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a farm he had previously purchased, five miles west of Springfield, and north of Spring creek, where they had six living children. Of the ten children-
GEORGE, Jun., born Feb. 2, 1832, at Breckenfield, Derbyshire, England, was killed Jan. 1, 1842, by a horse running away with him while he was riding from Springfield to the farm.
ISAAC, born Nov. 6, 1834, in Penn- sylvania, was married in Sangamon coun- ty, in 1856, to Susan Ray. They had four children, SAMUEL, ISAAC and THOMAS, twins, and ALBERT. Mrs. Susan Gregory died, and Isaac Gregory married Delia V. Moore. They have one child, FANNIE, and live near Macon, Macon county, Ill.
SAMUEL, born Sept. 30, 1836, in Pennsylvania, married in Sangamon coun- ty to Harriet Wardaugh. They had two children, and Mrs. Harriet G. died. Mr. Gregory was killed, Jan. 11, 1868, by being thrown from a horse, in Macon county. His two children, SARAH and EMMA, live with their grandfather Gre- gory.
JACOB, born Sept. 23, 1838, in Springfield, Ill., married Laura Stone. They have two children, MARY and GEORGE, and live near Macon.
BENGAMIN, born Jan. 12, 1842, the first on Spring creek, died in his fifth year.
ELIZABETH, born Jan. 25, 1844, in Sangamon county, married April 26, 1862, to William Day, a native of Louisiana. They have three children, EDWARD, ORLAND and SUSAN, and live with her parents.
MARY, born April 25, 1848, in Sanga- mon county, married Benjamin Wallace. They have two children, GRACIE and STELLA, and live in Keokuk, Iowa.
. EMMA, born April 13, 1852,
ELIZA, born Jan. 6, 1854,
GEORGE, Jun., born Dec. 28, 1856, live with their parents.
George Gregory commenced work in Philadelphia, in the machine shops be- longing to the State of Pennsylvania, in connection with the first railroad built in that State, which is now the Pennsylvania Central Railroad. He assisted to remove the first five locomotives that came from England, from the ships, and put them to work on the road in 1832. The people
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were afraid of the engines, and when the first eighty-two miles were built, from Philadelphia to Columbia, the passenger trains were run by horses; locomotives being used to draw the freight trains only. Parties interested in stage lines, taking advantage of the general distrust, caused placards to be published, with cuts repre- senting the blowing up of locomotives, with the air full of legs and arins of human beings. Mr. Gregory remembers that a stage overturned, and killed four passen- gers, between Lancaster and Harrisburg. They were members of the Legislature, and their bodies were put on board a freight train, at Lancaster, and taken back to Philadelphia for interment. Mr. Gre- gory grimly remarked that they were the first passengers ever drawn by a locomo- tive over that road.
After working three years in connection with that road, rather than submit to a re- duction of his wages, from $So per month, Mr. Gregory came to Springfield, in IS36, and engaged in blacksmithing on his own account, running six fires. He was after- wards induced to take charge of the en- gines on the Northern Cross, now part of the Toledo, Wabash & Western railroad. He ran the road for about three years, and in the capacity of engineer, with T. M. Averitt as fireman, ran a locomotive from Jacksonville to Springfield, arriving Feb. 15, 1842, being the first railroad engine that crer cutered the Capitol of the State of Illinois. Mr. Gregory long since aban- .doned railroading, and has for many years been a successful farmer. He resides five miles west of Springfield.
GREGORY, JAMES, was born about 1784, in New York City, and was married to Mrs. Abigail Johnson, whose maiden name was Carter. She had six children by her first husband. YOEL JOHNSON, of the Revere House in Springfield, is the only one of them that ever came to Sangamon county. See his name. Mr. and Mrs. Gregory had four children in New York, and in IS19 or 20, moved to Gallatin county, Ill., and from there to Sangamon county, arriving Dec. 31, IS24, in what is now Rochester township. Of their four children-
DELIA ANN, born Sept., ISOS, in New York, married in Gallatin county to Nelson Alley. They moved to Sanga- mon county in IS29, had five children,
and moved to Monmouth, Ill., where Mr. Alley died. The widow and children re- side there.
CLARA ANN, born April 2, ISIo, in New York, married in Sangamon county to Henry C. Stafford. Sec his name. He died, and she married David Crouch. Sce his name.
