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JOHN E., born Jan. 28, 1838, mar- ried Feb. 7, 1861, to Sarah McGinnis, and had one child. It died on the 12th, and the mother on the 28th, of March, 1865. John E. Gibson lives with his mother, but spends much of his time at his farm in Nodaway county, Mo.
NANCY A., born Jan. 26, 1840, mar- ried, Oct., 1864, to William H. Trimble. See his name.
JAMES W., born Sept. 20, 1842, is unmarried, and resides with his mother.
HAMPTON, born Nov. 12, 1844, married Oct. 25, 1866, to Susan A. Patte- son, have three children, JEAN W., PRESTON A. and JOHN E., and lives near the family homestead in Curran township.
Preston H. Gibson died Sept. 8, 1863, and his widow, Mrs. Ann Gibson, resides on the farm settled by herself and husband in 1835. It is in Curran township, north of Liek creek.
GIBSON, JAMES H., was born Sept., 1809, in Gallatin county, near Warsaw, Ky. He came to Berlin, San- gamon county, in 1840, and practiced medicine there more than thirty years. He died near Berlin, Nov. 22, 1873, leav- ing a widow, and a daughter who is mar- ried, and has two children.
GIGER, GEORGE, was horn June 9, 1748, and was married in Green- brier county, Va., to Mrs. Anna Auts, whose maiden name was Creek. She was born Nov. 19, 1765. He died in Tennes- see, and she came to Sangamon county with her children, sketches of whose lives are found below. She died, Oct. 12, IS37.
GIGER, SUSANNAH, born Sept. 26, 1795, in Jefferson county, Tenn.,
and was there married to John Cooper. See his name.
GIGER, MARY, was born June II, 1797, in Jefferson county, Tenn., and was married there to John Eckel. See his name.
GIGER, HENRY, was born May 14, 1799, in Jefferson county, Tenn. Nancy Todd was born May 7, 1798, in Cocke county, Tenn. They were married March 11, 1819, in Jefferson county, and moved, in company with their brother-in- law, John Cooper, to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving April 2, 1820, at a point two miles north of Rochester, and one year later moved into what is now Cooper township, where they had five living children, namely --
ANNA, born April 4, 1821, married April 3, 1836, to James Wilson. They had one child, NANCY A., born Jan. 28, IS37, married March 9, 1858, to Harrison Furrow. They had six children, GEORGE LINCOLN, MARY, LAURA B., EDWARD, ANNA and WILLIAM, and live in Christian county, seven miles east of Rochester. James Wilson died Sept. 12, 1839, and his widow married in October, 1843, to Ed- ward Jones, who died May 3, 1867, and she married April 17, 1873, to Peter Gore. They live in Mechanicsburg.
ALEXANDER T., born June 23, 1824, married Dec. 15, 1845, to Mary J. McCoy, had eight children; three died young. JAMES H., ADDISON, OTTO, ADELIA and ELBRIDGE, live with their parents, in Mitchell county, near Cawker City, Kan.
BENGAMIN A., born Jan. S, 1827, married Nov. 30, 1848, to Mary A. V. Kirke. She died May 10, 1853. Mr. Giger was married Oct. 26, 1853, to Mar- garet J. Kirke. They had three children. IDA L. died, aged four years. WIL- LIAM E. and H. DOUGLAS, live with their father. Mrs. M. T. Giger died May 19, 1869, and he was married March 1, 1870, to Mary E. Johnson, who was born May 14, 1845, in Springfield. They had one child, NOLA B., who died young. B. A. Giger and wife live in Sand Prairie, Cooper township, where his parents settled in 1822. It is five miles east of Rochester. Mr. G. is serving his second term as justice of the peace-1874.
ADDISON, born Jan. 1, 1829, mar- ried January, 1862, to Susan Benson, had
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one child, and Mr. Giger died Jan. 15, 1864. His widow married and went to Cali- fornia, where his son FRANKLIN died.
MARTHA D., born Jan. 30, 1831, married July 26, 1848, to John L. Green. They had two children, and Mr. G. and both children died. Mrs. G. married Lewis J. Eyman, who enlisted in Macon county Sept. 2, 1862, in Co. E, 116th Ill. Inf., for three years, was commissioned Capt. Sept. 6, 1862, and was killed in bat- tle at Arkansas Post, July 11, 1863. His widow and two sons, HENRY A. and EDWARD O., reside temporarily-1874 -at Eureka, Ill., for educational purposes. Their home is at Mechanicsburg.
