History of the early settlers of Sangamon County, Illinois : "centennial record", Part 118

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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EMELINE, born July 20, 1816, mar- ried March 6, 1842, to William Hammond. See his name.

MATILDA, born March 29, ISIS, married December, 1842, to Thomas Deaton, have nine children, and reside near Jacksonville, Illinois.

PRESLE 1, born Sept. 11, 1819, died unmarried at thirty years of age.

TURNER, born Jan. 14, IS23, mar- ried Mary Harbour, had four children, and he died, leaving his widow and chil- dren at Hamburg, Iowa.

WILEY, born May 16, 1823, died IS58.

TABITHA, born Oct. 23, 1824, mar- ried John Morgan. They live in Atchi- son county, Missouri.

LOUISA, born May 29, 1826, in Tennessee, married in Sangamon connty to Milton, Douglas. See his name. Her name is erroneously printed Eliza.

JAMES T., born Oct. 9, 1830, in Sangamon county, was married Jan. 29,

IS66, near Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, to Elizabeth Coble, a native of that place. James T. Underwood was for several years assessor of Island Grove township. He was elected in 1864 to represent that township in the board of supervisors of Sangamon county. He is now-Novem- ber, 1876-a Justice of the Peace, and re- sides in Springfield, Illinois.

John Underwood built a horse mill in Island Grove, soon after his arrival. It was the first in that part of the county. The settlers came from twenty to thirty miles to do grinding with their own teams. He died Oct. 27, 1866, in Island Grove, where he settled in 1829. His widow died Jan. IS, 1866, at Loami, Sangamon county, Illinois.

UNDERWOOD, WIL- LIAM, was born and married in Kentucky, and brought his family to Sangamon county, arriving about IS34 at Berlin. They had three children, one of whom died, aged ten years, and Mrs. Underwood died. Their two sons, CHARLES and LYCURGUS, went to their friends, in Kentucky, and went from there, as soldiers, in the Mexican war. William Underwood married for his second wife, Eliza Lemon, and he died in 1840. His widow married John Churchill. See his name. .

UTTERBACK, ELIJAH, was born in Culpepper county, Virgiana, Sept. 25, 1776. When he was a young man he went to Henry county, Kentucky, and was there married to Susan Bice-a sister to John Bice. They had three children born in Kentucky, and moved to Sangamon county, Illinois, arriving in October, IS35, in what is now Williams township, where one child was born. Of their four children-

MARY D., born April 12, 1824, in Henry county, Kentucky, married in Sangamon county to Peter Braughton. See his name.

ELIZABETH C., born in Ken- tucky, married in Sangamon county to James Dode. They have six children, and live in Lafayette county, Missouri.

NANCY- A., born in Kentucky, mar- ried in Sangamon county to Jacob Lucas. They have six children, and live in Fre- mont county, Iowa.

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ADALINE S., born in Sangamon county, married James Henry. They have two children, and live in Bourbon county, Kentucky.

Mrs. Susan Utterback died August 19, 1841, and her husband died March 3, 1862, both in Sangamon county, Illinois.

VANCIL. This name -Vanzael, anglicised-is quite common in Germany, especially among the soldiers of the fath- erland. The circumstances which led to its being transferred from Prussia to America were somewhat peculiar. A young man bearing the name, put to death a valuable dog belonging to an old German husbandman. This was deemed a grave offense, and he was called up by his father for trial. The boy plead guilty, but justified his actions. The venerable parent decreed that he should be severely chastised or leave the country. The proud spirited stripling chose the latter, imme- diately embarked for America, and settled in Virginia. Nothing is known of his marriage, but his son, John Vancil mar- ried Mary Penrod. They had a large family, consisting in part of six sons, five of whom were over six feet high, and weighed upwards of two hundred pounds each. While these were yet children, John Vancil joined a company of rangers -the first military organizations at the beginning ot our troubles with the mother country-and sent his family into Mary- land. One of his sons -

VANCIL, SAMUEL, born about 1768, was but six years of age at the beginning of the American Revoln- tion, when his father separated his family upon going into the army. Samuel was placed in a family of Germans, who, from their religious convictions were opposed to war. At the close of the war John Vancil collected his family in Patrick county, Virginia, where Samuel was mar- ried about 1795 to Mary Peckelheimer, and moved to Montgomery county, in the same State, where they had two chil- dren, and then moved to Logan county, Ky., where they had one child, and moved back to Virginia, where two children were born, and then moved to Lincoln county, Ky., and from there, in ISI1, to

