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We conclude this chapter upon the schools of Macon county, by giving the following table of statistics, compiled from the report for the year ending Sept. 30, 1876, of S. P. Micky, our County Superintendent of Schools:
Total No. of schools in county, (free public). 127
" school-houses. I27
66
" graded schools 13
66 " teachers-male. 144
66 66
female III
Total No. of teachers 255
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Average wages paid male teachers $54 86
66 female " 38 41
66 No. of months taught. 7.9
Total No. of children in county between 6 and 21 10,279
" pupils enrolled 7,7¥4
bet. 12 and 21 who can neither read nor write .. 18
66 amount of money raised for school purposes from
all sources, year ending Sept. 30, 1876. $122,008 38 amount of money expended for all school purpo- ses for year ending Sept. 30, 1876 .. 99,565 24
In this connection it is proper to mention the Mount Zion Acad- emy, which was erected in 1856, through the instrumentality of John Smith and other leading citizens of the village of Mt. Zion. The first officers were: Rev. Daniel Troughber, President; Geo. A. Smith, Secretary; and Hon. Charles Emerson, J. D. Campbell, W. C. Moyers and John Smith, Trustees. The trustees secured the services of Rev. P. H. Crider as first principal. He was suc- ceeded by Rev. G. W. Kensolving, and he, in turn, by A. J. Mc- Glumphy, D. D., now President of Lincoln University, Lincoln, Illinois. The school was prosperous until the establishment of the latter school, soon after which the Mt. Zion Academy went down, and is beyond all hopes of resuscitation.
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CHAPTER X.
BIOGRAPLICAL SKETCHES OF EARLY SETTLERS.
BENJ. R. AUSTIN was born in Virginia, March 26, 1802, and . removed to Macon county in the fall of 1825. He was a surveyor, and laid out the original town plat of Decatur, and was for a great many years justice of the peace. He married Margaret Warnick, who was born in Tennessee, February 22, 1806. Of their chil- dren-
JANE was born May 27, 1826; WILLIAM was born Dec. 22, 1828; NANCY C. was born Sept. 15, 1830; PERLINA was born Sept. 5, 1832; died May 3, 1870; LUCINDA was born Sept. 10, 1834; died. SUSAN was born Nov. 28, 1836; died March 5, 1837. MARGARET A. was born Feb. 23, 1837; EDMISTON was born Sept. 25, 1839; GEO. W. was born August 21, 1851.
WM. A. AUSTIN was born in Virginia, April 26, 1806, and removed to Macon county in 1828, where he married Eleanor Warnick, who was born in Tennessee, January 23, ISto. She was a daughter of Wm. Wornick, and came to Macon county in 1825; died Nov. 16, 1853. Of their children-
HENRIETTA was born Nov. 18, 1832. LETTECIA J. was born July 3, 1834; died Sept. 20, 1835. MAY E. was born May 3, 1836; died June 13, 1840. JOSEPH was born Oct. 31, 1837. BENJ. L. was born Nov. 26, 1839. GEO. W. was born Aug. 21, 1841 ; died May 15, 1860. WM. C. was born Jan. 1, 1843. LOUISA M. was born Aug.
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II, 1845; died August 21, 1845. JOHN A. was born July 19, 1846. NANCY J. was born April 22, 1849. LEWIS N. was born Feb. 25, I851. THOMAS J. was born Nov. 5, 1853.
Mr. A. was married a second time, August 12, 1853. Children by last wife --
KATE was born Jan. 12, 1861. ALVIN W. was born Sept. 13, 1863. MARY E. was born Sept. 4, 1867. INFANT SON was born Sept. 19, 1869; died Sept. 19, 1870. JAMES M. was born May 4, 1873.
JESSE AUSTIN was born May 3, ISIS, in Rutherford county, Tenn., and moved to Macon county in 1831; was married in 1847 to Catharine Faris. Of their seven children-
NANCY E. was born July 2, 1848; died 1853. JOSEPH H. was born Feb. 16, 1850. ROSETTA A. was born Sept. 14, 1851, and was married to Win. Getts, March 24, 1870. WILLIAM I. was born July 16, 1853. MELLISSA E. was born August 25, 1862. ELIZABETII was born April 2, 1865. MARY J. was born Oct. 3, 1857.
