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FRANCES, that died in infancy, and Mrs. G. died March 18, 1857. Vincent Garretson was married March 11; 1858, in Baltimore, Md., to Sarah A. Miller, who was born Dec. 16, 1815, in Anne Arundel county, Md. They had three children in Sangamon county; all died young. Mr. and Mrs. Garretson reside four miles southwest of Illiopolis.
HANNAH R., born April, 1817, in Maryland, married Feb. 22, 1843, in San- gamon county, to Jacob D. Constant. See his name. She died Oct. 22, 1850.
THOMAS P., born Sept., ISIS, in Maryland, came to Sangamon county in 1839, married in Menard county, to Mar- tha M. Harrison. She died in Spring- field, and he married Phoebe Campbell. They have seven children, and live near Lincoln, Ill.
ELI, born May 5, 1820, in Maryland, died in Sangamon county, Sept. 14, 1838. JOHN, born in 1821, in Mary- land, married in Sangamon county to Harriet Sherman. He died August 26, 1843, near Rochester. His widow mar- ried Mr. Cotton, and lives at Elkhart.
SAMUEL, Jun., born Dec. 4, 1823, in Anne Arundel county, Md., married in Sangamon county, Nov. 7, 1848, to Amelia J. Dickerson, who was born Feb. 25, 1828, in Kentucky. They had six child- ren. JAMES T., the eldest, died in his thirteenth year. HARRIET, the young- est, died in infancy. SUSAN ANN, horn Dec. 7, 1854, CHARLES V., born July 15, 1856, ARCHIBALD F., born June 22, 1858, MARY M., born Sept. 9, 1860, live with their parents, three miles northeast of Rochester.
Mrs. Hannah Garretson died Sept. 26, 1838, and Samuel Garretson, Sen., died May 1, 1847, both in Sangamon county.
GARLAND, NICHOLAS AUSTIN, born Feb. 23, 1806, in Al- bemarle county, Va., was married July 16, 1827, at Liberty, Bedford county, Va., to Mary C. M. Phillips, who was born there, May 2, 1810. They had one child there, and in 1829 moved to the vicinity of where Carondelet, Mo., now stands. In moving, he went across the country with a six horse team, taking with him seven or eight slaves that he had inherited from his father's estate. That was about all the property he had, but soon after his arrival in Missouri he resolved that he
could not conscientiously hold slaves, and determined to extricate himself from the uncongeniel position. He hired them out for a few years, with a proviso for each to be free at a given time, and retained them all under his control until the last one was liberated. He still farther mani- fested his aversion to slavery by moving his family to Illinois, arriving in Spring- field in 1832. In 1837 Mr. Garland left the city and settled in what is now Cot- ton Hill township, in section thirty-two, town fourteen, range four west, where he built a horse mill in 1838, and ran a turn- ing lathe in connection with it, doing gen- eral cabinet work. He afterwards sold this farm and entered a tract one mile east, in section thirty-three. N. A. Garland and wife had one child in Missouri and six in Sangamon county. Of their eight child- ren-
SAMUEL R., born in Virginia, died in Springfield. Ill., in his seventh year.
LUCY P., born Dec. 13, 1831, in St. Louis county, Mo., brought up in Spring- field, Ill., was married August, 1856, in. Sullivan, Moultrie county, Ill., to Charles L. Roane. They have five children, MARY, LUCY, SARAH, CHARLES and FANNIE, and reside at Sullivan, Moultrie county, Ill.
AUSTIN M., born Oct. 29, 1833, in Springfield, was married Nov. 10, 1859, near Chatham, to Sarah E. Hoppin, who was born June 17, 1838, in Madison coun- ty, N. Y., and came with her father, F. B. Hoppin, to Sangamon county in 1852. They have four children, MARY H., LUCY H., GERTRUDE G. and FRANK H. Austin M. Garland learned the printing business in the State Regis- ter office. He was a member of the firm of Garland & Jones in publishing a cam- paign paper in 1858, called the Illinois American. That paper was merged into the Daily Independent by Garland & Wheler, in the fall of 1859. Garland sold his interest in the paper the following summer, and engaged in farming from Jan., 1860, to Jan., 1871, when he returned to Springfield. He was elected Secretary of the State Agricultural Society in 1870, and continued in that position, by re-elec- tion, annually, four years, ending in the winter of 1874-5.
