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NANCY, born June 4, 1806, in Ohio, married in Sangamon county to Dr. Charles Winn, who was born Aug. 13, 1Soo, in Virginia. He received his medi- cal education at Transylvania University, Lexington, Ky. He came to Sangamon county and practiced his profession on Fancy creek ; moved from there to Waynes- ville, Ill., and from there to Spring- field, O. They had seven children. CORILLA died Nov. S, 1855, aged twenty-five years. BYRON died March 16, 1854, at McKendree College, in his twenty-first year. RICHARD D. died in St. Joseph, Mo., March 15, 1872, in his thirty-eighth year. CHARLES L., born Nov. 11, 1838, married July 22, 1859, in Jackson county, Mo., and died, leaving a widow and two children in Kansas City. ROBERT B., born July 11, 1840, resides in Chicago. EMMA H., born Dec. 29, 1842, near Springfield, O., married in San- gamon county to A. G. Pickrell. See his name. FLORENCE M., born June 12, 1846, near Springfield, O., married
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William T. Hall. See his name. Dr. Charles L. Winn died Aug. 17, 1847, near Springfield, O., and Mrs. Nancy Winn died Nov. 4, 1852, at Columbus, Adams county, III.
Mrs. Sarah Branson died in Ohio, and her husband, John Branson, Sen., died in IS45, in Sangamon county, Ill., aged eighty-one years.
BRAUGHTON, PETER, was born July 6, 1812, in Worcester county, Mass. His parents moved to Ross county, O., in 1816, and a few years later to Pick- away county, about ten miles south of Columbus. In 1836 Peter came to Spring- field, Ill., and soon after settled in what is now Williams township. He was married in Sangamon county Sept. 30, 1846, to Mary D. Utterback. They have four children, all born in Sangamon county, namely-
SUSAN E., NANCY A., EMILY F. and THOMAS f.
Peter Braughton resides in Williams township, three miles each from Sher- man and Barclay.
BRAUGHTON, JACOB, an elder brother to Peter, came with him to Sangamon county in 1836. He never married, but was engaged in farming for several years. He started overland to California, and died on the road, between IS50 and IS55.
BRAUGHTON, WILLIAM, a brother to Jacob and Peter, came to Sangamon county in 1846, too late to be included as an early settler. He resides one and a half miles north of Barclay. His son Adam married into the family of Simeon Taylor. See his name.
BRAWNER, JOHN, a twin brother to William, was born Aug. 9, 799, in Maryland. His parents moved to Fayette county, Kv., when he was a child. He was married May 20, 1819, in Madison county, to Bethany Ball. They had four children in Kentucky, and moved, in connection with her mother, brothers and sisters, to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving in the fall of 1829 in what is now Woodside township. where they had three children. Of their seven children-
NANCY, born in Kentucky, married in Sangamon county to R. M. Thompson. They moved to Iowa, had nine children, and she died. Of their children, HENRY resides with his aunt, Mrs. J. B. Ogden.
JOHN was a soldier in an Iowa regiment, and died in the army. THOMAS E. served three years in the 55th Ill. Inf., re- enlisted, and served to the end of the rebellion. He is married, and resides in Alton. The other children are scattered.
BASIL, born in Kentucky, married in Sangamon county to Sarah Pulliam, and live in Iowa. See Pulliam.
ELIZABETH A., born in Madison county, Ky., married in Sangamon county to Thomas Knotts, have six living child- ren, and reside in Ball township.
MARY E., born in Madison county, Ky., married in Sangamon county to Joseph B. Ogden. Sec his name.
JOHN S., born in Sangamon county, married and died, leaving a widow and seven children.
LEWIS, born in Sangamon county, married Hannah Dragoo. He died, leav- ing a widow and three children in Cotton Hill township.
MARTHA f. married Abraham Ben- nington. They have four children, and reside in Montgomery county.
Mrs. Bethany Brawner died about IS39, and John Brawner died in IS41, both in Sangamon county.
BRAWNER, WILLIAM T. was born August 9, 1799, in Maryland. His father died when he was seven years old, and his mother moved to Madison county, Ky., when he was eighteen years old. He was there married, Dec. 25, IS22, to Elizabeth Ball. They had three child- ren in Kentucky, and the family moved to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving in Oct., 1829, in what is now Curran township, where they had seven children, namely :
FOHN S., born Nov. IS, 1818, mar- ried in Sangamon county, to Nancy Mc- Credy; have eight . children, and reside in Adair county, Mo.
