History of the early settlers of Sangamon County, Illinois : "centennial record", Part 31

Author: Power, John Carroll, 1819-1894; Power, S. A. (Sarah A.), 1824-; Old Settlers' Society of Sangamon County (Ill.)
Publication date: 1876
Publisher: Springfield, Ill. : E.A. Wilson & Co.
Number of Pages: 824

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FOHN, born Nov. 25, 1810, in Miami county, O., studied medicine there. Came to Sangamon county with his father, re- mained one year, returned to Ohio, where he was married, Aug. 29, 1830, in Miami county, to Eliza Tremain, who was born May 24, IS10, in New York. They came to Sangamon county, and followed farm- ing until 1842, when he moved to Mt. Pulaski and engaged in the practice of medicine. He was County Commissioner four years for Logan county, and Justice of the Peaec seventeen years, during which time he married eighty-four couple. He has, since 1S2S, been a member of the M. E. church, and a trustee of the same, in Mt. Pulaski, from the time the church was organized at that place. Dr. John Clark and wife reside in Mt. Pulaski.

CARMAN W., born May 20, IS15, in Miami county, O., married March 29, 1838, in Sangamon county, to Harriet Crocker, step-daughter of David Riddle. She was born Aug. 2, 1817, in Leba- non, St. Clair county, Ill. They had seven children; one died in infancy. MARY W., born March 24, 1842, in Sangamon county, was married Oct. 17, IS66, to Alfred C. Wilson. They have four child- ren, HARRIE, HARRIET H., CARMAN R. and ALFRED, and reside in Mt. Pulaski.

JOHN, born April 22, IS48, in Sangamon county, died July 29, 1866. DAVID T., born June 27, IS50, in Sangamon county, was married Jan. 27, 1876, to Lucy Powel. They reside in Mt. Pulaski. RICHARD H., born March 26, 1854, in Sangamon county, was married Dec. 22, IS75, to Mary E. Boggs. They reside in Mt. Pulaski. ALFRED R., born July 31, IS57, in Sangamon county, and MARION, born July 1, 1862, in Logan county, reside with their parents in Mt. Pulaski.

SALLI H., born Sept. 27, 1817, in Miami county, Ohio, was married Oct., IS34, to John Riddle, in Sangamon conn- ty. They have four children, all born in Sangamon county, ELIZA C., MARY E., FRANCIS A. and SALLIE W., and reside near Barclay, Sangamon county.

ELIZABETH, born Dec. 15, 1830, in Miami county, Ohio, was married Dec., IS47, to Alfred Gideon, who was born in Champaign county, Ohio. They have one child, DAVID C., born Nov. 27, 1847, was married Sept., 186S, to Sallic Row, a native of Ohio. David C. Gideon is a practicing physician at Watseka, Iro- quois county, Ill.

David Clark was a local M. E. preacher for about forty years. His wife died Dec. 3, 1843, and he died Jan. 6, 1847, both on the farm near the present town of Bar- clay, Sangamon county, Ill.

CLARK, BARZILLA, and his wife, Nancy, came to what is now Salis- bury township, Sangamon county, in IS21. They brought scven children, all of whom married and raised families. Their eldest daughter, Phebe, married John N. Campbell. See his name. Bar- zilla Clark died Sept. 23, 1840, and his widow died April 19, 1843, both in San- gamon county.

CLARK, ELISHA, was born in 1797, married in Indiana to Sarah Gard. They had three children in Indiana, and came to Sangamo, Sangamon county, in IS23. They had nine children in Illinois. Their daughter-

HUBERT1, born July 30, 1824, at Sangamo, Sangamon county, married E. George Batterton. See his name.

Mrs. Sarah Clark died in IS53, in Mason county, and Elisha Clark died in 1869, at Pekin, Ill.

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CLARK, PHILIP, was born March 25, 1787, at Rye, England. He was married there to Elizabeth Gravett. They had five children, and Mrs. Clark died. Mr. Clark left his children there, and came to America in 1817, landing at Boston, Mass., and traveled by land and water to New Orleans, returned to Eng- land, and in company with his brother Edward, embarked at London in August, ISIS, and landed at Baltimore in October following. They traveled on foot from Baltimore to Pittsburg, and from there to New Orleans by water. They returned the same way to the vicinity of Harmony, Ind., to visit the family of a relative by the name of Morris Burkheck, who had emigrated from England a year or two before. He afterwards came to Illinois, and was Secretary of State under Gov. Coles. The Clark brothers went up the river to Shawneetown, and from there across the country to St. Louis. They re- crossed the river into the American bot- tom and stopped with an Indian ranger, who told them about the Sangama coun- trv. They started for it, and arrived in November, 1819, on the Sangamon river, two miles north of Rochester. Philip Clark was married in 1823, in Indiana, to Martha Jessup, an English lady, who died without children, in Sangamon coun- tv. He married in Sangamon county to Polly Whitford, in 1835. Philip Clark had his five children sent from England. They embarked at London May 1, IS24, and were received in New York by an annt on the ISth of Junc. The three daughters and one son arrived in Sanga- mon county in February, 1825. Of those five children ----

