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If this plan should meet the views of your society, I should expect old settleas to co-operate with me, by furnishing all the information they may respectively possess. It would be more satisfactory for those interested, if you would appoint a committee of three-a majority of whom shall reside in Springfield-to whom I can submit all copy for their approval, before publication.
Springfield, Aug. 14, IS72.
J. C. POWER.
At a meeting of a committee of the Society of Old Settlers, on the fifteenth of August, the above communication was laid before them, whereupon the following reso- lutions were adopted :
Resolved, That this society heartily endorses the proposition of Mr. Power, and we hereby pledge ourselves, as a society and as individuals, to co-operate with him in obtaining the requisite number of subscribers and in collecting information and com- piling the book.
Resolved, That the President of this society, Hon. P. Breckenridge, is hereby re- quested to appoint two old settlers of this county, who reside in Springfield, to act with himself, the three to form the committee to point out sources of information to Mr. Power, and examine his manuscript, for the purpose of correcting all errors before publication.
Resolved, That for the purposes of this book, all persons are considered old settlers, who were citizens of Sangamon county previous to December 31, 1840.
Mr. Breckenridge appointed Noah W. Matheny and Judge N. M. Broadwell as his colleagues so that the committee is composed of Hon. P. Breckenridge, Hon. N. W. Matheny, and Hon. N. W. Broadwell.
The Old Settlers' Society by this action did all that was necessary to place the sub- ject in its true light before the public, but the undertaking was one involving so much time, labor and money, that nearly two months elapsed before I decided to go on with the work, when the following was added, and the canvassing commenced :
With the view of rendering the book of general interest to all the citizens, I shall make the history of the county as full as possible, to the date given in the third resolu- tion. In this history all old settlers will be incidentally mentioned, but for those who take sufficient interest in it to subscribe for one or more copies of the book, a concisely written biographical sketch will be given of themselves and families. The order of arrangement will be, first, the history, then the biographical sketches.
At a meeting of the Old Settlers' Society in Springfield, August 22, 1874, for the purpose of agreeing on the time and place of holding the next annual festival, and for the transaction of any other business that might come before it, the following report of special committee was read, and on motion ordered to be included as part of the pro- ceedings of the meeting :
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GENTLEMEN :- We, the undersigned, committee appointed by your honorable body two years ago this day, to co-operate with Mr. J. C. Power, and so far as necessary, direct his movements in preparing a history of the old settlers of Sangamon county, beg leave to report that we have examined his work, and find that he has canvassed the whole county outside of Springfield, and that we are highly pleased with the pro- gress made. Mr. Power has collected a much greater quantity of material than we had expected; and the work, when completed, we believe will be a source of much pleasure to the surviving Old Settlers, and of increasing interest to their descendents in all coming.time. He is more than redeeming every promise made at the commence- ment, and it will amply repay all the patrons of the work to wait with patience the few months longer that will be necessary to complete it.
In view of the fact that there is such a vast fund of interesting information, we have advised Mr. Power that if there be any families of old settlers who do not take sufficient interest in the subject to aid by their subscription in carrying forward the work, that he omit any extended sketches of them, in order to devote more space to historical matters of general interest.
PRESTON BRECKENRIDGE, N. W. MATHENY, N. M. BROADWELL.
My time was fully occupied for nearly two years in writing up and arranging the materials in my hands, and incorporating additional matter constantly coming in. This brought us to our "Centennial" year, and the following Joint Resolution was passed by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States, and approved by the President, U. S. Grant, March 13, 1876:
Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That it be, and is hereby recommended by the Sen- ate and House of Representatives to the people of the several States that they assemble in their several counties or towns on the approaching centennial anniversary of our national independence, and that they cause to have delivered on such a day an histori- cal sketch of said county or town from its formation, and that a copy of said sketch may be filed, in print or manuscript, in the Clerk's office of said county, and an addi- tional copy, in print or manuscript, be filed in the office of the Librarian of Congress, to the intent that a complete record may thus be obtained of the progress of our insti- tutions during the first centennial of their existence.
