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NAPOLEON B., born June 10, 1820, is an invalid, and resides with his mother.
MARIA L., born July 22, IS22, in Bracken county, Ky., married in Sanga- mon county to George B. Merriman. See his name.
LUCY M., born March 7, 1825, in Bracken county, Ky., married in Sanga- mon county to Lindsay Ridgeway. See his name.
BERTRAND, born April 10, 1827, in Bracken county, Ky., is unmarried, and resides adjoining Dawson on the south. He is an extensive farmer and stock raiser.
MARTHA W., born Oct. 21, 1829, in Sangamon county, married Sept. 24, IS50, to James Vanvoris, of Pennsylvania. She died April 2, 1853, in Washington county, Pa.
MARY f., born Dec. 17, 1831, in San- gamon county, married John S. Merri- inan Nov. 9, IS4S. See his name.
ISABEL, born Dec. 22, 1833, resides with her mother.
SARAII E., born July 31, 1837, in Sangamon county, resides with her mother.
FOHN, Jun., born March 22, 1840. He went to Cairo Ill., in 1862, and enlist- ed in the United States navy, served one vear, and died at home Oct. 26, 1869.
DICK A., born April 3, 1842, in San- gamon county, died at eleven years of age.
John Dawson died Nov. 12, 1850, in Sangamon county. His widow resides on the farm where they settled in 1827. It is three miles southwest of Dawson.
Mr. Dawson was Captain of a company from Sangamon county in the Black Hawk war of 1831. He was elected to represent Sangamon county in the State Legislature of 1831 and '2. He was again elected in 1835, and continued, by re-elec- tion, to represent the county until 1840, and was consequently one of the "Long Nine" who secured the removal of the State capital to Springfield at the session of 1836-'7. [See article: " Long Nine. "] Mr. C. was also a member of the conven- tion that framed the State constitution of IS4S. The ball received in his lungs at the battle of River Raisin was never ex- tracted, and was the cause of his death.
DALLY, CRAWFORD, was born about 1795, in Pennsylvania, mar- ried in Virginia to Susan Sanders, and made their home in Washington county, Pa., until four children were born, and the family moved to Sangamon county, Ill., in the spring of IS35. Of their four children-
HESTER A., married three times, and died at Belleville, Ill.
MARY }., born Aug. 22, 1824, in Washington county, Pa, married in Sangamon county, to Thomas M. Crow- der. Sce his name.
SUSAN M., born in 1826 in Pennsyl- vania, died in Sangamon county, aged twenty-four years.
AGNES E., born in Pennsylvania, married Andrew Armstrong, and died.
MILTON, born in 1831, in Pennsyl- vania, married in Sangamon county, to Nancy J. Sappington, had five children, moved to Missouri, and she died. He was a Union soldier in a Missouri regiment.
Mrs. Susan Dally died in 1835, and Crawford Dally died December, 1839, both in Sangamon county.
DAVENPORT, GEORGE, was born about 1781, in North Carolina, married, had one child, and his wife died there. When the child was three weeks old he carried it on horseback to Casey county, Ky. He was there married to Winney Clifton, a native of that county. They had two children, and moved to
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Sangamon county, Ill., in the fall of 1819, and first camped where Springfield now stands, and three weeks later moved six miles west, at the north side of Spring creek, where seven children were born. Of his children-
THOMAS, born in North Carolina, raised in Sangamon county, married, and is living with his second wife near Inde- pendence, Mo.
WILLIAM, born in Kentucky, raised in Sangamon county, has his second wife, and resides near Mt. Pleasant, Iowa.
ELIZABETH, born in Kentucky, married Thomas Davis, has six children, and resides in Vernon county, Mo.
ALFRED S., born June 24, 1820, married Lucinda Tollev. They have seven children, JAMES, GEORGE, JOHN, ADOLPHUS, MARY, SO- PHIA and NOAH, and reside two and a half miles northeast of Berlin.
