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EUSTACE, WILLIAM, born in Eastport, Me., settled in 1837 or 8 in what is now Talkington township, where Chas. T. Hoppin now resides. He was the first settler in the township. His daughter, Elizabeth, married John Barger. See his name.
EWELL, ISAAC L., was born April 29, 1819, in Barnett, Caledonia county, Vt., came to Springfield, Ill., in the fall of 1837, spent two years there as a miller, returned to Vermont, came back to Sangamon county, and was married Sept. 3, 1846, to Lonisa E. Kelly. He moved to Peacham, Vt., in the spring of
IS47, where they had one child, and re- turned to Sangamon county in 1850, where they had two children. Of their three children-
CHARLES W., born Feb. 7, 1848, in Peacham, Caledonia county, Vt., mar- ried in Sangamon county, Nov. 25, 1868, to Eliza J. Turner, have one child, MIN- NIE, and live in Curran township.
HORACE f., born Oet. 13, 1851, in Sangamon county, died May 23, 1863.
EUNICE JI., born Nov. 24, 1857, in Sangamon county, and lives with her parents.
Isaac L. Ewell and wife reside two and a-half miles north of Curran.
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FAGAN, WILLIAM, born in 1777, in North Carolina, was married there to Peninah Fruit, who was born Jau. 29, 1774, in the same State. They moved to Virginia, and from there to Christian county, Ky. In 1819 they emigrated, with four children, to southern Illinois, thence to Sangamon county, arriving in what is now Clear Lake township, in 1820. They moved next year to Buffalo Hart Grove, and from there to Spring- field. In 1831 they settled on a farm three miles northwest of Springfield. Of their children-
ELIZABETH, born in iSo1, in Vir- ginia or Kentucky, died in Springfield, Ill., aged twenty-two years.
HANNAH, born in 1806, in Christian county, Ky., died aged about thirteen years.
JOHN, born May 17, 1809, in Chris- tian county, Ky., was married April 15, 1830, in Springfield, Ill., to Mary Henry, who was born in 1812, in Ohio. They had nine children. ELIZABETH J., born Dec. 22, 1831, was married Oct. 15, 1851, to William C. Langston, she died Dec. 26, 1853, without children. CLAR- ISSA and CLARINDA (twins), born Nov. 22, 1833. CLARISSA was mar- ried March, IS51, to Uriah C. Withrow, who was born Jan. 26, 1827. They had one son, w. A., who lives in Sangamon county, Ill. W. C. Withrow died Sept. 26, 1852, and Mrs. Withrow was married May, 1860, to Aaron Apgar. Mrs. Clar- issa Apgar died Oct. 7, 1864, leaving one
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child, IDA BELLE, who lives in Sangamon county. CLARINDA was married April 16, 1861, to J. L. Robinette, who was born June 12, 1836, in Ohio. They moved to California in 1863, where Mrs. Robin- ette died June 13, 1864. GEORGE T., born Aug. 4, 1836, was married Sept. 3, 1857, to Rachel Hazlett, who was born Oct. 12, 1839, in Christian county. They have three living children, FRANKLIN, IRVING, and GEORGE, who reside with their parents in Christian county, Ill. SARAH F., born Oct. 28, 1838, was mar- ried Oct., 1855, to F. M. Montgomery. She died April 8, 1856. BRICE H., born Jan. 23, 1841, enlisted Feb., 1862, in Co. G, 10th Ill. Cav., served until after the capture ot Little Rock, Ark., when he was taken sick and died in hospital there, Dec. 10, 1863. His body was brought home for interment. WILLIAM P., born May 18, 1843, died April 1, 1860. JAMES F., born Jan. 29, 1846, was mar- ried Aug. 29, 1870, to Eliza J. Buchannan, who was born Jan. 17, 1846. They moved to the southern part of Kansas, where Eliza J. Fagan died March 18, 1873. James Fagan returned to Sanga- mon county and lives with his father. CHARLES A., born March 12, 1849, died Aug. 20, 1872. Mrs. Mary Fagan died Aug. 14, 1850, and John Fagan was married April 14, 1852, to Mrs. Mary W. Norris, whose maiden name was Cole. They have two living children. MARY L., born Jan. 22, 1854, was married Feb. 15, 1871, to Jesse H. Potts, had one child, ADA BELL, who died young, and the fam- ily live in Christian county, Ill. BENJA- MIN, born July 17, 1856, lives with his father. Mrs. Mary W. Fagan died Feb. 22, 1858, and John Fagan was married Dec. 20, 1860, in Logan county, Ohio, to Mary Williams, who was born April 17, 1826. They reside four miles northwest of Springfield, Ill.