MARY born Oct. 23, IS25, in Ken- tucky, married in Sangamon county to William C. Hillerman; had six children, THOMAS A., JACOB, RUTH, HUL- DAH, FRANKLIN and MARY, and Mrs. Hillerman died, March 18, 1869. Mr. H. married in IS70 to Rebecca Dren- nan. They have one child, ANN E., and reside in Chatham.
COLUMBIA, born Dec. IS, IS27, in Kentucky, is unmarried, and resides with her mother.
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MINERVA, born May 11, 1830, in Sangamon county, married William Dnval, have eight children, and reside in Knox county.
GAMES H., born March 23, 1833, in Sangamon county, married Martha A. McGinnis. They have three children, SALLY, ROBERT S. and WILLIAM P., and reside in Chatham township.
ELIZA H., born Oct. 28, 1835, in Sangamon county, is unmarried, and re- sides with her mother.
CLARISSA, born April 1, 1838, mar- ried Nelson Combs, and died in March, 1864, about five months after marriage.
WILLIAM M., born Sept. 27, 1840, in Sangamon county, married April 7, 1870, to Isabel Works, who was born August 12, 1847, in Owen county, Ky. They have one child, JOHN H., and re- side in Curran township.
LEWIS B., born Jan. 20, 1843, in Sangamon county, married April 18, 1872, to Laura F. Tippitt, who was born Sept. 12, 1856, in Owen county, Ky. They have one child, ELIZABETH, and reside in Curran township.
ISAAC, born Nov. 5, 1845, died at ten years of age.
William T. Brawner died Nov. 12, IS46, and his widow resides in Curran township, south of Lick creek.
BRECKENRIDGE, PRES- TON, was born Aug. 5, 1807, near Paris, Bourbon county, Ky. The name of Breckenridge originated in a singular manner. In one of the wars in Scotland between the Protestants and Roman Catholics, a family by the name of McIl- vain particpated on the side of the Pro- testants, who were defeated. Some of the McIlvain brothers saved their lives by taking refuge under a low shrub, called brack, which grows on the ridges in the Highlands of Scotland. This circum- stance so impressed them, that they deter- mined to give themselves a new name, hence Brack-on-ridge. As Protestants, the Breckenridges took part in some of the wars in Ireland at a later period, in which the great, great grandfather of Preston was a leader. The Protestants being again defeated, two of the Brecken- ridge brothers fled to America. One of them settled in Pennsylvania, and the other in Virginia. Their first names are not preserved, but the descendants of the
one who settled in Pennsylvania have re- tained the original spelling : Brackenridge. The brother who settled in Virginia raised a family, among whom was one son Alexander, who had a son Robert, who had a son John, who had two sons, Rob- ert Jefferson, known as the late Rev. R. J. Breckenridge, D. D., of Kentucky, and Joseph Cabell, the latter of whom was the father of John C. Breckenridge, ex- Vice- President of the United States. The first Alexander also had a son George, who had a son Alexander. He was twice mar- ried, and the eldest child by the second wife was Preston, whose name heads this sketch. Preston Preckenridge was mar- ried in Nicholas county, Ky., Nov. 17, 1827, to Catharine Moler, who was born in that county Aug. 30, 1804. They had four children born in Kentucky, and the family moved to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving Oct. 16, 1834, in what is now Cotton Hill township, east of Sangamon river, where eight children were born, one of whom died in infancy. Of their eleven children-
ALEXANDER, born Oct. 31, 1828, in Nicholas county, Ky., married May 25, 1852, to Martha H. Barnhill, who was born Aug. 19, 1833, in Wayne county, Ill. They had eight children, two of whom died in infancy. The other six, ELIZABETH C., MARY A., FELIX H., NANCY L., CHARLES A. and ROBERT CARROLL, reside with their parents, half a mile east of Brecken- ridge.
