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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 ---
GAMES H., born June 16, 1832, in Woodford county, Ky., died in Sanga- mon county, Jan. 17, 1852.
BISHOP EMERY, horn Dec. 12, IS34, in Sangamon county, married Lu- cinda Shaver. They have two living children, and reside near Taylorville, Illi- nois.
PERMELIA f., 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 halt a mile west of Sangamon Station, Sangamon county, Illinois.
JOSHUA ?. , born Nov. 1, 1841, died . Nov. 8, 1861.
LUCY A., bor July 3, 1843, in San- gamon county, married Thomas Upton, have four children, and live near Summit, Butler county, Neb.
Mrs. Diedamia Rncker 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, Ill.
RUCKEL, DANIEL E., was born May 5, 1811, in New York City. Catharine V. G. Forbes was born Feb. S, IS12, in the same city. They were mar- ried, April 22, 1834, and had 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
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Jacob. Mr. and Mrs. Ruckel had three children in Sangamon county. Of their four children-
CATHARINE F., born Feb. 23, IS35, in New York City, brought up in Springfield, Ill., 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, Ill. 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, Sth 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, Ill., has been his home. He is not yet married .- Sept., 1876.
MATILDA B., born Nov. 22, IS41, in Springfield Ill., 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 IS54. They have two living children, GRACE V. and LIDA F., and reside in Spring- field, Ill. Mr. Ward is engaged in the business of a watchmaker and jeweler.
ELIZABETH C., born July 29, IS44, in Springfield, Ill., 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, IS63. Mrs. Johns resides with her daughter, Mrs. Ward, in Springfield, Illinois.
RUCKEL, JACOB, was born Oct. 27, IS15, in New York city, and came to Springfield, Ill., in the spring of 1837. He was married near Farmington - now Farmingdale-to Laura A. Stone. They have five living children, namely-
SAMUEL, FANNY A., WALTER 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, Ill.
RUSK, BENJ. D., was born in Virginia. His father was killed in the Revolutionary army. His son-
ARCHIBALD H., born Nov. 20, IS33, in Sangamon county, enlisted on the first call for 75,000 men, April, 1861, in Co. E, 7th III. Int., for three months; served full term, and was honorably dis- charged. He enlisted in August, IS61, in Co. A, 3d Ill. Cav., for three years ; served until May, 1S62, when he was discharged on account of physical disability. In June, 1863, he was received into Co. E, 114th Ill. 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 Ill. Inf; served until April, 1866, when he was honorably discharged at Springfield, and lives in Cotton Hill township.
DAVID 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-
F. DILLER, born June 14, IS41, in Springfield, was married in Petersburg, Illinois, to Anna Bacon. They have one child, GEORGIANA. Mrs. Anna Ruth and her daughter reside in Springfield, Illinois.
R. FRANCIS, born May S, 1856, in Springfield, lives with his father.
Mrs. Maria W. D. Ruth died May 2S, IS70, in Springfield.
R. F. Ruth was a member of the firm of Ruth & Hurst, dry goods merchants,
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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 he 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, Ill. 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.
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SACKETT, CLAUDIUS C., was born Dec. 16, IS13, in that part of Portage which is now Summitt county, Ohio, with Akron as the county seat. Mr. S. came to Waverly, Ill., in the fall of 1836. During the winter and 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-
EMILY and ANNA, who live with their father. Mrs. Sarah Sackett died December, 1847, and C. C. Sackett was married Jan. 10, IS49, 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-
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ROSCOE f. and CLARA A. reside with their parents in Loami township, Sangamon county, three miles northeast of Waverly, Morgan county, Ill .- 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 Sangamo, previous to 1830. Of their children-
DORCAS, 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.
MARY married A. Clay Gaines. See his name.
HARRIET married Thompson Cri- der, and dicd.
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, Ill., arriv- ing in 1820 on Lick creek, where they had ten children. We have sketches of three only of them-
STEPHEN, born in Ohio, married in Sangamon county to Nancy Prunk. They have a family, and live near Ches- nnt, Logan county, Ill.
