History of the early settlers of Sangamon County, Illinois : "centennial record", Part 15

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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MARIA R., born in Kentucky, mar- ried James H. Withrow. See his name. The other children-

HENRY N., EDWARD, ELIZA, WILLIAM, JOSEPH and AMAN- DA, all married, some died, and the living are in Kansas and Missouri.

Joshua Beauchamp moved to Missouri, and died April 1, 1842, in the Platt pur- chase. His widow resides in Doniphan county, Kansas.

BEAM, JACOB, was born abont 1762, in N. J., and when he was a youth, went to Lexington, Ky., which he found to be a very small village. Rachel Mc- Clure was born in Huntington county, Pa.,

in 1775, and taken by her parents to Fay" ette county, Ky., when she was quite young. Jacob Beam and Rachel McClure were married at Lexington, and had two children there. They moved to Manches- ter, Ohio, where they had eleven children, and from there to Clarke county, Ind., where one child was born, and from there to what is now Lincoln, Logan county, Ill., arriving the day before the election which made Andrew Jackson President, in 1828. Finding it impossible to obtain food and shelter for his family through the winter, after a stay of two weeks, Mr. Beam moved to Rochester, Sangamon county, in the latter part of Nov., 1828. Of their children-

JAMES, born near Lexington, Ky., married in Sangamon county to Susan Hvner, who was born Oct. 15, 1810. They had nine children, all of whom arc dead, except RACHEL, born May 15, 1831, married Jacob Rape. Sec his namc. James Beam died in 1855, in Sangamon county, and his widow died in 1858, at Mt. Auburn, Christian county.

JOHN, born in Kentucky, married in Sangamon county, to Ellen Williams. They have three children, and reside at Boscobel, Grant county, Wis.

ELIZABETH, born at Manchester, O., married in Sangamon county to Har- vey Summers. They had six children. SIMON P. was accidentally shot in Marysville, California, about 1860. JOHN WESLEY, was a member of a California Cavalry regiment, and was killed by his horse running away with him on the march to the field of conflict, in 1862. GEORGE W. was a soldier in an Illinois regiment, captured and died in a rebel prison in South Carolina. MARY E. married a Baptist minister, and resides in Iowa. WILLIAM resides near Rockbridge, Green county. SARAH E., resides with her father. Mrs. E. Summers died, and Harvey Summers resides in Alton.

MARY; born in Ohio, is unmarried, and resides with her brother, Joseph Beam.

DAVID, born in Manchester, Adams county, Ohio, married in Sangamon coun- ty, to Rosanna Ebey, who was born near Columbus, Ohio. They had eleven child- ren in Sangamon county, five of whom died young. GEORGE W. went to Washington Territory in 1854, married

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there to Sarah Wright, a native of Mis- souri. They went over the plains to- gether, Mr. Beam died March, IS65, on Vancouver's Island, leaving a widow and three children. She is again married, and resides in San Francisco. JACOB H., born April 28, 1834, married Jan. 19, 1865, to Amanda Cummings, and resides in Springfield. LOUISA J. married Emery Raymond, and died March 17, 1863, leaving two children. NANCY A. mar- ried Lewis Williams, who died, and she married Geo. W. Dugger, and resides in Virden. WILLIAM T., born Sept. 22, IS14, married Sept. 25, 1872, to Margaret A. Sanders. They have one child, COR- DELIA A., and reside in Rochester town- ship, near where his grandfather Beam settled in :S28. JAMES HARVEY, born July 24, 1849, married Oct. 23, 1873, to Eliza J. Sanders, and resides on part of the farm near where his grandfather set- tled in 1828. It is in Cotton Hill town- ship. David Beam died Feb. 28, 1853. His widow died April 16, 1860. Mr. Beam acted as Justice of the Peace for many years; was a farmer and miller.

SARAH, born in Ohio, married in Sangamon county, to John A. Maxey. They have two children, and reside in Alton.

NANCE., born in Ohio, married in Sangamon county, to Jacob Miller, and both died. They left six children in De- Witt county.

