History of the early settlers of Sangamon County, Illinois : "centennial record", Part 44

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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LOUISA A., born in 1832, in Brad- ford, N. H., lived in Sangamon county, and died in 1850, at Beardstown, Ill.

SARAH M., born in Bradford, N. H., married in Sangamon county to Joseph Patterson, a native of Pennsylvania. They have seven children, and reside near Win- chester, Scott county, Ill.

John Eaton was a soldier in the war of IS12. Later in life he was a, carpenter and builder, and was erecting a mill at Naples, Ill., and died there in 1846. His widow died April, 1854, in Springfield, Illinois.

ELKIN, GARRETT, brother of William F., was born Dec. 31, 1797, in Clarke county, Ky. He studied medicine and graduated at Transylvania University, Lexington, Ky., came to Sangamon county in 1823, and practiced medicine in what is now Fancy ercek township. He was married there, April 20, 1823, to Mary Constant, (sec Thomas Constant,) and soon after moved to Springfield and practiced medicine there. They had six living children-

MARY A., born May 10, 1825, died June 17, 1843.

ADALINE C., born Sept. 28, 1827, in Springfield, was married May 22, 1851, to Dr. J. M. Major. They have two child- ren, WILLIAM A. and CHARLES, and reside in Bloomington, Ill.

WILLIAM T., born Feb. 5, 1832, in Springfield, Ill., went to California with his father in IS50, and succeeded well for a time, but was obliged to return on ac- count of an affection of the eyes. He is unmarried, and resides with his father.

HENRY, born Oct. S, IS36, in Spring- field, enlisted in the 33d Ill. Reg., in 1862, and served three years. Re-enlisted, and served to the close of the war. He died in Memphis, Tenn, in IS73.

ROBERT, born Jan. 12, IS41, in Springfield, enlisted in a Cavalry Regi- ment in Colorado, and served to the close of the war. He resides in Omaha, Neh.

FRANCIS A., born March 22, 1843, died June 19, 185S.

Dr. Garrett Elkin was in the Black Hawk and Mormon wars, and was Sheriff of Sangamon county six years. He moved to Bloomington in 1844. Mrs. Mary Elkin died there Sept. 23, 1845. Dr. E. served as Captain of a company from Bloomington in the Mexican war-Col. E. D. Baker's regiment. Hc afterwards moved to the vicinity of Oskaloosa, Iowa, where he was married, Feb. 15, 1864, to Margaret J. Musgrove. They have six children, GREENBURY G., FAN- NIE E., CHARLIE, CLARA E., LILLIE A. and WILLIS G.

Dr. Garrett Elkin and family reside on a farm near Oscaloosa, lowa.

ELKIN, WILLIAM F., was born April 13, 1792, in Clarke county, Ky. In ISII he went to Xenia, O., and was there married Dec. 5, 1S13, to Elizabeth Constant. She was born June 14, 1799, in Clarke county, Ky., also. They had four children in Ohio, and in IS20 moved to Brownsville, Ind., where they had three, and then moved to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving in December, 1825, in what is now Fancy Creek township, where they had six children, four of whom died under five years. Of the other nine ---

ROBERT, born Dec. 17, 1814, in Ohio, died in Sangamon county, aged eighteen years.

THOMAS, born Sept. 16, 1816, in Xenia, O., raised in Sangamon county, married Feb. 28, 1843, in Jacksonville, Ill., to Harrict C. Church. She was born Feb. 19, 1820, in Lexington, Ky. They had three children, WILLIAM L., born June 3, 1844, in Sangamon county, enlisted Aug., 1862, for three years, in Co. G, 114 Ill. Inf., served full term and was honor- ably discharged in 1865. He studied law with Herndon & Zane in Springfield, went to Calvert, Tex., engaged in practice, and died there Oct. 29, 1873. WALLACE A., born April 5, 1846, in Sangamon coun- ty, and lives at Salt Lake City, Utah. LAURA F., born Jan. 5, 1850, in Spring- field, married in St. Louis Aug. 7, 1872, to Edward Pew, a native of Kentucky. They have one child, EDWARD w., and

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live in St. Louis. Mrs. Harriet C. Elkin died Aug. 26, 1867. Thomas Elkin was married Dec. 4, 1873, in Springfield, to Mrs. Eva M. Smith, whose maiden name was Mealey. They reside in Springfield.

