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This modern Penelope had no such doubts to contend with. The death of her first husband was only too sure, hav- ing been witnessed by her own eyes.
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After her recovery, she became acquainted with and married an Englishman by the name of Richard Stout. They then went over into New Jersey, made themselves a home and raised a family of twelve sons. One of them, Jonathan Stout, and his family, were the founders of the Hopewell settlement, in Hunterdon county, New Jersey, where Hopewell Baptist Church was afterwards constituted. Of the first fifteen members, nine were Stouts. The church was organized at the house of a Stout, and for forty years their meetings were held chiefly at the houses of the Stouts; after which they erected their first house of worship. In 1790, two of the deacons and four of the elders were Stouts. Jonathan Stout lived until his descendants were multiplied to one hun- dred and seventeen. Another one of their sons, David, had a son Benjamin, born in 1706. He had a son, Jediah, born April IO, 1757. His son-
STOUT, PHILEMON, was born May 15, 1785, in New Jersey, and in 1789 was taken by his parents to Fayette county, Kentucky. He was married Feb. S, ISto, in Woodford county to Penelope Anderson, settled in Scott county in the same State, and in 1820 moved back to Fayette county. They had seven children who lived to maturity. The family moved to Sangamon county, Illinois, arriving Oct. 5, 1836, in what is now Ball township. Of their children --
JACKSON, born August 6, 1814, in Kentucky, married Jan. S, 1838, in San- gamon county, to Matilda Willian. He died Feb. 21, 1839. His widow married Samuel Haines. See his name.
ELIHU, born Jan. 30, 1816, in Scott county, Kentucky, was married in Sanga- mon county, Illinois, August 30, 1839, to Rebecca A. Patton. They had three children, JAMES M., born June 15. IS40, married Mollie A. Mason. They have two children, JAMES WILLIAM and JOHN PHILEMON, and live two miles south of Chatham, Sangamon county, Illinois. PHILEMON, born Feb. 22, 1812, mar- ried Mary Abernathy. They have two children, WILLIAM ADOLPHUS and MAR- THA ANN, and live in Auburn, Illinois. Mrs. Rebecca A. Stout died Sept. 21, 1852, and Elihu Stout married Mrs. Sarah J. Moore, whose maiden name was Williams. They had two living children,
THOMAS ELIHU and CHARLES H., who live with their father. Mrs. Sarah J. Stout died Sept. 17, 1866, and Elihu Stout was married June 18, 1867, to Mrs. Margaret E. Davis, whose maiden name was Williams. They reside three miles southeast of Auburn, Sangamon county, Illinois.
CHARLOTTE A., born Oct. 13, 1817, in Kentucky, was married in Sanga- mon county, Illinois, August 10, 1837, to Samuel L. Ridgeway. See his name.
PHILEMON, fun., born April 19, 1822, in Fayette county, Kentucky, was married in Sangamon county, Illinois, Sept. 7, 1848, to Melissa Shoup. They had four children, three of whom are dead. Her only living child, SAMUEL J., born August 22, 1849, was married July 30, IS71, to Emma L. Brasfield. They had one child, EDNA MAY, who died in infancy. Mrs. Emma L. Stout died Dec. 20, 1875. S. J. Stout lives in Ball township, two miles south of Cotton Hill P. O., San- gamon county, Illinois. Mrs. Melissa Stout died February 26, 1555, and Philemon Stout, Jun., was married Oct. 26, 1856, to Louisa P. Brasfield. They have three living children, JAMES B., JOAB PHILEMON and MELISSA J., live with their parents. Philemon Stout, Jun., lives one mile southwest of Cotton Hill P. O., Sangamon county, Illinois, where his father settled in 1836. He has represented Ball township, in the County Board of Supervisors for many years, and is one of the most extensive farmers in Sangamon county.
