History of the early settlers of Sangamon County, Illinois : "centennial record", Part 12

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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in June, 1812. She, with her uncle's family, fled to Fort Bradsby, a rude wood- en fortification near by. Appealing to the Lieutenant in command for protection, he reported the case to Governor Edwards, who authorized him to grant her request. A guard was accordingly placed around the cabin,"and kept there until the weav- ing was completed. The design was unique and beautiful. The cloth was care- fully preserved, some of it bleached to snowy whiteness, and made into a dress. She wore it the first time to a quarterly meeting in 1815, just after the close of the war, and attracted universal attention as the finest dressed lady in all that region of country.

ARCHER, MOSES, came to Sangamon county with his brother Wil- liam. He was four times married, and died at Galena before the rebellion. His son-

ROBERT, died in 1870 or '71, leaving a widow and three daughters in Christian county.

ARCHER, MICHAEL, came to Sangamon county two years later than his brother William, and married Effy Duff, moved to Missouri, raised a large family, returned to Sangamon county during the rebellion, and Mrs. Archer died in Sangamon county. He returned to Jasper county, Mo., and died there in IS71.

ARCHER, ROBERT, was born Sept. 17, 1801, in Tennessee, and came with his brothers, Moses, Michael, Obadiah, their sister Jemima, and their mother, in 1821, to Sangamon county, where their brother William had settled the year before. Robert Archer and Matilda Duff were married Feb. 6, 1825, and had three children in Sangamon county.

ELIZABETH ¥., born August 1, 1827, married Nov. 15, 1850, to Reuben Brown. See his name.

BENNETT, C. D., born July 13, I S28, died Sept. 28, 1846.

MARTHA T., born April 15, 1830, in Sangamon county, married Leadbetter Bradley. See his name.

Robert Archer died ",October 17, 1859, and Matilda, his wife, died July 20, 1863, both in Sangamon county.

ARCHER, JEMIMA, came to Sangamon county in 1821 and married George Duff. See his name.

ARCHER, OBADIAH, came with his mother, sister and brothers to Sangamon county in 1821. He has been twice married, and resides at Galena, Ill.

Mrs. Martha Archer, mother of William, Moses, Michael, Obadiah and Jemima, came with her children to Sangamon county, in 1821, and died at the house of her son Moses, several years later.

ARMSTRONG, HUGH M., born Feb. 13, 1839, in Warren county, Ky., and moved with his father and fam- ily to Madison county, Ill., in 1816. Hugh came to Springfield Nov. 8, 1829. He was married in Springfield June 3, 1830, to Lavina M. Dryer, daughter of John Dryer. See his name. They had ten children, in Springfield; five died young. Of the others-

CATHARINE L., born July 20, 1830, was married in Springfield, July IS, 1853, to Samuel M. Culver, who was born in New York. They had five child- ren. CARRIE M. died aged seven years. CHARLES A., HUGH M., WILLIAM H. and GILBERT R., reside with their parents in Springfield.

CYNTHIA f., born Nov. 1, 1839, was married in Springfield, July 11, 1865, to H. F. Hollingsworth, a native of Car- roll county, Ill. They have one child, MAHLON F., and reside near Freeport, Stephenson county, Ill.

ALBERT H., born July 22, 1845, in Springfield, was married Dec. 19, 1868, to Jennie Merriweather, who was born July 19, 1845, in Green county, Ill. They have four children, KATE M., ANNIE, HARRIE HALE and ALBERT D., and reside in Springfield. Mr. A. is a machinist.

JOHN D., born August 7, 1852, and JULIA M., born August 8, 1856, both in Springfield, reside with their parents.

Hugh M. Armstrong was brought up a hatter and engaged in that business with his brother Hosea in Springfield, in 1829. He was afterwards interested in wool carding, and, in connection with Joseph and E. R. Thayer, originated, and for some years conducted, the Springfield Woolen Mills. He now resides on a farm near Batavia, Kane county, Ill.

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ARMSTRONG, JOHN. was born Nov. 14, 1814, in Chester county, Pa., came to Springfield, Ill., August 1, 1837, and was married Nov. 14, 1839, to Chloe E. Abel. They had eight children, two of whom died young.

WILLIAM P., born Sept. 7, 1840, married Frances E. Maxon. He died Feb. 12, 1874, and she died in June of the same year, both in Springfield.

