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CATHARINE and
SOPHIA reside with their father.
ALBERT F., born Oct. 2, 1844, in Springfield, graduated at Yale College in 1866, studied theology, and was licensed and ordained to preach by Springfield Presbytery in 1871.
Mrs. Abiah Hale died Jan., 1865, in Springfield. Rev. Albert Hale was pastor of the Second Presbyterian Church in Springfield for twenty-seven years, until 1866, when, in consequence of the infirmities of age, he resigned. He con- tinues to preach, both in city and county, as his strength will permit, and resides in Springfield.
HALL, DAVID. was born Dec. 25, 1799, in Shelby county, near Shelby- ville, Ky. David Hall and Juliet Owen were there married, Dec. 23, 1823. They had six children in Shelby county, and moved to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving Sept. 23. 1834, at Mechanicsburg, and soon after settled about four miles further west, in the same township, where five children were born. Of their eleven children-
GEORGE M., born Oct. 10, 1824, in Kentucky, died in Mechanicsburg, Oct. 26, 1852.
MARY M., born Dec. 31, IS25, in Kentucky, married Sept. 18, 1845, in Sangamon county, to Wesley Hathaway. Sec his name.
OWEN, born Jan. 11, 1828, in Ken- tucky, died Nov. 6, 1847, in Sangamon county.
DAVID S., born Jan. 9, 1830, in Ken- tucky, married in Sangamon county, March 15, 1855, to Elizabeth J. Fullin- wider. They had five children. The second, ADA G., died in her second year. GEORGIA E., CHIARLIE B., ED-
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WIN P. and JACOB F. live with their parents in Mechaniesburg.
WILLIAM, born Dec. 22, IS31, in Kentucky, married Sept. 30, 1856, in San- gamon county, to Sarah A. Mantle. They had one child, EVA MAY, who died at seven years of age. Mrs. Sarah A. Hall died in March, 1863, and William Hall was married June 13, 1871, in Shelby county, Ky., to Fannie Saunders, a native of that county. He is a merchant in Mechaniesburg, and resides there.
ALLEN, born Oct. 31, 1833, in Shelby county, Ky., married in Sangamon coun- ty, March 13, 1862, to Rachel A. Mantle, who was born Nov. 3, 1838, in Fayette county, Ohio. They have one child, CARRIE MAY, and reside in Mechan- icsburg. Mr. Hall is a merchant there.
ISABEL, born Feb. 22, 1836, in San- gamon county, married John H. Fullin- wider. See his name.
PRESTON, born Feb. 7, 1838, in Sangamon county, married March 12, 1867, at Mt. Sterling, Ky., to Sarah L. Davis, who was born there, August 28, 1 840. They had four children, OWEN D., ELIZA E., HARRISON P. and ARVIL C. Mrs. Sarah L. Hall died in 1875, and Preston Hall lives near Mechanicsburg.
HENRY H., born Dec. 13, 1840, in Sangamon connty, studied at the Hahne- man Medical College, Chicago, and is a practicing physician at Pana .- 1874.
HATTIE E., born April 12, 1844, in Sangamon county, married May 10, 1870, to John C. O'Conner. They had one child that died in infancy in 1872. J. C. O'Conner was born Feb. 16, 1845, at Fredonia, Licking county, Ohio. He en- listed August 4, 1862, for three years, in Co. C, 124th Ill. Inf .. at Camp Butler. In August, 1863, he was detailed to take charge of the regimental medical stores, and was detailed in April, 1865, as Medi- cal dispenser for Post Hospital, at Mont- gomery, Ala. He was mustered out with his regiment at Chicago, in Sept., 1865. He studied medicine at Ann Arbor, Mich., in 1867 and 'S, and is now a druggist at Buffalo.
EVELINE O., born April IS, IS45, died August 28, 1849.
David Hall died April 25, 1864, in Mechanicsburg, and his widow, Mrs. Juliet Hall, resides with her daughter,
Mrs. O'Conner, at Buffalo, Sangamon county, Illinois.
HALL, BENJ. LOGAN, brother to David Hall, was born Jan. 6, ISO6, in Shelby county, Ky. He was there married Jan. 6, 1831, to Eveline Piekrell. They had one child in Ken- tucky, and moved to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving in Sept., 1833, in what is now Mechanicsburg township, where ten chil- dren were born, three died young. Of their eight children-
OLIVER P., born March 11, 1832, in Shelby county, Ky., married in Sanga- mon county, Jan. 24, 1855, to Susan M. Short, who was born Oet. 14, 1833, in Piekaway county, Ohio, and came to San- gamon county in 1846. They had six children. HARVEY E., the second child, born Oct. 7, 1857, died March 12, 1864. The other five, WILLIAM L., LEWIS B., J. LESLIE, RENA and OSCAR E., live with their parents, one and one-half miles north of Mechanics- burg.
