History of the early settlers of Sangamon County, Illinois : "centennial record", Part 113

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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ty, and then moved to Moultrie county Il- linois. In IS49 he settled in Davis county, Iowa. He left home in Davis county to tend a religious meeting in the adjoining county of Appanoose, and died there Nov. 7, 1856. His widow now resides with some of her children near Drakesville, Davis county, Iowa. Of all the children of John Taylor, three only settled permanently in Sangamon county. Simeon, the eldest, James, the fifth, and Isaac, the eighth, all by the first marriage. Of the other four- teen I shall speak first.

ELIZABETH, born Sept. 27, 1796, was married in Kentucky to David Garri- son. They moved to White, and from there to Wayne county, Illinois, brought up a family, and both died there.

MARY, born March 5, 179S, in South Carolina, was married in Hart county, Kentucky, to George Coats, and still lives there, near Mumfordville.

NINIAN, born Dec. 19, 1799, in South Carolina, was married in Kentucky, brought up a large family, and died there in 1862.

NANCY, born Oct. 4, 1So3, in South Carolina, was married in Wayne county, Illinois, to James Bowling, moved to Moultrie county, brought up a large family, and lives near Sullivan, Illinois.

JOHN M., born April 24, ISO5, in South Carolina, was married in Kentucky to Nancy Wilson, moved in 1849 to Appanoose county, Iowa, brought up a large family, and died there.

HARRISON, born about 1817 in Hart county, Kentucky, came to Sanga- mon county with his parents, and was married in Moultrie county, Illinois, to Eliza Killian. They moved to Appanoose county, Iowa, and he enlisted in the 37th Iowa (Graybeard) Regiment. Harrison Tayior died in Iowa, a member of that regiment, leaving a large family near Drakesville, Davis county, Iowa.

ANN, born in Wayne county, Illinois, was married in Moultrie county to Albert Killian, and died in Appanoose county, near Drakesville, Iowa.

MELINDA, born in Wayne county, Illinois, was married in Moultrie county to John Fleming, and both died in Davis county, Iowa.

CHESTER, born in Wayne county, Illinois, was married in Davis county, Iowa, and still lives near Drakesville.

DENNIS, born in Wayne county, Illinois, was married in Sangamon county to Caroline Simpson, and died in Davis county, Iowa, leaving a widow and four children, one of whom died young. Of the other three, PASCO, in stepping from one railroad car to another, fell through and was killed instantly, in June 1875. ADDIE and LULA live with their mother near Drakesville, Iowa.

HENRY, born in Wayne county, Illinois, was married in Davis county, Iowa.

LUCINDA, born in Sangamon coun- ty, Illinois, was married in Davis county, Iowa, and died there.

ALVIN S., born June 19, 1834, in Sangamon county, was married there August 7, 1856, to Louisa J. Wilson. They had two children in Sangamon county, and moved in 1860 to Drakesville, Davis county, Iowa, where two children were born, one died in infancy. Mr. Taylor enlisted August 9, 1862, in Co. B, 30th Iowa Inf., for three years, was ap- pointed first sergeant at the organization of the company, promoted to first lieu- tenant, but before receiving his commis- sion, was promoted to captain and commis- sioned by Governor Kirkwood, to take rank from May 30, 1863. He entered upon its duties in Mississippi, Sept. 2, 1863, and was mortally wounded May 13, 1864, at Resacca, Georgia. Hedied there in military hospital, June 7th. Of his three children, CHARLES W. died Jan. 22, 1876. The other two, S. LESLIE and NELLIE A., live with their mother, half a mile south of Barclay, Sangamon county, Illinois.

FOSTER, born in Sangamon county, was married in Davis county, Iowa, and . moved farther west in the same State.