JAMES M., born Sept. 26, 1835, in Springfield, was married there, Feb. 24,
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IS5S, to Mary E. Hawley. They have seven living children, CHARLES HAW- LEY, CORA BELL, MARYE., JOHN AUSTIN, ALICE M., JOSIE and EDWARD M. Mr. Garland has been for several years and is now a merchant of Springfield, Ill., where he and his family reside.
ELIZABETH A., born Sept. 19, IS37, in Springfield, was married at Sul- livan, Moultrie county, Ill , Oct. 6, 1873, to Kemper Campbell. They have one child, HATTIE, and reside at Lovington, Moultrie county, Ill.
ELLEN D., born Sept. 16, 1839, in Springfield, Ill., was married Sept. 15, 1857, to Andrew J. Lynn, who was killed at the battle of Stone's river, Tennessee, leaving two children, ANDREW J. and ANNIE, who live with their mother. Mrs. Lynn was married Sept. 26, 1865, to Thomas M. Bushfield, of Sullivan. They have one living child, CHARLES, and reside in Sullivan, Moultrie county, Ill.
MARY F., born Nov., IS41, in Spring- field, Ill., married Daniel W. Rawlins, of Jacksonville, Ill. They have two living children. DANIEL WESTERVELT and ELEANOR GARLAND, and re- side in Liberty, Bedford county, Va.
Mrs. Mary C. M. Garland died August 6, 1844, and N. A. Garland was married March 22, 1849, to Mrs. Rhoda G. String- field, whose maiden name was Jack. She died Feb. 22, 1852, and N. A. Garland was married July 28, 1853, to Mrs. Lucy S. McDaniel, whose maiden name was Burr, sister of Hon. A. G. Burr, of Green coun- ty, Ill. They had five living children-
WILLIAM B., born in Springfield, Ill., resides in Denver, Colorado.
ALBERT E., PAULINA C., AGNES and LAURA, live with their mother.
Nicholas A. Garland died Jan. 4, 1874, and Mrs. Garland and family reside in Springfield, Ill.
GARVEY, SAMUEL, was born Aug. 31, 1794, in Culpepper county, Va. His father, Job Garvey, was born in Scot- land, and brought to America when he was quite young. His parents both dying early, he was bound to a man who proved to be a cruel master. Determined to escape the hard servitude, and partly from patriotic motives, he enlisted as a soldier in the revolutionary army, and served the
whole seven years. When Samuel was about one year old his parents moved to Woodford county, Ky., and four or five years later moved to Franklin county, about eighteen miles south of Frankfort. Samuel volunteered in a regiment of dra- goons at Frankfort, under Col. Dick John- son, and was in the battle of the river Thames, in Canada, in which Col. John- son is reputed to have killed the Indian chief Tecumseh. After his return the family moved to that part of Gallatin which is now Owen county, Ky. Samuel Garvey was there married, Dec. 26, 1816, to Maria Elliston, who was born July 25, 1 Soo, in Franklin county. They lived in Owen county for some time, then, with a family of seven children, moved to San- gamon county, Ill., arriving in the fall of 1830, in the vicinity of what became Mechanicsburg, where they had five living children. Of their twelve children-
SCOTT, born Nov. 12, 1817, in Ken- tucky, died in Sangamon county in the twenty-first year of his age.
LEMUEL, born Sept. 11, IS19, in Kentucky, died in Sangamon county in his twenty-sixth year.
MARY A., born Aug. 11, IS23, in Kentucky, married William H. Hampton. See his name.
SAMUEL, Jun., born Aug. 27, 1825, in Owen county, Ky., married in Sanga- mon county, July 31, 1849, to Sarah A. Gideon. She was born Jan. 13, IS28, in Champaign county, Ohio, and came to Sangamon county in IS46. They had five children. MARY A., born May 21, 1850, married Sept. 9, 1869, to David C. Fletcher. They have three children, NEVADA, CORINNA and LENORA, and re- side in Illiopolis township, three miles east of Mechanicsburg. D. C. Fletcher was born May 3, 1843, in Christian coun- ty. He enlisted Aug. 6, 1862, for three years, in Co. A, 73d Ill. Inf., was wound- cd at the battle of Stone's river, Tenn., also at Adairsville, Ga .; served to the end of the rebellion, and was honorably dis- charged in June, 1865. ANN M., born Aug. 23, 1852, CATHARINE J., born Oct. 16, 1854, and HENRY C., born Aug. 13, 1863, reside with their parents. ANDREW S. died Dec. 6, 1871, aged four years. Samuel Garvey, Jun., resides two and a half miles east of Mechanics- burg.
