 and with his brother, Archie, and some 
 of the boarders, another day was spent, 
 and he returned home. On Friday, June 
 12, James W. Keyes, the postmaster in 
 Springfield, received a letter from Mr. 
 Tice, the postmaster of Greenbush, War- 
 ren county, saying that William Trayler 
 had returned home, and was circulating 
 the report that Fisher, the man who had 
 left there with him for Springfield, was 
 dead, and with something of a boastful 
 manner, stated that Fisher had willed his 
 money to him, and that he had gained 
 about fifteen hundred dollars by it a 
 much larger sum than Fisher was sup- 
 posed to possess. Postmaster Tice re- 
 quested the Springfield postmaster to give 
 him all the information on the subject that 
 he could. The contents of that letter 
 were made public, and the excitement be- 
 came widespread and intense. Springfield 
 had, only the year before, adopted a city 
 organization, with about two thousand 
 inhabitants. The mayor, William L. 
 May, and Josiah Lamborn, the attorney 
 general of the State, headed the move- 
 ment to ferret out the mystery. Men 
 were formed into squads, and marched 
 about in all directions, so as to leave no 
 spot unsearched. Examinations were 
 made of wells, and every conceivable 
 place where a body might be concealed. 
 A club was found with some hair 
 attached to it. It was confidently believed 
 that the murder had been committed with 
 that weapon, but it was afterwards 
 demonstrated that the hair was from a cow.
 
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 EARL1 SETTLERS OF 
 
 This search was continued until Saturday 
 afternoon, when it was determined to 
 arrest William and Henry Trayler, and 
 officers started for them on Sunday morn- 
 ing. Henry, being nearest, was brought 
 to Springfield on Monday. The mayor 
 and attorney general took him in hand 
 and used every device to elicit information 
 of the supposed murder, but he protested 
 his innocence of any knowledge on the 
 subject. He was reminded that the cir- 
 cumstantial evidence was so strong that 
 he, with his two brothers, would certainly 
 all be hung, and that the only chance to 
 save his own life was for him to become a 
 witness on the part of the State. He 
 withstood all the pressure until Wednesday, 
 the seventeenth of the month, when, pro- 
 testing his own innocence, he stated that 
 his brothers, William and Archibald, had 
 murdered Fisher, by hanging him to a 
 tree , without his knowledge at the time,that 
 they had temporarily concealed the body, 
 that immediately preceding the departure 
 of himself and William from Springfield, 
 on the second or third of June, William 
 and Archie communicated the fact to him, 
 and engaged his assistance in making a 
 permanent concealment of the body; that 
 at the time he and William left, ostensibly 
 for home, they did not take the direct road, 
 but, wending their way through the 
 streets, entered the woods at the northwest 
 of the city, and that on approaching, 
 where the body was concealed, he was 
 placed as a sentinel. He then entered into 
 a minute description of the murder, going 
 into the smallest details. He said that his 
 brothers entered a thicket of underbrush, 
 where the body was concealed, placed it 
 in the buggy, moved off with it in the 
 direction of Hickox mill pond on Spring 
 creek, and soon after returned, saying they 
 had put it in a safe place; that Archibald 
 went back to town, and that William and 
 himself found their way to the road, and 
 proceeded to their homes. 
 
 Until that disclosure was made, the 
 character of Archibald was such as to 
 repel all suspicion of his complicity in the 
 matter, but he was at once arrested and 
 hurried to jail, which was probably the 
 best thing that could have been done 
 for him, for he was in great per- 
 sonal danger from the infuriated popu- 
 lace. Search then commenced anew 
 for the body. The thicket was found, 
 
 and indications of a struggle under a 
 small tree, bent over as though the 
 hanging might have been done there. A 
 trail was also visible, as though a body had 
 been dragged to where the tracks of a 
 buggy were to be seen, (ending in the 
 direction of the mill pond, previously 
 spoken of, but could not be traced all the 
 way. At the pond, however, it was found 
 that a buggy had been down into the 
 water and came out again. Hundreds of 
 men were engaged in dragging and fish- 
 ing for the body. Becoming impatient, 
 the dam was cut down on Thursday 
 morning, the eighteenth of June, and the 
 water drawn off, but no body found. 
 
 About noon that day the officers, who 
 had gone to arrest William Trayler, re- 
 turned with him in custody, accompanied 
 by a gentleman who called himself Dr. 
 Gil more. Then it was ascertained that 
 William Trayler had been arrested at his 
 own house, on Thursday, the sixteenth of 
 the month, and started for Springfield, 
 stopping at Lewiston, Fulton county, for 
 the night. Late in the night Dr. Gilmore 
 arrived there and told the officers that 
 Fisher was alive and at his house; that he 
 had followed them to give the information 
 so that the prisoner might be released 
 without further trouble. The deputy 
 sheriff James Maxcy very properly re- 
 fused to release him on the word ot an 
 entire stranger, and they continued their 
 journey to Springfield. 
 
 Dr. Gilmore told the officers that when 
 he heard of the arrest of AVilliam Trayler 
 for the murder of Fisher, he was a few 
 miles from home; that when he returned 
 to his own house he found Fisher there; 
 that he would have taken Fisher with 
 him in pursuit of the officers with the 
 prisoner, but that the state of Fisher's 
 health would not admit of it. The doctor 
 further said that he had known Fisher for 
 several years, and that he was subject to 
 fits of temporary derangement of mind in 
 consequence of an injury to his head, 
 received in early life. The doctor still 
 further stated that Fisher told him that the 
 first he knew after visiting Springfield, he 
 found himself in the vicinity of Peoria. 
 Being nearer to his home than to Spring- 
 field, he proceeded at once to Warren 
 county, without the slightest thought of 
 his acts leading to the injury of anv other 
 person. On their arrival at Springfield,
 
 SAN GAM ON COUNTY. 
 
 7 2 3 
 
 Dr. Gilmore's statement was made public, 
 and at first the people seemed to be struck 
 dumb with astonishment. When the 
 news was communicated to Henry Tray- 
 ler, in the jail, he, without faltering, re- 
 affirmed his own story about the murder 
 of Fisher. The idea was at once taken 
 up by the crowd that Dr. Gilmore was 
 in collusion with the murderers, and that 
 he had invented that story as a ruse to 
 secure their release and escape. The 
 Doctor was permitted to remain 
 at liberty, but was regarded with 
 strong suspicion. About three o'clock 
 that afternoon Mr. Myers, the partner 
 of Archibald Trayler, started with 
 a two-horse carriage, accompanied 
 by Egbert M. Mallory, to ascertain 
 whether Fisher was alive or not, and if so 
 to bring him back to Springfield. 
 
 Without waiting for the return of 
 Myers and Mallory, the Traylers were 
 brought before proper officers for pre- 
 liminary examination, on the charge of the 
 murder of Archibald Fisher. Henry 
 Trayler was introduced on the part of the 
 State, and on oath testified that his 
 brothers, William and Archibald, had 
 murdered Archibald Fisher, re-affirming 
 all the minutia of his former statements, 
 and at the close bore a rigid cross examin- 
 ation without faltering or exposure. It 
 was also proven by a respectable lady, 
 who was well acquainted with Archie, that 
 on the Monday afternoon of Fisher's dis- 
 appearance, she saw Archibald Trayler 
 and another man, who she identified as 
 William Trayler, then present and still 
 another, answering the description of 
 Fisher, all enter the timber at the north- 
 west of town, and an hour or two later, 
 saw the two former return alone. Many 
 other witnesses were examined, giving a 
 combination of testimony that seemed to 
 weave a net-work ot circumstances about 
 the prisoners, from which it would appear 
 to any other than a legal mind, to be 
 utterly impossible to extricate them. It 
 was also proven that Archibald Trayler 
 had passed an unusual number of pieces of 
 gold coin. The buggy tracks in the mill 
 pond were unexplained, as the prisoners 
 were the only persons who could give 
 any light upon that subject. The evidence 
 of a struggle in the thicket, under the 
 bending tree, where the hanging was 
 supposed to have taken place, was unex- 
 
 plained, although it was afterwards proven 
 that school children had been using the 
 tree as a support to a swing. These and 
 mony other points of evidence, the 
 intricacies of which space forbids that I 
 should follow out, were before the court. 
 
 When the prosecution had introduced 
 all their evidence and rested the case, one 
 of the attorneys for the defense, Hon. 
 Stephen T. Logan, arose, and with every 
 eye turned towards him, said that on the 
 part of the defendants, he would introduce 
 a single witness only. 
 
 Archibald Fisher, in full life and proper 
 person, was then conducted slowly into 
 the presence of the court. Messrs. Myers, 
 and Mallory had returned late in the 
 evening before J-une 2ist with Fisher, 
 and the friends of the prisoners kept him 
 secreted until the proper time. The 
 effect may be imagined, but can not be de- 
 scribed. A gentleman who was cognizant 
 of the proceedings from beginning to end, 
 and who is now a judge of one of the 
 courts of Illinois, describing the appear- 
 ance of one of the prisoners in the court 
 room, says: "Archibald Trayler was as 
 fine looking a man as I ever saw. When 
 his own full brother was testifying that he 
 was a murderer, he stared at him with a 
 look of astonishment, settling into an 
 appearance of stoical indifference, that 
 seemed to say, ' there is no hope of relief, 
 therefore I must calmly endure the worst;' 
 but when the man he was accused of 
 having murdered was led into his presence, 
 he broke down and gave vent to his feel- 
 ings in "a flood of tears, followed by uncon- 
 trollable fits of sobbing and moaning." 
 
 By this time it began to dawn on the 
 minds of the people that the threats of 
 death to all three of the brothers had so 
 wrought on the mind of Henry Trayler 
 as to destroy his competency as a witness. 
 A feeling of indignation immediately 
 spnmg.up against May and Lamborn, who 
 had led in the prosecution, and it only 
 lacked a bold leader to mob and hang 
 them. The feeling was so intense that 
 Judge Logan, who had defended the 
 prisoners, felt it his duty to come to the 
 rescue of their prosecutors. He made a 
 pacific speech, in which he exhorted all to 
 abide by the laws. It had the desired 
 effect, and all dispersed without violence. 
 
 A public meeting of the citizens of 
 Springfield was held on the evening of
 
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 EARLY SETTLERS OF 
 
 June 22, 1841, to express sympathy with 
 the brothers, who had passed through that 
 worse than firey ordeal, and particularly 
 with their fellow citizen, Archibald 
 Trayler, whose character had never been 
 tarnished with the slightest shadow of 
 reproach. That sympathy was of little 
 avail. His fine, manly countenance was 
 never again lighted up with a smile. He 
 made some feeble attempts at business, but 
 wandered about, avoiding all society, 
 pined away, and died in less than two 
 years. One who knew him well, says: 
 " If ever a man died of a broken heart it 
 was Archibald Trayler." 
 
 William Trayler died in less than a 
 year after the trial. 
 
 Henry Trayler lived several years after 
 the death of his brothers, but was never 
 known to speak of the mournful event 
 after his departure from Springfield at the 
 close of the trial. He died in Menard 
 county, and one of his sons, if not more, 
 are among the most respected citizens of 
 the county. It is said that the three 
 brothers never met after they passed out 
 of the court room. 
 
 If the unhappy and afflicted being who 
 was the innocent cause of all the trouble, 
 had wandered away and died on the open 
 prairie, much of which had not then been 
 trod by the foot of man, William and Arch- 
 ibald Trayler would, beyond a reasonable 
 doubt, have been executed as his murderers, 
 and that upon the force of surrounding cir- 
 cumstances and the testimony of their own 
 brother, who would doubtless have become 
 hopelessly insane, caused by threats to 
 make him confess a crime never committed, 
 and afterwards by the appaling effects of 
 his own testimony. The world would 
 probably have looked on and called it retri- 
 butive justice. Such may and doubtless 
 has been the effect of circumstantial evi- 
 dence, in cases where the truth was never 
 known. 
 
 Thus ended one of the most remarkable 
 affairs of its kind on record. Many points 
 and circumstances connected with the case 
 are yet enshrouded in mystery, and will 
 ever remain so. 
 
 TRIMBLE, GEORGE, was 
 born Apil 22, 1814, in Montgomery coun- 
 ty, Kentucky. He was married August 
 23, 1836, to Lydia Shumate, who was born 
 in that county August 15, 1815. They 
 started the next morning after marriage 
 
 for Sangamon county, Illinois, and arrived 
 in September, 1836, in what is now 
 Curran township. They had six children 
 in Sangamon county, namely: 
 
 HUGHE T 7\, born June 2, 1837, died 
 in his seventh year. 
 
 WILLIAM H., born Dec. 31,1839, 
 married October, 1864, to Nancy A. Gib- 
 son. They had two children. JOHN died 
 in infancy, and ANNA E. resides with her 
 father. Mrs. Trimble died Feb. 9, 1869, 
 and Mr. T. was married Oct. 14, 1869, to 
 Helen J. McGraw. They have one child, 
 DORA BELL, and live two miles south of 
 Curran, Sangamon county, Illinois. 
 
 ELIZA y.,born March 28, 1840, mar- 
 ried F. M. Miller. See his name. 
 
 ELIZABETH, born April 27, 1842, 
 married Edmund T. Miller. See his 
 name. 
 
 JAMES A., born July 27, 1846, mar- 
 ried Mary A. Barbre, and reside in Cur- 
 ran township. 
 
 GEORGE C., born Sept. 28, 1849, 
 died Nov. 21, 1870. 
 
 Mrs. Lydia Trimble died Dec. 3, 1866, 
 and George Trimble was married Dec. 5, 
 1867, to Rebecca Drennan. They reside 
 two miles southeast of Curran, Sangamon 
 county, Illinois. 
 
 TROTTER, GEORGE, was 
 born about 1782, in Dunbarton, Scotland. 
 He went to the West Indies about 1801, 
 and came to the United States at thirty 
 years of age. About 1813 he was married 
 in Hartford, Connecticut, to Catharine Im- 
 lay, who was born in that city Oct. 29, 
 1786. Soon after marriage Mr. Trotter 
 went to New York city and engaged in 
 the mercantile business. They had one 
 child, and Mrs Catharine Trotter died 
 there, April i, 1832. Mr. Trotter was 
 married in New York July, 1835, to Mary 
 Ward, a native of Longford, Ireland. 
 They moved to Springfield, 111., arriving 
 in the fall of 1835, where they had three 
 children. Of his four children. 
 
 AGNES D., born Feb. 15, 1825, in 
 New York city, married in Springfield to 
 Zimri A. Enos. See his name. 
 
 JOHN E., born August 10, 1838, in 
 Springfield, was married Sept. 14, 1865, 
 to Martha L. Slates, who was born July 
 19, 1844, m Zanesville, Ohio. They had 
 six children, five of whom died young. 
 CLARA A. resides with her parents in 
 Springfield.
 
 SANGAMON COUNTY. 
 
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 GEORGE W., born Nov. 17, 1840, in 
 Springfield, was married in his native place 
 to Ellen Tague, who was born August 5, 
 1841, in Peterborough, Canada. They have 
 seven children, GEORGE T., MARY 
 E., JOHN E., LOUISA S., WILLIAM 
 A., FRANCIS J., and BERTHA C., 
 and live in Springfield. G. W. Trotter 
 has been three years on the police force. 
 
 MART D., born April, 1842,111 Spring- 
 field, resides with her mother. 
 
 George Trotter was engaged in land 
 speculating from the time he came to 
 Springfield until his death, which took 
 place in May, 1842. His widow resides 
 with her son, John, in Springfield, Illinois. 
 
 TROTTER, JAMES, born 
 about 1770, in Culpepper county, Virginia. 
 He was taken by his parents, about 1792, 
 to Bourbon county*, Kentucky, and was 
 there married to Elizabeth Kenny, who 
 was also a native of Virginia. They had 
 eight children born in Bourbon county, 
 and moved to Sangamon county, Illinois, 
 arriving in the fall of 1826, and settled on 
 Round Prairie, four miles east of Spring- 
 field. Of their children: 
 
 JOSEPH died aged 19 years. 
 
 JAMES A'., born Feb. 19, 1799, in 
 Bourbon county, Kentucky, married there 
 March 22, 1823, to Mary A. Daubinspeck, 
 who was born Feb. 24, 1800, in the same 
 county. They had two children, and moved 
 to Rush county, Indiana, where one child 
 was born, thence to Sangamon county, Illi- 
 nois, in i827,one year later than his father. 
 Six children were born in Sangamon 
 county. Of their nine children, ELIZA- 
 BETH, born Jan. 2, 1824, in Kentucky, 
 married in Sangamon county, June 21, 
 1849, to Stephen Lawyer, a native of 
 Guernsey county, Ohio. They had seven 
 children, four of whom died young. Mr. 
 Lawyer enlisted August 10, 1861, at Ana- 
 mosa, in what became Co. L, 1st Iowa 
 Cav., and died Nov. 14, 1863, at Little 
 Rock, Arkansas. The three children, 
 ROBERT, ELIZABETH A. and STEPHEN re- 
 side with their mother in Clear Lake town- 
 ship. WILLIAM, born March 15, 1825, 
 in Kentucky, enlisted September, 1862, 
 in Co. I, i I4th 111. Inf. for three years, and 
 died of disease March 17, 1863, at Mem- 
 phis, Tennessee. JANE, born Feb. 2, 
 1827, in Rush county, Indiana, married 
 Henry R. Clark, had two children, and 
 her second husband is William A. But- 
 
 ler. See his name. NANCY, born Dec. 
 8, 1829, in Sangamon county, married Feb. 
 24, 1848, to Hiram Lawyer, who was born 
 Dec. n, 1823, in Guernsey county, Ohio. 
 They had nine children, three of whom 
 died young. AMANDA married Mahlon 
 Geathard, has four children, and lives 
 near Rochester. GEORGE w. resides with 
 his parents. EL-IZA j., married James 
 Burch. WILLIAM T., ADA A. and EVE- 
 LINE reside with their parents two miles 
 northeast of Sangamon station, on the farm 
 where her parents settled in 1827. JAMES 
 born Jan. 2, 1831, in Sangamon county, 
 married Dec. 24, 1857, to Elizabeth Burch. 
 They had five children. WILLIAM A. 
 died aged two years. PHILEMON, LUETTA, 
 GEORGE and MARY E. reside with their 
 parents two miles northeast of Sangamon 
 station. JULIA A., born April 20, 1833, 
 in Sangamon county, married James Law- 
 yer, and died January, 1864, leaving three 
 children, two of whom reside with their 
 father, near Salisbury, and Charles lives on 
 Round Prairie. MARY, born August 6, 
 1835, in Sangamon county, married 
 Thomas W. Long. She died leaving one 
 child, EDWARD, who lives with his 
 father in Taylorville. GEORGE, born 
 Dec. 14, 1839, in Sangamon county, mar- 
 ried Eliza Brown, who died, and he en- 
 listed August, 1862, in Co. I, i i4th 111. Inf. 
 for three years, served full time and was 
 honorably discharged. He was married 
 Nov. 23, 1864, to Mary E. Griffiths, who. 
 was born Oct. 29, 1846, in Madison county, 
 Indiana. They had one child, JANE, born 
 Nov. 3, 1866. George Trotter died Jan. 
 21, 1807, of disease contracted in the army. 
 His widow married March 6, 1873, to Bur- 
 gess Taintor, a native of New York. He 
 has one child by a former marriage, ELLA 
 MAY. Mr. and Mrs. Taintor have one 
 son, and resides two miles north of Spring- 
 field, Illinois. CATHARINE, born Jan. 
 8, 1840, in Sangamon county, married 
 Willis Wilson, has three children, 'and 
 resides in Tazewell county, Illinois. 
 James K. Trotter died Dec. 27, 1839. 
 His widow resides with her son James, on 
 the farm where she and her husband set- 
 tled in 1827, two miles northeast of Sanga- 
 mon station, and five miles east of Spring- 
 field, Illinois. When James K. Trotter 
 was moving to the country, in 1827, he 
 had to cross the Sangamon river three 
 miles from his father's house. He left his
 
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 EARLY SETTLERS OF 
 
 team and family in safe hands and was 
 about to enter a canoe to cross the river 
 when he saw the two dogs his father 
 brought with him the year before, at the 
 time they all moved from Kentucky. These 
 dogs were sitting on the opposite bank ap- 
 parently waiting for him. He called and 
 they plunged in and swam to meet him 
 with every appearance of pleasure. He 
 took them across in the canoe and then 
 halloed, supposing that his brothers wei'e 
 hunting near by. The dogs paid no atten- 
 tion to his call, but ran back and forth 
 along the road, and in that way conducted 
 him to the house, when he learned that 
 none of the family had been near the river 
 for several days. Three questions naturally 
 suggest themselves: Why were the dogs 
 there? Did they know he was coming? 
 If so, how? Perhaps they could be an- 
 swered by some writer on the higher life 
 of animals. 
 
 JOHN, born about 1800, in Bourbon 
 county, Kentucky, married Isabel Brazzle, 
 and moved to Wisconsin, where the parents 
 died leaving four children, all married. 
 
 MARY, born Nov. 19, 1802, in Bour- 
 bon county, Kentucky, married Thomas 
 J. Turley. See his name. 
 
 NANCY, born Feb. 14, 1805, in Bour- 
 bon county, Kentucky, married in Sanga- 
 mon county, to Edward Clark. See his 
 name. 
 
 JANE, born April 18, 1807, in Ken- 
 tucky, married in Sangamon county, to 
 Samuel Williams. See his name. 
 
 GEORGE, born June 13, 1809, in 
 Bourbon county, Kentucky. In 1826 he 
 accompanied his parents from Bourbon 
 county to Sangamon countv, Illinois. They 
 settled on Round Prairie. He remained 
 at home ten years. In 1831 he left for the 
 Wisconsin lead mines, worked in them 
 that summer, returning home in the fall. 
 He served in the Black Hawk war, and 
 was married March 24, 1833, in Sangamon 
 county, to Sarah Chilton, who was born 
 Dec. 19, 1816, in Madison county, Illinois. 
 They had two children in vSangamon 
 countv, and in 1836 moved to Stephenson 
 county, locating near what is now Orange- 
 ville. Twelve children were born in 
 Stephenson county, three of whom died 
 in infancy. Of their eleven children, 
 THOMAS, born July i, 1834, in Sanga- 
 mon county, married, and in 1857 emi- 
 grated to Missouri, in 1858, was married 
 
 there to Mrs. Martha Clemens, formerly 
 Miss Myers, who was born in Missouri. 
 They had three children, namely, NANCY, 
 JOHN and GEORGE. Mrs. Martha Trotter 
 died in 1865, and Thomas T. returned 
 to Illinois. He was married in September, 
 1867, to Mrs. Sarah Seidel, formerly Miss 
 Woodring, of Pennsylvania. In the 
 spring of 1868 he returned to near Barn- 
 ard,Nodaway county, Missouri, where they 
 still reside. Of his children by the third 
 marriage, namelv: ELIZABETH, born 
 Nov. 7,1835, in Sangamon county, married 
 July 4, 1858, to Joseph Van meter, of Ohio. 
 They had two living children, GEORGE 
 and HENRY,and reside near Oneco,Stephen- 
 son county, Illinois. JAMES, born March 
 27, 1837, in Stephenson county, was mar- 
 ried in 1860 to Sarah Riem, a native of 
 Pennsylvania. They Jiad five children, 
 
 ESTHER, ELMER, CHARLES, FRANK, and 
 
 ARCHIE. He enlisted in the 46th 111. 
 Vet. Vol. Inf. in January, 1864, and served 
 until the close of the war when he was 
 honorably discharged. In 1869 he moved 
 with his family to Nodaway county, Mis- 
 souri, where they still reside. WIL- 
 LIAM, born September 19, 1839, in 
 Stephenson county, Illinois, married in 
 December, 1864, to Emily J. Lorch, who 
 was born in 1840 in Springfield, Illinois. 
 In 1865 they moved to Orangeville, where 
 they had three children, WILLIAM, 
 ANNA MAY and MELVIN. In 1875 the 
 family moved to Polo, Ogle county, Illi- 
 nois, where they now reside. GEORGE, 
 born July 1,1841, in Stephenson county, 
 enlisted August 28, 1861, left home Sept. 
 10, 1861, served two and a half years, was 
 promoted from the ranks to fife major of 
 the regiment. Re-enlisted Dec. 6, 1863, 
 at Camp Cowan, Miss., came home on a 
 furlough, returned, was struck b\- lightning 
 March 16, 1865, while at Dauphin Island. 
 He reluctantlv returned home May 21, 
 1865, where he died Mar:h 25, 1866. 
 URANIA, born February 24, 1843, 
 in Stephenson county, married there Oct. 
 i, 1863, to David W. Scott, a native of 
 Ohio, and a graduate of Cincinnati Eclec- 
 tic Medical College. Is at present practic- 
 ing medicine, in Buena Vista, Stephenson 
 county, Illinois, where they reside. They 
 have two children, MINNIE and MYRON. 
 MARY A., born Dec. 27, 1844, in 
 Stephenson county, died April II, 1868. 
 MILLARD F., "born May 25, 1850,
 
 SANGAMON COUNTY. 
 
 727 
 
 in Stephenson county, resides with his 
 parents. SARAH J., born May 24, 1852, 
 in .Stephenson county, died December 
 S, 1871. LUCY C., born July 30, 
 1854, in Stephenson county, married 
 there December 21, 1873, to Wood- 
 bury Robey, who was born in the 
 same county. They have one child, LEROV, 
 and reside in Stephenson county. JOHN 
 C., born .Sept. 4, 1857, lives with his parents 
 at Orangeville, Stephenson county, Illinois. 
 
 ELJZAJ3E7T1, born in Kentucky, 
 married William Graham. See his name. 
 
 Mrs. Elizabeth Trotter died March 4, 
 1825, before the family left Kentucky, and 
 James Trotter died Sept. 26, 1839, in San- 
 gamon countv, Illinois. 
 
 TROXELL, Mrs. SARAH, 
 whose maiden name was Rouk, was born 
 in Washington county, Maryland, and 
 was there married to Abraham Troxell, a 
 native of the same county. They had ten 
 children in Maryland, and Mr. Troxell 
 died there, March 4, 1824. His widow 
 and some of her children came to Sanga- 
 mon county in 1836, and the others came 
 later. Of her children 
 
 ELIZABETH, born Jan. 19, 1815, 
 in Washington county, Maryland,was mar- 
 ried there to Perry Prather. They had 
 twelve children, and the family moved to 
 Sangamon county, Illinois, in iS^o. Of 
 their children, ABRAHAM went to 
 California in March, 1859, and after a few 
 years absence was not heard of until 1875. 
 He now lives in Prescott, Arizona. 
 SARAH E., married Harvey N. North. 
 See his name. RUTH A., married 
 Marshal Sattley. See his name. 
 WASHINGTON B. was a soldier in an 
 Illinois regiment, and aided in suppressing 
 the rebellion. He lives with his mother. 
 WILLIAM D. is in Prescott, Arizona. 
 MARY C. married Jacob C. Miller. See 
 Jus name. KITTURAH, SAMUEL J., 
 ISAAC R., RACHEL F., JEMIMA'j. 
 and JOHN L., the six latter, live with 
 their mother, except Isaac R., who is a 
 telegraph operator. Perry Prather died, 
 and his widow lives four miles east of 
 Rochester, Sangamon county, Illinois. 
 
 DA VI D, born Jan. 15, 1815, in Wash- 
 ington county, Maryland, came to Sanga- 
 mon countv, Illinois, in the autumn of 
 1835, settling in what is now Cooper 
 township. He was married in Macon 
 countv to Lucinda Dickev. They ha 1 
 
 two living children, JAMES B., married 
 Harriet Jones, and lives near Argenta, 
 Macon county, Illinois. JOHN was stab- 
 bed in the heart, when about fifteen years 
 of age, by a southern refugee, during the 
 time of the rebellion. They were at work 
 together in a field, and although others 
 were near them, the murderer escaped 
 and has never been heard of. The stab- 
 bing was done without provocation or 
 warning. Mrs. Lucinda Troxell died 
 Jan. 8, 1875. David Troxell left Argenta 
 March 10, 1874, intending to visit his 
 brother, Peter. Having to pass through 
 Decatur, Illinois, he was seen there the 
 day he left home, and that is the last that 
 is certainly known of him by his relatives. 
 He was a sober, honest and substantial 
 farmer, and his fate is enshrouded in the 
 most profound mystery. 
 
 PETER, born May 2, 1816, in Wash- 
 ington county, Maryland, and came to 
 Sangamon county, arriving October, 1836, 
 in what is now Cooper township, south of 
 Sangamon river. He was married in San- 
 gamon county, Feb. 18, 1841, to Susan 
 Firey. They had twelve children. 
 Abraham died in his eighth year. 
 GRANT E., next to the youngest, died 
 in infancy. MARY E., born Jan. 14, 
 1844, was married Feb. 23, 186^, to John 
 W. North. See his name. "SARAH 
 E., born Feb. i, 1847, was married Sept. 
 i, 1870, to Henry C. Neer, who was born 
 Jan. 6, 1842, in London county, Virginia, 
 and brought by his parents to Sangamon 
 county in the fall of that year. He en- 
 listed in August, 1862, for three years, in 
 Co. I, i I4th 111. Inf., and was taken 
 prisoner at the battle of Guntown, Miss., 
 June 10, 1864. He was imprisoned, at 
 Andersonville, Georgia, and other places, 
 until April 4, 1865, when he was released, 
 and was honorably discharged May 8, 
 1865. H. C. Neer and wife live three 
 miles north of Breckenridge, Sangamon 
 county, Illinois. ANNIE was married 
 Feb. 22, 1876, to J. Henry Ross, and live 
 near Breckenridge, Sangamon countv, 
 Illinois. RUTHE., ISAAC H., 
 WILLIAM P., JOHN T-, GRACE E., 
 PHCEBE J. and MARTHA A; the 
 seven latter live with their parents at 
 Edgewood farm, five miles east of Roch- 
 ester, Sangamon countv, Illinois. 
 
 WILLIAM, born Nov. 12, 1817,111 
 Washington countv, Maryland, came to
 
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 EARLY SETTLERS OF 
 
 Sangamon county in 1836, is unmarried, 
 and lives at the house of his niece, Mrs. 
 North. 
 
 JOHN, born July 8, 1819, in Washing- 
 ton county, Maryland, came to Sangamon 
 county in the fall of 1836, and was mar- 
 ried Nov. 18, 1857, to Mary S. Firey. 
 They had one child, MARY, who was 
 married August 9, 1876, to Alexander 
 Anderson, and lives in Pana, Illinois. Mrs. 
 Mary S. Troxell died Nov. 16, 1859, and 
 John Troxell was married Nov. 19, 1862, 
 to Cynthia Willy. They have six living 
 children, EVA R., ABRAHAM P., 
 LUCINDA A., ELIZA J., JOHN W. 
 and LUTHER, and reside near Grove 
 City, Christian county, Illinois. 
 
 MART, born Feb. 2, 1821, in Mary- 
 land, died in Sangamon county, aged 
 eighteen vears. 
 
 ABRAHAM and ISAAC, twins, 
 born Nov. 2, 1824, in Washington county, 
 Maryland. The former died in infancy. 
 
 IS A A C came to Sangamon county in 
 1836, and married Eliza J. Hazlett. They 
 had two children in Sangamon county. 
 WILLIAM was married Nov. 19, 1874, 
 to Jemima P rather. They have one child, 
 DELBERT, and live near Edinburg, Chris- 
 tian county, Illinois. GEORGE was 
 married Nov. 26, 1874, to Annie Foster, 
 and live in Missouri. Mrs. Eliza J. 
 Troxell died in Christian county, Illinois, 
 and Isaac Troxell lives in California. 
 
 SARAH, born Jan. i, 1823, in Wash- 
 ington county, Maryland, came to Sanga- 
 mon county in 1836, and was married in 
 DeWitt county to Ralph Rosencrans. 
 She died November, 1867, leaving one 
 child, SARAH, who married James 
 Powell. They live near DeWitt, DeWitt 
 county, Illinois. 
 
 JAMES, born Sept. 16, 1827, in 
 Maryland, came to Sangamon county in 
 1836, enlisted in 1846 in the 4th 111. Inf-, 
 served one year in the Mexican war, 
 under Colonel E. D. Baker, and died in 
 1847, m Sangaman county, of disease con- 
 tracted in the army. 
 
 Mrs. Sarah Troxell died March 27, 
 1844, and was buried in Cooper township, 
 Sangamon county, Illinois. 
 
 TRUE, Mrs. SUSANNAH, 
 whose maiden name was Williams, was 
 born about 1782 near Richmond, Virginia. 
 Her parents moved to Woodford county, 
 Kentucky, and she was there married to 
 
 Ezekiel True. They had eleven children 
 in Kentucky, and moved to Morgan coun- 
 ty, Illinois, in 1825, and in 1827 moved to 
 Randolph county, Missouri, where Mr. 
 True died, and Mrs. True, with four of her 
 children, moved to Springfield, Illinois, in 
 1832. Of their children 
 
 WILKINS raised a family in Kentucky 
 and resides near Oconee, Illinois. 
 
 PA TTTT, born in Kentucky, married 
 in Morgan county, Illinois, to Moses 
 Pilcher, and died in 1840 at Springfield. 
 Her son, JEPTHA, resides in Springfield, 
 Illinois. 
 
 GREEN ., died in California. 
 WILLIAM married in Kentucky. 
 Residence not known. 
 
 LE WIS lives near Moberly, Missouri. 
 
 MATILDA married in Springfield to 
 Mossman Ballard, and died in California. 
 
 JAMES married in Chicago, and lives 
 at Durant, Illinois. 
 
 L UC1NDA was born August 19, 1823, 
 in Woodford county, Kentucky, came to 
 Sangamon county in 1832, married in 
 Springfield Nov. 12, 1843, *- Willis H. 
 Johnson. He was born Sept. 18, 1818, in 
 Wilson county, Tennessee, and brought up 
 in Davidson county in the same State. He 
 came to Springfield, Illinois, in the spring 
 of 1843. They had nine children. Three 
 died young. WILLIAM T., born Aug. 
 25, 1844, enlisted February, 1862, in Co. 
 G 5th 111. Cav. for three years, re-enlisted 
 as a veteran in January, 1864, served until 
 November, 1865, and was at the capture of 
 Helena, Arkansas, siege of Vicksburg, and 
 capture of Jackson, Mississippi. He was 
 honorably discharged, and was married 
 May 8, 1867, to Margaret A. Hillman. 
 They have two children, KATIE and AL- 
 BERT PALMER. William T. Johnson 
 live in Springfield, Illinois. MARY 
 F., born Feb. 10, 1847, was lllan "i e d Feb. 
 19, 1868, to L. Herbert Spaulding, who 
 was born near Hudson, New York, Aug. 
 14, 1849, came to Springfield with his 
 father in 1858. They have three chil- 
 dren, CLARA L., WILLIE J. and L. DANA, 
 
 and live in Springfield, 111. GEORGE 
 W., born June 15, 1848, was married Nov. 
 28, 1872, to Helen Maxon, in Blooming- 
 ton, Illhiois, and lives there. JOHN M., 
 DRUSILLAJ. and CHARLES H., live 
 with their prrents in Springfield, Illinois. 
 Willis H. Johnson was the pioneer 
 machinist in Springfield, so far as doing
 
 SANGAMON COUNTY. 
 
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 all kinds of work to supply the country. 
 He also established the ten hour system, 
 by making a pattern with his own hands, 
 casting a bell, and having it rung at 
 regular hours. That was in 1845 or '4^- 
 JANE, born Feb. 10, 1826, in Ken- 
 tucky, married in Springfield to George 
 Anderson, who died May 15, 1856, in 
 Springfield, leaving a widow and four 
 children, who now live in Omaha, 
 Nebraska. 
 
 Mrs. Susannah True died August, 1834, 
 in Springfield, Illinois. 
 
 TRUMBO, ADAM, was born 
 May 6, 1790, in Bourbon county, Ken- 
 tucky. Mildreth Foster was born Feb- 
 ruary, 1790, in the same county. They 
 were there married, had ten children, and 
 moved to Sangamon county, Illinois, 
 arriving in November, 1828, about six 
 miles south of Springfield, in what is now 
 Woodside township, where two children 
 were born. Of their children 
 
 J OHN married Ellen Haley and died 
 in 1848 or '49, and his widow married 
 Milton Bridges. See his name. 
 
 ME LINDA married Jeremiah Adams. 
 She died, leaving four children near 
 Galena, Illinois. 
 
 JACOB died at seventeen years of 
 age. 
 
 LA VIC A married James L. South- 
 wick. See his name. 
 
 HARNESS, born Oct. 9, 1816, in 
 Bourbon county, Kentucky, married in 
 Sangamon county, July 15, 1838, to 
 Elizabeth Hall. Thev had eight children. 
 WILLIAM, born April 10, 1840, died 
 Sept. 14, 1862. SARAH C., born 'Jan. 
 26, 1843, lives with her parents. JAMES 
 P., born Jan. 27, 1845, married Dec. 25, 
 1870, to Anna Staley. They have one 
 child, WILLIAM, and live one and one- 
 half miles west of Chatham, Illinois. 
 JACOB, born July 2, 1848, lives with his 
 parents. M/\RIA L. died at five years 
 of age. HARNESS, Jim., born Nov. 
 15, 1854, and OSCAR, born Feb. 7, 1856, 
 live with their parents. ANDREW J., 
 born August 25, 1861, died Sept. 23, 1875. 
 Harness Trumbo lives six miles south of 
 Springfield, near where his father, Adam 
 Trumbo, settled in 1828. 
 
 LOUISA J. married Thomas Chord, 
 had ten children, and Mr. Chord died Jan. 
 20, 1874, leaving his family near Peters- 
 burg, Illinois. 
 
 NANCT married Joseph Scales. 
 They have ten children, and five in Wis- 
 consin, near Galena, Illinois. 
 
 ELIZABETH, born March 10, 1823, 
 in Kentucky, married in Sangamon county 
 to John Smith. See his name. 
 
 ANDREW F., born in Kentucky, 
 raised in Sangamon county, and married 
 in Missouri to Mary Flernoy, has three 
 children, and lives near Barr's Ridge P. 
 O., California. 
 
 REBECCA married Mitchell Gra- 
 ham. See his name. She had one child, 
 REBECCA, who married Mitchell 
 Lawson, and lives near Johnstown, Bates 
 county, Missouri. 
 
 ISAAC H., born March 13, 1830, in 
 Sangamon county, married Emma 
 Bridges. They had three children. The 
 secord one, AMANDA J., died, aged 
 seven years. ALMA and ARABELL 
 live with their parents, one mile north of 
 Chatham, Sangamon county, Illinois. 
 
 GEORGE W., born Mov. 28, 1832, 
 in Sangamon county, married March 29, 
 1865, to Mary F. Malone, who was born 
 Feb. 24, 1844, in St. Louis county, 
 Missouri. They had four children, twins, 
 died in infancy. EUGENE L. and 
 ARTHUR A. live with their parents. 
 G. W. Trumbo resides where his parents 
 settled in 1828, and where he was born. 
 It is six miles south of Springfield, Illinois. 
 
 Mrs. Mildreth Trumbo died April 20, 
 1835, and Adam Trumbo married Mrs. 
 Hannah Hall, whose maiden name was 
 Cunningham. He died Oct. 6, 1856, arcl 
 she died January, 1872, both in Sangamon 
 county, Illinois. 
 
 TURNER, ARCHIBALD, 
 
 was born June 11,1750, in Ireland. He 
 was the youngest of twelve children, all 
 the others having died in infancy. He 
 came to America when he was more than 
 thirty years of age, and was married about 
 1790, on James River, Virginia to Rachel 
 
 . They had five children in 
 
 Virginia, and Mrs. Rachel Turner died 
 July 29, 1818. He moved with his chil- 
 dren to the Wabash valley, Indiana, where 
 he was married to Catherine White, also 
 a native of Ireland. They had two chil- 
 dren in Indiana, and the family moved to 
 Sangamon county, Illinois, arriving in 
 1820 or '21. Of his children
 
 73 
 
 EARL If SETTLERS OF 
 
 MARY, born Nov. 8, 1797, in Virginia, 
 married in Indiana to William Harvey, 
 moved to Christian county, Illinois, raised 
 a family, and she died about 1869. 
 
 JOHN, born Oct. 7, 1799, in Virginia, 
 married in Sangamon county to Esther 
 McMurry. They had seven children, and 
 he died. Their son, Archibald Turner, 
 lives in Springfield, Illinois. 
 
 ESTHER, born August 21, 1801, in 
 Virginia, married in Indiana to Daniel 
 McCaskill, moved to Brown county, 
 Illinois, where the parents died, leaving a 
 large family. Their son, JOHN, is a 
 physician in Colorado, and their son, 
 ARCHER, is a Methodist preacher. 
 
 MARK, born Oct. 3, 1803, in Virginia, 
 married in Sangamon county to Elvira 
 Bell. They had three children, moved to 
 Decatur, where he died about 1855, and 
 his widow died the next year. 
 
 ARCHIBALD, Jun., born July i, 
 1808, in Virginia, married in Sangamon 
 county to Elizabeth Lemons, moved to 
 Washington county, Illinois, and died there 
 in 1871. He was a local preacher in the 
 M. E. church. 
 
 By the second wife: 
 
 HUGH, born February, 1816, in 
 Indiana, married in Christian county, 
 Illinois, to Elizabeth Stokes, and had eight 
 children in Sangamon county. DAVID 
 A., born Sept. 28, 1839, married Eliza- 
 beth Littrell, had one child, EDWARD, who 
 died, aged seven years. They live near 
 Pawnee, Illinois. JAMES W., born Dec. 
 20, 1841, married Lutheria Huston, and 
 live six miles west of Springfield, Illinois. 
 SARAH C., born April 14, 1844, married 
 William M. Young, have five children, 
 and live near Elkhart, Logan county, 
 Illinois. GEORGE W., born March 21, 
 1847, lives near Edinburg, Illinois. 
 ELIZA J., born Feb. 9, 1849, married 
 Nov. 25, 1868, to Charles W. Ewell. 
 See his name. JOHN H., born Jan. 21, 
 1851. ROBERT, born July, 17, 1853. 
 ELIZABETH, born April 7, 1857, and 
 MARY A., born April 30, 1859, reside 
 at the family homestead, four miles west 
 of Springfield. Illinois. Mrs. Elizabeth 
 Turner died April 7, 1870, and Hugh 
 Turner died Dec. 14, 1872. 
 
 JAMES, born Jan. 26, 1818, in 
 Indiana, married Oct. 25, 1848, in Sanga- 
 mon county, to Elizabeth A. Earnest. 
 They had two children, SALOME O., 
 
 born Nov. 10, 1849, married Jacob E. 
 Ingalls. See his name. NOAH H., 
 born Nov. 7, 1851, lives with his mother. 
 James Turner died Oct. 22, 1853, and his 
 widow married Henry B. Chambers. 
 See his name, 
 
 Archibald Turner died June 29, 1855, 
 aged one hundred and five years and 
 eighteen days. His widow, Mrs Catherine 
 Turner, died May 10, 1870, both near 
 where they settled in 1820 or '21, four 
 miles west of Springfield, Illinois. 
 
 Archibald Turner was raised by Pres- 
 byterian parents, and was thoroughly 
 trained in the -Westminster Confession of 
 Faith and larger Catechism. He became 
 dissipated in early life, but while living in 
 Indiana he was converted at a camp-meet- 
 ing, and for the last fifty years of his life 
 was a devoted Christian. Near the close 
 of his pilgrimage of more than a century 
 his memory failed on all current events, 
 but he could repeat correctly passages of 
 the catechism, and the prayers that his 
 mother had taught him in childhood. 
 
 T U R P I N, Mrs. ELIZA- 
 BETH, whose maiden name was 
 Isom, was born about 1775, in Kentucky, 
 and married there to Philip Turpin. 
 They had twelve children, and Mr. 
 Turpin died in Kentucky. Mrs. Elizabeth 
 Turpin, with six of her children, came to 
 Sangamon county in 1831 or '32, and 
 settled two miles southeast of Loami. Of 
 her children 
 
 WOODFORD married in Kentucky, 
 moved to Missouri, and afterwards to 
 Sangamon county. - His son, JAMES M., 
 born May 10, 1848, in Howard county, 
 Missouri, married Charlotte Webb. See 
 Webb family. Mr. Turpin is a merchant 
 in Loami, Sangamon county, Illinois. 
 
 SARAH married in Kentucky to John 
 Clements, and she died there. 
 
 Of the six children who came to Sanga- 
 mon county 
 
 ELIZABETH, after the death of her 
 sister, Sarah, married John Clements and 
 came to Sangamon county. See his 
 name. 
 
 WILLIAM, born in Kentucky about 
 1797, died unmarried in Sangamon county, 
 Oct. 2, 1865. 
 
 CELIA married William Withrovv. 
 See his name.
 
 SAN GAM ON COUNTY. 
 
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 URIAH, born in Kentucky, died in 
 Sangamon county, aged twenty-two 
 years. 
 
 MARTHA,\>or\\ in Kentucky, married 
 in Sangamon county to Absalom Stine, 
 had eight children, and he died. The 
 widow and some of her children live in 
 Missouri. 
 
 .V. I NCT, born in Kentucky, married 
 Jefferson Back. They had nine children. 
 The parents arc dead. Their daughters, 
 ELIZABETH married George J. 
 Walker. See his name. They live in 
 Loami, Illinois. CAROLINE married 
 D. Rose, and live in Loami, Illinois. 
 MIRANDA married David D. Martin, 
 and resides in Auburn, Illinois. He is a 
 carpenter and builder there. 
 
 CHARLES /., born Nov. 28, 1818, 
 in Kentucky, came with his mother to 
 Sangamon county in 1831 or '32, married 
 August n, 1836, to Sarah Jarrett. They 
 had eight children. They moved to 
 Missouri and returned. Some of their 
 children were born in each State. 
 REBECCA A., born August 9, 1837, in 
 Sangamon county, married Aaron Hall, 
 Jun. See his name. WILLIAM A., 
 born August 29, 1839, in Lewis county, 
 Missouri, enlisted August, 1862, for three 
 years, in Co. I, /3d 111. Inf. He died Dec. 
 26, 1862, at Nashville, Tennessee. His 
 remains were brought home and buried in 
 Sulphur Springs Cemetery, near Loami, 
 Illinois. ELIZABETH, born Feb. 8, 
 1841, in Missouri, married Hugh A. Park. 
 See his name. JONATHAN J., born 
 July 7, 1842, in Missouri, married in San- 
 gamon county to Sarah E. Cloninger, 
 who was born August 12, 1841, in Cabell 
 county, West Virginia. They have three 
 children, WILLIAM A., CHARLES L. and 
 SARAH M., and reside one and one-half 
 miles southeast of Loami, Sangamon 
 county, Illinois. CHARLES L, Jun., 
 born Feb. 24, 1849, enlisted in Co. E, I33d 
 111. Inf., for one hundred days, and was 
 honorably discharged, with thanks of 
 President Lincoln, Dec. 15, 1864. He 
 was married June 27, 1867, to Eliza Jane 
 Hays, who was born March 24, 1849, in 
 Macoupin county. They reside two and 
 a half miles south of Loami, Illinois. 
 DENNIS, born Sept. 19, 1851, married 
 Dec. 21, 1870, to Caroline F. Hays, who 
 was born May 21, 1853, in Macoupin 
 county, Illinois. They live two miles 
 
 south of Loami, Illinois. JAMES F., born 
 Sept. n, 1853, lives with his mother 1874. 
 Charles I. Turpin, Sen., died April i, 
 1869, in Sangamon county, and Mrs. 
 Sarah Turpin resides one and one-half 
 miles southwest of Loami, Sangamon 
 county. Illinois. 
 