GEORGE, born Feb. 19, 1814, in Christian county, Ky., was married in Sangamon county, Ill., Dec. 11, 1838, to Ruth Smith. They had six children. Of the three who lived to be grown- JOHN F., born Dec. 19, 1843, in Sanga- mon county, enlisted Jan. 18, 1862, for three years in Co. G, 10th Ill. Cav., re-en- listed as a veteran Jan. 18, 1864, served to the end of the rebellion, and was honora- bly discharged, at San Antonia, Texas,
Nov., 1865. He was married in Sanga- mon county Sept. 2, 1868, to Mary E. Lightfoot. They have one child, HER- BERT F., and reside three and one-half miles northwest of Springfield. GREEN B., born July 24, 1849, died April 10, 1866. WILLIAM G., born Jan. 22, 1852, lives with his parents. George Fagan and wife reside three miles north- west of Springfield, on the farm where his parents settled in 1830.
William Fagan died Nov. 24, 1843, and his widow died Sept. 27, 1846, both where they settled in 1830, three miles northwest of Springfield, Il].
FAIRCHILD, MOSES, was born Aug., 1793, in Essex county, N. Y. He was married Nov. 9, 1817, at Shel- bourn, Vt., to Adah Holabird, who was born there, in July, 1793. They had six living children in Essex county, New York, and the family moved to San- gamon county, Ill., arriving in the fall of 1833, at Rochester, where they had one child. Of their seven children-
HIRAM, born Oct. 10, 1819, in Essex county, N. Y., married in Springfield, Ill., Feb. 14, 1850, to Martha L. Beall. They had nine children in Sangamon county, six of whom died under four years. Of the other three, CHARLES H., born Oct. 27, 1850, HIRAM R., born Nov. 4, 1854, and WILLIAM P., born Oct. 29, 1856, all reside with their parents, three- quarters of a mile east of Clarksville, Sangamon county.
CHARLES, born Sept. 25, 1821, in Essex county, N. Y., married in Sanga- mon county, Jan. 31, 1848, to Lavina Sattley. They had eight living children, BELLE, MARY E., BENJAMIN S., ADAH E., CHARLES, ROBERT, RALPH S. and WINFIELD S. reside with their parents, one mile east of Roch- ester, on the farm where Moses Fairchild settled in :833.
HENRY, born Sept. 20, 1823, in New York, raised in Sangamon county, mar- ried in Jacksonville to Jane Ragsdale. They had one child, HOMER LIN- COLN, and Mrs. Jane F. died. Mr. F. married Nancy McKittrick. They have three children, and reside near Tower Hill, Shelby county, Ill.
MARY f., born May 27, 1826, in Essex county, N. Y., married in Sanga- mon county, March 24, 1852, to Joseph .
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E. Ross, who was born Oct. 13, 1S23, in Clarke county, O., and came to Sanga- mon county, in IS41 or '2. They had four children, ADAH MAY and IDA F., the third and fourth, died young. JOHN HENRY and CHARLES OS- CAR reside with their parents, two and a half miles north of Breckenridge.
DANIEL, born Angust 23, 1829, in New York, and died in Sangamon conn- ty, Dec. S, 1846.
HYMAN, born Dec. 2, 1832, in New York, raised in Sangamon county, went to California in 1850 married there to Mrs. Mary J. Waddle, whose maiden name was Barker. They had twins, and Mrs. F. died. He was married in Sanga- mon county to Mrs. Susan Giger, whose maiden name was Benson. They have three children, and reside near Grafton, Yolo county, California.
MOSES, Jun., born July 9, 1835, in Sangamon county, died in his fourth year.
Moses Fairchild died in Sangamon county, and Mrs. Adah Fairchild resides with her daughter, Mrs. Ross.
