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FIELDING, born June 24, IS20, in Sangamon county, Ill.
JOSEPH, born Aug. 22, IS22, in Sangamon county.
JESSE, born Feb. 7, 1824, in Fulton county, I11.
MARY, born March 12, 1826, in Ful- ton county, Ill.
Levi D. Ellis built a mill, with a brush dam, on Spring creek. He surveyed the first lots in Springfield, and moved to Ful-
ton county, Ill., in IS23, where he built a mill on Spoon river, and laid out the town of Ellisville. Mrs. Cynthia Ellis died in the summer of 1846, and Levi D. Ellis died Aug. 7, 1857, both in Fulton county, Ill.
ELLIS, JACOB, brother of Levi D., came to Sangamon county later, and built a horse mill, cotton gin and black- smith shop. He lived half a mile west of Levi, in Springfield, and moved to Fulton county the same year with his brother.
ELLIS, MILETUS W., born April 7, 1So9, in Albemarle county, Va., and came to Sangamon county, Ill., arriv- ing at Springfield, in Nov., IS30. He was married March 13, 1834, to Mary A. Con- stant. They had two living children.
MARTHA, married William Winn, and for a second husband married James Barr, and lives in Kansas.
JAMES C., married Matilda New- comb, and resides at Hiram, Ohio.
Mrs. Mary A. Ellis died Sept. 4, 1846, and Miletus W. Ellis was married Nov. 7, IS47, to Mrs. Mary M. Constant, whose maiden name was Stewart. They had one child-
FANNIE W. She married George B. Jones. See his name.
Miletus W. Ellis died Aug. 28, IS72, and his widow resides at the homestead, three miles west of Williamsville. Mr, Ellis' father, mother, three brothers and three sisters, came to the county with him. All went to Bureau county.
ELMORE, HARDIN H. was born June 20, 1813, in Cumberland county, Ky., was taken by his parents to Adair county about 1827. From there he came to Sangamon county, arriving in Sept., IS34, in what is now Loami town- ship. He was married April 6, 1836, to Sarah Forrest. They had three children, and Mrs. Elmore died April 6, 1844, within ten minutes of eight vears from the time of her marriage. H. H. Elmore was married Oct. 20, 1847, to Sibyl Pirdy, who was born Nov. 26, 1823, in Kanawha county, W. Va. They have three children. Of all his children-
ELIZABETH }., born May 6, 1836, married Oct. 15, 1857, to R. R. Roberts. They have four children, LEWIS E., MARGARET, KATIE and ROB- ERT, and live in Sedan, Chautauqua county, Kansas.
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SARAH A., born April 7, 1840, mar- ried Daniel Kinney. Sce his name.
AMERICA L., born March 28, 1844, married Charles King. They have five children, KATIE, THOMAS, FANNY, MARY E., and a babe, and reside near Sedan, Chautauqua county, Kansas.
By the second marriage-
NELSON F., born Aug. 29, 1847, en- listed in 1864 in Co. E, 133d Ill. Inf., for one hundred days, served full term, and was honorably discharged. He was mar- ried Sept. 22, 1868, to Julia J. Colburn. They have three children, FRANK, VIOLA, and a babe, and live five miles southwest of Chatham.
WILLIAM H. and GAMES B., live with their parents.
HI. H. Elmore and wife reside in Loami.
ENOS, ABNER, was born July 20, 1791, near Utica, Oneida county, N. Y. He was in the American navy, under Commodore Perry, was in the naval bat- tle on Lake Erie, Sept. 10, IS13, and was wounded by a boarding pike being thrust through him, by which he was fastened to the side of the ship until relieved by friends. He was captured a few months later, and the last six months of the war he spent in prison, at Montreal, Canada. He drew a pension to the end of his life. He went, in IS15, to Clark county, Ky., and was there married, August 6, 1817, to Anna Burns. They had six children, and she died Sept. 13, IS29, in Clark county, and he there married Anna Sud- duth, June 9, 1830. She was born there Jan. 20, 1792. The family moved to San-, gamon county, Ill., arriving Oct. 1, IS31, in Buffalo Hart Grove, where one child was born. Of his children-
AMARILDA, born Nov. 17, ISIS, in Clark county, Ky., married in Sangamon county, Dec. 26, 1837, to Sylvester W. Ford. Sce his name.
