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SARAH A., born Sept. 19, 1841, at Auburn, married March 26, 1861, to John N. Williams, who was born March 1, 1839, in Indiana. They have four chil- dren, REMIE A., SARAH A., MAUD B. and CHARLES N., and reside in Auburn, Illinois. Mr. Williams is a mer- chant in that place.
ABBIE f., resides with her parents in Auburn.
Daniel Wadsworth has been a member of the Masonic fraternity since 1821. He assisted in organizing the first Masonic Royal Arch Chapter in the State of Illinois, that of Springfield No. I. He has been a member of the M. E. church since 1822, and was postmaster many years in Auburn. He is now-1876-in his seventy-eighth year.
WADDELL, JOSIAH, was born Sept. 26, 1804, in Ohio county, West Virginia. He was there married, Jan. 11, 1831, to Elizabeth Hall, of West Alexan- der, Washington county, Penn. She was a native of Virginia also. They moved to Sangamon county, Illinois, arriving March 1, 1835, in what is now Cotton Hill town- ship. He spent twenty years in farming there. They have no children. They have since 1855, and now live in Spring- field, Sangamon county, Illinois.
WAGGONER, GEORGE, was born in Pennsylvania, and when a young mar went to Licking county, Ohio. He was married at Newark to Judea Wertzbaugh, who was born in Canada. They had eight children in Ohio, and moved to Sangamon county, Illinois, ar- riving in October, 1822, in what is now Gardner township, south of Prairie creek, where three children were born.
JOHN born in Ohio, married in San- gamon county to Julia A. Clark, had eight children, and both died in Mason county, Illinois.
ELIZA, born in Ohio, married in San- gamon county to James Darrell, had eight children, and he died and she married Hal- sey Smith, who died and she married Free- man Marshall, and lives in Havanna, Illi- nois.
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ALFRED, born in Ohio, married Jane Hinsley, have five children, and live at Petersburg, Illinois.
OZIAS, born in Ohio, married Rebecca J. Shepherd, had five children, and she died, and he married Hannah Leonard, had four children, two of whom died young. Ozias Waggoner lives in the south- west part of Springfield, Illinois.
JULIA A., born in Ohio, married in Sangamon county to John Carman, had nine children, and Mr. Carman died in March, 1866, in Christian county. His family live near Nokomis, Montgomery county, Illinois.
EFFIE, born Jan. 28, 1818, in Ohio, married i :: Sangamon county, to Thomas Sayre. See his name.
ELIZABETH, born in Ohio, mar- ried in Sangamon county to Martin S. Morris, have ten children, and live in Sa- vannah, Missouri.
HARRIET married Zachariah Clarey, have eleven children, and live in Kansas.
SARAH married Stephen Ewbank, had eight children, and he died leaving his family near Girard, Illinois.
GEORGE C. married Louisa Fuller, and live near Cerro Gordo, Piatt county, Illinois.
Mrs. Judea Waggoner died Jan. 3, 1863 or '4, and George Waggoner died. Both buried at Petersburg, Illinois.
WALLACE, JAMES, was born in 1776, in Pendleton district, South Carolina, of Scotch Presbyterian parents. They being Whigs were driven from their home by the British and Tories previous to his advent in the world, and he was born in a camp. On arriving at the age of manhood he went to Nova Scotia, and was there married to Ann Doole. About 1816 he moved back to South Carolina. Having lived where all men were free, on his re- turn to his native State, it appeared to him as though slavery was indeed " the sum of all villanies," and he determined to seek a land of freedom in which to bring up his family. He accordingly moved to Sanga- mon county, Illinois, arriving Novem- ber 3, 1822, in what is now Au- burn township, one mile south of the pres- ent town of Auburn. Of his five sons and six daughters, three only remained in Sangamon county, namely,
JOHN and WILLIAM, twins, were born June 17, 1808, in Nova Scotia, and
came, in 1822, with their father, to Sanga- mon county.
