History of the early settlers of Sangamon County, Illinois : "centennial record", Part 103

Author: Power, John Carroll, 1819-1894; Power, S. A. (Sarah A.), 1824-; Old Settlers' Society of Sangamon County (Ill.)
Publication date: 1876
Publisher: Springfield, Ill. : E.A. Wilson & Co.
Number of Pages: 824

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SCOTT, JOHN, was born about 1734 in Pennsylvania. His father, An- drew Scott, emigrated from Scotland and settled in Pennsylvania abont 1725. John Scott was a soldier in the American Revolution, and was married about 1756 to Anna Crayton. They had one child-

ELIZABETH, who married James Maston.

Mrs. Anna Scott died and John Scott married Nancy Keith. They had twelve living children. The family moved to Sangamon county in 1824, and settled at Island Grove. Of his children-

ANDREW, born Nov. 21, 1786, in North Carolina, was married May 28, 1 808, in Jackson county, Tenn., to Anna Lon- gest, who was born in 1791 in South Caro- lina, near the sea coast. They had seven children there, and moved to Sangamon county, Ill., first stopping east of Spring- field, thence to Richiand creek, and from there to Island Grove, arriving in 1824. Four children were born there. Of their eleven children, GADDIAL, born Aug. 9, ISog, in Jackson county, Tenn., was married July 25, 1833, at Island Grove, Sangamon county, Ill., to Susan Sexton, who was born May 25, ISIo, in Knox county, Kentucky. The moved to Knox county, Ill., settling four miles north of Knoxville, Oct. 6, 1834. They had six living children, WILLIAM M., born July 21, 1834, died July 18, 1863. JOHN W., born March 26, 1836, died Oct. 6, 1862. ELIZABETH S., born April 27, 1839, died Feb. 22, 1564. ENOCH S., born July 25, 1841, near Galesburg, was married July 4, IS63, to Mary R. Grant. They had two living children, John W. and Clarence R., and live at the homestead near Gales- burg, Ill. JAMES M., born May 5, 1843, in Knox county, was married Feb. 23, 1870, to Della Lotts. They had two children, Forrest L. and Olive P., and live at the homestead near Galesburg, Ill. JACOB A., born Oct. 14, 1846, died May 3, 1865. Mrs. Susan Scott died Jan. 22, 1875, and Gaddial Scott resides near Galesburg, Ill. NANCY, born Feb. 22, 1811, in Lincoln county, Ky., married in Sangamon county to John Slatten. They moved to De Witt county, Ill., and from there to Des Moines, Iowa, in 1856, where they now reside. They have seven chil- dren. JAMES L., born Jan. 12, 1813, in Giles county, Tenn., came to Sangamon county in 1824, and was married in Iowa to Mary A. Gilmer. They have cight children, and reside near Des Moines, Iowa. ELIZABETH A., born Jan. 20, 1815, in Harrison county, Ind., came to Sangamon county with her father's family and married John Maxwell, of Macon

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county. They have five living children, and reside near Waynesville, De Witt county, Ill. ANNA, born Jan. 21, 1817, in Orange county, Ind., married Tilford Gilmer. They have one child, and reside near Glasgow, Jefferson county, Iowa. WILSON A., born Nov. 20, 1818, in Crawford connty, Ind .; came to Sanga- mon county, Ill., in 1824, was married in Iowa to Mrs. Louisa Jayne. Wilson and traded with the Indians there

A. Scott went to Fort Des Moines until they were removed west. He ac- companied them but returned to Des Moines, laid out the town on the east side of the river, and it was largely through his influence and contributions that the capital was built on that side. He went to California, returned to Des Moines and contributed two or three years to the building up of the city; started to Pike's Peak and died at Fort Laramie in 1859. His remains were buried at Des Moines. CALEB L., born Dec. 22, 1821, in San- gamon county, Ill., spent ten years, from 1850 to 1860, in California, was married Oct. 21, 1860, in Jefferson county, Iowa, to Charlotte K. Templeton, who was born Oct. 9, 1827, in Wayne county, Ohio. They came at once to Island Grove town- ship, Sangamon county, Ill. They had five children, CHARLOTTE J., ANN M., JOHN H. C., HENRY W., and EDNA E., and reside adjoining Berlin on the east. JOHN W., born June 3, 1824, at Island Grove, was married Sept. 7, 1848, to Martha Yates. They had nine children, three died in infancy, MINNIE died in her eighth year. The other five, HENRY A., LOUISA, RICHARD Y., JOHN W., Jun., and THOMAS Y., reside with their parents in Berlin, Illinois. DORINDA, born Dec. 12, 1828, in Sangamon county, was mar- ricd to William T. Hughes, who was born in Adair county, Ky. They have two living children, MARY L. married Samuel Mendenhall, and lives at Elkhart, Ill. ADA M. resides with her parents. Wil- liam T. Hughes and family live at Elk- hart, Logan county, Ill. LUCINDA, born April 17, 1830, in Sangamon county, married Stewart Goodrell. They had three children, MARY, STEWART, Jun., and ANNA. Mr. Goodrell died in 1872 ; his widow and children reside at Des Moines, Iowa. Stewart Goodrell represented Polk county, Iowa, in the State Legisla-