JAMES, born July 10, 1820, in Clark county, Ky., married in Sangamon coun- ty, in 1847, to Phche J. Goff. They have three children, and reside near Knobnos- ter, Johnson county, Mo.
HORACE B., born Jan. 17, 1822, in Clarke county, Ky., married in Sangamon county, April 3, 1844, to Arminta J. Con- stant. They had three children in San- gamon county. MARY E., born Dec. 20, IS45, married H. Clay Constant. Sec
his name. JOHN R., born March 5, IS48, enlisted in Co. I, 114th Ill. Inf., March S, IS65, for one year. He was transferred to Co. C, 58th Ill. Inf., July, 1865, served until March 7, 1866, when he was honorably discharged, at Mont- gomery, Alabama. He was married Oct. 28, 1874, in Sangamon county, to Jane F. Wilson, a daughter of Thomas Wilson. See Riddle family. They reside in Buf- falo Hart township. ALFRED R., born Feb. 17, 1854, died aged six years. Mrs. Arminta J. Enos died Sept. 11, 1857, and H. B. Enos was married Nov. 10, IS5S, in Erie county, New York, to Car- oline C. Merrick, who was born Dec. 29, IS2S, in Onandaga county, N. Y. They have one child, GERTIE J., born Sept. 30, 1860, and reside two and a half miles southeast of Buffalo Hart Station.
ROBERT B., born April 7, 1824, in . Clark county, Ky., married in Sangamon county, August 27, 1865, to Mary F. Etter, who was born Oct. 13, 1844, in Lawrence county, Ind. They have one living child. GRACIE M. died in her third year. ARTHUR O. died in in- fancy. EDWARD LESLIE resides with his parents, two and three-quarter miles east of Buffalo Hart Station.
WILLIAM S., born Dec. 4, 1832, in Sangamon county, the only child by the second wife. He enlisted August 15, 1 862, for three years, in Co. B, 130th III. Inf., and was wounded May 22, 1863, in five places, and again June 4, 1863, by a shot through the foot, all at the siege of Vicksburg. He recovered, and was cap- tured April, 1864, in Gen. Bank's Red river expedition, was placed in a rebel stockade prison at camp Ford, near Tyler, Texas, remained in prison thirteen months and nineteen days, was released, went to New Orleans, St. Louis and Springfield, and was honorably discharged June 17, 1865. He was married Oct. 12, 1865, to Jane Dunn, who was born Jan. 29, 1847, in Yorkshire, England. They have two children, ANNIE and JAN- ETTE, and reside two and a half miles east of Buffalo Hart Station.
Abner Enos died March 12, IS50, and Mrs. Anna S. Enos died Jan. 17, 1870, both in Buffalo Hart township.
ENOS, PASCAL P., born in 1770, at Windsor, Conn. Salome Paddock was born March 12, 1791, at Woodstock,
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Windsor county, Vt. They were there married, Sept., 1815, moved to Cincinnati, Ohio, the same fall, and a year later to St. Charles, Mo., where one child was born. In the spring of 1817 they moved to St. Louis, where one child was born, and in the fall of 1S21 moved to Madison county, six miles north of Edwardsville, til. While residing there, at the solicitation of the Vermont delegation in Congress, Mr. Enos was appointed by President Monroe Receiver in the land office then estab- lished at what was called Springfield District, although there was no town laid out. Mr. Enos arrived with his family in Sept., 1823. He opened the land office in a double log cabin, at what is now the northwest corner of Third and Jefferson streets. He soon after united with Elijah Iles, John Taylor and Thomas Cox, each entering a quarter section of land. They then laid out a town, and called it Cal- houn ; afterwards it was changed to Spring- field. Mr. and Mrs. Enos had three children born in Springfield. Of their five children-
PASCAL P., Jun., born Nov. 28, 18:6, at St. Charles, Mo., was married in Springfield, Ill., to Eliza J. Johnson. She died April 15, 1859, and he died Feb. 17, 1867, both in Springfield. They were without family. He served one term in the State Legislature, and was appointed United States Circuit Clerk by Judge McLean, and again by Judge Davis, and died in office.