MARY married Thomas Andrews, who died, leaving three children, and she married John Runnels, and he died, leav- ing a widow and two children, near Dal- las, Texas.
NANCY married Jeremiah Kendall, had four children, and she died, leaving her family in Oregon.
URIAH L. was a soldier in the 4th Ill. Inf. under Col. E. D. Baker, and was wounded at the battle of Cerro Gordo, Mexico, and died eight or nine days later.
FOB C., born January 4, 1823, in San- gamon county, was married Dec. 4, 1845, to Alice J. Mosteller, who was born Nov. 29, 1830. They have five children, JOHN H., LAURA (the latter was married May 9, 1875, to William Sayre, and resides near Pleasant Plains), CHARLES M., NEW- MAN and WILLIAM EDWARD. All the unmarried children live with their parents in Menard county, near Salisbury, Sangamon county.
ADOLPHUS died in 1850 in Chicago, aged about twenty-four years.
AMANDA married Allen Baker, and died in 1849.
RHODA married Thomas Ray. They have four children, and reside in Vernon county, Mo.
Mrs. Winney C. Davenport died Jan. 15, 1845, and George Davenport died Feb. 14, 1845, both in Sangamon county, eight miles west of Springfield.
DAVIDSON, SAMUEL, was born Oct. 19, 1821, in Morgan county, East Tenn. His parents moved, in 1826, to Macon county, Ill., and in IS2S to Macoupin county. Samuel spent most of his time in Sangamon county until 1840, and from that time he made his home in Ball township, where he was married May 9, 1850, to Amanda Nuckolls. They had nine children, one of whom, John D., died Nov. 26, 1869, in his seventh year. The other eight-
ANNIE E., GEORGE W., EM- MA A., SAMUEL MI., THOMAS }., AMANDA V., MIRIAM M. and CHIARLES CARROLL reside with their parents, three and a half miles west of Pawnec.
DAVIES, JOHN, was born in Wales, and came to America when a young man. He was married in Adair county, Ky., to Catharine Antle. They had ten children in Kentucky, and Mr. Davies died there about ISIO. His widow moved to Sangamon county about IS26, and settled near Salisbury. Of her child- ren-
GEORGE married in Kentucky to Catharine Tolley, came to Sangamon county before his mother, and died in 1856. His widow and two children live in Kansas.
POLLY married in Kentucky to Rich- ard Walker, came to Sangamon county in 1826, and died in 1870, leaving two child- ren in Bond county.
MICHAEL, born in Kentucky, mar- ried twice in Sangamon county, leaving a widow and five children in Menard county.
HENRY, born Oct. 30, 1805, in Cum- berland county, Ky., came to Salisbury, Sangamon county, in 1828. He was mar- ried there May 5, 1835, to Lucy Mc- Glasson, who was born July 1, 1817, in Adair county, Ky. They had ten child- ren in Sangamon county, namely : JULIA A. was killed by a falling chimney, at four years of age. ELIZABETH, born Jan. 30, 1839, married Ebenezer Colburn. Sce his name. MARY M., born July 2, 1841, married John Huffmaster. See his name. SALLIE A. died young. MARION, born Sept. 6, 1848, and ALONZO, born Jan. 2, 1852, live with their parents. EMILY J., born Sept. 5, 1854, lives with her sister, Mrs. Colburn. IRA JASPER, born May 25, 1857, and MATILDA,
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born Nov. 12, 1860, live with their par- ents. Henry Davies and wife now (1874) live in Loami.
NANCY married in Kentucky to Ben- jamin Ballenger, and died near Natchez. Miss.
WILLIAM, born in Kentucky, mar- ried Elizabeth Duncan, and both died, leaving two married children in Salisbury.
SALLY, born in Kentucky, married Thomas Miller, who died, leaving a widow and six children in Menard county.
YOHN, born July 23, 1815, in Ken- tucky, married in Sangamon county, November, 1834, to Polly Duncan. They have five children; two of them married, and all live in Salisbury.