Hon. J. L. Beveridge, Governor of Illinois, issued a proclamation April 25, 1876, recommending to the people in every county and town in the State, that they take measures to carry out the recommendations of the Joint Resolution of Congress. The following correspondence was in compliance with the recommendations :
MR. J. C. POWER :
Sir :- As Congress has, by joint resolution, recommended to the people of the several States, that they cause to be prepared and preserved in a certain manner, histo- ries of the different places, "to the intent that a complete record may thus be obtained of the progress of our institutions during the first centennial of our existence;" and as the Governor of Illinois has, by proclamation, called upon the people of this State to prepare such record, we, as Advisory Committee of the "Old Settlers' Society," of San-
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gamon county, in the absence of any action on this subject by the city or county authorities, suggest that your "History of Sangamon County" be supplied by you in compliance with the requirements of the resolution of Congress, as the Centennial record.
Having examined two hundred and fifty pages of the advance sheets of your work, it appears to fill the requirements both as to Sangamon county and the city of Spring- field, and is more complete and full than any similar work could be, if gotten up and prepared in the brief time yet remaining for such business.
NOAH W. MATHENY, N. M. BROADWELL, PRESTON BRECKENRIDGE.
Springfield, Ill., May 8, 1876.
On behalf of the officers of Sangamon county we heartily concur in the foregoing suggestions, believing that the object desired will be completely attained thereby. JAMES H. MATHENY, County Judge. JOHN J. HARDIN, County Clerk.
Messrs. Matheny, Broadwell, Breckenridge, Matheny and Hardin :
Your note of the Sth instant is before me. In reply, I would say that my work of nearly four years' incessant toil on the history of the Early Settlers of Sangamon County is drawing to a close. I very willingly acquiesce in your suggestion that it be adopted as the "Centennial record." It is passing through the press as rapidly as pos- sible; two hundred and fifty of the six or seven hundred pages are already printed. It may not be entirely finished by the arrival of the Centennial anniversary, but when com- pleted I will have copies bound in the most durable manner, and deposited at the places designated in the joint resolution of Congress, with special reference to the pleasure it may afford your descendents in perusing its pages at our second Centennial anniversary.
Respectfully yours,
J. C. POWER.
Springfield, Ills., May 9, 1876.
SPRINGFIELD, ILL., Dec. 21, 1876.
j. C. POWER, EsQ .:
Sir :- Having given your book entitled, "History of the Early Settlers of Sanga- mon County, Illinois," a somewhat careful examination, we are free to say that it more than fulfills the promises made by you in undertaking the execution of the work.
N. M. BROADWELL, N. W. MATHENY, Committee.
PRESTON BRECKENRIDGE,
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ABEL, ROSWELL, Sen., His wife, Mrs. Elizabeth Abel, died Aug. 9, 1876, in Rochester, Ill.
ALEXANDER, JOHN S .. See his name, page 77. His son WIL- LIAM, died Aug. 21, 1876, at Williams- ville, Ill., and was buried at Oak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield.
AMOS, Mrs. SARAH See her name, page 81. The name of her son, Judge Samuel K. Swingley, is there erro- neously spelled Swinley.
ANDERSON, Gen. MOSES K. See his name, page 82. His son, WILLIAM WILKES, was married Aug. 14, 1876, near Hillsboro, Fleming county, Ky., to Emma L. Jones, a native of that county. He continues his studies at Transylvania University, Lexington, Kentucky.
BEAM, JACOB H. See his name, page 105. He died Dec. 1, 1876.
BENNETT, Rev. WIL- LIAM T. See page 111. His daugh- ter, REBIE H., was married June 6, 1876, to Geo. W. Freto, and resides in Mechanicsburg, Illinois.
BRADLEY, WILLIAM, was born in 1786, in Green county, Ky., and was married there Sept. 20, ISio, to Eliz- abeth Crowder. They moved to Sanga- mon county, arriving September, 1831, in what is now Ball township, bringing eight children, and had three born there. Of their children, the eldest-
MARY, born Aug. 4, 18to, in Greci county, Ky., was married there to Jacob Greenawalt. See his name, page 339. He died and she was married Oct. 29, 1863, to Michael Fay, as his third wife. He was born July 18, 1824, in Baden, Ger- many, and was brought by his parents to Sangamon county, in 1831. Mr. and Mrs. Fay reside in Cotton Hill township, south- west of New City, Sangamon county, Ill. Mrs. Fay is the only one of her father's family living in the county.
