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JAMES W., born in Kentucky, died at twenty years of age.
ELIZABETH, born in Kentucky, married John Parsons. He died August, 1872, leaving a widow and six children, near Salisbury.
LEVI, born Jan. 1, 1836, in Sanga- mon county, enlisted Oct. 20, 1861, in Co. B, Ioth Ill. Cav., for three years. As a non-commissioned officer he commanded a section of one of the batteries attached to the regiment at the battle of Prairie Grove, Ark., Dec. 7, 1862, and lost his left arm in that engagement. He was discharged on account of physical disabil- ity, Dec. 31, 1862. Levi Cassity was married April 23, 1863, to Nancy Dren- nan. They have one child, JOHN F., and live three and a half miles southeast of Chatham.
Willis Cassity, after coming to Sanga- mon county, lived a few years in Logan county, and a few years in Missouri. He and his wife now live in Ball township.
CASSITY WILLIAM, consin to Alexander and Willis, was born in Bath county, Ky. He was married in Nicholas county, Ky,, to Honor Wells, a native of Pennsylvania. They had five living children in Kentucky, and moved to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving in the
fall of 1830, in what is now Rochester township. Of their children-
GEORGE died in Kentucky, at twen- ty-two years of age.
JEREMIAH died in Kentucky, at sixteen years of age.
REBECCA, born Feb. 14, 1802, in Nicholas county, Ky., married Edward Branch. See his name.
LEWIS, born in Kentucky about 1805, and died in Sangamon county, unmarried, in 1852.
MAR 1, born Aug. 28, 1806, in Nicho- las county, Ky., married there Jan. 4, 1827, to James W. Neill. See his name.
William Cassity died in 1844, and Mrs. Honor Cassity died Aug., 1854, both in Rochester township.
CASS, ROBERT, was born in 1768 or '9, in Iredell county, N. C. His father, James Cass, was born in England, and when he was six or seven years of age was pressed into the British navy, and trained to a sea-faring life. Being separ- ated from his relatives at so early an age, he never understood his own name, and called himself James Cast. He came to Philadelphia, and finally settled in Iredell county, N. C. After raising a family there, he moved with his children to Clarke county, Ky., and there met two Englishmen by the name of Cass. After becoming acquainted, he found that one of them was his brother, and the other his cousin, and for the first time learned that the family name was not Cast, but Cass. His son Robert, whose name heads this sketch, having always been called Cast, did not think it prudent to resume the original name, but related the facts in the case to his children, and his descendants have very generally returned to it. Rob- ert Cass was married Feb. 26, 1790, iu Iredell county, N. C., to Lucy Riley. They had one child there, and moved to Clarke county, Ky., where they had four children, and Mrs. Lncy Cass died, Feb. 13, 1809. Robert Cass was married in Clarke county, April 26, 1810, to Mary Boggs, and had two children there. The family then moved to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving Oct. 2, 1826, in Buffalo Hart grove. Of his seven children ---
AMON, born Sept. 6, 1792, in North Carolina, married March 18, 1813, in Ken- tucky, to Patsy Simpson. He raised at
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family, and remained in Clarke county, Kentucky.