MILTON, born in Kentucky in 1817, married Lucy A. McMurphy, have two children, and live in Salisbury
Mrs. Catharine Davies died in 1846, in Salisbury.
DAVIS, AQUILLA, was born in 1756, in St. Mary's county, Maryland, and taken to Fauquier county, Va., when a youth. He was a soldier in the Revolu- tion, and married in the latter county to Isabella Briggs. They had six children in Virginia, namely: Edward, William B., Alexander B., Thompson and Hezekiah, and a daughter Marion. They emigrated to Kentucky, where they had two child- ren. In 1820 they moved to Illinois, set- tling first where Elkhart now is, which was then Sangamon county. Aquilla Davis laid out the town of Elkhart. In IS22 or '3 they moved to Fancy Creek, ten miles from Springfield. After several years Aquilla Davis and family returned to Elkhart. Thers are but three of their children living now, viz-
HEZEKIAH, born in Virginia, re- sides with his son in Tazewell county, Illinois.
BENJAMIN F., born in Kentucky, resides at Norwood, Franklin county, Kansas, and
JUDITHI W., born August 12, 1802, in Union county, Ky., was married Oct. 28, 1836, to Oramel Clark. See his name.
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Aquilla Davis died August 23, 1832, and Mrs. Davis died Jan. 23, 1833, both near Elkhart, Logan county, Ill.
DAVIS, JOHN, was born Oct. 15, 18og, in Baltimore county, Md. He was married there in May, 1829, to Mrs.
Margaret Davis, whose maiden name was Gore. She was born Oct. 6, 1So6, in the same county, and was married first in September, 1824, to Capt. Robert Davis, a soldier in the war of 1812. They had two children, and Capt. Davis died May, IS27.
John Davis and wife had two children in Maryland, and moved in 1832 to Preble county, O., where they had one child, and from there to Darke county, where one child was born. The family then moved to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving Feb., 1837, in what is now Gardner township, where they had three children, Of the two children of Mrs. Davis by her first marriage-
ELIZABETH, born Sept. 3, 1825, near Baltimore, Md., married in Sanga- mon connty to Samuel H. Reid, Jun. See his name.
NANCY, born Aug. 6, 1827, near Bal- timore, married in Sangamon county to Henry H. Foster. See his name.
Of the seven children by the second marriage-
ELLEN, born Dec. 12, 1830, in Mary- land, married in Sangamon county Jan., 1855, to Joseph McCoy. They have one child, JOHN, born in Sangamon county, and reside in Missouri.
JAMES, born Jan. 23, 1832, in Mary- land, brought up in Sangamon county, and went to California in October, IS53. The family have not received any reliable information from him since June 8, 1856, and have no hope that he is living.
MARTHA Y., born March, 1834, in Preble county, O., and died in Sangamon county, November, 1848.
MARGARET, born in 1836, in Darke county, O., died in Sangamon county March 31, 1853.
SARAH, born September, IS40, in Sangamon county, married in the same county to James Bruce, has one child, ANNIE, and live near White Oak post- office, Montgomery county, Ill.
JOHN, Jun., born Dec. 12, 1842, in Sangamon county, enlisted September, 1861, in Co. B, 10th Ill. Cav., for three years, and re-enlisted as a veteran Decem- ber, 1863. He served until Jan. 5, 1866, when he was honorably discharged in Springfield, being the last man of the regiment. He was killed by lightning July 5, 1875, while attending to some
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stock on his father's farm, near Curran, Sangamon county.
DALLAS, born Oct. 4, 1846, in San- gamon county, married Dec. 31, 1868, to Louisa Smith. They have two children, MARY A. and THOMAS O., and live two miles east of Curran.
John Davis and wife reside two miles east of Curran, Sangamon county, Ill.
