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east of Mechanicsburg, where he settled in 1835.
Reuben Bullard died Sept. 6, 1836, in Sangamon county.
His father's name was Reuben Bullard. He was in the Revolutionary army as a non-combatant, and lost his life by drink- ing too freely of cold water while he was over-heated. He made a gun, which he gave to his son, whose name heads this sketch. It is now (1874) in possession of a son of John Bullard-Reuben S .- the fourth generation from the man who made it. The brass plate opposite the lock bears the inseription, R. B., 1772. It is a smooth bore; the barrel is four feet eight inches long, and the whole gun is six feet one inch. An anecdote is related of it, that when the boys of a former genera- tion used the gun, they always hunted in pairs, one to do the shooting and the other to see that the marksman did not get the muzzle beyond the game.
BURCH, JOHN, was born about 1770, in Georgia. He was married in I Soo, in Gallatin county, Ky., to Elizabeth Hampton, who was born in 17So, in Lou- don county, Va. They had six children in Kentucky, and Mr. Burch came to Sangamon county in the fall of IS28, with his son-in-law, James McKee. He went back to Kentucky for his family, and died there May 10, IS29. In the fall of that year his family moved to Sangamon coun- ty, and settled near Mechanicsburg. Of their six children-
SARAH, born about 1801, in Ken- tucky, married there to William Jack, and moved to Sangamon county. See his name.
BENJAMIN, born Ang. 1, ISO3, in Gallatin county, Ky., married in Sanga- mon to Mary Smith. He died in McLean county in 1863. His widow married James Waite, and lives in Bloomington.
JANE, born in 1So5, in Gallatin coun- ty, Ky., married there Jan. 9, IS28, to James McKee, and came to Illinois in the fall of that year, and settled near Mechan- iesburg.
PRESTON H., born in 1807, in Gal- latin county, Ky., married in Sangamon county in 1831, to Elizabeth Suter. They had five children in Sangamon county. SARAH E. married William H. Green, and lives at Dubuque, Iowa, with her only child, LULU. LEVARIAN, born Dec.
25, 1837, in Sangamon county, enlisted at Newport Barracks, April, 1861, in Battery G, 2nd Reg. U. S. Art. He was promo- ted to Second Lieutenant, was wounded at the battle of Gettysburg, and died of his wounds, late in 1863, at Washington City. JAMES M., born Feb. 18, 1839, in Sangamon county. He graduated at St. Louis Medical College in 1859, and en- listed as a private, June 20, 1861, in Co. C, Sth Mo. Inf .; was promoted in July, '61, to Asst. Surg., which he resigned in Aug., 1862, and was commissioned Cap- tain of Co. K, 94th Ill. Inf. He resigned that office in Sept., 1863, and was promo- ted Lieutenant Colonel of the 16th U. S. Colored Troops, at New Orleans, which he resigned at Brazos, Texas. in Sept., 1864. Dr. J. M. Burch was married Oct. S, 1860, at Bloomington, to Jennie L. McClunn, a native of that city. After the close of the rebellion he practiced medi- cine at Illiopolis, and died there July 26, 1874, leaving a widow and four children, FRANK P., ED. R., LEVARIAN and CORA. Mrs. Jennie L. Burch and children reside at Bloomington. JOHN S., born July ISto, in Sangamon county, went to California in 1861, and was drowned March 3, 1865, at San Juan, Nicaragua, while on his way home. ELIZA J., born March, 1842, in Sangamon county, is a teacher at Mt. Sterling. Preston H. Bureh enlisted in 1862, at Peoria, in Co. -, 108th Ill. Inf., and died of disease at Young's Point, near Vicksburg, Miss., Feb. 18, 1863. His widow died at Mt. Sterling, Brown county, Ill., Dec., 1865.
ELIZA, born in ISIo, in Kentucky, married in Sangamon county to James Smith. They had one child, MARY, born in Sangamon county, married Oet. S, 1860, to Dr. Edward Stevens, and re- side in Bloomington. James Smith died Sept., 1845, in Springfield, and his widow married Josiah Green. She died Feb., 1852, and he died July, 1855, both in Mechanicsburg.