 L UCINDA, born in Kentucky, mar- 
 ried in Sangamon county to George 
 Taylor, has five children, and resides in 
 Christian county, Illinois. 
 
 Mrs. Elizabeth Turpin died in 1860 in 
 Sangamon county, Illinois, aged eighty- 
 five years. 
 
 TURLEY, THOMAS J., was 
 born May 7> 1802, in Montgomery county, 
 Kentucky. His parents had fourteen 
 children, seven of each sex, all born in the 
 same county. The parents, with part of 
 their chiildren, came to Logan county, 
 Illinois, about 1823, and there are many 
 of the name in that county, as the whole 
 fourteen children raised families. The 
 eleventh child, being the youngest son, 
 is the one whose name heads this sketch. 
 He came from Logan to Sangamon 
 county, and was married Sept. 27, 1827, 
 to Mary Trotter. They had ten children, 
 all born in Sangamon county. Two died 
 young. Of the other eight children 
 
 ELIZABETH, born June 8, 1828, in 
 .Sangamon county, married Nov. 7, 1850, 
 to William Kenney, who was born in 
 1827, in Harrison county, Kentucky, was 
 a soldier from DeWitt county, Illinois, for 
 one year, from June, 1846, in Co. E, 4th 
 111. Inf., in the war with Mexico, and 
 came to Sangamon county in 1849. Mr. 
 and Mrs. Kenney had five children, 
 MARY A. died in her second year. 
 JOHN B., VICTOR, SARAH F. and 
 WILLIAM live with their parents, two 
 miles west of Mechanicsburg, Illinois. 
 
 AGNES J., born Nov. 18, 1829, mar- 
 ried Nicholas B. Whitesides. See his 
 name. 
 
 BOLIVAR, born August 12, 1831, in 
 Sangamon county, married in the same- 
 county, Jan. 22, 1857, to Maria Wilson, 
 who was born Nov. 15, 1834, in Nrw 
 Hampshire. They had five children, one- 
 died in infancy, and ALBERT J. died in 
 his third year. GEORGE LINCOLN, 
 NICHOLAS IRVING, and HENRY 
 ELMER live with their parents on the 
 farm where his parents settled in 1828.
 
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 EARL1 SETTLERS OP 
 
 It is two miles north of Sangamon Station, 
 and four miles east of Springfield, Illinois. 
 
 JAMES, born May 4, 1833, married 
 Oct. 20, 1853, to Mary B. Kenney. They 
 had six children, JAMES T., AM- 
 BROSE, ADA BELLE, LAURA C., 
 CHARLES H. and ELIZA A. Mr. 
 Turley died August 26, 1862, and his 
 widow and children reside five miles east 
 of Springfield, Illinois. 
 
 HENRT D., born Feb. 3, 1836, in 
 Sangamon county, married Sept. to, 1856, 
 in Logan county to Eliza J. Scoggin,who 
 was born in that county Dec. 12, 1840. 
 They had nine children, four died under 
 two years. FANNIE A., MARY A., 
 CHARLES L., MAGGIE MAY and 
 CHLOE E. reside with their parents, 
 five miles east of Springfield, Illinois. 
 
 THOMAS J., Jun., born Jan. 20, 
 1838, married May 20, 1858, to Rebecca 
 Barr. She died Feb. 14, 1874, leaving 
 five children, ALVAN, ELIZABETH, 
 FLORA A., JAMES and ELIZA A. 
 Mr. Turley was married a second time, 
 and resides three miles east ot Springfield, 
 Illinois. 
 
 WILLIAM, born Oct. 16, 1840, in 
 Sangamon county, enlisted July 25, 1862, 
 in Co. I, i I4th 111. Inf., for three years, 
 served until the end of the rebellion and 
 was honorably discharged July 4, 1865. 
 He was married August 10, 1865, in St. 
 Louis, to Ellen Curran, who was born 
 April 7, 1842, in Glasgow, Scotland. 
 They had two children, JOSEPH W. and 
 MARY E., and Mrs. Ellen Turley died 
 August 8, 1872. Mr. T. and his children 
 live with his mother, five miles east of 
 Springfield, Illinois 1874. 
 
 MART, born Dec. n, 1842, in Sanga- 
 mon county, married Dec. 28, 1864, to 
 Quintus Embree. They had one child, 
 FANNIE A., born Nov. 4, 1865. Mrs. 
 Embree was married Feb. 20, 1875, to 
 William D. Henry. They have one son, 
 WILLIAM D., Jun., and reside five 
 miles east of Springfield, Illinois. 
 
 Thomas J. Turley died Sept. 7,1852, 
 and his widow resides with her children, 
 near where she and her husband settled in 
 1828, five miles east of Springfield, Illinois. 
 
 TWIST, JOHN, was born in 
 Cambridge, Massachusetts, went to Seneca 
 Falls, when a young man, and was there 
 married to Phoebe Russell, who was born 
 in Newark, New Jersey. They had two 
 
 children at Seneca Falls, and moved to 
 Sangamon county, Illinois, arriving in 
 1821, in what is now Woodside township, 
 six miles southeast of Springfield, where 
 they had two children. Mrs. Twist made 
 cheese and her husband hauled it to St. 
 Louis on an ox wagon, where he found a 
 market for it. In that way they raised 
 the money to buy their first eighty acres 
 of land. Early in 1826 they moved to a 
 place on the Sangamon river, two miles 
 northeast of Rochester, and about eight 
 miles east of Springfield. Mr. Twist, in 
 connection with Dr. Darling, of Spring- 
 field, built a saw and grist mill further up 
 the river, four miles northeast of Roch- 
 ester. It required all the men within a 
 radius of ten or twelve miles to raise the 
 mill. Mr. and Mrs. Twist had two chil- 
 dren near the Sangamon river. Of their 
 six children 
 
 THADDEUS, born in New York, 
 died in Sangamon county, aged fifteen 
 years. 
 
 CICERO, born in 1820 in Seneca 
 Falls, New York, married in Sangamon 
 county, Illinois, May 21, 1845,10 Sarah A. 
 Baricman, and moved in August, 1848, to 
 DeWitt county, Illinois. They had ten 
 children, CICERO S., the sixth, and 
 SARAH P., the eighth, died young. Of 
 the other eight, NORVILLA A. was 
 married Sept. 20. 1866, to John W. Dunn, 
 has one child, JAMES E., and lives in 
 Macon county, Illinois. LOUISA was 
 married June, 1872, to James Long, has 
 one child, CHARLES, and lives in McLean 
 county, Illinois. MYLO lives with his 
 father. EVAN A. was married Feb. 19, 
 1874, to Jane Bennett. MARY E., 
 WESLEY W., ADELIA E., and 
 JOANNA live with their father. Mrs. 
 Sarah A. Twist died Jan. 10, 1867, and 
 Cicero Twist was married Nov. 3, 1867, 
 to Sarah Enos, and resides near Weldon, 
 DeWitt county, Illinois. . 
 
 JOANNA, born Feb. 26, 1822, in San- 
 gamon county, married Henry Johnson. 
 See his name. 
 
 MYLO, born in 1824 and died, aged 
 seven years. 
 
 JOHN A., born Nov. 12, 1826, near 
 Rochester, Sangamon county, Illinois, 
 was married Nov. 26, 1856, in Rochester, 
 to Eliza J. Sattley. They have six chil- 
 dren, IRA F., RALPH S., MARY A.,
 
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 ELLA R., ELIZA J. and JOHN A., 
 
 Jun., and reside in Rochester, Illinois. 
 
 John Twist died July 13, 1831, at his 
 mill, on the Sangamon river, north of 
 Rochester. His widow married James 
 Stewart. They had one child. 
 
 EMELINE Stewart, born in Sanga- 
 mon county, and married Addison Foley. 
 They have two children, and live at Hay 
 Market, Prince William county, Virginia. 
 
 Mrs. Phoebe Stewart died Jan. n, 
 1836, in Sangamon county, Illinois. See 
 name of Barnes Stewart. 
 
 TJ 
 
 UNDERWOOD, REUBEN, 
 was born March 17, 1798, in Nicholas 
 county, Kentucky. He was married in 
 Bracken county, Kentucky, December 5, 
 1822, to Margaret Dawson, a sister of 
 John Dawson. See his name. She was 
 born August 31, 1796, in Fairfax county, 
 Virginia. Mr. and Mrs. Underwood lived 
 for some time in Harrison county, Ken- 
 tucky. Then moved with four children 
 to Sangamon county, Illinois, arriving in 
 the fall of 1833 m what is now Mechanics- 
 burg township. Of their five children 
 
 ELIZA, born Sept. 7, 1823, in Ken- 
 tucky, died Sept. 28, 1825. 
 
 JOHN H., born July 31, 1825, in Har- 
 rison county, Kentucky, was brought up 
 in Sangamon county, and married in 1859, 
 at Rusnville, Illinois, to Jane E. E. Smith. 
 They had six children, CHARLES E., 
 JOHN R., SARAH M., ADELIA E., 
 ARTHUR A. and ALBERT E., the 
 latter twins. J. H. Underwood and 
 family reside at Carrollton, Green county, 
 Illinois. 
 
 WILLIAM D., born Jan. 14, 1828, in 
 Kentucky, died in Sangamon county, 
 August 4, 1835. 
 
 THOMAS J., born Oct. 30, 1829, in 
 Harrison county, Kentucky, was married 
 at Mechanicsburg, Sangamon county, 
 Illinois, Oct. 28, 1858, to Margaret D. 
 Bondurant. They reside at the home- 
 stead, where his parents settled in 1833. 
 It is three miles southeast of Dawson, 
 Sangamon county, Illinois. Thomas J. 
 Underwood enlisted August 6, 1862, for 
 three years, in Co. I, 73d 111. Inf. He 
 was elected second lieutenant, on the 
 
 organization of the company. After the 
 battle of Perry ville he resigned in conse- 
 quence of failing health. 
 
 ADELIA, born Feb. 29, 1832, resides 
 at the family homestead. 
 
 Reuben Underwood died Feb. 10, 1844, 
 and his widow died Jan. 9, 1875, both at 
 the homestead where they settled in 1833. 
 Reuben Underwood's widowed mother 
 came with him to Sangamon county, he 
 being the only child. Her maiden name 
 was Sarah Con way. Her parents were 
 among the earliest settlers in Kentucky. 
 They had taken refuge from the Indians 
 either in Randall's or Martin's station, and 
 when those fortifications were captured 
 and destroyed, June 22, 1780, by the com- 
 bined forces of the British and Indians, 
 she was separated from her parents and 
 adopted by an Indian and his squaw. She 
 was then about seven years old. They 
 took her to Detroit, Michigan, and after a 
 search of three years, her father, learning 
 where she was, secured an order from the 
 British officers for the Indians to restore 
 her to her father. They also advised Mr. 
 Conway to make the Indian a present to 
 prevent his injuring her. Acting on their 
 advice, he paid them forty dollars. She 
 died at her son's residence, Sept. 19, 1845, 
 aged about seventy-three years. 
 
 UNDERWOOD, JOHN, was 
 born about 1785, in North Carolina. 
 Went to Sumner county, Tennessee, when 
 a young man, was there married to 
 Clarissa Cook, and had eleven children in 
 Tennessee. The family moved to Sanga- 
 mon county, Illinois, arriving November, 
 1829, in what is now Island Grove town- 
 ship, where one child was born. Of their 
 children 
 
 GEORGE, born Jan. 27, 1811, mar- 
 ried in Sangamon county to Elizabeth 
 Sweet, had six children, and she died, and 
 he married Ann Campbell, had four chil- 
 dren, and the parents died, leaving their 
 children near St. Joseph, Missouri. 
 
 LA WRENCE, born August 5, 1812, 
 in Davidson county, Tennessee, married 
 in Sangamon county, April 9, 1835, ^ 
 Abigail Colburn. They had fourteen 
 children, four of whom died under nine 
 years. Of the ten, ACHSA, born May 
 6, 1836, married Nov. 24, 1854, to William 
 HufFmaster. See his name. Thev have 
 ten children, and live at Owaneco, Chris- 
 tian county, Illinois'. NATHAN T.
 
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 EA RL T SE TTLERS OF 
 
 born October i, 1837, married Mary 
 L. Dorrance, have six children, and 
 live near Loami, Illinois. A Z U B A, 
 born April 18, 1839, married August 13, 
 1862, to Benjamin F. Weeks, who was 
 born July 6, 1841, in Belmont county, 
 Ohio. They have two children, AMY A. 
 and i, AURA A., and reside in Loami, 
 Illinois. Mr. Weeks enlisted August 2, 
 1862, in Co. F, 5 ist 111. Inf., for three 
 years, served until June 29, 1865, when he 
 was honorably discharged. He was in 
 the dispensing druggists' department the 
 last year. CLARISSA, born Jan. 4, 
 1841, married April 14, 1859, to Samuel 
 M. Neal, have three children, and live 
 near Springfield, Missouri. BARTON 
 W., born Sept. 26, 1842, lives near Spring- 
 field, Missouri. JESSE T., born Sept. 
 4, 1847, man "i e d June 25, 1868, to Abigail 
 M. Kinney, and live at Linden, Osage 
 county, Kansas. LAWRENCE T., born 
 July 31, 1849, married July 8, 1869, to 
 Martha J. Weir, have two children, and 
 reside two miles west of Loami, Illinois. 
 LUCY, born August 9, 1853, married 
 June 16, 1870, to Scott Carter, who died, 
 and she lives with her parents. DAVJD 
 O. and FANNY live with their parents, 
 near Bois D'Arc, Greene county, Missouri. 
 
 MARTHA A., born April 10, 1814, 
 married Abel Jones, had several children, 
 and both died in Lewis county, Missouri. 
 
 EMELINE, born July 20, 1816, mar- 
 ried March 6, 1842, to William Hammond. 
 See his name, 
 
 MATILDA, born March 29, 1818, 
 married December, 1842, to Thomas 
 Deaton, have nine children, and reside 
 near Jacksonville, Illinois. 
 
 PRESLEY, born Sept. n, 1819, died 
 unmarried at thirty years of age. 
 
 TURNER, born Jan. 14, 1823, mar- 
 ried Mary Harbour, had four children, 
 and he died, leaving his widow and chil- 
 dren at Hamburg, Iowa. 
 
 WILEY, born May 16, 1823, died 
 1858. 
 
 TABI7^HA, born Oct. 23, 1824, mar- 
 ried John Morgan. They live in Atchi- 
 son county, Missouri. 
 
 LOUl'SA, born May 29, 1826, in 
 Tennessee, married in Sangamon county 
 to Milton, Douglas. See his name. 
 Her name is erroneously printed Eliza. 
 
 JAMES T., born Oct. 9, 1830, in 
 Sangamon county, was married Jan. 29, 
 
 1866, near Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, 
 to Elizabeth Coble, a native of that place. 
 James T. Underwood was for several 
 years assessor of Island Grove township. 
 He was elected in 1864 to represent that 
 township in the board of supervisors of 
 Sangamon county. He is now Novem- 
 ber, 1876 a Justice of the Peace, and re- 
 sides in Springfield, Illinois. 
 
 John Underwood built a horse mill in 
 Island Grove, soon after his arrival. It 
 was the first in that part of the county. 
 The settlers came from twenty to thirty 
 miles to do grinding with their own teams. 
 He died Oct. 27, 1866, in Island Grove, 
 where he settled in 1829. His widow 
 died Jan. 18, 1866, at Loami, Sangamon 
 county, Illinois. 
 
 UNDERWOOD, WIL- 
 LIAM, was born and married in 
 Kentucky, and brought his family to 
 Sangamon county, arriving about 1834 at 
 Berlin. They had three children, one of 
 whom died, aged ten V years, and Mrs. 
 Underwood died. Their two sons, 
 CHARLES and LTCURGUS,^ 
 to their friends, in Kentucky, and went 
 from there, as soldiers, in the Mexican 
 war. William Underwood married for his 
 second wife, Eliza Lemon, and he died in 
 1840. His widow married John Churchill. 
 See his name. 
 
 UTTERBACK, ELIJAH, 
 
 was born in Culpepper county, Virgiana, 
 Sept. 25, 1776. When he was a young- 
 man he went to Henry county, Kentucky, 
 and was there married to Susan Bice a 
 sister to John Bice. They had three 
 children born in Kentucky, and moved to 
 Sangamon county, Illinois, arriving in 
 October, 1835, ni wnat i fi novv Williams 
 township, where one child was born. Of 
 their four children 
 
 MARY D., born April 12, 1824, in 
 Henry county, Kentucky, married in 
 Sangamon county to Peter Braughton. 
 See his name. 
 
 ELIZABETH C., born in Ken- 
 tucky, married in Sangamon county to 
 James Dode. They have six children, and 
 live in Lafayette county, Missouri. 
 
 NANCY A., born in Kentucky, mar- 
 ried in Sangamon county to Jacob Lucas. 
 They have six children, and live in Fre- 
 mont county, Iowa.
 
 SANGAMON COUNTY. 
 
 735 
 
 ADAL1NE S., born in Sangamon 
 county, married James Henry. They 
 have two children, and live in Bourbon 
 county, Kentucky. 
 
 Mrs. Susan Utterback died August 19, 
 1841, and her husband died March 3, 1862, 
 both in Sangamon county, Illinois. 
 
 VANCIL. This name Vanzael, 
 anglicised is quite common in Germany, 
 especially among the soldiers of the fath- 
 erland. The circumstances which led to 
 its being transferred from Prussia to 
 America were somewhat peculiar. A 
 young man bearing the name, put to 
 death a valuable dog belonging to an old 
 German husbandman. This was deemed 
 a grave offense, and he was called up by 
 his father for trial. The boy plead guilty, 
 but justified his actions. The venerable 
 parent decreed that he' should be severely 
 chastised or leave the country. The proud 
 spirited stripling chose the latter, imme- 
 diately embarked for America, and settled 
 in Virginia. Nothing is known of his 
 marriage, but his son, John Vancil mar- 
 ried Mary Penrod. They had a large 
 family, consisting in part of six sons, five 
 of whom were over six feet high, and 
 weighed upwards of two hundred pounds 
 each. While these were yet children, 
 John Vancil joined a company of rangers 
 the first military organizations at the 
 beginning ot our troubles with the mother 
 country and sent his family into Mary- 
 land. One of his sons 
 
 VANCIL, SAMUEL, born 
 about 1768, was but six years of age at 
 the beginning of the American Revolu- 
 tion, when his father separated his tamily 
 upon going into the army. Samuel was 
 placed in a family of Germans, who, from 
 their religious convictions were opposed 
 to war. At the close of the war John 
 Vancil collected his family in Patrick 
 county, Virginia, where Samuel was mar- 
 ried about 1795 to Mary Peckelheimer, 
 and moved to Montgomery county, in 
 the same State, where they iiad two chil- 
 dren, and then moved to Logan county, 
 Ky., where they had one child, and moved 
 back to Virginia, where two children 
 were born, and then moved to Lincoln 
 county, Ky., and from there, in i8ii,to 
 
 Warren county, Ohio, where one child 
 was born; from there to Franklin county, 
 Indiana, and after a stay of five yeai's, 
 moved to Union county, Illinois, where 
 he left his family, and with several others 
 rode up to Sugar creek, and selected a 
 tract of land about one mile southeast of 
 where Auburn, Sangamon county now 
 stands, where he arrived with his family 
 late in November, 1818. They lived in 
 their wagons until cabins could be built. 
 Their only neighbors were the Drennan 
 and Dodds families. Sec their sketches. 
 Game being abundant, they lived largely 
 on wild meat and honey. The Kickapoo 
 Indians were quite numerous, though 
 friendly. Of the six children of Samuel 
 Vancil 
 
 BETSY, was born in 1796, in Mont- 
 gomery county, Va., married in Warren 
 county, Ohio, to John Walker, and came 
 with her parents to Sangamon county, 
 where she died in 1830, leaving five chil- 
 dren, three of whom, when last heard 
 from, were living in Texas. 
 
 PENROD, born in 1797, in Mont- 
 gomery county, Va., married in 1819, in 
 Preble county, Ohio, to Elizabeth Hous- 
 ton. They had eight children, five of 
 whom lived to maturity, namely: 
 JAMES, married Martha A. Gatton. 
 They had eight children, and she died. 
 He married Sarah E. Greenawalt. He 
 died February, 1872, in Virtlen, 111., leav- 
 ing his widow and children there. 
 NANCY, married Jacob B. Vancil See 
 his name. ELIZABETH, married Ab- 
 ner Hayden. They had six children. 
 WILLIAM D., married Mrs. Melvina Van- 
 cil, and live in Montgomery county, 111. 
 SARAH E., married Noah Greenawalt, 
 and lives near Cerro Gordo, Piatt county, 
 111. NANCY j., married James Cruise 
 who died, and she lives in Piatt county. 
 MARY j., married Francis M. Rape. See 
 his name. EMILY K., married Francis M. 
 Cross. See his name. EMILY E., lives 
 with her sisters. Abner Hayden died, 
 and his widow has since been married, but 
 is now a widow living with her children, 
 near Cerro Gordo, 111. MARY married 
 A. Henderson. He died 'and she married 
 William Forsythe. See his name. She 
 lives at German Prairie Station, near 
 Springfield, 111. GEORCE W., married 
 Melvina Gatton, and died in May, 1872, 
 leaving several children. Penrod Vancil
 
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 EARLT SETTLERS OF 
 
 died in 1865, and his widow died in 1868, 
 both near Auburn, Sangamon county, 111. 
 
 SARAH, born about 1800, in Logan 
 county, Kentucky, married in Franklin 
 county, Indiana, to John Houston. She 
 died in Preble county, Ohio, leaving four 
 children, one of whom lives in Iowa. 
 
 GIDEON, born Feb. 1,1802, in Mont- 
 gomery county, Virginia, married in San- 
 gamon county, Illinois, March, 1820, to 
 Feraba Wilson, believed to have been the 
 first marriage ever solemnized in the what 
 is now Sangamon county. They had 
 eleven children, all born in Sangamon 
 county. CLARINDA, born in 1821, 
 married in 1835, ^ Henry Duke. They 
 had several children, all of whom died 
 except one, who is married and lives in 
 Dallas county, Texas. Mr. Duke died in 
 1864, and his widow lives in Dallas coun- 
 ty, Texas. MARY J. is unmarried, and 
 lives in Lawrence county, Missouri. 
 ADAM, born August 16, 1826, died in 
 Logan county, Illinois, Jan. 18, 1849. 
 AARON BRYANT, born July 9, 1828, 
 married in 1852 to Elizabeth Scott, have 
 one child, and reside six miles southwest 
 of Waverly, Illinois. JAMES M., born 
 June 13, 1830, married in 1865 to Isabel 
 Morland, have two children, and live in 
 Camanche county, Texas. E L I Z A- 
 BETH, born May 26, 1832, married in 
 1850 to George W. Foster. He died in 
 Texas, leaving a widow and two children, 
 who live in Lawrence county, Missouri. 
 GIDEON H., born May 23, 1835, mar - 
 ried in 1862 to Martha A. Severe. They 
 have four children, and live in Lawrence 
 county, Missouri. SARAH A., born 
 Nov. 13, 1837, married Dec. 4, 1851, to 
 Robert Scott, have one child, and live in 
 Carroll county, Missouri. THOMAS J., 
 born Nov. 17, 1841, and died June 26, 
 1866. BENJAMIN F., born Nov. 7, 
 1843, is unmarried, and lives in Lawrence 
 county, Missouri. MINERVA C., born 
 Feb. 4, 1846, married J. C. Jenkins, and 
 died in Texas, May 21, 1873. Gideon 
 Vancil lived four miles southwest of 
 Auburn, Sangamon county, Illinois, until 
 1847, when he moved to Hopkins county, 
 Texas, where he lived until the close of 
 the rebellion, when he moved to Missouri. 
 Mrs. Feraba Vincil died in 1866, and 
 Gideon Vancil resides with his children, 
 near Mount Vernon, Lawrence county, 
 Missouri. 
 
 SIMEON, born Jan. i, 1805, in Mont- 
 gomery county, Virginia, came to Sanga- 
 mon county, Illinois, in 1818, with his 
 father, was married March 16, 1826, to 
 Mary Black. They had two children, 
 WILLIAM, died in infancy; JACOB B., 
 born August n, 1828, married Nancy 
 Vancil. They had three children, all died 
 young. J. B. Vancil died in 1873. His 
 widow is married and lives near Auburn, 
 Illinois. Mrs. Mary Vancil died in 1830, 
 and Simeon Vancil was married Jan. 19, 
 1832, to Mary A. Gates. They had eight 
 children, three of whom died young. Ot 
 the other five, CORN ELI US P. married 
 Emily J. Pritchard. They have three 
 children, and live four miles south of 
 Auburn. Illinois. PAULINE C. mar- 
 ried Robert Hudgen. They have one 
 child, OWEN, and reside near Cerro 
 Gordo, Piatt county, Illinois. FRANCIS 
 M., born Jan. 29, 1840, in Sangamon 
 county, Illinois, took a select course at 
 Shurtleff College, and studied law. In 
 1869 he moved to Brownsville, Nebraska, 
 and engaged in a newspaper enter- 
 prise there for two years. He was 
 married October, 1870,10 Emma Argo, of 
 Vermont, Illinois, who was born Sep- 
 tember, 1851, in Jersey county, Illinois. 
 They have two children EARLE FRANCIS 
 and EMMA LEOLA. In 1872 Mr. Vancil 
 initiated the movement and assisted in 
 laying out the town of Bloomington, 
 Franklin county, Neb. He resides there; 
 is engaged in the practice of law and stock 
 raising. MARGARET J., born Jan. 15, 
 1842, married George W. Cray. They 
 have four children, and reside two miles 
 northwest of Virden, Illinois. MARY 
 A. married Andrew Eagen. They have 
 two children, and live three miles north 
 of Virden, Illinois. Mrs. Mary A. Vancil 
 died Feb. 3, 1873, and Simeon Vancil died 
 April, 1875, both at the homestead where 
 they had lived more than half a century. 
 It was three and a half miles southwest 
 of Auburn, Sangamon county, Illinois. 
 
 Mr. Simeon Vancil was very fond of 
 conversing on subjects connected with the 
 early history of the country. Speaking of 
 the " deep snow " of 1830 and '31, he said 
 that it was about three and a half feet deep 
 on a level, but that it drifted to a depth of 
 eight or ten feet. After it became suffi- 
 ciently hard by thawing and freezing on 
 the surface to bear his weight, he remem-
 
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 bered attempting to walk across a ravine 
 where the snow brought all on a level. 
 The crust was weakened by hazel brush 
 that came up through it, and at the deep- 
 est place he went down, quick as thought. 
 When he brushed the snow from his eyes 
 and looked up, he found the crust at least 
 three feet above his head. It required a 
 long time for him to work his way out, 
 but he finally succeeded by using his gun 
 to break the crust over his head. He said 
 that after the snow disappeared the stumps 
 from which they had cut the trees for 
 fuel were from six to ten feet high. He 
 said that from the Indians who were here 
 at the time, he learned that a deep snow 
 had fallen about thirty years before, and 
 that the buffalo, unable to find food, 
 would collect on the highest points, where 
 the snow was thinest, and remain hud- 
 dled together until they died of hunger 
 and cold. He said their account of it was 
 corroborated by large quantities of buffalo 
 bones being found on nearly all those 
 high places. Simeon Vancil was a man 
 of strong mental capacities, hospitable 
 and kind. With one exception, he was 
 for many years the oldest settler of San- 
 gamon county. That exception was 
 William Drennan. They have both 
 passed away. 
 
 REBECCA, born in Warren county, 
 Ohio, was married in Sangamon county 
 to Henry Landis, of Logan county, Illi- 
 nois, and died there a few years later 
 without children. 
 
 Mrs. Mary Vancil died in 1822, and 
 Samuel Vancil married a Mrs. Wakefield. 
 He died in 1828, both near where they 
 settled on coming to the country. They 
 were buried in the Wimer grave yard, 
 southeast of Auburn, Sangamon county, 
 Illinois. 
 
 VAN DEREN, BARNARD, 
 born May 22, 1789, in Harrison county, 
 Kv., was married there May 27, 1813, to 
 Eliza McKee, who was born May 16, 
 1795, in the same county. They had nine 
 children in Kentucky, two of whom died 
 there. The family moved to Sangamon 
 county, 111., arriving June 12, 1835, in 
 what is now Curran township. When 
 they came to the county the greater 
 part of it was flooded with water. Bara- 
 ard VanDeren was never a strong man 
 physically, and the over-exertion and anx- 
 iety connected with bringing his family to 
 
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 so new a country brought on disease. There 
 was not sufficient vitality left to counter- 
 act it, and he died July 6, 1835, ^ ess than a 
 month ofter their arrival. Of their seven 
 children 
 
 CYRUS W., born May 6, 1815, in 
 Kentucky, was married there April 2, 
 1835, to Margaret Patton, and came to 
 Sangamon county, 111., in 1838, three 
 years later than the other members of the 
 family. They had three living children. 
 ELIZA J., born March 7, 1836, in Ken- 
 tucky, was married Nov. 21, 1855, in 
 Sangamon county, to Jesse F. Taylor, 
 who was born Jan. 2, 1828, in Clarke 
 county, Ky. They have three children, 
 
 CYRUS W., LITTLEFIELD and JESSE F., the 
 
 first born in Jackson county, Missouri, and 
 the last two in Helena, Montana Terri- 
 tory, where Mr. Taylor and his family 
 reside. MARTHA S., born in Wood- 
 side township, Sangamon county, married 
 John M. Taylor. They have three chil- 
 dren, GEORGE WILLIAM, FREDERICK and 
 
 LUELLA, and live in Chatham, Illinois. 
 MARY L., lives with her parents in 
 Chatham, Sangamon county, 111. Cyrus 
 W. VanDeren was for a number of years 
 a justice of the peace, and before the town- 
 ship organization, he was one of the San- 
 gamon county judges, and was elected 
 state senator in 1856, serving one term. 
 
 BARNARD A., born May n, 1819, 
 in Kentucky, was married in Sangamon 
 county, 111., Nov. 7, 1839, to Mary J. Mc- 
 Ginnis. They had two living children. 
 MARY J., died aged 12 years. JOHN 
 D., married Lydia A. Smith, and lives in 
 Oswego, Kansas. Mrs. Mary J. VanDe- 
 ren died in July, 1852, and Barnard A. 
 VanDeren was married Nov. 8, 1853, to 
 Mary A. Baker. They had two children, 
 THOMAS N. and MAGGIE L. B. A. Van 
 Deran died Feb. 25, 1866 and his widow 
 married John Lowry. They had two chil- 
 dren. BARNARD A. died in infancy. 
 MARY LOUISA lives with her parents. 
 John L^wrey and family live near Loami, 
 Sangamon county, Illinois. 
 
 MARTHA J., born Oct. 24, 1821, in 
 Kentucky, was married in Sangamon 
 county, Illinois, Nov. 3, 1842, to Lewis 
 Johnson. See his name, 
 
 DA VI D J/., born Feb. 12, 1824, in 
 Kentucky, was married June 17, 1851, to 
 Margaret Evans. Mrs. Margaret Van 
 Demi died in December, 1853, and D, M.
 
 EARL? SETTLERS OF 
 
 VanDeren was married Dec. 8, 1859, to 
 Rebecca M. Kinney. They had one 
 child, MAGGIE E., and D. M. VanDe- 
 ren died Feb. 15, 1874, in Springfield, 
 where his widow and daughter still reside. 
 
 MARGARET W., born June 9, 1828, 
 in Kentucky, was married in Sangamon 
 county, March 13, 1849, * William F. 
 Thompson. See his name. They had 
 one living child, ELIZA F., who lives 
 with her mother. William F. Thompson 
 died, and his widow was married July 18, 
 1854, to Lewis Johnson. See his name. 
 
 ARCHIBALD J., born Jan. 15, 1831, 
 in Kentucky, brought up in Sangamon 
 county, was married there May 22, 1866, 
 to Mary W. Lloyd. They have four 
 children, LLOYD, JOHN JAY, MARY 
 and ARCHIE ALEXANDER. A. J. 
 VanDeren and family live in Central City, 
 Colorado. He was Grand Master of the 
 Grand Lodge of Free Masons of Colorado 
 in its early history, and was a member of 
 the territorial legislature of Colorado for 
 1863. 
 
 JOHN M., born May 26, 1833, in 
 Kentucky, brought up in Sangamon 
 county, was married there Sept. 8, 1864, 
 to Louisa M. Coe, who was born April 
 1 8, 1838, in Waterbury, Connecticut, and 
 raised in Morgan county, Illinois. They 
 have five children, ARCHIE C., 
 FRANK W., HELEN, CHARLES 
 W., and JOHN E.; the latter died in in- 
 fancy. John M. VanDeren and family 
 now September, 1876 live in Chatham, 
 111., but expect soon to move to Boulder 
 City, Colorado. 
 
 As an illustration of the slovenly ir>- n- 
 ner farming has been done in Sangamon 
 county, J. M. VanDeren says he has seen 
 the corn on land that produced from fifty 
 to sixty bushels to the acre stand in the 
 field until time for planting again. Then 
 they would knock down the stalks of 
 corn and burn all together to clear the 
 ground for planting a new crop. As 
 already stated, Barnard VanDeren died 
 within one month after bringing nis fam- 
 ily to the county in 1835. His widow, 
 Mrs. Eliza VanDeren, thus left alone in 
 the prime of life, has remained a widow 
 now more than forty years, and still lives 
 with her children in Chatham. 
 
 On the 6th of June, 1874, just as she en- 
 tered her eightieth year, a family reunion 
 was held at the house of her son where 
 
 she lives. There were present seven of 
 the ten children of David and Jane Wal- 
 lace McKee, of Harrison county, Ky. 
 The parents and three children are dead. 
 The seven present were Mrs. Eliza Van 
 Deren, of Chatham, 111., aged seventy- 
 nine, Mrs. Nancy McClintock, of Hunt- 
 ington city, West Virginia, seventy-two. 
 Miss Margaret McKee, of Catlettsburg, 
 Ky., aged seventy-one. Rev. D. D. 
 McKee, of Hanover, Indiana, aged sixty- 
 nine. Mrs. E. G. Hamilton, of Vinton, 
 Iowa, aged sixty-seven. Mrs. Cynthia A. 
 Reynolds, of Murrayville, 111., aged sixty- 
 six. Elder W. McKee, of Mexico, Mis- 
 souri, aged sixty-four. 
 
 VANDEVER, AARON, born 
 Feb. 7, 1785, in Virginia, was married in 
 Henry county, Kentucky, in June, 1805, 
 to Nancy French, who was born Nov. 19, 
 1789, in North Carolina. They had six 
 children in Kentucky, and moved in 1814 
 to Washington county, Indiana, where 
 four children were born, thence to Sanga- 
 mon county, Illinois, arriving in October, 
 1829, where they had one child. Of their 
 children 
 
 SARAH, born June i, 1806, in Ken- 
 tucky, married and died in Indiana. 
 
 CARORINE and ELIZABETH, 
 twins, born March 2, 1808, in Kentucky, 
 both married, and' died in Indiana. 
 
 SOPHRON1A, born Feb. 14, 181 1, in 
 Kentucky, was married in Washington 
 county, Indiana, to Barnett Davis. They 
 have a large family, and live near Taylor- 
 ville, Christian county, Illinois. 
 
 THOMAS L., born July 25, 1813, in 
 Kentucky, died there. 
 
 HORATIO N., born March i, 1816, 
 in Washington county, Indiana, came 
 with his parents to Sangamon county, 
 October, 1829,. He was married in June, 
 1840, in Christian county, Illinois, to 
 Mary J. Rucker, who was born in Ken- 
 tucky. They have three children, 
 WILLIAM T., born August 22, 1842, 
 and EUGENE A, born August 27, 
 1853, are bankers in Taylorville, Christian 
 county, Illinois. ELIZABETH, born 
 Feb. 6, 1859, lives with her parents. 
 
 H. N. Vandever lesided in Sangamon 
 county until the organization of Christian 
 county, in March, 1839, when, without 
 moving, he was placed in Christian county, 
 the dividing line being near his farm. At 
 the first election which occurred, in March,
 
 SAN GAM ON COUNTY. 
 
 739 
 
 1839, he was elected recorder for Christian 
 county, and appointed clerk of the circuit 
 court, also, holding the office until 1847. 
 He was elected representative to the state 
 legislature in 1842, raised a company for 
 the Mexican war, but the quota was full. 
 He was appointed by President Polk 
 quartermaster, with the rank of captain, 
 served two years, and during that time 
 was at the battle of Buena Vista. In 
 1849 he was elected judge of the Christian 
 county court, and filled the office by re- 
 election two terms of four years each. 
 He represented Christian and Mont- 
 gomery counties in the state legislature for 
 1 86 1 -2. He was a member of the consti- 
 tutional convention, and in 1862 was 
 elected state senator. In 1870 he was 
 elected judge of the circuit court to fill a 
 vacancy, re-elected in June, 1873, and is 
 now 1876 in office. H. N. Vandever 
 and family live in Taylorville, Illinois. 
 
 WILLIAM B., born in February, 
 1818, in Indiana, died in Illinois. 
 
 HARRIET, born Feb. 22, 1822, in 
 Indiana, died in Illinois. 
 
 AARON S., born Nov. 10, 1824, in 
 Indiana, died in Illinois. 
 
 ZIPPORAH, born in May, 1827, was 
 married March 25, 1847, to William T. 
 Duncan. Mrs. Zipporah Duncan died 
 Dec. 31, 1849, leaving one child, 
 AMANDA, who lives in Montgomery 
 county, Illinois. 
 
 LA VlNA, born May 21, 1834, in San- 
 gamon county, married Ransom Hargis. 
 She died Sept. 20, 1858, leaving two chil- 
 dren, WILLIAM R. and MARY J., 
 living near Taylorville, Illinois. 
 
 Aaron Vandever died April, 1857, an( ^ 
 Mrs. Nancy Vandever died Aug. 7, 1 871, at 
 Taylorville, Christian county, Illinois. 
 Rev. Mr. Vandever was a distinguished 
 minister of the Old School Baptist Church, 
 known as the Regular Baptists. 
 
 VAN DOREN, JOSEPH, 
 was born February, 1790, in Somerset 
 county, New Jersey. Maria Conover 
 was born March, 1792,111 the same county, 
 and they were married there about 1809. 
 They had three children in that county, 
 and moved, in 1824, to Warren county, 
 Ohio, and from there to Sangamon county, 
 Illinois, arriving May 22, 1839, in what is 
 now Curran township. Of their three 
 children 
 
 WILLIAM L., born February, 1810, 
 
 in New Jersey, married in 1832 in War- 
 ren county, Ohio, to Sarah Hagaman, had 
 one child, and moved to Sangamon coun- 
 ty, Illinois, arriving in the fall of 1834, in 
 what is now Curran township, being the 
 first of the family to settle in the county. 
 They had six children born in Sangamon 
 county, and in 1845 moved to St. Louis, 
 Missouri, where Mrs. Van Doren died, in 
 October, 1848. In the spring of 1850 he 
 went to California, and there married, in 
 1853, to Cornelia Fulkerson. He came to 
 Springfield and kept the Chenery House 
 from 1866 to 1868, and in August of the 
 latter year returned to California, and re- 
 sides in Petaluma. His son, JOHN S., 
 lives in Petaluma, and his daughter, 
 ANNA married John Rogers, and resides 
 near Petaluma Sonoma, county, California. 
 
 ABRAHAM, born March, 1814, in 
 New Jersey, married in 1837, in Warren 
 county, Ohio, to Delilah Jack. They had 
 one child in Ohio, and moved to San- 
 gamon county, Illinois, arriving July, 
 1838, in Curran township, where five 
 children were born. The family moved 
 to DeWitt county in 1855, and he died 
 there in the fall of 1858, leaving a widow 
 and two children, who reside near Clinton, 
 Illinois. 
 
 PETER C, born April 11, 1818, in 
 Somerset county, New Jersey, married 
 Oct. n, 1837, m Warren county, Ohio, to 
 Margaret Hathaway, who was born in 
 that county, April 13. 1820. Her great- 
 grand-parents, on the mother's side, bore 
 the name of Rogers. They emigrated 
 from Ireland, and soon after the vessel 
 sailed Mr. Rogers died at sea. A violent 
 storm caused the destruction of the ship's 
 stores, and in order to sustain life, three of 
 the passengers were in turn killed and 
 eaten. Mrs. Rogers had been selected by 
 lot, as the next one to be slain. She asked 
 for one hour to pray, which was granted, 
 and all the preparations made for taking 
 her life, the ship, meanwhile, carrying 
 signals of distress. When but a tew 
 minutes of the time remained, the sound 
 of a cannon came booming over the 
 waters, conveying the glad tidings that 
 they were discovered, and her life was 
 spared. On arriving in America she 
 settled in Warren county, Ohio, with her 
 only daughter, Elizabeth, who married 
 Patrick Meloy. Their daughter, Amy 
 Meloy, married Ebenezer Hathaway, and
 
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 their daughter, Margaret Hathaway, mar- 
 ried Peter C. Van Doren. Mr. and Mrs. 
 Van Doren had one child in Ohio, and 
 moved to Sangamon county, Illinois, 
 arriving May 22, 1839, in what is now 
 Curran township, where eight children 
 were born. Of their nine children, 
 SARAH A., born Dec. 4, 1838, in Ohio, 
 married in Sangamon county, Feb. 20, 
 1861, to Samuel Gibson, have three chil- 
 dren, EMMA M., PETER V. and WILLIAM 
 
 L., and reside at Monticello, Piatt county, 
 Illinois. JOHN M., born Jan. 15, 1841, in 
 Sangamon county, married Jan. i, 1865, to 
 Mary E. Sappington, have one child, 
 CHARLES L., and reside at Waynesville, 
 Illinois. EBENEZER H.. born Sept. 5, 
 1843, in Sangamon county, enlisted Aug. 
 20, 1862, for three years, in Co. B, i3Oth 
 111. Inf., served until August 15, 1865, 
 when he was honorably discharged at 
 New Orleans. He was married Nov. 13, 
 1867, to Frances I. McComas, and resides 
 two and a half miles south of Curran, 
 Sangamon county, Illinois. CORNE- 
 LIUS P'., born May 22, 1846, married 
 Sept. 30, 1868, to Eliza Stubbs, who was 
 born April n, 1845, in Warren county, 
 Ohio. They have one child, NETTIE, 
 (WILLIE died in infancy) and resides three 
 miles northwest of Curran, Illinois. 
 HANNAH M., born Nov. 20, 1848, in 
 Sangamon county, married Sept. 28, 1868, 
 to William C. Nixon, have two children, 
 FRANK v. and JOHN, and live on the farm 
 adjoining that on which her father was 
 raised, in Warren county, Ohio. MAR- 
 GARET H., born March 27, 1851, lives 
 with her parents. WILLIAM L., born 
 Feb. 20, 1853, married Dec. 16, 1873, to 
 Emma S. Darneille. MARY E., born 
 Dec. 3, 1856, married March 9, 1873, to 
 Hiram Alexander. See his name. AMY 
 j., born March 10, 1860, lives with her 
 parents. Peter C. Van Doren and wife 
 reside on the farm where his father settled 
 in 1839. It is three miles northwest of 
 Curran, Sangamon county, Illinois. 
 
 Joseph Van Doren died August 30, 1845, 
 and Mrs. Maria Van Doren died May i, 
 1864, both on the farm where they settled 
 in 1839. He was a soldier in a Light 
 Horse company from New Jersey, in the 
 war of 1812, and although he was about 
 fifty-five years of age, he went as a 
 teamster in the Mormon war of 1844 and 
 '45, in Illinois, was present and saw the 
 
 Mormon Prophet, Jo. Smith, and his 
 brother, Hyrum, shot dead. 
 
 VAN HOFF, HENRY, was 
 born in 1804, in the city of Philadelphia, 
 and came to Springfield, Illinois, in the 
 spring of 1838. He was for many years 
 engaged in the wagon and carriage making 
 business, with Obed Lewis. It was one 
 of the first establishments of the kind in 
 Springfield. Henry Van HofF was mar- 
 ried in Springfield, March 4, 1840, to 
 Susan A. Lewis. They had six children 
 in Springfield. 
 
 MARY A., born March 10, 1842, and 
 died Nov. 3, 1859. 
 
 HENRY L., born August 10, 1843, 
 enlisted April, 1865, on the first call for 
 seventy-five thousand men, for three 
 months, in Co. , 7th 111. Inf., served full 
 time, re-enlisted August, 1862, in Co. G, 
 i I4th 111. Inf., for three years, was com- 
 missioned first lieutenant and promoted to 
 adjutant of the regiment in 1864, served 
 until August, 1865, when he was honor- 
 ably discnarged. He was married Oct. 
 26, 1871, in Laporte, Indiana, to Anna M. 
 Eraser, who was born March 6, 1847, m 
 Washington, D. C. They reside in 
 Springfield, Illinois. 
 
 ANNA, born July 9, 1845, resides with 
 her sister, Mrs. Hayden. 
 
 ADDIE, born July 20, 1847, was mar " 
 ried June 7, 1871, to MifHin Bell, who was 
 born Oct. 20, 1847, m Birmingham, 
 Chester county, Pennsylvania. They 
 have two children, SUSAN A. and 
 MARY E. Mr. Bell is an architect, and 
 is now 1876 assistant superintendent at 
 the new state house. He resides in Spring- 
 field, Illinois. 
 
 JULIA A., born August 26, 1849, 
 was married Sept. 15, 1870, to Albert C. 
 Hayden, who was born April 23, 1850, in 
 St. Louis, Missouri. They have two 
 children, WILLIAM H. and LEWIS 
 VAN H. Mr. Hayden is a member of 
 the firm of Lord & Hayden, china and 
 glassware merchants, Springfield, Illinois. 
 
 L1DE J., born Feb. 9, 1851, and 
 died Oct. 8, 1875, in Springfield, Illinois. 
 
 Henry Van HofF died Dec. 20, 1854, in 
 Springfield, and his widow was married 
 Nov. 19, 1857, to Rev. John G. Bergen, 
 D. D. See his name. He died, and she 
 resides in Springfield, Illinois. 
 
 VANMETER, ABRAHAM 
 D., was born Nov. 9, 1801, in Hardy
 
 SAN GAM ON COUNTT. 
 
 county, Virginia. When he was a boy 
 his parents moved to Champaign county, 
 Ohio. He came to Sangamon county in 
 the spring of 1829, on business, expecting 
 to make but a temporary stay, but he was 
 married in 1830 to Nancy A. Hussey, and 
 settled in what is. now Fancy Creek town- 
 ship. They had seven children, namely 
 
 HENRT, born July 8, 1831, in Sanga- 
 mon county, married March 16, 1854, to 
 Mary G. Council. They had two living 
 children, CHARLES F. and THOMAS 
 D., and Mrs. Mary G. Van Meter died 
 April 5, 1862. Henry Van Meter studied 
 medicine and graduated at Rush Medical 
 College, Chicago, at the session of 1854 
 and '55. He commenced practice at Wil- 
 liamsville, in the spring of 1855, and con- 
 tinued until after the death of his wife. 
 September i, 1862, he was commissioned 
 assistant surgeon to the ii4th 111. Inf. 
 December 8, 1863, he was promoted to 
 surgeon of the regiment. He commenced 
 his duties before the regiment was organ- 
 ized, and was never on detached duty, but 
 remained with it until August 3, 1865, 
 when he was mustered out at Vicksburg. 
 Dr. Van Meter resumed practice at 
 Williamsville, and was married Feb. 13, 
 1867, to Mary F. Zane. They had three 
 children, JOHN R., ARTHUR L. and 
 HENRY Z. Dr. Henry Van Meter 
 died after a very brief illness, May, 1873. 
 His family resides in Williamsville, San- 
 gamon county, Illinois. 
 