MARY E., born in IS10, at Rve, Eng., arrived in Sangamon county February, IS25, married in 1832 to Samuel Hines. They had three children in Sangamon county, and moved to Iowa, where they had three children. They reside near Cox Creek Post Office, Clayton county, Iowa.

PHILIP, Jun., born Feb. 20, IS12, at Rye, Eng., embarked at London May 1, IS24, landed at New York city June 18th, was bound-by an aunt who came before them-apprentice in New York to a tailor, who treated him eruelly, and he ran away, went to Boston, obtained employment in a glass factory, saved some money, went by water to Philadelphia, walked from there

to Wheeling, Va .; worked his way down the Ohio river, and up the Mississippi river to St. Louis, on a keel boat. At St. Louis he fell in with Elijah Iles and Rich- ard Smith, both of whom knew his father, and he came with them to Springfield, ar- riving Oct. 15. 1824, to the surprise of his father. He was married May 19, 1836, to Christiana Campbell, on Richland creek. They had four children near Rochester, Sangamon county. He went to California in 1849, and returned in March, 1850, moved to Clinton in November of the same year, where three children were born. Of their seven children, MARY, born Dee. IS, 1839, married in Clinton, Jan. 19, 1857, to Robert Millard, have five children, and live in Clinton. JOHN G., born Angust 28, 1842, died in his twenty- second year. PHEBE, born March 1, 1847, married John Armstrong, and died July 5, 1868, in Clinton. SARAH F. lives with her parents. LOUIS P. died, aged four years. CHRISTIANA and MATTIE F. live with their parents, in Clinton, Ill.

MARGARET, born March 28, 1814, at Rye, England, married in Sangamon county, about 1834, to Daniel McClees. They had seven children in Sangamon county ; four died in the same county, all grown, or nearly so. JOHN and HENRY were both Union soldiers. MARY J. mar- ried John Spence, who died of disease con- tracted in the army. She lives in Spring- field. CHRISTIANA married" Mr. Petty, and resides in Round Prairie, San- gamon county. CHARLES resides with his parents. Mr. MeClees went to Cali- fornia in 1849, came home in 1853, re- turned, and his wife did not hear from him for fifteen years. They now reside at Port Angelos, Washington Territory.

SELINA, born July, 1816, in Rye, England, married in IS38, in Sangamon county, to John H. MeMinany. She died in Fannin county, Texas.

HENRY R., born April, 1818, at Rye, England, married in Sangamon county, in IS42, to Jane Trotter. They had two children; hoth live in Sangamon county. Henry R. Clark resides near, Bolivar, Mo.

Philip Clark died in February, 1853, in Sangamon county. His widow married again, and resides in Missouri.

The object of the Clark brothers in coming to the country was to engage in

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the milling business. The site they select- ed was a favorable one, on the main San- gamon river, about two miles north of the present town of Rochester. The Legisla- ture passed an act declaring that rive navigable, and they abandoned the mill site. They went to a point on the South Fork, near where Edward Clark lived and died, and put a saw mill in operation in 1824, and a flouring mill in 1825. That was the first mill that did good work in this part of the country. Soon after they came to the country, Philip went to Lisle's band mill, and remained three days and two nights to get two bushels of corn ground. They then bought a hand mill in St. Louis for their own use, but it kept about thirty families in bread for two years, until their own mill on South Fork was completed.