HUGH, born Dec. 9, 1829, in Ken- tucky, married Feb. 22, 1855, to Sarah M. Randolph, who was born June 20, 1837, in Logan county. They have two child- ren, HERBERT C. and EDITH A. Hugh Breckenridge enlisted Oct. 10, 1861, in Co. B, 10th Ill. Cav., for three years; re-enlisted as a veteran Jan., 1864, served full term, and was honorably discharged Jan. 6, 1866, at Springfield. He resides at Breckenridge.
CORNELIUS, born March 12, 1831, in Kentucky, married Sept. 4, 1855, to Elizabeth L. Barnhill, who was born May 29, 1838, in Wayne county. They had five children, two of whom died in in- fancy. The other three, ELIZABETH F., WILLIAM R. and GEORGE E., reside with their parents near Brecken- ridge.
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JOSEPH, the last in Kentucky, born July 17, 1832, married March 28, IS55, to Sarah J. Matthew. They had two child- ren; one died in infancy. The other, PRESTON, resides with his mother. Joseph Breckenridge enlisted Sept., 1862, in Co. E, 114th Ill. Inf., for three years. He was taken sick at Camp Butler, and died at home, Nov. 29, 1862.
ELMORE, born Nov. 4, IS34, the first of the family born in Sangamon county, married Nov., 1857, to Susannah Randolph, had six children, two died in infancy, and Mrs. B. died. The four children, LEANOR, MARY A., EL- MER P. and SIMON F., live with their uncles and aunts in Missouri. He resides at Forest City, Neb.
CLEOPHAS, born Aug. 7, 1836, in Sangamon county, enlisted Aug. IS, 1861, for three years, in Co. D, 33d Ill. Inf. He was dangerously wounded at the siege of Vicksburg, but recovered, served to the end of his term, and was honorably dis- charged Oct. IS, 1864, at Springfield. He was married Jan. 30, 1S6S, to Lilian T. Cave. They have two children, INEZ and IDA, and reside with his father, three and a half miles west of Breckenridge.
CATHARINE, born June 19, 1838, in Sangamon county, married Jan. 30, IS56, to Simon P. Randolph. They had six children, three of whom died in infan- cy. The other three, PRESTON B., MAY and EDITH, reside with their parents at Seattle, Washington Ter.
ELIZABETH and MARY (twins), born Jan. 13, 1841, in Sangamon county.
ELIZABETH, married April, 1862, to James H. Abell. They had four child- ren, EMMA J., WILLIAM A., JOHN P. and HENRY E., reside with their parents in Taylorville.
MARY, married March, 1863, to Thomas Rishton, and resides at Council Bluffs, Iowa.
PRESTON, Jun., born Dec. 11, 1842, enlisted Aug., 1862, in Co. E, 114th Ill. Inf., for three years; served full term; was honorably discharged at Vicksburg, Aug. 3, 1865; was sick at the time, but returned home with his comrades, arriving at his father's house on the 7th, and died the 8th of August, 1865, seventeen hours after his arrival.
JANE, born Feb. 9, 1845, in Sanga- mon county, was married August, 1864, -IS
to William Kamlage. They have three children living, LUCY J., ANNIE M. and WILLIAM, and reside at Lincoln, Ill. Mrs. Catharine Breckenridge died Feb. 4, 1847, and Preston B. was married March 29, 1849, to Lucy Robb. They had two children-
DAVID, born Dec. 28, IS50, in San- gamon county, is unmarried, and resides near Cedar Hill, Dallas county, Texas.
LUCY D., born Aug. 13, 1854, in Sangamon county, was married Oct. 13, 1874, to William H. Hunter, who was born Dec. 10, 1848, in Muskingum county, O. His grandfather, Charles Hunter, was born and married in Scotland; came to America, and settled in Muskingum coun- ty, O. His eldest son, William, was the father of William H. Hunter, the latter of whom, with his wife, reside in Cotton Hill township.
Mrs. Lucy Breckenridge died Nov. 1S, 1854, and Preston Breckenridge resides on the farm settled by him in 1834. It is in the northeast corner of Cotton Hill town- ship, three and a half miles west of Breck- enridge.
Preston B.'s father was sixty-five years old when he was born. Their united ages to the present time (1876) is one hun- dred and thirty-four years. Preston Breckenridge was one of the representa- tives of Sangamon county in the State Legislature of 1851 and '2. Abraham Lincoln was a candidate before the con- vention, but Mr. B. beat him. Mr. B. was a member of the Sangamon county Board of Supervisors for 1873.