 MART //., born in Sangamon county, 
 married Dr. Hiram J. Van Winkle, of 
 Morgan county. In the spring of 1864 
 he became assistant surgeon to the loth 
 Minn. Vol. Inf. He was with the regi- 
 ment in the field, taken sick, ordered 
 home, arrived at Williamsville, Feb. 27, 
 and died March i, 1865. His widow, 
 having no children, resides in Williams- 
 ville, Sangamon county, Illinois. 
 
 MARGARET A. married Thomas 
 W. Dean, and died Sept. 14, 1858. 
 
 HARRIET E. married June 13, 1866, 
 to Oren S. Webster, who was born Jan. 9, 
 1831, in Tompkins county, New York, 
 came to Sangamon county in 1861, and in 
 1862 enlisted in Co. B, 1301!! 111. Inf., for 
 three years. He was detailed as chief 
 clerk in the military postoffice, at Mem- 
 phis, Tennessee, and remained there until 
 he was mustered out in February, 1865. 
 He was elected in November, 1865, for 
 
 four years,, as superintendent of schools 
 for Sangamon county. They reside in 
 Williamsville, Sangamon county, Illinois. 
 
 CAROLINE died April 8, 1848, in 
 her sixth year. 
 
 JANE E. died July 29, 1853, in her 
 ninth year. 
 
 JAMES B. married Mary A. Thaxton. 
 They have one child, JAMES E., and 
 reside in the southeast corner of Menard 
 county, Illinois. 
 
 WILLIAM E. married Martha E. 
 Lester, and reside three and a half miles 
 northwest of Williamsville. 
 
 CHARLES C. resides with his pa- 
 rents 1874. 
 
 Abraham Van Meter and his wife are 
 both living and reside in Fancy Creek 
 township, on the farm settled by her father, 
 Nathan Hussey, March 10,1819. Itisfive 
 miles west of Williamsville, Sangamon 
 county, Illinois. 
 
 VAN METER, SEYMOUR, 
 was born Feb. 14, 1807, in Champaign 
 county, Ohio, came to Sangamon county 
 in the fall of 1830, and lived in the family 
 of his brother, Abraham. He was a sol- 
 dier from Sangamon county in the Black- 
 hawk war of 1831 and '32, and after- 
 wards returned to Ohio, where he was 
 married August 5, 1834, to Catherine 
 Bishop, who was born April 8, 1810, in 
 Clarke county, Ohio. He came to San- 
 gamon county with his bride, in the fall, 
 and settled in Fancy Creek township, 
 where they had four children, namely, 
 
 JAMES H. died in his second year. 
 
 JOHN R., born Dec. 15. 1837, mar- 
 ried Jan. 22, 1872, to Elizabeth J. Cresse, 
 of Menard county. They have one child, 
 SEYMOUR, and reside on the farm 
 settled by his father in 1834, five miles 
 west of Williamsville, Sangamon county, 
 Illinois 1874. 
 
 WILLIAM H., born Oct. 28, 1839, 
 enlisted in 1862, in Co. F, j^d 111. Inf., for 
 three years. In consequence of impaired 
 health he was transferred in 1863 to the 
 Veteran Reserve Corps, in which he 
 served to the end of the rebellion and was 
 honorably discharged. He married Kate 
 Clarey. They have one child, ABRA- 
 HAM, and live three miles northwest of 
 Elkhart, Logan county, Illinois. 
 
 CHLOE, born Jan. 6, 1843, married 
 George Prescott. They have one child,
 
 742 
 
 EARLT SETTLERS OF 
 
 MARY E., and live four miles northwest 
 of Elkhart, Logan county, Illinois. 
 
 Mrs. Catharine Van Meter died April 
 2, 1858, and Mr. Van Meter was married 
 April 3, 1860, to Mrs. Mary A. E. Whit- 
 more, whose maiden name was Kaizer. 
 Seymour Van Meter died in Fancy Creek 
 township, Sept. 4, 1866, and his widow 
 resides in Logan county, Ohio. 
 
 VAN NATTEN, DANIEL, 
 was born March 3, 1800, in Fleming 
 county, Kentucky. He was married Dec. 
 25, 1818, in Bath county, to Deborah Fer- 
 guson. They had one child in Fleming 
 county, and the family moved to Sanga- 
 mon county, Illinois, arriving in the fall of 
 1825, in what is now Fancy Creek town- 
 ship, where five children were born. Of 
 their six children 
 
 JOSEPH, born March 10, 1821, in 
 Fleming county, Kentucky, married in 
 Sangamon county, April 7, 1842, to Cur- 
 rency Stanley. They had nine children 
 all born in Sangamon county. NOR- 
 MAN A. enlisted in 1862 in Co. G, 73d 
 111. Inf., for three years, served full term 
 and was honorably discharged. He was 
 married after the war to Clarissa Tufts, 
 and lives in Fancy Creek township. 
 THOMAS M. enlisted for one hundred 
 days in Co. I, I33d 111. Inf., served five 
 months and was honorably discharged. 
 He married Annie Renney, and died May 
 4, 1872, leaving a widow and two children 
 near Springfield, Illinois. EMILY J. 
 married James Renney and resides in 
 Sangamon county. WARREN O. mar- 
 ried Christiana Bowen, and lives in Fancy 
 Creek township. MARTHA A., 
 DANIEL W., JOHN N., JOSEPH J. 
 and CLARISSA O. live with their 
 parents, seven miles northwest of Spring- 
 field, Sangamon county, 111. JOSEPH 
 Van Natten enlisted in 1862, for three 
 years, in Co. G, 73d 111. Inf., served full 
 term, and was honorably discharged at the 
 close of the rebellion. 
 
 ELIZABE7^H, born in Sangamon 
 county, married Joseph Van Natten a 
 relative of the family have one child, and 
 live near Edina, Knox county, Missouri. 
 
 NELSON, born in Sangamon county, 
 married Elizabeth Patterson. He served 
 three years in a Missouri Union regiment, 
 was honorably discharged, and lives in 
 Knox county, Missouri. 
 
 DEBORAH, born in Sangamon 
 
 county, married Benjamin Ferguson, and 
 died in Fancy Creek township. 
 
 EDNA, born in Sangamon county, 
 and died in Texas at nineteen years of 
 age. 
 
 DANIEL, Jun., is married and lives 
 in Knox county, Missouri. He served 
 three years in a Missouri Union regiment 
 to aid in suppressing the rebellion. 
 
 All the Van Natten family moved to 
 Texas in 1858, and all the living returned 
 to Knox county, Missouri, in 1859, ex- 
 cept Joseph, who returned to Sangamon 
 county in 1860. 
 
 Daniel Van Natten died Oct. 16, 1869, 
 and his widow died March 4, 1871, both in 
 Knox county, Missouri. 
 
 VAN PATTEN, MINDERT, 
 was born Jan. 20, 1793, in Scoharrie coun- 
 ty, New York. Hannah Cooper was 
 born March 13, 1796, in Pennsylvania. 
 They were married Jan. 7, 1815, in 
 Somerset county, New Jersey, and had 
 ten children there. The family moved to 
 Sangamon county, arrriving at Spring- 
 field August 9, 1838, and soon after moved 
 to what is now Curran township. Of 
 their ten children 
 
 MART A., born Oct. 3, 1815, in New 
 Jersey, married there to Joseph Rocka- 
 fellow, came to Sangamon county with 
 her parents, and went to Fairview, Fulton 
 county. They have seven children. 
 
 SARAH, born Jan. 26, 1818, in New 
 Jersey, married theie to Henry S. Frazee. 
 See his name. 
 
 CAROLINE, born Oct. 14, 1820, 
 married in Sangamon county to Ezra 
 C. Lyman. See his name. 
 
 AARON, born Nov. 17, 1822, in 
 Somerset county, New Jersey, married in 
 Sungamon county Nov. 28, 1844, to 
 Martha J. Tollev. who was born Jan. 11, 
 1826. They had" seven children. JAMES 
 M., born Sept. 2, 1845. CARRIE M., 
 born Nov. i, 1848, married Feb. 17, 1870, 
 to Edward T. Bradford. See his name. 
 KATIE S., born March 7, 1851, married 
 Sept. 9, 1870, to Knox L. Cooper. See 
 his name, in the Talbott family sketch. 
 CHARLES M., WILLIAM H., 
 MARY E., and LEIGH R. resides with 
 their mother. Aaron Van Patten died 
 Sept. 12, 1870, in Sangamon county, 
 Illinois, and his widow resides in Lincoln, 
 Illinois. 
 
 ELIZABETH, born March 26, 1825,
 
 SANGAMON COUNT?. 
 
 in New Jersey, married in Sangatnon 
 county to William Pursell. See his 
 name. 
 
 JOHN, born and died in New Jersey, 
 aged four years. 
 
 NICHOLAS, born June 28, 1829, in 
 New Jersey, died in Sangamon county, 
 Sept. 24, 1844. 
 
 JOHN C., born Jan. 21, 1832, in 
 Somerset county, New Jersey, married 
 in Sangamon county Dec. 28, 1853, to 
 Rachel McCoy. They had six children, 
 two died under four years. EDWIN, 
 FRANK, EZRA and WILLIE live 
 with their parents. Rev. J. C. Van 
 Patten is connected with the Cumberland 
 Presbyterian Church. He resides one 
 and a half miles south of Farmingdale, 
 Sangamon county, Illinois. 
 
 JAMES L., born Sept. 15, 1834, in 
 New Jersey, died in Sangamon county, 
 March 26, 1857. 
 
 HANNAH H., born July 15, 1837, in 
 New Jersey, died in Springfield, Illinois. 
 
 Mrs. Hannah Van Patten died Jan. 9, 
 1861, and Mindert Van Patten died Aug. 
 17, 1861, both in Sangamon county. His 
 death was caused bv being thrown from a 
 horse. 
 
 VAN NORSTRAND, WIL- 
 LIAM, born about 1774, in Somerset 
 county, New Jersey, was married there 
 to Adaline Van Liew, who was born Dec. 
 24, 1777, in the same county. They had 
 five children, and Mrs. Adaline Van 
 Norstrand died in 1824 in Somerset county. 
 William Van Norstrand came to Sanga- 
 mon county on a visit to his son, Cornelius, 
 and daughter, Margaret A., and died in 
 Springfield, Dec. 22, 1839. Cornelius 
 Y;m Norstrand returned to New Jersey 
 and brought his sister, Maria, and his 
 brother, Frederick. Of the five children 
 of William and Adaline Van Norstrand 
 
 MARIA, born Sept. 12, 1803, in Mid- 
 dlesex county, New Jersey, is unmarried, 
 and resides with her brother, Cornelius. 
 
 CORNELIUS, born Dec. 3, 1807, in 
 Somerset county, New Jersey, came to 
 Sangamon county, Illinois, arriving in 
 July, 1837, and settled on Round Prairie, 
 four miles east of Springfield, Illinois. 
 He is unmarried and lives on the farm 
 where he settled in 1837. 
 
 MARGARET A., born Oct. 4, 1810, 
 in Somerset county, New Jersey, was 
 married in New Brunswick, New Jersey, 
 
 to Thomas Lewis. See his name. They 
 came to Sangamon county with her 
 brother, Cornelius, in 1837. 
 
 ISAA C, born May 29, 1813, in Mid- 
 dlesex county, New Jersey, went to 
 Louisiana in 1832 or '33, and was last 
 heard from in April, 1842, at New 
 Orleans, en route for Cuba. He was un- 
 married, and is supposed to be dead. 
 
 FREDERICK, born August 9, 1817, 
 in Middlesex county, New Jersey, came 
 to Sangamon county with his brother, 
 Cornelius, in 1841, and was married May 
 22, 1850, in same county, to Margaret J. 
 Blandon, who was born Sept. 6, 1827, in 
 Warren county, Pennsylvania. They 
 have fourchildren, WILLIAM, MARIA, 
 MAGGIE and ADDIE, and reside four 
 miles east of Springfield, Sangamon 
 county, Illinois. 
 
 V E A T C H, WI LLJ AM, born 
 about 1810, in Harrison county, Kentucky, 
 and was married there to Ursula Foster. 
 They came to Sangamon county in com- 
 pany with her brother, Evan Foster, in 
 1830, and lived on Lick creek until 1847, 
 when they moved to Mechanicsburg. 
 They had eight children, all born in San- 
 gamon county, Illinois. 
 
 MARY, died at 19 years of age. 
 
 MARTHA, was burned to death by 
 her clothes taking fire, when she was a 
 child. 
 
 J. WESLEY, born Nov. 7, 1836, 
 in Sangamon county, married April n, 
 1860, to Eliza Robbins. They have five 
 children, JOHN H., URSULA E., ANN 
 M., GEORGE T. and SARAH F., and 
 reside three miles southwest of Mechanics- 
 burg, Illinois. 
 
 WILLIAM, born in 1839, married 
 Sarah Anderson, have four children, and 
 live near Sweet Home, Nodaway county, 
 Missouri. 
 
 SAMUEL, born in Sangatnon county, 
 enlisted in the fall ot i86i,in Co. B, 3oth 
 111. Inf. for three years, re-enlisted as a vet- 
 eran, served to the end of the rebellion, 
 was honorably discharged, and died Janu- 
 ary, 1867, in Sangamon county, Illinois. 
 
 J AMES P., born in Sangamon coun- 
 ty, enlisted in 1861, in Co. B, 3Oth 111. Inf. 
 and died of disease at Vicksburg, in July, 
 1863. 
 
 SARAH A., born Feb. 4, 1845, in 
 Sangamon county, married Thomas Als-
 
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 EARLY SETTLERS OF 
 
 bury, has six children, and lives near 
 Sweet Home, Missouri. 
 
 JOELM., born in 1847, in Sangamon 
 county, enlisted in 1864, in Co. B, loth 111. 
 Cav., and was killed in the battle at Little 
 Rock, Arkansas, in the same year. 
 
 William Veath died March, 1852, and 
 Mrs. Ursula Veatch died in 1868, both in 
 Sangamon county, Illinois. 
 
 VIGAL, MATHIAS, was born 
 August 28, 1779, in Westmoreland county, 
 Pennsylvania. His father died, and his 
 mother married Adam Mung. They 
 moved to Jefferson county, Kentucky. 
 Mary Roney was born March 13, 1777, on 
 the eastern shore of Chesapeake Bay, 
 Maryland, and was taken by her parents 
 to Jefferson county, near Louisville, Ken- 
 tucky. Mathias Vigal and Mary Roney 
 were married and had four children in 
 that county. They moved in 1820 to 
 Clark county, Indiana, and from there to 
 Sangamon county, Illinois, arriving in the 
 fall of 1830 in what is now Cotton Hill 
 township. Of their four children 
 
 ELIZABETH, born July 9, 1801, in 
 Kentucky, was married in Indiana to 
 Samuel Slake. They had three children 
 and moved to Springfield, Illinois, in the 
 fall of 1828. In the spring of 1829 they 
 moved to what is now Cotton Hill town- 
 ship, where four children were born, and 
 Mrs. Slake died there July 25, 1855. Of 
 their children, three only are living. 
 WILLIAM is married, and lives in Tay- 
 lorville, Illinois. JOHN and GEORGE 
 are both married and live near Palmer, 
 Christian county, Illinois. Samuel Slake 
 is blind, and lives with his son, William, 
 in Taylorville, Illinois. 
 
 RA CHEL, born in 1803 in Kentucky, 
 died in Indiana, aged sixteen years. 
 
 WILLIAM W., born May 14, 1805, 
 in Jefferson county, Kentucky, came to 
 Sangamon county first in 1828. Since 
 that time he has lived in Springfield, and 
 Cotton Hill township, in the latter of 
 which he now lives, and is yet unmarried. 
 
 JOHN T., born April 8, 1808, near 
 Louisville, Kentucky, was married March 
 10, 1830, in Clarke county, Indiana, to 
 Hannah Coble, who was born in that 
 county May 20, 1811. They moved, in 
 company with his father, arriving in the 
 autumn of 1830, in what is now Cotton 
 Hill township, between Brush and Horse 
 ci'eeks. They had nine children in San- 
 
 gamon county. MELVINA, born May 
 22, 1831, married Thompson C. Spicer. 
 See his name. Mrs. Melvina Spicer died 
 Dec. 9, 1873. WILLIAM H., born Jan. 
 22, 1833, was married Oct. 31, 1855, to 
 Sarah A. Willian. They have six chil- 
 dren, MARC! A A., EVERETT A., METTA E., 
 WILLIAM M., FREDERICK H. and ERMIN 
 
 CARROLL, and live in Cotton Hill town- 
 ship, one and a half miles south of New 
 City, Sangamon county, Illinois. W. H. 
 Vigal was a member of Sangamon County 
 Board of Supervisors in 1862, and is at 
 present a member. He has been township 
 treasurer since 1858. ALFRED, born 
 April 28, 1835, was marr i e d Dec. 17, 1857, 
 to Diana Carpenter, who was born Feb. 
 6, 1831, in Delaware county, Ohio. They 
 had six children, CLARA i., JOHN F., ADA- 
 LINE, the latter died Jan. 19, 1875, aged 
 twelve years, ANTONIO, EDWIN ULYSSUS 
 GRANT, and MARY L., and live near New 
 City, Sangamon county, Illinois. MARY 
 A., born April 30, 1837, married William 
 H. Boyd. See his name. JOHN F., born 
 July n, 1839, in Sangamon county, en- 
 listed August, 1862, for three years, in Co. 
 E, H4th 111. Inf., and was killed in battle 
 at Tupelo, Mississippi, July 15, 1864. 
 SARAH J., born August 25, 1841, died 
 June 22, 1864. NANCY C., born Oct. 
 20, 1843, died aged ten years. DAVID 
 M., born Nov. 2, 1846, is a teacner, and 
 lives near New City, Illinois. CHARLES 
 E., born March 10, 1852, was married 
 Jan. 7, 1875, to Mary A. Miller. They 
 have one child, LUTHER F. Mrs. Hannah 
 Vigal died May 12, 1853, and John T. 
 Vigal, lives where he settled in 1831, in 
 in Cotton Hill township, near New City, 
 Sangamon county, Illinois. 
 
 Mrs. Mary Vigal died March 13, 1837, 
 and Matthias Vigal died Dec. 25, 1862, 
 both in Cotton Hill township, Sangamon 
 county, Illinois. 
 
 VINEY ABRAHAM, born in 
 1781, in Greenbrier county, Virginia, was 
 married, either in that state or Kentucky, 
 to Rebecca Skiles, who was born Nov. n, 
 1781, in Pennsylvania. They had one 
 child in Virginia, and moved to Warren 
 county, Kentucky, where seven children 
 were born, thence to Sangamon county, 
 Illinois, arriving in the autumn of 1819, 
 on the south fork of Sangamon river, 
 fifteen miles south of where Springfield 
 now stands. Of their children
 
 SAN GAM ON COUNTY. 
 
 745 
 
 SARAH, born July 2, 1803, in Green- 
 brier county, Virginia, was taken by her 
 parents to Warren county, Kentucky, at 
 two years of age, and brought by them to 
 Sangamon county in 1819, where she 
 was married to Edward Clarke. See his 
 name. 
 
 WILLIAM S., born in Kentucky, 
 married Margaret Laughlin, and lives in 
 Iowa. 
 
 MART, born in Kentucky, was mar- 
 ried in Sangamon county to Ezekiel 
 Drennan. See his name. They moved 
 to Missouri and both died there. 
 
 . \.MANDA A., born March 2, 1810, in 
 Warren county, Kentucky, was married 
 in Sangamon county to Mathew P. 
 Kenney. See his name. She died July 
 9, 1876, in Sangamon county, Illinois. Her 
 son, Ninian C. Kenney, was married Nov. 
 15, 1876, to a daughter of F. Ewing 
 Dodds. See Dodds in Omissions. 
 
 CYNTHIA A., born in Kentucky, 
 died in Sangamon county, Illinois, aged 
 twenty-three years. 
 
 JOHN N., born July 13, 1813, in 
 Kentucky, was married in Sangamon 
 county to Nancy Black, and both died. 
 His death occurred Jan. 5, 1871. He was 
 a preacher in connection with the Cum- 
 berland Presbyterian church. 
 
 REBECCA, born in Kentucky, mar- 
 ried in Sangamon county to Amos Rich- 
 ardson, and both died. 
 
 HENRY, born in Kentucky, married 
 in Sangamon county to Catharine Kessler 
 and lives in Macoupin county, Illinois. 
 
 Abraham Viney died August 24, 1820, 
 and his widow married in 1823 or '24 to 
 Thomas Black, Sen. See his name. 
 
 VREDENBURGH, JOHN 
 S., was born March 11, 1809, in Somerset 
 county, New Jersey. The family moved 
 in 1821 to New York city, where he was 
 married, Sept. 22, 1832, to Ann E. Dore- 
 mus. She was born there Oct. 12, 1810. 
 They had two children in New York, and 
 moved to Sangamon county, Illinois, ar- 
 riving Julv 20, 1835, in what is now Cur- 
 ran township, where they had two children. 
 In 1837 they moved to Springfield, where 
 they had four children. Of their children: 
 
 MARIA V. D., born June 28, 1833, in 
 New York city, was married March 22, 
 1853, in Springfield, to Edward R. Ulrich, 
 who was born Oct. 10, 1829, in Duchess 
 county, New York. They had eight chil- 
 
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 dren, LOUIS, ANNA V., EDWARD 
 R., Jun., CATHARINE, CHARLES, 
 HENRIETTA, PAUL and MARIA. 
 Anna V. died March, 1876, in her nine- 
 teenth year. All the living children reside 
 with their parents in Springfield. Edward 
 R. Ulrich came to Springfield in 1841, and 
 was for many years a lumber merchant 
 there. He has since been engaged in stock 
 and grain dealing. 
 
 FRANCES D., born April, 1835, in 
 New York city, lives with her parents in 
 Springfield, Illinois. 
 
 PEJ^ER, born Feb. 7, 1837, ' n Sanga- 
 mon county, was married Dec. 27, 1866, 
 to Mary A. Canfield, daughter of Rev. 
 Josiah Canfield. She was born in New 
 Jersey. They live one and one-half miles 
 northwest of Curran, Sangamon county, 
 Illinois. 
 
 THOMAS D., born March 15, 1841, 
 in Sangamon county, was married in War- 
 saw, Illinois, May 22, 1866, to Maria 
 Reynolds. They have one child, WIL- 
 LIAM R. T. D. Vredenburgh is with 
 his father, in the lumber business, and re- 
 sides in Springfield, Illinois. 
 
 JOHNS., Jun., born Sept. i, 1844, in 
 Springfield, Illinois, was married Oct. I5 
 1868, to Elizabeth H. Kilman, who was 
 born August 2, 1845, m Godfrey) Madison 
 county, Illinois. They have two adopted 
 children, and reside in Chicago, Illinois. 
 
 A NN E., born April 19,1850,111 Spring- 
 field, was married May 6, 1874, to James 
 Partridge. They live in Springfield, Illi- 
 nois. 
 
 MARGARET lives with her parents. 
 
 LA RUE, born in Springfield, Illinois, 
 is attending college in New Brunswick, 
 New Jersey 1876. 
 
 John S. Vredenburgh was formerly[a far- 
 mer, but has been engaged in mercantile 
 pursuits in Springfield nearly forty years, 
 and is now in the lumber trade. He served 
 two terms as alderman, and one term, from 
 April, 1864, to April, 1865, as mayor of 
 the city. He now November, 1876 
 resides in Springfield, Sangamon countv, 
 Illinois. 
 
 -W 
 
 WADSWORTH, DANIEL, 
 was born May 15, 1799. in Winthrop, 
 Maine. He was married Dec. 3, 1823, to 
 Margaret F. Goodwin, who was born 
 Oct. 3, 1801, at Freeport, Maine. They
 
 746 
 
 EARL? SETTLERS OF 
 
 had two living children in Maine, and 
 moved to Sangamon county, Illinois, 
 arriving in Auburn Nov. 17, 1840, where 
 they had two living children. Of their 
 four children 
 
 EM1LT N., born Oct. 3, 1824, in 
 Maine, married in Sangamon county, Oct. 
 12, 1843, to Jehu Harlan, who was born 
 June u, 1818, near Hopkinsville, Ken- 
 tucky. They had four children, two of 
 whom died under ten years. EDWARD 
 T. died in 1873, aged twenty-four years. 
 MARGARET H., born August 31, 1851, 
 in Sangamon county, married August 16, 
 1870, to John H. C. Irwin, who was born 
 in Ballinasloe, Connaught, Ireland, July i, 
 1845, anc ^ i s third son of the late Rev. 
 Canon John Irwin, D. D., who after a 
 long service as clergyman in the Anglican 
 church, and the Protestant Episcopal 
 church in America, died in Canada, Feb. 
 12, 1874. Mr. and Mrs. Irwin have two 
 living children, GERTRUDE H. and GRACE 
 MAYNARD, and reside in Springfield, 
 Illinois. Mr. Irwin is city editor of the 
 Illinois State Jozirnal. Jehu Harlan 
 died Nov. 23, 1851, and Mrs. Emily 
 N. Harlan was married Nov. 13, 1853, to 
 William M. Corzine, who was born 
 March 14, 1834, in Marion county, North 
 Carolina. They have one child, 
 FRANKLIN W., and reside in Auburn, 
 Sangamon county, Illinois. 
 
 MOSES G., born Feb. 3, 1826, in 
 Hallowel, Maine, married in Sangamon 
 county, Sept. 23, 1847, to Elizabeth F. 
 W heeler. They had five children. 
 EUGENE W., born July n, 1848. 
 MARGARET C., born Sept. i, 1850, 
 married D. H. Tomlinson, and died 
 March 15, 1875, at Butler, DeKalb countv, 
 Indiana. FLORA E., born Dec. 5, 
 1852, married Jerry Ballenger, and resides 
 in Auburn, Illinois. SUSAN E. M., born 
 Jan. 14, 1855, married W. W. Lowry, of 
 Carlinville, Illinois. They have one child, 
 MINXIE, and reside in Auburn, Illinois. 
 JAMES F. D., born April 6, 1857. 
 Mrs. Wadsworth died May 4, 1857. 
 Moses G. Wadsworth was married Nov. 
 1 6, 1862, to Mary E. Day. They had six 
 children, two of whom died young. 
 HARRIE E., CHARLES L., MARY 
 F. and ADA C. reside with their parents 
 in Auburn, Sangamon county, Illinois. 
 M. G. Wadsworth was elected clerk of 
 Auburn township at its organization, and 
 
 served four years, was township collector 
 four years, has been secretary of Ark and 
 Anchor Masonic Lodge, 354, five years, 
 and is editor and proprietor of the Auburn 
 Citizen, one of the best weekly news- 
 papers in the State. 
 
 SARAH A., born Sept. 19, 1841, at 
 Auburn, married March 26, 1861, to John 
 N. Williams, who was born March i, 
 1839, in Indiana. They have four chil- 
 dren, REMIE A., SARAH A., MAUD 
 B. and CHARLES N., and reside in 
 Auburn, Illinois. Mr. Williams is a mer- 
 chant in that place. 
 
 ABBIE J., resides with her parents 
 in Auburn. 
 
 Daniel Wadsworth has been a member 
 of the Masonic fraternity since 1821. He 
 assisted in organizing the first Masonic 
 Royal Arch Chapter in the State of 
 Illinois, that of Springfield No. i. He 
 has been a member of the M. E. church 
 since 1822, and was postmaster many 
 years in Auburn. He is now 1876 in 
 his seventy-eighth year. 
 
 WADDELL, JpSIAH, was 
 born Sept. 26, 1804, in Ohio county, West 
 Virginia. He was there married, Jan. n, 
 1831, to Elizabeth Hall, of West Alexan- 
 der, Washington county, Penn. She was 
 a native of Virginia also. They moved to 
 Sangamon county, Illinois, arriving March 
 i, 1835, m wna t is now Cotton Hill town- 
 ship. He spent twenty years in farming 
 there. They have no children. They 
 have since 1855, and now live in Spring- 
 field, Sangamon county, Illinois. 
 
 WAGGONER, GEORGE, 
 was born in Pennsylvania, and when a 
 young man went to Licking county, Ohio. 
 He was married at Newark to Judea 
 Wertzbaugh, who was born in Canada. 
 They had eight children in Ohio, and 
 moved to Sangamon county, Illinois, ar- 
 riving in October, 1822, in what is now 
 Gardner township, south of Prairie creek, 
 where three children were born. 
 
 y0//7Vborn in Ohio, married in San- 
 gamon county to Julia A. Clark, had eight 
 children, and both died in Mason county, 
 Illinois. 
 
 ELIZA, born in Ohio, married in San- 
 gamon county to James Darrell, had eight 
 children, and he died and she married Hal- 
 sey Smith, who died and she married Free- 
 man Marshall, and lives in Havanna, Illi- 
 nois.
 
 SANGAMON COUNTY. 
 
 747 
 
 ALFRED, born in Ohio, married Jane 
 Hinsley, have five children, and live at 
 Petersburg, Illinois. 
 
 OZIAS, born in Ohio, married Rebecca 
 J. Shepherd, had five children, and she 
 died, and he married Hannah Leonard, 
 had four children, two of whom died 
 young. Ozias Waggoner lives in the south- 
 west part of Springfield, Illinois. 
 
 "jf UL1A A., born in Ohio, married in 
 Sangamon county to John Carman, had 
 nine children, and Mr. Carman died in 
 March, 1866, in Christian county. His 
 family live near Nokomis, Montgomery 
 county, Illinois. 
 
 EFFIE, born Jan. 28, 1818, in Ohio, 
 married in Sangamon county, to Thomas 
 Say re. See his name. 
 
 ELIZABETH, born in Ohio, mar- 
 ried in Sangamon county to Martin S. 
 Morris, have ten children, and live in Sa- 
 vannah, Missouri. 
 
 HARR1E T married Zachariah Clarey, 
 have eleven children, and live in Kansas. 
 
 SARAH married Stephen Ewbank, 
 had eight children, and he died leaving his 
 family near Girard, Illinois. 
 
 GEORGE C. married Louisa Fuller, 
 and live near Cerro Gordo, Piatt county, 
 Illinois. 
 
 Mrs. Judea Waggoner died Jan. 3, 1863 
 or '4, and George Waggoner died. Both 
 buried at Petersburg, Illinois. 
 
 WALLACE, JAMES, was 
 born in 1776, in Pendleton district, South 
 Carolina, of Scotch Presbyterian parents. 
 They being Whigs were driven from their 
 home by the British and Tories previous 
 to his advent in the world, and he was 
 born in a camp. On arriving at the age of 
 manhood he went to Nova Scotia, and was 
 there married to Ann Doole. About 1816 
 he moved back to South Carolina. Having 
 lived where all men were free, on his re- 
 turn to his native State, it appeared to him 
 as though slavery was indeed " the sum of 
 all villanies," and he determined to seek a 
 land of freedom in which to bring up his 
 family. He accordingly moved to Sanga- 
 mon county, Illinois, arriving Novem- 
 ber 3, 1822, in what is now Au- 
 burn township, one mile south of the pres- 
 ent town of Auburn. Of his five sons 
 and six daughters, three only remained in 
 Sangamon county, namelv, 
 
 7<9//.Vand WILLIAM, twins, were 
 born June 17, 1808, in Nova Scotia, and 
 
 came, in 1822, with their father, to Sanga- 
 mon county. 
 
 JOHN, was married August 5, 1830, 
 in Sangamon county, to Eveline Rieger. 
 They had ten children in Sangamon coun- 
 ty. GEORGE W. married Charlotte Dil- 
 ner, who died, and he married Sarah Ar- 
 net, and lives in Missouri. ELIZABETH 
 A. married Jonathan S. Frazier, who died 
 leaving a son, CHARLES E. Mrs. Frazier 
 married Joseph H. Lockridge. See his 
 name. MARY J. married Thomas Black. 
 See his name. ELIZA married William 
 Crane, and lives in Elco, Nevada. 
 AMANDA married John N. Kenney. 
 See his name. WILLIAM and JAMES, 
 twins. The former married Minerva Cox, 
 and lives in Chatham, Illinois. The latter 
 married Jennie Chapman, and lives near 
 Auburn, Illinois 1874. MARGARET 
 C. and DAVID F., twins. The former 
 married C. Columbus Cannon, and lives 
 in Auburn, Illinois. The latter married 
 Mary Kessler, and lives near Auburn, Illi- 
 nois. JOHN B. lives at Placerville, Cali- 
 fornia 1874. John Wallace died Nov. 
 20, 1854, and Mrs. Eveline Wallace died 
 August 20, 1876, both near Auburn, Illi- 
 nois. 
 
 WILLIAM, was married in 1832 in 
 Sangamon county to Amanda Rusk. They 
 had four children in Springfield, namely: 
 BENJAMIN F., married Mary Gregory. 
 They have two children, GRACIE and 
 STELLA, and live in Keokuk, Iowa. JOHN 
 L., JANE E., and ADA ANNlive with 
 their father. Mrs. Amanda Wallace died 
 in 1848, and William Wallace was married 
 in 1849 to Mrs. Allender, who died in 
 1864. Mr. Wallace was married in 1865 
 to Mrs. Eliza J. Gard, a native of Clark 
 county, Ohio. They reside in Springfield, 
 Illinois. 
 
 MART ANN married Benjamen Kess- 
 ler. They brought up a family of several 
 children, and reside in Auburn, Sangamon 
 county, Illinois. 
 
 James Wallace moved in 1835 from 
 Sangamon to Macon county, Illinois, tak- 
 ing three sons and five daughters with 
 him. He died there about 1845. 
 
 WALLACE, JAMES, was 
 born between 1780 and '85 in South Caro- 
 lina. He was no relation to the other 
 James Wallace from the same state. He 
 was married there to Francis A. Benison. 
 They moved to North Carolina, thence to
 
 748 
 
 EARLY SETTLERS OF 
 
 northern Indiana, and from there to Henry 
 county, Kentucky. In 1818 they moved 
 to Shawneetown, Illinois, and in the spring 
 of 1819 he moved to what hecame Sanga- 
 mon county, settling on Lick creek. They 
 brought nine children, namely, 
 
 J OHN, married Minerva Myers, and 
 died in 1843 or '44, leaving a widow and 
 four children near Decatur, Illinois. 
 
 WILLIAM married Elizabeth Miller. 
 He died in Arkansas, leaving a widow 
 and three children. 
 
 ROSE ANN married Randall Davis, 
 who died in 1867 or '68, leaving his family 
 in Macon county, Illinois. 
 
 ELIZABEJ^H, born in South Caro- 
 lina, came with her father to Sangamon 
 county, was married in Macon county to 
 Edward Turpin. They have four chil- 
 dren, and live near Hopewell, Macon 
 county, Illinois. 
 
 SARAH died unmarried in Sangamon 
 county in 1831. 
 
 ISAAC and MELINDA, twins, 
 born August 22, 1815, in Indiana. 
 
 ISAAC was married April 13, 1837, m 
 Springfield, to Mrs. Eliza Hawker, whose 
 maiden name was Lindsay. They had 
 four living children, namely, SAMUEL, 
 married Frances Grissom, and lives in 
 Springfield, Illinois. HELEN married 
 F. M. Scott has four children and lives in 
 Mechanicsburg, Illinois. FRANCES 
 married Emery Mayfiel'd, has one child, 
 and lives near Auburn, Illinois. ALICE 
 married benjamin Kessler, Jun., and live 
 in Auburn, Illinois. Isaac Wallace and 
 wife reside in Springfield, Illinois. 
 
 MELINDA married in Macon county 
 to William Hanks, and both died there. 
 
 SAMUEL, born in Kentucky, is rnar- 
 lied, and lives near Tower Hill, Shelby 
 county, Illinois. 
 
 James Wallace died in Sangamon coun- 
 ty in 1822, and in 1832 his widow, with 
 some of her children, moved to Macon 
 county, where she died. 
 
 WALLACE, WILLIAM S., 
 was born August 10, 1802, in Lancaster 
 county, Pennsylvania, and graduated April 
 8, 1824, at Jefferson Medical College at 
 Philadelphia. Dr. Wallace came to Spring- 
 field, Illinois, in 1836, and at once engaged 
 in the practice of his profession. He was 
 married May 21, 1839, in Springfield, to 
 Frances J. Todd, who was born in 1817 in 
 Lexington, Kentucky. See sketch of the 
 
 Todd family. Dr. Wallace and wife had 
 six children in Springfield, namely 
 
 ELIZABETH, died in infancy. 
 
 MART J. was married Nov. 15, 1865, 
 in her native city, to Colonel John P. 
 Baker, who was born July 24, 1838, at 
 Kaskaskia, Illinois. Colonel and Mrs. 
 Baker have five children, MARY, WAL- 
 LACE F., FRANCIS J., MABEL and 
 FLORENCE, and reside in Springfield, 
 Illinois. John P. Baker graduated in 1856, 
 at Shurtleff College, at Upper Alton, Illi- 
 nois. He read law three years with his 
 father, Hon. David J. Baker, and was ad- 
 mitted to the bar. In March, 1861, he was 
 appointed by President Lincoln, second 
 lieutenant, in the 1st United States dra- 
 goons, placed on duty in Washington Citv, 
 and was at the battle of Bull's Run, July 
 21, 1 86 1. He served on staff duty at the 
 headquarters of the 6th Army Corps in 
 the Army of the Potomac, also on staff 
 duty as Inspector General of Savannah, 
 Georgia, in the early part of 1865. Lieu- 
 tenant Baker was promoted July 17, 1862, 
 to captain in the ist United States Cavalry, 
 brevetted April 9, 1864, major in the regu- 
 lar army for gallantry and meritorious ser- 
 vice at Pleasant Hill, Louisiana; also, bre- 
 vetted lieutenant colonel for gallant and 
 meritoritous services during the war. After 
 the suppression of the rebellion he served 
 with his regiment at the headquarters of 
 General Sheridan in Louisiana, and in 
 1865 was ordered from there to the 
 Pacific coast, spending three years in 
 Nevada and Oregon, campaigning 
 against the Indians. Colonel Baker re- 
 turned to Spiingfield and resigned his 
 commission in July, 1868. He then be- 
 came one of the proprietors and associate 
 editor with his brother, E. L. Baker, of 
 the Illinois State Journal. He with- 
 drew from the Journal in 1872, and has 
 since held the office of United States 
 assistant assessor and L T nited States 
 ganger for the Eighth district of Illinois. 
 WILLIAM F., FRANCES and 
 ED WARD D. live with their mother. 
 CHARLES E. died young. 
 
 Dr. William S. Wallace continued in 
 the practice of medicine a full quarter of a 
 century in Springfield, never making any 
 distinction between the rich and the poor 
 in his attentions. In 1861 he received 
 from the hands of his brother-in-law, 
 President Lincoln, the appointment of
 
 SAN GAM ON COUNTT. 
 
 749 
 
 Paymaster in the United States Army. 
 He was on duty part of the time in 
 Springfield, Illinois, then in the depart- 
 ment of Missouri, and the remainder of 
 the time at the front on the lower Missis- 
 sippi river. By exposure and exhaustive 
 service in the south he became debilitated 
 and never regained his former vigor. 
 After the suppression of the rebellion he 
 was placed on the retired list and died 
 May 23, 1867, in Springfield, Illinois. 
 His widow, Mrs. Frances J. Wallace, re- 
 sides in Springfield, 
 
 WALL, ISAAC, was born about 
 1790, near the line between V irginia and 
 North Carolina. He was married in 
 North Carolina to Nancy Duncan, and 
 moved to Rockingham county, Tennessee, 
 and from there to Sangamon county, 
 Illinois, in what is now Auburn township, 
 in 1830. They had four children 
 
 ELIJAH married Margaret Jones, 
 and died. 
 
 WILLIAM, born iu Tennessee, mar- 
 ried Nancy Haines, in Sangamon county, 
 joined the Mormons, moved to Salt Lake, 
 became one ot the twelve apostles, took 
 more wives, and raised a large family. 
 
 JOHNS OA" C. married four times, 
 and each wife died without children. He 
 enlisted in the ist 111. Cav. in 1861, was 
 captured at Lexington, Missouri, was re- 
 leased, and in 1863 he enlisted at Spring- 
 field, in Vaughn's Battery, and died at 
 Little Rock, Arkansas, April 5, 1864. 
 
 RICHARD C, born March 15, 1829, 
 in Rockingham county, Tennessee, mar- 
 ried Oct. 16, 1845, in Sangamon county, to 
 Mary Jones. They have six children. 
 SARAH married Green Dallas, has three 
 children, and lives in Cotton Hill township. 
 NANCY D., M E L I N D A A., 
 EVELINE E., MARTHA A. and 
 ANDREW C. live with their parents 
 three and a half miles north of Pawnte, 
 in Cotton Hill township, Sangamon 
 county, Illinois. 
 
 Mrs. Nancy Wall died in 1833 or '34- 
 Isaac Wall is married again, and lives in 
 Missouri. 
 
 WALKER, DANIEL, was 
 born about 1781, in Fauquer county, 
 Virgiana, and was married about 1809, in 
 Loudon county, in the same state, to 
 Sarah Bail, a native of Chester county, 
 Pennsylvania, and of a Quaker family. 
 They had four children in Virginia, and 
 
 moved to Ohio, where four children were 
 born, and moved to Sangamon county, 
 Illinois, arriving in the spring of 1835, and 
 settled on Horse creek, in what is now 
 Pawnee township. Daniel Walker re- 
 turned to Ohio on business and died there 
 in the fall of 1835. Of their children, the 
 eldest son 
 
 HAMPTON married in Ohio and 
 moved to Kentucky. 
 
 HIRAM, born April 10, 1811, in Lou- 
 don county, Virginia, came with the 
 family to Sangamon county in 1835, an< ^ 
 on the death of his father he assumed the 
 care of the family and prosecuted the 
 business of farming, part of the time in 
 Christian county. He continued in that 
 business until December, 1845, when he 
 moved to Springfield, Illinois. He has 
 for several years been engaged in the busi- 
 ness of dealing in real estate. 
 
 HARRIET married James Elder. 
 See his name, 
 
 L rDIA A. married Jesse H. Kent. 
 See his name. 
 
 WALKER, SAMUEL, was 
 born Dec. 8, 1777, in Campbell county, 
 Virginia. He was there married to 
 Martha Hannah, who was born March, 
 1790, in the same county. They had three 
 children in Virginia, and the family moved 
 to Rutherford county, Tennessee, in Octo- 
 ber, 1816, where four children were born, 
 and moved to Sangamon county, Illinois, 
 arriving October, 1828, in what is now 
 Loami township, where they had two chil- 
 dren. Of the nine children 
 
 WILLIAM, S., born Nov. 2, i8n, in 
 Virginia, married in Loami, Dec. 4, 1831, 
 to Clarissa Colburn. They had thirteen 
 children, four died under three years. 
 ACHSA J., born April 28, 1834, married 
 April 1855, to N. G. Estes, have six chil- 
 dren, and live in Loami, 111. SAMUEL 
 S., born April 22, 1836, enlisted August 6, 
 1862, in Co. F, 5ist 111. Inf. for three years, 
 was wounded at the battle of Chickamauga, 
 Sept. 19, 1863, recovered, served full term 
 and was honorably discharged June 16, 
 1865. He was married May i, 1870, to 
 Catharine Conrad, and lives in Loami, 111. 
 WILLIAM H. H., born August 3, 1840, 
 enlisted May i, 1864, in Co. E, i33d 111. 
 Inf. for one hundred days, served full term 
 and was honorably discharged. He was 
 married Jan. 10, 1867, to Elizabeth Swink, 
 have one child, SAMUEL s., and live one
 
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 EA RL T SE TTLERS OF 
 
 and a half miles northwest of Loami, Illi- 
 nois. ELI J., born Oct. i, 1842, married 
 Sarah Swink, have one child, and live one 
 and a half miles northwest of Loami, Illi- 
 nois. EUNICE M., born Jan. 22, 184^, 
 married John G. Kelly, have three chil- 
 dren, and live in Loami, Illinois. EL- 
 MINA F. and LUCY A. live with their 
 parents. REBECCA A., born March 29, 
 1854, married Alfred Davis February 19, 
 1871, have one child, and live in Loami, 
 Illinois. LEVI F. lives with his parents 
 at Loami, Sangamon county, Illinois. 
 
 JAMES R., born August 13, 1813, 
 died at eleven years. 
 
 THOMAS J ., born in Virginia June 
 2, 1816, married Elizabeth Denton, have 
 six children, and live in Cedar county, Mis- 
 souri. 
 
 GEORGE J., born July 29, 1819, in 
 Tennessee, married in Sangamon county, 
 Oct. 22, 1843, to Elizabeth Back, who was 
 born Dec. 25, 1827, in Garrard county, 
 Kentucky. They had eight children, four 
 of whom died in infancy. AMARINE, 
 born Jan. 7, 1854, married Robert J. Col- 
 lins, have one child, ALONZO D., and live 
 at Loami, Illinois. GEORGE W., LU- 
 ELLA and JOHN B. live with their 
 parents in Loami, Sangamon county, Illi- 
 nois. 
 
 SAMUEL C. died at twenty-one years 
 of age. 
 
 BE VERLT ^f'.,born Feb. 8, 1825, in 
 Tennessee, married in Sangamon county 
 to Elizabeth Cooley, have five children, 
 and live in Douglas county, Kansas. 
 
 THEOPH1LUS, born in Tennessee, 
 married in Sangamon county to Rhoda J. 
 Withrow, and died. 
 
 REBECCA, born August 12, 1829, 
 in Sangamon county, married William C. 
 Smith. See his name. 
 
 HIRAM W., born April 3, 1832, in 
 Sangamon county, married Martha E. 
 Scott, have three children, MARY, 
 LUCY A. and CHARLES F., and reside 
 near McMurray Chapel, in Ball township, 
 four miles southeast of Chatham, Sanga- 
 mon county, Illinois. 
 
 Samuel Walker died August 31, 1834, 
 and his widow died April, 1852, both in 
 Sangamon county, Illinois. 
 
 W ALTERS, LYDIA, (widow 
 of James Walters), was born in December, 
 1783, near Salem, Rowan county, North 
 Carolina. Her maiden name was Donner. 
 
 She was sister to George and Jacob 
 Donner. Her parents moved to Jessaminel 
 county, Kentucky, about iSri. She was 
 there married to James Walters. They 
 had nine children in Kentucky, and in 
 1829 the family moved to Decatur county, 
 Indiana. James Walters died there in 
 June, 1830. In 1839 Mrs. Walters moved 
 her family to Sangamon county and settled 
 in Auburn township. Of her children 
 
 NOBLE married in Kentucky to 
 Elizabeth Davis, moved to Sangamon 
 county, and died in 1859. 
 