JOHN, was married August 5, 1830, in Sangamon county, to Eveline Rieger. They had ten children in Sangamon coun- ty. GEORGE W. married Charlotte Dil- ner, who died, and he married Sarah Ar- net, and lives in Missouri. ELIZABETH A. married Jonathan S. Frazier, who died leaving a son, CHARLES E. Mrs. Frazier married Joseph H. Lockridge. See his name. MARY J. married Thomas Black. See his name. ELIZA married William Crane, and lives in Elco, Nevada. AMANDA married John N. Kenney. See his name. WILLIAM and JAMES, twins. The former married Minerva Cox, and lives in Chatham, Illinois. The latter married Jennie Chapman, and lives near Auburn, Illinois-1874. MARGARET C. and DAVID F., twins. The former married C. Columbus Cannon, and lives in Auburn, Illinois. The latter married Mary Kessler, and lives near Auburn, Illi- nois. JOHN B. lives at Placerville, Cali- fornia-1874. John Wallace died Nov. 20, 1854, and Mrs. Eveline Wallace died August 20, 1876, both near Auburn, Illi- nois.
WILLIAMI, was married in 1832 in Sangamon county to Amanda Rusk. They had four children in Springfield, namely : BENJAMIN F., married Mary Gregory. They have two children, GRACIE and STELLA, and live in Keokuk, Iowa. JOHN L., JANE E., and ADA ANN live with their father. Mrs. Amanda Wallace died in ISAS, and William Wallace was married in 1849 to Mrs. Allender, who died in 1864. Mr. Wallace was married in 1865 to Mrs. Eliza J. Gard, a native of Clark county, Ohio. They reside in Springfield, Illinois.
MARY ANN married Benjamen Kess- ler. They brought up a family of several children, and reside in Auburn, Sangamon county, Illinois.
James Wallace moved in 1835 from Sangamon to Macon county, Illinois, tak- ing three sons and five daughters with him. He died there about 1845.
WALLACE, JAMES, was born between 1780 and '85 in South Caro- lina. He was no relation to the other James Wallace from the same state. He was married there to Francis A. Benison. They moved to North Carolina, thence to
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northern Indiana, and from there to Henry county, Kentucky. In ISIS they moved to Shawneetown, Illinois, and in the spring of 1819 he moved to what became Sanga- mon county, settling on Lick creek. They brought nine children, namely,
JOHN, married Minerva Myers, and died in 1843 or '44, leaving a widow and four children near Decatur, Illinois.
WILLIAM married Elizabeth Miller. He died in Arkansas, leaving a widow and three children.
ROSE ANN married Randall Davis, who died in 1867 or '68, leaving his family in Macon county, Illinois.
ELIZABETH, born in South Caro- lina, came with her father to Sangamon county, was married in Macon county to Edward Turpin. They have four chil- dren, and live near Hopewell, Macon county, Illinois.
SARAH died unmarried in Sangamon county in 1831.
ISAAC and MELINDA, twins, born August 22, IS15, in Indiana.
ISAAC was married April 13, IS37, in Springfield, to Mrs. Eliza Hawker, whose maiden name was Lindsay. They had four living children, namely, SAMUEL, married Frances Grissom, and lives in Springfield, Illinois. HELEN married F. M. Scott has four children and lives in Mechanicsburg, Illinois. FRANCES married Emery Mayfield, has one child, and lives near Auburn, Illinois. ALICE married Benjamin Kessler, Jun., and live in Auburn, Illinois. Isaac Wallace and wife reside in Springfield, Illinois.
MELINDA married in Macon county to William Hanks, and both died there.
SAALUEL, born in Kentucky, is mar- tied, and lives near Tower Hill, Shelby county, Illinois.
James Wallace died in Sangamon coun- ty in 1822, and in 1832 his widow, with some of her children, moved to Macon county, where she died.
WALLACE, WILLIAM S., was born August 10, 1So2, in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, and graduated April S, 1824, at Jefferson Medical College at Philadelphia. Dr. Wallace came to Spring- field, Illinois, in 1836, and at once engaged in the practice of his profession. He was married May 21, 1839, in Springfield, to Frances J. Todd, who was born in 1817 in Lexington, Kentucky. Sce sketch of the
Todd family. Dr. Wallace and wife had six children in Springfield, namely --
ELIZABETH, died in infancy.