ture several years, and was pension agent at the time of his death. MALINDA, born May 2, 1832, in Sangamon county, married Thomas B. Reed. They had one child, WILSON T., and Mr. Reed died at Island Grove, Ill. His widow and son re- side at Des Moines, Iowa. Mrs. Anna Scott died and Andrew Scott married Mrs. Maxwell, whose maiden name was Ellis. He died in 1859 and his widow died in 1861. He was a minister in the Christian church.

ALEXANDER, JOHN, WIL- SON, WILLIAM, GAMES, MAR- TIN, SAMUEL, RUTH, ANNA and NANCY, all these brothers and sisters named above, settled in DeWitt county, Illinois; none came to Sangamon county.

SEELEY, BISHOP, born Feb. 10, 1794, at Williston, Chittenden county, Vt. Betsy Brush was born Oct. 18, 1795, at Waltham, Vt. Her father was a Colo- nel in the Revolution. Bishop Seeley and Betsy Brush were married Aug. 14, 18:6, at Madrid, St. Lawrence county, New York, and their six children were born there. The family moved to Sanga- mon county, Ill., arriving Nov. 13, 1835, in the Farmington settlement, in what is now Cartwright township. Of their chil- dren --

SUSAN P., born Aug. 8, 1818, was married in Sangamon county, Illinois, Dec. 25, 1838, to Robert B. Zimmerman. See his name.

LUCIUS A., born Aug. 10, 1820, was married in Sangamon county, Oct. 16, 1844, to Sophia H. Buckman, and moved to Oregon in 1850. They have ten liv- ing children, and reside near Portland, Oregon.

JOSEPH S., born Oct. 20, 1824, in St. Lawrence county, N. Y., was brought up in Sangamon county, Ill., went to Ore- gon in 1848, was married there, had two children, and lives in Wasco county, Ore- gon.

GEORGE B., born June 8, 1829, in New York, was married April 26, 1850, in Sangamon county, Ill., to Mary L. Child. They are without family, and re- side, at Abilene, Kansas.

STEPHEN B., born May 29, 1832, in New York, was married in Tazewell county, Ill., Oct. 1, 1854, to Agnes R. Powers, who was born in Hardy county,

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West Va. They have three living chil- dren, LUCIUS A., GEORGE B., and FANNIE, and reside adjoining Pawnee, Sangamon county, Ill.

GANE L., born Sept. 20, 1834, in New York, was married March 19, 1856, in Sangamon county, Ill., to James Mc- Coy. See his name. They have four living children, HARRIET, ROBERT B., SEELEY and MARTHA, and reside in Topeka, Kansas.

Bishop Seeley moved in 1853 from Farmingdale to Springfield, where he and his wife now reside-1876.

SELLS, DANIEL K., was born Aug. 22, 1800, in Ross county, Ohio, and came with his brother-in-law, Chris- topher Newcomer, to Sangamon county in 1824, and taught school at Rochester in 1825. He enlisted at Columbus, O., and served through the Mexican war. Has traveled all over the American continent. He lives with his nephew, Dow New- comer. See his name.

SHANE, JOHN, was born in Kentucky, near the mouth of Kanawha river, and was there married and moved to what is now Loami towhship in 1828; raised a large family and died there in 1847-8. His widow and all except three of his children moved to Harrison county, Missouri.

EDWARD, married Mary A. With- row, raised a family and died at Mechan- icsburg, Ill.

ELIZA, married Emanuel Jones. See his name.

EMELINE, married John Jones. See his name. After his death she went to Missouri and died there.

