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five children, and live at Twin Springs, Lynn county, Kansas. LEWIS, born Nov. 17, 1826, in Sangamon county, mar- ried in Clinton to Philena Argo, They have six children, and live at Clinton, Ill. JOHN N. Jun., born March 24, 1829, in Sangamon county, married June 29, 1852, to Susan Hendel. He died Aug. 11, 1856, near Clinton. SARAH A., born May 30, 1831, in Sangamon county, married Sept, 21, 1854, to Robert Boyd, who died leaving one child, ADA. Mrs. Boyd mar- ried Albert Williams, and both died, leav- ing one child in Clinton. MARY A., born Dec. 22, 1824, in Sangamon county, married James Willis. They have four children, and live near Clinton. John N. Campbell was a soldier in the war of 1812, from Ohio, and the Black Hawk war from Sangamon county. He and his wife live in Clinton now-1874-both over eighty years of age.
LEWIS, married in Ohio to Leah Weaver, came to Sangamon county before the " deep snow," moved back to Ohio in 1832, where he lost his wife, returned to Sangamon county in 1836, married Clar- issa Willis, had eight children, and lives near Athens, Menard county. His daughter, Leah, married John Slater. See his name.
RACHEL, married in Ohio to Henry Price, moved to Sangamon county, in 1835, moved, in 1841, to Iowa, and from there to the Pacific coast in 1854. They had ten children, and live in California.
ABIGAIL, married in Ohio to Jacob Mann, raised a large family, and lives near Paris, Edgar county, Ill.
MAR1, born in 1790, or '91, in Union- town, Penn., married in Ohio to William H. Fitz Freeman. They had five child- ren in Ohio, and came to Sangamon coun- ty in 1837. She died July 21, 1854, in her 64th year, and Mr. Freeman died Jan. 19, 1856, in the 77th year of his age. Their son, Abraham Freeman, married Margaret Penny, has several children, and lives in Springfield.
JANE, born April 27, 1808, in Butler county, Ohio, married Jacob Gard. See his name.
Mrs. Damaris Campbell died April 23, 1837, and Enos Campbell died June 2, 1838, both in Sangamon county.
.CAMPBELL, JOHN, was born Nov. 4, 1790, in Carter county, Tenn. His father, Jeremiah Campbell, settled there before the American Revolution, and was a soldier during the Revolution, under Gen. Francis Marion. He lived to be about 100 years old. His youngest son, Jackson, was the owner of the old homestead at the beginning of the great rebellion. The farm had then been in the family about 100 years. John Campbell enlisted in a company from Carter county, in the war with England, served six months, re-enlisted and served until March, 1815. He was an ensign in the last cam- paign, and drew a pension to the end of his life. He remained in Tennessee un- til 1818, when he went to Madison coun- ty, Ill., and was there married Nov. 6, 1818, to Lavina Parkison, who was born Feb. 21, 1803. They moved to what be- came Sangamon county, arriving March 22, 1819, on Lick creek, in what is now Chatham township, and had seven child- ren there, namely --
ALFRED C., was born July 22, 1819, in Sangamon county, Ill. He was the first white child born on Lick creek, and but two are known to have been born earlier in the county. They were Samuel Drennan, born May 5, 1819, on Sugar creek, and Joseph E. McCoy, born March 13, 1819, on Horse creek. Alfred C. Campbell was married May 3, 1838, in Sangamon county, to Polly Foster, a daughter of Peyton Foster. They had seven children, one of whom, WM. P., died young. JOHN P., born August 4, 1839, in Sangamon county, married Aug. 26, 1858, in Shelby county to Sarah Elliott. They have three children, POLLY, WILLIS, and ELEANOR G., and reside near Mowe- qua, Shelby county, Ill. John P. Camp- bell enlisted Oct. 2, 1861, in Co. E, 32d Ill. Inf. He arose by regular grades to the rank of Captain, was wounded at the bat- tle of Hatchie, honorably discharged, and now draws a pension. ELZIRA, E., born April 23, 1844, in Sangamon county, mar- ried in 1862, to James W. Clark. They have one child, POLLY, and reside near Mowequa, Shelby county. SARAH C., born Mar. 27, 1846, in Sangamon county, married in 1865, in Champaign county, to F. Bechtel. They have one child, POLLY. LEONORA J., born April 15, 1848, in