ZIMRI A,, born Sept. 29, 1821, in St. Louis, Mo., was married in Spring- field, Ill., June 10, 1846, to Agnes I). Trotter, who was born in New York city Feb. 15, 1825. They have six children born in Springfield. PASCAL P., born April 6, 1847, resides
in Kansas. GEORGE T., is a Civil Engineer, and resides at Toledo, Ohio, WILLIAM P., CATHARINE L., ALLEN Z., and LOUISA I., live with their parents. %. A. Enos served two terms, of two years cach, as County Surveyor'of Sangamon county, and three terms as Alderman of Springfield. Ile and his family reside in Springfield. Il1.
MARTHA 31, born April 26, 1821, in Springfield, died there Jan. 1, 1837.
SUS.IN P., born Oct. 27, 1829, in Springfield, resides with her mother.
YULIAA R., born Dec. 20, 1832, in Springfield, was married in 1860 to Ozias M. Hatch, who was born April 11, 1814, in Hillsborough, Hillsborough county, N. II. His father, Dr. Reuben Hatch, with his family, moved to Pike county, 111., in 1835, and Ozias M. followed in 1836. He has been heard to say, in a jocular way, that he was born in New Hampshire, educated in Massachu- setts, and graduated in Pike county, Il. The latter, probably alluding to the fact that he was appointed, by Judge Samuel D. Lockwood, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Pike county, in 1841, for seven years. From IS17 to 1851, he was engaged in merchandising, in Griggsville. In IS51 he was elected to represent Pike county in the State Legislature for two years. In November, 1856, O. M. Hatch was elected, on the Republican ticket, Secretary of State, for Illinois, and re-elected in 1860, serving in all eight years. He was one of the original mem- bers of the National Lincoln Monument Association, temporarily organized April 24, 1865, and assuming a legal form on the rith of May following. Mr. Hatch was elected Secretary of the Association Jan. IS, 1866, and holds the office to the present time-June, 1876. Mr. and Mrs. Hatch have three living children, OZIAS M., Jun., PASCAL E., and FRANK LOCK WOOD, and reside in Springfieldl, Illinois.
Pascal P. Enos held the office of Re- ceiver of the Land Office at Springfield, under Presidents Monroe and John Quincy Adams. He was removed by President Jackson solely because they dif- fered in politics-Mr. Enos being a Whig. He died April, 1832, in Springfield, and his widow now-June, 1876 -- in her eighty-sixth year, and the forty-fifth of her widowhood, resides in Springfield, Illinois.
ENGLAND, STEPHEN, born June 12, 1773, in Virginia. ITis pa- rents moved to Bath county, Ky., when he was quite young. He was there mar- ried, about 1791, to Anna Harper, who was born Sept. 1, 1772, in Virginia. They had ten living children in Kentucky. The family moved, in March, 1813, to Madi- son county, Ohio, where they had two children. In the fall of ISIS the family moved to Madison county, Ill. The fol-
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lowing winter Stephen England, with two of his sons-in-law, came up to the San-ga-ma country to explore it. The nearest habitation to where Springfield now stands, was on the south bank of the Sangamon river, near where the C. and A. R. R. now crosses. They found a man named William Higgins living in a cabin there, which he had built in Jan., ISI9. See his name. They remained over night with Mr. Higgins, and crossed to the north side of the river, each select- ing a spot on which to make a home. In order to prevent others who might come after from choosing the same ground, they cut a few logs, laid them across each other in three piles, and each man cut his initials on a tree near by, as evidence that the land was claimed. That was near what was soon after called Higgins' creek, but is now called Cantrall's creek. They returned to their families, and early in March, 1S19, Stephen England, his son David, his sons-in-law, Andrew Cline and Wyatt Cantrall, returned to their claims for the purpose of commencing improve- ments. The night after their arrival snow fell about one foot deep, and the weather was colder than it had been at any time during the winter. They com- menced work, and Mr. England and his son soon had their house up, roofed, and the door and chimney place cut out. The other two men had their materials on the ground. By that time the melting snow warned them that they must, cross the river at once, or they might be delayed several weeks. They returned to their families, and attempted to move them, but the ground was so soft from melting snow that their teams were unequal to the task of drawing the wagons with their heavy loads, and they again left their families. The same men returned, accompanied by two of the daughters of Mr. England. They then completed their houses, cleared land, planted their crops, and returned to Madison county for their families, bring- ing them to their new homes ahont the first of June, 1819. Of Mr. England's twelve children then living-
FANNIE, born Oct. 2, 1792, in Bath county, Ky, married Levi Cantrall. See his name.