ROBERT R., born Feb. 20, 1844, died Jan. 1, 1860.

LUCIE., born Jan. 5, 1846, in Spring- field, married Jan. 5, 1870, to C. H. Fos- ter. They have two children, GER- TRUDE E. and FREDRICK F., and reside in Pawnee. Mr. Foster is a mer- chant there.

HENRY R., born March 27, 1848,

CHARLES A., born Feb. 10, 1850, and-

EDWARD R., born Feb. 20, IS52; the three latter reside with their parents.

Mr. Armstrong has been a contractor and builder for many years. He was ap- pointed by President Lincoln, in 1861, to the office of Post Master in Springfield, and held the office until August 5, 1865. He now resides in Springfield.

ARMSTRONG, THOMAS, was born Jan. 27, 1785, in Augusta county, Va. He was there married, Nov., 1815, to Jane Burgess, who was born June 3, 1796, in Greenbrier county. They had seven children in Augusta county, and moved, in 1827, to Logan county, Ohio, where they had two children, and moved to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving Oct. 21, 1840, in what is now Cotton Hill township. Of their children-

MARY W., born March 24, 1816, in Virginia, married in Sangamon county to James I. Dozier. Sce his name.

SARAH ., born May 11, 1817, in Virginia, married Daniel Keys; had one child, SARAH. She married Robert Jones, and resides in Kansas. Mrs. Keys died Sept. 28, 1844. Sec his nauc.

ABEL, born Oct. 30, 18IS, in Virginia, came to Sangamon county in 1840. Is living with his third wife, near Newton, Jasper county, Ill.

ELIZA, born August S, 1820, in Vir- ginia, married in Sangamon county, March 1, 1849, to George Brunk. See his name. She died Oct. 4, 1860.

THOMAS D., born April 4, 1822, in Virginia, married in Sangamon county, January, 1849, to Jane Woozley. They reside in Christian county.

NANCY, born Feb. 13, 1824, in Vir- ginia, married in Sangamon county, in 1846, to Moses A. Jones. Sec his name.

CAROLINE A., born Dec. 14, 1826, in Virginia, married in Sangamon county, March 1, 1849, to Rape Funderburk. Sce his name.

ANGELINE, born Nov. 15, 1833, in Logan county, Ohio, married in Sanga- mon county, to David Hall. They have three children, and reside near Newtonia, Newton county, Mo.

JOHN B., born June 9, 1839, in Logan county, Ohio, raised in Sangamon county, married near Pana, to Sarah King, and resides in Christian county.

Mrs. Jane Armstrong died Feb. 13, 1843, and Thomas Armstrong died Feb. 15, 1859, both in Sangamon county.

AVERITT, THOMAS M. See his name in connection with George Gregory and the first railroad locomotive ever run into Springfield.

BAKER, EDWARD DICK- INSON, was born Feb. 24, ISUI, in London, England. His father, Edward Baker, was an educated gentleman, and his mother a sister of Capt. Thomas Dicken- son, of the British navy, who distinguished himself at the battle of Trafalger. Ed- ward D. was the eldest of five children. About the close of the war with England, in 1815, his father and family emigrated to . America, landing at Philadelphia, Penn. Here Mr. Edward Baker engaged in teaching. On account of the financial embarassments of the family, as soon as Edward D. was old enough, he was ap- prenticed to a weaver. In 1826 his father moved to Belleville, Ill., where he opened a select school, and young Edward D. Baker evinced such a taste for literature that the late Gov. Edwards, then a resi- dent of Belleville, gave him free access to his library. From Belleville young Baker went to St. Louis, and to procure funds for necessary expenses, drove a dray for at least one season. From St. Louis he went to Carrolton, Ill., and began the study of