Henry Giger died Nov. 21, 1844, on the farm where he settled in 1822. His widow resides in Mechanicsburg.
GIGER, BENJAMIN, was born July 25, 1803, in Jefferson county, Tenn. He came to Sangamon county on a visit in 1S2S, returned to Tennessee, and moved, in company with his widowed mother and his brother-in-law, John North, arriving April 12, 1829, in what is now Cooper township. Benjamin Giger was married in Sangamon county, Nov. 18, 1832, to Susanna Todd, who was born Dec. 20, ISOS, in his native county. They had three living children in Sangamon coun- ty, namely-
LETITIA A., born Sept. 15, 1836, in Sangamon county, married Jan. 27, 1853. to Aaron H. Martin, who was born Dec. 4, 1825, in Clarke county, Ind. They had five children, ALBERT T., SUSAN A., MARY L., FLORA L. and JEN- NIE I., and live in Mechanicsburg.
HENRY, born June 28, 1840, in San- gamon county, married Feb., 1863, to Mary J. Kirk. They have two children, ALBERT O. and LAURA B., and live near Norborne, Corroll county, Mo.
BENJAMIN H., born June 30, 1846, in Sangamon county, married April 6, 1865, to Sarah A. Dickson. They had three children: SUSANNA, the young- est, died in her fourth year. ALVIN C. and MATTIE T. reside with their par- ents in Mechanicsburg.
Benjamin Giger had natural talents for inventing useful machinery. It is believed by his descendents that it was from some machinery of his inventing that the origi- nal ideas embodied in the McCormick reaper were obtained. He did invent and
construct many ingenious and useful im- plements. He would often study for days at a time, sometimes quitting his work in the daytime, would go to bed, cover up head and ears, and continue in the deepest study. When a plan or design was fully matured, he would leave his work, or arise from bed, as the case might be, and write, without stopping to eat or sleep, until his thoughts were transferred to paper. He invented a machine for heading grain; also some plows and other agricultural implements, and was on his way to Wash- ington with his models, for the purpose of obtaining patents. He was taken sick on board a steamer ascending the Ohio river, and died at Brownsville, Pa., June 23, IS50. His widow died Nov. 28, 1858, in Sangamon county.
GIGER, ANNA, born Nov. 4, 1So7, in Jefferson county, Tenn., married there to John North. See his name.
GLASCOCK, DANIEL M., was born May 11, 1795, in Loudon coun- ty, Va. Three brothers by the name of Glascock came from France, with LaFay- ette, and fought in the revolutionary army until Independence was acknowledged by England. They all remained, married and raised families on James river, Va. One of them had a son James, and it is his son, Daniel M., whose name heads this sketch. Mary E. Lake was born Sept. 20, 1798, in Loudon county, Va. Daniel M. Glascock and Mary E. Lake were there married, Aug. IS, ISIS. They made their home in Fauquier county, until seven children were born, and then moved to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving in the fall of 1833, in what is now Fancy Creek township, where they had three children. Of their ten children-
LUCINDA C., born Aug. 12, 1819, in Fauquier county, Va., married in San- gamon county, Sept. 19, 1837, to Elisha Primm. See his name.
BATLIS K., died in Virginia, June 4, 1832, aged eleven years.
AIARY E., born Oct. 30, 1823, in Vir- ginia, married in Sangamon county to Elijah S. Primm. See his name.
MARGARET E., born July 16, 1826, in Virginia, married in Sangamon county to Martin L. Bishop. They have five children, and live in McLean county, Illinois.
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JAMES B., born Nov. 11, IS2S, in Fauquier county, Va., raised in Sangamon county, married, Aug. 31, 1850, to Sarah M. Stone, who was born Aug. 4, 1831, in Menard county. They have four living children, WILLIAM M., MARY E., MARGARET A., and EMMA E., and reside in Menard county, two and one-balf miles north of Cantrall.
THOMAS, born Feb. 24, 1831, in Fauquier county, Va., married in Sanga- mon county to Mary J. Brittin. She died Feb. 1, 1859. Thomas Glascock was mar- ricd, Aug. 28, 1860, to Mrs. Eliza F. Brit- tin, whose maiden name was Mallorv. They have three living children, LIZZIE FLORENCE, WILLIAM O., and NETTIE A., and reside in Fancy Creek township, four miles northwest of Sher- man. Thomas Glascock served several years as a member of the Board of Super- visors of Sangamon county.