SALLIE, born Nov. 2, 1794, in Bath county, Ky., married Wyatt Cantrall. Sec his name.
LUCY, born Feb. 13, 1797, in Bath county, Ky., crossed the Sangamon river with her father, April, IS19, and she is thought to be the fifth white woman that ever crossed the river, and the first to cook a meal on the north side. She was mar- ried afterwards to John Cline. See his namc.
ANNA, born August 30, 179S, in Ken- tucky, was married to Andrew Clino. They had four children. The parents and two of the children died in Sanga- mon county. Of the other two: STEPH- EN married for his third wife, Dorothy Wigginton. They have children, and reside near Elkhart, Logan county. PERRY married, has one child, and re- sides in Wisconsin.
POLLY f., born April 29, ISoo, in Kentucky, married Evans E. Brittin. See his name.
SITHA, born April, 1802, in Ken- tucky, was married April 2, 1823, to George W. Anderson. They have seven children. The parents and five of the children died in Sangamon county, Ill. Of the other two: ELIZABETH mar- ried Andrew Ralph, and resides in Fancy Creek township. ELIZA married Charles Boker. He died, and she lives in Cantrall.
DAVID, born Nov. 25, 1So4, in Bath county, Ky., was married Nov. 4, 1823, to Margaret Higgins. They had fourteen children, seven of each sex, all born in Sangamon county, Ill. LOUISA mar- ried Charles Turley, April 6, 1842. He was born Dec. 11, 1822, in Montgomery county, Ky. They have nine children: S. SANFORD married Jane McClelland. See name of Mc Clelland. MAGGIE E. married R. C. Maxwell. They have two children, Charles and Louisa, and live near Lincoln, Logan county. AMANDA married John B. Taylor, of Williamsville, and resides there. DAVID married in Lincoln, and lives near there. SUSAN J. married Dr. McClelland of Williams- ville, and resides there. JAMES P., MAR- SHALL, MEADE and INA M., live with their parents one and a half miles east of Williamsville, Sangamon county. EVE- LINE B. married James M. Mitts. Sec his name. JULIA A. married Thomas W. Lake. See his name. STEPHEN married Margaret Canterbury. They have three children, ASA, MARY and
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WILLIAM I., and live in Menard county. ROSE ANN married William Council. See his name. WILLIAM B. married Martha Hall. They had three children. LAURA married Jeremiah Casey, and re- sides in Menard county. HETTIE and WILLIAM live with their mother. Wil- liam B. England enlisted in 1862 for three years, in Co. K, 115th Ill. Inf. He was killed Sept. 20, 1863, at the battle of Chickamauga, Tenn. His widow mar- ried Thomas Swearingen, who served three years as a captain in the Union army. They reside at Athens, Menard county, Ill. CAROLINE married Jacob Beek, who was born Nov. 22, IS29, in Ross county, Ohio. They have six child- ren, MARIETTA, CHARLES F., DAVID E., IDA M., MAGGIE and FREDERICK, and live near Williamsville. MARGARET married Asa Canterbury. See his name. They have eight children, and reside near Gibson City, Ford county, III. MARY A. married Milam Holland, who died, and she married James W. Mott. See his name. David A. enlisted for three years, Aug. 9, 1862, in Co. K, 115th Ill. Vol. Inf., served until June 1, 1865, when he was honorably discharged. He mar- ried Emma Mott. They have three children, HENRY W., ANNIE R. and LUCY, and live in Athens. JAMES M. and CHARLES F., twins. James M. married Mary A. Mott. Ile died, leaving a widow and one child, MARIA, in Athens. Charles F. married Rebecca Wood. They have six children, and re- side in Illiopolis township. HENRY H. married Mary A. Price. They have three children, LURENA L., FLORA B. and WIL- LIAM B., and live near Cantrall. MILAM R. lives with his parents. David Eng- land remembers seeing Indians bury their dead by putting them in troughs and sus- pending them in trees, also building pens around them and leaving their bodies to decay. David England and his wife re- side on the farm settled by his father in IS19, three miles west of Sherman.