Of the three sons of John Taylor who settled permanently in Sangamon county :

TAYLOR SIMEON, born May 10, 1795, near Chester Court House, Chester district, South Carolina, was married March 5, 1S17, in Hart coun- ty, Kentucky, to Sarah Sturgeon. They had one child there, and, in company with his father's family, moved, in IS20, to Wayne county, Illinois, where two chil- dren were born. Mr. and Mrs. Taylor, with their children, returned to Kentucky on a visit, and Mrs. Taylor died there Au- gust 19, 1824. In September, Mr. Taylor

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returned with his three children to Wayne county, where he resided until the spring of 1829, when, in company with his brother James and family, he moved to Sangamon county, and settled in what is now Williams township. Of his three children-

GAMES S., born May 29, 1818, in Hart county, Kentucky, was married Feb. 25, 1841, in Sangamon county, to Sarah Halbert, They had five living children. SIDNEY E., born Feb. 26, 1842, married James W. Jones. See his name. MAR- GARET J., born Dee. 9, 1843, was mar. ried March 1, 1866, to John L. Wright. They have one living child, SARAH H., and reside five and one-half miles south- east of Williamsville, Sangamon county, Ill. SUSAN C., born Nov. 22, 1848, was married March 29, 1869, to Benjamin F. Cleverly. They have one child, LENA, and live at Illiopolis, Sangamon county, IH. DRUSILLA, born Oct. 28, 1851, married Mr. Hunter, and lives at River- ton, Sangamon county, Ill. ANNIE, born Feb. 6, 1854, lives with her parents, three-fourths of a mile south of Barclay, Sangamon county Illinois-1874.

ELIZABETH, born March 31, 1821, in Wayne county, Illinois, married Hugh L. Cooper. See his name.

SUSANNAH, born Jan. 27, 1823, in Wayne county, Illinois, was married in Sangamon county to John Webb. See his name. They have six children, and live in Ioka, Keokuk county, Iowa.

Simeon Taylor was married the second time August 9, 1832, in Sangamon county, to Jane Blue. They had seven children, namely :

FOHN B., born Nov. 2, 1833, married Anna Thompson, who had one child, JANE M., and Mrs. Anna Taylor died. John B. Taylor married Jane Dickerson. They have one child, JOHN W., and live five miles southeast of Williamsville, in Logan county, Illinois.

NANCY, born Nov. 23, 1834, was married August 17, 1854, to Adam Brangh- ton, who was born June 1, 1829, in Frank- lin county, Ohio. They had nine children, three of whom died under nine years of age. JAMES A. died Angust 19, 1872, in his tenth year, cansed by the kiek of a horse. WILLIAM M., GEORGE W., ADELBERT C., EMELINE and ETHEL live with their parents, two miles

west of Barclay, Sangamon county, Illi- nois.

NINIAN, M., born Dec. 26, 1835, was married Jan. 15, 1857, to Elizabeth P. Constant. She died Feb. 2, 1858, and N. M. Taylor was married Jan. 11, 1859, to Mahala E. Lard. They have four children, SIMEON W., CHARLES A., NINIAN L. and LORIN O., and live four miles southeast of Springfield, Illinois.

MARY, born April 16, 1837, in Sanga- mon county, and

EMILY, born August 16, 1838, are unmarried, and live with their father.

CAROLINE, born Jan. 20, 1839, was married August 28, 1857, to John Hendrix. See his name. They live near Dawson, Sangamon county, Ill.

WILLIAM L., born Nov. 13, 1842, is unmarried and lives with his father.

Mrs. Jane Taylor died Feb. 23, 1843, and Simeon Taylor was married April 15, 1850, to Susan Hendrix. They had one child, SIMEON, which died in infaney, and Mrs. Susan Taylor died July 11, 1852. Simeon Taylor resides on the farm where he settled in 1829, three-fourths of a mile north of Barclay, Sangamon county, Ill.

TAYLOR, JAMES, born Nov. 2, ISO1, in Chester district, South Caro- lina, moved with his parents to Hart coun- ty, Kentucky, and thence to Wayne coun- ty, Ill., where he was married to Mary Kelly, who was born in Hart county, also, and taken by her parents when young to Wayne county. They had five children, and moved to Sangamon county in the spring of 1829, settling in what is now Williams township, near Barclay, where seven children were born. Of their nine children who lived to any considerable age :

ZERELDA, born in Wayne county, Illinois, married James W. Cooper. See his name.

NINIAN R., born Feb. 13, 1825, in Wayne county, Illinois, was married April 1, 1847, in Sangamon county, to Catha- rine (Kittie) Halbert. They have five living children. JOHN B., born May 22, 1851, was married Dee. 2, 1873, to Miranda Turley, and

lives in Williamsville. LEWIS C., born April 9, 1854, graduated at Bellevue Medical College, New York, March 1, 1875, and is practicing medicine at Auburn, In. ELLEN, EMMA and FRANK H., live with their parents. Ninian R. Taylor was elected in 1870 to

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represent Sangamon county, in the twenty- seventh General Assembly of Illinois, for two years. He and his family reside at Williamsville, Sangamon county, Ill. He is a merchant there.