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Sangamon county, and reside near Mo- wequa. ALFRED C., Jun., born May 26, 1850, in Sangamon county, married in 1873 to Maggie Hunter. They have one child, CARRIE D., and live near Mowequa, Ill. GEORGE W., born May 9, 1853, in Shelby county, is a sailor, and when lest heard from was in Germany. Mrs. Polly Campbell died Jan. 9, 1858, and A. C. Campbell was married June 17, 1859, to Miss Jane Hunt. They are with- out family, and reside near Mowequa, Shelby county, Ill. Capt. A. C. Camp- bell enlisted June 10, 1846, in Co. D., 4th Ill. Inf., under Col. E. D. Baker. He was commissioned 2d Lieut., and after the death of Capt. Achilles Morris, at Tam- pico, Mexico, Lieut. Campbell commanded the company at the siege and capture of Vera Cruz, and the battle of Cerro Gordo. When the rebellion broke out he raised a company, Oet. 2, 1861, and became Capt. of Co. E., 32d Ill. Inf., under Col. John Logan, and fought in all the battles from Fort Donelson to the sea. At Pittsburg Landing his company lost thirty-two men, killed and wounded, out of fifty-six in action. He served three years and four months, and was honorably discharged. Capt. Campbell moved, in I851, to the vicinity of Mowequa, Shelby county, where he now resides.
WILLIAM P., born Nov. 4, 1820, in Sangamon county, married, March 12, 1843, to Elizabeth Carson. They had fourteen children, five of whom died in infaney, and one, JOSIAH W., was killed in May, 1859, by becoming entangled in the harness on a mule, which ran away with him as he was leaving his plow to escape from an approaching rain storm. Of the other eight, JEREMIAH, born Jan. 1, 1843, married Mary Wheeler, have two children. EARNEST L. and EAR- LEN R., and reside in Loami township. WILLIAM P., Jun., born April 7, 1846, married Sarah Dodd, who was born Dee. 11, 1847, in Bradley county, Tenn. They had one child, AMANDA, who died July IS, 1873. in her second year. They reside in Talkington township. JAMES S., twin to Josiah W .. was born June 5, 1848, married Rebecca A. Hunter, who was born August 15, 1852, in Jersey county. They had two children; one died in in- faney, and ETTIE MAY resides with her parents, in Talkington township. SIM-
ON P., born May 17, 1854, married Mar. 6, 1873, to Kate A. Workman, and resides four miles south of Loami. LONELY ARIZONIA, ISAAC H., JACKSON and BEATRICE, reside with their mother. Wm. P. Campbell died August 24, 1868, and his widow resides three miles south of Loami. Mr. Campbell was a soldier in the Mexican war, where he contracted chronic diarrhea, which caused his death more than twenty years after.
JEREMIAH. born Dec. 22, 1822, married Luro Combs, and died in 1853, leaving a widow and two children in Shel- by county. Mrs. Luro Campbell' mar- ried Abner Smith, and resides near Mo- wequa, Shelby county, Ill.
JOSIAH W., born April 5, 1828, married Elizabeth Workman. They had two living children, and Mrs. C. died and he married Angeline White. They have three children, and reside in Vernon county, Mo.
PETER C., born Jan. 19, 1832, mar- ried May 5, 1852, to Amanda E. Carson. They had three children, two of whom died in infancy. RACHEL C. resides with her parents. Peter C. Campbell and wife live in Chatham township, with in one mile of where he was born.
CAROLINE, born Oct. 23, 1834, married John Workman. See his name.
Mrs. Lavinah Campbell died Dec. 13, IS53, and John Campbell was married in 1855 to Mrs. Margery Carson, whose maiden name was Parkison, a sister of his first wife. She died March 5, 1870. John Campbell died Feb., 1875, on the farm where he settled in IS19, five miles west of Chatham, leaving a large estate which he had accumulated by industry and economy. He, as nearly all the earliest settlers, took part in the Black Hawk war. The first mill in the county, built by Daniel Lisle, was sold by him, and after changing hands once or twice, was bought by Mr. John Campbell, and moved to his farm on Liek creek, where he put it up and ran it for years, each customer bringing his own horses to run it. That kind of mills went out of use long ago, and one of the burrs was used by Mr. Campbell as a doorstep, to the day of his death.