GEORGE W., born Feb. 19, 1836, in Sangamon county, married Jan. 14, 1859, to Eliza G. Hammitt. They had three children, and Mrs. Hall died Nov. 10, 1869. The children, MATTIE B., VIRGINIA M. and. ELIZA L., live with their aunt, Mrs. Rev. H. Buck, in Decatur. Geo. W. Hall was married, Aug. 16, 1870, to Laura MeNeill, in Me- chanicsburg, and in August following, moved to Ottawa, Kansas, where Mr. Hall died Jan. 15, 1872. His widow lives in Mechanicsburg.
MARIA B, born June 18, 1838, mar- ried Nov. 16, 1865, to David H. Ilall, who was born Jan. 19, 182S, in Shelby county, Ky. They had five children; three died young. EVELYN and FLORENCE, twins, live with their parents in Wood- side township, four miles southwest of Springfield.
FRANKLIN, born Ang. 10, 1840, married Sept. 13, 1864, to Cecelia Hanks, in Sangamon county. They had one child, and Mrs. Hall died March 23, 1866. F. Hall and Elizabeth Hanks-sister to his first wife-were married Sept. 18, IS67, in Decatur. They have two child- ren, and live in Taylorville.
WILLIAM T., born Dec. 21, 1844, in Sangamon county, married Jan. 9, 1872,
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in Jacksonville, Ill., to Florence M. Winn. They live at Salina, Kansas.
HARDIN O., born April 2, 1849, married Oct. 18, 1870, near Mexico, Mo., to Irene Lucky. They have one child, ROBERT L., and live three miles north- west of Mechanicsburg.
MARY L., born Sept. 29, 1851, died Feb. 28, 1866.
EVA F., born July 14, 1855, died Sept. 26, 1867.
BENGAMIN L., Jun. born Sept. 11, 1858, lives with his parents.
Benj. Logan Hall and wife reside in Buffalo, Sangamon county, 111.
HALL, MRS. ELIZABETH, whose maiden name was Foster, was born in Bedford county, Va., and married there to John Hall. They had five children in Va., and moved to Adair county, Ky., where four children were born, and Mr. Hall died there. His widow and children moved to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving in the fall of 1830, north of Spring creek, and six miles west of Springfield. Mrs. Hall was married there to Samuel Willis, and in 1844 or '5, moved to De Witt coun- ty, where Mr. Willis died. She now lives with her son,
CASWELL HALL, near Leroy, McLean county, Ill. Her son-
FOEL HALL, born Feb. 19, 1821, in
Adair county, Ky., came with his mother to Sangamon county in 1830. In 1841 he went to De Witt county, and was there married to Martha Banta. They moved to Missouri, in 1856, have nine liv- ing children, and reside in Eagleville, Harrison county, Mo. Her daughter married Trulove Sparks. See his name.
HALL, MRS. HANNAH, whosc maiden name was Cunningham, was born in 1798, in Pendleton county, Va. She was married Nov. 3, 1814, in that county, to Dr. Samuel B. Hall, and they had eight children in Virginia. Dr. Hall died Oct. 16, 1827, and Mrs. Hall, with her children, moved to Sangamon county, Ill, arriving Nov. 20, 1833, in what is now Chatham township, and the next year moved to what is now Loami township. Of her children-
JOHN C., born Feb. 17, 1816, in Virginia, married in Sangamon county, Feb. 20, IS40, to Susan Cutter. They had six living children. ELIZABETH married John W. Joy, who enlisted in
Co. I, 73d Ill. Inf., for three years, was discharged on account of physical disabil- ity, and died in 1863. Mrs. Joy married John Brigham, has three children, and lives in Travis county, near Onion creek Postoffice, Texas. Mr. Brigham was a Union soldier also. JOHN C., Jun., en- listed in Co. B, 30th Ill. Inf., March 28, 1864, for three years, and was discharged July 14, 1865, at Springfield, Ill. He married Catharine Williamson. They have three children, and live near Onion creek, Texas. SETH R. served six months in the Union army, and now lives in Texas. SARAH C. married Newton Young, and lives near Loami. ADA D. and VIRGINIA D. reside with their pa- rents, near Onion creek Postoffice, Travis county, Texas.