FARQUAR, GEORGE, was born in 1794, in Uniontown, Penn. His father died, and his mother married Rob- ert Ford, who was killed by Indians, leav- ing one son. Mrs. Ford with her two sons, George Farquar and Thomas Ford, came to Waterloo, Monroe county, Ill. Of the younger of the two half brothers, it is only necessary to say in this connec- tion that Thomas Ford afterwards became Governor of Illinois. George Farquar was elected to represent Monroe county in the State legislature one term. He was appointed Jan. 15, 1825, by Gov. Coles, to the office of Secretary of State, and went to Vandalia in discharge of the duties of the office. He was married March 20, ISES, at Kaskaskia, to Ann Cranmer, a sister to Mrs. James L. Lamb. She was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, Dec. 25, 1806. Mr. Farquar resigned his office Dec. 31, 1828, and was appointed Jan. 23, 1829, by Gov. Edwards, Attorney General of Illi- nois. He resigned that office and moved to Springfield the same year, He after- wards represented Sangamon county in the State Senate, and was at one time Register of the United States Land Office in Springfield. Mr. and Mrs. Farquar
had five children, four of whom died young, and one-
GEORGE M., born March 16, 1835, in Springfield, and died March 12, 1861.
Mr. George Farquar died Sept. 12, 1838, in Cincinnati. His widow married Antrim Campbell. See his name.
FAY MICHAEL .- See his name in connection with the Bradley family, in the Omissions.
FERGUSON, MRS. LUCY, was born about 1767 in Culpepper county, Va. Her maiden name was Pendleton. She was married there in 1791 to Benjamin Ferguson, who was also a native of Vir- ginia. They had fifteen children horn in Virginia, and Mr. F. died there. The mother, with five children, moved to San- gamon county, arriving in the fall of 1836, about three miles east of Rochester. Just before she left Virginia, Mrs. Ferguson was enumerating her descendants: there were seventy-five then. Of her five children who came west with her-
WILLIAM H., born February, 1798, married in Virginia in ISIS to Lucy Broadux. They came to Illinois with their mother. Mrs. Lucy Ferguson died in the fall of 1871, and Wm. H. died March, 1873, leaving four children, three of whom are now married.
LUCY C., born in Virginia, was mar- ried there in 1832 to Isaac Haines. He was a Methodist preacher. They came west with their mother. He died in IS38. She died in 1850, leaving two children, one of whom, WILLIAM C., married, and lives one mile south of Taylorville. LUCY A. married J. Clark, and resides opposite Cairo, in Missouri.
ELLEN, born in 1812, married in Sangamon county in 1838 to Daniel John- son. They have one child, ELIAS, who married, and resides on the farm with his father, four miles east of Rochester. Mrs. Ellen Johnson died about IS41.
PHILIP C., born June, IS15, in Vir- ginia, married there in 1836 to Mary Ilaines. They have five children living. They all reside in Kansas but one, EZE- KIEL, who married a Miss Kelly, and lives near Taylorville. Philip C. Fergu- son was a physician, and died from lock- jaw in 1862. His widow resides near Wathena, Kan.
JAMES, born March 11, IS17, mar- ried in Sangamon county March 21, IS3S,
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to Mary J. Young, who was born in 1824, in Trigg county, Ky. They have four children. MARTHA J., born Jan. 16, 1840, in Sangamon county, married Oct. 25, 1860, in Christian county, to Archi- bald Sattley. See his name. CLARA A., born April 24, 1842, married Feb. 15, 1862, in Christian county, to Charles E. Sattley. See his name. ALBERT L., born Jan. 31, 1849, and ADA M., reside with their father. James Ferguson came to Sangamon county with his mother, and engaged in farming; has been for twelve years justice of the peace at Stonington, and assisted in organizing the first Sun- day school there, and has been superin- tendent ever since. Mrs. Mary J. Fergu- son died Oct. 20, 1875.
Mrs. Lucy Ferguson died in the aut- umn of 1838, on the farm where they set- tled in 1836.
FIREY, JOSEPH, was born Oct. 2, 1789, in Washington county, Md. He was married there, Feb. 12, 1812, to Cath- arine Rouch, who was born Nov. 12, 1794, in the same county. They had two child- ren, and Mrs. Catharine Firey died July 20, 1822. Joseph Firey was married June 29, 1824, to Magdalena Beard. They had four children, and Mrs. Magdalena Firey died in Maryland. Joseph Firey, with his two eldest sons, came to Springfield, Ill., Nov. 25, 1835, and a few days later moved to what is now Cooper township. He returned to Maryland the next year, and came back to Sangamon county with his younger children, in company with his brother Jacob, Wm. Mowry and Mrs. Troxell, with their families. Of his child- ren-
HENRY, born March 25, 1815, in Washington county, Md., married in San- gamon county, Ill., May 21, IS40, to Minerva Lord. They had eight children. MARY E., born March 16, 1841, mar- ried Sept. 26, 1861, to George L. Hoas- ley, have one living child, WILLIAM. SARAH C., born August 4, 1843, mar- ried Jan. 20, 1869, to Benjamin R. Eng- lish, have one living child, MARY A. AANN M., born March 6, 1846, married Oct. 20, 1864, to Sherman Yaukey, have two children, EDWIN H. and CLARA E. JOSEPH F., born Dec. 27, 1848, mar- ried Sept. 5, 1873, to Susan Thomson, and have two children, LILLIE and ELIZA. ALICE J., born July 4, 1851, married
March 19, 1874, to William Daigh, and have one child, HENRY. LEWIS E., born July 12, 1854, ELIZA M., born March 2, 1857, and JOHN H., born Nov. 3, 1859. Henry Firey and family live near Grove City, Christian county, Ill.