WILLIAM, born Oct. 12, IS12, in New York, married in 1837, in Sangamon county, to Martha Asbury, had four child- ren, and he died March S, 1855, near Rochester. His family moved to Mis- souri.
GAMES, Jun., born Sept., 1817, in New York died in Sangamon county, March 4, 1834.
James Gregory died May, 1834, and Mrs. Abigail Gregory died Dec. 25, 1847, both in Rochester township.
GROESBECK, CORNELI- US, was born March 1, IS17, in Rens- sellaer county, N. Y. He was there mar- ried, Feb. 14, IS3S, to Rebecca Brown, who was born Jan. 13, IS17, in New York also. They moved to Springfield, Ill., arriving Oct. 25, 1839, had three liv- ing children in Springfield, namely:
HARRIET, born Sept. IS, 1840, IDA, born in 1853, and
MARY, born in 1862, all live with their parents in Springfield.
Mr. Groesbeck has three brothers who were early settlers in Sangamon county. Nicholas and Stephen live in Utah City, Utah Territory, and Jacob lives in Mis- souri.
GROVE, JOHN R., was born August 28, 1805, in Montgomery county, Ky. Maria L. Grooms was born Feb. II, IS12, in the same county. They were married in Mt. Sterling, Ky., Feb. 14, IS32, and had two children in Bath coun- ty. The family moved to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving late in 1835, in what is now the northeast corner of Chatham township, where they had two children. Of their four children-
ELIZABETH C., born July 15, IS33, in Bath county, Ky., married in Sangamon county to Andrew T. Thomp- son. Scc his namc.
SARAH B., born Jan. 11, 1835, in Bath county, Ky., married in Sangamon county to William O. Jones. They had five children: CHARLES L., FRED- ERICK O., MARIA L., ALBERT
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HALE and EDNA G. Mr. Jones died Dec., 1873, near Decatur, and his family reside there .- 1874.
LOUISA f., born April 17, 1837, in Sangamon county, married about 1860, in Decatur, to Noah Matkin. They had two children, OTTO and JOHN. Mr. Matkin died in 1868, and his family reside in Greencastle, Ind.
MARIA E., born Jan. 15, 1843, in Sangamon county, died Nov. 26, 1858, in Jacksonville, Ill., while attending school there.
Mrs. Maria L. Grove died Nov. 7, 1844, and Mr. Grove was married Sept. 21, 1846, to Priscilla M. Thompson. They had one child-
JOHN H., born Dec. 5, 1847, and died Dec. IS, 1862.
John R. Grove died Sept. 20, 1849, in Mechanicsburg. His widow married Rev. Joseph M. Gront. See sketch of the Thompson family.
GROVE, HENRY, born Oct. 20, 1784, at Ephrata, Lancaster county, Penn. His father, Jacob Grove, moved to Dauphin county, Penn., nine miles east of Harrisburg, about the year 1Soo. The ancestors of this family came from Ger- many and settled at Ephrata, Lancaster county, Penn., about 1725. They spelled their name Graff, and were seventh day Baptists. As carly as 1728, there was a church of that order established at the aforesaid place, as the church records still show. There are deeds of land at Eph- rata, bought by Abraham Graff, dated 1760. He had five children, and died in Lancaster county in 17SS. His son Jacob, born in 1751, wrote his name Groff, and there are many of his descendants still living in Lancaster county, Penn., who adhere to that spelling. He married Nancy Kneisley, of Ephrata, about 17So, They had sixteen children, one of whom was Henry, the subject of this sketch. He spelled his name Grove, and the change to Groves has since been made. Henry Grove was married in Hummelstown, Dauphin county, Penn., June 7, ISOS, to Eve Hammaker, who was born Jan. 9, 1791, in that county. They had twelve living children there. He and his family moved to Springfield, Ill., arriving Nov. 1, 1836, and in March, 1837, moved into what is now Williams township. Of their twelve children-
ADAM, born March 16, 18og, in Pennsylvania, was married at Xenia, Ohio, to Sarah A. T. Horn, and came to Spring- field, Ill., in 1830, preceding his father six years. They had seven children, and Mr. G. died at Athens, Ill., in 1851. His widow married John England. Sec his name. One only of Adam Groves' child- ren reside in ' Sangamon county, viz- JOHN H., born in 1837, in Springfield, is unmarried, and resides at Williamsville.