MARY A., born May S, ISIS, in Xenia, O., married in Sangamon county to Ben- jamin F. Pickrell. See his name. He died and she married Abner Riddle. See his name.

FOHIN G., born March 28, IS20, in Xenia, O., married Oct. 24, 1843, in Springfield, Ill., to Eveline McNabb. They had four children, ALICE, born Feb. 20, 1845, married William A. Fullin- wider. See his name. ADELAIDE, born Dec. 6, 1850, was married Dec. 3, 1875, in Mechanicsburg, Ill., to Henry O. Correll. See his name. LUCILLA, born July 6, 1853, in Mechanicsburg, married Samuel T. Fullinwider. See his name. ARTHUR, is attending Eureka College-May, 1876. John G. Elkin was a prosperous merchant for a period of fif- teen years in Mechanicsburg. He died Aug. 27, 1867, in that place, and his wid- ow resides there.

ZACHARIA E., born Nov., 1821, in Brownsville, Ind., raised in Sangamon county. He went overland in 1849 to Oregon, and from there to California and spent several years in mining. He went to Idaho in 1860, and was married Oct., 1873, to Mrs. Harriet Luckett, and resides in Idaho City, Boise county, Idaho.

GARRETT, born March 2, 1823, at Brownsville, Ind., raised in Sangamon county, married in Jacksonville, Ill., to Mrs. Martha Tegarden. They had eight children, and Mrs. Elkin died Oct. 24, 1872. He was married May 1, 1873, to Mrs. Matilda Conner, whose maiden name was Gibbons. They reside in Springfield.

ANDREW H., born Nov., 1825, in Indiana, died in Sangamon county, aged eighteen years.

MARGERY, born July S, 1832, in Sangamon county, married July, 1852, in Springfield, to Edward A. Jones. They have three daughters, LUELLA, IDA and HATHAWAY, and reside near Decatur, Ill.

WILLIAM F., Jun., born Feb. 29, 836, in Sangamon county, married Nov. 16, 1860, in Springfield, to Maria Louisa Harvey, who was born Oct. 13, 1839, in Springfield. They have seven living

children, EMMA C., CHARLES H., ROBERT R., JOHN F., LEWIS P., ZACHARIA C. and CLARA B., and reside in Springfield.

William F. Elkin was one of the rep- resentatives of Sangamon county in the legislature of 182S and '9 He raised a company in Springfield in 1831, and was Captain of it in the Black Hawk war of that year. He was again elected to rep- resent the county in 1836 and 1838, for two years each time, and was consequent- ly a member of the legislature that en- acted the law for the removal of the cap- ital from Vandalia to Springfield. See the article: Long Nine. His last labors in the legislature was at its first meeting in Springfield, in call session Dec. 9, 1839. In IS40 and '42 he was elected Sheriff of Sangamon county, for two years each. He was appointed Register of the U. S. Land Office at Springfield, in Sept., 1861, by his old "Long Nine " colleague, Abraham Lincoln. In 1867 he moved to Decatur, but held the office in Springfield until 1872, when he resigned. His wife died August 25, 1872, in Decatur, and WV. F. Elkin resides near that city with his daughter, Mrs. Jones. He is in his eighty-fifth year.

ELDER, SAMUEL, born June 22, 1787, in North Carolina, or Sevier county, Tenn. Phoebe Clinkenbeard was born Dec. 26, 1798, in Sevier county, Tenn. They were married March 20, IS13, in that county, and had three children there. They moved to Bourbon county, Ky, where one child was born, thence to Scott county, Ind., where they had five children. After seven years resi- dence there, they returned to Bourbon county, Ky., where they had seven child- ren, and the family moved to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving Nov. 27, 1834, in what is now Rochester township, where they had four children. Of their twenty children, five died in infancy.