CLARK, EDWARD, was born Feb. 16, 1790, in the ancient town of Rye, Eng. It was the principal one of the three independent ports, which, together with the Cinque, or five ports, obtained charters granting special privileges from the British Sovereigns, in consequence of their having fitted out a fleet and con- quered the Danish and Scandanavian free- booters, thus breaking up the system of piracy which had for years been devastat- ing the English coasts. The office of Lord Warden of the Cinque ports, is one of the most ancient in the kingdom, reach- ing back to the time of Edward the Con- fessor, about the year 1050. Edward Clark's grandfathers on both sides were named Clark, but were no relation to each other. They were both sea captains, and his father, Henry Clark, was intended for the sea, but could never overcome the tenden- cy to sea sickness, and engaged in other pursuits, chiefly mercantile and milling, to which the subject of this sketch was trained in early life. His brother Philip, having visited America in 1817, Edward sailed with him from London in August, 1818, and landed in October following. They arrived in what became Sangamon county in Nov., 1819, and located on the Sangamon river, about two miles north of the present town of Rochester. For the route traveled, see his brother Philip's name.

Edward Clark was married March 4, IS21, to Sarah Viney. Mr. Clark went to Edwardsville to obtain a license, and when

he arrived there, learned that a law had been enacted by the legislature, in session at Vandalia, and approved by Gov. Bond, Tan. 30, 1821, providing for the organization of a new county, to be called Sangamon. The clerk declined to issue a license, and Mr. Clark insisted that as he was ready to marry he did not like to be delayed. The clerk told him that if he was determined to marry, he could go home, have the marriage ceremony solemnized, and after the county was organized, have it done again. The county was organized April 10, 1821, and after that a license was ob- tained and the marriage again solemnized by the same minister who officiated the first time, Rev. Rivers Cormack, of the M. E. Church. They had eight children, all in Sangamon county, namely-

ABRAHAM V., born April 9, 1822. He was never married, but went to Cali- fornia in 1849, and died Dec., 1850, at Sacramento City.

HENRY P., born Nov. 2, 1823. He was married Dec. 15, 1853, to Nancy T. Williams. They have four children, MARY J., SARAH V., EDWARD S., and WILLIAM T., the three eldest in Rochester, and the fourth in Oskaloosa, Iowa. . Henry P. Clark lives one and a half miles southeast of Rochester.

MARY JANE, born Feb. 25, 1825, married Feb. 25, 1845, to James Richard- son. They had three children. Mrs. R. died Sept. 6, 1857. Mr. Richardson is married again, and resides in Taylorville. Her youngest son, Abraham V. Richard- son, lives at the homestead, near Roches- ter.

REBECCA S., born May 15, 1827, died unmarried, March IS, 1856.

GEORGE W., born Nov. 11, 1829, died Dec. 15, 1855.

EDMUND f. and CHARLES A., twins, born Aug. 27, 1831.

CHARLES A., died Oct. 25, 1852, in Oregon.

EDMUND Y., married Feb. 19, 1857, to Cassander Lovelace, who was born Sept. 9, 1838, in Shelby county. They have six living children, WILLIAM F., LOUISA J., REASON E., JAS- PER N., JOHN S. and ALVIN W., and live at the family homestead, two miles west of Rochester.

SARAH A., born Feb. 2, 1835, died Jan. 26, 1856.

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Mrs. Sarah Clark died March 26, 1837, and Edward Clark was married Jan. 16, IS38, to Nancy Trotter. They had three children.

BENJAMIN F., born Oct. 15, 1838, enlisted July 25, 1862, in Co. I, 114th Ill. Inf., for three years. At the battle of Guntown, Miss., June 10, 1864, he brought on disease by excessive fatigue, and died March 1, 1865, in military hospital at Memphis, Tenn. His brother, Henry P., brought his remains home. and they were interred near Rochester.

WILLIAM T., born Nov. 16, 1842, enlisted Sept. 28, 1861, in Co. G, 10th Ill. Cav., for three years, re-enlisted as a vet- eran, served to the end of the rebellion, and was honorably discharged Nov., 1865, at San Antonio, Texas. William T. Clark lives in Oregon.

NANCY ANN, born March 16, 1845, and died Jan. 21, 1856. By looking back at dates it will be seen that four members of the family died from Dec. 15, 1855, to March 18, 1856. Disease, typhoid fever.

Mrs. Nancy Clark died Sept. 26, 1853, and Edward Clark died Jan. 10, 1875, both on the farm two miles west of Roch- ester, and within five miles of where he settled in 1819.

Wellington was in command of the district where Edward Clark lived when both were young men, and Mr. Clark knew him well. Mr. Clark witnessed the launching of the British ship, Victory, at the Chatham dock yarks. It was on board that ship that Admiral Nelson was slain at the battle of Trafalgar, after promulgating the famous order which has became historic: "England expects every man to do his duty."

Edward Clark was a man of precise business habits, better suited to an older community than the one in which he spent the greater part of his long life. He was just in all his dealings, and was a model christian gentleman. He was a man of varied and extensive reading, and had accumulated a miscellaneous library from the standard works of the most distinguished authors in the English language.