JOSIAH ABRAMS was born in Ohio; moved to Sangamon county in 1822, and to Macon county in 1829; married Nancy Davis. Of their children-
LEVI was born July 25, ISOS; married Mayon Moore. ELIZA- BETH was born in ISI0; married Dan. Howell. HENRY A. was born Oct. 12, 1812; married Elizabeth Primm. MARIA J. married Burdine Church (dead). DELILA married A. J. Sinclair. JEMMI- MA married S. R. Wheeler. JAMES married Louisa Johnson. SUSAN married Felix Butler. FRANCIS M.
CAPT. DAVID L. ALLIN was born in Loudon county, Va., March 14, 1806, and came to Macon county in the fall of 1828, and located where James C. Lake now resides, on North Water street. There was at that time a small cabin, which had been built by Hubbell Sprague, standing near Mr. Lake's present residence, which was regarded as a country residence. Mr. Allin entered from the government the east half, northwest, section 14, town 16, 2 east, which now embraces about one-fourth of the city of Decatur, and of which North Water street was the western line. Mr. A. built the second water mill that was ever built in the county, in 1831-2, which was afterwards sold by him to Robert Maffit, and known
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for many years as Maffitt's Mill. Mr. Allin also made the first lime ever manufactured in Macon county, at the " old lime kiln," a short distance southwest of Decatur, on the river. The lime was said to be of a very superior quality, and a great deal of it was hauled to Springfield, and used for finishing purposes, owing to its superior quality. In September, 1830, Capt. Allin married, in Rutherford county, Tenn, Miss Julia E. Read, who was born in Charlotte county, Va.
SAMUEL C. ALLEN was born in Loudon county, Va., Oct. 3, 1810; left Virginia in the fall of 1831; came on horseback through Pennsylvania, Ohio, Kentucky, and spent the winter in Rutherford county, Tenn., and came to Illinois the next spring; lived the first year in Sangamon county; moved to Decatur the next fall, and has made that and the vicinity his home ever since. Was married to Jane E. Reid, Dec. 7, 1858, (widow of Miner Reid, and daughter of Enos Gore, of Adams county, Ohio.) She was born in Loudon county, Va., July 27, 1827. Of their children-
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EDWIN GORE was born May 27, 1860. WM. LEE was born Oct. 21, 1861. MILTON JAMES was born Feb. 14, 1864; died Nov- ember 26, 1866. ORVILLE REID was born October 11, 1865. FRANK D. was born Jan. 24, 1868.
Mr. Allen has been school treasurer, county and township asses- sor, and has been postmaster since his removal to this county. He has been engaged as a farmer most of the time, but was in the mercantile business several years.
ALEXANDER W. BELL was born in East Tennessee in 1812, and came to Macon county in 1829, and located in what is now Mt. Zion township; was married to Mary Montgomery, who was born in 1816, in Tennessee. Mr. Bell was a member of the company from Macon county that enlisted in the Black Hawk war. Of their children --
JAMES M. was born April 17, 1848. MAGGIE L. was born April, 1851; married to Geo. T. Outten. MATTIE A. was born April 21, 1854; married to J. Edgar Davis.
SAMUEL BRADEN was born November 5th, 1769, in Ire- land, and emigrated to America the year peace was declared; after remaining in Philadelphia a short time he located in - county, South Carolina, where he married Nancy Young, who was born in
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the latter state, near Charleston, during the Revolutionary war, (date unknown). They removed from South Carolina to Kentucky, and thence to Tennessee, and from the latter state to Macon coun- ty, Ill., in September, 1828. Mr. B. died in 1833, and Mrs. B. in 1842. Of their three children-
SIDNEY R., was born November 4th, 1814, in Tennessee; re- moved to Illinois. with his father, and returned to Tennessee the following year, where he died in 1830.
JOHN Y., was born March 22, ISIS, in Tennessee; was married January 23d, 1840, to LAURA A. HUNTING, who was born in Ver- mont, December 24, 1819, and came to Macon county in 1840. Of their nine children, Sidney R. Braden was born November 15, 1840, and married Jane E. Cox, May 23, 1861, and died January II, 1875, of wounds received at Vicksburg during the late war. John E. Braden was born September 26, 1842; married Mary E. Bear, October 21, 1875. Alzina P. Braden, born December 3, 1844; married Charles Nichols, December 25, 1861; died Septem- ber 13, 1863. Jerome O. Braden was born February 13, 1847; married Ella Howerton, December 15, 1873. Thos. J. Braden, born August 25, 1849. Maryette A. Braden, born September 13, 1851; married William Biven, April 27, 1871 ; died April 11, 1872. Flora A. Braden, born August 26, 1853; married William L. Bear, December 30, 1874. George A. Braden, born September 29, 1855. Cora A. Braden was born November 8, 1857.