 GEORGE went to Texas and died 
 there. 
 
 MA TILDA is a cripple and blind, and 
 lives at the family homestead, in care of 
 her brother, Pollard K. 1873. 
 
 POLLARD K. is unmarried, and 
 lives at the family homestead in Auburn 
 township, near the line of Macoupin 
 county 1876. He lost a leg by a reaping 
 machine many years ago. 
 
 JOHN went to California and died 
 there. 
 
 JAMES married Nancy Baldwin, and 
 lives in Virden, Illinois. 
 
 WILLIAM T., born April 21, 1822, 
 in Kentucky, was married Jan. 17, 1858, 
 to Sarah Green. They have four living 
 children, WILLIAM A., CHARLES 
 H., LYDIA MAY and JOHN CAR- 
 ROLL, and live two and one-half miles 
 southwest of Lowder, Sangamon county, 
 Illinois 1874. 
 
 MART ANN married James Clack, 
 and lives in Virden, Illinois. 
 
 Mrs. Lydia Walters died July i, 1871,111 
 Auburn township, in the eighty-eighth 
 year of her age. 
 
 WALTERS, GREEN B., was 
 born Oct. 28, 1808, in Jefferson county, 
 Kentucky, and was taken by his parents 
 to Decatur county, Indiana, when he was 
 about thirteen years of age. He came to 
 Sangamon county, Illinois, on a visit, 
 arriving Sept. 15, 1829, at the house of his 
 uncle, George Donner, and remained 
 fourteen months, shaking with the ague. 
 He returned to Indiana and was married 
 Dec. 25, 1833, to Elizabeth Griffiths. He 
 came to Illinois, first stopping in Logan 
 county, and then came to Sangamon 
 county, in 1840, and had nine living chil- 
 dren 
 
 MARJ^HA was drowned, aged twelve 
 years.
 
 SANG AM ON COUNTY. 
 
 75' 
 
 MARIA J. married George Walters, 
 and died, leaving one child, RHODA A. 
 
 RACHEL C. married John Penick, 
 and lives in Missouri. 
 
 JAMES W. is married and lives in 
 Indianapolis. 
 
 EMILY A, was married Oct. 22, 
 1 86 1, to Leonard Ledbrook, who was born 
 at Tipton, Staffordshire, England, and 
 came to Sangamon county in 1859. They 
 have one living child, MINNIE. Mr. 
 Ledbrook is a druggist in Chatham, 
 Illinois, and, with his family, resides there. 
 
 MAR T TV., GE OR GE W. , J OHN 
 F. and ED WARD BAKER live with 
 their mother. 
 
 Green B. Walters died April 12, 1875, 
 and his family lives two miles east of 
 Chatham, Sangamon county, Illinois. 
 
 WARD, JOHN, was born July 
 19, 1810, near Romney, Virginia. Mary 
 Shivers was born Feb. 8, 1814, near 
 Fredricktown, Maryland, and taken by 
 her parents, in 1830, to Virginia. John 
 Ward and Mary Shivers were married 
 near Romney, August 15, 1833. They 
 had two children in Virginia, and moved 
 to Sangamon county, Illinois, arriving 
 Oct. 2, 1838, in what is now Cotton Hill 
 township, where five children were born, 
 the four youngest died under seven years. 
 Of the other four 
 
 SARAH C., born June 22, 1835, in 
 Virginia, married in Sangamon county to 
 Isaac Snodgrass. See his name. 
 
 HARVEY, born Jan. 22, 1838, in 
 Virginia, died in Sangamon county in his 
 fifteenth year. 
 
 EMILY J., born June 28, 1842,111 
 Sangamon county, married Alfred N. 
 Funderburk. See his name. 
 
 John Ward died Nov. 8, 1852, and his 
 widow married Robert Snodgrass. See 
 liis name. He died and she was married 
 Sept. 15, 1859, to Lemuel Hall, as his 
 second wife. Lemuel Hall was from 
 Ohio. His daughter, Sarah S., born Feb. 
 19, 1844, is the wife of William H. Snod- 
 grass. See his name. 
 
 Lemuel Hall and wife reside in Cotton 
 Hill township, near New City, Sangamon 
 county, Illinois. 
 
 WASH, MILTON H., born 
 March 16, 1819, in Todd county, Kentucky, 
 and came to Springfield, Illinois, in 1839, 
 where he was married July 23, 1840, to 
 Mary J. Bryan. See Bryan sketch. They 
 
 had two children in Springfield,and moved 
 to St. Joseph, Missouri, arriving Oct. i, 
 1844, where they resided until 1859, when 
 they moved to Memphis, Tennessee, and 
 from there to St. Louis, Missouri, arriving 
 August 9, 1862. Milton H. Wash and 
 wife had seven living children. Of their 
 children 
 
 JOHN M., born May n, 1841, in 
 Springfield, Illinois, was married Dec. 23, 
 1860, in Missouri, to Belle Townsend. 
 They had one daughter, R. E. LEE. J. 
 M. Wash was again married, Nov. 20, 
 1874, to Mrs. Matilda Webb, of Baltimore, 
 Maryland. They reside at No. 731 South 
 Seventh street, St. Louis, Missouri. 
 
 GEORGE B., born August 17, 1843, 
 at Springfield, Illinois, died in his fourth 
 year. 
 
 KATE A., born Dec. 23, 1845, at St. 
 Joseph, Missouri, died there in her fifth 
 year. 
 
 BENJAMIN S., born July 26, 1851, 
 at St. Joseph, Missouri, was married Feb. 
 22, 1875, to Sallie E. Kempland, of St. 
 Louis. They have one child, MARY 
 AMELIA, and reside at 1205 Wright 
 street, St. Louis, Missouri. 
 
 FRANK H., born August 8, 1853, in 
 St. Joseph, Missouri, was married Oct. i, 
 1874, in St. Louis, to Fannie L. Thorn- 
 burgh. They reside at 1925 Carr street, 
 St. Louis, Missouri. 
 
 AMELIA A., born June 15, 1855, at 
 St. Joseph, died at St. Louis, Missouri, 
 July 13, 1867. 
 
 MART W. died in her third year. 
 
 Milton H. Wash and wife reside at 1205 
 Wright street, St. Louis, Missouri. 
 
 WASHBURN, "WILLIAM, 
 was born Jan. 24, 1813, at Westminster, 
 Windham county, Vermont, and was 
 raised in Orange county, in the same state. 
 In 1832 he went to Seville, Medina coun- 
 ty, Ohio, and taught school there one 
 year, and in 1833 went to Shelby count v, 
 Kentucky, where he taught nearly seven 
 years. He was married there August 20, 
 1839, to Elizabeth R. Harding, who was 
 born in that ctunty August 27, 1820. 
 She is a niece of Mrs. Harriet Harding 
 Talbott. Sec Talbott. Mr. and Mrs. 
 Washburn had one child in Kentucky, 
 and moved to Sangamon county, Illinois, 
 arriving Nov. i, 1840, in what is now 
 Gardner township, where five children 
 were born. Of their children
 
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 EARLY SETTLERS OF 
 
 OLIVIA /?., born August 20, 1840, 
 in Kentucky, died in Sangamon county, 
 aged two years. 
 
 WILLIAM H., born July 9, 1842, in 
 Sangamon county, was married there Dec. 
 21, 1875, to Alice Jane Hurt, and lives in 
 Philadelphia, Cass county, Illinois. 
 
 L UCIUS H. lives with his parents. 
 
 JAMES OTIS died Feb. 9, 1861, in 
 his fourteenth year. 
 
 MART L. and HARRIET E. reside 
 with their parents, two and one-half miles 
 southwest of Farmingdale, Sangamon 
 county, Illinois. 
 
 The Washburn family in the United 
 States all come from John Washburn, 
 who emigrated from Eversham, Worces- 
 ter county, England. He was in Dux- 
 bury, Massachusetts, as early as 1632, and 
 returning, sailed from England with his 
 family April 12, 1635, O. S. He brought 
 two sons, John, Jun., and Philip. John, 
 Jun., married in 1645 to Elizabeth 
 Mitchell. They had seven sons and four 
 daughters. It is from these that the 
 whole Washburn family in the United 
 States sprang. William Washburn has 
 the genealogy of his own branch of the 
 family in a continuous line from John 
 Washburn, of Eversham, England, to his 
 son, John, Jun., and his son, Joseph, first, 
 and his son, Joseph, second, and his son, 
 Seth, first, and his son Asa and his son, 
 Seth Washburn, second, who was twice 
 married, and had eight sons by the first, 
 and seven by the second marriage. Wil- 
 liam Washburn, whose name heads this 
 sketch, is his second son by the first wife. 
 William's brother, Asa R., married in 
 Morgan county, Illinois, to Barbara Craig, 
 moved to Sangamon county in 1852, and 
 died at Putney, Vermont, Sept. 12, 1867, 
 while there on a visit for his health. He 
 left a widow and three children in Curran 
 township, Sangamon countv, Illinois. 
 
 WATSON, ARTHUR, was 
 born in 1770, in Berkley county, Virginia, 
 and when a young man went to Mason 
 county, Kentucky. Temperance Robin- 
 son was born August, 1774, in Balti- 
 more county, about twenty miles from the 
 city of Baltimore, Maryland, and in 1794 
 her parents moved to Mason county, Ken- 
 tucky. Arthur Watson and Temperance 
 Robinson were married about 1796 in Ma- 
 son county, and had ten children there, the 
 eldest and youngest of whom died in Ken- 
 
 tucky. In 1812 Mr. Watson went from 
 Mason county as a soldier in the war with 
 England. The family moved to Sanga- 
 mon county, Illinois, arriving April 10, 
 1825, at Springfield. Mr. Watson soon 
 after entered the land now occupied by the 
 water works, watch factory, rolling mill, 
 north coal shaft, and Oak Ridge cemetery. 
 Of their children 
 
 HIRAM A., born May 14, 1799, in 
 Mason county, Kentucky, died there in 
 1823. 
 
 SANFORD, born Jan. 28, 1801, in 
 Mason county, Kentucky, married in San- 
 gamon county, June 3, 1833, to Betsy Ann 
 Stevenson. They had one child, and the 
 mother and child died September, 1835. 
 He was married in 1842 in Morgan coun- 
 ty to Maria Elder, and in 1849 moved to 
 Oregon. Mr. Watson died July 6, 1870, 
 leaving a widow and four children, near 
 Bethel, Polk county, Oregon. 
 
 MEDALINE, born May 18, 1803, in 
 Mason county, Kentucky, married in San- 
 gamon county Octobor, 1825, to William 
 Alvey. See his name. 
 
 ANN R., born August 19, 1805, in Ma- 
 son county, Kentucky, married in Sanga- 
 mon county October, 1825, to James C. 
 McNabb. See his name. 
 
 JAMES, born Feb. 29, 1808, in Ken- 
 tucky, married in Sangaman county, Feb- 
 ruary, 1833, to Mary Ridgeway. They 
 had five children, and the family moved in 
 1847 over land to Oregon. Mr. Watson 
 died in i86ij and his widow died in 1873. 
 Four of their children reside near Kings 
 Vallev postoffice, Benton county, Oregon. 
 
 LUCRETIA, died July 13, 1810, in 
 Mason county, Kentucky, married in San- 
 gamon county, Jan. 20, 1846, to James W. 
 Simpson. They had two children. LA- 
 FAYETTE married Jennie Combs, and 
 resides at Tallula, Illinois. CLIFTON 
 L. resides with his mother. James W. 
 Simpson died in August, 1862, and his 
 widow resides near Tallula, Menard coun- 
 tv, Illinois. 
 
 WILLIAM H., born Dec. 15, 1812, in 
 Kentucky, married in Sangamon county, 
 in 1838, to Agnes Lloyd. He died Sept. 
 26, 1842, near Middletown, Logan county, 
 Illinois. 
 
 AMANDA P., born April 10, 1816, in 
 Mason county, Kentucky, married Wm. 
 S. Pickrell. See his name. 
 
 JOHN N., born Oct. 22, 1818, in Ken-
 
 SANGAMON COUNTY. 
 
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 tucky, died in Sangamon county June 16, 
 
 1835- 
 
 Arthur Watson died Sept. 29, 1827, and 
 
 Mrs. Temperance Watson died Sept. 11, 
 1837, both near Springfield, Sangamon 
 county, Illinois. 
 
 WATSON, JOHN B., born 
 Feb. 10, 1800, in York District, South 
 Carolina, and came to Illinois with his 
 father, settling somewhere in Randolph 
 county. He was married in Kaskaskia, 
 April 9, 1829, to Mary Gillis, who was 
 born in Wilmington, Delaware, Jan. 31, 
 1814. They moved to Springfield, soon 
 after they were married, Mr. Watson 
 having been to Sangamon county, in 1827, 
 to look at the. country. Of their seven 
 children, all born in Springfield, the eldest 
 died in infancy. 
 
 MARGARET, born May 28, 1833, 
 died in Springfield August 11, 1852. 
 
 MART L., born June 30, 1836, has 
 been a school and music teacher for twenty 
 years. She is teaching at present 1875 
 near Petersburg, Menard county, Illinois. 
 
 JANE E. died in her sixth year. 
 
 ANNA L., born Sept. 11, 1842, is a 
 music teacher in Springfield, Illinois. 
 
 ELLEN C, born April 25, 1845, died 
 August ii, 1852. 
 
 JAMES G., born April 24, 1848, was 
 married Sept. 2, 1875, to Lucy A. Mont- 
 gomery, who was born Feb. i, 1856, on 
 Fancy creek, Sangamon county, Illinois. 
 J. G. Watson, formerly a farmer, is now 
 residing in Springfield, Illinois. 
 
 J. B. Watson taught school the first 
 year he resided in Springfield. He was 
 afterwards county surveyor and engineer 
 of the Great Western railroad. He went 
 to California in 1849 and returned in 1852. 
 Mr. Watson and his two daughters died 
 of Asiatic cholera, August n, 1852. 
 Ellen C. died at half- past one o'clock A. M. ; 
 Margaret at half-past seven o'clock A. M., 
 and their father died at half-past nine 
 o'clock P. M. Mrs. Mary Watson's mother, 
 Elizabeth Gillis, belonged to the Society 
 of Friends, and she resided with her 
 daughter in Springfield from about 1830 
 until her death, which occurred in August, 
 1852. She was buried at Oak Ridge 
 Cemetery. John B. Watson's mother 
 resided with her daughter-in-law in 
 Springfield from 1854 until her death, 
 which occurred in August, 1860. She 
 was also buried at Oak Ridge Cemetery. 
 
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 Mrs. Mary Watson was married Dec. 
 16, 1863, in Springfield, Illinois, to Hon. 
 S. W. Robbins, a prominent lawyer and 
 temperance advocate. They had two 
 children, who died in infancy. About 
 1860 Hon. S. W. Robbins and wife moved 
 to their farm, seven miles northwest of 
 Springfield, where he died, June 19, 1871, 
 and she died Jan. 29, 1874, 
 
 WATSON, WILLIAM M., 
 was born Oct. 16, 1807, near Vincennes, 
 Indiana. He was married June 14, 1831, 
 in Jefferson county, Indiana, to Sarah 
 Talbott, who was born August 5, 1814, in 
 Millersburg, Kentucky. They moved to 
 Shelbyville, Illinois, where they had one 
 child, and moved to Springfield, arriving 
 Sept. 24, 1834, where they had eight chil- 
 dren. Of all their children 
 
 JAMES W., born Dec. 8, 1833, in 
 Shelbyville, Illinois, married in Spring- 
 field, Jan. 16, 1856, to Angeline Cook, 
 who was born Sept. 3, 1833, in Butler 
 county, Ohio. They have one child, 
 OSCAR A., born in Springfield, Nov. 
 5, 1856. He is an accountant. James W. 
 Watson is a boot and shoe maker, and 
 since 1871 has been Tyler for the Masonic 
 bodies in Springfield, Illinois. 
 
 JULIETT died in 1843, aged ten 
 years. 
 
 MA RT A., born and married in Spring- 
 field to Edward Miles. He was killed by 
 an accident on the Toledo, Wabash and 
 Western Railroad in 1865. She resides 
 with her parents in Springfield. 
 
 CHARLES H., born Dec. 11, 1839, 
 in Springfield, married Sept. 14, 1874, in 
 Gibson, Illinois, to Mrs. Mary Waddell, 
 whose maiden name was Whitely, a 
 native of Little Rock, Arkansas. Mr. 
 Watson is an artist and lives in Springfield, 
 Illinois. 
 
 SARAH lives with her parents. 
 
 DA VID died, aged thirteen years. 
 
 HESTER died, aged six years. 
 
 THEODORE resides with his pa- 
 rents. 
 
 EMILT J., born May 20, 1852, in 
 Springfield, married Dec. 22, 1870, to 
 Mervin B. Converse, and resides in 
 Springfield. 
 
 William M. Watson and wife reside in 
 Springfield, Illinois. 
 
 WATSON, WILLIAM W., 
 born April i, 1794,111 Sussex county, New 
 Jersey, went in 1817 to Lexington, Ken-
 
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 EARL 7 SE'lTLERS OF 
 
 tucky, and was there married, March 15, 
 1818, to Mrs. Maria Humerickhouse,whbse 
 maiden name was Cape. She was a na- 
 tive of Lexington. In the autumn of 1818 
 they moved to Nashville, Tennessee, 
 where they had five children, and Mrs. 
 Maria Watson died there July 17, 1834. 
 The family soon after moved to St. Louis, 
 Missouri, where Mr. Watson was in busi- 
 ness about two years, and in the autumn of 
 1836 moved to Springfield, Illinois. Of his 
 five children 
 
 BENJAMIN A., born Dec. 9, 1818, 
 in Nashville, Tennessee, was married in 
 Springfield, Illinois, Feb. 11, 1845, * 
 Emily R. Planck. They had seven living 
 children, all except the youngest, born in 
 Springfield. WILLIAM W., born May 
 13, 1847, was married Oct. 25, 1871, in St. 
 Charles, Illinois, to Augusta C. Tolman. 
 They have two children, WILLIAM \v., 
 iun., and a boy babe. W. W. Watson 
 transacts business in Chicago, and with his 
 family resides at Washington Heights, Illi- 
 nois. EMILY, born Oct. 12, 1849, was 
 married Nov. 24, 1870, at Perry Springs, 
 to Dr. A. B. Carey. They have one child, 
 ALBERT WATSON, and reside at Pittsfield, 
 Pike county, Illinois. JULIA, HATTIE 
 CAPE, MOLLIE L., FANNIE and 
 HARRY live with their father. Mrs. 
 Emily R. Watson died July 30, 1871, at 
 Perry Springs, Pike county, Illinois. Mr. 
 Watson, with his unmarried children, re- 
 sides there. Benjamin A. Watson was one 
 of the ten young men who in 1840 trav- 
 eled from Springfield, Illinois, to Nash- 
 ville, Tennessee, to hear Henry Clay make 
 a speech. See page 480. 
 
 ABIGAIL, born Nov. 5, 1822, in Nash- 
 ville, Tennessee, was married in Spring- 
 field June 27, 1843, to John G. Ives, and 
 resides in Springfield, Illinois. 
 
 ANN MARIA, born Dec. 5, 1824, in 
 Nashville, Tennessee, was marrieJ in 
 Springfield, Illinois, to Thomas S. Little. 
 See his name, 
 
 HESTER,\>orn. July 21, 1826, in Nash- 
 ville, was married in Springfield, Illinois, 
 to Thomas Billson. Thev had three chil- 
 dren in Springfield. CORDELIA mar- 
 ried George Wass, and lives in Paines- 
 ville, Ohio. WILLIAM W., was mar- 
 ried in Portland, Maine, to Alice Harford, 
 and lives in St. Paul, Minnesota. BELLE 
 F. lives with her brother William W. 
 Thomas Billson went from Springfield to 
 
 California in 1849, and died there in 1850- 
 Mrs. Hester Billson was married in Spring- 
 field, Illinois, about 1856, to Chas. Reeves, 
 of Cleveland, Ohio, and went there to re- 
 side. They had two children, GEORGE, 
 now living with his father in Cleveland, 
 and EDWIN C., who lives with his aunt, 
 Mrs. Thomas S. Little, in Springfield. 
 Mrs. Hester Reeves died March 26, 1862, 
 in Cleveland, Ohio. 
 
 CORDELIA, born March 16, 1828, 
 in Nashville, Tennessee, was married in 
 Springfield, 111., to Noah Divelbiss. See 
 his name, 
 
 William W. Watson was married May 
 19, 1842, in Springfield, Illinois, to Mrs. 
 Sarah Mottashed, whose maiden name was 
 Wiley. He died Nov. 2, 1874, in Spring- 
 field, and his widow lives in Decatur, Illi- 
 nois. 
 
 WATTS, BENJAMIN, born 
 Nov. 22, 1769, at Warwick, Franklin 
 county, Massachusetts, was the eldest 
 child of Nicholas Watts and Eunice 
 Newton, his wife. Mary Barbour was 
 born Jan. 4, 1771, in Warwick, Massachu- 
 setts. Benjamin Watts and Mary Bar- 
 bour were there married and moved to 
 Shoreham, thence to Windham, Vermont, 
 and from there to Lyman, Grafton county, 
 New Hampshire. They moved to San- 
 gamon county, Illinois, in the fall of 1837. 
 Of their sixteen children six died young. 
 Of the other ten who came to Sangamon 
 county 
 
 JOSEPH, born Sept. i, 1793, in 
 Vermont, was married in Lyman, New 
 Hampshire, to Mahala Smith, came to 
 Sangamon county in 1838, and moved to 
 Menard county, Illinois, where they both 
 died, leaving five children. ALONZO 
 is married and lives in Iowa. GEORGE, 
 BENJAMIN, NEWELL and AUSTIN. 
 
 LTDIA, born July 9, 1798, in New 
 Hampshire, married Gideon Tripp. She 
 is a widow and lives near Farmingdale, 
 Illinois. 
 
 SALL T, born Jan. 26, 1800, in Lyman, 
 New Hampshire, married Joel Buckman. 
 See his name. Their only child, BEN- 
 JAMIN, is married, and lives near Farm- 
 ingdale, Illinois. 
 
 NICHOLAS, born Dec. 31, 1801, in 
 New Hampshire, married Elizabeth 
 Pallady. They have one child, BENJA- 
 MIN, who is married, and lives in Macon 
 county, Illinois. Nicholas Watts and
 
 SANGAMON COUNTY. 
 
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 family came to Sangamon county in 1842, 
 where he died May 9, 1843. His widow 
 married again. 
 
 CHARLES, born Jan. n, 1804, in 
 Lyman. Grafton county, New Hampshire, 
 was taken by his parents to St. Lawrence 
 county, New York, in 1821. He was 
 married at Brasher, in that county, Nov. 
 22, 1823, to Elizabeth Innes. They came 
 with one child, in a colony of fifty-two 
 persons, arriving in the fall of 1833, at 
 Old Sangamo. July 4, 1834, they moved 
 to a place one-fourth of a mile south of 
 the present Farmingdale station. Of their 
 ten children, ALEXANDER J., born 
 Oct. 29, 1831, in St. Lawrence county, 
 New York, brought up in Sangamon 
 county, Illinois, left for Oregon in 1851, 
 returned to Sangamon county in 1866, 
 and was married April 4, 1867, in Jack- 
 sonville, Illinois, to Alexina J. Lander. 
 They left the same month for Oregon. 
 Mrs. Alexina J. Watts died May 15, 1868, 
 near Applegate, Jackson county, Oregon. 
 Alexander G. Watts resides there, and is 
 county surveyor 1874. ANN JANE, 
 born Dec. 31, 1833, in Sangamon county, 
 was married there Nov. 10, 18^3, to 
 Thomas P. Stacy, who was born May 2, 
 1827, in Hopkinsville, Kentucky. They 
 have seven children, ELIZABETH A., 
 
 MATHEW K., ALEXINA J., WILLIAM H., 
 
 SALLIE M., THOMAS E. and GATES, and 
 reside in Jacksonville, 111. CHARLES 
 H., born Dec. 2, 1836, in Sangamon 
 county, lives near Farmingdale. EDWIN, 
 born June 14, 1839, in Sangamon county, 
 was married Oct. 19, 1871, to Laura E. 
 Rickard. They have one child, and live 
 five miles southwest of Farmingdale, 
 Sangamon county, Illinois. ALBERT 
 B., born Oct. 23, 1841, in Sangamon 
 county, was married Nov. 19, 1867, to 
 Amelia L. Dustin, who was born June 20, 
 1847, m Jacksonville, Illinois. They have 
 four children, ANNA j., LUCRETIA, 
 CHARLES and JAMES, and live three- 
 fourths of a mile northwest of Farming- 
 dale, Illinois. SAMUEL W., born Aug. 
 14, 1844, in Sangamon county, lives with 
 his parents. RICHARD N., born Jan. 
 13, 1848, in Sangamon county, was mar- 
 ried Jan. 19, 1871, to Ellen F. McDermott. 
 They have two children, and live in 
 Shelby county, near Assumption, Chris- 
 tian county, Illinois. THOMAS B., 
 WILLIAM and MARY E. live with 
 
 their parents adjoining Farmingdale, 
 Sangamon county, Illinois, on the 
 south. Mr. and Mrs. Watts counted 
 twenty-nine of the fifty-two persons form- 
 ing the colony in which they came to San- 
 gamon county. About half of this colony 
 of fifty-two are now living 1876. 
 
 ISAAC and BENJAMIN, twins, 
 born Nov. 26, 1808, at Lyman, New 
 Hampshire. 
 
 IS A A C was married in St. Lawrence 
 county, New York, Nov. 28, 1833, to 
 Jemima Nevin, who was born June 5, 
 1815, in county Down, Ireland. They had 
 two children in New York, and moved 
 to h-angamon county, Illinois, arriving 
 Oct. 7, 1838, in what is now Cartwright 
 township, where two children were born, 
 one of whom died in his fifth year. Of 
 the other three, GEORGIE K., born 
 Nov. 10, 1834, in New York, was married 
 in Sangamon county, August 10, 1864, to 
 Andrew Wilson. See his name. RUS- 
 SELL, born August 24, 1836, in New 
 York, was married August, 1871, in Iowa, 
 to Mary E. Hardin. They have one 
 child, ISAAC, and live at North Platte, 
 Nebraska, on the Union Pacific railroad. 
 JOHN N. Isaac Watts resides two miles 
 southwest of Farmingdale, Sangamon 
 county, Illinois. 
 
 BENJAMIN, Jun., was married in 
 St. Lawrence county, New York, to 
 Calista Jacobs, came to Sangamon county 
 in the fall of 1838. Their only child died 
 young, and Mrs. Watts died in 1840 or 
 '41. Benjamin Watts was married in 
 1842 to Orpha Bates. They had four 
 children, one of whom died young. 
 CALISTA P. and JAMES A. live with 
 their mother. BENJAMIN O. married 
 Sept. 26, 1876, to Miss Brown at Pleasant 
 Plains. Benjamin Watts, Jun., died Feb- 
 ruary, 1862, and his widow lives three 
 miles west of Pleasant Plains, Illinois. 
 
 I REN A and RUSSELL, twins, 
 born June 15, 1813, in New Hampshire. 
 
 IRENA married Isaac Holmes and he 
 died, leaving two children. His widow 
 married James Bates. See his name. 
 
 RUSSELL came to Sangamon coun- 
 ty in 1835, and was married March, 1839, 
 to Diantha Holmes. Thev had three 
 children, and moved in 1847 to Calapooga, 
 Lynn county, Oregon, where Mr. Watts 
 died Dec. 11,1854, leaving five children. 
 His widow has since married.
 
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 Benjamin Watts, Sen., died Sept. 11, 
 1838, and Mrs. Mary Watts died two days 
 later, Sept. 13, 1838, both in Sangamon 
 county, Illinois. 
 
 WAY, JOHN, was born Sept. n, 
 1793, in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. His half 
 sister, Rebecca Way, six years younger 
 than himself, married Joseph Taylor, and 
 they are the parents of Bayard Taylor, 
 the world-renowned author, historian, poet 
 and traveler. The mother of John Way 
 died when he was a child, and his grand- 
 father Ash brought him up in Chester 
 county, Pennsylvania. Ann St. Clair was 
 born in Chester county, August 16, 1803. 
 john Way and Ann St. Clair were there 
 married in the spring of 1823. They had 
 two children in that county, and moved to 
 Philadelphia, where two children were 
 born, two of the four children died in in- 
 fancy. In the spring of 1838 Mr. Way 
 took his family to Chester county, and left 
 them there while he visited the western 
 country. He decided to make Springfield 
 his home, and wrote to his wife to come 
 on with the family. She fortunately 
 learned of a gentleman by the name of 
 Clendening who was coming west to visit 
 a married daughter. He drove a light 
 wagon, and Mrs. Way made arrangements 
 to come and bring her two children. Mr 
 Way rode on horseback to Paris, Edgar 
 couhty, Illinois, and met them there. The 
 whole party arrived at Springfield in No- 
 vember, 1838. Mr. Way was a plasterer, 
 and the public buildings and other im- 
 provements here called for his services. 
 Some ot his work in the Marine Insurance 
 Company's bank building, Springfield, is 
 likely to stand for many years to come. 
 They had six children in Springfield. Of 
 their eight children 
 
 REBECCA, born May n, 1828, in 
 Chester county, Pennsylvania, died Feb. 
 9, 1846, at St. Louis, Missouri, while visit- 
 ing a relative of the family. 
 
 RA CHEL E., born June 19, 1824, in 
 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, married Dec. 
 31, 1851, in Springfield, Illinois, to Chris- 
 tian Schwarberg. They have four chil- 
 dren. EDWARD J. married Emma 
 Kidd, and lives near Springfield. ANNIE, 
 GUSSIE and FRANK V., live with their 
 parents four and a half miles northwest of 
 Springfield, Illinois. 
 
 HARRIET S., born Oct. 7, 1839, in 
 Springfield, Illinois, was married there 
 
 Sept. 27, 1855, to John C. Stansbury, who 
 was born April 12, 1834, at Basking 
 Ridge, Somerset county, New Jersey, and 
 came to Springfield, June 27, 1854. They 
 have four children, ANNA M., was 
 married Sept. 24, 1873, to Arthur C. Ham- 
 mond. They have one child, WILLIE T., 
 and live in Loami, Illinois. CHAR- 
 LOTTE E., ADA B. and FRANK H., 
 live with their parents. Mr. Stansbury is 
 engaged in the business of carriage and 
 wagon manufacturing in Loami, Sanga- 
 mon county, Illinois, and resides there. 
 
 CHARLOTTE E., born Dec. 20, 
 1841, in Springfield, married January, 1863, 
 to George Riley Stevens. They have 
 three children, ANNA, HARRIET and 
 FRANK, and live in Montgomery coun- 
 ty, Illinois. 
 
 JOHN C., born Feb. 25, 1844, in 
 Springfield, enlisted August, 1861, at St. 
 Louis, in what became Co. B, nth Mo. 
 Inf. for three years, was discharged on ac- 
 count of physical disability March, 1862. 
 He re-enlisted June, 1864, for 100 days in 
 an Illinois regiment, went to Rock Island 
 to guard prisoners, acted as commissary 
 clerk, served full time and was honorably 
 discharged, and lives in Montgomery coun- 
 ty, Illinois. 
 
 MART T., born_ Feb. 19, 1846, in 
 Springfield, married July, 1865,10 Preston 
 H. Souther. They have three children, 
 viz: MAUD, MABEL and HO WARD, 
 and reside at Topeka, Kansas. 
 
 EMMA T., born March 20, 1848, is 
 unmarried and resides at Glasgow, Mis- 
 souri. 
 
 J ULIA A., born June 20, 1850, mar- 
 ried November, 1865, to August Schwar- 
 berg, who died March, 1866. His widow 
 married November 10, 1869, to Benja- 
 min Vanderver. They have one child, 
 GRACIE, and reside at Coatsville, Penn- 
 sylvania. 
 
 Mrs. Ann Way died May 12, 1864, in 
 Springfield. John Way was married in 
 1869, to Mrs. Coverdill. She died August, 
 1871, and he died suddenly Jan. 18,1875, 
 at Gerard, Illinois. 
 
 WEAVER, LEV/ IS, was born 
 AugustS, 1798, near the river Rhine, in 
 Germany. He came to America when a 
 young man, and was married in Franklin 
 connty, Pennsylvania, to Savilla Earhart, 
 a native of Maryland. They had four 
 children in Pennsylvania. He started to
 
 SANG AM ON COUNTY. 
 
 757 
 
 move to Jefferson City, Missouri, but 
 changed his mind and came to Sangamon 
 county, Illinois, arriving in 1838 or '39, 
 near Springfield, where four children were 
 born. Of their children 
 
 FREDERICK, born Sept. 23, 1829, 
 in Pennsylvania, died in Sangamon county, 
 Sept. 23, 1842. 
 
 LEWIS, Jun., born July 17, 1832, 
 in Pennsylvania, died in Sangamon county, 
 July 3, 1842. 
 
 SAMUEL, born Oct. 16, 1834, in 
 Franklin county, Pennsylvania, married 
 Feb. 14, 1860, in Sangamon county, to 
 Maria Jane Lake, who was born March 
 13, 1843, in Knox county, Ohio. They 
 have six children, RACHEL L.JACOB 
 F., MARY C., PHILIP L. and JESSIE 
 E., and live in Cooper township, four miles 
 southwest of Mechanicsburg, Sangamon 
 county, Illinois. 
 
 JOHN .H., born June 13, 1837, in 
 Pennsylvania, married and lives near Illio- 
 polis, Illinois. 
 
 ELI, born Jan. 15, 1840, in Sangamon 
 county, married near Chatham to Anna 
 Haddon. They have one child, MARY 
 A., and live near Blue Mound, Macon 
 county, Illinois. 
 
 LOUISA, born Jan. 19, 1843, in San- 
 gamon county, married William R. Par- 
 ker, have two children, and live near 
 Eugene City, Oregon. 
 
 ELIZABETH, born Nov. 9, 1845, in 
 Sangamon county, married Henry M. 
 Johnson, and lives near Blue Mound, Ma- 
 con county, Illinois. 
 
 DANIEL, born Sept. 22, 1849, in San- 
 gamon county, lives with his brother, 
 Samuel. 
 
 Lewis Weaver died April 22, 1853, and 
 Mrs. Savilla Weaver died Oct. 14, 1864, 
 both in Sangamon county, Illinois. 
 
 WEBB, HIRAM LUTHER, 
 was born Nov. 12, 1799, in Rockingham, 
 Vermont. The Webb family was a very 
 old one in London and Weymouth, Eng- 
 land, at the time the Plymouth colony was 
 settled in Massachusetts. Two of them, 
 Francis and Thomas Webb, were active 
 members of the colony before it left Eng- 
 land, but it is not certain that they came 
 to America. Christopher Webb, of Wey- 
 mouth, came to America previous to 
 1645, and settled in Braintree, Massachu- 
 setts. The name of his wife is not 
 known, but they had six children. His 
 
 eldest son, Christopher, born probably in 
 England, about 1630, married Jan. 18, 
 1654 or '55, to Hannah Scott, lived in 
 Braintree, Massachusetts, and had nine 
 children. Their third child, Samuel, born 
 August 16, 1660, married December, 1686, 
 to Mary Adams, had four children, and 
 moved to Windham, Connecticut, in 1707, 
 where they had one child. Their second 
 child, Samuel, born May 14, 1690, mar- 
 ried Oct. 8, 1711, to Hannah Ripley, 
 grand-daughter of Governor William 
 Bradford. They had four children. Their 
 fourth child, Joshua, born Feb. 9, 1721, 
 married May 28, 1744, to Hannah Abbey. 
 They had four children in Windham, 
 Connecticut, and moved to Bellows Falls, 
 Vermont, about 175^ where the$ had 
 seven childred. The father, mother and 
 eleven children lived until the youngest 
 was forty-four years old. Joshua Webb, 
 being one of the first settlers in Vermont, 
 took an active part in the movement for 
 erecting it into a separate state, and was a 
 member of the state legislature for the 
 first twelve years of its existence. His 
 tenth child, Luther, born Oct. 24, 1763, 
 following the example of several of his 
 elder brothers, eagerly enlisted as soon as 
 he was old enough to be received in the 
 army of the Revolution, and served until 
 Independence was achieved. One of his 
 brothers was a colonel and another a 
 captain, but Luther, being the youngest, 
 served as a private. They all lived to be 
 very old, and were entitled each to a pen- 
 sion, but declined to apply for it, saying 
 they had fought for freedom and not for 
 money. Luther was married Feb. 9, 
 1792, to Dorothy Wheelock, and had 
 seven children. The fourth child, Hiram 
 Luther, whose name heads this sketch, was 
 married Dec. 15, 1823, in the town of 
 Walpole, New Hampshire, to Martha B. 
 Bates. She was born Sept. 30, 1799, in 
 the town of Jeffrey, Cheshire county, 
 New Hampshire. They made their home 
 in Rockingham, Vermont, until five chil- 
 dren were born, and started west, moving 
 in wagons, and at the end of six weeks, 
 which was the shortest trip made by any 
 one from that region of country, they 
 arrived in Sangamon county Nov. 13, 
 1834, and settled one mile west of the 
 present Farmingdale Station, where two 
 children were born. Of their children 
 MARTHAS., born Dec. 6, 1824,111
 
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 EA RL T SB TTLERS OF 
 
 Rockingham, Vermont, resides with her 
 mother. 
 
 HARRIET J., born Feb. 26, 1827, 
 in Rockingham, Vermont, married in 
 . Sangamon county, August 9, 1848, to 
 Joseph E. Cobbey, who was born No- 
 vember, 1824, in Ohio. They have three 
 children, JOSEPH E.,Jun., THOMAS 
 D. and JAMES W., and live at Vinton, 
 Iowa. 
 
 JANE G., born Feb. 18, 1829, in Ver- 
 mont, married in Sangamon county, Jan. 
 I, 1857, to Edgar A. Kincaid, who was 
 born in 1825, in Kentucky. They have 
 four children, FRED L., MATTIE A., 
 ALBERT E. and DICK BATES, and 
 reside near Athens, Menard county, 
 Illinois. 
 
 JOHN W., born Nov. 24, 1830, in 
 Vermont, died in Sangamon county, Oct. 
 22, 1847. 
 
 JAMES, born Jan. 12, 1833, in Rock- 
 ingham, Vermont, is unmarried, and re- 
 sides on the farm settled by his parents in 
 1834. It is one mile west of Farming- 
 dale, Sangamon county, Illinois. 
 
 JOSEPH L., born August i, 1837, 
 in Sangamon county, graduated at the 
 Eclectic Medical College, of Cincinnati, 
 Ohio, married Oct. 30, 1873, in Beatrice, 
 Nebraska, to Louisa Kate Shepherd, and 
 is a practicing physician there. 
 
 HIRAM P., born March 14, 1842, in 
 Sangamon county, graduated at the State 
 University of Indiana, at Bloomington, 
 in the class of 1865, graduated in law in 
 1867, and was admitted to practice in 
 Springfield, Illinois, went to Nebraska 
 and was elected treasurer of Gage county in 
 1869, '71 and '73 for two years each term. 
 He is also engaged in the practice of law 
 and in banking in Beatrice. He was mar- 
 ried Oct. 20, 1873, to Jenett Maxfield, in 
 Beatrice, Nebraska, and resides there. 
 
 Hiram L. Webb died Oct. 21, 1847, an( ^ 
 his widow resides one mile west of Farm- 
 ingdale, Illinois, where the family settled 
 in 1834. Mr. Webb sold the first corn he 
 raised in the county at eight cents per 
 bushel in trade. He made several trips to 
 Chicago, one hundred and eighty-five 
 miles, with a wagon load of butter and 
 bacon, exchanged them for stores and 
 hardware, which he sold on his return 
 home, after supplying his own needs. 
 James says that his first business trans- 
 action, for himself and one of his brothers, 
 
 was to sell eggs at three cents per dozen, 
 and buy each of them a jack knife. 
 
 WEBB, JAMES G., was born 
 Feb. 3, 1792, near Winchester, Clarke 
 county, Kentucky. Elizabeth Petty was 
 born May 3, 1795, in the same county. 
 They were there married, and had two 
 children, and the family moved to Sanga- 
 mon county, Illinois, arriving in the 
 fall of 1826 in what is now Loami 
 township, south of Lick creek. In 
 1829 he sold his farm and moved to 
 Buffalo Hart Grove, and in 1831 bought 
 the same farm and moved back to Loami 
 township. Five children were born in 
 Sangamon county. Of the seven chil- 
 dren 
 
 WILLIS R., born Sept. 18, 1830, in 
 Kentucky, married in Sangamon county, 
 to Emily Darneille. They had three chil- 
 dren, and the whole family died in Loami 
 township. 
 
 JOHN ^.,born Feb. 10,1834, in Ken- 
 tucky, raised in Sangamon county, married 
 Mary Ream, a native of Maine. He went 
 to Iowa and enlisted in 1861 in a cavalry 
 regiment for three years. He was wounded 
 in Arkansas in 1862 or '63, and was honor- 
 ably discharged on account of physical 
 disability occasioned by his wounds. They 
 live at Abington, Jefferson county, Iowa. 
 
 ELIZABETH, born August 9, 1827, 
 in Sangamon county, died unmarried, 
 Sept. 14, 1854, in Christian county, Illi- 
 nois. 
 
 CHARLOTTE, born Jan. 14, 1830, 
 in Loami township, Sangamon county, Illi- 
 nois, married Oct. 3, 1848, to James M. 
 Turpin, who was born May 10, 1828, in 
 Howai'd county, Missouri, and came with 
 his parents to Sangamon county in 1845. 
 He was a soldier in the Mexican war. He 
 enlisted in August, 1862, in Co. I, 73d 
 111. Inf. for three years, was elected second 
 lieutenant at the organization of the com- 
 pany, promoted to first lieutenant Dec. 6, 
 1862, served until after participating in the 
 battle of Chickamauga, when he resigned 
 on account of business engagements at 
 home. Mr. Turpin is now a merchant in 
 Loami, Illinois. He has represented his 
 township in the Sangamon County Board 
 of Supervisors. 
 
 ADIN, born July 12, 1833, ' n Sanga- 
 mon county, is unmarried, and resides near 
 Winchester, Kentucky.
 
 SAN GAM ON COUNTY. 
 
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 CAROLINE, born Oct. 1 1, 1834, died 
 Sept. 30, 1853. 
 
 JAMES G., Jun., born August 9, 
 1840, in Sangamop county, died January, 
 18^9, at Dccatur, Illinois. 
 
 Mrs. Elizabeth Webb died Sept. 10, 
 
 1843, and James G. Webb died March 12, 
 
 1844, both in Loami township. He was a 
 soldier from Kentucky in 1812, and taken 
 prisoner at the battle of River Raisin. 
 
 WEBB, WILLIAM, was born 
 about 1773 in Virginia, went to Ten- 
 nessee, and was married to Jane Hillis, in 
 Warren county. They had ten children. 
 The family moved to Petersburg, Illinois, 
 in the fall of 1830, and in 1835 moved to 
 Spring creek, eight miles west of Spring- 
 field. Of their children 
 
 ROBERT, born in Tennessee, married 
 there to Elizabeth Lofton, came to Sanga- 
 mon county with his father, has seven chil- 
 dren, and lives near Oskaloosa, Iowa. 
 
 SALLY, deaf and dumb, lives with, 
 her brother Robert. 
 
 ELIZABETH, married in Tennessee 
 to Samuel Neal, and both died, leaving 
 three children. 
 
 WILLIAM, married in Sangamon 
 county to Innocent Brown, had five chil- 
 dren, and all moved west. 
 
 ISABEL married Samuel Blue. See 
 his name. 
 
 JANE, died in Petersburg, aged six- 
 teen years. 
 
 JOHN married Susannah Taylor in 
 Sangamon county, have six children, and 
 live near loka, Keokuk county, Iowa. 
 
 ANN, went to Iowa, married Calvin 
 Tandy, has six children, and live in Oska- 
 loosa, Iowa. 
 
 FANNIE, born July 26, 1826, married 
 David H. Blue. See his name. 
 
 ISAA C, married Ellen Osborn, have 
 ten children, and live in Jefferson county, 
 Iowa. 
 
 Mrs. Jane Webb died in Petersburg, Illi- 
 nois, and William Webb went to Keokuk 
 county, Iowa, and died there in 1848. 
 
 WEBER, GEORGE R., born 
 Mav 29, 1808, in Baltimore, Maryland. 
 His parents moved while he was an infant 
 to Shepherdstown, Jefferson county, Vir- 
 ginia, their former home, and where they 
 were married. George R., whose name 
 heads this sketch, was married in Shep- 
 herdstown, May i, 1832, to Susan Shep- 
 herd. They soon after moved to New 
 
 York city, where Mrs. Susan Weber died. 
 G. R. Weber returned to Shepherdstown, 
 Virginia, and from there came to Springs- 
 field, Illinois, arriving April 15, 1835. He 
 was married in Springfield, Illinois, Sep- 
 tember, 1836, to Catharine Welch. They 
 had eight children in Springfield. 
 
 MART E., was married in Springfield, 
 to Jacob English. The)- have six children, 
 and live in Howard county, Kansas. 
 
 EMMA, was married in Springfield to 
 Frank Child. 
 
 CATHARINE C., born Oct. 4, 1844, 
 was married in >pringfield, April 11, 1874, 
 to Isaac Short, who was born Sept. 5, 1839, 
 in South Bloomfield, Ohio. They reside 
 in Springfield, Illinois. 
 
 ANNA M. lives with her parents. 
 ^ GEORGE W., born Nov. 27, 1850, in 
 Springfield, Illinois, was married April 27, 
 1876, in Taylorville, to Nemmie Shum- 
 way, daughter of the late Judge Shum- 
 way. George W. Weber is the editor 
 and publisher of the Taylorville Democrat, 
 and resides in Taylorville, Illinois. 
 
 JOHN R. and NOR VAL W. reside 
 in Springfield, and are conducting a job 
 printing office. 
 
 George R. Weber formed a partnership 
 with John S. Roberts in April, 1835, * or 
 the publication of the Illinois Republican. 
 When the state capital was removed from 
 Vandalia to Springfield, the State Reg- 
 ister office came with it, and that paper 
 and the Illinois Republican, being both . 
 democratic, were consolidated in 1839, the 
 proprietors becoming partners under the 
 name of Walters & Weber. This part- 
 nership continued until 1846, when Mr. 
 Weber sold out to Mr. Walters, and en- 
 listed in Co. A, 4th 111. Inf., under Colo- 
 nel E. D. Baker. While encamped on the 
 Rio Grande, in Mexico, news of Mr. 
 Walters' death reached there, and Mr. 
 Weber being interested in the state print- 
 ing, it was necessary for him to return. 
 He accordingly was detailed to return 
 home with those soldiers who were unfit 
 for duty, and was never recalled. Alter 
 the time expired for which he was elected 
 public printer, he severed his connection 
 with the office, and moved to his farm. 
 He, however, contributed articles which 
 appeared both as editorial and communi- 
 cated to the columns of the Republican. 
 Mr. Weber was also elected major in the 
 Mormon war. He served six months as
 
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 state commissary in our late civil war, and 
 was appointed by President Lincoln as 
 commissary at Camp Butler, which posi- 
 tion he retained until the close of the re- 
 bellion. George R. Weber has now re- 
 tired ffom business, and resides in Spring- 
 field, Illinois. 
 