CAMPBELL, LEVI, was born May 1, 1818, in Madison county, Ill., and came to Sangamon county when he was
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quite young. He was married March 4, 1841, to Susannah Staley. They had three living children, namely-
SARAH J. married John Hudson. See his name.
MARY F., married Kirk Lacey. They have three children, and live in Waverly. STALEY D., lives west of Loami.
Levi Campbell was a soldier from San- gamon county, in the war with Mexico, in 1846 and '7. He died May 22, 1851, and his widow married Wm. B. McCray. They have three children-
ROBERT D., GAMES A. and STEPHEN W., and live west of Loami.
CAMPBELL, MAXWELL, was born Oct. 29, 1795, in Cabarras conn- ty, N. C. His grandfather, Robert Campbell, came from Scotland. bringing six sons: Robert, James, John, William, Samuel and George. Their arrival in North Carolina was not long before the American Revolution, and all the six bro- thers were soldiers in the Revolutionary army. The second Robert was the father of the subject of this sketch. Maxwell Campbell was married July 25, 1822, in North Carolina, to Nancy Plunkett. She was born June 15, 1806, in the same coun- ty. They came to Sangamon county, ar- riving in May 1823, and settled at the north side of Richland creek in what is uow Cartwright township. They had six living children in Sangamon county-
ROBERT R., born August 13, IS23, married Dec. 13, 1847. to Cynthia S. Pen- ny. They have eight children. SAM- UEL lives with his parents. NANCY C. married J. Harnsberger. Seehis name. MATILDA C., GEORGE B., PETER A., IDA JANE, JOHN D. and CHAS. A., live with their parents, two and a half miles northeast of Pleasant Plains.
JOHN H., born May 19, 1828, mar- ried Feb. 28, 1851, to Minerva E. Bum- gardner. They have three children. ISABEL M. married Aaron Thompson. NANCY E. and WILLIAM J. live with their parents. John H. Campbell enlisted Sept. 18, 1862, for three years, in Co. F, 114th Ill. Inf. Served his full term and was honorably discharged in July, 1865, at Trenton, N. J. He lives east of Pleas- ant Plains.
GAMES E., born Oct. 8, 1830, mar- ried Oct. 4, 1865, to Cordelia Valentine,
who was born Dec. 20, 1847, in Pickaway county, Ohio. They live near Pleasant Plains.
MATILDA D., born April 3, 1833, married Jan. 25, 1851, to Wm. F. Irwin. See his name.
WILLIAM V., born May 2, 1836, married Feb. 13, 1862, to Mary E. Valen- tine, who was born Dec. 14, 1843, in Pick- away county, O. They had four children. OLIVER H. died young. MAXWELL M., JASPER S. and CORA V. live with their parents, at the family home- stead settled in 1823.
JASPER ., born May 22, 1839, enlisted Sept. IS, 1862, for three years, in Co. F, 114th Ill. Inf. He was captured at the battle of Guntown, Miss., June 10, 1864, remained in Andersonville prison- pen until near the close of the rebellion, and was marching under rebel authority to the Mississippi river for the purpose of being exchanged. On the second day's march, he being emaciated by starvation, fell out of the ranks, and was never heard of after.
Maxwell Campbell and his wife live on the farm where they settled in 1823. It is four miles northeast of Pleasant Plains.
Maxwell Campbell says he raised the three first crops after he came to Sanga- mon county, with an ox. He used the ox for riding and all other purposes, the same as a horse. In working he used harness instead of a yoke. He could carry a grist of corn on the ox to mill, hitch him in, do his own grinding, and then carry it home. He made a cart, each wheel of which was a solid piece of wood, and with the ox, did his first hauling. Mr. Campbell says that for the first five years after coming to the county he never had a cent of money. He first built a very small cabin, then prepared hewn logs for a much larger house. They were hauled together and lay two years because he had no money to buy whisky for the rais- ing. He then bought a blind horse for five dollars in trade. It had a bell on it, which Mr. Campbell sold for two gallons of whisky, and was thus enabled to raise the house in which he has lived more than forty years. Soon after trading for the blind horse, he put a sack of corn and a boy on the ox, and rode the horse to mill, hitched the horse and ox together, ground
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out the grist, and then started home. The ox threw the boy and sack off. The boy caught one foot in the traces, and the ox dragged him among the trees and stumps, and was likely to kill him. Mr. Camp- bell, seeing the perilous condition of the boy, ran ahead of the ox, caught it by the horns-and knowing him to be its master, rather than the physical strength he ex- erted-enabled him to hold it until help came and extricated the boy. At this point in the story, the old gentleman paused, looked wise, and with a comical expression of countenance, added in a trembling voice : "The neighbors always said they knowed that ox afterwards by the prints of my fingers in his horns."