SHELLHOUSE, LYDIA, was born in Georgia. Her maiden name was Leadbetter. She married Daniel McDowell, and had three children. Mr. McDowell died, and she married Lewis Shellhouse. Leaving her three children with their relatives in Georgia, she and Mr. Shellhouse moved to Kentucky, where they had four children, and Mr. Shellhouse died there.

The widow and her two youngest chil- dren came to Sangamon county, Ill., arriv- ing in what is now Ball township in the fall of 1830, just in time for the " deep snow." Of her four children -

CASWELL, married in Kentucky, to Elizabeth Laughlin, came to Sangamon

county several years later than his mother, and died in Ball township.

REBECCA, married in Kentucky to Joseph Laughlin, moved to Christian county, Ill., and both died there.

WILLIS, born in Kentucky, came with his mother to Sangamon county in 1830, married Sarah Easley, had six chil- dren, and she died. He married Martha Nuckolls. They had four children, namely : JOHN H., resides with his mother. CHARLES M., married Milly A. Blount, and lives in Christian county, Ill. WILLIAM B., married Amanda M. Lockridge, who died July 28, 1873, and their only child, JENNIE F., died a month later. Mr. Shellhouse lives in Ball town- ship. LYDIA A., married James H. Pulliam. Sec his name. Willis Shell- house died Oct. 24, 1852, and his widow resides near the centre of Ball township, four and a half miles southeast of Chatham Illinois. The house she lives in was built by Robert Pulliam in 1820. It was built of round logs, and hewn or scutched after it was put up. Being but one story high, no upper floor was required, but three heavy beams, about six by eight inches, serve as joists. On top of these there is a covering of two-inch plank, all hewn from solid logs, because there was not at that time a saw-mill so far north in Illinois. The interior is neatly whitewashed, and with the blazing wood in the wide, open fire-place has every appearance of quiet comfort. It is, beyond a doubt, the oldest dwelling house in Sangamon county.

ORLENA, born in Kentucky, mar- ried in Sangamon county to Clark Nuck- olls. See his name.

Mrs. Lydia Shellhouse died in 1842, in Ball township.

SHELTON, STEPHEN, was born about 1777, in North Carolina, mar- ried there to Lydia Heath, and at once moved to Ohio, near the mouth of Sciota river, where two children were born, and the family moved across the Ohio river into Cabell county, West Virginia, where seven children were born. He was a soldier from Virginia in the war of 1812, and from there moved to Sangamon county, Illinois, arriving in May, 1826, in what is now Curran township, where two children were born. Of their eleven children-

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WILLIAM, born March 18, 1807, in Ohio, married in Sangamon county, Feb. 11, 1830, to Prudence Neal. They had five living children. JOHN R. enlisted Sept. 1862, in Co. B, 130th Ill. Inf., for three years, served until late in 1863, when he was detailed to the Chicago Mercantile Battery, which was cap- tured and he was returned to his regi- ment, which was afterwards consolida- ted with the 77th Ill. Inf. He was honorably discharged in August, 1865. J. R. Shelton married Eliza Kinney. They had five children. WILLIAM A. died Sept. 23, 1876. JAMES R., LUELLA, CHARLES and MARGARET C., the four lat- ter, live with their parents near Atwood, Moultre county, Illinois. AMARINE married Richard C. Smith. See his name. DANIEL M. married Nancy A. Dodd. They have three children, and live near Chatham, Illinois. JAMES M. married Louisa McComas. They have three living children, MARY S., IDA E., and SMITH, and live in Chatham. ZARILDA married James Worth. They have six children, and live near Taylorville, Illinois. William Shelton and his wife live in Chatham, Sangamon county, III. He was at work in the Galena lead mines when the Winnebago war broke out in 1827, and volunteered in a company raised at the mines. When it was over he remained at Galena until 1830 when he returned to Sangamon county. His recollection of the "deep snow " is that it was four feet on a level in the timber. Corn shocks showed eighteen inches above the snow. He also remem- bers the sudden change of Dec. 20, 1836, and that geese and chickens froze fast in the slush. Water froze in ripples.

SOPHIA, born in 18og in Ohio, was married in Sangamon county to Elisha McComas. See his name.

NANCY, born in Cabell county, Va., married in Sangamon county to David McComas. See his name.

JAMES, born in Cabell county, West Virginia, married in Sangamon county Sally A. Beckelheimer, who died, and he married Letitia Wyckoff, who died, and he married a third time. He had seven children. He had two sons, JASPER and NEWTON. The former was killed at the battle of Chickamauga; the latter was wounded at the same battle, had a leg

amputated and died in consequence of it nearly five years later. James Shelton re- sides in Texas.