 WEBER, JOHN B., born April 
 7, 1810, in Shephjerdstown, Virginia, was 
 there married Sept. 23, 1832, to Sarah A. 
 Woltz, sister of John Woltz. See his 
 name. She was born in Shepherdstown, 
 March 20, 1812. They had two children 
 in Virginia, and moved to Springfield, 
 Illinois, arriving April 16, 1836, and had 
 eight children in Sangamon county. The 
 eldest died, aged two years. 
 
 ANDRE W 7., born Sept. 9, 1840, in 
 Springfield. At the first call for seventy- 
 five thousand men, by President Lincoln, 
 in April, 1861, he, with other young men 
 of Sangamon county, organized a com- 
 pany, but the quota of Illinois was already 
 full. Andrew J. Weber was elected cap- 
 tain, and the company was sworn into the 
 United States service as the ist Reg. U. 
 S. Rifles. After a number of changes 
 it became Co. B, nth Mo. Inf. More 
 than nine-tenths of that regiment were 
 Illinois men. Company B united with 
 the regiment at St. Louis, July 20. 1861. 
 It was fully organized on the sixteenth of 
 August, and was in the battle of Frederick- 
 town, Missouri, Oct. 21, 1861. Captain 
 .Weber was promoted April 21, 1862, to 
 major of the regiment. In the absence of 
 higher officers he was in command of the 
 regiment at the battle of luka, Sept. 17, 
 and the battle of Corinth, Oct. 3 and 4, 
 1862, in which General, since Governor, 
 and now United States Senator Oglesby, 
 was shot and thought to be mortally 
 wounded. General Rosecrans, in his re- 
 port, says that the iith Missouri, under 
 Major Weber, led the skirmish which 
 opened the battle, October 3, and also led 
 the charge that drove the last rebel from 
 the field on the fourth. Major Weber 
 was promoted and commissioned lieutenant 
 colonel, March 20, 1863, and commis- 
 sioned colonel May 15, 1863. All his com- 
 missions were signed by Governor 
 Gamble, of Missouri. Colonel Weber 
 was wounded in the head by a cannon 
 ball, while on duty, on the Peninsula, in 
 front of Vicksburg, June 29, 1863. The 
 wound at first was not thought to be mor- 
 
 tal, but he died the next day, June 30. 
 According to militarv usage a single regi- 
 ment only would have acted as an escort, 
 but after the capture of Vicksburg, July 
 4, the whole brigade turned out and 
 escorted his remains to the steamer, by 
 which they were brought up the river, 
 conveyed to Springfield, and deposited in 
 Oak Ridge Cemetery, July 9, 1863. His 
 native city may well cherish, with pride, 
 the memory of this young hero, who rose 
 by talent, energy and industry to a position 
 far above his years, and yielded his young 
 and gifted life, a willing sacrifice on the 
 alter of his country. He was but twenty- 
 two years, eight months and seven days 
 old when he was commissioned colonel of 
 his regiment in the face of the enemy; an 
 incident unparalleled in the history of our 
 country. 
 
 GEORGE P., born Dec. 2, 1842, in 
 Springfield, 111., enlisted at the same time 
 and in the same company with his brother, 
 Andrew J. He was elected and appointed 
 orderly sergeant. When his brother was 
 promoted to the office of major, he was 
 promoted to second lieutenant of Co. B, 
 and after that promoted to first lieutenant 
 and adjutant of the regiment, the latter of 
 which he did not accept, being physically 
 unable to discharge its duties, which pre- 
 vented his re-enlisting as a veteran with 
 the regiment. He was honorably dis- 
 charged at St. Louis, May i, 1864. George 
 P. Weber was furloughed home with the 
 remains of his brother, Colonel Weber, 
 and was married July 28, 1863, to Vienna 
 Meader. They have four children, 
 MIRIAM M., SARAH A., TIMOTHY 
 and ELI, and resides four miles west of 
 Pawnee, Sangamon county, Illinois. 
 
 It is worthy of remark that when the 
 nth Missouri Infantry, composed as it 
 \vas of Illinois men, went through St. 
 Louis in 1 86 1, stones and other missiles 
 were thrown at the soldiers from the 
 windows. When they returned on fur- 
 lough, after re-enlistment, they were 
 greeted with bouquets of flowers, a grand 
 banquet, and were presented by the citi- 
 zens of St. Louis with a magnificent stand 
 of colors. 
 
 JAMES W. was born November 10, 
 1844, in Springfield, Illinois, enlisted Nov. 
 12, 1864, for one year, in his native city, in 
 the loth 111. Cav., served full term and was 
 honorably discharged Nov. 12, 1865, at
 
 SAN GAM ON COUNTY. 
 
 761 
 
 San Antonio, Texas. Three days after his 
 discharge he started to come home on 
 horseback, in company with two other 
 members of the same regiment, William 
 M. Brown, of Sangamon county, and John 
 Ingalls, of Madison county, Illinois. They 
 were followed from San Antonio, and on 
 the 24th of November stopped at the house 
 of a man named Deasonand obtained their 
 dinners. That was in Rusk county, a few 
 miles from a very small village bearing the 
 local name of Rakepocket, but the post- 
 office is Pine Hill. After taking their 
 dinners they continued their journey, and 
 having passed through the village were 
 followed by four men, also on horseback, 
 who, after keeping near them about one 
 mile, to the vicinity of Sharon, in Panola 
 county, pretending to be in a hurry, the 
 four men rode rapidly, overtook and passed 
 the three travelers, when the four sudden- 
 ly wheeled their horses, and each present- 
 ing a revolver, called on the travelers to 
 surrender, which they did. Just at this 
 moment a lad on horseback, who had been 
 to mill, came near the parties, and seeing 
 the men arrayed facing each other, and all 
 on one side with deadly weapons drawn, 
 paused to see if he could ascertain the 
 cause of the strange spectacle. The boy 
 was then ordered by the desperadoes not 
 to remain any longer at the peril of his 
 life, and he moved on quickly. Passing a 
 turn in the ix>ad he halted and saw the 
 four drive the three off the road into the 
 woods. In a few moments more he heard 
 the report of fire arms, followed by pierc- 
 ing screams, and then all was still. The 
 boy reported that night to his parents, and 
 the next morning upon search being made 
 the three bodies were found, and decently 
 buried. The assassins obtained three 
 horses and equipments, and from a memo- 
 randum found it was thought they also got 
 $2,100 in money. The four inhuman 
 wretches were a one-armed desperado 
 named A. J. Smith, a man by the name of 
 Blackstock, and John and Jerry Deason, 
 the two latter sons of the man at whose 
 house the murdered men had taken their 
 last dinner. 
 
 A few months after this occurrence John 
 Deason came home sick and was secreted 
 in his father's house. He was discovered 
 and intelligence given to the soldiers at 
 Shreveport, when a small band of them 
 came upon and killed him on the spot. 
 
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 Terry was afterwards killed in Leon coun- 
 ty, Texas. Blackstock was killed in Rob- 
 ertson county, Texas. Smith fled to Miss- 
 issippi, and his fate is unknown. These 
 facts were obtained from a former citizen 
 of Sangamon county, who was at the time 
 living in the vicinity where the tragedy 
 was enacted, and into whose hands one of 
 the early sample sheets of this work had 
 fallen, and in which he saw the name of 
 James W. Weber. 
 
 BENJAMIN R. B., born in Sanga- 
 mon county, married Oct. 29, 1872, to 
 Sarah McCormick. They had one child, 
 L ALL AH ANN, who died in 1875. 
 They reside near Pawnee, Illinois. 
 
 CHARLES E., born in Sangamon 
 county, lives with his father. 
 
 Mrs. Sarah A. Weber died August 5, 
 1866. John B. Weber was married Nov. 
 28, 1867, to Mrs. Nancy J. Drennan,whose 
 maiden name was Dodds. They reside ad- 
 joining Pawnee, Sangamon county, Illi- 
 nois. 
 
 John B. Weber was engaged in the 
 manufacture ot cabinet furniture in Spring- 
 field and at Hewlett, now Riverton, from 
 1836 to 1841, when he lost his left hand by 
 a buzz saw. He was appointed by the 
 legislature of 1842 and '43 to copy the land 
 records of the state in numerical order, 
 which kept him employed until 1849. He 
 then went to California, and returned in 
 1851. He was quartermaster in the last 
 expedition of the Mormon war of 1846. 
 He was clerk in the commissary depart- 
 ment in raising the first six Illinois regi- 
 ments for the suppression of the rebellion. 
 He was elected sheriff and collector of 
 Sangamon county, and served from 1854 
 to 1856. 
 
 WEBER, PHILIP W., was 
 born near Shepherdstown, Virginia, Jan. 
 28, 1812. He went south in 1835, built a 
 mill in connection with others at Ray- 
 mond, Mississippi, sold out there and came 
 to Springfield in the Spring of 1837. ^ e 
 was married in Springfield June ib, 1839, 
 to Amanda M. Shepherd. She was born 
 Nov. 8, 1811. They have six children, all 
 born in Sangamon county, namely 
 
 JOHN P., born March 19, 1840, un- 
 married, and resides with his parents, near 
 Pawnee, Illinois. 
 
 MART E. lives with her parents. 
 
 WIL/JAM S., born March 11, 1844, 
 enlisted August, 1862, at Springfield, in
 
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 one of two companies which were con- 
 solidated to form Co. K, I24th 111. Inf., 
 but was left out on account of his being 
 young and small of his age. He went to 
 St. Louis in 1863, and made another un- 
 successful attempt. He was married Jan. 
 I, 1867, to Henrietta Lough. They have 
 two children, FRANK and ANDREW 
 J., and reside in the extreme southeast 
 corner of Pawnee township, Sangamon 
 county, Illinois. 
 
 AMANDA, born March 3, 1846, mar- 
 ried May 9, 1867, to John W. Blakey. 
 They have one living child, EDGAR L., 
 and live in Pawnee, Illinois. Mr. Blakey 
 is a merchant there, 
 
 SARAH C. married Dec. 12, 1867, to 
 Baalam N. Brown. They have two chil- 
 dren, IDA BELL and FANNY MAY, 
 and live near Pawnee, Illinois. 
 
 EMMA S. lives with her parents. 
 
 Mr. Philip W. Weber went to Cali- 
 fornia in 1849 and returned in 1859, and 
 soon after, in connection with his brother, 
 John B., bought land and engaged in 
 farming. He now November, 1876 
 resides on his farm, adjoining Pawnee, 
 Sangamon county, Illinois. 
 
 WEBER, JACOB J., was born 
 February, 1815, in Frederick City, Mary- 
 land. He came to Springfield in the fall 
 of 1837. He afterwards went to Fulton 
 county, where he engaged in business and 
 married Miss LaMasters. He came back 
 to Sangamon county in 1855 and engaged 
 in farming in Ball township. They had 
 six children 
 
 JOHN H. died Sept. n, 1874, at 
 Beatrice, Nebraska, in the twenty-seventh 
 year of his age. 
 
 MART married Dec. 5, 1867, to James 
 T. Lamb. See his name, 
 
 VI R G1NIA married Charles L. 
 Megredy. See his name. 
 
 CARRIE lives with her uncle, John 
 B. Weber. 
 
 J OSEPH lives with his uncle, Philip 
 W, Weber. 
 
 Mrs. Weber died, and Jacob J. Weber 
 died suddenly, both on the farm in Sanga- 
 mon county, Illinois. 
 
 WEBER, PETER S., was born 
 in 1817, in Frederick City, Maryland. 
 He came to Springfield in 1837, being tne 
 fifth brother, no two of whom came to- 
 gether. He was married in Springfield 
 to Miss Adams. They removed to La- 
 
 Salle, and his wife died soon after while 
 on a visit to Springfield. He was married 
 in LaSalle twice, and moved to St. Louis 
 about 1850, and from there to New 
 Orleans. He died in that city of yellow 
 fever, August 25, 1853, leaving a widow 
 and one son, GEORGE W. They soon 
 after returned to her former home at 
 LaSalle, Illinois. 
 
 W E B E R, Mrs. ELIZA- 
 BETH, whose maiden name was Shutt, 
 came from Virginia to Springfield in 
 
 1844. She was the mother of George R., 
 John B., Philip W., Jacob J. and Peter 
 S. Weber. She died Jan. 27, 1868, at the 
 house of her son, Philip W., which had 
 been her home for twenty years previons. 
 
 WEST, BENJAMIN, born 
 May 15, 1812, in Boston, Massachusetts. 
 He was educated at Harvard College, and 
 came to Sangamon county, Illinois, about 
 1835, and settled at Rochester. He was 
 married April 16, 1840, to Permelia A. 
 Taylor. They had three children in San- 
 gamon county, namely 
 
 LOUISA, born Jan. 30, 1841, married 
 Benjamin T. Rice, a native of Cambridge, 
 Massachusetts. They have two children, 
 HELEN W. and NATHAN, and reside 
 at Millbury, Massachusetts 1874. 
 
 FANNY, born May 2, 1843, died Dec - 
 n, 1 86 1, caused by swallowing her false 
 teeth, while asleep, on the night of the 
 9th of the same month. She died at the 
 house of her mother, Mrs. John North, 
 near Mechanicsburg, Illinois. 
 
 BENJAMIN, Jun., born Jan. 30, 
 
 1845, U1 Sangamon county, and was edu- 
 cated in the Lutheran College at Spring- 
 field. He went to New Hampshire to 
 visit his father's relatives, and from there 
 embarked on board the ship Syren, Nov. 
 1 6, 1 86 1, at Boston, for San Francisco. 
 The voyage was made around Cape Horn, 
 arriving at the latter city in March, 1862. 
 Captain Green, of the Syren, determined 
 to sail for the Phillippine Islands. On ar- 
 riving at the port of Manilla, the captain 
 interested himself in the welfare of young 
 Mr. \Vest, and secured for him a situation 
 in the shipping house of Russell & Stur- 
 gis, of Boston. That was in July, 1862. 
 After spending a year in their house at 
 Manilla he was placed in charge of a 
 branch house 150 miles distant on the 
 island of Yoilo. Soon after his arrival at 
 the latter place, he went in a pkasure boat
 
 SAN GAM ON COUNTY. 
 
 763 
 
 with a small party of friends to a neigh- 
 boring island, and on their return the wind 
 capsized the boat some distance from the 
 shore. His comrades expected him to 
 cling to the wreck until they, who were 
 more experienced, could go to shore and 
 bring assistance. He attempted to swim 
 to shore also, and when they returned no 
 vestige of him could be found. He had 
 gone down alone and unseen. That was 
 on December 25, 1863. 
 
 Benjamin West was a lawyer, and was 
 one of the representatives of Sangamon 
 county in the state legislature at the session 
 of 1846 and '47. He died at Rochester 
 June 23, 1847, and his widow married 
 Erastus Woodruff, who died and she mar- 
 ried John North. See his name. 
 
 WEST, SAMUEL, was born 
 Nov. 8, 1813, in Boston, Massachusetts. 
 He came to Sangamon county, Illinois, 
 arriving in 1834 or '35 at Rochester. He 
 returned to Boston on a visit, accom- 
 panied by Mrs. Lucetta Stevens, whose 
 maiden name was Putnam. Her husband, 
 Samuel Stevens, having died in Rochester, 
 she was returning to her friends in New- 
 Hampshire. Samuel West and Mrs. 
 Stevens were married July 7, 1840, at 
 Unity, New Hampshire. They returned 
 to Rochester soon after. She had one 
 child by her first marriage, namely, 
 
 SAMUEL P. STEVENS, born 
 Oct. 27, 1838, in Sangamon county, mar- 
 ried at Rochester March 2, 1858, to Olive 
 J. Slater. They live at Avilla, Jasper 
 county, Missouri. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. West had six children 
 in Rochester, namelv 
 
 BENJAMIN P., born June 15, 1841, 
 died, aged eight years. 
 
 SAMUEL F., born May 28, 1843, 
 married Nov. 6, 1867, in Rochester, to 
 Margaret E. Barr. They have two chil- 
 dren, NELLIE E. and CHARLES F., 
 and reside near Pawnee, Sangamon 
 county, Illinois. 
 
 MARTHA S., born Feb. 22, 1846, 
 married Dec. 7, 1865, to William Jameison 
 Cooper. See his name. She had four 
 children, and died April 26, 1873. 
 
 CHARLES, born August 16, 1848, in 
 Rochester, Illinois, married in 1872 to 
 Gertrude D., and lives near Arvilla, 
 Jasper county, Missouri. 
 
 LUCT, born Oct. 4, 1850, married 
 June 8, 1870, in Rochester to William 
 
 Everhart, who was born May i, 1843, m 
 London county, Virginia. They have 
 two children, FRED B. and NORA, 
 and reside in Rochester, Sangamon 
 county, Illinois. 
 
 LOUISA, born April 30, 1854, mar- 
 ried Charles Barr. They live in Roches- 
 ter, Sangamon county, Illinois. 
 
 Mrs. Lucetta West died Oct. 14, 1859, 
 in Rochester, Illinois. Samuel West was 
 married July 29, 1860, to Mrs. Zilpha 
 Kimball, whose maiden name was Put- 
 nam. He died Sept. 2, 1868, and his 
 widow resides in Springfield, Illinois. 
 
 WEST, ELIJAH, was born July 
 30, 1786, near Carlisle, Nicholas county, 
 Kentucky. He married Elizabeth Hen- 
 derson, had nine children in Kentucky, 
 and moved to Macoupin county, Illinois, 
 and from there to Sangamon county, 
 arriving in 1835, ' n Auburn township. Of 
 their children 
 
 JESSE B. married Eliza J. Peeblei , 
 in Iowa, and lives there. 
 
 MAHALA married Davidson Smith, 
 and lives in Wisconsin. 
 
 ELIJAH A. was married in Sanga- 
 mon county to Atha Organ. They had 
 four children. ATHA A. married Scott 
 Bumgarner, and lives in Auburn town- 
 ship. WILLIAM T., ELIJAH A., Jun., 
 and MARGARET A. live with their 
 mother. Elijah A. West died Nov. 20, 
 1855, and his widow lives in Auburn 
 township, Sangamon county, Illinois. 
 
 JOHN H. died unmarried. 
 
 NATHAN A. went to Iowa, and mar- 
 ried Mary Peebler. They live in Oregon. 
 
 SARAH A. married John Allsbury, 
 and died in Piatt county, Illinois. 
 
 WILLIAM M. married Hannah J. 
 Landers, and lives in Auburn township, 
 Sangamon county, Illinois. 
 
 MILTON M. died unmarried. 
 
 ELIZABETH lives in Piatt county, 
 Illinois. 
 
 Elijah West died Jan. 8, 1840, and his 
 widow died also, both in Sangamon coun- 
 tv, Illinois. 
 
 "WHITED, JAMES, was born 
 Sept. 8, 1804, in Virginia. His parents 
 moved when he was an infant to Ferrtress 
 county, Tennessee. Lucy Thurman was 
 born in that county, August 23, 1811. They 
 were there married March 5, 1828, had 
 three children in Tennessee, and came to 
 Sangamon county, Illinois, arriving March
 
 764 
 
 EARL! SETTLERS 
 
 28, 1838, in what is now Woodside town- 
 ship, where nine children were born, two 
 of whom died under thirteen years of age. 
 
 R1CHRD R., born in 1830, married 
 Mary Grissom, had three children, and he 
 was stabbed to death at a convivial party 
 in Sangamon county, Jan. 17, 1860. His 
 widow and children live at Albia, Monroe 
 county, Iowa. 
 
 MAR T H. married Thomas W. New- 
 lun, have three children, and live in Ball 
 township. 
 
 SUSANNAH died in 1850, aged 18 
 years. 
 
 JEANETTE, married Joseph New- 
 lun, have six children, and live near Wood- 
 side, Illinois. 
 
 JAMES V. married Miriam A. Tucker 
 and lives at the homestead near Chatham, 
 Illinois 1874. 
 
 LUCT A. married William Knotts, 
 have five children, and lives in Chatham, 
 Illinois. 
 
 RUHAMA M. married William Car- 
 ter, and died Oct. 10, 1872, leaving two 
 children near Woodside, Illinois. 
 
 ROBERT H., born Dec. 9, 1851, mar- 
 ried, August 25, 1869, Agnes J. Showers, 
 have one child, CHARLES E., and live 
 near Woodside, Sangamon county, Illinois. 
 
 THOMAS A. and JANE R.B., live 
 near Woodside, Illinois. 
 
 James Whited died April 19, 1870, and 
 his widow died January, 1873, both in Ball 
 township, half a mile south of where they 
 settled in 1838. 
 
 WHITESIDES, CHARLES, 
 born 1785 in Virginia, and taken by his 
 parents to Fayette county, Kentucky. 
 They traveled in boats from Pittsburg 
 down the Ohio river to Limestone now 
 Maysville Kentucky. Charles White- 
 sides was married in 1810 in Fayette 
 county, Kentucky to Elizabeth Graves, 
 who was born in 1788 in that county. 
 They had five children in Fayette county, 
 and in 1819 moved to Cumberland county, 
 same state, where five children were born, 
 and the family moved to Sangamon coun- 
 ty, Illinois, arriving June 30, 1831, in 
 Springfield. In 1833 they moved to the 
 vicinity of Williamsville, and in 1835 
 moved to German Prairie, northeast of 
 Springfield. Of their children 
 
 JOHN M., born April 11, 1811, in 
 Fayette county, Kentucky, was married in 
 Cumberland county, same state, to Eliza- 
 
 beth Dawson. They had five children, 
 and Mrs. Whitesides died in Kentucky. 
 He and his children came to Sangamon 
 county in 1844, and now reside in Linn 
 county, Kansas. 
 
 EMILY, born in 1813 in Kentucky, 
 died in Sangamon county in 1833. 
 
 WILLIAM A., born Nov. 5, 1815, in 
 Fayette county, Kentucky, was married 
 in Sangamon county, Illinois, Feb. 19, 
 1846, to Honor A. Branch. They had 
 two children, ALBERT, born Dec. 27, 
 
 1846, died Dec. 7, 1860; LOUISIANA, 
 born Sept. n, 1849, was married Oct. 13, 
 1870, to Edmond Miller. See his name. 
 She died Nov. 23, 1871. Mrs. Rebecca 
 Branch, the mother of Mrs. Whitesides, 
 died at their house July 25, 1876. She 
 spent the last sixteen years of her life in 
 their family. William A. Whitesides and 
 family reside two miles northeast of 
 Rochester, Sangamon county, Illinois. 
 
 THOMAS H. born May 12, 1817, in 
 Kentucky, was married to Mary Ran- 
 dolph. They went to Pike's Peak, where 
 Mrs. Whitesides died, leaving four chil- 
 dren, two of whom have since died. T. 
 H. Whitesides resides near Mt. Pulaski, 
 Logan county, Illinois. 
 
 CHARLES H. born March, 1819, in 
 Fayette county, Kentucky, was married in 
 Springfield to Emeline Sargent. They 
 had five children, and moved to California 
 in 1850. The last heard from them, in 
 1872, they were in the Sandwch Islands. 
 
 NICHOLAS B., born April 18, 1821, 
 in Cumberland county, Kentucky, was 
 married in Sangamon county, April 8, 
 
 1847, to Agnes J. Turley. They had five 
 children, two of whom died young. 
 EMILY C., born March 4, 1850, resides 
 with her father. MARY E., born March 
 n, 1854, was married Jan. 19, 1873, to 
 Wilson W. Yates, and resides near Plato, 
 Iroquois county, Illinois. IDA A., born 
 April 19, 1862, resides with her father. 
 Mrs. Agnes J. Whitesides died May 
 19, 1863, and N. B. Whitesides resides 
 four miles east of Springfield, Illinois. 
 
 GEORGE G., born Feb. 23, 1824, in 
 Cumberland county, Kentucky, brought 
 up in Sangamon county, Illinois, and mar- 
 ried Elizabeth A. Berks. They had four 
 children, SARAH E., ROBERT F., 
 JOHN M. and WILLIAM A. Mrs. W. 
 died, and G. G. Whitesides married Mrs. 
 A. Benton, whose maiden name was
 
 SAN GAM ON COUNTY. 
 
 765 
 
 Copeland. They had one child, MAGGIE 
 R. Mrs. G. G. Whitesides had two 
 children hy her first marriage, LYDIA 
 A. and EUNICE E. Benton. G. G. 
 Whitesides and family reside in Logan 
 countv, north of Illiopolis, Illinois. 
 
 MARGARET C, horn March 15, 
 1826, in Kentucky, died in Sangamon 
 county, in 1845. 
 
 MART E., born May 15, 1828, in 
 Cumberland county, Kentucky, raised in 
 Sangamon county, was married March i, 
 18^5, to Andrew Buckles. They had 
 seven children, two died young. MARY 
 T., FLORA A., EMMA L M HENRY 
 S. and ROBERT E., and reside near Mt. 
 Pulaski, Illinois. 
 
 M ARION F., born August 28, 1830, 
 in Cumberland county, Kentucky, was 
 married in Sangamon county, Jan. i, 
 1852, to Anna E. Black. They had four 
 children, three died in infancy. MARY, 
 the eldest, resides with her parents. M. 
 F. Whitesides and wife reside in Spring- 
 field, Illinois. 
 
 Charles Whitesides died March 31, 
 1836, four miles northeast of Springfield, 
 and his widow died June 25, 1855, in 
 Logan county, Illinois. 
 
 WIKOFF, WILLIAM W., 
 born March 23, 1808, in Monmouth coun- 
 ty, New Jersey. His parents moved to 
 Warren county, Ohio, in 1810. He was 
 there married Dec. 24, 1829, to Sarah C. 
 Sinnard, who was born in the same county 
 Oct. 5, 1810. They moved to Sanga- 
 mon county, 111., arriving June 19, 1837, on 
 Richland creek, and in 1838 to Island 
 Grove township^ and in 1864 into what is 
 now New Berlin township. They brought 
 three children from Ohio, and had six in 
 Sangamon county. Of their nine chil- 
 dren 
 
 ALBERT G., born Dec. 6, 1830, in 
 Warren county, Ohio, married in Sanga- 
 mon county, Dec. 14, 1854, to Ann E. 
 Allen, who was born Dec. 14, 1837, * n 
 Morgan county, Illinois. They had five 
 children. THOMAS J. died aged three 
 years. CORDELIA K., DORA BELL, 
 EDWIN A. and ALONZO H. live with 
 their parents one and three-quarter miles 
 southeast of Berlin, Sangamon county, 
 Illinois 1874. 
 
 WILLIAM Suborn Feb. 18, 1832, in 
 Ohio, married in Sangamon county, Sept. 
 18, 1853, to Mary E. Allen. They have 
 
 eight children, and live near Hamburg, 
 Fremont county, Iowa. 
 
 ALONZO H., born Oct. 16, 1835, in 
 Ohio, married Dec. 24, 1857, to Ella Mc- 
 Donnell, have four children, and live in 
 Hamburg, Iowa. 
 
 CA THARINE F., born July 24, 1839, 
 in Sangamon county, married Dec. 24, 
 1861, to Thomas W. Taylor, and resides in 
 Berlin, Illinois. 
 
 PETER P., born Oct. 10, 1841, in 
 Sangamon county, married May 20, 1872, 
 to Mary A. Cox, and live in Hamburg, 
 Iowa. 
 
 THOMAS J., born July 4, 1844, died 
 May 10, 1864. 
 
 JOHN M., MART M., and 
 MARTHA C., reside with their parents 
 near New Berlin, Sangamon county, Illi- 
 nois. 
 
 W. W. Wikoff was keeping tavern at 
 Palmyra, now called Mason, Warren coun- 
 ty, Ohio, at the time of the sudden change, 
 Dec. 20, 1836. He remembers that the cold 
 wave arrived there about nine o'clock P. 
 M. W T hen he came to Illinois and con- 
 versed with the people, he found that the 
 change took place here about one o'clock 
 p. M. It had taken about eight hours to 
 travel 350 miles. See sudden change^ 
 page 63. 
 
 WYCKOFF, SAMUEL, born 
 in 1781, in Loudon county, Virginia. He 
 moved in company with his parents to 
 Bourbon county, Kentucky, in 1808. He 
 was there married in 1812 to Rebecca 
 Darneille, who was born at Bryan Station, 
 Kentucky, in 1787. They had seven chil- 
 dren in Kentucky, and moved to Sanga- 
 mon county, arriving Oct. 12, 1822, in 
 what is now Chatham township, where two 
 children were born. Of all their children: 
 
 JULIA A., born in 1813, married 
 Stephen B. Neal. See his name. 
 
 JOHN THOMAS,\)orn 1814, married 
 1837 to Sarah Shelton, who died, and he 
 married Amanda Jacobs, and she died and 
 he married Jane Foster. She died and he 
 died in 1856, leaving one child. 
 
 SUSANNAH //., born July 7, 1815, 
 married Washington Hall. See his name. 
 
 MAHAL A J., born 1817, died aged 
 twenty-seven years. 
 
 LORENA, born 1818 in Kentucky, 
 married in Sangamon county to Allen 
 Snyder. They have nine children, and 
 live at Mowequa, Shelby county, Illinois.
 
 766 
 
 EA RL T SE TTLERS OF 
 
 BENJAMIN F., born July 19, 1819, 
 married Delilah Harbour, had one child, 
 and Mr. Wyckoff died August, 1843. 
 
 AS HER P., born Nov. 28, 1821, in 
 Kentucky, married in Sangamon county, 
 Oct. 15, 1840, to Sarah M. Gibson, who 
 was born April 24, 1817, in Todd county, 
 Kentncky, and came to Sangamon county 
 with her mother in 1828. The mother 
 died March 12,1859, at Wyandotte, Kan- 
 sas. Mr. and Mrs. W. had tea children, 
 among them three pair of twins. Six of 
 their children died under seven years of 
 age. Of the other four, JOHN W. lives 
 in Kansas. HENRY C. lives near 
 Chatham, Illinois. They were both sol- 
 diers in an Illinois regiment. MARY A. 
 married James Eaman, and lives in Otta- 
 wa, Kansas. WINFIELD S. was a sol- 
 dier in an Iowa regiment. Asher P. 
 Wyckoff and wife live in Kansas. 
 
 EMELINE,\>>v\\ in Sangamon coun- 
 ty in 1824, married Henry Hall in 1843, 
 and both died leaving five children, near 
 Loami, Sangamon county, Illinois. 
 
 CHARLES H., born 1826, married 
 Emeline Rude, and live in Cedar county, 
 Missouri. 
 
 Samuel Wyckoff died March 18, 1850, 
 and his widow in March, 1853, both near 
 Chatham, Sangamon county, Illinois. 
 
 WILCOX, JOHN, was born in 
 Maryland on the eastern shore of the 
 Chesapi-ake Bay. His parents died when 
 he was quite young, and to keep from 
 being bound out, he ran away, embarked 
 on a sailing vessel and went to the West 
 India islands, returning to Marvland, and 
 when he was sixteen or seventeen years 
 old went with a family to Virginia, and 
 from there to the vicinity of Danville, 
 Kentucky. He was married in Oldham 
 county, Kentucky, to Lucinda Oglesby. 
 She was born in London county, Virginia, 
 and her parents moved to that part of 
 Shelby which afterwards became Oldham 
 county, Kentucky. Her father, William 
 Oglesby, was a soldier in the Revolution. 
 John Wilcox and his wife had two chil- 
 dren in Oldham county, and moved to 
 Davidson county, Tennessee, where one 
 child was born, and then moved to Logan 
 county, Kentucky, where eight children 
 wei - e born. In 1818, the family moved to 
 St. Clair county, Illinois, and from there 
 to what became Sangamon county, 
 arriving in the fall of 1819, about six miles 
 
 east of where Springfield now stands, and 
 settled between the mouths of Sugar 
 creek and the south fork of Sangamon 
 river. Of their eleven children 
 
 MAHALA, born in Kentucky and 
 married Thomas Moore. They had three 
 children, and she died August 18, 1855, 
 and Thomas Moore died April 28, 1866, 
 both near Berlin, Illinois. 
 
 STEPHEN, born in Kentucky, mar- 
 ried in 1824 to Harriet Newell. They 
 had eight children. He died March 22, 
 1858, and his widow lives with her young- 
 est son, STEPHEN, near Blue Mound, 
 Macon county, Illinois. 
 
 ELLIS, born in Davidson county, 
 Tennessee, about 1790, married Feb. 24, 
 1824, in Simpson county, Kentucky, to 
 Ann Lewis, who was born Dec. 21, 1800, 
 in Pendleton district, South Carolina. 
 They had two children in Kentucky, and 
 moved to Sangamon county, Illinois, 
 arriving in 1828, in Island Grove, where 
 they had five living children, namely, 
 LUCINDA, born February 15, 1825, 
 in Simpson county, Kentucky, married 
 in Sangamon county to Thomas Rhea. 
 See his name. N E R I A H L., born 
 in Kentucky, died in Sangamon county, 
 aged ten years. THOMAS, born June 
 28, 1831, in Sangamon county, mar- 
 ried Catharine Ruble. They have eight 
 children, CHARLES L., ALBERT N., BENJA- 
 MIN F., MARY A., WALLACE B., FRANCIS, 
 
 CLARENCE and RUTH s., and live in Mor- 
 gan county, six miles west of Berlin, San- 
 gamon county, Illinois. JOHN F., born 
 Feb. 12, 1836, in Sangamon county, mar- 
 ried July 24, 1863, to Mary A. Rhea, had 
 one child which died in infancy, and Mrs. 
 Wilcox died May 16, 1865. He was mar- 
 ried August 7, 1866, to Fanny Scott. 
 They have three children, JAY GALE, 
 N. ELLIS and NELLIE, and live three-quar- 
 ters of a mile northwest of Loami, Illinois. 
 CHARLES H., born May 10, 1838, mar- 
 ried Sept. 11, 1864,10 Caroline Caruthers, 
 have two children, and lives with his 
 father. SAMUEL M. died Jan. 29, 1863, 
 in the twenty-third year of his age. 
 JOSIAH L., born Nov. 26, 1844, in San- 
 gamon county, married Mav, 1861, to Alice 
 V. Parker. They had one child, JOE A., 
 and Mrs. Wilcox died Jan. 29, 1862. Dr. 
 Joe L. Wilcox was appointed, May 19, 
 1862, second assistant surgeon of the nth 
 111. Cav., was promoted May 19, 1863,10
 
 SANG AM ON COUNTY. 
 
 767 
 
 first assistant surgeon, served to the end of 
 the rebellion, v/hen he was mustered out 
 with his regiment, October, 1865. He 
 was married Nov. 9, 1865, to Jean F. 
 Patteson. They have thr.ee children, 
 mv i GHT, AUGUSTUS p. and ANNIE. Dr. 
 Wilcox was elected, November, 1874, as 
 one of the representatives of Sangamon 
 county in the twenty-ninth general 
 assembly of Illinois, and is a practicing 
 physician at Loami, Sangamon county, 
 Illinois. Ellis Wilcox and wife now 
 1876 reside where they settled in 1829. 
 It is five miles west of Berlin, Sangamon 
 county, Illinois. 
 
 .17. \RTHA died in her fourteenth year. 
 
 EDIJ^H, born in Kentucky, married 
 in Sangamon county to Duke Chilton, 
 and died, leaving her husband and two 
 children at Oneco, Stephenson county, 
 Illinois. 
 
 ELIZABETHAN ,aged twenty-two 
 years. 
 
 NANCY married Andrew Stice, and 
 died August, 1871, leaving her husband 
 and four children at Jacksonville, Illinois. 
 
 ELIZ A married William Oglesby and 
 died in 1843, leaving two sons, JOSEPH 
 and STEPHEN, near Belleville, Illinois. 
 
 WILLlAJM,\x>rb August 9, 1813, in 
 Logan county, Kentucky, raised in San- 
 gamon county, was a soldier in the Black- 
 hawk war, married Nov. 8, 1835, in Old- 
 ham county, Kentucky, to Nancy Ellis, 
 had five children, and Mrs. Wilcox died 
 Oct. 2, 1852, leaving two children, 
 ELLIS O. and GEORGE W. He was 
 married Nov. 9, 1856, to Marv Wilbourne. 
 They have two children, CHARLOTTE 
 and WILLIAM BEN. E., and reside 
 three miles west of Berlin, Sangamon 
 county, Illinois. 
 
 yOSjffiTA, born in Kentucky, raised 
 in Sangamon county, married twice, and 
 lives west of Berlin, Illinois. 
 
 FRANCES is unmarried and lives 
 with her brother-in-law, Stice, at Jackson- 
 ville, Illinois. 
 
 John Wilcox died about 1823, and his 
 widow died in 1842, both in Sangamon 
 county, Illinois. 
 
 WILCOCKSON, WIL- 
 LIAM, born August 8, 1789, in Rowan 
 county, North Carolina. Mary England, 
 sister to Rev. Stephen England, was born 
 March 14, 1786, in Virginia. Her pferentB 
 moved to Bath county, Kentucky, when 
 
 she was quite young. William Wilcock- 
 son and Mary England were there mar- 
 ried, had seven children, and moved to 
 Sangamon county, Illinois, in the fall of 
 1821, in company with their son-in-law, 
 George Power. They settled in what is 
 now Fancy creek township, where two 
 children were born. Of their children 
 
 DA VID died in Kentucky, aged seven 
 years. 
 
 NANCT, born June 13, 1804, in Bath 
 county, Kentucky, married there to Geb. 
 Power. Sec his name. 
 
 MELINDA, born in Kentucky, was 
 twice married, is now a widow, Gibson, 
 and resides in Woodford county, Illinois. 
 
 JOHN married Caroline Spears. He 
 died leaving a widow and nine children in 
 Christian county, Illinois. 
 
 STEPHEN E., born in Bath county, 
 Kentucky, married in Sangamon county 
 to Mary J. Lake. They have eight chil- 
 dren, BAYLESS L., LUCY J., ELIZA 
 A., EMELINE F., CHARLES H., 
 JAMES E., ELIZABETH C. and 
 JOHN S. The second and third are mar- 
 ried, and reside in Henry county, Missouri. 
 All the others reside with their parents 
 near Elkhart, Illinois. 
 
 LUCY married Hiram Powell, and 
 both died without children. 
 
 ELLEN married John Morgan, had 
 twelve children, and lives in Iowa. 
 
 WILLIAM B., born Oct. 15, 1822, in 
 Sangamon county, married September, 
 1848, to Clarinda Claypool, who was born 
 Nov. 17, 1823, in Champaign county, Ohio. 
 They had four children, and Mr. Wilcock- 
 son died very suddenly, April 26, 1856, near 
 Athens, Illinois. Of their children, LEVI 
 C. lives with his mother and manages the 
 farm. THOMAS R., is a student at Ann 
 Arbor, Michigan 1874 with the inten- 
 tion of making the law his profession. 
 JOHN W. and MARY E. reside with 
 thcjr" mother, two miles north of Cantrall, 
 amon county, Illinois. 
 
 GEURGE W., born in Sangamon 
 county, married Susan Brown. They had 
 seven children, and live in Lawrence coun- 
 ty, Missouri. 
 
 Mrs. Mary Wilcockson died August 10, 
 1860, and William Wilcockson died July 
 24, 1864, both in Fancy creek township, 
 Sangamon county, Illinois. 
 
 \VILEY. The origin of the family 
 in America was through a man of that
 
 76S 
 
 EARLY SETTLERS OF 
 
 name who lived and died in the county of 
 Armagh, Ireland. His first name is not 
 preserved. It is not certainly known, but 
 believed by his descendants, that he was a 
 native of Scotland. He possessed consid- 
 erable property, and died earlv in life, 
 leaving as the executor of his will a brother, 
 who defrauded the children of their prop- 
 erty. Five of the children probably all 
 there were emigrated to New York city 
 in 1734 or '35. One of his sons, who, it is 
 thought, bore the name of Alexander, was 
 borr in 1711 in county Armagh, Ireland, 
 married in New York city to Jane Bell. 
 They had ten children, five of whom, two 
 sons and three daughters, grew to be men 
 and women. Their eldest son, Alexander, 
 born Feb. 6, 1745, in New York, was 
 eleven years old when his father died, 
 about 1756, one year after Braddock's de- 
 feat. He was apprenticed by his sister 
 Elizabeth older than himself to a tailor, 
 and continued in that business thirty years. 
 He married Elizabeth Carr, who was born 
 May 19, 1752. They had ten children. 
 He died Feb. 29, 1824, and she died Dec. 
 23, 1834. The eldest child, Alexander C., 
 born June 22, 1770, in New York city, 
 married August 27, 1795, to Sarah Coe, 
 who was born Dec. 9, 1774. They had 
 ten children, six sons and four daughters. 
 Their daughter Sarah, born Nov. 24, 1802, 
 married July 4, 1824, to Jonathan Motta- 
 shed, in New York city. He died there 
 April i, 1832, and she married William 
 W. Watson. See his name. They had 
 a son, Alexander Wiley, also, but he never 
 came west. Their son 
 
 WILEY, EDMUND. R., born 
 Feb. 1 8, 1808, in New York city, was mar- 
 ried there August 3, 1830, to Catharine 
 Beach. They had three children in New 
 York, and came to Springfield, Illinois, in 
 1835, where six children were born. Of 
 all their living children 
 
 FRANCES, born July 29, 1831, in 
 New York, resides with her mother. 
 
 EDMUND R., Jun., born June 20, 
 1833, in New York, read law in Spring- 
 field, Illinois, and was admitted to the bar. 
 He practiced his profession in Decatur for 
 a short time and returned to Springfield. 
 In 1861 he was appointed adjutant of the 
 62d 111. Inf., and served one year. He was 
 major of 6ist (colored) Inf. for sixteen 
 months, lieutenant colonel of 3d Colored 
 Heavy Art. about six months, and colonel 
 
 of the 88th (colored) Inf. one year. Colo- 
 nel Wiley was clerk of Arkansas county 
 from Nov. 5, 1867, to Oct. 7, 1871, repre- 
 sented said county in the state legislature 
 of 1871 and '72, was elected sheriff in the 
 autumn of 1872, and served until October, 
 1874. Colonel E. R. Wiley was married 
 in Dewitt, Arkansas, Sept. 29, 1868, to La- 
 dora E. Rice, who was born Oct. 3, 1852, 
 at Springfield, Conway county, Arkansas. 
 ' They have four children, ALFRED R., 
 ANDREW E., CATHARINE and 
 DORA E., who reside with their parents. 
 E. R. Wiley is a farmer, and lived in 
 Dewitt, Arkansas, until 1876, when he 
 moved to Danville, Illinois. 
 
 MART A. resides with her mother. 
 
 AMELIA, born Jan. 17, 1837, in 
 Springfield, Illinois, was married there 
 May 3, 1866, to George White, who was 
 born July 2, 1840, in Pottsclam, New 
 York, and came to Springfield, Illinois, in 
 1865. They have three children, ED- 
 MUND R., GEORGE F. and HOW- 
 ARD W., and reside in Springfield, Illi- 
 nois. 
 
 ALEXANDER C. born Nov. 9, 
 1838, in Springfield, enlisted in Co. G, 
 H4th 111. Inf., was in the siege of Vicks- 
 burg, served seventeen months and was 
 appointed lieutenant of Co. E, 6ist United 
 States Colored Infantry. He was in the 
 battle of Tupello, Mississippi, served 
 nine months and was honorably dis- 
 charged Oct. 5, 1864, at Washington, 
 D. C. Lieutenant Wiley was deputy circuit 
 clerk of Arkansas county for six years. 
 He was married April 17, 1871, in DeWitt, 
 Arkansas, to Jennie Quertermous, who 
 was born in Hardin county, Kentucky. 
 They have two children, ROBERT E. 
 and FREDERICK H., who reside with 
 their parents in DeWitt, Arkansas county, 
 Arkansas. 
 
 RICHARD B., born Jan. 15,1841, in 
 Springfield, Illinois, enlisted in an Illinois 
 regiment during the rebellion; is 
 distinguished for his musical talent, 
 and is organist in the Chestnut street 
 Presbyterian church, Louisville, Kentucky. 
 
 NE7^TIE, born in 1844,111 Spring- 
 field, Illinois, is unmarried, and resides 
 with her mother. 
 
 ALFRED, born Sept. 7, 1848, in 
 Springfield, Illinois, was married near 
 Williamette, Arkansas, Sept. 7, 1876, to 
 Pattie M. Hubbard, daughter of Dr. B.
 
 SANGAMON COUNTY. 
 
 769 
 
 C. Hubbard. Alfred Wiley was a farmer 
 and lived near DeWitt, Arkansas 
 until 1876, when he moved to Starr City, 
 Lincoln county, Arkansas, and engaged in 
 the practice of law. 
 
 Edmund R. Wiley, Sen., was in the cloth- 
 ing business in Springfield, until his death, 
 which occurred July 19, 1864. His 
 widow and daughters live in Springfield, 
 Illinois. 
 
 WILLARD, ALEXANDER 
 P., born April 8, 1815, in Vernon, Oneida 
 county, New York. He was married 
 June 3, 1837, m Chemung county, in the 
 same state to Louisa L. Higgie. They 
 came the same year to Springfield, Illinois, 
 where they had two children, one of whom 
 died young. 
 
 LUCY E., was born March, 1839, in 
 Springfield, married in her native city to 
 William D. Richardson. They have two 
 children and reside in Springfield, Illinois. 
 Mr. Richardson at the time of his marriage 
 was engaged in railroading. After that 
 he became a contractor and builder. 
 Among his largest contracts was the brick- 
 work on the Macoupin county court house, 
 the entire work of building the national 
 Lincoln monument, and the greater part of 
 the brick and stone work on the new state 
 house of Illinois, on which he has been 
 engaged from 1871 to the present time 
 November, 1876. 
 
 Alexander P. Willard was in partner- 
 ship for a short time after coming to 
 Springfield with E. G.Johns. In 1841 he 
 formed a partnership with Robert B. Zim- 
 merman. See his name. They continued 
 in the business of painters and glaziers, 
 and dealers in materials connected with 
 their business until the death of Mr. Wil- 
 lard, which occurred very suddenly, May 
 5, 1865, in Springfield. Mrs. Willard re- 
 sides with her daughter, Mrs. Richardson, 
 in Springfield, Illinois. 
 
 W I L L I A M S, EDWARD, 
 was born June 3, 1789, in Hardin county, 
 Kentucky. Margaret Neal was born 
 April, 1788, in Nelson county, Kentucky. 
 The places of their birth were only about 
 six miles apart, and the parents of both 
 moved when they were children to Ohio 
 county, where they were married about 
 1806. They had five children in Ken- 
 tucky, and moved to Sangamon county, 
 Illinois, arriving December, 1826, in what 
 is now Gardner township, where two 
 
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 children were born, one died young. Of 
 their six children 
 
 NANCY C., born April 4, 1808, in 
 Kentucky, married Dec. 19, 1872, in San- 
 gamon county to Christopher Atterberry, 
 and lives in Menard county, Illinois. 
 
 SAMUEL N., born in 1810 in Ken- 
 tucky, married Margaret Martin, and she 
 died. He married Mrs. Margaret D. 
 Ralston, whose maiden name was Peak. 
 They had four living children. Mr. W. 
 died Jan. 9, 1866, and his family lives in 
 Edinburg, Illinois. 
 
 CHARLES J/., born April 8, 1815, 
 was helpless from youth, and died at fifty- 
 two years of age. 
 