DAVIS, ISRAEL, was born Jan. 21, 1817, in Rutherford county, near Mur- freesboro, Tenn. His parents died when he was about five years old. At the age of fourteen years he joined a family who was moving, and came with them to Green county, Ill., and from there to San- gamon county in 1834, and made his home in what is now Auburn township. He was married June 30, 1844, to Jane Kes- sler. They have five children-
CATHARINE married James Dren- nan, and lives in Auburn.
GEORGE lives in Auburn.
SUSAN married Joseph Rectrie, and lives in Carlinville.
VIRGINIA and MARY live with their parents. in Auburn.
Mr. Davis was for many years employed at the depot of the Chicago and Alton railroad, at Auburn, and resides there.
DAVIS, RICHARD, was born April, 1800, in Kentucky. Elizabeth Neal, (sister to Mrs. Edward Williams. See his name.), was horn about 1803, in Nelson county, Ky. They were married and had one child in Kentucky, and the family moved to Sangamon county, arriv- ing before the deep snow of 1830-31, in Springfield. They had three children in Sangamon county. Of their four child- ren-
GEORGE L., died unmarried in IS56.
DIANA, born July 16, 1832, in Spring- field, married Nov. 8, 1855, to Philip Loeb, who was born Oct. 15, 1831, in Baden, Germany. They had three living children, PHILIP E., MARY C. and ARTHUR R. Philip Loeb died Sept. 17, 1866, in Springfield, and his widow and children live four and a half miles northwest of Springfield.
JOHN H., born Feb., 1836, is unmar- ried, and resides with his sister, Mrs. Loeb.
JAMES E. married Rosella La-
grange. They have two children, and live in Springfield.
Mrs. Elizabeth Davis died March, 1850. and Richard Davis died April, 1865, both in Springfield.
DAWLEY, HARRISON, was born July 17, 1817, in Chatauqua county, N. Y., came to Springfield in March, 1839, and four or five years later went to Island Grove, where he was married, Oct. 26, 1847 to Jane Campbell, a daughter of Hugh Campbell. She was born March 11, 1826, in Tennesse, and raised on Rich- land creek. They had nine children; three died young, namely-
PATIENCE was killed in her third year, by a runaway horse belonging to Dr. J. M. Gibson.
MATILDA died in her third year, and
MAXWELL died in infancy.
CINTHIA A., born Sept. 4, IS48, married Oct. 28, 1869, to M. F. Kibbey. They have three children, and live at El Paso, Sedgwick county, Kan.
JOHN H., WILLIAM E., ED. WARD, JOSEPH C. and GEORGE 7., live with their parents two miles south of Rochester.
DAY, GEORGE, was born Mar. 5, ISto, in Sheffield, Mass. His parents died when he was three years old, and he, with another brother and a sister, were taken by an aunt to Granby, Conn. He next lived with a half-sister, at Elbridge, N. Y. At fifteen years of age he went to Hartford, Conn., and engaged to travel in Ohio for a clock company. He sold clocks four years, returned to Hartford, and prosecuted the same business two years in Pennsylvania. Henrietta Shank was born March 19, 1816, at Hagerstown, Md. The family moved to Mercersburg, Pa., where her father died, and her moth- er married Jacob Divelbiss. See his name. The family moved to Ligonier, Pa. George Day and Henrietta Shank were married Feb. 20, 1834, had one child there, and moved to Illinois, arriving at Havana Oct. 29, 1837. They visited some friends who had left comfortable Pennsylvania houses, and were living in rail pens, covered with sod. Their bread was made from wheat ground without bolting. Mr. Day became a walking earthquake- having the chills and fever-but he was not happy, and determined to return to
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the Pennsylvania hills. His wife per- suaded him to come to Springfield, where they arrived in Nov., 1837. When the grass and flowers appeared the next spring, he hecame reconciled, and has been well satisfied from that to the present time. They had seven living children in Sanga- mon county, namely-
SOPHIA H., born March 15, 1836, at Ligonier, Pa., married in Sangamon coun- ty, March 20, 1854, to David Ayers, who was born July 27, 1833, in Auglaize coun- ty, Ohio. Mr. Ayers died May 30, 1866, at Jacksonville, Ill. Mrs. Ayers resides with her parents.
