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DILLARD, WILLIAM, born April 16, 1786, in Virginia. Elizabeth Jacobs was born Oct. I, 1791, in the same State. They had two children born there, and moved to Todd county, Ky., where four children were born, and the family moved to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving late in 1830, and settled three and a half miles west of Springfield. Of their child- ren-
BENGAMIN F., born Aug. 10, 1810, in Virginia, married in Sangamon county, Feb. 11, 1836, to Mary Crowder. They had seven children, two of whom died young. EUSTACIA A., born Dec. 30, 1836, married June 6, 1861, to Edward Keyes. See his name. JOHN J., born Sept. 10, 1838, died Feb. 7, 1865. WILLIAM R.,
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born Jan. 14, 1842, married Jan. 15, 1873, to Eliza J. Randall, who was born April 29, 1847, in Sangamon county. They live five miles northwest of Springfield. MARY E., born April 9, 1844, lives with her mother. RIAL MARTIN, born Jan. 22, 1847, married Feb .. 9, 1871, to Lerue Kincaid, and live in Logan county, near Elkhart. B. F. Dillard died Sept. 5, 1868, near Elkhart, and his widow (in IS74) resides five miles southwest of Springfield, on the farm where they set- tled in 1837.
ADALINE, born March 17, ISI3, married Lewis Tomlinson. See his name.
SARAH married James Hannah. They had two children, and he died. She and her children reside near Chester, Ran- dolph county.
ELIZABETH married Henry Dye, and resides near Chester.
VIRGINIA married William Bradley, who died, leaving a widow and three children in DuQuoin.
MARIAN married James Hannah. They have two children, and reside in Perry county, Ill.
JOHN A. married Mary Hathaway, have four children, and reside near Ches- ter, Randolph county.
Mrs. Elizabeth Dillard died Nov. 28, 1854, in Sangamon county, and William Dillard died Oct. 7, 186S, in Randolph county, Ill.
DILLON, JOSHUA, was born Oct. 1, 1806, in Fauquier county, Va. The grandfather of Mr. Dillon sprang from Quaker ancestors. He resided in Loudon county, Va., and was a soldier in the army that achieved American Indepen- dence. His son, Samuel, married in ISoo to Nancy Fletcher, and served his country in the war of IS12-15. Samuel Dillon and wife raised two children, Joshua, whose name heads this sketch, and Har- riet. Joshua Dillon was married March 29, 1829, in Culpepper county, Va., to Elizabeth S. Jeffries, who was born there, August 10, 1808. They united in Vir- ginia with the Regular Primitive Baptists in 1832-3, and still belong to that church. They moved to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving June 18, 1834, in what is now Fancy Creek township. They brought four children with them, and seven were born in Sangamon county. Of their children-
WILLIAMI, born Jan. 31, 1830, in Fauquier county, Va., raised in Sangamon county, married in Macon county, April 14, 1853, to Mary E. Cantrill. They had ten children, FANNIE and ELLA MAY died young. WILLIAM S., LOUIS E., FRANK, GEORGE J., MARY E., ROBERT LEE and AN- NIE SHEPHERD, twins, and PAR- THENIA J., reside with their parents. Dr. William Dillon is a practicing physi- cian, and resides at Payson, Adams coun- ty, Ill.
ROBERT, born June 29, 1831, in Culpepper county, Va., raised in Sanga- mon county, married March 16, 1858, in Decatur, Ill., to Maria F. Jennings, who was born Nov. 10, 1837, in New Jersey. Mr. Dillon enlisted in 1862, in Co. E, Ist Ill. Inf., and after four months service, he was honorably discharged on account of physical disability. In the spring of 1866 they moved to Nebraska, and from there in April, IS71, to Colorado; thence to New Mexico in 1873. They have six children, FRANCES H., JOSHUA L., RICHARD O., SARAH E., PAR- THENIA A. and WILLIAM J., and reside near Trinidad, Colorado.
SARAH F., born July 27, 1832, in Culpepper county, Va., married in San- gamon county, Ill., Sept. 5, 1849, to John II. Crow. Sce his name. She died Jan. 19, 1855, leaving three children. HENRY L., the second child, died, aged twenty- two years. ELIZABETH H. was mar- ried Oet. 11, 1874, to Albert D. Harrison. They have one child, LOUIS ARTHUR, the first great-grand-child of Joshna Dillon. Mr. Harrison is a druggist in Tecumseh, Neb. ISAAC R. Crow resides with his father.