JOHN was drowned, aged ten years. He and Eli Wilson were skating and both were drowned.

RHODA, born in Wayne county, Illi- nois, was married in 1848 in Sangamon county, Ill., to Wm H. White. She died of cholera in 1851, leaving one child, BER- TRAND D. WHITE, who lives near Gibson, Ford county, Ill.

ISAAC f., born Oct. 12, 1830, in San- gamon county, married Margaret Halbert. They had two children, ALEXANDER D, born May 9, 1854, graduated at Rush Medical College, Chicago, in 1875, and is practicing medicine at Cotton Hill, Sanga- mon county, Ill. MARY ETHEL, lives with her father. Mrs. Margaret Taylor died May 16, 1863, and I. J. Taylor was married May 27, 1864, to Mary A. Mc- Ginnis. They have two children, JOHN E. and LEONARD R., and reside two and a half miles southeast of Williamsville, Sangamon county, Ill.

JAMES H., born Dec. 25, 1832, in Sangamon county, was married Jan. 5, 1855, to Rachel C. Groves. They had six children. JAMES A. died in his fourth year, BARBARA A., MARY E.,DORA B., GERTRUDE C. and WILLIAM H. live with their parents. James H. Taylor moved his family to Danville, Illinois, Nov. 28, 1868, and now-1876-reside there.

SIMEON M., born Feb. 2, 1835, in Sangamon county, married Louisa Bu- chanan. They have one child, MARY K., and reside on West Monroe strect, Springfield, Illinois

FRANCIS K., born June 14, 1840, in Sangamon county, was married Oct. 24, 1861, to Elizabeth Kalb. They had three children, FLORA L., died Nov. 18, 1875, in her thirteenth year; NELLIE F. died Nov. 25, 1875, in her tenth year, and JAMES C. died Nov. 14, 1875, in his sixth year, all of malignant diptheria. F. L. Taylor and wife reside at the home- stead where his father settled in 1829, three-fourths of a mile north of Barclay, Sangamon county, Illinois.

MARTIN V., born March 22, 1842, in Sangamon county, married Mary Buch- anan, a native of Brown county, Illinois.

They have three children, JESSE O., WILLIAM A. and JENNIE L., and live near Barclay, Illinois.

Mrs. Mary Taylor died July 27, 1852, and James Taylor died July 27, 1857, both where they settled in 1829, near Barclay, Sangamon county, Illinois.

TAYLOR, ISAAC, born Feb. 9, 1807, in Hart county, Kentucky, came with his father to White county, and from there to Wayne county, Illinois. He came alone in 1828 to Sangamon county, being the first of the family to arrive. In February, 1829, he went to the Wisconsin lead mines, and returned in September of that year, entered land and made some improvements near where German Prairie Station now stands. He enlisted in 1831 under Captain, now General, Moses K. Anderson, in the Blackhawk war, but their services were not needed. In the spring of 1832 he passed through Blackhawk's army at Dixon, on his way to to the lead mines, and was in great danger, as hostilities commenced soon after. He volunteered at the mines and served until the close of the war, returning home in December, 1832. He was mar- ried Feb. 13, 1834, to Sarah M. Elliott, at Springfield, Illinois. They had thirteen children. Of their eleven living chil- dren-

MARY Y., born Dec. 11, 1835, in Sangamon county, was married Feb. 9, 1854, to William H. White. They have seven living children, CHARLES, FLORENCE, MARTHA, GEORGIA, MARY A., EMMA and NELLIE, who live with their parents near Gibson City, Ford county, Illinois.

ZILPHA A., born May 27, 1838, in Sangamon county, was married there in July, 1856, to James S. Halbert. They had two living children, M. ESTELLA and ROSELLA. Mrs. Halbert then married James H. Cartwell. Scc his name. They have one child, LESLIE G.

SARAH E., born July 19, 1840, mar- ried Isaac Wilson. Sec his name. They have five living children, KATE, ALBERT, ELMER, ELIZA and NORA.

DAVID A., born July 16, 1842, in Sangamon county, was married January, 1866, to Mary C. Constant. She died August 21, 1874, leaving three children,

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OTTO, EMMA H. and JIMMIE H., who live at present-1876-with their grand-papa Taylor. David A. Taylor lives near Gibson City, Ford county, Ill.