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ELIZABETH, born Nov. 12, IS05, in Kentucky, was married in Sangamon county, Jan. 24, IS22, to Iliram Went- worth. They died, leaving three children.
KEZIAH, born June 23, 1So7, in Kentucky, was married in Sangamon county to Charles Smith. They had six
children. The parents are dead, and the children live in California.
JOHN, born Jan. 15, ISH, in Bath county, Ky., was married in Sangamon county to Mary Smith. They had nine children. WILLIAM A. was married in IS6S, to Olive Stanton, in Salem, Oregon. SARAH married William Trakes. ADELPHIA, born May 10, 1831, mar- ried Samuel Turley. They have eleven living children, and reside in Logan county. MATILDA A., born June 26, IS34, married W. H. Rankin. They have eight children, and live in Cham- paign county, Ill. ALBERT, born May 16, 1838. He served three years in the 2d Ill. Cav., and was honorably discharged. He is married, has four children, and re- sides in Monticello, Piatt county, Ill. MARY J. and MARION, twins, born March 15, 1840. Mary J. married A. Robinson, and live in Macon county, Ill. Marion married Catharine Grove, and live in Logan county. LUCY A., born July 23, 1842, married D. Thubert, and live in Macon county, Ill. ELIZA- BETH C., born Aug. 15, IS48, married Ezra McMasters. They reside in Elkhart, Logan county, Ill. JOIIN C., born April 3, 1858, lives in Logan county. Mrs. Mary England died, and John England was mar- ried to Sarah Groves. They have one child, and reside at Mt. Pulaski. John England is a preacher in connection with the Christian church.
ADELPHIA, born May 15, 1813, in Ohio, was married in Sangamon county to Joseph I. Smith. They had three children. FRANCIS M. enlisted in IS61 for three years, in Co. C, 21st Ill. Inf., served full time, and was honorably discharged. He married Mary Young, and resides at Fort Madison, lowa. ENOCH B. enlisted July, 1862, for three years, in Co. K, 106th Ill. Inf., served un- til the close of the rebellion, and was bon- orably discharged July, 1865. He mar- ried Louisa Stone. They have two child- ren, and reside in Fremont county, Iowa. JULIA A. married James Rayburn. They have eight children, and live at Irish Grove, Menard county. Joseph 1. Smith died Jan. 1, IS51, and his widow was married Dec. 20, 1855, to William B. Goodpasture. They have one child, JESSE F. Mr. Goodpasture was born in Overton county, Tenn .; came to Jackson-
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ville, Ill., in 1829. The present Mrs. Goodpasture is his third wife. Two of his sons by a former marriage were sol- diers in Co. K, 106th Ill. Inf. One of them lost his life in defense of his country in the Autumn of 1864. Mr. and Mrs. Goodpasture reside near Auburn.
JESSE, born Feb. 10, 1815, in Bath county, Ky., was married in Sangamon county, III., Dec. 31, 1833, to Mahala Smith. They have five children living; three died in infancy. AMERICA, born Oct. 16, 1834, was married March 10, 1853, to Isaac J. Sherman. They have three children, MARY J., MARTHA A. and MAIIALA A., who live with their parents on Fancy Prairie. MARY, born May 4, 1837, was married March 20, 1856, to Cyrus B. Sherman. They have seven children, AMERICA E., MIRANDA J., WIL- LIAM II., EMELINE, IDA M., MARY A. and NOLA E., and live at Middletown, Ill. MIRANDA, born July 6, 1839, was married March 29, 1860, to William F. West. They had two living children, FRANK H. and IDA B., who live with their mother. Mr. West died March 30, 1863, and his widow married Absalom Miller, April 11, 1870. They have three living children, JOHN J., EDWARD and MYRA, and reside near Maryville, Nodoway county, Mo. PAREN, born May 20, 1841, was married Feb. 14, 1861, to Nancy M. Whittier, and reside near Lincoln, Neb. PERRY J., born Feb. 5, 1849, was married to Callie Hall, Oct. 10, 1872. They have two children, ARTHUR J. and ETHEL P., and live near Fancy Prairie, Menard county, Ill. Jesse England and wife reside near Fancy Prairie postoffice, Menard county, 111.