THOMAS, born at Manchester, O., and came to Sangamon county with his parents. Some of his friends here relate an incident in his life that illustrates real life among the early settlers. He raised a good crop of corn in the summer of IS30, and in the fall determined to sell it and go to the Galena lead mines. After making it known in all the settlement, he was unable to get an offer for his crop at any price in money, but he traded it for a barrel of whisky, traded that for a three year old steer, and finally sold that for $10.00. He took a vow to use that for paying his expenses out of the county, and never to live in it again. He went to the lead mines, was married in Wisconsin to Catharine Reed. They had six child- ren in Wisconsin, and moved to California in IS63. He is now a wealthy man, and resides at Crescent City, Del Norte coun- ty, California.

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JANE A., born in Ohio, married in Sangamon county to William Cable, moved to Wisconsin, and after spending twenty- four years there, moved to Iowa, and died there in 1872, leaving several children.

WT'ESLE 2, born in Ohio, married in Sangamon county, Dec. 25, 1840, to Amelia Rape. They had five children in Cotton Hill township; one died in infancy. NANCY J. married W. T. Williams; had two children, ALBERT L. and THEODORE L. Mrs. W. died and they live with their father, who married and resides in Cotton Hill township. MARY A. married James M. Sankey, have three children, and reside near Fairbanks, Ind. AMAN- DA E. married Wm. Z. Williams, have one child, and reside near Shelbourn, Ind. JOHN L. is unmarried, and resides in Cotton Hill township. Wesley Beam died in 1852, in Cotton Hill township, and his widow married Mr. Howlett. See Rape family name.

CORDELIA, born in Ohio, married in Sangamon county, to Daniel Fetters. They had four children, and she died in Cotton Hill township.

JOSEPH, born July 27, 1820, in Clarke county, Ind., married in Sangamon county to Mary P. Spicer. They had two children. NANCY J. A., married Henry Hertel, have one child, ADA LIL- LIAN, and reside three miles north of Paw- nee, in Cotton Hill township. . SARAH E. married Isaac Porter, who was born Dec. 29, 1836, in Monroe county, Ohio. They moved to Kansas City, Mo., and she died there, May 21, 1869, one month after mar- riage. Mr. Porter brought her remains back to the family cemetery for interment. He has since married Maggie Caldwell, and resides in Pawnee. Mrs. Mary P. Beam died Oct. 16, 1850, and Joseph Beam was married April 25, 1854, to Barbara Deardorff. They had four children. THOMAS W. and LINDSAY C., the eldest and youngest, died under three years. JOSEPH L. and WALDO P. reside with their parents in Ball township, ten miles southeast of Springfield. He has acted as Justice of the Peace for sey- eral years.

Jacob Beam died March 24, 1838, and his widow died April 21, 1851, both near where they settled in 1828.

BEDINGER, CHRISTIAN, was born Dec. 24, 1774, in Berkley coun-

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ty, Va. Sophia Taylor was born Sept. 24, 1776, in Maryland, they were mar- ried about 1798, in Maryland or Virginia, and made their home in Berkley county for a short time, then moved to Harrison county, near Cadiz, Ohio, where nine children were born. The parents and three of the children came to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving in the fall of 1836, in Island Grove. Of all their children-

PHILIP, born Nov. S, 1799, in Ohio, married in Cadiz to Sarah Hartman, raised a large family, and resides near Nova, Ashland county, O.

JOSEPH, born June 16, 1801, in Ohio, married there to Deborah Metcalfe, had four children, and Mrs. B. died. Their daughter SOPHIA came to Sangamon county with her grandparents, and mar- ried James N. Eckler. JENNIE resides with her uncle, Wm. Bedinger. Joseph Bedinger has not been heard from for many years.

ISAAC, born June IS, 1807, married in Ohio, to Sarah Brown, came to Sanga- mon county, and died near Berlin, in 1851, leaving a widow and four children.

GEORGE, born Feb. 11, ISIo, came to Sangamon county with his parents, re- mained four or five years, went to Mis- souri, married there to Eliza Carver. Both parents dicd, leaving four children near Lockridge, Jefferson county, Iowa.

WILLIAM, born June 11, 1812, near Cadiz, Ohio, came to Sangamon county in the spring of 1837, married Nov. 1, 1839, to Martha Carver, and had three children in Sangamon county. ELIZA J., born March 3, 1843, married in 1860 to George Wolfe, have four children, and reside near German Prairie Station. SARAH E., born Feb. 25, 1846, married in 1860 to John C. Robinson. They have one child, MARTHIA A., and reside half a mile south of Camp Butler. ALBERT, born April 25, 1849, resides with his father. Mrs. Martha Bedinger died Nov., 1852, and Mr. B. was married Feb. 9, 1863, to Mrs. Sarah M. Greenslate, whose maiden name was Oliver. They reside half a mile south of Camp Butler.