ANN ELIZABETHI, born Oct. 7, IS33, in Culpepper county, Va., married in Sangamon county, Oct., 1853, to Reuben McDannold. They have seven children, JOHN L., PARTHENIA L., MARY A., WILLIAM R., THOMAS 1., EM- MA J. and EDDIE, and reside three miles "vest of Springfield, Ill.
HARRIET E., born March 20, 1836, in Sangamon county, died in her twelfth year.
MARY E., born Oct. 18, 1837, in San- gamon county, was married Oct. 23, 1852, to Eli Ulery, and died Dec. 5, 1864, at Mt. Zion, Macon county, III. Three
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only, of her seven children are living, DONNA I., PERLIE and ELI. They reside with their father.
THOMAS Y., born July 15, 1839, died in his twelfth year.
PARTHENIA R., was born Nov. 1, 1841, in Sangamon county, married Mar. 23, 1862, in Macon county, to John H. Crow. They have two children, SA- RAH F. and LILLIE R., and reside in Tecumseh, Neb. See his name.
FOB A., born June 5, 1843, in Sanga- mon county. He enlisted for three years, in 1861, in Co. E, 41st Ill. Inf., was cap- tured at Jackson, Miss., spent seventy- three days in a rebel prison at Belle Isle, and was honorably discharged at the ex- piration of his term of service. He was educated at Mt. Zion, Ill., graduated in 1867, at the Law school in Albany, N. Y. He was married in June, 1867, in Sanga- mon county, Ill., to Huldah J. Oder. They have one living child, JESSE P., and reside in Tecumseh, Neb. Job A. Dillon moved to Nebraska in 1868, was elected to the State Senate in 1872, and is a practicing lawyer in Tecumseh.
JOSEPH f., born Feb. 5, 1845, in Sangamon county, was married Jan. 26, 1869, to Sophia J. Irwin. They have one child, JOSHUA, and reside near Tecum- seh, Neb.
AMANDA JANE, born July 6, 1847, in Sangamon county, Ill., educated at Mt. Zion, Ill., married May 30, 1865, in Springfield, Ill., to Dr. S. B. McGlum- pherv, who was born Aug. 27, 1831, in Washington county, Penn. He attended college at Waynesburg, Green county, Penn., and arrived in Decatur, Ill., Oct. 25, 1859. He graduated at Rush Medical College, Chicago, Ill., Jan. 27, 1864. He moved to Tecumseh, Neb., arriving April 20, 1872, and was appointed by the Gov- ernor assistant physician to the Nebraska Hospital for the Insane, Aug. IS, 1874. Dr. S. B. McGlumphery and wife have two living children, LENA B. and NELLIE S., and reside in Lincoln, Neb.
Joshua Dillon and wife reside near Tecumseh, Neb.
DIXON, JAMES M., was born Aug. 3, 1807, in Harrison county, Ky. He was married in that county, Jan. 23, 1827, to Joannah Bird, who was born Nov. 20, 1807. They had four children in Mason county, Ky., and moved to San-
gamon county, Ill., in the fall of 1834, in what in now Mechanicsburg township, where they had two living children. Of their six children-
WILLIAM A., horn Nov. 10, 1827, in Kentucky, died in Sangamon county, in his twenty-fifth year.
SARAH A., born Oct. 1, 1829, in Ken- tucky, raised in Sangamon county, mar- ried in Logan county to Abraham Cop- land. They had five children, and Mrs. C. died, Feb. 26, 1872, leaving her family near Mt. Pulaski.
JESSE D., born Oct. 10, 1831, in Kentucky, raised in Sangamon county, went to Oregon in 1849, married there to Louisa Milligan, has three living children, JOANNAH, RICHARD and JOHN, and lives at Lafayette, Yamhill county, Oregon.
LUCINDA, born Sept. 6, 1833, in Mason county, Ky., married in Sangamon county to James L. Barbre. See his name.
HESTER D., born Feb. 9, 1840, in Sangamon county, married Sept. 4, 1861, to Thomas Stoker, who was born Dec. 27, 1836, in Fairfield county, O. They had four children. DAVID A. died in in- fancy. JAMES A. died at six years of age. ARTHUR E. and ARMANEL- LA live with their parents in Buffalo.
RICHARD, born Feb. 29, 1844, in Sangamon county, married May 6, 1874, and lives near Mechanicsburg.
James M. Dixon died Dec. 19, 1843, near Mechanicsburg, and his widow mar- ried John C. Eckel. See his name.