GEORGE M., was born in 1816 in Tennessee, and removed to Illinois with his father. He died in 1852. Mary Y .- (See Miller.)
JOHN F. BLANKENSHIP was born in Virginia in 1801; married to HANNAH WILSON who was born in North Carolina, in 1805, and is now living in this county, Mr. B. died a few years ago. Of their children-
FRANCIS I., was born March 6, 1827. P. W., was born January 9, 1832. J. T., was born March 25, 1834. WM. F., was born August 15, 1837. GEORGE A., was born January 4, 1840. NANCY W., was born June 27, 1843. ROBERT L., was born September 28, 1874; died 1873.
NEWTON N. BAKER was born in Lincoln county, North Carolina, February 28, 1803; moved to Rutherford county, Tenn., when he was eleven years old, and moved to Macon county in -32
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1830 and settled 5 miles east of Decatur; was married to Tabitha J. Hodge in 1835, and died May 27, 1872. His wife was born in Orange county, North Carolina, in 1814, who came to Illinois in 1829, and settled in Sangamon county, remained one year and then removed to Macon county ; she is still living in Decatur. Of their children-
AMZI H., was born in 1836; was married to Anna White, in 1867, and is now living in Decatur. MARY C., was born in 1839; was married to S. C. Davis, in 1857, and is still living in this coun- ty. JOSEPH N., was born -, and is now living in Decatur. JAMES W., was born -, also living in Decatur.
WILLIAM D. BAKER was born in Lincoln county, North Carolina, on the 12th of September, ISoo, and came to Macon county in the fall of 1828, and settled in what is now Long Creek township. Mr. Baker was a member of the first grand jury of the county; he married in Tennessee, Marrila Martin. Their children are Matilda L., wife of Andrew Dennis, Jas. T. Baker, Rev. Wm. P. Baker of Grayville in White county, Mrs. Elizabeth Smith and Rev. N. M. Baker. Mr. Baker was one of the few men of whom in a long life no one can say ought against.
JAMES M. BAKER was born September 19, 1811, in North Carolina, and came to Macon county in 1830; was married to ARRAANNA H. HODGE, who was born in North Carolina, May 15, 1816, and removed to Macon county in the winter of 1830-31. Of their children-
ROBERT was born September 10, 1830. S. A. E., was born March 7, 1848; married to JAMES GREGORY, and died in March, 1873.
KIRBY BENEDICT was born November 25, 1810, at Kent, Connecticut, and was married to CHARLOTTE C. CURTIS, October 23, 1834, who was born September 20, ISIo, in Newton, Connecti- cut; they removed to Sangamon county, Illinois, in 1835, and to Macon county in March, 1836, where he engaged in the practice of law, and remained here until 1849, when he removed to Paris, Illinois; in the fall of 1853 he was appointed by President Pierce as one of the associate justices of the territory of New Mexico, in which capacity he served for three years, when he was appointed chief justice of the same territory, which position he held until his
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removal by Andrew Johnson in the winter of 1866. After this he again engaged in the practice of law and was editor and pro- prietor of the New Mexico Union, until he died on the 28th day of February, 1874. Mr. B. held the office of probate justice of the peace of Macon county from 1838 to 1842 and was the third resident practicing lawyer of Macon county ; he received a common school education, and afterwards became proficient in the French and Spanish languages; he studied law with Judge Quit- man in Natches, Mississippi, where he was admitted to the bar. Of their children-
OPHELIA C, and LAURA K., died when young. WORTHINE C., married JAMES SMITH and resides near Moweaqua, Illinois and KIRBY S., resides at Tuscola, Illinois.