GAMES, born Aug. 12, 1697, in Clarke county, Ky., and married there Nov. 20, 1817, to Ann Hood. They had eight children, and came to Sangamon county in 1829. Mrs. Ann Cass died, and James Cass married Amanda Mckinney. They had four children, and he died. His widow and living children reside near Mt. Pulaski. His son JOHN, born Sept. 22, 1820, in Kentucky, was married Feb. 28, 1847, in Sangamon county, to Mary J. Burns. They had thirteen children. ARTANECIA, born Feb. 5, 1849, was mar- ried April 15, 1873, to G. W. Edwards, and lives at Buffalo Hart Grove. AMON, born Sept. 3, 1851, lives with his mother. ALEXANDER, born Nov. 6, 1853, was married near Springfield, Ill., Nov. 3, 1875, to Delia Fenton, and lives at Farmer City, De Witt county, Ill. LUCY A., born April 30, 1855, was married March 13, 1872, to Herbert White. They have one child, Olive May, and live at Farmer City. ALVI, JOHN L., ISABEL, IDA, ANNA E., SOPHIA, ROBERT F., HATTIE J. and TROMAS F. w., live with their mother. John Cass died Jan. 17, 1872. His widow and children live near Buffalo Hart station, or Farmer City, III. FRANK D, born Dec. 6, 1832, in Sangamon county, was married April 29, 1858, to Sarah G. Landis, who was born April 8, 1833, in Indianapolis, Ind. They have one child living, ED- WARD K. F. D. Cass studied medicine in Mt. Pulaski, teaching school in the mean- time. He graduated at Rush Medical College in 1864. Was appointed assistant surgeon of the 151st Ill. Inf. in 1865, served a short time and resigned. Dr. Frank D. Cass resides at Mt. Pulaski, III., and is engaged in practice there.
ARCHIBALD, born Dec. 1, 1799, in Clarke county, Ky., married there to Deborah Mershon. They had three children in Kentucky, and came to San- gamon county, Illinois, arriving Oct., 1828, at Buffalo Hart Grove, where they had three children. Of their children: ROBERT, born Nov. 20, 1821, in Ken- tucky, married in Sangamon county, Aug. 20, 1840, to Sarah J. Lawson. They had four .children. MINERVA J. and OR- 1.ANDO W. died under two years. FLOR- ENCE F., born May 17, 1852, died August 24, 1869. NOAH MATHENY, born July 9,
1857, lives with his parents, near Buffalo Hart Station. SARAH J., born Oct. 27, 1826, in Kentucky, married in Sangamon county, in 1842, to George Ridgway, have four living children, MARY C., ROBERT, JOHN and ALLEN, and live near Lockhart, Texas. WILLIAM L., born Aug. 15, 1829, in Sangamon county, died Aug. 20, 1846. The other children all died under six years. Archibald Cass died Sept., 1852, and his widow died later, both in Sanga- mon county. He was a soldier from San- gamon county in the Black Hawk war in 1831-2. He was also a member of Co. D, 4th Ill. Inf., and served one year in 1846-7, in the war with Mexico. He was a nurse in the army, and practiced medi- cine the latter part of his life.
PATSY, born Dec. 28, 1802, in Clarke county, Ky., married there Sept. 15, 1825, to Robert E. Burns. See his name.
NINIAN R., born April 8, 1806, in Clarke county, Ky., married in Sanga- mon county to Mary Wade, They had seven children. THOMAS F. died in 1849 at Mt. Pulaski, aged twenty-three years. GEORGE W., married Martha J. Turley, have nine children, and live near Lincoln. EMILY married Daniel Dunn, had two children, and died in Mis- souri. Her children: THOMAS A., resides at Mt. Pulaski. MARY E. resides with her aunt, Mrs. Jones. LUCY E., born March 28, 1836, in Logan county, married Strother G. Jones. See his name. CAR- OLINE A., born August 16, 1838, is un- married, and resides at Lincoln. SARAH AGNES, born in 1840, married Simpson Constant, had one child, CASS CONSTANT, and she married Frederick Bush. They have two living children, NELLIE E. and CARRIE B., and reside at Mt. Pulaski. ROBERT enlisted for three years, in 1862, in an Illinois regiment, and died August; 1863, at Murfreesboro, Tenn. Mrs. Mary Cass died Dec. 31, 1848. N. R. Cass married Mrs. Elizabeth Swing, whose maiden name was Laugh- ney. She had one child, Belle W. Swing, by a former marriage. . She married T. T. Beach, who is a practicing lawyer, and lives in Lincoln. Ninian R. Cass died August, 1872, at Mt. Pulaski, and his widow resides with her daughter, Mrs. Beach, at Lincoln.