Warren county, Ohio, where one child was born; from there to Franklin county, Indiana, and after a stay of five years, moved to Union county, Illinois, where he left his family, and with several others rode up to Sugar creek, and selected a tract of land about one mile southeast of where Auburn, Sangamon county now stands, where he arrived with his family late in November, ISIS. They lived in their wagons until cabins could be built. Their only neighbors were the Drennan and Dodds families. Sec their sketches. Game being abundant, they lived largely on wild meat and honey. The Kickapoo Indians were quite numerous, though friendly. Of the six children of Samuel Vancil-

BETSY, was born in 1796, in Mont- gomery county, Va., married in Warren county, Ohio, to John Walker, and came with her parents to Sangamon county, where she died in 1830, leaving five chil- dren, three of whom, when last heard from, were living in Texas.

PENROD, born in 1797, in Mont- gomery county, Va., married in 1819, in Preble county, Ohio, to Elizabeth Hous- ton. They had eight children, five of whom lived to maturity, namely : JAMES, married Martha A. Gatton. They had eight children, and she died. He married Sarah E. Greenawalt. He died February, IS72, in Virden, Ill., leav- ing his widow and children there. NANCY, married Jacob B. Vancil See his name. ELIZABETH, married Ab- ner Hayden. They had six children. WILLIAM D., married Mrs. Melvina Van- cil, and live in Montgomery county, Ill. SARAH E., married Noah Greenawalt, and lives near Cerro Gordo, Piatt county, Ill. NANCY J., married James Cruise who died, and she lives in Piatt county. MARY J., married Francis M. Rape. See his name. EMILY E., married Francis M. Cross. See his name. EMILY E., lives with her sisters. Abner Hayden died, and his widow has since been married, but is now a widow living with her children, near Cerro Gordo, Ill. MARY married A. Henderson. He died and she married William Forsythe. See his name. She lives at German Prairie Station, near Springfield, Ill. GEORCE W., married Melvina Gatton, and died in May, 1872, leaving several children. Penrod Vancil

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died in 1865, and his widow died in 1868, both near Auburn, Sangamon county, Ill.

SARAH, born about ISoo, in Logan county, Kentucky, married. in Franklin county, Indiana, to John Houston. She died in Preble county, Ohio, leaving four children, one of whom lives in Iowa.

GIDEON, born Feb. 1, ISO2, in Mont- gomery county, Virginia, married in San- gamon county, Illinois, March, IS20, to Feraba Wilson, believed to have been the first marriage ever solemnized in the what is now Sangamon county. They had eleven children, all born in Sangamon county. CLARINDA, born in IS21, married in 1835, to Henry Duke. They had several children, all of whom died except one, who is married and lives in Dallas county, Texas. Mr. Duke died in 1864, and his widow lives in Dallas coun- ty, Texas. MARY J. is unmarried, and lives in Lawrence county, Missouri. ADAM, born August 16, 1826, died in Logan county, Illinois, Jan. IS, 1849. AARON BRYANT, born July 9, IS28, married in 1852 to Elizabeth Scott, have one child, and reside six miles southwest of Waverly, Illinois. JAMES M., born June 13, 1830, married in 1865 to Isabel Morland, have two children, and live in Camanche county, Texas. ELIZA- BETH, born May 26, 1832, married in 850 to George W. Foster. He died in Texas, leaving a widow and two children, who live in Lawrence county, Missouri. GIDEON H., born May 23, 1835, mar- ried in 1862 to Martha A. Severe. They have four children, and live in Lawrence county, Missouri. SARAH A., born Nov. 13, 1837, married Dec. 4, IS51, to Robert Scott, have one child, and live in Carroll county, Missouri. THOMAS J., born Nov. 17, 1841, and died June 26, 1866. BENJAMIN F., born Nov. 7, IS43, is unmarried, and lives in Lawrence county, Missouri. MINER VA C., born Feb. 4, 1846, married J. C. Jenkins, and died in Texas, May 21, 1873. Gidleon Vancil lived four miles southwest of Auburn, Sangamon county, Illinois, until 1847, when he moved to Hopkins county, Texas, where he lived until the close of the rebellion, when he moved to Missouri. Mrs. Feraba Vincil died in 1866, and Gideon Vancil resides with his children, near Mount Vernon, Lawrence county, Missouri.