LUCINDA M., born in Sangamon county, married William Poffenberger. See his name,
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MARY 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, 1So4, in Green county, Ky. He was married Jan. 17, IS24, in the same county, to Jane Faucett. They had three children there, and moved to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving Dec. 16, IS29, 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-
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ROBERT E., born May 26, 1825, in Green county, Ky., married in Sangamon county, April 1, 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 S, 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 1. 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., boin Oct. S, 1856, married Oct. 28, 1873, to James H. Beam. Sce his name. SUSAN A., born Oct. 11, 1857, died April 6, 1865. JOHN E., THOMAS E. and JAMES W. live with their father. M:s. Isabel Sanders died August 1, 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, 147th Ohio Inf. They have two children, MARTHA E. and CHARLES H., and live near Pawnee, Ill. VIENNA M., born April 4, 1851, married Oct. 23, 1866, to Joseph Hallo- way, who was born Jan. 16, 1837, in Har- din county, Ky. They live two and a half miles northeast of Pawnce. SARAH F., born Sept. 24, 1858, and CHARLES T., born Dec. 14, 1859, live with their mother. John H. Sanders died March 7, IS65, in Pawnee, and his widow resides in Christian county, three miles northeast of Pawnee, Sangamon county, Ill. 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.
MARY A. F., born Oct. IS, 1828, in Kentucky, married in Sangamon county to Rape Funderburk. See his name. She died June S, IS48.
ELISHA T., 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, Ill. HARRIET A., born August 16, 1853, was married July 7, 1872, to William R.
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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 with their parents, two miles east of Pawnee, Sangamon county, Ill. 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.
HARRIET 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, Ill. 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.
ANDREW f., born April 22, 1838, in Sangamon county, married, October 7, 1858, to Sarah Lambert, who was born Jan. 30, 1843, in 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, Ill. He was ordained June 20, 1874, at the Horse Creek Predestinarian Baptist church, as a preacher of the gospel.
TIMOTHY E. M., 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. 18, 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 surgcon of the 59th Ill. Inf., appointed Feb. 18, 1865, was promoted to Major Surgeon of the ioth Ill. 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, in Kentucky. They have three children, AMANDA M., WILLIAM T. and CHARLES AR- THUR, and reside two and three-quar- ter miles east of Pawnee, Sangamon county, Illinois.
NANCY 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 Taylor 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. D., 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-
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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, IS74.
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 1830-'31 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- nessec, and moved to Sangamon county, Ill., 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-
STEPHEN N., born March 16, 1835, in Rutherford county, Tenn., studied medicine in Sangamon county, Ill., enlist- ed there in Co. K, 124th Ill. 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, Ill., 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, Ill. He is a practicing physician at Arcola, Doug- las county, Ill.
GEORGE W., born Dec. S, 1838, in Cotton Hill township, Sangamon county, was married near Auburn, Ill., to Eliza- beth Bremer. They have two children, CLARA A. and IDA B., and reside in Auburn, Ill.
THOMAS f., born Aug. 23, 1840, in Cotton Hill township, Sangamon county, brought up in Tennessee, and enlisted in Co. K, 124th Ill. Vol. Inf., in 1862, for three years; was elected sargeant, served full term, and was honorably discharged
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Aug. 12, 1865. He was married Febru- ary, 1875, to Maggie Hackley, and resides in Auburn, Ill.
MARTIN L., born Feb. S, 1842, in Rutherford county, Tenn., enlisted April, 1864, in Co. K, 124th Ill. 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, Ill.
JOHN F., born Nov. 4, 1844, in Rutherford county, Tenn., enlisted in Co. K, 124th Ill. Inf., April, 1864; served eleven months, and was honorably dis- charged November, 1865. He was mar- ried in Auburn, Sangamon county, Ill., to Jennie Wallace. They have one living child, CLYDE. J. F. Sanders is a practicing physician at Sullivan, Moultrie county, Ill.
ANDREW D., born Oct. 14, 1846, in Tennessee, enlisted in Co. K, 124th Ill. 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, Ill.
CLEMENT f., 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 H., born Oct. 14, 1850, in Williamson county, Ill., is unmar- ried, and practicing medicine in Coving- ton, Moultrie county, Ill.
HENRY f., born Jan. 18, 1852, in Williamson county, is unmarried, and re- sides in Auburn, Sangamon county, Ill.
ELLA, born Nov. 17, 1855, in David- on county, Tenn., was married in Auburn, Ill., 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.
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