HENRY, born June 5, 1814, in Ohio, married in Sangamon county to Sophia Carver, had one child, and he died. She married Job Dickenson.

MARY, born Jan. 6, ISIS, in Ohio, arried in Sangamon county to Joseph

Bumgardner. They had six children, four of whom died young. ADDISON and MATILDA F. reside with their par- ents, five miles east of Springfield.

Mrs. Sophia Bedinger died in 1840, and Christian Bedinger died Oct., 1851, both in Sangamon county.

BELL, ZEBULON, was born Nov. 18, 1799, in Gerrardstown, Berkley county, West Virginia. His grandfather, James Bell, was born and educated in Scotland. The exact date of his coming to America is unknown to his descendents. He landed in Philadelphia, and being a mill- wright, built a snuff mill in that city, said to have been the first machine of the kind in America. He went from Philadelphia to Frederick county, Va. According to traditions in the family, he must have been almost a Hercules in physical strength. In connection with his business as a mill- wright and miller, he is said to have car- ried ninc bushels of wheat up threc flights of stairs at a single load. James Bell was married in Scotland to Ellen Nelson. They brought two children with them to America, John and James. The latter, born March 18, 1770, in Scotland, was too young to remember erossing the Atlantic ocean. This would imply that they came before or during the Revolution. He married Margaret Fulton, a native .of Chester county, Penn. She was of Irish descent. They settled in Gerrardstown, Berkley county, West Va., where they had nine children, three, only, of whom are living. John, born March 23, 1798, resides in Quincy, Logan county, Ohio. Launcelot, born Dec. 5, ISO1, resides near Taylorville, Christian county, Illinois, and Zebulon, in age between the two latter, is the one whose name heads this sketeh.

Zebulon Bell was married Sept. 20, 1821, in Gerrardstown, Berkley county, West Va., to Rachel Swingle, who was born Dce. 20, ISoI, in the same county. They had five children there, and moved to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving May 6, 1834, in what is now Woodside township, west of Sugar creek, and six miles south- east of Springfield, where five children were born. Of their ten children-

BENONI, born July 24, 1822, in Berkley county, West Va., married in Sangamon county, March 21, 1847, to Eliza J. Wills. They had two living children. MARGARET C., born March

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15, 1848, married, Nov. 25, 1868, to John M. Doake, who was born Oct. 3, 1844. They have three children, IVA, BENONI M. and MARY A., and reside six and a half miles southeast of Springfield. WIL- LIAM S. resides with his father. Mrs. Eliza J. Bell died Jan. 22, 1857, and Mr. Bell was married Oct. 12, 1859, in Madi- son, Ind., to Mrs. Anna Settle, whose maiden name was Taylor. She was born Dec. 17, 1833, in Lancaster county, Penn. They had five children, three died in in- fancy. CHARLES E. was killed by the kick of a horse, July 31, 1873, in his fifth year. ADA H. resides with her parents. Benoni Bell and wife reside within half a mile of where his parents settled in 1834. It is six and a half miles southeast of Springfield.

JAMES T., born Dec. 15, 1823, in Berkley county, West Va., enlisted in Sangamon county, Aug. 27, 1862, for three years, in Co. E., 114 Ill. Inf., served his full term, was honorably discharged, and now resides near Fountain, Colorado.

MARIA C., born June 29, 1825, in Berkley connty, Va., married in Sanga- mon county, July 1, 1847, to John Bell, who was born Jan. 28, 1813, in Pittsburg, Penn. They have one child, RACHEL A., born April 9, 1848, married John H. Shonp. See his name. John Bell and wife reside with their daughter, Mrs. Shoup, in Cotton Hill township.

JOHN W., born May 2, ISES, in Berkley county, Va., married in Sanga- mon county, to Sarah E. Gatton. They have seven children, viz: MARY C., SAMUEL L., JOHN W., ALICE J., RACHEL E., EMILY E. and CARY L., and reside near Fountain, Colorado.