WADE S., born Oet. 14, 1815, in Gal- latin county, Ky., married in Sangamon county Jan. 8, 1845, to Mary E. Young. They had ten children, seven of whom died under seven years. SUSAN B., born July 26, 1850, married Jan. S, 1868, to James Newton Moreland, who was born Dec. 17, 1840, in Bath county, Ky., served nearly four years-from Aug. 1,
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1862-in Co. B, Ioth Ky. Cav. (Union), and was honorably discharged in 1865. Mr. and Mrs. Moreland live in Illiopolis township. . WERTER P., born March . II, 1861, and HARRY, born Feb. 10, 1864, live with their parents-W. S. Burch and wife, reside two miles south of Lanes- ville.
Mrs. Elizabeth Burch died Sept. 20, 1865, in Curran township.
BURKHARDT, JOHN M., was born Feb. 2, 1807, in Schwarzenberg, county of Neuremberg, Kingdom of Wurtemberg. He came to America in 1832, and spent two summers in Pennsyl- vania, and as many winters in Mississippi. He came to Springfield in 1836, and was there married, Aug. 18, 1843, to Mary E. Nagle, who was born June 24, 1827, in Bavaria, Canton Bergzabern. She sailed Oct. 20, 1841, in the ship Oceana. The vessel was wrecked off the island of Jamaica, Dec. 3, 1841. The passengers were all saved, but lost their baggage. They were transferred to another vessel, and arrived at New Orleans Jan. 8; 1842, to find the city in holiday attire in honor of Gen. Jackson's victory over the British, Jan 8, 1815. Her father died in St. Louis, while she was detained by shipwreck. She came on to Springfield, arriving in March, 1842, and jomed her sister, Mrs. Catharine Lorch, then and now the wife of Charles Lorch. Mr. and Mrs. Burk- hardt had eleven children; two died under three years, and Charles A. died, aged seven. Of the other eight ---
JOHN, born May 20, 1844, enlisted July 4, 1862, for three months, in Co. D, 70th Ill. Vol. Inf., and served five months as a Corporal. He again enlisted March 22, 1864, in Co. G, 114th Ill. Vol. Inf., for three years. He was killed June 10, 1864, at the battle of Guntown, Miss.
BERTHA, born June 23, 1847, was married March 6th, 1874, to Walter F. Swift, who was born in New Bedford, Mass. They reside in Ottawa, Kan.
CHARLES A., EMMA, ANNIE L., HENNIE C., IDA B. and LIL- LIE E., live with their mother.
John M. Burkhardt died Aug. 1, 1868, and his widow resides one mile east of Springfield, Ill.
BURNS, THOMAS, was born August 1, 1773, at Alexandria, Va. His father was a native of Scotland, and was
killed by his team running away when ₹
Thomas was a child. Elizabeth Ridge- way was born Nov. 25, 1775, in Berkley county, Va. Thomas Burns and Eliza- beth Ridgeway were married March 11, 1794, and had one child in Berkley coun- ty; and then moved to Washington coun- ty, West Va., where they had three child- ren. They then moved to North Caro- lina, and after a short stay, moved to Jes- samine county, Ky., where they had one child, and from there to Clarke county, where they had seven children. The family moved from there to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving in the fall of 1829, in what is now Mechanicsburg township. Some of their children had preceded them. Of their children ---
RACHEL, born Jan. 30, 1795, in West Virginia, died Jan. 30, 1816, in Ken- tucky. .
ELIZABETH, born Nov. 28, 1796, in West Virginia, died Feb., 1840, in San- gamon county.
ROBERT E., born March 28, 1799, in Washington county, West Va., mar- ried in Clarke county, Ky., Sept. 15, 1825, to Patsy Cass, and moved to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving Oct., 1825, in Buf- falo Hart Grove. They were the first of the family to come to the county. They had four children in Sangamon county, two of whom died young. ROBERT FRANKLIN, born Dec. 9, 1830, died July 11, 1852. ELIZABETH C., born June 7, 1838, married April 16, 1854, to John T. Constant. See his name. Rob- ert E. Burns and his wife reside at Buf- falo Hart Station, very near where they settled in 1825. Mr. Burns had a neigh- bor, Wm. Bridges, who was a blacksmith and gunsmith. Wm. and Hiram Robbins came to Mr. Bridges to have work done, and he had no coal. They told him that they had seen coal cropping out of the ground in their hunting excursions, and gave him directions so that he could find it. Mr. Burns took his wagon and team, went with Mr. Bridges to the place and dug out a load, and found it good for black- smithing. It was in a ravine about three- fourths of a mile northwest of where Bar- clay now stands. That was in 1826, and was the first coal found in that part of the country. Mr. Burns raised cotton for clothing, and it matured perfectly before the " deep snow " of 1830-31. After that
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he tried frequently, bringing seed from Tennessee several times, but all his efforts proved to be such failures that the seed ran out and was lost.