SIMEON, born Jan. 1, 1805, in Mont- gomery county, Virginia, came to Sanga- mon county, Illinois, in ISIS, with his father, was married March 16, 1826, to Mary Black. They had two children, WILLIAM, died in infancy ; JACOB B., born August 11, 1828, married Nancy Vancil. They had three children, all died young. J. B. Vancil died in 1873. His widow is married and lives near Auburn, Illinois.' Mrs. Mary Vancil died in 1830, and Simeon Vancil was married Jan. 19, 1832, to Mary A. Gates. They had eight children, three of whom died young. Ot the other five, CORNELIUS P. married Emily J. Pritchard. They have three children, and live four miles south of Auburn. Illinois. PAULINE C. mar- ried Robert Hudgen. They have one child, OWEN, and reside near Cerro Gordo, Piatt county, Illinois. FRANCIS M., born Jan. 29, 1840, in Sangamon county, Illinois, took a select course at Shurtleff College, and studied law. In 1869 he moved to Brownsville, Nebraska, and engaged in a newspaper enter- prise there for two years. He was married October, 1870, to Emma Argo, of Vermont, Illinois, who was born Sep- tember, 1851, in Jersey county, Illinois. They have two children EARLE FRANCIS and EMMA LEOLA. In 1872 Mr. Vancil initiated the movement and assisted in laying out the town of Bloomington, Franklin county, Neb. He resides there ; is engaged in the practice of law and stock raising. MARGARET J., born Jan. 15, IS42, married George W. Cray. They have four children, and reside two miles northwest of Virden, Illinois. MARY A. married Andrew Eagen. They have two children, and live three miles north of Virden, Illinois. Mrs. Mary A. Vancil died Feb. 3, 1873, and Simeon Vancil died April, 1875, both at the homestead where they had lived more than half a century. It was three and a half miles southwest of Auburn, Sangamon county, Illinois.

Mr. Simeon Vancil was very fond of conversing on subjects connected with the carly history of the country. Speaking of the " deep snow " of 1830 and '31, he said that it was about three and a half feet deep on a level, but that it drifted to a depth of cight or ten feet. After it became suffi- ciently hard by thawing and freezing on the surface to bear his weight, he remem-

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bered attempting to walk across a ravine where the snow brought all on a level. The crust was weakened by hazel brush that came up through it, and at the deep- est place he went down, quick as thought. When he brushed the snow from his eyes and looked up, he found the crust at least three feet above his head. It required a long time for him to work his way out, but he finally succeeded by using his gun to break the crust over his head. He said that after the snow disappeared the stumps from which they had cut the trees for fuel were from six to ten feet high. He said that from the Indians who were here at the time, he learned that a deep snow had fallen about thirty years before, and that the buffalo, unable to find food, would collect on the highest points, where the snow was thinest, and remain hud- dled together until they died of hunger and cold. He said their account of it was corroborated by large quantities of buffalo bones being found on nearly all those high places. Simeon Vancil was a man of strong mental capacities, hospitable and kind. With one exception, he was for many years the oldest settler of San- gamon county. That exception was William Drennan. They have both passed away.

REBECCA, born in Warren county, Ohio, was married in Sangamon county to Henry Landis, of Logan county, Illi- nois, and died there a few years later without children.

Mrs. Mary Vancil died in 1822, and Samuel Vancil married a Mrs. Wakefield. He died in 1828, both near where they , settled on coming to the country. They were buried in the Wimer grave yard, southeast of Auburn, Sangamon county, Illinois.