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law and at the same time acting as deputy in the county clerk's office. He was mar- ried April 27, 1831, to Mrs. Mary A. Lee, a widow with two children. In the spring of 1832 Mr. Baker enlisted in the Black Hawk war, and in 1835 moved to Spring- field, and soon after became a law partner of Stephen T. Logan. He delivered the oration at the laying of the corner stone of the old State house, July 4, 1837. In the latter year he was elected to the General Assembly to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Hon. Dan Stone, and was re-elected the following year. In 1840 E. D. Baker was elected State Sena- tor for four years, and elected to Congress in 1845. When the war broke out with Mexico, Mr. B. hastened home, raised a regiment, which was accepted by the government as the 4th Ill. Inf., Col. E. D. Baker, commanding. Arriving on the Rio Grand, he discovered that the troops were in need of additional tent equipage, munitions of war, etc., and for a few months accepted the position of bearer of (lispatches to the war department, and re- paired to Washington. Congress was in session, and not having resigned his seat in the House, availed himself of his priv- ilege as a member, and made a speech of great and almost magical power in favor of a vigorous prosecution of the war, and in behalf of the volunteers then in the field, and rejoined his regiment. After the battle of Cerro Gordo, the term of Col. Baker's enlistment expired, and his men not wishing to re-enlist, he reluctant- ly left the field, and, returning home, re- sumed the practice of his profession. In the spring of 1848 he moved to Galena, Ill. As one of the Whig electors for the State at large, he took an active part in the Presidential campaign of 1848. He took his seat as Representative in Congress, the second time, in Dec., 1849. In 1851 he entered into an agreement with the Panama Railroad Company to grade a portion of that road, but after several months exposure to a tropical sun, he and his men fell sick and abandoned the coun- try. In 1852 he emigrated with his fam- ily to California, establishing himself in practice in San Francisco. There he de- livered the funeral oration of two of his early friends, fallen by the fatal bullet of the duelist, Ferguson and Broderick. The latter stands alone as the most bril-

brilliant funeral oration ever delivered on the continent of America. After the death of Boderick, Col. Baker moved to Oregon, and was elected U. S. Senator from there in 1860. For the first time in his life he was placed in a position con- genial to him. The decorum and courtesy that usually marks the intercourse of Sen- ators, was most grateful to his habits of thought and feeling.

Col. Baker was a man of action as well as of words, and soon after the fall of Fort Sumter he recruited a regiment in Phil- adelphia and vicinity, which was called the California regiment, and soon after, President Lincoln tendered him a Briga- dier-General's commission, but he declined it, probably because it would have vacated his scat in the Senate. At the first ses- sion of the 37th Congress, convoked by President Lincoln, July 4, 1861, Col. Baker was in his seat, and participated prominently in the passage of those im- portant measures which became necessary to place the nation on a war footing. On the adjournment of this special session, Col. Baker rejoincd his regiment, which was attached to and formed a part of the army of observation on the Potomac. He, however, was restless in camp, and a vague presentiment of his approaching fate seemed to haunt him wherever he went, and he said to a friend that since his cam- paign in Mexico he could never afford to turn his back on an enemy. He returned to Washington, settled his affairs, and called to bid the President and family fare- well, when the lady of the Executive Mansion, who, in her, then, high position, was gracefully mindful of early friendship, gave him a boquet of late flowers. As though partially soliloquizing, he said : "Very beautiful; these flowers and my memory will wither together." He pressed with quiet carnestness on his friend, Col. Webb, the measures which might become necessary in regard to the resting place of his mortal remains, then mounted his horse and rode gaily away to his death. He was leading his men at Ball's Bluff, and, when ten feet in advance of them, fell, pierced by eight bullets, Oct. 21, 1861. His body was borne tenderly away, em- balmed, and removed to Washington City, where appropriate funeral honors were paid to his remains; then sent to New York City, and from there by steamer to

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San Francisco, where he was buried in Lone Mountain Cemetery, of that city. Of the two children of Mrs. Baker by her first marriage-

MARIA L. LEE, born in 1827, was married Feb. 11, IS45, to James H. Matheny. Sce his name.

FRANK LEE went to California, and died there.

Hon. Edward D. Baker and wife had four children, namely :

LUCY S., born about 1832 in Carrol- ton, Ill., brought up in Springfield, was married in San Francisco to Charles Hopkins. They have four children, . CHARLES, CAROLINE, ROBERT and RALPH, and reside at Olympia, Washington Territory. Mr. Hopkins is U. S. Marshall for that Territory.

CAROLINE C., born in Carrolton, Ill., brought up in Springfield, was married in San Francisco to Robert J. Stevens. They have two children, ROBERT and CARRIE, and reside in Washington Citv.

ALFRED W., born in Springfield, resides in San Francisco.