ANN T., born May 27, 1801, in West Virginia, married in Kentucky, August 6, IS17, to Abner Enos. See his name. She died there, June 13, 1829.
JOHN R., born Oct. 19, 1803, in Jes- samine county, Ky., married in Sangamon county, April 17, 1828, to Lucy A. Cass. He was a soldier in the Black Hawk war. They had twelve children, all born in Sangamon county, three of whom died under five years. MARY J., born Mar. 26, 1831, married Feb. 28, 1847, to John Cass. See his name. THOMAS F., born Jan. 9, 1833, married Sept. 30, 1856, Ursula Greening. Thos. F. Burns en- listed July 25, 1862, in Co. F., 14th Ill. Inf., for three years. Served about one year, and was honorably discharged on account of physical disability. He now resides in Mt. Pulaski. WILLIAM A., born Nov. 28, 1839, married Dec. 24, 1867, to Lucy E. Jones. They have two children, WM. ELMER and IVA MAY, and live near Buffalo Hart Station. MAR- THA A., born Feb. 27, 1843, lives with her parents. ARMINTA, born Dec. 30, 1844, married Feb. 21, 1867, to Wm. B. Robinson. See his name. SOPHIA, born Feb. 13, 1849, married Dec. 27, 1871, to James F. Hickman. See his name. IVA, born March IS, 1851, married Oct. 25, 1871, to James L. Wright, who was born in Lockmaben, Scotland, and resides in Buffalo Hart township. JOHN T., born Jan. 11, 1854, and ROBERT B., born Oct. 26,' 1856, live with their parents, one mile south of Buffalo Hart Station.
Mrs. Lucy A. Burns says that they raised cotton in the summer of 1828; that she picked it from the bolls, picked the seed out with her fingers, carded it with hand cards, spun and wove it, and made it up into garments of various kinds. In 1829 they raised a much larger quanti- ty, and had it ginned on a machine owned by William G. Cantrall. They paid toll, or part of the cotton, for ginning, the same as grinding is done by custom mills. When all was done they had eighty pounds of ginned cotton left. She says that after the " deep snow " it never would mature.
MAHALA, born May 10, 1806, in Clarke county, Ky., married there Nov. 27, 1827, to Bailey F. Bell. See his name.
MELINDA and LUCINDA, twins, born July 23, ISOS, in Clarke county, Ky.
MELINDA, married in Sangamon county, Jan. 17, 1830, to Ambrose Bowen Cass. See his name.
LUCINDA, married in Sangamon county, Sept. 20, 1832, to John W. Rob- ison. See his name.
EMIL 1, born June 14, IS11, in Clarke county, Ky., married in Sangamon county, Jan. 17, 1830, to Clemmon Strickland. They had three children. The parents and two of the children died. JOSEPH, the only living member of the family, married Emily Chance, and lives at Buf- falo.
REBECCA, born Feb. 16, 1814, in Clarke county, Ky., married in Sanga- mon county to Bennett Wood, a native of Kentucky. They lived in Green county, Ill., until they had two children, namely : BAZZLE or BASIL M., born June 16, 1835, in Green county, enlisted July, 1862, for three years, in Co. E., 116th Ill. Inf. Served full term and was honorably dis- charged with the regiment, in 1865. He was married in Sangamon county, Jan. 25, 1 866, to Nannie J. Graham, who was born July 4, 1843, in Morgan county. They had two children, FLORA and GRACIE, and Mrs. Wood died, Jan. 6, 1872. Mr. Wood resides one and a quarter miles east of Illiopolis, with his father-in-law, Mr. Graham. SARAH Wood, born March, 1834, in Green county, married in Sanga- mon county to John Stall. They have four children, and live at Niantic. Ben- nett Wood died in Green county, and his widow married James McGee. Mrs. Mc- Gee died in Sangamon county, leaving two children: JOHN T. and WILLIAM R. McGee reside in Williamsville.
