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SHEPHERD, JOSEPH H., was born in IS12 in Ohio, and came to Sangamon county about 1833, and was married to Nancy Center, a native of Ohio also. They had six children in San- gamon county, namely-
JAMES M., born Jan. 15, 1834, en- listed April 16, 1861, in Co. G, 7th III. Inf. for three months, served full term, enlisted Aug. 9, 1862, in Co. K, 115th Ill. Inf. for three years, served until after the battle of Chickamauga, at which his lungs be- came diseased from exposure, in conse- quence of which he was discharged in May, 1865, and died in Williams town- ship Sept. 2, 1869.
WILLIAM R. and HENRY F., twins, born March 11, 1836.
WILLIAMI R., married Clarissa Huff- man, have two children, and live in Me- nard county, Illinois.
HENRY F., married Louisa J. Over- street, and both died, leaving one child.
OSCAR F., born May 15, 1839, in Sangamon county, enlisted April 16, 1861, on the first call for 75,000 men, in Co. G, 7th Ill. Inf., served three months and was honorably discharged. Enlisted Aug. 9, in IS62, in Co. K, 115th Ill. Inf., served until Feb. 13, 1863, when he was dis- charged at Nashville on account of physi- cal disability. He was married March 1, 1865, to Arminda Thaxton, have two chil- dren, EDWIN and PERRY, and live in Sherman, Ill .- 1874.
ANNA MI., born April 16, 1841, mar- ried Harry L. Morris, and died at Daven- port, Iowa, in ISzo, leaving three children.
SEBASTIAN B., born May 12, 1844, enlisted Aug. 9, 1862, in Co. K, 115th Ill. Inf., for three years, served full term, and was honorably discharged June 23, 1865. He was married Dec. 25, IS66, to Elizabeth Overstreet. They have three children, LOUISA S., EMMA L. and LAVINA G., and live near Cantrall, III.
Mrs. Nancy Shepherd died in IS45, and Joseph H. Shepherd died in 1851.
SHIELDS, ALEXANDER, born in 1797 in Franklin county, Pennsyl- vania. After three years spent in the Western University of Pennsylvania, at Pittsburgh, he graduated there in IS24 or IS25. In 1832 he graduated in the medi-
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cal department of the University of Penn- sylvania, at Philadelphia. He practiced medicine in his native county, and in April, 1835, started west, visiting St. Louis and Palmyra, in Missouri; Alton, Beardstown, Jacksonville, and lastly Springfield in Illinois, arriving May 15, 1835. He intended stopping in Spring- field, but he said it rained forty days and nights, and in hopes to escape so much water he went to Tremont to wait until the shower was over. He returned to Springfield in about two weeks and en- gaged in the practice of his profession. He was married in Springfield in IS37 to Mrs. Ann Salisch, whose maiden name was Capps. See Capps family. Dr. Shields moved to what is now Ball town- ship, south of Sugar Creek, near Crow's Mill, in IS45. They had four children.
THOMAS A. died unmarried Sept. 29, 1S62, aged twenty-four years.
MANY f., born in Springfield, Ill., was married Nov. 27, 1867, to Henry Sanders. She died March, IS6S. Mr. Sanders married Miss Riddle, and lives in Springfield.
SUSAN A., was married Oct. 22, IS73, to Virgil Downing. They have one child, GERALDINE, and live near Cotton Hill P. O.
BENJAMIN F. lives with his parents.
Dr. Shields and family live near Cotton Hill P. O., Sangamon county, Illinois.
SHINKLE, CHRISTIAN, (a brother to Mrs. Mary M. Shinkle) was born in Berks county, Pa., and taken by his parents to Brown county, Ohio. Me- linda Judd, sister to Rezin Judd, was born in Maryland, and taken to Brown county, Ohio. Christian Shinkle and Melinda Judd were married and had four children in Ohio, and moved to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving October, 1S26, in what is now Mechanicsburg township, where one child was born. Of their five children-
CHRISTIAN, born October, 1813, in Ohio, married in Sangamon county, to Sibbeth Carrico, have six children, and live near Fullerton, De Witt county, III.
EZEKIEL, born April 26, 1816, in Ohio, is living with his third wife, and has seven children. They reside near Fuller- ton, Ill.
MATILDA A., born June 24, 1821, in Brown county, Ohio, married in Sanga-
mon county to David S. McDaniel, who died in less than three months after mar- riage, and she married Aaron Morgan. See his name.