Stephen England died Sept. 26, 1823, of a cancer in one of his ankles. He preached the gospel as long as he could stand, and delivered his last sermon sit- ting. His widow died June 1, 1841, both near where they settled in 1819, in what is now Fancy Creek township. Stephen England was a Baptist minister in Ken- tucky, and when he brought his family to the new settlement, the people having planted their erops, wished to have relig- ious services, so Mr. England announced that he would preach at his own house late in June or early in July, 1819. Everybody in the entire settlement came. Two women walked five miles through
the grass, which was almost as high as their heads. The husband of one of them walked and carried their babe. That was the first sermon ever preached north of the Sangamon river in this county, and probably in Central Illinois. Mr. Eng- land organized a church May 15, IS20, at his own house. There were eight mem- bers besides himself. The names of the persons constituting the church were Stephen England and Anna, his wife; Jechoniah Langston and Nancy, bis wife; Levi Cantrall and Fannie, his wife; Mrs. Adelphia Wood, Mrs. Sarah Cantrall, the wife of Wyatt Cantrall, Mrs. Lucy Scott (daughter of Mr, England), afterwards Mrs. Cline. That was the first church organized in Sangamon county, and the organization has never been broken. It is now known as Antioch Christian church, and composed at present of about ninety members. It is occupying its third house of worship, which is a handsome wooden edifice situated within the limits of Cantrall, a town recently laid out. Elder Stephen England was pastor of the church until his death, in 1823. His son David united with the church about one year after his father's death. He was first elected deacon, then elder, and has contin- ued in that office to the present time. Elder Stephen England solemnized the . marriage of Philo Beers and Martha Stillman, Nov. 2, 1820, which was the first marriage in Sangamon county. See Philo Beers. This event occurred one and a half miles southwest of Williams- ville. A couple came to Mr. England from Fort Clark, now Peoria, to avoid the trouble of going to Edwardsville for license. It was lawful to advertise their intentions for ten days, and then marry without license. That couple were mar- ried in the latter way.
ENYART, SILAS, was born June 21, 17SS, in Hardin county, Ky. He was married Nov. 6, 1806, to Martha Duckworth, who was born June 7, 1789, in the same county. They had eight children born in Kentucky, one died in infaney, and the family moved to Sanga- mon county, Ill., arriving in the spring of 1834 in what is now Gardner township, six miles west of Springfield. Of their children-
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was married, in Sangamon county, to Zebulon Cantrill. See his name.
SARAH, born in Kentucky, was mar- ried in Sangamon county to Arthur B. McMurry. See his name.
POLLY, born in Kentucky, married in Sangamon county to Moses Laswell. See his name.
MATILDA, born in Kentucky, mar- ried in Sangamon county to William H. Talbott. See his name.
REBECCA ., born in Kentucky, married N. E. Bateman. They had six children, namely, MARY E., SARAH J., JAMES W., CHARLES N., ED- WARD E. and EMMA E. Mrs. Bate- man resides with her daughter, Mrs. Albert V. Arnold, in Springfield.
JAMES, died in 1844, aged twenty- one years.
WILLIAM, born June 25, 1825, in Hardin county, Ky., was married in San- gamon county, Ill., Jan. 13, 1852, to Sarah Elder. They had four children in Sanga- mon county. LUCY E. died in her third year. MINERVA, married James Mer- riweather. They have one child, ALLEN, and reside in Cotton Hill township. EMMA and EFFIE, reside with their parents two and one-half miles north of Pawnee, in Cotton Hill township. Wil- liam Enyart left Springfield March 25, 1849, for the gold fields of California, with eight others, only three of whom re- turned. William Enyart was gone two years and three months, and made enough to buy himself a good home. During his absence he had an interview with James Baker. See his name.
Mrs. Martha Enyart died in 1835, and Silas Enyart died in 1837, both in Sanga- mon county, Ill.
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