LEWIS, born Jan. 6, 1817, in Wash- ington county, Maryland, came to Sanga- mon county in 1835, is unmarried, and lives with his brother Henry, near Grove City, 111.
By the second marriage-
CATIIARINE, born May 16, 1825, in Maryland, married May 23, 1847, to . George Ensminger, bave eight children, CHARLOTTE, MARTHA, MARY A., SARAII M., WILLIAM, GEORGE, ARCHIBALD and LEWIS, and live near Grove City.
MARTHA ANN, born Sept. 22, 1826, in Maryland, married June 1, 1852, to Jefferson Singer. They had five child- ren, WILLIAM, JOSEPH, LEWIS, ALFRED, JOHN and MARY. Mr. Singer died Feb., 1865. His widow and children live near Grove City.
FOHN L., born Oct. 16, 1829, in Maryland, married April 27, 1854, in Sangamon county, to Elizabeth Jones. He died Jan. 29, 1872, in Rochester, leav- ing a widow and one son, JAMES M.
MARY S., born July 8, 1832, in Washington county, Md., married Nov. 19, 1858, to John Troxell. See his namc. She died Nov. 16, 1859, leaving one child, MARY.
Joseph Firey died August 25, 1862, near Mt. Auburn, Christian county, III.
FIREY, JACOB, was born April 14, 1791, in Washington county, Md., married there May 2, 1815, to Mary Houser, who was born June 3, 1796, in the same county. They had seven child- ren, three of whom died under seven years. The family moved to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving in October, 1836, in what is now Cooper township, south of the Sangamon river, where his brother Joseph had preceded him the year before. Of their four children-
ISAAC H., born Feb. 2, 1820, in Washington county, Md., married in Springfield, Ill., Feb. 11, 1847, to Eliza Sattley. They have seven children. JACOB J., born Nov. 5, 1847, graduated March, 1869, at Bellevue Medical College, New York city. He was married June 29, 1869, at Ann Arbor, Mich., to Kate
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Bessimer, who was born Aug. IS, IS50, They had two children, ALBERT and JOHN; the latter died young. Dr. J. J. Firey is a practicing physician, and resides in Taylorville, Ill. HATTIE E., born Nov. 4, 1849, was married June 10, IS75, to Ross M. Houck. ALBERT, WIL- LIAM H., SUSAN E., ISAAC E. and MARY E. The five latter live with their parents. Isaac H. Firey and family reside near Grove City, Christian county, Illinois.
ELIZABETH, born Feb. 26, 1824, in Washington county, Md., raised in Sangamon county, and married Patrick Cooper. See his name.
MARY ANN, born Oct. 26, 1825, in Maryland, married in Sangamon county to Samuel Prather. They had two child- ren, who died young. Mr. Prather died Nov. 21, 1859, and Mrs. Mary A. Prather resides with her sister, Mrs. Cooper.
Mrs. Mary Firey died June 9, 1837, and Jacob Firey died May IS, 1853-she in Sangamon county, and he in Christian county, Illinois.
FISHER, JOHN B., was born Sept. 5, ISOS, in Bourbon county, Ky. Nancy D. Webb was born May 23, ISog, in Nicholas county, Ky. They were married Sept. 10, 1829, in Nicholas coun- ty, and lived in Bourbon until five child- ren were born. They moved to Sanga- mon county, Ill., arriving in the spring of IS39 in what is now Loami township, where eight children were born; two died under seven years-
NATHANIEL, born Nov. 10, 1830, in Kentucky, died in Sangamon county Feb. 10, IS47.