ELIZABETH M., born Oct. 11, 1817, in Virginia, was married Jan. 15, IS38, in Sangamon county, to Harness A. Trumbo. See his name.
WILLIAM C., born May 30, 1819, in Virginia, was married in Sangamon county, April 26, 1849, to Leah Priddy. They had two children, and the parents both died. Their son, SAMUEL B., born Jan. 26, 1850, and LEE, born Oct. 25, 1851, live in Loami township.
GAMES A., born Jan. 23, 1821, in Virginia, was married in Sangamon coun- ty, Ill., to Elizabeth McGinnis. They had two children, and mother and child- ren died. Mr. Hall was married Dec. 16, 1852, to Margaret Darneille. They had eight children. ELIZABETH and VIRGINIA died under seven years. JEFFERSON died, aged eight years. The other five, LAURA, HANNAH, JOSEPH, JOHN and JAMES, live with their parents, one half mile east of Loami.
REBECCA A., born Oct. 7, 1822, married James Megredy. See his name.
SAMUEL B., born July 18, 1824, in Virginia, brought up in Sangamon coun- ty, Ill., went to California in 1849, re- turned to Sangamon county in 1874, is unmarried, and lives near Loami.
GEORGE W., born June 18, 1826, in Virginia, died in Sangamon county, un- married, April 17, 1873.
JOSEPH, born March 19, 1828, in Virginia, raised in Sangamon county, went to California in 1850, is unmarried, and resides near Loami.
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Mrs. Hannah Hall was married May 1, 1835, to Adam Trumbo. See his name. He died, and she died at the house of her son, James A. Hall, Jan. 30, 1872.
John Cunningham, the father of Mrs. Hannah Hall, was a native of Hardy county, Va. He came with Mrs. Hall, in 1833, to Sangamon county, and died a few years later, near Loami.
HALL, HENRY, was born in 1774, near Hagerstown, Md., and married in Loudon county, Va., to Sally Harper, who was born about 1783. They had five children in Pittsylvania county, Va., and in IS16, the family moved to Martin coun- ty, Ind., where three children were born, thence to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving Oct., IS2S, in what is now Loami town- ship. Of their eight children-
NANCY, born in ISO1, in Virginia, married William Taylor, and had five children-GEORGE W., married Lu- cinda Turpin, have five children, and live in Christian county, Ill. LOUISA mar- ried Wm. Hays, have four children, and live in Shelby county, near Mowequa. SALLY JANE married Peter Work- man. See his name. NANCY mar- ried Jacob Workman. See his name. MARY married Ezekiel Preston, have five children, and live in Mowequa, Ill. Wm. Taylor died Aug., 1830, and his widow married David Hays, had four chil- dren, and live in Christian county, near Mowequa.
AARON, born Dec. 25, 1802, in Vir- ginia, married Feb. 10, 1825, to Nancy Hays, in Indiana, had two children there, and came with his father to Sangamon county, in 1828, where they had eight children. Of their children - PRIS- CILLA A., born Sept. 21, 1825, married Henry Jacobs. See his name. ELIZA J., born Sept. 20, 1827, married William Hays. Mr. and Mrs. Hays died, leaving three children. JEANETTE died, aged fourteen years. ELIZA JANE married Charles I. Turpin, Jun. See his name. CAROLINE F. married Dennis Turpin. See his name. ELIZABETH D. mar- ried George Jacobs, and both died, in Christian county. HENRY W., WIL- LIAM and ALFRED T., died under four years. AARON, Jun., born Aug. 25, 1837, in Sangamon county, married Rebecca Turpin, had five children-EL- MER E. died young. CHARLES D., THOMP-
SON A., JAMES M. and JOSEPH E., live with their parents near Loami. NANCY married Asa Turney, and lives in Morgan county. JOHN died at two, and SUSAN at eleven years old. Aaron Hall died Dec. 13, 1851. His widow married, July 6, 1852, to Wm. L. Dodd, and live three and one-half miles south of Loami.
THOMAS, born in Virginia, died in Indiana, aged fifteen years.