HENRIETTA, born Feb. 16, 1840, in Springfield, married Dec. 7, 1865, to Joseph F. Boyd, who was born Jan. 4, 1837, in Hagerstown, Md. They have one child, GRACIE D., and live in Springfield.
WILLIAM, born Sept. 14, 1842, in Springfield, was married May IS, 1865, to Margaret E. Keyes. They have five children, EFFIE S., CATHARINE H., and CHARLES R., DAISY D. and MAGGIE M., and reside three miles north of Springfield.
ROBERT, born Jan. 30, 1845, enlisted April 27, 1864, for one hundred days, in Co. A, 133d Ill. Inf., served one hundred and forty-seven days, and was honorably discharged Sept. 24, 1864. He lives with his parents.
ELLIE M., born July 27, 1847,
FULLA C., born June 13, 1850, and
GEORGE E., horn Jan. 12, 1854, live with their parents.
George Day and wife reside three miles northeast of Springfield.
DEARDORFF, ANTHONY, was born in 1786 in Pennsylvania. Eliza- beth Powell was born in ISoo, in Bedford county, Pa. They were married in ISI8, in Franklin county, O., and had four children there. The family then moved to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving in the fall of 1823, in what is now Ball town- ship, where they had six children. Of their ten children-
MARY, horn in Ohio, married in San- gamon county to Morgan Matthew, who died, leaving a widow and three children in Missouri.
CATHARINE, born in Ohio, mar- ried in Sangamon county to John Kent. He died in the United States army at
Vicksburg, in 1863. His widow and five children live in Missouri.
PETER, born in Ohio, married in Sangamon county to Nancy Williams. They had four children, and Mrs. D. died. Mr. D. and his children live in Iowa.
CHARLES P., born in Ohio, mar- ried in Sangamon county to Mrs. Sarah Rummerfield. They have five children, and live in Cass county, Ill.
REBECCA, born in Sangamon coun- ty, is unmarried, and lives in Ball town- ship.
BARBARA, born in Sangamon coun- ty, married Joseph Beam. See his name.
ELIZABETH, born in Sangamon county, died at sixteen years old.
WILLIAM. P., born in Sangamon county, married Catharine Parvin. He died, leaving a widow and two children in Cass county, Ill.
JOHN died at eighteen years of age.
SUSAN, born in Sangamon county, married Henry Shipman, and live in Adair county, Mo.
Anthony Deardorff died in IS34, and his widow married Simon Matthew. See his name. She died Oct. 21, 1850.
DEARDORFF, PETER, brother to Anthony, was born in Penn- sylvania, married in Ohio to Hannah Brunk, came to Sangamon county in 1824 with George Brunk. They had four children. She died in IS74.
DELAY, JOHN, was born in Virginia, taken by his parents to Bath county, Ky., and was there married to Elizabeth Branch, a sister to Edward Branch. See his name. She was born Nov. 25, 1785, near Lynchburg, Va. They had eleven children in Bath county, and moved to Sangamon county, Ill., in 1829, and settled near Rochester. Of their children-
SARAH married in Kentucky to Thomas Baker. See his name.
GANE died in Kentucky, aged eigh- teen years.
JEMIMA died in Kentucky, aged sixteen years.
JUDITH, born March 8, 1809, in Kentucky, married in Sangamon county to Joseph Williams. See his name.
STEPHEN, born in Kentucky, mar- ried in Sangamon county, March 4, 1841, to Susan Baker, had nine children, and he
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died April 16, 1870. She lives in Cotton Hill township.
ELIZA, born April 19, 1813, in Bath county, Ky., married in Sangamon county to William Taft. See his name.