JACOB, born in tSHI, in Pennsylvania, was married about 1847, in Harrisburg, Penn., to Barbara Phillips. They came to Sangamon county, where they had one living child, LYDIA A. She married Robert McClelland, Jun. See his name. Jacob Groves died about April, 1865, and his widow died in the autumn of 1870.
SUSAN, born July 28, 1815, near Har- risburg, was married Dec., IS3S, in San- gamon county, to John W. Constant. See his name.
JOHN, born Feb. 27, 1817, in Dauphin county, Penn., was married Nov. 9, 1865, at Williamsville, to Pauline Keck, who was born in 1843. They have two child- ren, HENRY C. and BARBARA C., and live at Elkhart, Logan county, Ill.
HENRY, born in ISI9, in Pennsyl- vania, married Feb., 1844, to Sarah Flem- ing, of Scott county, Ill., and died in June, 1844, leaving a widow without children.
ELIZA, born Dec. 27, 1820, in Penn- sylvania, was married Dec. 23, 1847, in . Sangamon county, to Andrew Lester. Mr. Lester died in 1859, and his widow died in 1866, both in Williamsville.
GEORGE, born Sept. 22, 1822, in Hummelstown, Penn., was married Nov. 26, 1844, in Fancy Creek township, Sangamon county, to Jane Brown, who was born April 29, 1826. They had six living children: JAMES H., born Oct. S, 1847, was married March, 1871, in Wil- liamsville, to Mary A. Constant, daughter of G. W. Constant. See his name. They have one child, FRANK, and live near Williamsville. JOHN W., born June 13, 1849, was married in Williamsville, Dec. 24, 1875, to Isabel J. Shick. They live in Chicago. GEORGE A., born April 19, 1851, lives in Williamsville, III. ISAAC F., MARY E. and EDWIN L. reside with their parents, in Chicago, Ill.
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NANCY, born Dec. 25, IS24, in Dau- phin county, Penn., was married in San- gamon county, Ill., in 1844, to Shelby Starr. See his name.
SARAH, born Jan. 1, 1S2S, in Penn., was married in Sangamon county, Aug. 12, 1849, to James Lester. They had ten living children-HENRIETTA, MAT- TIE, the latter was married, in 1872, to Edward Vanmeter. See his name. BARBARA A., ANDREW J .. GEORGE W., CLARA B., LYDIA A., JAMES N., WALTER S. and EL- MER G. James Lester and family re- side one mile northeast of Williamsville.
ISAAC, born Jan. 25, 1830, at Harris- burg, Penn., was married June 5, 1851, in Sangamon county, to Lucinda Alexan- der, daughter of Henry Alexander. They had six children, three of whom died young. SUSANNAH, born May 31, 1854, was married Feb., 1872, in Williams- ville, to John McClelland. They have two living children, and reside near Wil- liamsville. HENRY A. and ISAAC N. live with their parents, at Chicago, Illinois.
AFFINDA, born July 28, IS33, in Pennsylvania, was married Oct., IS61, in Sangamon county, to Alanson Albright. They have seven children, SUSAN, GEORGE, CHARLES, CATHA- RINE, FREDERICK, AARON and MARY, and live near Roseville, Ver- milion county, Ill.
RACHEL C., born July 28, 1835, in Pennsylvania, was married in Sangamon county to James H. Taylor. Sce his namc.
Mrs. Eve Groves died Nov. 6, 1862, and Henry Groves died Jan. 7, 1863, both in Sangamon county, Ill., near Williams- ville.
GRUBB, SAMUEL, was born July 23, IS19, in Loudon county, Va. He went to Catawba, Clarke county, Ohio, in IS3S, and to Sangamon county Ill., in the fall of IS39. After one or two visits back to Virginia, and three years spent in Cal- ifornia, Samuel Grubb was married Nov. 19, 1853, in Rochester, to Adaline E. Lock. They have eight living children-
SAMUEL C., JESSIE A., RACHEL $., ALBERT C., WIL- LIAM O., OSCAR B., CROMMAR- TIE f. and JOHN TRACY, and re- side two miles northeast of Rochester.
GRUBB, SAMUEL, born May 16, 1794, in Chester county, Penn., was married in Perry county, Penn., to Ann Rogers, who was born about 179S in the same State. They had six living children there, and moved to Madison county, Ill., in 1836, and to Springfield, May 10, IS3S. Of their children-
HENRY B., born July 31, IS20, was married in Sangamon county, July 3, 1850, to Sarah A. Constant, daughter of Rezin II. Constant. They had six living child- ren: WILLIAM R., AMANDA P., ROBERT, GEORGE and HARLAN R. H. B. Grubb is a bridge builder, and resides in Springfield.