A. BOWEN, born Feb. 11, 1811, in Clarke county, Ky., came with his parents
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to Sangamon county in Oct., 1826, mar- ried Jan. 17, 1830, to Melinda Burns. They had nine children in Sangamon county, namely : ELIZABETH E., born Nov. 14, 1830, married Nov. S, 1849, to Michael Finfrock. He was born May 3, 1820, in Chambersburg, Pa., went to Miami county O., with his parents in 1836, and came to Saugamon county in 18.43, Mr. and Mrs. Finfrock have seven child- ren, BOWEN C., HELEN M., CHARLES M., PAUL H., IRVING G., WILLIS and ERNEST s. reside with their parents, four miles southeast of Buffalo Hart Station. Mr. Finfrock was a member of the Sangamon county Board of Supervisors at the first term in 1861-2, and again from 1872 to 1876. MARY C., born May 8, 1833, married March 31, 1858, to Benjamin F. Edwards, who was born July 12, 1823, in Madison county, N. Y. They have four children, GAYLORD C., JOHN P., BENJA- MIN F., Jun., and MARY B., and reside two miles southeast of Buffalo Hart Station. LUCY A., born August 31, 1835, mar- ried April 20, 1869, to Dr. Leslie Gillette. They have three children, LESLIE B., FANNIE T. and CEOGIANA, and reside at Buffalo. LEWIS, born March 10, 1838, married Dec. 24, 1862, to Christiana Law- son. They had four children. The eldest, WILLIAM S., and the youngest, ALFRED, died in the second year of their ages. CLARENCE F. and ARTHUR F. re- side with their parents, five miles south- east of Buffalo Hart Station. PAULI- NA J., born Oct. 4, 1843, married Oct. 13, 1864, to Alfred Shrieve, and resides near Elkhart. HARDIN, born Sept. 16, IS45, married Oct. 10, 1866, to Hattie N. Landis, have two children, PHILIP and LEWIS B., and reside one and a half miles southwest of Buffalo Hart Station. SCOTT, born Nov. 20, 1847, MARION, born April 12, 1850, and HARRY, born born Feb. 3, 1854, live with their parents. Ambrose Bowen Cass and his wife reside half a mile southwest of Buffalo Hart Station, and within one fourth of a mile of where his father settled in 1826. He was a soldier in the Black Hawk war, both in IS31 and 1832, from Sangamon county, and was in the battles of Bad Axe and Wisconsin.
LUCY A., born Jan. 15, 1813, in Clarke county, Ky., married April 17, 1828, to John R. Burns. See his name.
Mrs. Mary Cass died Sept. 14, 1840, and Robert Cass died July 9, 1852, hoth near where they settled in IS26.
CHAMBERS, HENRY B., born Jan, 1, ISog, near Dover, Del. He was married in Delaware to Elizabeth Bodie, and moved to Adams county, Ill., in 1831, and from there to Springfield, in 1840, where Mrs. C. died, April, 1854. He was. married Jan. 25, 1855, to Mrs. Elizabeth A. Turner, whose maiden name was Earnest. They had seven children- ELIZABETH E., GAMES H., YOHN B., WILLIAM R., JACOB G., KENDALL and MAGGIE f.
H. B. Chambers died May 26, 1871, and his widow resides four miles west of Springfield.
CHANDLER, ROBERT, was born about 1812, in Kentucky. He was left an orphan at eight years of age, and was bound to Russell Fletcher, who took him to Overton county, Tenn., and from there to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving in the spring of 1832. He married Ellen Parmenter, who died, and he married Elizabeth Carter. They had eight child- ren in Sangamon county-
LUCY f. married Christopher Whee- lan, and live in Riverton.
REBECCA died, aged eighteen.
MIAR Y E. married Stephen Huntsley, and live in Christian county.
MARTHA W., FRANCIS M., GEORGE H., CHARLES O. and EDWARD, reside with their parents, half a mile from Sherman.