NANNIE E., born March 13, IS64, and

AMANDA M., born June 4, 1846, re- side with their parents.

JOHN W., born March 1, IS4S, in Sangamon county, was married Jan. 17, 1872, in Springfield, Illinois, to Lydia A. Claspill, who was born Nov. 5, 1849, at Moore's Hill, Dearborn county, Indiana. They have two children, CLARA MAUD and NELLIE M., and reside on the farm where his father settled in 1830. It is near German Prairie Station, Sangamon county, Illinois.

ISAAC H., born March 16, 1850, in Sangamon county, graduated at Rush Medical College, Chicago, Illinois, Feb- ruary, 1871, and was married Jan. 16, 1872, to Irena Constant. They have one child, PERCY L. Dr. I. H. Taylor is a prac- ticing physician, and resides at Barclay, Sangamon county, Illinois.

JAMES L., born Feb. 7, 1853, in Sangamon county, and attend lectures at Rush Medical College, Chicago, Illinois, during the winter of 1875 and '76.

C. L. ROSCOE, born April 8, 1855, in Sangamon county, and

WALTER C., born Dec. 28, 1856, live with their parents.

Isaac Taylor and family reside one and three-quarter miles west of Dawson, Sangamon county, Illinois. Mr. Taylor says that Jacob Donner and wife were members of the Christian Church, that then worshipped near German Prairie Station. Mr. Taylor being clerk, gave them letters, by order of the church, when they left for the Pacific coast, and to the horrible doom that awaited them. His recollection of Jacob Donner is that he was a model Christian gentleman.

TAYLOR, JOHN, was born in Danville, Ky. He came when a young man to Madison county, Illinois, and was there married to Elizabeth Burkhead, who was born near Charleston, South Carolina. They returned to Kentucky, and had three children there, and moved to Edwardsville, Illinois, where they had one child, and from there to what became Sangamon county, arriving in IS19 on Sugar creek, in what is now Ball town-

ship, where they had two children, and in IS22 moved to Springfield, where they had two children. When Sangamon county was organized, in IS21, John Taylor was elected sheriff, and by re-elections held the office about six years. He was afterwards appointed receiver of the United States Land Office at Springfield, was one of the original proprietors of the town, and did much in the way of improvements to ad- vance its interests. Of his children -

HANNAH, born Jan. 27, ISII, in Kentucky, was married in Springfield April, 1832, to S. M. Tinsley, a native of Virginia. They had eleven children in Springfield. Mr. Tinsley was for many years one of the leading merchants of the city, and died in 1867. Mrs. Hannah Tinsley died in July, 1869.

MARGARET, born Dec. 28, 1813, in Kentucky, was married Sept. 28, 1829, in Springfield, Illinois, to Edmond Dick Taylor, who was born October IS, ISO4, at Lunenburg Court House, Virginia. His father's name was Giles Taylor, and his mother's maiden name was Sina Stokes. They moved to Lexington, Kentucky, in 1806, and two years later to Hopkinsville, in the same State. In ISI4 they moved to Gallatin county, Illinois, where Mr. Taylor was for several years engaged in the manufacture of salt. Edmund D. Taylor came to Springfield in the fall of IS23, and went into general merchandising, with Colonel John Taylor, who after- wards became his father-in-law. In 1832 he was elected to represent Sangamon county in the Illinois Legislature, his opponent being no less a personage than Abraham Lincoln. He can justly boast of being the only man that ever defeated Mr. Lincoln in an election. In 1834 he was elected to the State Senate. In 1835 he resigned his seat in the Senate to accept the appointment from President Jackson as receiver of public moneys in the United States land office in Chicago, and opened the first land sale ever held there, in June, 1835. In forty days he found himself in possession of $493,000. When he re- ported it to the Secretary of the Treasury, that officer responded with the exclama- tion, " Is this not fiction ?" Colonel Tay- lor's bond was only $30,000. He was for many years actively engaged in politics as a leader in the Democratic party. He has

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been engaged in banking and land specu- lations all his life. He lost several thousand dollars in the Chicago fire, but is still very wealthy and full of business. Colonel E. D. Taylor and wife had thirteen children, six only of whom are living. One daughter married S. Snowden Hayes, and lives in Chicago. Colonel Taylor's busi- ness is largely in Chicago, but he resides at Mendota, Illinois.