RICHARD H. BRETT was born in Prince Williams county, Va., November Ist, 1772; was married to Margaret Lee, Novem- ber 22, 1798, who was born May 6, 1779. They moved to Macon county in 1835. Of their 14 children-
MARGARET was born Sept. 17, 1799; died 1860. FRANCES Was born March 31, 1801; was married to Jacob Munch. JOHN was born May 17, 1802; was married to Sarah Fergerson. JANE was born March 29, 1804; was married to Reuben Rogers; she is now dead. MILDRED was born December 14, 1805; married to George Mont- gomery in January, 1837, and has since died. PENELOPE was born October 14, ISO8; married to Franklin Montgomery in 1836. SARAH was born July 13, 1811. GEORGE E. was born February 4, 1813, and died in November, 1835. JAMES E. was born October 11, 1814; died July 3, 1833. MARY E. was born March 21, 1816; was married to John Gulick in April, IS48; she is now dead. DANIEL was born December 21, 1817; was married to Elizabeth Wheeler, February 4, 1847. ANN M. was born June 24, 1819; died in September, 1836. ALEXANDER was born March 2, 1822; was married to Rebecca Hays, who afterwards died; he then was married to Martha Cox. FREDERICK S. was born January 3, 1825, and was married to Martha Montgomery.
Mr. B. died -; Mrs. B. died -
DAVID BARNWELL was born in South Carolina in 1802, and moved thence to Davidson county, Tenn., where he married Elizabeth Haddick, who was about the same age, and born in
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Tennessee. They removed to Illinois in 1833, and first settled in what is now Long Creek township. Mr. B. died in 1836 or 7, in Fayette county. Mrs. B. died about 1840, in Macon county. Of their six children-
ALFRED A. was born January 30, 1823, in Tennessee; died 1871. EDWARD A. was born August 30, 1824, in Tennessee; now resides in Cerro Gordo. RICHARD G. was born April 31, 1828, in Ten- nessee; resides in Idaho Territory. ALMIRA C. was born Septem- ber 3, 1829, in Tennessee; married Orrin Foster, and now resides in LaBette county Kansas. JOHN B. was born May 19, 1832, in Tennessee; resides in Macon county. NANCY E. was born about 1834; died in infancy.
MICAJAH M. BURKE was born in Kentucky, April 6, 1804 and came to this county in 1834, and married Lucy A. Pasly, who was born in Kentucky, April 21, 1814. Mr. B. died May 26, 1863. Of their children-
JOHN H. was born March 29, 1835. JAMES W. was born No- vember 21, 1837. ROBERT Y. was born May 5, 1840. THOMAS was born April 3, 1843. DELPHA was born August 9, 1845. Jo- SEPH was born February 20, 1848. LEWIS B. was born January 8, I851.
WILLIAM CANTRALL was born in Green county, Ky., Jan- uary 17, 1800; came to Sangamon county, Ill., in 1825, and to Ma- con county in 1833. The first part of his life in Illinois was spent in selling goods. He has held several offices of trust since his con- nection with Macon county. Was married on the 14th of Febru- ary, 1828, to Elizabeth Hall, who was born in ISog, and died in 1868. Of their children-
THOMAS was born in November, 1829; died in Washington Ter- ritory. JANE was born in 1831; married Dr. Kellar, who now lives in Sullivan. MARY was born in 1835; married Dr. Dillon in 1854; they now reside in Adams county. SUSAN was born in 1844; married Harl P. Christie; they are now living in Decatur.
Mr. Cantrall was married a second time, August 19, 1869, to Mrs. Han, who was born in the State of Kentucky.
EPHRAIM COX was among the early settlers who came here about 1828 or 9. We have no record of the family complete.
GEORGE M. Cox was born April 6, 1830, in Macon county,
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and married Ellen Downs, who was born in Ohio, March 15, 1832. Of their children-
Nancy C. was born October 24, 1852; married John Woods, December 17, 1873. Mary A. was born February 27, 1854; mar- ried John A. W. Bell, October 19, 1876. William H. was born March 8, 1856. John C. was born April 5, 1858; died February 23, 1862. M. J. was born August 16, 1860. L. A. was born De- cember 24, 1863; died August 15, 1864. Ida F. was born April 16, 1865. George E. was born November 15, 1867. Eda A. was born February 22, 1870; died February 26, 1870. S. C. was born July 26, 1871.
MARGARET E. was born March 14, 1832; married Cornelius Morris in 1848, who was born November 6th, 1825. Of their children-
Nancy A. was born February 28, 1849; died December 9, 1861. Mary E. was born September 27, 1850; married November 19, 1872, to C. W. Frew. Margaret M. was born February 22, 1853. Lewis J. was born July 17, 1856; died November 12, 1875. Thos. F. was born April 23, 1861. Amanda E. was born April 7, 1864. George W. was born July 1, 1867. Ada A. was born June 27, 1870. Elmer O. was born May 8, 1872.