FRANKLIN, born August 6, 1816, in Kentucky, married in Sangamon county, March 3, 1836, to Louisa Ridgeway. They had children. THOMAS J. married and resides in Kansas. PAR- THENIA married George Sensbaugh, and lives near Whiterock, Jewell county, Kansas. LOUISA J. married Daniel Redman, and lives near Lone Oak P. O., Bates county, Mo. MAHALA resides with her sister, Louisa J. B. HARDIN
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lives with his uncle, Robert E. Burns. Franklin Burns and his wife are both dead.
PATSY, born Feb. . 20, 1819, in Ken- tucky, married in Sangamon county, Dec. 26, 1837, to Baldwin Harper. They had one child, EVELINE. She married Theophilus Kirwood, and lives near Warrensburg, Macon county. Mr. and Mrs. Harper are both dead.
Mrs. Elizabeth Burns died Oct. 5, 1830, and Thomas Burns died August 11, 1836, both in Sangamon county.
BURTLE, WILLIAM, born July 1, 17So, near Montgomery Court House, Md. His parents moved, when he was a boy, to Washington county, Kv. Sarah Ogden was born in 1786, in St. Mary's county, Md. Her father died when she was a child, and her mother moved, with several children, to Washington county, Ky. William Burtle and Sarah Ogden were there married, about 1805. They had nine children in Kentucky. The family moved to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving October, 1826, in what is now Ball township. Mr. Burtle entcred land, and made improvements for a permanent home, about two hundred yards east of where St. Bernard's Catholic Church now stands, and moved on it in the spring of IS2S. Of their nine children-
JOSEPH, born in Kentucky, married in Sangamon county to Mrs. Maria Mil- ler, whose maiden name was Gatton. They both died in Sangamon county, without children.
YOHN, born in Kentucky, was mar- ried there to Matilda Simpson. They had two children, one of whom died in infancy. His daughter married, moved to Texas, and died there. John Burtle died in Ball township. His widow married, moved to Missouri, and died there.
GAMES, born May 25, ISII, in Ken- tucky, was married in Sangamon county to Elizabeth Gatton. They had six child- ren. JOHN T. married Eliza J. Simp- son. They have six children, JAMES R., JOSEPH E., EMMA, SAMUEL, ANNA and JEROME. Mrs. Eliza J. Burtle died in May, 1875, and John T. Burtle and fami- ly reside in Ball township, seven miles southeast of Chatham. WILLIAM O. married Mary M. Speak. They have three children, MARIA, OSCAR E. and MARY M., and reside with his mother at
the family homestead. SARAH E. mar- ried John Simpson. They had one child, and mother and child died. JOSEPHUS died in his twenty-fourth year. MARY A. died, aged nineteen years. James Burtle died, and his widow resides in Ball township, six and a half miles southeast of Chatham.
THOMAS, born Aug. 12, 1815, in Kentucky, married in Sangamon county to Louisa Simpson. They have four children. JAMES H. married Sarah E. Gatton. They have six living children : LOUISA A and MARY L. (twins), ANNA E., MARTIIA F., WILLIAM J. and THERESA II. Mrs. Sarah E. Burtle died in Sept., 1873, and James H. Burtle resides in Ball town- ship. JOHN T., Jun., married Elizabeth M. Boll. They have three children, ED- WARD A., JACOB R. and ANN N., and live in Ball township. MARY A. married Joseph H. Berry. They have five daugh- ters, SARAII L., ELIZA C., MAGGIE A., MARY A. and ADA F., and live in Ball township. ELIZA J. married John A. White. They have two children, JOSEPH H. and WILLIAM T., and reside with her father. Mrs. Louisa Burtle died April 2, 1875, and Thomas Burtle resides near St. Bernard's Catholic Church, in Ball town- ship.
ELLEN died, aged fourteen years.
MARY, born in Kentucky, married in Sangamon county, Ill., July 24, 1834, to Josephus Gatton. See his name.
BENYAMIN, born in Kentucky, married in Sangamon county to Monica Gatton. They have six children living. MARY E. married' William R. Green- awalt. See his name. The other children reside with their parents, in Pawnee town- ship.