POLLY, born Jan. 5, 1820, in Bath county, Ky., married in Sangamon county to Samuel Torrence. See his name.
ELIZABETH, born in Bath county, Ky., married in Sangamon county to Samuel Keys. See his name.
GREENBERRY, born in Kentucky, died in Sangamon county, aged fifteen years.
ALVIN died in Kentucky, aged eight years.
John Delay died Dec. 23, 1850, and his widow died Oct. 3, 1869, both in Sanga- mon county.
DICKERSON, SAMUEL, was born about 1793, in Virginia. His parents moved to Pendleton county, Ky., when he was a boy, and his father engaged in salt-making at Grant's Lick. Susan Kane was born in ISoo. They were mar- ried, and had six children in Kentucky. They moved to Logan county, Ill., in 1830, and in February, 1831, arrived in what is now Illiopolis township, five miles east of Mechanicsburg. Of their child- ren-
HUGH W., born Oct. 25, 1811, in Pendleton county, Ky., married in Sanga- mon county, Aug. 7, 1833, to Catharine Greene. They had five children in San- gamon county. WILLIAM H., born July 11, 1834, enlisted in 1862 in Co. E, 116th Ill. Inf., for three years, married Sarah Enlow, has two children, and lives in Franklin county, Kan. ELIZA J. married John Taylor. See his name. ALEXANDER, born Oct. 12, 1844, en- listed Angust, 1862, in Co. B, 130th Ill. Inf., for three years. He was on duty at the capture of Vicksburg, though sick at the time, was sent to hospital at Memphis, where his father took charge of him in July, and started for home. He died on board a steamboat, Aug. 12, 1863. His remains were brought home and buried in Williams township. JOHN, born in San- gamon county, is publishing the Gazette, at Terre Haute, Ind. SAMUEL resides with his father. Mrs. Catharine Dickerson died in 1850, and H. W. Dickerson was married April 1, 1852, to Edna C. Rice. They had seven children. JOSIAH, AN-
NA M. and ROBBY died under four years. MARY, CHARLES E., OLIVER P. and IDA BELL, the six living, reside with their parents near Barclay, in Wil- liams township.
POLLY married William Hunter. See his name. Both died.
ARCHIBALD, born May 6, 1816, in Kentucky, married in Sangamon county to Celia Hunter. They had nine child- ren. HARRIET married Michael Der- ry, and live near Bowling Green, Mo. JAMES R. enlisted July 19, 1861, in Co. I, 4ist Ill. Inf., for three years, was wounded at the battle of Pittsburg Land- ing, April 6, 1862, was brought home and died on the fourteenth of the same month. SAMUEL, enlisted April, 1861, on the first call for 75,000 men, served three months, re-enlisted in 1862, in Co. I, 4ist |Ill. Inf., and served three years. He was married to Ellen Shinaman, have four children, and live near Mt. Auburn, Christian county, Illinois. LUCINDA, born November, 1845, married to Harry Blair, April, 1871, have one child, KATIE, and live near Illiopolis. AMANDA J., born Dec. 25, 1847, mar- ried John McGuffin, and reside in Illiopo- lis township. ZACHARY T., born Dec. 29, 1849, married Dec. 3, 1873, to Louisa S. Ream, and live in Illiopolis township. JOHN IIENRY, born Sept. 2, 1852, ARCHIBALD, born Dec. 2, 1854, and ERASTUS, born Sept. 10, 1857, live with their mother. Archibald Dickerson was killed Sept. 2, 1865, at Harristown, Macon county, Ill., by an accident on the T., W & W. R. R. His widow resides three and a half miles southwest of Illiopolis.
MARTHA, born in Kentucky, mar- ried John Hunter, and both died, leaving a family in Christian county.