EDWARD D., Jun., born in Spring- field, married Saccha Alma Bradshaw. He is a Captain in the U. S. Army, and is on duty at some western military post.

Mrs. Mary A. Baker died in San Fran- . cisco.

The great and fatal mistake of Col. Baker was one that did honor to his noble and chivalrous spirit. He had fairly and honorably reached the highest position in our government that any adopted citizen could attain. In the Senate of the United States he was the peer of any man in the nation, and his counsels there were worth a hundred fold more than it could have been in the field. When he volunteered to lead a regiment, he was liable to be- ferior to himself, and that proved to be his destruction; but he had, no doubt, weighed well the step he was about to take, and thereby laid the most costly sac- rifice on the altar of his adopted country that it was possible for any citizen to make, even though he were to the manor born.

BAKER, JOHN L., was born June 20, IS05, in Campbell county, Ky. He is a brother of Thomas, and was mar- ried in 1828, in Butler county, Ohio, to Rachel Biggs, who was born in that State,

Oct. 6, 1 So4. They had three children there and moved to Shelby county, Ind., where they had two children, and from there to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving in 1835, in what is now Loami township, where they had two children. Of their cight children two died young.

MMARGARET, born April 27, 1829, in Ohio, was married in Sangamon coun- ty, Ill., to Henry Westfall. They have seven children, SMITH M., ANN E., HELEN, INA, LEONA, GEORGE and CHARLES, and reside near Elkhart Logan county, Ill.

THOMAS N., born Jan. 28, 1831, in Ohio, was married in Sangamon county to Frances Preddy. They have six child- ren, all born in Sangamon county, namely : SIBYL, JOHN L., ALICE, MARY, DON CARLOS and ETTA, and reside near Ottawa, Kansas.

SARAH Y., born April 25, 1832, in Ohio, was married in Sangamon county to Jonathan Jarrett. See his name.

REUBEN F., born Jan. 24, 1834, in Shelby county, Ind., was married in San- gamon county to Elizabeth Mahard. They have seven children, JOIIN, GEORGE, JAMES, ORTHELLO, HORATIO, ALICE and ARMINDA, and reside near Nebraska City, Neb.

EPHRIAM, born March 31, 1835, in Indiana, was married in Sangamon coun- ty to Anna Mahard. He died in Sanga- mon county, leaving a widow and two children, EBEN and CHARLES. The widow and children reside in Missouri.

FOIIN W., born Dec. 13, 1837, in Sangamon county, Ill., was married there to Sarah Mahard. They have four child- ren, JAMES E., ELIZABETH, THOM- AS and M. ALICE, who reside with their parents, near Ottawa, Kansas.

PAULINE L., born Sept. 22, 1844, come subordinate to men far, very får, in- . in Sangamon county, married James S. Cloud. They have four children, M. ALICE, DORA, . MINNIE E. and JESSE M., and reside in Ottawa, Kansas.

John L. Baker and wife reside in Otta- wa, Kansas.

BAKER, THOMAS, was born March 3, 1794, in Campbell county, Ky .; brother to John L. Nancy Robertson was born Oct. 9, 1So6, in Harrison county, Va. They were married Dec. 29, 1823, in Kanawha county, West Va., at the house of Jonathan Jarrett. Sen. Mr. and

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Mrs. Baker had two children in West Vir- ginia, and moved to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving Nov. 1826, in what is now Loami township, where they had eight children. Of their ten chilldren-

FOHN, born March 16, 1825, in West Virginia, died in Sangamon county, Ang. 29, 1835.

CHARLES, born April 12, 1826, in West Virginia, married in Sangamon county, August 11, 1844, to Lucretia Minter. They moved in the fall of that vear to Tarrant county, Texas. He died there in 1871, leaving a widow and ten children.

WILLIAM, born Feb. 11, 1829, in Sangamon county, married Jan. 10, 1850, to Margaret Morris. They have ten children, and reside near Bancroft, Daviess county, Mo,

MARY A., born Dec. 27, 1831, in Sangamon county, married Nov, 8, 1853, to Barnard A. VanDeren. See his name. They had two children, THOMAS N. and MAGGIE L. Mr. VanD. died, and she married, Nov. 2, 1868, to John Low- erý, who was born Sept. 15, 1837, in coun- ty Down, Ireland. They had two child- ren, MARY A. and BARNARD A .; the latter died in infancy. Mr. and Mrs. Lowery reside four miles south of Loami.