MARY, born Feb. 22, 1825, in Fayette county, Kentucky, was married in Sanga- mon county, Illinois, March 25, 1841, to Dickson Hall, who was horn June 15, 1813, in Ohio county, West Virginia. They had six children, one of whom, CHARLOTTE, died in August, 1849. They moved to Christian county, Illinois, in 1849. Of their five children, ELIZABETH E., born March 1, 1842, in Sangamon county, was married Sept. 6, 1870, to Abner Bond, who was born August 11, 1832, in Belmont county, Ohio. In 1838 he was taken to Indiana, and in 1855 came to Christian county. Mr. and Mrs. Bond have three children, ELBRIDGE, MAY and NELLIE STOUT, and live near Taylorville, Illinois. FANNIE H., born August 6, 1843, in Sangamon
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county, was married in Christian county, March 1, 1870, to George A. Kautz, who was born Jan. 23, 1833, in Brown county, Ohio. They have one child, DICKSON, and live in Moweaqua, Shelby county, Illinois. WILLIAM W., born Nov. 30, IS47, in Sangamon county, brought up in Christian county, was married May 28, I874, in Waukegan, Illinois, to Sarah L. Stewart, who was born there. They live in Taylorville, Illinois. MARY N., born Dec. 31, 1849, in Christian county, Illinois, was married Sept. 15, 1875, to William M. Dalbey, who was born Feb. 28, 1838, in Pickaway county, Ohio. He came to Sangamon county, Illinois, in 1862, and is a stock raiser in Christian county, five miles west of Edinburg, Ill. EMMA S., born in Christian county, lives with her mother. Dickson Hall died June 23, 1854, and his widow lives near Taylor- ville, Christian county, Illinois.
ELIZA P., born Sept. 25, 1827, in Kentucky, was married Sept. 21, 1848, in Sangamon county to William Forbes, who was born in Hardeman county, near Bolivar, Tennessee, where they had four children. Mr. Forbes was murdered there in time of the rebellion, but not con- nected with it. The widow and four children came to Sangamon county. Her son, John P., lives near Oswego, Labette county, Kansas. ROBERT lives with his mother, MATTIE married Joseph Drennan. See his name. MOLLIE lives with her mother. Mrs. Forbes lives eight miles south of Springfield, in Woodside township, near the line of Ball. Her postoffice is Woodside, Sangamon county, Illinois.
MARTHA A., born May 1, 1830, in Kentucky, was married Dec. 3, 1847, in Sangamon county to Robert G. Simpson, who was born May 6, 1826, in Fayette county, Kentucky. They have three living children. ELLEN R., was married Oct. 24, 1872, to William S. Richardson. They have one child, CHARLES M., and live in Taylorville, Illinois. RAN- DOLPH J. is one of the firm of Barnes & Simpson, druggists, Taylorville, Illinois. Mr. Barnes, his partner, is a son of Ezra
Barnes. See his name. WILLIAM R. lives with his parents in Ball township.
Philemon Stout, Sen., died Jan. 31, 1846, and his widow died Nov. 23, IS60,
both in Ball township, where they settled in IS36.
The Stouts very justly take pride in their family history, and being mostly Baptists, they take pride in their Baptist history also. When they meet a stranger by the name of Stout, who manifests a disposition to claim relationship, they ap- ply one test only in their family history. They do not ask him to pronounce the word Shibboleth, but ascertain if he has any knowledge of PENELOPE, and if he knows nothing of her, they know nothing of him. In other words, they do not culti- vate his acquaintance, in the direction of relationship, any further.
STOVER, SAMUEL, was born Nov. 10, ISio, in Franklin county, Pa. He was married Oct. 26, 1837, in Wash- ington county, Md., to Elizabeth Wol- gamot. In the following spring they went to Pittsburg, and from there by water, down the Ohio, and up the Mississippi and Illinois rivers to Peoria, thence to Spring- field in a wagon, arriving in June, 1838. He settled six miles south of Springfield, and had two children there, namely-
SUSANNAH, born Jan, 17, 1841, married May 31, 1864, to John Brother- ton, a native of Franklin county, Pa. They had two children, SAMUEL S. and MAUD, and Mr. Brotherton died Dec. 3, 1867, in Springfield. He was a druggist. His widow and children reside with her parents in Springfield.
JOHN, born March 28, 1844, married Sept. 15, 1871, to Emma Wagner, of Ogle county. They had two children. He died July 15, 1875, in Springfield.
Samuel Stover and wife lived on the farm where they settled in 1838, until Jan- uary, 1875, when they moved to Spring- field, Illinois, where they now reside- November, 1876.