William Bradley died Dec. 20, 1849, in
Sangamon county. His widow lives with her son, Thomas, near Owaneco, Chris- tian county, Illinois-1874.
BROWN, ROBERT T., See his name, page 150. His daughter, MAR- GER.Y I., was married Sept. 6, 1876, to Thomas S. Sawyer, and lives near Can- trall, Illinois.
BULLARD, WESLEY. See his name, page 158. His son, JAMES R., born Oct. 10, 1846, died July 16, 1876, in Mechanicsburg, Illinois. His son, JOHN N., was married May 10, 1876, in Spring- field, to Lillie May Pinckard, daughter of Thomas Pinckard, of the State Journal office.
CALLERMMAN, EVAN H., page 169. He died September, 1876, in Wil- liamsville, Illinois.
CANTRALL, JULIA, was married June 17, 1876, in Buffalo, Ill., to William Campbell.
CANTRALL, ZEBULON P., died April 24, 1876, at Chesnut, Illinois.
CLAYTON, JOHN C., was born March 10, 1810, in Caldwell county, Ky. He came to Sangamon county in 1829, with his cousin and brother-in-law, John S. Clayton. See his name, page 205. John C. Clayton was married Jan. 24, 1830, in Beardstown, Illinois, to Gin- sey (Jane) Clack, who was born March 17, 1815, in Caldwell county, Ky., also. They had four children who lived to maturity. Mr. Clayton was a soldier in a company from Saugamon county, in the Black Hawk War of 1832. Early in 1856, he moved his family to the vicinity of Urbana, Of their Champaign county, Illinois. four children
HUMBERT, born August 17, 1539, in Alton, Madison county, Ill., brought up in Sangamon county, married April 14, 1867, in Decatur, Illinois, to Marietta Fry. They reside near Chatham, Sanga- mon county, Illinois.
ELIAS W., born Oct. 6, 1843, in San- gamon county. In the war to suppress
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the rebellion, he became first lieutenant of Co. B, 3d Mo. Cav., and was killed in battle at Little Rock, Arkansas, in 1864.
JOHN HARDIN, born June 16, IS47, in Sangamon county, brought up in Champaign county, Illinois, and married at Neosho, Newton county, Missouri, May 7, 1875, to Justie E. Webster, who was born Nov. 19, 1854, at Pleasant Hill, Cass county, Missouri. She is a graduate of Central Female College, Lexington, Missouri. Since 1874, J. H. Clayton has been a member of the mercantile firm of Whitsitt & Clayton, and resides at Nevada, Missouri.
ANNA E., horn May 26, 1851, in San- gamon county, brought up in Cham- paign county, Illinois, and in IS68 went to make her home with an uncle in Missouri. She was married Sept. 21, 1871, to C. E. Whitsitt. They have one child, LENA A. He is a member of the mercantile firm of Whitsitt & Clayton, and resides at Nevada, Vernon county, Missouri.
John C. Clayton died April 7, 1856, near Urbana, Illinois. Mrs. Clayton was married June 2, 1859, to William Craig. She died Dec. 18, 1868.
CONSTANT, JONATHAN. His son, LEWIS A., was married Dec. 17, 1875, to Augusta J. Elder, and lives in Springfield, Illinois.
CONSTANT, THOMAS, was born August 14, 1776, erroneously printed 1796, on page 219.
DARNEILLE, JAMES .W. See page 242. He moved from Chicago to Belvidere, Illinois, where his wife, Mrs. Belle Moulton Darneille, died in Novem- ber, 1876.
CULLOM, SHELBY M. See his name, page 298. He was elected Gov- ernor of the State of Illinois Nov. 7, 1876, and will be inaugurated Jan. 3, 1877.
DIXON, JAMES M. See page 252. His daughter-
HESTER D., married Thomas Sto- ker. They moved from Buffalo to the vicinity of Illiopolis, Illinois. His son-
RICHARD Dixon, was married May 6, 1874, to Elizabeth E. Logan. They have one son, and reside near Mechanics- burg, Sangamon county, Illinois.