CLARK, ORAMEL, was born August 11, 1792, in Lebanon, Connecti- cut, taken by his parents to Berk- shire county, Mass., in 1797, and from there to Cooperstown, N. Y. He enlisted

and served as a non-commissioned officer in the war of 1812, and moved to St. Law- rence county, N. Y., in IS17. He emigra- ted in ISIS to Kaskaskia, Ill., and in 1819 removed to where Athens, Menard coun- ty, now stands. He was the third man who settled on the north side of Sangamon river. In 1820 he returned on foot to visit his parents in New York. On returning to his home in Illinois, he married Jane C. Stewart, on Fancy creek, in Sanga- mon county. In IS21 he bought the preempted right to a farm from John Dixon (afterwards founder of Dixon, Ill.,) on Fancy creek, ten miles from Spring- field. He remained here until the death of his wife, in 1832, when he again visited his parents in New York, returning to Illinois in 1834. Of his five children-

MARIA died, aged four years, at Athens.

MARY Y., born Nov. 5, 1824, in San- gamon county, was married March, 1842, to Abner Riddle. See his name.

RUSSELL W., born in 1827, in San- gamon county, died, aged twenty-one years. He was a medical student at the time.

WILLIAM A., born Jan. 4, 1829, on Fancy creek, Sangamon county, was ap- prenticed to the drug business in Spring- field. Was a salesman from 1851 until 1853, when he emigrated to California, crossing the plains. He was married in Redwood City, Cal., Sept. 18, 1866, to Rebecca E. Teague, who was born July 1, 1849, in Springfield, Mo. They had two children, viz: GEO. W. and EDWARD O. The latter died June 16, 1875. William A. Clark and family reside at Redwood City, San Mateo county, California.

EDWARD O., born Dec. 3, 1831, in Sangamon county, married Feb. 14, 1855, in Waverly, Ill., to Virginia F. Harris, who was born March 8, 1835, in Morgan county, Ill. They have one child, ESTHER C., and reside near Carlinville.

Oramel Clark was married the second time, Oct. 28, 1836, to Judith W. Davis, of Elkhart, Ill. She was born August 12, 1802, in Union county, Ky. They moved to Springfield in 1838, and had five children, viz ---

EMELINE, born August 20, 1838, in Sangamon county, was married in Spring- field, March 23, 1863, to Col. N. Martin Curtis, who was born May 21, 1835, in

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De Peyster, N. Y. He enlisted April, 1861, was mustered into the United States service May 15, 1861, as Captain of Co. G, 16th N. Y. Inf., and became Lieuten- ant Colonel of the 142d N. Y. Inf., Oct. 21, 1862, and Colonel Jan. 21, 1863; Brigadier General by brevet Oct. 27, IS64; Brigadier General, Jan. 15, 1865, and Brevet Major General. The last two pro- motions were for gallantry displayed in leading the troops in the capture of Fort Fisher, Jan. 15, 1865, where he lost his left eye. General Curtis was several times severely wounded. The Legislature of New York passed resolutions, April 5, IS65, thanking Gen. Curtis and the officers and men of his command (who were all New York troops), for their achieve- ments on that occasion. Gen. Curtis was appointed, August 14, 1866, Collector of Customs for the District of Oswegatchie, and Special Agent Treasury Department March 4, 1867, which position he still holds. They have three children, EM- MA P., MARY W. and FLORENCE R. Gen. Curtis is a breeder of fine stock, and resides on his farm near Ogdensburg, N. Y.

MARTHA and SUSAN(twins), born Sept. 23, 1840.

MARTHA married George W. Burge. They have two living children, GEO. C. and FRANK F., and reside at Ottawa, Kansas.

SUSAN is unmarried, and resides with her sister, Mrs. Burge.

CAROLINE G., born March 5, 1845, in Springfield, married Oct. 30, 1867, to John M. Amos. See his name.

Oramel Clark died Sept. 9, 1863, in Springfield, and his widow resides with her children.

CLAYTON, JOHN S., was born August 2, 1802, in Caldwell county, Ky. Elizabeth Clayton was born May, 1806, in the same county. They were there married in 1824, and had one child in Kentucky. The family moved to Mor- gan county, Ill., where one child was born, and moved hack to Kentucky, where two children were born, and they again moved to Morgan county, Ill., in 1833 or '4, and after a few years spent there, moved to Sangamon county, in what is now Ball township, where they had seven children.