DANIEL, died May 15, 1848, aged thirteen years.
ELIAS L., born Oct. 24, 1837, in Sangamon county, married Emeline Miller. They had three children, and she died. Mr. G. married Margaret King, and live in Butler county, Kansas.
EZEKIEL F., born Fcb. 5, 1840, in Sangamon county, married Mary Hurt, who was born Feb. 6, 1844, in Menard county. They had four children. LY- DIA A., the second child, died in her third year. MARGARET E., MARY L., and EMMA E., reside with their parents three miles southwest of Can- trall .- 1874.
Daniel M. Glascock died March 4, 1840, and his widow died April 4, 1840, both in Sangamon county.
GOODELL, CALVIN, born Nov. 5, 1783, in Connecticut, was married in New York to Martha Coley, who was born Feb. 14, 1789. They had six child- ren in New York, and moved to Sanga- mon county, Ill., arriving in 1824, in what is now Loami township, where five child- ren were born. Of their children --
CHLOE, born May 11, ISog, in New York, was married in Illinois to Philip Aylesworth. She died, leaving four children.
HARRISON, born April 9, ISHI, in New York, was married in Sangamon county to Mary Taylor. They have
seven children, and live in Woodford county, Ill.
PHYLATTA, born March 13, 1813, in Madison county, N. Y., married John- son Harding, bad three children, and Mr. Harding died, and she married George Beach, who was born in 1810, in Mary- land. They had eight children, three of whom died under ten years. Of the other five: LAFAYETTE, born Nov. 5, 1842, married May 29, 1862, to Catharine Alexander, have one child, CHARLES D., and live five miles west of Chatham. MARY, born Oct. 19, 1839, married June 2, 1860, to Josiah S. Kirk, who was born Dec. 7, 1834, in Washington county, Va. They have three children, MARY J., GEORGE A. and MARTIN F., and live in Loami. JOSEPH, born Feb. S, 1852, OSCAR F., born Oct. 13, 1854, and JULIA A., live with their parents. George Beach and wife reside in Loami.
SCHUYLER, born July IS, 1815, married Melinda Sowell, have cleven children, and live in Miami county, Kan. See Sowell family.
WILLIS, born Sept. 1, IS17, in New York, married in Sangamon county to Sally Sowell. They had one child, ALICE, and he died. See Sowell family.
JOSEPH, born Jan. 5, 1820, in New York, married in Sangamon county, moved to California, and died there, leav- a widow and two children.
WILLIAM, born Sept. 21, 1822, mar- ried to Mrs. Sally Goodell, whose maiden name was Sowell, and lives in Missouri.
MARY A., born Dec. 3, 1824, in San- gamon county, married Martin Thurber. They had six children, and Mr. T. died. The widow and children live in Hancock county, Ill.
CALVIN, Jun., born April 13, 1827, in Sangamon county, was a soldier in an Illinois regiment, and died in the army.
ADALINE, born Dec. 30, IS29, in Sangamon county, married Herman Burt, had five children. He died in Indi- ana. She resides in Madison, Wis.
NEWTON M., born in 1840, in San- gamon county, married, has three child- ren, and lives in Menard county.
Mrs. Martha Goodell died Sept. 13, 1852, and Calvin Goodell died March IO, 1863, both at Loami.
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Mr. Goodell was always engaged in milling. He built a mill on a small stream one mile east of Loami. Cultivation soon drained the country and cut off his supply of water. True- to his Yankee origin, he then put horses inside the wheel, and ran it on the principle of a squirrel cage.
GOODAN, LEVI W., was born in Pennsylvania, taken by his parents to Bath county, Ky., was a soldier from that county in the war of IS12, and after the war was married in that county to Garner Crouch. They came to Sangamon county in IS20 or '21, and settled at what is now Sangamon station, where they had two children, and Mrs. Goodan died there. Of their children-
WILLIAM died in Springfield.
DAVID married in Springfield to Catharine Van Nostrand, and died, leaving a widow and children near Pana.
Levi W. Goodan died near Pana, also.