DODDS, F. EWING. See page 225. His daughter, Virginia E., was married Nov. 15, 1876, to Ninian E. Ken- ney.
DRENNAN, WILLIAM. Sce his name, page 264. He died Sept. 28, 1876. He had been for several years, and was at the time of his death, the oldest citizen of Sangamon county. His funeral sermon was preached by Rev. J. C. Van Patten, from Psalms 23-4: "Yea though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; for Thou art with me; Thy rod and Thy staff they comfort me."
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ELKIN, GARRETT. See page 282. His son, CHARLES N., born April 12, 1846, near Springfield, Illinois, enlisted May, 1864, for one hundred days, in Co. K, 133d Ill. inf., and served fuil term. In June, 1865, he enlisted for one year in Co. E, 154th 111. Inf., and served full term. He was married May 16, 1867, to Harriet Regin, who died Jan. 16, 1873. He was married Sept. 1, 1874, to Ella Welsh. He is conductor on the Spring- field City Railway, and lives in Spring- field, Illinois. EDWARD S. was with his brother, Charles N., in the three months service, and after that served two years in Co. A, 10th Ill. Cav. He mar- ried Mary A. Brown, has one child, LEE, and lives in Springfield, Illinois.
ELLIOTT, TEMPLE, was elected Nov. 7, 1876, sheriff of Sangamon county for two years. See page 285.
FERGUSON, Mrs. LUCY. See her name, page 295. Her son, WILLIAM H., left four children, J. H., ELLEN, WILLIAM and MARTHA, now living near Decatur, Illinois. Her daughter, LUCI C., born in 1Sog, in Culpepper county, Virginia, married there in 1831 to Rev. Isaac Hames, of the M. E. Church, who was born in 1So6, in Rappahannock county, Virginia. They lived a short time in North Carolina, re- turned to Virginia, and from there to Sangamon county in 1836. They had two children, WILLIAM C., born Sept. 21, 1832, in Wilmington, North Carolina, brought up in Sangamon county, married Dec. 14, 1859, in Christian county, Illinois, to Lucy E. Young, who was born Jan. 12, 1840. She died Dec. 16, 1865, leaving one child, DORA E. William C. Haines was married Jan. 1, 1866, in Missouri, to Margaret Hancock, who was born in 1846, in Henderson county, Kentucky. They have two children, LUCY B. and WILLIAM C .. jun., and reside near Taylor-
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ville, Illinois. LUCY A. Haines, born in IS35, in Albemarle county, Virginia, married in 1854 in Taylorville, Illinois, to J. V. Clark. They have one child, MARY A. In 1859 they moved to Charleston, Missouri, and now reside in Mississippi county, opposite Cairo, Illinois. Rev. Isaac Haines died in 1838, near Rochester, Sangamon county, Illinois, and Mrs. Lucy C. Haines died August, 1850, near Tay- lorville, Illinois. PHILIP C. Ferguson's son, EZEKIEL,, born August 5, 1839, in Sangamon county, married January, 1869, to Hester Kelly. They have two chil- dren, PHILIP C. and . HIRAM R., and live near Taylorville, Illinois, Dr. Philip C. Ferguson died Feb. 28, 1864. His widow and four children, the eldest of whom is THOMAS J., reside near Wathena, Doniphan county, Kansas.
FORTUNE, THOMAS E. See his name, page 306. His daughter, ELIZABETH, f. B., married Samuel Odor Butts, who was born in February, ISog, and died August 26, 1840, leaving three children. JULIA F. was married in 1852 to Isaac Allen, have four children, JESSIE, BENJAMIN, CHARLES and" HIER- MAN, and live in Jacksonville, Illinois. ANNA E. married Josiah Burrows, have three living children, ALBERT S., E. LEE, and HELEN G., and live near Jacksonville, Illinois. THOMAS S. lives in Colorado. Mrs. E. J. B. Butts married Barnabas Bar- rows. They had one child, CHARLES, born Jan. 3, 1854, near Jacksonville. Bar- nabas Burrows died May IS, 1876, and his widow and son reside near Jacksonville, Illinois.