FKÅNKLIN JEFFERSON, born Feb. 13, 1827, in Caldwell county, Ky.,

married in Sangamon county to Elizabeth Scott. They have six children, RUTH JANE, GILBERT, AMANDA E., PERLEASY, EMMA and SHELTON L., and reside in Ball township, near Chatham.

ALEXANDER, born Sept. 16, 1829, in Morgan county, Ill., married in Sanga- mon county to Mary A. Marshall. They had two children, CHARLES E. and HENRY N., and Mrs. Mary A. Clayton died, and he married Theresa J. Penix. They have four children, MELISSA J., ADA M., MARY A. and JACOB B., and live in Ball township, four and a half miles southeast of Chatham.

MINERVA f., born in Kentucky, married in Sangamon county to John Og- den, who died, and she married William Smith, and lives near Moberly, Randolph county, Mo.

JIAR QUIS D., born March 16, 1834, in Kentucky, married in Sangamon coun- ty, August 29, 1860, to Susan A. Matthew. They had eight children, three of whom died young. The other five, CHARLES A., SARAH E., FRANKLIN L., THOMAS E. and MANFORD E. live with their parents, three miles north of Pawnee.

ELZIRA, born in Illinois, married William Easley, have six children, and live in Clark county, Mo.

MARY A., born in Illinois, married Simon T. Matthew. See his name.

GEORGE M. married Miss J. Pat- terson, who died, and he married Harriet E. Debow. They have one child, NET- TIE FLORENCE, and live in Cotton Hill township, three miles north of Paw- nee.

MARIETTA, born in Sangamon county, married George Lamb. See his name.

YOHN L., born in Sangamon county, married in 1873 to Mary Allen, and lives with his mother.

John S. Clayton died Sept. 7, 1861, and Mrs. Elizabeth Clayton resides in Ball township, four and a half miles southeast of Chatham.

CLAYTON, JOHN C., was born about 1SOS, in Caldwell county, Ky. He came to Sangamon county in IS29, with his cousin and brother-in-law, John S. Clayton. He was married at Alton to Ginsey Clack. He moved his family to

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Champaign county in 1856, and died there the same year, leaving a widow and four children. His son Elias was a member of an Illinois regiment, and was killed in battle at Little Rock, Ark., in 1864. A daughter is married, and lives in Missouri.

The widow, with her son Hardin and another child, live near Urbana, Ill.

CLEMENTS, GEORGE, was born in Amherst county, Va .; was mar- ried to Lizzie Holliday, who was a native of Virginia also. They had six children in Virginia, and the family moved to Gar- rard county, Ky., and from there to San- gamon county, Ill., arriving early in 1830 in what is now Woodside township. Of the children -.

WILLIAM, born Oct. 14, 1797, in Virginia, married in Kentucky and died, leaving a family there.

FOHN, born May 13, ISoo, in Vir- ginia, married in Kentucky to Elizabeth Turpin, came with his father to Sanga- mon county. They had three living children. HENRY D. married Eliza Skane, had two children, and she died. He lives in Sangamon county. LUCIN- DA married William Barger, and resides in Mechanicsburg. ELIZA married Isaiah Pryor, and live in Missouri.

THOMAS, born Nov. 22, 1So2, in Am- herst county, Va., married Sindicey Harris, August 2, 1822. They had eight children. AMERICA, horn July 21, 1823, married John C. Cloyd. See his name. LOU- ISIANA, born July 16, 1826, married John A. Miller. See his name. JAMES A., born Nov. IS, IS28, in Ky., married Permelia Hatten, who was born in IS26, in Garrard county, Ky. They reside four miles southwest of Chatham. ELIZA A., born in Sangamon county, Oct. 22, 1832, resides with her sister, Mrs. Matthew Cloyd. 'FANNY, born Oct. 13, IS33, in Sangamon county, married Oct. IS, IS48, to Matthew Cloyd. See his name. GEO. WV., born Oct. 14, 1835, died, aged ten years. SINDICEY J., born August 28, 1837, died March, IS54. THOMAS R., born May 6, 1839, married Sept. 4, 1861, to Elizabeth Ellison, who was born in Carthage, O. They have two children, ADA and JAMES H., and live in Chatham township. HENRY H., born Jan. 3, IS4I, married Emily Sparks, has three children, and live near Topeka, Kansas. Mrs. Sindicey Clements died Feb. 21,

1842, and Thomas Clements married in IS44 to Mrs. Alcey Baucom, whose maiden name was Neville. Thomas Clements died March, 1855, and his widow resides with her daughter, Mrs. T. Gordon Cloyd,

SINDICE ? married Henry Collier. They have one child, LOUISIANA, and live in Rochester.

