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FOHN, born April 12, IS22, is unmar- ried. He went to California in 1849, and now resides in San Francisco.
WILLIAM, Jun., born April 21, 1824, in Philadelphia, was drowned, April 9, 1849, in a slough near where the Gilman and Clinton railroad crosses the Sangamon river.
HENRY, born July 23, 1826, in Phil- adelphia, married, May 3, 1871, in Hum- boldt, Kansas, to Mrs. Artenecia A. Cham- bers, whose maiden name was Bradshaw. They have two children ANNA A. and BLANCHE, and reside at Humboldt, Kansas.
GAMES, born July S, IS28, in Phila- delphia, was married March 2, 1852, to Amanda A. Cartmell. They had one child, and Mrs. Black died, Jan. 11, 1854. Mr. Black was married, Feb. 5, 1862, to Eliza A. Cartmell. They have four child- ren. Of his five children, WILLIAM L., by the first marriage, and the other four, WALTER B., ALVIN F., AMAN- DA M. and EMMA T., reside with their father, on the farm settled by his father in IS40, six miles northeast of Springfield.
GEORGE W., born August 15, 1830, married Sept. 21, IS5S, to Sarah A. Mann. They had eight children, two of whom died young. MARY E., ELIZABETH, ANNIE L., HENRY F., THOMAS M. and CHARLES W., and reside on Round Prairie, five miles east of Spring- field, between the mouth of Spring Creek and South Fork.
ANNA E., born Sept. 26, 1832, mar- ried, Jan. 1, 1852, to Marion F. Whitesides. (See his name.)
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FRANCIS G., born Feb. 27, 1835, married, Oet. 4, 1859, to Elizabeth Ham- mond. They had two children, JOHN W. and ELIZA J., and Mr. Black en- listed August, 1862, in Co. G., 114th Ill. Inf., for three years, and died of disease at Vieksburg, just after the surrender by the rebels, July 4, 1863. His remains were brought home and interred near German Prairie Station. His children reside with their mother, who married A. R. Welch.
WALTER C., born Sept. 22, 1837, enlisted in Co. G., 114th Ill. Inf., for three years, August 5, 1862, was twiee slightly wounded, served full time, and was honor- ably discharged, August 10, 1865. He was married, Feb. 5, 1866, to Permelia F. Cartmell. They have three children, ANNA C., FRANCIS E. and ORA EVA, and reside two miles southeast of Riverton.
Margaret Allison lived as one of the family of William Blaek, in Philadelphia. She came with the family to Sangamon county, and died Sept. 20, 1840, aged 29 years.
William Black died Dec. 15, 1858, and his widow died July 25, 1874, both on the farm where they settled in 1840. Mr. Black became a member of the Seots Thistle Society soon after his arrival in Philadelphia, and remained a member as long as he lived.
BLACK, THOMAS, was born Oet. 25, 1768, and went from South Caro- lina to Christian county, Ky., where he was, married to Edith A. Pyle. They moved to southern Illinois just before the "Shakes"-meaning the earthquake of ISII, that sunk New Madrid, Missouri. They fled in terror back to Kentucky; hut finding the earth did not all sink, they returned to southern Illinois, and moved to what became Sangamon county, arriv- ing April 9, 1819, in what is now Auburn township. Of their children, viz-
SARAH, born July 3, 1796, in Ken- tucky, married there to a Mr. Edwards. They had one child, SUSAN, who mar- ried Wm. Woods. Mr. Edwards died, and his widow married Bailey Taylor. They had three children, viz: AMANDA mar- ried Peter Wheeler. EMMA married Mil- ler Bagby. THOMAS B. was married in'1866. He had three children ; one is dead. Mr. Taylor died, and the family moved to
MeDonough county, Ill., and from there to Iowa, where she died.
DAVID, born Sept. 17, 1798, in Ken- tueky, married Jan. 2, 1823, in Sangamon county, to Sarah Moffitt. They had six children. WILLIAM married Millie Moore, and live near Belleville, St. Clair county. GEORGE married Viney Broom, and resides near Blue Mound, Macon county, Ill. EDITH A. married Wm. Simmons. He died, and Mrs. S. married Mr. Brown. They reside in Texas. The others are ANN E., LEAN- DER and FRANCIS. David Black died Oct. 7, 1856, in Chatham township, and his widow resides with her youngest son, in Macon county, near Blue Mound.