MARY 7. was married Nov. 15, 1865, in her native city, to Colonel John P. Baker, who was born July 24, IS3S, at Kaskaskia, Illinois. Colonel and Mrs. Baker have five children, MARY, WAL- LACE F., FRANCIS J., MABEL and FLORENCE, and reside in Springfield, Illinois. John P. Baker graduated in 1856, at Shurtleff College, at Upper Alton, Ili- nois. He read law three years with his father, Hon. David J. Baker, and was ad- mitted to the bar. In March, IS61, he was appointed by President Lincoln, second lieutenant, in the Ist United States dra- goons, placed on duty in Washington City, and was at the battle of Bull's Run, July 21, 1861. He served on staff duty at the headquarters of the 6th Army Corps in the Army of the Potomac, also on staff duty as Inspector General of Savannah, Georgia, in the early part of 1865. Lieu- tenant Baker was promoted July 17, 1862, to captain in the ist United States Cavalry, brevetted April 9, 1864, major in the regu- lar army for gallantry and meritorious ser- vice at Pleasant Hill, Louisiana; also, bre- vetted lieutenant colonel for gallant and meritoritous services during the war. After the suppression of the rebellion he served with his regiment at the headquarters of General Sheridan in Louisiana, and in 1865 was ordered from there to the Pacific coast, spending three years in Nevada and Oregon, campaigning against the Indians. Colonel Baker re- turned to Springfield and resigned" his commission in July, 1868. He then be- came one of the proprietors and associate editor with his brother, E. L. Baker, of the Illinois State Fournal. He with- drew from the Fournal in IS72, and has since held the office of United States assistant assessor and United States gauger for the Eighth district of Illinois.
WILLIAM F., FRANCES and EDWARD D. live with their mother. CHARLES E. died young.
Dr. William S. Wallace continued in the practice of medicine a full quarter of a century in Springfield, never making any distinction between the rich and the poor in his attentions. In IS6r he received from the hands of his brother-in-law, President Lincoln, the appointment of
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Paymaster in the United States Army. He was on duty part of the time in Springfield, Illinois, then in the depart- ment of Missouri, and the remainder of the time at the front on the lower Missis- sippi river. By exposure and exhaustive service in the south he became debilitated and never regained his former vigor. After the suppression of the rebellion he was placed on the retired list and died May 23, 1867, in Springfield, Illinois. His widow, Mrs. Frances J. Wallace, re- sides in Springfield,
WALL, ISAAC, was born about 1790, near the line between Virginia and North Carolina. He was married in North Carolina to Nancy Duncan, and moved to Rockingham county, Tennessee, and from there to Sangamon county, Illinois, in what is now Auburn township, in 1830. They had four children-
ELIJAH married Margaret Jones, and died.
WILLIAM, born iu Tennessee, mar- ried Nancy Haines, in Sangamon county, joined the Mormons, moved to Salt Lake, became one of the twelve apostles, took more wives, and raised a large family.
JOHNSON C. married four times, and each wife died without children. Hc enlisted in the ist Ill. Cav. in 1861, was captured at Lexington, Missouri, was re- leased, and in 1863 he enlisted at Spring- field, in Vaughn's Battery, and died at Little Rock, Arkansas, April 5, 1864.
RICHARD C., born March 15, 1829, in Rockingham county, Tennessee, mar- ried Oct. 16, 1845, in Sangamon county, to Mary Jones. They have six children. SARAH married Green Dallas, has three children, and lives in Cotton Hill township. NANCY D., MELINDA A., EVELINE E., MARTHA A. and ANDREW C. live with their parents three and a half miles north of Pawnee, in Cotton Hill township, Sangamon county, Illinois.
Mrs. Nancy Wall died in 1833 or '34. Isaac Wall is married again, and lives in Missouri.
WALKER, DANIEL, was born about 1781, in Fauquer county, Virgiana, and was married about 1809, in Loudon county, in the same state, to Sarah Bail, a native of Chester county, Pennsylvania, and of a Quaker family. They had four children in Virginia, and
moved to Ohio, where four children were born, and moved to Sangamon county, Illinois, arriving in the spring of 1835, and settled on Horse creek, in what is now Pawnee township. Daniel Walker re- turned to Ohio on business and died there in the fall of 1835. Of their children, the eldest son -
HAMPTON married in Ohio and moved to Kentucky.
HIRAM, born April to, 1811, in Lou- don county, Virginia, came with the family to Sangamon county in 1835, and on the death of his father he assumed the care of the family and prosecuted the business of farming, part of the time in Christian county. He continued in that business until December, 1845, when he moved to Springfield, Illinois. He has for several years been engaged in the busi- ness of dealing in real estate.