STRAWBRIDGE, THOS., was born March 13, 1755, in county Don- egal, Ireland. Jane Mitchell, was born in the town of Bally kelly, county Derry. Her mother's maiden name was Straw- bridge, a second cousin to her father. The Strawbridge family was of English origin. Thomas Strawbridge and wife had seven children in county Donegal, and Mrs. Jane Strawbridge died in ISog. The family came to America, landing at Balti- more in May, IS10, and went to North- umberland county, Pa. In the fall of
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ISII, they moved to that part of Cham- paign, which is now Clark county, O. From there they moved to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving October, 1823, in what is now Fancy Creek township, near Cantrall. Of the seven children-
MARGERY, married in Baltimore to Hugh Jack, a sea captain. He abandoned the sea, and was about taking his wife back to Ireland, when she died in Balti- more.
JOHN, was drowned in the Muskin- gum river, Ohio. He was about twenty- seven years old, and unmarried.
GAMES, born Aug. 29, 1792, married October, 1839, in Springfield, to Mrs. Elizabeth McDonald, whose maiden name was Iles. They had two children. MARY E., married John W. Melton, have one daughter, and live in Jackson- ville, Ill. ELIZA J., lives with her sis- ter, Mrs. Melton. Mrs. Strawbridge died, and James Strawbriedge died October, 1868, both in Jacksonville, and both were buried at Oak Ridge Cemetery, Spring- field, Ill.
WILLIAM, born June, 1794, came to Sangamon county in 1823, married in 1834, in Jo Daviess county, Ill., to Mrs. Mary Ames, whose maiden name was Mitchell. They lived in Sangamon coun- ty until 1838, and moved to Jo Daviess county, where he prosecuted the lead smelting business until 1849. He then went to California, was returning to his family, and died December, 1851, in New York city, leaving a widow and four children at Elizabeth, Jo Daviess county, Illinois. Of the children, MARY J., married John W. Shaffer. He was appointed Governor of Utah territory. Mrs. Shaffer died June, 1869. Gov. Shaffer died in office at Salt Lake city, Oct. 31, 1870, and was buried at Freeport, Ill, They left three children, who live in New York city with their uncle, William F. Shaffer. MAR- GARET S., married Col. William F. Shaffer, a banker of New York city, and reside there. WILLIAM, Jun .. married Miss Coulter, and lives in Ottawa, Kansas. THOMAS, lives in Burlington, Kansas. Mrs. Mary Strawbridge, widow of Wil- liam Strawbridge, resides with her daugh- ter, Mrs. Shaffer, in New York city- 1874.
FANE, born Dec. 25, 1796, married in Ohio to John McCain. They had one
child, and Mr. McCain went to New Orleans on business, and is supposed to have lost his life there, as he was never heard of. His widow came to Sangamon county in 1823. Her daughter, MAR- GERY married in Sangamon county to Cyrus G. Saunders. Mrs. McCain died Ang. 2, 1848, near Woodside, Sangamon county, Illinois.
THOMAS, fun., born Feb. 8, 1798 in connty Donegal, Ireland, came with the family to America and to Sangamon county in 1823. He learned saddle and harness making at Lebanon, Ohio, and engaged in that business in the fall of 1823, in Springfield, the first in that line in the place. He consequently made the first saddle in Sangamon county and cen- tral Illinois. He has for many years been engaged in farming, is unmarried, and re- side five miles southeast of Springfield, Illinois.
MARY, born Nov. 30, 1800, in Ireland, married in Sangamon county, April, 1824, to David Anderson, a native of York county, Pa. He died July 16, 1825, in Morgan county. His widow married October, 1839, to Samuel Lyons, who was born near Belfast, Ireland. He died Oct. 12, 1842, in Sangamon county. Mrs. Lyons had no children by either mar- riage. She lives with her brother, Thos. Strawbridge, Jun., five miles south- east of Springfield, Ill.
Thomas Strawbridge, Sen., died Sept. 24, 1834, in what is now Fancy Creek township, Sangamon county, Ill., in his Soth year.