MARGARET, born Oct. 27, 1834, in . Oct. 22, 1794, in Fauquier county, Va. Sangamon county, married Dec. 18, 1857, to James W. Greenwood. See his name. THOMAS, Jun., born Oct. 1, 1836, in Sangamon county, married April 23, 1861, to Mary J. Hall. She died August 21, 1866, leaving one child, GEORGE W. Mr. Baker was married March 19, 1867, to Mrs. Harriet Cosser, whose maiden name was HIall. They have two children, JOSEPHI F. and HATTIE, and reside three and a half miles southwest of Loami.

VANN'C ), born March 28, 1839, in San- gamon county, married William G. Mil- . ler. Sce his name. She died, leaving two children with their father, who is married and resides in Loami township.

CYRUS W., born May 19, 1842, in Sangamon county, married April 13, 1862, to Sarah A. Jarrett. They have three children, IIENRY, BARNARD A. and JO. C., and reside one and a half miles southwest of Loami.

SAR.11/ f., born Dec. 7, 1846, in Sangamon county, married Nov. 2, 1865, to Joseph O. Joy. They have three child-

dren, CHARLES W., WILLIE A. and JOHN W., and reside three miles south- west of Loami. Mr. Joy was a soldier in suppressing the rebellion.

ISAAC M., born Dec. 11, 1849, in Sangamon county, married April 21, 1870, to Sarah E. Post. They have one child, HARRY O., and reside at the homestead settled by his parents.

Thomas Baker, Sen., died Jan. 5, 1852, and his widow resides at the homestead settled by herself and husband in 1826. It is one and a half miles southwest of Loami.

BAKER. ISAAC, was born near Fredericktown, Md. He served as a fifer. in the Revolution, the last two years of the war. Phoebe Waddell was born near Baltimore, Md. They were married there in 1787, and moved to what became Bour- bon county, Ky., where twelve children were born, eight of whom married there. The parents and four youngest children came to Sangamon county in the fall of IS29, in what is now Rochester township. Of their children --

FAMMIES, born July, 17SS, in Bourbon county, Ky. It is believed he was the first white child born in the county. He was married Sept. 17, 1813, in Nicholas coun- ty, Ky., to Nancy Squires, who was born They had eight children in Nicholas coun- ty, and moved to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving Nov., 1828, at Springfield, and a week later left for what is now Logan county. In Jan., 1831, he moved to Rochester, Sangamon county. They were five days moving twenty miles, through what is known as the "deep snow." Mr. B. was a soldier in the Black Hawk war. Two of his children were born in Illinois. Of his ten children, S. WILLIS, born Oct. 10, 1814, in Ken- tucky, died unmarried, in Illinois, June 25, 1850. THOMAS J., born March 1, IS16, in Kentucky, died in Sangamon county, Oct. 17, 1832. MARGARET J., born Dec. 20, 1817, in Kentucky, married in Sangamon county, Nov. 15, 1838, to Daniel S. Stafford. She died in less than a year. MARTIN E., born Jan. 27, IS20, in Nicholas county, Ky., married March 4, 1852, in Springfield, to Mary C. S. Williams, who was born Feb. 3, 1826, in Montgomery county, Md., and came to Springfield in 1839. They have

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eight children, JAMES W., CORNELIA A., MARGARET E., MARTIN E., jun., NANCY E., HORACE W., MARY F. and CHARLES O., and reside four miles southwest of Illiopo- lis. ELIZA E., born Nov. 7, 1822, in Kentucky, died July 3, 1835, in Sangamon county. KITTY A., born Jan. 22, 1824, in Kentucky, married in Sangamon conn- tv, in 1848, to Oliver Stafford; have seven children, and reside in Mt. Pulaski. JOHN S., born Nov. 7, 1826, in Kentucky, taught school in Sangamon county many years; went to California in 1854, and died July 30, 1873, in San Francisco. WILLIAM F., born June 29, 1828, in Kentucky, brought up in Sangamon county, married, Feb. 7, 1860, in Christian county, to Eliza- beth Green ; have four children, and reside near Grove City. MARY E., born Oct. 22, 1830, in Logan county, married, Nov. 4, 1852, to Leander Green. (See his name.) MARTHA A., born August 11, 1833. in Sangamon county, married Dec. 29, 1859. to William Crenshaw; have two children, and reside in Georgetown, Ky. James Baker died Feb. 14, 1869, and Mrs. Nancy Baker died Oct. 3, 1872, both in Christian county.