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ELIZABETH A. and NANCY C., twins, born March 1, 1827, in Kentucky.
ELIZABETH A. married in Sanga- mon county to John P. Jack, and resides at Edina, Knox county, Mo.
NANCY C. married John S. Hamp- ton. See his name.
WILLIAM F., born Aug. 22, 1829, in Owen county, Ky., married in Spring- field, Feb. 2, 1854, to Elizabeth A. Wil- liams, who was born Nov. 29, 1829, in Montgomery county, Md. They had six children. Their second, THOMAS E., died, aged eight years. The fourth, EM- MA J., died, aged two years. HORACE O., CLARA, WILLIAM H. and SAMUEL, reside with their parents, one and a quarter miles southwest of Illiopolis.
GANE, born March 25, 1831, in San- gamon county, married Nov. 5, 1873, to Josiah T. Peden, a native of Pennsylvania, and resides at Illiopolis.
JEREMIAH C. died, aged six years, and
EMILY died, aged four years.
YOHN, born June 29, 1839, in Sanga- mon county, married Oct. 12, 1869, to Maria F. Darneille. They had four child- ren. OWEN and OLIN died in infancy. MINNIE F. and BERTHA live with their parents at the homestead of his father, one and a half miles east of Mechanicsburg,
HENRY C., born July 15, 1844, died April 26, 1864.
Mrs. Maria Garvey died Jan. 17, 1871, and Samuel Garvey, Sen., resides one and a half miles east of Mechanicsburg, and within that distance of where he settled in 1830, just before the " deep snow."
GATES, MICHAEL, born Jan. 30, 1776, in Lancaster county, Penn. His parents moved to the vicinity of Salisbury, North Carolina, when he was three years old. He was married there to Catharine Groves. They moved to Muhlenburg county, Ky., where seven children were born, and the family moved to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving in the fall of 1830- except Andrew and Mary, the two eldest children, who arrived May 31, 1831, in what is now Auburn township. Of their seven children --
MARY A., born Octoher, 1805, in Kentucky, was married in Sangamon county, Ill., to Simeon Vancil. See his name. She died March 6, 1873.
ANDREW, born Jan. 17, 1807, in Muhlenburg county, Ky., was married in Sangamon county to Lucinda Wood. They had twelve children, six of whom died young. Of the other six, CATH- ARINE A. married H. B. Organ. See his name. ANDREW J. Jun., married Miriam Davis, and live in Auburn town- ship. MARY E. married Jerome Bald- win, and live in Macoupin county, Ill. LEANDER A. is a teacher, and lives with his parents. LUCINDA E. was married Feb. 20, 1873, to A. J. Leutz, and resides in Sangamon county, near Virden. SARAH F. lives with her parents. Andrew Gates and wife reside five miles southwest of Auburn.
PETER, born Sept. 21, ISOS, in Ken- tucky, came to Sangamon county, Ill., in Oct. 1829, and was married there to Christiana Dukes, who died March 24, 1848, and he married Sarah A. Wood, October, IS48, in Macoupin county, Il. They had eleven children; six died young. WILLIAM F., born Oct. 14, 1849, was married Oct. 13, 1872, to Maggie Shank- lin, in Macoupin county, and resides in Auburn township. JOHN M., born Sept. 2, 1852, died Nov. 24, 1872. GEORGE W., PETER M. and JAMES E., reside with their parents near Virden.
ELIZABETH, born Jan. 21, 1821, in Kentucky, was married there to Isham Gibson. He died in 1875, and Mrs. Gib- son resides in Missouri.
CATHARINE, born August, ISII, in Kentucky, was married in Sangamon county, Ill., to Hardy Gatlin, and died March. 1852.
MARGARET, born February, 1813, in Kentucky, was married in Sangamon county, Ill., to Samuel Davidson, and died in 1861.
FANNY, born October, 1815, in Ken- tucky, was married in Sangamon county to Joseph Poley. See his name.
Michael Gates died in 1848, and his wife died in 1849, both in Sangamon county, IH.