FANE, born Dec. 17, IS21, was mar- ried in Springfield to William C. Beam, in August, 1849. They live in Spring- field.
RICHARD R., born Jan. 31, 1824, was married in Springfield, May 13, 1852, to Catharine Hawker. She died Dec. 2. 1852, and he was married May S, IS54, in Sangamon county, to Matilda Rusk, a daughter of Benj. F. Rusk. Richard R. Grubb died Jan. 28, 1862, and his widow died' March 30, IS71, leaving one child, MARGARET J., who lives with her aunt, Jane Beam.
SAMUEL and WILLIAM, twins, born March IS, IS27.
SAMUEL; was married April 27, IS55, in Springfield, to Elizabeth Dren- nan. They had two living children, namely: SAMUEL, is a clerk in the Postoffice in Springfield. FLORA lives with ber mother. Samuel Grubb died Dec. 3, 1873, and his widow and children reside in Springfield, Ill.
WILLIAM Grubb, the other twin, died in May, IS57.
MARY A., born April 16, 1834, was married about IS54, in Springfield, to Willis H. Whitehurst, a native of Ken- tucky. They had one child, WILLIAM H., who is a railroader, and lives in Rock Island.
Mrs. Ann Grubb died July 14, 1873, in Springfield, Ill. Samuel Grubb was a Fife Major in the war of IS12. He built many bridges in Sangamon and adjoining counties, and had the reputation of being a skillful workman. He died August 26, 1875, in Springfield, Illinois.
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EXPLANATION :- For the convenience of those consulting this volume, the explan- ation is again inserted, by which it may be known what generation of a family any person belongs to, by the kind of type used in printing his or her name. Original early settlers or heads of families are in LARGE LETTERS; second gen- eration, ITALIC CAPITALS; third, in CAPITALS; fourth, in SMALL CAPI- TALS; fifth, in Italics.
HAINES, CHRISTOPHER, was born July 4, 1795, in Russell county, Va. His parents soon after moved to Allen county, Ky. He was married in that county, Oct. 12, IS15, to Myrah Gate- wood, who was born June 9, 1797, in Ala- bama, and partly raised in Georgia. They had two children in Allen, and moved to Barren county, where five children were born, thence to Sangamon county, Ill., ar- riving Oct. 22, 1829, in what is now Cot- ton Hill township, where they had three children. Of their ten children-
NANCY W., born Aug. 11, 1816, in Allen county, Ky., was married in Sanga- mon county, Ill., to Samuel D. Snodgrass. See his name.
JOHN G., born Jan. 5, ISIS, in Allen county, Ky., was married in Springfield, Feb. 20, 1840, to Mary A. Palmer, who was born March 5, 1820, in East St. Louis. Her parents came from Oswego, N. Y. She was educated at Rock Spring Seminary, Ill., and came to Springfield in Jan., 1835. They had eight children, five of whom died under five years of age. HESTER A., born July 29, 1841, was married May 22, 1859, to A. J. Maxfield, who was born July 29, 1837, at Cam- bridge, Ohio. They have two living children, WILLIAM O. and VIRGINIA T., and live in Cotton Hill township. DO- CIA C., horn April 15, 1843, was married Oct. 6, 1866, to John R. Moore. She died Jan. S, 1873. MARTHA J., born Jan. 15, 1854, was married June 12, 1873, to A. B. Allen, and live at Roodhouse. Mrs. Mary A. Haines died Jan. 31, 1874, and John G. Haines was married, Sept. 7, 1874, to Eliza P. Criteser. They have one child, WINFORD I. J. G. Haines en- isted in Springfield, Ill., April, 1861, in the
7th Ill. Inf., for three months, and was discharged at Paducah, Ky., re-enlisted in 2nd Ill. Art., served one year and one day. He and his family live in Cot- ton Hill township, ten miles southeast of Springfield. He has served eight years as Justice of the peace.