REV. WM. S. CRISSEY was born in Connecticut, April 21, ISII, and came to Macon county in 1831, on a visit, and removed here in 1834. In 1831-2, Mr. C. was upon the Tazewell Circuit, which included a very large territory, viz: Peoria, Pekin, Bloom- ington, etc. In 1832-3, he was assigned to the Jacksonville Circuit, which was as extensive as his former field of labors. Of the experi- ences of circuit rider among the pioneers of Illinois, Father Crissey relates some very amusing instances. He has been a close observer of men and events, and has a mind well stored with facts gathered from a long life and varied experiences.
COL. E. D. CARTER, was born February 2, 1814, in Logan county, Ky., and removed thence to Shelbyville in 1833, and thence to Springfield in 1836, and thence to Decatur in 1838, where he now resides. He married Christina Smick, who was born in Ken- tucky in 1812.
JAMES D. CAMPBELL was born June 26, 1803, in North Carolina; removed thence to Caldwell county, Kentucky, and
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thence to Wayne county, Illinois, in 1826; thence to Sangamon county in 1828, and to Macon county in 1830. He married in Ken- tucky Lavina Travis, who is still living. Mr. C. was a member of the county commissioners' court, and for many years a justice of the peace. He died in 1864. Their children are-
Matilda, John T., Margaret, (married Thomas Warfield,) David, Louisa, (married Wm. Foly,) and Mary, (married Geo. Schroll.)
WILLIAM COX was born in the State of Maryland, Decem- ber 19, 1803; was married to Martha -, July 3, 1832, who was born April 14, 1806, in the state of Virginia; died December 18, 1867. Of their children-
MARY ELIZABETH was born August 24, 1833; was married to Harvey Travis; died February 6, 1862. MARTHA ANN was born December 17, 1834. ALMEDA VIRGINIA was born May 7, 1837; was married to Gilbert McDaniel; died November 5, 1861. WIL- LIAM EPHRAIM was born July 15, 1838; was married to Ellen Traughber, now Hunt; died December 18, 1861. TRIPHENA Was born November 5, 1840; was married to Thomas Price; died Feb- ruary 24, 1862. EMILY was born March 12, 1843; died December 27, 1861. CHARLOTTE was born September 9, 1845; was married to John Miller, and now resides in this county. LUCETTA was born January 14, 1848; was married to Harvey Epling, and now re- sides in Kansas.
DR. IRA B. CURTIS, the 17th county treasurer of Macon county, was born October 23, 1823, in Delaware county, Ohio, and moved to Sangamon county, Ill., in 1835, and has been a resident of this county since 1844, excepting seven years of which time he was a resident of Christian county. He was a physician in active practice from 1846 until 1862, when he received a stroke of paraly- sis in his lower limbs, and has been unable to walk since, which, of course, destroyed largely his usefulness in his profession. In 1863 he was elected county treasurer, which position he held until 1869.
JACOB CAULK was born November 5, 1802; was married to Mary -, January 7, 1830, who was born January 22, 1804. Of their children-
JAMES was born October 26, 1830; died September 5, 1833. MARTHA was born February 19, 1832. JOHN was born October 12, 1833; married Malinda Pound. They are now residents of
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Decatur. ALBERT was born June 20. 1837; supposed to have died in the army. MARY was born November 19, 1839. SARAH was born December 23, 1841. Jacob Caulk and wife were among the first settlers of this county; neither of them is now living.
DAVID DAVIS was born in Lincoln county, North Carolina, May 2, 1798. At the age of 17 he emigrated to Rutherford county, Tennessee. In 1828 he came to Illinois and settled in this county. At the age of 23 he had the misfortune to become paralyzed in his lower extremities, and throughout his long life he walked with great difficulty. Notwithstanding this, he was ever energetic, and gathered a handsome competence for himself, and provided liberal means for beneficent charities. He died August 19, 1875. He was once county treasurer and one of the judges of the first election held in Macon county. He was married to Mary Martin September 28, 1825, who was born in Rutherford county, Tennessee, November 15, 1806. Of their children --
ISABELLA G. was born August 17, 1826; was married to Michael C. Rozzell, November 4, 1845. WILLIAM M. was born January 14, 1831; was married to S. J. Nicholson March 23, 1854. SYL- VESTER C. was born June 8, 1834; married to Mary C. Baker, September 3, 1857. MILTON Z. was born August 29, 1835; mar- ried to Emma Eichinger, September 3, 1865. MARY P. was born January 11, 1838; married to Hiram G. Wheeler, October 11, 1855. ELIZABETH E. was born September 6, 1841; married to John Rucker, December 28, 1858; died January 24, 1862. JOHN L. was born December 22, 1842; died April 26, 1865. TRAUGHBER L. was born March 2, 1845; was married to Mendosia Houseman, Sep- tember 25, 1873. MARILLA A. was boru January 2, 1847; was married to Thomas J. Odor, September 28, 1869.