Preston Breckenridge remembers that the fall of 1834, when he came to the county, was dry, and continued dry through the winter; that May 12, IS35, a great rain storm set in, and rain continued to fall for about forty days and nights, which so seriously interfered with plowing and planting that but very light crops were put in. When the rain ceased, and hot weather set in, the stagnant water and decaying vegetation poisoned the atmos- phere, and chills and bilious diseases pre- vailed to such an extent that in many cases there were not enough well persons to take care of the sick and bury the dead. That year has ever since been spoken of as the wet and sickly summer and fall.
The wheat crop looked well in the fall of '34, but it nearly all froze out, and in
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1835, '6 and '7, the wheat crop was a total failure, and wheat bread was so scarce that a biscuit became an object of interest, so much that women would send them to the children when visiting took place between the families.
The difficulty of obtaining food during the winter of 1835 and '6 was very great, there being nothing for bread in Central Illinois except frost-bitten corn. Good crops were raised in the southern part of the State, and those who could pay for it went there for corn. That is believed to have been the origin of calling the south- ern part of the State Egypt, and not be- cause of any unusual darkness prevailing there.
BRIDGES, GEORGE, was born in 1793, in Montgomery county, Ky. He was married there in IS16, to Rebecca Lockridge. They had four children in Kentucky, and moved to Sangamon coun- ty, Ill., arriving Nov. 3, 1835, in what is now Curran township, eight miles south of Springfield, where they had five child- ren. Of their children-
FOHN M., born in 1819, in Kentucky, died unmarried, in Sangamon county, Nov. 14, 1865.
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WILLIAM, born July 15, 1821, in Kentucky, married in Sangamon county, Sept. 2, 1852, to Mary E. White. They had two living children, HORACE W. and ALICE M., and Mrs. Mary E. Bridges died Sept. 17, 1871, and William Bridges was married in Feb., 1873, to Mrs. Helen Bird, whose maiden name was Ransom. The family moved west in Sept., 1873, and William Bridges died, Jan. 30, 1874, at Grass Valley, Nevada county, Califor- nia, leaving his widow and two children there.
MARGARET H., born in Kentucky, married in Sangamon county to J. M. Richardson, moved to Iowa, and died there, leaving three children.
ELIZABETH, born Oct. 14, 1827, in Kentucky, married in Sangamon coun- ty, to William Brownell. See his name.
MIRANDA, born March 27, 1831, in Kentucky, married George Brownell. See his name.
GEORGE H., born Nov. 14, 1840, in Sangamon county, married Nov. 22, 1860, in Sangamon county, to Rebecca Pyle, who was born in Sangamon county, July 6, 1850. They have four children, JOHN
H., LAURA M., ADA A. and NORA L., and live in Springfield. '
MARTIN C., born May 16, 1842, in Sangamon county. He enlisted August 15, 1862, in Co. B., 114th Ill. Inf., for three years. He was detailed as drummer at the organization of the regiment, pro- moted, Jan. 1, 1865, to drum-major, and was honorably discharged, Aug. 15, 1865. He was married, Oct. 3, 1866, in Sanga- mon county, to Sarah E. Drennan. They have one child, DAVID JOSEPH, and reside near Woodside, on the farm where his parents settled in 1835.
Mrs. Rebecca Bridges died in IS48, and George Bridges died in 1849, both in San- ganion county.
BRIDGES, MILTON A., was born July 20, ISIo, in Montgomery coun- ty, Ky. He was there married to Mary Foster, and had two children in Kentucky. The family moved to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving Sept. 25, 1833, in what is now Chatham township, preceding his brothers, George and William. They had two children in Sangamon county. Of their four children ---
THOMAS f., born Dec. 22, 1831, in Kentucky, died unmarried, in Springfield, Sept. 19, IS50.
AMANDA M., born July 10, 1833, in Kentucky, married Robert Crowder. He died, leaving a widow and three child- ren in Christian county, two miles east of Pawnee.
CHARLES H., born Jan. 27, 1837, in Sangamon county, married to Frances A. Matthews. They had four children. MARY, the second child, died in her second d year, JOSEPH M., MAR- SHALL and MONTE MAY, and reside in Illiopolis. Mr. Bridges is a merchant there.