SAMUEL, born July 5, 1820, in Bar- ren county, Ky., was married in Sanga- mon county, Ill., May 10, 1842, to Mrs. Matilda J. Stout, whose maiden name was Willian. They had six children; two died in infancy. THOMAS M. died August 28, 186S, in the twentieth year of his age. He was a member of the High school in Springfield at the time. SAM- UEL G. died in his fifth year. MARY P. and SARAH V. reside with their par- ents, in Springfield, Illinois.
MARIA, born Sept. 2, IS22, in Barren county, Ky., was married Jan. S, 1840, in Sangamon county, Ill., to Eri Darwin. She died May 4, 1841, leaving one child, LAURA, who has been twice married, and is now the wife of James Masterson. They live in Washington Territory, and have four children.
FLETCHER born Nov. 5, 1824, in Barren county, Ky., was a soldier in the Mexican war from Sangamon county, un- der Col. E. D. Baker. He married Lu- cinda J. Hatler, who died, leaving one child, JAMES WM., who married Susan Kessler, and lives in Taylorville. Mr. F.' Haines married Lydia Anderson. They have five children, MILLARD F., ELI- ZABETH, MARY J., EDITH and SHERMAN, and live near Taylorville.
JAMES M., born Nov. 23, 1826, in Barren county, Ky., brought up in San- gamon county, was married May 24, 1853, in Christian county, Ill., to Mira O. Ricks, who was born Oct. 31, 1835, in Trigg county, Ky. They had six living child- ren in Sangamon county, Ill. ALICE E., BENETTIE L., - MARGARET E., ULYSSES G., IDA M. and AR- THUR G. reside with their parents, at the homestead settled by Mr. Haines' pa- rents in 1830, in Cotton Hill township, at the Junction of Horse creek and the South Fork timber, ten miles southeast of Springfield, near New City, 111.
DOCIA, born June, 1829, in Barren county, Ky., was married in Sangamon county, Ill., to John B. Ricks, who was born Nov. 14, 1831, in Trigg county, Ky.
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They have five children: JAMES B., born Dec. 25, 1852, was married Dec. 23, 1872, in Bloomington, to Pammie L. Geltmacher. They have one child, and live in Taylorville. He is a lawyer, and engaged in practice there. HENRIETTA I., LAURA B., MARGARET E. and QUINTUS A. reside with their parents in Taylorville. John B. Ricks has served one term or more as sheriff of Christian county, was a representative of that coun- ty in the legislature of 1867, and aided in enacting the law for building the present State House, and is now-1876-clerk of the circuit court of Christian county.
FRANCIS A., born March 22, 1832, in Sangamon county, went to Oregon in 1852, returned in 1859, and was married, Jan. 17, 1859, at Princeton, Bureau coun- ty, III., to Zerilda A. Britt, and now- 1876-live at New City, Sangamon coun- ty, Ill.
BENGAMIN K., born Aug. 20, 1834, in Sangamon county, enlisted April 18, 1861, for three months, in Co. G, 7th Ill. Inf., served until July 25, 1861, en- listed in the 2d Ill. Art., for three years, served full term, re-enlisted as a veteran, and served to the end of the rebellion, in 1865, when he was honorably discharged. He was married, June 9, 1873, to Nancy J. Haines, and lives near Palmer, Christian county.
WILLIAM F., born Oct. 23, 1839, in Sangamon county, was married, May 17, 1858, to Burrilla Ashford, who was born March S, 1840, in Allen county, Ky. Mr. Haines enlisted April 18, 1861, in Co. G, 7th III. Inf., for three months, served until July 5, 1861, when he was discharged for physical disability. Mr. and Mrs. Haines had three children, THOMAS E., the eldest, died in his fourth year. LENA L., the youngest, died in infancy. ETTA FRANCES, born Aug. 24, 1864, lives with her parents in Springfield, Ill.
Christopher Haines died March 29, 1850, and Mrs. Myrah Haines died Nov. II, 1859, both on the farm where they settled in 1830.