CAMPBELL, ROBERT, was born in 1798, in Caborrás county, N. C., and married there to Mary Hill. They moved to Sangamon county, Ill., about 1828, and settled on Richland creek. They brought two children with them, and had eight in Sangamon county. In 1868 the family moved to Kansas. Of their child- ren-
GAMES married Nancy H. Stubbs, and has two children, ALBERT T. and OSCAR, and live in Kansas.
NANCY married John E. King, and live in Kansas.
SAMUEL, WILEY, GREEN, GAMES, FRANKLIN, JOHN and CARROLL, the two latter twins, all, married and unmarried, live near Fredonia, Wilson county, Kansas.
Robert Campbell died Sept. 12, 1872, near Fredonia, Kansas, and his widow lives with their children.
CAMPBELL, HUGH, twin brother to Robert, was born in 1798, in North Carolina, married there and came to Sangamon county, Ill., in Sept., 1830, on Richland creek. They had nine child- ren, and Hugh Campbell died August 28, 1865, and his widow died July 26, 1869, both in Rochester.
CAMPBELL, NELSON, youngest brother to Maxwell, Robert and Hugh. He was born in North Carolina, married in Tennessee to Themy Grady, and came to Sangamon county in 1830. They had three children. Their eldest son-
ROBERT, married Mrs. M. Gale, and had two children. He enlisted in 1862, for three years, in the 114th Ill. Inf.
Served full term and was honorably dis- charged. He died Jan., 1873 near Roch- ester.
Nelson Campbell and wife died in San- gamon county.
CAMPBELL, ROBERT, was born Sept. 9, 1783, in Kanawha county, West Va. Mary Griffith was born there, Sept. 15, 1791. They were married June 30, 1808, and some of their children were born in that county. The family moved to Cincinnati, and from there to Sanga- mon county, arriving previous to 1835, near Loami. Of their children-
SIDNEY S., born May 4, 1Sio, in West Va., married in Sangamon county, March 30, 1836, to Barbara A. Neal. They had six living children in Sanga- mon county. ROBERT D., born Jan. 27, 1840, enlisted July 15, 1861, in Co. G, 11th Mo. Inf., for three years; re-enlisted as a veteran, Jan., 1864, served until Jan. 15, 1866, when he was honorably dis- charged. He was married Sept. 2, 1868, to Sarah Shryer. They have one child, JAMES E., and live one mile south of Bates. MARIA N., born Feb. 9, 1842, married Wm. H. Sowell. See his name. SAMUEL, born March 12, 1844, en- listed Sept., 1861, in Co. B, 10th Ill. Cav., for three years. He was wounded in the battle of Little Rock, Ark., from which he recovered, but died of disease in hospi- tal at that place, Sept., 1863. HARVEY G. born July 7, 1846, lives with his mother. AMARINE, born Nov. 7, IS48, married Morris Lee. They have two children, and live near New Berlin. ELIZABETH, born Sept. 2, 1856, mar- ried James M. Williams, who was a Union soldier, also. They have two children, and live in Pleasant Plains. Sidney S. Campbell died in 1874. His widow resides at Loami.
HAMILTON, born June 12, IS12, in West Virginia, married in Sangamon county to Harriet Riddle. They moved to Oregon, where he was murdered.
MARY E. V., born Oct. 4, 1814, mar- ricd Woodford Turpin, who died while a soldier in the Mexican war, leaving two sons, CHARLES and HAMILTON. Mrs. Turpin married Walter Nicholls and re- side near Dundee, Rice county, Minne- sota.