MARTHA, born in Sangamon coun- ty, April 30, 1842, died in infancy.
Mrs. Mary Bridges died, and Milton A. Bridges married Mrs. Ellen H. Hatchet, who had previously been Mrs. Trumbo, and whose maiden name was Hill. Mil- ton A. Bridges and wife live in Pawnee.
BRIDGES, WILLIAM, was born May 5, 1793, in Montgomery coun- ty, Ky. Isabella K. Lockridge was born in the same county, Nov. 10, 1796. They were there married, July 4, 1815, and had nine children in Kentucky. The family moved to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving
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in the fall of IS35, in what is now Wood- side township, where they had two child- ren. Of the eleven children-
MELINDA, born August 15, 1817, married H. Hathaway, who died, and she married Richard Wilkins, and they both died.
FOHN W., born June 4, 1819, died in his twentieth year.
BETSY A., born July 20, 1821, mar- ried Henry Gillen, and she died, Nov. 25, IS3S.
AMANDA M., born Sept. 25, 1823, in Kentucky, married Alfred C. Malone. (See his name.)
MARILDA Y., born Feb. 23, IS26, married Jacob C. Mitts. They had seven children, namely: WILLIAM, born Dec. 9, 1845, married Sarah Stroude, who was born August 24, 1844, in East Tennessee. They had two children, FRANK E. and WILLIAM J., and reside in Curran township, south of Lick creek. Of the other six children, COLUMBIA, died at eighteen years. HELEN V. and JAMES W. reside at the homestead, in Curran town- ship. EMMA lives with her uncle, David Hermon. MARY and JOHN live with their aunt, Lucinda Neal. Mrs. Mitts died Nov. 6, 1862, and her husband died Nov. 12, 1865, both in Sangamon county.
LUCINDA, born Feb. 4, 1S2S, mar- ried June 14, 1849, to Erastus R. Whited. They had four children; two died young. ISABEL K. married, Dec. 29, 1869, to Jesse J. Martin. They have one child, JULIA M., and reside in Loami township. Mr. Martin was born Feb. 21, 1843, in Harrison county, West Va., enlisted Aug. 17, 1862, for three years, in 12th West Va. Inf. Served until the suppression of the rebellion, and was honorably discharged, June 16, 1865. FANNIE WHITED died Jan. 21, 1873, in the seventeenth year of her age. E. R. Whited died Jan. 4, 1860, and his widow married, April S, 1862, to Stephen B. Neal. See his name.
EMIMIA B., born August 19, 1830, in Kentucky, married Isaac H. Trumbo. See his name.
GAMES M., born in Kentucky, Dec. 15, 1832, married Jan. 10, 1866, to Mary F. Drennan. They have three children, WILLIAM F., MARTHA A. and EVA MAY, and reside on the farm where his parents settled in IS35, in the southwest corner Woodside township.
WILLIS, born Oct. 20, 1836, in San- gamon county, enlisted in Co. B., 114th Ill. Inf., August, 1862, for three years. He was discharged on account of physical disability, in IS63, and died of disease con- tracted in the army, March 20, 1864, at home.
WILLIAM L., born Sept. 3, 1839, married Sarah Card. He died Oct. 6, IS67. His widow and one child, WAL- TER, reside in Menard county.
William Bridges died Jan. 3, 1873, and his widow died June 24, 1873, both on the farm where they settled in 1835. Mr. Bridges was a soldier from Kentucky in the war of IS12, and drew a pension to the end of his life.
The date of birth of William Bridges and his brother George indicates that they must have been twins, or there has been a . mistake in giving me the dates.