JAMES, born September, 1823, in Brown county, Ohio, raised in Sangamon county, married in De Witt county, to Martha McCord. They have three chil- dren, and reside near Twin Springs, Linn county, Kansas.
JOHN f., born Nov, 11, 1832, in San- gamon county, married in De Witt county to Sarah A. Barnes. They have four children, and live near Twin Springs, Kan- sas.
Mrs. Melinda Shinkle died April, IS42, and Christian Shinkle died March 3, 1849, she in Sangamon, and he in De Witt county, Ill.
SHINKLE, JOHN, was born in February, 1783, in Berks county, Penn., and when he was a boy his parents moved to Brown county, Ohio. Mary M. Shinkle was born Nov. 12, 1784, in Berks county, Penn. In May, 1So5, her parents moved to Brown county, Ohio. John Shinkle and Mary M. Shinkle were there married Nov. 7, 1805. They had ten living children in Brown county. The family moved to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving December, 1826, in what is now Clear Lake township, north of Sangamon river, where one child was born. Of their eleven children-
DANIEL, born August 17, 1So6, in Ohio, married in Sangamon county to Nancy Owens, moved to the vicinity of Maquoketa, Iowa, had several children, and Mrs. Shinkle died. He was married to Elizabeth Simons and he died in IS72.
SARAH, born Sept. 4, 1So7, in Ohio, married in Sangamon county to Clinton Wilson. See his name.
JAMES, born May 2, 1810, in Ohio, married in Sangamon county, to Rebecca Williams. They had five children, one died in infancy, and one, JOHN, died in the Union Army. James Shinkle and his wife reside near McConnell's Grove P. O., Stephenson county, III.
ELIZABETH, born May 22, 1813, in Ohio, married in Sangamon county to David Worley. They have a family, and reside near Ottawa, Kansas.
THOJLAS, born June 12, IS15, is a cripple, and resides in Dawson, Illinois.
CHRISTIANA, born May 20, 1817,
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in Ohio, married in Sangamon county to Jeremiah Smith. They had two children. ZACHARY T. lives at Marion, De Witt county, Ill .; HARRIET A. married A. Herrol, and lives near Twin Springs, Kansas. Jeremiah Smith died in 1849, and his widow lives with their son, Zachary, T., in De Witt county, Illinois.
JOHN, Fun., born Oct. 21, IS19, in Ohio, married Oct. 4, 1851, in De Witt county, Illinois, to Martha Miller, who was born there Aug. 28, 1830. They have four children, MARY KATE, CYRUS L., IDA MAY and LINCOLN A. Mr. Shinkle lived on the farm where the family settled in 1826, three miles southwest of Dawson, until IS75, when he moved to Springfield, Ill.
GEORGE, born Nov. 7, 1821, in Ohio. He enlisted at Springfield in 1862 in Co. C, 124th Ill. Inf. for three years, and died of disease at St. Louis, Oct. S, 1864. His remains were brought home for interment.
BARBARA, born March 12, IS23, in Ohio, married in Sangamon county to Jo- seph Prokopp. They have one child and live near Riverton, Ill.
REBECCA, born Oct. 21, IS24, died in her fifteenth year.
LEWIS, born March 5, 1827 in San- gamon county, lives at the old homestead, near Dawson.
John Shinkle died August, IS27, in Sangamon county, less than one year after his arrival in the country. His widow raised her family on the farm where they settled, and now resides there. It is three miles southwest of Dawson, Ill. She is 92 years old, and has been a widow nearly half a century.
SHIPLEY, RICHARD A., was born Jan. 15, IS12, in Baltimore county, Md., and was married August 6, 1835, in Washington county, in the same State, to Ellen Albert. They had one child, and moved to Springfield, Illinois, arriving May 20, 1837, where they had six children, three of whom died young. Of their four children-
McKENDREE, born April 7, 1836, in Washington county, Md., raised in Springfield, spent fourteen years in Texas, and died August, 1872, in Springfield.
MARY E., born September, 1838, in Springfield, died in her seventeenth year.
RICHARD A., fun., born April S, 1840, in Springfield. He enlisted in 1862,
in Co. - , 130th Ill. Inf., served three years and was honorably discharged. He was married in 1862 to Laura Stall. They have one living child, WILLIAM R., and resides in Springfield.