DIXON, JOHN, was born Oct. 8, 1784, in the village of Rye, Westchester county, N. Y. After spending fifteen years as a merchant in New York city, he closed his business there and started, April 13, 1820, for the west. He came by the way of Pittsburg, Pa., and Shaw- neetown, Ill., passing over the site of the city of Springfield before there was any thought of a town rising there, and set- tled nine miles further north, in what is now Fancy creek township. Four years later he moved to Fort Clark, where Peoria now stands. At the end of six years he moved north, into the country owned by the Winnebago Indians, and April 11, 1830, bought a ferry on Rock river from a half-breed Indian. From that time it was known as Dixon's ferry.
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As a village began to grow, it was abbre- viated to Dixon, and has now grown to the city of Dixon, Lee county, Ill. This is merely a synopsis of a long and useful life. John Dixon is now (1876) in his ninety-second year. Of his family, I have no record. He lives in the city founded by himself, and bearing his own name.
DIXON, JOSEPH, was among the earliest settlers on Horse creek. He was the principal mover in establishing Zion chapel, in Cotton Hill township, to which he afterwards deeded five acres of land for church and cemetery purposes. His family are buried there, but he died in 1844 at the house of a daughter, near Franklin, Morgan county, Ill., and was buried there.
DIVELBISS, JACOB, was born March 29, 1797, in Franklin county, Pa. He was there married, Jan. 19, 1819, to Catharine Shank, who was born Dec. 3, 1791, in Washington county, Md. They had three living children born in West- moreland county, Pa., and moved west, traveling from Pittsburg by water to Beardstown, Ill. Mr. Divelbiss and his son Noah walked from there to Spring- field, the family following in a hack, and arriving may 1, 1838. Of their three children-
CATHARINE, born July 8, 1822, in Westmoreland county, Pa., was married there April, 1838, to Richard Hodge. See his name.
NOAH, born Nov. 28, 1824, in West- moreland county, Pa., was married in Springfield, Aug. 8, 1848, to Cordelia Watson. They had five children. NOAH, Jun., born April 27, 1849, was killed by a railroad accident at Sag bridge, near Le- mont, Cook county, Ill., July 17, 1873. ABBIE lives her
with parents. CHARLES died in infancy. FREDDIE died in the eleventh year of his age. NELLIE lives with her parents. Noah Divelbiss came to Springfield with his father, and was deputy and acting clerk of the Supreme Court of Illinois from 1844 to 1848. He is now teller in the Marine and Fire Insurance Company's Bank, and resides in Springfield.
AMANDA, born Feb. 3, 1829, in Westmoreland county, Pa., was married in Springfield, Sept. 1, 1846, to Frank Hickox. He is a brother of Virgil, but
came to Sangamon county too late to be classed as an early settler. Mr. and Mrs. Hickox had eight children, two of whom died young. ALICE, born June 23, 1847, was married May 26, 1864, to William Warner, and resides at Selma, Alabama. FRANK, born April 4, 1849, [was mar- ried June 27, 1872, to Matilda C. Bailey, a native of Newport, Indiana. They live in Springfield, Ill. ELBERT W., born March 14, 1852, in Petersburg, was mar- ried in Springfield Jan. 10, 1875, to Kate Griffith, of St. Louis, They reside in Springfield. IDA MAY, born Nov. 9, 1854, was married in St. Louis, April 15, 1870, to William J. White. They have one child, MAGGIE, and reside in Spring- field. NELLIE and her mother reside in Springfield with Mrs. Hickox's father.
Jacob Divelbiss was elected Assessor and Treasurer of Sangamon county in 1853, serving two years. He learned the wagon-maker's trade in his native county, and prosecuted the business in Springfield for many years. He made a hand in the shop a full half century. Mrs. Catharine Divelbiss died Aug. 18, 1875, and Jacob Divelbiss died suddenly Feb. 11, 1876.