GATTON, MRS. RUTH, was born in 1775. Her husband, Thomas Gatton, died in 1828, in Grayson county, Ky. Mrs. Gatton with her daughters, Maria and Eliza, came to Sangamon county, under the care of her son Jo- sephus, who had returned to Kentucky to
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be present at the death of his father. Of her children who came to Sangamon county --
JOHN A., born March 11, 1797, in Washington county, Ky., was married in Grayson county to Anna Newton. They had two children in Kentucky, and moved to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving Oct. 16, 1827, in what is now Ball township, where five children were born. Of their seven children-MONICA, born in Ken- tucky, was married in Sangamon county to Benjamin Burtle. See his name. THOMAS O., horn Feb. 17, 1826, 111 Grayson county, Ky., was married in Sangamon county, Dec. 26, 1850, to Me- linda Harper. They had eleven children, six of whom died young. Of the five living-ROSETTA, STEPIEN A. D., and MARY J., were born in Sangamon county, Ill. RUTH J. and MARTHA F. were born in Kansas. T. O. Gatton resides near Osage Mission, Neosho county, Kansas. JOSEPHUS, born in Sangamon county, married Mary E. Harper. They had one child, and Mrs. Mary E. Gatton dicd. Josephus Gatton married Rebecca Mc- Neely. They live in Cotton Hill town- ship. RUTH A. married Robert Gatton, and lives in Auburn, Sangamon county, Ill. JOHN W. lives in Ball township. SARAH E. married James H. Burtle. Sce his name. She died. THERESA lives with James H. Burtle. John A. Gatton died in Feb., 1847, and Mrs. Anna Gatton died Oct., 1865, both in Ball town- ship, and are buried near St. Bernard Catholic church, Sangamon county, Ill.
THOMAS, born October, 1804, in Washington county, Ky., was married in Grayson county, Ky., to Martina Thomp- son, and came to Sangamon county in 1828. A few years later he went to Galena and engaged in lead mining. He moved to Dubuque, thence to De Witt, Clinton county, Iowa, where the parents both dicd, leaving three children.
JOSEPHUS, born Sept. 13, 1806, in Washington county, Ky., was taken by his parents, in 1813, to Grayson county, Ky. From there he came to Sangamon county, arriving Oct. 16, 1827, in what is now Ball township. He returned to Ken- tucky at the time of his father's death. He experienced all the hardships of the deep snow of 1830 and '31. For several
weeks the family lived on bread made of corn that was beaten with a pestle until fine enough, then sifted through a deer skin which was stretched over a hoop and burned full of holes with a hot iron. Hc says the happiest time of his life was when he was able to go to mill and obtain two sacks of corn meal. When the Black Hawk war broke out he did not wish to go, but his mother said her broth- ers were soldiers in the Revolution, and she wished him to go and never return with a wound in his back. He enlisted in a Sangamon county company, did his duty, and returned in safety. Josephus Gatton was married in Sangamon county, July 24, 1834, to Mary Burtle. They had five living children. RUTH E., born April 16, 1835, was married in 1859 to James A. Able. They have five children, JOSEPH, MARY E., WILLIAM, EMMA and CHARLES, and reside one and a half miles southwest of Pawnee. SARAH E., born May 25, 1837, married John W. Bell. See his name. THOMAS J., born Aug. 23, 1838, married Angeline Durbin. He died April 20, 1867, leaving a widow and three children near St. Ber- nard's church, Sangamon county, Ill. MARY M., born Feb. 13, 1840, married Nathan J. Durbin. They have six child- ren, and reside in Cotton Hill township. WILLIAM W., born Aug. 19, 1841, lives with his father. Mrs. Mary Gatton died May 5, 1843, and Josephus Gatton was married Jan. 29, 1844, to Eveline Husband. They had six children. J. NEWTON, born Oct. 21, 1844, was mar- ried Dec. 15, 1859, to Georgetta C. Mourer. They have two children, GEORGIA and FRANKIE, and reside six miles south of Springfield. ELIZA J., born Feb. 1, IS47, was married Oct. 5, 1870, to John L. Bliss, who was born in Bath county, Ky., Aug. 20, 1846. They have one child, LUELLA, and live seven miles south of Springfield. JAMES H., JOSEPHUS M., SUSAN E. and WAT- SON T., live with their mother. Josc- phus Gatton died March 25, 1876, and was buried at Oak Ridge cemetery, Spring- field. His widow and children reside six miles south of Springfield.
MARIA, born March 13, ISH, in Ken- tucky, married James Miller, who died, and she married Joseph Burtle. See his name.