VAN DEREN, BARNARD, born May 22, 1789, in Harrison county, Ky., was married there May 27, 1813, to Eliza McKee, who was born May 16, 1795, in the same county. They had nine children in Kentucky, two of whom died there. The family moved to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving June 12, 1835, in what is now Curran township. When they came to the county the greater part of it was flooded with water. Barn- ard VanDeren was never a strong man physically, and the over-exertion and anx- iety connected with bringing his family to

so new a country brought on disease. There was not sufficient vitality left to counter- act it, and he died July 6, 1835, less than a month ofter their arrival. Of their seven children ---

CITRUS W., born May 6, 1815, in Kentucky, was married there April 2, 1835, to Margaret Patton, and came to Sangamon county, Ill., in 1838, three years later than the other members of the familv. They had three living children. ELIZA J., born March 7, 1836, in Ken- tucky, was married Nov. 21, 1855, in Sangamon county, to Jesse F. Taylor, who was horn Jan. 2, 1828, in Clarke county, Ky. They have three children, CYRUS W., LITTLEFIELD and JESSE F., the first born in Jackson county, Missouri, and the last two in Helena, Montana Terri- tory, where Mr. Taylor and his family reside. MARTHA S., born in Wood- side township, Sangamon county, married John M. Taylor. They have three chil- dren, GEORGE WILLIAM, FREDERICK and LUELLA, and live in Chatham, Illinois. MARY L., lives with her parents in Chatham, Sangamon county, Ill. Cyrus W. VanDeren was for a number of years a justice of the peace, and before the town- ship organization, he was one of the San- gamon county judges, and was elected state senator in 1856, serving one term.

BARNARD A., born May 11, 1819, in Kentucky, was married in Sangamon county, Ill., Nov. 7, 1839, to Mary J. Mc- Ginnis. They had two living children. MARY J., died aged 12 years. JOHN D., married Lydia A. Smith, and lives in Oswego, Kansas. Mrs. Mary J. VanDe- ren died in July, 1852, and Barnard A. VanDeren was married Nov. S, 1853, to Mary A. Baker. They had two children, THOMAS N. and MAGGIE L. B. A. Van Deran died Feb. 25, 1866 and his widow married John Lowry. They had two chil- dren. BARNARD A. died in infancy. MARY LOUISA lives with her parents. John Lowrey and family live near Loami, Sangamon county, Illinois.

MARTHA G., born Oct. 24, 1821, in Kentucky, was married in Sangamon county, Illinois, Nov. 3, 1842, to Lewis Johnson. Sce his name.

DAVID M., born Feb. 12, 1824, in Kentucky, was married June 17, 1851, to Margaret Evans. Mrs. Margaret Van Deren died in December, 1853, and D. M.

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VanDeren was married Dec. 8, 1859, to Rebecca M. Kinney. They had one child, MAGGIE E., and D. M. VanDe- ren died Feb. 15, 1874, in Springfield, where his widow and daughter still reside.

MARGARET W., born June 9, 1828, in Kentucky, was married in Sangamon county, March 13, 1849, to William F. Thompson. See his name. They had one living child, ELIZA F., who lives with her mother. William F. Thompson died, and his widow was married July 18, 1854, to Lewis Johnson. See his name.

ARCHIBALD f., born Jan. 15, 1831, in Kentucky, brought up in Sangamon county, was married there May 22, 1866, to Mary W. Lloyd. They have four children, LLOYD, JOHN JAY, MARY and ARCHIE ALEXANDER. A. J. Van Deren and family live in Central City, Colorado. He was Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Free Masons of Colorado in its early history, and was a member of the territorial legislature of Colorado for 1863.

JOHN M., born May 26, 1833, in Kentucky, brought up in Sanganion county, was married there Sept. S, 1864, to Louisa M. Coe, who was born April 18, 1838, in Waterbury, Connecticut, and raised in Morgan county, Illinois. They have five children, ARCHIE C. FRANK W., HELEN, CHARLES WV., and JOHN E .; the latter died in in- fancy. John M. VanDeren and family now-September, 1876-live in Chatham, Ill., but expect soon to move to Boulder City, Colorado.

As an illustration of the slovenly man- ner farming has been done in Sangamon county, J. M. VanDeren says he has seen the corn on land that produced from fifty to sixty bushels to the acre stand in the field until time for planting again. Then they would knock down the stalks of corn and burn all together to clear the ground for planting a new crop. As already stated, Barnard VanDeren died within one month after bringing his fam- ily to the county in 1835. His widow, Mrs. Eliza VanDeren, thus left alone in the prime of life, has remained a widow now more than forty years, and still lives with her children in Chatham.