GOODAN, ELEANOR, sister to Levi W., married Andrew Jones. See his name.
GOLD, HEZEKIAH S., was born June 6, 1807, at Cornwall, Litchfield county, Conn. He married Sept. 6, 1836, to Chloe A. Peet, who was born April 26, 1812, in the town of Warren, in the same county. They had one child there, and moved to Waverly, Ill., in the fall of IS39. In the summer of 1840 he bought land and built a house three and a half miles east of Waverly, in what is now Talkington township, Sangamon county, where they had two children. Of their .three children-
HENRY M., born July 25, 1837, in Litchfield county, Conn., raised in Sanga- mon county, enlisted in 1861 for three years, in Co. 1, 14th Ill. Inf. He was accidentally wounded September, 1861, and died Nov. 7, 1861, in the court house hospital at Rolla, Mo.
MYRON S., born Dec. 1, IS42, in Sangamon county, enlisted in 1862 for three years, in Co. G, roIst Ill. Inf. He was discharged on account of physical disability late in 1862, and lives in Talk- ington township, near Waverly.
ETHEL EDWARD, born Feb. I, IS47, in Sangamon county, lives in New York city. He is-1874-superintendent of the Gold Heating company, manufac-
turers of sanitary heaters, 105 Beckman street.
Mrs. Chloe A. Gold died Sept. 3, 1857, in Talkington township. Hezekiah S. Gold enlisted Oct. 15, 1861, in the fifty- sixth year of his age, at Springfield, in Co. K, 2nd Reg. Ill. Light Art,, for three years, served more than full term, and was honorably discharged Dec. 30, 1864, and now resides on the farm where he set- tled in 1840, being the second settler in what is now Talkington township, Wil- liam Eustace being the first.
GRAGG, MRS. MARTHA, whose maiden name was Runnels, was born in Albermarle county, Va., and taken by her parents, when she was quite young, to Montgomery county, Ky., where she was married to John Gragg. They moved to Nicholas county, where Mr. Gragg died, leaving a widow and three children, who returned to her friends in Montgomery county, Ky., where the eldest-
JESSE, died, aged eighteen years.
Mrs. Gragg and her two children moved to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving in the fall of 1838, near Mechanicsburg. Of the two children-
MARGARET, born Nov. 13, 1814, in Nicholas county, Ky., was married in Sangamon county to Elder John L. Wil- son. See his name.
WILLIAM, born June 10, ISIS, in Nicholas county, Ky., came to Sangamon county in 1838, and was married March 26, 1844, to Sophia McBride. They had four living children in Sangamon county, namely: THOMAS J., born Jan. 1, I845, was married Jan. 20, 1870, in San- gamon county, to Lucinda Fry, who was born Nov. 6, 1850, in Shelby county, Ky. They have one living child, CLARA, and live five miles southeast of Mechanics- burg. JOHN H., born Aug. 17, IS47, was married May 31, 1871; to Matilda D, Blair, who was born Sept. 22, IS51, near Moro, Madison county, Ill. They have one child, WILLIAM B., and live four and a-half miles east of Mechanicsburg. WILLIAM, Jun., born June 10, 1851, was married, Feb. S, 1876, at the house of Vincent Garretson, to Fanny Hissey, and live near Mechanicsburg. HARVEY, born Jan. 21, 1853, lives at the home- stead. Mrs. Sophia Gragg died Dec. 26, IS72, and William Gragg died July 30,
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1875, five miles southeast of Mechanics- burg, in Illiopolis township.
Mrs. Martha Gragg died Aug. 31, 1843, in Sangamon county.
GRAHAM, ROBERT, was born about 1794, in Washington county, Penn. Sarah Mitchell was born in 1797, in the same county. They were married, Jun. 24, 1819, and had three children in Penn. The family moved, in 1834, to Richland county, Ohio, where two children were born, and then moved to Sangamon coun- ty, Ill., arriving, Nov., 1838, in what is now Woodside township. Of their five children-
YOHN L., born March S, 1821, mar- ried in Sangamon county, in 1844, to Mary Johnson. They have eight children, and live in Bates county, Mo.
WILLIAM M., born Jan 5, 1830, in Penn., married in Sangamon county to Rebecca Trumbo. She had one child, REBECCA, who married Mitchel Law- son. Mrs. Graham died, and Mr. G. was married, Aug. 26, 1857, to Lucy Marsh. They have three children, WILLIAM M., LYDIA C., and CORDELIA, and live in Springfield.