STRICKLAND, GEORGE, was born March 29, 1812, in Amherst, Massachusetts. He was married May 30, 1836, in Northampton, Massachusetts, to Sarah Little-sister to Thomas S. Little and Mrs. Sophia Phelps. Mrs. Strick- land was born Nov. 21, 1814, in North- ampton. They had one child, and moved to Springfield, Illinois, arriving in August, 1837, They had five children in Spring- field, two of whom died young. Of their four children-
EDWARD P., born May 14, 1837, in Northampton, Massachusetts, and raised in Springfield. He enlisted in the first call for 75,000 men in April, 1861, for three months, in Co. I, 7th Ill. Inf., served full term and was honorably discharged. He again enlisted for three years in 1862,
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in Co. B, 114th Ill. Inf., and commissioned as first lieutenant at the organization of the company. After the capture of Vicksburg he was promoted to captain. The regiment was put on provost duty at Memphis, Tennessee. He was sent on an expedition and was taken prisoner in June, 1864. He was part of the time at Macon, Georgia, and part of the time at Charles- ton, South Carolina, where he was with other Union prisoners, placed by the rebel authorities under the guns of the Union army, in order to protect the city. He was moved from Charleston to Columbia, South Carolina, from where he escaped, and, with his first lieutenant, traveled thirty-five days, making a distance of be- tween four and five hundred miles, on foot, to Knoxville, Tennessee, without seeing a white man, neither did they wish to. They traveled at night and subsisted on what they could obtain from the negroes, arriving Dec. 31, 1864. They were sent from Knoxville to Louisville, Kentucky, furloughed home, returned to the regiment, and was with it at the cap- ture of Mobile, after which he was breveted major. He served until the fall of 1865, when he was honorably dis- charged. He now resides in Springfield, Illinois.
SARAH S., born Sept. 12, 1842, in Springfield, married Oct. 4, 1859, to Jesse D. Lloyd, a native of Springfield, also. He enlisted in 1861 in the 11th Mo. Inf., was commissioned as first lieutenant at the organization of the company, and pro- moted to captain. He served to the end of the rebellion and died April 10, 1865, leaving his widow and two children, WINFIELD S. and FRANK M., residing in Springfield, Illinois.
HELEN C., born July 16, 1847, in Springfield, and married in her native city May, 1874, to Newell Sturtevant, a native of Maine. They reside in New York City.
THOMAS S., born Oct. 14, 1853, in Springfield, is a printer, and resides with his parents in Springfield, Illinois.
Mr. George Strickland and wife are both living and reside in Springfield, Illinois.
STRINGFIELD, JAMES, was born about 1765 in Buncombe county, North Carolina. His parents moved to Warren county, Kentucky, when he was
a young man. He was there married to Nancy Simmons who was born in Roa- noke county, Virginia. They had ten children in Kentucky, and moved to San- gamon county in the fall of IS20 in com- pany with their son-in-law, John Strode. Of their children-
MARY, born August 12, 1796, in Warren county, Kentucky, married John Strode. Sce his name.
ROLAND resides near Williamsville. Their other children are scattered and many of them dead.
James Stringfield died in 1835, and his widow died a year or two later, both in Sangamon county, Illinois.
STRODE, JOHN, was born March 13, 1790, in Greenbrier county, Virgiana. His parents moved in 1804 to Warren county, Kentucky. He volun- teered in a Kentucky regiment in the war of 1812 and served three months on Lake Erie. After Perry's victory he was hon- orably discharged, again enlisted, and was in the battle of New Orleans, Jan. S, 1815. He received a land warrant for his services but never drew a pension. The papers were all burned at Bowling Green, Ky., in 1863. John Strode and Mary Stringfield were married August 14, 1815, in Warren county, Kentucky. They had three children there, and moved to Sanga- mon county, Illinois, arriving in October, IS20, in what is now Fancy creek town- ship, where cight children were born. When they came, there had been such an extensive and long continued drouth that they could walk across Sangamon river on the stones. They lived four weeks in a tent, while their house was building. Of their children-
NANCY, born June 28, 1816, married William Hargis. Sec his name.