LAVINA, born Feb. 12, 1815, in Ten- nessee, was married in Sangamon county to William Clinkenbeard. See his name.

HARRISON, born Feb. 29, 1816, died in his fourteenth year.

MARY B., born May 18, 1817, in Sevier county, Tenn., was married in Sangamon county, Ill., to Jonathan Con- stant. See his name.

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JAMES, born Oct. 24, 1821, in Scott county, Ind., was married in Sangamon county, Ill., Feb. 27, 1844, to Harriet Walker. They had se children. HIRAM died in infancy. SARAH J. died Sept. 14, 1859, in her fourteenth year, and WILLIAM W., the fifth child, died, aged three years. LYDIA E., born Oct. 5, 1849, was married Feb. 23, 1871, to Joseph F. Ellington, who was born Oet. 17, 1843, in Bath county, Ky. They have one child, JAMES A., and reside one mile north of Buffalo. MARY L., born Nov. 19, 1852, married Zachary T. Greening. See his name. FRANCES J., born Sept. 16, 1859, and HARRIET A., born July 4, 1867, reside with their parents, two miles north of Buffalo, Sangamon county, Ill.

RACHEL, born Dec. S, 1822, in Indi- ana, died in Sangamon county, Nov., 1835.

SARAH, born March 4, 1825, in Scott county, Ind., was married in Sangamon county to Jotham S. Rogers. They had two children in Springfield. HANSON G. died, aged eight years. MARY L., born July 14, 1850, was married in Spring- field, May 29, 1873, to John Hunter, who was born March 31, 1841, in Philadelphia. They reside in Washington, D. C. Jotham S. Rogers, died in Springfield, in 1851, and his widow married Isaac Lindsay. See his name. They have five children, and reside in Springfield.

JONATHAN, born July 24, 1826, in Bourbon county, Ky., was married in Sangamon county to Josephine Flagg. They had one child, IVA, who was mar- ried in Springfield, Ill., to Leonard Gard- ner, and have two children. Mrs. Jose- phine Elder died, and he married Sarah Wolvern. They have five children, and reside near Sullivan, Moultrie county, Illinois.

MERCY, born Jan. 7, 1829, in Bour- bon county, Ky., was married in Sanga- mon county to Isaac Lindsay. See his name.

ISAAC, born March 12, 1830, in Bour- bon county, Ky., was married Nov. 3, 1853, to Harriet Lanning, in Springfield. She was born March 6, 1835, in Auglaize county, Ohio. They have three living children, CHARLES A., EDWARD B. and ISAAC N., and live one and a half

miles northeast of Lanesville, Sangamon county, Ill.

SAMUEL S., born May 5, 1831, in Bourbon county, Ky, was married in Springfield, Dec. 17, 1851, to Sarah A. Shives, who was born July 4, 1833, in Pennsylvania. They had two children, AUGUSTA J. married Dec. 17, 1875, to Lewis Allen Constant, son of Jonathan Constant. See his name. They live in Springfield. WILLIAM G. died in his third year. S. S. Elder has been for many years and is now engaged in the tin ware and stove business, and resides in Spring- field, Ill.

ELIZABETH Y., born May 30, IS32, in Kentucky, was married in Sanga- mon county, in 1850, to Ethan P. May. He was born June 12, 1829. They had thirteen children; two died young. MARY E., born March 15, 1851, mar- ried George Enlow, and lives in Roches- ter, Ill. GEORGE W., SARAH E., FANNIE A., MARTHA A., CHARLES, WILLIAM D., HAR- RIET J., EMMA L., SAMUEL L., AUGUSTA L. and FREDERICK T. The family reside in Rochester, Sanga- mon county, Ill.