ROBERT S., born Sept. 24, 1833, married Nov. 21, 1856, to Adaline B. Me- gredy. They have five children, MARY A., WILLIAM P., JOHN C., SARAH E., and NELLIE G., and live in Chris- tian county, near Pawnee.
GEORGE W., born May 5, 1835, married Ellen S. Shutt. They have two children, and live in Fayette county.
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THOMAS P., born March 2, 1837, in Ohio, died in Sangamon county, aged twenty years.
Robert Graham died Nov. 1, 1840, in Sangamon county. His widow married Charles Rice. He died June 7, 1862, and she lives with her Graham children.
GRAHAM, NATHANIEL, was born in Pennsylvania. When a young man he went to Columbus, Ohio, and a few years later to Fleming county, Ky., where he was married to Sarah Har- bor. They had eight children in Fleming county, and the family moved to Spring- field, Ill., arriving in the fall of 1826. In the spring of 1827 they moved three and a half miles east of Springfield, between . Sugar creek and the South fork of Sanga- mon river. Of their eight children-
NANCY, born in Fleming county, Ky., married in Sangamon county to James Woods. They had ten children, two of whom lived to be married, but all are dead. Mr. and Mrs. Woods live at Darlington, Lafayette county, Wis.
WILLIAM, born in 1808, in Fleming county, Ky., married in Sangamon county to Elizabeth Trotter. They had four living children. JAMES lives in Spring- field. HESTER married David Carver, and lives in Springfield. CHARLES married Jane Hart, and lives in Spring- field. William Graham and wife are both dead.
SARAH, born in Kentucky, raised in Sangamon county, married in Lafayette county, Wis., to John Woods.
THOMAS, KEZIAH and HES- TER, all died.
MARY, born Jan. 3, 18IS, in Ken- tucky, married Dec. 22, 1840, to Turner Lloyd. They have six children, and live in Springfield.
JOSHUA, born Jan. 6, 1821, in Fleming county, Ky., married Sept. 25, 1848, in Sangamon county, to Elizabeth A. Branch. They had eight children, five of whom died under two years. NANCY ELIZA, GEORGE E. and REBECCA E., reside with their parents near Sangamon station, on the farm where his parents settled in 1827.
Nathaniel Graham and his wife both died in Sangamon county, on the farm where they settled in 1827.
GRANT, JAMES, was born in Rutherford county, N. C. He was there married to Sarah Elliott, sister to Andrew Elliott. They had two children in North Carolina, and moved to Sangamon coun- ty, arriving in the fall of 1834, near Springfield, where two children were born. Of their four children-
WILLIAM, born in North Carolina, raised in Sangamon county, and married Mrs. Sarah Gibbons. They have child- ren, and live at Greenview, Menard county.
MYRA, born in North Carolina, raised in Sangamon county, was a deaf mute, and died at the Institution for the Deaf and Dumb, at Jacksonville.
JOHN A., born in Sangamon county, is unmarried, and lives at 439 north Fourth street, Springfield.
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JAMES, Jun., is married, and lives at 439 north Fourth street.
James Grant and his wife both died in Sangamon county.