WASHINGTON, born May 8, 1809, in Pittsylvania county, Va., married in Sangamon county, Nov. 6, 1831 to Susan- nah H. Wyckoff. They had nine living children in Sangamon county. JULIA A., born April 23, 1833, married David E. Gibson. See his name. THOMAS M. died in his tenth year. JAMES WARREN, born Oct. 16, 1836, married Nov. 22, 1868, to Mary A. Dodd, who was born Dec. 13, 1842, in Bradley coun- ty, Tenn. They live four miles south of Loami. MARY J., born March 27, 1838, married Thomas Baker. See his name. SUSANNAH H. and JOHN W., twins, born Aug. 16, 1841. SUSANNAH H. married, Jan 22, IS5S, to Thomas Cosser, a native of England. He went from San- gamon county to Navarro county, Texas, in Feb., 1860, and Mrs. Cosser went in September following. Mr. Cosser went into partnership with Maj. H. P. Darling, in the business of wool growing. Whilst engaged in sheep shearing, at Laredo, near Ft. McIntosh, Webb county, Tex., in April, 1866, Mr. Cosser, a Mr. Smith and a negro boy were killed by Indians, who made a raid on them and were gone be- fore the soldiers in the fort were aware of their presence. Mr. Darling was killed at the same time, but some miles away. Mrs. Cosser, Mrs. Smith, and a daughter of Maj. Darling, buried the bodies with their own hands. Mrs. Cosser returned to Sangamon county, and was married to Thomas Baker. See his name. JOHN W. enlisted in 1862, for three years, in Co. I, 73d Ill. Inf., served full time and was honorably discharged. He was mar- ried in Oct., 1873, to Nancy J. Watts. They have one child, FRANK W., and live at Charleston, Ill. ALBERT T. died in his ninth year. CYRUS, born Jan. 5, 1856, and DAVID W., born Feb. 12, 1857, live with their father. Mrs. Susan- nah H. Hall died March 10, 1867, and Washington Hall resides three and one-
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half miles south of Loami, on the farm where he settled in 1832. He was the administrator of the estate of his brother- in-law, Wm. Taylor, in 1830. From that time to 1867 he administered on the es- tates of at least fifty of his deceased neigh- bors. Hc filled many local offices, and during the great rebellion, he three times enrolled the names of those subject to military duty in the townships of Talking- ton and Loami, for the United States Government.
THOMPSON, boru Aug. 19, ISIT, in Pittsylvania county, Va., married in Sangamon county, Jan. 17, 1839, to Evc- line Jacobs. They had eight children, three died young. Of the other five- WILLIAM T., born Sept. 7, IS41, in Sangamon county, married Nov. 7, 1869, to Jennie Lowry, who was born May 3, IS49, in county Down, Ireland. They have two children, EVA A. and SAMUEL E., and reside four and one-half miles south of Loami. SARAH A. married Wm. G. Miller. See his name. AMAN- DA married James M. Joy, had two chil- dren, WARREN, died in infancy, and IDA E. lives with her parents in Loami township. MARY E. and GEORGE T. live with their parents, three and one- half miles south of L'oami.
SALLY A., born in 1821, in Indiana, married in Sangamon county to Andrew Hays, have eight children, and live in Christian county, near Mowequa.
HENRY, Jun., born in IS23, in Indi- ana, married in Sangamon county to Eme- line Wyckoff, had six children, and Mrs. Hall died. Mr. Hall married Margaret MeNeely, had three children, and he died in Loami township.
EMILY, born in IS28, in Indiana, married in Sangamon county to James Dobson. She died April 28, 1852.
Henry Hall died Dec. 24, 1846, and his widow died Oct. 22, 1860, both in Loami township.
HAGGARD, HARMON, was boin July 13, 1790, near Boonesboro, Clark county, Ky. Sally B. Steele was born May 26, 1So4, in the same county. Their parents moved to Christian county, in the same State, where they were mar- ried, Nov. 25, 1822, and had two children there. They moved to Sangamon coun- ty, arriving in 1830, in what is now Gard-
ner township, where they had four child- ren. Of their six children-
ELIZABETH, born August 6, IS25, married Daniel Whitehead, and died near Joliet, leaving two children.
ZARELDA, born April 12, 1828, in Christian county, Ky., married in Sanga- mon county, to William P. Hazlitt. See his name.
ROBERT, born August 26, 1833, in Sangamon county, married Elizabeth Ray. See Ray family. She died, and he married again and lives near Labette, Kansas.
MARTIN, born Jan. 2, 1836, married Catharine Tigar, who died, and he lives near Labette, Kansas.
SALLY, born March 14, 1841, mar- ried E. J. Robinson, and lives in Labette county, Kansas.
HARMON, Jun., born May 12, 1846.
Mrs. Sally B. Haggard died Sept. 3, 1852, and Harmon Haggard married Mrs. Sarah Humphrey, whose maiden name was Worley. He died August 28, 1874, near where he settled in 1830.