DODDS, MRS. MARGAR- ET, the mother of Joseph and Rev. Gilbert Dodds, was married three times. Her maiden name was Craig. She was born in South Carolina, and first married a Mr. Watson, who died, and she married a Mr. Kirkpatrick. He was a patriot sol- dier, who, while serving in the Revolu- tionary army, was captured, and died in the British prison on Sullivan Island, near Charleston. She lost two brothers in the Revolutionary army, also. The soldiers of the English army took all her provis- ions, and when she begged the officer in command to leave her sufficient corn and oats for seed, he replied with a volley of profanity, and told her she would have no use for it, as some loyal subject of the king would occupy her plantation. She remembered having seen Washington and his army, and Cornwallis with his army. After the death of Mr. Kirkpatrick, she married James Dodds. They had five sons and a daughter in Carolina, and in 1795 started to move their family to Ken- tucky. Before they passed out of Caro- lina the father and daughter sickened and died. Mrs. Dodds, with her five sons, moved on; but, on arriving at Red river,
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Tennessee, decided to stop, and there re- mained two years, when they again moved on, and arrived in Caldwell county, Ky., in 1797 or 'S. After her son Joseph came to Sangamon county, she came and spent two years with him, then returned to Kentucky. Twelve or fifteen years later she again came to Sangamon county, and spent her remaining days in the families of her sons Joseph and Rev. Gilbert Dodds. She died in Sangamon county, Jan. 17, 1846, in the ninety-seventh year of her age.
DODDS, JOSEPH, born May 28, 1785, in Abbeville District, South Car- olina. He was taken by his mother to Caldwell county, Ky., in 1797 or 'S. He was there married, May 3, ISIo, to Mattie Drennan. They had three children in Kentucky, and in Oct., 1817, he accom- panied his father-in-law, William Dren- nan, to Illinois. In November they stop- ped on Wood river, in Madison county, two miles north of Alton, and remained there until the next March, when the men and boys connected with four families started for Sugar creek, Sangamon county, piloted by William Moore, an Indian Ranger. They reached their destination on the first of March, ISIS, stopping in what is now Ball township, northwest of Sugar creek. There had not been any survey made, but the spot selected by Mr. Dodds, and on which he built his cabin, is now section twenty-nine, town fourteen, range five west, and that of Wil- liam Drennan is section thirty-two, same town and range. Mr. Dodds had been too busy with his crop to build anything better than a double rail pen for the pro- tection of his family. One son was born in Madison county, and Mr. Dodds brought his family to their new home Nov. 3, ISIS, where seven children were born. Of their eleven children-
WILLIAM D., born Sept. 18, ISII, in Caldwell county, Ky., was married Sept. IS, 1834, to Polly Eades, in Sanga- mon county. They moved, in 1835, to Des Moines county, lowa, where they brought up fifteen children, namely: WILLIAM E., born Oct. 13, 1835, was married Jan. 6, 1857, to Deborah C. Maines, who was born Jan. 29, 1839, in Clermont county, Ohio. They had five liv- ing children: REBECCA S., born Nov. 4, 1837, was married Dec. 3, 1874, to Edwin
G. Moran, who was born Oct. 22, 1854, in Kane county, Ill. They have one child, Ethel L., and reside near Bartlett, Fremont county, Iowa. SARAH L. and JOSEPH W., twins, JAMES H. and MARY E. The four latter live with their parents, near Bartlett, Fremont county, Iowa. JOHN H., born Nov. 27, IS3S, was mar- ried Sept. 13, 1866, to Lucy Parrott. They have one living child, WILLIAM D., and reside near Danville, Iowa. JOSEPH R., born Jan. 1, 1841, was married Feb. 7, 1861, to Sarah E. Maines. They have four living children, MARY L., CAR- RIE B., LULU A. and CYRENE E., and live near Corning, Holt county, Mo. CYRENE E., born Oct. 22, 1842, was married March 19, 1864, to Henry Mathews. They have five children, IIENRY L., HOWARD A., WARREN L., SAMUEL W. and MARY L., and live near Danville, Des Moines county, Iowa. JAMES H., born Sept. 9, 1844, died Jan. 21, IS63. REBECCA J., born August 25, 1846, was married March 9, 1861, to George W. Collis. They have one child, CHARLES L., and live near South Flint, Iowa. SAMUEL C., born July 2S, IS48, was married Jan. 22, 1869, to Sarah Alli- son. They have two children, FREDDIE A. and MARY E., and live near Danville, Iowa. CHARLES W., born April 15, IS50, was married Dec. 2, 1874, to Sonora Parrott, and live near Greenwood, Polk county, Iowa. OLIVER E., born Mar. 25, 1852, was married to Lillie A. Clark, Oct. 20, 1875, and live near South Flint, Ia. MARTHA L., born Dec. 24, 1853, was married to James J. J. Redding, Feb. 22, IS69. They have two living children, WILLIAM D. and LAURA L., and live near Pleasant Grove, DesMoines county, Iowa. AILSEY, or ALICE E., born Jan. 11, 1856, married Jan. 15, 1874, to William F. GRIFFEL. They have one child, CLARA E., and live near South Flint, Iowa. MARGARET E., LAVINA V. V., AARON E. and FINIS E. live with their parents. William D. Dodds and wife reside near South Flint, Des Moines county, Iowa.