ELIZABETH, born March 6, 1So3, in Kentucky, was married in Sangamon county to John Harris. They had one child, JAMES, who was drowned in a mill pond while fishing, aged fourteen years. Mr. and Mrs. Harris both died in Macoupin county.
NANCY; born Aug. 4, 1806, in Ken- tueky, married in Sangamon county, Aug." 18, 1833, to John N. Viney, who died Jan. 5, 1871, and Mrs. Nancy V. died May 23, IS71, without children. Sec his name.
YOHN, born Aug. S, ISog, in Ken- tueky, married in Sangamon county, Aug. 4, 1831, to Sarah Myers. They had nine children ; three died young. Of the other six, ELMINA died Feb. 23, 1858, aged 22 years. DRUSILLA, born Aug. 30, 1837, in Sangamon county, married June :0, 1856, to James Babeock. They had nine children; one died young. RICHARD J. o. died Aug. 4, 1875. WILLIAM died Aug. 23, 1875. LAURA, ELLEN, ALBERT M., ADDIE M., IRA J. and ANNETTA E. The family reside near Oreana, Macon county, Ill. THOMAS, born Oct. 6. 1839, in Sangamon county, was married April 12, 1863, to Mary M. Lewis, who died Dec. 21, 1865, and he was married Feb. 3, 186S. to Emily C. Graves, who died Aug. 10, 1871, leaving one child, FLOSSIE L. Mr. Black was married April 6, 1873, to Martha J. Dodds. They have one child, a son, and reside two miles east of Auburn. ALBERT M., born Sept. 14, 1843, in Sangamon county, was mar- ried June 24, 1865, to Salome T. Ham. They have two children, and reside near Pawnee. ADALINE M., born May 25,
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1847, married Aug. 2, 1865, to Wm. D. Patton. See his name. She died Jan. 26, 1875, leaving two children. JOHN W., born Sept. 29, 1851, in Sangamon county, married Feb. 2, 1873, to Susan R. Kimble. They have two children, JOHN D. and EMILY, and reside three miles east of Auburn. John Black died Aug. 1, 1855, and his widow, Mrs. Sarah Black, died March 18, 1858, both in Auburn town- ship.
THOMAS, born Sept. 3, 1813, in Christian county, Ky., married in Sanga- mon county, March 7, 1855, to Mary J. Wallace, who was born Nov. 1, 1831. They have three children, EDITH, MARY F. and MARCHIE, and reside in less than half a mile of where his father settled in 1819, about three and a half miles east of Auburn.
CARTER T., born Jan. 24, ISIS, was married Oct. 8, 1840, to Mary C. Coberly, who was born Nov. 7, 1820. Of their six children, namely: ELLEN E., born in Auburn township, July 12, 1841, 'married July 1, 1858, to J. T. Graves. They have six children, ROBERT L., MARY N., ZILDAHI S., WILLIAM J., MARK and CATHARINE, and reside in Butler, Bates county, Mo. JOSEPH C., born Aug. 29, 1843, in Auburn township, Ill., died in Missouri. CHARLES C., born Aug. 22, 1845, in Andrew county, Mo., died in Nodaway county, Mo. WILLIAM T., born May 21, 1848, in Andrew county, Mo., married in Nodaway county to Mary C. Crabtree, Dec. 29, 1869. They had one child, JAMES T. Wm. T. Black and son died in Bates county, Mo. GEORGE H., born March 11, 1858, in Nodaway county, Mo., and JOHN D., born Sept. 16, 1860, in Nodaway county, reside there.
Mrs. Carter Black died May 14, 1875, in Nodaway county, Mo. Carter Black is now (1876) in Sangamon county.
Mrs. Edith A. Black died April 15, 1822, and Thomas Black was married in 1823 or '4 to Mrs. Rebecca Viney, whose maiden name was Shiles. She died Feb. 13, 1851, and Mr. B. died Nov. 3, 1851, aged 84 years, both where he settled in ISI9.
BLUE, JOHN, was born Sept. 9, 1777, in South Carolina. His father was a soldier in the Revolutionary army, and was taken prisoner by the British the very day of his birth. His parents moved
to Fleming county, Ky., when he was quite young. Elizabeth McNary was born in South Carolina, and taken by her parents to Fleming county, Ky., also. They were there married about 1806, had seven children in that county, and then moved to Hopkins county, where they had four children. About 1823 they moved to Green county, O., where they had two children, and then moved to San- gamon county, arriving in the fall of 1830, in what is now Clear Lake township.
MARTHA married Robert Blue, had six children and died.
SAMUEL married Isabel Webb, had eight children, and resides in Missouri.