MORRIS, born in West Virginia, was a soldier in an Illinois regiment in the Mexican war, and was killed on a scout the day before the battle of Cerro Gordo in 1847.

JOHN, born in West Virginia, was in the same company and regiment from III- inois, in the Mexican war, fought through the battle of Cerro Gordo, came home, married Nancy Bogby, had eight children, and lives in Kansas.

ELEVEN, born in West Virginia, married in Sangamon county to Martha Bogby, have six children, and lives in Kansas.

SALLY, born in West Virginia, mar- ried in Sangamon county to Thomas Wyckoff, and both died without children.

LUCINDA, born in West Virginia, married in Sangamon county to Samuel Clarke. They have nine children, and reside at Butler, Bates county, Mo.

ELEANOR, born in West Virginia, married in Sangamon county to Mordecai Howard, had three children, and both died.

ZERILDA, born in Sangamon coun- ty, married Jesse Mitts, have six children, and live in Montgomery county.

ELISHA, born in Sangamon county, married Esther Murphy, had four children, and she and two of the children died, and he married Leathy Tongate. They have one child, and reside in Wayne county, Iowa.

Mrs. Lydia Shelton died Nov. 20, 1830, and Stephen Shelton was married in April, IS31, to Judith Neal. They had five children born in Sangamon county.

MARY, married Francis Reed, and died leaving four children in Iowa.

REBECCA, married James Stamper. They have eight children, and reside in Curran township.

AMANDA, married William Jones, have five children, and live in Iowa.

MANVILLA, married Elisha Harbor, had six children, and she died. He mar- ried and resides in Montgomery county. MARTIN, born March 22, 1844, in Sangamon county, enlisted June 6, 1862, in Co. B, 7th Ill. Inf., for three years, was honorably discharged Oct. 3, 1862; enlisted Oct. 5, 1864, in Co.

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B, 13th U. S. A., for three years, and was honorably discharged July 27, 1867, in Montana Territory, married in Sangamon county, June 24, 1868, to Sarah J. Dill, have two children, WILLIAM DALLAS and LOUIS W., and reside in Chatham town- ship.

Stephen Shelton died Jan. 22, 1859, in Sangamon county, and his widow resides with his son, William, in Chatham.

SHEPARD, LEWIS M., was born July 31, 1817, near Green village, Morris county, N. J. He came to Sanga- mon county with his aunt Phobe Mesler, wife of Cornelius Mesler, in the fall of 1834. He is not yet married and resides with his aunt Mesler, three miles northeast of Berry Station. See her name.

SHEPHERD, the origin of this family in America was with Thomas Shep- herd, a native of Wales, who came to Vir- ginia long before the thirteen colonies declared themselves independent of the British crown. He settled on the south bank of the Potomac about ten miles west of the Blue Ridge and the mouth of the Shenandoah river. According to the cus- tom then prevailing, he tomahawked, or " blazed" the trees around a tract of land, including several thousands of acres, all lying south of the Potomac. The record- ing of the description of this iand secured to him the title. He laid out and named for himself Shepherdstown. In order to encourage settlement he sold lots-gener- ally half an acre each-at nominal prices, but required an annual quit rent of five shillings to be paid perpetually. That rent is still being paid by owners of the lots, who have not bought off. He ac- quired other landed property by purchase, and at his death, Thomas Shepherd left a will, a copy of which is in posse sion of Thomas B: Shepherd, of Sangamon coun- ty, the fifth Thomas Shepherd in a direct line from Thomas Shepherd, of Wales. By that will he bequeathed some land, de- clared to have been deeded to him June 12, 1751, by the Right Hon. Thomas, Lord Fairfax. The will is dated Aug. 20, 1776, and bequeaths to his sons, Thomas, William, John, Abraham and David, lands and a saw-mill in the county of Berkley, Virginia, and lots in the town of Mech- lenburg, same county. To his daughters, Susannah, Mary, Martha, Sarah and Eliz- abeth, he bequeaths money and some per-

sonal property. The will covers some eight pages of fools'-cap, and in its metes and bounds is quite a curiosity. Two of the sons of the original Thomas Shep- herd were soldiers in the Revolutionary army. One of them, Captain Abraham Shepherd, was captured and held on board a British prison ship until he came near losing his life. The eldest son, or Thomas No. 2, married Susan Hulse, and raised a family of eight children. His eldest child, or Thomas No. 3, was born Nov. 3, 1774, and was married Oct. 15, 1805, to Mary Byers, who was born Dec. 13, 1779, in Shepherdstown, also. They had eight children in Shepherdstown, and Thomas No. 3 died Nov. 9, 1832, in his native town. Eight of his children came to Sangamon county, namely-