WILLIAM H., born April S, IS42, in Springfield. He enlisted in 1862 for three years in the Chicago Board of Trade Bat- tery of Artiliery, served full term and was honorably discharged in 1865. He was married in 1867 to Ann Johnson. They have one child, ALBERT R., and live in Springfield.
Richard A. Shipley and wife reside at IIOS Monroe street, between Eleventh and Twelfth, Springfield, Ill.
SHORT, JAMES, was born Feb. 5, 1776, in South Carolina, and was one of six sons of Hezekiah Short, who died in South Carolina in 1803. The ancestors of this family came from Scotland. James, the subject of this sketch, was married in South Carolina in ISoo, to Lucretia Ten- nyson, a native of that State. They had two children there, and moved to Greene county, near Greensburg, Ky., in IS04, where five children were born. Mrs. Lucretia Short died Sept. 14, IS17, in Kentcky, and James Short was married there in ISIS to Mrs. Margaret Wright, whose maiden name was Strater. They had two children in Kentucky, and moved in the spring of IS22 to Sangamon county, Ill., settling at the junction of Salt creek and Sangamon river, in what is now Me- nard county. In the spring of 1827, they moved to Sugar creek, settling three and a half miles southeast of Springfield, where eight children were born. Of the seven children of James Short by his first marriage, two died young. The other five are-
IGNATIUS T., born Nov. 28, 1So1, in South Carolina, was married in 1820 at Columbus, then in Pulaski, but now in Hickman county, Ky., to Mary Arnett, who was born in ISO2 in South Carolina, also. They moved from Kentucky to San- gamon county, Ill., on horseback, in 1823, settling near Springfield. He was a sol- dier in the Blackhawk war from Sanga- mon county, They moved to Macoupin county, Ill., in 1830. Of their six chil- dren who lived to maturity, RANSOM A., born Oct. S, 1824, near Springfield, was married July 20, 1845, at Edwards- ville, Madison county, Ill,, to Orlean M.
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Cread. He enlisted in 1846 in the Mexi- can war, and died at Monterey, Mexico. LOUISA M, born Nov. 27, 1828, was married in 1844 in Madison county, Ill., to George Woodward, who died in 1846. Mrs. Woodward was married in IS47 to Levi Gimlin. They had one child, ZACH- EUS, who was born Jan. 12, 1850, and was married in 1871 to Mary A. Parks. They have two children, William W. and Win- nie A., and reside near Carlinville, Ma- coupin county, Illinois. Levi Gimlin died July, 1850, and Mrs.Gimlin was married in 1852 to Charles Emrick. They had five living children. ELNO- RA, LAURA, THADDEUS D., JERUSHA E. and FANNY live with their mother. Charles Emrick died Jan. 15, 1874, and Mrs. Emrick resides near Carlinville, Ill. MARTHA A., born Jan. 20, 1831, was married in 1849 in Macoupin county, Ill., to Edward Miller. They had one child, MARTHA A, born Jan. 1850, and married Jan. 4, 1867, in Cass county, to George W. Zircles. They have one child, Ada C, and live near Ashland, Ill. Mrs. Martha A. Miller died Jan. 22, 1850, and Edward Miller died in 1851, both in Macoupin county, Ill. WILLIAM HENRY, born March 16, 1840, died unmarried in De- cember, 1856. MARY ELIZABETH, born March 30, 1842, died in November, I856. HEZEKIAH M., born Feb. 14, 1845, in Macoupin county, enlisted May 12, 1864, for 100 days in Co. G, 133d III. Inf., served until Sept. 24, 1864, when he was honorably discharged with the regi- ment. He entered MeKendree College in the fall of 1867, and graduated there in June, 1874. In September, :875, he united with the Illinois Conference of the Meth- odist Episcopal Church, and isnow-Sep- tember, 1876-preaching on the Chatham circuit, and is not yet married.
Ignatius T. Short died in IS53, and Mrs. Mary Short died in 1855, both near Carlinville, Macoupin county, Ill.
ELIZABETH, born May 12, 1804, in South Carolina, was married in Greene county, Ky., to Randolph Rhodes. Sec his name. She lives with her son, John T. Rhodes.
ANNA S., born Jan. 3, 1810, in South Carolina, married Andrew McCormick. See his name.