HAM, HEZEKIAH, was born Oct. 1, 1807, in Nicholas county, near Carlisle, Ky. He came to Sanga- mon county, Ill., in the fall of 1831, and was married Dec. 22, 1837, to Marv A. Arnold. They had six living children in Sangamon county, namely-
MARY Y., married March 25, IS58, to Henry T. Zeigler.
JOSEPH C. enlisted in Co. G, 14th Ill. Inf., in 1861, for three years. He was mortally wounded at the battle of Pitts- burg Landing, April 6, 1862, and died the next day on the battlefield.
SARAH E., married James Steele, has five children, and lives in Menard county.
YOHN W., born Jan. S, 1846. He enlisted Dec. 15, 1863, in Co. G., 114th Ill. Inf., for three years, served until March 7, 1865, when he was discharged on account of physical disability. He was married August 29, 1867, to Rebecca Yocom. They had two children. CHARLES E. died in his third year. WILLIAM T. lives with his mother, two miles northwest of Dawson. John Ham died in the spring of 1875.
WILLIAM T., born Dec. 5, 1847, married Jan. 16, 1872, to Alice A. Smith. They have one child, LEWIS, and live
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near Belle Plain, Sumner county, Kan- sas.
LAURA F., born Dec. 17, 1852, mar- ried John B. Jones, have one child, HARRY, and live in Logan county, near Buffalo Hart Postoffice.
Hezekiah Ham died April 21, 1859, in Sangamon county, and his widow, Mrs. Mary A. Ham, resides with her daughter, Mrs. Jones.
HAMILTON, GEORGE KNOX, was born August 17, 1798, in Davidson county, Tenn. He came, in company with his father, four brothers and two sisters, to Sangamon county, ar- riving in the fall of ISI9, and settled near what is now Bradford Station. He was married March 5, 1823, to Jane Colman. they had three children, namely-
ROBERT F., born Nov. 15, 1824, in Sangamon county, married Oct. 28, 1847, to Tabitha J. Purvines. They had ten children; two died in infancy. FRAN- CES A. married Abraham Weir. They have two children, NELLIE T. and FRANK MILTON, and reside one mile east of Pleasant Plains. MARY J. married Andrew Zane. See his name. MAR- THA E. married Samuel Ayers. SYL- VIA H. died April 3, 1876, in her twenty- second year. CLARA M., WILLIAM L., CORDIA A. and KATIE C. reside with their parents, one and a quarter miles northeast of Pleasant Plains. Mr. Robert F. Hamilton has in his possession documents showing that the Richland Primitive Baptist Church was organized Sept. 16, 1820, by Robert Brayle, moder- ator, and Simon Lindley, clerk. It was the second church of any kind organized in Sangamon county; the first having been effected May 15, 1820, by Elder Stephen England. See his name.
MARTHA M., born March 28, 1827, in Sangamon county, married Azro Eme- ry, in Crawford county, Mo., had two children, and died. Her husband and children reside in Missouri.
GEORGE K., Jun., horn April 11, 1829, after the death of his father, raised in Sangamon county, married in Crawford county, Mo., to Nancy Anderson. They had three living children, and both died in Cartwright township. Of the child- ren-WILLIAM F. is a clerk in Spring- field. ELLA J. and THEODOSIA B. live with their grandmother Purvines,
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George Knox Hamilton died Oct. 1.4, 1828, in Sangamon county, and his widow married Alexander C. Purvines. See his name.
Robert Hamilton, the father of G. K. Hamilton, was born in North Carolina, married in Tennessee, moved to Pope county, Ill., and was one of the early rep- resentatives of that county in the State Legislature, came to Sangamon county in 1819, moved to Arkansas a few years later, and died there in 1833 or '4. His sons and daughters, all except Geo. Knox, left Sangamon county many years ago. Some went to Missouri, and three of them from there to Oregon, where two of them have families, and now reside.
HAMILTON, WILLIAM S., born in New York-a son of Alex- ander Hamilton, the distinguised States- man who was slain by Aaron Burr-came to Springfield when it was regarded as the temporary county seat. Ho was elected one of the representatives of the county in the State Legislature of 1823-4. He was an advocate of the movement to make Sangamo the county seat. After that he went to Galena and engaged in lead mining. On the discovery of gold in California, he went there, and died.