BRIDGES, WILLIAM, was born April 28, 1787, in South Carolina. The family moved to Tennessee, and when William was a young man, to Green county, O. Martha Martin was born March 11, 1784, in Clarke county, Ky. She was the third child of her parents. When they had two children the family were, with many others of the settlers, in Strode's Station, for protection against the Indians. When the savages attacked that fortification, which terminated in its de- struction, the men were in the fields. The women and children collected in one of the block-houses. The men finding the fort at the mercy of the Indians, thought it would be impossible to save their fami- lies, and each one looked out for his own personal safety. Mr. Henry Martin, of all the men, went alone to the block- house, and by his earnest entreaties in- duced them to open the door. He then compelled his wife, against her protesta- tions, to accompany him with their two children, and they at once entered a cane brake, eluded the Indians, and thus saved their lives. One old lady followed them un- til they crossed a stream, and when she could travel no further, concealed herself in a cave until the danger passed. The fort was burned, and all the others were slain. Henry Martin remained in Kentucky un- til after the birth of his daughter Martha, when he moved with his family to Green county, O. William Bridges and Martha Martin were married near Nenia, and re-
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sided in that city until they had two child- ren. Mr. Bridges served one year in the war with Great Britain, from the summer of ISI2 to 1813. He then moved to Fay- ette county, Ind., where they had one child, and next moved to Sangamon coun- ty, Ill., arriving about 1824 in Buffalo Hart Grove. Of their three children-
SARAH, born Nov. 14, 1812, in Xenia, O., married in Sangamon county Feb. 12, 1829, to John Ridgeway, a cousin to Lindsay. See his name. He died, and she married Jonathan Constant. See his name.
MARGARET, born Feb. 15, 1816, in Xenia, O., married in Sangamon county to James Hill. They had two children. MARY M. married Mr. Harris, and re- side at Staunton, Miami county, Kan. WILLIAM married Harriet Stafford, and reside at Clarksville. James Hill died April 17, 1844, and Mrs. Margaret Hill died Jan. 23, 1845.
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ELIZABETH, born Nov. 9, 1819, near Connersville, Ind., married in Sanga- mon county to John C. Morgan. See his name.
William Bridges died March 12, 1833, and Mrs. Martha Bridges died Jan. 31, 1865, both in Sangamon county. They were not related to any other family of Bridges in the county.
BRITTIN, EVANS E., was born Oct. 28, 1791, in Bucks county, Pa. His father died when he was quite young. His mother, with her seven children, moved to Virginia, and from there to Ross coun- ty, O., in ISoo. Evans E. was there mar- ried, Sept. 18, 1818, to Mary J. England. They had one child, and moved to what became Sangamon county, Ill., arriving in the spring of :820, in what is now Fancy creek township, where they had eight living children. Of their children-
STEPHEN, born Aug. 20, 1819, in Ohio, married in Sangamon county to Jane McClelland. He died Nov. 28, 1862, and she died in 1864, both in Sangamon county, leaving several children.
MIRANDA, born Jan. 12, 1824, in Sangamon county, married John Canter- berry. See his name.
ELIJAH, born Nov. 12, 1825, in Sangamon county, married Martha Can- terberry. He died March 5, 1873, leaving a widow and two children in Marion county, lowa.
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EVANS E., Jun., born Nov. 26, 1829, married Melissa Peeler, had two children, and she died. He married Elizabeth Ridgeway. They have four children, and reside near Williamsville.
WASHINGTON, born July 4, 1832, married Eliza Mallory. He died, leaving one child, LAURA E., and his widow married Thomas Glascock. See his name.
HENRY, born Jan. 8, 1835, in Sanga- mon county, married Dec. 9, 1856, to Nancy Mallory. They had twelve child- ren, six of whom died young. JOHN E., HENRY E., ALBERT L., EMMA N., WILLIAM A. and ROGER E., re- side with their parents. Henry Brittin lives near Cantrall, on the farm settled by his father in 1820.
MARY f., born Aug. 3, 1837, married Thomas Glascock, and she died. See his name.
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Mrs. Mary J. Brittin died Aug, 11, 1846, and Evans E. Brittin resides with his children. He has twice been a pioneer. He remembers that when his mother's family moved to Ohio, they had to go into Kentucky, sometimes a hundred and fifty miles, for breadstuff. After raising grain, it was three years before they had a grist ground. All that time they beat hominy, and sifted out the finest for bread, or grated the corn and made bread in that way. Coming to Sangamon county was a renewal of that kind of life. St. Louis was the nearest point at which they could buy farming tools, salt and all other arti- cles. For grinding meal and flour they went to the American bottom, east of St. Louis. Mr. Brittin has hauled wheat to Springfield and sold it for twenty-five cents per bushel, and has known corn to be hauled twenty-five miles and sold for six and a quarter cents per bushel in trade.
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