 JOHN V., born in 1818, married 
 Elizabeth J. Pierce. They have six chil- 
 dren, and reside near Taylorville, Illinois. 
 
 ED WARD L., born in 1824, in Ken- 
 tucky, married Susan H. Pearce in San- 
 gamon county, and had four children. 
 The parents and three of the children 
 died. Their only living child, REBEC- 
 CA A., married Samuel Cully, has one 
 son, and lives near Taylorville, Illinois. 
 
 STEPHEN W., born Feb. 9, 1827, 
 in Sangamon county, married July 25, 
 1850, to Abigail J. Fry, who was born 
 July 22, 1827, in Smith county, Tennessee. 
 They had two children, EDWARD H. 
 and NANCY J., and Mrs. W. died Nov. 
 8, 1857. He was married June 30, 1859, 
 to Elcy Davidson. They have five living 
 children, JOHN D., MARY M., MICA- 
 JAH, FRANCES M. and MARTHA 
 A., and reside in Christian county, near 
 Pawnee, Sangamon county, Illinois. 
 
 Mrs. Margaret Williams" died April 2, 
 1859, and Edward \Villiams died June 29, 
 1871, both in Gardner township, Sanga- 
 mon county, Illinois. 
 
 WILLIAMS, ELI AS, born Feb. 
 27, 1770, near Clarendon, Vermont, was 
 married in that state to Mary Boynton, 
 who was born July 19, 1773, at Plymouth, 
 Windsor county, Vermont. They had 
 four children there, and the family moved 
 to Essex county, New York, about 1804, 
 where two children were born, thence to 
 Hamilton county, Ohio, where one child 
 was born, and from there to Butler county, 
 in the same state, where three children 
 were born. In 1819 the family moved to 
 Wayne or Henry county, Indiana, and 
 from there to Sangamon county, Illinois, 
 arriving in February, 1822, in what is
 
 770 
 
 EARL? SE'lTLERS OF 
 
 now Cotton Hill township, and the next 
 spring into what is now Rochester town- 
 ship. Of their children 
 
 POLLTw&LTDIA died under four 
 years. 
 
 SAMUEL, born April 24, 1800, in 
 Windsor county, Vermont, came to San- 
 gamon county, Illinois, before the family 
 arrived in the autumn of 1821, and was 
 married April 5, 1832, to Jane L. Trotter. 
 They had five children in Sangamon 
 county, NANCY T., born Feb. 26, 1833, 
 married Henry P. Clark. See his name. 
 JANE L., born June i, 1835, married 
 Charles F. Humphreys. See his name. 
 ELIZA, born Feb. 1 2, 1837, and HENRY 
 H., born July 30, 1840. The two latter 
 live with their father. WILLIAM T. 
 died in his second year. Mrs. Jane L. 
 Williams died Oct. u, 1865, and Samuel 
 Williams lives one and a half miles south- 
 east of Rochester, Sangamon county, 
 Illinois. Mr. Williams became a member 
 of the Christian church, June 29, 1817, in 
 Ohio, and when he came to Sangamon 
 county, there being no church of his own 
 denomination, he united with the Method- 
 ists, with the understanding that he should 
 sever the connection when a suitable time 
 came for organizing one of his own. He 
 united with others in 1832 in consituting 
 the South Fork Christian church. About 
 that time he commenced preaching, and 
 has continued to do so to the present time. 
 He has received between one and two 
 hundred persons into the church, and has 
 baptized about five hundred, including his 
 assisting other ministers. He has prob- 
 ably married one hundred couple, and 
 taught school in Rochester, Illinois, be- 
 tween the years 1831 and 1837. 
 
 ELI AS, Jun., born Feb. 15, 1802, in 
 Vermont, was married in Sangamon 
 county, in 1831, to Polly Baker, daughter 
 of Isaac. They had eleven or twelve 
 children, and moved to Kansas, thence to 
 the vicinity of Nashville, Barton county, 
 Missouri, where they now live. 
 
 JOSEPH, born Oct. 2, 1804, in 
 Essex county, New York, was married in 
 Sangamon county, Illinois, to Judith 
 Delay. They had two children, who 
 both died young. Joseph Williams died 
 Oct. 14. 1850. His widow lives in Cotton 
 Hill township. 
 
 MAR T, born Dec. 18, 1806, in Essex 
 county, New York, was married in San- 
 
 gamon county in 1824 to Richard E. 
 Barker. They had one child, ELIAS, 
 who married Dorothy Bound. He died 
 in March, 1873. His widow and chil- 
 dren live near Clarksville, Illinois. R. E. 
 Barker died and his widow married 
 Andrew Johnson. See his natne. He 
 died and she married Greenberry Baker. 
 See his name. 
 
 IS I AH BOTNTON, born June 20, 
 1810, in Hamilton county, Ohio, was mar- 
 ried in Sangamon county April i, 1833, to 
 Phebe Baker. They had eleven children, 
 two died under five years. SUSAN, 
 born Jan. 19, 1834, in Sangamon county, 
 was married Nov. 10, 1853, to George W. 
 Whitecraft, who was born Sept. 26, 1830, 
 in Bath county, Kentucky, and brought 
 by his parents, in 1835, to what is now 
 Christian county, Illinois. In 1873 he 
 moved to Springfield, where he now re- 
 sides. MARY married James Martin. 
 See his name. JAMES H. married 
 Caroline Hedrick. They have three 
 children, and live near Taylorville, 111. 
 HARRIET married George Boyd. They 
 had two children, and live near Taylor- 
 ville, Illinois. MARTHA married A. 
 M. Council, has two children, and lives 
 near Edinburg, Illinois. AMOS S. mar- 
 ried Jane Hatler. They have one child, 
 and live in Cotton Hill township. SAN- 
 FORD, EDWARD and ABRAHAM 
 L. live with their parents in Cotton Hill 
 township, east of New City, Sangamon 
 county, Illinois. 
 
 SUSANNAH, born March 2, 1815, in 
 Hamilton county, Ohio, died in Sanga- 
 mon county, April 12, 1834. 
 
 AMOS, born May 10, 1818, in Butler 
 county, Ohio, was married in Sangamon 
 county to Caroline Deai'born. They had 
 two children. ELIAS enlisted in the i6th 
 111, Cav., in 1862, for three years, and was 
 captured at Cumberland Gap. He was 
 several months in Andersonville prison, 
 was exchanged, and died a few days later. 
 ISAIAH B. married and lives in Cincin- 
 nati, Appanoose county, Iowa. Amos 
 Williams went to California and died 
 there in March, 1850. His widow lives 
 with her son, Isaiah B., in Iowa. 
 
 Mrs. Mary Williams died May 15, 1850, 
 and Elias Williams died August 25, 1853, 
 both in Sangamon countv, Illinois. 
 
 WILLIAMS, JAMES M., 
 was born April 30, 1810, in Rutherford
 
 SANGAMON COUNTY. 
 
 771 
 
 county, North Carolina. He is a nephew 
 of Andrew Elliott. He came to Sanga- 
 mon county in company with Terry Brad- 
 ley, arriving at Springfield, Oct. 13, 1834. 
 He was married October, 1851, to Mary 
 Reford. They had six children in Sanga- 
 mon countv. 
 
 MART E. married Luther Jones, has 
 two children, CHARLES and MINNIE 
 F., and live near Salisbury, Sangamon 
 county, Illinois. 
 
 ELLEI\/ J., married May 23, 1872, 
 to William F. Irwin. See his name. 
 
 CHARLES HENRT, lives with his 
 father. 
 
 JAMES A., died aged fourteen years. 
 MAR? A. died aged eight years. 
 MARTHA died aged two years. 
 
 Mrs. Mary Williams died Nov. 28, 1866, 
 and J. M. Williams lives northeast of the 
 Sangamon river, in Salisbury township. 
 
 Mr. W. went hunting soon after com- 
 ing to the county, lost his way, and 
 was escorted to camp about nine o'clock 
 p. M. by a pack of howling wolves. 
 
 WILLIAMS, JOHN, was born 
 Sept. n, 1808, in Bath county, Kentucky. 
 His ancestors came from Wales and settled 
 in Greenbrier county, Virginia. James 
 Williams was born in that countv and 
 married Hannah Moppin, who was born 
 in 1776, near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, of 
 Scotch-Irish parents, who were Presby- 
 terians. James Williams moved to Bath 
 county, Kentucky, and after partly raising 
 his family, moved to that part of Sanga- 
 mon which is now Menard county, 
 Illinois, arriving in 1823. James Williams 
 and wife lived and died in Menard county. 
 Their son, John, whose name heads this 
 sketch, attended school in a log school 
 house during the winter, and in the sum- 
 mer labored on his father's farm until 
 1822, when he obtained a situation in a 
 store in Owensville, Kentucky. At the 
 end of two years he came with some of 
 his father's former neighbors to Illinois, 
 and after spending two weeks with his 
 parents he came to Springfield, Oct. u, 
 1824, and entered into an agreement to 
 clerk for one year in the store of Major 
 Elijah lies for ten dollars per month. At 
 the end of the year Mr. lies gave him 
 $150, being thirty more than the contract 
 called for. His salary was raised to $200 
 and board, which was continued without 
 change for five years. At the end 
 
 ot that time his savings amounted to 
 three hundred dollars. Mr. lies, wishing 
 to retire from business, offered to sell his 
 stock to Mr. Williams, and give him one 
 year's time without interest. Mr. Wil- 
 liams preferred dividing it into four equal 
 payments. Having previously visited St. 
 Louis, on business for Mr. lies, he became 
 acquainted with the wholesale merchants 
 there, which he afterwards found to be 
 quite advantageous. That, with his three 
 hundred dollars, enabled him to keep up 
 his stock. By honorable dealing he re- 
 tained all the former patrons of Mr. lies, 
 and met every payment promptly. 
 
 John Williams was married March 31, 
 1840, in Springfield, to Lydia Porter, who 
 was born August 28, 1821, in Lima, Liv- 
 ingston county, New York. The wife of 
 Major lies was her half sister. Mr. and 
 Mrs. Williams had six children in Spring- 
 field, all now living, namely 
 
 LOUISA ILES, ALBERT POR- 
 TER, JOHN EDWARD, JULIA 
 JATNE, GEORGE and HENRI 
 CARTER. 
 
 LOUISA /., born Dec. 22,1840, was 
 married in her native city, in 1859, to 
 George N. Black, who was born March 
 15, 1833, in Lee, Berkshire county, Mass. 
 Mr. and Mrs. Black have three children, 
 and reside in Springfield, Illinois. 
 
 George N. Black came to Springfield 
 in October, 1850, and engaged to clerk 
 for Colonel John Williams at fifteen 
 dollars per month, and board himself. In 
 1856 he was admitted as a partner in the 
 firm of John Williams & Co., dry goods 
 merchants, and has continued to the 
 present time. In addition to his mercan- 
 tile business, Mr. Black has been one of 
 the most persistent and efficient workers 
 in originating and prosecuting enterprises 
 calculated to advance the interests of 
 Springfield. Among the enterprises in 
 which he has taken an active part, was 
 the organization of the Leland hotel com- 
 pany; the Pana, Springfield and North- 
 western railroad company, of which he 
 became a director and secretary. That 
 became part of the S. & I. S. E., and is 
 now part of the O. & M. railroad. 
 He was one of the projectors of the 
 G., C. & S. railroad, and was one- 
 tenth owner of the same. He was one of 
 the principal movers in the Springfield 
 and Northwestern railroad, and in 1875
 
 was appointed receiver of the same. He 
 is now November, 1876 in charge of the 
 road. He is one of the principal stock- 
 holders of the First National Bank, and 
 was cashier during the first year of its 
 existence. He was one of the stock- 
 holders who organized the Springfield 
 City railway company, March 3, 1866; 
 was elected treasurer, and continues to 
 hold that office to the present time. He 
 was one of the original movers in the 
 Springfield Watch company, organized 
 Jan. 26, 1870, and was elected treasurer of 
 the same, etc., etc. 
 
 JULIA JATNE was married in her 
 native city to Alfred Orendorff. See his 
 name, in the Omissions. 
 
 Colonel John Williams was nominated 
 as a candidate for congress in 1856, and 
 supported by the combined influence of 
 the remnant of the old Whig party, under 
 Fillmore, and of the newly organized 
 Republican party, under Fremont; but 
 was defeated, as he expected to be, his 
 object being to strengthen the state ticket, 
 with Governor Bissell at its head. He 
 was for six years treasurer of the Illinois 
 State Agricultural Society. In 1857 ne 
 became treasurer of the Illinois Stock Im- 
 porting company, for the introduction of 
 blooded stock. At the outbreak of the 
 rebellion, Colonel Williams was appointed, 
 by Governor Yates, commissary general 
 of Illinois, and discharged the duties of 
 that trust for years. He was appointed, 
 by President Lincoln, disbursing agent of 
 the United States government during the 
 building of the United States court house 
 and postoffice at Springfield. About 
 three hundred and twenty thousand dol- 
 lars passed through his hands in connec- 
 tion with that trust. After the death of 
 President Lincoln, Mr. Williams was 
 appointed one of the escort. He at once 
 proceeded to Washington and accom- 
 panied the remains to Springfield. He 
 was one of the original members of the 
 National Lincoln Monument Association, 
 and is now a member of its executive 
 committee. He has been identified with 
 the building of all the railroads to Spring- 
 field, but more particularly with the Gil- 
 man, Clinton and Springfield, and the 
 Springfield and Northwestern railroads, 
 the latter of which was built mainly 
 through his exertions. He is now presi- 
 dent of the Barclay coal mining company, 
 
 and also owns and operates a farm of over 
 one thousand acres, near Indian Point, 
 Menard county, Illinois. 
 
 He commenced private banking in con- 
 nection with his store, by his customers 
 depositing with him. The business grew 
 gradually for several years. When the 
 national banking law was enacted he 
 united with others in organizing the First 
 National Bank of Springfield, Dec. 12, 
 1863, and opened its doors for business 
 May i, 1864. He became president ot the 
 bank at its organization and continued in 
 that office ten years. For more than fifty- 
 two years he has been in the mercantile 
 business in Springfield, and is now in his 
 sixty-ninth year, still at the head of the 
 mercantile firm of John Williams & Co. 
 He has for many years been a member of 
 the First Presbyterian church of Spi'ing- 
 field, Illinois. 
 
 WILLIAMS, JOSEPH, a 
 younger brother to Colonel John Wil- 
 liams, was born in Bath county, Kentucky, 
 and with his parents came to Sangamon 
 county, Illinois, in 1823. After his brother 
 John went into business on his own ac- 
 count, he entered his store as a clerk, and a 
 few years later went into the mercantile 
 business for himself at Decatur, Illinois. 
 He was married Nov. 10, 1836, in Spring- 
 field to Huldah Francis. See Francis 
 family sketch. They had six sons, and 
 Mrs. Williams died Dec. 10, 1848, in Me- 
 nard county. Mr. Williams, with his sons, 
 started April 3, 1851, overland for Oregon, 
 and arrived there late in the fall. While 
 exploring the country in May, 1853, he 
 was killed by the Rogue river Indians 
 in Oregon. His children were all brought 
 back to Springfield by their uncle, Colonel 
 John Williams. Of the six 
 
 JAMES E., born July 8, 1838, in 
 Springfield, Illinois, was married August 
 8, 1865, to Roscia King. They have three 
 children, JOSEPH, FRANCIS and 
 MATILDA. They lived at Irish Grove, 
 Menard county, Illinois, until 1876, when 
 they moved to Maryville, Nodaway coun- 
 ty, Missouri. 
 
 JEREMIAH H., born Nov. 14, 1839, 
 in Decatur, Illinois, was married Sept. 6, 
 1866, to Cynthia Scott. They have two 
 children, SAMUEL and JOHN. Mr. 
 Williams is a stock raiser, and resides near 
 Sweet Water postoffice, Menard county, 
 Illinois.
 
 SANG AM ON COUNTT. 
 
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 SIMEON F., born July 12, 1841, in 
 Menard county, Illinois, and after the death 
 of both his parents he went to live with 
 his uncle, Charles Francis, at Laporte, In- 
 diana. He enlisted in 1861 in the 2oth Ind. 
 Inf., and died April 17, 1863, at Laporte, 
 of disease contracted in the army. 
 
 WILLIAM BUCK, born " May 29, 
 1843, in Menard county, Illinois, was mar- 
 ried Nov. i, 1870, to Ann M. Whitney. 
 They have two children, ANNIE I. and 
 WILLIAM H. W. B. Williams was en- 
 gaged in farming and stock raising near 
 Middletown, Logan county, Illinois, until 
 March, 1876, when he moved to Mary- 
 ville, Nodaway county, Missouri. 
 
 NE WTON A., born Oct. 17, 1845, in 
 Menard county, Illinois. He was married 
 Oct. 17, 1871, to Mary C. Cox. They 
 have two children, CHARLES and 
 LYDIA, and reside near Maryville, Mis- 
 souri. 
 
 JOHN C., born Dec. 28, 1846, in Me- 
 nard county, Illinois. He is a shipper and 
 resides at Indian Point, Sweet Water post 
 office, Menard county, Illinois. 
 
 WILLJAN, THOMAS, was 
 born Feb. 21, 1797, in Kent county, Dela- 
 ware. When he was two yeai'S old his 
 parents moved to Green county, Kentucky. 
 He was there married March 18, 1819, to 
 Mary Crowder. They had two children 
 in Kentucky, and moved to Sangamon 
 county, Illinois, arriving late in 1829, first 
 stopping where the family of Hon. Jesse 
 K. Dubcis now resides, west of Spring- 
 field. He entered land on Horse creek, in 
 what is now Cotton Hill township, and 
 moved on it in 1831. They had three 
 children in Sangamon county. Of their 
 five children 
 
 MATILDA J., born Dec. 21, 1819, in 
 Green county, Kentucky, was married in 
 Sangamon county to Jackson Stout. See 
 his name. He died, and she was married 
 May 10, 1842, to Samuel Haines. See his 
 name. 
 
 WILLIAM C., born Jan. 4, 1822, in 
 Green county, Kentucky, was married Oct. 
 27, 1858, in Sangamon county, Illinois, to 
 Samantha C. Chapman, who was born 
 July 5, 1828, at Elsworth, Trumbull coun- 
 ty, Ohio. William C. Willian died Feb. 
 19, 1875, and Mrs. Samantha C. Willian 
 died April i, 1875, both in Cotton Hill 
 township, Sangamon county, Illinois. They 
 left an adopted son, ED WARD L. WIL- 
 
 LIAN, who lives in Cotton Hill town- 
 ship. 
 
 SARAH A., born August 29, 1833, in 
 Sangamon county, married William H. 
 Vigal. See his name.. 
 
 NANCT J., born March 4, 1837, in 
 Sangamon county, was married Sept. 12, 
 1861, to Walter J. Barnes. They have 
 five children, namely, LOUIS M., 
 CAREY E., THOMAS W.,WILLIAM 
 J. and MARY O. W. J. Barnes and 
 family reside near Edinburg, Christian 
 county, Illinois. 
 
 THOMAS 7., born June 25, 1840, in 
 Sangamon county, Illinois, enlisted April, 
 1861, in Co. G, 7th 111. Inf., for three 
 months, on the first call for 75,000 men, 
 and served full time. He re-enlisted Au- 
 gust, 1862, for three years in Co. K, i24th 
 111. Inf., and was commissioned first lieu- 
 tenant at the organization of the company. 
 He was taken sick at Camp Butler, and 
 died in Cotton Hill township, Nov. 5, 
 1862. 
 
 Mrs. Mary Willian died July 29, 1856, 
 and Thomas J. Willian married Sarah 
 Lambert. They have one child. 
 
 CHARLES ALBERT was born 
 Oct. 7, 1861, in Sangamon county, resides 
 with his sister, Mrs. Barnes, near Edin- 
 burg, Christian county, Illinois. 
 
 Mrs. Sarah Willian died Oct. 30, 1868, 
 in Christian county, Illinois, and Thomas 
 Willian lives with his daughter, Mrs. 
 Barnes, near Edinburg, Christian county, 
 Illinois. 
 
 Day Willian, the father of Thomas Wil- 
 lian, and Day Willian's brother, John, 
 came to Sangamon county with their fam- 
 ilies about 1829, remained a year or two, 
 became dissatisfied and returned to Ken- 
 Kentucky. 
 
 WILLIS, Mrs. HENRIET- 
 TA, whose maiden name was Earnest, a 
 sister to Jacob and Thomas Earnest. She 
 was born Sept. 15, 1783, in South Caro- 
 lina, and married in Simpson county, Ken- 
 tucky, to William Willis. They had seven 
 children, and Mr. Willis died in Kentucky. 
 Mrs. Willis, with her children, came to 
 Sangamon county about 1825. Of her 
 children 
 
 RICHARD, spent ten or twelve years 
 in Sangamon county, and went to Iowa. 
 He left there in 1849 or '50, and was last 
 heard from in California. 
 
 ELIZABETH, born in Simpson
 
 EA RL T SE TTLERS OF 
 
 county, Kentucky, married William Simp- 
 son. See his name. 
 
 Sl^ARLING, born in Kentucky, 
 married in Sangamon county to Sarah 
 Halliday, had children, moved to Knox 
 county, Illinois, and from there to Oregon. 
 
 WILLIAM went from Sangamon 
 county to Wisconsin, married there, and 
 died from injuries by a threshing machine. 
 
 MARTHA married in Sangamon coun- 
 ty to Samuel Jones, moved to Knox coun- 
 ty, had three children and he died. She 
 marrried Benjamin Sims, and she died. 
 
 THOMAS went from Sangamon coun- 
 ty to Iowa on business, and died there. 
 
 DRUCILLA, born in Kentucky, mar- 
 ried in Sangamon county to Asher Simp- 
 son. They have eight children, and reside 
 near Clinton, Dewitt county, Illinois. 
 
 Mrs. Henrietta Willis died August 10, 
 1846, in Sangamon county, Illinois. 
 
 WILLIS WILLIAM, was 
 born Sept. 23, 1775, in North Carolina. 
 His father, Jacob Willis, was born in 
 Wales, but whether he was married be- 
 fore or after coming to America is not 
 known to his descendants. He enlisted 
 in the Revolutionary army and was killed 
 in battle about 1780, leaving a widow and 
 the son, whose name heads this sketch. 
 His widow married James Phillips, and 
 about the year 1783 moved to the vicinity 
 of Crab Orchard, Kentucky, taking 
 William with them. He grew to man- 
 hood there, and then went to Adair coun- 
 ty, Kentucky, where he was married to 
 Elizabeth Steel. They had eight chil- 
 dren, and Mrs. Willis died October, 1822. 
 Mr. Willis was married to Martha Morri- 
 son. They had three children, and moved 
 to Sangamon county, Illinois, arriving in 
 the fall of 1830 in what is now Gardner 
 township. He brought all his children 
 except the three eldest sons. Of all his 
 children 
 
 HENRY, born April 20, 1803, in Ken- 
 tucky, married June 7, 1825, to Rhoda 
 Cooley, had six children, and came to San- 
 gamon county in the fall of 1836. He 
 moved back to Kentucky one year later, 
 had three children there, and all returned 
 to Sangamon county in 1848, except their 
 only daughter, who died young. Of their 
 eight sons, JACOB married, and he and 
 his wife died, leaving a son, now in Texas. 
 JOHN married, has five children, and 
 lives in DeWitt county, 111. GEORGE 
 
 W. went to California in 1852, and has 
 not been heard of in eight years. 
 WILLIAM T., born Feb. 6, 1834, en- 
 listed August, 1862, in Co. B, i i4th 111. 
 Inf., for three years, was wounded at the 
 battle of Guntown, Mississippi, June 10, 
 1864, and died ten days later. EDMOND, 
 born Nov. 18, 1835 married June 7, 1869, 
 to Ellen M. Pitcher, have two children, 
 ADAM F. and CARLOS E., and live near 
 Salisbury, Illinois. JAMES D., born 
 June 10, 1838, enlisted in Co. D, 33d 111. 
 Inf., August, 1 86 1, for three years, served 
 full term, re-enlisted as a veteran in 1864, 
 married Elizabeth Hall, and died on ship- 
 board May 15, 1865, between Mobile and 
 New Orleans. ADAM C., born Jan. 10, 
 1840, enlisted August, 1861, in Co. D, 33d 
 111. Inf., for three years, served full term, 
 re-enlisted as a veteran January, 1864. 
 He was wounded by a railroad accident 
 near New Orleans, March i, 1865, and 
 died March 5, 1865. About three 
 hundred Union soldiers were killed 
 and wounded at the same time. PAR- 
 KER H., born Nov. 19, 1842, married 
 Mary A. R. Ward, have three children, 
 and live in Salisbury township. Henry 
 Willis and wife reside near Salisbury, 
 Sangamon county, Illinois. 
 
 LA VINA, born March 31, 1805, mar- 
 ried in Kentucky to John Cooley. They 
 came to Sangamon county with her father 
 and had eight children. Two of their 
 sons, WILLIS and JOSEPH Cooley, 
 were soldiers in the ii4th 111. Inf., and 
 both died of disease in the army at Mem- 
 phis, Tennessee. Three sons and three 
 daughters, all married, live in Kansas. 
 John Cooley died in Sangamon county, 
 and his widow lives with her children in 
 Kansas. 
 
 JACOB, born Jan. 24, 1807, in Adair 
 county, Kentucky, married there Jan. 29, 
 1828, to Lucinda T. Barger, a sister to Rev. 
 John S. Barger, of Bloomington, Illinois. 
 She was born May 20, 1814, in West 
 Virginia. They had two children in 
 Kentucky, and they moved to Sangamon 
 county, Illinois, arriving Oct. 8, 1833, in 
 what is now Gardner township, between 
 Richland and Prairie creeks, where they 
 had seven children. Of their children, 
 ANN E., born Nov. 4, 1829, married 
 James R. Stone, have four children, and 
 reside at \Vichita, Kansas. JAMES S. B., 
 born July 9, 1833, in Kentucky, married
 
 SANGAMON COUNTY. 
 
 in Sangamon county to Mary A. Camp- 
 bell. They have four children, and live 
 near Clinton, Illinois. SARAH E., born 
 May 30, 1835, married Jason Miller. See 
 his name. FRANCIS M., born Oct. 30, 
 1837, married Milicent Ann Turner, have 
 two children, and live atWapella, DeWitt 
 county, Illinois. JOHN W., born July 
 10, 1842, married Danelia W. Sayre, have 
 two children, and live near VVapella, 
 Illinois. LAURA B., born Feb. 9, 1844, 
 married William B. Capron, have three 
 children, and live near Wapella, Illinois. 
 MARY A., born Oct. 9, 1846, married 
 Henry C. Porter, have three children, and 
 live near Clinton, Illinois. VINCENT 
 H., born Oct. 9, 1846, married Helen M. 
 Wadleigh. He is a traveling preacher in 
 the M. E. church, and was on Twin Grove 
 circuit, near Bloomington, in 1873. EL- 
 BERT F., born Jan. 15, 1851, married 
 Oct. 8, 1872, to Laura A. Jameson, have 
 one child, and live in Gardner township. 
 Mrs. Lucinda T. Willis died Oct. 20, 1866, 
 and Jacob W T illis was married June 29, 
 1869, to Mrs. Charlotte R. Laborence, who 
 was previously Mrs. Capron, and whose 
 maiden name was Dodge. She was born 
 April 7, 1814, at Albany, New York, and 
 came to Sangamon county in 1854. She 
 had three children by her first marriage, 
 and five by her second. Of her children, 
 CATHARINE D. Capron married Jacob 
 Perlier, have six children, and lives near 
 Wapella, Illinois. WILLIAM D. Cap- 
 ron married Laura B. Willis, and resides 
 near Wapella. CHARLES S. Capron 
 married Mary Batterton, and lives near 
 Palmer, Illinois. RACHEL Laborence 
 married Oliver Ross. See his name. 
 CHARLOTTE D. married Edward East. 
 They had one child, and Mrs. Charlotte 
 D. East died Jan. 2, 1874, in Bates county, 
 Missouri, and her remains were brought 
 to Salisbury, Illinois, and buried there. 
 John A. Laborance lives at Colorado 
 Springs, California. Laura W. married 
 David East, and lives in Missouri, near 
 Metz, Kansas. Annie E. Laborance was 
 married Feb. 17, 1875, to Charles V. 
 Durgy, and lives ten miles south of Bloom- 
 ington, Illinois. 
 
 Jacob Willis died March 31, 1876, and 
 his widow lives at the homestead near 
 where Mr. Willis' father settled in 1833, 
 in Gardner township, near Cross Plains 
 post office, Sangamon county, Illinois. 
 
 WILLIAM, Jun., born May 22, 1809, 
 married Melinda Thurman. They had 
 seven children, and she died March 24, 
 1852, and he married Tasty Daniels. They 
 had ten children, and he died. The family 
 reside in Logan county. William Willis, 
 Jun., has but one child living in Sangamon 
 county, namely, NANCY J., by the first 
 wife, married Asa W. Plunkett. See his 
 name. His son, JOHN M. Willis was a 
 soldier in Co. F, 114th 111. Inf., and died 
 at Memphis, Tennessee. 
 
 ELIZABETH, born Oct. 27, 1812, 
 married James M. Brown. See his name. 
 
 CLARISSA,born Dec. 28, 1814, mar- 
 ried Lewis Campbell. They have eight 
 children. Their daughter LEAH married 
 John Slater. See his name. Lewis 
 Campbell and family live near Athens, 
 Menard county, Illinois. 
 
 JOHN, born Jan. 5, 1818, married Car- 
 oline Pierce, had eight children, and lives 
 near Kirksville, Wapello county, Iowa. 
 
 NANCY, born Nov. 20, 1820, married 
 C. R. Pierce, have ten children, and lives 
 at Greenview, Menard county, Illinois. 
 
 MART, born May 3, 1824, married 
 Joseph Staklin, and she died at Beards- 
 town, Illinois, in 1846. 
 
 JANE, born July 19, 1825, married 
 Archie Town, have five children, and live 
 near Lincoln, Logan county, Illinois. 
 
 PARTHEN/A, born April 15, 1827, 
 married John Moore, have three living 
 children, and live at Wichita, Kansas. 
 
 MARIA MORRISON, step daughter 
 to William Willis, Sen., married in Ken- 
 tucky to William Ross. See his name. 
 
 Mrs. Martha Willis died in 1842, and 
 William Willis, Sen., died July 9, 1866, 
 both in Garden township, Sangamon coun- 
 ty. He was ninety years, nine months and 
 sixteen days old. 
 
 WILLS JOHN Q. Benoni Bell 
 married his daughter, and she died. Dr. 
 Jones married another, and she died. An- 
 other daughter, Mrs. Inslee lives in Sanga- 
 mon county. 
 
 WILSON, ROBERT L., was 
 born Sept. 11, 1805,111 Washington county, 
 Pennsylvania. His parents were Scotch- 
 Irish, their ancestors having emigrated 
 from Scotland and settled near the city of 
 Belfast, soon after the conquest of Ireland 
 by Oliver Cromwell in the sixteenth cen- 
 tury. In 1778 they sailed for America, 
 settling in York county, Pennsylvania.
 
 776 
 
 EARLY SETTLERS OF 
 
 In 1782 they moved to Washington coun- 
 ty, Pennsylvania, on pack horses, as there 
 had not then been any roads made across 
 the Allegheny mountains. From Wash- 
 ington county, where the subject of our 
 sketch was born, the family moved in 1810 
 to the vicinity of Zanesville, Ohio, where 
 his father died in 1821, and Robert L., 
 then sixteen years of age, determined to 
 educate himself. He first qualified himself 
 for teaching a country school, and taught 
 until he laid up some money with which 
 he entered Franklin College, Ohio. He 
 sustained himself during his college course 
 in the same way, and graduated in four 
 years. In the fall of 1831 he went to Ken- 
 tucky, where he taught an academy and 
 studied law. He was married March 28, 
 1833, in Sharpsburg, Bath county, Ken- 
 tucky, to Eliza J. Kincaid, and admitted 
 to the bar as an attorney at law. They 
 soon after moved to Sangamon county, 
 Illinois, arriving in the fall of 1833 at 
 Athens. That not now being a part of 
 Sangamon county, he would not properly 
 be included as an early settler of this coun- 
 ty, but his having been one of the " Long 
 Nine " is a sufficient reason for including 
 his sketch here. Mr. Wilson was elected 
 in August, 1836, as one of the seven repre- 
 sentatives of bangamon county, who, with 
 the two Senators, made up what was 
 known as the " Long Nine " who served 
 in the legislature of 1836 '37, and secured 
 the removal of the capital of Illinois from 
 Vandalia to Springfield. See sketch 
 " Long Nine" He moved with his family 
 from Sangamon county in 1840,10 Sterling, 
 Whiteside county, where they now reside. 
 Mr. and Mrs. Wilson had six children. 
 
 MART JANE died, aged seven years. 
 
 SILAS R. died, aged thirty-four years. 
 
 LEE died, aged seventeen years. 
 
 ANN ELIZA, born Dec. 20, 1841. 
 
 EMMA E., born Nov. 10, 1843. 
 
 ROBERT H. born Nov. 27, 1847. 
 The three latter in Sterling, Illinois, where 
 they now reside. 
 
 Soon after Mr. Wilson moved to Sterl- 
 ing he was appointed clerk of the circuit 
 court, to which office he was elected five 
 times, serving continuously until Dec. i, 
 1860. Eight years of that time he served 
 as probate judge. He was in Washington, 
 D. C., when Fort Sumtertell, and enlisted 
 as a private in a battalion commanded by 
 Cassius M. Clay, and called the Clay 
 
 Guard. It numbered four hundred, most- 
 ly non-residents, and acted as night police, 
 guarding the city at the most critical time 
 in its history. As soon as the New York 
 7th regiment reached Washington, the 
 Clay Guard was relieved and mustered 
 out. Mr. Wilson returned to Sterling, 
 Illinois, and assisted in raising Co. A, 34th 
 111. Inf., and was elected captain, but de- 
 clined in favor of the first lieutenant. He 
 started for Washington on the 4th of July, 
 and called on President Lincoln on the 7th 
 to tender his services in any capacity where 
 he could be useful. Mr. Lincoln said he 
 had made out a list of his old friends be- 
 fore leaving Springfield, that he might ap- 
 point them to office, and said, " I have ap- 
 pointed all down to your name. Now, 
 what do you wish?" Mr. Wilson said he 
 thought he could discharge the duties of 
 quartermaster. Mr. Lincoln said, " I can 
 do better than that for you," and made him 
 paymaster. His appointment was made 
 out on the 6th, and he was confirmed by 
 the senate August 7, 1861. He was placed 
 on duty at Washington City, and was soon 
 after ordered to St. Louis. In the two 
 succeeding years he paid out nearly four 
 million dollars, principally in the west and 
 south. After the fall of Vicksburg he was 
 ordered to Springfield, Illinois, and pro- 
 moted to the rank of colonel for meritxn 
 rious services. He was mustered out NovJ 
 15, 1865. During nis four years and four 1 
 months service he received and disbursed 
 about seven million dollars, to near one 
 hundred thousand soldiers, without a 
 shadow of suspicion against his character. 
 On the roth of May, 1875, he started alone 
 on a trip of observation and sight-seeing 
 in Europe. He left New York on the 
 steamer Rhein, one of the Bremen line. 
 He arrived at Southampton May 2Oth,and 
 in London the same day, where he spent 
 one week visiting objects of interest. 
 From London to Dover, crossing the 
 Straits to Calais, France, thence by way 
 of Bolougne and Amiens to Paris, with its 
 three millions of inhabitants. He spen; 
 three weeks in Paris, sight-seeing am' 
 gleaming knowledge from every source' 
 From Paris he went by way of Fontain- 
 blue up the river Seine, through Mount 
 Cenis tunnel to Turin, Italy, and through 
 Genoa, Pisa, Leghorn and other Italian 
 cities to Rome, where he spent two weeks 
 visiting objects of historic interest. From
 
 SANGAMON COUNTY. 
 
 Rome he went south to Naples, passed 
 Appi Forum and the three taverns. He 
 visited Mount Vesuvius, and looked into 
 its crater of boiling lava. Spent one day 
 each at Pompeii and Herculaneum, and re- 
 turning to Rome, went to Florence, where 
 he spent a lew days. Crossed the Appe- 
 nines to Venice, the city built two miles 
 from the shore, in the Adriatic sea. As- 
 cended the river Po, through Lombardy, 
 and the city of Verona, to Milan. Crossed 
 the Alps by way of the Simplon Pass, 
 reaching an altitude of twelve thousand 
 feet above the sea. Descended the river 
 Rhone, and Lake Geneva to the city of 
 Geneva and Berne, the capital of Switzer- 
 land. From there he returned to Paris, 
 thence to London, where he spent two 
 weeks more. Visited other parts of En- 
 gland, thence to Edinburg, Stirling and 
 many points of interest in Scotland. Went 
 through Ireland and Wales,thence to Liver- 
 pool. Sailed on the steamer Baltic to New 
 York and home. He was four months 
 out, at a total cost of seven hundred and 
 fifty dollars. 
 
 Hon. Robert L. Wilson is now 1876 
 engaged in a work similar to this that of 
 writing a history of Whiteside county, Illi- 
 nois. 
 
 WILSON, JOHN L., was born 
 March 6, 1816, in Bedford county, Tenn. 
 'n the fall of that year his parents moved 
 vp White county, Illinois, and after that to 
 Bond and Montgomery counties. John 
 L. came to Mechanicsburg in 1839, and 
 was married in Sangamon county, June 
 1 8, 1843, to Margaret Gragg. They had 
 four children in Sangamon county. 
 
 JAMES 7V., born March 25, 1^844, died 
 in his sixth year. 
 
 JOHN W., born April 30, 1847, lives 
 with his parents. 
 
 MARTHA, born Jan. 17, 1850, mar- 
 ried Clifton H. King. See his name. 
 
 JASON, born Oct. 7, 1853, lives with 
 his parents. 
 
 ,. Elder John L.Wilson was ordained as 
 jininister of the gospel by the Mechanics- 
 i/irg congregation of the Christian Church 
 ,\ 1852. He served the church at Mechanics- 
 uurg half his time for the first two years, 
 and the other half labored as an evangelist. 
 For several years he has been wholly en- 
 gaged as an evangelist, at the present time 
 (1874) in Macon county. His family re- 
 sides four and a half miles east of Me- 
 
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 chanicsburg, Sangamon county, Illinois. 
 
 WILSON, SAMUEL M., 
 was born Sept. 30, 1806, in Harford coun- 
 ty, Maryland. He received his literary 
 education at Jefferson College, Cannons- 
 burgh, Pennsylvania, graduating there 
 in 1831. He pursued his theological studies 
 at Princeton College, New Jersey, and 
 in April, 1836, was licensed to preach. by 
 the Presbytery of New Castle, Pennsyl- 
 vania. In June, 1836, he took charge of 
 the Presbyterian Church at Lithopolis, 
 Fairfield county, Ohio, and was ordained 
 by the Presbytery of Columbus, Ohio, 
 in September, 1837. Jane Elder was born 
 March i, 1814, in Centre county, Pennsyl- 
 vania. Rev. Samuel M. Wilson and Jane 
 Elder were married Dec. 27, 1836, in 
 Franklin county Ohio. They had seven 
 children at Lithopolis, Ohio, and after a 
 pastorate of twenty-two years over that 
 church, moved to Clinton, Dewitt county, 
 Illinois, in response to a call from the Pres- 
 byterian Church at that place. In August, 
 1858, Rev. Mr. Wilson received a unani- 
 mous call to the Centre Church in Sanga- 
 mon county, Illinois. He accepted the 
 call, removed thither and entered upon 
 its duties. Of their children 
 
 MARGARET E., born March 8, 
 1838, in Ohio, married in Sangamon coun- 
 ty, September, 1859, to Rev. C. W. Fin- 
 ley, of New London, Ohio. She died 
 March 15, 1861, while on a visit to her pa- 
 rents in Sangamon county. 
 
 ANDRE VV, born Oct. i, 1839, in Ohio, 
 married in Sangamon county, August 10, 
 1864, to Georgie K. Watts. Thev have 
 four children, WILLIAM E., M. 
 ANNIE, JENNIE and ANDREW, 
 Jun., and reside at Kingsville, Shawnee 
 county, Kansas 1874. 
 
 WILLIAM E., born May 28, 1841, 
 in Ohio, died .Feb. 17, 1866, from injuries 
 received by an accident on the Toledo, 
 Wabash and Western Railroad, at Mere- 
 dosia, Illinois. 
 
 THOMAS and MARTHA reside 
 with their father. 
 
 ^fARr 7., died Dec. 6, 1848, in her 
 fourth year. 
 
 JANE died Feb. 3,1861, in her eleventh 
 year. 
 
 Mrs. Jane E. Wilson died July 29, 1868, 
 in Sangamon county, and Rev. Samuel 
 M. Wilson resides three and a half miles
 
 EARL? SE'iTLERS OF 
 
 south of Pleasant Plains, Sangamon coun 
 ty, Illinois. 
 
 The Society of Old Settlers of Sanga- 
 mon County elected Rev. S. M. Wilson 
 as president of the society at their annual 
 meeting at Pleasant Plains August 29, 
 1873. He served one year and until his 
 successor was chosen at Crow's Mill, in 
 September, 1874. He thus became an old 
 settler by brevet. 
 
 WILSON, SAMUEL, was 
 born May 22, 1778, in Virginia. His 
 parents moved to Kentucky, and he was 
 married in Clarke county to Catharine 
 McFaran. They had two children in 
 Kentucky, and moved to Clarke county, 
 Ohio,where five children were born. They 
 moved to Sangamon county, Illinois, ar- 
 riving in the fall of 1828. Of their seven 
 children 
 
 CLINTON, born Nov. 30, 1806, in 
 Clarke county, Kentucky, was married in 
 Sangamon county, December, 1831, to 
 Sally Shinkle. They had four children in 
 Sangamon county. LOUISA J., born 
 Sept. 13, 1832, married Alvin S. Taylor. 
 See his name. JAMES W., born Dec. 
 28, 1835, enlisted July 20, 1861, at Spring- 
 field, in what became Co. B, nth Mo. Inf., 
 for three years. Mr. Wilson in company 
 with Andrew J. Weber and Jesse D. 
 Lloyd, raised the company, and when it 
 was mustered in, August 3, 1861, at St. 
 Louis, W T eber was elected captain, Lloyd 
 first, and Wilson second lieutenant. Mr. 
 Wilson was promoted April 21, 1862, to 
 first lieutenant. In November, 1862, 
 Lieutenant Wilson was detailed as signal 
 officer. He was on duty at Vicksburg, 
 Mississippi, at the time the rebels surren- 
 dered, July 4, 1863, and sent the following 
 dispatch, the original copy of which he 
 has in his possession. It is written in pen- 
 cil, on a piece of printing paper, in Gen- 
 eral Grant's own hand : 
 
 "GRANT'S HEADQUARTERS, July 3. 
 u Admiral Porter : 
 
 " The enemy have asked armistice to ar- 
 range terms of capitulation. Will you 
 please cease firing until notified, or hear 
 our batteries open. I shall fire a national 
 salute into the city at daylight if they do 
 not surrender. U. S. GRANT, 
 
 " Major General." 
 
 The result of that dispatch has gone 
 into history. Lieutenant Wilson served in 
 
 the Signal Corps until the expiration of 
 his term of service, and was honorably 
 discharged, August 15, 1864. He was 
 married September 29, 1864, in Sanga- 
 mon county, to Mary M. Morton, 
 and resides one and one-quarter miles 
 southest of Barclay, Sangamon county, 
 Illinois. MARY E., born March 6, 
 1838, married Alfred S. Constant. See 
 his name. CLINTON, Jun., born Nov. 
 29, 1841 after the death of his father 
 enlisted August 12, 1862, in Co. C, i i4th 
 111. Inf. He was severely wounded May 
 20, 1863, at Vicksburg, recovered, served 
 to the end of the rebellion, and was hon- 
 orably discharged with the regiment. He 
 was married Oct. 18, 1866, in Sangamon 
 county to Rebecca J. Bales, a native of 
 Madison county, Ohio. They have three 
 children, DORA M., JAMES A. and WILLIAM 
 o., and reside in Murry county, Minnesota, 
 near W'orthington, Noble county, in the 
 same state. Clinton Wilson was killed 
 May 21, 1841, by lightning, in Sangamon 
 county, while on an errand to the house of 
 a neighbor. His widow resides with her 
 son, James W., near Barclay, Sangamon 
 county, Illinois 1874. 
 
 ELIZA, born March 1 1, 1809, in Keu- 
 tucky, married in Sangamon county, to 
 Ambrose Cooper. See his name. 
 
 ROBER7\ born Feb. 17, i8n,in Ohio, 
 died in Sangamon county, Nov. 27, 1829. 
 
 SABRIANA, born Oct. 16, 1815, in 
 Ohio, came to Sangamon county, with her 
 parents, went to Kentucky on a visit, was 
 there married to John McFaren, and died 
 leaving two children. 
 
 ISAAC C., born April n, 1817, in 
 Clarke county, Ohio, married in Sanga- 
 mon county March 6, 1857, to Sarah E. 
 Taylor. They have six living children, 
 CATHARINE, ALBERT, ELMER E., 
 ELIZA E., NORA M., and ISAAC T., 
 and reside one and a quarter miles south- 
 east of Barclay, Sangamon county, Illi- 
 nois. 
 
 MELISSA, born Dec. 7, 1820, in 
 Ohio, raised in Sangamon county, went to 
 Missouri on a visit, was there married to 
 Reuben L. Davis, and died there -Sept. 30, 
 1848, leaving one child, JAMES H., born 
 Sept. 21, 1848, near Rolla, Missouri. He 
 resides with his relatives near Barclay, Illi- 
 nois. 
 
 ELlj born March 25, 1827, in Ohio,
 
 SAN GAM ON COUNTY. 
 
 779 
 
 was drowned in Sangamon county, Dec. 
 16, 1834. 
 
 Mrs. Catharine Wilson died March 20, 
 1834, and Samuel \Yilson died Oct. 21, 
 1858, both in Sangamon county, Illinois. 
 
 W I LSO N, T H O M AS, was born 
 in 1785 in Buncombe county, North Caro- 
 lina. Elizabeth Gardner was born in 1786 
 in Patrick county, Virginia. Her parents 
 moved to Buncombe county, North Caro- 
 lina, when she was a child. Thomas 
 Wilson and Elizabeth Gardner were there 
 married about 1804 and had two children 
 in that county. They then moved to 
 Warren county, Tennessee. The earth- 
 quake of December, 1811, on the 
 Mississippi river so alarmed them that 
 early in 1812 they returned to North Caro- 
 lina. The government having purchased 
 the lands of the Cherokee Indians in East 
 Tennessee, they removed to Monroe 
 county, near Philadelphia, Loudon county, 
 in 1818, and soon after moved a short dis- 
 tance into Roane county. They moved 
 from there to Sangamon county, Illinois, 
 in the spring of 1830. Five children were 
 born in Tennessee. Of the seven chil- 
 dren 
 
 GEORGE, born in Buncombe county, 
 North Carolina, Nov. 27, 1806, married in 
 Tennessee to Elizabeth McCoy, came to 
 Sangamon county, went to Missouri, and 
 from there to Texas. 
 