HAMLIN. HENRY N., was born Jan. 30, IS16, in Oneida county, N. Y. He came to Sangamon county in the Spring of 1837, to assist his uncle, Asa Hamlin, who had a contract to build several miles of the Northern Cross- now T., W. & W. R. R., His uncle died in the fall of that year, leaving his contract unfinished. Henry N. had loaned him all his savings from several years school teaching. He not only lost that, but his wages while he was with his uncle, also. On realizing the sitnation, he went to Morgan county, near Franklin, and re- sumed his profession as a teacher. He was there married, Dec. 30, 1838, to Eve- line Scott. In March, 1839, they moved to Sangamon county, in what is now Chatham township. He engaged in farming, and taught school in the winter. In the spring of 1840 he returned to Mor- gan county, and remained there until 1847, when he came back to Sangamon county. They had five children-
MARY ANTIONETTE, born Oct. 3, 1839, in Sangamon county, married Dec, 29, 1859, to James N. Puntenney.
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They have five children, CHARLES SUMNER, LIZZIE ETTA, MINNIE ETHEL, SARAH EVELINE and a daughter, and live near Butler, Mont- gomery county, Illinois.
DWIGHT MONSON, born Oct. 23, 1843, in Morgan county, enlisted at Springfield, August, 1862, for three years, in Co. D, 126th Ill. Inf., served to the end of the rebellion, and was honorably dis- charged in 1865. He was married Jan. 23, 1872, to Anna Chambers, who was born Dec. 6, 1850, near Madison, Ind. They have two children, HENRY NOBLE and CHARLES CARROLL, and live in Springfield.
ERASTUS EMMONS, born July 9, 1845, in Morgan county, raised in San- gamon county, and lives at Centralia, Nemaha county, Kansas .- 1874.
FRANCIS L., born June 8, 1848, in Sangamon county, lives with his mother.
LAURA H., born April 10, 1851, in Sangamon county, married Dec. 26, 1871, to Samuel L. Ridgeway, and lives in Atchison county, Mo.
Henry N. Hamlin died July 30, 1853, in Sangamon county, and his widow re- sides near the centre of Ball township, four and a half miles southeast of Chat- ham.
H. N. Hamlin was an ordained minis- ter in the M. E. Church, but never entered into the traveling connection. Emmaus Hamlin, of Mason & Hamlin, Organ Manufacturers, Boston, and W. Hamlin, manufacturer of the George Wood organ, at Cambridge, Mass., are brothers of Henry N.
HAMMOND, CHARLES, was born about 1767, in Virginia, near where the river Rappahannock empties into Chesapeake Bay. He was there married to Nancy Carter, and had two children. About 1795 they moved to Woodford county, Ky., where twelve children were born. Their fourteen children grew to be men and women. Two died unmarried, and nine of them married in Kentucky, and remained there. One son moved to Sangamon county in 1825, and a son and daughter came with the parents, arriving Sept. 26, 1839, in Island Grove township. Of the three children who came to this county --
JOHN, born in Woodford county, Ky., married there to Nancy Smith, and
moved to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving about 1825 in what is now Island Grove township, where they had four living chil- dren. FLORINDA married William Fink, and lives in Maconpin county. EM- ILY married Wilson Moore, has one child, and lives in New Berlin. LUCIN- DA married Jacob Bartley, and lives in Piatt county. JOHN A. married Miss Hudson, and lives in Piatt county. John Hammond moved, in 1866, to the vicinity of Cerro Gordo, Piatt county, Ill.
EMILY, born in Kentucky, married John Ryan, had one child, and Mr. Ryan died in Dubuque, Iowa. His widow married William Thorpe, and lives at Kingston, Peoria county, Ill.
WILLIAM, born June 1, 1816, in Woodford county, Ky., married March 6, IS.42, in Sangamon county, to Emeline Underwood. They had three children- ARTHUR C. enlisted, Aug. 9, 1861, in Co. B, 30th Ill. Inf., for three years, re- enlisted as a veteran, Jan., 1864, served until July 27, 1865, and was honorably discharged at Springfield. He was musi- cian during the whole time; was with Sherman in his "March to the Sea." He lives in Loami. MARY H. married Oct. 1, 1865, to James C. Thralls, who was born Dec. 1, 1843, in Vigo county, Ind. He enlisted, in 1861, in Co. B, 21st Mo. Inf., for three months, enlisted Sept. 1, 1861, in Co. B, 3d Mo. Cav., for three years, served until Feb., 1864, when he was honorably discharged, at St. Louis. Mr. and Mrs. Thralls have three children, OWEN P., FRED C. and ARTHUR, and live in Loami-1874. William Hammond and wife live in Loami-1874.
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