JAMES B., born March 28, ISIS, in Kentucky, was married August, IS45, to Susan Hargis. They had eight children. WILLIAM R. enlisted in February, 1864, in Co. G, 10th Ill. Cav., for three years, served until the close of the rebel- lion, and was honorably discharged November, 1865, at San Antonio, Texas. He married Lucetta Plunkett, and lives in Springfield township. JOHN T. enlisted in Springfield May 14, 1864, in Co. I, 133d Ill. Inf., for one hundred days, served full term and was nonorably discharged Sept. 14, 1864. He lives with his mother
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-1874. AMANDA married John Mil- ler. They have one child, and live in Fancy Creek township. MARY mar- ried Clarence Mallory. See his name. BARBARA and ELIZA live with their mother. James B. Strode enlisted in 1862, for three years, in Co. K, 115th Ill. Inf .. and was orderly sergeant. He was killed at the battle of Chickamauga, Tennessee, Sept. 20, 1863. His widow lives near Cantrall, Sangamon county, Illinois.
SARAH S., born Feb. 3, 1820, in Kentucky, married in Sangamon county to Ira Judd. She died March 28, 1865, leaving one child, MARY.
ELI, born March 29, 1823, in Sanga- mon county, married Diantha Strode-a distant relative-and lives near Nickerson, Reno county, Kansas.
BARBARA, born April 13, 1825, in Sangamon county, married Jan. 25, 1864, to John H. Cannon, who was born June 20, 1837, in Jefferson county, Tennessee. They had two children, WILLIAM H. and LEONARD B., both died in infancy. Mr. and Mrs. Cannon live near Cantrall, Illinois.
ELIZABETH, born June 30, 1829, resides with her mother.
ROLAND B., born March 24, 1831, married Lutitia Weese. They have five children, MARY E., CHARLES A., JAMES R., EMMA J. and MINNIE E., and live at the family homestead, near Cantrall, Ill.
JOHN A., born Jan. 4, 1824, married Letitia Gilmore. They have four chil- dren, ALICE, MINNIE E., VICTO- RIA, and EVA M. John A. Strode enlisted at Springfield in 1862 for three years in Co. K, 115th Ill. Inf. He was at the siege and capture of Fort Donelson, was soon after sent to hospital and dis- charged on account of physical disability. He lived at Brookfield, Mo., a few years, but now lives near Cantrall, Illinois.
WILLIAM H., born July 19, 1836, in Sangamon county, married June 4, 1863, to Henrietta F. Strode, a distant relative. They had six children, NIREM P. and CORA BELL died under four years, LU- ZETTA A., THOMAS J., ELIZA- BETH and J. MAUD live with their parents near Cantrall, Sangamon county, Illinois.
JOEL B., born March 7, 1839, mar-
ried Mary E. King. They have three children, JACOB E., MAGGIE M. and JOHN E., and live at the old home- stead, seven miles north of Springfield, near Cantrall, Ill.
MARY C., born in 1841, died in her seventh year.
John Strode died Nov. 27, 1866, and his widow resides on the farm settled by them in 1821. It is in Fancy Creek town- ship, eight miles northwest of Springfield, Illinois.
STUART, JOHN T., was born Nov. 10, 1807, in Fayette county, Ky., seven miles east of Lexington. His father, Robert Stuart, was born of Scotch-Irish parents, in Rockbridge county, Virginia. He was a Presbyterian minister, but went to Lexington, first as professor of lan- guages in Transylvania University. He was there married to Hannah Todd, daughter of General Levi Todd. See sketch of the Todd family. Rev. Robert Stuart, while connected with the Univer- sity, became pastor of the Presbyterian church, at Walnut Hills, seven miles east of Lexington, where the subject of this sketch was born. John T. Stuart gradu- ated at Centre College, Danville, Ky., in the fall of 1826, studied law `with Judge Breck in Richmond, Ky., and came to Springfield, Illinois, arriving Oct. 25, 1828. He traveled on horseback and was ten days on the road. He at once en- gaged in the practice of his profession, and when the Indian troubles came on, that culminated in the Blackhawk war, Mr. Stuart became the major of the battalion in which Abraham Lincoln com- manded a company. In 1832 Mr. Stuart was elected one of the Representatives of Sangamon county in the State Leg.sla- ture. In 1834 he was re-elected. Abraham Lincoln was elected that year, also, and they roomed together at Van- dalia. While they were taking a morn- ing walk during that session, Mr. Lincoln asked Mr. Stuart his opinion in regard to his studying law. Mr. Stuart advised him to begin at once, proposed to loan him the necessary books and act as his preceptor, all of which was gratefully accepted by Mr. Lincoln, and when he was qualified for practice he gladly accepted the offer of his preceptor to be- come his partner. In 1836 Mr. Stuart was a candidate for Congress, but was
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defeated, as he expected to be, his object being to keep the Whig party-which was largely in the minority in his district -in order for future campaigns.