GAMES, born Jan 27, 1814, in Chris- tian county, Kentucky, was brought up in Springfield, Illinois. He was a soldier from Sangamon county in the Blackhawk war. His sister, Mrs. Hurst, remembers that herself and some other school girls went into a bakery and assisted in preparing crackers for the soldiers, at the time her brother went. James Taylor was married in Springfield July 25, 1837, to Eliza C. Bryan, daughter of Nicholas Bryan. See his name. They had six living chil- dren, MARY E., born June 14, 1839, in Petersburg, Illinois, married in Spring- field June, 25, 1874, to James M. Barclay, a native of Kentucky. They have one child, LOUAN E., and live in Cairo, Illinois, ELIZA B., born Dec. 9, 1841, in Peters- burg, Illinois, was married March 19, 1863, in Beardstown, Illinois, to Robert WV. Miller, of Sangamon county. They have four children, WINLOCK W., JEAN- NETTE, ROBERT TAYLOR and MARY B., and live at Cairo, Illinois. HANNAH T., born Oct. 15, 1843, was married in Springfield April 17, 1867, to James M. Epler. They have three children, ANNIE LOU, HANNAII T. and JAMES T., and live in Jacksonville, Illinois. ANN M., born Oct. 1, 1845, in Springfield, lives with her mother. JOHN C., born Nov. 10, 1847, in Bath, Mason county, Illinois, was mar- ried in Clinton, Illinois, Sept. 24, 1873, to Mary Jane Bryan, a native of Pennsyl- vania. They have one child, JOHN CLAY, and live in Springfield. JAMES S., born August 16, 1855, at Beardstown, Illinois, lives with his mother. James Taylor went to Petersburg soon after marriage, and sold goods there five years. He afterwards moved to Springfield and remained five years, thence to Beardstown, where he was sheriff of Cass county from 1850 to 1859, and four years circuit clerk. He returned to Springfield in 1863 and acted as deputy sheriff one year. He

died July 26, 1873, and his widow resides in Springfield, Illinois.

EDWARD f., born in Edwardsville, Illinois, brought up in Springfield, is un- married, and lives now-1876-in Mary- ville, Missouri.

JANE E., born June 27, IS20, in San- gamon county, was married in Springfield to David Kriegh, a native of Hagerstown, Maryland. They live in Chicago, Illinois.

ANN, born April 3, 1822, in Sangamon county, was married in Springfield to Charles R. Hurst. See his name.

WILLIAM W., born October, 1820, in Springfield, Illinois, died in 1853.

ANDREW f.

John Taylor died at Beardstown May 12, 1849, on his way to New Orleans. Mrs. Elizabeth Taylor died July, 1855, in Springfield, Illinois.

TAYLOR, JOHN, was born Sept. 1, 1804, in Tennessee, and when quite young was taken by his parents to Cape Girardeau county, Missouri. Mary Thomas was born Nov. 14, 1799, in Bracken county, Ky. Her parents moved to Lebanon, Ohio, and from there to St. Genevieve county, Mo., and then to Cape Girardeau county. She was there married to Samuel Cupples, had three children, and Mr. Cupples died in 1828. Mrs. Cupples was married March 22, 1834, to John Tay- lor. They had two children in Cape Girar- deau county, and moved to Sangamon county, Illinois, arriving in the spring of 1837, west of Springfield, and early in IS3S moved to a farm he purchased, in what is now Gardner township, north of Spring creek, where three children were born. Of all her children --

MARY Cupples, born Dec. S, 1821, in Missouri, is unmarried, and lives with her mother.

FRANCES T. Cupples, born March 9, 1823, in Missouri, married Sept. 28, 1847, to Lysander Root, and she died Feb. 16, 1850.

ROSETTA C. Cupples was born Nov. 11, 1826, in Missouri, married April 9, 1844, in Sangamon county, to Jesse M. Shepherd. They have three living chil- dren, and reside at Baker City, Oregon. He is a practicing attorney, and editor of the Bed Rock Democrat-1874.

Of the Taylor children-

ANN E., born Nov. 25, 1834, in Mis-

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sonri, died in Sangamon county, Feb. 6, 1850.