HARRIET married James Elder. See his name.
LYDIA A. married Jesse H. Kent. See his name.
WALKER, SAMUEL, was born Dec. S, 1777, in Campbell county, Virginia. He was there married to Martha Hannah, who was born March, 1790, in the same county. They had three children in Virginia, and the family moved to Rutherford county, Tennessee, in Octo- ber, 1816, where four children were born, and moved to Sangamon county, Illinois, arriving October, 1828, in what is now Loami township, where they had two chil- dren. Of the nine children-
WILLIAM, S., born Nov. 2, 1811, in Virginia, married in Loami, Dec. 4, 1831, to Clarissa Colburn. They had thirteen children, four died under three years. ACHSA J., born April 28, 1834, married April 1855, to N. G. Estes, have six chil- dren, and live in Loami, Ill. SAMUEL S., born April 22, 1836, enlisted August 6, 1862, in Co. F, 51st Ill. Inf. for three years, was wounded at the battle of Chickamauga, Sept. 19, 1863, recovered, served full term and was honorably discharged June 16, 1865. He was married May 1, 1870, to Catharine Conrad, and lives in Loami, Ill. WILLIAM H. H., born August 3, 1840, enlisted May 1, 1864, in Co. E, 133d Ill. Inf. for one hundred days, served full term and was honorably discharged. He was married Jan. 10, 1867, to Elizabeth Swink, have one child, SAMUEL S., and live one
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and a half miles northwest of Loami, Illi- nois. ELI J., born Oct. 1, 1842, married Sarah Swink, have one child, and live one and a half miles northwest of Loami, Illi- nois. EUNICE M., born Jan. 22, 1845, married John G. Kelly, have three chil- dren, and live in Loami, Illinois. EL- MINA F. and LUCY A. live with their parents. REBECCA A., born March 29, 1854, married Alfred Davis February 19, 1871, have one child, and live in Loami, Illinois. LEVI F. lives with his parents at Loami, Sangamon county, Illinois.
GAMES R., born August 13, 1813, died at eleven years.
THOMAS Y., born in Virginia June 2, 1816, married Elizabeth Denton, have six children, and live in Cedar county, Mis- souri.
GEORGE f., born July 29, 1819, in Tennessee, married in Sangamon county, Oct. 22, 1843, to Elizabeth Back, who was born Dec. 25, 1827, in Garrard county, Kentucky. They had eight children, four of whom died in infancy. AMARINE, born Jan. 7, 1854, married Robert J. Col- lins, have one child, ALONZO D., and live at Loami, Illinois. GEORGE W., LU- ELLA and JOHN B. live with their parents in Loami, Sangamon county, Illi- nois.
SAMUEL C. died at twenty-one years of age.
BEVERLY W., born Feb. 8, 1825, in Tennessee, married in Sangamon county to Elizabeth Cooley, have five children, and live in Douglas county, Kansas.
THEOPHILUS, born in Tennessee, married in Sangamon county to Rhoda J. Withrow, and died.
REBECCA, born August 12, 1829, in Sangamon county, married William C. Smith. See his name.
HIRAM W., born April 3, 1832, in Sangamon county, married Martha E. Scott, have three children, MAR Y, LUCY A. and CHARLES F., and reside near McMurray Chapel, in Ball township, four miles southeast of Chatham, Sanga- mon county, Illinois.
Samuel Walker died August 31, 1834, and his widow died April, 1852, both in Sangamon county, Illinois.
WALTERS, LYDIA, (widow of James Walters), was born in December, 1783, near Salem, Rowan county, North Carolina. Her maiden name was Donner.
She was sister to George and Jacob Donner. Her parents moved to Jessaminel county, Kentucky, about 1811. She was there married to James Walters. They had nine children in Kentucky, and in 1829 the family moved to Decatur county, Indiana. James Walters died there in June, 1830. In 1839 Mrs. Walters moved her family to Sangamon county and settled in Auburn township. Of her children-
NOBLE married in Kentucky to Elizabeth Davis, moved to Sangamon county, and died in 1859.
GEORGE went to Texas and died there.
MATILDA is a cripple and blind, and lives at the family homestead, in care of her brother, Pollard K .- 1873.