SHEPHERD, THOMAS C., or Thomas No. 4, born June 28, 1806, in Shepherdstown, Jefferson county, Va., was married in his native town July 3, 1834, to Ellen Miller, who was born June 24, 1813, in Shepherdstown, also. They made their home at Blackford's Ferry, Washington county, Md., until one child was born, and on the death of his father, Thomas C., took charge of the family, and with his mother, sister and two brothers, moved to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving Nov. 17, 1836, at a farm six miles south of Spring- field, that Thomas C. had purchased the spring before. They moved in wagons, and were six weeks on the road. Thomas C. and wife had four children in Sanga- mon county, namely-

THOMAS B., or Thomas No. 5, born Sept. 28, 1835, in Washington county, Md., was married in Sangamon county, Oct. 26, 1859, to Arminda Pyle. They have three children, THOMAS A., or Thomas No. 6, ANN E. and MARY E., and live three miles northwest of Pawnee, Sangamon county, Il1.

JOHN H., born Feb. 21, 1838, in Sangamon county, was married Oct. 6, ' 1869, to Ann Pyle. They have one child, ARMINDA M., and live one and a half miles southeast of Pawnee, Sangamon county, Il.

WILLIAM B., born Jan. 6, 1840, in Sangamon county, married Oct 22, 1867, to Elizabeth K. Brown, who was born Oct. 20, 1848, near Wheeling, West Va. They have one child, ALICE VIR-

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GINIA, and live near Woodside, Sanga- mon county, Ill.

CHARLES M., born Nov. 18, 1841, in Sangamon county, Ill., enlisted at Spring- field, July 20, 1861, in what became Co. B, 11th Missouri Inf., served three years and twenty days, and was honorably dis- charged Aug. 10, 1864. He was married Nov. 11, 1869, to Sarah E. Ford. They have one child, CHARLES RAY- MOND, born Sept. 26, 1875, and live six miles south of Springfield, Ill.

MARY E., born Jan. 5, 1849, married Lawson Pyle. Sce his name. They have one child, MILDRETH.

Thomas C. Shepherd and wife reside where they settled in 1836, six miles south of Springfield, Sangamon county, Ill.

SHEPHERD, HENRY, born Dec. 3, 1807, in Virginia, went in 1830 to Chillicothe, Ohio, and was married there to Margaret Peaff. They came to Sanga- mon county in IS3S. In IS49 he went to California, and died in Sacramento, in the autumn of 1850, leaving a widow and one child-

HARRIET, who married George Metlin. He died in 1872.

The mother and daughter, both widows, live in Petersburg, Menard county, Ill.

SHEPHERD, SUSAN, born in 1809, in Virginia, married George R. Weber. See his name.

SHEPHERD, MARY, born Oct. 31, 1813, in Shepherdstown Virginia, married Nov. 15, 1833, in Sharpsburg, Maryland, to S. B. Smith, who was born June 10, ISIo, in Martinsburg, Virginia. They had thirteen children, six of whom died under two years. Of the other seven-

ANDREW, born August 3, 1837, in Pickaway county, Ohio, was in Berkley county, Va., at the beginning of the rebellion, and voted against the ordinance of secession. He was forced into the rebel army by receiving a severe bayonet wound, but refused to take the oath of allegiance or perform military duty. Some whisky was offered him which he could not be induced to drink. It was carelessly left in the way of one of their own men, who drank it, not knowing that it was poisoned, and he died in two hours. Andrew Smith escaped from the rebels, entered the Union army at Washington, D. C., and after a brief term of service

was discharged on account of physical disability. He is now-1876-engaged in mercantile business at Boise City, Idaho Territory.

WILLIAM, born Jan. 5, 1839, in Allegheny City, Penn., enlisted in 1862, for three years, in Co. I, 29th Ill. Inf., served six months over time, and was honorably discharged. He was married Sept. 5, 1866, to Lou Ray. They have three children, LILLIAN, GRACE and JESSIE, and live in Champaign City, Illinois.