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CASSANDRA, born in 1813 in South Carolina, married Harvey E. Armstrong,
of Waverly, Morgan county, Ill. She died in 183S, without children.
LUCINDA B., born Oct. 5, 1815, was married to James Q. Wills, of Sangamon county, Ill., June 23, 1836. They had two children, LUCRETIA C., born April 16, 1837, married James Bracken. Mrs. Bracken died Nov. 2, 1860, leaving two children. JAMES D., born April I, 1841, enlisted in Co. A, Ioth Ill. Cav., and died in the army, May 21st, 1862. James Q. Wills died July 3, 1845, and his widow was married April 20, 1849, to B. Y. Sin- gleton, of Sangamon county. They have three children. MARGARET L., horn April 23, 1850, married at Petersburg, Ill., Nov. 1, IS71, to James A. Robb. They have two children, EVA MABEL and LES- LIE ELBERT, and live near Walshville, Montgomery county, Ill. BENJAMIN Y., Jun., and WINFIELD S. Singleton live with their parents. B. Y. Singleton lives near Petersburg, Ill.
Of James Short's children by his sec- ond marriage four died young.
JOHN W., born Dec. 21, 1821, in Ken- tucky, was married Nov. 4, 1852, in San- gamon county, Ill., to Nancy E. Billings. See Billings family. She died Aug. 20, 1865, leaving one child, MELISSA E., who was born May 7, 1856, and lives with her step-mother. John W. Short was married Aug. 27, 1866, to Mrs. Eliza Dalaney, whose maiden name was Potts. Mr. Short died March 15, 1876, and his widow and daughter reside near James- town, Clinton county, 111.
MARTHA, born in 1822, in Menard county, Ill., married John Potts, of San- gamon county. They had five children, and both died near Jamestown, Clinton county, Illinois.
DORINDA, born in 1824, in Menard county, Ill., married James Tibbs. They had five children, MARGARET MARY, MARTHA, AMANDA and NETTIE. Mr. Tibbs died in 1856, and his widow lives near Rochester, Ill.
WILLIAM S., born in 1826, in San- gamon county, was married there in 1847, to Harriet Wilson, who was born April 26, IS29. They had three children, OLIVE C., born July 11, 1848, was mar- ried November 14, 1868, to Robert Atkin- son, and live in Rochester, Illinois. AMANDA M., born Oct. 12, 1850, died young. WILLIAM T., born Nov. 21,
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1855, lives with his father. Mrs. Harriet Short died July 6, 1865, in Chatham, Ill., and William S. Short resides near Cha- nute, Neosho county, Kansas. Mr. Short served in Co. C, 2d Ill. Light Art., from Jan. 4, 1864, to Aug. 3, 1865, when he was honorably discharged.
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MARGARET C., born in 1828 in Sangamon county, married Edward Nee- ner. They have three children and live near Chanute, Neosho county, Kansas.
AMANDA M., born Oct. 28, 1830, in Sangamon county, married Jonas L. Fletcher. See his name.
James Short died June 7, 1836, and Mrs. Margaret Short died Dec. 25, 1850, both at the homestead where they settled in 1827, three and a half miles southeast of Springfield, in Sangamon county, 1]].
SHORT, JOSHUA, was born as early as 1760 in Virgiana, was a soldier from that State in the Revolution, and after the war for Independence, married there, and moved with his family to Green county, Kentucky, near Mul- draugh's Hill, which gave the name to one of the battles fought in suppressing the rebellion. He came with some of his children to Sangamon county, Illinois, arriving October, 1825, on Spring creek, six miles west of Springfield, If there was any relationship between him and James Short, who came from South Caro- lina, through Green county, Kentucky, their descendants seem not to be informed of it. Joshua Short is remembered as one of the aged men who rode in a canoe, mounted on wheels and rigged as a ship, in the procession at the Whig or Harrison political gathering at Springfield in 1840. He was then more than eighty years of age, and died a few years later in Menard county, Illinois. Some of his children came to Sangamon county, but I have sketches of two only, James and Caleb.