ZEBULON N., born April 19, 1830, in West Virginia, brought up in Sanga- mon county, is unmarried, and resides in Christian county, near Old Rienzi, San- gamon connty.

MARGARET E., born May 31, 1834, in Sangamon county, was married Feb. 23, 1857, to Andrew Anderson, who was born in Garrard county, Ky., April 29, 1832. They have seven children, ARA- BEL, AGNES M., RICHARD Y., ZEBULON J., MARY S., JAMES and RACHEL, and reside in Cotton Hill township.

LAUNCELOT, born March 17, 1837, in Sangamon county, went to Pike's Peak

in 1860, married there, March 21, 1865, to Lydia E. Roberts, who was born in Bour- bon county, Ky., Dec. 26, 1846. Of their children, MARY M., CLARINDA M., IVY FORREST, GEORGE S. and FLORA E. The two latter died young. Launcelot Bell and wife reside near Foun- tain, El Paso county, Colorado.

STEPHEN, born April 19, 1839, in Sangamon county, enlisted Angnst 27, 1862, for three years, in Co. E., 114th 111. Inf., was taken prisoner June 10, 1864, at the battle of Guntown, Miss. He spent four months in Andersonville prison pen, two weeks at Savannah, Ga., one month at Millen, Ga., and was exchanged at Savannah, Nov. 24, 1864. He rejoined his regiment, served full time, and was honorably discharged with the regiment. He was married in Sangamon county, Jan. 20, 1869, to Lonisa L. Womack. They have three children, CORA G., MAY S. and JAMES E., and reside five miles south of Springfield.

An incident, said to have taken place in Andersonville prison, went the rounds of the papers at the time, but its truthfulness was doubted. It had almost passed from my mind, until it was revived by Stephen Bell, who says that he was an eye-witness to the breaking out of a spring of pure water, under circumstances that seemed almost miraculous. It is not necessary to repeat the description of the prison, as that has been so often done. It is well known that inside the stockade there was a line, sometimes imaginary, called the "dead-line." If a prisoner crossed that line approaching the stockade, he was almost sure to be shot dead. A stream of water ran through the stockade from north to south. All the offal and filth from the camp of the rebel guards entered the stream above the stockade, and that was the only supply of water for the prisoners. About 100 yards east of and on ground 15 or 20 feet above that dirty slough, and four or five feet inside the dead-line, or between that and the stockade, a stream of water spouted up ten or fifteen feet, where there was not the least appearance of water be- fore. Troughs were put up, and it was conducted inside the prison bounds. It took place about two o'clock in the after- noon, on a bright day in August, 1864. There had been a heavy rain the day be- fore, accompanied by a terrific thunder-

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storm. The torrents of water broke down the stockade where it crossed the slough. The opening was so wide that the rebel authorities feared the prisoners would attempt to escape. They caused cannon to be fired and their soldiers to shout and halloo, and make all the noise they could, and in every way present as great an appearance of force as possible. No effort was made to escape, the breach was mended, the waters subsided, the clouds passed away, and it was the next day, when all was bright and clear, that the stream of pure water spouted up from the earth. Stephen Bell says he was as near it at the time as any other person. He thinks that of the 28,000 prisoners con- fined there at the time, the larger portion of them regarded it as a direct interposi- tion of Providence in their behalf. Each one had his own way of expressing his feelings, some of them neither refined nor reverential, but none the less heart-felt and sincere.

James H. Pulliam and Benj. F. Fletcher, whose histories may be found in this book, were in the prison at the time, and testify to the truthfulness of the above statement. Mr. Samuel Lewis, of Auburn, was not there at the time, but saw the spring after- wards.

MARY L., born March 30, 1842, in Sangamon county, married Samuel Rea- ton. They have three children, IDA, JAMES E. and FRANK, and reside near Fountain, Colorado.

ARTHALINDA, born Sept. 2, 1844, in Sangamon county, married Jan. 7, 1859, to Alexander Shoup. See his name.

Mrs. Rachel Bell died Dec. 15, 1852, in Sangamon county, and Zebulon Bell moved west in 1859, and resides with his children, near Fountain, El Paso county, Colorado.