YOHN, born Jan. 26, 1814, in Cald- well county, Ky., was married March 10, 1836, in Sangamon county, Ill., to Re- becca King. They had four children: JOSEPH C. married Elizabeth Levi. They have three children, and live in
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Pawnee township. MARY M. lives with her mother. JOHN H. was mar- ried Dec. 12, 1872, to Mary J. Funder- burk, and lives in Auburn township. SAMUEL K. lives with his mother. . John Dodds died Oct. 21, IS59, and his widow, Mrs. Rebecca Dodds, lives in Auburn township.
MARY, born Jan. 16, 1S16, in Cald- well county, Ky., was married in Sanga- mon county to Jonathan B. Coleman. Sce his name.
7. WILSON, born May 28, ISTS, near Alton, Madison county, Ill., was married Feb. 27, 1845, in Sangamon coun- ty, to Minerva J. Easley. They had fif- teen children; three died young. BEN- JAMIN A. died July 30, 1873, aged twenty-seven years. PERNECIA E. was married to John W. Phelps. They have two children, and reside in Ball township. MARTHA J. was married April 6, 1873, to Thomas Black, Jun. Sec his name. MARY E., JAMES F. E., AMANDA C., WILLIAM D., ED- WIN E. and FREDERICK B. (twins), EMMA A., JOIIN G. and JOSEPH A .; the nine latter live with their mother. J. W. Dodds died March S, 1875, and his family reside in Ball township, near the Cumberland Presbyterian church.
MARGARET, born July 2, 1S20, in Sangamon county, was married Oct. 22, 1840, to James B. Easley. Sec his name.
SAMUEL, born June 3, 1822, in San- gamon county, died unmarried, aged forty-two years.
JOSEPH, born Sept. 5, 1824, in Sau- gamon county, was married March 30, IS47, to Elizabeth A. Holland. They have six living children, ISABELLA J., WILLIAM A., MARTHA E., JO- SEPH N., ABNER L. and MARY E., who reside with their parents in Ball township, two hundred yards west of where his parents settled in ISIS, and four miles southeast of Chatham, Sangamon county.
MARTHA A., born Nov. 22, 1826, in Sangamon county, was married April 16, 1846, to Strawther Eades. They have six children. EVA was married Oct. 24, 1867, to William M. White. They have one child, and reside in Bates county, Mo. MARY E. was married May 6, 1869, to W. E. Purcell. They have one child, and live in Auburn township, Sangamon
county. REBECCA J. was married Nov. 16, 1871, to B. F. Peacock. They reside near Springfield. WILLIAM A., FINIS E. and MARTHA A., reside with their parents near Johnstown, Bates county, Mo.
FRANCIS EWING, born Jan. 27, 1829, in Sangamon county, was married Feb. 22, 1855, to Pauline K. Fletcher. They had four children. JOHN S. died, aged ten years. MARTHA F., VIR- GINIA E. and HENRIETTA A., live with their parents. F. E. Dodds and fam- ily live near Pawnee, Sangamon county.
NANCY E., born Sept. 14, IS31, was married Oct. 30, 1856, to Chester F. Maltby, and died Oct. 7, 1870. C. F. Maltby resides in Virden.
ALEXANDER R., born July 27, IS34, was married Dec. 24, 1860, to Ame- lia R. Planck, and died Jan. 4, 1864, leav- ing a widow and one child, EVA M., in Springfield, Ill.
Mrs. Martha Dodds died Jan. 10, IS53, and Joseph Dodds died Jan. 21, 1868, both on the farm where they settled in 1SIS. Joseph Dodds became very much dissatisfied soon after coming to Sangamon county, and determined to return to Ken- tucky. He sold all the property he could spare to obtain money to defray the ex- pense, and loaded his wagon; but his horses strayed away the night previous to the time he intended starting, and before he could find them his money was gone. He was thus compelled to remain. After becoming reconciled, he often expressed his thanks to those horses for running away.