POLLARD K. is unmarried, and lives at the family homestead in Auburn township, near the line of Macoupin county-1876. He lost a leg by a reaping machine many years ago.
JOHN went to California and died there.
GAMES married Nancy Baldwin, and lives in Virden, Illinois.
WILLIAM T., born April 21, 1822, in Kentucky, was married Jan. 17, 185S, to Sarah Green. They have four living children, WILLIAM A., CHIARLES H., LYDIA MAY and JOHN CAR- ROLL, and live two and one-half miles southwest of Lowder, Sangamon county, Illinois-1874.
MARY ANN married James Clack, and lives in Virden, Illinois.
Mrs. Lydia Walters died July 1, 1871, in Auburn township, in the eighty-eighth year of her age.
WALTERS, GREEN B., was born Oct. 28, ISOS, in Jefferson county, Kentucky, and was taken by his parents to Decatur county, Indiana, when he was about thirteen years of age. He came to Sangamon county, Illinois, on a visit, arriving Sept. 15, 1829, at the house of his uncle, George Donner, and remained fourteen months, shaking with the ague. He returned to Indiana and was married Dec. 25, 1833, to Elizabeth Griffiths. He came to Illinois, first stopping in Logan county, and then came to Sangamon county, in 1840, and had nine living chil- dren-
MARTHA was drowned, aged twelve years.
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4 MARIA f. married George Walters, and died, leaving one child, RHODA A.
RACHEL C. married John Penick, and lives in Missouri.
JAMES W. is married and lives in Indianapolis.
EMILY A. was married Oct. 22, 1861, to Leonard Ledbrook, who was born at Tipton, Staffordshire, England, and came to Sangamon county in IS59. They have one living child, MINNIE. Mr. Ledbrook is a druggist in Chatham, Illinois, and, with his family, resides there.
MARY N., GEORGE W., JOHN F. and EDWARD BAKER live with their mother.
Green B. Walters died April 12, IS75, and his family lives two miles east of Chatbam, Sangamon county, Illinois.
WARD, JOHN, was born July 19, ISIO, near Romney, Virginia. Mary Shivers was born Feb. S, IS14, near Fredricktown, Maryland, and taken by her parents, in 1830, to Virginia. John Ward and Mary Shivers were married near Romney, August 15, 1833. They had two children in Virginia, and moved to Sangamon county, Illinois, arriving Oct. 2, 183S, in what is now Cotton Hill township, where five children were born, the four youngest died under seven years. Of the other four-
SARAH C., born June 22, 1835, in Virginia, married in Sangamon county to Isaac Snodgrass. See his name.
HARI ET, born Jan. 22, IS38, in Virginia, died in Sangamon county in his fifteenth year.
EMILY Y., born June 28, 1842, in Sangamon county, married Alfred N. Funderburk. See his name.
John Ward died Nov. S, IS52, and his widow married Robert Snodgrass. . See his name. He died and she was married Sept. 15, 1859, to Lemuel Hall, as his second wife. Lemuel Hall was from Ohio. His daughter, Sarah S., born Feb. 19, 1844, is the wife of William H. Snod- grass. See his name.
Lemuel Hall and wife reside in Cotton Hill township, near New City, Sangamon county, Illinois.
WASH, MILTON H., born March 16, ISI9, in Todd county, Kentucky, and came to Springfield, Illinois, in IS39, where he was married July 23, 1840, to Mary J. Bryan. See Bryan sketch. They
had two children in Springfield,and moved to St. Joseph, Missouri, arriving Oet. 1, IS44, where they resided until IS59, when they moved to Memphis, Tennessee, and from there to St. Louis, Missouri, arriving August 9, 1862. Milton H. Wash and wife had seven living children. Of their children-
FOHN M., born May 11, IS41, in Springfield, Illinois, was married Dec. 23, IS60, in Missouri, to Belle Townsend. They had one daughter, R. E. LEE. J. M. Wash was again married, Nov. 20, IS74, to Mrs. Matilda Webb, of Baltimore, Maryland. They reside at No. 731 South Seventh street, St. Louis, Missouri.
GEORGE B., born August 17, 1843, at Springfield, Illinois, died in his fourth year.
KATE .A., born Dec. 23, IS45, at St. Joseph, Missouri, died there in her fifth year.