DAVID H., born Sept. 23, 1816, in Fleming county, Ky., married in Sanga- mon county May 19, 1844, to Fannie Webb. They had two children, one of whom died young. MELISSA C. mar- ried Abel P. Bice. See his name. David H. Blue resides two miles north of Bar- clay.
ELIZA married Adolphus Jones, had one child, and all died.
WILLIAM M., born in Fleming county, Ky., married in Sangamon county to Adaline Cline. They had five child- ren. JAMES H. married Catharinc Dunlap, had one child, DORA E., and live in Fancy creek township. GEORGE W., LUCY, DAVID and PARTHEN- IA, live with their mother. William M. Blue enlisted in Aug., 1862, in Co. C, 114 Ill. Inf., for three years. He was killed at the battle of Guntown, Miss., June IO, 1864. His widow married M. Hardman, and lives near Cantrall.
HARRISON married Margaret Alex- ander. They had three children, and he died in Fancy creek township.
CAROLINE married Stephen Can- trall. They have six children, and live near Kansas City, Mo.
AMOS went to Oregon when a young man, and resides in Jackson county.
John Blue died in 1842, and his widow in 1848, both in Sangamon county.
BONDURANT. The first known of the name in America was Dr. Joseph Bondurant, a Huguenot, who was ban- ished from France on account of his relig- ion, during the reign of Queen Anne, about the year 1700. He was wealthy in France, but could only bring his library with him. He and his companions, Ford,
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Agee, O'Briant and Shatteen, all settled in Virginia.
BONDURANT, JOSEPH. The fourth generation from Dr. Joseph Bondurant, was born Sept. 15, 1801, in Bedford county, Va., moved to Kentucky in early life, and was married Oct. 27, 1823, to Martha Sharp. They moved to Sangamon county Oct., 1828. He was one of the early school teachers in the Dickerson neighborhood. They had eleven children, namely-
JOHN T., born June 5, 1824, in Ken- tucky, raised in Sangamon county, mar- ried near DesMoines, Iowa, in 1848, to Virginia Cooney. In 1850 he emigrated to California, and died in Sacramento, Dec. 23, 1850, of disease contracted while crossing the plains, leaving a childless widow.
LUCRETIA G., born Nov. 4, 1825, in Kentucky, married Nov., 1845, in San- gamon county, to Joel Churchill. See his name. They reside at DeLand, Piatt county, Ill.
ELIZABETH T., horn April 28, 1827, in Kentucky, married in Athens, Ill., May 15, 1842, to William Miller, of that place, where they resided until 1852, when they moved to Mechanicsburg. They had nine children, namely: MAR- THA E., married Jan. 16, 1872, to T. P. Lofland. She died June 14, 1873, leaving a son six months old, to be brought up by her aunt, Margaret D. Underwood. AN- NIE M., JOHN T. and THOMAS B. died under ten years. . ALBERT D., JOSEPH W., SARAH J., AMANDA B. and GEORGE L. live with their mother. William Miller died July 17, 1868. His widow and children live in Mechanicsburg.
ALEXANDER C., born Sept. 1, 1829, in Sangamon county. He went to Iowa in the winter of 1856, and was mar- ried there Oct., 1861, to Margaret Brooks, of DesMoines. They had seven child- ren, namely: EMMA, FANNIE, LIZ- ZIE, FRANK, FLORENCE, BUR- TON and NELLIE, and reside near Altoona, Polk county, Iowa.
THOMAS C., born Dec. 29, 1831, in Sangamon county, settled in Piatt county in 1856, near DeLand, Piatt county, Ill.
SAMUEL T., born Dec. 9, 1834, in Sangamon county, married Nov. 15, 1860, in Douglas county, to Sarah Ellen Barnett.
They have two living children, and reside near Wabash, Wayne county, Ill. He en- listed August 7, 1862, for three years, in Co. E., 79th Ill. Inf. Dec. 2, 1862, he was detailed to the Pioneer Corps depart- ment of the Cumberland. March 19, 1863, he took charge of four saw mills, on Stone's river, Tenn., and put them in or- der. Sept. 15, 1863, he was ordered to Chattanooga, where he took charge of building water-works, on the Sth of Octo- ber, doing the civil engineering with a common spirit level. He remained in charge until May 15, 1865, when he re- signed for the purpose of perfecting some inventions of his own. He is now en- gaged in the lumber trade.
MARGARET D., born Jan. 31, 1837, married Oct. 28, 1858, to Thomas Under- wood. See his name.