CHERRY, BENJAMIN, was born Jan. 26, 1790, in Franklin county, Ga. When he was seventeen years old his parents moved to Overton county, Tenn. Benjamin was a soldier from Ten- nessee in the war of IS12. In the fall of 1819 he came to Sangamon county, and soon after went to work for Edward Clark, who came about the same time. Elizabeth Strickland was born May 12, 1 799, near the sea coast, south of Charles- ton, S. C. Her parents moved to Tennes- see, and from there to St. Clair county, Ill., thence to Sangamon county in IS19, and Elizabeth came in the spring of IS20. Benjamin Cherry and Elizabeth Strick- land made arrangements to celebrate the 4th of July, but could not obtain the li- cense from Edwardsville in time, and they were married July 11, 1820. They had
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seven children in Sangamon county, two of whom died young. Of the other five-
WYATT, born Nov. 9, 1821, married in Sangamon county to Susan Hall, have several children, and reside near Blue Mound, Macon county.
MARTHA, born in 1826, married William Allen, had seven children, moved to Missouri, and died near Carthage.
CLEMON died at twenty-three.
ALMIRA, born March 20, 1830, mar- ried David Huckleberry. See his name. BENYAMIN, Jun., married Eliza Barnes. They had four children, and moved to Pike's Peak. Mr. Cherry died there. His widow and only living child, CHARLES, live in Springfield. He is employed at the watch factory.
Benjamin Cherry died in 1874, near Riverton.
CHILD, STEPHEN, was born June 12, 1802, in Waitsfield, Vt. His parents moved to Barnstown, Lower Canada, in 1806, and in 1815 to Hartland, Windham county, Vt., where they both died. In 1820 Stephen went to Potsdam, St. Lawrence county, N. Y., and engaged in teaching. He was there married, March 4, 1826, to Hannah Lyman, who was born Sept. 15, 1808, in Brookfield, Vt. They had two children in New York, and came to Sangamon county as part of a colony of fifty-two persons, arriving Oct. 26, 1833, in the village of Sangamo. They had three children in Sangamon county. Of their five children-
JOHN L., born March 23, 1827, in St. Lawrence county, N. Y., married in Sangamon county, Feb. 17, 1859, to Mary E. Anderson. They have two children, FRANKIE and CHARLEY, and reside near Farmingdale.
MARY L., born Sept. 27, 1831, in St. Lawrence county, N. Y., married in San- gamon county to George B. Seeley. See his name. They reside in Abilene, Kan.
MARTHA, born Dec. 8, 1833, in San- gamon county, married Thomas Frank Anderson. See his name.
STEPHEN, Jun., born April 14, 1848, in Sangamon county, resides with his mother, near Farmingdale.
HANNAH, born Nov. 29, 1850, died in her third year.
Stephen Child died Sept. 4th, 1875, and his widow resides near Farmingdale.
Mr. Child was a farmer and teacher all his life. He was an original abolitionist, and as an agent of the underground rail- road, he assisted hundreds of colored peo- ple in their flight from bondage. He conducted a company of twenty-one at one time. It was his custom to go as far as he could travel in one night and return, but on some occasions he has gone as far sixty miles, and then left them in the hands of friends who would conduct them onward. The last time the writer of this, conversed with Mr. Child, he expressed special' satisfaction that he had assisted so many human beings on their way to freedom, and gratitude that he had lived to see the day that there was not a slave in the United States of America.