C. ALEXANDER, born April 11, 1827, in Campbell county, Ky., married April 12, 1848, to Melinda Ridgeway. She was born Jan. 26, 1831, in Sangamon county. They have eight children, HENRY CLAY, JOHN HARDIN, WILLIAM F., SAMUEL O., REU- BEN J., SARAH J., ULYSSES GRANT and CHARLES, and reside in Illiopolis township, five miles east of Mechanicsburg, where his father settled in 1832.
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AMELIA f. married Samuel Garret-
son. Sec his name.
Samuel Dickerson died in the fall of 1856, and his widow died in June, 1859, both in Iliopolis township.
DICKERSON, CHESLEY, a younger brother to Samuel, was born in Virginia, married in Gallatin county, Ky., to Betsy Lillard, and came to Sangamon county with his brother Samuel in IS31. They had four children. Their son-
WILLIAMI, born in Sangamon coun- ty, enlisted July 19, 1861, in Co. I, 41st Il. Inf., for three years, came home on sick furlough, and died March 20, 1862.
FRANCES, born in Sangamon coun- tv, married Philip Fredericks. They live near Ottawa, Kansas. Mr. F. was a sol- dier for three years in Co. I, 41st Ill. Inf.
ERASTUS, born in Sangamon coun- ty, married Lottie Enlow, and lives at Ottawa, Kansas.
MARIA, married and died.
Chesley Dickerson and wife both died in Sangamon county.
DICKSON, GEORGE, was born March IS, 1SoI, in Tennessee, came to Illinois with his parents, and was mar- Nov. 13, 1823, to Fanny Cooper, (sister to John Cooper, the father of James.) She was born July 16, 1804, in Tennessee. They had seven children --
MİART A., born Nov. 7, IS26, died Jan. 31, 1846.
SUSAN A., born Jan. 7, 1829, died Dec. 21, IS48.
ELIZABETH E., born April 10, 1834, died August 21, 1851.
FOIIN C., born Dec. 26, 1836, mar- ried in 1869 to Ida Johnson. They have two children, and reside in Chatfiekl, Minn.
MELISSA N., born Feb. 10, 183S, married June 3, 1858, to George Flower, had two living children, and she married for a second time to James Prunk, have one child, and reside in Mechanicsburg.
THOMAS M., born May IS, IS41, was a soldier in an Illinois regiment, mar- ried in 1863, to Susan Lydic, in Christian county, have four children, and reside at Lamar, Barton county, Mo.
SARAH A., born Oct. 26, 1845, in Christian county, married Benjamin II. Giger. See his name.
George Dickson died Jan. 7, 1849. in Christian county, and his widow resides
with her daughter, Mrs. Giger, in Mc- chanicsburg.
DIFENDORF, OLIVER, was born March 12, IS19, in Canajoharie, Montgomery county, New York, and came to Springfield, Ill., in November, 1840. He was married Jan., IS42, to Martha Ann Cutter. She died six weeks after their marriage. Mr. Diefendorf, about the time of the death of his wife, entered upon the duties of deputy clerk, at Springfield, in the circuit court of San- gamon county. He continued to discharge the duties of that position until June, IS46, when he volunteered in Co. D, 4th Ill. Inf., was commissioned ist Lient., and went into the Mexican war under Col. E. D. Baker. He was subsequently com- missioned as ed Lieut. in the 16th U. S. Inf., and served until the close of the war. He was married Oct., IS48, in Cincinnati, Ohio, to Caroline Cutter. They had three children, all of whom died in in- fancy .. Aug. 23, 1850, they moved to Weston, Platt county, Mo. He was elected, Aug., 1851, for four years, clerk of the court of common pleas of that county. He was two years clerk in the office of the Surveyor-General of Kansas; was one of the thirty-two original proprietors of the city of Leavenworth, laid out in 1854. In 1856 he became a citizen of Kansas, and in the spring of 1857 a permanent resident of the city of Leavenworth. In Nov., 1867, he was elected clerk of Leav- enworth county; re-elected in 1869, again in 1873 and in 1875. He is now-1876- in office, and resides in the city of Leaven- worth.
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