SINAI ANN, born June 16, 1833, in Kentucky, was married in Sangamon county to Franklin Hoyt. They had one child, JAMES E., and Mr. Hoyt died. His widow married E. P. Walker. They had two children, SAMUEL M. and CHESTER, who reside with their mother. Mr. Walker enlisted and died in the army. His widow married William Hunter, who was born in Philadelphia. They have two children, DORA and WILLIE, who reside with their parents, in Jacksonville, Ill.

HARRIET, born August 15, 1835, in in Sangamon county, was married Jan. 1I, 1855, to Levi F. Dyson, who was born Nov. 8, 1825, near Poolesville, Mont- gomery county, Md. They reside in Springfield. Mr. Dyson came to Spring- field in Nov., 1841, and engaged in the stove and tinware business, which he con- tinues to the present time.

DAVID L., born May 25, 1839, in Sangamon county, was married in Sulli- van, Moultrie county, to Mary Berry. They have two children, JAMES and WILLIAM, and reside in Springfield, Illinois.

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HANNAH R., born July 1, 1841, in Sangamon county, was the twentieth child. She was married Feb. 9, IS58, to George P. Sidener, who was born Dec. 5, 1833, in Bourbon county, Ky. They had seven children; two of whom died young. CHARLES LINCOLN, ADA A., JAMES GRANT, EDWARD B. and WILLIAM A., and reside two miles north of Rochester, Sangamon county, Illinois.

Samuel Elder died Oct. 24, 1846, and his widow resides with her daughter, Mrs. Dyson, in Springfield, Ill.

ELLIOTT, ANDREW, was born in 1792, in Rutherford county, N., C. He was there married to Zilpha Kelly. They had two children in North Carolina, and moved to Sangamon county, Ill., in company with his father-in-law, Wm. Kelly, arriving in the fall of ISI9, and en- tered eighty acres of land in what is now the northwest corner of the city of Spring- field, where they had seven children. Of their children-

ELIZABETHI M., born Oct. 4, 1815, in North Carolina, married in Sangamon county to Caswell Stripling. Mrs. S. died, leaving one child. Mr. Stripling and his son FRANCIS reside near Nicolaus, Sutter county, Cal.

SARAH J., born Aug. 31, ISIS, in North Carolina, married to Isaac Taylor. See his name.

. WESLEY, born May 17, 1822, adjoining Springfield on the north, mar- ried, April 13, 1843, to Allissa or Alice Baldwin. They had ten children in San- gamon county-ROBERT, born Feb. 26, 1844, enlisted, Aug. 25, 1862, in Co. G, 114th Ill. Inf., for three years, served full term, and was honorably discharged Aug. 3, 1865, resides with his parents. JAMES H., born Aug. 22, IS45, resides with his parents. SARAH E., born Jan. 3, 1848, married James A. Dunlap. Sce his name. CATHARINE died in her fourth year. ZILPHA, died Nov. 20, 1864, aged four- teen. HARRIET, born June 30, 1852, married Abraham Langford, and resides six miles south of Springfield. AN- DREW J., CALVIN and JOHN L., re- side with their parents one and three- fourths miles northwest of Springfield, and within one mile of where J. W. Elliott was born.

THOMAS W., born Aug. 20, 1824, died in 1855, of cholera, in Springfield.

ANDREW H., born Nov. 22, 1828, married in 1852 to Matilda Tulley, had two children, and Mr. E. died Feb. 15, 1873, in Springfield. His widow resides in Mason City.

JAMES M., born April 22, 1835, married Louisa Rolls. He was accident- ally shot while his wife was handing a gun to him, and died a week later, in Aug., 1861.

WILLIAM K., born March 13, 1838, married Martha Potts, and died May 2, I 865.

Mrs. Zilpha Elliott died March 2, 1842, and Andrew Elliott died Oct. 17, 1864, both at Springfield. Andrew Elliott was a soldier from North Carolina in 1812. He was a soldier from Sangamon county in the Winnebago war of 1827, in the Black Hawk war of 1831, and in the Mormon war of 1845. He kept the first hotel in Springfield. It was called the Buek Horn Tavern, and had a large pair of antlers for a sign. Andrew Elliott was the man who drove the Commission- ers to see Sangamo town, when they were investigating the subject with the view of locating the county seat. He drove them through all the sloughs he could reach by a round-about way, and disgusted them before they reached the spot. They were thus induced to decide against Sangamo and in favor of Springfield.