CHURCHILL, GEORGE, was horn about 1766, in Virginia. His parents died when he was quite young, and he went to Woodford county, Ky., where he was married to Sarah Arnold, who was born in that county about 1780. They had eleven children in Shelby county, Ky., and the family moved to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving in the fall of 1827, near what is now Mechanicsburg. Of their children-
MARY, married in Kentucky to Wil- liam Threlkeld, brought up a large family, and never moved to Illinois. Their daughter SARAH J. is the wife of Wil- liam P. McKinnie. See his name. MARIETTA, born Jan. 31, 1829, in Shelby county, Ky., married there, Jan. 14, 1847, to Joseph H. Agee. They had two children horn there, and in the fall of 1851 moved to Sangamon county, where seven children were born. Of their child- ren: EDWIN H., born in Shelby county, Ky., resides with his mother. MARY B., born Jan. 29, 1851, in Kentucky, married in Sangamon county, Oct. 3, 1871, to Ambrose B. Cass, Jun. They live at East Lynn, Cass county, Mo. ALICE A. married Jan. 16, 1873, to Robert W. Jess, a native of Bellfast, Ireland. They live at Riverton. LIZZIE T., EMMA and J. AL- VEY reside with their mother. The sixth, seventh and eighth children, viz: LUCY J., WILLIAM S. and CEPHAS L., all died under eight years. Joseph H. Agee died Sept. 25, 1865. The father and three children all died within nineteen days. Mrs. Marietta Agee and her family reside two miles east of Riverton.
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LUCINDA, born in Kentucky, mar- ried there to William Crimm, and both died in Southern Illinois, leaving seven or eight children. The three eldest were WILLIAM, ABSALOM and MARTHA.
JOHN A .. born March 6, 1800, in Shelby county, Ky., married there to Sarah Scoggin. They had three children, came to Sangamon county, and settled near Mechanicsburg, where they had six children. Of their children. JOEL, born July 19, 1823, in Kentucky, married in Sangamon county to Lucretia J. Bondu- rant. They had eleven living children. MARTHA A., MARY L., ELIZABETH J., JOIIN T., THOMAS A., JOSEPH W., JESSE, EDGAR, HARVEY, ETHA G. and ARTHUR. Mr. C. and family moved to Kansas in 1865, and in 1875 returned to Illinois, and live in DeLand, Piatt county. WIL- LIAM, born April 4, 1825, in Kentucky, married in Sangamon county to Eliza- beth Lemon. They reside in Monmouth, Polk county, Oregon. ANN, born Jan. 22, 1827, in Kentucky, died in Sangamon county in her eighteenth year. GEORGE, born August 15, 1829, in Sangamon coun- ty, went to Oregon, and there married Hannah E. Sherel. They have three children, and live in Linn county, Oregon. WILLOUGHBY, born Dec. 23, 1831, in Sangamon county, went, when a young man, to the Pacific coast, and lives in Oregon. SARAH E., born Jan. 4, 1834, in Sangamon county, resides with her sister, Mrs. Smith, in Illiopolis. JOHN, born Feb. 15, 1836, in Sangamon county, enlisted July 19, 1861, for three years, in Co. I, 41 Ill. Inf., re-enlisted as a veteran, Jan., 1864. He was promoted to Sergeant, July, 1863, and to 2d Lieut., Nov., 1864. Was with Sherman in his " march to the sea," and was honorably discharged, June, 1865. He was married Feb. 14, 1867, in Sangamon county, to Mary M. Graham. They have one living child, ANNA, and live three miles north of Illiopolis. LOUISA, born April 25, 1838, in San- gamon county, married April 10, 1860, to Reuben Smith, who was born Nov. 4, 1833, in Duchess county, N. Y. They have three living children, GEORGE, ADA and HERBERT, and live in Illiopolis. MARY, born Dec. 17, 1840, died in her eleventh year. Mrs. Sarah Churchill died Dec. 30, 1840, and John A. Churchill married July 3, 1842, to Mrs. Elizabeth
Underwood, whose maiden name was Lemon. She was born March 29, ISOS, in Georgetown, Ky. They had two children, JULIA, born July 12, 1843, in Sangamon county, lives with her mother. LEMON P. died in his sixth year. John A. Churchill died Feb. 4, 1845, and his widow and daughter reside in Mechanics- burg.