MARY E., born Feb. 3, 1840, is un- married, and resides with her brother Thomas, near DeLand, Piatt county, III.
MARTHA F., born March 24, 1842, in Sangamon county, married Jan., 1864, to William Thornton, of DesMoines, Iowa. They have three children, namely : LILLIE, LUCY and HARRY, and re- side near DesMoines.
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JOSEPH N., born May 2, 1844. He went to Iowa in 1866, and married in 1867 to Sarah DeVore. They had three child- ren, WILLIAM, EARNEST and FRANK. In 1871 Mr. J. N. Bondurant returned to DeWitt county, Ill., and re- sides near Farmer City.
AMANDA E., born April 25, 1847, in Sangamon county, died Oct. 4, 1858.
Mr. Joseph Bondurant died April 30, 1864, at his daughter's, Mrs. Lucretia Churchill, near Mechanicsburg. Mrs. Martha Bondurant resides with her son Thomas, near DeLand, Piatt county, III.
BOLL, VALENTINE J., was born April 22, 1807, at Flersheim, Nas- sau, Germany. He came to America in 1833, arriving June 29, at Baltimore, being forty-four days from Bremen. He went to New Philadelphia, O., to see a relative, thence to St. Louis, and from there to Sangamon county, and made pottery for Chistopher Newcomer two years. In the fall of 1836 he started back to Germany by way of New Orleans, and arrived at his native town Jan. 2, 1837. He was there married, April 2, 1837, to Elizabeth C. Heller. She was born Feb. 13, 1819,
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in the same town. They embarked June 12, 1837, at Amsterdam, and were forty- nine days on the passage to New York. He went via Albany, Buffalo, Cleveland, thence to Portsmouth, on the Ohio river, thence to St. Louis and back to Sanga- mon county, late in 1837. His father, step-mother and five children, a married sister and her husband, Garred Young, and others, making a total of seventeen persons, came with him. He made pot- tery in Ball township for about eighteen years, and then engaged in farming exclu- sively. They had nine children, all born in Sangamon county, two of whom died young. Of the other seven-
GARHARD, born Nov. 2, 1838, in Sangamon county, married Jan. 5, 1862, to Mary J. Greenawalt. They had five children, THOMAS H. and JAMES A., the first and fourth, died young; MARY E., AMANDA F. and SARAH M., re- side with their parents, one mile northwest of Pawnee.
ELIZABETH, born in Sangamon county, married John T. Burtle, Jun. See his name.
PAUL A., born in Sangamon county, resides with his parents.
GEORGE P., born in Sangamon county, married Mary M. Mollihorn. They had two children, WILLIAM A. and CHARLES V., and reside in Ball township.
CATHARINE }. married Patrick McAnanry, have two children, MAT- THEW and ROSA, and reside at Tallula.
MARGARET and E V A reside with their parents in Ball township, five miles southeast of Chatham.
BALL, JACOB, born about 1829, at Flörsheim, Nassau, Germany, came to America, and to Sangamon county, with his half-brother Valentine, in 1837. He was married in 1867 to Sarah Conner. They have two children-
ELIZABETH and THOMAS, and reside in Ball township, six miles south- east of Chatham.
BOWEN, ZAZA, was born Oct. 24, 1806, in Guilford county, N. C. His father died when he was two years old, and his mother, with her four children, the eldest of whom was married, moved to Cabell county, West Va., in 1817. Zaza Bowen and Mary Knight were married June 25, 1827, in that county, and in the
fall of that year moved to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving Dec. 4, 1827, in what is now Loami township. They had seven children in Sangamon county. The two eldest died under five years. Of the other five children-
REBECCA y., born June 28, 1831, married in IS50, to James W. George. They have three living children, and re- side near Mt. Auburn, Christian county.
ABNER, born Feb. 24, 1833, in San- gamon county, married March 16, 1856, to Frances A. Cutter. They have four children. WALTER, N. C., and JOHN CALHOUN, twins; ZAZA A. and WILLIAM J. Not having a daughter, they adopted one, whom they call KATIE BOWEN. They reside on the farm set- tled in 1828 by Mrs. B.'s father, S. R. Cutter. It is two and a half miles north- west of Loami.
ELIZABETH, born Nov. 13, 1834, in Sangamon county, married Robert M. Park. See his name.
ISABEL A., born Dec. 26, 1836, mar- ried in 1855, to Charles W. Fisher. They had five children, MARY E., NANCY E., ELIZABETH C., WILLIAM Z. and JOHN N. Mrs. F. and her children reside three miles west of Loami.