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ELIZA E., born May 17, 1813, in Kentucky, married James Burtle. See his name.
Mrs. Ruth Gatton died October, IS32, near St. Bernard's church, Sangamon county, Ill.
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GEORGE, EDWARD, born about 1809, in Fauquer county, Va., went to Bath county, Ky., about 1815, and came to Sangamon county in the fall of 1833. He was married to Catharine Whaley. They had nine children. She and three of the children died near the same time. He married Mary Martin, and she died. He then married Mrs. Lucinda Jones, whose maiden name was Pike. They have five children. He died in 1875. His widow and children live near Rochester.
GEORGE, WILLIAM, was born in Cabell county, West Va., came with his family to Sangamon county, in 1829 or 30, and settled in what is now Loami township. His sons-
YOHN, WILLIAM and FRAN- CIS, all have families, and reside near Edinburg, Christian county, Ill.
GELLING, JOHN, was born Nov. 13, 1805, in the city of Douglas, Isle of Man, and came to America in 1830. He landed at New York, and went to the vicinity of Morristown, N. J. Hannah Monson was born in 1797, near Morris- town, N. J. She was of an old French family that was among the earliest settlers of New Jersey. John Gelling and Han- nah Monson were married June 23, 1833, near Morristown. They moved in IS38 to Vevay, switzerland county, Ind. Mr. Gelling, his wife, and a girl living in the family, started from Vevay in a wagon, and drove through Indianapolis to Spring- field, arriving in October, 1839. Since that time he has resided four years in Morgan county. With that exception, he has been in Sangamon county to the pres- ent time. They never had any children. Mrs. Hannah Gelling died Dec. 30, 1872, and John Gelling resides two and a half miles south of Dawson.
Miss Ellen C. Gelling, sister to John Gelling, resides with him. She was born on the Isle of Man, and came to Sangamon county in 1852.
Robert Gelling, brother to John and Ellen C., born in ISog on the Isle of Man, and married there, came to Sangamon county in 1855. He has two sons and two
daughters, and resides two miles south of Dawson.
GIBSON, WILLIAM, was born about 17So, near Staunton, Va., and was taken by his parents, at six or seven years of age, to Fayette county, Ky. He was married in Boone county, in 18og, to Mary Holman. She was born July. 29, 1789, in Woodford county. Her father, Edward Holman, and Jesse Holman-for many years Judge of the Supreme Court of Indiana-were brothers. She was consequently a cousin to Hon. Wm. S. Holman, of the Fifth Congressional Dis- trict of Indiana. Mr. and Mrs. Gibson had six children, near Lexington, Fayette county, Ky., and moved to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving Nov. 1, 1829, and settled in what is now the northwest cor- ner of Chatham township. Of their children-
DAVID E., born April 16, 1811, in Fayette county, Ky., married in Sanga- mon county, April 14, 1831, to Mary Greenwood. They had five children: MARY A., born Feb. 12, 1832, married May 12, 1855, to John C. Cresswell, who was born Feb. 21, 1832, in Jersey county. They have four living children, ALICE D., DAVID E., LIZZIE and LAURA, and live five miles south of Loami. WILLIAM M., born Jan. 1, 1834, married May 11, 1854, to Elizabeth Fowler, who was born Dec., 1833, in Lincolnshire, England. They have five children: MARY, JOANNA, DAVID E., THOMAS and WILLIAM M., Jun. JOHN T., born March 5, 1836, married March 7, 1861, to Millicent Jarrett. They have four children, MARGARET L., ARTA- MESIA, WILLIAM E. and JOSEPH F., and live five miles south of Loami. AMER- ICA, born Sept. 6, 1838, married James M. Coley. See his name. ELIZA- BETH, born Jan. 12, IS11, married Henry A. Weber. They had five child- ren; all of them died under three years, and Mr. W. died Sept. 2, 1872, at White Oak, Montgomery county. Mrs. Weber resides with her father. Mrs. Mary Gib- son died March 24, 1842, and David E. Gibson was married June 25, IS51, to to Julia A. Hall. They had five children. JANE died, aged four years. SUSAN, ILLINIA, HARRIET and DAVID E., Jun., reside with their parents, five miles south of Loami. David E. Gibson started to Jacksonville, about twenty-five miles dis-
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tant, when there was but little improve- ment on the prairie. A snow storm set in soon after he started, and as night approached and he thought himself almost at the end of his journey, he discovered that he was only one and a half miles from home. He had been riding around a circle all day.