GAMES, born about 1787, either in Virginia or Green county, Kentucky, was the captain of a company and was about marching from that latter county to the scene of conflict when the war of 1812 and '15 closed. He was married, had some children there, and brought his family to Sangamon county, Illinois, in 1825, in company with his father, bring- ing his family and worldly goods in a cart. James Short died in 1827 at a place called Turkey Point, about five miles west of
Chatham, Sangamon county. I have the sketches of two only of his children, Allen and Susan C. ALLEN, born Feb. 6, 1816, in Green county, Kentucky, was brought by his father to Sangamon county in 1825, and left an orphan and a cripple at eleven years of age, with younger brothers and sisters, whom he aided all he could. When he was ten years of age he says he had heard but one sermon, had only seen one pair of boots, and had never seen a newspaper, tract or pamphlet. He was married in Sanga- mon county to Margaret A. Campbell, daughter of Rev. Thomas Campbell. Sce his name. They had three chil- dren in Sangamon county. JAMES L., born Jan. 4, 1839, in Sangamon county, enlisted at the first call for 75,000 men in Co. G, 7th Ill. Inf., for three months in April, 1861, served full time and was honorably discharged. He enlisted agam Sept. 20, 1861, in Co. B, 10th Ill. Cav., served until Dec. 20, 1862, when he was discharged on account of physical disabili- ty. He was married Feb. 17, 1863, to Mrs. Nancy H. Hudson, whose maiden name was Park. They have one living child, Hugh Francis, and live in Lincoln, Illinois. EDWARD J., horn Oct. IS, 1840, en- listed Sept. 20, 1861, in Co. B, 10th Ill. Cav., for three years, re-enlisted as a veteran, January, 1864. He was captured July 8, 1864, at Bayou Des Arc, was kept under guard three weeks, parolled and ex- changed January, 1865. He was mustered out with the regiment at San Antonio, Texas, in November, 1865, and was mar- ried May 6, 1869, to Sarah C. Dial, who was born Sept. 17, 1850, in Morgan county, Illinois. They have two children, Nellie and Minnie, and live four miles northwest of Chatham, Sangamon county, Illinois. WILLIAM, H. H., born June 29, 1843, enlisted August, 1862, in Co. B, 10th Ill. Cav., for three years, served full term, and was honorably discharged June, 1865, at New Orleans, and was married Oct. 26, 1871, to Martha E. Robertson. He died June 2, 1873, at New Berlin, Illinois. Mrs. Margaret A. Short died Sept. 23, 1845, and Allen Short was married to Harriet A. Park, sister of John G. Park. They had nine childred, three died young. Of the other six, THOMAS N. lives in Au- burn (with Mr. Morse). The other five live with their parents at Columbia, Marion
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county, Iowa. Allen Short is now a ininister in the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. SUSAN C., born in 1819 in Green county, Kentucky, married in San- gamon county to John A. Campbell. See his name. Mrs. Susan C. Campbell died April 3, 1852.
CALEB, born April 19, 1790, in Green county Kentucky, was married there May 26, 1814, to Elizabeth Walters, who was born in that county Feb. 13, 179S. They had three children, and moved to Sanga- mon county, Illinois, in 1823, and settled in what is now Curran township, south of Spring creek, where they had three chil- dren. Of their six children, PAULINE, born March 15, 1815, in Green county, Kentucky, married in Sangamon county to William Henton. See his name. JAMES, born Nov. 23, 1816, in Green county, Kentucky, married in Sangamon county, Illinois, April 4, 1844, to Mary McPherson, niece of Robert Eachus. See his name. Mr. and Mrs. Short had five living children in Sangamon county. SARAH A. married April 10, 1873, to Martin L. Webb, who was born Nov. 12, 1844, near Cazenovia, New York. They live in Loami, Illinois-1874. ROBERT E. married Oct. 7, 1873, to Ollie A. Dawson. See her name with the Meacham family. Mr. and Mrs. Short have one child, Olive I., and live near Loami, Sangamon county, Ill. CAROLINE, ELIZABETH and WILLIAM live with their mother. James Short died, and his widow and children now-1876-reside two miles northeast of Loami, Sangamon county, Ill. JANE, born Sept. 5, 1819, in Kentucky, married in Sangamon county to Thompson Ren- shaw, and died leaving two children. LUCILLE, born Feb. 9, 1823, in Green county, Kentucky, married in Sangamon county July 2, 1840, to George W. Foster. See his name. He was born May 11, 1817, near Winchester, Kentucky. She died at Kirksville, Mo., leaving four chil- dren. Mr. Foster lives at Louisiana, Mo. JOSHUA W., born May 25, 1825, mar- ried in Sangamon county, Illinois, to Berlinder Robison. See her name. They had four children. Mrs. Short and one of the children died. JOHN R. died February, 1876, in Missouri. CHARLES E. married in 1873 to Lola Scripture, and live in Missouri. ANNIE M. lives near Lamar's Station, Missouri. Joshua W.