BENGAMIN S., born July 26, 1851, at St. Joseph, Missouri, was married Feb. 22, 1875, to Sallie E. Kempland, of St. Louis. They have one child, MARY AMELIA, and reside at 1205 Wright street, St. Louis, Missouri.
FRANK H., born August S, IS53, in St. Joseph, Missouri, was married Oet. 1, IS74, in St. Louis, to Fannie L. Thorn- burgh. They reside at 1925 Carr street, St. Louis, Missouri.
AMELIA A., born June 15, 1855, at St. Joseph, died at St. Louis, Missouri, July 13, 1867.
MARY W. died in her third year.
Milton H. Wash and wife reside at 1205 Wright street, St. Louis, Missouri.
WASHBURN, WILLIAM, was born Jan. 24, 1813, at Westminster, Windham . county, Vermont, and was raised in Orange county, in the same state. In IS32 he went to Seville, Medina coun- ty, Ohio, and taught school there one year, and in IS33 went to Shelby county, Kentucky, where he taught nearly seven years. He was married there August 20, IS39, to Elizabeth R. Harding, who was born in that county August 27, IS20. She is a niece of Mrs. Harriet Harding Talbott. See Talbott. Mr. and Mrs. Washburn had one child in Kentucky, and moved to Sangamon county, Illinois, arriving Nov. 1, 1840, in what is now Gardner township, where five children were born. Of their children ---
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OLIVIA R., born August 20, 1840, in Kentucky, died in Sangamon county, aged two years.
WILLIAM H., born July 9, 1842, in Sangamon county, was married there Dec. 21, 1875, to Alice Jane Hurt, and lives in Philadelphia, Cass county, Illinois.
LUCIUS H. lives with his parents.
GAMES OTIS died Feb. 9, 1861, in his fourteenth year.
MARY L. and HARRIET E. reside with their parents, two and one-half miles southwest of Farmingdale, Sangamon county, Illinois.
The Washburn family in the United States all come from John Washburn, who emigrated from Eversham, Worces- ter county, England. He was in Dux- bury, Massachusetts, as early as 1632, and returning, sailed from England with his family April 12, 1635, O. S. He brought two sons, John, Jun., and Philip. John, Jun., married in 1645 to Elizabeth Mitchell. They had seven sons and four daughters. It is from these that the whole Washburn family in the United States sprang. William Washburn has the genealogy of his own branch of the family in a continuous line from John Washburn, of Eversham, England, to his son, John, Jun., and his son, Joseph, first, and his son, Joseph, second, and his son, Seth, first, and his son Asa and his son, Seth Washburn, second, who was twice married, and had eight sons by the first, and seven by the second marriage. Wil- liam Washburn, whose name heads this sketch, is his second son by the first wite. William's brother, Asa R., married in Morgan county, Illinois, to Barbara Craig, moved to Sangamon county in 1852, and died at Putney, Vermont, Sept. 12, 1867, while there on a visit for his health. He left a widow and three children in Curran township, Sangamon county, Illinois.
WATSON, ARTHUR, was born in 1770, in Berkley county, Virginia, and when a young man went to Mason county, Kentucky. Temperance Robin- son was horn August, 1774, in Balti- more county, about twenty miles from the city of Baltimore, Maryland, and in 1794 her parents moved to Mason county, Ken- tueky. Arthur Watson and Temperance Robinson were married about 1796 in Ma- son county, and had ten children there, the eldest and youngest of whom died in Ken-
tucky. In 1812 Mr. Watson went from Mason county as a soldier in the war with England. The family moved to Sanga- mon county, Illinois, arriving April 10, 1825, at Springfield. Mr. Watson soon after entered the land now occupied by the water works, watch factory, rolling mill, north coal shaft, and Oak Ridge cemetery. Of their children-
HIRAM A., born May 14, 1799, in Mason county, Kentucky, died there in 1823.
SANFORD, born Jan. 28, 1801, in Mason county, Kentucky, married in San- gamon county, June 3, 1833, to Betsy Ann Stevenson. They had one child, and the mother and child died September, 1835. He was married in 1842 in Morgan coun- ty to Maria Elder, and in 1849 moved to Oregon. Mr. Watson died July 6, 1870, leaving a widow and four children, near Bethel, Polk county, Oregon.
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