CHARLES W., born Jan. 10, IS33, in Kentucky, married in Sangamon coun- ty, Feb. 11, IS55, to Isabel A. Bowen; had five children. He went to Indiana, and enlisted in a regiment of that State for three years.
ELIZABETH A., born July 4, 1834, in Kentucky, married in Sangamon coun- ty Sept. 15, 1853, to William R. Harbour, have six children, and reside in Moultrie county, Ill.
SARAH f., born June 5, 1836, in Kentucky, married in Sangamon county
Feb. 23, 1854, to Daniel R. Williams, have five children, and live in De Witt county.
YOHN W., born Dec. 11, 1838, in Bourbon county, Ky., enlisted in Sanga- mon county, Aug. 5, 1862, in Co. I, 73d 111. Inf., for three years, was captured at Cassville, Ga., Sept. 24, 1864, was taken to Andersonville prison and remained un- til March IS, 1865, when he was paroled and exchanged. He had been reported hung, and given up by his friends as SUSAN, born Oct. 23, 1822, in Wash- ington county, Md., married in Sangamon dead. He is yet an invalid from the effect of the cruel treatment in prison, and re- county, Ill., to Peter Troxell. Sec his . sides (April, 1874,) with his mother. name.
WILLIAM H., born Jan. 31, IS41, in Sangamon county, lives with his mother.
ISAAC A., born Aug. 21, 1842, en- listed Aug. 5, 1862, in Co. I, 73d Ill. Inf., for three years, served until he became disabled, and was transferred to the Vet- cran Reserve Corps, and was honorably discharged June 27, 1865, lingered until July 17, 1869, when he died at home.
LUCINDA ML., HENRY C., HAMI- LET W. and ABNER R., live with their mother.
John B. Fisher enlisted August, 1861, in Co. B, 30th Ill. Inf., for three years. He was fifty-three years of age, but believed it to be his duty to enter the army. In the battle of Belmont, Mo., he became over-heated, from the effect of which he died at Cairo, Ill., Dec. 14, 1861. His widow resides two miles northwest of Loami.
FISHER, SAMUEL, was born Aug. 4, 1787, in Franklin county, Penn. His parents were Protestants, from Ger- many. Hannah Beaver was born Sept. 29, 1795, in the same county. Her father was a soldier in the revolution. Samuel Fisher and Hannah Beaver were married in their native county. They had thirteen children there and moved to Springfield, Ill., Nov. 13, 1840. Of their children-
ALEXANDER, born March 12, IS15, in Pennsylvania, was married Oct. 7, 1847, in Sangamon county, Ill., to Eliz- abeth Hershey. She died July 5, 1853, in Wabash county, Ill. Mr. Fisher was mar- ried in 1854, to Ann Elizabeth Field, who died July 11, 1858, and he was married April IS, IS59, to Mrs. Permelia Skinner. Alexander Fisher was elected Associate Judge of Logan county, in IS65, and re- sides in Mt. Pulaski. Ill.
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GEORGE, born April 30, 1816, in Pennsylvania, was married in Sangamon county, Ill., to Mary Hendricks. They reside near Belle Plain, Sumner county, Kansas.
SAMUEL B., was born Oct. 27, 1817, in Franklin county, Penn., was married Dec. 18, 1844, in Springfield, to Melvina Alvey. They had thirteen children in Springfield. EDMUND R., resides with his parents. SAMUEL A. is a salesman in a dry goods house in Cincinnati. FREDERICK F. was married in Jack- . sonville, Ill., May 7, 1876, to Lou Gor- ham. He is clerk in Coleman's store, and resides in Springfield. FANNIE resides with her parents. EMMA died Dec. 30, 1870, aged about sixteen years. IDA, BER - THA, KATE, MELVINA, IRVING, WILLIAM, ANNA W., and LAURA, reside with their parents. S. B. Fisher has been, since 1844, engaged in mercan- tile pursuits, and now resides in Spring- field.
LOUISA, born March 4, IS19, in Pennsylvania, was married in Springfield to Avery Constant. See his name. They live in Williamsville.
WILLIAM, born Feb. 20, 1821, in Pennsylvania, was married July 3, 1856, in Athens, Ill., to Susannah Reed, who was born Dec. 5, 1832, in Franklin county, Penn. They have five children, HAN- NAH M., FRANK R., CARRIE B. and WILLIE C., the latter twins, and JULIA C. William Fisher has heen since 1871 employed in the United States Revenue Department, and resides in Springfield.