ALVAH, born in Kentucky, married there to Burnetta Samples, moved to In- diana, and from there to Sangamon coun- ty, in 1832, settling near Mechanicsburg. They had four children, and moved to Iowa; from there to Oregon in 1853, where he died.
LEWIS, born in Kentucky, married in Sangamon county to Mary A. Cooper. They had eleven children and moved to Iowa; from there, in 1853, to Oregon, with his brother Alva. He died Jan. 13, 1869, leaving a widow and children.
WILLOUGHBY, born Feb. 15, :809, in Shelby county, Ky., married Oct. 6, 1834, in Sangamon county, Ill., to Eliza- "beth J. Humphreys. They had six child- ren in Sangamon county, and in 1851 moved to the Pacific coast. Mrs. Churchill died at Delles, foot of Cascade mountains, in Waco county, Oregon, and Mr. C. mar ried in Oregon, August 11, 1852, to Matil- da A. Price, who was born Jan. 12, 1828. They had six children. Of his children by the first marriage, GEORGE H., born May 13, 1837, in Sangamon county, mar- ried Catharine Reed, in Oregon. OWEN H., born June 16, 1845, in Sangamon county, Ill., is in Montana. DAVID H., born March 31, 1843, in Sangamon com- ty, married July 23, 1875, to Minnie Lord. They live in Helena City, Montana Ter. MARY J., born Oct. 21, 1845, in Sanga- mon county, was married in Oregon to John M. Roach. They live in Clackamas county, Oregon. MARTHA A., born August 22, 1848, in Sangamon county, died April 18, 1864, in Oregon. Children of the second wife, all born in Oregon: OLIVER D., born May 19, 1853, JAMES E., born May 18, 1854, LAURA B., born May 8, 1856, near Harrisburg, was married June 18, 1874, to George Jordan. They live near Harrisburg, Or- egon. THOMAS A., born July 27, 1857, and MINNIE D., born July 6, 1859, lives with her parents. Willoughby
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Churchill and family reside near Harris- burg, Lynn county, Oregon.
ELIZABETH, born Sept. 11, ISII, in Shelby county, Ky., married in Sanga- mon county to Jesse Pickrell. See his name.
MARTHA, born July 16, 1815, in Shelby county, Ky., married in Sanga- mon county, June 16, 1833, to Griffin Fletcher, who was born Dec. 23, 1810, ncar Mt. Sterling, Montgomery county, Ky. They had ten living children. MARY A., born Sept. 20, 1836, married H. C. Stiver, Sept. 28, 1855, in Sangamon county. They have four living children, KATIE, NELLIE, CARRIE and CHARLES. Mr. Stiver moved to Texas in Dec., IS72. SARAH J., born Nov. 15, 1838, married Zachariah Pope, in 1854, in Sangamon county, and died May 3, 1857. RHODA E., born Jan. 4, 1841, married Levi S. Ridgeway, in Sangamon county, Feb. 16, 1857. They had four children, IRA II. and IDA s. (twins), CATHARINE E., ABBIE and LORA. Mr. Ridgeway died August 30, 1868, and Mrs. R. and family , live near Decatur, Ill. DAVID C., borr March 3, 1843, in Christian county; married in Sangamon county to Mary A. Garvey. See sketch of the Garvey family. JAMES L., born Nov. 3, 1845, is a grocer in Decatur. JOHN W., born Dec. 2, 1847, married May 10, 1869, to Emma Clevenger, in Abington, Knox county, Ill. They have three children, MAY D., THERON and STELLA, and live in Decatur, IN. ABEL P., born Feb. 15, 1852, and MARTHA J., born May 24, 1854, live with their parents. Griffin Fletcher and wife reside in Deca- tur, Ill.