David E. Gibson remembers that in IS32 seed corn was so scarce that his father sent him to St. Clair county for some. He paid $1.00 per bushel, and shelled it himself. Settlements were so far apart that no food could be obtained. With two small seraps of bread-one from corn meal, the other from shorts-a drink of buttermilk and some wild onions, he traveled seventy-five miles, to reach home.
WM. HOLMAN, was born March 16, IS16, in Kentucky, was married March 3, IS41, in Sangamon county to America Forrest. They had one child, ELIZA- BETH, who died, aged cighteen years. W. H. Gibson died Dec. 26, IS49. His widow married Thomas J. Darneille. Sce his name.
ABIGAIL, born Jan., IS22, in Ken- tucky, married James M. Brown, in San- gamon county. They had two living children, and moved to California. He was murdered and robbed there of $3,000 in gold, Oct., IS70. His family moved from California to Nevada, thence to Os- wego, Kansas. Of their children-ELI- ZABETH, married, and JAMES lives with his mother. Sec name of Joshua Brown and his son, James M.
FAMES E., born May 16, 1823, in Kentucky, married, June 5, 1845, in San- gamon county, to Margaret L. Forrest. He died, Jan. 13, 1873. in Chatham. His widow resides at Pioneer, Williams county, Ohio.
MARY, born in 1825, in Kentucky, married in Sangamon county, Ill., to Charles R. Campbell. See his name. They have two children, WILBUR and ABIGAIL.
JOHN A., born in 1827, in Kentucky, brought np in Sangamon county, went to California, in 1851, last heard from in I S65.
William Gibson died, Oct. 5, IS3S, and his widow died, Sept., 1869, both in San- gamon county.
GIBSON, JAMES M., brother to Preston H., born May 19, 1812, in Gal-
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NANCY Y., born March 21, 1833, married James E. Campbell, who was born Oct. 22, 1824, at Delphi, Ross coun- ty, Ohio. They have eight children, MARY A., GEORGE W., PERME- LIA C., MARGARET R., THEO- DORE M., COMMODORE P., EMMA F. and ALLEN EVA, and reside three miles southwest of Curran.
JOHN W., born Nov. 18, 1834, in Sangamon county, went to California in IS59, and lives at Saratoga, Santa Clara county.
SAMUEL P., born Feb. 10, 1836, in Sangamon county, married Sarah Van Doren. They have three living children, EMMA, PETER and WILLIAM, and live in Piatt county.
THOMAS B., born Sept. S, 183S, married March 1, 1864, to Sophia A. McComas, have three children, LONA M., ARCHIE C. and NELLIE E., and live five miles west of Chatham.
PRESTON H., born July 19, 1840, in Sangamon county, married Mary E. Sommers, have one child, HELEN, and live at Brownsville, Neb.
MARGARET R., born Feb. 10, 1842, in Sangamon county, married G. W. Campbell. They have three living child- ren, EUGENE, ROBERT and JAMES L., and live in Piatt county, Ill.
MARTHIA A., born Jan. 7, 1844, married Dec. 30, 1869, to James Kinter, who was born Dec. 23, 1846, in Jefferson county, Pa. She died May 24, 1873, in Curran township.
DAVID W., 'born June 6, 1848, re- sides in Curran township.
Mrs. Sally Gibson died May 12, 1853, and J. M. Gibson was married Sept. 7,- I854, to Cynthia MeComas. They had five children-
VAN OSCAR, GARRETT M., CHARLES L., ETTA F. and JAMES A., all live with their mother.
James M. Gibson died May 12, 1865, and his widow, Mrs. Cynthia Gibson, re- sides two miles south of Curran.
GIBSON, PRESTON H., was born Sept. 28, 1810, in that part of Boone which is now Gallatin county, Ky.,
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eight miles above Warsaw. He was married in that county May 14, 1835, to Ann Finley. She was born Dec. 26, ISII, in the city of Philadelphia. When she was an infant her parents moved to Cincinnati, Ohio, where they both died when she was quite young. She was adopted by her aunt, Mrs. Robinson, and taken to Gallatin county, Ky., at sixteen years of age. Mr. and Mrs. Gibson moved immediately after they were mar- ried to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving June 10, 1835, in what is now Curran township, north of Lick creek. They had four children in Sangamon county-
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