BELL, ROBERT, was born March S, 1795, in Bourbon county, Ky. His father was born in Ireland, and had but four children, Robert, and three sisters. After his sisters were married, he had no knowledge of any relative in America, bearing his family name. Ile was a sol- dier from Bourbon county in the war of 1812. Robert Bell and Susannah Baker were married Feb. 12, 18IS, in that coun- ty, and moved to Nicholas county, and from there they moved with their three children to Sangamon county, Ill., arriv-

ing in the fall of 1830, and settled four miles south of the present town of Roch- ester, where they had six children. Of their nine children-

ISAAC B., born June 25, 1820, near Carlisle, Nicholas county, Ky., married in Sangamon county, March 28, 1840, to Susan Stokes. They had six daughters in Sangamon county. CAROLINE M., born April IS, 1842, married March 29, 1868, to Lawson H. Smith, who was born Feb. 20, 1831, in Carlisle, Ky. They have three children, CORDELIA A., W.M. RILEY and ANNA BELLE, and reside three miles southeast of Rochester. LOUISA J. resides with her parents. MARGA- RET A., born Sept. 30, 1846, married Jonathan G. Crouch. See his name. MARY E., EMILY T. and DEBORAH S. reside with their parents, one and a quarter miles west of Clarkesville.

JAMES H., born Nov. 30, 1822, in Nicholas county, Ky., married in Sanga- mon county, May 7, 1843, to Milla Dot- son, who was born Nov., 1822, in Loudon county, Va. They had four children. JOHN W., the second child, died under two years. ELIZA A., born Feb. 25, 1844, married Sept. 4, 1864, to Benj. C. Gray, who was born August 12, 1832, near Hopkinsville, Ky. Mr. Gray has one child, CHARLES Y., by a former marriage. Mrs. Gray died Dec., 1874, and B. C. Gray resides near Clarkesville. HIRAM F., born Dec. 17, 1852, resides in Califor- nia. JAMES M., born August 6, 1836, lives with his father. Mrs. Milla Bell died March 16, 1870, and James H. Bell resides in Springfield.

JLARY Y., born June 6, 1828, in Nicholas county, Ky., married in Sanga- mon county, August 31, 1847, to John S. Dickerson, who was born April 2, 1824, in Nicholas county, Ky., and came to San- gamon county in 1851. They have six children. JAMES H., born June 24, 1848, in Daviess county, Ind., raised in Sangamon county, graduated at the Eclec- tic Medical College of Philadelphia, and is a practicing physician near Taylorville. Dr. Dickerson was married in 1875 to Miss Humphreys. See Humphreys' fam- ily sketch. ISAAC S., born August 28, IS50, in Daviess county, Ind., married March 11, 1873, in Sangamon county, to Mary E. Bomhoff, who was born Sept. 20, 1848, in Sangamon county. They

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have one child, SINAI, and reside one mile west of Clarksville. ROBERT P., born Dec. 4, 1852, SARAH E., born Nov. 14, IS54, MARY S., born Nov. 2, 1856, and ALMARINDA, born Jan. 29, 1859, the four latter in Sangamon county, reside with their parents, one and a quarter miles west of Clarksville.

PHOEBE E., born Nov. 1, 1830, in San- gamon county, married March, 1849, to John Johnson. See his name.

ALMARINDA, born Sept. 25, 1832, in Sangamon county, married March 28, IS50, to James S. Galloway, who was born May 7, 1819, in Bath county, Ky. They had four children, two of whom died young. WILLIAM N. resides near Taylorville, and LIZZIE A. resides in Cotton Hill township. J. S. Galloway died Sept. 14, 1861, and his widow mar- ried, Nov. 7, 1865, to Benj. L. Auxier, and resides four miles south of Rochester.

SQUIRE Y., born August 10, 1834, died July 17, 1847.

PRESTON B., born Feb. 26, 1837, in Sangamon county, married, Angust 9. IS63, to Mary Bond, and resides in Roch- ester township.

AUSTIN; born Feb. 13, 1839, was killed by the kick of a horse, March 10, IS50.

MELVIN, born Feb. 9, 1843, in San- gamon county, married, Oct. 12, 1865, to Rachel Martin, have two children, WIL- LIAM J. and ALICE, and reside at the Bell family homestead. He is a cripple for life, caused by a runaway team.