JOHN A., born Sept. 30, 1816, in Kanawha county, West Va., came with
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his parents to Sangamon county, and after spending a few years near Loami, came to Springfield. He was married Oct. 4, 1838, to Susan C. Short. They had five child- ren, four of whom died young. MARI- ETTA, born July 25, 1841, in Spring- field, Ill., was married there, Oct. 28, 1860, to Daniel Myers. They had one child, CAROLINE, and Mr. Myers died Oct. 30, 1863. Mrs. Myers lives with her father, in St. Louis. Mrs. Susan C. Campbell died April 3, 1852, and John A. Campbell married Mrs. Elizabeth Rusk, whose maiden name was Hawker. She died, and he married Nov. 9, 1856, to Elizabeth T. Rich. They have one liv- ing child, CYRUS W., and reside at 921 North Tenth Street, St. Louis, Mo.
CHARLES R., born Nov. 17, 1821, in West Virginia, married in Sangamon county to Mary Gibson. They have two children, and live at Oswego, Labette county, Kansas.
WILLIAM P., born Nov. 24, 1826, married Julia Slater. They have three children, and live in Springfield.
NANCY A., born April 27, 1830, married George Underwood, and both died, leaving three children in Buchanan county, near St. Joseph, Mo.
Robert Campbell died Dec. 10, 1845, and his widow died Jan. 26, 1862, both in Loami township.
CAMPBELL, THOMAS, was born Oct. 31, 1786, in Yorkville District, South Carolina. His father, James Camp- bell, was born in county Antrim, Ireland, and emigrated to South Carolina. Thos. Campbell went, in 1807, to visit his bro- ther David, in Caldwell county, Ky. He was married in that county, March 22, 1810, to Elizabeth Robinson, a sister to Edward Robinson. See his name. She was born May 3, 1788, in Nelson county, Ky. Her father, George Robinson, was born in Bucks county, Pa., married in Maryland, to Elizabeth Griffith, moved to Loudon county, Va., and from there to Nelson county, Ky. Thomas and Eliza- beth Campbell had eight children in Ken- tucky. He moved with his family to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving about Nov. 10, 1823. The first land sales took place in Springfield on the sixth of that month, and a few days later he entered some land south of Little Spring creek, and there made a home for his family. It
is now in Island Grove township, three miles northeast of Bates, where they had four children. Of their twelve children-
GAMES R. was born March 4, 1812, in Caldwell county, Ky. He enlisted in a Sangamon county Light Horse Co. in the spring of 1831, for the Black Hawk war: served three months, enlisted in another Sangamon county company, in 1832, was in the battle of Wisconsin, and served until the surrender of the Indian chief, Black Hawk. Mr. Campbell en- listed at Galena in Co. K, Ist Ill. Inf., in 1846, for one year. He was in the battle of Buena Vista, Mexico, Feb. 22, 1847, in which Col. J. J. Hardin was killed. J. R. Campbell never married, and resides at the family homestead near Bates.
MARGARET A., born Nov. 8, 1813, in Kentucky, married in Sangamon coun- ty, to Allen Short. See his name. They had three children, and she died Sept. 23, I 845.
ELIYA Y., born July 18, 1815, in Kentucky, married in Sangamon county to Pinckney Hughes. They had four children. MARY E. married Thomas Baker, and lives at Nilwood. THOMAS P. married Amanda Ross, and lives at Nilwood. ANNIE and NETTIE live with their mother. Mr. Hughes died in 1860, and his widow resides at Nilwood, Macoupin county, Ill.
NARCISSA D., born Dec. 9, 1816, is unmarried, and resides at the family homestead, near Bates.
DOROTHY M., and POLLY M., twins, born Oct. 9, ISIS, in Kentucky.
DOROTHY M., married in Sanga- mon county, to Benj. T. Renshaw, moved to Iowa, and had three children, ELIZA- BETH L., MORGAN and ELIJAH C. Mr. Renshaw was a soldier in an Iowa regiment, and died in St. Louis. His family live near Clio, Wayne county, Iowa.
POLLY M., married in Sangamon county to Robert Wiggins. They have one child, CHARLES, and live near Nilwood, Ill.
WILLIAM B., born Jan. 28, 1821, in Kentucky, married Oct. 11, 1849, to Sarah L. Dunbar, who was born June 1, 1825. They have five living children, CHARLES V., MINNIE A. and WALTER L., (twins), VELMA A.
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and WILLIAM LINCOLN, and live near Oskaloosa, Iowa.
EDWARD DODDS, born May 29, 1825, in Sangamon county, married Eliza Baldwin. They have two children, ELIZABETH and CHARLES J., and reside near Hutchins, Dallas county, Texas.