FOSTER, JOHN S. See page 307. His wife's maiden name is erro- neously spelled. It should be Eliza A. Corson.
FOSTER, THOS. VEATCH, was born Sept. 25, 1788, in Harrison coun- ty, Kentucky. He was a brother to Ivins Foster. See page 309. Thomas V. Fos- ter was twice married and had four chil- . dren who lived to maturity by each marriage. He moved to Sangamon county, Illinois, in 1826, and settled seven miles southwest of Springfield, where he died of cholera November 15, 1832. His youngest child by the first marriage, THOMAS VEATCH FOS- TER, Fun., was born July 29, 1821, in Harrison county, Kentucky, was married
June 24, 1847, in Sangamon county, to Polly E., daughter of Augustine E. Fos- ter, a younger brother of Ivins Foster. Two years later Thomas V. Foster, Jun., and wife moved to the vicinity of Elkhart, Logan county, Illinois. They had five children. Their second child, WILLIAM A. Foster, born June 27, 1849, in Sangamon county, Illinois, five miles west of Chatham, and brought up in Logan coun- ty. He took a three years literary course. in the Illinois Wesleyan University at Bloomington, and graduated Feb. 10, 1876, at the Hahnemann Medical College, Chicago. He is now-December, 1876- a druggist in Springfield, Illinois.
FOUTCH, JOHN, was elected Nov. 7, 1876, to represent Sangamon county for two years in the Legislature of Illinois. He resides at New Berlin. Page 310.
GALT, THOMAS, was born Sept. 12, 1805, in Lancaster county, Penn- sylvania. He received his literary educa- tion at Jefferson college, Canonsburg, Penn., and his theological education at the Presbyterian Theological Seminary at Allegheny City, Penn. He was licensed to preach June IS, IS34, by the Presbytery of Ohio. He was married Oct. 6, 1834, in Washington county, Penn., to Sarah Happer, who was born in that county Sept. 11, ISog. They moved west in the spring of 1835, and after spending a few months in Peoria, came to Springfield in the autumn of that year. Rev. Dr. John G. Bergen introduced Rev. Mr. Galt to the Farmington Presbyterian church, of which he soon after became pastor. Mr. and Mrs. Galt had four living children, namely-
FAMMIES f., born Sept. 28, 1835, in Sangamon county, was married October, 1857, to Mary A. Brown. They have eight children, and live near Palmyra, Nebraska.
JOHN, born Nov. 30, 1838, in Sanga- mon county, married Feb. 1:, IS62, to Margaret A. Epler, who was born July 30, 1841, in Morgan county, Illinois. They had six children, MARTIN E. died young, WILLIAM A., CHARLES E., ANNABEL, CARRIE and LILLIE live with their parents. John Galt and family resides at the family homestead where his parents settled in IS35, and where he wes born. It is one mile east of Farmingdale, Sangamon county, Illinois.
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MARTIN H., born Sept. 9, 1841, in Sangamon county, married Nov. 19, 1865, to- Clara Spillman. They have three living children, and live near Manti, Fre- mont county, Iowa.
THOMAS, fun., born July 10, 1844, in Sangamon county. He was married August, 1869, at Otisville, New York, to Jennie MeFarlane. They have three children. Rev. Thomas Galt, Jun., is pastor of the First Presbyterian church of Aurora, Illinois, and resides there.
Mrs. Sarah Galt died Jan. 25, 1849, near Farmingdale, and Rey. Thomas Galt, Sen., married Margaret S. Moore. They had one living child.
ELIHU L., born Feb. 13, 1850, in Sangamon county, married April 9, 1873, in Petersburg, Illinois, to Lou Bergen. They have one child, and reside in Peters- burg. ยท
Rev. Thomas Galt, Sen., died Sept. 12, IS57, near Farmingdale, Sangamon coun- ty, Illinois. Mrs. Margaret S. Galt re- sides in Petersburg, Menard county, Ill.