On the 6th of June, 1874, just as she en- tered her eightieth year, a family reunion was held at the house of her son where

she lives. There were present seven of the ten children of David and Jane-Wal- lace-McKee, of Harrison county, Ky. The parents and three children are dead. The seven present were Mrs. Eliza Van Deren, of Chatham, Ill., aged seventy- nine, Mrs. Nancy Mcclintock, of Hunt- ington city, West Virginia, seventy-two. Miss Margaret McKee, of Catlettsburg, Ky., aged seventy-one. Rev. D. D. McKee, of Hanover, Indiana, aged sixty- nine. Mrs. E. G. Hamilton, of Vinton, Iowa, aged sixty-seven. Mrs. Cynthia A. Reynolds, of Murrayville, Ill., aged sixty- six. Elder W. McKee, of Mexico, Mis- souri, aged sixty-four.

VANDEVER, AARON, born Feb. 7, 1785, in Virginia, was married in Henry county, Kentucky, in June, 1805, to Nancy French, who was born Nov. 19, 1789, in North Carolina. They had six children in Kentucky, and moved in 1814 to Washington county, Indiana, where four children were born, thence to Sanga- mon county, Illinois, arriving in October, 1829, where they had one child. Of their children-

SARAH, born June 1, 1806, in Ken- tucky, married and died in Indiana.

CARORINE and ELIZABETH, twins, born March 2, 18OS, in Kentucky, both married, and died in Indiana.

SOPHRONIA, born Feb. 14, 1811, in Kentucky, was married in Washington county, Indiana, to Barnett Davis. They have a large family, and live near Taylor- ville, Christian county, Illinois.

THOMAS L., born July 25, 1813, in Kentucky, died there.

HORATIO N., born March 1, 1816, in Washington county, Indiana, came with his parents to Sangamon county, October, 1829,. He was married in June, 1840, in Christian county, Illinois, to Mary J. Rucker, who was born in Ken- tucky. They have three children, WILLIAM T., born August 22, 1842, and EUGENE A, born August 27, 1853, are bankers in Taylorville, Christian county, .Illinois. ELIZABETH, born Feb. 6, 1859, lives with her parents.

H. N. Vandever resided in Sangamon county until the organization of Christian county, in March, 1839, when, without moving, he was placed in Christian county, the dividing line being near his farm. At the first election which occurred, in March,

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1839, he was elected recorder for Christian county, and appointed clerk of the circuit court, also, holding the office until 1847. He was elected representative to the state legislature in 1842, raised a company for the Mexican war, but the quota was full. He was appointed by President Polk quartermaster, with the rank of captain, served two years, and during that time was at the battle of Buena Vista. In IS49 he was elected judge of the Christian county court, and filled the office by re- election two terms of four years each. He represented Christian and Mont- gomery counties in the state legislature for 1861-2. He was a member of the consti- tutional convention, and in 1862 was elected state senator. In ISzo he was elected judge of the circuit court to fill a vacancy, re-elected in June, 1873, and is now-1876-in office. H. N. Vandever and family live in Taylorville, Illinois.

WILLIAM B., born in February, ISIS, in Indiana, died in Illinois.

HARRIET, born Feb. 22, 1822, in Indiana, died in Illinois.

AARON S., born Nov. 10, 1824, in Indiana, died in Illinois.

ZIPPORAH, born in May, 1827, was married March 25, 1847, to William T. Duncan. Mrs. Zipporah Duncan died Dec. 31, 1849, leaving one child, AMANDA, who lives in Montgomery county, Illinois.

LAVINA, born May 21, 1834, in San- gamon county, married Ransom Hargis. She died Sept. 20, IS5S, leaving two chil- dren, WILLIAM R. and MARY J., living near Taylorville, Illinois.

Aaron Vandever died April, 1857, and Mrs. Nancy Vandever died Aug. 7, 1871, at Taylorville, Christian county, Illinois. Rev. Mr. Vandever was a distinguished minister of the Old School Baptist Church, known as the Regular Baptists.