DODDS, GILBERT, born June 6, 1793, in Spartanburg District, South Carolina, and was taken by his mother, first to Tennessee, and from there to Cald- well county, Ky. Hle was married Oct. 12, 1815, in Caldwell county, to Mary Clinton. Her father (James Clinton) was Captain of a company in the Revolution. Gilbert Dodds and wife had four children in Kentucky, and moved to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving in August, IS24, in what is now Ball township, and joined his brother Joseph, who came six years previous. They had eight children in Sangamon county, namely-
GAMES C., born Oct. 30, IS16, in Caldwell county, Ky., raised in Sanga- mon county, was married in Morgan
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county April 12, 1840, to Jane Boulware. They had six living children. JAMES WV. enlisted for three years, Aug. 9, IS62, at Springfield, in Co. B, 114th Ill. Inf. He was a Sergeant, and commanded his company at the battle of Guntown, in June, and was killed in battle at Tupelo, Miss., July 15, 1864. A cenotaph at the Cumberland Presbyterian church, on Su- gar creek, gives the above facts. PHILIP B. died, aged ten years. RICHARD N., born Nov. 25, 1851, is a druggist in Spring- field. NANCY C. married William Mason. See his name. MARY was married August, 1874, to Henry Wyatt, at Franklin, Morgan county, Ill. FRED- ERICK C. lives with his sister, Mrs. Mason. Mrs. Jane Dodds died July, 1869, and James C. Dodds died April 12, 1872, both in Sangamon county.
NANCY G., born Jan. 30, IS19, in Caldwell county, Ky., was married Dec. 15, 18.42, in Sangamon county, to John L. Drennan. See his name. He died July 22, 1853, and his widow married John B. Weber. See his name.
MINERVA, born Aug. 22, IS20, in Caldwell county, Ky., lost a limb by a fall from a horse in IS40, in Sangamon coun- ty, and has been an invalid since that time. She resides with her sister, Mrs. J. B. Weber.
FRANCIS N., born Oct. S, IS22, in Caldwell county, Ky., and brought up in Sangamon county, was married Dec. 9, 1857, in Cass county, to Margaret Brady. They moved to Lykins county, Kan., where his wife died April 21, 1866, leav- ing one child, EMMA F., who resides with her grandmother Brady, in Virginia, Cass county, Ill. F. N. Dodds was mar- ried Nov. 6, 1867, to Mrs. Mary C. Pedig. They
have four children, CHARLES E., MARY A., CORA B. and SARAH L., who live with their parents. F. N. Dodds was a soldier in the Mormon war of IS45, and the Mexican war of IS46 and '7, from Sangamon coun- ty. He was in a Union regiment from Kan- sas, and aided in suppressing the slave- holders' rebellion. They reside near Colona, Carroll county, Mo.
WILLIAM D., born July 3, 1825, in Sangamon county, was married to Ange- line Corbey, in Sept., 1855. They have five children, HARRIET, ROSA, VIR- GINIA, ALBERT and FREDERICK,
and live at Chilicothe, Livingston county, Mo. W. D. Dodds is a minister, con- nected with the Cumberland Presbyterian church.
AMANDA E., born Dec. 22, 1827, in Sangamon county, was married Jan. 1, 1852, to Chester F. Maltby, who was born July 13, 1825, in New York. Mrs. Maltby died Dec. 21, 1852, in Petersburg, leaving one child, AMANDA E., who was married Jan. 16, 1873, to John G. Cheney, and resides near Auburn, Sanga- mon county.
JOHN II., born Feb. 14, 1830, in San- gamon county, was married July 3, 1855, to Ellen Goldsby. They had four child- ren, JULIA A., JAMES E., GILBERT and CHARLES H. John H. Dodds dicd Sept. 7, 1873, near Petersburg, Me- nard county. His family reside four miles south of Petersburg.
ALFRED S., born May 20, 1832, in Sangamon county, studied medicine. He enlisted in Co. K, 133d Ill. Inf., in 1861, for three years, as a private, but acted as a surgeon. He served three years, and was honorably discharged Jan., 1865, at New Orleans. He was married Sept. 10, 1863, to Maggie Cunningham. They have four children, WILLIAM, HARRY, RAPLH and FLORENCE. Dr. A. S. Dodds is a practicing physician at Bolckow, Andrew county, Mo.
THOMAS C., born Nov. 6, 1834, served sixteen months in Co. F, 28th Ill. Inf. He was honorably discharged Nov. 24, 1862. at LaGrange, Tenn., and was married Nov. 4, 1869, to Lauretta Colby. They have three living children, EL- BERT C., EUNICE A. and MARY C., and reside six miles south of Petersburg, Menard county, Ill.
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