HENRY H., born Oct. 10, 1840, in Pittsburg, Penn., brought up in Sanga- mon county, enlisted in April, 1861, on the first call for 75,000 men, but was rejected on account of physical disability, went to the gold regions of the Pacific in 1862, was married Nov. 14, 1864, at Three Mile Creek, Utah, to Mrs. Lovina Wakley, who was born July 25, 1843, in Hancock county, Illinois. They have three chil- dren, MARY P., FRANCES A., and GEORE W., and live at Corinne, Box Elder county, Utah Territory.

JOSEPH S., born Jan. 23, 1844, in Allegheny City, Penn., brought up in Sangamon county, was married Feb. 15, 1872, in Springfield, Ill., to Mary J. Craig. They have one child, and live near Morrisonville, Illinois.

THOMAS C., born March 31, 1848, in Sangamon county, and is the seventh son in succession. He was married Jan. 12, 1876, to Annie Craig, and lives three miles south of Rochester, Sangamon county, Illinois.

AMANDA L., died Nov. 19, 1869, in her twenty-first year.

MART P., died Oct. 4, 1869, in her seventeenth year.

S. B. Smith was four times Sergeant- at-Arms, as assistant and principal, in the Illinois Legislature, from 1850 to 1854. Mr. Smith and his wife now-1876-re- side three miles south of Rochester, San- gamon county, Illinois. He was four times Sergeant-at-Arms as assistant and principal in the Illinois General Assembly from 1850 to IS54.

SHEPHERD, JOSEPH, born July 11, 1816, in Shepherdstown, Virginia, came to Sangamon county Nov. 17, 1836, was married March 16, 1848, to Fanny Smith, who was born Oct. 25, ISIS, in

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Franklin county, Penn. They had six living children in Sangamon county-

J. THOMAS, born Jan. IS, IS49, was married September 4, 1872, to Amanda Whitecraft, and lives in Christian county, six miles east of Pawnee, Sangamon county, Ill.

GAMES H., born Oct. 19, 1850, was married Sept. 10, 1874, to Jessie F. Win- chester, who was born Oct. 3, 1856, in New Jersey. They live four miles south- east of Springfield, Ill.

FANNY A., died in her 16th year, Dec. 14, IS69.

SALOME C., JOSEPH Y. and AMANDA E., live with their father.

Mrs. Fanny Shepherd died Feb. 19, IS63, and Joseph Shepherd was married to Mrs. Lydia Haggard, whose maiden name was Byers. She has one child, MARGARET C. Haggard, by the first marriage, and Mr. and Mrs. Shepherd have two children, WILLIAM C. and LYDIA.

Joseph Shepherd and family reside four miles southeast of Springfield, Ill.

SHEPHERD, AMANDA, born Nov. S, 1812, in Virginia, married Philip Weber. See his name.

SHEPHERD, JOHN J., born in 1821 in Virginia, was married in San- gamon county to Susan Pettus, sister to Thomas P. Pettus. See his name. She died without children, and he married Mrs. Ann Lewis, whose maiden name was Wright. They are without family and live in Lincoln, Ill.

SHEPHERD, SARAH C., born July 5, 1823, in Shepherdstown, was married there in the fall of 1836 to Dr. E. C. Williams. They have several children, and reside in Martinsburg, Va. Their son, LEWIS, was in Sangamon county, when the rebellion commenced, and en- listed on the first call for 75,000 men in the 7th Ill. Inf. for three months. He en- listed for three years in the 29th III. Inf., re-enlisted as a veteran in 1864, and was honorably discharged at the close of the war. He is now married, and lives in Texas.

Mrs. Mary Shepherd, whose maiden name was Byers, came to Sangamon county with her son, Thomas C., in IS36, and died in the house of her son-in-law, Philip W. Weber, Nov. 25, 1870, aged ninety-one years. John Miller, of Shep-

herdstown, father of Mrs. Thomas C Shepherd, visited them, and died at their house Sept. 29, 1860, in his 77th year.

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History of the early settlers of Sangamon County, Illinois : "centennial record", Part 103

Author: Power, John Carroll, 1819-1894; Power, S. A. (Sarah A.), 1824-; Old Settlers' Society of Sangamon County (Ill.) Publication date: 1876 Publisher: Springfield, Ill. : E.A. Wilson & Co. Number of Pages: 824

Author: Power, John Carroll, 1819-1894; Power, S. A. (Sarah A.), 1824-; Old Settlers' Society of Sangamon County (Ill.)
Publication date: 1876
Publisher: Springfield, Ill. : E.A. Wilson & Co.
Number of Pages: 824