WILLIAM A., born July 28, 1838, died Oct. 11, 1860.
Mrs. Mary Bowen died Dec. 31, 1839, and Zaza.B. married, Jan. 7, 1841, to Sarah Park. They had four children; all died under nine years.
Mrs. Sarah Bowen died Sept. 28, 1860. and Zaza Bowen was married, Sept. 17, 1863, to Mrs. Lydia M. Light, whose maiden name was Patterson. They reside three miles west of Loami, on the farm where he settled in 1836. Zaza Bowen remembers Springfield when it was a col- lection of round log huts, covered with clapboards held on by weight poles. He remembers seeing the jail covered with a stack of hav.
BOWLING, JAMES, was born March 8, 1790, in Fauquier county, Va., was taken by his parents to Tennessee when he was nine years old, and from there to Logan county, Ky., in ISOS. He was there married, Oct. 17, 1817, to Mar- garet Jones, who was born Nov. IS, 1793, in Mercer county, Ky. James Bowling and wife left, the day after their marriage, for Bond county, Ill. They moved on
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horseback, each riding a horse and leading a pack horse, to carry their goods. One child was born in Bond county, Ill., and they moved to Sangamon county, arriving in IS19, in what is now Rochester town- ship, on the farm now owned by R. P. Abel, adjoining Rochester on the west. In 1830 they moved one mile north. They had six children in Sangamon county. Of their seven children-
ELIZABETHI W., born Sept. 22, ISIS, in Bond county, Ill., was married in Sangamon county, April 27, 1843, to James M. Logan. See his name.
ELVIRA P., born Feb. 25, 1820, in Sangamon county, was married April 28, 1844, to Daniel Barr. They had three children. JAMES THOMAS married Elizabeth Atkinson. They had two child- ren, LOUIE and MATTIE, and Mr. Barr died, March 13, 1875, leaving his widow and children in Rochester. MARG.\- RET E., born Oct. 16, 1846, married Samuel West. See his name. CHAS. E. born August 18, 1850, married, Dec. 2, IS73, to Louisa D. West, and lives in Rochester. Daniel Barr and wife reside in Rochester.
JOHN P., born Jan. 12, 1822, in San- gamon county, was married Oct. 14, 1846, in Green county, to Maria Lorton. They had three children. Their second child, SARAH M .. died at Mt. Auburn in 1854, in her fourth year. WILLIAM K. was born Jan. 1, 1849, and married August 27, 1874, to Alice Jernigan, who was born in Greenville, Ky., and resides near Virden, Ill. JAMES R., born Aug. 10, 1859, re- sides with his parents, near Virden, Ill.
YULIAN F., born Feb. 5, 1824, in Sangamon county, was married Sept. 6. 1845, to Abraham E. Nickolls. He had previously been married, and had two children. They had seven children, and Mrs. Nickolls died, Feb. 28, 1867. Of their children, ANDREW T. resides at Rochester, Ill. MARGARET A. mar- ried William Morgan, and resides near Mt. Auburn. EMILY S. married John Shewmaker, and resides near Decatur. MARY J. married William Murphy, and resides at Topeka, Kansas. ELIZA- BETH A. married Wm. Meek, and re- sides at Central City, Colorado. JAMES B. and ELVIRA M. reside with their father, at Kingsville, Kansas.
JANE A., born Oct. 6, 1826, adjoin- ing Rochester on the west. She was mar- ried, Feb. 2, 1854, to John Cassity, who was born Jan. 12, IS21, in Bourbon conn- ty, Ky., and came to Sangamon county in the fall of 1830. They had five children, three of whom died in infancy. WIL- LIAM, born May 4, 1857, and FRANK, born March 21, 1867, reside with their parents, in Rochester, within 200 yards of where Mrs. Cassity was born.
ARMIZA T., born Jan. 30, 1830, in San- gamon county, was married, Mar. 10, 1853, to John S. Highmore, who was born Sept. 22, 1828, in Somersetshire, England. He came to America in 1849, and to Sanga- mon county in March, 1850. They had two children. LAURA, born Jan. 27, 1854, married John F. Miller, (see his mamc,) and resides in Edinburg. AR- MIZA resides with her aunt, Jane A. Cassity, who brought her up. Mrs. Highmore died August 27, 1856, and Mr. Highmore was married March, IS60, to Mary A. Cloyd. See name of Cloyd. They had three children, and Mrs. H. died, and Mr. Highmore was married the third time, to Mrs. Mary Price, widow of Dr. Price, who was born in Virginia. They reside in Rochester. He has been a member of the county board of super- visors from 1863 to 1867, and from 1872 to 1875.