GREENWOOD, JOHN, was born in Virginia. His parents moved to Warren county, Ky., when he was quite young. He was a fellow student with Judge S. T. Logan, at Glasgow, Ky., and intended making the law his profession, but abandoned it. He was married in Barren county, Ky., to Tryphena Garri- son, and had two living children there. The family moved to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving in the fall of 1831, in what is now Fancy Creek township. In the spring of 1832 they moved to Fort Clark, now Peoria, where Mrs. Greenwood died, May 26, 1832. Mr. G. returned with his two children to Sangamon county, and was married Nov. 20, 1832, to Mary Sale. They had one child there, and the family, except the eldest son, moved to Bush's ferry, on Rock river, in Lee county, Ill., where Mr. Greenwood was accidentally. killed while raising a house for himself. His widow and children returned to San- gamon county, and she was three times married. She and all her husbands are dead. Of Mr. Greenwood's three child- ren-
BASIL, born Sept. 29, 1819, in Bar- ren county, near Glasgow, Ky., married Nov. 15, 1849, near Pleasant Plains, San- gamon county, to Eliza A. Townsend, who was born May 29, 1823, in Cape May county, N. J., and came with her pa- rents to Sangamon county in IS41. Basil Greenwood and wife had five children: TRYPHENA A., born Sept. 27, 1850, in Sangamon county, was married April 28, 1870, to Charles Whitmer. They have one living child, NELLIE MAY, and live in Taylorville, III. PARTHENIA J. died in Springfield, aged five years. JOHN R., born Oct. 13, 1854. SARAH M, born Dec. 11, 1856, live with their pa- rents. JULIA A., born July 8, 1859, in Sangamon county, was married Sept. 19. 1875, to Asa H. Culver, formerly of Ohio. They live in Edinburg, Ill. Dr. Basil Greenwood and family reside in Edinburg, Christian county, Ill., where he is engaged in the practice of his profession. He was isolated from his relatives by the death of his mother, and fared exceedingly hard. When a boy he walked and led an ox
from Illinois to Philadelphia for a drover, who failed there and left the boy without a cent of money, to work his way back as best he could. He apprenticed him- self and learned the trade of a carpenter in Springfield. After spending twelve years without knowing where a single relative was, he accidentally met his bro- ther John, and after a long interview, be- came satisfied that they were brothers, and for the first time learned that his father was dead. From the business of a car- penter he went to dealing in drugs and medicines, and then studied medicine. For the last twelve years he has been engaged in practicing his profession.
JOHN, Jun., born April 2, 1829, near Glasgow, Ky. He had both his hands seriously crippled when he was a child. He enlisted at Springfield, in May, 1846, in Co. 1, 4th Ill. Inf., and served thirteen months in the Mexican war; was honor- ably discharged, and received one hundred and sixty acres of land. He was married in Springfield, August 7, 1854, to Emily Blakely, who was born Sept. 30, 1836, in Cincinnati, Ohio. They have three living children, ANNIE G., MINER VA A. and JOHN W., and reside at Williamsville.
By the second wife-
WILLIAM C., born August 24, 1833, in Sangamon county, married near Galena to Elizabeth Keithley. They have one living child, CHARLES E., and reside at 522 south Ninth street, Springfield, Illinois.
GREENWOOD, WIL- LIAM, was born about 1772, near Petersburg, Va. He was there married to Ruth Brooks, and moved to Cabell county, W. Va., where eight children were born. They moved to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving in Oct., 1824, in what is now Curran township. Of all their children-
ELIZABETH, born in ISo4, in Va., was married in Sangamon county, Ill., to Montague A. Morris, and for a second husband married George Hilyard. She died without children, in Pike county, Illinois.
THOMAS, born Jan. 5, 1806, in West Virginia, was married in Sangamon coun- ty, Ill., to Ann Lindley. They had eleven children, two of whom died under ten years of age. Of the other nine- ELIZA, married John Mullen, had two
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children, and she and one of the children died. The other child, HENRY, lives in Decatur, Ill. SIMON L., born Aug. 27, 1827, was married, Jan. 16, 1853, to Eliza- beth Myers. She died, Dec. 30, 1871, leaving four children, JOIIN T., ANN M., BYRON S. and GEORGE w. Simon L. Greenwood died, June, 1874, in LaFay- ette county, Mo. MARY died in her eighteenth year. RUTH A., born Feb. 27, 1832, was married, Aug. 30, 1855, to Hugh M. Forrest, who died Jan. 7, 1857, and she was married, Jan. 20, 1859, to David E. McGinnis. See his name. WILLIAM B., born Aug. 28, 1836, mar- ried Anna Young. They had three chil- dren, and he enlisted in Co. I, 33d Ill. Inf., for three years. He was discharged on account of physical disability, and died of disease, at Pilot Knob, Mo., in 1864. SARAH M. married Robert McCartney. They have four children, and reside in Jacksonville, Ill. CAROLINE married James M. Coley. Sce his name. She died six weeks after marriage. SUSAN married Newton Harlan, have three chil- dren, and live in Nebraska. THOMAS, Jun., born Nov. 14, 1845, enlisted in Co. I, 73d Ill. Inf., and died at Nashville, Tenn., Jan. 17, 1863. Mrs. Ann Green- wood died, Oct. 11, 1848, and Thomas Greenwood died, Nov. 7, 1868, both in Sangamon county, III.
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