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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 ISOI, 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, Ill., 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, Ill., 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. Mr. 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 - 1874-a
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wealthy farmer and manufacturer at Brooklyn, Schuyler county, III. 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, at 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, Ill. 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, Icaving 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, Ill. 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 of Springfield, Ill., 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 of 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, III., 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 chi.dren born in Iowa, AMANDA mar- ried Dr. J. D. Harper, and died in Mt. Pleasant. [Sce 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, III., 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, ISHI, in Fleming county, Ky., was married April 9, 1833, to Maria L. Sampson, who was born April 5, 1811, 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, IS37, and served three months in the be- ginning of the rebellion, in an Illinois regiment. He married Sarah Dorrell, and lives in Mason City, Ill. JOHN S., born May 2, 1840, enlisted for three years, in 1861, in Co. G, 10th Ill. 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, and 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, 115th Ill. Inf., was transferred to the 121st III. Inf., served to the end of the rebellion, and was honorably discharged.
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He married Mary J. Shaw. They have one child, and live two miles north of Springfield, Ill. JULIA E., SARAH J., EDWARD L., ETNA A., MARY E. and HARVEY E., live with their parents, four miles north of Springfield, Illinois .- 1874.
ALVIN, born July 12, IS17, in Flem- in7 county, Ky., came with his parents to Sangamon county, Ill., in IS28, 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 11, 1856, in Washington, D. C., to Marthena Barlow, who was born Oct. 24, 1834, at Greencastle, Ind. She is a niece of Mis. 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 IS58 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, Ill., 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 be held for six years, and until Nebraska was admitted to the Union as a State, which he officially an- nounced by proclamation, March 27,
IS67. 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, Ill., 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, IS4S, 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. IS, 1851, when she died from the effects of a dose of arsenic carelessly put up by a druggist in place of morphine.
SATTLEY, ROBERT, was born Oct. 27, 17SS, 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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daughters and three sons, to White coun- ty, near Carmi, Ill., in the fall of 18IS. He was there married, February, 1819, to Eliza Hawley. She was born March 7, ISOI, near Vergennes, Vt. Mr. and Mrs. Sattley moved to what became San- gamon county, Ill., arriving in June. 1819, and settled about half a mile north of where Rochester now stands. They ha ! eight children in Sangamon county-
AARON, born Jan. 25, 1820, in San- gamon county, married March 4, 1858, to Delilah Shaver, who was born Feb. 9, IS35, in 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, Ill .- 1874.
RALPH, born Nov. 1, IS21, 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, IS27, in Sangamon county, married Charles Fair- child. See his name.
EMILY, born Oct. 22, IS29, in San- gamon county, died Dec. 15, 1851.
ALFRED died in infancy.
ELIZA f., born June 15, 1834, mar- ried John A. Twist. See his name.
ROBERT H., born Sept. 18, IS37, 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, Ill.
Robert Sattley died March 27, 1842, and Mrs. Eliza Sattley died June 13, 1860, both in Rochester, Sangamon county, Ill.
SATTLEY, ARCHIBALD, born Oct. S, 1794, near Vergennes, Ver- mont, was married Feb. 13, 1819, near Carmi, White county, Ill., to Harriet Hawley, who was born March, 7, ISO1, 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-
MELVINA, born Sept. 3, 1819, mar- ried John C. Miller. See his name.
ALBERT, born April 10, 1821, in Sangamon county, was married, Sept. 21, IS53, in Springfield, to Susan 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 1, 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. 11, 1S24, 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, 183S, 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, fun., born Sept. 2, IS37, was married Oct. 25, 1860, to Martha J. Ferguson. They have five children, CLYDE A., JAMES F.,
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FREDERICK L., HIRAM L. and LUCY. A. Sattley, Jun., 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, Ill.
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, Ill., 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 Nenia, Ohio, in IS22, and from there to Sangamon coun- ty, Ill., arriving in the fall of 1834, in what is now Cartwright township, south of Richland creek. Of their children-
JOHN, Fun., 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.
DAVID, 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. 1, 1839, married William T. Pirkins. See his name. JAMES T. born June 6, 1841, and
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, Ill.