GARRETSON, THOMAS P. See his name, page 324. He was born Sept. IS, ISIS, in Anne Arundel county, Maryland, came in 1839 to Sangamon county, was married July 2, 1845, in Menard county, Illinois, to Martha M. Harrison, a native of Kentucky. They had two children, both of whom died in infancy, and Mrs. Garretson died April 26, 1848, in Springfield. He was married Feb. 22, 1854, in Menard county to Phebe Campbell, who was born April 26, 1831, in Butler county, Ohio. They had ten children. The three eldest, VINCENT, AMANDA and ALBERT died of scar- let fever from the 24th to the 28th of September, 1858. The other seven, CORNELIUS, BEAUREGARD, LOURENA MAY, JAMES T., SARAH J., WILLIAM L. and AN- NETTA, live with their parents. Thomas P. Garretson is a carpenter by trade, and was working within six feet of Winchester House, on the steeple of the First Presbyterian church in Springfield, in 1842, when Mr. House was thrown from the steeple by lightning and killed. Mr. Garretson and family reside ten miles west of Lincoln, Logan county, Illinois.
GREENING, ZACHARY T. See page 339. His wife, Mrs. Mary Greening, died in February, 1876.
HAINES, CHRISTOPHER. His son, FRANCIS A., was born March 22, 1832, in Sangamon county. In 1852 he went overland to the Pacific coast, and in 1856 and '7 was a volunteer soldier against the Indians in the north of Oregon. In November, IS58, he started for Illinois, arriving in Springfield Jannary Ist, and was married in Bureau county Jan. 17, IS59, to Zerelda G. Britt. They had two children, ELLA BELLE and MINNIE, both died young. Mr. Haines enlisted Jan. 13, 1864, in Co. C, 2d Ill. Artillery, served to the end of the rebellion, and was mustered out with the regiment Aug. 3, 1865. He and his wife reside at New City, Sangamon county, Illinois.
. HAND, ELIAS, was born about 1770; in Cape May county, New Jersey. He was married there to Miss Sayre. They had four children in New Jersey, and moved to Sangamon county, arriving May 30, 1838, in what is now Gardner township. Of their children-
DANIEL died, aged thirty years.
MARIA married John Robinson, and lives in Minnesota.
GESSE married Mary Hagin, and lives in New Jersey.
ELIZABETH, born in New Jersey, married in Sangamon county to Franklin Bradley. They had one son, FRANK, who is a minister in the M. E. Church, and in 1873 lived in Davisville, Michigan. Franklin Bradley died Sept. 14, 1845, and his widow married John G. Ransom. See his name.
Elias Hand died November, 1856, and his widow died in 1869, aged eighty-seven years.
HARBUR, LEVI. See page 354. He died Nov. 27, 1876.
HARDIN, JAMES T. Page 356. His son, Benjamin, was married August 2, 1876.
HARROWER, WILLIAM. Page 360. His daughter, AGNES H., widow of Dr. James B. Smith, died Nov. 5, 1876, in Springfield, Illinois.
HEDRICK, ALFRED, was born near Greenville, Tennessee, came with his father, Charles Hedrick, to San- gamon county among the early settlers. Alfred Hedrick lives in Taylorville, Ill., Of his two sons-
WILLIAM, born Jan. 25, 1844, in Sangamon county, married April 8, 1865,
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to Martha M. Kimball, who was born Jan. 18, 1844, in Vermont. They now- 1874-have four children, MARION C., NATHAN K., ALFRED C., and ROBERT A., and live four miles south of Rochester, Illinois.
HENRY R., born Feb. 25, 1848, in Sangamon county, married Dec. 30, 1869, to Laura J. Johnson, has two children and lives four miles south of Rochester, Illinois.
HEDRICK, JONATHAN, born in Kentucky, and married there to Julian Holland, a native of Maryland. They had two children in Fleming county, Ky., and moved to Sangamon county, Illinois, arriving in the fall of 1830, at Buffalo Hart grove, thence to what is now Clear Lake township, where they had four children. Of their six chil- dren-
REBECCA, born Oct. S, 1828 in Fleming county, Ky., was married Oct. 16, 1847, to Joshua Cantrall. See his name.
ROSETTA, born in Fleming county, Ky., married in Sangamon county to Ab- ner Clark. She died, leaving a son, WILLIAM Clark.
BARTON, died, aged twenty-five years.
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