Short married - Carson, and reside near Maryville, Nodaway county, Mo. ROWAN J., born March 10, 1827, in Sangamon county, was a soldier from that county in the Mexican war, and died in IS47 in the army. Mrs. Elizabeth Short died Nov. 1, 1856, and Caleb Short died Sept. 18, 1863, both in Sangamon county, Illinois.
SHORT, SAMUEL, was horn March 10, 1792, in Batetourt county, Va., of German parents. His father died when he was quite young, and at the age of 15, he went to East Tennessee, remained two years, went to Bourbon county, Ky., back to Virginia, and thence to Mechlenberg county, Ky., where he was married Dec. 1, 1814 to Rebecca Strong, who was born Dec. 24, 1787, in Frederick county, Va. They moved to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving in September, 1836, in what is now Auburn township. Mrs. Short died in September, 1869. They never had any children, but raised four orphans. Mr. Short married again when he was over 80 years of age, and moved back to Ken- tucky.
SHOUP, JACOB, born May 9, 17So, in Huntington county, Pa., was married there May 25, 1802, to Sarah Downing, who was born Aug. 13, 1782, in the same county. They moved to Pickaway county, Ohio, where they had sixteen children, each one of whom lived to be twenty-six years of age and over. The family moved to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving in what is now Ball township, in the autumn of 1831. It was then called Cotton Hill Precinct. Of their sixteen
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JOHN, born May 31, 1803, in Ohio, was married there to Hannah Martin. They both died in Logan county, Ill., leaving six children, near Lincoln.
MARY, born Sept. 5, 1804, in Ohio, was married in Sangamon county, Ill., to James Fletcher. He died, leaving a widow and two children, near Lincoln, Ill.
JACOB, born Sept. 17, 1805, died un- married in Pickaway county, Ohio, in the twenty-seventh year of his age.
SARAH, born May 12, 1807, in Ohio, died in Sangamon county, Ill., unmarried, in the sixty-first year of her age.
THOMAS, born Dec. 19, ISOS, in Ohio, was married there to Rachel Anderson. They had six children, and Thomas
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Shoup died in Logan county, IH. His widow and children live near Lincoln, Illinois.
ELIZA, born Feb. 27, ISIo, in Picka- way county, Ohio, was married in Saga- mon county, Ill., to William Gulliford. They moved to Oregon in the spring of 1852, and both died there, leaving nine chiinren.
MARIA, born Jan. 30, 1812, in Ohio, was married in Sangamon county, Ill., to David Brunk. See his name.
TIMOTHY, born March 12, IS13, in Ohio, was married in Sangamon county, to Mary Keys. They had five children. JACOB, dicd in his tenth year. ELIZA- BETH J., married James Crawley. They have two children, MARY E. and JOHN E., and live in Ball township, near Cotton Hill postoffice, Sangamon county. James Crawley enlisted Oct. 5, 1861, at Spring- field, in Co. I, 7th Ill. Inf., for three years, re-enlisted as a veteran Jan. 1864, was captured at Allatoona Mountain, Georgia, Oct. 5, 1864, within one hour of three years from his first enlistment. After spending five months in prison, he joined his regiment, was commissioned First Lieutenant Nov. 1, 1864, served to the close of the rebellion, and was honor- ably discharged July 12, 1865. ISAAC F., married Maria N. Byers, a native of Madison county, Ohio. They have four children, LILA A., LEWIS, JOHN T. and JESSE E., and live one and a half miles east of Cotton Hill postoffice, Sangamon county, Ill. ALEXANDER F., born March 3, 1844, married Arthalinda Bell. They have three children, MINA, ADALEE and SAMUEL B., and live near Bell's mill, seven miles southeast of Springfield, Ill. JOHN H., born July II, 1847, was mar- ried in October, IS68, to Rachel Bell. They have one child, WILLIAM, and live near Zion's Chapel, and New City, San- gamon county, Ill. Timothy Shoup died Feb. 28, 1850, at Crow's mill, which he then owned. His widow lives with her son-in-law, James Crawley, near Crow's mill, or Cotton Hill, postoffice, Ill.
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