ELIZA A., born March 29, 1811, in Amherst county, Va., married Samuel Cloyd. See his name.

FANNY, born July 17, 18OS, married May 19, 1844, to John Levi. He died Dec. 23, 1872, and his widow lives in Rochester.

George Clements and his wife both died in Sangamon county.

CLIFTON, ELIAS, was born in Sussex county, Delaware, and married there to Sally Carlisle, a native of the same county. They had five children in that county, two of whom died young. The family moved, in IS02, to Fayette county, Ky., where one child died, and in IS16 they moved to Clarke county, Ind., and from there to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving Dec., 1834, in what is now Rochester township. Of their two child- ren-

CLEMENT, born about 1794, in Delaware, married in Clarke county, Ind., to Nancy Martin. They came to Sanga- mon county a few years later than his father. Mrs. Clifton died in IS45. He went back to Indiana, and married Mrs. Susan Williams, whose maiden name was Huckleberry. They had one child, ELIAS, who died aged fifteen years. Mrs, Clifton died, and he married Melin- da Alsop. She died in 1855, and he in IS57.

NANCY, born Oct. 31, ISoo, in Sussex county, Delaware. She was married in Fayette county, Ky., April 27, IS16, to Uspshear D. Spicer. See his name. He died, and Mrs. Spicer married Adam Saftly. See his name.

Mrs. Sally Clifton died March 25, 1346, and Elias Clifton died Jan. 3, 1852, both in Sangamon county.

CLINE, JOHN, was born Jan. 2, 1798, in Frederick county, Va. His pa- rents died when he was quite young, leav- ing four children. Their grandfather, George Sutherland, took them with him to Madison county, near London, Ohio, in ISO2. In ISI9 he prepared to visit the

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western country on horseback. Levi Cantrall was about moving to Illinois, and Mr. Cline engaged to drive his four-horse team, and they arrived in the American bottom in November. Mr. Cantrall pur- chased a supply of corn there, and moved to what became Sangamon county, arriv- ing in Dec., IS19, in what is now Fancy Creek township. Mr. Cline drove the team, and arrived at the same time. He intended returning to Ohio in the spring, but when the time came he decided to raise a crop, and while thus engaged he was married, July 20, 1820, to Mrs. Lucy Scott, whose maiden name was England. He made arrangements to visit Ohio in fall of 1820, but his wife being sick, he deferred it, and has not yet made his visit. Mrs. Cline had one child by her first mar- riage-

ELIZA SCOTT, born Feb. 15, 1816. She is married, has three children, and lives in Kansas.

Mr. and Mrs. Cline had ten children in Sangamon county-

WILLIAM, born Oct. S, IS21, mar- ried Sept. 6, 1842, to Eliza Canterberry. They had four children. MARIA L. married August 14, 1862, to Charles S. Jones, who was born July 19, 1844, in Ohio. He enlisted a few days before his marriage, in Co. C, 114th II]. Inf., for three years. He was wounded June 10, 1864, at the battle of Tupelo, Miss., and was discharged on account of physi- al disability. Mr. and Mrs. Jones have one child, SCOTT, and live in the ex- treme southwest corner of Logan county, Post Office, Williamsville. JOHN N., born August 23, 1846, married July 29, 1867, to Dulcina E. Primm. They have one living child, NINIAN O., and live five and a half miles west of Williamsville. ASA M. married March 12, 1873, to Melissa McClelland, and live in Fancy creek township. WILLIAM F. lives with his father. Mrs. Eliza Cline died Sept. 7, 1871, and William Cline married in 1872, to Maria J. Purkins. They have one child, EDWARD E., and live in Menard county, near Cantrall.

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History of the early settlers of Sangamon County, Illinois : "centennial record", Part 31

Author: Power, John Carroll, 1819-1894; Power, S. A. (Sarah A.), 1824-; Old Settlers' Society of Sangamon County (Ill.) Publication date: 1876 Publisher: Springfield, Ill. : E.A. Wilson & Co. Number of Pages: 824

Author: Power, John Carroll, 1819-1894; Power, S. A. (Sarah A.), 1824-; Old Settlers' Society of Sangamon County (Ill.)
Publication date: 1876
Publisher: Springfield, Ill. : E.A. Wilson & Co.
Number of Pages: 824