JULIETTE, born June 13, 1827, in Sangamon county, married Solomon Brundage, moved to Texas, and died in time of the rebellion.
JOHN B., born Oct. 26, 1829, in San- gamon county, went to Oregon, about 1853, and from there to California. Last heard from in 1867, at Petalouma, Cal.
THOMAS, Jun., born Nov. 2, 1834, in Sangamon county, married Sarah A. Selby. They have one child, THOMAS H., and reside near Hutchins, Texas.
Thomas Campbell was licensed to preach the gospel in 1818, by Logan Presbytery, of the Cumb. Presb. church, in Kentucky, and was ordained after com- . ing to Illinois. He preached at Irish Grove, Menard county, to the church on Sugar creek, Sangamon county, and preached in his own neighborhood as long as he lived. Rev. Thomas Campbell died May 11, 1850, at the place where he set- tled in 1823, and his widow died there in Feb., 1876.
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CAMPBELL, THOMAS H., was born May 21, 1815, in Pennsylvania, came to Henderson county, Ill., from there to Chester, in Randolph county, thence to Springfield. He came by the invitation of his old friend, Gen. James Shields, to discharge the duties of his office, Gen. Shields being then Aditor of State. Mr. Campbell was married Oct. 21, 1845, in Jacksonville, Ill., to Catharine E. McDougall, a native of New York, and sister of the Hon. James A. McDou- gall, late U. S. Senator from California. Mr. and Mrs. Campbell had four children in Springfield, namely-
JEANETTE, born Feb. IS, 1847, and died Feb. 16, 1862.
THOMAS H., born Dec. 1, 1849, in Sangamon county, is a lawyer, and resides in Springfield.
GAMES W., born Dec. 29, 1851, in Springfield, is a farmer, and lives with his mother.
TREAT, born Jan. 23, 1855, in Springfield, is a student, and lives with his mother.
Mr. Campbell continued in the auditor's office until the expiration of Mr. Shield's term, and the election of Gen. W. L. D. Ewing, who died in 1846. Mr. C. was appointed to fill the unexpired term. He was elected to the same office in 1848, and again in 1852, thus serving in the State Auditor's office nearly twenty years, be- ing the chief officer ten years of that time. Mr. Campbell was appointed by Gov. Yates, special commissioner to audit accounts between the U. S. Government and the State of Illinois, in which work he was engaged at the time of his death, Nov. 22, 1862. His widow resides east side of Second, near Edwards street, Springfield, Ill.
CANFIELD, JOHN E., was born Jan. 12, 1802, in Morristown, N. J. He came to Sangamon county in 1831, re- turned to New Jersey, and was married in New York City, April 14, 1834, to Susan LaTourette, who was born Feb. 21, 1806, at Somerville, Somerset county, New Jersey. In May, 1834, they came to Illi- nois, and settled west of Springfield, in what is now Curran township. They had five children, one of whom died in infancy. Of the other four-
DANIEL L., born August 29, 1838, in Sangamon county, enlisted April 23, 1861, for three months, in Co. G, 7th Ill. Inf. He was commissioned Ist Lieut. at its organization, and afterwards appointed Quartermaster of the regiment. Served full time, re-enlisted Nov. 25, 1861, in Co. I, Ioth Ill. Cav. He was appointed Ist Lieut., and afterwards made Battalion Quartermaster. That office was abolished, and he was mustered out, April 4, 1862, He resumed his position as Ist Lieut. of Co. I, and died May 7, 1863, at St. Louis, of disease contracted in the army.
HELEN M., born Dec. 11, 1840, in Sangamon county, was married in June, 1868, in Morristown, N. J., to Thomas H. Taylor, a son of the Rector of Grace church, New York City. They have one child, THOMAS H., Jun., and reside near Plainfield, N. J.
JOHN C., born Oct. S, 1842, in San- gamon county, was married Feb. 15, 1865, in Springfield, Ill., to Ella L. Todd, who was born August 27, 1846, in Lexington,
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Ky. They have two children, ELLA S. and MAI L. Mr. Canfield has been a merchant in Springfield for the last seven- teen years, where he and his family re- side.
GAMES F., born Nov. 4, 1844, in Sangamon county, is a clerk in the U. S. Postoffice department, at Washington, D. C.
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