Robert Bell died June 25, 1872, near Illiopolis, from injuries caused by a runa- way team four days previous. Mrs. Sus- annah Bell was made a cripple for life by the same accident. They had lived more than 54 years as man and wife. She re- sides on the farm where they settled in IS30, four miles south of Rochester.

BELL, BAILEY, was born Nov. 2, 1776, in Fauquier county, Va., and was there married to Nancy Foxworthy, who was born April 3, 1785. They had three children, and moved to Clarke county, Ky., in ISIS, where two children were born, and thence to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving in Nov., 1834, at Buffalo Hart Grove. Of their five children-

BAILEY F., born Dec. 30, 1807, in Fanquier county, Va., was married in Clarke county, Ky., Nov. 27, 1827, to

Mahala Burns. They had one child in Kentucky, and the family moved to San- gamon county, Ill., arriving in the fall of 1831, in Buffalo Hart Grove, where they had six children, and reside near Knox- ville, Marion county, Iowa.

ARIE, born Oct. 11, ISHI, in Fauquier county, Va., was married in Clarke coun- ty, Ky., Sept., 1834, to Thomas McGowan. They had five children, and reside near Buffalo Hart station.

GAMES, born Sept. 13, 1814, in Vir- ginia, was married in Logan county, Ill., to Nancy Brown. They have seven children, and reside in Rosemont, Jasper county, Iowa.

BENGAMIN, born May 16, ISIS, in Clarke county, Ky., was married in San- gamon county, Sept. 26, 1840, to Amanda Starr. They had six children. MARY E .. born April 9, 1843, married Hugh McGorey, and died Oct. 14, 1865. EMI- LY, born Dec. 7, 1845, died Sept. 11, 1862. THOMAS J., born Sept. 28, 1848, died in his third year. WILLIAM, born Nov. 29, 1851, BENJAMIN, Jun., born March 29, 1856, and FLORENCE, born August 20, 1860, reside with their parents, in Logan county, three miles east of Buf- falo Hart station.

THOMAS f., born June 18, 1821, in Clarke county, Ky., was married in Illi- nois to Ann Allen. They have six child- ren, CHARLES, ALBERT, CLARA, EMMA, ARTHUR, died in his tenth year, and LESLIE. Thomas J. Bell and family reside at Cornland, Ill.

Mrs. Nancy Bell died August 6, 1843, in Logan county, and Bailey Bell died Feb. 6, 1846, in Sangamon county, at Buffalo Hart Grove.

BENHAM, JOHN T., born August 21, 1789, in Cheshire, New Haven county, Conn. In IS05 or 1806 his par- ents moved to Ferrisburg, Addison coun- ty, Vt. He was a soldier in the war of IS12, and was in the battle at Vergennes, early in ISI4. John T. Benham was mar- ried Jan., ISIS, at Ferrisburg, to Catharine Porter. They had six children; two died in Vermont. Mr. Benham moved with his family to Sangamon county, Ill., in wagons, arriving in the fall of 1830. He entered land, and settled two and a half miles northeast of Rochester, where seven children were born. All except five died unmarried. Of those five-

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POLLY A., born Jan. 15, 1819, in Vermont, married Jonathan S. Rogers, and she died in Sangamon county.

JOHN W., born Oet. 10, 1824, in Vermont, married Mrs. Melissa E. Porter, and resides in Pontiac, Ill.

CATHARINE, born July 23, 1826, in Vermont, married in Sangamon coun- ty, Oct. 3, 1843, to John Robinson. They had four children; three died young. JOHN, Jun., accidentally shot and killed himself. John Robinson went to Cali- formia in 1849, and was never heard of after 1851. His widow married Amos C. Derry. They have two children, and re- side in Illiopolis.

HENRY W., born Oet. 30, 1830, in Sangamon county, married Almena Staf- ford. She died, and he married Mrs. Frances Austin, whose maiden name was Wood, and resides in Charlotte, Ill.

NOAH P., born April 14, 1836, in Sangamon county, was married March 9, IS61, to Elizabeth Stevens, who was born Feb. 4, 1847, near Sandusky, Ohio. They have four children, MARY C., ERMIN- NIE W., GERTRUDE J. and JOHN O., and reside two and a half miles east of Rochester.

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History of the early settlers of Sangamon County, Illinois : "centennial record", Part 15

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