ELLIOTT, JAMES, was born in 1798, near Richmond, Va. When a young man he emigrated to Woodford county, Ky., and was married near Frank- fort, in 1827, to Mrs. Jane E. Plumer, whose maiden name was Taylor. She was born in Kentucky, in 1795. Her father was a distinguished Baptist minister (Rev. John Taylor). She is a sister of Mrs. Sallie Smith, and J. Wickliffe Taylor, of Bates, Sangamon county, Ill. Mr. and Mrs. Elliott had three children in Ken- tucky, and they moved to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving in May, IS35. They settled in what is now Cartwright town- ship. Of their children-

JOHN f., born in 1828, in Franklin county, Ky., was brought up in Sangamon county, and died in Springfield, in 1861.

WILLIAM B., born in 1830, in Frank- lin county, Ky., brought up in Sangamon county, Ill., was married in 1857, in Jack_

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sonport, Ark., to Ellen Tussell, who was born there. They had two children, TOM and MORMON. William B. Elliott died at Jacksonport, in 1864. His children live with their mother, who is married again, and resides in Jacksonport, Ark.

TEMPLE, born Dec, 9, 1835, in Franklin county, Ky., brought up in San- gamon county, was married Oet. 8, 1862, at Elkhart, Ill., to Mary Constant. They have five children, HALLIE, ARCHIE, RITA, HARRIE and GRIFFITH, and reside in Springfield. Temple Elliott was deputy Sheriff two years, from Nov., 1870, to Nov., IS72. He is now (June, 1876) connected with the State Register office.

James Elliot died June, 1856, in Sanga- mon county, and his widow resides with her son, Temple Elliott, in Springfield, Illinois.

ELLIOTT, MRS. SARAH, was born about 1791, in Maryland, and was taken by her parents to Harrison county, Ky. She was there married to Edward Elliott, a native of Pennsylvania. They had three children in Harrison county, and moved to Gallatin county where four children were born, and Mr. Elliott died, in 1829, near Warsaw, in that county. Mrs. Elliott, with her seven children, moved to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving in Oct., 1830, in what is now Mechanicsburg township. Of her child- ren --

AMANDA, born in Kentucky, mar- ried, in Sangamon county, to Eleazer White, had six children, and died July, 1860, in Christian county.

OLIVER, born in Kentucky, raised in Sangamon county, married Mary Nel- lums, had three children, and he died Nov., 1873, at Mowequa, Ill.

MILFORD, always called Milton, was born about ISIS, in Kentucky, raised in Sangamon county, was with the Reed and Donner party, and starved to death in the mountains on the way to the Pacific coast, in the winter of 1846 and 7.

AMERICA, born Oct. 12, 1820, in Gallatin county, Ky., married in Sanga- mon county to James M. King. See his name.

MARY died, aged six years.

WILLIAM, born in Kentucky, mar- ried in Sangamon county to Elizabeth Miller. They have nine children, and re- side near Mt. Auburn, Christian county.

REBECCA, born in Kentucky, mar- ried Thompson Kipper, have seven child- ren, and live near Mt. Auburn.

Mrs. Sarah Elliott died Feb., 1857, near Mt. Auburn, Christian county, Ill.

