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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. 1, 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. S, IS28 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
and . son in-law, to Sangamon county, eight miles west of Springfield. Of the three children-
BENGAMIN 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, IS49, married September 26, 1872, to Alexander L. Patteson. They have one child, HELEN A., and live two miles south- west of Curran, Sangamon county, Ill. LOUISA, born Sept. 7, 1852, MARY ALLETTA, born April 17, 1854, A. MAYHEW, horn 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, Ill.
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. Sec 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, Ill.
RODGERS, ROBERT B., born Aug. 1, 1793, in Westmoreland county, Pa. Catharine A. Huggins was born Feb. 11, 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, Ill., arriving in the spring of 1837 in what is now Clear Lake township, east of the river, where two children were born. Of their twelve children-
LUCETTA, born Jan. 1, 1814, in Dauphin county, Pa., married in Wooster, O., to Charles McClure. She died there in 1844, leaving three children.
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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, Ill.
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, Ill. AMANDA married Avery Constant, and lives near Williamsville, Ill. 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, Il1-1874.
AMANDA, born Aug. 17, 1826, in Dauphin county, Pa., married Dec. 11, 1845, in 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, Ill. Mr. Wilkison served three months - from April, 1861 - in the 13th Ohio Inf. He enlisted at Springfield, Feb. 2, 1865, for one year, in Co. I, 7th Ill. 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 Ill. 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, Ill. 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, 116th Ill. Inf., and died in St. Louis, March, 1864. His widow resides at Riverton, Sangamon county, Ill.
MARY, born 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, III. 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 Ill. 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, III .- IS74.
CAROLINE, born Nov. 24, 1834, in Dauphin county, Pa., is unmarried, and lives with her brothers in Sangamon county.
RICHARD, horn 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, Ill.
SAMUEL D., born Nov. 28, 1838, in Sangamon county, enlisted July 25, 1862, for three years, in Co. I, 114th Ill. 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 Ill. 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, Ill.
ROGERS, JOTHAM S., was born June 25, 1816, in Bangor, Maine, came to Springfield, Ill., in 1837, and was married to Mary A. Benham, who died without children in 1843. Mr. Rogers was married May 27, 1848, to Sarah-
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Elder. See Elder family. Mr. and Mrs. Rogers had two children in Spring- field-
HANSON G. died at eight years of age.
MARY LOUISA, born July 14, IS50, 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.
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Jonatham S. Rogers died July 3, 1857, in Springfield, and his widow was mar- ried, Feb. 7, 1859, to 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 same 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, IS25. There, in connection with Ebene- zer Brigham, 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, IS11, 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, Ill. 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. PHOEBE 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 D., born Aug. 28, ISIS, in Cincinnati, died in Sangamon county, June 21, 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. IS, 1793. They had eight children, and moved to Sangamon county, Ill., 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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ANN P., born August II, ISIO, in New Jersey, married in Sangamon county, to Alfred Riley. They had four children; one died, aged fifteen. WILLIAM, born April 11, 1835, is married, and lives in Springfield, Ill. LUTHER, born Oct. 10, 1836, is married, and lives in Spring- field, Ill. 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, IS70. His widow lives in Springfield, Illinois.
PHEBE L., born March 1, 1812, in New Jersey, married Thomas S. Edwards, who died in Bureau county. She lives with her brother, John E. Roll.
YOHN E., born June 9, 1814, at Green Village, N. J. came to Sangamon county June 7, 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- mo, 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 yal. 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.
MARY 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, IS19, 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, Ill. 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, HIARRY w., dicd 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.
NANCY, 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.
ALPHEUS P., born Sept. 17, 1830, in Sangamo, Sangamon county, Ill., 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 Phobe D. Roll, daughter of Pierson Roll. See his name. John E. Roll and wife live near Teheran, Ill. The other three children live with their parents. Alpheus P. Roll and fam- ily reside near Teheran, Mason county, Illinois.
William Roll died August 11, 1844, in Sangamon county, and his widow lives with her daughter, Mrs. Riggins, in Mason City, Illinois.
ROSS, 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
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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. IS, 1832. Mrs. Nancy Ross moved with some of her children to Sangamon county, Ill., 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-
HETTY, 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, Ill. Mrs. Icy I. Cory died in 1855, and Mr. Cory was married Sept. 22, 1859, to Christiana Clements, who was born July 22, 1836, in Montgomery county, Md. They have five living children, JOHN A., ANNIE I., ALICE A., ELLA L. and CLARA H. Wil- liam Ross Cory resides in Springfield, Ill. 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 in Springfield, and his widow went to Cincinnati and died of cholera, July 3, 1849.
NANCY, born about 1Soo 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, leaving 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, Ill.
WILLIAM R., born Oct. 3. 1Sog, 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, Ill., in 1838, and from there to Cooper town- ship, where Mrs. Ross died, Feb. IS, IS+4. 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, IS51, 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, Ill.
ANDREW J., born March 8, 1815, in Cincinnati, was married in Sangamon county June 11, 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 Mrs. 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, Ill.
CHARLOTTE D., 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. S, 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, Ill., to Milton Ross. He died Aug. 20, 1845, and his widow resides three and three-quarter miles east of Rochester.
Mrs. Nancy Ross died Feb. 24, 1852, in Cooper township. The remains of her
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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. Sce his name. GEORGE W. enlisted April, 1864, in Co. B, 114th Ill. 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 f., born Feb. 14, 1831, in Kentucky, married James Short, had two children, and he died, and she married Frank Erust. 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.
FOHN W., born April 24, 1835, in Kentucky, and raised in Sangamon county. He enlisted in 1862, in Co. D, 33d Iil. 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 1, 1863.
MARY 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.
JULIA A., born in Sangamon coun- ty, married Charles Stough, have two children, and reside in Monticello, Piatt county, Illinois.
WINFIELD 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 1758, 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, Ill., 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 in 1796, in Virginia, entered the ministry in connection with the M. E. church, in Ohio. He came to
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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 2, born in Virginia, and married in Ohio to Absolom Meredith. See his name.
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REBECCA, born July 30, 1812, in Ohio, married in Sangamon county to Jacob Boyd. See his name.
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JOSEPH B., born Nov. 1, 1816, in Franklin county, near Columbus, Ohio, was married in Sangamon county, Aug. 19, 1841, to Louisa Downing. She died Jan. S, 1853, in Vermont, Fulton county, Ill., leaving four children; two died young. THOMAS M. was married in Washing- ton county, Ill., to Sarah M. Kelso, and lives in Chatsworth, Ill. ELEANOR E. married James M. Little, and lives in McDonough county, near Vermont, Ful- ton county, Ill. Joseph B. Royal was married Oct. 23, 1853, at Vermont, Ill., 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, Ill. 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, Ill.
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