John T. Stuart was married Oct. 25, 1837, at Jacksonville, Ill., to Mary V. Nash, a daughter of General Frank Nash, of St. Louis county, Missouri, and a niece of the late Judge Lockwood, of Illinois. They had six living children-
BETTIE, born July, 1838, in Spring- field, married Christopher C. Brown. See his name. She died, and the Bettie Stuart Institute was named in honor of her memory.
JOHN T., Fun., born Dec. 16, 1842, in Springfield, was married there Sept. 6, 1866, to Emily W. Huntington. They have four children, GEORGE H., MARY V., ELIZABETH H. and ED- WARD S. BROWN. John T. Stuart, Jun., is a merchant in Chicago, and, with his family, resides there.
FRANK N., born in Springfield, Ill., is running a ranch in Pluní Valley, near Sedalia, Colorado.
VIRGINIA L., HANNAH and ROBERT, all born in Springfield, live with their parents.
John T. Stuart was elected to Congress in 1838, defeating Stephen A. Douglas, when the partnership between him and Mr. Lincoln ceased. He was again elected in 1840, served that term, and in 1843 formed a partnership with Benjamin S. Edwards, under the firm name of Stuart & Edwards. It is the oldest law firm in the State, and with one exception, Mr. Stuart is the oldest practicing attorney in the State. He was elected in 1848 State Senator for four years for the dis- trict composed of Sangamon, Menard and Mason counties. He was out of politics after that until 1862, when he was elected to Congress, serving one term. In 1866 he was elected President of the Springfield City Railway Company, President of the Springfield Watch Company, President of the Bettie Stuart Board of Trustees, and is one of the three commissioners for building the new State House. As Chairman of the Executive Com- mittee of the National Lincoln Monu- ment Association, it devolved upon him to do more than any other one man, in superintending the erection of that monument to the memory
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of his legislative colleague, law student and partner, and life-long friend- Abraham Lincoln. The law firm of Stuart & Edwards was changed in 1858, by admitting C. C. Brown, to that of Stuart, Edwards & Brown.
STUBBS, ROBERT L., was born Dec. 24, 1813, in Virginia, taken by his parents to Greene county, Kentucky, and came to Island Grove, Sangamon county, Ill., in the fall of 1832. Martha Ann Smith was born Dec. 5, 1818, in Greene county, Kentucky. Her parents were from the vicinity of Nashville, Tenn., and both died in Kentucky; the father in 1823, and the mother in 1826. She came to Sangamon county in 1834, with the family of Dr. Richard Barrett. R. L. Stubbs and M. A. Smith were mar- ried August 4, 1836, and had fourteen chil- dren in Sangamon county.
MARY E., born June 11, 1837, mar- ried Sept. 11, 1856. to Samuel Clawson, have two children, WILLIAM H. and MARTHA M., and live near New Home, Bates county, Mo.
GAMES T., born March 5, 1839, mar- ried Oct. 29, 1867, to Hannah F. Robeson, who was born Dec. 12, 1840, in Morgan county. They have three children, AL- BERTL., ELIZABETH A.and JAMES T., and live three and one-half miles cast of Berlin, Sangamon county, Ill.
SARAH F., born Dec. 3, 1840, mar- ried March IS, 1858, to A. Jackson Rude, have one child, EDWARD E., and live five miles west of Chatham, Ill.
NANCY H., born Sept. 30, 1842, mar- ried Sept. 10, 1862, to James Campbell. See his name.
ELIZABETH A., born March 13, 1844, married Jan. 29, 1870, to Edmund T. Miller. See his name.
GEORGE W., born August 23, 1846, married Sept. 15, 1870, to Eliza Miller. They have one child, GEORCE R., and reside four miles west of Chatham, Ill.
WILLIAM S., born Jan. 7, 1851, mar- ried Nov. 6, 1872, to Annie A. Johnson, have one child, JAMES G., and live two miles west of Berlin, Sangamon county, Ill.
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