HALBERT, DR, JAMES, was born Aug. 19, 1785, in Essex county, near Port Royal, Va. Nancy Reynolds was born in the same county, and they were married there Dec. 24, 1816. They had six children and moved to Ross coun-
ty, near Chillicothe, Ohio, about 1831, where one child was born. Mrs. Nancy Halbert died there in Nov., 1834. The family moved to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving at Springfield in the fall of 1839, and a few weeks later settled in what is now Clear Lake township. Of their eight children-
MARY L., born Nov. 15, 1817, in Es- sex county, Va., married March 31, 1836, in Ohio, to Eli Harbert, who was born Aug. 11, ISII, and moved at once to the vicinity of West Point, Tippecanoe coun- ty, Ind., where two children were born, and Mr. Harbert died there Nov. 29, 1839. The widow came with her two children to the house of her father, in Sangamon county, in Jan., 1840, where one child was born. Of her three child- ren-SAMUEL M., born May 31, 1837, near West Point, Tippecanoe county, Ind., married in Sangamon county, Dec. 25, 1862, to Serilda Miller, who was born Feb. 14, 1844, in Sangamon county. They have two living children, JOHN and ANNA, and live four miles northwest of Illiopolis. NANCY R., born Sept. 11, 1838, near West Point, Tippecanoe coun- ty, Ind., married in Sangamon county, Sept. 14, 1858, to Amariah D. Gilbert, who was born April 10, 1828, in Portage county, Ohio. They have three children, ELI J., OLLIE M. and FANNIE J. Mr. Gil- bert was appointed, April 1, 1869, Post- master at Illiopolis, and continues to hold the office-1876. ELI C., born Feb. 3, 1840, in Sangamon county, after the death of his father. He enlisted July 25, 1862, in Co. I, 114th Ill. Inf., was captured after the battle of Guntown, Miss., June, 1864, and spent six months in Andersonville prison. After that he was in other pris- ons, and was honorably discharged Aug. 3, 1865. He was married in Sangamon county, Sept. 21, 1870, to Mary E. Griggs, who was born March 11, 1849, at Leroy, Ill. They have two children, MINNIE PEARL and HENRY OTIS, and live four miles northwest of Illiopolis. Mrs. Mary Harbert was married in Sangamon county to Rezin H. Constant. See his name. She died May 18, 1863.
SALLY, born Jan. 23, 1820, in Vir- ginia, married in Sangamon county to James S. Taylor. See his name.
SIDNEY R., born Feb. 3, 1822, in
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Virginia, married in Sangamon county to John C. Woltz. See his name.
FANNY, born June 22, 1825, in Vir- ginia, married in Sangamon county to Thomas L. Simpson. See his name.
KITTY, born Nov. 19, 1827, in Vir- ginia, married in Sangamon county to Ninian R. Taylor. See his name.
ALEXANDER S., born June 15, 1830, in Essex county, Va., came with his father to Sangamon county, was educated at Illinois College, in Jacksonville, gradu- ated at Jefferson Medical College, N. Y., and was married, May S, 1855, to Mary E. Latham. Dr. A. S. Halbert died Feb. 11, 1859, leaving one child, KATIE TODD. His widow and child reside with her mother on seventh street, Spring- field.
MARGARET f., born Sept. 13, 1833, in Ohio, married in Sangamon county to Isaac J. Taylor. Sec his namc.
Dr. James Halbert died Nov. 5, 1858, in Sangamon county. He was a regularly ordained minister in the Baptist church. Dr. Halbert was among the first to intro- duce sheep raising into Sangamon county, and was the first in Clear Lake township. He was a man of great energy, strong in- tellectual abilities, and great originality of mind.
HALE, ALBERT, was born Nov. 29, 1799, in Glastenbury, Hartford county, Conn. At the age of fourteen years he became a clerk in a store in Wethersfield, Conn., remaining eight years. During that time he embraced re- ligion. He attended Yale College, and graduated there in 1827, and then com- menced studying for the ministry. He next became an agent of the American Tract Society, spending one and a half years in South Carolina, Florida and Georgia, part of the time in Sunday school work among the "Sand hills" of the lat- ter State. He returned to Yale, was licensed and ordained to preach in 1830, by the New Havan Association East- Congregational. After preaching a few months in the vicinity of Boston, making his home in the family of Rev. Dr. Lyman Beecher, he came west, landing at Shaw- neetown, HI., Nov. 11, 1831, remained there a few weeks, and went to Green- ville, Bond county, and made his home in the MeCord settlement, where he labored
half the time and spent the other hal- traveling over the State, doing the work of an evangelist, for about eight years. During that time he visited Springfield a few times. He received a call from the Second Presbyterian Church, to become its pastor, and accepting the call, he came and entered upon its duties in 1839. Rev. Albert Hale was married April, 1839, at what is now Godrey, Madison county, Ill., to Abiah Chapin, a teacher in Monti- cello Female Seminary at that place. They had three children, all born in Springfield.
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