 RACHEL, born in 1809, in North 
 Carolina, married in Sangamon county to 
 Martin McCoy. They had three chil- 
 dren, JOSEPH, THOMAS and MARY. 
 Mrs. McCoy died in Springfield, and he 
 near Auburn, Illinois. 
 
 MART, born Jan. 3, 1812, in Bun- 
 combe county, North Carolina, married in 
 Sangamon county to Dr. Charles D. 
 N uckolls. See his name. 
 
 JACKSON, born in North Carolina, 
 married Susan Martin. They had one 
 child, WILLIAM, who married Adaline 
 Martin in Christian county, and now lives 
 in Missouri. Mrs. Susan Wilson died in 
 Christian county, and Jackson Wilson 
 lives in Texas. 
 
 NANCT, born in Tennessee, married 
 in Sangamon county to David Drennan. 
 See his name. 
 
 WILLIAM, born Jan. 18, 1819, in 
 Tennessee, raised in Illinois, married in 
 Missouri to Mary Murray, and lives in 
 Texas. 
 
 JAMES, born April 22, 1822, in 
 Monroe or Roane county, Tennessee, 
 came to Sangamon county in 1834, mar- 
 ried Margaret Nuckolls, who died, and he 
 married Elizabeth Courtney, who was 
 born in Jacksonville, Illinois, Feb. 25, 
 1838, and they reside in Ball township, 
 Sangamon county, Illinois. 
 
 Thomas Wilson died in the fall of 1830, 
 and his widow died September, 1845, both 
 in Sangamon county, Illinois. 
 
 W1MER, GEORGE, was born 
 near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and came 
 to what is now Auburn township, Sanga- 
 mon county, in 1818, brought up a family, 
 and lives now 1873 in Auburn, Sanga- 
 mon county, Illinois. 
 
 WINCH ELL, IRA, was born 
 March 22, 1818, in Franklin county, New 
 York. His parents died about 1825, and 
 he went to St. Lawrence county, and lived 
 a few years with a family near Potsdam, 
 and then spent a few months in Potsdam, 
 all without any guardianship, after the 
 death of his parents. He then engaged to 
 come west with a Mr. Ira Brown, who 
 had a large family of twelve persons. 
 They moved in two road wagons and a 
 one-horse wagon. Mr. Brown stopped 
 to visit a friend at Kirtland, Ohio. It was 
 just at the time of the Mormon hegira 
 from Kirtland to Nauvoo, Illinois. There 
 was great prejudice against the Mormons, 
 and Mr. Brown's large family and general 
 outfit looked so much like that of a Mor- 
 mon, as to cause him great inconvenience 
 in obtaining supplies. Mr. Winchell's 
 recollection of events connected with the 
 journey are quite interesting and amusing, 
 although the trip was very laborious. 
 They were nine weeks on the road, 
 arriving in Springfield in December, 1831. 
 Mr. Winchell traveled in different parts of 
 the country for ten or twelve years, but 
 always regarded Springfield as his home. 
 Ira Winchell and Alice Huddlestone were 
 married Feb. 18, 1842, in Macoupin county. 
 She was born May 29, 1823, near Colum- 
 bus, Ohio. Her parents moved from Grcrn- 
 brier county, Virginia, to Columbus, Ohio, 
 thence to Newport, Indiana, and from 
 there to Macoupin county, Illinois, before 
 the "deep snow." Mr. and Mrs. \Yin- 
 chell have one son 
 
 DELMER, born August 22, 1856, in 
 Gardner township, Sangamon county, and 
 resides with his parents.
 
 780 
 
 BAR LI SETTLERS 
 
 Mr. Winchell moved from Springfield, 
 March, 1845, to a place one and a quarter 
 miles north of Farmingdale, Sangamon 
 county, Illinois, where he resides now 
 1876. He has been engaged in farming 
 and blacksmithing to the present time. 
 ^WINEMAN, PHILIP, born 
 Sept. 9, 1801, in Botetourt county, Vir- 
 ginia, came to Sangamon county, Illinois, 
 in the fall of 1823, settling in what is now 
 Auburn township. He was married to 
 Jane Crow, August u, 1825. She was 
 born in Kentucky. Of their children 
 
 AMERICA, born August 16, 1826, in 
 Sangamon county, married John R. C. 
 Jones. They both died leaving one son, 
 PHILIP Jones, who married Molliejohn- 
 son, and lives one mile southeast of Au- 
 burn, Illinois. 
 
 STL VAN US y., born March 23, 
 1828, in Sangamon county, married Mrs. 
 Margaret E. Kessler June u, 1862. They 
 have one daughter, MARY A. DILLER, 
 and Mr. W. died in 1875. His widow 
 lives one and a half miles west of Auburn, 
 Illinois. 
 
 JA MES P., born Jan. 2, 1830. 
 
 WILLIAM H., born Nov. 3, 1832, 
 married Nancy Johnson, and lives one-half 
 mile east of Auburn, Illinois. 
 
 HATDEN S. B., born Nov. 15, 1834, 
 married Rhoda Evans, and lives one mile 
 east of Auburn, Illinois. 
 
 VIRGINIA E., born Oct. 19, 1836, 
 married George Bigler, and lives two miles 
 east of Auburn, Sangamon county, Illi- 
 nois. 
 
 MARGARET C, born Feb. 4, 1840, 
 married Jordan B. Organ. See his name. 
 
 Mrs. Jane Wineman died May 19, 1849, 
 and Phihp Wineman married Sarah A. 
 Morrell March 23, 1853. She was born 
 July 4, 1822, in Maine. Of their chil- 
 dren 
 
 GEORGE F., born March 6, 1854. 
 
 CHARLES H., born Sept. 1/1855, 
 live with his parents. 
 
 I' I OLA M., born May 27, 1857, died 
 May 10, 1864. 
 
 MILLARD F., born Dec. 27, 1858, 
 died Sept. 13, 1868. 
 
 Philip Wineman and family reside near 
 Auburn, Sangamon county, Illinois. 
 
 WISE, FREDERICK, born 
 Oct. 15, 1797, in Nelson county, Ken- 
 tucky, in 1814 he went to the Southern 
 part of Illinois, and in the spring of 1820 
 
 came to Sangamon county in company 
 with Mason Fowler and his two sons, and 
 all worked to prepare a home. Mr. Fow- 
 ler returned for his family, and brought 
 them to Horse creek, Sangamon county, in 
 the fall of that year. In October, 1820, 
 F. Wise was married to Rebecca Fowler. 
 The day had been fixed for the marriage, 
 and a messenger went to Vandalia for the 
 license. By some unavoidable delay he 
 did not return in time. A justice of the 
 peace by the name of Clawson was ready 
 to solemnize the marriage. Wishing to 
 accommodate the young couple and 
 the invited guests, Mr. Clawson took 
 the ressponsibility to marry them, 
 and when the license came it was properly 
 endorsed and returned to the office where 
 it was issued, and all was right. They had 
 six children, and all except one born in 
 Sangamon countv. Of their children 
 
 REBECCA'A., bom August 31, 1821, 
 
 in Sangamon county, married August 10, 
 1837, to I ames Snodgrass. See his name. 
 
 JACOB A/., born Feb. 7, 1827, in 
 Sangamon county. He enlisted in Spring- 
 field in June, 1846, in Co. A, 4th 111. Inf., 
 served until October, 1846, when he was 
 discharged on account of physical disability- 
 at Matamoras, Mexico; married Dec. 13, 
 1846, in Springfield, to Nancy J. Millstead. 
 They had three children. AMANDA 
 A., married Dec. 7, 1873, to T. H. Gray. 
 She lives in Illiopolis. ALVTN A., mar- 
 ried Sept. 25, 1872, to Mary Mitchell, and 
 lives in Illiopolis. GEORGE lives in Il- 
 liopolis. Mrs. Nancy J. Wise died June 
 28, 1858. J. M. Wise was married to 
 Nancy E. Grider, and for his third wife 
 married May 2, 1866, to Mrs. Lydia Grif- 
 fith, whose maiden name was Bechtel. 
 She died July 18, 1868. J. M. Wise was 
 married Dec. 8, 1868, to Martha F. Grif- 
 fith. They have three children, MAY, 
 MASON and EDDIE, and reside in Illi- 
 opolis, Sangamon county, Illinois. J. M. 
 Wise enlisted February, 1865, in Co. K, 
 I52d 111. Inf. for one year, served until the 
 end of the rebellion, and was honorably 
 discharged with his regiment. 
 
 SARAH E., born August 23, 1831, in 
 Madison county, Illinois the family hav- 
 ing moved there and returned before the 
 birth of the next child. She married in 
 Sangamon county, October, 1848, to Chas. 
 A. Sponsler, and has three living childien. 
 ALICE A. married George Washburn,
 
 SAN GAM ON COUNTY. 
 
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 and lives in Mount Pulaski. ARTILLA 
 J. and GEORGE live with their parents 
 in Mount Pulaski, Illinois. 
 
 FRANCIS M., born Feb. 8, 1834, in 
 Sangamon county, died in Macon county, 
 in May, 1859. 
 
 JOHN T., born July 16, 1840, in San- 
 gamon county, enlisted July, 1861, in Co. 
 A, 2ist 111. Inf., and was killed Dec. 31, 
 1862, at the battle of Stone river, Tennes- 
 see. 
 
 LOUISA J., born Feb. 6, 1843, in 
 Sangamon county, married May 13, 1863, 
 in Springfield, to William Boring, who 
 was born Dec. 20, 1837, in Triadelphia, 
 West Virginia, and came to Sangamon 
 county in 1860. He enlisted April 23, 
 1861, in Co. I, yth 111. Inf., under the first 
 call for seventy-five thousand men for three 
 months. He served his full term, and re- 
 enlisted in the same company and regi- 
 ment for three years. He was wounded 
 Feb. 15, 1862, at the battle of Fort Don- 
 aldson, which terminated in the amputa- 
 tion of his right leg above the knee. Mr. 
 and Mrs. Boring have three children, 
 SARAH J., ELLA and NELLIE, the 
 two latter twins, and reside in Illiopolis, 
 Illinois. 
 
 Mrs. Rebecca Wise died Feb. 27, 1849, 
 and her husband, Frederick Wise, died 
 August 16, 1850, both in Springfield, Illi- 
 nois. 
 
 WITHROW, JOSEPH, was 
 born about 1772 in Pennsylvania. His 
 parents moved when he was a young man 
 to Botetourt county, Virginia. He was 
 there married to Elizabeth McMullin. 
 They had eight children in Virginia, and 
 in 1811 moved to Washington county, 
 Kentucky, near Muldraughs Hill, where 
 two children were born. Mrs. Elizabeth 
 Withrow died there, and Joseph Withrow 
 married Susannah Landis. They had one 
 child in Kentucky, and moved to Sanga- 
 mon county, Illinois, arriving in 1825, in 
 what is now Woodside township, where 
 they had one child. Of all their children 
 
 MARGARET, born in Virginia, was 
 married in Kentucky to Timothy Hays. 
 They moved in 182410 Vandalia, Illinois, 
 and the next year to Sangamon county, 
 where they both died, leaving several 
 children. 
 
 WILLIAM, born Oct. 14, 1793, in 
 Botetourt county, Virginia, was married 
 in 1818, in Washington county, Kentucky, 
 
 to Rhoda B. P rather. They had twelve 
 children, and moved with Thomas Cloyd, 
 in 1824, to Fayette county, Illinois, thence 
 to Sangamon county, in 1825, and settled 
 in Curran township, where two children 
 were born. Their only living child, R. 
 HARVEY, born Tune 18, 1825, in Van- 
 dalia, Illinois, was married June 18, 1849, 
 in Sangamon county, to Sarah E. Barbre. 
 They have nine children, JAMES w., SARAH 
 
 C., ANN M., LUELLA, LYDIA E., EMMA E., 
 MARTHA C., GEORGE II. and FANNY MAY, 
 
 and live in Cooper township, two and one- 
 half miles southwest of Mechanicsburg. 
 Mrs. Rhoda Withrow died in 1827, and 
 William Withrow married Polly Smith. 
 They had two children. RHODA J. 
 married Theopholus Walker, who died, 
 and she married Patterson Ridgeway. 
 See his name. Mrs. Polly Withrow 
 died and William Withrow married Celia 
 Turpin. They had eight children, and 
 Mrs. Celia Withrow died, and William 
 Withrow married Mrs. Ann Barbre. 
 They had two children, and Mrs. Ann 
 Withrow died. His two sons, ISAAC 
 T. and NOAH W., are married and re- 
 side near Mechanicsburg. William With- 
 row resides two and a half miles south- 
 west of Mechanicsburg, Sangamon coun- 
 ty, Illinois. 
 
 ANNA, born Dec. 29, 1 795, in Virginia, 
 married Thomas Cloyd. See his name. 
 
 J OUN (\\e<\, aged twenty-t'iree years. 
 
 ROBERT, born Jan. 27, 1806, in 
 Botetourt county, Virginia, was married 
 in Sangamon county, Illinois, Sept. 10, 
 1826, to Mary T. Peter. They had five 
 living children, AMANDA A., born 
 Sept. i, 1829, was married Nov. 11, 1847, 
 to William M. Starr. See his name. 
 COLUMBIA, born Nov. 11, 1831, was 
 married Feb. 6, 1851, to Francis Al. 
 Johnson. See his name. They moved 
 from Onarga to Streator, Illinois, where 
 they now reside 1876. GEORGE, born 
 August 29, 1836, married Mary Bridges. 
 They have six children, and live near 
 Clinton, Henry county, Missouri. SAN- 
 FORD, born April 20, 1839, married 
 Melissa E. Davis. They have four chil- 
 dren, NIXA, CHARLES, GEORGE, and GTY, 
 
 and live in Springfield, Illinois. HAR- 
 RISON, born Nov. 2, 1841, in Sangamon 
 countv, Illinois, enlisted July 20, 1861, at 
 Springfield, Illinois, in what became Co. 
 C, i ith Mo. Inf., for three years, was pro-
 
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 moted to second lieutenant in 1863, served 
 full t^rm, and was honorably discharged 
 in 1864. He studied dentistry, and was 
 married Dec. 23, 1875, to Fannie Beau- 
 mont, in Springfield. Dr. Withrow is 
 practicing his profession in Petersburg, 
 Illinois, and resides there. Robert With- 
 row died Oct. 3, 1842, and Mrs. Mary T. 
 Withrow was married August, 1844, to 
 Samuel Graham, who was born in l8.il., 
 in Pennsylvania. They had three chil- 
 dren, LEE R., born July 19, 1845, in 
 Sangamon county, enlisted at Chicago, 
 August 15, 1862, in Co. F, 5ist 111. Inf., 
 for three years, served until the close of 
 the rebellion, and was honorably dis- 
 charged June 16, 1865. He was married 
 August 7, 1867, in Sangamon county, to 
 Martha j. Darneille. They have one 
 living child, MAUD IE, and live at Loami, 
 Sangamon county, Illinois. MARY F. 
 was married August, 1874, to William 
 N. Richardson, and lives at Streator, 
 LaSalle county, Illinois. ZACHARIAH 
 S. was married November, 1875, in 
 Springfield, to Susan Babcock, and live in 
 Decatur, Illinois. Samuel Graham died 
 Oct. i, 1850, and Mrs. Mary T. Graham 
 was married August 23, 1854, to Joseph 
 McKinley. She resides in Loami, San- 
 gamon county, Illinois. 
 
 P O L L Y 'died in Kentucky, aged about 
 twenty years. 
 
 MATHE W, born in Kentucky, mar- 
 ried Amelia Knotts. They have one child, 
 ELIZABETH, married William Cox, 
 and lives in Virden, Illinois. Mathew 
 Withrow lives eight miles west of Vir- 
 den, Macoupin county, Illinois. 
 
 SARAH married Dr. John Sudduth. 
 They have one child, and live at St. 
 Charles, Minnesota. 
 
 JAMES //., born in Botetourt coun- 
 ty, Virginia, Jan. 15, 1811, was married in 
 Sangamon county, Illinois, to Maria R. 
 Beauchamp. They had eight living chil- 
 dren. HARRIET J. married Charles 
 Yeamans, and died, leaving one child, 
 ANNIE M, who lives with her grand- 
 parents. MARTHA S. married L. 
 Dow Cantrill. They have three chil- 
 dren, and live at 112 West Allen street, 
 Springfield, Illinois. JULIETTE mar- 
 ried David D. Cooper. See his name. 
 WILLIAM C, born Feb. 15, 1842, was 
 married Oct. 5, 1865, to Arvilla Bissell, 
 who was born in Lewiston, Fulton coun- 
 
 ty, Illinois, June 29, 1844. They live two 
 miles east of Sherman, Sangamon county, 
 Illinois. ISAAC N. married Eliza Las- 
 well, who died, leaving two children, and 
 I. N. Withrow married Mary Crow. 
 They have two children, and reside at 
 509 South Ninth street, Springfield, 
 Illinois. NANCY A. married Richard 
 Laswell, who died, and she married 
 Thomas Keagle. They have three chil- 
 dren, and live in Williams township. 
 MATHEW lives with his parents. James 
 H. Withrow lives between Sherman and 
 Barclay in Sangamon county, Illinois 
 1874. 
 
 TAJ3ITHA was married in Sangamon 
 county, Illinois, to Alvah Graves. They 
 both died, leaving several children in 
 Macoupin county, Illinois. 
 
 CAROLINE married Edward bhane. 
 Thev both died, leaving three children. 
 
 ELIZABETH, the eldest bv the 
 second marriage, was born in Kentucky, 
 and married Joseph Drennan. See his 
 name. 
 
 ALMIRA, born in Sangamon county, 
 Illinois, married Israel Coverdell, and lives 
 in Gerard, Macoupin county, Illinois. 
 
 Mrs. Susannah Withrow died in 1844, 
 and Joseph Withrow, Sen., died in 1850, 
 both in Sangamon county, Illinois. 
 
 WOLGAMOT, JOHN, born in 
 Pennsylvania, and was married there Oct. 
 28, 1819, to Susannah Martin, a native of 
 Maryland. Thev had three children, and 
 Mrs. Wolgamot died. John Wolgamot 
 was married August 2, 1827, to Mary A. 
 Firey, a native of Maryland, also. They 
 had three children in Maryland, and moved 
 to Springfield, Illinois, arriving in 1837, 
 where they had three children. Of his 
 nine children 
 
 NICHuLAS M., born August 12, 
 1820, in Hagerstown, Maryland, was mar- 
 ried there to Sarah Angle. They reside 
 in Fairview, Fulton county, Illinois. 
 
 ELLENORA,\^\\\ Nov. 14, 1822, in 
 Maryland, was married in Springfield, Illi- 
 nois, to W'illiam Kreigh. She died, and 
 Mr. Kreigh resides at Farmington, Illi- 
 nois. 
 
 6" USANNAH, born Dec. 12,1823, in 
 Maryland, came to Springfield with her 
 father, and was married Nov. 27, 1845, at 
 Fairview, Fulton county, Illinois, to Wil- 
 liam Davis, who was born Nov. 10, 1823, 
 in Huntingdon county, Pennsylvania, and
 
 SANGAMON COUNT?. 
 
 783 
 
 moved to Fulton county, Illinois, with his 
 father in 1837. They had seven children. 
 SARAH R., horn Oct. 29, 1847, near 
 Fairview, Illinois, was married in Prairie 
 City, Sept. 20, 1867, to Samuel Barber. 
 They have four children, MINNIE B., LE- 
 TITIA E., ANNIE and .MARY E., and live in 
 Peoria, Illinois. JOHN E., born March, 
 8, 1851; SIMON G., born August i, 
 1853, WILLIAM H., born Sept. 10, 1855, 
 died June 23, 1857; GEORGE H., born 
 Dec. '14, 1857; EDWARD, born Dec. 28, 
 1859, and MATT1E, born June 26, 1862. 
 All the living reside with their parents. 
 Mr. and Mrs. Davis reside near Ludlow, 
 Champaign countv, Illinois. 
 
 MART ELIZABETH, born Jan. 
 28, 1829, in Hagerstown, Maryland, came 
 to Springfield with her parents in 1837, 
 and was married there August, 1^49, to 
 Dr. Henry Wohlgemuth. They had six 
 children, two of whom died young. 
 MARY ELLEN died in her twenty- 
 second year. HENRY, WILLIAM and 
 MINNIE reside with their parents in 
 Springfield, Illinois. Dr. Wohlgemuth 
 w..s born May 22, 1822, in Hanover, Ger- 
 many. He commenced the study of medi- 
 cine there, and after coming to Amarica, 
 and his arrival in Springfield, in Novem- 
 ber, 1845, continued his studies and com- 
 menced practice in Springfield in 1846. 
 lie graduated in 1854 at the Eclectic Med- 
 ical Institute at Cincinnati, Ohio. At the 
 organization of the State Eclectic Medical 
 Association of Illinois, he was elected 
 president of the same, and is also a mem- 
 ber of the National Eclectic Medical As- 
 sociation. He was elected city physician 
 of Springfield in 1856, and in 1861 and '62 
 county physician. In 1863, '64 and ,65 he 
 was a member of the city council, and was 
 a member of the board of education for 
 1866. In 1865 and '66 Dr. Wohlgemuth, 
 Colonel John Williams and Charles W. 
 Matheny composed the board of commis- 
 sioners who constructed the Springfielc' 
 water works. Dr. Wohlgemuth was a 
 member, and most of the time president, 
 of the board of managers of Oak Ridge 
 cemetery for twelve years, and it is but 
 simple justice to say that it is largely owing 
 to his persevering and intelligent labors 
 that this piece of land has been changed 
 from a rough and forbidding harbor for 
 wild animals to one of the most beautiful 
 cities of the dead in all our country. 
 
 JACOB H., born Jan. 21, 1831, in 
 Maryland, died March 2, 1862, in Spring- 
 field, Illinois. 
 
 WILLIAM JOSHUA, born Nov. 5, 
 1835, died Feb. 25, 1837. 
 
 MARGARET A^bm April 18,1838, 
 in Hagerstown, Maryland, was married in 
 Springfield to Judge John Race. They 
 reside in Decatur, Illinois. 
 ^ JOHN F., born August 5, 1842, in 
 Springfield, was married Dec. i, 1864, to 
 Virginia A. Sparry, who was born Sept. 
 15, 1847, in Rushville, Illinois. They have 
 one child, MARY A., and live in Spring- 
 field, Illinois. 
 
 CHARLES W., born Feb. 22, 1851, 
 in Springfield, died there Nov. 16, 1864. 
 . EMERY, born April 28, 1853, in 
 Springfield, was married Feb. 23, 1876, to 
 Anna M. Fosselman, daughter of J. 
 B. Fosselman druggist of Springfield. 
 Mr. and Mrs. Wolgamot live in Spring- 
 field, Illinois. 
 
 John Wolgamot and Mrs. Susannah 
 Wolgamot both died in Springfield, 111. 
 
 WALGAMOT, SAMUEL, 
 born in 1776, in Washington county, 
 Maryland, WHS married there to Marx- 
 Beard, who was born Jan. 12, 1791, in the 
 same county. They had four children in 
 Maryland, and moved across the state line 
 into Franklin county, Pennsylvania, where 
 three children were born. They returned 
 to Maryland, and from there came to San- 
 gamon county, Illinois. They were seven 
 weeks on the way, arriving May 30, 1-840, 
 in what is now Woodside township. Of 
 their children 
 
 ELIZAtiETH,\K>vn Jan. 5, 1812, in 
 Maryland, was married November, 1837, 
 to Samuel Stover. See his name. 
 
 MART, born March 3, 1813, in Marv- 
 land, was married April, 1840, to George 
 Baugh, and ditd Oct. 24, 1840, in Sanga- 
 mon county, Illinois. 
 
 CATHARINE, born Dec. i, 1815, in 
 Pennsylvania, was married in Maryland, 
 January, 1840, to William E. Redman. 
 See Ins name. 
 
 JOHN B., horn April 5, 1819, in 
 Franklin county, Pennsylvania, was mar- 
 ried in Sangatnon county, Illinois, Jan. 19, 
 1843, to Anna M. Todd. They had one 
 living child, MARY J., born Jan. s, 18} |. 
 in Sangamon county, \\ as married Oct. 
 26, 1869, to John M. Baugh, who was 
 born Jan. 14, 1847. They had two chil-
 
 7 S 4 
 
 EARLT SETTLERS OF 
 
 dren, MILTON A. and BRYAN o. Mr. 
 Baugh was killed by lightning, May 28, 
 1874, while working in his cornfield, near 
 Woodside, Sangamon county, Illinois. 
 His widow and children reside there. 
 Mrs. Anna M. Wolgamot died July 28, 
 1846, and John B. Wolgamot was married 
 Oct. 24, 1854, to Emily E. Wood. They 
 had seven children, three of whom died 
 under seven years of age. ANNIE M., 
 ELIZABETH E , JOHN R. and BAR- 
 BARA reside with their father. Mrs. 
 Emily E. Walgamot died Feb. 21, 1869, 
 and John B. Walgamot was married Aug. 
 18, 1874, to Mrs. R. J. \Vidup, and resides 
 at Woodside, Sangamon county, Illinois. 
 
 RARBARA, born March 25, 1820, in 
 Pennsylvania, was married in Sangamon 
 county, Illinois, to Adam Johnson. See 
 his name in Omissions. 
 
 SAMUEL, Jun., bom Feb. 12, 1823, 
 in Pennsylvania, married Lydia Cressy, 
 who died, and he married Eliza Mahar. 
 They have one child, KATE, and reside 
 near Ottawa, Kansas. 
 
 ISABEL, born May i, 1825, in Penn- 
 sylvania, married Seldon C Whitney. 
 They have five children, BARBARA A., 
 DAVID S., BETTIE, KATIE and 
 MAY, and reside near Ottawa, Kansas. 
 
 Samuel Walgamot died Sept. 3, 1868, 
 and his widow died Jan. 21, 1873, both in 
 Woodside township, Sangamon county, 
 Illinois. 
 
 WO MACK, GEORGE B., 
 
 was born December, 1817, in Butler coun- 
 ty, Kentucky, and brought by his parents 
 to Wayne county, Illinois, in 1829. He 
 came to Sangamon county in 1839, and 
 married Jane Inslee. They had two chil- 
 dren in Sangamon county 
 
 NANCY C. resides with her sister, 
 Mrs. Bell. 
 
 LOUISA L. married Stephen Bell. 
 See his name. 
 
 Mrs. Jane Womack died in Sangamon 
 county, and John B. Womack returned to 
 Wavne county, married Sasan Brown and 
 had four children. He died in Wayne 
 county about 1859. 
 
 WOLTZ, JOHN C., >vas born 
 June 5, 1818, in Shepherdstown, Virginia. 
 He started west partly to visit his sister, 
 Mrs. John B. Weber. He traveled by 
 stage to Pittsburg, thence by water the 
 whole length ot the Ohio river, up the 
 Mississippi river to St. Louis, thence to 
 
 and up the Illinois river to Naples, where 
 he ate his first meal in Illinois of corn 
 bread and venison, which he thought was 
 the best food he ever tasted. He traveled 
 on the first rail re ad built in Illinois to New 
 Berlin, and walked from there on the tim- 
 bers, four inches wide, laid ready to re- 
 ceive the flat rails, to Springfield, arriving 
 Nov. 7, 1840. Before he obtained employ- 
 ment his finances were reduced to three 
 ten cent pieces. He worked nearly two 
 years at carpenter and cabinet work, most- 
 ly at Riverton, without receiving a cent of 
 money, all the time vowing that when he 
 did obtain enough he would leave the 
 country, but an arrow from cupid's bow 
 wounded him before he obtained the re- 
 quisite amount, and he is now one of the 
 successful farmers of Sangamon county. 
 John C. Woltz was married Dec. 7, 1843, 
 to Sidney R. Halbert. They had seven 
 living children, namely 
 
 VIRGINIA C., born Nov. 26, 1844, 
 in Sangamon county, married March 2, 
 1865, to William T. Summers, who was 
 born May 15, 1845, ' n J^racken county, 
 Kentucky. They have one child, WAL- 
 TER, and reside two miles northwest ot 
 Dawson, Illinois. 
 
 SARAH M., born Oct. 19, 1846, mar- 
 ried Dec. 24, 1869, to John M. Riddle. 
 See his name. 
 
 ^fULIA E. resides with her parents. 
 
 JAMES P. died April 17, 1869, in his 
 sixteenth year. 
 
 J. CHARLES, MAGGIE H, and 
 Al^lCE IDA, reside with their parents 
 nearly equi-distant from Barclay, Daw- 
 son and Riverton, Sangamon county, Illi- 
 nois 1874. 
 
 WOOD, SENECA, was born 
 Oct. i, 1806, in Springfield, Massachusetts, 
 and came to Island Grove, Sangamon 
 county, Illinois, in the fall of 1831. He 
 was married there in January, 1834, to 
 Sarah M. Todd, who was born in 1617, in 
 Bourbon county, Kentucky. They had 
 eight children, four of whom died young. 
 Of the other four 
 
 CLARA L., born in 1837, marr ' et ' 
 William Wardell. He died, leaving one 
 child. Mrs. Wardell and her daughter, 
 ALICE, reside in Buffalo, .Sangamon 
 county, Illinois. 
 
 SENECA W., born March 7, 1840, 
 in Sangamon county. He was married 
 December, 1868, to Molly J. Allgate.
 
 SANGAMON COUNTY. 
 
 7*5 
 
 She died Nov. 17, 1872, and he was mar- 
 ried Dec. 14, 1873, to Mary J. Allgate. 
 They live in Springfield, Illinois. Mr. 
 Wood is conductor on the Capital street 
 railroad. 
 
 LEWIS ARTHUR, born in 1846, in 
 Sangumon county, married Elizabeth 
 Hillman. They have two children, 
 FRANK and LEWIS, and live in 
 Spiingfield, Illinois. 
 
 KA TIE resides with her parents. 
 
 Seneca Wood spent a few years in 
 farming, then kept a hotel and stage stand 
 in Berlin, was postmaster there five years, 
 and justice of peace four years. In 1848 
 he moved to Springfield, where he now 
 resides 1876. 
 
 WOOD, WILLIAM, was born 
 October, 1794, in Knox county, Tennes- 
 see. He went to Madison county, Illinois, 
 when he was a young man, and was there 
 married, in 1814, to Polly Cox. They 
 moved to what became Sangamon county, 
 arriving in the fall of 1818, in what is now 
 Auburn township. They had ten chil- 
 dren 
 
 LUC1NDA married Andrew Gates. 
 See his name. 
 
 JOHN married Rebecca Bowen, 
 moved to Texas, and died there. 
 
 JAMES went to Texas, married 
 Electa Jenkins, and lives there. 
 
 ED WARD married Amanda Pitzer, 
 and died in Illinois. 
 
 SALL 7 married Peter Gates. See 
 his name. 
 
 GILBERT, married, and lives in 
 Missouri. 
 
 MA RGARE 7' married Juseph Camp- 
 bell, and lives in Virden, Illinois. 
 
 WILLIAM married Jane Bristow, and 
 lives in Iowa. 
 
 GEORGE married Isabella Easom, 
 and lives in Virden, Illinois. 
 
 E J A died in Virden, unmarried. 
 
 William Wood and his wife both died 
 in Sangamon county, Illinois. 
 
 WORKMAN, JOHN, was born 
 about 1787 or '88, in Alleganey county, 
 Maryland, married in Tennessee to Lvdia 
 Bilyeu. They had twenty-two children, 
 two of whom died in infancy. The} were 
 nearly all sons. Some of the children 
 married in Tennessee. The family became 
 Mormons and all moved in a body, the 
 parents, their twenty children, and nearly 
 as many grandchildren, through Sanga- 
 
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 mon county to Nauvoo, Illinois, about 
 1842. Some of the children left the Mor- 
 mons at Nauvoo, but the principal part of 
 the family went to Salt Lake city. Five 
 of the sons became Mormon preachers, 
 have been missionaries to England, and 
 are yet with the Mormons. 
 
 WORKMAN, STEPHEN 
 born in 1797, in' Alleganey county, Mary- 
 land. He went with his parents to Bour- 
 bon county, Kentucky, and there married 
 Effie Maddox, moved to Overtoil county, 
 Tennessee, with three children, about 
 1827. In 1829 he moved with his brother 
 William to Sangamon county. In 1831 
 he moved to Kentucky, and in 1834 re- 
 turned to Sangamon county, and settled 
 one and a half miles south of Loami, and 
 a few years later to Christian county, Illi- 
 nois. 
 
 W O R K M A N, WILLIAM, 
 
 brother to John, Stephen, David and 
 James. He was born April 8, 1799, in 
 Alleganey county, Marylad, and was taken 
 by his parents about 1809, to Bourbon coun- 
 ty, Ky. He was married March 23, 1819, 
 in Overtoil county, Tennessee, to Sarah 
 Bilyeu. She was born Nov. 26, 1801, in 
 Green county, Kentucky. They had four 
 children in Tennessee, and moved to San- 
 gamon county, Illinois, arriving Oct. i, 
 1829, in what is now Loami township, 
 south of Lick creek, where seven children 
 were born, two of whom died young. Of 
 the other nine 
 
 PETER, born May 24, 1820, in 
 Tennessee, married in Sangamon county, 
 Jan. 28, 1841, to Sally Jane Taylor. They 
 had thirteen children, five died young. 
 NANCY married Samuel Workman. 
 He enlisted August, 1861, in Co. B, 3oth 
 111. Inf., and died at Cairo, Feb. 13, 1862, 
 leaving one child, SAMUEL M. His widow 
 married Jasper Bilyeu, and lives in Chris- 
 tian county, Illinois. LOUISA J. mar- 
 ried David Hays, has three children, and 
 lives in Christian county. SIMON P. 
 married Fanny J. Short. He is in Co. H, 
 i6th U. S. Inf. His wife and two chil- 
 dren live with their grandmother, Hug- 
 gins 1874. MARY E. married Samuel 
 Harbour. See his name. They live 
 near Loami, Illinois. JACOB W., AL- 
 MYRA, STEPHEN and CAROLINE 
 live with their parents, two miles south 
 of Loami, Sangamon county, Illinois.
 
 786 
 
 EARL? SE'jTLERS OF 
 
 JA COB, born Dec. 8, 1822, in Tennes- 
 see, married in Sangamon county, March 
 19, 1846, to Nancy Taylor. They have 
 eight children. WILLIAM S. married 
 Elizabeth Williams, has two children, and 
 lives in Shelby county, Illinois. JACOB 
 H. married Nancy Harbour, have one 
 child, DENNIS, and live near Loami, Illi- 
 nois. STEPHEN, GEORGE P., 
 PETER D., JOHN H., NANCY J., and 
 CHARLEY, reside with their parents, 
 two and three-quarter miles south of Loami, 
 Illinois. 
 
 JOHN, born July 6, 1824, in Overton 
 county, Tennessee, married in Sangamon 
 county, Sept. 23, 1850, to Caroline Camp- 
 bell. They had nine children, two died 
 young. SARAH E. and JOHN W. re- 
 side with their parents. KATIE A. mar- 
 ried Simon P. Campbell. See his name. 
 JOSIAH W., LUCINA, LILLIE C. and 
 MARY live with their parents, five miles 
 west of Chatham, Illinois. 
 
 STEPHEN, born Jan. 20, 1827, in 
 Tennessee, married in Sangamon county, 
 Feb. 22, 1847, to Mary S. Hays. He en- 
 listed August, 1861, for three years, in Co. 
 B, 30111 111. Inf., was discharged on ac- 
 count of physical disability, December, 
 1862. He moved to Harrison county, 
 Missouri, in September, 1865. He was 
 preparing to return to Illinois, and was 
 murdered April 2, 1869. The object of 
 the murderer was robbery, but he failed 
 in that. Mr. W. left a widow and seven 
 children. SALLY married George Ray, 
 and died in Missouri. ELIZABETH 
 married George C. Dean, a native of Sara- 
 toga county, New York. They have one 
 child, CHLOE M., and live in Loami town- 
 ship. Mr. Dean served eighteen months 
 in Co. F. ist Reg. Mich. Sharpshooters, 
 and was honorably discharged July 28, 
 1865. ADDISON B., PETER, 
 SOPHROMA, EMILY and STE- 
 PHEN D. live with their mother, near 
 Loami, Sangamon county, Illinois. 
 
 DA I'll), born March 22, 1829, in 
 Sangamon county, married Feb. 6, 1849, 
 to Julia Bilyeu, ant 1 died March 16, 1849. 
 Mis widow married Richard Workman. 
 
 ELIZABETH, born May 23, 1831, 
 in Sangamon county, married Josiah W. 
 Campbell. See his name. 
 
 ISAAC, born August 7, 1834, in San- 
 gamon county, married Feb. 14, 1856, to 
 Elizabeth Workman. Thev had three 
 
 children. SALLY married Peter Har- 
 bour. See his name, JOHN and 
 MARTHA reside with their father. 
 Mrs. W. died Sept. 25, 1860, and he was 
 married June 29, 1862, to Martha A. 
 Wedding, and have six children WIL- 
 LI-AM H., ISAAC, MAYHEW, JO- 
 SEPH, MARY A. and ELIZABETH 
 and reside two miles south of Loami, San- 
 gamon county, Illinois. 
 
 WILLIAM B., born August 14, 1837, 
 in Sangamon county, married May 22, 
 1857, to Lydia Bilyeu, who was born May 
 5, 1845, * n Overton county, Tennessee. 
 They had seven children. The first, 
 third and fifth died, SUSAN, in infancy, 
 ALICE, at five, and POLLY, at two 
 years of age. SARAH A., WILLIAM 
 F., CAROLINE and FRANCES re- 
 side with their parents, one mile south of 
 Loami, Illinois. By comparing dates it 
 will be seen that Mrs. Workman was 
 only twelve years and seventeen days old 
 when she was married. Their first child 
 was born Sept. 22, 1858, when she was 
 thirteen years and four months old. Miss 
 Sarah A., their eldest daughter, has quite 
 a talent for music and plays well on the 
 piano 1874. 
 
 SAMUEL, born Oct. 17, 1845, mar - 
 ried Oct. 16, 1863, to Emily Hays. They 
 had two children. She and the children 
 died, and he married March 4, 1867, to 
 Anna Harbour. They have two living 
 children, JENNIE MAY and KATIE, 
 and reside one mile south of Loami, 
 Illinois. 
 
 William Workman and wife live on the 
 farm where they settled in 1829. It is one 
 mile south of Loami, Sangamon county, 
 Illinois. 
 
 WORKMAN, DAVID, born 
 Sept. 10, 1804, in Alleganey county, Mary- 
 land, raised in Bourbon county, Kentucky, 
 and married in Overton county, Tennes- 
 see, to Lydia Bilyeu. They had two chil- 
 dren in Tennessee, moved to Sangamon 
 country, in 1829, and settled near his brother 
 William in what is now Loami township. 
 They had twelve children in Snngamon 
 county. Of their fourteen children 
 
 DIANA, born in Tennessee, married in 
 Sangamon county to Benjaman Workman 
 (no relative), have five children, and reside 
 near Fort Scott, Kansas. 
 
 JACOB, born in Tennessee, married 
 in Sangamon county to Anna Harbour,
 
 SANG AM ON COUNTY. 
 
 787 
 
 have ten children, and live near Fort 
 Scott, Kansas. 
 
 NANCY, born about 1830, in San Bu- 
 nion county, married John Bilyeu. They 
 have several children, and live near Scio, 
 Linn county, Oregon. 
 
 MICHAEL, born 1831 or '32, in San- 
 gamon county, married Mrs. Julia A. 
 Workman, whose maiden name was Bil- 
 yeu. She had four children, and died Jan. 
 12, 1859. He married Hannah Workman, 
 a distant relative. They have five chil- 
 dren, and live in Christian county, near 
 Mowequa, Shelby county, Illinois. 
 
 MINER VA, born Oct. 23, 1833, in 
 Sangamon county, married William P. 
 Carson. See his name. 
 
 SARAH married Sampson Bilyeu, and 
 died, leaving one child. 
 
 ELIZABEJ^H married John Carson. 
 See his name.. They have several chil- 
 dren, and live near Fort Scott, Kansas. 
 
 PE TER, born in Sangamon county, 
 married Martha Workman. He enlisted 
 in 1861 for three years in the nth Mo. 
 Inf., was accidentally shot through the 
 body in camp, and died at home in Sanga- 
 mon county, Nov. 18, 1865, leaving a 
 widow and three children, who reside- in 
 Christian county, Illinois. 
 
 DA V] D, born in Sangamon county, 
 married February, 1861, to Amelia Bilyeu, 
 in Sangamon county, moved at once to 
 Overton county, Tennessee, was there 
 pressed into the rebel army, and was placed 
 in command of a wagon train. Watching 
 his opportunity, he cut four mules from a 
 wagon, swam three of them across Green 
 river, and succeeded in reaching the Union 
 lines. He visited his old home in Sanga- 
 mon county, enlisted in Co. B, 3Oth 111. 
 Inf. for three years, in August, 1862, and 
 died at Jackson, Tennessee, Oct. 22, 1862. 
 
 LYJJIA married in Sangamon county 
 to Thomas Large, have several children, 
 and live near Fort Scott, Kansas. 
 
 MARY&\v<\, aged nine years. 
 WILLIAM R., born Sept. 10, 1849, 
 in Sangamon county, married Sept. 16, 
 1869, to Elizabeth J. Shubert. She was 
 born Feb 11, 1855,111 Ripley county, In- 
 diana. They have two children, DAVID 
 E. and JAMES M., and live near Loami, 
 Illinois. 
 
 HANNAH, born in Sangamon county, 
 married Robert Wilson, have two children, 
 and reside near Fort Scott, Kansas. 
 
 ISAA C, born in Sangamon county, 
 lives with his brother, Michael. 
 
 David Workman died Feb. 20, 1865, and 
 Mrs. Lydia Workman died Nov. 26, 1866, 
 both in Sangamon county, Illinois. 
 
 WORKMAN, JAMES, born 
 Dec. 17, 1806, in Alleganey county, Mary- 
 land, was taken about 1810 to Bourbon 
 county, Kentucky, by his father, Abraham 
 Workman, who was an elder brother to 
 John, Stephen, William and David. When 
 James was a young man he went from 
 Bourbon county to Overton county, Ten- 
 nessee, and was there married to Elizabeth 
 Bilyeu, had one child, and moved to San- 
 gamon county, Illinois, arriving in the fall 
 of 1830, in what is now Loami township, 
 where one child was born. In 1831 he re- 
 turned to Tennessee, where one child was 
 born and Mrs. Workman died. Mr. W. 
 married there to Lydia Bilyeu. He moved 
 in 1841 to southwest Missouri, and in 1843 
 returned to Tennessee, where his wife died 
 without children. Mr. Workman married 
 there to Eliza Rayburn, returned to San- 
 gamon county, and settled where he did 
 in 1830. At the close of the rebellion he 
 returned to Tennessee. Three years later 
 he came back to Sangamon county. He 
 had seven children by his third wife. 
 Three died young. Of his children by the 
 first marriage 
 
 JAMES ABRAHAM,\>ovn*Dec. 16, 
 1827, in Overton county, Tennessee, raised 
 partly in Sangamon county, married in 
 Tennessee, May 29, 1847, to Jemima 
 Kitchen, and had four children, JAMES 
 M., SARAH E., THOMAS C. and JE- 
 MIMA E. Mrs. Jemima Workman died 
 Nov. 10, 1858, and Mr. W. was married 
 May 20, 1860, to Adaline Buck. They 
 have five living children, WILLIAM D., 
 NANCY A., REBECCA A., EMMA 
 E. and GEORGE H. Mr. Workman 
 was a justice of the peace and tax collector 
 in Overton county. Many of his loyal 
 friends had been killed, and his own life 
 threatened by the Ku-Klux, so he left there 
 and returned in 1866 to the vicinity of 
 Loami, Sangamon county, and now 1874 
 lives in Christian county, near M :\vc.- 
 qua, Shelby county, Illinois. 
 
 REBECCA, born August 16, 1830, 
 in Sangamon county, married Sept. 13, 
 1849, to Solomon Shelter, had eight living 
 children. WILLIAM was killed, aged 15 
 years, by a fall from a horse. ARJSSA
 
 788 
 
 EARL? SETTLERS 
 
 married James Stanton, and resides near 
 Loami, Illinois. NANCY E., MINIZA 
 J., ANNA I., ELIZA A., ALBERT A., 
 and EPSEY C. reside near Loami, Illi- 
 nois. 
 
 SAMUEL E,, born Feb. 9, 1833, in 
 Tennessee, married Nov. 15, 1851, to Isa- 
 bel Kitchen, and have seven children, 
 SARAH E., LYDIA J., JAMES D., 
 NANCY A., ISABEL and MARY L., 
 and reside one mile south of Loami, Illi- 
 nois. The living children of the third 
 wife, GEORGE W., WILLIAM B., 
 BARNEY and DELIA A. M. reside with 
 their parents. 
 
 In 1872 James Workman and wife, with 
 their four children, moved to Christian 
 county, near Mowequa, Shelby county, 
 Illinois. 
 
 WRIGHT, CHARLES, was 
 born July 21, 1799, at Bernardstown, 
 Massachusetts, brought up in Vermont, 
 and came with his brother, Erastus, to 
 Springfield, arriving Nov. 21, 1821. He 
 taught school a few years in Sangamon 
 county, at one time in the neighborhood of 
 the Drennans, on Sugar creek. 
 
 He obtained a contract for surveying 
 government lands on the Wachita river, 
 went south, and worked at it two years. 
 He had his contract almost completed, 
 when he died of malignant billious fever, 
 at Monroe, Louisiana, Sept. 14, 1828. 
 
 WRIGHT, ERASTUS, was 
 born Jan. 21, 1779, at Bernardstown, 
 Massachusetts. The family is a very 
 ancient one for New England. Erastus 
 left a history of the family, which he al- 
 ways kept written up, giving the 
 genealogy of the family for nearly two 
 and a half centuries, beginning with 
 Deacon Samuel Wright, who came from 
 England and settled at Springfield, Massa- 
 chusetts, in 1641. 
 
 The parents of Erastus Wright left 
 Bernardstown, Massachusetts, and went 
 to Derby, Vermont, in 1802, that being at 
 the time pioneer ground. Erastus re- 
 mained with his father on the farm, with 
 no other advantages for education than 
 the country schools afforded, until the 
 spring of 1821, when he started west, in 
 company with his brother, Charles. They 
 traveled by such means as the country 
 afforded before the days of canals and 
 railroads, until they reached Buffalo, New 
 York. There they embarked on a 
 
 schooner for Fort Dearborn, now Chicago, 
 Illinois. From Fort Dearborn they 
 started on foot, making a preliminary 
 survey of the route now occupied by the 
 Illinois and Michigan canal, touching the 
 Illinois river near where LaSalle now 
 stands. They then descended the Illinois 
 river to Fort Clark, now Peoria, and from 
 there to Elkhart Grove, where Judge 
 Latham resided. On their way south they 
 stopped on Fancy creek, in what is now 
 Sangamon county, at the house of John 
 Dixon, who was one of the earliest settlers 
 in this county, but who afterwards went 
 north and laid out the town, now city, of 
 Dixon, on Rock river. From there they 
 came to Springfield, arriving Nov. 21, 
 1821. It had been selected as the county 
 seat on the loth of April before, but there 
 had not then been any town laid out. A 
 log court house had just been completed. 
 Mr. Wright describes the town, as it first 
 appeared to him, in these words: 
 
 " Elijah lies had about five hundred 
 dollars' worth of goods in a log cabin, ten 
 by fourteen; Charles R. Matheney and 
 Jonathan Kelly lived in log cabins not a 
 quarter of a mile distant. The Indians 
 Kickapoos and Potawatamies often came 
 along in squads, and when othfers had built 
 cabins near, called the place 'log town.'" 
 