ELLIS, HENRY, born Nov. 17, 1786, near Lexington, Ky. His father, John Ellis was born Jan. 29, 1749, and married Oct. 2, 1770, to Sarah Parrish, who was born April 20, 1757. They moved from .Virginia to Kentucky. The family is of Welsh extraction. The father of John Ellis is said to have been with the second supply of emigrants from England to America. Martha Marshall Yates was born (after the death of her father) in Woodford county, Ky., Sept. 13, 1791, and was a sister of Henry Yates, Sen. See his name. Henry Ellis and Martha Yates were married Jan. 29, 1807, in Warsaw, Ky., and had ten children there, two of whom died in infancy. The family moved to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving in Sept., 1825, in Island Grove, two miles northeast of Berlin, where three children were born. Of their eleven children-

ABNER 2., born Nov. 30, 1807, at Warsaw, Ky., was married in Springfield, Ill., Jan. 26, 1832, to Ann M. Glascock, who was born Nov. 15, IS15. Their two children died in infancy, and Mrs. Ellis died Jan. 16, 1834. A. Y. Ellis was mar- ried June S, 1837, at Paddock's Grove, Ill., to Virginia J. Richmond. Of their eight children born in Springfield, Ill .: VOL- NEY R., born April 22, 1838, was mar- ried July 10, 1858, to Maria E. Smith. They are without family, and live in Quincy, Ill. ABNER Y., Jun., born June 1, 1840, was married Dec. 20, 1865, to Caroline L. H. Flagg, at Rochelle, Ogle county, Ill. She was born there, Nov., 1845. They have four children, RICHARD Y., ALFRED F., LUCY V. and WILLARD F. A. Y. Ellis, Jun., has been mailing clerk for seventeen years in the Springfield Postoffice, and resides in the city. JANE F., born July 10, 1842, in Springfield, is unmarried, and resides with her parents. ORVILLE P., born July 31, 1844, was married May 5, 1874, to Arabell S. Graves, at Bethalto, Madison county, Ill. They have one child, BESSIE, and reside at Bunker Hill, Ill. HENRY, born May 13, 1848, is a farmer, residing with his parents. JOHN CON-

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DELL, born Jan. 30, 1851, is a telegraph operator at Alton, Ill. WILLARD F., born April 11, 1853, died Oct. 24, 1873. SALOME E., born Feb. 19 1857, lives with her parents. A. Y. Ellis, Sen., re- sides near Moro, Madison county, Ill. He was for several years Deputy Sheriff of Sangamon county, salesman in Gen. James D. Henry's store, and afterwards a merchant himself. He was elected Treasurer of Sangamon county in 1844, serving one term. Was Postmaster of Springfield, from 1849 to 1853, under Presidents Taylor and Fillmore. After a residence of forty years in Springfield, he moved in 1865 to Paddock's Grove, near Moro, Madison county, Ill., and re- sides there.

LAVINA, born Dec. 14, 1809, in Warsaw, Ky., was married there, Sept. S, 1825, to Talbott Leonard, moved to the vicinity of Frankfort, where three child- ren were born, and she died. Her child- ren, JOHN W. and GEORGE H. are physicians in Tennessee. MARTHA married John Martin, and resides at New Liberty, Gallatin county, Ky.

WILLIAM H. H. born August 1, 1812, in Warsaw, Ky., married Mrs. Bashaba Smith, who died, leaving one child. He married Mrs. Nancy Denni- son, whose maiden name was Hope. They had three children, and Mr. Ellis died Jan. 28, 1873, near Berlin.

MOLLY, born Dee. 12, 1814, in War- saw, Ky., was married in Sangamon county, Nov. 4, 1840, to Elias Maxwell. They had one child, ABNER Y. He enlisted in 1861, in Co. D, 26th Ill. Inf. for three years, and died of disease con- traeted in the army, Dec. 24, 1864, at Berlin. Elias Maxwell died, and she married Andrew Scott. IIe died in 1860, and she in 1861.

LOUISA, born May 8, 1816, in Ken- tucky, was married May IS, 1835, in Berlin, Ill., to Thomas F. Foster. They brought up a family, and reside in Berlin.

ORMASINDA, born Feb. 17, ISIS, in Kentucky, died Nov. 2, 1833, near Ber- lin.

MARTIIA, born Sept. 12, 1822, in Warsaw, Ky., was married Oct. 4, 1842, in Sangamon county, to Oliver H. Rush. He died Jan. 5, 1855, leaving four child- ren. MARY E. died, aged nineteen years. VIRGINIA married Morgan

Belding, and lives at Corning, Adams county, lowa. MARTHA married John Johnson, and lives at Worthington, Minn. ROBERT G., resides with his mother, in Berlin.