JACOB, born August 9, 1790, in Bourbon county, Ky., was a soldier from that county in the war of 1812. Ile was married in Nicholas county, Ky., to Jane Branch, sister of Edward Branch. See his name. Four of their children were born in Kentucky, and he came to Sanga- mon county with his father, arriving in 1829, near Rochester, where five children were born. Of his seven children, JULI- AN, married first to Alfred Waddell, who died, and she married Willis Runnels, and both died. Her sons, ALFRED Waddell, resides in Greenfield, Mo., JESSE and WIL- LIS reside near Nashville, Mo. SUSAN, born in Kentucky, married in Sangamon county to James Virden, who died, and his widow resides seven miles east of Springfield. They had five children. PLEASANT, born April 25, 1819, in Nicholas county, Ky., married in Sanga- mon county, June 24, 1846, to Lavina Wad- dell, who was born in Kentucky. They had five children ; two died in infancy. JULIAN and WILLIAM H. reside in Clear Lake township. ALVIN resides with his father. Mrs. Lavina Baker died April 20, 1857, and Mr. B. married Mary E. Cook, a native of Scioto county, Ohio. They have five

children, MARY, SUSAN J., ELIZA A., PLEASANT and LAURA E., and reside in Clear Lake township. ISAAC, born Oct. 6, 1821, in Kentucky, married in Sanga- mon county to Almyra Pike. He died, leaving one child, ISAAC, who resides south of Rochester. POLLY A., born in Kentucky, married in Sangamon coun- tv to Daniel Barr. JANE, born July 15, 1827, in Kentucky, married in Sangamon county to John M. McCune. See his name. ALVIN, born in Sangamon county, married Hester Hornbaker. He died in 1856, leaving two children, EDWARD and ALONZO. Mrs. Jane Baker died, and Jacob Baker afterward married twice, and died May 18, 1872.

THOMAS, horn about 1792, in Ken- tucky, married there to Sarah Delay. They had four children, and came to San- gamon county in 1828, with his brother, James, and settled near Rochester, where one child was born. Of his children, ISAAC resides near Medoc, Mo., ELIZA- BETH, born in Kentucky, married in Sangamon county to Jabez Capps. See his name. JOHN resides near Medoc, Mo. WILLIAM resides in Virginia City, Montana. JEMIMA married and died in Mt. Pulaski. Thomas Baker died March, 1874, and his widow resides near Medoc, Mo.

JOSEPH, born in 1796, in Kentucky, came to Sangamon county in 1828, and died in Medoc, Mo.

SUSAN, born March 15, 1799, in Bourbon county, Ky., married Robert Bell. See his name.

ISAAC, born in Kentucky, never came to Sangamon county. He resides near Medoc, Mo.

SQUIRE, born Jan. 8, 1803, in Ken- tucky, came to Sangamon county in 1829, and resides near Mapleton, Kansas.

WILLIAM, born in ISO5, in Ken- tucky, and resides near Mapleton, Kan.

GREENBURY, born in Kentucky. married in Sangamon county to Anna Payne, who died, and he married Mrs. Mary Johnson, formerly Mrs. Barker. and whose maiden name was Williams. They had four children. MOSES was a Union soldier in the sith Mo. Inf., and was killed while aiding in the arrest of a deserter. THOMAS J. was a member of the 16th Ill. Cavalry, and died in An- dersonville prison. S. WILLIS served

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three years in the 11th Mo. Inf .; was honorably discharged, and married in San- gamon county to Matilda Mear. He died carly in 1874, leaving a widow and two children, near Medoc, Mo. EFFIE was married in Sangamon county, to Joseph Brunk, and resides near Medoc, Mo. Mrs. Mary Baker died May 22, 1842, in Sangamon county. Greenbury Baker died March 4, 1873, in Sangamon county.

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History of the early settlers of Sangamon County, Illinois : "centennial record", Part 12

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