CHARLES, born Dec. 24, 1822, in Quincy, Franklin county, Penn., came with his parents to Springfield, Nov. 13, ISto. He was married Oct. 22, 1850, to Sarah T. Moffitt, who was born in Spring- field, a daughter of John B. Moffitt, onc of the early settlers. They had two children. GEORGE T., born July 28. 1851, is a draftsman and architect and re- sides in Springfield. LILLIE resides with her father. Mrs. S. T. Fisher died Feb. 16, 1854. Charles Fisher is a car- penter and builder. He crected the First Presbyterian church, and superintended the wood work of the United States Court House. He resides in Springfield.
CAROLINE, born Sept. 16, 1824, in Franklin county, Penn., was married Feb.
17, 1848, in Springfield, Ill., to Phares A. Dorwin, who was born Sept. 10, 1820, in Champion, Jefferson county, N. Y. They had three living children, HENRY F., CHARLES G. and SHELBY C., all reside with their mother. Mr. Dorwin was engaged in the tin ware and stove business the greater part of his life, in Springfield, except during the rebellion, when he was in the Quartermaster's De- partment, stationed at one post all the time, in Kentucky. He died in Springfield, Feb. 17, 1870. His widow and three sons reside at 511 north sixth street.
SUSANNAH, born Sept. 3, 1826, in Pennsylvania, was married in Springfield, Ill., to Cyrus Culbertson. They reside at Sumner, Lawrence county, Ill.
MARY, born Dec. 14, 1828, in Penn- sylvania, died in Springfield July 4, 1852.
HANNAH M., born May 14, 1831, in Pennsylvania, was married Dec. 12, 1855, in Springfield, to Shelby M. Cullom. They had two children, ELLA and CARRIE, both of whom are graduates of the Bettie Stuart Institutc, and reside with their father. Mrs. Cullom died March 17, 1861, in Springfield, Ill.
KATE resides with her brother Charles.
JULIA, born March 28, 1835, in Franklin county, Penn., was married in Springfield, May 5, 1863, to Hon. Shel- by M. Cullom. Mr. Cullom was born Nov. 22, 1829, in Wayne county, Ky., and taken by his parents to Tazewell county, Ill., in 1830. His father, R. N. Cullom, represented Tazewell county for several years in the State legislature- part of the time in the House, and a por- tion in the Senate. Shelby M. came to Springfield in 1854, and studied law in the office of Stuart & Edwards. He was ad- mitted to practice in 1855, and soon after elected City Attorney of Springfield. In 1856 he was elected as one of the repre- sentatives of Sangamon county in the State Legislature, and again elected in I S60. On the assembling of the Legisla- ture he was chosen Speaker of the House. In 1864 Mr. Cullom was elected to repre- sent the Eighth district of Illinois in the United States Congress, and was elected for two successive terms. During that time he was Chairman of the Committec on Territories, and as such reported a bill, of which he was the author, for
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the suppression of polygamy in the territory of Utah, which became a law. He also secured the appropriations for the erection of the United States court house and postoffice in Springfield, at a cost of $320,000. In 1872 and 1874 he was elected to represent the county in the State Legislature. At the former term he was chosen Speaker of the House. Mr. Cullom is a practicing lawyer, is President of the State National Bank, and resides in Springfield.
At the Republican State Convention held in Springfield, May 24, 1876-the largest, most intelligent and most har- monious convention ever held in the State of Illinois-Hon. Shelby M. Cullom was unanimously nominated as the candidate of the party for Governor of the State. Although the writer does not claim to be a prophet, nor the son of a prophet, it is deemed safe to predict-June 1, '76-that unless death should intervene, he will be triumphantly eleeted in November, and inaugurated in January, 1877.
VICTORIA resides with her sister, Mrs. Cullom.
Samuel Fisher died May 11, 1856, and Mrs. Hannah Fisher died April 21, 1867, both in Springfield.
FLETCHER, JAMES, was born July 7, 1799, in Rockbridge county, Va., and was married there to Jane Mc- Elvain, a sister to Samuel MeElvain. See his name. They moved to Adair county, Ky., in 1804 or '5, where they had eight children, and moved to Sanga- mon county, Ill., arriving Dec., 1828, in what is now Auburn township, where they had one child. Of their nine child- ren-
FOB, born in Kentucky, married in Sangamon county to Nancy Chapin, moved to Galena, and from there to Wil- liamstown, Chickasaw county, Iowa, where he lost his life from injuries inflicted by an enraged bull, in May, 1872. He left a widow and children residing there.
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