VAN DOREN, JOSEPH, was born February, 1790, in Somerset county, New Jersey. Maria Conover was born March, 1792, in the same county, and they were married there about iSog. They had three children in that county, and moved, in 1824, to Warren county, Ohio, and from there to Sangamon county, Illinois, arriving May 22, 1839, in what is now Curran township. Of their three children -

WILLIAM L., born February, ISto,

in New Jersey, married in 1832 in War- ren county, Ohio, to Sarah Hagaman, had one child, and moved to Sangamon coun- ty, Illinois, arriving in the fall of 1834, in what is now Curran township, being the first of the family to settle in the county. They had six children born in Sangamon county, and in 1845 moved to St. Louis, Missouri, where Mrs. Van Doren died, in October, 1848. In the spring of 1850 he went to California, and there married, in 1853, to Cornelia Fulkerson. He came to Springfield and kept the Chenery House from 1866 to IS68, and in August of the latter year returned to California, and re- sides in Petaluma. His son, JOHN S., lives in Petaluma, and his daughter, ANNA married John Rogers, and resides near Petaluma Sonoma, county, California.

ABRAHAM, born March, 1814, in New Jersey, married in 1837, in Warren county, Ohio, to Delilah Jack. They had one child in Ohio, and moved to San- gamon county, Illinois, arriving July, 1838, in Curran township, where five children were born. The family moved to De Witt county in 1855, and he died there in the fall of 1858, leaving a widow and two children, who reside near Clinton, Illinois.

PETER C., born April 11, 1818, in Somerset county, New Jersey, married Oct. 11, 1837, in Warren county, Ohio, to Margaret Hathaway, who was born in that county, April 13. 1820. Her great- grand-parents, on the mother's side, bore the name of Rogers. They emigrated from Ireland, and soon after the vessel sailed Mr. Rogers died at sea. A violent storm caused the destruction of the ship's stores, and in order to sustain life, three of the passengers were in turn killed and eaten. Mrs. Rogers had been selected hy lot, as the next one to be slain. She asked for one hour to pray, which was granted, and all the preparations made for taking her life, the ship, meanwhile, carrying signals of distress. When but tew minutes of the time remained, the sound of a cannon came booming over the waters, conveying the glad tidings that they were discovered, and her life was spared. On arriving in America she settled in Warren county, Ohio, with her only daughter, Elizabeth, who married Patrick Meloy. Their daughter, Amy Meloy, married Ebenezer Hathaway, and

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their daughter, Margaret Hathaway, mar- ried Peter C. Van Doren. Mr. and Mrs. Van Doren had one child in Ohio, and moved to Sangamon county, Illinois, arriving May 22, 1839, in what is now Curran township, where eight children were born. Of their nine children, SARAH A., born Dec. 4, 1838, in Ohio, married in Sangamon county, Feb. 20, 1861, to Samuel Gibson, have three chil- dren, EMMA M., PETER V. and WILLIAM L., and reside at Monticello, Piatt county, Illinois. JOHN M., born Jan. 15, 1841, in Sangamon county, married Jan. 1, 1865, to Mary E. Sappington, have one child, CHARLES L., and reside at Waynesville, Illinois. EBENEZER H .. born Sept. 5, 1843, in Sangamon county, enlisted Aug. 20, 1862, for three years, in Co. B, 130th Ill. Inf., served until August 15, 1865, when he was honorably discharged at New Orleans. He was married Nov. 13, 1867, to Frances I. McComas, and resides two and a half miles south of Curran, Sangamon county, Illinois. CORNE- LIUS P., born May 22, 1846, married Sept. 30, 1868, to Eliza Stubbs, who was born April 11, 1845, in Warren county, Ohio. They have one child, NETTIE, (WILLIE died in infancy) and resides three miles northwest of Curran, Illinois. HANNAH M., born Nov. 20, 1848, in Sangamon county, married Sept. 28, 1868, to William C. Nixon, have two children, FRANK V. and JOHN, and live on the farm adjoining that on which her father was raised, in Warren county, Ohio. MAR- GARET H., born March 27, 1851, lives with her parents. WILLIAM L., born Feb. 20, 1853, married Dec. 16, 1873, to Emma S. Darneille. MARY E., born Dec. 3, 1856, married March 9, 1873, to Hiram Alexander. See his name. AMY J., born March 10, 1860, lives with her parents. Peter C. Van Doren and wife reside on the farm where his father settled in 1839. It is three miles northwest of Curran, Sangamon county, Illinois.

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History of the early settlers of Sangamon County, Illinois : "centennial record", Part 118

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