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.
FOSTER, 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, Ill., now, 1876.
MARY, born June 16, 1814, near Bridge- ton, New Jersey, was married Sept. 15, 1842, in Sangamon county, Ill., to John H. Beaumont. They had one living child, FANNIE, who married Dr. Harri- son Withrow. See his name. They live in Petersburg, Ill. Mr. Beaumont died May 3, 1870, at Pleasant Plains, Sanga- mon county, and his widow lives at Peters- burg, Menard county, Ill.
CLARISSA, born Oct. 31, 1816, in New Jersey, was married in Sangamon county, Ill., to Jordan Simpson. See his name.
Mrs. Catharine Sayre died Sept. IS, 1835, and John Sayre died Dec. 27, 1835, both near Richland creek, Sangamon county, Ill.
SCOTT, DALLAS, was born April 6, 1791, in Cumberland county, Ky. Sarah Foster was born May 1, 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, Ill., arriving Nov. 1, 1819, on Richland creek, three miles east of the present town of Pleasant Plains, where
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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, Ill., 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, Ill., married in Ken- tucky to Jane Scott. They have one child, and live in Crawford county Mo.
JOHN F., born April 6, 1826, in San- gamon county, married, has five children, and lives near Omaha, Nebraska.
MATTIE f., born April 24, 1829, in Sangamon county, is unmarried, and lives with her sister, Mrs. Cartwright.
HATTIE N., born December 4, 1831, in Sangamon county, married Amos Dick, has one child, EMMA, and lives near Wapella, De Witt county, Illinois.
FRANCIS M., born April 26, 1835, in Sangamon county, married January 17, 1858, to Mary L. Brockman, who was born Oct. 1, 1836, in Morgan county, Ill. They had seven children. HARRIET E., the third child, died at four years, and AMOS, the seventh child, died Sept. 4, 1873, 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, Ill.
Dallas Scott died June 18, 1841, and his widow died Feb. 4, 1862, both in Cart- wright township, Sangamon county, Ill.
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 parents soon after moved to Caldwell county, Ky.
James Scott and Mary Woods'were 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, Ill. In the spring of 1828 they returned to Kentucky, and in the fall of 1829 moved to Morgan county, Ill., where nine children were born, in all fifteen children, namely-
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, Ill., to John H. Ham. They have a family, and reside near Decatur, Ill.
FRANCIS M., born March 27, 1823, in Caldwell county, Ky., married Mrs. Sarah Burch, and reside near Franklin, Morgan county, Ill. 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 Ill., to Samuel O'Neal. See his name.
MARY A., born Dec. 9, 1826, in Ken- tucky, married George G. Harnsburger, and resides near Decatur, Ill.
SARAH, born Oct. 9, 1828, in Ken- tucky, married in Sangamon county, Ill., to Joseph Stickel, and reside near Hills- boro, Montgomery county, Ill.
MINERVA 7., born April 2, 1830, in Morgan county, Ill., and was married there to William R. Ford. See his name.
MARTHA E., born Feb. 13, 1832, in Morgan county, Ill., was married in San- gamon county to Hiram W. Walker. See his name.
NANCY M., born in Morgan county, died aged 6 years.
THOMAS ., born Dec. 9, 1835, in Morgan county, III., married Fannie Bird, and for his second wife, married Mary Ford. They have one child, LUTHER D., and reside at Virden, Macoupin coun- ty, Ill.
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-
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dren, HELEN. THALBERG W., CHANNING H., and LAUREL. Their second child, EDNA, died Sept. 9, 1865. The following lines written by the mother, and published in the Illi- nois State Fournal 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 Is hard to bear-what joys what hopes are hid Forever undernea b 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 hair of sunny gold,
How would it ease this aching, longing pain, Could I but clasp thee to my heart again ! BALL, Ill., 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.
NANCY ANTIONETTE, born April 13, 1845, in Morgan county, mar- ried in Sangamon county to Fletcher A. Stickel, and resides in Centralia, Kansas.
GAMES R., born Dec. 9, 1847, in Morgan county, married in Sangamon county, in 1872, to Mary 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.
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