ADALINE C., born August S, 1836, in Missouri, married in Sangamon county, March, 1854, to John P. Attix. They have three children, and live near Keosanqua, Iowa.

RICHARD S., born May 25, 183S, in Sangamon county, married in Iowa, Dec. 25, 1867, has two children, and lives at Os- wego, Kansas.

MARGARET A., born June IS, 1840. in Sangamon county, lives with her mother,

JOHN W., born August 10, 1842, in Sangamon county, was married Feb. 25, 1864, to Margaret L. Stevenson. They had three children, LOTTIE B., JESSE B. and CLARA L. Mrs. Margaret L. Taylor died July 6, 1872, and John W. Taylor married in 1874 Nancy E. McKin- nie. They have one child, WILLIAM, and live near Bradfordton, Sangamon county, Ill.

John Taylor died April 22, 1853, in San- gamon county, and his widow resides where they settled in 1838. It is one and three-fourth miles southwest of Bradford- ton, Sangamon county, Ill.

TAYLOR, JOHN WICK- LIFFE, was born April 21, 1798, in Boone county, Kentucky, nearly opposite Lawrenceburg, Indiana. In 1802 his parents moved to that part of Gallatin which is now Trimble county in the same State, opposite the city of Madison, Indiana. See sketch of his two sisters, Mrs. Jane E. Elliott, widow of James Elliott, and Mrs. Sally Smith, widow of Joseph Smith. J. Wickliffe Taylor was married June 1, 1820, in Tremble county, Kentucky, to Jemima Gray, who was born there Feb. 8, 1804. They had one child there, and moved to Springfield, Illinois, early in 1833. In April, 1834, they moved to what ia now Cartwright township, ten miles west of Springfield, where they had three children. Of their four children-

JOHN P., born April 10, 1821, in Kentucky, died there July 19, 1832.

BENGAMIN P., born and died in Sangamon county, aged three years.

WILLIAM H., born August 2, 1838, in Sangamon county. He has spent the last two years in Colorado, and has just returned to Sangamon county, and lives near Wheatfield.

SALLIE GANE, born August 12, 1843, and died April 18, IS58.

Mrs. Jemima Taylor died in IS74, near Wheatfield. Since her death Mr. Taylor has lived with his sister, Mrs. Smith, at Bates.

J. W. Taylor was elected in 1852 Judge of the Sangamon county court, and served four years.

TAYLOR, WILLIAM, was born in Bath county, Kentucky, married there to Mrs. Patrick, and brought his family to Sangamon county, Illinois, ar- riving in 1835 in what is now Cotton Hill township. His son-

EDWARD, born in Bath county, Ken- tucky, married in Sangamon county to a daughter of Isaac Martin, who was a brother to Abraham Martin. His daugh- ter, MELISSA, born in Sangamon county, Jan. S, 1845, married Sept. 27, 1866, to John W. Wigginton, who was born Jan. 12, 1835, in Trimble county, Kentucky, and came to Sangamon county in 1866. They reside at Breckenridge Sangamon county, IlInois.

TAYLOR, WILLIAM B., was born Dec. 25, 1Soo, near Salem, New Jer- sey. Beulah Smith was born Dec. 19, 1810, in Cape May county, New Jersey. They were married Jan. 4, 1830, in Cape May county, and had three living children in New Jersey. They moved to Sangamon county, Illinois, arriving May 16, 1838, in what is now Gardner township, one and a half miles north of Farmingdale, where they had five children. Of their eight children-

JOHN L., born Oct. 13 1830, in New Jersey, raised in Sangamon county, and started April 4, IS51, to California. He has not been definitely heard fiom by his friends since 1857.

BEULAH ANN., born August 10, IS35, in New Jersey, married in Sanga- mon county, in 1857, to Isom Bolin. They have six children and live in Sangamon county, Illinois.

ROXANA S., born Oct. 22, 1837, in New Jersey, is unmarried, and resides with her brother, William B., Jun.

VICTORIA M., born Dec. 28, 1839, in Sangamon county, lives with her brother, William B., Jun.

JOSEPHINE, M., horn March 3, IS40, in Sangamon county, married Nov. 11, 1858, to Sidney Robins, had one child,

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CHARLES, and for a second husband married, August, 1867, to Geo J. Fiddler. They have one child, JACOB BEN., and live in Mason City, Illinois.

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History of the early settlers of Sangamon County, Illinois : "centennial record", Part 113

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