MILLICENT A., born April 7, 1824, in Kentucky, died Oct. 12, 1871, in Ber- lin.

JOEL H., born Jan. 16, 1828, in San- gamon county, was married May S, 1852, to Caroline Harmon. They had one child, and mother and child died. He was married May S, 1861, to Martha Simpson. They have two children, FLORENCE M. and DORA B., and reside in Berlin.

ROBERT, born April 27, 1830, in Sangamon county, was married Dec. 15, 1857, to Delia J. Pcase. She died Aug. 2, 1872, leaving four children, GEORGE L., GREEK M., HENRY M. and GERTRUDE M. live with their father in Berlin.

RICHARD 2., born Dec. 6, 1832, at Island Grove, enlisted August 11, 1861, in Co. D, 26th Ill. Inf., for three years. He was killed in a rifle pit at Atlanta, Ga., Aug. S, 1864, within three days of the expiration of his term of service.

Henry Ellis, Sen., died June 13, 1854, in Berlin, and his widow resides there, in the eighty-fifth year of her age. [1876.]

ELLIS, LEVI D., born about 1791, in South Carolina. His father died before Levi D. was born. When the lat- ter was thirteen years of age he accompa- nied some neighboring families to Tennes- see, and stopped near Nashville, in that State. He hired out, bought some land with the proceeds, improved it and sent for his mother and the rest of the family. He learned the cabinet and carpenter's trades, in Nashville, and was. married there, about IS11, to Cynthia Bradford, -who was born in Fauquier county, Va., and was the only daughter of Captain William Bradford of that county. L. D. Ellis was drafted in the war of IS12, but hired a substitute, and was employed by the Government to stock guns. After the war they moved to the mouth of the Cumberland river, in Kentucky, and from there with two children to the vicinity of Belleville, Ill., thence, in IS17, to where Springfield now stands. Of their children-

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WILLIAM, born Aug. 13, 1812, in Tennessee.

GAMES, born Aug. 13, 1814, in Ken- tucky.

DANIEL, born Aug. 25, 1816, in Illinois.

YACOB W., born July 20, ISIS, in Sangamon county, Ill. (Until my atten- tion was called to Jacob W. Ellis, it was thought Joseph E. McCoy was the first child born of white parents in the present limits of Sangamon county, but the date of Mr. Ellis' birth comes to me as a quo- tation from a record in the family Bible, and appears to be as much entitled to credence as any of the others.) He was married in Fulton county, Ill., June 21, IS3S. to Sarah Kreider. Of their child- ren-WILLIAM, born March 23, IS39, in Ellisville, Fulton county, Ill., enlisted in the 17th Reg. Ill. Vol. Inf., under Col. . L. F. Ross, and died the next August at Ironton, Mo. MILLIE, born July 2, IS41, in Illinois, married Caleb Sullivan. He enlisted during the rebellion, and was with Sherman in his march to the sea. They have six children, WILLIAM, HARRY, WALTER, FREDERICK, BERTIE, and a babe. SARAH, married Abram Childers, in Fulton county, Ill. He served in the army. They have four children, MARY, ENORA, CORA and NELLIE. Mr. Childers resides in Lena Valley, Greenwood county, Kans. FLORENCE, married Thomas I. Tullis. They have one child, and live at Fairview, Fulton county, Ill. BIRD, born in 1853, is a farmer, and lives in Illinois. Mrs. Sarah Ellis died Aug. 20, 1857, in Prairie City, Ill., and Jacob W. Ellis was married Aug., IS5S, in Ful- ton county, to Adelia Sanford. They have one child, FRANK, born March 4, 1861. J. W. Ellis is a carpenter. He moved to Kansas in the fall of IS70, and resides in Lena Valley, Greenwood county, Kansas.

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History of the early settlers of Sangamon County, Illinois : "centennial record", Part 44

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