 Mr. Wright went with Judge Latham 
 from Springfield to Elkhart Grove and 
 taught school there during the winter of 
 1821-2. He bought a claim of Levi Ellis 
 and entered it as soon as it came into the 
 market in 1823. From notes on the fly- 
 leaf of a New Testament, in the hand- 
 writing of Mr. Wright, he says: "I built 
 the first frame house in what is now the 
 city of Springfield." 
 
 In 1824 he built a park, and traded 
 eighty acres of land in Schuyler county 
 for an elk. Old citizens remember that 
 Mr. Wright rode that elk, and drove it in 
 harness, the same as a horse, although he 
 says in a note that he was rough to ride, 
 and not very kind in the harness. Mr. 
 Wright spent three or four years in the 
 lead mining region of Illinois and Wiscon- 
 sin, and while there laid out the town of 
 Mineral Point, Wisconsin, using a bed 
 cord for his chain. He was married June 
 15, 1831, in Fulton county, to Jane Gard- 
 ner, whose parents were from Saratoga, 
 New York. Mr. and Mrs. Wright had 
 three children.
 
 SAN GAM ON COUNTT. 
 
 789 
 
 ELIZA ANN, born July 2, 1833, in 
 Springfield, was married Oct. 20, 1858, to 
 Rev. John A. Hamilton, of the Congre- 
 gational Church, and a native of Chester, 
 Massachusetts. They have one child, 
 JENNIE LOUISE, born August 26, 
 1859, at Keene, New Hampshire, at which 
 place Mr. Hamilton spent the early part of 
 his ministry, and was afterwards in charge 
 of th'^ Congregational church at Daven- 
 port, Iowa, which he resigned to make 
 the tour of Europe and the Holy Land, 
 in 1873. He is now 1875 settled as 
 pastor of the Congregational Church at 
 Norwalk, Connecticut. 
 
 JAMES G., born March 20, 1835, in 
 Springfield, married Sarah A. Wilbourn, 
 of Masor. county. He died Nov. 16, 1858, 
 at Lincoln, 111., leaving a widow and one 
 child, the latter has since died. 
 
 MARIA JANE, born Nov. 14, 1837, 
 in Springfield, w r as married Dec. 23, 1856, 
 to Robert P. Johnston, who was born 
 April 30, 1828, at Halifax, Nova Scotia, 
 and came to Springfield in 1851. Mr. and 
 Mrs. Johnston had two children, LLOYD 
 ERASTUS and JAMES WRIGHT. 
 Mrs. Maria J.Johnston died very suddenly 
 August 16, 1862, in Springfield. The sons 
 reside with their father, who was married 
 Feb. 22, 1865, to Isabella Muirhead, of 
 Greenock, Scotland. They have four chil- 
 dren, MARGARET A., ISABELLA, 
 SUSIE and ROBERT P., Jun. R. P. 
 Johnston was for many years a partner of 
 P. C. Canedy, in the drug business, and is 
 now Assistant Secretary of State of Illi- 
 nois. He and his family reside in Spring- 
 field, Illinois. 
 
 Mrs. Jane G. Wright died Jan. 24, 1841. 
 and Erastus Wright married Lucy Bar- 
 rows, who died without children, April 
 22, 1867. Erastus W r right was married 
 March 23, 1868, to Mrs. Lucy F. Carpen- 
 ter, whose maiden name was Johnson. 
 She was born and educated in Vermont, 
 and married Mr. Thomas Carpenter at 
 Lancaster, Erie county, Pennsylvania, 
 where she buried her husband and only 
 child, ARTHUR. She was married to 
 Mr. Wright at Lincoln, Illinois. He died 
 in Springfield, Illinois, Nov. 21, 1870, on 
 the forty-ninth anniversary of his resi- 
 dence in that city. His widow visited 
 Europe in 1873, and now 1874 resides in 
 Springfield, Illinois. 
 
 Erastus Wright was one of the earliest 
 teachers in Sangamon county, and taught 
 for many years. For ten years he filled 
 office of school commissioner of Sangamon 
 county. During that time a large amount 
 of money, derived from the sale of govern- 
 ment land for school purposes, passed 
 through his hands. He was one of the 
 earlest Abolitionists, and was always fear- 
 less in advocating its doctrines. He ac- 
 quired considerable wealth, and was liberal 
 towards all benevolent objects, and every 
 public enterprise was sure to elicit his co- 
 operation. 
 
 WRIGHT, DOCTOR N., Is a 
 son of Samuel Wright, an elder brother to 
 Charles and Erastus. The Dector is not 
 an early stttler, as he came to Springfieid 
 August 12, 1842. He has a family, and is 
 a practicing physician in Chatham, Sanga- 
 mon county, Illinois. 
 
 YATES, HENRY, was born 
 October 29, 1786, in Caroline county, 
 Virginia. Dr. Michael Yates, a native of 
 England, emigrated to America before 
 the Revolution and settled in Caroline 
 county, Virginia. He there married 
 Martha Marshall, a sister of John Mar- 
 shall, afterwards Chief Justice of the 
 United States. Their son, Abner, born 
 in Caroline county, married Mollie Hawes, 
 daughter of Thomas Hawes and Eliza- 
 beth Fisher, his wife. They had two chil- 
 dren, Henry, whose name heads this 
 sketch, and Martha, who married Henry 
 Ellis. See his name. Henry Yates was 
 taken by his parents, in 1788, from Caro- 
 line county, Virginia, to Fayette county, 
 Kentucky, where his father died. The 
 family moved to Woodford, thence to 
 vScott, and from there to Gallatin county, 
 in the same State, in 1804. Henry Yates, 
 Henry Ellis, and Colonel Robert Johnson 
 laid out a town on the Ohio river, and 
 Colonel Johnson . named it Fredericks- 
 burg, in honor of his native city of that 
 name in Virginia. It was at a later 
 period changed to Warsaw, and is the 
 county seat of Gallatin county. Henry 
 Yates returned to Caroline county, 
 Virginia, and was there married, July 11, 
 1809, to his cousin, Millicent Yates, who
 
 790 
 
 EARL1 SETTLERS OF 
 
 was born May 15, 1791. They went to 
 Gallatin county, Kentucky, where they 
 had eleven children, five of whom died 
 young, and Mrs. Millicent Yates died 
 April 19, 1830. Henry Yates married 
 Mary A. ShufF, and moved to Sangamon 
 county, Illinois, arriving in May, 1831, at 
 Springfield. In November, 1832, they 
 moved to Island Grove, where Berlin now 
 stands. They had one child there, and 
 Mrs. Mary A. Yates died May n, 1835. 
 Henry Yates was married Sept. 28, 1835, 
 to Elizabeth McMillan. They had six 
 children, one of whom died in childhood. 
 Of his twelve children, including the six 
 brought from Kentucky 
 
 THOMAS, born March 14, 1811, in 
 Gallatin county, Kentucky, was married 
 March 29, 1837, at Berlin, Sangamon 
 county, Illinois, to Nancy Higgins, who 
 was born May 23, 1816, in Cumberland 
 county, Kentucky, and came with her 
 parents to Sangamon county in 1836. 
 Thomas and Nancy Yates had ten living 
 children. MARY F. married Anthony A. 
 Rhodes, and lives in Berlin, Illinois. 
 JAMES, born April 19, 1841, married 
 Barbara Dibert, and lives near New Ber- 
 lin, Illinois. ANN married Davis Hen- 
 derson, and lives near Berlin. MARTHA 
 M. married Nathan Elliott, and lives near 
 Berlin. GEORGE H. died in his fifteenth 
 year. SARAH lives with her father. 
 CATHARINE married Hugh Mc- 
 Laughlin, and lives near Berlin. JANE, 
 JOANNA and EMMA live with their 
 father. Mrs. Nancy Yates died Dec. 15, 
 1860, and Thomas Yates resides one mile 
 northwest of Berlin, Sangamon county, 
 Illinois. 
 
 RICHARD, born Jan. 18, 1815, in 
 Warsaw, Gallatin county, Kentucky, was 
 educated at Miami University, Oxford, 
 Ohio, Georgetown College, Kentucky, 
 and graduated at Illinois College, Jackson- 
 ville, Illinois, being the first graduate of 
 that institution. He studied law at Jack- 
 sonville, and attended lectures at Transyl- 
 vania University, Lexington, Kentucky. 
 Richard Yates and Catharine Geers were 
 married at Jacksonville, Illinois. They 
 had five children. WILLIAM was 
 killed by lightning at twelve or fourteen 
 years of age. MARY died young. 
 HENRY, CATHARINE and RICH- 
 ARD, Jun., live with their mother. Rich- 
 ard Yates was elected Governor of Illinois 
 
 in 1856. At the end of his term he was 
 elected United States Senator, serving six 
 years. He died suddenly, Nov. 27, 1873, 
 at Barnum's Hotel, St. Louis, Missouri, 
 and was buried Nov. 30, at Jacksonville, 
 Illinois. His widow and children reside 
 there. 
 
 ABNER, born August 4, 1819, in War- 
 saw, Kentucky, brought up in Sangamon 
 county, was married in 1851, in Jackson- 
 ville, Illinois, to Mary Geers. They have 
 two children, MARY and WILLIAM, 
 and reside in Jacksonville, Illinois. 
 
 MARTHA, born July 9, 1823, in War- 
 saw, Kentucky, was married in Sangamon 
 county, Illinois, to John W. Scott. See 
 his name. 
 
 JANE, born Oct. 23, 1825, at Warsaw, 
 Kentucky, was married Dec. 10, 1846, in 
 Sangamon county, to John F. Elliott, who 
 was born April 14, 1823, at Upper San- 
 dusky, Ohio. They had five children. 
 MILLICENT, the fourth child, died in 
 infancy. PHOEBE L., HENRY Y., 
 CHARLES Y. and JOHN Y. reside with 
 their parents in New Berlin, Sangamon 
 county, Illinois. Mr. Elliott has for the 
 last few years represented Berlin township 
 in the Sangamon County Board of Super- 
 visors. He is one of the most substantial 
 farmers in the county. 
 
 MILLICENJ\ born Sept. 25, 1827, 
 in Warsaw, Kentucky, brought up in San- 
 gamon county, and married Wesley 
 Matthews. They have one child, MARY 
 E., and reside in Jacksonville, Illinois. 
 
 The children of the second wife were 
 
 HENRT Jun., born March 7, 1835, 
 at Berlin, Sangamon county, Illinois, mar- 
 ried June 17, 1856, at Arenzville, Cass 
 county, Illinois, to Louisa Arenz, daughter 
 of Hon. Francis Arenz. She was born 
 June 14, 1836, at Beardstown, Illinois. 
 Henry Yates, Jun., and wife had five chil- 
 dren. NELLIE died in her ninth year. 
 GRACE A. died in her fifth year. HEN- 
 RIETTA, MARY L. and LAURA live 
 with their mother. Henry Yates. Jun,, 
 was a merchant in Berlin, sold out in order 
 to enter the army, and raised a company 
 in 1862, which became Co. A, io6th 111. 
 Inf. He was commissioned captain Sept. 
 17, 1862, promoted to lieutenant colonel, 
 April 10, 1863, to colonel, April 8, 1864, 
 and brevet brigadier general, August 26, 
 1866. He was accidentally shot in 1863, 
 sun-struck at Little Rock, and never re-
 
 SANG AM ON COUNT?. 
 
 gained his health. General Henry Yates 
 died Aug. 3, 1871, at Berlin. His widow 
 and children reside in Berlin, Sangatnon 
 county, Illinois. 
 
 Children by the third marriage 
 
 WILL, born Tune n, 1837, at Berlin. 
 He enlisted in 1862 in the itth Mo. Inf., 
 and was transferred to a cavalry regiment, 
 became lieutenant, and was in Grierson's 
 raid. Mr. Yates came home sick and died 
 Oct. 14, 1864. 
 
 JOHN, born Feb. i, 1839, in Sanga- 
 mon county, was married Oct. 8, 1864, to 
 Olivia Williams, who was born August 6, 
 1845, ' m Warsaw, Kentucky. They had 
 five children. OLIVIA, the fourth child, 
 died Nov. 10, 1872, in her third year. 
 MARY E., WILLIAM H., THOMAS 
 W. and JOHN reside with their parents, 
 one mile north of New Berlin, Illinois. 
 
 HA WES, born Oct. 4, 1840, in Sanga- 
 mon county, was married March 7, 1867, 
 to Mary R. Bevans, and resides in New 
 Berlin. Sangamon county, Illinois. 
 
 MART,\>ovn August i, 1842, in San- 
 gamon county, died unmarried at Jackson- 
 ville, Illinois, August 30, 1873. 
 
 MARSHALL, born May 23, 1845, in 
 Sangamon county, enlisted in 1862 in Co. 
 A, io6th 111. Inf., for three years, served 
 his full term and was honorably discharged. 
 He was employed in the custom house, 
 and died of apoplexy April 20, 1867, at 
 Xevv Orleans, Louisana. 
 
 Mrs. Elizabeth Yates died August 12, 
 1862, and her husband, Henry Yates, Sen., 
 died Sept. 13, 1865, both at New Berlin, 
 Sangamon county, Illinois. 
 
 Henry Yates, Sen., having been one of 
 the proprietors of Warsaw, Kentucky. 
 He laid out the town of Berlin in 1833. 
 After the railroad was built, he laid out 
 the town of New Berlin, also. 
 
 , WILLIAM, was 
 born in 1791 in Virginia, and when he 
 was an infant his parents moved to Clai- 
 born county, -Tennessee, where his father 
 died. His mother moved her family, 
 about 1810, to Madison county, near 
 Edwardsville, Illinois. They moved next 
 to Montgomery county, and then to San- 
 gamon county, arriving June 10, 1819, at 
 the north side of Richland creek, in what 
 is now Salisbury township. William 
 Yoakum was married in 1821 to Sarah 
 Simmons. They had eight children 
 
 JOHA r W., born in 1825, started to 
 California in 1849, and died on the way. 
 
 MART A., born in 1827, married Wil- 
 liam Penny, had six children, and he died 
 in Missouri. She lives near Salisbury, 
 Illinois. 
 
 GEORGE H., born in 1830, is un- 
 married, and lives near Salisbury, Illinois. 
 
 MARTHA J., born Dec. 30, 1852, 
 married Francis M. Duncan. See his 
 name. 
 
 JAMES C., unmarried, and lives in 
 Menard county, Illinois. 
 
 JSAA C R. is unmarried. 
 
 JESSE J. married Sarah Miller, and 
 lives at the family homestead, four miles 
 west of Salisbury, Illinois. 
 
 Mrs. Sarah Yoakum died in 1863, and 
 William Yoakum was married January, 
 1868, to Mrs. Letitia Henderson, whose 
 maiden name was Rice, and lives near 
 Salisbury, Illinois. The mother of Wil- 
 liam, James and Mathias Yoakum died in 
 Salisbury township. 
 
 YOAKUM MATTHI AS, 
 brother to William and James Yoakum, 
 was born either in Virginia or Claiborn 
 county, Tenneasee, came to Sangamon 
 county, Illinois, in 1819. He married 
 Elizabeth McHenry, and had eight chil- 
 dren 
 
 HIRAM married Catharine Elmore, 
 and died in 1856, leaving one child, 
 WILLIAM. 
 
 MAR T married Eli Yoakum, and lives 
 in Crawford county, Kansas. 
 
 JESSE, born Nov. 10, 1831, in San- 
 gamon county, married Jan. 10, 1856, to 
 Margaret Thompson, and has five chil- 
 dren, GEORGE C., FRANKLIN T., 
 WILLIAM R.., MARY C. and ED- 
 MUND, and live east of the Sangamon 
 river, near Salisbury, Illinois. 
 
 CATHARINE married Z. S. Cogdal, 
 has four children, and live near Salisbury, 
 Illinois. 
 
 ELIHU B. married Mary A. Cogdal, 
 has one child, and lives in Menard county, 
 Illinois. 
 
 THOMAS C., born August 14, 1840, 
 married May 17, 1865, to Barilla Hoag. 
 They had one child, MAUD. Mr. 
 Yoakum is postmaster at Salisbury, San- 
 gamon county, Illinois, is also a merchant, 
 and resides there. 
 
 RO13ER7^ C. lives with his mother.
 
 EARLY SETTLERS OF 
 
 Matthias Yoakum died August 27, 1857, 
 and his widow lives in Menard county, 
 Illinois 1874. 
 
 YOAKUM, JAMES, brother to 
 William and Matthias, was born in Vir- 
 ginia or Claiborn county, Tennessee, and 
 came with his mother to Sangamon coun- 
 ty. He married Julia Owens, and had 
 eleven children in Menard county, Illinois. 
 His sons 
 
 GEORGE and NELSON were sol- 
 diers in the Mexican war, and both lost 
 their lives there in 1847. 
 
 WILLIAM was married June 16, 
 1836, to Priscilla Batterton. See Batter- 
 ton sketch. They have one son, WIL- 
 LIAM F., who married May Adams, and 
 lives near Salisbury, Illinois. 
 
 JOHN lives in Menard county, Illi- 
 nois. 
 
 IS A A C lives in Iowa. 
 
 James Yoakum died in Menard county, 
 Illinois. 
 
 YOCpM, JACOB, was born Dec. 
 17, 1787, in a fort or block-house in Bour- 
 bon county, near where the city of Lex- 
 ington, Kentucky, now stands. Mary 
 Booth was born Feb. 1 1, 1791, in the same 
 county. They were there married Nov. 
 15, 1810, and went to Alontgomery county, 
 in the same State, where eleven of their 
 children were born. They moved in 1827 
 to Marion county, Illinois, and from there 
 to Sangamon county, in the same State, 
 arriving Nov. 2, 1828, in what is now 
 Williams township, one and a half miles 
 cast of Sherman, where three children 
 were born. Of their children 
 
 WILLIAM, born Sept. 18, 1811, in 
 Montgomery county, Kentucky, cams to 
 Sangamon county with his parents in 1828, 
 and served three months as a soldier in a 
 Sangamon county company in the Black 
 Hawk war of 1831-32. He was married 
 Dec. 17, 1834, in Sangamon county, Illi- 
 nois, to Sarah J. Merriman. They had 
 eleven chiidren. GEORGE S. enlisted 
 August, 1862, in Co. B, i3Oth 111. Inf. for 
 three years, was taken prisoner April 8, 
 1864, with General Banks, up Red river, 
 and was thirteen months a prisoner at 
 Camp Ford or Tyler, Texas. He was 
 released at the close of the rebellion, and 
 honorably discharged June 17, 1865. He 
 married Nancy Wimmer. They have two 
 children, MATILDA and MARY ELLEN, and 
 live two miles south of Williamsville, Illi- 
 
 nois. MARY A. married Perry Sapp, a 
 native of Knox county, Ohio. They have 
 one child, LYMAN, and live near Williams- 
 ville, Illinois. Mr. Sapp enlisted August, 
 1862, in Co. B, 130111 111. Inf. He was at 
 home on recruiting service when his regi- 
 ment was captured, and thus escaped thir- 
 teen months of imprisonment. He was 
 honorably discharged at New Orleans, 
 August 22, 1865. JACOB enlisted August, 
 1862, in Co. B, i3<Dth 111. Inf., with his 
 brother, George S., and experienced all 
 that his brother did by imprisonment. Sec 
 his name. Jacob Yocom married Susan 
 Lanterman, and has three children, LULA, 
 MARY A. and SUSAN <;., and live two miles 
 south of Williamsville, Illinois. SARAH 
 married Jacob Y. Hussev. See his name. 
 LYMAN M. died Jan. 19, 1863, in his 
 nineteenth year. ELVIRA J. died March 
 
 9, 1863, in her fifteenth year. MADISON 
 M., CORDELIA E., REBECCA C., 
 WILLIAM F., and CHARLES E. re- 
 side with their parents. William Yocom 
 resides two miles east of Sherman, Sanga- 
 mon county, Illinois. 
 
 SAMUEL, born Dec. 28, 1812, in Ken- 
 tucky, was married in Sangamon county, 
 Illinois, Feb. 15, 1838,10 Ann Cooper,who 
 was born July 18, 1818. They moved 
 overland to Oregon in 1851, and returned 
 by water in 1853. Of their seven children 
 three died in childhood. ALIDA, born 
 Sept. 6, 1840, married Clifton H. King. 
 See his name. She died March 27, 1866. 
 WILLIAM, born Nov. 13, 1843, enlisted 
 August, 1862, in Co. C, i I4th 111. Inf., for 
 three years, served full term and was hon- 
 orably discharged August 15, 1865, at 
 Camp Butler. He was married Sept. 22, 
 1869, to Mary Oliver, who was born April 
 
 10, 1850, in Ross county, Ohio. They 
 have one child, JOHN AV., and reside one 
 and a half miles northwest of Dawson, 
 Sangamon county, Illinois. REBECCA, 
 born Feb. 6, 1846, married John Horn. 
 See his name. THOMAS lives near 
 Barclay, Illinois. Mrs. Ann Yocom died 
 Nov. 21, 1858. Samuel Yocom was mar- 
 ried October, 1861, to Mrs. Nancy Shep- 
 herd, whose maiden name was Langston. 
 She died November, 1867. Samuel Yo- 
 com was married March 18, 1869, to Mrs. 
 Jane Hillman, widow of Richard S. Hill- 
 man. Her maiden name was Williamson. 
 They reside at Barclay, Sangamon county, 
 Illinois.
 
 SANGAMON COUN7Y. 
 
 793 
 
 GEORGE VV., born Feb. 18, 1814, in 
 Kentucky, was married Jan. 22, 1835, to 
 Margaret J. Cooper. They had fourteen 
 children, one died in infancy. Of their 
 thirteen children, JAMES E. died aged 
 seventeen years. MARY A. married 
 Henry F. Brown, a native of Putnam 
 county, Indiana. They had four children, 
 w n. K i AM s. died in his fourth year. 
 
 ALBERT W., JOIIX II. and FRAXK.MX t \K- 
 
 ROLL live with their parents, near Wil- 
 liamsville, Illinois. Mr. H. F. Brown 
 enlisted on the first call for seventy-five 
 thousand men, in 1861, in Co. H, loth Ind. 
 Inf., served three months, enlisted August 
 8, 1862, in Co. C, i I4th 111. Inf., for three 
 years, served full time, and was honorably 
 discharged August 15, 1865. AMANDA 
 J. married William Brown. They had 
 one child, ALICE. Mr. Brown enlisted 
 August, 1862, in Co. C, H4th 111. Inf., and 
 died without leaving Camp Butler. His 
 widow was married Oct. 8, 1874, to John 
 Smith. EMELINE was married No- 
 vember, 1865, to Samuel D. Rodgers. 
 See his name. JEFFERSON enlisted 
 August 12, 1862, in Co. C, 114111 111. Inf., 
 for three years. He was detached and 
 placed in Co. E, ist 111. Light Artillery, 
 served fifteen months, returned to the 
 1 1 4th, served until August, 1865, when he 
 was honorably discharged. He married 
 Caroline Morton. They have one child, 
 and live near Williamsville, 111. ROBERT 
 F. enlisted in the 2d 111. Light Artillery, 
 served one and a half years, and was hon- 
 orably discharged. He married Nancy 
 J. Smith. She died Sept. 15, 1875, leav- 
 ing two children. He lives near Alt. Fleas- 
 ant, Henry county, Iowa. JESSE V. 
 married Marion Huston, a native of Scot- 
 land. They have two children, and live 
 near Williamsville, Illinois. JOHN W. 
 and POLLY L. live with their mother. 
 NETTIE V, died Nov. 4, 1875. CLARA 
 E. died Oct. 28, 1875, and MINNIE M. 
 died Nov. 14,1875. ELIZA R. died, aged 
 eleven years. George W. Yocom died 
 March 3, 1875, and his widow resides three 
 miles south of Williamsville, Sangamon 
 county, Illinois. 
 
 JESSE, born June 19,1815, in Ken- 
 tucky, was married in Sangamon county, 
 Illinois, to Minerva Cooper. He moved 
 in 1847 to the Pacific coast. They 
 have ten living children. JAMES A. 
 married Elizabeth Murray, and has seven 
 
 100 
 
 living children. ZACHARIAH married 
 Ellen Benyfield, and has five children. 
 CAROLINE married George Y. Davis, 
 and has eight children. OLIVER mar- 
 ried Ann Robison. MARY married Le\ i 
 Zumwalt, and had four children. She and 
 the youngest child died. NANCY mar- 
 ried" Lyman M. Noble. TOMPKINS 
 is unmarried. MARTHA married Camp- 
 bell Hendrix. KITTIE married John 
 Dempsey. NETTIE V. lives with her 
 parents. Jesse Yocom and wife reside near 
 Lafayette, Yamhill county, Oregon. 
 
 SARAH, born Oct. 17, 1816, in Mont- 
 gomery county, Kentucky, married Wil- 
 liam S. Hussey. Sec his name. 
 
 STEPHEN, born Nov. 16, 1817, in 
 Kentucky, was married Dec. 28, 1843, ' n 
 Sangamon county, to Martha A. Coun- 
 cil.. They have four living children. 
 STEPHEN H., J un., died, aged fourteen 
 years. MARY S. is unmarried, and lives 
 in Williamsville, Illinois. WILLIAM J. 
 enlisted April 30, 1864, in Co. I, I33d ill. 
 Inf., for one hundred days, served more 
 than one hundred and forty days, and was 
 honorably discharged Sept. 24, 1864. He 
 resides with his parents 1874. GEORGE 
 W. C., was married July, 1873, to Laura 
 Young, and lives near Chesnut, Logan 
 county, Illinois. JESSE F., resides with 
 his parents. Stephen Yocom and family 
 reside four miles south of Williamsville, 
 Sangamon county, Illinois. 
 
 ABEL, born Jan. 2, 1819, in Kentucky, 
 was married in Sangamon county to Jane 
 Robinson. They had three children. 
 JAMES W. enlisted Aug. 5, 1862, in Co. 
 B, i3Oth 111. Inf., for three years, served 
 full time, and was honorably discharged 
 August, 1865. He married Mary F. Mad- 
 den. They have three children, EDGAR E., 
 ERNEST L. and MINXIE i ., and reside near 
 Illiopolis, Illinois. SARAH A. married 
 George A. Leigh. They have three chil- 
 dren, IIATTIE J., NETTIE L. and 1IAKKY, 
 
 and reside corner Twelfth and Carpenter 
 streets, Springfield, Illinois. JOHN H. 
 married Lottie Richmond, has two chil- 
 dren, LII.LIE and GIEBEKT i-., and lives near 
 Illiopolis, Illinois. Abel Yocom died 
 March, 1874, and his widow resides near 
 where Mr. Yoconvs lather settled in 1828, 
 near Williamsville, Illinois. 
 
 /Vi'J/VA f.IN, born July 30, 1820, in 
 Montgomery county, Kentucky, was mar- 
 ried in Sangamon county, Illinois, to
 
 794 
 
 EARL? SE'lTLERS OF 
 
 Nancy J. Darnall. They had nine children. 
 ALLYN, born Nov. 12, 1843, in Sanga- 
 mon county, was married Nov. 29, 1865, 
 to Evaline Lady. They have three chil- 
 dren, and live near Sheridan, in Polk coun- 
 ty, Oregon. EVALINE, born Jan. 24, 
 1845, in Sangamon county, was married 
 Nov. 30, 1864, to James Brown. They 
 have four children, and reside in Sheridan, 
 Yamhill county, Oregon. MARILLA 
 J., born April 2, 1846, in Sangamon coun- 
 ty, was married May 7, 1868, to David A. 
 Carter. They have four children, and live 
 in Brownsville, Lane county, Oregon. 
 ELIZA L., born Nov. 25, 1848, in Sanga- 
 mon county, and lives near Salem,Oregon. 
 REBECCA H., born March 2, 1851, was 
 married Dec. 20, 1871, in Oregon, to John 
 W. Minto. They have two children, and 
 live in Salem, Oregon. MATILDA, born 
 April 20, 1855. LONAH, born Nov. 8, 
 1856, in Oregon, was drowned in the Wil- 
 liamette river, March 19, 1873. RETTA 
 L. and HARVEY. The last four were 
 born in Polk county, Oregon, and the un- 
 married children reside with their parents 
 in Salem, Marion county, Oregon. 
 
 ELIJAH, born Oct. 26, 1821, in 
 Montgomery county, Kentucky, was mar- 
 ried Jan. 7, 1852, in Petersburg, Menard 
 county, Illinois, to Caroline A. Higgins. 
 They moved to McLean county, and from 
 there to De Witt county, near Waynesville, 
 Illinois. They have three living children, 
 ALBERT L., ANNIE R. and ELIJAH 
 LINCOLN. Elijah Yocom died Feb. 2, 
 1873, of spotted fever, and his widow and 
 children resides on their farm near 
 Waynesville, Dewitt county, Illinois. 
 
 REBECCA, born March n, 1826, in 
 Kentucky, was married June i, 1848, in 
 Sangamon county, Illinois, to Clement 
 Passwaters. They removed to McLean 
 county, April, 1849, where seven children 
 were born. Of their six living children, 
 EMLIY J., born May 2, 1849, was mar- 
 ried March n, 1871, to Samuel Miller, 
 has two children, and lives near Hey worth, 
 Illinois. STEPHEN H., born Dec. i, 
 1850, was married Feb. 8, 1873, to Sarah 
 Lee, has two children, and live near 
 Heyworth, Illinois. WILLIAM F., 
 ENOCH D., JAMES C. and JOHN L. 
 reside with their parents, near Heyworth, 
 McLean county, Illinois. 
 
 THOMAS y., born Nov. 2, 1828, in 
 Sangamon county, emigrated to Califor- 
 
 nia in the spring of 1847, s P en t eleven 
 months in the gold mines. He was mar- 
 ried in Polk county, Oregon, in the spring 
 of 1851, to Elizabeth Tharp. They had 
 ten living children. MARGARET died 
 aged about thirteen years. SARAH mar- 
 ried John Thornton, and has two living 
 children. MARY married Robert Griffith, 
 and has one child. The other seven living 
 children of T. J. Yocom reside with their 
 parents near Bellevue, Yamhill county, 
 Oregon. 
 
 JAMES P., born April n, 1830, in 
 Sangamon county, Illinois. He left for 
 Oregon overland in the spring of 1851, 
 accompanied by his mother, two brothers 
 and his brother-in-law, William S. Hus- 
 sey, and arrived at their journey's end Oct. 
 4th, of the same year, and was within 
 three days of being six months on the road. 
 He settled on a donation land claim Oct. 
 8, 1851, in Yamhill county, Oregon. J. 
 P. Yocom was married in the latter coun- 
 ty June 18, 1857, t Emeline Hussey, who 
 was born in Sangamon county, Illinois, 
 Jan. i, 1841. They had three children. 
 HENRIETTA, born Dec. 2, 1858, died 
 Dec. 4, 1874. MIRANDA died in her 
 seventh year. STEPHEN H., born Oct. 
 14, 1862, resides with his father. Mrs. 
 Emeline Yocom died April 23, 1863, and 
 James P. Yocom was married May 3, 1865, 
 to Mrs. Martha E. Potts, whose maiden 
 name was Beaman. She was born Sept. 
 n, 1836, in Pettis county, Missouri. They 
 have six children, all born in Yamhill 
 county, Oregon, ANNIE M., FRANK- 
 LIN B., VIRGINIA B., MARY, 
 GRANT and MINNIE, who reside with 
 their parents. J. P. Yocom left Oregon 
 Oct. 29, 1875, with his family, going by 
 the steamship Ajax to San Francisco, 
 thence by railroad to Bloomington, Illinois, 
 arriving Nov. 13, 1875, and now reside 
 four miles northeast of Heyworth, Mc- 
 Lean county, Illinois. 
 
 HA THA WA T, born Oct. 31, 1831, in 
 Sangamon county, 111., emigrated overland 
 to Oregon in the spring of 1850, was mar- 
 ried there March 7, 1852, to Mary Tharp. 
 They have six children. ELIZABETH 
 P. married Linsday Delashmint, and has 
 three children. CEMMONT, CARO- 
 LETTA, JOSEPH M., WILLIE and 
 EDDY, and live with their parents in 
 Bellevue, Yamhill county, Oregon. 
 
 Jacob Yocom died March 8, 1848, in
 
 SANG AM ON COUNTY. 
 
 795 
 
 Sangainon county, Illinois, and Mrs. Mary 
 Yocom died Dec. 23, 1864, in Lafayette, 
 Yamhill county, Oregon. She was buried 
 at Pleasant Hill Church, Polk county, 
 Oregon. 
 
 YOUNG, EZE KIEL, was born 
 about 1795, in Trigg county, Kentucky, 
 He was married in North Carolina to 
 Sarah Coleman. They had five children 
 in Kentucky, and moved to Sangamon 
 county, Illinois, arriving in 1827 on Rich- 
 land creek, where one child was born. 
 Two of their children only are in Sanga- 
 mon county. 
 
 LUC1NDA married Samuel Beardon. 
 See his name. 
 
 ARCHIBALD, born April 21, 1828, 
 in Sangamon county, married Nov. 18, 
 1850, to Elizabeth Wood, born in Sanga- 
 mon county, (sister to Mrs. Wolgamot.) 
 They had four children. EMMA died 
 January, 1868, in her fourteenth year. 
 LAURA died July, 1869, in her four- 
 teenth year. MARY E. and IDA 
 BELLE reside with their parents, near 
 Woodside, Sangamon county, Illinois. 
 
 Ezekiel Young died May, 1853, and his 
 widow died in 1864, both in Cass county, 
 Illinois. 
 
 YOUNG, CASPER, was born 
 June 8, 1798, at Hazelloch, on the river 
 Mayn, Hesse Darmstadt, Germany. Susan 
 Boll was born in 1802, in the town of 
 Florsheim, in Nassau, on the opposite side 
 of the Mayn from Hazelloch. Casper 
 Young and Susan Boll were married at 
 Florsheim in 1821. They had four chil- 
 dren in Germany and emigrated to 
 America in 1835. They were seven 
 weeks on the passage from Amsterdam to 
 New York. Their first stoppage was at 
 Coshocton, Ohio. From there they went 
 to St. Louis, Missouri, by the Ohio and 
 Mississippi rivers, and tarried one year in 
 St. Clair county, Illinois. In the fall of 
 1837 they arrived in Sangamon county, in 
 the southeast corner of Woodside town- 
 ship, where three children were born. Of 
 their seven children 
 
 MARGARET, born in Germany, 
 married in Sangamon county to Frank 
 Schick. They had two children. G. 
 Schick was a professor in a college in St. 
 Louis. He is a lawyer. Mrs Schick died 
 in Mt. Pulaski, Illinois. 
 
 GARREDca\\e<\ Charley was born 
 Dec. 17, 1825, at Florsheim, Nassau, Ger- 
 
 many. He was married in Sangamon 
 county April 18, 1852, to Mrs. Sally 
 White, whose maiden name was Gatton, 
 a daughter of Charles Gatton. She had 
 one child by her first marriage, MARY 
 ANN, who is now the wife of Mr. 
 Lyman, of Pana. Mr. and Mrs. Young 
 had three children, REBECCA, WIL- 
 LIAM R. and CATHARINE, and Mrs. 
 Sally Young died Feb. 2, 1863. Mr. 
 Young was married February, 1864, 
 to Ellen Abell. She died without chil- 
 dren, Nov. 4, 1866. Mr. Young was mar- 
 ried Oct. i, 1867, at Lebanon, Kentucky, 
 to Maggie E. Buckman. They reside 
 one and a half miles north of Pawnee, 
 Sangamon county, Illinois. Mr. Young 
 has represented Pawnee township several 
 terms in Sangamon county Board of 
 Supervisors, and is one of the many suc- 
 cessful farmers of Sangainon county. 
 
 MART, born in Germany, married 
 Henry Harschlier, has seven children, and 
 lives in Mt. Pulaski, Illinois. 
 
 CATHARINE, born in Germany, 
 married Frank Schick. They have six 
 children, and live in Mt. Pulaski, Illinois. 
 MART EVE, born in Sangamon 
 county, married Philip Schwigead. They 
 had two children, and Mr. S. Died. The 
 widow married Jacob Hundt, and lives in 
 Mt. Pulaski, Illinois. 
 
 Casper Young moved to Mt. Pulaski in 
 1855. Mrs. Susan Young died June, 
 1867. Casper Young died Sept. 27, 1875, 
 both in Mt. Pulaski, Logan county, 111. 
 
 YOUNG, JAMES, was born 
 Dec. 19, 1788, in Wilkes county, North 
 Carolina. His parents moved to Mont- 
 gomery county, Kentucky, when he was 
 a young man. He was there married 
 Feb. 10, 1822, to Lucinda R. Cunning, 
 who was born August 12, 1804, in the 
 same county. They had seven children 
 in Kentucky, and moved to Sangamon 
 county, Illinois, arriving in the fall of 1838 
 in what is now Cumin township, where 
 three children were born. Of their chil- 
 dren three died under five years. Of the 
 other seven 
 
 VIRGJNIA,\yorn Jan. 15, 1823, mar- 
 ried John P. Lindsay, had six children, 
 and died May 2, 1850, near Springfield. 
 See his name in Omissions. 
 
 WILBOURN, born Oct. 23, 1824, is 
 unmarried, and resides at the family home- 
 stead near Curran, Illinois.
 
 79 6 
 
 EARL1 SETTLERS OF 
 
 ELIZABETH, born Oct. 21, 1826, 
 married Wade Burch. See his name. 
 
 JAMES, born August 20, 1831, mar- 
 ried Catharine Foster, have eight chil- 
 dren, SILAS A., MARGARET, 
 JAMES M., EUGENE, FRANCIS, 
 ALBERTUS, NANCY and EMMA, 
 and live near Chatham, Illinois. 
 
 SILAS J., born March i, 1834, is un- 
 married, and lives in Fayette county, Illi- 
 nois. 
 
 ANN E., born Oct. 15, 1837, married 
 William B. Greenwood. See his name. 
 He died and she married Benjamin Easley. 
 See his name. 
 
 MARTHA C., born June 6, 1841, 
 married Feb. 22, 1865, and has three chil- 
 dren, F A T I M A, A R T H U R and 
 LEONA MAY, and live with their 
 mother. 
 
 James Young died March n, 1870, aged 
 eighty-two years, and his widow resides 
 on the farm where they settled in 1838, 
 near Curran, Illinois 1874. 
 
 Z A N E. Three brothers ol that 
 name emigrated irom England and 
 settled in Gloucester county, New 
 Jersey. It is not known whether or not 
 they were related to Jonathan and Eb- 
 cnezer Zane, who explored the country 
 about Wheeling, West Virginia, in 1769, 
 and founded Zanesville, Ohio. Of the 
 three brothers who settled in New Jersey, 
 the first names are not preserved, but one 
 of them had a son, Simeon. His son, 
 Andrew, married Mary Franklin, a dis- 
 tant relative of Benjamin Franklin. They 
 brought up a large family in New Jersey. 
 Their eldest and youngest sons came to 
 Sangamon county, namely 
 
 ZAN E, JC/HN, born Nov. 8, 1806, 
 in Gloucester county, New Jersey, but 
 was brought up in Cumberland county, 
 in the same State. He was married Feb. 
 3, 1833, in Cape May county, to Eliza- 
 beth Smith, who was born in that county 
 April 13, 1812. They moved to Phila- 
 delphia, where they had one living child, 
 returned to New Jersey, where they had 
 one child, ant 1 moved from there to San- 
 gamon county, Illinois, arriving Oct. 15, 
 1839, in what is now Cartwright township, 
 
 where they had nine children. Of their 
 eleven children 
 
 JAMES S., born July 10, 1836, in 
 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, married in 
 Sangamon county June 14, 1860, to Maria 
 Rachel Purviance. See Purviance or 
 Purvines family. They have four chil- 
 dren, SAMUEL S.JOHN N., FRANK- 
 LIN H. and MARY E. James S. Zane 
 was elected in the fall of 1872 sheriff of 
 Jasper county, Missouri, and resides at 
 Carthage, the county seat. 
 
 RHODA S., born Sept. 13, 1838, in 
 Cape May county, New Jersey, married 
 in Sangamon county, April 21, 1859, to 
 John T. Epler. She died March 21, 1871, 
 leaving four children, CHARLES L., 
 GEORGE A., MAR\ J. and RHODA 
 E., who live with their father. John T. 
 Epler is married again and resides two 
 and a half miles south of Pleasant Plains, 
 Sangamon county, Illinois. 
 
 MART F., born March 25, 1841, in 
 Sangamon county, married Feb. 13, 1867, 
 to Dr. Henry Van Meter. See his name. 
 
 ELLEN S., born Dec. 20, 1842, in 
 Sangamon county, married July 31, 1861, 
 to Benjamin F. Jones. She died May 25, 
 and he died August 27, 1867. They had 
 two children. MARY J. died, aged 
 three years. JOHN W., born Dec. 12, 
 1864, lives with his grandfather Zane. 
 
 ELIZABETH S., born May 7, 1844, 
 married Dec. 28, 1871, to William S. 
 Bullard. See his name. 
 
 ANDRE W, born August 20, 1846, in 
 Sangamon county, married Feb. 27, 1873, 
 to Mary J. Hamilton, near Pleasant 
 Plains, Illinois. They reside in Carthage, 
 Jasper county, Missouri. 
 
 JOHN W., born Oct. 31, 1848. 
 
 JEREMIAH F., born Nov. 26, 1850. 
 
 'HANNAH M., born Dec. 25, 1852. 
 
 ROBERT H., born March 3, 1855; 
 
 ALICE B., born April 25, 1859, the 
 five latter live with their parents. 
 
 John Zane and wife reside four miles 
 east of Mechanicsburg, Sangamon county, 
 Illinois 1874.' 
 
 ZANE CHARLES S., brother 
 to John Zane, was born March 2, 1831, in 
 Cumberland county, New Jersey. In the 
 spring of 1850 he came to the vicinity of 
 Pleasant Plains, Sangamon countv, Illi- 
 nois, where he worked at farm labor by 
 the month. He afterwards attended Mc- 
 Kendree college, at Lebanon, Illinois,
 
 SANGAMON COUNT?. 
 
 797 
 
 teaching school in different parts of the 
 State at intervals until July 15, 1856, 
 when he came to Springfield. Having 
 previously commenced the study of law, he 
 continued and was admitted to practice in 
 the spring of 1857. He was three times 
 elected city attorney, in 1858, 1860 and in 
 1865. In June, 1873, he was elected Judge 
 of the judicial circuit, of which Sangamon 
 county is a part, and is now Decem- 
 ber, 1876 in office. He was married in 
 1859 to Margaret D. Maxcy. They have 
 six children, FERN ETTA M., 
 CHARLES W., JOHN .)/., OLI- 
 VER W., MARGARET, FRANK- 
 LIN A. and HERBERT S. 
 
 Judge Charles S. Zane was elected in 
 November, 1876, a member of the Na- 
 tional Lincoln Monument Association. 
 He, with his family, resides in Springfield, 
 Sangamon countv, Illinois. 
 
 ZIMMERMAN, ROBERT 
 J3., was born Oct. 5, i8n,in Centre coun- 
 ty, Pennsylvania, and went from there to 
 Elmira, New York, where he learned the 
 business of a painter and chair maker. In 
 the summer of 1835 he started west, travel- 
 ing by stage, he missed his connections at 
 Terre Haute, Indiana, and there being but 
 one stage a week, rather than remain idle 
 he and one or two others started on foot. 
 Arriving at the Okaw river in Illinois 
 they found a company of emigrants from 
 Tennessee, numbering one hundred and 
 twenty wagons, with a corresponding num- 
 ber of men, women and children, all wait- 
 ing until the men could construct a bridge 
 for the teams tp cross. They remained 
 with the emigrants, riding and walking 
 alternately, and reached Springfield Nov. 
 18, 1835. R. B. Zimmerman was married 
 Dec, 25, 1838, at Farmington, now Farm- 
 indale, Sangamon county, to Susan P. 
 Seeley. Mrs. Zimmerman died Oct. 30, 
 1840, leaving one child 
 
 SUSAN /,., born April 17, 1840, in 
 Springfield, Illinois. She was married 
 April 17, 1860, to Eugene L. Gross, who 
 was born Dec. 25, 1836, in Starkville, 
 Herkimer county, New York. Rev. Alba 
 Gross, the father of Eugene L., is a 
 preacher in connection with the Baptist 
 Church, and came to Fulton county, Illi- 
 nois, in 1844, but now resides in Chatham, 
 Illinois. E. L. Gross studied law at Knox- 
 ville, was admitted to the bar, and prac- 
 ticed a short time at Mount Sterling, and 
 
 came to Springfield, in 1858. He revised 
 and published the ordinances of the city of 
 Springfield in 1865. In January, 1868, he 
 compiled and published a digest of the 
 criminal laws of Illinois. In February, 
 1868, he, in connection with his brother, 
 Colonel William L. Gross, began their 
 compilation of the Statutes of Illinois, 
 which were published in the fall of the 
 same year. Their last volume was pub- 
 lished in 1869. The same year they pub- 
 lished an index to all the laws of the State. 
 In 1872 they compiled and published the 
 second volume of Gross' Statutes. E. 
 L. Gross, finding his health impaired, 
 closed up his_business, and in the spring of 
 1873 started on horseback and traveled 
 through the Indian nation, thence to the 
 Pacific coast, and returned by railroad, but 
 that relentless destroyer,consumption,could 
 not be induced to release its grasp. After 
 returning home he lingered until June 4, 
 1874, when he breathed his last, leaving a 
 widow and four children, LEIGHLA, 
 FRED, SUSIE and BESSIE, all re- 
 siding in Springfield, Illinois. 
 
 Robert B. Zimmerman was married 
 Oct. 2, 1845, ' n Springfield, to Marv C. 
 Townsend, who was born Nov. 7, 1821, in 
 Caledonia county, Vermont. They had 
 two children, both died young. In No- 
 vember, 1849, Mr. and Mrs. Zimmerman 
 adopted a daughter, LIZZIE, when she 
 was but three months old. She was mar- 
 ried Feb. 26, 1875, in Springfield, to Mar- 
 tin V. Smith. They reside in East St. 
 Louis, Illinois. 
 
 Robert B. Zimmerman and Alexander 
 P. Willard were in partnership as paint- 
 ers and dealers in painters' stock twenty- 
 four years, and until the death of Mr. 
 Willard. See his name. Mr. Zimmer- 
 man is yet in business in which he has 
 been more than forty-one years actively 
 engaged in Springfield. He has seen it 
 grow, and had much to do with its growth, 
 from a very small village to a city of 
 twenty-five thousand inhabitants, and 
 from a county seat to be the capital of the 
 fourth State in the American Union. He 
 has been an active and efficient officer of 
 the Second Presbyterian church for many 
 years; and in proportion to his ability he 
 has probably been the most liberal con- 
 tributor to its funds. R. B. Zimmerman 
 and wife reside in Springfield, Illinois.
 
 THE END.

 
 UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS-URBAN* 
 
 HISTORY OF THE EARLY SETTLERS OF SANGAVO