WILLIAM DICKEY, SR., was born May 6, 1764, in Vir- ginia, and removed thence to South Carolina, and was in the revo- lutionary war; was married about 1790 to Mary Stephenson, in North Carolina, who was born March 26, 1774. Of their chil- dren ---
SARAH was born February 3, 1792; died same year. JOHN was born January 4, 1793; died in 1847. MARTHIA was born Septem- ber 9, 1795; died in 1837. JAMES was born December 23, 1797; died - . EDA was born June 6, 1Soo; married M. Davis; died IS26. MARY was born November 14, 1802; married James Cain.
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WILLIAM was born March 9, 1805. SARAH was born January 5, 1807; died in infancy. JESSE was born December 11, 1809, mar- ried Mary Brown. MATHIAS was born April 2, 1812; died 1816. ANDREW was born November 15, 1814; married Ely Russell.
JOHN DICKEY was born in 1793, and came to Macon county in 1829; married Martha Stevenson; was killed by a run-a-way team in 1846 or '7.
WM. DICKEY, JR., was born in Kentucky, Oct. 11, 1814, and married Isabella Foster, Nov. 30, 1837, who was born in Ten- nessee. Mrs. D. died May 30, 1852. Of their children-
JOHN B. was born October 26, 1838. DAVID A. was born August 28, 1840; died July 22, 1864. MARTHA A. was born March 20, 1843; married J. W. Welton. ABNER L. was born March 5, 1846; married E. Mendenhall. W. M. was born Jan- uary 14, 1849, MARY C. was born May 8, 1851; died May 27, 1851.
Mr. Dickey married to his second wife, Mrs. Sarah A. Warner, October 19, 1852, who was born in Canada, August 25, 1828. Mr. D. died January 17, 1875. Of their children-
CLARETTA was born Feb. 19, 1855. SARAH J. was born Dec. 27, 1856. HENRY E. was born January 13, 1859. ELIZA A. was born February 17, 1861 ; died August 30, 1862. GEO. B. was born September 20, 1862; died September 6, 1863. CHAS. A. was born July 21, 1864. MARGARET C. was born November 21, 1866. NANCY B. was born February 15, 1869. JAMES H. was born July 22, 1873.
ALEXANDER C. DICKEY was born February 22, 1818; married Nancy Foster.
HARVEY DICKEY was born February 23, 1837; married R. Dowling.
DAVID DICKEY was born March 19, 1817, in Lovington county, Ky .; came to Macon county in 1829; was married to Mary Chambers, Feb. 2, 1844, who was born February 27, 1821; died November 10, 1865. Of their children-
MARY was born December 16, 1844; died October 1, 1859. NANCY was born February 26, 1847; died September 16, 1847. JAMES was born April 12, 1851 ; died October 18, 1859.
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Mr. Dickey was married a second time to Nancy J. Dike, De- cember 22, 1870. Their only child, MAGGIE, was born Sept. 17, IS71.
SAMUEL DAVIDSON was born in South Carolina, in 1774. From South Carolina he came to Southern Illinois; thence to Macon county in 1830; was married in South Carolina to Eliza- beth Mays, who was born in the latter State in 1776. Mr. D. died in 1843, and Mrs. D. died in 1844. Of their children-
JOHN was born in 1796; died in 1844. POLLY was born in 1798; died in 1840. ANDREW was born in ISO6; died in 1871. NANCY was born in ISOS. ELLA J. was born in ISIo. ELIZABETH Was born in 1813; died in 1833. CYNTHA was born in IS16; died in IS35. BAXTER was born in 1817; was married to Elizabeth Har- baugh in 1842, who was born in IS17; died in 1867. Of their children --
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