WILLIAM, Jun., born Aug. 9, 1822, in Grayson county, Ky., came with his parents to Sangamon county in Oct., 1826, was married Sept. 4, 1856, to Mrs. Eliza- beth A. Simpson, whose maiden name was White. Mrs. Burtle had one child by her former marriage, JEROME SIMPSON. Mr. and Mrs. Burtle had two children. IDA F. died March 9, 1875, in her fourteenth year, and CHAS. E. lives with his parents. William Burtle has been a school teacher, Justice of the Peace, and for more than twenty years Treasurer and Collector of Ball township; also a member of the Board of Supervis-
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ors of Sangamon county. He was also elected President of the Old Settlers' Society, in 1874, for one year. He now lives in Auburn, engaged in mercantile business with his step-son, Jerome Simp- son.
William Burtle, Jun., remembers that his father and James Simpson sent a re- quest to St. Louis that a priest visit their neighborhood. Rev. Mr. Dusuaswa came in I829, and held services at the residence of Joseph Logsdon. That was the first service ever held by a Catholic priest in Sangamon county, and long before any thing of the kind took place in Spring- field. William Burtle remembers that there were then but two Catholic families in Springfield. The next services were at the house of Wm. Burtle, Sen., by Rev. Joseph A. Lutz. The next priest to visit them was the Rev. Mr. Van Quickenbon. Services were held at the house of William Burtle, Sen., until 1849, when St. Bernard's Church was built. One edifice was burned, and the present one was built on the same ground. St. Bernard's church is associated with that at Virden in sustaining a priest.
Mrs. William Burtle relates, in a very amusing manner, some of her experience on coming to the county. She had list- ened to the descriptions of the flowers blooming on the prairies, and made up her mind that it would lend additional charms to those she was acquainted with to cultivate them on the prairie where the wild flowers could grow around them. She came prepared with seeds, and at the proper season armed herself with a hoe and sallied forth to indulge her taste for horticulture on the raw prairie. The romance all vanished at the first blow, as the hoe rebounded without making the slightest impression. Until that time she thought plowing with large ox-teams was overdoing the work, but then became fully satisfied that it was indispensable as a pre- paration for the cultivation of the soil.
ZACHARIAH, born in Kentucky, married in Sangamon county to Elizabeth J. Harper. They have five living child- ren, JAMES W., SARAH E., EDGAR A., MARY M. and ROBERT E., and reside on the farm settled by his father in 1828, about two hundred yards east of St. Bernard's Catholic Church.
William Burtle, Sen., died July 24, 1860, and Mrs. Sarah Burtle died Feb. 11, . ried, and resides in Texas.
1 868, and both were buried near St. Bern- ard's Church. About the time William Burtle, Sen., came to Sangamon county with his family, his father, Benjamin Bur- tle, came, and after remaining two or three years returned to Kentucky, and died there.
BURTON, EDWARD, was born Oct. 13, 1796, on Roanoke river, Va., and went to Rutherford county, Tenn. He was there married to Frances Hudson, who was born April 10, 1797, in Virginia also. They had five children in Tennessee, and moved to Sangamon county, Ill., in 1825 or '6, and settled on Lick creek, in what is now Chatham township, where they had four children. Of their children-
JOHN A., born in Tennessee, married in Sangamon county, Aug. S, 1844, to Elizabeth H. Park. He died March 11, 1859, leaving two children. MARY F. married July 31, 1861, to William H. H. Harris, who was born July S, 1841, in Macoupin county. They have three children, ALLIE F., VINETTIE and ZELMIE, and live four miles southwest of Loami. LEONARD F., lives with his sister, Mrs. Harris. Mrs. E. H. Burton married Wm. S. Morris. See Park family.
EIZABETH G. died, aged twenty- five years.
ELLEN married Blaney Pitts, have nine children, and reside near Centralia.
MARY, born Dec. 21, 1822, in Ruth- erford county, Tenn., married in Sanga- mon county, Oct. IS, 1840, to William Edwards. See his name.
PERMELIA A., born Aug. 1, 1826, married Oct. 13, 1840, to Henry Edwards, who was born Jan. 6, 1820, in Garrard county, Ky. He is nephew to his brother- in-law, William Edwards. They had twelve children; nine died under seven vears. GEORGE D. died at nineteen. ERVING lives with his parents. RICHARD S. married Margaret E. Adams, have two living children, HENRY P. and ADA M., and live in Talkington township. Henry Edwards and wife re- side in Talkington township also (1884).