Mrs. Margaret Bowling died Nov. 14, 1846, and James Bowling died April 12, 1853, both near Rochester.
BOYD, JOHN, was born Feb. 13, 1777, in Pennsylvania, and went to Bote- tourt county, Va., when a young man. Susannah Hiner was born Dec. 22, 17So, in Botetourt county, Va., and they were there married June 26, 1802. Two child- ren were born in Virginia, and they moved to Franklin county, O., about 1806, where six children were born. The fam- ily then moved to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving in the fall of IS19 in what is now Ball township, where one child was born. Mr. Boyd was a millwright, and his ser- vices were in great demand. In the fall of 1830 he was at work on a mill on the Sangamon river north of Rochester, known afterwards as Baker and Darling's mill. Wishing to visit his family, and having some business at Springfield, he went there first, and then started home. A heavy sleet was falling at the time,
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which proved to be the precursor of the deep snow. The walking was laborious, and the next day his body was found by his neighbor, Christopher Newcomer. It was six miles southeast of Springfield, on what is now the farm of William South- wick. He was found just as .the snow began to fall, and if he had lain another day would not have been seen until spring. Of his children-
HANNAH, born in Botetourt county, Va., was married in Sangamon county, Ill., to John Dillon. They both died near the town of Dillon, in Tazewell county, leaving six children residing there. JESSE went to Arkansas, married and died there. SUSANNAH was married Aug. 24, 1848, to Joseph Meredith, and died Dec. 24, 1868, in Christian county. MARY married Timothy Larramore, and resides near Tremont, Tazewell county, Ill. WILLIAM died in Sangamon county. JANE resides with her sister Mary. DANIEL served four years in an Illinois regiment, and died in Tazewell county. JOHN married, and resides in Iroquois county, Ill. ISAAC died in the Union army.
MARY, born Jan. 1, 1806, in Bote- tourt county, Va., was married to George Brunk. See his name.
JACOB, born Oct. 30, 1807, near Columbus, O., married in Sangamon county, Ill., Sept 1, 1833, to Rebecca Royal. They had nine children in San- gamon county. JOHN T., born in 1835, married Sarah E. Clayton. They had two children, GEORGE E. and EMERY A., and Mr. B. died April 5, 1874, in Taylor- ville. WILLIAM H., born May 1, 1837, was married March 31, 1859, to Mary A. Vigal. They have one daughter, FRAN- CES D., and reside in Cotton Hill town- ship, between Brush and Horse creeks. GEORGE B., born Dec. 25, 1839, enlist- ed Aug., 1862, in Co. E, 114 Ill. Inf., for three years; served full time, and was honorably discharged at Springfield. He married Harriet Williams. They have three children, CLARENCE E., SUSAN R. and PHOEBE C., and reside in Cotton Hill township. MARY married Alonzo Sparks. They have two children, MAUD and RAY, and reside near Girard, Kan. SUSAN married Harvey Alexander. They have four children, CHARLES M., JACOB W., LULIE M., and HATTIE E., and
reside near Girard, Kan. JAMES O. served in Co. I, 7th Ill. Inf., from Feb., 1865, to the close of the rebellion. He married Marietta Reed. They had two children, REBECCA J. and JESSE M., and reside in Cotton Hill township. SARAH J. married Elijah D. Lawley. See his name. They have two children, LOUIS E. and FREDERICK G. DAVIS O. married Sarah A. Campbell. They have two children, OLIVE and CLARA A., and reside in Cotton Hill township. VINCENT C. died Aug. 22, 1871, in his eighteenth year. Jacob Boyd and his wife reside in Cotton Hill township.
THOMAS, horn Oct. 25, tSog, was married, and resided in St. Louis at the close of the rebellion. He died about 1869.
JOHN, born Aug. 5, ISHI, in Ohio, married in Iowa to Elizabeth Dyer. They reside near Ozark, Jackson county, Iowa. He was a soldier from Sangamon county in the Black Hawk war, and served in an Iowa regiment during the rebellion.
BENJAMIN died in his ninth year. JOSEPH, born April 1, 1816, in Ohio, brought up in Sangamon county, was married in Iowa to Anna Ray. He enlisted in an lowa regiment, and died at Louisville, Ky., leaving a widow and three children near Ozark, Iowa.
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