ELVIRA A., born Sept. 24, 1817, in Shelby county, Ky., was married Feb. 6, 1834, in Sangamon county, to John Gar- rett. They moved to the vicinity of Pittsfield, Pike county, Ill., in 1834, and had seven living children. BENJ. F., born in 1835, married in Pittsfield to Anna E. Adams, June, 1867, and live in Newton county, Kansas. MARY E., born in 1838, resides with her mother: LOUISA A., born in 1843, married S. Woolfolk. MARTHA A., born in 1846, lives with her mother. SARAH E., born in 1848, married July, 1872, to Rob- ert Howard. They have one child, FLORENCE B., and live in St. Louis, Mo.
LOTHARIO, born in 1850, and ELIZA J., born in 1853, live with their mother in , Pittsfield, Pike county, Ill. In 1866 Mr. Garrett sold out, with the intention of moving to Kansas. He left home alone with a load of goods, and was murdered in Bates county, Mo., in Nov., 1866.
DAVID B., born in 1821, in Ken- tucky, was killed by lightning in Sanga- mon county, May 7, 1842.
CULVIN S., born June 30, 1824, in Kentucky, married July 31, 1845, in San- gamon county, to Hester F. King. They had nine children; three died in infancy, and GEORGE W. died, aged ten years. HENRY H., born Jan. 14, 1847, married in 1873 to Lizzie Grubh, and resides near Baldwin City, Kansas. PERMELIA A., born June 5, 1849, married William Hous- ton. See his name. FIELDING A., SALLIE and AMANDA P., reside with their parents, near German Prairie Sta- tion.
George Churchill died May 15, 1837, and Mrs. Sarah Churchill died Oct., 1847, and both were buried near German Prairie Station, Sangamon county, Ill.
CLARK, DAVID, born Aug. 28, 1776, in Essex county, N. J. Came to Kentucky in 1798, and was there married in 1800, to Rachel Rutter. They had two children; one dicd in infancy, and Mrs. Rachel Clark died in 1804. David Clark moved to Cincinnati, O., in IS05, and made brick for the first brick house built in that city. He returned to Somerset county, N. J., in the same year, and was married there in Feb., 1806, to Sallie Winans, who was born Oct. 25, 1788, in that county. They moved to Miami county, O., in ISog, and from there to San- gamon county, Ill., in 1829, settling on Sugar creek. After two years they moved to Wolf creek. They had six children, one of whom died in infancy. Of the other five-
Rev. RICHARD W., born June 16, ISOS, in Somerset county, N, J .. was married in April, 1828, to Margaret Clark, a native of Fayette county, Ky. They have five children living. SALLIE A., born Jan. 11, 1831, in Sangamon county, was married in 1848 to Ezra Clark. They have six children, HATTIE A., LODORSKA J., PERMELIA A., DAVID M., IRENA and NELLIE, and live in Chesnut, Logan county, Ill. DAVID, born Jan. 2, 1834,
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in Sangamon county, is married, and re- . sides in New Mexico. ELIZA, born Nov. 9, IS41, in McDonough county, was married in Logan county, Ill., to Jonas Shupc, May 13, IS5S. He was a native of Ohio. They had one child, MARY E., who resides with her uncle, Dr. John Clark. Mr. Shupe died Jan. 13, 1865, and Mrs. Shupe was married Feb. 5, 1871, to John R. Ayers. They have one child, LENA, who resides with her parents in Mt. Pulaski. JOHN W., born Nov. 13, IS45, in Logan county, Ill., was married Dec. 28, 1874, in Chesnut, Logan county, to Emma Sterritt, a niece of Enoch Moore, of Springfield, recently deceased. Dr. John W. Clark is a practising physi- cian at Milford, Iroquois county, Ill. MARY E., born Oct. 16, 1847, was mar- ried March 31, 1866, near Mt. Pulaski, to Benjamin Harding. They have four children, MAY, ELIZA, ELLIS and RICHI- ARD, who reside with their parents near Mt. Pulaski. Rev. Richard W. Clark died Aug. 29, 1854, and his widow died Dee. 21, IS67, both in Logan county, Ill.
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