RICHARD S. married Sarah J. Ed- wards. He enlisted in an Illinois regi- ment, and died at home on sick furlough, leaving three children. His widow mar-
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JULIETTE married James Jordan Edwards. See his name.
BENYAMIN W. married Rachel G. Park. They have two children, NEL- SON M. and NANCY E. Mr. Burton died Jan. 4, 1861. His widow and child- ren reside two and three-quarter, miles west of Loami (1874).
LUCINA married James A. Edwards. See his name.
Edward E. (or D.) Burton died at Girard Ill., April S, 1859, while attending Sangamon Presbytery of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, to which he was a delegate. Mrs. Margaret Burton died Sept. 1, 1859, in Sangamon county.
BUTLER, NATHAN M., born Jan. 30, 1795, in Adair county, Ky. He was married in Green county, to Mary Harding, who was born in 1795, in that county. They made their home in Adair county until they had four children, when they left for the west, and after a deten- tion of seven months in Indiana, arrived, Oct. 7, 1824, in Morgan county, Ill., where they had two children. In the spring of 1831 they moved to Sangamon county, and settled on the south side of Island Grove, two miles northeast of where Berlin now stands. Of their six children-
WILLIAM A., born July 23, IS17, in Adair county, Ky., married in Sangamon county, to Mrs. Jane Clark, whose maiden name was Trotter. She was born Feb. 2, 1827, in Indiana, and raised in Sanga- mon county. Mr. Butler was city Mar- shal of Springfield in 1861, and '2; is now farming four miles east of Springfield.
STEPHEN H., born Nov. 12, ISIS, in Adair county, Ky., brought up in San- gamon connty, married in Menard county Feb. 27, 1845. to Nancy J. Coats, who was born Dec. 6, 1825, in Warren county, Ky. They had twelve children; five died under six years. ISAAC E., born Jan. 27, 1846, married Feb. 13, 1873, to Emma J. Clark, and resides five miles cast of Springfield. JULIA B., born Dec. 4, 1847, married Nov. 6, 1868, to James Simpson. See his name. MARY L., born June 5, 1849, married Joseph Don- ner. See his name. WILLIAM, born April 12, 1856, JOHN D., born Dec. 5, 1859. IRA and IDA, twins, born July 19, 1861, live with their parents. S. H.
Butler resides four and a half miles east of Springfield.
YOSHUA C., born Nov. 26, 1820, in Adair county, Ky., brought up in Sanga- mon county, married April, 1857, in Jef- ferson county, Iowa, to Margaret J. Ris- tine. She died in Springfield in 1859, leaving one child. J. C. Butler was mar- ried in Sangamon county to Elizabeth Stitt, and has three living children, viz: CHARLES B., born June 6, 1850, mar- ried June 14, 1871, in Sangamon county to Ann Owen. They have one child, and live near Virginia, Cass county. MAR- GARET J., MARY E. and ROBERT L. live with their parents, two and a half miles northeast of Berlin. Joshua C. But- ler was a member of Co. A., 4th Ill. Inf., and served under Col. E. D. Baker, in the Mexican war, from June, 1846, to June, 1847.
ELIZABETH E., born August 4, 1823, in Adair county, Ky., married in Sangamon county to William T. Barrett.
JOHN C., born April, 1825, in Mor- gan county, Ill., enlisted in the same com- pany and regiment with his brother, Joshua C., and was discharged on account of physical disability. He married Fran- ces Brown. They had two children, both of whom died, and Mr. Butler died in Springfield. His widow married John J. Hardin. See his name.
RACHEL R. born in Morgan conn- ty, married in Sangamon county to E. Riley Pirkins. See his name.
Mrs. Mary Butler died, and N. M. Butler married Mrs. Martha H. Stone, whose maiden name was Hunter. They had three children, viz-
SALLY H., born in Sangamon coun- ty, married Edmond E. Butler, of Ken- tucky. They had one child, and mother and child died at DesMoines, Iowa.
SAMUEL H., born in Sangamon county, enlisted in 1861, for three years, in the roth Ill. Cav. Served until Nov., 1864, when he was honorably discharged at San Antonio, Texas. He remained there in the employ of the government and married in March, 1870, to Matilda Ann Blair. They had two children, a son and danghter. He was shot by an assassin, and died in the year IS72 or '3, in Texas.
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